william: nick schifrin, thank you so much.nk you. ♪ william: in the day's other headlines, president biden issued an executive order targeting israeli settlers in the west bank who have been accused of attacking palestinians. the move imposes financial sanctions and visa bans on four individuals who have directly engaged in such violence in the occupied territory. the order comes amid growing criticism over u.s. support for israel's military campaign in gaza. meanwhile, gaza's health ministry says the death toll across that region has now surpassed 27,000 people. that's in addition to more than 66,000 injured by israel's attacks. in the south of gaza, israeli forces have flattened entire neighborhoods in khan younis. thousands have been forced to flee to nearby rafah, packed into encampments, and living in unsanitary conditions. the european union voted unanimously today to provide ukraine with $54 billion in aid. it will be used to strengthen the country's economy and sustain essential services. the deal was announced within

william: nick schifrin, thank you so much.hank you. ♪ stephanie: i'm stephanie sy with "newshour west." here are the latest headlines -- president biden issued an executive order targeting israeli settlers in the west bank who have been accused of attacking palestinians. the move imposes financial sanctions and visa bans on four individuals who have directly engaged in such violence in the occupied territory. the order comes amid growing criticism from democrats over the humanitarian toll of israel's military campaign in gaza. meanwhile, gaza's health ministry says the death toll across that region has now surpassed 27,000 people. that's in addition to more than 66,000 injured by israel's attacks. in the south of gaza, israeli forces have flattened entire neighborhoods in khan younis. thousands have been forced to flee to nearby rafah -- packed into encampments, and living in unsanitary conditions. the european union voted unanimously today to provide ukraine with $54 billion in aid. it will be used to strengthen the country's

nick schifrin is back with this report.f the images in this report are disturbing. nick: they made a desert in -- and called it peace. mariupol is the crucible of russian cruelty, and the symbol of ukrainian sacrifice. russia's bombardment defiled the city named for the virgin mary and reduced it to dust and debris. it stole dignity from the dead. mass graves. roadside burials. a city steeped in sorrow, where fathers waited for the unspeakable. and the victims were the most vulnerable. killing even those who had never lived. >> this operation really stands out as one of the worst chapters of russia's full-scale invasion of ukraine so far. nick: the crisis and conflict director at human rights watch, and one of the lead authors on today's report in collaboration with digital investigations team center research. >> this research was incredibly difficult given that the city is still under russian occupation. so we had to rely on interviewing people that were able to escape and then corroborate that with our imagery analysis. n

nick schifrin is back with this report.some of the images in this report are disturbing. nick: they made a desert in called it peace. mariupol is the crucible of russian cruelty, and the symbol of ukrainian sacrifice. russia's bombardment defiled the city named for the virgin mary and reduced it to dust and debris. it stole dignity from the dead. mass graves. roadside burials. a city steeped in sorrow, where fathers waited for the unspeakable. and the victims were the most vulnerable. killing even those who had never lived. >> this operation really stands out as one of the worst chapters of russia's full-scale invasion of ukraine so far. nick: the crisis and conflict director at human rights watch, and one of the lead authors on today's report in collaboration with digital investigations team center research. >> this research was incredibly difficult given that the city is still under russian occupation. so we had to rely on interviewing people that were able to escape and then corroborate that with our imagery analysis. ni

let's turn to nick schifrin in munich for the annual security conference.his news about alexei navalny land in munich? reporter: a shockwave is the best way to describe it. i was with the congress as the news came in and it was received with horror that quickly became grief mixed with doubt about whether this was actually true. many have worked with navalny and his staff for many years. many of them started to put together statements that would blame vladimir putin and the kremlin though there is no official confrontation. it also instantly changed the conversation. a lot of the conversation coming into the conference was about former president donald trump and his comments about nato and the u.s. failure to deliver from congress absolutely vital military aid to ukraine that it needs in the next few weeks and instantly the conversation became instead about russia and vladimir putin. much of that conversation focused on former president trump and ukraine, but what about the conversation about former president trump and nato and ukraine? reporter: still going

amna: let's turn to nick schifrin in munich for the annual security conference.ick, how did this news about alexei navalny land in munich? nick: it was a real shock wave, the best way to describe it. i was with the congress as the news came in and it was received with horror that quickly became grief mixed with doubt about whether this was actually true. many have worked with navalny and his staff for many years. many of them started putting together statements that would blame putin and the kremlin though there is no official confrontation. it also instantly changed the conversation. as you know, a lot of the conversation coming into the conference was about former president donald trump and his comments about nato and the u.s. failure to deliver from congress absolutely vital military aid to ukraine that it needs in the next few weeks, and instantly the conversation became instead about russia and putin. amna: much of that conversation focused on former president trump and ukraine, but what about the conversation about former president trump and nato and ukrain

nick schifrin has our report.s the israeli military lit the rafah sky, on the ground, special forces launched a rescue mission. israel says it raided an apartment complex, and traded fire with hamas militants, before it could recover two hostages. 60-year-old fernando marman and 70-year-old louis har, reunited with family members after 128 days of captivity. they're the second and third hostages to be rescued, and israel called their release proof the military needs to maintain pressure. >> this rescue mission underscores the importance of our ground operation in gaza. nick: prime minister benjamin netanyahu, whose brother died freeing kidnapped israelis 48 years ago, called the rescue historic. >> i want to tell you that the release of louis and fernando is one of the most successful rescue operations in the history of the state of israel. nick: the rescue was facilitated by dozens of airstrikes that the hamas-run gaza health ministry said killed dozens. dr. jamal al-hams, in blue, tries to save the wounded in th

nick schifrin speaks to israelis who live near the border about the threat, their forced displacementvernment has responded. nick: for more than a century, tal levitt's family has called this valley home. metula is israel's northernmost town, where levitt runs a farm 500 feet from lebanon, 500 feet from hezbollah militants on the other side of his apple orchard. too close for comfort. >> we are neighbors and they see us all the time. what we do, where we go, what we make. nick: and since october 7, they've been seeing, and striking. on october 14, a rocket hit his orchard. and last week, in response to an israeli attack in lebanon, tal himself was the target. this is the aftermath. his kitchen ceiling, collapsed. it was a direct hit, straight through his roof. >> they saw me go inside to my home. and i go out, after two hour, they throw a rocket through my home. they think i'm inside, but when i go, they not see that. nick: metula is in the lower galilee, about 30 miles north of the sea of biblical renown and is the only israeli city surrounded by an international border on three side

amna: nick schifrin with the latebreaking news of these strikes overseas. you so much. ♪ geoff: in the days other headlines, the monthly jobs report today indicated hiring is continuing at a strong pace. u.s. employers added 353,000 jobs last month, double what many expected. the unemployment rate remained at 3.7%. and the latest report found 3.1 million new jobs were created last year, making it among the best years for job growth since 1999. a federal judge in washington has postponed former president donald trump's march trial on charges he sought to overturn the 2020 election. no new date has been set. that comes as a federal appeals court has yet to rule on a pending appeal from mr. trump over his claims of presidential immunity. meantime, fulton county district attorney fani willis admitted in a court filing to having a "personal relationship" with a special prosecutor she hired for mr. trump's georgia election fraud case. willis insists there's no basis to dismiss the case or disqualify her from the prosecution. california is bracing for a second atm

nick schifrin speaks to israelis who live near the border about their threat, their forced displacementeir government has responded. nick: for more than a century, tal levit's family has called this valley home. metula is israel's northernmost town, where levit runs a farm 500 feet from lebanon, 500 feet from hezbollah militants on the other side of his apple orchard, too close for comfort. tal levit, israeli farmer: we are neighbors. and they see us all the time, what we do, where we go, what we make. nick: and since october 7, they have been seeing and striking. on october 14, a rocket hit his orchard. and last week, in response to an israeli attack in lebanon, tal himself was the target. this is the aftermath. his kitchen ceiling collapsed. it was a direct hit straight through his roof. tal: they saw me go inside to my home. and i go out. after two hour, they throw a rocket through my home. they think i'm inside, but when i go, they not see that. nick: metula is in the lower galilee, about 30 miles north of the sea of biblical renown, and is the only israeli city surrounded by an int

amna: nick schifrin with the latebreaking news of these u.s. strikes overseas. you so much. ♪ stephanie: i'm stephanie sy with "newshour west." here are the latest headlines. the monthly jobs report today indicates hiring is continuing at a strong pace. u.s. employers added 353,000 jobs last month, double what many expected. the unemployment rate remained at 3.7 percent. and the latest report found 3.1 million new jobs were created last year, making it among the best years for job growth since 1999. a federal judge in washington has postponed former president trump's march trial on charges he sought to overturn the 2020 election. no new date has been set. the judge said she would set a new date "if and when" trump's presidential immunity claims are resolved. meantime, fulton county district attorney fani willis admitted in a court filing to having a "personal relationship" with a special prosecutor she hired for trump's georgia election fraud case. willis insists there's no basis to dismiss the case or disqualify her from the prosecution. california is bracing f

nick schifrin is here with that. you have new details on the hostage negotiations? >> a u.s.t confirms bill burns, the director of the cia, will head to cairo to participate in another round of negotiations a a hostage a deal, and he has been the crucial u.s. official leading those negotiations. as a reminder, two weeks ago israel agreed to a plan negotiated by the u.s., qatar, and egypt to a six week pause that would be extended in three phases of hostage releases. hamas's counterproposal required an israeli withdrawal and israel interpreted that as hamas remaining in power after the war. u.s. officials told me there is been progress in those negotiations just in the last few days despite netanyahu's public statements. he called the counterproposal delusional and threatening to expand the war into rafah, so burns is hoping to maintain that progress officials tell me has been made but also keep pressure on netanyahu to take these negotiations seriously. the question for netanyahu is will he allow his spy chief it was been leading to gets really -- the israeli negiations to ca

following this all is our nick schifrin and he joins me now. nick, let's begin with this hostage deal president biden says he hopes will be implemented by monday. what do we know about that? nick: u.s. and israeli officials tell me they have a new outline of a deal that would stop the war for six weeks and lead to the release of 35 to 54 hostages. that includes women, the elderly, and the wounded. one obstacle still is female israeli soldiers, believed to be five of them, whether hamas will release them. and there is still no agreement right now as to how many palestinian prisoners being held by israel would be released. the goal of this would be to implement this before ramadan which begins around march 11. today on fox and friends, prime minister benjamin netanyahu reiterated his criticism he has made multiple times about -- about hamas' negotiating stance and said something he does not usually say, that he personally wants a deal. >> hamas has outlandish demands, on another planet, they have to come down to reality. if that is the case, we w

nick: u.s.nd israeli officials say they have a new outline of a deal to stop the war for about six weeks and lead to the release of 35 to 45 hostages, that includes women, the elderly and wounded. one obstacle is female israeli soldiers, whether hamas will release them and there is still no agreement right now as to how many palestinian prisoners being held by israel would be released. the goal would be to implement this before ramadan which begins march 11. today, benjamin netanyahu reiterated his criticism about hamas' negotiating stance and said something he does not usually say, that he wants a deal. >> hamas has outlandish demands, and another planet, they have to come down to reality. if that is the case, we will have a deal. i wanted. -- want it. nick: he also said he is committed to going into rafah. half of gaza's population, 1.2 million people in rafah today, massive tent cities. the city closest to egypt. it israeli defense forces presented a plan to evacuate all of those tents. more

nick schifrin and amanda bailey introduce us to one of them. on the stage of war, one man plays many parts and on the streets of ukraine's capital he is recasting himself. >> at some point you accept your fate. and you believe. if you should live, you will believe -- you will live and if not you will die. reporter: before the full-scale invasion the 28-year-old was a snowboard instructor. a tour guide. an i.t. specialist and model. after the invasion he stopped the suit best for one that stopped bullets. he translated to document russia's crimes. war forever transforms its victims and witnesses. >> i can remember the smell of rotten bodies. it was like a horror movie. i remember screams of mothers recognizing their children. it was something that you cannot forget. reporter: nothing about this war will be forgotten. in the center of kyiv, the carcasses of russian armor are witnesses to ukrainian courage. >> somebody from a distance of 100 meters had enough bravery and skill to shoot the rocker. -- the rocket. reporter: he says he needs to find

nick schifrin takes a closer look. the heart of gaza city, in neighborhoods they thought they'd cleared, israeli soldiers fight courtyard, to courtyard, and floor, by floor. the've been assaulting this city for months, but hamas militants still fight back. the fiercest combat is in the south in khan younis, a city of half a million that is increasingly filled with smoke, and destruction. israel's defense forces said soldiers raided a booby trapped training facility for hamas' october 7 terrorist attacks. israel says it has now destroyed 18 of hamas' 24 battalions, on its way to what prime minister netanyahu called israel's unchangeable military goal. >> total victory is the only way -- nick: but the first agreement has to be between israel and hamas. israel has agreed to stop the war for six weeks, in exchange for hamas' releasing 30 to 35 older women and children. the other 100 or so hostages would be released over at least two more phases. hamas says it is considering the outline, and would respond soon. until the gu

nick schifrin examines the question, and fate, of unrwa. nick: when israel was born, so was unrwa.created to serve three quarters of a million palestinians who fled or were forced out of what is now israel. 75 years later, it serves their descendants, nearly 6 million palestinians, in gaza and across the region with schools, health clinic, and especially today, humanitarian assistance. but during the october 17 to attack, an israeli dossier says four under staffers were involved in kidnapping israelis. six under staffers in total infiltrated into israel. and it said it acts under the authorization and supervision of hamas. israel said it found a hamas tunnel. in response, the u.s. in -- and germany and a dozen more countries have frozen funding. unrwa says if the finding doesn't resume, it will have to stop sending aid to gaza in the next months. for two perspectives on the allegations against, and the future of unrwa, we turn to reserve israeli colonel grisha yakubovich, who was the former head of the civil department of coordination of government activities in the territories, kn

nick schifrin speaks to taiwan's new representative in washington, for his first broadcast interview.ore than any single issue, taiwan has long been at the center of tension between the united states and beijing. last month, taiwan elected lai ching-te, known as william lai, as president. it is an unprecedented third straight presidential victory for the democratic progressive party, or dpp. beijing calls lai a separatist whose election could trigger war. but publicly, lai has insisted his policy is to retain the status quo. to discuss these issues, and the wider relations among taiwan, china and the u.s., we welcome alexander yui, taiwan's top diplomat to the united states. let's begin some recent chinese nationals died when their boat capsized what was being chased about one mile from a taiwanese island. today, taiwan drove away a chinese coast guard boat after yesterday the chinese coast guard boded a taiwanese tourist boat. what is your concern that these incidents could escalate? >> we have always strived for the status quo in the taiwan straits. the incident you just mentioned i

nick schifrin and amanda bailey introduce us to one of them.r: on the stage of war, one man plays many parts and on the streets of ukraine's capital he is recasting himself. >> at some point you accept your fate. and you believe. if you should live, you will live and if not you will die. reporter: before the full-scale invasion the 28-year-old was a snowboard instructor. a tour guide. an i.t. specialist and model. after the invasion he stopped the suit best for one that stopped bullets. he translated to document russia's crimes. war forever transforms its victims and witnesses. >> i can remember the smell of rotten bodies. it was like a horror movie. i remember screams of mothers recognizing their children. it was something that you cannot forget. reporter: nothing about this war will be forgotten. in the center of kyiv, the carcasses of russian armor are witnesses to ukrainian courage. >> all of them burned down because somebody from a distance of 100 meters had enough bravery and skill to shoot the rocket. reporter: he says he needs to find h

over the weekend, nick schifrin sat down with poland's foreign minister, radoslaw sikorski.talked at the munich security conference, which highlighted europe's anxieties about putin's invasion and america's resolve. nick: thank you very much. welcome back. as of now, the u.s. house of representatives has not approved vital military aid to ukraine. ukraine is rationing ammunition. what impact is the debate in the u.s. having on american credibility? >> first of all, remember that europe has contributed financially more to the effort than the u.s. nick: in total. >> when you count brussels and the member states. this is money for weapons to be manufactured in the united states. the ukrainians have already destroyed half of president putin's army without the involvement of a single american soldier. lastly, it is much cheaper to help ukraine now then it will be if putin conquers ukraine and has to be deterred. we think this is good value for money and this package is important. we appeal to the house of representatives, to mike johnson personally. nick: the speaker of the house

nick schifrin examines the question, and fate, of unrwa. nick: when israel was born, so was unrwa.n created the relief and works agency to serve three quarters of a million palestinians who fled or were forced out of what is now israel. 75 years later, it serves their descendants, nearly 6 million palestinians, in gaza and across the region with schools, health clinic, and especially today, humanitarian assistance. but during the october 7 terrorist attack, an israeli dossier says four genre -- unrwa staffers were involved in kidnapping israelis. six under staffers in total infiltrated into israel. and it said it acts under the authorization and supervision of hamas. israel said it found a hamas tunnel. and germany and a dozen more in response the u.s.and germany and a dozen more countries have frozen funding. unrwa says if the finding doesn't resume, it will have to stop sending aid to gaza in the next months. for two perspectives on the allegations against, and the future of unrwa, we turn to reserve israeli colonel grisha yakubovich, who was the former head of the civil departme

nick schifrin has our report.r: as he is really military lit the rafa sky, on the ground special forces launched a rescue mission. they raided an apartment complex recovering two hostages. a 60-year-old and a 70-year-old reunited with family members after 128 days of captivity. the second and third hostages to be rescued and israel called their release proof that military needs to maintain pressure. >> this rescue mission underscores the importance of our ground operation in gaza. reporter: the prime minister's -- called the rescue historic. >> i want to tell you that the release of lewis and fernando is one of the most successful rescue operations in the history of the state of israel. reporter: reporter: rescues facilitated -- by dozens of airstrikes. they tried to save the wounded in the only available facility, and overwhelmed tent. >> [inaudible] reporter: today, in the operations aftermath family homes are reduced to rubble. >> houses were demolished as you can see in the pictures. if you look around to me y

with the conflict at a frozen and brutal stalemate, nick schifrin now takes stock of what's been gaineds been lost. nick: in two years, countless wives, now widows. sons, now orphans. the dead stolen of their dignity and 10 million forced to flee their homes. the largest refugee crisis since world war ii. everyone, everywhere carries the war's scars. and so ukraine fights. 300,000 soldiers are determined but exhausted come outmanned and increasingly outgunned. in some areas for every artillery shell that they fire, russian soldiers fire 10. two years ago today before the full-scale invasion, russia occupied 7% of ukraine. on march 22, 2022, moscow expanded control to 27%. ukraine has won back about nearly half of the captured territory but russia still occupies 18%. recently ukraine pushed the russian navy further back into the black sea and increased exports and now increasingly threatens occupied crimea. it recently lost it eastern city. the russian military has momentum as ukraine waits for u.s. aid, without which senior u.s. officials fear ukraine will lose. we now take a look at wh

with the conflict at a frozen and brutal stalemate, nick schifrin now takes stock of what's been gaineds been lost. nick: in two years, countless wives, now widows. sons, now orphans. the dead stolen of their dignity and 10 million forced to flee their homes. the largest refugee crisis since world war ii. everyone come everywhere carries the war's scars. and so ukraine fights. 300,000 soldiers are determined but exhausted come outmanned and increasingly outgunned. in some areas for every artillery shell that they fire, russian soldiers fire 10. two years ago today before the full-scale invasion, russia occupied 7% of ukraine. on march 22, 2022, moscow expanded control to 27%. ukraine has won back about nearly half of the captured territory but russia still occupies 18% picked recently ukraine pushed the russian navy further back into the black sea and increased exports and now increasingly threatens occupied crimea. it recently lost it eastern city. the russian military has momentum as ukraine waits for u.s. aid, without which senior u.s. officials fear ukraine will lose. we now take a

nick schifrin is here with more. you have new details on the hostage negotiations. what do we know?> a u.s. official confirms bill burns, director of the cia, will head to cairo to participate in another round of negotiations over a hostage deal. he's been the crucial u.s. official leading those negotiations. as a reminder of how we got here, israel agreed to a plan negotiated by the u.s., qatar, and egypt for a six-week pause that would be extended in three phases of hostage releases. hamas' counterproposal require an israeli draw from cities and all of gaza. israel interpreted that counterproposal as hamas remaining in power after the war. u.s. officials tell me why that was going on, there has been progress in those negotiations in the last few days. despite his public statements. he called the counterproposal delusional. and what you mentioned at the top of this threatening to expand the war into rafa. burns is hoping to maintain that progress that officials tell me has been made in the last few days but also keep pressure on benjamin netanyahu to take these negotiations serious

over the weekend, nick schifrin sat down with poland's foreign minister, radoslaw sikorski.y talked at the munich security conference, which highlighted europe's anxieties about putin's invasion and about america's resolve. nick: thank you very much. welcome back to the newshour. as of now, the u.s. house of representatives has not approved vital military aid to ukraine. already as we know, ukraine is rationing ammunition. what impact is the debate in the u.s. having on american credibility? >> first of all, remember that europe has contributed financially more to the effort than the united states. nick: in total. >> when you count brussels and the member states. secondly, remember that this is money for weapons to be manufactured in the united states. thirdly, the ukrainians have already destroyed half of president putin's army without the involvement of a single american soldier. lastly, it is much cheaper to help ukraine now then it will be if putin conquers ukraine and has to be deterred. we think this is good value for money and this package is important. we appeal to t

nick schifrin takes a closer look. : in the heart of gaza city, in neighborhoods they thought they hadcleared, israeli soldiers fight courtyard to courtyard and floor by floor. they have been assaulting this city for months, but hamas militants still fight back. the fiercest conflict is in the south in khan younis, a city of half a million that is increasingly filled with smoke and destruction. israel's defense forces to say soldiers raided a booby trapped training facility for hamas' october 7 terrorist attacks. israel says it has now destroyed 18 of hamas' 24 battalions, on its way to what prime minister netanyahu called israel's unchangeable military goal. >> [translated] total victory is essential because it ensures the security of israel. total victory is the only way we can ensure additional historic peace agreements, which await. nick: but the first agreement has to be between israel and hamas. israel has agreed to stop the war for six weeks, in exchange for hamas releasing 30 to 35 older women and children. the other 100 or so hostages would be released over at least two more p