the moment, i cannot say a lot about the ukrainian reaction and the response to what happened. so for the ukrainian defence ministry has not confirmed that this military aircraft could have been downed by the ukrainian forces suit no confirmation from their side. ukrainians say this has asked for comments from the general staff, the defence ministry. the general staff replied that for now, they don t have enough information and they still have to try to find out what happened there. of course, the prisoners of war and the issue of swaps is one of the most sensitive and difficult things and issues of ukraine now. thousands of ukrainian military are still in the russian community and there was an expectation that new groups of prisoners could have happened but again, military intelligence that is in charge of these swaps of prisoners of war said that for now, they are not ready to provide any official statement or confirmation or denial whether any prisoners were scheduled. to
square. kevin mckacarthy s quest to become house speaker, and the time is running out before the vote. and a green light to treat an experimental drug for alzheimer s. that is what we re watching at this hour. hi, everyone, i m jessica dean in washington in for kate bolduan today. and we begin with new developments in the investigation into a machete attack near times square on new year s eve. cnn has learned that the 19-year-old suspect was added to a terrorist watch list more than two weeks before at tack. which injured three nypd officers. sourcing tell cnn fib agents interviewed the suspect in mid-december after family members grew more concerned about his plans to travel to afghanistan to join the taliban. we begin our coverage with cnn s gloria who is live in times square with the latest. and we learned the suspect was carrying a diary with him. what did authorities find inside? reporter: that is right, jessica. we ve been learning more about trevor bicford, 1
before, zoe lofgren leading that second hearing and pete auilar talking about the pressure campaign on mike pence. this will focus on the pressure campaign at the state level. they re going to use, as you mentioned, lawmakers from georgia to make that point. of course, that s one of the key states that we know that former president trump was pressuring election officials to overturn the election results or at least, in his words, find the overrule 11,000 votes that he would need in order to win georgia, which he actually lost. they re also likely to delve deeper into the idea of fake slates of electors. that s something that john eastman was pressuring former vice president mike pence on. we heard about that last week. but now we may hear a little bit more about the plots at the state level beyond just georgia that the white house and his allies were using at the time to try to find any way to keep the former president in power. and vaughan, former vice president mike pence
Hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the United States and All Around The World as we continue our coverage of israel at war. Im rosemary church. The gazabased Militant Group Hamas has released two more people who had been abducted from Southern Israel earlier this month. The hostages identified as israeli citizens, nurit cooper and Yocheved Lifshitz were among the more than 200 people captured by hamas in a deadly rampage on october 7th. Israel has been responding to that attack by Bombarding Gaza almost nonstop. The Palestinian Interior Ministry in gaza says at least 28 people were killed in Southern Gaza in overnight strikes. In the northern part of the enclave, hamas says a hospital has lost Electricity Due to fuel shortages. The group is Holding Israel responsible, calling it a crime against humanity. Journalist Elliott Gotkine joins us live from london. Good morning to you, elliot. Two more hostages greed monday. Can we expect to see more hostages released while th
Good morning, everyone. Welcome to cnn this morning. Its saturday, october 14th. Im amara walker. Im victor blackwell. Thank you for joining us as we follow developments out of the middle east. First, the Israeli Defense forces say they have killed the senior hamas commander who was behind much of last weeks carnage. They killed the head of the hamas aerial system. These strikes come as the Israeli Military is warning the people of gaza to evacuate now. There are two hours left of israels sixhour Safe Passage Window. Thats allowing people to leave and head south. So far Tens Of Thousands have left, but the request is for 1. 1 million civilians to relocate, and leaders in the region are criticizing israel for ordering the rushed evacuation. Jordans minister said it would be a blatant violation of International Law and would amount to a war crime. Hamas says israel is still carrying out air strikes as theyre trying to evacuate. Theres an Evacuation Route south of gaza city. We want to wa