down for democrats and seven points up for republicans. that s a big move in a short period of time. karl rove is standing by with what he sees in these numbers. first, to capitol hill where some democrats plan to push for more spending on covid relief. aishah hasnie has more. hi, martha. this might seem like deja vu. democrats about a year ago passed this big covid-19 relief package. a big part of it were items that were on the president s social spending agenda. they could try this route again. democrats are very focused on trying to pass the core parts of the president s build back better plan. they need a vehicle, martha, that will get them the 51 votes. that vehicle could be a big covid relief package again. that could be money to fund the government is that is set to run out next month and social programs like paid leave could be tucked into this as well. let me remind you, congress has passed nearly $6 trillion in covid cash since the pandemic began. with the rise of
by as trump-appointed judge aileen cannon is expected to hold two hearings where she will consider motions to dismiss the case is from what defendant walt nauta including from co-defendants. walt nauta, trump aide. this comes as never before seen photos have been revealed from june 2022 to showing nauta moving boxes around mar-a-lago. prosecutors say the nauta move the boxes shortly before a trump attorney was going to look through them after getting a subpoena to turn over classified material. cnn s evan perez is in fort pierce, florida today to watch these hearings as they develop. ivan, what to expect to see well, john, look, i mean, a lot of these motions that the defendants are making are usually handled by by briefings by the lawyers in this case, a judge, aileen cannon is having hearings are pretty much every single motion, which is why this case is moving so slowly. what today, we re going to here, emotions from walt nauta this morning. this is a codefendant of th
welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. live on a rooftop overlooking tel aviv, israel. it s just after 11:00 p.m. here. it s been 16 days since the horrific terrorist attacks by hamas caught this country and, frankly, much of the world by complete surprise. we ll start with breaking news. hamas has released two more of the hostages it kidnapped from israel during the october 7th terrorist attack. that s according to multiple sources who say the hostages are nurit cooper and yocheved lifshitz. the lifshitz family said in a statement the women were handed over to the red cross and will shortly return to israel. we happened to be at the time with israeli defense spokesperson jonathan con reek cass when the news came in. this is part of his reaction. they are differentiating, distinguishing between only israelis and double citizens or perhaps only foreigners which rings familiar for me as a jew and third generation holocaust survivor, rings familiar from other types in our h