israel defense forces admit to inadvertently killing three other israeli hostages. the three men were waving a white flag when a brigade opened fire on them on friday. the idf says the three hostages managed to escape or were abandoned by their hamas captors. the office of the prime minister now says there are 129 hostages who remain in gaza. 21 hostages have died. a source tells cnn that the head of israel s intelligence agency is expected to meet with qatar s prime minister to discuss getting hostages released. today, families of the remaining hostages held a rally in tel-aviv demanding their safe return. cnn was there. alex, how are people reacting to the reports of the accidental killing of three and then the report of the other young lady who has died? reporter: well, frederica, this was a rally that would have happened anyway on a saturday night, but this really gives it more sadness, you know, because of the news today that haiman, one of the hostages, is now dead, a
welcome to cnn this morning. it is sunday, december 17th. i m amara walker. i m omar jimenez in for victor blackwell. look, we are looking at a lot of things, watching a lot of things. namely, the biden campaign are accusing donald trump of parroting adolf hitler after the former president made disturbing comments about immigrants at a rally. senators are working on big immigration changes as they try to reach a deal on ukraine funding. severe weather impacted millions at the start of last-minute christmas shopping and holiday travel. and in israel the idf facing scrutiny after soldiers accidentally killed israeli hostages in gaza. prime minister benjamin netanyahu acknowledges international pressure but adds, we are in a war for our existence. and could not just rocks, but hot rocks that glow brighter than the sun be the key to helping us end our dependence on fossil fuels? we will look at the new innovative way to address the climate crisis ahead on cnn this morn
of a football season with a military deployment. he address that at his press conference. earlier this week i made a statement about playing football and the military. it was a very poor choice of words. and i want to express that to any sentiments out there that people may have taken it in a certain way. so i apologize. didn t elaborate further than that. said he knows the difference between the two. smart to apologize. great to see you, carolin. new day continues right now. 19 days until the midterms i m john berman with brianna keilar. some democrats have been keeping their campaign distance from president biden but he traveled to battleground pennsylvania, touting his infrastructure law and raising money for democratic candidate john fetterman. fetterman is neck and neck with mehmet oz in a race that could determine control of the u.s. senate. today he ll be in delaware talking about the student loan relief program. another hotly contested senate race is in ge
remaining undecided voters to decide. there s a lot of them out there. with every day comes a new batch of headlines that can help or hurt. today, it is the economy. the job numbers are still strong, gas prices, inflation, and a declining stock market have a lot of folks feeling like this country is going in the wrong direction. and the numbers show that they are blaming the party in power. these are new polling numbers from the new york times and sienna college. republicans are winning on the genericic ballot, 49% of likely voters are leaning red, and 45% blue. it is a small margin, but it is significant because last month, democrats were in the lead. the big shift comes in part from independent female voters. we re going to ask our numbers guy, dave wasserman of the cook political report what accounts for their striking 32 point swing toward republican. and we will figure out how much weight to give the generic ballot and that s going on with the race for the senate? new
Steve welcome aboard, folks, its 6 00 in new york city. Its currently 56 degrees and going to be sunny. Carley going to be warm. Steve going to be hot. A hot show for you on this may 21st, 2024. This is fox friends. First up, inflation nation. Its hitting all of us. President biden tries to flip the narrative again, now blaming companies for overcharging. Everyday americans share the true reality of bidenomics right here on fox friends. Youve heard them. I work four jobs and its very difficult with inflation. Its very challenging to survive as is. There is no relief any insight. He is not doing anything. Ainsley plus, fanis fate, the embattled d. A. Begging voters to go out and cast their ballots for her and support, quote the rule of law. I need people around the country to support me big and small, to say that we are going to be a country that Still Believes in the rule of law. Lawrence okay. That was funny. And saluting the stars and stripes. Its allamerican week at fort liberty. So