At this hour, the big story is a long awaited holiday morning. Well take you to West Palm Beach where one family has turned their own christmas tradition into one that impacts an entire community. Also this morning, the message on war in The Middle East as the fighting continues inside gaza. Hostages remain and terrorist captivity, and israels Prime Minister vows to finish the job of ending hamass reign. Former president Donald Trumps top challengers are scrambling for socalled hail mary as we officially hit three weeks until the iowa caucuses. New polls leave little to the imagination. The verdict is it on the most popular, most widely watched viral videos of 2023. The stories that caught just about everyones attention. But we begin with the forecast that is disappointing parts of the country this morning, and worrying manys. Lets get right to meteorologist who has been tracking the weather ahead. Michelle, tell us who has a White Christmas and who has more snow than they need right n
you are in the cnn newsroom. i m paula reid in washington. jim acosta is off. a major move today in an attempt to halt a global banking crisis. switzerland s largest banking group ubs just agreed to buy its rival credit suisse in an emergency rescue bid. the purchase is aimed at halting investor panic brought on by two sudden u.s. bank failures this month. the deal comes after shares of the ailing bank lost 25% over the last week. even an emergency loan from the swiss national bank failed to stop the fallout. cnn reporter anna stewart will join us in just a moment, and cnn global economic analyst, rana foroohar joins us now. all right, rana, can you explain to us this deal? yeah, absolutely. so a little bit of con context. credit suisse has been a troubled bank for some time. so this, you know, this is a bank that over the last couple of years has had any number of crises. it s been considered weak in the marketplace. even late last year, it was having its own problems to
pounding air rescues like this one captured by the pasadena fire department. thisng an rv plunging into the santa clara river after teetering on the edge of a cliff. we re tracking where it s headed next. a fresh wave of violence across ukraine. overnight russia launching more than a dozen unmanned drones into ukraine exhausting air defenses according to ukrainian officials. now u.s. officials says china is weighing whether to send artillery and ammunition to help russia s campaign. the new response from china this morning. court is back in session in the alex murdaugh double murder trial. after blockbuster testimony from the defendant himself, how soon it could be in the hands of the jury. the extreme weather impacting millions of americans this morning. we re tracking damage in the central u.s. after reports of several tornadoes touched down in oklahoma overnight. california faces the possibility of more snow. in the aftermath of historic winter weather that brought u
into one another, both planes believed to be in a lake tonight. the chilling video emerging of that horrific flight from los angeles to new york. you ll now hear what that passenger was threatening to do to everyone onboard that plane before attacking a flight attendant, attempting to stab the attendant in the neck several times. we re tracking two new systems moving across the u.s. winter storm watches in effect across several states tonight, moving from the midwest right to the east coast. ginger zee timing it out. tonight, the deadly collision on the tracks in cleveland. a truck and a norfolk southern train. the conductor was killed. the ntsb on the scene tonight. republican house speaker kevin mccarthy pressed repeatedly today about his decision to hand over 44,000 hours of video from january 6th to fox. overnight, pieces of that video described as peaceful and respectful. tonight, the capitol police chief outraged. some republican senators angry, too. and it all
into one another, both planes believed to be in a lake tonight. the chilling video emerging of that horrific flight from los angeles to new york. you ll now hear what that passenger was threatening to do to everyone onboard that plane before attacking a flight attendant, attempting to stab the attendant in the neck several times. we re tracking two new systems moving across the u.s. winter storm watches in effect across several states tonight, moving from the midwest right to the east coast. ginger zee timing it out. tonight, the deadly collision on the tracks in cleveland. a truck and a norfolk southern train. the conductor was killed. the ntsb on the scene tonight. republican house speaker kevin mccarthy pressed repeatedly today about his decision to hand over 44,000 hours of video from january 6th to fox. overnight, pieces of that video described as peaceful and respectful. tonight, the capitol police chief outraged. some republican senators angry, too. and it all