Viewers in the United States and around the world. It is 5 00 a. M. In washington and noon in tel aviv where Secretary Of State Antony Blinken has just arrived and due to meet with Benjamin Netanyahu at this hour. Israel is pounding hamas targets with what it calls a large scale strike. Israel Defense Forces massed 300,000 troops on the border ahead of a potential invasion. The idf says at least 1200 people were killed in israel in the hamas terror attack. Palestinian Officials Say nearly the same number have been killed by israeli airstrikes in gaza. Hamas militants are holding as many as 150 hostages in gaza including an unknown number of americans. President biden says he is focused to getting them out. The press will shout what are you doing to get these folks home. If i told you, i wouldnt be able to get them home. Folks, there is a lot were doing. A lot were doing. I have not given up hope of bringing these folks home. But the idea that im going to stand here before you and tell
hair. she carried what looked like a briefcase for her school work. and at 6 years old, she also carried the fate of american history. ruby bridges entered that all white school in louisiana while being shouted at by angry mobs, racist taunts, hateful insults. i remember the chant, two, four, six, eight, we don t want to integrate. some of these people were very threatening. they were going to kill her. they were going to hang her. one protester s sign read all i want for christmas is a clean white school. another held up a miniature coffin with a black doll inside. i use toad have nightmares about the box. so those are the days that i distinctly remember being really, really frightened. for years had fought against the supreme court s ruling to outlaw segregation in schools. that ruling just three months before ruby entered the world in which she was not welcomed by all. and that day, and all the days that followed, ruby was isolated in the principal s office. sh
on to us. so every time i see that i think about the fact that i was an innocent child that knew absolutely nothing about what was happening that day. we will be his innocence and eventually her pain is a good reminder that for a suffering world, both at home and abroad, courage can win, even if in the tiny shoes of just one little girl and on one particular november day. laura, my daughter has a book, it s called lady legends off a bit, and b is for ruby bridges. and i am grateful for that today and every day. you know, i am to. norman rockwell painting hung in my dining room as a child my entire life. it was passed down to my sister jennifer, now it is in her home. and i can tell you, there is not a moment that goes by when i was a student, one of very few number of black students in my schools ever in my entire life growing up. and i always thought about what it was like, and i am forever grateful for that little girl. and when she became. so i m so glad you monitor to
cnn goes inside the children s hospital in northern gaza. one of the hospitals israel says hamas is using to shield its quote, unquote war machine. what our correspondent sees when he goes in. only three days left until a possible u.s. government shutdown, and the new house speaker is facing the same gop problem that caused the former speaker his job. can speaker mike johnson get the deal done? the fbi investigating the new york city mayor for possible foreign influence. we will hear from the mayor for the first time this morning since new details of the probe have emerged. i m john berman with kate bolduan, fredricka whitfield is in for sara sidner. cnn news central starts now. this morning, only one hospital remains operational and still receiving patients in northern gaza. according to a new report from the united nations, gaza s two largest hospitals are effectively shut down, they say, after saying that they have run out of fuel to power generators, which also, of
good morning, everyone. glad you re with us. ooip poppy harlow in new york. there s a lot of news to get to this morning. here are five things to know for this thursday. at moment, hundreds of americans could cross the border out of gaza and into egypt one day after the rafah crossing opening. israel striking the largest refugee camp for the second day in a row. president biden now saying we need a pause in order to get the prisoners out of the war zone. overnight republicans going after one of their own taking to the senate flor and slamming senator tommy tuberville as he continues to hold up the m military appointments. donald trump jr. rirning to the stand today followed by his brother as the $250 million civil fraud trial continues. a much-needed win for a community in mourning. the high school football team from lewiston, maine, beating their rivals with a roster of celebrities cheering them on. cnn this morning starts right now. this is a live look at the ra