Their family members, their loved ones, Communication Systems are down on the west side of the island, 911 isnt operable. Cell service isnt possible. Right now were standing at a road block on the road to lahaina. This is one of the hardest hit areas. Right now residents arent being let in and they wont be let in for the foreseeable future. Evacuations are still ongoing. People being bused out of the fire zone. This as the death toll from these fires continues to rise. Now, Search And Rescue teams have been in maui from all over the country. The National Guard is also here on the ground. Take a listen. The National Guard hag activated 134 National Guard personnel. 99 from the army National Guard and 35 from the air National Guard to assist with the ohio wildfire response. Several fires burning on the island of maui since tuesday. None of them fully contained according to officials here. Still unknown how these fires started. The most destructive the fire on mauis west side, which rippe
good morning. welcome to cnn this morning. it is saturday, november 25th. i m victor blackwell. i m isabel rosales. thanks for joining us. good to have you along this morning. we are waiting for the release of more hostages beings held by hamas. an israeli official says 14 hostages will be released today. in exchange, 42 palestinian hostages will be released. this is day two of four. it could bring 50 hostages home. 13 are israeli, ten are tai citizens and one be is filipino. the video was released by hamas and cnn had no control over its content. you can see several foreign nationals getting out of a mini van and a female hostage and at least one child. and there were cheers as those freed hostages arrived at hospitals near tel aviv. right now they are undergoing medical checks. officials say they are in good physical condition giving hope to families of those still being held. i can tell you this morning that we have a sign of life from my father. we know he s alive f
israel and hamas officially in effect to allow for the long awaited release of civilian hostages who have been held by hamas sings october 7th. carley: 13 hostages are expected to be freed by the terror group this morning around 9:00 a.m. eastern time. the first of 50 in total over the next four days. joey: trey yingst is joining us now from israel. trey? trey: hey, guys, good morning. about four hours from now the first group of hostages is expected to arrive at this military base in southern israel. they will receive initial treatment and triage. they will also be able to call loved ones for the first time. after this they will be medical centers in israel. where they will be hospitalized in central secluded wards. this first group will consist of 13 people. all women and children they are reportedly from the same community in southern israel. being exchanged for 24 female palestinian prisoners and 15 male teenagers. chose the idf preparing supplies for the hostages,
and we are saying they are not. we continue to work to bring these individuals home to their loved ones. they must be allowed to depart iran and with their loved ones as soon as possible. brian: mike pompeo almost immediately released a statement as the former secretary of state. bad move. watch. i always welcome the idea of americans are hostages beings released i think president biden s decision to give $5 billion to the mull laws in tehran is a disgrace. the united states of america doesn t pay ransom. and the very idea that we would transfer $5 billion to the mullahs so that they can continue to support russia s unconscionable invasion, they can continue to s sow violence across the region unconscionable. billion dollars a hostage. that market price be the chance they will take more american