there on the 4th of july as well. hello and welcome everyone, i m sandra smith. and look who is here. nice to see you. john has some time off, i m bill hemmer. this is america reports and good afternoon to you at home. we expect police to provide new details on the alleged plot very soon. richmond about two hours south of washington, d.c. sandra: we find our own mike emmanuel, live with us. we know in about an hour richmond police chief smith is going to brief reporters here in richmond on a plot, a tip they received related to a proposed mass shooting event in richmond on the 4th of july. we know arrests were made, weapons were seized, and beyond that law enforcement has been pretty tight lipped at this point. there was some violence over the holiday weekend in richmond, virginia as there was in many american cities, but it sounds like it could have been a whole lot worse. plans for a mass casualty attack around our national holiday and at this point it sounds li
war and 150 palestinians held in israeli jails. that pause in hostilities a critical demand by the white house to permit the delivery of more fuel and other humanitarian aid. really now the ball is in hamas court. if hamas has any care or concern for continuing a pause in the hostilities and any sense of responsibility, it will continue to release hostages and this pause can continue. the agreement calls for more hostages to be released depending on whether the pause in fighting holds. the first hostages expected to come out tomorrow. there will be ten women and children believed to include american 3-year-old aigail, a day before her 4th birthday. with me one of the key negotiators for the u.s. a live report from rome where pope francis met with families of some of the israeli hostages and with palestinians who had relatives in the war-torn gaza. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. after 46 days, nearly a dozen hamas hostages will soon be freed.