good evening. house republicans thought they had a new nominee for speaker till about an hour and a half ago. take you to capitol hill and show you what happened. also tonight, israel s bombardment of terror targets in gaza is inten intensifying and e criticism of statementings by theouted nation secretary general about the war here in the u.s. and concerns of mass evacuation of americans in the region. jacqui heinrich at the white house on t teheran s role in the attacks and new comments from the israeli hostages released yesterday. a short time ago the house speaker race imploded again. reporter: good evening. another day, another speaker nominee drops out. tom emmer was the speaker nominee for only four hours and gop burned through three speaker nominees in less than two weeks. tom is a great guy, but the voter base wants somebody not in leadership. mr. emmer agrees with me that the election was not stolen. he voted to certify. reporter: mr. trump said voting for emmer
it is 4:00 new york. it is not every day that a former president of the united states is in a courthouse. much less as a defendant in the case that threatens to bring down the entire brand that he used to propel himself into office in the first place. today, donald trump was back in court in the $250 million civil fraud trial in new york. before walking in, trump lashed out as he so often does at the judge, the trial, at the new york attorney general who brought the lawsuit. he did not mention judge engoron s clerk, who has been a frequent target of his, he remains under a gag order that prohibits him from talking about court staff. inside the courtroom, accounting expert eli bartov took the stand and testified that in his expert opinion the attorney general s claims of a years long pattern of fraud, manipulating the values of trump s real estate assets were baseless. there is no evidence whatsoever for any accounting fraud, he said. dold trump was reportedly visibly pleased.
hostages released today, a mother of three. her husband still in captivity. it comes as hamas claims a 10-month-old hostage, his 4-year-old brother, and their mother were killed in early israeli air strikes. the agonizing wait for their family as israel investigates. and the images from the west bank. palestinian health officials saying israeli forces shot two children during a raid. also tonight, the u.s. military aircraft crashing off japan, eight on board. at least one killed. the urgent search for survivors. the man charged in an alleged plot to assassinate an activist in new york city. the supposed link to india s government. the massive explosion caught on camera at an ohio body shop. three killed. what caused it? former president jimmy carter attending the funeral for his wife, rosalynn, as she s laid to rest in their hometown. after our reporting on deaths linked to infant loungers, what federal regulators are doing. and our annual nbc tradition, counting
palestinians. the temporary truce agreed between israel and hamas is continuing to hold. it isa it is a remarkably calm scene at the moment although it is a remarkably calm scene at the moment although you it is a remarkably calm scene at the moment although you can it is a remarkably calm scene at the moment although you can see it is a remarkably calm scene at the moment although you can see the damage to that skyline that seven weeks of war have left there. i was at that exact spot in southern israel yesterday, and to hear it quiet, relatively peaceful, to hear the sound of birdsong instead of the sound of air strikes and outgoing artillery fire, it was a marked difference to what we have seen in the last seven weeks or so. this is all part of the deal between israel and hamas. meanwhile in the past few hours, israeli children s hospital has released a video of hostages reuniting with their loved ones. this is the moment nine year old ohad, his mother and grandmother, gre
with hamas agreeing to release a total of 50 hostages, and israel 150 detainees. that should happen over the next three days, during that negotiated pause in the fighting. there is also scope for that pause to be extended, if the two sides can agree a further exchange of prisoners and hostages. however, israel has not withdrawn its military from gaza, and has made clear that it intends to continue its operation against hamas. meanwhile, more aid is being allowed into gaza, on friday around 150 trucks carrying medical supplies, fuel and food entered the strip through the rafah crossing. returning to the 2a hostages released from gaza on friday, they have spent the night in hospitals in israel. some of the released israeli hostages have been receiving medical care at the schneider children s medical center. there s been this update on their condition. yesterday, four boys and girls, one mother and one grandmother and one grandmother arrived at schneider children s medical and w