this country and the tributes from across the world. also breaking, the deal to release dozens of hostages held by hamas may soon be possible. we are closer than we have been in quite some time. plus, israel releasing video of what it says shows hamas taking hostages to the main hospital in gaza back on october 7th while today dozens of premature babies were evacuated from that same hospital. a nasty storm set to sweep across much of the country and scramble holiday travel plans. what you need to know. inside the u.s. air force base where drones carrying weapons are controlled. rare access to pilots who direct deadly drones like these from half a world away. taylor swift postpones a concert in brazil after someone in the crowd died, and the video that fans say shows swift struggling in the brutal heat. and you don t need to wait until black friday. the new numbers just in. why retailers are already slashing prices. this is nbc nightly news with kate snow.
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i m jake tapper. this hour, the wait for answers more than a month into the israel-hamas war. hundreds of families still do not know the fate of their loved ones being held hostage. right now, two families are here in d.c., hoping u.s. lawmakers can help. they will join me in the studio this hour. plus, america s latest abortion referendum as ohio voters make abortion rights part of their constitution. even conservatives are coming to terms with the shift in tide sense the u.s. supreme court overturned roe v. wade. take a listen. on the issue of abortion, in ohio tonight, we continue the losing streak in the pro-life movement. our pro-life movement, and i am part of it, needs to be better about the way we discuss this issue. and leading this hour, another historic day of testimony in the new york city courtroom. this way from ivanka trump, donald trump s oldest daughter. she just wrapped up her testimony and now states attorneys say they have rested their case. new yo
thanks, greg. greg: you got it. bret: good evening. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, the u.s. strikes back hitting iran-backed proxies carrying out a series of airstrikes today in eastern syria. this, as houthi militants have shot down an american reaper drone off the coast of yemen. that follows dozens of recent attacks we have been telling you about against facilities housing u.s. troops. this is increasing. another pushback by the u.s. chief national security correspondent jennifer griffin is at the pentagon tonight with the latest. good evening, jennifer. jenngood evening bret. new airstrikes against iranian targets in northeastern syria. we now have a statement from defense secretary lloyd austin, quote: today at president biden s direction, u.s. military forces conducted a self-defense strike on a facility in eastern syria used by iran s islamic revolutionary guard corps. the irgc, and affiliated groups. this strike was conducted by two u.s. f-15s against a weapons
hello, you re watching cnn news central. i m boris sanchez alongside jessica dean in washington. we re following the latest developments in the middle east. today a split-screen moment, on one side a show of strength among allies as secretary of state antony blinken was back in israel, again, forcefully backing israel s campaign to eliminate hamas, even as he bluntly addressed the need to do more to alleviate the civilian suffering that campaign has unleashed inside gaza. we need to do more to protect palestinian civilians. there will be no partners for peace if they are consumed by humanitarian catastrophe and alienated by any perceived indifference to their plight. we ve gone from zero to now over 100 trucks going into gaza through the rafah crossing every day but this is still not enough. while blinken was speaking the leader of the lebanon-based militant group hezbollah was also speaking. his first public comments since this war began. hassan nasrallah praising