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so that will be something i'm sure you and your crew will be carefully listening for throughout the morning hours right. that's right. so no sirens sounding off just in these minutes that we've seen. it will be something that we will need to watch to see if we get that official confirmation, not only from israeli officials, from officials in gaza, but also from those negotiating these deals. qatar has been very instrumental in making sure that these negotiations take place and saying that it has successfully been agreed upon. but there are so many moving parts and it's a very dange...

To let up any time soon but, of course, the big question is, what is it that the u.s. can now offer in exchange for him now that viktor bout is off the table, john. >> mj lee, thanks for kicking us off. now to foggy bottom and the state department and kylie atwood standing by. kylie, more details. how did this come together? >> repo >> reporter: what u.s. officials are saying it was months in the making. the administration put a deal on the table to try and convince russia to release both paul whelan and brittney griner, but, of course, that deal that the united states initially proposed isn't...

Moment. kylie atwood is at state department. how did this play out? >> reporter: months in the marking. we reported over the summer that the biden administration had put a deal on the table with russia to try and get out both brittney griner and paul whelan. that isn't the deal that came to fruition today. of course, the white house and cherelle griner, who is brittney griner wife, welcoming the news that brittney griner is coming home after serving in russian prison for about ten months with cherelle saying they're family is whole again today and not all families are whole today because paul ...

Time since she was freed from russia and he also went on to say that this has been an effort that's been under way by u.s. state department officials, by officials for months. we have reported on that. we know the biden administration put an offer on the table months ago for both brittney griner and paul whelan who is another american detained in the country. that did not come to fruition today. it's not because the u.s. officials didn't want it. it's because of russia's position here. they treated paul whelan differently than they did brittney griner, and here's what the secretary of state sa...

Find common ground to stop these mass s massacres. among other things would raise the purchase age of assault weapon from 18 to 21. now to move onto the full house for a full vote. the measure is not expected to pass the senate. the uvalde killer was able to buy two assault rifles on his 18th birthday. today there were funerals and other services for five more of the 19 children who'll never reach the age of 18. or, for that matter, 13, let's discuss now with our chief kron d correspondent, dana bash and doug hye. you know when you are hearing about this hearing and you are seeing it all comes...