inside, killing a number of the people who were in the bomb shelter, blew half of herch s lower arm off, so like one of the other israeli hostages, mia shem, who had serious injuries, he was taken captive and brought into gaza with very, very serious injury, and his mother rachel has no idea if he survived that ordeal. if he received appropriate medical treatment, where he is, what his status is. so it has to be awfully difficult seeing these hostages come home known her son, herch, is still in custody somewhere in gaza. sandra: ophelia brightman, 77 years old, also one of the hostages just released, she came to israel from argentina holding argentine citizenship. she s the wife of hector, mother of three children, grandmother of nine children. she had sent her last message to her family asking for help, stating that the terrorists were in her house and since that moment of her that she was taken, john, her contact had been severed and you can only imagine what is happeni
sandra. good afternoon. i m martha maccallum. we re watching images both in the west bank where they are releasing palestinian prisoners and the israeli prisoners, hostages, that were released on the right-hand side of your screen. 12 women who walked their way to freedom just moments ago. they were brought out in the vehicles that we have seen and become familiar with. there were no americans that were released in this latest wave. we think partly because they have committed to releasing women and children first and we believe that the remaining eight to nine americans are all men. so we obviously stay on top of that story as we wait for good news for their families. these ten israelis ranging from 17 to 84. these harrowing accounts that are beginning to trickle in about life, what life was like for these individuals when they were in captivity. the aunt of this now free little boy, 12-year-old ethan, says he was force to watch videos of the october 7th attack. look at this
hamas. john: first time the president has spoken publicly since israel and hamas reached a deal to extend their truce by another two days. will he have anything to say about the roughly 8 to 9 americans still being held captive? sandra: monitoring his remarks for headlines as we begin a second hour of america reports . here we go, i m sandra smith in new york. john: good to be with you again after the holiday. john roberts in washington. here is where things stand at this hour. humanitarian pause in gaza has entered its fourth day now. the white house says hamas has committed to releasing another 20 women and children over two days. sandra: it is unclear if any 20 would be americans and the administration admitted this afternoon that all it can do is hope for the best. we certainly hope we will see them and hopefully today and if not today, over the next couple of days. we want to see them back with their families where they belong as well. we are not involved in t
kayleigh: hello, this is outnumbered, i m kayleigh mcenany here with my co-host emily compagno. fox and friends co-host carley shimkus, host of kennedy saves the world, kennedy herself and bill hemmer. welcome. our country s oldest president turns 81 today. his age clearly becoming a political leeblt. biden was born in 1942, same year the film casablanca premiered and world war ii was underway. nbc poll foes former president trump beating biden under younger voters. 4-point edge. three years after biden held a 26-point lead over trump with the same group. wow. another poll shows president biden trailing former president trump by two points in a 2024 match up, first time trump led biden in nbc polling history, although trump s lead falls within the margin of error. steve corne summing up this way. more than 2-1 disapprove. equally significant 7% approve of joe biden. more than 1-5 say they disapprove. you need more unified support in your own party. kayleigh: bill, the
shelter. don t worry. i got this. megan s parents tell me their hope for the future of course is peace. and a quick end to the hostilities they are very much looking forward to the day they can one day be reunited with their daughter safely. bill: living for the cause in a big way. thank you. nice to see you. 1:00, we are coming back. the big tree lighting is on monday. do not miss it! we ve got to roll. a terrifying map shared on social media. an anti-israel activist group pinpointing targets all across new york city. the message to their 120,000 plus followers? direct action. that is a quote. one example of the explosion of anti-semitism and seeing all across the country. this is faulkner focus, i am julie banderas, infer harris faulkner today. we ve seen video after video of people tearing down posters of hostages, and protest erupting at college campuses all across the nation. this map, the call to action, taking things to a whole new level. one congressman says c