from israel. nbc news confirming that the are closing in on a deal to release some of the hostages. i believe that we are closer than we have been in quite some time. maybe closer than we have been since the beginning of this process. we are talking about considerably more than 12, beyond that, i want to see where this goes. i don t want to say anything that would jeopardize the completion of the, deal which is the most important. right, now no hostages have been released, and the israeli offensive continuing undeterred with al-shifa hospital caught in the middle. a world health official describing it as a, quote, death knell, rather than a working medical center. the president weighed in on the israel hamas war with the new op-ed this weekend, calling for a two-state solution. laying out his vision for the future of gaza, which puts him at odds with prime minister mention netanyahu. plus, the hearing in donald trump s federal election interference case tomorrow morning w