widening war in the middle east after president biden orders retaliatory iron strikes on a group in iraq. plus chaos at the border. america s top diplomat is heading to mexico where thousands of migrants are making the trek to an already overwhelmed u.s. border. local law enforcement are begging for help to deal with the ongoing surge. and lashing out, donald trump spent christmas day attacking his enemies including president biden, counsel jack smith, his christmas message to him, rot in h ell. i m phil mattingly. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start today with the 2024 race where republican candidates are gearing up for their final campaign push in iowa. 20 days, less than 3 weeks until the caucuses, his rivals will be crisscrossing the state trying to chip away at the front runner status. who can we expect to see in iowa? how are they going to make a difference in what has been a race that trump has led by far and away over the course of the
good day to you. i m richard quest. 9:00 in the morning in london. 11:00 a.m. in gaza. and we are following two major developments that have happened overnight. the israeli military says a safe route from gaza city southwards has opened for civilians an hour ago, as israel forces fight their way into the city, the idf says the offer of safe passage to civilians is only good for four hours. that will be until 2:00 in the afternoon local time. one of the refugee camps south of the line, where palestinians have been told to go, was hit by a deadly explosion a few hours ago. a palestinian hospital official says more than 30 people were kid and more than a hundred wounded. the israeli military has not commented on whether it targeted the area. cnn s ivan watson joins us from hong iconic with more. let s start, first of all, i think with the blast. then we ll move to the safe corridors. what more do we know? we re seeing some first images, in daylight today, sunday, the recovery
dealing with here as we go throughout the night and into the early morning hours. jane: you talk about how tampa bay is in some ways kind been in a position where they ve been spared the worst in the last several events that came into florida. ian took the turn to the south. how is idalia been different from the past storms? how s that changed your mes messaging? the surge like you saw in clearwater beach there on the video from your reporter, you saw storm surge flooding there the real interesting part is going to be as the storm pulls away, that s when you get the wind direction, the onshore wind direction where you could see more surge or they keep the surge elevated with the king tides you guys have been talking about as well with the tide peaking again early tomorrow afternoon and the wind direction being from the southwest, kind of keeping that water, um, on shore there, so it ll be interesting to see how much surge remains in place even as