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>> hopes on the rise for a potential hostage a release. >> all of them, everybody should be out now. >> lawyers for donald trump and the justice department facing off before a federal appeals court in washington. >> the order is unprecedented and sets a terrible precedent for future restrictions on core political speech. the justice department says there is a significant threat of a drone attack. >> a range are using drones to advance their nefarious purposes.

live from london, this is "cnn newsroom" with max foster and bianca nobilo. >> it is tuesday, november 21, 9:00 a.m. in london, 11:00 a.m. in northern gaza where the israeli military says forces are advancing as they engage in face-to-face battles with hamas militants. an idf spokesperson says forces reached the heart of gaza city much earlier than hamas expected and are pressing on according to plan. meanwhile in an interview, former israeli prime minister says bunkers underneath al-shifa were built by israel decades ago to help give more space to the facility but later used as a command center by hamas. more than 12,000 palestinians have been killed as a result of israeli attacks on gaza since the start of the war. according to the palestinian

ministry of health in the west bank. the ministry, which gets its data from hamas-run health authorities in gaza say more than 5,000 of those killed were children. the u.n. secretary-general says the number of civilians killed in gaza is unparalleled and unprecedented in any conflict since he started in his post. meanwhile intense international negotiations are under way to free 134 some of the hostages t. a top official says that they are getting close to the end of negotiations but cautions the details are still being worked out. >> everybody is interested in the numbers and who they will be. we're working that through literally in realtime with both sides. so i think that it is better if i just don't speculate about what that pool is going to look like. obviously we are laser focused on the american citizens that we know were being held hostage and

we want them out, all of them, everybody should be out now. but here we are in a negotiation and we're getting closer to the end we believe of that negotiation. so again, i'll be careful. >> are any of the potential american hostages -- is there testified that they are alive? i know you've addressed the lack of proof of life videos in the past. >> i would say we have no indication otherwise. >> hamas leader also said in a statement earlier that it is close to reaching a truce agreement with israel. meanwhile the world health organization says 28 out of 33 neonatal babies have been evacuated into egypt from gaza. we've learned that two of the babies died over the weekend and three others were reunited with their families. nic robertson is following the developments and has more now. >> reporter: a rare glimmer of hope in gaza. neonatal babies from the embattled al-shifa hospital

delivered to egypt for safe care. hopes also on the rise again for a potential hostage release as many of the kidnapped families gathered to press the prime minister to get a deal done. >> translator: it is very difficult and embarrassing that i need to stand in front of the camera and i need to go meet them in order to receive answers. >> reporter: even though qatari negotiators say their confidence levels are increasing. >> the sticking points honestly at this stage are not practical, logistical. >> reporter: but the reality on the battlefield is different. no sign of a deal securing ceasefire yet. another hospital under fire, this time the indonesian hospital near jabalia refugee camp. idf say they were returning fire, again shots fired from within the hospital. 12 people were killed according

to the ministry of health in the area. indeed, israel is continuing to press its offensive across much of northern gaza. including showcasing tunnels unearthed in the al-shifa hospital alleging that they are part of a wider hamas command and control system. but they have yet to show that they say gives them legitimacy to take the hospital. cnn does not have independent access to the al-shifa where a handful of doctors remain treating more than 100 patients too badly injured to move. over the weekend, prime minister benjamin netanyahu appeared emboldened by u.s. president biden's backing that ceasefire too soon could benefit hamas. implying such a defense against global critics will stop future

gains. >> translator: third thing is a diplomatic iron dome that allows us to continue fighting up victory. >> reporter: despite netanyahu's confidence, pushback is growing from israel's arab neighbors and the u.n. >> we are witnessing a killing of civilians that is unparalleled and unprecedented in any conflict since i am secretary-general. >> reporter: on top of the dangers from shelling and missiles, another looming problem for gazans, the weather is worsening. for many of the more than 1 million displaced, flimsy plastic sheeting, all they have between them and the coming winter. nic robertson, cnn, sterot, israel. >> and scott mclean is following this. seems like a fast moving situation in terms of any sort of deal that might be done for

pause for release of hostages. >> reporter: yeah, it has been looking good for a few days now, max, and perhaps things are getting close. there are positive signs coming from the qataris, from the americans, from hamas, the red cross says it is ready to implement any deal on the ground should one get done. and benjamin netanyahu met with hostage families yesterday and he told them that getting those hostages released is his sacred and supreme mission. the broad parameters of any deal we understand from any u.s. sources is that hamas would agree to release a number of hostages, not all of them, the latest number according to a draft proposal would be 50 in exchange for an unknown number of palestinian prisoners held in israeli jails. all of them would be released over the course of four or five days, a pause in fighting that would happen, and perhaps more prisoners could be released beyond that from gaza should that pause be extended. the reality, max, is that israel

is under immense pressure domestically to get these hostages returned home, polling shows that most, not all, but most israelis would be happy to see thousands of palestinian prisoners released in exchange for these 239 or so hostages. a group of hostage families met with a committee of the israeli knecknesset yesterday and among the national security minister who is a hardline far right figure a guy who favors annexation of the palestinian territories. and this meeting got extremely heated. and i just want to play you part of it. it is not translated, but trust me, you don't need to speak hebrew to understand the level of the emotion inside that room. [ speaking in a non-english language ] so part of the reason why this

meeting was so heated is because the national security minister right now is pushing legislation that would hand down the death penalty to terrorists in israel. under normal circumstances that might be relatively uncontr uncontroversial, but hostage families believe that could put their loved ones in gaza in more danger of being killed or harmed while they are stuck in gaza being held hostage by hamas. one man whose daughter and wife are both held hostage was one of the speakers at the meeting and he spoke quite passionately about what he would like to see lawmakers do. listen. [ speaking in a non-english language ]

>> and you heard qataris say the sticking points are more logistical issues, nothing central to a deal getting country, but there are complexities on both sides. hamas doesn't really have any good cards to play. so they won't be releasing all of these hostages very easily. obviously israel knows that. from the israeli side, there is the complication of the fact that the release of any palestinian prisoners would require the signoff of the entire israeli war cabinet, some of those figures are far right figures who are much more focused right now on destroying hamas than getting the hostages back. >> okay. scott, thank you. donald trump's legal team was back in court on monday fighting to have a gag order

permanently thrown out in the former president's federal election subversion trial. a three judge panel appears likely to restore the limited gag order which was temporarily frozen, but they could loosen some of the restrictions. despite that, the trump campaign released a statement saying in part today's oral argument confirms that the government is seeking to unconstitutionally silence president trump's core political speech and prevent his message from reaching america's voters at the height of campaign season. bianna golodryga breaks down what happened at that hearing. >> reporter: lawyers for donald trump and the justice department facing off before a federal appeals court in washington. in a fiery hearing lasting well over two hours, former president's lawyer arguing that the gag order violates trump's first amendment rights. >> the order is unprecedented and sets a terrible precedent for future restrictions on core

political speech. >> reporter: the appeals court had temporarily frozen the gag order, a move prosecutors for jack smith say allows the former president to continue his attacks on the special counsel and his family. a lawyer for the former president argued trump should be allowed to respond to allegations on the campaign trail and has a constitutional right to talk about the election interference case, an argument that the judges seemed skeptical of. >> labeling it core political speech begs the question of whether it is in fact political speech or whether it is political speech aimed at derailing or corrupting the criminal justice process. >> reporter: trump's attorney said witnesses in this case haven't been tattacked because they were singled out by the former president. >> that is evidence three years old and it is weighed against the fact that they have no evidence that happened in this particular case. >> reporter: to which

prosecutors pointed to threats against special counsel jack smith, his team and judge chutkan which is overseeing the case. >> the prosecutor that the defendant has targeted has been subject to intimidating communication. >> reporter: but the democrat appointed judges on monday also had sharp questions for prosecutors about the scope of the gag order and whether it was needed to protect the special counsel and his family. one of the judges said smith likely would not be intimidated by the posts. >> surely he has a thick enough skin. >> reporter: another judge said trump could not operate under a gag order on a debate stage. >> he has to speak miss manners while everyone else is throwing targets at him. >> reporter: the judges also raised the possibility of trump trying to influence former vice president mike pence's testimony. >> let's assume former vice president mike pence will testify and it is the night

before his testimony. could the defendant tweet out mike pence can still fix this? mike pence can still do the right thing? >> reporter: drawing parallels to when the former president said this on january 6 -- >> i hope mike is going to do the right thing. i hope so. i hope so. because if mike pence does the right thing, we win the election. >> and so will the gag order stand or be removed or just changed in some way? cnn legal analyst elliott williams says it will be a different ruling to make given the complexity of the issue. >> i think they keep some form of gag order in place, but they just carve it up a little bit differently. and the judges seem to be signaling that by perhaps opening the gag order up to allowing criticism of jack smith directly or something like that. to say look, this is -- we talk

about a lot of legal issues in the context of donald trump and i can say with certainty that the first amendment, free speech, is by far the hardest to figure out because everyone in america regardless of citizenship status is entitled to free speech. no one is entitled to threaten anybody else, but the line between those two can be very complicated particularly when you are dealing with candidates for office. it is just incredibly complex and the judges today who are very exceptionally bright individuals all three of them, were really struggling with that. so we'll have to see where they land on this. >> the panel heard the appeal on an expedited schedule and is expected to issue a ruling soon, though not clear when. some major changes under way in the business of artificial intelligence. microsoft has hired sam altman to lead a new ai group just three days after he was fired from the company he co-founded which is openai perform and

hunand --. and now hundreds of his former employees are threatening to quit and join microsoft. >> reporter: the fallout continues and now it is the openai board members who face being forced out of the company just days after they ousted co-founder and ceo sam altman. it includes a board member who was involved in the ouster and also cto who took up the ceo position on an interim business. they also laid out terms for the employees to continue to work at oai, it includes firing the board, appointing two independent directors and reinstating sam altman and greg brockman. failure to follow these could result in them joining microsoft instead because that is early on monday, microsoft, biggest investor in openai, said it was hiring both altman and brockman to lead a new advanced ai

research team. that news cheered investors and prompted microsoft share price to rise hitting a record high. now though it is unclear whether hundreds of openai staff will be moving to microsoft or whether altman and brockman will be moving back to openai. even chatgpt doesn't know the answer. anna stewart, cnn, london. elon musk the embattled owner of x is suing media matters over a report highlighting anti-semitic and pro nazi content on the social media platform. the report appeared to play a significant role in the recent mass exodus of advertisers from the site. the lawsuit accuses media matters of distorting likelihood of ads appearing beside extremist content on x. misk musk threatened a lawsuit after major brands halted their advertising on the site following the report and musk's endorsement of several anti-semitic posts.

police say four people were injured after a man opened fire at a walmart near dayton, ohio. they say the suspect died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound. the victims were rushed to nearby hospitals and we're waiting to hear more on their condition. police haven't identified the suspect and it is unclear if he knew anyone at the store. a walmart spokesperson told cnn they are heartbroken and working closely with investigators. and in colorado police are searching for a suspect who allegedly thought and killed three and wounded another. it happened in the suspect's neighborhood in kcuster county. he and at least one had contentious history over property lines. here is more from the county sheriff. >> when the shooting happened, there were four adult males and one adult female. and the suspect came out and shot four of those people, a fifth one was able to get safely

away and was our witness. and then the female was the one who survived with critical injuries. millions of americans are gearing up for a busy thanksgiving holiday week. but weather could disrupt travel plans. a look at the forecast just ahead. plus as u.s. president biden jokes about turning 81, polling shows that voters have serious concerns about his age going into that election next year.

thunderstorms could disrupt thanksgiving travel plans for millions of americans. this holiday week is expected to be the busiest in years on the roads and the airports. gusty winds and drenching rain may lead to delays at major hubs. transportation secretary surge i urging travelers to stay safe. >> we're expecting about 2.5 million passengers a day. we think airline travel peak will be on wednesday. and of course a lot of people on america's roads as well. as always, our best focus is safety. we're asking drivers to allow extra time and be extra cautious

because often you are going to a relative's house maybe down the road you don't know that well. and then on the aviation side, working to make sure that we build on the progress that has been made in the last year and a half. u.s. president biden celebrated his 81st birthday monday, olding sitting president in u.s. history made fun of his age in an instagram post. the photo shows a birthday cake up in flames and it reads thanks for the birthday wellish withes. turns out on your 146th birthday, you run out of space for candles. as far as many voters are concerned, president biden's age is no laughing matter especially as he seeks re-election next year. questions about his physical and mental fitness as well as his handling of the israel-hamas war loom large over his campaign as mj lee reports. >> reporter: president biden turning 81 on monday, the white house saying that the real celebration will take place in nantucket with his family later this week.

but his birthday coinciding with a series of negative polls for president biden showing that age remain as real vulnerability for him as questions have been raised about his stamina, his health, his sharpness and also concerns about whether he will be able to effectively serve out a second term. you add on top of that the israel-hamas war, a new nbc poll showed that approval rating has been falling among younger voters for president biden and also falling when it comes to approval of his handling of foreign policy. cnn asked white house press secretary jean-karine jean-pier about that and this is what she said. >> what i'll be clear about, we're going to not govern by polls here. we're going to -- or poll numbers. we'll focus on delivering for the american people, that will be our focus. >> reporter: while the white house typically tends to try to brush aside negative polls, saying that we are still too far out from the election, or saying that there are too many polls to care about each and every one,

vice president kamala harris telling our colleague in an interview, "we're going to have to earn our reelect, no doubt about it." mj lee, cnn, the white house. still to come, u.s. officials say negotiators are nearing a deal to secure the release of some of the hamas -- the hostages that that hamas is holding. and as top officials in the u.s. and germany make critical stops in kyiv, ukraine says russia missile strikes have killed two people in donetsk overnight. we'll have details.

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welcome back. if you are just joining us, let me bring you up-to-date with our top stories. a federal appeals panel appears inclined to restore the limited gag order in former president trump's federal election subversion case. a three judge panel is hearing the case on an expedited schedule and are expected to issue a ruling soon. but the exact timing is unclear. family members of some of the hostages being held by hamas are pushing the israeli government to do more to bring their loved ones back. and there were intense exchanges when they met with benjamin

netanyahu and members of the israeli war cabinet in tel aviv on monday. u.s. officials say negotiators are close to a deal to release some of the hostages hamas abducted october 7, but they caution the details are still being worked out. and as alex marquardt report, sources tell us that the deal in the works could leave quite a few hostages still in hamas' hands. >> reporter: there is a sense of hospital optimism that we haven't heard before. u.s. officials indicating that they are closer to a deal than ever before. now, officials do continue to caution that things are extremely fluid, that they can change quickly. and of course that the fighting in gaza does continue. but the white house's john kirby says they believe the negotiations are, quote, close to the end. take a listen. >> we believe we're closer than we've ever been. so we're hopeful, but there is still work to be done and nothing is done until it is all done. we are laser focused on the

american citizens that we know are being held hostage and we want them out. all of them, everybody should be out now. but we're in a negotiation. and we're getting closer to the end we believe of that negotiation. so again, i'll be careful. >> reporter: so what would a deal look like? in the latest draft of an agreement, sources tell cnn that hamas would likely release 50 hostages, women and children, and that would happen over a four on to five day period during which time israel would stop its military operations in gaza. we understand hamas has also demanded hundreds of trucks of humanitarian aid per day go in to the gaza strip, so there are questions over how that can be implemented. and also questions of whether israel would also release palestinian prisoners and how many of them. so the gaps are getting narrower and this release could come very soon. but remember even if 50 hostages are released by hamas in gaza, around 80% of them would still

remain. alex mar mar quart, cnn. and a ukrainian official says at leasast two peoplele we killed and eight others wounded overnight in dononetsk, , this the germany dedefense minister visiting kyiv, his second trip since the russian invasion of ukraine. germany is the second largest prior of military aid to ukraine, a day after lloyd austin unveiled a new $100 million aid package for ukraine. austin visited poland today where he met with u.s. troops and polish officials. ukrainian forces say that they have won a key foothold at the dnipro river. anna coren shows us how they managed it.

>> reporter: meandering through the marshlands is the mighty de-dnipro river, now the new front line oin the war against russia. in recent weeks marines have manage todd cross the expansive water using inflatable boats, establishing a tenuous foot hold on the left bank of the river. hey, aim i am i in vietnam asks soldier sarcastically. a reference to another bloody conflict that ended before most of these soldiers were even born. and according to forces, they pushed back the russians two to five miles from the riverfront making it difficult to fire mortar from the right. however russian drones, artillery and aerial glided bombs are still landing and constantly. in exclusive access with a drone pilot, his night mission had just been aborted because the

russians had identified his unit's position on the right bank. hunkered down in his pickup hiding under trees from the russian birds above, the 32-year-old former journalist tells me that they are under constant bombardment. what are you hearing? >> translator: explosions. now there is an attack on the place where i am. there arekamikaze drones, rockets, mortars and tanks. it is always like that here. today they are using guided aerial bombs. do you hear it too? that is another one. i think it was a rocket. >> reporter: the job of the aerial reconnaissance unit is to provide cover for marines crossing the river and to watch the enemy on the other side. do you feel safe where you are? >> no. >> translator: it is dangerous here. every time i enter the zone, i say good-bye to my life. but i realize that my life can

be ended at any moment. you get used to it, but it is un ple pleasant. >> reporter: the reason this left bank 3r5ioperation is so important for ukraine is to open the road to russian occupied crimea and protect the city of kherson. a year ago russians withdrew from kherson using the dnipro river as a defendable natural barrier between the two sides. but in the last month attacks on kherson have intense fidified w we were told there were 700 incoming rounds in one day. this is revenge and now it is felt more, he says, because our soldiers are already on the left bank and our civilians are feeling the revenge. 300,000 residents used to live in kherson. now less than a quarter remain including this 56-year-old ina. she cares for her invalid mother. and her 4-year-old grandson.

24 hours a day, it is scary. when it is quiet, it is even scarier than when there is shelling. she says that she lived flew eight months of russian occupation and will endure this as well. our main task is to survive, she explains. that was the priority during the occupation and the same thing now. we have to survive. a daily struggle for a population that is being constantly terrorized. anna coren, cnn, kyiv. amazingly no one was injured when this navy aircraft crash landed in hawaii on monday. authorities say that nine people were on the flight, the plane was attempting to land at a marine base when it overshot the runway. forecasters say strong wind gusts and poor visibility may have contributed to the crash. recent incidents involving drones in the u.s. including one just days ago are shining the light on the growing threats that they could pose from high

above. pete muntean has those details. >> reporter: the showstopper at last thursday's baltimore ravens game was not a play but a drone halting the action at m and t bank stadium twice. >> we saw them up there. that's a first. >> reporter: and department of homeland security fears it won't be the last warning the threat goes beyond just hobbyists. >> a range of adversaries are using drones to advance their nefarious purposes. >> reporter: just last year the justice department says there is a very significant threat of a drone attack on a mass gathering in this country, warning that it is only a matter of time. congress has authorized dhs' counter drone authorities, but only until january. >> if the department of homeland security and our partners do not get an expansion, that will leave americans more vulnerable to harm from drones. >> reporter: incidents are making headlines almost daily. in may, police in ohio charged three men with using drones to deliver drugs to prisoners.

a suspected drone at london's gatwick airport caused flights to stop for hours. and delays at pittsburgh's airport earlier this year. >> reports of numerous drones around the airfield. >> reporter: the solution is not a shootdown. dhs wants to ground hostile drones by interrupting the signal between the drone and the operator. interference causes most drones to go into what is called a lost link procedure, triggering a return to the operator. >> someone who say flies over a sporting event because they literally want to get the bifbifrd's eye view may be putting the people on the ground in a harmful situation. >> reporter: the faa bans drones within 3 miles of baseball, football and nascar stadiums. the agency says that most drone operators are law w abiding butt only takes one to raise alarm. >> they think that they bought a toy, but in reality, you've purchased an aircraft. so safety is paramount.

>> reporter: the faa says drones are spotted near airports hundreds of times each month. hobby drones are a big business in the u.s. and many of them are about to go on sale for black friday. the head of the tsa told me those who get them as gifts must know the rules or face a $30,000 fine. pete muntean, cnn, dulles, international airport. still to come, the earth briefly crosses a crucial warming threshold that scientists have been warning about for decades. that report ahead. plus residents of a fishing town in iceland race to grab whatever they can from their homes with the likelihood of a massive volcanic evupgs very high.

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hotter than pre-industrial levels for the first time on friday. scientists say it is an indication that the planet is getting steadily hotter an hotter. bill weir has more. >> reporter: of course the paris being being a according was hoping to hold it 159.at 1.5 and with a l of 2. and they reached the 2 degree celsius point. scientists always pointed to as the point where we start to see the tipping points where methane is released in the arctic perhaps or ice shelves might break off and things could happen suddenly. that of course might happen after decades above 2 degrees, not just a short period. but if you look at the chart, europe's space and climate agency, you see the red line where we are off the charts compared to all the decades that come before, the spaghetti at

the bottom are the ten year periods going back to the '40s. on top of this, a new projection from the u.n. that just looked at the plans for fossil fuel extraction. already what is in the pipeline they say will warm us up to double right now, could be 2.9 degrees as well that despite all the pledges to decarbonize, that emissions hit a record in 2022, over 57 giga tons being put up, it needs to come down at a rate of 29% by the end of 2030, we're on track now to just with all the pledges met, be less than 10% decrease. thousands of people in iceland remain on high alert because of a volcano that could be on the brink of a massive eruption. scientists warn the likelihood of that happening is still very high. fred pleitgen is near an evacuated town close to a mountain that everyone is watching. >> reporter: it is a race against time. residents only have a few

minutes to gather some items and then they have to get out of grindavik fast. the town in southwestern iceland is right in the path of a possible volcanic eruption. >> you have to leave quickly? >> yeah. friday night. >> what was that like? >> horrible. >> reporter: the brute force of steam from a massive underground magma stream already bursting through the streets and homes here causing massive damage. those rushing out understand their homes, their town, their community might soon be gone for good. >> are you hopeful about the situation that maybe the town will be spared if the big eruption happens? >> regarding our house, no, not really. because the lava tunnel is laying very close to our house. so we are expecting to lose everything if it will erupt. >> i'm not sure about the town. but looking awful. very hard to go there and see

everything. >> reporter: iceland is in what is called a hot spot where magma often breaks through the earth's crust and can result in massive eruptions. and what happens here can affect large parts of the globe. in 2010, ash spewed into the atmosphere by a volcano in iceland brought trance application air travel to a virtual standstill for weeks. iceland's government says this time around the effects could also be devastating with a geothermal power plant that supplies energy to the main airport in harm's way. the authorities here are highly concerned about the town of grind grindavik. it has been evacuated. and the also the geothermal power plant and they are working 24/7 to try to dig a trench to redirect the lava if it comes to the surface. government experts acknowledge they are not certain that the barrier would prevent lava from damaging the power plant. geo physics team from the university of iceland is flying research missions with drones

inside the danger zone. the reyupgsrupgs won't necessare the biggest but the most dangerous. >> the real danger is that it could break out somewhat to the north and lava may reach the town in a day, two, three, four days. and this is a scenario that we have to take seriously. >> reporter: fred pleitgen, cnn, grindavik iceland. last time the chiefs played the eagles, they came away as super bowl champions. highlights from their rematch just ahead.

football fans have been waiting all season for the super bowl rematch between the chiefs and eagles. the reigning schamps jumped out to an early lead as patrick mahomes hit justin watson in the end zone. travis kelce scored a second chiefs touchdown, but eagles kept up a fight. deandre swift crossed the goal line once and jalen hurts ran

for two touchdowns. final score eagles 21, chiefs 17. how to the nba where the celtics brought their six game winning streak to charlotte. tatum led with 45 points but the hornets wouldn't give up. the game into over time. and miles bridges drilled a three-pointer with just six seconds left. boston still have the lead in the league. and two turkeys spared from the fate of many others of their kind in this thanksgiving period. it is all gravy now for tur kiss liberty and bell who were pardoned by u.s. president biden on monday. they will now return to their home state of minnesota to begin their retirement. over the weekend, the birds stayed at a luxury hotel in

washington where they apparently enjoyed a bubble bath to prepare for their big day with the president. it is that time of year in paris when the famed champs-elysees is decked out in holiday lights. crowds cheered as the 400 trees were lit up for the first night of the season with illuminated decorations on display until january 7 if you want to pop over and see them. the dazzling spectacle is an annual tradition with music performances and cheer that attracts tourists from all around the world. >> translator: i love it, it is really, really beautiful with the lights, the music, the atmosphere. i love it, i really didn't expect that. and it is wonderful. >> that's right, i have never been in paris before and so this is a great opportunity to see the beautiful city. >> the city says the lights aren't only festive but also environmentally friendly.

and it has been 100 years since traffic signals in the u.s. took a major step forward, that is when an inventor was granted a patent on november 20th, 1923 for an improved automatic signal, the precursor to the modern day traffic light. morgan's three arm signal had one position that stopped traffic in all directions. prior to that, they were manually a operated and just two instructions which was stop and go. finally sometimes you just need extra time with a good book. this book about famous composers was more than 100 years overdue when it was returned to st. paul, minnesota public library recently. the edition was discovered by a library payton going through her mother's belongings about it was checked out several times but most likely last in 1919.

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