that they have received two more israeli hostages today, and more are still expected. but rising tensions threatening to unravel the delicate cease fire at any moment. coming up, i ll talk to a woman whose 9-year-old cousin was just released by hamas. look at him run to his dad. what happened to him in captivity as another relative remains in hostage. one of the most influential figures in u.s. foreign policy dies at the age of 100. a look back at henry kissinger s divisive legacy. also ahead, george santos holding a free wheeling press conference this morning airing grievances as the house prepares a vote to expel him. if the house wants it start different precedent and expel me, that is going to be the undoing of a lot of members of this body. and later, elon musk s profanity-laced live stream rant against advertisers. could it finally doom the platform now known as x. thanks for joining us on this thursday, it is 10:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york
israeli forces say two israeli hostages have been released and more are expected to be handed over soon. it comes after renewed violence in gaza and jerusalem in the last 24 hours. will this affect the chances of extending the truce deal beyond today? global reaction to the death of former secretary of state henry kissinger at 100. and the u.s.-mexico border, a record number of migrants are dying at the el paso sector. we re going to speak with a journalist who reports it is so bad, residents are oftentimes stumbling over bodies in the desert and even in the towns. and new this morning, republican congressman george santos has a warning to his colleagues if they vote to expel him from congress. that is going to be the undoing of a lot of members of this body because this will haunt them in the future. and we begin this hour with more on the breaking news in the israel-hamas war. at this moment, we are awaiting the release of more hostages just about an hour after two
economy overall. don t even get us started on europe or the tax cuts set to expire and spending cuts due to kick in a few short months from now watching it all is fed chairman ben bernanke who is trying to explain to congress live pictures right now what if anything he plans to do about it without saying too much. felicia taylor is watching from the new york city. felicia, what have we heard and learned so far? reporter: it s a careful dance because obviously the federal reserve chairman can t come out right and say anything ahead of the federal reserve meeting which takes place at the end of june, june 19th and 20th. so it s interesting that the expectation was that the stock market would actually rally in yesterday s session on the fact they were expecting to hear something. what he s been doing though is basically sort of admitting there has been slower than desirable growth in the marketplace and there could be room and the fed has left the door open for further sti