have the emotional reunions as 24 hostages, including 13 israelis, ten thai nationals, and one filipino, have been released as part of a temporary truce between hamas and israel. and more hostages could be set free at any moment. we re going to take a closer look at who s been released, and at the 49 palestinians that were also released as part of the steel. holding out hope. i ll talk to a man waiting to find out if his cousin and his cousins wife will be among the next group of hostages released by hamas. why he wants his loved ones to know this morning. and later, no holiday for donald trump s legal woes. the doj s thanksgiving day court filing spelling out just how dangerous trump s rhetoric can be, and why it s critical a gag order remain in place for the twice impeached, quadruple indicted, wonder of ex president. all of that and more is coming up. and a good saturday morning to you all, i m katie phang. we begin today s coverage with the shaky and temporary truce betwe
release of a second round of hostages is now back on this hour. an hour and a half ago, we didn t know if it was. this, after the previously said the release would be delayed over accusations that israel broke parts of the agreement. now, what we re also watching this hour are these two pieces of video. live streams, one from the rafah border crossing, if the deal is back on, then, we do expect that there will be hostages released, coming through the rafah border crossing. that is one part of what we re watching. on the right, side we are watching the microphones, we expect a briefing from the israel defense force there in tel aviv. so, two different parts of israel. the third area that we are watching is in the west bank. the release of prisoners. that is all yet to come if they too will finish successfully. we don t know if that s gonna happen. joining me now is nbc news correspondent, david noriega, on the ground to jerusalem for us this hour. david, that s exactly where w
this is a film about storytelling. about how we tell the story of our country s past. why do we want to believe one version and not another? maybe because it makes us feel safe at night. there is one episode of america s history that is told very differently depending on who you are and where you live. it is the story of our civil war and what came after. the winds of war blew across the land, made of it a country divided. friend turned into foe. brother fought against brother. it was such a long and drawn-out struggle, and the feeling on both sides was so intense. we re all just romantics, lost in contemporary times, you might say. every one of us feels we was born 125 years too late. to introduce myself, my name is rachel boynton. this is nelson walker. hi. we are independent documentary filmmakers. we re making a film about how we tell the story of the civil war. we re filming in lots of different schools, and we re going places with a deep connection to this
gag order in donald trump s civil fraud case. does it impact the trial time line? also, you may be listening to us from a plane, a train, an automobile or just the comfort of your couch, but what about traveling after the turkey? we have a look at the weather you may have to cop tend with and tips on how to navigate any travel trouble. and later, 20,000 new dinner guests. how a struggling community is springing into action to help migrants celebrating thanksgiving. hello again. it s 11:00 eastern. i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. with all systems go for a release of hostages tomorrow, a humanitarian truce will begin at 7:00 local time friday morning according to officials from qatar, and the first group of hostages, 13 women and children, we are told, are expected to be delivered at 4:00 p.m. local time tomorrow, which is 9:00 a.m. eastern. israeli and u.s. officials have warned before that the hours ahead will be highly sensitive and stressful but as the diplomat
with the understanding that the only way to get israel to agree to a cease-fire was through this hostage release. and so this will be a cease-fire. they now expect it to be four or five days and possibly extended beyond that, depending on whether hamas is going to continue to release hostages. the white house released some details about the americans who could be released in the very first group of hostages released. we ll get into that with ben rhodes in this hour. a lot of hopes pinned on this negotiation. thanks, alex. breaking news tonight, prime minister benjamin netanyahu s office is telling nbc news that the israeli government has agreed to the framework of a deal to secure a release of some of the hostages held by hamas and a cease-fire to accomplish that release. the government of israel released this statement tonight. the government has approved the outline of the first stage of achieving this goal, according to which at least 50 hostages, women and children, i