today. joining us now is nbc news gabe gutierrez at the white house. raf sanchez in tel aviv. also with us is retired general barry mccaffrey, former gulf war division commander and nbc news military analyst. gabe what do we know about the pauses? reporter: hi there, jose, good morning. news on several fronts here. a short time ago, we heard from the national security council spokesperson admiral john kirby an he said four-hour humanitarian pauses each day, three-hour warning would be given before those humanitarian pauses each day. the idea here being to be able to allow people to get from northern gaza to southern gaza. he srian corridors, including one road a coastal road that should make it easier for people to get into southern gaza. now, the president, though, was also asked about this, as he left the white house. he s heading to an economic event in illinois. but he also made some news because he was asked about the negotiations for a three-day humanitarian pause a
for targeting american troops. is tehran getting the message? is the message from us strong enough as we say good morning. a big two hours coming your way. i m bill hemmer in new york. dana: can you hear me now, iran? i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. we have a big show for you today. united states bombing a weapons warehouse in eastern syria last night. the second time the u.s. struck iranian proxies in the past two weeks. here is what john kirby said just this morning. we are sending a strong signal to the revolutionary guard corps and tehran. we ll do what we have to do to protect our troops and forces. bill: the strike was in response to a flurry of attacks on u.s. bases over the past 2 1/2 weeks. the bombings have injured more than 40 americans stationed overseas. sources say it is dumb luck that no one has been killed yet. dana: those attacks started after the bombing of a gaza hospital october 17th. israel denied responsibility for that deadly b
[gunfire] we are not at a point right now where we would support a general ceasefire. why did you strike iran s revolutionary guard? because they struck us. sandra: we are waiting an update from the pentagon any moment now after america strikes back against iranian proxies a second time in two weeks. all this this time, targeting a weapons warehouse being used by militants in syria. backed by the number one state sponsor of terror. it is all developing at this hour. welcome, everyone, i m sandra smith in new york. hi, john. john: going to be another busy one. i m john roberts in washington and this is america reports . the pentagon says retaliatory strikes are in response to iranian backed houthi forces downing a drone, worth $32 million flying in international air space. sandra: lloyd austin says the u.s. is not backing down and will continue to defend itself, its personnel its interest in the middle. launched 46, new number, 46 attacks against u.s. troops in ju
good morning, everyone, and welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, november 5. i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. thank you for joining us. new developments out of the middle east. secretary of state antony blinken just wrapped up an unannounced visit to ramallah as violence escalates in the west bank. details on his meeting with palestinian president mahmoud abbas and what we re learning about another explosion near a refugee camp. donald trump s feud with ron desantis takes center stage, literally, as the former president parades husband new supporters on stage at a republican gathering in florida. we ll tell you ron desantis response and why chris christie was booed on the stage. trump will spend monday in a new york courtroom. he is scheduled to several in the civil fraud trial against his company. what we heard from his kids on t the stand and the role they played in that company. in the west bank, secretary of state antony blinken has met with the p
good evening. for the first time since the october 7th attack on israel and the war in hamas that s followed, hundreds of foreign nationals were finally allowed to leave gaza today. many more still remain. two allowed to leave are u.s. citizens. both were aide workers. in a moment, we ll speak to the niece of one of those aide workers, a 71-year-old seattle resident, who s been helping to make prosthetics for children in gaza when she was there on october 7th. the state department estimates there are about 1,000 americans and 5,000 other foreign nationals in gaza who want to leave. president biden today said he expects more americans to depart, quote, over the coming days. in another first since the war began, palestinians were allowed to cross gaza s southern border into egypt. this is a hospital in north sinai where some were taken for treatment. signals shift in the conflict that for a second time in as many days saw israeli strike targets north of gaza, according to the u