aid into gaza. netanyahu shutting down that request, one of the very latest on why. plus, some new and surprising reporting about the speaker of the house, mike johnson, and why he has never even disclosed any financial information about himself. not even listened to bank accounts on his own disclosure. i ll be joined by the reporter who raise some of these questions about why. and i m gonna bring you part of my conversation with two iranian american filmmakers, we re reclaiming the narrative that how their communities are being portrayed in hollywood. all of a sudden, we saw all of these exhibits, or these plays, or films, it inspired us to really become a part of representing our people. we want to start with the latest on the ground offensive by israel in gaza. happening right now, thousands have gathered in tel aviv to show their support for hostages being held in gaza. we ll keep our eyes on that. meanwhile, israeli troops continue to bomb the region, claiming to hav
welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states. canada, and all around the world. this is cnn s continuing coverage of the israel hamas war. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is back in israel at this hour with the warning of the growing number of civilian casualties in gaza could undermine international support for israel in its ongoing war against hamas. the secretary and israeli prime minister is expected to meet today. gaza city is now completed surrounded by its forces. this is one of the most intense instances of israeli bombardment since the war began. our soldiers have been operating in gaza city for several days. deepening the operation. our forces are in n significant areas of gaza city. the idf says 23 of its soldiers died in the gaza operationsns. the primarary objective e is locating a and d destroying the hamas tunnel network and eliminating explosives and other on scattered obstacles. reporter: the ground incursion with tanks and troops
kat. i could probably open for brian. brian: that hurts. bret: thank you. good evening. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, the house has just in the past few minutes approved a $14 billion plus stand alone israel aid package. just happening there on the floor. congressional correspondent aishah hasnie is on capitol hill tonight with the very latest. good evening, aishah. bret, good evening to you. this was the first big legislative and political task for the new house speaker mike johnson. and i will tell you that he passed this today in somewhat of a bipartisan fashion because this vote wound up being 226 to 196. they lost two republicans that we were expecting marjorie taylor greene and thomas massie. but they gained a whopping 12 democrats at the final moments of this vote. that is surprising, bret, because there was quite some serious intense whipping going on on the democratic side. not only from leadership, but also the white house. that came after the senate major
hi, everyone. i m jessica dean alongside boris sanchez here in washington, d.c. and for the first time since the hamas terror attack on israel a small number of civilians are being allowed to leave gaza and escape the several hundred strikes a day by israel on hamas targets. egyptian state affiliate media reports the first group of foreign passport holders has arrived into egypt through the rafah border crossing. and sources are telling cnn the opening is the result of a deal mediated by qatar among israel, hamas and egypt. a senior u.s. official says this deal could ultimately lead to about 7,000 people allowed to cross. stressing that total, though, is far from exact. and just minutes ago president biden posted on social media that some american citizens are going to be among those departing gaza as soon as today. he hailed u.s. leadership and efforts to help some gazans and foreign nationals leave amid what is obviously an escalating ground offensive in the north of gaza
in china begins today a canadian embassy official claims he has been barred from entering the courtroom. italy, germany and france will re start the rollout of the astrazeneca vaccine after europe s medicines regulator says the jab is safe and effective. in france a new month long lockdown for paris and surrounding areas the prime minister warning the country is suffering a third wave of coronavirus welcome to our viewers on pbs in america and around the globe we start with those first top level meetings between the us and china sincejoe biden became us president. it s a chance to reset relations between the world s two biggest economies. but there s no indication so far that things are improving from the turbulence of the trump years. america s top diplomat antony blinken is meeting his opposite number yangjiechi against the snowy backdrop of alaska. and in their opening remarks, not too many warm words. today we will have an opportunity to discuss key priorities, bo