today on inside politics, a big development on hostage negotiations. president biden said a deal to free the more than 200 hostages held by hamas is, quote, going happen. this comes as a official familiar with the talks tells cnn and israel and hamas are moving closer to a deal. i want to get straight to mj lee, who is in san francisco with the president waiting for him at least. what did the president say? and put this intoen context along with other reporting this you and other colleagues have. reporter: yeah, you heard from president biden, who is making his way now here to san francisco for his summit with xi jinping, expressing a sense of optimism that a deal could be reached to get the hostages out of gaza. this was echoed in part by a u.s. senior official that i was speaking with earlier, who said that israel and hamas are moving closer to a deal to secure the release of these hostages, but the official, it s important to note, cautioned that it s closer, but it s
overwhelming bringing afghan refugees to the states, there is a cynical push by trump supporters to use the culture ward. quote, the former trump officials are writing position papers, appearing on conservative television outlets and meeting privately with gop lawmakers, all in an effort to turn the collapse of afghanistan into an opportunity to push a hard line immigration coverage. joining our coverage, thank you for joining us today. thank you for having me. first in your view, what is owed to the afghan refugees through extraordinary difficult circumstances make their way to our country? what is owed to them is what we promised. we promised if you protect the united states the united states would protect you. now, what we re doing actually, what congressman matt rosendale and others are doing is we re basically going back on our words and endangering our