hamas makes a big demand in talks with israel as israeli troops find the body of another hostage. details on that just ahead. plus, president biden ramping up his attacks on his predecessor. he s calling donald trump a loser and a danger to the country. will the tougher tone help biden in the polls? and hate on campus. the department of education has launched investigations into seven schools over complaints of anti-semitism and islamophobia. we re following these stories and many more coming in right here to cnn news central. sources tell cnn that hamas is demanding that israel stop flying surveillance drones over gaza as a condition for freeing hostages held by the terrorist group. it s part of hamas push for israel to pause its military operations in exchange for people it s holding captive. it comes after the idf says two hostages were found dead near al shifa hospital. israel said today the body of 19-year-old noa marciano, a corporal in the israeli military, has
we are wrapping our part of our special recap of today s closing arguments in trump s criminal trial but do not go anywhere. coverage continues with the last word, and lawrence o donnell, who spent all day today in court and has the back pain to prove it. i was working on my posture for most of the day, rachel. two full reporters notebooks today. i ve never filled up two in the day before, i think. certainly not on the courtroom day. it went on longer than any of us expected, i think longus than most thought was necessary but it was one of those no stone unturned closings by the prosecution. the defense, i thought, was as effective as they could be, given the cars that have been dealt them. they have some contradictions in their theory of the case but this is a criminal defense team trying to defend donald trump. good luck with that. it s going to look pretty messy. judge merchan said at the outset that he likes for the jury to get both summations on one day i felt like h
of today s closing arguments in trump s criminal trial, but do not go anywhere. our coverage continues with the last word and lawrence o donnell who spent all day today in court and has the back pain to prove it. good evening, my friend. i was working on my posture for most of the day. but look, rachel, two full reporters notebooks and a day. i ve never filled up to before, certainly not in a courtroom day. it went longer than any of us expected. longer than most of us thought was necessary, but it was one of those no stone unturned closings by the prosecution. the defense, i thought, was effective as they could be given the cards dealt them. they have some internal contradictions in their theory of the case, but really this is the criminal defense team trying to defend donald trump. good luck with that. it is going to look pretty messy. judge merchan said at the outset that it is a practice in his courtroom where he likes the jury to get both summations on one day. i was