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on cnn. >> it's friday, january 17th right now on cnn this morning, agreement reached israel and hamas moving forward with a ceasefire and hostage release deal, though airstrikes killing dozens of civilians in gaza, plus. >> the president is now on tiktok. it's my honor. >> tiktok flip flop president-elect trump trying to save the app after he backed a national ban and capitol hill intrigue. the chairman of the house intelligence committee booted was mike turner, the victim of a mar-a-lago hit job. all right. it is 5 a.m. here on the east coast. this is a live look at khan younis in southern gaza, where it is noon as. of course, everyone there waits for this cease fire and hostage release deal to go into effect. good morning everyone. i'm kasie hunt. it's wonderful to have you with us on this

friday. happy friday. the deal is on the israeli prime minister's office confirming that an agreement has been reached with hamas for a cease fire and a plan to release some of the remaining hostages. benjamin netanyahu ordering his security cabinet to convene this morning to approve the three phase plan. the full cabinet expected to vote tomorrow. that leaves very little time to implement phase one that's set to take effect on sunday. that initial phase will last 42 days, with a pause in hostilities and the release of 33 hostages in exchange, 1000 palestinian prisoners will be freed from israeli jails. humanitarian aid will begin pouring into gaza. president-elect trump insisting this agreement could not have happened without his intervention. president biden doesn't see it that way. >> i told him what i was doing, what i thought could happen, but what we did, we brought in the people or his going to be his national security people. we brought

them in closer to tell them what was happening. as we hand this off, we're so ungracious of biden to say, oh, he did it. he didn't do anything. if i didn't do this, if we didn't get involved, the hostages would never be out. they would have never come out. >> since the announcement of a deal this week, israeli strikes have killed at least 86 people in gaza, marking the highest daily death toll in over a week. let's bring in joel rubin, former deputy assistant secretary of state for legislative affairs in the obama white house. joel, good morning. wonderful to see you. so let's talk about the very latest here, because even as people were going to sleep on the east coast last night, it was unclear whether the israelis were going to be moving forward with this cabinet vote. now, we know 5 a.m. here on the east coast, noon over there, that that is the plan that he is saying this is what he wants to do, what's changed? and are you confident this is going to move forward quickly? >> well, thankfully we have a deal. you're right. it's going to go to the security cabinet in israel and then it will go to the full cabinet and move forward. >> um, you know, frankly, the delay in many ways was the netanyahu gambit. i think,

frankly, he wanted to show his right flank that he was holding out for as long as he possibly could, because he does have a rebellion amongst the right. in fact, the far right party in itamar ben gvir, his party threatened to leave the coalition, but that won't collapse the government. so it's going to go forward. unfortunately, it looks like the release of the hostages may be delayed by a day as well to monday for this to really go into effect, but it's solid now and it's going to go forward. >> well, is there was there anything behind the scenes that suggests that perhaps monday was always the the hoped for day, considering president trump will be inaugurated by mid-afternoon? yeah. >> you know, casey, this is clearly tied up in american politics. and i have to say, when president elect trump says that he did it, it's he has it in reverse. quite frankly, this has been the biden plan since may. and what president elect trump did throughout the past half year was ignore it, push back on it. and his allies mocked it. now, finally, donald trump signed up to this agreement, this deal, this

structure, and supported the biden approach. and so now we see it coming together. and that's american politics driving this. and so i think prime minister netanyahu is quite aware of that. and by having it going forward on monday, clearly he's giving donald trump a gift. he's also doing it in a way where it still coincides with president biden's term. >> one there was some analysis i was reading out of israel around why this is able to happen the way it is right now, because obviously, netanyahu has been concerned about the collapse of his governing coalition. right. of losing power, and that there may be some suggestion that part of why the right is willing to go along with this now is because they hope to get more from donald trump in the long run, and they don't want to anger him right now. is there truth to that? >> you know, i think there was a positioning and a sort of a questioning about what they could get from donald trump when he becomes president. and i do believe that the fact that the trump team closed that gap with biden and said, there's no daylight between our view on the cease fire and president

biden's that made them realize they had no room to to hide, frankly. but yeah, you know, this is just phase one, and it's going to be now implemented by donald trump's team. and we'll see how much pressure they actually put on israel to try to continue the cease fire negotiations to a further, fuller cease fire. that really is going to be up to trump and his team. and frankly, they don't have a full team on board either. at state, it's going to be a completely new negotiators. and so i think you're always going to see the prime minister's team pushing that edge to see how much more delay they can have. >> but, joel, we understand that in this batch of release, there will be, of course, this release of hostages. some of them will be remains. there still are likely to be at least one american held in gaza in the wake of this. what is the hope for them? >> you know, casey, the expectation is 33 will be let out in the first six weeks. that still means that there will be 60, 63, 65 more individuals and remains of individuals in gaza.

and so that is it's the darkness of this whole horrible conflict that that is the leverage that continues to maintain a negotiation to get them all out. so that will be on the trump team, that will be on the prime minister, and that will be on hamas and all of our allies in the region to keep these negotiations going to ultimately get all of the hostages out and end the war and give, give relief to the palestinian people. >> all right. joel rubin, for us this morning, joel, very grateful. thanks for your time. thanks for being here. have a good weekend. all right. straight ahead here on cnn this morning, a surprise shakeup. speaker mike johnson taps a new leader for the house intelligence committee, where the chess pieces moved to make the. president elect happy. plus, fire in the skies. what went wrong with one of elon musk's spacex rockets? and in a matter of hours, another critical trump nominee will be under the microscope. how kristi noem could defend his sweeping immigration agenda leadership has consequences. >> it matters who's in the

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what do you think are going to be the main, you know, places where kristi noem may come under pressure today? >> i certainly think that mass deportation is going to be the hot topic. you know, i think when it comes to some issues like family separation, donald trump has already distinguished himself from his first term in terms of what he would do. and he's sort of said, like, you know, we don't want to separate families, but we have to do something about border security. and so when it comes to her confirmation, i don't necessarily know if it's going to be the fiery, you know, back and forth that we would expect from some of these other candidates, just given the fact that, you know, immigration and border security has become more of a bipartisan issue. and if you look at the senate democrats on the committee, it's not necessarily the more partisan leaning members. yeah, no. >> very interesting. stephanie, you have some new reporting as well. i mean, one of the big things that we're looking at for the trump transition is what are these executive orders going to look like starting on day one? that's monday after he is sworn in as president of the united states. you're looking at cryptocurrency and you write this this order, this executive order expected to name crypto

as a national imperative or priority, strategic wording intended to guide government agencies to work with the industry, according to people familiar with the matter. it's also slated to create a crypto advisory council to advocate for the industry's policy priorities, said the people, who requested anonymity to discuss an order that's not yet public. now, this is a switch from where trump was in 2019 when he put this out on what was then twitter. i think i am not a fan of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies, which are not money and whose value is highly volatile and based on thin air. unregulated crypto assets can facilitate unlawful behavior, including drug trade and other illegal activities. so this is a big switch. what's driving it and what's the impact? >> yeah, i mean, like you mentioned, this is the culmination of donald trump's shift on the topic of cryptocurrency. a lot of this has come from his advisers. he surrounded himself with people who really know the industry well. and the fact that the crypto industry is getting more involved in politics really does say a lot about how he and other politicians have changed their mind on cryptocurrency. and it seems like the

mainstream idea now is that we want to create some sort of framework to guide cryptocurrency into this next congress. and so, you know, looking at this executive order, he's basically said, we're going to make it a priority. it's not a secret. you know, he's talked about this on the campaign trail, but it really does seem like he's making good. on the promises that he had suggested to people within the industry. you know, back in, say, 2023. >> one of the other things, of course, that we expect to see executive orders on immediately is immigration, which, again, is going to be a topic on capitol hill today. um, one of the things about that is, as you mentioned, a potential for bipartisanship. i want to show you something kevin mccarthy said on fox news. he was talking about john fetterman, the senator from pennsylvania who has emerged as a particularly interesting figure in all of this. let's watch what he said. >> i think the democrats in the senate are going to vote for it. listen to fetterman. i mean, fetterman should be the leader of the democratic party if they ever want to win the majority again. >> don't give him any ideas.

but that's a good point. >> but they are so out of touch. >> i would expect the democrats to talk like this a year ago before the election. have they not heard what the voters have said? >> so he's talking, of course, about immigration legislation facing the senate. there's the laken riley act, and there will also be some other things that move forward in a larger bill. but what do you make of how fetterman is positioning himself and pressure on democrats to potentially vote in different ways on this issue? >> yeah, i mean, i think as a lot of democrats are starting to realize, the 2024 election in as many ways, was a mandate on how people are handling border security. you know, there's been so much discussion about crime at the border and what its impacts are now. i think democrats are still leaning into this rhetoric of, you know, republicans are taking it too far. but i think, you know, as kevin mccarthy mentions, as john fetterman is starting to position himself towards, you know, there is sort of an agreement that there has to be something done. and if we even look back to 2024, when senate democrats and republicans had

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a kind of zombie apocalypse. i'm not ready. >> oh, man. about 170 million americans use tiktok. they are now looking for alternatives like something called rednote. that is a social media platform that is actively monitored by china's government. democratic senators have been pushing for a 90 day extension as the clock on tiktok ticks downward. >> we're willing to work with president elect trump. and try to extend that deadline as well. this should be bipartisan. this should not be an issue which we are debating. and even as we're debating, tiktok users are flocking to a chinese app with no reported presence in the united states. that's what's happening in our country right now. >> all right. cnn's chief media analyst brian stelter joins us

now. brian. good morning. so setting aside that this was passed, you know, the bipartisanship now seems to be people wanting to save tiktok. previously this passed congress in an overwhelmingly bipartisan fashion. but talk to us a little bit about what we expect to see here. it seems like the biden administration is not going to enforce it on sunday, and the trump team is likely to keep it. what do we know? >> right. the supreme court has signaled that today is the day we will get some sort of ruling from the court, and tiktok is ruling everyone is waiting for. >> so today should be the day. it should be this morning. it should be at 10 a.m. we'll find out for sure later today. but then no matter what the supreme court says, it seems as if both biden and trump don't want to let this happen this weekend. we know that trump wants to art of the deal this and trying to come up with a solution. try to find american buyers. biden has had time to do that and hasn't been able to, apparently. but the timing here is sort of part of the problem and part of the story, right? the idea that congress wanted this law to go into effect on sunday, the day

before the inauguration, in part because trump couldn't overturn it or stop it. but now that we're actually at this point where it's coming up on a holiday weekend, the day before the inauguration, it seems like a lot of people don't want it to go into effect. and as you said, casey, people are forgetting that this was enacted. this was signed into law for some very good reasons last year. and now folks seem to want to forget that. >> brian, how real is the idea that elon musk could potentially be a buyer for this? i think it's worth noting this potential 90 day extension. it is built into the law. what it requires is that there be ongoing, seemingly real conversations about the purchase of the algorithm and the u.s. based business from the chinese, bytedance. >> yes, it makes me makes me kind of wonder. the lawmakers who passed this law with all these different provisions, did they think no one was going to notice when the ban took effect? you know, they seem

surprised now. all the backlash, all the criticism, like there were good reasons for this. but when it comes to musk, it took him a long time to take control of twitter. remember he tried to back out of the deal at one point. it took months for that to happen. now, maybe something with tiktok could happen more quickly. it is notable that he's been quiet about the possibility. musk is usually very loud about everything. he's not talked about this. that makes people wonder if there's something happening behind the scenes, but we know that the bytedance, the owner of tiktok, has signaled that it might just want to turn off the lights entirely and basically punish the american government for trying to ban the app. and most interestingly, one of bytedance's other apps is now number two in the app store. in other words, it's not just tiktok, right? there are these other chinese owned apps that are gaining in popularity. so what we're seeing is a high stakes game of whack a mole, and it's not going to be over once this tiktok thing is over. >> brian, you obviously look across the entire landscape. i

you know, one of the things here is and you rightly point out, okay, people might go to another chinese app. some members of congress think that that's a problem, but it also does seem like younger americans. they're not necessarily loyal to one particular app or the other, as long as it does what they want it to do. i mean, there does seem to be a willingness to say, okay, fine, you're going to get rid of tiktok. we're going to go somewhere else. >> that that is true, and that is important to recognize. but it's also true that tiktok has not been able to be cloned by meta or by google, or by these other big tech companies in the united states. there's something special about it that has a lot of people hooked, has a lot of people addicted. that's maybe why musk might be interested in it. he wants to get deeper into video. tiktok is the easiest way to do that, but it is true that these younger users, they will go wherever they find the best entertainment and the best community. and for so many young people, this is their political awakening. they are learning about american

politics, and in some cases, chinese politics. for the first time because of tiktok and because of this controversy. and i can't wait to find out. casey and i don't know, in 5 or 10 years. what are those newly politically attuned americans thinking, and who are they voting for? and obviously donald trump is concerned about that. that's why he has completely reversed his position on tiktok. we're only here because he wanted tiktok banned five years ago. >> right. well, and of course, it may or may not have to do with personal issues he has with other tech leaders who run other platforms that may or may not have things that, as you point out, tried to clone tiktok but haven't successfully done it yet. brian stelter always so grateful to have you with us. thank you so much for being here. thanks. all right. might there be a little palace intrigue going on on capitol hill? there's always palace intrigue going on at capitol hill. but this is really significant. this week, the house speaker, mike johnson, he removed mike turner as the chairman of the powerful house intelligence committee. turner led the committee for a number of years, but he earned the ire

of president elect trump for comments like this. this was about trump's phone call with ukraine's president back in 2019, a call which, of course, eventually led to trump's first impeachment. >> i've read the complaint and i've read the transcript of the conversation with the president and the president of ukraine concerning that conversation, i want to say to the president, this is not okay. >> it is that conversation is not okay. and i think it's disappointing to the american public when they read the transcript. >> speaker johnson announced the new chairman, congressman rick crawford from arkansas, who's been opposed to recent ukraine aid votes, something that turner has endorsed. speaker johnson says the move didn't have anything to do with input from the incoming president. >> it's a new congress. we just need a fresh horses. and in some of these places is not a president trump decision. this is a house decision. and this is no slight whatsoever to

our our outgoing chairman. he did a great job. >> congressman turner doesn't seem to agree with that characterization. cbs news is reporting that trump told them this, quote, house speaker mike johnson fired him, citing concerns from mar-a-lago. turner also confirmed wednesday night that he had been removed from the committee entirely. turner said that excuse me, not trump. joining us now to discuss this. julia manchester, national political reporter for the hill. julia, good morning. good morning. nice to see you. there has been some pretty significant reaction here in washington to this news that mike turner has been removed at the top of this committee. and honestly, the work of this committee has become a significant political focus for donald trump over the years. devin nunes, of course, ran it for a while and became close to trump in that in that orbit. how significant is it that johnson is doing this? and is it at all plausible that it's happening because of what he said? it's just about the house, and it's not about

mar-a-lago. >> look, it's certainly fishy, i think, when you look at this, because when you look at someone like mike turner and his replacement, rick crawford, they both have obviously approached president-elect trump very differently. for example, you had mike turner. turner being one of the, you know, select republicans that voted to certify the 2020 election results. rick crawford did not. we know that loyalty means a lot to donald trump. looking into the policy side of this, though, you know that we know that mike turner is a big ukraine supporter. rick crawford has voted against, you know, that $60 billion ukraine aid package last year. so there is a question moving forward about, you know, whether this is about loyalty and people who are aligned with donald trump and mar-a-lago. now, there's also been questions about whether this has to do with the renewal of fisa. obviously, that foreign surveillance program. we know that both of these congressmen have supported that renewal, which leads a lot of us to believe that this could be connected to donald trump. but we you know, obviously, johnson, other house

republicans, trump himself pushing back on that. but yet going into this new congress, this new administration, there is a real question as to what kind of influence donald trump will have, not only on the committee, but also on the republican controlled capitol hill. >> well, i mean, yeah, this this seems to really underscore what we know, which is that the house republican conference in particular, is very closely aligned with donald trump. julia, i want to talk a little bit about some of the reporting that you've been doing at the hill. you're writing about rubio's replacement in the senate, ashley moody. she'll serve for two years. unclear whether she'll run again for the seat in 2026. florida congressman cori mills, who was also considered for the position by the florida governor, ron desantis, said last week you can probably guarantee my hat is going to be in the ring for 2026. what do we know about this? >> it's so interesting to see this appointment of ashley moody because, you know, covering it from a florida politics perspective, this sets off a number of dominoes, not only when it comes to that

senate seat, but also to the gubernatorial seat. remember, desantis is term limited and can't run in 2026. so you have people like cori mills considering a run for senate. we could see some more names pop up, but i'm actually more interested in this run for governor because talking to sources out of tallahassee yesterday, you know, there was this big emphasis on byron donalds congressman from florida, he's been talking to a lot of donors, a lot of political players in florida, essentially mounting a run for governor. at the same time, though, we know that he won't necessarily or he may not run a post. we know that the state's agriculture commissioner, wilton simpson, is considering a run. he's very wealthy. but also congressman matt gaetz, former congressman matt gaetz, he is considering this as well. so it's just fascinating to see how president trump has, you know, in his appointments, have played a role in sort of the political makeup of florida. remember, it wasn't long ago that mike waltz is incoming national security advisor was

also being considered for governor. but, you know, big question about donalds, because we know that ashley moody was, you know, desantis major pick or seem to be his pick for governor going forward. so it's unclear sort of who desantis and also who trump ends up backing going into 2026 to say one name. >> we haven't mentioned lara trump, right. we may see going forward. all right. julia manchester. thank you. thank you. really appreciate it. all right. coming up here, an agreement on the ceasefire and hostage deal between israel and hamas. but airstrikes have still been hitting gaza. plus, the nba's top two heavies who came out on top. andy scholes, up next in sports. kobe. >> the making of a legend premieres january 25th on cnn. >> here's to getting better with age. >> here's to beating these two every thursday. >> help fuel today with boost high protein complete nutrition. you need and the flavor you love. so here's to

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>> call now and we'll come to you. >> 808 two one 4000. >> all right. renewed hope this morning as the families of hostages in gaza wait for news about their loved ones. the israeli security cabinet expected to vote on the cease fire and hostage release agreement with hamas today. the full cabinet is scheduled to vote tomorrow. the hostage families have had their hopes crushed repeatedly over the last 15 months. they say they will believe their loved ones are free when they see them it's really complicated because from one hand, i'm happy. >> but on the other hand, i'm going to be just going to be happy just and going to believe it. >> just whenever i'm going to see the hostages. on crossing the border to israel and we don't know the situation of, of of the hostages, i don't know if offer my cousin is still alive or not. i don't know what are we going to get

back? >> all right. joining us now is moshe lavi, his brother in law. omri miran is among the hostages being held by hamas. moshe, thanks very much for joining us this morning. >> of course. thank you. casey. >> moshe, can you tell us what you have heard from the israeli government about what to expect over the next 72 plus hours? >> um, i will say we haven't heard much. um, the government, through officials assigned to every family, have been communicating over the past week with some messaging about developments in the negotiations room. um, but we haven't received concrete information about how the deal is going to be carried out. um, and but we expect it to arrive soon after the agreement has been ratified by our cabinet and government and hopefully also go through the supreme court in case any citizens file an objection.

>> what do you know at this point about omri's condition? and what are your hopes and fears? >> um, to your first question. um, we don't know much about omri's current condition. we assume that after so many days in captivity, we were nearly at the 470th day. and every hostage is humanitarian case. they all endured so much suffering. torture, abuse, violence, including sexual violence, deprived of food, water, sunlight, and so their release is, is imperative. now. and yesterday, to be honest, rather than in a few days. um, the last we heard of omri was in late april, when hamas released a psychological warfare video of him. he looked unwell, but he gave us the strength to continue advocating because he is alive. um, to bring him home. what concerns me to your second question, what concerns me about the current agreement is that only

the first phase has been, um, agreed. and negotiated. we need the second phase to be negotiated as soon as possible, and we're trying to push as families, our elected officials in israel and elected officials worldwide. i'm in london these days, heading to paris shortly after their families in washington, d.c., and in every other relevant capital in order to make sure decision makers understand, we need to start negotiations for the second phase now and not on the 16th day. we need to ensure that all the hostages are released, and we won't stop until the last hostage is being released by hamas. we will rejoice when the first batch of 33 hostages are released. but, you know, things are going to be very difficult over the coming days. and there are still obstacles. every day will be a new obstacle because it's a phase agreement, and releases are going to be done throughout a long period of time moshe,

you mentioned washington, d.c. >> of course, president elect donald trump set to be inaugurated on monday. and he is, of course, taken credit for for this. and, of course, benjamin netanyahu, worried about his relationship with him. what is your message to president elect trump about your brother in law and the others still held? >> i want to congratulate president-elect trump because i think his, um, action and his team's actions over the past few weeks and ever since he was elected, pushed the different stakeholders into an agreement allowed. um, he made necessary pressure on countries like qatar, iran, turkey to force hamas to an agreement. and he made it clear to the israeli government that they need to prioritize the hostages, even if it means ending the war. after achieving so much on the battlefield, i

congratulate him and his team for doing everything they can to ensure a deal is going through. they deserve the credit the biden administration has have provided us a lot of comfort and support over the past 15 months, but sadly, they failed in, in, in, in bringing about an agreement in an appropriate time frame work. luckily, the work of both biden team and trump's team allowed this agreement to take place before the inauguration. but as i said, we'll have to keep pushing. um, the administration and the new administration to ensure that all the hostages are released. and my message to trump is, please make sure to bring all the hostages home and do not stop pressuring all those who need to be pressure until the last hostage is released by the terrorist organization hamas. >> all right. moshe lavi, thank you very much for spending some time with us. we are, of course, thinking of you, your family and your brother in law, especially at this time. thank you. >> thank you.

>> all right. let's turn now to sports. the thunder and the cavs meet in a potential nba finals preview. this one ends up being a blowout. andy scholes has this morning's cnn sports update andy good morning. >> hey good morning casey. you know the cavs beat the thunder last week in cleveland. >> so this one was billed as the rematch between the top two teams in the league. and okc. well they certainly got their revenge. the thunder just pouncing on the cavs from the start. they led by 18. after the first. they were up by 42 in the third quarter. that was the largest deficit the cavs have faced all season. che gilgeous alexander leading the way for okc with 40 points. thunder win 134 to 114. here was sga on avenging last week's loss. >> yeah, it's the cream of the crop. obviously you test yourself against the best to really find out where you are. and obviously they had the best record in the league before tonight and we tested ourselves and i think we passed it all right. >> meanwhile, in college hoops, we had a pair of fantastic finishes. michigan unbeaten in the big ten, tied with minnesota, who was winless in big ten play. but not

anymore. dawson garcia from nearly half court at the buzzer. that wins it for the golden gophers 84 to 81, was the final there. elsewhere, northwestern and maryland were tied at 74 in overtime, just 0.7 seconds on the clock. the wildcats, running the inbound play to perfection, and nick martinelli the buzzer beater to win it. he got that shot off just in time, gets mobbed by his teammates. northwestern wins a fun one. 7674. in the nhl alex ovechkin scoring in overtime for the capitals to beat the senators. and with that goal, ovechkin now owns the record for most goaltenders scored on. he scored on 179 different goalies. ovechkin, of course, still chasing wayne gretzky's all time goal record. the 39 year old 21 goals away from gretzky's record. he should get there this spring. if he stays

healthy. and finally, carlos alcaraz is on to the fourth round at the australian open after another win. the 21 year old. he has a tradition. he gets a tattoo every time he wins a major. and yesterday he revealed what he would get if he wins his first aussie open. >> it's a kangaroo, that's for sure. >> i think the crowd liked that. so it's going to be a kangaroo. >> it's uh, it's going to be a kangaroo. >> so that's that's my. yeah, that's my idea. >> didn't say where he would put it, casey. but i actually have the same tradition. every time i win a grand slam, i get a tattoo. that's why i have no tattoos. >> andy scholes, thank you so much. i really appreciate it. have a wonderful weekend, my friend. all right. coming up ahead here on cnn this morning, president biden prepares to close the door on his time in the west wing. we're going to speak live with democratic senator ron wyden about how he can put a final stamp on his legacy. plus, a special guest, tiktok ceo expected to attend

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