stay here in washington until all our work is completed. we must, for one, finish the task of passing an emergency supplemental bill with aid to ukraine, aid to israel, humanitarian assistance to innocent civilians in gaza, and funding for the indo-pacific. time is short for us to act. >> senate majority leader chuck schumer with a brief but urgent list of what congress needs to get done before their next break. lawmakers return to work today with just 15 days on their schedule for now for the rest of the the year. we'll go through the time line and other top priorities just ahead. plus, the latest on the humanitarian pause in gaza. an extension should bring the release of more hostages and more aid into the territory. and also ahead, an update on the college students of palestinian descent who were shot in vermont. we'll hear from the mother of one of the victims. good morning and welcome to "way too early" on this tuesday, november 28th. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us and we'll begin this morning with hamas releasing 11 more hostages. nine children and two women were brought back into israeli territory yesterday. the youngest of the group are 3-year-old twin girls. no americans were among those released yesterday. since the truce began on friday, hamas has freed 69 hostages. as part of the agreement israel has been releasing palestinian prisoners. yesterday 33 people, the majority of whom are teenage boys, were brought back to the west bank. so far israel has released 150 palestinians and approved the potential release of another 50 prisoners. now, even more hostages are expected to be released today new that hamas and israel have agreed to extend their temporary truce. qatari officials who have been mediating the talks announced yesterday that both sides have agreed to extend the pause in the fighting for an additional two days. the original pse was set to expire today. president biden released a staten welcoming the extension, explaining that he remains deeply engaged in the deal to ensure it continues to deliver results. adding, he will not stop until all of the hostages held by hamas terrorists are released. the israeli government has not officially commented on this extension, but it had offered to continue the pause in fighting if hamas releases an official ten hostages a day. late last night officials announced they have received the names of those expected to be freed today. the pause also allows for more humanitarian aid to enter gaza. now, new photos this morning show 4-year-old israeli american abigail eden reuniting with her family at a children's hospital in israel earlier this week. abigail turned 4 years old on friday while being held captive by hamas. her parents were killed in front of her during that terrorist attack on october 7th. here the little girl is reuniting with her aunts, uncles, and grandparents. as of last night abigail is still the only american hostage to be released by hamas since the temporary truce went into effect. it's unclear how many americans are still being held captive. yesterday national security council spokesman john kirby was asked for more details. >> john, how many americans are still being held-hotsage, and do you have proof of life? >> we think the number is less than ten, probably in the neighborhood of, you know, about eight to nine. but we don't necessarily have firm, solid information on each and every one of them. >> underlying the challenges of information particularly on hostages may be not held by hamas themselves. secretary of state antony blinken will resume his intensive diplomatic efforts in the middle east this week after a stop at gnato headquarters in brussels and belgium today and tomorrow. the nato meeting is focused on the war in ukraine while his return to the middle east is geared toward managing the israel-hamas conflict. a state department official tells nbc news that the secretary of state will stress the need for continuing aid in gaza, the release of hostages, as well as the improvement of protections for civilians in harms way. joining us now foreign affairs reporter for "the washington post," miriam berger. she joins us live from jerusalem. good to see you today. thanks for joining us. so tell a little about the mechanics of israel and hamas agreeing to extend this pause? and is there any preliminary chatter there could be yet a further extension beyond these next two days? >> thank you for having me on. so as of now we have the two-day extension. there continues to be talks that there's interest in longer. at the same time israel has continued to say that they will continue, you know, the war, their bombardments, the ground operations, you know, when this temporary pause ends. so there's very clear signs the war will continue. exactly when that will be remains, you know, still influx. so tell us about what we're seeing there, what this pause has yielded for the civilians on the ground in gaza. how much aid has gotten in, and now that the fighting has stopped, what are we now learning about the conditions there on the ground after israeli's bombardment? >> so you'ring having the most aid that's come in sense the war began. that's still about half -- less than half of what was coming in pre-war. and there was already under restrictions of israeli and egyptian led blockade. so basically people can walk around now without fear of being struck, but there's still huge humanitarian crises happening. it's a huge state of effective war for people even though nothing's falling from the skies. people we talk to continue to suffer trying to find any kind of water, food, medicine. it's getting cold. it's starting to rain now, so people are sleeping outside if they have tents at all. there continues to also be huge issues just in communication, just calling people. so people don't know what's happened with their family in different parts of gaza, specifically in the north, gaza city in the north israel has said that civilians cannot return. some people have tried. you know, we've spoken to one person who said that when a group was trying to head north, you know, there were shots fired, you know, at the group. and so we're hearing stories about people continuing to really, really face just harrowing circumstances even as, you know, this temporary humanitarian pause is in place. people are trying to find out who's under the rubble still since the death toll from the ministry of health hasn't been officially updated to even include all the people who have died in recent days because it's still really hard to figure that out. >> "the washington post"'s miriam berger live for us in jerusalem, we appreciate you joining us this morning. >> thank you for having me. meanwhile, back in the united states the suspected gunman in the burlington, vermont shooting that injured three palestinian u.s. college students pleaded not guilty yesterday to three counts of attempted second degree murder. 48-year-old jason eaton was ordered be held without bail. according to a probable cause affidavit when law enforcement came to his door to execute a search warrant on sunday he told those agent, quote, i've been waiting for you. police searched his apartment and found a handgun and rounds of distinctive red-tipped ammunition, the same type that some was found at the scene of the shooting. this comes as we learn more about the three victims. the group of friends were on a walk speaking in arabic and wearing traditional palestinian scarves when the shooter open fire. one victim's mother tells nbc news that her son may never walk again, but she remains hopeful. >> we're hoping his strength of character and his determination will mean that he will work hard and regain strength and walk. he's a very, very strong man, and i really believe in his ability to make a difference in his health. >> we of course will keep you posted on developments into the investigation in the days ahead. next on "way too early," we'll show you what the house speaker is saying about the possible expulsion of embattled republican congressman george santos. plus many americans returned to work yesterday, but not all of them were at peak profitability because of cyber monday deal. our friends at cnbc will join us a little later in the show with the sales totals and what that data says about the state of the economy. those stories and a check on the weather when we come right back. e weather when we come right back. new emergen-c crystals pop and fizz when you throw them back. and who doesn't love a good throwback? 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>> i need a whole lot more than i've gotten. i've gotten -- received less than 50. >> reporter: dr. theresa said it's crucial mothers get it vaccine. >> they've made antibodies and have passed it into on their infants at birth. >> reporter: though the cdc says 77,000 additional doses will be made available, it's advising doctors to priorityose those who need it including infants 6 months and younger or with underlying conditions. >> that's nbc's anne thompson reporting and let's say news of a respiratory illness in china setting off some alarm bells. let's hope for the best. still ahead here, let's turn to sports and have highlight from a thursday forgettable monday night football game but bring you the career record from lebron james. we'll have all that and get a check on the forecast when we come right back. get a check on the forecast when we come right back. of instant cooling sensation. it's comeback season. sometimes jonah wrestles with falling asleep... ...so he takes zzzquil. the world's #1 sleep aid brand. and wakes up feeling like himself. get the rest to be your best with non-habit forming zzzquil. ♪ ♪ (carolers) ♪ iphone 15 pro, your husband deserves it! ♪ (mom) carolers? 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nfl, the panthers have parted ways with head coach frank wright after less than a year with carolina. this comes after sunday's loss with the tennessee titans which ends his career worst. he was fired in back-to-back seasons. he was ousted by the indianapolis colts last year. another in the history books for lebron james. the 38-year-old is now the league's leader in minutes played when he logged 30 minutes on the court in philadelphia last night. james set the record, though, in the most lopsided loss of his career as the lakers fell to the 76ers 138-94 in the only the fourth game in lebron's 20-year career in which he didn't get a rebound. let's turn to the nhl. a total of 13 players were ejected. last night's contest between the florida panthers and the ottawa senators, that included a full-fledged brawl in which all ten skaters on the ice were handed misconducts. the panthers beat the senators 5-0. time now for the weather. and let's go to meteorologist anglei lassman for the forecast. >> looking a little snowy in some spots of the great lakes and we're going to see that continue through the day today, western michigan, portion of pennsylvania, ohio, new york all picking up on some of this additional snow through the day today. we've got 6 million people under these winter alerts. where you see the bright blue is that lake effect snow warning, and those are the spots we're really going to see the snow ramp up today. here's why. we've got that strong wind coming off the lakes. this is leaving us with additional snowfall but reduced visibility and slick travel if you're out in these regions. especially east of erie and ontario, those lakes are going to see more snowfall for folks in that region as we get into tomorrow. some of the higher amounts will be centered across portions of of new york. portions of of ohio and pennsylvania also picking up maybe an inch or two as well. many while, chilly temperatures across the southeast. we've got freeze warnings in place for places like tallahassee, savannah, and up into myrtle beach. temperatures on the cool side today and tomorrow, jonathan, but we'll eventually see warm conditions settling in. still ahead here on "way too early," donald trump vows to make good on an old campaign promise. what the biden administration is now saying about trump's new pledge to repeal obamacare should trump re-claim the oval office. we'll be right back with that. l office we'll be right back with that. you want to be able to provide your child with the tools or resources they need. with reliable internet at home, through the internet essentials program, the world opened up. fellas, fellas. that's how my son was able to find the hidden genius project. we wanted to give y'all the necessary skills to compete with the future. kevin's now part of this next generation of young people who feel they can thrive. ♪ ♪ welcome back to "way too early." it's just before 5:30 a.m. on the east coast, 2:30 out west on this tuesday morning. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. the biden administration says it plans to hit back after donald trump revived his threat to repeal obamacare this past weekend. on social media on saturday the 2024 republican front-runner wrote that he is seriously looking at alternatives to the affordable care act if he were to win next year's presidential election. of course, trump vowed to gut obamacare before he was even elected the first time. but once he entered the oval office, he failed to follow through and never even presented an alternative health care plan. meanwhile, the biden campaign says it plans to seize on this latest threat using tv ads and other media. no tactic is out of the question, a campaign advisor is telling nbc news. adding that they'll present trump's plan as part of a, quote, deeply historically unpopular agenda that republicans are running on. you'll recall although there was no alternative health care plan, trump did lead an effort to repeal obamacare, but it was defeated in the senate by the late senator john mccain. meanwhile, the current president, president biden had the first meeting of the supply chain resilience council yesterday during which he issued a stern warning to companies against price gouging. biden announced 30 measures that his administration will put in place that he says improves access to medicine as well as tackling hidden junk fees. this comes as biden's handling of the economy is at a concerning low with just 38% of approving in some recent polls. joining us now founder of the social impact agency 163 west broad. good to see you this morning. >> good to see you. >> let's talk about young voters which has been a major source of concern among democrats in recent weeks, particularly the advent of the israel-hamas war where we see a lot of the young voters not being supportive of the president, how he's handling it. we could connect that with this obamacare push because we know it allowed young people to stay on the parents insurance. what do you think? because i know you have a particular view how polling is capturing or not capturing how young voters feel about this administration. >> right. the reality is polling doesn't capture a lot of young people because of cellphones. they don't answer phone numbers they don't know, and also the reality is exit polling like we saw in elections in the mid-terms and the 2023 election saw a rise in young voters that voted overwhelmingly democratic. i will say i don't want to take that information and understanding of polls -- take that for granted. i to think this is a concern the biden campaign and the administration should pay attention to. theidseral hamas war has been an inflection point for a lot of young voters who are are already feeling a bit of concern about some of the prospromises that were made were not yet achieved. a lot of that is republican opposition when it comes to student loan debt, the economy, and so forth. but young people are feeling as though, hey, i don't want my vote to be taken for granted. we need to see a shift not only in the rhetoric but the way we're governing. >> now, we're seeing some polls that suggests young voters might even prefer donald trump. that just doesn't pass any sort of credible test to me anyway, but i think the fear here is not that these young voters going to turn out for trump, they won't give biden the votes he desperately needs. what would be your positive message then? you're the biden camp what should they be saying with theiryu voters? >> i will be honest with you i don't think they'll turn out for donald trump. i think they'll stay home or consider another option. however, as we've seen since october 7th in the war, we've seen the biden administration shift their rhetoric especially understanding the democratic base is actually in support of palestinian people, right? they do not believe in what is happening, the humanitarian crisis that's happening. i do think the message has to continue to be around this popular agenda that is turning out young voters around abortion rights, around climate, around student loan debt cancellation, but we've got a do a better job of articulating where that progress is that we need to see. >> there's another republican debate next week. the utility of them seems fleeting and i think with donald trump sitting them out. and i think republicans frustrated they haven't been able to break through and looking for other ways to do so, which is why desantis is faces off california governor gavin newsom. first of all, why, and is there anything here going to matter at all other than just to confuse people? >> listen, it is confusion, right? i think ron desantis is trying to figure out a way to break through the media, a way to break through with folks. but, listen, republican voters are kind of locked in, unfortunately, with donald trump. and i don't think republicans have a message that is going to resonate with young voters who are looking for something in 2024. i think it actually will help us democrats if we use that moment the right way. it's just smoke and mirrors and he's trying to get some media attention here. >> it also feels like republicans trying to elevate another democrat and fuel wis whrs maybe president biden is going to run all the way through it. >> they could be trying to do that, but governor newsom has been supportive of the agenda. to be honest i think coming out of that we'll so see hopefully the campaign start adopting some messaging that continues to embrace more young people. >> there's some democratic governor whose had little shadow operations in case. but you were right to point out newsom is in support of this white house. thank you for joining us here on set this morning. good to see you. still ahead on "way too early," we'll take a look what's driving markets as stock futures point to a slightly lower opening this morning. plus where a fashion giants' push to go 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>> that's right. so the holiday shopping season seem to be quite robust, and indeed on black friday e-commerce sales actually jumped 7.5% from the year before. that was going to bode well for cyber monday, and numbers suggest it is going to be a record breaking cyber monday with sales to top $12 billion. one thing i would caution, john, is beneath the surface there are a few worrying trends, and let me bring this to you. 80% of consumers said they're looking to trade down cheaper. per a mckinsey study more consumers are dipping into retirement plans and running through savings to finance purchases. and finally there's been a huge uptick in this buy now pay later service, a jump of 19% from a year ago per adobe analytics. the trend indeed could be quite worrying beneath the surface because consumers are making these tradeoffs in order to buy these products. >> tuesday of course giving tuesday. i encourage folks to do exactly that. one more for you, joumanna. there's a chinese fast fashion juggernaut that has confidentiality filed to go public in the u.s. what prompted this move, and are there any concerns? >> that's right. so that juggernaut you talk about shein, if you haven't heard of them, the fast fashion retailer. major news overnight, reuters are reporting they are looking to ipo in 2024. it will be one of the largest ipos in a very long time. of course we don't have the full details yet but they're looking to get valuation around $90 billion, and compare that to arm that had a valuation of $50 billion. shein has been looking to expand wooz a as we spoke about their partnership with forever 21 earlier this year, they're looking to gain market share and grow in new geographical locations. one thing, though, it is a company not immune to criticism. their business practices have come under scrutiny. there have been allegations of forced labor which the company categorically denies but if and when of course this ipo does go ahead you would expect those businesses to come under focus from a lot more business makers. >> all right, let's keep you posted with any updates. live from london, great to see you. thank you for joining us this morning. still ahead here on "way too early," we'll turn back to politics with a look at the issue of border security. we'll go through what's in the deal that lawmakers are hoping to pass before the end of the year. we'll be right back with that. e year we'll be right back with that. so every day, you can say, ♪ youuu did it! ♪ with centrum silver. honey... honey... nyquil severe honey. powerful cold and flu relief with a dreamy honey taste. nyquil honey, the nighttime, sniffing, sneezing, couging, aching, fever, honey-licious, best sleep with a cold, medicine. in order for small businesses to thrive, fever, honey-licious, best sleep with a cold, they need to be smart, efficient, savvy. making the most of every opportunity. that's why comcast business is introducing the small business bonus. for a limited time you can get up to a $1000 prepaid card with qualifying internet. yep, $1000. so switch to business internet from the company with the largest fastest reliable network and that powers more businesses than anyone else. learn how you can get $1000 back for your business today. comcast business. powering possibilities. welcome back. republican senator tommy tuberville of alabama is predicting that the united states will face 9/11-style terrorist attacks every few weeks because of the situation at the southern border. he made those comments during an interview last night. >> what happened in israel and hamas that catastrophe going on over there, when that happened joe biden should have woke up and called secretary austin and said, okay, send every available military personnel to the border immediately, close it down. nobody else comes in. we've had hundreds and hundreds of terrorists come across the border. we're going to have a 9/11 attack every few weeks if we don't watch it. it is out of control. but this group could care less. you know, being a senator -- you know, i'm not a senator, i was an educator. and i'm up here watch what's going on, and i'm thinking, you know, who cares, who cares about the american people, who cares about the taxpayers in this country, i can't find anybody on both sides of the aisle. it's about spending damn money, and i'm sick of it. >> joining us now our friend professor christina greer. let's for the record of course note tommy tuberville continues to blockade military promotions and some which -- some which clearly have an impact on national security which he says is now threatened by the situation at the border. but i want to talk to you about rhetoric, about fear and how tuberville is just the latest republican to stoke fear. and you see it most of all from donald trump and his incendiary language calling immigrants vermin and the like. what sort of permission structure do you think trump is creating not just for fellow republicans in terms of in congress but just voters, republicans at large and what worries yo about it? >> john, good morning. i am incredibly worried about it because what donald trump is excavated is the permission for americans to say some of the most hateful and vile statements in the 21st century. we've seen this before. this isn't new ret rrk, but we thought as a nation we progressed somewhat, and what donald trump is showing us is that so many people are more than happy to go back to the ways of looking at others and saying that they don't belong here, that one group is better than the other. we know that tommy tuberville has gone to an -- opened under donald trump at various rallies hooch he knows he can get a crowd moving, and he's decided to adopt that rhetoric of fear. it works especially with the republican voter. if you say you don't have because of these people then as lbj said and i've said this on your show before, john, and i'm paraphrasing if you can convince lowest white man he's better than the negro you can pick this apart all day long. now it's immigrants, it's all other groups of people so that republicans don't have to do their jobs when they go to washington, d.c. and when they go to their various statehouses. we've seen senator tuberville block so much legislation that should be passed and should be pushed forward, and he's not doing his job. so you can just blame immigrants and everyone at the border as opposed to actually doing what the american public set there to do which is push forward legislation. >> of course his comments come at a time already tensions are running so high here in the united states as they are much around the world because of what's happening in the middle east. and we mentioned earlier in the show the shooting of those students of palestinian descent up in vermont, an arrest made thankfully. we'll see a real rise in anti-islamic events and rhetoric, certainly anti-semitism as well. just as you watch this, give us your concerns about where we are right now? >> john, we're not -- we're not moving forward. you know, i was thankful enough to be with my father for thanksgiving, and, you know, i look at him. he integrated his public high school in miami in the 1960s. my mother never went to integrated schools. i see the work that they did in education and in their jobs over the years, moving this country forward, they and their friends. we see it rolling back. so we have to make the connection between senator tuberville's rhetoric and donald trump's rhetoric with what we saw with three students in vermont, what we're seeing with the senator voting against the covid hate crimes bill that was put forward because we saw anti-asian hate during the time of high covid. we're seeing rising anti-semitism in cities across the country, and anti-muslim hate. this rhetoric fuels the fire with, you know, seemingly, you know, voters who aren't really paying attention, but they are paying attention. you know, people like senator tuberville are giving them permission to really tap into the most base level feelings of humanity. i know that, you know, hillary clinton tried to, you know, have a campaign of, you know, it's about love. joe biden, you know, is a decent man, by and large. lots of people compare him to jimmy carter, where he really cares about his family and the country. but there's something else that we need. we need more surrogates on the democratic party to really help people understand how the republicans are really just tapping into some of our worst instincts and making it okay for people to follow suit. sadly, we've seen the violent repercussions of that in cities and states across the country. >> we certainly have. it feels combustible, particularly post january 6th. there may be political violence heading into the election, as well. disturbing time. we appreciate this important conversation. from public scholar fellow at the city college of new york, christina greer. great to see you. up next, as lawmakers aim to pass legislation before christmas, one key component in a potential border deal is unlikely to be included. we'll tell you what's being left off the table. coming up on "morning joe," new details surrounding what several hostages faced in captivity, as the israel-hamas truce enters its fifth day. ahead, the great aunt and cousin of 4-year-old american-israeli hostage abigail idan will join us on the heels of her release. plus, why a group of conservative lawyers is now warning that the possibility of a second donald trump presidential term could pose a constitutional crisis. and actor kevin bacon will be a guest live here in studio. you won't want to miss that. "morning joe" just a few moments away. what small communities can achieve. trying to give a better life to people that don't have the means to do it. si mi papá estuviera vivo, sé que él tuviera orgulloso también de vivir de esta viviendo una vida como la que estamos viviendo ahora. es electricidad aquí es salud. welcome back. young immigrants protected by daca may be left out of the border deal that lawmakers are trying to strike before the end of the year. nbc news has learned that pathways to citizenship for immigrants protected by the program are not likely to be included in the border deal currently being negotiated by lawmakers. republicans are using the immigration deal as a bargaining chip, demanding tougher border security measures and more rigorous asylum laws in exchange for additional ukraine aid that the biden administration has been pushing for. congress, though, on a very tight schedule, with lawmakers hoping to pass legislation before the christmas holidays that would also include additional aid to israel and the indo-pacific region, as well as potentially border security and ukraine. joining us now, congressional reporter for the "new republic," graceseagers, who is going to help us figure this out. let's start with the immigration piece of it. give us an update right now as to what you're hearing about the border deal and how likely it is to occur. >> right. it's not like the issue of immigration has ever been easy for members of congress, but republicans have the cards here. democrats need nine or ten of them to sign onto any aid package that includes aid for ukraine, israel, the indo-pacific. this border package, element of the package, is part of that deal. but it means that republicans have more of the cards here, and they're choosing to play them. so, as you mentioned, daca, dreamers, legalizing their status is not exactly something that's super popular with republicans, particularly since they hold the house. what i'm hearing is that if there is any republican assent to this deal, it is going to involve reform of asylum protections and also the -- a further discussion of humanitarian parole and allowing migrants into the u.s. on humanitarian purposes. it's definitely not going to be something that democrats are very happy with. even though we have a few democrats negotiating this package, it seems like it's probably going to end up skewing more on the republican side than anything else. >> grace, let's talk about another thorny piece of this, which is the ukraine aid. now, new house speaker mike johnson yesterday did suggest that he was supportive of the cause, but it's still not quite clear what he means or what he's promising. fill us in as to the latest. >> yeah, it's almost as if congress is sort of mashing together their most difficult issues in the hope that passing one of them could mean passing all of them. the problem here for supporters of aid to ukraine is that they're just not sure, as you said, of speaker johnson's commitment. he's previously voted against aid to ukraine. they're hoping now that he is speaker, he'll understand the importance of this. supporters say this is particularly important to form a bulwark against russian president vladimir putin. but the problem is, there is really receding support among republican voters, among many republican lawmakers, especially in the house. also, we're seeing some skepticism from republicans in the senate, as well. now, there is expected to be a briefing of the situation in ukraine for senators soon, but it's unclear whether this will actually move any votes or further support from ukraine from those who are pretty dug in. >> yeah, and certainly, as you mentioned, these issues are all so complicated, and they're running out of time. we heard from senator schumer earlier in the show saying urgency, the lawmakers should be prepared to potentially spend the holidays there. we know how loathe they are to do that. maybe that'll be the deadline they need. grace, good to see you, as always. thank you for your reporting this morning. we appreciate it. of course, congress will also deal with the fate of george santos in the coming days. thanks for getting up "way too early" on this tuesday morning. "morning joe" starts right now. how many americans are still being held hostage, and do you have proof of life? >> we think the number is -- well, it's less than ten, probably in the neighborhood of, you know, eight to nine. we don't have firm, solid information on each and every one of them. >> national security council