chances are, you haven t been to this place. chances are, this is a place you ve never seen. other than maybe blurry cellphone videos, old black-and-white newsreels from world war ii. chances are, bad things were happening in the footage you saw. myanmar. after 50 years of nightmare, something unexpected is happening here, and it s pretty incredible. in yangon, capital city of myanmar, it s dark. blackouts are frequent with the ancient power grid. what sources of light there are in the street cast an eerie, yellow-orange hue. for almost 100 years under british rule, this was rangoon. in 1948, after helping the british fight off the japanese, and with a new taste for self-determination, the country gained independence. after a decade of instability, however, the military consolidated power and never let go. elections, they came and went. the results ignored, opposition punished or silenced entirely. burma, now myanmar, where orwell had once served as a colonial policeman
let s hope they re both home soon. i m wolf blitzer in the situation room. erin burnett outfront starts right now. outfront next, house-to-house combat, the fighting in gaza s second largest city ramping up tonight and civilian casualties are mounting. and president biden revealing he wouldn t be running for reelection, except for one thing, this as voters open up about why they are giving desantis another look at trump. and george santos s second act, making new cameos, the price has gone up. that s the old supply, demand, and people are paying up. let s go outfront. and good evening, i m erin burnett. out front tonight, surrounded. israel says its forces have encircled gaza s second largest city. there s fierce fighting inside khan younis. that s where the civilian population has ballooned, as people are told to go from northern gaza south towards khan younis, and now reports of house-to-house battles, according to an israeli km commander, quote, we are in
good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. sunday, december 3rd. i m victor blackwell. i m isabel rosales in for amara walker. the israel defense sources say they struck multiple targets in gaza including tunnel shafts, command centers and weapons storage facilities. hamas also launched a barrage of rockets towards tel aviv. those rockets were intercepted by the iron dome. israel recalled its team of negotiators from qatar after negotiations broke down saturday. israel insists that the group of women and hostages that hamas refaces to release must be returned. hamas blames israel and the u.s. for the resumption of hostilities and said there will be no hostage negotiations with israel until there is ceasefire in gaza. ben wedeman is in jerusalem and camilla is in at the white house. ben, let s start with you. what s the latest on the fighting this morning? reporter: well, what we ve seen is another series of strikes. northern gaza as well as s southern gaza. in the north
ukraine s military funds. [ yelling and chanting ] fighting for president biden s request, tieing funds for israel and humanitarian aid into gaza to ukraine, taiwan and securing the southern border. many are again making the bet that we are too divided, too distracted at home to stay the course. that s what s at stake with president biden s national security funding request. both israel and ukraine democrats are fighting ruthless foes who are out to annihilate them. we will not let hamas or putin win. this as speaker mike johnson right out of the gate challenges the white house supporting military aid to israel but not to ukraine and paying for it by cutting money already approved for the president s irs crackdown on the super rich. the defense secretary responding to more attacks against u.s. troops in syria and iraq. now numbering 25 attacks since the israel/hamas war began. the president has been clear and i have been clear, vice chair, that if that if this d