I have known Benjamin Netanyahu for a very long time and while we have disagreed on many occasions, i will always respect his extraordinary bravery for israel on the battlefield of the younger man and i believe in his heart he has his highest priority as the security of israel. However, i also believe Prime Minister netanyahu has lost his way. Senior israeli figures including the ambassador to the us, michael herzog, and mr netanyahus chief political rival, benny gantz criticised mr schumer s intervention, calling it unhelpful, counterproductive and unacceptable. Mr schumer s comments come as the Biden Administration continues to pressure mr netanyahu not to launch a Ground Offensive on gazas southernmost city, rafah, something the white house says is a red line. But talking to troops on thursday, mr netanyahu sounded undaunted. Translation their International Translation their L International pressures preventing us from Entering Rafah in completing the work. As a minister on israel,
Blitzer thanks for joining us. Cnn breaking, news and you are in the cnn newsroom. Im wolf blitzer in washington and we begin with the Breaking News this morning. The United States Supreme Court ruling that former President Donald Trump cannot be removed from any states ballot for his actions on january 6. The nine justices affirming that he can run in a General Election. And once again, serve as the United States Commander In Chief in the Majority Opinion, the court writes that only congress can enforce the 14th Amendments ban on insurrectionists holding federal Public Office trump is responding to the decision calling it, and im quoting him now, a big win for america. But the court did not directly speak to whether or not his actions on january 6 equate to insurrection. Lets get straight to cnn anchor and chief legal analyst, laura coats. Shes outside the Supreme Court for us. Laura, what more, first of all, can you tell us . About this very historic and consequential decision . It i
ballot. trump vowing to swiftly appeal. it s a crucial ruling. will other states follow? also breaking tonight, israel says it s ready for a week-long pause in the fighting for the exchange of release of more hostages and the live, spectacular pictures from iceland, lava at one point flowing so past it could fill an olympic sized pool in 20 seconds. we are live with fred pleitgen. let s go out front. good evening. i m erin burnett. out front tonight, the breaking news and this is important. the colorado supreme court ruling just moments ago that former president trump should be removed from colorado s primary ballot. the consequences of this decision be obviously enormous. the court upholding a trial judge s decision that trump engaged in the january 6th insurrection, and the colorado supreme court saying that therefore, he engaged in the insur eksz and he is not qualified to be a presidential candidate because of the 14th amendment insureccist ban. it says a person is inel
attack in central ukraine. president zelenskyy is calling it an act of terrorism. welcome to the viewers in the united states and around the world. i am wolf blitzer. you are in the situation room . it is 1:00 friday in jerusalem. this is the final hours of president biden s visit here before he heads to saudi arabia. tonight, the team is bracing for the trip to be a major test of he is diplomacy. jeremy diamond is with us in jerusalem. jeremy, clearly the effort to try to stop iran from developing a nuclear bomb was at the forefront of the talks. reporter: president biden and yair lapid met for an hour and a half earlier today. they covered everything from defense cooperation to the partnership between israel and arab countries. it was largely a show of unity. you also did see some daylight between the two sides as president biden reaffirmed his interest in resolving this diplomatically while the is really former president trump mr. called for muscular approach. presid
Here . At 8 00. America beat britain. Britain won. Britain brought the egg home. Im a good sport. Not the guy. Have a good show, bret. Bret thanks, dana. Good evening. Im bret baier. We are coming from the Richard Nixon president ial library and museum in yorba linda, california. Breaking tonight, were following several major stories. President biden said israel must be incredibly careful to make sure it is focusing on the people. Benjamin netanyahu says his government will decide when and how hard to hit hamas. Mean time former President Trump and the u. S. Fined 10,000 for violating a gag order in his new york Civil Fraud Trial. The democratic congressman who pulled a fire alarm at the capitol before a house vote on spending is now facing a criminal charge. Well bring you that. We begin on capitol hill with House Republicans finally finding their new speaker. Mike johnson won this afternoons vote to secure the office three weeks and one day after Kevin Mccarthy was ousted. Senior Con