hey, everyone. thanks for joining me. i'm omar=j jimenez. we begin in gaza where urgent humanitarianh crisis is worsening. the situation is growing more desperate for the health care c" system. the palestinian red crescent gaza's second largest hospital al-quds is out of service.ok and many medical centers have become shelters for thousands of people displaced by the e fighting. israel defense forces opened an evacuation corridor and for the first time since thursday, foreign nationals were able to4 evacuate gaza at rafah.çz and nine palestinian patients were also allowed into egypt for tleemt. >> reporter: we had prime minister benjamin netanyahu on cnn this morning saying thatand? >> reporter: we had prime minister benjamin netanyahu on cnn this morning saying that no jz why it would. but we've had no confirmation that the offer to remove children anábabies from th al-shifaal hospital in the hear of gaza city, whether that has come to fruition. as you mentioned, there were a number of people who were allowed to leave through the rafah crossing into egypt including nine palestinians]p w were four sdult adults and fire children that needed medical p÷ children. and so that ups the number to 129.$s we know intense fighting around the hospital has continued. this is an area of intense focus where israeli military says the underground complex of tunnels has been -- and they said this for years they believe to be one of the primary areas where the hamas military fighters are able to operate out of and they are they are focusing on so much on this. and there is question as to how much of a siege has been laid to that hospital. officials there at the hospital have told cnn that the fighting in and around the hospital has been intense. idf in israel says that the hospital is not under siege but they have been engaged in serious fighting around that. but this also comes at a time where there is growing skepticism as to whether or not the israeli strategy of militarily going after hamas with this kind of intensity is going to come at theásxeexpense l hostages. they are urging for more to be do for the bmát(áq some representatives of families saying that victory in this war in israel should not be measured by assassination of hamas leaders and military leaders on the ground but should be measured by the saving of the hostages in hamas custody. so some growing skepticism that we've heard from families of the hostages of family members of the hostages saying that they are concerned that this strategy could come at the expense of thañ loved ones. >> and some protests are criticizing the israeli government of not doing enough, so that situation we'll continue to monitor. and ben wedeman is in southern lebanon forjus. and when you spoke yesterday, you hadvbuá of rocket fire of sorts in the distance. how much of an escalation are you seeing there today? >> reporter: it has been a continuation of the escalation that really began yesterday. yesterday according to the official news agency here in lebanon was the most expense day since the 8th of october when it comes to cross border exchanges of fire. today we know that there were multiple hezbollah strikes on israeli military positions. also hamas, the military wing, their people basednz in leb one cla cl lebanon claimed to fire rockets in thekç9lddirection of a town the border. and also near to the city of haifa. we heard some of that outgoing fire and we saw several÷h interceptions by the iron dome system. there waséñ also a strike on so israeli vehicles on the other side of the border where several civilians were injured. also reports of another strike that left several israelis wounded. so definitely there does seem to be an escalation rise of extensions and also escalations in the rhetoric. threats of action. yesterday of course i think ina told you thaíñ israeli defense minister was speaking to a group of soldiers on the other side of the border. he said what we're doing in gaza, we can also do in 7 beiru. this evening there was a briefing by the chief spokesman of they israeli military and he said, i'll!, just read this, th the i sdchldf has plans to chan that security situation won't remain such that residents of the north will not feel safe to return to their homes.zhm so this settings the scene for something morete dramatic than we've seen since october 8. and earlier this evening we were hearingrw for the first time drones literally over our head the city, we're about 20 kilometers or 13 miles from thed border with israel. so definitely growing concern here that worse isb/ yet to com. omar. >> ben wedemanu and edãlavender, thank you so much.ée and i'm joined now by chris chr christie. governor, good to see you. you met with israeli president herzog adtoday. what can you tell us about your meeting and what becausea6 discussed? >> we discussed the current state of the war and american involvement and assume. wek discussed the swigsituation the>e hostages being held and atrocities that i've been able to see firsthand. >> and you've been meeting some survivors and those families affected? >> yeah, i met with two survivors. one young woman, 23 years old, shot in a bomb shelter who survived only because she was covered by other dead bodies. met with two families of hostages today. i have this dog tag for that 19-year-old young man who his family i met with tonight, his father spent time in new jersey, they had been in new jersey for a long time. and those folks are suffering. and suffering now for 37 days. and not knowing if their loved ones ware alive or dead. it is an extraordinary situation. >> and we just spoke to the brother of someone -- or someone who has a brother being held hostage and talked about how difficult it has been up to this point. now, look, we are in the middle of this conflict and fighting right now, but today prime minister benjamin netanyahu as far as solutions for post fighting pushed back on the idea of the palestinian authority running gaza and said that any solution we need to have an overriding and overreaching israeli military efitary envelo. do you agree with that assessment? >> i think it is too early to make that determination. i understand that the prime minister is focused exclusively on the war and hamas ever doing this again, protecting the safe city and security of the people of israel. but look, i don't see any long line of folks looking to volunteer to take over gaza from hamas. this is i think going to be a diplomatic solution that needs to come to when the war is finally concluded. but first and foremost, you have e>%k ñ?ty and security of israel and i spent 40 minutes watching a video of the7e atrocities that were committed by hamas that day. and what struck mef the most, i wasn't just the inhumanityf- of what they were cdoing. chopping off heads, burning the joy that they took in it. video of one terrori0z call his mother saying that your son killed ten jews with his own hands. your sonud is a hero. as long as there are folks like that inchamas who are focused on wipingjy israel off the map and killing the jewish people, discussions of what happens in gaza after the war has t$v takea back seat at the moment to eliminating hamas' ability to threaten the lives of the people of israel again. and so, you know, the prime minister will have a lot of time toa think about the post war period when it comes. but i think that right6' now, tk one is making sure that hamas' capability is degr9 protecting the security of the israeli people. >> and of course#jthere is a military campaign to weed out and eliminate harass on the sidó of the idf, but also trying to rescue the hostages.imrass on t side of the idf, but also trying to rescue the hostages.ass on te of the idf, but also trying to rescue the hostages.ss on the s of the idf, but also trying to rescue the hostages.ass on the e of the idf, but also trying to rescue the hostages. on the sid of the idf, but also trying to (ttáy you had said that them providin of aid was a low priority and they need to focus on helping l israel. since then civilians have been killed by the thousands. elieve that humanitarian aid is a low priority to the military oeeds? >> i still believe that, yes. i think that sf you are prioritizing thoseh= things, mo important thing is for us to provide financial assistance and military hardware. they need to do regarding the terrorists that attacked them and their civilians. no one likes civilian deaths of anyone, whether israeli or palestinian. but let's remember that there was a ceasefire on october it was hamas that broke that cease fire with their attacks on october 7. secondly, israel has done much et palestinians moved from the area where the battling part of gad. it gaza.ç it is hamas using them as human shields. so i believe that hamash cares less about palestinian civilian live than israel does. so hamas has to take spoont for this, responsibility for this. and we saw a report just today that israeli sent fuel to rent the al-shifa lhospital and hama( you cakcan't and l&9q"÷en turn e fuel being sent. so hamas is the hypocrite here. and so that is why i thinkvf th the top priority has to be aiding israel.ió!÷ >> netanyahu was askedéi about whether enough was being done. take a listen. >> we're trying to minimize civilian casualties as a result of the ground actions. and i think a number of the civilians are being reduced because people are being helped to leave the area. >> and even with that, secretary of state antony blinken has said far too many palestinians have been killed. do you agree with the secretary there? >> look, i think that any loss of civilian life is tragic and should be a voided at all costs. but we needjg to make sure that hamas cannot use these civilians as a shield tog" prevent them fm having their military capabilities sdee desgraded. &hc% use missiles, come by air, sea and land.[f where we can't permit that to happen. i believe that israel is trying to do everything that it can to avoid the loss of civilian life, quote, in gaza and in israel. >> and here in the u.s., the budget fight really just beginning as we head toward a government shutdown, but the bills don't bring any funding for israel or ukraine. what message do you believe -- again not the final version, but what message do you believe that these initial versions send to our foreign allies? >> into the good one. and i think that candidly we and i think that candidly we have to continue to playng role that we've already played. because if we don't, the evil forces will fill in. our vacuum that we leave. and i mean china, russia, iran, north korea.6z when i went to military weapons that were from north korea, weapons that were from iran and weapons that were from russia. if leaders in congress don't understand that all of these things are connected and that american dismissal of our role in any of these instances encourages more of them, not fewer of them, we need to send a very clear message by supporting israel and supporting ukraine. and is happy about what is going on here in israel and in gaza. and because he opens thatvn it will distract certain american leaders that believe fillingh u the moat is the way america should i believe that we have to lead the free remain the richest and frooes country in the world, we have to engagehy with our halallies in . that is alwaysjñ formula at hom and abroad and any suggestions made by anyone in congress1 or anywhere else in our political system isñh damaging america's standing and our future for success. >> and you are running tofé be e republican presidential nominee where donald trump has9ú been t clear front hundredor. yesterday he spoke to veterans. take a listen.edor. yesterday he spoke to veterans. take a listen. >> in honor of our great veterans, we pledge that we will route on the xhun communists, markists and thugs that live within our country and that lie and cheat on elections.communis markists and thugs that live within our country and that lie and cheat on elections. >> you have not been shy about your relationship with trump, but what does that say about what a second trump presidency would be about? >> quite fwrankable that anyone else would accuse lying and cheating. his entire conduct has been about lying to the american people, trying to steal the election and being charged criminally with that and cheating the american people out of our democracy. that is what he is doing. so he wants to talk about a liar, thief and cheater, that is what he isã and facts show that. and for everyone considering voting in the coming up, i want you to remember something, he is going to trial day before super tuesday for his actions in trying to block and overturn the 2020 election result and now he has mark meadows former chief of staff who signed an immunity deal with the government to testify that donald trump committed crimes right before him, that donald trump was lying from election night forward and knew that he was lying. this is not somethinghjf that i road left wing prosecutor or a system of justice that donald trump complained and moneyed like a child about. this is a guy that is chief of staff who he called the flex james baker. jctw (ñ:aíl1çymgf-,-,za>çnrnrcroto cñ y r onnect 1200xd" the power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. and that's a good thing? great in my book! who are you? no power? no problem. introducing storm-ready wifi. now you can stay reliably connected through power outages with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery back-up to keep you online. only from xfinity. home of the xfinity 10g network. house republicans are pursuing a two-step plan to avoid another government shutdown this week. the newly elected house speaker mike johnson announced the proposal to his gop conference saturday, which extends government funding at its current levels but doesn't include aid for ukraine. the white house calls johnson's approach, a recipe for more republican chaos. this comes as mike johnson is facing questions about his personal finances. his most recent financial disclosures having reported assets or a checking account. he reports no assets at all beyond his house. >> reporter: freshly minted speaker of the house mike johnson facing questions over how he keeps his own financial house in order. >> i'm a man of modest means. >> reporter: cnn's review of his personal disclosures reveal that the new speaker appears to be living paycheck to paycheck. financial records show that johnson, like many americans, does not appear to have much of a safety net. for the past two years, he has not reported any assets and has never reported a checking account on financial disclosure forms. the speaker's office says he has a personal bank account, which is exempt from house reporting rules because it's not interest ba bearing. while it's unknown how much is in that account, a source tells cnn that account is not big enough to be leaving large sums of money in interest on the table. all this as johnson's liabilities are plenty. a mortgage for his family home values between 250 and $500,000, a personal loan from 2016 between $15,000 and $50,000, and a home equity line of credit taken in 2019 for less than $50,000. as a congressman, johnson was making $174,000 a year. his salary will now jump to $22$ $223 $223,500. last year alone, johnson collected nearly $30,000 from a college. on capitol hill, to save money on d.c. rent, he is one of many that sleep in their offices. a source with knowledge says the speaker will continue sleeping in his office for now, but did not know if that will always be the plan going forward. >> there are a lot of things on t the minds of the american p people. >> reporter: in stark contrast to many of his colleagues on capitol hill. some former speakers have done well. nancy pelosi is worth more than $110 million. before coming to congress in 2017, johnson was a lawyer. in 2016, he reported making over $200,000. >> i was a lawyer. i did constitutional law. most of my career i spent in the non-profit sector. >> reporter: many of his money goes to taking care of his family. >> we have five kids that are active. i have kids in graduate school, law school. we have a lot of expenses. >> reporter: that financial reality not unlike most american families. >> i didn't grow up with degrea means. that helps us be a better leader. we can relate to every family. that's who we are. i think it helps govern my decisions how i lead. >> reporter: we didn't know about his wife and her financial picture. she's earning some income. it's coming from a few places. a christian counseling company, her work with a louisiana right to life educational committee as well as a general listing on this disclosure form for various clients. lawmakers are not required to reveal the amount of money their spouses are earning. johnson actually does in some of the earliest disclosure forms. she's made about $45,000 to $50,000 a year. he has not declared her salary since 2021. a very limited snapshot into her side of the earnings for the family. >> thank you. coming up, president biden and chinese president xi jinping are set to meet face to face this week in california. more on the significance of this highly anticipated meeting. a quick note. can anti-semitism be stopped in dana bash investigating the increasingly dire threat the jewish community faces in america on "the whole storory wh andersrson coopeper" tonightht 0 p.m. on cnn. wewe'll be rigight back. as u.s. relations with china remain strained, a summit between president biden and china's president xi is scheduled for wednesday in the san francisco bay area. the two haven't met in person since the g20 summit in 2022. national security advisor jake sullivan told cnn earlier this morning that resetting mill tyrre -- military relations is at the top of the agenda for biden. >> ties and communications between our two militaries are critical. the chinese have basically severed those communication links. president biden would like to re-establish them. he will look to this summit as an opportunity to try to advance the ball on that. >> china and the u.s. have been at odds over a number of high-stakes issues, including taiwan, tech exports and security incidents, including where the u.s. shot down a chinese spy balloon. i want to bring in michael p pillsbury. he is a fellow at the hudson institute. we just heard sullivan say military communication was the top of the agenda. can you walk us through why that's so important right now? >> yeah. there are two kinds of military communication. jake sullivan already knows the chinese said last week they are willing to have one kind, which is sort of like seminals where the two sides get together for two or three days. the more important kind is the crisis communication, the use of a hotline where if there's an incident and one plane gets shot down by another, it's not an act of war, it's an accident, that hotline is immediate communication to explain intentions. that looks like the chinese are not willing to restart it. that's what i'm most worried about, the summit could be a failure because the tough stuff that we need the chinese to agree to, they are showing no inclination of doing that. they have been talking about all the concessions biden has made to get this meeting. we are likely to see a three-hour meeting where both sides, or each side has a version of what took place in the meeting and how tough they were. i would not call that a success. as a general rule, crisis communications between the two militaries, yes, jake sullivan is right, it's extremely important. whether china will agree to it, i'm less certain. >> some of the tension between the united states and china is simply just over positioning. china has been weighing in on the war between israel, ev