And this is today. Complete siege. Israel launching new air strikes overnight, vowing to end hamas over its unprecedented terror attacks. The death toll mounting as the hostage crisis unfolds. Militants now threatening to execute their captives. Americans potentially among them. Were live on the front lines. Addressing the crisis. President biden set to deliver remarks from the white house today as demonstrations and rallies erupt across the country. One vigil on a College Campus ending in a chaotic security scare overnight. Well have the very latest. Spoiler alert, robert f. Kennedy jr. Dropping his democratic president ial bid to launch a third party run for the white house. Im here to declare myself an independent candidate. Just ahead the reaction from both parties and the kennedy family. Bundle up. Tens of millions from the midwest to new england and parts of the west coast waking up to frost and freeze alerts. Al has everything you need to know. Those stories plus shop until you
weekend. 2 million a day. those are great numbers 16781% of the country has been fully vaccinated, a weekend have have now cnn reporting releasing right now. the biden administration launching a $250 million media blintze targeting the vaccine. what s the goal? the concern? that s coming up. health experts warn complacency could trigger another deadly surge. they don t want to see any more scenes like thissing large crowds hitting miami beach, masksless in the streets, other places as well. for more details, let s bring in cnn s medical correspondent elizabeth cohen. good morning. good morning. this is a large campaign. a quarter of a billion dollars. let s take a look at where that money is going to go. it s go doing go largely to tv, radio, billboard print, and digital ads. there will be a podcast by a well-known figure. we don t know who that is. while it will talk about social distancing and staying away from crowds, it will focus on vaccination and they re going to p
Street. The victims identity has not been released but officers say she was in her 80s. Francis was in his backyard armed until he surrendered to police. Everybody in this neighborhood will alwyas have a very fond memory of her. Shes lived in this neighborhood for many years and she will be missed and its very sad that a family is torn apart over this. Authorities did not release details about a possible motive for the shooting. Clark county jail records show francis was being held on susp of murder pending a Court Hearing tomorrow. A shooting and car crash. Leaves a henderson man dead and his family in mourning. Crying he loved us so much and he was so proud to just be a grandpa. So proud. Crying we know what kind of man he was, you know, he was always willing to give. He was quiet, he never never started trouble. The coroner confirmed today that 49yearold Christopher Stewart died from a gunshot wound to the chest. Someone shot him while driving home after picking up food from a bar.
Y. Sioux city police and the Woodbury County Sheriffs Office report no fatal accidents last night. They say it will take a couple days before we know how many d u i or o w i arrests were made. 3 3 that Good Behavior on new years eve continuing today. As siouxland kids and their parents got a jumpstart on any resolutions to be healthier. The norm waitt senior y m c a in South Sioux City opened up this morning for its annual day of playthe event gives people a chance to try out the y and the options it has to help people get or stay fit. 3 the norm waitt senior ymca always provides everybody throughout the community no matter if their suffering from parkinsons, diabetes or their overcoming cancer, or its kids learning sports for a first time. Just a Great Network for support and a community of friends where we can get active, workout, exercise, have fun. This years event ran from 10 this morning until 3 this afternoon. 3 a bad start to the new year for a family on sioux citys north side.
3 president obama begins a major push today to tackle gun violence during his final year in office. Part of the president s plan includes action to close the socalled gunshow loophole. The topic is becoming a major focus for candidates vying for the white house. Brian webb has the latest on the president ial campaign from new york. 3 nats vo Hillary Clinton keene nh Democratic Front runner Hillary Clinton is praising president obama for executive actions he intends to unveil this week that would strengthen background checks on gun purchases sot clinton if Congress Wont act we have to do something about the fact 33thousand people a year die from guns. Bernie sanders, whos trailing clinton in the polls, also backed the president s moves. On sunday, the vermont senator criticized republicans for on the issue. sot sanders i would prefer that we could have bipartisan support, but the truth is republicans are not interested in doing anything about gun safety. Republican president ial contend