and the issue of abortion is front and center as president biden and his republican rivals pulled doing events. we re getting a new snapshot of the 2024 election landscape one year after the supreme court overturned roe v wade. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and all around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. our top story at this hour, cnn has learned that some key witnesses in the january 6 investigation have been given limited immunity by special counsel jack smith. they are two of the fake electors for donald trump in the state of nevada. our senior legal of failed corresponding, paula reid, has more on her exclusive reporting. paula, what is the significance of the special counsel giving these fake electors this partial immunity? well, it suggests that this part of the january 6 investigation, the focus on these fake slates of electors who tried to overturn the result of the 2020 election, this comes before a friend once again for this particular
People have been killed in israel, in addition to 3500 wounded. In gaza, weldon and 9200 injured. And according to the state department, 29 americans have also been killed while 15 remain with missing. Now, israel promises a new phase of the war is coming. Hours ago, Prime Minister netanyahu met with his Emergency Cabinet and vowed to demolish hamas. The Israeli Defense forces said yesterday it is preparing to strike from air, sea, and land. Israeli troops and tanks have been amassing on the border with gaza for days. More than 360,000 Military Reservists have been mobilized, which for context, is more than the total number of u. S. Forces in the reserves. The big question, or one of the big questions, is when. Is it hours, or days, or longer before the Ground Offensive begins . We learned more about the strategy overnight, with three senior Israeli Military officials telling the New York Times that Tens Of Thousands of soldiers have been ordered to capture of gaza city, and destroy th
crisis deepens, and the world braces for what comes next. national security adviser jake sullivan is here, with the view from the white house. and he has coming up first. plus, meet your new house speaker. michael johnson goes from backbencher to the top spot in the blink of an eye. and the closer you look, the more concerning things get. and later, gag orders, and guilty pleas put more pressure on donald trump, as his adult children prepared to testify, this week in new york. andrew weissmann and neil are here to discuss what feels like an inflection point, for the four times indicted former president. it s been three weeks since hamas terrorists unleashed their devastating and deadly attack on israel. three weeks, since over 200 people were kidnapped. many of them women, and children. three weeks of a humanitarian crisis, spiraling out of control for the people of gaza. and now, the israeli defense force has confirmed that they have expanded their ground opera
documents. that was part of a deal to end his iii year legal battle over the leaking of vast amounts of secret us military information on the internet. the 52 year old is now on his way home to australia following the hearing. and from where a southeast asia correspondent jonathan had sent this report. the last stage of a very long journey. julian assange walked into the courtroom on this remote pacific island to hear whether the agreement he d struck with us prosecutors would stick. after two hours of very careful consideration by the judge, it did. he pleaded guilty, and she agreed to a sentence equal to the time he d already served in britain. but his lawyers still insist his prosecution for breaking an espionage law was unjust. we firmly believed that mr assange never should have been charged under the espionage act, and engaged in exercise thatjournalists engage in every day. and we re thankful that they do. it is appropriate, though, for this fight to end and it is appr
and it was no goal. it was better after the break with introductions of youngsters kobbie mainoo and cole palmer, but england again seemed flat. they still qualify top of their group, but for their manager, who even had a few beer cups thrown at him, it didn t feel like it. i understand it, i m not going to back away from it. but it is creating an unusual environment to operate in. i ve not seen any other team qualify and receive similar. another difficult night for england, then, and another frustrating one for theirfans. they now head to gelsenkirchen on sunday for their first knockout match. unless they improve, it might be their last. andy swiss, bbc news, cologne. it is one of the best third placed teams that england will now face on sunday in gelsenkirchen and we will know tonight when the group games this evening come to a conclusion, who that will be. worth pointing out it could be belgium, the netherlands, but it s fair to say the draw, despite england s slightly bel