about a likely expulsion, vote plus president biden s messaging tightrope, donald trump s legal fishing expedition at the word of the year for 2023. we have a lot to get to as the 11th hour gets underway on this monday night. greetings everyone, i m simone townsend s town stand in for stephanie ruhle. tonight, another group of gaza hostages are released as israel and hamas agreed to extend a temporary pause in fighting. nearly a dozen women and children all from a single kibbutz where fried just hours ago, and are now in israel. this latest release comes after hamas freed other groups of hostages over the weekend. nbc s richard engel is in israel with more. reporter: with the deadline for a four-day drew truce about to expire, hamas released another batch of hostages from gaza tonight through the red cross. 11 more israeli women and children, all from the coutts of nero s, close to gaza, were freed after diplomacy led by qatar and egypt and more baby coming out. hamas a