suspected terror plot thwarted across europe, sparking new fears around the world as tensions rise over the israel-hamas war plus the white house' new push for israel to protect palestinian civilians across gaza an illinois assault weapons ban still locked and loaded. the supreme court's decision to

leave the law if pn place after challenge from a gun rights group. rudy giuliani's fate in the hands of a jury. will the holidays bring more turbulence to the nation's airlines in the work under way to prevent another travel nightmare like last year and if you're up watching, there's a chance you might relate to this one, the top jobs in the country where employees are working on quitting. it pays well over six figures. can you guess what it is it's "early today. i'm frances rivera >> i'm phillip mena. u.s. officials claim they are pressuring israel to prevent any further catastrophic losses of life in the gaza strip what local authority says, as the death toll is about to surpass 19,000 palestinians, there is doubt that the american appeal is getting through to

israelis >> reporter: as israel's war on haumsz devastates the gaza strip, president biden was asked if israel needs to tone down their military operation >> i want them to be more careful. >> reporter: national security advisor jake sullivan meeting benjamin netanyahu two u.s. officials familiar with the discussion fesaid that sullivan did not specify a timetable. israeli military officials tell nbc news they anticipate a long military campaign but realize they are under pressure because of palestinian casualties and the humanitarian collapse in gaza our crew filmed the aftermath of israeli strikes and followed the victims to a hospital. this was in southern gaza where

palestinians have been ordered to go. israel says its war is more than justified after hamas massacred at least 1200 israelis and took 240 hostages on october 7. a month ago we joined the davide family for a shabbat dinner. he prayed for his brother, kidnapped from a music festival and dragged into gaza in a head lock y eli was in tel aviv lighting the menorah for the last day of hanukkah away from the crowds sat their mother she's crushed and can't bring herself to be around too many people >> this is my son's birthday >> reporter: he is one of dozens of young men still held hostage. hamas has been beating and torturing them the male hostages rarely get

talked about in the news >> i still hope and believe that they will come home. that he will come home safe >> our thanks to richard for that report. new this morning the supreme court has left in place the law banning ar-15-style guns in illinois it was first passed after the 2022 july 4th parade shooting in highland park that left seven people dead and dozens more wounded. the law was challenged by a gun rights group and a gun store owner. they are still pursue ago appeal with the supreme court, but the justices have deny add request to put a temporary hold on the law while the case continues rudy giuliani will soon find out how much he will have to pay in a defamation suit brought against limb him by two electio

workers. drew pet arramoix joins us. what's being decided now. >> reporter: yeah, phillip, good morning. the question now is what giuliani's financial punishment will be. this stems from the 2021 presidential election. he made baseless claims that a mother and daughter who were poll workers interfered with the election results the judge found giuliani like for defamation and inflicting emotional distress the jury must decide what losses are owed to them they shared some of their story last year when testifying before the january 6 committee. >> i've lost my name, and i've lost my reputation i've lost my sense of security >> a lot of threats. wishing death upon me. a lot of them were racist. a lot of them were just hateful. >> i can't believe this person has caused this much damage to me and my family

there nowhere i feel safe. nowhere. >> reporter: now lawyers for moss and freeman urged the jury to award the women a at least l million each giuliani's lawyer said this would amount to financial ruin for giuliani he repeated his false claims about the two women earlier this week >> we'll see how much it will cost him, all right, drew, thank you. turning now to the war in ukraine. the eur european union has failed to pass a $50 million aid package for ukraine. in a marathon press conference, russian president putin confident of victory noted that what he called freebies for ukraine were drying up around the world. our keir simmons reports from moscow

>> reporter: russian president putin uncompromising at a rare four-hour question and answer session, declaring victory in ukraine will be hours. there will be peace when we achieve our goals, he said while ukraine's president zelenskyy claiming a victory a surprise agreement on ukraine's entry into the european union, but zelenskyy's failure so far to gain billions more in aid during his trip to washington was noticed in moscow these freebies may end someday, and apparently, they are ending little by little though russia's leader of 23 years to see some dissent on the text messages appearing on screens behind him you said in 2004 a man may go crazy after seven years in power, this message read how's your health? to a veteran lawmaker who says the ukraine conflict is at a dead end, tells us he plans to run against putin in next year's presidential election. he doesn't think he'll win >> after i have said that we

should elect other president, not putin, he was blocked on russian tv >> reporter: russia is on a war footing, an ice rink outside moscow features a fighter jet and a rocket it includes the history of the soviet missile program this a model of the first atom bomb >> we are great country. >> reporter: meanwhile, putin also says a deal is possible, though not easy. for detained americansr detalan and gershkovich. a british boy who has been missing for six years has been found in france. he was under the guardianship of his grandmother when he vanished with his mother and grandfather

while on a trip to spain the boy who is now 17 was found hitchhiking in france after walking alone for several days he's undergoing medical evaluation no word of the location of his mother or grandfather. they have prepared for months, but from airlines ready for a record season of holiday travel or will it be a repeat of last year's nightmare here's emilie ikeda. >> reporter: the christmas chri at airpo at airports is around the corner travelers hoping to avoid a repeat of last december when bad weather set off a cascade of problems, canceling nearly 17,000 flights and creating mountains of lost luggage. >> look at this mess everybody over here is pissed. >> reporter: they are assuring this year will be different. >> we've invested in trucks and

technology, i'm very, very proud of our people. we are ready for winter. >> reporter: and he says those changes are already proving successful >> thanksgiving day, there was snow, 97% on time. zero cancellations across the system >> reporter: they've been preparing for months to might the unpress dintsed demands with measures like new sscreening mas in atlanta >> reporter: a tail of a plane struck the ground. you're driving how long just to avoid flying >> 23 hours. >> reporter: some travelers like tom malaney aren't taking any chances this year. that's how stressful last year's experience was >> why, yeah, i don't want to go through it again >> reporter: travelers hopeful

this holiday season isn't a turbulent one. >> and the soggy weekend coming up probably won't help travel. the southeast is facing potential flash flooding tomorrow michelle grossman is tracking those storms for us. >> no doubt those airports are going to be slow, especially in the southeast. the state of florida expecting very heavy rainfall. a weekend washout there. we're also expecting the chance for severtorms right now. it's tomorrow that we'll see the heavy rain in the state of florida and eventually to the mid atlantic and the north east by sunday and monday this is a look as it intensifies bringing heavy rain and gusty winds. heavy rain throughout the carolinas on sunday and eventually into the mid atlantic and the northeast sunday into monday we're going to see heavy rain in parts of the northeast by monday we'll see the system zipping into the northeast new england is looking at heavy

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