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Anderson cooper is in tel aviv and sources say talks are in place to try to secure the release of a large number of hostages in gaza. So far, just four hostages. Two americans and two israelis have been freed. One of the israelis, an 85yearold grandmother said she quote, went through hell. She said she was beaten and later received food, medical treatment, and was provided sanitary living conditions. She also blamed Israeli Forces and intelligence for failing to heed the warning signs. The lake of awareness by idf is a lot. They warned us three weeks beforehand that the fields that sent Fire Balloons and the idf did not treat it seriously. The humanitarian crisis worsens for the 2 Million People who cannot leave gaza. Today, they said efforts will be made to provide access to fuel but not quote allow it to reach hamas. Wh ....
Expected to raise while here, which is the humanitarian aspect of this, the fact that no humanitarian aid has been able to get into gaza, that has been something that Secretary Blinken and his Marathon Trips that hes been making here in The Middle East over the last several days and now i should note theyre just next door to where i am speaking to you meeting with that entire wartime cabinet and next he will hear from first responders, from victims families, from the families and relatives of hostages but there are going to be key questions between what he and the Prime Minister have discussed, humanitarian aid, poppy, is right at the top of that so well see if there are any announcements when the president comes and speaks in this room behind me. Thats whats ne ....
I thought he was dead. Margaret the Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. I am a Margaret Brennan in for norah. As we come on the air, there are harrowing images coming out of texas showing Severe Weather that has pounded the state and continues to threaten lives tonight. There is widespread flooding around houston. Americas fourth largest city. With some areas getting nearly. Immunities along the San Jacinto River have been evacuated. Many in the area have needed to be rescued, like this truck driver. You can see scrambling to escape his fastthinking big big rig. Farther north, a storm chaser is credited with saving this family after their home was blown to pieces by a tornado. The mother carried her daughter, her injured son, and husband right behind. ....
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. good evening. the 2024 election is heating up as we mark one year until voters cast their ballots in the race for president. a fresh set of polls from the new york times and sienna college show troubling signs for president biden at this stage in the campaign. hypothetical matchups in four key swing states show trump taking the lead. but it s not all good news for the former president. in just 14 hours, trump is expected to take the stands in a trial that could help decide the fate of his business empire in new york. this comes on top of the 91 criminal charges he s facing in other cases. meantime, president biden is facing growing pressure here at home. this was the scene at the white house last night, some of the gates covered with handprints after a pro-palestinian rally. over in the middle east, u.s. secretary of state tony blinken is in turkey for another key diplomatic meeting. earlier today, he ....
state antony blinken made two unannounced stops in the middle east. he met with palestinian president mahmoud abbas in the west bank and traveled to bagdad for high-stakes talk with iraq s prime minister. blinken has held a series of top-level talks with arab leaders as israel intensifies its attacks against hamas. cnn s jim sciutto is in northern israel. you have new reporting that secretary blinken is not the only u.s. official visiting that region. reporter: that s right, cia director bill burns is traveling to the mid east as well. a u.s. officials tells me the following, that burns is traveling to several countries in the middle east where he s meeting with multiple intelligence counterparts and country leaders. the u.s. official said they ll discuss support for hostages negotiations and u.s. commitment to continuing to deter state and non-state actors from widening the conflict. that particular message has been a consistent one from when president biden first co ....