Soldiers are surrounding the borders of gaza in the air, on the ground and in the sea. Gaza residents tell cnn that these air strikes are the most intense they have witnessed since the beginning of this conflict. Almost three weeks ago. Phone service that connects gaza to the outside world has now apparently been completely cut off because of the intense bombardment. These are live pictures were bringing you of the Skyline Over Gaza where we have been seeing explosions all day. This operation coming hours after israels Minister Of Defense told me and some other reporters that israel was, quote, waiting for the best conditions to start its Ground Operation, unquote, exactly what those conditions were, he would not make clear, earlier today sources told cnn that a breakthrough had been made in Hostage Negotiations as 229 people according to the idf are still being held by hamas. Kidnapped on october 7th. The idf says the talk of a breakthrough was, however, only rumors, so now what, of c
The question with a former commanderinchief take the stand . You think about what we are doing but what i am doing, im g indicted for you witness former fixer Michael Cohen to return for more indepth. He lies and embellishes, stories adjust to make himself look good. Shannon are public and front runners allies show up in his defense. Will asked trump attorney will scharf to expect as the case enters week six. House republicans moved to hold Attorney General Merrick Garland and contempt over the Special Counsel tapes of pickwick something i can do is continue to do the right thing. I will protect this building and its people. Rich will assess our legal panel by the white house is insisting and on keep the audio recording secret. Then, the bodies of four hostages recovered as aid arrives and because of the president S National Security adviser traveled to israel. Well get exclusive reaction from both sides of the aisle with House Republican conference chair Elise Stefanik massachusetts i
Slowly trickle into gaza. Today, just 20 trucks carrying supplies crossed from gaza, crossed into gaza from egypt, for the First Time Since the war started two weeks ago. The world port elgin a zashawn calling it a, quote, drop in the ocean, for what is still needed. The red cross has also pushed for a, quote, steady stream of aid to meet the needs of palestinians in gaza. People have been forced to ration food, and they are drinking unsafe water. The aide arrived as Israel Defense forces announced the Bombardment Of Gaza will continue, with promised to attack hamas even stronger. The idf estimates about 700,000 people have moved to southern gaza. More than 4000 people have died in gaza since the outbreak of the war. Today, thousands of people rallied at pro palestinian demonstrations in cities across the world including washington d. C. , new york, and sydney. Protesters are calling for a ceasefire to end the killings of civilians trapped in the middle of the israelhamas war. Today, P
That theyre defended. And that, again, this cant be allowed to continue. With regard to the second point, yes, this is something that were very focused on. We want to make sure that no other country or entity tries to take advantage of the situation. The president s been very, very clear about that. He said very starkly that any state or nonstate actor considering that, dont do it. Hes backed that up in a number of ways, including, as i mentioned the other day, deploying our largest Aircraft Carrier battle group to the area. So, thats clearly designed to help ensure that anyone contemplating getting engaged doesnt do it. But beyond that, a big part of my own conversations here throughout this trip, including today, following up the next couple days, is working with other countries to make sure theyre using their own contacts, their own influence, their own relationship to make that case, that no one else would be taking this moment to create chaos in some other place. I should mention,
Harold ford jr. Thanks for having me on. Bret House Republicans work on articles of impeachment against President Biden over his threat to stop sending weapons to israel. Protest organizers may have ulterior motives with some students. We will bring you to that investigation, Border Patrol agents under fire from mexico. We will take you there. First, attorneys in the criminal trial of donald trump will have the weekend to prepare for the most crucial witness in the c case, former trump lawyer and selfdescribed fixer, Michael Cohen. Today wrapped up the third week of testimony in that case. This is covered outside the new York Supreme Court tonight. Good evening. Michael cohen is one of two witnesses remaining before prosecutors rested their case. He paid Stormy Daniels 130,000 to suppress her story about an alleged affair with donal donald trump, leading up to the 2016 president ial election. On monday, he will answer questions about what trump knew during that time. There is no gag or