you are in the cnn newsroom. i m alex marquardt in washington. my colleague, kaitlan collins, is in tel aviv. jim acosta is off tonight. thank you very much for being with us. we do begin with breaking news in what is now the third day of a temporary pause in the fighting between israel and hamas. hamas saying tonight that it does want to extend this temporary cease-fire into a beyond the original four-day deal. sources telling us that israel s war cabinet is discussing that possibility. today was yet another emotional day for families in israel. a third group of 17 hostages who were held inside gaza since early october were finally freed. these are the 13 israeli women and children released by hamas. they range in age from 4 to 84. and for the first time in this temporary truce, an american is also among the freed hostages. 4-year-old abigail idan. you see her right there. her family celebrating, saying, coy quote, there are no words to express our relief. w i want to ha
hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who s shaped our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. now, you might think that the job of the equality and human rights commission was simply to police and implement the law, to ensure equality. but in this era of so called culture wars, debate about equality is, it seems, dividing even the commission itself. my guest this week is the chair of the equality and human rights commission, baroness kishwer falkner. she faced allegations that she had bullied her staff. allies of her insisted that she was the victim of a witch hunt from people who thought she thought the wrong things about the toxic debate about trans women and their place in society. an investigation into that bullying has recently been dropped. baroness falkner was appointed by the conservatives, but she is a former liberal democrat peer. she s also talked of herself being a first generation migran
hello and welcome to political thinking, a conversation with rather than an interrogation of someone who s shaped our political thinking about what has shaped theirs. now, you might think that the job of the equality and human rights commission was simply to police and implement the law, to ensure equality. but in this era of so called culture wars, debate about equality is, it seems, dividing even the commission itself. my guest this week is the chair of the equality and human rights commission, baroness kishwer falkner. she faced allegations that she had bullied her staff. allies of her insisted that she was the victim of a witch hunt from people who thought she thought the wrong things about the toxic debate about trans women and their place in society. an investigation into that bullying has recently been dropped. baroness falkner was appointed by the conservatives, but she is a former liberal democrat peer. she s also talked of herself being a first generation migran
charles: thanks. ainsley: what happened to the original cake put in the refrigerator here at fox yesterday upside down. opened it up. it was in pieces. we tried to fix it. so our wonderful team back there, they went to the grocery store, the 24 hour grocery store in new york. charles: grocery store cakes are the best. i wonder if i can make it from here with my office. ainsley: not when you walk in the green room there are vultures here. happy you were born. have a wonderful day. watch charles making money weekdays at 2:00 eastern time on the fox business channel. all right. are you going to help me read this birthday boy? charles: sure the second hour was fox & friends starts now. are you ready to stand for israel today? [cheers] tens of thousands from cities coast to coast descended upon the nation s capital to send a message to the world. able to show them the jewish people are not going away. it s not left vs. right it s good vs. evil. we are not t
with a qualifying internet bundle. that does it for me. comcast business, powering possibilities. thanks for watching. i will see you back here next weekend at five pm eastern. right now, it s american voices with alicia menendez. thank you so, much reverend sharpton. hello, everyone. i am alicia menendez. there was movement today in the effort to bring home more than 200 hostages held by hamas in gaza. family members of hostages held a rally in tel aviv holding up pictures of their loved ones kidnapped by hamas during the october 7th attack. this comes as the biden administration official tells nbc news there is a possible deal in the works to exchange about 80 of the hostages, women and children, four palestinians held by in israel. this morning on meet the, press israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu discussed israel s attempt to reach a deal to free all hostages. i can say that we weren t close at all until we started the ground operation. in fact, we heard ther