sporting event of the year. super bowl 57 takes place in arizona in just a few hours time. hello and welcome to the programme. the number of dead from the earthquakes in turkey and syria is now more than 30,000 but remarkably, almost a week on, survivors are still being pulled from the rubble. united nations aid vehicles have now begun arriving in syria, but the head of the un s relief mission, says many people mission says many people have a right to feel abandoned. part of the problem is that rebel groups still control parts of the northwest, following years of civil war. 0ur middle east correspondent, quentin sommerville, and cameraman robbie wright, sent us their report from inside, the rebel held area. a border and a catastrophe shared, but in the earthquake s aftermath, syria and turkey couldn t be further apart. we ve just crossed into syria at the border crossing. there were about a dozen aid trucks, fuel tankers coming in, but actually, there were more refugees, m
surrounding former president donald trump. why a grand jury could soon hear from former vice president mike pence. also, our exclusive interview with the leaders of three powerful congressional caucuses, the first time the three have sat down for an interview together. we stand in unity together. i think that is the power of the tricaucus, the power of us is being able to stand together, to make change, and to be there to support each other. but first, the breaking news, a second military base used by the u.s. in syria coming under attack today. it is happening just one day after a drone strike killed one american worker and wounded several troops at a different coalition base. intelligence officials believe the drone came from iran. president biden authorized new air strikes in response. joining us now is nbc news chief white house correspondent peter alexander. good morning. tell us about the new attack and what more do we know about iran s role? reporter: yeah, jos
we had reported that the expectation would be that we first needed to see if we could get through the first day and the second day of the hostages being released and if everything goes well, then discussions of additional hostages beyond the women and children getting out. i have the tell you that i do feel it is getting ahead of ourselves. and obviously, the first delay and questions asked about could we expect further complication, and they cannot say without confidence that the first day goes well that the second batch of hostages would go on time. so we are in a fluid situation, and we have to see if the truce happens on time, and if the release of the second group happens on time, and then whether the second list of hostages whether that exchange can happen on time as well, and all of that remains to be seen. yeah, tomorrow is going to be really the template for all of this starting midnight eastern tonight is when we will see this going into effect, and see how smooth
hostages. first, the explosion on the u.s. side of the rainbow bridge. shutting down all four bridges in the region linking the two countries. a silver mercedes reportedly traveling as fast as 100 miles per hour bursting into flaming after it hit a concrete barrier. two people in the car killed. trevor ault is on the scene. breaking news just coming in from israel on a possible delay in that planned cease-fire and release of dozens of hostages. 50 women and children expected to be part of the deal. a 3-year-old american girl is thought to be among those who will be freed. her family now awaiting word. late word today about the high stakes negotiations going down to the wire. and after israel claimed hamas was running a command center under gaza s biggest hospital, matt gutman with the idf, as they go inside the tunnel underneath. i m not sure if that side is completely secure yet. was there a command center as israel claimed? security top of mind with millions on th
announcer: this is cnn breaking news. welcome back to cnn news central. we re following two breaking stories happening right now. prime minister benjamin netanyahu just spoke after a major hostage deal was finalized between israel and hamas. we re also following a developing story out of new york state. two are dead and the fbi is on the scene after a vehicle exploded at the u.s./canada border crossing near niagara falls. sources say a car carrying two male occupants exploded on its way to a secondary search location at the checkpoint at the rainbow bridge. we know president biden is receiving updates and the white house is in touch with canadian officials. we ll bring you the latest from upstate new york. first, we want to listen to prime minister netanyahu who is speaking for the first time since the deal was announced. translator: and the hostages, since the beginning of the war i cannot stop thinking about them and the members i met you. i heard from you what is