her twin daughters, emma and julie, were among the hostages released today. a member of the family is going to join me live in just a few minutes. plus we re, gonna tell you about a wild news story in the new york times. it s quite a read, about a pardon donald trump gave to a very shady character, and how it up ended the federal investigation by his own justice department. mike schmidt of the new york times broke that story and is here to talk about that now. later, how does the biden campaign pick a lane of attack against an opponent that is promising to sick the military on american citizens, and also threatening to terminate obamacare? join me here in studio. but we do want to start tonight in israel and gaza, where civilians will soon wake up today five of what is now a six-day temporary truce. after it was extended for an additional two days just earlier today. as it stands right now, that means two more days, hostages will be able to leave gaza, and two more days t