plus donald trump unleashed, a court will now decide how much the former president can say in public about the 2020 federal election case. and attention shoppers, the white house wants to highlight falling prices at the grocery store to counter disappointing poll numbers. good morning. i m kasie hunt. it is tuesday, november 21. 5:00 a.m. in washington, noon in gaza where a hamas official posted overnight that the militant group is close to, quote, reaching a truce agreement, end quote, with israel. that tracks with the white house as ergs is earlier monday that deal for release of some of the hostages is nearing. john kirby was asked whether any americans might be among the hostages that will be let go. obviously we are laser focused on the american citizens that we know are being held loss tap and we want them out. all of them, everyone should be out now. but we re this a negotiation and getting closer to the end. he declined to go into any details on the negotiations
right now, a tentative hostage deal reach, pending israel approval. at this moment, prime minister netanyahu is meeting with his war cabinet. the potential deal inclusion a four to five-day pause in fighting to arrange for hostages being released. now, these numbers are subject to change. joining us is raf sanchez, and what officials in israel doing? what are we hearing? reporter: how so i, as we speak, benjamin netanyahu is sitting down with the war cabinet. in an hour, it will be the slightly larger security cabinet, but the critical meeting is the full cabinet, which will be at 1:00 p.m. eastern. that s where we expect the israeli government will vote to approve this tentative deal. jose, as you said, knowledge is time until -ized, but you expectation is the israeli government, having negotiated this tentative agreement will now approve at the full cabinet. there are a number of far-right members of benjamin netanyahu s government who might vote against it, but it s bel
hopes on the rise for a potential hostage a release. all of them, everybody should be out now. lawyers for donald trump and the justice department facing off before a federal appeals court in washington. the order is unprecedented and sets a terrible precedent for future restrictions on core political speech. the justice department says there is a significant threat of a drone attack. a range are using drones to advance their nefarious purposes. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is tuesday, november 21, 9:00 a.m. in london, 11:00 a.m. in northern gaza where the israeli military says forces are advancing as they engage in face-to-face battles with hamas militants. an idf spokesperson says forces reached the heart of gaza city much earlier than hamas expected and are pressing on according to plan. meanwhile in an interview, former israeli prime minister says bunkers underneath al-shifa were built by israel decades ago t
of the 239 israelis, being held hostage in gaza by hamas. orla guerin has this report from jerusalem, and a warning it contains distressing images, from the beginning. every day, more dead in gaza. some who barely started living. this footage was filmed for the bbc today in khan younis, in the south. israel told people to flee here, to be safer. the bereaved get one last look. and a father, one last embrace. the agony of samirjamil aga, cradling his five year old son, mohammed. then, his other son is brought to him. six year old samir. he can t bear to let him go. parted for ever. palestinians say the boys were among 30 people killed when israel bombed several houses in khan younis. but finally, hope for about 30 premature babies. doctors in southern gaza, working to stabilise them, ahead of a transfer to egypt tomorrow. eight others have died. these are the survivors of war and of the horrors of al shifa hospital. even the water used for their formula was contaminated, sa
australia have some outstanding fielders. travis head was chasing and diving. he caught it. yep, he caught it. stunned? well, no, this is stunned. virat kohli, gone the man who breaks records with hundreds dismissed for sa. india reminded themselves, we ve got our bowlers . like mohammed shami, david warner gone for seven. like jasprit bumrah. he got steve smith, given out lbw. didn t review. but those hands of travis head were now swinging the bat and it seemed india were powerless. head made 137. victory came with seven overs to spare. to outplay india here, on this occasion, exceptional. the market, money and influence in global cricket, india have all that. australia have the world cup. joe wilson, bbc news. what a win, against the odds in india s backyard. the captain gave his reaction to the victory in what has been a stellar year for australia s cricketers. that s huge. that s i think that s the pinnacle of international cricket, winning a one day world cup espe