gaza, why said the situation is getting worse each minute. u.s. coast guard rocked by allegations that leaders held back information for years failing to keep people safe pick reporting on reforms they plan to make, we follow these major developing stories coming into cnn news central. a 24 hour dictatorship, that s how donald trump will start a second term in the white house. his comments coming during an iowa town hall after he already signaled he would use presidential powers to carry out personal vendettas, his allies have echoed those plans leading to a host of former government officials, constitutional scholars, and other republicans warning trump would usher an era of authoritarianism. now last night, the former president ally and adviser, and also fox news anchor sean hannity offered him and out. trump did not take it, listen to this. under no circumstances you are promising america tonight you would never abuse power as retribution against anybody. except da
is going to be able to pass a package for additional aid for israel and ukraine. congress has to decide whether to continue to support the fight for freedom. as the house pushes to formalize an impeachment inquiry into president biden. a loss of principle but a great recipe for democratic victories. good morning, everyone. i m phil mattingly with poppy harlow in new york. new satellite images this morning show israeli forces pushing into southern gaza where united nations officials say the situation is apocalyptic with nowhere safe to go and civilian casualties rapidly rising. a warning now the following video is graphic. this is what the video shows inside of a hospital in southern gaza, this morning it is dire. wounded patients are lying on the floor, surrounded by their bloody clothes. the hamas-run health ministry says hospitals in southern gaza now are collapsing. alex marquardt is live in tel aviv with much more. alex, thank you for joining us. what is the i
today on inside politics, expelled. the house just voted to kick george santos out of congress. his response to the historic move, to hel ll with this place we ll go live to capitol hill in moments. plus airstrikes, combat and bloodshed as the israel-hamas collapses and fighting vums. this as an explosive new report is out about what israel knew about the hamas terror plot more than a year before the attack, and why did they dismiss those warnings. i m going to ask the reporters who broke the story. and remembering a trailblazer. sandra day o connor, the first justice died today at the age of 93. tributes are pouring in honoring her life and legacy both on and off the bench. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start with that breaking news on capitol hill. george santos just became the third lawmaker since the civil war to be kicked out of the house of representatives by his peers. manu raju is on capitol hill. manu, wow. reporter:
kayleigh: this is a fox news alert. after nearly 50 days of captivity, hamas has freed 24 hostages, and they say they will release more in the coming days. correspondent jeff paul is on the ground in israel with the latest. yeah, and we are learning tonight that, on top of the 13 hostages released today, the israeli government believes there could be another 13 released tomorrow. but the mood right now a bit bittersweet on the ground in israel, because people know there are still more than 200 people being held captive inside gaza. nonetheless, today was a very significant first step, and we could see more scenes like that if this cease-fire that went into effect at 7:00 a.m. this morning holds. here s what we know about people released today. 24 hostages released by hamas, 13 are israelis, 11 are foreign nationals. among the israelis freed, we know four of them were kids ages two to just nine years old. one of the kids, the 9-year-old, actually had a birthday inside gaza
russian, we are waiting to see who will come back home. it s crazy. we don t have names yet. only speculations that it s going to be mothers and their children. and it s tough, very tough. have you allowed yourself to think about what you might say to her the first time you see her? i don t think i will speak, i will just hold her and hug her and i won t ask questions, that s for sure. and i just want to hold her. that is the mother of a hostage who is being held by hamas right now. she may soon see her daughter following a significant diplomatic breakthrough in the middle east. there s a tentative deal to release dozens of people captured by the terrorist group more than six weeks ago. we re going to get a live report from tel aviv in just a moment. this all comes as the u.s. military is becoming more aggressive in its response to attacks against service members in the widen region. retired four-star navy admiral, james stavridis joins us with expert unless on that and