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No. President Biden echoing sentiments of protesters claiming Benjamin Netanyahu isn't doing enough to move negotiations in the right direction. And this. When unions are strong, America is strong. Kamala Harris's Labor Day message for the working class in key blue wall states. And later. Comrade Kamala Harris.

Donald Trump's allies latching on to this new nickname for Kamala Harris and using AI to get their point across. It's 6 a.m. here in Washington. Here's a live look at New York City. Good morning, everyone. I'm Paula Reid in for Casey Hunt. It's great to be with you. Israeli demonstrators are flooding the streets for another day as part of one of the largest nationwide protests since the start of Israel's war with Hamas. The

The protests fueled by anger at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for failing to secure a deal to release hostages and grief over the recent killings of six of those hostages, including Israeli-American Hersh Goldberg-Polin, Netanyahu staying defiant. I'm asking for your forgiveness that we didn't manage to bring them back alive.

We're very close, but we couldn't make it. Hamas will pay a heavy price for this, a very heavy price. Joining me now, CNN international correspondent Paula Hancocks. Paula, what is the latest in Israel?

Well, we are seeing the Israeli Prime Minister digging in and being defiant, as you say, when you see hundreds of thousands of protesters on the streets of Israel, according to organisers, for the second day in a row, calling for him to sign up to the hostage ceasefire deal that is on the table. He is saying, though, it is not Israel that should be making concessions.

It is Hamas that should be making concessions, digging in and saying he will not change his mind. Now, of course, this does throw into doubt the talks that are ongoing at the moment. But when you listen to the fury and anger on the streets of Israel, you wonder how much longer this could go on, putting pressure on him, although he has withstood this pressure and criticism for months now. Let's listen to some of the voices of those protesters.

They need our voice. They need us to stop everything and make sure there's a deal on the table. This is the only way they can hear us if we stop everything. That's the problem with the Israeli government. That nothing, they don't care about anything. I hope they care about this.

So the main sticking point at this point is the Israeli prime minister saying that there has to be an Israeli military presence along the border between Egypt and Gaza to ensure that Hamas cannot rearm itself and be a threat to Israel in the future. Now, sources close to these negotiations say that this is an additional condition that the Israeli prime minister is putting forward. He has been adamant

that this has to happen. And we're hearing from those even within the cabinet, the defense minister, Yoav Galant as well, saying that this will scupper a deal. We know that Hamas will not agree to it, which puts this deal in jeopardy. Paula Hancocks, thank you.

And the deaths of the hostages leading to a renewed push by the Biden administration to get a hostage release deal. When asked by reporters Monday, President Biden had a short answer on whether Israel's prime minister is doing enough. Do you think it's time for Prime Minister Netanyahu to do more on this issue? Do you think he's doing enough? No.

there you go national security adviser jake sullivan also spoke with israeli and qatari officials to push negotiators toward a final deal

Joining me now to discuss Annie Linsky, reporter for The Wall Street Journal, Brad Woodhouse, senior DNC advisor, and Aaron Perini, former director of press communications for the Trump 2020 campaign. Thank you all for being here. Look, we're seeing Israel on the front page of almost every major newspaper here, clearly also becoming a campaign issue. And it's a divisive issue, we know, for Russia.

For Democrats in particular, one Republican-supported PAC is really leaning into it. I want you to take a listen to an ad that they are pushing out in Michigan, which is, of course, home to the country's largest Arab-American population. Let's take a listen. So when Netanyahu came to D.C., Harris hosted the prime minister at the White House. And when supporters of a free Palestine stood up for Gaza, Harris put them in their place. And supporters of free Palestine, they hate her.

Michigan, a key part of that vital blue wall. What is your response to this ad? Look, I mean, I think that, first of all, the deaths of the hostages in the last few days has been...

is putting this conflict right in the center of the presidential election. And just to kind of rewind to the DNC, Hersh's parents spoke so movingly at that event. I mean, I was there. I mean, Brad, you were there, I'm sure. I'm not sure if you were there or not. But I mean, there were tears in that room. And he, in many ways, has become the face of the attempts to free these hostages.

So for him to be, to be, um,

murdered, executed. I think as this election goes into a new phase, this conflict, which is not really America's conflict, is becoming a centerpiece. So putting ads up, I think the Republicans have an issue here to push on. And it doesn't surprise me at all that they are going to start to shift and

make this a conflict that they're going to put the feet of Kamala Harris. And Erin, clearly, Republicans have an opportunity here, but it's a sensitive issue. What do you think about this strategy? It is a sensitive issue, but it's also a large issue that the United States is facing. Geopolitically, this world is much different than it was four years ago under Donald Trump's leadership. And so drawing that contrast

contrast is critical especially in a state like michigan when you're looking at the blue wall states here and you look at a large arab american population who was already very upset with joe biden and the direction he was heading with his geopolitical strategy when you look at that you saw them vote non-committed during the primary because they were upset about this israel hamas war this is an opportunity for republicans to depress democrat turnout and to fracture their base a bit going into the general election and to say kamala is running as a change

agent. That is why you're seeing momentum for her in the polls, whether it's about labor, it's about the economy, it's about geopolitical. People right now believe she will be different than Joe Biden. Her not only campaigning with Joe Biden, but saying she would pursue the same geopolitical strategy is one that Republicans can use as a wedge issue for Democrats.

That ad is cynical, it's disgraceful, and it's untrue. And it is, the Arab Americans in Michigan shouldn't be played by a Republican front group for Trump. Because if they're concerned about what's going on in the Middle East, the solution is not to put back in the White House the author

of the Muslim ban. The solution is not to put back in office someone that will let Benjamin Netanyahu do whatever he wants without a single check and without a single balance. And there seems to be some inconsistency in the messaging because during an event in New Jersey a few weeks ago, Trump said something that actually contradicts part of that ad. Let's take a listen to what he said about Harris.

The toxic poison of anti-Semitism now courses through the veins of radical Democrat Party. And instead of expunging this hatred, Kamala Harris is pandering to it. He wouldn't even meet Bibi. He wouldn't talk to him.

What is your reaction? Well, I mean, we're either too pro-Palestinian or too anti-Israel. I mean, they can't, there is no message here. I mean, this is Donald Trump. I mean, he can't sit on a consistent message, attack, strategy to save his life. I mean, we've seen it just this last week, week on abortion. I mean, look, they have an issue here. This is the incumbent administration dealing with a tough situation in the Middle East. They're going to prosecute it. But this group in Michigan is not to be believed.

That is a cynical ad, it's untrue, and it's meant to help someone who Arab Americans can't trust to be back in the White House. - Angie, what do we in?

Look, I mean, I think at the bottom, the bottom line here is this this terrible, terrible weekend, this terrible news event puts chaos back in sort of the centerpiece of American politics. And it takes a war that's not America's war and is makes it more about America. That's an American citizen who was executed. And I, you know,

I think that it does put in as the campaign is kind of going into a new phase, it's putting a new issue just right back up in the forefront. And Erin, quickly, I'll give you the last word.

I think that this is one that's going to have to be handled with great sensitivity. It is really difficult. And to every family, you know, America mourns the loss of our own and everybody who's been lost in this war. The people, the parties need to come together and get a solution. But right now, unless there is a solution, this will be a huge issue for Kamala Harris going into the November election.

All right. Thank you all for joining us. Coming up on CNN this morning, we'll continue to follow developments out of Israel as Israel's special envoy for combating anti-Semitism joins me live to talk about where Netanyahu goes from here.

Plus, two U.S. Marines attacked in Turkey and it was all caught on video. That's coming up in our morning roundup. And next, President Biden flexes his Pennsylvania roots as he rallies besides Kamala Harris in that must-win state. Kamala, as late as I do, the unions are the spine of this economy. She'll be a historic pro-union president.

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Everybody's wages go up. When union workplaces are safer, workplaces are safer. When unions are strong, America is strong.

There, Vice President Harris reaching out to union workers on Labor Day. She and her surrogates laser focused on the backbone of America, blue collar workers in the so-called blue wall states. The vice president campaigning in Pittsburgh with President Biden by her side while her running mate was stomping in Battleground, Wisconsin, echoing the same theme. Folks, start thinking about running.

I can remember, and this was one, Republicans came up to me in one of my campaigns and they said, "Tim is in the pocket of organized labor." I said, "That's a damn lie. I am the pocket. I am the pocket."

Those battleground states are up for grabs. In a recent Quinnipiac poll, Harris leads Trump by three points among likely voters in Pennsylvania. But that's just outside the margin of error. So our panel is back with us. Clearly the Harris-Walls team making the case that they are the best team for working Americans. Let's take a look at this new ad actually that just dropped an hour ago.

Effective messaging.

Yes, it's effective messaging, but the journalist in me is looking at that ad and sort of feeling like the polling team has taken over the policy shop. Because, I mean, if there's this price gouging going on that she's talking about in the ad, my goodness, there's somebody who's in the White House right now who could be doing something about it. So, you know, when I hear these... And that's the tricky thing that Harris has, the tricky walk that she has to walk is...

distancing herself a little bit from the president or saying that she's going to solve some of the problems that Americans are feeling. But she's also in power right now. So is it time to kick the pollsters out of the kitchen? No, not at all. First of all, this events yesterday were incredible. And I think the one thing that people underestimate with the change at the top of the ticket is how powerful

Joe Biden is in these blue wall states. If you win the blue wall states, you win the presidency. And there's nowhere that Joe Biden has a more effective message to help Kamala Harris than in those blue wall states. But this issue of her position on price gouging and lowering housing costs is pretty incredible because about 90% of people probably want to see the cost of housing lower and want to see the cost of brochures lower. As soon as she comes out and says, "I have a plan to take on price gouging,"

the Republicans come out and say, well, you can't do that. That's price controls. They said the same thing about prescription drug costs. Again, 90% of Americans want a lower prescription drug cost. Biden and Harris got it done. I think she'll get this done. It also speaks to her

that she is the prosecutor wanting to take on people like corporate grocery stores and speculators in the real estate market. But Aaron, this is, of course, a weakness for her. Not everyone is happy with the economy. It presents an opportunity for the former president. How should he approach this issue, especially next week's debate?

this isn't this I think is actually an easy one for Donald Trump I think that she's in the White House to to your point she's there if you can get this done get it done democrats are gonna say well Donald Trump stop the immigration bill because he put his hand on the lever and he stopped progress this is Kamala Harris stopping progress this is Kamala Harris stopping progress

if she's sitting in the white house and she is there right now why are they working to get things done if you can deliver today why wait until tomorrow that that ineffective leadership at best and republicans absolutely of every reason and ability to say you wanna look at what direction the country's going in it's because of joe biden and kamala harris wanna know why things are more expensive today because of joe biden kamala harris you wanna know why you feel a safe it's because of joe biden kamala harris and so the more they put joe biden

out there with Kamala Harris. And to your point, if Joe Biden was so strong in these blue wall states, the Democrats wouldn't have booted him off the top of the ticket. They would have kept him up there to keep running. So I think that we can all say that that's not necessarily a fact. I'll tell you how strong he was in the blue wall states. He beat Donald Trump in all of them last time. And he wasn't about to this cycle, which is why Democrats...

He beat him all of them last time. Look, one of the key elements of winning an election is turning out your base. The base of the Democratic Party loves Joe Biden. At the Democratic Convention, they gave him a four and a half minute standing ovation. After they took him out back like old times.

- Well, y'all are. - Okay, all right. But also this issue, look, this administration has worked on junk fees. They worked on airline fees. They lowered the price of prescription drugs. So to say that no one's doing anything in this administration to lower costs is just not true. Now she's got a new plan.

And God bless her for having a new plan. She's got a plan to deal with price gouging. But Donald Trump and Republicans want grocery prices to stay high. I think sort of the issue here is that when you talk to economists, price gouging doesn't actually seem to be the problem with high grocery prices. Grocery prices have gone up. And that is absolutely true. But this is...

sort of a solution in search of a problem and but it does pull very well and it also gives Democrats a new villain I mean everybody every election you need a villain and pointing to big corporations is a place that Democrats tend to point to and so look I mean the the sort of this reporter in me when I hear price gouging that's where I say like look this is not as

actually the root cause here of the increase in prices. There are many other issues that have contributed to increase in prices. The week she announced this policy, Kroger's CEO admitted in a case that Kroger had raised prices far in excess of just accounting for inflation. So it might not be the entire problem, but it certainly is an issue, and it's certainly a political issue. And to her credit, it polls well.

So it's a good message. But grocery store margins right now as a business sit anywhere between like one and a half and three percent on the high end. So to say that there is like rampant price gouging in your grocery store just doesn't hold water, in fact. All right. We're going to have to pause for just a second. Stay with us. We will be right back. Because still ahead on CNN this morning, a hotel worker strike is dragging on. Now.

Thousands walking off the job over the busy Labor Day weekend, what they are hoping to get in the standoff. Plus, an "Is in Israel" protest continue and outrage grows over the killing of six hostages by Hamas in Gaza.

It is 27 minutes past the hour. Here are five things you have to see this morning. First, picket lines across America as hundreds join the more than 10,000 hotel workers already on strike. Workers are speaking out against low pay, poor working conditions and short staffing. Dozens of hotels have been affected by the strikes, which are expected to end tomorrow morning.

and a museum heist in New South Wales caught on camera. Thieves with sledgehammers smashed into cases, stealing 27 historic handguns. The guns, some of which are still operational, could be worth up to $200,000.

and two stranded sailors are now safe after a daring rescue in choppy seas nearly 200 miles offshore. Their yacht was adrift after a mechanical issue and waves almost 20 feet tall delayed a rescue for several hours. Australia's Navy and Air Force managed to safely grab them when conditions finally improved. Suddenly someone was in the air on top of a riverway.

And take a look at a snorkeler being launched into the air by a whale off where else? Australia's Gold Coast. The group was swimming with humpbacks when their tour guide got a little too up close and personal and wound up being launched.

and Japan defeating Team USA to win wheelchair rugby gold at the Paris Paralympics. The result means the US, which has medaled at every Paralympics in this event, finished in the silver medal position for the third straight Games.

And temperatures in parts of the southwest forecasted to hit triple digits while the eastern U.S. is experiencing an early dose of fall. Let's go to meteorologist Derek Van Dam. Quite the contrast across the country today.

Yeah, that's right. And the heat that's going to build across the southwest will be dangerous. Let's talk about Los Angeles first, because they could reach their first 100 degree day since September of 2022. There are going to be cooling centers open this week.

And this is just oppressive heat. In fact, excessive heat warnings starting Wednesday for Los Angeles and, of course, the Coachella Valley, some of the hotter areas of Southern California, the Central Valley of California under advisories. We have many locations, including Las Vegas and Phoenix, also within these heat warnings as we speak because this will be excessive. And we're talking about 15 to 20 degrees above average for Los Angeles today.

as we approach the end of the work week. So this heat risk map from NOAA shows a lot of purple and red in here. That is indicating the locations where we anticipate this extreme heat that could impact the more vulnerable communities out there. The eastern half of the country, a completely different scenario unfolding for the first week of September. Below average, very fall-like temperatures for many locations. We'll take it while we can because we know that summer isn't quite done just yet. Cooler air for the time being, but things will change

as we start to get into next week as well. Pamela. Derek Van Dam, thank you. And straight ahead on CNN this morning, Benjamin Netanyahu reaching out to the families of six slain hostages. I'm asking for your forgiveness that we didn't manage to bring them back alive. The Israeli Prime Minister reeling as protests in the streets intensify. Plus, how Kamala Harris plans to win the messaging war on reproductive rights. Fever.

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Those are the heartbroken parents of murdered hostage Hirsch Goldberg-Polin burying their son. As demonstrations swell in Israel, protesters are outside the home of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, demanding he negotiate a ceasefire deal with Hamas and bring the remaining hostages home.

And President Biden turning up the pressure on the prime minister, insisting he's not doing enough to secure an agreement with Hamas. Here's Netanyahu's response. What happened over the last five days? One thing happened. They murdered six of our hostages in cold blood. So after this horrible murder,

I can't believe that any serious person would come and say, now compromise more, you're not serious, Hamas is serious. I don't believe something like that or anyone like that. Anyone thinks that. And I don't believe that Biden really said that.

Let's bring in Mikhail Kotler-Walsh, Israel's special envoy for combating anti-Semitism and a former member of Israel's parliament. Thank you for being here with us. First, I want to talk about President Biden. Yesterday, he also said that he expects to speak to the prime minister, quote, eventually. How important is it for Biden and Netanyahu to get on the same page right now? I think it's actually critically important for both of our democracies, in fact, for civilization as we know it. I want to remind us

that on 10/7, just like on 9/11, the attack of barbarism on civilization raped and pillaged and burned alive and murdered and abducted hundreds of Israelis. 1,200 were murdered on that day in all kinds of terrible ways and hundreds, 251 actually, were taken hostage

on 10/7. We are now 11 months on in what is a continued multi-front war on our shared civilization. And we have to be very clear

that what happened yesterday with the execution of six Israelis that have been held hostage for 11 months is bad news for democracies everywhere if we do not understand that just like with ISIS, we did not ask to be made concessions. We asked there to be consequences for the genocidal terror that intends to commit

in our case, 10/7 again and again, but in civilization's case, is openly intent to build on the rubble of our civilization an alternate reality in which none of us want to live. So yes, it's critically important that the greatest leader of the free world, President Biden, and the president of the state of Israel, just the front lines of this attack on our shared civilization are on the same page.

You're Israel's special envoy for combating anti-Semitism. We've of course sadly seen a rise in anti-Semitism around the world in the nearly one year since Hamas' brutal terror attack on Israel. So what do you want people to know about the global fight against anti-Semitism? So thank you for asking that question because what we've seen is not just a rise, we have seen a tsunami of anti-Semitism around the world and I want to be very clear

the very same anti-Semitism that fueled the atrocities, the war crimes, the crimes against humanity, perpetrated not just on 10/7 but since 10/7, because holding hostages, and there are still 101 hostages held by that Hamas genocidal terror proxy of an Islamic regime in Iran, but one proxy, by the way,

Holding those hostages is considered a standing violation of international law, with every second of every minute of every hour of every day of the 330 plus days that they have been held another actual human rights violation. And what's really critically important is that the same anti-Semitism that fueled those atrocities and continues to fuel those atrocities

is the anti-Semitism that fuels the responses to those atrocities that we have seen since 10/7 and since the execution of six Israelis yesterday. The responses of silence, of denial, of justification, of support for Hamas, for that genocidal terror entity and other terror proxies, and finally for the attack of Jews around the world

in response to the worst attack of Jews since the Holocaust. And so, in fact, this is an existential moment for all of the spaces and places of which anti-Semitism is just predicting their collapse historically. And we have to know this when anti-Semitism, an ever mutating virus, is allowed to fester, to permeate and spread.

it not only impacts the Jews, obviously it does, and in this case the Zionists, because the new strain of anti-Semitism is anti-Zionism, denying Israel's right to exist, but it impacts all of the spaces and places in which it is allowed to infect, fester, and spread.

I want to get your reaction to something said by the cousin of one of the murdered hostages who's speaking out against Netanyahu. He's not behind the prime minister's request for forgiveness. So let's take a listen to what he had to say.

Strong words. So how does Netanyahu overcome something like this? Look, Israel is a democracy.

And in all democracies, not only is criticism of government, of policies, of whatever it is that's happening on regular, in regular times, legitimate, it is necessary for democracies to thrive. I have to be very, very open and honest with you. For the last 11 months,

All of us, all Israelis, have been grieving, have been impacted by not only that day on 10/7, which, as I said, murdered and burned alive and raped and abducted hundreds of our

fellow citizens, brothers and sisters, friends, family members, and so on. But there has been a war raging on the state of Israel since 10/7, with thousands of rockets, barrages targeting Israelis by Hezbollah in the north, Reb HaChemash from Gaza, by the Houthis from the south, and by Iran itself on October 14th, with hundreds

and hundreds of rockets. Israel is in a state of war. We have buried more than 700 of our children and fathers and brothers and sisters. That's our soldiers. That's our army. And Israel is in a state of deep grief.

But Israel is a democracy and there is nothing more poignant than even the demonstrations that we have seen in the last few days that not only express that grief but express Israel's being a democracy that will eventually have elections and replace, if necessary, the seated government. What I do want to say in parallel is what we've seen in the rest of the world. You know

If after 10/7, at least for a day, we saw some displays of sadness, of remorse, of grief, of overwhelming, unbelievable shock at what it was that occurred on 10/7 in the worst attack of Jews since the Holocaust,

What we saw yesterday after the execution of six Israeli hostages, just like executions by ISIS, is not only no sadness and no remorse and no support, but what we saw was anti-Israel demonstrations right here on the streets of New York City with

thousands of anti-israel protesters chanting the Hamas genocidal charter from the river to the sea which is a call to annihilate the state of Israel glory to our martyrs and when all means are justified all those means include not only what we saw happen on 10 7 but include the execution of

six Israelis, one of them an American, Hirschpolin Goldberg, even as he was being buried yesterday. And so when we have that kind of a double standard, when we know that Americans would not just rally if there was such an attack as there was by ISIS, but demand that there be consequences

with the understanding that when we actually negotiate with terrorists, genocidal terrorists openly intent to annihilate our spaces, our places, our societies, we not only enable them, we embolden them to continue on the level playing field of a false moral equivalence between a democracy and the genocidal terror proxies of an Islamic regime in Iran that funds them and fuels them and trains them that is intent, again,

to destroy and build on the rubble of our civilization an alternate reality. That is what we're facing. In that sense, this existential moment with all of the challenges that Israel faces is just the front lines of what all of our democracies face. And we are indeed at that existential moment, not only for the state of Israel, the nation state of the Jewish people, not only Jews around the world being attacked for the very attack on that nation state,

but in fact for democracies and societies that cherish life and liberty everywhere. And that's what this moment is for us all. - Michala Kotler-Walsh, thank you. - Thank you for having me on.

The Harris campaign is looking to keep the issue of abortion and reproductive rights at the top of voters' minds. In just a few hours, a bus tour focused on the issue in critical states gets underway in where? Palm Beach, Florida. Florida is one of several states voting on an abortion ballot measure in November. In total, the bus tour is expected to make 50 stops and will include women like Anya Cook, who shared her story at the Democratic National Convention.

Two years ago, a miscarriage nearly killed me. At 16 weeks, my doctors told me to prepare for a stillbirth. I needed care, but my state's abortion restrictions kept it from me. I miscarried in a bathroom. All right, our panel is back. We're going to go around really quickly. This bus tour, do you think it can make an impact?

Yeah, of course it's going to make an impact, but it's not quite sure in which direction it will make an impact. Abortion is an issue that motivates some Democrats, it motivates the base, but it's not a mass issue. There are many people who find it, who are not motivated by it, and in fact don't like it. And what you did see in North Carolina, Kamala Harris was in North Carolina recently, she was there on the anniversary of Dobbs, she was talking about abortion

When she left, the phone bankers were not talking about abortion when they were talking to voters. So it's a tricky issue. - There's a few thousand votes could make or break the states. - This will definitely make a difference. Abortion we saw has made a difference ever since the Dobbs decision.

a large and growing gender gap. Donald Trump just doubled down saying he's for a six week abortion ban. He did it in the same state that this buster was starting in. So this is very timely. - Trump has not been consistent in recent weeks on his messaging when it comes to reproductive rights. What does he need to do going forward?

Well, for one, I think it's very funny that Kamala is in Florida because traditionally speaking, when you look at ballot measures like the abortion one that's on the ballot in Florida, that can help motivate voters. But Florida is an anomaly and generally their ballot issues don't reflect a ballot or outside of that ticket. So this

Florida play here is still not there for Democrats. Donald Trump needs to be consistent and needs to point where he wants to be. He's always been against the six-week measure in Florida. He was against it in the primary and hit DeSantis on it over and over again. Where are you? And this is a huge issue for Republicans. State definitively what you believe your state should do if that is what you're going to continue to point to and be unequivocal that you support IVF and that the federal government has no place in setting up a federal ban on abortion. All right, panel, stick with us. We'll be right back after this break.

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Protesters breaking through barriers near the home of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanding a ceasefire deal with Hamas after the murder of six hostages. We want this government to cease to exist. We want elections. First and foremost, we want them to sign an agreement to release their hostages. Let's go live to Tel Aviv and bring in CNN's Jeremy Diamond. Jeremy, what is the latest there on the ground?

Well, Paula, these past two days we have seen extraordinary protests not only here in Tel Aviv but across Israel as hundreds of thousands of people across this country have demanded that the Israeli prime minister and his government prioritize reaching a hostage deal above all else as this war now approaches the one-year mark. But what we saw last night as the Israeli prime minister held a press conference addressing the Israeli public

is that he was choosing to double down rather than listen to the voices of dissent that have been marching in the streets. The Israeli prime minister, despite the enormous mounting pressure that he has faced in the wake of the six bodies of hostages being returned to Israel over the weekend, what we have seen from him is him doubling down on his previous positions

And it's very hard to see where those hostage and ceasefire negotiations go from here. And that's because Hamas has been insisting that Israel withdraw from the Gaza-Egypt border, a critical stretch of land known as the Philadelphia corridor. And last night, the Israeli prime minister going into extensive explanations for why he believes

that Israel must remain along that corridor for its safety and security. We should note though that his insistence on remaining along that corridor as a core demand for any hostage deal to go forward goes against what his defense and security establishment has been saying, including his defense minister, Yoav Galant, who believes that a hostage deal should be prioritized over the Philadelphia corridor, that Israel could always return to that Philadelphia corridor later on.

And there's also now more concern for the lives of the hostages as Hamas admits that it executed those six hostages and warns that it should Israel try and rescue more of those hostages militarily. They will return to Israel in coffins rather than alive through a hostage deal. Jeremy Diamond, thank you.

And it is 55 minutes past the hour. Here's your morning roundup. Two U.S. Marines assaulted in the Turkish city of Izmir on Monday. A small crowd of attackers chanting, Yankee go home, as they put a bag over the head of one of the Marines. Both Marines escaped uninjured.

I used my right hand, because this is my strong hand, to seal the wounds. Because he was like, "Am I going to die?" And I told him, I go, "Remember, you're going to be okay. You're strong." Right? Because I had told him out there, "Be strong like you are on the field."

And a San Francisco police officer there recalling the moment she helped a wounded Ricky Pearsall. The San Francisco 49ers rookie wide receiver was shot in the chest over the weekend during an attempted robbery. The 49ers placing him now on the injury list after he was released from the hospital Sunday.

And Joey Chestnut ending his beef against longtime rival Kobayashi and setting a new world record in the process. In a Netflix special, Chestnut devoured 83 hot dogs and buns in just 10 minutes. Kobayashi, 866. I've been trying to hit 80 hot dogs for years and without Kobayashi, I was never able to do it. And...

He drives me. We weren't always nice to each other, but I love what we do. We push each other to be our best. It's a real race to see who's better. Chestnut's previous record was 76 hot dogs in 10 minutes.

And turning now to this, allies of Donald Trump are once again boosting fake AI generated images to support his campaign. Just yesterday, Elon Musk posted this image with a caption, Kamala vows to be a communist dictator on day one. Can you believe she wears that outfit? Now my panel is back.

uh... and a given that must has just endorsed trump i had is this campaign likely feel about this kind of a i a match the trump campaign probably finds this image hilarious if you're going to talk about how they feel about it they're not going to use a widely it's not a messaging tactic but what is

is the nickname comrade kamala that does a book images of the soviet era of the cold war and that is actually when it comes like how he's going to find common what actually sticks that messaging is one that as has caught on in a sticking at this point for it feels a bit dated now i mean

I did say Soviet era. I guess you're appealing to a certain demographic. I mean, first of all, we're not living in the 1950s, the Red Scare, the McCarthy hearings. I mean, that is a very ineffective message. But if they are smearing you with something, if Donald Trump or Republicans are smearing you with something, you can bet it's projection. Donald Trump's the one that embraces Vladimir Putin. He's the one that exchanges love letters with the dictator, communist dictator of North Korea. So Donald Trump's got a problem here. Come on, Harris-Dutton. That is so ineffective.

What is your take on this? Because this is going to continue to be an issue throughout the campaign, right? AI, it permeates all aspects of life, but in the campaign it can push misinformation, disinformation. I mean, they might argue it's an attempt at branding. What do you say? I think in this particular example, this is almost kind of like, you know, the modern example, the 2024 example of a political cartoon. It's clearly parody.

But I think what becomes a more serious issue is when it's not clearly parody and when AI is used in a manner which is not obvious, that there's some fakery going on. And you did see that happening in the Democratic primary in New Hampshire when there was a robocall that went out that was supposedly Biden's voice. And so I think that's where it becomes a little scarier. But this, to me, it seemed like almost like a political cartoon.

Well, thank you so much to our panel. I'm sorry we didn't have time to discuss the hot dog eating contest because I think there's a lot of content there. It's a lot of Americana. Thank you so much for joining us. I'm Paula Reid and CNN News Central starts right now.

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