moments ago, we heard from president biden as he s meeting with ukrainian president vladimir zelensky. zelensky visiting washington, d.c. pushing for more aid to ukraine, which biden supports. he wants to send another $61 billion to kyiv. the problem is that biden can t do it without congress. and congress doesn t seem like they want to budge here. republicans on the hill are demanding concessions on border security before they agree to anymore money for ukraine. biden said this about the holdup. take a listen. congress needs to pass a supplemental funding to ukraine before they break holiday recess. before they give putin the greatest christmas gift they could possibly give him. because we ve seen what happens when dictators don t pay the price for the damage and the debt and destruction they cause and they keep going when no price is paid. threats to america, europe and the world will only keep rising if we don t act. all right. let s go to cnn nick payton walsh. he s
continue to work with our israeli counterparts to be as deliberate as we possibly can as they now go on renewed offensive operations. finally if i could, switch into mexico, the u.s. department of treasury today section 17 targets. that is 15 individuals and two companies that are linked through the boat around a labor organization and were known as bilo to the most powerful drug trafficking organizations in the world and heavily involved in the transportation and distribution of deadly illicit drugs including fentanyl to here in the united states. it has also been ordered to largest suppliers of cocaine to the u.s. market of the last two decades, could lead to department unsealed indictments against 60 defendants on various international drug trafficking offenses, related through the import of illicit drugs like meth, cocaine, marijuana, and of course fentanyl. actions are part of a whole of government effort correlated with the government of mexico to help counter the globa
nicolle wallace. we have a lot of developments out of the middle east right now including a last minute deal bringing a temporary reprieve to millions of people in the middle east. extending a truce that has led to the release of d of hostages and palestinian prisoners. at this hour 11 hostages have been freed, they are now in israel. this has just happened moments ago. this footage from al jazeera shows them being handed over to the red cross. the group, the israeli group includes three french citizens, six argentinians and two germness. you can see two of the hostages here, two boys, seen in yellow sweaters in exchange for the release of these hostages israel has released 30 minors and three women who were being held in israeli prisons. there will be more exchanges in the days to come. the humanitarian truce between israel and hamas that was put in place on friday has now been extended for two more days under the same terms, meaning more hostages released in exchange for a
all in. with two months until voters weigh in, a new iowa rivalry heats up. i deliver on 100% of my promises. all this vendetta stuff, we can t go down that. florida s governor is all in on iowa. will it pay off? we have to send a great signal and then maybe these people say okay, it s over now. republican presidential candidate ron desantis is here for an exclusive interview next. plus, choose your opponent. facing political headwinds. come on, man. president biden ramps up his attacks on former president donald trump. will that be enough to sway swing voters? our panel is here to discuss and under pressure, amid outcry over gaza deaths. free palestine! president biden rejects calls for a ceasefire while his administration says they re working on a deal to bring back the hostages held by hamas. are they close? deputy national security adviser jon finer is here and mare landes democratic congressman jamie rask in joins me exclusively. hello. i m
continue their battle in gaza. officials vowing to advance anywhere hamas is found, with increasing indications that could mean idf forces expanding ground operations into southern gaza. meanwhile, the humanitarian crisis is growing across the f at al shifa hospital, one official says six doctors remain to care for the remaining 120 patients too vulnerable to move. the palestinian authority s ministry of health says only nine of gaza s 35 hospitals are still operating. fuel tankers and other aid entering gaza through the rafah border crossing today, the israeli war cabinet agreeing to allow two fuel trucks to enter daily. the u.n. says the limited supply is far from enough to meet gaza s urgent needs. let s go now to cnn s jeremy diamond, live for us at that hostage rally in tel aviv. it actually just ended, but, jeremy, what have people been telling you? reporter: well, tonight, fredricka, tens of thousands of sq israelis gathering here in tel aviv, as well as jerusalem, t