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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 mon ....
early saturdtart. you know, you come back from vacation, you have a new anchor. thanks for joining us, everyone. i m zoraida sambo will i n. up first, authorities in egypt trying to negotiate the release of two kidnapped victims. one of the victims is diabetic. and his family is not here he has his medication with him. mohammed sami joins us on the phone in sinai, egypt, right now. where do the negotiations stand right now with the kidnapper? they are trying to negotiate with the hostages. the kidnapper insists that his uncle be released from prison and he s saying his uncle is not guilty. but the authorities are keen on making sure that they do not switch their arms. so this is a complicated situation. we know in fact past that six attempts have been kidnapped attempts in sinai d none of the hostages were ever harmed. so we are positive that the situation might be resolved soon. let s talk about that. as you mentioned, this is the third time that we ve had am ....
research, but it could also reduce the number of smokers. at least that s the intent. some say the law itself is flawed and big tobacco is fighting it tooth and nail. ahead of voting day california tv screens are full of ads. not for mitt romney or barack obama, but instead proposition 29. no on 29. and here s what s at stake. california voters will decide the fate of proposition 29 raising the tax by $1 on every pack of cigarettes. there s strem evidence from all overtime world that when you increase the tax on cigarettes, when you increase the tries, people smoke less. reporter: it would raise an estimated $735 million a year, and most of that money would go to cancer research. no on 29. according to that s a nonpartisan research firm, nearly $47 million has been spent to try to stop proposition 29. more than of that of that from big to be wroe. another $11 million from rj reynolds. we estimate that if prop 29 practiceses it will cost philip morris a ....
ends and michael holmes joins us from the region with a live report. and did gas prices go up overnight? we ll look at pump prices around the nation and see who is paying the most and why it s going up, up, up. from cnn s world headquarters, bringing you news and analysis from around the globe. live from studio 7, this is cnn saturday morning. former president nelson mandela is in the hospital right now. officials are calling it an abdominal complaint. the 93-year-old s health has declined in recent years and he was largely kept out of sight, shunning public appearances. first of all, what are you hearing? what is going on? well, deborah, the presidency and the international public congress has been very, very adamant that mr. mandela is okay, that there is no need to panic. they re trying to reassure a very panicked public because the last they heard is that mr. mandela is suffering from abdominal ailments that really needed a specialist s attention. but the anc ....
tonight. what s being done to keep them all safe? we have a live report with preparations. in los angeles, 21 fires and a $61,000 reward. people are scared, authorities are desperate. from the cnn center in atlanta, this is cnn saturday morning. i m e.d. hill. we start this hour in iowa. it is hard to believe, there are only three days left until the first votes are cast in the republican presidential race. it seems like we ve been waiting for a year or so. so, of course, all the candidates are in iowa. try and shake every last hand or are they? paul steinhauser joins us now from des moines. so is mitt romney there? he s on his way back, e.d. he s right now in new hampshire. this morning, he was in hampton, new hampshire, a breakfast that e5 . remember, new hampshire goes one week after iowa. iowa goes on tuesday. new hampshire goes second in the nation. romney was here yesterday and when he left, he left the keys of the bus in good hands, with chris christie. he en ....