tonight, the house of representatives is entering week three without a speaker. eight candidates are now vying for the job, after one dropped out in the last hour. and right now, as we speak, republicans are meeting behind closed doors to figure out some kind of a path forward before an internal vote tomorrow. gotta hold your breath. after all the reports of screaming and cursing, some physical altercations in previous meetings, you can t really imagine what s going on in that room right now. we re gonna talk to some people who do know in just a moment. but if you are wondering out there why this matters and why we are still talking about this circus, well, the thing is, nothing can happen in congress. no new money for israel, no new money for humanitarian efforts in gaza, nothing without a speaker. now is the time when we really actually need government to function. and you will never guess who is involved in all of this dysfunction behind the scenes, or maybe you wi
tonight, the house of representatives is entering week three without a speaker. eight candidates are now vying for the job, after one dropped out in the last hour. and right now, as we speak, republicans are meeting behind closed doors to figure out some kind of a path forward before an internal vote tomorrow. gotta hold your breath. after all the reports of screaming and cursing, some physical altercations in previous meetings, you can t really imagine what s going on in that room right now. we re gonna talk to some people who do know in just a moment. but if you are wondering out there why this matters and why we are still talking about this circus, well, the thing is, nothing can happen in congress. no new money for israel, no new money for humanitarian efforts in gaza, nothing without a speaker. now is the time when we really actually need government to function. and you will never guess who is involved in all of this dysfunction behind the scenes, or maybe you will gue
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 learned
when terrorists don t pay a price for their terror, when dictators don t pay a price for their aggression, they cause more chaos and death. chaos andh and he calls on congress to fund both wars. we can t let petty, partisan, angry politics get in the way of the responsibilities of a great nation. now the urgent effort to free more hostages as two americans are released as both conflicts rage on. will the u.s. be able to build support for staying in the fight? i ll ask secretary of state antony blinken and former vice president mike pence. plus, house in chaos. a speaker has not been elected. we need to come together and figure out who our speaker s going to be. the house of representatives remains leaderless as the republican fight over who will become the next speaker drags on. the crazy eights who have led the race. the amount of damage they have done to this party and to this country is insurmountable. is there a solution to this dysfunction? will anyon
hit hundreds of targets in gaza and launched new raids on the ground. in all the idf says 320 sites were targeted. now, the hamas-controlled ministry of health in gaza says more than 400 people were killed. here we are showing you pictures of some of the aftermath of those strikes. we also have an important update from the idf saying that they now believe 222 people were kidnapped by hamas terrorists in the october 7th attack. that new total is up, you will remember frrom 203 as more information came in and more detail was coming out. this morning the family of the first two hostages released, two americans, spoke out for the first time. we don t have the privilege to be happy or to celebrate. we don t have the privilege to mourn. we cannot put it aside. we cannot rest. this is getting judith and natalie back was not the end, it s the beginning. all right. again, some 222 hostages, as many as 222, this would be their 17th day in captivity. to give you a sense of what ka