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hello, i m rajini vaidyanathan. welcome to verified live three hours of breaking stories, and checking out the truth behind them. more than 100 people have been killed and scores of others injured in two explosions in south eastern iran near the grave of a top revolutionary guards commander. state television says the blasts occurred in quick succession in the city of kerman, during a ceremony to mark the anniverssary of the killing of qassem soleimani. he was iran s most powerful military commander and was killed in 2020 by a us air strike in iraq. local officials say two bags containing explosives were detonated by remote control at the entrance to the burial site. with more on this, our bbc persian reporter, parham ghobadi, is in the newsroom. good to talk to you. bring us up to date on what war we know. figs good to talk to you. bring us up to date on what war we know.- date on what war we know. as you mentioned. date on what war we know. as you mentioned, this ....
here are the top stories we re covering this hour. israel says its war effort to eliminate hamas is entering a new phase with the new year. but is it going to reduce civilian casualties as the question has been questioning. this as prime minister netanyahu suffers a major political setback from his country s supreme court. i ll teak to ambassador mark regev and the democratic senator. and in tokyo, a five-man crew of air national guard claimed dead but all 400 on board a wide-body passenger plane escaping safely in just minutes after their plane exploded on the runway. and we ll look at the surge of respiratory illnesses over the holiday season. as flu, covid and rsv give families a rough start to 2024. and good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. israel is starting the new year by launching intense attacks against central and southern gaza, even as the idf begins the process, it says, of bringing the first several thousand of its troops home. that ....
freed and why president biden made the tough call to release the venezuelan president s alleged moneyman from u.s. custody. donald trump back on the campaign trail after the bombshell court decision that could remove him from colorado s primary ballot. his g.o.p. rivals criticizing the move. this is a flagrant violation of the rule of law. margaret: renewed hope for another cease-fire between israel and hamas in exchange for the release of more hostages. the new warning about lithium-ion batteries. what you need to know for your holiday shopping. so pretty. margaret: and a hospital s holiday tradition is making spirits bright. i love it! [laughter] margaret: good evening to our viewers in the west. i m margaret brennan in for norah o donnell. we begin tonight with new details about a major prisoner swap between the u.s. and venezuela. ten americans, including several the u.s. considered wrongfully detained, were released from that south american country ....
new details about the americans freed and why president biden made the tough call to release the venezuelan president alleged moneyman from u.s. custody. donald trump back on the campaign trail after the bombshell court decision that could remove him from colorado s primary ballot. his g.o.p. rivals criticizing the move. this is a flagrant violation of the rule of law. spiegelman renewed hope for another cease-fire between israel and hamas in exchange for the release of more host hostages. the new warning about lithium-ion batteries. what you need to know for your holiday shopping. so pretty. margaret: at a hospital s holiday tradition is making spirits bright. i love it! margaret: good evening. i m margaret brennan infra norah o donnell. we begin tonight with new details about a major prisoner swap between the u.s. and venezuela. ten americans including several in the u.s. considered wrongfully detained for a release from south american country today, ....
the former president can remain on the ballot. we will talk to the secretary of state from colorado coming up. high level international talks with the political head of hamas for a new hostage deal and a pause in the israel/gaza war. the palestinian death toll rises and the drumbeat crescendos for prime minister netanyahu to bring home the surviving hostages. israeli for another humanitarian pause, in addition humanitarian aid to enable release of hostages. home for the holidays. the senate is about to leave town without a deal on the border, ukraine, or israel. we will talk to senator chris coons about the do-nothing congress coming up. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. that bombshell ruling from colorado s supreme court that donald trump cannot appear on that state srimary ballot because he, engaged in surrection when he tried to overturn the 2020 election. colorado s state supreme court citing a 14th amendment provision that no person ....