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jacob zumas newly—formed mk party exceeded expectations to finish third. but the party says it is considering challenging the results in court. and so begins a new era in south african politics — as well as new challenges for president cyril ramaphosa, who himself helped negotiate the end of apartheid. the bbc�*s africa correspondent, barbara plett usher, reports. it had been a slow and steady day, and then this. the former president, now the head of the upstart mk party, an unex...

major develop moons, congress passed a bill giving 14.3 billion in aid to israel, but joe biden threatened to veto it because it does not include money for a cause that is already defeated sadly in ukraine. israeli prime minister netanyahu today says that nothing is going to stop them from going into gaza and getting the job done and now gaza city is surrounded. were seeing explosions across the night sky. a live report from the ground later in the show. but first, loving china, hating...

clocks that does it on its own. >> tom, thank you so much. that does it for us this hour. "katy tur reports" starts right now. good to be with you, im katy tur. were watching lewiston, maine, where president biden will pay respects to those murdered in the mass shooting last week. for now, were going to start in new york city where the trump organization fraud trial wrapped for the week. eric trump is finished testifying now. reporters say he looked uneasy in the courtroom. we have t...

>> wherever you are around the, world cnn ongoing coverage of israels war with hamas, im john vause in atlanta where it is now one a.m., and seven a.m. in gaza, which is now divided into by israeli ground forces battling hamas militants in the north. for weeks, israeli officials urged palestinians to evacuate relative safety in the, south ahead of a major ground incursion. and as dawn now, breaks the israeli troops have gaza city completely surrounded according to senior idf commanders...

that coalition ironically includes the new york city mayor eric adams and the chicago mayor brandon johnson, both mayors of sanctuary cities. theyre asking for $5 billion in federal funding to house thousands of asylum seekers. we ex pect to hear from the mayors making the rounds in washington. more as it happens. first this. that was the scene recently on the fight to flee gaza. egypt allowing the first evacuees through the rafah border crossing. at least five americans among them. so...

crossing into egypt. 79 americans including a family weve spoken with repeatedly on this show made it through. the opals tell us all seven of them, abood who we spoke with yesterday, along with his wife and their 1-year-old, and hanine who we spoke with a couple of weeks ago, her two small children and newborn have all made it out, and they are on their way back home to the united states right now. a blessing. but what they left behind is a horror. another strike on another refugee cam...

that this one senator is having this kind of an impact on our operational readiness and if you dont think it isnt, i would urge him or anybody else who doubts this, go on down to tampa, florida and talk to the folks in central command about the priorities and what they are trying to do on behalf of our administrations policy in the middle east, especially right now with everything going on. its having an impact and as karine rightly said, an impact on family members, cant get schools f...

>> i dont know what -- i wont speak to what impressions moscow might be getting but we have not lost focus in any sense on our need to support ukraine. its why you have seen the president give an oval office address about our support for ukraine and we will stay focused on it. we think we have the ability to work on more than one thing. you hear the secretary often say we have to walk and chew gum at the same time. that is true with the issues. >> who is compiling the list of evacuees ...

tonights last word. 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. starts now >> tonight, the deadly strike at a refugee camp in gaza, amid an increased offensive by israeli forces, and the new warning from the fbi about threats here in the united states. then, the stunning prediction from a former white house lawyer as the former president continues to lash out online. and the house speaker, mike johnson, setting the stage for a showdown. his first major move since winning the gavel, as t...

near gaza and israels border with lebanon. more than 1 million residents of gaza have been displaced or told to leave their homes. the israeli war on hamas has led to destruction across gaza, not just in the north. right now, the palestinian ministry of health estimates that more than 8500 people have been killed in gaza, including more than 3500 children. the palestinian ministry of health is controlled by hamas, but in the past, its statistics about death during these sorts of confli...