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My colleague katy tur just indicated, we have major Breaking News that were covering. Two american hostages have been released by hamas. They have been held by the terror group for nearly two weeks, since hamas stormed into communities in southern israel killing nearly 1,400 people and kidnapping more than 200. U. S. Secretary of state Antony Blinken speaks right now about it. Citizens held by hamas since october 7th were released. These Two Americans are now safely in the hands of israeli autho...

Department. Lets toss things over to jake tapper and the lead. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. We start with breaking news. Two american hostages have been released by hamas. And any moment we expect to hear from the Secretary Of State Antony Blinken after a spokesperson for the Israeli Prime Ministers Office confirmed that Judith Rannan and her 17yearold Daughter Natalie are now back from the gaza strip. Lets listen into Secretary Of State blinken. Held...

with former secretary of state hillary clinton who joined us to talk about the 2024 election and the threat that her 2016 opponent, donald trump, poses to the future of american democracy. how do people manage, especially people who really love this democracy, who take it seriously, who take the words you just said on our show very seriously, that you cant just sit back and let democracy come to you, that this is, every day, something we all must work on together, what do you say whe...

tomorrow. you may know him as steve bannon but on monday trumps former campaign manager and chief white house strategist will become federal inmate 056- 3509. having already lost his case and first appeal bannon is expected to report to a federal prison in connecticut on monday morning. s that unless the supreme court intervenes which it could do at any moment. today the department of justice, formerly urged the high court not to intervene here. and to let mr. bannon face accountabil...

Any potential sentiment. but i think in terms of taking it face value, anything russia says, i dont think that is some good. trust what i think is clear is that russia failed at its initial aim is politically in this war to see a quick decapitation of the ukrainian government. so, it is natural that russia would recalibrate, and shift poses military and political strategy. i think that is what is happening. now i think the only person who really knows where that shifts is vladimir putin. even th...

Terrorists and people that dont like the u.s. on the ground. ive been there a lot and the taliban doesnt have a great track record. >> so if i can speak ahead to what happens now, five days from now. i cant imagine that we would stay beyond august 31, no matter what. if anything, it might speed up the process. what is afghanistan like after that? if you take it face value, that isis-k and taliban dont get along and maybe they -- its a mess to put it mildly. its civil war potentially. what are we...

The wall. are you okay with that? >> im not okay with calling it a spectacle, erin. i, frankly, appreciated the transparency. ive been in a lot of meetings like that, and those kind of tough meetings among people that just disagree are pretty standard on capitol hill and i think the american people can handle it. >> so, when he says hes proud to shut down the government over the wall, you dont think that was showboating or grandstanding? you take it face value, you think hes going to do it. >> i...

Things with and for donald trump is really sort of where this is going. and for him to now turn that around and say, well, hes lying about me, look, the government is going to be skeptical of michael cohen. if he cooperating with him, the government is not going to take it face value. thats not how it works. it is a process. and it is someone, especially like michael cohen who they know has been an underhanded lawyer who records clients and does things like that, thats exactly why he has valuabl...

Is really sort of where this is going. and for him to now turn that around and say, well, hes lying about me, look, the government is going to be skeptical of michael cohen. if he cooperating with him, the government is not going to take it face value. thats not how it works. it is a process. and it is someone, especially like michael cohen who they know has been an underhanded lawyer who records clients and does things like that, thats exactly why he has valuable information. but theyre never g...

Noticed at the beginning of the conference he took a bit of a swipe at president xi of china saying theyve done a great job on the border but later in the last few months not as great as it was loosening control. so hes suggesting china is already loosening sanctions and again, a question hanging in the air, is the maximum press campaign now dead? i mean, beijing may well feel that it is time to ease off on the sanctions and on those key points, no specifics. he did define denuclearization. he v...