hello and a warm welcome to our viewers in the u.s. and around the world. i m max foster. bianca off this week. just ahead the united states will continue to compete vigorously with the prc but manage e that competetition respononsibly. trust t and verify as the old saying sgogoes. israeli forces are facing their biggest credibility test in gaza so far. this terror network is something that is very expensive. once we find it, we will share it. i will good news for the american people. this friday night, there will be no government shutdown. i can tell you republican voters are tired of promises. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is thursday, november 16, 9:00 a.m. here in london, 1:00 a.m. in san francisco where in the coming hours the presidents of u.s. and china will take part in events around the apec summit a day after the two met for face-to-face talks. joe biden is describing it as constructive and productive as
cnn goes inside the children s hospital in northern gaza. one of the hospitals israel says hamas is using to shield its quote, unquote war machine. what our correspondent sees when he goes in. only three days left until a possible u.s. government shutdown, and the new house speaker is facing the same gop problem that caused the former speaker his job. can speaker mike johnson get the deal done? the fbi investigating the new york city mayor for possible foreign influence. we will hear from the mayor for the first time this morning since new details of the probe have emerged. i m john berman with kate bolduan, fredricka whitfield is in for sara sidner. cnn news central starts now. this morning, only one hospital remains operational and still receiving patients in northern gaza. according to a new report from the united nations, gaza s two largest hospitals are effectively shut down, they say, after saying that they have run out of fuel to power generators, which also, of
specialized home for wounded veterans. thank you so much. wolf blitzer picks it up right now in the situation room. see you tomorrow. happening now, president biden says gaza s largest hospital should be, should be protected as israel insists it s striking medical centers hamas is using as cover. hospital officials reporting catastrophic conditions and increasingly desperate measures to keep premature babies and others alive. cnn goes inside gaza with israeli forces getting an up close look at the enormous scope of the destruction. the idf showing tunnels use bid hamas including beneath a children s hospital. donald trump jr. wraps up the testimony for the defense in the $250 million civil fraud trial against the trump organization. trump jr. praising his father as a real estate artist, even as the case threatens the family s entire business empire. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room . we beg
it is saturday, november 4th. i m ali velshi. we begin this morning with a split screen image that perfectly represents this moment of american politics. with democracy hanging in the balance, donald trump on the campaign trail, and on trial. trail, on one side we see a disgraced, twice impeached, multiply that former president raging at the system as the walls close in on him. on the other, the seemingly untouchable front runner for the republican nomination giving his supporters and the rest of the country a preview of his return to power. what it will look like. in the eyes of the backup base, trump is barreling towards the white house in 2024, despite witch hunts on all sides. as he continues to lead his republican competitors by a long shot, he is also continue to undermine and disregard key elements of what it means to be in a democracy. and how democratic processes work. he is refusing to attend the third republican debate. instead he will hold a counter programming
later. would begin with new developments in the israel hamas war. israel airstrikes pounded the gaza strip after its military said it was asked ending its ground operations into the territory. israel says it has yet to launch its massive ground invasion, one that they have been threatening since the october 7th hamas terror attacks. new video released by the idf today shows israeli tanks on the move in gaza. nbc news has not verified this video. the idf is saying it hit 150 underground targets in the northern gaza strip, killing several hamas terrorists. the relentless bombardment comes as gaza is facing a near- total blackout of internet and cell phones service. as tensions escalates, the biden administration is it recommending all evacuate due to a quote, unpredictable security situation. joining us now from the occupied west bank is nbc news course bonded thank you for coming back this hour. what is the latest there? so let me just set the scene for you. were in