cnn news central is up now. new reporting and new pictures just in as israeli troops raid gaza s largest hospital. the idf calls it a precise and targeted operation against hamas as the search for hostages intensifies. an elbow to the kidneys, a challenge to a fistfight and a smurf insult. no, it s not middle school. it s congress. they did manage to do some work, however, passing a major hurdle to avoid ago going a government shutdown. president biden and chinese president xi jinping, face-to-face today, the first time they have talked in a year, and so much has happened since then. what the hopes are will come of this. i m sarri a sidner this is cnn news central. at this moment, we re waiting to get more information on the israeli operation in and around the al shifa hospital in northern gaza. you can see where it is right there. israeli forces are inside in what the idf is calling a precise and targeted operation against hamas. i can show you a map of the hospita
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 were 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 bidens 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 were 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 bidens 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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they ll join the more than 100 house republicans expected to vote to reject biden electors. but more and more republicans are coming out to say the effort to overturn the election is unconstitutional. there is no role for the congress to object to the electors. reporter: senator tim scott, a top ally of the president s, released a statement saying, quote, there is no constitutionally viable path. as for president-elect biden, he said he is encouraged to see republicans standing up to trump. there are enough really decent republicans, you re seeing them step up now in the united states senate, who don t want to be part of this trump republican party. and so jon, we know president trump and vice president pence met face-to-face today, but bottom line tonight, what are you hearing from your sources? what can the vice president actually do and what can we expect from him? reporter: the bottom line, david, the president believes the vice president has a power that he just does not