hello, i m lewis vaughanjones. welcome to the programme. we start in the middle east, where the palestinian president says only the us can prevent an israeli attack on rafah, where more than a million have fled. mahmoud abbas is at the world economic forum summit in riyadh. he will be joined there on monday by the us secretary of state, antony blinken. other key international figures are expected in the saudi city and sideline meetings are expected to discuss the war in gaza and the way forward. that could include further ceasefire talks a hamas delegation is reportedly in cairo for discussions there on monday. this is the appeal from palestinian president, mahmoud abbas, to the us, urging it convince israel to reconsider any offensive in rafah. translation: and i say here - what s happening now in gaza, | and what will happen in the coming few days, and what israel will do by invading the city of rafah, all the palestinians from gaza are gathered in rafah and it s only one
let s get more on our top story, the palestinian president says only the us can prevent an israeli attack on rafah, where more than a million have fled. efforts are under way to negotiate a truce between israel and hamas. the us secretary of state is heading to riyadh, where he will meet arab leaders to discuss the situation. let s speak to gina abercrombie winstanley, president of the middle east policy council and former us ambassador. thank you very much for coming on the programme. antony blinken on his way. what you think he is hoping to achieve? he s got a tough road ahead, he has got to convince the players he is meeting in riyadh are several things. players he is meeting in riyadh are severalthings. number players he is meeting in riyadh are several things. number one, players he is meeting in riyadh are severalthings. number one, he has got to convince the saudis there is a deal ahead, that the us security guarantees are going to make it worthwhile for them to contin
to back president biden s reelection. bid over rfk juniors campaign hello, i m wolf blitzer in washington and urine the cnn newsroom now, in new york, donald trump is back in the courtroom as jury selection continues in his criminal hush money trial, it s the first ever criminal trial for a former us president. one of the seven seated jurors has already been excused. she had expressed concerns that aspects of our identity had been compromised we re also hearing there may be issues with yet another juror that s going to see this chief legal analyst, laura coates, she s in new york for us with all the late breaking developments, laura well, it s been quite the exciting de the third day of jury selection in the historic criminal trial against the former president of the united states. initially there were 96 jurors who were brought into the courtroom today. that was already cut in half by those who said they could not be impartial by a show of hands. i m back here with kristen
abortion. and we ll talk to the woman in a new biden campaign ad hitting trump on this issue. back in session, house lawmakers returning to a long to do list there on the hill, including a potential republican revolt against the house speaker. and later, an historic first, two parents facing sentencing today for the deadly school shooting, committed by their son. thanks so much for joining us. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. we begin with donald trump losing his emergency bid to delay his first criminal trial. an appeals court denying his request to stall the new york hush money case, based on the argument it will be all but impossible to seat an impartial jury. now, we are full steam ahead to the start of jury selection on monday. in a case that is expected to feature testimony from adult film star stormy daniels and trump s former fixer, michael cohen. let s discuss all of this with lisa rubin and former federal prosecutor jessica roth. g
and destroy hamas so that it no longer posed any threat, and said he would secure the release of the remaining hostages still being held in gaza. in the war that has followed the 7th of october attacks, gaza s hamas run health ministry sayys more than 33,000 people have been killed there. on sunday, tens of thousands of protesters in israel called for the israeli government to strike a deal to bring the hostages home and for mr netanyahu to resign. earlier, i spoke to our middle east correspondent injerusalem, hugo bachega, about idf troops withdrawing from khan younis. the israeli authorities are saying their mission in khan younis has been accomplished and that these troops are now being prepared for future operations in gaza. i think the israelis are under a lot of pressure, especially from the americans, to de escalate the conflict. i think the big question here is about what will happen in rafah. because the israelis have been saying that it is essential to launch a maj