Protests in israel demanding a ceasefire as President Biden holds a White House meeting this hour with Hostage Rescue teams. Also ahead, a Labor Day double header for Vice President harris. Her two Stops Today including one with President Biden as she looks to shore up the Blue Wall for november. Plus now controversy for Donald Trump. The plans for a fundraiser for January 6th defendants at a trump golf resort. And later, On Strike. Why Hotel Workers for Hilton And Hyatt are on the Picket Lines this Labor Day. Good morning. It is 9 00 a. M. Eastern, 6 00 a. M. Pacific. Im jose diazbalart. We have breaking news out of israel where outrage continues to grow today after the deaths of six hostages shot pointblank by hamas as idf forces were nearing their location in gaza. This morning, the largest general strike since the start of the israel hamas war took place, cross. This as prime Minister Netanyahu faces new and growing pressures to reach a ceasefire. Meanwhile at the White House, this
Free, visit otter. Ai. Ai or download the app im melanie zanona. On capitol hill, and this is cnn you are in the cnn newsroom. Hi everyone. Im jessica dean in new york. We have breaking news out of Northern Gaza tonight where israels prepared to reopen the erez Border Crossing. And to use its Port Of Ashdod to get humanitarian aid into gaza. Just hours before the israelhamas war reaches the sixth month mark. This is the un humanitarian aid chief calls the situation in gaza a quote, betrayal of humanity with 33,000 People Killed there. And many stars just this week, a deadly israeli strike killed seven humanitarian aid workers from World Central Kitchen. Cnns Nic Robertson is in jerusalem for us tonight and it gunfire and explosion since were here today at the erez Border Crossing what does this tell us and what are you learning yeah, we went down to the Border Crossing today to see what the premise variations. Werther would be going on for the expected aid convoys to go through the Ere
out talking points on friday. and again, sent them to democratic offices mistakenly. we got a copy of them. if you read through them, the points the white house made was attacking adam schiff on process. it was like herkd not have yo vaughn vich there behind closed doors. he should have a state department lawyer because it s against long standing protocol. what you didn t see was a defense of president trump on the underlying point. i think that s what you re going to continue to see. i ve talked to a number of people on the hill, that s the strategy. criticize the process. they can t defend the substance so they re not going to. republicans and congress have done a good enough job convincing the base the fix is in. they re out to get him. you see polling out now, i think the cbs poll the question was to republican they asked the questions of republicans, should congressional republicans defend
important witnesses for the end. you work up the ladder. you work from the outside in. just maybe they are talking to everyone else first and saving the most important witnesses for the end. i hope that is the case. if it is not the fbi will be blamed. despite what you say it is unfair. it is unfair because you say. the fbi is supposed to be looking out for us. they are supposed to protect us. now you are saying are they private guards. they can t do what they are not authorized to do. why doesn t christopher wray quit? there is a long-time standing protocol between the fbi and white house for background investigations where the white house is the client. so they want it reopened, you reopen it. what does the congress
tariffs, and claiming climate change is a hoax to steal jobs, and this is interpreted as a challenge to beijing where the leadership accepted the status quo in washington and they are blaming taiwan, calling it a petty act on their part, but at this stage they are saying only officially that no it will tolerate no country that has any official relations or thinks it can have official relations with taiwan. do you get a sense of the reaction coming out of beijing they are writing it off to a newcomers mistake that he may not have had a standing protocol or do you think it could have been a calculated message that donald trump is sending to the chinese it s not business as usual anymore when it comes to the issue of taiwan? reporter: taiwan is always a sensitive issue here. beijing has considered it a