coming up this hour, home free. the emotional homecoming as the first group of hostages released by hamas are united with loved ones. a second set of hostages is expected to be released any moment now. we will have a live report of what is happening in the region and whether this fragile truce between israel and hamas can continue to hold. shock and awful. congress prepares to return next week, and nearly reach revealed interview highlights the extreme and shocking views of knew how speaker, mike johnson. even comparing abortion to an american holocaust. we'll have more on that in his mar-a-lago meeting with donald trump. later, sounding the alarm. a call for conservative leaders to stand up for donald trump's assault on the constitution. judge michael bedyk joins me live to a new legal movement to counter the danger of a second trump presidency. all of that and more is coming up. any moment now we are expecting news of yet another release of hostages by hamas in exchange for a release of palestinian prisoners by israel. meanwhile, the people of gaza are experiencing some relief for. the first time and weeks palestinians flock to markets in gaza on the second day of the truce. but first break in the seek war between hamas and israel. yesterday, hamas released 24 hostages from the gaza strip. 13 israeli women and children ranging in age from today 85. ten-time nationals, one filipino. in exchange, israel released from its jails 39 palestinian prisoners, mostly women and teenage boys. meanwhile, more humanitarian aid has finally entered the region as part of the truce. more than 300 trucks are set to roll into gaza today including at least 130,000 tons of fuel. this humanitarian aid is desperately needed a supplies of food, water, and medicine have dwindled for civilians while the barrage of missiles made it too dangerous for aid workers to deliver those needed goods. joining me now live from tel aviv is nbc news correspondent, erin mclaughlin. erin, thank you for being here. what can you share with our viewers about the next group of hostages set to be released today, day two of the four-day cease-fire? >> reporter: katie, what the cease-fire appears to hold we are waiting for word of the release of more hostages and palestinians. although we have been told by white house officials that americans are not expected to be among the hostages released today. a diplomat with knowledge of this process telling nbc news that at least 13 israeli hostages are expected to be released. meanwhile, we are getting these heartwarming images of families reunited. we saw the image of nine-year-old ohana or munder running into his father's arms inside of an israeli hospital. we'll ohad and his mother were among the 13 israeli hostages released yesterday, along with his grandmother. two little girls, four and two years old also released. now reunited in a hospital with their father, yoni. it is these images that are so powerful to the families of the hostages that remain inside gaza. i spoke earlier today with a man who has family still inside of gaza. he was telling me that seeing these reunification's gives him hope. with each release there will be more and more of these hostages released meanwhile in gaza there is relief this morning. the largest aid convoy 61 trucks long full of essential supplies, food, and medicine crossed from egypt into the gaza strip. this, shortly after hamas complain that not enough aid was getting into gaza as part of this deal. the essential supplies that they needed by palestinians. each and every day of the cease-fire matters greatly to the people inside of gaza. the israeli military, of course, warning the palestinians not to try to return to their homes in the north because this war is not over and that the cease-fire is temporary. katie? >> nbc news correspondent, erin mclaughlin. thank you for being here, please stay safe. i appreciate you. joining me now former chief of staff at the cia and the department of defense, jeremy bash. jeremy, it is good to see you. obviously, the good news is day one of the cease-fire unrolled or an rambled without any major complications. 24 hostages released. any moment that we are expecting to see more hostages released. your take on whether or not this four-day cease-fire may actually be the beginning of the extension of more cease-fire days and a longer truce. >> i hope it can be the beginning of more hostage releases. after yesterday, there are still 90% of the hostages in captivity. more than 220 people are still away from their loved ones, including ten americans, katie. we cannot take our foot off the gas. until all of those hostages are brought home, this crisis will not be over. and it will demand the world's attention. with respect to the americans, you have four year old abigail. you have women, someone like hersh goldberg, previously wounded. we saw in that video his arm being blown off after he was attending the music festival. the american hostages, american citizens, must be reunited with their family. with respect to what happens after day for, i don't in the world wants us to take our foot off the gas in terms of an anti hamas campaign. if you support state solution, if you support political reconciliation between israelis and palestinians, you want hamas degraded. because hamas absolutely opposes any peace for israel and its neighbors. >> jeremy, i am stuck on the news that nbc has reported that hamas claims they can only account for a certain amount of hostages. there are other factions like palestinian islamic jihad who say that they have custody of somebody's captive hostages. how much more complicated does this deal become if that is the case? and the goal is to get every single hostage home safe and sound? >> honestly, katie, this sounds a little bit to me like hamas is trying to avoid responsibility. it doesn't defy the laws of physics to ask people who they are holding on to demand that information and to produce that information. also, to allow the international committee and the red cross to have access to those captives. cross toyou cover legal issues s show. i think it goes without saying that hostage taking, taking people hostage and not giving them access to the international red cross is the very center of the violation of the laws of war. it is the very definition of a war crime. so, is by the, way using a medical facility as a terrorist hub. that is also the definition of a war crime. hamas says that palestinian islamic jihad, and other offshoot groups, maybe holding these people. well, go find out where they are! if you are the government in gaza, which is what you are and what you ultimately seek to be, it is your responsibility to make sure that all americans, all people from the 30 nationalities. not just israelis, not just the jewish people, 30 nationalities and all religions, that they can be brought home safely. >> jeremy, a spokesperson for hamas said it is open for talks extending the truce and ultimately wants a cease-fire. but, quote, if you will have no right to decide who will control gaza after the war. we know benjamin and yahoo has expressed israel doesn't have an interest in iran gaza but they do want to make sure can security controls are in place. does this complicated two-state solution? does this complicate seeing a peaceful resolution to what's going on right now? >> a little historical context. between 1950 and 1967, egypt controlled the gaza strip. in 1978 in 1979, israel made peace with egypt, israel sought to return the gaza strip to egypt. in 2005 israel left the gaza strip completely. israelis do not have a political, national, or religious connection to the gaza strip. one thing that i do agree with is the statement that israel will not ultimately control gaza. this is going to be the responsibility for the arab world. it is gonna be responsibility for egypt, if aerials other arab neighbors including jordan, its golf era partners, to figure out what governance, what security looks like in gaza. if we just returned to a terrorist state on the border of an american, democratic, l.a.. one that can reign terror, kill civilians, take hostages, rape women, and kill children, that is not going to be acceptable to israel, to the world, or to the middle east and the united states. the arab world is really gonna have to step up and help put in place a permanent governing solution for the gaza strip. >> jeremy, i have to ask about the hypocrisy of having qatar be a part of these negotiations to get these deals done. seeing how the house a lot of the leaders of hamas. is this something that is a necessary part of negotiations? to make sure the region can secure some type of safe status? the fact that qatar is involved in these negotiations? >> look, i don't like seeing hamas leaders walk free in any capital, let alone in a capital like doha where we have an american military base. the united states does enjoy an important relationship with qatar. at this point, in this moment in time, i would rather have a country like qatar providing the mediation, providing that forum, so the u.s., israel, qataris and egyptians can talk to hamas. that is vitally important. qatar also played an important role in helping resettle people out of afghanistan. they have helped facilitate other difficult diplomacy for the united states. i think they're playing a constructive role here. i am with president biden. i applaud the emir of qatar for playing this role. i think we will need them for the weeks and months ahead. >> jeremy bash, as always, thank you for being here with your insight and analysis. i appreciate you. we are going to bring you the very latest with the second wave of hostages being expected to be released today when it happens. still to come on the katie phang show, my saturday morning power political panel as congress prepares to return to capitol hill next week. newly-surfaced audio from new republican house speaker, mike johnson, detailing his disturbing views on abortion and other issues. we've got a lot to cover this morning, don't go anywhere. re . with two times more menthol per drop, and powerful vicks vapors to vaporize sore throat pain. vicks vapocool drops. vaporize sore throat pain. please be a phone, please be a phone. is it a phone? 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i'm going to say he is more far-right than kevin mccarthy ever was. >> he certainly is. half of the republicans have now alleviated a speaker who is a fundamentalist in evangelical. that is something that mike johnson wears other bad to honor. he wears on his sleeve. i think the interesting thing is how he is willing to inject into discourse around public policy. many in -- well, i shouldn't say many, actually, but a good number of people in the caucus would refer the more libertarian approach to supporting the evangelical movement. which is the way you create as much freedom in the country as possible and allow the church to be the church. that is mike johnson's philosophy. i think that this is also an important time for the nation to see that. this is the direction republicans want to go. it is adjacent to donald trump trying to take us back to 100 years through his white nationalist platform and a return to christian america. either view freedom of the opportunity to worship who you want and do the things you want or you view freedom of something that is biblical. mike johnson sees it as public. will the nation get surrender judgment on his view of the world. >> nina, we have a tamed version of the evangelical in mike pence. but he was a whole bunch of won plump with his attempts to become the next president of the united states. we also see that in support of abortion rights have seen some massive winds lately in red leading states. republicans are just completely tone-deaf when it comes to what the voting public really wants, right? >> absolutely. this is consistent on a number of different issues guns to voting rights, et cetera, that the republican conference is not in line with the american public. these views are extreme. they are completely out of step with the american people. as the former congressman just mentioned, they will have that opportunity to elect a new congress next year. just to rectify and change some of the direction of congress, currently. >> david, speaker johnson deciding to release thousands of hours of january 6th footage which, he says, i am paying back part of the deal for me becoming speaker. marjorie taylor greene, mtg, calling for new january six committee. a committee to investigate the committee. which is completely on brand for the gop. how likely is this actually happen though given the speaker's role in trying to overturn the 2020 election results? >> listen, mike johnson is now playing the kevin mccarthy game. his first big act was to work with democrats to keep the government open. what did he do to distract them pay back the hard right? he endorsed donald trump publicly. he went to visit donald trump. and now he is playing the january six conspiracy game. again, it is important for the nation to see that. look, mike johnson is somebody that world don't know much about. the last speaker we had like that was devin hester. i'm not crawling a comparison to criminality, but i'm saying there's a lot about mike johnson we will learn going forward. ultimately the important thing is the entire republican conference owns mike johnson. they elevated him, unanimously. chose him. he is not unique in the republican conference, he is a reflection of the republican conference. it is good that america gets to see that right now. >> nina, to david's point, the democrats should be celebrating the fact that republicans own whatever mike johnson ends up being. he is going through the vetting process in realtime as we speak. should democrats actually be capitalizing on the messaging that it sends out saying, look, this is the kind of person who ends up being the speaker of the house when you elect republicans. they end up having a voting majority in our congressional hallways. >> absolutely. as the former congressman mentioned, speaker johnson has shown his fealty to trump. what we can see here, clearly, is what american leadership will look like with republicans in charge. with speaker johnson leading congress. should the former president be reelected, it would look like this to have him in the white house. extreme views. you know? all sorts of discrimination against vulnerable people. a complete diversion from the issues that everyday americans care about. this is a situation that americans can see very clearly what the republican conference is going to do. their leadership in congress, what donald trump will clearly do should he be elected to the white house. >> david, i'm kind of stuck on this issue. there are whole bunch of people who have come forward, some of whom have written books, we their third in the administration or support of the trump or now saying, obviously, look what he has in store for a second trump presidency. look at what he's planning to do. he is being open and vittorio's about what his plans are. mike johnson, back in 2015, said the trump lacks the character and the moral center that we desperately need again in the white house. he is a hothead by nature. which is a dangerous trait to have in a commander-in-chief. when does the hypocrisy stop and actually have some accountability? when did actually have some consequence? >> when the nation takes responsibility for who our leader will be. this is a dangerous moment. donald trump is a dangerous person. whatever you think of those who were with him in the first administration who said, hey, i only stay because it would've been worse without me, i don't really buy. and i know some people do. none of those people will be around him and his second term. his second term is a retribution, shattering the norms of the constitution. this cannot be spoken of enough, or too much. half of the nation has suggested that they want donald trump back in office. that is a dangerous, dangerous, moment for the country. we need to recognize it as such. >> david jolly, nina smith, by saturday morning power political panel. thank you for being here, i appreciate you both. coming up next, inside the deal. a behind the scene looks at the diplomacy involved in putting together that successful hostage release deal between israel and hamas. plus, the big role that president biden played in convincing israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, to get it done. keep it right here, you are watching msnbc. from alaska to alabama. but right now, people like you are losing their freedoms. some in power are suppressing voting rights. banning our kids books from libraries and attacking our right to make private health care decisions. we must act now to defend these freedoms and protect our democracy. and we can't do it without you. we are the american civil liberties union, and we're asking you to join us in protecting our democracy at the national level and in communities like yours. call or go online to myaclu.org to become a guardian of liberty today. your gift of just $19 a month. only $0.63 a day will help ensure that together we can continue to fight for the freedoms of all americans, no matter your zip code. if you also believe in the right to vote, the right to free speech, the right to learn, the right to bodily autonomy. please join us now. these are your fundamental rights that people are playing with. and so you need to get involved, because if you don't, then someone else is going to decide whether or not you get to choose what happens to your own body. so please call or go to myaclu.org and become an aclu guardian of liberty for just $19 a month. when you use your credit card, you'll receive this special we the people t-shirt and more to show you're part of a movement to protect the rights of all people. we can't make systemic change in the way that we want