[gunfire] bill: these are the latest images inside gaza. israel s incursion three weeks old in gaza. new report that israel, hamas closer to reaching a deal on the hostages. watch that story. there has been a lot of reporting throughout the week. it hasn t happened yet. we can hold out hope. i m bill hemmer in new york. dana is in nashville for the big patriot awards later tonight. martha and i have the duties in new york city. martha: good morning. let s get right to it. sensitive negotiations are underway right now for a potential hostage deal. we ve been hearing about it over the last several days. we understand that they are making some headway between israel and hamas. bill: the potential terms are quite specific. it would reportedly include 3 to 5 days of no fighting and then after that hamas would release up to 50 women and children on day one. israel will release a similar number of palestinian women and children held in israeli prisons in return. martha: then
third hour of fox and friends starts right now. [musical instruments playing] steve: up really early to be with us, special day at the opry and live behind the scenes of the opry, talking to pat boone, how he s performed in that circle there. here is brian with trace atkins and craig morgan, who have also stood in that circle. yes, right now trace atkins begged to do a tour with me and craig morgan is here. they want to show me personally and you at home how special this place is. is this true? absolutely true. brian: how do you feel being here now? like being home. it is home, this is a very special place for us. brian: on this wall? the wall of the names. it starts back there from the members on down. brian: what do you do to get on that wall? boy, if we only knew. i don t know, i really don t know. i don t know what the there is no book, no list. it happens and you are grateful for it. feel like to see your name up there? p
a rare face-to-face between the leaders of two global powers. moments from now president biden and china s president xi meet on u.s. soil amid rising tensions. can they reset relations? plus, israeli troops raid gaza s largest hospital after claiming hamas is using it as a terror cell. will the idf show evidence as hamas and hospital officials deny this? where are patients supposed to go? an emergency hearing in fulton county, georgia. why the district attorney says they need to seal evidence in the case against former president donald trump and others. all these stories coming in right here to cnn news central. at any moment president biden and chinese president xi jinping are set to meet face-to-face for the first time in a year. president biden is hoping this highly-anticipated meeting will put the u.s./china relationship on steadier footing. the president has been lowering expectations heading into it. the summit is taking place in san francisco. cnn s dana