yes, i agree. i a very happy wednesday, everybody so every now and then you see something that captures why things everywhere seem to be falling apart these days . you know, not just that i m talking about a theory called chesterton s fence. the rule of chesterton s fans never destroy a fence, change a rule, or do away with a tradition until you understand why it was there in the first place. i would also removing your implants. wow. dead crowd. snyder drew a lot of implants. yeah, but that s good advice on par with don t where you eat. which is why joe biden no longer has lunch in the oval office. you don t deserve that joke. but g.k. chesterton rule goes to the heart of all this chaos. many social constructs that have held things together really come down to fences, metaphorical and literal fences and rules backed by western values that help preserve order and make for a good life. it wasn t perfect, but was a hell of a lot better than the alternatives offered by dict
that warning to congress. it hasn t happened in a year, but it s happening today just a few hours from now, president biden will be speaking face to face with china s president xi. what might come from today s critical summit? we ll have it. i m sara sidner with john berman and kate bolduan. cnn news central starts now. a senior israeli official says details are coming including footage later today of what s described as concrete evidence of a hamas terror headquarters in al shifa hospital and evidence uncovered in the ongoing raid by israel of that medical complex. idf troops, soldiers, they entered the hospital early this morning and hamas has now acknowledged that israel is in control of the hospital and gaza s large of the hospital. the idf already did release this video that we re showing you right here upon soldiers delivering incubators and other medical supplies to the hospital today they say and cnn has geolocated the video and however it is not on the grou
leaders at odds over how to handle the ongoing conflict between israel and hamas. u.s. secretary state entity blinken met with foreign ministers from the middle east and jordan earlier today to discuss the conflict. leaders of egypt and jordan are strongly condemning israel s offensive and are demanding an immediate cease-fire. blinken opposes a cease-fire he is pushing for israel to allow pauses in its assault on gaza. united states believes all these efforts would be facilitated by humanitarian causes. we believe pauses can be a critical mechanism protecting civilians, getting aid in getting foreign nationals out. while still enabling israel to achieve its objective to defeat hamas. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu is rejecting calls for temporary cease-fire saying the country s military will only pull back when hamas frees all of its hostages but he adds his country will continue to block fuel from entering the region. meanwhile u.s. state department is urging a
the israeli army just announcing it s killed a hamas commander who, quote, directed of the october 7th attacks on israel. the idf says his elimination significantly harms hamas efforts to disrupt israel s ground operation. it comes as israeli ground forces pushed deeper into gaza, advancing both tanks and other armored vehicles. the idf also rescued one of its own, a female soldier who had been held hostage since hamas stormed israel on october 7th. prime minister benjamin netanyahu once again rejecting growing calls for a cease fire. the united states would not agree to a cease fire after bombing of pearl harbor or after the terrorist attack of 9/11. israel will not agree to a cessation hostilities with hamas after the horrific attacks of october seventh. the u.s. government also voicing opposition to a cease fire, saying it would benefit hamas. but with the war now in its fourth week, american officials are pushing to get more much needed aid into gaza. the more than 2
benjamin netanyahu plowing ahead with the war on hamas saying know to calls for a cease-fire. tanks drive deeper into gaza. a widening ground incursion that stops short of a full-scale ground war. the prime minister also announcing that one more hostage has been freed from hamas. a 19-year-old female soldier rescued in an overnight ground operation. meantime attacks on u.s. troops in the middle east continue to rise now totaling 24. that despite attempts at the biden administration to send a message by striking iran lymph facilities in syria last week. u.s. college campuses also a battleground of sorts, a war of words in most cases. violence did break out during some competing demonstrations and police are investigating online threats made to jewish students at cornell university. let s get to our chief international correspondent steve harrigan live in northern israel with more on this. steve? reporter: over the past 24 hours we have seen multiple rocket attacks across nor