♪ hello. welcome to "cnn this morning." it is sunday, november 26th. i'm victor blackwell. >> i'm isabella rose allis. >> we begin in israel. the families who have good news today have been told their loved ones will be freed in today's hostage exchange. we are now in day three of this fragile four-day truce between hamas and israel. 13 israelis, four thai nationals released yesterday after a hours long delay threatened. >> following medical checks, the former hostages were taken to israeli hospitals for care and to be reunited with their families. an incredibly emotional moment there. this is thomas hand back there in the red vest e he thought his 9-year-old daughter emily was killed in the hamas attack. look at this moment. pure joy at finally being able to hug her. the deal also called for the release of 39 palestinian prisoners and detainees. earlier hamas stalled on releasing the hostages in a dispute over which palestinians the israelis were willing to release. aid groups say 187 trucks made it into gaza saturday with food, water, fuel, medical supplies. though it's only a small fraction of what is needed there. # 1 of those trucks reached heavily damaged northern gaza, the most trucks in one day since the war began. >> larry is in cairo. we are going to start with oren liebermann in tel aviv. oren, yesterday's exchange delayed for several hours the president had to get involved and speak with the emir of qatar. they overcame the challenges. any signs of what might happen today? >> reporter: it shows how fragile this agreement was from the very beginning. the first day of the agreement went smoothly with the exchange of the first 13 israeli hostages in exchange for 39 prisoners. the second day not nearly as smoothly. when we expected the leaves of the hostages to begin, there was an hours-long display as there was a dispute how much aid gotten into gaza. both accusing each other of violating the agreement there. it risked the entire agreement falling apart and that would mean risk the humanitarian aid, risk the release of israeli hostages, the release of palestinian prisoners and this fragile truce held in place for a couple of days now. the exchange in the end went through and then you saw the videos there of the joyous smiled, unbridled happiness of thomas hand as he held his daughter. from now it looks like we are on track for the next day of exchange, more israeli hostages released in exchange for more palestinian prisoners. as we learned yesterday, that is not set in stone. 24 hours ago it looked like we were going well and the challenges began unfolding in the late afternoon. we are keenly aware how fragile the agreement is, how critical every stage of this process is as we look forward to the rest of this day. israel says they have received the list of hostages who are set to be released today. israel will at some point we expect to see them preparing the list of palestinian prisoners who are set to be released and will monitor as it goes. the families of the hostages released statements saying that the hostages -- the freed hostages now are generally in good shape, good physical condition. the doctors at the hospitals have said that. the mental health is a different question. that's where a lot of the recovery effort will focus at the hospitals i have had a chance to if visit the past several days but the other hospitals ready to intake the freed hostages. >> oren liebermann in tel aviv. thanks so much. let's go to larry in cairo. a significant increase in the number of trucks carrying in the food and water and medical supplies since this truce gachblt what do we know about saturday's numbers and thus far today if anything's made it in or what we should expect? >> reporter: so, we know we have seen more trucks coming today from the egyptian side of the rafah crossing. that doesn't mean all of them will make it in. it's a painstaking process t they go through a israeli checkpoint then clear that and go to gaza where they are unloaded and load odden to trucks that take them across the gaza strip. we heard from different sources that 340 trucks made it the first two days w he don't know if they all made it into gaza. however, the big moment yesterday was 61 trucks made it up to northern gaza, confirmed bit the palestinian red crescent, the largest convoy of humanitarian aid to go up to the gaza strip to the northern gaza part of the strip which is important because it almost derailed the entire deal with hamas delaying the release of hostages until more aid in northern gaza. the background here is the u.n. has warned that there is a risk of dehydration, a risk of diseases breaking out with people consuming water from unsafe places. that is why they badly need this amount of humanitarian aid with relief materials with food, drinking water, other medical supplies. the first-aid items and the like that have not gotten in there in the last 50 days of this conflict. so it's ramping up significantly. more trucks coming in. 187 total. saturday 50 trucks more than got in on saturday. if they keep up that momentum, maybe more trucks come in today and is a key plank of this framework to release the hostages that was agreed upon with the united states mediated by qatar and egypt and forn to the palestinian side because in hamas displacement scenario where 1.7 million people have been displaced, so many people need aid. whatever is coming in is not nearly enough. there is 200 trucks allowed to come in every day, 130,000 tons of fuel, four trucks of cooking gas. that's a drop in the ocean because the need is so great and so many aid agencies are calling for an extension of the troops so more aid can come in. >> yeah, that help coming in a fraction of what is needed in that war-torn area. larry, thank you. all right. let's head to cnn national security analyst peter bergen. this very public dispute between israel and hamas threatened to derail the entire hostage deal. what do you make of this delay in releasing the second group of hostages and is that something to worry about today? >> maybe. i mean, isabel, i think part of it, this is one of the most complicated set of negotiations you could imagine because you have so many different actors involved. you have, obviously, the israelis and the united states involved and also qatar as a mediator. then you have the hamas political leadership, which is outside of gaza in doha and elsewhere. then you have the hamas military leadership, which really controls the hostages. and then you have other groups inside gaza that may have some of the hostages, a smaller terrorist group called palestinian islamic jihad that is supposed to have hostages and may be criminal gangs who have some of these hostages. so, you know, leaving aside the question of the dispute yesterday, this is a very complicated negotiation that could fall apart for other reasons. but, you know, it's heartening that the whole thing was resolved in a matter of a few hours. obviously, president biden called the emir of qatar and that cleared that up. anyway, different players at the table. by the way, also egypt is involved. you really -- it's more complicated than just a negotiation between two parties. >> yeah, a lot of cooks in the kitchen. a lot of opportunities for things to fall apart. what can we expect next in the negotiations and you mentioned the president, what keep of leverage does the u.s. have? what does it bring to the table in getting some things done? >> well, i mean, i think president biden has been very successful with the qataris and they have a lot of leverage over hamas because, first of all, the qataris sent hundreds of millions of dollars into gaza the last several years. the leadership living -- doha. and they kind of speak a common language, obviously, and have a high degree of trust. so i think the united states does have leverage with the qatar reese and the qataris have leverage with hamas. >> such an agonizing wait for so many families out there hoping to thenam of their relative next up to be released. there are ten americans, three of which fit the criteria of women and children. one child, 4-year-old abigail, two women that so many are waiting for to hear the news of their release. for the second time americans were not part of that release. why do you think that is? >> i mean, i don't know. but i don't think it's accidental. obviously, the united states is very involved in these negotiations, very much wants americans back. hamas understands that americans are valuable to them there are a small number of them. i think they are holding them back for the last possible moment. they will, i think, probably release the women and children, but they will still retain very large numbers of hostages that include, of course, israeli soldiers, which will probably be the last group they would be willing to negotiate for. they held gilad shalit for five years. they exchanged him for a thousand palestinian prisoners. so hamas is going to dribble this out and continue -- this is the one big leverage that they have and they are not just going to sort of, you know, give it up very easily. >> perhaps a higher value exchange in the iowa of hamas, weather an israeli soldier or american. >> we heard from ka qatari officials that they hope the momentum leads to toe a temporary truce. are there signs pointing to that? >> there is a framework of an agreement. i don't know if there are signs pointing to it. there is an agreement that basically with every day where the troops continued another ten hostages would come out. that's the basic framework of the agreement. i think it would be in everybody's interest if the ruse was extended. there will be voices in israel saying the truce went on too long, you know, there was one of the sticking points or this deal was that, you know, one side wanted five days of truce and, you know, that was non-negotiable for israel. let's see how this goes because the netanyahu government has its own domestic political pressure to get as many hostages out as possible. so you can imagine this going for another day or two. but, you know, on israeli military side they will want to resume fighting. so we will see how that plays out. >> yeah. and israel has clearly stressed this is something that is temporary, they will go back to eradicating hamas in gaza when this is all over. when it does end, this truce, what happens to the hostages still in gaza? >> well, you know, i mean, they will presumably be -- some will be in the tunnel system. the interesting thing is that i think that you have got a lot of hostages that came out and of course they will be a great source of intelligence. their tview of what happened ma be limited. they may have been blindfolded, held in tunnels. nonetheless, there will be things interesting to israeli intelligence, who were they held with, by, to the extent they know, what languages were spoken by their captors. was there any sense they were being held by hamas itself or some other entity like palestinian islamic jihad, what was the overtreatment, were americans being held with them. there are a bunch of questions that some of the these hostages will be able to answer that will be very useful even if they don't have perfect understanding of their environment and -- because, you know, they were blindfolded or in tunnels or in prisons. but nonetheless, i think there will be things that interrogators that -- israeli intelligence will be able to glean from the, you know, dozens of hostages that are now out that will be useful. . >> i am sure those conversations with started already or, if not, they are on their way. peter bergen, thank you for your time. check out "inside politics" later this morning. cnn's wolf blitzer sits down for an interview with israeli president herzog at 11 on cnn into more of the conversation about the domestic implications here in the u.s. of this hostage standoff in gaza. the white house closely monitoring the truce between israel and hamas, their top priority, of course, freeing american hostages. what the president has done, what he can could, and what that means for 2024. that president biden is following developments in this israel/hamas hostage negotiation while he is on vacation in nantucket. after hamas' announcement of the delay in the deal as we said, the president spoke with the emir of qatar and the qatari prime minister in an effort to resolve the delay. >> so far no word when any american hostages held by hamas will be released. cnn white house correspondent arlette sainz is in nantucket. arlette, what was biden's message to qatar? >> reporter: good morning. president biden spent time on the phone on saturday morning with the emir of qatar as well as the qatari prime minister to try to keep this deal on track. the white house says that he spoke with the two leaders about the possible hurdles that they were facing as there was a delay in the release of hostages on saturday and also talking about the mechanisms they could put in place to try to work through them. a senior white house officials were in touch with counterparts in israel, egypt and qatar throughout the day to ensure this release was not delayed or disrupted any further and it was around 1:30 in the afternoon on saturday when the white house received word from the qataris the elise was going forward and the red cross was trying to recover these hostages but really it speaks to the level of engagement president biden himself has done throughout this negotiation for this hostage release. he has talked about the need to ensure that the implementation went forward according to plan and that is why he jumped on the phone yesterday to work through some of these issues. the coming hours will be critical for the white house as they are anticipating a third release of hostages from gaza today but there are still no word whether american citizens will be a part of that release. they were not part of the release on friday or saturday. the white house has said that they were hopeful that three americans, two women and that young girl, abigail adan, 4 years old, will be a part of the release of that larger group of 50 women and children expected to be released in the coming days but so far the white house has been unable to pinpoint an exact day or timeframe they believe those people will get out, but vice president kamala harris spoke to the highest priority at the moment. >> so we are going to continue to be diligent and vigilant in doing all that we can in that regard to ensure that there is humanitarian aid going in, that hostages are going out, and our highest priority, of course, are the american citizens being held. >> reporter: now, earlier had week president biden said he didn't know the conditions of the ten americans who are missing, some believed to be hostages, but the white house has said that they will not stop until they get those american hostages back home. >> arlette sainz there in nantucket before a beautiful sunrise there in massachusetts. thank you so much for that. joining us now, cnn political analyst julian zelizer, a presidential historian. we will lean on that in a moment. let's start with what we learned about this call between the president, the emir of qatar, the qatari prime minister. the president here has influence certainly, but he is not -- this is not a u.s. war. this is israel's war with hamilton tfrmt netanyahu is making the political and military calls here. how much does that complicate or confine the president's situation? >> very much. meaning this is a situation where the president is very engaged, very involved, trying to negotiate, but ultimately there are limits to how much he or u.s. foreign policy makers can control the situation. so every deal, every potential breakthrough can come apart within hours and within days in a way that's different than had this been a direct u.s. military conflict. >> the u.s. has been supporting israel financially since the truman administration. $130 billion, according to the white house. are you seeing the degree of influence that one would expect that the u.s. would have over or on decisions that netanyahu and his government are making? >> well, this is an old story, meaning a long running story of u.s. support. the support does allow the united states to have a degree of influence for sure, but there are still limits. israel is a country with its own interests. and so everything won't always converge, and happens with all sorts of alliances, and poses a really kind of difficult challenge in a moment like this for president biden. >> let's talk about the history here. first, let me start with former president trump. his highlighting social media -- on social media that no americans have been released by hamas, we are still waiting for the list on day three, but the first two days no americans, former president writes there is only one reason for that. no respect for our country or our leadership. this is a very sad and dark period of america. 1979 iran hostage lasted through the 1980 election, ended on reagan's inauguration. does that inform this as we put this in a political context? >> well, politically, i'm surprised it took the former president this long to use that comparison. that was devastating to president carter. ultimately, president carter negotiated a deal that ends after ronald reagan is inaugurated, and certainly republicans, trump and others, will start making that argument because it presents an image of a president who can't achieve his goals. but this is very different. this is folded into a och broader war and conflict, and in the end it might be a little more like lebanon and the hostages in the 198 #s, which was a major problem, but ultimately didn't define ronald reagan's presidency. >> yeah. and again as you pointed out, this lasted all the way n until reagan took the oath. we don't know how long this hostage situation will continue. we are still a year out from the election. but historically, does this type of crisis at this point have an influence a year out? i mean, how long, i guess i'm asking, is the american electorate memory as it relates to something like this? >> it's short and it's shorter than it used to be, and we know that the news moves on quickly. so does american attention. but it still plays a part in how americans perceive the efficacy of a president. and so even though in the end americans might vote on their pocketbooks, bread and butter kinds of issues, the way that president biden handles this, i believe, will be a part of the larger portrait that voters take with them for better or worse going into the ballot box on election day. >> there was significant pressure from the president's party, we showed here on the show, congresswoman rashida tlaib put on her social media that the american people will not forget that president biden supported genocide. the criticism of not calling for a ceasefire. does this truce alleviate any of the intraparty pressure on the president, and does it last beyond the truce? >> it might alleviate it, but that is short term. as we said when this started, this is a situation that's very much in progress. the war doesn't seem like it will be ending soon, and the u.s. doesn't really control what happens next. and so this might alleviate, but those tensions are very real, and i suspect they will continue to be a part of what president biden has to navigate right through election day as other democrats will. >> julian zelizer, good to see you. thank you. make sure to tune in state of the union this morning t dana bash joined by national security advisor jake sullivan as well as israel's anniversary to the u.s. michael herzog. that's coming up at 9:00 eastern on cnn. right now the truce is holding. dozens of hostages and prisoners have been released. we will take a step back and look how we got here. that's up next. in order for small businesses to thrive, they need to be smart, efficient, savvy. making the most of every opportunity. that's why comcast business is introducing the small business bonus. for a limited time you can get up to a $1000 prepaid card with qualifying internet. yep, $1000. so switch to business internet from the company with the largest fastest reliable network and that powers more businesses than anyone else. learn how you can get $1000 back for your business today. comcast business. powering possibilities. . so this fragile truce between israel and hamas is now in day three as the names of a third group of hostages expected to be released today have been received by the israeli government. >> the war has raged for nearly two months following hamas' october 7th attacks on israel. cnn international diplomatic editor nic robertson breaks down the timeline of how the war progressed to this point. >> reporter: minutes after leaving the plane in tel aviv, the sirens have gone off. people are taking cover. people are taking cover and you can hear the missiles banging in the air. it's october 7th. 14 hours since hamas' attack began. no one knew what to expect. a few hours later, three and a half miles from gaza, this iron dome being fired up around us right now. it's illuminating the sky here. the bangs are the iron dome intercepting rockets that are being fired from gaza. just a couple of miles away. the coming days reveal hamas' horrors. more than 1,200 dead. you look at all these shell casings scattered around on the ground here. this gives you an indication of the intensity of the firefight. more than 300 at the nova music festival. a rocket shelter there. some were mercilessly killed in cold blood had the biggest impact. six weeks later, we happen to be passing as israel's recovery specialists clean it out. this is bringing back a lot of painful and difficult memories. the last time i was here, six weeks ago, it was still full of human flesh and remains. and i'm looking inside and it seems no worse, the grenade splatter, the gunshots that are in the wall here. they're bigger. they're worse. and just looking at it, that night i was really emotionally beaten by what i saw here. i don't know. it's clean. but i don't think i will ever forget it and that feeling. equally unforgettable, the scale of suffering and death inside gaza. an average of 2,000 people a week killed. two-thirds of them women, children, and the elderly. the worst i've ever witnessed while covering a war. my only access to gaza with the idf revealing an apocalyptic landscape, where every building appears crushed, collapsed, shot up, burned or blown apart. nothing untouched by the war. destruction on a scale i have never encountered before. more rockets coming out. guys, more rockets coming out. for weeks, from a balcony a mile from gaza, witnessing the destruction, explosion by explosion day after day. as the idf followed political orders to destroy hamas. rockets, guys! rockets! and hamas emerging to fire rockets back. through these long weeks, talking with families of hostages, hearing their pain. >> it's excruciating. we don't know if he is healthy or wounded. we know nothing. >> reporter: and sharing difficult moments. guys, sirens. with victims returning to where hamas attacked them. >> they were lined up. i saw one of my friends, she was begging for her life. >> reporter: so, what next? ceasefire, hostage release, maybe. but it won't be all hostages and the halt in fighting is unlikely to last. israel fierce hamas will exploit the pause to regroup and will do whatever it takes to survive, including not handing over all the hostages. israel vows to completely destroy hamas and release the hostages. a tactic shows fighting hamas is a priority and is far from finished. the implication judged, watching the past six weeks, for some hostage families more days and more weeks of agonizing wait. for gaza's besieged civilians, continuing misery. gaza is still cut off from the world. the vast majority of its 2.2 million citizens displaced, crowded in the southern end of the enclave. humanitarian access on a scale to match the scope of their need is absent. israel vows to route hamas there, too. most of gaza's hospitals are out of action. international pressure on israel is mounting. >> we are witnessing a killing of civilians that is unparalleled and unprecedented in any conflict since i am secretary general. >> reporter: the only concrete certain today, in gaza rebuilding what is destroyed will take years. and in israel, that no one will feel safe until hamas is gone. nic robertson, cnn, sderot, israel n israel. relief for dozen of palestinian families. 39 prisoners and detainees freed and back with their families as part of this latest exchange, all of them women and teenagers. . palestinians are celebrating the return of their loved ones either jailed or detained by israel. >> another 39 palestinians mostly women and teenage boys were released yesterday. cnn's nada bashir reports the former prisoners and detainees received a big warm welcome in the occupied west bank. >> reporter: yet another night, the crowds have gathered to show their support and welcome the release of palestinian prisoners and detainees who were released between israel and hamas today. 39 prisoners and detainees released, among them 33 minors, children under the age of 18, many of them held under administrative detention, meaning no clear charges were laid against them, no ongoing legal process. throughout the day we have seen families waiting anxiously to find out whether or not their loved ones would be listed in the 39 released on saturday. we managed to catch up with a family who are waiting to find out whether or not a 17-year-old would be released-we have seen their utter relief to find out their son has now been released after being held under administrative detention. >> translator: it's you a an indescribable feeling. we thank god. he brought us out of the place we were in. it's a relief. praise be to god. >> translator: i can't describe how i feel. i seriously can't believe it. i'm in a dream. my son is with me. praise be to god and god willing every mother will find my joy, god willing. i can't say any more. may god spread joy to all the palestinian people, may god grant them happiness. weapon want to smile and laugh. thank god. >> reporter: over the course of this four-day truce we are expecting to see a total of 150 prisoners and detainees at least released as part of that exchange agreement between israel and hamas. there are many fanls milies hop they will see their loved ones released as part of this agreement. we have been speaking to many families, pane locals who say while they are happy and welcomed the release of their loved ones of many of their friends and neighbors, their happiness is subdued. they tell us they have paid a heavy are price for the release of these detainees and prisoners referencing the war this gaza and the mounting civilian death toll we have seen in the gaza strip. but, of course, this is a very delicate, very fluid situation and it remains to be seen whether or not the terms of that truce are upheld over the next few days, whether we will continue to see these palestinian prisoners and detainees released and of course whether we continue to see the safe return of israeli hostages currently held captive by hamas in gaza. nada bashir, cnn. still ahead, search calls and no response. the attorney for ex-minneapolis police officer derek chauvin who was convicted of killing george floyd says he has been ignored by the prison where his client was attacked on friday. the latest on that situation. that's up next. officer who murdered george floyd is in stable condition this morning. he was attacked in prison. >> a state attorney general's office says that derek chauvin was stabbed at the federal prison in tucson, arizona, where he has been serving out his sentence. his attorney says he has not spoken to chauvin since the attack. cnn's carlos suarez has more. >> reporter: victor and isabel, good morning. as derek chauvin continues to recover from his injuries, his attorney tells cnn that he has called the prison officials seven times to get more information about the stabbing. according to the attorney, prison officials have refused to speak to him and not reached out to chauvin's parents. it is important to note that cnn has reached out to these prison officials about these allegations and we have not heard back. now, according to minnesota attorney general keith ellison, whose office prosecuted chauvin, is in stable condition at a hospital. the stabbing happened at a medium security facility in tucson, arizona, friday afternoon. now, prison officials really haven't said much about the incident other than to say that life-saving measures were used and no employees were hurt. chauvin is serving over 20 years for state and federal charges for george floyd's murder. now, when asked why he thought this attack took place, chauvin's attorney told cnn, quote, there is a huge portion of the inmate population that wants to make a name for themselves by killing him. victor and isabel. >> that is carlos suarez, thank you. a former aide to ex-new york governor andrew cuomo who previously claimed he groped her has filed a lawsuit against him. she is alleging sexual harassment and abuse. according to court documents, she filed suit on wednesday. >> cuomo is one of several high-profile men sued recently under the state's temporary adult survivor's act. it's just before the law expires on thursday or expired on thursday. is allowed survivors to sue even if the statute of limitations had one out. palou sandoval has more from new york. >> reporter: the former governor being sued under the new york adult survivors act that law that temporarily opened up a litigation window allowing some sex offense advisors to take their abusers to court. draisai there are other allegations according to up sundays filed in albany county supreme court. that filing typically precedes a formal complaint. she claims cuomo subjected her to unwelcome sexual advances and inappropriate touching that she believed she had to endure in order to keep her job. it claims that she was retaliated against for reject the then-governor's advances, but also for reporting them as well. cuomo for his part has repeatedly denied the claims. in fact, recently his attorney referred to this lawsuit as a, quote, cash grab and -- the attorney writing, quote, the claims are provably false which is why the attorney dismissed the case two years after after a t thorough investigation. it was dismissed in 2022 after prosecutors determined though the complaint was credible, it lacks sufficient evidence to be able to take it to court. polo sandoval, cnn, new york. 16 million people under winter alerts from the plains to the midwest and the timing is awful because this is a really busy travel day. people heading home after thanksgiving. >> well, heavy rain could develop along the east coast from florida to maine over the next 24 hours. meteorologist alisa rafah is tracking all of it for us. good morning. what can folks expect if they have to hit the roads or the skies? >> good morning. we are looking at dangerous travel conditions, especially where you see some of these purples on the map. it's a winter weather advisory across parts of northern missouri and headed into chicago where one to three inches of snow is possible. plus, we have lake effect warnings for morris now. the radar has been busy. snow showers from st. louis up to chicago. rain >> and that is your first cnn forecast. >> welcome. >> plenty to talk about today. i mean, i could only imagine it's like, oh, sunshine everywhere. you have something to talk about. >> i am excited to be here. >> all right. good to have you. thank you. still ahead, hundreds of families, they are waiting anxiously to find out if their loved ones will be included in the group of hostages released today. we are live in israel with the latest developments. that's nexext. in order for small businesses to thrive, they need to be smart, efficient, savvy. making the most of every opportunity. that's why comcast business is introducing the small business bonus. for a limited time you can get up to a $1000 prepaid card with qualifying internet. yep, $1000. so switch to business internet from the company with the largest fastest reliable network and that powers more businesses than anyone else. learn how you can get $1000 back for your business today. comcast business. powering possibilities.