a not so perfect phone call, former president trump recorded pressuring michigan canvassers to not certify the vote in 2020. what he said and the new details according to the detroit news, just moments from now, we ll get to that. and new video from the southern border of the united states, a mother and her crying child struggling to cross the rio grande river, the texas national guard this morning is denying claims that it ignored her calls for help. and the peak holiday travel rush is under way. i don t have to tell you, millions of americans hitting the road for the holidays, and the airports, what you must know to save yourself. i m sara sidner run. as fast as you can. with kate bolduan, john berman, hopefully loving life right now, this is cnn news central. we begin with this, new reporting have surfaced of former president donald trump pressuring election workers, this time in michigan, a swing state, as you know, in his bid to overturn legitimate results
i will be representing the uk at the eurovision song contest! pop star and actor olly alexander is announced as the united kingdom s entry for next year s eurovision song contest. welcome to the programme. we start with the latest on the israel gaza war. britain and germany are calling for an urgent sustainable ceasefire in gaza. last week both countries abstained on a united nations resolution demanding an immediate humanitarian ceasefire. but in a change of tone, which echoes a shift in the us, the foreign ministers of both countries say too many civilians have been killed in israel s war against hamas and the sooner a truce comes the better. france meanwhile has also called for an immediate and durable ceasefire. israel s prime minister benhamin netanyahu has strongly reiterated his opposition to a ceasefire. speaking before a cabinet meeting, he insisted they will fight till the end to eliminate hamas which many countries consider a terror group. israel stepped up its b
Hello, im matthew amroliwala. The white house has said it doesnt want to see the crisis in the middle east, escalate after iran carried out its first ever direct attack on israel. A us security spokesman, john kirby, said washington was not seeking a wider war. He told Meet The Press on nbc that it would be up to israel whether or how to respond but the us wouldnt take part in any attack on iran. The israeli war cabinet has been meeting to discuss its response to the attack. A senior minister, benny gantz, said israel would exact a price from iran in its own time and fashion. The Defence Minister, yoav gallant, said the confrontation with iran wasnt over, and israel must prepare for every scenario. Iran has warned of a much bigger response if israel retaliates. A meeting of g7 leaders, called by president biden, has unanimously condemned the iranian attack and called on both sides to exercise restraint. The group said they stood ready to take measures in response to further destabilis
As concerns mount, heres what the us president had to say. Reporter mr president , what is your message to iran in this moment . Dont. We are devoted to the defence of israel. We will support israel, we will help defend israel and iran will not succeed. Thank you very much. Our state department correspondent, tom bateman, has this analysis. Well, i think theres two things going on here. Because what weve had is the very public messaging from the white house right up to President Biden himself, which has been around the fear of or the concern of the credible threat of an attack by the iranians onto israeli soil. And what has been said to be an ironclad commitment by The Americans to israels right to defend itself, in the case of that, but then theres been this behind the scenes messaging, which has been going on for several days now, from across the us administration, which has been far more specific about what kind of strike this might involve. Now, that is included. Our us news partne
An iranian strike on israel could come at any moment. As concerns mount, heres what the us president had to say. Reporter mr president , what is your message to iran in this moment . Dont. We are devoted to the defence of israel. We will support israel, we will help defend israel and iran will not succeed. Thank you very much. So why is the us putting out such strong warnings about a possible attack . And how are those warnings being felt in israel . Our Diplomatic Correspondent James Landale has this analysis, from jerusalem. President biden has said that he expects an attack against israel from iran sooner rather than later, and unnamed us officials are saying that attack could involve hundreds of drones and missiles against military targets here in israel. Now, that may be a prediction of the future based on hard intelligence, but it may also be the United States trying to deter iran to try and minimize any kind of response by talking up the threat right now. It also could be an att