coy, thank you. thanks to all of you for joining us. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. so glad you re with us on this monday. this morning, we re watching growing threats of the israel/hamas war spreading to a much wider conflict, new overnight, israeli military ramping up air strikes after announcing it was expanding the ground assault to the entire gaza strip including in south, where so many civilians have fled, the idf say the strikes destroyed 20 on hamas targets. the u.s. navy destroyer came to the rescue of three commercial ships that were attacked by iran-backed houthi rebels. we re also keeping a close eye on israel s northern border with lebanon, where they ve been exchanging fire with hezbollah. three israeli soldiers were hurt by mortar shells fired from lebanon. we have team coverage. let s start with cnn s ben wedeman in jerusalem. expanding it to the entire gaza strip over the weekend, where the civilians who have moeftd to the sout
jerusalem where israel has renewed its efforts to destroy hamas. and a mounting cost to gazans. also tonight, palestinian prisoners. who did israel release from detention? why many are children not convicted of any crimes. plus, cross-country storms. avalanche warnings in the west, a washout in the east. forecast for the week ahead. out of the ashes. after notre dame s devastating fire, a familiar silhouette rising on the paris skyline. and later, under the sea and over the moon. hi. how a robot is helping children explore new depths from the safety of their hospital room. it makes it look so real. announcer: this is the cbs weekend news from new york with jericka duncan. good evening and thanks for joining us. we begin this sunday in the middle east. tonight israel is widening its hunt for hamas leaders to southern gaza where the majority of the territory s population is now crowded. for civilians, there is no escape. there is panic and confusion, as you ca
supreme court s first female justice. also, a guy who claims to be all three of those things. elon musk met with benjamin netanyahu this week and agreed that israel must destroy hamas. i think musk could destroy hamas almost instantly by becoming their ceo. good morning and welcome to morning joe. it is monday, december 4th. we ve got a lot to get to this morning. israel expanding its offensive in gaza with ground forces moving into the southern part of the territory. it comes as israeli officials have withdrawn from negotiations for another humanitarian pause. we ll get the very latest on these major developments in just a moment. plus, an update for you on the string of attacks on an american warship and multiple commercial vessels in the middle east. also ahead, the dangers of a possible second term for donald trump. we re going to go through a special feature from the atlantic. a major effort to detail all the threats our democracy could face. here s what th
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. good evening. we begin with an urgent call for evacuations across gaza, as israel expands its fight against hamas. the israel defense forces are now telling civilians in parts of both southern and northern gaza to evacuate as it carries out hundreds of air strikes. the u.n. estimates that more than 1.8 million people, nearly 80% of the population of gaza, have to leave their homes for safety since october 7th. and in the red sea, a u.s. defense official says an american warship shot down drones and responded after a cargo ship from the bahamas was attacked. let s go straight to cnn s matthew chance live in tel aviv for us. matthew, what is going on? what s the latest? reporter: well, when it comes to that attack on the cargo ship in the red sea, it issued an alert, a warning, and a call for help, a distress call, after a ballistic missile was fired toward it by houthi forces. these are iranian-backed forces i
u.n. thomas pickering on whether there is a potential endgame for israel in all of this. also ahead, a vote could come as early as this week on the next step in the house gop impeachment even as his son hunter turned the table on the committee leader demanding that he testify. it comes as court declared insurrectionist donald trump has a new sales pitch. he s a candidate who will protect democracy. all of that plus the santos saga ends in congress. so i am no longer congressman santos. i m just regular old professor major general reverend astronaut santos. protector of the realm, princess of genova. coming up, i m going to talk to a screenwriter who saw his fictional story about a conman in congress come to life over the past year. stay tuned for that conversation. you don t want to miss it. we ll begin this hour with the breaking story out of the middle east. the pentagon confirmed the uss carney shot down two drones after multiple commercial vessels were attacked in the