Capitol hill and this is cnn hello, everyone. I thank you so much for joining this sunday. Im fredricka source tells cnn that President Joe Biden and israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke earlier today, Fueling Fresh Hope for an end to the israeli hostage crisis. And the resulting six month war in gaza. Meantime, us Secretary Of State Antony Blinken is headed back to the middle east right now for a new round of talks aimed at ending the deadlock between israel and Hamas Blinken plans to meet with regional partners in saudi arabia journalists Elliott Gotkine is joining me right now with the very latest elliot. Great to see you. What do you know about this call . Fredreka we understand this cool is about the ongoing hostage negotiations, negotiations to try to get a ceasefire between israel and hamas in the gaza strip that would see a number of hostages released. They were abducted, of course, as part of the hamas Terrorist Attacks of october 7, theyd been in captivity do you k