and we do want to bring in now the great aunt of 3-year-old abigail adon. liz hersh is with us.robably recognize her because she was on cnn just a couple days ago. abigail is the youngest known american hostage and there is hope, our reporting is, that she would be among those released today if this deal actually comes to fruition. what would you like to say? i cannot imagine what you're feeling. >> well, i'm cautious optimist because we've heard this before. and although there's more excitement and more news pressing right now, we can't get our hopes up in a way that just believes that it's going to happen right in the next couple of hours. but, you know, when i think about that on friday is abigail's 4th birthday and that she should be home with her family and with her sister and brother and she isn't right now, it's just -- it's like you get your emotions -- you have to keep them in check because if not and you think about 9 month old children, little girls, little boys, mothers and you just hope that there's somebody holding these little children. and so, when people ask tha

sunday see the first american released, that duel israeli and american citizen, just 4 years old, abigail adon, who was reunited with family members after her parents were brutally murdered by hamas on october 7th. that leaves two other american citizens who potentially could be eligible for release. when we discussed the criteria of the current framework, which is women and children. and we know that given the current extension, which is set to expire tonight, though, the u.s. and officials i have been talking to all day say they are hopeful that could be extended. but we know that according to that current agreement, these two american women were the ones who could be a possibility for release. but i'm told by a u.s. official that it looks like today m mayb one of them is included in this group. we won't know that for sure, until she would be potentially handed over to the red cross and crossed over to gaza, again, to get any kind of confirmation, and the biden administration has been very careful here not to get ahead of any of this because of how fluid some of the lists have been. sometime

and one of things that we are watching is abigail adon who turns 4 years old today, and her parents wereled by hamas terrorists and unclear, we are told that americans would not be part of the exchange today, but it is one thing that we are watching for very, very closely. okay. let's get back to kaitlan collins in tel aviv to get the latest of what you are hearing at this very minute, kaitlan. >> yeah, john. obviously, this process is painstaking. it is developing minute-by-minute here as we watch it happen. what we do know now is that they are in the process of handing over the 13 israeli hostages to red cross, which is the group that we knew would receive them and facilitating their move from there in gaza to where you pointed it out on the map to not far in egypt. once they are processed in egypt, then they will be helicoptered here to israel. but regardless, john, this is what we are seeing now as the process is under way. one of the biggest diplomatic breakthroughs since october 7th. we have seen a few hostages come out before total so far, but this is the largest group so far, and

we saw yesterday that the 4-year-old, abigail, adon, who turned that age in captivity, being held by hamas after her parents were brutally murdered in front of her. she's the first american released and returned to family members. that leaves two women who maybe could be in the next few days a part of this conversation. but the white house has not wanted to weigh in on anything in advance when it comes to the specifics. they want to let this play out because it is of course so fragile, so fluid, and a very active situation. but the president has been on the phone throughout the holiday weekend over thanksgiving he was constantly being briefed and speaking, again, to counter parts and world leaders to try to make sure that the four-day agreement stayed in place, and then to continue this extension. and early today, the white house indicated that they would love to see that continue. they want to see another couple of days or even a longer amount to continue to get as many hostages out, and the president has really pledged that he will not rest until all of them can get out, and the fl

now, that also includes, kevin, 3-year-old abigail adon. we heard her story, her parents were killed, she waited for 16 hours, had to watch her parents slaughtered, one can only imagine the horror. you look left and right on the couch, look at your family members, cousins, daughters, just horrific. and certainly her reintegration into the world will be quite traumatic, but right now we can report that president biden is scheduled to make an announcement to address the country at 1:45 eastern time here in nantucket. we heard yesterday when he visited a fire house his fingers were crossed hoping some americans were released, the white house is expecting american hostages to be included in the first group of 50 hostages. >> kevin: we will be watching carefully. thank you for your reporting. arthel, back to you. >> kevin, bring in adam boehler, helped negotiate the abram accords and negotiate with the taliban on behalf of the trump administration and former ceo of the u.s. international development finance corporation. so, adam, this is a recip