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right now the fragile truce between israel and hamas is holding despite each other violating the terms of the hostage deal reached five days ago. the idf is report this morning that three explosive devices were detonated near israeli troops in two different locations in northern gaza, and that hamas militants also opened up on the idf troops who responded with fire. now, hamas is calling the clash a quote, unquote field skirmish. this morning plumes of smoke were seen over gaza, and now, while this is happening, another group of the israeli hostages are expected to be released from t...

Good idea for the french president macron to basically offer this $15 billion payment for iran basically for cooperating with them, for cooperation? >> no, i don't think it's a good idea at all. i think the timing is exactly the worst timing because we're seeing this iranian movement. iranians are expert negotiators, we should be, also. gillian: iran's foreign minister said earlier this week, any talks going forward with the united states are only going to happen if the united states, ie, president trump agrees to commit, recommit to 2015 obama nuclear deal. if you're a betting guy, what are y...

>> i don't think so. they've got their own fear of instability of their economy slowing down, of demonstrations breaking out, not just in hong kong but if this is spread to chinese mainland cities, they are looking at the survival of their regime so there's a pretty serious incentive for the chinese to make a deal. the president as you know has talked about there may not be talks in september after all, so he's a pretty tough customer in these negotiations. i noticed, david, in the chinese book's shop one time, art of the deal is not only translate intoed chinese but best seller. >> not surpri...

>> i don't think so. they've got their own fear of instability of their economy slowing down, of demonstrations breaking out, not just in hong kong but if this is spread to chinese mainland cities, they are looking at the survival of their regime so there's a pretty serious incentive for the chinese to make a deal. the president as you know has talked about there may not be talks in september after all, so he's a pretty tough customer in these negotiations. i noticed, david, in the chinese book's shop one time, art of the deal is not only translate intoed chinese but best seller. >> not surpri...

Reveals about how policy is created in the trump white house? >> well, i think it is very -- it is a very confused process. the other thing kelly said was he seemed to backtrack a bit on the diction of the word wall, which in a way plays into what pelosi said when she joked more accurately that trump would be happy with a beaded curtain. and, so, the messaging seems awry. the policy doesn't seem very organized. it's just going to be an amazing thing to watch trump negotiate with nancy pelosi, who is one of the master negotiators, even republicans will admit that, in american politics. >> the q...