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we've been in touch with his parents, rachel goldberg and jonathan polin from the beginning. i spoke with them again earlier today. rachel and john, thank you so much for being back with us. have you gotten any information at all lately? >> we have gotten no information lately. obviously, like everybody else, we're kind of on edge here as we're getting i think to the end of the list of women and children to be released. but we have no new information. we are hearing rumors of who is going to categorize what and how and when, but we don't know. we have no information. >> and rachel, the way you get information is the way everybody else gets information? or do you get, you know -- i assume some representative from the government or the idf who will talk with you when there is something to know. but this waiting and wondering, which all the families go through, it's intolerable. >> well, we do have an army representative that checks in with us every day, and she is wonderful. but, you know, there isn't a lot of information to share. this past week has been actually a really hope

rachel goldberg joins us once again. rachel, your son hersh has been held hostage for 83 days. the last time you were on the program, we'd just seen many hostages released. you were feeling hopeful and happy for the families who had their loved ones home. but today we learn that judih weinstein, the last israeli-american woman believed to be held by hamas was murdered. how are you feeling tonight? >> we're feeling really terrible for her family. you know, she just found out also in the last handful of days that her father was also murdered. so we went from thinking that we had eight remaining hostages to suddenly a few hours ago understanding that we have six remaining american hostages. you know, john, people also are forgetting that on october 7th, 31 americans were murdered at the massacre that took place, and then 12 hostages were taken, american hostages. and now we only have six left who are there, as you can see today, 83. and we're all very concerned. the american families are very concerned. what are we going to do about securing the release of these six american civil

, but as tanya reports now for the families whose sons were taken on october 7th, hope scarce rachel goldberg keeps score of the days. her son hers has been held hostage in gaza. more days has passed since we met, but the family still hasn't heard anything. a lot of people feel comfort when t shirts with their loved one or a pin with their loved one. that for me, makes me really uncomfortable. i also don't like the picture doesn't change. i think there's something important that every day the number changes and it's showing in it's uncomfortable who's supposed caught up in the attack on the nova music festival on october 7 minutes and slept by hum us considered a terrorist group and multiple countries code at least 360 people and took us to gaza. hers best friend on the, on the left here was one of those killed hers on the right. was badly injured and taken. i pay all the time that i know there are kind good guys in civilians who are also caught in this horrible situation that were caught in. and i want to pray and hope that there's someone kind there being kind to hers and to the other, you

rachel goldberg says imagine one of your child's faces or your parent or your brother on one of theseters just in your mind, put them there and ask yourself, what would you do? how much would you be pressing your own government to make this a priority to get these people home safely? we will be right back. your heart is the beat of life. if you have heart failure, entrust your heart to entresto, a medicine specifically designed for heart failure. entresto is the #1 heart failure brand prescribed by cardiologists. it was proven superior at helping people stay alive and out of the hospital. heart failure can change the structure of your heart, so it may not work as well. entresto helps improve your heart's ability to pump blood to the body. and with a healthier heart, you can keep on doing what you love. don't take entresto if pregnant; it can cause harm or death to an unborn baby. don't take entresto with an ace inhibitor or aliskiren, or if you've had angioedema with an ace or arb. the most serious side effects are angioedema, low blood pressure, kidney problems, or high blood potassi

earlier i spoke to rachel goldberg, mother of 23—year—old hersh, because the initial stated goal is byyou have two equal goals, the families feel that you should be given equal time to both, and right now we see that for these past many weeks we have been given 20 47 for the dimension —— diminishing of hamas threat by attacking them in gaza, but we are not given 2a — seven attempts to the hostage situation. so we do feel very frustrated and as you can imagine, or anyone can imagine, put yourself in our place, pretend this is your only son who kissed her goodbye 71 nights ago and said" i will see you tomorrow" love your. said" i will see you tomorrow" love you". i have seen the video that he's had his arm blown off, everyone is suffering horribly, he lost his dominant arm from the elbow down, so thatis dominant arm from the elbow down, so that is terrifying for us personally, but everyone is suffering, every single hostage family is suffering like we are. rachel, do you know any more about how your son is, are getting updates? this how your son is, are getting updates?— how your son is,

rachel goldberg, and john polan spoke with president biden yesterday to discuss their son hirsch who thank you for being here. i know it's been excruciating. can you give us a little bit of insight into what you talked about with president biden yesterday, and what he told you? >> sure. so yesterday was actually our second meeting with president biden, the first meeting was on october 13th, six days into this saga. and the message from that day and including until yesterday has been consistent, and we feel tremendous support from president biden, from secretary of state blinken, from the entire u.s. administration, from congress. 30 americans were killed on october 7th. and 12 were taken hostage. eight remain hostage. this is an issue that americans get behind regardless of what side of the aisle, they don't want to see americans as victims of terror. and we feel that support. we thank the administration and the american people for support. of course now we're hungry for action. we really do appreciate the support. >> do you have a sense of where hersh is being held? do you think the

joining us now, rachel goldberg, her 23-year-old israeli american son hirsch goldberg polan was abductedressed the united nations in geneva to mark the 75 years since the declaration of human rights. rachel, thank you for joining us. i guess we'll begin with where you are, tell us what you told the group there. >> well, first, i sat in on this session that was a 2:45 session, which was very interesting to hear different countries' views and then i spoke afterwards, really talking about, first of all, the hostage situation that is -- our time is completely running out. we have 138 hostages still being held from various nations around the world. five different religions. a lot of different ages and we're extremely concerned. >> yeah. tell us if there has been any word on the status of your son, any information coming your way. >> there has been no word on any of the hostages in 67 days, except for the ones who were released, you know. we know, thankfully, they're home and most of them are recovering nicely. but the ones that remain there, there is no information, there is no international

joining us now, rachel goldberg. american son hersh goldberg was abducted by hamas terrorists on october 7th while attending the super nova music festival. rachel, just addressed at the united nations in geneva tomorrow 75 years since the declaration of human rights. rachel, thank you for joining us. i guess we'll begin with where you are. tell us what you told the group there. >> well, first, i sat in on the session that was a two hour and 45 minute session which, was very interesting to hear different countries views. and then, i spoke afterwards really talking about, first of all, the hostage situation that is, our time is completely running out. we have 138 hostages still being held from various nations around the world, five different religions we. a lot of different ages and were extremely concerned we. >> reporter: yeah, tell us if there has been any word on the status of your son, any information coming your way? >> there's been no word on any of the hostages in 67 days, except for the ones who were released

goldberg was kidnapped from a music festival. his arm was blown off during his capture. his parents john and racheld the meeting with president biden remotely. i spoke to them at their home in jerusalem. >> did you hear anything encouraging. >> they're working relentlessly. now we just need the results. the effort is there. >> reporter: accounts from hostages who have been freed by hamas have made hirsh's parents even more worried. >> they talked about torture. they talked about starvation. they talked about being cold. and that, of course, got everybody much more into despair and frantic about time. >> reporter: in gaza, heavy rains combined with the shattered infrastructure have led to floods. this is how a pregnant woman had to be evacuated. first responders, chest deep in water. and explosions nearby. tent cities are overcrowded near the egyptian border, and people say they can only focus on hunger, thirst, fear and anger. we say that it would be better to die and not live such a life, she says. hamas shows no signs of giving up. neither does israel. as gaza becomes an increasingly impossible p