[laughter] i love this handoff now. okay. thank you. good evening. welcome to washington. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, tens of thousands of people flooded the national mall here in the nation s capital today. what was billed as the march for israel was a direct response to the rising tide of anti-semitism mosque attacks last month. correspondent mark meredith is at the mall with the latest. good evening, marc,. good evening to you. today s rally brought out a lot of people including celebrities, politicians even the families of some americans who are still being held hostage tonight in gaza. organizers chose to host this event right here on the national mall because they wanted the people who work on the hill to hear their pleas for help. and, of course, there has been so much focus on what has transpired in the last month and these jewish americans, they told us, they plan to keep speaking up. [cheers. with israeli and american flags in hand, tens of thousands desce
the national mall expected to be flooded in d.c. with up to 100,000 protesters march for israel. the goal of the administration is to show solidarity with the hostages taken as well as condemning anti-semitism. brian: head off to san francisco head-to-head meet with president xi. clean up the house. it was abundantly cleaning because of optics and not security. steve a united airlines flighted headed from los angeles to canada made an emergency landing in san francisco last night after an alleged bomb threat. brian: 148 passengers, 8 crew members. unclear if any of these passengers were arrested. mike ought to know better and republicans thinking about supporting this ought to know better. same government shut down showdown this time with a new speaker. mike johnson unveiled a two step plan to avoid a partial shutdown before friday. steve: holiday huddle for the kelce brothers announcing a christmas album. give it up. when when. [harmonizing] [laughter]
against them. and a secret service agent involved in protecting one of president biden s granddaughters opens fire in response to a car break-in. and the response. and senator tim scott drops out of the presidential race, and his staff didn t even know. who might be the next to go. i m john berman with kate bolduan and fredricka whitfield is in for sara sidner. this is cnn news central. happening right now, donald trump jr. has just gone into the courtroom in manhattan and soon he is going to be taking stand, again, to testify, and this time, it is going to be as the defense team s first witness. still at stake, the fate of the trump business empire as you remember the judge in this civil case has already found the family liable for fraud, and so what is donald trump jr. going to try to do to tip the trial in favor of he and his family, and these are the live pictures that you are looking at of donald trump jr. sitting and waiting for the proceedings to get under way.
great scott. tim scott is out. the south carolina senator abruptly suspending his presidential campaign. even surprising some of his own campaign staff. so who stands to benefit as the remaining gop candidates gear up for the fourth debate? we ll ask tim scott donor andy saban. and vivek ramaswamy more on what he makes of the smaller field. your world starts right now. welcome, i m charles payne in for neil cavuto. first to david spunt in washington with the latest. david? good afternoon. tim scott is out. but not forever. insisting he may return to the ticket one day. he made the surprise announcements on this network last night. i love america more today than i did on may 22. when i go back to iowa, it will not be as a presidential candidate. i m suspending my campaign. i think the voters have been really clear that they re telling me not now, tim. scott wanted to restore optimism to the white house. but this caught campaign staffers by surprise. a fund-raising e-
pro palestinian protest is in the process of getting underway. demonstrators are demanding an immediate cease fire. israel says not until hamas releases all hostages in gaza. the latest with alexis mcadams in manhattan where the pro terses could be building. jeff paul in southern israel with the fighting is growing and jacqui heinrich at the white house where the pressure is mounting. all of that and gary senise on never forgetting. these days something he s giving more homes, lots of homes. your world is now. welcome. i m neil cavuto. happy friday for you. another protest friday and a good many parts of the country. alexis mc aadams has more. another friday night, another protest in new york city. a pro palestinian protest. i ll walk you closer to the crowd. we re at columbus circle. we re seeing lots of flags here and most of people s faces are covered. we talked with a few protesters. most are not happy with the united states. helping is real. college campuses remain