morning futures. i m sean duffy in for maria bartiromo. today, more hostages to be released by hamas after a nail-biting exchange yesterday.s 13 israelis and 4 foreign citizens are back in israel afte cr hamas terrorists put the deal on hold for over 6 hours. israel has received the third hs list of hostages to be released, so for now the deal seems to be back on. national security advisor jakeit sullivan said this morning he has, quote, reason to believe at least one of those released today will be an american. up to ten americans are believed to be held by hamas. here s what president biden sai friday when asked about the kidnapped and missing americans. we don t know when that will occur, but we expect it to occur. we know thpecte numbers when thr going to be released, so it s my hope and expectation it ll be soon. and of the americans [inaudible] do you know all of their - conditions? are they all alive? we don t know all their conditions. seanican: plus, days af
a suicide bomber. new developments in the probe into a deadly terror attack. wolf blitzer is off today. i m candy crowley. and you re in the situation room. the battle for the white house now centered in the state of ohio. president obama paid yet another visit to what both campaigns see as a must-win state. and today the president came armed with a new report on tax policy that he used to hammer away at mitt romney. our cnn white house correspondent, dan lothian, is traveling with the president. dan, the president pretty much could take up citizenship in ohio at this point. reporter: that s right. he really could. he was right here in akron almost a month ago. it was part of his bus tour. and since he announced his re-election bid last spring, the president has been to this state about a dozen or so times. this is really a crucial state not only for the president but also for mitt romney. and today the president was going after his opponent on his tax plan saying they
however, if you go state by state, you could get a map that looks like that, which is a tough battle from now until november. nen who thinks, john, that this race is all sewn up in either direction, they are mistaken. it is wide open right now. it will be fierce. it will be intense. and it will be is ugly. i have no doubt about that. if you think some of the rhetoric was intense, if you think some of those negative ads were intense and ugly mopg the republicans, just wait. ashleigh, i ll get ready for the situation room in an hour, but i know you re getting ready to hear from the president of the united states this hour. but before i go there, i want to give you breaking news as well on this announcement. i just got off the phone with the national campaign spokesperson for rick santorum. he said they all had a conference call last night, all the senior visitor sors, and then just about 10 minutes before this news conference where rick santorum announced themp stepping d