Group except Bin Laden its and it is attacked israel viciously over the last 20 years in the last year, completely unprovoked a day after Hamas Massacre on October 7, hezbollah began attacks against israel, which forced more than 60,000 israelis on our northern border to leave their homes. Becoming refugees in their own Land Hezbollah turned vibrant towns in the north of israel into Ghost Towns so i want you to think about this Inequivalent American Terms just imagine if terrorists turned El Paso and San Diego into Ghost Towns then ask yourself, how long would the american government tolerate that . A day, a Week Amman i doubt they tolerated even for a single day yet israel has been tolerating this intolerable situation for nearly a year well, ive come here today to say enough is enough citizens can return safely to their homes. We will not accept a Terror Army perched on our northern border, able to perpetrate another October 7 Style Massacre for 18 years because Balah Brazenly refuse
it s friday and we ve got a weekend and it s great to anchor with you, too. thanks for joining us on cnn news central. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. senator tim scott is endorsing donald trump, even though nikki haley appointed him to the senate. the lead starts right now. four days before the all- important new hampshire primary, former presidential candidate and senator tim scott is about to weigh-in on the race and endorse donald trump. will his pate pick make a difference? plus president biden and benjamin netanyahu have a lot of catching up to do. they spoke for the first time in nearly a month as benjamin netanyahu openly rejects the u.s. backed plan for the future of gaza and the palestinian people and the possible palestinian state. what we know about the critical call, coming up. and two major developments in two major criminal cases. alec baldwin indicted today for his role in the deadly accidental rust movie set shooting. and the l.a. innocence pr
in the tv station in the port city guayaquil. they ve got grenades with them as well, in the past minutes them as well, in the past minutes the president said that ecuador is now in a state of emergency, but it is now in a state of armed conflict. let s speak to naomi wells who is in sao paulo. saying in the last hour, we ve got a new person who s threatening to take on the drug cartels and they are pushing back forcibly. cartels and they are pushing back forcibl . . v cartels and they are pushing back forcibl . . , ., forcibly. that s right, and the scenes tonight forcibly. that s right, and the scenes tonight demonstrate l forcibly. that s right, and the - scenes tonight demonstrate that, certainly. it is incredibly distressing footage, footage there of staff as they were broadcasting live on air at the television station in guayaquil, with guns being held to some of the staff as they plead please, please, please as they plead please, please, please as they beg for their
friends. it is wednesday, december 27th, i m willie geist. joe and mika have the morning off. a lot to get to including israeli forces shifting military efforts to southern and central gaza with officials warning the war could take many more months. and hours from now, antony blinken and alejandro mayor kas are set to meet with mexican president obrador. plus donald trump continues to claim he should be immune from any prosecution surrounding his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. we ll have the latest there. also ahead, bus drivers across the country increasingly under attack on the job. we ll dig into an alarming trend and what officials are doing about it. with us this morning, jonathan lemire, susan paige, and retired four star navy admiral james stavridis. good morning to you all. let s begin together with israel expanding the ground invasion in gaza. this as the united states continues to urge israel to protect civilian lives and shift to a more low intensity oper
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