now. happening now, gaza bombarded from the air as israel s war against hamas takes an increasingly devastating toll on the ground. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken offering a new condemnation of the rising number of deaths. and breaking news. fbi agents have seized cellphones and an ipad from new york city mayor eric adams. new details on the fundraising investigation as adams declares he has nothing to hide. also tonight, donald trump s bid to delay his criminal classified documents trial has been rejected by the judge. at least for now. the latesten that schedule that would put trump op trial just months before the 2024 election. welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off tonight. i am jim acosta and you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. we begin with israel s war against hamas. people in northern gaza experiencing heavy attacks within the last several hours. let s go to cnn s oren liebermann reportin
their next target. that s why israel s victory will be your victory. but make no mistake regardless of who stands with israel, israel will fight until this battle is won. and israel will prevail. that was part of a defiant speech yesterday from israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu where he rejected calls for a cease-fire as well as his resignation. we ll have more of his comments and the latest on the israel-hamas war in just a moment. meanwhile, aid for israel is a top priority on capitol hill, but the two chambers have very different plans for delivering it. we ll go through that potential funding fight. and also ahead, the new executive action from president biden on an emerging technology with serious national security concerns. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, october 31st, halloween. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we have a busy news day. we ll begin in the middle east. as the humanitarian crisis in ga
the production company podot. also with us is lewis goodall from the news agents podcast and tony pastor, the man behind goalhanger, which is the podcast production company he set up with gary lineker and makes all sorts of hit podcasts, including the rest is history, the rest is politics. there s something very intimate about listening to a podcast i mean, in many ways, a bit like radio where people have their headphones on, they re cooking, they re commuting, they re walking the dog and they get very, very close to the people in theirears. they develop a relationship with the people they re listening to on a regular basis. and we find that when we do live events, a lot of the audience comes up to our hosts and treats them like friends, like they already know them and we have to sort of remind ourtalent, our hosts, that, you know, to expect this and it s just one of those quirks that, in part, i think it s the nature of the way you listen to the shows. here s a quote to
have their headphones on, they re cooking, they re commuting, they re walking the dog and they get very, very close to the people in their ears. they develop a relationship with the people they re listening to on a regular basis. and we find that when we do live events, a lot of the audience comes up to our hosts and treats them like friends, like they already know them and we have to sort of remind ourtalent, our hosts, that, you know, to expect this. and it sjust one of those quirks that, in part, i think it s the nature of the way you listen to the shows. here s a quote to start us off. it s from an annual report on digital news from the reuters institute for the study ofjournalism. it came out on monday and describes news podcasting as, a bright spot for publishers which attracts younger, well educated listeners . given that there aren t so many bright spots for many news organisations at the moment, that is something to hold on to, and i wanted to open up to everyone f