this is the 76th anniversary of this event. i want you to know i wasn t there because i was too young to make it up. these birds have a new appreciation of the word let freedom ring. president biden with some jokes during the turkey pardon at the white house yesterday. meanwhile his campaign is facing calls from fellow democrats to become more active and aggressive against donald trump. speaking of the former president, we ll explain what happened yesterday in the gag order hearing for his federal election interference case. and also ahead we ll bring you the latest in the hostage negotiations between hamas and israel, which appear to be centered on a pause in the fighting in gaza. good morning and welcome to way too early on this tuesday, november 21st. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. we ve got a lot to get isto this morning, and we ll begin with new polling that shows americans overwhelmingly supporting boosting security at the southern bord
thanks to all of you for joining us. i m kasie hunt. don t go anywhere because cnn this morning starts right now. good morning, everyone. we re so glad you re with us. phil is off this week. erica hill by my side. good morning. good morning. we have a lot of big news to get to this morning. let s start with five things to know for this tuesday, november 21st. breaking overnight, sad news to report. a gunman opening fire inside of an ohio walmart just days before black friday. four people injured and the gunman died of self-inflicted gunshot wound. there s movement in the talks to release hostages this morning. a hamas leader now echoing what the white house is saying that they are, in fact, getting closer to a deal. new this morning, we could get a decision on donald trump s gag order in the federal election subversion case. the judge is signaling they could narrow it down. the speaker of the house meets with the former president at mar-a-lago, though it s not
poised as he is, to fastrack aid into gaza should the temporary truce come. and we will speak to the director of medicins sans frontieres, a charity in mourning tonight for two of its doctors, killed in a strike today on the al awda hospital, in northern gaza. good evening. a deal to release hostages taken from israel by hamas could be closer than ever tonight, with the israeli war cabinet meeting these last few hours to sign off on the final terms agreed in qatar. according to the white house that deal would secure the release of 50 women and child hostages, in return for a li s day pause in the fighting. earlier, a hamas leader said the group was close to reaching a truce agreement. the pause would give the group time to gather hostages who are in gaza, some of them held by other groups, and in return for each hostage they release, sources say the israelis would be expected to free three palestinian prisoners who they are holding in israeli jails. khaled mashal, the polit
hopes on the rise for a potential hostage a release. all of them, everybody should be out now. lawyers for donald trump and the justice department facing off before a federal appeals court in washington. the order is unprecedented and sets a terrible precedent for future restrictions on core political speech. the justice department says there is a significant threat of a drone attack. a range are using drones to advance their nefarious purposes. live from london, this is cnn newsroom with max foster and bianca nobilo. it is tuesday, november 21, 9:00 a.m. in london, 11:00 a.m. in northern gaza where the israeli military says forces are advancing as they engage in face-to-face battles with hamas militants. an idf spokesperson says forces reached the heart of gaza city much earlier than hamas expected and are pressing on according to plan. meanwhile in an interview, former israeli prime minister says bunkers underneath al-shifa were built by israel decades ago t
suing after a report highlighting anti-semitic content on the site sparked a devastating advertiser exodus. now, unfortunately, a severe storm system could come at the worst possible time. what you need to know. coming up, i m kate baldwin with omar jimenez. this is cnn news central. it is very close. that s the word from a u.s. official to cnn, and the word also now from two israeli sources, a hostage deal could be announced as soon as today. there seems to be a lot of moving parts and a lot of things happening at one. listen to the latest and urgent painstaking work to get the hostages released. innocent victims were kidnapped on october 7th. here s what john kirby said. obviously we are laser focused on the american citizens we know are being held hostage. everybody should be out now, but here we are in negotiation, and we re getting closer to the end, we believe, of that negotiation, so again, i m going to be careful. the israeli prime minister s office just annou