after a strange of deadly storms barreled through the region, leaving at least six people dead and dozens of others injured we re in a texas community still picking up the pieces. later highway collapse pennsylvania s governor vowing to reopen that busy stretch of interstate 95 through philly within weeks let s begin with the breaking news out of china this morning. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken just departing beijing after that high-stakes meeting with china s president xi jinping. that included the secretary s crucial two-day visit aimed at stabilizing the spiraling relationship between the two countries, upended recently by the downing of a spy balloon and this tense encounter by a chinese fighter plane and a u.s. jet. plus the encounter with military ships. let s discuss with janis mackey frayer in beijing as well as nbc senior white house correspondent kelly o donnell standing by in washington we know the meeting between blinken and xi lasted about 35 minutes,
Dont know. A lot thanks for all of you for joining us. Dont go anywhere. Cnn this morning starts right now. This is cnn breaking news. Good morning, glad youre with us. Im poppy harlow with phil mattingly. In israel, Secretary Of State Antony Blinken is in jerusalem, he is meeting once again with israeli leaders. And were also looking at these live pictures of Smoke Billowing above gaza city. A dire humanitarian crisis is unfolding there at this moment. And Israeli Ground offensive appears to be imminent this morning. Blinken said that the u. S. Is actively working to ensure that humanitarian assistance like water, food and medicine can get into gaza. The Secretary Of State also saying that Safe Passage Way Into Egypt via The Rafah Crossing would be open as half a Million People have fled Northern Gaza for the south. But overnight the negotiations seem to have stalled and that there is either a ceasefire nor humanitarian assistance in the gaza strip. President biden saying israel must
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but the question remains. why did hamas strike now likely knowing the devastation that it would provoke in gaza? hamas spokesman name checked events at the mosque earlier this year as motivation for their attack. hamas has called this operation the storm of in reference of course to the mosque compound known as temple mount a place so holy to both jews and muslims here in jerusalem. earlier this year police raided the third holiest site in islam during the month of adan and pass over just as police step inside the mosque is considered incredibly provocative and aggressive . but many experts say the timing of hamas attack has to do with mecca, the holiest place of all of islam, saudi arabia. hamamas was c concerned aboue saudi moves to build ties with israel and the u.s. one concern was that saudi money would then bolster the palestininian authorority in th west banank. hamasas looks at this worord an ememerging alliliance betwee moderate arabs and israel and de
i m anderson cooper in tel aviv. only the whole story, i m as we ve seen this weekend, israel s war against hamas anderson cooper in tel aviv. hamas entered a new phase, what that means for the 200 people held hostage in gaza is unclear. most of those hostages were taken on october 7th from israeli communities or kibbutz seen close to the gaza border. in a kibbutz, were either killed or captured. around 6:30, they recorded this video showing in the distance rockets firing from gaza. a red alert was called immediately. the couple sent this video to a group chat at 6:42 am. they haven t been heard from since. hadas kalderon: i could hear the red colors, it means that we have to go to the safe room, to the shelter. i m all alone in my own house. my children with the father in the other house. anderson cooper: hadas kalderon s youngest kids, sahar and erez, were with their father offer in his house nearby. hadas 19-year-old son rotem was in his own house. and hadas mother