A year, as well as republican senator from florida and the vice chair of the Senate Intelligence committee, marco rubio. Thats this sunday at 9 00 a. M. And noon eastern, only here on cnn. Our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer in the situation room. I will see you sunday morning. Happening now, Breaking News, rising fear in gaza as bombs fall and israel tells 1. 1 Million People in the north to leave. Hamas telling palestinians to stay put. U. N. Officials call the evacuation impossible and warn of devastating humanitarian consequences. More of gaza is reduced to rubble. The Israeli Military reveals it has been conducting local raids there and searching for hostages held by hamas. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu says israels weeklong response to the hamas terror is just the beginning, as the region braces for a potential Ground Invasion. Tonight, we are learning more about the leadup to the war. Sources telling cnn that u. S. Intelligence warned of the potential for a conflict in gaza in the days before israel was attacked. We are following Breaking News on the struggle to elect a new speaker of the paralyzed u. S. House of representatives. Republicans nominating hardliner jim jordan, after their initial choice, steve scalise, dropped out. Jordans prospects in a full house vote are very uncertain this hour. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. You are in the situation room. Announcer this is cnn Breaking News. There is a lot happening in the israelihamas war tonight, with the crisis in gaza clearly escalating and israel possibly on the brink of a major Ground Invasion. Our team is covering all the Breaking News in the region as well as here in the United States. Lets begin with erin burnett, shes live in tel aviv for us. The idf confirmed today, they have been carrying out raids in gaza as israel is telling more than 1 million civilians in gaza to evacuate. Thats right, wolf. They have been dropping leaflets telling people to leave. Hamas was telling them not to leave. You did have Israeli Special forces carrying out raids, as you say, in gaza. That seemed to be over by the time that they announced it, when they said they had done that. By the way, wolf, still you have skirmishes and incidents on the israeli side of the gaza border. When you get to checkpoints, you see some of those are happening. An idf soldier me that late last night they had gone into a house, the doors were locked. Why are the doors locked . Everything is destroyed. Turns out, as they opened the doors, special forces, there was Hamas Terrorists inside who threw a grenade out. They believe there are still Hamas Terrorists, some of them possibly in on israeli side as well as the tunnels. Whether others could come through and raids in gaza could bring a broader Ground Invasion. You were near the southern border close to egypt earlier today. You saw quite a buildup of israeli troops. Right . Yes, wolf. All the way along the border. Of course, that border only a couple of dozen miles. As you go down that border, you can see the Israeli Military everywhere, the buildup of tanks, Armored Personnel Carriers today. There was a tank brigade that was one of the first to go in. They told us they were the first to go in saturday afternoon at 3 00. They were there basically regrouping and getting ready. They were along the southern tip of the israeligaza border as they pulled back. You see it along the border. We see buses. They are bringing in soldiers on buses. They come in, Big White Tourist coach buses like you might see, drop off 50 or so soldiers at a checkpoint, and they go back and get more. We are seeing more and more of that. Force pushing in along that border. Wolf, today a state of readiness we didnt observe yesterday in terms of the intensity of the soldiers, their stated desire go in, and the way they were conducting themselves. The intensity, the readiness with their weapons as well as their personal protective equipment and wearing helmets. Its very clear that that force is there and that force is increasing in its readiness, wolf. Erin burnett, thank you very much. Of course, we will see you right at the top of the hour for out front. Stay safe over there. Appreciate it very much. Want to get more on the Evacuation Order in gaza and warnings it could have devastating consequences. Cnn chief International CorrespondentClarissa Ward is in ashdod. This order for more than 1 Million People to leave north gaza, is it possible . Its absolutely not possible, wolf. We have been seeing that through the scenes that are playing out right now and all throughout the day in Northern Gaza. A state of confusion, chaos, panic. People packing whatever belongings they can grab, setting out, some in cars, some on foot. With no real clear destination, because, frankly, these people have nowhere to go. There is no safe place right now in gaza, even in southern gaza, the shelters are already completely overwhelmed, despite the efforts of of the International Community to try to facilitate some agreement with egypt on the establishment of a humanitarian corridor. So far, those efforts have been fruitless. They called israels Evacuation Order, quote, whorrendous. He said gaza is turning into a hellhole. We spoke to a Dentistry Student in Northern Gaza. She has not been able to leave yet. Shes petrified. She says she has nowhere to go. Take a look. Im actually terrified. Im trying not to show it. All of the situation around us, its like they are saying that you could die at any moment. You dont know i dont even know if im going to live through the next minute. Yeah, its really terrifying. I hear the voices of Young Children in your house. How do you protect them from this . Yes. Its actually terrifying of that. Of just imagining if anything would happen to them. When any bombing happen, i could see the look on the 4yearold, my nephew. He would look terrified. Its really heartbreaking. Have you lost any friends or family throughout the strikes of the last seven days . Yes. Theres a friend. She actually got out from her house to her cousins house. When she was there, the area were targeted. The house got bombed. Shes gone. What was she like . She really liked to joke a lot. Even though in school we had tough times, she just always she just always knew how to make us laugh. Sorry. Dont be sorry. Dont be sorry. We just want peace. Thats it. She said, wolf, she and her family do want to leave. They do want to get to safety. They simply dont know where they should go. Important also to say that hamas, meanwhile, has been telling people not to leave, to stay in place and to stand their ground, wolf. Clarissa, i understand you have exclusive reporting about how hamas actually prepared and trained for this Terror Attack against israel. What did you learn . Wolf, as you know, there has been a huge amount of conversation around these military but primary intelligence failures in the runup to last weeks atrocious attacks. We have been working very closely with paul murphy from our open source investigative unit. He has combed through two years of Satellite Imagery, social media videos, and some of the findings are quite shocking. Take a look. Propaganda videos put out by hamas reveal chilling details about the years of preparations that went into saturdays bloody attacks, right under israels nose. Analyzing data from the videos, a cnn investigation can reveal the presence of at least six training sites inside gaza. One just 720 meters from the most heavily fortified and patrolled part of israels border. In that camp, hamas recreated an israeli compound with elements of the nearby border crossing, including an insignia of the battalion. The videos show they practiced taking prisoners and zip tieing their hands. Satellite imagery indicates the camp was constructed within the last year and a half. At two other locations in the southern part of gaza, hamas trained for their aparaglider assault. At all six sites, two years of Satellite Imagery reviewed by cnn shows no indication of offensive Israeli Military action. The imagery instead shows that in the last two years, some camps even expanded into surrounding farmland and that there was activity in the last several months at the camps. The stunning revelations raise questions as to how hamas was able to train so openly, so close to the border, for so long, and why israeli officials were unable to pick up on and prevent the october 7th attack. Wolf, of course, the idf has in the past often hit camps. We reached out to them and asked them about these ones specifically. They did reply. They said, we cannot provide answers to your questions since they relate to the analysis of intelligence at the same time we are fighting a war. This topic together with numerous other issues will be investigated by the idf at the end of the war, wolf. Clarissa ward in ashdod. Now to new cnn reporting on u. S. Intelligence assessment in the days leading up to the hamas attack against israel. Our chief National Security correspondent alex marquardt. We have been told by sources familiar with the intelligence that there were warnings and indications that there could be an attack by hamas from gaza. Nothing on the level of what we saw last weekend. We have been told that in the days prior to last saturday, october 7th, there were three distinct piece s of intense, tw american, one israeli. First on september 28. That was a report that indicated that there could be a crossborder hamas attack using rockets. A Couple Daze Ys later, a cia w that talked about the possibility of a hamas attack. One day before the attacks last weekend, there was an israeli report that was disseminated among u. S. Officials that indicated that there was something unusual about hamas behavior. Then, of course, we know what happened the next day. Again, those three intelligence reports, wolf, did not speak at all to the scope of what we ended up seeing, the brutality, the lethality, the fact hamas militants were able to break through the wall and fly over the wall and carry out those massacres. Sources are telling us now that the sense was that if something were to happen, that it would possibly have looked like what we have seen in the past. Thats why there was not that much alarm. Maybe there would be a flurry of rockets flying out of gaza, that they would be intercepted by the iron dome, that israel could respond and there could be several days of fighting. Certainly, nothing on that level. We did hear from an Administration Official who told us there was no Information Warning about the Terrorist Attack in advance. The sense that we are getting, wolf, from officials both here in washington and in israel as well, is that they thought if something were to happen, it wouldnt be nearly as big as what we saw last weekend. And that there was a general sense of complacency that had set in in israel. Now there are growing questions of, everything that we knew, this series of warnings, plus warnings, i should say from allied middle eastern countries, whether there really was the appropriate sense of what could happen in israel. Wolf . Excellent reporting, thank you very much. Just ahead, another live report from israel, as crucial u. S. Military supplies arrive. We are following Breaking News on capitol hill. Jim jordan is the latest republican nominee for speaker of the house. Can he unite his party on the house floor . We will get back to Breaking News on israels escalating war against hamas in a moment. Theres other Breaking News we are following right now here in washington. House republicans have just nominated congressman jim jordan for speaker of the house. His path to a majority is unclear, at least at this hour. Lets bring in our chief Congressional Correspondent manu raju. He is on capitol hill. Manu, what are republicans saying about whether jordan can ultimately win enough votes on the floor of the house to become speaker . Many of them are concerned, wolf, that he simply will meet the same fate as others, including steve scalise, who initially won the republican nomination to be speaker after the historic vote last week to oust Kevin Mccarthy from the speakership, which left this house paralyzed. They need to elect a speaker to move on any legislation. Scalise had to back down because he didnt have the votes. Jim jordan also does not have the votes. 55 republicans voted against him in a secret ballot election behind closed doors saying they would oppose him if this came to a vote. Now at the moment, jim jordan is planning to try to convince those members to come along. Theres a problem. He can only lose four republicans max in order to get the 217 votes he needs to be elected speaker of the house. I caught up with the former speaker of the house, Kevin Mccarthy, about this just moments ago in the aftermath of this vote. He believes jordan can get there. He had some poignant words about how this reflects on the gop. How do you think 55 members have so many reservations of jim jordan. I dont know so much its jim jordan as maybe with the eight who 4 who caused this problem and the democrats. I think thats more the reservation. People dont feel like they should have new leadership . I dont think new leadership. I think they saw eight people work with all the democrats to disrupt the country. I think thats a real problem. How do you get past that . How do you get past that . Its not easy. Republicans have been struggling to try to figure out any way forward after mccarthy was pushed out of the speakership. The question, wolf, is what happens if jordan cannot get there . They have scheduled a vote for tuesday to try to pressure members to fall in line. If they dont, what is plan c for the gop . They dont have one. There may be other members who decide to run. Can they bridge this bitterly divided conference with many frustrated members about everything that transpired . Thats a key question. Wolf, theres also talk right now about potentially propping up the powers of the interim speaker, patrick mchenry, to oversee legislation that cannot move at the moment on the house floor. So many questions as the republicans, the divisions have paralyzed the house. No legislation can be acted on because of it. So much at stake. Manu, thank you very much. Want to get back to the middle east and israels war against hamas. C cnns Jeremy Diamond is there. You were at the air base when the u. S. Secretary of defense arrived in israel. What did you see . Thats right. We were granted exclusive access to the air base in Southern Israel as a cargo plane landed at that base, delivering fresh u. S. Weapons and munitions to israel as part of that show of support and vow of support that President Biden issued earlier this week. These shipments include u. S. Precision guided munitions. They include artillery shells as well as fresh interceptor missiles for the iron dome Missile Defense system, which is, of course, intended to protect civilians from rockets being fired by hamas. I was also able to catch up with the u. S. Secretary of defense. I first asked him what the message is the u. S. Is trying to send with these shipments. Its not just a show of support. It is support. Its the leading edge of more to come. We have seen Civilian Casualties in gaza. What kind of assurances do you have from the israelis about how they will use the munitions . What kind of assurances . This is a professional force. Its well led. Im sure they will do the right thing. You can see that secretary austin seemed a bit uncomfortable about answering that question. Instead today, the large focus was really on showing that there is no daylight between the United States and israel as it relates to its campaign against hamas. But there were some words from the secretary of defense today as he stood alongside his defense counterpart here in israel about the responsibility that democracies have to uphold what he called the laws of war. He also mentioned that the u. S. Would be willing to share its expertise in trying to minimize Civilian Casualties in carrying out urban warfare and also in creating humanitarian corridors for civilians. All of this, of course, as the death toll in gaza continues to rise. More than 1,900 people have now been killed. Of those, that includes 614 children. We know, wolf, as this Military Campaign is expected to widen with the possible Ground Invasion that will undoubtedly mean more casualties inside of gaza, including more Civilian Casualties. So as the United States is providing additional weaponry to israel