let s hope they re both home soon. i m wolf blitzer in the situation room. erin burnett outfront starts right now. outfront next, house-to-house combat, the fighting in gaza s second largest city ramping up tonight and civilian casualties are mounting. and president biden revealing he wouldn t be running for reelection, except for one thing, this as voters open up about why they are giving desantis another look at trump. and george santos s second act, making new cameos, the price has gone up. that s the old supply, demand, and people are paying up. let s go outfront. and good evening, i m erin burnett. out front tonight, surrounded. israel says its forces have encircled gaza s second largest city. there s fierce fighting inside khan younis. that s where the civilian population has ballooned, as people are told to go from northern gaza south towards khan younis, and now reports of house-to-house battles, according to an israeli km commander, quote, we are in
And potentially we have a deal. What about the irish border . At one point it was that a twomonth high, 5 10 of a percent. And we are talking about 58 basis points, modestly steeper by a basis points as you had supplied coming from the front end earlier this week. Bitcoin, 10,000. Jonathan about the happen again. Alix 11,000 call . David it just keeps going. Extraordinary. We want to get some news outside of the business world. First word news. Emma good morning. Breaking news, matt lauer we understand has been fired, according to the new york times. More on that story as it crosses. On capitol hill, republican plans to push a tax bill through by the end of the year picking up steam. There was a closeddoor session, called somewhat of a lovefest. The Budget Committee looking to send the tax bill for a vote as early as tomorrow. And north korea warns that the latest missile can deliver a Nuclear Warhead anywhere on the u. S. Mainland. The regime conducted its first missile test in two mo
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