now looking at the skyline over gaza. the sun will set in an hour. the truce is over. the fighting has resumed between israel and hamas. we ll watch that story throughout the morning and we ll try to learn more as we go forward on the fate of the hostages who are still there. so stand by for more on that. meanwhile from last night, did you see this? yes it s a danger to the country. he has no business running for president. gavin newsom agrees with that. that s why he is running his shadow campaign. he should not be running, he is not up to the job. and it is dangerous for this country. i tell you why i m here. i m here to tell the truth about the biden/harris record and compare and contrast ron desantis s record and the public party s record as a point of contrast that s as different as daylight and darkness. you want to bring us back to a pre-1960s world. america in reverse. bill: it was blue state and red state. it was punch, counter punch last night. really somethin
hostages held by hamas for 48 days are expected to be released at any moment. good morning, a special edition of america s newsroom. i m griff jenkins. hi, molly. molly: i m molly line. bill hemmer and dana perino are off. 13 women and children are being transported to southern israel at 7:00 a.m. local time in gaza fighting was paused for the first time to allow for the hostage release. and to let humanitarian aid through to civilians. the cease-fire appears to be holding. part of the deal the u.s., qatar and egypt helped broker. israel releasing three times as many palestinian terror convicts, 39 in exchange. griff: one of the hostages held from october 7th a 3-year-old israeli american girl. she is not expected to be among those released today. molly: trey yengst is live at an air base awaiting the handover. trey, to you. good morning. at any moment that first group of hostages will be released into the hands of the red cross and taken to this air base in souther
it could be announced as soon as today. that is what multiple sources tell cnn. mj lee is at the white house with the breaking details. and this is not just a couple of hostages. we re talking about potentially 50 here, right, mj? reporter: that s right. we are talking about initially 50 hostages. that is women and children being released in exchange for four to five-day pause in fighting. and also in exchange for three palestinian prisoners for every one hostage that is released. the hostages we are told are of various nationalities and u.s. officials are hopeful that a 3-year-old american toddler, who is being held hostage, would be in the mix of that initial 50 hostages that is released. it is unclear at this moment, though, whether there are going to be other americans in the mix of the 50 hostages released. now importantly, during the pause of the four to five days, hamas has agreed to or will agree to if this agreement comes to fruuation, stop flying surveillance dron
that he is expected to deliver this sunday. we haven t seen much of him since his surgery last wednesday. he underwent a three hour procedure. and yesterday thursday out of the through we get these wonderful pictures of him visiting the pediatric cancer ward, visiting with other patients and we re told he is coming home today. and he left the hospital shortly before 9:00 a.m. local time. he had color in his face, he was in a wheelchair which is not uncommon, but certainly common when leaving the hospital. he was met with well wishers, patients that had been in the hospital. but there were also people who knew him who came to try to make a glimpse of him. heavy security, he is head of state, but he was wheeled down to thunderous applause and left in his little fiat and back to
the incident is reported to have happened around 25 kilometres or 15 miles from the egyptian resort of marsa alam. the foreign office says it s supporting the british nationals involved. our correspondent sally nabil is in cairo. this was supposed to be the end of the six day cruise. it was supposed to be coming home today, but tragedy struck. , ., , . ~ struck. yes. that is correct. after finishinu struck. yes. that is correct. after finishing the struck. yes. that is correct. after finishing the cruise, struck. yes. that is correct. after finishing the cruise, the - struck. yes. that is correct. after finishing the cruise, the boat - struck. yes. that is correct. after finishing the cruise, the boat wasi finishing the cruise, the boat was supposed to head back to the shores today. and the footage we have seen of the fire is really dramatic. you can possibly imagine the hard times those people on board have had after the fire broke out on board the boat. no one knows exactly w