with the understanding that the only way to get israel to agree to a cease-fire was through this hostage release. and so this will be a cease-fire. they now expect it to be four or five days and possibly extended beyond that, depending on whether hamas is going to continue to release hostages. the white house released some details about the americans who could be released in the very first group of hostages released. we ll get into that with ben rhodes in this hour. a lot of hopes pinned on this negotiation. thanks, alex. breaking news tonight, prime minister benjamin netanyahu s office is telling nbc news that the israeli government has agreed to the framework of a deal to secure a release of some of the hostages held by hamas and a cease-fire to accomplish that release. the government of israel released this statement tonight. the government has approved the outline of the first stage of achieving this goal, according to which at least 50 hostages, women and children, i
now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. many more details released from the white house on this hostage negotiation which apparently president biden has been engaged in from the start, with the understanding that the only way to get israel to agree to a cease-fire was through this hostage release, and so this will be a cease-fire. they now expected to be four or five days and possibly extended beyond that, depending on whether hamas is going to continue to release hostages. in the white house releasing some details about the americans who could be released in the very first group of hostages released. we ll get all into that with ben rhodes in this hour. a lot of hopes pinned on this negotiation. thanks, alex. breaking news tonight, prime minister benjamin netanyahu s office it telling nbc news that the israeli government has agreed to the framework of a deal to secure a release of some of the hostages held by hamas and a cease-fire to accomplish that
you squeeze the esophagus until oh, my gosh. okay. let s go ahead. laura ingraham is going to be with us shortly. the big news, it has become official, we ve learned that donald trump will tap exxon chief rex tillerson has his secretary of state. there s also a story out according to cbs that apparently rick perry who forgot the department of energy back in 2012. actually, fox news is reporting too. it sounds like he s going to actually head up the energy department as well. he outstripped joe manchin who interviewed for that position reportedly. the democratic senator from west virginia. he was there yesterday. and rick perry and donald trump hit it off. this is one of those situations where politics is politics. you call on me, i ll do it. he s going to be secretary of energy and man he knows that
were going in for humanitarian purposes and there are other doctors that have been radicalized. a british trainee nhs doctor who was involved in a kidnapping plot back in 2012. actually the first time that he was kidnapped he was kidnapped allegedly by a british trainee worker. we ve seen another british medical student allegedly become involved in a plot in october 2014, somebody who traveled to syria and also studied in sudan and involved allegedly in a plot to target british soldiers and british law enforcement on the streets of london. so there s a track record here. with terrorist groups, they have a history and recruited a lot of doctors. the leader of al qaeda. thank you so much, paul cruickshank. important discussion of what s going on here in the united states and overseas as well.
would be pretty difficult. the funds are a different story. white house press secretary josh earnest said yesterday they believe they already have the money to be able to establish some type of embassy in havana and in cuba, of course it would be a wrangling over that. it seems clear on powers republicans have and not clear on others. today s report says we are not sure yesterday s announcement turns out to be a big political player in the long term. that said, cuban american politics still plays an important role in american politics. how does this play out for 2016. the short answer is it plays out the way it did in 2008 and 2012. president obama made no bones that he was open to normalizing relations, was against the embargo to cuba. ended up winning florida in 2008 and 2012. actually won the cuban american vote in 2012 by 2 percentage points.