seated on your soil, don t be surprised that you will harvest sharia law. there have been muslims in the world. can you keep them out of north america or western europe? i think we have to. that was far right politician wilders speaking at donald trump s nominating convention in 2016. now, wilders has won major victory in the netherlands. another troubling sign of the rise of far right extremists getting elected around the world. also tonight, an extended reprieve from the fighting in gaza. as more hostages are released in exchange for palestinians imprisoned in israel. plus, the shocking events over the weekend in vermont. as three college students of palestinian descent are shot by a lone assailant. the latest on the investigation into this apparent hate crime. and we begin tonight with a dark moon rising around the globe. just before we all broke for the thanksgiving holiday, we received disturbing news from the netherlands. the dutch people handed anti-islamic
reunited with family, and new details of life in hamas captivity. a 9-year-old boy and his family living in fear, moved constantly between tunnels and apartments. our interview tonight. also tonight, the suspect in court charged with shooting three palestinian college students in vermont. our exclusive interview with the family of one victim in the west bank. their fears he will never walk again. the fbi investigation. was it a hate crime? the new escalation. ballistic missiles fired near a u.s. warship in the middle east. what the pentagon is saying. the lake effect snowstorm impacting the midwest and northeast. al roker is tracking it for us. and cyber monday is here. the best deals. and will this year shatter records? the memorials under way to rosalynn carter. will her husband, former president jimmy carter, be able to leave hospice to attend? announcer: this is nbc nightly news with lester holt. good evening. there is joy tonight inside and outside isra
spokesman john kirby with an uptate on the number of american hostages still being held by hamas following the release of a 4-year-old girl. the humanitarian pause in gaza remains in effect this morning. we ll have the latest on when more hostages could be freed. also ahead, an update on the college students of palestinian descent who were shot in burlington, vermont. we ll hear from the mother of one of the victims. plus, as if a rematch of 2020 wasn t bad enough, donald trump is bringing back a top issue from his 2016 campaign. it s a pledge on which he never delivered. we ll explain what that is. i mean, it s unpopular, too. why would we deliver on that? he is once again going to promise something that s extremely unpopular with people. we re talking about, you know, the wall street journal lead, talking about israel and hamas extend the truce two days. the new york times lead the same, talking about how israel and hamas agreed to extend pause and swap. mika,
these results. that s my goal, that s our goal, to keep this pause going beyond tomorrow, so that we continue to see more hostages come out and surge more humanitarian relief in to those who are in need in gaza. our senior international correspondent orla guerin is in tel aviv with more. rejoicing in israel, after the darkness of recent weeks. the latest group of hostages freed from gaza wave to supporters as they are welcomed home. both israel and hamas are signalling their deal could be extended to free more of those being held, for reunions like this. after 50 days apart, young hostages finally home. emily hand embraced by herfather, thomas, who at one stage believed her dead. now she is free, and, he says, doing well. yesterday, we finally got emily back from the hands of the gazan terrorists. she s lost a lot of weight. from herface and body. but generally doing better than we expected. emily s family say they will throw her the biggest birthday party ever. she turned ni
more humanitarian relief in to those who are in need in gaza. we ll hear more on the possibility of an extended truce later from our correspondent on the ground. it all comes as m more israelis held by hamas, including nine children as well as three foreign nationals, were released on sunday. among them is abigail idan the first us citizen to be freed. she was just three when she was taken hostage and she spent her fourth birthday in captivity. her parents were killed by hamas gunmen during the october 7 attacks. members of her family have released a statement saying: the family also thanked the qatari and us governments for helping to secure her release. here s her grandfather speaking earlier. translation: it was wow . i couldn t believe it until i saw her. i simply couldn t believe it. now i m a bit more relieved. not relieved completely, because there is happiness mixed with missing abigail s parents. there are other people who have not returned. i want them to return