9 AM ET: Doctor describes hospital blast, Jordan goes again, Alec Baldwin grand jury & more

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🗓️ 18 October 2023

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As President Joe Biden meets with officials in Israel, a doctor describes the devastation from an explosion at a hospital in Gaza. Congressman Jim Jordan is hoping a second floor vote will mean he's elected House Speaker. A vigil has been held for the 6-year-old Palestinian-American boy killed in Chicago this week. China and Russia's leaders are trying to set themselves apart from the US. Plus, a grand jury will decide whether Alec Baldwin should face charges again for the 'Rust' film set death. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	From CNN, I'm Fez Jamil with the five things you need to know for Wednesday, October 18th.
0:07.0	Based on what I've seen, it appears as though it was done by the other team, not you.
0:13.0	That was President Joe Biden speaking to Israel's Prime Minister
0:17.0	about yesterday's deadly hospital blast in Gaza that killed hundreds of people.
0:21.0	This doctor was working there when the blast happened.
0:24.8	He was running in the orbital center, screaming, help us, help us many patients,
0:30.8	many people are injured, many people are dead.
0:33.0	Israeli forces have denied that they attacked the hospital
0:36.0	and say the explosion was caused by a fail rocket launched by the Palestinian
0:40.3	militant group Islamic Jihad.
0:42.1	But officials in Gaza say the hospital was
0:44.6	damaged by two Israeli shells four days ago and said the Israeli military
0:49.2	warned management to evacuate the site. CNN cannot independently confirm what caused the explosion at the hospital nor the extent of the
0:56.8	casualties.
0:58.1	Biden is in Israel to show support for the country, while also negotiating protections for the hundreds of
1:03.4	thousands of people who've had to flee their homes in Gaza because of
1:06.8	Israeli airstrikes. Jim Jordan is hoping second time's a charm as the House
1:12.4	this morning prepares for another vote to choose a speaker.
1:15.6	The Ohio congressman lost yesterday's vote after 20 fellow Republicans voted against him.
1:21.2	Now if Jordan loses this vote vote it could push the GOP into
1:25.0	finding another solution to the impasse as CNN's Manu Raju tells us.
1:29.2	Democrats are floating the idea of some sort of bipartisan deal, potentially even empowering
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