good evening, thank you for joining us. we ll be here with cnn s chief dana bash, citing tonight s third republican presidential debate. that is just wrapped up. anderson, i m gonna be speaking tonight with some of the candidates who just finished here on the debate stage minus, of course, the former president. the faraway front runner who has not attended any of these debates. he s competing instead and an event nearby. just five candidates this time, in a few moments, we ll hear what voters in iowa watch from cnn s gary tuchman made of what they saw. two candidates, florida governor ron desantis and former u. n. ambassador nikki haley with the two closest in the polls for the president. so many eyes were on them, including this exchange they got into with over china. then we will go in and all formal trade relations with china, base they start murdering americans for fentanyl. something they s have yet to say they will do. then we modernize our military. when
the egyptian border, many are still in need of medical help tonight. of course, many people have been asking how they can help. you can help in these efforts in israel and in gaza. just go to cnn.com/impact or text relief to 707070 to donate. these are vetted organizations that you can trust. thank you so much for joining us tonight. up next, cnn s special coverage of the third republican debate. good evening. thank you for joining us. here with dana bash in miami. the site of tonight s third republican presidential debate that just wrapped up. anderson, i am going to be speaking with some of the candidates who just finished here on the debate stage minus, of course, the former president, the far and away frontrunner who has not attended any of these debates. he is competing, instead, at an event nearby. five candidates this time. we will hear what voters in iowa made of what they saw. ron desantis and nikki haley were the closest in the polls. the former president. s
are you live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. good evening. we are following a number of new developments in the israel-hamas war. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken has wrapped up his meeting with arab leader in jordan. blinken stressed support for israel to implement humanitarian pauses, as he s calling them, in the fighting in gaza. short of a cease-fire demanded by arab countries and international aid agencies. the u.s. official says hamas is blocking foreign nationals from leaving gaza for egypt through the rafah crossing. hamas is demanding that israel guarantee that ambulances from gaza, that they can reach that crossing. and egyptian source says more than 700 foreign nationals were expected to cross through rafah earlier today including 400 americans. free, free palestine! people around the world are marching and singing in rallies against the war today including this one here in washington. you can see the capitol in the background there.