welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper in tel aviv. the october 7th attack by hamas, which the u.s. labels a terrorist organization, left at least 1,400 people dead. more than 200 people are being held hostage according to israeli officials, and many more people are still unaccounted for. in response, israel began a bombing campaign in gaza. according to the hamas controlled health ministry, more than 4,000 people have died there so far. the story of hamas is complex. its roots date back to the formation of israel in 1948. itit has many factions includin the so-called military wing, which perpetrated the terror attack. over the next hour, cnn s sara sidner brings us the whole story on hamas from how they were formed, what their ideology is, and how they have evolved over the decades. we want to warn you some of the images you ll see in this hour may be disturbing. pure unadulterated evil. i can t even try to comprehend these monsters. terrorists. this is no
welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper in tel aviv. the october 7th attack by hamas, left at least 1,400 people dead, 200 people held hostage according to israeli officials and many more people are still unaccounted for. in response, israel began a bombing campaign in gaza. according to the hamas health ministry, 4,000 have died so far. the story of hamas is complex. its roots date back to thehe formatioion of israel in 1948. it has many factions, including the so-called military wing that perpetrated the terror attack. sara sidner brings us the whole story on hamas, how they were warmed, what the ideology is and how they evolved over the decades. some of the images you see in this hour may be disturbing. pure, unadulterated evil. i can t even try to comprehend these monsters. terrorists. this is not islam. they should be spit out. we cannot expect that israel will continue to blockade gaza. deprive them of their freedom and assume they will not resis
attack. over the next hour, cnn s sara sidner brings us the whole story on hamas, from how they were formed, what their ideology is, and how they ve evolved over the decades. we want to warn you some of the images you ll see in this hour may be disturbing. pure, unadulterated evil. i can t even try to comprehend these monsters. terrorists. this is not islam. they should be spit out. we cannot expect that israel will continue to blockade gaza, deprive them of their freedom, and assume that at some point they will not resist. at some point, it s going to boil over. october 7th was different. october 7th changed everything. what happened on october 7th was absolutely unprecedented. hamas has certainly targeted israeli civilians before. that s not new. what is new is simply the scale and just the ruthlessness. how do you define hamas? who and what is hamas? hamas primarily is a social, religious, political movement. hamas is seen by most palestinians as a
and what they think must be done to protect muslims and choose here, as well as what they think about what s going on in israel. i ve made my positions clear. i want to hear from them. so it s gonna be an interesting conversation, since i have both of them on to express their views. this is gonna be good. i ll be watching, rev. take it away. thank you. thank you, simone. and good evening, and welcome to politicsnation. tonight s lead, election count down. , election count down today marks exactly one year until the 2024 election, a new polling from the new york times paints a grim picture for president biden s reelection prospects. donald trump, the twice impeached, repeatedly indicted former president s pulling ahead of biden in five of six key battleground states. even as he heads back to court tomorrow in his new york fraud trial. i ll talk to biden s campaigns, communications director ahead. but first, there s also an election on tuesday, with abortion on the ball
dig up old tapes of those artists 20 or 30 years from now. we ll see where the technology is at that point. if someone cares about it. that s the thing. all this stuff that we re hearing in 50 or 100 years, the only thing left is going to be those four guys. absolutely. well said. great to talk to you. thank you, everybody, for joining me this evening. don t forget to turn those clocks back an hour and maybe play some beatles later on tonight. i ll see you again tomorrow night at 5:00. full story is next. welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper in tel aviv. the attack by hamas left at least 1,400 people dead, month are than 200 people held hostage according to israeli officials and many more people are still unaccounted for. in response, israel began a bombing campaign in gaza according to the hamas- controlled health ministry, more than 4,000 people dying there so far. the story of hamas is complex. itits roots date back to the formation of israel in 1948.