Administration withdrawal plans in afghanistan. First up, iran says accusations its agents are trying to kidnap iranians abroad who criticize the country are baseless and ridiculous. The statement comes after u. S. Authorities announce criminal charges against four iranian intelligence operatives. They are accused of plotting to kidnap a prominent Opposition Activist and writer in exile in the u. S. And take her back to iran. Tonight, were hearing firsthand from that journalist. Correspondent Aishah Hasnie has details. Good evening, aishah. Good evening to you, bret. Tonight the White House is condemning this alleged plot the woman at the center of it all is demanding more action. This is in a Twitter Video she posted late Last Night Showing police outside protecting her. The fbi says four iranian intelligence agents were plotting to kidnap her from her brooklyn home even looking into using a speed got take her to venezuela where they could fly her then to iran. The four suspects are s
attacks. and we re days away from the winter olympics, and china just reported more covid infections. we ll have a live report from beijing. announcer: live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom with rosemary church. good to have you with us. well, in just a matter of hours the u.n. security council will gather for an urgent meeting as tensions along the border between ukraine and russia show little sign of easing. the meeting, the latest push for a diplomatic solution to the crisis amid fears russia is planning to invade ukraine. the american ambassador to the u.n. says the u.s. is ready to listen but will not be distracted by what she called russian propaganda. and while efforts to stop further escalation push on, the british foreign secretary offered this stark assessment. we think it s highly likely that he is looking to invade ukraine. that is why we re doing all we can through deterrence and diplomacy to urge him to desist. ukraine s foreign minister also push
minutes from taking the stage in new york where he ll try to leverage the power of his bully pulpit to shove republicans off the fence in the debt ceiling fight. will that help move friday s talks any closer to a deal? and the jaw dropping admission just a day before title 42 is set to expire. in the records of one dhs official, the system is breaking, and they haven t even hit the starting line yet as thousands of migrants cross the southern border, the white house is planning to let some of them in with no court date and no way to track them. so much going on today, but we start in long island, new york, where a freshman republican congressman george santos is expected to be arraigned in court on federal charges just four months into a congressional career that was built on lies about his background and wealth, and according to the government, krm criminal schemes. today the justice department hit him with 13 counts. among them charges of wire fraud, money laundering, t
bill says it s new structural racism. some schools think it s ok to discriminate against one group in favor of another. this has been six years in his garage, probably had a lot of people come over there, whether it s workers, whether it s staff, whether it s friends, like who knows. and they say they are being transparent but they are really not. why didn t they tell us about the ones in the garage when they knew it at the time. be transparent with the american people and treat everyone the same. that s all we are asking for. sandra: all right. lawmakers sounding off. begin america reports with a live look at the white house at this hour, a press briefing is scheduled this hour amid growing backlash for president biden as he struggles to explain how the classified documents ended up at his home and private office. hello, and welcome, i m sandra smith in new york. john, welcome back to you. john: sandra, good to be with you. what about the guy who was detailing the
continuing our coverage of breaking news of ongoing explosions in gaza. nbc s raf sanchez is reporting from ashdot israel, what do we know at this hour? reporter: chris, tonight is feeling different from other nights. we are hearing intensified bombing in gaza, 10 miles south of where we are. i m looking over my shoulder because just a moment ago we were seeing israeli iron dome missile interceptors in the sky, a sign of rocket fire coming, but israel s chief military spokesman is confirming that an intensified bombing campaign of gaza is underway three weeks after the october 7th hamas terrorist attack. he also says israel is expanding its ground operations inside of gaza. that s not a sign that they have launched. chris, you may be able to see over my shoulder here, this is one of these iron dome interceptors, and if you bear with us one second, you re likely to see it explode. there you go. now, that is likely a sign that it just intercepted a palestinian rocket a little