good morning, everyone. so glad you re with us on this monday. israel s military says another evacuation corridor in northern gaza is open for the next several hours. it is unclear if and how far that announcement is known, though, without any cell service or internet connectivity. and new this morning, further exchanges of fire reported across the israel/lebanon border. the israeli defense forces say two mortars launched from lebanon landed in open territory in northern israel on monday. and also overnight, the u.s. did carry out a new round of air strikes against iran-backed targets in eastern syria. defense secretary lloyd austin says those strikes targeted a safe house. officials believe that they re responsible for at least 60 rocket strikes against u.s. personnel in iraq and syria since october 17th. this comes as fighting intensifies in gaza. the medical system there, it s collapsed. some of the images you re about to see, i want to warn you, are disturbing. hospit
viewers joining us here in the united states, around the world and streaming on cnn. i m rosemary church. gaza s hospitals are collapsing under the weight of war, with electricity and supplies running out, doctors say there is little they can do to save the most vulnerable patients. washington is again staring down a government shutdown, with less than a week to reach a deal and keep the government open. and iceland braces for potential disaster. a state of emergency in effect, as the nation faces the threat of a volcanic eruption. thanks for being with us. we begin in the middle east, where the medical situation in gaza is growing more dire by the hour, as israel steps up its war against hamas. israeli forces went deeper into gaza city on sunday, reaching the outskirts of the refugee camp and conducting raids in multiple areas. the idf has arrested 20 alleged hamas members, including some accused of taking part in the october 7th attacks on israel. multiple hospitals i
against them. and a secret service agent involved in protecting one of president biden s granddaughters opens fire in response to a car break-in. and the response. and senator tim scott drops out of the presidential race, and his staff didn t even know. who might be the next to go. i m john berman with kate bolduan and fredricka whitfield is in for sara sidner. this is cnn news central. happening right now, donald trump jr. has just gone into the courtroom in manhattan and soon he is going to be taking stand, again, to testify, and this time, it is going to be as the defense team s first witness. still at stake, the fate of the trump business empire as you remember the judge in this civil case has already found the family liable for fraud, and so what is donald trump jr. going to try to do to tip the trial in favor of he and his family, and these are the live pictures that you are looking at of donald trump jr. sitting and waiting for the proceedings to get under way.
hey, everyone. thanks for joining me. i m omar=j jimenez. we begin in gaza where urgent humanitarianh crisis is worsening. the situation is growing more desperate for the health care c system. the palestinian red crescent gaza s second largest hospital al-quds is out of service.ok and many medical centers have become shelters for thousands of people displaced by the e fighting. israel defense forces opened an evacuation corridor and for the first time since thursday, foreign nationals were able to4 evacuate gaza at rafah.çz and nine palestinian patients were also allowed into egypt for tleemt. reporter: we had prime minister benjamin netanyahu on cnn this morning saying thatand? reporter: we had prime minister benjamin netanyahu on cnn this morning saying that no jz why it would. but we ve had no confirmation that the offer to remove children anábabies from th al-shifaal hospital in the hear of gaza city, whether that has come to fruition. as you mentioned, there were
newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. good evening. we start this hour with the breaking news. the white house says a toddler, a 3-year-old toddler is among one of the nine americans and 200 others currently being held hostage by hamas following that deadly attack more than a month ago in israel. let s go straight to cnn senior white house reporter kevin liptak in delaware. this is just a heartbreaking development. what more can you tell us? reporter: yeah. this news coming from the white house in a readout of a phone call that president biden held with the amir of qatar. qatar has been acting as a broker in these talks to get these hostages released. the president conveyed his unequivocal condemnation of the holding of hostages in gaza, including this 3-year-old american toddler, whose parents were killed in the hamas attacks in israel on october 7th. so we don t know many details about this child, but he is one of potentially as many as 10 americans who are being held