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thanks for spending part of the day with us. the beat with ari melber starts now. hello. we have breaking news. jack smith s prosecution of donald trump has scored another procedural victory tonight. it goes to questions of accountability, and whether trump will be allowed to use and abuse the following and the power his has to undercut this important method of holding him accountable. the news ruling limits what trump can say in the case. for example, publicly attacking potential witnesses, court staff, and many of the other staff involved. he s tried these antics in other cases. this is the big case currently on schedule to begin in march, and could result in his conviction or imprisonment. one difference, though, is the court did revise the order. the ruling say that some aspects of trump s public statements pose a significant and imminent threat to the fair and orderly adjudication of the ongoing criminal proceedings against defendant trump. now, in the official ....
next 24 hours. 150 palestinian prisoners will be handed over in exchange, we think, for 50 hostages taken by the terrorist group. jeff joins us live from tel aviv. jeff. sometimes this is the most dangerous part of a war, when you have an upcoming pause in the fighting. there is not a pause right now. it will not go into effect until 10:00 a.m. tomorrow. that is part of the reason you are seeing the smoke rise above gaza. later today, we learned we ll be getting a press conference, news conference from prime minister netanyahu. the first comments he makes since they came to this agreement with hamas around 3 a.m. local time temperature took six hours to get to this decision. prior to the meeting, prime minister netanyahu called it a tough decision, but the right decision. under this brokered deal, israel will get 50 hostages, women and children, and israel will release 150 palestinian prisoners. as far as hostages being released from gaza, they will come out in groups ....
carley: it is election day 2023 voters in 37 states heading to the polls to cast ballots in state and local elections, being viewed as dress rehearsal for the presidential race next year. you are watching fox and friends first, i m carley shimkus. todd: can you believe we are one year away from 2024. i m todd piro, keeping close eye on key races. every seat up for grabs in virginia. youngkin put his weight behind republicans there and could generate buzz about a possible presidential run. abortion big issue on the ballot there, as well. to kentucky, republican attorney general cameron, running to oust bashear. carley: in mississippi, tate reeves is running against presley, a second cousin to elvis presley. and working toefrtime to flip the state senate and assembly red, would take winning six democrats seats and seven in the assembly to do it. take a look at whether issues like parent rights and wind turbines will be enough to get it done. todd: breaking news ....
and some trying to climb over the gates with palestinian flags. meanwhile, israel in israel the idf says its iron dome intercepted a drone coming from lebanon earlier today after taking down rockets from gaza overnight. rachel: iran says u.s. would be, quote, hit hard if washington did not implement a cease-fire in gaza but israel is maintaining a cease-fire is not an option. we re not going to have a cease-fire with hamas it is leak you having a cease-fire after bombing of pearl harbor and cease-fire with isis it is absurd glad to see the administration is not asking for a cease-fire. jonathon hunt is on the ground with the latest. hey, jonathon. hey will rachel, pete good to see you. over the last four hours or so this morning israel paused air strikes to give more civilians in gaza time to head from the north at the center of the war zone down to relative safety at the southern end of gaza and prior to that they made it clear they are not going let up the pressur ....