12 PM ET: Hamas hostages alive, Jordan loses again, medical cannabis in pharmacies & more

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🗓️ 20 October 2023

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As Israel says it thinks the majority of the hostages being held by Hamas are alive, calls are getting louder for aid to get into Gaza. We'll tell where exactly the $105 billion funding President Joe Biden officially asked for would be going. Congressman Jim Jordan lost another vote to become speaker. It'll be a warmer, wetter winter for parts of the US. And, we'll tell you which state is set to become the first place to let pharmacies sell medical cannabis products. To learn more about how CNN protects listener privacy, visit cnn.com/privacy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.0	I'm Chris Debeau with the five things you need to know for Friday, October 20th.
0:37.0	Israel's military says the majority of hostages Hamas is holding are still alive and they're still working to find them.
0:44.3	It's unclear exactly how many hostages there are.
0:47.2	Israel said between 100 to 200 people are missing including children and
0:51.4	elderly people, while Hamas said at least between 200 and
0:54.8	250 are being held hostage in Gaza. Aid groups are saying conditions there are worsening
1:00.4	by the hour.
1:01.9	The shortages are going to kill many, many people. It's
1:06.0	absolutely life or death at this point. That's the US Executive Director of
1:10.1	Doctors Without Borders, Avril Benoit.
1:12.6	She told CNN doctors in Gaza
1:14.3	have to make the difficult choice of who gets treatment
1:17.4	based on medical criteria.
1:19.4	U.S. officials tell CNN the first convoy of trucks
1:22.2	carrying vital aid from Egypt and
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