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two georgian election workers have the green light to go after rudy giuliani's assets right away to collect their award. a judge in washington gave them the go-ahead on wednesday. that is after the former trump attorney was ordered to pay close to $150 million to two women who sued him for defamation over statements after the 2020 election. and as jessica schneider

reports, the judge concluded some of giuliani's own claims don't add up. >> reporter: the judge in this case is really coming out with some scathing language against rudy giuliani in giving these plaintiffs the green light to start or try to start collecting anyway their $148 million right now. she's really criticizing rudy giuliani and his failure to really cooperate with this process. she is saying that he refused to turn over evidence revealing his worth. he refused do that earlier. and she said such claims of financial difficulties of giuliani no matter how many times repeated or publicly disseminated just are difficult to square are the fact that giuliani affords a spokesperson. ruby freeman and shaye moss pointed out that rudy giuliani owns property in florida and new york. his new york apartment actually on the market right now for $6.1 million. they also pointed to his contract with newsmax for a show. so they have repeatedly pointed out that rudy giuliani has money

and now the judge is saying that you can immediately starting today go after that money and try to collect your $148 million verdict. now to washington where the senate is taking the rest of the year off leaving behind a mountain of problems and lengthy to-do list that includes everything from how to fund the u.s. government and overt a shutdown to the crisis at the southern border which republicans insist must be tackled before the u.s. can come to the aid of israel and ukraine. a woman in the state of ohio is being charged with abuse of a corpse after she suffered a miscarriage in her bathroom. brittany carried the fetus for more than 21 weeks, which is right around the time the fetus becomes viable preventing doctors in ohio from legally performing an abortion. now the case is reigniting the conversation on women's reproductive health. whitney wild has the details.

>> reporter: after the death of her 22 week old fetus, brittany watts felt distraught, heartbroken, empty according to texts she sent to wjw, a local television station. a coroner's report and 911 call obtained by cnn detailed the days before and after the miskaurm miscarriage that led to her arrest and felony charge. >> i have a mother who had a delivery at home and came in without the baby. >> reporter: in mid september watts visited st. joseph hospital multiple times and was told her water broke and her fetus would not survive. medical staff recommended she be induced into labor. at first she declined medical care but later returned to theh hospital i intending t to give birth.h. accordining to a " "washingtono" interview w with wattsts' attor she waiteded eight hours to giv birth as doctors considered wherein dinducing her would violate the law. she went home and two days later

miscarried into a toilet. she returned to the hospital where they called police. >> if it was born alive, i'm certain it is not now alive. >> reporter: investigators found the fetus still stuck in the toilet. watts faces a felony charge for abuse of a corpse. in a recent hearing a prosecutor described the case like this -- >> the issue is not how the child died or when, it is the fact that the baby was put into a toilet. >> reporter: watts' attorney said that there is no law in ohio that requires a mother suffering a miscarriage to bury or cremate the remains. women miscarery into toilets every day. >> i think that this is an example of a woman violating feelings rules. she didn't perform sadness and she didn't perform respect in a

way that the prosecutors could recognize. and so they chose to punish her with the prosecution. >> reporter: watts' case has set off heated debate over criminal horizoning pregnancy outcomes including miscarriages. >> this is about misunderstanding miscarriage and how it works. it is about misunderstanding the psychological and psychiatric reactions that some people have during and after a miscarriage. >> reporter: ohio physicians for pre-productive rights is urging prosecutors to drop the case. the group's co-founder told cnn pre-productive rights is urging prosecutors to drop the case. the group's co-founder told cnn s risk is enormous. >> criminalization stigmatizes abortion and pregnancy. but it certainly particularly affe affects communities black or brown. and it creates a bigger discrepancy and doesn't allow them to feel safe. >> reporter: cnn has reached out to the prosecutors in this case.

they did release a lengthy statement, but it did not comment on the substantive facts of the brittany watts case. they outlined what happened this court and that the case is with the grand jury. we also reached out to the hospital in this case, st. joseph hospital, which declined to comment citing patient privacy. but they did stress that safety and security of their patients is their highest concern. whitney wild, cnn, chicago. still ahead, voters in colorado react to the state's supreme court decision keeping donald trump off the presidential primary ballot. plus extreme hunger adding to the trauma of daily life in gaza. we'll show you what people are doing to survive.

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maduro. vsecretary of state antony blinken is calling out other countries for nolt demanding hamas surrender its arms. hamas controlled health ministry says nearly 20,000 people have been killed in gaza since october 7. the ministry doesn't distinguish between combatants and civilians. millions are facing extreme hunger. half of the population is now starving. aid is coming in slowly, but there is not enough for desperate families. jomana karedsheh reports. >> reporter: for weeks, this is what we've seen of the war on gaza. israel's brutal military pounding neighborhoods into dust. in central gaza, whole blocks reduced to rubble seemingly deserted, unlivable. but there is also this, the near

surreal scenes, the hustle and bustle of the street market. the story of every war. where life doesn't stop, it goes on for those trying to survive. but gaza is like no other place. it is where more than 2 million are crammed into this tiny strip of land that now looks like it has been bombed back into ages past where those who have lost everything have nowhere left but the streets. that is where this man is building a clay oven hoping people will pay him to use it, so maybe he will have enough to buy cheese or tomatoes. our lives are a million years behind, we live in sue tesewage says. it is cold, no food, no water, no warm clothes. most here have skip escaped thes only to be trapped in this

misery. disease and starvation may soon kill more than the bombs. half the population the u.n. says now starving. peel going entire days without eating. and this him one says she collea bit of flour from here or there to bake bread for her children. they say go to the south, we came to the south to die slowly she says. human rights watch says israel is using starvation as a even with of war. it is a war crime israel dozens and calls it a lie, it accuses hamas of stealing aid. in the wake of october 7, israel's defense minister announced a siege of gaza. quote, no electricity, no fuel, everything closed until all hostages were returned. some aid and water delivery resumed, but nowhere near enough. much of the blockade remains in place, what rights groups call collective punishment. sometimes the lucky ones find more than lentils and bread for

the hungry mouths they have to feed. this other uses a pair of jeans for her fire to boy some chicken wings and bones. i'm using clothes and cardboard to make fire and cook, she says. the situation is disastrous, but i need to find a bway for my ir which. we're in the street because we have nowhere to shelter. scrounging for food now the people of gaza desperately wait for the moment they can try once again to live. jomana karedsheh, cnn, london. if you would like information on how you can help with humanitarian relief efforts for gaza and israel, go to cnn.cocnn d cnn cnn.com/impact. there will be a list of vetted organizations providing assi assistance. u.s. officials say that the migrant situation at the u.s./mexico border is nearing a breaking point. on tuesday alone, the u.s. border patrol says it processed more than 10,000 migrants who

crossed illegally and those types of numbers are straining an already overwhelmed system of federal resources. the homeland security department is asking for help from other agencies. the white house has requested another $14 billion for the department but it is stalled in congress. mayor of el paso says that his city is doing the best it can with limited resources. >> it is not sustainable for any community and it is really important that we understand that the immigration process is broken and that we have to treat everybody with dignity and respect when they do come into our country. they are not coming to el paso, they are coming to the united states and it is important that we help they will to the destination and work with them and that is the things that we're proud of, that we make sure that people are not out on the streets at night, they have a bed to sleep in, a warm meal. and then they work with them to make sure that they get to their

destination. but at the end of the day, everything that you see today, everything we've been working with, is abandoning. >> u.s. border official says the migrant surge is worse by phony travel agencies advertising trips to the border. they connect with migrants -- or they connect migrants with mug letters who illegally bring hundreds across the border at a time. u.s. president biden is expected to meet with the mexican president about the surge of migrants this week. according to sources familiar with those talks. the leaders are expected to discuss what assistance mexico can provide to help manage the flow of migrants. but officials say they have limited resources themselves. they also met last month in san francisco on the sidelines of an economic forum to discuss similar matters. donald trump's ban from the ballot in colorado is prompting a range of opinions from across the political spectrum. cnn spoke with trump's former

attorney general bill barr about the ruling. >> i think that this case is legally wrong and untenable. and i think that this kind of action of stretching the law taking these hyper aggressive positions to try to knock trump out of the race are counterproductive, they backfire. he feeds on grievance just like a fire feeds on oxygen. and this is going to end up as a grievance that helps him. >> so what do voters in colorado think of the ballot ban? we sent gary tuchman out to find out. >> reporter: this coffee shop goes by the simple name of coffee. and it is here where we have a simple question for customers. tell me your gut feeling, do you think it is a good thing that colorado supreme court did that or not? >> you know, i'm not the biggest fan of trump, but i don't think that people should be taken off the ballot necessarily.

>> reporter: this man is a political independent in a very republican county. so here in the county seat of castle rock, it is easy to find loyal trump republicans who feel the same. what do you think of the supreme court decision? >> i think it is unfair. >> reporter: how come? >> government shouldn't get in that position to control votes for certain candidates. >> reporter: but we did find this democrat who says that is precisely what this court needed to do. >> i think it is a great decision. i think that when you try to overturn an election, you don't get to run again. we have a 14th amendment for a reason. >> reporter: back inside coffee, loyal trump supportive tony doesn't take the decision seriously. she thinks that the supreme court taking trump off the primary ballot is the result of game playing. why do you think they are playing a game? >> they are part of the game. >> reporter: and what is that game? >> not being honest. >> reporter: but you think that trump has been honest? >> for the most part, yeah.

>> reporter: her friend concurs. saying that she feels -- >> outraged. absolute outrage. >> reporter: why are you outraged? >> they will take away our choice based on their personal beliefs. because i don't believe that they are speaking for the people. >> reporter: but this woman believes justices are. she is an independent who has voted for donald trump but shenandoasays she won't vote for him again. >> i agree with their ruling that he engaged in insurrection, yes. >> reporter: so you think it was the right thing to do? >> for my state, yes. >> reporter: keith has voted for donald trump twice but says this time around, he is supporting chris christie. his opinion is more nuanced. >> it is a complicated issue, but if the law is the law and the supreme court is doing it, we have to abide. doesn't mean i'm a fan. >> reporter: many are digesting still the court ruling. symbolic of countless discussions in the state and the country. kelsey is a democrat.

>> i think what he did was unacceptable for our country. and he should face the consequences for that. >> reporter: and jake a republican. >> i think if that was a legitimate thing to happen, if he was part of an insurrection, he would have been arrested. he wasn't arrested. >> reporter: the colorado primary is march 5. gary tuchman, cnn, castle rock, colorado. this week's launch of an ballistic missile kim jung-un says shows his country won't hesitate to conduct a nuclear attack if provoked by an enemy with nuclear weapons. state media show that he congratulated troops involved in the test. and once again his daughter said that the missile had the potential to hit anywhere in the u.s. still ahead, the volcano in southern iceland is keeping thousands from their homes. how the government is trying to help there.

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for you guys to be out here doing something like this, it restores a lot of faith in humanity. thousands of people evacuated from southern iceland won't be allowed back into their homes before christmas. lava flows continue to slow, but authorities say they are unpredictable and could start heading towards the town of grindavik. the government is buying apartments for people in dire need. fred pleitgen is there. >> reporter: up close as the earth spews fountains of lava, south ice land remains in a state of emergency as the volcanic eruption continues. this is as close as the authorities will allow us to the actual fissures or where the eruption is happening. i'd say we're a mile, maybe a little less than a mile away from it. things have calmed down a little

bit, but the danger is still there. authorities fear that there could be new events that could pop up and more lava could be gushing to the surface and coming to the surface in fountains like we've seen over the past day and a half. so while things have gotten a little bit more muted, certainly the danger is not over. in the early stages of the eruption, a wall of lava spewing hundreds of feet into the air. while it has subsided somewhat, the underground magna tunnel remains active and dangerous. >> still dangerous of course. and the magma that is coming up is around 1200 degrees hot when it comes to the surface. and it takes a long time for the surface to cool down. >> reporter: the area around the eruption zone remains cordoned off, critical infrastructure in danger. the world famous blue lagoon hot springs closed. here is another reason why the situation is so dangerous. you see over there the volcanic being a different. and if we pan in this direction

over there is a geothermal power plant that is extremely important for the electricity here in this area. the authorities are trying to protect that power plant by building a berm against any lava flows. for the local residents, no respite. >> we have this volcanic eruption close grindavik. i think it is wise that the town was evacuated in november. we have been buying flats for the residents so now we actually have 70 flats that people can move into before christmas. which is the most people who are in most dire need of housing. >> reporter: leaving many residents wondering if they will ever see their homes again. fred pleitgen, cnn, near grindavik, iceland. >> investigation could youers a -- rescuers are not giving up hope at finding survivors. rescue operations are still under way in the northwest where death toll is at least 135

people. close to 15,000 homes were destroyed when the earthquake hit while tens of thousands had to evacuate. to make things worse, temperatures in the region are dropping below freezing. while some survivors say that they are struggling to find warm clothes and places to stay. cleanup continues in australia after devastating floods hit the country far north. intense rains inundated areas in a popular tourist great way. and the government announced that it will provide financial help to those affected. >> after the floodwaters have receded, and after some of the physical aspect of damage has gone, some of the scars will remain as well. so we need to as governments, but also as a community, be very conscious about mental health issues, about the trauma which people have suffered from during

this difficult time. >> residents are being evacuated from some rural towns, about r. and there is a huge bush fire northwest of side any, it burned through an area almost the size of greater london. so big it created its own thoorm. thunderstorm. and it affected air quality. and in california, forecasters say atmospheric river could dump up to 10 inches of rain in southern parts of the state. flood watches are already in effect for 25 million people including in san diego, los angeles, santa barbara and bakersfield. the national weather center says some of the flooding could be life threatening. some roads could end up under

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