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the latest line we are getting from our partners at cbs news. so, two us hostages have been released by hamas. this is going to an unnamed diplomat confirming to cbs news, the bbc s broadcast partner in the united states. the hostages are a mother and a daughter, the additional details were not immediately available. just to bring you up to speed with the last hour or so, we got a message on social media from hamas s armed wing spokesperson saying that hamas has released two us hostages, a mother and a daughterfor humanitarian reasons. that was reported by reuters. at that point it had not been confirmed or verified we then, as the bbc, as we deal, started chasing and attempting to verify that statement. now, the way that news organisations like the bbc work as we have broadcast partners in different parts of the world, in the us, ours is cbs news, and cbs news clearly seemingly two us hostages have spoken to an unnamed diplomat and confirmed to cbs news committee busy s broa ....
department. let s toss things over to jake tapper and the lead. announcer: this is cnn breaking news. welcome to the lead, i m 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 minister s office confirmed that judith rannan and her 17-year-old daughter natalie are now back from the gaza strip. let s listen into secretary of state blinken. held by hamas were released. these two americans are now safely in the hands of israeli authorities in israel. we expect a team from the u.s. embassy to see them very shortly. over the coming hours, they ll receive any support and assistance that they need and of course we re very anxious to reunite them with their loved ones. we welcome their release. we share in the relief that their families, friends and loved ones are feeling. but there are still ten additional ....
the conservatives have suffered crushing defeats in two by elections overnight with labour overturning substantial majorities in both mid bedfordshire and tamworth. the result in mid bedfordshire represents the largest conservative majority overturned by labour at a by election since 1916. it was triggered following the resignation of former culture secretary nadine dorries. here s our political correspondent, helen catt. these by elections were billed as nailbiter is. close, tense. in the end they two significant victories to labour. first in tamworth. the 57th safest conservative seat in the country before last night. country before last night. edwards, sierra, country before last night. edwards, sierra. labour country before last night. edwards, sierra, labour party. country before last night. edwards, sierra, labour party. 11,719 - country before last night. edwards, sierra, labour party. 11,719 votes. | sierra, labour party. 11,719 votes. cheering the new mp was el ....
thank you, nicolle. we appreciate you. i m ari melber. we begin this broadcast with breaking news out of the georgia rico case against trump and his aides. guilty. for the first time ever we re reporting tonight a trump lawyer in the 2020 election case has now pled guilty. sidney powell, who you may remember from presentations like that one she gave with giuliani after the election, a key coup lawyer. a key player, we should mention. jack smith s case against trump. and most critically tonight, a rico defendant in that georgia case where she was booked for her mug shot. she was awaiting trial next week. the news tonight? she just pled guilty today, a bid to duck potentially harsher penalties in that criminal case. unlike the federal case, today the cameras were rolling today in the georgia courtroom. you can see the defendant now convict sitting there this is where a one-time presidential lawyer became a convict. she admitted her guilt in the efforts to overturn trump ....
attack. all right. max foster, keep us posted on the developments here. thank you very much. and we have a brand new our with new news coming in and seeing a new central starts right now donald trump s former fixer blasted by the defense fiery cross-examination. trump s lawyers that using a day off today to prepare another round of tough questioning for the man who says the former president plotted a scheme to cover up a hush money payment to a porn star. now with less than six months to go until the election, president biden saying the poll numbers aren t accurate, but should democrats be more concerned plus, the future of human creativity up in the air, google showing off new ai features that many online publishers fear could put them out of business. i m sarah sayyed or john berman, kate is on assignment this is cnn news central so this morning, what will donald trump s lawyers ask? next? what will michael cohen say next? and how much more explosive could this cr ....