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for this island. sugar, spices, gold, just a few of the perks the spanish enjoyed for over 400 years. that is, until the u.s. was happy to help, you know, liberate the island from the spanish and make it a u.s. commonwealth. that means puerto rico is neither an independent country nor an official state. and its people don t have a vote in the u.s. congress or in presidential elections. despite all of that, puerto ricans are unstoppable. and their cultural impact on the u.s. and the world? massive. to really get to the bottom of how puerto rico has not only survived but thrived requires an understanding of the cultural history of the island. so that s what we re going to do now. and in case you re new to this show, that s like our whole mo here. [upbeat latin-tinged music] [upbeat latin-tinged music] music has become the love language between the u.s. and puerto rico. from the time of the taínos to the enslaved africans who were brought here later on to modern day, mu ....
two hostages released by hamas just yesterday are recovering at a tel aviv hospital and moments ago, we heard from one of them about the terrifying experience. my mom is telling the horrific stories and saying many, many people, a swarm of people came through. my mom is saying she was taken on a motorbike and she was taken to the fields and men in front and men behind her. all right, this as the world anxiously awaits more than 220 hostages who are still being held captive by hamas terrorists. idf announcing they hit more than 400 terror targets overnight including hamas tunnels and dozens of command centers. trey yingst is on the ground in southern israel and word about the release of the hostages in the press statement and we heard yesterday and she describes the spider web tunnels. what can you tell us about those tunnels? reporter: good morning. absolutely. we re learning more from one of the first hostages to speak out about her experience inside the gaza s ....
surprise a bit there. well, i was pausing out of politeness, so alex could go first. ladies first. so, you know the other day there, we started our new feature, which was getting people to email in where they d seen politicians at gigs? in where they d seen 0h, right. in where they d seen and then that very night, antony blinken, the us secretary of state, played a gig in kyiv, almost like he d been listening to newscast on his armoured train from poland. well, he might have been. who s to say he wasn t? well, paul was. he said, i was backstage at live aid when i got locked in the portaloo gents with charles kennedy. the main door got stuck. we listened to coldplay sing fix you, as we pulled on the door with force and eventually freed ourselves. that s quite the story! i mean, there s a whole other thing there, not just politicians at gigs, but locked in a loo with a politician. i don t know, could that be a.? a side genre. here s another one. this is from alex on ema ....
understand up to 20 people in gaza died. and for each of these explosions, there could be a loss of human life, it is a perspective worth remembering for all of us in t these hard days. thank you so much for joining us. us. ac 360 begins right now. captions by vitac www.vitac.com good evening. it is 3:00 a.m. in ashkelon, israel, five days since hamas launched a surprise attack from gaza. israeli troops are amazing along the gaza border. 300,000 israeli reservists are, in his words, close to the gaza strip. that is a fighting force in a country of only 10 million people, nearly the size of all the reserves in the entire u.s. military. in addition to mobilizing forces, preparations are underway at hospitals across this country for what might come next. patients from facilities in the north are being moved to ones in central israel. health officials say in case of escalation and presumably the need to treat casualties there. right now the focus is on gaza, which i ....
as the prime minister and i discussed, how israel does this matters. just as isis was crushed, so, too, will hamas be crushed. and hamas should be treated exactly the way isis was treated. thank you, america. for standing with israel. today, tomorrow, and always. and this all comes as israel continues to strike gaza with artillery and those airstrikes. also cutting off supplies to food, power and water until the hostages are released. secretary of state antony blinken urging netanyahu to take every precaution to prevent harm to interior civilians in gaza and the humanitarian crisis in gaza is growing more dire. up to 150 hostages including americans still being held captive. erin burnett jones us in ashkelon. what can you tell us? reporter: we understand, obviously, those hostages right now, whereabouts unknown, status of any negotiations unknown. we know that the israeli defense forces are telling us that they believe that those hostages are being kept in various ....