News Wrap: Israeli military finds large Hamas tunnel near northern Gaza border

John Yang:

Good evening, I'm John Yang. Israel has reopened a border crossing into Gaza providing a second entry point for a much needed humanitarian aid. It's at Kerem Shalom which is on the Gaza Strip southwest corner. It's south of the Rafah crossing were desperate Gazan swarmed the few trucks that arrived from Egypt.

Phone and internet service and Gaza has been down for four straight days, the longest period of isolation since the war began.

Meanwhile, the Israeli military released footage showing a newly discovered Hamas tunnel wide enough for a car. It's in areas which had been the main pedestrian crossing between Israel and Gaza.

And in Tel Aviv last night, thousands of people took to the streets as public pressure builds on the government to renew negotiations for the return of the 129 hostages still captured.

Former president Donald Trump is being roundly criticized for anti-immigrant comments he made last night at a New Hampshire campaign event.

Donald Trump, Former U.S. President:

We get a lot of work to do. They're poisoning the blood of our country. That's what they've done. They poison mental institutions and prisons all over the world. They're coming into our country from Africa, from Asia all over the world. They're pouring into our country. Nobody's even looking at them. They just come in.

John Yang:

Republican rivals Nikki Haley and Chris Christie both denounced Trump's language and the Biden campaign said he parented Adolf Hitler. In the manifesto Mein Kampf Hitler called immigration and the mixing of races blood poisoning.

The waters off the entire east coast from Florida to Maine or under gale or storm warnings as a large weather system moves north. It dumped as much as five inches of rain on Florida flooding streets. High coastal winds forced the cancellation of holiday boat parades.

The FAA warns that holiday travelers could face delays, especially at New York's three city airports.

Pope Francis turned 87 today becoming the oldest Pope of the last century and one of the oldest Pope's ever. He's been hospitalized twice this year for abdominal surgery and bronchitis. He said he'd consider resigning if he was unable to carry on.

And in Boston last night they marked the 250th anniversary of the Boston Tea Party with a reenactment. People in 18th century dressed dumped crate after crate of tea leaves into Boston Harbor recreating the famous act of defiance that helped kickstart the American Revolution.

The tea dumped last night was provided by the East India Tea Company the same British supplier whose tea was dumped 250 years ago letting bygones be bygones.

Still to come on PBS News weekend, what to know about changes to the federal student loan process. And how late Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor worked to end the practice of electing state judges.