the hamas stronghold from the north and south. hamas is designated a terrorist organisation by the uk. us presidentjoe biden says he has asked israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu for a pause in the fighting in gaza. our middle east correspondent yolande knell reports. flares hanging in gaza s night sky are ominous warnings of incoming israeli fire. but, increasingly, the israeli prime minister s being pressed for a pause in fighting. i did ask him for a pause yesterday. this is a key moment. israeli troops are now said to be in the heart of gaza city, closing in on the stronghold of hamas, ministers say. but the destruction in gaza is already immense, with entire neighbourhoods flattened. the civilian death toll is rapidly mounting. the world health organisation says an average of 160 children are killed here every day. nothing justifies the horror being endured by the civilians in gaza. people in gaza are dying in their thousands and those alive are suffering from trau
the takedown, after a man armed with an assault-style rifle is spotted. senate offices placed on lockdown. officers swarming the area. what they ve now revealed. pierre thomas live in washington. tonight, the breaking news involving israel s war with hamas. has president biden now asked for that three-day pause to help get the hostages out? tonight, what axios first reported late today, and tonight, abc news asking the president, did he make that request? his answer right here. matt rivers from israel tonight. here in the u.s., a protest over the war turning deadly. demonstrations between pro-israel and pro-palestinian groups. witnesses say a 69-year-old jewish man hit in the face with a bullhorn. falling backward. his head hitting the pavement. election night in america. the key races across the country. and the issue of abortion driving voters in ohio and virginia. also tonight, the governor s race in kentucky. what these races could signal, one year out from the pres
hello, welcome to cnn newsroom, i m john vause we are following live stories this hour. israel s war with hamas, and election night in america. democrats, there is now brief distance hope for the presidential election, with results now in from state what election races across the u.s.. it is the power of politics which is becoming increasingly clear. first to kentucky where governor andy beshear has been reelected making him one of the few democratically colors republican states. he made abortion rights a major issue in his campaign. tonight, kentucky made a choice. a choice not to move it to the right, or to the left, but to move forward for every single family. in mississippi, cnn now projects republican governor who won a second term. defeating the second cousin of elvis presley. who said, we came up belittle short. you people in mississippi, both sides of the aisle, both republicans, democrats, and representative for the good part of our, state you represent
does that end up hurting him enough that elvis s son, nephew, can win? you know, that s a good question. you know, how does that translate for folks? to be honest, stepping away from it and being this far, i don t think it will really factor. for a lot of those voters. there hasn t been a lot of blowing up around that. and yeah, it was a scandal. i think they re blowing up about it. it s hurt his popularity. it s made him very unpopular, tate reeves. yeah, but the question is how does that then translate into votes? donald trump is unpopular. but that has him beating joe biden. i m not going to base my experience in politics. i m not going to base how a campaign is going to turn out based on who is unpopular. what i m going to base it on is how reeves and presley are managing their ground game. and how they re managing the vote. and who they re turning out. are they turning out voters who see reeves as unpopular? are they taking advantage of his unpopu
would have overall security responsibility in gaza for an indefinite period , once the war ends. washington says it opposes what it calls a reoccupation of gaza by israel, and that the territory must remain palestinian land. here s what both parties had to say on the matter. we see what happens when we don t have that security, what we see is a eruption of hamas on a scale that we haven t seen before. the president maintains his position, that a re occupation by israeli forces is not the right thing to do. we ll let them speak to their intentions but we are definitely having conversations about what the post conflict environment ought to look like, and what governance in gaza will look like. one thing there is absolutely no daylight on is hamas cannot be part of that equation. in gaza itself, the israeli defence minister says his troops have now battled their way into gaza city, thought to be the stronghold of hamas designated by several western countries as a terrorist