Hello, everyone. Im kate bolduan with john berman in new york, and sara sidner is in jerusalem, and this morning israel is ramping up air strikes. They are coupled with raids thaz enter the quote, unquote next phase of the war the take out hamas. T this is some the video this morning of some the aftermath of the strikes in gaza. Now, the humanitarian crisis is dire, and system of the aid is coming in through egypt. Our crews have spotted a third convoy headed to gaza carrying food, water and medical supplies. Overnight, the idf have upped the amount of people kidnapped in october 7th, and as many as 222 could be held hostage inside of gaza, and this would be the 17th day in captivity, presumably somewhere within the gaza strip. This morning u. S. Officials tell cnn there are still 10 americans unaccounted for. It is not clear if all are hostages or not. The u. S. Does not know the condition of any american hostages at this point. We will get right to the ground. Our friend sara sidner
Outfront starts. Right now. Outfront next, Michael Cohen set to take this this case for prosecutors. So is he ready for this moment cohens former lawyer ease out front. Loss from Stormy Daniels to the judge, the alarming growing threats targeting key players in trumps trial. And the Breaking News, a new Biden Administration report says it is reasonable to assess that israels use of us weapons in gaza could violate International Law. At least one democrat though says that report ducts the hard questions lets go out front good evening, america hill in for Erin Burnett Outfront tonight. The final major witness in the Trump Criminal Trial now confirmed Michael Cohen, trumps former attorney and fixer set to take the stand when the trial resumes on monday. And of course, much of this case really hangs on Michael Cohen, someone who the defense will say has deep credibility issues. Cohen though, is seen as the one potential witness who can help prosecutors proved the crux of their case that th
Have not gone inter alia, i am not supplying equipment to go into there. We need to make sure israel is secure in terms of iron dome and responding to acts like those that came out of recent times. Lets cross to washington and speak to our correspondent, will vernon. This is the clearest signal that the us is unhappy with how israel is conducting the offensive in gaza. What else did biden say . Offensive in gaza. What else did biden say . You heard mr barton say did biden say . You heard mr barton say america did biden say . You heard mr barton say america would i barton say america would continue giving israel weapons that needs to defend itself but he said the us would not supply heavy weapons, bombs, Artillery Shells that could be used in a major offensive in the city of rafah. Weapons he said they could be used in major Population Centres and mr barton added us but weapons have already killed civilians in gaza. Human Rights Groups say it is exactly these kind of munitions that have
If they Go Into Rafah, they havent gone in rafah yet, if they go to rafah, i am not supplying the weapons used to deal with rafah, to deal with that problem. We will continue to make sure israel is secure in terms of iron dome and their Military Response to attacks that came out in The Middle East recently. For more on that, our North America Correspondent Will Vernon sent this update from washington. President biden said america would continue to give israel the weapons it needs to defend else, but he said the us wouldnt supply heavy weapons, bombs, Artillery Shells that could be used in a major assault on the city of rafah. And mr biden said it is these us supplied weapons that have already killed civilians in gaza stop human Rights Groups say these munitions are responsible for the utter devastation in gaza. Now, earlier we heard from us officials who confirmed that one shipment of heavy bombs was delayed last week and that other shipments were under review, and that was a hugely si
This is another morale boost for labour, more woe for the conservatives. Chris mason has our top story. Natalie elphicke, shoulder to shoulder with the Prime Minister when rishi sunak invited reporters to dover last summer to talk about stopping the boats. Less than a year later, she has stopped being a Conservative Mp. Look at the leader shes appearing with now. I must admit, when i got up this morning i didnt expect to hear this today. Natalie elphicke, the labour member of parliament for dover and deal. I think she speaks for very many tory voters in saying that the tory party has changed, it has left the centre ground. But equally the labour party has changed and we are very clearly the party of the national interest. Really good day. It has been a great day. Cue the mildly awkward first date with the cameras in tow vibes ahead of her criticism of their Prime Minister. He is not stopping the boats and he is letting the country down. Meanwhile, under labour, they are clear that it i