kayleigh: this is a fox news alert. after nearly 50 days of captivity, hamas has freed 24 hostages, and they say they will release more in the coming days. correspondent jeff paul is on the ground in israel with the latest. yeah, and we are learning tonight that, on top of the 13 hostages released today, the israeli government believes there could be another 13 released tomorrow. but the mood right now a bit bittersweet on the ground in israel, because people know there are still more than 200 people being held captive inside gaza. nonetheless, today was a very significant first step, and we could see more scenes like that if this cease-fire that went into effect at 7:00 a.m. this morning holds. here s what we know about people released today. 24 hostages released by hamas, 13 are israelis, 11 are foreign nationals. among the israelis freed, we know four of them were kids ages two to just nine years old. one of the kids, the 9-year-old, actually had a birthday inside gaza
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president biden is handling rogue nations around the world when dan hoffman joins us later this hour. bill: to chicago we go. cross examination of jussie smollett continues this morning. he took the stand in his own defense just yesterday. he gave bombshell testimony about drug-fueled nights with the prosecution s star witness. matt finn back in chicago live with details again today. good morning, matt. good morning, bill. justy smollett is scheduled to take the stand in a matter of minutes. he testified on the stand for the majority of the day yesterday and there were some rather jaw dropping moments. smollett did testify under oath that there was no hoax. he also insists that he suffered real injuries from his alleged attack saying he still has a scar under one of his eye s, even though the northwestern doctor who treetd him testified that smollett suffered no injuries. he also testified he had sexual encounters with one of the brothers who he also
another reason. but thinks about boys an girls and young men and women. it s hard enough growing up in ad adolescence. this really complicates thing. people wonder and worry how to talk and how to act. martha: surely you felt sympathy for chrstine blasey ford when she described her heartfelt feelings about what she has been through. i did. i think she is a troubled person. pretty clearly troubled person. obviously haunted by this. but i think she believes what she is saying. i don t think she is lying. she genuinely believe it happened. i think something maybe somebody did happen to her. but i don t think it s kavanaugh. people keep saying this is not a court of law. why do we have a presumption of innocence? law borrows from the moral life. law is the witness of the moral deposit of our life.