a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news in israel. new pictures of the emotional moments four hostages are reunited with their families, after being rescued during a daring daytime raid in central gaza. these pictures were taken at the hospital and provided by the israeli prime minister's office. those rescued include this woman , noa argamani, who became the face of the hostage crisis when harrowing video surfaced after her abduction on october 7th. the other three hostages range in age from 21 to 40 years old, held captive for nearly 250 days. we are going to have a live report from tel aviv in just moments. meanwhile, president biden reacting to the news during a visit to paris today, as commemorations continue around the 80th anniversary of d-day. he joined french president emmanuel macron for a day of events, and ending with a state dinner, and that starts this hour. we have reporters and analysts in place covering all of these developments. we begin with raf sanchez joining us from tel aviv. welcome. tell us more about this rescue and about how these hostages are doing now. >> reporter: alex, we just came from the hospital in the tel aviv area where the four hostages you see on the screen were brought after they were rescued from gaza. the israeli military says they are in good condition. now, there are families celebrating across israel tonight, but the face that is best known around the world is that of noa argamani, this 26- year-old woman, scene, hands outstretched in terror, as she was taken on the back of a motorcycle into gaza. you see her on the screen reuniting with her father. we met her father on october 8th, less than 24 hours after his daughter had been kidnapped. the worst day of his life. he was, as you can imagine, a broken man, and we saw him just an hour ago at this hospital having spent the afternoon holding his daughter once again, and it's hard to overstate the joy, just radiating from this man, having his only child back in his arms. now, this is not a story without any sadness. her mother has terminal brain cancer. she is in another hospital in tel aviv it has been her dying wish for these eight months to hold her daughter once again, and we are told that she is going to be reunited with her mom sometime later this evening local time. in terms of the raid, it happen in central gaza in broad daylight, and rear admiral daniel hagari, the spokesman for the israeli military described earlier. take a listen. >> this was a high risk, complex mission, based on precise intelligence conducted in daylight in two separate buildings, deep inside gaza. this is what we do in israel. we risk our lives to save the lives of our hostages. >> reporter: alex, we are still learning more details about this raid, but the idf said that noa was held in one apartment building, and the three male hostages, who were also kidnapped from the nova music festival on october 7th, held in another apartment building about 200 meters away. the israeli military said that it hit bull department simultaneously, and with the israeli commandos had the hostages safe, they gave the agreed-upon code word, which was, we have the diamonds. we have the diamonds. that was the phrase that echoed in the command center here in tel aviv, the idea of saying there was an enormous moment of elation, but while there is celebration in israel tonight, alex, there is grief in gaza. the health ministry in hamas run gaza is saying 150 people were killed in the course of this israeli raid on central gaza. it happened at 11:00 a.m. in a crowded marketplace. officials in gaza are saying a large number of civilians have lost their lives here. the israeli military says their forces came under intense fire as they extracted the hostages, and that they had no choice but to call in air support. they were insistent this was very, very targeted fire, but of course, this is just the latest in what has been a very long string of incidents in recent weeks, where israeli fire appears to have taken the lives of innocent people inside of gaza. alex. >> wonderful news about the hostages, but let me ask you about this last point. does that demonstrate to the world the way hamas embeds itself within civilian communities? if you are telling me that these four were rescued in two separate targeted attempts to get them, successful as it was, and up to 150 palestinians, presumably, many of them innocent, were killed, does it just go to further show the world what hamas does and how they hide? >> reporter: that is, certainly, what the israeli military is saying. they are saying that hamas, cynically, help these hostages in a crowded area in central gaza, that these hostages were being held in apartment buildings, three or four stories high, and in these buildings, you had ordinary palestinian families living in some apartments, and you had armed guards holding the hostages in others, and they say that the hostages were moved repeatedly, but that they were very often held in these crowded public areas. alex, it was very interesting, noa argamani in a conversation with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu, earlier today, said to the leader of israel, i haven't spoken in hebrew in such a long time. we know that she was being held alone. today, at the time of her rescue, that comment seems to indicate that she was being held on her own for significantly longer than that, that she may have been separated from the other hostages, and we have heard a variety of stories over the course of talking to freed hostages from gaza. in some cases, they were held in tunnels in large groups. people sometimes from the same kibbutz being held together, and other times you have hostages held completely on their own, and the indication at this point appears to be that noa argamani spent quite a long time on her own, and it may be that the first hebrew she heard in a very long time was that if the israeli special forces, who burst in the door to rescue her. >> if this is someone who was allegedly moved around from place to place, and you described these three reinforced apartment buildings as being occupied by ordinary palestinian civilians, and yet, she would have armed guards around her. is there any way to escape thinking that some of these palestinians were aware, that at least, some high-value person was there among them? have you ever talked in your travels and while reporting to palestinian citizens, who thought there might have been a hostage nir oz? >> reporter: alex, it's a very difficult question to answer. we are, obviously, not able to get inside of gaza without being escorted by the israeli military. we aren't able to speak to the people of gaza about what they have gone through these last eight months. hamas is among many things, an authoritarian group that governs gaza with an iron fist. it's a complicated movement. it has a lot of popular support, but it does not hesitate to crack down on those who defy it, so it is very difficult to say what those palestinian civilians living inside that building, where hostages were held, it's difficult to say what they knew. it's difficult to say what they didn't know, and it's difficult to say what they would have been afraid to discuss, publicly, even after. >> okay, raf sanchez, thank you very much for the news. we appreciate that. let's quickly bring in peter baker. we have a lot of things to talk to you about, but one quick question on this, what has been the reaction to israel rescuing these four hostages alive? in the big picture, how does this factor into overall opinions on israel's actions? does it soften any critics? >> reporter: i am here in paris where president biden is, of course, visiting with president emmanuel mccrum, and the present, you showed him earlier expressing great gratitude and happiness that these hostages have been rescued. jake sullivan believes the statement think this was done, in part, with american help. my colleagues at the new york times have talked to intelligence officials, who say that the americans have been part of this operation, that they provided intelligence and logistical support. they were not on the ground. they were not providing military support, but they were helping out, in terms of finding these hostages and figuring out how to extract them. this is kind of a moment, where we see the cooperation, that has been behind-the-scenes between the americans and israeli governments over the last eight months, since the october 7th attack on israel. i think there is a great happiness among the americans, that there is some good news here. there are still many hostages left behind, including americans, who have yet to be found and rescued, so of course, what you heard from the president today is he wants israel and hamas to agree to a cease-fire proposal so the rest of the hostages can be released. >> peter, stay right there. i have a bunch of questions to ask you as we go to jay gray in paris. we are raiding -- awaiting the arrival of the president. with the present commenting on the hostages during this very busy day in paris, what did he say? >> reporter: the president continued what is been a primary focus of his visit here to france, talking about the importance of allies, and i've using his words, to support freedom and democracy around the world, but he did begin his comments today with talk of a hostage rescue in gaza. >> before i begin my remarks, i want to echo president macron's comments welcoming the safe rescue of four hostages that were returned to their families in israel. we won't stop working until all of the hostages come home, and a cease-fire is reached. it's essential to happen. >> reporter: the first lady and the president greeted today at the arc de triomphe by president macron and his wife. they laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier, and the street was lined with military, and flax, much to the chagrin of many. paris, usually a very busy motorway and walkway, and it was closed down as they moved on to the french president's official working residence. they had a working lunch and discussed a number of issues, including a naval buildup in the indo pacific, something barry berke -- they are both working on. there will be a state dinner this evening featuring the president. in essence, paying back president biden. he was welcomed with a state dinner in december of 2022 at the white house. that was the biden administration's first state dinner. >> okay, thank you so much. 7:12 p.m. in paris, and we did have some live pictures, which we can bring up again for you of the palace, where president biden is on route, running a few minutes late, but there will be an official state dinner this evening. there is an honor guard that will be greeting the president and first lady with president emmanuel macron and his wife. peter, back to you. in your latest article, you have written that macron hosting by in paris is honoring a not always easy bond . give me the significance of their meeting today, and that it's not just a bilateral meeting. they were looking at a grand state dinner in biden's honor coming up shortly. >> reporter: it is a grand state dinner. absolutely. it is meant to reinforce the transatlantic relationship. remember, they said over and over again, france is america's oldest ally, that france came to america's help in the revolution. america, of course, came to france's help twice in the 20th century, but that does not mean there are underlying tensions. they have disagreements about how to handle ukraine. they definitely have disagreements about how israel is handling the war in gaza, but those were basically left to the side today. at least, in public, this was a show of unity. you heard president macron say, we see things the same way today. he is emphasizing that unity and trying to make sure that friendship is highlighted in part, because of who is looming in the future, potentially. it is not lost on the europeans or the french, who may be the next president of the united states, if donald trump were to win. in fact, it was here in 2018 when president trump visited president macron, and the two of them were definitely at odds, a lot of animosity during that visit. i think when you hear president macron say to president biden, you are our friend, he is talking not just about america, at this particular president. >> as you well know, on friday, the president delivered a speech at normandy. here is part of that, peter. >> american democracy asks the hardest of things, to believe that it requires something bigger than ourselves, so democracy begins with each of us. it begins when one person decides there is something more important than themselves, when they decide the person they are serving alongside of is someone to look after, when they decide the mission matters more than their life, when they decide that the country matters more than they do. >> you were there. it was an address that straddled the line between an elevated patriotic commemoration and implicit political speech that contrasted his view of america's role in the world, but that is a -- of his republican challenger, former president donald trump. >> reporter: of course, the president did not mention trump's name. it would've been inappropriate in a setting like that, where the heroes of the date are remembered, but he was making a point. this other president, the one he is running against, doesn't believe in the things that europe and america traditionally have. he doesn't believe in alliances. he doesn't believe in internationalism, does not believe in democracy at home, so he was trying to make that case implicitly through this speech, echoing ronald reagan from 1984 when he gave his famous speech. of course, this is meant to tell americans the importance of their standing by ukraine. particularly, at this particular moment with vladimir putin's russia on the other side, just like ronald reagan stood against the soviet union. biden was essentially saying, the united states and its european allies have a commitment to ukraine to defend their territory against hostile aggression from moscow. >> before his speech, president biden held a bilateral meeting with ukrainian president zelenskyy where he issued an apology for delaying sending aid, this due to congressional infighting. was that moment scripted, peter? was it a moment of candor? do white house insiders know, and did they expect an apology? >> reporter: yeah, they understood that the president would try to make the president of ukraine understand what it happened. of course, president zelenskyy is pretty sophisticated. he does understand that it was a bit of a surprise. of course, he's not apologizing for himself, he is apologizing for the house republicans that were roadblocks to this aide, and in fact, what he was trying to say there is, we still have your back, despite those critics back at home, and i'm doing everything i can to fight for you, but you could tell in that moment, the fact that he felt compelled to apologize for the six month delay, which really put the ukrainians on their back foot on the battlefield, the challenges that face this president as he's talking about the things that he was talking about. to say the transatlantic alliance is strong, and the united states has ukraine's back. if there are people back at home in washington that i believe that, and have the power to blockade in that case. >> peter baker, thank you very much. safe travels. we will see you next weekend. so let's go now to the breaking news out of the nations capital. protesters are surrounding the white house demanding award to the end in gaza, and to america's support of israel. this is the latest in a series of pro-palestinian protest aimed at president biden and his administration. fencing and other security measures were put in place, and we are definitely monitoring the protest. we will bring you more as the situation develops. meantime, donald trump is doubling down on his retribution threats. whether it could impact his sentencing. we are back in 90 seconds. seen all these shows... now that we have verizon, we can stop pretending. 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