Mare in this kind of warehouse and then it became the symbol of jewish success, where when i went to columbia about a third of the class was jewish and then now there was his place of acceptance of jewish triumph in america. And then now to come full circle to see the ways in which jewish students dont have a basic sense of safety on campus. It feels like a parable about america. Very remarkable. Thanks very much to our panel for being with us this morning. Im kasie hunt. Dont go anywhere. Cnn understands. All starts right now all right. History three in the courthouse Opening Statements set to begin in the Criminal Case against donald trump, and breaking this morning roared on who the first witness will be. Some one who bought embarrassing, damaging stories about donald trump. Columbia universitys president. President is calling for a reset. All class going virtual today he has university grapples with the ongoing propalestinian protests on campus. And jewish students now being urged
group of smart people and break down the big stories in our own way. today, we re asking, with ron desantis and nikki haley both making a lot of news is, either of them now a serious threat to donald trump? plus, hunter biden s strategy shift, getting aggressive with house republicans, did he outsmart the gop. and the aarp, our panel, yea or nay, from rocking on nur 80s. everyone is here and ready, so sit back, relax, and let s talk about it. up first, crunch time in the republican presidential race. the iowa caucuses are now just six weeks away, which means the clock is ticking, for top challengers to donald trump, to start gaining ground, and find some way to cut into his big league. and two of those candidates are making some noise. the next president of the united states, nikki haley! first, nikki haley, the super pack, americans for prosperity action, announced it is backing her, bringing massive resources to her campaign. they like my economic plans and my pla
for trump so we track them down, and wait until you see what they did next. and tonight rfk jr. gaining traction. his supporters going to tell you why it s kennedy for them over biden and trump. let s go out front. reporter: and good evening. i m erin burnett. out front tonight, prepared to attack at any hour. that s what israel is saying tonight as hamas says it s at, quote, high combat readiness. both sides preparing for the truce to end tonight if a deal is not reached by midnight eastern. last night the truce was extended for 24 hours at the last minute. today eight hostages were released. right now it s a group of six that arrived in israel. two others were released earlier today. they ve now been reunited with their family. the reality is so far women and children and hostages have been primarily released. that was the deal made by israel and hamas. by israel s last count there aren t very many women and children left in gaza, but there are 118 men still being held
that they have received two more israeli hostages today, and more are still expected. but rising tensions threatening to unravel the delicate cease fire at any moment. coming up, i ll talk to a woman whose 9-year-old cousin was just released by hamas. look at him run to his dad. what happened to him in captivity as another relative remains in hostage. one of the most influential figures in u.s. foreign policy dies at the age of 100. a look back at henry kissinger s divisive legacy. also ahead, george santos holding a free wheeling press conference this morning airing grievances as the house prepares a vote to expel him. if the house wants it start different precedent and expel me, that is going to be the undoing of a lot of members of this body. and later, elon musk s profanity-laced live stream rant against advertisers. could it finally doom the platform now known as x. thanks for joining us on this thursday, it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york
much. more israeli hostages are to be released after an extension with hamas. remains to be seen if the americans will be part of the next group to be let go. sandra: welcome everyone, sandra smith in new york, america reports . concern growing for the americans now in harm s way for nearly two months after several of the freed hostages describe being held in inhumane conditions with some adding they witnessed hamas physically torturing hostages. john: and while the fighting may be paused for the moment in the gaza strip, hamas is claiming responsibility for a deadly attack at a bus stop in jerusalem today. palestinian gunmen pulled up in a vehicle and killed three israelis and wounded at least six others. attack happening as secretary of state antony blinken arrived to meet with israeli and palestinian leadership. we are expecting to hear shortly from blinken about those meetings and whether he pushed for extended truce and more hostages to be released. sandra: as we