a busy day of news today. we start live here injerusalem. and as israel intensifies its military operations in the south of the gaza strip, hamas officials say more than 700 palestinians have been killed in the past 2a hours. that number comes from the hamas media office. hamas is considered a terrorist organisation by the uk and us governments. this is live outside al nasser hospital in khan younis. this is an area that has been under frequent assault. further south in the strip, near rafah, at least seven palestinians were killed in an israeli attack in the early hours of sunday. israel says hamas fighters are hiding in the south. we re also keeping an eye on what s happening further north. this is live at the israel gaza border. that skyline which since the fighting began, we have seen the renewed plumes of smoke which had been quiet for a week while the fighting stopped. all this as israel has come under renewed pressure from top figures in the biden administration. the d
another it s like a whole new version of the guy that lives in the apartment, your bank in the maroon can be quiet all right. on that note. thanks to you guys. i appreciate you being here. thanks to all of you for watching. i m kasie hunt. don t go anywhere. cnn news central starts right now it all comes down to this seven men, five women are about to start deliberating and are about to decide the fate of a former president and current presidential candidate. a senior exclusive sean diddy combs under new scrutiny right now, sources tell cnn federal investigators are working to bring his accusers before a grand jury and people in texas could be in the dark 40 days is the latest word, the already deadly storms now leaving nearly half million texans without power and more bad weather is on the way. i m kate bolduan with john berman, sara sidner is out today. this is cnn news central good morning for the manhattan criminal court, where as soon as today history will be made, t
the jury, making their closing arguments. what both sides argued in these final hours. also tonight, this dangerous system sweeping through with speed and damaging winds as a tornado watch right now. after deadly storms this holiday, the woman who survived holding on to a doorknob in her home. ginger zee is here tracking this new threat in the hours ahead. images coming in tonight, that massive building explosion late today in youngstown, ohio. they are trying to account for everyone. first responders racing to the scene. the urgent manhunt tonight for three suspects in the killing of a former actor on general hospital. authorities believe the actor interrupted them as they were stealing a key part from his car, a part authorities say has valuable metals being stolen and resold. also just in tonight, a u.s. military jet has gone down, an f-35 fighter jet crash. we have news on the pilot s condition. and the other plane crash. seven people jumping out and surviving.
yesterday, manhattan, it s what we ll continue to talk about every day until the first debate and atlanta. but michael real quick that trump campaigns suggests that they think it s blown up in your face and in the movie you guys made yesterday saying that it proves the case that they ve been trying to make the whole time that politics is motivating the case. jason miller said after months of st. politics thanks, had nothing to do with this trial. they showed up and made a campaign event out of lower out of a lower manhattan trial for president trump. did this backfire on you no, not at all we re not talking about the trial. we re talking about the threat that donald trump poses to our democracy. his embrace of political violence, that he does every single day, whether he s outside the courthouse there in manhattan or he s down to mar-a-lago or he s shouting into an echo chamber on truth, social. that s what we were talking about with robert de niro and officers for know
criminal trial with closing arguments set to start today. the case comes to a close, even members of the media have a major warning for the left. this case is not a slam dunk, donald trump may not be convicted, acquitted is worst for democrats. todd: president biden turning to bill and hillary clinton to breathe new life into his struggling campaign. tomi lahren will react. carley: and new line of pride merch merchandise, reaction is flooding in. you are watching fox and friends first on tuesday morning, i m carley shimkus. todd: i m todd piro. more coming up over the next hour. first a fox news alert. violent memorial day weekend in chicago leaving nine dead including a five-year-old girl. carley: this is just days after mayor brandon johnson rolled out his summer safety plan. madeleine rivera is live in washington with details. madeleine: chicago police say five-year-old girl was sitting in the car when the shooting hatched. a 24-year-old man believe to be her