about gas prices as inflation weighs on the democrats and the battle for control of congress and putin s new martial law order just took effect in parts of ukraine illegally annexed by russia. we ll have live reports from kyiv and moscow. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer and you re in the situation room. we begin with a major development in the probe of former president trump s claims of election fraud. a federal judge says trump signed legal documents continuing evidence he knew to be false. our justice correspondent is working the story for us. jessica, walk us through what happened. well significantly, wolf, this is the second time that a federal judge out of california, david carter, has said that the former president likely committed a crime. now this is all related to e-mails from johnny spoon, an attorney who was the architect pushing these baseless claims of election fraud. what the judge has done here is he has sa
And we begin with breaking news out of the conflict zone, an attack at the u. S. Embassy in tel aviv in israel. Details just coming in, but an Israeli Police Spokesman Says a Security Guard at the embassy was attacked with an ax. The attacker reportedly also had a knife on him. We know the attacker has been arrested. When we get more information, we will bring that to you. Of course, this is all happening as israel and hamas at the Tipping Point of allout war. The israelis carrying out 80 air strikes overnight with hamas fighters launching 95 rockets into israel. 38 more palestinians killed, bringing the death toll since last week to 111. Cnn has confirmed secretary of state Hillary Clinton is heading to israel in the air at this very moment. Tomorrow she will meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Shell also visit egypt and the west bank city of ramallah. And while the two sides are trading ceasefire proposals, israels ambassador tells erin burnett his country is ready to launch
Deadline. This is the scene right now in gaza city. Its remarkable. For the first time in days people are out in the streets. They are celebrating. Traffic is bumpertobumper. Everyone, everyone appears to be in celebration. People waving flags and firing guns in the air. While our crews saw outgoing rockets and heard explosions in the hours leading up to the ceasefire deadline, theyve seen little or no military activity since then only the celebrating. [ gunfire ] secretary of state Hillary Clinton and egypts foreign minister announced the deal in cairo after the secretary spent the day in intense facetoface talks with the leaders of israel, the Palestinian Authority and egypt. This is a critical moment for the region. Egypts new government is assuming the responsibility and leadership it has long made this country a cornerstone of regional stability and peace. Were still learning details of the agreement between the israelis and hamas. Egypt and the United States apparently have assum
Jooirksz. Hello, im don lemon and this is cnns top 10 of 2012. We look at the stories that captured our attention, what we see as the biggest stories of the year around the world, in crime, money, weather and even the biggestscandals and later this hour, those stories chosen by you. Anchor of state of the union, candy crowley, with the top Ten Political stories of 2012. Like finding your favorite grain of sand on the beach. Impossible number of possibilities. Catch phrases become boomerangs. If you got a business you didnt build that. I like being aable to find service members. Im an American Woman who uses contraception. Lets start there. Its like an etchasketch. You shake it up and we start all over again. Im not going to shut up. Its my turn. I think its called romneysia. If i were to coin a term it would be obamaloney. There were game changers, too, moments that shook up the race or made history and made our top ten list. Wisconsins republican Governor Scott walker in a showdown ov
And mike in the morning are our guests. And starting point begins right now. Welcome, everybody. This just in to cnn. The white house naming longtime cia official and top counterterrorism adviser john brennan as highprofile conservatives are declaring war so to speak for the president s pick for defense secretary. Chuck hagel for nebraska. Lets get to jill daugherty. Lets start with brennan. First, give us information on brennan. How do you expect his nomination process to go . You know, hes a heavy hitter in this for a lock time. John brennan, of course, the adviser to the president for the past four years, counterterrorism, and homeland security. He really knows what hes talking about. He was with the cia for 25 years. And an expert in the middle east. An expert in terrorism, and at the president s side for the past pour years. He is not a flashy person. Is he a person who has been deeply in the trenches on both issues and soledad, you have to say a number of people would support him