President biden will be addressing the nation from the oval office in prime time. The most powerful person in the world. Egypts president will allow 20 trucks through the crossing. Its in your own interest to allow this humanitarian aid. He has very little resources right now. I just worry for them. We might be the next people were going to be killed. The u. S. Government now assesses that israel was not responsible for the explosion. These are calm days. You have seen the protests in the region. After 9 11, we sought justice and got justice, but we also made mistakes. We have to make sure we destroy hamas so they cannot ever threaten us again. Phil mattingly with poppy harlow in new york. Erin burnett is in tel aviv, iz ale. Arkalette saenz is at the white house. And sam kiley is in london. This morning President Biden is back in washington and getting ready to give a prime time address to the nation after returning from the war zone in israel. Were expect ing it to make a major push to aid to ukraine. The passing a an aid package, impossible on capitol hill right now. Congress is paralyzed with no speaker. During his trip, President Biden says he was able to strike a deal with egypts president to allow some trucks with desperately needed humanitarian aid to start crossing into gaza as soon as tomorrow. Civilians are stuck and running out of food, water and medicine. We have an opportunity to alleviate the pain, you should do it. Period. If you dont, youre going to lose credibility worldwide. U. S. Intelligence backs up the claim that a malfunctioning rocket fired by Palestinian Militants caused the deadly blast at a hospital in gaza instead of an iz relaty airstrike. New video emerged. It appears to show a rocket fired from gaza make a sudden and sharp turn back from where it came from. Cnn has also geolocated a video where you can hear whatever caused that blast. Listen. Cnn Cannot Indepartmentally verify what caused the blast. Israel continues to pummel gaza with airstrikes. Thousands of people are sheltering. We have team coverage. Lets start with erin burnett live in tel aviv. You just spoke with the idf spokesperson about speaking to the families of 203 hostages or those that are missing. What did he say . Reporter so whats interesting, that number 203 hostages, that was 199 for the past few days. So israel has increased the number of hostages that it says are being held in gaza. Also speaking to one of the families. They told us they were told just on monday, they have two children missing, one they had seen video of their child with hamas fighters in a truck. The other they thought was dead. They had no idea. The idf called them on monday to say we know your child is a hostage. They wouldnt talk about proof of life, but they have a lot of intelligence on these hostages. And just moments ago when i spoke to major spielman with the idf, he told me they are still, even now, the soldiers in these areas, we walked through and talked with you about how we could smell death, a very unmistakable smell to any human being. Part of the reason is theres still bodies there. We saw body bags going out. And this spokesperson for the idf says theres bodies even found last night. Heres what he said. Last night in the area of beri, a group of workers went in an attic and found a mother and a 5yearold son burnt to a crisp. Im sorry to say that on tv. But they were burned alive in the attic trying to hide from the terrorists. Even today we are finding bodies. There are body parts you have to match d n. This massacre was so vast, its horrifically painful process. The soldier where is they found those bads. The exact house where he found a by by on the back, i have talked to others who say they have seen that as well with babies, but they are still finding bodies. I will say one ciggen cant thing, when they found those bodies last night, of that mother and 5yearold son, you can only imagine them, prezeser for eternity huddled together, burnt to a crisp, as horrific as that is, they were not included in the Hostage Number before. When they were found, they did not decrease the Hostage Number, which may indicate israel has a greater visibility on who is a hostage than many are aware of. And this comes as President Biden is set to deliver a prime Time Oval Office address pushing for continued funding and it is not just for israel. Its also for ukraine where that war wages on as we speak. The president expected to make the argument that supporting both countries is a deep matter of u. S. National security when the world is at an inflection point. Arlette saenz is live at the white house with with more. The president obviously coming off of a trip to israel yesterday. What does he hope to accomplish with this speech tonight . Congress do nothing buzz theres no speaker, but what does he hope to accomplish tonight . President biden is hoping that congress will eventually approve aid for cukraine and israel, but theres a big question about how congress will decide to proceed with this. The president will be delivering this prime time address in the oval office, a rare evening oval office remarks fresh off his trip to israel. Trip to israel. Part of the goal during that trip was trying to learn more about the needs israel will need as they plan their fight against hamas. The president is expected to make a direct pitch to the American People about why its important to not just offer support to israel, but also to ukraine. One Administration Official saying the president will make the arguments that the cost of inaction and the cost of walking away is much higher. Now it comes as sources have told us that the president is expect ed to ask congress for about 100 billion in funding for israel, ukraine and other matters as well. It comes as we have seen polls that have shown that theres large sympathy for the israeli people as they are reeling from this attack by hamas and planning their ongoing fight. Theres also polling that shows a third of americans believe the u. S. Is providing the right amount of assistance to israel at this time. 36 say they are unsure. While that poll doesnt address the issue of funding, there has been bipartisan support up on capitol hill for ensuring that israel support going forward. The u. S. Provides 4 billion a year over a 10year period based on a previous memorandum, but then theres the question of ukraine, which has a much higher uphill battle it is facing in congress. The majority of americans, according to an august poll, believe that congress should not authorize more aid to ukraine, but the president while his trip to israel largely had focused on trying to rally worldwide support, showing that the u. S. Will longterm support in israel, today hes faces the task of trying to convince the American Public to not to support israel, but also ukraine as these two fights could go on for quite some time. Arlette, thank you very much. This comes as the u. S. Intelligence assessment now supports israels claim that it was not responsible for the deadly blast at a gaza hospital. This is an independent analysis by the United States. They say using their own intelligence and missile interception technology. Officials say the explosion was caused by a misfired missile. Sam kiley is live for us. What happened at that Hospital Iserer verb rating around the world. While facts may not matter to emotions, you have been take ing a deeperer dive into what the facts are. What are you learning . Reporter well, youre right. Sadly, this kind of an incident in all probability may happen again. Lets hope not with the death toll of some 471 people. If that is further confirmed. But we have had the United States backing the idf position that this was not them that bombed the grounds of the hospital in gaza city. But cnn, as we should conducted our own investigation. A blast of strategic impact. Jordan cancelled a summit with the u. S. , egypt and Palestinian Authority as news of Mass Casualty in gaza emerged. Now with the hamascontrolled health Min I Industry saying the death toll is over 470 from an explosion in the courtyard of this hospital, there are protest around the world. In this war, the truth is unlikely to emerge quickly. The u. S. Based on its own analysis of the evidence, including secret intelligence, has supported israels version of events. Based on the information we have seen today, it appears the as a result of a rocket fired by a Terrorist Group of gaza. Reporter israel blames hamas, other groups say israel did it. Cnn has geolocated videos and stills from the scene and shown all the available, authentic evidence to two weapons experts. They agree the explosion is likely not caused by an Air Drop Bomb or even a guided missile. I would initially rule out the heavy Air Drop Bomb. The type of crater that i have seen on the imagery so far isnt large enough to be the type of bomb we have seen dropped in the region on many occasions. Could it been a guided munition . Im doubtful about that. Preliminary analysis of the crater suggests that the projectile hit the courtyard outside the hospital from somewhere to the southwest. The Israel Defense forces say they believe the sda was caused by the misfire of a missile fired from the southwest of the hospital. Could this have been a rocket fired from Gaza Territory that wept wrong . It would very well have been a rocket. We only know that when the remnants are identified and compared to other types of Weapon Systems and munitions being fired in the area. Reporter a Senior Weapons Expert who asked to remain anonymous agreed. But in gaza, many blame israel and its allies. Translator people didnt find any ore place to go, but they struck those with those rockets. This is a war crime. Its a big Crime Killing women and children. Reporter an independent investigation would need to be done on the ground to determine the cause of the blast, which is impossible under the current israeli bombardment and unlikely under hamas. You worked in gaza before. Have you investigated Rocket Mistires in the past . I tried to investigate Rocket Misfires in the past, most certainly. But on the few occasions this has happened, the local authorities did not give me free access to the area. Or were unhappy i was trying to investigate something that had gone wrong. Reporter amid the bloodshed, supporters of either side are more likely to believe what they want now regardless. Clearly, theres no cliche about the truth getting lost in the fog of war, but that is the truth, in particularly in places like gaza. We have to remember that the analysis or claims by Belligerents Wlhether its by other groups fighting there should be treated to the rigorous analysis that were so well known for. Yes, sam, thank you very much. To sams point, we know israel puts out a number of how many times they strike gaza. Its ohundreds of times a day. So when you think about the shear amount coming into gaza every single day, its very hard to imagine there will not be another tragedy like this one, if this continues going on like this. Almost a certainty. We appreciate it. Joining us now is senator mike rounds of south dakota. He attended wednesdays classified briefing on israel with top defense officials. We appreciate your time. I want to start where sam ended. Do you have any Doubt Classify Ed Briefing that the u. S. And israeli assessment that this was not an israeli airstrike . We believe the assessment is accurate. What we have been able to develop on their own, the evidence is very clear what happened. At the this teenage of the game without revealing the sources and the methods, the information that youre sharing with your viewers now is accurate. The one thing that u. S. Side has not been as definitive on is attribute. U. S. Officials have been more red sent to do that. Why . I can tell you that to identify which particular group would have released it would be based upon which group was in control of that part of gaza at the time that missile was fired. Whether it was hamas or another group, i cant tell you that. But we do know where it came from, and the evidence is very clear. I was struck reading the comments of senators coming out of the briefing yesterday. Often times, these are not always very substantiative or necessarily very appreciative by senators when the administration gives these briefings. This was different. Senators came out and were clear it was substantiative in the information and context and what was delivered. Why . The agree degree of confidence that we have in the Information Provideds was increasing. We had an ic meet ing the day before. The. Preponderance of the evidence was consistent. The following day they had a higher degree of confidence that the accuracy was there. They were able to share in that closed meeting how we were able to get that information. So when you come back on not just what the facts are, and then show how you got those facts, it really does help. So for members of the senate to receive that much of an indepth briefing was very helpful. They dont want to tell the world how we get our information because then that jeopardizes our ability to get that information in the future. But i think for the vast majority of the members that were there, it was very helpful to understand how we obtained that information and how we coordinated with the israelis to take their information, but how we got our own information as well. President biden is expected to give a prime time speech tonight. Just came back from the trip to israel. How do you assess his performance since this crisis started . To begin with, any time that we talk about a foreign event, i think we want to rally behind our president. In this particular case, the fact that he took the time to go there during a time of war said that we were committed to israel, which is consistent with our policy. Its consistent with the way that the house and senate feel as well. So in that respect, we are sending a message to the israelis and to the rest of the world that we will standby our alloys. That was a very important item to achieve. The second piece on this on the part that we wish we could do a better job of is to send the message to iran that we will hold them accountable when the people that they are funding, the people that they are helping to get the supplies, the weapons and so forth, and the training as well, we will hold them accountable when these Terrorist Groups attack and kill innocent people around the world. And i hope that that is part of the message that the president sends that we understand that while this attack that there is evidence that iran didnt know the timing of it or the exact planning of it. They are still going to be held accountable for what they have done to create this Terrorist Network throughout the middle east. Senator, the president is expected to make the case for 100 billion supplemental aid package tonight. I know where you are on supporting israel and ukraine, more border funding. My question is as a senator when you look across the chamber to House Republican who is still dont have a speaker, what goes through your mind . To begin with, we will probably start in the senate would be my expectation. It would provide them with an opportunity to get through this challenge that they have over there. We in the senate, sometimes we hear that the house we can argue republicans and democrats, but its the senate thats the real enemy. The reality is theres a difference between the house and senate. And the house was designed by our Founding Fathers to be emotional, to express the anger, the concerns of a country at the very moment. You see that going on right now, as those folks over there are angry with whats going on in the world. They are angry whats going on with the economy here in the United States. Its reflective of the frustration they feel. Our Founding Fathers recognized that, but they expected the senate to work through the issues, to find Common Ground and to be that steady force. Hopefully, we will be. We will provide the resources necessary for israel. Well provide the resources necessary for ukraine. Hopefully we can come to agreement on how were going to defend that southern border. In the meantime, taiwan is still there. Whatever we can do to slow down xi jinpings interest in taking over taiwan is something that might very well be included a as well. We appreciate it. Mike rounds, thank you. Thank you. We want to update you on something into cnn. Russia obtained a journalist who is a u. S. Russian duel national. Shes been charged with failing to register as a foreign agent. Shes a journalist and an editor. Shes based prague. She was detained in june in a russian city as she was waiting for a Return Flight to the czech republic. This is the second american journalist in russian custody. President biden says egypt has agreed to allow 20 trucks of humanitarian aid to travel into gaza, but is that enough . More on the situation on the ground. And the british Prime Minister in israel today. What he hopes to achieve there, next. Showing you live pictures of where there was a strike or appears to be a strike in the southern part of gaza. Near a hospital just underscores what has been a continuous bombardment by airstrikes since the October 7th Terror attack and also underscores the difficulty residents and individual citizens have had. President biden says egypts president has agreed to allow much needed humanitarian aid into gaza thr