man. today after being called a gutless paid, bill barr went on cbs with a damning assessment of his former boss. saying trump s look at a fight nine-year-old. that trump is all but a victim. that the indictment against him is not government overreach. do you believe he lied to the justice department? and personally, do i believe. it yes. the legal theory by which he gets to have battle plans, and sensitive national security information as his personal papers is absurd. it s just as wacky as the legal doctrine that came up with for having the vice president unilaterally determine who won the election. obviously, these documents are really private. it s obvious. it s obvious. and yet, whatever obviously maybe it will put our court system to the test in the months to come. for numerous reasons. it s classified documents case highlights the danger of partisan judicial appointments. a judge, trump appointed, helped him delay the doj s investigation now oversees this trial.
we begin this slit with breaking news out of iraq. we have to take an updated death toll from last earthquake. more than 2000 people now confirmed dead. another 2000 are hurt after the quake rocked the country s atlas mountains. officials are reporting extensive damage in cities across the region, including marrakech, a popular tourist destination and unesco world heritage site. nbc s priscilla thompson is following the story for us. what is the latest? alicia, it is that death toll which has risen by a built 1000 people over the course of today. and we know there are rescue crews on the ground. they are working to get into some of those mountainous areas in the atlas mountains, trying to get to folks to rescue folks who may still be trapped in the rubble. we know it is situations like this, time is of the essence. and getting to those folks in time is going to be a challenge because of the amount of destruction and devastation. a lot of the buildings and structures there,
palestinians been released, we have the details. plus, a gag order back on the table for donald trump in your new york as judge engoron and his clerk received threats from trump supporters. his minions in congress, meanwhile, doing his bidding behind the scenes. issuing legal threats to a civil trial judge. and later, our power to, poetry are sit down with bestselling author young pablo. this is american voices. hello everyone, i m alisyn menendez, and we re tracking 17 hostages nearly released by hamas tonight. the israeli defense ministry releasing video short while ago of hostages arriving in israel. you can see right there on their screen. crowds of palestinians are waiting for 39 palestinian prisoners to be released in the exchange. here s a list of the hostages who were released today. this is the second round of hostages expected to be done between hamas in israel. it was done hours later today after hamas attacks on civilians and gaza by israeli forces, and the limi
and just a moment, more than 30 palestinians been released, we have the details. plus, a gag order back on the table for donald trump in your new york as judge engoron and his clerk received threats from trump supporters. his minions in congress, meanwhile, doing his bidding behind the scenes. issuing legal threats to a civil trial judge. and later, our power to, poetry are sit down with bestselling author young pablo. this is american voices. hello everyone, i m alisyn menendez, and we re tracking 17 hostages nearly released by hamas tonight. the israeli defense ministry releasing video short while ago of hostages arriving in israel. you can see right there on their screen. crowds of palestinians are waiting for 39 palestinian prisoners to be released in the exchange. here s a list of the hostages who were released today. this is the second round of hostages expected to be done between hamas in israel. it was done hours later today after hamas attacks on civilians and gaza
diplomatic talks unfolding in the middle east for days secretary of state anthony blinken macon to unannounced visits today and the israeli occupied west bank and in iraq. in a meeting with secretary blinken reaffirmed americas commitment to address the humanitarian crisis unfolding in gaza. the state department says blinken also discussed efforts to restore stability to the west bank. over the past few weeks, tensions have spilled over there as israeli and a surprise visit to back that, secretary blinken met with iraq s prime minister to talk about the importance of preventing the war from spreading into a wider regional conflict. lincoln over under is humanitarian pause in fighting aid for civilians into the gaza strip. this is a process. israel s race raised important questions about how humanitarian policies would work. we have to answer those questions. second, it is important that the pause advance a number of things, one of them as hostages. we are intens