is scheduled to end at midnight tonight, with a senior arab official tells nbc news, there are hopes for another two-day extension. we would like to see the pause extended. its continuation by definition means more hostages would be coming home, more assistance would be getting in. potentially devastating news for one israeli family. the hamas military wing saying that members of the bibas family, they have all died, claiming without providing any evidence, it was an israeli air strike. joining me this hour is dick durbin on his proposal to reopen gaza hospitals. in georgia, rosalynn carter will be laid to rest after a private funeral service. good day, everyone. i m andrea mitchell in washington. today could be the last day for a group of ten hostages to be released, unless the temporary truce between israel and hamas is extended. signs ar hopeful for another two-day extension, according to a senior arab diplomat who spoke to nbc news. hamas says three hostages, the
do. kevin bacon. that does it for us this morning. ana cabrera picks up the coverage right now. right now on ana cabrera reports, israel and hamas extend their tenuous truce with more israeli hostages expected to be released today. as we hear from the family of freed 4-year-old american for the first time. she s been reunited with her brother and her sister. and that was magical in the sense that the brother and sister who for 50 days waited and hoped that abigail would come home. plus, a u.n. official calling conditions inside gaza catastrophic. i ll talk to a red cross official about the aid now getting in during this pause. also ahead, presidents and first ladies gathering today in georgia for a tribute service for rosalynn carter. her husband of seven decades expected to leave hospice c to attend his beloved wife s memorial. and later, a brutal winter blast taking aim at the northeast. millions of americans enduring temperatures up to 20 degrees below normal.
what he says is ahead for them. plus, the images that we ve seen out of the west bank as crowds gather to welcome home palestinian prisoners who have just been freed, all while aid trucks continue to move into gaza. our nbc team is covering all angles of this story, and i want to begin with nbc s chief international correspondent, keir simmons, who s in qatar where a lot of work was done to get the truce extended. what more can you tell us about this new deal? reporter: well, chris, we re waiting right now for the last tranche, if you like, of the last deal, which is, we understand, likely to be 11 hostages released, 33 palestinian prisoners released from israeli jails. that is set to happen in the coming hours. and if it does, in just these coming hours, it s now 10:00 at night here. that would be a little bit earlier than saturday night, when there were some real challenges. didn t happen until midnight. but later than on other occasions, there have been some issues tod
we are following the breaking news out of israel, the third day of hostage release this brings the first american to be freed as part of this deal. four year old abigail moore was taken by hamas after they killed her parents. president biden took to the podium a short time ago to share the good news. a little girl named abigail turned four years old. she spent that birthday and at least 50 days before that held hostage by hamas. today, she is free. it comes as we are getting new videos of the emotional reunions happening between those who have already been freed and the families who have been desperately hoping for these moments to happen. meanwhile, in gaza, more aid is arriving during this pause on the israeli offensive as humanitarian groups rushed to take advantage of this time and prepare for the resumption of more bombing. all of that, and we are also covering other news today. tough weather makes it rough, going for some of the millions hitting the roads and skie
office is now reviewing the hostages slated for release by hamas today. this morning, an interview with kristen walker on and as somebody sees said the administration has, quote, reason to believe one american hostage will be released today. yesterday, hamas released 17 hostages, 13 israelis, four thai citizens. israel released 39 palestinian prisoners, according to the israeli prison authority. that exchange was delayed for several hours after hamas accused israel of violating the terms of that temporary truce. a diplomat telling nbc news a qatari operations team is located in tel aviv to ensure the deal continues to run smoothly. meanwhile, love much needed humanitarian aid trucks continue to enter into gaza. joining me now, nbc news correspondent, erin mclaughlin in tel aviv, israel. erin, good morning. national security adviser, jake sullivan, saying one american may be among those hostages released today. take a quick listen to his interview from earlier on meet the pr