have on thanksgiving eve. have a great holiday and enjoy your mother s delicious reportedly delicious thanksgiving stuffing. see you. thanks to you at home for joining me this hour. after 47 days of fighting, 47 days of israeli hostages held in captivity, israel and hamas have agreed to a four-day pause in fighting in exchange for the release of 50 hostages, but the timing of it all may still be an open question. now, the deal was brokered by qatar, egypt, and the united states it was also supposed to start by 3:00 a.m. eastern time tonight, but israeli officials are now saying the release of hostages will not happen before friday. what that means for the timing of the temporary cease-fire is unclear. the new york times reports the cease-fire may also be delayed until friday, but nbc news has not confirmed this. the deal itself involves the release of 50 civilian women and children currently held by hamas. the release of 150 palestinian women and children currently held
going to make that problem worse. they re more likely to be hit by lightning. the justice department is investigating south carolina s law. have there been other legal challenges? the justice department has to look at all the different states that are subject to is volting rights act which are most of the states down south and counties down south. a number of groups are filing lawsuits. there s lawsuits in florida, there s lawsuits in missouri, in wisconsin. there will be more lawsuits most lick lycoming down the pipe. this is a hot issue that is only going to get bigger as we get close to 2012 election. hot issue. big problem through the primaries leading up to the election. nice to see you. looking pretty good on skype. thank you. glad it worked out. that s going to do it for us. i m veronica de la cruz. thank you for watching. have a terrific holiday weekend. up next andrea mitchell reports. that is where chris is sitting in the anchor chair. thanks. up next on andrea