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tie him to the violence on january 6th at trial. also hundreds of military nominees who have been held up over abortion for months, have finally been confirmed. after one senator ended his nearly 10 month blockade mostly with no apologies or no progress. i'm kaitlin collins and this is the source. >> tonight behind closed doors, president biden offering a candid assessment about why he is seeking a second term. something he says he may not be doing if donald trump wasn't running again but of course trump is and as of this moment he's the front runner for his party's nomination. one o...

you are in the "cnn newsroom." i'm alex marquardt in washington alongside kaitlan collins in tel aviv. jim acosta is off tonight. thank you very much for joining us. israel moves towards a fourth and possibly final day of its temporary truce with hamas. so much will demand on how many more hostages get released after three successful days of hostage releases. hamas says it wants to extend the pause in the fighting. a source telling cnn that israel's war cabinet is also discussing that possibility. but today it was yet another emotional day for so many families in israel. a third grou...

u.s. secretary of state antony blinken speaking moments ago during an unannounced trip to iraq as he continues his high-stakes trip through the middle east as the israel-hamas war intensifies. here is what he had to say. >> we just finished meetings here in bagdad. we started with a briefing for our entire team at the embassy about the security situation. as you know, there have been a series of attacks directed at our personnel, both in iraq as well as in syria. job number one for me is to ensure the security of our people. so i got an update on everything we're doing to make sure o...

confirmed in that time are actually hostages? >> less than 10. >> that's not a number. i want a number from you. >> less than 10. >> why can't you give a number? >> i've given you an answer. what is your next question? >> you've given an answer. you've not been responsive. let the record show. the other question has to do with israeli warnings. the israelis have said their objective and they've been very explicit about it is to destroy hamas. from you and other administration officials, we hear the objective is to ensure that hamas can never terrorize israel again. those are two diff...

this time last year, we were seeing clear signs that ukraine's much—heralded summer offensive wasn't doing very well. russia had had plenty of time to prepare its defences and ukraine simply couldn't break through them. the next phase, inevitably, would be a russian spring offensive, after the snow and mud of the winter gave way to firmer ground under the tracks and wheels of the tanks and armoured personnel carriers. ukraine's supporters around the world were nervous. might this be the moment when russia came crashing back, recapturing the ground it had lost and even maybe threate...