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5 PM ET: American hostages released, House GOP drops Jordan, pig heart transplant & more

CNN 5 Things

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News, Daily News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 20 October 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

The Israeli prime minister's office says two American hostages – a mother and a daughter – have been released by Hamas and are in Israel. President Joe Biden said humanitarian aid stuck in Egypt should reach Gaza within 24-48 hours. House Republicans voted to drop Rep. Jim Jordan as the party’s speaker nominee. Former President Donald Trump was fined by a New York judge and had two of his co-defendants in Georgia flip on him. Plus, a hopeful story about how a man with a pig heart transplant is doing. 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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Hello from CNN, I'm Chris Debeoe with the five things you need to know for Friday, October 20th.

0:37.0

Hamas has released two American hostages, a mother and daughter from Chicago.

0:42.0

U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinking confirmed the release.

0:45.0

These two Americans are now safely in the hands of Israeli authorities in Israel.

0:50.0

Judith Tyronon and her 17-year-old daughter Natalie were visiting family at a cablots in southern Israel when Hamas attacked.

0:57.0

A Hamas spokesperson said the hostages were released on humanitarian grounds in response to efforts by Qatar. A source familiar with the

1:04.6

negotiations said the mother was in poor health. The urgent work to free every

1:09.7

single American to free all other hostages continues Earlier, the Israeli military said most of the hostages

1:15.7

abducted by the terrorist group are still alive.

1:18.6

It says between 100 and 200 people remain missing,

1:21.9

including children and the elderly.

1:24.3

Today, the Palestinian Authority Prime Minister

1:26.3

Mohammed Steyr told CNN he wouldn't condemn

1:29.1

the October 7th attack, saying condemnation

1:31.7

should be reserved for the killing of every civilian.

1:34.4

Palestinian story does not start on October 7th.

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