hour of fox & friends with a fox news alert. you re looking live at the westback where palestinian prisoner are set to be released any minute, this as we expect a group of at least a dozen or more hostages to be released later today after 13 were freed yesterday. rachel: some of the hostages are reuniting with their loved ones for the first time including this israeli boy who turned 9 years old while he was in captivity. he got to hug his family for the first time in seven weeks. todd: now to alex hogan live in jerusalem with the very late. reporter: good morning. we could see the release of today s new round of hostages any moment now. we will continue to monitor that. we are expecting to see 14 is israeli hostages in exchange for 42 palestinian prisoners. we have been hearing some conflicting reports today that potentially the number of israeli hostages could be 13, but we re also getting new video, these moments of these families finally being back together like this o
traffic disaster playing out over the last 36 hours in virginia thousands of cars brought to a standstill by that massive storm dropping a foot of snow on the d.c. region. overwhelming road crews and trapping thousands of people, the elderly, kids, and pets in cars it started last night. a sea of static red taillights in freezing temps. by morning, through most of the day, they barely budged. overhead, nbc washington s news chopper. some folks stuck in their vehicles overnight with little food or water. reporter: and no restrooms. the affected highway, a 50-mile stretch of i-95 from caroline county, virginia to, dumfrees with few off ramps, drivers had no escape. even side roads are clogged. we have little kids, and we re doing the best we can, but of course there s other people that need assistance more than we do. reporter: among
ordeal. reporter: an epic traffic disaster. thousands of cars brought to a standstill by that massive storm dropping a foot of snow on the d.c. region. overwhelming road crews and trapping thousands of people. the elderly, kids, and pets in their cars. a sea of static red taillights in freezing temps. overnight, nbc washington s news chopper. some folks stuck in vehicles overnight with little food and water. reporter: no restrooms. a 50-mile stretch of i-9d 5 from care line county to dunphries. we re doing the best we can. there are people who need assist
hear me. i understand that you re headed to the scene now. is that correct? yes. we re headed to the scene. it s tricky to get to because it s only about 80 miles or so south of dallas but the main road to get there is interstate 35 from live pictures we ve been showing you can see the red taillights lit up along interstate 35 because the town of west texas sits off i-35 for people familiar with it, it s a major interstate running north and south to the state of texas z there are portion that s were closed down this evening. because of the emergency personnel and flooding of the resources into the area, it s tricky to get to at this point. i wanted to follow up while waiting to go on with you last time i heard you talking to my colleague natalie solis with local fox station here talking about helicopters and