And thank you for joining us on news night. Laura coates live as always starts right now. Hey, laura. Im always live. I love that. As always. Congratulations on a wonderful week. Thank you. You too. A lot of news arriving for both of us, but i know youll be covering it. Good news tonight. Thank you. Well see you again on monday. Thats right. Well, Two American Hostages Released by hamas. Thats the good news. Now, what will happen to the rest . Tonight, on laura coates live. Thankfully, a sigh of absolute relief, at least for one family and this nation. An American Mother and her daughter from chicago who were just visiting family in israel when they were taken by hamas pictured here after their release. The photo from the israeli government. President joe biden spoke with them and promised the full support of the United States government as they recover from their ordeal. The embassy in jerusalem releasing a photo tonight. None of them can contain the smile they have at what is really
Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com outfront next, live from israel. Breaking news, a major show of force from israel tonight signaling a Ground Invasion could come any time. 300,000 troops are now standing by. I will also show you what our own crew encountered in the city of ashkelon live on the air. Plus, an american killed by hamas. Ill speak to the father of a 25yearold woman from california killed at the Music Festival, along with her boyfriend, losing her life while trying to escape the brutal attack. And a story that we have been following here on this program. You now know yoni his wife and two young daughters taken hostage, their kidnapping posted on the internet. Im going to speak to the brave man whos looking for any sign of life, any sign of hope for his family. Lets go outfront. And, good evening, welcome to a Special Edition of outfront. I am erin burnett tonight live in tel aviv. This hour the Breaking News and the massive show of force along the Israeli Border with gaza.
Gruesome new evidence emerges of atrocities committed during the hamas surprise attack. Climbing to 1200 amid new rocket strikes. On the ground, israeli troops amassing near gaza. Conditions growing more intense. Food and fuel running out. The warren terg the sixth tai with the talks aimed at their lease as the u. S. Secretary of state heads to israel this hour. The other major breaking story were following, congressman Steve Scalise wins the republican nomination to be the next House Speaker beating out rival jim jordan, but the house remains paralyzed tonight as scalise tries to lock up the support he needs to win a full house vote. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and Around The World. Im wolf blitzer. Youre in the situation room. This is cnn Breaking News. Tonight israeli leaders are renewing their vow to crush hamas as the world is getting a fuller picture of the scope and the horror of the hamas attack that triggered this increasingly deadly middle east war. Our corres
blitzer. he s over there in the situation room, also live from tel aviv. zblf happening now, breaking news. israeli tanks and troops push deeper and deeper into gaza as prime minister netanyahu declares this the time for war. rejecting calls for a cease fire. the air and ground assault on hamas targets intensifying while gazans face a new level of desperation and destruction. the israeli military says it rescued a female soldier kidnapped by hamas during ground operations in gaza. this as we re getting our first look at the three women who were shown in a new hamas hostage video. and an antisemitic mob at a russian airport underscores the climate of hate towards israelis and jews that s clearly spreading around the world. the biden administration taking new action in response to the disturbing rise in antisemitic rhetoric and threats in the united states. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in tel aviv, israel, and you re in
hello, i m brianna keilar with boris sanchez here in washington. we have wolf blitzer in tel aviv and you are watching cnn s special live coverage of israel at war. today we are tracking several major developments from the battlefield, just a short time ago the idf confirming one of their soldiers who was kidnapped by hamas on october 7th has been released or is now in their custody. private ori megidish who is seen here, said to be doing well and has been reunited with her family. we re also hearing directly from some of the other 230 plus hostages held by hamas, the terror group release ago short video showing three women held captive. cnn is not showing that footage but in it one of the hostages who may obviously be under duress speaks directly to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, pleading for freedom. the prime minister spoke just moments ago about the need not only to rescue the hostages but also for israel to continue this war for the sake of its own surv