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hello, and welcome here in the united states and around of the world. just ahead on cnn newsroom, the u.n. chief calls the nations to rethink their decision to cut funding on disturbing allegations in gaza. plus, museums across the u.s. are such to look a lot different. details of the new regulations that could soon set things right for cultures. but will this change? of the former president takes jabs on two fronts as trump, biden and haley are on the campaign trail. live, from atlanta, this is cnn newsroom. the head of the u.n. agency helping palestinian civilians in gaza as the group might help

and operations there. these nine countries stopped funding from u.n. relief and work agency after accusations by israel that a handful of their workers were involved in the october 7th mosque terror attack. israel has not publicly released its evidence, but says it has shared that evidence with united states. u.n. group fired nine accused staffers and launched an investigation into the allegations. it said that one other staff are had died and the identities of two others are being verified. now u.n. secretary-general is weighing in saying the alleged acts must have consequences. the tens of thousands of men and women who worked for them, many in some of the most dangerous situations for humanitarian workers, should not be penalized. the dire needs of the desperate populations they serve must be met. 2 million civilians in gaza rely on that date.

these needs are of course growing as israel continues its military operation. families are evacuating, but struggling to find shelter. besides hunger, fierce rain and cold are making their escape even more miserable. further north in gaza city, palestinians are rushing to grab sacks of flour that were delivered saturday. and residents say that rate isn't reaching everyone. >> today i can to get flour and i couldn't get it. some people got three bags of flour and some got four and i didn't get any. i had three children and i don't know how to feed them. >> only of them can take sacks of flour. the children, the orphans of the mothers of orphans, only the strong can make sure that the orphans take sugars.

>> palestinian officials say hospitals are under siege by israeli troops. according to the hamas -controlled ministry of health the medical complexes running out of venice asia, drugs and other medication and blood for transfusions. a shortage that the ministry spokesperson calls severe and dangerous. doctors without borders say the vital medical services have collapsed. cnn's paula hancocks joins us, live, from the controversy and the need for aid in gaza. good to have you with us, paula. eight countries have stopped funding because of the accusations against the 12 workers. israel, of course, accused of colluding with hamas. what does this mean, really for the people in gaza, who rely on this agent which employs about 13,000 people in gaza? >> well, linda, this is the

biggest source of humanitarian aid for those in gaza, who desperately needed. at this point we heard from the u.n. secretary-general, antonio gutierrez, saying that there are some 2 million people who are currently relying on what he provides. it is the biggest group and the main way that some aid is getting into gaza. we have heard u.n. officials warning that there could be a looming famine and warning of catastrophic consequences if this age does not get in. there is a widespread understanding that not enough is getting and as it is. now we heard from the secretary- general saying that at this point unrwa has funding, but it won't last until the end of february, so, given the extreme need that residence in gaza have, there is a serious concern among unrwa as to how they will continue to give this aid . now, they have been

calling on these countries, who have temporarily halted funding to be content reconsider their decision, the head of unrwa itself issued a statement, saying that these decisions were shocking, saying quote, it would be immensely irresponsible to section an agency and entire community it serves, because of allegations of criminal act against some individuals, especially at a time of war, displacement and political crises in the region. now, these heads of have said they have made immediate decisions into the serious allegations. nine staffers have been fired instantly and there is an investigation that will be ongoing as well. now, there are some countries, for example, norway and ireland, who say they will continue funding, knowing that it is needed and trusting in the u.n. to be able to investigate.

>> and of course, paula, the israeli prime minister has criticized a protest by families of hostages held in gaza, saying they are useless. he is clearly feeling the pressure and he is calling on qatar to use its leverage against hamas. here's what he saying. >> well back last week, last tuesday on israeli television there was leaked audio of benjamin netanyahu that was aired on israeli television. at the time he had been criticizing qatar for its links to hamas and not doing more to free the hostages. this wiki doubled down on that message on saturday, saying that he is not taking back one word. let's listen to what exactly he said. >> qatar hosts the leaders of hamas and also funds hamas. it has leverage over hamas. qatar made sure the medication will reach the district of hamas to our hostages and qatar

said it will help bring them back. therefore, to put pressure on them, they positioned themselves as mediators, so go right ahead and approve it. let them be so good as to bring back our hostages. >> cia director, bill burns, will be meeting with the intelligence chiefs of israel and egypt in the coming days, trying to hammer out a new deal to try to release some of these hostages. there's reports of a cessation of hostilities in gaza, in order to allow this to happen. nothing publicly being announced at this point. linda? ahead in abu dhabi good to have you with us. thank you. cnn has new video out of southern israel. near the gaza border, showing armed israeli soldiers guarding more than two dozen palestinian detainees, wearing disposable white coveralls, despite the freezing temperatures. sitting and kneeling on the ground, the men are blindfolded and barefoot. their hands are tied behind

their backs. this is where the authority say the men are being held for suspected terrorist activities. after being detained inside gaza. the idf says in a statement quote, suspects have been taken for further questioning within israel. individuals who were found not taking part in terrorist activities were released back into gaza, so it is possible. the idf claims that the men are being treated in accordance with international law and they were strips to ensure they weren't carrying a concealed weapons. the u.n. previously condemned israel for alleged mistreatment of detainees. many detainees of alleged abuse at the hands of israeli forces including several palestinian boys and men, who told cnn in december they were detained for 5 days before being released, emerging with bruised and swollen wrists. the idf official estimates that only 60% of the totals have

been found so far. as hamas nears its fourth month. cnn reports that is just one of the challenges facing israel, as they work to drive out militants and find the remaining hostages. >> the bullet went to the cheek. inside my jaw and took a piece of my jaw on the corner. and then it winced down over here to my neck and stayed there. >> master sergeant erin tall is lucky to be alive. kneeling on the edge of this tunnel shot he says he was shot by a hamas militant hidden inside. they ricochet off the tunnel wall likely saving his life. >> when i turn my flashlight on i saw a gun light flash. a gun flash. and then i felt like five kilos hammer that was in the hot lava

just like punched into my face. >> as he crawled away from the tunnel chef it killed the gunman. but his brush with death speaks to the enormous challenge hamas tunnels still present to the israeli military after three months of war. >> there's upper gaza and lower gaza. it is very tough mission. >> a former member of israel's national security council estimates that israel has only discovered about 60% of the hundreds of miles of tunnel below gaza. >> it blew up something like 20%. so a lot of carelessness. it is not something that can be finished in a few weeks.

>> exposing and destroying these tunnels has been central to israel's mission in gaza. where it has dropped enormous bunker busting bombs that penetrate deep underground. leaving enormous craters and often causing heavy civilian casualties. but there's also concern for israeli hostages held underground. >> we cannot just blowup all of those tenements assuming that the hostages at least 50% of them. so we have to do it slowly, slowly. >> that means sending troops deep into booby-trapped tunnels, where hamas fighters could be laying in wait before rigging and detonating them. in the meantime, many hamas fires fighters are surviving and sophisticated tunnels with electricity, bathrooms and stocks of food and water, but for how much longer? >> how long they can stay

there? it is a good question. not for good. they will not be able to survive them because of those conditions, for let's say more than two more months. >> for now at least that means the battle rages on. both above and below the surface. >> the u.s. says an oriole tanker in the gulf of aden on friday was carrying highly flammable cargo. indian, french and american ships responded to the distress call and helped put the fire out. crewmembers are reportedly okay on the ship's operator says it is sailing towards a safe harbor. despite continued warnings abstracts from the u.s., rebels in yemen continue to us attack ships in the red sea saying it is in support of the palestinian people. french farmers are taking

to the streets, literally lining tractors blocking a major highway out of paris. the farmer's grievances include the cost of fuel and competition from ukrainian farmers. france's europe's largest food producer. and now french farmers are threatening to use their tractors to barricade paris on monday. still to come. >> what joe biden is doing is a crime against our nation. it is an absolute betrayal of our country. >> you are the reason donald trump is a defeated former president. >> the latest from the u.s. presidential race, as former president, donald trump, faces a two front fight against republican contender, nikki haley, and president, joe biden. and one of the most famous museums in the united states is taking down some of its displays this weekend. as part of a nationwide change on how mission street

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welcome back. museums across the u.s. are closing on changing the exhibits featuring cultural artifacts from nature native

american tribes. the move is in response to regulations aimed at obtaining consent from or returning the item to the tribes that consider them sacred. cnn's gloria reports from the world's largest natural history museum about how they are adapting to the changes. >> so, this is an iconic location, not just here in new york city, but much of the world. the american museum of natural history is one of the most visited museums in the entire world that draws about 4 1/2 million people every year, so the fact that they are making this change really sends a major signal to the rest of the field, and here's what's happening. the museum is closing two major galleries this weekend, including the eastern woodlands and the great plains gallery. and what they contain is several native american cultural items. so, pretty sizable, big object as well. many of them recognizable to

anyone who has visited this museum. and they are going to be covering up those display cases. now, we actually asked to go inside the museum today to try to get video of these displays that will no longer be viewed by the public, but we were not allowed, because part of the whole point here is to no longer show off or display any of these pieces in anyway. why is this happening? well, they are trying to be in compliance with these new federal guidelines, which are now going to require museums and federal agencies to consult and obtain informed consent from descendents, tribes or native hawaiian before displaying or researching human remains or cultural items. now, this is actually an update to the 1990 native american raves protection and repatriation act. and this law has been on the books for a while now. but there has been criticism from indigenous people that the

experience of the nation and indigenous voices was not centered enough in the process. so, this is an attempt to rectify that. take a listen to the museum president. we spoke with him early this morning, describing what is actually behind this effort. >> the intent of the regulations , and i think the intent of this process, is to make sure that the voices of indigenous peoples have a say, both and how their stories are told in museums and participate actively in the presentation of their narratives in museums. >> it is not just a museum, here in new york city, but other major organizations around the country, including the field museum in chicago, the museum and denver and the cleveland museum as well. they have all taken measures to either move or cover up their exhibits as they begin this process.

the question is whether or not some of these exhibits will ever return and the museum president issued a letter to his staff here yesterday, saying that, while some items might return, others might not return after they are returned to their rightful owners. gloria in new york, cnn. it is not just u.s. institutions that are reassessing how they display indigenous art and cultural artifacts. other museums are unveiling similar efforts. uk says it will send back gold and silver artifacts that were looted nearly 150 years ago by british troops. two british museums announced the move as part of a loan agreement with the west african nation. museum officials say the artifacts were taken during the 19th century. they add that many of the objects, including more than a dozen pieces from the asante rogue court were looted during war. some of the relics were believed

to hold the spirit of past figures. jeffrey robertson is a prominent human rights attorney of the author of who owns history. he joins us live from melbourne australia, good to have you with us. >> yes. it is an important development, because britain, of course is behind america. a long way behind america, because it's museums are full of the loot of the colonial era. much of the gold, for example, from the tribes was seized by what would now be called war crimes, the local populations regarded as natives and as inferior were killed by modern rifles and were their temples and their homes were stripped of anything with gold or silver

and it was auctioned off and frequently went to the british museum or to one or other national museums, and then, as if to put in law the colonial mentality, which still exist in the british parliament they had a law which prevented any of this stolen property, seized property from being returned. >> yes. >> so, this is still the law. so, the only way they could get them back is by giving them as a loan, a three-year loan. this valuable cultural heritage will be returned to ghana. >> right. >> it is pretty rich to have your cultural property returned to you as a loan and i think that the courts in ghana will

eventually strike this down, because it was property obtained during a war crime. >> and it includes 32 pieces, right? gold and silver artifacts that have been described as crown jewels, and as you point out, it is a three-year loan that can be extended. is it time to get them back permanently? >> it is. it would be more honest to give them back permanently. but the british parliament and government is infected by this colonial, postcolonial-- i mean once britain had an empire and this is the last vestige of it. that they can clean too. so, they have this absurd thought that museums cannot be access or give back any property that they have received. however much it was stolen or obtained by criminal activity.

so that is the problem. to get around it, the museums that want to do the right thing do not include the british museum, but other museums, will in fact loan it back, and perhaps they won't seek, in three years time, to collect on the loan. . >> gono could potentially extend it. >> and i think the canadians will be perfectly entitled to get a declaration from the court, saying that it shouldn't go back, because of the property that was stolen or obtain under pressure of war crimes. >> but of course this is just a very small number of artifacts given that about 90% of african cultural property resides in european musicians according to a report commissioned by the french president, emmanuel,

macron, who, horse beliefs they should be returned. but i do have to ask you just quickly, the british institutions like the british museum, have long argued that they preserve these items and have taken great care of them and that they can be widely studied in their museums. what you make of those arguments? >> while they are correct in some cases, but totally false and others. certainly, the british museum has taken care of the rosetta stone and that is important, because it is in the british museum but the stone began to speak and we actually discovered what it said. but in other cases like the famous parthenon marbles that were looted, that has been a different matter. >> yeah. >> we haven't handled and they really should go back to greece, because they are the

greatest. >> yeah, we have been covering that. >> we have to leave it there, jeffrey robertson, good to have you on the program. sorry to cut you off there. we have got to wrap it up, but we appreciate your perspective, thanks so much. we will take a quick break and be right back.

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you are the reason we are going to win and beat him again. >> u.s. president, joe biden, taking shots at republican rival, former president, donald trump, on the campaign trail in south carolina. mr. biden has vowed to put tougher immigration measures and ways, including the ability to shut down the u.s.-mexico border as he tries to counter trump's attacks. priscilla alvarez has more. >> president joe biden drawing a sharp contrast from former president, donald trump here in south carolina on saturday, in what was a preview of his general election arguments, casting the former president has quote, defeated and a loser. president biden also making the case that trump is only thinking about himself and not the countries", what is good for america is bad for him, politically. but he also spent time making connections with what his administration has done in a range of issues to what communities are seeing on a day- to-day basis basis, investment

driving down insulin cost and also student loan debt relief, which earned applause in the audience, but notably the president also weighing in on border security and putting his support behind a border deal that senate negotiators have been working on for weeks, saying that, if given the authority, he would shut down the border and do it quickly. >> that will were law today i would shut down the border and fix it quickly. a bipartisan bill would be good for america to help fix our open immigration system. >> he has made remarks in the other past few days and weeks, there were also protesters of the audience calling for a cease-fire in gaza. they were escorted out, and president biden to not engage with them. but it was yet another example of the fractures within the coalition that the president is having to navigate. but the bottom line here was that he needs south carolina to see that he is credited for turning the tide in 2020, and one that will have its primary next week it will be the first after the democratic national committee overhaul scheduled with president biden's support. the president reflecting on that.

and while this is not a competitive primary, it will be a test of his standing with black voters. a key constituency to clinch that win in november. priscilla alvarez, cnn, south carolina. also in south carolina, nikki haley before the republican primary there on february 24th. haley's attacks on trump have escalated recently after she largely avoided conflict with the former president for almost a year. the campaign is getting a boost by trump's legal battles and heavy investments from political networks leaks to people, like billionaire, chuck charles coke. she is facing an uphill battle, but the south carolina governor is refusing to step aside. >> only two states have voted. there are 48 more that have to vote. no matter what donald trump thinks he can't believe his way

to the white house, it will not work. and after he did that we raised another $1.4 million. donald keep them coming, because it is great. donald trump campaigned in nevada, a state nikki haley is not expected to visit. cnn is traveling with the former president and has more. >> well, nevada is a state that donald trump and his team feel like they have already won. part of that is because nikki haley is not participating in the caucus here, instead, she is on the ballot for the state's primary, but the caucus is where the state's crucial delegates will be awarded. so that was really a big part of donald trump's message on saturday. he was telling voters to skip the primary altogether and make sure they get out for him on caucus day.

but because donald trump and his team don't really see nikki haley as a player here, that allowed donald trump to pivot to more of a general election message. and a big part of that message was talking about the border. one reason is because the border is a key issue for nevada. it is a state with a large migrant population, but another part of it is the timing. that is what i found really noteworthy. he spent a lot of time railing against congress's bipartisan negotiations over securing the southern border and went farther than he had before in declaring that there is quote, zero chance i will support this horrible open border betrayal of america. take a listen to how he put it. >> when you have a very small majority, very tough. mike johnson, speaker, he just said it is that on arrival in the house. he said we want either a strong bill or no bill and whatever happens happens. but this is the single greatest to our country right now. the people pouring into our

country, because we have no idea who they are. the fact is, if joe biden truly wanted to secure the border he doesn't really needed bill. >> part of the reason donald trump spent so much time talking about this is because he wants to keep campaigning on immigration ahead of november. but he also sees it as a key vulnerability for joe biden. so i think you will continue to hear donald trump rail against the border, relegates this deal, and he also argued that he was happy taking the fall for its potential failure. one more thing i wanted to point out that i found noteworthy is that donald trump did not address the $83.3 million that a jury decided he owes e. jean carroll; on friday. something that donald trump was angered by very much. but he did not bring it up once. cnn, las vegas. trump's's defamation case is just one of his many legal problems facing this election year.

cnn's brian is tracking all of the investigations and where they stand. >> from friday's verdict in the e. jean carroll case, ordering donald trump to pay more than at $3 billion in damages to carol, to the stormy daniels hush money case, to the mar-a- lago documents probe, to the elections interference case in georgia and the federal january 6th inquiry, donald trump has been tangled in a web of investigations targeting him from many directions. >> it's pretty remarkable that you have multiple different states and the federal government also investigating the same person at once, but that person is the former president of the united dates. >> in addition to the civil verdict, trump faces 91 melanie townsend two state courts and two federal districts. plus the indictment in the daniels case in new york, where trump faces several counts related to business fraud. in washington, special counsel, jack smith, has charged trump with four felonies and a federal case in connection with his attempt to stay in power after the 2020 election. >> we are going to walk down to

the capitol. >> reporter: there is the justice department's mar-a-lago case, charging trump with illegally handling classified documents when he brought them to his florida is eight after leaving the white house. and in georgia, fulton county da, willis, has brought a huge racketeering case against trump and 18 other people, alleging a conspiracy to steal the 2020 election. there's also a civil lawsuit in new york filed against trump and his adult sons, alleging that they fraudulently distorted the values of their robberies, which case against trump is the strongest? analysts have gone back and forth, but to some point to georgia for the decent possibility of conviction. >> even if you didn't have a direct hand in some of the efforts, that he was part of the planning, that he directed these efforts. so, that is why in a lot of ways it is the most serious, because when it comes to the election, it is the one with the most teeth.

>> donald trump has repeatedly edge rejected all of the allegations in each of these cases, characterizing them as facets of a witchhunt designed to take him down. he has called the mar-a-lago investigation part of the justice system. and slammed the new york and georgia probes as being clinically motivated. and on friday, he called the e. jean carroll verdict absolutely ridiculous and said he will appeal. brian todd, cnn, washington. the state of utah has paused to ban equity and inclusion programs, commonly known as ddi. utah lawmakers voted to prohibit ddi programs from state and public schools and in government. republican governor, spencer cox, is expected to sign the bill into law. this is the latest in a growing movement among conservative lawmakers across the u.s. to ban diversity and equity efforts, which they argue, are forms of indoctrination. the father of a palestinian american teenager killed in the west bank last week is demanding answers from the

united states. saying the country is indirectly responsible for his son's death because of his continued support for israel. he told cnn that his son was shot in the back 10 times, while trying to have a picnic on the family farm near ramallah. >> he was going to have fun, eat and go home. my son grew up in new orleans, he was born in new orleans, 60 consecutive years. he doesn't know anything about the conflict here. he does not participate in anything here, simply my son was a victim of these guys that killed children for no reason. and was shot, my son was shot. i have the videos that i sent to everybody, the consulate, the senators and i tried to reach out to every person in charge from secretary blinken to let them know that my son

was simply executed by someone who loves to kill people. loves to kill children. my son was executed from the back. he was shot 10 times. the car was 10 bullets in the car. from the back he was driving away from everything. he didn't see anybody, he wasn't a threat to anybody, he didn't pose any threat to anybody. they didn't even see him. my son was just -- i think, at the wrong place and wrong time. and these people are just -- i'm trying to reach out to any government official, any government there, can someone be shot, 16 and 17 years old for no reason like this. from minute one, these claims that stories that he was throwing rocks or some thing, i sent videos where the car was, how far it was from highway 60, where they claimed he was. it was 200 meters away from the highway. and he was driving away back to the village, how can he be

throwing rocks when you are driving away and you get shot? we are under an occupation, a government that is-- we are supporting the western world, supporting my government, my tax dollars, my tax money that i am paying for bullets and machine guns to kill our own citizens. to kill 16 or 17 years old, a u.s. citizen who came out here to see his great grand dad hurt. now he is dead. my daughter, seven years old last night at 2:00 a.m. meanwhile, my wife spent two hours with my daughter, she is seven years old, asking me, i don't understand what's going on. so i am asking antony blinken, the secretary of state, i'm asking biden and the administration, the whole white house, she seven years old, why should i tell her. she cries every night on the pillow right next to me and text me to 2:00, 3:00 in the

morning, i'm barely getting sleep because of that situation. >> is not yet clear who fired the shots, but police say the incident is under investigation. abdul-jabbar says he has evidence of that shooting which he has sent the u.s. consulate and a number of u.s. senators. we will take a quick break and be right back.

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welcome back. one man is dead after a tanker truck plunged out off of a bridge on saturday morning. the truck was carrying about 7500 gallons of diesel fuel and exploded upon impact. police say the driver lost control of the rig while attempting to merge from one highway to another. a nearby creek was contaminated with fuel and briefly caught fire. contaminant booms are being used to environmental damage.

taking a look at weather across the u.s., threats of flooding are expected to wrap up on the coast as they are winding down on the east. cnn meteorologist, eliza rapper has the latest. >> our eyes go to the west coast this week, where an atmospheric river could unfold after looking at potentially hazardous rainfall, where you see those orange dots. southern oregon and northern california over the next couple of days headed to the west coast starts to ship south a little bit as we go into the work week, with northern california feeling the threat of flash flooding by tuesday and wednesday. here's a look at the series of storms that just continues with the fire hose out of the heavy rain. monday morning, another storm there, by tuesday morning. bringing some rain into portland. notice that front starts to drape and california, some of that heavy rain making it as far south as an and cisco, with some of those showers getting into southern california, and looking up in the snow in the

higher elevations are modest. so, looking at some 4-6 inches of possible. over the next couple of days, that heavy rain swath is heading south, to-4 inch totals go to south san francisco. and the sierra nevada's, where you can find heavy snow. here's that flash floods thread, as we get towards wednesday, and that that really starts to work its way down the west coast. that yellow is an area where we can find some flash flooding. we are looking at above average amounts of oyster in the air for this time of year down to san francisco. so, something to watch out for. all of this coming with some really warm air. temperatures, 10-15-20 degrees above average. and as we go to the work week, temperatures in the 60s and 70s from san francisco to sacramento. some 60s up in seattle working up multiple records possible by sunday and monday. >> thanks to lisette.

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