hours left in a fragile truce. secretary of state antony blinken is on the ground in israel right now trying to extend the pause as both israel and hamas say they are goring up ready to resume combat at a moment s notice. plus bullying and theater. that s how george santos is describing tomorrow s vote to kick him out of congress. will his fellow republicans keep him in his seat so they can keep their majority? and fu, that s what kevin mccarthy allegedly told donald trump after he refused to condemn the push to oust him as speaker. the reporter with that scoop is here with all the details. i m dana bash. let s go behind the headlines and inside politics. we start with breaking news out of the middle east. two hostages were just released from hamas captivity. the 21-year-old are finally free and safe in israeli territory. that s according to the idf. we are expecting more women and children to be freed from that terror group s captivity today. i want to go straight to a
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
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their part. there s a good chance you, your families and friendses, will be able to get together in your backyard or your neighborhood and have a cookout or barbecue and celebrate independence day when we mark our independence as a nation and our independence from this virus. joining me now, nbc news chief white house correspondent and weekend today co-anchor, kelly o donnell, yamiche alcindor, former deputy white house chief of staff to president obama, jim messina and former rnc chair, michael steele. welcome, all. kristen, let me start with you. if big primetime address last night after a major legislative win. now of course the challenge to make sure that americans understand why it is that they are receiving the help that they have. what s the plan going forward? reporter: that s right. now the president and vice president are going to be focused on selling this massive piece of legislation that just passed, $1.9 trillion covid relief and of course one of the cente
despite republican efforts to slow down the final vote with a flurry of last-minute objections on the house floor. the bill would create a massive surge of new funding that will send $1,400 checks to tens of millions of americans, provide billions in aid for schools, small businesses, state governments, and the vaccine distribution effort and slash health care premiums for many obamacare recipients. joining me now is nbc s garrett haake on dpl xl. nbc chief white house correspondent and weekend today co-host peter alexander. former maryland democratic congresswoman donna edwards. and former republican national committee communications chairman. garrett, the efforts to get this through debate for an early vote hit a roadblock this morning from congresswoman marjorie kalear greene from georgia, the controversial congresswoman. tell us how that went down. yeah, look, these are the procedural tools that can be applied by the minority and in this case it s not terribly surprisin