If youre tuning in to watch Fareed Zakaria, we will bring that you to as soon as we can. But right now the world is on edge as we await President Biden to speak. He is in hanoi, vietnam. And we have been waiting for some time for him to come out and take questions from reporters in a Press Conference that was originally scheduled for an hour and a half ago. But we are still waiting with baited breath for President Biden to talk about his trip. Let me bring in the panel to discuss some of the things that were expecting to hear from him. Beth sanner, what did you think President Bidens we hear in his Reelection Campaign how he is united the western world to take on the threat of russia. And to an extent, it is accurate to say that nato is more united than ever before. In fak, it has new members. I think putin is probably at least as responsible for that as President Biden. But President Biden does get good marks for his leadership of nato. But it is also true, i think it is fair to say,
breaking news. and welcome back to our coverage of the israel-hamas war. i m wolf blitzer in tel aviv. we re learning that the third group of hostages has been released to the red cross. today 17 hostages are being delivered to freedom. the idf said the most recent group of hostages includes both israelis and foreigners. we have heard from american officials that they have hoped that one american would be among the latest transfer of those held in hamas captivity in gaza. we re watching all of these dramatic developments unfold. i want to start with oren liebermann here in tel aviv. i know we re being briefed. give us the latest. right now we re expecting the release of a total of 17, 14 israeli citizens and that includes ann israeli russian citizen and three foreign nationals. if we look at the first part of the agreement that we hope will be continued, it was for 50 israeli hostages. that means as of right now, we have 13, 13 and 14. so that is a total of 40 at this poi
election offices are targeted with suspicious letters. more than a dozen have been sent across the country. one confirmed to be laced with fentanyl. the latest on the federal investigation and whether officials believe these letters are connected just ahead. also, wherever you go, it seems that screen is flipped around, and you re faced with pressing math questions. has tipping gone too far? new polling ahead. we re following these major developing stories and many more all coming in right here to cnn news central. israel s war on hamas intensifying on the streets of gaza. before we show you some new footage, we want to warn you some of these images are disturbing. this new video shows people trapped under rubble. buildings collapsed by israeli barrages on thursday, victims being pulled out of the rubble in a desperate search for survivors. today gunfire sent palestinian civilians near one hospital in northern gaza scrambling for safety. it comes amid reports that isr
announcer: this is cnn breaking news. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper in washington, d.c. tonight, as israel ramps up the bombardment of the terror group hamas, innocent civilians are finally being allowed to leave war-ravaged gaza. and egyptian official tells cnn that 361 foreign nationals left gaza and entered egypt through the rafah crossing today. the u.s. state department confirms some of them were americans. and sources say the group includes two american aid workers, dr. barbara zind, and ramona okumura, a prosthetics expert. one of ramona s family members will join us live in moments for now. so stick around for that. and the white house said it expects to get all americans out of gaza. a number believed to be around 400 within a few days. dozens of severely injured palestinians were allowed to cross into egypt today. and were rushed to egyptian hospitals for medical care that they haven t been able to get in gaza. despite this small g
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