the employee who hasn t taken off his name tag since that awful day. tonight, children and covid in this country, and the cdc panel now recommending tonight pfizer booster shots for children 5 to 11. pfizer now says it increases antibodies against the original omicron variant 22-fold. just as new child covid infections hit their highest point since february. the abortion battle in this country, and tonight, the oklahoma legislature passing the most restrictive abortion ban in america. banning abortion beginning at conception, with few exceptions ad sending it to the governor tonight. president biden meeting with leaders of finland and sweden at the white house today, supporting their bid to join nato, defying threats from vladimir putin. the abc news exclusive tonight. martha raddatz on board the uss maine. one obvious 14 ballistic missile submarines protecting the u.s. from potential nuclear threats. and what they kept secret there martha even while she was onboard
self-defense. the concern tonight about the u.s. being drawn into a wider war. america s opioid crisis. will the supreme court uphold a multibillion dollar with the makers of oxycontin? do you blame the sackler s for ryan s death? i do. i absolutely do. norah: breaking news, an american tourist killed after a shark attack at a popular bahamas resort. and a night of celebration. the kennedy center honors. norah: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for being with us. we begin tonight with a dramatic escalation in gaza as israel and hamas engage in some of the most intense fighting since the beginning of the war. and that is taking place in southern gaza, specifically around khan younis, the city where israel believes the remaining hostages are being held. it s been four days since the cease-fire ended that allowed 100 women and children to be released, and tonight the state department says one of the reason hamas chose to end the truce and not
The situation room. Always watch us live or dvr the show so you wont miss a moment. Thats it for me. Thanks very much for watching. Im wolf blitzer in the situation room. Now lets step into the crossfire with paul begala and s. E. Cupp. Christmas eve for me. Tingling with anticipation. Im going to be up all night because if were good little boys and girls tomorrow morning we can finally open the most wonderful gift of all, my friend Hillary Clintons new book. Wow. I hate to be the grinch here, but ive seen an advanced copy and your Christmas Morning is going to be a real downer. The debate starts right now. Tonight on crossfire Hillary Clinton facing attacks on the eve of her book release. Clintons account of the low salt, low fat, lowcalorie offering with Vanilla Pudding as dessert. Is America Ready For Hillary . On the left, paul begala. On the right, s. E. Cupp. In the crossfire, tracy sefel,
a clinton supporter, and tim miller, coauthor of failed choices. Should democrats place all
And it starts with copper, the mineral copper. Theres copper in brass. Theres copper in bronze. The Statue Of Liberty is sheathed in a layer of copper. Thats about the thickness of two pennies. Pennies themselves used to be copper, but now theyre just coppercovered zinc, which sort of seems sad. It makes financial sense, because copper over time became too valuable to use in something as cheap as a penny, because most of what we use copper for now is conducting electricity. We use copper for wiring. There is a massive global appetite for copper. And the Worlds Largest producer of copper is an american company. Its a company that used to be based in new orleans but now the Mining Company freeport is based in phoenix, arizona. And the freeport Mining Company of phoenix, arizona, they do still mine copper in arizona and
they mine copper in new mexico and in colorado. But they are a gigantic firm. And theyre a global operation. In south america, they mine copper in chile, peru. In indonesi
One point, two point and even. And i think we have a greater, a tremendous enthusiasm, much greater enthusiasm than she has. Yesterday Kellyanne Conway acknowledged they were the underdogs. Lets watch her. Where do you see this race right now . Do you acknowledge that youre behind . We are behind. She has some advantages like 66 million in ad buys just in the month of september. Our advantage going in, we were behind 1, 3, 4 points in some states that mitt romney lost to obama. He will continue to take the case to the people. Arguing with fox news Decision Desk over the results, throwing in the towel, for his partys candidate, lets watch him. If he plays it inside straight, he can get in. But i doubt he will be able to play it he has 186 electoral votes in states that he either leads outside of the margin of
voters. Im not sure what is his strategy . Saying he is going to win and polls are wrong or say he is getting screwed, polls are right. What is his strategy here . Were seeing two