for such an operation. and to conduct such an operation right now with no planning and little thought in an area where there is a million people sheltering would be a disaster. israeli forces have continued their offensive against hamas in the southern gaza area and there s been reports of large explosions in rafah. people there said israeli missiles hit two houses, causing multiple casualties. aid agencies have warned of a humanitarian catastrophe if israel forces enter rafah, where hundreds of thousands of displaced palestinians have taken refuge. the us secretary of state antony blinken is returning to washington, 2a hours after the israeli prime minister said the war would continue until israel is completely victorious. benjamin netanyahu appeared to reject outright a response from hamas to a proposed cease fire plan, but secretary blinken believes there s still room for negotiation. let s hearfrom our middle east correspondent, nick beake. a senior palestinian official
September 13, 1992. A piece of paper, two signatures today seen as the beginning of the end of patriot wars and vengeance between arabs and jews. A day that could have lead to the unthinkable. Peace in the middle east. Israel and the palestinians sign a pact on the white house lawn. Supporters of the declaration are dancing in the streets of that west bank town of jericho at this hour. The reality changed today in the middle east. Enough of blood. Enough the comprehensive peace in the middle east happening now in jerusalem, the scenes that took place in washington are being replayed. Go in peace, go as peacemakers. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you. 30 years and one month later an unthinkable day, an allout Massacre On Israeli soil perpetrated by hamas. War erupts in the middle east. The attack caught israel by surprise at sunrise. Major cities in israel including tel aviv and jerusalem. It is a shocking and unprecedented escalation in the regions long history of conflict. Babies slaught
september 13, 1992. a piece of paper, two signatures today seen as the beginning of the end of patriot wars and vengeance between arabs and jews. a day that could have lead to the unthinkable. peace in the middle east. israel and the palestinians sign a pact on the white house lawn. supporters of the declaration are dancing in the streets of that west bank town of jericho at this hour. the reality changed today in the middle east. enough of blood. enough! the comprehensive peace in the middle east happening now in jerusalem, the scenes that took place in washington are being replayed. go in peace, go as peacemakers. thank you. thank you. thank you. 30 years and one month later an unthinkable day, an all-out massacre on israeli soil perpetrated by hamas. war erupts in the middle east. the attack caught israel by surprise at sunrise. major cities in israel including tel aviv and jerusalem. it is a shocking and unprecedented escalation in the re
an indictment in the hush money case? plus, china s xi jinping cozies up to vladimir putin. ukrainian ambassador to the united states raising questions about whether it was staged. and tiktok, its parent company spying on american journalists. what could this mean for the 100 million americans on tiktok? let s go outfront. good evening. i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, a game changer, it is the 11th hour. and at this moment, former president trump s team chose to call up a witness to testify before the manhattan grand jury investigating the hush money payment to adult film star stormy daniels. now, the hope is that this witness could save trump from being the first former president in united states history to be indicted. so who is this person this witness? well, his name is robert costello. he was a one-time legal adviser to trump s former fixer michael cohen, who is the key witness. then emerged to tell reporters why he testified. the only thing i m doing is
nation s debt limit after a last-minute rewrite. and we re tracking the speaker s efforts to get gop holdouts to get in line. joe biden strikes a landmark deal to send a nuclear submarine to south korea for the first time in 40 years. the president and his south korean kocounterpart going to n lengths to deter kim jong-un and his escalating nuclear threats. and oath, testimony by the woman who alleges that donald trump assaulted her decades ago. cnn was there as e. jean carroll took the stand. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get right to capitol hill for the latest on the very high stakes showdown over raising the nation s federal debt limit. cnn congressional correspondent jessica dean is following all this. republicans have been scrambling to hold a vote today on their plan to raise the debt ceiling. where do things stand right now? reporter: wolf, the chamber is just here to m