cheering on the red sox soon. the lead with jake tapper starts right now. never do you see a federal court hearing involving donald trump, but today we heard every single word. the lead starts right now. challenging the order. the former president pushing back on federal judge who put limits on what trump can say and where he can say it. ahead, take you inside the courtroom and why today s hearing mattered so much. plus, anger in israel. the heated exchanges with families of hostages kidnapped by hamas. and protesting boss moves. hundreds of employees at tech giant openai threatening to quick over firing of their founder and face of the company. welcome to the lead everyone. i m in for jake tapper. we start with a remarkable day in one of donald trump s four criminal cases. federal courts do not allow live cameras, but today we got to hear live audio in the federal election subversion case. the former president facing charges that include conspiring to overt
signals it may restore donald trump s gag order in the federal election subversion case but loosen some restrictions. we ll tell you why the former president took the green light for some public attacks on special counsel jack smith. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. wolf blitzer is off today. i m pamela brown. you re in the situation room. we begin this hour in israel. the families of hostages held by hamas just made an urgent appeal to the netanyahu government, pushing for action to bring their relatives homes. cnn s nic robertson is following all the new developments from his position overlooking gaza. nic, what is the latest? reporter: there does some to be some optimism around the hostages. the reality is in every sort of hostage family that i ve talked to here reminds me when i speak about the possibility of getting their loved ones home, they say you have to recognize and understand that hamas is not a state actor. it is not a ration
florida. debby is blamed for one death. scared half to death. pretty traumatic. we got the latest forecast track. more on cranberries. michelle obama want kids to lay off sugary drinks but she didn t expect cranberry farm towers be mad at her. plus this. are you sexually attracted to young boys to underage boys? am i sexually attracted to underage boys? yes. your sexually attracted to young boys, to underage boys? this exchange between jerry sandusky and bob costas was so damaging it was used as evidence in court but what you just heard might actually end up helping the convicted child rapist. it has to do with a bad video edit. i ll talk with a legal expert. too close to call, this photo finish was no help to judges. take a close look. what do you think? there can only be one winner so who decides. newsroom begins right now. good morning. happy monday to you i m carol costello. thank you so much for joining us. right now we re keeping a close eye on the u.s. su