newsnight with abby phillip starts right now. israel is testing the limits of what the united states will tolerate. that s tonight on newsnight. good evening. i m abby phillip in washington. and today a not so gentle nudge from the leader of the free world to the only democracy in the middle east. watch where your bombs drop. i want them to be focused on how to save civilian lives, not stop going after hamas, but be more careful. today s warning from the president to his israeli counterpart makes what he told the world less than two months ago seem, frankly, a world away. i come to israel with a single message. you re not alone. you re not alone. as long as the united states stands, and we will stand forever, we ll not let you ever be alone. right now the two nations are no longer in lockstep. biden administration officials have advised israel that their campaign of overwhelming force needs to end and end soon, within weeks. it s not quite an ultimatum. sources
adviser to israel with a message about bombs and the people of gaza. plus a jury could decide today how much rudy giuliani s lies about two georgia election workers could cost him. and that is why i think you need a badass woman in charge at the white house. nikki haley s latest pitch as she tries to close the gap with donald trump. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. it is friday, december 15. happy friday. 5:00 a.m. here in washington. noon in tel aviv where u.s. national security adviser neighboring sullivan has been meeting with israeli leaders in the midst of a growing rift between the u.s. and israel. sullivan conveying president biden s escalating message about the importance of protecting civilians at the same time the israeli military tries to smash hamas. do you want israel to scale back its assault on gaza by the end of the year, do you want them to tone it down, move to a lower intensity phase? i want them to be f
your assignment for me. i got you, i got a whole syllabus for you, doc. all right, you send it to me, buddy. all right, love you. love you too. have a great weekend and ana cabrera picks up our coverage right now. and right now on ana cabrera reports, breaking news out of georgia, a court hearing happening right now on the latest bid by mark meadows to move his fulton county case to federal court. will trump s former chief of staff succeed this time? plus, a jury deliberating now in rudy giuliani s defamation case, what jurors have asked the court and what giuliani could have to pay. also ahead, president biden s national security adviser in the middle east this morning as the white house presses israel to move into a new phase in its war against hamas. and later, keir simmons exclusive interview with the spokesman for the kremlin, what dmitry peskov said about the possibility for a prisoner swap with the u.s. happy friday. it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabr
good to have you with us. israel is grappling with the fallout from the killing of three hostages. the israel defense forces has admitted the men were mistakenly killed in gaza while holding a white cloth on a stick, indicating surrender. an idf official says a soldier felt threatened and opened fire after misidentifying them as terrorists.’ prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the hostage deaths broke his heart but added that military, pressure is still necessary. translation: we will draw the lessons. translation: we will draw the lessons- we translation: we will draw the lessons. we will translation: we will draw the lessons. we will implement - translation: we will draw the lessons. we will implement the | lessons. we will implement the lessons. we will implement the lessons. and we will remain relentless in our military and diplomatic efforts to bring back all the hostages home safely. with all the terrible sadness, let me clarify the military pressure is nec
them as terrorists. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said the hostage deaths broke his heart, but added that military pressure is still necessary. our correspondent hugo bachega reports on the fallout in israel to the hostage deaths, and growing pressure to rescue the others still held in gaza. for the families of the hostages who remain in gaza, it s an agonising wait made worse by a tragic mistake. the israeli military has given new details of how three israeli captives were shot dead by its own soldiers. yotam haim, alon shamriz and samer talalka emerged shirtless from a building, carrying a makeshift white flag. one of the soldiers misidentified them as a threat and opened fire. two were killed instantly. a third, injured, returned to the building and was later killed. translation: we will draw the lessons, implement - the lessons and remain relentless in our military and diplomatic efforts to bring back all the hostages home safely. with all the terrible sadness, let