Terror in israel. A scramble to respond to a brutal attack by Hamas Terrorists against innocent civilians. We will win this war. But the price is unbearable. Could it tip the middle east into chaos. Isr isr israeli minister ron dermer is next. And the american president pledged support for israel. We will not ever fail to have their back. But how will it change this plans for a path forward in the middle east . And impasse . Chaos over the speakers gavel paralyzed a u. S. Congress ready and willing to aid israeli. Mike lawler is coming up. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Hello, im dana bash In Washington where state of our yunon is praying for a quick end to a new car. We begin with breaking news. Israels ambassador to United States said dozens of americans are among the hamas hostages taken since the explosion of war in israel. The State Department is closely tracking those reports. Here is what the Secretary Of State Antony Blinken told me. We have reports that several americans
Though the investigation still has to go its full length. we ve expressed sorrow, we ve expressed regret. we didn t want to see the four boys dead, and every time this sort of thing happens for us, it s an operational failure and we have to investigate what went wrong. we are in a very complex environment because hamas is shooting rockets at our people. since this operation started, about 1,500 rockets have been fired at israeli cities by hamas, and the other terrorist groups in gaza. they re barraging our open areas trying to kill our people. we are acting to defend, what is our problem, they are shooting out of urban areas, this he store their rockets and missiles, their other command and controlling urban areas inside mosques, in schools, in playgrounds, and we re trying to be as surgical as is humanly possible in this very difficult combat environment. the people of gaza are not our ene enemies. the terrorists shooting the
People of cleveland. my relationship with northeast ohio is bigger than basketball and i didn t realize that. all is forgiven. we re ready to move on with lebron. i wanted to officially welcome him home. cleveland s going to be so much fun this year. this is a new cleveland. this is the icing on the cake. what a great year for the city. you think all is forgiven, not just you, but everyone, including this tweet that i m reading from dan gilbert. you think that s just all water under the bridge? absolutely. like i said earlier on air, how great is that press conference going to be with gilbert and lebron embracing? it s going to be unbelievable. those two guys who were bitter ene enemies. i don t know that you re going to get that photo op you re talking about. he wrote in this essay, i m not having a press conference or a party. after this, it s time to get to work. he said, what s most important
Yourself with people who repeat the same things that you do, you know, if you ve seen nothing but benghazi in your twitter feed for the last six months, you probably need to start following a few more people because it s going to lead you to conclusions like bachmann s that there s no way obama could have won because everybody i know voted for mitt romn romney. that kind of thing is, you know, is going to trap somebody like bachmann. okay. betsy, rand paul has tied several of the scandals neatly together for us. very helpfully. take a listen. he s using the power of government to investigate his ene enemies. he s tapping the phones of the press. and it turns out last year he signed legislation that allows him to detain an american without a trial and send them to guantanamo bay. this sounds like a president somewhat drunk on power. betsy, what do you think? drunk on power? yeah, probably not the most elegant way of communicating. i think what rand paul is getting at here is per
for wednesday, december 7th. from the time warner center in new york, i m carol costello. here are this morning s top stories. a new accuser saying former penn state coach jerry sandusky sexually assaulted him when he was just 12 and gave him booze. these demonstrators attempting to take back the capital. they re staging sit-ins in front of congressional offices and camping out on the national mall. it s decision day for seniors. it s the last time you can change your medicare part d prescription drug plan. let s get a check of today s weather. rob marciano with a seat in atlanta. good morning. we re looking at an active weather pattern, topsy-turvy, that seems to be the theme of the early season winter that s been crazy so far. rain stretching into the northeast. the heaviest stuff is across the ohio river valley. look at memphis, arkansas, little rock included. seeing some accumulation snow overnight, even as far south as louisiana. that s what we re watching care