Biden confirming americans have been taken hostage by hamas in the attack against israel. And the family of an east bay man is now pleading for his return. And significant Law Enforcement action taken to crackdown and mail thieves right before the Holiday Season begins. The city of San Francisco is suing a group of china town. Property owners for, quote, creating in inhumane living condition. What the city hopes this lawsuit will change. Station. Hes calling news 2. Thank you for joining us here on kron. 4 news at 2. Im justine waldman. We will begin with the latest developments from the israel hamas war. We now know that more than 1800 people from both sides have died in this conflict just over the past few days. And this number does include 14 americans. Right now. Israel is retaliating with relentless airstrikes on gaza as the targets that terrorist organization. Were looking now at the destruction in gaza. 150 hostages from israel are still being held captive by hamas. There. And n
Place in cairo. Still no word from hamas, who said they would give a response on the terms of israels revised proposal by wednesday. Mr blinken was in jordan earlier, where he met king abdullah. They talked about the Aid Deliveries which are still well below the level required in gaza. He has also been in riyadh on this trip where they have been talking about a Security Guarantee for saudi arabia in return for normalisation of relations with israel. The ceasefire is the first crucial step. Heres what he had to say as he left amman. Our focus right now, is on getting a cease fire and hostages home. That is the most urgent thing, and its also, i think, what is achievable because the israelis have put a strong proposal on the table. Theyve demonstrated that theyre willing to compromise and now its on hamas. With regards to those ceasefire negotiations, israel says it will wait until wednesday for a response from hamas. The deal on the table includes a 40 day truce, in return for the relea
Speak live to key players on todays big stories. Plus, a first look at tomorrows front pages. Good evening. A 14 year old boy has been killed and a number of others including two Police Officers have been injured after a man went on a rampage with a sword in North East London early this morning. Police say the attack was not believed to be targeted or terrorism related. Police were called after a van was driven at speed into a house just before 7am this morning. A 36 year old man is in custody tonight but is not well enough to be questioned. From hainault, our Special Correspondent lucy manning reports. Siren blares as he climbed over the fence, this was the dramatic and courageous moment the police finally brought the sword attacker to the ground. Two officers Firing Tasers as he still wielded his sword. 22 minutes after they were called, the Police Arrested the 36 year old after chasing him around the streets here, putting their own safety to one side. Earlier, the bravery of another
Foreign aid page passed on a bipartisan basis despite threats to tank it from republican isolationists. Take a listen. I hope our republican colleagues stand together. Im a child of the 80s, regan republic. I understand maintaining peace through strength. That is a guiding principle. A big part of our party and worldview. Here is an opportunity to make that stand at a critical time in world history. With that bipartisan win, johnson was effective liable to silence those same far right members threatening to move him from the speakership. Speaker johnson yesterday addressed a group of protesters at Columbia University who hack lettered him as he attempted to speak to the press. Take a listen. A Growing Number of students have chanted in support of terrorists. They have suchased down jewish students. They have mocked them and reviled them. They have screamed leat those w bear the star of david. Enjoy your free speech. We will do idwhat is right by america. We respect free speech. We resp
Interference trial . Plus, the big developments in trumps socalled hush money trial. The Cbs Evening News starts now. Good evening. Im norah odonnell, and thank you for being with us. We want to begin tonight with the Supreme Court and the unprecedented case of president ial immunity before the justices. At issue is whether former President Donald Trump is immune from criminal prosecution for what he claims were official acts while in office. The decision will have major implications on the Special Counsels Election Interference case against trump, as well as this years president ial race. Trump wasnt at todays oral arguments at the Supreme Court. He was in a courtroom in Lower Manhattan, where he is mandated to appear for his trial for falsifying Business Records to hide an alleged affair. In addition, trump is facing criminal trials in georgia and florida, and in just the last 24 hours, trump was named as an Unindicted Coconspirator in arizona and michigan over fake elector schemes.