these attacks come after the mosque va which was russia s flagship in the black sea. it s the largest boat to sink in decades and pentagon officials confirmed yesterday that it was hit by two ukrainian neptune missiles earlier in the week that caused fires and damaged the boat. it s another remarkable loss for russia s military as it continues to deal with low morale while preparing on renewed offensive focused on taking control of eastern ukraine. two senior u.s. defense officials are set to begin that offensive in the next few days. they say russia can start moving back troops into ukraine as soon as this weekend before all of its troops are fully engaged and ready to fight. russian forces have suffered significant losses in ukraine after 52 days of war. according to president zelenskyy, up to 20,000 russian soldiers have been killed in ukraine compared to 2,000 ukrainian soldier losses. nbc news has not independently verified those losses. they ve recovered the bodies of 9
right now protests are happening in front of the supreme court after justices handed down another momentous decision. in a 6-3 ruling, the court gutting affirmative action in college admissions, barring the consideration of race as a specific factor in deciding whether to admit a student. the transformational ruling once again finds this conservative court scrapping decades of precedent. last hour president biden spoke out against it. republicans, they are praising this decision. we are covering this from all angles, including with jeremy diamond who is live for us at the white house with the very latest. we heard from the president. tell us whaty had has planned. reporter: president biden expressing strong dismay at the ruling from supreme court saying that he absolutely disagrees with it, arguing just as the dissent did in this case that it rolls back of precedent. but the president vowing firmly that this cannot be the last word, saying that the supreme court cannot be
few for you this morning, the fbi is investigating reported threats against the state supreme court justices in colorado who recently ruled against donald trump. the disturbing trend is continuing as donald trump is unleashing a very long new rant. the u.s. retaliates in iraq, and air strikes after american troops are injured in a drone attack there, and a new escalation as the october 7th terror attack and the israel war on hamas and tensions heighten in the region. and now, migrants from texas are bussed by the hundreds each day as the border cities are grappling with the crisis. john berman was working late, and sleeping n and we miss him so much. he never sleeps. this is cnn news central. the fbi is now taking new action in the fight of disturbing rhetoric including donald trump s legal matters. federal investigators are telling cnn they are joining forces with local authorities in colorado after a series of reported threats were made against the supreme court jus
administration expected come out of these meetings? well, two key issues at the forefront, that being the conflict that s unfolding in gaza, but also the release of hostages. as you mentioned there, it s a critical time, as the u.s. looks for israel to move away from its high intensity war, as that death toll grows in gaza. so, rhonda armor will be meeting with secretary of state, antony blinken, and national security adviser, jake sullivan, this afternoon. he is a close confidant of israel s benjamin netanyahu, and he s also a member of the war cabinet and previously israel ambassador to the united states. israel has assured the united states previously that it plans to move towards a lower intensity war, more precise strategy that targets hamas leadership. but there hasn t been a timeline as to when that will happen. u.s. officials have previously said that they would expect those localized operations to happen in january. but again, publicly, we haven t really received a
atop israeli official is meeting with the house over israel s war over hamas. the lead starts right now. meetings are underway with a close confident and senior white house officials as the administration asks israel to scale back the war strategy and the prime minister says he s not backing down. a new caravan of thousands of migrants is headed to the u.s. border from southern mexico. one day before secretary state antony blinken heads to mexico city in an effort to deal with the crisis. if you re planning to return an unwanted holiday gift, it may cost you. we ll tell you why. hello and welcome to the lead. right now, top biden administration officials are set to meet with ron dermer in washington, d.c. a close confident of benjamin netanyahu. antony blinken and jake sullivan are expected to press dermer are moving israel to a more targeted phase of the war. this as netanyahu vows a long fight in gaza. israel defense forces are using the ground, air and naval troops t