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"cnn this morning" starts right now. good morning, everyone. we're glad you're with us. we begin with breaking news out of israel. right now, a temporary truce is underway between israel and hamas. hours from now, the first round of hostages will be released. at 9:00 a.m. the eastern time, hamas is expected to start freeing 13 hostages abducted during the october 7th terror attacks. >> it's six hours since fighting was paused in gaza. the truce appears to be holding. a column of tanks and armored vehicles was seen heading away from the gaza strip. drone video shows families walking the streets in southern gaza this morning after the truce began. you can see the destruction from the airstrikes. >> part of the hostage deal was allowing desperately needed humanitarian aid into gaza. we have been seeing those lines of trucks crossing in from egypt. an egyptian official says 200 trucks full of food, water, medicine will enter daily. >> the military is making it clear the war is not over issuing a warning not to return to the north. and right now, this agonizing wait for the families of hostages who don't know their loved ones will be among the hostages released. >> the youngest american hostage abigail edon will be among those released today. it's her fourth birthday today. we have team coverage this morning track ing all of these fast-moving developments. let's begin with becky anderson who joins us in doha. walk us through how the hostage release will go. >> qatar absolutely central in getting this deal arranged and across the line. so where are we at? we are now some hours into this truce. despite the fact that over gaza, we saw strom activity, some smoke right at the beginning, the first minutes of this truce we see now nothing to suggest that there isn't anything but calm. so that is a good thing. the second sort of time biked into this deal is 4:00 p.m. local time, which is 9:00 a.m. eastern time. at some point after that time the deal agrees that hamas will organize for the release of the first 13 of the 50 hostages that it holds at present. so at some point after 4:00, let's be quite clear. things could slip. certainly, the truce was on sort of within minutes of the scheduled time. that was 7:00 a.m. this morning mud night eastern time. but this 9:00 a.m. eastern time scheduled start for the hostage release is a sort of move feast. let's be clear about that. there will be agreed 13 women and children released by hamas into the hands of the international red cross and red crescent. there is a proof of consent for this. two set ises of hostages have been released in the past 48 days. an american lady and 17-year-old daughter and two eld lir civi civilians. so we know there's a proof of concept. we know this operation can work smoothly into the arms of the icrc and then routed through gaza. as we understand it, whichever way is the easiest, that will depend on where these hostages are, through either the egyptian border and back to the south, all through possibly the one of the borders or crossing in israel. so that's how things are supposed to work. this is four days, 13 hostages on the first day. 50 by day 4. and if hamas goes smoothly and hamas is willing to release another 10 per day, this truce will be extended by an additional day for every 10 hostages. that is where we stand today. this is the biggest diplomatic breakthrough since the conflict began. this is a tough negotiation, but we are where we are. everybody hopes this is just the beginning. clarissa ward is joining us from children's hospital, where as i understand it, child hostages may arrive after they are released. what are you seeing and hearing there? >> this is one of five designated hospitals where if everything goes smoothly, and there are a lot of moving parts to this, people don't want to get their hopes up too much, but this is the hospital where most of the children provided they don't serious life-threatening injuries or medical condition that's very serious will actually be reunited with their families. the first step, as you mentioned, the red cross will take possession of the hostages from hamas. they will then be handed over to the idf. the idf will conduct a search to make sure thatter they are who they are supposed to be, identify them. they will carry out a brief medical check to make sure what condition they are in. they will then allow them to have a video or voice call with family members. now the idf has been given pretty sort of comprehensive guidelines from the israeli ministry of welfare telling them basically how they should try to deal with these young hostages. many of whom have no idea what has happened to their family members. they have experienced a real trauma. so they issued these guidelines. i want to read to you one part of the guidelines they have been given. thr told, children will ask questions such as where is mom, where's daddy, soldiers should not answer these questions, even if they know the answers. any questions should be answered along the lines of sweetheart, i'm sorry, i don't know. my job is to bring you to israel to a safe place where people you know will be waiting for you and will answer your questions. they have also been told not to pick up the children without asking their permission. and after those first medical and identity checks, those children and women, those hostages will be flown to one of fife sites. this the medical center for children, we have been talking to some of the staff inside. as you can imagine, they are trying not to get their hopes up too much, but they are incredibly excited. they are very nervous. they hold us they have not been sleeping. they are doing everything they can to ensure that they have the warmest, calmest, safest welcome possible back to their homes. >> clarissa ward, thank you. bring in oren liebermann now. he's in tel aviv. overnight, the idf said it destroyed tunnels, and cnn heard continued loud booms right up to and just through the beginning of this truce. what's the current state of this pause? >> you're right. just a few minutes after the traus was at 7:00 this morning, our team right in the gaza border heard some continued artillery fire until 7:18 there was a red alert at 7:16 warning a potential incoming rocket fire from gaza. so the truce didn't take effect exactly when it was supposed torks but several minutes after that, there have been no reports of major fighting for the first time in nearly seven weeks. so the truce, which is the critical first stage, went into effect even a few minutes after it was supposed to, but it went into effect. and that is part of a meticulous series of events that is supposed to play out to get to three hours from now when we are supposed to see the first release of women and children under this agreement. it's crucial to know we saw the second stage chronologically of this agreement is that's humanitarian aid trucks going into gaza. it included food and cooking oil. it's only a fraction of what's needed. but it is part of the agreement as this plays out. now we did just get some imagery from the idf in terms of how they are preparing to take in these children and begin the process of getting them the to israel. it showed a picture of the helicopter used. there are noise canceling headphones to keep the children as calm as possible. clarissa talked about the conversations they are allowed to have as the children don't necessarily know what has unfolded here on october 7th and may not have any idea of the scope of the attack on that day. they also released pictures of an intake center for the children that showed toys, pillows, games set up to try to make this process as easy as possible, even though after what they have been through, the trauma they have been through, the process of trying to reacclimate them if and of itself an incredible challenge, but one that hopefully begins to play out. >> the idf issuing a warning not to move north. for many of those in gaza, they just want to find out what's happened back home. they have been displaced into the south. what are they saying? is the idf actively preventing anybody moving north or just suggesting aggressively that they don't, as it were. >> there's certainly the suggesting we saw the idf's language spokesman give a warning saying the north is still an act tiff war zone. do not go north. we don't have concrete reporting on what measures the idf has taken to make sure people don't go from south to north. we are trying to lock that down and we'll have that as soon as we have it reportable. but that's the perspective is that the north remains an active war zone even with a pause in the fighting. nearly 80% of gazans are displaced, so you can see how they would want a pause in the fighting, which certainly they recognize even if they don't know specification. they would want to see if there's anything left of their home. but the idf warning not to do that right now. it doesn't look like they will be allowed to do that any time over the the pause of the fighting because the idf and hamas have said there maybe a pause, but this is an active war. and that war will resume with when this agreement runs its course. >> orren liebermann, thank you. that's as we understand things now. in the next few hours up to and through that point at which we hope to hear before we see that the first 13 of these hostages being held by hamas have actually been released. back to you guys. >> thank you. this pause in fighting has begun. the hostages and prisoners expected to release in the coming hours. we're going to dig deeper into what happens when this pause expires. we'll be joined i by the former ambassador to the u.s. also fuel and aid trucks have entered gaza. you see it happening right there. they are filled with desperately needed supplies. where does the humanitarian effort stand in all of this, next. you're look at looifr pictures of what is hundreds of trucks that are going to come from egypt through the rafah crossing into gaza with much-needed humanitarian aid. this is all part of the truce to release the hostages. 13 of them from hamas into israel. that's set to begin hours from now after more than six weeks in captivity. join ing us now is former ambassador to the united states michael orrin. thank you for your time. you have been concerned and you have said that you fear that hamas may exploit this deal. do you think it wasn't worth it? >> i can't say it's not worth it. it's not and/or. it's yes, the deal is worth it, but hamas might exploit the deal. keep in mind, that's why the families have been totally informed about who is on the list, because the list could change. they attack us emotionally, as well as physically. it's playing with the emotions of israelis, particularly of the poor families. to the last minute, until the hostages are released in the hands of their loved ones, no one is going to actually make a positive statement about the identity. so we have to be very careful. they will exploit the cease-fire to move terrorists from the south and the north into the south, where they are embedded among the refugees. they will use it to booby trap further all of gaza. and move equipment around, which will costs us in terms of our soldier's lives. it's a terrible decision to make. hostage life versus soldier life. that's apart of resuming the fighting once the cease-fire ends. >> there's concern about what that will look like when the fighting does resume, which benjamin netanyahu said it will. i want to play for you what the former deputy defense minister had to say about that. take a listen. >> we are pay iing a price. we had strong momentum of the military. but i can assure you we will continue with the military operation. we are the not going to stop. it's only the beginning. >> there's a concern about momentum and logistics. there's also a concern about broad support,s else especially globally. how much is that a factor for you as you watch this? >> it's going to be a huge factor. the idf needs time and space to act. all the a certain point, they'll need resupply of ammunition. but having said all that, i can't stress this enough. a cease-fire ultimately means kind of like a death. it means hamas gets away with mass murder. hamas will come back. leaders have said that they don't care how much they lose. they are going to come back and fight again and again and again. israel itself has 250 displaced people. we won't have internal security and in the region, they will internalize to strike with impunity. when they try to defend itself, it will be slapped with a cease-fire. so we we can't survive without continuing the fight against hamas. extremely difficult, but israel really has no choice. >> what kind of concessions going forward do you think would be most prudent for israel to make? this deal is 3 for 1. 3 palestinian prisoners for 1 israeli hostage. should iz be willing to go further if hamas demands? we heard bb yesterday promise to bring everyone home. >> it's quite a promise. here's the algorithm of the whole thing. nothing would have happened, this whole deal wouldn't happen if israel hadn't gone on to squeeze hamas. hamas has been underground for six weeks now. they don't really come out and fight. their terrorists will fire an anti-tank missile a at our t troops and go back down into the 300 miles of tunnels underneath. so hamas is in a difficult situation. the more israel applies the pressure, i think hamas will be more in a position to negotiate. whether it's the form of of 3 terrorist prisoners for 1 hostage, will that continue, more or less. keep in mind, when we released an israeli soldier who was kept for five years, the price has gone down. >> isn't it also a question of who is being released? among those 1,027 prisoners released, it was the head of hamas. >> no question. that sharpens my point. these were actual terrorists with blood on their hands. among those being released are not people who actually committed murder. they may have been an accessory to murder, but not murders themselves. you have to go to those families and say, the person who killed your loved one is getting out of jail. it's very difficult. but here's the bottom line. the end of the day because prisoners are their out of gaza free card. all the hostages flood the tunnel and basically kill hamas. so there maybe a deal out there. similar to that which the plo reached 1982 in beirut. and the idea is evacuated on ships. they went and maybe there's a the deal out there down the line where hamas will say here are the rest of the hostages. >> ambassador, thank you very much for joining us this morning. our coverage of this expected hostage release and the pause in fighting will continue throughout the morning. stay with us. we are also watch ing black friday here in the u.s. already underway. and americans already spending in this moment. we're going to 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part of the release. that's part of the truce agreement. we are expecting as part of the first phase 150 to be released over the course of the next 4 days, if that truce continues to be upheld. and today we are expecting to see 39 palestinian prisoners to be released. they will be released from two prisons and transported to the prison just in the distance behind me. they will be held there until the israeli authorities are able to confirm the safety and security and the safe evacuation of those 13 israeli hostages who are set to be released from gaza by hamas. once that is confirmed and once they are confirmed and safely in israeli hands, there will be red cross checks for these prisoners, and once that is complete, at some point later this afternoon or this evening, they will then be able to cross this crossing and return to their homes. now it's unclear who exactly will form that first 39 set of prisoners released in that initial list of 300 names. we know many of them were young men, teenagers between the ages of 16 and 18 not charged with serious offenses, but it's unclear whether or not their loved ones will be in that initial batch of 3 prisoner who is are released. we spoke to one family who are hopeful that their niece is will be released. we heard yesterday from being detained in 2015 charged with attempted murder. they have accused her of attempted to harm soldiers at a check point in east jerusalem when her car set fire and exp exp exploded. they said it was caused by a fault you gas cylinder. we spoke to her uncle who said they are hopeful she will be among those names released over the next four days. take a look. >> translator: israel has so far spent eight years in prison. at thatment time she has of suffered a lot. we as palestinians are used to injustice. but it's not just about israel. there are many other many other prisoners still in custody. her son is desperate to hold her. imagine not being able to hold your mom in your arms for eight years. he's been able to see her in prison, but they are always separated by a glass barrier. it's the same for her parents. they are very emotional right now. we're only human with emotions. we're hoping for the best. the whole family is. but even if she's released, our happiness will be subdued because the price we and other palestinian families have had to pay is much too high. we're talking about 15,000 people killed in gaza is and many others injured. this is a high price to pay for the release of some of our prisoners. there will be no celebrations when the blood of palestinians is still being lost. >> it's important to underscore we do not know if israel will be among those released. it's unclear. we're seeing around us now dozens of people waiting for that crossing later today hoping they may know some of those prisoner who is is have been released. as we know, this figure is a small fraction of the more than 8,000 palestinians current in israeli custody. >> thank you. and the exchange of hostages for pales palestinian prisoners very much a key part in what is this humanitarian pause, arizona it's described. the other key element there is the opening of the border crossing for humanitarian supplies. humanitarian supplies for humanitarian infrastructure, schools, hospitals, sewage plants, stuff that needs to work in order to keep the palestinian population alive. it is near catastrophic in gaza. that aid is come ing through th border as we speak. the deal has an agreement for 200 aid trucks a day. that is half the number that were coming in before the conflict, but at least it's 200. seen 90 across the border already. and seven trucks crucially of fuel, diesel. 130,000 liters of diesel is also bake d into this agreement. that is absolutely crucial for the people of gaza a at this point. >> exact ly the question ufs going to ask. how much fooul. israel had been refusing to allow fuel. it's crucial to keeping hospitals operating, water being cleaned, but it is part of the deal. thank you very much. we'll get back to you soon. while today's expected release of 13 hostages could bring a sliver of hope, other families are in this wait. we're joined by a who will watch these hostages while his son likely remains captive. our team near gaza did hear fighting right up until the pause began. things are still quiet at this hour. we're going to continue our live cocoverage of f this trucece be israel a and hamas, , after thi short t break. ststay with usus. the first hostages are expected to be released today in a few hours from now. some families will final ly be reunited with their loved ones, but for many more, the wait continues, including the family of a 35-year-old who disappeared on october 7th. his family believes he was kidnapped by hamas, but he will likely not be released today. his father joins us now. it's good to have you with us this morning. this is in many ways i would imagine a bittersweet day for you. i know how close the families have become, will have been fighting to bring their loved ones home. and yet it's tough to watch knowing your son will not be among nem. where are you at this morning? >> first, i'd like a clarification, if you'd allow for it. we don't believe he was k kidnapped by hamas. he was kidnapped by hamas along with another 80 people from our cooperative farm. he was kidnapped with another 80 people. so there's no question about that. but that leads into my response to your actual question, which is, yes, it is mixed, but i'll be overjoyed because statistically speak, some of the hostages released today, the children and young moms or perhaps elderly, even a third of the hostages are from my one small community stands to reason at least some of them will be my friends, young adults i saw grow up, friends of my own children, my own grandchildren, so i will be overjoid for them and their families. with all the challenges that will be in front of them, they don't know what happened to the kibbutz that morning. so there are all kinds of challenges. i can speak only for myself, but i believe that all of the hostage families, the other 190 who will not be released yet, we are committed to getting all of them home healthy and as quickly as possible. >> are you hoping that maybe you will also be as they begin to take place there maybe some news for you about your son? >> that would be great. because since 9:00 a.m. on october 7th. we, like many other families, have heard absolutely nothing. as you probably know, hamas has not allowed red cross visits to any of the hostages. and has not released any real information. so we've been in an information vacuum. it would be really terrific if the red cross really must do in order to visit and report back. >> have you had any communication in terms of the red cross being allowed in from the israeli government? there's been a lot of back and forth on that. >> you're right. there has been a lot of back and forth, but i have no more information than you would about whether it's actually going to happen. it doesn't depend on the israeli government. this is whether or not hamas will allow red cross officials access to the hostages in gaza. >> as you mentioned, your kibbutz and the 80 members were kidnapped. i believe 20 members of the community were murdered. your son, who was kidnapped, he has two little girls, another one on the way. how is your family -- how are those other families holding up in this moment? >> first, just some gruesome clarity. as of the moment 28 people were murdered. this is a community of 440 on a good day and another 10 workers who were guest workers in israel were also murdered that day. we all knew. as far as our family, the two little girls, they just the their dad back. they want their dad back and they want to go home. and we don't have an answers for any of these desires or hopes of the little girls because we don't know when their dad is going to come back. what we do know is we can't go home. our kibbutz was totally destroyed by hamas terrorists and looters. so we are currently in an evacwee hotel hundreds of miles trying to figure out what our next steps in life are. the families in the community as a whole. >> we're out of time, but i would like to know your son is involved in a lot of social justice work, and it continues to inspire a lot of people as they learn more about him. thank you for your time this morning. >> thank you for having me. today one of of the hostages being held by hamas turns 4 years old. this is alabigail's fourth birthday. she's among the americans kidnapped and held for 48 days. why president biden is optimistic they will be released soon. and these are new images just in from the israel defense forces showing how they will care for hostages including children once they are hopefully released in just hours. soldiers will bring stuffed animals and toys for the children. we also know they will bring noise canceling headphones for the 13 women and children expected to be released today. to try to o make that t helicop ride h home a bit t more peacec. morere after thehe break. this morning the holiday shopping rush is on. the national retail federation expecting a big black friday turnout in stores and online. it predicts 182 million people will shop through the weekend. but black friday is not what it used to be. retailers offering discounts sometimes days and weeks in advance. nathaniel miterson is here. a lot of the sales are already up. >> they are. and the question is always when should you buy. today is going to be a really good day to buy tvs, black friday, on sunday that's going to be best deals for toys. also on sunday we're looking at new sweaters. and then furniture the best deals will be on cyber monday. the discounts are year are actually better than last year. peak discounts online for toys, 35%. electronics, 30%. clothing, 25%. sporting goods, 24%. and last year the discounts on sporting goods were just 10%. the retailers have too much inventory now. they are marking it down. >> why would toys go on sale sunday and not today? >> you wait a couple days. and they mark it down. if you can extend further towards christmas, that's when they really start to go down. >> there's still a lot of concern among consumers about inflation. target had the warning about lower discretionary spending. what are we looking at? >> last quarter, a lot of red. target down 5%. macy's down 7%. we see shoppers really start to pull back on electronics, furniture. interestingly, the only company that was up last quarter was walmart because they sell mostly groceries. and look, it's going to be a slower holiday shopping season. 2021, sales increased 14%. this year we're just looking at 1 to 2% because of inflation, higher borrowing costs, but there will be more discounts. >> i guess i'm waiting until the sunday to get the kids stuff. appreciate it. take a look at this. that number that you're seeing, it's a realtime view of the shopping happening right now. so this also breaks down how much people are spending. over $900,000 at the moment. joining us is the ceo of sh shopify. as we're following up on the numbers, leading into this, it really does feel like black friday almost starts at halloween at this point. >> it's amazing. what started as this weekend black friday and cyber monday is an entire season. it started as early as october. it will go until christmas time. but it's really the super bowl for the businesses and merchants and it's our super bowl also. but really the heroes seem to be the u.s. consumer. they are strong and resilient and they are buying. >>s there was concern away we saw from target over the last couple quarters, concerns about people paying student loans again, realizing how high the numbers are on the credit cards. but this is a key time for retailers. 20% of business is november and december. >> a couple things. number one is consumers are voting with their wallets to buy for the brands they love. i was just backstage and seeing everyone with their stanley mugs. and all these brands that people love, consumers want to buy. >> we do have a stylish team here. >> i think they are amazing. but a couple other things are emerging. retailers really need to pay attention to gen z. they are powering this economy. when you think about the younger consumer, they are doing a up couple things. they want experiences. it's not just online. they want physical experiences as well. 50% of gen z say they want to buy on a social media platform as well, which we power. but a cother things. we did a survey. three quarters said they are going to buy at least as much or more this year than last year. >> hold on. but more stuff or spend more money on better stuff or things they want? >> that's a great question. it's about intentionality. they are buying things they care about. so they are buying three thirties instead of ten shirts. >> you look at a the journal this morning has a piece on toy sales. they are down 8%. target think discretionary spending is going to be down for the holiday season. the number one selling thing at walmart is groceries. they sell more bananas than anything else, which you wouldn't expect. so the question is are you also preparing for a consumer that is more cautious? >> so 10% of e-commerce in the united states right now, we're not seeing that. anyone watching, you can see retail shopping happening all over the world. and i just pulled the most recent numbers. average cart size right now is $119. that's up from last year. peak sales globally was $1.6 million. that happened last night. we start tracking this from utc. so midnight in europe. last year we cross ed the $1 billion mark friday morning est. this year we crossed $1 billion before midnight est. so a lot is happening there. right now, we're seeing about 8500 orders per minute and $900,000 of sales happen every single minute. it's a tale of two worlds, but the brands, the companies that people love, they are having an amazing holiday season. >> it tells the fed on the the inflation front, this fight is going to remain hard when you have shoppers spending a lot. nice to have you. appreciate it. so obviously, we're focusing keenly on the situation in gaza right now. almost 7 hours into the temporary truce between israel and hamas, we'll take you to potential path the hostages could take when they are expected to be released in two hours time. our team is live at the crossing where they are expected to pass through and at one of the hospitals where some of these children taken hostage could go. we also have new information on how the hostages will be reevacuated, next. the power goes out and we still have wifi to do our homework. and that's a good thing? great in my book! who are you? no power? no problem. introducing storm-ready wifi. now you can stay reliably connected through power outages with unlimited cellular data and up to 4 hours of battery back-up to keep you online. only from xfinity. home of the xfinity 10g network. the white house is cautiously optimistic as everyone awaits the release of the hostages being held by hamas. it's set to begin in about two hours. the blig question is whether the youngest american hostage will be among those released today. >> today is abigail's fourth birthday. mj lee joins us live. good morning to you. so the president's fingers are crossed. everyone is hoping. the administration feeling confident. >> you said cautiously optimistic. i do think the emphasis right now is probably more on cautiously. it has been such a difficult process to even get to this point. but what we can tell you is there are three americans expected to be in the initial group of 50 women and children that will be released in the next 4 days or so. what we don't know is any of those americans will end upcoming out on day one. will be among the 13 hostages that are first released. among the three americans are two women and abigail. her two siblings saw the murder of their parents. all three of them have been orphaned. and today abigail turns 4. as of last night, her family tells cnn that they have yet to hear from either the israeli or american government. >> the u.s. has been fairly communicative with the families of the israeli hostages. do we know more about the contact from the administration with the families of the hostages, if and when their names are one of these lists? >> yeah, what a u.s. official told me yesterday is that the government would be reaching out to family members of the hostages. once they have confirmation that the hostage is departing gaz, so what that probably will look like is that a u.s. official or a trusted nthird party has eyes on the hostage. so in practice this, probably means that for a lot of these families, they are not going to hear from the u.s. government until the hostage is physically out of gaza. now i should note some of these hostages are believed to be dual american israeli citizens, so it's very possible that a they end up hearing first from the israeli government before they hear from the u.s. government. we do expect that the white house will be very, very careful about this. you'll recall last month when the two american women were being freed from gaza. we really didn't hear anything from the white house until the two women were safely out of gaza. so i do think that's the koind of caution that we are going to see from the white house the u.s. government in the coming days. >> you had really interesting reporting that when the release of happened, the white house had eyes on it as it was happening. have we learned about whether the white house will have eyes on this as it's happening? >> reporter: this is something that u.s. officials were able to keep a close eye on in realtime when they were coming out of gaza. it's a big question whether any of that changes, particularly because our reporting is as a part of this deal, there's going to be a period every day during this four-day truce when there's no surveillance. so whether that affects the ability to keep a better track of these american hostages potentially coming out, that is a really, really good question. >> such an interesting point. thank you. "cnn this morning" continues right now. good morning, we begin with significant breaking news right now. a temporary truce is underway in gaza and a mass is expected to start releasing hostages just two hours from now. a palestinian official