the truce literally saved lives. and not expire at the strike of men at our time. what will happen if it does? tonight on laura coates live. minutes away from the on. we don t know if the truce has been extended, once or again. and if it doesn t get extended, does that mean the fund will begin again and perhaps how soon the truce between israel and hamas such a expire at 7 am local time, we just might not eastern. our time. a little over 5 to 9 minutes away from right now. and the only thing that the names of hostages still to be released, thursday. but way in the meantime have got a lot of unanswered questions. and these questions, the answer, is there a matter of life [inaudible] but where? and who s got them? is it hamas? or some other group? and for their desperate families, these are the real questions they re asking today. and just a moment, i ll talk to al sean, the a 14-year-old survivor of the massacre on october 7th. imagine what it is she has seen. what s
in gaza continues to hold up. we ll have the latest on when more people could be freed as well as the future of the temporary truce in the war. meanwhile, back here at home president biden is hitting the road today to champion his administration s achievements, part of a broader push to change voters feelings about the state of the economy. and also ahead, this could be the final week in congress for embattled republican george santos. we ll go through the latest action to remove the rookie lawmaker from new york. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, november 29th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin this morning with the prospect of more hostages being freed today from the gaza strip. it comes after ten israelis and two thai nationals were brought back into israeli territory yesterday. in return israel released 30 palestinian prisoners. the exchange with hamas happened after both parties agreed on monday to
the terrorist group hamas is still holding as many as nine americans hostage. when will they be released? the lead starts right now. more hostages just set free, including two russian women but with the u.s. continuing to play such a pivotal role in negotiations, why are so many americans still in the hands of hamas? some of their families sat down for a cnn exclusive with me this afternoon. there s so many other hostages who have not yet been released and time is of the essence. and they more needs to be done and the work needs to continue swiftly. plus what we re learning about talks under way to extend the pause in fighting so more hostages can be released. and the urgency to verify this horrible claim hamas just made that the youngest hostage that they kidnapped, a 10 month old baby, and his family, are now dead. welcome to the lead i m jake tapper. we start today with our world lead as we are watching and waiting for this sixth group of hostages to return to
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