he that create any additional pressure on vladamir putin?— on vladamir putin?utin? he was very clear. it is _ on vladamir putin? he was very clear. it is a _ on vladamir putin? he was very clear, it is a stage-managed - on vladamir putin? he was very i clear, it is a stage-managed event clear, it is a stage—managed event and he was clay trying to appear sensitive to the ways of the war is impacting society, there were lots of questions from people involved in the war effort, a patchwork quilt of volunteer groups as well as regular soldiers and even a call in from the front line in a trench with vladamir putin's face and you could hear gunfire in the background. mostly they were complaining about not having supplies that they were promised but it was striking that vladamir putin, he didn't really seem to be on top of these issues. he would say things like, oh, yes, there may be supply issues, we are not perfect but generally, everything is going fine. also, it was a four hour press conference and theissues was a four hour press conference and the issues of the w

i am sure kevin would not agree with vladamir putin's . not agree with vladamir putin's version of eventsaine in the sense that there was the big run up to the counteroffensive that ukraine started injune and the counteroffensive, widely seen not to have delivered the hoped—for gains, now appears to largely have stalled and there has been you emphasis on defence and fortifications as winter sets in which changes the dynamics of warfare. russia tried to push certain areas but fierce fighting continues on both sides. president biden�*s national security adviser is in israel — to repeat us calls for restraint in the war against hamas. he's meeting the israeli prime minister benjamin neta nyahu in tel aviv. i have been speaking to the former palestinian authority representative and yasser arafat was magna. i haee and yasser arafat was magna. i have famil and and yasser arafat was magna. i have family and friends _ and yasser arafat was magna. i have family and friends in _ and yasser arafat was magna. i have family and friends in their _ and yasser arafat was magna. i have family and friends

navalny is a key critic of president vladamir putin and the kremlin overall, and has posed one of thegest challenges to putin during his war and continues to pose a significant channel, as you can imagine, there is significant concern over what navalny may face in his new colony. >> that's right. nada, thank you for bringing us that update. >>> let's turn now to gaza, where israel is promising to intensify its ground operations. this follows one of the enclave's deadliest night's in the battle between israel and hamas. the hamas controlled health ministry says at least 70 people were killed after an israeli attack at a refugee camp. and in the west bank, there are subdued celebrations on this christmas morning. local leaders have canceled christmas festivities in bethlehem to show solidarity with the people of gaza. and in place of the traditional christmas tree, this year an art installation, depicting mary and jesus, surrounded by a scene of a bombing. let's go to will ripley who is in tel aviv. 15 idf soldiers were killed this weekend in operations in gaza. there's a lot of develop

matthew, as i said, in moscow and was in that room today with vladamir putin. "outfront" now, an independent russian journalist, founder and editor in chief of the journalism outlet. so roman, it is good to talk to you again. >> hello. >> you have reported on the speculation that putin uses body doubles due to health problems and other reasons. at that press conference, the a if -- ai image comes up that looks like putin and he was asked if he used body doubles. he was prepared for it and felt the need to address it. what did you make of this entire moment? >> yeah. hello, erin. good to see you. of course, so i do believe that the question about putin's double was staged by putin's press confiservice. and at least once in the past, putin was asked about his double. and both now and then, he answered that he didn't have a double. and we as journalists, i can only believe that putin most likely is not lying. and there is no double. but it was important for the kremlin right now to once again inform ordinary people in russia that putin is healthy and doesn't need a

russia's president vladamir putin hold his first major news conference since the invasion of ukraine.re hitting the nhs in england with patients are put at risk by dangerous delays. the latest figures are out this morning and show a slight improvement in both ambulance response times and waits for accident and emergency care compared to this time last year. there has also been a drop in the patients waiting for routine hospital treatment. there were ambulances backed up outside, two hours in an ambulance. it's been a long night for margaret. are ambulances parked out there today. there are no beds. people on trolleys in the corridors. all night with her was her sister. i didn't sleep so i'm very tired.

vladamir putin's most vocal opponent, alexei navalny, is telling supporters not to worry about him.e on social media, navalny — who had not been seen or heard from since december 6 until this week — confirmed his arrival to an arctic prison. his team had no contact with him while he was moved from a jail east of moscow. navalny has been imprisoned since 2021 and faces a 19—year jail term forfounding and funding an extremist organisation — accusations he rejects as politically motivated. the us calls his detention unjust. his spokeswoman said russian authorities were intent on isolating him and "trying to make his life as unbearable as possible" — and despite navalny�*s message — his chief of staff told the bbc that concern for the kremlin critic remains high. we are worried. we don't forget for a second that he is in the custody of the very people who tried to kill him 3.5 years ago and that he is putin's very personal political prisoner. and this journey, this forced journey, is yet another proof. so, of course, we are worried. and the only protection, if any, that still exists for

at one point invoking russian president vladamir putin using quotes from a top u.s.dversary to attack president biden. >> vladamir putin, has anybody ever heard of him? of russia. he says that biden -- this is a quote. politically motivated persecution of his political rival, is very good for russia because it shows the rottenness of the american political system. >> reporter: the biden campaign responding with a blistering statement writing trump paired adolf hitler, quoted vladamir putin while running for president on a promise to rule as a dictator and threaten american democracy. trump's own words turning off some republican voters. >> he takes things to the extreme. this is part of the drama we're trying to get away from. there's no reason for it. >> reporter: but the former president is still the far and away front runner ahead of his republican rivals by 50 points. >> he's not afraid to hurt people's feelings. there's nothing wrong with that. people really need to toughen up a little bit. >> reporter: trump of course has pleaded not guilty to 91 criminal charg

in his first press conference since the invasion to years ago, vladamir putin insisted the war was going russian troops were improving their positions along the front line. 0thertopics improving their positions along the front line. other topics in this choreographed event, that is important to say, range from domestic and economic issues to technology. when asked about normalising relations with europe, president putin said he was open to the idea but that, i quote, "it's not up to us. it's not up to us, we did not ruin relations. they did that, they've always tried to push us back." he went on to say that: we believe that the united states is a necessary country for the world. however, their absolute imperial policies are hurting them. when something changes, we will see the conditions to establish full relations, but now we see nothing. mr putin said ukraine was being supplied with resources for the war �*for free�* — an apparent reference to western support for kyiv — but predicted it would come to an end. translation: unless they want to come to terms peacefully, we have to take som

a true story of money laundering, murder, and surviving vladamir putin's wrath. president biden said today if congress fails to pass the supplemental aid package, its going to give putin the greatest christmas gift. is are this how putin sees it? >> there's to question. ukrainians showed us two years ago with some is resources even though they were outmanned and outgunned, they could fight the russians back. in a war that should have lasted three days is going now almost two years. but that is contingent on ukrainians getting weapons that they didn't have before from the united states and other countries. and the united states is responsible for more military and financial aid than any other country. so, if for some reason the americans can't provide the ukrainians with any more financial aid, then basically putin had to wait two years for this. but he's going to get what he wants. president biden is right about that. >> a declassified intelligence assessment that congress got said that putin lost 315,000 troops on the battlefield and that the war has basically se

democratic voices including from the white house blasting republicans for teeing up a win for vladamir putine gop said that is an unfair framing of this. >> by far no fan of putin and the president knows that full well is not a christmas president and the president himself started saying national security and we've got to deal with ukraine and deal with the border and we've responded and that's correct and i don't meet very many americans that think what's happening at the board service connected going well. reporter: congress has one more week in recess to get this passed -- sorry, one week left in session before recess to get this pastramid and the white house has not said if the president is going co-tall on congress to -- to call on congress to stay? session to get it done. stuart: four star retired general jack keane with us now. biden meeting with zelensky at the white house and eu in full summit mode with 50 billion euro package of support for ukraine. you want full support for ukraine, don't you? >> yes, most definitely. you crane, 70% of the people believe ukraine is in our national

easier for getting this funding passed, which is important to our allies and sends a message to vladamir putind xi jinping, every auto accurate that you are not going to get away with it. >> shannon: would you vote for standalone aid bill for israel? >> not if it includes ukraine, if we pass funding for ukraine and means voting for standalone for israel, sure. >> shannon: would you do a package? >> on the ukraine piece, we are past the point of blank checks, don't ask question, i'd joe biden, trust me and send me tens of billions of dollars and it is astounding to me he hasn't articulated to this day, what does the end state and success look like? is fully ejecting russians from crimea natural interest of the united states? how long will it take? how much money will it cost? what is strategy to get there? frustration i know a lot of democrats share is that the president is essentially dith erred us now into a stalemate by not giving what they needed up front to win. here we are stuck essentially in a war of attrition and to say hey, republicans go to your taxpayers, i will not articulate what

turning to the war in ukraine, vladamir putin says russia is ready to talk to ukraine, the u.s.europe about the future of ukraine but, lauren, is there a catch? lauren: always is. this would be after the election to see who wins because do you remember, trump in talking about a peace, he said ukraine might have to give up some territory to stop this war. putin reiterating "we will not give up what is ours". so i guess if you wait till november, you find out who you'd be negotiating with. david: yeah, check the markets one more time before we end this sergeant. markets -- well, they are all up again. now it's up 11 point-blank layupses, not a great deal but it's turned around and red on the screen so have all of the indexes and nasdaq up 51 and s&p up 5. coming up, more democrats are publicly calling out president biden is how he's falling behind in the polls. they want him to change his messaging. how would you do that? we'll tell you what they want to hear the president say coming up. and 102,000 people fled new york last year. that's more than any other state. what is driving

he warped that if russian president vladamir putin takes ukraine, he won't stop there. request comes hours before a senate vote where republicans have said that they will block that package. joe biden is expected to announce another $175 million in ukraine aid. >>> house republicans filed a resolution to censure congressman bowman for pulling a fire alarm in a congressional building while the house was assembled. republicans allege that he pulled the alarm on purpose to delay a vote on a government spending bill. the democrat from new york says he set off the alarm by accident, thinking it would open a door. bowman pleaded guilty to one count of falsely pulling that fire alarm in october. >>> the new york metropolitan transportation authority voted today in favor of a congestion pricing plan that would implement a $15 base fare for cars entering lower manhattan, with small trucks paying $24 and large trucks paying $36. pricing would apply from 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 a.m. on weekdays and 9:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m. on weekends. back to you. >> i don't know. we will see how that go

not the way it will be done and look, a lot of people say if you don't support this, you're vladamir putin'sty is any member of congress, you're asking them to go home to their people and say we will do nothing to secure our border, deal with the millions of illegal people and terrorists and problems and sky rocking costs, but we're going to pay for other stuff. nobody can do that and it's not an unreasonable ask and if you insist on budget ling these in one package, you have to demonstrate to the american people that you're doing thingss that help them and not just people abroad. that's not unfair and unrealistic. david: doesn't mean you're an ally of putin. that's ridiculous. another one for you, colonel, north korea and china held high level talks after test firing intercontinental ballistic missile reportedly capable of hitting us in the u.s. and head of indo pacific u.s. command said he's "very concerned about joint military action between china and rush cha". what's the state of play for asia right now? >> i got to tell you, to be fair, this is one area where i'm actually sleeping bett

oversight over the money and we have the same concerns and nobody wants vladamir putin to prevail andurope and most agree might try to go to the ball kins over there we've laid down the line so clear and did it for the white house and president and national security adviser as recently as 48 hours ago and we'll not send money to ukraine unless we get border policy changes on our own border. con tip units back home say why -- constituents back home say where would yes help secure the border of the foreign country when we don't have our own. we've laid down the law and passed hr2, house resolution 2 and big immigration reform and border reform bill, and i've told chuck schumer himself two days ago, that is the line and we've passed out of the house and sitting on your desk collecting dust and we fix the border before we do anything. rachel: is that a money thing you're asking for. if you give more money to border and they're going to process more people. >> back to the policies in the trump-appointed era and this thing was squeezed down to almost nothing and remain in mexico, asylum ref

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