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you are live in the "cnn newsroom." i'm jim acosta in washington. good evening. we begin with an urgent call for evacuations across gaza, as israel expands its fight against hamas. the israel defense forces are now telling civilians in parts of both southern and northern gaza to evacuate as it carries out hundreds of air strikes. the u.n. estimates that more than 1.8 million people, nearly 80% of the population of gaza, have to leave their homes for safety since october 7th. and in the red sea, a u.s. defense official says an american warship shot down drones and responded after a ca...

>> i could say this to you with a smile. i am not going to be distracted by small comments by politics, by petty issues. this is one goal and it is to save lives. that is all that matters. >> so we have retired lieutenant general russell honor e and he led the relief efforts after hurricane indicate decimated new orleans and he had this to say about the tweets. >> the mayor is living on a cot and i have the president have a good day y'all. >> a good day because the president is spending the day in bedminster. this is where the president has his private club in new jersey and the official sched...

And lionel richie, another honor e, the singer songwriter who said he was a friend of the president told nbc that he was a maybe. and so the white house put out a statement earlier this morning saying that they were not going to participate so that the hon oor he's could take part without political distraction. but christi, this is another sign of the backlash in response to the president's response to the violence in charlottesville last weekend and his -- many believe he was ekwauting the neo-nazis, kkk's and white supremacists with the counterprotestors who were protesting racism. we have t...