in gaza to be released but also the release today of 39 palestinian detainees and prisoners from israeli prisons. that followed the same number being released yesterday. the video you re looking at there, that s the scene on the west bank in just last hour. a huge celebration, crowds gathering there to meet those palestinians coming home from those israeli prisons. cnn s kaitlan collins is in tel aviv with latest developments on this second day of hostage releases. reporter: alex, we re in the second day, and now we are hearing from israeli officials that they have received the list of the hostages who are expected to be released on the third day. we are still waiting to learn more about who is on that list, but tonight these are the 13 israeli hostages who were released today. eight children, five women in total. they range in age from 3 years old to 67 years old. the idf says that in addition to those hostages who were released, four thai nationals also being held hostage
doesn t stop there. cohen s attorney tells msnbc he has information that bob mueller would want to know and is more than happy to start talking to the special counsel. meanwhile, paul manafort who two years ago literally ran donald trump s campaign is now a felon. he is facing serious prison time and like michael cohen sits atop this list of trump associates who are indicted or convicted criminals. that is a lot of witches. good morning, and welcome to morning joe on this wednesday, august 22nd. joe is off. he s tweeting. he ll be filing for the washington post. we ve put together an all-star lineup for this morning s incredible amount of news. a small law firm of legal experts, msnbc legal analyst danny savalas, john thnathan tu and barbara mcquade and two experts or the cohen stories
i do not think there s a parallel. we ll see what you come up with. a legal landslide like none other in the history of the presidency. what the conservative drudge report described as trump hell
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meeting with labor leaders this afternoon in the roosevelt room outside of the oval office when this story was breaking. no statement of any kind from the white house. he s scheduled to leave here at about 4:00 to head to a rally in west virginia in support of patrick morsi. the president usually doesn t hold back in these rallies. he may speak to reporters as he leaves the white house. white house not reacting to plea deal from a top associate in michael cohen but the fact that paul manafort jury could come back at any moment. president connected to all of these but so far not commenting. let me turn to my four brilliant people sitting to my right. you have been out front in this cohen reporting. he s going to plead guilty to x, y, and z. what will you be listening for? i think this is really going to be something to listen to because the judge is going to say to cohen i want to hear in your own words what crime y
America. He became the man from the district in louisiana to the speaker of the united states. And look at the entire world had to carry the burden of that and make the right decision. Rank and File Member at johnson largely oppose funding for ukraine. He cited his debriefings from intelligence officials as the reason for his 180 and why he decided to move ahead with a Floor Vote on the 60 billiondollar Ukraine Bill on saturday. More democrats voted to pass that which angered hardline conservatives who did not want to advance it without measures for the southern border. As lawmakers had to a weeklong Recess Congresswoman Marjorie taylor green leaves it will feel the anger from their constituents and back the effort to oust johnson. She said on Sunday Morning futures with maria this Morning Johnson should step down or he will be vacated. Some democrats may be willing to cross the aisle and save it jjohnsonif that does happen
Additional claim against him. unless you hit him hard in the pocket, donald trump doesn t understand accountability. he is the person right now seeing accountability on a multitude of different legal matters. we are talking here about jail time. do you think he could really face that penalty? i think he actually knows that jail in and of itself is probably unlikely. and to be honest with you and a lot of people get angry when i say it especially the trump detractors, i don t want to see donald trump behind bars. i do want to see him ultimately held accountable for his for his alleged crimes. and if that means a sentence, i believe that the right thing to do is to put him on a very significant home confinement. and i say that because understand donald trump despite the fact that he s dumb, he still spent four years getting classified debriefings.