tonight on 360, breaking news on two fronts. special counsel jack smith, asking the supreme court to fast-track a decision from whether the former president should even face trial for january 6th and the supreme court has already responded. also, in the documents case, new revelations about what the former president and his associates have been saying to a former employee and potential witness. and later, today's life-changing decision by the texas woman caught between the state's strict abortion laws and a pregnancy almost certain to end in the death of her child. that and the court ruling on it, just moments ago. we begin tonight with the breaking news, just hours after special counsel jack smith asked the supreme court to take up the question of whether the former president is immune for prosecution in the election subversion case. the court responded. though, it's only the courts initial move, it's also the speedy first step toward a potentially historic decision with echoes of another landmark case involving a president and a law nearly 50 years ago, the height of the watergate scandal. jack smith cited that case prominently in his filing today. more from our cnn chief legal affairs correspondent, paula reid. so, what exactly is the supreme court right now agreeing to? >> reporter: well, today, the special counsel asked them to take up to constitutional questions in the hope that those could be resolved and they could move ahead with the election subversion case against trump as scheduled in march. tonight, the supreme court said, we will get back to you soon. now, they aren't saying that they're going to take up these questions. they are saying, though, that they are responsible, and their response will be prompt and somewhat of a win for the special counsel, because timing is everything here. former president trump's litigating these legitimate questions that have never been answered before. the first is whether he was immune from prosecution. the second is whether he's protected from double jeopardy because he was impeached, though not convicted on similar charges. well, it is his right to litigate these questions, this takes time. could take months, potentially even over a year for this question to go from the district court, where he has lost an immunity question, to the appeals court, to potentially the full appeals court, to the supreme court. so, here the special counsel is saying, look, it is of public importance that we skip that intermediary step and just go straight to the supreme court, to get an answer on this. >> also, jack smith decided this other case from watergate era about nixon. how does that fit in? >> yeah, it's really interesting. they are citing a similar situation from the watergate investigation. where the supreme court was asked to weigh in on some specific issues and there, the supreme court scheduled -- oral arguments for those questions about whether nixon had to turn over tapes from the investigation, whether he was protected by executive privilege. theyscheduled oral argument a few weeks out, and then just 16 days later, they had a decision. so, that case could move ahead, as scheduled. now, there are other examples of the supreme court allowing issues to skip that middle step. the court of appeals, but this one, this is really the most on point because, of course, this is a question they would argue is of national importance and, of course, we are dealing with, in one case, a current and now a former president. >> would a ruling from the supreme court only apply to the federal election subversion case or would also impact the rest of the former presidents other criminal proceedings? >> reporter: so, the one case that could really be impacted here is, of course, the georgia election subversion case. now, that's a state prosecution. the question before the supreme court is about federal prosecution, but anderson, look. if trump wins in the supreme court here, i mean, that pretty much spells doom for fani willis's georgia-based case. if trump loses, on these questions at the supreme court, i don't think that is a very good sign for any attempt to launch similar appeals in georgia. it does mean he won't do it. but because at the heart of his strategy is not necessarily the merits of these constitutional questions. right now, it's about delay. their goal is to delay this case until after the election, so even attempting something like this in georgia, even if he's lost at the supreme court, could be advantageous if it allows them to delay it just a little bit longer. >> all right, paul arrid, thank you so much. with me here, cnn -- elie honig. also joining us, cnn legal analyst and former ben hatton chief assistant district attorney, karen freeman. what do you think? will they take this up, do you think? >> i do think they will, anderson. this is what we call director review, meaning jack smith wants a skip that middle step court of appeals and go right up to the supreme court. because -- >> first going to go to the supreme court, no matter what. >> right, they know they're taking this somewhere other, so why not have the middleman? why take many months that it would take for the court of appeals to weigh in? we know it's headed for the supreme court and also, if you look back at recent history, so, this tactic of direct review was almost never done for a long time. however, the current supreme court has done it and i have to credit steve atlantic, our supreme court expert. 19 times since 2019. so, it is something they've done in cases we've heard of, for example, joe biden's student loan program. they granted this expedited relief. and many others we have not heard of. this case is more important than any of those and this case has more time pressure than any of those. so, i do think they will take it on this direct review. >> and, karen, if the court does agree to hear the case, what does the timeline look like and what would you wear when would you expect a ruling? >> well, hopefully it will be in time so that we can still have the trial march 4th in front of judge chutkan, because if it does not go march 4th, don't forget, you then got the alvin bragg manhattan d. a. case slated to start a couple weeks after that, march 24th. and then that will bump into the election and at that point, it is not going to be able to go forward at trial in the middle of a presidential election. frankly, if donald trump wins the election, when he becomes president, if he becomes president, he could dismiss this case because the doj will be in his control and pardon himself. so, this case going soon and going in march is critical for this case going at all. and it is important that the american people, when they go into the election in november, has the results one way or another, or at least gets to hear the evidence of this case. donald trump files a lot of frivolous motions. this is not one of them. this is a very important motion. it actually has some merit and it has to be decided by the supreme court. it has never been decided before. >> and, elie, how long do you think the court could take both to hear the case and also to decide? >> yeah, so they have to be wary, of course, of that critical march 4th date. i mean, they have to get it done enough time in advance. but i think if we play this out, given doj until -- excuse me, given trump's team until next week to respond, and then i think they will decide by the new year whether they're taking it or not. i think they will give each side two weeks or so, and i think we will have a ruling. if they take it by early to mid february. if i had to ballpark it. >> and karen, what happens to this case and all the other cases the supreme court rules if trump is protected by immunity? >> i mean, it just depends, right? does he have absolute immunity or does he only have immunity for things that were within his job description or within the outer perimeter of his job? so, it really depends on how they rule and how they slice and dice this. but it would not make any sense because there is the united states constitution, article one, section three, clause seven, that actually talks about when, if a defendant is, if a president is impeached and convicted, it only applies to what will happen, if you will be removed from office. it says, nevertheless, you can then go to trial or charge him otherwise. and that's what judge chutkan found, was the constitution specifically provides for a criminal prosecution of a president who commits a crime, even though it is not explicit. trump is actually using that same clause to say and argue in his favor that it means that he can't be prosecuted, because there is an impeachment process, and therefore, it's double jeopardy. so, there each using the same clause and interpreting it differently, and it's important for the supreme court to weigh in and determine which one will, you know, will dictate exactly what happens here. >> there was also, elie, the separate filing. jack smith indicating a plan to call this expert witness who, i want to read this, who was, quote, extracted and process data for the white house cell phone to use by the defendant and one other individual, determined the uses of these phone throughout the postelection period, incdi on and around january 6th, and number four, specifically identified the periods of time during which the defendants phones were locked in the twitter application was open on january 6th. so, basically, they don't necessarily have access to data on the phone if you use, i mean, it's not somebody who sounds a lot of messages, supposedly. what would they find from the phone and where they doing this? >> this is so important that cell phones have now become evidentiary bonanzas. when i started as a prosecutor 20 years ago, not everyone had cell phones and you couldn't do that much with them. now they can tell you virtually everything about what a person is doing, who they're communicating with. what we know here from the reporting, this data will show prosecutors where donald trump was because yourself on is always, what we call pinning, meaning it's looking for the nearest cell tower. you can tell where a person, you can geolocating that person with some precision. even though donald trump famously doesn't email or text, he used dms, reportedly, on twitter. you can see that. you can see draft, you can see what other apps he was using. you can see photo images. so, this is now standard that prosecutors. >> and they're allowed to look at this data? >> yes, they're allowed, they're allowed with either consent or a search warrant,. i'm sure the prosecutors who have gotten the proper process for this and then you send it to the fbi lab, and they do what's called dump the phone. they just do a forensic dig on it and you can come up with remarkably specific data. >> what he had to give up his password? >> yeah, so he wouldn't have a choice if they either, either he would've consented to that or if they got a search warrant, he wouldn't have a choice and he would have to give it up. in order to get in this way, he would've had to either give them his password or unlock it for them. >> elie honing, thank so much. karen friedman agnifilo, thank you so much. more breaking news and former involving former president and law, specifically tomorrow classified documents case and his interactions with a potential trial witness. cnn's katelyn polantz joins us now with the exclusive. what are you learning? >> well, anderson, this is a story about a series of communications. there's a close knit circle of people who worked for at mar-a-lago, or still work at mar-a-lago, under donald trump. and in the crucial period, there was the fbi search last august, and then an employee, a longtime employee, who is quite close to many people at mar-a-lago, leaves mar-a-lago, having been a witness to many of the things that later appeared in the indictment of donald trump, -- walt nauta, his two people who worked for him. this person, this former employee, is becoming a witness and before donald trump and these two other men are charged, oh there's just enough things that raised his attention to make it seem a little bit different, because the amount of communication he was getting from not just carlos delivery and wealth not, but trump, himself, was unusual for him. so, these are his friends or people that he is working with regularly, but the things that i've learned through multiple sources -- as well as some materials that i've gotten and have been able to have a bit of an insight into, is that this former employee at mar-a-lago, he was friends with carlos de oliveira, who later became charged in this case, and carlos had said thanks to him about hey, you should come to a golf tournament, after he leaves working at the club. that trump would like to see you, i think trump would really like to see you. he also talks to carlos de oliveira and carlos says something about perhaps you want to come back to your job. you could come back to your job at mar-a-lago, if you wanted to. there's also some discussions between the two about the attorneys, if they want to use attorneys that are within the trump circles, as carlos de oliveira did this, former employee chose to use an attorney outside of the trump circles. there is also an instance where he interacts with walt nauta, who later is charge. someone he has a less close relationship to, and walt nauta did tell him, you could come back to work at mar-a-lago if you wanted, that walt nauta was also showing up at a gym with this man, as well as carlos de oliveira, which was unusual. and then finally, anderson, the one of the things that was so unusual here is as this former employee left his job a couple months after that fbi search, before he becomes a crucial witness to investigators, donald trump gets his cell phone number. had not called him in quite some time, rarely called an employee like this. and calls him, and asks him, why are you leaving? why are you leaving working for me? very possibly, at that time, knowing that this man could be a witness against him in this investigation. now, all of this may just be how people are exchanging conversations, how people have conversations, how their friends have conversations, what trump is doing when people are leaving. but it all is happening at such an interesting time that the special counsel's office did pick up on this pattern of interaction. they did look into it at one point in time. they were told about several of these instances. >> so, they knew about this, this was previously known to jack smith? >> this was previously known to jack smith. the reporting that it did for this story, it did become apparent that the special counsel's office did several interviews with this former employee and that former employee did give them this information, and it clearly was something that they were keeping tabs on. not just before the indictment of donald trump and others, but it is something that the prosecutors very likely would be looking for now, at a time where everything that donald trump in these two other men are doing after their criminal indictment, now that they're defendants, awaiting trial, there are many restrictions placed around them. it's the sort of thing that they cannot do now. >> yeah, katelyn polantz, thanks. it's fascinating. coming up next, more breaking news about the texas supreme court justice cited about a pregnant woman's appeal for an emergency abortion, only hours after she left the state to get one. also, rudy giuliani in court, the juror set to decide how much he's going to have to pay for the falsehoods he spread about to 2020 georgia election workers. that and what he said after court, when we continue. more breaking news. shortly before 8 am, the texas supreme court overturned a lower court ruling and kate cox cannot get an emergency abortion. it came just hours after she left the state. her effort to end a pregnancy with a fetus with almost fatal genetic defect in the states effort to block it have already drawn national attention. for more on this latest chapter, cnn's ed lavandera joins us now for dallas. so, what do we know about her efforts to get an abortion outside of texas? >> well, remember, everything kind of came to a screeching halt on friday after republican attorney general, ken paxton, appealed the lower courts ruling of this temporary injunction that granted kate cox the legal right to get an abortion. that case was taken to the supreme court and because kate cox was waiting in legal limbo for much of the weekend, as her attorneys described, it is as a hellish weekend, as she remains laid up in bed most of the weekend. and it was after that that she decided today to leave the state, to go elsewhere to get the abortion. and then as you mentioned, just hours later, after that announcement was made, the texas supreme court issued that ruling. essentially, it was siding with ken paxton here in texas, so at the bottom line, anderson, is if kate cox wanted this abortion, she had no other choice but to leave the state. >> ed lavandera, thanks very much. now, the man once known as america's mayor, rudy giuliani today, said, he does not regret what he said about two 2020 georgia election workers, quoting him now. everything i said about them is true. an actual fact, a federal judge has already ruled that what he said was false and defamatory. that determination came, in part, one of the cases. giuliani said what he said at the end of the first day of part to, the part in which the jury will decide how much he will pay in damages for those very same falsehoods, details now from cnn's jessica schneider. >> it's disgraceful what happened. >> reporter: rudy giuliani spent the days after the 2020 election traveling state to state, falsely insisting the results were rigged. >> i don't have to be a genius to figure out that those votes are not legitimate votes. >> reporter: in georgia, he focuses fire on two unsuspecting election workers in fulton county. >> there was a tape earlier in the day of ruby freeman and shaye freeman moss, and one other gentlemen,. it should have been questioned already. there are places of work, their homes should have been searched for evidence of ballots, evidence of usb ports, for evidence of voter fraud. >> reporter: shae moss later told the january six committee, her life changed forever the day giuliani publicly spread conspiracy theories about her at a state senate hearing. she and her mother soon received death threats, angry election deniers showed up at their homes, and ruby freeman was forced into hiding. >> i've lost my name and i've lost my reputation. i have lost my sense of security, all because a group of people starting with number 45 and his ally, rudy giuliani, decided to scapegoat me and my daughter, shae. to push their own lies about how the presidential election was stolen. >> i second guess everything that i do. this affected my life in a major way, in every way. all because of lies. >> reporter: giuliani claimed that mauve and freeman plotted to kick ballot watchers out of state farm arena, the spot in fulton county hosting the ballot counting. he also pushed the false narrative that they had brought in suitcases filled with fake ballots for biden and then scanned them into the system multiple times. and giuliani described surveillance video from that day he claimed showed ruby and her daughter exchanging usb memory sticks containing a fraudulent vote count. >> when you look at what you saw on the video, which, to me, the smoking gun. powerful smoking gun. >> white obviously, surreptitiously passing around usb ports as if they are vials of heroin and cocaine. >> you don't put legitimate votes under a table, you know? wait until you throw the opposition out, and then in the middle of the night, count them. we would have to be foolish to think that. >> none of that was true, was it? >> none of it. >> reporter: congressman adam schiff on the january 6th committee asked shae if giuliani accurately described what her mom was passing under the table. >> what was your mom actually handing you on that video? >> a ginger mint. >> ginger mint. jessica schneider joins us now. to be clear, rudy giuliani has already been found liable of defaming moss and ruby freeman. what's the possible penalty? >> yeah, so a jury in this case going to determine just how much he actually must pay. so, he already owes them $230,000. that is for failing to respond to parts of their lawsuit. on top of that, anderson, this mother and daughter, they're asking the jury to reward them between 15 and $43 million. they say that for the reputational harm they've suffered from giuliani's comments and on top of that, they are seeking additional money for their claim of emotional distress. you said earlier, even tonight, even though he's already been found liable for defamation, giuliani is still insisting that he spoke the truth. he was outside the courthouse tonight claiming, once again, that these women were engaged in changing votes, even though we know that is false. anderson? >> formerly america's mayor, continuing to defame these people. jessica schneider, thank you. coming up, israel said today, it is dismantling hamas. we will take a look at the fight on the ground and talk with an emergency coordinator for the group, doctors without borders, who is inside a key hospital serving central gaza. where fighting has intensified. [upbeat music] ♪♪ ♪♪ new pork carnitas. only at el pollo loco. (♪♪) (♪♪) the new festive family meal. starting at $24. now celebrating at el pollo loco. [sound of artillery] loud explosions in northern gaza today, as israel's defense minister said that hamas is last strongholds there are surrounded. he repeated claims from last week that hamas is near a breaking point. it incites specific evidence to confirm these claims, but to that point, the idf released these photos today, claiming the man you see here are members of -- hamas and islamic jihad who surrendered. our alex marquardt has more now on the fighting, as well as growing humanitarian concerns. i want to warn you, some of the images you will see are graphic. [sound of gunfire] >> reporter: israel says, after two months of fighting, it's still battling hamas in two different strongholds in northern gaza. where militants have held out, but israel claims they are now on the verge of being dismantled. one area is the jabalia refugee camp, where residents said dozens of civilians were killed over the weekend. since the fragile weeklong pause in the fighting ended, israel has pounded the gaza strip, focus on the south and khan younis, the second largest city there, where israel believes senior hamas leaders may be hiding. as israel expands its operations, the number of civilians killed and wounded grows. >> translator: the entire house fell on my head and i was pulled from underneath the rubble, this woman said. i would've been better off dead with my children, rather than living in this grim reality. >> reporter: an urgent appeal was issued by the idf this weekend for even more civilians to evacuate parts of khan younis. it is unclear how many would have heard the orders. and it isn't a guarantee of safety or shelter, medicine, food, and water, which are all in short supply. >> translator: were displaced from the north to the south for safety, but there is no safety in the south, this woman said. >> reporter: it has led to deteriorating, chaotic scenes. the united nations secretary general, warning the public, order will completely break down soon. >> the situation is very challenging but i think that the state of israel does much beyond our obligations by the international humanitarian law. >> you call the situation in southern gaza challenging. last month, you deny that there was a humanitarian crisis in gaza. do you acknowledge now that there really is a dire humanitarian crisis? >> what i'm saying is, like i've said, the situation is very, very troubling. >> reporter: but it's not a crisis, in your opinion? >> as i see it, it's a huge challenge. >> alex marquardt joins us from tel aviv in israel. israel is now -- confirmed another border crossing, though tomorrow, not to get humanitarian aid into gaza. what is it for? >> yeah, anderson, israel has been very strict about inspecting all of the aid going into gaza,. up until now, there is been one inspection point down at a place called -- between israel and egypt. now with kerem shalom opening, there will be a second inspection point. so, effectively what that does is double the number of trucks that will be allowed into gaza. so, you will have trucks coming from egypt, so it's two is really inspection points going back to the rafah crossing, to go into gaza, but still, anderson, that may not be enough. rafah is not built to deal with a large number of trucks and you have this enormous number of people who have fled to the southern part of the gaza and very, very fierce fighting. so, even with more trucks, the concept, the question of distribution is still very, very complicated. anderson? >> alex marquardt, thank you very much. i want to show you this video of a dramatic rescue in central gaza. a husband and wife trapped under rubble. you can see medical staff and others lifting them out. palestinian red crescent society, which shared this video, says that the couple's 22-year-old son was killed in the bombing. we have not been able to independently verify that claim. after the rescue, the couple was transported to the al-aqsa hospital, which is one of the only lifelines for civilians in central part of gaza, where fighting has intensified since the end of the truce. it's also where my next guest works, marie -- is an emergency coordinator for doctors without borders. i spoke to her before airtime. connections from inside gaza was rough, but we believe it's important here what life at the hospital is like right now. mary, what is the scene like right now at the hospital. >> it is chaotic, but chaotic just doesn't quitete describe it anymymore. it hasas been obviouously, today has been a very brutal day for us. for us as health care workers, because the hospital has received a very high -- number of patients today. >> i have read some of the things that you have seen, that your team has seen and heard. i wonder if you could just talk about that. i mean, children, five-year-old children talking about killing themselves because they can't stand what they are going through. >> the first day that we arrived here in al-aqsa hospital, 40% of the children we provided care for were under the age of 15. the first time we heard such a young child telling us that they just didn't want to live anymore was in the health center, where we were providing care in khan yunis. for more than ten days now, we had to suspend some of our operations and that very health center because it was ordered to evacuate. >> in terms of your actual supplies, are you able to replenish supplies? do you have the supplies, do you have your own supplies? >> no. it's extremely difficult. supplies now are used as a bargaining chip. we cynically count the number of trucks that are going through rafah, the border every day. but whatever the number of trucks that might go to rafah every day, it was just never match the situation now. it will never match the number of people who are injured every day. it will never match the complete, never match the complete lack of access to health care, in general, primary, secondary. just nothing is functioning anymore. so, it's extremely difficult to get supplies, but it's also extremely difficult to operate at all. >> how long are you going to be able to operate there for? if these conditions continue. >> it is very difficult to say. we go by the day. we try and plan the next day. it's the s supplies, it't's also how long will we have staff here? for how long will the hospital be safe? it's also extremely difficult to say. we know now that there is absolutely no safe space in gaza, so it's very, very difficult to say. >> and i'm not sure if you can talk about this. i'm not sure if you're concerned about safety. do you see hamas or other groups firing rockets from nearby your area, continuing into israel? because rockets keep being fired. is that something you people see there? >> well, we are pretty much locked in the hospital, so it's so difficult for me, personally, to comment on any of this. we do see an incredible amount of suffering from the hospital. we do see that people don't feel safe anywhere. anywhere within gaza at the moment. >> i do need to say, i have spoken to an msf worker who worked in gaza, and a number of locations, and did say, they wouldn't say it so publicly, but did say that rockets were being fired very close to location where they were staying, outgoing rockets into israel. >> i mean, we hear active fighting going all over. so, i constantly think, yeah, i can't say things that i'm not witnessing from within the hospital. but yeah, we do hear active fighting going on from, yeah, all over at the moment now. >> i know, i mean, msf has been very critical of what they say is indiscriminate shelling by israel. are you able to be critical of hamas, if you saw things from hamas as well? >> i think we would be able to be critical of any, and we are able to be critical of any civilian suffering. >> i'm not sure where else you have served, but i mean, msf, i mean, i profiled msf workers around the world in rwanda during the genocide and in places, horrific conditions. how does this compare to other places maybe you have been or your colleagues have been? >> for me, it's not possible to compare human suffering and human need, yeah. just suffering all over. but i would say how it compares is more our capacity or rather our incapacity to operate here that is quite striking. >> marie-aure, i appreciate your time, thank you. please be careful. >> thank you. just ahead, 117 hostages are believed to still be alive inside gaza. that's according to israeli estimates. one of them, over calderon. his cousin confronted the israeli defense minister who we mentioned earlier, in front of the minister's's house. she joins s me next toto talk kt her coususin, the hohostages, ad ththat confronontation. >> the israeli defense ministry -- said hamas is near a breaking point. it was confronted by family members of two hostages on friday. it was an intense exchange that occurs outside his home and was captured on video. >> >> translator: if it doesn't happen tomorrow, they will actually die. your whole idea of pumping water into the tunnels, you will kill them. >> i am explaining something else. hamas is willing to speak to us and only when we are applying force. >> do you know what they eat? rice and a glass of seawater. how long can they live on that without sun and light? >> we will make all efforts. >> as quickly as possible, so they don't return inside coffins, but come back alive. >> the second woman who saw their, shaking hands with the defense minister, who pleaded that the hostages are returned as quickly as possible, is a woman named eva calderon. her cousin, with whom she is close, over calderon, is still believed to be held in gaza. two of his kids, who we've reported on in the past, 12 boy in his 16 year old girl, were released two weeks ago during the truce. two more members of the family, an 80 year old woman and her 13-year-old special needs granddaughter, initially were believed kidnapped, but they were murdered. there remains were identified more than a week after the october 7th attack. just before air, i spoke to ivan calderon about that confrontation in front of the defense minister's house. we just heard a little bit of your confrontation with israel 's defense minister, gallant on friday night. what was his response? what did you make of his response? >> they don't want to stop the war right now. they don't want to go back to negotiating with hamas and they think that they need to go into gaza and continue, and i don't agree with it. >> do you think there is an inherent contradiction between the idea of neutralizing hamas and also rescuing hostages? can you do both? it seems like you are saying there should be a pause or a cease-fire, a stop to the fighting, and the priority number one is the hostages. >> yes, i think that is our first priority, yeah. it seems like you are saying there should be a pause or a cease-fire, a stop to the fighting, and the priority number one is the hostages. >> yes, i think that is our first priority, yeah. to bring them back home. the citizens that were taken from the beds in the morning of the 7th of october haven't done anything. -- the government needs to bring them back home. it's the first priority, of course. >> what do you think it would take to bring all sides back to the table, to negotiate? >> the other responsible person is president biden. he needs to make it happen, to bring the both sides to negotiate again because i don't think they are going to do it by themselves. like, it's not going to happen, you know? >> there's been some reporting that one option the idf has considered is pumping seawater into the tunnels. obviously, there's a lot of concern if hostages were in those tunnels. what did gallant say to that, when you pressed him on it? >> actually, he didn't say something about that because i told him, if you're going to do it, they are not going to survive, they will die. i'm talking, they're going to be dead. so, is this something that you want? he didn't answer. >> -- were taken hostage along with their father. they were released ever since -- two weeks ago. how are they doing? >> they were not good. their life, they came back, we really were happy, but -- not considered [inaudible] is really a special dad. he's really loved, he's taking care of them, -- from trips together. they are doing lots of things together and he's really part of their lives. for me and for them, it's not an option that he's not going to come back home alive and they are not good, they're not good at all. how can they? they were 52 days in gaza. how can children like 12 years old and 16 years old? everything they've seen, they've seen their father in the kibbutz before they were taken to gaza, they've seen the terrorists hitting the leg. he is injured right now, so, nobody knows what is -- right now. just know we heard some stuff from people that came back. they eat, like, a piece of bread and a glass of seawater -- something like that. how can you survive? this situation is very scary. every day that -- i think they're asking themselves, are we going to survive? because we don't know if, you know, if the bomb can hit them, you know? they can be killed from -- the israeli side. it's really scary. >> ifat i appreciate talking to you. i'm so sad you're under the circumstances still, i hope you get good news soon. >> thahank you, ththank you vevy mumuch. > coming g up, the mymysteris disappppearance ofof a -- russian n oppositionon leader, alexeiei navalny, , and what russiaian officialals are claiag about it.. i wiwill talk wiwith his dauaugr nenext. (♪♪) (♪♪) (♪♪) get exclusive offers on select new volvo models. contact your volvo retailer to learn more. >> lawyers for jailed russian opposition leader, alexei navalny, say he's been missing for six days and did not show up for a court hearing today via video link. -- officials claim there was an electricity issue. navalny's legal team said, they've made several attempts to reach him, with no success, and they're worried about his health. in the moment, i will speak with his daughter. in august, the 47-year-old critic of russia's president, vladimir putin, was found guilty of creating an extremist community and other crimes, and sentenced to 19 years in prison. he was already serving nearly 12 years on fraud and other charges that he denies. joining me now is his daughter, dasha navalny. dasha, thank you so much for being with us. i'm so sorry we are talking in the circumstances. do you buy this idea that there were electrical issues? >> of course not. thank you so much for having me, it's very important that we keep this story on air and i thank you for having me. i don't buy, for one second, that there have been any type of technical problems in the prison. there have been many instances where they have transferred him or just didn't want him to come out because whenever my dad has a court hearing, he uses that to speak up against the war or tell people to question the regime and putin has actually just announced that he's going to be running for reelection in the coming presidential elections, and they don't want my father to speak up against that. >> do you know anything about his current whereabouts or even when the last time you knew about his whereabouts? >> the concerning thing is that we have no idea where he is or what is happening, or if he's even being transferred anywhere. the most recent updates that you got from his attorneys and from his spokesperson here -- are the most recent updates that i got, personally. the what happened, the most up to date news on his health is that two weeks ago, he fainted in his cell because they've been practically starving him. he's very malnourished, he's not getting any medical support that he needs or he's been asking to see a dentist and they're not providing anything. he's being stripped of his basic human rights, as he's being held in prison on lawfully. he fainted in his cell two weeks ago and they put him on an iv, but, you know, the iv can be anything. the aki iv can be just full of water filled with vitamin b 12 and it doesn't necessarily support his health. so, i'm very concerned for him. the last time the attorneys have been able to speak to him was six days ago and since then, he's been am i a. we have no idea where he is and the technical problems are just a front. >> how much regular contact to his attorneys or even you have with him? >> it's, you know, when it comes to my father, there is no regular, no regulations. the prison wards and prisons guards don't, really follow any rules. we just take what we can get from them. i write him letters on occasion and sometimes the letters go through censorship, of course. sometimes, it takes two weeks for him to respond. sometimes it takes for him a month to respond. sometimes i've noticed that he doesn't respond to me about my certain concerns about my classes here in college and i understand that he didn't get a certain letter that t i wrote to him because it didn't go through censorship. the last time i was in communication with him was a month agago, personanally, and e lalast time he was able e to tak to his attorneys was a week ago. yes? >> how do you deal w with this?? i mean, as a daughter. >> it isis difficultlt. it's certatainly sometething thi have had to work on dealing with over the past couple of years, but i know that my father is doing an incredible thing for not just, for me, personally, his daughter, his child and my brother, his son, to have a better country and a better life, but also, we are all citizens of russia and for all people around the world who are struggling to have a better democracy, he's doing an incredibly noble thing, and i'm very proud of being his daughter. >> and have you had any contact with u.s. authorities on your dad's behalf? >> no. >> no? there are such thing as tvs in russian prisons, but these are just show there are tvs in the russian prisons, but they usually just show russian propaganda, 24/7, which, i know how much he hates watching that tv. but they are trying to really builds the russian sort of love for country when the prisoners are in the system. but if i were to get a message out to him, i don't know. i just want the people, not just him, but i want others to know that i have hope and for other people to have hope, that we can change the regime if we work together and to talk to your friends and family, and agitate them to be against putin. he is running for reelection and we need to talk about it. there are three months before the election. the presidential elections are in march, 2024, and if you are in russia, vote against him, and tell your friends and family to vote against him to. >> dasha navalny at, i appreciate it, thank you. we will be right back. >> thank you so much. that's it for a, so the ws

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