the disturbing details of the thwarted attack on the concert tonight the conflict in gaza is spreading to other countries. heavy rain and snow the forecast. the stormy weekend ahead for early holiday travelers. definitely one more thing to worry about during a stressful time. norah: new hope for a morning sickness cure, the discovery that could help hundreds of thousands of pregnant women. this is the future. 35 miles you re off the coast of new york, this giant wind turbine is now generating electricity. but the industry is also facing major headwinds. snow falling in florida. norah: an army of volunteers brings holiday cheer to families of america s fallen heroes. it s like the entire country is cheering for us. norah: good evening. i m norah o donnell and thank you for being with us on this thursday night and we begin with the fresh warnings from president biden to israel that it is time to scale back the war in gaza and be more careful to protect civi
a greater risk to civilians. what u.s. intel is saying about how many are being used. and in about face for the former new york mayor. rudy giuliani backing down from testifying at his defamation trial. closing arguments underway as we speak. following these major developing stories and more all coming here to cnn news central. counterterror agencies have been on high alert in wake of the hamas attacks on october 7th and the ongoing war with israel. today, officials of several european countries have made terror-related arrests. details are still coming in, but here is what we know as of right now. german authorities say they have arrested long-standing hamas members for an alleged terror plot. officials in denmark have apparently made what they call unrelated terrorists. let s bring in cnn s fred pleitgen in berlin. there are so many moving parts here, it s a little confusing. tell us what we are learning from germany about all of this. reporter: first of all you
israelis are saying seven, and danish are saying seven of them, three in denmark, and four in netherlands, but even is agreeing that they were arrested in connection with the terror plot. the fbi and the fbi equivalent is saying that they were plotting to kill civilians on european soil, and the people were acting on behalf of the hamas terrorist organization. the statement from the danish security services going on to say that the three arrested have been charged with terrorism offenses. so of course, this is far away from this war. w wait, and of course, we have fact in gaza has led to a huge amount of anger across the arab and muslim world, and it was a concern that we could start to see a new spike in terrorist attacks. this plot was stopped thankfully before it was carried out. there was a series of raids in denmark resulting in the arrests that israel is saying that was targeting european citizens on european op asians let s reiterate the important points here as there
we are following breaking news this hour. israeli intelligence officials say a hamas terrorist plot set to be carried out in europe has been foiled. multiple terrorist suspects are now behind bars, but where they targeting? we will dig into that story. plus, a federal judge pumping the brakes on donald trump s 2020 election interference case, potentially delaying it further into campaign season. what does that mean for trump? and the republicans running against him. and a top white house official in israel right now meeting with prime minister benjamin netanyahu and members of his war cabinet. this as cnn s the first western media outlet to get access to southern gaza and report independently. we will show you that report this hour. a very busy day for us. we are following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here too cnn news central. thank you so much for joining us this afternoon. i am boris sanchez alongside pam brown in the natio
media outlet to gain access to southern gaza without a military escort. we ll bring you that report ahead as the defense minister says the war in gaza will last several more months. and exonerated. a man in illinois spent 35 years behind bars for a murder he did not commit. and now his conviction has been vacated and he is a free man at least. he will join us live just ahead. we re following these major developing stories and many more coming in to cnn news central. thanks for joining us this afternoon. it s the top of the hour, and we re tracking a set of counterterror operations in europe. multiple suspects were arrested in germany, denmark and the netherlands today. german officials arrested 3 hamas members for allegedly planning to attack jewish institutions. authorities in denmark made several terror arrests that are unrelated to the germany case. israeli officials claim the suspects were also acting on behalf of ha mast. alex, all of this is confusing as you try t