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
hello, i m christian fraser. hello, i m ben thompson. you re watching the context on bbc news. tim scott becomes the latest republican to quit the race to be president as a new poll shows joe biden trailing to donald trump. we ll talk about that poll in just a moment. donald trumer has returned to the witness stand for a second time in a civil fraud trial in new york. former us president donald trump and his two eldest sons are accused of fraudulently over stating the value of their real estate empire, to obtain favourable loans. the defence has argued that banks made money from mr trump, and they didn t rely on his financial statements. they also say prosecutors have failed to prove that banks wouldn t have loaned him the money even if they had known about inflated assets. our correspondent nadia tawfik joins us from new york. today more quotes. interestingly donald trumpjunior describes his donald trump junior describes his father as donald trumpjunior describes his father