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just days before the iowa caucuses. the former new jersey governor declining to endorse any of his republican rivals, at least for now, even as he urges he supporters to choose a candidate with character. this comes as we're just now a few hours away from cnn's republican presidential debate later tonight, nikki haley and ron desantis about to come face to case for the final time before the iowa caucuses. it's a critically important test as both candidates try to close the gap with donald trump. i'm wolf blitzer, you're in "the situation room." >> announcer: this is cnn breaking ne...

Hello. The Israeli Military says about 300,000 palestinians have left the city of rafah since monday when israel told them to move to a nearby district of gaza. The Israel Defence forces have declared a narrow coastal strip at al mawasi to be a safe humanitarian zone, but the un says it has no Running Water or proper sanitation. Israel is planning an assault on Hamas Fighters In Rafah and has ordered Tens Of Thousands more residents from Eastern Districts of the city to leave. Evacuation orders have also been issued for thousands of people in parts of northern gaza. Last night, a Us Government...

gaza through the rafah crossing. the number of people allowed in is very small but we understand that egypt will keep the rafa crossing border open until they evacuate 7000 people. rishi sunak is giving a news conference now saying that like—minded countries had reached agreement on testing new artificial intelligence models before they are released. more than all of those headline stories in a moment. firstly, let's get the business news from the day. ben thompson is here. hello, matthew. we will start with news here in the uk. uk interest rates have been left unchanged for a seco...

Hamas october 7th attack on israel. the adl has tracked 3300 anti-semitic incidents between october 7th and january 7th, an increase of 361% compared to the same period the year before. >> it is shocking to think that while the numbers were high before, they have skyrocketed to a level we've never seen. >> reporter: and the adl broke it down into types of incidents targeting jews including 553 incidents of vandalism, 1353 cases of verbal or written harassment. who is committing the acts? >> these are mostly white supremacist groups, using the war to both condemn and villianize jews and israeli...

>> it is shocking to think that while the numbers were high before, they have skyrocketed to a level we've never seen. >> reporter: and the adl broke it down into types of incidents targeting jews during that period, including 1,353 cases of verbal or written harassment. who is committing these acts? >> mostly these are white supremacist groups. they're able to use the israel-hamas war to both condemn and villainize jews and the jewish communities. >> reporter: and the same groups also target muslims. muslim institutions and individuals have also seen a dramatic uptick in threats and incidents...