tonight with the context, the writer and broadcaster chris morris and leigh ann caldwell, longtime capitol hill correspondent and now an anchor for the washington post live. we re going to start with the latest from the war in ukraine. in a major speech today the russian president vladimir putin had a dire warning that the coming decade could be the most dangerous since the end of the second world war. president putin defended moscow s so called special military operation, saying the expansion of nato, and the west, were to blame. he accused western nations of trying to impose their politics, culture and way of life around the globe. translation: russia is not - challenging the elites of the west, russia is simply defending its right to exist and to develop freely. the west is not able to single handedly able to govern humanity but it is desperately trying to do it. most peoples of the world no longer want to put up with it. on the ground fierce fighting continues across
this is cnn breaking news. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start this hour with breaking news. israel says a new group of hostages has been freed. it includes an american citizen. we saw the red cross convoy leaving gaza and entering egypt. the idf says this group consists of 14 people headed right now to meet up with israeli forces. 48-year-old leat bamin is now the second american released since the start of this pause in the violence between israel and hamas. after we saw 4-year-old abigail edan released earlier this week. let s get right to cnn s oren lieberman who is in save, and cnn s jeremy diamond who is in israel. jeremy, we re learning more about this batch of hostages, including this american dual citizen. tell us more. reporter: that s right. among these ten israeli hostages who have been freed, there are four thai nationals who have also been freed. i want to read you the names that we are getting, including the woman you mentioned, the 48-year-old
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