to the evolving challenges of the pandemic. bill: the details of that review will be released next week. among the recommendations, share information faster, do a better job of translating it and prioritize public communications. the federal government we re talking about here, right? griff jenkins live from the white house with more on this. nice to see you. good morning. good morning. you put it correctly. it was a stunning admission and surprise that after years of contradictory and confusing information by their own account, over masks, vaccines, boosters, over social distancing in school, closures, they said they got it wrong and she wants to earn back the public trust saying this. for 75 years cdc and public health have been preparing for covid-19 and in our big moment our performance did not meet expectations. my goal is new public health action oriented culture at cdc that emphasizes accountability, collaboration, communication and timeliness. a far cry what she w
He was once the former president s lawyer and fixer but he spent the day on the Stand Outlining how he made a payment to the adult film actress, Stormy Daniels, to stop her talking about a relationship she claimed she had with mr trump. The defence is expected to stress mr cohens criminal record and openly stated dislike of his ex boss. Nada tawfik was at the trial in new york and gave us this update. Michael cohen and his testimony is crucial to this case, prosecutors hope that the conversation that Michael Cohen are shared between him and donald trump directly tie his former boss to the Hush Money Payments and to the allegations that trump falsified business records. Michael cohen testified that everything was done with mr trumps sign off, he said the donald trump even ran for president , he warned Michael Cohen to be prepared for negative stories that a lot of women would come forward. When they eventually did, Michael Cohen says the Stormy Daniels story was one he feared could be c
To israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyuahu about the situation in gaza. In a statement the white house said that the president reaffirmed his ironclad commitment to israels security. It referenced what it said was a successful defence against irans unprecedented missile and drone attack earlier this month. The two leaders reviewed ongoing talks to secure the release of hostages together with an immediate ceasefire in gaza. And they also discussed increases in the delivery of humanitarian assistance into gaza through preparations to open new northern crossings, starting this week. The statement concludes that the leaders discussed rafah and the president reiterated his clear position although it didnt give details of what that is. In the last few hours its also been announced that us secretary of state, Antony Blinken will visit jordan and israel after a stop at the World Economic forum summit in riyadh. Our North America Correspondent Will Vernon is in washington with more details
Benjamin netanyuahu about the situation in gaza. In a statement the white house said that the president reaffirmed his ironclad commitment to israels security. It referenced what it said was a successful defence against irans unprecedented missile and drone attack earlier this month. The two leaders reviewed ongoing talks to secure the release of hostages together with an immediate ceasefire in gaza. And they also discussed increases in the delivery of humanitarian assistance into gaza through preparations to open new northern crossings, starting this week. The statement concludes that the leaders discussed rafah and the president reiterated his clear position although it didnt give details of what that is. In the last few hours its also been announced that us secretary of state, Antony Blinken Will Visitjordan and israel after a stop at World Economic forum summit in riyadh. Our North America Correspondent Will Vernon is in washington with more details on the Biden Netanyahu phone c
This comes after egyptian mediators arrived in israel with local Media Reporting theres been notable progress in finding common ground. In the last few hours, its also been announced that americas top diplomat, antony blinken, will visit saudi arabia this week. The state Department Says hell discuss ongoing efforts to achieve a ceasefire that secures the release of hostages. Meanwhile, hamas has posted a new video, which shows two of the hostages captured during its october attack. Keith siegel, and omri miran, both identify themselves. While the video is not dated, there is a reference to the recent passover holiday. Its the second such video that hamas considered a terror group by the uk and us governments has published in the past few days. Our correspondent, anna foster, is in tel aviv where families have been gathering to call again for all the hostages in gaza to be released omri miran s father was actually already on the list of confirmed speakers for this event tonight. When he