you re watching cnn news central. i m boris sanchez with brianna keilar in washington and wolf blitzer is live in tel aviv. in a few minutes prime minister netanyahu will speak to reporters as israel enters what they re describing as the second stage of their war on hamas. israeli defense forces as you can see on your screen intensifying air strikes and expanding operations on the ground in gaza where the idf says dozens of militants were killed over the weekend. today the terror group hamas released a short video that shows three women, it s believed, taken hostage on october 7th when hamas murdered more than 1,400 people. cnn is not showing this footage, but in it one of the captives who obviously may have been under duress speaks to netanyahu, pleading for freedom. wolf? in gaza civil order is beginning to collapse right now in the southern and central region according to u.n. officials. they say and i m quoting now thousands of people broke into warehouses and distr
raging river below. deadly flooding puts minnesota s dam at risk of total failure. there is more severe weather in the forecast across the midwests. janice dean has everything you need to know. todd: unbelievable. take a look at this. are you serious, man? are you serious? i 16 for this whole place? 16 k? dude, terrible. todd: are you serious? new york city business owner mocked by vandals as they destroy his dining shed in daylight. he is here to tell us what he plans to do numext. carley: mayor adams partying it up in the hamptons. i was out in the hamptons for the day, i m allowed to go and rest. we still in constant contact, i have a great team. carley: what else he is saying about that this morning. you are watch ing fox and friends first on wednesday morning, i m carley shimkus. todd: i m todd piro. busy wednesday morning. happening right now in russia, wall street journal reporter evan gershkovich standing trial 15 months after his arrest. carle