He talked about fearing for his life and how dangerous it is for the hostages. i was in israel a couple of weeks ago and spoke with hostages and their families that were released. and they told the government that the israeli military are endangering the lives of hostages. there are so many people in israel that do not believe that prime minister benjamin netanyahu is doing enough to bring hostages home and boris, i can tell you from talking with a lot of sources, the hostage talks are progressing but they are not getting anywhere fast. it is not likely we will see another round of hostage release anytime soon. alex, thank you for the update. stay with cnn. we will be back in just a few minutes.
Close, 199 to 3, to get them out. that is lopsided, carlos suarez, thank you for that report. boris? and israeli strike has killed a senior militant commander of hezbollah, and his death is stoking fears of a war in the middle east, that is because the commander targeted, but belonged to a stronger more organized ally in lebanon, hezbollah, the strike went down, not in gaza, but in lebanon, near the border with israel. all of this happening as secretary of state antony blinken is more than halfway through a tour in the middle east, trying to keep this conflict from spreading, let s turn out to cnn chief national security correspondent , alex. let s talk about this senior hezbollah commander who was killed, who was he? reporter: he really was, a senior member of hezbollah, this is probably the highest profile operation that israel has carried out against hezbollah, in the past few
And you can see a conflict. and the israelis have been very clear for us, and when you want to find a diplomatic there will and also allows lebanese to return. when you look at the areas of concern, boris, outside of gaza, u.s. officials have told us repeatedly that there is the potential for a second front with has blood that keeps them up at night. we have secretary blinken in israel and he has meetings tomorrow. he will be talking about what he calls the absolute imperative to protect civilians and he will be ramping up the pressure for israel, for their military campaign to shift from these high-intensity operations to lower intensity operations.
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The issue now for him is to decide how much money the trumps would have to pay and whether there is a ban. there were also six other claims that the attorney generals office is pursuing. that is why it went to trial. that is a conspiracy claim, insurance fraud, falsifying business records and issuing false financial statements. that is up for the judge to decide. trump s team, again, arguing that there was no intent to defraud here either. depending on how this plays out, the judge has issued a scathing opinion just a few weeks ago. rejecting trump s argument for a directed verdict where he rejected a lot of their testimony in a lot of their legal arguments. boris, breonna? carol, what is next here? next thursday will be what is, essentially, the closing arguments. these paper arguments that will be argued in court before the judge with both parties making their case. after that the judge said he would issue a written opinion. he said he hoped to do that by the end of the month, or at least in the february. he will then write a written
Be feeling the effects of this, the grieving process has just begun. boris, breonna? veronica miracle from perry, iowa, thank you so much. let s get some perspective on this with former fbi deputy director and cnn senior law enforcement analyst, andrew mccabe. andy, great to see you as always. i m curious to get your perspective on this tiktok post. it s anello that we ve seen from these kinds of shooters before. this desire to show what they re doing to the world. does it give you any insight as of potential motive? well, i don t think there s any real clear insight on motive. but the use of video and social media, either i mediately before an attack, or during the attack, is something that we ve seen across multiple mass shooters. really started with the christchurch shooter who broadcast his attacks on social media, and others have done that progressively.
And safe way, and to keep them out of the hands of young people who should not be carrying weapons, certainly not be carrying weapons in an unsupervised manner. so here we are with yet another problem in the way that we think about gun safety. andrew mccabe, we ve got to leave the conversation there. thank you so much for being with us. thanks, boris. stay with cnn news central, we are back in just moments.
Opinion on this. trump s team has already signaled that they intend to appeal. in fact, a lot of their arguments during the trial, they said to the trial, they had to put it on the record because they intend to appeal this decision. they did not expect him to rule in their favor. this is far from over, even once the judge s decision is rendered. boris, breonna? kara scannell, thank you so much for keeping an eye on for us. her story has been a subject of tv shows and documentaries for years. now we are hearing directly from gypsy rose blanchard, the woman who helped kill her abusive mother. she is now out of prison and speaking to cnn.
reporter: boris and breonna, all five of the victims are expected to survive from their physical injuries. four of those victims were students, one of them a staff member. a principle here at paris high school, who was identified as dan murder by his daughter on facebook. she said her father went into surgery, came out, is in stable condition, and is expected to recover. she also said that he tried to stop the shooter from going after other students, saying, quote, he tried to approach and talk dylan, the shooter, down, and destructive long enough for some students to get out. as many of you know, that is a gentle giant, an amazing dad, and just an amazing person. this is a very small community, everyone knows everyone here. the entire school district only has about 1800 students, and so at a vigil last night, there were so many people who already knew that the sixth grade boy had died. the sixth grader had died, as well as the other victims.
that is right, boris. before classes started today. 7:37 am local time. law enforcement officers received word that the shooting incident was going on at paris high school, just behind me. they reported to the scene multiple law enforcement agencies from all around the state, from des moines, polk county, green county, county, reporting to the state as you mentioned. multiple gunshot victims here at the high school. the shooter has been it s been reported that the shooter has been killed. he is dead. we are affiliate kcci spoke with the stepmother of a student at paris high school who said that her stepson was grazed by a bullet during the shooting today. let s take a listen to that sound. what happened here?