♪ thank you so much for being with us. at this hour there are a lot of questions about where things are headed in israel and gaza. we could be just hours away from either military operations resuming in gaza to take out hamas, or the fragile truce between israel and hamas being extended. two very divergent paths this war could take today. and even before getting there, there is uncertainty about today's expected hostage release. so far 40 israeli citizens have been freed since the truce began and another 18 foreign nationals. >> at this moment today's release hangs in the balance let alone the possibility of an extension. the issue is where are the mothers? we are told there are no mothers

on today's list and as part of the agreement mothers are supposed to be released with their children. now, as we wait to see how this develops, we are seeing new pictures of emotional family reunions, 9-year-old emily hand with her sister in the hospital, her father initially thought she was killed on october 7th. let's get right to cnn's kaitlan collins who is in tel aviv this morning with the latest on where this fourth scheduled day of releases stands, kaitlan. >> reporter: right now, john, it seems to be hanging in the balance. we know that there are negotiations happening right now between israel, hamas, the u.s., all of this is being negotiated by the qataris, mediated by the qataris i guess i should say on what just day four is going to look like before we even get to the idea of whether or not there is going to be this extension to this temporary truce. something that not only israel but also hamas have both expressed interest in doing so, but i think right now what we're hearing from officials is they're just focused on getting through day four because we are

told that this fourth list of hostages that was handed over by hamas last night is what has caused a lot of these issues. what is at the heart of this, we are told, is that it's the mother issue because part of this agreement israel says is that any child who is kept in captivity by hamas in gaza with their mother must be released with their mother, together. they cannot be separated as a part of this agreement. now, the idf has said that hamas has already violated this once when they released hila rotem on saturday night without her mother who is being held in captivity. hamas claimed that they could not find her. when hila spoke to her uncle he told reported ertz that she had been separated two days before. i think that's the reason there is a bit of a lack of trust here, a lot of a lack of trust here. what we're told is at the center of these disputes is whether or not all of the corresponding mothers with their children are on this list for today. now, this could be coming to a head quite soon given here it's 4:00 p.m., this is typically

when those exchanges have started to happen. right now we have not seen any evidence that that is the case. we're continuing to follow it all closely and u.s. officials are as well. cnn's white house correspondent mj lee is at the white house and, mj, the other question here for the white house certainly has been whether or not americans are going to be included on this list because the white house believed there were three total who could be released as a part of this initial group of 50 hostages released so, far only one, abigail edan has been on that list. >> reporter: that's right. three total americans, we were always told, were expected to be among the first 50 women and children that are released and, yeah, yesterday we saw the release of abigail edan, the 4-year-old israeli-american citizen and so now the question is what happens to the two american women that we have been talking about. kaitlan, given that today is the last day of that four-day truce agreed upon by israel and hamas,

presumably what we should see happen is have those two women, american women, be a part of that list, the hostage list that is supposed to be released today, but as you were just laying out, what we are told at this moment in time is that all of the parties are still sort of furiously working through some outstanding issues related to that list. chief among them, as you alluded to, is the issue of making sure that children that are released on any children day are not separated from their family members. because the 50 we are talking about are all women and children, we are talking about children and their mothers and their grandmothers and a part of the deal clearly stated that children cannot be released without their mothers and grandmothers if they are held in captivity together. so we are really basically still waiting on word on where that list is, where things stand with that list and chiefly importantly for this white house whether those two american women may potentially be released

today. >> reporter: and, mj, you had some really interesting reporting yesterday as obviously the u.s. was so glad that an detail edan, the 4-year-old, was on that list yesterday, we even saw president biden come out abruptly and speak about that, but you had interesting reporting on the u.s.'s ability and israel's ability to track her movements as she was making her way across -- obviously that's something that stands out given there are no drones flying over gaza right now as a part of this temporary truce. what have you learned about that? >> reporter: first and foremost, i think yesterday was such a significant day for this white house. you know better than anyone that abigail edan has really just become this face and symbol of the white house's efforts to try to get out these american hostages from gaza, and you've seen how often president biden has publicly talked about abigail edan and we are told that in private, too, and basically all of his phone calls that he has had with his counterparts abigail has come up, but what sources had told us

was that when abigail was basically on the move, moving through gaza and being handed off to the red cross, that the u.s. did have the ability to track those movements in realtime, which as you say is notable given that there is a period of day every day as a part of this truce when u.s. and israeli drones are not flying over gaza skies. now, there was no sense of release, we are told, until abigail was actually in israel. that even when she was in that red cross convoy that nobody was taking that for granted. i should also just quickly note, as for the seven other american citizens that are unaccounted for, we do know that they are men. we don't know anything about their condition and, again, the next coming days are going to be critical in getting some sense, getting some information as to whether any of those men, those american men, may be released in the coming days. >> yeah, a big question for these families. mj lee from the white house, thank you. and obviously as we are waiting

to see if this agreement can make it through day four of this truce, we also know israel and hamas are considering extending it to potentially go another day. the terms of it are still the same as what we had heard before, for an additional day in the pause in fighting israel wants to see ten more hostages released and the prime minister benjamin netanyahu signaled that he would be open to it if those were the terms that were met. i want to get right to cnn's ben wedeman who is in jerusalem tracking all of this. what have you been hearing about whether or not this is something that's going to happen and also whether or not if they do agree to that extension does it also include the release of more palestinian prisoners each day? >> reporter: well, we've seen on hamas's telegram channel that indeed they are willing to extend this truce and continue the exchange of hostages for prisoners and detainees. they have, however, said that they would like to see more palestinians released.

keep in mind, for instance, that until now 117 palestinian detainees and prisoners have been released, but during the same period, since the pause went into effect, the israelis have detained 112 palestinians across the west bank and, in fact, since the 7th of october more than 3,000 palestinians have been arrested. some of course have been released, but we've seen a wave of arrests every night. for instance, last night 63 palestinians were arrested in east jerusalem and the west bank. so certainly we've seen these scenes of joy and celebration in the west bank when these detainees and prisoners are released. it's three nights in a row there have been 39 released. last night, for instance, it was -- all of them were boys under -- or 18 years or under.

one of them was as young as 14. now, what's significant when you look at the crowds of people welcoming these released prisoners and detainees is there are a lot of hamas flags waving around, which really underscores that hamas's popularity seems to be surging in the west bank. now, last night i spoke to a senior diplomat here in jerusalem who said that if there were elections held tomorrow in gaza, hamas would lose. as a result of this war their popularity has plummeted in gaza. however, he said, if elections were held tomorrow in the west bank, hamas would enjoy a sweeping victory. kaitlan? >> that is really interesting because we've also, you know, heard this dispute that we were talking to the idf about last night and didn't really get a lot of clarity, ben, which was that eight palestinians are believed to have been killed in the west bank in just this weekend alone.

i mean, they were saying that was due to israeli fire. last night the idf was claiming at least five of them were militants. but, i mean, this is -- with all we talk about hezbollah and what's going to happen there, the west bank has also been something that -- a region that has been incredibly on edge for the last seven weeks. >> reporter: yes, i mean, we've seen for this period of time since the 7th of october it's almost an unprecedented number of palestinians have been killed. yes, some of them have been militants, but many have not. and what we're seeing is that this uptick in violence is not only a result of the israeli military's action, it is also settlers, settlers who have been provided rather loosely with automatic weapons by ben gavir, a man who is widely considered to be very extremist when it

comes to palestinian rights. we know that the united states, the state department has expressed concern that the west bank could become an area of much more unrest, much more instability as a result of israel's policies and actions as everyone is focused on gaza. kaitlan? >> certainly an important concern there. ben wedeman in jerusalem, we will check back in with you as we are waiting to see, john, here what happens with the fourth day of this truce and whether or not they can resolve these issues that we know are happening right now and what this fourth list of hostages, which could be the final list, it may not, if they do agree to that truce, john, it just remains to be seen what that list ultimately looks like. >> that's right. and, again, we're several minutes now past the time when today's exchange was supposed to begin. so, kaitlan, please keep us posted. in the meantime, breaking

overnight, a suspect is in custody in the shooting of three palestinian college students in vermont. he is expected to be arraigned today and we are expecting an update from the burlington police this morning. authorities are looking into whether this shooting was a hate crime. cnn's polo sandoval is in burlington, vermont this, morning. bring us up to speed, polo. >> reporter: john, it is quiet on this tranquil street this morning, hard to believe that the block that you see behind me is where those three palestinian-american students were shot on saturday evening. police here in bulge ton identified the suspect who was arrested just yesterday, record of reportedly actually lives right in front of where that shooting took place. police identified him as 48-year-old jason eaton, a local man that expects to -- that expects to face various charges in an arraignment any moment now. we do understand the way this all went down on saturday that these three young men identified by an organization working with the families as tahseen ahmed,

kinnan abdalhamid and also hisham awartani. they were on their way to dinner, were visiting vermont, attend schools in other states, that is when this 48-year-old man according to police approached them with a handgun and opened fire. the big question right now is why. when you hear from various arab-american civil rights organizations and the families themselves, they believe that they were specifically targeted because of what they were wearing. here is what an attorney representing the families told cnn just yesterday. >> the suspect walked up to them and shot they were. they weren't robbed, they weren't mugged, it was a targeted -- a targeted shooting and a targeted crime and they were wearing the keffiyeh. their identity played a role in

them being targeted. >> reporter: now, having heard that and to be clear, burlington police who is actually the head of this investigation saying that they are still in the process of looking through all of the evidence here at hand. they actually worked with the atf and still in contact with the fbi as they actually made that arrest yesterday. so still many questions and this community, john, certainly shaken to its core as the community calling for this to be investigated as a hate crime, though, again, police saying that investigation is not officially led them there yet. >> what's the condition of the three students, polo? >> reporter: so we know that at least one of them is in critical condition. something to share with you about hisham awartani who is the one that you see on the right in that group photo that was actually taken just moments before this shooting, his family actually sharing a photo with cnn showing him in his hospital bed. he appears to be in good spirits, however, his family also saying the doctors are right now trying to increase the

blood flow to his spine. as we reported yesterday, another organization working with the families say that he likely has a bullet lodged in his spine. there is still a lot of concerns about what his recovery will be like. i can also tell you, john, that the family members or at least two of these three young men are trying to get here to burlington as they live in palestine. >> polo sandoval, keep us posted as to what you hear. we're expecting an update from police sometime at least as soon as this morning. coming up for us, a pause in the fighting is giving people in gaza a chance to reach that new aid coming into the enclave. aid trucks making their way through. we have an update from there. and missiles fired at a u.s. war ship in the gulf of aden. what the pentagon is saying about who was behind t we will be right back.

hamas are considering a truce, an extension of that truce that they have under way. it is now day four of what is supposed to be a 96-hour truce, but during this time much needed aid has been able to go into war-torn gaza where it is obviously so desperately needed. des brad for supplies including food, baby formula and fuel. we have spotted at least 108 trucks entering gaza through the rafah crossing. larry madowo has been tracking all of this. we don't know whether or not this extension is going to happen. it seems likely but how these delays have gone and releasing the hostages, i don't think anyone would be confident in saying that this is going to happen, but as far as what has gone in so far, what have you been able to see? >> reporter: katelyn, we've seen

more trucks come in today. we do not know the exact numbers. it will be until later in the day until we can get confirmation from the palestinian red crescent or from the u.n. about how many trucks were allowed to come in today, but this is crucial because of what you are talking about. this truce is not extended this may be the largest contingent of aid coming into gaza for a while because during this four-day period they had at least 200 trucks, that's the ceiling for how many trucks could come into gaza with food and fuel and water and cooking gas that's been in short supply throughout the strip. this is the final day to try to get in as much as possible, it's a painstaking process where they have to go through an egyptian checkpoint, an israeli checkpoint and unload and try to reload them back on to trucks that will distribute across the strip. northern gaza some of the greatest need it, but during this pause in fighting people have been able to queue up for food and cooking gas and try to get a sense of normalcy and a

lot of them just want this to be extended. listen. >> translator: i'm waiting in line to get flour for my children. we are calling on the arab countries for help. we've come in the early morning at 5:00 a.m. before the sun goes up to get flour and food. we are asking the arab countries to support us so we can go back to our homes because here there's no flour, no aid supplies, no food or water. >> reporter: the u.n. has said they would need at least 200 trucks coming in daily for two months just to meet the need there and that is one of the sticking points, kaitlan, for the qataris, for the egyptians that are trying to extend this truce to allow even more aid beyond that 200 truck ceiling so that more people can get help, kaitlan. >> yeah, just hard to think that they went so long with nothing, then saw a little bit of aid and now have seen not only quiet in gaza for the first time since

october 7th but also this amount of aid going in. larry madowo in choir row, thank you. kate, obviously a critical issue here, getting fuel into gaza and as larry notes it's not anywhere near enough what they need but it is incredible compared to the fact that they had nothing and what it was shutting down, including those hospitals that we had learned about. >> and this being one of the critical elements as you're highlighting of the overall negotiation to lead to the truce and the release of hostages that we continue to watch today. kate listen, we will get back to you. thank you. on the issue of hostages, this morning we are learning that more than 40 hostages that were taken by hamas terrorists on october 7th are not being held by hamas currently, that's coming from a diplomatic source briefed on the hostage negotiations. cnn has previously reported that some of the hostages are held by palestinian islamic jihad, other groups, criminal gangs, individuals, even. here is what white house national security council spokesperson john kirby said about this complication, considering the deal brokered by

qatar is with hamas and not any other group in operation in gaza. >> these groups are operating in gaza. we know they have some connectivity with them. i'm not suggesting there's some sort of strong chain of command here, but clearly hamas -- they would know how to get ahold of these groups and to get additional hostages released from these groups if it's within their -- you know, if they believe that they want to do that. >> joining me now is chris o'leary, a former director of hostage recovery for the u.s. government. chris, what i hear and from john kirby is this is still on hamas. no matter -- you can't say they are held by others and we can't locate these hostages, but does it kpl i complicate things here if more than 40 hostages are not in the hands of hamas and with these other groups? >> it certainly does in the near term with these ongoing negotiations. hamas is not in control of palestinian islamic jihad, probably has a little more influence and control on the

criminal gangs and the elements. hamas is in charge of the territory so, yes, it's good to put that on them, but palestinian islamic jihad is its own terrorist organization and has broken truces before that were agreed upon between israel and hamas. so hamas does not have influence and control over them. so it's going to be a challenge, which pivots you into, you know, developing other courses of action to recover remaining hostages. >> before we get there, this could be the last day of this truce or this could get extended. it feels like it could go two very divergent directions after today. given what you have said and we've discussed this, we discussed this last week of hamas -- the hostages are leveraged for hamas, this is their way of survival is keeping hold of these hostages to survive as long as they can. do you think it is -- given that it's likely that they will release more hostages? that they will move to extend

this truce or not? >> i think it's reasonable for both sides right now to try to drag this out a little bit longer from both the united states side and from israel getting as many hostages out that hamas would be willing to release. more women and children, the wounded, the elderly. i think they will likely extend it a little bit. do i think it's likely or reasonable for them to go 20 more days and release all the hostages? absolutely not. they will lose their protection, they will leverage their power and israel could flood all the tunnels right after that. >> so let's talk about the other course of action because israel their one of two goals is to get all of the hostages out and then also demolishing hamas. at what point and maybe you think we're already there, do you think israel moves toward what you and i discussed which is hostage rescue operations versus negotiated -- negotiated releases? what's the point? >> so it should be parallel efforts, number one and i use

this analogy with some people who i don't think really understood, it's like the movie "the great escape." you're digging multiple tunnels at the same time, if the germans find one of them you move into the other tunnel. the younger audience probably doesn't know what i'm talking about, but it's multiple lines of effort because if one fails, you can't just throw your hands up and say, well, that didn't work, because the stakes are too high. you have human lives in peril right now. so my recommendation is that israel moves to a counterterrorism strategy which is targeted raids, discretionary targeting, you know, instead of massive bombs leveling all of gaza city doing precision raids, you gather more intelligence, you take detainees who you can question and there's a targeting cycle that the u.s. military special operations has perfected, which is find, fix, finish, exploit, analyze. you do that targeting cycle almost every night and you go after new targets after you gather information. that will bring you to finding the hostages.

>> because if and when israel returns to the military operations that we've seen up and to this point, what does it mean for the hostages? i mean, do you think -- do you think it puts them in danger then? >> i think it puts them in danger and then the greater thing is it erodes international support, including the united states. you know, israel was attacked with the second most for rifk terrorist attack in the modern era after 9/11. just two months ago. they are fighting a just war under the just war tradition, they are defending themselves and they are bringing hamas to justice, but they need to do it in a measured way. right now it looks like, you know, chech , chechnya where r leveled it. you expect that from russia and nazi germany. you don't expect it from israel. i think it's reasonable to expect them to be more discretionary in their targeting. it's also practical because your

opportunity to uncover the hostages by precision special operations raids and intelligence gathering increases. >> tough hours ahead and tough decisions ahead for sure. all of it is, of course. good to see you, chris. thanks for coming back in. an attempted hijacking leads to a confrontation between the u.s. navy and militants trying to overtake a commercial tanker. and the clock is ticking. can congress pass any aid for israel or ukraine before the end of the year?

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latest in what has been numerous attacks by iran-backed houthi rebels out of yemen against u.s. and coalition forces since the hamas terror attack on october 7th. this latest incident all started with a distress call from a commercial cargo ship in the region. cnn's katie bo lillis has this reporting for us. what more are you hearing about this? >> let's walk through the sequence of events here. on sunday a commercial tanker containing fos for rick acid with apparent linked to an israeli-owned company sent out this distress call saying it was under attack while operating in the gulf of aden. the u.s.s. mason a guided missile destroyer belonging to the united states which also operates in the gulf of aden and off of the coast of somalia as part of counterprior si task force responded to that call. when they arrived at the ship they found five armed hijackers on board the ship.

those hijackers jumped off of the commercial vessel into a small boat of their own and sped away. the united states missile destroyer gave chase and was ultimately able to obtain the surrender of those hijackers. now, the united states has not publicly identified who these five armed hijackers were, but what we do know is that in the hours after this episode, two ballistic missiles were fired from houthi-controlled territory in yemen in the general direction of the mason. now, those missiles landed harmlessly in the gulf of aden about ten nautical miles away from the ship, so no u.s. injuries no u.s. casualties but for american officials this is sort of yet another concerning signal that houthi militants in yemen may seek to escalate the conflict currently going on in gaza between israel and hamas. >> katie bo, great reporting. thank you as always. with us now retired army major general james spider marks, cnn military analyst and head of geopolitical strategy at

academy securities. let's take a look at what just happened in the gulf of aden with this freight ship, an attempted hijacking, the u.s. jumps in to help and missiles fired from the houthis in yemen. is this a sideshow, spider, or is this the type of thing we could see more in the coming days? >> i think we're going to see more of this, john. clearly it's like the gloves are off because of the outrage, the international global outrage when they look at what's taking place in gaza, irrespective of what the idf is trying to achieve with hamas. this is now become a discussion about the brutal handling of the greater palestinian issue. so iran has gone back to its proxies, the houthis being one of those, and saying fair game, do what you need to do. you've got our support. you certainly have our backing. iran does not pull the trigger, does not authorize each one of these engagements but the

boundaries between what's appropriate and not appropriate in their perspective is wide open now and that's what you're seeing. >> so, spider, we continue to wait on the fourth day of the scheduled hostage release and a number or dozens of israeli hostages have been released from gaza so far and these families desperately want this to continue for several more days, but from a purely military perspective, what does this do to the israeli efforts to destroy hamas? >> yeah, from as a result of this hamas wins. the idf has lost its momentum in terms of its offensive operations in gaza. they can regain that momentum, it's going to take a little bit of time, plus what we've seen is the pause releases hostages would not be unsurprising that we should expect that there will be additional pauses so more hostages can be released in

drips and drabs. we are talking about over 200. so when you get 10, you get 15, it's a glorious day for those individuals and those families, but the idf loses its momentum. this becomes a very difficult challenge for the idf and what we're seeing, john, is this is a shift in their center of gravity from israel destroying hamas to center of gravity being let's get the recovery and return of the hostages, which means the destruction of hamas is put on the back burner. this now -- we're now talking about -- we are not talking about months in terms of trying to destroy -- israel trying to destroy hamas, we are now talking potentially years. >> what does that mean if and when this hostage exchange ends? at a certain point it is expected hamas will stop turning over israeli hostages whether that's because all the remaining hostages are military members or not, there could be dozens if not 100 left, does that mean israel would be reluctant to move into the south on the ground or would they somehow do

it differently? >> no, i don't think they will be reluctant at all. if there is cessation in the release of hostages, the gloves are now off, idf will continue its operations. i think they will probably be more precise in terms of the targeting against c-2, command and control capabilities, political leadership of hamas, military leadership, and also hostage recovery. the operations to go rescue hostages will be much more precise and a little more delicate. those become individual operations and fewer of the hostages that we see right now in terms of the destruction that's taken place in gaza city and elsewhere as a result of the air campaign. >> we have some of that destruction right now i can show you, this is gaza city an overhead right now. what's hamas doing, quickly, spider, during this pause? >> they're repositioning, they're moving the hostages about, they're improving their fighting positions.

they're determining where israel now feels like they are at risk. they will now position themselves to take advantage of that, that pause in fighting. they are going to improve their position. the israelis are now digging in because they are now transitioning to a defensive posture and that you have to adjust from, if you go from defense you have to eventually after the pause go back to the offensive operation. that is going to take time. hamas is improving its position. israel the challenge is israel had some targetable intelligence that it gathered as a result of the operations, that intelligence now atrophies because they haven't been able to use it and hamas has been able to alter the landscape. >> retired major general james spider marks, always a pleasure to speak with you. coming up for us, the senate is headed back in session today and the senate majority leader is laying out his plans for getting the emergency funding for israel and ukraine unstuck from limbo once and for all.

we'll see.

this morning senate majority leader chuck schumer is making clear he is forging ahead and preparing to bring a national security package to the senate floor as soon as next week, despite the fact that this emergency funding has been stuck in limbo now four weeks, stuck over fights about how much and under what conditions lawmakers now believe the united states should be sending more aid to israel and ukraine specifically, despite the inter and intra party divisions over this funding schumer offered this

warning in his letter to senators. senators should be prepared to stay in washington until we finish our work, which basically means get ready, it could be a long haul. cnn's lauren fox is on capitol hill for us, she's tracking all of this. lauren, this is complicated. it's within parties, it's between parties. where are the sticking points? >> reporter: yeah, there are several sticking points, kate, which is why this has not passed up until this point. and schumer is giving a warning and reminder members that they haven't going home for christmas until they deal with the issue of the supplemental. obviously nothing motivates lawmakers more like that holiday deadline. people want to go home and be with their families. one of the key sticking points is the fact that while biden included immigration funding, funding for the southern border in this supplemental package, republicans are arguing that that's not enough. they want to see concrete policy changes to immigration. now, this is a problem because

for the last decade or more you have seen lawmakers in washington vexed by this question of how to deal with the southern border and basically the argument from democrats is how are we supposed to solve this in a matter of weeks when we haven't been able to solve it for years? now, there is a small bipartisan group of senators working to find some common ground, some policy changes that could be included to get the supplemental across the finish line but one of the key issues is that whatever the senate and only if the senate can agree on some compromise will it be enough for hard line freedom caucus members in the house, especially given the fact that you have a new speaker, mike johnson, who may be hesitant to put anything on the floor that could again anger his right flank after he put forward that short-term spending package that included, you know, no additional changes to policy. so i think that those are some of the key sticking points right now and while, you know, the biden administration is impressing upon members of

congress that this money is important, there's also the issue of the fact that a lot of republicans in the house don't really want to support any ukraine funding moving forward. it's another question. if mike johnson puts that on the floor, does that put him once again in a bad political spot with his right flank? kate, a lot of questions about how leadership handles this, how lawmakers and rank and file handles this and whether this gets across the finish line before christmas. >> this push kicks off kind of renewed and in ernest today as they're starting to head back after the thanksgiving holiday. an important moment to see what direction this heads. thank you so much. great to see you. john? elon musk is in israel today as he faces accusations of spreading anti-semitism on social media. what he says he plans to do now.

elon musk is on the ground here in israel today, and this is coming as he is facing a firestorm of criticism after amplifying an anti-semitic

theory on x. prime minister benjamin netanyahu met with him of a kibbutz that had been attacked october 7th. this was not long after they had met together before. and this was after he called the pro-israeli demonstrations troubling, and it is notable that he is here meeting with elon musk, and what can we expect with the meetings that he is expected to have while on the ground. >> well, we can see the meeting with elon musk is more evidence of israel's technological prowess. he has visited many times before in that capacity. i suppose today, a cynic might see this visit as elon musk the business map, and maybe he is the richest man with a fortune

of $227 billion but don't forget that he sunk most of itb to x. and the platform of disney, ibm, and comcast and withholding the advertising dollars in response to not just this tweet from elon musk in which seemed to be a platform for conspiracy theory, and the grand replacement theory that is encouraging the replacement of whites and other anti-semitic tweets on the platform and one reorganization matters that showed some of the advertisements or were appearing alongside neo-nazi tweets. for all of these reasons, twitter or x is losing the money hand over fist, and a cynic might believe that this visit is to show the advertisers that

actually, they don't have anything to worry about in terms of those tweet. but i suppose a more charitable might be that actions are speaking louder than words. he did take a tour of the gaza strip with benjamin netanyahu, and seeing what is left of the horrors visited on that community of the hamas murderous rampage, and he feels that is also going to show that he takes anti-semitism seriously, and the people on x who might deny those event of october 7th can now see elon musk himself were clearly not. kaitlan. >> yes, a lot of layers to the visit, elliott gotkine. and thank you for the report, and elon musk here on the ground, and the issue at the forefront is whether or not what this fourth set of hostages is

going to look like. it is day four of the temporary truce of israel and hamas, and day five or six, and if they agree to the extension, and who is on the fourth day of that list, and stay with us as we continue to cover the breaking news on the ground in israel.

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