red cross and on the move. the idf operation dubbed heaven s door giving hope that all of those held by the hamas terror group could eventually return to their loved ones. welcome to a special edition of the faulkner focus. i m in for harris today. the temporary cease-fire between the two parties took effect as 7:00 a.m. local time, midnight eastern. shortly after, aid trucks began entering the gaza strip from egypt. several hospitals were also instructed to be prepared to receive the released israeli hostages. now those releases are in motion. general jack keane, though, warning the deal is all part of hamas s strategy. watch. at the end of the day they ll use hostages to preserve their regime and preserve as much as their fighters and military infrastructure as possible. if they re able to achieve it. it will be a strategic defeat for israel despite the physical destruction you see in northern gaza and what will eventually take place, much of the war that israel is figh
what more we know about the deal, which also calls for a day s long pause in fighting and when it will all begin. plus, the pope meets with families of hamas hostages. what he said to the world and those families about the war. also ahead, millions set to hit the roads and the skies in what could be the busiest travel day of the year yet. the spoiler a storm that s dumping rain and snow along east coasts. we ll have the latest forecast. and later, control alt delete rehire? sam altman reinstated as the ceo of open ai, the shake-up that sent silicon valley s collective heads spinning. and we begin this morning in gaza where a hostage deal has been reached, hamas agreeing with israel to release 50 hostages in exchange for israeli-held palestinian women and children and a four-day cease fire to get hostages out of gaza and aid trucks into gaza. let s bring in nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons from israel and white house correspondent kelly o donnell
president biden s re-election bid and it is someone other than donald trump. and we begin this hour with breaking news in israel, over the israel hamas war on a deal to release hostages and pause in the fighting in gaza. as explosions continue. and smoke continues over the strip today. the pause would go into effect 16 hours from now, at 10:00 a.m. local time, according to senior hamaseadership. nbc news has not verified that timing. dea includes the release of 50 womennd children kidnapped and held hostage and in exchange israel w release 150 palest wom and young childrend in jails and allow 300 to40 aid trucks into gaza daily. biden ainistration official says three americans areng those expected to be leased incluing a 3-year-old girl, abigail. but, earlier on the today show, jake sullivan cautioned that we won t know for sure who will be released until they are out of gaza. but, again, until we have eyes on the hostages, the american hostages and all of the others, w
julie banderas is in for harris. julie: a fox news alert. hostage deal finally reached. hamas set to release some of the nearly 240 people it is holding hostage. we are nearing the 50-day mark in the war between israel and hamas. this is a special edition of the faulkner focus. i m julie banderas in for harris today. some provisions of the deal. the release of 50 women and children held by hamas reportedly including three americans. those hostages in exchange for 150 women and children held by israel. the releases are set to be in phases spanning a four-day pause in fighting. israel will allow the delivery of humanitarian aid into gaza during this break. hamas officials say the truce starts tomorrow at 10:00 a.m. local time. 3:00 a.m. in the u.s. three americans are reportedly among the hamas hostages included in the deal. one of them a 3-year-old named abigail. hamas murdered both her parents in the october 7th massacre. she turns four on friday. meantime israeli prime m
re-election. where does that stand at the moment? that district attorney, assistant district attorney has been demoted. she is filing a lawsuit. that shows you, john, and the viewers need to know this. the power of the district attorney. he withheld exonerating evidence against an officer in order to hurt alex villanova. this is the power of the legal system. this is that dual system of justice and george gascon will do anything to use legal power of the district attorney to go after his opponents. that s what happened to alex villanova and villanova lost that election. john: great to catch up with you again. hope you have a fabulous thanksgiving. tell dana to tell percy hello. john: i will. [gunfire] . dana: israel pushing its offensive in gaza in the final hours of fighting before a truce with hamas begins. thank you for joining us, i m dana perino. bill is off today. john: good to be with you as always. egyptian state media says the temporary cease-fire starts