good morning, everyone, and welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, november 5. i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. thank you for joining us. new developments out of the middle east. secretary of state antony blinken just wrapped up an unannounced visit to ramallah as violence escalates in the west bank. details on his meeting with palestinian president mahmoud abbas and what we re learning about another explosion near a refugee camp. donald trump s feud with ron desantis takes center stage, literally, as the former president parades husband new supporters on stage at a republican gathering in florida. we ll tell you ron desantis response and why chris christie was booed on the stage. trump will spend monday in a new york courtroom. he is scheduled to several in the civil fraud trial against his company. what we heard from his kids on t the stand and the role they played in that company. in the west bank, secretary of state antony blinken has met with the p
hello and welcome. i m michael holmes live from atlanta with our continued coverage of israel at war. and we are getting horrific reports at this hour of an explosion at a crowded refugee camp in central gaza with dozens of people reportedly killed. the densely packed al magzi camp lies to the south of gaza city. a local official says at least 33 were killed, mostly women and children, and there are far too many wounded to treat. the idf has not commented on whether it was targeting the area. in a few hours the israeli military is expected to open a road corridor so people in gaza city can flee south. at least that s the plan. the idf is offering what it calls safe passage during a four-hour period beginning at 10:00 a.m. local time. but it is unclear if people in gaza will even get that message, given the widespread electricity and communications blackouts throughout the war or whether hamas will try to prevent them from leaving. idf also released video of its chief of
welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada, and all around the world. i m kim brunhuber with cnn s continuing coverage of the israel/hamas war. we re following reports of a deadly explosion at a crowded refugee camp in central gaza within the past couple of hours. the densely packed al may gauzei camp lies to the south and past the line the idf has repeatedly told palestinians to go. a local hospital official says at least 33 were killed, mostly women and children, and there are far too many wounded to treat. the cause of the blast is still unknown. the idf hasn t commented on whether it was targeting the area. the israeli military is expected to open the road corridor so people in gaza city can flee south. the idf is offering what it calls safe passage during a four-hour period beginning 10:00 a.m. local time. the idf released video of its chief of staff just inside gaza on saturday. more than a week into the ground operation. have a look. tran
newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. good evening. we begin with a troubling outlook for president biden. exactly one year out from the 2024 election, a new set of polls from the new york times and siena college show biden trailing former president donald trump in hypothetical match-ups in four key swing states. tomorrow trump is set to take the stand in a high-stakes civil fraud trial that could help decide the fate of his business empire in new york. this happening at the same time that president biden is trying to strike a balance in the war between israel and hamas, pushing for a humanitarian pause. this just in to cnn. we re learning that cia director bill burns is traveling to the middle east to meet with multiple leaders in that region as negotiations over hostages taken by hamas continue. while the white house continues to focus on the crisis in the middle east, the biden campaign is responding to this latest polling. cnn s priscilla alvarez is in rehoboth beach
we ll get to you in a moment, wolf. we re watching several new developments across the middle east as israel pushes through hamas. secretary of state antony blinken met with arab foreign ministers in georgia for a summit. blinken made it clear that now is not the right time for israel to enter a ceasefire. it s our view that a ceasefire now simply would leave hamas in place, able to regroup and repeat what it did on october 7th. you don t have to take my word for it. just a few days ago a senior hamas official said it was their intent to do october 7th again and again and again. we re seeing more air strikes across gaza today as israeli forces close in on gaza city. and significant developments at the rafah border crossing between scriegypt and gaza. the u.s. official says israel is blocking until it guarantees ambulances can make the crossing. we re continuing to watch major developments on the ground here in the region. cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertso