have occurred in the lastey 18 months we ve moved that wasov joe biden s first sit downed interview in one hundred and eighteen days. and despite a flurry of well, nothing but softball questions from a democratic activist pretending to be a late nighted comedian, biden still struggleia to communicate he could barelyy get words out. he had noo answersword for the economic problems we are a lot worset got today. now inflation is up yet again to an all new forty one year high, eight point six percent. the the cost of food is up ten point one percent. o the cost of housing 70%f rent is up in some places as high as 20 percent. household energy bills are up a whopping nineteen point one percent. and meanwhile the average cost for a gallon off gas has nowd more than doubled since biden took over as president. now over five dollars a gallonev nationwide for the first time ever. remember when he first became president on day one you were only paying two dollars and thirty nine cents f
delay. this hour, i ll speak with a key senior adviser to the israeli prime minister, benjamin netanyahu. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in tel aviv, israel, and this is the situation room: special report. our top story this hour, israel now on edge as the deadline for a truce between hamas and a major hostage release draws closer and closer. our chief global affairs correspondent matthew chance is joining me here in tel aviv. he s got details. what do we know about the hostages who are expected to be released? we know there s an initial list, wolf, of 13 people on that list and that list was given by hamas to israel via qatar which has been playing a major role. all of the hostages on the list for potential release tomorrow, i m saying potential because, you know, it s already been put back once 24 hours. it s a fragile deal. they re all women and children. they believe there are as many as 40 children being held capt
this is cnn breaking news. hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world as we continue our breaking news coverage of the israel-hamas war. i m rosemary church. the israeli cabinet has approved a deal that will see the release of at least 50 hostages, all women and children, held by hamas in gaza for 46 days. the government overwhelmingly backed the deal after a six-hour-long cabinet meeting that one official said interview tense and emotional at times in exchange for the freeing of the hostages, israel will pause its air and ground campaign against hamas for four days. hamas says 150 palestinian prisoners, also women and children, will be released from israeli jails as part of their deal. qatar delivered the proposal following weeks of continuous negotiations, and now says the humanitarian pause will be announced within the next 24 hours. hamas says the deal involves the entry of hundreds of trucks carrying aid, medical supp
saving lives. and we had plans that we presented numerous times of how to do this. and we don t have four years. i can t keep doing this. i can t put my life on hold. every other volunteer is doing, is putting their lives on hold. so we re asking the government to create a program, look at the guys that fought with us. they re not qualified for sivs. they don t qualify. so create a program and make them eligible. we have the betting capabilities. if i vouch for someone, if you vouch for someone, and, you know, go with that. start there. and start with small amounts. we re not looking to get thein tirity of afghanistan out. we re looking to get, as i know, and brothers and sisters like me fought with. they know it is personal. start with one. that makes a difference.
progress. here to explain more isn the author of scarsmo and strips save our allies, co-founder tim tandy s with us. tim, first u of all, thanks for being with us. do. s for all you i love that you were a ufc fighter, a big fan. ec you were a special forces m master sergeant sniper. so your group saved 12 people. i understand, and had rescued 12000 other people. that s true . yeah, there s 12 of us on the ground in afghanistan. four people went forward into afghanistan, myself and three others. and in the 10 days tay that we s on the groundd, we moved a total of 12000 people out of afghanistan out of hq, out of kabul. we weree fighting them. so we moved them to multiple places all over the country and over the world before we w finally moved them out of out of harm s way. letay me talk about our friend and colleague. we did lose two fox journalists