Israel. Two more hostages have been released. Two older women were told, the family of yohevid confirms that she has been let go. They confirmed this just a couple of minutes ago. Lipsitd was one of the founders of the kibbutz. A Peace Activist who the paper says regularly transported patients from gaza for medical treatment in israel. She is somebody thats been talked about a lot in the news over the past two weeks. Joining us now from tel aviv is nbc news correspondent hala gorani. A lot is up in the air. Walk us through what we are able to report right now . Reporter we heard from the brigade spokesperson, the military ring of hamas, announcing the release of two hostages, a source briefed on the talks confirmed to me as well about ten minutes ago that these two hostages were released. They were chosen for release because they were elderly, without confirming the names of the hostages, but you mentioned elderly women. One of the families confirming their release. This comes a couple
Theyre giving us everything we want. If i want, like, ten tooth brush, if i want its unbelievable to see the unity that our nation has. After amir said that, another idf soldier mentioned Tooth Brushes to me. And we have come to see Tooth Brushes as a mundane sign of human dignity. You can go without a shower for days. But Tooth Brushing is different. Tooth brushes have come to symbolize strength and fortitude in israel. And it is worth remembering that in gaza, where there is toilet water or no water for many, many lack even that basic dignity. Thanks so much for watching. Thanks so much for watching. Anderson cooper 360 begins now. Captions by vitac www. Vitac. Com it is 3 00 a. M. In israel, the early hours of freedom for an American Mother and daughter held hostage for nearly two weeks by hamas. Just a moment ago the American Embassy in jerusalem released this photo of them speaking with President Biden. They appear to be smiling n. A new photo posted by the white house on social m
good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is friday, december 8th. glad it s friday, but we do have a lot to get to this morning, willie. president biden is putting more pressure on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu to allow additional aid into gaza. we ll have more details on the first conversation between the two leaders in 11 days. a lot of questions. meanwhile, the president s son is facing several new tax charges. we ll break down the allegations against hunter biden. plus, a recap of donald trump s day in court for his civil tax fraud trial. he was there as the former president is now expected to be the last person to take the stand. that should happen next week. also ahead, a rare ruling in a post roe world. a judge in texas granted an emergency request for an abortion, but the state s attorney general is threatening to prosecute any doctor who treats the woman. we ll talk about that. with us, we have the host of way too early, white house bur
this war that a father of two is returning to this week. reporter: kate, this is the retall reality of the war on the front line in ukraine where they are fighting day after day, and they are saying that the russians have a meat grinder tactic of wave after wave where there are mass casualties on side after side, but they want the world to see what is happening, and what the soldiers are going through, and we have heard from the armed commander of the armed soldiers who has said that the war is at a stal stalemate, and both sides are locked in just to hold on to the ground and just to hold on to the trenches, and really, oleg is perplexed. he says that ukraine at the moment is not winning this war. but seeing in terrifying detail what these soldiers are up against on the front lines is so important. anna, thank you for that great reporting and bringing it to us. sara? and now to the war in the middle east, and a cease-fire violation that is blaming hamas, and hamas bl
trump s tirade during a pause in a gag order. as we bid you all a very good day from msnbc world headquarters here in new york, welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we are beginning this hour with that breaking news. some pretty fast moving developments on this day, 50 since the hamas attack on israel. anxious families, still waiting for the release of a second group of hostages scheduled today, while the fragility of the deal between israel and hamas is coming out a full view. hamas, in a statement, now says it is delaying the hostage release, claiming that israel is in breach of the truce agreement. but yesterday, hamas released 24 hostages, while israel released 39 palestinian prisoners. we are also seeing some pretty dramatic video, a family reunions, like 19 year old his mom, karen, and grandmother ruth e. came face to face with their loved ones after being held captive. we also have and her daughter s, who were also released. they ve been reunited there with the