. ♪ john: good evening, i'm john yang. hours before the ceasefire between hamas and israel is to go into effect, israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu said it would not go forward until hamas made good on its agreement to provide a list of the hostages they're going to release. netanyahu also said that israel could resume fighting if negotiations over future steps faltered, a position he said had the support of president-elect trump. >> as soon as he was elected, president trump engaged in the mission of freeing the hostages. he spoke with me on wednesday evening and welcomed the agreement and rightly emphasized that the first step of the agreement is a temporary ceasefire. we reserve the right to return to war if necessary with the backing of the united states. john: even as netanyahu spoke, the israeli military prepared to receive hostages and to deliver much-needed aid to gaza, devastated by 15 months of war. anshel pfeffer is israel correspondent for the economist. mr. netanyahu said he could not move forward witho

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john: good evening i'm john yang.n the middle east tonight, efforts are underway to resolve a dispute between israel and hamas over a female hostage hamas said they'd release yesterday, but didn't. that led israel to prevent tens of thousands of palestinians from returning to northern gaza. now, according to reports, hamas and islamic jihadists said she could be released this week. this as president trump suggested that egypt and jordan take in more palestinians in order to "clean out gaza," an idea jordan rejected and egypt is unlikely to accept. for now, the delicate ceasefire is allowing food and supplies to flow into gaza, but after 15 months of war the need is great and the situation remains dire for gazans, not the least of which for children. rosalia bollen of unicef spoke to ali rogin from inside gaza, where her organization has been helping families since the war began. ali: rosalia, thank you so much for joining us. what is life like in gaza these days? rosalia: the bombings, the explosions, the violence has

john: good evening i'm john yang.onight, three women are back on israeli soil for the first time in 15 months since they were kidnapped in the october 7th hamas attacks and held captive in gaza. their return follows the implementation of the long-awaited ceasefire between hamas and israel, pausing a war that has left gaza devastated. hamas turned the women over to the red cross in gaza, which transferred them to the israeli military. they were reuinted with families and taken to a hospital. the freed hostages are romi gonen, emily damari and doron steinbrecher. their safe return sparked celebrations across the country, as jubilant israelis danced and waved flags. there was jubilation, too, in gaza at the ceasefire and israel's promised release of palestinian prisoners. trucks laden with badly needed aid were seen in southern israel heading to crossing points into gaza. in the united states, president biden hailed it as a step forward. pres. biden: today alone, we anticipate several hundred trucks will enter the gaza s

john yang begins our coverage with this report.eporter: this is the terrifying moment of impact when an american airlines flight with 64 people on board collided with an army helicopter as the passenger jet was landing at washington reagan national airport. >> did you see that? reporter: the fiery crash came before 9:00 wednesday night triggering a massive search-and-rescue effort. hundreds of first responders frantically search through the icy potomac river, a day where washington dc fire chief john donnelly said they recovered dozens of bodies but no one still alive. >> despite those efforts, we are at a point where we are switching from a rescue operation to a recovery operation. at this point we don't believe there are any survivors. reporter: today, the wreckage of the bone bardi acr j 700, a popular regional jet, set in waist deep water split into three pieces as first responders continued their work, questions swirled about how this could have happen on a clear night in the nation's capital. president trump blamed the three

amna: john yang at reagan national airport for us tonight. john, thank you.and for more on the many questions surrounding this accident, we turn now to our own aviation correspondent, miles o'brien. so, miles, officials said that initial information showed nothing unusual about the moments leading up to this midair collision. it was a clear night. both aircraft were in their standard flight paths. you're a pilot. what questions does all of this raise for you? miles: what was happening in the cockpit of that black hawk helicopter? you are correct, geoff. both of them were on the horizontal path that was prescribed. the airliner was making that left-hand turn and lining up for runway 33, right where it should have been at the altitude it should have been. the helicopter was on a helicopter corridor directly beneath that flight path by only about 200 feet difference on a good day. in this case, however, they were at the same altitude at the same spot. and so the question is, why was that black hawk helicopter not where it should have been? air traffic control di

john yang is away.ion's farewell to former president jimmy carter began today in his home state of georgia, launching six days of memorial events for the 39th president. carter died last sunday at the age of 100, after spending over a year in hospice care at home. today, the carter family, joined by crowds of mourners, came together to honor the life and legacy of the nation's longest living president. >> a place of healing, transformed into a memorial. flags flew at half staff at the phoebe sumter medical center in americus, georgia this morning, the start of a long, goodbye salute to a global icon. as the ceremony began, georgia state troopers cleared the way. secret service agents who had protected the president served as pallbearers, accompanying his casket out the doors and then gently placing it into the hearse. crowds gathered in the frigid morning air to pay their respects. spectators of all ages, coming out to say goodbye to georgia's own. as the motorcade crept along rural backroads, it made a

john yang is here to explore tiktok's legal battle.e justices heard arguments over the looming tiktok ban insoutside some inflr on the steps to livestream their support for the platform. there are more than 170 million tiktok users in the united states and in last year's presidential campaign both campaigns used it to court younger voters. congress passed a law banning it on january 19 unless its parent company sells it. bobby allen covers technology g for npr and marcia coyle is our supreme court analyst. what does this law do on the 19th? the tiktok lawyer said that it would go dark. >> on january 19 apple and google will be forced to remove tiktok from app store's meaning new users cannot download it and bytedance cannot send software updates. and web hosting services will have to sever ties meaning it will not have any cloud supports. that will be a huge problem for the people taking videos, and trying to use tiktok because it will cripple the infrastructure. reporter: what were the justices focusing on in the arguments today? >> t

police arrested. 66 year-old john glenn yang charging him with vehicular manslaughter and reckless driving. this crash involved him speeding and crashing into a driverless waymo robotaxi in the process that accident killed 27 year-old mikhail romanenko and a dog. 2 others were critically injured. we spoke with city leaders that say they're moving forward now with plans to install speed cameras and pedestrian safety measures there at that intersection. it's unclear when these cameras will be installed, but city officials say they will work to ensure the safety of the community. >> it's a 35 and we want to continue our coverage now of what happens in the wake of the federal indictment of oakland, mayor sheng thao. she is charged with 6 counts of conspiracy, bribery, mail, fraud and wire fraud and her partner, andrea jones as well as businessmen, david and andy duong are also facing charges. >> tallis pleaded not guilty, but if she's convicted, the the penalties range from prison. time to supervised release 2 more than a million dollars in fines in our legal analysts. michael cardoza says reg

yang bei min ho ho. chi chi garden. bo joon ho san paolo. hong sang hi, john. you get. some fancy jinggoy.posing you some entitlement singing. gypsy. tong tong, go door to door. gung fu you go. how you go, how mike pompeo. how come some fancy mingling at a. dinner table yet some. mazinger z? come on, we got some fancy hong sang two nang tiktok ho. hi everyone. my name is aayu. i have a child at san francisco unified school district. due to the way that the school district handled the school closure recently, parents and families have lost confidence in this district. we need to rebuild trust so that families and students do not keep leaving this school district. and this is a very important. san francisco unified school district should ensure transparency about budget issues. relevant information should be shared on many platforms and in many languages and in many ways. if the district isn't closing schools, how will it address the 113 million budget shortfall? i hope every san francisco unified school district student can get a good education. thank you. hi, my name is cindy chen and i ha