in harold square people shouting when you're shopping bombs are dropping. the new york public library was also vandalized. as the rally gets underway we're watching how the hostage release will affect people's interactions here. i can tell you there is a small counter protest starting to develop pro-israel. people waving flags and things like that. we're closely monitoring these developments, griff. >> griff: quickly, are you aware, are protestors aware of what's taking place, the transfer of the hostages, the cessation of fighting temporarily? >> right now, griff, i can tell you people aren't really talk about that. i'm not hearing that in chatter. when speakers start to make their way to the podium we'll listen for that news. >> griff: cb got onlive in new york city. thank you very much. >> molly: the first hostage

release after 48 days of fighting in gaza is now underway. israel waiting to accept 13 women and children who were kidnapped on october 7th. israeli media reports that hostages have been transferred to egypt. the four-day cease-fire in gaza setting the stage for that deal at midnight. it appears to be holding. but as the idf now awaits the final transfer of the first round of freed hostages, israel's focus is on getting back all of the nearly 140 people hamas has held for 48 days. welcome to a very special hour of "america's newsroom." i'm molly line. good morning, griff. >> griff: good morning, i'm griff jenkins. it is indeed a special hour. bill and dana have the day off. as we watch in exchange for those first 13 hostages israel offering up other prisoners. the amount of prisoner israel gives up is not the top concern.

>> molly: alex hogan has details on the unfolding exchange and cease-fire. first we begin with trey yengst live at an air base in southern israel where the hostages are expected to arrive fairly soon. trey, to you. >> this is a day of anticipation for the israeli people and we do understand at this moment those 13 hostages are on the move inside gaza headed to the border crossing between egypt and gaza. they are reportedly in the hands of the red cross, an indication this process is underway and that they will shortly be in egypt. transferred to the israelis and make their way to this air base where they will receive the first medical treatment and be able to call their loved ones. this has been just weeks and weeks of waiting for so many families and so the israeli military and government wants to make sure everything is in order and there are contingency plans in place. we were watching earlier today at the air base as military

ambulances arrived. we also understand there are multiple options to get those freed hostages here either by helicopter or by bus. they want to insure once they are here and in stable condition that they are taken to regional medical facilities to receive not only further physical treatment but also psychological treatment. they have psychologists on stand by. soldiers will be assigned to each and every woman and child that is released from gaza today. we are talking about 13 people all together. they are being exchanged for 24 female palestinian prisoners along with 15 male palestinian teenagers. it has been ten hours since the cease-fire went into effect. with the exception of two rocket alerts 15 minutes after the set time it appears to be holding. if the cease-fire moves forward you'll see 50 israeli hostages released as part of the deal broker evidence by qatar in exchange for 150 palestinian prisoners. >> molly: one of the government

officials i spoke with said it was bittersweet. sweet for those coming home but bitter for the so many left behind. only a short distance from egypt to where you are there at the air base. could you talk a little bit about what we can expect in the coming hours as the first batch of hostages come out and also those left behind and what it potentially means for them as well in the coming days? >> molly, you raise a great point. this is a bittersweet day for the israely people. they've been waiting seven weeks to get information about loved ones inside gaza. they have been held since october 7th. one part of this equation is the focus on the hostages, making sure they have everything from blankets to noise canceling headphones to sunglasses for when tomorrow they'll face the sun maybe for the first time in weeks if held underground or

indoors since this war began. the other part of this equation is the military that continues to operate inside gaza. there are still thousands of infantry troops. israeli population has come together in the after math of this tragedy on october 7th understanding they need to do everything they can to support the troops inside gaza. this is a very dangerous time for the israeli military. we were alongside those forces and talked about how they had to maintain a high alert level understanding they could use the lull in fighting to reorganize and prepare to launch new -- 13 hostages are expected to be released today back into israel. that process will play out over the next three days. but then it's back to the military operation where the israelis say they'll continue their plans to first look for more hostages and second to destroy hamas leadership. >> molly: a great point. thank you for watching this so closely for us there on the

ground. trey yengst from southern israel in the midst of his re unfolding this morning. thanks, trey. >> griff: all right. from where trey is at the air base let's head towards tel aviv for more on the latest developments on the ground where alex hogan is standing by. hi, alex. >> hi. griff, what we're seeing here a lot of people eager to see if the hostages arrive later today. the schneider children's hospital, the hostages accompanied by their mothers will arrive. there is a major effort underway to try to keep some of these families together after everything they've been through. we're still waiting on that official confirmation of the israeli government to say the hostages have successfully controlsed from gaza through the rafah crossing to egypt. we have not received that word just yet. we have been seeing some of the images come out of those ambulances there as families here are eagerly hopeful that those families will then be

picked up and sent to the air base where we saw trey. when they arrive there, what they will be met with first on helicopters with the noise canceling headphones to try to calm down and comfort the hostages as much as possible and what is an incredibly traumatic day unfolding after incredibly traumatic weeks they've lived together or alone. we don't know the conditions for these hostages if they were kept in solitaire confinement or if the 13 people from this town managed to stay together. when they get to the air base they'll be met with doctors, psychologists, stands and tables with clothing, food and toys for the kids. little ways to comfort them before they arrive to the hospital that are fully prepared and fully staffed and have a separate wing where they can be away from other patients to have a little bit of protection and peace and privacy after everything that they've been through. of course, the curiosity from around the world how it all plays out and what the condition of these hostages will likely

be. when we're looking at the cease-fire, it is worth noting that it has been largely peaceful since this cease-fire started earlier this morning at 7:00 a.m. we did have one rocket fire from hamas very early on. it was 15 minutes in. since then we have not seen any escalation whatsoever. as a result of that we've actually seen some people from around israel going back to those small border towns along the border with gaza. the first time that they've been able to go back to their homes potentially collecting belongings and checking in on a lot of people left cats behind, for example. checking in on those pets will be another major concern. when we're looking at some of the things that we did see earlier, there was that smoke rising in gaza. that was just from the 15 minutes into that first announcement of the cease-fire, really largely besides that we have not seen anything else. now there is also worth noting the big humanitarian effort underway in gaza now.

150 palestinians will be returned to gaza. these are people who largely have been charged with minor crimes, throwing rocks and that sort of thing is what we've heard in regards to why they were in prison. 150 people over the next four days. there was also going to be a big humanitarian push. more supplies going into gaza, israel has told people in gaza to try to stay in the south again, not to return to the north. there will be that one humanitarian corridor that allow people in the north to go south. meantime we are looking at these ambulances as we await for official word that these 13 hostages have successfully left the rafah crossing. one effort that is underway here is to try to make the transition as fluid as possible, griff and molly. one way the israeli government is doing that here is consulting with holocaust survivors asking them what would be the best possible way to make this transition as comfortable as

possible given the trauma that they have all been through. griff and molly. >> griff: alex, as you talk about this process and we continue to watch here at the rafah crossing, the red cross is receiving this first batch of the 13 israeli hostages and i believe the 12thai hostages as part of this. we have since learned this morning the truce now holding for some ten hours going into the 10th hour. is it your sense that if things continue to go as planned and as smoothly as they appear to be going at the moment, that will be the model for the next four days for the entirety of the agreement? >> well, if this is the model, this would be seen as a major success here in israel. not only they would be receiving the 13 hostages that were promised but also the additional 12 hostages taken, thai foreign

workers here in the country. the prime minister in thailand did confirm that those hostages have now safely been released and they are free. there will be some conversations managing to get them back to thailand and reunite them with their families after they also have received the healthcare they need. the psychological checks as well to see what they have been through, what they have suffered and also what they are going home to. worth noting the children that necessarily are coming here aren't all being reunited with their families. we know that soldiers have been told specifically that if the child you are caring for has lost their family, don't tell them until they arrive here because of the trauma they've endured. some of these kids don't realize or saw it when they were being kidnapped that their parents were killed. while we talk about that, this is a moment of hope and relief for the 13 families getting loved ones back, some of the hostages are not coming home to families because those families

have been killed. for the families who aren't getting their hostage loved ones back, there is a great sense of dread. there is concern that if the others will be released eventually, if there will be more negotiations will take place. after these four days qatar will try to start brokering another hostage deal to release more hostages. but even for the families who are going to be reunited hopefully with their loved ones today they feel the grief of the other families not seeing their loved ones. these families that were all strangers have been marching together and standing side-by-side at these demonstrations now for seven weeks, griff. >> griff: moments of hope, anxious and heartbreak and we watch this play out on our screen. alex hogan outside the medical center in tel aviv. >> molly: let's go back to corey

mills and helped to bring home hundreds of americans stranded in israel last month after the hamas attack and he joins me now. thank you, sir, for sticking with us on this remarkable and historical day. we just got word that 13 hostages and now getting word as well additional thai hostages have reached egypt at this point in time. your thoughts on that given your experience getting people out of difficult situations. we're at the beginning of that. they have yet to get to the air base and to the hospital. but some early good word. >> well, i can tell you that having conducted rescues or evacuations out of both afghanistan in 2021 and recently in israel there is no greater relief when you get to a point or a third party nation in which you can take a sigh of relief and say we're safe now, we still aren't to our destination but we're out of the situation that we were in. this is very complex. you have many third parties who

are working this, not just the qatar and egypt but also the icrc. and unlike your more traditional hostage rescues or transfers where you are actually face-to-face with the other individual, both of these nations or both of these individuals, idf and hamas still and the end to try to destroy one another. that also creates a lot of different complexities with all this. here is the bigger thing that i always fear is when you do these types of cease fires and both parties have all intent to try to go ahead and fulfill this. in this case over the next four days utilizing egypt as this intermediary launch point, it only takes 1 or 2 bad actors, one soldier to be killed, one hamas fighter to be injured for this to completely fall apart. that isn't always on behalf of the leadership of either one of those two. it could be a person who wants

to be a disrupter. why this is so complex, this isn't as if it's a cease-fire where drawing a treaty and trying to come to a solution. it is a temporary halt for a hostage prisoner exchange will, once concluded, potentially go forward with israel's right to eliminate the activity organization. a lot of complexities here. over the next four days it will certainly be minute to minute, hour to hour day-by-day as we look at all the various things, the conditions of the prisoners and the hostages and thousand how they have been treated will be paramount and insure they have the necessary psychological and medical treatment. i'm sure conditions weren't always the best. a lot going on here. good they are in egypt. when i got miriam and her three children out of afghanistan after one days to get them to finally get them

across a border the sigh of relief from the mother when we brought her across. i looked and said miriam, you and your children are safe now. that's one of those moments where it is certainly a sigh of relief for everyone involved. >> molly: i'm sure soldiers want to have that moment as well with the children and wives and mothers. you are finally home and safe. you raised a great point. the idf and hamas are not in direct talks. there is a lot going on with qatar, u.s., egypt involved in bringing the deal together and making it happen. a spokesman for qatar's foreign ministry said the first light at the end of the tunnel. days to come and one bad actor. how much leeway does each side give? they understand that as well. one person could throw a wrench in things. how much power does that one person potentially have? >> the issue is i'm not

concerned about the israeli defense force command. i know they are a very well-trained and well-organized and well-conducted military force. the issue is when you have terrorist organizations such as hamas, where not everyone subscribes to the full acceptance of working with who they perceive to be their enemy, all it takes is one person to start firing a shot or to try and attack one of the idf soldier and the idf soldier defend itself and you'll have a similar situation that has been going on where when the idf retaliates for attacks against them hamas organization tries to utilize their prop gpropaganda. there are a lot of things that could go wrong quickly. i am hopeful and praying the next four days goes as smooth as possible. again, i think the next hostage negotiation -- there are more hostages needing to be released.

i think the next hostage negotiation to help coordinate through proof of life and medical treatment evaluations by icrc will have a lot larger request and asks with regards to what idf has to do in order to receive more of the hostage releases. >> molly: one of the big asks have been made to find out who it is that is still alive that hamas has in custody. perhaps some of the hostages coming out will give some insight into that. we don't know they were held all together or that families have been kept together and in what circumstance. we know it's horrible. alex hogan talked about what they are standing by and waiting for at the hospital. seeking insight from holocaust survivors, noting the people coming out may not know who among their loved ones have survived to this point. essentially the horror and torture isn't yet over for some of these folks being released.

your thoughts and the psychological aspect of this and the information they may have. >> they will certainly go through a series of different things. the first is a medical evaluation to look at any type of treatment that is necessary, any type of injuries that they've sustained being completely taken care of. there will be a psychological evaluation that will have to be conducted. but then it goes into a third phase of having the idf and the israeli intelligence special forces try to get more information. for the debrief comes into play. what did you see? who did you hear? did you recognize names? identify those who speak arabic and hebrew and get as much information as possible into the tunnel system. were you in the tunnels. were you not? were you transferred to multiple locations? were kept in the same place? do you know if there were other hostages at the location you were at? they'll try to evaluate and potentially if the next four

days goes well and obtain intelligence to give them indication of where other hostages are being kept and coordinate a continual peace deal in an effort to try to get these hostages out. if that fails at least they have the intelligence to do a force on force hostage rescue given the information and intelligence they collect from the first 13 given away. but i will tell you that i would speculate that hamas is smart enough the 13 that they are releasing probably didn't have a lot of access. they were probably all kept singularly together. i predict there are multiple locations hostages are being kept not one singular place. very limited intel but it all will be determined once they do the final debrief. >> molly: this was all part of hamas's plan taking the hostages and likely this exchange as well part of what they planned all along. congressman corey mills. thank you very much. you are generous with your time and appreciate your insights

this morning. thank you for joining us. >> thanks for having me, god bless. >> griff: we're witnessing history playing out in realtime on our screens as fox confirms 13 israeli hostages are on the move into israel. they will make their way now either by bus or helicopter to an air base in southern israel where we find trey yengst for the latest. what can you tell us? >> griff, we understand israeli officers are meeting with the hostages in egypt at this moment. remember the israelis want to confirm that everyone on the list released today matches the initial list that was provided by hamas as part of this qatar negotiated effort to get these hostages home. if we think about what that moment is like for these hostages, the first time in 49 days that someone will be speaking to them in hebrew. this is an opportunity for the israelis to not only confirm that these are the identities promised to be released as part

of this deal but also the first time they are going to be able to get a sense of how these hostages are. what sort of support and medical attention they need in the short term and reassure them they will be okay and brought back to israel shortly. they will be brought to the air base behind us where they will have an initial evaluation. we were watching earlier today as the ambulances came to this air base. they are making sure they have all the medical supplies needed here before transferring the women and children to regional hospitals where they will not only receive physical treatment but psychological treatment. each and every hostage freed will have a doctor assigned to them and also a psychologist assigned to them. there is an understanding of just how traumatic this event was for these hostages, the first group expected to come back to israel in the next few hours as this process plays out. remember, this is just the first of what is expected to be four days of hostage releases as part of a broader cease-fire

agreement that was negotiated by qatar. >> griff: as we continue to watch on our screen you can see the red cross ambulances playing a significant role in all of this is receiving and facilitating the exchange. what can you tell us about that? >> absolutely. when we look back a few days ago there were representatives from the red cross meeting with the leader of hamas in doha. the first indication we had the red cross would play a role. they are the ones who will be making sure the transfer of hostages takes place. it is the first medical treatment that these hostages will receive. and once they have their identities confirmed at the egyptian border, they will be transferred into israeli custody, brought to the air base and then the process is expected to play out once again tomorrow. remember, the cease-fire continues at this hour. it has been more than ten hours since it went into effect. just one initial break with the

cease-fire 15 minutes in. since then it has been quiet. an opportunity for palestinians civilians also to go out and be able to make sense of the damage inside gaza. it is the first time in 49 days that israeli air strikes against the strip have stopped. so while you look at the military developments, the focus, though, remains on these hostages. as your last guest noted they will be able to get some information from the adults they'll debrief almost immediately when they're back in israel. they will wait to speak with the children. the next stage takes place. they hope the process continues to play out and gather more information to finish the two objectives for the israelis and try to bring more home. griff and molly. >> griff: do we have any details of assuming this continues to go as smooth as we were seeing it play out now, details for the next swap, the next batch as you have reported, among the 39

palestinians being exchanged, 24 are female, 15 are male teens. do we look to see similar numbers there? >> absolutely. i want to step out of the frame and show you what this base looks like. you can see there is a little bit of police activity. they are preparing for the hostages to arrive here. they want to make sure that anyone who shows up maybe just to greet them doesn't get in the way of this process. they don't want it to be too shocking for those arriving in israel. we saw a couple of civilians show up with israeli flags. those flags are just a symbol for the israeli people of the strength and the resilience of this country since this war began with a massacre. we are discussing palestinian prisoner released within two hours of the hostages crossing back into israel. still women and minors. the majority of them 24 women being held in israeli prisons

and then you have male minors who were arrested for crimes. this is a distinction that analysts have made in the past 24 hours. when you think about who is being exchanged here. talking about women and children taken into gaza on october 7th during the massacre and they are being exchanged for palestinian prisoners who have been convicted in some cases of violent crimes. so while israel isn't focusing too much on the numbers they want to make sure they get the hostages home, it is something to note here. the israeli people are focused on two things. the return of the hostages. the second the return of their forces ultimately when they finish operations in gaza. while you have the families waiting for hostages to come home and loved ones to finally be back in israel after 49 days there are others who have family members fighting now inside gaza and they understand the risk associated with the ongoing war. griff and molly. >> griff: we were just showing our viewers on the screen there is an addition to the 13 israeli

hostages, 12 thai nationals being released as well. can you tell us any details, will they be accompanying or with the 13 israelis or do they have a different plan? >> so this appears to have been a completely separate negotiation that may have had involvement from the iranians. when the massacre took place on october 7th it wasn't just israelis taken back into gaza. there were many foreign workers, who were in southern israel at the time and they were taken hostage as well. so we are learning that 12 thai nationals will be released in parallel with these hostages but separate deals. and there was nothing israel had to give up to get these nationals out. conversations went on behind the scenes focusing with the iranians and egyptians to broker that deal. that deal is completely separate than the deal that was

negotiated by qatar to get these individuals out that are in egypt meeting with officials at this moment before being transferred to israeli hands and make their way to the air base behind me. >> griff: we'll continue to watch. trey yengst live at the air base as we anticipate the arrival soon of the 13 israeli hostages. trey, thank you. >> molly: we'll bring in now israeli consul general. thank you for joining us today as we watch the beginnings of the hostage and prisoner exchange happening. we have gotten word that 13 hostages have come across into egypt. but also some thai hostages, a dozen released as well. your thoughts as we're watching this. >> first of all, thank you so much for having me. you are 100% right. this is a bittersweet day for the state and people of israel. as one of our major two goals of this campaign is to bring back

our hostages, you can see that i'm wearing right here with me the tag here that says that we will bring them back home. it is very, very important to know the following elements. first of all, this is not an exchange of prisoners. in october 7th hamas, this vicious isis radical regime butchered and raped our innocent civilians and kidnapped children, women, elderly. today this exchange we aren't talking about a prisoner exchange. we are going to be receiving back 10-month-old babies, two years old, four years old, six years old. these kids are coming back to a very, very traumatic event. they have sometimes lost one of their parents, sometimes they lost two of their parents. it is mind-boggling to see and very emotional. on the other hand hamas has demanded to release convicted terrorists. yes, some of them are women and

minors at the age of 16, 17, etc. , but they have committed violence, terrorist activities against israelis. maybe they did not succeed in what they planned to do but this is the exchange we're talking about. .2 that i want to mention is that we need to understand the mechanism we built here was created to create incentives to release more and more hostages. we want to make sure that it's understood we are talking about an event that would not have happened had israel pressed in a military campaign hamas. hamas is not a boy scout organization or humanitarian. we know what they did october 7th. it makes me laugh when they look at this as they define it as a humanitarian exchange. last thing you can call them is humanitarian. we will continue to make sure that after the cessation of fire and after they are returned, we will make sure that we'll

continue pressing until they bring all of our hostages back home. >> molly: you raise a great point. the exchange that is happening is completely innocent infants for three terrorists. 1 to 3 exchange. but does it give hamas, who can't be trusted, some incentive at least to hold this temporary truce? they want their prisoners and as trey yengst raised a point that right now they are assessing the damage in gaza during this pause and getting out and seeing what's happened and they have been essentially unable to do that until this point. so do they have the incentive to hold for at least these four days as the exchange continues? >> you are making a very good point. for many years until october 7th we were actually out of gaza and we disengaged totally from gaza and thinking we could convince them to let's call it how you say it in english to play ball through economic incentives and through different kind of rationals that they would understand. look, we're talking about a

radical, vicious agenda, a terrorist organization that is not shy about where they want to go ahead with israel. they do not care about innocent civilians that they butchered and don't care about what is happening in gaza. they care about the following things. killing israelis, killing jews, and full annihilation of the state of israel. we're talking with a regime incentives don't work for them unless it's through understanding of military pressure on them. that's the only reason they're now working in releasing some of the hostages. and you know i want to add one more thing here. even if we go through the entire mechanism of the four days and the additional incentives of additional days we are talking about at this .20% if all 50 hostages come out. only 20 percent of the hostages still in gaza and we made it as i mentioned at the beginning our

obligation to bring all of them back home. >> molly: that's the great point. fathers, brothers, so many other loved ones still held by the terrorists, by hamas. one of the other things that is happening here is a propaganda war. we don't want there to be a gratitude today to hamas to reach the deal. this never should have happened to begin with. children and mothers and fathers should have been taken. no one should have been taken. in the coming days as we begin to learn what these hostages went through, they may not be able to be completely open about what they experienced. what do you expect propaganda wise from hamas. >> they will do all the psychological warfare, they're doing it in the lowest moral values, element that they can do. attacking the families of the hostages to exploit between them

and to have them go after and attack the israeli government. we know who we are dealing with. these are war criminals. not just the atrocities they committed on october 7th. not just beheading of children, killing of elderly, holocaust survivors. raping of women. this is the international day against violence against women. nobody is really at the u.n. paying attention to what was done to our women over there. these are war criminals and we don't expect them to do anything rather than continue their efforts. another point from that is, of course, the fact that we expect the red cross to go to visit our hostages to see that their medical situation and humanitarian situation is good, is sound. until now, which is another war crime, apart from the abduction itself. the fact they don't allow the

red cross to meet them is another war crimes. we are dealing with war criminals and i have 0 expectations from them. >> molly: never forget october 7th. thank you for chatting with us as we watch all of this. >> thank you very much for having me and god bless. >> griff: let's go back to lucas tomlinson live in nantucket with president biden. we don't know whether or not there are any americans among the 13 israelis and won't know until we see the names on the list. what are you hearing up there? >> griff, president biden and the white house are watching this situation unfold on the border with gaza very carefully to see who these hostages are that are about to be released a short time ago a u.s. official told me, quote, he is glad to see this process moving forward. we are doing all we can, including to secure the release of americans. we're focused on it hourly. president biden spoke yesterday

about this hostage deal. >> president biden: i will talk to you guys tomorrow. >> any updates from you, sir? >> president biden: i'm not prepared to give you an update until it's done. >> are you expecting the 3-year-old girl to be one of those released? >> president biden: i am keeping my fingers crossed. >> a call earlier this week after the president landed in nantucket he said this deal should bring home additional american hostages. that's not the case for today. they could be coming out in the days ahead. three u.s. citizens held by hamas since the october 7th massacre are expected to be among the first 50 hostages released by hamas in the days ahead including 3-year-old ab g gail whose parents were gunned down by hamas. >> you showed an image of one of those children who is not supposed to be released today.

abigail. she is three and a half years old watched her mom and dad murdered before her very eyes before she was abducted by these monsters with her brother and sister 9 and 6-year-old were hiding in a closet for 16 hours. never lose sight of what hamas is and what brought about this horrendous situation. >> earlier you were speaking about the 12 thai farm workers released today. some wonder what are thai citizens doing there? they were working in the kibbutz and they were taken captive during the massacre. in gaza we're seeing a flood of palestinian citizens rushing north into gaza. concern from official eaves it could affect targeting going forward in northern gaza. harder to carry out air strikes if the target is surrounded by

civilians. as far as president biden's schedule goes we could see him in the next few hours. this time last year president biden did window shopping at lunch in town and scheduled to take part in a tree lighting ceremony later tonight here in nantucket. >> molly: let's talk about "washington examiner" columnist. the u.s. played a role in this. president biden spoke with qatar officials as well as the prime minister of israel netanyahu over the course of many days. we're beginning to see the first hostages come home. your thoughts. >> we'll see the fruits of the white house's attempt to play ball with qatar. a lot of their strategy has hinged on them brokering this deal. it is completely separate from the deal seeing the 12 thai

nationals released. that was reportedly negotiated by the iranians. we'll find out a lot more once we actually see who is included within these hostages. will americans be released? also what condition are they in? are they being held in safe conditions? are they receiving appropriate medical care? we know not only are the elderly included in these hostages still in israel, but also infants including one that is only under a year old. are they coming back in good care and good condition? unfortunately, the public won't necessarily learn everything very quickly because they are focusing on family separation. some of these hostages that will come out, they will still have family members remaining in the custody of hamas still in gaza. >> molly: that's a great point and goes along with this one that among the hostages there are three americans, they are expected to be among the first

50 released over the course of this four days as lucas tomlinson was talking about. what does that mean for the united states during what is a rather precarious couple of days ahead as we wait not only to see the release of all of the 50 but of our own citizens as well? >> absolutely. president biden is facing leftward pressure from you have this caucus of democrats that want a cease-fire now. this is a humanitarian pause. we all know that there could be a cease-fire if hamas was willing to surrender and release all of the hostages, of which there are almost 200, including those 50 american nationals. they obviously are not doing so. and we'll see if they follow through on their promises. there was a brief break of the temporary cease-fire last night. so far it has been quiet, which is crucial and important,

because they are planning on releasing 13 hostages each day for, yes, these four days. will hamas follow through? we'll see. if they don't there will be much more pressure on biden to allow the israelis to resume their bombing campaign. >> molly: the president was very reserved in his response when asked about the young american girl if she would get out. he had a finger crossed response. these additional thai hostages released and maybe more in coming days. does it give us reason to think that hamas would like to release some of these hostages for having challenges internally and want to focus on other things. why do you think this is all finally coming to a crux from their perspective? >> not only are they dealing with lack of aid, food and medicine for their own people

but also the hostages. hostages that die under their watch is their responsibility. the taking of hostages, especially civilians, not soldiers, is already considered illegal under humanitarian law. if you have casualties of those hostages for some unrelated medical reason, that's a big issue. also a growing sense in the arab world that hamas got too big of a victory. remember, they did not expect they would be this successful and cause such united outcry among israel and her allies. so it is a matter of them not escalating anything further because it is getting to the point where the goal of the israeli government is regime change. what comes next? >> molly: there is this vicious propaganda war going on that hamas has perpetrated. thank you so much for your insights. we really appreciate it. griff. >> griff: molly, thanks. the world is watching as the 13

israeli hostages now on the move entering egypt making their way ultimately to tel aviv medical center there. you are looking live at the shot we have up on the screen. alex hogan is there and take you there after the break. stick with us. there's something going around the gordon home. good thing gertrude found delsym. now what's going around is 12-hour cough relief. and the giggles. the family that takes delsym together, feels better together.

>> griff: october 7th home yeas attack on israel has inspired jewish americans across the u.s. to take a stand. hundreds have volunteered to fight with troops in israel. dana marie mcnichol has more on this story from miami. >> good afternoon, griff. those americans are among thousands of lone soldiers actively serving in israel rather than spending time with families over the holidays. jeff's daughter is 21 years old

and one of those fighting. she is now working as a medic in northern israel. she grew up in the metro atlanta area but after spending time in israel, she became a citizens and joined the idf well before october 7th. >> a lot more drills and preparation, a lot more running to the bunkers. a lot more rockets coming in very frequently. she hears missiles. >> it came from pride she felt for her jewish heritage. her family is living with the uncertainty when they'll see her next. the last time they saw her was over a year ago. >> it is mixed emotions really. you are scared to death that something may happen to her, her friends, her life, what she has chosen the path she has chosen but you are also beaming with pride that she is doing

something that she finds incredibly meaningful. >> soldiers have no immediate families to rely on in israel and lean on friends like the idf that provides financial assistance like housing assistance and mental healthcare. they come at a crucial time for lone soldiers who can't come home for the holidays. >> in some ways you see her as a little kid and miss her and give her a hug. >> jeff is hoping to reunite with his daughter early next year. griff. >> griff: that is indeed one concerned and proud father. dana marie mcnichol live in miami. thank you. >> molly: we'll return to israel. alex hogan is live at schneider children's medical center in tel aviv. we are awaiting the hostages arrival at the hospital. did you get the good news they've reached egypt this morning per media sources on the

ground. how are things going as you continue the wait? >> hi, molly. we just got an update a couple seconds ago. the latest. the international red cross says it has just begun carrying out the operation to facilitate the release and transfer of gaza hostages and the palestinian detainees to the west bank. with all that playing out we're here at the schneider children's medical facility. just on the outskirts of tel aviv where the children of the 13 hostages released today who are israeli citizens, this is where the children will arrive and potentially if accompanied by their mothers, some of the hostages were together as family units. so hopefully those mothers will be able to be here today and likely bring doctors in from other facilities to care for them to keep the family units together. we're going to hear more from doctors inside about the operation underway. what we do know is that these patients will be taken to a fully separate wing. different from what we saw

earlier on with two of the elderly women hostages released a couple of weeks ago. they were not put in a separate wing and heard stories how it was more chaotic with more people trying to come in and celebrate the release and see them and meet them. it was too much pressure. they needed a little more privacy. that's what is happening at the hospital. those patients will have their own separate wing. we've been watching this live feed to see what is taking place. part of the private area of the hospital. a helicopter pad and ambulances there waiting so that when these patients arrive here they won't even need to walk into the hospital. the ambulances can drive up to them and immediately bring them into the emergency room. also speaks to potentially the condition that some of these people might be in that maybe they were on oxygen, maybe they need immediate medical care to get from the helicopter into the emergency room. we start to see more details

come out. a moment of hope for some people here eagerly waiting to see these hostages come home. there is a lot of concern and tension over will everything play out according to plan. it was almost two hours ago these hostages were supposed to be released. while we have heard they are in the hands of international red cross there is still that tension that until these hostages are home and reunited with their families it will be hard for these families to truly believe and have a sigh of relief knowing they're home. >> molly: that is wonderful confirmation there from the red cross we know has been consistently a hero around the world but also there on the ground. we're also getting word there are tv images that show red cross vehicles are at the border between gaza and israel. a little additional confirmation. that speaks to so many people that are involved in this and working to make this transition to bring the hostages home, to bring them to safety. you are on the ground where some

of those heroes will get to work. do we expect at some point later on today some sort of update about them, about their conditions from hospital officials >> i think we'll get some confirmation from hospital officials. i don't expect to see family members speaking out. not only because of the trauma their relatives went through and the tension on the ground. more hostages could be released in the coming days. worth noting how big a day this is to see 13 israeli hostages come home on top of the other 12 thai hostages. these are two completely separate deals brokered coming to fruition today. >> molly: that's a great point. one final thing as we're looking at what's happening on the ground where you are, is there any sort of timeline at this point in time? have you gotten any other indication how long it will take for folks to reach there? >> to reach this hospital?

we've been trying to do some of those calculations. it is a pretty short flight from the rafah crossing all the way to the air base in israel. by that time all of these places are pretty close together. we're hoping within a few hours we could see them start to come here. >> molly: thank you very much. we'll be right back with more coverage as we continue to watch the hostage release there in israel. want to be, like mary brow der. man, i need lessons from her. marlo thomas: give thanks for the healthy kids in your life, and give a gift that could last a lifetime. dry skin is sensitive skin, too. and it's natural. treat it that way with aveeno® daily moisture. formulated with nourishing, prebiotic oat. it's clinically proven to moisturize dry skin for 24 hours. aveeno®

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