plus donald trump unleashed, a court will now decide how much the former president can say in public about the 2020 federal election case. and attention shoppers, the white house wants to highlight falling prices at the grocery store to counter disappointing poll numbers. good morning. i m kasie hunt. it is tuesday, november 21. 5:00 a.m. in washington, noon in gaza where a hamas official posted overnight that the militant group is close to, quote, reaching a truce agreement, end quote, with israel. that tracks with the white house as ergs is earlier monday that deal for release of some of the hostages is nearing. john kirby was asked whether any americans might be among the hostages that will be let go. obviously we are laser focused on the american citizens that we know are being held loss tap and we want them out. all of them, everyone should be out now. but we re this a negotiation and getting closer to the end. he declined to go into any details on the negotiations
the story starts right now. martha: thanks, john and sandra. good afternoon. i m martha maccallum. there s a lot at stake and going on behind chosed doors at this hour. we have high level meetings among members of the israeli government, possibly deciding if there is a deal that they can pass in their government to free some of the faces and the people behind them that you re seeing right now on your screen. about 50 hostages, women and children, in this first group is what is being considered right now. would be an exchange for a multiday pause in fighting and also for the release of about 150 palestinian prisoners to include women and some under 18 as well. so president biden made a comment on this not that long ago saying we re now very close. you can see these loved ones of hostages gathering in tel aviv. looking at their pictures, lighting candles, bring alma back says that poster. all of these families distraught for over a month now. the president was asked about t
imm imminent? everyone from the white house to israel officials say we re very, very close. we ll ask an israeli government spokesman where things stand right now. plus, the u.s. launching an air strike on militants in iraq. it follows the 66 earth attack by iran backed groups on u.s. forces in the region. this is a quick response. the read from former defense secretary mark esper. your world starts right now. welcome. i m edward lawrence. from the nation s capitol in for neil cavuto. this is your world. so jeff paul, we begin with jeff paul in southern israel. when could we see innocent civilians freed? that is the million dollar question. we re watching any possible developments that could come out of this israeli government meeting going on right now. we should point out this was previously unscheduled. that might give you an idea of how possibly close they could be to approving a deal that could return hostages back to israel. they are expected to vote on that tonig
it s tuesday, november 21. we ll following a new wave of sexual misconduct allegations. first we learned of charlie rose. co-anchor of cbs this morning and contributor of cbs has been suspended there cbs news and pbs announced it would no longer distribute long running nightly interview show. comes after washington post reported yesterday that eight women had accused him of sexual harassment. according to the paper, women were either employees of charlie rose show of inspired to work there. they range in age from 21-37. allegations reported by the post include lewd phone calls, groping, and walking around naked in front of the women. in a statement rose said in part, quote, i deeply apologize for my inappropriate behavior. i m greatly embarrassed. i ve behaviored incense tifl set