hello and welcome to our viewers joining us from all around the world. i m paula newton, and we have breaking coverage this hour. up first, israel s temporary truce with hamas and the expected release of hostages held in gaza, now delayed. israel says that process will not start before friday. the update came just hours before humanitarian pause in fighting and the initial release of 50 women and children hostages was expected to begin. both u.s. and israeli officials point to what they say are logistical details for the delay, well one israeli official says they haven t received the names of the first hostages to be freed. ahead of the expected truth, israeli forces continue ground and air operations wednesday, striking parts of northeastern and central gaza. palestinians say areas further south were also hit. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu expressed confidence that the deal would soon go into effect, and he made clear the war against hamas is far from over. t
front and we re working there very strongly from the air and on the ground. and i warn hezbollah, do not make that mistake and start a war, because it ll be the mistake of your lives. the moment you start a war, this will decide on the destiny of lebanon. we re working and fighting on additional fronts against terror, against the proxy, against its terrorists in syria, the red sea, lebanon wherever needed. benjamin netanyahu mentioned gaza s largest hospital, al shifa. in the past couple of hours, the israeli military has said that it will assist in the evacuation of babies. the idf s chief spokesman, rear admiral daniel hagari, said the decision was taken following a request from the hospital administration. a surgeon had earlier sent the bbc a voice note saying they had run out of water, food and electricity. israel has repeatedly accused hamas of operating from tunnels underneath the hospital hamas denies that. lucy williamson sent this report from jerusalem. gaza s ma
muesli.com slash tv i m zachary cohn and washington. and this is cnn hello, everyone. you re in the cnn newsroom, analyse and camerota president biden is fundraising and red bank, new jersey tonight, he s trying to reassure some major donors who are reportedly rattled by his very shaky debate performance. the president hit some wealthy zip codes today. first, the hamptons and then this new jersey event hosted by governor phil murphy. many democrats are wrestling with the question of whether president biden should continue to stay in the race and if he can win in november, seeing a white house correspondent, arlette saenz joins us now. so our let, what is the president s saying to these donors and how are they responded? well alison president biden is once again trying to assure members of the democratic party the he is up for a second term as president. the president is about to speak any minute now at that fundraiser and red bank, new jersey, that s hosted by the state s
war in gaza with democratic congressman jim albumin. plus mary trump is here to preview her uncle s big day in court tomorrow as the ex president gets ready to testify at his own civil fraud trial. and gaza suffered another communications blackout amid intense israeli bombardment. i ll talk with a top israeli official who resigned citing quote genocide of the palestinians. good evening welcome to the show i m mehdi hasan. it s november 5th,, 2023 which means exactly a year from now, november the 5th, 2024 americans will go to the polls to pick their president. it looks almost certain that they will be picking between joe biden and donald trump. the choice that americans are saying in poll after poll that they do not want a rerun of 2020. they don t want dramatic democratic and republican candidates with names biden and trump. but here we are. and here s the bad news for team biden in particular. if the election were held not a year for now but today, the twice impeached four
plus mary trump is here to preview her uncle s big day in court tomorrow as the ex president gets ready to testify at his own civil fraud trial. and gaza suffered another communications blackout amid intense israeli bombardment. i ll talk with a top israeli official who resigned citing quote genocide of the palestinians. good evening welcome to the show i m mehdi hasan. it s november 5th,, 2023 which means exactly a year from now, november the 5th, 2024 americans will go to the polls to pick their president. it looks almost certain that they will be picking between joe biden and donald trump. the choice that americans are saying in poll after poll that they do not want a rerun of 2020. they don t want dramatic democratic and republican candidates with names biden and trump. but here we are. and here s the bad news for team biden in particular. if the election were held not a year for now but today, the twice impeached four times indicted indicted donald trump would win the el