Were continuing to follow the breaking ns in The Middle East, where the israelhamas war is poised to enter a new phase. Just one week after hamas executed that horrific and seismic Terrorist Attack on southern israel, 1400 people have been killed in israel so far. And more than 2300 in gaza. 29 americans were also killed, and 15 remain missing, according to the state department. Today, the Prime Minister conveyed his emergency israeli cabinet, and said that hamas thought wed be demolished. Its we who will demolish hamas. Thats after three senior Israeli Military officers were telling the New York Times that Israeli Forces are preparing to invade the gaza strip in the coming days. Their ultimate goal, according to the reporting, is to capture gaza city. Destroy the enclaves current leadership, and wipe out the top political and Military Hierarchy of hamas. The risks are high here, for israeli troops, as they face the challenge of Urban Warfare and a narrow and tightly packed gaza. They
That that has the whole russian investigation has impacted this trip. it has really put a lid on press access to the president so far from what we can tell in terms of what we re going to be seeing in the days ahead. did you shout any questions, i just can t believe that. who d thung it. we appreciate your coverage. sounds good jim acosta reporting live from saudi arabia. one of biggest moments in the president s trip comes in a matter of hours. he ll be speaking on driving out extremist. you re live in the cnn newsroom. point decisively with the arm of your glasses. abracadabra. the stage is yours. step two: choose la quinta. the only hotel where you can redeem loyalty points for a free night-instantly and win at business.
Brian todd, cnn, washington. as scandals swirl around the white house the president is in saudi arabia on the first leg of a world wind trip. five countries, nine days, the sights of three major religions the trump have a lot of goals. establishing an alliance to really fight terrorism and global affairs correspondent alise labott has more from washington. what does it mean when we saw today in terms of accomplishing the president s goals? well, anna, i think one of the president s major goal was was to reassert that relationship with the saudi arabia and allies, and it certainly got off to a good start today not just with the welcome but the meeting with the king, the investment that saud and the u.s. signed over the
Past obama administration have really been reasserted and i think he s beginning to continue that tomorrow in the efforts to rally the world against the fight against terrorism which you ll hear much tomorrow, but also a theme throughout this trip. what are we to make of these deals signed today? billions of dollars, the president says jobs jobs jobs? well, on fighting terrorism and counter iran, you re going to have hundred million dollars, but you also have investments in saudi arabia and back in the united states. so when president trumps talks about an american-first foreign policy and he s able to talk about jobs, jobs, jobs, u.
In the speech tomorrow will really lay out the tone for the rest of this trip. president s going to be facing other diplomatic land mines will he step in israel. when he goes to rome and pete with the pope. the pope and the president has been at odds with one another over the last coupup of years. if the president can lower that to me that will certainly set the rest of this trip. you talked about how rex tillerson was asked about some of the events of the past week and the past 24 hours, what s happening here at home with the russian investigation, he said no information, no knowledge about the recent report of the russian investigation. do you sense that what is happening here at home is having impact at all on the president and his interactions with these foreign leaders in other countries? i think it has had to some extent an impact on the news