This is cnn breaking news. I want to welcome you to cnns breaking News Coverage. Im abby phillip here in washington. Today scenes of terror, heartbreak and utter desperation as israel officially declares war on the terror group hamas. Just moments ago cnn has learned that three americans have been killed in fighting according to the u. S. Government in a memo. The Biden Administration is also looking into american deaths and those among the missing, some possibly killed by hamas fighters. We are getting in some gruesome, horrible news. What im about to show you is graphic. A rescue group said 260 bodies were found at a Western Festival site near gaza. The survivors describing hamas fighters storming that festival yesterday morning attacking civilians with rifles, rpgs, kidnapping and killing those that they came across. This is one of the atrocities committed by hamas over the last two days against israel. In response, israel has ramped up attacks on gaza. The area controlled by hamas,
oath at the last moment? now his defamation trial is one step closer to wrapping up, while the former mayor could be one step closer to even deeper financial ruin. plus, chilling words from overseas, hamas terrorists arrested while plotting attacks across northern europe. the latest on their targets and fears that the threats could continue to spread. and house republicans go all in on evidence-free impeachment proceedings, are they risking their power on a political roll of the dice. we begin with those jury deliberations that could start any moment now in rudy giuliani s defamation trial. earlier giuliani abruptly dropping plans to testify on his own behalf, even though millions of dollars are potentially at stake. just days ago, the former mayor insisted his testimony would prove that the lies he told about election workers ruby freeman and shaye moss weren t lies after all. but by yesterday afternoon, it seemed giuliani was already walking that back. when i testif
kayleigh: hello, this is outnumbered, i m kayleigh mcenany, here with emily compagno and fox business anchor and co-host of bottom lineup dagen mcdowell, fox news contributor marie harf and co-host of the verdict with ted cruz podcast and host of ben ferguson podcast, guess who, ben ferguson. we begin with the fiery debate last night, four of the candidate took the stage in the fourth primary debate, the final debate before the end of the year and iowa caucus next month, january 15th, we re counting down. candidates largely ignored absence of former president donald trump, but he was indeed a subject. they honed in on another target, former south carolina governor, nikki haley. here is just a few heated moments. she said i have a woman problem. nikki, i don t have a woman problem, you have a corruption problem and i think that is what people need to know. nikki is corrupt. [cheering] this woman will send your kids to die so she can have a bigger house. other candida
released any time now. a total of 50 are set to be released over the next four days. israel confirmed they were given a list of those names and started to contact the families. as far as we know, families who may have hostages returned in the next few days have not yet had word of whether or not their loved ones names are on the list. in return for that hostage release israel will itself release 39 palestinian prisoners today, that is made up of 2a women, and 15 teenage boys, and that group is the first of 150 palestinian prisoners held in israeli jails who are due to be released as part of this. in the last few hours we have seen trucks rolling through the rafah crossing, in larger number than we have seen at any point during this war so far, taking that desperately needed aid into gaza, you can see there, pictures of the trucks that started to move through, a lot them carrying very basic things, like food and water, also medical supplies as well, but crucially fuel. egypt s