live in east jerusalem. the united nations and the us have expressed concern about israel s plans for a military operation in rafah. the city, at the south western edge of gaza, has seen the arrival of hundreds of thousands of palestinians taking refuge from the fighting elsewhere in the strip. the israeli military had previously urged civilians to go there but now, prime minister benjamin netanyahu says he has approved plans for an assault on hamas militants believed to be based there. the un issued this warning. i think the consequences of a ground operation in rafah under the current circumstances would be catastrophic for the people of gaza, for the palestinians. it would be catastrophic for the humanitarian situation. it would be catastrophic or around. the us is one of israel s most important supporters but it seems that the israeli government has not shared details of the planned assault on rafah with officials in washington. here s us national security council spo
ahead there in dallas, so thank you for your patience which is appreciated. that took about president zelensky today, how did that go down and what did people make of this talk of your peace conference? make of this talk of your peace conference? ., ., , conference? the aim of president zelensky for conference? the aim of president zelensky for coming conference? the aim of president zelensky for coming to conference? the aim of president zelensky for coming to dallas, . conference? the aim of president zelensky for coming to dallas, or| zelensky for coming to dallas, or sick keep his country relevant and at the top of the national origin arena. especially over the last few months, the october seven attack on israel, has shifted attention on israel, has shifted attention on israel, and he wants to get the focus back on the war, he said it s not just about ukraine, focus back on the war, he said it s notjust about ukraine, describing putin as a warmonger and really th
while x is located some 2000 miles away. plus israeli prime minister benjamin is in gaza with troops today battling the fight is far from over. israel ramps up the strikes against hamas. donald trump is asking a court to grant him absolute immunity. the case is legal team is making to get the interference charges thrown out.i m kate baldwin with sarah s nightmare. john is off today. this is a very christmas cnn news central. this morning big news out of russia.opposition leader and chief hooton critic alexa has been found after disappearing for two weeks. the head of the anticorruption foundation says diwali is now in a colony in the pafar reache of western siberia thousands of miles from the jail he was known to be. he was movmoved from the detent center in moscow serving a 19 year sentence. where following the developments. we are getting more information from the team regarding his current location but as he mentioned this is a moment of relief for supporters and legal
[chanting] john: new at 2:00, add this to the countless examples of chaos we have seen on college campuses. students shutting down a conservative speaker with a conga line. but aveiling themselves of the free papa john s pizza given by the speaker s group, turning point u.s.a. and the irony, the speaker was on campus to talk about free speech. anita: can t make this stuff up. at least no one got hurt there. former college swimmer riley gaines posting a firsthand account the aggressive response she received in a school in san francisco. wow, riley has been an advocate for fairness in women s sports which could be in further jeopardy after biden administration guidelines issued last night. shannon bream will react to all of this. welcome back as america reports rolls into a second hour for this good friday, i m john roberts in washington. good to be with you. good to be with you, john. anita vogel in for sandra smith. we are going to unpack all of that straight ahead
sanctions over the war in ukraine are hurting russia s economy. the senior correspondent mike tobin is live in kyiv with more. mike? trace, another update coming from russian news agencies. gershkovich has a hearing on the books now scheduled a week from tuesday. so far no u.s. representative has been able to get in the yale to see gershkovich. the wall street journal said private lawyers got to see him. the u.s. ambassador in moscow had a meeting with the deputy minister. not much movement came from the meeting. gershkovich is the wall street journal reporter taken into custody and accused of trying to obtain classified information about a russian arms factory at the direction of u.s. officials allegedly. he was taken to moscow where he s being held in prison. denied access, u.s. officials don t have good insight to his condition. i wish we did. we still haven t been able to get consular access. that s an issue that we bring up through our embassy in moscow. i wish i