mike tobin is live with the latest. mike, there's so much concern really around the world. what is the latest negotiations for shalit's release? >> the negotiations to secure his release have been hung up on 125 specific prisoners that hamas wants released from israeli jail. hamas has been demanding a total of 1,000 prisoners be released. 450 are specific names. but these 125 according to israel have participated in violent attacks from israeli. they don't want these individuals released from fear they may attack again. according to our sources the negotiations are hung up over these 125 individuals. the german mediator who secured the break-through we saw this week or get the credit for seeing the break-through we saw this week according to our sources are heading back to the gaza strip on wednesday. we're watching this visit very closely, jamie. >> when we saw this video of shalit -- and i wonder what his family had to say. the newspaper makes reference to a september 14th date although you can probably read it better than i can what year. does it confirm that video is fr

mike tobin, fox news. >>> they probably know they shouldn't do it.y people who smoke say they resent the government taxing them into quitting. they're finding a loop hole. wait until you see just how far some smokers are taking this growing trend to get their fix. that's straight ahead. ale nt thaveayci y t od tha nty wa branme faf aiz leh ii grnt faf aiz ked kalm leh ii eas sh dcaro,t faf aiz ep wutbyd oll ked kalm f f aiz faf aiz ep wutbyd oll ked brthme >>> it seems american smokers are finding it increasingly expensive to feed their nicotine habit and its got them fuming, especially with the government considering hiking taxes on cigarettes and liquors to fix their budget woes. some smokers are finding a way to dodge those so-called sin taxes. the remedy is truly home grown. melissa cutler has more from our affiliate, kdfw, in dallas. >> reporter: he's a self-sufficient kind of guy, so earlier this career when taxes on cigarettes pushed prices to more than $4 a pack ... >> i spent a lot of money on tobacco. >> reporter: the 52-year-old retired co

following the developments mike tobin live with the news in jerusalem. good to see you. the latest there? >> reporter: we are getting back into the kind of tit-for-tat violence we saw leading up to the gaza war. rockets and mortars come out of gaza strip, air strikes go back in this is related to the captivity of that kidnapped soldier. because he's being held by hamas, the crossings in and out of the gaza strip are closed. because those s are closed, the militant organizations fire rockets and mortars. >> the tunnels, you have reported on those before. how many more are there and how did they pick these two? >> reporter: well, they just pick what they can and take a strike. obviously, the military intelligence won't tell us why they pick what targets and when they are going to target them. it is easy for pilots, because what is called the corridor narrow dirt road that separates the gaza strip from egypt riddled with tunnels underneath. they could just the corridor there and will probably collapse tunnels with each strike. >> i have toe ask you about in videotape day af

mike tobin is in jerusalem. >> police officers are out there ready following aim week of stone throwing and the building tension. coinciding with the end of the jewish holiday, rumors circulated that jews would damage the holy site, so muslims came to protect the holy sanctuary, and that is where they clash. trace: thank you. a homicide bomber in baghdad killing six people. we are live in baghdad appeare. >> also today, the iraqi parliament met to discuss a crucial election law. part of that is a longstanding agreement, a security agreement, between the u.s. and iraq. the iraqi parliament need to decide whether or not to hold a referendum on that agreement. trace: there is breaking news from the white house. another key meeting concerning afghanistan. mike emanuel, what do you know? >> president obama will be welcoming officials to talk about the way forward in afghanistan. robert gates says the president wants to get a feeling on where they are going. now he is welcoming lawmakers here tomorrow trace: thank you. -- tomorrow. trace: thank you. martha: there are reports today of an ever