Good evening. I'm Omna Nawaz.

And I'm Jeff Bennett. On the news hour tonight, President-elect Trump begins to shape his administration,

naming immigration hardliner Stephen Miller and others to top posts.

As the vote count continues, Republicans edge closer to winning control of both congressional

chambers and giving Trump broad powers to implement his agenda.

And the United Nations urges immediate action in Gaza to avoid famine.

We hear from a former UN official who just returned from the region.

This is a catastrophe that has been announced for a very long time,

and it will come to haunt Israel and its allies.

Welcome to the News Hour.

President-elect Donald Trump is quickly picking the people he wants to advise him when he enters the White House again in January.

That includes who he has chosen to lead his mass deportation effort. A campaign promise he said he'd begin

carrying out on day one. On Sunday, Mr. Trump announced on Truth Social that Tom

Homan will be what he called his borders are. Trump said the former acting

ICE director would be, quote, in charge of our nation's borders and in charge of

all deportation of illegal aliens back

to their country of origin.

And the president-elect is also expected to formally name Stephen Miller as his deputy

chief of staff for policy in the coming days.

Vice President-elect J.D. Vance confirmed the selection on the social media site, X. Miller

worked as an advisor during Mr. Trump's first term and is known as an immigration

hardliner.

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