contracts down on ac activists. rachel: agent people were detained in hong kong, acured of disrupting order in a public space. his year, a carnival has been held where those vigils used to take place. and that s the new hong kong for you. in 2020, they were protesting the ccp and there were, i mean, gazillions of american flags as our protesters in the summer of 2020 were burning flags, american flags in hong kong they were flying american flags and calling for freedom of course, that didn t come to them. now you see these fake pro beijing protests instead of the tradition of honoring those brave people who tried to fight against communism in tiananmen square. every inch of space you give over becomes a place where freedom does not exist. president trump said the provocations are because we look weak from what happened in afghanistan to the minor incursion in ukraine. rachel: to the falling on the stage. to the falling on the stage of beijing, may be unnoterly looking at
protecting their turf and business, a big part of which is drugs. fentanyl prominent among the drugs and human trafficking. another huge cartel business. so look at this. in 2021, the dea made this map to show the places where they believed based on their work the cartels had influence here in the united states. look how shocking and widespread that map is of cartel influence all across the country here in the united states. bill barr says that mexico is close to being a failed narco state at this point. it must be dealt with like we dealt with isis. in other words, every effort to kill and dismantle these groups. before we get to that, ned price is speaking in the state department. let s watch. do you know if any of the four americans had any previous trips ordealings with mexico in? i couldn t say. that s not something that we d say from the podium. we want to respect the privacy of the americans that were brought to safety and now back in the united states. they re fre
Election interference case. Stand by for new details on what meadows reportedly told the Special Counsel and a grand jury about Donald Trumps 2020 election claims. Also breaking, intense talks aimed at freeing more hostages abducted by hamas. While a newly released captive opens up about the, quote, hell she went through as the israel hamas war rages. The idf now says its naval foforce s clashed with hamas divers at sea. The House Speaker crisis deepens with the latest gop nominee for the job dropping out only hours after being chosen. Is there any republican who can pass muster in that very divided caucus . As farright lawmakers and donald trump are flexing their muscle. Welcome to our viewers here in the United States and around the world. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn Breaking News. Lets get straight to the Breaking News tonight. The former Trump White House Chief Of Staff, mark meadows, reportedly offering damning testimony against the former president t
expected handover of a second group of hostages held by hamas. sources tell cnn a dispute emerged over the amount of aid being delivered into gaza and a selection of palestinian prisoners being released by israel. israel says it expects as many as 13 hostages to be released today. several of them are believed to be children. a u.s. official says american citizens are not expected to be among those released today. as part of the deal, israel says they will release 39 mipalestinn prisoners. this marked day two of a temporary four-day truce between the two sides. wolf. thank you very much. cnn has eyes and ears on the ground covering all the late-breaking developments in this hostage exchange. i want to go to jeremy diamond, joining us from the border crossing in israel not far from gaza and egypt. jeremy, give us an update on today s expected release. reporter: by this time yesterday the 24 hostages released by hamas were well on their way to an air base in israel and then
happening now, breaking news. dramatic developments here in the middle east. the first major release of hostages since the hamas attacks on october 7th. 13 israelis and 11 foreign nationals finally free from gaza after nearly seven weeks. i m wolf blitzer live in tel aviv, israel. and i m jim acosta here in washington. president biden is vowing to return every single american hostage even though none were included in today s agreement. as the president says it s unclear if americans will be included in the next release but praised today s hand-off as a promising sign. we want to welcome our viewers in the united states and around the world. you re in the situation room. the breaking news this hour, an outpouring of emotion here in israel as hamas releases 24 hostages kidnapped back on october 7th. cnn s matthew chance has details including a closer look at the video hamas released of the hostage hand-off inside gaza. they kidnapped and killed, but now hamas is showing