president biden set to meet with chinese president xi jinping as he tries to prevent tensions from spiraling. and we are about to find out how retail sales that been faring leading up to the crucial holiday season. much more ahead. this hour of cnn this morning now. israeli troops carrying out an operation inside gaza s largest hospital, al shifa. a palestinian official says the soldiers entered the basement and ground floor of the surgery building and interrogated medical staff. the idf releasing video claiming to show troops dropping off aid. cnn cannot independently verify that and has not been able to reach the hospital for confirmation. the idf accused hamas of running a command center beneath the hospital and using civilians above as human shields had. the israeli military is calling this a precise and targeted operation based on their intelligence. we will be joined by a spokesperson for the idf in minutes. meanwhile, fbi director christopher wray is about to
so the big story right now, president biden and chinese president xi jinping man on man as we all sit. they re behind closed doors right now. all of these issues, ukraine, taiwan, israel, iran all elephants in the room, whether or not they get a head-on part of this discussion today. what about china s burgeoning relationship with iran? that as iranian proxies are attacking our troops. will the president say anything to the chinese president about what he might be able to do to influence that situation? you remember back in march when president xi was handed an unprecedented third term as president. officials here warned this. we assess that during the course of xi s third term, they will put together and attempt taiwan on unification, undercut u.s. influence which they perceive as a threat, drive wedges between washington and its allies and partners and promote certain norms that favor china s authoritarian system. martha: in moments, mike gallagher who is central to our
very fast moving developments. first, the u.s. fighter jets striking an iranian weapons storage facility in syria again. the growing call to respond harder to 46 iranian sponsored attacks on u.s. soldiers. this time to expand the counter attacks, not to proxies of iran outside iran but iran inside and inside iran. we have knox team coverage on the growing iranian threat. jacqui heinrich on the u.s. ramping up their response to that threat and former defense secretary mark esper on if enough is being done to counter that threat. then joe manchin calls it quits. he s hinting he could be setting his sights on something a little higher. busy day, busy show and it all starts now. all right. welcome. i m neil cavuto. glad to have you. let s go to jennifer griffin at the pentagon on this precision air strike and what it might mean as to what comes next. jennifer? neil, a pair of american f-15s struck an iranian weapons storage facility. this is following 46 attacks on u.s. bases.
for third world countries, unfair. sandra: a year out from the next presidential race. president trump is trading the campaign trail for the witness box taking the stand in the $250 million civil fraud trial. we kick off a brand-new week. hi, john. john: if ever there were a day for cameras in the courtroom, this is it, unfortunately there are not. i m john roberts in washington and this is america reports and what could be described as an intense morning in the manhattan courtroom. the former president and leading 2024 gop contender repeatedly sparred with the new york prosecutor questioning him as well as the judge who admonished trump for lengthy answers and told his lawyers to control your client. sandra: that did happen. remains to be seen whether a ruling in this nonjury civil case or the four outstanding criminal cases will severely impact his bid for the white house. nate foy has the latest from there. nate, when are we expecting the former president to retu
morning, i m maria bartiromo. today, speechless and fearful. america on edge amidst a new terrorism warning from the fbi as director christopher wray is literally at a loss for words when questioned about america s safety and security urn joe biden. under joe biden. do you believe is the the united states safer from foreign terror threats today, are we safer than when joe biden took office, the day he took office? reality is that the terrorism threat has been elevated throughout 2023, but the the ongoing war in the middle east has raised the threat of an attack against americans in the united states to a whole other level. since the horrific terrorist attacks committed by hamas against innocent people in israel a few weeks ago. maria: coming up, fears are rising in america of a potential terrorist attack on u.s. soil in the face of two wars underway. former chairman of the joint chiefs of staff, former navy commander and admiral michael mullen is here on the most urge