right now on "early start," the deal just brokered with hamas, israel and egypt to let foreign nationals get out of gaza. plus the idf defending its deadly strike on a crowded refugee camp. what israel says the intended target was. and just hours from now, in a new york courtroom, oldest son of donald trump could take the stand in a fraud trial against the family business. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is wednesday, november 1. 5:00 a.m. on the east coast and we begin with breaking news, sources saying that deal has been reached to release all foreign nationals who have been stuck in gaza along with critically injured civilians. the sources say the deal is separate from any hostage negotiations. rafael romo is live for us in tel aviv. we've just learned about this in the last hour or so. what more do we know about what happens next? >> reporter: good morning. first of all, we have to say that this agreement is as you mentioned before crucial, very important because there are many families waiting not only for these civilians but also from the hostages. and it is separate indeed from any hostage negotiations and yes, it is a deal that was brokered by israel, hamas and egypt with coordination with the united states with the purpose of releasing all foreign nationals and according to sources familiar with the geesh yagss respect critically injured civilians will also be allowed to get out of gaza. i have to tell you, this is still very preliminary and there is no time line or details on the number of people to be released. what we had previously been reporting was that 81 injured palestinians were expected to arrive at the rafah crossing at some point today after the attack yesterday on the refugee camp. but in any case, this agreement marks a major breakthrough when it comes to getting civilians out of gaza. many are american citizens with u.s. passports that have been stuck there since the beginning of the war. so good news for them and their families. >> you can tell us more about the large -- can you tell us about the large number of those killed and injured in that refugee camp? idf says that they succeeded in killing a top hamas commander but obviously civilian casualties were just devastating. >> yeah, thaert's right. one doctor on the ground said that there were hundreds of people who had died. dozens of others injured. and we are waiting for confirmation on the specific numbers. but let me tell you, there has been widespread condemnation across the region to the attack. the governments of egypt, iran, jordan, saudi arabia and the uae as well as the palestinian ministry of foreign affairs have all denounced the attack. one of the most forceful condemnations came from turkish president recep tayyip erdogan who said that israel has completely lost its mind and acts like an organization adding that israel backed by the unconditional support of europe and america has been committing crimes against humanity for 25 days. what is israel saying to all the criticism? this is what a spokesman had to say a few hours ago. let's take a listen. >> i'm not saying that there are no civilian casualties. what i am saying is that we struck an important military objective who was a battalion commander. he and many dozens of enemy combatants were in a tunnel complex underneath the ground. we struck that tunnel complex and we caused it -- that caused it to collapse. hamas built that vast tunnel complex underneath the buildings and probably collapsed as a result of the strike. >> reporter: and he added that not allowing civilians to evacuate the zone is also a crime against humanity. hiding behind civilians, using them as human shields is also a war crime. and even countries as far away from here as chili have recalled their ambassadors due to the strikes on gaza. and bolivia has cut off diplomatic relations citing crimes against humanity. >> rafael romo in israel for us, thank you very much for that report. the biden administration under pressure as the number of civilian casualties grows in gaza. plus donald trump jr. under oath later today with the family business o on trial inin new yo. unlike russia and ukraine and unlike what hamas did on october 7, killing of civilians is not a warring of israel. i'm not denying that it is happening. of course it is. and it is tragic. but it is not the goal of israeli forces to go out and deliberately take innocent civilian life and they have tried to make efforts to minimize that. >> national security council spokesman john kirby making a distinction between the hamas attack on october 7 and israeli's attacks in gaza that israel says were focused on eliminating hamas leaders and armed fighters. let's bring in general nick ryan. he is joining us from brisbane. thanks for being with us. let's talk about the distinction that is being made here. because there are of course civilians who have been terribly impacted by the strikes that israel is making. obviously there are accusations of war crimes from the palestinian side. israel says that this is aimed at legitimate targets and that the reality is that people they are targeting, hamas, are building these tunnels and putting military structure under human beings and that is what makes it hard. how do you view each i'dside's argument? >> yes, there are legitimate targets that they are going after, but proportionality is also very important principles that apply here. beyond the laws of war, there is also the need to engage in ethical conduct at the end of the day to kill a couple enemy combatants. we need to question the proceed information ality of that. >> and yeah, i mean, when easy really talks about eliminating hamas, it does seem as though as a military objective, you know, i've spoken to many of your american docounterparts about this, and a number of them have made the argument that it may actually be an impossible strategic objective because of the nature of the enemy. what is your sense and how should that factor into what you importantly raise, this question of proportionality? >> destroying madhamas is clear the goal. whether or not that can be achieved is a very good question to ask. you are not just killing people and destroying their tunnels or infrastructure, you have to destroy an idea. you have to destroy the things that make it attractive to become a part of hamas. and if those things -- which are not military tasks -- if those things are not taken care of, all the military action in the world will not remove that mhams in the long term. >> and let's talk about the breaking news that we had that deal has been announced that qatar has brokered to get all foreign nationals out of gaza. and also to bring out critically injured palestinians, they would be the first palestinians allowed out since this conflict began. that of course has more to do with egypt. how important is this agreement at this stage. >> it is extraordinarily important. a lot of people with dual passports want to get out. so this is very important to be able to get those people out and also extract those who need critical treatment. >> and on the humanitarian aid front, one of the thins that we saw earlier this week too was reports from the ub of loots, they called it a breakdown in civil disorder, other narrative was that perhaps hamas witas stealing supplies. how is that balance playing out right now? >> certainly hamas is not helping. we saw an interview in the last 24 hours talking about the tunnels. the tunnels aren't to protect the people of gaza. they are for hamas. and critical supplies hamas is holding for themselves. but there is an obligation to provide humanitarian assistance answer helping israel to defend itself and providing humanitarian assistance to the people of gaza do not need to be a one or another discussion. both can be done. >> there is reporting this morning not confirmed by cnn, but suffice to say there are conversations about what should happen in the wake of what we've seen israel not willing to accept the what has been. there is the militant wing, also the governing wing of hamas that is responsible for a wider range of services. and other things. if we say, okay, that is not acceptable, there has to be something else. and there are potential options on the table, peace keeping force made up of different western countries, a un f.n. fo, et cetera. what conversations are going on? in australia, it is a western alliance despite being in a different part of the world. >> australia certainly reports the right of israel to defend itself but strongly believes in providing the assistance to gaza. this is not just about destroying hamas, more importantly it is about making it irrelevant to the people of gaza and giving them an option for better governance. hamas even admitted in the wake of the accseptember/october atrocities, the people of gaza need a better choice and end of the day strategic outcome has to be hamas irrelevant, not just to destroy them. >> all right. thank you very much for being with us, really appreciate your time. >> thank you. and the white house and senate republicans pushing back on the new house speaker's first big move. we'll have more on the battle town bundle aid for israel and ukraine. plus is donald trump getting a taste of his own medicine? quick hits across america now. federal officials say a 21-year-old cornell student is facing charges for allegedly making violence online threats against the university's jewish community. the student could face up to 2350i five years in prison if convicted. the supreme court heard arguments over when or if a public official has a right to block a follower on social media. it is a question that they will face in several upcoming cases if. and the senate confirmed jack lew is the new ambassador to israel. republicans objected to his involvement with the iran nuclear deal during the obama administration. and it is the first morning of november, if you can believe that, and record breaking cold temperatures are in store today from the southern plains to the northeast. let's get straight to derek van dam. good morning. i will say i personally felt this on the east coast last night out for halloween. i felt like it was getting steadily colder. based on that snow behind you, there is some rough winter weather out there today. >> can i give props to all the parents who are awake its of the morning especially if you have children that you lugged around in the snow. i mean, this is a real story. out of the great lakes on halloween, there was a few inches of snow from chicago into my home state of michigan, it got so windy, so snowy that electricity went out in parts of west michigan near the lake shore and they canceled trick-or-treating for some of the kids. but this is thesis the ---this scene. this is back into southwestern michigan and lake ontario. you can see the snow bands. wow. a spooky halloween forecast. and this is all the way to the mid-atlantic and east coast. d.c. on the 30th of october, it was 82. i think today it will only reach 51 degrees for the afternoon. so you are waking up to a cold start to november and we have roughly about 60 potential record lows from today through tomorrow morning. that is why the national weather service has the hard freeze warning for places like atlanta, charlotte all the way to d.c. and you can see the below freezing temperatures for much of the nation's midsection. still lower 40s along the east coast, but really nasty when you factor in the wind. windchill values well below freeze for many locations over the eastern two-thirds. only silver lining in this forecast is that that will get a bit of sunshine because the cold front that producebrought the c well off the east coast. so that will help rebound at least the feeling on our skin. but wow, if i have red eyes this morning, it is because my kids brought me around until about 9:00 p.m. and my alarm goes off at 3:00 in the morning. >> yes, i still have younger kids, so i'm pretty good to go to bed with them around 7:30 at night. so i do think we have a lot of parents with young kids up with us at this hour. thank you very much. up next here, a fleet of ambulances arriving to take the first palestinian patients allowed out of gaza when they are expected to cross into egypt next. and former president trump's son don jr. expected to take the stand today. what to expect as his children begin testimony in the new yoro civil l fraud triaial, ahead. good morning. thank you for being up early with us. i'm kasie hunt. two minutes or so before 5:00 a.m. here on the east coast and we have more on the breaking news. there is a deal this morning to get all foreign nationals and critically injured civilians out of gaza. the deal brokered by qatar. and scott mclean is live for us in london. good morning. new deals as we come on the air. about 400 foreign nationals according to our latest reporting could be released from gaza under the guqatar meet gregr mediated deal. >> yeah, if those 400 are let out under this deal, which by the way is according to sources who spoke with becky anderson, that would not account for all of the foreigners inside gaza. antony blinken set there were 400 americans alone looking to get out of gaza and many of them are looking for bring their families who may or may not have any status in the united states with them. obviously people are desperate to get to safety. you may recall american officials telling americans on the ground in gaza some two weeks ago to go to the crossing if n. hopes that it would open. that has not happened . so this would be mondumental. the question is whether everyone will be allowed to go. we're also seeing ambulances at the border. we have the pictures there, these are ambulances waiting on the gee egyptian side ready to take 80 or 81 from palestinian hospitals, people who need surgery to a field honest just insijust -- a field hospital just inside the border. this would mark the first palestinians able to leave gaza since the conflict began. and again the question is this a sign of things to come or is this a oneoff. >> scott mclean, thank you very much for that update. and the biden administration is seeking a $105 billion national securities budget request that includes significant funding for israel and ukraine. secretary of state antony blinken who is heading to israel late this week and lloyd austin tried to make the case on capitol hill for keeping funding for these two crises together. >> if we start to peel off pieces of this package, they will see that, they will understand that we are playing whac-a-mole while they cooperate increasingly and pose an every greater threat to our security. >> and the aggression will define global security for years to come and only firm american leadership can ensure that tyrants and thugs and terrorists are not emboldened to commit aggressive and more atrocities. >> of course the new speaker mike johnson and house republicans seem to have othered wh ideas. let's bring in stephen collinson to talk about his new piece looking at mike johnson, the new speaker, and kind of the risky move that he is making. thank you very much for being here. he is -- the house speaker basically saying not only will he separate israel and ukraine aid from each other, which is something that democrats, the white house think means it is less likely that ukraine will get funded the way that they would like to see it funded, but he is also putting spending cuts related to the irs, basically the right wing conservative priorities into something that historically would really just go by itself because the recognition would be, hey, we sur urgently noeed to aid israel. >> and is this a surprising gambit from mike johnson. what he is doing, he is setting up simultaneous clashes with democrats by including these to offset the cost of the $14 billion in the israeli funding. and setting up a republicans in the senate and mitch mcconnell by splitting this. because mcconnell wants to put it a it all together. normally if it is a new president, we've seen then for two year on the campaign trail. anyone that comes into high leadership in the senate or the house is generally been in the public eye for years. so mike johnson is really starting from scratch here and it will be interesting to see how he maneuver this is issue as he looks ahead to the government clash in a couple weeks. >> stakes are high. and i'm glad you mentioned mcconnell. he was on capitol hill yesterday at his usually leadership press conference, but he talked about this and put himself at odds with mike johnson. take a listen. >> an opinion many people have. not surprising. but in order to make a law, it has to be passed by both bodies and signed by the president. i said that we need to treat all four of these area, all four, ukraine, israel, taiwan and the border. >> so first of all, there are some really interesting things there from mcconnell who seemed to be saying that may, your inexperience is showing a little bit. don't you know how a bill becomes a law. and he said ukraine, israel, taiwan and the border. the deal was sort of like you can lump it together if you give us border funding. a different way of approaching it. mike johnson will have to give up the ghost on this, know? >> that's right. and that gulf of experience between mcconnell who has been in senate leadership for years let alone all of his years in congress and johnson who is just starting out is pretty interesting. and it does lay bare the split between the old establishment republicans like mcconnell and johnson who comes from this pro trump far right wing of the house but whom mcconnell is very unpopular. at the end of the day, dynamics are clear. what can come out of a democratic senate and will be accepted by a democratic white house is going to be very different from what comes out of a republican house. and perhaps having made an initial stand johnson has built the political capacity to then roll back and take these out of the israel package and it will pass the house and he would have made a political stand that will help him with his own flank as he goes forward. but ultimately he still has to get bills through the house that can pass the senate and be accepted by president biden. that was the same caonundrum tht led to the fall of kevin mccarthy a few weeks ago. >> that's right. and again, there is the first time for the new speaker. but critical one comes when the understanding -- it is now november 1, so we're looking at just over two weeks or so before the u.s. government is threatening to shut down again. all right. thank you very much for being us early with us. former president trump's adult children set to begin testifying in their father's new york civil fraud trial today. don and eric are also defendants in the case. the new york attorney general accuses them inflating the value of trump's properties. don jr. is expected to take the stand today. eric schedule d for tomorrow an ivanka set for next week. their father not expected to be in court is for their testimony. let's bring in joey jackson. good morning, always good to see you. what questions do we expect don jr. to face today? kind of interesting that dad won't be there even though he's made a point of sitting in that front row is for a number of days of this trial. >> yeah, i guess the optics are of concern. good morning to you, kasie. so a lot to unpack as it relates to the children and what they knew. and obviously if you get the children you want to know what they did in the company, a when they did it, what their specific roles were as it related to really directing others to the bidding and business of the company. and who they were working with, what relationship they have had with the chief executive of the business. and 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