last minute snag delaying a deal. the temporary cease-fire expected to begin in the coming hours. qatar s foreign minister will give details any moment now. thank you for joining us. i m griff jenkins. hay, julie. julie: i m julie banderas. happy thanksgiving to you, griff. the agonizing wait continues for israeli families. they have spent six weeks hoping against hope that their loved ones will return home safely. griff: jeff paul kicks things off for us in southern israel. the israeli security forces here saying the first batch of hostages likely won t be coming out until friday at the earliest. it speaks to the complicated and dell indicate nature of the ongoing negotiations. because no hostages are coming out. no pause in the war especially for soldiers like the ones at the military base in southern israel. under the original agreement, between israel and hamas, they were going to probably have the first batch of hostages come out as soon as today. that would have
Right now on a special edition of n brbc bay area news late night football at the coliseum. Tonights game started at an unprecedented time. Well have a live report on why that has Law Enforcement concerned. Plus, why the crews had to race to get the stadium ready for the game. A shutdown in san carlos. How long crews will have the gas entirely shut off in an area deemed unsafe. We begin with a fire burning on Treasure Island near the bay bridge. Im diane dwyer. And im terry mcsweeney. Take a live look at the fire. You see it there on the righthand side. Starting to die down now, get a handle on it. Its burning right near where the old and new bridge come together. Chp shut down two eastbound lanes on the bridge. One has since been reopened. Take a look at pictures from just a while ago. You can see those flames from quite a ways away about half an hour ago. The westbound i80 ramp to Treasure Island last time we checked was closed, still, because San Francisco fire using the road to att
Apart. They had to pull a lot of hose up the hill to where the fire was burning, creeping up to federal land. The fire is coming up the rinl here. A light breeze helped feeding it. We had to get units in place immediately to get control on this, to get a fire break and stop it. The assistant chief said they doused it with as much water as possible but it just kept growing. Additional crews were brought in. They also brought in a fire boat attacking flames from the other side from the water. The fire was burning on some steep terrain. So a lot of the firefighting is being done by hand crews and small lines. No structures were threatened. The fire is almost completely out but crews are still working and thats impacting access to the island. This fire has caused some traffic delays out of San Francisco. Of course also caused problems as fans started coming out of the raiders game that they have to cross the bridge. Fireworks may have sparked the two fires. Were learning information about
Doesnt appear an end is in sight but the no, maam ominous deadline has to do with the debt ceiling. Without action by congress it means the government couldnt borrow money to pay bills like Social Security or even interest on the debt. Defense secretary chuck hagel ordered most of the civilian pentagon staff back to work today. The catch no actual paycheck until the government is reopened. When that happens, its anybodys guess with neither side budging today. There is not a subject that i am not willing to en gauge in, work on, negotiate, and come up with common sense compromises on. We are not going to negotiate under the threat of a prolonged shutdown. Now the American People expect when their leaders have differences and we are in a time of crisis that well sit down and at least have a conversation. Really, mr. President. Its time to have that conversation. Reporter but the Government Shutdown showdown is nothing compared to the potential economic peril if political leaders dont agr
A much freer reign in that area. This was a violent and deadly day in egypt. As supporter of Mohammed Morsi fought throughout the country. At least 44 people reported killed, hundreds injured, most in cairo where the battles went on for hours. Today clash is just the latest chapter in the turmoil that has shaken egypt for almost three years today. In damask today International Specialists began to remove a stockpile estimated at one thousand tons and equipment used to make it, all of it, complicated by syrias civil war still rages on. A Late Development in this country. Very scary moments in todays grand prix of houston race, dario franchitti. A report from nbc. Wow, that was huge crash. Reporter the crash sent his car into the safety fence at over 100 miles an hour. His vehicle tearing apart in midair. Debris flying into the grandstand, injuring at least 13 spectators. That is a horrifying ride. Reporter franchitti, a threetime i wanted appear list 500 winner stayed in his car as othe