hello and a warm welcome to our viewers joining us in the united states and around the world. i'm bianca nobilo. >> and i'm max foster. it is 11:00 a.m. in gaza where the war marks one month today. and israeli prime minister is now discussing the potential future of the territory. >> i think israel for an indefinite period will have the overall security responsibility because we've seen what happens when we don't have it. >> palestinian ministry of health which relies on data from inside gaza, which is controlled by hamas, says the death toll in the enclave has now surpassed 10,000 since the war began on october 7. the head of the u.n. says deteriorating conditions make the need for a humanitarian ceasefire all the more urgent. >> gaza is becoming a graveyard for children. hundreds of girls and boys are reportedly being killed or injured every day. more journalists have reportedly been killed over a four week period than in any conflict in decades. unfolding catastrophe makes the need for a humanitarian ceasefire more urgent with every passing hour. >> meanwhile israeli forces are tightening their advance towards gaza city, their ground forces say they have surrounded the city and have cut northern gaza off from the south. let's bring in elliott gotkine now. that interview with netanyahu got a lot of pickup, the first time we really got a sense who might control gaza after the war is off. >> and it is important to note what he said and what he didn't say. what he said specifically is that from his perspective, israel will have overall security responsibility for gaza for an indefinite period. does that mean boots on the ground, a short or long period, does it mean governing gaza. i don't think it does. but what is the alternative. it has not been articulated. there would elements of government yearning for reoccupation of the gaza strip. at the same time there are those who think that get the israeli authority to go in and take control of the gaza strip, which it did have until hamas violently threw it out in 2007. of course the palestinian authority doesn't really carry a lot of legitimacy anyway. president mahmoud abbas is in the 14th year of a four year term and he hardly won't go riding in on the back of tanks and take control of the gaza strip. so most likely scenario may be a keep peacing force. but again, it is a complicated situation and not really been given a lot of thought because the overwhelming focus is on the military campaign and the objective of destroying hamas not just militarily but also politically so that they can no longer govern or be in control politically of the gaza strip. >> is there any indication that the global pressure from the international community, from citizen movements and from international organizations thought a ceasefire having any impact on netanyahu? >> i imagine any administration that can really have an impact on netanyahu is the u.s. administration and they are not calling for permanent ceasefire, but humanitarian pauses. and netanyahu talked about the tactical little pauses. but certainly no cease fire because the position of the israeli government remains until such time as those 240 or so hostages, men, women, children, elderly are released unharmed. so it is very much focused on what it feels is the kind of headquarters of the hamas military machine in gaza city which is encircled and probably we'll see israeli troops going in there in the coming days as it continues to try to attack hamas commanders and infrastructure and the like inside gaza city. >> elliott, thank you very much. head of the u.s. central intelligence agency is in israel. first of several countries that he will visit in the middle east this week. william burns is expected to meet with intelligence counterparts and political leaders in the region. the agency says burns will discuss issues including the situation in gaza, support for hostage negotiations and the u.s. commitment to keeping the israel-hamas war from spreading further. it is election day in the u.s. and in the hours heed americans will head to the polls to vote. >> there is a race for governor in kentucky where andy baseshea is seeking re-election against cameron. if cameron wins, he would be the first black governor to be elected. in ohio, cannabis and abortion issues. voters will decide on a ballot measure that would enshrine abortion right in the state's constitution and also whether to legalize recreational marijuana. >> and in virginia balance of power is up for grabs. harry enten explains what is at stake. >> reporter: virginia is the other thing i'm watching. we have a republican governor there, house delegates is controlled by republicans. state senate is controlled by democrats. all 100 seats in the house of delegates are all, all in the state senate are up. and the party that has wofn the senate has done well in the next presidential race. and second cousin of elvis presley is challenging the incumbent governor. donald trump has denied wrongdoing in each and every case against him and monday was no different when he took to the stand in the civil fraud trial. he was belligerent with the new york judge who ordered the legal team to control their client. and the same jump will determine the financial penalties and whether trump will be barred twr fr doing business in new york. the trump already ruled that trump was liable for fraud for inflating his wealth to banks. and paula reid has a closer look at what happened in court and what comes next. >> reporter: former president trump leaving court after testifying in an attempt to defend his real estate business. >> it is a scam. and this is a case that should have never been brought. >> reporter: during nearly four hours on the stand, trump continuously clashed with judge e eneron ron. the judge said you ccan attack me, but answer the question. and the judge had to instruct the defense attorney to control your client adding this is not a political rally. we are here to hear him answer questions. and most of the time he is not. the judge said. and then threatened to remove trump from the stand. at the heart of the statement on the financial statements, trump said i would look at them and maybe have some suggestions. on his role in preparing the statements, i accepted it. other people did it, but i didn't say make it higher or make it lower he said. when asked if he maintained accurate records from august 2014 going forward, trump said i hope so. i didn't keep them myself. trump was also questioned about the valuation of his assets including his trump tower apartment which financial statements show a more than $200 million value drop in one year. i thought the apartment was high, he said. adding we changed it. and saying different property assets were both high and low. trump has long claimed his florida mar-a-lago property was undervalued saying today it is worth $1 billion to $1.5 billion. >> numbers are much greater than on the financial statement. >> reporter: but the judge cited a florida tax appraisal follvaluing the property at just $18 million in the decision finding trump and his adult sons and his company committed repeated fraud. trump said i thought mar-a-lago was very underestimated but i didn't do anything about it. trump's conduct has become a flash point in this case. >> you have a racist attorney general who made terrible statements. >> reporter: trump took aim at latitia james, later calling her a political hack in court. >> the only thing that matters are the facts and the numbers. numbers, my friends, don't lie. >> reporter: the next witness expected to be called by the attorney general's office in this case is the former president's daughter, ivanka trump. she is expected to testify on wednesday and then terrodefense attorneys will begin their case next week. paula reid, cnn, new york. a criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor is with us now. always great to speak to you. if we can leave aside for a second the fact that donald trump is a former president and has all of the attendant associations and baggage, if a client used the tone, language, and substance that donald trump did on the stand, what impact would that usually have on the case? >> bianca, what we saw today was complete disaster in the courtroom. if it were anyone else, they would have been in jail. the judge would have held that person in con temgt, would have removed that person from the courtroom. but he is getting special treatment because of his former status but it is something not tolerated in any courthouse. >> how do you think it will play out then? because the judge despite what you are saying there was being quite clear in how this should be conducted. how do you think it may develop as it goes on? >> as it goes on, let's be honest, this same judge who is telling the attorneys to control your client, is the same person that will make the decision in this case. and that decision is what do you do with donald trump. how much do you have to pay, will the trump organization and donald trump cease to exist in businesses here in new york. and so you are acting out in this way and you are acting out to the very same person that holds your base fate in their hands. >> all eyes now turning to ivanka trump's testimony coming up on wednesday. what should we look out for when that happens? >> well, i'm curious to see whether donald trump will be present in the courtroom when ivanka testifies. he was present when his sons were testifying. so remember ivanka is his favorite child, and so whether he will be present, whether he will say things inside of the courtroom that will distrabts w what is going on. but ivanka has not been present the last couple of appearances and hasn't been present in the public or making statements having to deal with any of these cases. >> and some people who study donald trump, are saying this is the one that he could care the most about because if you want to harm him, you have to hit him in the wallet. what do you make of this case compared to the other cases and how personally he may take this one? >> he's been taking this case personally from the very beginning. he has been present at least seven times during the court proceedings. this is the one that hurts him because you are talking about his reputation and his legacy, his brand, who is he. the money, money, money guy, the businessman, the real estate mogul. and this case to him is a threat to who he is as a person and whole be thought of once he leaves this earth. >> i suppose one of the many elements that makes what is going on with these cases against donald trump quite so unique is the fact that he is also using it as a campaigning platform and that will be going through his mind throughout. >> absolutely. and that has been his tactic with all of his cases. you got to think that even while he was testifying on the stand today, that there were already some marketing emails asking for money for people to donate to his campaign. you also have to think that all these cases especially the civil case going on right now, all of this is marketing for him. so he is playing to the court of public opinion as opposed to the court of law and what he should be taking care of inside of the courtroom. he is using every chance he gets as a campaign speech in order to market himself. but in the end, this is a civil case and not a criminal case. so despite what happens in the election, this case won't stand and he won't be able to do anything about it. >> thank you so much for joining us this morning. coming up, hamas attacks on israel have forced many israelis to flee their homes and now communities in northern israel are varnlgly ghost towns as the battles with hezbollah intensify. and plus how russia's president is hoping to use the israel-hamas war to his advantage, that is just ahead. soon after the october 7 hamas attacks, tens of thousands of israelis living with northern israel were forced to leave south. >> and many areas with only troops remaining. jim sciutto has more. >> reporter: visit northern israel today, and you find ghost towns. evacuations in the wake of the october 7th agencies have left communities such as matula empty except for soldiers. and this community along the border now abandoned. >> we're staying on this side. >> reporter: ellen and her partner joseph now make their home in a hotel some 40 miles south in tiberius. >> everything that is here in the middle from all the children's things were all donated. >> reporter: residents here are among some 60,000 israelis who have fled south. there is a temporary migration from northern israel south and southern israel north. with talk of the israeli military creating a buffer zone inside gaza and perhaps later in southern lebanon, the reality today is that the buffer zones exist but inside israel. for evacuees from kibbutz, the pain and fear of october 7 remains raw. paulina still has trouble explaining what happened to her three children. do you think the kids understand what happened? eldest children she tells me understand we're fighting for our home. do you talk to them about it? they see and they are aware. this is the reality of israel post october 7. a country more aware than ever perhaps of the threat on its southern and northern borders. but that awareness leaves open the question of when they will go home. ellen and joseph tell us it is just a matter of time. >> when we're told that we can go back, we'll go back. >> reporter: if the government says it is fine, you'll go. >> we'll go. >> reporter: sharon and her husband with a 2-year-old and 6 month old little girls are far less certain. will you feel safe moving back north? >> we think we are not going to stay there after what happened this gaza and other, we don't trust. >> reporter: today they are thinking of moving further south for good. or leaving israel entirely. >> i won't lie and tell you we didn't think about moving to another country. >> reporter: and where would you move if you thought about it? >> maybe canada. >> reporter: there is another possibility that some israelis suggest that after the idf finishes its military operation in gaza, continued skirmishes will force the military's attention north and bring an invasion of southern lebanon. >> they say that they will finish in the south and then maybe start in the north. >> reporter: but that has a troubled history. the 18 year occupation of southern lebanon from 1982 to 2000 was costly. and hezbollah returned. and in-krcursion this 2006 was costly again. but after what they witnessed on october 7, the north will never be the same. >> until now, we lived in the kibbutz and we didn't think about everything that is taken the other side of the fence. and now after all of this, finally we open our eyes. >> reporter: open eyes to growing threats from the north and the south before jim sciutto, cnn, northern israel. russian president vladimir putin closely watching the conflict as he wages his own war in ukraine. >> and it seems that he might be trying to use the war in gaza to craft a new narrative about the west. fred pleitgen explains. >> reporter: as israel's military continues its war against hamas, vladimir putin is framing the conflict as part of a global struggle of america and the west against the rest of the world. >> translator: it is the current ruling elites of the united states and their satellites that are the main beneficiaries of global instability. they extracts their blood toll from it. >> reporter: while many nations around the world condemned hamas after the october 7 raid,extrac from it. >> reporter: while many nations around the world condemned hamas after the october 7 raid, tooing hundreds of hostages including russians, russia invited a high level delegation to moscow for meetings. a spokesman saying that they will give request for their captives. >> translator: we treat this more attentively due to the nation of our relations with russia. >> reporter: so far no russian hostages appear to have been released. still moscow not criticizing hamas, instead ripping only into israel for the many palestinians killed by the idf's ongoing aerial campaign in gaza. >> translator: condemning terrorism, we disagree that it can be responded to by violating the laws of international law. >> reporter: but for y years, i was s russia that wawaged a relentlessss bombingng campaign against areas held by rebels opposed to syrian president assad. international aid groups accuse moscow of deliberately targeting civilian areas including hospitals and markets killing an wounding scores even though the kremlin consistently denies those claims. and russia is's war against ukraine continues. moscow wounding several people overnight. vladimir putin trying to argue that russia is invading ukraine to help the palestinians. >> translator: these are our soldiers and officers. and the choice of a real man, a real warrior, is to pick up arms and stand in line with his brothers, be in a place where the state of russia and the whole world is being decided, including the future of the palestinian people. >> reporter: fred pleitgen, cnn, berlin. and those detained after the attacks are speaking out. we'll hear what they are saying. >> and g7 gathering for two days of discussion. and coming to consensus over the war with hamas may not be easy. you want to be able to provide your child with the tools or resources they need. with reliable internet at home, through the internet essentials program, the world opened up. fellas, fellas. that's how my son was able to find the hidden genius project. we wanted to give y'all the necessary skills to compete with the future. kevin's now part of this next generation of young people who feel they can thrive. ♪ ♪ palestinian officials say more than 60% of hospitals and medical centers are out of service either because of fuel and other supply shortages or because of damage from airstrikes. the hospitals are still open. well, the ones that are still open have partly turned in to refugee centers. >> the red crescent society says 14,000 displaced are sheltering here what you are looking at. the group warns that the fuel reserves will run out in the next 48 hours. meaning incubators and other life-saving equipment will no longer work. >> hundreds detained by the defense forces are now recounting stories of alleged abuse and torture at the hands of the idf. >> nada bashir has a report and a warning that some of the images that you are about to see are disturbing. >> reporter: bound, blindfolded, some even stripped. in this video, the years of israeli soldiers abusing and mocking palestinian workers from gaza detained in israel just days after the beginning of the war. at this crossing, men wait anxiously hoping that their brothers, fathers, sons are among the palestinian workers who have finally been returned to gaza by the israeli military. thousands of gazan workers had permits to work in israel revoked after the attack. but with no option to return home, many attempted to flee to the occupied west bank. only to then be detained. they tied our hands behind our backs, blind folded us and led us on to a bus. i don't know where they took us, but there are about 200 to 300 gazan workers held there. some of the men here are advisably weak. and with each crossing, more stories of abuse and even torture. one man telling cnn he witnessed the use of electric shocks on detainees. they put us in cages like dogs, they beat us and assaulted us. they didn't care if you were sick or injured. some men even died on the way here because they were beaten and subjected to electric shocks. every day felt like death. they would give us a coup con cucumber to share between six people and small piece of bred. israeli security official could not tell whether electric shocks were used but idf is aw