morning. thousands try to flee on foot, seeking safer zones. israel agrees to four-hour-long pauses or longer along two corridors. secretary of state blinken in india demanded longer pauses to prevent civilian casualties. there s more that can and should be done to minimize harm to palestinian civilians. i will talk to a top netanyahu advisor, a former ambassador. hostage families grasping for hope after u.s. and israeli intelligence chiefs met. bill burns of the cia goes to cairo, still trying to win release of more hostages. the hostages abducted during the october 7 hamas massacre. how one man is refusing to give up on his girlfriend who hamas drag across the border. joe manchin said he will not seek another senate term. that reshapes the fight for control of the senate. will he launch a run against joe biden? good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. there s been intense strikes today near several gaza hospitals. we enforcing israel s insistence t
a very good day to all of you from msnbc world headquarters here in new york. welcome to alex witt reports. we begin with breaking news in israel. new pictures of the emotional moments four hostages are reunited with their families, after being rescued during a daring daytime raid in central gaza. these pictures were taken at the hospital and provided by the israeli prime minister s office. those rescued include this woman , noa argamani, who became the face of the hostage crisis when harrowing video surfaced after her abduction on october 7th. the other three hostages range in age from 21 to 40 years old, held captive for nearly 250 days. we are going to have a live report from tel aviv in just moments. meanwhile, president biden reacting to the news during a visit to paris today, as commemorations continue around the 80th anniversary of d-day. he joined french president emmanuel macron for a day of events, and ending with a state dinner, and that starts this hour. we have r
In the hours-long ceasefire amid the Israel Hamas War, a second batch of hostages have been released by the Palestinian terrorist group, Hamas. - Israel-Hamas War: Second Batch Of Hostages Released By Terror Group, 17 Cross Gaza And Reach Egypt
though in my mind and probably anyone else s seeing it. the only thing they weren t going to sit around and wait for another hostage to have the same fight. just an incredible event. that decision when to launch a trade, when to pull the trigger has so much riding on it. a lot of training goes into making sure it s the right decision as our martin savidge found out firsthand at a private security firm in north carolina. take a look. reporter: it s the moment of truth. a s.w.a.t. unit makes entry and thanks to our cameras, you are part of the team. it s over in seconds, and if it s done right, the bad guys are down and the hostages safe. it may look easy. it s anything but. as i find out by putting on body armor and eye protection because this is live ammunition. following the team on a special training range. so i m just looking for any threat that might appear.
into making sure it s the right decision. martin savidge found out at a private security firm in north carolina. take a look. reporter: it s the moment of truth. a s.w.a.t. unit makes entry and thanks to our cameras, you are part of the team. it s over in seconds. and if it s done right, the bad guys are down and the hostages safe. it may look easy. it s anything but. as i find out by putting on body armor and eye protection because this is live ammunition. following the team on a special training range. so i m just looking for any threat that might appear? reporter: the man pause at an entrance. one arm placed on the person in front and they re all within physical contact because this is how you re going to communicate. yep. reporter: they have radios, but critical movement commands are communicated by a squeeze.