the story starts right now. martha: thanks, john and sandra. good afternoon. i m martha maccallum. there s a lot at stake and going on behind chosed doors at this hour. we have high level meetings among members of the israeli government, possibly deciding if there is a deal that they can pass in their government to free some of the faces and the people behind them that you re seeing right now on your screen. about 50 hostages, women and children, in this first group is what is being considered right now. would be an exchange for a multiday pause in fighting and also for the release of about 150 palestinian prisoners to include women and some under 18 as well. so president biden made a comment on this not that long ago saying we re now very close. you can see these loved ones of hostages gathering in tel aviv. looking at their pictures, lighting candles, bring alma back says that poster. all of these families distraught for over a month now. the president was asked about t
john: kayleigh, thank you. president biden expected to meet xi later this hour as they meet face-to-face the first time in a year for a summit in california. and we are learning some major developments before those high level talks even begin. i m john roberts in washington. sandra, the top of the mountain, a long slide into the weekend from here. sandra: we are indeed. good to be with you, john. this is america reports . making headlines, expected agreement between the two global superpowers to stem the flow of fentanyl into the u.s.. and according to one report, the two leaders will sign off on a deal to rein in the use of artificial intelligence in drones and nuclear weapons. john: but critics warn it s the united states surrendering to one of the biggest adversaries with wars raging in other parts of the world. jacqui heinrich is live in san francisco ahead of this critical summit. jacqui. john, president biden heads into this summit having already clinched two o
opinion? we continue to believe people who have left the area have a right to come home if they wish to do so, a right that should be upheld. i asked the other day when you are in asia, and then asked the european desk, and ask you, too. do you consider the occupation your allies, turks, occupation or something else. they said to me we believe all countries should be respented and protected but they don t say if there is if the occupation of cyprus is an occupation. we believe we support a u.n. facilitated effort to unify. occupation, you know that. we think it needs to be resolved through u.n. facilitated efforts to reunify the island. thank you. i have two questions. two plus two ministerial meeting in india, after that indian foreign ministry stated of bangladesh for the indian, and raised concern over rising extremism with third country intervention. what will be for india as well as for usa. i don t have any comment. the second one, while u.s. and
[laughter] i love this handoff now. okay. thank you. good evening. welcome to washington. i m bret baier. breaking tonight, tens of thousands of people flooded the national mall here in the nation s capital today. what was billed as the march for israel was a direct response to the rising tide of anti-semitism mosque attacks last month. correspondent mark meredith is at the mall with the latest. good evening, marc,. good evening to you. today s rally brought out a lot of people including celebrities, politicians even the families of some americans who are still being held hostage tonight in gaza. organizers chose to host this event right here on the national mall because they wanted the people who work on the hill to hear their pleas for help. and, of course, there has been so much focus on what has transpired in the last month and these jewish americans, they told us, they plan to keep speaking up. [cheers. with israeli and american flags in hand, tens of thousands desce
good evening, he i m bret baier, we have exclusive interview with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. that is coming up shortly on this show. first, the white house says israel has agreed to daily breaks in the fighting with hamas. they would be in four hour wind co-s announced three hours in advance. hamas would release some of its hostages in exchange, some of them israeli forces are pounding gaza city as ground trips battle in dense, urban neighborhoods and inside tunnels. senior correspondent mike tobin is in southern israel again tonight with the latest. good evening, mike. good evening, bret. the situation with the hostages fluid and from aville. with talks underway to potentially free others, israel maintains deadly pressure on gaza. [gunfire. a massive early evening series of air pulverizes in the northeast gaza strip. talks in qatar releasing hostages conditioned on a cease-fire. we are doing everything to win this war and we will win this war. pales