who is claiming responsibility, and who is denying any involvement. plus, the border battle. the president taking his toughest stance yet on immigration as the gop-led house pushes ahead with the push to oust his homeland security secretary. also ahead, writer e. jean carroll speaking out publicly about her $83 million victory over donald trump, the message she believes the jury sent to the former president. is the conviction of a notorious double killer about to be thrown out? what we know about the potential retrail in the case of disgraced lawyer alec murdaugh. thanks for being here on a monday. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. president biden is vowing to retaliate after three u.s. troops were killed in a deadly drone attack at a base in jordan. it happened near the border of syria and iraq in a base known as tower 22. two u.s. officials tell us a drone packed with explosives made impact near a shelter where some troops were sleeping.
going that s amazing. i love it. the chiefs lost because taylor didn t show up. that s exactly right. thank you very much. and thanks to all of you for joining us. i m kasie hunt. don t go anywhere. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning. i m poppy harlow. new this morning, israel s ground attack on gaza is intensifying. and overnight israeli forces say they killed dozens of terrorists, who were barricaded in tunnels and buildings. the idf releasing this video of ground operations, which have been shrouded in secrecy. we have seen another round of heavy airstrikes pummelling gaza. the death toll has nearly reached 8,000 since the war broke out as the ground operation ramps up, there s an elevated risk of war spreading in the middle east. we are vigilant, because we are seeing elevated threats against our forces in the region and an elevated risk of this conflict spreading to other parts of the region. we are doing everything in our our power to deter an
hello everyone. thank you for joining us. i m fredicka whitfield in atlanta alongside jim sciutto in israel. we begin in gaza where israeli troops continue to advance as officials say the second stage of their war with hamas has begun. moments ago we learned that president joe biden spoke with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. their conversation comes as national security adviser jake sullivan warned there s an elevated risk of conflict expanding across the region. the idf said their air strikes hit more than 450 hamas targets in the last day including command centers, observation posts and missile launch sites. sources tell cnn that one strike hit a mosque killing 13 people and leaving dozens of others injured. new video from inside gaza published by an israeli newspaper shows idf soldiers raising israel s flag on a hotel roof. cnn has asked the israel defense forces for comment on the video. an analysis by cnn shows that israeli troops have advanced at least two mi