Destructive israel gaza war, killing over 33,000 palestinians. Speaking at a cabinet meeting, Prime Minister netanyahu said a ceasefire would not be agreed until israeli hostages, captured by hamas in october, were released. Translation the achievements of the war are great. We eliminated 19 out of 2a of the hamas battalions, including senior commanders. We killed, wounded or captured a significant number of hamas terrorists. We purged shifa and many other Terrorist Headquarters as well. We destroyed factories, manufacturing rockets, control rooms, weapons, ammunition, and we continue to systematically destroy what is underground. We are One Step Away From Victory. Israel is not the one preventing a deal. Hamas prevents a deal. Its extreme demands were intended to bring about an end to the war and leave it intact, meaning to ensure its survival, its rehabilitation, its ability to endanger our citizens and our soldiers. Surrendering to hamas demands will allow it to try to repeat the Cr
you re watching cnn news central. we begin with breaking news. two major stories we re following right now. one overseas and the other on capitol hill. any moment we expect to hear from secretary of state antony blinken after a series of key meetings during his high-stakes trip to israel. soon the house is expected to debate an expulsion resolution for george santos. santos lashed out at colleagues during a news conference, accusing them of bullying in the wake of the scathing house ethics committee report. the report says santos spent thousands of dollars on botox, personal vacations, paying off personal credit cards and luxury goods. lauren fox is live on capitol hill. lauren, as lawmakers weigh whether to boot santos, what are the chances he survives this vote tomorrow as he s done on two previous occasions? reporter: that is the key question and what we ll be watching in the hours and day ahead. we expect this expulsion vote will come to the floor tomorrow in
crashing into the ocean near japan overnight. six people are said to have been on board. carley: there are reports that one of the engines looked like it was on fire as the aircraft went down. more hostages have been released the fighting set to begin again. direct link between ground operations and pressure on hamas. more than 140 israeli hostages remain in gaza. every day counts for that baby. dhs secretary alejandro mayorkas is heading to texas today. couldn t come at a more critical time because the holiday week did nothing to slow the surge. law that mayorkas want is accelerant to every single aspect of the border crisis. now underway and it s a big one. at least 5 to 8 inches of snow are expected across the upper midwest, new york, and new england. an unrelenting hoard of super pigs already spreading out of control in canada. now we have an invasion coming from the north. i don t know how to handle an invasion of pigs, you need to kill them and gri
are we going to see jim, of course, this is incredibly significant it s the first earliest debate in modern presidential campaign history. and the reason is both candidates agreed to this debate. they want to try and define their opponents, define themselves, and frankly, shakeup this race for all of the changes follow the challenges in the country and the world this race has largely been much of how it s been for the last several months, if not year, donald trump has had a narrow lead nationally and in some battleground states president biden has been defending his record will onstage tomorrow evening, president biden will of course, try and draw that contrast with former president donald trump jim history is probably not our best guide for this because we have never seen two sitting president s side-by-side like this, making the case about one another. but think of all the differences over the last four years. one thing i m struck by is we follow these candidates and list
about nine times what it brought in in sales last year by comparison, trump media is trading at more than 1,400 times it sells last year and jim, look, this is not a trivial matter, right? it means trump s stake is worth around 4 billion. in this company. and there s a lot of real people who do own stock here and they would get hurt if gravity sets all right, we ll be watching that madigan. thanks very much. they should you relied on cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington, right? now. trump s defense team is launching yet another attack on the special counsel in that case, jack smith and his office. it s the former president s latest bid to have the classified documents case tossed out. right now, judge aileen cannon is holding a confidential hearing. we re told with both sides ahead of today s public hearing at follows monday s back-to-back hearings were tensions flared between the judge and the prosecution at one point, cannon saying, quote, i don t appreciate you