To leave israel. Hes never going to cut off all weapons, leave them without an iron dome or anything like that . Clearly that did not come across as much of a threat to the israeli Prime Minister benjamin netanyahu, who said, as you mentioned, that the offensive in rafah on the ground will press ahead as planned he said that the fighting there could take two months, maybe six weeks, perhaps only one month, but it will happen regardless, despite warnings from the us and from even israels closest allies, that going into rafah, given you have well over 1 Million People sheltering there and really no other safe place for them to go inside gaza would be catastrophic. And he also said that that is israelis are byinlarge behind him. This was in response to President Biden saying that, yeah, whose policies are hurting israel more than its helping. Heres netanyahu well, i dont know exactly what the president meant but if you meant by that done, im pursuing private policies against the majority
Continues here on cnn happening now, Breaking News President Biden and former President Trump just clashed over immigration during competing visits to the southern border. Its a Split Screen Preview of their likable likely general election rematch as the migrant crisis weighs heavily on the minds of voters also tonight, new carnage and anger in gaza. Local Officials Say more than 100 people are dead after Israeli Forces opened fire near a crowd of Palestinian Civilians waiting for food. Plus another breaking story. The transcript of Hunter Bidens closeddoor deposition on capitol hill has just been released. Were going to tell you what it reveals welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the Situation Room the skis, cnn Breaking News. We begin with the Breaking News. President biden and former President Trump putting the Immigration Prices front and center during dueling stops in texas, right near the border with mexico. Both of the
favor of the call to the house and bring their fellow democratic colleagues back when they return to the state, but, of course, those democrats signaled they do not intent to return to the state until the special session has ended, craig? priscilla, this arrest according to governor abbott would happen, what would be the charge? right, so it wouldn t necessarily be a charge. this has to do with something that is in the texas state constitution that says the house speaker has the responsibility to maintain a quorum, so if there is no quorum he can take action to ensure that that happens, and so if the folks there, i think at least 15 people will have to vote today in favor for him to go ahead and make that call to the house and put out the call for the sergeant of arms go ahead and allow to find these lawmakers. an all-call is basically put out
jurisdiction outside the lone star state, is that correct? reporter: that is correct. previously when this has happened sometimes officials here will ask an attorney general if they will turn over the lawmakers, but we don t expect that to happen in washington, d.c. all right. priscilla thompson there in the state capitol. priscilla, keep us posted. we know you will. meanwhile, this year s all-star baseball game, and we ll talk about the colorado secretary of state and the decision to move the game to her state because of georgia voting laws. for the second year in a row, pete alonzo is the home run hero. he beat out oriole s star, tray mancini, but mancini put on a inspiring display of his own.
sam, thank you. we re staying on top of that breaking news happening in the texas state capitol and voting rights as well. priscilla thompson is standing outside the state house with new information. what can you tell us about what just happened? reporter: craig, the texas house has just voted to compel those members absent without an excuse to return. the sergeant of arms has the power to send for those members and direct any other peace officers to do that as well if he show chooses. that vote fell along partly lines with 46 republicans voting in favor and the four democrats present voting against it. law enforcement will be looking for them and bringing them back to the capitol. craig? to be clear, priscilla, they have to wait until the lawmakers return to texas because those troopers don t have any