For the games. Its always important. We are here an elite sport, winning medals is what we are about, but we are part of an incredible No One movement, the paralympic movement, which on and off The Field of play once disabled people to be recognised wholly in society, and those performances on The Field of play can only help us in that cause. To the Us Open where Britain Harriet Dart will begin her second Round Match against Marta Kostyuk in the next hour or so, novak Djokovic And Coco gauff will also be on court later but no such luck for former Champion Emma Raducanu who lost her first round to sofia kenin despite winning the second set. Raducanu was knocked out by the 2020 Australian Open champion. Kenin plays fellow american and sixth seed Jessica Pegula tomorrow. England and Sri Lanka are making their final preparations ahead of the second test at lords tomorrow. England beat The Visitors by five wickets in the opener at Old Trafford last week, chasing down a fourth Innings Target
hello, i m carl naussman. a ceasefire between israel and palestinians in the gaza strip appears to be holding, despite some reports of fighting. the agreement was brokered by egypt it follows five days of violent exchanges which have killed at least 33 palestinians in gaza and two people in israel. the truce, which as you see here prompted celebration in the streets, includes a commitment by israel to stop so called targeted assassinations . in return, israel reportedly demanded a complete halt to rocket fire by palestinian militants at its civilians. however, just hours after islamichhad militants confirmed a ceasefire was in effect, a rocket was fired from the gaza strip, prompting rocket warning sirens across a region of southern israel. it s not yet clear who fired the rocket, but its worth noting that several smaller militant palestinian groups are opposed to the truce brokered earlier in the day. a reminder though that for now the ceasefire does appear to be holding.
also tonight, there s growing frustration inside the biden administration right now, as the kremlin refuses to engage with a u.s. offer to exchange brittney griner and paul weelan for a russian arms dealer. i ll speak with a key white house official john kirby. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. let s get right to cnn s exclusive new reporting on the u.s. justice department s criminal probe into january 6th. federal prosecutors preparing to fight in court to force former white house officials to testify about their conversations with then president trump. our senior crime and justice reporter kaitlan po lance helped break the story here in the situation room. this could be the clearest sign yet that justice department is honing in on trump s efforts to prevent a peaceful transfer of power. walk us through your exclusive reporting. well, wolfe, evan perez and i are learning from several s
hours of the morning. and they started letting in patients inside of the mississippi last abortion clinic long before it opened. now they are actively doing abortions and we were able to speak with the abortion providers inside. he said he s been doing this work for 30 years because he believes in it so strongly. that this is the right to health care for women and he came specific to mississippi because there was such a need. he s concerned now after the next ten days because it doesn t go into effect right away in mm mississippi. and there is a ten day period and after that ends what will happen to the women of mississippi. and if you look on a map, you ll see this state is surrounded by other states that have trigger laws. so you ll have to either drive for several hours or get on a plane to get to another state to have access to an abortion. along with those concerns and the procedures that are happening inside of this building that many of the locals here call the pink ho
Right before they took a break, the prosecution in Donald Trumps Hush Money Case reminded the jury Michael Cohen is not the one on trial here. Despite a crossexamination that got heated, just as he was finishing, and yet an admission by trumps former fixer on the stand did leave the d. A. s office with some clean up to do. Im Chris Jansing alongside my colleagues, Andrea Mitchell and katy tur. Sorry, Michael Cohen acknowledged under oath that he stole 60,000 from the trump organization, that he did it out of anger that mr. Trump cut his bonus. The prosecution is trying to use their second shot at questioning Michael Cohen to redirect the focus back to the former president. Were going to bring you live updates as we read them when Michael Cohen returns to the stand in just a few minutes after the lunch break. Nbcs Yasmin Vossoughian is live at the courthouse. Catherine christian is still with us. Also with us, andrew weissmann, former lead prosecutor in Robert Muellers special counsels