war and 150 palestinians held in israeli jails. that pause in hostilities a critical demand by the white house to permit the delivery of more fuel and other humanitarian aid. really now the ball is in hamas court. if hamas has any care or concern for continuing a pause in the hostilities and any sense of responsibility, it will continue to release hostages and this pause can continue. the agreement calls for more hostages to be released depending on whether the pause in fighting holds. the first hostages expected to come out tomorrow. there will be ten women and children believed to include american 3-year-old aigail, a day before her 4th birthday. with me one of the key negotiators for the u.s. a live report from rome where pope francis met with families of some of the israeli hostages and with palestinians who had relatives in the war-torn gaza. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. after 46 days, nearly a dozen hamas hostages will soon be freed.
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
northern gaza from the air. the american official tells cnn negotiators are working towards an agreement involving with what they call the days long pause in the fighting. in exchange, hostages would be freed on a rolling basis starting with women and children over a period of days. that same official, however, added that many details remain unresolved in negotiations could stall or break down at any point. also today comments by secretary of state antony blinken getting attention. secretary of state blinken more directly raised concerns about the death toll on gaza and push for more in the way of humanitarian aid. beyond the daily pauses and fighting to it allow civilians to get out of harms way or get aid that israel announced yesterday. far too many palestinians have been killed. far too many have suffered these past weeks. we want to do everything possible to prevent harm to them and to maximize the assistance that gets to them. robertson starts us off with some of th
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In rockets crisscrossing the boardern once again . Will people take cover in their homes, will the celebrations ends and the fear return . For u. S. Secretary of state Hilary Clinton and president morsi, the hope is that the deal will stick. It calls for freedom of movement for palestinians in and out of gaza and a commitment not to target militants and commitment from militant groups in gaza, to halt rocket fire into israel. Again, a discussion nothing is a done deal. Over the next hour, well look at negotiations still happening now, well also hear from the spokeswoman for the Israeli Defense forces and the leader much hamas. Plus, a reporter on the ground and whole lot more. We begin with a look at what has transpired over the last 24 hours, and its remarkable there is a ceasefire at this hour when you consider how this wednesday started off. Take a look. At mid day, no sign of a truce when a city bus is bombed in tell aviv, two dozen people twounded. Terrorists left two bombs on the