pause in the war. yesterday, hamas released 24 hostages while israel released 39 palestinian prisoners. and new video is showing dramatic reunions on friday, like nine year old ohad wound or. his mom grandmother ruth e. coming face to face with their loved ones after being held captive. relatives are saying that the former abductees are doing as well as can be expected. what is a good shape for a nine year old after being in some prison cell for nine months? the way i see is, the doctor said that they are exactly where they should be, under the circumstances, okay? so, we have to give them time, of course. but we are optimistic, a lot of love and a lot of patients, you know? recuperating and coming to terms with the new reality that has happened. indeed. well, the ron asher and her daughters, aviv and roz, they were also released and reunited with their loved ones, while relatives of the am still being held or questioning widespread global protests in support of palesti
the stand. his testimony a day after paul pelosi shared his chilling first memory after the attack, saying quote, he remembers waking up in a pool of blood. plus right now, powerful images are coming out of d.c. tens of thousands of people standing together. a forceful show of support for israel. loved ones of hostages demanding their release today while the idf shares heartbreaking news that a 19-year-old that was being held captive is now dead. what we know about her, the revelation that one israeli peace activist thought to be held hostage in gaza was actually killed on october 7th. and a lot of new developments there. our nbc news reporters are following all of those developments but we begin on capitol hill where we just heard from that senator who stood up seemingly ready to fight a witness before the committee. ali vitali is reporting for us. what did he say, ali? basically, no regrets, chris. he defended his actions that happened during the committee hearing. look
lawrence. good evening, ali. good moving, alex, thank you, and we should talk next week, have a good weekend. sure. well ek have a a washington d.c. appes court issued a stay on a gag order placed on donald trump in the 2020 election case brought by special counsel jack smith. a three judge panel made up of two trump appointees and a biden appointee scheduled oral arguments on a gag order on november 20th. until then, trump remains free to her verbal attacks against the special counsel and a. federal judge tanya chutkan found that the gag order is necessary because trump s verbal attack on witnesses and others could inspire violence from his supporters, which is exactly what happened on january six. we are so accustomed to following the day-to-day legal action in trump s constant unhinged social media grants about being persecuted by the justice system and biden administration, that we have become numb to just how abnormal this really is. ranting by fringe characters is
maga extremism versus mainstream, or just a record that president biden brought, grew the economy of covid, being strong in the world, and bringing decency back. at the end of the day, it will be a head to head contest, and we need to inspire young people, gen z and millennials, bringing them up to the levels that they re at in 22 and 20, and when. confidence begets confidence. pessimism but has pessimism. we had a big sure that we are the right side of this. congressman eric swalwell, the optimism for the end of the week. thank you, sir. that is our show for tonight. now it s time for the last word with ali velshi in for lawrence. good evening, ali. good moving, alex, thank you, and we should talk next week, have a good weekend. sure. well a washington d. c. appeals court issued a stay on a gag order placed on donald trump in the 2020 election case brought by special counsel jack smith. a three judge panel made up of two trump appointees and a biden appointee schedul
we re following developments of a major escalation in the israel-hamas war. israeli soldiers are now inside gaza, and israel s military is signaling a heavier assault to come. this is all happening as the situation for civilians stuck inside gaza is growing more and more desperate by the hour. we ll go live to the region for the very latest. plus, mike pence is now out of the presidential race. why donald trump may have been his undoing all along. i will be joined by congresswoman and former trump impeachment manager madeleine indeed. congressman gregory meeks, who s the ranking member on the foreign affairs me. and former alabama senator doug jones. then, an appearance by ali velshi himself. who made sure to set us up for the special episode of the velshi book club before he went on vacation. he spoke with two bestselling offers about a new effort to bring the fight for freedom to lead directly into the backyards of the most notorious book banners in america. you re watching