fox's stephanie bennett has more on next steps for the agreement.lis across the country are cheering saturday as additional hostages return after 16 months of captivity. hamas parading the three newly released hostages in gaza, including one american israeli citizen. many israelis breathing a sigh of relief as the hostages seem in better physical condition than the last three men who were released looking gaunt and frail just a week ago. israeli. >> there are no words that can explain how excited we are, how much we've been waiting for him at home. >> it's all part of a ceasefire deal that seemed fragile in the past days, but is now holding up. meanwhile, hundreds in the west bank celebrate the return of 369 palestinian prisoners, including 36 who were serving life sentences for deadly attacks, all in exchange for three hostages. >> it's an indescribable feeling mixed with pain and joy. god willing, the joy will be complete with the release of all the prisoners. >> now, questions on whether the cease fire will reach its second phase, where hamas is

stephanie bennett is tracking this from our london bureau, hi, stephanie. >> marco rubio has a jam packedrary in less than a week. a lot to discuss and a lot at stake. secretary of state marco rubio will be travelling to the munich conference in germany before heading to israel, united emirates, qatar and sawed raub february 13th through the 18th and his visit comes at a pivotal time as israel and hamas are staging a cease-fire. earlier this week president trump suggested the u.s. take control of the gaza strip to rehabilitate to livable location. under that palestinians would be temporarily relocated in order to successfully rebuild. it's something that rights groups fear and palestinians fear being driven from their homes. while in a news conference in the dominican republic, rubio says that president trump has offered to be a part of the solution. >> i think that president trump has offered to go in and be a part of the solution. if other countries want to step forward and do it, that's great. no one seems to be rushing forward. a lot of countries like to express concern about gaza and

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stephanie bennett has more. >> reporter: the visit comes at a pivotal moment in foreign policy as it appears israel and hamas if' ceasefire is holding for now. rubio will travel to several countries in less than a week, going to the munich security conference in germany first before heading to israel, the united arab emirates, qatar and saudi arabia. this all a happening from february 13th through the 18 isth. now, earlier this week donald trump suggested that the u.s. take control of the gaza strip in order to rehabilitate the territory to a livable location, saying palestinians would be temporarily relocated in order to successfully rebuild. but it's something rights groups have con to demed and many palestinians fear do -- condemned. >> i think president trump has offered to go in and be a part of that solution. and if some other countries willing the step forward and do it themselves, that'd be great. but no one seems to be rushing forward to do that that. there are a lot of of country in the world that like to express if concern about gaza and the palestinian people, but very fe

>> to say the least for stephanie bennett for us in london, thank you for that.he study of war former vice chief of staff at the army fox news strategic analyst. in general, always great to have you with us. we could go in a different direction you're from the outset. i want to ask you about the nexus between the secretary of state, how did they work together? especially when there's so many issues happening globally. with rubio and pete hegseth? >> they are linked together by president trump. national security and foreign policy and the practical way they are linked together as a national security advisor mike waltz they meet deputies first and then themselves to deal with these challenging and tough issues as part of the national security council. with these two departments for all the obvious reasons that it needs to be. i looked at the hostage exchange that have been returned. >> no doubt about it but for many the conditions have been inhumane and horrific. you can see certainly the frailty of these males that have been released. but, the good news is this ce

stephanie bennett as live in london.d very serious discussions with russia but did not elaborate any further. now in response president zelenskyy told the associated press that excluding ukraine from any negotiations of ending the war would send a very dangerous signal to the world dictator. putin got compromise. more discussions to develop a plan for a cease-fire. >> i think it is very dangerous. i think there are direct talks between america and russia without ukraine, it is very dangerous. >> meanwhile u.s. also once ukraine to hold presidential and parliamentary elections. possibly by the end of the year especially if keith can agree on a truce with russia. she told reuters the election is suspended because of the wart needs to be done but zelensky's five-year term was supposed to end last year but elections cannot be held under lot with ukraine imposed three years ago. he was previously set holding a vote at such a volatile moment risks weakening ukraine potentially violent russian influence campaigns. both presiden

stephanie bennett live in london where kickoff is coming up at 11:30 at night and people have a lot oftly right. despite the time difference and many staying up late tonight to watch the game. i stayed up last year and ended around 4:00 in the morning our time and it'll be no different this year. of course some fans taking things even further flying over to watch the game and either tickets or just to be in new orleans for the experience itself and some city leaders taking it even further and have attempted to try and host a future super bowl overseas and british airways tell me immediately following afc and nfc championship games, there was a 90% spike in searches on their we are site for flights to new orleanss and london fly four direct flights a week to the big easy. last year's super bowl, nfl said global tv audience rose by 10% over 2023 meaning 62.5 million viewers watched kansas city chiefs defeat the san francisco 49erss in super bowl 58 mexico's audience averaged 8.7 million viewers and going for them. and watchers going for the half-time show with usher. canada's audience se

stephanie bennett, thank you so much for that.urs after hamas freed more hostages today including a second american. senior foreign affairs correspondent greg palkot has more. >> three more hostages released today by the hamas militant group with the cease fire and hostage deal remains a work in progress. included among the captives release 36-year-old american israeli sagui dekel-chen. twenty-seven out russian israeli alexander troufanov. and 46-year-old argentine born yair horn. after 498 days captive brought from gaza to a nearby military base in the area hospitals. the wife, mother and father of sagui dekel-chen with exultation the a free hostages appeared to be in better shape than those who are released last week. this is those released received mixed news. sasha learned his father was killed on october 7. yair horn with his mother and brother, another brother still being held by hamas. and sagui dekel-chen must be for the first time his daughter. palestinian prisoners are were released from israeli jails. thirty-six of them

stephanie bennett in loan -- london, thank you.. i'm kevin corke in for my colorado buddy, jon scott. we thank you for watching as we that take a live look at the caesar's superdome. go, chiefs. go, eagles. watch the game on fox eitherlibe way. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> hello america i'm mark levin this is "life, liberty & levin" saturday honored guest here prime minister of israel benjamin netanyahu. how are you, sir? >> i'm terrific. especially after this week in washington with president trump. >> you've had a great week in washington. i think the world has had a great week in washington. this is probably in all of my years watching israel united states relations, the pinnacle. why is it? is it you and trump chemistry and on the same page? why do you think that is? >> i think president trump is the greatest friend that israel has ever had in the house. i think he's not only making a tremendous change in the israeli american alliance strengthening it beyond anything we've seen up to now. but also he's a great leader for america and the world and a

stephanie bennett. >> the pope is in stable condition and rested well.battle in his years of overcoming different ailments. the vatican said that the pope had a respiratory tract infection and in fair condition at a rome hospital where he's undergoing therapy. he was diagnosed with bronchitis february 6th and continued his work hours before being admitted. he appeared bloated and pale as he held a meeting with a prime minister. and over the last few days, pope francis was at time handing off his speeches for an aide to read aloud saying he was having trouble breathing. passersby were concerned about hopeful. >> we're very worried. we came to actually see him at the vatican this weekend and we're very worried that he's in the hospital. praying for him that he will get better and recover. >> over the years he's trudged through cases of pneumonia and bronchitis before. as a young man the pope had part of his lung removed and intestine removed. he was admitted in 2023 to the same hospital he's in now to repair scar tissue and a hernia. he use as cane or walk

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