we are getting new reporting in after a secret service agent who is protecting president s granddaughter opened fire. three suspects at large. don jr. on the stand. what questions he is answering right now, and how the trump team hopes that he is helping in the defense. and a u.s. official just told cnn that hamas has a command center under gaza s busiest hospital as the crisis inside grows more dire by the hour. i m fredricka whitfield with kate bolduan and john berman. sara sidner has the day off. cnn news central continues right now. we have breaking news involving the u.s. secret service. an agent on the security detail for the president s granddaughter naomi fired a weapon to prevent some people from breaking into the government vehicle. this happened on the campus of george washington in washington, d.c. what do we know? well, this happened overnight, john, and there are a number of questions of why this secret service agent fired at those people trying to bre
linked to iran. the air strikes in response to ramped up attacks at u.s. forces on bases in the middle east. in the mediterranean five u.s. service members were killed when their helicopter crashed in training. what we know about that accident. hospitals in gaza say they re under siege and patients are dying as israel s military closes in. doctors sharing these photos, primis, they say are fighting to survive without incubators and israel is working to evacuate patients and deliver fuel. plus new efforts to get the hostages released. a u.s. envoy heading into the region and what israel s prime minister told nbc news. how closer you to reaching a deal to get more of the hostages out? a massive fire in los angeles closes down a critical freeway. the city bracing for a nightmare monday morning commute. just five days until the federal government shuts down unless congress acts. will the newest proposal get enough votes? and the major new study on weight loss drugs. the new e
american troops in iraq and in syria. this comes with the u.s. concerned that this israel-hamas war could expand in the region. martha raddatz standing by with late reporting on these u.s. strikes. also breaking at this hour, the tense talks under way right now for the potential release of dozens of hostages held by hamas in gaza. what sources are now telling abc news, and matt rivers in israel. in new york city, ivanka trump taking the stand in the $250 million civil trial against her father. what she told the court today. aaron katersky at the courthouse. outside new york city tonight, the urgent manhunt under way in new jersey, after authorities say a january 6th suspect evaded police, running into the woods. the fbi and the s.w.a.t. teams called in tonight. stephanie ramos at the scene for us. the images coming in, the explosion. huge flames and dark smoke rising into the sky at a chemical plant in texas. john quinones reporting from texas tonight. democrats dec
the white house says that israel has formalized a plan to briefly pause fighting in parts of gaza each day. meantime, israeli forces say they ve captured a hamas stronghold in gaza. in just moments we ll take you live to israel. and the republican presidential candidates minus the front-runner donald trump hold a fiery debate filled with lots of low blows. and it seems they re still struggling to come up with a winning message on abortion. plus, the labor movement puts more points on the board. what we re learning about a tentative end to strikes in hollywood and on the vegas strip. we are following these major developing stories and many more, all coming in right here to cnn news central. we begin this afternoon with the israel-hamas war. after weeks of voicing opposition to a ceasefire in gaza, today the white house announcing that israel is formalizing a plan to allow for four-hour-long pauses each day, windows designed to allow palestinian civilians to evacuate nort
civil fraud trial in new york. what she told the court about his money. house republicans subpoenaing the president s son hunter and brother james as they escalate their impeachment inquiry. how the white house is firing back. the u.s. drone shot down off yemen. rebels taking responsibility. and just in the, the new u.s. strike in syria. what the pentagon is saying tonight. the massive explosion add a texas chemical plant. a plume of smoke rising into the sky. the nearby evacuations. the major manhunt for a former national guardsman. what he s accused of doing on january 6th. and the national zoo saying farewell to its three biggest stars. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt reporting tonight live from the republican presidential debate in miami. good evening, everyone, from miami. and the stage of tonight s debate where a narrowed field of five republican hopefuls will make their case. each trying to gain more traction against former presiden