good morning, 11:00 a.m. eastern, 8:00 a.m. pacific. i m josé diaz-balart. we are following breaking developments from the middle east. nbc news has learned there will be a truce extension between israel and hamas. the pause in fighting was due to end later today. we ll talk to a spokesperson for the israeli defense forces about what s expected to happen next. the news comes as we wait another hostage release expected any minute now after three days of emotional reunions. israel s prime minister saying negotiations are continuing. the head of the red crescent said 200 aid trucks are expected to enter gaza today. we ll talk to a u.n. official about what her teams on the ground are seeing. and breaking overnight, police in vermont say they have arrested a man they believe shot and wounded three u.s. college students of palestinian descent. we begin with the breaking news in the israel-hamas war. senior arab official with direct knowledge of negotiations confirms to nb
return to, and there are other shocking fuse, so it s a mix between joy and sadness. very bittersweet. i have four relatives, my cousins, her husband and 3-year-old twins so we are anxiously awaiting. we have been through a nightmare, absolute nightmare of hell. l john: be getting an update from the idf at any moment now after israel and hamas have agreed to extend their temporary truce by another two days. while a fourth group of hostages is set to be freed in exchange for dozens of palestinian prisoners. hello, john roberts in washington. welcome back from thanksgiving, sandra. sandra: you as well, john. welcome back everybody. this is america reports . we are kicking off a brand-new hour here, we expect the update from the idf shortly. israel s government says it has notified the families of the latest batch of hostages that could be released shortly, but remains unclear whether any of the americans presumed to still be held captive by those terrorists are on that li
hamas. john: first time the president has spoken publicly since israel and hamas reached a deal to extend their truce by another two days. will he have anything to say about the roughly 8 to 9 americans still being held captive? sandra: monitoring his remarks for headlines as we begin a second hour of america reports . here we go, i m sandra smith in new york. john: good to be with you again after the holiday. john roberts in washington. here is where things stand at this hour. humanitarian pause in gaza has entered its fourth day now. the white house says hamas has committed to releasing another 20 women and children over two days. sandra: it is unclear if any 20 would be americans and the administration admitted this afternoon that all it can do is hope for the best. we certainly hope we will see them and hopefully today and if not today, over the next couple of days. we want to see them back with their families where they belong as well. we are not involved in t
reaction from the white house after qatar announced a deal has been extended between hamas and israel two more days. the state of qatar announces as part of ongoing mediation, agreement to extend humanitarian truce for an additional two days in the gaza strip. one day meant 10 more hostages freed. hello, this is outnumbered, i m kayleigh mcenany here with harris, fox and friends first co-host carley shimkus, former state department spokesperson obama marie harf and fox news contributor raymond arroyo. lifting hope more hamas hostages would soon return home, day after the terrorist group released their first american hostage. abigail edan turned four years old while in hamas captivity on friday. abigail watched hamas murder both her parents, she was in her father s arm when he was shot dead trying to protect her. her brother was in the closet, she climbed under her father s lifeless body trying to get to safety. terrorists found her when she fled to a neighbor s home and t
the faulkner focus is up next. harris: fox news as confirmed israel and hamas has reached and agreement of who will be released today. a new list of hostages. 11 freed today. this is the final day of that temporary cease-fire under the original agreement. as you know, any cease-fire gives more time for hamas to regroup and rearm. i m harris faulkner, you are in the faulkner focus. so far terror groups have released 40 israeli hostages, 13 on both friday and saturday, 14 additionally yesterday. foreign nationals also freed as part of separate negligent achess. it is now in the final 24 hours of that original agreement. both israeli and hamas officials are suggesting they are open to extending the deal with conditions. president biden is pushing for a longer truce. president biden: this deal is delivering lifesaving results. critically needed aid is going in and hostages are coming out. this deal is structured so it can be extended to keep building on these results. tha