good afternoon, everybody. i m martha maccallum. we re getting new indications of movement of 11 hostages. this is a huge moment for these people and their families. they re in the hands of the red cross, a huge relief for these people who have been held for more than 50 days. they re finally headed guard freedom. we understand no americans are included in this group. we have followed very closely the one child, abigail adan, that was released. she s an american citizen. she was released during this pause period that we ve been in for several days now. this child went through absolute hell. her smile is testimony to the resilience of children. but somewhere in her conscious is a horrific experience she watched. the terrorists killed her parents in front of her. her father had used himself as a shield to protect his little girl. he was killed. she then had to crawl out, according to this story that has been told, from under his body. she then ran to a neighbor s and then hamas
release after 48 days of fighting in gaza is now underway. israel waiting to accept 13 women and children who were kidnapped on october 7th. israeli media reports that hostages have been transferred to egypt. the four-day cease-fire in gaza setting the stage for that deal at midnight. it appears to be holding. but as the idf now awaits the final transfer of the first round of freed hostages, israel s focus is on getting back all of the nearly 140 people hamas has held for 48 days. welcome to a very special hour of america s newsroom. i m molly line. good morning, griff. griff: good morning, i m griff jenkins. it is indeed a special hour. bill and dana have the day off. as we watch in exchange for those first 13 hostages israel offering up other prisoners. the amount of prisoner israel gives up is not the top concern. molly: alex hogan has details on the unfolding exchange and cease-fire. first we begin with trey yengst live at an air base in southern israel where the ho
path of destruction, we will make sure they get there, and we have shown enormous progress in reaching that goal. kevin: major spielman, always a pleasure, the best to you and your countrymen as we continue to follow this story. thank you so much. arthel: absolutely the best, sir. absolutely. 2:00 p.m. on the east coast, 9:00 p.m. in israel. a special edition of america reports . i m arthel neville. we are waiting to hear from president biden. meanwhile, here with my friend kevin corke. kevin: great to be with you. we are anticipating hearing from president biden, he ll be apparently making a statement and commenting on the first wave of hostages being released. he is in nantucket, massachusetts, lucas tomlinson is there, we ll go to that as soon as we have it. but arthel, kick it off with trey yingst. arthel: we are going to wait for the president but first trey yingst in southern israel, we have heard a lot from the idf. and some of the hostages have been release
fire at our border, what we re learning about the airborne car that crashed into the u.s. canadian border area as the fbi wraps up its investigation on the ground. and later, campaign cracks, the chaos hitting a super pac for ron desantis, courtesy of a former governor. it is 10:00 eastern, thank you so much for joining us on this thanksgiving. i m ana cabrera, and we want to begin with that breaking news from the qatari foreign ministry, in the last hour about what to expect when the deal between hamas and israel goes into effect tomorrow. the truce critical to release those hostages is set to start at 7:00 a.m. local time. that s midnight eastern. the spokesman says to watch for the first group of captives to be released at 4:00 p.m. local time or 9:00 a.m. eastern tomorrow. david noriega is in tel aviv for us. what more do we know about who exactly will be released? reporter: ana, good morning. here s what we know. there is a confirmed first group of israeli hostages
i m jose diaz-balart. noon eastern, 9:00 pacific on this thanksgiving holiday. we ve got breaking developments in the mideast. exactly when the hostage deal between israel and hamas will now take affect and what we learned about who will be among the 50 people first freed. a scare at the border with canada. new details about a fiery car wreck at a checkpoint that was called a, quote, surreal scene. today, tens of thousands of migrants will spend their first thanksgiving sleeping outside in tents or on the floor of police precincts. how a chicago community is stepping in to help. holiday shoppers expected to break records this season. we will break down the numbers. we begin this hour with new details in the temporary cease-fire between israel and hamas. after an apparent delay, qatari ministry spokesperson says a humanitarian pause will begin at 7:00 local time tomorrow morning. the first batch of israeli hostages will be released later that afternoon. a list of those