>> sandra: a live look at the white house where president biden is any moment expected to speak on improving the u.s. supply chain. his team says, as his administration scrambles to free more americans taken hostage by

hamas. >> john: first time the president has spoken publicly since israel and hamas reached a deal to extend their truce by another two days. will he have anything to say about the roughly 8 to 9 americans still being held captive? >> sandra: monitoring his remarks for headlines as we begin a second hour of "america reports". here we go, i'm sandra smith in new york. >> john: good to be with you again after the holiday. john roberts in washington. here is where things stand at this hour. humanitarian pause in gaza has entered its fourth day now. the white house says hamas has committed to releasing another 20 women and children over two days. >> sandra: it is unclear if any 20 would be americans and the administration admitted this afternoon that all it can do is hope for the best. >> we certainly hope we will see them and hopefully today and if not today, over the next couple of days. we want to see them back with their families where they belong as well. we are not involved in the

drafting of the lists and determination on hamas's side who is going to come out on any given day. >> sandra: mark, do we expect the president to comment on israel in the remarks he's about to make? >> i would imagine he has a small amount of new information on the latest extension of the pause in fighting between israel and hamas. the event is tied to the economy but he's been known to at least weigh in on latest developments. also heard from white house officials on the latest possibility that this continuation of this pause and hostilities could actually benefit hamas. we heard from john kirby at the afternoon's press briefing. >> it's a real risk. you have to expect a group like hamas, a terrorist group, clearly does not abide by laws of war would take advantage for their own benefit. >> he spoke to the israeli prime

minister on sunday and the white house plans to have more conversations with the israelis. the president is thankful abigail was released, a dual israeli-american citizen. here at home, the debate shifts to if and how to help israel with taxpayer dollars to combat hamas. the "washington post" reporting there are divisions right here at the white house. the post writing the division inside the white house is to some degree between biden senior long time aides and array of younger staffers of diverse backgrounds. even top advisers recognize the conflict has hurt america's global standing. the white house was asked about the bitter feud inside but did not want to comment. one of the biggest questions going forward, whether or not the white house would support conditions placed on aid to israel, something bernie sanders has been outspoken for, the white house was asked about it

today and still trying to leave some avenues open. the president said it was a worthwhile thought. what the developments are now that congress is coming back to town. >> john: as iranian-backed proxy groups target u.s. troops, united nations watchdog says iran is not fulfilling its commitments of the nuclear deal and has enough material for several nuclear bombs. in moments, we will ask former defense secretary mark esper if we are doing enough to keep iran and proxies in check. but first, let's get to gillian turner, live from the state department. gillian, allegations, reports that iran is cheating, perish the thought. >> it's hard to believe, john. secretary of state tony blinken departed for europe earlier this morning, he's going to pow wow with the nato allies tomorrow in brussels. the trip had already been scheduled but now a crucial moment. as you mentioned, iran is once again violating the terms of the

nuclear agreement. this, of course, even as its proxies continue to attack u.s. forces overseas in the middle east. the international atomic energy agency, the u.n. nuclear watchdog, reports iran has enriched enough uranium for several nuclear bombs. about you they insist they are going with the rules. >> what we have been doing is peaceful and sustainable. technical cooperation between iran and the iaea will keep going in the agreed framework. >> a few days ago, the iaea met in vienna, evidence the biden administration is lie too lenient. >> soft spot for the islamic republic of iran. with president biden, and now launched dozens and dozens of

attacks against americans, done almost nothing. >> the president keeps talking about fear of escalation. fear of escalation ensures escalation. the way to stop it is establish escalation dominance. >> defenders insist what he's been doing is isolating the iranian regime on the global financial stage. >> they have expanded the number of sanctions against individuals, more than 400 different entities or individuals including the revolutionary guard corps for human rights violations and exports. >> they say the walking on eggshells because the biden administration hopes to prevent the conflict in becoming one iran is directly involved on the ground inside gaza. as we talked about, iranian proxies are attacking u.s. forces overseas in the middle east, daily, 73 in the last month alone.

>> john: including the latest one looked like it was aimed toward the u.s.s. mason in the gulf of aden. >> sandra: the looming threat grows after houthi forces fire at a navy warship. troops aboard the u.s.s. mason was targeted after they responded to pirates in the area. mark esper is joining us. thank you mr. secretary for joining us. what does all of this tell you and are we responding forcefully enough? what needs to be done? >> good afternoon, sandra. another example of iranian proxies misbehaving in the middle east. we know that over 70 attacks have been connected against u.s. forces over the past 6, 7 weeks, in iraq and syria, over 60 americans have been injured, everything from shrapnel wounds to traumatic brain injury and it's conducted by the syrians,

iraqi, shia militia, and the houthis, and all goes back to iran. i've been saying we have to deal with iran and the latest report gillian had with regard to iran and iaea is prove positive it's not working. we need to confront iran with bad behavior in the region and also nuclear program. >> sandra: a couple new live pictures, one is a live shot, hard to make out anything here, but i still want to pop it up. we have been watching this bus that just deployed red cross workers, we are told, in the evening there, to the palestinian prison, palestinian prisoners are being held. we have not seen any of those palestinian prisoners released, that could be happening any moment now. but this is a live shot of that. i'll get your thoughts on that as we await any update from the president. he's about to begin speaking on

something completely different but could make remarks on the ongoing hostage efforts, also this, mr. secretary. these are brand-new photos just in to us, we can pop them up on the screen. this is the u.s.s. eisenhower carrier strike group in the persian gulf. again, just in to us, and the commander of that carrier strike group has issued this note. our passage through this important strait and continued presence in the area plays a critical role in maintaining the freedom of navigation, that is key to regional security and stability. your thoughts on these brand-new pictures we are now seeing and what it means for the escalation in the region. >> i give the biden administration credit for deploying the strike vessels and others in the middle east. america backing up its diplomacy and ally israel.

but the fact we have not sufficiently responded, whether forcefully enough or frequently enough to iranian proxy attacks erodes that deterrent effect. that runs against us, hurts against us. and look, we now have -- we have the houthis in yemen trying to seize more ships. just a week ago they took an israeli merchant vessel and of course, the iranians has been doing it for years in the persian gulf. when i was in office we set up a program called the sentinel program in the persian gulf. more from the iranian playbook. >> sandra: john kirby from the briefing at the white house. >> i don't think we are in the business of telegraphing our punches, we have responded forcefully, against the threats to our forces in iraq and syria and now our forces in the gulf region, i would add that the mason is attached to the u.s.s.

eisenhower carrier strike group, specifically to address the increase in the tensions. >> sandra: won't telegraph exactly how they are going to strike back next but this is mike pompeo talking about the iran proxies and how the discussion is how far we should go in responding to these attacks. but he makes the case even if we are more aggressive going after iran's proxies, that will not be enough, mr. secretary. listen here. >> if we are going to protect american soldiers, sailors, airmen, marines, and the homeland by hezbollah cells in south america or the united states, you cannot just go after their proxies. the fact there are hamas fighters dying while the iranians are in tehran laughing is what the ayatollah had hoped for. >> sandra: as mr. secretary has now been 73 attacks on u.s. bases, on u.s. military forces in the region.

what do you want to see happen next? >> clearly administration response has been insufficient. they have attacked us 70 plus times. we have responded 4 or 5 or 6 times. my view is every time they strike us, we should respond back more forcefully. i remember in december 2019 when shi'ite militia groups killed an american, we struck multiple sites in iraq and syria, killed over 20 some militiamen, injured twice as many as that and attacks died down for a while. that's the metric. when you see the proxy attacks stop, you'll know you have achieved deterrence. the fact the houthis shot two ballistic missiles at an american destroyer and we did nothing. it's another case we are not responding sufficientlily to the iranian proxy attacks. >> sandra: see what the president has to say to this, he is about to begin speaking, we have the live shot where the president is expected to speak

on supply chain efforts, but likely he could make some remarks at the top. appreciate your time. >> john: more ahead as well as john kirby, the nsc spokesman will join martha at 3 o'clock. when daniel hagari was saying. >> our suit to bring back all hostages, not sit around and wait for their release. rescue these hostages at all costs. why we fight, john. we hope we get an update in the next few moments. he was short with the questions he took there, but john kirby could offer some more information on what we are learning when he comes on the network next hour as well. >> john: the news of the day is that israel agrees to extend the

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>> sandra: idf giving an update moments ago after israel and hamas agreed to extend a temporary truce by another two days, saying they will rescue all hostages at all costs. we have complete coverage, and danny danon and whether he supports a pause in fighting, what is the latest on the extension of the truce? what are we hearing? >> two big things happening. latest group of israeli hostages hopefully getting out today, but two more days of a temporary ceasefire as israel and hamas agree to continue exchanging and swapping israeli hostages for palestinian prisoners. these last couple days have not been without incident or delays and remind the viewers the israeli government has long said that nothing is actually guaranteed until it happens.

however, qatari officials taking it seriously, flying to israel over the weekend to continue the ongoing negotiations. israel had previously said that they would continue one day of a pause in the fighting for every ten israeli hostages released. but keep in mind, the idf has also said that they will pledge to continue the military campaign to root out hamas. so, if hamas stops releasing hostages, it should be no surprise israeli forces continue the military campaign in and around northern gaza. as it stands, 11 more israeli hostages are making their way back to israel right now just the day before 14 israelis had the same journey where they now join 26 other israelis released in previous days. they are in some sort of treatment after spending roughly se seven weeks likely exclusively in the darkness of the hamas tunnels. there are well more than 100

hostages still being held by hamas and the families of those who have already been rescued said no one is stopping until everyone comes home. >> if there's one feeling i'm certain of, it's determination, for the struggle to continue and until we see all of them back home. >> we know more aid trucks made it into gaza, delivering some of the crucial supplies like food, clean water, we know fuel is getting into gaza. and another group of palestinian prisoners to be released from an israeli jail. >> sandra: john. >> john: joining us is the former ambassador to the united nations, expected to hear from the president shortly, expect based on the fact the white house has put out a paper statement he'll address the hostages. we do know he thanks the israeli prime minister in qatar and

egypt to extend a pause over 48 hours. he said he would like to see the pause go on as long as hostages are being released. are there concerns that given the number of hostages that hamas still holds that, could go on almost indefinitely? >> so, john, make no mistake, will continue forever, we are determined to continue with the war until the full eradication of hamas. we have babies in captivity 50 days 10-month-old baby, and eradication of hamas, i don't think it will continue for much longer but if we can bring more people home we will wait, we will continue with the pause, but i estimate within two days or maybe four days ahead of us we will resume the war efforts

and terrorists will feel the might of the idf in action. >> john: what the prime minister benjamin netanyahu said about that, he said at the end of the deal, we are returning full power to carry out our aims, destroy hamas, ensure gaza will not return to what it was and to free our hostages. i am sure we will succeed in this mission because we have no other choice. in the meantime, though, the longer the ceasefire goes on, and now extended for two days, the more international pressure will be brought to bear, but keep the ceasefire going. the more hamas will use whatever public relations tools it can to try to keep it going. how does israel say with more than 150 hostages still left to be released we are getting back to the fighting? >> with all due respect to the international pressure, we are fighting for our lives. we saw what happened on october 7th, we will never forget it. i'm not worried about the

pressure. but i am worried about the troops because hamas will take advantage of the pause to resupply, to bring ammunition, immediately after the ceasefire will be over so more challenging but i spoke with a few generals today and they told me they are ready, they are ready to wait and also ready to resume the military activities. so we will try to bring as many hostages as we can and resume the war regardless of the international opinion. >> john: i would assume that the israeli defense forces have been keeping a close eye on hamas movements over the last four days. but when it comes to destroying hamas, ambassador, how do you define that? is it removing them as a governing force in gaza and making sure they can never attack israel ever again, or is it eliminating all of the leaders of hamas and those who would take their place if they were eliminated?

>> so it would take much more than the leadership. i have no doubt, we will find the leadership of hamas. we will make sure he is not going to be alive. the same way that saddam hussein was killed and qadaffi was killed by the people of libya, we are going to find him and his colleagues. it's not enough. we need to go and eradicate hamas. when the u.s. followed isis, they followed all the way. you go back to nazi germany, allies had to defeat germany, basically they uprooted the capability of the nazi regime to control germany, and new forces emerge, that's what we expect in gaza. >> john: watching in the hours and days ahead. thanks for joining us, appreciate it. >> thank you, john. >> sandra: vermont man accused

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things. but sometimes the big things work or don't work based on whether or not the little things are in place. mechanics are in place. secretary buttigieg, thank you for being here today and help us launch this now council, excuse me, council on supply chain resilience. i grew up in a family like many of you where -- >> john: the president continuing the theme the transportation secretary laid down on maintaining the supply chain and the resilience of it aanonymousing the creation of a new council to do that. we'll keep monitoring this and see if he's got anything to say about the pending release of more hostages and the extension of the ceasefire between israel and hamas for another 48 hours. in the meantime, this. >> he's a kid and he needs to get back to normal life. ohad his his house and his room and his friends are looking, are waiting for him. >> we have this high high of daniel and amelia coming home,

the other hand the low of waiting for the rest of the family. >> we have gone through a lot again and again and again. we cry a lot. we laugh a lot. like storm, you know, all the feelings flow up. it is amazing. >> sandra: so many feelings we are hearing the remarkable stories of emotional reunions as some hostages are home with their loved ones. our next guest was with his mother after she was held 50 years, but his father is still captive. thank you for joining us. emotional reunion, we cannot imagine what your family has gone through. how is everyone doing right now? >> we are doing ok, we left the hospital so my mother is ok physically, and you can see the picture, it might take some time

to recover and understand all what happens to us, but yes, we are very, very excited and very happy also to leave the hospital. >> sandra: incredible thing to see her smiling and we were all moved by your caption when you first posted the picture reuniting with your mother, mom's back. what has she told you she wants to share with the world about her time in captivity? is there any message she wants to get out or anything she wants to share about what happened while she was in there? >> well, we cannot share what happened there because it's something private to her and others that were with her or we want to keep them safe, the others still there, we need to keep them safe. so we cannot share, but the thing that held her, that she stayed optimistic and tried to be as vital as possible by helping others whenever she could or do things there and everything she could do in order

to feel that she's still needed and just help her to get hope that this will end, that she will come back. >> sandra: back to october 7th when hamas rampaged through the village in which she was, murdering, kidnapping its residents, she and her close neighbor, we were told, and her ex-husband, your father, were both taken to gaza. we understand that your father still remains. what are you learning about that situation? >> we have no information about his status, no, nothing about him, and this is the major problem. over 50 days and we know nothing about the people that are there and this is something that is -- it's hard to say unacceptable when you work with a terror organization, but i believe the organization, humanitarian organization, like the red cross and like the u.n. should have and must have done much more in

order to see the israeli people that are there and see their condition. we don't even know who is there, who is alive, who is dead, who is rounded, who is sick, we don't know anything about the people that are there. and i see some humanitarian aid is getting into gaza, thanks to this organization. and it's ok, but everyone in gaza need to get to humanitarian help, including the israel people that are there, and all these organization could do much, much more and put more pressure in order to make sure they will come to visit the israeli people there and see their condition. >> sandra: we are showing so many of these hostages and i was struck by one of the family members we played out there in a series of family members speaking out as they were reunited with family members and some like you are experiencing the high of receiving one like your mother, and now the wait for your father, and just how obviously difficult your

situation is. this was dori roberts, she has three relatives released by hamas. she was on this network earlier. listen. >> most of the time it's underground hitting tin cans, food and a little bit of dry pitas here and there, sleeping pills here and there, sharing one pill between five people, trying to get some kind of humanitarian or some kind of human condition down there is very challenging. >> sandra: incredibly challenging to hear that and to just not know. what do you imagine the next few hours are like, are you being told anything? we just received this statement from the president of the united states, joe biden, who is speaking right now on an unrelated topic but his administration did release a statement just a short time ago on the extension of the humanitarian pause in gaza. the president here says he

remains deeply engaged over the past few days to ensure this deal brokered and sustained through mediation and diplomacy can continue to deliver results. we all just have to remain hopeful. >> yes, it is. unfortunately currently not even talk about men, only women, kids and elderly woman. but currently no discussion about men. but the men and especially the elderly men are -- you also from yesterday, alma was released yesterday and her life is in danger, don't know the situation, don't know who is ok and who is not. and don't want the position someone coming back but don't know if they will survive or not. so, this is also the thing that everyone must come back home and by the way, dori you talked to

is my family. my father, life partner was murdered and her daughters are the one that released, so we are family also. >> sandra: we are thankful for your mother's return and are thinking of and praying for your family and your father's return. our hearts are with you. thank you very much for joining us with your story. >> thank you, thank you. >> john: difficult situation for so many people. suspect arrested for the shooting of three college students of palestinian descent pleading not guilty to charges of attempted murder in the second degree. merrick garland also announcing doj is looking into the shooting as a possible hate crime. molly line joins us now with more. molly, such a terrible situation. where is the suspect now? >> he remains in custody, 48 years old, burlington resident, remains in custody spending a

bail hearing yet to happen. the lone suspect of the shooting over the weekend, as multiple law enforcement agencies worked to determine a motive for the unprovoked attack. the three victims, 20-year-old college students, shot saturday evening while walking in the burlington, vermont neighborhood where they traveled to celebrate the thanksgiving holiday with family and friends. two of them were wearing the traditional palestinian scarfs, the suspect stepped off of a porch, firing four shots from a pistol and then fled, running away on foot. the suspect did not speak and police report there is no additional information to suggest the suspect's motive. >> although we do not yet have evidence to support a hate crime enhancement, i do want to be clear that there is no question this was a hateful act. we currently live in a world of divisiveness and hate, rather

than inclusion and love. >> the u.s. attorney general noted the fbi is in the case, it was the atf agency that did door knocks and captured eaton on sunday afternoon. a search warrant of his residence, right there at the shooting scene, uncovered evidence, including a gun that matched casings at the scene, two of the young victims shot in their torso, one in the lower extremity. two in serious condition, one a bit more critical. back to you. >> john: thank you. sandra. >> sandra: less than 50 days until the iowa caucus, a look at how the candidates are vying for facetime with voters as the primary campaign enters its final stretch. >> john: can you imagine, we are almost there. plus, despite the worsening crisis at our southern border, the biden administration may be more focused on policing pronouns for the migrants trying to enter the u.s. illegally.

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>> so the message actually came out a couple years ago, i guess they are just reiterating, repushing the information out but it had come out already some time ago, and but it's the same thing. look at it. you have individuals coming across on the terrorist watch list, you have record number of got-aways, record number of people turning themselves in from all over the world, you know, you have individuals when they were focusing and talking about vaccines so individuals coming into the country that have 0 vaccination records, but we are going to concentrate on pronouns. shows from day one what this administration has been pushing instead of pushing the law enforcement aspect, instead of pushing, hey, let's protect our nation's borders, too much involved in i guess the smoke and mirrors part of it. >> john: another memo sent out today at 3:00 local time this afternoon, cbp is going to suspend vehicle inspection

operations at the international bridge in eagle pass, 2:00 luke, reduce processing in lukeville, arizona and redistrict the person to help apprehend migrants because the problem is so bad and the man power is so thin. what do you say about that? >> the thing is, you have so many large groups coming across, and look at tucson sector as example, apprehended more than 13,000 individuals a week, that pretty much takes a lot of the time from agents to be working the field to have to be concentrating on processing, on transport. so, it's all hands on deck so they have to take away from other programs, having to take away from other areas in order to pretty much assist because when you have that many individuals turning themselves in and we have said it before, the cartels know what they are doing, on purpose. strategic from the cartels, it takes away time from the agents so now they can bring more drugs and everything across, so bringing in more people from different parts of the agency to

assist with that, to try to stop some of the flow. >> john: numbers for october are a new record. what does that portend for the year ahead? >> it's unfortunate we have to focus on this. each month, we say hey, it's another new record, another new record. we need to have the political will and will stop by detaining the individuals, sending the message, you have to be detained and you have to prove your asylum claim and don't have a legitimate claim you'll be sent back. this administration does not have the political will to do that. >> john: good to catch up with you and the latest from the border. thank you. >> thank you for having me. >> sandra: a couple big developments right now, update on a new attack on u.s. forces in iraq and syria. we also have an update on the hostages per the idf. we'll take a quick break. we'll be right back.

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>> sandra: a fox news alert. the idf is confirming based on information that they received from the red cross, 11 hostages are on their way the israeli territory. we're now getting names, pictures and ages of the hostages. >> yeah, age 3 to 51. looks like nine of them are 18 or under. two of them, one in their 30s, the other one age 51. so that's good news. that more and more people are coming out. the same time, 33 palestinians released, 30 minors and three women in exchange. >> sandra: more coming up. if john kirby will be joining martha. i'm sandra smith. >> john: i'm john roberts. we'll see you tomorrow. "the story" with martha starts right now. >> martha: okay. breaking news right now, thanks very much, you