this is cnn breaking news. two major stories developing in israel at this moment. first, today is to be the fourth scheduled release of hostage by hamas terrorists. there was a holdup. it was over the mothers who were supposed to be on the list and they were not. as part of the agreement, the mothers are to be handed over with their children, and they were not on the list initially, but we told they are now. the handover is close to happening. that is critical in the moments and hours ahead. and also what is critical is what is happening after today, and if the handover goes as planned, is there to be a further extension of the truce. new reporting is suggesting yes. kaitlan collins is standing by in tel aviv for u and the next few hours are extremely delicate, kaitlan. yes, but, kate, they are looking more hopeful than the last time we spoke, because we are hearing from the sources, they are close to resolving the issue at play here, and it does appear that the fourth
it was believed to be 260 people had been slaughtered. now 364 people were according to israel s channel 12. also according to that news channel, police also say that 40 festivalgoers were kidnapped and taken into gaza. israel s military announced today it recovered the second body of a hostage near the hospital. noa marciano was her name. she was 19, a corporal in the idf, and she had been kidnapped from a kibbutz. they recovered the mother of a 65-year-old grandmother, yehudit weiss yesterday. she was found near the hospital. president biden spoke with the leader of qatar, who brokered hamas has demanded israel stop any surveillance drones to track the movements of hamas. still hearing explosions. an hour or so though there were exchangeses of gun fire so we can see in this direction. in fact looking over there now i can see there s a glow in the sky that wasn t there before so that s clearly the aftermath of a blast there now. the fight is still going on. not as intense
abortion, about which party gets your vote on policy. but there are also some new polls that at the same time hammer home the deep, deep alienation with the current president of the united states. you re watching cnn s special live coverage, election night in america. i m abby phillip in washington. and i m laura coates. here in new york. i m abby. if you re a democratic consultant, this should be a good night. cnn projects that kentucky s democratic governor is going to win against a rising republican star in a state donald trump carried by 26 points. now voters in red ohio approve abortion is still a very powerful motivator. tonight, cnn projects they said yes to enshrining abortion access in their constitution. and yet new cnn poll numbers confirm just how high a hurdle president biden faces with voters heading into 2024. talking about young voters, independents, black voters, latino voters. that s really the core of the biden coalition. and one year out from the president