Over the last five days of the truce between Israel and Hamas, 81 hostages have been released, mostly women and children. One of those kids is 9-year-old Emily Hand. Her father, Thomas, was told that his daughter had died, and he told CNN days after the October 7 attack that her death was “a blessing” because it was the “best news of the possibilities” that ... Show More
Yesterday
Trump Extends Iran Ceasefire
President Trump extends the Iran ceasefire with the deadline looming. And Iran calls that a “ploy to buy time for a surprise strike.” Plus, Virginia voters will approve a map that gives Democrats the chance to net as many as four US House seats, CNN’s Decision Desk projects, in a ... Show More
50m 10s
Apr 21
Trump Pushes Back Iran Deadline
A tenuous ceasefire with a deadline pushed back by President Trump, planned peace talks on shaky ground and Iran vowing retaliation for what it calls "U.S. armed piracy." Plus, the community of Shreveport, Louisiana is grieving tonight after the unthinkable. A mass shooting that ... Show More
48m 22s
Oct 2023
Two American hostages released by Hamas
Two U.S. citizens, Judith Tai Raanan and her 18-year-old daughter Natalie Raanan, who had been kidnapped by Hamas, have been released and are now back in Israel. Israel believes Hamas still has around 200 hostages and believes most of them are still alive. Plus, humanitarian aid ... Show More
1h 27m
Oct 2023
Freed hostages speak, human shield ordeal, pilot power cut
Hamas released two Israeli hostages yesterday. CNN’s Erin Burnett reports live from Tel Aviv about the elderly women’s accounts of being kidnapped and held captive by Hamas, the medical attention they and others received, and the “huge network” of tunnels they were hidden in. Plu ... Show More
2h 23m
Mar 2024
The moral duty to bring Israeli hostages home
On this day five months ago, Hamas stormed out of Gaza and into Israel. Israel says they murdered 1,200 people and took 240 others hostage. Across Israel, families are taking to the streets to demand that their government prioritizes their release – among them is Chen Almog-Golst ... Show More
59m 1s
Oct 2023
Hamas releases Israeli hostages, Speaker chaos, flight scare
Two Israeli women are released by Hamas. CNN's Alex Marquardt reports on what we know about them, and what went into securing their freedom. Daniel O’Shea is a former hostage negotiator and Navy Seal Commander. He tells Laura Coates what goes on behind the scenes in choosing part ... Show More
43m 44s
Dec 2023
The mother of an Israeli hostage shares her son’s story with Pope Francis
On this week’s “Jesuitical,” Zac and Ashley are honored to welcome Rachel Goldberg, the mother of Hersh Goldberg-Polin, one of the hostages taken into Gaza following Hamas’s massacre at the Nova music festival in Southern Israel on Oct. 7. In the weeks since Hersh and 240 other h ... Show More
30m 43s
Apr 2024
Is Israel any safer after six months of war?
This weekend marks six months since the most deadly attack in Israel’s history roiled the region and the world. On October 7th 2023, hundreds of Hamas fighters poured across the border from Gaza, killing 1,200 people and kidnapping some 250 men, women and children. Of the remaini ... Show More
40m 32s