thanks for joining me. got a lot to get to. we're going to start with israel's war against hamas. hospitals in gaza are facing a critical situation amid growing calls for an end to the bloodshed. the idf says fighting is intensifying across the enclave including near one major medical center. today, the idf denied claims by a senior official at the hamas-run health ministry in gaza that the hospital is under siege and l sides by israeli forces. the red cross says gaza's healthcare system has passed the point of no return. many of gaza's hospitals are now out of service amid israel's ongoing military operations and earlier today, israel opened another evacuation corridor for civilians to move south. meanwhile, an emergency summit in saudi arabia, arab and islamic leaders demanded a complete cease fire. opposition to the war is also being expressed on streets around the globe. pro palestinian protests were held in london, brussels, paris, and even near president biden's home in delaware. we have a team of reporters covering these developments. ben wedeman is in southern lebanon, but let's begin with oren near the gaza border. what are you hearing about the situation on the ground there? >> reporter: omar, since we last talked an hour ago, we have heard much more activity as well as heavy fire. there was intermittent artillery until now. now we're hearing it more frequently and i suspect in the next couple of minutes, we'll hear more. we've also hard fighter jets above. we haven't seen where it's landing, suggesting it's landing farther south than where we're standing. we also heard not long ago, small arms fire, machine gunfire, which sounded like it was just a couple of miles from us as we stand in the city in the northeast corner of the coastal enclave. the activity, pace and intensity of it has picked up since we spoke one hour ago. in terms of the situation on the ground, there is intense fighting in gaza city. israel said it had gaza city surrounded several days ago and they're moving into the city. there you heard what sounded like artillery bemhind me. that's brought fighting to the hospital, intense fighting in the area both according the what we're seeing from social media and the idf and what we're hearing from official there is inside gaza. the director general for the hamas-controlled ministry of health says hospital is surrounded with tanks survey roubding the area and that getting in or out has become very difficult if not impossible. the hospital itself faces cri critical shortages of food, fuel, water and electricity. the director general said though the main complex, the main building of the hospital itself wasn't struck, there have been strikes that managed the maternity ward. the generator also took danmage and that cut off incubators in the neo natal intensive care unit, three babies dying as a result. the idf says east side of the hospital is open and it's possible to get in and out. the idf says they're in constant touch with hospital officials and they'll help evacuate babies and children tomorrow. meanwhile, a humanitarian corridor was opened up for several hours today. over the past several days, we have seen tens of thousands of gazans fleeing south from the corridor. the israeli military says they have taken control of 11 hamas military posts in northern gaza as they continue their operation. they say they're moving towards attacking the underground infrastructure. the tunnels and that will be incredibly complex simply given the nature of that level of fighting as we keep an eye on what we can see from here, we'll keep you updated on the situation as we learn more about it. >> for our viewers who may not be looking at a map, you're near the gaza border where you are but there's also been fighting along israel's northern border as well. what have you been learning on that front? >> there has. omar, as you ask that question, we heard another artillery round fired a little farther away, but the northern border, although not the sort of fighting we're seeing here, there has been constant back an constant lower level of conflict as one official described it to me, somewhere between a simmer and boil over the past several days and that continued into today with fire coming from lebanon and israeli fire going back across into lebanon. at the same time, the idf is watching for long range strikes coming from the houthis in yemen. they intercepted their most long range defense system. that was used operationally for the first time within the last 24 to 48 hours. israel looking at combat of different levels on multiple fronts here. >> it really gives a sense for the regional implications here and how high tensions already are at this point. thank you. along those lines, a group of leaders from arab and islamic nations gathered today in saudi arabia for an emergency summit on the war in gaza and ben has been keeping track of all that there. ben, we heard the leader of hezbollah give a remote address to the summit. what did he have to say as we see his forces engaged in skirmishes of sorts along with israeli forces? >> reporter: well, one clarification. he was not addressing the summit in saudi arabia. this was, he makes a speech like this every 11th of november. it's hezbollah's martyr's day commemoration. he was addressing a wider audience than just the summit. but what he did say is that the exchanges between israel and hezbollah are becoming more intense and they're reaching further into one another's territory. during the speech, he mentioned that hezbollah for the first time is using attack drones to strike deeper into israel and they're also using an iranian designed missile, which is a short range ballistic missile with a payload of 500 kilograms. that's just over half a ton. in fact, hezbollah put out video of that strike using the missile and it is massive. right on the border, they struck about a week ago. in addition to that, of course he's warning the americans that they've got to put more pressure on israel to end it war on gaza. he said that if the americans for instance and he's referring to multiple attacks by pro iranian militias on u.s. forces in iraq and syria. he said that if the americans want to avoid that sort of attack, if they want to avoid a regional war, they have to force israel to stop its war on gaza. now, in terms of the actual action just adding to what oren was saying a moment ago. what we have seen today is some pretty intense exchanges between hezbollah and israel. perhaps 30 individual incidents. in addition to that, according to the lebanese official news agency, there was an israeli drone strike on a truck near the town of zarahani. that's 40 ckilometers or 25 mils kn north of the border with israel. it represents the deepest strike of its kind inside lebanon since the 2006 war between hezbollah and israel. this afternoon, the israeli defense minister commenting on the fighting on the border with lebanon, made a rather ominous warning. he said what we're doing in gaza, we can also do in beirut. omar? >> again, just a look at the wider implications here and the tensions that we are already seeing at play throughout the region. ben, thank you so much, as always. there are growing protests abroad and here in the united states over the biden administration's continued support for israel's war effort in gaza. today, pro palestinian demonstrators rallied in protests near biden's delaware home. in new york city last night, demonstrators marched through the streets snarling traffic as they demanded a cease fire in gaza and a notable shift in language on the rising civilian death toll in gaza. secretary of state blinken friday said quote, far too many palestinians have been killed. it comes as they've obtained a cable saying the u.s. is losing badly on the messaging battle space. cnn white house reporter, kevin, is in wilmington, delaware. what more are you learning about these protests near biden's home? >> reporter: yeah, it's a sizable protest, omar. hundreds of people palestinian protesters getting very close to the president's house. they have disapated mostly now and the president arrived back at his home, he did not drive past them so he didn't necessarily see them firsthand, but it does mirror what the president has been seeing over the last couple of weeks. protests near an event he held in illinois this week. he has been interrupted during a couple of his speeches by people calling for a cease fire. it does reflect this anger among a certain portion of the american population at how he is handling this conflict and this dissent is growing overseas. for example, we heard today from the french president saying that israel's bombing of women and children has no justification and saying that a cease fire would benefit israel and calling on leaders including in the united states to join him in that call. we also saw this week, a majority of the democratic caucus in the senate writing to the white house asking for more information about the $14 billion request that president biden has made for emergency military assistance for the israel and asking for guarantees that israel would take steps to mitigate civilian casuals. all of this is applying pressure on president biden on his position on israel. of course, he has stood shoulder to shoulder with israel throughout this, defending its right to defend itself saying it has a responsibility to go after hamas, but at the same time, you hear the shift in tone. for example, from the top diplomat, blinken, saying far too many palestinians have died and saying much more needs to be done to protect civilian lives. what president biden has been doing is applying pressure on the israeli prime minister netanyahu to enact what they call humanitarian pauses and the white house did say this week that israel had agreed to four-hour pauses each day to allow aid to flow in and allow civilians who want to flee, to get out. but when president biden was asked about this this week, he did say that he had hoped that netanyahu might agree to have agreed to that sooner. >> kevin, thank you so much. a lot to talk about here. i'm joined by ron brownstein, a senior political analyst and senior editor for the atlantic. ron, so good to see you. we are seeing more protests across the country and unease in the biden administration over the attacks in gaza and the rising death toll. look, there's diplomatic considerations here. there are so many different considerations here from a policy perspective, but there are also considerations from a political one as well. how concerned should the white house be about political fallout with democratic voters in particular? >> this is a very difficult issue that genuinely divided the democratic coalition. there was national polling from quinnipiac university last week in which democrats were divided basically 50/50 over whether they supported the military aid to israel as compared to three quarters of democrats supporting aid to ukraine. now, part of it is that there are a lot of democratic leaders who have a lot of trust in the israeli prime minister netanyahu who has identified as overtly with the republican party so there are a lot of prospectors on biden here, but it is worth noting that his approval rating among voters are handling this while not great is better than his approval rating on almost any other issue. the course he's trying to set of basically supporting israel but putting up some yellow lights, some warning signs about not, don't proceed past this line. that's what they're trying to hold to. there are enormous pressures from the left and right. >> and those pressures don't appear to be going anywhere anytime soon. president biden and the democrats in theory, had a good week in some regards. specifically, a good election week. democrats won the governor's race in kentucky. democrats who controlled the state house in virginia. voters in ohio voted to approve protection abortions, which has political implications. now, the president is taking credit for some of these election results even with polling showing him trailing donald trump in sol key battleground states. but what do you think these results say about biden's chances in 2024? do you see their two paths as related? >> i think they are, actually. the polling is very clear. it's unequivocal and it's been consistent for months that there are lots of americans who are unhappy about the economy and a significant majority say in polls that they are worried that he is too old to execute the responsibilities of the presidency for another term. but what the election of 2023 showed us, much the same the election of 2022 showed us, which is there is another side of the ledger. that is when democrats can runs campaign that focus on what trump era republicans will do with power, there are a critical slice of voters who are disappointed in biden, unhappy about the economy, and still will vote for democrats because they don't want to empower republicans to do what they want. we saw this most clearly in virginia. which was the most revealing result. biden's approval there is under 50. voters gave republicans double digit advantages on the economy, similar to what we've seen nationally. real kitchen table issues and yet, glenn youngkin failed on this vote to win unified control of the legislature largely because there are too many voters particularly in big suburbs in northern virginia and outside of richmond who did not want to go along with the republican cultural agenda on abortion and other issues. if there's a path to re-election for joe biden, that is exactly what it looks like on those issues in those places. >> election chances is one thing but we've had on the democratic side, some governing setbacks that could play out in the next year. election cycle, really. is that democratic senator, joe manchin, announced he wouldn't run for re-election in west virginia. there are questions about whether he would have won to begin with whether he stayed in the race, but no question it would make it harder for democrats to hold on to the senate. manchin also hinted he may be open to a third party run for president. just based on actions he's done. should biden be worried about the manchin presidential run? but what are the implications and fallout of manchin deciding not to run for re-election? >> let's talk about the senate first. one of the macro trends of american politics is that it's become virtually impossible for either party to win senate seats in states this usually vote the other way. there were 25 states that voted for joe biden in 2020. democrats now have 48 of their 50 senate seats. republicans hold 47 of the senate seats and the only three democrats hold are up in 2024. manchin was one of those. the democrats hopes of holding the senate are largely pivot on whether the other two last remaining democrats in trump seats can hold their seats. sherrod brown in ohio and jon tester in montana. in the last two presidential elections, there is literally one senator over those two cycles who won in a state that voted the other way for president. since about half the country leads toward blue and red in presidential years, what this means is we have a senate that is now always on the nice edge. it has become almost impablossi for either side to get a big majority that can last for a few cycles. >> that majority very slim and has the potential to be shaken up. but if the indication from this most recent election week hold true, issue-based politics could end up being big wave for democrats. we will see. ron brownstein, thank you. last time you joined me, it was very early in the morning or late at night, whatever you want to point out. so it's nice to see you in the daytime. >> in the sun light. >> exactly. thanks. coming up, the government is set to run out of funding in less than seven days. it's a big test for the new house speaker, mike johnson. can house republicans come up with plan in time? plus, the actor's union voted to move the tentative contract forward with major studios. what's next anand what we e kno ababout the histstoric deal,l, ahahead. house republicans are holding an urgent meeting to keep the government open. annie grayer has more. what's the latest you're hearing about this meeting? >> i'm just told that during this call, mike johnson announced his plan for what he wants to put on the floor this week for government funding. and his plan is a two pronged approach where some funding is going to be extended to january and some into february. this was a plan pushed by the right wing of his caucus and co for members to figure out. this is a nonstarter in the democratic-controlled senate who doesn't want to take up government funding in this way. but what we now see based on what johnson just told us colleagues is that he is embracing what the right wing of his conference wanted and not going ahead with what the more moderates want. so this tells us a lot about speaker johnson and he's he's conducting himself as speaker. this was his first big test and he's aligning himself with the right wing with this plan. >> of course there were questions coming in about what dynamic, what direction he would choose to help dictate the direction. we're getting some glimpses now. we'll stay on it. thank you so much. now, up next, a united nations agency says people of gaza are being choked by bombardment and siege. we will show you how one hospital is dealing with the horror of war. is it possible my network could take my business to the next level? 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