hamas as part of this deal. congresswoman alissa slotkin, we appreciate you joining us this afternoon. our coverage of today s hostage our coverage of today s hostage release continues. captions by vitac www.vitac.com announcer: this is cnn breaking news. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. we are following the major breaking news today. after more than 49 days in captivity, the first group of hostages held by hamas are now back in israel. and moments ago, we just saw some of those hostages met by cheers, as they arrive by helicopter at a children s hospital near tel aviv. we don t know how many people will be brought there. but sources say the mothers and their kids who were freed today, will not be separated. a total of 24 hostages were taken out of gaza earlier today in these vans right here by the red cross, where they then got their initial medical checks. now, the rest will all be taken to hospitals across israel based on their current me
palestinian prisoners, according to qatari officials. hamas will hand over these hostages to red cross workers somewhere inside gaza. they will then enter israel through one of two places, either directly from gaza, right here, or further south from egypt down here. once in israel, they will be taken directly to hospitals by helicopter. now, the larger agreement calls for a pause in fighting for four days, a total of 50 hostages of the estimated 236 being held will be freed. americans are not expected to be released today, but some are part of the four-day agreement that includes abigail adan, whose fourth birthday is today. she turns 4 today. she was kidnapped on october 7th by hamas terrorists, who murdered her parents. this morning, we have seen some aid trucks crossing through from egypt, through the rafah crossing. here are some images of that. this is part of the agreement. we have teams of reporters standing by at all the crossings and across the region. let s get righ
criminal court in downtown houston, texas where the second migrant is set to am before a judge as we learn new details about the girl s murder, criminal investigation and suspects immigration status. welcome to a now hour of america s newsroom. i m dana perino. bill hemmer is off. great to have you, bret. bret: i m bret baier in washington. the judge yesterday setting bail for one of the suspects at $10 million. the other suspect will face the same judge today. they are accused of tying up the 12-year-old girl, killing her by strangulation and tossing her body under a bridge. dana: the district attorney telling us that additional evidence could trigger the death penalty. it is clear that a sexual assault likely happened. since neither defendant has admitted that, circumstantial evidence will have to prove it. we re waiting on lab tests now to see if the capital murder charge can be upgraded to one where they are death penalty eligible. dana: matt finn is live in ar
for absolutely free doctors preferred better science, better results welcome to all viewers watching in the us and all around the world. by max foster in london, ahead on cnn newsroom, we aren t counting down to the first us presidential debate. of this election season happening right here on cnn this week joe biden and donald trump, how they re preparing plus deadly attacks on churches and synagogues in russia has no claim of responsibility so far, but authorities believe they were coordinated and the end of a pga tour event interrupted when climate protesters carrying smoke bombs invaded the 18th green cnn s a stored presidential debate is now just three days away. us president joe biden will debate his predecessor donald trump for the first time. since 2020. mr. biden and mr. trump had very different approaches to debate preparations whilst trump hit the campaign trail this weekend, courting christian conservatives president biden has been hunkered down at camp david
Evening. And the Rachel Maddow show starts right now. You. Just lived my nightmare. I know. This was going to come out while i was live on the air. Your staff had a betting pool on it. We did. Whoever won the betting pool was supposed to get tacos. You got tacos anyway. We got tacos for everybody at 8 00 anyway. I couldnt wait any more. It worked, because i got it. We brought the tacos, we did not bring your staff any tacos, well make that up to you tomorrow. Usually when i start this show at 9 00 p. M. Eastern, i have a script that i have written because there are things in the news that i would like to tell you about. Tonight there is no script because im going to go through what we just learned from the special Councils Office, im going to go through it with you,
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