Hour gets underway on this monday night. Good evening, im Stephanie Ruhle live from msnbc headquarters in new york city. We begin this evening with new developments in the israelhamas war. Earlier today, two more hostages were released by hamas. My colleague richard has more on that story. It was two americans, now to israeli hostages are freed, taken out of gaza and loaded into ambulances tonight on the egyptian side of the border. Hamas Freed Nurit Cooper and yocheved lifshitz. Their release, like with the American Mother and daughter last friday, was facilitated by the red cross. Before hamas began to release hostages, we spoke to a senior hamas official, who said the group was willing to free civilians. , [inaudible] tonight, we interviewed him a b again. He told some of us wants to talk, and is open to negotiations. Where do we go now . [inaudible] open the borders. [inaudible] opening the borders, discussing our rights to get rid of the siege and occupation, and everything is on
Without a speaker. Many more republicans are now starting this new week by jumping into that chaotic and messy race. We have that report coming up later. Our top story is the prosecutors on offense in the trump coup cases. Jack smith has already put pressure on Defendant Trump after winning that partial gag order. Now, if youve been following the news, d. A. Willis has just won convictions on the eve of her first rico trial. Indeed, that was supposed to start today, but she won it so decisively, there is no trial. Ill explain. Two Trump Lawyers pled guilty two days ago nay row, showing new concern today that he is worrie they will testify against him and it will be damaging. He posted a new statement, which asserts, referring to Sydney Powell that she was, quote, one of millions who thought the 2020 president ial election was rigged and stolen. Thats his typo, by the way. He goes on to say, quote, ms. Powell was not my attorney and never was. That claim is false, but it is also telling
Israel. Two more hostages have been released. Two older women were told, the family of yohevid confirms that she has been let go. They confirmed this just a couple of minutes ago. Lipsitd was one of the founders of the kibbutz. A Peace Activist who the paper says regularly transported patients from gaza for medical treatment in israel. She is somebody thats been talked about a lot in the news over the past two weeks. Joining us now from tel aviv is nbc news correspondent hala gorani. A lot is up in the air. Walk us through what we are able to report right now . Reporter we heard from the brigade spokesperson, the military ring of hamas, announcing the release of two hostages, a source briefed on the talks confirmed to me as well about ten minutes ago that these two hostages were released. They were chosen for release because they were elderly, without confirming the names of the hostages, but you mentioned elderly women. One of the families confirming their release. This comes a couple
A mother, 32 years old, and her son, four years old, and a little baby, nine months old, is in captivity, kidnapped by hamas terrorists. So forgive me for not being excited about the humanitarian gestures of the terrorists. Also we have more than 200 hostages, some of them are about 78 80, all of those survivors will need medical treatment. They are going to play with the hostages and we know it, and if they think that it will prevent us from going in and destroying hamas, they have a terrible mistake. So do you think this in any way can be interpreted as positive with regards to releasing more hostages . I see it as a manipulation, as an attempt to buy time, and to fool the international community. As long as we have children, babies, innocent civilians kidnapped by hamas terrorists, theres nothing to discuss, and there is nothing that is related to humanitarian thoughts that they have. So qatar egypt mediation, whats your stance on that taking place . Theres a big difference between
Pileup on the highway. First this evening, the new images late today, two more hostages released by hamas. Two women handed over to the red cross. One of the women seen hugging a red cross worker. Their husbands still being held by hamas. Along with so many others. Will this put pressure on the Israeli Military to slow down any timeline for a Ground Invasion, to get the other hostages out alive, including ameri americans . Matt gutman in israel. Mary bruce at the white house. Here in the u. S. , the terrifying moments onboard that Passenger Jet, taking off near seattle, washington, headed to San Francisco. Authorities say a pilot tried to crash the plane. Parents with infants on their laps. Tonight, that offduty pilot charged with 83 counts of Attempted Murder. What they say he did while riding in that jump seat in the cockpit. Also tonight, this deadly and massive pileup on the highway. Thick fog and zero visibility causing Chain Reaction crashes involving dozens of cars and trucks. T