Department. Lets toss things over to jake tapper and the lead. Announcer this is cnn breaking news. Welcome to the lead, im jake tapper. We start with breaking news. Two american hostages have been released by hamas. And any moment we expect to hear from the Secretary Of State Antony Blinken after a spokesperson for the Israeli Prime Ministers Office confirmed that Judith Rannan and her 17yearold Daughter Natalie are now back from the gaza strip. Lets listen into Secretary Of State blinken. Held by hamas were released. These two americans are now safely in the hands of israeli authorities in israel. We expect a team from the u. S. Embassy to see them very shortly. Over the coming hours, theyll receive any support and assistance that they need and of course were very anxious to reunite them with their loved ones. We welcome their release. We share in the relief that their families, friends and loved ones are feeling. But there are still ten additional americans who remain unaccounted fo
sources tell nbc news that he was found nearby a recycling plant, where he once worked, taking a look at the podium where hopefully we will be getting an update soon. but he was found near a recycling plant where he used to work. this is also nearby the river. this is where we had seen an exhaustive search effort. i mean, if you ve been watching the news the past two days of the search effort, it s been extensive. we re not just taking to the woods, they were looking at every single home, barn, every place where they think somebody could be hiding. not just checking it once, but multiple times. then of course, that river. the really took a look at that because that was where his vehicle was found. they noted in the trunk of the vehicle, the weapon they believed was used to carry out the attack was found in the trunk. then they were taken to the river, they were looking not just all around it, but they were using sonar devices. they had divers that were coming in from other
Today. The single most important piece of information that they release. The dow gained 29 points and the nasdaq fell. The market is down right shocking the bank stocks have been rallying for days since the economy is red hot hot enough that the fed might have to raise rates repeatedly the hope of fast paced rate hikes have been driving the financials higher and i have told you that the financials are the most important leaders of the sector out there not tech, not health care. Not even industrials but the fibs as we call them is to help the Banking System with a big job loss in retail, no doubt thanks to amazon and online brethren the industrials and the transports caught fire the former because maybe the fed wants to strangle the rapid rate hikes but a lot of the transports are connected to the ecommerce throw in the big pushes from the Analyst Community from amazon and apple, two of the market generals and you get new winners all plumped up to feed the beast. So can the beast contin
Take a look outside. We will show you what is going on. An absolute gorgeous day. Low humidities, clear skies, a great morning outside and the temperature to start the day around the area is a very comfortable 70 degrees around much of the area and the temperature right now in central park is 70. The day will feature a lot of sun because we will see across the area High Pressure building in making for a great day. We got weather and traffic every seven minutes. Heather has the day off. Debbie duhaime is in the good morning. Good morning, everybody. On the e train and 7 train earlier problems cleared. On the d right now, delays in switching problems. So, we will keep an eye on that for you as well. 95 northbound up to darien, up. On the southbound side of the new york state thruway to exit 12 approaching the tappan zee, construction continues as well. A problem on the Grand Central west at 168th street, accident in the construction zone. Heading to the inbound b. Q. E. Into the Brooklyn