i m jose diaz-balart. overnight in washington, violent clashes between police and protesters outside the democratic national committee headquarters as tensions erupt over the israel-hamas war. meanwhile, overseas, israeli forces storm gaza s main hospital for the second time in 24 hours. what israel claims they found inside. china reacts to president biden calling xi jinping a dictator, just hours after the critical meeting between the two world leaders. breaking moments ago, the house ethics committee has released its report on its investigation into republican congressman george santos. and senator tammy duckworth joins us to talk about that and tommy tuberville s block on military promotions. we begin this hour in washington, d.c. where last night a violent clash broke out between pro-palestinian protesters and capitol police, just outside dnc headquarters. among the hundreds of people in attendance, police said dozens of demonstrators got into a shoving match with
george santos and the findings are jaw dropping. in great detail, his colleagues on the house ethics committee report that santos blatantly stole from his campaign, sought to fraudulently exploit every aspect of his candidacy for personal gain, and that his efforts were propped up by a constant stream of lies. santos now says he will leave congress when his term is up, but could he be forced out first. plus, israeli soldiers carrying out targeted attacks and searching what s left of the al-shifa hospital even as hundreds of palestinians lay wounded and dying inside. the military says there is a, quote, well-hidden terrorist infrastructure inside the hospital complex. where is the proof, though, as international condemnation over humanitarian concerns escalates further. , and here at home, heated war protests have led to violent clashes and confrontations and the death of at least one man, 69-year-old paul kessler. today news that a suspect has been arrested in that death a
through today and i m sure the end of the day an update. two follow-ups, sorry. of the 900 americans and family members left in gaza, any of them killed or wouned while waiting to get out? i don t have confirmed reports of that at this time. an so there are reports, you don t have confirmation? we don t have confirmation. and then on the question of these deliveries, early on, or earlier, i suppose, the goal was set to have at least 100 trucks coming in a day. obviously we are falling very, very far short of that number. the secretary earlier discussed the possibility of shalom opening or considering the opening of that crossing to deliver more aid. why isn t that a more viable route? we are continuing first, let me say, the question is not really about the number of gates open to get into israel. the question is about screening mechanisms and being able to screen the number of trucks. plenty of rafah to get trucks through to deliver humanitarian assistance. the q
it is good to be back with you in this second hour of chris jansing reports. we start with that breaking news out of fulton county, georgia, a major admission from the lawyer for one of donald trump s codefendants in that sweeping rico case. nbc s blayne alexander is following that. for folks who weren t here, setting the stage, fani willis, the d.a. went to the judge after some videos were linked of people who had turned evidence and said, i need a protective order. but we didn t know who might have leaked those videos. what just happened in court? reporter: well, we now know at least one of the people who leaked the videos. it was an attorney for one of the 15 remains codefendants. jonathan miller, he represents misty hanson, one of the 15 codefendants, just said during this open hearing, during this virtual hearing in open court that he did leak the videos to at least one media outlet, and so he kind of gave a small preamble said that in order to make sure he can sleep
jansing. israeli soldiers conducting a targeted raid searching the medical complex for hamas, something the idf calls an operational necessity, but it s one that sparked massive pushback from the u.n. and perhaps the strongest statement yesterday from the biden white house. how might what happened inside the hospital today change the face of this war? the victory in the house, a bipartisan group of lawmakers passing a stopgap bill and kicking it to the senate with just days to go before a possible government shutdown, but it is also just a band-aid on a gaping wound. so what will happen after the holidays? and throwing elbows, inside the nasty battles on the hill. with no one backing down, no one apologizing, and other members taking sides. plus, they haven t been face to face in a year, but that s going to change in just about an hour. the eyes of the world now on president biden and president xi jinping today. can anything be done to turn down the heat and find some l