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hello. and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. i'm paula newton. you are watching cnn's continuing coverage of israel at war. it is 3:00 a.m. here in atlanta. 9:00 a.m. in gaza. israeli air strikes, again, lit up the skies overnight. israel's military says its forces have reached the outskirts of gaza city, for the second time in as many days. israel hit the refugee camp in northern gaza with the devastating air strike on wednesday. local hospital officials say 80 people were killed. here's what an idf spokesperson told cnn earlier. >...

This shooting follows that standoff in philadelphia wednesday night -- six officers shot, two others pinned down for hours. that suspect also using a semi-automatic rifle. >> matt gutman joins us now. matt, i'm being told the suspect just surrendered? >> reporter: yeah, just moments ago, he surrendered to a s.w.a.t. team. the two officers who were shot, one of them has already been released. the other is in stable condition. tom? >> matt gutman with the details just coming in. and now to politics. president trump doubling down on the economy after a roller coaster on wall street. the dow ris...

The dow since 1931. look, bigger picture, the dow lost 5.6% for the year. the worst year for stocks since 2008. look, at the end of the day, stocks were bound to fall. you can't have a bull market run forever, but it's the way that stocks are declining that is causing real serious investor concern. specifically, this month has been punctuated by panic selling, and extreme volatility. investors are worried about what's ahead. they're trying to measure the prolonged impact of a trade war, a global economic slow down and dysfunction in washington, d.c. for the average person, we're seeing a decli...

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Political auto -- we're fighting for rule of law and fair democracy where we get to have the president we elected. >> laura: last answer. how long do you think it will go on? will there be a date set and a date when it will end? >> within the first quarter of next year we'll have a conclusion evidencing absolutely no collusion between the president's campaign and russia. it may take some time beyond that to ensconce the reforms at the f.b.i. and department of justice so that we don't have circumstances that leave america vulnerable to this type of political takeover of these critical instituti...