Respected labour mp, sir tony lloyd. On paper, it should have been relatively straightforward for labour to win. Labour has won there for the past 1a years. Azhar ali won the contest to be labours candidate and appeared as their candidate on the ballot paper. But Labour Disowned and suspended him over remarks widely alleged to be anti semitic. He said sorry for what he said. George galloway won the Bradford West By Election in 2012 another constituency with a significant Muslim Population he is standing. His critics accuse him of Stoking Division in towns he previously has had little to do with. In a campaign with a heavy focus on the plight of people in gaza, he said he offers a voice to people who otherwise wouldnt have one. He is a former labour mp and a former respect mp. His campaign was focused on the 30 of the constituency which is muslim. Simon danczuk is claiming to be a real alternative. He is the reform uk candidate, which used to be the brexit party, and he was the mp for r
month. boeing says it is taking steps to make sure this doesn t happen again. our coverage continues now with wolf blitzer in the situation room. i ll see you tomorrow. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. welcome to our viewers here in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in the situation room and we re following major breaking news here in washington. we re awaiting two key votes in the house of representatives on a truly historic vote, including a truly historic vote impeaching the homeland security secretary alejandro mayorkas. we re also standing by for the house to vote on a standalone bill sending aid to israel. this as federal appeals court deals a huge blow to donald trump s legal defense ruling he does not have does not have immunity in the federal election subversion case. let s get to cnn s manu raju. update our viewers on these important two votes. reporter: we re waiting for what will be an historic and unprecedented and highly
moment. was there anything i missed? he said he really hoped the momentum round this would lead to further and deep negotiations and did make the point as we discussed that the aid that will be getting across is a fraction of what is needed at the moment. but he made the point anna, very much they are ready to go on the ground and he didn t comment, did he, on why we have seen this delay? did he, on why we have seen this dela ? ., ., , delay? no, he didn t. that is something delay? no, he didn t. that is something we delay? no, he didn t. that is something we have - delay? no, he didn t. that is something we have been - delay? no, he didn t. that is i something we have been trying delay? no, he didn t. that is - something we have been trying to work out. at this time yesterday the suggestion was everything was ready to go. there were timings which hadn t been officially confirmed for today but they were being widely reported last night. evening news programmes were talk
both on the release and to find out who exactly will be released, the idf is still striking gaza. more than 100 bodies were buried in a mass grave in khan younis. israel has detained the al shifa hospital director. reporter: we were expecting to see the first hostages emerging out of gaza today, but a last-minute snag means they re going to have to endure at least one more day of captivity. the white house is stressing this is only a delay and the agreement still holds. this morning, the guns in gaza were supposed to be silent. instead, the fighting continues, and so does the agonizing wait for the families of the hostages. nobody knows exactly who s included in the deal yet. reporter: both hamas and israeli officials had said the deal would start this morning, but overnight announcing a delay. the white house says it s down to final logistical details. seven members of gilad s family were kidnapped, including his granddaughter. if you could speak to your family now, wh
waiting for a truce any minute now, we may know when the positive fighting between israel and hamas will begin and also when the hostages will start being released after being held captive for nearly seven weeks by hamas. officials are saying a fiery explosion at a ridge between the u.s. and canada that shut down border crossings has no link 20 the terror threat. start mac former obama administration official accused of stalking a food vendor, i m kate baldwin with danny freeman. this is a special edition of cnn news central. we are standing by right now for what could be the final word on when the hostage agreement entries will begin. it was suddenly delayed yesterday and there s been true confusion around it ever since. here looking live with the press conference, where the press conference will be starting any moment in qatar where qatari officials who have been key brokers in these negotiations will be giving that update, the word from the white house is final logis