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>> welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states, canada and around the world. i'm kim brunhuber. this is cnn newsroom. israel says it will cut off all humanitarian aid to gaza unless hamas backs a u.s. plan to extend their cease fire after the d.c. diplomatic disaster, ukraine's president zelenskyy gets a much warmer welcome. ahead of today's summit in the uk, we'll go live to downing street with a preview. and polling gives us insight into how u.s. republicans feel about ukraine and how much that sentiment differs from when the war began. and federal employees are again facing questions about the work they do. we'll have the latest on the new normal under donald trump and the elon musk. >> live from atlanta. >> this is. cnn newsroom. >> with kim brunhuber. >> israel says it's stopping all humanitarian aid from going into

gaza. this comes as phase one of the ceasefire between israel and hamas has expired. cnn's larry madowo joins us live from paris. so, larry, take us through israel's decision here. the reaction and the impact it could have on so many civilians. kim, prime minister benjamin netanyahu has decided to stop any more release of aid into gaza immediately. and this is because the last phase of the first stage of negotiations ended yesterday. and what the israelis are saying is that they will not allow a ceasefire without the release of hostages. they are thought to be still 24 living hostages in gaza that need to be released. now, the united states has recommended extending the current phase of the ceasefire to buy them about seven more weeks under this agreement. under this proposal by steve witkoff, that is, president trump's envoy, the

hamas organization would release about half of the living and deceased hostages still in gaza. and then at the end of that negotiation period, the remaining hostages would be released. in that proposal, this would go on for another seven weeks to cover the holy month of ramadan and the jewish holiday of passover. so this would end on april 20th. but hamas is rejecting this, calling it cheap blackmail and a war crime, and appealing to the international community to force israel to stop what it calls immoral acts against the population. the 2 million people that live in gaza. what hamas wants is to go to the second stage of negotiations. they are hoping for a comprehensive agreement that would would lead to a permanent ceasefire, a pullout and an end to the war. and the israelis are not keen to do that. so this is the immediate leverage that the israelis have, which is stopping the aid and supplies going into gaza, which is badly needed. the enclave of about 2 million people is essentially in ruins after this 15 month war. and hamas is

digging their heels in. they rejected the end. at the end of that ceasefire that ended yesterday, the first phase of it. they rejected this extension of it. and this throws the negotiations into disarray. they have both made trips to cairo, which is one of the countries egypt has been negotiating in this, along alongside qatar. we're still waiting for responses from egypt, from qatar, from their reactions to this. but hamas has already declared that they will not be going ahead with this extension, this temporary extension that the u.s. has negotiated has essentially put on the table for them. they're there in the first phase of this, about several dozen living hostages and aid bodies were released, as well as more than 1500 palestinian prisoners. so this should be an extension of that which came at this point, does not appear to be going ahead. putting this entire operation into lots of questions, does that mean that israel will then ramp up again? its the war in gaza, which something that hamas is trying to avoid. this ceasefire has allowed them to essentially regroup, but they're

saying they won't agree to any kind of a temporary ceasefire, temporary extension, as the u.s. has put on the table. kim. yeah. and again, uh. so many civilians caught in the middle of this larry madowo. thank you so much. >> ukrainian president volodymyr. >> zelenskyy is expected to receive a massive. >> show of. >> support today from. more than. >> a. >> dozen european leaders. they're scheduled to attend a ukraine summit. >> in. >> london. president zelenskyy met saturday with british prime minister keir starmer in london. the pair finalized loans from the u.k. for more than $2 billion. zelenskyy said that money would be used for production of weapons in ukraine. the reception he received in london was quite different from the experience in washington. on friday, zelenskyy said the meeting in london was, quote, significant and warm. and the prime minister's comments were a big change from president trump's. >> that you're. >> very, very welcome. >> here in downing street. um, and as you heard from the cheers

on the street outside, um, you have full backing across the united kingdom. >> now compare. >> that to. >> this chaotic scene from friday with president trump shouting at president zelenskyy. that meeting ended with white house officials asking the ukrainian president to leave. cnn's clare sebastian joins us now from london with more so, clare, as we said, president zelenskyy, those two meetings in washington and london, a study in contrast, huge stakes today. take us through. >> it. >> yeah. kim i think. >> the stakes. >> just got exponentially higher for this meeting after what we saw in the oval office on friday. look, this was supposed to be a meeting that took place at the end of the week where french president emmanuel macron and uk prime minister keir starmer, who both visited the white house last week, had secured some kind of warmer ties with the trump administration, perhaps made progress towards persuading the trump administration not to abandon ukraine and europe. but of course. and then, of course, we were expecting ukraine to sign that minerals deal on friday,

which would have been a step towards perhaps u.s. involvement in postwar security guarantees. what we got, of course, was the sort of public implosion of that relationship. and that leaves europe with these major existential questions. so this meeting this weekend, i think there is symbolism. you saw keir starmer there, very warm reception for president zelenskyy. he came out onto downing street here. he hugged him. he greeted him in person. we're also seeing more symbolism today where zelenskyy will be meeting with king charles. this was a hastily arranged meeting, which i think highly symbolic, given the fanfare we saw on thursday when prime minister starmer presented president trump with an invitation from king charles for another state visit, which he described as unprecedented. so a similar sort of honor being afforded today to president zelenskyy, a sign of the uk's solidarity. but i think we're going to be seeing the european leaders and the uk prime minister in particular moving beyond that symbolism today into real, concrete action. they now have to walk this tightrope. on the one hand, of trying to

repair the relationship between the u.s. and ukraine, trying to figure out if that can even be done. i think one important player in that we will see arriving here in downing street later is the italian prime minister, giorgia meloni, a key ally of president trump, also a supporter of ukraine. she may be someone who can help build that bridge, but at the same time, europe now has to also, as it did even before what we saw on friday, figure out how it designs, how it comes up with some kind of postwar security guarantee for ukraine that will actually deter russian aggression. president zelenskyy has made it clear all along he thinks that security guarantees will not work without the u.s. so in some senses, we're back to square one here. this is an incredibly high stakes meeting, and one where i think europe will be facing questions well beyond the issue of ukraine. >> yeah, absolutely. well, on that. >> i mean, ukraine, obviously, the item on their agenda. but in the end, for these european leaders, it is about more than just ukraine. right? >> right. they are facing a u.s.

president who, in that oval office meeting kim said i am not aligned with anyone. i think they cannot ignore that. look, there were signs, very clear signs, even before this. but we're now in a situation where this is extremely urgent and you're certainly seeing countries like the uk and france try to lead the way on this. of course, the u.k. stepped up last week and pledged to increase defense spending to 2.5% by 2027. they're going to be looking, i think, for more pledges from other european countries. we're currently in a situation where within nato, two thirds of countries have hit that 2% spending target, but still a number of countries haven't. and of course, we're hearing from the u.s. and and from nato leadership in general. the secretary general mark rutte will be here today that the 2% target in itself is outdated, that we need to be looking for countries to spend beyond that. so they will be facing also the longer term issues of how they manage european security, perhaps with a much less committed united states. >> all right. we appreciate all that. clare sebastian live in

london. thanks so much. meanwhile, the white house is calling friday's diplomatic disaster a win for donald trump. a number of white house officials have been praising president trump's conduct during the chaotic meeting in the u.s., national security advisor compared president zelenskyy to a disgruntled ex-girlfriend. listen to this. >> he's clearly. >> solely focused on. >> believing he needs to fact. >> check. and correct every nuance. you know, it's like a it's like a, you know, a ex-girlfriend that wants to argue, you know, everything that you said nine years ago, rather than moving the relationship forward. >> among members of congress, the opinions mostly fall along party lines, with democrats criticizing trump's actions. and most but not all republicans praising them. >> it's a really sad place. >> for america to be, and for the freedom loving world to be. >> because this is dangerous. it's not just dangerous.

>> for ukrainians. >> who have been fighting for freedom for years. it's dangerous for all of europe, where our nato allies are facing down vladimir putin, who is basically just getting a green light from the white house. it's dangerous for the world because xi jinping might be actually the happiest person right now, because he is getting a green light to go ahead and potentially invade taiwan, which could very well lead to world war three in the pacific. the stakes are incredibly high. >> he offered this type of economic. >> partnership that would. >> that would. >> not only help the. >> united states, because we are in desperate need. of critical minerals to compete with. china for the things that we need here, semiconductors and other other things. but, um, he was offering a way. out for ukraine, and that is so incredibly important, i think. i think it was a missed opportunity. quite frankly, from president zelenskyy. >> the public falling out between presidents trump and zelenskyy drew strong reactions from around the world. as ben

hunt reports, most people were absolutely stunned by what they saw. >> and do you. >> think that it's respectful? i will answer. >> it's the now infamous. >> meeting that has many people taking sides. >> but. >> there has been one almost universal. reaction to the dustup between trump, his vice president, and zelenskyy. and that's shock in ukraine, which russia invaded three years ago. there's a wave of support for zelenskyy, who trump and vance called disrespectful. but that's not how many people in kyiv saw. >> it. >> the way they behaved themselves, of course i support zelenskyy. i don't know how he held himself in such conditions. >> but there are fears, too, about what will happen to ukraine as the country appears to be losing support from its biggest ally. >> i doubt that we could stand without the american help. they have helped us a lot with weapons and money. maybe europe will help us. >> in the northeastern city of kharkiv, which was hit again by

russian drones on saturday. one resident said the altercation felt more like a street brawl than a meeting at the white house. >> it was not on a level of international diplomacy. >> you know. >> it looked like fighting a hoodlum from the block, like in a. >> godfather movie. kiss the ring. >> if you don't get out. >> in moscow, there were divided opinions, with some people calling it a spectacle, others saying they just want peace. >> well, i think zelenskyy really doesn't have many cards up his sleeve, but it won't come to an end quickly. and fortunately. >> it's all part of the show. i think of good american cinema. that's the first thing. and the second point is that really important things will be decided behind the. >> scenes. >> many western countries have expressed their support for ukraine after the disastrous meeting, but it was a sense of astonishment in the british media and on the streets in london about how it all went

down. >> it was very unfair. >> i think he wants to be treated like that. it's very kind of bullyish behavior. >> and around the world, differing reactions to which world leader either lost or held his composure. >> i felt. >> like trump was. >> a little bit rude to zelenskyy, and he treats security issues as commercial ones. then i felt it shouldn't be done that way. >> i loved it because that's what i. >> voted for. >> i'm glad that we finally got a president and vice president with a backbone. >> that's back to you. >> the public nature of the spat means there will be plenty of opinions of what went wrong and why. none of which gets ukraine any closer to peace. ben hunt, cnn. >> elon musk's department of government efficiency is once again breathing down the necks of government workers. a new email says they have to submit a bulleted list of their accomplishments, and they have

to do it every week. cnn's arlette saenz has the details. >> it's round. >> two for federal workers, who once again received an email asking them to detail their accomplishments of the past week. the email started to go out on friday night and told federal workers that they would need to submit a list of five bullet points of their accomplishments by 11:59 p.m. eastern on monday. it comes just one week after that initial email caused a lot of chaos and confusion for federal workers and agencies, but also frustration with a lot of federal workers that they would have to justify their work to the trump administration. now, one thing that is different about the email that started to go out on friday night from the first email, is that the new email says that this will now be required each monday with that same deadline of monday night, but there are still questions about how exactly this might be

enforced. the emails did not detail whether there would be any repercussions if people did not respond, and some agencies are handling this in different manners. for instance, state department employees did receive an email on friday night asking for this list. but then the next morning on saturday, state department leadership sent a follow up email saying that they did not need to reply and that department leadership would be responding on behalf of employees and the workforce. the department of homeland security were also told sent a follow up email to their staff, saying that any responses would be kept internally to dhs and not go to the office of personnel management. so there's still a lot of questions about how exactly this will play out and whether there might be repercussions for workers who decide not to respond. arlette saenz, cnn, washington. >> demonstrators gathered at more than 50 tesla showrooms around the u.s. on saturday to

protest elon musk's efforts as head of the department of government efficiency. he's been working under donald trump to improve performance by cutting costs and by firing employees. but the so-called tesla takedown is meant to encourage company stockholders to sell your teslas, dump your stock and join the picket lines. the movement is gathering traction internationally as well. a protest was held in barcelona on friday in three, taking place over the weekend in london, lisbon and reykjavik. the trump administration is deploying nearly 3000 extra active duty soldiers to the us-mexico border, as first reported by the washington post. it's part of the president's efforts to keep his campaign promise to crack down on undocumented immigrants. the soldiers won't carry out deportations. instead, they'll help operate machinery, do medical evacuations, and provide administrative support. the department will increase the number of u.s. troops on the border to 9000. >> it won't be easy.

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security guarantees. here is. >> what we both. >> want to achieve. >> which is a lasting peace, a lasting peace for ukraine based on sovereignty and security for ukraine, so important for ukraine, so important for europe, and so important for the united kingdom. >> while on the campaign trail, president trump made a promise that he would end the war between ukraine and russia. by his first day in office. obviously, that time has come and gone. and russia and ukraine are still embroiled in war. cnn's chief data analyst harry enten has more on where trump's fellow republicans stand on the conflict. >> republicans on the russia ukraine war. look at this. want a quick end of the war? but russia still keeps the captured land from ukraine. look at this. look at the majority of republicans, 74%. three quarters of republicans near unanimity on that particular subject, compared to just 25% who say that they support ukraine's fight, even if it means a longer lasting war. the bottom line is

this is it's very clear, very, very clear that republicans want an end to this war. they are willing for ukraine to give up that land that russia currently has. they do not want this war extended. and i think what we saw yesterday in the white house was a clear illustration of that republican point of view. donald trump representing republicans well on this issue. so republicans who want the russia ukraine war to end, even if russia keeps the captured land, you go back to august of 2022 with just 46% of republicans. you look, by october of 2023, it was 55% of republicans. but again, look at where we were by the end of last year. 74% of republicans. my goodness gracious. this is the type of trend line that leads to what we saw in the white house yesterday, whereby republicans have changed their point of view on this war tremendously from where they were two years ago, let alone three years ago. back in august of 2022. the bottom line is that republicans want

this war to end, even if it means that russia keeps the captured land from ukraine. >> again. >> stand with ukraine. >> and we. >> have ukraine. >> stand with ukraine. >> and leave ukraine. >> some protesters in washington made it clear they're not in step with trump's treatment of president zelenskyy. they demonstrated near the white house saturday, saying they're appalled by what took place in the oval office the day before. they called zelenskyy's treatment childish, embarrassing and a disgrace. the protesters pushed for continued u.s. support for ukraine. meanwhile, protesters in vermont gave a reality check to u.s. vice president jd vance. dozens lined the streets as his motorcade rolled through waitsfield, vermont, on saturday. their banners called vance a traitor while expressing support for ukraine and calling zelenskyy a hero. the protesters also pushed back against cutbacks in the federal workforce and usaid, while a group of trump supporters held a counter-rally

across the street. vance is in vermont on a family ski trip. all right. for more analysis on all of this, we're joined by maria avdeeva, a security expert and senior fellow at the foreign policy research institute. and she joins us from kyiv. thank you so much for being here with us. so right before that diplomatic disaster, i saw you sent out a video of the moment those two leaders met in washington. you sent this on social media and you wrote, uh, where is it? here. let's hope it brings us closer to a just and lasting peace. uh, unfortunately, i think it's fair to say peace seems further now than it did when zelenskyy boarded that plane to to washington. so as we've had a day or so to digest that diplomatic disaster in washington, what are ukrainians saying now about that confrontation and how their president handled the attacks by donald trump? >> this was a total shock for everyone in ukraine because

indeed, there were expectations that this meeting will bring closer peace for ukrainians, because everyone here wants peace to come. after three years of the war. people are tired and people were looking forward to american support and american help to help to end this war. and after what we have seen, uh, people really support president zelenskyy because he was like representing ukrainian people to to his best because he is the national leader. for three years he was standing with ukrainians and ukrainians are enduring daily russian attacks. ukrainian soldiers on the front line are keeping the front line. they are pushing back the russian attacks. and russia did not stop for a moment. the attacks on ukrainian territory. so, uh, like the assault on president zelenskyy and the attacks on him in front of all these cameras and media, ukrainians took very

personally like an attack for everyone here because he is the representative of ukrainian people. he was invited to the white house. he was ready to sign a deal for for minerals. and this deal would like bring a peace closer. and the american help would, would have been provided further. but now everyone is very anxious because you support and especially military support is critical for us. so people are now like in a don't know what will happen next. >> yeah. so let's talk about what happens next. because as you say, it is so critical to get u.s. support. here is priority number one, to get the u.s. to get trump back to the table. and if so, how? >> well, still, there is a hope that the talks will resume in some form. and president trump, after leaving white house, he

said that, uh, when when zelenskyy is ready to talk about peace, he is welcome. uh, not in that exact words, but the message was like that. so there is a hope that still, uh, the two countries who were very close partners and very close allies from the moment russia invaded will be again in that, uh, you know, in that relationship. uh, and people here are looking forward to it because otherwise, you know, the european countries and uk are the only hope for ukraine in terms of military support and military help. and i think that europeans have worked like this was a signal for them to wake up after actually the munich conference. and later, after all the remarks from the trump administration. so now ukrainians are looking with a great hope for the european countries and the uk, that they will be the suppliers of, uh,

critical military aid for ukraine because russia did not put aside their goal to crush ukraine. their goal was not just territory they currently control. putin says such country does not exist, and he wanted the whole of ukraine, and he wanted completely to annihilate ukraine, to destroy it. and people here are not fighting just for for something. they are fighting for the survival of our country or us as a people. >> yeah. and the, you know, just the reminder of everything that's at stake here. i noticed, uh, behind you there. there's a photo exhibit of of mariupol and and all the destruction that that city endured, a city absolutely devastated by by russian attacks. all of this still so much front of mind, as you say, because russia still attacking as we speak. >> yeah, exactly. this is the square in front of saint michael's cathedral in kyiv, where all the foreign leaders,

including the former president of the u.s. and u.s. officials, come to put flowers to the fallen soldiers because there are like the wall with the photos of the soldiers fallen in this war. and then there is an exhibit of photos of destroyed ukrainian cities that russia not only destroyed, but committed hundreds of war crimes. they're like mariupol, bucha and and others. and this is a very symbolical place. and actually, when president zelenskyy was talking about guarantees, he wanted to represent the urge of ukrainians so that we want peace, but we want the peace to be lasting. we do not want, you know, to wait for when russia becomes more developed military, when they concentrate more military capabilities and attack again, and probably the next time they will be more successful and they will get further with their, you know,

invasion and actually present. they already present a very big threat for our european partners, especially for the baltic states, because russia is already carrying out hybrid operations in the baltic sea. and they openly say that this is the sphere, how they call of russian influence, which they want to restore. if you look back at the soviet and the map of the soviet union, at that sphere of influence. this is the role that russia wants us to live in. and this is why ukraine is fighting. and we had the common values and common uh, interests with the u.s. and people here want this to come back because we are not the country that invaded. it's the russians who are the aggressors here and who are attacking ukrainians daily, day after day. hundreds of drones with warheads, like 50 kilos of explosives are launched from russia towards ukrainian cities, killing civilians every day in all over ukraine.

>> yeah, and all of those larger threats posed by russia, top of mind for those european leaders as they meet with president zelenskyy today. we'll see what comes of that. really appreciate your analysis. maria avdeeva live in kyiv. thank you so much. >> thank you. kim. thank you. bye bye. >> all right. we'll be back with much more here on cnn newsroom. please do stay with us. >> it's the news. welcome back. but it's also kind of not the news. >> all the. >> information on this show. so terrible. >> if i got news for you. news saturday on. >> are my five morning alarms a metaphor for everything else i'm putting off, like my laundry or my 768 unread texts. i'm just. >> your dermatologist. 769 try hydroboost. >> neutrogena weightless hydration that goes deep. >> oh, don't. forget dinner with my boss. >> are great. >> our new ultimate adhesive will save the day. new poly

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the film, trailing behind with ten nominations each are the brutalist, which won big at the golden globes, and wicked, the long awaited adaptation of the broadway musical. blockbuster numbers at the box office. the film has had problems converting nominations for various awards into red carpet wins. now there is one performance everyone will watch. comedian and longtime talk show host conan o'brien will make his debut as host of the oscars. we go live now to los angeles, where i'm joined by entertainment journalist andrew freund. thank you so much for being here with us. so i want to start where where i left off there with the host, conan o'brien. i had to read that twice that he never hosted the oscars before. i could have sworn he'd he'd done it before. it seems like just such a natural pairing. there's always such a so much pressure on that role there. what do you think about the choice and how he'll do tonight? >> yeah, kim, you know, i was just. >> as shocked. >> as you are. >> because i thought conan had.

>> hosted before. >> but this is in fact. >> his. >> first time hosting the academy awards. he is so excited. he's already making jokes. he said that he hasn't been attending the rehearsals, but he's been hanging out at the cheesecake factory instead. so i think that hollywood is ready for conan. he knows most of the people in the room. he's interviewed them before, and i think he is going to make a hilarious host and, you know, bring some lighthearted laughing to the city right now, kim, because, you know, we we need we need to laugh. we need to laugh a little bit. >> yeah. and you said the key word there lighthearted. i mean, he's not the edgiest choice. and that's one of the reasons i imagine they chose him. according to the ceo of the academy, conan is fairly apolitical, and that's what they said they're hoping for. and that's been the message as well to the artists. but at the end of the day, you know, some of them, some of the some of the movies themselves are political. and then there's the wild card, the actors. you never know what they're going to say when they actually get up there on stage. so, um, we're living in such polarizing times, keeping it

apolitical. easier said than done, right? >> yeah. you know, kim, i think that all went out the window on friday with what we saw at the white house. i think you're going to see that carry over, um, at the awards, and we are going to see a lot of the actors stand with ukraine. i think that they're going to talk about it. i think they're going to be loud and really, you know, talk about how, you know, the millions of americans that stand with ukraine and especially here in hollywood, that tends to be a little bit more left leaning. um, i think this might be the most politically political oscars ever, in fact. >> interesting. all right. well, that's certainly something to watch for. but of course, what we are really watching for is, is the movies themselves. so let's get to that. maybe the hottest contests are best picture and best lead actor. what are your picks? and will the voters in the academy see it the same way? >> so i think that for best picture, a nora is going to take it. now i will say it was not my

personal favorite film of the year. my personal favorite film of the year was the substance. however, nora has won the palme d'or at cannes. it won best director at the dga, won the pga, it won the critics choice award. so i do think that nora is going to take best picture now in terms of best actor, i think that adrien brody will take it for the brutalists. however, we saw last week, timothee chalamet won the s.a.g. award for his film, so it could be a toss up between timothee chalamet for a complete unknown and adrien brody for the brutalist. >> all right. and i left off the list for best actress because that's one of the most controversial nominees. nominees carlos sofia gascon, the trans star who's nabbed a historic best actress nomination. so despite the controversy, she's supposed to be there actually in the room in person. she she wasn't actually expected necessarily to win. but how much could her controversy impact the film's chances in other categories?

>> you know, i think that her controversy, i don't think she's going to win best actress. i think that's going to go to demi moore. um, i think that amelia perez will win best international film. and i think that zoe saldana will win supporting actress. so i'm not sure really it's going to affect it that much. i think the film will still walk home with some statues, but not all 13, that's for sure. >> yeah. all right. and finally, um, you know, it struck me when you were making your list of what you thought the best, uh, best pictures would be. not a lot of box office, uh, you know, number ones there. so there's always that debate around whether the academy should award more movies that people actually see. you know, blockbusters like dune, wicked, and so on, versus the more artistic films, where do you think they'll go on the on that sliding scale this year? >> i think they're going to stick to the more cerebral films as they always have the past 97 years. i don't see dune taking home a statue or wicked, but, you know, they were great films. it's a great year for

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