hamas, and israel. they must hamas delayed the release of the screen for hours, claiming israel violated the terms of the agreement. they arrived in israel a short while ago. the alleged violations include continued attacks on civilians and gaza, by israeli forces, and limitations and aid from normal gaza. it was in egypt -- an implementation of the deal. the cease-fire, to last for a four-day period, durg which hamas would agree to release 50 hostages, an exchange for 150 palestinian prisoners being held in israel. prompting hamas, they're joining 24 of those hostages, and israel released 39 palestinians. after the four-day period, israel plans to resume ground attacks on gaza for at least the next two months. health ministry, in gaza, saying that israel has already killed an estimated 14,500 civilians, 5000 of which were children. nbc's erin mclaughlin, and rough cinch is, in tel aviv. ralph, tell us how the steele nearly fell apart, and what we know about how it was then put back together. >> alicia, this has been a nerve wracking evening in israel. a couple of hours ago, hamas announced that it would delay the release of the hostages. it was slimming on the brakes of disagreement. they accused israel of breaching this deal in two ways. they said, first of all, israel was not allowing aid trucks to get into those devastated regions of northern gaza, where the fighting has been most intense, and israel has been urging palestinian civilians that have left that area, and not been allowing them to return over the course of the cease-fire. it does not want to do anything that would allow them to return home. it has been reluctant to allow aid into that area. the second thing is that hamas saying that israel is failing to abide by a commitment to release palestinian prisoners by order of how long they have been in prison. hamas says, the deal was, the longest serving palestinian prisoners would be released first. now, we do not know the exact terms of this agreement. it is highly, highly, secret. we do know, yesterday, israel released prisoners who had been serving for less time. the longest serving prisoners remained inside of prison. the israeli military, tonight, flatly denying that it, in any way, breached the agreement. it fell, once again, to the qataris, the mediators, who brokered this deal, to salvage it. really, it did look like we might be on the verge of collapse here. the qatari foreign ministry saying, withheld from egypt, and the united states, they were able to bridge the gap, and a few hours later, we saw those hostages loaded into those white jeeps of the red cross, in southern gaza. it is now a familiar choreography. they were taken through the rafah crossing, into egypt, carrying over into kerem shalom. we now have an official list of those 13 israeli hostages. they range from toddlers, to grandmothers. alicia, i will tell you about one family. the youngest hostage, released tonight,'s three-year-old yale sholom. she was released along with her eight-year-old brother, and their mom. but their father, tonight, remaining a hostage of hamas. so, you can imagine, for all of the joy, for all of the relief, that their extended family will feel at seeing those two kids, and that mom, emerging safe. their father, still inside of gaza, and alicia, there is no timeline for when he will be returned. >> absolute anguish. let me pull up that video we were just showing, so we can show our audience what it is. it is video, from the idf. the van you see is hostages, crossing over into israel. we talked a little, erin, what rough nose of the hostages that have been released. what more can you add? what more do we know about who it is that we're in the vans? >> according to the israeli prime minister, today, hamas released 13 israeli hostages, as well as for thai hostages. of the 13 israeli hostages, the majority of them are children. seven of the hostages being released, the pictures you just saw were children. they also released an official list identifying the names of the hostages, ranging age from three, to 67. they grouped this list by family. we alma or, 13 years old, the wife's family, sherry, 53 years old -- 18 years old. sharon avator bay, 52 years old, noem, 12 years old. then the huron family and there is. the i adi shoham, the law, 12 years old, emily, eight years old. mia, 21 years old. the statement saying that the israeli government, together with all security forces, will accompany them, and their families. now that they have crossed into egypt, they will be taken to five distinct hospitals within israel for medical treatment, and then they will be reunited with their families. i can tell you, i have been in contact with thomas. he is the single father of emily, listed on this list is eight years old, but i know she is now nine. she turned nine in captivity. on october 7th, when hamas militants stormed their kibbutz, emily was out of sleep over with her best friend. she was kidnapped, but days later, thomas was told that emily was dead. it was not until weeks later that he was notified by israeli authorities she, was in fact, alive, and believed to be a hostage. now, we see images of him being reunited with him early, inside of israel. it is a remarkable story. it is one of many. now, in terms of the process for tomorrow, we do not know the timings of tomorrow's expected release. we do not know the numbers of hostages. there is much we do not know. but, it is expected that the families, tomorrow, or today, rather, have received a phone call. the remaining hostages, letting them know if their loved ones will, in fact, be released tomorrow, if they are on the list. it is been described by families we are talking to today as a harrowing wait. once they get that call, either way, they say, each release gives them hope for the next release. potentially, the next release after that, for as long as this goes. >> you hear many hostages saying, themselves, in the hostage families, have become a family, and a unit on to themselves. we have been reminded roth, over, and over again, just how tenuous these deals are. we are reminded, yet again today, of the nature of these deals. one of the sticking points has been getting gated -- aid into gaza. where is that effort standing tonight? >> that remains the case, alicia. even while there are hundreds of aid trucks, crossing over from egypt, into gaza, it is a fraction, an absolute fraction for what people in gaza need. for 49 days, they have been under intense, israeli bombardment in retaliation for the october 7th hamas attack. they have been besieged, they have been and only absolute trickle of basic necessities, and still without electricity, and still without running water. i know that one of the big questions is, how does the situation in the north work? we have sea, and crowds of palestinians, gathering on main roads, into gaza today, during the cease-fire. they want to go back to their homes in gaza city, and jabalya refugee camp, in those northern areas. they want to see, for starters, if their homes are still standing. the u.n. says half, if of all homes in gaza if they want to go back, and get things that they weren't able to carry when they fled in the first place. the israeli military is forbidding that. they have set up checkpoints, effectively dividing gaza into -- we've heard reports of them firing into the air, to disperse these crowds, to stop them from trying to walk north. the associated press reported at least two palestinians were killed by israeli fire, after the cease-fire began, in one of those confrontations at the checkpoints. so, while the cease-fire is holding and the big picture sense, that we are not sealing israeli forces exchanging fire with either hamas, or palestinian islamic jihad, there is a lot of concern about these crowds of palestinians, and the possibility that israeli forces will use live fire to keep them back. alicia? >> rough centers, erin mclaughlin, thank you both. let's bring in nbc news white house correspondent, allie raffa. the president, all day, being kept abreast of what was happening with the steal. what is the white house saying about the role the president played here? >> alicia, white house officials are saying the president has, and continues to be playing a very direct, and involved role in these negotiations, as this deal continues over the next few days. we have seen that credit, even by israeli, and qatari officials, who credit the president's direct involvement. his continued pressure, sealing this deal, continuing today, before, during, and after, this hours long pause by hamas in the releasing of these tostitos. we know that president biden spoke with qatari leaders about this pause, and what obstacles needed to be overcome, to continue the release of these hostages. according to an official white house readout, these leaders agreed to remain in close contact, to ensure that this deal is fully implemented according to its terms. we know that white house, and national security council officials were in touch, all day, with their israeli, qatari, and egyptian counterparts, on what needed to be accomplished to be able to see, what we are seeing now. with the release of these hostages, back into israel, they say that it was around 1:30 pm, eastern time, that qatari officials let them know that this deal was back on. that the international red cross was in route to pick up these hostages, and to bring them back into israel. they say that the president continues to be updated on the latest there. in the last few hours, just underscoring how incredibly fluid, and delicate, these negotiations, this deal in general has been. this is something we have heard the president, and white house officials say in the weeks following this war. how incredibly fragile it is. how every single piece of this moving puzzle has to fit perfectly for the successes to continue. the president saying, yesterday, he continues to be in touch with his counterparts in israel, egypt, in qatar. this is steel, yes, comes to fruition, but it's still not over. u.s. officials, and the president, hoping that americans are among the next batch of hostages to be released. and lisa? >> i want to pick up on your last point there about american hostages. what are you hearing? >> we know, obviously, americans were not among the hostages released today, but the president says, he continues to be hopeful that at least three, two american women, as well as a four-year-old girl, are among the hostages released in the coming days. the next two days that the cease-fire is set to be in place. the president, in just the last hour, asked by reporters in nantucket, when we could expect to see more hostages released. he said, hopefully, we will see something soon. they are learning tonight from u.s. officials that tell nbc, there is concern that hamas may be waiting until, potentially, the fourth, and final day, to release american hostages so that the u.s. will continue to pressure israel to keep the cease-fire in place, so that more aide can flow into gaza. these officials say, they do not have an independent, official assessment, to confirm that. right now, they continue to hear from the president, and u.s. officials who are saying they're hopeful that they will be released. so far, there is no indication letting them know that there is less of a chance that they will be released, considering the first two hostages released by hamas, two weeks after the war began, were an american mother, and daughter. alicia? >> for us >> allie raffa for, us at the white house. coming up, new developments in donald trump civil trial after hundreds of thousands of threatening emails are sent to the judge, and his clerk. plus, trump's trials drag on, but his water carriers and congress seek to interfere at his behalf. california congressman, robert garcia, on what his gop colleagues are up to. later, elon musk goes after media matters for its reporting. angela khorasan, the company's president, here to respond. first, richard louis with the other big stories we are trapping this hour at msnbc. richard? the former minneapolis police officer that was convicted of murdering george floyd was stabbed in a federal prison, friday. derek chauvin, in stable condition in the hospital. the minnesota attorney generals office saying, he's expected to survive. ukraine officials saying, russia launched its largest drone attack in kyiv since the start of the war. at least five people were hurt, many buildings damaged in the hours long attack, on saturday. ukraine's air force chief saying, they were able to down 71 of the 75 drones, launched in different kyiv districts. comedian and movie at tris, tiffany haddish, arrested friday on suspicion of suss driving under the influence in beverly hills. they found the emmy, and grammy award winner slumped in her car, while it was still running. she was arrested for a similar incident in atlanta, last year. more american voices, after the break. on car insurance with liberty mutual.” he hits his mark —center stage— and is crushed by a baby grand piano. are you replacing me? 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i think we, do in fact besides all democrats, i'm sure we are going to be -- voted not to expel him for a variety of different reasons, as they said essentially are going to. we've seen an avalanche of republicans, basically -- typically the ones who voted not to expel him say that the are now going to expel. am i heard it privately from other republicans. george santos himself has said even as early as last night that he thinks he's going to be expelled and he's right. and what i told him last night, we were at a social media twitter space together, i told him, look, you should do the right thing right now and resign. why are you putting yourself through this whole horrible ordeal? more importantly, why are you putting your constituents and the american people through this? he owes everybody all huge apology and he needs to do the right thing tonight and resigned. if he does not resign, we are going to expel him next week. >> reporter: i want to pull a thread through all of these stories because i think it's easy to see them as desperate stories, but you and i know that there's a through line. when you talk about someone like stefanik carrying water for donald trump, when you talk about speaker johnson going down to mar-a-lago to kiss the ring, when you talk about the sensuous expulsion and the fact that the speaker is not clear on where he stands on that, all of it is happening along the backdrop of the fact that what everyone should be doing is focusing on governing. should be focusing on permanently funding our government, as the sort of base example of what it is that congress was paid to do. so i do wonder as you look ahead at these coming weeks, months, putting aside all of that nonsense, if you think that the party currently in charge of the house of representatives is going to be able to carry it over the finish line? absolutely not. the truth is that our government is largely broken today because of the attacks and the relentless attacks on the institutions by donald trump. donald trump, we have george santos today because of donald trump. at least stefanik, stefanik used to have a more broader world view that actually helped and improve the government, has completely gone off the deep, and is an extremist even within her own party. the one thing that kind of ties all this together is donald trump's grip on his party, on his base. he has destroyed much of our faith in government, our faith and media. we have to do everything we can to ensure that he doesn't -- what he claims is finishing the job if he gets reelected president. so gonna work really hard to stop that and his marching orders he's giving to mike johnson and those in congress, we're gonna try to fight back every single time and as a relates to the budget sometime, we're going to -- we have to have the budget passed. and this whole charade of different budget deals past saying that are not gonna cast in the senate. >> reporter: california congressman robert garcia, as, always thank you for taking the time to be with us. next, julian biggs and eventually, they're going to help aspect of the recent twists and turns in donald trump's bauer guests legal saga, as, plural. the, plus hamas releases more hostages after threatening to delay the deal. we have new video of their release. those details, straight ahead. why choose a sleep number smart bed? 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do you think it's already quick baked? i think it was already enough evidence about what he does when he went -- there isn't a gag order. and how he confuses his rights as a criminal defendant with his rights as a political candidate. and it's not unusual for criminal defendants to have limitations on their speech put in place. especially when there's a nexus between their speech and threats to the people they are speaking about. and that's what's happening in new york. the evidence of the number of threats that came in to judge and grunts clerk as a result of trump speaking ill of her is enough reason to stop him because even in the first amendment for a political candidate, it does not allow that candidate to do something like you'll fire in the theater or use wears that will lead his followers to take action. and we've seen plenty of conduct that's action based on his speech. so i think the gag order should be put back in place and enforced. >> reporter: to that point, david, trump posted his first thanksgiving message online at two a.m., apparently turkey has the opposite effect on him. it has on the rest of us. he mostly ranted about the new york judge, about the attorney general. what does that signal to you about his reelection campaign, that this is where he is spending his time, his effort, his energy? fascinating, alicia. look, in past, years his posts have attacked democrats, and socialists, and -- it's an giving you an idea of donald trump's state of. mind and wrist continuing to step closer and closer to don trump possibly losing his own liberty. either because of pretrial behaviors and attacks on prosecutors and judges or conviction. and we have not seen what donald trump ultimately doesn't that environment. so what's the political analysis? i think we've seen that it does not change the calculus for his election. i don't think that he has a lead like some of the polls show, once you get into a binary race between the two because when people see his behavior, his behavior, they're reminded that he is an erratic unstable unhinged man who should not return to the white house. that's enough to protect joe biden's lead going up to a matchup. >> reporter: jill, to remind everyone we're talking about multiple gag orders so we're talking about the new york gag order. so david's point about being unhinged, the fact that we're not talking about multiple gag order. let's talk about the fact that the panel of d.c. judges still weighing whether to reimpose trump's federal gag order. it would seem that they are considering narrowing the restrictions on trump. i would if you agree with that analysis and sort of explain why that is. the reason they're considering it is because he does have some rights as a political candidate that need to be protected. we need to be able to hear his views and to road based on what he says versus what president biden says. the narrow weighing depends on what exactly the details are. if, as it seems to be leaning that they will narrow it slightly, to make it very clear what he can say versus what he can't, it's very -- it's more for clarification then to never with so much. it's that if there was some vagueness that was alleged, and wasn't ridiculous in what was alleged. so they may clarify exactly, can he say this, can he not say that? and i think that's fair enough. i wouldn't be upset about that. if they eliminated the gag order, that would concern me because all criminal defendants, first of all, we the people have a right to a fair trial. just as much as the defendant has the right to a fair trial. and if his language is something that is going to hurt our right to a fair trial by intimidating jurors, by intimidating witnesses, by intimidating codefendants, then it must be stopped. codefendants, the>> reporter: r were part of the trial to as american citizens. david, when you step back all of this is about the ways that he has undermined institutions, democracy writ large. you and i have had the conversation many times about the role that republican electives need to play. so i think it was interesting this article in the times a new conservative legal society planning to combat trump's authoritarianism through the legal profession itself. take a listen to one of the founders. we believe that the legal profession is uniquely positioned, and uniquely obligated to support and defend american democracy and the rule of law. at this particular moment in our history. >> reporter: david jolly, i have about a minute left, but as a recovering attorney, a recovering republican, i wonder what you make of that take. i welcome it, look, the legal apparatus and the infrastructure of the united states, particularly in the courts, have largely survive the threats of donald trump. it's the political actors that are -- that we risk seeing toppled the entire thing. so if there are conservative jurisprudence that get out there and say we are going to be on this message of protection of the constitution and they can survive donald trump, great. because they will be there in partnership with others trying to protect the constitution. my concern and my fear, as your last segment when, two is the elise stefanik and other political actors, who are ready to use their political or leadership and their leverage on capitol hill to -- destroy the constitution. that's the danger of this moment going into the next year. >> reporter: people who actually have power are not afraid to use it at his behest. jill wine-banks, david jolly, thank you so much. coming, up we have more on the hostage deal that almost wasn't, including more details on the former hostages that are now on their way back to their families. and elon musk false suit against media matters for reporting on him. media matters president angela carson is with us. stay with us. stay with us >> reporter: we are following breaking news in the israel-hamas war. after an hour's whole delay, the second release of hostages in gaza went ahead as planned. 13 israeli hostages and for thai nationals were freed in exchange for 39 palestinian prisoners. no americans were released today. the idf released this video of the hostages crossing into israel. you see it right there. hamas delayed the exchange earlier today over a dispute over the terms, the prisoners and aid for gaza. qatar later announced the dispute was resolved through mediation. meanwhile, the israel-hamas war is starting -- here at home. most prominently between students on college campuses. nbc's antonia trouble to cornell university for closer look. >> reporter: the campus of cornell may look the same as always, but it feels different here. students are on edge and have been since the war began and a student was arrested for making violent antisemitic threats. how would you describe the climate? now we're getting threats on campus. how can you mourn? i'm numb, i feel like i'm desensitized. >> reporter: we asked students from the jewish organization hello and the -- to meet together. both declined. i don't think it's the right time. if you have family and friends in the region, it's not an intellectual disks -- >> reporter: are the descendants of holocaust and pogrom survivors. my -- 20 years old and within the first day of the war 20 of his friends were killed or taken hostage. >> reporter: mulock's palestinian and has family in gaza. she said her grandparents were forced out of their homes in 1948. i grew up hearing the stories of what is militia did to them. >> reporter: at one point, the tension was so high at cornell, cancel classes were canceled, and the department of education is now investigating a -- at cornell and other schools. i've noticed a lot more stairs, a lot of more an ease just about me being around. it's been very challenging for people on this campus, when i'm seeing my peers more down the top -- from the river to the sea, which we've seen as really a call for genocide of or an ethnic cleansing of jewish people. >> reporter: many jewish students see the slogan from the river there to the scene as a call for about. as many muslim soon say it's a call for equal rights. we see from the river to the, sea palestine will be free. so the question, is we from the river to the, see where ken palestinians feel safe? i think that's a better question. when you look at the, map you want palestinian folk to be, free jewish folk to be, free from the river to the sea. that's what it means. my problem with the slogan is that it's pacific, not everyone -- hamas has used it. it's been appropriated by a terrorist organization. >> reporter: cornell has increased security and promised new programs to fight antisemitism. and tells nbc news they condemn all forms of discriminatory bias. our coalition, our individual organizations all came together and condemned antisemitism. >> reporter: what would it take to maybe just slightly open the door to either healthier dialogue or more dialogue here on campus? for no one on this campus, it's useless, logan from the river to this, see palestine will be free. i think it's too painful for tourists. here until i can be seen as a human, and until my humanity of being a muslim or being a palestinian is seen first, then it's hard to have a conversation. >> reporter: for now, neither side believes the other can see their humanity. antonia hilton, nbc news, at the, could new york. >> reporter: i wear thanks to antonia hylton for the report. , next billionaire elon musk facing blowback for anti-semitic comments and advertising six worked amid the atlas report on him. the president of media matters who musk is suing joins us next. and be sure to follow the show across social media, our handle is alicia on msnbc. we will be right back. right back. you're replacing me? 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( ♪♪ ) doesn't your family deserve the best? eggland's best eggs. classic, cage free, and organic. more delicious, farm-fresh taste. plus, superior nutrition. which is now more important than ever. ♪♪ >> reporter: elon musk, the billionaire who owns x, formerly twitter, recently announced a lawsuit against media matters. his lawsuit is in direct response to research published by the watchdog organization showing that ads for prominent brands routinely appeared next to antisemitic and white supremacist posts. media matters published thursday's -- antisemitic conspiracy theory. advertising -- numerous companies rethinking their spending on acts, formally known as twitter. musk alleges that media matters is trying to sabotage the platform's relationship with advertisers and demands the organization take the article off its website. the lawsuit also claims that the juxtaposed images were manufactured and not -- until the cross son called the lawsuit frivolous an attempt to bully access critics into silence. angelo joins us now. angelo, i've been wanting to talk about this with you all week. i gave a brief recap of elon musk's lawsuit. what did i miss? i think the thing that i that's important to note and you sort of got there he certainly not suing us for publishing anything that's false. i think the complaint acknowledges that everything be reported was accurate. that the things appeared exactly as the way that we said. that as we're running alongside not see content. the thing i just emphasize that this is one report of many that we have been publishing over months. and it also illustrates the same issue that might explain why we are having trouble with advertisers in addition to elon musk's behavior, and they -- prevent these things from happening. so the severity of given up the idea that their platform is going to be a safe haven for not seize and -- content and what they've been telling advertises, don't wear. we even though the toxicity has gotten worse on the platform, we have special tools that will make sure that you never get embarrassed. so all of these reports illustrate one thing, that the mechanisms that they say exists to prevent ads from running alongside pro-nazi content, are not working the way that they claim. and i think that's the important thing here is that fundamentally, and they acknowledge, it yes it does membranous they said and they have other ads running in the same way, as you see reporting not just from, us and d.c. has been weak in the same reports. >> translator: >> reporter: you'll understand the spread in which i asked this question, angelo, if you don't care about media matters, and you don't really care about, why should you care about what is unfolding? i think the thing worth considering is to,. thanks one, the way in which they filed the lawsuit, they sort of chose a jurisdiction that was gonna be maximally beneficial for them, which is easy to understand. but when you consider that this lawsuit is actually part of a series of things that they're doing at the same time, so taking off stephen miller's recommendation to win this republican attorney generals to sort of run parallel to mosques lawsuit, investigations and other attempts to criminally punish media matters for reporting that think that was accurate about x in retaliation, that's when you start to have to worry about what does this mean for the future, because elon musk took that call from stephen miller. obviously put a bunch of money into the litigation. and then whose game to do this. and the state attorney generals, a few of them took up the mantle and started running with these investigations. why should people care? because it's sort of a small window into the future where you can retaliate and punish media outlets, maduro properties who are reporting accurate things simply because you don't like them. and not only will those at lists summer, the real effect that these places are going to stop doing things that might get them in trouble like this because they don't want to deal with the consequences or it has a chilling effect. so that's why people should care, because it's sort of the next iteration of a little bit of a notorious authoritarian slide and a stifling of good information now. do you think the exodus of advertisers holds? yes, i do. and i think that a big contributing factor to that is that elon musk's own behavior which is, you noted in your intro, he engages with -- the somehow jews in america are funding mass immigration to dilute white power, he responded by saying the actual truth. it's very hard to say, i was just interacting with in trump misinterpreting it. and i think his own conduct helps reinforce by the advertiser has said because what it shows is that -- it shows to advertisers -- all the things happening on x. so why does it seem like there's so much more not see content? why does it seem like the platform is getting more extreme. why is it that the brands safety tools are not working the way that they should? it's because when you look at it through the lens of the key decision, elon musk doesn't really see a problem. at least seemingly with a lot of this content because it's a reflection of his own worldview, so if you're a business person and you are an advertiser, you're saying this is a brand wrists to be associated with the fact that there's rocked all the way to the. top i have a minute left, but i want to ask something angelo. everything you are saying about the platform, itself about the role that gop attorneys general are playing in carrying musk's water, why it matters when you are 11 months out from an increasingly consequential presidential election? that's really the key factor here is that acts and twitter, all these social media platforms player role in our information ecosystem. an increasing role and even though access had a diminished president since elon musk took it over, it still provides at this point a safe haven for extremists and disinformation. it's algorithms are our recommendations for connecting power on the fringes, and that's what it ties in with the republican strategy which is to build power, political power, on what used to be considered the fringes. so if you can take a platform like x and you can't have it not work or kidder candy to antisemitism, misinformation, if you can turn the tools and support that worldview and that ideology, to help build power, that's where the consequences really start to become magnified. so it includes a beach head and a launchpad for disinformation and extremism which will be tied into not only people civic participation in election than the aftermath. and you saw how consequential that was last election cycle. that's why even though you're not an excuse, or you have to care. angela khorasan, as, always thank you so much for joining. us coming up in the next, our an update on the hostages hummus just released. we have brand-new video. what happened next in the war with israel. plus, new developments over the holiday for donald trump including the possible reinstatement of a gag order after judge and giron and his clerk received thousands of harassing emails. and, later a party in shambles. blindly following an accused felon, texas rep jasmine prokupecz talks to us about the mess that is the modern gop. ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ i'm jayson. i'm living with hiv and i'm on cabenuva. it helps keep me undetectable. for adults who are undetectable, cabenuva is the only complete, long-acting hiv treatment you can get every other month. cabenuva is two injections, given by my healthcare provider, every other month. it's really nice not to have to rush home and take a daily hiv pill. don't receive cabenuva if you're allergic to its ingredients or if you taking certain medicines, which may interact with cabenuva. serious side effects include allergic reactions post-injection reactions, liver problems, and depression. if you have a rash and other allergic reaction symptoms, stop cabenuva and get medical help right away. tell your doctor if you have liver problems or mental health concerns, and if you are pregnant, breastfeeding, or considering pregnancy. some of the most common side effects include injection-site reactions, fever, and tiredness. if you switch to cabenuva, attend all treatment appointments. ready to treat your hiv in a different way? 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