the first test of the 2024 presidential election is six weeks away, will the caucuses propel a chump trump challenger push him to a second term? israeli forces are expanding their fight against hamas. the gruesome, terrifying details the way they savagely raped women. a destroyer of democracy is what donald trump is calling joe biden. the attack is a distraction. we are going into it more with inside politics. i want to start with iowa, a month and a half from now republicans will be gathering across the hawkeye state to select the first winter in the republican contest, let s go first to jeff in iowa. how s it feeling there besides i m guessing pretty cold. there is a bit of snow on the ground with christmas shopping season, it is time for the iowa caucuses to enter a new phase. talking to voters, it is clear the ones who at least are inclined to participate are paying a new level of attention. it is hard not to, there are so many television ads from donald trump and r
smoke over northern gaza right now just one day after israel and hamas had agreed to extend their cease-fire. israel says the terror group broke the deal. shocking. we re now waiting to here how it will affect the planned release of ten additional hostages today. heartbreaking. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. the israel defense force spokesperson announced that hamas has transferred a 10-month-old little baby who now we understand has turned 11 months old. remember, it has been 53 days, along with his 4-year-old big brother and their mom to a different palestinian terror group in gaza. that official says the intention is to use the baby as a human shield when the cease-fire completely ends. hamas has released only one american so far in its hostage releasing and national security counsel spokesman said this yesterday. he has made it clear to qatar and prime minister netanyahu how strong life we want to see the american hostages get released. it s im
for tens of thousands of drug overdose deaths in the us. and they also agreed to dialogue on artificial intelligence, people to people exchanges, and to boost flights between the nations. but the leaders are still at odds over taiwan, with xi calling it the biggest and most dangerous issue in bilateral ties. beijing considers it part of its territory, while the us maintains unofficial relations with the democratically self governed island. here s what president biden had to say about the us relationship with china at the apec summit on thursday. let me be clear. we are de risking and diversifying our relationship with the prc, not decoupling. not decoupling. we will be firm, standing up for our values and our interest, and i was very straightforward, as he was with me yesterday. at the same time, on critical global issues, such as climate, aia, counter narcotics, it makes sense to work together. we ve committed to work together. we are going to continue our commitment to di
the us and china agreed to slow the production of fentanyl, a synthetic opioid responsible for tens of thousands of drug overdose deaths in the us. and they agreed to dialogue on artificial intelligence, people to people exchanges, and to boost flights between the nations. but the leaders are still at odds over taiwan, with xi calling it the biggest and most dangerous issue in bilateral ties. beijing considers it part of its territory while the us maintains unofficial relations with the democratically self governed island. here s what president biden had to say about the us relationship with china at the apec summit on thursday. let me be clear. we are de risking and diversifying our relationship, not decoupling. we will be firm, standing up for our values and our interests, and i was very straightforward, as he was with me yesterday, and at the same time, with critical global issues such as climate, aia, narcotics, it makes sense to work together and we have committed to
found at gaza s largest hospital. and what is next for skonk m congressman george santos after an ethics report accuses him of using donor money on his rent and skin care routine 3. and the show will go on, the drag show, that is. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it is friday. we made it, november 17th. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. it is noon in gaza where the israeli military says that they found a hamas tunnel shaft inside the al-shifa hospital complex. you are looking at video shot and handed out by the israel defense forces. three sources tell cnn that the u.s. has intercepted conversations that indicate hamas has been using the hospital as a command center. cnn cannot verify idf claims of finding an operational tunnel shaft. hamas calls the claims, quote, baseless lies. meanwhile the idf says that it has found the bodies of two israeli hostages near the hospital. a 65-year-old and also a 19-year-old. the idf did