good morning. it is saturday, may 13th, 2023, of course, that is the year we are in. i m amara walker. thank you for the reminder. sometimes we need it. ikt victor blackwell in the cnn newsroom. we begin with the escalating violence between israelis and palestinians in gaza. the israeli defense forces, they ve launched a series of attacks today. the idf attacked islamic jihad sites in the gaza strip, they say. these deadly strikes on palestinian targets have been ongoing since tuesday. palestinian officials say at least 33 people have been killed so far including militants and civilians and an israeli medical service says a rocket hit a residential building there this week. one person was killed, five were hurt. cnn s ben wedeman is live in southern israel, near gaza, hi there, ben, what s the latest. what s going on there on the ground? reporter: what we ve seen throughout the day here is there have been occasional volleys of rockets being fired out of gaza, and mor
. good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, may 13th, i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. welcome to the best day of the week. your favorite. nobody it is likes saturday. even if you have to work, saturday is pretty cool. good to have you along. here is what we re watching this morning. i have to admit it is nice to be able to breathe one more time, but we can t let our guard down because we still know it is coming. city leaders and workers along the u.s. mexican border say they are bracing for an influx of migrants after title 42 expired this week. the concerns from officials and the legal challenges the white house is now facing after letting the policy expire. guilty on all counts, an iowa jury convicted daybell in the murder of her children. and what her family had to say after the verdict. we all just want to new explosions reported in eastern ukraine. we ll take you there to the frontlines as ukrainian troops work to
our viewers in the united states and all around the world. i m bianca nobilo. and i m max foster. just ahead how do you feel? feels like a verdict not only for e. jean but thousands of other women. the verdict is a disgrace and continuation of the greatest witch hunt of all-time. george santos does face criminal charges being brought by federal prosecutors. he built his whole persona on a pack of lies. rule of law is being violated. he was not arrested. he was abducted. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is wednesday, may 10th, 9:00 a.m. in london, 4:00 a.m. in new york where a federal jury has found u.s. republican presidential donald trump liable for sexual abuse and defamation and he is vowing to appeal. the jury awardeded $5 millio to carroll. trump lashed out on his social media site calling the trial very unfair. what else can you expect from a trump hating clinton appointed judge who went out of his
will face off once again at the end of the month in the next stage of an election that has been viewed as a referendum on the now 20-year tenure of president erdogan. jomana ca ra cha is joining us now. what would this runoff look like? what s happening behind you? it s still a pretty boisterous scene even at 2:00 in the morning in istanbul. reporter: it is, jim. we are right outside the headquarters of president erdogan s a.k. party here in istanbul. as you can see, hundreds and hundreds of people have been turning up here. you ve got families who are out here. you ve got people who are driving around on motorbikes and their cars waving the turkish flag and the flag of president erdogan s party. this looks like a celebration, but there is no celebration yet. as you mentioned, this is still too close to call. we understand from the country s supreme election council that nearly 90% of the vote has been counted so far, but they haven t given any indication of what these cand
united states and all around the world. i m rosemary church. just ahead on cnn newsroom, donald trump is vowing to appeal after a jury found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation in the e. jean carroll lawsuit. sources tell cnn criminal charges have been filed against george santos. what we re learning about the federal probe into the embattled republican lawmaker. and violent protests in parts of pakistan after former prime minister imran khan was arrested on corruption charges. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. thanks for joining us. well, former u.s. president and current republican presidential candidate donald trump is lashing out after yet another stinging defeat, this time in court after a federal jury found him liable for sexual abuse and defamation. trump has been ordered to pay $5 million in damages to former magazine columnist e. jean carroll, who accused him of raping her in a luxury department store in the mid- 90s. t