a greater risk to civilians. what u.s. intel is saying about how many are being used. and in about face for the former new york mayor. rudy giuliani backing down from testifying at his defamation trial. closing arguments underway as we speak. following these major developing stories and more all coming here to cnn news central. counterterror agencies have been on high alert in wake of the hamas attacks on october 7th and the ongoing war with israel. today, officials of several european countries have made terror-related arrests. details are still coming in, but here is what we know as of right now. german authorities say they have arrested long-standing hamas members for an alleged terror plot. officials in denmark have apparently made what they call unrelated terrorists. let s bring in cnn s fred pleitgen in berlin. there are so many moving parts here, it s a little confusing. tell us what we are learning from germany about all of this. reporter: first of all you
release after 48 days of fighting in gaza is now underway. israel waiting to accept 13 women and children who were kidnapped on october 7th. israeli media reports that hostages have been transferred to egypt. the four-day cease-fire in gaza setting the stage for that deal at midnight. it appears to be holding. but as the idf now awaits the final transfer of the first round of freed hostages, israel s focus is on getting back all of the nearly 140 people hamas has held for 48 days. welcome to a very special hour of america s newsroom. i m molly line. good morning, griff. griff: good morning, i m griff jenkins. it is indeed a special hour. bill and dana have the day off. as we watch in exchange for those first 13 hostages israel offering up other prisoners. the amount of prisoner israel gives up is not the top concern. molly: alex hogan has details on the unfolding exchange and cease-fire. first we begin with trey yengst live at an air base in southern israel where the ho
with more news, right now. right now on andrea mitchell reports president biden calls for cease fighting on hamas terrorists as people around the world and here at home hear about the casualties in gaza. not a primitive cease-fire, even though protesteres like this rabbi are calling for them. i am a rabbi. i would call for a cease-fire right now. stand down. we ll get reaction today from a top adviser, to prime minister benjamin netanyahu. and a new strike on a palestinian refugee camp today. donald trump jr. on the witness stand and his brother, eric, in the on-deck circle for the civil fraud trial against the trump organization. and the frustration. a senate from alabama is coming out of the senate, with a growing number of his months-long hold on approximately 300 military promotions. this is doing great damage to our military. i don t say that lightly. i ve been trying to work with you for nine months. if this keeps going, people are going to leave. that w