Recuperate and prepare for future operations. A good significant bourse will still remain in other areas of the strip. This move marking a new face, and the war as israel faces rising pressure from the us to dial down operations in gaza. But israels Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says hes not backing down, and that pressure from the us will not stop his plans to invade the Southern City of rafah the Prime Minister also facing significant trouble at home with thousands of protesters coming out in force this weekend to demand his resignation. And abroad as israels military says, its preparing to move from quoque defense to attack and its border with lebanon after the countries that it hit multiple hezbollah targets overnight cnns Nic Robertson is joining us now nick, this is the six month mark of this war, and we are seeing major developments today. Give us the latest yeah the idf is characterizing this pooled pullback, withdrawal of the 98th Division from khan yunis as a Mark Step Ch
right now, ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy is at the white house meeting with president biden. a fierce standoff in congress over ukraine aid. biden wants to send an under 61 billion dollars to keep. house republicans will not sign off on more aid until they get a series of immigration measures passed in return. earlier today, zelenskyy met with members of the house and senate to try and persuade them to try and change some minds. he argues this political deadlock is a dream come true for vladimir putin. let s get to cnn s mj lee at the white house and moderate who s live for us on capitol hill. first to you, mj. biden and zelenskyy essentially see eye to eye on the issue of military aid. so what will they try to get accomplished during this meeting? reporter: boris, president biden and president zelenskyy may see eye to eye on this issue, but frankly it is not up to them. it is up to congress. right now, what we are seeing on capitol hill is a total impasse over
today on inside politics, a last-ditch plea. ukraine president volodymyr zelenskyy just left capitol hill after meeting with the entire senate. zelenskyy is trying desperately to secure the critical funding his country needs to defend itself against russia, but time is running out. just moments ago, house speaker johnson spoke to reporters right after his meeting with zelenskyy ended. the senate has been mia on this. the house passed hr-2 more than six months ago. it s been collecting dust on chuck schumer s desk. i told him personally that these are our conditions because these are the conditions of the american people. and we are resolute on that. it s not the house s issue right now. the issue is with the white house and the senate. and i implore them to do their job because the time is urgent and wept to do the right thing. as you just heard, republicans are insisting they will not back more funding for ukraine unless democrats agree to major border policy changes i
benjamin netanyahu openly rejects american plans for postwar gaza. cnn has learned that donald trump contacted a former mar-a-lago employee who witnessed his alleged mishandling of classified documents, repeatedly calling him in the months before trump s criminal indictment. we re going to get reaction to cnn s exclusive new reporting from legendary journalist bob woodward and carl bernstein. . welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. let s get straight to the breaking news tonight. president biden and president zelenskyy trying to present a united front here in washington as aid for ukraine right now hangs in the balance. our correspondents are standing by over at the white house, up on capitol hill, and in ukraine and in russia. first, cnn s senior white house correspondent, m.j. lee. what stood out to you from what we just heard from presidents biden and zelenskyy?
that in the body camera that was released in january, and this is when pelosi said that depape pushed him aside and hit him on the head. the next thing he remembered was to wake up in a pool of his own blood. we expect this to wrap up this week, and david depape is facing decades in prison if he is convicted of the federal and state charges. veronica miracle, thank you so much. of collapse. and under investigation, the mayor is under scrutiny. moments from now, president biden is said to leave the white house and he is headed to san francisco for a summit, but the main event is a much discussed and much anticipated meeting with china s president xi jinping and the first time that xi has been back in the united states since 2017, and david culver is in san francisco, and if i could only say it, david. a lot has happened since the last two leaders met face-to-face, and what are you expecting from the meeting? yeah, kate. there is a lot over the past year, and you know,