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good morning. welcome to this special edition of cnn this morning. we are continuing our coverage of this temporary truce between israel and hamas and the expected release of more hostages today. my colleague, kaitlyn collins, is live in tel aviv and well have more from caitlyn in just a moment. this morning we are monitoring the situation in gaza and israel. this is day two of are this negotiated four-day truce and now were watching for the release of the hostages being held by hamas....

It abroad, is really where hes got to start. >> certainly has a lot going on at the same time but he is the president. david senger, thank you. appreciate it. >> thank you very much. great to be with you. in the u.k. the partygate scandal has prime minister boris johnson clinging to his job. hes facing growing calls to resign after news emerged at numerous parties at 10 downing street while the rest of the u.k. was in lockdown. nina dos santos joins me. can the president survive all of these c...

Are being picked up. a lot of assets being picked up and being targeted by western authorities. now putin is targeting his own people. christine? >> jim bidder man, bizarre indeed. bugs in your mouth to spit out. thank you. lets bring in david senger, national security. putin ranting against russians with a western mindset. what does he gain by acknowledging there are people against him? >> i think at this moment i think hes recognizing that hes not doing well in this war, to put it mildly, an...

Senger reports on today inside the white house? >> well, i think that, you know, davids excellent story really put its finger on an important fundamental point here it is a real problem that this president has. and by the way, i mean, obviously donald trump presents a unique problem with his repeated falsehoods almost on a daily basis. it, you know, damages his credibility in ways that become very dangerous when you have a national security crisis like this but there is as you suggested also a l...

Chairman of the jcs whos got weapons experts on the ground in saudi arabia understands what the options could be we could go after their air defense system, the submarines, the irgc fast boats. we could definitely take military action. very few americans would be at risk and we might probably would ignite a shooting war in the gulf no one thinks thats a wise outcome. >> michael crowley, your colleague david senger with the front page piece in your newspaper this morning before this disparity bet...

That. a senior trump administration official denies that. it is not unusual to have two versions of the same meeting, is it? >> not with these two countries and not with the stakes involved. i very much agree with ambassador pickering. it is important that president trump raise the issue. he deserves credit for that. but everything depends on the strength and conviction with which he raised that issue. if, in fact, putin is denying that he launched a cyber attack on the american elections, then ...

Clearly, they had issues they had to go pace through and mr. tillerson described those today. you know, even if president trump went into this with no set agenda, it seemed pretty clear that president putin was going in with one. he wanted respect. and he wants an end to those sanctions that nick was referring to before. president trump could not lift those sanctions. in fact, there have been, by a vote of 97-2, new sanctions voted on by the senate. so his hands were tied there. i think that it ...

Million syrians now homeless inside or outside the country. there is a humanitarian obligation we have. if it is possible to work with the russians on that basis, we should do so. but we have to be careful here. we dont want to be involved in establishing shia dominance throughout the country. this is a minor achievement, i think, a cease-fire in the southwest part of the country, but secretary tillerson is right to have the conversation. >> david, before this meeting, you noted that the announc...

Inconsequential things, rather than focusing on what is important. >> meeting with president xi tomorrow. thank you all for being with us. up next, exclusive report, cnn on the front lines in raqqah and syria, as coalition forces drive isis fighters out block by block. under the threat of a sniper. david. whats going on? oh hey! ♪ thats it? yeah. ♪ everybody two seconds! ♪ "dear sebastian, after careful consideration of your application, it is with great pleasure that we offer our congra...

Ban. >> shelby, the short answer to the presidents feud with a mayor of a foreign capital is, who cares. this is not the time for that. >> well, and why. he is insulting an ally. he is rubbing salt in the wounds. he is also using a terrorist attack for political gain, talking about not just the travel ban but gun control. so, you know, the big question is, what do you gain from this? you are only offending people and fueling the controversy. it went down the chain. dan scavino criticizing the ma...