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gaza, the bombing is now on hold as families and the world anxiously await the hostage and prisoner exchange and trucks full of desperately needed aid prepare to enter gaza. we have team coverage on the ground this morning. >> janai: tiktok goes dark, the social media company shutting down the app in advance of the u.s. ban. users bidding tearful good-byes to the app loved by more than 170 million people in the u.s. what content creators who make their livings on tiktok are saying and how the new trump administration could intervene. >> whit: deep freeze, nearly 70 million americans waking up to weather alerts from north carolina to maine with subzero wind chills from the midwest to the east coast, the snow, ice, and dangerous winds in the forecast as the socal fires brace for more extreme winds. >> gio: that big chill forcing donald trump's second inauguration indoors. what we expect from his address to the nation tomorrow and his plans for deportation raids on day two of his new administration.

>> janai: new bird flu concerns centering on a georgia poultry farm. operations in the area now on quarantine. we have the latest from the cdc. what you need to know. ♪ >> whit: road to the super bowl -- >> pick six! >> whit: the commanders playing the lions in an upset, and the chiefs -- >> mahomes steps up, throws, and he got it. touchdown, kelce. >> whit: -- one step closer to a historic three-peat. and coco gauff battles back. >> oh, that's incredible! >> whit: moving on to the semis of the australian open. we have all the action on the court and the gridiron. >> janai: good morning america. happy sunday to you on this very busy morning. we're going to get right to the breaking news we're following from overnight and this morning including tiktok, the app going dark last night.

bytedance, the chinese company that owns the app, shutting it and its other apps down before the midnight eastern time deadline. >> gio: take a look at what you will see in app stores. simply unavailable. many waking up trying to open the app already installed on your phone. that doesn't work either. more than 170 million americans without access. we're going to go take a close look at all of this. >> whit: we begin in the middle east where the long-awaited ceasefire went into effect after a three-hour delay. overnight israelis taking to the streets anticipating the release of three hostages. this is part of the first phase here 15 months after the hamas terror attack. the fighting has stopped for now as trucks of desperately needed aid are at the egypt border and expected to cross into gaza. we have team coverage in the region and we begin with abc news chief foreign correspondent ian panel in tel aviv. ian, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, whit. good morning, everyone.

finally some good news to report from this region. a historic moment for israel and gaza after 15 months the guns finally falling silent today three of the hostages expected to be released later, all young women, and schools of palestinian prisoners will be returned home. again, mostly women. there's caution, of course, on both sides about how long this will last, but, for now at least, some relief. this morning, after 15 months of war, a long-awaited ceasefire in gaza finally under way. less than an hour before it was set to begin. prime minister benjamin netanyahu announcing no pause in the bombing would happen until hamas shared the names of the hostages being released today. the first three names sent after the ceasefire was due to start, three women, romi gonen, emily damari and doron steinbrecher, would be released later today. in exchange for scores of palestinian prisoners. the first of 33 to be released

in the next six weeks including two americans including keith siegel. it was three hours later than planned. israel launching more strikes, killing at least 13 people and wounding more than 30, according to the hamas-run health ministry. more than 46,000 killed and over 100,000 injured throughout the 15-months-long war. israel launching a devastating campaign in response to the october 7th, 2023, massacre by hamas who killed 1,200 people and kidnapped more than 250. in a major sign of relief for gaza, aid trucks now starting to roll across the border. despite the death and devastation, gazans celebrating on the streets, groups waving flags and chanting. 90% of the population displaced throughout this war, and this morning they're finally allowed to return to what's left of their homes. a reminder that

this is just phase one of a three-phase deal. negotiations will start soon with the incoming trump administration, qatar, egypt and hamas on the hostages, alive or dead, and what the future governments of hamas look like and despite the hopes today there will be celebrations in some quarters. this remains fragile with a huge amount of work left to do and concerns that today's ceasefire may only be temporary. janai? >> janai: incredibly delicate. us a said, the first of three stages. ian, thank you so much. for more on that hostage/prisoner exchange in israel on the edge of the best bank, tom, israelis taking to the street as they await the release of the three young women held hostage for more than a year now. >> reporter: good morning, janai, this vast, highly fortified israeli prison is a key location because the palestinian detainees who should be freed as part of the deal,

are expected to be moved here and then released. it's important to note the release of a total of 33 israeli hostages will be phased throughout the next six weeks. so today once hamas releases those first three israeli female hostages, israel should release around 90 palestinian women and young men, many of whom are being held by israel without charge. now it's a complex agreement, so first for each of the first five weeks hamas is expected to release three or four hostages. in the sixth week hamas should return 14 hostages to israel including the bodies, sadly, of some dead hostages. now, as part of the six-week deal, hamas is set to release several female israeli soldiers, and in return israel is expected to release palestinian men convicted of serious terrorism offenses so this exchange is controversial in israel and, yes, as ian mentioned, this is only phase one. there will need to be an agreement for a truce if a further 65 israeli hostages,

including another american, we believe is still alive, is to be released beyond this initial agreement. >> gio: we will be watching this all day long on abc. tom, thank you for your reporting. back home now, the social media app tiktok going dark as a u.s. ban goes into effect. abc's elizabeth schulze is in washington. elizabeth, you've been following all of this. good morning to you. >> reporter: millions of americans are waking up this morning to a tiktok app you can't scroll or most, just a message it's unavailable. tiktok is apologizing to users that the app went dark as it now looks to president-elect trump to turn the lights back on. this morning tiktok is shut down for 170 million u.s. users as a landmark ban on the app takes effect. late saturday this message appearing on screens saying, a law banning tiktok has been enacted in the u.s. unfortunately, that means you can't use tiktok for now. we are fortunate that president trump has indicated he will work with us on a solution. stay tuned.

tiktok also removed from apple and google's app stores. >> i am thankful and honored we got the time together we did. >> reporter: in the hours leading up to the ban, celebrities, major american companies -- >> and with that, the tiktok era comes to an end. >> reporter: -- and content creators rallying around the #farewelltiktok. >> this is the third or fourth time we've had to make good-bye videos. >> reporter: those good-byes could be short-lived. president-elect donald trump telling abc's rachel scott he will most likely put the ban on hold for 90 days once he takes office, saying, i'll do that until we figure something out. tiktok's ceo, who will be in a prime receipt at trump's inauguration monday, is pinning his hopes on the future president who, back in 2020, wanted the app outlawed. >> i want to thank president trump for his commitment to work with us. >> reporter: under the law trump's options are limited. he could try to broker a deal

for tiktok to cut ties with its chinese parent company bytedance and hope that china's government signs off. the law says tiktok's chinese ownership is a national security threat. it passed in congress with broad bipartisan support and was unanimously upheld by the u.s. supreme court. >> letting their local representatives know what tiktok means to them. >> reporter: this woman says she found financial success posting viral videos of her family on tiktok. >> it gave me financial freedom, independence, and it changed my career. >> reporter: she told her 2.4 million followers to find her on instagram and youtube but worries about the payoff. >> the difference between a video posted on tiktok that generated about $2,000 in revenue and looking on instagram and that same video i made $3 from it. >> reporter: now tiktok wasn't forced to shut itself down under the law, but the company claims it didn't have enough explicit

reassurance from the biden administration that tech companies like apple, google and oracle that provide services to tiktok wouldn't face massive fines when the law took effect today. the white house called tiktok's choice to shut down a stunt, gio. >> gio: elizabeth, i think a lot of people will be surprised to know this company owns other apps, not just tiktok. >> reporter: exactly, and those apps not available, apps like lemon8 and capcut, a video editing platform that's popular for making reels. apple says they are not available for downloads or updates. >> gio: i tried to open it and it doesn't let you in. we'll be back with contributor and social media expert mike muse on what this could mean to users and content creators. >> janai: i'm sorry you were impacted. now to the president-elect, trump arriving in the dmv area.

the ceremony will now take place indoors due to the frigid temperatures along the east coast, and we're learning that president-elect trump appears to be focusing on a central campaign issue of immigration when he takes office as sources tell us raids could begin as soon as tuesday. let's get more now from our white house correspondent mary alice parks. good morning to you, mary alice. >> reporter: president-elect trump is waking up across the street from the white house at blair house, the formal guest house. he says he has big plans especially on immigration for his first day in office. overnight president-elect donald trump landing back in the nation's capital ahead of his inauguration kicking off the weekend with fireworks at a private event at his golf club in virginia. on his first day in office tomorrow, trump promising to sign a series of executive actions telling our rachel scott some will be aimed at rolling back president biden's emission and pollution standards for cars. others will be focused on immigration.

cities, especially in blue states, racing for immigration raids to ramp up and start up as early as this week. >> big raids all across the country. chicago is one of many places. >> reporter: trump's incoming border czar, tom homan, says they are reviewing plans in chicago and elsewhere and the focus will be to seek out those undocumented immigrants considered a public safety threat and a national security threat. in the nation's capital, the final preparations for the inauguration. a new platform built inside the capitol rotunda after trump's decision to move the swearing-in ceremony indoors because of the cold. four years ago the inside of the capitol was still being restored following the january 6th riot. the head of the d.c. national guard telling me they learned a lot of lessons from that attack and are ready. nearly 8,000 national guard troops from 40 states already in the nation's capital supporting police, philadelphia's sergeant breeze is an immigrant from

liberia who tells me he joined the national guard to help get citizenship three years ago and that being on this mission is a great honor. >> i'll say what my father said when he brought us over here. this country is one of the best countries to be in. there are possibilities for everybody. i'm a sergeant, i'm leading my troops. it's a great opportunity. >> reporter: this is president biden's last first full day in office. he's squeezing in a trip. he has a speech to mark martin luther king jr. day. he still credits south carolina with helping get him to the white house. whit? >> whit: let's bring in our chief washington correspondent jonathan karl who will be hosting "this week" later on. john, good morning. it's great to see you. so we know the inauguration is tomorrow. i'll be joining you there in d.c. for that. day one for the new trump administration, what more are you learning about his first moves and this immigration crackdown? >> reporter: whit, the president came to town with a whole bunch of executive orders ready to be signed.

this will be a very busy first day for the president, certainly border security and deportations are at the top of his list. he campaigned on those issues. those will be among the executive orders he signs and, yes, his border czar, tom homan, says they are looking at preparing to do raids and deportations almost immediately after trump takes office. they'll focus -- he says they will focus immediately on those who are in the united states illegally and have committed crimes. >> whit: i know we're waiting to hear more details, but that is expected in the coming week. i want to ask you about your interview with steve bannon that will air this morning on "this week." always fireworks in conversations you've had with him in the past. what does he say about the tone of the inaugural address and the tech bosses in attendance there? >> this was a fascinating conversation, and if you remember the last time i spoke to him, he was on his way to prison. so this is a guy who spent four

months of the campaign in prison released right before the election. >> announcer: this is an abc news special report. good morning. i'm whit johnson in new york, and we're coming on the air with breaking news. hamas is in the process of releasing hostages as part of a ceasefire deal with israel. morning eastern time. it was delayed nearly three hours because israel said it had not received the names of the three hostages who were to be released. but then those names were released. and i want to show you these live images right now. these are actually this was recorded just moments ago. this is in gaza. you can see the chaotic scene right there. it's not clear exactly what was happening here, but our understanding is that the hostages were in some of these vans. and this was the transfer between hamas to the red cross. and then the red cross was then

in charge of bringing those hostages back to israel. but you can just see the crowds in the streets. the hamas fighters were actually waving their guns at some of the people to try to get them out of the road. chaotic moments. just a short time ago. now, the first hostages freed are three women, 24 year old romy gonin, 28 year old emily de mari and 31 year old doron steinbrecher. they have spent 471 days in captivity. now, under this first phase of the deal, 33 hostages will be released over the next six weeks and aid can now begin to move into gaza. we've seen these images here, those aid trucks already lining up on the egyptian side of the gaza border as part of the exchange. they would then go in and you can see them going through the gates. and as part of the deal, israel has also agreed to release hundreds of palestinian prisoners. now, back in october of 2024, abc's martha raddatz visited the bullet riddled homes

of two of the women who were taken hostage and heard the stories of their abduction by hamas. two americans, keith siegel and siegel dekel, are not expected to be released today, but are supposed to be in that first group of 33. again, about 250 people were kidnaped by hamas on october 7th, 2023. it's believed that about 60 hostages are still alive. let's go ahead and get to our team. out in the field, we have abc's chief foreign correspondent ian pannell, who is in tel aviv for us. ian, we saw the images, the chaotic moments of that transfer. what's the latest on the ground there? >> yeah. i mean we've just been witnessing incredible scenes. finally, after 15 months of heartbreak, of dashed hopes, of bad news, of grieving, finally some smiles on the faces of the people gathered here. i'm just going to get the cameraman just to swing across into the crowd here. we've seen people cheering. we've seen people clapping. we've seen people

hugging each other. everyone is glued to channel 11 news. if we turn around in the other direction, you can see there are families of the hostages waiting there on the left and on the right. those are images that have been broadcast from inside gaza. we're not going to stay on that image, but we believe that the hostages are now on their way to the idf. as you said, we're expecting 33 phased over six weeks. it'll be three and then four, and then a much larger tranche at the end. there we are, as you said, expecting those two americans, israelis, to also be part of that release. but what you hear from people here, this isn't total celebration. this isn't total jubilation. firstly, too much has happened. there's been too much death, too much division, too much suffering. but they're also aware they want all the hostages home. not all of them are alive. we know a significant number of those who are left behind are unfortunately dead. but still, the families want their loved ones. i mean, again, just look at these scenes, finally seeing people smiling,

seeing people cheering. something to be relieved about after so much heartbreak and pain in the country. this is phase one of the deal. there are two more phases of negotiations to agree the release of the other hostages, and to allow for peace to actually settle in, still have to be undergone. this is going to be very hard for the trump administration. they've been actively involved, together with the biden team, in negotiating this stage of the deal with the qataris, with the egyptians and other teams also involved. but negotiating what gaza looks like afterwards. the scenes that we've been seeing is hamas are on the streets. it's hamas who are in charge. remember, the israeli government, right at the get go, set out that they were going to destroy hamas, that hamas couldn't be part of the solution afterwards. how are you going to achieve that? that is a challenge for the government. i'm going to just let you see the pictures here. it's hard not to smile as we see people celebrating, cheering, smiling,

similar scenes, of course, elsewhere in gaza we've seen people celebrating, but also in ramallah where people are awaiting their loved ones to be returned. mainly women are going to be released. about 90 prisoners in this stage. i know tom, burridge is there is getting loud here. so we'll hand back to you for now. >> all right, ian, those scenes of jubilation. let's bring in our chief global affairs correspondent, martha raddatz. and martha, as we mentioned earlier, and we're seeing some of these pictures come in. you were there just back in october and actually connected with the families and the communities of two of these young women who were taken hostage. >> i walked through kfar aza, the kibbutz where 700 people live. 62 of them were murdered, 19 were taken hostage. and i was right outside. emily and darren's home. completely burnt things scattered around. you can imagine the fight to get that woman in each house. there was someone across who was still

held hostage. ziv and gore-lieberman, twin males who helped emily gali went over there and tried to save her, but he too was taken hostage in a battle. he was texting his family saying, there's smoke in here. we have to finally get outside of the house. and now two of those women are now free. another woman also freed. she was at the music festival. romi, all of those women have been through so much. and you can see that chaos of transferring them from those vehicles. what that must have been like after all these months. >> i can only imagine what those family members are feeling as they're waiting to actually embrace their loved ones for the first time. martha, thank you so much. we've also been learning that president biden will speak in just a little bit later this morning. he's been briefed throughout the course of the morning. we'll have live coverage on all of our platforms here, including abc news live and abc news.com, for continuing

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ceasefire between hamas and gaza is in effect. three hostages and palestinian prisoners held in israeli jails will be exchanged in the first phase of the deal. >> janai: also right now fire crews are bracing for extreme winds coming this week as they continue to fight the fires out in california more than a week after the eaton and palisades fires broke out in the los angeles area. firefighters are making major progress. the eaton fire, now 73% contained, while the palisades fire is now 43% contained. both blazes have left at least 27 people dead, more than a dozen others still missing. >> gio: and american tennis star coco gauff is in the quarterfinals at the australian open. the 20-year-old is going for a second grand slam title after defeating the player from switzer lands on saturday. you can watch the round of 16 tonight on espn2 and espn+. >> whit: coco, she's on a roll. >> gio: she sure is. >> whit: let's begin this half hour with the fallout

from the tiktok ban and others owned by the chinese company bytedance going dark overnight. a deeper look in all of this and what's next for the more than 100 million u.s. users. content creators and more impacted by this. let's go back to elizabeth schulze and abc news contributor mike muse, google tech policy fellow and expert on all things. great to have you along with elizabeth. mike, let's start with you, though. do you think the other social media apps many are flocking to, red note and others, could become as popular as tiktok? >> well, first, good morning, everyone. elizabeth and i are twinning right now, so, good morning, elizabeth. they absolutely can be as popular but, whit, that's such a great question. it really goes to the fundamental question of does congress understand technology, and what exactly is congress attempting to do with this ban? because of the fact that we're going to start seeing more tech applications and social media applications coming to the

forefront because one thing we know about american users, they love to be early adopters on social media apps in order to build their followers quicker and to gain more of a massive following when you're first in. and so the american government has got to come clear on what is it they're trying to regulate. is it content moderation? is it a fear of foreign adversaries involved in content manipulation? we've already seen that with our foreign adversaries on twitter, now known as x, as well as on facebook, and so, for me, the law was never clear on what the u.s. was intending to do. >> gio: elizabeth, there are so many content creators making a living on tiktok. do we have any idea what will happen to them? we talk about sponsorships, all of that, even their customers because we have small businesses. >> no question, gio. and big picture, tiktok is a contributor to the overall american economy. it adds about $15 billion to small business revenue per year.

it supports more than 200,000 jobs. a lot of the content creators on the platform do have accounts on some of the u.s. competitors that exist already, so think of instagram, reels, youtube shorts, those sponsorships will also need to find a new home if tiktok stays banned and analysts think $8 billion in the advertising revenues on tiktok would need to move to other platforms. almost half of that could end up going over to meta-owned platforms. meta could emerge as a big winner here. one reality, though, about tiktok, that algorithm has kept users hooked on the platform for longer than some of those competitors. so far they haven't been able to replicate that, and that has made it coveted not just among advertisers but also among the businesses really looking at the younger targeted demographic. >> janai: those are great points you made, elizabeth. mike, i want to bring you back in. i'm sad you aren't matching with me, my friend. when you were talking before

about the manipulation with the algorithm and things like that, some could say that is why it may extend but not to those commerce sites like shein and temu that we see that are so popular. the question i want to ask you, mike, why then don't we have these american-owned apps or things that can compete or that can bring in the revenue? and why are people now turning to red note, say, versus an american version of that? why don't we have that as an option? >> those are all great questions that you ask, janai. and in particular tiktok's attorney at the supreme court was asking that exact same question when he said that this law needs to have an exclusionary clause. and for me, janai, if national security is the real crux of this, why is president biden through his press secretary

saying that they will not enforce any of the regulatory punishment that would happen to app stores like the google play store if they were to continue using tiktok? also, too, if national security is such a big threat, why is president trump's incoming administration signaling they're willing to work with tiktok? if it was national security, which leaves us to believe is politics in play or is national security in play, which is what elizabeth and you are actually saying in terms of no u.s. company, as of now, has found the stick-to-itiveness the algorithm tiktok has that makes american users want to stay in there so long. instagram live has that moment and reels does, but it doesn't have that hold on it the way tiktok does, because it's organic content recommendation, whereas the other social media apps, so many tools americans have to use in order to gain more followers, in order to be promoted in the app, is what frustrates so many american users.

janai, that is the million or billion dollar question that needs to be asked in keeping american users in the platform. >> whit: will trump choose to address will this directly tomorrow? we'll see what happens. mike muse, elizabeth schulze thank you for your insight. time now for the weather, somara theodore is back. >> somara: this is significant cold we're feeling. we haven't seen the likes of this in two years. look at just how many alerts have been put in place. we have extreme cold warnings in places that are used to being cold. that's how cold it will be farther north. not only that it's dipping and diving deep south into houston, new orleans, mobile. we have a winter storm watch in effect that could bring several inches of snow and ice. when? monday into tuesday. this is the timing on it. 9:00 a.m. tuesday we're still seeing the potential for snow in houston by the afternoon. and finally, the threat for the santa ana winds picking back up again is returning. we have an extreme fire risk for parts of southern california.

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>> janai: back now with the nfl playoffs. >> janai: back now. the nfl playof >> janai: back now. the nfl playoffs, two teams one step closer to the super bowl. let's bring in coach herm edwards. he was here yesterday in studio with us. now he's back in bristol. herm, we already miss you. you got sick of us. that's all right. when we talked to you yesterday, you called it. you said jayden daniels was going to show up and show out. he did. you said travis kelce was going to show up and show out. he did. give us your take. >> well, for some reason i know

a little bit about football, but you can't say enough about the washington commanders. think about their season last year before they acquired jayden daniels. they won four games. and now they see themselves going on the road twice in playoff competition and winning against two good quarterbacks. and it was not only jayden daniels but their defense. they took the ball away five times. and when you do that, you generally can't win a game. and that showed up yesterday with the washington commanders and the fact that they ran the ball. they threw the ball. and the moment is not too big for jayden daniels. i mean, he really -- he loves these situations. and when you look at him, he's chasing history in the national football league. no rookie quarterback has ever started in the super bowl. and he understands that. >> wow. >> all right, coach. let's talk about today's matchups. let's start with the late game. two quarterbacks battling it out for mvp and seeking their first super bowl title, the ravens at

the bills. how do you see this game going? >> oh, boy. the ravens are playing really good especially when they started implementing this two tight end package of andrews and likely along with henry. you have a problem. and lamar jackson obviously is the catalyst of all of this. he is playing at a different level. i like the way the ravens have been playing the last month. now they have to go to buffalo. josh allen is there. he understands this is a big game between lamar jackson and himself, and, basically, you know, lamar jackson has more weapons than the buffalo bills. josh allen has cook, shakir, is one of his receivers. kincaid, but this is a tough game at home against a hot ravens football team. you can never count josh allen out. he does everything. he throws it. he runs around. he's a runner. look at this throw here, who can do that? nobody except josh allen. i think it will be a fun game to watch. >> whit: we don't have much time left on this one. eagles or rams here? what do the eagles have to do?

>> well, the eagles have to be the eagles, just do what you do. saquon barkley, obviously, and throw some passes to a.j. brown so he doesn't read the book on the sideline. wear him out some. like that. just throw the ball to a.j. brown so he doesn't read books. but the eagles have the number one defense in the national football league, and this is a game the eagles should win. they're playing at home. they're a good football team this is a game they must win. >> whit: good to see you two days in a row. lucky us. we'll be right back. with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis my skin was no longer mine. my active psoriatic arthritis joint symptoms held me back. don't let symptoms define you... emerge as you, with clearer skin. with tremfya®, most people saw 100% clear skin... ...that stayed clear, even at 5 years. tremfya® is proven to significantly reduce joint pain, stiffness, and swelling. serious allergic reactions and increased risk of infections may occur.

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in more than a decade. and while all eyes will be on the teams, you'll also want to watch the cymbal player in the great osu band. will reeve has the comeback story of the season. >> reporter: this is the moment that sealed ohio state's win, sending the buckeyes to the college football playoff national championship game. joining the players a group synonymous with college football, the ohio state band, known as the best damn band in the land. grayson niemi is playing cymbals in the band but before his sophomore year began, he got life-altering news. you hear that word, cancer, what do you remember thinking and feeling? >> i remember going home that night and it kind of hit me a second time that i was going to need to go down to the cancer hospital to be doing things i would never have dreamed of having to do. >> reporter: the ohio native was diagnosed with stage two testicular cancer. shortly after finishing his

freshman year. quickly getting surgery and treatment at ohio state's comprehensive cancer center, grayson stayed committed to making the band the following year. your final day of chemo is also your final day of tryouts. what happened on that day? >> i was pretty fired up, you know, i'm not letting this stop me on the second day. and so hearing my name called, i was ecstatic. >> reporter: so it was back to 12 hours of band practice a week plus a full course load, the side effects of his cancer treatment still lingering. grayson is now cancer free, ready for the final game of a season he'll never forget. >> every pregame is awesome. it doesn't matter how many people are watching, being able to be a part of that tradition, you feel like you're a part of something bigger which is really cool. >> reporter: for "good morning america" will reeve, abc news, new york. >> gio: what a beautiful story there. you can watch tomorrow at 7:30 p.m. eastern on espn. >> janai: looking forward to that. still coming up on "gma" will

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i'm urging you not to run, how schumer pushed bideno drop out. >> announcer: this is an abc news special report. mark thompson. and good morning. i'm whit johnson in new york. president biden coming to the mic right now to talk about the hostage release in israel. let's go ahead and take including at least two american citizens has finally come to fruition. >> the cease fire has gone into effect in gaza, and today we're seeing hostages being released.

three israeli women held against their will in the dark tunnels for 470 days. four more women will be released in seven days, three additional hostages every seven days thereafter, including at least two american citizens. in this first phase. we pray for them and their families, for they're going to be a long recovery ahead. by the 16th day of the deal, talks will begin in the second phase. this phase includes the release of israeli soldiers and a permanent end of the war without hamas. 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 on october 7th, several hundred trucks will enter the gaza strip as i'm probably as i'm speaking. and after so much pain, destruction and loss of life today, the guns in gaza have gone silent. this

was the deal that i outlined for the world back in may 31st. many of you covered it at the time. i was endorsed. i was endorsed overwhelmingly by folks around the world, including the u.n. security council unanimously endorsed the deal and developed a in coordination with i developed in 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 have followed these negotiations will attest that the road to this deal has been not easy at all. and the long road. but we've reached this point today because of the pressure israel built on hamas, backed by the united states. some said my policy of a firm support for israel is relentlessly pursuing diplomacy risks drawing america into a wider war in the region. i listened to 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 cease fire 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. hamas's 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's biggest backers, was significantly weakened on the battlefield, and its leadership was destroyed. even as we worked for diplomatic solutions in lebanon, we provided ongoing assistance and support to israel's military campaign against hezbollah, including its efforts to take out the terror. the terror infrastructure along the border between israel and lebanon. israel's campaign was extensive, extremely successful, so much so that by the end of november, the united states had brokered a cease fire in lebanon. hezbollah did what it said it would never do it, cut it, cut its deal, and abandoned hamas. and today,

lebanon, in lebanon is finally a new president and prime minister, both of whom support a sovereign lebanon. without hezbollah running the show, running the show, or playing any part in it. the assad regime next door in syria is gone. removing iran's 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 the grip of hezbollah. in syria, a future free from the assad. the tyranny of assad. for the palestinian people, a credible path to a state of their own. and for the for the region and the future. normalization and integration of israel with all its arab neighbors, including saudi arabia, which i've spoken with. you know, we've had many difficult days since hamas began this terrible war. we've encountered roadblocks and setbacks, but we haven't given

up. and a special thanks to my team, particularly brett mcgurk, who many of you know, who spent weeks and months working nonstop to reach this deal. many of those weeks and months out of the out of the country today, cease fire in gaza and the release of hostages as a result of a principled and effective policy that we presided over for months. and we got we got here without a wider war in the middle east that many predicted. and now it falls to the next administration to help implement this deal. i was pleased to have our team speak as one voice in the final days. it was both necessary and effective and unprecedented. but success is going to require persistence 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. we're mindful that the pursuit of a lasting peace, while never easy or quick, must

always be our calling. so thank you all for listening. may god bless you all and may god protect our troops. i'm looking forward to this deal being fully implemented. and i'm sorry, i'm not going to take any questions now because i'm waiting. there's a whole congregation waiting for me, and i'm sure the remainder of the day i'll have an opportunity to speak with you. thank you very much. >> about the condition of the hostages that were released today. and the others? yes. >> i just got a call saying the three are released into gaza. to the 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 out of the gaza strip gap into israel. now, i'm not certain. >> thank you, sir, any concerns about hamas regrouping? >> no, we remain in the in the involved in the deal as it moves forward. >> no way out. i would do. thank you sir. >> thank you.