their hamas captors. the office of the prime minister says there are 129 hostages still being held by hamas in gaza. 21 hostages have died. a source tells cnn that the head of israel s intelligence agency is expected to meet with qatar s prime minister to discuss getting hostages released. today families of the remaining hostages held a rally in tel aviv demanding their safe return. cnn s alex marquardt was there. alex, prime minister benjamin netanyahu just spoke about the hostages. what did he say? and fred, that rally took place here on what has become known as hostages square right next to where the defense min cit ministry is based. we just heard from prime minister netanyahu who said all of israel is in mourning for the deaths of these hostages. he spoke specifically about the three who were killed yesterday by israeli soldiers saying we were so close to embracing them, but unfortunately we cannot turn back time. he went on to make the argument that it is military pre
your prayers and your prayers and your thoughts, and if we give enough of these thoughts and these prayers, these mass shootings will stop. we are going to talk to our friend, the comedy due out of the good liars, about the stuff that made waves around the country. that s later on this, our you don t want to miss this conversation. we want to begin with that breaking news that out of wisconsin, where a retired judge was shot and killed by a gunman who police say was preparing to target prominent politicians next. nbc s steve patterson is on this for us. steve, as always, good to see you. what more do we know about this, this chilling killing now of this judge. and who else is on this list? yeah, chilling is right. lots to unpack here. if he have to separate incidents, although related. you have the hasse isolated killing of this judge and then you have this bizarre list that was found in the suspected shooter s car. let s start with a suspected shooter. we re learning mor
benson put a little something in a footnote that is now getting national attention. earlier i spoke with guy who is political editor of town hall.com and fox news contributor. good to see you. thanks for having me megan. how do youing? well. nervous? sort of an overwhelming day. but i m struck mostly by gratitude. sort of sitting back here and chatting with you now, and gratitude go ahead. let s let our viewers in on what it is you and i are talking about. you have something in the footnote and a bit of an announcement and something special to share. yes, i mentioned in the book i m gay and i hadn t disclosed that publicly before. the reason we didn t mention that before is because mary katherine and i get into gay rights and liberty issues and the silencing in the debates. i felt like i owed it to readers to give them that piece of