the world. it is 5:00 a.m. here in washington, noon in israel where overnight israel s full cabinet approved a deal with hamas that would release at least 50 hostages in gaza. it comes after an intense six hour long meeting in tel aviv. those set to be freed are expected to be women and children. in i exchange israel will pause fighting for four days. more humanitarian aid would also be allowed into gaza with hundreds of trucks carrying fuel and supplies. president biden issued a statement saying today s deal should bring home additional american hostages and i will not stop until they are all released. three americans could be released in this batch including a 3-year-old girl, abigail, her great aunt spoke to cnn earlier. the one thing that we all hold on to is that hope now that abigail comes home. she comes home by friday, friday is her fourth birthday. we actually need to see abigail come out and then we will be able to be to believe it. the deal was brokered by qa
politicsnation. tonight s lead, unfinished business. right now, some unfinished business is heaven over washington as a drones for thanksgiving. congress haven t passed a short term government funding bill, just days before last night s deadline, a version the shutdown. but leaving president biden s request for emergency aid to israel unfulfilled. six weeks into its war against hamas. the president firing back in a washington post editorial late this afternoon. meanwhile, even republicans appear to be losing patience with alabama gop senator tommy tuberville s blockade of hundreds of top ranking military nominees. some submitting that may actually join democrats to confirm the picks in one swoop, ahead of the christmas break. new york democratic senator kirsten gillibrand joined us tonight, with her views on things from the senate armed services committee. that s in just a minute. and later, the family of dexter wade is preparing to give him a proper funeral, almost nin
you are vaccinated. also, why it is still telling vaccinated americans not to travel. politico reports that the agency did originally consider updating the travel guidelines only to scrap the update before the report became public. cdc director rochelle walensky tried to address the balancing act with my colleague rachel maddow last night. here s what we know about travel. we know that right now there are a lot of variants here in this country. some have brought in from travel. others have emanated from inside the country. we know that after mass travel, after vacations, after holidays, we tend to see a surge in cases. and so we really want to make sure again with just 10% of people vaccinated that we are limiting travel. we are reaching a turning point when it comes to vaccines, as supply increases, experts believe parts of the country could reach a scenario where they have more vaccine than people who want it. and that could come as early as next month. instates like
This includes looking at Police Numbers and fighting extremism. Also, brexit and how the uk negotiates leaving the eu. Talks with brussels will fundamentally change britains relationship with europe, and itll also affect the issue of eu and global migration. What will brexit mean for eu citizens living in the uk . Theres also the question of rules on work and benefits for immigrants. A major concern for voters is healthcare. Addressing funding for the National Health service, accident and emergency delays, and operation waiting times. Brexit negotiations will be one of the Biggest Challenges for whoever leads the next british government. How is it all likely to play out . Heres our europe editor, katya adler. Its almost been a whole year since the uk blindsided the eu by voting to leave the european club. Since then, theres been a lot of anger, a lot of banks, a lot of insult throwing, but face to face negotiations . None. And the clock is ticking loudly. Under eu rules, britains new g
President trumps cabinet . People with small Bank Balances need not apply. And i love all people, rich and poor. But in those particular positions ijust dont want a poor person. Does that make sense . Welcome to the programme. Im Christian Fraser in london, jon sopel is In Washington. The European Commission supported theresa mays decision to call a snap election. They wanted reassurance the Prime Minister had a mandate for brexit and would be there to see it through to the end. Well, they have no such guarantees. So, the Dinner Conversation tonight might be somewhat strained. Over coffee, mrs may will be explaining to the other 27 leaders how the uk plans to protect the rights of eu and uk citizens once it leaves the union. The commission has already made its counter offer, some weeks ago. We will see how they compare. But president of the european council, donald tusk, stressed brexit wasnt the only thing on the agenda and had this to say about defence. Somebody needs to set up perma