as far as the hostages, nine of them are children. the youngest star for. two of those children are four years old. one of them is abigail dunn, four-year-old american girl who you mentioned, just ten four on friday, which was the first day of the cease-fire agreement. obviously, that announcement, massively important to american audiences. we heard president biden speak on it earlier. we know that prime minister benjamin netanyahu over spoke to president biden. we know there are more americans being held hostage in the gaza strip, two of whom are women, therefore potentially included in the framework of this cease-fire agreement. reverend? now, what can we anticipate fourth and final day of the truce coming tomorrow? what can we anticipate? given the way things have gone the last three days, reverend, we can anticipate to see more or less the same thing tomorrow. a group of israeli hostages reduced from the gaza strip hamas has been releasing outside of the framewo
strikes on what u.s. military officials say is a training facility and a safe house in eastern syria. defense secretary lloyd austin said the strikes were in response to iran-linked attacks on american personnel. the strikes come four days after two u.s. warplanes hit a munitions warehouse in the same region. turning now to the israel hamas war, tonight gaza s largest hospital is caught in the crossfire. the world health organization today called for urgent action to end the ongoing attacks on hospitals, saying, quote, the world cannot stand silent while hospitals which should be safe havens are transformed into scenes of death. meanwhile, cbs news has learned negotiations to free the hostages taken by hamas are ongoing as qatar continues to mediate deal-making. about 240 hostages remain in gaza following the terrorist organization s october 7th raids which triggered the war. cbs s debora patta leads us off tonight in east jerusalem. and a warning, some of the images we re
just ahead, tonight the mayor of new york, the former police captain, confronted by fbi agents and seized his phones and ipad as what appears to be a fast growing campaign finance investigation. we begin with israel s war in hamas, most notably the efforts to secure the hostages now believed to be held by hamas and other groups. it comes at the end of the day that saw israeli forces heavily pound targets in northern gaza from the air and troops on the ground continued to engage. the senior american official familiar with the hostage talks tells cnn that negotiators are working toward an agreement involving what this official call ls a sustained days-long pause in the fighting. in exchange, hostages would be freed on a rolling basis, starting with women and children over a period of days. that same official added that many details remain unresolved and negotiations could stall or break down at any point. also comments by secretary of state antony blinken gets more attention.
here. it is calling, but a week from now, there could be a government shutdown. we will be we be at that point in time? déjà vu, it feels like. it does. have a good weekend. we will see you back here on monday. now, walking down the streets of new york city, imagine this. you hear, move over, mister mayor, we are here for yourself phones. that is tonight, on laura coates live. it is america s largest city. it commands a lot of attention, maybe more attention than new york city mayor, merrick at eric adams, even bargained. a federal investigation into campaign fundraising, now, appearing to inch that much closer to the mayor of new york. by the way, in a very dramatic, and public way. cnn learning, fbi agents seized adams two phones, and an ipad, not today, but several days ago, on monday. first, telling us that aiden s approach the mayor on the streets of new york, asking his security detail to step aside, climbed into his an suv with him, and then took th
try to make sure this never happens again. we ve seen in recent days palestinian civilians continuing to bear the brunt of this action, and it s important that the united states is committed to making sure everything possible is done to protect civilians. that was secretary of state antony blinken yesterday ahead of his latest trip to the middle east. the visit comes as there s growing pressure on israel to take a humanitarian pause in its assault on hamas terrorists who are hiding out in gaza. plus, the republican led house passes a funding bill for israel, but the legislation comes with a whole host of partisan spending cuts. we ll take a look at the chances whether this measure can actually pass in the senate. and also ahead, a recap of the testimony from donald trump s two eldest sons in his new york civil fraud trial. good morning and welcome to way too early on this friday, november 3rd. it s friday. we made it. i m jonathan lemire, thanks for starting your day