And good morning, america. How great is it to see robin joking around, smiling. She looks fantastic. The early bird special. Fair warning everybody out there. Thats right. She walked out of there. Shes going to the early bird special. I think youre right about that. Great to have Elizabeth Vargas here. We have a lot of news to get to, including the breaking news out of the middle east. A u. S. Embassy is attacked in israel by a man wielding an ax and a knife as we said. Thats right, its all happening overnight. Christiane amanpour had been reporting that any Ground Invasion by israel is at hold at this hour. That is good news because that was a big step toward escalating in the violence. And Hillary Clinton on her way there to meet with all sides. Lets get right to abcs matt gutman in ramallah with the latest. Good morning, matt. Reporter good morning, george. Anger rising in ramallah, where secretary of state clinton is to arrive later today. Just 40 miles here in tel aviv, an israeli
Continue to end the blood shed. At this stage nobody really knows. Millions of americans head out to their thanksgiving destinations. It is game on for more than 43 million americans hitting the roads. More than 3 million of us are expected to fly to our destinations this holiday. Its going to be so jammed up, listen to this, tsa agents say passengers are being asked to grope themselves. Birth control pills should be sold over the counter say a number of doctors. Shakeup on sesame street. A man behind elmo announces he will be leaving the show after another accusation by underage boys. Ban public nudity. And score from High School Basketball thats hard to believe. 138 points from one guy. If you dont believe me, you dont know jack. And all that matters. Thanksgiving United States of america and youre taking on quite something. Find out who is spending three days waiting in line for these black friday sales and go shopping at their house. On cbs this morning. Lets take a look at the cli
Im matt lauer. This latest conflict is now a week old. The president has decided to take a steep step. Hes sending in the secretary of state. Shes on a plane headed to israel in an attempt to push the ceasefire talks along. Well get a live report on all of it in just a moment. Also ahead, more on the Severe Weather front that is pummeling the Pacific Northwest. It turned deadly overnight. Were going to have more on that story as well. Then shes been called a reallife Sleeping Beauty but this is no fairy tale. Its a serious condition. A 17yearold girl who suffers from a rare disorder. It causes her to sleep, sometimes for months on end. Well talk to her and her doctor about that. And we have a very excited crowd out on the plaza. Kesha is here for a live performance, part of an unbelievable thanksgiving week of concerts outside. And well get to that in our 8 30 half hour. But we begin on this Tuesday Morning with the violence in the middle east and the breaking news overnight that secre
The cross fire. Some with just seconds to find safety. Others with no protection at all. The air strikes are escalating. Israel poised to invade gaza. Hamas daring them to make good on that threat. A region is on the brink of allout war, and tonight World Leaders are wondering what can be done to prevent it. Our team has been out reporting from the field all day. Abcs Christiane Amanpour is standing by in jerusalem tonight, and we begin with abcs Alex Marquardt in gaza. Good evening, alex. Reporter good evening, george. As the death toll soared past 100 today, you could feel the anger growing. Gazans are furious over the civilians deaths, but despite the loss of life, theyre not backing down. A massive explosion as israeli air strikes pounded gaza today israel, and amidst it all, this, tiny bodies of the dead as they left the hospital today carried through the crowd for their funerals. We ask all the militant groups to respond to these massacres, this man said. We shouldnt talk about a
Of the cia, retired fourstar general david petraeus. Easily the most celebrated general officer of a generation. And now, the questions are rolling in about the extramarital affair that led to all of this, about the emails that led the fbi to petraeus. And how much further this all goes. We begin our reporting of the story tonight with nbcs Andrea Mitchell in our Washington News room, good evening, andrea. Reporter good evening, brian, new questions tonight on why the fbi did not tell the president or the Intelligence Leaders about the involvement of petraeuss acknowledged mistress for months, even on new allegations on how it began. We learned today on what was in the emails to jill kelley, the family friend whose call for help to the fbi kicked off the investigation. Nbc news investigative correspondent michael isikoff. The emails accuse her of associating with the general in tampa, but they had accesses on the comings and goings of david petraeus, news that somebody had high access