in iowa just six weeks away. also this hour, the u.s. aid to ukrainian forces about to run out, the white house is turning up the heat on congress. arguing the war against russian aggression will be kneecaped on the battlefield. i ll get reaction from the ukrainian ambassador to the united states. and the israeli military now says its objective in northern gaza is nearly completed. as the ground assault against hamas expands in the south. the united nations says the number of civilian deaths is rapidly increasing in this new and intense phase of the war. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour with presidential politics as the nation closes in on the first contest of 2024. one of donald trump s most vocal republican critics is offering a very chilling new assessment of what his second presidency would actually look like if, if, he s re-elected. here s kristen holmes. a fres
it is 1:00 in the afternoon in israel. and new images show the children who are part of monday s hostage release being united with their families after seven weeks of captivity we expect the release of 10 more hostages at this point on tuesday. 11 israelis, including nine children were freed yesterday as part of the temporary cease-fire between israel and hamas. that bricks the total to 51 over the last four days. lawrence: the limited truce has been extended to at least wednesday. we have been seeing large dark smoke clouds filling the gaza skyline over the last hour, brian. brian: what s that about. trey yingst is live in tel aviv right now. hey, trey. trey: hey, guys, good morning. it s day five of the cease-fire between israel and hamas. we got update from one of the top doctors here at the hospital in tel aviv discussing the conditions condition of the patients that got hear last night those children that were released from gaza as part of this larger cease-fire
going to the white house. i don t know if this is true but would it suggest there are some political appointees looking at raw intelligence intercepts. that s a little strange. remember who they work for. they work for the president of the united states. then to call a member of congress associated with the president who is being investigated to say here s what we ve got, rather than taking it straight to the president. and then to have that chairman not bring it back to the we have some issue with the nsa or the fbi. all that is strange. go next week, looking at these intercepts and then getting an explanation for why all the ten-day he happened, that s the first step in getting it together. the former ambassador to russia. how is vladimir putin looking at this right now? yesterday we heard him say incorrectly quote reagan when he was quoting george w. bush.
the ethnic cleansing. zbh right. they were saying we were too weak on syria. we ll see what the president trump does. but this say wonderful thing. eisenhower, you quote reagan, i go to eisenhower. he said never confuse honest dissent with disloyal subversion. this is a high act of patriot m patriotism. the state department gives an award for dissent. that s how wonderfully that has taken hold in the department. you don t want a bureaucracy that doesn t challenge the conventional wisdom. i agree with. that but there is a difference between expressing dissent and trying to sabotage it. they re not trying to sabotage it. it s interesting, frank. donald trump said as a leader he likes to hear dissenting voices. he likes to has he said that i haven t seen a lot of evidence in. that any time those of us in the media he says he wants to curtail our rights. this is largely about liberals in the bureaucracy but not entirely.
friday meeting with sbintel chis constructive and praising the officials. he says he will appoint a people within 90 days to stop foreign hacking, then you look at the tweets coming from him this morning and the past 24 hours really saying anyone is stupid to not see the value in getting along with russia. only stupid people or fools would think that is bad. so, this mixed messaging, is there already a feeling his relationship going in is fairly damaged or tarnished with the intel community? is he able to recover from that? yes, he can recover. everything gets real on january 20th. to quote reagan, the famous phrase that he had is you know, trust but verify.