the attacks 16 months ago. israel waits anxiously to see what condition they are in. last weekjoy was tempted by horror as the last three hostages were freed, gaunt faces and emaciated bodies testifying to their long ordeal in the tunnels of gaza. earlier this week hamas accused israel of breaking the terms of the ceasefire, it said it would not release any more hostages until israel allowed more aid, including mobile homes and heavy machinery, to enter gaza. donald trump confuse things further, demanding the release of all remaining hostages. but

intense efforts by mediators appear to have put the whole delicate stage process back on track. at least for now. hundreds of palestinian prisoners should also be released today. but negotiations on the next phase of the ceasefire, which would see israel pull its troops out of gaza, have yet to begin. and then, how to rebuild all this. arab leaders have rejected donald trump's proposal to take control of gaza and move it donald trump's proposal to take control paulza and move it donald trump's proposal to take control paul adams, love it donald trump's proposal to take control paul adams, bbc it donald trump's proposal to take control pauladams, bbc news, month. pauladams, bbc news, jerusalem. of new york city. that's after mayor eric adams denied claims that he asked the trump administration

to drop the case in exchange

the trump administration to drop the case in excha or: fact foreign contributors, or contributors that were not registered voters, and they would use straws to basically stand in place to make it stand in the place to make it look as though they were real voters. and as a result of that whole scheme, eric adams was able to get some $10 million from the city of new york for his campaign. and it was a clear and simple rip—off, the documents are there, the witnesses are there. it is a pretty overwhelming case. find pretty overwhelming case. and ma or as pretty overwhelming case. and mayor as we — pretty overwhelming case. and mayor as we mentioned has denied all of charges. if you take a look at this motion, it says this corruption case could interfere with eric adams�* re—election bid are also his efforts to work with the trump administration on immigration enforcement. do you agree with what that motion says? it is

totally absurd. _ what that motion says? it is totally absurd. this - what that motion says? it is totally absurd. this is - what that motion says? it 3 totally absurd. this isjust what that motion says? it 3 totally absurd. this is just an out and out quid pro quo bribery scheme, where essentially a donald trump is now the mayor of new york. he calls the shots, he tells eric adams what to do, when to do it, and how to do it, and if he doesn�*t do it, what they have done here is they are notjust asking to dismiss the indictment, they are asking to dismiss it without prejudice. which means that at any point in time, that eric adams doesn�*t do donald trump�*s bidding, they can simply reinstate the indictment and put him right back in the dock. so this is a situation where they have basically bribed him in order to get control over the city of new york. it is absolutely outrageous. in a cli that absolutely outrageous. in a clip that we _ absolutely outrageous. in a clip that we just _ absolutely outrageous. in a clip that we just played before we crossed to you, mayor eric adams was speaking to journalists and he said" quid pro quo is a crime, he said, in

his own words, he acknowledged thatis his own words, he acknowledged that is the legal status of a quid pro quo. how serious could this be? it quid pro quo. how serious could this be? , . . this be? it is a crime, there is no question _ this be? it is a crime, there is no question about - this be? it is a crime, there is no question about it. - this be? it is a crime, there is no question about it. hel is no question about it. he is basically turning over the city of new york to donald trump in order to get out from under an indictment that could have wound him up injailfor many years. now keep in mind, even if it somehow gets dismissed, which i don�*t think it will be dismissed, but the feds will not be prosecuting him. i think the next best step here is that the next best step here is that the manhattan district attorney is likely to step in and take over this case, and donald trump has no control over the state da, he has no ability to pardon on state charges. find state da, he has no ability to pardon on state charges. and of course mayor — pardon on state charges. and of course mayor adams _ pardon on state charges. and of course mayor adams as - pardon on state charges. and of course mayor adams as we - course mayor adams as we discussed in that clip, he has denied that a quid pro quo —— quid pro quo has gone on, but i

just wonder where you think this goes now, is it shaping up to be a major clash between the trump administration and those federal prosecutors who have resigned? i federal prosecutors who have resi . ned? ., federal prosecutors who have resigned?— resigned? i think it is, it will be a _ resigned? i think it is, it will be a major - resigned? i think it is, it will be a major clash - resigned? ithink it is, it- will be a major clash between donald trump and a lot of people out there, there is a whole group of former assistant us attorneys from the southern district of new york that are up district of new york that are up in arms about this, there are lots of people but find this downright disastrous, and various other options here. there is the da�*s office and the governor also has the ability to remove adams from office. so all of those options are under consideration right now. and i don�*t think we have ever seen anything like this where the criminaljustice system has basically been used by our president for political ends in order 760 00:21:52,220 --> 0