Hello im john vause. The cnn center has just gone one i am here in atlanta. And we will begin with a rare, National Address of the oval office by the u. S. President. Urging all americans to stand firm with both israel and ukraine. Arguing that economic assistance to both countries isnt the vital interest of global security, and National Security. During his 15minute long speech, President Biden said while ukraine and israel face a very different enemy, the threat is this same. And they elation by tyrants and terrorists. Hamas, and putin represent different threats. But they share this in comment. They both want to completely annihilate a neighboring democracy. Completely annihilate it. Biden announced congress for Ten Billion Dollars in Emergency Response for israel, Six Billion Dollars to ukraine. A day earlier by that was in tel aviv, and a dramatic show with israel to have humanitarian assistance into gaza. Lets go live with katie, standing by. Whats the reaction against the Presid
The region. Were standing by for new details on what hell ask of congress and the american people. In the war zone, egypt is expected to open a critical Border Crossing into gaza within hours and allow the first aid trucks to roll in with life saving supplies. Will it actually happen . Also breaking, jim jordan just wrapped up a tense meeting with fellow House Republicans refusing to support his bid to become the speaker of the house. Its been a day of new feuding and dysfunction as gop lawmakers struggle to decide the next step in their standoff over choosing a new speaker and reopening the house. And Donald Trumps exlawyer, sidney powell, flips on the former president and pleads guilty in the Georgia Election subversion case. Powells deal putting trump in even greater legal peril right now. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn Breaking News. Were kepeping a very close eye on the conflict in ga
Well, good evening, everyone. This is laura coates live. It has been 24 hours since that stark warning from israels military. The warning for more than a Million People living in Northern Gaza to leave their homes. Essentially get out or else. Well, we dont actually know how the people can really get out and we dont actually exactly know what the what else or or else will really mean but that means 24 hours now of desperation, of terror, of fear. People who are caught in the middle with nowhere else to go and then to complicate and confuse this even further, hamas is telling the people to stay where they are, so how do the people in the region even know who to listen to . Well, heres what we do know right now, gaza is bracing for a potential largescale Ground Operation against hamas in the wake of the deadly Terror Attacks in israel just last week. Now, its not clear, sitting here today, how many hostages may be held captive in gaza. President joe biden said this about the missing amer
welcome, i m michael holmes, appreciate your company. we begin this hour in israel, 13 israeli citizens and 11 foreign nationals are out of gaza and back in israel after 49 days as hostages of hamas. the four-day pause in the fighting that made their release possible is entering day two and appears to be holding. a live look at gaza, where it s 8:00 a.m. israel says it has received a list of israeli hostages who should be released sometime on saturday and has notified their families. according to the israeli source, several children are on the list. friday, 13 were israelis and 5 were foreign nationals. among the non-israelis, ten thai and one filipino citizens. they re getting checked out in tel aviv. a spokesperson lauded the release but cautioned the process is far from over. translator: the sight of those who have safely crossed the border into israel evokes a profound sense of relief, yet our hearts remain with the hostages still held in gaza. tonight we embrace the fa
including a new threat from the former president. donald trump much like richard nixon openly opining about using the power of the federal government against his political enemies. his efforts to weaponize the justice system if he returns to office already underway. plus, the lawyer defending paul pelosi s attacker in court not denying he did it but arguing that david depape s decision to break into the pelosi house was fueled by conspiracy theories. he believed he was disrupting a corrupt, liberal network of child abusers, and believed it, according to his lawyer, with, quote, every ounce of his being. and the ongoing threats against elections. the latest on the fbi investigation after envelopes containing fentanyl, at least some of them had fentanyl in them, were sent to election workers in five states. one had a note inside that read end elections now. so we re going to cover all those stories this hour. we begin with former president trump insisting that if he s ree