the jailed russian opposition leader has been missing for two weeks and suddenly turns up. what his legal team is saying this morning. new video this morning of thousands of migrants starting their trek from southern mexico to the u.s. border. secretary of state tony blinken is headed to mexico city this week to address the crisis. a ground breaking surgery helping a young girl find her voice for the first time and opening up a whole new world to this 9-year-old and her family. i m kate bolduan with sara sidner, john berman is off today. this is a very christmas cnn news central. new this morning, russian opposition critic alexei navalny has been found. the head of his russian foundation says navalny is in a penal colony in the far reaches of northwestern siberia. his team has been trying to locate him for at least two weeks after he was suddenly and without warning moved from detention near moscow. cnn s nada bashir is following all the developments for us. what ar
continues its military campaign in gaza, there is a critical need to protect the civilian population. including those supporting aid operations. mr biden said he did not ask the israeli leaderfor a ceasefire. israeli leaderfor a ceasefire. i had a long talk with benjamin netanyahu today and it was a private conversation. meanwhile in gaza, private conversation. meanwhile in gaza. this private conversation. meanwhile in gaza, this is private conversation. meanwhile in gaza, this is the private conversation. meanwhile in gaza, this is the new - in gaza, this is the new normal. drone strikes in the border town of rafah emptying the local market. 17 year old joe filming on his phone, still clutching his bag of shopping and calling on god for protection. israel launched its metallic tory operation after hamas fighters crossed from gaza into southern israel on the seventh of october, killing 1200 people and taking about 240 hostages. since then more than 20,000 people have be
and northern parts of the strip. this is the nasser hospital in khan younis we ve seen more injured, taken there, in the past few hours. for weeks now the hospital has been overwhelmed by casualties. further north this is the view across the israel lebanon border. in the past hour, we ve seen a thick plume of smoke as hostilities continue there. meanwhile, president biden has told the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, that there s a critical need to protect the civilian population, including those supporting aid operations. the white house said that in a phone call between the two men, joe biden also stressed the importance, of allowing civilians to move safely away from areas where there s fighting. greg mckenzie has this report. president biden told the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, that as israel continues its military campaign in gaza, there s a critical need to protect the civilian population including those supporting aid operations. but mr
hi, everyone. merry christmas eve to you and welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. i m danny freeman in for victor blackwell. thanks for being here. here s what we re watching for you. new overnight, attorneys for donald trump with a late-night court filing urging a federal appeals court to throw out the fed federal election subversion case against him. could the former president s claim of absolute immunity work? and what does it mean for the 2024 campaign and piresiden biden? we ll ask an expert who say democrats need a healthy dose of realism. and israel s war with hamas rages. we ll speak with a pastor in bethlehem on how the birthplace of jesus is marking the holiday without the usual celebrations. new this morning, president trump s legal team, the former president trump s laelegal team arguing presidential immunity should clear him of wrongdoing in his federal election subversion case in washington, d.c. they say he was merely working in his offici