Happening now, full court press. President Trump ends the year with an aggressive effort

meant to end wars in both Gaza and Ukraine and make good on one of his biggest campaign promises.

Plus, deadly chopper collision. Two helicopters slam into one another in midair, causing both to plummet to the ground.

And a search renewed.

It's been close to 12 years since Malaysian Airlines Flight 370 disappeared,

but the time isn't stopping a new search effort from getting underway.

Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world.

I'm Wolf Blitzer. Pamela Brown is off today.

You're in the Situation Room.

We begin this hour, counting down to a critical meeting between President Trump

and visiting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

Just hours from now, the two leaders are set to sit down at President Trump's home in Mar-a-Lago

amid growing tensions right now in the Middle East.

As Israel continues its attacks on Lebanon and Syria, Iran's president is speaking out in a new, very candid interview offering

this stark message to Trump and Netanyahu, he says, we are at war, his word, war, war.

CNN White House reporter Elena Treene is joining us. She's here with me in the situation room

right now. Elena, this as you know, will be the sixth time President Trump

and Prime Minister Netanyahu have met just this year alone. What are they expected to talk about?

Yeah, this is a crucial meeting, Wolf. And it comes, of course, as we know that many Trump

administration officials and those in the Middle East, as well as the U.S. allies, who have helped

broker that initial ceasefire,

that 20-point plan that went into effect back in October. They want to move this to phase

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