back to you guys. >> sandra: greg palkot live in tel aviv. john. >> john: adam boehler, helped negotiate the abraham accords and negotiate with the taliban on behalf of the trump administration, and adam, great to have you here. you are usually coming to us from nashville. welcome back to d.c. the big question here, how long is the truce, ceasefire, pause, whatever you call it going to last and how many hostages ultimately can be brought out. >> it's interesting. right now what's happening, william burns in qatar, he's negotiating with sheikh mohammed and a general from egypt. i have directly negotiated with them. they are both very serious people. william burns and mossad head there. it's the right cast of characters to do something. i think it's likely you will see at least a day or two. has to be conditioned on hostages being released clearly and it sounds like the qataris are feeling good about some adult males being released. that's what i think you are going to get a day or two and then the question is what's going to happen after that.

. >> carley: greg palkot has the latest from tel aviv. greg. >> greg: we'll get to the jerusalem terror in a moment, first word the ceasefire with hamas has been extended and more hostages are set to be released later today. overnight saw exchange of 16 hostages, 12 israeli. crossed from gaza strip to israel, 30 palestinian prisoners were released. they were brought to hospitals and treated as well as wonderful reunions with family members, some having been freed from the hands of hamas. one of those is a high school teacher, mother of three, kidnapped from the kibbutz near gaza, her husband remains a prisoner. this follows rush hour terror attack at a bus stop in jerusalem this morning. three killed, a dozen injured when two men armed with m-16s opened fire. they were killed by off-duty israeli soldiers nearby. the two were palestinians and members of hamas affiliate group. aid continues to make its way to the gaza strip. antony blinken is in israel meeting with officials, he wants to prolong the ceasefire to get more captives out and mor

greg palkot in london.f state antony blinken announcing a third round of sanctions targeting people and groups affiliated with hamas. the sanctions will also affect the palestinian islamic jihad, the second largest militant group in gaza operating out of the west bank. blinken said they are working with allies to disrupt the system that gives money to hamas. he calls out iran for providing the money, the weapons and the training to both those organizations. >> dana: there is a leaked internal state department memo blasting president biden's policy on israel. the memo indicates deep divisions within the biden administration and the democratic party with ox yosemite writing some of the change echoes that of progressive activists in the u.s. former state department official and spokesperson. great to have you both here. secretary antony blinken wrote back to the department employees saying we've organized forums in d.c. to hear from you. urge manager and teams to have discussions at posts around the world to h

greg palkot is live in tel aviv today with the latest as of this hour. hello, greg. >> bill, dana, incredible accounts. we'll have more on the terror attack in jerusalem in a moment. first the extension of the cease-fire between israel and hamas we're awaiting maybe in the next few hours the latest release of hostages out of the grips of hamas in gas qua strip. late last night we saw the return of 16 hostages. joyful scenes as the vehicles carrying the former cabtives crossed into israel. they're being treated at hospitals and treated to wonderful reunions with family members. some of them also having been freed from the hands of hamas. one of those 49-year-old israeli american, a high school teacher, mother of three. she was kidnapped from a kibbutz and her husband remains a prisoner. all this amid a terror attack at a bus stop in jerusalem this morning rush hour. three people killed. a dozen injured when two men armed with m-16 automatic rifle and pistol opened fire and then killed by off duty israeli soldiers nearby. hamas claiming responsibility as th

greg palkot live in israel.work continues with the cease-fire agreement. three people are dead i thought they were having a cease-fire. >> exactly greg's reporting that hamas is taking credit for this. there is no cease-fire. israel might be respecting the cease-fire in an agreement that was made but hamas isn't and taking responsibility for this. i want to see more information about the hostages as they provide their insights on what it was like to be a hostage because right now there's many hostages still there and we can gain valuable insight on how the operation is taking place they were only getting a change of clothes and a shower before the release that's what we hear from the hostages they were barely being fed but what the hamas propaganda attempt is playing on hoping that the media will be aligned in people taking to the streets protesting like we saw with the rockefeller tree light ceremony. hamas is smiling and waving and acting as if they were treating the hostages like they were living in a five-st

stuart: greg palkot, right in the middle of it.ant long island new york facing a boycott after the owner hung up israeli flags and posters at the hostages taken by hamas several staff members q quit. peter is the owner of the golden globe diner on long island and joins us now. what is a community response like so far. >> after people noticed our flags and or posters of all the hostages we had a great response from the local jewish community and were very humbled and overwhelmed we are very gra grateful. stuart: you say some staff members actually quit, did they quit to your face and say were not working for you. >> some new people the cayman asked to take pictures of the hostage posters and people wanted to pose in front of the restaurant as soon as they saw the posters they walked out. others did not appreciate the flags going up. this was a work in progress it happened over the course of three weeks and every day we would do a little more to show her support. stuart: why would anyone be outraged by a display of hostage posters. >

greg palkot is in tel aviv. what's the latest, greg? >> reporter: hey, stuart.ing that new group of hostage as which could be released at any time now. of course, they've experienced incredible ordeals at the hands of hamas in the gaza strip for weeks and weeks now. twelve hostages were freed last night. the former captive it is are telling horror stories. for weeks they're had little food and light, difficulty sleeping and bad sanitary conditions. one young man told of beatings, being forced to view torture videos. all told, some 60 israeli women and children, plus others, have been released. it's believed nearly 160 remain held by hamas and other groups. among them, 10-month-old kafir and other family members. a trillioningtive told fox earlier the israeli government is saying they won't be released today. take a listen. >> we try to remain hopeful. we continue with our battle and efforts as a family, as a united family, to try and get some answers. >> reporter: now, as part of the deal, palestinian prisoners are also being released, but what is being worked o

greg palkot is live in tel aviv this morning with more. ing we are in tel aviv in hospitals around the city the released hostages are now being treated after their incredible ordeal at the hands of hamas had in gaza. 12 hostages were freed overnight, telling horror stories. for weeks they had little food and light, difficulty sleeping, and sanitary conditions. one young man told of beatings, forced to watch torture videos. 60 is660 israeli women and chiln and others have been released. 160 remain held, among them a 10-month-old and other family members. a relative told fox news the government says they won't be released today. >> we tried to remain hopeful. we continue with our battle and efforts as a family, as a united family to try and get some answers. >> reporter: they try and get some answers. as part of the deal, palestinian prisoners are being release as well. what's being worked on by the u.s., israel and hamas go-betweens, an extension of the cease fire and hostage exchanges set to end overnight. crucial too, humanitarian aid brou

greg palkot is live in tel aviv keeping track of all of it.l a mess. >> it's still happening. tay attacks continuing as well. we will get to that in a moment. first, another extension of israel's cease-fire with hamas and we are expecting another delivery of hostages who have been held by hamas over into israel hands in the coming hours. overnight saw the return of 16 hostages, including 12 israelis. among them another israeli american, 49-year-old leah benine she was kidnapped from the kibbutz, her husband remains in captivity. this as tales of horror and courage hamas grow. one father saying 9-year-old daughter spoke in a whisper after weeks of hamas terrorists told her to be quiet. a strong 85-year-old woman standing up to a top hamas official, i asked him how he is not ashamed to do such a thing to people who all these years have supported peace? squoted as saying he didn't answer. he was silent. yes, this follows a rush hour terror attack at bus stop in jerusalem this morning three people were killed, including a female school principal.

greg palkot is live in london. what do we expect of the summit?> it's a high stakes meeting, absolutely. we heard from president biden and chinese president xi a short time ago, they were very careful, very polite, setting out their stalls, set out the parameters of this. they noted they had not seen each other for a year and a day, and xi met with trump in 2017, a lot of bad water under the bridge, both on the foreign affairs side and the domestic side. we know there will be agreement for renewable energy sources, commitment to deal with the trafficking of the opioid fentanyl but no real specifics or break throughs on economic or trade issues. a dinner between business executives and president xi later tonight. as for geopolitics, a move to reestablish military to military communications, a.i. use and around taiwan, no progress expected there. north korea we know that china, beijing, president xi is the number one ally to chairman kim, behind him all along, and revealing of yet another range of missiles. intermediate range of missiles from chairm

. >> brian: greg palkot, hi, greg. >> greg: we are in tel aviv at various hospitals in the area. the released hostages being treated after horrible treatment at the hands of hamas in gaza strip. 12 freed overnight, telling horror stories. for weeks, little food, little light, unsanitary condition. one young man told of beatings and being forced to watch torture videos. it is believed another 160 remain held by hamas and other groups, among them 10-month-old kfir and other family members. a relative told you folks israeli governments they won't be released today. >> we try to remain hopeful. we continue with our battle and efforts as a family, as a united family to try and get some answers. >> griff: strong stuff, palestinian prisoners are being released, worked on right now, israel and hamas go-between extension of the ceasefire and hostage exchange set to end overnight. humanitarian aid being brought to the battered gaza strip with most fighting, it is chance to reach people there amidst the death and destruction. baby kfir and his family might not be released easily. they are b

greg palkot has more. hi, greg. >> greg: we are back in israel, we near tel aviv. as we speak, at various hospitals in this city, hostages are being treated after their incredible ordeal at the hands of hamas terrorists in gaza. another 12 hostages released overnight. red cross and family members were greeting them all. horror stories, no light, unsanitary conditions, torture videos, all told 60 israeli women and children and 21 nationality hostages have been released. it is hope among the 10 to be released could be some of the americans. here is what john kirby had to say. >> there is no indication at all that hamas is trying to use leverage or something to keep americans from getting out. we can't assume hamas has ready access to everybody in a moment's notice or all the americans are being held by hamas. >> greg: palestinian prisoners also being released, 180 so far coming out of israeli jails. what is being worked on by the u.s., israel and qatar and go-betweens, extension of the ceasefire and hostage exchanges. crucial, humanitarian aid being brought to the ba

maria: greg pal t palkot is lin tel aviv with more. greg. >> reporter: hi, maria. parts to the story today. the terror attack in jerusalem, we'll get to that in a minute. first, the extension of the cease fire between israel and hamas we are awaiting in the coming hours another group of hostages being released from the gaza strip. overnight we saw exchange of 16 hostages including 12 israelis, joyful scenes of vehicles carrying the former captives crossing over from gaza is rail and they were brought to the hospitals and they were treated to twond full reunions with family members, some of them also freed in the hands of hamas. one of them is a 49-year-old israeli american, a high school teacher, a mother of three. she was kidnapped near gaza. her husband remains a prisoner. and yes, there was a terror attack at a bus stop in jerusalem this morning in the middle of rush hour. three people were killed, around a does n were injured when two armed men with m16 r rifle and a pistol opened fire. they were killed by israeli offduty soldiers near by. hamas is claiming res

president biden meets xi jinping in san francisco later on today greg palkot is with us, what are thegest foreign policy challenges a biden faces in the meeting. >> a whole bunch there is a lot riding on this meeting absolutely, china's president xi jinping is in the san francisco area for the asia-pacific economic cooperation summit or the apex, as it's called on the sidelines of that he will meet with president biden. they have a lot to discuss with their last meeting and the summit last fall since then strategic and trade relations have worsened in china's economy has been in the doldrums as well, what we do know they will be agreement to increase the use of renewable energy sources to try to slow down global warming and a commitment to deal with the trafficking of the opioid fentanyl but no real specifics or major breakthroughs are seen on economic or business matters. as for geopolitics, there will be the reestablishment of military to military could be dictation in a push by the u.s. to galli iran to get into back of the broader involvement in the israel hamas war, as for attent

we begin with greg palkot live for us in tel aviv, greg. >> developing in the last hour, the latest hostage release involving hamas and israel. just a lot of questions about what has happened in the past harrowing weeks and what is to come. after 16 hostages were freed last night and the cease-fire extended, the israeli military now confirms the red cross has transferred two israelis to their forces near the gaza strip taken to a nearby air base and we assume brought to hospitals and families. israel says it expects additional hostages released in the coming hours. the two now released, harris identified as 21-year-old mia full of joy with a huge heart taken from a music festival. her boyfriend still held and a 40-year-old lawyer with a variety of interests. she was kidnapped from a kibbutz. no other word in israeli americans. we saw the release of a 49-year-old high school teacher, mother of three. her husband also remains a prisoner. yes, all of this amid a terror attack at a bus stop in jerusalem this morning. three people killed, at least half a dozen injured. two men armed with an m-16

senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot is live in london. >> you're right, a tale of two citiesent protests. yesterday in paris and in france, 180,000 marched against rising anti-semitism attacks in the wake of the israel/hamas war. political leaders, far right figures taking part. not many incidents. france has the biggest population of jewish people in europe. in london a different story. 300,000 pro-palestinian marchers came out. big event through the heart of the city including right by the big u.s. embassy building. a lot of people were out as well but there were skirmishs. far right protest duking it out and abuse being hurled at jewish residents london requiring polices courts. the biggest fallout was an interior minister getting the boot by the british prime minister today. other reasons. this was part of a cabinet reorganization. she got heat for branding the pro-palestinian rally a hate march. i can tell you firsthand being out on the streets of london this weekend, there was a lot of hate. a lot of anger on both sides of this issue a long way away from the mideast fig

released today, joining us with the 60 plus who have been freed so far forward affairs correspondent greg palkot tell us. >> we are here and tel aviv at various hospitals in the region the released hostages are being treated him for their incredible ordeals at the hands of hamas terrorists inside of gaza, 12 hostages freed overnight the israeli military, red cross, greeting all. the former captives have been telling horror stories, little food, little light, difficult sleeping conditions, bad sanitary. the one young man talked about beatings and being subjective to torture videos all told about 60 israeli women and children plenty 21 and under have been released is believed 160 remain held by hamas and other groups. it's helped among the ten set to be released today at least some more americans here's what national security council john kirby had to say about that. >> there's no indication at all that hamas is trying to use leverage to keep americans from getting out. we cannot assume that hamas has ready access at a moments notice or all the americans are being held by hamas. as part of the dea

greg palkot joins us from tel aviv with the latest. greg? >> hey, folks, yeah.are back in israel and right now we are in tel aviv where at many hospitals around this area those released hostages are being treated after their horrendous treatment by hamas in gaza over the last several weeks. 12 hostages were freed overnight. israeli military, red cross, family members greeting all. these former captives have been telling horror stories, little food, light, difficult sleep, sanitary conditions. in the case of one young man beatings and being subjected to viewings of torture videos. also 60 israeli women and children 21 other hostages have been released. it's believed nearly 160 remain held by hamas and other groups. it is hoped, among the ten set to be released today, americans, here is what national security council spokesman john kirby had to say. >> there's no indication at all that hamas is trying to use leverage or something to keep americans from getting out. we can't just assume that hamas has ready access to everybody in a moment's notice or that all the a

let's check in with greg palkot live in tel aviv with the latest on the hostage release talks. hi, greg. >> hi, dana. they are complicated and very dangerous stuff. we're here in tel aviv waiting for the release of the latest group of hostages after their ordeal at the hands of hamas down in the gaza strip. 12 hostages were freed last night. the former captives are telling horror store ephors about their captivity. little food, little light. sanitary conditions, difficulty sleeping. one young man being forced to view torture videos and beating. 60 israeli women and children released. it is believed nearly 160 remain held by hamas and other groups. among them, it is hoped, 10-month-old and other family members. a relative told fox news earlier the israeli government said they won't be released today. take a listen. >> we tried to remain hopeful. we continue with our battle and efforts as a family, as a united family to try and get some answers. >> the israeli government had said that hamas was not in control of the 10-month-old and the family. hamas was claiming, in fact, they ha

we have got greg palkot in the region. he will join us very shortly. in the meantime, another fox news alert. because world leaders and politicians on both sides of the political aisle on this thursday morning are remembering the life and legacy of henry kissinger. >> brian: yep, the former secretary of state died at his home in connecticut yesterday. he was 100 years old. >> griff jenkins joins us now to look back at the remarkable life and legacy, griff. >> really remarkable. influence shaped american foreign policy for more than 50 years advising five presidents from nixon to trump. >> kissinger is a man who is known to all people who are interested in foreign policy. >> griff: the controversial diplomatic earned the nobel peace prize for his efforts to end the vietnam war. >> there is no country in the world where it is conceivable that a man of my origins could be standing here next to the president of the united states. >> griff: kissinger fled germany as a teen coming to america in 1938. becoming an american citizen in 1943. joining the army, sh

but first greg palkot live in tel aviv. what are you hearing about this latest host release, what do you know? >> sandra, what we know is it is now underway, but still, there's a lot of questions about what has happened in the past and what will be coke up in the future. now, remember, after 16 hostages were freed last night, the ceasefire was extended yet another 24 hours, the israeli military now confirms the red cross has transferred two israelis to their forces near the gaza strip. they'll be taken to too air base, brought to care and families. israel says it expects additional hostages to be released in the coming hours. the two freed hostages are identified as 21-year-old mia shem, full of joy with a huge heart, taken from the music festival. her boyfriend is still being held. and a 40-year-old, she is a lawyer, said with varied interests, she was kidnapped from a kibbutz near gaza. and you are right, no word yet on whether any other israeli americans will be included in this transfer. last night we saw the release of

. ♪ greg palkot reports from london. >> have a home.f you have a company and we are about to lose everything, thousands in iceland remain evacuated following a series of earthquakes that could mean a major volcanic eruption is right around the corner. >> most of the evacuations taking place near the town of grindavik, about 30 miles southwest of the capital, reykjavik. the order is coming after hundreds of small quakes hit the region every day for more than two weeks, cracking roads and prompting an aviation warning. officials say they're now monitoring a magma tunnel that's more than six miles long. and spreading quickly. >> the latest data shows considerable displacement and a large magma tunnel that is forming and may open this decision is made with the safety of the residents in mind. >> volcanic eruptions in iceland are closely monitored because they can cause major travel disruptions. they spew highly abrasive ash high into the atmosphere where it can damage planes and reduce visibility. the last major eruption back in 2010 essent