strategy to convince the judge to allow the trumps to keep running their company. plus, is there real hope for a hostage deal that could lead to the release of 80 women and children held by hamas. prime minister netanyahu telling msnbc military pressure is key, even as the hospital system is collapsing. i ll speak to one man who was with his brother just moments before he was taken hostage. l.a. in the midst of a computer nightmare after a massive fire forces officials to shet down part of a key frae way indefinitely. investigators say they ve completed their investigation into what started the fire as the city lays out its plan to help the 300,000 people who use that road each and every day. we start with day one for the uphill battle for the defense as donald trump and family fight to hang on to their new york business empire. trump s lawyers at the civil fraud trial calling donald trump jr. to the stand. he asked the courtroom sketch artist to make him look sexy. sound
press. if you want peace, destroy hamas. if you want security, destroy hamas. we want to minimize civilian casualties and we want to minimize casualties on our side while maximizing the casualties on the, of the hamas terrorists. and netanyahu also offering some hope for the release of 239 hostages including americans. is there a potential deal? there could be but i think the less i say about it, the more i ll increase the chances it materials. if a deal is available, well, we ll talk about it when it s there. we ll announce it if it s achieved. plus, speaker johnson s two step plan to fund the government. a second shutdown show down in the new year. and a live report from manhattan where former president trump s attorneys are beginning their defense today in the trump organization civil fraud trial with don jr. back on the stand. good day. the world health organization says gaza s main hospital is no longer functional while others have closed completely. as newb