thanks for joining us on cnn newsroom, i michael holmes with our continued coverage of the israel-hamas war. and we do begin in gaza, where a horrific scene played out outside the largest hospital in gaza city, the video obtained by cnn is extremely graphic, we do warn you israeli military admits it was behind this strike, just outside the hospital, hitting an ambulance and killing at least 15 people with scenes of carnage and chaos as you can see, that on some images. the ambulance was said to be a part of a convoy carrying patients to southern gaza the idf, though, cleans the ambulance was being used by hamas which it said, has used emergency vehicles to transport fighters and weapons in the past. following development for us from abu dhabi joins us now, good to see you, lainey. so the loss of civilian life continues, tell us more about the hospital blast and what we know. >> this ambulance convoy was struck by israeli fire and we have seen the images and we showed some of that but we saw bodies strewn across the street. we saw injured, the hamas led health ministry saying 15 people died, 60 people are injured, from what we understand, according to the palestinian society, they say that this was a convoy carrying the injured, heading towards the south. which is, of course, really important information. the idf is alleging that they were targeting hamas operatives. now we also heard from the international committee that they were aware of this convoy but while they weren't involved in the movement of the injured they say that no ambulance should be struck, that this is basically a no strike zone, it is a hospital, ambulances, governed by international law. now the idf has been warning all she's a and frankly other hospitals to evacuate. they also alleged hamas is operating from some of these traditional safe haven places, and of course, international organizations have specifically said, categorically enough, that it is impossible to move the injured people from these hospitals to what the idf is to safer areas. antony blinken met with benjamin netanyahu yesterday, and there is so much tension that is building at least consideration of a pause to try to get more aid in because the numbers of civilian death toll is rising. it is basically becoming untenable. and so many questions are being raised about proportionality after the october 7th terror attack, and seeing now what israel is doing into the gaza strip with basically we know there is no real safe area and the death toll has now risen to about 9000, antony blinken also mentioned the waste bag and the attacks on palestinians there come a very big concern. so all of these issues, and of course we saw earlier this week we saw refugee camp that was struck over a three-day period. of course, the death toll there being really high and we have seen these images, we have seen bodies being pulled out of rubble. we have seen the civilians stuck in the middle and really no consideration right now by the israelis for a pause or a cease-fire because they want to see all the hostages released. that is what they are putting on the table. >> yeah, exactly. i wonder if i could get an update, too, it is really just a trickle of aid in and i suppose a trickle of people getting out of gaza, what is the latest you are hearing on that? >> it is really ported to say this, right? it is a drop in the ocean in terms of the eight tracks that have entered gaza. they're talking about 374 trucks that have entered gaza since october 7th on a good day for october 7th you would have 458 going into gaza, carrying essential supplies. and what hospitals need right now, anything from just general disinfectant to anesthetics, we are hearing that women are being , pregnant women are being being in hospital, getting a cesarean section without anesthetics. it is really difficult to even find my words in terms of what that basically means. hospitals are saying they are running out of medical supplies the food and water situation is absolutely dire, antony blinken reiterated the point that aid needs to go into gaza, needs to happen quickly, they need to find a way for that to occur at this level and mass scale. apart from what you are seeing from hospitals experiencing, the average people there, not able to find water, michael, it just goes to show the dire situation that is playing out that is being reiterated by international organizations on the ground there. >> all right, appreciate the update, my friend, good to see you. class palestinians in gaza warning the death of palestine tv correspondent mohammed abu hot tub was killed along with 11 members of his family, as the civilian death arose, united nations sounded the alarm, cnn reports on the humanitarian crisis in the enclave, a warning, some may find images disturbing. >> reporter: it is every journalists worst nightmare. while live on air, found out his colleague was killed and in his other despair, he rips off his flat jacket there's no protection at all, no international law, nothing, he says. his safety gear, this helmet, it does nothing to keep us safe these are just slogans, no journalist is protected at all. correspondent, mohammed abu hatab, and 11 of his family members were killed in an alleged israeli airstrike . he is among at least 33 journalists killed since the start of the conflict on october 7th, the committee to protect journalists says, making it the deadliest period for the news media since the group again tracking in 1992. mohammed abu hatab killed in southern gaza, the part of the strip israeli military tells civilians to flee towards but continues to strike daily. many families, too afraid or unable to evacuate remain here in the north of the strip. were gaza city is encircled by israeli troops, the idf says, and some 300 to 100,000 civilians are trapped. the u.n. estimates. they are stuck in a health scape. relentless airstrikes and an intensifying ground assault have leveled neighborhoods. and left over 1000 children missing under the rubble. humanitarian organizations say. their parents keep digging for them. clean my four children, this father cries. why, god? why didn't you let me die? why? there is nowhere to turn for refuge. shelters, where nearby israeli firepower has claimed the lives, no longerer safe. now many gazans live on the strereets of a a war zone.e. >> we are humans, we are not terrorists, he says, look, we have our children around us, not even the u.n. shelters can protect us, only god can protect us. and with israeli troops cruising in, their plight seems more precarious. cnn, london. >> the u.s. secretary of state, antony blinken in the region, he is now in jordan where the foreign minister is expected to tell him that the, quote, israeli war on gaza must stop. follows that visit to israel we were talking about before were blinken met with the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, and other officials on friday. mr. netanyahu says he will not agree to a cease-fire in gaza unless hamas releases all of the hostages. telling cnn, israeli officials have been frustrated with hamas releasing only one or two at a time. >> i clarified that we, israel, is going with all of its force and refuse to any cease-fire, which does not include bringing back our hostages. >> cnn's becky anderson with more now on blinken's trip. >> u.s. secretary of state, antony blinken, arriving in tel aviv on friday, with a forceful message. america's top diplomat reinforced washington's support for israel's right to defend itself after the brutal october the seventh hamas attacks. but he also said this >> how israel does this matters and it is very important that when it comes to the protection of civilians who are caught in a crossfire of hamas is making that everything be done to protect them and to bring assistance to those who so desperately needed. >> and his meeting with israel's war cabinet, blinken pushed for a humanitarian pause to help get the hostages released. some of whom are american citizens. >> the number of legitimate questions were raised in our discussions today, including how to use any period of pasta maximize the military assistance, how to connect the pause to the release of hostages. how much hamas doesn't use these arrangements to its own advantage. >> but after meeting with blinken, israeli prime minister regimen netanyahu insisted his government opposes any temporary cease-fire unless hamas frees all the hostages. and sources tell cnn, defense minister, directly told blinken there will be no pause without their release. those directly involved in the counter led talks said negotiators need a quote, period of calm to facilitate the hostage release. >> obviously when there is bombardment, constant bombardment on the sector, you can't even expect for the hostages to be safely moved. so the best situation would be a period of calm that would allow for the hostages to be taken out. would allow for humanitarian aid to go in. >> reporter: blinken has left israel, and the fate of the hostages remains far from certain. becky anderson, cnn, doha. michael oren, israel's former ambassador to the u.s. spoke to cnn's john king earlier and gave his perspective on mr. netanyahu response to the u.s. secretary of state. >> what you take away from the fact that prime minister netanyahu appeared to say no to the secretary of state blinken one today. clean out the writing because among the israeli population, the notion of a humanitarian pause is very unpopular to keep in mind, we have the families of 140 hostages who have been taken by hamas, the humanitarian system, if you will, in gaza, is there only leverage to get back from hamas, some indication of the whereabouts of their loved ones, many of the families of the window whether their loved ones, if they are either missing, have the red cross visit the hostages. israel will have no leverage. u.s. officials are predicting a new tactic in israel's war against hamas. coming up, we will speak with a military analyst about how he expects the ground operations to evolve in the days ahead. also the arab world watches as the leader of hezbollah makes his first public comment since the start of israel's war. what he said and the reaction that is when we come back. at least two rockets fired from gaza made a direct hit in the israeli city on friday evening. one of them falling close to journalists, including our cnn team >> [ bleep ]. clue that blast today kindergarten with shrapnel damaging nearby cars, no casualties were reported. meanwhile, with israeli forces now reportedly encircling gaza, u.s. officials say they expect the air campaign to subside as idf soldiers advance on the ground. retired major general mick ryan of the australian army joins me now from brisbane, australia. was talking with this new reporting that the americans anticipate a new phase in israel's campaign, more tactical ground operation, if you like. and to the point, israel says it is pretty much surrounded gaza city. what is your read on israel's tactics in the military sense? >> good day, michael. i think the u.s. assessment is pretty close to the mark, what we have seen since seven october has been heavily and air campaign. over the last week with the incursions into the north and across gaza by the idf right now they have been able to isolate northern gaza and the ocean that they undertook has cut it off. they have cordoned off northern gaza and their focus now will be squeezing hamas on the ground and of course, under it. >> we are seeing more and more concerned, of course, over civilian deaths in gaza. we have heard these calls for a pause in fighting. you have said militarily this operation could take weeks or months. with the staggering death and injury toll in gaza, does israel risk losing the empathy war for a better description, the support of some countries which were originally all in on israel's right to defend? >> clearly the u.s. administration and others have concerns about the targeting of certain areas, particularly hospitals, ambulances, proportionality, about collateral damage and whether these really need to be attacked with weapons they are. and whether it is a terrorist in an ambulance or not, whether it is proportionate to attack it is a separate question and you might kill a hamas terrorist but you might lose the information war around the world so the israelis relayed to rethink their targeting process to balance the payoff with longer-term political needs. liao, speaking of the challenges, to that point, israel stated aim of destroying hamas completely. i mean, is that even possible in a military sense of the post to damaging hamas's capability for a period of time and rinse and repeat of the past happened again a few years from now? >> well, the military might be useful in destroying a lot of hamas infrastructure and killing a lot of fighters and their leaders but at the end of the day, hamas is not a military problem, it is a political problem they exist because there is perception among certain gazans that they want to resist israelis. so israelis need to also have a political approach that solves the political issues and makes not hamas just a terrorist organization but makes it a relevant to the people of gaza. >> yeah. and which reminds me, you recently wrote, and i will just quote you, in modern war, victory must therefore include the binary approaches of winning the war as well as winning the peace. such must be the case with israel's gaza operations. and what are the risks, then? where is the line where what's happening in gaza to people not connected to hamas actually creates more militants, not fewer? >> that is a risk, when you have a heavily military focused plane, the focus is winning the war with preparations for winning the peace, we may just be seeing a more violent version of what israel has called mowing the grass over the last decade, clearly that strategy has failed. a more violent version of it is unlikely to succeed. >> i wanted to ask you, too, but what you made of the hezbollah leaders speech. basically reserving the right, if we can put it that way, to get more involved. but not signaling that happening in any way. what is your read on that? particularly in the context of iran's support of hezbollah? >>, certainly, a much anticipated speech across the region on friday. a bit of a nothing burger, kind of threw hamas under the bus he said this is a hamas problem, not a region problem, we will reserve our right. has blood do not want a repeat of 2006 where the israelis really hurt them and can hurt them again if they try something more. so yeah. and going back to gaza, what do you think the chances are with hamas just sending its fighter south through those tunnels to fight another day? >> think to cordon the israelis have set up on the ground would probably be accompanied with protection of tunnels that go beneath that cordon. so there may be some potential for that, but my sense is most of the tunnels that the israelis are focused on at the moment are around gaza city, where hostages are, and with a few hamas fighters, probably less concerned by that than finding hostages in gaza city itself. >> mick ryan in brisbane, australia, always good to get your analysis, my friend, thank you. >> thanks, michael. the u.s. is helping israel in the search for the 241 hostages held by hamas. cnn's leader report from the pentagon on that. >> the u.s. military is lying surveillance drones over gaza in an attempt to provide israelis with intel about the possible location of hostages and assist in the hostage rescue efforts, according to multiple u.s. officials familiar with the operations. these drones have been flying since october 7th, when the u.s., shortly thereafter, said it would help israel anyway it could on intel and planning for a hostage rescue effort, these drones, and we don't know what type they are, but these drones have been a part of that, they are unarmed surveillance drones, according to the pentagon, which acknowledged on friday, these operations that are meant to provide intel in the ongoing hostage rescue attempts by flying over southern gaza. take a look at this graphic, that red line, those numerous redlines, i should say, shows the trajectories and the flight paths of these different drones so you can see them focusing their on southern gaza over the course of the past several days and weeks. know this, coming as the u.s. now has two carrier strike groups in the eastern mediterranean that have been operating and exercising together, the defense department putting out these images of the u.s. says dwight d eisenhower carrier strike group and the u.s. says gerald r ford strike group working together. have been exercising together and then shortly thereafter, the pentagon had announced that the dwight d. eisenhower will then go through the suez canal and be in the waters of u.s. central command. the waters of the middle east, essentially. this is part of a broader effort not only to deter iran and iran's proxy to get involved in the fighting in gaza, but also to make sure the u.s. forces have force protection, we have seen a number of attacks on u.s. forces in iraq and syria, so this is very much part of an effort to show a massive display of firepower and u.s. force in the region. cnn, in the pentagon. the leader of hezbollah says the united states is fully responsible for the war in gaza. ben weidman has that. truck they turned out in the thousands to hear their leader, hezbollah secretary-general speaking out for the first time since the start of the war between israel and hamas. >> all options, , he warned,d, open, and we can exercise them at any moment. already y hezbzbollah and israe are engaged in a deadly exchange of fire along the border hezbollah has buried almost 60 of its fighters killed so far. >> it was a speech watched closely across the middle east. while other arab leaders beseeched the u.s. to put pressure on israel to relent and it's offensive in gaza, hezbollah well armed and battle hardened is the only one putting ella terry pressure on israel. tying down in the process, a third of israel's army. the u.s. has deployed two carrier groups to the eastern mediterranean to deter hezbollah and others from joining the fight. the response? >> i tell the americans threats and intimidation against us and the resistance in the region is pointless. but despite the high expectations for this speech, it ended ambiguously, without a clear indication of where hezbollah and iran's other allies will go. in the lead up to the speech, hezbollah supporters put out what someone called trailers of an ominous tone of what might be coming. after the speech, the word here in lebanon were that the trailers were better than the film. >> thanks to ben weidman for that report. i am michael holmes, going green n is next for our viewers on cnn 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families to leave gaza a warning that there is a growing humanitarian crisis inside gaza earlier i spoke with unicef spokesperson, ricardo perez, i asked him about the impact the conflict is having on children in both israel and gaza. >> the situation is desperate, it's catastrophic. right now, for hundreds of thousands of children in gaza, we need an immediate humanitarian cease-fire, and also the release of all the hostages that were taken from their homes in israel into gaza and right now in the gaza strip, children are living a relentless nightmare, day after day, bombs, fire, attacks, death, grief, it's just unbearable for them, they have been enduring this for way too long, a nightmare that no child should ever have to go through. we have reportedly now over 3.7 thousand children killed since october 7th, 7000+ injured, that is an average of over 400 children killed or injured reportedly everyday, michael, that is an unacceptable number, it is almost one child every 10 minutes or so with these figures you can imagine how dire the situation is. >> they are staggering numbers, i was reading this earlier. more children are being killed in this conflict then in 18 months of the war in ukraine, and 420 kids a day killed or injured. it is staggering. now israeli kids, as you point out, they have been traumatized, of course, 20 are being held hostage right now as we speak but unicef said that before this late escalation, more than 800,000 kids in gaza, that is three quarters of the entire child population, were identified as needing mental health and psychological support. that, again, is before this conflict, we know the desk, we know the injuries. what is and what will be the psychological impact of this war on kids who probably years to come? >> it is already very heavy, michael, you can imagine children are like sponges so they absorb of what is happening around them and their environment, the children and gaza, but also in israel, have been enduring decades, their ancestors and their parents, decades and decades of tensions in the region, intensity, conflicts, different rounds of conflict, and fees are now in gaza, the 800,000 that you mentioned, three quarters of the child population, they are experiencing nothing else but fear, fear, grief, loss, insecurity, and confusion, obviously. so before this escalation, three out of four children were already vulnerable and reportedly in need of mental health support. we can only imagine what the situation is now. it is only getting worse, and it will have a very long-term impact in the whole generation of children. >> hundreds of thousands of afghan refugees in pakistan now face a drum grandma choice, leave or be deported. pakistan had them out of the country, which means many will have to live under brutal taliban rule. many of those refugees has been in pakistan for decades. and for some, pakistan is the only home they have ever known. and a car and reports. >> reporter: on the side of a dusty road in northwestern pakistan, is a truck piled high with the belongings of an afghan family. the matriarch slowly climbs up a rickety ladder. the trepidation, perhaps a sign of the life that awaits across the border. last month, the pakistan government announced it would expel what it calls, quote, illegal afghan refugees, giving up to 1.7 million people just 29 days to leave vololuntarily before being tracked down, detained, and forcrcibly remove that warning set off chaotic scenes on the first of november. . the officialal deadline fofor t mass depeportations ofof those without documentation. lori is backed up as far as the eye could see. a human procession of anxiety, helplessness, and desperation. >> i am 22 years old, i was born in qatatar, my fatather liveved for 40 yeaears, ththis i is tht home i know. the police harasses, threaten us with jail, what is the point? it is betterer we leave without -- with our honor intact. >> according to the pakistan government, 198,000 afghans have returned thus far, the exodus taking place at two major border crossings, the gateway to eastern afghanistan, and to the south. the cities of karachi, home to the largest number of afghans living in pakistan, estimated to be around 4.4 million. but already the government has begun demolishing refugee camps, making it clear afghans are not wanted. and there are reports refugees with legitimate documents are being harassed by authorities to leave. for decades, afghans fled across the border seeking safety and sanctuary in pakistan. starting with the soviet invasion in the late 1970s. the first taliban take over in the mid-1990s, the u.s. invasion in 2001 before the return of the taliban just two years ago. but a series of suicide bombings and tides pakistan has placed afghan refugees for only in the government sites, more than half of the 24 attacks were committed by afghan nationals. the most recent bombings in september claiming more than 60 lives. human right groups saying refugees are making a political scapegoat. they claim it is inhumane to send people back to a country suffering and economic and humanitarian crisis. for almost 60% of the population is solely dependent on aid to survive. >> our worry is people are returning now will join the already dire humanitarian situation and therefore they will become dependent upon humanitarian assistance, as well, and swell the numbers. >> there are also grave concerns for women and girls returning to taliban -controlled afghanistan, where education and work for females is now banned. but it was only jubilant scenes on the afghan side of the border as the taliban and welcomed home to refugees. the taliban have set up temporary camps but with winter fast approaching, these people will need more than just a tent. >> i am extremely worried for us says father of five, who has lived in pakistan for 35 years. but i reququest that the government give other refugees more time, do not send them back, it's winter. this is cruel. for too many of these afghans, cruelties seems all they have ever known from this life. anna coren, cnn. >> tragic. in nepal, a strong earthquake has killed at least 129 people and injured 140 officials do expect that death toll to rise u.s. geological survey reports the quake was a magnitude 5.6, with the epicenter in the western region of the country. people felt the tremors as far away as the capital, kathmandu. now 500 kilometers or 300 miles from the center, nepal's prime minister has arrived in the area near the epicenter, that is according to his office, and india's prime minister is expressing his condolences to the earthquake victims. a judge gives donald trump the go-ahead to speak freely about the federal election subversion trial against him. for now. details, coming up on cnn newsroom work and once again, the u.s. president is acting in consoler in chief, we'll have more on joe biden solemn visit to the site e ofof the latest t mass shohooting. we will bebe right bacack. club welcome back. appeals court has issued a temporary freeze on a gag order that kept donald trump from speaking out about his federal election subversion case. the former president can now publicly criticize possible witnesses in the criminal case. paul read with more. >> reporter: in just over two weeks, a three-judge panel here in washington will hear arguments about whether or not this gag order is constitutional . and while that is pending, the former president is not subject to these specific restrictions judge tonya took in, the judge overseeing the election subversion campaign here in washington, by special counsel jack smith, she imposed these restrictions at the request of prosecutors. both defendants know they're not supposed to attack witnesses or go after the prosecutor but the special counsel's office asked for a broader set of restrictions on trump after he made a series of statements appearing to attack the judge. witnesses, and prosecutors, now his lawyers have argued that these restrictions are unconstitutional, that they violate his first amendment, but judge has said that trump's first amendment rights must yield to the orderly administration of justice. she points to the fact that she has a trial to put on and these restrictions are essential to protecting people she says are just trying to do their jobs. now this case will be heard before two judges appointed by former president barack obama and one judge appointed by president joe biden. the argument will happen later this month. it is unclear when we could get an answer but this question about whether you can restrict the speech of a presidential candidate who is a criminal defendant across multiple jurisdictions, this is something that the courts just have never contemplated before, and it could possibly wind up in the supreme court. paula reid, cnn, washington. court in colorado and minnesota are hearing lawsuits aimed at keeping donald trump off the 2024 presidential balance in those states. on friday, witness testimony wrapped up in colorado, and the denver district court is set to hear closing arguments on the 15th of this month. the lawsuits say the former president is ineligible to hold office under the 14th amendment insurrection clause because of his attempts to overthrow the 2020 election. one of the sticking points is in both cases, whether enforcement falls under the courts or under congress. on friday, president joe biden and the first lady were in lewiston, maine, meeting with the families of victims in last week's mass shooting a gunman opened fire at a bowling alley and a restaurant, killing 18 people before he was found dead from an apparently self- inflicted gunshot wound. >> reporter: even though though it has been more than a week since the shootings, the pain is still very raw for someone in this community and that was the climate that president biden is visiting in over the course of friday. met with first responders, nurses, others that were on the front lines responding to the pip shootings that could happen a little bit more than a week ago now. you can't go far in this lewiston community, and the surrounding areas without seeing signs of support, even just behind where i am outside the bowling alley, just the first side to where the mass shootings happened that night, we've got signs of support saying lewiston strong, saying things simply like to be nice, acknowledging the climate and the pain that so many are going through still, even at this point. 18 people killed, total, in the shootings and their families are still trying to figure out how to process. president biden, along with meeting with first responders, he also met with members of some of the victims families. he also took some moments to make some remarks about his visit. take a listen to some of what he said in regards to the political climate around some of these mass shootings. >> i know consensus is only possible, this is about common sense, reasonable, responsible measures to protect our children , our families, our communities because regardless of our politics, this is about protecting our freedom to go to a bowling alley, a restaurant, a school, and church, without being shot and killed. >> another thing the president talked about was how he had to make too many of these visits before, including in places like buffalo and uvalde and of course now here in lewiston, maine. one thing we heard from a community member ahead of his visit about whether they wanted him to be here, they said they were glad he was here because it showed that the highest levels of the u.s. government care about what happened here in lewiston took another thing, that my crew and i have heard, overwhelmingly even in the hours after the shooting actually happened, little over a week ago, at this point, is that they couldn't believe something like this happened here in maine. i say that because when you look at their yearly homicides across the state, that number is comparable to the amount of people that were lost in a single night in this community. that gives you an idea of the shock, but also the amount that they are actually having to process over what happened again in just a matter of minutes at two separate locations here at this bowling alley and of course, just a few miles from me at that bar and restaurant, as well, but every indication we have seen has shown that they have banded together in the face of this adversity and they are going to try and move forward stronger together, that is why you can't go far in this community without seeing symbols like the state of maine and a heart over where we are in lewiston, to represent the love and the strength they will have for each other moving forward. omar jiminez, cnn, lewiston, maine. i wiwill be backck with h m newsws after a shohort brereak club welcome back, more than a week after a powerful hurricane otis ripped through acapulco, mexico, people in the popular tourist destination are still struggling to recover and coping without basic necessities. the storm killed at least 46 people, dozens of still missing them about 80% of the city's hotels are severely damaged, all that according to mexican government's preliminary assessment access to drinking water has been a real challenge for businesses and residents, and only about 30% of power has been restored. the government has unveiled a $3 billion recovery plan for the batted region. a tiny piece of the asteroid they knew was unveiled friday after the smithsonian national museum of natural history in washington, d.c. a massive brought back pieces of the space rock back in september. cnn's christian fisher got a close-up look. clearly this is the first time since the end of the apollo program, 1972, that nasa has collected something from the surface of the planetary objects and run it back to the and put it on public display back then, it was, of course, mood rocks. today it is a small sample from the asteroid which returned to earth late last month as part of nasa's osiris-rex mission. and so i had the chance to see this asteroid sample at the natural history museum where it was unveiled on friday it is a very small sample, looks like a small rock but it is a very special rock, and the reason why the special because it contains water and carbon and organic molecules. the very building blocks of life. here is nasa administrator bill nelson who was on hand for the unveiling, explaining some of the questions that scientists hope to answer from this asteroid sample. >> asteroids on the rocks, some of them metal, some of them rocky. some of them we don't know. they are flying through the solar system and they crash into things and in the evolution of the solar system, and our earth, for one half million years, first there was a star that was spit out of a cloud of dust and gas, that became a medium-sized star called son and then all of these gases and dust started forming into smaller planets and some of them were bigger and then things crashed into each other and planets crashed into each other and over that for a half billion years some of these asteroids that are flying through space all the remnants of those early collisions. and it gives us then, when we bring a sample back, or we send a space craft like psyche out to an asteroid closer to jupiter, we can determine what is in that asteroid. and in this particular asteroid , bennu, we now know it has ice crystals and it has carbon and those are the building blocks to life. phone asteroid sample that traveled billions of miles to get here, you might think that there would be some sort of pomp and pageantry associated with it arrival at the museum, but no, it actually got here from texas in somebody's carry- on luggage on a commercial flight, it even went through a tsa checkpoint. >> i michael holmes, thanks for spending part of your day with me and an accord will have more coverage of the israel-hamas 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