It comes as israel continues to expand its Ground Offensive in gaza, with the Hamas Run Health Ministry there saying almost 200 palestinians have been killed in the past two days, bringing the total to over 21,000. Hamas is designated a Terrorist Organisation by the uk government. Shamaa khalil reports. No funeral, no dignified burial, no tombstone. A bulldozer carries their bodies into a mass grave. Their final resting place. Israeli forces are expanding their Ground Offensive into the Densely Populated Urban Refugee Camps in central gaza. And this is the scene at the neighbouring al aqsa hospital. 0verwhelmed, they have had to treat the injured on the floor and in hallways. Across gaza at the moment, Health Capacity is at about 20 of what it was 80 or so days ago. So almost all of the hospital beds, almost all of the hospital services, have stopped functioning. 0n foot, donkey carts or crammed onto the back of trucks, those who fled from Northern Gaza Have come here for safety, but t
50 years ago humpback whales were considered an endangered species after decades of commercial whaling decimated the population. around that same time scientists learned something extraordinary. whales were communicating with each other, sometimes by song over long distances. in part because of that discovery scientists and conservationists rallied to enact laws to protect the whales, and it worked. the humpback whale population has made a remarkable comeback. but now they face a host of new threats. global warming is killing off their food source, and human activity is causing thousands of whale deaths a year. from the stress of underwater construction noise to fishing entanglements and ship collisions. in the next hour cnn s bill weir takes us to antarctica, a place very few people get to visit, to study these remarkable creatures and show us why saving the whales may also be saving the planet. because they are one of our best partners in battling climate change. reporter
-hey, your mom and i procreated to that song. oh, ew! i think you ve said enough. why don t we just switch to xfinity like everyone else? then you would know what year it was. i know what year it is. at this hour, fear is growing for a wider war in the middle east after the u.s. strikes dozens of targets in yemen. the threats now coming from iran-backed rebels. plus, the red sea ripple effect, how a tax in the region have shipping costs soaring. we re running the numbers. and the race for iowa heats up in the middle of a blizzard. will the extreme cold affect even the heartiest of iowa caucus goers. and it s not just an election we re tracking but a possible government shutdown, the pressure on speaker mike johnson as he balances demands from his right flank. our nbc news reporters are following all of the latest developments and we begin with those air strikes in yemen. the u.s. and allies targeting houthi militants after months of attacks in the red sea. nbc s raf s
massive caravan fuelling. all mayors agree on one thing. the federal government needs to stop dithering. coming up, we ll hear from a texas republican, tony gonzalez, who says there s one simple thing we can be doing right now. welcome, i m edward lawrence in for neil cavuto. this is your world. the congressman coming up. first to nate foy on the growing crisis. nate? a caravan with an estimated 8,000 migrants is making its way to our southern border right now. sanctuary city mayors are again asking president joe biden to do more to help them. states across the entire country deal with this crisis. texas governor greg abbott continues bussing and now flying migrants to sanctuary cities. only a fraction of what texas and other border states deal with. take a look at this. the southern border is on pace for the most migrant encounters ever in a single month with 250,000 so far in december alone. that includes over 35,000 during the four-day christmas weekend. now new york c
presidential actions on january 6th, and is disqualifiedro holding office under section iii of theh amendment. importantly eedd was the ticking countdown clock, giving any party, not just donald trump, until january 4th to appeal to the supreme court and saying if anyone asks the supreme court to review this case, then donald trump s name stays on the ballot until the supreme court weighs in. well, no surprise, the disgraced, twice impeached, four times indicted ex-president made a lot of noise after the ruling came out whining and bloviating and promising to, quote, swiftly file an appeal to the supreme court. but then a funny thing happened. while trump and his lawye were working on that swift appeal look who beat him to t proverbial punch, the colorado republican party, who filed their owneal urging the justices to take up the case and d while mr. trump is expected toil his own petition in the coming days, the move by the colorado republican party has a, quote, practical i