you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. good evening. we begin with an urgent call for evacuations across gaza, as israel expands its fight against hamas. the israel defense forces are now telling civilians in parts of both southern and northern gaza to evacuate as it carries out hundreds of air strikes. the u.n. estimates that more than 1.8 million people, nearly 80% of the population of gaza, have to leave their homes for safety since october 7th. and in the red sea, a u.s. defense official says an american warship shot down drones and responded after a cargo ship from the bahamas was attacked. let s go straight to cnn s matthew chance live in tel aviv for us. matthew, what is going on? what s the latest? reporter: well, when it comes to that attack on the cargo ship in the red sea, it issued an alert, a warning, and a call for help, a distress call, after a ballistic missile was fired toward it by houthi forces. these are iranian-backed forces i
while there are candidates trading barbs right now, the former president is dredging up his lies about the 2020 election, handing out these signs. you can see it there. accusing his chief political rival, president biden, of subverting democracy. we have opponents. a lot of opponents. we ve been waging an all-out war in american democracy. you look at what they ve been doing and becoming more and more extreme and repressive. they have just waged an all-out war with each passing day. those accusations come after trump told supporters today, he wants to prosecute the results of the 2020 election and encouraged them, encourage his supporters to go into ballot counting facilities in 2024 to, quote, guard the votes. national correspondent kristin holmes is in cedar rapids. we have to keep pointing out, while they re handing out these signs that says biden attacks democracy, it was trump who tried to overturn the 2020 election results. there is no erasing that fact. reporter:
. welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom. explosions across israel and gaza today. this as israeli officials say negotiations over the remaining hostages has hit a dead end. we ll have a live report on all of the latest. plus, i ll speak to the israeli peace activists and spokespeople for the parent circle about working together amidst the sorrow and findingng strength i grieviving togetheher. plus, , the u.s. announcnce rule to slash methane gas emissions, but is it too little too late? we re live at the cop-28 summit to find out. reporter: this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. it is 5:00 a.m. here in atlanta, noon in gaza where israel s bombardment of what it calls hamas targets is in its third day since a truce collapsed. the israeli army released footage of its ground, air, and naval operations in gaza. it says an idf drone targeted and killed hamas militants