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over -- joining me from around the world. i'm richard quest in london. this is the "cnn newsroom." israel says it's going to great lengths to avoid civilian casualties in gaza. it seems to be giving palestinians few options on where go. i'll put that very point to a senior adviser of the israeli prime minister. america's borders are at breaking point, and federal officials are encountering record levels of migration. nearly 10,000 a day. the surge and what fuels it. a report from the weather center tracking a storm system across the southwest ahead a busy holiday travel weekend. it is 10:00 in london, 12 noon in gaza. israel's military says it's pressing on with plans to expand the operation in gaza despite growing pressure to scale back

on its offensive. an idf spokesperson says the campaign will widen to new areas. the emphasis on southern gaza. it follows the u.n. security council which adopted a long-delayed resolution calling for the increase in aid to gaza. the united states supported the member by abstaining, but by doing so the vote because the resolution did not condemn hamas. >> it took many days and many, many long nights of negotiating to get this right. but today, this council provided a glimmer of hope amongst a sea of unimageable in suffering. today this council called for urgent accepts to immediately allow safe, unhindered, and expanded humanitarian access. >> the palestine red crescent society says it received 70 aid

trucks on friday to the rafah border crossing with egypt. israel allowed some aid trucks to cross directly into israel. more trucks are entering than before the war. president biden is heartbroken to learn that the death of an israeli american hostage. the missing family forum said he died while in captivity. now to following the developments, we have more from london. this idea of a widening of the offensive in southern gaza, where exactly are we talking about? >> if this is an area where we have seen hundreds of thousands of civilians being told to evacuate to for their safety, but clearly this is not a safe area, at least it won't be for very long. in fact, we have seen over the last few weeks, richard, continued bombardment across the gaza strip, north, central, and

southern gaza. now of course fears that that ground offensive could also intensify across southern gaza. we've already seen the ground offensive in khan younis, the largest city of southern gaza. important to underscore that this region is an area where many have flocked to and many are taking shelter in temporary tent cities that have been established in response to that evacuation order by the israeli military. now we have seen continued bombardment of central gaza today and, of course, yesterday, and we have heard those warnings from the israeli military now telling civilians in central gaza directly to evacuate. but the question, of course, is where do these civilians go. they have been told previously to move southwards, now we're hearing warnings from the south. we'll see intense focus when it comes to the ground incursion and also, of course, with regards to the air strikes that continue across the gaza strip. and of course it's important to note that southern gaza has now

been a crucial gateway for aid to get via the rafah border crossing. while the aid that is getting in is just a drop in the bucket in comparison to what is needed by those civilians in gaza, this is, of course, raising alarm bells that this could hinder the access to aid organizations. >> okay. and on those aid organizations, the idea that the resolution has been passed, a lot more aid is going to be going in. both from rafah and from qatar shalom. how realistic is this? i mean, you know, what is preventing the aid from either going in or getting where it needs to go? >> reporter: well, the u.n. secretary general himself called out the israeli government saying they have placed massive obstacles when it comes to the distribution of aid. what these u.n. agencies, what aid groups are looking for, the all- important security guarantees to ensure that aid can get in safely and crucially,

that aid agencies can operate on the ground safely with those safety guarantees. this is not just a logistical issue, but there is reach a security -- this is very much a security issue for aid organizations who are left to distribute vital aid, medicine, food, water, to get into gaza, to get to those most in need. and of course this is a huge point of concern. we are now hearing aid organizations including the u.n.'s own humanitarian organization taking about famine now. 2.2 million people in gaza set nba a state of acute food insecurity. we've heard from people on the ground including one doctor who had's had to flee and -- who's had to flee and move southward. >> the situation is bad. the health situation is bad. the economic situation is bad. the humanitarian situation is bad. diseases are terrifyingly widespread, and there's a significant shortage of food. so everyday i come to work, i witness all the sufferings that we could never have imagined. >> reporter: while this new resolution has provided some

hope this might alleviate some of the pressures that we are seeing in gaza, and of course it is getting colder, we are in the middle of winter, and we are talking about hundreds of thousands of people living in unlivable conditions in these tent cities, particularly in southern gaza. we are anticipating, expecting further assault by the israeli military as they have outlined. there is also continued push by u.n. leaders including the u.s. secretary general for a full cease-fire. >> nada bashir, thank you. now to tel aviv, the senior adviser to the israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. mark, grateful for your time. thank you for taking time to talk to me. i just want to start on this idea of the further push into southern gaza. israel first of all tells people to go south. then once they've gone south they tell them to move around the south into different areas.

now they're being told to move -- there's nowhere to go, mark, except scrubland with no facilities, no water, no toilets. where would israel now like those people to go? >> well, richard, i think when we tell people to move south out of the north, it was the right thing to do because as you will recall, the heavy fighting started in the north. all those people who moved to the south did the right thing. and they accepted our advice. in fact, i think in the end over 90% of the population moved to the south. it's clear there was a heavy fighting in the north. it was common sense to move away. now that fight has started in the south, we've had to be more specific and asked people to go specific areas where we don't intend to see serious, intensive fighting. but we're urging people please get out of the line of fire. we don't want to see civilians caught up. >> mark, mark, be realistic, mark, be realistic, mark. you're moving hundreds of

thousands of people into very limited areas amongst -- massive bombardment. there's simply not the space or facilities on humanitarian grounds to move those people into that area. >> two comments. first of all, it's obviously difficult to move and move again. my own father was a refugee during the second world war, and i know what it's like, i've heard firsthand who it's like to have to move from a war situation, it can be difficult. surely all the troubles in relocating are nothing compared to the possibility of being killed by being caught up in the crossfire. if stall -- if israel is saying we know there will be fighting in a area, hamas is embedded there, we urge them to leave. we don't want to see them hurt. >> all right. now on this question of the aid that's coming as a result of the

u.n. security council, the u.n. security council -- the united nations secretary general has pretty much summed up his view, an antonia gutierrez recess said the single largest problem in getting aid into gaza was the -- was israel's bombardment, israel's continued attack. >> so let's be clear. as you reported, israel opened a few days ago the karem shalom crossing which allows for really increasing the -- the quantity of humanitarian aid entering gaza since the beginning of this operation. israel has placed no limitations whatsoever on food, water, medicine, shelter, that sort of thing, going into the gaza strip for the civilian population of gaza, who are not the target of our operation. our target is hamas. but to talk about the secretary general's remarks, he has been

calling now for i think some two months for what he calls a humanitarian cease-fire, just to end it all. and what he's basically doing is offering a lifeline to hamas. and we thank the united states for its diplomatic support at the united nations preventing that sort of resolution passing the security council because if you give a lifeline to hamas, if you say a cease-fire now with hamas in power, you're just condemning us all to more bloodshed in the future because hamas as you know says openly that israel must be destroyed. they say they do the october 7th massacre again and again and again. you keep hamas in power, you condemn both israelis and palestinians to more bloodshed further down the line. >> mark, you and i both know in the course of war and difficult stories that comments get made that need to be clarified. and yesterday i think on -- this week, one of them from an israeli spokesperson who basically said there was no food

shortage in gaza. that comment made at the same time as the world food program, u.n., all of them saying it's almost a famine in gaza at the moment. let me give you an opportunity clarify the comment that there is no food shortage or there's plenty of food in gaza. do you wish to clarify it? >> i can say the following -- i know for a fact over the last few days there were trucks of food that israel authorized, and that israel had also already convened a security check, and yet they were still waiting at the crossings to enter. and not because of israel. there were all sorts of logistic issues, they said inside gaza. one has to ask the following question -- is it possible that hamas knows that it its only chance to survive is by sacrificing the people of gaza

and saying we will not allow humanitarian aid to be distributed, we will keep this out, we want to artificially create a humanitarian crisis, that will create international pressure for the cease-fire which is the only way they can save themselves. >> mark, i am grateful. thank you for talking to me. grateful to you. thank you. >> thank you for having me. in a move seen as a victory for donald trump, the u.s. supreme court has declined a request by the special counsel jack smith to fast track the case on whether the former president has any immunity from federal prosecution. the high court's decision will likely delay the start of trump's election subversion trial. cnn's evan perez with this report. >> reporter: the u.s. supreme court rejected a request by federal prosecutors to skip the appellate court and have the high court decide whether donald trump has immunity from prosecution on election subversion charges. the decision deals a significant

blow to the special counsel jack smith's effort to keep a march 4th trial date on track. that's a lot harder now that prosecutors will have to wait several weeks while the d.c. circuit courts of appeals weighs the same consequential questions. trump is arguing that he has immunity for actions that he took while in office to pursue his claims of election fraud. he also claims that because he was impeached by the house of representatives and acquitted by the senate prosecuting him would violate the constitution's double "jeopen jeopardy clause. his attorneys urged the supreme court to stay out of it saying the special counsel was trying to rush the issues with reckless abandon. the justice department had argued that the case deals with an unprecedented criminal trial of a former president and required taking the unusual step of bypassing the appeals court. the special counsel said the public interest in a prompt resolution.

this case favors an immediate definitive decision by this court. now the one sentence rejection by the supreme court on friday didn't come with any additional explanation. there's no notice of the sense among the justices. trump's claim of immunities could make its way back to the high court in the thick of the political calendar. the d.c.-based appeals court has scheduled oral arguments on the immunities question for january 9th, and that's just days before the iowa caucus on january 15th. evan perez, cnn, washington. in colorado, two paramedics have been found guilty of criminally negligent homicide following the death of elijah mcclain. it could be a landmark decision. the paramedics injected the 23-year-old with ketamine while he was being held down by police officers in august, 2019. the officers had stopped mcclain on his way home, responding to a suspicious person's call

according to the indictment. during the trial, the prosecutors argued the paramedics, jeremy cooper and peter d etr inick, acted recklessly by not checking him or checking his bodily statistics. the paramedics testified they were following orders and training and have been told numerous times kept submarine, in their words, safe, effective drug. cnn reporteded that having two paramedics standing trial for the death of someone they treated in police custody is unparalleled. u.s. and mexican officials are expected to meet next week, and they'll discuss how to help the record numbers of migrants streaming into the u.s. each day. a report in a moment. and self-er lining for travelers -- silver lining for travelers braving the holiday rush this weekend. the weather, is it going to cooperates? chad myers. chances for a white christmas look pretty slim to none across the eastern part of

the ununited statetes and evene ththat matter r canada. forecast c coming up.

officials are warning that the u.s. southern border is near

a breaking point, they saying, encountering record number of migrants every day, straining all resources and personnel. it's a situation that's getting so bad that this week there's a call between president biden and the mexican president to pressure mexico to do more to slow this surge. senior u.s. officials traveled to mexico where they'll hold further discussions. cnn's ed lavandera from texas. >> reporter: apprehensions of migrants crossing the border, the average number of encounters is 9,600 per day. this rate of apprehensions has not been seen since the days before lifting of the restriction known as title 42. republican congressman tony gonzalez says the situation is spiralling out of control again. >> border patrol agents are doing everything they can to

take care of the situation, but they are completely overwhelmem, completely just overwhelmemed wh the situtuation. it's getting worse. >> reporter: this spot along the rio grande in eaeagle pass, tet, is the focal point of the southern border migration crisis. despite mileles of razor wire, steel containers on the riverbank, and thousanands of federal, state, and local authorities on the ground, thousands cross this spot every day. the e sheriff says a zero tolerance immigrgration polilic won't keepep migrants from crossing the border illegally into the u.s., but he says the biden administration needs to oo more to get it under control. >> best thing to do is to -- for the federal government to work with the government of mexico. hopefully they can persuade them to put some kind of a system over there on their border, the -- that border, and help us with

migrants from mexico. >> reporter: president biden spoke with the mexican president on thursday. the administration said both men agreed more needs to be done to stop the historic migration flow. and the mexican president announced friday he will meet with the u.s. secretary of state and secretary of homeland security next week in mexico city. u.s. border authorities remain overwhelmed. immigration processing facilities are filled, and the strain on resources is creatini staggering delays and long lines at ports of entry for border residents. no one has figured out how to overnight come the tidal wave of misinformation that largely influences migrants as they make their way north to the u.s. border. border authorities say these migrants are convinced that crossing illegally between ports of entry is routine. >> there's a lot of misinformation going on the mexican side. the migrants are believing that this is an offfficial portrt or officialal way to enter r the u

which isis completelely wrong. >> reporteter: in placaces like eagle passss, the dailily flowo migrants crossing the rio grande doesn't appear to be slowing down any time soon. this week, texas governor greg abbots signed a law that would allow authorities to arrest anyone who entered the state illegally. the sheriff in eagle pass says he doesn't think the law will make any difference in stopping people from crossing the border, and the mexican president has also been extremely critical of the bill which could complicate the discussions that he's scheduled to have with u.s. officials next week. ed lavandera, cnn, dallas. now in the united states, more than ten million people could see very heavy rainfall this weekend. you might be one of them. as the storm system that's unleashed flooding rains on california and arizona, that storm system is on the move. cnn meteorologist chad myers tracking now where it's headed next. after all, let's not forget this is a very businesses holiday

travel weekend -- busy holiday travel weekend. >> reporter: only a couple of trouble spots, the great lakes and the desert southwest to the four corners. the storm here is the one that made such a mess in california yesterday and the day before. but the rain really has moved away for there and into the four corners. snow in the higher elevations. even some snow for parts of colorado, as far south there as denver and colorado springs could pick up some snow. but then by later in the afternoon, i think it spreads into parts of nebraska and the dakotas. there's the rainfall. heavy rainfall, high humidity values across the southern plains could make a lot of rainfall around houston, new orleans, their could even be flash flood issues in the area. by your christmas day, though, maybe not the best afternoon to ride a new bicycle across the ohio valley all the way down to parts of georgia. the snow is only back out to the west, and that's going to be the only place we're going to see a white christmas. that snow in the northeast really got eaten away by the

last storm that made all of that rain and that wind. moving you ahead for weather delays could be some in denver. basically visibility delays, denver gets rid of their snow very, very well. as we work into sunday, i think all of there is going to be very, very light when it comes to airport delays. there could be trouble around driving, especially in the wet weather, but not so much in the white weather. look at chicago with a rain shower likely, a high of 52 on christmas day. >> chad myers. now some good news for u.s. travelers braving the holiday travel rush this weekend. the country's three largest legacies, the airlines, united, delta, american, anticipating few flight cancelations. shaping up to be the longest holiday travel period so far. cnn's paolo sandoval reports from new york's laguardia airport. >> reporter: the weekend off to a relatively smooth start, at least travel-wise here at new york's laguardia airport, with few to no delays or

cancelations. that's not necessarily the case elsewhere with other airports throughout the country experiencing some form of issues. but they certainly too not compare to that -- do not compare to that travel trouble nightmare that we experienced just last winter when southwest airlines was forced to cancel thousands of flights. as a result the federal government has really been pressuring airlines to make sure that their systems are ready to go, that they can handle any potential unexpected issue, and minimize the impact on passengers. those passengers are certainly now thinking twice about hitting the road again this year with aaa estimating that roughly 7.5 million people will be flying to their destination this holiday season. the transportation secretary talking a little more about the preparations that have gone into place. >> bewe know that weather's comg our way. you want to keep in touch with your airline. the big thing that we can control, though, that airlines need to control is how resilient

the system is to that weather. >> reporter: aaa estimating that all in all close to 150 million people will be traveling this holiday season. a vast majority of them will not be flying. they will be driving to their destinations instead. paolo sandoval, cnn, new york. as you and i continue together, an exclusive report on the american woman who survived the brutal attack at the nova music festival in israel. the reunion with a man who saved her. also i'll be telling you about the czech republic honoring those who were murdered in the worst peacetime mass shooting.

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welcome back to wherever you're joining me. whether it's in the united states or elsewhere around the world. i'm richard quest in london. i'm glad to have you in the "cnn newsroom." despite growing pressure to scale back its offensive in gaza, israeli military says it's preparing to expand its operations. an idf spokesman said the impetus will shift to southern gaza as its campaign widens into new areas, and that announcement follows the same day the u.n. security council adopted a resolution that called for, in their word, unhindered humanitarian access to gaza. some aid organizations are criticizing it for not demanding an immediate cease-fire, and instead the measure calls for humanitarian pauses. it lays the groundwork for a sustainable end to fighting. 11 weeks after the fighting erupted following the hamas brutal attack on the nova music

festival, one young woman who survived that ordeal has returned to the scene and met the man who rescued her. cnn's will ripley reports from tel aviv. >> reporter: look at that cloud of smoke, what does that trigger for you? >> the same smoke. it remind me of the noise that's bring me back to that day. >> reporter: in southern israel you don't need a map to know you're near gaza. why are you here? why do you want to go back? >> sorry. >> reporter: that loud boom, outgoing artillery near our car. rattling native new yorker natalie sanadachi. tell me what that made you feel like now. >> i got scared we were being shot at. i'm fine. >> reporter: the last time she office this road, natalie was running for her life. ♪ just after sunrise on saturday, october 7th, rocket interceptions seen from the dance floor at the nova music festival. hamas militants killed more than 350 people, mostly young, mostly

jewish, mostly unarmed. >> i feel so lucky that i made it out, that i got out alive. i feel that it's my duty to be that voice for all these who weren't as lucky as me. >> reporter: that sense of duty is why she's returning to israel for the first time since the attacks. >> just seeing all these faces and knowing people that loved these faces. >> reporter: faces of friends who never made it home. >> oh, my god. she's someone i recognize. it's so crazy. i was dancing right next to them, you know? so hard to see how many of them there are. >> reporter: it could have been you. the music festival campsite now a place where families come to grieve. rockets in the sky, gunshots on the ground. all she could do was run. many took cover in bathrooms, bomb shelters, ditches. most of them ended up dead. four hours of running, exhausted, dehydrated. >> i never thought -- >> reporter: natalie collapsed.

>> i would sit down and accept my fate. >> reporter: too tired to run as a truck came closer. >> we have nowhere to run to. where are we going to run to? this is a terrorist coming to kill us, that's it. kind of like that one, yeah. >> reporter: the man behind the wheel, not a terrorist. from a nearby village. natalie never got his name. she only tracked him down a few days ago. it's why she's come back, to thank him. they're about to meet for the first time since that day. the man fighting back tears, an israeli father of four who left home and drove directly into danger. not once or twice, more than ten trips to and from the music festival site. [ speaking in a non-english language ] >> reporter: you live so close

to this. but were you prepared fully for what you saw on october 7th? >> translator: things like this, you can't forget. i'll never forget what i saw. it's very, very tough. >> reporter: haunted by the horrors he saw, heartened by the lives he saved. >> so many people were saved in this truck. >> reporter: natalie, one of well over 100 people he packed into his pickup and drove to safety. [ speaking in a non-english language ] >> like this truck saved so many lives. and it looks like an average truck, but i stood right there in that corner. if it wasn't for him, i truly don't think i would have been here today. >> reporter: one bright chapter on a very dark day. natalie told us one reason she's sharing her story is she doesn't want people to forget that there is a human face to all of this. these young people who were

killed on october 7th have been politicized, and natalie herself has been the target of pretty intense online hate as a result of sharing her story. she wants people to remember that civilians on both sides are dying, and they have families, they have people who love them. and she says they need to be remembered. will ripley, tel aviv. to the czech republic now where emotions continue to be obviously high as the country prepares to honor the victims of the deadliest peacetime mass shooting. live pictures to you in prague. from a memorial service that was in prague. 14 were killed, wounded 25. an official mourning is under way with a nationwide minute of silence to be held at the top of the hour. bells across the country will set and toll for the victims. at the moment, some students are paying respects at the makeshift memorial.

>> translator: i have come to express my sorrow over the disaster that happened here. it's something unexpected. nothing like this has ever happened in prague. moreover, the gunman probably used to go to our school. so we hthought it was appropriae to express condolences to the victims and their families. >> translator: of course this is a shock. this is not america. things like this don't happen here. i think it's terrible. >> police have released this body cam video. it shows officers searching the building where the gunman took his life after the attack. the gunman's name hasn't been released. noishlts are urging the -- officials are urging the public not to spread information about the gunman fearing possible copycat attacks. the jailed russian opposition leader alexei navalny has been missing now for 18 days. his team says attempts to determine his whereabouts have been unsuccessful. the unprecedented length of the former politician's absence has sparked concerns regarding his

safety and wellbeing. the former russian deputy energy minister who now serves as an adviser to navalny told me on friday the timing of the disappearance is a message from president putin. >> deliberate tactic. it is no coincidence that navalny disappeared exactly the moment when the so-called sham presidential elections were announced and putin allows that he's going to be run -- announced that he's going to be running again for -- sorry, i lost count -- for which term already, also many other repressive things are happening at the same time. putin is really willing to show that he's going to enter the kremlin office for another term through intimidation, through repression, through pressure on the society. and that's clearly a blackmail against all the opposition forces. >> as you and i continue, it's a

christmas classic. ♪ >> the new york city ballet is bringing back audiences for "the nutcracker." and they're arriving in ever larger numbers. ♪

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>> we actually were fortunate to have come into the covid period in a really strong position. we have a fabulous board of directors and some very, very loyal and generous donors. and they really stuck with us through the covid period. and really hung in there with us which was super, super helpful. and then coming out of covid, i do think it took a while for people to feel comfortable being in the company of others inside a theater. so it's been a little bit of an evolution. but i do think people have really realized what they've been missing. and are really relishing being in a sort of a communal setting and enjoying performing arts again. so we've also have our 70th anniversary we're celebrating. and that enabled us to do very special things this year which has given us a lot of momentum

and attention. >> this idea of cheaper tickets or more reasonable tickets for younger customers, this is an interesting one, isn't it? it really goes to the heart of the idea of they'll come and stay with you forever. >> that's what we hope. that is for sure. and you know, we have had a lot of success in marketing very specifically to that younger demographic. and of course we do need them. we do need them to keep coming and coming into the next generation. we've been very pleased to be able to really reduce the percentage of -- sorry, increase the percentage of younger people in our audiences. it's been great. >> do you sometimes think -- and i know this going to be -- can be so different, the public funding, if you will, of the arts in, say, europe which you'll be familiar, as well, asia where much more public grants are given across a wider range and less reliance, if you will, on private donors, for

example in the u.s. system? >> yes. that's a big difference between europe and the united states. that is for sure. and you know, we are very fortunate in new york to have a very, very strong philanthropic communities and people who really do support arts and culture and other nonprofits, too. but it's definitely a challenge, a challenge all the time, every year. you start over from zero every year, and there's a lot of money to raise to make all this work. so i would say that the -- the upside in a way is i know that other models in europe where there is -- has been more public support but now it's kind of pulling -- they're pulling back, it's -- that's a challenge, too, if you've really been reliant on, you know, one major source. so we do have the advantage of having lots of different sources to draw from. but this -- it is definitely, definitely challenging.

>> final thoughts as we come to this christmas. what i find most enjoyable about this is that in the tiktok era, in the sort of short attention span, you are being so successful using all the weapons at your disposal, if you will, in terms of social media. you're firing all your guns. >> we try. we are trying to do that. and you know, i think that we start with such amazing assets. these beautiful dancers this we have, this incredible repetoire from the past and also we are committed to commissioning new work. and so that's very exciting to be able to do. we have a really fabulous orchestra of 62 members that are providing us with gorgeous live music. we are in a beautiful, beautiful theater on the lincoln center campus. so we have a lot going for us already.

and then just building on that and really trying to position the company in today's world to be the most successful it can be is really -- is really the goal. >> the new york city ballet. still ahead, chiefs' patrick mahomes may have a new holiday title this season -- santa. we have the custom gifts he gave his offensive linemen.

although the nasdaq has had a very good year, tech stocks in china tanked on friday after beijing proposed new rules that would restrict spending and online gaming. the change would deal a blow to in-game purchase, one of the most lucrative parts of the industry as part of a wider crackdown that's rattled china's tech sector. mark stuart in beijing with this report. >> reporter: here in china, we've seen regulations on exactly how often young people can play video games, including how many hours and when. now the government is looking to crack down even further. according to a proposed draft,

new regulations place restrictions and limits when it comes to the money changing hands in video games, for example. something like rewards for logging in could be banned, as well as large tips to players who live stream their games. the government wants to reverse what it sees as a growing trend of game addiction among young people. looking back to august of untw, people under 18 -- 2021, people under 18 were banned from playing video games during the week and could play for just three hours on most weekends. we've also seen the government clamp down on big businesses such as the tech sector. but there are some signs of a possible change in an effort to help the economy. while young people may not be happy about this, the stocks of some of the big gaming companies here in china saw very steep declines. mark stuart, cnn, beijing. now florida state university's board of trustees

has taken the first official steps e steps toward eventually leaving the atlantic coast conference. they claim in their words draconian withdrawal penalties have trapped schools into the acc. cnn's carolyn mano is live from new york. it's going to be messiy and expensive. >> reporter: it certainly is going to be expensive. i mean, undefeated florida state was controversially left out of the college football playoff after winning the acc championship. and on any, they made it clear -- friday, they made it clear they do want to leave the conference. the board of the trustees voted unanimously to file this lawsuit challenging an agreement that binds the school to the league for the next 12 years with more than half a billion dollars in fees for exiting. fsc claims the long-term media deal is undervalued and puts the school at a disadvantage compared to riefvals in the sec and big ten. in the meantime it was revealed that the league had proactively filed its own lawsuit against

florida state's board of trustees on thursday. the acc claiming that fsu cannot challenge a binding agreement, and that any ruling should be determined in north carolina where the conference headquarters are located. interesting story. stay tuned to that space because a lot more there to come. with christmas just around the corner, richard, kansas city chiefs' quarterback patrick mahomes in the spirit of giving, like so many other athletes. he awarded the linemen that protect him about custom golf carts complete with their names and jersey numbers. the big boys could not way to wait to take their big storms out for a spin around the stadium. >> i figured i'd give them something that i enjoy. i think you can see from the videos they enjoyed. it they were going around arrowhead and got nervous. it's cool. i'm glad they enjoyed it. that part of the year, and they do a lot for me. i'm going to take care of them, as well. >> reporter: major bonus points inside the locker room for mahomes. safe to say that he approves of

the love story between travis kelce and pop superstar taylor swift. mahomes telling nbc of "cbs this morning" how the team responded to the very public relationship. >> for us there were jokes here and there at the beginning. now she's -- she's part of the team. and it's cool that she's embraced brittany, and they've built a friendship, as well. >> that is cool. >> for me it's just -- it's travis, man. he's lucky enough to be with a great girl and a great woman. >> reporter: so the question is will taylor spend christmas day in kansas city when the chiefs host the raiders. and golf carts are all well and good, but taylor swift is the gift that keeps on giving to the nfl. it's been quite a year. >> hey. let's not mean spirited. given to you, giving to me. this -- taylor swift is the gift that is giving to the u.s. economy. taylor swift is just the gift. have a lovely, peaceful -- that

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