the israeli army says it has no knowledge of shelling in the area. 0ur middle east correspondent yolande knell has the latest from jerusalem. we re hearing from the hamas run health ministry that there were more than 80 people killed overnight in the gaza strip. most of those, actually, apparently waiting for aid in gaza city when witnesses there say that there was shelling by israeli tanks. and still an unclear picture about exactly what has happened there. but overall, now this really grim milestone has been passed, the health ministry in gaza is really the only official source of data that we have for casualty numbers. and it s the one that s relied on by the un and others. and it s saying that the majority of those who have been killed are women and children since the 7th of october. and also more than 70,000 people have been injured, as well. these figures rely on bodies being brought in to hospitals or seen by medical workers so they can be properly registered. but actu
good news for mr. trump. that s his base. and the market just crossed a milestone. stock values have gone up a full $8 trillion since the election. so here we are. government shut down because a major political party supports illegals and not the legal government of the united states. there really ought to be hell to pay. varney & company is about to begin. . stuart: now, we re going to go down over the opening bell today off about 50 points. i don t think that s a reaction to the three-day old government shut down. i don t think there s been any impact thus far. but we will open ever so slightly lower this monday morning. there will be a vote today. it s a vote on keeping reopening the government or shutting it down. so what s in this bill today? ashley: all right. in a nutshell, this is what it boils down to is that the proposal would reopen the government until february 8th. in other words, get the light switch back on until february 8th. however, the democrats wan
now the knives areñr out. what s the realñrçóñi story?>l+r the investigation. what happens to the multi-pronged investigation inti russia s election interference and its contacts with the trump camp. democrats are demanding an independent special prosecutor. will they shut down the senate until they get one. and the optics. could it look any worse? hours after firing comey the president was all smiles as he met with russia s ambassador to the united states, a key figure in the investigation and with russia s foreign minister who early joked to reporters about the fbi directors s firing. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. breaking news. president trump sends off shock waves with sudden firing of fbi director james comey in the middle of an investigation into russia s election meddling and the trump camp s russian contacts. the president said he acted because comey, quote, was not doing a good job although the president often praised comey and the whit
refused. the white house says there was no request so who is right and would such a request be wrong? and not perfectly accurate. the president now says he moves so fast that his press team simply can t keep up saying it s not possible for them to explain his moves with perfect accuracy. he suggests ending the daily press briefings. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. backing news. once again the white house now scrambling to respond to a twitter outburst from president trump. this morning president warned that fired fbi director james connelly, quote, better hope that there are no tapes of our conversations. white house press secretary sean spicer later insist that had this is not a threat. spicer won t say if the president records white house conversations, neither will the president. at issue, word from a source that the president asked comey to pledge his loyalty at at white house dinner back in january. the source says comey was taken aback by the request
bureau was and out subpoenas tied to michael flynn and russia. plus, the white house apparently caught off guard by its own decision. who could replace james comey, and will that person be able to investigate the president without fear or favor? good afternoon, everyone. i m jake tap ter. a source close to former fbi director james comey tells me that there are two reasons why president trump fired comey. one, comey s refusal to provide the president with any sort of assurance of personal loyalty, and, two, the fact that the fbi s investigation into possible trump team collusion with russia in the 2016 election, that s still not an active investigation but it s actually accelerating. federal prosecutors reese represent thely issued grand jury subpoenas to associates of former national security advisers michael flynn. now, the white house officially disagrees with this theory of what happened, but mounting evidence suggests that comey was fired because of the president s i