the israel-hamas cease-fire is in day two. are we about to see the second wave of hostage releases? 13 israeli hostages taken by hamas were set free along with 11 others. this group, but included no americans was a swap for 39 palestinian prisoners. alex hogan is in jerusalem with the latest. hi, david, we re hearing the initial reports that egypt is claiming that the israeli hostages are starting to be moved into the red cross trucks. that s what we saw yesterday when the israeli hostages were released and what we know about today, we re expecting to see 13 or potentially 14 israeli hostages released and these are some of the images of the hostages released about 24 hours ago. this photo here of those first hugs, initial embraces, as well as families getting onto the helicopters before they were taken to those bases to finally be able to join their family again. this, a mother and her two daughters finally released. this next photo is of little 9-year-old, he loves rubik
they are inching forward but it really is a question of inching. for getting some of the parameters that might ultimatel be part of any deal. ukrainian government seems to b willing two not to join nato. that is what vladimir putin sai was one of his key objective to prevent ukraine for becoming a member of nato so they might be willing two to that. in return they would want an absolutely rocksolid security guarantees that ukraine with that be in beta that would be protected from the west if it wasn t baited again, so those are difficult guarantees to wor out and then the big question b on the cease-fire itself, the russians stopping what they re doing. it is how you talk about territory. obviously the russians have taken some territory here. are they allowed to keep that?
forces in that area. the incursion is in a small sector 70 miles wide, the part we saw the bombing was the eastern section. the ideal outcome is to bargain hard to get people to stop shooting and get the kurds to give back some of their heavy weapons and turkey to police that area to make sure it doesn t flare up again. it is a pretty tall order. heather: turkey views the kurds as terrorists. it is a matter of perspective even when it comes to the definition of the cease-fire itself. what happens next? where do we move from here? what happens next is we want to see more discussion of the security mechanism in that region. that is where the talks broke down. the us and turkey had been dismantling some of the curd fortifications in that area and we want to see going back to getting a security mechanism, turkey is going to want a buffer
forces advising and assisting them, helping call in air strikes. helping them with intelligence. helping them maneuver the battlefield. the u.s. has taken a much more direct role in the months leading up to this today, to the liberation of mosul. expect to see that continue. and colonel francona, i want to ask about syria. the u.s., russia and jordan negotiated a cease-fire that went into effect today. what are you looking for to determine whether or not this cease-fire just brokered during the g-20 is in fact being honored? it isn t. we ve seen artillery strikes continuing from the moment the cease-fire was announced until the time it went into effect and i suspect it won t last long. these things have a way of not happening. key here isn t the factor of the cease-fire itself. they re always good, but always get broke. the key factor, the united states and russians are talking to each other at that level to
the truth broken by russia and turkey leaves the u.s. out in the diplomatic cold. mohammad live in istanbul, turkey, with the very latest. mohammad. the cease-fire took effect at midnight and the morning after is so important to see if it s holding. so far all the indications is that the cease-fire is holding. as you mentioned, some sporadic clashes, but it s unclear if those clashes were on a scale that any would say this is a cease-fire violation. as for the cease-fire itself, it is really interesting. this was brokered by russia and turkey and syrian and iranian improvement. the united states had no role to play in the cease-fire agreement whatsoever. they weren t even invited to take part in the process. that could change. some long-term peace talks taking place in a month or so and interesting the kremlin reached out of offering a sort of olive branch to the united states, but completely bypassing