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♪ ♪ bill: so we have arrived on the eve of the day that many thought
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would never happen again, ands the here. the return of donald trump's got washington, d.c. buzzing. sporters already -- supporters already are like up ahead of the president-elect's victory rally which will happen this afternoon. the winter weather that's to rolling in throughout the day not stop them ahead of tomorrows' historic toic inauguration. morning, everybody, wherever you are on this sunday morning. welcome to washington, d.c., i'm bill hemmer for a couple days of coverage here. what's going on? dana: yes. i'm dana perino, this is "america's newsroom." the mood is easy going and happy. bill: yes. dana: i went down very early, 6:00, going to get a coffee, so was everybody else. bill really long line. dana: the line was so long, and i made a new friend, jersey gop, tony. if i have a new friend. my day already is going well, and is and i'm happy to be here with you. we have a good show for you to come. right now we are a little more than 24 hours the go until
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donald trump is sworn in as the 47th president. it is the culmination of a stunning political comeback four years in the making, and it has been an incredible road. watch all of this. [applause] ♪ >> it is my greatest honor and privilege to have been your president. >> usa! usa! >> in order to make america great and glorious with again, i am tonight the announcing my candidacy for president of the united states. [cheers and applause] >> this is the biggest crowd they've ever had, they say. i love them and hay love me. [cheers and applause] [background sounds] [gunfire] ♪ [cheers and applause] >> i want the thank the american people for the extraordinary
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honor of being elected -- [cheers and applause] >> usa! usa! ♪ dana: incoming white house press secretary karoline leavitt is with us, and we're going to get the her. first the to aishah hasnie on capitol hill to give us the latest there. >> reporter: good morning, guys. we have been quite a journey with the president-elect for a while now, and we continue on that journey today and origin to. he's going to head to arlington national cemetery in just a little while. he got a very warm welcome back to washington yesterday. take a look at this. the incoming president incoming first lady getting a big fireworks show, and his golf club in sterling, virginia, last night. the couple was surrounded by family and friends at this star-studded event. meanwhile, we are talking about inaugural preps indoors, you guys. only about 600 people, i'm told, will get to see the
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president-elect sworn in in person. that's the capacity for the capitol rotunda where preparations are underway the build the inaugural stage. space is very tight. there's been some frustration about who gets to go, when get those coveted seats. embassies have been calling senate offices wondering about diplomats, members wondering about their spouses. i am told only those with tickets to the presidential platform and members of congress will be allowed in that room tomorrow. and remember, trump has invited tech giants like elon musk, jeff bezos, mark zuckerberg as well. so we'll probably see some vicious, pick -- vips as a well. the trump team is offering a viewing party at cat tap one arena -- capital one arena. capacity there just 20,000 people. i've been talking the some folks as well who came in, who have seats outside for tomorrow, and they don't know where they're going to watch this, but they say they're not leaving, they're going to stuck it out and be
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here in washington when he becomes the next president. dana? dana: yes. and as i said at the top, people are cheerful, easy going, understand the weather changes. nobody was mad, everybody's super patient, so we will pack ours as well. thanks, aishah. bill: karoline leavitt leads our coverage here. good morning to you, nice the see you. there's a lot to talk about. i know you guys are juggling a lot of things at the last minute here. when we get to the moment tomorrow, which is the speech, what's he going to to tell america? >> you're going the hear president trump talk about how we are entering a golden age of america and how americans' hope can be restored in this great nation. you'll hear president trump talk about the reality of the world that a we are living in, the border invasion that that has turned every state in this country into a border state. you'll hear him talk about the dire economic situation that many american husband holds have found themselves in because of the -- american households have found themselves in.
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then you'll hear about his executive action on day one to fix these problems that have been plaguing the american people other the past four years. -- over the past four years. and i think americans are going to feel a renewed sense of hope and optimism, and you're already feeling that in this city throughout the weekend. dana: you really can. the fox news poll says trump's win was a rejection of biden policy at 54%. let me ask you, when you have the executive orders a that go out, how are you going the, as press secretary, communicate to the people this is huh this is going to go, this is what we're able to do immediate toly. how much rejection of the biden policy can happen on day one? >> a lot. and the american people should expect that president trump is going the deliver on many of the promises that he made to to them within the first 24 hours of his taking back the oval office. our policy team has been working diligently on putting these orders together for him so we can immediately shut down the southern border, reinvigorate our energy i have, reverse many of thest disastrous biden
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administration -- disastrous -- reverse many of the disastrous biden administration orders which have led to cost of living inflation in this country. there's a lot for us the message. it's a big responsibility. we don't want the details lost on the american people because every single one of these executive actions that president trump is taking are monumental. and they are truly going to the transform the way that this government here in washington, d.c. works, how the bureaucracy works and how it's been ripping off american taxpayers. bill so here are the top priorities, immigration, deportation, 13%. let me come back to the that. economy and jobs, same, 13. inflation, high prices at 11. make america great again and resign or quit at 9 president -- [laughter] an even score there. on immigration and deportation a, it seemed tomman made some news yesterday. -- tom homan, he'll join us next hour about reconsidering going into chicago. what can you add to that?
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>> i'll never comment on specific law enforcement options.. -- operations. what i will say is president trump promised the american people that that he is going to launch the largest mass deportation operation in american history, and under the leadership of kristi noem and of cbp and i.c.e., i'm sure they are preparing to do the that. this policy has has overwhelming support from the american people. there was a fascinating poll in "the new york times" yesterday that showed that 83% of americans support deporting illegal immigrants-committed crimes in this country, and that's what president trump and this administration will be focused on. if you broke to our nation's laws to get here and then on top of of that you come into our country, you get a free ride and then committed a crime, you are going to be sent home the your home country. and this is going to the send a very strong message to the rest of the world that if you are thinking about brian breaking america's laws, think again. you will be are sent home.
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dana: mayor of new york, eric adams, met with president-elect trump to over the weekend. some of these mayors are keelinh sanctuary city laws. to do you get a sense there's any ability to cooperate with the federal government from somebody like an eric adams? >> well, yes. you've seen some rhetoric softening. i can speaken behalf of the governor of massachusetts, power a rah healey, when has said -- maura healey who has said she realizes there's a big problem in her state, and she's maybe willing to the work with the trump administration. when you see president trump actually empower implementing these policies, i do think these democrat mayors and governors who their citizens are fed up. again, i'll recite that poll. there's overwhelming support amongst the american people, democrats and republicans, to do the right thing. we have to be a nation of laws. we have to restore law and order in red states and in blue states a alike. and president trump will work with anybody across the the aisle to do that. bill: two more things.
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one from me, one from dana. there's a weather storm rolling in here. >> there is. bill: it could be wind chill 5 degrees tomorrow or it may not be. we'll see. we'll see what happens. [laughter] others have suggested it might be more than just weather the move things indoors. can you confirm or deny that security is a consideration? >> i've seen those educations, and those rumor -- allegations and rumorsen line, they are unequivocally false. as president trump said in his statement, the inauguration was moved indoors because he wants to protect his supporters. it is going to be frigid tomorrow. i'm from new hampshire, i'm used to the cold, but it ising going to be very, very cold. there was also a concern about law enforcement personnel, the horses, the k-9 dollings, there's so many -- dogs, there's so much that goes into protecting a president on election day. it's strictly due the weather. dana: you're going to brief on tuesday, i'm going to be watching. thank you so much. we do have some breaking news live in tel aviv. what do we know now, trey?
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do we have eyes on some of these hostages that have just been released? >> reporter: yeah. right here in tel aviv -- [cheers and applause] you can hear the crowd erupting behind me. i'm going to have my cameraman if pan to the street here. this is local israeli television, and there's a split screen from gaza. if you look on the left side of this screen, it is the first image of one of these hostages about to be released from hamas if captivity. remember, there are three of them who will be released today. just to give you a sense of what it's like in this crowd here though, there was so much anticipation. the the israelis didn't know if these women would be released alive or dead and, again, this was the first image that they were able to see, at least one of them alive. we understand that the red cross is right now working to get these hostages to the idf along the gaza border and, again, just more cheers from this crowd as they're getting the first piece of good news in 15 months.
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there are three women that are set to be released today, a woman named romi, a woman named doron and a woman named emily. two of them were taken from one of the small communities along the border and one of them from the nova music festival. again, they're just seeing these images for the first time, live images from the gaza strip. and at least one of these hostages surrounded by fighters from a hamas' brigades. it's just a disconnect that these civilians here have dealt with following each and every day of this war and, again, they have been waiting for this good news. just the give you a little bit of information about what's going to happen next, these hostages are being transferred from hamas' armed military wing, they will go to the red cross and then meet israeli soldiers along the gaza border at which point we are told by an israeli official they will be transferred the a reception area. and we got with just another
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small piece of information that's is important in this story. the mothers of these hostages are going to be permitted to meet them at this reception point. they will be able to be reunited there. they'll be evaluated by a team of psychologists and doctors, and they'll be flown then to a hospital here in central israel. but, again, the latest information that we have, the israeli people just now as we are speaking are seeing the first images of these hostages being transferred to the red cross inside gaza. they'll move if on and, again, i'm just going to step out of the frame here so you can see these images from gaza. those green headbands, those are members of hamas' brigades and, again, these images of this car right here, that is one of the hostages being released. and it's just a sense of relief for the israeli people here in tel aviv as they get these first images out of gaza and wait for any more information about their fellow countrywomen.
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guys? dana: trey yingst, okay, so a couple of things. one, it does look chaotic and almost dangerous for these hostages as they try to get out as the clamoring around the cars, it's not very orderly. two, one of my earliest political memories is of the hostages being released, the americans being released from tehran and ronald reagan's enaugust ration. inauguration. and these young women and the other hostages have been held underground for longer than the americans were in tehran. we don't know what they've gone through. we will all be there to try the help them. are these the only hostages we expect in this first phase of the ceasefire, or are there more to come? >> reporter: so the first phase of the ceasefire will last for 42 days. in taillight, 33 hostages -- in total, 33 hostages will be released from hamas captivity during this time. we don't know how many of them are alive and how many dead, but this is the current agreement. they will be exchanged for
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palestinian prisoners -- [applause] and i want the just reed you an update that we just got in from the if ikf. the red cross has communicated that three israeli hostages were transferred to them, and they are on their way toward the idf if inside the gaza trip. -- strip. they are all alive. just a remarkable moment just one day ahead of the inauguration. and as you talked about, there is such political significance here. president-elect trump warned hamas that there would be hell to pay if these hostages were not released and if there was not a deal. [cheers and applause] among the group of if 33 hostages set to be released in first phase of the ceasefire agreement, we understand two american citizens are on that list are. it cannot be overstated how much the israeli people have been waiting for this moment. they are just really relieved is the only way to describe the feeling here in tel aviv tonight. so many people just waiting to to see this first day go
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smoothly and then, hopefully, the weekend that follows more will come out of gaza. bill: trey, the negotiations here are fraught with, i would argue, delicacy, you know? phase one is expected to last six weeks. and on the 16th day of phase one, they'll start negotiations for phase two. this could go sideways at any point. it's also been reported that in israel they believe most of the hostages are still alive? does that comport with the information you have in and if so -- you have? and if so, how many, roughly, do we believe are still being held alive? >> reporter: it's a great question, and to give you a sense of just how delicate this ceasefire is, i'll take you to to this morning. people woke up across israel expecting a ceasefire to be in place at 8:30 a.m. local time a maas hadn't handed -- hamas if
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hadn't handed over the list of hostages being transferred to the red cross and to the idf. so the israelis came out with their top military spokesman and announced they were resuming airstrikes across the gaza strip. and we saw these images, plumes of smoke coming from gaza, as the israelis resumed their campaign, putting that last minute pressure on a hamas. later they released the list and things moved forward. but this is an incredibly delicate agreement in terms of the number of people alive out of the 33 we expected to be released during the first phase of this 6-week phase one, we understand anywhere from 221-26 -- 21-26 the are believed to be alive. even the israelis don't know because hamas is giving them not much information to work with. just today they found outta that these three hostages -- out that these three hostages are alive. so is as we look forward, the six weeks ahead are going to be filled with anticipation and anxiety for the israeli people.
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but again, tonight a sense of relief, three israeli hostages going to be reunited with their loved ones in a a matter of minutes here in the middle east. deign thame trey, may be i -- may i ask you about the palestinians who are being held by israel for crimes that were going to be released, when does that happen? >> reporter: that that's going to happen the minute that these israeli hostages cross the border from gaza. and just the give you a breakdown of what we're looking at here, and the numbers can get a bit confusing. but amid the phase one of this agreement with, you will see3 3 hostages released from gaza. the first 9 hostages, we understand according to a senior hamas official who spoke with fox news about the negotiations that this have been ongoing in doha, they'll be exchanged for 110 palestinian prisoners that currently have life sentences. and i took a look at this list. we're talking about people
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convicted of murder and terrorism, people who planned suicide bombings and people who conducted shooting attacks in the west bank are going to be released for these civilians who were dragged from their homes on the morning of october 7, and in one case dragged from a music festival. and the disconnect here is striking because, again, when you look at the release, you are seeing three israeli civilians released from gaza today. the prisoners that are being released just today from israeli prisons are convicted murderers and people who planned suicide bombings. and that is part of the reason that this deal has been met with a lot of frustration in the israeli public, because they understand what this means. they have dealt with the before. when we go back to 2011, an israeli soldier who was released from gaza in exchanging for 1,000 palestinian prisoners, they remember one of those prisoners was washington yahya
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sinwar one of -- yeah yahya sinwar one of the mast masterminds behind the october 7th massacre. my producer handing this to me, we understand the hostages are in good condition, and again, they are on their way to thish s df if meeting point -- the idf meeting point where they'll be reunited with their mothers along the border. and, again, you just hear these cheers in the crowd in hostage square in tel aviv where demonstrators have been coming out every single week demanding an agreement. the deal being implemented as we speak is very similar to the deal that was on the table last may. the difference here, president-elect trump sent his middle east envoy, steve witkoff, to doha, pushed this deal across the line. and we will see not only these hostages released, but if the deal moves forward, 333 of them in phase one -- 33. and if phase the two moves forward, the rest of the hostages that were held by hamas for the past 470 days.
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bill, or dana? bill: remarkable stuff. trey, your producer says the three hostages are how now in the hands of the red cross. they've been seen walking, and they are alive. the -- going back 12, 14 months, what a scene that is, and we can hear, we can hear the music behind you, trey. the pattern has been to come out of the northern -- southern strip of gaza and to head to a hospital either in tel aviv or near tel aviv. i assume that will be the same pattern for these three? trey, what happens tomorrow? >> reporter: tomorrow the israeli people go back to waiting. it will take days to determine the next list of hostages to be released from gaza. the hostages that are going to be released today will stay at the sheba medical center in the center part of israel. it is one of the most advanced hospitals in the country. they'll be evaluated by a team
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of psychologists. the song that's playing behind me it's called back home, and it's become an anthem for these demonstrators who come out each week the to call for the release of the hostages from from gaza. bill? bill: thank you, trey. good to have you there. back to you momentarily with more news. the president, joe biden, on his final day in office will speak on this in a matter of moments. he is in charleston, south carolina. deign a deign and president-elect trump with new comments on tiktok as 170 million americans wake up this morning without access to the app. that was a chinese decision to shut it down. jonathan turley here to react. i. everybody wants that. - “hero doc saves vision!” - well, i- “hero owl saves money!” use your vision insurance for exams, glasses, and contacts - all at america's best. (sneeze)
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bill: okay. a lot beginning on. first thing we want to to show you is the current president, joe biden, he just landed in charleston, south carolina. he's going to the make a statement momentarily on these three hostages coming out of gaza as we speak, literally. dana: we saw hunter biden and karine jean-pierre as well. also a tiktok officially making a decision to to go dark after the supreme court upheld the divest or ban law. president-elect trump says he's willing to work with the social media giant. he posted a simple message saying save tiktok. madeleine rivera is live at the white house with more. >> reporter: good morning. tiktok went offline about two hours before the law was supposed to take effect. you'll see a message that a says, sorry, tiktok is not available right now. while banning tiktok has been enacted in the u.s., unfortunately, that means you can't use tiktok for now. the app also suggests it might not be gone for too long. the message goes on to say we are fortunate that president trump has indicated he work with
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us on a solution to reinstate tiktok once he takes office. please stay tuned. president-elect trump posted on truth social minutes ago asking companies not to let tiktok go dark. he says he will be issuing an executive order tomorrow to extend the period of time before the law's prohibition takes effect. he would like the the united states to have a 50% ownership position adding by doing this we save tiktok, keep it in good hands and allow it the stay up. it's unclear how this will hold up legally. trump can grant a one-time 90-day pause but only if there is significant progress toward a sale, and beijing-based bytedance has said a sale is not possible despite receiving multiple offers. white house pretty secretary karine jean-pierre says tiktok going dark is a stunt. she says we have hate out our position clearly and straightforwardly, actions will awe fall to the next administration suggesting they would not have imposed the hefty
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fines that companies like google and apple would have faced for supporting the app. it puts political pressure on trump who who once supported a ban because of national security concerns. he changed his tune after realizing its towering during the campaign trail. so for now, tiktok's roughly 170 million users will be waiting hoping for a solution. dana, back to you. dana: thank you so much, madeleine. jonathan turley, fox news contributor and constitutional law professor, joins us now. okay, so is now what? >> that's a very good question because we are in unchart ad water with. it's not clear you can still do the 90-day extension coming out to this new period even 90 days is not going to give you the runway you need to pass new legislation or to sell a major corporation of that size. so what do you do? with or without the 90 days. that's going to evaporate. and what president biden said is i'm just not going to enforce the law which is not really an option you're supposed to have when congress passes a binding
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law. so the question really is how this is going to impact the chinese. of thermoto have yous for not making concessions -- notorious, unless there's no other alternative. so the question is whether this deal-making president, a very media-savvy president, can go to the chinese and say it's time to make that a deal. we're really unsure. i've talked to people on capitol hill about how fast they could move. that's the most obvious and worthy aproposal 90 days is a blink in washington d.c. it'll be very hard -- dana: but it's a lifetime for young people who are upset this morning. [laughter] >> yes. my own break dancing videos will have to be suspended. bill: and they're good ones too. >> i know. bill: listen, a lot of people talking this morning. michael waltz, incoming nsa, was saying a but things on some of the networks. speaker johnson said earlier today they'll enforce the ban. the incoming president's been all over truth social today. he says he'll sign an executive order tomorrow that will post on
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the ban. i don't know if he can do that. the other thing he said is you can split ownership. 50% owned by the u.s. and perhaps 50% owned by a conglomeration of chinese and singapore -- >> that is the easiest way out of this. the president-elect is correct. the question is getting the chinese to the table. they were hoping that the supreme court would give them the ultimate, no pun intended, trump card. the supreme court did the not go their way. they decided that they had to give credence to these national security views that the government had put before them. they did not view this as a free speech issue. and so now the chinese have got to make a decision. the chinese voluntarily went dark. you know, the biden administration wasn't saying they were going to enforce if it. but that comes, you know, from tiktok's perspective, they're saying, well, we don't the know what status we're in here. you've got a president saying we're not going to enforce, congress saying you've got to do this, and so they went dark. dana: well, jonathan turley,
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we'll see what happens. i do think that, you know, there's a lot of people upset right now that the fbi didn't catch the chinese before they infiltrated a lot of our systems of government here, and with the bipartisan group on cap to toll -- capitol hill saying they're in your phones and and all of your homes, and they wanted to do something about it. for now, the chinese made a decision. they didn't have to go dark -- >> that's right. dana: -- they made a decision to do it. bill: have you seen this guy spin on his head? >> yeah, let's hope we see that soon again. bill: very intriguing. we'll see which way works out. dana: thank you. bill: moments away from remarks by president biden after the release of three hostages. you will hear those comments when we continue, and that right there is a live look in tel aviv with these three israeli women now free. and if you're troubled by falls and bleeds, worry follows you everywhere.
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♪ dana: welcome back. as president-elect donald trump prepares to take the presidential oath for his second term, national news groups are bracing for a significant shift from camera-shy president biden to media-friendly trump. but the media that once relied on the trump bump seeing viewers leave in droves. let's bring in mario parker and annie linskey from the "wall street journal": i mean, we benefit in some ways. fox news is doing great. how different do you think your life is going to be, just energy wise in covering things between today and maybe starting tomorrow? bill: we call it trump time. >> right. dana, you're already seeing that this morning with trump having a very detailed social media posting on tiktok. i'm already getting messages from my editor at, you know, a sunday morning that wasn't really the pace of the biden administrations. bill: if mario? >> just the wide range of issues, right, from tiktok, as annie said, to immigration,
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energy, just a wide range of issues that we expect to be happening on day one, just bracing for that. dana: shelby, one of the things that happened over this week is house speaker mike johnson spoke to the free press x he talked about something i know all of you have covered about what was biden's capabilities during the presidency. mike johnson had this to say. watch here. >> mr. president, thanks for the moments. why did you pause if lng experts to europe? he looks at me stunned and he said, i didn't do that. and i said is, mr. president, yes, you did. it was an executive order like three weeks ago. he was not lying to me. he genuinely did the not know what he had signed. and i walked out of that meeting with fear and loathing. we're in serious trouble. who's running the country? dana: shelby, we're finding out more and more people who are journalists or professors of politics at the university of virginia who were told this by other people, but they didn't
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say anything about it. >> i think that's the really big concern x that's what this story reminds me of, how many people quietly knew or at least had concerns about president biden's menial fitness for years -- mental fitness for years before the vast majority of the public and really the vast majority of the media reported on it. there were reporters who were focusing on it for a long time and it was sort of -- but it sort of felt sequestered into this, you know, certain sect of the internet until that first debate with donald trump. bill: you know, andy, you were one of those to report on it. >> yes, i was. bill: just the refresh our viewers' memories here, behind closed doors. june 4, behind closed doors, biden shows signs of slipping. how the white house functions with a diminished biden in charge. that was a very interesting read. how do you reflect on that now? >> i mean, there's been such a shift. when we published that story in june, the "wall street journal" took an enormous amount of heat
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from other media outlets. we were, the reporting was yesterday. i was really surprised by the amount of heat that we did get, the amount of grief we got in d.c. interestingly, in the rest of the country people received the article very well. they, you know, didn't have that same reaction. but in d.c. it was kind of a rough period. but i think that shifted pretty quickly as more people started the taking the story seriously and developing some of their own sources and, you know, hearing and reporting on what we had previously done. dana: did you get an apology. >> no apology yet. dana: mario, when you think about the democrats who are leaving and you continue to read more about just this cold chill that has overcome the democratic party mission to the loss, but -- in addition to the loss, but this tension between the bidens and kamala harris' team, between pelosi and biden, the friendship's broken, biden telling everybody he could have won and that she could have won
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too which was confusing because she lost, but that he could have won, and do they understand, do you think, the enormity of the loss and where they are, and do you expect them to find their footing as a democratic party within the first9 0 -- 90 days here? >> i don't see them finding their footing within the first 90 days. it seems they're very uncertain. in fact, the footing is a bit off of right now. everything has been upended by president biden's decision to stay in the race. you're seeing some factions of the democratic party, bernie sanders out with an op-ed this morning speak about working with the incoming president. john fetterman made a pilgrimage down the mar-a-lago, gretchen whitmer, two of the people, fetterman and whitmer, in the class of 2028 for democrats taking a more con conciliatory approach than they did before. whether or not the rest of the party follows suit, we'll see. bill: on that point, shelby, the resistance will rise again. in what form and how strong, we have yet to see that.
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but even today in "the new york times", peter baker's commentary and analysis is that defiance is out, deference is in. and the resistance has moved to resignation. how do how you see this developing in washington and maybe across the state capitols? >> i think that's a really great point and completely accurate, and i think it's, essentially, the democratic party doesn't really have a clear leader. and until they sort out who that clear leader is and what they're going to stand for, that deference is going the continue because they have no other choice. and so this inauguration is much different than 2016 in that sense. you don't see the protests you did. and also trump supporters are more willing to say that they're trump supporters because you don't have that resistance. so nothing's going to change until the democratic party figures out those two things. dana: i love having a political reporter panel. thank you so much for being here, and have a good time in the next 24 hours and rest up. bill: you guys are in for some interesting days. dana: thank you so much.
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bill: thanks, guys. dana: any moment president biden is about to to deliver remarks after the release of three israeli hostages. we will bring you the president's remarks live as soon as they happen.
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bill: so for some it is freedom at long last, and it's happening right now in realtime.
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three female israeli hostages have been released. they are now in israeli custody as part of a ceasefire deal in gaza. president biden will speak any moment in south carolina, when that begins, we will bring that to you. audi and yael alexander are the parents of another hostage, their son is still being held by hamas in gaza, and we welcome you both the our broadcast here in washington, d.c.. it's remarkable to see these three women. they look healthy. they were walking. that must give you, perhaps, some hope? >> it's given us a lot of hope, a lot of hope see them alive and released, you know? it's 471 days that we are waiting for something like that will happen, and and after we saw our son on thanksgiving weekend, hamas released a video of him speaking, and it was for us a sign of life.
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so we are really hopeful that he will come back, he will come back home the jersey, and i just, i'm waiting for this moment to just hold him. yes. dana: you -- maybe you could explain, alexander, what is it like wait? [laughter] because this -- you know the days, it's the 471 days, longer than the americans were in a tehran. i can't imagine how your imagination might try to get the best of you at times, but you are here together in strength and solidarity. tell us a little bit more about that. >> the wait is, it's tough. but you have to go on autopilot every day, put your shirt bring them home or some other t-shirt, and keep fighting for your son, for your son's life. it's -- just imagine if your child is lost in a mall for a down cl of hours. you will be talking with -- couple of hours. you will be talking with
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everybody. with the maintenance, shoppers, security, everybody, this is what we do. there is no other choice. we have to continue to see that all the faces being -- phases are being implemented and the ceasefire, permanent ceasefire is in evict. bill: i don't know what you feel about this transition of government here in the united states. that that may or may not help bring your son out in due order, but if you read through the phases, unfortunately, it's my candidated. and you know -- complicated. you know this can go sideways at any time. >> it's really tough. it's really tough, but we are confident. president trump stated publicly and privately he doesn't want this war to continue. he doesn't want the it on his plate tomorrow, on january 20th, and that's why this deadline was presented, and it was a great idea for everybody. use this deadline and exi cute
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the deal. execute the deal. bill: have you met steve witkoff? >> uh-huh. bill: you have? >> yes. we had a lot of conversations with steve. and he's on top of our case. dana: when will, when might you decide to go over the israel? >> so i'm flying back and fort, like, every three weeks i'm coming the israel to speak with the officials there, with everyone that, again, everyone needs to the see me. to see me. and i don't know, i didn't decide yet when it's time for -- bill: how's the rest of your family doing? >> it's the very difficult. it's tough. but you know what? it was the first time like i'm picking my son in middle school and telling him, listen, the deal is on. it's going to happen. this sunday you're going to to see hostages released, and he was is happy. of course afterwards he asked me, okay, when is edan coming back home, and i'm like, okay,
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we need the wait -- dana: how many other children to do you need? >> roy, 13 and mika, 18, she's in college now. it's difficult, but they are giving me the strength to continue and the fight. on behalf of our son, beautiful son edan. he needs to come back home. so, like, this is why we so, like, feeling -- dana: we feel hopeful for you and edan, so how old is he now? >> just celebrated 21. yeah. they kidnapped him, he was only 19. dana: look how handsome he is too. we're seeing a picture of him there. and i also -- we're going to get to to president biden. let's listen to him here on this hostage release. bill: we want to bring in our stations from across the nation to the join us from charleston, south carolina, on what will be his second to last day in office. >> four more will be released in
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seven days, three additional hostages seven days at least including two american citizens in this first phase. we pray for them and their families. they're going to be a long recovery hate. by the 16th day of the deal, talks will begin on the second phase. this phase includes the release of israeli soldiers and a permanent end to the war without hamas in power or able to threaten israel. hundreds of trucks are entering gaza as i speak. they're carrying assistance for civilians who have suffered enormously from the war that hamas started october 7th, 2023. nearly 15 months ago. today alone we anticipate several hundred trucks will enter the gaza strip, probably as i'm speaking, and after so much pain and and destruction, loss of life, today the guns in gaza have gone silent. this was a deal that i outlined for the world back on may 31st. many of you covered it at the time. i was -- it was endorsed
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overwhelmingly by folks around the world including the u.n. security council, they unanimously endorsed the deal and developed a, in coordination coordination with egypt, qatar and israel. i've worked in foreign policy for decades, and this is one of the toughest negotiations i've been part of. many of you who follow these negotiations will attest that the road to this deal has been not easy at all and a long road. but we've reached the point today because of the pressure israel built on hamas backed by the united states. some said my policy of firm support support for israel was -- risking drawing america into a wider war in the region. i listened the those voices, many of whom i respected a great deal, but i concluded abandoning the course i was on would not have led us to the ceasefire we're seeing today. but, instead, it would have risked the wider war in the region that so many feared. now the region has been fundamentally transformed.
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hamas' longtime leader, sinwar, is dead. hamas sponsors in the middle east have been badly weakened by israel backed by the united states. hezbollah, one of hamas' biggest backers, was significantly weakened on the battlefield, and its leadership was destroyed. even as we work for depp diplomatic solutions -- diplomatic solutions many in lebanon, we provided ongoing assistance to support the campaign against hezbollah including efforts the take out the terror infrastructure along the border between israel and lebanon. israel's campaign was extremely successful. so much so that by the end of november the united states had a brokered a ceasefire in lebanon, hezbollah did what it said it would never do, it cut its deal and abandoned hamas. and today lebanon, in lebanon there's finally a new president and prime minister, both of whom support a sovereign lebanon without hezbollah ruling the
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show -- running the show or playing any part in it. the assad regime next door in syria is gone and moving iran's already access -- ready access to lebanon. iran is in the weakest position in decades after the u.s. military helped defend israel from iranian missiles and supported israel's military response inside iran. just look across the region. in lebanon there's an opportunity for a future free from from the are grip of hezbollah and in syria, a future free from the assads, the tyranny of assad. for the palestinian people, a credible path to a state of their own. and for the region and the future normalization and integration of israel with all its neighbors including saudi arabia with who i've spoken with. we've had many difficult days since hamas began this terrible war. we've encountered roadblocks and setbacks, but we haven't given up. a special thanks to my team, particularly brett mcgurk, who many of you know, when spent
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weeks and months working nonstop to make this deal, many of those weeks and months out of the country. today's ceasefire in gaza and the release of hostage is the the rell of a principled and -- result of a principled and effective policy we've presided over for months. we got here without a wider war in the middle east many predicted. and now it falls to the next administration the to help implement this deal. i was pleased to have our teams speak as one voice in the final days. it was both necessary, effective and unprecedented. but success is going to require per if since and continuing support -- per if since and continuing support for our friends in the region and the belief in diplomacy backed by deterrence. so as we reflect on the news from gaza today, we also remember all the victims of this war. they were -- we're mindful that the pursuit of a lasting a peace, while never easy or quick, must always be our calling. so thank you all for listening and may god bless you all, and may god protect our troops. i'm looking forward to this deal
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being fully implemented. and i'm sorry, i'm not going to take any questions now, because there's a whole congregation remaining -- waiting for me, and i'm sure -- [inaudible] >> you say anything about the hostages -- >> yes, i just got a call saying the three were released in gaza to -- out of the hands of their captors, and they appear to be in good health. but it's early to tell. they're literally being -- they may be across the border of the gaza strip into israel now, i'm not certain. thank you. >> sir, any concerns about -- [inaudible] >> no. [inaudible conversations] bill: okay. so the first move can -- stand by. the first move in the first phase of the hostage deal has taken place. there are many moving parts on this. and as the president said, on the 16th day of the first phase of the deal, negotiations fo

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