joining us. joining us. ac 360 starts now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com who and when? those are the two key questions at this moment, as we wait for the release of women and children taken hostage on october 7th. john berman in for anderson. first, the when, which we thought was just a few hours away, a temporary pause in fighting between israeli forces in hamas followed by the release of the first 50 hostages from gaza and 150 palestinians being held in israel. late today, however, israel s national security counscil will not start until friday. this includes the pause in fighting, also delayed until friday. as to the question of who, a source familiar with the matter tells us that the u.s. officials have a working list of ten hostages they believe are likely to be released on day one of the process. and though no one is publicly naming the ten, administration officials today did talk specifically about three americans being held. we anticipate that three amer
marquardt. new hope for more than two dozen premature babies evacuated from a decimated hospital in gaza as israel tries to make the case that the medical facility was a hamas command center. plus, tech madness. openai now in turmoil after a chaotic 72 hours seeing its ceo fired and quickly hired over at microsoft. hundreds of workers at openai threatening to follow him. a heated courtroom showdown right now. donald trump fighting his gag order in the federal 2020 election subversion case. trump says it s about the first amendment and free speech. special counsel says trump is trying to intimidate witnesses. following these major developing stories and many more coming in right here to cnn news central. we begin this hour with more fighting at gaza s hospitals. israel s military says its troops target add group of militants after they opened fire from inside the indonesian hospital overnight. the head of the world health organization says he is appalled by the attack,
msnbc road headquarters here in new york. welcome everyone to alex witt reports. re beginning with breaking ne. a colorado judge ruling that donald trump can be on the ballot when saying he engaged in an insurrection. he gave him both a rebuke as well aslegavictory. the wording of section three of the 14th amendment does not apply specifically to the office of the president. joining me now, christie greenberg former federal prosecutor former deputy chief for the southern district of new york criminal division. let s get into this, chris. the insurrection is certainly a key part of the 14th amendment that would keep trump off of the ballot. are you surprised by this ruling? mainly, the judge concluded that trump engaged in an insurrection through incitement. take a moment to pause on that. saying, there is a judge saying that former president trump engaged in an insurrection. that is a momentous holding. he gets off on a technicality here because the judge also found that he
to compete with the future. kevin s now part of this next generation of young people who feel they can thrive. hey, everyone, good morning, and welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, november 18. i m amara walker. i m victor blackwell. thank you for being with us. here is what we re watching for you. the first plane carrying people injured in fighting in gaza arrives in the uea this morning. a colorado judge says former president trump did engage in insurrection but rules he can stay on the republican primary ballot. the reason for the judge s ruling and what comes next into spacex will try today to launch its starship rocket, the most powerful ever built. details on the launch and what it could mean for human exploration of the moon and mars. more than 100 days after the maui wildfires, officials are still searching for missing people. how they are working to bring closure to those families coming up on cnn this morning. this morning, a plane carrying
strange, and something hateful. americans reading from a two decades old from the al-qaeda terrorist behind the 9/11 attacks that murdered nearly 3000 people. not just reading the letter, but celebrating it. influencers saying their entire world view has changed. 14 million people watched other americans essentially say, a homicidal maniac sounded like he made sense. the letter was warehoused on the guardians website, and as you can see it has now been moved, but not before tiktok pushed droves to viewers they re. the white house felt of the gated to say the obvious out loud. there is never a justification for spreading the repugnant evil and antisemitic lies that the leader of al-qaeda issued after committing the worst terrorist attack in american history. violence is as old as but hate and anger seem to be coming a regular feature of american life. on college campuses like like george, washington and lee elsewhere like cornell where some students now live in fear. i