Diplomacy in the Middle East on two fronts: With less than two weeks before U.S. President Joe Biden leaves office, his aides are working with President-elect Donald Trump’s team in a last-ditch push for a ceasefire in Gaza. And foreign ministers and top diplomats from Western and Middle Eastern countries met with Syria's new foreign minister in Riyadh. Has the death toll in Gaza been under-estimated? Los Angeles continues to burn. American voters have differing expectations for the next president’s term. Is French influence on the decline in Africa? Plus, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has a message for North Korean leader Kim Jon Un.