palestine action a british based activist group, has reportedly claimed responsibility for that of united states of scandal. and in this cnn original series, jake revisits some of the most sensational controversies across politics corporate america, sports and pop culture to take a fresh look at the impact that these scandals had on american culture through the lens of some of those closest to these stories. jake, what do you have for us in this new episode? >> thanks for having me, fred. this week, we're taking a look at one of the fbi's most controversial missions, a sting called abscam, led by a convicted swindler named mel weinberg that exposed corruption at the highest levels of the government. the episode takes a deep dive into the questionable, sometimes even comical, methods that the fbi used to uncover a large network of corrupt politicians. here's a preview. >> you can't investigate and convict criminals with angels. >> so the fbi takes a gamble. they'll let this con man try to earn his freedom by conducting stings on white collar criminals. but they had no idea how far that wou

palestine action a british based activist group, has reportedly claimed responsibility for that protesttoday israel says it has now cut its last flow of power into gaza, following an order from the israeli government. hamas is downplaying the move, saying since the start of the war, gazans have largely relied on generators and solar power. power. and in another twist, a hamas affiliated tv report says the terror group does not oppose releasing israeli-american hostage edan alexander as part of negotiations to end the war in gaza. today, president trump's special hostage envoy told cnn he is optimistic a truce is within reach. >> i think. >> something could come. >> together within weeks. >> i will say that i believe there is enough there to make a deal between what hamas wants and what. >> they've accepted. >> and what israel wants, and it's accepted. and i think it i think there is a deal where they can get all of the prisoners out, not just the americans. >> an end to the fighting would be a welcome relief for the roughly 2 million palestinians still living in gaza. cnn's jeremy diamo

palestine? calling for intervention, calling for sanctions against israel, calling for a very comprehensive action against the state of israel. meanwhile, having a very alucard view on the russian alpha, russia's intervention in ukraine. what we've been seeing on the birth of the added government and the european governments as well as a, some is a probably they made it made it a profession. the they said tennis is the double standards. but there is nothing objective in their approach to the conflict. then you crank from the very beginning to the, to, to this point. thing thing, there have been no introduction between la sound good is gotten on this issue because they have pros and know the political. they look with russia, they think that the, they had to do it because we got to stay in length and, you know, pick in many ways it, it resembles me. so you times when you get to the full park hill i what they're doing is that they could been following the portland of the party being the european union. now the central committee has been in washington all and well, your opinion is kind of the, the eas

east palestine, almost two years ago, yet we haven't had congress take any action on rail safety. that is unacceptable to me and my constituents. i've heard mr. ruli talk about his constituents in east palestine. hive heard from it -- i've leader it from vice president vance and the prior administration. they support these rail safety efforts and yet nothing's happened. i don't accept that. and i guess a simple part of this is whether we're going to trust the rail industry to regulate themselves. you work in this industry. do you trust the railroads to regulate themselves? mr. cassity: unfortunately i do not. they make a lot of unilateral changes quite regularly that are the outcome of external pressures. whether that be wall street or scheduling or whatever that may be. and they find ways to capitulate to those pressures which unfortunately end up cutting corners and that affect our people. whether you look at long trains and the scheduling, when you look at attendance policy, all of these things have impacts on the workforce and ultimately the service. two-person crew, if they ha

and now we've got this expose about how much devastation, really, palestine action has been causing. 's had 356 direct actions since 2020, causing millions of pounds worth of damage. tell me more. >> well, you would have thought, wouldn't you, that it would be possible to clamp down on palestine action. but it doesn't seem to happen. they seem to be able to act almost with impunity. >> what sorts of things do they do? >> they vandalised donald trump's golf course. right. which is probably not the most serious thing they've done. they target defence companies and groups that they think are helping to fund the war in israel, and they are clearly there to cause as much instability. their goal is to cause as much instability with any group that they associate with israel. clearly anti—semitic. and it's not something that a government is getting a grip on. and why not is the question. >> well, why do you think it isn't? i mean, there's been an interesting debate, actually, since october the 7th about the sort of hands off approach, particularly with the pro—palestinian marches. i mean, the