of cnn news central. wolf blitzer is live in tel aviv, israel for us. it is now the sixth day of the israel-hamas truce. a pause that is expected to last only a few more hours. what are the chances it will be extended? more hostages are set to be handed over by hamas. and sources say that includes at least one american. as this exchange plays out today, there is a full-court press underway to extend the truce yet again perhaps to include the release of adult male hostages, which is a major sticking point at this point. the top white house hostage envoy is in israel. this is very important to note. and officials from qatar, the key mediator in all of this, are optimistic. reporter: there are still 161 hostages believed to be in gaza right now. the red cross was supposed to be able to visit them by the end of the fourth day of this temporary truce. sources tell cnn, those visits still have not happened. that would be a clear violation of the current agreement. i want to b
donald trump jr. testifies for the defense in the new york civil fraud trial describing his father as a, quote, artist with real estate who sees things that other people don t. plus, a surprise dropout. senator tim scott calls it quits, putting an end to his 2024 presidential campaign, so which of the seven remaining candidates will his voters go to? or his donors? and side-stepping responsibility. benjamin netanyahu refuses to answer questions about whether he bears any blame of the hamas attack inside israel, the deadliest attack on jews since the holocaust. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start in new york city where donald trump jr. is on the stand as the first witness for the defense in the civil fraud case against his family and their businesses. cnn s brynn gingras is outside the courthouse. brynn, before we start about what s going on in that courthouse behind you, there s some sad news for the trump family today. reporter: yea
shows, just if you think about it, the americans position on this is evolving, it began with very much a strong support for israel after october seven but continuing now with more qualifications, more need for international law to be met and more protection for civilians. this is just another example of that slightly evolving american position. all right, james, thank you for taking through all of that snapshot analysis from what we heard from the un secretary general and some of the broader analysis on the diplomacy thatis, broader analysis on the diplomacy that is, of course, continues. james langdale, our diplomatic correspondent. turning to the situation on the ground when it comes to those trapped in gaza trying to get out through the rafale crossing which was open today allowing the evacuation of a handful of wounded people and foreign nationals. it s not about 7000 people are trying to get out when it was opened last week, about 100 britons were able to leave. about 20
dhs claims of simply filing procedure. sandra: at an eight hour drive north of the border in dallas, teenage boys are now moving into that mess overflow present facility. we reported yesterday nearly 600 unaccompanied children are crossing the border each and every day under this administration. that s about one child every two and a half minutes. john: in a moment we will talk with the texas county judge in a region where border crossings have exploded in the past year. sandra: kristin fisher talked about this in the briefing room yesterday and she joins us now. it s not just fox, journalists from multiple organizations are complaining about this lack of access at the border. you have nbc news reporting that the biden administration s placement on official gag order on border patrol agents and our own correspondence down at the border saying that all of their request to go on right alliance with border patrol agents have been rejected and this is common practice duri
that saw the highest number of votes in u.s. history. we re also following the latest on the capitol riots. two men now facing charges of assault in connection with the death of capitol police officer brian sicknick. why did it take more than two months to arrest these guys? and why aren t they charged with murder? we ll have more on that in just a minute plus, the latest on the covid pandemic. numbers continue to go down in the u.s. but they re spiking over in europe, leading to tighter restrictions in several countries. to make matters worse, the vaccine rollout is on hold in several places in europe after officials stopped using one of the approved vaccines. we re going to dig into all of that. but we have to start with breaking news connected to one of the big of the trials in recent memory, the trial of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. as we speak, the judge is gaveling in and he s got a big question on his plate, whether to even move forward or put t