Security cabinet announced that it had unanimously approved this ceasefire, rocket fire continued from gaza into israel, which is not all that unusual in situations like this for gunfire, rocketfire, to continue right up until the ceasefire itself. This evening we heard from president biden praising israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu and thanking the egyptian delegation who helped broker the ceasefire. Remember that the united states and israel do not negotiate directly with hamas. So this was done with the help of the egyptian delegation. Egypt is sending two delegations, one to israel, one to gaza tomorrow, to make sure this ceasefire is implemented, which it is a fragile situation in their statement announcing the ceasefire, the israeli security cabinet making that very clear, saying, quote, the reality on the ground will determine the continuation of the campaign. Joy? thank you very much, erin, really appreciate it. Meanwhile, senate republicans continue to choose obedience
last two weeks, hospitalizations are growing at a much slower rate, just 35%. and the death rate may be the most important number has actually gone down. all of that is the backdrop for millions of kids heading back to school this morning, and confusion doesn t even begin to explain the feeling out there. some districts are bringing back masks, some are ramping up testing like here in new york city, while others are going virtual all over again. according to one data company, nearly 2,200 schools have announced that they are going to be closed starting today. bottom line, because there are no federal rules, schools, towns, districts, they have all their own rules, they are essentially on their own. that is why you ve got places like madison, wisconsin, where cases are up almost 50%, they re going virtual, but in houston where cases are up more than 600% over the last two weeks, schools there are open with masks and testing. and while covid is making a mess of the school situa
ex-president it all but ensures that special counsel jack smith will hear from the key witness who none of the other investigations into the trump cou plot not the fulton county d.a. has ever heard from under oath we re, of course, talking about mike pence a ruling handed down wednesday night by a federal appeals court rejects an emergency request by trump to block mike pence s testimony. new york times reports this, quote, the 11th hour ruling by the u.s. court of appeals for the district of colombia paves the way for mr. pence to appear before the federal grand jury as early as this week the ex-president has a few legal options left including an appeal to the supreme court but as nbc news reports, quote, in previous instances, where appeals sent senior aides must testify, his legal team has opted no the to fight the decision further and those witnesses have quickly appeared before the grand jury and trump s argument that executive privilege prevents pence or any of his ai
same misconduct. this investigation revealed that donald trump engaged in years of illegal conduct to inflate his net worth to achieve to deceive banks and the people of the great state of new york. claiming you have money that you do not have does not amount to the art of the deal. it s the art of the steal. and there cannot be different rules for different people in this country or in this state. on that promise, on our commitment, because no one, no one is above the law. and i would like for them to stand. this investigation was led by senior enforcement counsel kevin wallace, senior council andrew amar. assistant attorney general colleen fair feherty. assistant attorney general will handily, assistant attorney general stephanie toure, assistant attorney general austin thompson. eric herron, enforcement section chief louis solomon, legal support analyst samantha stern, additional support was provided by a data analyst, senior data analyst, akram, ashanauf, deputy director