alex night starts to be incredibly fe thing but to be incredibly funny and decent is an entirely different thing. also a rare combination. thank you my friend. and thanks to you at home for joining us this evening. california congressman kevin mccarthy the shortest serving speaker of the house in over 140 years is ending his extraordinary 2023 by throwing in the towel. now it is time to pursue my passion in the new arena. while i ll be departing the house at the end of this year, i will never, ever give up fighting for this country that i love so much. if you blinked, he might have missed mr. mccarthy s ten month term is the country s highest republican elected official, and that s not just because it was so short. it was entirely unproductive. mccarthy bargained away basically everything to when the speaker s gavel and he got nothing in return for it. that is the lesson for people who court the far right who do the bidding of donald trump, look the other way. and
antonio guterres has invoked a clause not used in response, the israeli representative to the un, gilad erdan, accused the secretary general of bias against israel and called for his resignation. he said the call for a ceasefire plays into the hands of hamas and gives them hope that the war will be stopped and they will be able to survive. meanwhile, israel s security cabinet has agreed to allow a minimal supplement of fuel into gaza, quote, to prevent a humanitarian collapse and the outbreak of epidemics in the south of the territory. the fighting there has intensified particuarly around the city of khan younis. our international editor jeremy bowen reports now on the growing humanitarian crisis and you may find some of the images in his report distressing. more palestinian civilians fled south towards the egyptian border after israel declared a brief pause in combat operations. almost two million gazans have fled their homes. israel says it is killing fewer civilian
and what we ve learned about the victims tonight. the deadly shooting rampage in texas. several dead tonight, and the wounded. matt rivers reporting from texas, with late news on the suspect under arrest. slammed with a series of storms, the u.s. coast guard rescuing families from homes with a helicopter. several states on alert with two more storms coming. and in the northeast, heavy rain and snow on the way. rob marciano is here. the israel-hamas war hamas leader now surrounded in an underground bunker, and this evening here the leaked audio revealing the anger in a meeting families of the hostages furious. james longman in israel. back in the u.s., the justice department charging four russian soldiers with war crimes, accused of torturing an american in ukraine near the start of the russian invasion. amid donald trump s threats of retribution on the campaign trail if he s elected president again, the former president is asked about the warnings from some that trum
new jersey to new york. it was parnding, it was pathetic. he s a symptom of something that donald trump created. the guy who was not on the stage is the winner each time. good morning, everyone. it was the final gop presidential debate of this year, four candidates clashed on policy, they traded personal insults and they recognized time is running out to make their pitch to voters before the iowa caucuses less than six weeks away. nikki haley took the brunt of attacks from desantis and vivek ramaswamy. over foreign policy positions. to say that was an attack on america fails a basic state. if you can t tell the difference between israel is and the u.s. map is on the map. she caves any time the left comes after her, any time the media comes after her nikki, i don t have a woman problem, you have a corruption problem and i think that s what people need to know. it s not worth my time to respond to him. her donors, they make money in china, they re not going
right now, donald trump is in court. he is preparing to take the stand to be the star witness for the defense next week, but going in to be an observer today, not staying quiet. yes, what can we tell this morning from the fallout of the republican debate last night? and what did trump have to say about it in court today? and a gunman kills three people on the unlv campus, and new details of the suspect who we have learned is a former processor. with john berman and kate bolduan, i m sara sidner, and this is cnn news central. right now, donald trump is sitting in on his civil trial in new york, and an observer today, and preparing to take the stand again, himself, on monday, but he is not staying quiet. attacking the case, the attorney general and declaring victory before he entered the courtroom today. on the line, donald trump s brand, and the penalty of $250 million, and we go to brynn gingras who is outside of the courtroom, and what has been happening today? yea