hamas just released more hostages, but what about those kidnapped americans? the lead starts right now. 12 more hostages freed, but not two american women. what happened to the deal cut last week that was thought to have included them? cnn teams working their stories. plus the cnn exclusive, the father of emily hand, after re reu reuniting with the 9-year-old kidnapped by hamas. the joy, the relief, the trauma, and the pain for so many of these families. and brand new this hour, former republican congressman liz cheney naming names. her stunning new revolutions about former speaker kevin mccarthy, nancy pelosi and what fellow republicans would tell her secretly behind closed doors. welcome to the lead, i m jake tapper. we start today with breaking news the fifth group of hostages released by hamas in exchange for some prisoners, some palestinian prisoners is now back in israel and headed to be reunited with their families. newly released video shows the terrorist group
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an injustice senior justice correspondent ivan perez. he s covering the hearing for us in fort pierce, florida, just north of palm beach oven, you were inside the court today. how to judge cannon handle today s important hearing? well, if this was a very unusual hearing in the first place, and judge cannon had some very sharp questions for the government, for the prosecution she questioned the prosecutor s about what specific actions the attorney general, merrick garland oversaw actions that were taken by jack smith special counsel. she wanted to know, for instance, whether the attorney general, specifically and personally approved the indictment. this indictment against donald trump and a couple of other of people who worked for him. here in fort pierce and she also questioned trump s attorneys when trump s attorneys, emil bove beauvais said that he believed that jack smith was essentially a shadow government. the argument that they were making here today, wolf, was that j
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actions the attorney general merrick garland oversaw actions that were taken by jack smith, the special counsel. she wanted to know, for instance, whether the attorney general, specifically on personally approved the indictment. this indictment against donald trump and a couple of other people who worked for him here in fort pierce. and she also questioned trump s attorneys when trump s attorneys emil bove beauvais, said that he believed that jack smith was essentially a shadow government the argument that they were making here today will, was that jack smith was illegally appointed by the attorney general because he came from outside the government. he s not someone who has been approved by the senate. this is a long-shot request, but it is one that the judge for some reason decided needed to be heard, needed to have have an entire hearing. and she also allowed outside parties are groups that had nothing to do with this case, to actually spend a couple of hours making argume