just ahead, u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin is on his way to israel as washington faces calls to press for an end to the heavy bombardment of gaza. and we will speak to a man whose father is still being held hostage by hamas. why he says israel should be doing more to bring his father and the other hostages home. plus, donald trump is doubling down on his anti-immigrant rhetoric. we will look at what he s vowing to do if re-elected. thanks for joining us. u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin will be sitting down with israeli officials in the hours ahead on his second trip to the country since the october 7th attack by hamas. austin s visit comes after a stop in bahrain, and once in israel, a u.s. official says he will get updates on the war but he s also expected to press israeli officials to define specific operational milestones in the ongoing battle. meantime, the israel defense forces says it s uncovered the biggest hamas tunnel in gaza. that tunnel, which the idf
u.s. joe bidenkyiv, in a dramatic show of support. we re live with russia s reaction to the visit as president vladimir putin is set to deliver a speech of his own on the so-called special military operation. plus, in the u.s., over 30 million people look at that map, under winter alerts across every western state. the latest from the weather center ahead. live from cnn center, this is cnn newsroom, with paula newson. joe biden is set to begin a two-day visit, following a symbolic and secretive trip to ukraine. in the hours ahead, mr. biden will be speaking with the ukrainian president. that follows a surprise stop in kyiv monday. an unprecedented presidential visit to an active war zone with no significance u.s. military presence. you hear this. sounds alarming. it s air raid sirens. they can be heard, as you see there, with volodymyr zelensky. and it was a reminder that this is a wish. white house officials say that the president was intent on taking. mr. biden wanted
situations on the peninsula. as well as the importance that the council has put it on war sanctions. diplomacy is the only way for the world. that meeting comes after north korea launched three ballistic missiles in the past three days, claiming it has developed missiles capable of surviving re-entry. will ripley has more on the story. reporter: the missile is a menacing sight, moving into place at pyongyang s airport. kim jong-un gave the order, just hours ahead of the lunch. this intercontinental mrisic missile, hitting hypersonic speeds, bearing back down to ja japan s material toir waters. saturday s missile, one of many on display last week. a record number of icbms, more than any other military parade in north korean history.
like that in mexico, you don t want to come here. this place is nuts. bill: you can say to the mexican people you might be better off where you are because of the things that are happening. but you know what would be interestedno and i have not researched this. if mexico will pay for the wall, sure. and i don t know why any human being on the face of the earth wouldld wear it, was made in mexico. wouldn t that be ironic? if you want to be a wall for halloween, you don t want to get inub trouble, go out as the gret wall of china, which is inna ja japan. [laughter] bill: do you know why the great wall of china was built, who they wanted to keep out? they wanted to keep the trick-or-treaters out because the kids kept bugging them everb year. when is chinese halloween? october 30th? i don t want to get anybodyen pissed off culturally here. i don t know anything about
anything. mexico, china, and japan are the same country. bill: but you re absolutely right, they built the great wall of china. all 3,000 miles of it to keep out the mongolianhe trick-or-treaters. they were on horseback and they had swords and if you didn t give them your house they you were executed. those trick-or-treaters were a little bit more advanced. dennis miller, everybody. there he is. you are a freaking genius. bill: i think you from the bottom of my heart. ambassador john bolden is next. he has some insight to the susan rice story. the tip of the day, we ree going to hit the road again. coming right back.