Thank you all. We will try to answer as many as we can. Hello, im derek from london in the uk. Is there really a stalemate in ukraine at the moment . This is angela from auckland in new zealand. Could you talk please about the changes, zelenskys strategy with the departure of zaluzhnyi, the general. In charge of the army . Well, lyse, first of all, is there a stalemate on the battlefield or has the tide turned in favour of russia . I will answer the question about the stalemate, and i will partially be answering the second question. It was general zaluzhnyi the last Commander In Chief who used the words stalemate in an interview and it is said to have angered president zelensky. He felt it was too negative a description of the situation along the front line. President zelensky himself recently went to visit his troops in the east. He described the situation as extremely difficult. He is saying the Russian Forces are pressing ahead in at least five directions. And he believes russia is
in northern gaza and starting new offensive in the southern part of the region. idf is moving into the southern part while the u.s. tries to help the two sides bring an end to this war. you are watching fox and friends first on thursday morning. i m carley shimkus. todd: i m todd piro, a lot going on that we will start feeling at home, we ll get into it with cory mills in a moment. carley: first trey yingst has an update from tel aviv. trey: israeli forces say they are close to completing high-intensity phase of this war in gaza. much has been in gaza jabalia neighborhood where troops from 551st brigade evacuated a group of civilians in a building. weapons were found at that school according to idf. difficult fighting taking place in southern gaza. death toll is rising with total of 137 killed since the ground operation began. they discovered new tunnels in gaza city used by hamas leadership. take a listen. from this infrastructure, they other than able to move and
developments are happening during our show. exactly. there s a lot happening at the g-7. we ll get to that and a lot more. let s get started with five things to know for this friday, may 19th. cnn learning that president zelenskyy will attend the g-7 summit in japan in person. russia s war set to be a top agenda item as world leaders vow to step up sanctions. new reporting, biden administration signalling it won t stop allies from sending f-16 jets to ukraine. that s according to sources familiar with the discussions. will we ll see what they say today. also happening today, the suspect charged with leaking military secrets will be back in court as a judge is expected to rule where jack teixeira will remain behind bars while he awaits trial. this time, disney versus desantis. a spokesman for the governor called it unsurprising given the company s financial challenges. i think disney would see it another way. and a film festival celebrating harrison ford last night.
what she says about the jury after they sided with ex-husband johnny depp. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening the words of some of donald trump s closest legal and campaign advisers formed what the january 6th committee believes is a powerful narrative about the ex-president s false claims of a fraudulent and stolen election. day two of the hearings kept the focus on mr. trump witness after witness describing a president who ignored clear evidence of his election defeat, adopting baseless conspiracy that aides told him were completely nuts. his former attorney general bill barr saying president trump had become detached from reality another aide saying mr. trump took advice from an inebriated rudy giuliani to declare victory in spite of the results the committee focused today on establishing what it describes as the big lie, that it says mr. trump used to create a movement that ended in the riot of january 6th. garrett haake is covering th
Must go to civilians if hamas steals or diverts any of that aid, the deal will end after repairs to the Border Crossing are completed, this aid should start moving on friday at the earliest and it is need lless to say, but it has been a very long and very difficult week already today President Biden announced his fifth speech fifth about this war set for 8 00 p. M. Eastern in the u. S. Tomorrow which is coming on the heels of his dep lumatic mission to as the only american president to visit israel in wartime, bidens visit today was a powerful show of support for a country still reeling from hamasre brutal and deadly terrorist attack. While President Biden reiterated americas support for israels selfdefense, he expressed his empathy for a grieving country enraged by loss. Biden also offered a warning. I caution this while you feel that rage, dont be consumed by it. After 9 11 we were enraged in the uniteded states. While we sought justice and got justice, we also made mistakes. Theres