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office is now reviewing the hostages slated for release by hamas today. this morning, an interview with kristen walker on and as somebody sees -- said the administration has, quote, reason to believe one american hostage will be released today. yesterday, hamas released 17 hostages, 13 israelis, four thai citizens. israel released 39 palestinian prisoners, according to the israeli prison authority. that exchange was delayed for several hours after hamas accused israel of violating the terms of that temporary truce. a diplomat telling nbc news a qatari operations team is located in te...

Witnessing it, diplomatically to try to avert that. however, the u.s. knows abbas cannot walk back his pledge. he is facing tremendous pressure, politically back home. so the u.s. is left to try to slow walk this process in hopes that they can spark a direction negotiation between abbas and netanyahu. we start with nbc's mike viqueira at the white house. what, if anything, did the president accomplish with any constituency today? >> reporter: well, apparently he may have borne fruit on the international stage. there is an indication, dylan, they may be able to delay this, and it may spark anot...