we are back with another hour of our special coverage of the hamas hostages being released today. i m chris jansing in new york. it was a long-awaited moment. just last hour we saw this convoy of vehicles with israeli hostages crossing into israel. just moments after they were handed over to the red cross ahead of their medical evaluations and reunions with loved ones. these are the faces of the 13 hostages, women and children who were in captivity for 49 days as young as 2 years old, as old as 85. israel is releasing palestinian prisoners in the exchange, women and teenage boys. that is part of this deal, and with aid trucks arriving today through the gaza-egypt border, the palestinian red crescent is warning of a dire situation inside gaza saying the needs of the palestinians are increasing. a u.n. spokesman in geneva weighing in as well. we hope it allows grieving families to honor their dead and bury them with dignity. and we hope that this humanitarian pause leads to a
path of destruction, we will make sure they get there, and we have shown enormous progress in reaching that goal. kevin: major spielman, always a pleasure, the best to you and your countrymen as we continue to follow this story. thank you so much. arthel: absolutely the best, sir. absolutely. 2:00 p.m. on the east coast, 9:00 p.m. in israel. a special edition of america reports . i m arthel neville. we are waiting to hear from president biden. meanwhile, here with my friend kevin corke. kevin: great to be with you. we are anticipating hearing from president biden, he ll be apparently making a statement and commenting on the first wave of hostages being released. he is in nantucket, massachusetts, lucas tomlinson is there, we ll go to that as soon as we have it. but arthel, kick it off with trey yingst. arthel: we are going to wait for the president but first trey yingst in southern israel, we have heard a lot from the idf. and some of the hostages have been release
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