today on "inside politics," negotiators are racing to try toex tend the tempt the prayer truce between israel and hamas. with just hours left before the current deal expireses. a top official tells cnn he's hopeful they will be able to continue this pause. it comes as we are standing by for hamas to release the final group of hostages as part of the current deal. cnn is covering this past-moving story from all angles. i want to start with wolf blitzer in tel aviv. it's nice of you on again on yet another critical day. >> a very critical day indeed. israelis are very nervous. they want to see this temporary pause continued as well. they want to see more hostages coming back to israel. there's a lot of tension going on right now. they don't know what's going to happen. every day it seems the past several days there's nervousness. will there be more hostages coming forward, will there be a delay and there have been delays and previous days as we all remember. or will this go smoothly. more hostages will be released. more aid will go into gaza. and we'll see what happens. but i got to tell you. there's a lot of tension. maybe more so today than in previous days because it's unclear how hamas is going to behave and what's going to be going on. so it's going to be a dramatic, important day to be sure one way or another. let's hope the temporary pause continues so that more israeli hostages, women and children especially, those are the ones that hamas is releasing. they will be able to come back home to israel. >> absolutely. you can definitely sense that nervousness there. we're going to get back because you have an important interview we'll bring to our viewers later in the show. now you want to go to the white house. that's where arlette saenz is. you have been doing some reporting on the possibility of american hostages being released today. what are you hearing? >> reporter: the white house had said they were hopeful american women hostages could potentially get out today. the early indications from katelyn polantz is that it is expected that at least one american will be included in this group leaving gaza today. now this comes as the white house has said that there are two american women that they believe fall into the category of those who could have been released in this negotiated release. but the white house has not provided names or updates on their conditions. they are being quite careful with what they say because they want to make sure that everything goes according to plan. if you take a look at what happened with the release of oob gail edan, since is the start of this attack, it was not confirmed that she was included in this hostage list until the red cross physically had her in their hands. that's likely something that will happen today as the u.s. wants to make sure that everything goes according to plan that these hostages are safely out of gaza, but sources have said that they believe there will be at least one american citizen included in that hostage release today. >> really important reporting. at least one american citizen. we do want to reiterate there are more, at least five, maybe more american citizens, including men who are not on the table right now for release. thank you for that new reporting. wolf, back to you in tel aviv. >> israeli forces say they are assessing a claim that the youngest israeli hostage and the family are no long er alive. the terror group is claiming 10-month-old, his 4-year-old brother and their mother were killed in an israeli air stroik. that's the hamas claim. i want to bring in oren liebermann. hamas has made claims like this before. what can you tell us about this hamas claim? >> reporter: base ded on what we know and don't know, we got a statement say ing they are assessing that the family of 10-month-old, the youngest israeli hostage in captivity, his older brother and their mother were killed in an airstrike. israel hasn't confirmed that news. they say they are assessing that and that they have been in touch with the family. we have heard repeatedly from the family, katelyn polantz and i have spoken with the family. they have really put pressure on the government and the israeli community to do everything in their power to bring that family home. they waited every day to see if the names would comp up on the list of hostages to be released. every day they were in anguish as the names were not on that list. earlier today, hamas' military wing put out a statement with very little information simply saying that the 10-month-old and 4-year-old and the mother had been killed in an israeli airstrike. we are on day six of a truce, meaning there hasn't been an israeli airstrike or strike otherwise in gaza since friday. it's unclear when hamas claims this happened. israel real clearly holding hah responsible. even as the admiral said hamas had transferred or given the family on to another terrorist organization in gaza. the idf still hamas responsible. they put out a statement. hamas is wholly responsible for the security of all hostages in the gaza strip. hamas must be held accountable. hamas must immediate ly release our hostages. so as we wait for more information about this, we'll certainly keep you posted on anything more. we learned from the family they obviously are trying to learn more information as well. hamas is looking into that claim. it is also worth pointing out that the family has repeatedly called for the red cross to be able to visit their hostages in gaza. which should be alove d lowed under international law. hamas had not allowed that to happen. >> what else are you hearing about the exchange of hostages that's set for today. we hope it happens, and the possible extension of the temporary truce? >> it's later than we have seen hostages exchange happen. we have seen the exchange in the release happen later than tonight, but there haven't been any road blocks or delays. we do expect the process here to begin pretty soon. it's on the sixth day of the truce here. we expect to see 30 palestinian women and children released. as of right now, this is the extent of the truce and the agreement so far. but the countries have expressed optimism that it will be extended at least a day or two. the condition the israelis have placed is they will extend it 24 hours. the truce and the humanitarian aid going into gaza. for every ten women and children released from captivity. a senior official said they are evaluating the possibility of extending the truce, so the strongest statement we have seen so far will probably learn more after we see the hostages released. >> let's hope we do see those hostages released. oren liebermann, thank you very much. dana, back to you. in the weeks since the october 7th attacks in israel killing thousands israelis, including women, children, and doing so with some barbaric way, we have seen a rise of anti-semitism around the world, particularly here in the u.s. jew hate, senate minority leader chuck schumer, just addressed this crisis in a powerful speech on the sfenate floor. >> i have noticed the significant disparity between how jewish people regard the rise of anti-semitism and how many of my non-jewish friends regard it. to us, the jewish people, the rise of anti-semitism is a crisis. a five-alarm fire that must be extinguished. for so many other people of good will, it is merely a problem, a matter of concern. after october 7th, jewish americans are feeling singled out, targeted and isolated. in many ways, we feel alone. >> melanie zanona joins me from capitol hill. it's so interesting to hear somebody like chuck schumer say what he just said and really take up the mantle to speak for jews in america in a way that we don't always hear jewish leaders, even chuck schumer. >> it is personal. he's the highest rank ing jewis law maker in the country and she felt compelled to speak out and to draw attention to what he views as a crisis in the country. he tipped off a number of incidents, and he also described what it fell like to hear some of his fellow citizens say that the war was justified in some way. a message that could have been directed a the some of the members of his own party. this comes as congress has been wrestling with an aid package. as of right now, that package really hinges on whether they can find bipartisan agreement on a border security provision package. that is the complex issue. as you know, it's something that is long alluded washington for many years. we'll see if they can get it done. as of right now, they are trying to make some progress hoping to get a handshake on that part of the package. could see something on the floor, but it's a high task over here in congress to get something like that done. >> thank you. a quick break. stay with us. we'll be right back. welcome back. hamas will extend their truce with just hours to go before their current deal expires. earlier today we drove north of tel aviv to sit down with an interview with a palestinian citizen of israel. watch this. >> the israeli government, prime minister benjamin netanyahu, they say their goal is to destroy hamas in gaza. they say that will bring peace. what, if any, role should israel be playing -- let's say they do defeat hamas in gaza. what role should israel play if gaza, if any? >> translator: first, it's important to note that the problem that we see that israel is work right now on a military action solution. what the state needs to do is offer a diplomatic approach simultaneous that would correspond with the military approach. what we have seen at least in the first half of this war is that the number of victims is too high. both on the palestinian side and on the israeli side. and the continuation of only militant approach will not bring peace. it needs another diplomatic angle in the same time israel is trying to defeat hamas. but we talk about the day after the war, the first thing that needs to be done in order to see real change is to strengthen the palestinian authority. and doing so needs to come through recognition. a recognition through the u.n. security council that would immediately recognize the state of palestine. this state needs to work on removing all militant groups and taking down the arms of any militant group existing and to work with the international community to strengthen the values of peace within the palestinian community, reconstruction of gaza, and to start working towards a diplomatic approach for peace with the israeli side. so both sides need to work simultaneously. and they need to bring a diplomatic approach to end this conflict. it needs to take down all militant groups and work as one state. if both sides work together, we can see real change. >> did israel go too far in its military response to hamas? because as you correctly point out, thousands of palestinians in gaza were killed and injured in the course of the israeli military action. airstrikes, the ground operations. did israel go too far? >> translator: looking at the israeli response, it's clear that the response happened due to what happened on october 7th. about 1,200 people were killed. the vast majority of them civilians. we saw very harsh response due to the horrors that israel saw on october 7th. but it's important to mention that the use of force, and this is why we saw a use of force in that drastic numbers that affected palestinian civilians and brought to the death of a lot of palestinian innocent people, but it's important to say that the use of strength and power alone does not work. and it didn't work to perfect the people of the israeli citizens living across from the gaza strip. they were attacked regardless of israel's existing military power. and on the same time, the military power that hamas tried to excerpt through the militant groups has also not brought any successes or any achievements to the palestinian people. so both sides need to realize that the use of power on both sides have not led us to any successes or any improvement of the situation. the only thing that's happening is that we're getting part on both sides. >> i got to tell you, this palestinian citizen of israel, a member of the parliament, very impressive. he's got very strong views on a wide range of very sensitive issues. we're going to have a lot more of this special interview coming up later tonight in the situation room as well. but he's very impressive. he's got some good ideas on what to do going forward. it's worth hearing what he has to say. >> i look forward to hearing the rest of this interview on "the situation room ts" later. a couple things. one is the last thing he was talking about. an important question that you asked about whether israel, he's a member of the government in israel, whether israel went too far, and he didn't say yes. he didn't say no, but he didn't say yes. his response was so thoughtful. basically saying i understand why israel did what they did because so many civilians were brutally murdered, and yet, the problem is that now there's a war and it's breeding even more hate. >> yeah, i just want to be precise. he was a member of a previous israeli government. he's not a member of benjamin netanyahu's government. he's a member. let's not forget about 20% of the citizens of israel are palestinians. and he speaks for so many of them. he's got a very, very influential voice in this country. but he's diplomatic to a certain degree, but he's very blunt. he wants to work exactly, i think what president biden wants to see, what's called a two-state solution. israel living alongside a new state of palestine. he doesn't know if that's going happen, but he would like to do whatever he can to try to make it happen. he wants to work with everyone, the international community, to see if that can get going. i'm sure he'd be more than happy to meet with president biden to see if there's anything he can do to help to get this two-state solution off the ground. we'll see what happens on that front. it's worth hearing what he has to say. a unique voice in israel. >> he is. he is quite influential. it was also interesting to hear him talk about the need for a two-state solution, as you said, but the need for diplomacy with the palestinians. the question now has been the question for many years, which is with whom. who is going to be that did you wantic partner for israel, which i'm sure you'll get into later. thank you so much for bringing some of that to us. appreciate it. money from deep pockets of wealthy donors, it's what every 2024 candidate wants. it's what nikki haley just scored. but first, cnn exclusively obtained liz chi cheney's new book and she's spilling a lot of tea. what she's saying about her former colleagues and their unwavering loyalty to donald trump. that's next. form republican congresswoman liz cheney is delivering a scathing critique of the gop calling her former colleagues enablers of donald trump. in her new book exclusively obtained by cnn, she cons her party for backing donald trump's unsubstantiated claims of election fraud after many rejected the claims in private. in one astonishing episode, she writes about republican congressman mark green on january 6th signing objections to election results. quote, as he moved down the line signing his name to the pieces of pap e green said sheepishly, the things we do for the orange jesus. let's discuss this with our panel. jackie kucinich, margaret to live, tia mitchell, and cnn special respocorrespondent who e one who obtained this book ahead of its release next week. thank you all for being here. jamie, we can start with orange jesus. but as you mix in orange jesus into this conversation, i want to pull one more quote from this book that you obtained. this is a conversation that liz cheney says she had with kevin mccarthy. mar-a-lago, what the hell, kevin? mccarthy, they are really worried. trump is not eating sorks they asked me to come see him. you went to mar-a-lago because trump is not eating? maccar thi, yeah, he's really depressed. >> so there's been a lot of pickup on this story in various other news organizations. one headline said, the most bonkers explanation for why kevin mccarthy went to mar-a-lago. and i think it's true. that was just three weeks after january 6th. we have to remember. he thinks that liz cheney's going to believe that that's why he went -- these books are full of stunning things. we have heard all of these republicans saying things privately, and then what they say publicly in this book, she names names. she has the receiptingses. they are based on text messages, e-mails, personal conversations. you see hypocrisy. >> it should be called did the e "mess with liz cheney." >> a the lot of the passages when she talks about kevin mccarthy, i forgot she was the republican conference chair a at one point. to see how distanced she is to know that at the time, she was a leader among house republicans. when she said to him, what do you think my dad would think? what would reagan think? his reply was, not their party anymore. and truer words have never been spoken. but to me, that's the key. that the republican party of today is trump's party. it's ultraconservative. it's full of hard liners, but it's also full of people who demand loyalty from donald trump. >> i think that's o to me, one of the biggest take away that we have read so far. the orange jesus episode shows it. mark green is not just some random guy who ended up in congress. he's a west point garraduate. he was a decorated member of the military, who was involved in the capture of saddam hussein. he knows trump didn't win the election. he knows joe biden won the election. but it is those illustrations that i think there are a lot of americans in the republican rt party who aren't sure who won the 2020 election who believe all that. but there are not a lot of members of congress who doesn't know. and the calculous around that is what this book illustrates. >> the member of congress who now has the gavel, second in line to the presidency, mike johnson, is part of the group, maybe even a leader in the group to try to push against the notion of joe biden becoming president. and pushing the idea that donald trump did. this is something that liz cheney said about hum. johnson appeared especially susceptible the to flattery from trump and a aspired to be anywhere in trump's orbit. when i confronted him with the flaws in his legal arguments, johnson would often concede or say something to the effect of, we just need to do this one last thing for trump. i think, to me, reading this again, the most striking thing is the legal argument. because one of the things about mike johnson, he's a very good lawyer. that's how he came up, as a very good lawyer. so the the arguments he was making after the election in 2020 and the work that he did, even on the brief, was the legal arguments. the fact that cliz cheney also lawyer, was going at him saying, no, no. according to her, he said, well, maybe it's not so much about that. >> but nothing has changed. he's already endorse d the formr president for president again. so this is someone who has remained faithful to thement former president. the other thing that strikes me about the excerpts is how consistent adam kinzinger, but they have had the same accounts of the members who said i would love to do this. but i'm afraid. but i want to run for reelection again. but, but, but. it's all very consistent. so for those who are trying discredit her, and we have seen that in your reporting, she's not the only one. there's a lot of people saying the same thing. >> i will say it's interesting. trump said this belongs in the fiction section and. kevin mccarthy's spokesman said something about she has mccarthy derangement syndrome. nobody is saying that. >> tell me about the parts of this book about nancy pelosi. >> i think just picture, one of the most interesting things was the relationship between nancy pelosi and liz cheney. she writes about that in the book. she feels like a visitor from another planet when she goes in for this first meeting. but there's part that really struck me because pelosi's staff went to pelosi before she invited her into the committee and they gave her all of these things, this list of nasty, political things, typical political trash talk thats was said about pelosi. and pelosi said to that, why are you wasting my time with things that don't matter? and i think what you see in the book is on the surface, it seems like an unlikely alliance, but they are really very similar. there was no daylight between them. >> that is so interesting. she's a grown up. she's seen a lot of that before. thank you. great report ing. thank you all. don't go anywhere. coming up, nikki haley scored a big endorsement the this week from a group with some deep, deep pockets. will money help put a dent in donald trump's huge lead? we're going to go lilive to new hampshirire, after a a quick br. now the big development in the 2024 gop primary race. former ambassador nikki haley secured the backing of one of the most powerful republican grass roots organizations. jeff zeleny has been following haley and her climbing poll numbers in early primary states. you are in one of those primary states. the first primary state of new hampshire. what are you hearing? >> there is no doubt we are really seeing a tale of two republican races. donald trump, of course, is leading this field in every metric. but nikki haley is also coming on very strong. that endorsement from the koch brothers network because they are spending millions of dollars on television. they have an army of conservative activists. there's no doubt seeing seeing bigger crowds. she's trying to win the race for second place, if if you will. of course, from there, even if she would go head to head against donald trump, she faces many on bstacles, which she's wl aware of. that's getting ahead of ourself. she's holding two more events this afternoon in new hampshire. she's trying to appeal to independent voters, trying to appeal to some of the republican voters who want to move on from donald trump. the question is can she is win over some of those trump voters who are still somewhat supportive of him. we got a bit of a relate check earlier this week. we were in south carolina. her home state, which is the first southern primary, a month after new hampshire. we had a long conversation with a real estate agent who moved from michigan. she had this to say about that divide between trump voters and people looking for someone else. >> i think that there are people on the trump side that will never vote for anybody other than him. but i think that if he does get the candidacy, he's not going to win the general election. so i actually think she's the better candidate. and more appealing to everybody. >> reporter: again, this goes in the order of the calendar. so the iowa caucuses are on january 15thth. can she successfully take on florida governor ron desantis. that's his final stand. followed by here in new hampshire. what does chris christie do? he's going after some of the independent voters as well one key metric may come next week. the fourth republican debate. does chris christie qualify for that debate? he hasn't yet. so that will be a central factor in terms of what he will do going ahead. but for now, she's on the rise for second place. the question is that a consolation prize or an actual pathway to the nomination? >> so well put. great reporting as always. thank you so much. reporters are back here with us. let's go back to the big endorsement that nikki haley got. it's the koch brothers network. it's the americans for pro prosperity action committee. that's where they funnel their money. i want to read what their memo said when they announce d their support. with the largest grass roots operation in the country is and a presence in all 50 states, the endorsement will put thousands of activists and grass root leaders into the field with a focus on the early primary states, knock october doors and urging voters to support nikki haley. it's not just the money. it's how the money can be spent. in this case, they are talking about bottoms on the ground. >> it's field organization, it's advertising. in theory, those two things could be very, very powerful. any candidate would rather have those to benefit them than not. the question is, will that matter? and what trump's campaign spokesperson has been saying is is that there's no amount of money that is going to dislodge the core of the base support for donald trump. so i think we'll see. the koch brothers network is extremely powerful, but it doesn't always make them successful. they have never loved donald trump. and it didn't work the first time around. so if you're nikki haley, you definitely want this. because it weaks ron desantis and gives you the ability to stay in the race at least through south carolina, no questions asked. >> let's just talk about money. let's put the actual figures on the screen. in 2020 afp spent $60.5 million. 2022, $80 million. right now, this is what we're talking about here, almost $75 million cash on hand. they are say ing this is going o go for nikki haley. >> that's what the stakes are. the investment she'll benefit from it. it might help judge her along the way, but at the end of the day, the polling shows she's way behind. she needs more than a little bit of a nudge here and there. i think what the voter you show ed in the package, what she said is at the core of it. there's many voter who is are with trump and they are not changing their minds. so the question is what type -- he has a ceiling, but is that ceiling enough to get him over the hump, or are there voters who are willing to consider another candidate, particularly if they believe trump can't win in the general election. but again, there are many polls that show trump can win in a general election. so i don't know if that threat will cause some people to reconsider. >> trump is obviously far and away the front runner. this is a story about nikki haley. this is also a story about the governor of florida ron desantis. because he in the past has gotten the endorsement of this group and the help from this group in his past races. i want you to listen to what he said on newsmax yesterday about nikki haley getting the endorsement. >> this is part of a larger pattern with her where she's really tried to ingratiate herself with the political and economic establishments. and those establishments have failed this country. candidates that are establishment candidates will not win elections in this country nationally. >> i don't think he said that when he got that endorsement. >> no, they were pretty peeved when this endorsement came out and had all sorts of nasty things to say about the koch brothers network. nikki haley is his main rival for the nomination. hen wouldn't even admit that until a couple weeks ago. they are saying this is a two-man race. it is not. nikki haley is definitely under his skin. now the debate next week could be a way for him to change momentum. the debates have been very good for nikki haley. she's gotten a big boost more than anyone else from them. but i don't think going on newsmax and sounding like you're the verbal version of cats fur being rubbed backwards, don't know that is really going to win the hearts and minds of people. >> i'm soaking in that imagery right now. that's a new one. i like that. >> it does matter. the ads are going to be elevating nikki haley or going after the heart of donald trump. >> but hold on. first of all, don't you think both? who knows. they don't really love donald trump. nikki haley did respond to ron desantis this morning. let's hear what she is said. >> i think that's what a candidate say when is they are losing. i think there's nothing establishment about a candidate who was the tea party candidate who ran for governor. there's nothing establishment when you have americans for prosperity, the most conservative grass roots organization in the country come out and endorse me. i thinks he's say whag he has to say because he's grasping a at this point. >> it's also interesting she's going to be positioning herself as an anti-establishment candidate she's pretty establishment, but everything she's saying. >> so far, she's had good retorts, but she's going to have to weather a lot of attacks. now that she has this, it's going to put a target on her. >> i think she's shown through the debates in her response, she does better than ron desantis at having better retorts to his attacks. he's going to have to get a little bit sharper. >> everybody, standby. up next, he says he's not going to resign, but george santos is on the cusp of a vote to expel him from congress. so will fellow republicans give him the boot? details, coming up. the clock is ticking for george santos. the vote from the house could come this week. manu, i know you have some information about the timing of this vote. >> we expect to it happen friday now. not thursday. it is still unclear about whether or not there will be the votes. the two-thirds majority to kick him out of the house. the speaker of the house told me this morning that he has, quote, real reservations about the precedent this would set to kick out george santos. he would be the first member ever ever. it is clear the conference is divided over this even as support is growing for his ouster. >> i think there is a decent sense in the conference that the ethics committee is the due process, or is the process that should be afforded a member. >> if it was put to a vote in an election right now, he wouldn't win that election either. i don't think his own constituents would do it. >> let his voters do it. george santos did what he did to his people and his district that elected him. let them deal with it. >> the numbers are in question still. they would require 53 republicans to vote from against it to for it. 290 needed to expel him from the house. 18 republicans have switched from no to yes. a lot of undecided members. will they listen to the speaker of the house or the ethics committee which provided the damning information about his conduct? >> yeah. and then there is a question of whether or not he will resign, which i guess is maybe not as much of a question now. manu, thank you so much. appreciate your reporting as always. and thank you for joining "inside politics." 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