he was a perfect match for a tabloid culture. and he was brash and he was, you know, he was a self-promoter. - rudolph giuliani, thank you for being with us. - thank you. - and in new york city s race for mayor, democrat david dinkins is leading in the polls over republican rudolph giuliani. - all of a sudden, david dinkins comes along, riding the wave of, you know, he was gonna be the first black mayor. and that was at a time when that had a real kind of emotional resonance, both within new york and nationally. - it was a historic day for new york and a triumphant moment for the biggest black population of any american city. - quiet! quiet! - rudy very quickly seems to have made the decision to embrace the sort of racism that a lot of his party believed in. - white power! - i saw god out on the block today he was darker than the preachers say with a teardrop tattooed on his face and dirt in his fingers i heard angels when he laughed the way that peopl
and that was at a time when that had a real kind of emotional resonance, both within new york and nationally. - it was a historic day for new york and a triumphant moment for the biggest black population of any american city. - quiet! quiet! - rudy very quickly seems to have made the decision to embrace the sort of racism that a lot of his party believed in. - white power! - i saw god out on the block today he was darker than the preachers say with a teardrop tattooed on his face and dirt in his fingers i heard angels when he laughed the way that people do when they have known true pain for his sins i don t know who to blame what choice was he given? in this world that we re livin when i see you, i see you i see love i see love i see america i see love when i see you, i see you i see love i see love i see america - on a bright winter day, former federal prosecutor rudolph giuliani was inaugurated as the 107th mayor of
tonight, we are learning more about how the planning for that deadly october 7th attack by hamas on israel went undetected, for two years. sources tell cnn tonight, that hamas operatives were actually communicating through a network of land lines that were built into those tunnels that we have discussed, that are underneath gaza. we ll have more on that tomorrow night. thank you so much for joining us. cnn news night with abby philips, starts right now. . three major stories tonight. the war in israel has taken a new turn. donald trump s former chief of staff reportedly flips on him. and the house is still without a speaker, as the republican party implodes. that s tonight, on . and good, evening i m abby phillips. it has been an extraordinarily bad day for republicans and their leader. in perhaps the biggest development in the serial indictments against donald trump, mark meadows has reportedly been given immunity to testify in the federal election interference case. t
[sound of gunfire] [inaudible conversations] [silence] hundred have been injured. terrorist group hamas savagely taking hostages including the elderly and young children. israeli kowpght strikes on the gaza strip so far killing about 200 people. president biden at the white house addressing the nation earlier this afternoon. he condemned the terrorist assault and says the u.s. will stand with israel. trey live in israel with the latest on the finding trey on the ground just after midnight. trey. reporter: good afternoon fighting continues along gaza border. israeli military source that palestinian militants are still engaging soldiers in a community just south of here. near the gaza border inside israeli territory, as you noted dozens of hostages have been taken hamas group inside of gaza says that they have taken 164 people. kick not independently confirm that number. but we know dozens of soldiers and civilians were kidnapped and are now being held as prisoners of war. i
benjamin netanyahu is expected to speak to the media on the state of the war. this comes as israeli intelligence analysts poedly warned officials of plans of a major hamas invasion over a year before the october 7th attack. they were dismissed by their superiors. secretary of state, antony blinken saying, the security failure will be investigated. there is going to be plenty of opportunity for a full accounting of what happened on october 7th, including a look back to see how what happened, who knew what when. and israel has been very clear about that. right now, the focus is on making sure that they can do everything possible to ensure that it doesn t happen again. since the resumption infighting yesterday, israel says it has struck more than 400 hamas targets killing at least 200 palestinians, that is according to the gaza health ministry, joining me now from tel aviv, israel, nbc s david noriega, what can you tell us about these new israeli strikes? and the state of