you cnn breaking news thanks for joining us on cnn news central this afternoon, we begin with breaking news, a judges upheld the criminal indictment against former president donald trump in georgia. the judge, they re rejecting the argument that trump s efforts to overturn the 2020 election were protected under the first amendment cnn s zachary cohen is part of a team that broke this story zach, walk us through this decision by judge scott mcafee yeah boards. you ll remember that we heard we watched a hearing in fulton county, georgia just about a week ago, and trump s lawyers argued strenuously. that s entire case should be thrown out because in his argument that the political speech and that the claims about voter fraud that trump was pushing after the 2020 election are protected by the first amendment. now, the judge today roundly rejecting that argument as we ve seen him do multiple other times in this case for other defendants in georgia saying, look, quote, the de
this is cnn breaking news. welcome to the lead, everyone. we start with breaking news at any moment a deal could be reached to release some hostages taken from israel by hamas on october 7th. right now, the full israeli cabinet is meeting to give what is believed to be a final approval of the deal. just moments ago israeli prime minister benning anyone netanyahu asked the cabinet to support the deal and reminded the world we are at war and will continue at war. out of 240 people kidnapped by hamas 50 would be release. hostages will be visited by the red cross. three palestinian prisoners in israel will be freed for every civilian hostage released. it also calls for a four to five day pause in fighting. the majority of hostages who would be released in this deal is children. one is a 3-year-old, the youngest american held hostage whose parents were killed by hamas. her great aunt spoke to cnn today and was understandably emotional at the prospect of seeing her niece come h
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east coast eight on the west coast it s day 27 on america s late news fox news at night. while the israeli ground war continues to expand in gaza where the death toll on both sides is rising, and while many are still calling for a ceasefire, we now have a hamas official on the record, and on video, saying they won t stop until they rid the world of israel. we have team fox coverage, lucas tomlinson in tel aviv, steve harrigan in northern is real, we ll get to them in moments but we begin here in the u.s. with the big-time concerns about the attack on the homeland. the fbi director says we are lacking intelligence on terror suspects and the white house says it s impossible to know if terrorists are in the u.s. bill melugin is live with more on how the threat level could be higher than anyone realizes. bill good evening. good evening to you and the fbi director says right now we are seeing the most significant terror threat to the united states in the last decade and now ther
all of us know the suffering that is taking place as we speak. all of us are determined to see it end. but all of us know the imperative of standing up with our allies and partners when their security, when their democracies are threatened. that s secretary of state antony blinken laying out the difficult balance of standing with israel in its war against terrorists while also supporting the protection of innocent pal palestinians in gaza. it comes as an israeli rocket strike hit the largest refugee camp killing dozensens of people. we ll have the latest out of the middle east in just a moment. plus, the director of the fbi is warning that the hamas terror attacks could inspire extremists here at home, calling it the greatest threat to the united states since the height of isis. and also ahead, the white house is rejecting an israel-only aid plan from house republicans. we ll take a look at where that funding fight could be headed. good morning, and welcome to way too