is live look at the prison where palestinian prisoners are expected to be released in about two hours from now as part of israel wants hostage swap with hamas. we give them they give them prisoners, they get back innocent people. meanwhile in israel, officials are preparing preparing for are preparing for the return of 13 hostages. the first of 50 to be released over the next four days. trey yingst is live at the israeli air base where the exchange is set to take place. take it away, tray. trey. good morning, two hours from now that first group of hostages is expected to be released into the hands of the red cross and then they will be flown to this military base in southern israel. they will be evaluated and then ultimately able to call their loved ones. earlier today. they goal to regional medical facilities one of five different hospitals where they will be hospitalized in separate, secluded wards. remember, this first group. consist of 13 people. all women and chi
it s 9am in singapore, 1am in london, and 8pm in washington where the us attorney general, jeff sessions, says he won t be involved in any investigation into whether russia interfered in last year s presidential election. he s been accused of lying about contacts he had with russian officials during the campaign and senior democrats have called on him to resign, accusing him of lying on oath to congress. mr sessions has denied doing anything wrong. this is what he told reporters a little earlier. we talked a little bit about terrorism, as i recall and somehow the subject of the ukraine came up. i have the ukrainian ambassador in my office the day before and. to listen to him. nothing that russia. russia had done nothing that was wrong in any area and everybody else was wrong with regard to the ukraine. it got too bit of a testy conversation at that point. our north america editorjon sopel has this on the day s events. i thought it was telling last night that as soon as the st
after allegations that he lied under oath about his contacts with russian officials during the presidential election campaign. mr sessions has denied any improper conduct but he has withdrawn from the official investigation into claims of russian interference in the election. president trump has said mr sessions could have been more accurate but hasn t done anything wrong. he accused the democrats of taking part in a witch hunt. our north america editor jon sopel reports. marine one touching down on the navy s newest aircraft carrier, and the president feeling the full downdraught of the latest setback to buffet his administration. his attorney general, jeff sessions, facing charges that he lied under oath during his confirmation hearings over his contacts with the russians. but the president is standing by him. reporter: mr president, do you still have confidence in the attorney general? total. reporter: when were you aware that he spoke to the russian ambassador? i wasn t a
us attorney generaljeff sessions, is under intense pressure after allegations that he lied under oath about his contacts with russian officials during the presidential election campaign. mr sessions has denied any improper conduct but he has withdrawn from the official investigation into claims of russian interference in the election. president trump has said mr sessions could have been more accurate but hasn t done anything wrong. he accused the democrats of taking part in a witch hunt. our north america editor jon sopel reports. marine one touching down on the navy s newest aircraft carrier, and the president feeling the full downdraught of the latest setback to buffet his administration. his attorney general, jeff sessions, facing charges that he lied under oath during his confirmation hearings over his contacts with the russians. but the president is standing by him. reporter: mr president, do you still have confidence in the attorney general? total. reporter: when were y
but can it convince gamers to switch? plus, the gadgets google wants every home to have. we hear from the company s hardware boss. one of president trump s closest allies, us attorney generaljeff sessions, is under intense pressure after allegations that he lied under oath about his contacts with russian officials during the presidential election campaign. mr sessions has denied any improper conduct but he has withdrawn from the official investigation into claims of russian interference in the election. president trump has accused the democrats of leading a witch hunt . tulip mazumder reports from washington. he is the country ‘s most senior prosecutor butjeff sessions stands accused by senior democrats of lying under a over meetings with the russian ambassador during the election campaign. with pressure mounting on the attorney general to stand down he hastily set up a news conference to categorically deny the claims. i never had a meeting with russian operatives or russi