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go live to claudio lavanga how do we flow aboknow about hoe meeting went >> reporter: jake sullivan said during the meeting with prime minister netanyahu they talked about a transitioning from the high-intensity military campaign in gaza to a more targeted phase. now he didn't say when this will happen or what the new phase of the war will look like but certainly, he continues to say that the war in gaza will go on for months more on the same day, thursday, president biden told reporters that he would like israel to focus more on preventive loss of life, of civilian life he said he's not asking israel not to go after hamas but to be more careful but despite all this repeated calls by the u.s. to be more careful to prevent civilian de deaths in gaza, it seems it has

little, no effects on how israel conducts their military campaign in gaza, while the u.s. continues to support israel militarily, with the booid administration expected to approve the emergency sale of 14,000 more ammunition rounds to israel frances, phillip >> we understand there were several terror arrests made in europe connected to the war if gaza, what can you tell us about that >> reporter: that's right, several terror suspects, including alleged hamas members were arrested both in denmark and germany. authorities of both those countries believe they were planning or plotting to attack jews or jewish institutions across europe. germany arrested three people who they think were linked to hamas and were storing weapons in berlin they thought they could use for an attack in den mark now the two anti-terror raid may

not be directly connected, but they do highlight the potential threat of terror attacks across europe and around the world triggered, perhaps, by the war in the middle east frances, phillip >> claudio, thank you. turning now to the war in ukraine. the european union has failed to pass a more than $50 billion aid package to ukraine after the far-right hungaryian prime minister vetoed it ho however viktor orban did not stand in the way of talks. putin confident of victory noted that freebies for ukraine were drying up around the world in the u.s., chuck schumer is having another go at ukrainian aid to try to find a compromise on immigration a key gop demand there is a new focus on a small town at the heart of the migrant crisis julia ainsley is there for us.

>> reporter: this is the new epicenter of the border crisis tiny lukeville, arizona. where the number of migrants is pushingborder patrol past capacity more than 9,000 illegal crossings along the southern border line me, there's a group of about 40 migrants, including young children that were just brought in by border patrol after they called 911 because they were stranded in the desert border patrol so backed up that they are taking them to tucson the lukeville international crossing now closed for 11 days due overwhelming demand on border agents from migrants. business owners say they are paying a price >> last week we had made 5,000, which is what we usually would make within an 8-our shift >> reporter: we find places along the border wall where smugglers cut through the wall u.s. and mexican officials tell

nbc news one reason for the rise, mexico's border patrol equivalent is running low on fund the a funds and stopping fewer migrants but republicans blame president biden's policies and are demanding changes before they pass funding for ukraine >> what we need to see from this administration is that they're serious about security it preoccupies a lot of agents >> reporter: president biden calls gop proposals extreme. migrants tell us they're desperate. we are tired i had to carry my daughter so we could keep going, sad jaclyn from ecuador >> reporter: and this man said we knew this was going to be hard we do it for our families. now president biden is asked to reassign national guard so they can open that border to traffic. rudy giuliani will soon find out just how much he will have to pay in a defamation suit brought against limb by two georgia election workers

a jury is set to resume deliberation within hours. drew, good morning the judge already found giuliani liable in this case. whether what's being decided now? >> reporter: the question now is what giuliani's financial responsibility will be he made baseless claims that a mother and daughter who were poll workers, interfered with election results they found him guilty of deaf na makdefamation 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 lateful.

>> i can't believe this person as caused this much damage to me and my family. there is nowhere i file safe nowhere. >> reporter: lawyers for moss and freeman urged the jury to award the women at least $24 million each giuliani's attorney says this would amount to financial ruin for his client, and he says there is no evidence that giuliani directly encouraged the harassment giuliani says he does not regret his actions and repeated his false claims about the two women earlier this week. phillip? >> and now it's going to cost home th him. thank you. the supreme court has left in place a law banning ar-15-style guns in illinois the law was passed after the highland park shooting in illinois the law was challenged by a guns rights group and a gun store owner. they are still pursuing an appeal, but the justices

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holiday season >> so much joy on interest fa their this faces, i take people back to their childhood. >> reporter: beneath the high rise apartment building on 79th and 2nd. >> i had to take a double take it's gorgeous. >> reporter: for 14 years, between park cars, he sets up the elaborate display. >> ma'you tell mommy you come to see the lights? >> yes >> reporter: hundreds hundreds . he splits between 2,000 dollars and $3,000 between himself, colleagues and donors. >> it pays off >> reporter: the river flows through it a ski lift flies over it, and it

is all handmade, direct from the heart. xavier quick to say this is a display for everybody. the first thing you see when you come down the ramp is this hanukkah display he designed these ornaments to form the letter u, u for unity >> i think is a very special way to celebrate and be one piece of unity. >> our thanks to gus rosendale for that reporting a little treat for the people who pay anywhere from $500 to a thousand dollars a month just a little extra perk >> it's drab w it's drab whethe d when you walk dow there. and so inclusive >> it probably won't be expanding because it would take somebody's parking spot. which would create a grinch. now to a sweet holiday

tradition in florida there's a very special candy shop in anna maria island called the fudge factory. they use the same equipment his grandpa used to make candy canes. >> i brought this original marble table with me that's how important it was. to keep the tradition going. i get a little cloaked up thinking about it. it means a lot to me >> and the public can also make their own custom shapes. hand-made candy canes are much bigger and

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