live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with lynda kincaid. well, it s 10:00 a.m. in israel and gaza. day three of deepening hostilities that began friday with israeli airstrikes in gaza which have since escalated in rockets fired toward israel. they say an israeli airstrike is to blame for killing people on saturday. the israeli military deny it is was responsible and released video that it says show as militant rocket going off course. israel says that s what cause thad deadly explosion. cnn can t verify either claim. here s what one palestinian woman said after her home was destroyed. translator: i started to cry and scream. and then the drone hit. and after that, there was an airstrike, which, as can you see, put our homes to the ground. all of that was destroyed. what can i do? where will we go tonight? cities across southern israel have been sounding warning sirens as militant rockets streak out of gaza by the dozens. the israeli military say the majority ar
temperatures. plus escalating tensions between israel and gaza militants. the most violent in over a year. we ll go live to southern israel for the latest. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom. with lynda kinkade. we begin in washington, d.c. where a marathon voting session is currently under way in the u.s. senate. democrats are hoping to push through a sweeping healthcare climate and tax bill that tackles some of the key policy objectives. first, they have to clear one more procedural hurdle, what is known as a vote-a-rama, a series of back-to-back amendment votes with no time limit. the bill is ultimately expected to pass, then head to the u.s. house for a vote. cnn s jessica dean reports. reporter: senate democrats are pushing through midway through this complex budget process that will allow them to pass legislation focused on climate, healthcare and some tax provisions with just the senate democrats voting. they will not need senate republicans. but
of what we can expect to hear. we will show evidence of the president s involvement in this scheme, and also show evidence about what his own lawyers came to think about this scheme. and we ll show courageous state officials who stood up and said they wouldn t go along with this plan to call legislatures back into session. let s begin with manu raju who is live this morning on capitol hill. so manmanu, walk us through whoe we expecting to hear from today. reporter: we expect to hear from four witnesses who will talk about the intense pressure campaign launched by donald trump and his allies to overturn the electoral results, the pressure they withstood re rejecting those efforts. and also the real life consequences, particularly facing a georgia election worker, former georgia election worker who will testify later today about the real threats to her personal safety, to her family s safety, because of what she says were lies that were pushed by donald trump, by rudy giu
the nation as demonstrators demand stricter gun laws. cnn correspondents spanned out across the country to cover the push for gun reform. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. we start in ukraine, where officials are claiming progress in the south, as russian shelling rains down on the east. ukraine has been pushing forward with this counteroffensive in the kherson region, and president volodymyr zelenskyy says another area has been cleared of russian troops. here he is. translator: the ukrainian military gradually liberates the territory of the kherson region. the day the village of tevriska was added to the list of those returned to our state. there are several areas in. russian artillery is playing a big role in the fighting in the east. the ukrainian governor says heavy weapons are dismantling buildings in entire neighborhoods in severodonetsk. russia now controls most of the city, but the governor says ukrainian troops are still fightin
fighting since the start of israel s ground operation in gaza, just as families of hostages demand urgent action to save them. also ahead, six people killed in a shooting spree in texas, a suspect now in custody. investigators trying to piece together a potential motive. and the atmospheric river that is totally drenching the west prompting some dramatic rescues. is there any end in sight to the torrent of water? thanks for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we are just hours out now from the next republican debate, and donald trump, who won t even be on the stage is dominating the headlines for stunning comments about a potential second term. the former president refusing to say that he will not abuse his power should he return to the white house telling fox s sean hannity he won t be a dictator, except for day one. under no circumstances you are promising america tonight, you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody