and aviva siegel joins me now. aviva, it's so wonderful to see you. of all, how is it having keith home? >> well. >> you know, it's a breed differently i feel differently. i feel like. >> a different person. >> i just can't tell everybody how stressed i was for a year and two months, coming back from captivity and leaving keith, there was the worst thing that could ever happen to me. and i'm just so, so happy to have him back. i want to say that when keith came back the first day, he looked terrible. he's lost so much weight and he really looked pale, sick. and we with him, we're hugging him, loving him, and he looks different and he's getting stronger and we love it. >> i wanted to ask. >> you because i saw him looking so thin when he came out on saturday, and being welcomed, of course, and embraced by you and your wonderful daughters. and then i saw an interview that. we did. >> in in. >> tel aviv yesterday with his brother lee. but how. >> is. >> he doing physically and mentally? >> you know, he's in a shock. we're all in a shock. and he's he's com

aviva was released in 2020 3rd november and the week long ceasefire, then an aviva speaking to us ins a sense of the elaborate staging this morning that we saw and the feeling right now in hostage square. how are other family members and supporters responding? >> yeah, i think, you know, with these earlier handovers, we did see hamas trying to project this image of power and order in gaza. and then we saw on thursday those images of a bella yahud going through those large crowds surrounded by those masked militants. she clearly was distressed. that prompted netanyahu to temporarily delay the release of those palestinian prisoners. so certainly, again, we saw order again. there weren't any large crowds. there were mostly just militants there. again, keith waving at the at the crowd. so certainly it seems as though hamas has taken heed of that criticism at least. and it does seem like there's less chaos and commotion there with these handovers. >> well, thank you for the latest from hostage square there in tel aviv. to recap now, three hostages held by hamas have been released, includi

and this was his wife, aviva's reaction. she was released without him in 2023.ll only be a few days he told her. today was day 484. a thumbs up as he reached israeli hands, transferred by helicopter to the hospital in tel aviv and into aviva's arms. >> he's okay considering the fact the hell that he's been through. >> reporter: later reunited with his three daughters, singing "dad you came back to us" aviva, beaming. the youngest had been set to get married when hamas took their parents hostage. >> one of the things that he said is i'm sure you probably already changed your family name, and she said, no, dad, we were waiting for you. >> reporter: another father freed today, oferd kalderon. his daughter and 12-year-old son were released ithout him 14 months ago. yarden bibas left gaza without his wife and two children. the youngest was 9 months on october 7th. there are grave fears for them tonight. 184 palestinians prisoners were released in exchange and as part of the deal 50 injured were evacuated through gaza's surn border. tonight two more american hostages

and aviva, both of whom are now free. we are so glad to hear it.ere are many kibbutz communities that were gaza, and many of them were attacked october 7 by hamas, but one was among the highest death tolls and perhaps the greatest destruction was nir oz. now, as some of its members were released just this past weekend after nearly 18 months in captivity, the community there is facing an existential question -- how to rebuild, and how to be reborn. producer karl bostic in israel and nick schifrin have this report. nick: it must be torn down, some residents say, to rise up again. kibbutz nir oz is taking the first step to regain what was lost, removing ruins to heal the hurt. >> we want to come back to nir oz, and we feel that it cannot paralyze while living this system. you know? nick: ola has lived in nir oz for 30 years and has raised her kids here. she says to give nir oz new life, it has to be reborn. >> something beautiful has to raise from the ashes and start from scratch. i think it will be more healthier for people to come back. and who deci

aviva fue liberada en 2023. ademÁs de seagle, fueron liberados despuÉs de 484 dÍas.liberados por hamÁs en 2023 a cambio de los tres rehenes de hoy fueron excarcelados 183 palestinos. >> la salida de los palestinos que estÁn presos, casi todos condenados por terrorismo, inclusive a cadena perpetua o condenas largas, no va a ayudar mucho porque estas personas regresan es a reforzar las lÍneas de combate. >> aÚn hay 79 rehenes en gaza, entre ellos dos estadounidenses. se estima que 35 de los secuestrados estarÍan muertos. y el primer ministro israelÍ viÁa a washington para reunirse el martes con donald trump. se espera que hablen sobre gaza, los rehenes y el eje iranÍ. la prÓxima liberaciÓn estÁ programada para este sÁbado que viene. el secretario de estado, marco rubio, llega a panamÁ con la misiÓn que le ha dado el presidente trump lograr que las naciones del continente acepten a los indocumentados deportados. mÁs temprano, rubio partiÓ desde washington para comenzar su recorrido, que lo llevarÁ tambiÉn a el salvador, costa rica, guatemala y repÚblica dominicana. esta

aviva was released in november of 2023, during a week long cease fire. short time ago with keith siegel's niece, hannah. welcome back to the newshour. good to see you. hannah: thank you for having me. amna: q so that a video of your uncle being released, being paraded. what was it like to see that coming to know he was still alive in that moment. hannah: i don't have any words. it was really surreal. there've been several moments over the past 15 months where we thought he would be released, and then it would not happen. he was a little thin and a little pale, but mostly i saw my uncle, he looks like himself. amna: how is he doing today? have you been able to speak with him directly? hannah: he's talking and sharing a lot. he remembers everything. it's of amazing. he's used a lot of mental tricks to keep himself saying. he spoke to the family a lot in his head. he thought about anniversaries, birthdays, really showed remarkable mental fortitude and sort of taught himself to survive. it is incredible. amna: has he shared anything with you about his time i

on october 7th he was taken from his home alongside his wife, aviva.eased in the cease-fire of november 2023. finally this morning, the end of a long and agonizing wait. aviva and their son, shea, watching from a tv at the base as keith was handed over by hamas. she told me last september how she has been dreaming of this moment. >> and i just can imagine keith coming out and me just screaming and jumping on him, and i will be just the happiest person in the whole world and keith, from the minute he comes home he is going to be the king. he's going to be the king of the world. >> reporter: now that day has finally come. hamas releasing two other hostages this morning, a separate event in the city of khan younis, bringing yarden and bibas to a stage before handing them over to the red cross. the two have safely returned to israel. many followed the story of the beebate family since the october 7th attacks. he is the fare ther of the two youngest kidnapped. his wife seen clutching the month old and 4 year old. their fate is unknown. in exchange for this

aviva spent 52 days in captivity. her husband, keith, 484 days. i asked. >> her. >> specifically if. >> she was. >> worried about the fragility of this phase of the ceasefire and of bringing the hostages home. let's take a listen to what she has. >> to say, and. >> then we'll. >> talk on the other side. >> i just. >> want. >> to tell president trump and bibi netanyahu and hamas. just let them go home. >> please let them go home. >> they've had enough. we've had enough. everybody in this country has had enough. and knowing. >> and feeling what it's. >> like and being all sides now, being a hostage, being worrying for my. >> husband. >> that was a hostage for. >> 484 days. >> and now that he's released and i'm released in one way, knowing. >> what they're going. >> through, hell, just. >> please wake up before it's too late. >> so again. >> we're. >> likely to. >> get the three names. >> tomorrow if. >> in. >> fact. >> we're moving. >> forward. and then the three more. >> hostages released. >> on saturday. the prime. >> minister has. >> said he has

he was kidnaped together with his wife, aviva. she was released in 2023. daughter was spared since she happened to be away when her parents were taken. we'll continue to update you on the latest from there in gaza. i'm chanley painter. now ck to regular programing. already in progress. >> at which it came down. >> well. 45 degree angle. of descent, totally uncontrolled. >> it looked like it was in one piece. it wasn't spinning. >> now that that aircraft. >> took off. >> out of philadelphia airport and absent. >> to me right away is even though. >> it was 30s. >> 30 or 40s from liftoff. >> to descent on that horrendous dive and then exploding in that philadelphia neighborhood. generally speaking, jonathan, one of the last things any pilot does, i don't care if it's 30s. he keys that microphone and lets out an emergency or a mayday, or i'm going down. this one did not do that. now we're talking. about are we having a total electrical system failure in this particular aircraft? if the lights were on, if people say they saw the lights on this aircraft on the w

es algo que aviva el debate sobre si las personas que tienen problemas de salud mental deben ser encarceladasas para saber que depara el futuro para este joven de 23 aÑos. continuaremos atentos y tendremos nuevos detalles. carla: una lamentable situaciÓn. en temas que usted tambiÉn le importan. sabe quÉ hacer si un agente de ice lo enfrenta en su auto? nuestra compaÑera hablo con un abogado para aclarar cualquier duda sobre este tema. >> en esta situaciÓn tenemos derechos, a esta persona la acaba de detener un agente de migraciÓn, que debemos hacer? >> si no estamos en la frontera, no puede hacer parada, tiene que preguntarle de quÉ agencia es y la razÓn por la que lo detiene? >> como escucho a la persona, le estÁn pidiendo documentos, se tenga licencia, debo entregarla? >> no debe entregar ningÚn documento. no son policÍas de trÁfico, son agentes de migraciÓn. es importante que se conduce la persona no debe tener documento que demuestre que de otro paÍs. >> no tener pasaporte ni documentos falsos. >> no tenga su pasaporte y no tiene que compartirlo con migraciÓn. >> si decide llevarse la per

was followed by yarden bibas — who's wife and two infant the 65—year—old was kidnapped with his wife aviva released more than 180 palestinian prisoners. of 0fer kalderon who has just been released, as well as who is still being held hostage by hamas. and how he is feeling about the release of his friend. and there is closure for the kalderon family that i know keith all his life. about the children in gaza while keith is still there, she is an angel. she is an angel, and seeing keith go out today, i was so happy. back, which is the most important hostage she said it's the first day she feels joy and happiness since october 7th, seeing arbel going out, so it's the energy here is crazy. you can see all the people from the square of tears face, how calm and happy they are, how the tears go what has the recent ceasefire meant for you and the fact that we've seen a steady stream of those held captive in gaza being freed? what has it meant for your movement? being elected and put the hostage issue as a strong and important it is to see the hostages back home, and as well to bring a ceasefire to

the wedding planning began and then abruptly came to a stop as both of her parents keith and my aunt avivaeased in the november 2023 deal, were taken hostage. so what we've talked about is that, you know, some day we're all going to get together and throw an absolutely epic wedding and that's what we're looking forward to now. >> so you've been an advocate for the family here in washington, both with the biden and the trump administrations. in your view, do you think this deal, this hostage release, would have happened without american pressure? >> no. definitely not. and i do want to say, so the biden team, jake sullivan, brett mcgurk, president biden, bill burns, they worked so tireless to get the deal done. the minute president trump was elected his team started working hand and glove with the biden administration, we felt no break in the commitment to get keith home. steve witcokoff and boller work hand in hand with the biden team. i don't know what other issue you can say that about with these administrations. the trump team really did push it over the finish line and we're incredibly

his wife, aviva, was also taken hostage during the hamas invasion.as freed during a previous cease fire in november 2023. two other israeli hostages were released a short time ago. they are 54 year old ofir calderon and 35 year old yarden bibas. they were released in southern gaza, but that, as i say, is northern gaza just to the edge of gaza city. and we have been waiting now for about an hour to see 65 year old american keith segal. we still expect to see him. we are told he is waiting there to be handed over. the way it's normally happened is they are put into a red cross vehicle and then driven into israel to be handed back to the israeli defense forces, who take them off to a hospital for the checkups that are so necessary. after so long in captivity. we hope to see keith segal very soon. in the meantime, kevin, it's been an honor being with you on what has been a very tough week for this country. two tragic air crashes over 48 hours, first in d.c. and now this awful one in philadelphia. it's been a tough week and tough events for us all to witn

and we know from aviva. that when they were being held together in 2023, keith would talk about how the first thing he was going to do after he hugged his children and grandchildren was get on a plane and fly to chapel hill. and so, yeah, it's, you know, it's overwhelming and it's mixed emotions. and we're also looking at all of the other hostages. we we work with these families all the time. we know them very well who are still waiting for their loved ones to come home, including five americans, two alive and three bodies who were waiting to come back. so the work isn't done. i think what the 15 months have shown us is that it's really only through political agreement and through diplomacy that we get to a better place, that we bring everybody home. and so we are very, very much working to encourage everybody to keep this deal going. yeah. and to that end, look, that seeing the biden administration work hand in hand with the incoming trump administration and vice versa, to to get this piece of this deal, th

aviva got. out last november. she had been held for 53 days. >> she has been. >> one of the most. >> passionate advocates. >> among the hostage families, the american hostage families. keith was born in north carolina, came from north carolina. he's now 65 years old. she was, you know, so emotional in many. many months when he was not released. and he's the first american to be released in this whole new the new agreement that was. negotiated under tremendous pressure. first, of course, from secretary blinken on 13 separate. >> missions and from. >> his top negotiators, negotiators, as well as. >> of course. >> brett mcgurk, the key negotiator who was in doha for weeks and weeks and months repeatedly. >> working on. >> this for president biden. but most importantly, i think. >> in these in. >> this transition, it certainly has been president trump on december 2nd, he issued a truth social post which said to hamas, if they'll be held to. >> pay in the middle. >> east. >> if you. >> don't release these hostages. and

segal was kidnaped on october 7th along with his wife aviva. aviva was released back in november 2023 after 51 days in hamas captivity. 183 palestinian prisoners and detainees were also released by israel today, arriving by bus in the city of ramallah in the occupied west bank. since the exchanges began on january 19th, a total of 18 hostages and nearly 600 palestinians have been set free. coming up next on the katie phang show, the purge trump's friday night massacre of nearly all of the fbi's most senior executives and top officials. plus, the price you pay. how trump's new tariffs on canada and mexico will impact your family's bottom line. keep it right here. >> my eyes, they're dry. >> uncomfortable. looking for extra hydration. >> now there's blink neutral tears. it works differently than drops. blink neutral tears is a once daily supplement clinically proven to hydrate from within, helping your eyes produce more of their own tears. to promote lasting, continuous relief. you'll feel day after day. try blink neutral tears a different way to

militantes de hamas, el estadounidense e israelÍ keith seagle saluda en el escenario mientras su esposa aviva7 de octubre. habiba fue liberada en 2023. ademÁs de seagle, fueron liberados despuÉs de 484 dÍas. el argentino israelÍ yarden vivas y el francÉs israelÍ ofer calderÓn para vivas, de 35 aÑos. es un momento agridulce. su esposa siri y sus dos hijos, quienes tenÍan cuatro y nueve meses cuando fueron secuestrados, siguen en cautiverio. elio fer calderÓn, de 54 aÑos, fueron entregados en ayunas a la cruz roja. calderÓn hoy sÍ pudo reunirse con sus hijos, dos de ellos, quienes fueron liberados por hamÁs en 2023 a cambio de los tres rehenes de hoy fueron excarcelados 183 palestinos. >> la salida de los palestinos que estÁn presos, casi todos condenados por terrorismo, inclusive a cadena perpetua o condenas largas, no va a ayudar mucho porque estas personas regresan es a reforzar las lÍneas de combate. >> aÚn hay 79 rehenes en gaza, entre ellos dos estadounidenses. se estima que 35 de los secuestrados estarÍan muertos. el primer ministro israelÍ viajarÁ a washington para reunirse el martes co

his wife, aviva, celebrated the news. released 14 months ago. >> maurice: and senator mitch mcconnell of kentucky is on "60 minutes" this sunday. now 82 and no longer the top senate republican, he tells lesley stahl he expects to support most of trump's second-term agenda. >> reporter: you said that january 6th was evidence of donald trump's complete unfitness for office.% >> i said shortly after january 6th that if he were the nominee for president, i would support him. >> reporter: even if he is unfit for office? >> i'm a republican. i don't get to decide who gets to be president. the american people do. and you have to admit, they did. and he's back. >> maurice: and lesley joins us now. so good to have you with us. so what kind of republican are we talking about here as far as about mitch mcconnell is concerned? is this john mccain 2.0, by any chance? >> lesley: yeah, sort of. he is not an maga republican. he is a ronald reagan republican. he supports alliances, he likes nato, he is for more defense spending, he doesn'

. >> reporter: an emotional aviva siegel, a former hostage, just welcomed home her american husband, keith. >> it's difficult for me to think he was there so many days without me, and there were so many moments that he needed me to be with him, and i wasn't there. >> reporter: president trump is expected to meet with one of the regional leaders who rejected his plan. jordan's king abdullah is due here next week. lester? >> kelly o'donnell, thank you. >>> the weather has been a mess for tens of millions across the country. 20 states socked in earlier today by a dangerous mix of snow, sleet, and rain. there were whiteout conditions in michigan and flash floods in hard-hit charleston, west virginia, where they got more than three inches of rain in just a few hours. al roker joins me now. al, this is the start of a pretty volatile week of storms. >> that's right. we've got a parade of storms, lester, this next one coming in out of the midwest for tomorrow with large storms. it's going to bring northeast ice, rain, and snow, possible power outages, and then continues off the coast on sund

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head of mission reacted to the release of the hostages saying, quote, today i join aviva, her childrenandchildren and the entire siegel family in breathing a huge sigh of relief that fellow american keith is home after 48 agonizing days -- -- 484 days in captivity. we won't rest until all the hostages come home. an empathetic, timely and human message from america's top diplomat in israel. david? david: trey, very quickly, i want to talk about one non-american, yarden bibas was released, his wife and two kids are left behind. do we know anything about whether they are safe or not in. >> reporter: we don't have any public information on whether or not they are safe. we do know that previously as the war was at its peak, hamas released a saint saying they had been killed -- a statement saying they had been killed during the can conflict. there was also a hostage video of yarden released where with he reacted to a hamas telling him this horrific news. we've not been able to independently confirm that information, but we do know the israelis are investigating and expect the get more inform

you know, i have to tell you, richard, that his wife, his wife, aviva, was also held hostage.to gaza in their own cars by hamas and other other militant groups. and she was released. and when she was released, he said to her, i will be out within days. of course, it's now been more than 480 days. and she is waiting now to be reunited with him. as you watch these images of keith siegel finally being driven out of gaza. >> and keir, how did. >> it go. with the. >> two israelis. >> that were. >> passed from hamas. >> over to. idf earlier this? >> as we watched. >> some video from. >> earlier of. >> keith siegel, as. >> you were. >> mentioning there. that was, of course, in question. >> earlier in. >> this week. >> on. >> thursday, where. >> benjamin netanyahu, the prime. >> minister of israel, was quite. >> concerned about. >> the entire process. >> yeah, that's right. those images on thursday were completely different to what we're seeing now. i think there's a message here from hamas that the handover on thursday was controlled by islamic jihad, a different group there in gaza.

his wife, aviva, was also taken hostage during the hamas invasion. she was freed during a previous cease fire in november 2023. two other israeli hostages were released a short time ago. they are 54 year old orpha calderon and 35 year old yarden bibas. they were released in southern gaza. but that, as i say, is northern gaza just to the edge of gaza city. and we have been waiting now for about an hour to see 65 year old american keith siegel. we still expect to see him. we are told he is waiting there to be handed over. the way it's normally happened is they are put into a red cross vehicle and then driven into israel to be handed back to the israeli defense forces, who take them off to a hospital for the checkups that are so necessary after so long in captivity. we hope to see keith siegel very soon. in the meantime, kevin, it's been an honor being with you on what has been a very tough week for this country. two tragic air crashes over 48 hours, first in d.c. and now this awful one in philadelphia. it's been a tough week and tough events for us all

he was taken captive with his wife, aviva, from kibbutz kfar aza during the hamas led invasion and massacre in southern israel on october 7th, 2023. the wife of viva was freed during a previous ceasefire in november 2023. calderon calderon was kidnaped with two of his children. they were both freed in the previous ceasefire and bibas, his wife sherry, and children ariel and kiefer were all abducted together. so now we await as you look at the red cross vehicles there, with the two israelis already released and handed over. we await the handover of this 65 year old u.s. citizen, keith segal. we have not seen him as yet. and those red cross vehicles, at least some of them, now appear to be leaving that area of southern gaza. we will keep a watch on this. we will await news of keith segal. we may have missed his handover. we definitely saw the two younger israeli men. we will keep you updated on the release or otherwise, of 65 year old u.s. citizen keith segal. and we'll be back after a break. >> it was a jailbreak. >> how many got out? >> a lot. that's why you're here. >> we need your help to

you know his wife, aviva siegel. we've now started to see some images of her reacting quite similarly, although of course, with even more emotion. you know, she was also held hostage by hamas, was released last november as part of the previous ceasefire deal. and i've spoken to her a number of times, as she has ceaselessly advocated both in the united states and in israel. for her husband's release. and now she has finally been reunited with him. we have also seen the emotional images and sights of the other two israeli hostages who were released today. ofer kalderon, his children had also been taken hostage and they were released as part of that november deal as well. he is now also safely back on israeli soil. and then there is yarden bibas, the father of those two youngest israeli hostages, fear and ariel, who were just nine months old and four years old when they were abducted by hamas militants on october 7th. they, of course, have become really a symbol of hamas's brutality on that day. the fact that they, so y

he was kidnaped from his home in kfar aza with his wife aviva, who was released in november 2023 after 51 days in captivity. meanwhile, 183 palestinian prisoners and detainees were also released from israeli custody today as they returned to ramallah in the occupied west bank. they returned home to celebrations in the streets, a total of 18 hostages and nearly 600 palestinians have been set free since the exchanges began on january the 19th. joining me now from tel aviv is my colleague, nbc news correspondent yasmin vossoughian. yasmin, good afternoon to you in tel aviv. keith segal is the first american to be released in this particular cease fire agreement. what's the significance of that? and has have you heard from his family? >> incredibly significant, ali, to say the least. i mean, the first israeli american dual citizen to be released in this stage. i should be clear in this stage of the hostage negotiations of the cease fire. i was with his family this morning. ali. as keith segal, was walked across by hamas, by islamic jihad and handed over to the red cross and driven out into

strongly committed to implementing the cease-fire agreement so that the hostages can return home and avivacan look towards a brighter future under new leadership. we must never forget lives taken as a result of the brutal hamas terrorist attack, on october 7th, 2023. the horrors endured by countless innocent people in the war that follows. hamas cannot be allowed to play spoiler on behalf of the palestinians any longer predict and not after it started conflict through the horrific attacks, and is deplorable behavior. we have seen hamas and nuclear weapon ice the suffering of palestinians raising civilian infrastructure schools and hospitals, disorder caches of weapons and fighters in court today attacks printed we are concerned about reports the returned is really hostage has held by hamas human facilities during their prolonged to captivity in gaza. it is vital for full and independent investigation to assess these very serious allegations. and importantly, this followed serious allegations on the us of you insisted particularly unrest facilities by hamas terrorists. today's briefing focu

. >> from keith siegel's wife, aviva, keith siegel.urse. >> the american. >> released over. >> the weekend. she has described. >> the dark. >> days when. >> she. >> was held captive, how determined she. was to. >> stay strong. >> after she was released and her. husband was not. she thanks president trump from the. >> bottom of her heart, and then she goes. >> on to say something. that many of these families are saying. i think they. >> see it as. >> very important. >> and that is urging. >> president trump to continue the process so that all of the hostages are released. all of the other 79. she says she thinks that's important because it is. there are others here in israel who think that the task is not finished in terms of taking on hamas, that at some stage it's going to need to be to be they're going to have to reengage militarily with hamas. now, talks are underway and will get underway more comprehensively for the second stage in the coming days and weeks. and the pressure is really going to be on to see if they can get this peac

his wife, aviva, has now been reunited with him, as we understand it. she had also been held hostage by hamas, but was released in that november 2023 ceasefire. of course, we've also seen now the reunions between ofer kalderon and his family. his, his, his four children. they're meeting him at the hospital. and then there is yarden bibas, a very emotional reunion for them, because in addition to the joy of him coming out, there is also the added weight about what his release means about the possibility of his wife and two children still being alive kfir and ariel bibas, the youngest israeli hostage abducted by hamas on october 7th. the fact that yarden is being released before them raises serious questions about their fate. we know that israeli officials have said that they are gravely concerned for their fate, and hamas in the past has said that they were killed in an israeli airstrike, although israeli officials have yet to actually confirm that. one other thing that i think is important to note about how today's release has unfolded is the fact that

we had extraordinary moments today when his wife, aviva, saw him walk free for the first time and juste. she was released back in 2023. keith seagull, when she was released, said to her, i'll just be a few more days. there's a clock here counting the number of days. it's more than 480 now, and there are still. and these people will tell you there are still many other hostages who haven't been freed, including americans. sergey shen and aidan alexander. one of those, dan won't be in this first phase. so as this fragile ceasefire continues. but many of the people here are praying that the opportunity for more of these hostages, all of these hostages to be released, it still comes to pass. >> every saturday. there's an exchange is another week that this very tentative ceasefire deal has held. keir, thank you so much for joining us. and coming up, are any of the trump's cabinet nominations in peril? one take from someone who peril? one take from someone who was in the room? watch your step! that's why visionworks makes it simple to schedule an eye exam that works for you. even if you have

he is safely with those israeli troops and is expected to be reunited in moments now with his wife, aviva siegel, who i've spoken to on many occasions over the last 15 months. she was also held hostage by hamas and released in that november 2023 ceasefire deal. i now want to bring in liora schwartz, who were at your home now and you're related to lee siegel. keith's brother. what has this moment been like for you to to see keith alive? >> relief. i'm so relieved that he's. >> back. >> and feeling. >> that i can. >> breathe again. you know, like relief, big relief and happiness. and yet it's also, you know, we still have to fight for the rest of the hostages. and. uh, and, and also, i want to thank the, the idf and the government of israel and america and and just so glad that he's home. >> yeah. and over the last 15 months, i know i've spoken to lee. i know that he has been fighting his brother for his brother. i know this community here has been fighting for his brother. tell me about the last 15 months and what that has been like. >> well, we've been going to as many, um, demonstrations

and then there were pictures, really extraordinary pictures of his wife, aviva, seeing him walk free.eleased back in november 2023, so she had been waiting for him all this time. and he had said to her, i'll be out within days. well, it's been for more than 480 days until finally now he is free. his daughter was due to get married. she delayed that wedding until he was able to be there and she told him, today we got a chance to speak to his nephew about how the family are doing. take a listen. >> she told us that he's he's okay. considering the fact that the hell that he's been. through and that he misses everybody. one of the things that he said is, i'm sure you probably already changed. >> your. >> your family name. and she said, no, dad. >> we're waiting. >> for you. >> oh my goodness. >> yeah. >> so we. >> have a lot of a lot of good things to celebrate soon. >> another release today of calderon was reunited with his teenage daughter and 12 year old son. they two had been hostages again released back in november 2023. so that was another, you know, incredible moment. but there's b

she says he barely saw daylight, and then her mother, aviva, who was also in captivity but was released trump from the bottom of my heart before going on to urge him to see this process through. now, president trump has sent varying messages about whether you know how fragile this is and how committed he is to this ceasefire, because of course, we've seen hamas fighters on the streets of gaza again, even while these handovers have been taking place. katie. and israel is really, honestly divided. i mean, one israeli reporter during the handover over the weekend said openly, it's really difficult to watch this and see how hamas is in control of gaza in the way it is again. now. there are many other aspects to this. of course, hezbollah has been seriously weakened in lebanon. iran has been has been weakened. i think one of the things that prime minister netanyahu will talk to president trump about, he's said it openly that he he plans to is about iran. and one of the looming questions is whether israel will strike iran's nuclear program. will president trump support it when america even su

siegel's wife of 40 years, aviva, was also taken during the attack, but was released under a brief ceasefire and prisoner swap in 2023. november 2023. siegel's released today comes a few hours after two other hostages were set free, including a french israeli citizen, ofer calderon, and yarden bibas. the father of the two youngest hostages taken a four year old and a nine month old. their fate, along with bibas wife, remains unknown, but the idf has noted that there is grave concern for their well-being. now this release of calderon and bibas took place in a different location from siegel, who was paraded around the port of gaza in gaza city. this is the fourth time hamas has released hostages as part of the fragile ceasefire deal that ended the 15 months of fighting in gaza. in all, a total of 33 hostages are part of this ceasefire agreement. but hamas has said eight of them are dead, including four american hostages. it is believed there are two remaining american hostages still alive. hamas is holding the bodies of the deceased captives as part of the ceasefire deal. israel has agreed to

he was taken with his wife aviva who was released during the first ceasefire. of khan yunis along with yarden biba whose wife and children were kidnapped on october 7th. weave not seen any information about his wife or kids. israel had threatened a hamas with pausing the are release of palestinian prisoners if hostages were paraded through the crowd again. they were exchanged for 183 palestinian prisoners. the white house releasing a statement today saying, quote, today the americans celebrate the return of american-israeli citizen keith siegel and two israelis held captive since october 7th, 2023. president trump and his administration if have worked diligently to secure their release and are committed to freeing all remaining hostages. we do expect a similar release to take place next saturday. more hostages will be freed from hamas captivity, exchanged for palestinian prisoners. jon: trey, i'm sure that father is happy to be released, but i bet he would rather are seen his two children be released. is there any indication of why hamas is still holding on to

the 65—year—old was kidnapped with his wife aviva siegel in the october seventh hamas attacks. a temporaryl in november 2023. this was the scene a short while ago as a bus containing 25 prisoners was greeted in ramallah. the other group of prisoners will be heading back to gaza. middle east editor, sebastian usher. is welcome news for families in israel and the palestinian territories. yes, there were _ from government and the !sraeli devernment and the ~ , ~ the way israeli public at the way the handover was handled last thursday. when large number thursday. when a large number of people, a large crowd gathered around the house that gathered around the house'thet as gathered ardund the hduse'that as they were many is as they were released. many israelis watch and felt that the physical well—being of those being released was if”: it jiopardy. jeopardy/7.7}; "13 inputting jeopardy. a strongly complaint was to worded complaint was made to hamas. what we saw today, was a much more orderly handover, not in any 7 in any way. in any way: no in any way. no sense of chaotic in any way. no sense of

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