landslide to a trump-backed election denier. i m brianna keilar with john berman this morning. cheney was defeated last night by more than a two to one margin, the surest sign yet that donald trump still has a stranglehold on the soul of the republican party. for now cheney will continue to serve as vice chair of the january 6th committee and whatever the future holds she vows to do everything in her power to keep the former president from ever returning to office. two years ago i won this primary with 73% of the vote. i could easily have done the same again. the path was clear. but it would have required that i go along with president trump s lie about the 2020 election. that was a path i could not and would not take. it is not clear what cheney plans to do once she leaves congress. the woman who defeated her harriet hageman, had this to say in her victory speech. wyoming has drawn a line in the sand that if we put you in power you will be accountable to us, you will a
building get to faced over ally. hutchinson they re testifying. coming up, i ll talk to alexander vindman, who knows what it is like to face the trump intimidation machine will coming forward to tell the truth anyway. also florida s don t say gay law takes in effect with schools banning rainbows and a report on that is ahead. we want to begin this hour once again with that breaking news out of, uvalde texas. and battle school police chief pete arredondo says he will step down from the uvalde city council, according to the uvalde leader news. an official from uvalde said, peter redondo indicated that he intended to resign from the city of uvalde city council. while it is the right thing to do, no one from the city has seen a letter or other documentation of his resignation or spoken with him. and quote. let s bring in state senator roland gutierrez who represents uvalde. thank you so much for being with us senator. you ve been on the frontlines trying to find out what happen
board brings charges against yorkshire and several individuals over allegations of racism. live from our studio in singapore, this is bbc news. it s newsday. welcome to the programme. it s 6am in the morning in singapore and midnight in brussels, where the us defense secretary has said he will move heaven and earth to ensure ukraine receives the weapons it needs to combat russia s invasion. lloyd austin was speaking at a nato meeting and called on allied countries to urgently increase deliveries of arms during a pivotal moment in the war. here s a glimpse of what secretary austin had to say. we cannot afford to let up, and we cannot lose steam. the stakes are too high. ukraine is facing a pivotal moment on the battlefield. and we are seeing what presidency zelensky warned us about after failing to take kyiv and reassessing its combat aims, russia has shifted its combat aims, russia has shifted its focus to the donbas. and we cannot underestimate the challenge that ukraine fac
delay. this hour, i ll speak with a key senior adviser to the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in tel aviv, israel, and this is the situation room: special report. our top story this hour, israel now on edge as the deadline for a truce between hamas and a major hostage release draws closer and closer. our chief global affairs correspondent matthew chance is joining me here in tel aviv. he s got details. what do we know about the hostages who are expected to be released? we know there s an initial list, wolf, of 13 people on that list and that list was given by hamas to israel via qatar which has been playing a major role. all of the hostages on the list for potential release tomorrow, i m saying potential because, you know, it s already been put back once 24 hours. it s a fragile deal. they re all women and children. they believe there are as many as 40 children being held capt
around the world. i m in for kasie hunt. happy thanksgiving to those in the u.s. it is 5:00 a.m. in washington where the white house officials are hope hopeful that hamas will begin releasing hostages on friday now. plans to release the first hostages today under the deal reached between hamas and the israeli government ran into a snag yesterday just hours ahead of a truce negotiated as part of the deal. now israel says that the first group of hostages, women and children, won t be released until friday at the very earliest. reasons for the delay unclear. they with working on final details. and they say the primary objective is to make sure that the hostages are brought home safely. officials in qatar which is mediating the negotiations said timing for the truce could be announced at any moment. and oren lieberman is live for us in tel aviv. what are you hearing at the moment about the timing? reporter: we don t have official word on the timing. expectation is that it could