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Breaking news. Israel is unleashing intense new air strikes on gaza tonight as it is expanding its Ground Operations there as well. The war against hamas heating up. Nearly three full weeks after the surprise hamas Terror Attack on israel. Phone lines and other communications have been cut off. Civilians caught in the cr crossfire. The United States says it is in talks with israel about a humanitarian pause to try to allow the potential release of more hostages held by hamas. White house insisting negotiations aimed at freeing more captives is ongoing. Breaking in the United States, divers join the search for the Mass Shooting in maine. Sources tell cnn the gun apparently used was bought just days before. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer in the situation room. We are witnessing here in the middle east, we are witnessing a clear escalation in the is israel hamas war. The Israeli Military declaring it is operating forcefully on all fronts,
Me. Welcome to the beat. Im ari melber and we have a packed show tonight. Michael cohen is here. You know the name. Lanny davis joins us later tonight as we track what could become a verdict that would hinge more than anything else on Michael Kahns testimony and by the end of the hour, al sharpton is here for a cultural moment unlike anything weve ever tried on the beat before. You see him there was james brown. The reverend is here joined by an artist making his big debut tonight, henry mack. Our top show story shows why verdict is on the way and trumps criminal trial, his Defense Lawyers resting their case today telling the judge theyve completed their mission without ever having to call trump to testify, as is their right. They finished after less than two days in control. Trumps lawyers call just two witnesses compared to the 19 witnesses the d. A. Called, some of whom you can see right here, the star witness cohen, former trump aid hicks, Stormy Daniels, a Tabloid Chief and an arr
Here. You know the name. Lanny davis joins us tonight as we track what could become a verdict that could hinge more than anything else on mierk call cohens testimony. Al sharpton is here more than anything else weve tried on the beat before. You see us with james brown. The rev is here. An artist making his beat debut harry mack. Our top story shows why a verdict is on the way in trumps criminal trial. His Defense Lawyers resting their case today telling the judge theyve completed their mission without ever having to call Defendant Trump to testify as is their right to call or not call. So they finished after less than two days in control. Trumps lawyers called two witnesses compared to the 19 witnesses the da called. Some of whom you can see right here. The star witness cohen, former trump aides like hope hicks, Stormy Daniels, tabloid chief and an array of many different important people. Now legally youre looking at the typical mismatch. The da the the prosecution calls more witness
it is the top of the hour. i m brianna keilar with boris sanchez in washington. wolf blitzer is live from tel aviv. intense talks are under way to try to extend the truce between israel and hamas. here in just hours the current deal is set to expire. we want to show you some video with a red cross convoy entering the rafah crossing. this, as we wait for hamas to release in the group of hostages today. wolf? as these critical talks continue, we know the top u.s. hostage envoy is here in israel and that secretary of state antony blinken is headed here in the coming days. he ll be in israel very soon. a key mediator from qatar says they re hopeful an extension will be announced soon. cnn is following all these angles of a very fast developing situation. let s start with oren liebermann. what have you learned? reporter: two israelis were handed over to the red cross from hamas and will have a quick medical checkup and to the hospital for fourth evaluations. it s impor