high-stakes summit, president biden s meeting with chinese president xi jinping. what the two talked about an hour long meeting. did they reach any agreements? and what s at stake if they did not? good news, the price of turkey is down this season, but other thanksgiving favorites could cost you more. we will explain why and how you can save. 9 to 5 norah: and our conversation with the queen of country. what the future holds for dolly parton. i m always dreaming, and i hope to do that tll the day i die, which i hope is a long time from now. [laughter] norah: good evening, and thank you for joining us on this wednesday night. we begin tonight with the war between israel and hamas escalating around the besieged al-shifa hospital in gaza city. israeli troops stormed the hospital and what it calls targeted raids in a search for hamas militants. israel defense forces interrogated people inside, but say they have not found any members of hamas and found no evi
is an ininvasion whihich may ma hamas s more populular. nothihing would b be a greae setback toto hamas thahan after this an israeli-saudi normalization. that is the strategic prize for israel. diplomatic and political progress in the middle east hahe often comeme in the afaftermath wars. when i was a young reporter it would have been very difficult to imagine that the spanish government and bask extremists could sit down together and work things out. that happened. it would have been very difficult to imagine n northern irelanand beining at peacece. and that h happened. i have thihis little rayay of h that it has happened elsewhere in the world. maybe somehow that can happen in gaza as well. in the days and weeks ahead there is so much at stake here and cnn will be here to cover it all. thanks for watching the whole story. i ll see you next sunday. [music playing] anderson cooper: welcome to the whole story. i m anderson cooper in tel aviv. one of the worst scenes
flight attendants seen pouring bottles of water over it as passengers evacuate. what officials believe caused it. and remembering a hero astronaut after disaster struck the apollo 13 mission, the key role he played in saving the crew announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt good evening we begin with the united states and israel tonight at odds over what next in the war in gaza as civilian casualties mount. the u.s. call for a humanitarian pause getting a firm thumbs down from prime minister benjamin netanyahu who told secretary of state antony blinken, we are continuing full force, appearing to reject secretary blinken s plea to do more to protect palestinian civilians. israel s government pending any kind of a pause to the release of hostages held by hamas. but the unsettling image of civilian casualties and damaged hospitals in gaza, continue to draw widespread condemnation of israel s siege in its defense, israel providing pictures of hamas tunnels it
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israel and gaza. also tonight, president biden visiting maine in the aftermath of the mass shooting that killed 18 people, meeting with survivors, victims families, and first responders. his message to a grieving community. the security scare at a nuclear plant in south carolina. a man driving through the gate, ramming the barricades, the urgent man-hunt tonight. the one-time crypto king sam bankman-fried found guilty on all counts in his fraud trial. why his legal troubles aren t over yet. the explosion aboard a jet blue plane. a backpack bursting into flames. flight attendants seen pouring bottles of water over it as passengers evacuate. what officials believe caused it. and remembering a hero astronaut. after disaster struck the apollo 13 mission, the key role he played in saving the crew. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. we begin with the united states and israel tonight at odds over what next in the war in gaza as civilia