Members and really weakened americas credibility on The World Stage and after two years of appeasement by the Biden Administration of iran that weve got to recognize that the weakness of this administration has emboldened the enemies of freedom around the world. War is raging in Eastern Ureuro and now war in the middle east. We see china menace in the asia pacific. We have to meet this moment with american strength. Were the leader of the free world, the arsenal of democracy, i would tell my old colleagues, its time, let Congress Work its will, crunch the numbers. Lets get resources to secure the southern border of the United States as well. But this is a time for American Leadership and american strength and thats the pathway toward peace around the world. And among our allies. And those are all things included in this package proposed by the Biden Administration. Come back soon, former Vice President mike pence, thank you. Thank you, poppy. Cnn this morning continues now. And it is t
6 00 p. M. On the west coast. It is 4 00 a. M. In gaza where the lights tonight are again are out. Power has been severed from the city as israel continues to besiege hamas in preparation of what will be a full scale Ground Assault that could begin frankly at any moment. Prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu said this invasion will resignation with israels enemies for generations and itll change the middle east. Now more than 100,000 Israeli Soldiers are now amassing at gazas border. Over 300,000 reservists have been called up in only the last 48 hours. Residents of gaza reportedly received this text massage telling them to flee to egypt immediately, you stay, you die. Now, i can tell you and i can promise you been a long time friend of israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and i can assure you he means everything he says, and he will follow through. Unlike your President Joe Biden who is weak and frail and a cognitive mess, israel happens to have a very strong leader. Now, the days o
hamas. john: first time the president has spoken publicly since israel and hamas reached a deal to extend their truce by another two days. will he have anything to say about the roughly 8 to 9 americans still being held captive? sandra: monitoring his remarks for headlines as we begin a second hour of america reports . here we go, i m sandra smith in new york. john: good to be with you again after the holiday. john roberts in washington. here is where things stand at this hour. humanitarian pause in gaza has entered its fourth day now. the white house says hamas has committed to releasing another 20 women and children over two days. sandra: it is unclear if any 20 would be americans and the administration admitted this afternoon that all it can do is hope for the best. we certainly hope we will see them and hopefully today and if not today, over the next couple of days. we want to see them back with their families where they belong as well. we are not involved in t
americans are not among them. the days released are the start of a process. nancy: in return, 39 palestinians have been freed from israeli prisons. an israeli sniper just shot one of the young men. and it really just underscores how intense the situation here is. nancy: sean diddy combs, axl rose, jamie foxx, and andrew cuomo are among the thousands accused of sexual assault in lawsuits filed under new york s adult survivors act. reporter: at this shopping center in new york, bargain hunters have been lining up to get their hands on the best black friday deals. nancy: but will high prices and credit card debt prompt to shoppers to spend less. reporter: i m jericka duncan in central park, what you need to know about the benefits of working out on the weekend. nancy: and an update on how music fan s dream came true. i love you, michael! nancy: good evening to our viewers in the west, and thank you for joining us on this busy friday night. i m nancy cor
happening now, breaking news. dramatic developments here in the middle east. the first major release of hostages since the hamas attacks on october 7th. 13 israelis and 11 foreign nationals finally free from gaza after nearly seven weeks. i m wolf blitzer live in tel aviv, israel. and i m jim acosta here in washington. president biden is vowing to return every single american hostage even though none were included in today s agreement. as the president says it s unclear if americans will be included in the next release but praised today s hand-off as a promising sign. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. you re in the situation room. the breaking news this hour, an outpouring of emotion here in israel as hamas releases 24 hostages kidnapped back on october 7th. cnn s matthew chance has details including a closer look at the video hamas released of the hostage hand-off inside gaza. they kidnapped and killed, but now hamas is showing