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america's klose ast ally in the middle east gets ready for war a video of a hostage appearing to be safe linked in is letting go o employees. how drake share as record with the king of pop and we'll introduce you to the colorado high schooler whose did their wheelchair-bound friend a solid "early today" starts right now good morning i'm phillip mena >> i i'm frances rivera. for the second time as commander in chief, president biden will travel to another country actively at war. the president is expected to visit israel on wednesday, meeting with benjamin netanyahu and other israeli lead ares. >> brie jackson joins us from washington, d.c. brie, good morning

what is president biden hoping to accomplish on this high-stakes trip >> the visit was first announced by secretary of state antony blinken who also revealed diplomatic progress overnight. a senior state department official tells nbc news, blinken was involved in nine hours of negotiations with israel the two countries were able to work out a plan to get humanitarian aid to the civilians in gaza. blinken says when president biden arrives in israel he will be briefed on this plan and large more about israel's military objectives. >> president biden will again make clear as he's done unequivocally sincy since ham slaughter that israel has the right and even the duty to protect against attacks. the president will hear from israel about how they conduct their operations

>> reporter: president biden will also travel to jordan that week he will meet with egypt's president and the palestinian authority president. the white house says president biden will reiterate that hamas does not stand for the palestinians' right to dignity and self-determination and those meetings in jordan will also focus on addressing the growing humanitarian crisis in gaza. >> all right, bro jaie jackson reporting from washington. for the first time since the assault on israel, hamas has released the first footage of a hostage being held inside gaza mia shem was kidnapped from that music festival where so many were killed on october 7 let's turn to claudio lavanga. what can you tell us about this hostage video?

>> reporter: this 60-second video starts with with a yogirl being bandaged by someone off comera she says when she was taken from israel to gaza her hand was badly injured, and she had to undergo surgery inside gaza in a hospital and now she's been taken care of, and she's been given medicine but the idf, the israeli defense forces, say that this is just an attempt, this video is just an attempt by hamas to portray itself as a humanitarian organization, while they say they're just a murderous, terrorist organization, essentially, they're saying don't fall for it. now mia shem is only one of 199 confirmed hostages inside gaza there's more than previously thought. and it's unclear why hamas chose her for the first video, perhaps it's because she has do youal

citizenship. she holds an israeli and french passport just yesterday, hamas said they are treating foreign hostages as their guests and plan to r planw le release them as soon as situations allow it. it wasn't clear how the military can guarantee their safety in case of a ground assault and then on the same day, the national security council in israel said that it will not negotiate with an enemy. it says it vows to wipe off the face of the earth. ang ar angering the families who say israel abandonin abandon its

citizens taken hostage >> lester holt talked about wit. >> reporter: he says he's been in contact with hamas every day since the attack what's the best approach to even open a dialog with hamas >> the best approach is understanding that it can't be done directly by israel. to start a dialog with hamas we have to understand who can do it and the one whose can do it are the countries who have influence over hamas, which are qatar, egypt and iran >> reporter: there's a small window of opportunity to make a deal to release hostages >> it's a matter of days, maybe a week before israeli force goes

in >> reporter: that means hostages are sacrificed >> it means hostages are going to be tried to be freed and might be sacrificed by sense of the pulse of the israeli public right now, the primary objective is to remove hamas from its ability to govern. whose hostages may be sacrificed it hurt pl it hurts me to say >> reporter: antony blinken met with prime minister netanyahu in his war cabinet for hours, a meeting interrupt bied by air rd sirens >> you know our deep commitment to israel's right, indeed its obligation to defend itself and to defend its people >> reporter: a critical part of those talks, aid for gaza, where the humanitarian crisis is

worsening by the minute. hospitals are in complete chaos. there is no power. with morgues full, ice cream trucks are now being used to store bodies, while trucks carrying supplies have not been allowed to enter gaza. >> our thanks to lester for that report the israel-hamas war has taken a staggering toll on the poom t people trying to document the conflict at least 15 journalists were killed in the first ten days three are missing or detained. to give some perspective, the same number of journalists have been killed in the ongoing war in ukraine, but that conflict began over a year and a half ago. around 2,000 american troops have been told to prepare for deployment to the middle east in response to the war between israel and hamas and gaza. the final order could come as early as today a defense official tells nbc news the troops would likely not

go to israel but rather a neighboring country to support the war against hamas. the biden administration has already sent two aircraft carriers to the mediterranean in a show of support for israel and to deter other c other country s joinincountrys from joining in on the fighting some parents in lahaina are debating over whether to send their children back to school there due to concerns over lingering toxins from the fires. private schools across the island have since taken in displaced students whose schools were damaged or destroyed. people living in the plains and some parts of the plains can expect a hintz of of summer wh they step outside. angie lassman is tracking the temperatures >> we've got expect ed

temperatures warmer than average as across the plains. a whole lot of sunshine. notice all the sunshine that we're expecting throughout the day today. a couple showers throughout the northeast. meanwhile, frost advisories up for places like madison, topeka. extended into portionso movi minneapolis sitting at 43 and des moines at 44 just a little farer to west, though, notice where temperatures end up, into the low 80s for denver and dodge city 70 degrees for omaha, and minneapolis into the low 60s by the afternoon. the warmth starts to m starts to

the migrate t the east we things moderating out, upper 60s for cincinnati down to the low 60s as we roll into the weekend we'll round out the workweek with temperatures in the 70s we're watching the tropics hurricane season is not over yet. we have an 80% chance a system wod develop ulin boston we'll head to low 70s in jackson. plenty of sunshine expected across texas today that is a look at your forecast, guys, back over to you "early today" is back in 60 seconds with an update on the acting strikes that have stalled hollywood. and a live report on the hundreds of layoffs that will

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