israel s embattled prime minister calling it a huge victory. benjam benjamin netanyahu winning his party s race in a landslide. netanyahu sounds supremely confident. we get more from orrin lieberman in jerusalem. reporter: prime minister benjamin netanyahu was looking for a big win in this leadership contest to see who heads the likud party, the party he s led for a decade. and with the final results counted, that s what netanyahu got. according to the likud party, he brought in 72.5% of the vote. his rival bringing in 57.5% of the vote. that s the margin that netanyahu wanted, to show he s not only in charge of the likud party, he s
loyalty to its leaders. that was very much on display, with likud members voting to keep netanyahu as their leader in march. alison and abby. thanks, oren. a heat wave is expected to worsen catastrophic fires raging in australia. more than 1.1 million acres have been scorched in the national park. the north south wales fire service says 77 fires have yet to be contained. and high to severe fire danger is likely early next week. the fires have killed 9 people and destroyed 800 homes since september. police in brazil are investigating an attack on a comedy group after their film
test. still, options to respond are already on the table. cnn s david culver is live in hong kong. david, it seems like so much bluster and then nothing. what is going on with the north korean regime right now? that s the question being posed by several u.s. officials, abby. one u.s. official tells cnn that the trump administration has preapproved a range of responses. they can start military drills of ground weapons. but all of that depends on what, if anything, north korea does in the next few days. earlier this month, the north warned it would give the u.s. that, quote, christmas gift. ahead of the holiday, a source told cnn, the gift could be the adoption of a hard-line policy, taking denuclearization off of the table. but they re bracing for a weapons test in the near future. there is movement on the peninsula, showing that north
korea may be working towards an icbm test. but it s unclear what they would have to do to provoke the u.s. so as to see a response that would be a show of military force. since may, north korea has launched several short-range rockets and missiles that president trump, frankly, has downplayed. despite the threat to u.s. troops and allies. as the year nears its end, north korea gets closer to its self-imposed deadline for successful denuclearization talks with the u.s. or else, kim jong-un has warned in the past, abby, his country will take a, quote, new path, not specifying what that would be. there s been so many ups and downs. and we should note that u.s. officials believe that the window for all of this is through kim s birthday, through late january. david culver in hong kong. sure. the faa wants to begin tracking drone locations. under its plan, drones weighing
one has had the interests of the civilian population at heart or been willing to do what it would actually take to protect the civilians. and thus, the cycle continues. arwa damon live for us from istanbul. thanks so much. a setback for any hope of a shakeup to break that political stalemate in israel. benjamin netanyahu with a resounding win in his party s leadership race, despite facing criminal indictments and a third election. netanyahu sounds supremely confident. cnn s oren liebermann is in jerusalem following the latest developments. reporter: prime minister benjamin netanyahu was looking for a big win in this leadership contest to see who heads the likud party, the party he s led for a decade. and with the final results counted, that s what netanyahu got. according to the likud party, he brought in 72.5% of the vote.