We start with Breaking News from The Middle East where israel says its forces have rescued a hostage from an Underground Tunnel in the Southern Gaza strip. This image of qaid Farhan Al Kadi a Bedoin Arab Has just been released of him recovering in hospital speaking to members of his family. An Israeli Government spokesman has described it as a complex rescue operation. Here you can see the 52 year old talking to Israeli Soldiers shortly after he was rescued. He was abducted ten months ago close to the israel gaza border. Farhan al kadi the eighth hostage rescued by Israeli Forces since the start of the war in gaza is in a stable condition in hospital, where he is undergoing examinations. And this is his Family Running through the corridors and out to the helicopter after he was admitted. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he was working to secure the release of all the remaining hostages. But a group campaigning for those still held said that though this rescue had been mir
In mind. Thank you for doing that, we will pick up exactly where you left off. Have a good weekend. Have a good show. Good show. Russia without putin, that was one of the chants shouted by the people who Alexei Navalny, thousands of people who knew that they were risking their freedom, possibly their lives to say that. Alexei navalny who was harassed, poisoned imprisoned, and ultimately killed is proof of what happens to those Who Defy Putin and russia. Navalnys widow yulia and their two children did not attend the funeral because of fears of their own safety, Russian Police patrol the funeral, they stopped mourners from entering the church, unable to view, as you saw the open casket where navalnys body was covered with Red And White roses. The New York Times reports that Cell Phone Service in the area had been reduced to the lower band with 3g standard and described it as a mobile shutdown. Thats what it means to live in russia with putin. Despite this, a quarter of 1 Million People s
While that case moves forward, the others not so much. The federal elections case brought by special counsel jack smith suffered a huge setback this week when the Supreme Court stepped in and delayed the start date of that trial. Potentially pushing it back until after the november election, which leads to other trials. Today we got significant updates on both of those cases. Today in florida, for the first time ever, both donald trump and jack smith were in public court together. For the case over trumps handling of classified documents at maralago. Among other things, they were there to discuss when trumps trial in that case would begin. The special counsels team requested that the trial begin july 8th, giving them sufficient time to complete the trial before the election. Trumps team begrudgingly suggested the trial could begin august 12th, which prosecutors were quick to pounce on, saying one thing the parties agree on is that this case could be tried this summer. Trumps lawyers we
Lesson about democracy. We thought it was an Important Note to end the week on. Sometimes we think the system isnt working, but its important to keep that struggle in mind. Thank you for doing that, we will pick up exactly where you left off. Have a good weekend. Have a good show. Rachel without putin. That was one of the chants shouted by the people who Alexei Navalny, thousands of people who knew that they were risking their freedom, possibly their lives to say that. Alexei navalny who was harassed, poisoned imprisoned, and ultimately killed is proof of what happens to those Who Defy Putin and russia. Navalnys widow yulia and their two children did not attend the funeral because of fears of their own safety, Russian Police patrol the funeral, they stopped mourners from entering the church, unable to view, as you saw the open casket where navalnys body was covered with Red And White roses. The New York Times reports that Cell Phone Service in the area had been reduced to the lower ban
if you paid any attention to the u.s. jobs report at any point over the last three years, there s a good chance you ve heard the phrase, better than expected. you ve probably heard it again over the last few days following the latest job in december. 216,000 new jobs were created. much better than expected for cnbc. back in the old days, weeks 150,000 or more jobs created in one month was good. there are now 100 one point 42 open positions for every job seeker in america. well every available job is not matched every available job seeker, mathematically, america has more jobs than it has available workers. that s just the fact. december s 2100is not anomaly either. that s largely been the trend of the biden presidency since the office in 2021. you can find similar headlines about better than expected numbers for june 2021, january 2022, june 2022, september 2023, for example. this has been one of the top achievements of the biden presidency. it shows that he s been able to