the first test of the 2024 presidential election is six weeks away, will the caucuses propel a chump trump challenger push him to a second term? israeli forces are expanding their fight against hamas. the gruesome, terrifying details the way they savagely raped women. a destroyer of democracy is what donald trump is calling joe biden. the attack is a distraction. we are going into it more with inside politics. i want to start with iowa, a month and a half from now republicans will be gathering across the hawkeye state to select the first winter in the republican contest, let s go first to jeff in iowa. how s it feeling there besides i m guessing pretty cold. there is a bit of snow on the ground with christmas shopping season, it is time for the iowa caucuses to enter a new phase. talking to voters, it is clear the ones who at least are inclined to participate are paying a new level of attention. it is hard not to, there are so many television ads from donald trump and r
there is a clear path to dictatorship in the united states and it is getting shorter every day. new warnings including from former republican officials about the risks of a second donald trump presidency. in gaza the death toll is surging as israel expands its military operations against hamas. palestinian civilians and more than 130 hostages caught in the middle. an urgent push is under way to get israel and hamas back to the bargaining table. exhausted and demoralized. the new report on the stress air traffic controllers are under and the risk that it carries for air travel. i m kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman. this is cnn news central. new this morning with donald trump surging in the polls, fresh sounds of alarm about what a second trump presidency might mean. and some of the warnings are coming from one-time republicans. quote, let s stop the wishful thinking and face the stark reality there is a clear path to dictatorship in the united states and
is scheduled to end at midnight tonight, with a senior arab official tells nbc news, there are hopes for another two-day extension. we would like to see the pause extended. its continuation by definition means more hostages would be coming home, more assistance would be getting in. potentially devastating news for one israeli family. the hamas military wing saying that members of the bibas family, they have all died, claiming without providing any evidence, it was an israeli air strike. joining me this hour is dick durbin on his proposal to reopen gaza hospitals. in georgia, rosalynn carter will be laid to rest after a private funeral service. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. today could be the last day for a group of ten hostages to be released, unless the temporary truce between israel and hamas is extended. signs ar hopeful for another two-day extension, according to a senior arab diplomat who spoke to nbc news. hamas says three hostages, the
he wants him because he s making a fool of himself saying we ain t got nothing but a squirrel fire and a hound dog says something like that. what was the first one? squirrel fryer. oh, fryer. right. by the way, speaking of eating fried squirrel, did you hear about the new liz cheney book that came out, willie? yes. there s a lot there. but here s my what a jump around, joe. here s my favorite line from it, though. kevin mccarthy oh, no. justifying his trip to mar-a-lago by saying three words that nobody has ever said about donald trump. he s not eating. now all i can say no! is this: if kevin mccarthy s job was to go down to mar-a-lago to get donald eating again, well, he did a hell of a job. yeah. because that ain t been a problem since. wasn t really a problem before. you know, maybe if he said, i got to go down to mar-a-lago because donald is cheating on his wind sprints we d believe that. but he s not eating, i don t believe it,
released 39 palestinian prisoners, leaving check large celebrations in the west bank. that is not the only thing the palestinians are celebrating today. gazans who billions welcome truckloads of humanitarian aid during the temporary cease-fire. then there is this, emotional reunions early this morning as hostages released this weekend can finally return to their families. this is 52-year-old sharon reuniting with her son and husband. she and her 12-year-old daughter were released by hamas yesterday after 50 days in captivity. earlier, president biden celebrated their release wallet knowledge ink there is still so much more to do. critical need is going in, and hostages is coming out. it is structured so that it can be extended to keep building on these results. that is michael, that s our goal to keep this pause going beyond tomorrow so we can continue to see more hostages come out, and surge more humanitarian relief into those who need it in gaza. fourth and final da