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good evening and welcome to the source. i m kaitlan collins. tonight, two more hostages have been free. 17 days after they were kidnapped by hamas. we ve just obtained new video of the two israeli women who were released, taken to a medical center in tel aviv tonight. they are 79-year-old nurit cooper, who you can see here, and 85-year-old yocheved lifshitz. they were both kidnapped with their husbands from the kibbutz nir oz near gaza on that deadly day. their husbands, i should note, were not released tonight and do remain captives of hamas. these women were released to the red cross at the rafah crossing between egypt and gaza. this happened just in the last several hours. this news comes three days after the release of judith and natalie raanan. that was last friday. now they are expected to be back on their way to the united states this week. over 200 hostages do still remain in gaza tonight, a number that we do know includes american citizens. cnn has now le ....
3:00 a.m. in tel aviv. two more hostages, more than 200 still being held, are on their way home. nurit cooper and yocheved lifshitz. both israeli citizens, both taken from their kibbutz on october 7. mrs. lifshitz and her husband are founding members of the kibbutz. she and mrs. cooper were handed over in southern gaza, where they each were examed by medics. now the medics telling an egyptian media outlet that mrs. kuiper and lifshitz were in stable condition. just a few moments ago, we got this video of a military helicopter carrying the two freed women now safely back here in israel. this comes with sources telling cnn that the biden administration has been pressing israel to delay its ground incursion into gaza to allow more time to get hostages out and humanitarian aid in from the south. that said, national security spokesman john kirby tells cnn tonight, quote, we don t believe this is the time for a ceasefire. there s certainly a lot to get to in the hour ahead. w ....
thank you, nicolle. we appreciate you. i m ari melber. we begin this broadcast with breaking news out of the georgia rico case against trump and his aides. guilty. for the first time ever we re reporting tonight a trump lawyer in the 2020 election case has now pled guilty. sidney powell, who you may remember from presentations like that one she gave with giuliani after the election, a key coup lawyer. a key player, we should mention. jack smith s case against trump. and most critically tonight, a rico defendant in that georgia case where she was booked for her mug shot. she was awaiting trial next week. the news tonight? she just pled guilty today, a bid to duck potentially harsher penalties in that criminal case. unlike the federal case, today the cameras were rolling today in the georgia courtroom. you can see the defendant now convict sitting there this is where a one-time presidential lawyer became a convict. she admitted her guilt in the efforts to overturn trump ....
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good evening and welcome to the source. we start with breaking news here tonight, as president biden will be going to israel on wednesday, a critical trip that comes at a critical time. the major announcement was just made by the secretary of state antony blinken following a nearly eight-hour long meeting that he had with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and his wartime cabinet he has recently formed. this trip is going to amount to a massive show of support for america s closest ally in the middle east. it is also going to be extremely high stakes both politically and security-wise. secretary blinken previewed part of what will be on president biden s agenda when he lands in the grieving nation. he s coming here at a critical moment for israel, for the region, and for the world. the president will reaffirm the united states solidarity with israel and our ironclad commitment to its security. the president will hear from israel what it needs to defend its m ....