israel revealing new evidence hms. tunnel at gaza the largest hospital. israelis standing by it. americans standing by it. and safety and security of this contact the department of education. launching investigation into seven schools about alleged incidents of islam phobia, calling on the party to do what 80% of voters are asking. now is not the time for a cease-fire. an adult website and botox? a scathing report says george santos misused thousands of campaign dollars. not seeking a second term. the court is going to expel among republicans. ahe alienated his own fans b spending the money of his onlyfans. president biden s brother subpoenaed. potential tax charges. bad news for hunter biden anyway you slice it. good morning, everyone. it s friday. we have a lot of news to get to, but are starting with israeli forces now saying they discovered the body of a second hostage near gaza s largest hospital where troops have been conducting a military oper
politicsnation. tonight s lead, no and insight. right now the key word driving our politics s conflict. and there doesn t appear to be a resolution on the horizon. not in congress, not in our country, where politics are reaching a fever pitch. and certainly not in israel, the country rejecting u.s. calls this week for humanitarian pause in fighting to allow for aid to go into gaza. we are more than 9400 people have been killed. israel s prime minister says that the war will continue until all hostages are released. here at home, the political battles emanating from this conflict are rocking washington. nbc news reporting that president biden was briefed this afternoon on the situation in israel and gaza by secretary of state anthony blinken, national security adviser jake sullivan, and other senior advisers. and new republican speaker mike johnson passed a stand-alone israel aid bill this week, a bill certain to face objections from senate democrats and the white ho
Become a reality among democrats. Up first, a tale of two felons. President trump praises Paul Manafort, his former Campaign Chairman, now convicted on eight federal counts of tax and bank fraud. The president tweeted this, i feel very badly for Paul Manafort and his wonderful family. Justice, and he puts the word justice in quotes took a 12yearold tax case among other things applied tremendous pressure on him and unlike Michael Cohen, he refused to break. Make up stories in order to get a deal. Such respect for a brave man. The president took another swipe at Michael Cohen, his former lawyer and personal fixer for more than a decade who pleaded guilty to eight charges and implicated the president of the United States in a hush money scheme. The president tweeted this. Quote, if anyone is looking for a good lawyer, i would strongly suggest that you dont retain the services of Michael Cohen. Lets bring in our white house
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states primary ballot under the 14th amendment s insurrectionist clause. and the clock is ticking. colorado election officials are facing a deadline of today to certify their candidates. the primary itself, of course, two months away, on march 5th. super tuesday. the colorado secretary of state has said that trump is going to be on the ballot, unless the court acts in some way. trump s legal team says it is now confident the justices will rule in his favor. listen to this. i think it should be a slam dunk in the supreme court. i have faith in them. people like kavanaugh, who the president fought for, who the president went through, helped get into place. those people will step up, not because they re pro trump, but because they re pro-law. we re joined now by cnn senior supreme court analyst joan. joe, great to see you. what can you tell us about today s meetings? nothing is a slam dunk. but about today, i was up at the court today one the
was in ukraine, 90 days ago when we understood that there were multiple plans by the russians to actually assassinate president zelenskyy, that he s now every day, every evening coming out with these statements, it shows that certainly the situation has changed dramatically from what it was just a few weeks ago, wolf. good point. ben wedeman on the scene in kyiv. thank you very much. let s get the big picture right now, where the war stands 100 days in, brian todd is joining us along with cnn s military analyst retired major general james spider marks. how have they gained more ground during the course of the conflict. no better way than with a map. general marks, we will show viewers as we get 100 days into the war what the map looked like on march 5th. general. this is the way it looked. russians pinching in on kyiv from at least three sides and