fraud trial in new york after hearing a key defense witness try and poke holes in the case against him. also tonight, so trump s gop rivals hit the campaign trail in iowa and new hampshire after their fourth debate without him. nikki haley s response to being the top target. smoke in the air over gaza and fierce fighting on the ground. israeli forces intensifying in their hunt for top leaders of hamas, two full months after the brutal attack on israel that launched the war. you are in the situation room. we begin this hour with donald trump s returned to his high-stakes new york civil fraud trial. the former president spending a full day in the courtroom as an accounting expert testified for the defense. paula, how is making their case here? there s so much on the line for the former president, this case strikes at the heart of his identity as a businessman and threatens his ability to even do business in the state of new york. the judge has already found him for de
america, l.l.j. cool j.. and joan shangang shanga god save the queen, man. sandra: a live look now as we begin a brand-new hour at the white house, press secretary karine jean-pierre and the nsc spokesman john kirby are set to take question a short time from now, the oldest president in history, celebrates his 81st birthday. a new batch of bad polling, and on into the holiday week, john. great to start this week with you, i m sandra smith in new york. john: john roberts in washington. when you have 81 candles on the birthday cake, i m not sure if it s just so hard to blow them out or you know, that could contribute to global warming. either of those things or both could be true. democrats in panic mode as poll after poll shows the issue of biden s age still top of mind for voters, and left leaning media taking notice with headline after headline. biden s donors and fundraisers reported by don t think the campaign has come up with the right response to the age question
took over 200 people from israel. they have been talks in qatar. one saying only very minor obstacles were in the way of a deal. israel s ambassador to the usa a significant number of hostages could be freed in the coming days in exchange for a brief cease fire. we will be keeping an eye on that. we go to gaza, we will look at the hospital in the north hit by in an israeli strike. these are verified pictures from inside the indonesian hospital indonesian hospital organisations from indonesia behind it. hamas run health ministry says that at least 12 people have been killed. take a look outside hospital. tanks close by indonesian foreign minister says strike a violation of humanitarian law. whoalled israel says terrorists opened fire from within the hospital towards idf troops, 28 premature babies are out. 28 premature babies have been taken out. they were being treated at the al shifa hospital. they been moved to egypt and you can see they travelled through in these incu
followed by screams. israel claims that hamas, described as a terror organisation by the uk and us governments, uses hospitals as a base for military operations. people sheltering in the grounds also recorded the moment and its aftermath. israeli tanks are reported to have surrounded several other hospitals in gaza. israel says it will continue four hour pauses every day in its military action in the north of the gaza strip to allow civilians to flee. these are the pictures from earlier today. it is now almost five weeks since the start of this war. the hamas run gaza health ministry said over 11,000 people have been killed, including ii,500 children. the us secretary of state, antony blinken, says far too many palestinians have died in the conflict, which began after hamas killed more that 1,400 people in the attacks on october the 7th. let s start this hour with this report from yolande knell. explosion panic and bloodshed in gaza s shifa hospital this morning. as families
followed by screams. israel claims that hamas, described as a terror organisation by the uk and us governments, uses hospitals as a base for military operations. people sheltering in the grounds also recorded the moment and its aftermath. dr marwan abu saada, a general surgeon at the al shifa hospital, told the bbc that the situation was desperate. here in shifa, i m hearing the shooting and bombardment everywhere around me in shifa hospital. it s a horrible situation now, and some of the displaced people moved, evacuated from shifa because it is not a safe place to stay in it, but our staff is still there, and our patients in the department is still there, and we are taking all the casualties. today they bombarded some of our displaced people who were here in shifa, they moved to one shelter to the school, and the other school, they were under attack, and more than 15 people were killed at that moment. israeli tanks are reported to have surrounded several other hospitals in