So much. The news continues right here on cnn its thursday, march 7, right now on cnn this morning, joe biden, just hours from delivering a state of the Union Address that could help propel him to a second term or possibly put his Reelection Campaign in jeopardy. Plus donald trump challenging the president to a debate and signaling his second term in the white house could be even more chaotic and district corruptive than the first and alabamas governor signing an ivf protection bill into law. But access to fertility treatments still remains at risk. All right its 05 00 a. M. Here in washington. Thats a live look at jefferson memorial, looks beautiful at this time of day. Good morning, everyone. Im kasie hunt. Wonderful to be with you this morning. This morning, President Biden and white house aides will put the finishing touches on his state of the Union Address. This is a White House Photo from earlier this week of him working on the speech. Its likely to be among the most consequenti
on this friday night. ac 360 begins right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good evening. earlier tonight our cnn crew witnessed the most intense shelling in days. israel s 12 news is reporting what it says is a police report showing the number of people killed at the nova music festival is much higher than believed. it was believed tom 260 people have been slaughtered. now 364 people were according to israel s channel 12. also according to that news channel, police also say that 40 festival goers were kidnapped and taken into gaza. israel s military revealed it recovered the second body of a hostage near the hospital. she was 19, a corporal in the idf, and she had been kidnapped from a kibbutz. yehudit weiss was discovered yesterday. president biden spoke with the leader of qatar, who brokered the negotiations. three sources tell cnn hamas has demanded israel stop flying surveillance drones. the sources say israel uses those drones to track hamas movements and is
hamas making new demands in hostage talks with israel. what the terror group is asking for as the idf finds another body of a kidnapped israeli in gaza. plus the big diplomatic push continues, president biden meets with his mexican counterpart on migration and fentanyl trafficking. can they find new ways to fight these massive problems. and now nikki haley is on the ground in iowa in her quest to catch up to donald trump. is she the former president s biggest threat? we re following these major developing stories all coming in right here to cnn news central . we re learning of a new demand. sources now tell cnn hamas is insisting that israel stop flying surveillance drones over gaza as a condition for freeing hostage. this is part of hamas push for israel to pause its military operations in exchange for people that it is holding captive. and it comes after the idf says two hostages were found dead near al-shifa hospital. the body of a 19-year-old has been returned to
no water, no food no extrem supplemental oxygen. they are taking measures to keep vulnerable patients alive, including wrapping premature babies in foil. what israel is saying. back on the witness stand, donald trump jr. facing questions in the civil fraud case against the family business, but this time, they re coming from his lawyer. how the defense is kicking off their case. plus, the makers of the popular weight loss drug wegovy say they ve discovered a brand new benefit and it could be another life saver. we re following these major developing stories and more all coming in right here on cnn news central. we begin in the middle east. doctors at gaza s largest hospital describing conditions today as catastrophic. all essential units and shifa hospital have collapsed, food, medicine and fuel are all in dwindling supply even as thousands of gazan civilians seek shelter there. doctors say they are taking measures to keep newborns alive. power outages have forced them t
it is 3:00 a.m. in tel aviv. for hours we have been seeing and hearing signs that israel s campaign against hamas in gaza is in a new phase. strikes. people in gaza telling cnn that strikes now the most intense they have seen so far. in addition to this air and artillery bombardment that appears to be growing in tempo, israeli troops today launched what they are calling an expanded operation into gaza. an idf spokesman, rear admiral daniel ha garry says, quote, the military is expanding their ground operations. he dismissed reports of a possible deal to free more hostages and said that gaza s largest hospital, al shifa, was the site of a hamas command and control center. he offered everyday, cell phone intercept reported to be between two gazans discussing the site. admiral hangar ri also had a warning. quote, when medical facilities are used for terror purposes, they re liable to use their protection from attack in accordance with international law. meantime, at another hosp