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the global economy. we have team coverage. jeremy diamond is in tel aviv and a katie bo lillis is in washington. katie bo, let's begin with you. what more are you learning about these new strikes? >> fred, the us military carrying out five strikes against targets in houthi-held territory's of yemen, including three anti-ship cruise missiles one underwater drone, and one drone boat. now, as you mentioned, this is the first time that the us military has seen the houthis use this underway water drones since the onset of hostilities inside of gaza and since the houthis began conducting their attacks on shipping in the red sea at this point, we don't have a lot of details about that system. the us military and its statement saying only that this is the first time they've seen the houthis use it not providing any further details. sales on how they discovered that the houthis had this system, how the houthis were, were using it and what risk it might pose to commercial shipping and to us forces in the region. there was military

selecting these targets. it said in a statement because they presented an imminent threat to us navy ships and merchant vessels in the region at the combatant command, adding in a statement that quote, these actions will protect freedom of navigation and make international water safer and more secure for us navy and merchant vessels. for this is just the latest in a series of retaliatory strikes that the us military has taken against the houthi rebels. this iranian backed group that has controls a large amount of the territory inside of yemen and has been conducting for months now, dozens of attacks on both commercial shipping and military shipping in the region. it says in solidarity with the palestinian cause inside gaza, as you mentioned, these attacks hugely consequential for the global economy. some major shipping companies suspending transit through the suez canal, having to reroute ships around the southern tip of africa, obviously, adding tremendous costs to commercial shipping. the big question at this point,

fredricka is whether or not these american strikes are going to have the deterrent effect that the us military is hoping for. are they actually going to get the houthis to stop conducting these attacks? right now, the answer to that sort of, at best appears, we don't really know the houthi militants have said that they intend to continue attacks as long as israel continues to conduct military operations inside gaza, the pace of those attacks certainly has not slowed since the united states began responding and because us intelligence gathering inside of houthi controlled yemen is fairly anemic. the united states doesn't really have a great sense of how big the arsenal that the, that the houthi militants still have is essentially how many more military capabilities can they continue to bring to bear? >> all right. katie bo lillis. thank you so much. let's bring in now jeremy diamond and tel aviv. jeremy give us an update on the fighting in gaza and particularly that hospital which continues to be under

assault yeah fred, over the last few days is really special forces have been operating inside of nasir hospital. they said that they entered the hospital in the first place, demolishing its southern wall to locate the bodies of israeli hostages they said that they were acting on credible intelligence so far though they have yet to turn up the bodies of those hostages. instead, what they say that they have found so far are weapons caches as well as vehicles. both vehicles that they say hamas used on october 7, as well as israeli vehicles that they believe were brought into gaza. on october 7. and they also say that they found medicine with the names and photos of israeli hostages, which could perhaps be from the medicine that was sent into gaza that was destined for those hostages. but we have already gotten several reports that that medicine never indeed reached many of those hostages. now we can't independently verify all of this information but it does give you a sense of what they have been finding on the grounds of that hospital. but

what is also very clear is the very real impact that this military operation has been having on what has, what is gaza's second-largest hospital and now that hospital has been put out of service according to the world health organization, there are only about 25 medical staff remaining at that hospital. and that they do not have the ability to handle cases requiring critical care. electricity has been cut off to the complex. and in addition to that, there are also appeared to be 70, at least 70 health care workers who are arrested at the hospital. now, beyond the situation at nasr for hospital which is in southern gaza, we also have to pay close attention to what has been happening in central gaza. and that is over the weekend, very, very intense israeli military bombardment there just yesterday, the death toll rose to at least 68 people killed in these strikes on central gaza, the israeli military said that they killed at least hen militants there. but clearly there are a number of civilian

casualties in this morning, once again, two more airstrikes hitting central gaza. and the images that we've seen of from the hospital in the al-aqsa martyrs hospital in central gaza are absolutely heartbreaking one after the other. uc child after child, after child being brought into that hospital, some of them wounded and some of them killed. unfortunately, in those strikes. so a very desperate situation made worse, of course, by the fact that the israeli government has been telegraphing potential for this offensive in rafah, which has already begun to send hundreds, if not thousands of people fleeing that area of rafah towards the central part of the gaza strip, where there is still very much intense bombardment and intense fighting all right. jeremy diamond, katie bo lillis, thanks to both of the appreciate it all right. turning now to russia and the war in ukraine, president biden warning that more towns in ukraine could fall without renewed us aid. he blames congressional inaction on new

funding for the fall of the key town of defka, where ukraine's forces quickly retreated. in recent days, multiple towns along the front lines appear to be in danger of falling as ukraine's forces battle a larger and better equipped russian military. we're also monitoring the situation inside russia. were hundreds have reported liebermann detained for attending vigils and rallies following the death of opposition leader and putin critic alexei navalny in a russian prison earlier today, the us and british ambassadors two russia laid flowers in memory of alexey navalny right there in moscow cnn chief global affairs correspondent matthew chance is in moscow for us. so matthew, what is the latest >> fred actually thousands of people across the country of been taking the step of coming out to pay their respects, to give their sympathies to lay flowers. following the news of the deaths of alexey navalny, russia's most prominent and outspoken critic of the

kremlin. in a country where protesting is cracked down upon hard by the authorities it was significant that so many people have come out as an indication of the crackdown that's continuing even with people laying flowers at memorials because that hundreds of those people, as you mentioned, have been detained by the authorities. many of the been led off with a final with a warning, but nevertheless, the authorities sending a firm clear message that even this kind of protest in support of alexey navalny will not be tolerated. and i think it gives us an indication of just how hard line russia has become over the course of the past. several years. the other unanswered question at the moment in russia is where's the body of alexey navalny? he died at a, at a penal colony thousands of kilometers, thousand or so miles away from the russian capital in the far north of the country. his

mother, ludmilla, has traveled to that remote location to try and recover the body of her son, but she was told by the morgue there that the body wasn't there. subsequently the russian authorities have come out and said, look, we're not going to hand the body back to the families, so it can be buried until such time as the autopsy has been completed, which sounds reasonable, of course. but the vowel is supporters. the people in his anti-corruption organization say, this is the kremlin trying to hide the evidence trying to hide the body. and of course, trying to hide the real reason why he died so suddenly in that russian penal colony for it. >> all right, matthew chance. thank you so much. >> in >> moscow all right let's get more now on president biden's reaction to the fall of the ukrainian city of abdivka. cnn white house reporter priscilla alvarez joining us now, priscilla, the president is drawing a direct correlation to the battlefield loss with

congress failing to pass ukrainian aid >> he is and in doing that, he's also underscoring the stakes here by essentially saying that by not giving these funds to ukraine, they are low on ammunition. and as a result, having to cede ground to russia, of course, those remarks yesterday coming after learning that ukraine had to pull out of one of their towns because they were low on ammunition and the president was very forceful in his language when talking about this incident >> ukrainian people fought so bravely and the put so much on the line >> the >> idea that now run now i've ammunition, walk away. i find certain find it find your country and everything we are schultz had been concerned about and something that they had already been >> warning in this push for those 60 billion in funding to

ukraine. and what i'm being told this morning is that we can expect to hear more of that from the white house putting pressure on congress to pass these funds, which there's been stalled since last october, but also highlighting the real the real impacts on the ground on the battlefield for ukraine, the longer that these funds go without being sent to ukraine. now, again, fred, just to give a reminder to viewers of what we're talking about here. these are funds that were requested as part of a broader national security supplement. when a request last october, they were stalled after infighting and congress, there was some progress last week when the senate passed or foreign aid package that included $60 for ukraine. but since then, the house has gone on recess for two weeks and house speaker mike johnson has indicated that he has no plans to put this package on the floor or meaning that the funds are the future of the funds remains uncertain and so president biden for a second day in a row yesterday, coming out forcefully and putting this immense pressure on congress to

pass these funds. and citing what had occurred in ukraine earlier in the day as a result of congressional inaction to the white house making very clear their posture here, while also having their own private conversations with ukrainian president zelenskyy to say that they do still stand by ukraine as the us will support them, and that there is confidence for now that they can get those funds over. but when that happens and if it happens, still very much in question all right. >> priscilla alvarez. thank you so much let's bring in colonel cedric leighton. he is a cnn military analyst and retired us air force colonel. colonel. >> great to see you. let's stick with the ukrainian thread here. president biden is blaming the lack of urgency on us congress saying that us military support and aid needs to get to ukraine. he's also making a direct correlation between the fall of addict and this lack of action from us

congress. do you agree with him on that? >> i actually do for it in the key thing here is that if you don't get those supplies, ammunition, weapons system, to the ukrainians, they will not have a chance to defend themselves. they are right now, they are able to do what they can but you have ratios like ten to one of brushing artillery being fired, 21 russian, one, ukrainian artillery piece coming back at the russian. so this is a very difficult thing for us to really support in the proper way, but the key thing is here, if you don't provide this kind of support to the ukrainians, then there's going to be the chance that not only could ukraine fall, but there could also be some major, major threats directed at nato

countries. which line of course, that eastern, eastern border between ukraine and western europe >> and at the munich security conference, where of a lot of mirror as zelenskyy made his direct appeal to nations in attendance, there, he seemed like he was also targeting us congress when he said dictators don't go on vacation, members of congress have gone on too week break. and at the same time you heard allied countries who said no, we're here for you as well, but without the us support can other allied nations, neighboring nations do enough to help ukraine stay afloat as it continues to take on russia? or is it incredibly imperative that the us continued to play a larger role >> it's definitely imperative that the us continued to play a larger role, fred. but the key thing here is yes, the europeans can provide a lot of support to, to the ukrainians

and it's certainly welcome but now the best support without the types of weapons systems that the us brings into the fight, it becomes an incredibly difficult for the ukrainians to hold on. so you basically need both the european element and the american element to provide the equivalents with as much support weapons and ammunition so that they they can actually not only stand and fight, but also protect their territory >> all right, now let's talk about what's going on in the red sea. and what do you make of this houthi target being called an underwater vessel that was targeted yeah, that's very interesting. it sounds like it's a in essence in underwater unmanned surface vehicle or usv is how they're calm or they're termed and it's going to be interesting to see exactly where that came from. is this something that

they came from iran or is this thing that came perhaps for russia. but it might bet on it right now, is that this is a iranian weapon system that has been deployed to the hoodies and they been essence will use it as a way of going after shipping in the bubble pullman deb that strange, that's that connection between the red sea and the gulf of it >> has the us felt like it knew a lot about the military capabilities of the houthis, particularly following the dozens of us strikes carried out in the last few weeks, or does this now reveal that there is still a lot to learn about their capabilities? >> i think it reveals that there's still a lot to learn. there are so many aspects to end the who she said, i've had quite a bit of time in order to, in essence get ready for this kind of a military operation. this type of action, in essence, cutting off the?

shipping lane for western and other countries. that is something that is out of the uranium playbook. so have anticipated this to some degree. but the very fact of the matter is, is that the who cheese are pretty good students of the iranians and they're also using these weapons and systems, at least trying to use these weapons systems to further their goals, which are basically to cut off the shipping lanes from the rest of the world all right, colonel cedric leighton, great to see it. we'll leave it there for now >> thank you, fred. >> thanks and we're following this breaking news out of many an app minneapolis, where two deputies and a firefighter had been shot and killed. the very latest next cnn newsroom brought to you by progressive, get a busy this insurance quote online in as little as six minutes visit progressive

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adam finn said, just 40 years old, authorities with the city now saying that this call came in at 01:50 p.m. and it was a domestic call reporting a man who was allegedly armed. this was also a man who was barricaded with family members and the city saying that moments after all officers arrived, the situation escalated to gunfire with police and they say this man shot and killed both of these three first responders. now, they also said he shot and injured another officer and they said this was sergeant adam medley caught he was injured and was being treated at the hospital, but his injury rays are nonlife-threatening. now, authorities also saying that at about 08:00 a.m. they reported that suspect that shooter to be dead. they said later the family was able to exit the home. they're now safe and there is no ongoing threat to the family or the community, but they do say this investigation is in the very

early stages. they also announced a vigil later on today, and we are still waiting for that press conference to get more details from authorities. but i want to go back to the victims because they will be honored and remembered today and really for a long time for their efforts and for really running towards danger 27 year-old lms strand, he joined the department in 2017, but was promoted to officer in 2019. he was a member of the mobile command staff, the peer team, the honor guard, and the field training unit roots, who was also 27, joined the department in april of 2020 plenty. he was part of the department's crisis negotiations team and was a physical evidence officer. and then we know that the paramedic, the firefighter, fin said that he was he joined the department in february of 2019. so again, these are three people who are being honored and remembered too. day as

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what she said at this philanthropic event before i get to the apology right now, my understanding, you actually don't have that ready for you at this moment. the governor saying on thursday, quote, if canada's someday, ever attacked buffalo, i'm sorry, my friends, there would be no candidate the next day, the governor then says, that's a natural reaction. you have a right to defend yourself and to make sure that it never happens again. and that israel's right again, these were some remarks from hereto philanthropic event on thursday days later, the governor now issuing an apology calling those statements, quote, inappropriate calling it a poor choice of words, i would urge you more of her apology statement that she issued to cnn here recently, governor hochul writing, well, i have been clear in my support of israel's right to self-defense. i have also repeatedly said and continue to believe that the palestinian civilian casualties should be avoided, and that more humanitarian aid must go to the people of gaza. the analogy prompting anger from

the governor's own constituents, including the buffalo chapter of the jewish voice for peace, which just a progressive jewish group that has been a prominent voice that pro-palestinian demonstrations in new york, that group calling the governor's statement, quote, disgusting. but again, the governor insisting here, fred, that it was not her intention to hurt her community with these words, but certainly a reminder here, fred, that months after that attack, wards certainly matter as a conflict in the middle east rages on fred right? >> okay. >> polo sandoval. thanks for bringing that to us. appreciate it. all right. former president donald trump is, are running away with the republican presidential nomination? but could his recent fights in courtroom hurt him on the campaign trail >> united states it's up stand with jake tapper tonight at nine on cnn. >> the first time you made a sale online with godaddy was also the first time you heard of a town named dinosaur,

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>> all right, this could be another consequential week for former president donald trump in the courtroom. and on the campaign trail, the us supreme court is expected to make a decision any day now, on trump's request to tell for our early block his federal election subversion trial. and in georgia, a judge may soon decide whether fulton county district attorney fani willis will remain on the election subversion case against trump in that state those cases follow friday's stunning ruling from a new york judge who ordered trump to pay nearly $350 million followers in the new york civil fraud trial. with me now to talk about the political impact of all of this, is tia mitchell. she has a washington correspondent for the atlanta journal constitution. tia great to see you thanks. so >> nikki, nikki haley. wonderful. so nikki haley, she spent yesterday on the campaign trail reminding voters, he'll be spending more time in the courtroom than on the trail any chance. all of these legal

problems could begin to slow trump's momentum well, i think not necessarily slowing his momentum in this republican primary contest. i know nikki haley would like to think that these cases are going to become a concern for republican voters, but that's just not what we're seeing. we're seeing exactly zachary what president trump has been saying is that these cases kind of make people in the primary season more energetic about president trump. however, it is true and what we saw last week is that these cases are taking him away from the trail. he was actually double booked in court, so to speak, glass we would the hearing and fulton county as well as a hearing in new york on the same day. so yes >> in a >> way, he does have to make some choices because he can only be in one place at one time and to the bigger question

about will these cases affect him? perhaps in a general election? of course, that remains to be seen, but i think there is concern that particularly independent voters, those swing voters who we know in battleground states like michigan and georgia, and nevada trump's legal issues could have some influence. and if people begin to think that he's unfit for the job, again, these swing states with close margins, it could be a difference maker. >> oh, interesting. so for now, he really does use it to his advantage. these cases, right? he adds it to his campaign jargon the primary season because his supporters are really dug in. but i got your point. you're saying things might be different later on during the general. so let's now turn our attention to the south carolina republican primary. voters are going to be heading to the polls of for that showdown between trump and haley she wants to think that

she's got home court advantage because that's her state. but then today on cnn, south carolina's senator tim scott, who recently endorsed trump. well, he dodged some questions about whether he would have done as vice president pence dead so is this kind of a new litmus test, if you will, for candidates who might potentially want to be trump's running mate >> i think so. i think exactly what you said that the pence question has become a little bit of how people who would, again like to indicate their support for trump. but particularly those who are jiaqing to serve as his running mate. we saw at least the phonic answer, the pence question recently as well. so it does indicate that they believe in a way they're auditioning to say if i were

your second in command, here's how i would have responded in that same situation. now, again, it's troubling to a lot of people because january 6 happened. we saw what happened when people tried to disrupt congress because they didn't like the decisions. mike pence was making but they're not speaking to a general electorate when they're making these comments. they're not even just speaking to fellow republicans. it seems a lot of times where they're answering the pence question there, speaking directly to one person. and that's former president trump who at the end of the day does have a decision to make relatively quickly, relatively soon about who will be his running mate this year >> and interesting, okay, so while there's trump and all of his legal stuff in court, shall we say this was a pretty good week for president biden and democrats, particularly because of that fbi informant to a

former fbi and format now charged with lying about joe biden's alleged role in ukraine business dealings, perhaps dealing a real big blow to the gop is how house efforts to actually impeach the president and then there's democratic senator joe manchin, who decided, well, he's not going to run for president. so how was this positioning the biden white house right now? >> i do think that for the biden white house and the biden reelection bid there have been setbacks, you know, last week we had the her report about his keeping top secret documents after he left the white house the first time as vice president. and so last this week was kind of a low point. we know that that report had some critique about his mental state and his age and president biden was really angered by that. and so but one of the things that has kind of help

president biden is every time there's something embarrassing or something that is about him that has put him in a negative light. there's always something from trump that allows biden and his supporters to pivot and say, remember, as much as you know that biden is slowed by age and he's the oldest president in history. look at this guy, looked at his competition in what he he's doing, isn't that a lot worse? and so that's what we saw from president trump with the hearings with the verdict of that really huge penalty in new york with some of his rhetoric at that big campaign rally yesterday and michigan, again, you're allowing the biden campaign to pivot away from anything that is perceived negative because they'll say, look at these other things in to your point. yes. joe manchin saying he's not going to run as a third-party candidate. i think that is music to biden's ears. we know these third-party candidates are a concern

because we do again, predict it will be close in 2020 for just like it was close in a lot of battleground states in 2020. so these potential third park party candidates really do matter >> all tia mitchell, we'll leave it there for now. great to see you. thanks so much. >> thanks. >> all right. tonight, laura coates examines the case of the united states versus donald j. trump for what exactly are the charges and how strong is the evidence? the whole story with anderson cooper tonight, 08:00 p.m. right here on cnn >> tonight. laura coates examines the federal it's the middle charges against former president trump. >> is it going to be difficult to meet this burden of proof? >> how strong is the government's case? the whole story with anderson cooper tonight at eight on cnn from pepin, their stuff to shine in their coats. >> and people >> switch their dogs food to the farmer's dog. the effffects can seem like magic. >> but there's no magic

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chairman mike turner is defending his message about a potential national security threat from russia. the ohio republican faced backlash from his own party for his initial initially, vague warning last week about russia's anti-satellite capabilities, some members called his comments alarmist and reckless. here's what he said today. >> the, threat is very serious. everyone who's looked at it uses the same language than that i have. this was not just an action by myself, but i am glad after meeting with jake sullivan that the administration is taking this seriously and we're now be able to see action our turner also emphasized the need for more ukraine aid. but house speaker mike johnson says, he will not put the senate foreign aid bill to a house floor vote in its current form. all right. super tuesday is just over two weeks away. it's a major moment in the 2024 election cycle as primaries in 16 states determine who will be on the

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aisle, who are willing to be moderate voices, who are putting people over party to act and the time is now. so i'm also expecting my first child. i almost nine months pregnant, and i see as if it's a lot to take on it once, but her future and her generation teacher and right now, we are failing them wow. >> okay. you got to have a lot of stamina to do that. i'm as you said, that, i'm like recalling what it was like for me when i was at that point boy, that would be a very heavy load, heavy lift, but obviously you're very passionate about it. and what are you hoping your experience knowing? you. know. based on your former job, knowing your viewing audience, which will now be potentially your constituency. >> you know, what do you know >> about that constituency that you feel like you would be able to address that perhaps your competitors would not they're. craving change and they're creating transparency and just people who are going to keep it

real and be real, put people over party and i think it comes down to common sense. we've seen such a shift in politics across the nation, but especially in california where people are starting to look around and say, i don't feel safe, i don't understand what's happening at the border and and why people within our own party, within the democratic party are denying there's a problem in many cases they want, they want to feel safe, they want the economy to thrive. inflations really impacted our state. people are moving out in record numbers. and as a native california who loves this state so much, when i look around, i don't recognize what i see and so this is really an opportunity to step up and say what i think the majority of californians are saying, and they want and i'm in touch with them because i spent nearly 20 years as a journalist interviewing thousands of people and hearing directly from them on what their needs are and what their concerns are. frederik >> and so what do you mean when you say i don't recognize what i see, like specifically, what do you mean >> yeah. >> well, i mean, just in the last couple of years, my home was burglarized. my car was

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>> i think overall it's a good system. i mean, but right now you see how a political games are being played to kind of use that system to the advantage of the people who are running for this race, for example, to the front runners are or two with people who a in the top three, they are now running ads to try to lift up republican opponents so that they can take away votes from one another for example, adam schiff, who's a front runner in this race. he has been putting out ads that are lifting up the name recognition of steve garvey and then katie porter who criticized him for that just a week ago. now, she's running ads for another republican to lift his name. it he to try and take away votes from the top republican so that she can go up and the votes. and so these political gains are why i think people need a new generation of leadership. and someone who is not going to feed into that dysfunction all right, it's a big race and you're all big names. christina pest gucci. thank you so much for being with us. appreciate it

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