joining us now is isaac herzog.pposed to go now? >> under international humanitarian law, if somebody attacks us, attacks anybody, we have the right to defend ourselves, and that means if a terror organization is based throughout the terrain of the gaza strip in houses, and living rooms and shops and malls, we are allowed to go in, and we alert the civilians, and we drop information, and we call and email, and we worked on that plan with many of our partners, and we are telling a small area to move out so we can up root the tunnels, and we can find hostages, please, god, and kill terrorists. and finally end the war by getting hamas out and giving hope to the palestinians and israelis. >> i understand you are making efforts to protect the civilians, but we have all seen the pictures of the destruction, the desperation and the death toll is climbing, and an idf spokesman confirmed yesterday the military believes two civilians have been killed in gaza for every hamas militant. is that acceptable to you? >> i am unaware

herzog during the holiday season. among the condemnations was a statement from the pastoral council of the ramala roman catholic melkite church, which denounced the meeting, saying such meetings do not represent us and are not related to us. targeting christians in gaza as well as in the west bank or occupied el kuts did not begin with the start of the aggression, but extends back before that. reference is made here to the attacks suffered by christian. early october prior to the al-aqsa flood battle from assaults by settler groups in al-quds involving physical violence and spitting, in addition to attacks my occupation police forces. commenting on this incident at the time, the world council of churches in al-quds stated that christians are facing persecution from zionist israeli extremist groups, criticizing the israeli entity government's silence on the matter, and adding, we feel persecuted as christians and for christianity as a religion in the country. "there is israeli jewish persecution that is encouraged eith

herzog during the holiday season. among the condemnations was a statement from the pastoral council of the ramala roman catholic melkite church, which denounced the meeting, saying such meetings do not represent us and are not related to us. targeting christians in gaza as well as in the west bank or occupied alkuts did not begin with the start of the aggression, but extends back before that. reference is made here to the... tags suffered by christian clergy early october prior to the al-aqsa flood battle from assaults by settler groups in al quds involving physical violence and spitting, in addition to attacks by occupation police forces. commenting on this incident at the time, the world council of churches in al-quds stated that christians are facing persecution from zionist israeli extremist groups, criticizing the israeli entity government's silence on the matter, and adding, we feel persecuted as christians and for christian. as a religion in the country, there is israeli jewish persecution that is encouraged ei

herzog during the holiday season. among the condemnations was a statement from the pastoral council of the ramala roman catholic melkite church, which denounced the meeting, saying such meetings do not represent us and are not related to us. targeting christians in gaza as well as in the west bank or occupied elkuts did not begin with the start of the aggression, but extends back before that. reference is made here to the attacks suffered by christian clergy early october prior to the al-aqsa flood battle from assaults by settler groups in al-quds involving physical violence and spitting, in addition to attacks by occupation police forces. commenting on this incident at the time, the world council of churches in al-quds stated that christians are facing persecution from zionist israeli extremist groups, criticizing the israeli entity government's silence on the matter and adding, we feel persecuted. as christians and for christianity as a religion in the country, there is israeli jewish persecution that is encouraged

herzog during the holiday season. among the condemnations was a statement from the pastoral council of the ramala roman catholic melkite church, which denounced the meeting, saying such meetings do not represent us and are not related to us. targeting christians in gaza as well as in the west bank or occupied el kuts did not begin with the start of the aggression, but extends back before that. reference is made here to the attacks. suffered by christian clergy early october prior to the al-aqsa flood battle from assaults by settler groups in al quds involving physical violence and spitting, in addition to attacks by occupation police forces. commenting on this incident at the time, the world council of churches in al-quds stated that christians are facing persecution from zionist israeli extremist groups, criticizing the israeli entity government's silence on the matter, and adding, we feel persecuted as christians and for christianity as as a religion in the country, there is israeli jewish persecution that is encour

herzog during the holiday season. among the condemnations was a statement from the pastoral council of the ramala roman catholic melkite church which denounced the meeting saying such meetings do not represent us and are not related to us. targeting christians in gaza as well as in the west bank or occupied el kuts did not begin with the start of the aggression but extends back before that. reference. is made here to the attacks suffered by christian clergy early october prior to the al-aqsa flood battle from assaults by settler groups in al quds involving physical violence and spitting, in addition to attacks by occupation police forces. commenting on this incident at the time, the world council of churches in al-quds stated that christians are facing persecution from zionist israeli extremist groups, criticizing the israeli entity government's silence on the matter and adding, we feel persecuted as christians, and for christianity as a religion in the country, there is israeli jewish persecution that is encouraged e

herzog during the holiday season. among the condemnations was a statement from the pastoral council of the ramala roman catholic melkite church, which denounced the meeting, saying such meetings do not represent us and are not related to us. targeting christians in gaza as well as in the west bank or occupied alcots did not begin with the start of the aggression, but extends back before that. reference is made here to the attack. suffered by christian clergy early october prior to the al-aqsa flood battle from assaults by settler groups in al-quds involving physical violence and spitting, in addition to attacks my occupation police forces. commenting on this incident at the time, the world council of churches in al-quds stated that christians are facing persecution from zionist israeli extremist groups, criticizing the israeli entity government's silence on the matter and adding, we feel persecuted as christians and for christianity. as a religion in the country, there is israeli jewish persecution that is encouraged

herzog during the holiday season. among the condemnations was a statement from the pastoral council of the ramala roman catholic melkite church which denounced the meeting saying such meetings do not represent us and are not related to us. targeting christians in gaza as well as in the west bank or occupied elkuts did not begin with the start of the aggression but extends back before. that reference is made here to the attacks suffered by christian clergy early october prior to the al-aqsa flood battle from assaults by settler groups in al-quds involving physical violence and spitting, in addition to attacks by occupation police forces. commenting on this incident at the time, the world council of churches in al-quds stated that christians are facing persecution from zionist israeli extremist groups, criticizing the israeli entity government's silence on the matter and adding, we feel... persecuted as christians and for christianity as a religion in the country, there is israeli jewish persecution that is encouraged e

the president of israel, isaac herzog, again rejected the idea of ​​two peoples into two states, sayinge case. on the border with russia, so the barrier stood open for less than a day. next on the air is business news, denis talalaev is with us. denis, why again? well, the finnish authorities previously said that they wanted to check whether the situation with illegal migrants had become better, obviously they checked. less than a day had passed since finland slightly opened its land border with russia when it decided to close it again. finnish interior minister marja rantanin announced that two border crossings, one in the leningrad region, the other in karelia and which began operating from midnight on december 14, will close again today at 8:00 pm local time. the finnish authorities explain this by saying that as soon as the restrictions were eased, a flow of illegal migrants again headed to finland from russia. according to the finnish publication yule. during the day , at least 62 people arrived at both open checkpoints asking for asylum. in november , finland successively closed a

on tuesday, the israeli president isaac herzog did signal that the country may be ready for, to negotiate another humanitarian pause in the hope that hamas could release more hostages, and then of course more humanitarian aid could be delivered into gaza. but in the meantime, of course people continue to die there officials say that the death toll has reached now that milestone of 20,000 people they also say that that number could be underestimated, because there are, they say, almost 7,000 people who are unaccounted for, and they could still be under the rubble if that number is confirmed, that would mean that one in every hundred palestinians living in gaza have died since the start of the war, that would be 20 times the number of israelis killed on october 7 >> claudio lavanga, thank you. >>> the biden administration has secured the release of ten u.s. nationals from venezuela six of them landed in san antonio last night they all been wrongfully detained bit maduro regime they were all exchanged for this one man. a colombian businessman and maduro ally. he was arrested in 2020 for his

isaac herzog did signal the country may be open to a new round of humanitarian pauses in the hope that hamas releases more hostages and the humanitarian aid is delivered into gaza, but people there continue, of course, to die. gazan officials say the death toll has reached a milestone of 20,000 people. mostly women, children, and almost a hundred journalists, but that doesn't take into account, officials say, the almost 7,000 people who may still, who are unaccounted for and may still be under the rubble and that, if that would be confirmed, that would put the number of dead people died in gaza to one of every hundred palestinian living in gaza, which is about 20 times the number of israelis that were killed on october 7. richard, jessica >> thank you so much, nbc's claude y claudio claudio lavanga. >>> the upper chamber of congress will face a timeline when they reconvene. the senate leaders are committed to addressing the issues 2023 is said to have been the least-productive year in history. or at least one of them with just 20 bills pass ed by both chambers >>> the biden administrat

herzog should have been deny permit to attend the summit due to israel's genocide and other crimes in gaza. those crimes, humas added include even targeting un-run schools and centers in the besige strip. the 28th un climate summit kicked off on thursday running for 12 days. officials from around 200 governments have been invited to the event, they include uh the iranian president, but ibrahim raisy announced he won't take part in the summit and protest at israel's presence. robert martin is human rights actist in melborne. he has traveled to the occupied palestinian territories on several occasions in the past. we were joined. uh earlier by him to give us his take on the israeli trocities against palestinians that we keep talking about october 7, well there's been 911 months, 3,961 weeks, 27,728 days of israel abuse to the palestinians, so why the hell are we talking about october 7 being the catalyst, it is absolutely incredible, they've got we've got 10,000 prisoners. as they call them, but they're hostages, lot of those are held under, with no charges, they're not allowed out, but

herzog during the holiday season. among the condemnations was a statement from the pastoral council of the ramala roman catholic melkite church, which denounced the meeting, saying such meetings do not represent us and are not related to us. targeting christians in gaza as well as in the west bank or occupied alcots did not begin with the start of the aggression, but extends back before that. reference is made here to the attacks suffered by christian clergy early october prior to the al-aqsa flood battle from assaults by settler groups in al-quds involving physical violence and spitting, in addition to attacks by occupation police forces. commenting on this incident at the time, the world council of churches in al quds stated that christians are facing persecution from zionist israeli extremist groups, criticizing the israeli entity government silence on the matter, and adding, we feel persecuted as christians and for christian. humanity as a religion in the country, there is israeli jewish persecution that is encour

earlier, israeli president isaac herzog said his country was ready for another humanitarian pause toreleased and more aid to be delivered. hamas has said it won't negotiate an exchange of prisoners as long as the israeli military operation continues in gaza. a source tells the bbc that the leader of hamas — ismail haniyeh — is expected to visit cairo on wednesday. from jerusalem, our middle east correspondent hugo bachega has more. there were new signs of movement towards possible negotiations between israel and hamas for the release of more hostages being held in gaza and for more humanitarian aid to be delivered to the territory. on one stage the leader uppermost ismail haniyeh is expected to visit cairo, egypt alongside qatar, to help negotiate the first deal that saw the release of more than 100 hostages and also palestinian prisoners being freed from israeli jails. on tuesday the israeli president said his country was ready for another humanitarian cause in gaza. that followed meetings between the israeli and american intelligence chiefs and the qatari prime minister but a negot

this was announced by the country's president, isaac herzog. reuters reports. in addition, herzog emphasized the humanitarian efforts made by israel and called on international organizations to facilitate the process of delivering aid to the gaza strip. let me remind you that during the previous truce between israel and hamas militants , 110 hostages were returned from captivity. according to israeli data , the terrorists are still receiving 137 prisoners the svyatushyn district court of kyiv remanded judge oleksiy tandyr, who is accused of a fatal road accident while under the influence of alcohol, in custody until february 17. the court also seized tandir's land and money in his bank account. account, also limited journalists' access to meetings where military personnel will testify. in may , judges informed tandyr of the suspicion of committing a road accident in which a national guardsman died at a checkpoint. tandyr denied that he drank alcohol while driving. espresso presenter lesya vakulyuk handed over more than fifty books for military personnel undergo

herzog that he supported the idea of reeducation camps in gazza to prevent another generation of resistance. he also commented that he was help establish economic prosperity in the area. with the constant stream of contradictory messages, the battle for the soul of elon musk continues. as always, we're joined by our resident expert david miller. david's an academic and a former professor at bristol university, and is now a non-resident senior research fellow at the center of islam and global affairs at istanbul zaham university. he's also co-director of the lobby and watch dog spinwatch, and he's a leading british scholarly critic of israel. and i'm delighted to welcome. gardy francis as our guest today. gardy is a lebanese war correspondent who's worked for almayadeen, al-jazera and others and over the years she's reported directly from conflict zones in syria, iraq and yemen. welcome to the show. david, let me start with you. what do you think went on with with elon musque in the zionist entity then? interesting trip, wasn't it? well, very curious, wasn't it? we saw that footage, didn't w

herzog that he supported the idea of reeducation camps in ghazza to prevent another generation of resistance. he also commented that he's would help establish economic prosperity in the area. with the constant stream of contradictory messages, the battle for the soul of elon mass continues. as always, we're joined by our resident expert david miller. david's an academic and a former professor at bristol university, and is now a non-resident senior research fellow at the center of islam and global affairs at istanbul zaham university. he's also co-director of the lobby and watch dog spinwatch, and he's a leading british scholarly critic of israel. and i'm delighted to... welcome gardy francis as our guest today. gardy is a lebanese war correspondent who's worked for al-meyadeen, al-jazera and others and over the years she's reported directly from conflict zones in syria, iraq and yemen. welcome to the show. david, let me start with you. what do you think went on with with elon musk in the zionist entity then? interesting trip, wasn't it? well, very curious, wasn't it? we saw that footage, did

this was stated by the country's president, isaac herzog, reuters reports.addition, herzog emphasized the humanitarian efforts made by israel and called on international organizations to facilitate the process of delivering aid to the gaza strip. let me remind you that during the previous truce between israel and hamas militants , 110 hostages were returned from captivity. according to israeli data currently, the terrorists are still capturing 137 people. the servicemen thank the viewers of the espresso tv channel and the iryna koval charitable foundation for donating the saber. with the help of this platform, you can take out wounded fighters. from the battlefield and bring in the necessary ammunition, but you and i collected the amount for which we were able to purchase a special saber turret, now the platform has turned into a robot machine gun, which is remotely controlled by a soldier, this is the newest weapon of victory, which can save the most valuable thing - human life . friends, i wish you health, thank you and thank you iryna koval charitable fou

while on his trip to the settler entity, musk commented to israeli president isaac herzog that he supported the idea of reducation camps in ghazza to prevent another generation of resistance. he also commented he would help establish economic prosperity in the area. with the constant stream of contradictory messages, the battle for the soul of elohim mass continues. as always, we're joined by our resident expert david miller. david's an academic and a former professor at bristol university, and is now a non-resident senior research fellow at the center of islam and global affairs at istanbul zayam university. he's also a co-director of the lobby and watch dog spinwatch and he's a leading british scholarly critic of israel. and i'm delighted to... welcome gardy francis as our guest today. gardy is a lebanese war correspondent who's worked for al-meyadeen, al-jazera and others and over the years she's reported directly from conflict zones in syria, iraq and yemen. welcome to the show. david, let me start with you, what do you think went on with with elon muskk in the zionist entity then? inte

herzog, that he supported the idea of reeducation camps in gaza to prevent another generation. of resistance, he also commented that he would help establish economic prosperity in the area. with the constant stream of contradictory messages, the battle for the soul of elon mus continues. as always, we're joined by our resident expert david miller. david's an academic and a former professor at bristol university, and is now a non-resident senior research fellow at the center of islam and global affairs at istanbul zaham university. he's also co-director of the lobby and watch dog spinwatch and he's a leading... british scholarly critic of israel and i'm delighted to welcome gardy francis as our guest today. gardy is a lebanese war correspondent who's worked for al-meyadin, al-jazira and others, and over the years she's reported directly from conflict zones in syria, iraq and yemen. welcome to the show. david, let me start with you, what do you think went on with with elon musk in the zinist entity then? interesting trip, wasn't it? well, it's very curious, wasn't it? we saw that footage, didn

." >> reporter: tonight, israeli president isaac herzog issuing a new year's plea to world leaders in ten different languages "to demand and work for the immediate, unconditional release" of 133 hostages he says remain in gaza. netanyahu also vowing to take back control of gaza's border with egypt, saying any other arrangement would not insure the demilitarization that israel is after. a policy the biden administration rejected this morning in an interview with our whit johnson. >> we don't support any reoccupation of gaza. what we do support is some post-war governance in gaza that meets the aspirations of the palestinian people and we believe that a reformed and revamped palestinian authority is probably the best way to get at that. >> reporter: tonight more fighting in gaza as the idf expands its operations further south. gazans praying over the bodies of their lost loved ones. the death toll now at more than 21,800 according to the hamas-run health ministry. aid rolling in, thousands lining up for food. the situation is tragic, says nour daher who is one of the hundreds of thousan

this was stated by the country's president, isaac herzog, reuters reports. in addition, herzog said that the humanitarian efforts made by israel and called on international organizations to facilitate. the process of delivering aid to the gaza strip. let me remind you that during the previous truce between israel and hamas militants , 110 hostages were returned from captivity. according to israeli data, the terrorists are still at large receive 137 prisoners. the svyatoshyn district court of kyiv remanded judge oleksiy tandyr, who is accused of a fatal road accident while under the influence of alcohol, in custody until february 17. the court also seized the land plot and tandyr's money in his bank account, and restricted the access of journalists to the meetings when the military will testify. in may, judge tandyru... committing a traffic accident in which a national guardsman died at a roadblock. tandyr denied that he drank alcohol while driving. embezzlement of budget funds. law enforcement officers officials of the uzhhorod city council and the contracto

herzog.addition, he emphasized the humanitarian efforts made by israel and called on international organizations to facilitate the process of delivering aid to the gaza strip. let me remind you that during the previous truce between israel and the militants. hamas managed to return from captivity 110 hostages, according to israeli data, currently the terrorists still continue to hold 137 people captive. in lviv , the order for intellectual courage was presented by the independent cultural chronology i.a we will learn more details from our correspondent polina karnasyuk, who is now live with us. i congratulate polina, so who was awarded this prestigious award this year. vasyl, congratulations, i will tell you right away that the award was given to four worthy people, this is aldyvas, the director of the institute of the history of lithuania, also the director of the wawel castle from krakow, andrzej batli, this is also a philosopher from the university of vinnytsia, oleg khoma, and political s

president isaac herzog again rejected the two-nation, two-state idea , saying that if it were adopted world, south america, a brewing conflict seems to have been averted as territorial disputes flared up. the dispute between guyana and venezuela was resolved orally. the authorities of saint vincent and grinadine, an island state in the caribbean, acted as mediators in the negotiation process. both sides of the conflict accepted. the historical belonging of these lands to the venezuelan people. the dispute was longstanding and did not come to the surface until guyana recently began issuing oil and gas permits to foreign companies. the venezuelans found this unacceptable. it even came down to military threats, but now the question is about ownership. on that’s all for now, thank you for being with us, all the best, take care of yourself and see you soon, cleanse your liver with folk remedies, try replacing them with avisol. avisol is a modern natural remedy that promotes gentle cleansing of the liver. cleanse your liver. means, try replacing them with avisol, only in it the aviaspolka r

this was stated by the president of the state of israel, isaac herzog. emphasized the humanitarian efforts made by israel and called on international organizations to facilitate the process of delivering aid to the gaza strip. let me remind you that during the previous truce between israel and hamas militants , 110 hostages were returned from captivity, according to israeli data. 137 are still being held captive by terrorists further afield people in lviv, they were awarded an order for intellectual courage from the independent cultural chronology i. and we will learn more details from our correspondent polina karnasyuk, who is now in touch with us live. polina, congratulations, so who was awarded this prestigious award this year. congratulations , i will tell you right away that the award was given to four worthy people, this is aldyvas, the director of the institute of lithuanian history, also the director of the wawel castle from krakow, andrzej batly, this is also the philosopher from vinnytsia university, oleg khoma, and political scientist roman sh

israeli president isaac herzog says his country is ready for another humanitarian pause in gaza in exchange as the united nations security council is preparing to vote again tonight on a new ceasefire resolution for the war in gaza. the vote has been further delayed as efforts continue to come up with wording that would avoid another veto by the united states. the language of the un resolution has reportedly been watered down to call for a "suspension" rather than a "cessation" of hostilities in order to get us backing. have a look at this mother and child, who had the most extraordinary lucky escape on saturday afternoon. incredible, isn't it? neither mother nor child was hurt in the crash in solihull. the woman driving the car just suffered cuts. a man who witnessed the crash described how the mother reacted afterwards. she can't believe what happens. it was another life almost. but i see, i see she was very scared, very scared. i'm shocked, totally shocked. scared. i'm shocked, totally shocked-— scared. i'm shocked, totally shocked. , , scared. i'm shocked, totally shocked. ., shocked. p

we will head to israel now, because the president isaac herzog speaking.nitarian pause in gaza to enable more hostages to be released and more aid to be delivered. said responsibility forfulfilling the conditions of such a ceasefire lay with the hamas. the israeli government is under growing international pressure a little earlier i spoke to our correspondent. an interesting choice of words by the israeli president talking about the israeli president talking about the humanitarian prize, talking with our correspondent in new york about these very long negotiations about these very long negotiations about the wording of this resolution. so the wording of this resolution. so the israeli government has been rejecting any kind of proposal for a cease—fire. they believe that a cease—fire. they believe that a cease—fire would only benefit thomas. the americans have been supporting this veal. and they have been rejecting growing international calls for a cease—fire in gaza amid concerns over mounting civilian casualties and also over the humanitarian situation in

>> it is a turnaround from israel, at least according to what its president isaac herzog said last night. he has said that israel is open to another pause in fighting. he didn't give any details, but axios reported that israel is offering a week-long pause in fighting in the gaza strip in return for the release of 40 hostages held by hamas. this comes in the context of rising pressure on israel from the u.s. and some of its other allies to de-escalate. a few more to protect palestinian civilians. and do more to get the hostages out. we also know that there is pressure within israel for the government to do more to release hostages. over the weekend, the idf admitted killing three israeli hostages that it mistook for hamas fighters. that was a big political event in israel that led to some protests on friday, and i think on saturday, in israel. there is mounting pressure on the israeli government. not just from without but from within to really do more to get these hostages out. even if it means a pause in the idf's military operations. kriti: to your point, that builds on the pressure fr

. >> omar, i want to get your thoughts on this statement from israeli president, isaac herzog. israel is ready for another humanitarian pause. our reporting indicates there has been no significant movement towards a new top, though several u.n. officials have been in qatar lately trying to get that restored. i'm wondering what your message is to all the players involved in the negotiations? not only to protect civilians in gaza but also to get those hostages out? >> the message is simple. human beings are not bargaining chips. he hostage taking is a war crime. the hostages should be unconditionally released. similarly, unlawfully detained palestinians should be released. h-e-b going in. i think we are facing the prospect, of all these people dying, we could even see more. we should, could see disease develop because of the lack of clean water. families struggling to get food on the table. the u.n. security council needs to act to prevent further massive atrocities. aid must be allowed in. unlawful attacks must be stopped. also, to ultimately end this cycle of bloodshed, there i

he made those remarks on friday in tel aviv after meeting with israeli president isaac herzog, the u.salso wants to see results to avoid civilian casualties in gaza. sullivan traveled to ramallah in the west bank to meet with abbas. and sullivan, quote, stressed the importance of enhancing the protection of civilians. and joining us is the president of the palestinian initiative and a member of parliament. good morning, good to see you. let me pick up with what we've heard from jake sullivan, saying that israel will transition to what he called a new phase of the war, but also calling for more care to avoid civilian casualties, you reaction to what we heard, mr. as a rsullivan's comments. >> i think what mr. sullivan is saying is not enough, and he's advocating the continuation of this terrible war for months to come. if we count the palestinians who are being killed, including those under the rebel, you're talking about no less than 25,000 palestinians killed, and 10,000 children killed, include in addition to 50,000 people injured. how many more people should die? i think the solutio

herzog.the israeli president was explaining the strength of feeling and shock by israelis after the october 7th attacks the pope replied abruptly terrorism could not be an answer from terror. that's the latest, a phone call that took place in october, we just learned about it. the pope being forthright in what he's had to say so far. we didn't know he'd been that fort forthright directly to the israeli president. >> interesting. thanks so much, melissa bell, in paris. >>> we've seen outpourings of emotion many times over the past weeks as dozens of families reunite with loved ones they thought they might never hold in their arms again. jeremy diamond has one of their stories. >> reporter: waiting 50 days for this moment, embracing his wife and 12-year-old daughter free from hamas captivity. >> i can easily it was the happiest moment of my life. the depth and aptitude of the happiness and the emotion was almost unbearable, in a good way. >> reporter: waking up the next day brought a new flood

herzog of israel, the war minister, benny gantz. we saw a senior member of the la qud party. it's similar to the debate we have in the u.s. over the theory of a good guy with a gun. here was a good guy with a gun, who was shot and killed trying to intervene in a terrorist attack, anderson. >> alex marquardt, thanks very much. >>> former harvard scholar who specializes in online disinformation claims the school forced her out after mark zuckerberg and his wife gifted harvard hundreds of millions of dollars. harvard denies the allegation. the story next. >>> the former president, who tried to overturn an election, calls the man who legally succeeded him a threat to democracy, the obvious facts are at a premium in the 2024 presidential race. that may be one reason why a new allegation from a former harvard scholar who specializes in disinformation about the alleged influence of facebook founder mark zuckerberg and his wife on her work is raising concerns. donie o'sullivan tonight has details. >> this was going to be a knockdown, draggo

herzog of israel, the war minister -- while we were there earlier today we saw a senior member of the likud party, which is benjamin netanyahu's party. this is a story that has really touch this person -- profoundly, anderson. it's paying into the debate of gun control, similar to the debate we have in the u.s.. over the theory of a good guy with a gun. he was a good guy with a gun, who was shot and killed trying to intervene in a terrorist attack. >> alex marquardt, thank you very much. coming up, former [inaudible] who specialize in on disinformation, claims a school -- after found mark zuckerberg and his wife gifted hundreds of millions of dollars. harvard denies the allegations. -- o'sullivan has the story, next. >> when former president who tried to overturn election called the man who legally succeeded him a threat to democracy, it should be obvious facts are at a premium in the 2024 presidential race. that may be one of the reasons why new allegation from former harvard scholar, who specializes in disinformation about the alleged influence of facebook founder mark zuckerberg an

on tuesday, israeli president isaac herzog said the country is open to a new temporary truce to secure the release of more hostages. for now, israel's bloody assault continues with a major attack reported just as we went to broadcast on rafah, near the kuwaiti hospital. on tuesday, more strikes in rafah killed at least 20 people. a woman lost two of her grandchildren in the attack. >> at 2:30 in the morning, we woke up as the house was falling on our head. i did not wake up when the young men came to pull us out of the rubble. i have two grandchildren that were martyred. her name was not recorded most of she does not have a birth certificate. meaning her identity has been unknown since the day she was born. she does not have it, a birth certificate. her brother was two years old. amy: elsewhere, the health ministry says dozens we killed in the jabalia refugee camp in northern gaza. many others remain trapped under the rubble of destroyed buildings. the foreign press association in jerusalem filed a petition with the israeli supreme court to request immediate access for foreign media to

israeli president isaac herzog said he hopes more will be released soon. >> israel is ready for anotheritarian pause and additional humanitarian aid, in order to enable the release of hostages. and the responsibility lies fully with sinwar and the leadership of hamas. william: but hamas has insisted it won't comply until there is a ceasefire. meantime, the armed wing of the palestinian islamic jihad movement, known as the al quds brigades, posted video on their telegram account showing two israeli hostages, seen here in a screenshot, pleading for their release. all this comes as tensions are intensifying in the broader region. yemen's houthi rebels, backed by iran, have attacked a string of commercial ships in the red sea with missiles and drones. the strikes have prompted some of the world's largest shipping and oil companies to reroute to avoid the suez canal. u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin, who was in qatar today, said the u.s. and its allies have formed an international coalition to respond to the houthi attacks. for the pbs newshour, i'm william brangham. geoff: in the day's o

. >> you mentioned also on the way home, the vice president spoke to the israeli president, isaac herzog her support for israel and the president and his administration, support for israel. along those lines, you also talk about some sources telling you that the day after must also include a change of government inside israel. talk to us more about that. >> well, the vice president was clear that you need a security settlement, you need an economic answer, how do you rebuild gaza? you need a political settlement. the only way you get a political settlement is if you remove hamas. you also have to remove people in the israeli government who are seen as an obstacle to this. number one is bibi netanyahu. v netanyahu is so unpopular in israel, i think there is widespread expectation that he will go once the fighting stops. but that also is an incentive for him to keep the fighting going so that he can hang on to power. >> you have said this active role in foreign policy is quite uncommon for vice presidents. why do you think this role is being handed over to vice president kamala harris righ

herzog stated.litary operation continues. in the south in rafaz again residential buildings were shelled, just from the beginning. today in beijing, mikhail mishustin will hold negotiations with the chairman of the cnrc, xinping; the day before, the russian prime minister met with his chinese counterpart, the premier of the state council of china, letny; this was already the twenty-eighth regular meeting of the heads of government of the two countries. as a result of the negotiations, 10 documents were signed, ranging from investment cooperation to joint development of agriculture. according to the latest data, due to tremors. 126 people died in northwest china more than 700 were injured, about 155 thousand houses and other buildings were destroyed. 1,500 rescuers are working to clear the rubble, the situation is complicated by severe frost down to -20, people are afraid to return home, fearing shocks, and heating points have been organized for them. a strong volcanic eruption began in the south of

i was just on the phone yesterday with isaac herzog, the president of the company and they're a resilient people and we'll support them and believe deeply what they've done and supporting the humanitarian efforts across the region as well. we pray for peace to come quickly, you know, to the region and a more permanent solution because this isn't a new problem. this is thousands of years in the making and we're deeply committed to our employees there. liz: hats off and sympathies to junior employee there is. good luck with intel. we're very invested in covering your company. thank you for coming. >> always a pleasure, liz. thank you, merry christmas, happy holidays and happy hon kanhanukkah. liz: thank you. pat gelsinger of intel. stock bulls wake up and hitting the ground running as soon as fed announcement hit the tape and not because they kept it frozen at 5.25 and 5.5% but because the statement made clear it looks like at least many of the members of fomc committee feel that rates will come down sometime next year. next year is just a couple of weeks away and equity bulls love it. dow,

. >> reporter: overnight as new israeli air strikes pounded the gaza strip, israeli president isaac herzogis ready for another humanitarian pause. >> reporter: intense discussions aimed at securing another pause in fighting to allow for hostages to be released and more aid to get into gaza are underway this morning. as the u.s. works to free more hostages, it also has new concerns this morning about the ripple effects from the war. america now leading an effort to protect the key red sea shipping route against threats from the iranian-backed houthi militias based in yemen, the threat so high that shipping companies have already diverted some $35 billion in cargo. while nearlylf 130 hostages remn captive in gaza, the palestinian islamic jihad militant group releasing new video of two israeli hostages, after hamas also released video earlier this week of three elderly hostages talking under duress. the man on the right is 80-year-old yuram metz;ñqhp &h(% >> you don't have confidence in prime minister's netanyahu's efforts? do you think i should have confidence in president netanyahu after wh

announcer: coming up, a conversation with israeli president isaac herzog on the israel-hamas war humanitarianreview in the review of polling.

meanwhile the prime minister has met with his israeli president, isaac herzog , israeli president, isaacishi sunak says he will issue renewed calls for sustained humanitarian pauses in gaza and will continue to discuss the issue in meetings with regional leaders . the with regional leaders. the former health secretary says if the government had acted more swiftly in the autumn of 2020, school closures could have been avoided in 2021. speaking at the covid inquiry, matt hancock also said that measures such as the rule of six and tiers introduced to help stop the spread of the virus didn't go far enough. ms hancock also accused boris johnson of being not willing to go further in terms of national restrictions to ease the spread of covid 19 in the autumn of 2020. travel in some areas of the uk will be limited as train drivers return to strike action in a long running dispute over pay, in a long running dispute over pay, members of aslef at 16 train companies are refusing to work overtime from today until next saturday. the company said they will operate as many trains as possible, but some

this was stated by president isaac herzog. in the meantime, the military operation continues.

herzog said.antime, the military operation continues. in the south , residential buildings were again shelled in rafaz. since the beginning of the conflict, israel has released more than 32 thousand missiles and bombs. more and more trucks carrying humanitarian aid are driving through gaza. israel stated that it was ready to let them through because they were not fighting against the palestinian people, but against hamas militants. however, there are many casualties, most of them civilians. according to the latest data, 19,667 people died, most of them women and children. according to the latest data , 126 people were killed, more than 700 were injured, and about 155 thousand houses and other buildings were destroyed due to tremors in northwestern china. 1,500 rescuers are working to clear the rubble. the situation is complicated by severe frost up to -20. people are afraid to return home, fearing author shocks, which are organized for them. a strong volcanic eruption began in the south of iceland

>>> the president of israel isaac herzog will join us live from tel aviv this hour. >>> plus, three university

yesterday israeli president isaac herzog told the associated press now is not the time to discuss post-warttack of october 7th. joining us now israeli columnist for wynet news, whose latest article is titled "netanyahu heading for coalition with biden over post-war gaza and more." great to have you with us. before we get to post-war gaza and that collision course you write b let's talk about the here and now, which is the united states openly calling for israel to change its tactics and strategy in the war, to stop the bombing and to go to commandos who can take out hamas leaders, rescue hostages. what has been the israeli reaction to that proposal from the united states? >> thank you for having me and basically this is about time. israel knew and the idf knows that they're going to shift tactics soon. they would want to do that in the end of january, the biden administration wants this happening right after christmas or christmas vacation and it was meant to happen anyway. and there's a lot -- there's not a lot of daylight here between jack sullivan now visiting israel and the palestinian

announcer: coming up, a conversation with israeli president isaac herzog on the israel-hamas war humanitarian issues and how the war impacts israeli relationships in the middle east. we will have live coverage when that starts at 2:00 p.m. eastern, here on c-span. >> now a bit of a year any review in the review of polling. chris young is back with us. temperature of american on a variety of topics. let's start with america's views on president biden. there is a big story yesterday about president biden being increasingly frustrated about his dismal polling numbers. what do you know about bidens approval ratings? guest: they are not good. they been hovering in the high 30's and low 40's. what we know based upon extreme polling is that a sitting president at a 40% approval rating has better than a 50-50 chance of winning the next election but that's the tipping point. his numbers have been recently below that. they are not good obviously and there's a reason to be concerned. host: his job approval over time provided by ipsos showing their polling since the beginning of the biden presidency. a m

vetoed the idea immediately, while on his trip to the settler entity, mus commented to israeli president isaac herzog that he's supported the idea of reeducation camps in gazza to prevent another generation of resistance. he also commented that he would help establish economic prosperity in the area. with the constant stream of contradictory messages, the battle for the soul of elon musk continues. as always, we're joined by our resident expert david miller. david's an academic and a former professor at bristol university, and is now a non-resident senior research fellow at the center of islam and global affairs at istanbul zaham university. he's also co-director of the lobby and watch dog spinwatch and he's a leading british scholarly critic of israel and i'm delighted to welcome gardy francis as our guest today. gardy is a lebanese war correspondent who's worked for almayadeen, al-jazera and others, and over the years she's reported directly from conflict zones in syria, iraq and yemen. welcome to the show. david, let me start with you. what do you think went on with with elon musk in the zi