tonight, as we come on the air in the west, another historic election unfolding right now. the battle for georgia and control of the u.s. senate. what we re learning right now. the eyes of the nation tonight focused on georgia now. the two senate runoff elections and voters know this is about much more than georgia. the control of the senate in their hands, the future of president-elect joe biden s agenda. democrats needed both candidates to win, to have control of congress and the white house. republicans needed just one of their candidates to win to keep control of the senate. steve osunsami in atlanta tonight with what we re learning already. all of this tonight as president trump puts new pressure on vice president mike pence to do something about what will then play out on wednesday. congress set to make it official, president-elect joe biden s victory. the president saying that the vice president has the power to reject the electors. but tonight here, can the vice
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class= nosel > will set parties will set out their manifestoes. thousands of motorcyclists arrived at the end of a mammoth right from london to cumbria. and in sport, joyful we go in a day of commemoration at wembley where rob burrow was paid tribute to, ahead of their challenge cup final. a sunny start for many of you, a more cloud, increasing, thickening and patchy rain as well. details on breakfast. good morning. the main story, israel has been criticised by the european union s matheny diplomat over the key kneeling of dozens of palestinians in an operation to rescue four hostages in gaza yesterday. josep borrell called the report another massacre of civilians. a woman and three men were rescued in a mission involving airstrikes around a refugee camp. hamas claims more than 210 palestinians were killed, is report the number below 100. a dramatic rescue and she s free again. 25 year old noa argamani, captured by hamas on the 7th of october, and taken to gaza, is finally bac
Become even more tenuous tomorrow, margaret, with benny gantz, a member of his war cabinet, is set to resign in protest over his handling of the war. margaret: chris livesay, thank you. now a look at tonight s other top stories. starting with record-breaking heat from heat from coast to coast. cbs s kris van cleave is in arizona as the southwest sizzles. reporter: margaret, phoenix is at the top 110 again today. the state has deployed the first of 18 new pop-up cooling centers. they are modified cargo containers that are solar-powered and can be quickly deployed. last summer s record stretch of extreme temperatures so heat related deaths spike by 50% here in maricopa county. now some cooling centers are staying open later into the evening. we see the heat increase pretty quickly here in arizona at its deadly from the start. so the cooling centers here are very integral parts of keeping our community safe. reporter: in las vegas where it s never been this hot this early, ambulan