happening now, breaking news. we re just hours away with a truce between israel and hamas, the end of hostilities set to end at 3:00 a.m. eastern time followed by the return of 50 captives. the israeli government says the hostage release won t occur now before friday. welcome to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m wolf blitzer in tel aviv, israel. and you re in the situation room. this is cnn breaking news. we re following the breaking news right here in the middle east. the agonizing wait for the first major release of hostages from gaza. let s get straight to cnn s jerry diamond, joining us from not far from the gaza border. we just learned from the israel security council that no hostages will be released before friday. what else are you learning? reporter: yeah, that s right, wolf. israel s national security adviser saying the release of the hostages, which was expected to take place tomorrow, will now be delayed until friday. he says in a s
this is is cnn break news. we are following breaking news this hour. the israeli war cabinet is meeting to make a deal to release some of the hostages held by hamas. that could come as early as today. prime minister benjamin netanyahu said that progress is made on the agreement and senior u.s. official said that a deal is quote very close, and stressing that it is not done yet. this is what we know so far about this possible deal. it is calling for the release of 50 women and children in exchange for four to five-day pause in the fighting and release of three palestinian prisoners for every civilian hostage released. we start this hour with alex marquardt and the latest from tel aviv? well, kate, they are quite optimistic and this is what we are hearing from the u.s. officials that they are close toclosest to a deal with the caveat that the fighting will end soon if this agreement goes into effect. the broad strokes of what we understand the agreement to be that was m
paperwork to oust him less than 24 hours after a scathing report. and now, what israel defense says they found on the ground. and now, allegations of abuse by singer cassie and what the music mogul has to say. i m kate bolduan with sara sidner and john berman and this is cnn news central. the house ethics committee chairman has filed a paper to expel freshman congressman george santos. he has done it this before, but this is different because the house ethics committee has filed a scathing report accusing him of stealing campaign money and using it for his own gain. he is accused of spending donor monies on luxury goods, botox, and sephora hauls, and fans only subscriptions. lauren fox is on capitol hill, and what are you hearing from the lawmaker, and there was a call for, yep, we will file it, and now that it is filed, and what about the lawmakers learning about this damaging ethics committee investigation? yes, sara, what you are hearing from the members over the
today on inside politics, president biden is wrapping up a four-day trip to california, where he met with some of america s closest allies and its toughest competitor. and we have new cnn reporting this hour about the biden reelection campaign strategy, as they prepare for the probability of another race against donald trump. plus george santos days on capitol hill may be numbered. a growing number of fellow republicans say they are ready to expel him. and it s a list that now includes the chairman of the house ethics committee, which investigated him. so will santos stay or fight or call it quits? sglmpx . and the idf has proof that hamas was operating underneath a hospital complex. israeli forces are raiding in gaza. we re going to go to israel for reporting on that. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start with president biden heading home today from the economic summit. he has one good meeting left with the mexican president, a
[shouting] their agenda is not oh free palestinian but wipe out israel and the jewish people. we ve seen jewish students attacked on campuses, literally attacked. it s not free speech. this is incitement for murder. bill: you have all watched this together with us. hate speech and violence that appears to have no end. today, however, jewish people around the world facing that since october 7th jewish americans will say enough as they gather in washington for the march for israel. a big part of our coverage today and throughout the afternoon. good morning, i m bill hemmer. dana: good morning, happy birthday. it is bill s birthday. i m dana perino. this is america s newsroom. one of the things there will be a lot of some diversity not just jewish americans and christian community coming out strongly today. i have friends going from connecticut a ranged buses. they didn t show up. they got in the car pools and heading down there now. we ll have updates all day. the