. >> president biden spoke from royal missionary baptist church in north charleston, south carolina, delivering remarks to the press about the israel-hamas cease-fire deal, which had taken effect earlier sunday morning. >> hey folks, i'm going to be quick. this morning, the deal that i first put forward last may for the middle east has finally come to fruition. the cease-fire has gone into effect in gaza. hostages are being released. three israeli women held against their will for 470 days in dark tunnels. four more women will be released in seven days. three more hostages will be released every seven days. we pray for their families, it'll be a long recovery. 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 to the war, without hamas in power or able to threaten israel. hundreds of trucks are entering gaza as we speak, carrying assistance for civilians who suffered enormously from the war that hamas started in 2023, nearly 15 months ago. today alone we anticipate several hundred trucks will ente

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. >> president biden visited royal missionary baptist church in north charleston south carolina. he spoke about the civil rights activism of his youth and his legacy as president. biden who has done great things for this country. [applause] pres. biden: hello hello hello. four i began -- before i begin, let my tell you what i told jim about 20 minutes ago. my state, delaware, whose great shame was -- fought on the wrong side. my state was segregated by law. just couldn't figure out how to get inside the south because it was cut off. all kidding aside. i used to -- when i got engaged, i love reading biographies that say they knew they were going to run for president. the truth of the matter was, i'm a kid who -- talk about impediments, i used to stutter. came from a steel town that went bankrupt. scranton, pennsylvania, things didn't work out because of the economy. you know what? every time i spent time in a black church, i would think of one thing, the word hope. [applause] not a joke. pastor, thank you for allowing me to be back. senator, thank you for that introduction, i appr

underneath the picture of john and me is charleston, south carolina.hat is where president biden has just landed, and he is on his way to a church where he will be delivering remarks, which we will bring you live as well. there you can see the back of his head there, president biden on the left. you're looking at hostage square in tel aviv, which has been a daily regular gathering point not just for hostage families, but for protesters and people who have taken great issue with the israeli government. one of the important things to note is this deal, this this cease fire deal, which seems to have gone into effect, was a deal that was largely available to all the parties on may 25th, may 1st of this year. in fact, it was a deal that was initially negotiated by the biden administration. since then, at least one hostage is known to have died, and many, many palestinians have been killed in the ongoing war. so there's a great deal of frustration. while there's jubilation and excitement that prisoners will be freed and hostages will be released. and that is

i group grew up in what we call the holy city of charleston, south carolina. and at the time of the american revolution, the largest jewish population in the world was in charleston, south carolina. >> i didn't know that. >> the proviviansal usually constitution was the first to recognize jueish. so the -- that's where i grew up. the full total assimilation of the jewish community into south carolina has always been. and then you have that and then you have evangelical churches, truly the biblical references that those two ever who stand with israel shall prosper and those who don't, there is a consequence. it's a universal support and then -- i'm so pleased that, indeed, i have never in south carolina experienced anti-semitism. i'm just appalled in what i see and i was really proud of elis stefanik. i was at the committee with chairman virginia fox and to have the university prosecutes that anti-semitism or calling for the death of jews, you need to consider the context. what? i mean, this -- that -- and i say that sadly, that i'm really grateful in working wi

in charleston, south carolina, for example, when these piles of mail reach the post office in charlestonsouth carolina, a mom lay siege to the post office, they polled many items from the post office and set fire to them outside. there is no way you can see this on the screen, but if you can zoom in on the computer, some of the papers at the bottom? with titles like, the liberator, other anti-slavery papers from the north. this is the violent reaction, the repression they were eliciting from the south. this was not confined just to the south. there was a lot of people in the north, especially in the middle portion of the country, a lot of white people who were supportive of slavery, or at least not supportive of abolitionists and did not like the way they were doing what they were doing. in the decades leading to the civil war, there were at least two dozen violent attacks on anti-slavery newspapers and editors. mostly taking place on supposedly free labor territory in the north. the most prominent and most famous one involved this guy, elijah p lovejoy, an anti- slavery newspaper editor

i think of how president biden's trajectory to the presidency began right here in charleston, south carolina. when president biden stood before the il-8 union and declared that he would be our nation's next president. he made a promise and a commitment to fight for those who needed their voice heard. that was the alpha, the beginning and many of you have seen it here, right here in this church. you were there for the beginning. we trusted our faith in god. congressman clyburn dispatched his troops and we watched this man, president joseph biden, become our leader. he worked dutifully to fulfill the promise of forgiving student loans to those who need it. and advocated for the oval office -- to the oval office for the passage of the john lewis voting rights act. president biden recognized immediately there was much work to do and began the task of doing so. our country was hurting. we knew all of this. president biden inherited some of the biggest challenges our nation has ever seen. we needed to restore the soul of this country. but he seemed to think we've come this far by faith. during his

host: jermaine, north charleston, south carolina. democratic caller. caller: how are you doing. good morning. i hear a lot of callers calling in and they speak about the pipeline that biden supposedly shut down. i would like the guests to explain this pipeline and clear it out how it was never operational and it did not do anything. host: we will talk about that. keystone, i think is what he is talking about. guest: there are a lot of pipeline projects and we have more than any other country because almost two thirds of any of the energy that we use and certainly every drop of fuel that you put in your car that will -- or goes into an airplane or truck goes through a pipeline. it is the most efficient way to move stuff around and it has been that way. keystone xl was a joint u.s. and canadian project. most of it was built and it exists in different phases, but the extension was canceled under the biden administration. it was studied longer during the obama administration and it took to win world war ii. everyone in town admits that it was a political decision and yet here we are

biden visited with supporters in charleston, south carolina, the state that revitalized his falteringampaign in 2020. he attended a church service and visited charleston's international african american museum. tiktok has restored service to the 170 million u.s. users of the social media app. less than 24 hours after it went dark because of a federal ban, tiktok powered back on. that was after president-elect trump said that once in office he would try to give its china-based parent company more time to find a government-approved buyer. the law that banned the app gives the president authority to grant a 90-day extension. millions of people across the country are bracing for dangerously cold conditions as a polar vortex moves south from the arctic. this latest round of winter weather is expected to bring bitterly cold temperatures, plunging the northern plains into single digits. it's also set to bring a rare bout of freezing rain to the south. president biden pardoned the historic leader of the black nationalist movement, 85 years after his death. marcus garvey was among five people

south carolina. he delivered remarks earlier at the royal missionary baptist church. but we're showing you right now the international african american museum. it is located there in charlestonuth carolina. it is a museum of history. and we did expect the president and first lady to be there for quite some time. let's go to kathy park, who's been traveling with the president in charleston. so first of all, let's talk about the tone of what has been likely president biden's final speech as president. that is coming up in about 30 minutes or so. if he's on time, what are you expecting? >> yeah. hey there alex, good afternoon to you. >> i would say the tone is likely going to kind of mimic what we heard earlier this morning at the local missionary baptist church, when he was pretty confident he exuded strength. but as you mentioned, it's hard to believe that we are counting down the final hours of his presidency. and, alex, we should point out that south carolina really has a close place in biden's heart because of what happened back in 2020. clinch a critical primary victory in the state. he also got a key endorsement from representative jim clyburn, and it ultimately propelle

so cities like charleston, south carolina, will send rice and people drovers will be driving their sheep to boston to feed the population. and that can be seen as is being right and that has meaning. and in boston's committee is very thoughtful and send thank you notes to all of the cities contribute food and it's run and all the local newspapers. thank you for your contributions. that makes a real sense of common cause between people, as does the boycotting. but the boycott has no impact economically on britain. it's themed or it's framed as though it's going to affect the 1774 parliamentary election. but that happened before the boycott took effect. so election was over. you couldn't really affect it and everyone responded the boycott the same way. they said, oh no, there's going to be another boycott. quick, let's up extra on things and. so they bought all extra supplies like everybody did with covid, right? they stocked up on junk and then, well, the merchants were fine. they had just sold more than they normally would in a year because everyone bought up their 1775 supplies early. s

biden touted those pardons today during his last official trip as president, traveling to charleston, south carolinavisited the royal missionary baptist church to honor martin luther king jr. biden's remarks focused on redemption and mercy, noting the clemency and pardons for nonviolent drug offenders. i prayed with you here in february of 2020 when i was running for president, and my final full day as president. of all the places i wanted to be was back here with you. back here at home. this weekend marks the 35th anniversary of a mobile and often loud san francisco landmark. you're seeing them right there. we're talking about the famous sea lions at pier 39. the sea lions weren't always part of fisherman's wharf. they first showed up just about on the martin luther king junior holiday weekend back in 1990. the colony of curious, charismatic visitors. they have been a tourist attraction and local favorite ever since. quintessential san francisco and the weather. they're looking actually pretty nice. they got happy. they got some sunshine. so they were enjoying that. it looks like for a time, san jo

biden traveled to charleston, south carolina, to honor martin luther king jr with the congregation at royal missionary baptist church. biden's remarks focused on redemption and mercy, noting the clemency and pardons for nonviolent drug offenders. i prayed with you here in february of 2020 when i was running for president, and my final full day as president. of all the places i wanted to be, was back here with you. and let's take a live look at our nation's capital. tonight, we look ahead to the inauguration tomorrow, and people are preparing for the possibility of protests. you may recall, during president trump's first inauguration back in 2017, d.c. police rounded up hundreds of people in a mass arrest. the district, however, later paid $1.6 million to settle two lawsuits over how officers handled that situation now, and has since revamped its mass arrest policy. nbc's amy cho has more on those changes and what we could expect to see tomorrow. let's go. let's go. january 2017. this was the scene just two miles away from president trump's inauguration. you all have been arrested. d.c

that the marquee arrived to assist in the revolution in my home community of georgetown, charleston, south carolinaeted the general and what an impact he had on our country. we all know france is the first american ally dating to march 21, 1778, and when the french monarchy recognized the independence of the united states and then on diplomat relations august 6th, 1778. south carolina really cherishes its french history and we are grateful even today that we have the only functioning french church in america founded in 1844 in charleston. additionally,s leading patriot of the american revolution was hugonot, a beloved here on capitol hill two blocks away where it's known as marion park, and it was named after the general and it's just again a daily reminder of our shared heritage and appreciation. along with that several years ago i had the opportunity to raise money for a statue to be located in the park of general marion. and while i was doing it i was telling people this would be the first monument ambassador to a french hugonot in washington. and no, george had french heritage, there are other

meanwhile, on his last trip as president, joe biden traveled to charleston, south carolina, today, joined by the first lady, the president observed martin luther king junior day with the congregation of the royal missionary baptist church. throughout his remarks, biden focused on redemption and mercy, mentioning his clemency and pardons for nonviolent drug offenders. president biden has had a meaningful relationship with the state of south carolina. it was south carolina, if you remember. democrats delivered biden his first presidential primary win in february 2020 and helped to solidify his victory over trump later that year. i prayed with you here in february of 2020 when i was running for president, and m final full day as president of all the places i wanted to be, was back here with you this afternoon. the bidens were also treated to a tour of the international african american museum in charleston. and still ahead, could one teachers at homee invention help homeowners battle future wildfires? he says it saved houses from the ongoing palisades fire. we'll show you how it works. next,

mailed it down south to try and shame southern slaveholders into saying saying that what they were doing was wrong you can imagine what slaveholders of this in charleston and south carolina for example, when these piles of abolitionist mail reached the post office in charleston, south carolina, a mob laid siege to the us post office there. and you can see in the illustration they pulled many of these items out from the post and set fire to them outside and there's no way you can see this up on the screen but if you can look at this on a computer and zoom in some of the papers at the bottom there are marked with titles like the liberator the boston atlas another another paper from the north so this the kind of violent reaction the repression that they eliciting from the south. but that's actually wasn't confined only to the south. there was also a lot of people in the north and especially kind of in the middle portion of the country. a lot of white people who were supportive of slavery or at least were not supportive of abolitionists and did not like the way abolitionists were doing what they were doing. so in the decades leading to the civil war, there were at least two

it's going to be pushing off to the east, places like charleston, south carolina, savannah, maybe raleighcarolina. 3-6 inches for you, and whatever you pick up, look at this. it's not going anywhere. it stays bitterly cold. all that light blue or purple, either cold weather warnings or extreme cold weather warnings. you are waking up to some tough numbers out there. tomorrow morning it is 3 below in washington, but look at new orleans. 11 degrees to kick off your day. towns that don't see snow, they're seeing snow tonight. norah, it's all yours. >> norah: thank you very much. dozens are dead in a fire in a ski resort in turkey. the details when we return. ♪ ♪ in turkey. the details when we return. nkru, a medical device manufacturer, could affect your rights. exactech distributes shoulder, hip, knee, and ankle implants, including optetrak, optetrak logic, truliant, vantage, connexion gxl and equinoxe. if you've had one of these products implanted, your rights may be impacted by the bankruptcy, and you must file a claim by february 7, 2025. you may file the claim on behalf of yourself, or

the reins of the presidency, president joe biden and first lady jill biden returned to charleston, south carolinaffice he now departs. in tel aviv hostage square, the angst of the past 15 months replaced at least momentarily with anticipation as word came that the first wave of hostages were released after the most recent cease-fire agreement. a solemn moment today for president-elect donald trump as he placed a wreath at the tomb of the unknown soldier, paying his respects alongside vice president-elect jd vance. a weighty day in history with many contemplating all that tomorrow will entail. >>> and i hope you'll join our coverage tomorrow. thanks so much for watching. i'm linsey davis. for all of us here. have a good night. alfonso: hi, i'm alfonso ribeiro. get your salad forks ready because today we're dining with herbivores from all around the world. join jack and susie as they discover plant eaters in canada. susie: whoa, another one jumped, i love that. alfonso: and find a vegetarian tapir in ecuador.

lafayette actually arrived and to assist in the revolution in my home community of georgetown, charleston, south carolina on june 13, 1777. and we greeted the general and what an impact he had on our country. we all know france is the first american ally dating to march 21, 1778, and when the french monarch recognized the independence of the united states and then on diplomat relations august six, 1778. so carolina really cherishes this french history, and we are grateful even today that we have the only functioning french huguenot church in america. founded in 1844, in charleston. additionally, a leading patriot of the american revolution was huguenot general francis marion, the celebrated swamp fox. a beloved park is right here on capitol hill, just two blocks away where it's known as marion park. and it was named after the general. and it's just, again, a daily reminder of our shared heritage and appreciation, along with that, several years ago, i had the opportunity to raise money for a statue to be located in the park of general washing of general marion. and while i was doing it, i was telling peop

celine freeman, a world war ii french war bride of an american soldier who lives with us in charleston south carolina making for a three generation household. my sister, page macleod beth sent -- bessent that does not like crowds, and my recently deceased sister who worked tirelessly as a public defender in one of south carolina's poorest counties. and i want to thank donald trump for having placed his trust and confidence in me for such an important role in his administration. while i have met with many of you, most americans watching at at home may be unfamiliar with my background. i have been blessed with fulfilling and successful career but my presence here today was so far from predetermined. i was born and raised in the south carolina low country. my father fell into extreme financial difficulty and i was young. when i was nine years old i started working to summer jobs and i haven't stopped working since. i eventually made my way to yale , i accepted my first internship and finance because the job came with a pullout sofa and the office to sleep on which allowed me to live in new york city ren

adam johnson popped the question to ann fisher in charleston, south carolina, and trisha mclaughlin andoho getting engaged in palm beach, florida. congratulations to to you both. >> thank you. maria: wow. [laughter] >> yeah,

meanwhile, on his last trip as president, joe biden traveled to charleston, south carolina, today, joined by the first lady. the president observed martin luther king junior day with the congregation of the royal missionary baptist church, and throughout his remarks, biden focused on redemption and mercy, mentioning his clemency and pardons for nonviolent drug offenders. president biden has had a meaningful relationship with the state of south carolina. it was south carolina democrats who delivered ben his first presidential primary win in february 2020, and helped to solidify his victory over trump later that year. i prayed with you here in february of 2020 when i was running for president, and my final full day as president of all the places i wanted to be, was back here with you this afternoon. the bidens were also treated to a tour of the international african american museum in charleston, and incoming president trump may have his first official trip scheduled. it is likely to be los angeles to review the aftermath of the deadly and devastating wildfires. mr. trump announced he would

host: john is in charleston, south carolina on our line for independents. good morning, john. caller: yes sir. i do know the name buckley, from way back. i am a 70-year-old guy and everything. i'm not sure if you are family or not, but i do know that you are a professor at this khalil school. now, that is a really interesting guy to me. host: just to help folks understand what he means, mr. buckley is a professor at this khalil law school at george mason university. ahead, john. what is your question? caller: my question with scalia, was a person that really believed that, myself being american, black, he thought we would do better if, you know, we were in the schools we were traditionally in years and years ago. and everything. and he might have been right on something with that, because we give up a lot when we integrated schools. host: john, we are just about out of time for this segment. i understand you are talking about justice scalia's position on integration in public schools, but did you have a question specifically for mr. buckley today? caller: yes. i would like his

reporter: president biden will be spending his last, final full day of this presidency in charleston, south carolina. can you discuss what he's going to be doing there? karine: we'll have more to share on that. i don't want to dive into that right now. we'll certainly have more to share on what that will look like, his last couple of days. reporter: two quick ones. does the president intend to leave a letter for president-elect trump as trump did for him? karine: well, i guess we'll see. [laughter] we'll see. we'll see. i don't having any -- that's going to be up to the president. don't have anything on that. but it's a good question. i'm curioustoo. reporter: after monday, what is the president's plan? what are he and the first lady doing when they lee washington? karine: we'll certainly have more to share on that as well. reporter: thank you for serving as press secretary, answering our questions for the last couple of years. i know you have no roadout of calls between president biden and president-elect trump. just declaratively can you say no, there's not been a call between them or any of the l

adam johnson popped the question to ann fisher in charleston, south carolina, and trisha mclaughlin anden yoho getting engaged in palm beach, florida. congratulations to to you both. >> thank you. maria: wow. [laughter] >> yeah, hard to believe, right in a beautiful thing. maria: have a great day, everybody. let's get to or "varney & company" with the latest. stu, take it away. sorry about that. stuart: good morning, everyone. we've got a state of emergency in los angeles. three separate fires burning. they're all out of control, whipped up by 900 mile an hour -- 90 mile-an-hour winds. rows of oceanfront homes in malibu have been burned to the ground. they're approaching the tightly-packed housing of santa month if ca. h.a. looks like a hellscape -- l.a.. let's get to politics. the president-elect meets senate republicans today. he wants to know what the gop can deliver. he wants one big, beautiful bill bringing together taxes, energy and the border. trump wants to to go big and go fast. the senate will tell him what he can get. to the markets. more selling after yesterday's sharp sello

south carolina. cnn's arlette saenz is traveling with the president, and she joins us now live from charleston. d arlette, it is a significant day for president biden as he closes this chapter of a very decades long political career. and it's probably no accident that he's doing it there in south carolina, a place that was so pivotal to his to him becoming president. >> that's right. jessica. and, you know, i actually spoke with congressman jim clyburn, the man who endorsed biden back in 2020 when his campaign was really struggling. that endorsement really launched biden to a win here in south carolina. and then on to winning the democratic nomination. clyburn had told me that biden personally called him just a few weeks ago and said he wanted to end his presidency right here in south carolina, that he knew it was fitting and knows how important this state has been to him, both politically and personally, not just this day has not just revived biden's campaign back in 2020, but it also offered the biden family a bit of comfort and solace in the past. after the passing of their son, beau biden, b

you were in charleston, south carolina today with the president of the united states on his last fullou were also there with kemba smith to talk about her and the significance of her being on that trip with you. >> well, kemba was was not with me today. she was at home in virginia because she received the news as as one does the night before. it becomes public that her sentence was fully pardoned by the by the president. and i have to say as an organization that has worked with kemba for over 30 years, this was one of the most momentous outcomes we could have hoped for. we began representing kemba when she was in her early 20s and had gotten caught up with a unfortunate romantic relationship that was abusive and led her to make some choices that she came to regret. she was a nonviolent offender, and because of the draconian drug laws and mandatory sentencing laws we have, she was sentenced to 24.5 years in prison. as a young woman, she gave birth to her son while in prison and thankfully, because of the advocacy of many, including kemba and her family and many others, she was released

be steve benjamin, a senior white house advisor to president biden and a former mayor of charleston, south carolina. mr. benjamin, before we talk about tomorrow's trip, i want to begin with a bit of a sound from president biden's closing address on wednesday. take a listen to this. i want to warn the country of some things that give me great concern. and this is a dangerous concern, and that's a dangerous concentration of power in the hands of a very few ultra wealthy people. and the dangerous consequences if their abuse of power is left unchecked. today, an oligarchy is taking shape in america of extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens our entire democracy, our basic rights and freedoms, and a fair shot for everyone to get ahead. what did the president want the american people to take away from that speech? >> well, first of all, i can't say how proud i am of senator lisa blunt rochester and the way in which she articulates all of our concerns and in such a powerful way, the president is very clear about his vision as to what america ought to look like. and you've heard him sa

also in the final days come on his very final day, president biden is expected to be in charleston, south carolinat of full circle, going back to where it all began. that was the state that saved and propelled his bid for the white house back in 2020. geoff: that's lara baran lopez at the white house for us. thank you. ♪ amna: all around los angeles today, residents again held their breath while firefighters worked to prevent major fires from starting or spreading. geoff: at least 25 people are dead and more than 12,000 structures have been damaged or destroyed. more than 80,000 people remain undamaged under evacuation orders. stephanie sy has our report. stephanie: it was another tense 24 hours in southern california, as exhausted firefighters worked to contain flare-ups and protect hard-fought progress across the city. >> the anticipated 70-mile-an-hour winds have yet to materialize. however, this could change and we are still at risk. stephanie: as of this evening, millions remained under red flag warnings, while crews continue to battle flames from the ground and the air. the good news for wea

. >> bill: joe biden was in charleston, south carolina yesterday and made some comments about the three israeli women who were released and then he had a building and museum dedication in charleston. one of the things that he said is that he is not going away. he is not disappearing. you wonder what his post presidency life will be like at age 82. largely spent in wilmington, delaware, rehoboth beach where he spent so many weekends as president. enter donald trump who has the energy sometimes of 100 men, dana. we have seen it and talked about going back on trump time. we talked to our colleagues of younger age who were not working with us during the first term. donald trump gets more done before noon than most of us do in an entire week. so get ready. it is back. trump time. >> dana: it is. bret baier and martha maccallum will lead our special coverage after our show this morning. i get to have them as our guests right now as we watch the motorcade roll out. martha maccallum get your thoughts first. >> you guys have had fantastic coverage all morning. it is a spectacular day in washingt

dana: trey, one of the things that just happened moments ago in charleston, south carolina, is president biden gave some remarks in which at the end he said and now it is going to be up to president trump to implement this ceasefire deal. but as general keane just said to us, his israeli sources say this deal never would have happened but for president-elect trump and steve witkoff who had gone to israel to try to negotiate. maybe this doesn't come up in the conversations with the people that you have there, but i'm curious, do they recognize that as well? >> reporter: absolutely. general keane is spot on. i have been talking with qatari sources, i've been talking with israeli sources, i have been talking with hamas sources throughout this entire process. the deal that was signed that allowed these women to get out of gaza would not be complete without president-elect trump and the incoming middle east envoy, steve witkoff. they were going back and forth since last may, and there was just no movement on the ground in doha. the teams were at the table, and they could not come to to a conc

i'll be with joe biden in charleston, south carolina, all day sunday. be here with joe biden and whoever else may be in attendance on monday, and i will be wearing my south carolina state garnet hat. >> whoever else will be in attendance leads me to the question of, are you hearing of other democrats who have decided to sit it out? >> well, i'm sure there will be others who will. there may be even some republicans who will. i just hope the weather will cooperate. as you see, i'm bundled up today and from what i hear, i may need to be even more so on monday. and there are some people who are not going to attend because of the weather, but people will make something out of it, and there may be a few people who won't attend for other political reasons as well. but that's the way it is. we are a free country. people do not are not forced to participate in the political process. they do so by choice. and if they make the choice not to attend, that's fine. i plan to be there because i plan to represent my constituents in every way that i possibly can. and bein

. >> president joe biden speaking in charleston, south carolina, noting the importance of this southern city not just for him personally, but also in the history of this nation. >> it was a major slave port during the period of enslavement, and it also was the place where the civil war started. >> juanita, what do you make of this historic speech? the last speech of joe biden's presidency? and what does it mean for his legacy to be here in this place at this moment? >> i truly appreciate him going back to south carolina, because it's a nod to the fact that he only achieved the office of the presidency in that election in 2020 through the south carolina primary. south carolina black voters in that state were the ones who revived his his campaign after multiple other primary losses. >> and so it's fitting that he's ending his presidency in this place that granted him the pathway to even secure it in the 2020 election. >> i appreciate his his history lesson here, because i think it's something that people need to be reminded of, of the reality of the challenges that black people have exper

eastern from charleston, south carolina. and msnbc will bring those to folks when we have that. president now going to speak on again, what is a historic day, but still very much in flux. >> jeremy, as you were speaking, we were watching images from hostage square in tel aviv. obviously, this is an incredibly emotional day, not only for the families of these hostages, but for nation states that have have watched and waited for their own people to be returned. talk to me about the american hostages that are yet to be released, especially given that we know that phase one of this deal was the most solid. phase two. phase three. that is where things become more dicey. >> well, let's go over the story of the american hostages. >> 12 american hostages were taken on october 7th. 45 americans, by the way, were killed on october 7th. this was an attack against the united states as much as it was an attack against all nations of the world and israel. so 12 were taken. early on. two american women were released, and then aviva siegel was released. she's the wife of current hostage keith s