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hello and welcome to our viewers joining us here in the united states and all around the world. we continue our coverage of israel at war. i m rosemary church. israel s mar 300 targets were hit overnight by air strikes in gaza. according to the idf, tunnels and operational command centers belonging to hamas and islamic jihad were targeted. they targeted sites for the forces preparing for grounds operations. meech meantime, a senior israeli official tells cnn from will be no cease-fire, saying humanitarian efforts cannot interfere with the mission to dismantle hamas. the country s defense minister says hamas will cease to exist soon. translator: this needs to be the last maneuvering inside gaza, given the simple reason that hamas will cease to exist. it might take a month, two. but eventually, there will be no hamas. journalist elliot gotkine is joining me now. we re seeing air strikes in gaza. what s the latest on that? and what are you learning about the imminent g ....
they included the three year old twins, ema and yuly. they were captured with other relatives when hamas set fire to their home. they were freed with their mother, sharon, but theirfather is believed to remain in gaza. also released were brother and sister erez and sahar kalderon. their relative spoke about his relief as he waited to see them again. i m finding that it s difficult to go from a state of endless anxiety about their fate, to a state of relief and joy. i believe it will take time. this is an exciting and heart feeling moment, but we also understand that it is the beginning of a difficult rehabilitation process for sahar and erez, who are still young and have been through an unbearable experience. the truce between israel and hamas allowed the return of dozens of hostages but dozens more are still in captivity. over 150 of our hostages men, women, children, babies over 150 other hostages men, women, children, babies who s taking care of them? who i ....
and maybe we can even be closer than six feet apart. imagine what that would look like with your friends and family. president biden says it s a realistic goal if we all buckle down a little longer. in his first primetime address last night, the president pledged to make all adults eligible for a coronavirus vaccine by may 1st. that s just seven weeks away. and a month earlier than the last projection. so the president spent only part of his speech touting the $1.9 trillion relief package that is now law. but the hope is here tour, as they re calling it, is about to begin with the president and vice president hitting the road to promote it. the first round of direct payments to americans will arrive in bank accounts this weekend. we ll speak to a member of the biden cabinet in a moment. we begin with john harwood. great to see you this morning. what was the takeaway from president biden s speech last night? some people thought he would be doing more of a sales job, ....
to beat the goal of 100 million shots in arms in his first 100 days in office. he now promises that milestone will be reached, by his 60th day in office. so, that s just ten days, from now. let s begin with our jeremy diamond. he joins us this morning, at the white house. that was there were so many important things, i think, for america to hear last night in those remarks from the president. have you learned anything, more, this morning, in terms of all these goals and dates that he put forward, really, promised last night? well, look. it was interesting because, in the first part of president biden s speech, which you heard from him was looking back. looking back at the sacrifices, the grief, the loss that americans have had to deal with over the year of this coronavirus pandemic. but then, he pivoted. and he started talking about the future and about what his administration is doing, to try and return to that sense of normalcy. and for the first time, he laid out ....