kayleigh: this is a fox news alert. after nearly 50 days of captivity, hamas has freed 24 hostages, and they say they will release more in the coming days. correspondent jeff paul is on the ground in israel with the latest. yeah, and we are learning tonight that, on top of the 13 hostages released today, the israeli government believes there could be another 13 released tomorrow. but the mood right now a bit bittersweet on the ground in israel, because people know there are still more than 200 people being held captive inside gaza. nonetheless, today was a very significant first step, and we could see more scenes like that if this cease-fire that went into effect at 7:00 a.m. this morning holds. here s what we know about people released today. 24 hostages released by hamas, 13 are israelis, 11 are foreign nationals. among the israelis freed, we know four of them were kids ages two to just nine years old. one of the kids, the 9-year-old, actually had a birthday inside gaza
eyes have been on the presidential race, and a potential second showdown between joe biden and donald trump. a recent ruling by a new york state court has not made the battle for control of the house much more interesting. it s possibly the most consequential redistricting case being liberated right now, and appeals courts in albany side with democrats in their effort to redo the states congressional map, and it could mean that new york just might hand democrats control of the house in 2024. let s go back, so i can explain. before 20.2 buttermilk should seize, and democrats in the new york state legislature regrouped and redrew congressional maps, as is customary every ten years went up to that census data becomes available. the maps drawn by the democrats were, in fact, gerrymandered. they tilted the districts so heavily in their favor, that a state court throughout the maps and put a neutral expert in charge of fixing it. that person reach of districts so differently that republicans