Good morning. Im poppy harlow with Phil Mattingly in new york. Erin burnett is live in tel aviv, israel. That is where President Biden is headed tomorrow tore a highstakes visit. The humanitarian crisis in gaza is escalating. And the president is under growing pressure to help get desperately needed aid, food, walter, other aid to the millions of civilians stuck in this war zone. This morning we are continuing to see israel strike gaza. Some airstrikes were right near the Border Crossing between gaza and egypt. That crossing remains closed as israels blockade continues and this is new video of smoke rising near the border wall there. It is the same Border Crossing where vital humanitarian aid has been piling up. The World Health Organization is now warning that water is running out for Hundreds Of Thousands of palestinians. Satellite images show 30foot bomb craters blocking the roadway nearing the crossing. Another top priority for President Biden, securing the release of hostages. Ham
100 minutes of horror, and the video obtained by cnn of the early moments of the october 7th terror attack from the view of a hamas militant and what it revealed of the hamas planning and israel s security. rudy giuliani claims he is going to take the stand in a case that the judge claimed that he defamed two georgia workers and he has millions of dollars on the line. and an ethics committee could release the long-awaited ethics report on george santos, and one thing that won t be there is a recommendation to expel him. i m sara sidner with kate bolduan and john berman. and this is cnn news central. there are new indications this morning that israel s ground offensive in gaza could be expanding to the south. leaflets were dropped wednesday on the communities to the west of khan yunis which warned the civilians to move to known shelters. in the north, the idf is now 36 hours into the raid at al shifa hospital. the israeli forces remain both inside and in the vicinity o
outfront next, raiding gaza s largest hospital. israel releasing new video of weapons found inside the complex. but no proof of tunnels. this as cnn obtains exclusive hamas body cam video of the october 7th attacks. plus, president biden about to hold a rare solo press conference this hour. we re going to bring it to you live. and, quote, i will bite. the senator who almost started a fist fight with a witness in a hearing is doubling down tonight. let s go outfront. and good evening. i m erin burnett. and we are outfront following two breaking stories. president biden expected to hold his first press conference in months this hour. we re going to bring that to you live. this, of course, coming at a crucial moment in the israeli war in gaza. tonight, we are learning that israeli forces are still inside the largest hospital in gaza al shifa. a spokesman for israel s military telling reporters, and i quote, it s a complicated area which still has many people. we need t
israel defense forces are almost a full day into what they call a precise and targeted operation to hunt out hamas in a hospital. what exactly does that mean? the lead starts right now. inside of that hospital, in gaza, now a military scene where israel and the u.s. say hamas is hiding a command center under the hospital. what is the goal of this targeted operation? also brand-new on the lead. 100 minutes of horror, exclusive video from the body cam of a terrorist for the first time, you could see video from inside of a hamas tunnel. before that group s horrific october 7th attack. plus, you might not believe this, hunter biden wants to subpoena donald trump. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. gaza s largest hospital is under siege. israeli forces launched a raid on the al shifa hospital in the early hours on wednesday after accusing hamas of operating from tunnels, souped by american intelligence. a report he inside of the hospital said the complex is surround
sandra: any moment now, we are set to hear from white house press secretary karine jean-pierre. it will be her first on camera briefing from that podium in nearly 3 weeks. i ll not has happened since then. the president has traveled overseas twice. border action has faced his first lawsuit. his son was convicted on felony charges. it is this latest moment that is getting all the attention. sandra: it is a video that has gone viral. we played it for our viewers so they can decide what they think of it. president obama clearly leading president biden off the stage at the l.a. fund-raiser. i am sandra smith in new york. john, it s great to beginning a brand-new week with you. john: there seems to be a lot of those. i am john roberts and washington. the video going viral. it appears to show president biden gazing into a los angeles grout moments before president obama felt the need to step in and say it s time to go. sandra: the white house is hitting back at critics