vote for house speaker starts right now. any minute the house gavels in without a speaker for a third straight day. congress caught in the grips of chaos. no deal to end a first in a century clash over who becomes the next speaker of the united states house of representatives. i m erin burn net in new york and you are watching cnn s special live coverage. i m jake tapper in washington. the talks between republican leader kevin mccarthy and his allies and the 20 conservative rebels have been the most productive conversations yet in a week characterized by breakdowns, backroom bitterness, back stabbing and six very public rebukes of mccarthy and mccarthy has offered the 20 hard-line hold-outs a cornucopia of concessions including ones dealing with the rules such as lowering the threshold to recall a speaker. you only need a single vote according to what mccarthy offered but the outlines of a deal running the risk of alienating the 200 some member was voted for mccarthy ag
Starting with the big developments out of a hospital in gaza where thousands were seeking help and refuge. An explosion at the Al Ahli Hospital right in the heart of gaza city is said to have killed hundreds according to Health Officials there. People sheltering in the hospital had fled 10 days of bombing by israel. The World Health Organization has condemned the blast, and called for the immediate protection of civilians. Israels Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu denied israel was responsible, and blamed what he called barbaric terrorists. Israel says its bombing campaign, is targeting members of hamas, responsible for killing around Moo Israelis Last week, and a group designated as a Terror Organisation by the uk government and other countries. Hamas has in turn blamed israel for the blast, and called it a war crime. Heres our International Editor jeremy bowen with the latest. Loud blast the missile hit the hospital not long after dark. Man shouts you can hear the impact. The explo
Of arrest and prosecution. But Womens Health advocates are fighting back and they just won a key victory. I will call to order this weeks meeting of the book club. The legendary low of lowry joins me to discuss her classic the giver on another hour of velshi which starts right now. Good morning. It is saturday, may 11th. A particularly tough week in court for donald trump. The Republican Party disgraced and embattled president ial nominee. For about a day and a half, his criminal trial was overshadowed by stormy daniels, the former adult film actress for who he is alleged to have an affair. Her testimony dredged up many salacious details that could hurt him politically but the former president gets a reprieve from all of that this weekend as he gets on the campaign trail. Tonight he will find himself in a more familiar and welcoming setting as he hold a rally in wildwood, new jersey. Since he kicked of his political career nearly a decade ago, trumps rallies have been the centerpiece o
in the past 2a hours. and in tel aviv on saturday evening, thousands gathered demanding a deal to secure the release of the remaining hostages held by hamas since the 7 october attacks. our correspondent hugo bachega is injerusalem and gave us this update. this is the deadliest incident involving the israeli military since january and one of the deadliest in this war. so the military gave some details about what happened earlier today. it said these soldiers were members of an engineering unit and their armoured vehicle was hit by a large explosion. and this explosion then triggered the detonation of explosive material, engineering material in the car. so this is under investigation. apparently, this was in breach of the standard practice, and an investigation continues. but daniel hagari, a military spokesman, said that this initial explosion was most likely caused by an explosive device in the area or by an anti tank missile. and we know that earlier today, the armed wing o
ukrainian children and civilians. more than 90 heads of state and governments are attending. it makes it the largest world leader gathering solely focused on ukraine since the invasion began more than two years ago. but russia has not been invited and china is not attending. sarah rainsford filed this report from day one at burgenstock. shattering the peace of a swiss mountainside for the cause of peace in ukraine. volodymyr zelensky came to meet delegations from all over the world, coming together here to begin seeking out a path towards ending the war waged by russia. talking peace is new territory for kyiv, but now, it s seizing the initiative, hoping for a broad global alliance that can help push for a settlement on ukraine s terms. 101 states and international organisations are now at this summit and this is a tremendous success, our success, the common success of all those who believe that a united world, united nations, are stronger than any aggressor. russia wasn t at