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Im john beerman in new york. This is cnn special coverage of israel at war. It is now 6 a. M. Sunday in israel and gaza. Sunrise about 45 minutes from now. Israel is promising that a new phase on its war on hamas is coming. It is likely it will are a ground operation. Troops have been amassing for days now near the gaza border. Israel hit gaza from the air on saturday, again. A key complander was killed. We are commander was killed. Northern gaza the iefs told more than a Million People to head ...

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Going in and out of that area, going towards that ukrainian territory towards kharkiv. does that mean the russians are sustaining more casualties than would have thought or sustaining casualtys? they probably are. impossible to say what exactly that means. but, ing, as were trying to read the situation from the side of the border that was certainly something that did stick out to us as well. nevertheless, those convoys just keep rolling into ukrainian territory from this area from belgorod. one ...

There is some hope inside the white house for some bipartisan support for this nomination that the news is that the offer was extended last evening, and we should see them together at the white house later today. john? >> jeff zeleny, im very glad i went to you first with that news there. thank you, jeff. i do now want to bring in our chief legal analyst, jeffrey toobin. tell us about the newest supreme court nominee. >> well, you know, if you look at the traditional qualifications for the supre...

We have this video i want to show you of residents there running for cover. watch. all right, you heard the gunfire there, obviously we have been speaking to ukrainians who have been taking to the streets, ready to defend themselves including the former ukrainian president poroshenko. i want to take you to a different region now, one of the other areas of concern has been the ukrainian city of kharkiv, just over the border is this area of belgorod in russia. thats where our frederik pleitgen is....

Is snowing really heavily. and the big question is whether or not somehow that might impede some of the russian forces that have obviously been striking ukraine. especially those air assets. the russians launching a lot of military aircraft here out of this region. we did have one of the folks working with us go around this area a little bit, earlier today. and he said he did see two fighter jets take off from a base, also a lot of military convoys here around the area as well. certainly seems a...

Washington, d.c. he offered this position, this historic position on the supreme court. about one week after he sat for an interview with her at the white house. he informed the other two final contenders that they did not get the spot, in phone calls this morning, were told. but he did extend that historic offer last evening on thursday evening. and this is the rollout is expected to take place over the next few hours, with an announcement ceremony at the white house this afternoon. and, john, ...

Is important as you see, nick paton walsh in kherson, ukraine, thanks. this is cnn breaking news. >> and we still do have more breaking news this morning. cnn can report this is from our jake tapper that president biden will nominate d.c. appeals court judge ketanji brown jackson to fill the vacancy on the u.s. supreme court. the seat that stephen breyer is retiring from. ketanji brown jackson will be, if confirmed, first african american woman to sit on the supreme court, 51 years old, curren...

This poison pill idea that john raised. well have to see how this unfolds. alex is right, if things start going badly on the battlefield, maybe it is an off ramp. at this point, i think it is more subterfuge. >> for now, for right now, the intelligence from the u.s., which has been good, right, the assessment of the situation there, is that kyiv could fall within days. do you agree with that assessment? >> so i think thats consistent with u.s. assessments all along the way of how the russians --...

This is cnn breaking news. >> good morning to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. it is friday, february 25th, im brianna keilar with john beerman . russian forces pushing closer to the capital of ukraine, a few miles from the city center of kyiv. new reporting in moments ago that u.s. intelligence officials fear that the capital could fall within days. ukraines president volodymyr zelenskyy releasing a new video message appealing directly to vladimir putin, he says, ther...