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long-awaited hostage release could be just a few hours away. the expected truce with hamas appears to be on track at this hour, setting the stage for 13 captives to return from gaza on the first day of the temporary pause in the hostilities. oren liebermann has all of the late-breaking developments for us. >> reporter: after nearly seven weeks of war, it is the storm before the calm. final hours of fighting in gaza ticking down until a pause in the conflict set for early friday morning. 13 hostages, women and children, will then be freed by hamas on friday afternoon, transferred to t...

from jerusalem. the weather is changing, conditions will worsen for the hundreds of thousands displaced inside gaza. there have been reports of an israeli airstrike on an indonesian hospital, the hamas run health ministry says the number is 12. israeli forces have not commented on a specific operation but maintain their forces are targeting what they say are terrorists and terrorist infrastructure. in another development of the last few hours the israeli defence forces have released sets of videos which they believe will bolster their argument that hamas have been using the largest h...

discussions as they're described with some of his top allies. let's discuss now more with cnn, senior political commentator, former special advisor to president obama, van jones. and cnn legal commentator and former for trump white house lawyer jim scholtz, van guys, good morning. let me start with you first van. what do you think biden needs to do first and foremost, in this debate? >> well, i mean, if you're joe biden, you've got a hill to climb here the reality is he is behind in most polls. the momentum is not with him yet. and so i think you've got to reassure the american peopl...

down mike's briefing and nearly 3 weeks. this moment is expected to come up. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> sandra: video of that moment has gone viral as it appears to show president biden gazing into a hollywood crowd mormons before president obama steps in and then leads him off stage. >> the white house disputing claims that biden froze during the fund-raiser. reassure voters about biden's age and mental acuity. >> sandra: it is the issue that just won't go away. we are going to speak with him about that just ahead. >> john: first, the horrific death of a mother of five sparking outrage afte...

they're referring to the straits of hormuz. this is a big threat from iran, the closure of it and the u.s. is bearing down on that as well as the accusations we killed their scientist. you'll those words. there are new efforts to take away parole power from the governor in one state. and this is reaction to that fiasco that happened in mississippi where the outgoing governor decided to give full pardons so there are four convicted murders on the loose right now, the attorney general is saying there will be a nationwide manhunt for those guys that took off running. >> i still don't ...