you from msnbc and los angeles mayor christmas eve to all o you celebrating, welcome everyone to alex witt reports. we begin this hour with th latest on the deadly winte storms moving across the u.s., leaving dangerously cold win chills across much of centra and eastern states at least 20 people have died i storm related incidents across the country in, erie count police say ambulances are stil unable to respond to emergency calls, in a timely manner. the problem is in the hardest hit areas, up to two thirds of emergency response vehicles are stuck fire, ambulance, police, i addition, a man in vehicles ar causing significant problems, have to note this, it is not something we are proud of, but in the worst affected areas, there is no emergency servic available. there s no guarantee that life-threatening emergency situation, that they will be able to respond immediately. we are dealing with situations all night, including a situation with a baby at a hom location which is on
israel/hamas war. msnbc special coverage continues now with katy tur. good to be with you, i m katy tur. an extensive attack against military targets in gaza strip is underway. thousands upon thousands of leaflets dropped by the israeli military warning everyone in the north to get out. the flyers telling the people there, according to a translation by reuters, gaza city has turned into a battlefield, for your safety and the safety of your families, evacuate your homes immediately and head to the south. but how do you get 1.1 million people to evacuate, and to do it quickly. and thousand do you do it amid the rubble of an already destroyed city? and how can you do it when the group governing them, hamas, is telling them to stay put, that israel is conducting psychological warfare in an attempt to displace them from their homes? or when that same group uses civilians as human shields that is reportedly blocking the path out, according to secretary of state antony blinken. th
mr. wolf blitzer. he s working is right next door and a place that i like to call now, breaking news, capital states attempt to crack down on protests against the israel hamas police confronting and arresting demonstrators at the university of texas at austin. i m in new york, columbia university announced again has begun suspending students who defied an ultimatum to clear in cabinets we ll talk live with the new york city mayor eric adams. this hour and cnn is on the scene of the growing turmoil and dissent on multiple campuses from coast to coast. the crisis had gaza sparking a crisis right here at home that we re covering from every angle live that in-depth. this hour welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer, and this is the situation room spec so report the skis cnn, breaking news, our first let s go to the university of texas at austin. that s where cmm add 11. there is on the scene for us as we ve seen, multiple arrests
imagine what it would be like if it happened to you, say, on your job. the boss facing felony charges and prosecutors want to talk to you about what you heard and saw. what would you do? tonight on laura coates lies. you know that saying, if these walls could talk? well, the walls are a talking. and that move the workers at dawn trump s mar-a-lago resort might have seen and heard and what will they say if they are asked. well, federal investigators do not have to imagine what that would be like. cnn learning exclusively that some workers have already spoken to investigators and, in some cases, multiple times, about security at mar-a-lago. or the lack thereof. and how boxes of classified documents were kept there and whether they could have been seen by visitors to the resort. the former president is reacting exactly the way you d expect him to react. if he had ballistic on your bingo card, bravo, you just won because that was indeed his reaction according to a source when t
ukraine. jim? anderson, thanks so much. this is cnn tonight. i m jim sciutto live from lviv in ukraine, along with the great laura coates in the u.s. the pentagon says tens of thousands of russian troops have now amassed in eastern ukraine. one of putin s commanders claims their new goal is to take full control of not just the donbas region in the east but southern ukraine to provide a land corridor to crimea and perhaps go further. still, president zelenskyy expressed hope and defiance tonight. translator: we will defend ourselves as long as necessary to break this ambition of the russian federation. the armed forces of ukraine continue to deter attacks by russian invaders in the east and south of our country. and i am grateful to each of our defenders who are bravely holding on. in this new offensive, they continue tonight in the region. this is the push and pull of the front lines. the russians launched for air strikes on the southern port city of mariupol earlier.