my first question for you, sir, is who do you believe? they think it s russia. i have president putin, he just said it s not russia. i will say this, i don t see any reason why it would be. i will tell you that president putin waswi extremely strong an powerful inro his denial today. president of the united states of america, donald trump, standing alongside russian president vladimir putin, aligning himself with russian claims over u.s. intelligence. and denying what everyone at that point knew to be true. russia interfered in the 2016 election. throughout his time in office, trump denied and down-played and excused russian interference in america s elections. he called the investigation into thatd interference a hoax and witch hunt over and over and over again. and now mr. trump is set to be on trial for his own efforts to overturn the 2020 election and his baseless claims that the election was stolen. in trump s new defense in that case appears to be the court should b
israel defense force says two additional hostages are no longer in the hands of hamas terrorists. 21-year-old mia and 40-year-old amit were released an hour ago. we re told to expect hamas to continue to free additional hostages later today. in a last-minute deal in the war, israel and the terrorists agreed to extend their cease-fire for a seventh day. we re told eight additional people are set to go free today. a number now that we know after more than 50 days in hamas control. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. this happened overnight. at least three people were killed and 11 injured after two palestinian terrorists opened fire at a bus stop inside jerusalem. police are saying two off duty soldiers and an armed civilian in the area returned fire and killed the gunmen. both are members of hamas terrorists and have past arrests for terror activity. so far nearly 100 hostages have been released and that is a blessing. more, more, more they must let them a
to 3:00 p.m. eastern. our coverage continues with katy tur reports right now. good to be with you. i m katy tur. as we speak, we are expecting more hostages to be released including potentially one american. two israeli women have been released today, hours before the extended cease fire is set to end. that is unless there s a deal to keep it going. it is a precarious situation. hamas is claiming three of the captives have died, a mother and her two young sons. a 4-year-old and a 10-month-old. the idf cannot confirm if that s true. trying to keep the lines of communication open are secretary of state antony blinken, headed to israel right now and u.s. envoy for hostage affairs. as the united states tailors its public message, that a resumption of war gives hamas what it wants, which is never ending violence. quote, hamas, unleashed a terrorist attack because they fear nothing more than israelis and palestinians living side by side in peace. there s growing political press
announcer: this is cnn breaking news. thank you so much for joining us. i m boris sanchez alongside jim sciutto in washington. we have wolf blitzer live for us in tel aviv, israel, where we are monitoring remarkable moments in the middle east. it s freedom after 48 hellish days in the hands of hamas and other groups in gaza. today the first 24 hostages were taken into egypt, and you can see them in this footage just moments after their release at the rafa border crossing. this is just the start of their journey back after they were ripped from their homes on october 7th. the israeli defense forces shared this video of the moment a bus carrying the hostages entered israel. most of the people released today are women and children. we are told they include 13 israelis. you see their pictures here. as well as ten thai citizens and a filipino citizen who were also taken on october 7th. over next three days we do expect to see at least 37 more hostages released. that was a fi
and six elderly women. ten thai nationals and one filippino were also part of the group. and huge crowds are welcoming home the 39 palestinian women and teenage boys freed in exchange from two israeli jails. the red cross has now bussed them to the beitunia checkpoint in the occupied west bank. just showing you the image now of the airbase in israel, we understand from our correspondent there. this is where many from our correspondent there. this is where many of from our correspondent there. this is where many of those is really hostages have been taken. a airbase in southern israel. the hostages taken there and within the next few minutes we are expecting they would leave there and be airlifted to a hospital elsewhere within israel. today has been a day of significant investments and lots of international diplomacy to secure the release of 2a hostages, but also the release of 2a hostages, but also the 39 palestinian detainees. this is the image at the airbase where the