square with police drones and officers on horseback. why some are calling it an attractive target for terrorists and what s being done to keep cities around the world safe on the holiday. also, the confrontation in the red sea. u.s. navy attack helicopters say they were acting in self defense after sinking multiple boats and killing ten houthi rebels. after they attacked a commercial cargo ship. how this could affect shipping in the red sea region, and tonight, abc news has learned the navy is moving an aircraft carrier out of the region. israel warned on a lengthy timetable for the war with hamas. how much longer they expect it to last. and the u.s. and israel at odds over who will control gaza once the fighting ends. the migrant crisis pushing cities to their breaking point. hundreds of migrants flown from texas to illinois then bussed to chicago. big city mayors plead for federal help. president biden heads into the new year facing a tough senate fight over border
square with police drones and officers on horseback. why some are calling it an attractive target for terrorists and what s being done to keep cities around the world safe on the holiday. also, the confrontation in the red sea. u.s. navy attack helicopters say they were acting in self defense after sinking multiple boats and killing ten houthi rebels. after they attacked a commercial cargo ship. how this could affect shipping in the red sea region, and tonight, abc news has learned the navy is moving an aircraft carrier out of the region. israel warned on a lengthy timetable for the war with hamas. how much longer they expect it to last. and the u.s. and israel at odds over who will control gaza once the fighting ends. the migrant crisis pushing cities to their breaking point. hundreds of migrants flown from texas to illinois then bussed to chicago. big city mayors plead for federal help. president biden heads into the new year facing a tough senate fight over border
Im George Howell. The cnn newsroom starts right now. At 3 00 a. M. On the u. S. East coast, we start with these wildfires in the state of california. The death toll there continues to rise. Presently now 80 people who have lost their lives there. On a map, you can see where these fires are burning in both the north and southern parts of the state. Scorching land there for more than a week. So far the fires have destroyed an area larger than the city of chicago. The socalled camp fire in the north, its about 65 contained. The woolsey fire in the south, almost 90 contained. And across the state, thousands of people now displaced. In one walmart parking lot, take a look here. You can see survivors. They have set up tents, turning the area into a makeshift village. In the aftermath of so much chaos, so much destruction, there are some incredible stories of survival that we are hearing. One of them involves a School Bus Driver praised for helping 22 students to escape the camp fire in north
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