Those earlier rumours from washington had sent pulses racing among some people, hoping that there may be an imminent agreement for a cease fire, however temporary, between hamas and israel. And the hamas delegation arriving in cairo today for the talks also expressed hope that a deal could be reached. And again, Optimism Sort of grew, but there were significant obstacles. And anybody covering this story over the last few months will know that often hopes of a ceasefire are dashed by realities on the ground. And one of israels obstacles and demands that was that hamas should present a detailed list of the hostages who would be released under the terms of any future agreement, of course, in exchange for palestinian prisoners in israeli jails. That list hasnt been provided by hamas. There are thought to be at about 134 hostages held by hamas and other groups in gaza. About 30 of those may actually be dead. And israel wanted to know who was still alive, who was going to be released. That h
Wyre davies, who is now injerusalem, about the doubts regarding whether the israeli delegation will participate in the cairo talks. Those earlier rumours from washington had sent pulses racing among some people, hoping that there may be an imminent agreement for a cease fire, however temporary, between hamas and israel. And the hamas delegation arriving in cairo today for the talks also expressed hope that a deal could be reached. And again, Optimism Sort of grew, but there were significant obstacles. And anybody covering this story over the last few months will know that often hopes of a ceasefire are dashed by realities on the ground. And one of israels obstacles and demands that was that hamas should present a detailed list of the hostages who would be released under the terms of any future agreement, of course, in exchange for palestinian prisoners in israeli jails. That list hasnt been provided by hamas. There are thought to be at about 134 hostages held by hamas and other groups
From washington had sent pulses racing among some people, hoping that there may be an imminent agreement for a cease fire, however temporary, between hamas and israel. And the hamas delegation arriving in cairo today for the talks also expressed hope that a deal could be reached. And again, Optimism Sort of grew, but there were significant obstacles. And anybody covering this story over the last few months will know that often hopes of a ceasefire are dashed by realities on the ground. And one of israels obstacles and demands that was that hamas should present a detailed list of the hostages who would be released under the terms of any future agreement, of course, in exchange for palestinian prisoners in israeli jails. That list hasnt been provided by hamas. There are thought to be at about 134 hostages held by hamas and other groups in gaza. About 30 of those may actually be dead. And israel wanted to know who was still alive, who was going to be released. That hasnt been forthcoming.
electoral college, armed guards will throw them out. i m the president [bleep] i m challenging all of it. [laughter] challenging all of it. violence. [inaudible conversations] shoot to kill. see an antifa, shoot to kill. howard: and the other networks kept replaying the footage of the veteran gop operative and donald trump pal. clear that in some sense roger stone was a go between. the actual election didn t matter to stone. the vote didn t matter. roger stone, some of his words are quite chilling. don t know how they ll hold up in court, but they do indicate a lot. howard: but then the hurricane forced the committee to cancel the hearing, rennering all this old news by the time the session is held later this month. i m howard kurtz, and this is mediabuzz. joining us now to analyze the coverage in saratoga springs, new york, brian kilmeade, cohost of fox & friends weekend excuse me, cohost of fox & friends and host of one nation with brian kilmeade. and in
let s get started. we begin this hour with an update on the aftermath of hurricane in, even in this early stage, experts believe ian will be one of the costly storms to ever hit the u.s. and potentially the deadliest. the death toll now stands at 77, 73 in florida, four in north carolina, more than 1.2 million households still without power in florida, making rescue efforts that much more complicated. nbc s guad venegas is on the ground for us in fort myers, one of the hardest hit areas on the west coast of florida. guad, you have been there for a while. what are we seeing as we go 48 hours after this deadly hurricane made landfall? ayman, a lot of moving parts here. the governor speaking about the efforts to fix the power grid here. they want to make sure that people have power, but there is also the search and rescue missions taking place in fort myers beach [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] [inaudible] and we had to get him out. there s othe