hamas as part of this deal. congresswoman alissa slotkin, we appreciate you joining us this afternoon. our coverage of today s hostage our coverage of today s hostage release continues. captions by vitac www.vitac.com announcer: this is cnn breaking news. welcome to the lead. i m pamela brown in for jake tapper. we are following the major breaking news today. after more than 49 days in captivity, the first group of hostages held by hamas are now back in israel. and moments ago, we just saw some of those hostages met by cheers, as they arrive by helicopter at a children s hospital near tel aviv. we don t know how many people will be brought there. but sources say the mothers and their kids who were freed today, will not be separated. a total of 24 hostages were taken out of gaza earlier today in these vans right here by the red cross, where they then got their initial medical checks. now, the rest will all be taken to hospitals across israel based on their current me
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her numbers are much stronger, voters are more moderate. she herself is more moderate. 0n the question of the court cases, this is a highly dynamic process, a wait and see. there is a very significant difference between the idea of a conviction on the reality of a conviction, so i think one of the big question marks is at what point will some of these cases go all the way to trial, there has been an expectation that one of them will begin right around the same time as many of the votes take place in march around super tuesday, that can be delayed because there is an ongoing question being hurt in the court of appeal is about whether or not the president has immunity an ongoing question being heard. ultimately people will begin to think very differently if there is
that s right, last night for example before spain take on costa rica. but similarly with a 3 0 defeat to spain but it s spain who has marked itself as one of the teams to watch. they had 46 different attempts at goal and as a result, the player that many are talking about is the costa rican goalkeeper who managed to stave off 43 of those 46 attempts, daneel suella, she typically plays in costa rica but many are saying now because of the performance she is likely to be scouted internationally and be able to play at an international level but marking itself despite the fact that had difficulties lately with 15 of the players resigning. now it seems that manager has been able to rebuild support and make the team gel which was one of the big question marks going into the tournament. find into the tournament. and lookinu into the tournament. and looking ahead, into the tournament. and looking ahead, other- into the tournament. and looking ahead, other matches you are looking forward to?
him, and his voters, and it obvious to anyone watching kevin kathy is a test case that that s interesting reportin right, they re about those phone calls they are beholde to which is my next question, i two or three months ago, i think we did a monologue sayin that if you elected republican, house you re electing donald trump s shadow speaker. i think that still true to a certain extent, but i wonder how long it will be true honestly, and i think that wil be one of the big question marks, i one of the bi undefined factors going into this new year is the degree to which he is the unifying leade for the caucus, or other peopl start to break away make their own power plays. well, i think both of those things will be happening, right? it will be individual troops t what it breakaway, but if yo just look right now who is threatening kevin mccarthy speakership? it s not really the davi valadao s and don bacons