welcome to the programme. we start this hour with the latest on the uk general election. the leader of the scottish national party, john swinney, has launched his party s campaign ahead of the vote onjuly the 4th. at an election rally in glasgow, mr swinney pushed for independence, celebrated his party s record on fighting the cost of living as well as attacking both the conservatives and labour. he said people in scotland wanted rid of a disastrous tory government, and he accused labour of giving an awfully good impression of them. let s take a listen to some of what the snp leader said. look, there are some people telling me to forget about independence at this election. but you know what? after looking at sir keir starmer s serial u turns in the pursuit of power, i think people are crying out for political leadership that sticks to its principles. applause ..for leaders who argue for what they believe in. and i passionately believe independence is the best opportunity
let s get more on this from our deputy political editor vicki young who s in the newsroom. first of all, can you remind us what actually took place here. this first of all, can you remind us what actually took place here. actually took place here. this has been quite actually took place here. this has been quite a actually took place here. this has been quite a saga, actually took place here. this has been quite a saga, and actually took place here. this has been quite a saga, and has - actually took place here. this has - been quite a saga, and has dominated the first week of campaigning for labour. i think most people agree that the leadership hasn t handled it very well. as you said there, diane abbott under investigation for many months, over a year in fact, after she wrote a letter and in it she said thatjewish, irish and traveller people do not face racism all their lives. because of that, she was suspended from the parliamentary labour party. as i say, this
[laughter] eric: can you imagine not seeing your loved ones for so long? there you see the emotional reunion today between four newly-released israeli hostages and their thankful families. the idf has rescued a woman and three men if kidnapped from the music if festival during the october 7th hamas terrorist attack. they are, thankfully, free and safe back inside israel after 246 days in the clutches of the terrorists. welcome to fox news live, i m eric shawn. hi, claudia. claude claude i m claudia cowan in today for arthel neville. [speaking in native tongue] [cheers and applause] claudia: celebrations on a beach in tel aviv, israel, when lifeguards announced the moment the hostages were rescued from gaza. israeli defense forces used a helicopter during today s daytime raid on two separate locations in gaza. it is the large hostage rescue operation since the war began. an israeli national police officer was killed during the mission. a former idf spokesman told us earlier
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to washington. i m rich edson in for bred baier. the defense is presenting its case in hunter biden s felony gun charges trial. the prosecution rested this morning. the big question this evening will the defendant take the stand when court resumes on monday. there is a new development in the criminal case against former president trump it. resulted in his conviction last week of 34 felony counts. it involves a social media post that may have foreshadowed that outcome. correspondent david spunt is in wilmington, delaware tonight with the details. hello, david. david: rich, good evening. this is an interesting development. the verdict in donald trump s manhattan case came out on may 30th, a day before may 29th, the judge announced today to both parties that someone posted on social media they are a cousin of one of the jurors and they said the juror told them that donald trump would be convicted. essentially foreshadowing that conviction a day later on may 30th. fox news reac