hours left in a fragile truce. secretary of state antony blinken is on the ground in israel right now trying to extend the pause as both israel and hamas say they are goring up ready to resume combat at a moment s notice. plus bullying and theater. that s how george santos is describing tomorrow s vote to kick him out of congress. will his fellow republicans keep him in his seat so they can keep their majority? and fu, that s what kevin mccarthy allegedly told donald trump after he refused to condemn the push to oust him as speaker. the reporter with that scoop is here with all the details. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start with breaking news out of the middle east. two hostages were just released from hamas captivity. the 21-year-old are finally free and safe in israeli territory. that s according to the idf. we are expecting more women and children to be freed from that terror group s captivity today. i want to go straight to a
sir patrick vallance, the government s chief scientific adviser during the pandemic, has told the covid inquiry that the government s response to limit the spread of the virus in the early months was not, in his words, operationally effective. he said borisjohnson, who was prime minister at the time, had struggled to understand some of the scientific concepts that were presented. the inquiry is currently looking at decisions made by politicians during the pandemic. helena wilkinson reports. sir patrick vallance arriving at the inquiry in central london this morning ahead of giving evidence. he became one of the most recognisable faces during the pandemic. faces during the pandemic. patrick, over to yom faces during the pandemic. patrick, over to you. appearing faces during the pandemic. patrick, over to you. appearing at faces during the pandemic. patrick, over to you. appearing at daily - over to you. appearing at daily covid news over to you. appearing at daily c
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we have the most important force of all and as the voice of the jurors, they have spoken donald j trump has been convicted of 34 counts in american president turn convicted felon, 34 times over tonight, the jurors have spoken, but the voters have not. this story is far from over. in fact, it might be just the beginning. welcome to a special edition of laura coates live on this very historic night tomorrow, the 2024 presidential campaign enters a new, more uncertain phase. donald trump is now newly convicted and he will address the cameras at trump tower of all places at 11:00 a.m. eastern. now, we ve got two a little bit of a taste of what his message might be when he spoke after hearing the verdict, 34 counts worth today this was a rigged disgraceful trial that the real verdict is going to be november 5th, by the people and they know what happened here. we didn t do anything wrong. i m a very innocent man while the 12 new york jurors who sat and watched him inside for wh
Katy Tur hosts coverage of national and international news, including breaking stories. Counsel. How much specificity would we get here in seeing a plea deal . Would there be things that are sort of kept from public view or would it be pretty clear what the guts are here . I dont think the first filing i dont think will reveal everything. In other words, i think the first filing, announcing the plea deal and that sort of thing is probably not going to spell out in great detail exactly what Information Cohen has to provide. We may have to await several weeks, several months down the road to find out the full scope of his cooperation and the full breadth of his information. Kristen welker, i think we have you standing by as well. The other aspect of this, we set this up at the top, Michael Cohen so close to donald trump for so long, that famous line where he said he would take a bullet for donald trump. Obviously in the last few weeks, yes, it sounds like hes been telegraphing this possi