first round of hostages released. 13 israelis among those taken by hamas. now free. back in israel as part of a swap for an initial 39 palestinian prisoners. the hostages were released to the red cross. right now in the process of being reunited with their families. no americans in this initial phase. separately, ten thai and one filipino captives were released by the terror group. coming un, we ll take to a relative of the three israeli hostages that are back home. and former israeli ambassador to the u.n., danny danon on what happens next. and meanwhile, demonstrations aimed at retailers this busy black friday. your world starts now. welcome. i m edward lawrence from the nation s capitol in for neil cavuto, this is a special edition of your world. team coverage with jeff paul in tel aviv on where things stand right now and lucas tomlinson on what the president is saying. we begin with jeff. yeah, good evening, ed. we re learning a short while ago that like today, th
session, k he then passed the dt ceiling, the only debt ceiling bill that has hassed passed isth the mccarthy bill which has $4.1 trillion in cuts and is the first significant step towards avoiding default, and then he left tdo become the first speakr in 5o thebe years to address te denecessary se to t in israel oe 75th anniversary of the founding of israel. that s jus t one week in the lie of speaker mccarthy.eake and in the process concern and, by then th way, this congressioa delegationl includes a number om ocdemocrats. so he s working very hard to build a bipartisan momentum inti the direction ofsa real reform. maria: yeah. and nowth i think it s goingo be up to the senate and biden to respond to the reality. maria: and he follows you being the first speaker to do so.st former speaker of the house newt gingrich, great to seesp you. thank you, sir. goo td to see you. maria: have a great sunday, everybody. i ll see you again tomorrow. detour yeah. school isn t gonna
thank you, mr. speaker. i want to thing the president for the meaningful conversation today and on behalf of the house democratic caucus, we offered our continued partnership and cooperation as we seek to grow our economic ties. speaker mccarthy, on behalf of this bipartisan delegation, assembled behind us, i want to thank you for facilitating this meeting and fostering this bipartisan engagement. in matters of foreign policy is the speaker mentioned, it s important for us to set aside partisanship and work together to promote the common interests in the interests of the free world. in the 40 years since the taiwan relations act as hassed, the partnership between the united states and taiwan has been shared. i told the presidents the house will never abandon this relationship and will work hard and glove with the biden
trump s conduct. he said, trump continued to argue the election had been stolen even though courts didn t back up his claims. he belittled and had a hassed elected officials to get his way. he encouraged his own vice president mike pence to take extraordinary actions. my vote in this impeachment does nothing to excuse those actions. there is no doubt in my mind that president trump s language was extreme, aggressive and irresponsible. everyone must take responsibility for their actions. apparently that does not extend to swaying to the warm-up rally this weekend. yeah. and senator grassley, far from alone. he of course announced he will run for re-election. so therefore he believes he needs trump voters so he will make nice. if he s on stage to endorse trump. we ve heard similar statements from mike pence who is now
some of the statistics that you just mentioned. when you look at numbers. 20% of all cases right here in the state of florida. and then add to that, the new guidelines from the cdc. broward county decided to go back to the drawing board to look at what they plan to do with mask policy for the upcoming school year. in of the parents who spoke at the meeting were against requiring masks but ultimately the board unanimously decided to bring back masks for the upcoming school year. something that governor ron desantis is very much against and hassed that he will call for a special session of the legislature in order to ensure that masks remain optional for schools. listen to what he said last night to a group in salt lake city. did you not get the cdc s memo. i don t see you guys complying. think it is very important that we say unequivocally, no to lockdowns, no to school closures, no to restrictions and