conspiracy theories about them. the first day of deliberations wrapping up a short while ago after giuliani opted not to take the stand. vladimir putin is vowing there will be no peace in ukraine until russia s military goals are received. krrn was inside the russian president s marathon end-of-the-year news conference, his first since the start of the war. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin tonight with the war in gaza, president biden stressing just a short while ago that he wants israel to, quote, be focused on how to save civilian lives. we ll have more on the mounding u.s. pressure on israel to be more targeted in its battle against hamas. cnn s alex marquardt is standing by live in tel aviv. first i want to go first to clarissa ward who made a truly extraordinary excursion into gaza. cnn is the first western media outlet to gain independent access to southern gaza without an id
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