Now. Martha all right. Thanks. We have Breaking News right now just coming to us from the state department. U. S. Troops being told to be ready to deploy for further defense for israel if needed. Were working on how many troops have received this message. Theres some reporting from the Wall Street Journal that its in the neighborhood of 2,000 american troops told to be ready. Were going to dig into this for you this hour. Mike tobin is standing by. Rich edson will be available moments away. Well go back to john roberts who is reporting live from tel aviv this week for us. We will continue on top of these stories as we continue to get new information. Right now it is 10 00 p. M. In gaza. We are now ten days in to this war. There are 199 individuals who somewhere are being held at this moment in the hand of hamas. We know what they did to people in israel. We have seen the horrific videos over the weekend reportedly of some of the children that are being held by hamas right now amid a fr
hostage in gaza. you cannot explain the emotions. it s pure joy. the four-day pause extended by another two days. we would like to see the release go on. we re very happy for the other families but it s really hard. there s relief that they ve been set free but they still have to deal with that trauma. psychological, medical, nutritional, many deficiencies. the moment this pause is over the war itself is back on and all of its intensity. gaza is a total humanitarian disaster. there s going to be a huge amount of aid coming in to gaza. and that is going to save lives. two american women the white house was anticipating would be released were not. they do not believe that hamas was intentionally holding back the americans. we want to see them back with their families where they belong. and we do have breaking news this hour. our own clarissa ward has spoke on the the father of emily hand. this is his first interview since his little girl was let go, leadin
it s debate week so we have james here, too. 30 second spin room then we ll let you go. since i have you both here what s key for debate night, nicolle? i just think people need to understand this has never happened before. it s a huge television event. it s a huge political event. the conversations we have every day with our viewers and brilliant people like james are not things a lot of americans going to watch in the debate are going to be tracking day to day. it s hugely important. huge opportunities for both men and huge liabilities and risks for both men. it s why people watch sports. it s why football is one of the top 20 televised large events because anything can happen and can be brutal. this is the political version of a big and important consequential football game. yeah, absolutely. i m going to get james response, but as a courtesy because i know how hard you work, two hours every day, but i m going to let you go and we ll do it on the program. nice to see