Health ministry, 436 people were killed in the strikes overnight including nearly 200 children. Anderson. This all comes as were learning the u. S. Is pushing israel to delay its Ground Invasion of gaza in hopes of getting hostages out and letting humanitarian aid into the south. Although a israeli official has denied this. Carrying supplies into gaza, Relief Groups are warning much more is needed as the crisis deepens for many palestinians running out of food and water. Cnns chief International CorrespondentAlex Marquardt is live in washington. Cnns Jeremy Diamond is in ashkelon, israel, lolgalong the border. Jeremy, what are you hearing, seeing, about possible incursion on the ground in gaza . Reporter well, anderson, it really is about the combination between what were seeing on the ground what were hearing from officials and also, frankly, hearing this evening, as we listen to the gaza strip behind us, we have been hearing the steady thud of israeli artillery and air strikes all throughout the evening. But last night was certainly one of the most significant strikes that the Israeli Military carried out on the gaza strip, hitting more than 320 targets, targeting hamas tunnels, Operational Command centers, as well as missile and mortar launch points. But this evening, the Israeli Defense minister gallant is making have very clear this operation, even though it has not begun yet, is despite the anticipation that its certainlily an imminent operation making clear that it will begin. And hes describing it as a multilateral operation that he says will be carried out from the air, ground and sea, as he was visiting the ashdod navy base, told soldiers there to keep preparing that the operation, quote will come soon. As we gathered around, anderson, its very clear that the troops that are here, the tanks, Armored Personnel Carriers in which we saw hundreds frankly in an area that was a square mile, these troops are all ready to move in. We saw them milling about, but they have everything they need to move forward. The question now is when exactly that command will come through. And, alex, the white house says that iran is, in their words, actively facilitating attacks against Military Bases in iraq as well as syria. What are you hearing . Reporter obviously, theres widespread concern that iran could direct its proxies to significantly escalate their attacks against not just israel but American Assets that would include hezbollah, for example, to the north of israel in lebanon. But we also have seen a fairly serious uptick in the number of these types of attacks. Just today, anderson, there was a Drone Attack Goodness a u. S. Base in syria. There were two drones sent to that base that were taken down on friday. We saw a Missile Attack directed at a u. S. Diplomatic facility in baghdad. A u. S. Destroyer In The Red Sea had to take down missiles and drones that were fired by Iranbacked Houthi rebels off the coast of yemen last week. So there is major concern, and evidence, that these attacks are growing. And theres the potential, according to the white houses john kirby of serious escalation. Heres a little bit more of what he had to say just moments ago. Now, we know these groups are supported by the irgs regime. We know iran continues to support hamas and hezbollah. And we know that iran is closely monitoring these events and in some cases actively facilitating these attacks and spurring on others who may want to exploit the conflict for their own good and that of iran. We know the level of iran is to maintain some level of deny ability. Reporter there is no link between that attack between hamas and israel on october 7th. But theres no question, hamas could not have carried out that attack without the years and years and millions of dollars of irans backing, anderson. What has the pentagon said about possibly sending more assets to this region . Reporter yeah not just issuing warnings, theyre actually moving military action. Weve seen the interior strike groups move into the mediterranean andi eisenhower. And perhaps most dramatically anderson, because of all of the potential for attacks against u. S. Troops around the region, snekt of defense lloyd austin says air Defense Systems including Patriot Missile batteries are also going to be moving into the middle east. So theyre certainly preparing for the worst, anderson. Alex marquardt, Jeremy Diamond, thank you. Joining me now to talk more about what we say me in gaza is retired army colonel peter monsour, he served as Executive Director to David Petraeus. Colonel, thank you so much for being with us. We have seen there have been people talking about an imminent Ground Operation for more than two weeks now. Sources say the Biden Administration is seeking a hold off of that. For israels military, what is the calculus. What are they waiting for, if its not a political decision . Well, going back to the gulf war of 1991, when the United States had several weeks of Air Preparation in the battlefield, to whittle down the Republican Guard before it went in with group troops. And once it did, there was a 100hour war. What the israelis are doing now are shaping the battlefield. Theyre trying to reduce hamas military capability, strike their facilities and strike their tunnels and shake the battlefield so when the ground force goes in they wont take as many casualties and the ground crew is prepared for their invasion. I dont think this is going to last very long. Because israel is under International Pressure to reduce the number of noncombatants. It will last a number of days not in the israelis are convinced that their guard has prepared the way for the ground troops. When you say this isnt going to last very long, you mean this pause going in . Or the actual operation on the ground . Obviously, its hard to tell, do you think its short or weeks or months for a Ground Operation . I was referring to the air strikes. Theres going to be not many more days of these air strikes before we see a Ground Invasion. Now the Ground Invasion itself is going to be lengthy. If they try to destroy hamas, thats a tall order. Theyre going to have to go through all of gaza, destroy the tunnels. Get rid of their military capabilities building by building, and thats going to take weeks if not months. Lets talk about that. Given experience the u. S. Has had in ffallujah and monsul, ho difficult is this going to be and what are the terms of Den Gaugement . There are a lot of people who have gone south as israel urged, but theres an awful lot of people who have stayed in gaza city. What happens to them . This is going to be more difficult than either fallujah or mosul. In those instances, the United States had pretty much control of the skies and they had could bomb to their Hearts Content because the civilians had need fallujah, and in mosul, isis was confined to the innercity. So we could bomb the cities and destroy them. Here, the israelis have not all fled. And theyre obliged to abide by laws of warfare. But they have to be commensurate with the military gains in line with battle. This is battletobattle opinion, as u. S. Goes in with the Ground Forces and Palestinian Civilians start taking the brunt of the military operations. Thats interesting. Thats sort of the cal calculation, if thats the awful right word to use which is shooting, killing a certain civilian, if they are in the line of fire of Somebody Else who has a Military Value to them . I mean, who makes these are calculations being made by soldiers in the field in the heat of battle, correct . No, they have to be made really at the very top. To begin with. Im reminded of the allied air strikes against french cities to reduce the rail Network Prior to the Battle For Normandy killed over 30,000 french civilians and they asked de gaulle, can we do this, he said if thats what it takes to liberate france, the french people will pay the price. This is sort of the calculation thats being made now at the highest levels of the Israeli Government. How many people do we have to kill in our quest to destroy hamas. You know, its a bloody calculation, but thats war. It is remarkable to think, i mean, youre a historian on Military History which is why its so great to talk to you, but those sorts of calculations could be made, or those sorts of decisions could be made by de gaulle in the 40s, there wasnt social media, there wasnt people with cameras on the ground documentsing what that actually looked like. It would be very interesting to see how history might be different if there had been. And exactly. And so every decision is going to be scrutinized more today which is why you need to make sure that your cause is just. And that your goal isle a achievable. Which in this case, im not sure it is. Its going to be difficult to weed out the hamas militants. Its going to be a very messy operation. And israel has to be sure about the longterm settlement here and not just exact revenge to the attack they suffered a couple weeks ago. I talked to your old boss David Petraeus a few days ago, that is one of the things he was stressing, and that the is, what is the plan for victory . Its one thing, you understand the military assault, whether awe agree with it or not, but what do you do if you actually succeed in eliminating hamas, whatever that means, and not have a situation that you saw in iraq where you had a De Debathfication campaign and all of the members of the bath party who took part in the insurgency . Well, exactly. Im reminded a george w. Bush Cabinet Meeting after the invasion of afghanistan. After the meeting was concluded he said, whos going to govern afghanistan when we win . He got a lot of blank stares across from him across the table. This is the kind of question that the Israeli Government needs to be dealing with, how does gaza govern Going Forward even if you succeed. Because that question cannot wait for the day of victory. Sir, good to talk to you, thank you. Thank you. Back in the u. S. , continuing on capitol hill, the house remains frozen with no speaker, paralyzing the president s Emergency Request for aid to israel and ukraine. Were live with a report next. Just hours from now, House Republic Candles will try to pick a new speaker yet again. These nine gop lawmakers are in the running after 20 days with no speaker of the house. And bailed bids from gop congressmen Steve Scalise and jim jordan. Were covering all angles. Keefe correspondent Manu Raju Up On capitol hill with what to expect today, cnn senior date dal reporter harry enten here with details on the political fallout. First to manu, tell us what youre hearing from lawmakers. Reporter well, we are expecting a contested race for the speakership. There are nine candidates running for this, trying to get a majority of the Conference Vote to nominate speaker. The challenge is which one can get nominated to get to 217 votes they need on the house floor to be elected spl something that has not happened in the almost three weeks since Kevin Mccarthys ouster. Im here with congressman hern, thank you for the time to speak with me. Youve been on the phone all weekend long, trying to get the votes from colleagues. What exactly is the pitcture making and how do you distinguish yourself . The question is going to be how each of us presents our experiences to make that happenpy i chair the republican safety meeting, made up of the house and the republican caucus. That what is all of the caucus of the republican party. We work on a weekly basis with 80 of the republican congress. Which makes it a natural that were already working on policy. But this is a badly divided republican caucus. Weve been hearing this a long time. And theres so many anger, including the eight members who voted to oust kevin mccarthy. Should anything happen to those eight members . Look, im going to go forwards. The American People know we have a real problem in the world in israel. Whats going on over there is an atrocity, its sad. Its scary what could happen to the rest of the world if we dont get ahead of this. We need to get back in power. Condemn hamas terrorists, what theyre doing, shore up the rest of the world so they know were serious about protecting the sovereignty and allies and our own nation. And thats what were going to do. If you look at whats broken now is to trust and impeach others. E listen and we listen and we listen and put policy together to reunite the party. You mentioned israel. One of the big things is to decide on how to move on israel aid and ukrainian aid. Do you agree with what Mitch Mcconnell to tide israel aid and ukraine aid together . We certainly know in the house, ukraine aid is controversial at times, really where the money is spent and what the mission is with the money. We do not need to bog down israel aid in that debate right now. Theres still 9 million in aid to ukraine sitting out there. We need to get the israel funding passed right now. As soon as we get the speaker in the house, hopefully tomorrow night, we can have the debate on ukraine, we can invite the State Department and president and others to come and talk about the mission. I think that will solve and cool a lot of the negative aspects of the ukraine funding. You also voted against a shortterm Spending Fwoul keep the government open a few weeks ago. Would you be open to passing a shortterm Spending Bill to keep the government open . If we do our work, for the cr to cut punding and fund the southern border. I thought we can pay too much with Chuck Schumer and the senate. We did that kind of carte blanche. I think what we got to do is take back days. We got to schedule enough days to get our work done. But the dod bill on the floor. Get it passed. The other three that we passed, get those done, get them passed, signed into law. Work our tails off. But not a shortterm bill, thats where youll end up immediately, right . Well have 25 of the funding left to do it. If we take speaker mccarthys plan actually and put that in place, we will be where we need, November 17th to have 25 of the funding. And from what will i understand, former President Trump has spoken to some of the candidates who are running . Have you spoken to him since you announced . I have. What was that conversation . He want to know what was going on in the race. Obviously, nine people in the race, he knew different degrees and levels, ive worked with the president since hes been in congress for years in oklahoma. Oklahoma has been a state that has voted for him twice. Were the only state that did that, by the way, hes very familiar with oklahoma and members of the delegation there. Did you ask for his support . I did not. You dont think hell endorse anybody . I dont, because all of us are friends for him. Jim was a longtime fighter for him early on. If you notice that support of jim, he also said i like Steve Scalise and kevin hern. Hes going to let this play out. Its going to happen pretty quickly tomorrow. Well see where it goes. You voted against sertd fiing the 2020 election. Do you regret that vote . No, what i did i said arizona and pennsylvania should not have changed their voting laws without their State Legislators being involved. If you look since then, pennsylvanias gone and changed a lot of those problems. Did you talk to the former president when you guys talked yesterday . I did not. He knows hes in a great spot this upcoming election and he wants to talk about that. One last thing if you get the nomination, will you try to get the 217 votes you need before forcing a vote on the floor . I think the consensus is, ive talked to some people running and actually the voting numbers. Wed like to see a Roll Call Vote in the basement. And the American People dont want to see another thing happen like last week with jim jordan. Thank you for taking the time congressman. Congressman hern, one of the nine running for republican nomination. The majority of the conference will vote Behind Closed Doors on tuesday. Floor vote, well see if that happens whether mr. Hern or anybody else can get the 217 votes they need. Manu raju on the hill, thank you so much, thank you to the congressman as well. Lets turn to harry enten because hes going to break this down for us. We really are at an extraordinary moment. Tell us how extraordinary it is. Right. Were in midsession right now, weve had 20 days since weve had a speaker. The old record midsession was two, back in 1820. So we are now ten times the old record. This is pathetic, of the fact that we cannot get a speaker. Its historically pathetic. And its historically pathetic times ten. We basically heard something. The congressman saying he doesnt want to go to the floor. So, i think theres even this sort of a mission what we see playing out on the floor is a little bit pathetic here. This is part of a larger trend of Just Congress not getting work done. Thats exactly right, how many laws have been passed by this congress and signed into law. Were talking less than 20. Less than 20. If we go back over the last 50 years and you Luke Add Governments that had a divided congress, one legislative part of congress. The average is really 100. Were looking at about onefifth the productivity of what the average congress would be even in a divided government. So its not really surprising that we havent gotten a speaker because this is a historically unproductive congress. How are americans looking at this . That was a great question asked by quinnipiac. Im so sorry, were going to destroy where theres an update on the murder of this synagogue leader. Lets listen in. At her residence. We believe there are no other groups or anyone else eat risk n regards to this particular incident. We believe this incident was not motivated by antisemitism. And that this suspect acted alone. Again, that is what we know at this time. There are several factors that has led us to this conclusion. We are not in a position to discuss all of them at this point. Obviously, there are parts of the investigation that we cannot get into, again, it is germane to the closing of this case, there are certain factors that are only shared by the suspect and our investigators. So there are certain key points that we, again, will not be able to discuss. At this time, ill bring up deputy chief sloan to get into the areas that we can discuss with you. Deputy chief sloan. Thank you, chief. Good afternoon, everybody, sadly, miss Samantha Woll was found deceased in front of the 1300 block of Jolette Street on saturday at 6 30 a. M. She was suffering from apparent stab wounds to her body. We are currently working with our partners as the chief mentioned from the fbi and Michigan State police to establish exactly what occurred in the hours and days prior to miss wolls death. At this point in the investigation, we are examining every piece of evidence we have uncovered to determine what exactly led to this incident. As well as following up on the extensive amounts of information that we have gained during our investigation. We have and are in the process of conducting countless interviews to learn everything about miss wolls life, including any possible motive or opportunity to harm her. What we do know again, from what the chief mentioned is that miss woll did attend an event on friday evening which we know was a wedding. She did return home around dev12 30 a. M. Saturday morning. And we did discover no signsforced entry to her residence. At some point between returning home to this event and the Early Morning hours when she was discovered, miss woll was fatally assaulted. By all accounts, Thmiss Woll Lct by all accounts, thmiss wo by all accounts, Thmiss Woll Lct by all accounts, thmiswoll was very liked by her community and family. I want to thank our agencies for the endless hours theyve dedicated to this investigation. We are committed to our continued work with our partners to identify the persons responsible in this incident. Again, the investigation is ongoing and we continue to ask are for the communitys assistance in solving this crime either through 1800speakup or rewards tv. Thank you. Good afternoon, my name is cheyvoryea gibson. Im a Special Agent in charge for the fbi which covers the entire state of michigan. I thank you all of you for being here today, thank you, chief, for this opportunity. I want to express my sincerest condolences to miss wolls family, friends and the community during this tragic loss. As stated by chief white, we are providing technical, Forensic Investigative Support during this investigation. I will say if you have any questions with regard to the investigation or any facts thereof, were going to defer to chief white at this time. Again, thank you, guys, for being here. Thank you, chief white. Again, i just want to assure the community that Everything Possible is being done to bring this case to a close. I ask for patience. Theres a lot of evidence and information that has to be analyzed, again, were very thankful to our partnerships with both the fbi and the Michigan State police. Access to crime lab, activities and things such as that helped to move the case along quite quickly. We want to make sure that we dont rush, and that we do everything to make sure that evidence is analyzed, Search Warrants are got up. And we bring this matter to close with the appropriate person being held accountable for these horrendous actions. With that, ill take any questions. Hi, chief, im Marshal Representing Wjaa Radio here locally, cbs new york nationally. Even though you said there isnt any antisemitic motive here, how i would say, how concerned are you that, having this happen on saturday, and now you guys coming on monday, that maybe somebody that hasnt seen this would say, hey, we need to have some sort of retaliation, given whats happening with israel and hamas . Yeah. I mean, were always concerned retaliation in any homicide. And certainly, the International Situation that we find ourselves in now bring us additional concern. But our goal is to be transparent with the community. And transparent as to where we are to alleviate concerns that those may have that others are at risk. Based on what we know today, right now, with the information that weve received and uncovered over the past two hours, and certainly, at the onset of this investigation, we are confident with our position, where we are right now today. And second question is, given that isnt the motive, you can speak to anything that could have been involved in why she was killed or murdered, a motive, can you speak to anything in that regard . Yeah, you know, as i indicated, and we certainly want to alleviate concerns, we certainly want to let others know, all know, that were actively investigating this. And we have noscovered anyone else to be at risk. But in that, we have to be very, very cautious, as to what information we share. There are very intricate details about this case, that if revealed could really damage what were trying to accomplish. There are some facts that are known only to our suspect. And so i cant get into causation right now, or what he or she may feel was. But more to come on that at a later date. Right now, what we want to do is get every bit of information we can, clarified, analyzed, so we can put more information out to the community to help us identify and bring the suspect to justice. Thank you, chief. Chief white, my name is alex bathier from abc news. Thank you for taking my questions. You mentioned a suspect many times, do you have any suspect or suspects here . So, in the process of an investigation, the detectives, you know, they work on a number of different theories, we are working through what we have identified as persons of interest. And were very confident in the track that were on. But were early. Were very, very early in this investigation. Once theyre done with that level, each area of the work requires specific investment of time, concentration and development on its own. And so to answer your question, the short answer is, we have a number of people that give us interest. We are just short of calling one of the people a suspect. But we are working to that end. And we will be there. But it just takes time. And again, im asking for patience, as we work through every aspect of what were doing. Theres a lot of information to be analyzed and investigators have worked literally nonstop, since we received this case. Im confident in the hard working men and women, they are really, really good at what they do. I just got to give them time to do it. And were going to get there. Yes, we are confident that were going to develop a suspect. Were not there right now as of this press conference. I understand. My second question for you, sir, can you give any clarity or any theory as to how miss woll ended up outside of her house that trail of blood that led to the sidewalk . Yeah. And weve worked on that, and the detectives have worked on that. And were working right now you know, i will say some of what i will say is very graphic. And again, my heart goes out to the family who may be hearing this and not be easy for them to hear. But we are working with the Michigan State police and the fbi and Blood Spatter Experts that will determine certain things about the event. What we believe to have happened after she was attacked inside the home, she stumbled outside and collapsed in the yard. So thats where the blood trail appears to lead us. And were pretty confident with that assessment. But were going to confirm that through corrforensics and expern that field. Thank you. Thank you, justin pritchard, nbc news, appreciate you doing this. Mentioned that she left the wedding around 12 30 in the morning. She was attacked inside the home. Were heard from sources she did not have any defensive wounds. Did she leave this wedding alone . Yeah, i cant get into that, sources, im not able to confirm or deny that at this time. Again, a lot of, you know, sources dont take into account how it could damage a case. So, i cant confirm or deny thats a very key part of our investigation that were looking into. Okay. And just point of clarification for my second question here, you said Person Of Interest. No one is in custody at this point . No one is in custody. So, if no one is in custody and you dont believe anyone else is at risk here. You dont believe this is tied to antisemitism, but obviously, people have jumped to those conclusions. And youve got someone still out there who you say is responsible for this. What do you say to people who are still worried about their safety and the climate with whats going on in the world right now, particularly in jewish, muslim and arab communities, what would you want people to know about their safety, if they are jumping to conclusions . Yeah. And so, we certainly dont want folks to jump to conclusion. But we certainly understand how one could arrive at those conclusions absent any information to the contrary. Thats why were here today, providing Information Today on this particular case. We dont feel, as of this press conference, that theres anything that supports anyone else being at risk as it relates to a hate crime. We certainly know that this was a dangerous person. This is why were working tirelessly to identify a suspect. And get the right suspect off the street. Once we get that development down, wed immediately push that out to our Media Partners and our Community Partners to help us identify and bring this person to justice. Beyond that, were going to continue to work hazarrd and pu out transparent information so the community is aware. Good afternoon, chief. Malachite baird. Yes, sir. It seems as though the cause of death has pretty much established, at this point, if an autopsy has been completed and if youre able to tell us how many times she was stabbed to death. This is going to sound like a rerun, i apologize, i know you have a job to do and i hope you appreciate we do, too. That number is important for us to keep close. It could be the one piece of evidence that breaks the case open, if were talking to the right suspect, that we know that, no one else but the police knows. So right now, were not going to release that information. And the autopsy, yes, an autopsy was completed. I dont think we have the results yet okay. We do have the post now. But i cant release that information. Okay. And i know the time line is still getting put together, but im wondering how long she was potentially on the sidewalk or outside her home . You know, prefacing my comments again, i can only imagine the heartbreak that the family is hearing every time i open my mouth in this case. Were confident that she was there quite a while. Were working on our video assets in the area, a number of other things that were going through right now with neighbors and all of the Visitor Doorbell Systems and things like that, to identify when she was seen last, physically outside of the residence. And how long she may have been there. And were its a lot to go through. Were doing Search Warrants on Ring Doorbells and things like that right now in the area. But were confident that she was there quite a while. That kind of leads to my last question, im curious that i saw there were ring doorbell cameras that im sure you can help use to identify suspects. I wonder if there were green light areas that the neighborhood seemed to be pretty selfcontained does that hem to you identify potential suspects if youre looking into persons of interest . So, as you know, one of the provisions of the green light is that theres no facing of residential communities. That was a concern earlier on, i think. I think we made them part of the conversation around that. But as it relates to route of travel, they certainly could be used. We just have to get there, once we figure all of that out. Well certainly be looking at green lights and other Video Systems to see routes of travel. You know, one of the things of particular interest to us, when she left the wedding, does a vehicle appear with her in more than one stop, right . So, well be tracking her entire route digitally, that she took from the wedding to see if anyone is following her. And if you see the same vehicle in two different places near her that would be a concern and issue for us. Where was the wedding . We dont do that. Thank you. Omar himjimenez. Im sorry, who are you . Omar jimenez, cnn, thanks for taking the time. I know you said this wouldnt be any form of antisemitism. I think my question is if you dont have a suspect identified and you havent shared what led up to the killing, what makes you so confident that this isnt, essentially have you ruled it out, despite not having found it just yet . You know, when you look at the case, theres certain tracks that these types of cases take. When you talk about hate crimes, you know, there are certain tracks, that they take. We have looked at this particular track. Were confident with this incident right now, that this is not a twoday investigation thats ongoing, you know, we were were very cautious in making that declaration too early. We did a lot of work. That gave us the confidence that we have now, that its not, as we stand right here right now. We are working we havent were not ruling out anything. Okay. Let me be clear. Were looking at every aspect of this case. And were going to take were going to go where the information and the evidence takes us. And right now, the evidence does not take us there. We do have another Working Theory that were looking at, where the evidence has taken us to. And were going to exhaust that. And then if we get there and it takes us somewhere else, were going to exhaust that. We may be back here having different conversation. As of this press conference, we are confident with what weve seen and what we are saying. And my other question was, i knoll know youre looking at a variety of a number of people of interest at this point, nobody has got ton that suspect level. Is it your impression, at least among the people of interest right now that this is someone that may have been known for her . Or are we talking about someone who may have come in from out of town or whatever it may jb. We have not exhausted anyone as a suspect. Anyone. We are confident were on the right track. But im not prepared to tell you the relationship between her and the suspect. As of yet. I think it would be irresponsible at this point. Weve got to give the investigators more time to detail out their investigation and pull evidence. And well be back here to update the case, but right now, i just i think it would be irresponsible for me to say that. Hi there, Reuben Afanti with the new york post. Hello. Hello. Just to continue off what were you just saying, you said youre not ready to speak about the relationship. I assume you also mean or look thereof . In other words, is it also possible, youre not saying whether they knew each other or not . Exactly. Not confirming or denying what the investigation has revealed to this point. Okay. Im going to do you spoke about, you have a theory youre going with right now. I mean, is there in regards that to theory in terms of motive this is kind of a moot point because you cant really speak on it but, i mean, can you elaborate at all about the nature of the motive, if you know what i mean . Like is it a motive pertaining to a desire, one person had over another, and, you know i dont know is there anything you can say about this Working Theory . And i know where youre going. And when i say theory, i dont want to characterize it as a cavalier assessment of information. I meaner its beyond a theory. But what the investigators do, they look at the evidence, they look at all of the evidence, and a number of Different Things that were not going to discuss today. Okay. And they begin to go down certain paths as to what is likely to have occurred. What possibly occurred, throughout a course of events. And it starts with literally investigating every aspect of who shes been in contact with. The course of travel. Who will she interacted with. Who was the last person she talked to and all the way back and developed suspects. And in the course of doing that you look at certain things such as was this a Home Invasion . Okay. And then you either make the determination that it either was, was not or maybe. What we have certainty with is that it wasnt, right . So now you start to shape the course of your theory. Then you look at was this a hate crime . And, again, you use that same, you know, threestep method. Is it possible . Is it yes, is it no, and if so, what areas are you lookinging f . And these are experts that do this. And are we confident we dont have any expectations at this point. And if thats the case, we go down many things from relationships, friendships, you name it, we dont rule out anybody without verification that theyre not a suspect. That includes neighbors, everyone. So thats where theyre at right now. As you do that you build out a theory as to possibly what happened. But its a very deliberate process. Its not, you know, something thats done in a vacuum. Theres a trained expert, investigators working with the fbi, Michigan State police and our other federal partners to ensure that we look at everything. So, thats where were at. I know where youre trying to get me to go, as i indicated i cannot. I see on the stripes that youre an army cop for a long time. Have you ever, in the terms of what youve seen over the many years of doing this, how brutal was this, in the scope of things that youve experienced and youve seen . I mean, have you ever seen anything like this before . Yeah, unfortunately, ive seen similar things. You know, anytime that you have a loss of life in our community, its a tragic thing for us. And certainly, when you hear about her contribution to the community, to society, and a great loss, all of the people that shes helped. And literally edge that ive heard from, and its been a lot of people, they start the conversation all the same, how wonderful of a person she was. Thats a great loss to our community and to our city. Hey, chief, Victor Williams of local 4. Do you have a lot of People Living on jolette place who may feel unsafe with the killer out still, what would you say to them first off . Well, ive said it. I dont feel that theres if they saw anything, no matter how small they may think it is. If they saw someone thats not known to the neighborhood, may have been there earlier in the week, if they saw anyone lurking around the area, certainly, let us know. Any small moniker of information could be the break were looking for in this case. Check the Video Cameras on your home. Share all of the information that you have with us. Anything, small or large, please make sure you share it with us. Can you elaborate on the location of that wedding at all . Im sure it will be out. Im not going to be the one that gives it. Someone just got married. I want to separate the two. The only connection it has, she was there. Well be talking to folks about that in the very near future. Thanks. Jim edwards with abc news. I just wanted to see if you could speak to if she had her cell phone on her and forms of i. D. . She had her cell phone with her, i dont know if she had yeah, both. And the Person Of Interest that you have been working with and talking with, have they been cooperating with the investigation . Well, as i said, we havent disqualified anybody yet. There are a number of people that were interested in. We have not zeroed in on one Person Of Interest. We have a number of people that were talking to, as i understand it, everybody that weve talked to have been somewhat cooperative. I havent heard theyve been uncooperative, ill stay that. Rebecca rosenberg with fox news digital. So, im just wondering, you said youre working through multiple suspects, if you dont have a key suspect in mind yet, how are you able to exclude, for instance, a Hate Crime Motive or antisemitism . So, if i misspoke, what i said, persons of interest, if i called them suspect, i might have misspoke. As i indicated earlier, theres a process for how we disqualify suspects. How we disqualify persons of interest thaft detective that d engaged in. As we talked about the steps we go through in identifying any crime, were confident how we arrived at this particular crime. We believe that the motivation is very different than a hate crime. Its horrific. And its tragic. And thats the focus of the investigation. But, itf something leads us dow that path again, if something comes up, well certainly be engaging our federal partners and looking at that. Were not saying that, as we stand here today that if we were to arrive at a space where that becomes something that we need to look at again that we wouldnt, were just saying, as we stand here today, right now, that doesnt appear to be motivation. And just another question, an unrelated question. There was a couple near the crime scene whose car tires were slashed over the weekend. They had left town on friday between sunday and it was an older couple, both their passenger drivers side tires were slashed. They said they alerted your all right, i want to get now to Kaitlan Collins and Alex Marquardt. They have very especial reporting we need to get to. Alex, sources telling us two more hostages have been released by hamas . What can you tell us . Reporter thats right, my colleagues Kaitlan Collins telling us, julia and Natalie Raanan were released. Hamas had indicated over the weekend that they were willing to release two prisoners and follow the same format that they had on friday which was essentially handing hostages over to the red cross. Which is which operates independently in gaza. And then they would then be handed over to the israelis. So, we understand, from one source, that these two israelis are now with the red cross. They have not yet been handed over to the israelis, and, of course, this comes as part of this ongoing that is led primarily by qatar, as well as egypt, to engage with hamas to get these prisoners out of hamas detention. The idf earlier today put a much more finer point, a specific number on the number of hostages in their custody, 222 of all kinds of nationalities. We did hear from the white house earlier today saying theres still some ten americans unaccounted for in the quake of these hamas attacks, around a handful according to the white houses john kirby are believed to be hamas hostages. And, kaitlan, sounds like there are details, we dont know if theyre dual nationals, necessarily. And obviously, were awaiting details about their identities . Right. We do have two names, were still running this down. This is extremely sensitive information, we want to be very careful with this and double which of heck all of this before the information is released. And that is a good question whether or not they are dual citizens. Obviously, we had the two released last week, nadly raanan and her mother judith, they are expected to be back in the u. S. My moment now. Her father said theyll be back in the United States as soon as tomorrow. Were still waiting to glean information from. We should note this is a fluid situation. What i was hearing from one source these two hostages who are being released are not yet actually in the custody of the Israeli Government. What we saw happen last week, these two hostages were brought to the border to gaza and brought by idf soldiers to a base in israel. Thats where they met up with their family members. Thats the question here how the hostages being released are being transported. We dont know yet what condition theyre in healthwise. How theyre doing medically. Last week, hamas is claiming they released judy raanan on humanitarian efforts. That is based on what hamas has done over the past two weeks but there is a question who these two hostages are and why these two hostages. But i can tell you we were just in tel aviv, we were surrounded by automatic lot of these families abducted by hamas, this is huge and welcome news for them, regardless of how it came about. We do know part of this is because of mediating done by the car tarries and egyptians, something that we know has been a process, brianna, as it plays not quiet talks and the white house is urging israel to delay the incursion before they get hostages out beforehand. A lot of moving parts in play here but obviously very good news for the families of these two hostages. Alex, its so interesting, as kaitlan mentioned a sort of quiet negotiation between the qataris and in this case, egyptians negotiating with hamas, quiet for sure, were not finding out about it in hostages are being released. But i cant really imagine how sort of feverish the pace of this is behind the scenes with all the parties involved . It certainly is intense, we heard Secretary Blinken over the weekend saying they are working on this essentially every minute of the day. Of course, the United States does not talk directly to hamas which they consider a hist organization. So they essentially deputized the qataris and egyptians who do have solid ties, lines of communication, into hamas to carry out these negotiations. I think whats interesting here, brianna this, is yet another two hostages coming in the quake of two other hostages. This does not necessarily play to israels advantage here. Israel, of course, wants all of the hostages out. Every country does. But at the same time, as hamas indicates that they are willing to release hostages, the pressure on israel has grown to delay their Ground Incursion of gaza. Hamas has now shown that they are willing to release hostages. Theyre willing to engage. So, we now have reported that the United States has pressed israel to slow their incursion into gaza, to give it more time. Because we have seen this progress on both the hostage release front as well as the aid going into gaza. This is the second day in a row today that we seen aid flowing into gaza. Now, the u. S. Has been very, very careful to not give the sense that they are telling us real what to do. Theyre dictating terms. Israel certainly bristling at the notion that anybody might tell them how to carry out their war against hamas. Certainly, the israelis and u. S. Are talking about all kinds of things, all the time. Particularly these hostages. And so, what we have understood there has been some pressure from the u. S. And others to allow for more time to get more hostages out, brianna. Alex and kaitlan, if you could stand by with me. Youve been on it on your reporting here two more hostages have been released by hamas. This is according to multiple sources who have told cnn this. We do not know their identities. We are told that by one israeli official that they are not yet in israel. Its a very sensitive situation. Were going to get in a quick break and get you more on this Breaking News here in just a moment