to keep donald trump off the ballot in 2024, and overseas israel s expanding its ground offensive into refugee camps in central gaza in what it calls, quote, a new battle zone. the government there saying the war against hamas will go on, for, quote, many months. secretary of state tony blinken, and other top biden officials, set to meet with mexico s president in the next couple hours for critical talks about the border crisis happening as a caravan with a reported 8,000 migrants heading towards the u.s. border. hey, everybody, good morning to you, we re going to begin with the latest developments in the israel-hamas war. israeli defense forces saying they have expanded their war effort into central gaza where several refugee camps are located. it is the same area where just earlier this week 70 people were killed in the strike on a refugee camp, the announcement coming with no clear end in sight for the war, israel s army chief saying their operations could last for mo
griff: tree is up and stockings are hung and we re two days from christmas in the spirit filled stockings. i like christmas trees and presents. nicole: we like stockings over the mantle. griff: my parents would do like candy and fruit and one surprise gift that was thoughtful. it s good stuff. nicole: i do socks for all my kids and husband in the stocking plus candy. they count on that . will: my parents had the stocking game nailed down. the trick, so the problem, of course, i got to be careful because i don t know who s watching right now. december 24th is difficult. christmas eve is difficult. you have a nice dinner, you have a few drinks and there s a lot of work to do. then you re up late and then the problem is that you have to get up early the next morning because there s people read db of interaural go and kids ragaini ready to go and my parents used the stocking as a time delay mechanician and it would be delivered to your door and had something to look at and go t
force in gaza. the israeli saying they ve launched hundreds of missile attacks. hamas is reporting hundreds killed already. and bombshell new reporting nbc news in the new york times that israelis dismissed warning signs of the october 7th attacks for up to a year ahead of time. the times reported broke that story. we ll also speak with the family of a teenager taken hostage in the october 7th attacks. freed this week. in what is to come. who are following other news this hour as well, former president on the campaign trail right now and iowa after suffering a double dose of defeat to his claim that is one term presidency should be a lifetime get out of jail free card. plus, we re live in the district net representative george santos after he was officially kicked out of congress. making history with his expulsion. and we re keeping an eye on an earthquake off the coast of the philippines. that sparked a tsunami warning, the latest on what is going on. that s coming up as wel
bill: these are scenes on the streets of jerusalem. watch here now. you see the gunmen get out of that white car. identified as palestinians in jerusalem getting car and opening fire at a bus stop. it wounded half a dozen and killed three. the measure of the level of tension within israel as we continue our focus on the gaza strip and elsewhere. a big day of news today. bill hemmer live in new york city. good morning. dana: good morning. i m dana perino and this is america s newsroom. one of the reasons that we have all this video now is because cameras are everywhere and you get to see what they re up against. the deadly attack in jerusalem comes as israel and hamas agreed to extend the truce for another day. it allowed more than 70 israeli hostages to return home and we re starting to learn the harrowing details of their captivity. bill: there are many. the youngest american freed by hamas, 4-year-old abigail edan. terrorists murdered her parents in front of her and