Smarter, which won by morning. Got it. Got abbas, daughter, youve got this is cnn Breaking News youre live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. We do begin this hour with Breaking News out of the middle east. Israels military says it has rescued a hostage from a hamas tunnel in southern gaza. He had been held captive since the Terror Attacks of october 7. The father of 11, and spent the last 320 six days as a prisoner there he is in the hospital right there a short time ago reuniting with his brother, cnns jim sciutto joins us now from tel aviv jim, the details of been trickling in whats the latest that youve learned . Well, first of all, certainly youre happy fomin moment for, for him and for his family after these painful days, weeks, and months captivity. But this has also been quite a rarity for the idf of the close to 250 hostages taken on october 7, only aides have been freed alive via Military Operations. And this is the first one based on the details provided to us
Ongoing trump threatens to go to the Supremes Court to try to stop the counting biden has threatened to counter legal action. And with both candidates aged over 70 we take a look at how their running mates are now more important than ever. While the race to the white house has become incredibly tight hours after the polls closed no candidate has secured enough Electoral College votes to win but that hasnt stopped both candidates being confident of victory despite millions of votes still uncounted donald trump has threatened to go to the Supremes Court something that bidens team have said they are ready to challenge the total vote count could take days while we have a team of reporters for you on the ground at this hour rob reynolds is monitoring developments from Los Angeles Mike hanna is in bidens home state delaware and our white house. Correspondent candy how it is in washington d. C. That fast. Takes a look at just how these last few hours have unfold. Shortly after 2 am on wednesd
Here to guide you through it all. Our live coverage continues on america this morning. Good friday morning, everyone. At this hour, former Vice President joe biden is making gains in two crucial state. Heres where we stand right now. Biden is still at 253 votes and trump at 214. They need 270. President trumps lead had been shrinking. Its not just mailin votes from philadelphia where biden has been making huge gains. Last night erie county in the northwest corner of the state turned blue. President trump needs pennsylvania to win the white house. And a major update, biden has taken the lead in the state of georgia where he had been trailing since election day as the vote count has been coming in overnight. And were expecting more votes today from the atlanta suburbs and from savannah. Both are blue areas. Looking at arizona, a bright spot for the president. Bidens lead is shrinking to about 47,000 votes overnight. All eyes there on Maricopa County. More votes are being released today.
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Congressman doug collins takes on the democrats and joe biden for ignoring their own mistakes on the covid19 response. Democrats were silent, just about silent on covid19 as silent as they were on the 570 riots that have ripped through americas cities. Also this, top biden aide even called americas reaction to covid19, quote, a fear pandemic. All that as democrats now blast and blame President Trump. And general Michael Flynns attorney, Sidney Powell joins us on attorney general william barr warning there could be new charges, new indictments coming in the criminal probe of the trump russia investigation. Weve got more who could be in the crosshairs there and why as senator Chuck Grassley tells the evening edit that he wants equal justice after general Michael Flynn is left in legal limbo and in financial ruin. Plus the Trump Campaign and nevada republicans planning a peaceful protest tonight in las vegas after Trump Campaign events were canceled over covid19 rules. The trump team vowi