feeding realtime information to the houthis as iranian-backed group target ships in the red sea in an attempt to disrupt shipping and military traffic. i m jacqui heinrich. griff: i m griff jenkins. hour two here we go as the war wages in northern gaza despite calls for humanitarian pause. greg palcokk in tel aviv. down south in gaza some very rough battles as we will continue to pound various hamas targets today saying it has killed a top weapon smuggler for the group. they are zeroing in on the headquarters in the south and trying to finish off strongholds in the north where miltants have been holding on. despite widespread devastation, israel not altering its approach after yesterday s resolution in the un security council calling for humanitarian pause. that was toned down a bit after the u.s. go along with abstention, critics say it s not strong enough to get sufficient aid to gaza as houthi fighters continue attacks on international shipping in the red sea, we just go
good morning, merry christmas. the salvation army is aware of the supply chain issue that affects the entire country and it affects all parts of the economy. toys are significant for the salvation army at christmas. we hope to provide toys for more than 1 million children this year. right now we have to schedule additional days for distribution and we have to ask our donors to make an extra effort to find those toys. we re having to help families with assistance so they can buy toys. it s a challenge for us but we re determined to make sure that every child has a toy on christmas day. carley: and in light of that effort, what can people do to help out and is there anything that you would like people to donate specifically? there s nothing specific. children have all sorts of desires at christmas but we do invite people to go to salvationarmyusa.org where they can find out what the salvation army is doing in their area or call 1-800-sal-army. todd: there are reports you re
so whenever there s a disaster, the salvation army is already there. whenever there s a rent crisis in a particular location, the salvation is already there. what we raise at christmas helps us to meet human need throughout the entire year. so it s a critical time. todd: kenneth potter, keep up the mission. thank you for your time this morning. to contribute, go to salvationarmyusa.org. coming up, texas taking matters in their own hands to handle the border crisis as they break ground on their own border wall. carley: congressman michael better gus is here with the late burgues is here with the latest.
a phone number they can text? right, the most important thing is to get bell back on their feet and putting cash in people s hands. we found through lots of experience, gift cards, visa gift cards, different types of gift cards putting into their hands for food and clothing and essential items so they can get exactly what they need is a far better use of the donor s dole lar than managing donation of material. the recipients, storm victims, are so grateful for that. it gives them a sense of normalcy right away. that is a big piece of puzzle to get back to the normalcy. major, a big thanks to you and all the folks there with the salvation army on the ground helping people out. for more twice help salvation army, you can go to their website, salvationarmyusa.org and there s last phone number on your screen as well, 1-800-sal-army. up next, new policy at starbucks starts today. why that policy extends beyond
yes, 6:00 a.m. in atlanta, georgia. let s get you caught up on the headlines of the day. one of three american students arrested in egypt says they were hit repeatedly just after their arrest, but the news and the good news certainly for their families, you re seeing the pictures there, all three are now back on american soil. the last of them got back just a few hours ago. they were accused of throwing molotov cocktails during anti-government protests in tahrir square. we ll hear from them in a few minutes. nato saying it s highly likely that they carried out air strikes that killed 24 pakistani soldiers near the border with afghanistan. this incident has led to strong protests by the pakistani government, plus the closing of key nato supply routes in afghanistan. pakistan is also telling the u.s. that they have two weeks to leave an air base there that s used for drones. they said the same thing just after the raid that killed osama bin laden. we ll have a live report fro