Is cnn Breaking News good morning. You are live in the cnN Newsroom. Im Jim Acosta in washington this morning at the white House House President Biden And Vice president Kamala Harris will hold a critical meeting with the us hostage negotiating team. And hopes of crafting a Ceasefire Deal to free the people. Hamas took captive during October 7 Terror Attack on israel, 97 hostages are still being held including seven americans of those americans four are believed to its still be alive this Weekends Discovery of six hostages killed in a Hamas Tunnel underscores the sense of Urgency Israel calls it quote Cold Blooded murder. Minutes ago, a funeral began for the young man on your far left is israeli american hersh goldberg, polin Israels President , apologized to the family in his eulogy the Human Being as a father and as a president of the state of israel, i want to say how sorry, i am sorry, i am that we didnt protect her on that dark day how sorry, i am that we failed to bring him home.
There was also a lot of news, as there has been all week. Theres more today. Lets get started this friday, august 18. This breaking overnight, Hurricane Hillary Intensifying in the pacific. It is now a major category 4 hurricane thats expected to bring flooding and rain to california and the southwest over the weekend. More Breaking News, mauis Emergency Management administrator quit abruptly a day after he defended not sounding the islands sirens as Deadly Wildfires tore through la hadhaina citing health reasons. And also this just in, femas Disaster Fund is slipping into the red and Hurricane Season hasnt even peaked yet. Now pressure is on for congress to pass a spending bill. Former President Trump wants to push back the trial date in the federal election subversion case by a lot. The Special Counsel wants january, months from now. Trumps team wants april of 2026, about three years from now. And federal prosecutors are recommending the toughest january 6 sentence yet for two leader
doubled to 28%. and in ohio, more than one in four is chronically absent, and the lawmaker insists it s worth the cost of the payments. fit works, it s a win-win, changing the culture of attendance. if it doesn t work, we need to be trying other things because this is an emergency. but critics, of course, say paying parents for school attendance is like paying someone to obey the law. this is just a state bill that s been proposed. it still has to go through committee. unclear whether it will actually pass, john. back to you. john: sounds like the slippery slope there that you just articulated. almost makes you want to go back to school. now this. one aspect of the plan to stop the houthis is have china pressure them to stop. does the administration have any indication that china has sway with the houthis and interest in applying such pressure? china has influence over tehran, in iran, so what we have said we would welcome a constructive role by china. using the inf
parents montgomery county maryland gearing up for school board meeting hours from now. controversy brewing after district moved harris ability to opt children out of gender and sexuality lessons. trace: pushback in cases largely coming from minorities. why do we, as parents, not have the right to what our children are taught in schools? stop making this about hate. this is about parents having choice in children s education. this issue has unfortunately ? it does put some, but not all, of course, some muslim families on the same side of an issue as white supremacists and outright bigots. sandra: wow! okay. brand-new reaction to all of that. democratic councilwoman at the last board meeting. welcome back is america reports roles into our 2. i am sandra smith in new york, trace a lot of reaction. trace: i am trace filling and for john roberts. following kate closely close meeting citing safety. parents, as you might imagine, are fired up. sandra: begin a fox news
they take in the case directly to voters and they are going that they are the best parties hope for the future and for retaking the white house. we have to bring common sense back into the country. from one point thing is i am a person with common sense. and so are the people in this room and our country needs common sense back in leadership. i m running for president because i don t think there s a client of our is inevitable, we have it in our power to choose a better path. a path is going to lead to the revival of this country and a restoration of american greatness. dana: at least ace presidential hopefuls will be it therefore the ammo roasted right what is that? what is going to get pretty busy here i think barbecue and harleys in fund-raising and all sorts of other fun stuff at the iowa fairgrounds here in des moines, the two republicans in the top of primary polls they ve been coming to iowa over the last few days. in the former president donald trump, he wra