elections official in philadelphia and who was certainly the focus of some of the efforts by people associated with the former president trying to focus on this idea that there was fraud in center city philadelphia. commissioner schmidt, we had him on the show a lot. exactly. now he has been appointed. he s the secretary of the commonwealth now. in the case of maggie oliver, she was questioned in right weeks. th they re getting asked about the effects of the fraud claims and the threats they received, election officials all over the seven states that were the focus of some of the efforts by the former president and his allies, not only to claim fraud, but also to set aside the valid election results and try to replace them with donald trump essentially even though he had lost them. interestingly, even though this did seem to happen in all of these different battleground states, it s only georgia that there s a local investigation, in fulton county which contains part of
House of the United States House Of Representatives is hereby declared vacant. Mccarthys cardinal sin, say his critics, was working with President Biden and the democrats on a last minute Budget Agreement to avoid a Government Shutdown last weekend. Lets take a closer look at the lawmakers who want to take his place. Jim jordan of ohio was first elected to congress in 2007. And on friday morning his bid got a major boost. Former Preident Donald trump Writing On Truth Social jordan is one of trumps biggest congressional allies, receiving the president ial medal of freedom from trump in a closed door ceremonyjust days after the 6 january capitol riot in 2021. Jordan is 59 years old. He currently chairs the Housejudiciary Committee where he launched several investigations into President Biden, his son hunter, and the fbi. He is also a founder and former chairman of the ultraconservative House Freedom caucus and was among more than 100 republicans who voted against 300 million in aid for u
strikes between israel and hamas. it says it s attacking new hamas targets in the gaza strip, after temporary truce collapsed between israel and the temporary group. this is no strikes into gaza, idf shifting focus to southern gaza, where the hamas leaders they say are hiding amongst civilians. since the truce has expired, israel says it has hit 400 targets inside gaza, and since the end of the cease-fire, the idf says the soldiers have destroyed more hamas tunnels, including one found in the courtyard of the school. in the meantime, hamas is launching targets into israel, new videos from tel aviv shows people running and ducking for cover as sirens run in the streets. israel s defense system intercepted the coming rockets. this was a massive rally where israelis came together to support families of loved ones, still being held hostage by hamas in gaza. the vice president, kamala harris, urging israel to do more to protect civilians inside of gaza. today they spoke to what it
a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. just ahead on cnn newsroom hamas continue nell below gaza s largest hospital, that is what the israeli military says this video shows. solid intelligence that hamas was using the hospital in that way. it is like a cage. no water, no electricity. doctors are performing operations without medicine. you can count on the united states. we re delivering on our promises and we re doubling down on our progress. george santos is a fraud, he should not be a member of congress. george santos? ehh. he s got to go. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is friday, november 17, 9:00 a.m. in london, 11:00 a.m. in gaza where the israeli army says its troops have found a tunnel shaft on the grounds of the biggest hospital. images show a deep hole surrounded by sconcrete and rubble. the israel defense forces say weapons were also found in vehicles at
i believe parents ought to be in control, and i believe in the constitution. i believe god created two genders and there should not be any confusion on your gender, but if there is confusion, then parents ought to be the one that guides the children. iowa governor kim reynolds, popular among conservatives in the state has pledged to remain neutral in the primary, but has appeared at several events with ron desantis, ron scott, and nikki haley. earlier this week, trump attacked reynolds for not endorsing him. writing on truth social, i opened up the governor position for kim reynolds and when she fell bhirehind, i endorsed her. desantis called her a strong leader, who knows how to get things done. reynolds signed iowa s new six-week abortion bill into law at the event on friday, a law similar to the one signed by desantis in florida. i could not imagine a more