was using gaza s largest hospital as a command centre. in southern gaza, israeli forces have started dropping leaflets in the khan younis area, warning people to evacuate their homes and head to shelters for their own safety. similar leaflets were also dropped over northern gaza weeks before the ground offensive, suggesting imminent military operations may be planned for the south. so let s get the very latest from my colleague mark lowen, who is in southern israel. thank you very much indeed. we were going to be live with you in that headline sequence, but we had to dash because there was a rocket that was just fired above our heads and intercepted by israel s iron dome anti missile system. there was a siren that went out, so we just had to take cover. in the distance, a very large plume of smoke there were an air strike very large plume of smoke there were an airstrike has very large plume of smoke there were an air strike has recently hit. a sign ofjust how constant the th
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.
good morning. welcome to cnn this morning, sunday, november 12th. i m victor blackwell. i m amara walker. thank you for being with us. here s what we are watching for you this morning. an evacuation corridor is open near al shifa hospital now as intense fighting continues around the area. israeli prime minister vows the war with hamas will continue. michael jordan unveiled his play to keep the government open. the next critical step in the process and why some republicans a already saying they will not support the plan. former president trump addressed his slew of legal battles head on in a rally in new hampshire yesterday. his message to voters and why he wants his federal election subversion trial televised. an amazing medical breakthrough. an arkansas man receives a complete eye and partial face transplant. more on the first-of-its-kind surgery. in gaza this morning, israeli forces continue their ground assault against hamas targets. the idf says much of the fi
new election wins, republicans are about to hold another presidential debate without their front-runner. both parties studying the results and assessing their 2024 strategies as donald trump s gop rivals are getting ready to take the stage. president biden is touting his party s new wins as defeats for trump and maga republicans. democrats political hopes rising amid fresh evidence their defensive abortion rights is a winning issue even as the president s bleak poll numbers are raising some serious red flags. and the state of new york just rested its case in the civil fraud trial against donald trump and his family business. this after ivanka trump s testimony and her attempt to down play her involvement in the trump organization. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. tonight, donald trump is deflecting blame for new republican election losses as he s set to skip another gop presidential debat
if they re not going to win it, have some fun. andy, thank you very much for that. i will see you tomorrow, my friend. and thanks to all of you for joining us, i m kasie hunt. don t go anywhere, cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. glad you re with us, it is election day. there s a lot of news to get to. let s start with five things to know, tuesday, november 7 th. polls are open in virginia and par parts of kentucky. two governorships and abortion access measures. and donald trump brings his campaign bomb a campaign bombass to the wind stance. and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu says his country needs to oversee security in the gaza strip for, quote, an indefinitely period of time after the ongoing war. this comes as the health ministry says 10,000 people have been killed in gaza. a man is dead after suffering a head injury in southern california. the medical examiner ruling this a homicide. wework has filed for bankruptcy after