as cnn's patrick snell tells us, the victim's mother fears pistorius is still dangerous. >> reporter:outh african athlete oscar pistorius made global headlines in 2013 after shooting his partner, reeva steenkamp, to death in his home. now over a decade later, prison authorities have announced that he will be released on parole in january. pistorius, known as the blade runner for his carbon finer prosthetic legs, won six gold medals across three paralympic games. at the 2012 london games, he became the first double amputee to compete at the olympics. but early the next year, the world was captivated by a harrowing story after pistorius shot 29-year-old steenkamp four times fthrough the bathroom doo of his home, later denying he killed her in a fit of anger and saying instead he'd mistaken her for an intruder. he was sentenced to 13 years and 5 months imprisonment. steenkamp's mother has warned that pistorius has not been rehabilitated and is concerned for the safety of other women once he's released on parole. in a victim impact statement, june steenkamp said her daughter's death had l

patrick snell is with me now. tell us more about what happened.y did get a practice in after all that. >> that was not a good look for formula 1, no question. formula 1 returning to nevada for the first time since 1982, really hyped event. the buildup is that controversy thursday night vegas time. that practice session had to be called off within the first ten minutes. i think only nine minutes were up on the clock when the spanish driver hits a loose manhole cover. the ferrari was badly damaged as well. they did do the second session. you can see the frustrations there for him. the second session did happen, but it was delayed by something like 2 1/2 hours. given that it was by 2:30 a.m. in the morning this time, there were no fans. it took place in front of no fans as well. today, saturday, has gone a lot smoother for race organizers, because we have qualifying. but where else but in las vegas would qualifying begin friday night midnight local time? it is impressive. this is what they wanted all along, the famous strip, all the hot spots the daz

patrick snell, good to see you. ♪ ♪ >>> hello again, everyone. thank you so much for joining me. fredericka witfield. let's begin in israel, where desperate families of the 237 hostages held by hamas are gathering at this hour. thousands marched today in jerusalem and tel aviv, calling on the israeli government to do more to bring the hostages home. six weeks after they were abducted, it comes as israel defense forces are now vowing to advance anywhere hamas is found. there are growing signs that the idf may soon expand operations into southern gaza. but the fighting continues in gaza city. doctors at al shifa hospital, gaza's largest, sayered to evac israeli military, though the idf disputes that claim. six doctors are staying at the medical complex to treat around 120 patients too vulnerable to evacuate. meantime, the first plane carrying children from gaza with urgent medical needs arrived in the uae today. it comes as the palestinian authority's ministry of health says only nine of gaza's 35 hospitals are still operating. cnn's jeremy diamond is in tel aviv, where that rally