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jamie raskin: umm, you know tommy left us a note, and the note said, please forgive me. my illness won today. look after each other, the animals, and the global poor for me, all my love, tommy. umm, so, he didn t have anything in there about take some time off. (laughs) and, uh. crowd: usa! usa! usa! usa! jamie raskin: why is america such an extraordinary country? we are not unified by virtue of being one ethnicity, or one ideology, or one religion. we re unified by one constitution and one rule of law, and then the values under our constitution. it is an aspiration. it s a challenge to us. the constitution shouldn t be some kind of fetish document. it should be the living commitment that we all have to make democracy work in service of the common good. that is the constitution that comes out of the civil war and reconstruction. that is the constitution that we ve been fighting for since then. and we ve got to keep fighting for it. crowd: trump! trump! trump! trump ....
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 h ....
chutkan reconsidered her decision and her new arguments from the special counsel and donald trump s criminal defense team. trump s attorneys wanted it removed on first amendment grounds, but judge chutkan reiterated in her ruling last night that, quote, as the court hasexained, the first amendment rights of participants and criminal proceedings must yield when necessary to the administration of justice. contrary to defend this argume, the right to a fair trial is not his alone, but belongs austin to the government and the public. defendants repeated appeals to broad first amendmentes, therefore ignore that the court pursuant to its obligations to protect the integrity of these proceedings recognize those values, but and balancing them against potential prejudiced from certain types of statements, found them outweighed. the gag order limits what trump says about potential witnesses in the case, as well as special counsel. it does not stop him from attacking president bid ....
attacking president biden, the justice department, or even judge chutkan herself. one of those potential witnesses is trump s former attorney, william barr, who trump slammed on social media last night a little more than an hour after the judge had filed her decision. at a 21 pm last night, trump posted, quote, i call bill barr dumb, weak, slow-moving, lethargic, got loose and lazy, a rhino who couldn t do the job. that s an all caps, if you re listening. bill barr is a loser, all caps. judge chutkan and special counsel s team have not yet responded to the social media attack on bill barr. the remarks are part of a pattern for the former president. while the gag order was on pause last week, trump lashed out at another potential key witness in the case. mark meadows. on tuesday last, week trump weighed in on a report from abc news that meadows, trump s former white house chief of staff had testified in the case under an immunity deal. and a social media post, trump insi ....
translator: we are making any effort in order to return them to us, to our country. it s very complicated effort. it s dealing with reality that we didn t know in the past. we are ready to do anything possible. this is not a secondary mission. this is a national priority. today the prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, met with the families of the israeli hostages being held in gaza. they told him they would only support a comprehensive deal that frees all the israeli hostages at the same time in exchange for palestinians held in israeli prisons. just minutes ago, a hamas spokesman said says hamas would accept that, would be ready to accept that for a full prisoner swap, meaning all of the palestinian prisoners being held in israel would have to be freed. cnn s nic robertson joining us live from sderot, israel, near the gaza border. nic, i understand you ve been hearing and seeing explosions where you are throughout the day. what s the latest? reporter: yeah, wolf ....