by hamas. the lead starts right now. three hostages shot and killed today. tragic news, plus, verdict watch at a dc courthouse that any moment we expect the jury will return a verdict, one that could cost and cnn exclusive. the case of the missing classified binder. once in the hands of donald trump, how did this notebook with top secret material on russia just vanish? poof. in the final hours of the trump presidency, and could the information now be in the wrong hands? welcome to the lead. we start this hour with an exclusive from a team of cnn journalists that report a binder containing highly classified intelligence on russia s attempts to in the election, disappeared in the final days of donald trump s presidency. there s many theories of where it might be. and who may have taken it. one theory is from cassidy hutchison. who wrote about mark meadows taking the file in her book. i watched him climb into the limo, noticing the binder tucked under his arm. it s a
i am mj lee at the white house and this is cnn. we continue to follow the breaking news out of israel and its war on hamas. the israel defense forces says that it accidentally shot and killed three israeli hostages in northern gaza who were mistakingly identified as a threat. two of the vn victims identified. this is what idf spokesman lieutenant colonel jonathan told me just this last hour. we are looking into how it happened, how it came about that these hostages were out, trying to understand how that happened, whether it was intentional by hamas, or it wasn t intentional. and what we have told our troops is to exercise this when being confronted with people. part of the complexity, we are fighting in a civilian environment where almost all of the rpg crews that have been attacking our troops have been dressed in civilian clothes. it creates a very dynamic and challenging environment. what we have told our troops is to be extra vigilant and do one more safety