good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, november 25th. i m victor blackwell. i m isabel rosales. thanks for joining us. good to have you along this morning. we are waiting for the release of more hostages beings held by hamas. an israeli official says 14 hostages will be released today. in exchange, 42 palestinian hostages will be released. this is day two of four. it could bring 50 hostages home. 13 are israeli, ten are tai citizens and one be is filipino. the video was released by hamas and cnn had no control over its content. you can see several foreign nationals getting out of a mini van and a female hostage and at least one child. and there were cheers as those freed hostages arrived at hospitals near tel aviv. right now they are undergoing medical checks. officials say they are in good physical condition giving hope to families of those still being held. i can tell you this morning that we have a sign of life from my father. we know he s alive f
it is 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m jose diaz-balart. breaking right now, reports of strikes near several hospitals in gaza. the palestinian red cross saying israeli snipers are opening fire at one facility. israel has said it does not target hospitals. we ll ask an idf spokesperson about what is happening in just a couple of minutes. also breaking, the white house announces a crucial in person meeting between president biden and china s xi jinping in california next week. on capitol hill, time is running out. we re just one week away from the deadline to come to a deal and avert a government shutdown. we got brand-new reporting on where negotiations stand. meanwhile, the fbi investigating a series of letters containing suspicious powder sent to election workers in several states. and former president donald trump defends his family s separation policy at the border. we ll play for you what he had to say. we begin this hour with breaking news out of the i
this is cnn breaking news. welcome back to the special live coverage. you are looking right now at inside of the courtroom. donald trump sitting down with his attorneys as you are getting just consider it like a pool spray. we have seen it in other moments and the cameras are allowed in for a moment to kind of scene set each day in the courtroom. this is donald trump moments before he is set to take the stand and be under oath to take questioning from the judge in this civil fraud trial in new york. as he was entering court a moment ago, he spoke to the reporters and cameras in the hallway, and he attacked the case, he attacked the judge and he attacked attorney general and then made a campaign speech. now, what happens next could decide him as a businessman and business empire, and also impact his presidential aspirations, and the other criminal cases where he is a defendant. yeah, and again, those pictures that you are looking at, and what is different this time, he is
Bea this person. They said you will not be a very good woman, you should just be a man. And that really upset me. That full report in the next 15 mins or so. And an american nhs doctor tells this programme hes been separated from his family because of a mix up over his visa which means adopted sons were prevented Fromjoining Him in birmingham even though his birth son was allowed to move to the uk it was scary for them because they we re it was scary for them because they were fingerprinted and put in a holding cell, a nice holding cell, but they knew they were being detained. We are completely separated and we cannot make plans. Half the family is gone and i have iio half the family is gone and i have no idea when they are going to be back. Hello. Welcome to the programme, were live until 11. Later on, well hear about the Google Employee who says biological differences between the way men and women are wired is the reason there are so few women in tech jobs. The guy says women tend to
Officers defends the governments prevent programme, designed to stop people being drawn into terrorism. Commander dean haydon says criticism is based on ignorance and people dont understand how it works. And the new doctor hugh doctor who hopes that her being in a row will break down barriers. In this world, particularly, there are not rules, and that is a great thing. Good morning. Im joanna gosling. Welcome to bbc Newsroom Live. New laws, which aim to give people more protection online, will force Social Media Firms to delete information about their users, when asked to do so. Ministers say the Data Protection bill is intended to give people greater control over personal data. The Information Commissioner will be given the power to issue tougher fines for those who fail to protect information or who suffer a breach of privacy. Proposals included in the bill will make it easierfor people to give full consent for their to withdraw consent for their to withdraw consent for their painful