To defeat hamas s remaining fighters. But there has been Widespread International concern over the fate of the more than i million palestinians sheltering there. Our Security Correspondent Frank Gardner is Monitoring Events for us from jerusalem. Everyone s waiting for the hamas team to give its first formal response after they arrive in cairo. The cia director William Burns is reportedly in cairo and thats very important because us support for this deal has been crucial. Now, the Sticking Point in all of this is that hamas wants a commitment by israel that the fighting stops. Israel wont give that commitment, partly for political reasons and partly for political military reasons. It believes the remaining four Group Battalions of hamas are hiding out in buffer, probably below ground entitles and yahya sinwar, the leader of us, the military leader and the architect the october seven massacre, is amongst them. Hiding out there, possibly even surrounded by hostages. So the Israeli Milita
To give its first formal response after they arrive in cairo. The cia director William Burns is reportedly in cairo and thats very important because us support for this deal has been crucial. Now, the Sticking Point in all of this is that hamas wants a commitment by israel that the fighting stops. Israel wont give that commitment, partly for political reasons and partly for political military reasons. It believes the remaining four Group Battalions of hamas are hiding out in buffer, probably below ground entitles and yahya sinwar, the leader of us, the military leader of us, the military leader and the architect the october seven massacre, is amongst them. Hiding out there, possibly even surrounded by hostages. So the Israeli Military want to go in and finish thejob. Now, a Ceasefire Deal would certainly postpone, if not shelved that rafah Military Operation altogether. But hamas are taking their time over responding and i think they will want some reassurance that they dont give up ho
Willingness to accept. Everyone s waiting for the hamas team, the cia director William Burns is reportedly in cairo and thats very important because us support cairo and thats very important because us support for cairo and thats very important because us support for this deal has been crucial. Another Sticking Point in all this is that hamas Want A Commitment by israel that the fighting stops. Israel that the fighting stops. Israel wont give that commitment, partly for political reason, partly for military reasons. It believes that hamas, the remaining four battalions of hamas are hiding out in rafah below ground and tunnels and that the leader of hamas, the Military Leader and the architect of the October Seven Massacre is amongst them. Hiding out there, possibly even surrounded by hostages. So the Israeli Military want to go in and finish thejob, Israeli Military want to go in and finish the job, now a Cease Fire Deal would certainly postpone, if not shelve that rough a Military Ope
as the weather system unleashes fury on the northeast. this is after spawning deadly tornadoes in the south. tennessee was hit especially too hard. thousands are assessing the devastating damage just weeks before christmas. we have been on the ground and we have seen firsthand neighbors helping neighbors. we ve heard stories of combat medics getting out with bags to help people in the middle of the night in the tornado. i ve never been so proud to be mayor as i am right now. a hard time there. all of that plus a vote expected this week in the house to move forward on a baseless impeachment inquiry of the president. i think it s easy to sort of sit and laugh and chuckle at this bungling exercised by house republicans trying to impeach the president based on nothing. there is something more sinister at play here. this impeachment is political retribution. it is political revenge on behalf of president trump. coming up, i m going to speak to judiciary committee member
los angeles. this is trace gallagher. there is a deal to free at least 50 hostages come including women and children. the agreement calls for a four-day cease-fire or a lull as the israeli government talks about it. and there is also a mechanism in the deal to extend the pause in fighting by one day for each additional 10 hostages released. let s get over to alex moore of the breaking details. that s right come in some of these hostages could be coming home soon after hours long meetings overnight. the israeli government said that they have accepted this negotiation deal and what this means is that it would be the exchange of a four-day cease-fire for women and children and also the u.s. senior officials said some that are u.s. citizens including a young girl that will turn four years old on friday will be released. in exchange for 10 extra hostages freed there will be an extra day of paused fighting moving forward. hamas released a statement saying that 150 palestinian pri