the breaking news at this hour, 24 hostages have been released by hamas terrorists. 13 israelis, 10 thai citizens, 1 filipino citizen. they were moved from inside gaza over the rafah crossing into egypt. a short time ago, we got our first look at some of these hos hostages. we have video. it includes pictures of a little girl in a yellow shirt. 1 of the 13 israeli hostages release d. we have other video to show you as well. different vantage points where you can see some of the people, including that girl, who was released and then a number of people boarding a bus from a holding facility inside rafah. a number of these people now on a bus on the move, presumably, back into israel. this is the first part of this pause in fight fighting agreed to by israel, by hamas, to aa low for the release of some 50 hostages over the next several days in exchange for the release of 150 palestinian prisoners in a pause in the fight ing, and breaking moments ago, the identity of two hostage
today the desperate escape from a war zone. hundreds of americans are waiting at the rafah crossing hoping to get out of gaza as soon as today. this as israeli forces are fighting face to face battles with hamas and pushing into gaza city. all in response to the unimaginably brutal hamas massacre of some 1400 israeli citizens. plus president biden is calling for a pause to get hostages out and aid in. that new public posture comes as political pressure increases on the president from within his own party. and republicans call out one of their own. gop senators slam tommy tuberville for hours on the senate floor for continuing to hold up hundreds of military promotions. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we re going to start with t urgent effort to get americans out of gaza. hundreds of foreign nationals and dozens of injured civilians are expected to leave the crossing today. melissa bell is covering all of this from cairo. what are we seeing
court so hi can try to get it dismis. nick valencia is live for us. do we have anymore insight how it s going to go down next friday? sgrr we wish we had more details, but what we do know is the sheriff says he s going to treat the former president like he would anyone else who indicted and that means processed in the ful con county jail. where earlier this year a man is alleged to have been eaten alive by bugs. it s caused quite the reaction here in atlanta, if only for the optics alone. we are seeing some of the defense strategy from some of the defendants here. former chief of staff mark meadows and his attorneys filing a formal petition to try to get their case moved to federal court, arguing when someone is charged for actions they took allegedly while working as a federal official, they should have their criminal proceedings moved to federal court. here s what he and his lawyers
ukraine says its patriot air defense system has gone head to head with a russian high-tech missile. ukraine obtained the u.s.-made weapon to protect its dies, and as sam kiley reports, the patriots have reportedly delivered what kyiv calls a slap in the face for russia. sgrr the ukrainians are claiming to have made a very significant breakthrough in the realm of aerial defenses with what they say is the downing of a hypersonic missile fired from inside russian territory against the capital here in kyiv in the last few days. they say it was knocked out of the sky by a u.s.-made patriot missile. now, the country here in ukraine only has one battery of patriot missiles, and the missiles themselves were assumed to be capable of hitting a hypersonic missile, a missile that travels many times the speed of sound and was assumed to be simply too fast for these batteries. now, by confirming this kill, as it were, of an incoming missile,
for improperly reporting his payment. that would be a misdemeanor. prosecutors could charge him with a felony for falsifying business records in connection with violating campaign finance laws. it could be a risky case to proceed with. if the prosecutor s plan is to address their case on michael cohen, that s a big gamble. reporter: some argue it was straight forward. it s sumpl. he paid money to keep her kbooit quiet. they hid it in the papers of the trump organization, and ultimately, it meant that the trump organization paid tax on something and filed an income tax return that was false. that s a felony. sgrr several key people have already testified before the grand jury, including top aids kellyanne conway and hope hix. trump has denied any affair with stormy daniels or any involvement in the payoff. did you know about the $130,000 payment to stormy