of the hostages. a u.s. official tells cnn that they are not, not expecting americans to be in this first group of 13 women and children set to be released. it has been eight hours since the fighting was paused in gaza and thetismar temporary truce a be holding a column of tanks heading away from the gaza strip this morning. the israeli military says it is ready and prepared to receive the hostages. we are told that each helicopter for those hostages will have a medical team onboard and the released hostages will also be given noise-canceling headphones for that flight to provide a little bit of peace and quiet on that helicopter ride. meantime, southern gaza drone video shows families walking the streets of khan yunis after that. you can see that destruction from the airstrikes. part of the hostage deal was allowing desperately needed humanitarian aid into gaza. this morning we have seen lines of trucks crossing into the region from egypt. and egyptian official says 200
we had reported that the expectation would be that we first needed to see if we could get through the first day and the second day of the hostages being released and if everything goes well, then discussions of additional hostages beyond the women and children getting out. i have the tell you that i do feel it is getting ahead of ourselves. and obviously, the first delay and questions asked about could we expect further complication, and they cannot say without confidence that the first day goes well that the second batch of hostages would go on time. so we are in a fluid situation, and we have to see if the truce happens on time, and if the release of the second group happens on time, and then whether the second list of hostages whether that exchange can happen on time as well, and all of that remains to be seen. yeah, tomorrow is going to be really the template for all of this starting midnight eastern tonight is when we will see this going into effect, and see how smooth
dozens of women and children kidnapped by hamas set to be released. what the hostage families are saying about this moment and what it means for israel s mission to defend itself and take out hamas. and president biden welcoming the deal as a major diplomatic victory after weeks of phone calls and negotiations vowing not to give up until every american is back home. and millions of americans are heading out today for the thanksgiving holiday. we are tracking the roads, the airports and the storm systems for you this morning. i m kate bolduan with omar jimenez. john and sara are off. this is cnn news central. the breaking news. there is an agreement, a truce, it s being called to soon see dozens of hostages free from captivity. they have been held by hamas for some seven weeks meaning right now there are families including american families waiting, hoping, praying that their loved ones are among the group that will be coming out in the coming days. as part of this
welcome to all of you watching us in the united states, canada and around the world. i m kim brunhuber. ahead on cnn newsroom, supplies are run ning low in gaza creatig an even more desperate situation for residents. cnn crews have seen heavy idf activity in gaza overnight. plus a colorado judge calls donald trump an insur ex-ist. an entire town in iceland as a nearby volcano appears ready to erupt. it s 5:00 a.m. here in atlanta. noon in israel, exactly six weeks after the attacks of october 7th that launched the war against hamas. israeli media is reporting the death toll of the music festival in southern israel was far higher than anyone realized. citing ab israeli police report, the death toll now stands at 364, up from 270. we have also learned 17 of those killed were police officers, and 40 people at the have been were taken hostage. israeli authorities don t believe the terrorists knew about the festival beforehand. for civilians in gaza, the situation on the gro
breaking news. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. we start today with a breaking news, cnn exclusive. the special counsel investigating hunter biden is now using a los angeles grand jury as part of the investigation into the business dealings of president biden s son. that is according to sources that tell cnn that president biden s brother, james biden, is among the people who have gotten a subpoena in recent weeks. this major development comes just as sources tell cnn that a separate special counsel, one raiding the handling of classified documents, is not expected to bring any charges in that case. paula reid is breaking had news for us. walk us how this grand jury in los angeles is being used. reporter: jake, multiple source tell cnn that multiple witnesses have been subpoenaed to provide testimony and documents for the investigation into hunter biden s personal finances. one of the individuals that has received one of these subpoenas is his uncle, james biden. t