they included the three year old twins, ema and yuly. they were captured with other relatives when hamas set fire to their home. they were freed with their mother, sharon, but theirfather is believed to remain in gaza. also released were brother and sister erez and sahar kalderon. their relative spoke about his relief as he waited to see them again. i m finding that it s difficult to go from a state of endless anxiety about their fate, to a state of relief and joy. i believe it will take time. this is an exciting and heart feeling moment, but we also understand that it is the beginning of a difficult rehabilitation process for sahar and erez, who are still young and have been through an unbearable experience. the truce between israel and hamas allowed the return of dozens of hostages but dozens more are still in captivity. over 150 of our hostages men, women, children, babies over 150 other hostages men, women, children, babies who s taking care of them? who is hold
morning. thousands try to flee on foot, seeking safer zones. israel agrees to four-hour-long pauses or longer along two corridors. secretary of state blinken in india demanded longer pauses to prevent civilian casualties. there s more that can and should be done to minimize harm to palestinian civilians. i will talk to a top netanyahu advisor, a former ambassador. hostage families grasping for hope after u.s. and israeli intelligence chiefs met. bill burns of the cia goes to cairo, still trying to win release of more hostages. the hostages abducted during the october 7 hamas massacre. how one man is refusing to give up on his girlfriend who hamas drag across the border. joe manchin said he will not seek another senate term. that reshapes the fight for control of the senate. will he launch a run against joe biden? good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. there s been intense strikes today near several gaza hospitals. we enforcing israel s insistence t
of politics and public service. the international committee of the red cross has warned that hospitals in gaza have reached a point of no return , risking the lives of thousands of people. the director of the main hospital in gaza the al shifa has accused israel of launching a war on medical facilities, with reports of fierce fighting around several hospitals. israel has denied firing on medicalfacilities. israel says these are places where hamas is hiding. the purple areas here show where the idf troops are they ve now encircled gaza city. and this is footage taken from inside the al rantisi children s hospital in gaza city. people in the hospital have been told that if they re not medical staff or patients they must leave. that s because israel says hamas are in the tunnels undeneath, which hamas denies. israeli tanks are reported to be surrounding al shifa hospital while the palestinian red crescent has said that israeli snipers opened fire at al quds hospital, kill
representation there, but no nonethele nonetheless, the house repeatedly at different steps along the way invited the president to participate, invited him to send a lawyer. what we heard from the president this morning is largely a fabrication. the point at which a defendant is entitled to representation, and by extension a president charged with articles of impeachment, is at the trial in the senate. that s a trial that should be a fair process. there should be witnesses. there should be evidence. but from the first minute any of this happened, president trump said my white house won t participate. we won t send documents pursuant to subpoena. we won t make witnesses available. in other words, they re trying to effectuate a sham on the american people where the truth can t be learned, and that i think is because they re afraid of the truth here. joyce vance, we ll leave it there. thank you. enjoy the holiday. merry christmas. despite the house voting to impeach, this has still
mcconnell hasn t reversed himself. the idea the president should by rights get the nominee he wants and by extension a nominee can be, quote, stolen from him if he doesn t is the product of our ugly obsession with the white house at the expense of all else. you know all the data shows a vast majority people whether they are voting for hillary clinton and donald trump were voting because of the supreme court. have we become too obsessed with making sure the white house is won because you want control of the supreme court? culture wars shake the supreme court and that matters in politics and mcconnell s position is consistent with the person who invented this position which is joe biden in 1992. biden said when there is a split between the senate and the white house in an election presidential election year let s give the voters a choice and decide whether that nominee goes forward in the following year.