Border of occupied crimea. Palestinian media say the number of people killed in an israeli airstrike on a former school in Gaza City has risen to 19. These pictures of the Attack Havejust come in, the Israeli Military says the strike targeted a Hamas Command Room at the al falah school, which has been serving as a shelter for displaced civilians. The army insisted that steps were taken to mitigate harm to civilians, but Accused Hamas Of Systematically using civilian sites to house its fighters. The Israeli Military has received widespread international condemnation for targeting schools, Civilians Shelters and hospitals in gaza, just that latest development in that attack in a school in Gaza City. Lebanons Health Minister says at least 31 people are now known to have been killed by fridays israeli Air Strike On Beirut a third of them women and children. Israels military says it killed 16 fighters. Describing them as terrorists. The iranian backed Group Hezbollah has confirmed that its
Im going to turn you over into the trusted hands of one mr. Wolf blitzer, who is in this Situation Room, which just is actually in Philadelphia Today it is Debate Night in america and we are now just a few hours away from what will be an historic President Ial Debate. And the first Facetoface Meeting between Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump. Good evening to all im Erin Burnett im Wolf Blitzer in philadelphia. Welcome to our viewers here in the united states. And around the world. This is a Special Edition of the Situation Room. Erin, the unprecedented Showdown Tonight will be thank you. Place right here in philadelphia. These are brand new pictures were getting right now the Debate Stage former President Trump now making his way to the city of brotherly love. Cnn is learning. He will be joined by two family members, Eric Trump and his wife, lara trump. And wolf. The stakes obviously couldnt be higher. This is a Razortight Race from every single poll. Early
welcome to inside politics live from iowa. here we go. the first vote of the 2024 presidential election are tonight. after months of rallying, tens of millions in campaign ads, voters will finally have their say. and in the last few hours, candidates are scrambling to reach as many of those voters as possible. you have to get it done quickly. we have to set the stage. think of the fact that you might be making history in this moment. we are the nation s best days actually still be ahead of us. here in iowa, you have the ability to change the trajectory of american politics. tonight will come down to the one word we use each and every election day turnout. who can get the most voters out. the record-breaking cold weather here in iowa will make that even harder than ever before. take a look at the scene outside right now. subzero temperatures, dangerous conditions complicating travel to the caucus sites. 1,657 separate caucus sites across the state. it is a crucia
possible floor vote on final passage by the end of the week. we ll tell you exactly what is in it. plus the war of words escalating tonight between president biden and the oil industry as the president seemingly mocks the ceo of chevron as sensitive as the blame game for record high gas prices continues. first, it s primary night in some states across the country. our election coverage begins with alexandria hoff live on the ground with a crucial g.o.p. senate runoff in alabama. alex, good evening. everyone is watching this one. good evening. we re here at katie s quarters clearly about to close up for the night but this was a really, really exciting evening. there was a lot of talk about how the last-minute endorsement by former president trump might have helped katie get to this moment it can t be forgotten how well she performed in the primary last month that ended up going into a runoff. she still came up 16 percentage points over her opponent. when she took the stage,
israel and gaza. ijust want in the middle east. the war in israel and gaza. i just want to show you pictures that we are getting in. the latest from southern israel looking into northern gaza as we touched on in the headlines there. if you re telling us it is expanding its assault deeper into the northern gaza strip. wejust had its assault deeper into the northern gaza strip. we just had a little earlier from an gaza strip. we just had a little earlierfrom an idf gaza strip. we just had a little earlier from an idf spokesperson reiterating that with artillery, with tanks and with ground troops, but also from ships in the sea and with missiles, they are continuing their operations in gaza. the stated aim of that, of course, as we have been told, is to prevent hamas from having capability of launching any further attacks on israel. but, of course, a lot of discussion right now around international law and the terms of use of military force. the director of the un agency for pal