outfront next, russia seizing on tucker carlson s exit from fox. why this obsession? it comes as a top putin official tonight tells our matthew chance about the possibility of a prisoner swap for americans detained in russia. plus, what s old is new again. biden s message today for re-election, eerily similar to what he said on this very day exactly four years ago. will it work a second time? and then a story you will see first outfront tonight. outrage over lawmakers making decisions of white lawmakers making decisions for a city that is overwhelmingly black and democratic. outfront tonight, russia is hiring as a top putin mouthpiece offers tucker carlson a job with russian state television. the most senior russian official to visit the united states since putin invaded ukraine. you heard me there, today, said this, unprompted. translator: perhaps it would be useful to consider how things are with freedom of speech in the united states. i ve heard that tucker c
after a year of russian brutality and ahead of an expected counteroffensive. the mayor of kyiv will join us live this hour. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with president biden making his 2024 plans official, and making the case that he deserves a second term. cnn s phil mattingly reports on the president s big announcement and how trump figured into his message. four more years! four more years! reporter: president biden is officially in. this is not a time to be complacent. that s why i m running for re-election. reporter: a short campaign-style video timed four years to the day after this 2020 campaign launch. we have to remember who we are. this is america. reporter: the launch heavily and intentionally featuring vice president kamala harris and telegraphing a campaign strategy crafted to sharpen attacks on national republicans. around the country ma
Significant development this evening. We heard from the Israel Defence forces spokesperson making a significant announcement, twofold, first, that the Ground Forces are expanding their operations tonight. Secondly Erica Intensification Of Airstrikes from israel into gaza. We have a number of live feeds, live cameras, pictures coming into us here at the building, there are three of them, lets start with this one. The darkness of gaza, you will know that fuel is in such short suppty, know that fuel is in such short supply, electricity, power, the light effectively there coming from the explosions of the strikes. Over the explosions of the strikes. Over the last couple of hours we have seen a real intensification of these airstrikes. With that comes things like a lack of communications in gaza. Weve heard from the head of the World Health Organization saying he has lost touch with his team, communications are down there in gaza. Next, lets go to the United Nations in new york, a significa
good morning, welcome to cnn this morning. i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. here is what we re watching for you. aid work ters in gaza say they need supplies including fuel and could shut down without them. and we re learning of more explosions near hospitals sheltering thousands of people. the fbi seized cellphones and ipad belonging to new york mayor eric adams as a federal investigation into his campaign fund raising, the dramatic way it happened and what the investigators are looking for. federal investigators are looking into suspicious letters sent to public officials in half a dozen states across the country. at least one laced with fentanyl. what destick differences are looking into to piece together where they came from. we re learning more about the deal that got actors off the picket lines and back to work. what the deal ultimately came down to, just ahead. all coming up on cnn this morning. we begin in gaza with a stark warning from the red
international aid agencies say they struggle to contact their teams inside gaza after most communication networks were cut overnight. and the families of some of the hostages being held in gaza call for the government to do more to bring their loved ones home. hello, i m anna foster. this is bbc news. we re live in southern israel, and you can hear the continuing israeli bombardment of gaza, you can hear loud firing, gunfire, artillery fire and mortarfire going on through the morning which marks the intensification of israel s bombardment of gaza which started last night will stop with bright flashes and huge explosions lighting up the night sky above the territory. the israeli army had said it was expanding its ground operations there. a spokesman for the israeli government would not confirm that this heralded the start of a much anticipated ground offensive against hamas. the armed wing of hamas, which is a recognised terror organisation by the uk and the usa, has said it i