war. it is when i am here in atlanta, atm in gaza city where the ministry of health now reports 471 people have been killed in tuesday's deadly hospital blast. israel was quick to claim and then deny responsibility, but now to review i u.s. and idf intelligence, the u.s. publicly backs israel's claim that in errant rocket fired by an islamic group caused the explosion. there is new video that appears to show a rocket flight from gaza and exploded both of gaza city just before the blast. on the ground, this was the moment of the explosion outside the hospital. u.s. national security council raised a statement reading, and part, the u.s. government assesses that israel was not responsible for an explosion that killed hundreds of civilians at the hospital. based on available reporting, missile activity, and open source video and images of the incident. that assessment came as the u.s. president arrived in israel, wednesday. earlier on air force one, he was asked for his message to those who do not trust u.s. intelligence. >> i can understand why in this circumstance they would not believe it. i can understand that. i am not suggesting that hamas deliberately did it, either. -- >> president biden is now planning a primetime address from the white house, thursday night, updating the situations and both israel and as well as the war in ukraine. cnn has been conducting its own independent analysis of that horrifying hospital blast in gaza. two sides blame each other for the explosion which killed almost 500 people. cnn's not looking into a video of the incident which was recorded by a news camera which was rolling at the time of the explosion. cnn's alex has details. >> the explosion rocked northern gaza and lit up the night sky, another angle appearing to show, according to a cnn analysis, a rocket fired from gaza. it explodes in the air and seconds later, a blast is seen at the al-ahli arab hospital. cnn has not determined definitively that the rocket and explosion are related. in tel aviv, joe biden decided to say u.s. intelligence matches israel's version. >> based on the information we have seen today, it appears it was an errant rocket fired by a terrorist group. >> biden did not need the group, but israel claims it is palestinian islamic jihad, i lied with hamas and linked to iran. the american assessments, less than 24 hours after the deadly strike, was based on what was intelligence, missile activity, and open source video and images of the video. the statement adding that some militants in gaza believe it was jihad. >> for the u.s. to now weigh in and the u.s. president to wait and on this, this does strongly suggest that it was not the israelis. >> the israeli military published recordings it claims are audio intercepts of hamas militants acknowledging that it was their rocket. >> cnn cannot verify these recordings. it is part of a vigorous israeli effort to claim it was not their raw rocket, arguing that they usually drop stronger bombs. they have left buildings across gaza flattened and huge craters in the ground. at the hospital today, charred vehicles littered the parking lot which is pockmarked and has a small crater. sources tell cnn that israel shared its intelligence with the u.s. and taken together, the u.s. now claims the body of evidence paints a solid picture. >> you have to piece it together with other sources of information, not just from that ally. it may be biased. >> the public outcry and plain of israel or swift and fierce. biden's summit in jordan with arab leaders was canceled as crowds and the streets grew. >> i can understand why in this circumstance they would not believe. i can understand that. but i don't say things like that unless i believe the source. >> the theory now threatening to deepen the crisis, even before israel launches a possible invasion of gaza. >> whoever is responsible for the hospital blast, it does not change the tragic outcome. hundreds dead, many more hurt, and families left to search through rubble and debris at the hospital, hoping to find their dead missing. salma al del aziz has more from gaza city, and her report contains frightening images. >> a gruesome scene, gazans searching for pieces of their loved ones. >> we are looking for feet, toes, anything, this man says. just give me some space to look. the blast so powerful, my father, i just want to see him, he says. oh god, he was sitting right here, leaving little of its victims behind. there was an old man or that wheelchair is, this man says. we tried to pick up his body, the corpses here or all mingled. these are the grounds of the hospital where countless innocence were camped out, certain it was safe. >> we suddenly felt there was a fire and chunks of things were falling on us. it was dark, we were looking for each other. >> this survivor says, i can't explain it, i can't describe it. it was a massacre. [sound of artillery] in the night, the refuge was ripped apart by a powerful explosion. a place of healing turned into a place of carnage, hundreds killed where they hoped to be saved. condemnation and accusation came pouring and before the dead could be counted. israel denies responsibility, blaming a militant group and adding the lack of structural damage rolled out the possibility of their much more powerful airstrikes. the idf released audio that alleges to hamas operatives discussing the misfiring of an islamic jihad rocket onto a gaza hospital in broken aerobic. >> intelligence from our sources indicates that the is lamest jihadist responsible for the failed rocket launch which hit the hospital in gaza. >> but palestinian officials and arab leaders rejected israel's denial, accusing its military of intentionally targeting the medical facility. cnn cannot verify what caused the explosion. fury across the region sparked demonstrations across several arab states. fears of a wider conflict grow. president biden landed in israel during this watershed moment, both jordan and the palestinian authority canceled planned meets prior to his arrival. >> i was deeply saddened and outraged by the explosion at a al-ahli hospital in gaza. based on what i have seen, it appears it was done by the other team. >> hours after the attack, surrounded by the dead, gaza's health ministry blamed israel and said the facility was hit by idf rockets days prior as a warning. >> the next morning, the israeli military called the hospital chief and said, we have warned you with two rockets. why have you not evacuated the hospital? >> gaza's hospital system was on the brink even before this attack. the humanitarian crisis is now spiraling out of control, rates groups say. about 2 million people, half of them children, are trapped in an urban war zone, a complete siege imposed by israel after a terror attack killed 1400 people, sealed borders, cut off food, water, the basics, electricity, internet. there will be a time for investigations and perhaps clear answers, but that does little fourth of suffering and morning and gaza, now. salma abdelaziz, cnn, london. >> u.s. president says he also reached an agreement between israel and egypt to allow humanitarian assistance into gaza. biden says initially 20 trucks will pass through the rafah crossing as soon as friday, possibly. but the egyptians one security guarantees for workers reporting the rafah crossing. earlier, i asked idf spokesperson lieutenant colonel jonathan if israel will agree to that condition. >> what we can do is facilitate egyptian aid to be provided to gaza, as long as it does not get into the hands of hamas. that is the only condition that israel sets and there is a very troubling history here with hamas taking supplies, fuel, documenting days ago that hamas stole fuel from a compound which could have served for at least six days of fueling the generators. we are of course very concerned about the fact that they will abuse this, as well as that doesn't happen, then the israeli cabinet has approved it at the request of president biden. >> the lights are still on in the hamas bonkers in gaza, it seems, but not a. in terms of what is allowed into gaza, the israeli prime minister and the cabinet, from what i have seen, have only mentioned food, water, and medical supplies. but right now, there is no electricity in gaza. fuel for janitors's low, especially at hospitals. so, wolf you will be allowed in? >> so, will fuel be allowed in? >> yes, they are just not running low on rockets. i am aware of the same details that you reported. i don't have additional information regarding feel. i know there are deliberations about it, but what the israeli cabinet has improved is and eat the details that you have said. >> and what is the latest on rocket fire coming from gaza? it seems there was a lull about 12 hours at one point, but has since resumed. >> yes, they fire at what appears to be set times. they fire rockets towards central and southern israel. it appears as if they are conserving and managing their supply of rockets, firing for effect in order to terrorize israeli civilians. there have not been any significant casualties. the iron dome is intercepting and doing exceedingly well. but there are rockets fired by hamas and terrorists. >> a u.n. security council draft resolution calling for humanitarian pauses in the fighting and gaza to allow aid delivery has been vetoed by the u.s.. they condemned the hamas terrorist attacks and urges aid to hostages, but calls all parties to comply with international law. 12 cancel members approve the law, but the uk and russia abstained. the u.s. ambassador to the u.n., linda thomas-greenfield, says resolutions are important, but america on the ground diplomacy needs to play out. she was also critical that the draft failed to mention israel's right to self defense. when we come back, a glimmer of hope that humanitarian aid could finally arrive in gaza. the question is, will it be enough? no, not at the moment, given the dire need to the palestinian enclave. more on that in a moment. also, we talk to a regional record for the world about the desperate medical crisis unfolding and getting worse by the hour in gaza. >> 16 minutes past the hour. welcome back. the visit by the u.s. president joe biden to israel is offering some hope that humanitarian assistance could soon be allowed to gaza. after meeting with the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, president biden said there was an agreement for-limited aid to cross over from egypt, initially just 20 trucks would be allowed across the border. more than 2000 trucks filled with desperately needed supplies have been waiting on the egyptian side. and cnn's becky anderson has more now, reporting in from tel aviv. >> this is where international aid should be flowing. into gaza. but it has been eerily quiet. vital, life-sustaining humanitarian aid has been piling up, stuck in no man's land on the wrong side of the border, while agencies sound the alarm on an accelerating humanitarian crisis. now, there are signs of a breakthrough. on wednesday, hours after a deadly blast at the hospital in gaza, u.s. president joe biden landed on his wartime visit to israel. hours later, he delivered these remarks. >> i asked the israeli cabinet, who i met with for sometime this morning, to agree to the delivery of lifesaving humanitarian assistance to civilians in gaza, based on the other standing there will be inspections and that the aid should go to civilians, not to hamas. -- agreed the humanitarian assistance can begin to move from egypt to gaza. >> but in a statement, wednesday israel said it will not allow any aid into gaza from its own territory until all hostages held by hamas or released. following the announcement, i asked the jordanian foreign minister for his reaction. >> we are all working for a cease-fire that would allow the delivery of the humanitarian supplies to gaza. so, talk of cease-fire is continuing. top of allowing supplies is continuing. top of decision to end the war is continuing. so, we are all working to -- add any step in that direction is definitely a -- >> president biden now says he is working with biden -- but even when that flow of aid can begin, its roots has been badly damaged by israeli airstrikes. >> there is a miles-long convoy of humanitarian assistance between -- and rafa, with trucks on the side of the road, waiting, the possibility of entering gaza. the rafah crossing, with the last days, has been bombed four times. >> there is a lot of infrastructure that has been destroyed. obviously, the lack of fuel, the lack of water, the lack of food is going to compound the situation. the difficulties with moving around due to security, but also just the blockages from rubble, et cetera, and unexploded munitions -- >> for gaza citizens, the deadly waiting game means lifelines are fast running out. >> the palestinian health ministry says hospitals are collapsing without fuel. and the world food programme warns that shops in gaza will run out of food in mid days. >> translator: there is no water. there is no water at all. and medicines for children, food, drinking. there are no supplies at all in the gaza strip. it is not just me. all of the gaza strip is suffering. all of the families in gaza are suffering. >> becky anderson, cnn, tel aviv. >> with us now from cairo is dr. richard -- weasel emergency director for the world health organization. thank you for being with us. >> thank you. thank you for this opportunity. >> -- from egypt into gaza and -- be at least friday, they say, before a convoy of trucks are allowed in. just 20 at first. if hamas takes it will be the last convoy -- repaired, the egyptians want to security guarantees for those repair workers. it seems there are so many ways this deal could be undone before it even begins -- nonstarter? >> we hope it's not a nonstarter. but as, you say there's a lot of complexities to getting this aid operation going. we have got to get those first 20 trucks across. roads need to be repaired, as you indicated. one of the conditions that we have agreed on, with the egyptian government ways that supplies would be taken to the border by the egyptian red crescent, not by the united nations, and then transferred over to colleagues for the palestinian red crescent, who would then go on with distributions in gaza. that's the challenge. there are major disruptions to the infrastructure, as you have indicated, with the roads. we have got to make sure that both parties to the conflict respect the convoys as they distribute aid throughout gaza. we have got to get up to north gaza, to hospitals, to these schools and collective centers where thousands of people are congregated. and so, we need those security guarantees, so that supplies can be delivered where they are needed most. >> 4000 dead, almost. more than 12,000 wounded. more than 1 million displaced. -- trucks. do the math here. it's insignificant, right? >> well, it is a start. i guess that is the absolute best we can say. now, we understand that, as you are probably aware, the head of the united nations humanitarian organization has been in town here speaking with the president of egypt. we hope to get up to 100 trucks a day. so, we have got to rapidly scale up that assistance and -- other united nations agencies, are bringing in as much a -- but ultimately it's the political decision-makers that have got to give us that access. but we continue to do our best on the advocacy level. but you are absolutely right. we have to scale up massively. and you've got to remember, john vause, this is not a sprint. this is just the start. this is a marathon. and -- we are hearing figures now, people only have three liters of clean water per person per day. absolute minimum, you usually need 15 leaders. that's to cover things like drinking, cooking, just very, very, very basic hygiene. this isn't flushing toilets are having showers or anything like. that >> you know, hospitals in gaza are not just treating gazans wounded -- nowhere else to go. i want you to listen to the head of pediatrics at the -- hospital in northern gaza. here he is. >> this is situations though -- hospitals and -- the water -- more medication, more -- supplies. and i'm sure i cannot speaking with you because we have -- in our hospital. and we are emergency and -- this, because the situation is very, very, very bad. >> his hospital did not evacuate from northern gaza to the south, despite israeli orders to leave. here is our reporting from time magazine on monday. put the story. there are -- in the icu hooked up to ventilators, he said. we cannot evacuate. that would mean death for them and other patients under our care. patience -- severed limbs, severe burns, other life-threatening injuries. it is frightening. this seems like a living -- for many workers right, now beyond the lack of electricity, the dwindling medical supplies. they are caught in an active war zone. >> yeah. it is catastrophic. there is no better word for it than that. as -- saying, the hospitals and the clinics have really already been depleted. right now, four hospitals are completely -- across gaza. around two thirds of clinics are non functioning. even the hospitals that are operating, as you have indicated, lack of, water lack of fuel, lack of medicines, completely overworked staff. huge patient waits. huge numbers of trauma patients with very complex injuries and women are continuing to have babies. we've got those babies in the incubators. patients with other medical conditions are still needing treatments for their high blood pressure -- kidney dialysis. so, the extra load on the health workers is just enormous. and to think that you have got to evacuate a hospital that has -- patients over broken roads in an insecure environment, down to the south, where hospitals are already overwhelmed -- you've got -- it's just a completely unrealistic expectation. and we really do have to take our hats off to these health workers -- right now -- under incredibly difficult circumstances, what they are doing for their people is absolutely heroic. >> i just want to say, 12,000 wounded over 12 days in gaza. -- on average, every day. this has got to be unprecedented. thank you for your, time sir. >> thank you. thanks very much. >> if you would like to help out with humanitarian relief efforts for gaza and israel please head to cnn.com/impact. they are, you will find a list of vetted organizations already in operation on the ground in gaza, as well as israel. that is at cnn.com/impact. we will take a short break. we when we come back, the deadly hospital blast in gaza -- outrage and -- against israel, across the middle east and beyond. that is just ahead, as our special coverage continues. from chrome to duckduckgo. duckduckgo is a browser you download to your 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say to those who still believe an israeli airstrike is to blame for the hospital explosion. >> i can understand why, in this circumstance, they would -- i can understand that. and i would not -- notice i don't say things like that unless i have faith in the sorts source -- i don't know all the detail. but i do know the people at the defense department, who i respect. and the intelligence community, why respect. is highly -- israel. >> the immediate aftermath of the blast, protests erupted across the middle east and beyond. thousands in beirut gathered outside the israeli embassy. some attempting to storm the gates. and -- was not alone. protesters across the region vented their anger and -- cnn's jomana karadsheh has this report again which includes some disturbing images. >> -- from the west bank to baghdad, they root. tunis, tehran, istanbul. a man amman and other -- saying enough is enough. images out of gazis ahli baptist hospital -- from the indiscriminate violence, was no sanctuary for those trapped in this -- on earth -- palestinian officials say it was an israeli strike to blame for this catastrophic loss of life. israel strongly denied the accusation and said the blast was caused by failed rockets fired by the palestinian militant group islamic jihad. israel statements rang hollow for those who have been watching bombs raining down on gaza, and a civilian casualties rising day after day. israel's friends and foes across the region swiftly blamed it and -- what they say was a massacre, a war crime. jordan, one of america's closest allies in the region, a country home to millions of palestinians, canceled a summit of arab leaders with u.s. president is hosting on wednesday. as thousands poured into the streets and security forces -- pushback to protesters who tried to reach the israeli embassy in amman, the rage also directed at the u.s., protesters waved their shoes in the air for president joe biden, they said, as they chanted, americans get out. jordan's crown prince posting this instagram story. israel responsible, quote, for this massacre. the western wilkin a longer claim morality if they continue these double standards, they wrote. for days, jordan's king abdullah has been warning this intuition in the region may soon get out of control. >> the whole region is at the brink of falling into the abyss, that new cycle of death and destruction is pushing us towards. the threat of this war expanding is real. the cost this will bring on all of us is too much to bear. >> that threat is getting more real by the day, as iran and its proxies, who span iraq, syria and lebanon signaling they will not sit back of the bloodshed persists. every painful scene out of gaza is making it harder to contain the anger, pushing the middle east closer and closer to the brink. jomana karadsheh, cnn, london. >> the two besties, authoritarian leaders of russia and china, it seem to be making the most of the bloodshed in israel as well as gaza. vladimir putin is in -- but it's a crisis in the middle east that seems to be a new reason to chastise the united states and its western allies as a way of creating a new world order in their own image. here is cnn's will ripley. >> russian president vladimir putin and accused war criminal in the west, a guest of honor in beijing. chinese president xi jinping the thing with a fellow strongman, triumphantly toasting their vision of a new world order, a world prioritizing palestinians over western backed israel, putting the putin xi world against the u.s.-led free world. russia and china refusing to strongly condemn the hamas attack. putin placing blame on the u.s. for the conflict, not hamas gunman, who also took russian lives. both beijing and moscow criticizing israel's actions, condemning tuesday's deadly hospital blast. the palestinian say, hundreds died. russia calling it an active dehumanization, urging israel to prove its innocence. china says israel played a part in provoking palestinian rage. decades of diplomacy without a two-state solution. -- >> translator: israel has the right to establish a. stapleton has the right to establish a state's. well >> china's heavily -- pro palestinian police. and plenty oand plenty of angert israel and the u.s.. when use your rights, the only way to get peace in the middle east is for the jews to move to america -- and president xi -- part of beijing's bid for a bigger role in mid east to plummet sea, and its desire to reshape the u.s.-led world order. building on the historic deal it brokered this year, restoring ties between iran and saudi arabia. china says it is sending a special envoy to the middle east to help with the political settlement. china and russia now calling for a cease-fire in gaza, positioning themselves as possible peacemakers, both ignoring the irony of putin's own brutal war, spilling blood on the battlefields of ukraine. far from the front lines, the leaders and representatives of some 140 nations are expected here in the chinese capital. leaders of key western allies, noticeably absent. a perfectly timed to shareaction from putin's problems at home. parading himself before flocks of friendly state media outlets, putin's heaping praise on china's powerful leader, and russia's loyal patron, xi jinping. >> translator: it makes long term plans for the future. it's what differentiates the true world leaders from what we call temps. temps only show of off on the world stage for about five minutes before becoming lost to world history. >> putin in xi, possibly leaders for life, predicting a global power shift, the decline of democracy, the rise of a strongman rule. will ripley, cnn, beijing. >> he lost on tuesday by 20 votes. then, again on wednesday by 22. so, why is u.s. republican congressman jim jordan vowing to push on with his bid to be elected house speaker? are those chickens finally coming home? >> -- coming to 41 minutes past the hour, welcome back. we now go to the ongoing chaos on the u.s. congress. there is still no house speaker, two weeks after republicans ousted kevin mccarthy. the lights are on. but is anyone home? on wednesday, conservative republican congressman jim jordan lost a second round of voting as more republicans voted against him. cnn's manu raju has that report from washington. >> house republicans plunging deeper into turmoil after jim jordan, for a second time, failed to get the votes he needed to be elected speaker, coming more than two weeks after that unprecedented vote to oust kevin mccarthy from the speakership, something that continues to linger in and badly divide house republican conference, unable to get past the divisions and unite behind a single candidate. in fact -- on his first ballot on -- lost 20 republicans and then on the second ballot lost 22 republicans. he can only afford to lose for republicans on a party line vote. he is going in the direction that he can't afford. in fact, republicans tell me that if he has a third ballot vote on thursday, expect even more republican opposition to grow, and pushed by those same republicans to get him out of the speakers race and find a new candidate. when the question will be, what is next? will they try to move forward? a resolution to empower interim speaker patrick mchenry. that is a leading option among more moderate members, including some democrats. all the democrats at the moment have not said explicitly whether they will vote for that resolution it is not being drafted by congressman david joyce. i asked hakeem jeffries, the democratic leader, they would get behind. as he said they were still weighing their options. these are the first task is to stop jim jordan's efforts to become speaker. >> would you vote for the joyce resolution if it comes out? >> we haven't had possession discussion yet in the caucus. because jim jordan is still the speaker nominee, and our goal is to prevent him a clear and present danger to our democracy and the poster child for a maga extremism from becoming the speaker. the republicans have to end this saga is, opposed to us having another futile effort to elevate an insurrectionist to lead the house of representatives. >> but even his frustration is building in the ranks, there is still some encouragement from another of jordan's supporters saying he should stay in the race. >> i think he's got plenty in the tank. >> i think it's less about balance them having time to heal, time to collaborate and talk, and that's kind of way the pace has been different. sometimes wounds take a bit of -- reeling from the motion to vacate. >> this all comes as some of the opponents to jim jordan actually receive some death threats, credible death threats, that was the words of mariannette miller-meeks, who initiated who supported jordan and then opposed him on the second ballot posed to getting credible death threats, something with jordan's office condemned in the aftermath of learning about this but mariannette miller-meeks says she will not be bullied by those threats and is indicating she will still oppose them him on the third ballot. manu raju, cnn, capitol hill. >> joining us now is scott jennings, cnn senior political columnist, -- george w. bush. scott, thank you for being with us. >> of course, thank you. >> -- it's not looking great for jim jordan and, by that, i mean it's bad. after 20 republican lawmakers voted against him on tuesday, on wednesday 22 republicans were opposed to him being speaker. and according to the new york times, opposition to jordan has grown because of the outrage among some republican lawmakers over the bully tactics used by jordan supporters to pressure them into voting for him. the tax exceed included posting the holdouts names and office phone numbers to social media and, in some cases, running robocalls and their districts. at least one congresswoman, who pulled her support for jordan said she received credible death rates on wednesday. maybe the problem here is not just the fact that there are deep divisions within the gop. maybe it is those deep divisions become canyons when the guy running for speaker is one of the most polarizing human beings on the planet. >> yeah. this is the tactic of the modern american right, really, to try to bulldoze their way to what they want, even when it is clear they don't have the votes. that's ultimately what this is about. a failure to accept outcomes, as you pointed out, congressman jordan's 20 votes short on the first one, 22 votes on the second one. he's going in the wrong direction. and having people call up and threatened folks and try to bully them politically or even physically is really no way to win friends. and so, it's one thing -- i think congressman jordan is finding out -- it's one thing to sort of be a conservative rabble rouser, a talking head. and it's quite another thing to try to put together a governing coalition, which is what the speak speaker of the house has to do. -- the republican conference is going to have to look for a new path after tomorrow. >> don't panic. because there is, in fact, a plan b. listen to this. >> if the votes are not there at the moment for someone to be speaker, i think it is imperative that we empower patrick mchenry to serve, at least for the time being in that speaker role, so that he can get the house moving again on critical issues, including, obviously, needed additional financial support for israel. >> so, mchenry is the current temporary speaker. he doesn't have a lot of authority -- what's the downside? is it allowable under house rules? >> the real question is, is it allowable under the constitution? our constitution does not mention a speaker pro tem, and there are some people saying they should give patrick mchenry these temporary powers. by the, way i like patrick mchenry. he's a very close ally and one of the best friends of kevin mccarthy. it seems kind of weird to me that, after all of, this you would replace mccarthy with his best friend. but that may be where they are headed. and -- the speaker instead of playing this game of semantics about his title and resolution versus making him the speaker and i really don't think we ought to full around. patrick mchenry -- the constitution. that's what they ought to do. >> there's not a lot of time here, right? because we've got funding bills for israel -- a possible looming shutdown of the federal government. all these things are on the horizon. and we are doing this? >> the real issue is government funding. we have about 30 days and we will be right back where we were a couple weeks ago with the congress needing to fund the government. the senate is moving on this. and they are getting their production -- as you pointed out, cannot do any legislative business unless it has a speaker of the house or, in the case of mchenry, someone who is empowered, i guess, to be the speaker. there is just not a lot of time left. and there's a lot of big questions and, really, since all this happened, we had the war in the middle east breakout which, of course, a lot of people in the united states want the united states to support israel. so, there are big issues on the horizon, not a ton of time. congress is not known for moving at warp speed. , so the sooner the house can figure this out, the better because i think the american people look at this dysfunction and say, what do you guys do all day? just sit around and see each other's names out loud? that doesn't seem like a -- very [laughter] -- productive thing to do. but that's what they say on their tv right now. >> yeah, and just as a reminder, the chaos, or clown show, however you see, it is a result of eight far-right maga republicans who are outraged that kevin mccarthy -- by the u.s. government and potential global financial arm again. here's republican congressman mike wallace. >> my question to those who started all this, the a2 started all this, what was your plan? clearly, you didn't have one. now we are in total chaos, and now people are talking about handing our majority over to the democrats. and that's unacceptable. >> so, that's michael waltz. -- outcome? >> i don't know if they had planned. they obviously wanted to launch a coup. but traditionally when you have -- like we will get rid of x and put in a while. but they obviously had no plan to put in why y -- said he was for steve scalise. that didn't pan out. now he says he's for jordan. and they obviously had no way to move forward. and that is a lot of glaad bad blood in the conference over the way mccarthy was thrown out in the first place mccarthy had the support of 96% of the republican conference, and he's out. steve scalise had the support of most of the republican conference. he did not move forward. so, jordan, who has now gone through two failed ballots, who is like the third most popular guy. and for some, reason he gets to continue to try to proceed down this path. i think there is a lot of people who think it is just fundamentally unfair that we are getting rid of people that got more votes to try to placate a guy that fewer votes. >> scott, thank you for explaining that. we appreciate you being with us. scott jennings there in washington. thank, you sir. >> thank you. >> welcome back to our top story, situation in gaza and calls for a cease-fire from jewish protesters at the u.s. capital capitol. >> [crowd chanting] ♪ ♪ ♪ [crowd chanting] protesters staged a sit and at the u.s. capitol, calling for a cease-fire in gaza, for immediate humanitarian assistance. 300 were arrested, a similar dim menstruation was held outside the. white house >> football star player, -- has made an emotional appeal on social media to allow humanitarian appeal into. gaza >> all lives are sacred, and must be protected. families are being turned apart. what's clear now, monetary in aid to gaza must be allowed immediately the people there are terrible conditions the scenes at the hospital last night were horrifying. >> the people of gaza need food, waddell and medical surprise urgently. >> salah who also plays for egypt's national team, went on to say there's been too much violence and brutality in the recent escalation has been, and they're able to witness. >> israelis continue to mourn those killed during that brutal hamas tara tech two weeks ago. in tel aviv many gathered, wednesday night for a candlelight vigil honoring the 1400 victims >> [speaking in a non-english language] there's a terrible feeling in the air. it was a terrible tragedy that happened. so this is a little thing we can do. it's about showing respect, helping, and contributing. >> for information on how to contribute to manage aryan relief efforts for gaza and israel, please go to cnn.com slash insects you'll find a list of vetted organizations already responding on the ground in israel and gaza. that cnn.com at impact, cnn newsroom continues with my colleague rosemary church next thank. you >> the 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