we are standing by to review that affidavit as soon as it comes out, which could be this hour. let s begin this hour with cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider. jess, this affidavit could be released any moment, sometime between now and noon. walk us through this whole process, what we will see, what we probably won t see. yeah, in i minute now, guys. what s interesting about this is it s all been a relatively rapid process. you know, it was less than four hours after the doj submitted their proposed redactions that the judge ruled, yes, in fact, he would accept that proposal and it would be released to the public. like you said, in just two hours here. and what s notable is that the judge seems to be agreeing with what the doj has proposed, despite the fact that what we saw in court just about a week ago was doj pushing back substantially against the judge, saying even if they issued a redacted version of this affidavit, they said that there would be so many redactio
have, i know jim has, it gets so, so it s hard to believe what these people actually went through, yet they were able to survive, like my mom and dad, they were able to survive, they were young, they were strong, and then after the war they were blessed and they came to the united states, they got permission to come and they settled in buffalo, new york, which is where i of course grew up. this country gave them a chance like so many other holocaust survivors and i m so grateful to the u.s. house of representatives and the senate back in 1948 to pass what was called the displaced persons act of 1948, which granted 400,000 visas to displaced persons, many of them holocaust survivors, and they were given a chance to come to america and build a new life. they were told where they would be going, my parents were told they re going to buffalo. my dad didn t know where buffalo was but they said it s new york. they said, oh, new york, probably a lot of jewish people there. they didn t know
meet again in madrid. the white house is sponding wrirltsz not going to tew way anytime. the talk for the need to defend s russia s invader. the big breaking news. 100,000 ukrainian refugees will now, according to president biden, up to 100,000 will be allowed to. come to the united states. subject close to my heart personally because in 1948, the house and senate passed a displaced persons act of 1948. president truman signed it into law, granting 200,000 visas and 4 400,000 incloouding to displaced persons from hall cost 2002.