heinrich starts us off tonight. good evening, jacqui. good evening, mike. today in a background call about these documents, the white house counsel s office at one point encouraged reporters to look into the secret deals kevin mccarthy made to be secret speaker of the house. sums up the posture of this administration and the information blackout that we are getting right now. come on, guys. reporters didn t hear from the president s lawyers today. but the white house brought the golden state warriors to the brady briefing room. good afternoon, everybody. and the press secretary. i have been forthcoming from this podium. and, yet, most questions directed at karine jean-pierre went unanswered. reporters repeatedly referred to the white house counsel s office which had made an adviser, not a lawyer, available just an hour earlier. referring reporters to the department of justice and the president s personal attorney. we have within trying to answer questions thor
that means they re off limits to you and all other ordinary american citizens who don tericn work for the government. you re not allowed to sewhe thet despite the fact they belong to you. now, no matter what, you may have heard the point of the system is not to protect the country from foreign adversaries under the administration. we don t even bother to do that anymore. now, the point the system is to take power from the voters and the officials they elect and hand that power to the permanent bureaucracy in washington.lect and hand that it s infuriating and over time it is dangerous. us. but for once, we can repot some meaningful pushback against this regime of secrecy and deceit. kevin mccarthy of californii tha decei became speaker of the housee last week, last friday, and in . one of his first big policy changes, he is pledging to let americans see, quote, all that l happened at the u.s. capitol on january six . 2020 one . and that means finally 14,00 releasing the rou
americans say economic conditions are poor and the government is not doing enough to fight inflation. cnn white house correspondent mj lee is with us now, so, mj, in addition to this meeting, what else is the white house planning? well, as you both know, it has not been easy for president biden to remain focused consistently on economic issues, particularly inflation, obviously, the first few months of the year, we saw the president be completely consumed on what was happening in ukraine and the war over there and having to stay engaged on those foreign policy issues. and then, just this last week as an example, he traveled to asia, this important foreign trip, where he did try to stay focused on domestic economic issues and as soon as he came back, he, of course, had to react to this mass shooting in uvalde, texas, and had to sort of focus on consoling a grieving community there. so, if we take a look at the president s schedule today and what he is doing, we are seeing th
right now on early start, the temporary truce between israel and hamas has been extended by two days. could it go even longer? plus israel has received the list of hostages that could be released today. how many and how soon. and lawyers reveal the final witness at donald trump s civil fraud trial, the former president himself will take the stand last in new york. good day to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it is 5:00 a.m. in washington, noon in gaza where israel and hamas have reached a deal to extend the four day truce that began last friday by an additional two days. in order to extend the pause hamas has committed to releasing another 20 women and children over the next two days. we would of course hope to see the pause extended further and that will depend upon hamas continuing to release hostages. monday hamas freed another 11 hostages mostly women and children, all israeli dual citizens, none of them american. so 69 host
tonight the united nations hears a claim that 3,200 children have been killed in gaza injust three weeks, more than the number of children killed annually across the world s conflict zones since 2019. as israel s ground operation continues, what next for this escalting conflict? tonight talking us through israel s strategy for its ground operation inside gaza, mark will be with us. we ll be hearing from the director of a palestinian medical aid charity who refuses to leave northern gaza. everywhere you go right now there is a complete disaster happening right now and gaza strip. people are saying that gazza is the new aleppo, so i am still standing in the north of gaza and i believe i still have my dignity with me, staying in my home, scrapping for whatever food and water. and as the united nations security council holds another emergency meeting tonight, we ll bejoined live by an israeli cabinet minister and the un special rapporteur for the palestinian territories. is the u