we are back with jon favreau, tommy vietor, jon lovett. okay. lasts six days. there will be a slow release of 33 hostages by hamas. [applause] >> stephen: do we know how many total hostages are still there? >> there is 94 or so. some of them tragically are dead. there will be a release of 33 hostages, mostly women, older people, people who are sick in these first days. israel will release hundreds if not thousands of palestinians they have been israeli prisons. the idf will pull back from population centers. it's a very important step. phase two is more hostage release. phase three is reconstruction. >> stephen: presently the bombing has stopped. >> presently there's a cease-fire but there's reports of sporadic violence today but generally speaking there is a cease-fire holding. >> stephen: was that the same deal offered last may? essentially the same. what changed? >> i think president trump winning and putting pressure on netanyahu and hamas. >> stephen: so he deserves credit? >> he does. he deserves a lot of credit. i think biden's team did t

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tommy. >> vietor, jon favreau. >> and jon lovett. >> thank god you guys have the answer.it's great. it's awesome. it really is that you all served in. >> the. >> obama administration. because, you. >> know, when people are saying all is. >> lost, it's all over. you know, reminds me, when we got. elected in 94 republicans, u.s. news had. >> like, is. >> it the end of the democratic party? and i put it on, you know, my. >> my coffee table. >> in my office. >> threw that one away pretty quickly. >> after barack obama won. >> and i wrote this down. >> won by. >> seven. >> and. >> a half. >> points. >> 365 electoral votes. the house. >> democrats didn't have a one vote majority. they had a. 78 vote majority. >> the senate. >> not a three vote majority. democrats had. >> an 18. >> vote majority. so you. >> guys have to be laughing every day because, you know, power is. >> like vapor. it disappears pretty damn quickly. >> you guys have to be laughing. >> when you hear democrats going. >> it is. >> the end. >> republicans have a one vote like advantage in the house. i mean, can y