friends. it is wednesday, december 27th, i m willie geist. joe and mika have the morning off. a lot to get to including israeli forces shifting military efforts to southern and central gaza with officials warning the war could take many more months. and hours from now, antony blinken and alejandro mayor kas are set to meet with mexican president obrador. plus donald trump continues to claim he should be immune from any prosecution surrounding his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. we ll have the latest there. also ahead, bus drivers across the country increasingly under attack on the job. we ll dig into an alarming trend and what officials are doing about it. with us this morning, jonathan lemire, susan paige, and retired four star navy admiral james stavridis. good morning to you all. let s begin together with israel expanding the ground invasion in gaza. this as the united states continues to urge israel to protect civilian lives and shift to a more low intensity oper
battle ahead could take many more months. plus, just hours from now secretary of state antony blinken and homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas are set to meet with mexican president just as thousands of central american migrants make their way to the united states southern border. we ll break down what this means and the key issues up for discussion. and also ahead the detroit pistons made nba history but for all the wrong reasons. the record they just broke that has everyone talking. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, december 27th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we get right to the news and the israeli military has expanded its ground offensive into urban refugee camps in central gaza. the idf is also focusing on southern gaza s largest city as part of its stated mission to destroy hamas. officials say progress has been made in the north and that troops will continue to, quote, preserve and intensify t
political one, that it s compelled by the extraordinary unusual legal circumstances which come with donald trump s candidacy following an insurrection. former u.s. attorney joyce vance weighing in on the decision by maine s secretary of state to remove donald trump from the 2024 republican presidential primary ballot. we re going to go through that decision and what could come next. plus the latest from gaza as israeli forces strike refugee camps where it s believed hamas terrorists are hiding. it comes as the biden administration is putting more pressure on israel to protect civilians. also ahead republican presidential candidate nikki haley trying to clarify her response to the question about the cause of the civil war. we re going to show you what she said. hey, everybody. good morning to you and welcome to way too early on this friday, december 29th. i m yasmin vuceivian in for jonathan lemire. maine is now the second state to remove former president trump off the
are coming to you live it. millions of people on the other side of the globe are bringing in 2024, fireworks lighting up the skies above the iconic temple there in bangkok. the colorful display never gets old. a gorgeous site it is new year s eve day this is a special edition fox news live i am molly line in for arthel neville. and eric shawn are both off today. rich: i am rich edson appeared celebrations across the globe at every hour today in our new york studios the crossroads of the world s one block away at their the nypd is hard at work making sure the brightest lit block party on the planet is safe for the hundreds of thousands expected in times square. waiting for the ball to drop at the stroke of midnight. police have already set up a perimeter around the area. they are screening everyone, no exceptions and security is very tight. we have alexis mcadams live inside in a subway station in times square with more and with the city is doing to get ready for the bigge
hello and welcome to you if you re joining me around the world, wherever you may be watching in the united states, europe, asia. i m richard quest. together, we are in the cnn newsroom . president biden reveals that he didn t ask for a cease-fire in his long call, telephone call, with the israeli prime minister. at the same time, the military in israel is expanding its ground offensive in gaza. christmas eve for many, to be sure, as the war rages on in gaza. christians in bethlehem and around the world, it s a celebration much more difficult than in previous years. and at the cnn s weather center, some in the united states forget a white christmas. think rainy christmas, instead. it s an extreme ly busy morning, and i ll get to those stories in a moment. only after i ve updated you with one twor deve developments in d trump s legal battles. the former u.s. president has now asked a federal appeals court to throw out the criminal election subversion case against him. the