Belong in the History Books is cnn Breaking News . Good morning you are live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. We begin this hour with Breaking News out of the middle east israels military says it has rescued a hostage held in gaza since the hamas Terror Attacks on october 7 of last year, this man, a father of 11, had spent the last 326 days because as Prisoner Areas in the hospital, a short time ago, reuniting with his brother cnns Jeremy Diamond is following this Breaking News for us. Hes live in tel aviv. Jeremy what can you tell us whats the latest . Its a remarkable story and the details just coming in without a doubt, jim, and were only just starting to get some of the details, but they are indeed remarkable. The Israeli Military, its Special Forces carrying out an operation in southern gaza, rescuing this man caught eid farhan alqadri, a 52yearold father of 11, from a tunnel in some other gaza. This is the first time that the Israeli Military has successfully res
heavy rain from seattle to san francisco. the california coast bracing for more big waves. the system then moving into the east by the weekend. rob marciano timing it out. the images coming in of the deadly earthquake rocking japan just hours into 2024. the magnitude 7.5 quake destroying homes and businesses. maggie rulli reporting. the migrant crisis expanding. buses carrying nearly 400 asylum seekers from texas and louisiana suddenly arriving in several cities in new jersey. the buses apparently trying to avoid the new crackdown by new york city s mayor eric adams. chicago and denver also seeing more arrivals. respiratory illnesses on the rise across the u.s. 31 states reporting high or very high levels of covid, flu, or rsv. hospitals in at least six states now reinstating mask policies. the israel-hamas war. israel signaling it will withdraw some troops from gaza. several military brigades. to prepare for extended fighting, despite global pressure to scale back at
storm to start the new year. heavy rain from seattle to san francisco. the california coast bracing for more big waves. the system then moving into the east by the weekend. rob marciano timing it out. the images coming in from the deadly earthquake rocking japan just hours into 2024. the magnitude 7.5 quake destroying homes and businesses. tsunami warnings now in effect. maggie rulli reporting. the migrant crisis expanding. buses carrying nearly 400 asylum seekers from texas and louisiana suddenly arriving in several cities in new jersey. the buses apparently trying to avoid the new crackdown by new york city s mayor eric adams. chicago and denver also seeing more arrivals. respiratory illnesses on the rise across the u.s. 31 states reporting high or very high levels of covid, flu, or rsv. hospitals in at least six states now reinstating mask policies. the israel-hamas war. israel signaling it will withdraw some troops from gaza. several military brigades. to prepare fo
tested twice at home, and so you can test and test until you figure it out. glad you are healthy, my friend. andrea mitchell picks up our coverage right now. good morning, and happy new year. it s 11:00 a.m. eastern. 8:00 a.m. pacific. i am andrea mitchell in for joée diaz-balart today. overnight a national coast guard plane collides with a passenger jet. in the middle east, israel s cabinet meeting hours from now to discuss its plans for gaza after the war, which are dramatically different than the biden white house s demand for a two-state solution. back here at home, we re watching the supreme court which could soon take up two major challenges, a challenge to colorado s decision to disqualify former president trump from its primary ballot, as well as maine s. texas sends hundreds of more migrants to big cities, as the number of border crossings last month shattered previous records. where the border negotiations stand on capitol hill. good day. we begin with th
Breaking news. Israel is unleashing intense new air strikes on gaza tonight as it is expanding its Ground Operations there as well. The war against hamas heating up. Nearly three full weeks after the surprise hamas Terror Attack on israel. Phone lines and other communications have been cut off. Civilians caught in the cr crossfire. The United States says it is in talks with israel about a humanitarian pause to try to allow the potential release of more hostages held by hamas. White house insisting negotiations aimed at freeing more captives is ongoing. Breaking in the United States, divers join the search for the Mass Shooting in maine. Sources tell cnn the gun apparently used was bought just days before. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer in the situation room. We are witnessing here in the middle east, we are witnessing a clear escalation in the is israel hamas war. The Israeli Military declaring it is operating forcefully on all fronts,