back in december, the optimism of the ukrainian forces was fading. there were fears it would be a bad winter and the russians were targeting generating stations and heating plants. but ukrainian engineers worked like crazy to restore power. and anyway, the winter wasn t that bad. now some military experts in the west are even daring to suggest that the russian army might simply collapse over the next few months. who knows? president xi jinping of china has presented himself as a deal maker in the war, but his proposals have so far been pretty vague and, perhaps not surprisingly, much more favourable to his friend vladimir putin than to ukraine. there s less noise about a chinese invasion of taiwan, but many taiwanese leaders think it ll happen by 2029. in the us, since december, ex president trump has been accused of various crimes and been sued successfully for one of them. yet his popularity with the republican party has soared, while his main rival, ron desantis, has faded
good morning. it is saturday, may 13th, 2023, of course, that is the year we are in. i m amara walker. thank you for the reminder. sometimes we need it. ikt victor blackwell in the cnn newsroom. we begin with the escalating violence between israelis and palestinians in gaza. the israeli defense forces, they ve launched a series of attacks today. the idf attacked islamic jihad sites in the gaza strip, they say. these deadly strikes on palestinian targets have been ongoing since tuesday. palestinian officials say at least 33 people have been killed so far including militants and civilians and an israeli medical service says a rocket hit a residential building there this week. one person was killed, five were hurt. cnn s ben wedeman is live in southern israel, near gaza, hi there, ben, what s the latest. what s going on there on the ground? reporter: what we ve seen throughout the day here is there have been occasional volleys of rockets being fired out of gaza, and mor
see how streaming changed the music industry in a new episode of the cnn original series the 2 2010. i m alex marquardt. we begin this hour with ongoing and escalating violence between israelis and palestinians in the gaza strip. the israeli air force atting thatting sites they say belong to the militant group islamic jihad ongoing since tuesday after palestinian militants launched rockets in the occupied west bank. at least two palestinian men were killed in a clash with israeli troops in the occupied west bank today. palestinian officials say at least 33 people have been killed so far. that s both militants and civilians. ben wedeman is live for us near gaza. you re seeing rocket fire going on right above you as we speak. reporter: yeah. just seconds ago while you were starting the show we saw right behind me three separate volleys of rockets being fired from gaza. that s the northern end of the strip. they basically came just above us. you can probably still see the
. good morning, everyone. welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, may 13th, i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. welcome to the best day of the week. your favorite. nobody it is likes saturday. even if you have to work, saturday is pretty cool. good to have you along. here is what we re watching this morning. i have to admit it is nice to be able to breathe one more time, but we can t let our guard down because we still know it is coming. city leaders and workers along the u.s. mexican border say they are bracing for an influx of migrants after title 42 expired this week. the concerns from officials and the legal challenges the white house is now facing after letting the policy expire. guilty on all counts, an iowa jury convicted daybell in the murder of her children. and what her family had to say after the verdict. we all just want to new explosions reported in eastern ukraine. we ll take you there to the frontlines as ukrainian troops work to
dollars later, john durham issues his report. was it everything trump promised it would be? and a florida teacher under investigation for playing a disney movie that happens to include a gay character. chasten buttigieg, the former teacher and husband of pete buttigieg, is my guest tonight. let s go outfront. and good evening, i m erin burnett. outfront tonight, russia s worst day of the war, in fact, it was the worst day for putin and his prized air force in more than 50 years. so here s what happened. ukraine s antiaircraft missiles systems took four down four of putin s fighter jets and helicopters. it reportedly does not appear that the crew of the four aircraft had time to eject. now, the worst day in more than 50 years for putin s air force, ukraine has stopped short for taking responsibility of the attack, only saying tonight that the aircraft ran into some trouble. now, these attacks could be a precursor to the counteroffensive. just today two, more strikes in l