welcome to the beat. i m in for ari. coming up, i ve got neil and melissa murray and donald trump s packed courtroom schedule including his next testimony date. trump can expect to get grilled while on the stand again. but we re going to start tonight s show in the middle east. a series of potentially pivotal developmented today. hamas releasing 11 more hostages. all women and children. in exchange, israel releasing 33 palestinian prisoners. this is the newest video of hostages being released by hamas into red cross custody. they re inside israeli territory right now. this all happening just within the last few hours. the other big development today. hamas and israel agreed to extend the pause in fighting for two more days. the pause was originally scheduled for four days only. now, it will be six. the pentagon says hamas will release 20 more women and children over those two days. officials caution though the details are still being hammered out and the fragile deal could st
reporting from new york. we begin with breaking news this morning, a tentative hostage deal reached pending israeli government approval. now, the israeli prime minister s office just announcing the war cabinet will convene at 11:00 a.m. eastern time. so one hour from now. this after a hamas leader said the group is, quote, close to a truce agreement with israel and multiple news reports are outlining the possible framework of a deal that would include a temporary cease-fire and the release of at least 50 hostages held by hamas in exchange for palestinian women and children in israel. let s get right to nbc s keir simmons in tel aviv, israel. and gabe gutierrez is with us from the white house. what do we know about the details of this plan? reporter: well, we know that prime minister netanyahu has said that he hopes that there will be good news soon, that there is going to be a series of israeli government meetings coming up in the coming hours that will finish with a meetin
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and charles blow, in for alicia menendez. we begin tonight with breaking news. former first leader first lady rosalynn carter has died at age 96. they say miss carter passed away peacefully in her home in plains, georgia, after being in hospice care on friday. roslyn and the 49th president of the united states partners in both politics and philanthropy. former president carter s statement tonight weeding in part, as long as rosalind was in the world, i always knew some wendy loved and supported me. lawmakers from both parties are praising the late first lady s legacy of public service. president biden and first lady paid tribute to rosalynn carter a short time ago. [inaudible] i was speaking to her grandson, and the family just showing up. they re really incredible family, because they wish [inaudible] she was well known for her efforts on mental health and caregiving and women s rights. so i hope that during the holidays, we will consider including the carter fam
proposed a trial date for donald trump s georgia election case. we have the details about the ex presidents formal lawyers who told willis once they reached plea agreements. plus, george santos s last stand in just over a week. the republican could finally be expelled from congress. also, the maga fiction, the magnification of the gop. al secret congresswoman barbara lee but the vile rhetoric coming from the right. i am ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. we start this hour with major developments in fulton county district attorney fani willis s election interference case against donald trump. just within the last 24 hours we have learned when we could expect to see the disgraced ex president and his codefendants had to trial in georgia. prosecutors have requested in august 5th, 2024 trial date. that is just three months before the general election. willis s proposal kept off a busy week in court. on thursday, sct mcafee judged a request from the office from an emergency pe