for joining us. the newest continues now on cnn it's thursday, april 4, right now on cnn this morning, >> an outrage president biden set to speak with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. the fall cloud growing after a strike kills aid workers in gaza. >> a race against >> time and taiwan rescuers rushed to save workers, struck, stuck in minds and people trapped in buildings after that deadly earthquake delayed, denied. a judge rejects donald trump's effort to stall his hush money trial all right >> 5:00 a.m. here in washington, alive. look at capitol hill >> good morning, everyone. i'm kasie hunt, it's >> wonderful to have you with us. just hours from now. president biden and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will talk on the phone for the first time. since an israeli airstrike killed seven world central kitchen aid workers in gaza, a senior administration official says biden is angry and will express his frustrations. but the white house says there's been no us shift in policy and support for the current israeli military operation remains unchanged. meanwhile, world central kitchen founder, the chef jose andres, is calling for an independent investigation accusing israel of systematically targeting his aid workers these was not used bad lag situation where, we dropped the bomb in the wrong >> place or, not. this was over 1.51, 0.8 kilometers with a very defined humanitarian convoy that had signs in the top in the roof a very colorful logo that we are obviously very proud of. that that's very clear who we are and what we do all right i just pulled a court reporter, stef kight joins us now, stuff. good morning. thank you very much for being here. this has become a very difficult position for joe biden to occupy as he faces increasing pressure from democrats, including waking up this morning to some former obama former obama, a john fav row tweeting about this. and of course, jose andres giving these emotional and reviews about the staff members who were lost, how is the white house? i mean, on the one hand, they're saying he's angry, he doesn't want this, but on the other hand, they're not changing the policy exactly. and >> that's the big question right now. right? we've we've seeing the rhetoric at least become more intense between us officials democrats, president biden himself, towards netanyahu, towards israel's actions, especially in gaza. and as they move in on rafah, as well as become a red line for the administration. but we haven't seen is any real concrete the us is still sending billions of dollars worth of weapons to israel. we are still a key supporter. >> we do not >> impose any kind of restrictions on how those arms are able to be used at something that some democrats have been calling for and congress in particular. and so this call today is going to be a big moment. we're certainly read chang a critical moment right now. when it comes to just the tensions there, it is becoming more personal. jose andres dress is a personal friend of the president. he is known in, in washington dc. so this is, this is really becoming more real for biden, but to your point, we still haven't seen any indication of what action biden is one willing to take at this point? >> let's hear a little bit more of what jose andres had to say in these interviews that he has been doing with international media watch >> are you spoke to president biden yesterday, and biden made that statement. seems ready. >> a harder stand, but >> it's very complicated to understand that we are going to be sending america is going to be sending is naibe on military to do humanitarian work when they send time weapons provided by america. not, not to defend israeli tells from missile attacks, but use weapons. a dark killing civilians in this moment >> so andres, of course, kind of laying out the contradiction in the a policy as he sees it. how is something like this when you mentioned that andres is a friend of biden's. i mean, how is this resonating? we know that the president is someone who's very impacted by personal interactions that he has even more than anything else. sometimes absolutely. >> i think we have already seen some of the impact from president biden's call with jose andres following the killing of these aid workers and we have seen the strongest statements yet from president biden when it comes to his frustration over what is going on he is much clearer in his desire. for israel to change course here. and of course, this call is going to be a significant moment. i think we old and hearing someone like andres who is i'm very happy to go on media and talk about what's going on and put pressure on biden there. but again, whether this actually turns into policy changes, it's still the key question here. yeah. >> what role does congress had to play here? i mean, i think it's also important to note that aid to israel is held up in that same logjam that is affected ukraine aid and while we've focused a lot on the challenges around ukraine aid for israel briefly, opposition has been building with democrats now it is true and it, and it could, it could complicate things depending on what the house decides to do. first, of course, there has been growing pressure from democrats in congress to limit how israel can use the aid that we send their, israel is really the exception when it comes to how freely we allow them to use the weapons and weapons we send their way without restriction. there. and so i think we will continue to see criticism coming from democrats in congress over this issue. of course democratic leader, senate leader chuck schumer has been critical of netanyahu, has called for elections, but he has not gone so far as to say there should be limits place on the weapons that we sent israel. >> all right. stef kight of axios steph. thank you very much for starting us off. i really appreciate it me >> and speaking of senate majority leader chuck schumer, he's doubling down on his calls for new elections in israel. this came after israeli war cabinet member benny gantz on wednesday also called for early elections to be held in september just before the one year anniversary of the hamas terror attack on israel cnn's paula hancocks is live in abu dhabi with more for us, paula. uh, good morning to you at what is the likelihood of new early elections taking place in israel? >> well, casey, if it was up to the main opposition leader than it would certainly be before september or by september, just before the anniversary of the october 7 attacks on israel. and we are hearing louder voices and more voices calling playing for the removal of the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu benny gantz, a key figure in the israeli war cabinet at this point, saying publicly that he believes the election should happen by september. it should be up to the israeli people who is leading the country to show that they they have confidence in what the country is undergoing at this point. and as you say, caesarea, does follow just last month chuck schumer saying that he believed that that was necessary as well. now he did face rather an onslaught from certainly from the republican side saying that he shouldn't have made those remarks, but he's now doubling in down saying the fact that even those in israel are calling for fresh elections shows that it is the way to go. of course, when it comes to benjamin netanyahu's party, the likud party. they are saying that it is simply not possible at this point. they are in the midst of a war also saying that he must stop engaging in petty politics. casey >> all right. paula hancocks >> for us this morning, paula, thank you very much for that coming up next here are donald trump's tactic of delay, delay, delay. it's a roadblock in his hush money trial. plus the danger after the deadly earthquake in taiwan, dozens of minors rescued overnight but hundreds still stranded and missing >> plus a >> possible strategic shift by the 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