Reporter good morning to you, brandi. We saw the ceasefire agreement yesterday that was mediated, brokered and announced by the egyptians. We saw the egyptian foreign minister announce that late last night that a ceasefire will take hold. That both israel and hamas have agreed to some of those terms. Now, we saw the other major player in these negotiations, the united states. The foreign minister was flanked by u. S. Secretary of state hillary clinton. And the feeling is that having her presence in the region has made a difference in expediting the negotiation talks. Now, as for the ceasefire, its safe to say that the region remains on quite tense at the moment. Just waiting to see if the agreement will hold. Now, both israel and hamas have agreed to some of those terms. And the main term is to stop the fighting. Were about over 13 hours, now, into the ceasefire agreement. And it seems to be holding. But having said that, the Israeli Defense forces, the idf, did report at least five ro
And a good thursday morning to all of you. Happy thanksgiving to all of us. Thanks so much for joining us today and spending a little time with us on this holiday morning. Robin, of course, on the mend. And, robin, as always, we give thanks for you, each and every day. George and lara, also home with their families. So glad to have Elizabeth Vargas. Bianna golodryga, here with me this morning. Yes, we have our turkeys already in the oven. We thought we would pass by times square. For a couple hours. Give you some tips how to prepare a feast. If you saw last years show, i need them. Sam champion and ginger zee are on parades this morning. Sam is in philadelphia. Hey, sam. At the 93rd annual thanksgiving day parade. Good morning. Hes already on the float. Thats great. And ginger zee is at the legendary macys thanksgiving day parade, right here in new york. Hey, ginger. Millions of people, on my way in this morning, i saw little kids wrapped in blankets, lining the parade routes, hoping t
Lama . Reporter good morning to you, brandi. We saw the ceasefire agreement yesterday that was mediated, brokered and announced by the egyptians. We saw the egyptian foreign minister announce that late last night that a ceasefire will take hold. That both israel and hamas have agreed to some of those terms. Now, we saw the other major player in these negotiations, the united states. The foreign minister was flanked by u. S. Secretary of state hillary clinton. And the feeling is that having her presence in the region has made a difference in expediting the negotiation talks. Now, as for the ceasefire, its safe to say that the region remains on quite tense at the moment. Just waiting to see if the agreement will hold. Now, both israel and hamas have agreed to some of those terms. And the main term is to stop the fighting. Were about over 13 hours, now, into the ceasefire agreement. And it seems to be holding. But having said that, the Israeli Defense forces, the idf, did report at least
And also, the israeli army has just given orders about an hour or two ago for the first of the Army Reserve Soldiers that it called up for a possible Ground Invasion of gaza. 30,000 reserve soldiers were called up. The first of those have been given orders now that they can return to their homes and to their jobs, and at the same time, theyre keeping others on duty because theres still a great amount of skepticism about whether the ceasefire will hold. They hope that it will, of course, but some skepticism, so much so, for instance, that the schools of the area, all schools have been closed within a 40kilometer distance of gaza for the last week. All of the kids staying at home, many of them went to the north of the country for safety. Those schools are still closed again, because no ones completely sure that this ceasefire will hold. Last night, israels defense minute instead, emud barak, said he was sure that the ceasefire would be honored, but based on experience, it could be a shor
Lets get it started in here really . And good morning to all of you. What a thanksgiving it was. Actually, on the football fields. And we hope in the living rooms for all of you. Lots to get to this morning. But let us not waste any time in wishing our dear colleague, robin roberts, a very happy birthday, robin. [ applause ] shes only 40. Its a big one. If my 40, you mean 21. Happy birthday, robin. I hope you gave yourself a little time to sleep in. Meanwhile, we do have a lot for you. Were going to have a starstudded birthday spectacular for her. As george, and lara and sam are enjoying time with their families. We hope you had a beautiful thanksgiving day. Now, its black friday. Look at all of the stores all over the country that are already open for business. Were going to get the experts take on what the hottest toys are. And whether or not you should be buying some of these items. Believe it or not, by this time on friday, black friday, some things are already gone. You shouldnt b