Catherine Herridge contributed to this report.

there are 10 unaccounted for Americans.He said he was doing everything he could to ensure their safe return.

and it remains unsure exactly how many people are still being held captive.Biden administration officials have touted the four hostages already released.there has been a focus on roughly 50 civilians.

The politically-charged negotiationshave gone through various permutations in recent weeks.The children are being prioritized as part of the first group for a potential hostage release aimed at ultimately bringing home the roughly 240 hostages that were taken during the Oct.

along with top Qatari officials.

7 terror attack in the first place.including the commander of the U.

The leaders met on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation in San Francisco.but hes confident in the intelligence.

weve made some important progress.the president did not walk back a previous comment he had made calling Xi a dictator.