President biden and netanyahu of israel are expected to speak by phone about rafah today. Well bring you any news of that as it happens. Taking away my constitutional rights. Im not allowed to answer that question. This has never happened in this country before. It is a ridiculous thing. A ridiculous case. I did nothing wrong. The judge is totally conflicted. And you want to take a look at it. Im not supposed to be talking about it. But i am allowed to say that the judge has a conflict like nobody has ever had before. You have to take a look at it. He has taken away my constitutional right to speak. Dana former President Trump entering Court Minutes ago. The judge already threatening him with jail saying the 1 thousand fines for violating his gag order dont seem to be working. Now we have that to think about. Welcome to a new hour of americas newsroom, im dana perino. Good morning. Good morning. Im bill hemmer. Good morning at home. Waiting to see who the witness will be. Jeff mcconnie
right now as israel intensifies its assault on southern casa, president biden and his administration are focused on easing the deadly impact of the war, applying pressure on the idf to protect civilians as it carries out its operation. the white house has enlisted congress to help in that regard, urging lawmakers to pass a bill that would include israel aid and humanitarian assistance. while also addressing ukraine, and the crisis at the border. house republicans seem focused on other matters, the new speaker, mike johnson, says he thinks he has the votes to launch an impeachment inquiry into joe biden as early as this week. and on the gop campaign trail, the presidential hopefuls once again scheming to blow up obamacare, pitching half baked plans to replace a program american families have relied upon for well over a decade. the two parties are telling us exactly what they care about at this very moment. american voters will show what matters to them in 2024. we have a
choices, too. hamas could immediately release all of the hostages it holds. it could stop using civilians as human shields and stop using civilian infrastructure to stage hamas attack. hamas could lay down its arms, surrender the leaders responsible for the slaughter, the torture, the rapes of october 7th. hamas could renounce its stated goal of eliminating israel, killing jews, and repeating the atrocities of october 7th again and again and again. meanwhile, everyone around the world who cares about protecting innocent civilians, innocent lives should be calling on hamas, indeed demanding hamas that it immediately stop its murderous acts of terror and deplorable use of innocent, men, women and children as human shields. in our meetings with israeli leaders here and in jerusalem and palestinian leaders in ramallah, we discussed our continued focus from preventing the conflict from spreading whether to the west bank, to israel s northern border, or to the broader region. i rai
we d like to see the pause extended because what it has enabled, first and foremost, is hostages being released. it as enabled us to surge humanitarian assistance into the people of gaza who so desperately need it. that was secretary of state antony blinken earlier this morning. he is getting ready to head to israel right now. the final hours of the truce between israel and hamas are ticking away and intense negotiations are underway to extend that truce. hamas is set to release more hostages today after handing over another group of women and children yesterday. and yesterday in gaza we saw gunmen with rifles slung over their shoulders hand over an 84-year-old woman in a wheelchair as a crowd cheered and recorded with their cellphones. also release a 17-year-old girl clutchinger dog in her arms. the family of the youngest israeli hostage telling cnn they have been notified the baby, the 4-year-old brother will not be among the hostages freed today. this is the latest
should be here in a couple of minutes. i don t believe it. all of a sudden the door opened up and she just ran. it was beautiful. just like in just like i imagined it, you know? running together. what an interview. you will hear much more of that soon. good morning, everyone. glad you are with us this hour. that was the father of 9-year-old emily hand describing the moment he reunited with his beloved little girl after she spent more than seven weeks in hamas captivity. this morning he sat down with our own clarissa ward for his first interview since emily came home. right now we are watching and waiting for hamas to release ten more hostages today after the temporary truce of israel was extended for two more days. late yesterday, hamas released a fourth round of captives. that group including a mother and her 3-year-old twin daughters. sadly, their father still being held. this video this morning, 12-year-old atan getting a hogue as they were reunited last night. the