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Commander and iran-backed houthi attacks and a drone attack on a p pro-iranian attack blaming the group for attacks on american troops. israel is unveiling plans for the next phase of the war in gaza, including a combat approach in the north and sustained focused on targeting hamas leaders in the south. cnn's oren liebermann joins us from the pentagon. there is a lot to unpack here. what's on the secretary of state's plate? how is he gonna handle this in the days ahead? >> secretary of state antony blinken's goal here at least part of the goal is to find some way forward here without escalatin...

Congressional district. "cnn this morning" continues right now. good morning. today president biden opens his 2024 campaign here with a speech from historic valley forge. his messages to voters about protecting democracy. >> cnn is picking a fresh look at a potential presidential rematch in november. what the road to the electoral votes can tell us ahead of the big vote this fall. the final jobs report of 2023 will be released later this hour. this hour of "cnn this morning" starts right now. and good friday morning. it's the top of. hour. i'm phil mattingly. >> i'd audie cornish in new ...

This flight, i had a dream. and in this dream i'm standing -- i am on bank of -- i don't know if it's a river or a lake, but standing on the water and i watch a plane go down and it was frightening and woke me up and i told my husband and i about it and said i don't know if i can get on that flight tomorrow morning, that monday morning. got to charlotte airport. this is when you pay for tickets. i walked to the gate. i pulled back. i couldn't -- like i was too frightened to get on that flight. so i went back home and i was convinced that i was going to turn on the news, probably cnn, and watch...

>> ron desantis and nikki haley racing to close the huge polling gap they face. they sharpen their attacks during dueling cnn town halls last night. haley and desantis making the case to iowa voters that republicans could lose in november if trump is the nominee. >> americans don't want another nail-biter of an election and that's what we'll get. look at any of the polls. head-to-head against joe biden. trump head-to-head with biden. on a good day, may be up by two. i defeat biden by 17 points. 17 points. >> the democrats want trump to be the candidate. they are going to talk about all the leg...

>> enormously consequential trip. thank you. this morning the community reeling in perry, ooirz, after the deadly high school shooting thursday that killed a sixth grade on the other hand wounded five others, including the principal. schools are now shut down. police say the 17-year-old shatter dillon butler died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound. his friends say he was bullied. > he got tired of the bullying, tired of the harassment. >> we tried to be there when he needed us, which clearly we weren't there for him enough. >> now first on cnn a new study on gun violence reports nearly 300,...