pause in the war. yesterday, hamas released 24 hostages while israel released 39 palestinian prisoners. and new video is showing dramatic reunions on friday, like nine year old ohad wound or. his mom grandmother ruth e. coming face to face with their loved ones after being held captive. relatives are saying that the former abductees are doing as well as can be expected. what is a good shape for a nine year old after being in some prison cell for nine months? the way i see is, the doctor said that they are exactly where they should be, under the circumstances, okay? so, we have to give them time, of course. but we are optimistic, a lot of love and a lot of patients, you know? recuperating and coming to terms with the new reality that has happened. indeed. well, the ron asher and her daughters, aviv and roz, they were also released and reunited with their loved ones, while relatives of the am still being held or questioning widespread global protests in support of palesti
nic robertson, cnn, sderot, israel. and a special thanks to nic robertson for automatic this excellent reporting. to our viewer, thanks very much for watching. the sauource with kaitlan collins starts right now. good evening. i m kaitlan collins live from israel tonight as this is a special edition of the source. we are here on the ground in tel aviv, hours from now. a temporary truce is slated to begin and desperate families on both sides of the israel and gaza border will hopefully get an answer to their prayers. for some, it s an anxious wait that could be coming to an end as hamas does plan to release at least 13 hostages on the first day in exchange for 39 palestinian prisoners. israel has continued to pummel gaza tonight, but all the fighting is supposed to stop at midnight eastern, 7:00 a.m. local. that; of course, what that pause is going to look like if everything goes according to plan, and that is a big if here. the pause is going to last four days. and abo
captions by vitac www.vitac.com i m kaitlan collins live in tel aviv, israel. this is a special edition of the source tonight because in just three hours from now, we expect to see the most significant break in the intense fighting that has been happening between israel and hamas in 47 days. a temporary pause is slated to begin at midnight eastern, 7:00 a.m. local here, following weeks of pain staking negotiations that have happened behind the scenes and a final burst of bombs flying across the border tonight. this carefully brokered deal that is happening, this agreement between israel and hamas is supposed to mean that at least 50 hostages, women and children, we are told, will be able to go home for the first time since the october 7th attacks. israel, in exchange has promised to free 150 palestinian prisoners, women and minors, who have been imprisoned in jails here in israel. there s another critical piece of this deal as well. that is humanitarian aid for gaza.
it is good to be back with you in this second hour of chris jansing reports. at this hour, breaking news. a supreme court document on a closely watched abortion case gets posted early by mistake. what it says about procedures when the life of the mother is at risk. the destructive flooding sweeping through south dakota and other parts of the midwest. entire neighborhoods under water after record rain. in minnesota, a home teetering at the edge of a failing dam collapses into a river. unbelievable footage there. also ahead, an nbc news investigation. the search here in the u.s. for more than 50 migrants with ties to an isis smuggling network. and a legal saga that began more than a decade ago. wikileaks founder julian assange with a clenched fist to clears as he steps off the plane a free man. our nbc reporters are following all the latest developments. we start with the supreme court and this document that was not supposed to be posted today on emergency abortions. ms
two. but her cousins are that all. but we built a relationship. this is the human connection that is important in these hostage cases. absolutely. and you handle that so well. let me ask you this. cnn has learned some new information about why the deal to bring home paul whelan, another american in russia, why that deal fell apart. our reporting is that russia wanted a former colonel from their spy agency released, but the u.s. could not deliver because he is serving a life sentence in germany for murder. what more can you tell us about that? what can you tell us? jim, i am not the official channel. i was pushing both sides to come together. i cannot comment on that. but what i do know is in the past. why i am optimistic about paul whelan is that the russians did, in the trump administration, as john bolton said, did offer a