[shouting] bill: there was a lot where this came from. last night. chaos in d.c. pro-palestinian protestors on the streets fighting with capitol hill police outside a dnc headquarters. this went on for a while. quite a contrast from the march the day before. good morning, everybody. bill hemmer live in new york. friend and colleague rejoins us today. good morning. martha: i m martha maccallum. dana is off today. this is america s newsroom. bill: she got the invite to go to nashville. we re back home. martha: we have a little nashville promo this morning. you see the video of what happened last night and it was pretty disturbing. at least six officers were injured in that melee. one protestor was arrested. the crowd falling for a cease-fire in the israel/hamas war and using the violence eventually last night to try to make their case. bill: they were in the faces of police officers shoving them. trying to grab hold of barricades. police trying to keep the peace. th
[gunfire] bill: these are the latest images inside gaza. israel s incursion three weeks old in gaza. new report that israel, hamas closer to reaching a deal on the hostages. watch that story. there has been a lot of reporting throughout the week. it hasn t happened yet. we can hold out hope. i m bill hemmer in new york. dana is in nashville for the big patriot awards later tonight. martha and i have the duties in new york city. martha: good morning. let s get right to it. sensitive negotiations are underway right now for a potential hostage deal. we ve been hearing about it over the last several days. we understand that they are making some headway between israel and hamas. bill: the potential terms are quite specific. it would reportedly include 3 to 5 days of no fighting and then after that hamas would release up to 50 women and children on day one. israel will release a similar number of palestinian women and children held in israeli prisons in return. martha: then