Rg and others, they understand the urgency. And they, hopefully, will push to get the hostages home as soon as possible. Ruby chen, we appreciate your time and for sharing your story and the patience and urgency that is needed. Please keep us posted with anything else we can do to help. Thank you for having me. Cnn this morning continues now. Im Phil Mattingly with poppy harlow in new york. This morning the urgent manhunt continues for a mass shooter in maine 37 hours after a rampage at a Bowling Alley and bar and grill. 80 agents have joined the search. Robert card is considered armed and dangerous. The coast guard is searching by air and sea after cards car was found at a boat lunch. He owns a small powerboat. We saw s. W. A. T. Teams converge on cards last known address. Police say they will be back in that area today. They spotlighted the house. They got on a bullhorn to say come out with your hands up, but nobody was inside. As for the motive, there is a key theory emerging. Law e
Ramping up its bombardment. And hunting commanders, looking for new targets to emerge. Relentless Bombing Campaign under way is cruel. Israel has to do everything it can to make sure this doesnt happen again. Were concerned about potential escalation. Well try to minimize civilian casualties but has made will do the opposite. 200 plus people being held hostage. President biden made multiple calls to World Leaders to keep the conflict from widening. They will continue to flow into gaza, a drop in the bucket of what will be needed on a daily basis. Troops on the border waiting for that incursion, still not clear when it will happen. Good morning, im Phil Mattingly with poppy harlow in new york and erin burnett is in tel aviv. Overnight Israeli Forces ramping Up Airstrikes on gaza and launching raids on the ground. The idf says troops are preparing for the next phase of the war against hamas. This is video of the aftermath of the strikes in gaza this morning. Sources tell cnn the u. S. Is
The bbc s chief international correspondent, whos in southern israel. Also our international editor, jeremy bowen, who is injerusalem. Now, we dont know how events in gaza and israel will unfold in the coming hours, much less days. But as soon as hamas attacked on october 7th, there was no doubt that israel would respond. So lets start with this question. Hello, this is david from sydney, australia. Ive just listened to your gaza question podcast,| but for me the most interesting question wasnt asked at all. I given that hamas would have known their barbaric attack i would result in a massive reaction, why did they do it . Was it to provoke an overreaction that would lose israel the support of its allies . And lyse, well come to you for that one. Its a very difficult question to answer because we are not really hearing from the people in charge of this operation, and thats the military wing of hamas, the izzedine alqassam brigades. But what we have heard from some of the political lead
Trump alone. Wow. Fascinating. Thank you. Cnn this morning continues right now pochlt. This is cnn breaking news. It is the top of the pour. Im poppy harlow with Phil Mattingly in new york. Monitoring two big stories right now. Jim jordan about to give a News Conference in minutes as he tries yet again to become House Speaker after failing multiple times. We are also following several big developments in israels war with hamas. Today President Biden is back from the war zone and calling on congress to approve a new Wartime Aid Package for israel and ukraine. In a prime tile oval always speech he called it vital for Americas National security. I know these conflicts can seem far away. Its natural to ask, why does this matter to america. When terrorists dont pay a price for their terror, when dictators dont pay a price for their aggression they cause more chaos and death and destruction. They keep going. The cost and threats to america and the world keep rising. Of course, congress is pa
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