in gaza continues to hold up. we ll have the latest on when more people could be freed as well as the future of the temporary truce in the war. meanwhile, back here at home president biden is hitting the road today to champion his administration s achievements, part of a broader push to change voters feelings about the state of the economy. and also ahead, this could be the final week in congress for embattled republican george santos. we ll go through the latest action to remove the rookie lawmaker from new york. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, november 29th. i m jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we ll begin this morning with the prospect of more hostages being freed today from the gaza strip. it comes after ten israelis and two thai nationals were brought back into israeli territory yesterday. in return israel released 30 palestinian prisoners. the exchange with hamas happened after both parties agreed on monday to
right now on early start, the temporary truce between israel and hamas has been extended by two days. could it go even longer? plus israel has received the list of hostages that could be released today. how many and how soon. and lawyers reveal the final witness at donald trump s civil fraud trial, the former president himself will take the stand last in new york. good day to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it is 5:00 a.m. in washington, noon in gaza where israel and hamas have reached a deal to extend the four day truce that began last friday by an additional two days. in order to extend the pause hamas has committed to releasing another 20 women and children over the next two days. we would of course hope to see the pause extended further and that will depend upon hamas continuing to release hostages. monday hamas freed another 11 hostages mostly women and children, all israeli dual citizens, none of them american. so 69 host
get over it. there are dumb days on capitol hill and there are dumber days on capitol hill and this is one of the dumbest i ve seen in a long time. house republicans reacting to a chaotic and at times childish day on capitol hill. we ll take you through what happened straight ahead. plus fulton county district attorney fani willis responds to leaks of video statements from three of donald trump s coconspiratorter in the georgia election interference case. and also ahead we ll preview the high stakes meeting taking place today between president joe biden and chinese president xi jinping. good morning, and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, november 15th. i m jonathan lemire, and thanks for joining us. it is a busy day and we ve got a lot to get to. a potential government shutdown in just two days is now looking a lot less likely this morning after the house passed new speaker mike johnson s unconventional stop gap funding bill yesterday largely with the help
cats. doctor, thank you so much for being with us. thank you. bye-bye. thanks for joining me. i m omar jimenez. we begin with the growing humanitarian crisis in gaza as calls for a ceasefire are mounting. right now israeli troops say they are engaged in ongoing intense fighting against hamas near one of gaza s major medical centers. al shifa hospital has already been hit by artillery fire. the idf has denied the claim by one official in gaza that the hospital is under complete siege with staff and patients unable to evacuate. gaza s biggest hospital is now out of service. the situation on the ground is growing more dire by the day for civilians. the red cross says gaza s health care system has passed the point of no return. but israel is pushing ahead with its attacks. the idf says their soldiers have now captured 11 hamas military posts. today thousands were able to move south during a seven-hour evacuation window. it was the first straight day israel has opened evacuati
the strongest public comments yet from the u.s. secretary of state. the lead starts right now. a global outcry over civilian deaths in gaza. america s top diplomat secretary of state antony blinken said far too many palestinians have been killed and as we re learning about warnings from other american envoys in arab countries. and donald trump on the attack whether a judge indicates one criminal trial to begin before a key date on the 2024 calendar. also this just in, breaking news, as sources are telling cnn that the fbi has seized the phones of new york city mayor eric adams as an investigation heats up into possible illegal campaign contributions. welcome to the lead. i m kaitlan collins in for jake tapper today. we start with our world lead. a new video that shows the intense bombardment of gaza, carried out by israeli forces. cnn teams on the ground are hearing constant rocket fire as you could see here, flares are lighting up the night sky. this is happeni