The border from egypt into gaza this morning, human Rights Groups say it is insufficient to address the basic needs of more than even as trucks cross the Border Town Of Rafah came under heavy explosions. [sound of artillery] also new today, as israel prepares its Ground Offensive on gaza, arab leaders gathered in cairo for a peace summit. Jordans King Abdullah denounced the International Community for its science on israel siege. Israeli leadership must realize that there is no military solution. To its security concerns. That it cannot continue to sideline the 5 million palestinians living under its occupation. Denied of their legitimate rights, and palestinian lives and no less valuable than israeli lives. Two american hostages, mother and daughter, judith tai raanan, and they are from after being released by hamas. Israel pressing ahead with preparations for a Ground Offensive, even though its military now says 210 hostages are still being held in gaza. It is part of a report from our sky news colleague, deborah haynes. Theres sudden release, raising hope, them remaining hostages may also soon be freed. Even as israel prepares for anticipated Ground Invasion of gaza. The israeli three stage plan to eradicate how moss. Theyll be three main stages. First they will destroy the hamas organization, eliminate the thats the first thing. Those released hostages are related to former nbc correspondent Martin Fletcher, i want to be speaking with martin in just a moment. Meanwhile at home, new developments on an appointment of a new speaker of the house, jim jordan is out. And this is how long the house has now been without a speaker. Were going to have the latest from capitol hill, and then on the legal front, in the perils facing donald trump, this happened. Please lower your kenneth john chesbrough. How do you plead ticket count 15, the conspiracy to commit an indictment number 23 se one night a 937. Guilty. Thats his former Campaign Lead advisor now becoming the second lawyer to wanna plead gault, iain agreed to testify in the Georgia Election conspiracy case. We have several reporters in place for you, from israel to delaware, in washington, covering all these new developments. Were going to begin in tel aviv, with nbcs jay gray. Jay, welcome. So, its my understanding that the trucks from egypt have made it into the Rafah Crossing, but are then stopped, while supplies from those trucks gets loaded on to palestinian tracks, to move into gaza. First of all, can you confirm that is the process, and whether or not that aid is now reaching the gazans that need it. Alex, we know thats the process, those trucks roll in, and then they are transferred onto other trucks. What we dont know is, ultimately, the en route. We are not allowed into gaza, no news agency is, so we cant confirm it with our eyes. We have been told that the u. N. , as well as the red crescent, is accompanying these deliveries and distributing this aid to those who may need it the most. Theyre more than 2 Million People right now, trapped in gaza, and they havent seen a delivery for two weeks. Just for some perspective, on a normal day, 400 Delivery Trucks make their way into gaza, and back out. So 20 is not going to make huge difference, obviously its something thats desperately needed, but what you end officials and others humanitarian organizations have said is that they would need hundred trucks a day to satisfy the needs. Right now. I was not aware that 400 typically cross in a day, so this begs the question, is any more aide expected at anytime soon . Well you know, its been such a touchy process, back and forth. Its going to open, is not going to open. As it stands right now, it appears that it will open, but again, just for a brief time. Just minutes, really. 20 more trucks apparently set to move in tomorrow. Understand that there are right now 200 trucks, 3000 tons of aid, that are lined up outside the border crossing. Okay, well that is at least some good news. Thank you so much for that. Jay gray, lets go whos following the president for us, hoping to reach delaware. Aaron, welcome welcome to. You what are we hearing from the white house about The Americans who are still unaccounted for right now . Well, alex, were basically hearing, dont forget about them. Thats the message from both the president and the state department today, that there are still maybe ten americans who are unaccounted for in gaza, at this hour, and the administration wants to continue to be forced celebrating the release of those two american hostages, but also saying that his administration will not stop until the others are returned to their families. There was a video released by the white house today on social media, of the president , on the phone with the two american hostages who were released. We want to share some of that video with you now. Hey judith. Hello, president. Im so glad your home. Well, not home, im glad youre out. Thank you very much. Hi gnat, god love you. [inaudible] look, thats been long im just weve been working on a long time. And well get more out, god willing. I just want to say, i hope youre both not only feeling good, but in good health as well. Yes sir, yes we are. Thank you very much. God bless you. God bless you guys. The president told these two women that he was overjoyed that they were being returned to their families, but again, reiterating that he wanted to make sure that they understood that resources are still being put in place to make sure that they can try to get to the other americans who are unaccounted for, and all this comes just a couple hours after the show a piece of legislation, Funding Request, to help with the efforts in israel. There was a 105 Billion Dollar emergency fundg request, a large port that, 61 billion dollars, is fo ukraine. In israel, another ten billion earmarked for humanitarian aid countries, and to gaza, you may remember earlier last week the president pl 100 Million Dollars for tarian aid in gaza. Money for border operations, you can see on a list here, and also for work in the indopacific. All this coming as you mentioned with jay gray, the age is finally moving it gaza. Secretary blinken, the secretary of state, he says he wants the crossing, the Rafah Crossing between gaza and egypt to stay open, so that aid can continue to move through there, and alex, he also noted that the administration continues to work on a way for americans who may be stuck in gaza, to get out of gaza, and into egypt, and out of harms way. Alex . Theres a lot on the president s plate, and a lot for you to cover. You do it well. Thank you very much, aaron gilchrist. Lets go to capitol hill, everyone, and the scramble there over the house speakership. Jim jordan withdrawing from the race yesterday, ousted by federal republicans, in a vote of no confidence, in a closeddoor meeting just after his third floor vote failed. Joining us from her post there on capitol hill. Julie, welcome. So now theres someone new who want to throw their hat into the ring . Theres one, or several, right . Yeah, nearly a dozen, alex. And to aarons point there, that supplemental Funding Request set from President Biden, the house cant move on it until they have a speaker, right. Im glad you have that Countdown Clock on you screen, 17 plus days now without a speaker, paralyzed, essentially. Lets talk about what happens next, after jordan was ousted yesterday. Behind closed doors there is a little bit of bad blood when he received that no confidence vote, done by the way, by secret ballot, where he lost nearly half of the support of his conference. He then, afterwards, came out, and address reporters briefly, well talk about what happens next on monday night, in that candidate forum. Lets hear from jordan, first. I told the conference that it was an honor to be there speaker desert me, but i felt that it was important that we all know, didnt answer to the question if they want to me to continue in that role, and so we put the question to them, and they made a different decision, but its important to unite, lets figure out who that individual is, get behind him, and get to work for the American People. As i mentioned, nearly a dozen potenta list that could still expand, of republicans who have thrown eir hat in the ring. The latest, we heard, from two members of current republican leadership, tom and mike townsend, wh today, Expressing Theirgues interest to be the next house speaker. The way this timeline will work, they have until noon tomorrow to make that declaration known. Monday night, the house comes back into session, Behind Closed Doors they will hold another candidate forum. The third, in just the last two weeks. Where theyll go through all of these candidates, one by one, the whole ballots on each of them, theyll make their stump speeches, tell their colleagues why they want this job, which after the last 18 days, were not so sure why anyone wants this job at the moments, just because they have such a slim, and fractured majority to unite. Tuesday, then, if they pick someone on monday night, theyll have an election in the morning. But still, alex, a very steep climb to get to that magic number up to 17. And if theres anybody, what some of these candidates are, there are a little bit more to the center that conservative firebrand jim jordan was, you can imagine that those who support him, those who backed him, some who sent threatening messages to some holdouts who didnt buy in, theyll be very hard pressed to vote for anyone else. So really, no resolution inside, but certainly pressure coming, including from that supplemental requests to help israel, and ukraine. I gotta tell you, its just a mess, plain and simple. And you bring up a really good question, who would want this job, given what it takes to get their. And what its like to have the job. Okay, julie, thank you for that. This was the best news we heard all week. To American Israeli Hostages released by hamas, their relative who happens to be nbcs own Martin Fletcher, will join us next to talk about this, and why hamas never does something for nothing. Were back in 60 seconds. re back in 60 seconds baby grand piano. Youre replacing me . Customize and save with liberty bibberty. He doesnt even have a mustache. Only pay for what you need. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. Liberty. [ ] only pay for what you need. How you feel can be affected by the bacteria in your gut. Try new align probiotic bloating relief plus food digestion. 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And because of this remarkable development, her father expects that he will be able to celebrate that birthday with her, back in the chicago area, safe. Now that her in mother judith have been released by hamas. Here is what we are being told by her father, he shared this, overnight. I havent been sleeping for two weeks. Tonight im gonna sleep good. I spoke with my daughter earlier today, she sounds very good. She looks very good, she was very happy, and shes ready to come home. Her mother, has a little scratch on her hand, but she told me its nothing. Shes okay. Im gonna hunker, and kiss her, and its gonna be the best day of my life. Now one thing that we are expecting, and what one of our experts told us before they were to return home, the possibility that they would be interviewed by the Security Services for the israeli government, to try to learn about what went on when they are being held hostage. But certainly, a sign of relief for that family, although there are still dozens more hostages to be still be being held in gaza, right now. Thats correspondent aaron gilchrist. Thats nothing thank you so much for that jesse, were gonna go to Martin Fletcher, my friend, and former nbc news correspondent, and Tel Aviv Bureau chief. Wow, a collective sigh of relief when we heard about the release of these two. Have you gotten the chance to talk to them directly . Get a sense of what theyve experienced how, theyre doing . Its a miracle for the family, frankly. But i havent spoken directly to them, no. I spoke to other members of the family. And one thing that theyre emphasizing is a sigh of relief, a celebration, and get this, theres another eight members of the same family still held hostage in gaza. Thats one reason by the family doesnt want to speak too much in public, at the moment. Because, its a celebration for some, but grief and extraordinary anxiety for others, even in the same family, little on all the other families. Where they all taken together . They were in the some were taken together, other from other places in the area. The last thing that weve seen of natalie intuitive, was they were tied at the hands, being dragged into gaza, of course everyone thought, god knows whats gonna happen. So the sudden surprising release of the to suggest that theres something going on in the back door, thats not yet over. Another reason not to say im not too much of the moment. The remaining family members, are they dual citizens of a Mere American Israel as well . I think theyre all israelis. Theres only two dual citizens. So that you think is what made the difference . I have no idea. But probably. The question is, why did they release them . Was it public pressure . Was it because a part of a deal that, ongoing negotiations, between israel and hamas, through other people . But i know that the fbi is on the ground in israel, and theyre in contact with all the american families, all the american hostages. Part of a deal, is it in an attempt by hamas to somehow change the narrative a little bit, to make us look good . Im not sure that seems to be a difficult assessment. Nothing much happened in that area, without a quid pro quo. That was my next question. What might, other than that appearance, with this be a signal to President Biden . Okay, were going to give you this, this is what we want from you, without having direct communication, which the president of the United States is not holding with hamas leadership. Theyre speculating it has to be Something Like that. Going on past performance. This is not the first time, my long way, the hostages have been swapped. One of the things that was in the works, we were told, was a potential swap of women and children hostages, for women and children Security Prisoners, in israeli jails. There are 30 female Security Prisoners in israel jail, and in palestinians, and about 120 miners. So maybe this is the First Step Towards that. But this narrow window opportunity, because once the ground of vision happens, and the fighting starts, the talking stops. If youre understanding that qatari officials helped in this negotiation, you know the region so well, give me a sense of what role they may have played . They always roll Qatar Supplies finance to hamas on humanitarian grounds, in order to help the humanitarian situation inside gaza. Qatar gives 10 million a month to hamas, for humanitarian purposes, allegedly, we hope. And theyve always been the the mediator between israel and hamas, because israel of course doesnt speak directly to hamas, its qatar and egypt that do. You were listening to talking about almost got choked up. You know me. Unite to gather, we tend to do. This just thinking about what hes feeling, what youve been feeling can you just express relief . Not really. I just think its unimaginable. If it was my children, i wouldnt be able to stand up, little on top. But i think, as i say, its a mixed feeling. Of extraordinary delight at the safety of your own immediate loved ones, and then youre feeling guilty about well, the others. What about the others who are not part of our family, so its an emotional rollercoaster, he said he didnt sleep for two weeks, my wife hardly slept either. She was crying a lot of the time, and then there were tears of anguish, suddenly changed to tears of joy, but you dont want to celebrate because, theres so many other people still stuck in a tunnel somewhere, underneath gaza. Weve got a ways to go. But anyway, between the two of us. So who ithe most worried after a couple of wild days in court in georgia . 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