about slavery? nikki haley phases backslash, her defense she claims the question came from a democrat plant. it s a given it s about slavery. fighting and air strikes continuing in gaza as we learn an american was killed by hamas. a house in idaho where four students was brutally murdered his demolished beard at tonight s in america. now they are using dna so we know exactly where our clothes and sheets are made. say goodbye to 2023 on this good riddance day. get rid of all the bad stuff and just have a good happy new year. good evening, everyone, thank you for joining us, i major garrett and for nora. we begin on the campaign trail for the 2024 nomination. nikki haley is facing a barrage of criticism, not for something she said during a new hampshire town hall, but for something she didn t say. when a voter asked simply what caused the civil war? the former south carolina governor and trump administration u.n. ambassador did not mention slavery in her ans
Our good friend, israel. He set to hold a News Conference just moments now. You will see it live. Im harris faulkner. You are in the faulkner focus. The gruesome war claiming the lives of more than 1200 israelis and 25 americans now. That number has ticked up. Wow. 17 more that we know of americans missing. Some being held hostage by hamas terrorist. Big questions about how the Biden Administration will respond to all of it, particularly people on the ground who are not hostages who also need to get home. Wait until we see the list we have to show you all of the other countries working with israel to go there with pl pland get their home. We are not doing that. Secretary blinken meeting with prime Minster Benjamin netanyahu. The Prime Minster with a very clear message. Hamas shown itself to be an enemy of civilization. Massacring of young people in an outdoor Music Festival, the butchering of entire families, the murder of parents in front of their children and the murder of children i
Air, and see leading to hundreds of deaths, and israels military saying, hamas fires of taken civilians and soldiers hostage. Israel responding with strikes on targets in gaza, throughout the day. And into the night. This new video shows israeli rockets lighting up the sky above gaza city. Gazas Health Ministry says more than 200 people have died in the gaza strip. In washington, President Biden pledged unwavering support to israel, and sent this message to the rest of the world. Israel has the right to defend itself and its people. Full stop. Theres never justification for terrorist attacks. And my administration supports for security in is rocksolid and unwavering. Let me say this as clearly as i can. This is not a moment for any party hostile to israel to exploit these attacks to seek advantage. The world is watching. Whether be no mistake. The United States stands with the state of israel. We have from the moment the United States became the first nation to recognize israel 11 minu
spokesman john kirby with an uptate on the number of american hostages still being held by hamas following the release of a 4-year-old girl. the humanitarian pause in gaza remains in effect this morning. we ll have the latest on when more hostages could be freed. also ahead, an update on the college students of palestinian descent who were shot in burlington, vermont. we ll hear from the mother of one of the victims. plus, as if a rematch of 2020 wasn t bad enough, donald trump is bringing back a top issue from his 2016 campaign. it s a pledge on which he never delivered. we ll explain what that is. i mean, it s unpopular, too. why would we deliver on that? he is once again going to promise something that s extremely unpopular with people. we re talking about, you know, the wall street journal lead, talking about israel and hamas extend the truce two days. the new york times lead the same, talking about how israel and hamas agreed to extend pause and swap. mika,
get them work are worked out between the israeli government and hamas. qatar is acting as the intermediary. officials there are set to hold a news conference any moment. in the meantime, the swap of 50 women and children being held by hamas for a temporary ceasefire and 150 palestinian women and teenage prisoners is on hold. we were very disappointed this morning to learn that it has been postponed. they didn t reach an agreement yet, and we are all just waiting in anxiety to know what is happening because we want our people back. in gaza, missiles are still falling, and the dead are still being pulled from the rubble. in the southern city, another 100 bodies were buried in a mass grave. in the north, israel says it s uncovered more evidence of hamas using this tunnel underneath al-shifa as a base. it s also been confirmed they are questioning the al-shifa hospital director. we ll ask an israeli spokesperson who joins news a morning about that. joining us now from tel avi