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announcer: this is cnn breaking news. welcome back to cnn news central. we re following two breaking stories happening right now. prime minister benjamin netanyahu just spoke after a major hostage deal was finalized between israel and hamas. we re also following a developing story out of new york state. two are dead and the fbi is on the scene after a vehicle exploded at the u.s./canada border crossing near niagara falls. sources say a car carrying two male occupants exploded on its way to a secondary search location at the checkpoint at the rainbow bridge. we know president biden is receiving updates and the white house is in touch with canadian officials. we ll bring you the latest from upstate new york. first, we want to listen to prime minister netanyahu who is speaking for the first time since the deal was announced. translator: and the hostages, since the beginning of the war i cannot stop thinking about them and the members i met you. i heard from you what is
close, could bring some of the hostages home very soon, but i don t want to get into details or things because nothing is done until it s done. and we have more to say, we will. but things are looking good at the moment. sandra: at this hour, awaiting updates from both the state department and the pentagon on the war in the middle east of a the president there says a hostage deal with hamas is very close and he is optimistic. and also an update is expected from the pentagon a short time from now after the u.s. military carried out an airstrike last night, killing several militants from iranian proxy group. a lot to learn in the coming minutes and hours. hello, welcome, john, great to be with you. john: good to be with you as well, sandra. john roberts in washington. america reports . an agreement could be announced at any moment but what we know at this hour about the hostages. the deal on the table would free about 50 israeli women and children in exchange for 150 pales
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but, did call it a sacred mission to do so. these new comments are coming, as we are seeing a whole lot unfold on the ground there as well, over the last 24 hours or so, including residents fleeing parts of southern gaza today, under a warning to do so from israel, as the idf strikes on the southern city of in announces what they call expanding operational activities. we re going to have a live report from jay gray in tel aviv, in just a moment. we want to start first though, with ambassador dennis roth, counselor at the washington institute for near east policy. msnbc foreign affairs analyst, he was the on the peace process in the clinton administration, and was instrumental in assisting israelis and palestinians to reach an interim agreement in 1995. ambassador, thanks for joining us on, this inflation. i have wanted to speak to you, ambassador, throughout this entire conflict. i m so happy that you are joining us this hour. i want to talk first about this new op-ed out