hostages released now up to 99, two more women were freed by hamas in the past couple of hours. today, though, fears that new violence including a deadly shooting in jerusalem could derail the truce in hopes of bringing more hostages home. a single sentence was all it took in appeals court. we ve got an update on that case. plus, on what could be his last full day in congress, republican george santos attacking his colleagues for trying to bully him, as he puts it, out of washington. his wild and i mean wild press conference, and why he s spending what could be his final hours in office trying to get another lawmaker expelled. we want to start, though, with the hour-by-hour, minute by minute negotiations happening to keep a truce between israel and hamas in place. remember, it was a last minute deal just beforeidnight our time that kept the fighting on pause for one more day allowing for the release of more hostages today. hours ago, the israeli government announcing
Secretary of state antony blinken to get that process started when he visits this region. he s going to be here this week. he will be visiting jerusalem. he will talk to prime minister benjamin netanyahu. then on to the west bank to speak to the palestinian authority president mahmoud abbas and he will be in cairo and amman, jordan. it will be a tough, tough task. indeed it is. kelly, stay safe. let s turn to breaking news out of washington. nbc news, brand-new reporting on a potential meeting between president biden and russian president vladimir putin. geoff bennett at the white house with this breaking news. geoff, what do you know? stephanie, good morning. four officials tell our team geneva, switzerland, is the likely venue between president biden and russian president vladimir putin. you will remember president biden last month said it was his hope and expectation to sit down with the president s russian
President likely to walk or drive? the last time i did that exact route it was with governor cuomo from new york, we walked, but, you know, in this instance, the security considerations are different so even if he does walk, i assume a long line of cars will be with him. we ll keep an eye out for that. ambassador, talk about the significance of the first u.s. sitting president going to the western wall? i think that there are a lot of firsts in this. this is one of them. i think the fact this morning we witnessed the first open, public direct flight from riyadh to israel is also a significant first, and the fact that in his first presidential travel, in his first presidential tour of the world, sitting president of the united states, makes a point of visiting israel and visiting jerusalem, is extremely important. and may i remind you that the previous president, in his first