Good morning. Welcome to early start. Im debra feyerick. Im john berman. Its 4 00 a. M. In the east. We would like to welcome our viewers here in the United States and around the world. After sundays bombing of a u. N. Shelter in gaza. They called the attack disgraceful. The u. N. Described it as moral outrage and criminal attack. Israel is suspending their fire for a seven hour humanitarian ceasefire. John, does hamas seem to be willing to support this ceasefire . If so, what can actually be physically achieved in seven hours . Reporter well, at this point, hamas says they will not go along with the ceasefire. They dont trust the israelis. They believe its an attempt to divert attention away from what happened at the school. The israelis say they were attacking three members of the jihad on a motorcycle. Apparently, they passed near the front gates of the school. Nine people died from shrapnel after it was fired. As for what can be done in the seven hour ceasefire, they need to get ai
I am proud to shut down the government for border security, chuck. I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down. Im not going to blame you for it. Well, hes got that right. And the blame is all his. But nancy pelosi clearly on the minds of top aides at the white house today. Watch this. Shes unwilling to actually do anything until she gets her speakership. This all comes down to mrs. Pelosis speakership. She does not have the votes, and if she cuts a deal with the president of any sort before her election on january 3rd, shes at risk of losing her speakership. So were in this for the long haul. Its a good talking point. Theyre all on message, but they are wrong. House democrats back in november overwhelmingly picked pelosi to be their nominee for house speaker. And shell likely have all the support that she needs when the vote takes place on january 3rd, which is next thursday by the way. Its coming quickly. And thats the date that the president and all those people who ar
Expect big security if you are heading out. Will the weather cooperate . Those details ahead. Welcome to early start. Im marquAlex Marquardt in for briggs. Im alison kosik sitting in for christine romans. It is christmas island, which is the first place to welcome in 2019. We will watch with champagne on the side. That line moves west across the globe. President trump may be hedging on his timeline to pull u. S. Troops out of syria after meeting with the president on sunday. Lindsey graham is suggesting the president has a better understanding and agreed to reevaluate. Graham characterized the president s pullout as an obamalike mistake. 2,000 troops are supposed to leave syria in the coming weeks and months. Mr. Graham says the president is not pausing completely, but committed to a fresh assessment to see what happens on the ground in syria. I think we are in a pause situation where we are reevaluating the best way to achieve the president s objective of having people pay more and do
Why . Escort you off the property. And im staying here . Not anymore. Allegations of racial bias at an oregon hotel. His lawyer says the only thing hes guilty of is calling his brother while black. Welcome to early start. Im christine romans. Im joe johns. It is friday, december 28th. 4 00 a. M. In the east. I looked in the sky. It looked like Independence Day or ghostbusters. Was it an alien invasion . It wasnt. The skies over new york city lit up with an eerie blue glow. A transformer explosion blew. A power plant in queens. A substation experienced a brief electrical fire after a couple of transformers tripped offline. It did not seem routine to folks seeing it. Holy [ bleep ]. Oh, my god. This was the view miles away in manhattan. The light visible as far as new jersey. The unearthly effect enhanced by the low cloud ceiling. The explosion is powerful enough to shake buildings and windows. There were Power Outages which shutdown laguardia in quinoneen. The airport switched to a back