hopes on the rise for a potential hostage a release. all of them, everybody should be out now. lawyers for donald trump and the justice department facing off before a federal appeals court in washington. the order is unprecedented and sets a terrible precedent for future restrictions on core political speech. the justice department says there is a significant threat of a drone attack. a range are using drones to advance their nefarious purposes. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is tuesday, november 21, 9:00 a.m. in london, 11:00 a.m. in northern gaza where the israeli military says forces are advancing as they engage in face-to-face battles with hamas militants. an idf spokesperson says forces reached the heart of gaza city much earlier than hamas expected and are pressing on according to plan. meanwhile in an interview, former israeli prime minister says bunkers underneath al-shifa were built by israel decades ago t
cheering on the red sox soon. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. never do you see a federal court hearing involving donald trump, but today we heard every single word. the lead starts right now. challenging the order. the former president pushing back on federal judge who put limits on what trump can say and where he can say it. ahead, take you inside the courtroom and why today s hearing mattered so much. plus, anger in israel. the heated exchanges with families of hostages kidnapped by hamas. and protesting boss moves. hundreds of employees at tech giant openai threatening to quick over firing of their founder and face of the company. welcome to the lead everyone. i m in for jake tapper. we start with a remarkable day in one of donald trump s four criminal cases. federal courts do not allow live cameras, but today we got to hear live audio in the federal election subversion case. the former president facing charges that include conspiring to overt
the president will visit a small local business that s benefited from the paycheck protection program loans as millions of americans eagerly await another round of direct payments to ease the financial burden of a year battling covid. joining me now to kick things off, my fellow chief white house correspondent and weekend today co-host, peter alexander, who s live at the white house. associated press white house reporter, jonathan la mir, and erin haynes, editor at large at the 91. peter, i have to start with you and this messaging strategy that we are seeing from president biden. talk about it, what is the goal here and what can americans expect from this bill? because that s the big question on everyone s minds. yeah, first of all, kristen, you look nice at that desk here this morning. let s walk you through what s going on. we expect president biden to leave here shortly to head to that local business that s benefiting from ppp, that loan like so many other businesses ac
of the costs. up to this point, it s been trump s political action committee, save america, that s been fronting those costs. already spending more than $40 million just this year to pay for the legal fees for trump and many of his associates. jessica schneider, cnn, washington. associates have remained loyal to donald trump, as they face troubles. stephanie grisham is saying why she believes, the co-defendants on the documents case haven t turned on the former president. i think this is a design that trump does to people. he chooses and selects vulnerable people to surround him. i m putting myself in that group, by the way. this new gentleman, i ve never seen at mar-a-lago. and i spent a lot of time there. you consider him, the fact he started as a valet and worked his way up. he owes trump. he chooses people. they work their way up. and we feel ingratiated towards
that. republicans will look for political gain. there may be reasons to investigate the larger questions of money further, but this was a fundamental lawyering with a lot of political implicationisimpli. don t expect republicans to have to the fact of the case over the narrative they re trying to pursue. they would say the facts of the case haven t been fully given to the public. republicans on capitol hill think there s a lot of information being hidden from the public. that s why they had the whistle-blowers come to ko congress. joseph ziegler will be here in the 8:00 a.m. hour. for as long as this has been going on republicans have believed a lot of things are being hidden from the public to are protect joe biden and so more facts are coming out, and that s a good thing. transparency here for joe biden. he s the president. it s deserved. can you talked to mitch mcconnell yesterday, even is worried because he froze for 23 seconds at the podium, and this