killed in the raid, could the united states push for a cease-fire be in jeopardy? american s top diplomat in the middle east tonight. cbs evening news starts now. international pressure builds on hamas to accept the cease-fire and hostage proposal laid out by president biden. tonight, the terror group says it s ready to negotiate. good evening. i m norah o donnell, and thank you for being with us. we want to begin with a new diplomatic push to stop the israel-hamas war and renewed hope that more hostages could be released. the u.n. security council just approve the latest plan, and america s top diplomat secretary of state antony blinken is back in the middle east trying to close the deal tonight. this comes as we are getting dramatic new video of the daring raid that freed four israeli hostages over the weekend. which came at a staggering cost for a palestinian cbs s chris livesay s leads us off from tel aviv. reporter: new footage shows the moment as related command
the crisis at the border. the warning from law enforcement. the dangerous gang crossing illegally and committing crimes. and apple s big entry into the ai race. the new iphone features. siri s getting more chatty. and the emojis you will now be able to create. announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. and good evening. i m tom llamas in for lester. for the first time the child of a sitting president facing a potential criminal conviction. right now a jury deliberating the fate of hunter biden, the sole surviving son of the president. today hunter declined to take the stand in his own defense. many of his family members, including first lady jill biden, in the courtroom nearly every day of the trial. prosecutors calling the evidence against hunter personal, ugly and overwhelming. hunter biden is charged with three felonies stemming from the purchase of a handgun in 2018 when he was allegedly using drugs including crack cocaine. hunter s defense team maintai
hamas captivity and why the mission almost fell apart. plus with palestinian civilians killed in the raid, could the united states push for a cease-fire ban jeopardy. cbs evening news starts now. international pressure builds on hamas to accept a cease-fire and hostage proposal laid out by president biden. tonight the terror group says it s ready to negotiate. good evening, i am norah o donnell. thank you for being with us. we want to begin with the new diplomatic push to stop the israel-hamas war. and renewed hope that more hostages could be released. the u.n. security council just approve the latest plan and america s top diplomat secretary of state antony blinken is back in the middle east trying to close the deal tonight. this comes as we are getting dramatic new video of the daring raid that freed four is really hostages over the weekend. which came at a staggering cost for palestinian civilians. cbs s chris livesay s leads us off from tel aviv. new footage shows the
history. [shouting] [chanting free, free palestine] [shouting] statue across from the statue in lafayette park. commander in the french army helped america during the revolutionary war. that s what happens in hamas sim sympathizer take over the park. thousands showed up to protest. question i had all week whereby was law enforcement? well, there was this poor guy. [chanting] pig, oink oink. [shouting] who you serve and who do you protect? [bleep] laura: assaulted. and when police tried step in one time, this happened. [chanting] laura: the park police, the d.c. metro police and secret service all knew that this protest was happening weeks ago. so it s unclear why statues weren t protected. given what happened to the same park in the same park on memorial day 2020. we were there. now, we have criminals on video assaulting police officers, committing crimes, and, look, yeah, we understand that there are no plans to prosecute anyone. that the protest is described as larg
washington and this is cnn welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. this hour, the dramatic new video of the rescue mission we say four israeli hostages over the weekend showing the very moment to three men and a woman were found alive ahead. this brief moment of unity for those leading the charge and how has quickly turned the political upheaval for israeli prime minister netanyahu as he drives his government intact. plus a race to watch in nikki haley s backyard, south carolina s congressional this pick one, donald trump, lost his primary race in that area. and now he s endorsing a woman challenging know now he s endorsing congresswoman nancy mace, but she is being challenged he is donald trump s endorsement in nikki haley s backyard hurt or help? i ll ask her. she ll be here on the lead. the challenger. we start this hour with the breaking news. the jury in hunter biden s federal gun trial is done for the day after deliberating for about an hour. cnn s evan perez is outside t