And end of an icon. The maker of twinkies, wonder bread and ding dongs says goodbye. Im Viktor Blackwell in for randi kaye. I want to start this hour with something we heard from israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this morning. We are prepared for a significant expansion of the operation. He is talking about the possibility of Ground Troops going in behind the air strikes on gaza. Israeli war planes have been hammering gaza city for the past few days. Ham whereas militants inside gaza have been pirg back matching israel bomb for bomb with their rockets. That has sent civilians scrambling for cover. Our frederick plankin is live in southern israel, and i can see that you are standing there with something over your shoulder, a part of israels iron dome Missile Defense battery. How active has that been today . Well, viktor, its been very active. Its actually right over there. What this system consists of, its obviously got a battery of rockets, and i also got a very sophisticated r
Been pushing for increased payments. He is now threatening to hold up senate work if majority leader mcconnell does not put a straight up or down vote of those 2,000 on the floor. So, what we are dealing with right now is a little procedural back and forth. The reality is this. The senate is almost certain to override the veto of the president. Its just a matter of when, not if. The big question is can senator sanders push Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell to push that on the floor . Keep a very close eye on the two georgia senators that are currently in a runoff just a couple days. They have been driving a lot of mcconnells actions, up to this point. Trying to ensure he maintains his position as majority leader. May go a long way towards dictating what mcconnell does, i am jim. Jon ossoff called on perdue to support the 2,000 payments. Phil mattingly on the hill. Thanks very much. And the news continues. Cnn tonight starts right now. This is cnn breaking news. This is cnn tonight
Authorization act. A bill that sets the spending agenda for the Defense Department. Both of tonights vote setting up a loyalty test for Senate Republicans when they take them up next week. So Mitch Mcconnell in particular were talking about while president elect joe biden slamming the Current Administration for what he calls roadblocks and irresponsibility when it comes to transition meetings about Foreign Policy and National Security. We have encountered roadblocks from the Political Leadership at the department of defense and the office of management and budget. Right now we just arent getting all the information that we need from the Outgoing Administration in Key National Security areas. Its nothing short in my view of irresponsibility. So theyre going to take those up tomorrow. All of this happening as the coronavirus pandemic is raging on right now. Record hospitalizations. Dr. Anthony fauci saying that Holiday Travel could produce a surge upon a surge. So much going on tonight.
, many europeans have said this week. If the authorities really did install bugs in eu buildings. This came after media reports based on leaked secret documents alleging spying document activities on european diplomats. 10 years ago, there was similar outrage after news broke about of global spy network of the u. S. And a few partners, operating with widely visible antennas. The u. S. Navy is setting up a new Radio Communication network with one of the to talk to stations located in europe on the italian island of sicily one of the four stations located in europe on the italian island of sicily. These women come here daily to to protest to demonstrate. I am a i feel abandoned. I am an italian citizen i feel abandoned. I am an italian citizen. The state would rather protect american citizens american interests. U. S. Navy is Building Three huge satellite dishes as part of the Global Communications system. The demonstrators want the u. S. Military to leave and take their ultrahigh freque
Install bugs in eu buildings. This came after media reports based on leaked secret documents alleging spying document activities on european diplomats. 10 years ago, there was similar outrage after news broke about of global spy network of the u. S. And a few partners, operating with widely visible antennas. The u. S. Navy is setting up a new Radio Communication network with one of the to talk to stations located in europe on the italian island of sicily one of the four stations located in europe on the italian island of sicily. These women come here daily to to protest to demonstrate. I am a i feel abandoned. I am an italian citizen i feel abandoned. I am an italian citizen. The state would rather protect american citizens american interests. U. S. Navy is Building Three huge satellite dishes as part of the Global Communications system. The demonstrators want the u. S. Military to leave and take their ultrahigh frequency satellite dishes with them. Im a i love this place. I love this