last minute snag delaying a deal. the temporary cease-fire expected to begin in the coming hours. qatar s foreign minister will give details any moment now. thank you for joining us. i m griff jenkins. hay, julie. julie: i m julie banderas. happy thanksgiving to you, griff. the agonizing wait continues for israeli families. they have spent six weeks hoping against hope that their loved ones will return home safely. griff: jeff paul kicks things off for us in southern israel. the israeli security forces here saying the first batch of hostages likely won t be coming out until friday at the earliest. it speaks to the complicated and dell indicate nature of the ongoing negotiations. because no hostages are coming out. no pause in the war especially for soldiers like the ones at the military base in southern israel. under the original agreement, between israel and hamas, they were going to probably have the first batch of hostages come out as soon as today. that would have