00:00 Well, first, good morning.
00:02 I want to say a few words about the ongoing effort
00:04 to bring home the hostages.
00:07 And Hamas has been holding them since October the 7th.
00:10 We've been working on this intensively for weeks,
00:14 as you all know.
00:15 I've spoken recently about them,
00:17 both the Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Amir Qatar.
00:20 And my team has been in the region
00:23 shuttling between capital.
00:28 We're now very close, very close.
00:32 We could bring some of these hostages home very soon.
00:36 But I don't want to get into the details of things
00:38 because nothing is done until it's done.
00:41 And we have more to say, and we will.
00:44 But things are looking good at the moment.
