where the system is headed next bringing heavy rain with it. and the child lost in the shuffle, flying alone and sent to the wrong city. what the airline is saying tonight. deep inside hamas tunnels. new video from underground as israel s military says that s where they found the bodies of five hostages. the latest on the long shot effort to restart negotiations with reports of dozens killed in a new refugee camp strike overnight as new warning signs the conflict could expand. a tanker struck by iran an ocean away plus, the post-message of peace and richard engel s rare access in bethlehem, a silent night in the holy land covid, rsv, and flu on the rise the sharp increase of cases just as families get together for the holidays and our visit to the tiny town where the iconic dolls are still being born 40 years after the nationwide frenzy. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with kate snow. good evening i m garret haake in for kate a near record number of americ
$150 million in damages to two georgia election workers he defamed. we re breaking down the huge verdict against the former trump lawyer tied to his lies about the 2020 presidential election. i ll speak live to an attorney for the two election workers this hour. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer. you re in in the situation room. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. and we begin this hour with a major breaking story. the former trump lawyer, rudy giuliani, ordered to pay an enormous price for falsely accusing two georgia election workers of fraud. jessica schneider is outside the courthouse here in washington. jessica, this nearly $150 million verdict is vastly more than the attorneys for the election workers even asked for. it is, wolf. it s about $100 million more than their attorneys asked for. $75 million in punitive damages, essentially to punish rudy giuliani for those statements he made against ruby freeman and
states, canada, and around the world, i m isa suarez, ahead right here on cnn newsroom. the idf investigates why its troops accidentally killed three israeli hostages in gaza. america s mayor gets hit with a staggering judgment in a defamation lawsuit. we ll find out how much the jury says rudy giuliani should pay. and ukraine s bid for the eu membership moves forward, but no agreement on aid. how this delay could prove costly for ukrainian troops as well as morale. but first this morning we begin with grief as well as outrage in israel after the israeli military says it mistakenly shot and killed three israeli hostages in gaza after misidentifying them as a threat. several dozen protesters gathered on the streets of tel aviv on friday. let s have a look at this. they re chanting everyone now, demanding the government take immediate action to bring the remaining hostages home safely. the idf has identified the three israeli citizens it killed in northern gaza, you re
their hamas captors. the office of the prime minister says there are 129 hostages still being held by hamas in gaza. 21 hostages have died. a source tells cnn that the head of israel s intelligence agency is expected to meet with qatar s prime minister to discuss getting hostages released. today families of the remaining hostages held a rally in tel aviv demanding their safe return. cnn s alex marquardt was there. alex, prime minister benjamin netanyahu just spoke about the hostages. what did he say? and fred, that rally took place here on what has become known as hostages square right next to where the defense min cit ministry is based. we just heard from prime minister netanyahu who said all of israel is in mourning for the deaths of these hostages. he spoke specifically about the three who were killed yesterday by israeli soldiers saying we were so close to embracing them, but unfortunately we cannot turn back time. he went on to make the argument that it is military pre
captions by vitac www.vitac.com good evening. this is the source and i m kaitlan collins. an extraordinary new israeli offensive is underway in the skies of gaza tonight. much of it is playing out right before our very eyes. cnn cameras captured these images that you re seeing here, scenes of flares raining down over the night sky in gaza. there appears to be a smoke screen that is covering the ground, potentially suggesting the possible movement of troops in that area. the israeli military says it has completely surrounded gaza city tonight. all of this is coming as prime minister benjamin netanyahu appeared with israeli troops earlier today saying and i m quoting him now nothing will stop us. that, despite the fact that secretary of state antony blinken is pflying over to isral right now in part to press for a pause, at least a brief one, in the fighting so that hostages can get out and aid can potentially get in. all this is coming as hamas is still firing on i