yes. let s get. happy friday, everybody. yeah, okay. i get it. i get it. you love me. i hope you had a nice thanks. i know i did. those new york pigeons are actually pretty tasty now since it s a holiday. weekend,ee i thought we d keep things nice and light. so let s tal task about the deah of western civilization. it s in trouble, people. yeah. things in the west these days are a better pe. stable. is chris christie on an exercise call? peopl sadly, most people either don t realize it or they just don t care o. t well, for anyone who doesn t care, trust me, you re going to care soon enoughat doreh. because the guardian of western values has always been america.. but now not so much. let s face it, we re a natio n melts down if our smart phone runs out of power. so loo k around yourself, especially at our young people. you see a nation capable a standing up for itself, especially when it s run by a guy who literallp r y can t stad by himself. we r do you see? do you still
team here, who have been working out of an operation center today, alongside members of the international committee of the red cross. another key stakeholders in this. and they certainly feel like this mostly went to plan. you are right to point out this is a humanitarian pause, and the implementation of that had a number of key obligations. the pause had to stop at 7:00 local time. the hostilities had to stop on the ground from both parties. that allowed for the potential for the release of these hostages, these 13 in the first instance israeli women and children, who had been held by hamas around about 4:00 this afternoon. what happened was we saw 24 hostages ultimately released. the process took about two and a half hours to get those hostages out of hamas hands, into the hands of the icrc and out of gaza into israel via the rafah crossing, which is down on the the egyptian boarder. the surprise, and i have to say i think it was a surprise as well, possibly to those invol
you re watching cnn news central. israel is under growing international pressure to provide evidence that hamas uses gaza s al-shifa hospital as a command center. as premature babies evacuated from the hospital arrive in egypt. we have special teams in the region. the supreme court appears ready to limit the speech of a former american president, as donald trump s legal team fights the gag order in the federal case that accused him of trying to undermine the 2020 election. an appeals court struck out a key tool for a civil rights law. why this could set up another supreme court showdown. we re following these stories and many more coming in right here, to cnn news central. we have concrete questions. and we expect answers. that s what family members of hostages being held by hamas in gaza said before they went into meet with israel s prime minister. that was in the last hour. the white house now saying that negotiations to release some of the hostages are, quote, gettin
and he, all of the time that he was president, with all of the criticisms, he thought he was doing the right thing and the best thing for our country. and we enjoyed it. for the last several years, they ve been at their family home in plains, georgia. the couple shared a passion for serving others and spent much of their life after the white house working to advance the causes of decent affordable housing and peace internationally. and with that, thanks to all of you for joining us, kasie hunt, don t go anywhere. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning. phil is off this week. happy to have erica hill by my side. nice to be with you. good weekend? good weekend. it is monday, november 20. we have a lot to get to. negotiations are under way and negotiators say they are optimistic about the possibility of hamas releasing hostages maybe within days. sources familiar with the talks say sticking points are inching closer to being resolved. lloyd austin making
politicsnation. tonight s lead, unfinished business. right now, some unfinished business is heaven over washington as a drones for thanksgiving. congress haven t passed a short term government funding bill, just days before last night s deadline, a version the shutdown. but leaving president biden s request for emergency aid to israel unfulfilled. six weeks into its war against hamas. the president firing back in a washington post editorial late this afternoon. meanwhile, even republicans appear to be losing patience with alabama gop senator tommy tuberville s blockade of hundreds of top ranking military nominees. some submitting that may actually join democrats to confirm the picks in one swoop, ahead of the christmas break. new york democratic senator kirsten gillibrand joined us tonight, with her views on things from the senate armed services committee. that s in just a minute. and later, the family of dexter wade is preparing to give him a proper funeral, almost nin