good afternoon. i m chris jansing live from msnbc headquarters in new york city. today another escalation in what is already a brutal 2024 presidential race. this time coming from hunter biden who says the right is trying to kill him in order to destroy his father. that accusation made in a rare interview after prosecutors filed a shocking new indictment. what his lawyer is saying and what this latest round of charges could mean as his dad tries to hold onto the white house. overseas, the u.n. calls the situation in gaza a, quote, spiraling humanitarian nightmare. people with open wounds and people stand in line for hours to use one shower or toilets. families who have lost everything sleep on bare concrete floors wearing clothes they have not changed for two month thes. the chilling new letter from the leading u.n. official on the ground who says they are, quote, hanging on by their fingertips. and the major controversy that just keeps growing after leaders of some of
shows israeli forces pushing into southern gaza now. the united nations saying that situation is quote, quote, apocalyptic for civilians and that there is nowhere safe for them to seek shelter. the gop debate stage is set for tomorrow night. nikki haley, chris christie, ron desantis and vivek ramaswamy will face off in alabama. noticeably absent once again the guy up by 30 points, donald trump, who is opting to fundraise instead. in two hours, three university presidents will testify before a congressional committee about the alarming rise in antisemitism on college campuses since the october 7th terror attack. this morning, this hour of cnn this morning starts now. we begin this morning on the mounting concern for civilians. as israeli forces push into southern gaza, which has been a refuge for palestinians trying to escape the fighting, these are new satellite images and what you see there are dozens of armored israeli vehicles in the south of gaza. there is sti
breaking news. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. i m standing on a rooftop looking out over tel aviv. it is just after 10:00 p.m. here and it is been 24 days since the horrific terrorist attacks by hamas caught this country and frankly much of the world by surprise. we start with breaking news. israel said it is behind an enormous explosion at a refugee camp on the gaza strip. this was the aftermath of the blast at the camp which the united nations said is the largest refugee camp in gaza. israel s military said it killed a top hamas commander in its air strike. a man they say was one of the leaders of the october 7th attack. and was hiding amongst civilians inside of the refugee camp. israel also claims to have killed around 50 hamas terrorists in that strike. it is not clear how many people were killed or injured. but the director of a hospital in the homeas controlled area said he has seen hundreds of dead bodies and wounded patients. he described it as a, quote, s
israel and gaza. ijust want in the middle east. the war in israel and gaza. i just want to show you pictures that we are getting in. the latest from southern israel looking into northern gaza as we touched on in the headlines there. if you re telling us it is expanding its assault deeper into the northern gaza strip. wejust had its assault deeper into the northern gaza strip. we just had a little earlier from an gaza strip. we just had a little earlierfrom an idf gaza strip. we just had a little earlier from an idf spokesperson reiterating that with artillery, with tanks and with ground troops, but also from ships in the sea and with missiles, they are continuing their operations in gaza. the stated aim of that, of course, as we have been told, is to prevent hamas from having capability of launching any further attacks on israel. but, of course, a lot of discussion right now around international law and the terms of use of military force. the director of the un agency for pal
Carried this is the news hour live from doha coming up in the next sixty minutes. More anger and outrage over the u. S. To recognize truism as israels capital and the sentiment is spreading worldwide. The diplomatic fallout french president warmly greets israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and urges him to give peace a chance with the palestinians. Another controversial move venezuelas leader Nicolas Maduro bans the opposition from next years president ial vote. Was a mistake in the philippines take a stand against what they call the looming dictatorship. The head of lebanons housefull laws calling for a mass demonstrations on monday against u. S. President Donald Trumps recognition of israels capital protests will be held in beiruts Southern Suburbs on sunday protests were held outside the u. S. Embassy in beirut meanwhile protests continued in the occupied palestinian territories more than one hundred fifty people were injured in confrontations with Israeli Forces in the occupi