american troops in iraq and in syria. this comes with the u.s. concerned that this israel-hamas war could expand in the region. martha raddatz standing by with late reporting on these u.s. strikes. also breaking at this hour, the tense talks under way right now for the potential release of dozens of hostages held by hamas in gaza. what sources are now telling abc news, and matt rivers in israel. in new york city, ivanka trump taking the stand in the $250 million civil trial against her father. what she told the court today. aaron katersky at the courthouse. outside new york city tonight, the urgent manhunt under way in new jersey, after authorities say a january 6th suspect evaded police, running into the woods. the fbi and the s.w.a.t. teams called in tonight. stephanie ramos at the scene for us. the images coming in, the explosion. huge flames and dark smoke rising into the sky at a chemical plant in texas. john quinones reporting from texas tonight. democrats dec
Things have been pretty dark lately. War in the Middle East, war in Ukraine and an almost government shutdown have dominated the news sphere. Couple that with the crippling amount of schoolwork assigned before break and sometimes it can feel like nothing is going right. And no matter how hard you try to avoid it,…