is scheduled to end at midnight tonight, with a senior arab official tells nbc news, there are hopes for another two-day extension. we would like to see the pause extended. its continuation by definition means more hostages would be coming home, more assistance would be getting in. potentially devastating news for one israeli family. the hamas military wing saying that members of the bibas family, they have all died, claiming without providing any evidence, it was an israeli air strike. joining me this hour is dick durbin on his proposal to reopen gaza hospitals. in georgia, rosalynn carter will be laid to rest after a private funeral service. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. today could be the last day for a group of ten hostages to be released, unless the temporary truce between israel and hamas is extended. signs ar hopeful for another two-day extension, according to a senior arab diplomat who spoke to nbc news. hamas says three hostages, the
about china s role in the health disaster and what dr. fauci knew about it and china has a respiratory illness overloading medical centers. i m dana perino. this is america s newsroom. bill: how are you doing? dana: great. bill: great. i m bill hemmer. good morning at home. we are learning a u.s. health official working for dr. fauci raised serious safety concerns six years ago in 2017 after taking a tour of the lab in wuhan. china s first-ever level four bio safety lab for handling dangerous pathogens. dana: the official was shocked and alarmed after learning the lab was considering plans to reverse engineer the deadly he bola virus. when she told superiors before writing her report she was ordered to delete any reference to ebola. bill: what they knew and what they might want to hide that critical information. good morning, rich. the u.s. health worker toured the wuhan institute of virology as it was about to open its most secure lab. chinese officials they ne
on where things stand at this hour. plus, we will talk to the doctor leading the team, treating the released hostages, as we learn more about their time in captivity. meanwhile, israel released more than 100 palestinian prisoners in the last four days, mostly women and teenagers. we will look at who they are, and any moment now, first lady and president biden are due to arrive in georgia to attend the memorial of former first lady, rosalynn carter. we begin this hour with more on the breaking news in the israeli and hamas war. this morning israel and hamas are accusing each other of violating the pause in fighting as it enters into a two-day extension. last hour, the senior adviser to prime minister benjamin netanyahu addressed the potential breach of the truce. when our perspective, i think the incident is closed and we are still on, i believe, for the release of ten additional hostages, women, men and children tonight. today s hostages are part of an additional 20
smoke over northern gaza right now just one day after israel and hamas had agreed to extend their cease-fire. israel says the terror group broke the deal. shocking. we re now waiting to here how it will affect the planned release of ten additional hostages today. heartbreaking. i m harris faulkner and you are in the faulkner focus. the israel defense force spokesperson announced that hamas has transferred a 10-month-old little baby who now we understand has turned 11 months old. remember, it has been 53 days, along with his 4-year-old big brother and their mom to a different palestinian terror group in gaza. that official says the intention is to use the baby as a human shield when the cease-fire completely ends. hamas has released only one american so far in its hostage releasing and national security counsel spokesman said this yesterday. he has made it clear to qatar and prime minister netanyahu how strong life we want to see the american hostages get released. it s im
do. kevin bacon. that does it for us this morning. ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. right now on ana cabrera reports, israel and hamas extend their tenuous truce with more israeli hostages expected to be released today. as we hear from the family of freed 4-year-old american for the first time. she s been reunited with her brother and her sister. and that was magical in the sense that the brother and sister who for 50 days waited and hoped that abigail would come home. plus, a u.n. official calling conditions inside gaza catastrophic. i ll talk to a red cross official about the aid now getting in during this pause. also ahead, presidents and first ladies gathering today in georgia for a tribute service for rosalynn carter. her husband of seven decades expected to leave hospice c to attend his beloved wife s memorial. and later, a brutal winter blast taking aim at the northeast. millions of americans enduring temperatures up to 20 degrees below normal.