About so where does it all go from here . Plus, did trump cross the line, judge juan merchan may once again punish the former president for violating his gag order, what the prosecution is asking for as they try to get trump to stop. On the surface, it may seem that trumps trial and the escalating violence and chaos on College Campuses have nothing to do with each other, but one of trumps former aides says it may, in fact, be part of a perfect political storm that is Helping Trump, boosting his election odds even as he sits quietly in court. But we start right here in New York City where a lunch break just began after a pretty wild morning at trumps trial. Its the former president accused of a crime, but todays proceedings have been focused squarely on his former fixer, Michael Cohen, his credibility, his likability and the lengths he went to to protect his boss as election day 2016 approached. Cohen hasnt even taken the stand, but his name has already come up more than a thousand time
S its a seinfeld shutdown. Im michael smerconish. When we have been here before, it was for understandable reasons. In the 90s it was about spend ing cuts. 2013 the issue was bipartisan disagreement over the Affordable Care act on president obamas watch. In 2018 the issue was president trumps desire to build a wall on the mexican border. But this time, the American Enterprise institute has started to recefer to the impasse as th seinfeld shutdown. It dates fwook georges pitch to tv executives. I think i can sum up the show for you with one word. Nothing. Nothing . Nothing. What does that mean . The show is about nothing. Indeed like the series, it is a shutdown about nothing to which i would add nothing except polarization. Well get to the impact that it all has on the military in just a moment. Also on todays program, police say an online influencer live streamed the widespread looting in philadelphia this week and encouraged the targeting of specific stores. Ill discuss the thorny is
voting to begin the process of impeaching biden as a defiant hunter biden rips the gop. and also breaking, trump s 2020 election interference case is now on hold. does that mean trump gets through the old election without going to trial? together it lasts, his story we ve all been following since the october 7 attacks as you know him and he speaks out, finally together with his wife and those little girls. sharing new details on what they endured. let s go out in front. good evening, i m erin burnett. out front tonight. the breaking news, voting moments ago to launch the impeachment inquiry. every single republican voting to authorize this inquiry despite having no direct evidence that biden broke the law. just moments ago, he is responding in a statement saying, instead of doing anything to help make american lives better, they re focused on attacking me with lies. now they claim this inquiry will give them more power who traveled to washington, defying the subpoena for
situation room live from tel aviv. i will see you tomorrow at noon eastern. happening now, breaking news. hamas releases 11 more civilian hostages from gaza on this, the first day of a temporary truce. back in israel where hospitals are preparing to treat them after more than seven weeks in captivity. the pause of hostilities has gotten. right now about this very fragile agreement. also tonight, my special interview with the uncle of a 13-year-old hostage who was freed on saturday without, repeat without, her mother despite demands from israeli officials. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in tel aviv israel, and you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. the breaking news this hour, moments ago israeli hostages began arriving at the hospitals here in tel aviv, just hours after hamas released 11 more civilians from gaza. with a trace of extension now in effect, we expect additional captives to come home in
one israeli man, whose wife and two daughters were among the israeli hostages released, says he won t celebrate until the last of the kidnapped return home. translation: i m happy that. i have received my family back. i m allowed to feeljoy and it is ok to shed a tear. that is a human thing. but i m not celebrating. i will not celebrate until the last of the hostages returns. israel says it has received a list with the names of the next 13 israeli hostages to be released by hamas. most of them are children. our middle east correspondent tom bateman has more on the hostage release and what s expected next. well, it was in a hospital close to tel aviv that eight of the israeli hostages were taken. they were the four children released today, and four women three mothers and one grandmother. the director of that hospital said they were in good physical condition, but that they were carrying out further medical and emotional checks on them. we have also had the other is really h