right now on early start, dropping out. senator tim scott suspending his race for president. plus. bidenomics is not working. my one-on-one interview with dean phillips who s defying fellow democrats by challenging president biden in the primary. troops advance in gaza where the w.h.o. says the largest hospital isn t even functioning. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it s monday, november 13th. it s 5 a.m. here in washington. also 5 a.m. in south carolina where tim scott stunned republicans by announcing he was suspending his campaign. the timing took many of his campaign donors by surprise. it s been clear since last month when they canceled a multi-million dollar slate of tv ads. his team worried about whether he d even qualify for the fourth gop debate next month. scott told fox that he s not going to back another republican in the race but that he would try to advance the message about the kind of person that
carolyn, thank you very much. thanks to all of you for joining us. don t go anywhere. i m monday morning. we re so glad you re with us. hope you had a good weekend. we have a lot of news to get to. five things to know for this monday, november 13th. breaking overnight, senator tim scott has dropped out of the republican presidential primary. the sudden announcement stung his own staff and donors. gaza s largest crisis says it s of the of fuel with three newborns dying as a result. israel says it offered to provide fuel, but hamas blocked the delivery. also the pentagon say it is carried out new deadly airstrikes against facilities in syria. donald trump s legal team set to begin its defense in the high had-stakes civil fraud trial here in new york. first, the witness stand, donald trump jr. and house lawmakers returning to d.c. to consider mike johnson s plan to avert a shutdown. major questions remain with four days left until funding runs you. cnn this morning s