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Now. Martha all right. Thanks. We have Breaking News right now just coming to us from the state department. U. S. Troops being told to be ready to deploy for further defense for israel if needed. Were working on how many troops have received this message. Theres some reporting from the Wall Street Journal that its in the neighborhood of 2,000 american troops told to be ready. Were going to dig into this for you this hour. Mike tobin is standing by. Rich edson will be available moments away. Well go back to john roberts who is reporting live from tel aviv this week for us. We will continue on top of these stories as we continue to get new information. Right now it is 10 00 p. M. In gaza. We are now ten days in to this war. There are 199 individuals who somewhere are being held at this moment in the hand of hamas. We know what they did to people in israel. We have seen the ....
We learned that they did open some sort of dialogue. these soldiers were able to talk to the russians. we understand that there was a 12:00 noon deadline. that deadline has passed. just a few moments ago, we saw that same group of soldiers involved in that almost confrontation parading into this base with the ukrainian flag with their battalion flag as well. they ve come back here for an hour, a break, after the negotiations. they say they plan to go back again. clearly trying to diffuse a very tense situation here where they are trying to diffuse a crisis that really has started at the very top with the leaderships of ....
Through with their flag, with their battalion flag as well. they are talking. looks like this case, one of their wives. they want to know where the situation lies. what is going on. is there going to be a force takeover by russian forces of this base or not. it s important to keep in mind that this is a military base but families live here as well. so it s not simply a military confrontation. for these men, they re worried about their families. in a very tense situation caught in a place where until now, the shots have only been fired in the air. it only takes one small incident to change things very dramatically. thank you for giving us the latest on the ground. vladimir putin says it s not an invasion, that there is no military action, that the troops ....