with us to break it all doubt are for bar, or so glad laura coates decided to stay.laura coats is about us, she happens to be, cnn chief legal correspondent can be a near later tonight appleby her, and grammy nominated hip pop artist author and entrepreneur is here. >> thanks for having me. >> we want to start with you because you behind the push to stop this kind of prosecution what's your reaction when you see that he's on trial accused and it is lyrics can now be loosest against in his trial. >> that's horrible, a travesty. i have been wrapping professionally for 30 years, i glide it almost 95% of my songs. lied. i write like i feel that day i am just being creative. you could probably, you couldn't build a jail enough for the lyrics i've set on songs, which are all untrue. what i am as a family man, person gives back to my community all the time, opening businesses in my community. so the music whenever amount to the actual person joseph carter fat joe. what's even more horrible is that the district attorney's, they know those lyrics ain't rule. they know that cr

laura coates live starts right now. laura?ot sure i could do that without breaking a hip, but you know. >> i don't know about you, but i have that moves like jagger. >> i believe, you i believe. you >> i do. object want you to come to i'm, apricots the rolling fans see the shade -- rolling stones, i don't know what you guys do. >> that was eddie phillip, and i'm laura coates. >> no shade to throw. >> nice to see you, heavy philippe. >> you, too. >> our breaking news. a deal to release some of the hostages, but who and when will they be home? and at what price? tonight, on laura coates live. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> can you even begin to imagine how agonizing it has been for the families of the hostages that were taken on october 7th? and it's paid 45 days, 45 days, 45 days of not knowing where they are, how they are, and whether they will ever, ever see them again. now, with the entire world watching and waiting, israel has signed off on that deal to release some of the estimated 240 people being held hostage. the deal would free at least 50

now we know, something else. >> laura coates, brad moss, thank you both very much. >>> laura, at the of the hour you are talking to anthony scaramucci, another former resident of the white house staff at the top of the hour. don't miss that. >>> coming up next for us on this program, the israeli president today is saying that this is not a war, that it's just between muslims and jews. we'll talk to cnn's christiane amanpour about all of that. >>> a father's pain and the president of the united states. i will speak with a man whose son was killed in lewiston who just met with the consoler in chief. is it possible my network could take my business to the next level? it is with comcast business. powering all your devices with gig-speed wifi. and you get fast downloads and uploads. pick it up! pick it up! oh we got this! because it's powered by the next generation 10g network. more speed for your business? it's not just possible. it's happening. get started for $59.99 a month for 12 months. plus, ask how to get an $800 prepaid card with a qualifying internet bundle. comcast business, pow

"laura coates live" starts right now. hey, laura. >> hey, abby. >> happy halloween, by the way. >> i was really torn to wear a costume -- i became an anchor. that's my costume. how is yours? >> also here as an anchor. >> abby phillip, love it. as always, see you right back here tomorrow. the deadly strike on a camp full of refugees, and a chilling warning here at home, tonight on "laura coates live". the images coming out of the middle east tonight are nothing short of absolutely disturbing. but some say this is what war looks like. the aftermath of israel strike on gaza's largest refugee camp -- there are photos that show multiple large craters in the ground, shrouded by the rubble of destroyed and just obliterated buildings. now, we don't actually know how many people are dead. but when eyewitness says that it felt like the end of the world. and and idf spokesman telling wolf blitzer this. >> this is the tragedy of war, wolf. as you know, we have been saying for days, that -- civilians not involved with hamas, please mov

we brought in van lathan and host of laura coates live. there's a third attempt to expel the congressman. you kick it off, charles, what are you thinking? >> this story makes me sick to my stomach. shouldn't take three attempts. gayle, there's no job in the world where you could lie that much and keep your job. that's not a normal person watching this show who would go to a job and just tell complete lies and then they found out about it and they would keep their job. i don't understand why it would take three times. i mean, it shows you how broke our political system is because you can lie that much and keep your job. >> yeah, but people say you're innocent until proven guilty. he's been proven guilty. >> he has the ethics report. i admit, the receipts -- the botox. i can't afford hair maze so i mispronounce it every single time. you also have the only fans. everything about it. he is defianting and he is saying -- he's daring everyone, put up or shut up, because you might down the line have some allegation against you and they'll expel y

tonight on laura coates live. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> minutes away from the on.n't know if the truce has been extended, once or again. and if it doesn't get extended, does that mean the fund will begin again and perhaps how soon the truce between israel and hamas such a expire at 7 am local time, we just might not eastern. our time. a little over 5 to 9 minutes away from right now. and the only thing that -- the names of hostages still to be released, thursday. but way in the meantime have got a lot of unanswered questions. and these questions, the answer, is there a matter of life [inaudible] but where? and who's got them? is it hamas? or some other group? and for their desperate families, these are the real questions they're asking today. and just a moment, i'll talk to al sean, the a 14-year-old survivor of the massacre on october 7th. imagine what it is she has seen. what she has experienced. at just 14 years old. her father and many other of her closest friends were murdered. she saw her cousin, who turned 16 in captivity, abducted, ordered into a car and dr

laura coates and norm eisen, thanks to both of you very much. important note, laura will be back later tonight, 11:00 p.m. eastern for her program, "laura coates live." important show. we'll watch it. >>> just ahead, a senior advisor to the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, will join us live here in tel aviv as we witness a new assault that's lit up the skies over gaza. stay with us. you're in "the situation room." we are grocery outlet and we are your bargain bliss market. what's bargain bliss? you know that feeling you get when you find the name brands you love but for way, way less? that's bargain bliss. it's grocery outlet's 20% off wine sale going on now through november 7th. we have hundreds of wines sure to pair with any gathering. so act now because this deal won't last long. stop in and save today. >>> we're getting more now on the breaking news here in the middle east. cnn hearing constant gunfire near the israeli-gaza border after an intense new israeli air bombardment with flares lighting up the sky over northern gaza. joini

"laura coates live" starts right now. >> i like the way he said, that "laura coates live" -- i'm going to have an italics on that now. >> have a great show. we >> thank you. >> donald trump's number one son -- story, eric and darren -- guess who he is blaming for a fraudulent financial statement. it's not anybody named trump. tonight, on "laura coates live" -- so, donald trump jr. with the opening act today in the trump family's quarter of a billion dollar new york courtroom drama. he testified today in that civil fraud case against the former presidents namesake business. and it went, well, maybe pretty much how you thought it would go. he testified that he was not involved in the preparation of his father's financial statements at any point in time. and you guessed it. he said, blame the accountants. quote, the accountants worked on it. that is what we pay them for. now, don jr. and his brother eric trump are accused of knowingly -- to obtain benefits like better loans or better insurance policy terms. and then deflating it when it was also convenient to do so. while her brother was

i want to bring in cnn and anchor and chief laura coats into this discussion. the court says he'll bar the release of sensitive evidence, sensitive. is the lawyer or client who actually leaked these tapes likely to face any sort of punishment? >> think about the reason why you want to have this order. you have a trial that's going to need a jurors, and you want to make sure that the jurors will be objective arbitors of the fact meaning they won't be swayed by anything other than the documents before them. any time a witness or defendant is attempting to throw their weight around, to intimidate a witness or to leak out evidence before the actual trial, it's a problem. why? because not everything that comes out in the public opinion comes out through the evidently rules. the judge's job is to make sure that whatever is happening outside the courtroom actually ought to be before this jury. it has credibility indicia, it should be believable in some way, protective to the defendant and the person is a witness in the case. at this time it's important to have a prote

tonight on "laura coates live." the legal developments are coming fast and curious. in the many cases that donald trump is facing. in georgia, you have prosecutors asking a judge to jail one of the co-defendants. his name, harrison floyd, over his alleged defendant to sway witnesses. he will bar the jenna ellis video that was leaked. >> he said the boss, and everyone understood the boss, that's what we called him. he said the boss is not going to leave under any circumstances. we're going to stay in power. we know who leaked that video and why. more on that later. there's the 2$250 million againt trump and his formally business. the former president wants a mistrial. he is alleging biased against him. the claim he has shouted from the rooftops or the reporters outside of the courtroom. >> this judge is a partisan judge, with a person who is bart san alongside him. >> wait, there's more. prosecutors were calling on the appeals court to uphold the gag order on donald trump, who some might argue made the case calling jack smith, what was that word? deranged. claiming hi

laura coates is here live. >>> i am stunned. where is the banner? breaking news. >> this is a great republican tradition that i think it's become. >> it's the true right of passage. how will the voters feel about it? we'll have to wait and see. thanks. we'll see you back tomorrow. >> good night. >>> a shakeup in the tech world that has implications for all of our futures. tonight on "laura coates live." >> what happened over the last few days could change the shape of the future for you, for me, for everybody. you heard about this guy named sam altman, right? the leader of one of the most influential and artificial intelligence companies. and he was fired over the weekend. altman is the leader of open a.i., the company that created chatgpt. he was suddenly out of the company. it was mysterious. and he said he was fired over concerns that he was not always truthful with the board. we meant to what that means. but two days later, altman was hired by microsoft where he could be even more powerful to run a brand-new division with all of the many, many -

thank you for watching news night, laura coates live starts right now. hey laura. >> surprise, surprise, surprise. another pilgrimage down to mar-a-lago. i am stunned, where is the banner? breaking news, this has happened. abby, great show. >> a great republican tradition. >> i think it's becoming that. it's almost like the true right of passage. how will the voters feel about it? we'll have to wait and see. thanks abby, nice to see, we'll see you tomorrow. a shake up in the tech world that has implications for all of our futures. tonight on laura coates live. ♪ ♪ ♪ so what happened after the past few days could actually change the shape of the future for you, for me, for everybody, really. you've heard about this guy named sam altman, right? the leader of one of the world's most influential artificial intelligence companies who was suddenly fired over the weekend. a move that pretty much nobody had seen on their bingo card. altman is the leader of open a.i., a company that created chatgpt. he was suddenly out of the company. now, it was somewhat mysterio

>> thank you for watching news tonight, laura coates live, starting right now. hi laura. >> hi abby, the weekend is here. it is calling, but a week from now, there could be a government shutdown. we will be -- we be at that point in time? >> dÉjÀ vu, it feels like. >> it does. have a good weekend. we will see you back here on monday. >> now, walking down the streets of new york city, imagine this. you hear, move over, mister mayor, we are here for yourself phones. that is tonight, on laura coates live. >> ♪ ♪ ♪ >> it is america's largest city. it commands a lot of attention, maybe more attention than new york city mayor, merrick at eric adams, even bargained. a federal investigation into campaign fundraising, now, appearing to inch that much closer to the mayor of new york. by the way, in a very dramatic, and public way. cnn learning, fbi agents seized adams two phones, and an ipad, not today, but several days ago, on monday. first, telling us that aiden's approach the mayor on the streets of new york, asking his security detail to step aside, climbed into his an

i want to thank you for joining us late tonight from tel aviv, laura coates live starts right now! ♪ ♪ ♪ >> good evening, it is a special two hour edition of laura coates live, abby has the night off. i want to begin tonight, not with words but with the images and the sounds of the moment that hostages finally came face to face with their loved ones. seven hole weeks after being ripped away by hamas. watch. [inaudible] [laughter] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [muted] [inaudible] [muted] [inaudible] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [speaking in a non-english language] [crying] [crying] [inaudible] [crying] [crying] [inaudible] [crying] [crying] [crying] [crying] [speaking in a non-english language] [inaudible] >> you know when you watch that, what really strikes me? how little words are actually exchange between those who are holding each other. the faces, what it is like for the parents to see their child. the children to say their parents. it is overwhelming and unbelievable to think about. what th

the new york case as a political witch hunt, and said that she should be ashamed of herself. >> laura coates and elliot williams are still with us. laura, based on trump's clashes with the judge, with everybody else, basically, over there, is he more interested in a political statement as opposed to a legal statement? >> yes, it's more so political. because legally speaking, he is way behind the eight ball. a judge has ordered and ruled he has lost the motion for summary judgment, meaning based on what i've seen so far, you have committed fraud. the only remaining question is how expensive is it going to get. is it $250 million, will you have your business certificates, will it be a conservatorship for your enterprise. very important points. there are 23 witnesses already, including his two adult sons. you've heard from the cfo, from allen weisselberg, all of whom have given various accounts and testimony. but it has not changed the equation to suggest that there were fraudulent documents, that you were aware that this had happened, that as an officer of your company you had a duty to actual

thank you for watching news night with laura coats live that starts right now. laura? hi!won't tell you one of my theme songs was oh, here she comes, watch out, boy, she will show you up, she is a man eater. i'm just kidding! ♪ ♪ ♪ i will do the whole thing! you have no idea. all of, it hall and oates, thank you so much. i don't know why they broke up. >> what did he say? >> some shade like he was my business partner, not my creative partner. there's a story there, and i want to hear it. >> for sure. >> different night. have a great night! nice to see you. >> happy thanksgiving! >> happy thanksgiving! >>> what happened? why is there a delay in releasing hostages? what does this mean for the deal we heard about just yesterday? tonight on laura coates live. ♪ ♪ ♪ >>> we should be celebrating the release of some of the hostages just a few hours from now. instead, you're trying to figure out why the deal that had been struck just yesterday will not go into effect before friday. that means there is no pause in fighting, no release of the hostages, and the question is why. is th

laura coates live starts right now. laura? >> you know, abby, i've got to tell you, that case, of all of the cases that we have covered, that one got me every single time. this was a young man who would go and play his violin for cats at an animal shelter. he was out trying to get, i think it was a snap or a juice for his younger brother. he had headphones on at one point, he had a mask before the pandemic and was keeping to himself. and they injected him with ketamine in the end. just thinking about what those final moments would have been like, this young, i know you call on a young man, maybe even an old child is more appropriate. he actually said, as he vomited trying to get free, vomiting on an officer, apologized for that and then said teamwork makes the dream work, trying to encourage them to let him go. and i can tell you, every time i hear his name, and we've heard a lot of cases, that one brings tears to my eyes to that moment. >> it's incredibly soft. a reminder, a lot of times in these cases, acquittals are very co

that's tonight on laura coates live. so it's america's largest city, and running it comes with a lot of attention, maybe more attention than new york city mayor eric adams bargained for. a federal investigation into campaign fundraising now appears to be inching that much closer to the mayor of new york. and by the way, in a very dramatic and a very public way. fbi agents seized adams' two phones and an ipad not today but several days ago on monday. first telling us that agents approached the mayor on the streets of new york, asked his security detail to step aside, climbed into his suv with him, and then took the man's devices. this all happening days after the fbi, as you well know, raided the home of adams' chief fundraiser. now, investigators are trying to determine whether the mayor's 2021 campaign received any illegal donations from turkish nationals or the turkish government. now, for his part, mayor adams insists that he has absolutely nothing to hide and his attorney is out with a statement saying this, quote, t

tonight on laura coates live. >>> remember that phrase "no one is above the law"? how about this one? how does it go again? let me get it right. if the president does it, it's not illegal. it's starting to come back to you now, isn't it? well, today there's a new one for the history books. a colorado judge finding that donald trump incited an insurrection or intentionally engaged in behavior, and quote, therefore engaged in insurrection within the meaning of section 3 of the 14th amendment, saying he acted with specific intent to disrupt the electoral college certification of president biden's electoral victory through unlawful means, specifically by using unlawful force and violence, something that, well, we were watching the day it happened, january 6th. >> we fight. we fight like hell. and if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore. >> the judge saying trump did, quote, everything in his power to fuel anger before january 6th. by the way, if he were anybody else, he would have been disqualified from office. but because he was the pr

. >>> let's bring in cnn chief legal analyst laura coates. let's start with what we just saw, donald trump left the stand and his team chose not to cross-examine. why? >> it's odd to do so. the purpose is to rehabilitate your client. it's to say, here are things you maybe got wrong or i want to buttress your credibility. that they did not suggests that either, a, they believe he was great on the stand, really the best they've ever seen. or b, it would be a fruitless endeavor. probably the latter. >> trump's lawyers also told the judge at the end of the day they want to make a motion for a mistrial. do you think they have any sort of argument here? >> i don't. i think they have every right to file that motion because most litigants do that. the basis is either bias on the part of the judge, also some factual or legal error that's been made. i'm unaware of any of that that's happened in the particular trial. guess who decides that? the judge. >> speaking of which, are you surprised that donald trump was so combative with the judge who is the on

and to our viewers, catch laura coates live. that's the name of her program, later tonight, 11:00 p.m. eastern. still ahead, we'll have much more on the new poll showing trump leading president biden in several swing states. the new 2024 snapshot and the rising anxiety for democrats. we have details up next. >>> we're following the breaking news on trump's civil fraud trial. slamming the case against him while touting a new poll showing he leads president biden in many 2024 battleground states. >> to think we're being sued and spending all this time and money and you have people being killed all over the world this this country could stop. infl inflation and all of the other problems this country has, i think it's a disgrace. when you look at the numbers, the poll numbers that came out today from "the new york times" and cbs, people are sick and tired of what's happening. >> let's discuss with our political team. david c david, take a look at this poll which shows trump not only leading biden nationally, but it also shows he's l

of laura coates live. abby has the night off. there is a clear violation of a shaky truce between israel and hamas, maybe spell its end? both sides of the war confront this choice, to choose between peace or to renew violence. and there two very different stories emerging this very evening, from the very same incident. clashes in northern gaza that both sides say marked a breach of an already touch and go truce. both sides are pointing fingers and laying the blame on the other first skirmishes reportedly involving explosive devices. now, it is truly a classic fog of war incidents, and yet, at least for now, both sides are choosing to look past. it we already know and witnessed a now nightly routine, the israeli government says it proceeds and is going to review our list of hostages that hamas says it will hand over tomorrow. today, the starkly different view of the war, not from the front line of fighting, but from the choreographed handover of israelis. this comes courtesy of agency france press, and it s

be sure to join kateitlan colli, laura coates as well. "the source" starts at 9:00 p.m. eastern and laura coates begins at 11:00 p.m., and you can catch me tomorrow at noon on "inside politics". >> you certainly will. i'm wolf blitzer. you can always catch me in "the situation room" starting later today, 6:00 p.m. eastern. boris sanchez and brianna keilar pick up our live special coverage right after a quick break. so... i know you and george were struggling with the possibility of having to move. how's that going? we found a way to make bathing safer with a kohler walk-in bath. a kohler walk-in bath provides a secure, spa-like bathing experience in the comfort of your own home. a kohler walk-in bath has one of the lowest step-ins of any walk-in bath for easy entry and exit. it features textured surfaces, convenient handrails for more stability, and a wide door for easier mobility. kohler® walk-in baths include two hydrotherapies— whirlpool jets and our patented bubblemassage to help soothe sore muscles in your feet, legs, and back. a kohler-certified installer will inst

one, thank you for watching the interim laura coates live show.it's dynamite. 11 pm, eastern, weekdays. number two, i will say, it's not double jeopardy, according to law. because one was a political discussion and one was, you know what, let's not argue, fellas. i'm glad you are both here. thank you so much. [laughter] brian stelter, geraldo rivera, thank you and be sure to check out brian's new book, network of lies, the epic saga of fox news, donald trump, and the battle for american democracy. we'll be right back. >> when hamas militants broke they poured offense and i can't pick to reject a voter for seven, many war gopro camera to document the assault. some videos were shirt as hamas propaganda, but not all of them. cnn has obtained video from one of these cameras from the israeli military. the idf says it shows the reality of what happened, which many have called israel's 9/11. and one long continuous video shows 100 minutes of horror. and we have to warn you, some of what you are about to see is very graphic. here is cnn's oren liebermann.

what he says about the night an intruder looking for his wife nearly killed him, tonight on laura coates live. so, what is it about the political rhetoric in this country that got us here? an 83-year-old man hit in the head with a hammer in his own house. his skull was fractured, allegedly by a man looking for his wife, then-house speaker nancy pelosi. the attorney says it was motivated the belief that nancy pelosi was part of a plot to manipulate the country, to spread lies and to steal votes from donald trump. paul pelosi testifying today about the moment he woke up at 2:00 in the morning to find a stranger in his bedroom. quote, it was a tremendous shock to recognize that somebody had broken into the house and looking at him, and looking at the hammer and the ties, i recognized that i was in serious danger. so, i tried to stay as calm as possible. pelosi testifying that he led the intruder downstairs that police could grab him more quickly the there. if we were downstairs, it would be easier to arrest him. god knows what would have happened if we were upstairs. remember the police bod

tonight on laura coats live. now you know that saying, if these walls could talk? well, the walls are talking. imagine what the workers at trump's mar-a-lago resort heard. well, federal investigators do not have to imagine what that would be like. cnn learned that some workers have already spoken to investigators, in some cases moment million times about security at mar-a-lago or the lack there of and how the boxes of classified documents were kept there and how they could have been seen by guest ins the reports. if you had ballistic on your bingo card, you won, because that was trump's reaction according to a source. when the maid who cleans his bedroom suite was asked to speak with investigators. but wait, there's more, as they say. there's the wood worker who installed crown molding in his bedroom and noticed a stack of papers though he didn't know what they were. and later said what he said might have been maybe a movie prop. he thought. there was a chauffeur questioned about business people including foreigners who visited the club as vip guests. a plumber who

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tonight, in the second hour of laura coates live. >> well hamas is put out the list tonight of now the sixth group of hostages expect to be freed, that after 12 more were released today. they are ten israelis, and to tie citizens. no americans were in that group today even though the white house previously said, that two women were expected he freed as part of the deal that was announced between israel and hamas last week. there are hopes that some americans may be released tomorrow, but we are only beginning to learn what the hostages have endured. the father of a nine-year-old emily hand telling cnn this today but >> the most shocking disturbing part of the meeting, she was just whispering. couldn't hear her. i had to put my ear on her lips, like this close, and say, what did you say? i thought you were kidnapped. >> she said, i thought you were kidnapped? >> she thought i was in captivity. she was presuming that everyone is kidnapped, or killed or slaughtered. she had no idea. >> she had no idea, that our father was safe until she was back in his arms. think about what that means. w

laura coates live starts right now. laura?'ve got to tell you, that case, of all of the cases that wve

tonight, i am laura coates live. you know, you have to wonder what took them so long. the house ethics committee releasing a report, shock full, and i mean chalk full of evidence that george santos allegedly's campaign phone so his own personal profit, also lodging he reported fake loans and kept it all going through a, quote, constant series of lies. not mincing words, they say quote, he blatantly stole from his campaign. unquote. they brought the receipts. i mean they literally brought the receipts. a $3,332.81 airbnb listed as a hotel stay on an fcc report for july seven 2022. a day's own campaign calendar listed him as off, and spending the weekend in the hamptons. 1400 dollars at a spa that month, charged to a campaign debit card and described as botox, and expense spreadsheets. 1500 dollars at another spa, also noted as botox. i do not know about botox, mud that is a whole lot for somebody who is relaxing in the hamptons. there is more. you knew there would be more, right but this might surprise you, $4,127.80 at hermes, now i can't afford it, so i will call it -

when you were on with laura coats at the beginning of this before the window opened right after it hadn approved in israel you said that this was crucial, this was an opportunity for president biden to show there would be release of americans. how important is that nor them to come out today, tomorrow. >> very important. hamas regrettably is controlling the names, controlling the list. there's no arbiter that is looking at a list and deciding who goes from hamas and it's making its own political calculations. one thing about hamas it understands the pr game. it is going to hold on to most likely americans for a little bit longer as i think the president is weighing in on this and getting this brokered is a win in and of itself, but clearly qatar in particular our ally who has been negotiating this and in closest touch with hamas, they need to get the point across that there needs to be results for the american people as well. there are, i believe, 13 americans is the number i've been hearing. they need to come out and they need to come out soon. >> the number was ten with potential. th

abby, we love you to, but don't go anywhere, laura coates live, earlier today, starting right now. >> hello and welcome to the viewers all around the world also here in the united states, coming up this hour on cnn. the truce extended for another day allowing more humanitarian supplies as well as the release of more israeli hostages by hamas. >>> that we're live? the fate of an israeli mother and her two young boys in gaza remains unclear. hamas says they were killed by an israeli airstrike. the israeli military is investigating. >>> famous or infamous? a look back at the life of henry kissinger, the architect of u.s. foreign policy and the president nixon and ford. >> live from atlanta, this is cnn newsroom with john velazquez. >> hello breaking news this hour israel and hamas have both announced a temporary truce will continue for at least another day. the news came minutes after the pause in fighting was set to expire just over an hour ago. israel says it has agreed to extend the deal in light of efforts by mediators to continue the process of negotiating for the release of hostage

tonight, in the second hour of laura coates live. ♪ ♪ ♪ now, for every one of the 11 women and childrensed today, there are loved ones who have been suffering along with them. who know whether that will see their family members again. for every one of those 11 people who are experiencing their first day of freedom, from october 7th, there are others being held hostage. just think of it, all the kids released today by hamas still have fathers in captivity. for seven weeks we have all been waiting. we've talked to mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, while so many of their loved ones are still unaccounted for there are others who, tonight, their prayers have been answered. remember -- who turned 12 in captivity along with a 16-year-old sister, sir? i talked to their mother had not just three weeks after they were taken. >> you can imagine, you know, it was just celebrating his birthday. in captivity in gaza, celebrating. >> reporter: now he and his sister, is, are free. but their father is believed to still be in gaza and being held hostage. there are so many others, we will talk to the m

laura coates, this was an extraordinary set of allegations, and now an extraordinary settlement.it seems to indicate that diddy has decided this is not something that they want to go through a process of discovery on. it was already getting, i think, pretty ugly with people raising all kinds of questions about him. and now it seems to be over

. >>> cnn's laura coates spoke with the authors of that op-ed how they would like to see things changed. >> open discussion is really their way to further educational goals rather than intimidation. >> reporter: gabriel, on that point we talk about open discussion. this has been cut quite a mine field for a lot of people to try to on the one hand climb a steep learning curve in a relative short amount of time to understand the nuance of what has transpired over decades and generations. let alone the horror of what has happened since and on october 7th. what are you finding have been the most helpful types of conversations to have? >> well, i think there's two types of conversations that we need to be having. i think the first is within the jewish community and talking about how we can really come together. i think i've seen at a lot of campuses that jewish students and faculty are really coming together to show support and unity. i think the other conversations we need to be having are across the aisle, with non-jews, with people whom we disagree with and really trying to learn from one

tonight on laura coates lies. >> you know that saying, if these walls could talk? well, the walls are a talking. and that move the workers at dawn trump's mar-a-lago resort might have seen and heard and what will they say if they are asked. well, federal investigators do not have to imagine what that would be like. cnn learning exclusively that some workers have already spoken to investigators and, in some cases, multiple times, about security at mar-a-lago. or the lack thereof. and how boxes of classified documents were kept there and whether they could have been seen by visitors to the resort. the former president is reacting exactly the way you'd expect him to react. if he had ballistic on your bingo card, bravo, you just won because that was indeed his reaction according to a source when the maid who cleans his bedroom suite was asked to speak with investigators. but wait, there is more, as they say. there is the woodworker who installed crown molding in his bedroom and noticed a stack of papers according to sources, although he didn't know what they were and l

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tonight in the second hour of "laura coates live." well, hamas has put out the list tonight of now the sixth group of hostages expected to be freed. that after 12 more were released today. they are 10 israelis and 2 thai citizens. no americans were in that group today, even though the white house previously said that two women were expected to be freed as part of the deal that was announced between israel and hamas last week. there are hopes that some americans may be released tomorrow, but we're only beginning to learn what the hostages have endured. the father of 9-year-old emily hand telling cnn this today. >> the most shocking, disturbing part of meeting her was she was just whispering. couldn't hear her. i had to put my ear on her lips, like this close and say, "what did you say?" "i thought you were kidnapped". >> she said she thought you were kidnapped? >> she thought i was in captivity. they thought they'd kidnapped me. she didn't know what the hell happened apart from that morning. so she presumed everyone's kidnapped or kill

laura coates, this was an extraordinary set of allegations and now an extraordinary settlement.don't know the details but it seems to indicate that diddy has decided this is not something that they want to go through a process of discovery on, it was already getting i think pretty ugly with people raising all kind of questions about him and now it seems to be over as far as the legal case is concerned. >> i mean, the second that these allegations dropped, you had a number of opinions all across the spectrum, particularly about somebody who was so-called a late reporter or a delayed reporter of all these things, remember, she was trying to get within the window of the new law in new york that says an adult survivor of sexual assault or abuse had a very slim window and she was trying to get through that and had a very extensive complaint against this person but there were no criminal charges that had been filed so people -- they ran the gamut. the fact it happened, the day after his counsel has already said that she was in it for a payday prior to this and he had been for the past

tonight, i'm laura coates live. you know, i would say that the u.s. congress acting like schoolyard bullies -- bruised ego overlooking the speakership. may or may not have delivered a very sharp elbow to the kidneys of one team -- who, surprise, voted to remove mccarthy as speaker. >> i got a boat in the back, and it kind of caught me off guard, because it was a clean shot to the kidneys, and i turned back and there was kevin. and for a minute i was kind of, what just happened. and then i chased after him, of course. i hit somebody, and they would know i hit them. if i can function, he would be on the ground. >> is he 12? come on, i'm not gonna, given a concern at olympic, asking it what he did and he is suffering the consequences. >> did you hear him, if you hit someone i know it hit him? an elbow to the kidneys, ladies and gentlemen you your elected representatives network this evening. and in this corner you have got senator markwayne mullin who today challenged a witness to a fistfight during a senate hearing. i repeat, a fistfight. and it may not

tonight on "laura coates live" -- you know, i would say the u.s. congress acting like schoolyard bullies, but that might actually be an insult to schoolyard bullies. in this corner kevin mccarthy who apparently still nursing a bruised ego over losing the speakership may or may not have delivered a very sharp elbow to the kidneys of one tim burchett, who, surprise, voted to remove mccarthy as speaker. >> got elbowed in the back, and it kind of caught me off guard because it was a clean shot to the kidneys. i turned back and there was kevin. for a minute i was what the heck just happened? and then i chased after him, of course. >> if i hit somebody, they would know i hit them. if i kidney punch him, he'd be on the ground. >> is he 12? come on. i'm not going to swing at the low pitches. he knows what he did. and he's -- suffers the consequences. >> if i hit someone, you know i hit them? an elbow to the kidneys. ladies and gentlemen, your elected representatives at work this evening. and in this corner, you've got senator markwayne nmullin, who today c

the judge rejected her appeal earlier this evening and that is a queue for laura coats to make sense of it all. what? >> let me figure out a way to remind myself of what it would be like in court to tell a judge, or to hear witnesses, i'm sorry i can't be there because we have kids. we have kids who are in the courtroom because the parents were subpoenaed, or they themselves or a defendant. i remember, abby, actually being pregnant prosecuting cases and saying, i'm sorry your honor, we've got to move the trial date i'm actually due to deliver that day. all, really is the entire government pregnant? is that what's happening right now, miss coates? trust me, i am a little bit -- >> look, it's not like she can't afford childcare. >> that's an important point, oh tell you for a lot of people, even those who can, or it's taken for granted if they can or cannot, it's a subpoena, it's important, trial it's a civil trial, people oftentimes it was not criminal prosecutions which the big deal? it's a very big deal to release the a.g. in new york. the trial happening and if there's a subpoena f

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. >>> i want to discuss what's going on with laura coates right now, cnn's chief legal analyst. have you ever seen anything like this before? >> the idea that a former president is taking the stand in this way is very historic. but the idea of a bench trial where a judge is accustomed to the antics of defendants, not so abnormal. here is a different issue here. this is not a legal defense that trump is trying to put on. it is a political one. he would like to have the cameras in the courtroom because he wants to send a message of defiance and hopefully it will benefit him politically speaking in the long run. this judge is strategic. he knows full well there is bait that is being put out for him to take, hoping on an appeal they will say he was biased against him. in reality, what he's saying is i would like you to answer the questions. why? because i'm the fact finder. i have to hear your response, j judge it against the evidence presented by the prosecution, and decide something from that. the more he attempts to meander and grandstand, the less inclined the junl is to have an

let's talk about the legal angle of this, laura coates.t did you think about what you just heard? >> i think he's hoping that the term "they" will be as ambiguous to suggest that it's one and the same, the department of justice, jack smith, fani willis, letitia james, distinct entities with good reason. as long as he puts it collectively under one umbrellas, it can bolster that it's a political witch hunt, but it's not exactly accurate. all of the comments he's making, one in particular, crime, he's raised it more than once, particularly in new york and washington, d.c. almost every place he has an active investigation or prosecution, to suggest that somehow this is a misuse of resources and a prosecutorial decision to focus only and target on him. in reality, there are a lot of criminal prosecutions happening in each of these jurisdictions. we may be focusing, of course, on donald trump and the historic nature of something like this. but there are many prosecutors who are still working on that. one, in fact, is letitia james, so i think i

and i'm laura coates. here in new york. i'm abby. if you're a democratic consultant, this should be a good night. cnn projects that kentucky's democratic governor is going to win against a rising republican star in a state donald trump carried by 26 points. now voters in red ohio approve abortion is still a very powerful motivator. tonight, cnn projects they said yes to enshrining abortion access in their constitution. and yet new cnn poll numbers confirm just how high a hurdle president biden faces with voters heading into 2024. talking about young voters, independents, black voters, latino voters. that's really the core of the biden coalition. and one year out from the presidential contest, it looks very, very unstable. let's get right to john berman at the magic wall. john, we what a night. walk us through already the big headline out of kentucky and what we're still waiting to hear for a in mississippi. >> you got it. >> so in kentucky, cnn has projected that the incumbent democratic governor, andy beshear, will win reelection. a

we require making actual observation where the underlying truth is negative, i will not sugar-coat it. >> laura: ronna mcdaniel responded to your comment. he's at 4%, he needs a headline. our headline should be about joe biden. i will stand by my record as rnc chair. rnc doesn't do state races, we are federal, we weren't involved on tuesday. i know vivek is newer to the party, he voted for obama and may not know that. somebody came after me last time. >> laura: she's been elected four times, vivek, what is your response? >> i find that out-right lying, i never voted for obama in my life. for a chair to be saying that is malpractice, as it was malpractice as the press reported last night, she is cheering and booing against me in middle of a debate. as chair of rnc saying they won't give me another penny of money, it is not her money and that is the way the people in this party thought about this for a long time, they think it belongs to them, it doesn't, it belongs to the actual base we are supposed to serve. when you have managerial class, swamp that lost its way so badly longing to go back to