Smarter, which won by morning. Got it. Got abbas, daughter, youve got this is cnn Breaking News youre live in the cnn newsroom. Im jim acosta in washington. We do begin this hour with Breaking News out of the middle east. Israels military says it has rescued a hostage from a hamas tunnel in southern gaza. He had been held captive since the Terror Attacks of october 7. The father of 11, and spent the last 320 six days as a prisoner there he is in the hospital right there a short time ago reuniting with his brother, cnns jim sciutto joins us now from tel aviv jim, the details of been trickling in whats the latest that youve learned . Well, first of all, certainly youre happy fomin moment for, for him and for his family after these painful days, weeks, and months captivity. But this has also been quite a rarity for the idf of the close to 250 hostages taken on october 7, only aides have been freed alive via Military Operations. And this is the first one based on the details provided to us
Thank you to the federal society for hosting this debate at. Im delighted to be here for the question, should the Electoral College be abrogated . Electoral college choosing a president. In their respective states electors choose wedding for president and Vice President. Electoral college would provide Vice President Alexander Hamilton wrote in federalist 68 that the Electoral College would provide a practicable obstacle to cabal intrigue and corruption. He said that it would interpose capable men of discernment for deliberation over the selection of the president. Moreover, hamilton thought the system best designed to prevent tumult and disorder. Debates about the Electoral College once again emerged over the desirability of our constitutions method for selecting the president. So this debate is an important one about our republic. And about our constitutional form of government. It raises questions of principle. What are the values to be promoted in a democratic republic . In a feder
These days lets face it can happen to anyone because incidents like this are becoming common. Dont like that, happen last night, the confrontation again in louisville, demonstrators try to set the library on fire, a black cop shot in the stomach, 24 rest, urban violence is an election issue and polls show a sharp decline for antipolice demonstrations. Thats that, lets get back to money. After battling the threat of impeachment, Speaker Pelosi and the democrats are pushing a 2. 4 trigon dollar stimulus plan, and was 3 trillion and now its 2 trillion, now they come down, we dont know whether the treasury secretary will go up from his original trillion dollar, 1 trilliondollar plan. Not that much action in stock so far today, the stimulus plan news not really affected the market, the dow will be down 100 ands and p down a little bit but the nasdaq looks like a gain of 16 points at the state, not Much Movement but look at this, william hill, the reddish bookies getting to takeover bids and
Drivethrough lane. This is the silliest thing that has ever happened. They should have postponed it. They have really postponed it. Youre getting people sick out here. Georges election making national headlines. Lines wrapping around buildings and calls for investigations following allegations of voter suppression. The results are still coming in, with the secretary of States Office saying it could take longer than usual because so many people chose to vote by absentee ballot to the coronavirus. Susan erin geiger smith, those are scenes from two recent primary elections in the 2020 campaign year. Are they a harbinger of what this country might expect in november, or aberrations . Ms. Smith i hope that they are not, but i think a lot of preparations need to be made, for it will be. I actually think it is so important that we have these sort of test runs, the primary, to kind of see where the kinks are, and hopefully both the local Elections Officials and at the state and federal level a
That has ever happened. They should have postponed it. They should have really postponed it. Youre getting people sick out here. Georges election making national headlines. Lines wrapping around buildings and calls for investigations following allegations of voter suppression. The results are still coming in, with the secretary of States Office saying it could take longer than usual because so many people chose to vote by absentee ballot to the coronavirus. Susan erin geiger smith, those are scenes from two recent primary elections in the 2020 campaign year. Are they a harbinger of what this country might expect in november, or aberrations . Ms. Smith i hope that they are not, but i think a lot of preparations need to be made, for it will be. I actually think it is so important that we have these sort of test runs, the primary, to kind of see where the kinks are, and hopefully both the local Elections Officials and at the state and federal level are watching it and seeing how to solve