i m rosemary church. just ahead, the ukrainian president zelensky travels to washington this week. we will look at the challenge he faces when it comes to getting more funding for the war with russia. former u.s. president donald trump reverses course when it comes to testifying in court later today. this, as he doubles down on startling comments about being a dictator if he gets in the white house for a second term. and homes turned to rubble and ash in gaza after an israeli air strike. what the u.s. has to say about civilian protection in the beleaguered enclave. thanks for joining us. we start with the ukrainian president making his third trip to washington since russia invaded his country nearly two years ago. a statement from president zelensky s office says he will meet with u.s. president biden about further defense cooperation. but right now, aid for ukraine is bogged down in congress amid a long-running domestic debate with some lawmakers saying, it comes down
east coast bringing blinding rain, damaging winds and snow. we ll have the complete forecast. also tonight, the santa ana winds fanning the flames of a wildfire in ventura county, california. authorities warning residents to get to safety. call to surrender. i m charlie d agata in tel aviv with the fight raging across gaza. prime minister benjamin netanyahu tells hamas it s time to surrender and while the bombing of southern gaza intensifies, so does the desperation of the people left in the rubble. and later for you, beacons of the past. mark strassman shines a light on the push to save america s aging lighthouses. there is a lighthouse for days like this. exactly. right? this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka dunk an. good evening, everyone. jericka is off. i m errol barnett. we begin in season the ral tennessee where powerful storms kill at least six people and unleashed a trail of terror in the state. tonight, crews are still digging
by sporadic mass protests. narges has spent much of the last decade either in court or in prison, for campaigns against political repression, the death penalty and prison abuses. one of her fellow inmates in evin prison was the british iranian woman, nazanin zaghari ratcliffe. she is a very lively, very kind, very generous woman who would make sure that everyone who comes to the general ward feels comfortable. when 22 year old mahsa amini died in police custody in september 2022, having been detained for violating the islamic dress code, a new protest movement led by women and girls confronted the regime. the slogan woman life freedom swept through iran and across the world. from her prison cell, narges mohammadi smuggled out messages of support and defiance. she speaks french narges mohammadi hasn t seen her teenage daughter and son for eight years. she calls that a pain that reaches to the marrow of her bones. they will accept the nobel peace prize on her behalf, a moment
benjamin netanyahu says it is the beginning of the end for the group. israel says its ground forces have now reached the centre of khan younis in the south of the territory to which many palestinians had previously fled on israel s instructions. israel urged civilians to leave the city s centre and move to safe zones. the head of the un agency for palestinian refugees has described gaza as hell on earth. meanwhile, civilians living in the other palestinian territory the west bank have had their rights and freedoms severely curtailed by israel since october 7th. our international editor jeremy bowen reports now on the situation on the ground in both the west bank and gaza. at al nasser hospital in khan younis, they laid out the wrapped bodies of people killed in the night by israel. at the end of the line was asiya abdul wahab killed on the day she was born. laid across the bodies of her mother, also called asiya and her father yahia. don t cry , he told theirson, m
the head of the who has called the health care situation in gaza, catastrophic what are your colleagues now seeing on the ground there? that is not an understatement, from what my colleagues are describing this is a full frontal military attack on an entire population, who has nowhere to go, nowhere to escape and part of this has been a systematic destruction of the healthcare, so it direct bombing destruction of the healthcare, so direct bombing of healthcare facilities, bombing of ambulances including very clearly marked vehicles, doctors without borders vehicles and the siege style warfare in which there is a denial of the most basic items necessary to do medical care but also the most basic items necessary for survival, food, water, the medical supplies and so on. really, the systematic nature and the brutal nature of the way hostilities are being conducted represent egregious violations of international humanitarian law that very likely amount to war crimes. i m sure