of cnn news central. wolf blitzer is live in tel aviv, israel for us. it is now the sixth day of the israel-hamas truce. a pause that is expected to last only a few more hours. what are the chances it will be extended? more hostages are set to be handed over by hamas. and sources say that includes at least one american. as this exchange plays out today, there is a full-court press underway to extend the truce yet again perhaps to include the release of adult male hostages, which is a major sticking point at this point. the top white house hostage envoy is in israel. this is very important to note. and officials from qatar, the key mediator in all of this, are optimistic. reporter: there are still 161 hostages believed to be in gaza right now. the red cross was supposed to be able to visit them by the end of the fourth day of this temporary truce. sources tell cnn, those visits still have not happened. that would be a clear violation of the current agreement. i want to b
administration giving testimony in two separate senate hearings focusing on national an foreign security concerns as the u.s. braces for possible escalation of fighting in the middle east. welcome to america s newsroom, i m dana perino. john: i m john roberts. good to spend an hour with you again. threats to the homeland and american interests around the world as fighting intensifies in gaza. the war between israel and hamas a dark cloud hanging over today s senate hearings. dana: fox team coverage. trey yengst in southern israel. let s go to the hearing first of all. they are underway. we ll kick it over to secretary of state antony blinken about to give testimony at the senate hearing. protestors are trying to disrupt. the chairman, patty murray, rebuked them and wants the secretary to give some testimony today. john, they are there because there are many problems in the world. lots of different hot spots. this hearing was prepared to go before the war october 7th but
But in all of it, was this feeling that it would never get better and i now know that thats not true. Hello. Here in france, round one is over. And after an Election Campaign of twists and turns, The Big Surprise was the lack of big surprise. But it is a huge turning point all the same. The established parties became marginalised, in third and fifth place and now the contest comes down to a showdown between nationalistic populism and globalist liberalism. That is the battle being fought across the west. France is now divided down the middle. The radical candidates, who want to overthrow the existing order le pen on the populist right, melenchon on the left, and six fringe candidates as well they got a total of 49. 6 per cent of the vote in other words, half. There is an enormous well of discontent out there. For now, Emmanuel Macron is the man to watch the best hope for a battered establishment of seeing off the radicals. But the twists continue in this campaign tonight, his opponent M
am wearing stars and stripes. that s the coolest thing. their word, their stories, america s hope. this is a special edition of piers morgan tonight. good evening. big story tonight, london 2012. it s hard to believe we re fewer than 50 days away from the oimp licks. for america the best athletes will be hoping to take home the gold. the nationals are taking place this very weekend. the last great contest before the games themselves. i ve talked with the star in just a moment. but first let s get to preparations under way back in london. days after the jubilee, the city is working around the clock to get ready. let s start with richard quest, who is at the heart of things. richard? piers, barely have we got over the excitement of the jubilee and finely dried out, and now get ready for the olympics in 49 days time. 10,500 athletes from more than 200 countries will be arriving in the british capital. the olympic torch is north of the border in scotland, making its way aro
security secrets. the leaks are the source of how president obama and his aids pick targets for drones. the other detailed iran s nuclear program. the fbi confirmed it is investigating that leak. senator john mccain says the fbi is fine but he wants an outside special counsel to lead the investigation. he said he suspects the obama administration is leaking this information to make the president look good. the portrayal of the president in these stories is of why usually nothing short of heroic. i agree with the cyberwarfare but why should we reveal it to the enemy and take credit for something that obviously does not deserve to be well-known? president obama s spokesman called allegations of intentional leaking grossly irresponsible. in a very rare show of bipartisan anger, this afternoon, the democratic and republican leaders of the house and senate intelligence committee say these leaks threaten to do iminent and ir represent parable damage to the committee. just momen