spring arrived weeks ago. i was just out west. it was like 30 degrees colder. it was the weird est thing. the weather is just all out of whack. it s crazy on the west coast we re seeing these blid saturday, but here on the east coast,s there was an 80-degree day in d.c. in february. that is not a good sign for the future. it really isn t. get your skiing in now before it all goes away. here s what we are watching on cnn this morning. you don t think he needs f-16s now? he doesn t. president biden rules out sending f-16 fighter jets to ukraine. and this morning russia continues to hammer targets there. we re going to take you live. and number two, gripping testimony in alex murdaugh s murder trial. are you a family annihilator? a family anigh lite r later? did i shoot my wife and son, no. we re going to take you to the courtroom as murdaugh takes the stand. why he says he lied to police but had had nothing to do with the their deaths. a hotter than expected
this morning a hostage deal and a temporary truce. dozens of women and children kidnapped and held captive by hamas are set to be released. this is a major moment in this war. we ll speak to one father whose son is among the hostages and waiting to hear if his child will be coming home. and this morning a warning to law enforcement here in the united states across new york. an intel agency says that israel-hamas war is boosting terrorist threats as anti-semitic acts continue to surge. today is set to be one of the busiest travel days of the year. what does that mean for your family and millions of others hitting the road this thanksgiving? we are tracking it all for you. i m kate bolduan with omar jimenez. john and sara are off. this is cnn news central. we are closely following the breaking news of the hostage deal between israel and hamas. it s just about 16 hours from now. the air strikes and the fighting that we have seen is still happening this morning,
committed by hamas by having their military hidden under a hospital. that s a fact. it s showing that america is willing to stick by an ally in the face of growing international pressure. the rally calling for a cease-fire in gaza that turned tense outside of the headquarters of the democratic national committee. sgllt situation is deteriorating by the hour. he s not shying away from the points of disagreement in the crucial issues. face to face, they play nice after a year of tough talk. it s communications between two respective militaries. there s been a reset. a glowing messaging coming from chinese state media. curious to see how they are going to portray it in the days to come. trust but verify. clear that there s a the lot of work to do. good morning, everyone. we begin with that hugely consequential watched all over the world bilateral meeting between president biden and xi jinping coming at a time of extreme global turmoil. there are wars raging in uk
republicans. a few of them giving them a new list of weapons that he would liken colluding the f-16s. i m sure we re expecting to hear more. we re learning about a new round of sanctions against russia. what can you tell us about that? reporter: yeah, the administration called them one of the most csignificant packags so far in this year that they have been sanctioning russia. because it targets about 200 individuals and companies with a real focus on trying to nail down companies that have helped russia evade the crippling sanctions that have been put in place. that includs things mlike minin and military supply chain. also it includes targeting companies in china that have help ed prop russia up really providing them with ab ability to sustain their war effort. especially as we hear warnings from u.s. officials that china
dependent on russian gas. it a co-dependency because russia makes so much money from gas. here is the real question here, who is going to help europe economically when europe takes the brunt of the potential sanctions going forward? how is germany going to be help ed if russia chooses to respond by limiting the amount of gas or cutting off gas. these are the fund mental questions for the west. this is how the west will be tested and i don t think right now we have the answers. just in terms of the ololigarch in the end if you re a russian oligarch and owe your money and wealth to president putin. that s the question about how much difference it makes when you put pressure on the oligarchs to president putin and his inner circle. let me go to you, matt, thank