breaking tonight, 13 israelis held hostage by hamas terrorist for seven weeks are back in their home country this evening. the return was the centerpiece of a four-day cease-firend agreement that was struckk between israel and hamas. that positive effect at midnighl today. 11 others were also freed today. this is supposed to be the firsr in a series of prisonerl av exchanges. jeff is inwi tel aviv tonight wh what comes nexhit tonight. >> we are learning tonight that, on top of the 13 hostages whoto are free today, an additional 13 could be released tomorrow.er the move on the ground is still bittersweet knowing there arhoe more than 200 hostages who have. yet to go home. >> a moment nearly seven weeks in the making. buses leading people through the crossing. 13 israelis and one person from the philippines were freed after spending 48 days in captivity. among the israelis released, four kids, three mothers, and six elderly women. it was the first round of hostage releases and what is expected to span four days. each days , a pause in the fighting. negotiators have f said there wl be additional days of pauses added for every ten additional israelis released going forward. >> they are preparing for the next stage of fighting.an our policy is to act against any threat to israel. >> the day began with the start of a temporary cease-fire that appears to be holding.ucks the pause in fighting, they will be flowing into gaza. hours later, hamas handed over two hostages. israel released a 33 palestinian prisoners, a group of women and a group of teenagers. >> i cannot express my feelings now.pr >> israel awaits, three more days of hostages going home. benjamin netanyahu shared this. >> ied t emphasize to you, the families and the citizens of israel, we are committed to the return of all of our abductees. we are committed to achieving all the goals of the war. >> the government has a list ofh the names of who could bewe released tomorrow and they are keeping that private for now. we understand from reports, eight could be kids.u. >> thank you.moth fox news was given access to the hospital where some mothers andm children freed by hamas today are receiving treatment. alex hogan was there.se >>ss after receiving assessment, these hostages have been brought to hospitals and medical facilities across the country. there are three sets of mothers and kids. four children have been released and they are expectesd to be hee at the hospital just outside tel aviv. an entire wing has been dedicated to the hostages. every family will have their owl room. hol the government consulted with holocaust studies to navigate how to help these hostagesld reacclimate to society and to their old lives. >>ho no americans were among the hostages were released today. biden says he doesn't know whens tiamericans are going to be frer one still being held hostage we know is a little girl who turns four today. the president spending a holiday weekend in nantucket. >> it is only a start, but so far, it has gone well. >> biden sounding optimistic after the first two dozen hostages were released but up tz tea.n americans remain inen captivity. biden was scanned and when asket when they were coming home. >> we do not know when that will occur but we expected to occur. i don't expect hamas to do anything right. i only expect them to respond to pressure. >> protesters heckled the president and first lady when they were trying to enjoy a stroll after those remarks. later, at the christmas tree lighting ceremony on the island. he has come under criticism froe progressive members over his handling of the war.e heai hopes the truce will get me aid to the palestinian people. ed.help he says hamas has neverv supplied. >> we are ready to enter gaza overcaus the coming days to supt the palestinian suffering because of this war that hamas has unleashed. r hamas does not care about them. >> u.s. forces were attacked four times in the middle east on thanksgiving day, bringing theas total number of attacks to 73 since the middle of last month. lawmakers say iran and proxypr forces have not been deterred. >> as long as they can use theik proxies with immunity, they wiln ordes r the proxies to make thee attacks and americans will die.b >> president biden hopes his paws in the fighting can be a extended to get more hostagesre out and possibly a longer cease-fire.as >> thank you. let's bring in keith kellogg. he served as the advisor to mike pence. i spoke to a senior advisor tott the israeli prime minister andau he said it is important when talking about the events to remember hamas did not releaseni these hostagesta because they he an interest in humanitarian concerns or because they think it is the right thing to do. they think it gives them some kind of strategic advantage in the ongoing war.anks talk to us about what you seee isthere. >> there is a duality. i understand the issue of hostages, especially the youngty children i. we have declared it was an th terrorist organization and 1997 and everyone is focused on the hostages. it is hard to talk about andth execute it but he hains to eradicate hamas or this willarou never end. you have someone like the leader of hamas thinking it ran for the actions that have occurred in israel since october. he is protected and you go okay, i think you need to be focusedgi on the fighting and understandra the issues of the hostages. today, they released four children, te amen filipinos, no americans. 31 americans were killed on the 7th of october. we have a vested interest in the president is more focused on hostages and there and their recovery but hlitte nm to be focused on helping israel culminate this fight. >> there iuse,s a four day paus, cease-fire underway. a lot of military analysts have been telling us this pause has advantages for hamas only. do you see any strategic way in which the idf may use this pause to regroup or restrategize?ur isin there anything they can do during the pause? >> there is an operational pause thatake allows you to reset tha battlefield. the longer indt goes, you heard biden talk about this, it accrues to hamas. it allows hamas to regain . they have taken the initiative away from them.ve they havrye a good military pla that is being executed well. i give great credit to the idf. they are progressing well to dot what they want to do in isolating gaza city and eliminating hamas. putting that on pause, they lose the initiative. lhis does not accrue wel long term. >> do you have concerns when itt comes to hostages that, as the numbers of people in captivitylb dwindles, they might become more strategically valuable to hamas? >> hamas is not going to stop taking hostages. if they take hostages, they get something in return.ga they will take hostages laterd onth. this is a terrorist organization. that is how they operate. president biden and everybody else is so focused on hostages and i get it, i understand concerns, but from a national security level, they have to prosecute this war and eradicate hamas or they will never finish this fight. >> a terrorist organization with the backing of the international community. ks take a look at this map.gion 73 attacks while this is transpiring separately in thes region against u.s. forceson. four of those attacks on thanksgiving alone. >> the last attack was done wit. drones. we know the iranians are behind this and we have tremendous combat power with the two carrier strike groups and the amount we have onboard those. i would pick up the phone and you call people and say the next time a drone attacks against american forces, you are starting to lose your infrastructure. we are going to take out your drone factories. something has to change the h avdynamic and it has to be bold. otherwise you are going to havey 73, 74, 75, 80 attacks in one of thes wile days they will kill an american. there are reasons and a method fotor us to react to this but we haven't done it. the longer it goes, the worse it gets because they become involved in it. if they start to dictate the action to you, you are going to lose the long game. >> thank you foring. your insig. coming up, troubling news about how voters view the prospect ofe achieving the american jerry-e .name and what that means fors president biden. bordersbeyond our tonight.'s w russia's war on ukrainehe considered a frozen conflict.ed it cannot be resolved only by supplying ukrainian military nwith more weapons.s if take a look at this. fifa opens disciplinary cases against argentina and brazil after fan violence at the stadium. it delayed the start of world cup qualifying games and fights broke out after the national anthems. th.e teams were led back to the locker rooms. a this is a live look at paris. china will exempt members of france, the netherlands, andin others from getting visas before entering the country. these are some of the other o stories beyond our borders.to niwe will be right back. ♪ ♪ the day you get 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is determined to dominateboos the supply chain. the u.s. is boosting their efforts to refine thosebeij minerals. bret baier takes a look at how beijing is working abroad to maintain control. s>> these are the major locatiom where rare earth elements our mind.th china holds four and has thed largest reserves in the world. new discoveries and partnerships are putting pressure on beijing. a swedish mining company located europe's largest deposit, vietnam has the second largest reserves. theyou plan to boost its miningl outputan over the next decade. thine united states has plans to increase refining and magnet productionno, but for manyca countries, the focus is on africa. e continent holds the largest overall mineral reserves in the world. we examine the competition for rare earths and other critical minerals. >> china has had a long-term strategy the past three decades or more. they were able to dominate the market because of their resources they have. >> rare earth mining operationsa resumed in the u.st . at california'sobal mountain pass . china supplied the global market around 80% of rare earth raw materialt .n as the u.s. increase production, sorted china. a change in market share was evident. >> is china winning this? >> we are competing and competing robustly. rachina has eight position in te processing. >> beijing increased output by 10%. had the u.s. increased by 44%. t by 2021, china lost 21% thanksos to mountain pass mine and other increased operations outside china. >> there is some capability in europe, a little capability in southeast asia. a lot. >> with rare earth mining around the world, china switched gears, focusing more on processing rawt hematerials, meaning other countries rely on it for refining, separation, and magnet production. >> where are we going to send a. material that we mine andts extract? >> the exports have increased byy nearly 285% since 2015.ca the chinese have looked fora fo mining opportunities in south america and africa forwa rare earths and other minerals.i >> africa has the largestply mineral deposits in the world. >> anyone who can control those critical supply chains, they have extra leverage over us and our allies. >> congo supplies 70% of the y elworld's cobalt, a key metald lithium-ion batteries, used in electric vehicles. most of that cobalt goes to china. sierra leone's top exports include titanium ore, iron, and aluminum. south africa exports billion, ii platinum, iron, anend diamonds.e the top recipient for both countries? china. >> they look at the money and say it iide s tough to turn away from that. >> if we provide the financing and partnership, most would't rather partner with the united states but we have notft been providing that opportunityg >> china's deals often require funding. >> and som te of these projects, the chinese bring their own people into the project.k they are not using local people. >> the lack of skills transfer is one of the things i hear more leaders and civil societyg leaders complainel about than anything else. the chinese are getting access to natural resourcescans andrtun africans are not getting the skills, the equity or ret:opportunity that should come from development. >> china has been accused of human rights abuses in the democratic republic of the congo centand other locations abroad. >> the resource center said more than 100 resource allegations against mining companies,>> including pollution, lack oft fi workplace protection and child labor. >> i have helped us compete with chinese cheap finance, to help make possible the development of new mines, developed to higher labor standards that can allow countrieeds that want to partnei with us. w >> china's dominance in the market comes with pressure to improve its safety and environmental practices. d >>on their standards are below ours. they don't have the years of experience and technology to achieve the things we can achieve.af chinese banks make up one fifth of all lending to africa. we 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that took place 13>> years ago. >> t thank you. coming up, the panel on the hamas hostagounde deal. fox five out of new york as they are putting out a blaze and western new york new jersey.3 neighbors had to evacuate when o building two doors down col collapse. four people were takencity to te hospital following gunfire. two people were said to have critical s injuries.mp this is a live look at tampahe b from fox 13. florida officials say almost 134,000 loggerhead turtle nests were assembled. that breaks the record setdown n 2016.we'l we will be right back. ♪ ♪ the day you get your clearchoice dental implants makes every day... a "let's dig in" day... mm. ...a "chow down" day... a "take a big bite" day... a "perfectly delicious" day... - mm. [ chuckles ] - ...a "love my new teeth" day. because your clearchoice day is the day everything is back on the menu. a clearchoice day changes every day. schedule a free consultation. >> today's release are the start ec a pro >> today's release are the start of a process.le we expect moreas hostages to be released tomorrow. more of the day after and more the day after that. we are also will not stop until we get these hostages brought home. >> let's bring in our panel. morgan, the former state department spokesperson and a columnist for "the wall street journal." let's talk about the hostage release today. a collective sense of relief that these 13 israelis weretark released, but it set the relief thge perils the remaining eniohostages face going forward. >> if we celebrated the releasee ofe 13 and the expectation is over the next three days we see another 37 hostages released and that is the deal, they have to l release 50 in the first four days.it there are still over 100 left behind. it is bittersweet. >> what do you think?k >> he is right. i wenn rejoice that these people e all innocent civilians taken captive and now released. that is an occasion for joy, buo there are some left behind and the implication is we are rewarding hamas for what it did. the government has anam alternative. e gonetanyahu said we defeat has and we get our hostages back. it is very hard to do.al we cannot forget all the time, we talk about terrorists. terrorists are war criminals. hamas is a collection of war s criminals that plan and carry out attackoulds on grand moms ad babies. i don't think we should trustve them.pr they obviously have somear ulterior purpose. >> president biden was asked today.pe he said he doesn't know when to expect americans will be freed. one of the big surprises was that three hostages were not released, despite being told for days that was likely going to happen. >> it is more than unfortunate.a d it is sad for these families o have their hopes up, thinking family members would get released. w erwe rejoice with the israelis families who were able to get their babies and their grandmother's back and the look of confusion and bewilderment on some of the elderly women who were release d today.. our president's firsty responsibility is to getju americans home. this is why, a few weeks beforey th oe october 7th attacks on the anniversary of 9/11, i was criticizing this administration for giving them $6 billion and a ransom payment for five americat hostages in iran.th that is one of the reasons i criticized it back o then. it will make the hostageth negotiatioinn even harder.ks i didn't realize it would beent true in a matter of weeks. we pray for success. we have to get these americanset home. >> there is concern with this pause or cease fire in place,e there will be increasing pressure from the international community for israel to launch a permanent cease-fire and withdrawal frohe "m gaza. the headline is many in thein middle east blame the u.s. for the devastation innt gaza. they displayed biden's face over dead palestinian childreng declaring western. they say while they are doing the fighting, this is an american war . >> happy thanksgiving and happyi holidays. this is a day we never wanted to see happen in terms of having to negotiate the release ofth hostages. kwar is messy and complicated. you don't get the outcomes when you want them and you don't get the negotiations when you want them. the fact that so many hostages are coming home, i take a different view on this. i think it knows hamas is notca winning this in a big way. there have been thousands of casualtiesbeli. whatever number you want to c believe.voca it is clear, to those who are advocating on behalf ofin palestinians and a two-statet. solution, some are misguided in what they are talking about.mb if hamas would release hostagesu the bombing and the reaction from israel would stop. netanyahu has made t clear thats we go through these negotiations and hostages are coming home, they are going to be on the offensive. the concerns some may have abour israelis attacking them, it wili be harder for them to continue thisve b effort. i would encourage them to do whe what they have been doing. the only reason we are where we are in terms of releasing hostages is because the israeliw hahave been strong and forthrigt and declarative in their response i guess what happened haoctober 7th. i dihered not want this day to happeni butam we are where we e and i believe these hostages are coming home. i am a believer we are going to see more hostages return over the next few days, if not weeks. >> that looks to be the plan. the israelis got the list of the people who will be released tomorrow. more that ofn 12 filipino hostas d as part of some separate deal nobody had an idea that was even in the works. who was behind that? >> there are conflicting reports. islone is that it is the islamc republic of iran and if that is true , it shows how much they control hamas. we already knew they fund hamasu abought 93% of their revenue. you brought up about thehe lebanese newspapers and the front pages calling it an you can see inen lebanon, where hezbollah controls large parts of thepa society they are. hezbollah has also funded, paidl for, directed, trained, equipped by iran, certainly hamas. the palestinian islamic jihad is in gaza and also directed bye al hamas and they are holding some of the hostages. you see on a daily basis that american troops are being attacked. thank god we haven't lost any.s we are getting an unprecedented number of attacks against u.s. bases, iran direct, supports, and funds them. we have a massive problem this administration is trying to contain. >> let's have it. >> the greatest robbery and college sports winner iss to ohio state versus michigan state .ootball the game is tomorrow. go blue. my loser, i never have a loser, i always have people who can dn better. these people who can try to bring endings to awful things,i to try to bring peace and stability to areas, they should think about it differently. >> bill.>> >> my win of the m week is how e air in argentina. a victory for him and for libertarianism in a place that could really use it, that has been ruined economically. a lot of americans would like his approach. the loser is xi jinping. the australians was said to worship through the taiwan strait and the chinese did not want it. they have helped against chinese attempts and i think australia had a big victory this week. >> we are out of time. we have to leave it there. thank you for joining meha tonight. happnk.y belated thanksgiving. ♪ ♪ it is time for notable 9 days ilrst time in 4 someone will be speaking to the in hebrew. >> they feel that grace of the h other families who won't be seeing they're loved ones. kick it last time i got on this train i was barely alive brad. >> the eyes of the world have moved elsewhere.e sa >> it doesn't help us.it's >> we said it was going to be a tough fight.t.e pa it's a grinding fight. >> the overwhelmingly vote for each israel, aid to ukraine. two q. week and fun to wars, really really really are [bleep right now. >> when you've lost carty b, you've lost middle america. >> happy birthday, mr. presidenn , we got you some new poll spread.'s >> too old, and liking what it takereals. >> is there a real alarm ar happening behind the scenes? >> i'm used to chickens in o delaware. >> we don't need abe president that's going to be a lame lame-duck on day one. >> former first lady, rosalyn carter has tied. >> president carter said rosaly was my equal partner and everything i ever accomplish. >> you can go through anything. you can be pushed down and bad things can happen. under this on things giving together, you can pick yourself up, do anything you want again. there should be no limits on what you can do. >> that of course benjamin hall and coming up monday on special report, the latest on the comin hostage release. if you can't catch is live, set your dvr. join shannon bream for fox news sunday. arkansas republican senator tom cotton and thank you for joinin us. ♪ >> hello, everybody, i'm joey jones along with dr.