this. evan gershkovitch and paul whalen are americans. a chance they could come home. putin hopes to find a solution to release them from jail. they have been in moscow for some time. what it all means is not clear. gershkovitch is the reporter for the wall street journal detained since last may. whalen has been behind bars for five years, december of 2018. so we re watching that story. we ll bring you updates if they become available. meanwhile we are off to the races, america. a federal prosecutor accused of running interference for joe biden will testify this morning all part of the official house impeachment investigation which became official as of 5:29 yesterday eastern time. good morning, everybody. it s thursday. you almost made it. i m bill hemmer. dana: i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. the news broke during the five yesterday. we got all our opinions out there and more news today. they aren t wasting any time. today s witness is lesley wolf. a
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
the hamas terrorist threat is now in europe. the lead starts now. terrorist attacks foiled as germany and the nethlerlands say they have arrested members of the hamas who planned to attack jewish institutions in europe. an exclusive investigation into the nation s largest credit union, navy federal, revealing an alarming disparity between white and black applicants approved for home loans and those denied. and now in the hands of the jury in the defamation case against rudy giuliani. the two are seeking $43 million in damages for rudy s lies. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we have a lot but we will start with breaking news on the money lead. the dow closing moments ago at a record high for the sk day in a row. let s get straight to vanessa. what is driving this surge and what might it mean for americans wallets? another day, another record. the dow closing up 158 points, beating the record it just set yesterday. yesterday s record was because the fed announced
the house has now spoken and i think pretty loudly and clearly with everything republican voting in favour of moving into this official inquiry phase to do oversight. when a majority of the house goes on record in support of an official impeachment inquiry with the power that resides solely in the house of representatives, i think that sends a message. our reporter helena humphrey is on capitol hill, and i spoke with her earlier. good to see you, tell us more about the reactions to the vote today. the vote result was along party lines. so too was the reaction as well, as you might expect. the white house rather swiftly putting out a statement saying that this was baseless and nothing more than a political stunt. president biden accusing the republican party of essentially wasting time when there is still a lot of work to be done before lawmakers can leave congress for the holidays, not least when it comes to that question of finding any kind of consensus or way forward when i