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 it is 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. in the past few minutes the white house has issued a st
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Once again witness the leadership of those peaceful Student Led Protests on campus. President biden i learned a long time ago to listen to that lady. This University Needs to get control of the situation. We want them to be peaceful protests. John we are awaiting a White House Briefing as the antisemitism spread across the country. President biden and his team still have not delivered formal remarks addressing this escalating situation. Setting a deadline for one hour away. Ordering students who have occupied the campus for days to clear that encampment or face suspension. Sandra hello and welcome, everyone. I am sandra smith in new york. John, great to be with you as we kick off a brandnew week and continue to see scenes like this on our College Campuses coasttocoast. John we began this week month as we began last week. So far President Biden has not made any official remarks about the protests which have jewish students feeling unsafe on campus as they get ready for finals and gradua
Capitol hill and this is cnn hello, everyone. I thank you so much for joining this sunday. Im fredricka source tells cnn that President Joe Biden and israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke earlier today, Fueling Fresh Hope for an end to the israeli hostage crisis. And the resulting six month war in gaza. Meantime, us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken is headed back to the middle east right now for a new round of talks aimed at ending the deadlock between israel and Hamas Blinken plans to meet with regional partners in saudi arabia journalists Elliott Gotkine is joining me right now with the very latest elliot. Great to see you. What do you know about this call . Fredreka we understand this cool is about the ongoing hostage negotiations, negotiations to try to get a ceasefire between israel and hamas in the gaza strip that would see a number of hostages released. They were abducted, of course, as part of the hamas Terrorist Attacks of october 7, theyd been in captivity do you k
The Supreme Court hears arguments in his Immunity Claim also tonight, live reports from the University Campuses at the end of a day that saw propalestinian demonstrations spread and grow plus arizona, were say lawmakers are trying again to undo their recently revivim nir total abortion ban dating back to the civil war. Good evening. Tomorrow morning. The former president is back in court here in new york for the first full de, a Prosecution Testimony in the Hush Money Criminal Trial on time. Trump friend and former tabloid publisher, david pecker will be back on the stand, expected to continue laying out the socalled catch and kill scheme at this center of this case. Meantime, the judge, juan merchan could rule on the prosecutions motion and to hold trump in contempt for his attacks on witnesses, notably Michael Cohen, his former lawyer and fixer, who made the payments to Stormy Daniels, which has boss allegedly hd through misleading Business Records the defendants meant some of his da