medication will remain available through midnight on friday after the supreme court pushed their self imposed deadline. due to conflicting rulings from federal judges in two states. we are tracking a major threat more than 50 million people from texas to wisconsin, bracing for severe weather after deadly tornado slammed parts of oklahoma overnight, officials fear the death toll could rise these stories and more coming here to cnn news, central. if all goes well, we are just minutes away from the historic launch of the spacex starship, the largest and most powerful rocket ever built. this is a critical test fight with test flight with a longer term goal of one day, taking people back to the moon, and maybe even mars . the launch window opens this hour 9 28. am eastern. to be exact. then it gives spacex a 62 minute window to get that massive rocket off the launch pad. this test was originally planned for monday. you ll remember, but that launch was called off almost as soon as
increasing the risk of infection. it points to the lack of clean water, fuel, medicines, food, and aid, causing al shifa to essentially stop functioning as a medical facility . they also said they saw a mass grave at the entrance of the hospital and were told more than 80 people were buried there. the who is now drawing up plans for a full evacuation of the hospital. the organization says they were able to spend one hour inside the hospital, gaza city s largest, in a mission co ordinated with the israel defense forces to ensure safe passage. it comes after hundreds of people left gaza city s main hospital, where the israeli military has been conducting raids this week. some medical staff claimed israeli forces ordered the evacuations, something the israeli military denies. meantime, a possible hostage release deal is being reported by us media. the washington post is reporting that israel, the united states and hamas are close to an agreement to free dozens of women and chil
in the hospital. tom bateman is our correspodent injerusalem. he told me about the israeli military s denial of an evacuation order. i ve denied ordering it, but they don t deny an evacuation is taking place. what we ve had is a report from the afp news agency, first of all, a journalist working for them at the scene who said that, via loudspeakers, that there was an order to evacuate the hospital within an hour earlier this morning, he said. now, he reported that the director of the hospital had been phoned by the military and instructed for everyone to leave. basically all for patients, staff and displaced people to make their way, he said on foot to the seafront. now, the israeli military has since issued a statement saying there was no order for people to evacuate. it said it was assisting an evacuation operation at the request of the hospital s director. it also said that medical personnel would be able to stay there for people who couldn t get out. but clearly, you know
staff, large numbers of displaced people are sheltering in the hospital. our correspodent injerusalem, tom bateman, has more. they have denied ordering it, but they don t deny that an evacuation is taking place. we have had a report from the afp news agency, a journalist working for them at the scene said that via loudspeakers there was an order to evacuate the hospital within the hour earlier this morning. he reported the director of the hospital had been phoned by the military and instructed for everyone to leave, for patients and staff and displaced people to make their way on foot to the seafront. the israeli military has since issued a statement saying there was no order for people to evacuate. it said it was assisting an evacuation operation at the request of the hospital s director. it also said that medical personnel would be able to stay there for people who couldn t get out. but clearly there are further moves now to evacuate people in the hospital. we have had a lo