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hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states, around the world and streaming us on cnn max. i'm rosemary church. just ahead, israel warns more gazans to evacuate as the idf expands its ground operations to all of gaza. finding refuge in gaza is getting harder by the day. we will hear from a woman whose sister is being held hostage by hamas, as efforts to free her and others hit an impasse. doing dangerous work in a dangerous city. we'll show you how south africa's urban surfers are making a difference for the environment. thanks for joining us. the war between israel and hamas is expanding in gaza and leaving devastation inside the enclave, as israel pursues those that

carried out the attacks on october 7th. israel defense forces now say that ground operations are expanding to include all of gaza, including southern areas, where many have taken shelter. the idf is warning civilians to evacuate large areas within the enc enclave. but it's unclear how many are receiving those warnings, given there is limited electricity and internet services. the idf says it killed a hamas commander in an air strike sunday. israeli officials say he was responsible for carrying out some of the deadly raids inside israel in october. meantime, the official palestinian news agency says strikes hit the jabalya refugee camp for a second day. we have more on all of this. good morning, elliott. what is the latest on israel's expanding ground operation across all of gaza?

>> reporter: rosemary, israel has yet to finish the job of the gaza strip. it's expanding its operations to the southern part of the strip. according to a spokesman for the idf, israel is expanding operations to all of the gaza strip. and any hopes that israel may go in a little more lightly, as no less than u.s. secretary of state antony blinken was calling for the other day, may have been dashed by the comments we heard from israel's chief of the general staff saying that israel's operations in the southern part of the gaza strip, well in his words be, no less powerful than those operations in the north. already, we've seen rising civilian casualties in the southern gaza strip. israel has been issuing evacuations to large parts of the gaza strip. but either the message isn't getting through or not being fully understood. when cnn spoke with a spokesman for the idf, he was asked what

more israel could do to help them evacuate safely. >> if you remember the first days of the fighting in the north, we warned ahead two weeks, that people in northern gaza had to move toward the south. and you know what unicef said? they said it's not possible to do so. and they said it's not only. and there were people throwing words around like, war crimes and other things. when we were try toeg vac wait people into relative safety. and now, we're seeing a repeat of that practice. we're damned if we do and damned if we don't. >> reporter: as israel ratchets up its military campaign to all parts of the gaza strip, there's more moves on the diplomatic front, as well. the u.s. and the french with president macron on his way to qatar, are trying to resurrect

the truce agreement that lasted a week the and saw hostages abducted by hamas, being released in exchange for palestinians being held in israeli prisons. where we are right now, that seems like wishful thinking. doesn't seem like that truce is going to be resumed anytime soon. rosemary? >> our thanks to elliott, joining us live from london. qatar's prime minister spoke with u.s. secretary of state antony blinken on sunday, to discuss the situation in gaza, emphasizing the need for de-escalation and a cease-fire, according to qatar state's news agency. this comes as the u.s. is working to bring israel and hamas back to the negotiating table after a breakdown in talks. >> reporter: the u.s. is pursuing every effort to try to

get remaining hostages out of gaza. what remines unclear is whether that can be done in the immediate future, has the talks have completely broken down. the talks broke down when it came to release of female hostages. israel insisting that there are more female to release. the women that are being held should be considered as idf reservist soldiers, something that tisrael and the u.s. have pushed back on. the u.s., as the talks between israel and hamas have collapsed, the u.s. is remaining in contact with the counterparts in the region, trying to get people back to the negotiating table. the special envoy for hostage affairs met with israeli counterparts in israel. and kamala harris on the

sidelines of a climate summit in dubai, had phone calls and meets with arab leaders, including the amir of qatar and the egyptian president. in those conversations, she stressed the need to get the hostages out. john kirby said the u.s. is doing everything they can to try to get the talks back on track. >> there are no official negotiations going on right now, kristen. that's because hamas. hamas failed to come up with another list of women and children that could be released. we know they are holding additional women and children. not combatants. not idf soldiers, but innocent civilians they couldn't put on a list and turn that in. un unfortunately the negotiations have stopped. what hasn't stopped, is our own involvement trying to get back on track and discuss with the partners and all those interl interlockulars to get it back in place.

>> reporter: there's still eight americans who are believed to be in captivity in gaza. that includes one woman, who the u.s. had initially hoped was part of the initial negotiations to release 50 women and children. and then, there are seven men, three of which are believed to be idf reservist soldiers. the u.s. is insisting they are working around the clock trying to get hostages out. it remains unclear if that is possible at this moment, as the talks have broken down. the sister of hamas hostage romi gonen joins us from tel aviv. thank you for being with us during this difficult time for you and your family. >> thank you. thank you for inviting me. >> your 23-year-old sister is still being held hostage by hamas. that's despite other women and children being released over the course of that seven-day temporary truce. she is not an idf soldier buha

m but hamas is claiming that all the rest are soldiers. what is the israeli government doing to convince hamas that your sister is a civilian and needs to be released now? >> i don't think no one should be doing any convincing. she's not a soldier. she came back from a trip of an eight-month in south america. she planned to be a flight attendant on the ground in thailand. she's working as a waitress for the past year and a half. and she she was planning to come back after and start studying. she wanted to study education. i have no idea where they are claiming that. it's absolutely not true. she or another women still with

her held as hostage, at hamas hands. we saw them lying about so many things. they told us that she's dead. and then, she was released at the first time. i think it's big manipulation. >> it's so difficult. how much do you know about what happened to romi on october 7th, and injuries that you are told they are getting worse. she got shot, didn't she? >> yeah. on october 7th, we knew everything that is going on with romi because she was at the festival with her best friend. she immediately called my mother and afterwards me. and for 4 1/2 hours, we were on and off with her on the phone. we knew everything that is going on over there. the terrorists after them, on

our head said they were rescued inside the car. during that rescue, they attacked them on the road. and she was shot on her hand. and she told us that her hand is not functioning well. she didn't know whal to do. fortunately, he wasn't murdered on the first second of the terror attack on their car. and she tried to bandage him with, we assume her functioning hand. and she told us she is bleeding and wounded badly. on friday, unfortunately, after a funeral, we got a phone call from one of the families that told us that the families of the return hostages.

they saw romi this week. she's alive. and we didn't know anything about her since october 7th. they told her injury is very neglected and infected. and she needs proper care in a hospital. a proper hospital, as soon as possible. >> absolutely. she does. i mean, clearly, this is so distressing and unbearable. how is your family hcoping with this challenging time? wondering when romi may be released? >> i can't tell you how it feels like to wake up every morning at the week of the cease-fire and the releases and hope i'll get the phone call saying romi is the next on the list. we waited and waited for a week. we know we have remained 10 or

11 women that are fit through the first deal that we had about women and children. it was the worst morning, friday morning, was the worst morning i had. in the past 60 days. not only i woke up to not getting a list. i woke up to resume of the war because hamas broke the cease-fire. i feel like we got back to week number two. that's frightened us so much. we have to do anything in our power to stop what's going on to get another negotiation to get our people back. we know that also the men are wounded. we know that hamas is hitting them with the cables. from testimonies that came back about another women that were injured from the beginning.

and are not treated properly. no one should live like that. no one. we must stop it. yarden, you mentioned that some of the hostages told you about romi. i wonder how much harder it has been for your family since the other captives were released, reducing the number of families able to apply pressure on prime minister netanyahu and his government to return the remaining hostages to their loved ones. >> a mix of joy and a bit of envy. we all wanted it to be our loved ones. we're so happy for the ones that came back, anyone who got back from this nightmare and terror. i want to stress that we're not less people that are putting

pressure. all the families of their returning hostages and returning hostages themselves are coming to help us. a lot of them are in the headquarters, helping us. filming videos and talking to ministers and everything they can. it's amazing. can you imagine that? people that were returned from 50 or more days in captivity that were treated badly. they had no food, no shower. some of them were neglected by their wounds. and we saw it on a few. but a lot of them are coming to help us because they know they know how it feels like to be inside. they know how it feels to be left out. and they want to do anything in their power to help us bring our loved ones home.

they know they deserve to stop all of this crazy stuff happening since october 7th. it's almost two months. it's unbearable. please help us, too. we need all the help we can to stop everything that's going on right now. >> yarden, joining us from t tel aviv. many thanks for talking with us. we appreciate it. >> thank you. still to come, a look at a group in south africa known as the urban surfers. how they are making the country one of the best locations at recycling in the world. we're back with that and more in just a moment.

climate scientists and advocates are alarmed after the president of the cop 28 climate summit claimed there's no science behind phasing out fossil fuels to limit global warning. he's the uae's climate envoy and heads the abu dhabi national oil company. he made the comments november 21st at a climate panel event.

he said phasing out fossil fuels was inevitable but the worlds needs to be pragmatic about it, suggesting the shift could negatively impact global economies. some countries at cop 28 are calling for a fossil fuel phaseout. others want a phase down. the head of one group says the statements raise concerns over his ability to lead the u.n. climate talks. it's finance day at the cop 28 summit. that means more discussions and potential for climate action and disaster support funding to be announced in the coming hours. in addition, saudi arabia will host a side event promoting its clean energy plans. and the u.n. climate agency could publish a new draft show ing the progress that countries have made. and david mckenzie joins me live

from dubai. good to see you, david. what more can be expected in the day ahead? >> we can expect more events here at the cop28, as well as the ongoing negotiations on whether the language they come up with is strong, calling a phaseout of fossil fuels or phasedown. it may seem like semantics but could have an impact on the amount of effort the world puts into reducing emissions. and the comments that have surfaced from the cop president are certainly worrying to many. there's a number of people telling me there's a trust deficit because it is hosted by an oil-rich nation and led by a man in charge of the state oil company. for their part, the uae officials say they are in this with everyone else and solutions need to come from everybody.

the climate change crisis that we're dealing with is talked about in billions of dollars flowing in to help solve the issues. we spent time with those in san francisco to show it doesn't take much money when the need is there. this man and his cart are on the move. his job goes by many names. reclaimer, hustler. even urban surfer. dangerous work in a dangerous city. there's thousands like him, fanning out well before dawn. after an hour on the road, he's in a neighborhood south of the city. >> i'm looking for the plastics. >> reporter: i'm looking for plastics, cardboard boxes, metals and cans. >> reporter: it's a dirty job. do you mind? >> i don't mind. >> reporter: what they discard, he recycles. earning about $150 a month. it's steadier than his old construction job.

and he likes being his own boss. there aren't jobs here. we made our own work. making their own work with the scale and impact that's hard to overstate. look at the sorting zone near joburg where thousands live. everything is carefully separated. everything has value. towards the top of the pecking record are cans. a bag of these will get reclaimers almost $40 u.s. as they say, one man's trash is another man's treasure. i'm surprised how rich people throw away so much rubbish. but i'm happy they do. this collection took them weeks. i don't know much about climate change. i am glad we can help.

but what matters is to survive. today is payday. every bag is carefully weighed. there's trust amongst us, says the middleman. he seems a little skeptical. i have to check they didn't put water in the bottles to make them heavier. must be the plastic bottles. what reclaimers don't find, end up in nearby landfill. even here, the desperate salvage what they can. back in the neighborhoods, he is in a race against the dump trucks. you're done just in time. today, they arrived a bit late. >> i have more stuff. >> reporter: more stuff? >> more stuff than other days. he is proud of his work.

proud of his effort. >> i feel so happy. >> reporter: i feel so happy, i feel so happy, he says, because i'm going to put bread on the table. it was a privilege spending a day with him on the streets of johannesburg. 99% of plastics are made of fossil fuel feed stock. and sometimes it's easy to forget when you are strolling through the air-conditioned halls in dubai, about the impact of climate change and the solutions out there, in this case, bred by desperation and a lack of opportunity in south africa. it shows that sometimes simple solutions can make a difference. the rest of the world needs to follow suit. rosemary? >> agree. david mckenzie joins us live from dubai. thanks for that report. still to come, why hundreds of trucks are needed every day to solve gaza's humanitarian crisis.

welcome back, everyone. more on our top story. israel's expanding ground operations in gaza. the idf announced its ground operations will cover all of the

enclave. a military spokesperson said israel will forcefully strike any threat posed against them. the giants estimates 1.8 million people in gaza, 80% of the area's population is displaced from israeli air strikes. or as a resusult of israeli air strikes. the estimate comes as the idf warns gaza residents they need to evacuate further south for their own safety. more than 15,000 palestinians have been killed. that's according to the hamas-controlled ministry of health in gaza. that death toll is expected to rise in the coming days. especially with renewed air strikes by israel as they are continuing to target hamas. and fareed zacaria spoke with a

surgeon after working in two hospitals. he made the decision to leave after pain medications ran out, making many operations impossible. here's more of what he experienced. >> i've never ever experienced something of this magnitude. the idea that you would be operating for 43 days and 50% of those you were operating on were children. the number, the magnitude. all of the injury and killing was like nothing i had seen before. every day felt worse than the day before. we were running out of, initially, running out of antiseptic solutions and dressings for burn. by tend, we had run out of morphine, we had run out of ketamine that we use to anecessarytize patients that needed dressing changes. i was having to do really

painful dressing changes to keep wounds clean, with nothing with no ketamine as the ketamine ran out. the day i decided to leave, literally 5:00 in the morning, that day. we finally ran out of all of the anesthetic medication and no longer able to treat any of the patients in the o.r. the palestine red crescent society says 100 trucks carrying food, water, medical supplies and more crossed the border from egypt into gaza on sunday. the effort to get people out of gaza is continuing, as well. we have details from cairo. a warning that the report contains disturbing images. >> reporter: aid trickling back into the gaza strip from egypt, for a second day on the weekend. the palestinian red crescent

confirmed that 100 more trucks did get in, bringing food and water and medical supplies and medicine for the population. 80% of whom, the u.n. estimates are displaced. with the truce having collapsed, that aid is a small percentage of what the people need there, during the seven-day truce. trucks were allowed to come in, including cooking gas and fuel. and went to weather gear as the rainy season, the cold season, sets in on the gaza strip. keep in mind, before october 7th, 500 trucks made it to the gaza strip every day. right now, the u.n. estimates they would need 200 trucks every day to meet the needs of the people there. that's not what is coming in. people across the strip, they are out of options, with the fear that nowhere is safe for them. listen to this man who is compmpletely appeaears to be ou options.s.

>> t translator: p provide the means. a sasafe area a should be equiu with all necessities. but indicating that some areas are safe, where are ththe safe areas? ththere aren't s safe areas in . am i supposed to sleep on the streets with my children in the rain in this designated safe area? >> reporter: as the israeli military operation continues, people fear there's nowhere safe for them. that's why you hear the dire warnings. the u.n. says people have lost everything everywhere. that tracks. the world health organization warning that people have dire health needs, on top of the unicef statement that the gaza strip has become the most dangerous place in the world to be a child. a few wounded people make it across into egypt for medical treatment. just over 400 so far. that's a tiny drop in the ocean, considering the scale of the injuries across the gaza strip. over the weekend, 871 people,

dual nationals, made it from the gaza strip into egypt. nationalities from canada, australia and south africa and a couple other places. military officials say hu hutti rebels have attacked vessels in the red sea. the u.s. says it has every reason to believe sunday's attacks were fully enabled by iran. yemeni fighters claim the attack drones targeted israeli ships. >> translator: the many armed forces renew their warning to all israeli ships they will become a viable target if they violate the statement and the previous statements issued by the arms forces. >> aid was this u.s. destroyer

ship, that shot down drones and responded to a distress call from a vessel that came under ballistic missile fire. we'll be right back.

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welcome back to our viewers in north america. i'm rosemary church. former republican congresswoman liz cheney is issuing a strong warning about her party, saying a republican-led house of representatives would pose a threat to the u.s. in 2025. speaking to cbs to promote her new book that comes out tuesday, cheney said the republican party today has made a choice and they, quote, haven't chosen the constitution. she had special criticism for house speaker mike johnson, saying he was a collaborator in an effort to overthrow the 2020 election. in her book, "oath and honor" she says johnson is susceptible to flattery from donald trump, whom she describes as the most dangerous man ever to inhabit the oval office.

>> you look at what donald trump is trying to do, he can't do it by himself. he has to have collaborators. and the story of mike johnson is the story of a collaborator and someone who knew then and knows now what he is doing and saying is wrong. but he'sing willing to do it in effort to please donald trump. republican presidential candidate ron desantis is accusing trump of not acting decisively enough, saying he failed to keep campaign promises, including the 2016 promise to repeal the affordable care act. desantis is trying to shore up support in iowa ahead of next month's caucuses. the florida graffer says if he is elected president he will replace the affordable care act with a better plan. he has no specifics.

saying his campaign will roll out a proposal in the spring. in an interview with nbc's "meet the press" desantis said he would keep his promises. >> i think it's important to point out he is running on a lot of things he campaigned on in 2016 and didn't deliver on. whether it's repeal and replace obamacare, building the border wall, draining the swamp. s he said he would do a special counsel against hillary clinton. now, against biden. donald trump was in iowa over the weekend, where he spent much of his time trying to turn the tables on opponents who say his re-election would threaten democracy. trump said, his campaign is a righteous crusade to liberate from biden and the criminals, his words. the former president who is facing criminal charges for attempting to overturn the 2020 election, accused president joe biden of being the biggest

threat to democracy. >> opponents ws -- we have a lof opponents. joe biden is not the defender of american democracy. joe biden is the destroyer of american democracy. >> for weeks, president biden has been comparing trump's rhetoric to the language used in nazi germany. jim acosta spoke to david axelrod about trump's strategy. >> this is his go-to play. when he is suspected of corruption, he accuses his opponents of corruption. when he loses an election, he fabricates a story of the corruption of the election. and he is good at this. he has a ferrell genius for this

kind of branding. 70% of reasons think the last election is dishonest. probably the most jscrutinized election in this country. and the number believes the charges are political. he is trying to set up a construct in which the trials, which he will have to go through, at least one of them is likely to happen, relative to january 6th. he is going to brand it as a political attack on him by biden. that's very, very clear. it's not surprising. we shake our heads at the audacity of it. but when he does it again and again and again, you can't be surprised by it. >> should the biden campaign come out with signs that say trump attacked democracy? >> i don't think they need signs. i think that story is out there.

i think that trump needs to be responded to. he is going to be the nominee of the republican party unless something very strange happens. i mean, he's got a historic lead in that race. we're looking at a race between biden and trump. and it has to be a comparative race. and jump has to be in that equation. when he says the outrageous things, he needs to be called on it. there needs to be an army of surrogates responding to him as a campaign strategy. despite all of his bombast, he's sailing a little under the radar. i don't think biden can afford that. >> jim acosta, speaking with david axelrod. new york police have identified a suspect in the fatal stabbing attack that left four family members, including two children, dead. one person in critical condition. courtney gordon is believed to

have carry out the attack in the early hours in the borough of queens. officers received a 911 call from a young female saying h hher cousin was killing her family. the police chief described what happened next. >> the officers, they pull up to the driveway. they see a male talking out. he is carrying luggage. officers asked the male a question or two, an encounter that lasted ten seconds. the male draws the knife on the officers. he stabs one officer in the neck/chest area. he strikes the second officer in the head. >> gordon was killed by police. bothdischarged from the hospital on friday night. the trial for rapper young thug is going to begin in atlanta this week.

it alleges he is the co-founder of a criminal street gang, responsible for violent crimes going back decades. the rapper's attorney denied the accusations. cnn's ryan young has more. >> reporter: the high-profile rico trial for young thug, the rap superstar, began in atlanta on monday, after a ten-month jury selection process and a year to get started. young thug, whose name is jeffrey williams, is facing charges including racketeering and participating in gang activity. he was indicted with 27 others, is in trial with five other people. the other 21, either pleading guilty or their cases being thrown out. prosecutors say the ysl, young stoner life, stands for young slime life, an atlanta base

gang, that is a subsection of a national bloods gang. and williams, allegedly ordered and oversaw violent crimes. >> the members and associates of ysl, they move like a pack. jeffrey williams as its head. >> reporter: one of the most serious accusations centers around a drive-by shooting of a gang member that willis says set off violence and gang warring never seen in atlanta. the trial drawing criticism over the fact that the prosecution is drawing the case from the artist's rap lyrics. playing lyrics like these in the grand jury indictment. ♪ i never killed anybody but i got somebody to do with everybody ♪ ♪ i got the streets on my back like i'm moving a body ♪ ♪ i told him the shoot a hundred rounds ♪

>> reporter: williams' attorney defending his right to free speech and result of his upbringing. >> yes, he speaks about killing 12 and people being shot. and tdrugs. and drive-by shoots. this is the environment he grew up with. >> reporter: the prosecutor says this is too close to what was happening in the treats of atlantic. >> we didn't chase any lyrics. people in fulton county chased the muggers and found the lyrics. >> reporter: other artists feel it's a stretch in quoting the defendant's lyrics. >> you can't build the jail high jeff. >> reporter: scott believes the prosecution is walking a fine line. >> they shouldn't have been allowed to hear the lyrics. yeah.

if you said i'm going to kill that dude, and someone is killed in the next few days, the d.a. is going to say, that must have been about that. i think it's dangerous. >> reporter: he feels the rico charges are too broad. >> rico allows, you might not have committed the murder or been around, but you are loosely associated with someone else who committed the murder. transfer, we can charge you with it. it's being weaponized. it's so far off what it was intended. >> reporter: ryan young, cnn, atlanta, georgia. there's controversy and anger in the world of college football after the top four teams were this year's playoffs were revealed sunday. michigan coming in at number one. followed by washington and texas. but the big headline centered around the number four position. here's the moment we learned that alabama and not undefeated florida state, made the cut.

>> who is number four? and alabama returns to the playoff. and so, we have another unprecedented situation, as florida state winds up at number five. >> you can see the reaction from florida state, upset with the decision. the head football coach released a statement reading, i'm kwquotg here. i'm disgusted and infuriated with the committee's decision today. what happened today is against everything true and right in college football, adding, it's a sad day for college football. on a brighter note, santa claus has come to town in liverpool, england. maybe not the jolly fellow we know. but look alikes taking part in the biggest santa dash. the participants hoofed it for

five kilometers, dressed in red and blue outfits to raise funds for a children's hospital. runners say it's a lot of fun and a healthier way for santa to get around town. thanks for joining us this hour. i'm rosemary church. back with more cnn newsroom in a moment. do stick around.