hello. and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i m paula newton. you are watching cnn s continuing coverage of israel at war. it is 3:00 a.m. here in atlanta. 9:00 a.m. in gaza. israeli air strikes, again, lit up the skies overnight. israel s military says its forces have reached the outskirts of gaza city, for the second time in as many days. israel hit the refugee camp in northern gaza with the devastating air strike on wednesday. local hospital officials say 80 people were killed. here s what an idf spokesperson told cnn earlier. you should have evacuated. you and your family, you shouldn t have been there. that doesn t mean that we wanted to kill anybody. it means that when we warn palestinians two weeks ago to evacuate that specific area, because there was going to be major combat operations, they should have heeded the warning and should have left. the sad reality that is unfolding now is that the civilians in gaza is
one more time. as rog always says, last word on our show every week, courage. show some courage. yes. rebecca lowe. yes, rog. thank you very much for coming on the show today. it s so nice to meet you on the air. i want to see you in person someday. we ll have you on the set. that would be lovely. check out her podcast after the whistle. it s fantastic. team usa kicks off tomorrow against the netherlands. coming up, judging by the midterm results, democrats did something right in managing their message, but can they keep it up? we ll speak with the new communications co-chair, joe neguse. and we ll catch you up on the trump organization fraud trial with a live report from outside the federal courthouse in new york city. morning joe will be right back.
the danger here is it is not good for republican candidates that between now and the election day we ll get story after story after story about donald trump. because the more they have to defend trump the less they are able to be on offense on the issues they want to be on. on that note the subpoena caps off a pretty extraordinary week for donald trump. summed up by the new york times, peter baker, in this tweet. this was his week. he was subpoenaed regarding allegations of insurrection. he was found by a judge to have signed a false statement, referring to georgia. he was deposed on an allegation of rape in the defamation case from jean carroll. bannon his former top aide was sentenced to four months in prison for defying subpoena. tom barrett, a former top aide and adviser, is on trial. lindsey graham was ordered to testify. the trump organization fraud trial is going to start this week. that s just one week in trump land.
adviser is on trial. lindsey graham was ordered to testify. the trump organization fraud trial is going to start this week. that s just one week in trump land. one week. my only message is we don t have to do this again. there are credible republicans who want to run for president, who will run for president. the notion the gop would even humor nominating him again is just absurd at this point. i mean, he could very well be indicted. let s look to some new blood. remember, the gop is made up of people. it s not this organization that has it is made of people. people across america who love donald trump. people show up at rallies. yep. they show up in droves. we watch different clips. though the rally numbers are dwindling. still as long as 30% of the republican base loves donald trump and in a crowded primary he will emerge a victor. it is not just the people but the elected officials also who