president biden set to meet with chinese president xi jinping as he tries to prevent tensions from spiraling. and we are about to find out how retail sales that been faring leading up to the crucial holiday season. much more ahead. this hour of cnn this morning now. israeli troops carrying out an operation inside gaza s largest hospital, al shifa. a palestinian official says the soldiers entered the basement and ground floor of the surgery building and interrogated medical staff. the idf releasing video claiming to show troops dropping off aid. cnn cannot independently verify that and has not been able to reach the hospital for confirmation. the idf accused hamas of running a command center beneath the hospital and using civilians above as human shields had. the israeli military is calling this a precise and targeted operation based on their intelligence. we will be joined by a spokesperson for the idf in minutes. meanwhile, fbi director christopher wray is about to
national security officials go into the house hearing. they will testify on worldwide threats to the u.s. you think about this war in the middle east and the tentacles the stretch back to iran. critical meeting coming up here. secretary mayorkas will be there talking about the border and chris coffer wray. the war is on in what could be the final battle in gaza. israeli defense forces storage the hospital in gaza city looking for hamas terrorists. looking for hostages. as of this hour, it s not clear how many they found or located of either. so it s a big news day today. back together in new york yet again. i m bill hemmer, good morning. dana: good morning, i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. one thing about the hospital piece for yesterday the administration said yes, our evidence shows that hamas is hiding in the hospital. i don t know how long they knew that. but for weeks like in the last three weeks there have been media confusion on whether they were t
today. tens of thousands pouring into our nation s capitol to show solidarity with israel. condemn the anti-semitism rallies and release the hostages by hamas after more than a month of pro-palestinian protests and anti-israel demonstrations that stirred up a lot of heated passions around the globe even to this today. as crowds begin descending on washington israel s prime minister has a dire warning for americans and the west. the world must stand behind israel or the west is next. we should have the entire civilized world line up behind israel while it fights this battle of civilization. it is our common civilization against their common bar barbarism. the a we re just a stumbling block on the way to you. bill: fox team coverage trey yengst in southern israel. aishah hosni on capitol hill and griff jenkins on the mall. what are you hearing from the folks there thus far? good morning. we re outside one of the main public gates and at 10:00 a.m. the gates are opened.