vladimir putin in a surprisingly quick advance on moscow. the wagner group claimed to seize control of an important russian military facility in the city of rostov-on-don. [ applause ] the leader of the wagner group says they captured the facility, a key operations base, for the war on ukraine without firing a single shot. the cheers you just heard are locals showing their support ahead of wagner. yevgeny prigozhin also claimed to seize a military facility in another city about halfway to moscow. that s when prigozhin said he ordered his mercenaries to suddenly turn around. this is video of them pulling out of one town. and here s prigozhin receiving a hero s farewell as he leaves. he said he did it to avoid a bloody conflict. translator: therefore realizing all the responsibility for the fact that russian blood will be shed from one of the sides, we turn our columns around and leave in the opposite direction to the field camps according to the plan. we re following all
me. i m fredericka witfield. we re getting stunning new details today about what the israeli militaries calls a tragic, tragic event. three israeli hostages were killed by israeli defense forces in gaza. today we learned that they were waving a white flag as they approached an idf brigade on friday. despite that, they were gunned town. meantime, president biden s national security advisor says israel will soon move to a new phase in its war against hamas. priscilla alvarez is at the white house for us. what does the white house hope to see in this new phase? reporter: they want to see more targets and precise strikes. this has been an ongoing concern for the white house. the mass destruction and deaths of innocent civilians in gaza has started its ground operations in that region. what has happened over the course of time is pressure from the white house, discussions behind the scenes to move towards a targeted strike. now, jake sullivan was in israel this week. he met wi
bussed from our border across the country and we were not prepared. prioritizing those who come in illegally over those who have lived here legally their whole lives. take chicago, the south shore. community leader wanted to take a closed high school and turn it into a high school. why should one neighborhood bear the weight of this crisis? and where was the suggestion for the hundreds already hissing on the city streets? they don t care about our fellow americans. they are too busy trying to create new voters. take a listen to what the residents thought about this idea. i think it would be very fair for he hopeless immigrant that you bring in that you scoop up one of the homeless individuals in our community. i think that would be fair. while this crisis may constitute an emergency for the city of chicago, it does not constitute an emergency for the south shore community. what s important is that x establish that this is a humanitarian crisis and we are here. lawbs u
building as ceasefire talks may be resuming. s israeli officials said to be meeting in norway today to discuss another a pause in the war with the release of more hostages a day after israel admitted it mistakenly killed 3 israeli hostages several days after learning israelis are not taking too kindly to the strong arming they re getting from the white house. prime minister benjamin netanyahu s spokesperson is here. then, from the legal battles that could drag presidential hopefuls down to stocks and the economy that have the white house saying things are looking up. voters considering both as key endorsements are coming in fast and furious. we ve got new hampshire governor chris sununu on why he s all in on nikki haley and teamster union boss sean o brien on why he is open to backing a republican. he s here. and if to arizona where a democratic governor is sending the national guard to the border. and to the east coast where a pre-christmas storm and it could be a doozy
you are live in the cnn newsroom. i m jim acosta in washington. we begin the hour with the biden campaign linking former president donald trump to the most reviled man in history, saying the former president channeled his role models and, quote, parroted adolf hitler at a new hampshire campaign rally. that s in response to trump once again accusing immigrants of, quote, poisoning the blood of the country, an echo of the vile rhetoric used by nazi germany to justify the holocaust. they re poisoning the blood of our country. that s what they ve done. they poisoned mental institutions and prisons all over the world, not just in south america, not just in three or four countries that we think about, but all over the world. they re coming into our country from africa, from asia, all over the world. they re pouring into our country. and republican presidential candidate chris christie once again warning today that the gop needs to pay attention to the reality of what those co