hello and welcome sto our viewers joining us here from the united states and all around the world. we continue to bring you breaking news coverage of the israel/hamas war. i m rosemary church. both sides have agreed to extend the pause in fighting for a seventh day. this came just minutes before the six-day truce was set to expire. israel says it agreed to extend the deal in light of mediators efforts to continue the process of releasing hostages. we ve learned that israel has received a list of people to be released today. 16 hostages were set free by hamas on wednesday, including ten israelis under the terms of the truce. four thai nationals and russian israeli women released under separate deals. joe biden says he is gratified by the release. israel freed another 30 palestinian women and children from its prisons, as part of its agreement with hamas. many were in detention and never charged. meanwhile, a group of thai hostages is set to arrive back in thailand soon. ma
debate. and then disaster mode, wildfires in new mexico prompt action from president biden while tens of millions of americans battle a brutal heat wave. good friday morning. it is 10:00 eastern, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york, and we begin with breaking news this hour at the supreme court where we are expecting more decisions any moment with 19 cases still undecided, including the biggest one of all, donald trump s immunity argument. let s go right to nbc s julia ainsley live outsides supreme court this morning. julia, the clock s ticking until the end of the term. what should we expect this morning? reporter: that s right, we know we should be getting multiple cases today. this is likely the second to last week of this term, so we expect all these decisions to be made at least by the end of next week. you mentioned the big one, ana, that s whether or not former president trump can claim presidential immunity in the election interference case given his role in
Ron desantis expects to sign a bill into law, the state lawmakers passed the bill this week after desantis targeting disney. joining us now from orlando, nbc news, senior national correspondent, kerry sanders. good morning, when do we expect the governor to sign this bill and what does it mean for disney? reporter: initially we thought the governor may sign it as early as today. his office says he has until the early part of next month which gives kind of a window here for possibility some back room negotiations between disney and the governor. this debate as you noted is all over really not the government or the self-government that
Do from my view is these endness back room negotiations. the american people have to see where we are and after that happens, we can do the best we possibly can. can that be healthy to highlight the division in the party? if you look at senator kyrsten sinema, she was censured by the arizona democratic party over what some would say are tactic, not over substance, tactics, do you think that was an appropriate action? yes, i do. and on the issue of voting rights, this is something almost different than anything else, you have a republican party under trump s leadership what is perpetuating this big lie that trump actually won the election and you have 19 republican states that are moving very aggressively into voter suppression, into extreme gerrymandering, some of these states are doing away with the powers of independent election officials, and they are moving in a very, very anti-democratic
Invest more in paintings in the future, something that mitt romney s concerned about, but you have been more seriously in these big, heated meetings. the back room negotiations. when your former colleagues keep saying it s getting close and they are removing things, what do you see happening here? it s definitely getting close. ive been in touch with colleagues from the house and senate. they ve been pretty pessimistic up until literally 20 minutes ago when i texted them and said i m going on ari s show. i sure would like to know from what what you think. from a standpoint of one to ten, ten being the best where are we in getting a deal this week, and both of them independent of each other, one said at a seven. which is way better than it was and you know, i really do want to say quickly about this you know, the sad, sad situation of mitt romney talking about taxing