in this case, my office will seek a speedy trial so that our evidence can be tested in court and judged by a jury of citizens. that was special counsel jack smith back in august, and now he s asking the u.s. supreme court for a speedy ruling on whether presidential immunity protects donald trump from prosecution. also tonight, the u.n. describes the situation in gaza as apocalyptic and on the brink of collapse. for all the death and destruction, how much has hamas been degraded by israel. plus, a major new development tonight in the case of a texas woman who sought a court order to get an abortion. and we begin with the american hard right s bear hug of the european hard right. hungary s authoritarian leader, viktor orban, has long been a right wing idol for republicans trying to destroy democracy at home. it should come as no surprise that this week, allies of orban will hold a closed door meeting with republicans in washington, including members of congress, to push
breaking news in the january 6th investigation into former president donald trump. special counsel jack smith plans to present evidence at trump s trial next year that his continued support for capital rioters showed he intended to inspire violence on january six as part of a conspiracy he led to overturn the 2020 election. let s get more now on this with cnn s chief legal affairs correspondent, paula reid and former federal prosecutor, renato mary adi. tell us what we re hearing here and why dissociative again. this is fascinating because this is the first time the special counsel has really laid out exactly how they are going to present large parts of their case before a jury next march. they listed all the specific evidence that they intend to present. at a high-level, they are going to argue that, look, since january 6th, former president trump has continued to show public support for the capitol rioters. for example, he has suggested that, if he is reelected, he coul
next president. take a look at these headlines. the atlantic devoting an entire issue to the subject of a second trump term with the words, if trump wins. from the new york times, why a second trump presidency may be more radical than the first. from the guardian, a second trump term will be far more autocratic than the first, he s telling us. the washington post, a trump dictatorship is increasingly inevitable. the through line is a warning donald trump could transform every institution that comes under the sway of the presidency from the justice department to the federal bureaucracy that makes every government agency tip, to the allianct underpin our foreign pocy. don t assume trump will fall sort of his goals like did so often in his first term. a second-term trump would be different. from the atlantic, i his first term, corruption and brutality were mitigated by lay v llaziness. in a second term, he woul have more willing enablers in tow and a much more
hello, i m boris sanchez in washington, alongside wolf blitzer in tel aviv, israel. in just 11 hours when the clock strikes midnight in the united states, the fighting will stop. at least that s the new plan for the temporary truce between israel and hamas after a one-day delay. the pause will be followed by the first group of hostages released by hamas. this morning, the qatari government laid out an updated framework. listen. the beginning of the pause will be 7:00 a.m. friday. the 24th of november. and it will last as agreed for four days. and the first batch of civilians to be released will be around 4:00 p.m. on the same day. they will be 13 in number, all women and children. and wolf, cnn has learned the israeli government has received a list of 13 women and children who will be released tomorrow, and their families have been notified. interesting, the first group of palestinian prisoners, boris, is also set to be freed by israel at that same time on friday, 4:00
this is cnn breaking news. we do continue to follow the breaking news this morning. this time tomorrow morning 13 women and children who are held hostage inside of gaza should be free. qatari officials held a press conference and laid out the details. the truce begins at midnight tonight. and then the first group of hostages will be released. the list of the names of those women and children to be releasrelease ed in this first group is now in the hands of the israeli officials. the prime minister s office says with that list in hand, they are contacting the families of the remaining hostages, and last hour, one family received word while live on air with us that their loved ones are not part of the group. and qatar says that once the truce begins, desperately-needed aid will move into gaza, and the trucks are waiting right now at the rafah crossing. kaitlan collins with us now. and a lot of moving parts in the last couple of hours. what are you hearing there? yes, k