says the visit is an important sign of the u.s. commitment to ukraine. in a news conference, speaker pelosi underscored the message behind the visit. our discussion centered around the subjects at hand, as you would suspect. security, humanitarian assistance, economic assistance, and eventually rebuilding when victory is won. we re proud to convey to him a message of unity from the congress of the united states, a message of appreciation from the american people for his leadership and admiration to the people of ukraine. we re also following new developments on what is left of that steel plant in mariupol. evacuation efforts are under way. we will have the latest coming up in a live report. first, we want to get more on speaker pelosi s congressional delegation and that meeting with president zelenskyy. cnn correspondent matt rivers has the details. reporter: well, it has been about a week now since the last time a senior delegation came here to do kyiv from the unite
great to see you. good evening, everyone. i m alisyn camerota, welcome to cnn tonight . the search is still going on at this hour for that submersible that went missing sunday with five people on board. rescuers spent the day scouring an area twice the size of connecticut after hearing begging sounds this morning. the coast guard says they remain hopeful. but, of course, the odds are getting steeper. five people trapped under water in the dark and freezing cold, with oxygen running low. in just a moment, i will speak with a man who is scheduled to be on that excursion, but canceled his trip over safety concerns. one of his friends, though, is on board. plus, in political news, donald trump is the gop front runner for gop but chris christie is trying to change that. we will show you how chris christie s radical honesty approach is working. and can he convince fellow republicans to do the same? my panel has thoughts. but let s begin with the ongoing mission to save five peop
as russia s brutal assault from the sky intensifies. on the front lines ukrainian forces claim five cylvillages h been liberated. no response from russia on this but it s what s happening in the air that has ukraine on high alert. fighter jets today patrolling kyiv after news of more russian missile strikes. at a market, suburbs near a nuclear plant, both among putin s latest targets. also today reports of arrests now being made after putin s prize bridge to crimea was severely damaged a few days ago. matthew chance is with us now and has more on all of this. tell us about these arrests. what are you learning, matthew? reporter: hey, ana, that s right. this is a new development that s come to us within the past few hours out of russia where the russian federal security service, the fsb, who are investigating this attack on the bridge linking the russian mainland with crimea say they ve made eight arrests of people they believe may be responsible and connected with the dev
laura coates live starts right now. a. laura. hey abby, thank you so much. a great show as always. i ll read that book, for sure. i ll see you again here tomorrow night, okay? i m sure you can. all my free time. there are two more hostages now freed, but what about those who are still being held? there are more than 200 of them and they are somewhere in gaza. tonight on laura coates live. the news tonight is bittersweet. seeing the footage of 79 year old cooper and 85-year-old thing helped out is an image none of us will soon forget. the frailty, their age, all of us trying to imagine how they were treated the day they were taken, what happened in those moments, let alone what they must have endured in the interim. well now both women are freed, they ve been released by hamas after more than two weeks in captivity. medics say that two unaffiliated media outlet that they re both in stable condition. they are in a tel aviv hospital tonight. but their husband
entered gaza on food to take out terrorists and find hostages. israeli military confirming 222 people are being held captive. you are watching fox and friends, i m carley shimkus. todd: i m todd piro. israel said it hit targets in the gaza strip from the last days. the u.s. state department is telling americans in lebanon to leave now. trey yingst has the latest on the ground. good morning. trey: good morning. the israeli spokesman daniel hagari explain targets were hit along the gaza strip. last night we watched as airstrikes took place. looking for information about hostages being held and ensure they are clearing the path for that expected ground operation. israeli authorities saying 222 people are being held hostage inside gaza and that number is rising and expect it to continue to rise as they gather more information about who is missing and who was killed in the october 7 massacre. in lebanon, as strikes continue, israelis ramped up strikes south in lebanon. there