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12 PM ET: Israel bombs Beirut, internal Trump team probe, Drake v. Kendrick & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 November 2024

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Israel’s military says it launched several strikes on Hezbollah targets in southern Beirut ahead of a ceasefire vote today. Donald Trump’s lawyers investigated allegations that one of the president-elect's top aides was asking for money from administration candidates in exchange for influence. Disney agrees to pay $43 million to settle a lawsuit. Police say the father of a missing woman from Hawaii died by suicide after he tried to find her. Plus, the beef between rappers Drake and Kendrick Lamar escalates. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey there from CNN. I'm Krista Bow with the five things you need to know for Tuesday, November 26th.

0:07.7

A spokesperson for the Israeli military said it bombed Beirut's southern suburbs 20 times in two minutes earlier today,

0:15.6

as Lebanon and Israel gear up for an imminent ceasefire vote.

0:19.5

More than 3,000 people have been killed in Lebanon since Israel launched its offensive against

0:24.6

Hezbollah in September.

0:25.6

The Israeli cabinet will today decide on a U.S.-backed proposal for a 60-day halt of hostilities

0:31.6

with Hezbollah, with some hoping it could form the basis of a lasting ceasefire.

0:36.6

Sanin's Nick Robertson explains there are still some uncertainties around the deal.

0:41.1

There are things that Israel wants that it may not be able to achieve.

0:44.7

We don't know the language, so there are some concerns going into this final phase.

0:49.3

Israel wants to be able to have the right to respond to Hezbollah.

0:52.3

If Hezbollah breaks the terms of the ceasefire, the right to respond immediately.

0:56.0

And it's not clear what sort of language is going to be put around that.

1:00.0

One of President-elect Donald Trump's top aides is accused of asking for money in exchange for promoting candidates for administration positions.

1:09.0

That's what multiple sources familiar with

1:11.2

Trump's lawyer's internal investigation, which isn't criminal in nature, tell CNN. The sources say

1:16.8

in one instance, Boris Epstein asked for as much as $100,000 per month for his services

1:22.5

and help. CNN's Sarah Murray details another example of Epstein's alleged scheme, a pay-for-play, if you will.

1:29.6

And one of the people he allegedly did this to was Scott Besson, who was Donald Trump's pick eventually to be the Treasury Secretary.

1:36.6

Allegedly Epstein asked Besson for tens of thousands of dollars, which was a fee that Besson refused to pay.

1:42.6

And all of this kind of reached ahead last week at Mar-a-Lago,

1:45.0

and there was a very heated exchange between Epstein and Besson.

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