Jesse thank you. Bret good evening. Im bet breyer, former President Donald Trump says he might agree to another debate with Vice President harris if he gets, quote, in the right mood that comes one day after saying there would be no other debate. Congressional Correspondent Aishah Hasnie was out there. She starts us out from Rancho Investor days, california. Good evening, aishah. Aishah bret, good evening to you. It is not a commitment. But it is the first time the former president has softened up to the idea of doing another debate this off the Cuff Comment came right after he wrapped up a big Press Conference here basically telling reporters that he didnt have to do another debate. What would it take to do another debate . What would you need and want . I wouldnt need anything. I could do it tomorrow. Maybe if i got in the right mood . I dont know. Right now im leading. Aishah former President Trump leaving the door Cracked Open to another debate against Vice President Kamala Harris
democrats controlling the senate chamber. although this hour, counteroffer for a hostage deal from the terrorist group hamas, which is calling for complete cease-fire. i m going to get the reaction from the father of nine-year- old emily hand. she spent nearly 2 months in hamas captivity. leading this hour, the major ruling earlier today for a three-judge appeals court panel agreeing that donald trump is not immune from prosecution for alleged crimes he may have committed when he was president, getting trump s team until end february 12, monday, to file emergency action with the u.s. supreme court if they want to afield. let s get straight to cnn s caitlin collins. this was more than just a denial of donald trump s legal arguments. it was the judge s unanimously rejecting and repudiating donald trump s actions around january 6. yeah, they said it could be criminal. jake, they noted all this is what laid out in the indictment from jack smith so they used the words allegation
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Understand up to 20 people in gaza died. And for each of these explosions, there could be a loss of human life, it is a perspective worth remembering for all of us in t these hard days. Thank you so much for joining us. Us. Ac 360 begins right now. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com good evening. It is 3 00 a. M. In ashkelon, israel, five days since hamas launched a Surprise Attack from gaza. Israeli troops are amazing along the gaza border. 300,000 Israeli Reservists are, in his words, close to the gaza strip. That is a Fighting Force in a country of only 10 million people, nearly the size of all the reserves in the entire u. S. Military. In addition to mobilizing forces, preparations are underway at hospitals across this country for what might come next. Patients from facilities in the north are being moved to ones in central israel. Health Officials Say in case of escalation and presumably the need to treat casualties there. Right now the focus is on gaza, which Israeli Air Forces po
As the Prime Minister and i discussed, how israel does this matters. Just as isis was crushed, so, too, will hamas be crushed. And hamas should be treated exactly the way isis was treated. Thank you, america. For standing with israel. Today, tomorrow, and always. And this all comes as israel continues to strike gaza with artillery and those airstrikes. Also cutting off supplies to food, power and water until the hostages are released. Secretary of state Antony Blinken urging netanyahu to take every precaution to prevent harm to interior civilians in gaza and the humanitarian crisis in gaza is growing more dire. Up to 150 hostages including Americans Still being held captive. Erin Burnett Jones us in ashkelon. What can you tell us . Reporter we understand, obviously, those hostages right now, whereabouts unknown, status of any negotiations unknown. We know that the Israeli Defense forces are telling us that they believe that those hostages are being kept in various locations, most likel