papers with me tonight. thank you for reviewing the papers with me tonight. next it s time for the film review. but from me it s goodbye for now. hello and a very warm welcome to the film review on bbc news. i mjane hill, and taking us through this week s cinema releases is jason solomons. good to see you, jason. hello, jane. what have you been watching? well, this week we ve got everything with elvis, we ve got beckett, we ve got wham. talk about absurd. we will start with baz luhrmann s long awaited biopic of the king, elvis, and the man who discovered him, colonel tom parker, played by tom hanks. and then we go to france for literally a prison drama a drama being made in a prison where inmates put on samuel beckett s waiting for godot. they do have time on their hands, after all. and then, i will not let you down it s george michael freedom uncut. will it be any good? you gotta have faith, jane. laughs. excellent. plenty more puns where they came from. let s start with
am while he. polls are now close in the seven states that actually had elections today. many results are still too early to call, but here are some of the primary races we are following closely at this hour. and california, we are awaiting a call in the mayoral race in los angeles, congresswoman karen bass running against rick caruso. a lifetime of businessman. turned democrat, a special recall election in san francisco lost his job as additional guitar any of that. city in south dakota nbc news projects that accompany republican governor christine all has one parent mary for governor. over and iowa democratic michael franken excuse me there, difference crane that from what we are seeing, defeated former congresswoman abby finkenauer. frank you will now look to updating and convince senator chuck grassley, come november. and in montana, ryan thank, you donald trump secretary of the interior, is leaning in his campaign for congress in close race though that we are watching
And thank you for joining us on news night. Laura coates live as always starts right now. Hey, laura. Im always live. I love that. As always. Congratulations on a wonderful week. Thank you. You too. A lot of news arriving for both of us, but i know youll be covering it. Good news tonight. Thank you. Well see you again on monday. Thats right. Well, Two American Hostages Released by hamas. Thats the good news. Now, what will happen to the rest . Tonight, on laura coates live. Thankfully, a sigh of absolute relief, at least for one family and this nation. An American Mother and her daughter from chicago who were just visiting family in israel when they were taken by hamas pictured here after their release. The photo from the israeli government. President joe biden spoke with them and promised the full support of the United States government as they recover from their ordeal. The embassy in jerusalem releasing a photo tonight. None of them can contain the smile they have at what is really
in hours in now a major primetime address. President biden delivering his message to the nation from the oval office, calling for additional aid to israel and also to ukraine. Im Brianna Keilar with Boris Sanchez here in washington. Kaitlan collins is live from tel aviv. The State Department is warning all americans overseas. This is a rare warning and says to, quote, exercise increased caution citing rising senses all over the world. It comes as the humanitarian crisis in gaza grows more dire. Egyptian Security Officials told a cnn journalist on site that the rafah crossing between inmate and the gaza strip will be open on friday to deliver critical aid. Workers were seen making preparations. Yeah. That would be critical aid. Today an israeli strike on a neighborhood about ten miles from where the crossing is killed a number of people and also injured dozens more. Thats according to the Interior Ministry in gaza. A spokesperson for the Israeli Defense forces said he did not have infor
we are back with another hour of our special coverage of the hamas hostages being released today. i m chris jansing in new york. it was a long-awaited moment. just last hour we saw this convoy of vehicles with israeli hostages crossing into israel. just moments after they were handed over to the red cross ahead of their medical evaluations and reunions with loved ones. these are the faces of the 13 hostages, women and children who were in captivity for 49 days as young as 2 years old, as old as 85. israel is releasing palestinian prisoners in the exchange, women and teenage boys. that is part of this deal, and with aid trucks arriving today through the gaza-egypt border, the palestinian red crescent is warning of a dire situation inside gaza saying the needs of the palestinians are increasing. a u.n. spokesman in geneva weighing in as well. we hope it allows grieving families to honor their dead and bury them with dignity. and we hope that this humanitarian pause leads to a