we will not allow them to use israel as a political country. good morning, everyone. welcome. i'm phil mattingly in new york. we're going to show you live pictures at the rafah border crossing there in egypt where 400 foreign nationals and 60 injured people are expected to leave gaza today. ambulances have been lining up to pick up the wounded. we spoke to an american pediatrician who was able to get out yesterday. it was her first interview and she feels terrible for the people still there running out of water and food. >> just relieved to be here, but i just feel awful for the devastation that the gaza people are going through. pretty much camping for the last several weeks, but it's been scary in the last two weeks. we kept running out of water and that was water to flush the toilet. we were fortunate to have drinking water, which was not true of the gazaens just outside the fensz from us. they were running out of drinking water. >> meanwhile, israel continues its air and ground assault gaza. you're looking at the devastation from a secondary strike in two days on gaza's largest refugee camp. the idf says it was targeting a hamas command center, but the human rights office is warning the high number of civilian casualties from the strikes on the densely populated camp could amount to a war crime. >> the israeli military says the defensive lines are collapsing and militants are retreating into central gaza. this is the latest video from the idf of tanks and soldiers advancing. at the same time, president biden says he supports a hu humanitarian pause to support civilians. a protester last night interrupted the president and called for a cease-fire. you can see some of it here. according to reporters in the room, biden responded, quote, i think we need a pause. a pause means give time to get the prisoners out. ed lavandera is live for us in tel aviv. when it comes to not just the prisoners, but let's focus now on the americans waiting at the border crossing. do we have any sense of how many more make it out today? >> reporter: there's some crucial developments undergoing, as we speak, at that crossing into egypt. the egyptian ministry of foreign affairs said just a short while ago that they are planning the e evacuation of 7,000 foreign nationals in the coming days. it could take several weeks, but we'll see how that plays out. included in all that is at least 400 american citizens still almost a month into this war still trying to get out of gaza. there were about 360 foreign nationals, including 2 americans, that were able to leave through the rafah crossing yesterday. hundreds more expected at some point today we'll see how that continues to play out. but right now, the logistical process of getting thousands of foreign nationals out of gaza is a very dell indicate situation that will be going on for several days. and that process is just now getting underway. as you mentioned off the top, the ambulances seen there at the crossing where egypt says it was also the agreed to take in at least 80 palestinian civilians that have been wounded in the attacks there in gaza as well. so all of that playing out a at really the only crossing into gaza that has seen any kind of openness at this point nearly a month into this war. >> israel this morning is defending a secondary strike on that same refugee camp where they struck to take out a hamas leader, that they said they had already taken out. do we know why they struck again? >> reporter: according to the israeli defense forces, the area underneath this refugee camp is an elaborate system of tunnels, where military fighters essentially hide and operate from. the idf says this is exact ly wy they are going after this particular area. this was a high-ranking commander that they felt was a crucial target in this war, but all of this exists under where civil yans live. that's why the strikes over the last two days have been so controversial. israel continues to urge those gaza civilians living in that area to continue moving to the south, but obviously, that's very difficult for many people there in gaza. and remains a very controversial area. this is the ground attacks continue in other places as well. there have been airstrikes further south there near the hospital, which is the middle part close to the middle area of gaza. and that has the directors of the hospital say that's an area where some 12,000 displaced people inside of gaza have been seeking refuge. so the fighting continues to intensify in gaza. >> ed lavandera live for us in tel aviv, thank you. joining us now is a senior adviser to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. mark, thank you for being with us. can you help us understand why israel struck the refugee camp again, if you are able to as israel says successfully take out the hamas commander the first time? what was this specific goal? >> i can't go into each and every operation specifically other than to say what you know to be true. underneath the refugee camp, there's an elaborate system of tunnels, command posts, arms depots, missile launching sites, which are an integral part of the military machine. and we are out to destroy that military machine. we saw what sort of violence it could inflict on our people. we see it in the missiles that they are daily firing into israeli cities. we saw that on october 7th with the terrible massacre, the atrocious murders, the horrific violence, the beheadings, the rapes, the burning of people alive that hamas did when they envaded our country. so for those reasons, we're acting now to take apart and dismantle the military structure. those tunnels are part of that. >> you told our colleague last night, quote f we need to attack it again, we will attack it again. if you have all that intelligence that you just tribed to us, you knew that the hamas leader was there, what is intelligence tell you about how many civilians are still in that refugee camp right now? as you make the calculation on proportionality on these strikes. >> we can discuss proportionality separately, but over the last two weeks, the overwhelming major ity of the civilian population has voted with their feet. they have taken heed to our advice and has moved out of the combat zone. let's be frank. the people of gaza, though the might not be able to say so live on cnn because they face consequences, but they know what's underneath. they might not know the details, but they know hamas has built military -- >> are you saying those refugees that are still there just want to stay there and don't want to leave? the u.n. has called it impossible for everyone to leave. >> no, i'm saying the good news is the overwhelming majority of people the have already left. there's only a minority of civilians who have stayed because they heeded our advice. those still there, we urge them to move out of the combat zone. it's common sense. we still know, and i want to stress this point, we still in a difficult combat situation will continue to make a maximum effort to differentuate between civilians and the terrorist who is are our enemies. we will fight them. we don't want to see innocent civilians caught up in the cross fire. we urge people who can still move to noouf move. we understand not everyone can and we will make a maximum effort, but hamas will be destroyed. we will take apart its military machine. >> mr. ambassador, that maximum effort is something the white house will be heading back to israel have asked for repeatedly. i want to ask about something the president said. he was interrupted at a fundraiser by a protester who asked hum to call for a ce cease-fire. he said he supported a humanitarian pause, but he also said, i'm the guy who convinced bb to call for a cease-fire. i'm a guy that talked to him to open the door. referring to the prime minister you advise and the egyptian president. do you know what he's talking about here? >> i do, and i can't go into the confidential conversations between the united states and israel. i can say this. if we want to talk about a cease-fire, when they attacked us brutally on october th, what they butchered our people, that happened on a cease-fire. they broke the cease-fire. so now that we're hitting them back, we want a cease-fire again, no. we are responding. we refuse. i think if you were in our position, you'd understand this very well. refuse to go back to october 7th at 6:00 a.m. in the morning where we live next to this terror enclave with isis-type terrorists who want to kill our people. that will no longer be the reality. we will end hamas' ability to inflict the horrific violence that we saw just three weeks ago. >> i understand not wanting to read out private conversations, but that presentation you heard from the president, does that track with reality and truth based on what you know about those conversations? >> i know that israel and the u.s. are both democratic countries. i know that israel and the u.s. both pursue our military conflicts when we need to fight in accordance with international law. i know both the u.s. and israel want to differentiate between gaza civilians and between hamas terrorists. we target the terrorists and we are making a maximum effort to move civilians out of harm's way. >> ambassador, thank you for joining us this morning. >> my pleasure. we are also watching the rafah crossing very closely. hundreds of foreign nationals expected to be able to leave gaza today. what about the more than 200 hostages still being held. we'll be joined by the friend of a woman still being held in hamas custody. donald trump jr. returning to the stand followed business his brother as the fraud trial continues. we'll have more on that, stay with us. donald trump's eldest son is expected back opt the stand in the civil trial against his family and their business. donald trump jr. testified before a judge for 90 minutes yesterday. prosecutors pressed him on his involvement in the company's financial statements and more broadly on his roles and responsibilities within the trump organization. legal analyst honest honest joins us from the magic wall. let's take a step back for a second. what are the core allegations? >> for all the big personalities and drama around this case, it comes down to one thing. valuation. this is a civil lawsuit. this is against the trumps, where they allege the defendants grossly inflated trump's net worth by billions of dollars. let me show you how it worked. let's take mar-a-lago. it was assess ed by a county assessor of being worth around $20 million. the trump organization later claimed it was actually worth $500 million. that's an enormous discrepancy. the allegation is they didn't just do this for trump's ego. they take this inflated number, bring it to banks, and use those inflated numbers to get bigger loans at better interest rates than they otherwise would have gotten. important to note, those loans were paid back with interest. trump is arguing no victims, but it doesn't matter for some of the claims here. also important to remember, this case is being decided by the judge, not a jury. and the judge has already decided before the trial started in favor of the a.g. against the trumps on one of the counts in the case. the judge said the numbers they were creating is a fantasy world, not the real world. there are other counts still in play here. the trial has been going for about a month so far. most of the witnesses have been financial experts, accountants, but we did hear from michael cohen. >> not the best drawing. >> these sketch artists are very good. she used to draw me. not her best work. this is michael cohen. he testified that no, donald trump never said to me, i need you to falsify these, but ko hen said he made it known that this was the mo, this was the goal, make him look as wealthily yi as possible. use that to our advantage. >> don jr. on the stand yesterday. eric trump maybe today. ivanka trump is appealing. >> the three trump children were named as defendants, along with donald trump himself. ivanka has been dismissed out of the case because the claims are too old. the allegation is that they were executive vice presidents and in on this. don jr. has been on the stand. he took the stand late yesterday. he will resume his testimony in a few hours. what i found important is he did not try to say these numbers were accurate. instead he tried to distance himself. he was asked did you put together these financial statements. he said yesterday, i did not. the accountants worked on it. that's what we pay them for. there's also a question of will ivanka have to testify. she's appealing that now. the fact that she's not a defendant, fine. it doesn't mean she's out of it as a witness. i think she's going to lose that appeal and will have to testify. >> mar-a-lago, what's happening in florida right now. you're keyed in on that, right? >> this is really important. let's switch over to the criminals case, separate from what we were talking about. the four criminal cases, there's an important development. we need to look at our favorite blank calendar, the mar-a-lago federal trial is scheduled to start in late may of 2024. if it goes then, it would carry through the summer. and remember, we had this important thing happening in november of 2024, which is the presidential election. the problem is, jack smith's other case, the january 6th related case, that has been scheduled to start in early march. and the manhattan hush money case, a third criminal case is scheduled to start in late march. those aren't both going to go at the saim time. but the concern that the judge in florida said as well, he has to go to trial in d.c. on january 6th, that's going to push right up against our dait. the judge said you can't make someone go to trial back to become. the judge has said i'm concerned. he may need time to prepare, which would mean you have to push this really past the election. you're not going to start a trial in august and run it through september. >> keep an eye on that. i want to make clear to the sketch artist. you are always welcome to come on and critique our work. >> she's drawn me before. she's excellent. >> way to cover yourself. you know she's going to come on. >> she makes you look better looking than you are. she's done it to me. >> you're trying too hard. ahead, cnn visited several college campuses. where the response to the israel-hamas war is triggering serious division among students and fact ul ity. people are on the move out of gz. the families of some 240 hostages still become held by hamas continue to hold out hope. more on n that, aheaead. nice footwork. man, you're lucky, watching live sports never used to be this easy. now you can stream all your games like it's nothing. yes! [ cheers ] yeah! woho! running up and down that field looks tough. it's a pitch. get way more into what you're into when you stream on the xfinity 10g network. welcome back. a palestinian official says 400 foreign nationals are expected to leave gaza today through egypt's rafah crossing. 60 injured people will also be allowed to leave. today's vasevacuations are a continuation of the deal br brokered to allow those to escape. this dool does not ex-tend to release of hostages. the families of those 240 hostages are continuing to pray and hold out hope and pressing israeli officials to do more to bring them home. our next guest is a friend of sasha. his girlfriend, mother and grandmother are all believed kidnap ped by hamas. his father was killed in the attack. his mother was one of the three women shown in a propaganda video released by hamas on monday. you see her on the right of the screen. we see them on your shirt. you are wearing their images to keep their names and faces very much present. it is his 28th birthday next week. what do you want people to know about him? >> he's a nice guy. he's smart and sensitive. he's a really good friend. i met sasha in college. we studied together. he's lovely. and i hope that until then, he will be back home and can celebrate hoar in israel. >> i'm sure seeing his mother in the hostage video that hamas released on monday was very hard for you to see, but i also wonder if it gave you some hope. >> yeah, so actually, it was really hard to see her, but it gave us hope because we saw that she's a alive and we actually hope to see more video like this of hostages to see they are alive. >> just so people ubs, sasha's entire family was either kidnapped or killed on october 7th. >> yeah. i will explain. so 25 years ago, the family moved from russia to israel. they made how we called it in hebrew. they moved to community that called kibbutz. and sasha was the only child. a few years ago, also the grandmother came from russia to israel. they don't have any other relative in israel. so nobody can tell the story of the family. this is the reason why i'm here to represent the family. me and other friends are doing that. we the everybody to know the story. we will do whatever we can. >> we're so so glad you are keeping them very much in everyone's mind. thank you for being with us. >> yeah. >> thank you. a pilot threatened to shoot the captain if they diverted the flight for a passenger experiencing a medical emergency. we'll discuss cockpit safety, next. take a look at these live pictures this morning. egypt says 7,000 foreign nationals could be released from gaza is into egypt. we know some are lined up waiting right now to leave. new developments, ahead. it's yet another example of rising anti-semitism around the u.s. overtly so. graffiti was found on a jewish deli. they posted the image of the vandalism showing the words free gaza and israel's only religion is capitalism. they confirmed they are investigating the vandalism as a hate crime. the mural was created in 1986 by artstists to honor and represent the jewish community in los angeles. a rash of anteset mettic a acts on college campuses has so many people on edge i a cross the company. columbia university announcing it will form a task force after a series of anti-semitic incidents were reported. the university says the task force will ensure the campus is safe and inclusive for jewish students, faculty and staff. the president of israel's top universities has penned a letter expressing concerns. college campuses have become breeding grounds for anti-semitic sentiments. cornell university has cancelled classes on friday to acknowledge the extraordinary stress the campus and the students and staff have been under. a a cornell student has been arrested and charged after a series of violent threats against jewish people on campuses were posted online. cnn traveled to cornell to speak with students ask faculty there. >> i'm palestinian. i have family in gaza. this has affected me my entire life. there's bombs in the background. they need to go somewhere safe. >> i have a lot of family and friends in israel. just having so much hate and misinformation. that's what's going on. and on social media has been chalking. >> at tulane, a fight broke out after someone tryied to burn an israeli flag. a truck showed up on campus naming students who belonged to organizations that released an anti-israel statement. >> i'm shocked at the temperature on campus. >> there's a level of i don't want to see hatred, but anger and fear. >> the jewish fraternity was hit with a graffiti attack of the jews are nazis earlier this weekend. >> cnn visited three campuses where the response to the war has had major consequences. university of pennsylvania and drexel, where students were part of a walkout in support of palestine. cornell, this weekend they faced anti-semitic threats. >> i was on my way to the kosher dining hall and looked down and saw the threats. >> it's terrifying. this isn't anything that we thought we would ever have to deal with in the united states. >> the