At this hour, the big story is a long awaited holiday morning. Well take you to West Palm Beach where one family has turned their own christmas tradition into one that impacts an entire community. Also this morning, the message on war in The Middle East as the fighting continues inside gaza. Hostages remain and terrorist captivity, and israels Prime Minister vows to finish the job of ending hamass reign. Former president Donald Trumps top challengers are scrambling for socalled hail mary as we officially hit three weeks until the iowa caucuses. New polls leave little to the imagination. The verdict is it on the most popular, most widely watched viral videos of 2023. The stories that caught just about everyones attention. But we begin with the forecast that is disappointing parts of the country this morning, and worrying manys. Lets get right to meteorologist who has been tracking the weather ahead. Michelle, tell us who has a White Christmas and who has more snow than they need right n
be in the group released today. both sides are talking about extending the truce, which would allow for more hostages to be released in the coming days. we are taking the necessary steps in order to be prepared for a new mobilization, a renewed attack against hamas and its strongholds, wherever they are holding out. they are still holding over 100 around 200 hostages. ten people a day, that could be 20 days. so we need to keep that in mind. here s a look at the women and children who have been freed from gaza since friday. we ve been seeing celebration, and emotional reunions in israel, here, you can see a cheering crowd greeting a convoy of buses carrying released hostages. we re also proud of well wishers waving israeli flags outside the hospital, where the former captives arrived in military helicopters. and yesterday we did see the release of the first american hostage, there she is, 4-year-old abigail adan. president biden says that abigail is getting the care sh
1, 2, 3. 1, 2, 3, 4. brian: it s almost as if the volume down or driving away. like you are in the car and heard the band. the brass animals and the maple wood high school drumline. ainsley: they have been preparing for that practicing together. steve: out in the parking lot. ainsley: we had the brass animals on and they played for the debate. we loved their name. anything with animal in it makes them seem fun. steve: fantastic. we are here at the grand ole opry house in nashville which, of course, is music city. so we have got to start the show with music. thanks to everybody who is in the band and thanks to our live studio audience. thank you very much. [applause] brian: most of them stayed all night. they ordered clothes, had a change of clothes brought. in. steve: no, they didn t. brian: this is what they are wearing? steve: the thing about the seats at the grand ole opry house. they are not individual seats. like church pews an
he ll have to watch. thank you very much, brian todd. erin burnett outfront starts now. there s a photo of a hamas tunnel. this is as a family is evacuating from gaza, a neighbor shot in the head as he try to say flee with them in a secure zone. and exclusive video of trump talking about going to the capitol on january 6th to deal what he calls the problem. why special counsel may be seizing on this new sound. and she s known xi jinping for 40 years. she even up about the man she calls a friend, a man she had dinner with last night. let s go outfront. good evening. the breaking news, israel says it s now found evidence of a tunnel under gaza s largest hospital, al shifa. the discoveries comes 48 hours after forces first entered the compound. the video was both filmed and released by the idf. you can see what they say is an entrance to the tunnel, it appears to be reinforced can concrete, pipes, cable, debris outside it. we were able to geo-locate this video. thi
president biden set to meet with chinese president xi jinping as he tries to prevent tensions from spiraling. and we are about to find out how retail sales that been faring leading up to the crucial holiday season. much more ahead. this hour of cnn this morning now. israeli troops carrying out an operation inside gaza s largest hospital, al shifa. a palestinian official says the soldiers entered the basement and ground floor of the surgery building and interrogated medical staff. the idf releasing video claiming to show troops dropping off aid. cnn cannot independently verify that and has not been able to reach the hospital for confirmation. the idf accused hamas of running a command center beneath the hospital and using civilians above as human shields had. the israeli military is calling this a precise and targeted operation based on their intelligence. we will be joined by a spokesperson for the idf in minutes. meanwhile, fbi director christopher wray is about to