released 39 palestinian prisoners, leaving check large celebrations in the west bank. that is not the only thing the palestinians are celebrating today. gazans who billions welcome truckloads of humanitarian aid during the temporary cease-fire. then there is this, emotional reunions early this morning as hostages released this weekend can finally return to their families. this is 52-year-old sharon reuniting with her son and husband. she and her 12-year-old daughter were released by hamas yesterday after 50 days in captivity. earlier, president biden celebrated their release wallet knowledge ink there is still so much more to do. critical need is going in, and hostages is coming out. it is structured so that it can be extended to keep building on these results. that is michael, that s our goal to keep this pause going beyond tomorrow so we can continue to see more hostages come out, and surge more humanitarian relief into those who need it in gaza. fourth and final da
right now, it s american voices with alicia menendez. thank you so much, reverend sharpton. hello, everyone, i m alicia menendez. tonight, we re tracking the release of a third group of hostages held by hamas and gaza. 17 more released today, including a four-year-old american girl named abigail edan. she is now recovering in israel. hamas militants killed both of her pants before kidnapping her from her kibbutz on october 7th. her family says she will now live with her aunt in israel. an exchange for this latest round of hostages, israel released 39 palestinian prisoners, leading to large celebrations in the west bank. that s not the only thing palestinians are celebrating today. gazan civilians welcomed truckloads of humanitarian aid during the temporary cease-fire. and, then there s this. emotional reunions early this morning as hostages released this weekend finally returned to their families. this is 52-year-old sharon reuniting with her son and husband. she and her
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look, he is. i mean, he is a guy who runs a country that is a communist country that s based on a form of government totally different than ours. president biden s last answer there might have been a bit awkward but true after what was otherwise a productive meeting yesterday with chinese president xi jinping. we ll have more from their first face-to-face talks in a year. i will say, mika. yeah? i know i don t interrupt, but i will in this case. that clip is burying the lead. what do we got? oh, well yeah. we had a meeting that i thought went extraordinarily well. fortunately, we have the wise man here who can tell us and the wise woman who can tell us what they think. oh, good. i, for one, loved hearing what was said there, and i love the fact that they understand that the united states and china, whether either side likes it or not, is we re going to be, in effect, running a large part of the planet over the next half century, as far as the economy, the
competitive relationship, china and the united states. but my responsibility is to to make it make this rational management, so it doesn t result in conflict. that s what i m all about. that s president joe biden responding to a question on whether or not he trusts chinese president xi jinping. we ll have much more from the leaders first face-to-face meeting in a year. plus, a bill to prevent a government shutdown is now headed to the president s desk. the stop gap measure is likely to setup another significant spending fight soon into the new year. and also ahead we ll bring you the latest out of gaza following the israeli raid of a hospital that sits atop a command center for hamas. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, november 16th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin with the high stakes meeting between president joe biden and chinese leader xi jinping. arriving at a critical time, the summit was h