darman learns his family in gaza has been killed and his childhood home destroyed and donald trump trying to connect with voters as he rails against the justice system as biden seizes support among that same group of voters taking a dive. john king out front at the magic wall and a reporter now missing in china tonight. is she the latest person to disappear crossing xi jinping? let s go out front. good evening. i mier en burnett. out front tonight, invading southern gaza. capturing large portions of northern gaza. we have video here which appears to show an israeli tank on one of the few roads that actually runs from north to south in gaza. a road used by those who have had to flee their homes. now, these images are just about three miles north of khan younis, a city israeli defense forces had told people living in gaza city to go to for their safety, but now israel is telling tens of thousands if not a lot more and it is unclear to how many people are still there saying part
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