cnn this morning starts right now. well, good morning, everyone, i m poppy harlow with phil mattingly in new york. a lot to get to. specifically politics. pre-christmas campaign push lands in iowa today. donald trump, ron desantis and nikki haley all holding events there, sharpening their closing messages and attacks against one another this morning. a new signal the trump campaign is concerned about one candcand candidate s growing momentum. abbott signing a controversial bill making illegal immigration a state crime that will allow texas police to make mass arrests. the protests and threats of legal challenges already under way. and bursts of lava and smoke filling the sky in iceland today as a volcano dramatically erupted overnight after weeks of warnings. threatening a geothermal power plant. cnn this morning starts right now. new this morning, it looks like donald trump may be feeling some pressure in new hampshire as nikki haley chipped away at what was a huge
In the south and west. For the rest of us it will be fairly cloudy with sunny spells. But the wind will strengthen widely throughout the day. Details later in the programme. Good morning. Its wednesday, 18th october. Theres been International Condemnation after an explosion at a hospital in gaza is reported to have killed at least 500 people. The blast has raised the diplomatic stakes for President Biden, whos currently flying to israel to try to prevent the violence spreading elsewhere in the middle east. Hamas a group designated as a Terror Organisation by many western governments says the Al Ahli Hospital was hit by an israeli air strike. But israel has blamed the palestinian group, islamichhad, but its denied any involvement, describing the accusations as lies. Wyre davies has the latest. Pictures from Gaza Last Night showed scenes of utter chaos. Bloodied, wounded casualties from the partially destroyed al ahli arab hospital. Videos many too graphic to broadcast showed the broken
coming up on msnbc. this hour, three editorials, two asking president biden to end his president biden to end his campaign for president and the +xq) telling former president donald trump to bow out. which chorus will sing the loudest in the days to come? in minutes, we are talking with jen psaki. plus, the questions about new unusual artwork on the walls of capitol hill. the message most americans want to see. good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters in new york. we begin with new fallout from the first presidential debate between donald trump and president joe biden. the atlanta journal- constitution editorial board now calling on president biden to pass the torch. while the philadelphia inquirer editorial board says, to serve his country, trump should leave the race.■ç today, president biden is at camp david for some previously scheduled family time. msnbc is reporting the future of his election campaign will be a new item on the family agenda. surrogate
house from his exile at mar-a-lago last night. it was, largely, the same old nonsense, the same stick, not a lot of new material. recollection, make america great again. but the around speech was a brutal slog. really. it s so much so that even fox news at one point got bored and cut away from more than ten minutes. it s very much hurting our country. germany tried it, you know. germany tried it. for about a year. remember i sent to angela, remember angela? do you remember angela? nobody is remembering her now. just joining us president trump in mar-a-lago announcing his 2024 presidential run. we re gonna go back to the speech in just a minute. let s get some quick snap reaction first from someone who s been watching along with. as pete, he went through every issue of success, every issue a failure as it relates to the biden ministration. shawn, you re killing me.