hello and welcome to you if you re joining me around the world, wherever you may be watching in the united states, europe, asia. i m richard quest. together, we are in the cnn newsroom . president biden reveals that he didn t ask for a cease-fire in his long call, telephone call, with the israeli prime minister. at the same time, the military in israel is expanding its ground offensive in gaza. christmas eve for many, to be sure, as the war rages on in gaza. christians in bethlehem and around the world, it s a celebration much more difficult than in previous years. and at the cnn s weather center, some in the united states forget a white christmas. think rainy christmas, instead. it s an extreme ly busy morning, and i ll get to those stories in a moment. only after i ve updated you with one twor deve developments in d trump s legal battles. the former u.s. president has now asked a federal appeals court to throw out the criminal election subversion case against him. the
stall a strike against hezbollah forces days after the hamas terror attack. good evening i am jon talk to chuck this is the fox report. jon: two leaders held a phone call today in which netanyahu said he was grateful for america preventing the united nations call for a cease-fire. there are no signs of peace in gaza has a prime minister once again promised the fighting will not end all of the hostages are home. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg belk as the latest in israel as the war rages on. there is tough weather up here in tel aviv. it is a very tough battle down south. slamming hamas targets on the length of the gaza strip. the israeli defense minister with troops in the north today which he says is now under his country s control pray that is that is after weeks of fighting. also it says they re taking up hamas compounds and tunnels in the southern gazan city thought to be headquarters for the group. combat comes at a price though, five israeli soldiers killed
the proxies are raising tension ramping up attacks in the middle east. the pentagon says a u.s. destroyer in the red sea shot down several drones a saturday. all launc want from parts of yen controlled by ironic backed tried eight rebels fo but all appearing to target commercial ships sailing in international waters. no word of injuries that the u.s. called it an escalation of hostilities. hello and welcome to a special edition of fox news live item and ito bobo. arthur nevill and eric shown off this week at hi brian. i m bryan llenas sprayed the lace attacks by around the proxies c, the israeli defense forces push into southern gaza. meanwhile president biden and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu talked by phone saturday about the next steps in the war. biden said he did not bring up a cease-fire. let s start off with trey yingst llive in tel aviv with more. good afternoon for israeli forces continue to go after hamas cells inside gaza. though they are facing f
president biden facing pressure at home and abroad as worn gaza rages on the situation at the southern border deteriorates. in gaza at no sign of peace this christmas eve as israeli troops push their all out assault on the strip. the fate of the remaining hostages being held by hamas the still in limbo. welcome to a special edition of fox news live on this christmas eve. i am bryan llenas in for eric and arthel paid the bite administration is facing growing pressure to act against yemen trent eight after the launch ward tracks on commercial chips in the red sea. the iran backed rebels complicating efforts to calm things down in the pentagon ironic launch a drone attack of its own yesterday on a japanese tanker off the coast of india around exile prince telling fox news the country s tactic is to help hamas but avoid taking responsibility for the attacks. but this regime has pretty much it mastered proxy wars. and particularly embolden and encoencouraencourage one appeast be
a farmer sitses? jail for killing a migrant on his land. dhs secretary. deploying teams to assist. we need urgent help. criticizing disney. ron desantis will rename disney reedy creek. florida is dissolving the corporate kingdom, beginning a new era. steve: okay, live from washington, d.c., 13 hours from right now, the state of the union in that building with the round roof. right now, they have 32 degrees, but tonight 9:00, according to my iphone, 48 degrees and cloudy. hope the president clears things up. brian: maybe he ll do it outdoors. ainsley: 72 in our apartments and homes in our pajamas and we will watch martha maccallum and bret baier. brian: half of the state of the union. steve: you can see more stuff and bret and martha explain what you are looking at. ainsley: exactly and sarah huckabee sanders will do the rebuttal. brian: what will they wear? ainsley: suits and ties. steve: probably a blue suit and the president will wear a b