what more we know about the deal, which also calls for a day s long pause in fighting and when it will all begin. plus, the pope meets with families of hamas hostages. what he said to the world and those families about the war. also ahead, millions set to hit the roads and the skies in what could be the busiest travel day of the year yet. the spoiler a storm that s dumping rain and snow along east coasts. we ll have the latest forecast. and later, control alt delete rehire? sam altman reinstated as the ceo of open ai, the shake-up that sent silicon valley s collective heads spinning. and we begin this morning in gaza where a hostage deal has been reached, hamas agreeing with israel to release 50 hostages in exchange for israeli-held palestinian women and children and a four-day cease fire to get hostages out of gaza and aid trucks into gaza. let s bring in nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons from israel and white house correspondent kelly o donnell
republican senator chuck grassley. up next, the panel on the future of covid and how public policy may change going forward. first, beyond our borders tonight, pac stan s parliament elects opposition lawmaker shah ba shareef new prime minister follow as week of political turmoil that led to the weekend ouster of premier emran khan. shareef is the brother of disgraced prime minister that with a shah riff. proximate cause oea emmanuel macron and marie lapin begin run off election after getting the most votes in sunday s first round of balloting. macron says he wants to convince a broad range of voters to back his centrist position. lapin plans to highlight rising prices for food and energy. just a couple of stories beyond our borders tonight. salah receive, we ll be right back.