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We will begin overseas with the latest update on the war between Israel and Hamas. Intense fighting is still taking place around the largest hospital in Gaza. The World Health Organization said the hospital is no longer functioning. The hospital reported the deaths of several patients including premature babies due to lack of fuel. The second largest hospital in Gaza is also out of service due to lack of fuel. This is according the Palestinian Red Crescent Society. According to Gaza's director of hospitals, 650 patients, 500 workers and over 2000 sheltering civilians remain at Al Shifa. Israel claims that Hamas has headquarters underneath the hospital, Hamas and health care workers deny this in his state of the union yesterday. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the situation at El Shifa hospital. Well, we've called to evacuate all the patients from that hospital and in fact, uh 100 or so have already been evacuated. There's no reason why we just can't take the patients out of there. Uh Instead of letting Hamas use it as a command center for terrorism. In an interview on NBC'S Meet the Press yesterday, Netanyahu also said a deal to release the 240 hostages held by Hamas was the result of Israeli military pressure US. Defense officials said yesterday hostage negotiations between Israel the US and Qatar are ongoing. Meanwhile, the Rafah border crossing reopened yesterday for the first time in days to allow foreign nationals and injured Palestinians to enter Egypt. Over 800 people left Gaza the highest single day total since the war began. Meanwhile, Chris Christie is the first Republican presidential candidate to visit Israel. Yesterday. Christie visited communities hit in the October 7th attack and met with families of hostages in a surprise move. Former Prime Minister of the UK, David Cameron was appointed Britain's new Foreign Secretary. Today. The change comes as current Prime Minister Rishi Soak conducted a shake up of his cabinet firing Home Secretary Suela Braverman after she accused police of being too lenient on pro Palestinian protesters. Foreign Secretary James cleverly will replace Braverman. Now David Cameron was the head of the U K's Conservative Party for six years starting in 2010, calling for the Brexit referendum on membership in the European Union before resigning in 2016. It's the first time a former Prime Minister has served in another cabinet since the 19 seventies. A helicopter crash has killed five US service members in the Mediterranean Sea. The US European command confirmed the death yesterday saying the incident happened Friday night. The command wrote in a statement this during a routine air refueling mission. A US military aircraft carrying five service members suffered a mishap and crashed into the Mediterranean sea. Search and rescue efforts began immediately including nearby us military aircraft and ships. The crash is currently being investigated. The command will not be releasing the names of the service members involved until 24 hours after next of kin notifications are complete and thousands took to the streets in San Francisco to protest the kickoff of the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperations Summit. President Joe Biden and other world leaders including China's President Xi Jinping are expected to attend the conference this week. The No to a coalition which helped organize the protest encompasses groups including climate activists, workers rights group and pro Palestinian demonstrators pushing President Biden and other world leaders to call for a ceasefire in the Israel Hamas war. Part of interstate 10 in Los Angeles remains closed this morning after a massive weekend fire downtown. The closure affects both directions of the freeway between the east L A connector and Alameda Street commuters were encouraged to work from home today or take public transportation into downtown L A. The cause of the fire remains under investigation. Flames were first reported around 1220 am Saturday night. Now the fire had raged through two storage lots in an industrial area under the highway. California Governor Gavin Newsom did not provide a timeline of when the highway would reopen. And former President Trump's son, Don Junior will return to the witness stand today in the civil fraud trial which accuses Trump and his two adult sons of inflating their company's worth to gain favorable business deals. While Trump junior will be the first witness as the defense launches its case, Trump Jr testified earlier this month denying that he played a role in the preparation of his father's financial statements. He said he consulted with lawyers and consultants before signing off on statements and today begins the seventh week of the trial. An attorney said they will likely call back the former president and Eric Trump to the witness stand. A Virginia State University police officer was shot and critically injured in a shooting near campus yesterday. The suspect remains at large according to a VSU news release. Now, the officer who has not been named was taken to VCU medical Center with life threatening injuries. The officer had responded to an ongoing campus disturbance. Police said the school campus remained on lockdown yesterday just as a precaution. Police are continuing their investigation into this incident.