cheering on the red sox soon. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. never do you see a federal court hearing involving donald trump, but today we heard every single word. the lead starts right now. challenging the order. the former president pushing back on federal judge who put limits on what trump can say and where he can say it. ahead, take you inside the courtroom and why today s hearing mattered so much. plus, anger in israel. the heated exchanges with families of hostages kidnapped by hamas. and protesting boss moves. hundreds of employees at tech giant openai threatening to quick over firing of their founder and face of the company. welcome to the lead everyone. i m in for jake tapper. we start with a remarkable day in one of donald trump s four criminal cases. federal courts do not allow live cameras, but today we got to hear live audio in the federal election subversion case. the former president facing charges that include conspiring to overt
signals it may restore donald trump s gag order in the federal election subversion case but loosen some restrictions. we ll tell you why the former president took the green light for some public attacks on special counsel jack smith. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m pamela brown. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour in israel. the families of hostages held by hamas just made an urgent appeal to the netanyahu government, pushing for action to bring their relatives homes. cnn s nic robertson is following all the new developments from his position overlooking gaza. nic, what is the latest? reporter: there does some to be some optimism around the hostages. the reality is in every sort of hostage family that i ve talked to here reminds me when i speak about the possibility of getting their loved ones home, they say you have to recognize and understand that hamas is not a state actor. it is not a ration
40,000 were liberated. he and his wife have been married for 75 years. for most of those year, he didn t talk about the war. but several years ago he was an honored guest at the united states holocaust memorial museum in washington and walked through a train box car exhibit. this was a very nice looking box car. but when i got at that box car to walk through it, that is when i broke down. reporter: hilbert is since on a mission to teach and inspire. he speaks to schools and organizations. let s give a warm welcome. reporter: and late last week, it was to hundreds of students at atlanta s st. pius x catholic school. close to 32,000 prisoners in those barracks when we were there that sunday morning. reporter: but he s never considered his speeches more important than he does today because of what happened in israel on october 7. in all the years you ve been back from the war, and it has been almost 80 years, have you ever seen anti-semitic osm in t country as bad as
white house starts right now. hey, everyone. 4:00 in new york i m in for nicolle wallace. justice and accountability. more than a year after a harrowing attack that shocked this country, the ongoing political violence at the forefront, the jury found david depape guilty on counts of attempted kidnap taing of a federal official and assaulting a family member of a federal official. talking husband of nancy pelosi, paul pelosi, with a hammer in their home back in october of last year. depape faces life in prison. nancy pelosi they are deeply grateful for outpouring of prayers and warm wishes for mr. pelosi across country during this difficult time. the pelosi family is proud he densated extraordinary bravery and demonstrated in the courtroom this week. he felt in immediate danger when depape arrived at the doorstep in the middle of the night. the nbc news, the door opened a very large man came in with a hammer in one hand, zip ties in the other and he said, where s nancy.