If it's Thursday, will the Israel Hamas ceasefire and hostage deal hold?

The Biden administration is expressing confidence and optimism, even as Israel launches new

airstrikes, and Prime Minister Netanyahu accuses Hamas of reneging on part of the deal.

Plus, President Biden delivers his final Oval Office address,

warning America of a rising oligarchy and the perils of disinformation. And TikTok's fate in

America is in flux as the White House now looks to halt a ban on the Chinese ODAP from taking

effect on Sunday, despite the ban having been passed by Congress and signed into law

by the president.

Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Kristen Welker in Washington, where the difficulty of implementing the ceasefire deal between Israel and Hamas is becoming increasingly clear.

But the Biden administration is expressing confidence the deal will hold. The Israeli security cabinet is now scheduled to meet tomorrow to vote on the deal.

The delay on the ratification comes after the Israeli prime minister's office put out a statement

accusing Hamas of trying to, quote, extort last-minute concessions from the agreement,

although the office did not say what those concessions were.

Hamas responded that it was committed to the agreement and

accused Netanyahu of looking for excuses not to implement the ceasefire. It all comes after Israel

launched new air strikes on Gaza overnight. At least 77 people were killed in those strikes.

That's according to Palestinian officials. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken today

telling reporters he remains confident the agreement will hold despite the 11th hour complications.

I am confident and I fully expect that implementation will begin, as we said, on Sunday.

Look, it's not exactly surprising that in a process and a negotiation that has been this challenging

and this fraught, you may get a loose end.

We're tying up that loose end as we speak.

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