nearly 3 million travelers today and complicating things, very bad weather. rain and snow are pummeling the northeast and we ll have a live report in a moment. first. every day i wake up it s the same day, and i wait a minute or two to listen for the familiar sounds i m used to hearing on there is nothing. this is the first birthday he is not going to be with us. to be the last one, we need to bring him home. every one of them need to come home and not in coffins. dana: hoping against hope israeli families welcoming a deal to free at least 50 women and children after six weeks of uncertainty. bill is off today. good morning, john. john: good morning, dana. john roberts, america s newsroom. we ll see how this day unfolds in the hours ahead. diplomatic breakthrough was negotiated by qatar with help from the united states and egypt. the pause scheduled to last for four days initially. israel says it is willing to extend the truce in exchange for more hostages. hamas