many think it tilts the scale to the executive branch. and israel makes the decision by the will of its people and not based on pressures from aboard, including from the best of friends. we know who that is about. yesterday they started negotiations on the judicial plan, this is the first time a compromise has been attempted since the legislation was introduced nearly three months ago. joining us now, international news reporter from the washington post, miriam burger. thank you for being with us. tell us about the back story to the plan. how much might benefit netanyahu personally, any sense a compromise might be reached? thank you for having me. for months now there s weekly protests that have drawn thousands of israelis who are opposed to the overhaul that netanyahu has been trying to push through. it effectively gives complete legislative power to the
at just 7 99 a month 775383882 or visit homeserve .com. it presents a max original heaven s gate sunday at 10 on cnn. the controversy surrounding israel s attempts to reform its judicial system has officially reached the white house. president biden says he will not be inviting prime minister prime minister benjamin netanyahu to washington anytime soon. netanyahu reacted by tweeting this israel is a sovereign country, which makes its decisions by the will of its people and not based on pressures from abroad, including from the best of friends, cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson is in jerusalem for us. nick you ve been tracking some of the protests
reforms. then he pushed back a little read you part of this tweet. he says israel is a sovereign country, which makes its decisions by the will of its people and not based on pressure from abroad, including from the best of friends, then actually today in a conference of tiny benjamin netanyahu actually participated in the democracy summit that was hosted by the united states. he speech virtually where essentially said the relationship is fine. we are doing just fine. take a listen. israel and the united states have had their occasional differences. but i want to assure you that the alliance between the world s greatest democracy and a strong, proud and independent democracy. israel in the heart of the middle east. is unshakable. now all today it feels as though it was really officials have been in damage control briefing reporters left and right about how the relationship is fun. fishing who i was speaking to, along with another group of reporters, said. this isn t a
one couple, xana kernodle and ethan chapin were at a party at sigma chi fraternity not far from here within walking distance and the other couple, madison mogen, kaylee goncalves, the best of friends were out at the corner club, a bar in the area. they all came back here and were all home by around 2:00 in the morning on that early sunday morning, and what happened between 2:00 a.m. and noon when the first 911 call came in, well, that is still a mystery but we hope to learn more today at that press conference. amara. all right, to be held at 4:00 p.m. eastern. appreciate your reporting. thank you. also this hour, new revelations from the january 6th committee. the panel putting out a batch of new transcripts today, they feature people who had a front row view to donald trump s attempt to topple the united states government by interrupting the transfer of power. rudy giuliani, jared kushner, jason miller and ginni thomas, the wife of supreme court
they begin by mocking president putin. the canadian prime minster suggests they should mimic the russian leader by riding barerback on a horse, as he has done. beyond the jokes though, there are differences of emphasis in approach here about how much and for how long ukraine should be helped. the uk insists it must be for the long haul. the prime minister acknowledges, though, some are tiring of it. i think that the pressure is there and the anxiety is there and we ve got to be honest about that. the g7 has been solid and we continue to be solid, but in order to protect that unity, in order to.to make it work, you ve got to have really, really honest discussions about the implications of what s going on. these two men look like the best of friends. but in private, the prime minister emphasised to the french president any attempt to settle the conflict now with russia having