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chris. >> hala gorani, thank you. >>> i want to bring in collin clark, director of research at the sur fanile nbc has not been able to independent verify, the qatari foreign minister says there's just not the same willingness for an exchange deal right now. what do you think the chances are there could be a deal? what's it going to take? >> it's going to be incredibly difficult. i think we need the continued pressure by the united states and then the facilitation that the qataris and the egyptians have played in the past. the israelis are convinced right now that military pressure is going to lead to some kind of breakthrough with the hostages. i'm not so sure. i think the narrow focus on the military strategy and the military approach of israel has been a bit myopic. i've heard very little from the netanyahu government about what a political end game would look like. >> admiral daniel hagari, the idf spokesperson says they're searching for the leader of hamas in the south now and capturing and killing him is a goal of this war. i also saw another translation that said the goal of this war

chris. >> nbc's raf sanchez, thank you so much for that reporting. i want to bring in collink, director of policy and research at the sufan group. i just got some information from the pool at the white house, and for the first time in 11 days, this would be day 11, president biden and prime minister netanyahu have had a conversation. we're waiting for the readout, to be honest those readouts generally are pretty -- we don't get a lot of information, but the fact that they had not just spoken in ten days, but since the cease fire fell apart, and now at least did have a conversation today. i wonder what you imagine that conversation might be about and how important it is that they're at least talking. >> well, yeah, probably quite a tense conversation as the united states and the biden administration continue to press the israelis to rein in the civilian casualties and collateral damage. that's lot of the conversation here, as you know, domestically in the united states, and i think that the biden administration is trying to thread the needle between expressing support for the

chris christie is appealing that decision which he noted last night. but you talked about what you are -- i mean, republicans and democrats alike in maine, senators susan collins, angus king, independent, jared golden, they are criticizing your decision saying that it's not up to someone, you know, with all due respect to your office, which is an important one and secretaries of state have been through a very challenging time since the 2020 election, but that it's not up to you given -- you are not democratically elected. you are chosen by the state legislature. you are not a lawyer. this hearing only had one fact witness who was law professor. so the criticism is that it's not really your decision whether or not someone can be on the ballot. >> every elected official swears an oath to the constitution. i swore an oath to the maine constitution and the united states constitution. and maine election law requires me to hold a hearing of this sort. now, mr. trump could have produced witnesses. should he have chosen to do so, he did not. that being said, my decision was based exclusively on the record before me in that hearing in accordance with maine law. that is

chris christie calling her a slippery, slick politician. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i am caitlin collins and you are in the situation room. >>> we begin this hour with russia's massive new air assault on ukraine, a sign of the winter campaign that ukrainian officials have been warning about and driving. president biden calling it a stark reminder that president vladimir putin remains committed to obliterating ukraine. nic robertson has the report. >> reporter: from ukraine's center, dnipro took all points. odesa in the south , kharkiv in the northeast, and lviv in the northwest. russia launched its biggest air attack since the ground invasion 22 months ago. 44 of 158 russian missiles invading ukraine's western supported air defenses. killing and wounding civilians. this man narrowly surviving, pulled from the rubble in kharkiv. schools, shopping malls, private homes and high-rises, even a maternity hospital hit. in the capital, this resident awoken by missiles at 7:30 a.m. >> translator: it was a horrible sound, so frightening. the missile was a flying and everything was buzzing, blurrin

collins. (inaudible) >> this is my last roadeo. i'm throwing in the towel. >>> you're watching san francisco rising with chris manors. special guest is jeff tumlin. >> hi, i'm chris manors and you're watching san francisco rising. the show on starting, rebuilding, and reimagining our city. our guest is jeff tumlin and he's with us to talk about our transportation recovery plan and some exciting projects across the city. mr. tumlin welcome to the show. >> thank you for having me. >> i know the pandemic was particularly challenging for the m.t.a. having to balance between keeping central transportation routes open, but things have improved. how are we doing with our transportation recovery plan? >> so we just got good news this week. we're getting an extra $115 million from the american rescue plan and this is basically the exact amount of money we finally needed in order to close the gap between now and november of 2024 when we'll have to find some additional revenue sources in order to sustain the agency. in the meantime, i finally have the confidence to be able to rapidly hire, to restore services and to make sure m