d.c. conventional wisdom. the summer beginning with democrats almost fatalistic about losing the house. here are today s headlines. a shift in trends showing democrats daring to dream, the times reported on the rebound. the post reporting democrats showing momentum in these recent special elections, which is hard data. the d.c. website axios reports on the democrats now stunning turnaround. now, first, this is classic washington a narrative zigs and zags. everything gets exaggerated. there s a lot of self-interested reasons that people need to make things so histrionic. i can also tell you tonight, the reason this is the top story here where we try not to be histrionic is because there is hard data showing democrats improving. and at this point they might start asking themselves, well, how did we get here? they may ask themselves, where does that midterm highway go? same as it ever was. that s of course how the talking heads and david byrne memorably put it. the numbers
and cogen analysis it s the honesty like a clogged men s room toilet at a time square burger king. we are brimming with it. for example, just now i said happy wednesday and, true, it s wednesday. fox and friends would have said something like, thursday. stupid liars. but that s not just an isolated instance of honesty. it permeates this show like powdered sugar in brian stelter s chest hair. keep telling him to shave. for example, this was a slow news day. so slow i was like the only one in this building. wait until jesse sees what i did to his suits. hi no idea polyester was that flammable. now i could have done a mono on inflation or joe biden but really not again. it s so boring. thankfully a producer offered this headline. quote, transgender x neo-nazi robber to receive fast track gender confirmation surgeries. wow. i m so glad he s an ex neo-nazi. but talk about a perfect storm of gutfeldian content. trans, nazi, gender surgery, prison. it sounds like a hogan s heroes af
reporting that hamas decided to delay the second round of release of hostages, after yesterday, that included 13 women and children. i m jacqui heinrich. griff: i m griff jenkins. despite the delay of the release. a delegation arrived to meet with israeli officials where they re discussing possible extension of the cease-fire. hey, alex. hi, jacqui and griff. the officials say they will not release the hostages or delaying it until there s more aid that comes into gaza. we will have to continue to monitor this. it s worth noting yesterday that the hostages were released a couple of hours after the initial expected release time. now, what we re also seeing are those heart warming photos and videos of families being reunited with loved ones and who has successfully made it home and who is back on israeli soil. and danielle and her daughter, and adina, and magda, and we re seeing them hugging families members as they arrived and this is a 9-year-old boy who celebrated his birt
imm imminent? everyone from the white house to israel officials say we re very, very close. we ll ask an israeli government spokesman where things stand right now. plus, the u.s. launching an air strike on militants in iraq. it follows the 66 earth attack by iran backed groups on u.s. forces in the region. this is a quick response. the read from former defense secretary mark esper. your world starts right now. welcome. i m edward lawrence. from the nation s capitol in for neil cavuto. this is your world. so jeff paul, we begin with jeff paul in southern israel. when could we see innocent civilians freed? that is the million dollar question. we re watching any possible developments that could come out of this israeli government meeting going on right now. we should point out this was previously unscheduled. that might give you an idea of how possibly close they could be to approving a deal that could return hostages back to israel. they are expected to vote on that tonig
Etiqutte guide about how to behave online and at music festivals. And today, as the worlds most famous investor, warren buffett, is being used to sell cherry cola in china, we want to know, which Celebrity Endorsements have convinced you to make a purchase. Just use the hashtag bbcbizlive. We start in india, where the uk Finance Minister is leading a trade delegation. Its a two day visit, where Philip Hammond will stress that britain is open for business and looking for new trade deals, as the uk negotiates its way out of the european union. Both countries have had a relationship spanning many years. And lets talk you through the relationship. In 2014, the value of all the goods and Services Sold between india and the United Kingdom was about 24 billion. And it works in indias favour they export a lot more goods to the uk than the other way around. Their top exports are clothing, footwear and medical items. What are the countries hoping to gain in the future . India is looking to raise