stor y out of washington. now back to regular programming already in progress. dosee the unrwa, which, by the way, claims to providepale assistance to palestinian refugees. now, according to the documentsn while 12 employees took part in the october 7th hamas terror attacks, including seven who stormed into israeli territory or allegedly responsibleg seve r truly despicable acts and intelligence shared with thedespicab united states, estimates that about 1200 abployees of this agency have links to hamas or the palestinian islamic. orin light of these allegation, the u.s. and many other countries, they have cut funding. s spar so to the agency, which haske sparked outrage from the radical left. even congressman cosio cortez calli is calling for funding to beng restored immediately. shocker. as did bernie sanders, who said, quote, we cannot allow millions to suffero said because of the alleged actions of 12 people. echoing remarks from the white actions house. take a look.
greetings, everyone. i am symone sanders-townsend in for stephanie ruhle. tonight, we heard from writer e. jean carroll just days after a new york jury found that trump must pay her more than $83 million for defaming her. carroll and her attorneys spoke to rachael maddow tonight, admitting she was nervous about physically facing trump in court. but one moment, that changed. amazingly, i looked out and he was nothing, he was nothing. he was a phantom. there was some people around him who were giving him about, but he himself was nothing. it was an astonishing discovery for me. he is nothing. we don t need to be afraid of him. he can be knocked out. as big as that 83 million -dollar verdict is, donald trump may have an even bigger penalty to soon deal with. we are expecting a decision in the new york civil fraud trial in the coming days. now, the new york attorney general is asking trump and his companies to be fined $370 million. and there are questions as to whether tru
a $54 billion aid package for ukraine has finally been approved after being held up for months because of objections from hungary. the deal comes as us military aid for ukraine the largest provider of military support for kyiv is being held up by congress. police are searching for a man who s believed to have thrown a corrosive substance at two young children and their mother in south london last night. they re searching for 35 year old abdul ezedi from newcastle he is thought to have significant burns to his face caused by the substance. we begin tonight as us officials say plans have been approved for a series of strikes against iranian personnel and facilities in iraq and syria but not in iran itself. they told cbs news that the action would be carried out over a number of days. washington has been preparing to hit back at iran backed militias after three us troops were killed in a drone strike injordan. here s our chief international correspondent lyse doucet. wha
brian: it s 7:00 a.m. on the east coast which is where we are located right now. wednesday, january 31st, and this is fox & friends. fox news alert. we begin, president biden will finally visit east palestine, ohio after a year of waiting. remember that toxic train derailment took place. carley: sure do. insane video migrants appearing to attack police officers in new york city. and as the city reels from the border crisis, lawrence spokes exclusively with denver s democrat mayor who had found some common ground with texas governor. i do understand why he is busing them. i think his take is that no one state should have to carry the entire weight of this newcomer population. you will hear more from them in a minute. in the meantime, an 11-year-old is safe this morning after terrifying doorbell camera showed her escaping somebody who apparently was trying to kidnap her. he is in jail now. we will tell you the entire story because the second of fox & friends star
alex alexander lukashenko claims he is back in russia. stunning images of russian police raiding his homes, seizing guns, passports, cash, and wigs. in ukraine, at least six people are dead after a russian strike on an apartment building in the western city of lviv. a relative safe haven, largely spared by the war so far. cnn is on the ground with new information. and also tonight, indicted trump aide walt nada finally pleads not guilty to all charges. this hour, we ll be breaking down what it means for the special counsel s classified documents case against the former president. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blistzer is off today. i m alex marquardt and you re in the situation room. our top story tonight, the new questions over the fate and whereabouts of wagner chief yevgeny prigozhin. cnn senior international correspondent matthew chance is joining us live from belarus with details. matthew, you pressed the belarusian