we ll have a foerk on to what to expect. also this hour a cnn exclusive. bri brittney griner s wife. we want to welcome the viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. alleged pressure on a former white house aird that gave bombshell testimony to the house january 6 select committee. congressional correspondent ryan nobles is working the story. tell us what you re picking up. reporter: we are learning about the committee s concern that witnesses to the investigation could be intimidated by former members of the trump administration, pips the president himself. one witness they re concerned about is cassidy hutchinson. witness intimidation is a serious focus. cnn learned that the examples of possible witness intimidation on tuesday directed at the witness cassidy hutchinson. you will do the right thing when you go in for your deposition. i think most americans know that atfrlting to influence witnesses to testif
welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states. canada, and all around the world. this is cnn s continuing coverage of the israel hamas war. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is back in israel at this hour with the warning of the growing number of civilian casualties in gaza could undermine international support for israel in its ongoing war against hamas. the secretary and israeli prime minister is expected to meet today. gaza city is now completed surrounded by its forces. this is one of the most intense instances of israeli bombardment since the war began. our soldiers have been operating in gaza city for several days. deepening the operation. our forces are in n significant areas of gaza city. the idf says 23 of its soldiers died in the gaza operationsns. the primarary objective e is locating a and d destroying the hamas tunnel network and eliminating explosives and other on scattered obstacles. reporter: the ground incursion with tanks and troops
Prosperity. Second, the United States and north korea will join their efforts to build a lasting and stable peace regime on the korean pinsula. Third, north korea commits to workd the complete denuclearization of the Korean Peninsula. And finally, the United States and the north commit to recoveringrisoners of war, missing in action remains, including the immediate repatriation of those already identified. President trump held a News Conference just a short time ago and revealed what appears to be a major concession on the american side ending the u. S. south korea joint Military Exercises which he called war games. Can you be specific about what assurances you are willing to give to kim jongun . Does that include reducing military capabilities and just to follow up on your answer no, were not reducing anything. At some point i have to be host and i used to say this
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entire committee is. reporter: opponent promoting conspiracy theories about the election results and cheney said she is doing trump s bidding. she knows it wasn t stolen. she is beholden to donald trump. he will not support her. reporter: back to witness intimidation, the committee members say it is a focus of theirs and concerned about it. congressman raskin where the committee has the headquarters saying it is very serious stuff and the committee is not ignoring it and still pushing forward on the subpoena they issued this week for the former white house counsel pat cipollone. cnn learned he would be willing to sit for a transcribed interview but thalt like to see him in a public setting. the negotiationing are ongoing. they are.
phone call that lasted a fair amount of time but yielded at least an idea of the state of mind of vladimir putin. determined is what one source inside the elysee says, determined to achieve objectives in ukraine, does not bode well. the german chancellor pushed vladimir putin again for a cease-fire that the source says is of course necessary before any discussions can continue, can begin, really, in terms of what political settlement might be found. now, parallel, appearing about direct negotiations taking place between russia and ukraine by video link for the time being. we ve been hearing from an adviser to president volodymyr zelenskyy there may be a fourth round the negotiationing, the week we re going into, between the russian delegations and heard over the weekend signs of hope from president zelenskyy himself saying, look, there are