the people who brought over from bashir carried over the rsf and it became essentially a second army.fortunately, they had so many troops already in the capital, where almost the entire economy of the country is based, and then when that happened and they turned on each other in an instant, you had a war that happened in every part of the country and in every army base. they turned on each other, and it was almost instantaneous. there wasn't any warning. the war happened very quickly. people had to stay where they were for nearly ten days without water, electricity, food. when they were in hospital, they had to stay there. after ten days there was a lull and they were able to leave. we saw pretty much a mass exodus of khartoum and many cities. khartoum the capital is still the focus of the fighting. there is still a lot of areas controlled by the rsf. the army is making ground but this is seen as a key battleground. it is a gateway to the capital or gaining control of the capital. it is significant in terms of the economy of the country. having people return home and try to rebuild. t

so, you know, the people who took over from bashir, aligned themselves with the rsf, which was so when it became a second army. so when that happened and you have two armies in a country, many people saw this as almost inevitable that they would turn on each other. and unfortunately, they had so many troops already in the capital, which is where almost the entire economy of the country is based, so when that happened and they turned on each other in an instant, you had a war that happened in every part of the country in every army base. they turned on each other and it was almost instantaneous. there was no warning. so the war happened very quickly, and people had to stay where they were for almost ten days without water, without electricity, without food. whether in a hospital, they had to stay there. and then after ten days, there was a lull, they were able to leave and you saw pretty much a mass exodus of everywhere in khartoum, in the capital, and many other cities. and still khartoum, the capital is still the focus of the fighting. there is still a lot of areas controlled by the r

i want to go to nadia bashir. so not a explain to us the significance of where you are in the context of the release of palestinian prisoners. >> well, look, can we're outside the ofer prison here in the occupied west bank, and this is expected to be essentially one of the focal points and release points for the release of palestinian prisoners and detainees. >> following that exchange. and of course, this is all dependent on those three israeli hostages being freed from captivity by hamas in gaza and returned to israeli territory. once that is confirmed, we are expecting to see palestinian prisoners and detainees released, much as we saw back during that four day truce back in november 2023, when once again, the ofer prison was one of those key focal points over the course of four days where we did see the transfer and release of palestinian prisoners and detainees. now, of course, over the next six weeks is what is set to mark the phase one of this three phase ceasefire agreement, if indeed it is upheld for thos

i want to go to nadia bashir now. the implications of this deal will be felt there where you are, where we're expecting palestinian prisoners to be released. take us through that. >> absolutely. this is a crucial part of the deal. and over the course of the negotiations that we have been seeing over more than a year now, the terms around the release of palestinian prisoners and detainees in exchange for israeli hostages has continuously proven to be a sticking point, a sticking point with regards to the finer details, what we are expecting over the next six weeks in this first initial phase of the ceasefire agreement, if indeed it is upheld, is for around 33 hostages to be released and for hundreds of palestinian prisoners and detainees to be released from custody within israeli jails. now, today, on the first day, what we are expecting to see is once we have that confirmation of three israeli hostages being released from gaza and back in israeli territory, then we will begin to see the release of palestinian prisoner

ousted and unfortunately they brought many trips so it became, you know, the people who took over from bashirwith the rsf and when that happened, and you have two armies in and when that happened, and you have two armie

cnn's nada bashir has more on this. >> little al-sharaa is still. >> adjusting to finally. >> having her mother back home. >> rula hassanein, a palestinian journalist from the occupied. >> west bank. >> was arrested. >> by. >> israeli security forces when her daughter was. >> just nine. months old. >> when. >> mama. >> mama mama. >> hey, mama! mama. >> now, after ten months in detention. >> she is among. >> the first palestinian. >> prisoners to be. >> freed as. >> part of. >> the israel-hamas. ceasefire agreement. >> i cannot. >> evenity wu xiujie alina habba. in any. >> fear and. >> ramadan. >> lee elia. ardani wolf blitzer. >> all i'd. >> like to iron wall. vikram. elia. >> this was the moment rula was reunited with. >> her daughter and husband last. >> week. >> having suffered. >> from health. >> complications in the first few months of life. >> rula says. >> it was a relief to see her daughter doing well after almost a year of agonizing separation. but rula herself has also been through unimaginable suffering while in detention. >> lamb. lamb. lamb. >> natalie dale. tom. >> lamb

nada bashir appreciate your reporting there. i want to go now to cnn's jeremy diamond, who is live in hostage square in tel aviv. and, jeremy, we can report now that the idf says that those four hostages who were released are now on israeli soil. such a huge relief for families across israel. >> yeah. that's right. this crowd actually just erupted in cheers once again as that news was just broadcast on a large television screen here at hostages square. those four female israeli soldiers held captive by hamas for more than 15 months now firmly on israeli soil, and they are indeed on their way to that military base at re'im, where we expect that they will be able to embrace their mothers for the first time. they will also get somewhat of an initial medical evaluation there to see how they are doing before they are ultimately transported to a hospital here in central israel. we were at that base last week as those first three israeli hostages were brought there as part of this six week ceasefire, and we saw as they remained at that

nada bashir for us there in the west bank. thank you. let's turn to capitol hill now a win for president trump late last night. president vice president jd vance cast the tie breaking vote for the senate to confirm pete hegseth as secretary of defense. now, hegseth confirmation process has been mired in allegations of sexual assault and alcohol abuse and financial mismanagement of veterans charities, all of which he has denied. now, three republicans joined all the democrats in voting against that nomination. >> former senate republican leader mitch mcconnell was one of the republican no votes, and he issued a statement just shortly after the vote, writing, effective management of nearly 3 million military and civilian personnel and an annual budget of nearly $1 trillion, and alliances and partnerships around the world, is a daily test with staggering consequences for the security of the american people and our global interests. mr. hegseth has failed as yet to demonstrate that he will pass this test. now, the new administration is quick

cnn's nada bashir joining us live from jerusalem with more. nada. >> that's right. paula. we saw the release of those palestinian prisoners yesterday in the occupied west bank. the second weekend in which we have seen this kind of exchange. but this was a very different weekend to the first weekend where we had seen a majority of women being released, as well as teenagers being released. a number of them, of course, had been charged under administrative detention, meaning no charges laid against them. this time. what we saw was a majority of prisoners being released who had been serving time for serious offenses, including murder. under the terms of the agreement, essentially, what you would see is 30 palestinian prisoners being released in exchange for each israeli civilian hostage being released. what we saw yesterday is 50 palestinians being released from prisons in exchange for each israeli female soldier being released. that's why we've seen that slight increase in the number over the weekend in terms of that release. but again, we continue to see those significant ce

joining us now is cnn correspondent nada bashir in jerusalem.nauta, what are you hearing and why is israel blocking gazans from returning to the north? >> well, amr, this was a crucial aspect of the cease fire agreement that palestinian civilians, 90% of whom have, of course, been internally displaced over the course of the war, would be able to return to their homes and in particular would be able to return to the north. now, the hope was that we would see palestinians returning to parts of northern gaza. yesterday we saw videos showing hundreds of palestinians gathered trying to make that crossing, or at least waiting to make that crossing and now unable to. the israeli military has said that the area is still dangerous due to idf activity in the area. they have warned palestinians against attempting to move northwards, and in particular attempting to cross the netzarim corridor. that buffer zone that was established by the israeli military, essentially dividing northern gaza from the south. and as you can imagine, this is deeply troubling for

i think what he mentioned was he was in it. >> bashir says he only saw the truck there one night and was stunned to learn jabbar drove a white truck in the terror attack on new year's day. >> we still don't believe that the person. we just know. no way. can't be like that. >> and erin, the fbi has released several new pictures tonight of jabbar taken about an hour and 15 minutes before the the attack. they're in the french quarter. jabbar is walking around. they're urging the public to look at those photos. if they saw someone like him walking around the french quarter to reach out to them, they also released a picture of a cooler that contained an ied device. investigators want to hear from people who might have witnessed any of this. and really, you know, the staggering news tonight is the news from jabar's brother and father, who tell cnn that they never saw any indication that jabbar had become radicalized in recent months or years, and that he had become an i.s.i.s. sympathizer. >> erin. all right, ed, thank you very much in houston. and let's go now to jeff gonzalez. he and his

cnn's nada bashir joins us now live from jerusalem. so this is the second exchange of this cease fire in phase one. what was different this weekend versus what we saw last weekend? >> well, look, victor amara, on the first weekend, the majority of those released were women. we also saw teenagers released as part of that exchange, many of whom were held under administrative detention, meaning no charges were laid against them. this weekend, what we have seen is 200 prisoners released, many of them serving sentences for serious offenses. at least 121 of them are serving life sentences. and of course, under the terms of the agreement, what we saw is 50 palestinian prisoners being released in exchange for each israeli female soldier who's held captive by hamas in gaza. so we saw an uptick, rather, or an increase in the number of palestinian prisoners being released. but as i mentioned, this was a different scenario. many of these were serious offenders. as we saw over the weekend. and of course, we also saw were significant celebrations on

thank you so much, nadia bashir bianna golodryga. we'll check back with you. thank you so much. all right, let's get more on this deal from another perspective with us now, david sanger, he is a cnn political and national security analyst. he's also author of the book new cold wars. great to see you, david. >> good to see you. >> so how hopeful are you that this phase one of the deal will happen and will go smoothly? >> i think it will happen. >> i doubt it will go smoothly because these things rarely do. and because there's so much time being in which this will unspool. about six weeks. um, the difficulty i think, that we'll run into is that while we know that there are 33, uh, israelis or israelis and americans who will be released in this first phase, clearly not all of them are alive. and i think that, you know, the joy of seeing the first 3 or 4 tomorrow will be dampened later on as we discover that others did not survive. and i think the second problem is that prime minister netanyahu is going to have to hold together his coalition through whatever bumps this gets to along

cnn's nadia bashir joins us now live from london. good morning to you.o what are you hearing about the possibility of a ceasefire and hostage release deal? >> well, look, rosemary, we've been hearing, of course, over the last year efforts to push forward with the ceasefire negotiations. and then, of course, facing roadblocks along the way. we are once again hearing from u.s. officials and biden administration officials that there is a sense of cautious optimism that has also been expressed by israeli officials as well, that there has been some progress made in these talks taking place in doha between mediators and negotiators. but again, we have been hearing from the biden administration that no predictions can be made, that while there is some hope that we may see some sort of deal established before january 20th before trump is sworn into office, that there are still significant issues, discussions taking place that need to be hammered out. we know, of course, that there have been questions remaining still on the terms surrounding the philadelphia corr

nauta bashir in the west bank. thanks so much. we should not, though, underestimate what a change this is after 470 days of just relentless war, a ceasefire for the people of gaza, relief for some israeli families. over the course of the next six weeks, three of them today. with those three female israeli hostages to be released. joining us now is professor allan frommherz. he's the director of the middle east studies center at georgia state university. professor, thanks so much for joining us this morning. your time. let me ask you one very basic question. gaza has been devastated in this this war, more than a year and a half of bombing. if you look at the landscape, thousands of structures, homes, buildings destroyed, most of the hospitals no longer operational. desperate need for food and sadly, hamas remains there, weakened. but hamas remains. what is the future of gaza look like? just even over the next several weeks and months? >> first, thank you for inviting me here on this historic day and this day of wonderful optimism f

nadia bashir bianna golodryga, thank you so much. all right. let's bring in now aaron david miller. he has been in the middle east and in these kinds of talks. as a former state department middle east negotiator, he's now a senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace. always great to see you. so i mean, what are your thoughts now as this become a fragile deal? >> well, the good news is that this offers a some hope in a 15 months of of abject horrors in which israelis and palestinians have subjected one another to incredible trauma, loss and suffering. the problem, fredricka, is that you've got an indirect negotiation between two parties who fundamentally not only don't trust one another, but who are fundamentally committed to one another's destruction. so it is not surprising that you have a degree of brinkmanship. um, if hamas hamas is obligated to turn over the names of three living females, not military. um um soldiers, not soldiers, but civilians. and that hasn't been done. i can't imagine that won't be done. uh, in enough time to to allow this deal to procee

nada bashir, thank you so much. all right. well, here is where things stand right now with the breaking news in gaza. the israeli military says it now has custody of the four israeli hostages that hamas released just a short time ago. so here was the scene a little while before, when they were about to be transferred to the red cross in gaza. they are now back in israel at an israeli military base and will be taken to a hospital. and in exchange, as we mentioned, israel is expected to release 200 palestinian prisoners. i want to go live now to london and jasmine el-gamal former pentagon middle east adviser and middle east analyst. i really appreciate getting your insights in what is taking place right now. every successful exchange that we see, does it generate any sense of optimism that things can progress to the next stage? >> good morning, kim, and thank you so much for having me this morning. i think optimism probably is is a strong word. i mean, i think that as your correspondents were just laying out really well, the mix

thanks so much to nada bashir there. we should also note that this is a hostage release and ceasefire deal that came through the work cooperation, in fact, of the biden administration, the outgoing biden administration, the incoming trump administration. and yesterday, several of the hostage families met with incoming trump administration officials, including the incoming national security advisor, mike waltz. and they tell me they were told by those trump administration officials that the president elect and his administration will not rest until all the hostages taken on october 7th are returned. coming up next on cnn this morning, i'm going to speak to the father of one of those who still remains in gaza tai chen, killed on october 7th. his remains still held in gaza, one of seven americans held there. i'll ask him what this deal means for him. for those families of loved ones who will not be coming home today. >> superman the christopher reeve story. february 2nd on cnn. >> i brought in ensure max protein with 30g of

nada bashir, thank you so much. let's go now to cnn's bianna golodryga.bianna, you're with one of the families of the hostages earlier today. tell us more about what we expect and how this all to unfold with now the four female israeli hostages on israeli soil. >> well, amara, i just have. >> to. >> say it was surreal to spend two hours with the aunt and uncle and cousins and friends and other extended family of daniella gilboa at their home for about two hours this morning. they invited us exclusively in local media as well, to come in and watch their initial reactions to seeing their niece released for the first time in 15.5 months, along with the three other hostages. and there were tears of joy. there were champagne bottles being opened. it's also shabbat here. so many of the their neighbors and family came to to spend this, this important day with them collectively, to watch that moment. they are hoping to reunite with their niece in the coming days. obviously aware that she will need the time and the space to heal, to be with her parents and to get

that wouldn't have happened if bashir had not agreed.t happening is that there is a framework for future accountability. sarah, quite often what i feel is that the work that we are doing is about documenting forfuture. it's not going to happen overnight. but we're talking... when you look at what we're talking about here, and the un talked about the sheer scale of sexual violence, it's staggering, he said, first—hand sources informed of rape of girls as young as eight and women as old as 75. what seems to be presented is both sides are being accused of war crimes. wouldn't they be prosecuted as war crimes? where does torture fit into that? yeah, prosecutor... torture is a war crime. it can also be a crime against humanity and can also be a form of genocide. uh... i think in the context of sudan, there have not been efforts to look at what type of accountability mechanisms would happen. my preference for sudan, and actually it's the same preference for syria, is that there would be a internationalised or a hybrid treat...um... ..tribunal,

as well as when they issued a warrant against bashir for the genocide in sudan. so i guess what we're hearing here is that, you know, we want to pick and choose on their side how we're going to react to the i.c.c. based on what they do. i mean, the bottom line is this is the beginning of a process. it is not the end of a process. and again, this bill will do nothing to help get the release of our hostages, including those americans who are held hostage. and it will isolate us within the world community, especially within -- with many of our allies. i reserve my time. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from massachusetts yields back. the gentleman from florida is recognized. mr. mast: thank you, mr. speaker. i would remind my friend as i cross the way that americans are being held and tortured. get with the american team. and get in the way of those that are getting in our way. mr. speaker, i'm pleased to yield two minutes to the gentleman from ohio, mr. miller. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from ohio is recognized for two minutes. mr. miller: thank y

leading the transitional government that was formed after the removal of long—term president 0mar al—bashiruarters one of the protesters and that was a trigger for general dagalo to seize upon and fell out with his boss and this started this civil war. before we go — a reminder of our top story — those wildfires in los angeles. the death toll has risen to 16 people. about a dozen others are still unaccounted for, we do have these live images. you can see it is dark there which does make those efforts to control those fires a little bit more difficult but we have been seeing some images of those burning blazes, the embers there, in the night sky in los angeles. the efforts continue was not we will track that story right here on bbc news. hello there. this really cold spell of weather is coming to an end in the next few days but we still have some cold, frosty and icy conditions this weekend. it was particularly cold in the midlands, where the fog lingered, and we have some fog in eastern england and also in northern ireland overnight. and these are the temperatures early on sunday morning, s

leading the transitional government that was formed after the removal of long—term president 0mar al—bashirf the protesters and that was a trigger for general dagalo to seize upon and fell out with his boss and this started this civil war. let's turn to some other important news around the world. the israeli military says four of its soldiers have been killed and six others injured in the north of gaza. they're said to have come underfire and been hit by an explosive device in the town of beit hanoun, an area where israel has recently intensified its offensive. earlier gaza's hamas—run health ministry said 32 palestinians were killed in israeli strikes over the past two days. german authorities say an oil tanker that belongs to russia's shadow fleet is stuck in the baltic sea. these pictures show german tugboats dragging the tanker to safe waters after it lost power and steering. germany believes russia uses the vessel — which is carrying about a hundred thousand tons of oil — to avoid sanctions. joe biden has awarded the presidential medal of freedom — america's highest civilian honour — t

. >> our national lead now, the urgent warning from the governor of kentucky, andy bashir there, histate one of many hit by a winter storm that has more than 60 million americans under alert. the snow and freezing cold stretching from the midwest to the mid- atlantic, claiming at least four lives as of now. this dangerous storm system is also having a huge impact on air travel with more than 6,000 flights around the united states canceled or delayed today. cnn's gabe cohen reports from a snow-covered washington, d.c. >> reporter: a deadly winter storm creating dangerous conditions tonight for tens of millions of americans. snow, sleet and freezing rain blanketing large areas of the country from kansas to the nation's capital. >> most important thing that people can do today is to stay home and to stay safe. >> reporter: thick ice and gusty winds toppling trees and power lines, knocking out power to hundreds of thousands of homes. on the road at least four people killed in crashes and hundreds of motorists stranded amid extreme conditions. and misery for fliers with thousands of fligh

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. >> well, cnn's nadia bashir is live in jerusalem for us.adia, this ceasefire is supposed to go into effect literally right now. what are you hearing about? what happens next? >> that's right. there has been some questions as to whether or not this will remain firmly in place, whether we will see the cease fire being enforced as planned, as you mentioned. it is expected to go into force right now, but there have been questions around the terms of the agreement, namely the release of the names of hostages to be released by hamas from captivity in this first initial phase, which is set to last for six weeks. now, we have heard reports that we have seen israeli forces withdrawing from parts of rafah in the south. so potentially a positive sign there. but we have heard from the israeli prime minister's office warning that that ceasefire cannot fully begin until they receive that full list of names of hostages to be released in this first phase. hamas officials have meanwhile said that they remain firmly committed to this ceasefire agreement. the

our nadia bashir has more on that situation on the ground. >> there is a lot of pressure on this deal, getting to getting to work as soon as possible. a lot of questions still up in the air. and of course, in terms of the framework, in terms of what we're expecting to see today, the hope is that three israeli hostages will be released from captivity in gaza by hamas following their release and their return into israeli territory. that's when we can expect to see the release of some palestinian prisoners and detainees. now, over the course of the next six weeks, we're expecting to see hundreds of palestinian prisoners and detainees released. and, of course, 33 israeli hostages released. today. we are expecting around 95 palestinian prisoners and detainees to be released. that includes 70 women, 25 men, among them ten minors under the age of 18. important to underscore at least 30 of them have been held under administrative detention, a deeply controversial practice which essentially means there are no charges laid against them and no ongoing legal process. but of course, this is all de

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gabbert and she can overcome some concerns of republicans within as a democratic and conversations with bashira. the expectation is they have the votes to get through but we will see what happens during the hearings. host: you wrote about one of the nominees r.f.k. jr. particularly his takes on vaccine. can you elaborate? guest: this is the big question around him going back to his independent run for president. what does he believe when it comes to vaccines kind of the core element. public health. for a long time he was one of the most influential antivaccine activists. he said i'm not antivaccine but i want transparency but that is not the belief from democratsed a some republicans and in hits camp i had allies saying ultimately his closest and most ardent antivaccine supporters will win and have influence over his agenda and that could include disbanding a key advisory panel or rescheduling vaccines so maybe they are not necessary to have your child go to school. so it would be a sea change in how we approach vaccines as a country. you will hear a lot of questions from both sides much the a