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defense's first witness. meanwhile, we'll tell you why the former president is asking for his federal 2020 election trial to be televised live. new this morning, republican senator tim scott abruptly drops out of the presidential race, even shocking his staffers. what he told them on a call right after. overseas, the world health organization says gaza's main hospital is no longer functioning with several babies dying and more still at risk. also, the u.s. military launches air strikes for the third time on locations in syria used by iran in retaliation for attacks on u.s. troo...

"the story" with martha maccallum starts right now. >> martha: i'm martha maccallum. think about this. a 3-year-old american toddler whose parents were killed in this attack has been confirmed to be among the nine americans being held by hamas terrorists. this child's parents were killed in the attack. jake sullivan said he will be speaking to the families of the americans. people are asking, why aren't we hearing more about the americans being held? we have talked to one of the families. it's a strange dynamic of all of this that they're not front and center all the time in these pi...

welcome to "the lead." i'm jake tapper. the fbi investigation into new york city mayor eric adams, his connection to the turkish government and what the feds might have been looking for when they seized his cell phone and ipad, a reporter following the money will be here. one of the most upsetting videos from october 7th, which says a lot. it shows a kidnapping victim being taken out of a hamas jeep. her pants are bloodied. her mother will talk to us about why that video was so important for the world to see. leading this how, the world's reaction since the mms attacks, divisive, u...

president biden's oldest granddaughter opening fire on multiple suspects. and the abc news exclusive tonight, for the first time, the videotaped interviews with two attorneys who worked with former president trump, charged in georgia's election interference case. what they have told prosecutors. first tonight, explosions and gun fire deep inside gaza. our team imbedded with the israeli military outside a children's hospital. the israelis tonight claiming it was used as a hamas command center. and what they'll show our team. is it evidence of hamas operations? and were some of the...

>> if you want peace, destroy hamas. if you want security, destroy hamas. if you want a future for israel, the palestinians, the middle east, destroy hamas. >> hamas is using hospitals as it uses many other civilian facilities for command and control. united states does not want to see fire fights in hospitals. >> john: begin with israeli forces making significant gains in northern gaza, closing in on what they say is hamas's key command center beneath gaza's largest hospital. we are awaiting a pair of briefings from the white house and state department on update on where things stan...