dana: rescue mission ending with a missile attack against a u.s. warship off the coast of yemen. welcome to a new hour of america s newsroom, i m dana perino. bill: how was your turkey? dana: really good. bill: it was great. we talked since then. nice to get a break, wasn t it? dana: i had a good break. i m refreshed and ready to irritate you. bill: you re welcome, too. bill hemmer, good morning. the u.s.s. mason responding to a distress call from a commercial tanker under attack by pirates. the mason and several aircraft demanding release of the vessel. five armed attackers trying to flee on a small boat. all five have been captured. dana: later two ballistic missiles were fired from yemen toward the two ships. national security council spokesman said they were neutralized ten miles short of their target. this particular ship detected missile launches. launches that would have taken these missiles in the general vicinity of the ship deeming it an appropriat
office is now reviewing the hostages slated for release by hamas today. this morning, an interview with kristen walker on and as somebody sees said the administration has, quote, reason to believe one american hostage will be released today. yesterday, hamas released 17 hostages, 13 israelis, four thai citizens. israel released 39 palestinian prisoners, according to the israeli prison authority. that exchange was delayed for several hours after hamas accused israel of violating the terms of that temporary truce. a diplomat telling nbc news a qatari operations team is located in tel aviv to ensure the deal continues to run smoothly. meanwhile, love much needed humanitarian aid trucks continue to enter into gaza. joining me now, nbc news correspondent, erin mclaughlin in tel aviv, israel. erin, good morning. national security adviser, jake sullivan, saying one american may be among those hostages released today. take a quick listen to his interview from earlier on meet the pr
. ji am trey gowdy it is sundayn. it is been one month since hamas invaded israel since killing, raping, torturing and kidnapping innocent victims. one month and already calls for israel to stop its war in gaza to wage war and a friendlier way. war is awful which is why people of good conscience try to avoid it. there are times when the only thing in enemy understands is the afterlife, those not impacted by what hamas did are calling for cease-fire and pauses. i wonder what those is really victims would ve given one month ago for a pause or a cease-fire on the morning the massacre began. good people are asked to play by the rules while terrorist commt atrocities. what would our response be how would america respond if invading terrorist group cut the heads off of our children. but there would be a cease-fire meanwhile iran attacks u.s. assets in the region almost 50 times the u.s. has been targeted with 56 of our soldiers injured. the u.s. responded again today hitting tw
. joni am trey gowdy it is sunda. it is been one month since hamas invaded israel since killing, raping, torturing and kidnapping innocent victims. one month and already calls for israel to stop its war in gaza to wage war and a friendlier way. war is awful which is why people of good conscience try to avoid it. there are times when the only thing in enemy understands is the afterlife, those not impacted by what hamas did are calling for cease-fire and pauses. i wonder what those is really victims would ve given one month ago for a pause or a cease-fire on the morning the massacre began. good people are asked to play by the rules b while terrorist comt atrocities. what would our response be how would america respond if invading terrorist group cut the heads off of our children. but there would be a cease-fire meanwhile iran attacks u.s. assets in the region almost 50 times the u.s. has been targeted with 56 of our soldiers injured. the u.s. responded again today hitting t
welcome to all of you watching us here in the united states. canada, and all around the world. this is cnn s continuing coverage of the israel hamas war. u.s. secretary of state antony blinken is back in israel at this hour with the warning of the growing number of civilian casualties in gaza could undermine international support for israel in its ongoing war against hamas. the secretary and israeli prime minister is expected to meet today. gaza city is now completed surrounded by its forces. this is one of the most intense instances of israeli bombardment since the war began. our soldiers have been operating in gaza city for several days. deepening the operation. our forces are in n significant areas of gaza city. the idf says 23 of its soldiers died in the gaza operationsns. the primarary objective e is locating a and d destroying the hamas tunnel network and eliminating explosives and other on scattered obstacles. reporter: the ground incursion with tanks and troops