Of silence at the Music Festival that became a killing field. While miles away, its the sound of explosions that dominate. The latest on the fighting in gaza and lebanon. The rallies and remembrances here at home. Crowds come together in major u. S. Cities to demand an end to the war that Benjamin Netanyahu has vowed to continue. Well get a live report. And a storm that was already a cat 5 Hurricane Exploding in strength again as it barrels toward florida. The Brand New advisory on miltons track. Plus, the false claims and Conspiracy Theories adding to the Chaos And Confusion in Areas Hard Hit by helene and how federal officials are now fighting back. Our Nbc News reporters are following all of the latest developments. Lets begin with nbcs erin mclaughlin, live in Hostage Square with a Somber Memorial Taking Place across israel today. Your location has become a Focal Point for keeping hostages in the public eye. What is happening behind you now . Reporter chris, thousands have gathered
us.. i m kasie e hunt. don t go anywhere. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. so glad you re with us. i m poppy harlow with phil mattingly. happening today, hamas is getting ready to release ten more hostages. that is the plan after the temporary truce with israel was extended. and new this morning, israeli officials tell cnn their families have been notified. fourth round of hamas captives were released yesterday, late afternoon. a mother and her 3-year-old twin daughters were among those released. their father, though, still being held hostage. take a look at this new video, showing 12-year-old getting a big hug from his mom, reuniting after spending 51 days in captivity. this morning, brand new details about the conditions hostages endured and the trauma they re grappling with now, like this 13-year-old, who talks about what happened to her in the third person. she says she saw horrible things but she say it with a straight face. it s like
what he says is ahead for them. plus, the images that we ve seen out of the west bank as crowds gather to welcome home palestinian prisoners who have just been freed, all while aid trucks continue to move into gaza. our nbc team is covering all angles of this story, and i want to begin with nbc s chief international correspondent, keir simmons, who s in qatar where a lot of work was done to get the truce extended. what more can you tell us about this new deal? reporter: well, chris, we re waiting right now for the last tranche, if you like, of the last deal, which is, we understand, likely to be 11 hostages released, 33 palestinian prisoners released from israeli jails. that is set to happen in the coming hours. and if it does, in just these coming hours, it s now 10:00 at night here. that would be a little bit earlier than saturday night, when there were some real challenges. didn t happen until midnight. but later than on other occasions, there have been some issues tod
palestinians. the temporary truce agreed between israel and hamas is continuing to hold. it isa it is a remarkably calm scene at the moment although it is a remarkably calm scene at the moment although you it is a remarkably calm scene at the moment although you can it is a remarkably calm scene at the moment although you can see it is a remarkably calm scene at the moment although you can see the damage to that skyline that seven weeks of war have left there. i was at that exact spot in southern israel yesterday, and to hear it quiet, relatively peaceful, to hear the sound of birdsong instead of the sound of air strikes and outgoing artillery fire, it was a marked difference to what we have seen in the last seven weeks or so. this is all part of the deal between israel and hamas. meanwhile in the past few hours, israeli children s hospital has released a video of hostages reuniting with their loved ones. this is the moment nine year old ohad, his mother and grandmother, gre
this is live, looking across at the israel gaza border, from israel. i was there yesterday when the ceasefire came into effect. it became very quiet as the ceasefire took hold. those plumes of sport those plumes of smoke gradually started to dissipate stop this is where the hostages being held by hamas will be returned to israel today, they will be brought into egypt. and this is the point at which palestinian detainees are being brought to, day two of the deal, it is expected to last two more days. israeli children s hospital have released a video of hostages reuniting with their loved ones. this is the moment nine year old ohad, his mother and grandmother, greeted their relatives they were released by hamas on friday. i was talking to one of the families relatives a couple of days ago, about the nervousness, at that point they did not know if they were going to be in the first group of releases. many of those pictures have been shared on social media. some of the rel