specialized home for wounded veterans. thank you so much. wolf blitzer picks it up right now in the situation room. see you tomorrow. happening now, president biden says gaza s largest hospital should be, should be protected as israel insists it s striking medical centers hamas is using as cover. hospital officials reporting catastrophic conditions and increasingly desperate measures to keep premature babies and others alive. cnn goes inside gaza with israeli forces getting an up close look at the enormous scope of the destruction. the idf showing tunnels use bid hamas including beneath a children s hospital. donald trump jr. wraps up the testimony for the defense in the $250 million civil fraud trial against the trump organization. trump jr. praising his father as a real estate artist, even as the case threatens the family s entire business empire. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in the situation room . we beg
it has been a difficult year for the government. they are trailing labour in the polls right now and so we will hear more about what they intend to do in the coming year and how they intend to win back some of those voters. with me is our political correspondent damian grammaticus. give us a sense of how significant today is but also what we might hear when the king, as you are telling us, delivers a speech not written by him but by the government? it not written by him but by the government? not written by him but by the government? , , ., government? it is significant. you are talking government? it is significant. you are talking about government? it is significant. you are talking about elections, - government? it is significant. you l are talking about elections, looking forward to elections. this is a government that is trailing heavily in the polls, 10 15% behind. it needs to change that sort of dynamic, needs to find something to start shifting the needle and dra
janet gomez: she was like, are you with kenia? and i said, no, i thought she was with you. somehow she disappeared. she was, like, are you with kenya? and i say u no, i thought she w with you. where was she? and clues on the surveillance tape and strange stories from a witness. and then another beauty. this one left for dead. she was unrecognizable. was evil stalking young women? both dark haired. both pretty girls. it was chillingly similar. a place that led to unheard of t places. and then finally, far from the city, the truth revealed on a quiet country road. he got out of the car. and let out this scream. and an act of courage from a woman who refused to be a victim. and i won. and i won. the woman barely alive. her jaw shattered in a dozen pieces. aaten once-beautiful face unrecognizable after the brutal beating, the rape, the fire, the fall, the massive, nearly-fatal stroke. someone thought she would be deadgh now. someone who fled into the night
today on inn sighed politics, a rapid escalation of war, israeli troops push deeper into gaza as the ground assault intensifies. they say they ve killed dozens of terrorists who were barricaded in tunnels and buildings, but what does this mean for the more than 230 people believed to be held hostage by hamas? plus, hunting for jews. a mob at a russian airport storms the tarmac searching for israelis on a flight arriving from tel aviv. this as anti-semitic incidents surge globally and right here in the united states. and then there were eight. mike pence is out of the 2024 race as a new poll shows trump more than doubling the support of his nearest rival in iowa, nikki haley is gaining ground, but can she or anyone else catch up? i m dana bash, let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we begin with israel s war against hamas terrorists. the new round of air strikes lighting up the sky in gaza as the idf says it s stepping up operations on the ground and sending
israel in demanding that these hostages be freed immediately and freed unconditionally. i want to make clear is real s position regarding the ceasefire. this is the united states not agree to a ceasefire after the bombing of pearl harbor, after the terrorist attacks of 9/11, israel will not agree to a cessation of hostilities with hamas after the horrific attacks of october seven. calls for a ceasefire are calls for israel to surrender to hamas. to surrender to terrorism, to surrender to barbarism. that will not happen. ladies and gentlemen, the bible says that there is a time for peace and a time for war. this is a time for war. a war for our common future. today we drew a line between the forces of civilisation and the forces of barbarism. it is a time for everyone to decide where they stand. israel will stand against the forces of barbarism until victory. against the forces of barbarism untilvictory. i against the forces of barbarism until victory. i hope and pray that civ