joey: we begin this hour with a fox news alert. a senior red cross official reportedly telling sky news he is not confident a third the round of hostage releases will happen today. however, an israeli diplomat says he expects hostages to be freed. rachel: 13 more israelis were released yesterday bringing the total so far to 26. todd: trey yingst on the ground in tel aviv with the very latest. trey? reporter: yeah, hey, guys, look, good morning. this is an incredibly delicate ceasefire and one that will have a lot of ups and downs. but system more good news to report from oversight, 13 additional israeli hostages release ared bringing the total to 26 since the ceasefire went into effect. i want to just show you hostage square here where so many have gathered to really bring attention to the situation and call for all of the hostages to come home. we do know that that report is out there indicating today there could be some more trouble, but israeli officials say this is goin
i ve had hanako montgomery in tokyo and this is cnn you re on the cnn newsroom. hi, everyone. i m jessica dean in washington, former president, and now convicted felon donald trump, saying he d be okay with serving prison time is coming just days after he was found guilty on all the charges in his criminal hush money trial but as he awaits his sentencing is set for july 11. the republican candidate for president warns a harsh punishment could lead to a breaking point among his supporters. this is what he said on fox news this morning judge, could decide to say, hey, house arrest or even jail it could face what i m okay with it. i saw one of my lawyers. he had the day on television saying, oh, no, you don t want to do that to the i don t get a bag for anything you d just the way it is. i don t know that the public would stand it. you know, i don t i m not sure that the public would stand for it with a house arrest for i think i think it d be tough for the public to take
breaking news of federal jury finding hunter biden, the president at a previously scheduled event on gun safety, and we just learned that afterwards he will be traveling to delaware to be with his son or last hour, the special prosecutor in the case gave his first statements since the jury reached their decision this morning here s david weiss this case was about the illegal choices defendant made while in the throes of addiction. his choice to lie on a government form when he bought a gun and the choice to them possess that gun, it was these choices. and the combination of guns and drugs that made his conduct dangerous second no one in this country is above the law everyone must, be accountable for their actions. even this defendant however hunter biden, should be no more accountable than any other citizen convicted of this same conduct. the prosecution has been and will continue to be committed to this principle some jurors though, are now questioning whether this case sh
that elected officials republican elected officials attack our judicial system and attack judges and attack the jury. i think even are their own races. that wasn t are up for reelection if they need to bring an independence and women and moderates and even common sense republicans who want to say that our judicial system is still a foundational element of our democracy. i think that s a really dangerous point for republicans. and you can also see just how significant a moment this was and how sensitive the white house s through the president s remarks. it was a topper before his remarks on the middle east when he addressed this verdict. and he was also very technical in the way that he described what happened. he talked about the jurors. he talked about it being a state case, not a federal case. he s sort of walked through the process. he did say that it was a irresponsible to say that this was rigged. it was shortly after the former president had come out in his remarks talking