Strategy against star prosecution witness, Michael Cohen and the former fixer. You could call it the liar liar plan as they focus on tearing down cohens credibility with the jury. And a historic debate on multiple levels, the candidates have agreed to the earliest Jayden History and the first president ial rematch since the 1950s save the date it will happen here on cnn, june 20. And a texas bridge is closed out after a barge slammed into it. We have details on the damage and how long it will take to reopen that bridge. Im Suicidal K Balden and john berman, this is cnn two central minutes ago, Michael Cohen left for another round in the courthouse and were now t 90 minutes away from a morning that has the makings of some barry fiery fireworks in Donald Trumps criminal trial. What is going to happen today round two of Michael Cohens crossexamination will be getting back underway and sources tell cnn for the first time today, Donald Trumps lawyers will directly go after testimony from co
Looking a lot drier, and we remain in the warm conditions. I will have all the details later in the programme. Its monday the 9th of october. Good morning. More than 1,000 people have now been killed in israel and gaza after a Massive Attack by hamas militants that began at dawn on saturday. There are reports that israel has struck more than 500 targets in gaza overnight, my more than 125,000 palestinians i displace. President biden has ordered extra military assistance for the israelis, promising them rock solid and unwavering support. Israeli troops are still hunting down insurgents after one of the bloodiest attacks. 0ne down insurgents after one of the bloodiest attacks. One of the worlds most advanced military is taken by surprise by hamas, a military group kept behind barriers that were supposed to stop this happening. Their attack as brutal as it was brazen. Hundreds killed. For israel that has included scores of unarmed civilians as well as soldiers. Already the largest loss of
reporting that hamas decided to delay the second round of release of hostages, after yesterday, that included 13 women and children. i m jacqui heinrich. griff: i m griff jenkins. despite the delay of the release. a delegation arrived to meet with israeli officials where they re discussing possible extension of the cease-fire. hey, alex. hi, jacqui and griff. the officials say they will not release the hostages or delaying it until there s more aid that comes into gaza. we will have to continue to monitor this. it s worth noting yesterday that the hostages were released a couple of hours after the initial expected release time. now, what we re also seeing are those heart warming photos and videos of families being reunited with loved ones and who has successfully made it home and who is back on israeli soil. and danielle and her daughter, and adina, and magda, and we re seeing them hugging families members as they arrived and this is a 9-year-old boy who celebrated his birt
israel, it s not good for the people of gaza. so we do not support that. the prime minister did offer some encouraging words about a possible hostage deal. we are following all the developments there. and the clock is ticking to a friday deadline for a government shutdown. and then you house speaker s hail mary seeming to be deflating by the minute. donald trump once his core tv, demanding cameras for his upcoming trials. plus this you think donald trump is a great president, president? i think donald trump is the king of the world. you ll find out. you think it was a great president? he did and credible job. he did an incredible job and anyone who said he didn t, something s wrong up here. our friends at the good liars, live this hour with what they heard from the maga faithful and trump s legal issues about trump s legal issues, that s coming up later in the hour as well. we begin this hour once again in the middle east and the israel hamas war whe