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right now, a high stakes meeting behind closed doors adds congress clashes over trillions of dollars. house speaker kevin mccarthy wants to force president biden to the negotiating table. the big problem, his own party might not be on board with his plan to hold a vote today. the clock is tick to go cut a deal. rolling out the red carpet. the nuclear threat when president biden is preparing for a state visit with south koreas president this morning. we will bring you those important ...

Welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and all around the world. Im kim brunhuber, were following Breaking News out of israel. Where that countrys military is now mobilizing, including its reserves, in response to this mornings Surprise Rocket Attack from gaza. The Security Cabinet is expected to meet in the coming hours and israels president says the country is facing a very difficult moment. The attacks kban early today as many people were still sleeping. Hundreds ...

Declared a State Of War Alert and is mobilizing its forces in response to an unprecedented attack today against israel. It began unfolding about 6 30 this morning with wave after wave of rockets from gaza. Hamas claims it fired 5,000 rockets as israeli Officials Say there were multiple injuries, some of them serious, and at least one fatality. Some airports have temporarily closed although the International Airport remains open for now. The Israeli Military also says a number of militants have i...

French a similar effort, more than 2,000 people have been carried on a saudi ship from port sudan to jeddah, they are from many, many different nations and among them 500 people that got there by convoy organized by the united nations. the americans, though, remaining in sudan are being told to hide where they are because they dont -- the american authorities still dont believe that the conditions are right to continue to do an evacuation. of course, the evacuation of 16,000 people is a massive ...

Crown prince. that is the version we heard, but it may change. nonetheless what is itreesing about -- what is intriguing about this, the crown prince had been the most powerful in the land until the recent events. this is the invention of king salman himself. being in semi retirement, but letting his son run things more on a day-to-day basis. took his intervention to change the narrative through 180 degrees, crihristine. >> international crisis, right? listen, sam, weve learned, cnn learned that...

Soon after khashoggi disappeared when he told the news agency that the washington post journalist left the consulate and anybody was welcome to go and inspect those premises. throughout the period that followed, the saudi line was denial that they were in any way involved in the disappearance. the attorney general here, has been confirmed, has been ordered to open an investigation into his disappearance. i think they are inching toward the position to agree on a joint statement with mr. pompeo t...

Cnn correspondent sam kiley standing by for us in riyadh. sam. >> reporter: the first indication we got of the new line from the saudis came from donald trump. once again perhaps blurting confidences shared with him, in this case, a phone call with si king salman. we are expecting to hear that this was a rendition that mr. khashoggi was lured into the embassy with the issue of getting him back to saudi arabia by the saudi intelligence. this is the important part of what the expected narrative wi...

The crown prince and the king to discuss the alleged death of jamal khashoggi. overnight, turkish investigators left the saudi consulate in istanbul after spending about nine hours searching that building. >> two sources tell cnn the saudis are preparing a report expected to acknowledge khashoggis death and call it the result of the unsanctioned interrogation gone awry. cnn correspondent sam kiley standing by for us in riyadh. sam, good morning. whats the latest? >> reporter: well, we just heard...

Met with the saudis which are key to provide their own sovereignty. we will get a lot of revelations over the next 24 hours. >> i would say so. cnn learned, sam, the kingdom is denying the davos in the desert until after the investigation. there is certainly a lot of pressure for executives to drop out. many have. what do we know about the plans for the steve mnuchin? you think he still goes? >> reporter: well, there are two things going on there. there is the relationship between the united sta...

Mr. pompeo needs and wants and will prefer. you have the public face of davos in the desert. it depends on the american administration in terms of the narrative. they have until friday to decide to publicly endorse the investment conference. that relationship, i think, is absolutely critical to both sides. >> fascinating. optics of shaking hands at the summit when you have an international incident and murder of a journalist. sam, thank you. the white house plotting its next move in the respon...