immunity from prosecution and what you need to know about the fakes and the counterfeits leaked into the market. and israel is planning to widen its military operation against hamas in gaza ordering residents in the central part of the strip to find safety in shelters. let s go right to cnn s jeremy diamond in tel aviv, islanders. the u.n. security council is pause pausing aid to gaza and you went to the karem that low crossing, one of the crossings between gaza and israel. what did you see there what s going on there? reporter: well, before they passed the resolution, the u.s. was bringing enormous pressure on israel to allow the entry of more aid into gaza and allow it directly from israel into gaza, and 300 plus trucks have gone directly from israel across security into this shalom plaza and we saw many of the trucks making that journey today. but still, it s not simply enough to immediate the humanitarian need in gaza. the u.n. world food program warns that about ha
to try to knock trump out of the race are counter productive. they backfire. as you know he feeds on grievance just like a fire feeds on oxygen. and this is going to end up as a grievance that helps him. did colorado just hand donald trump a political gift by barring him from the ballot? why some say the effort to rue the former president could actually help his campaign. plus how president biden is responding. this as nbc news has learned the colorado supreme court justices who ruled in the case are now facing a flood of threats after their historic decision. also ahead, we ll bring you the latest out of the israel-hamas war as israel defense forces uncover hamas extensive tunnel network in gaza city. and the blunt warning from chinese president xi jinping to president biden about beijing s intentions with taiwan. all right, good morning. welcome to way too early on this thursday, december 21st. i am not jonathan lemire. i m sam stein in for jonathan lemire. now, th
showdown in iowa. major republican candidates running for the gop nomination are on the trail, their attacks are escalating. the central question remains, can any of them catch up to donald trump? and, the worst attacks and two generations. that is that one senior u.s. official described recent assaults in the red sea. what is happening there could have a big impact on your wallet and supply chains. from what you pay at the pump from up by me missing to store shelves. after weeks of seismic rumbling, a volcano in iceland erupts. rivers of lava and smoke billowing over iceland. could it get bad enough to impact international travel? we are following these major developing stories, and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. good afternoon. thank you so much for joining us on new central. i m laura sanchez alongside brian peeler in the nation s capital. all eyes are on the hawkeye state. 2024 presidential primary officially will be underway with the iowa re
you still believe them to be true? yeah, of course they ll sue me again when i say that, but yeah i do. they want me to lie. basically they re suing me in order to lie to them. i m sorry, i can t do it. and the most important thing it doesn t have to be absolutely true. it has to be supportable. they have to prove i was deliberately lying, which i wasn t. rudy giuliani continue said to standby his lies about two former election workers from the state of georgia just days after a federal jury decided he must pay the women $148 million. but those women aren t done yet with the former new york city mayor. plus an update on the biden administration s push for a scaled back israeli offensive in gaza. it comes as israeli officials say they are considering what the next phase of the war will look like. and also ahead, we ll explain how trump administration immigration policies are playing a large role in ongoing negotiations over foreign aid. good morning and welcome to w