us.. i m kasie e hunt. don t go anywhere. cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. so glad you re with us. i m poppy harlow with phil mattingly. happening today, hamas is getting ready to release ten more hostages. that is the plan after the temporary truce with israel was extended. and new this morning, israeli officials tell cnn their families have been notified. fourth round of hamas captives were released yesterday, late afternoon. a mother and her 3-year-old twin daughters were among those released. their father, though, still being held hostage. take a look at this new video, showing 12-year-old getting a big hug from his mom, reuniting after spending 51 days in captivity. this morning, brand new details about the conditions hostages endured and the trauma they re grappling with now, like this 13-year-old, who talks about what happened to her in the third person. she says she saw horrible things but she say it with a straight face. it s like
particularly on health care. he framed the discussion of the debate on continuing obamacare versus creating an entirely new system. of course, bernie sanders and elizabeth warren on that side. joe biden, also getting amy klobuchar and pete buttigieg with him. no clarity on that health care debate. but joe biden holding his own and raising serious questions about the cost of that program of medicare for all. overall, no question that cory booker, amy klobuchar and beto o rourke also had key moments in the debate. they are trying to get more attention, trying to break out of the field. and they did, indeed, have strong moments. the biggest takeaway overall, the fact that all candidates on one stage for one night. ten, strong candidates. really gives democratic voters a lot to choose from. by and large, as we head into the next debate, which is only a month from now, pretty much status quo here. still joe biden, elizabeth warren, bernie sanders, leading
reporter: craig, he ll be greeted by a very strong crowd here, one of the biggest i ve seen for the former vice president, at least here in south carolina. a mix of students here at clinton college, home of the golden bears and a couple of older folks out here as well. i expect to hear a couple of issues at the forefront of the vice president s remarks today. first, health care remains the top issue in this race, the top issue for this candidate. the biden campaign very much likes the contrast they re able to give between his proposal to build upon and expand upon obamacare versus the medicare for all proposal his closest opponents are backing and secondly i expect to hear about student loans, affordability of college and about defending and funding hbcus themselves. this is an historically black college here in south carolina, an issue that the former vice president likes to talk about a great deal on the stump, even when he is not on such a campus, i am very confident he ll come up
anybody a seat next year. 17% of americans like the versions of the republican plan, the affordable care act has a majority approval rating. campaigning and voting on something that has 17% approval rating and even if you look purely at trump voters only, it s 25% approval rating. it is at astronomically, i m mixing it the metaphor, low, abysmally low numbers. it is not a good strategy. it is not a good thing to ask them to walk the plank on. and i mean, you know, maybe the rules of politics don t apply anymore. i agree with you on that, given this president. but i think when you re talking about real people and not just political projections, when you are talking about potentially 32 million people losing their health care, that is not just a guess. that is real for them. you talked about the polling on obamacare versus the
rules of politics don t apply anymore. i agree with you on that, given this president. but i think when you re talking about real people and not just political projections, when you are talking about potentially 32 million people losing their health care, that is not just a guess. that is real for them. you talked about the polling on obamacare versus the republicans bill. listen to this because the president talks about obamacare. watch this. for the past 17 years, obamacare has wreaked havoc on the lives of innocent hard working americans. behind me today, we have real american families, great families. just spent a lot of time with them. who are suffering because seven years ago, a small group of politicians and special interests in washington engineered a government takeover of health care. every pledge that washington