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welcome to c"cnn newsroom," everyone, i'm michael holmes. the israeli government now has the names of the hostages who will be freed by hamas on sunday, day three of the delicately poised truce between hamas and israel. that's after day two of the four-day truce came to a rocky but successful conclusion late on saturday, with the release of 13 israelis and four thai nationals who had been kidnapped by militants on october 7th. after preliminary medical checks, they were all whisked away to israeli hospitals for care and to be reunited with

their families. israel's health ministry said one woman, 21-year-old maya regev, was treated for an injury and is in stable condition. 9-year-old emily hand, whose father had initially been told she died in the terror attack. and the israeli government wants to know why 13-year-old hila's mother raya wasn't released with her daughter. the israeli official says mothers and children are not to be separated. the fragile deal also called for the release of 39 palestinian prisoners and detainees on saturday. for several tense hours, though, hamas stalled on releasing the hostages, in a dispute over aid to gaza. and over which palestinians the israelis were willing to release. qatar has played a pivotal role, including resolving saturday's dispute. the government has clearly

stated it would like to extend the truce if it can be done. have a listen. >> we are hoping for the momentum that has carried from the release of this today and from this agreement of four days would allow us to extend the truce beyond these four days and get into more serious discussions about the rest of the hostages. >> now, each former hostage will have to process what they've been through, of course, in their own private way, and that will take, well, as long as it takes, but this is -- this much is certain. they won't be alone in their recovery. as our clarissa ward explains, the healing process begins the very moment they're back in israeli custody. >> it's been really stressed to us over and over again how important it is for the families to have privacy in this moment, and for them, at this stage, to try to break the news to their children, to their loved ones,

to their relatives, about what happened on october 7th, because crucially, many of the hostages have no real sense of the full scope of what took place on october 7th. and that's why so much care has gone into ensuring that the media's kept at a distance, that there's a degree of privacy, but also that the appropriate staffing and psychiatrists and social workers are in place, and also, a lot of guidelines that were given to the idf, in terms of how they handle the hostages, when they first were there during that initial handover from the red cross. they did a cursory medical search, checking their iden identities. they were told not to answer their questions, such is, where is mommy, where is daddy, to ask permission of any children before trying to pick them up, and so every possible care has been taken here, and also at the

schneider children's medical center, where we were last night, to try to minimize any sort of retraumatizing, particularly of these children, as they return home, and many of them no longer have homes, but return home to israel for the first time in seven weeks. >> clarissa ward reporting there. now, four hostages from thailand were released on saturday. that's in addition to ten released on friday. we're now live from singapore, so, more good news for families in thailand w. what do we know about how those people released are and how they're getting on? >> well, we know that there are at a medical center in israel, and they are getting the attention and care that they need there. this is repeatedly the fourth-largest government hospital in the country. in terms of how they are, the

thailand prime minister says they are generally in good health. also we know that none of them require emergency medical care, according to the prime minister. this is the four that have been released. ten others were released. the team at the hospital spoke to the cnn team, as well, and told us that they were stable, but not healthy, and they reported a lack of nutrition, so, that might be one of the areas they're being watched for. one filipino who was released in the previous wabatch, he was undergoing emotional tests, as well, and just thinking there about what clarissa was record i reporting, there is going to be a journey of healing, the hostages have seen and heard and experienced trauma over the last few weeks, and it's going to

take time for them to work things out, michael. >> yeah. a little bit of audio difficulty there, but we certainly got the gist of what you were saying. thank you so much. joining us now is aaron david miller, a former state department middle east negotiator and senior fellow at the carnegie endowment for international peace. good to see you, sir. the delay on saturday, everything finished up all right, but it did show how precarious the process can be. how delicate are truces and exchanges like this? i mean, it's a four-day process initially. what could scuttle it? >> well, first of all, michael, thanks for having me. it's day by day. look, you've got a situation in which there's no direct negotiationsns between isrsrael hamas. you are aligned almost exclusively on the qataris as mediators, and in this case, the egyptians, as well. not just you have no trust or

confidence. in a matter of days, it's clear that israel and hamas may well be back to trying to kill one another. so, there's no trust and confidence. there's no direct negotiations. the qataris have a huge lift, in order to try to secure and minimize friction. today's example, i think, is -- i won't say it's par for the course this is an extraordinary situation, but it should surprise no one. i think it was the great mogul who said t that an a agreement t worth ththe paper itit's wririt. if you want to get to the bottom of this, cnnnn should try to ge ahold of the six-page document, which is the result of weeks of negotitiations between the u.s. the israelis, israeli intelligencece, cia, mossad, th qataris, t the e egyptians. ththere is purportedly a docume which h spells out, in pretty y precise e detail, what the term of this deal realllly are, so,

it's really hard to knknow toda what d delayed it. questionons that hamasas has ov ththe palestiniaian prisoners t israraelis are releasing. disappointment that more aid isn't surging into gaza. there was even one report that hamas was objecting to the fact that the israelis were preventing gazans from returning from the south to gaza city. so, any number of things could derail this. >> i thought it was interesting, and do you find it interesting, that qatari negotiators actually went to israel itself? that's pretty unusual. what did that suggest in terms of negotiations? >> i think what it suggests, frankly, is extremely positive. it means the qataris are willing. and while they're not in gaza, which, frankly, would be ideal, if you had a mediatotor actuall overseeing this between these two parties, a delegation showed

up in israel today, that's extremely significant. and it suggests to me, because i think the underlying pressures on both sides, are driving this deal, not just for two days. i suspect on hamas' part in particular, they'd like to see this strung out as long as possible. they're trying to trade hostages for time in the hope, and it may not be misplaced, and rising pressure from the families inside israel, and external pressure, and i might add, the biden administration to that. a prolonged cessation of hostilities, which at this point would be a hamas victory, very difficult, hard for the israelis to accept. >> yeah. i did want to ask you, too, ultimately, can israel get the

rest of the hostages out if israel is continuing to say, you know, once we do get them out, we're still going to wipe you out, hamas. what is the calculus then for hamas, what's in it for them if israel is going to start bombing again when the hostages are out? >> nothing. which is why even if this goes -- deal goes through, 150 palestinian security prisoners for 50 or more women and children and the elderly? hamas is still going to keep 100-plus adult civilians, and an estimated 30 to 40 idf forces that they have. and by the way, we're talking, not just about live hostages. i'm sure hamas grabbed dead bodies, as well, because they know that israel puts an extraordinary premium on the

return dead or alive of their people on the battlefield. so, no, i think the reality is, you could see a series of these sort of fits and starts. w we're nowhere near the end of this. we're talking more weeks, perhaps even months, and i think, frankly, that's the calculation. >> yeah. aaron, thank you so much, as always. >> michael, thank you. now, emotions were running high as the palestinian prisoners released on saturday were reunited with their families. there was one woman that couldn't hold back the tears, as she ran into the hands of her family members. six women and 33 male teenagers were freed on the second day of the truce. this is the moment when some of them arrived in the west bank, where a huge crowd turned out to celebrate their release. cnn estimates that 15 of those former prisoners were serving

sentences, mostly for attacks on israelis, but most of the -- most of them, 24 in all, were being held in so-called administrative detention, a practice that a member of the palestinian parliament strongly condemned. >> administrative detention means that palestinians are kept in jail for unlimited period, without charges, without due legal process, without even knowing why they are in jail. and that is -- that includes at this very moment, more than 2,200 palestinians, including about 200 children. they are put in jail without even charging them. this is totally unacceptable in two ways. first of all, administrative detention shouldn't be accepted, and arresting children and keeping them in jail for long time is unacceptable. there are children here who have been in jail for eight years, five years, six years.

it's unacceptable. >> now, people living in northern gaza just received the largest aid convoy since the war began, but is it enough? we'll talk about that when we come back. and also, more families reunite with their loved ones on the second day of the truce. what one overjoyed father had to say about holding his 9-year-old daughter in his arms again. that's when we come back.

israeli security officials are looking over a new list of hostages that hamas says it will release in the coming hours. that's according to the israeli prime minister's office. it comes after hamas turned over a second group of hostages saturday, after an hour's long delay. red cross buses carried 13 israeli and four thai nationals out of gaza, in exchange, israel says it released 39 palestinian prisoners, including six women and 33 boys. here's a look at the 13 israelis that hamas released on saturday. they include seven children, the youngest is 3 years old. but mystery surrounds the release of 13-year-old hila

rotem. her mother was not released with her. an israeli official tells us under the deal, mothers around children were not supposed to be separated, so where her mother is and why she wasn't released is unknown. palestinian humanitarian officials say they have delivered the largest aid convoy to gaza city in northern gaza since the war began. the u.n. and the red crescent confirm that 187 aid trucks made it into gaza saturday, with food, water, fuel, and medical supplies. 61 of those trucks reached northern gaza, where the need is desperate. since october 21st, nearly 2,000 trucks have made it through the rafah crossing, but aid organizations still say that's a drop in the bucket compared to the need and what was going in before this conflict, as people in gaza face hunger, health issues, and homelessness. joining me now is shanna lowe,

let's talk about gaza housing. half of housing in gaza has been damaged or destroyed. how are, perhaps, a million or a million and a half people without homes going to be sheltered when this is over? >> well, actually, the numbers have risen, and estimated 60% of housing is damaged or destroyed. currently, we have about 1.7 million people who have been displaced, and those people are staying in all sorts of places. u.n. schools which have been designated as shelter, non-u.n. schools. some are staying in shopping centers, community centers that aren't really able to, or intended to support or host people for overnight stays. we at the norwegian refugee council are managing two sites

that are fair trade and cultural centers, where people just went in search of a place to lay their heads. you also have a number of people who are hosted by host families, and then you have people who are simply sleeping on the streets, because they have nowhere else to go. >> and so, what needs to happen in terms of that housing issue? and soon. i mean, what literally are people going to be living in for perhaps years to come, are planniplans being made? >> well, the humanitarian community and the u.n. system have already been working on what relief and recovery efforts will look like. the first thing we need is that this temporary pause in hostilities be extended into a permanent cease-fire. people in gaza and the in infrastructure in gaza can simply not take anymore damage or destruction. that's the first thing. the second thing is that we --

we desperately need, first of all, more funding coming in for housing repairs and for temporary solutions. we also need restrictions to be lifted on what materials can come in, because as of now, there are restrictions that are preventing some of the materials that would help provide temporary shelters from being -- from entering. we also need a massive scaling up of those materials, and opening of additional crossings to let more aid in quicker, including a crossing in israel that was operational until october 7th. >> i don't think people are getting their heads around just how many people we're talking about. we're talking over a million people with no home and no prospect of one. and the other thing that's important when we talk about the destruction, it's not just housing. as was pointed out in a report, bakeries, grain mills, agriculture, water, sanitation facilities, civil

administration. i mean, it's hard to see how gaza can function as a society when this conflict ends. >> absolutely. and we think it will take not days or weeks to clear all the rubble just to begin fixing the in infrastructure underground and being able to start with reconstruction, but months in order to remove all of this rubble that's in the streets, and that's why we desperately need to get working as soon as possible. when we have a million people, or 900,000 people staying in u.n. schools, those people are not going to be moved if there aren't additional places, temporary housing, available, including prefabricated shelters that are entering. and that means it's going to have an effect on children's education and the ability of life to return to normal. >> that's a great point. and the other big question is, you know, how long it could take, even if it's a matter of urgency.

there's one example that i remember, that's in 2014, the israel-hamas war, it leveled a part of gaza city, and there was a $5 billion reconstruction effort there, and elsewhere across gaza. that's unfinished to this day. that was back in 2014. this war has cost vastly more damage. how long could recovery take? >> recovery is going to take years, for sure. especially given the lack of funding that's come through as of yet. we desperately need more funding in order to scale up efforts and be able to respond quickly. one of the challenges that led to the delays in construction, in reconstruction after 2014 is simply lack of funding, and then the lack of availability of construction materials. those need to be allowed into gaza. we -- in order to allow people

to start rebuilding their lives. a number of items have been restricted or prevented from entering, which makes it much more difficult and adds undue delays to reconstruction. >> yeah. yeah, i mean, the battle, you know, it's still going on, but this is going to have to be dealt with, and it is an absolutely extraordinarily big task ahead. shanna lowe, thank you so much, and thanks for the work you do at the norwegian refugee council. >> thank you. well, even though more humanitarian aid has gotten into gaza since the truce, the u.s. defense secretary lloyd austin says it must increase further. in a call with the israeli minister of defense on saturday, austin pointed out the critical roles israel, qatar, and egypt play in getting more aid and fuel to the people of gaza. he said that civilians must also be able to access the aid safely. austin went on to condemn attacks from lebanon into

israel, saying the u.s. doesn't want the war in gaza to expand. and the number of journalists killed in gaza, israel, and lebanon since the october 7th hamas attack has increased now to at least 57. that's according to the committee to protect journalists, confirming the death of four palestinian journalists on saturday. the journalism advocacy group says 50 palestinian, four israeli, and three lebanese journalists lost their lives since the israel-hamas war began last month. the u.s. is pointing a finger at iran, following an attack on an israeli-owned container ship. that's according to two u.s. defense officials who say the vessel was hit by a suspected iranian drone in the indian ocean on friday. one official says the ship took minor damage and there were no injuries. the vessel is registered in malta, but it is owned by an israeli con grom rat. one u.s. official says iran's

revolutionary guard is likely behind the attack. i'm michael holmes. our international viewers are going to see "living golf" next. for the rest of you in north america, i'll be right back.

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the israeli government says it has informed the families of hostages who will be freed by hamas on sunday, day three of the delicate truce between hamas and israel. that's after day two of the four-day truce came to a rocky but successful conclusion late on saturday, with the release of 13 israelis and four thai nationals who had been kidnapped by militants on october 7. israel's health ministry said one israeli woman was treated for a moderate injury, and is in stable condition. the fragile deal also called for the release of 39 palestinian prisoners and detainees on saturday. several tense hours, hamas stalled on releasing the israeli hostages in a dispute over aid to gaza, and over which palestinians the israelis were willing to release. earlier, a spokesperson for the israeli military spoke to cnn's

kaitlan collins. he admitted the temporary truce between israel and hamas appeared to be in trouble on saturday, and was, quote, on the rocks for awhile. the dispute caused that delay in the release of the israeli hostages and was over aid to gaza, as we said, which palestinians said the israelis were willing to release. have a listen. >> joining us now is major doran spielman, a spokesperson for the israeli defense forces. thank you for being here, sir. what we saw earlier, it appeared this deal was on the edge of falling apart. how close did it come to derailing? >> thank you for having me, once again. the deal was definitely on the rocks for awhile, and i have to say, we were not surprised with the delay, if you remember yesterday, there was also a significant delay. this is really probably part of

hamas' strategy. they are a cruel terrorist organization that never misses an opportunity to inflict emotional pain. everybody was sitting on pins and needles, everyone in israel, certainly those families, waited nine hours for their children and their mothers to come out of captivity after 50 days, and this is just more and more delaying tactics. wouldn't be surprised if it happened again, and this is what we're up against. this is hamas. who else leaves a family in such a lurch, along with an entire nation? they know our weakness. our weakness is how much we want these people to come home and they simply exploited it. >> so, are you expecting it could happen again tomorrow? >> i'm certain ly hoping not. we've upheld all of the commitments that we committed to. the idf has not fired on hamas positions, even though we know that hamas positions, we had the

noose around the neck of many of the hamas terrorists, and we've held down, we've taken a defensive position, in order to enable our hostages to be freed. again, this is a drorop in the budg budgd bucket, but t i wouldn't p put anythingng past hamas. ththey know that canan basicall take the israeli people hostage by dangling over our heads our hostages, in the most cruel and pathetic way, and i wouldn't be surprised. >> on the palestinian side, 39 former er prisoners are spendi their first morning back home following their release by israel on saturday. they were welcomed by a jubilant crowd as they arrived in the west bank after their release. the former prisoners included six women and 33 teenage boys. one father described the moment

when he heard his son was among them. >> translator: when i heard the news, i felt happiness. absolute happiness. i finally get to take my son home. i'm happy for everyone going home today. but of course, our happiness is not really complete, because our other son is still in prison. so, we feel sadness still for him, and for all the martyrs in gaza, too. >> the truce agreement also allowed more desperately needed aid to reach gaza, including a record amount that was delivered to the northern part of the enclave on saturday. joining me now is steve sosby, founder and president of the palestine children's relief fund. good to see you, sir. some more aid came in, but is it nearly enough, given how gazans are living right now? >> no, it falls far short of what the required daily needs

are. let's keep in mind here that 1.7 million people are displaced, 80% of the population are not living in their homes. they are living in u.n. schools, in warehouses and tents and shelters, wherever they can find it. and they depend on food and international support to survive. the 200 trucks that entered yesterday is far, far short of the 1,200 that would be needed every day to bring in clean water, food, and basic humanitarian necessities, like med sun, medical support, hygiene support, and so on. it's far short of what's needed, and the consequences continue to be dire. >> you've dealt with the region for years. i've seen the conflicts. however does what's happened to gaza these past weeks compare in terms of both damage done and lives lost? >> i've also been through these bombing campaigns in gaza, personally on the ground, and we

have never seen anything quite like this before. the absolute and complete destruction of the gaza strip, the human toll that it's taken, we've never seen, obviously, the type of death and killings that have been going on in gaza for nearly two months now. 8,000 children have been killed or missing. even more than that, are permanently injured. k life-altering injuries. that's a huge, huge toll in such a short period of time. and gaza itself, the palestinian health ministry and in infrastructure, don't have the ability to provide the type of medical care and humanitarian aid the people there deserve. it's an absolute destruction of the gaza strip, which we have never seen before and never imagined would take place. >> there's the truce now, for however long that lasts, but it's interesting watching the video, you just see releief on the faces of the children there that the bombing has stopped for now. the reality is, it could start

again, perhaps even worse in a few short days. how does the fleeting nature of this quiet play on the psyche of people in gaza, given what they've been through? >> well, i think it's hard for any of us to truly comprehend from a psychological point of view what the people in gaza have been going through every single day. i was there in 2012 when there was a bombing campaign and just the insecurity of not knowing -- not feeling safe anywhere for a short period of time. i can't imagine what they've been going through with this very intense bombing campaign for nearly two months, where there are no safe spots. the gaza strip at all, they say go south, it's safer there, well, 40% of the casualties have been in the south of gaza. there are no safe places, not the u.n. schools, not the hospitals, not -- the refugee camps, places where people might seek refuge. people are extremely, extremely overwhelmed. and it's having a significant toll on the entire population,

from a psychological point of view and humanitarian point of view and i don't think we can comprehend when they're going through. >> no, no. there are some former money sterps and so on who, frighteningly, openly say, gazans should leave, to other countries. i mean, how loaded is that suggestion, given most people in gaza are from families displaced, already refugees from other displacement. >> that's true. i mean, look, the palestinian people are very much aware of their history, and they know what happened in 1948 and other previous violent periods in gaza, and they're not going to leave. this is their land. they feel it very strongly. you hear them talking about that frequently. they are very much aware this is an effort to cleanse them, to cleanse palestine from its population. they are going to do their best to stay there. i think any kind of effort to

ethnically cleanse palestine is a war crime. it should not be tolerated by the international community. instead of talking about removing them, anybody from israel or palestine, we should be talking about peace and reconciliation and finding a solution to this generational conflict. >> i did want to ask you, you're with the palestinian children's relief fund, so, i wanted to ask you about the children being released from israeli prisons. most of them hadn't been charged anything. they were held under administrative detention. what's been, in your view, that practice, holding kids for months or longer without charge? >> well, i think there's an indication there's something more going on here than just a security issue. if you have somebody that's violated the security of the state of israel or any of the occupied territories, you charge that person. if you don't have a case against them, you release them. this is the due process in every

democratic state. and that's not been happening in palestine. it's been going on since back from the ottoman period. these are laws that continue to be imposed and utilized, which have no standing in international law. you cannot hold people without due process of law. however, thousands of people in palestine and many of them children continue to be imprisoned without trial and due process, and that's, again, very disconcerting. >> steve, got to leave it there, thank you so much, with the palestine children's relief fund. >> you're welcome. still to come on the program, u.s. president joe biden working the phones with qatari officials who are mediators in the hostage deal. we'll have the latest on that when we come back.

the gulf nation of qatar, which was instrumental in mediating the hostage deal negotiations, says it's hoping to extend the truce beyond the

agreed upon four days. meanwhile, it is trying on multiple fronts to keep the current deal going. the qatari foreign affairs ministry spokesperson told cnn he's working with senior qatari officials to alleviate concerns from both sides that the other isn't living up to the agreement. he also says he's working with israel, hamas, egypt, and the u.s. to ensure the agreed-upon number of aid trucks is reaching gaza. as we reported, aid groups say 61 trucks arrived in northern gaza saturday, the most on a single day since october 7th. u.s. president joe biden spoke with qatar's emir on saturday, trying to resolve the delay that happened early on the second day of the hostage release. that's according to the national security council. so far, no word on when any american hostages held by hamas will be released.

cnn white house correspondent about let saenz is with the president in massachusetts. >> reporter: the president is watching closely to see if any american citizens will be part of the group of the hostages released on sunday. no american citizens were included on friday and saturday, but the white house says they are hopeful that at least three americans will be coming out in the coming days. it is expected that they will be part of this larger group that had been negotiated to release 50 women and children. and the american citizens who are -- officials are focusing in on are two women and that young 4-year-old girl, abigail idan, whose parents were killed in the october 7th attack by hamas. but it also comes as president biden has been working the phones, trying to ensure that this deal and the implementation of the deal remains on track. on saturday, he spent some time on the phone speaking with the emir of qatar, as well as the

qatari prime minister, as there were some delays in the hostage release, concerns that the release might fall apart for saturday. the president spoke with them to talk about the potential hurdles and also ways to overcome it, and ultimately, around 1:30 p.m. on saturday, the white house got word that the deal was moving forward, the release was moving forward, and the red cross would soon retrieve those hostages. vice president kamala harris spoke to this out in california. >> there were some issues around implementation. president biden worked to help resolve those issues. we're going to continue to be diligent and vigilant in doing all that we can in that regard, to ensure that there is humanitarian aid going in, that hostages are going out, and our highest priority, of course, are the american citizens who are being held. >> reporter: now, the white house has been unable to pinpoint an exact day that the americans will be released, but they are hopeful that they will be released in the coming days, and there is also concern about the other americans believed to be held hostage by hamas, there

are ten americans who are unaccounted for. the president told reporters on friday he did not know all of their conditions. a arlette saenz, massachusetts. thomas hand, who thought his 9-year-old daughter emily was killed in the hamas attack on october 7 has now been joyfully reunited with her. now, you also see in this video 13-year-old hila rotem getting a bear hug from her uncle in the video. israel wants to know why her mother raaya was not also released on saturday. more to come here on cnn. the u.s., japan, and south korea roundly condemned north korea's launch of a spy satellite. we'll have details after the break.

north korea claims it sent its first spy satellite into orbit earlier this week. the u.s. secretary of state, antony blinken, and his

counterparts in south korea and japan all condemning the launch. south korea calls it a clear violation of a u.n. resolution that prohibits the north from using ballistic missile technology. cnn's will ripley is in taipei with the latest. >> reporter: as if the world doesn't have enough to worry about. rising tensions on the korean peninsula. north korea claims big progress in its satellite program. supreme leader kim jong-un appearing triumphant in state media, posing for propaganda cameras with a team of north korean scientists and engineers, celebrating an apparently successful third attempt to put a spy satellite into orbit. two failed launches earlier this year. pyongyang promises more satellite launches in the near future. satellites crucial to improving the accuracy of north korea's intercontinental ballistic missile program. a program banned by the united nations security council, possibly perfected with the help

of russian rocket scientists. acting on orders from president vladimir putin. kim and putin's september summit at this russian space launch complex signaling moscow's growing support for pyongyang's space program. a partnership believed to be providing putin with badly needed north korean weapons, arming russian soldiers on the battlefields of ukraine. putin told state media reporters at the time russia would help north korea launch its own satellites and rockets, saying that's exactly why we came here. japanese authorities issued an emergency warning, what they believed to be a satellite carrying ballistic missile soaring over okinawa. >> translator: today, north korea conducted a launch using ballistic missile technology. >> reporter: the japanese prime minister condemning the launch. swift reactions from south korea, seoul suspending military pacts with the north. >> translator: the north korean

regime is entirely responsible for this situation. >> reporter: a troubling sign even for locals who live every day under threat from the nuclear-armed north. >> translator: the successful launch of north korea's spy satellite means that their technology has improved that m much. >> reporter: we're at north korea's brand-new satellite control center -- i met with senior officials at north korea's satellite control center in 2015. they insisted their purpose was peaceful space exploration, expressing outrage at ongoing speculation they were secretly operating a ballistic missile development program. >> translator: our peaceful launch was not a threat yesterday, a threat to you today, and it won't be a threat tomorrow. >> reporter: tomorrow has arrived. and this may be just the beginning. tensions are already flaring on the korean peninsula. the south korean military says less than 24 hours after the satellite launch, a ballistic missile was launched from the north korean capital area, but they believe that missile failed just minutes after taking off.

now, in the meantime the big question, the unanswered question is, whether this satellite is actually able to conduct reconnaissance. we know it's in orbit, but can it actually surveil u.s. military installations in places like guam or hawaii or japan? that remains the unknown question. thanks for spending part of your day with me on "cnn newsroom." i'm mimichael holmlmes. morere coverage e after a ququi breaeak.