Im Anderson Cooper in tel aviv with john berman in new york. Youre watching cnns Special Coverage of israel at war. Israel is promising that a new phase of its war in hamas is coming, just not clear when exactly that will be. Troops have been amassing for days now near the border with gaza getting ready for an expected Ground Operation. Israel pounded the territory again today with air strikes. Officials say hamas commander who played a key part in last saturdays attack was killed. Hundreds of thousands of civilians tried to heed the idfs warning to get out. U. N. Official warns such a large scale evacuation under siege could lead to a humanitarian disaster. Anderson, there is an Important Development tonight from the pentagon as well. We learned a second u. S. Carrier strike group led by uss dwight d. Eisenhower is sailing to the middle east, sailing to the mediterranean. It is designed to sell messages to israel and proxies including lebanon and hezbollah not to get involved. The Eis
The home of the Black Sea Fleet as well. So we are seeing an aerial picture of sevastopol. But in recent weeks, ukraine focusing its efforts there and now we just have this news from a local governor and also from russia, admitting that at least one Ukrainian Missile has hit the headquarters of russias plexi navy in crimea. More on that story very shortly. Black sea navy. It comes as president zelensky arrived in canada, for the First Time Since russias invasion, on an unannounced visit to thank canadians for their support. Canada has been a firm ally of ukraine. Here is president zelensky and his wife, olena, being welcomed by Prime Ministerjustin trudeau. There is full day of events, including talks with Business Leaders and members of the large Ukrainian Community in ukraine. Ukrainian community. He will also give a speech to the Canadian Parliament in ottawa. Mr zelensky flew from washington where he held talks at the white house. President biden has approved Security Assistance fo
Republican party that is poised to unleash painful consequences about the whole country. Some recess. Over the first to back for the House Of Representatives was in fact chaos. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy has been unable to move forward with crucial Appropriations Bills or Government Spending bills, and its not because democrats and republicans are fighting with one another. The fighting is happening among republicans. There have been ultimatums, insults thrown between members, closeddoor meetings, and no progress on anything substantive for which the house is actually responsible. And listen to essential the government will shut down, if nobodys past, mccarthy announced that he will open an Impeachment Inquiry into president joe biden. Now that is a gambit that is certain to fail. And i dont mean that mccarthy cant possibly get biden removed from office if not just impeach of the house, but a trial and a vote in the senate. It is unclear if a mccarthy can win Impeachment Vote in the
You are live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. Good evening. We begin the hour with a big week ahead for President Biden. He is about to leave for new york to meet with leaders at the United Nations General Assembly this week. He will also sit down with ukrainian president zelenskyy as ukraine seeks more support from its allies in the midst of a challenging counteroffensive against russia. However, bidens focus on the International Stage comes as hes facing a looming Government Shutdown, potentially an Impeachment Inquiry from house repub republicans. Cnns Arlette Saenz is with us. What more do we know about this meeting with president zelenskyy and other World Leaders this week . This is a big week not just for the president of the United States but for the president of ukraine. Reporter yeah, it certainly is. Really any moment now, President Biden will be departing the white house as he is heading to new york for those meetings around the u. N. General assembly. An op
Ahead on cnn newsroom, former President Donald Trump says his right to free speech is in danger, well tell you what the Special Counsel is asking the judge to do in the way of a limited gag order. President biden, meanwhile, is weighing in on the uaw strike as negotiators prepare to head back to the Bargaining Table. And north Korean Leader kim jongun is wrapping up his tour of Military Sites in russia, well have a live report from the region. Announcer live from cnn center this is cnn newsroom with kim brunhuber. Donald trump is lashing out at the Special Counsel investigating his alleged 2020 federal election interference. He says jack smith is trying to rob him of his First Amendment right to free speech. Smiths office had asked a u. S. District court judge to impose a court order limiting what the former president can say in public about the case against him. The Justice Department says the order is needed to protect the integrity of trumps upcoming trial. Trump spoke about it befo