around the world. i'm in for kasie hunt. happy thanksgiving to those in the u.s. it is 5:00 a.m. in washington where the white house officials are hope hopeful that hamas will begin releasing hostages on friday now. plans to release the first hostages today under the deal reached between hamas and the israeli government ran into a snag yesterday just hours ahead of a truce negotiated as part of the deal. now israel says that the first group of hostages, women and children, won't be released until friday at the very earliest. reasons for the delay unclear. they with working on final details. and they say the primary objective is to make sure that the hostages are brought home safely. officials in qatar which is mediating the negotiations said timing for the truce could be announced at any moment. and oren lieberman is live for us in tel aviv. what are you hearing at the moment about the timing? >> reporter: we don't have official word on the timing. expectation is that it could begin as soon as tomorrow. whether that means at midnight or later in the day, that is still an open question which is why we're waiting for the announcement from qatar when the pause in fighting and lrelease hostages set go into effect. as understand, delay was over the final logistical details including the location and routes of the hostages that they would take outside of israel. because that hadn't been hammered out yet, it was agreed to between israel, qatar and egypt that there would be a delay in the implementation of the deal and therefore a delay not only in the pause in fighting but also in the release of the hostages. crucially this does not mean according to officials we've spoken with that there is any expectation that the deal is falling apart. it simply has taken a bit longer to get to the point where all the details are worked out and we're waiting for that announcement from the qataris on when it will begin. >> any clarity about who will be included in that first group of hostages released? we know it is women and children, but there seems to be a lot of issues about getting actual names for them which is obviously agonizing for the families. >> that has been a process to find out who was in the first list as of course the families here wait to find out if their loved ones are not only in the first ten but amongst the first 50. we don't have any indication that israel has received that list. and yet that is not yet a cause for concern. if there is no list of the first group later on tonight, that may then become a different issue. but it is expected that names will be shared later on this evening and that will begin the transfer of the first 50 of women and children. families here of course hoping that it will lead to all of the women and children. and from there, there is effectively a hierarchy of how this will go into the next groups. after women and children, it will be elderly men and foreign nationals and then the last group arguably the hardest group to secure the lease will be men and women who are of the age to be in the idf, that presents its own challenge and frankly may require its own set of negotiations like we saw to negotiate the first release of the women and children. >> technically how will it look when those hostages are released do you think? presumably they will come out through the rafah crossing in to egypt, is that right? >> that will be one of several options. so hamas will transfer them to the red cross. likely in different locations. the red cross will then bring them to border crossings. raf if a significant is the one we've seen used in the past. but it is possible that they come out simply straight into israel. and then depending on age, the age of the loose dahostage relee will determine who meets them. children under 12 will be met as quickly as possible by family. if not, they will be taken straight to the hospital. and a number of hospitals are ready for that intake. and thens process continues. palestinian prisoners will be released from the west bank, so they will effectively return home. and then if the first day works well, the process continues. the first two days are viewed as testing days. and if this works out, then you can begin to talk about extending the pause in the fighting and growing that number of 50 women and children to be released. >> just take us through the fact that there is obviously opposition within israel to the truce. and whether or not that feeling is is growing or shrinking. >> reporter: i think broadly speaking there is very much support for the lease of women and children. and you've seen that in the families that we've talked to and people on the street here. there is some option, first we saw it in the full cabinet a couple nights ago where two of the far right ministers voted against the deal. not nearly enough to try to sink it. and then appeals filed at the supreme court to try to stop the deal. those were rejeblgcted by the supreme court. those were cases filed to try to prevent the release of palestinian prisoners which would have of course sunk the entire agreement. but those are rejected and the deal itself moves forward. there are some who want to see everybody released, an agreement that would see all 240 hostages released at the same time. there are others who believe that the military campaign needs to continue until the has mas defeated. but broadly speaking there is support and hope that it comes together as soon as possible. >> oren, thank you so much. president biden spoke with the emere of qatar thanking him for the personal role that he and his team played in reaching a deal according to the white house. both leaders commit to remain in close contact to ensure that the deal is fully implemented. part of that deal includes 200 trucks carrying aid and fuel to cross into gaza each day. eleni giokos is following out of that from cairo. noment a of aid it feels will be enough at this point, but what do you understand about the aid, what is included and how it will bedistributed? >> reporter: it is not really clear in terms of what is going in right now. what we do know is that there are dozens of trucks now heading toward the rafah border. our teams on the ground are saying they have never seen this busy especially over the past few weeks. but what we do know is that there are -- they are waiting in anticipation for that truce to come into effect to get the much needed aid into the gaza strip. in terms of what we know that has already gone in, i'll bring you some of the numbers of the 6,000 tons of food, 2,000 tons of medical aid and 4500 tons of water. and so we're hoping for more going in. it might sound like a significant number, but frankly the organizations on the ground, max, have been very clear that they are running out of water, that food is scarce, fuel is a very big issue because it can't -- you know, it is one of the deficits that you can't keep hospitals running if you don't have any fuel for generators. we have seen 378 tons of fuel going in to the gaza strip, but huge deficits. the u.n. has categorically said that they need to see some kind of prolonged ceasefire in order to alleviate the humanitarian crisis that is currently playing out in gaza. >> the hamas-run gaza ministry of health just announcing that the director of the al-shifa hospital was arrested by israeli forces. i put that to the idf spokesperson and he couldn't confirm it and needs to speak to the the ground teams, but it does make sense. what are you hearing? >> reporter: it does make sense. and you have to remember the context of al-shifa. we have seen a lot of talk frankly for the past few weeks that the idf was saying that al-shifa would be used as some kind of hamas command post. we know that there was an idf raid in al-shifa the past week and now this evacuation with doctors and as well as patients. the very few doctors that were remaining in al-shifa now evacuating and being reportedly reheard that the director of the hospital was arrested together with other doctors as well. that is according to the idf spokesperson. frankly in the context of what we're seeing and the fact that the idf says that they found hamas tunnels underground, no surprise that we're seeing this playing out as well. importantly al-shifa was falling apart the past few week, running out of medical supplies. we also saw importantly those neonatal babies in al-shifa trapped without incubators, those babies eventually evacuated into egypt. and this was the last tranche of doctors as well as some of the injured patients that we've been seen evacuated out. we're waiting to hear more, but importantly that report coming through that the director of al-shifa hospital has been arrested. >> eleni giokos, in cairo, thank you so much. coming up, an explosion near niagara falls triggering major delays at the u.s./canada border. and plus thanksgiving temperatures plunge from washington state all the way to new york. and a holiday staple kicks off in just a few hours. we'll have the latest on macy's thanksgiving day parade. dozens of hostages are preparing to come home to their families who are waiting their release with anticipation and hope and a lot of anxiety. but they are not on their own. israeli counselors and psychiatrists are offering their support. matthew chance spoke with some of the families and he has more from tel aviv. ♪ >> reporter: as israelis a wait the lease of some women and children held in gaza, a vigil for one of the hostages who may be left behind. a 22-year-old an dubducted at t music festival october 7. an adult male, so unlikely to be among those freed. under the latest hostage deal. still his mother told me that she believes her son will eventually be set free. >> i know in my heart that i want my son home. i believe this is just the start, you know, because if everyone has to get home, this is just a start. and there will be more. >> on you are optimistic. >> very. >> reporter: israel insists it is keeping up pressure on hamas even as the agreed pause in this gaza war approaches. under the hostage deal, strikes like this one in kahn yunis will be suspended. while israel frees palestinian prisoners and hostages are handed over. hostage support volunteers tell me that they are bracing to counsel dozens of traumatized women and children. as they return home. >> maybe released today. maybe. because it is daughter and a mother. the way they are going to continue is first of all we have to ask for the permission to go inside. and to do the first step together. >> reporter: and of course a possibility that these people could have suffered terrible trauma while in gaza. >> we are so afraid about the conditions that they will come, so we cannot plan the trauma program because first we have to meet them, to understand from the best psychologists what is the best way to do it. and then step by step with the family, as a family and as a community. >> reporter: and step by step down a long road. matthew chance, cnn, tel aviv. and now ahead of the expected truce, israeli forces continuing their ground and air operations striking parts of northeastern and central gaza. palestinians say that areas further south were also hit. let's bring in our mill itary analyst cedric leighton. thank you for joining us. in terms of the delay, what is your understanding of what happened there? the truce now going to be friday and all we're told from all sides is that there were logistical issues. >> yeah, max, good morning. there are so many aspects to this where things could go wrong and one of them of course is the logistical side of things. but it seems that this is at the moment at least legitimate delay. there is one thing that lot of arab organizations thrive on and that is bureaucracy and if the better roke acbureaucracy is no functioning properly, that could can cause a delay. doesn't mean that it won't happen, but there could be some other things that need to be worked out. and in particular, i think that the areas around the actual physical transfer of the hostages from hamas to the red cross and from the red cross to the israeli authorities, that is an area that absolutely needs to run smoothly. and working that out is certainly a necessity. of course each side could take advantage of the delay, they might give other reasons for it, but i think at this moment this is something that just has to be worked out at this point. >> does it concern that you we don't appear to even have a list of names? obviously exkrush greating for the families back home in israel. >> yes, , concerns me because t should be the first thing released. of course i think the israelis are being careful -- israeli authorities that is are being careful. they may have a list by this point. we had word yesterday that the united states had a preliminary list and sort of stands to reason that the israelis would have the same list. but that could mean that maybe there were change to the list so you don't want to notify a family that they are receiving a loved one when that in fact is not the case because of some changes in that listing. but there are certain things that certainly need to be taken care of. and i think that that would be the first one and it should be taken care of very quickly. >> there are huge risks here both for the white house and israeli officials have acknowledged that hamas could take advantage of this four day humanitarian pause if that is what it ends up being. take a listen. >> one would hope that hamas would use the pause in order to care for the humanitarian neesd of the palestinian population. but i think that that would be a naive way of thinking. >> of course hamas has proven to be anything but a humane group of people and so we can't be sure exactly what they will do. >> from a military standpoint, what are the risks associated with these types of pauses in fighting? >> yes, so the adversary in this case hamas will look at this as a way in which that they can actually move their forces under a degree of cover. i do share the idf spokesman's skepticism about their ability or willingness to take care of humanitarian issues for the gaza population. so that is certainly something that from a military perspective, they will take advantage of it. they are going to move their forces into places where they may have a better position to engage once the truce ends. and they may want to move forces in to an area where they are better protected. so that is something that could easily happen and they also engage in concealing their forces and their weapons. so those are the kinds of things that are most likely to happen on the part of hamas and that very fact of course could in the end prolong the conflict once this particular truce is over. >> retired colonel cedric leighton, appreciate your analysis and insight today. now, the search ramps up for three people missing in 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filed by hall is listed as a contract debt dispute. and in alaska, officials are still searching for three missing people following this week's landslide in a small community wrangell. two minors and one adult are still missing. and now to weather. a cold thanksgiving morning for the northern half of the u.s. with some frigid temperatures in the forecast as well. allison chinchar is joining us. how are things looking for the parade as well in that everyone is looking at the weather today. >> that's right. and i will say this, the western half of the u.s. is where we're really going to see most of the problems. you've got some snow starting to settle in across oregon, idaho and spreading in to nevada and as well as utah, wyoming and eventually colorado. but the eastern half of the country seems to be less complicated and that includes new york city for the big macy's day parade. high temperature is about 52. this morning it is cooler than that, temperatures in the mid-40s. the wind shouldn't cause any issues with the balloons. and it will be mostly sunny, so no rain. you will have the sunshine out in full force. in the west, that is a different story. we notice all of the snow there, look at all the areas under some type of winter weather alert whether that is this morning or carrying into the afternoon and evening hours. and you can see the system will gradually progress eastward so eventually ending up in cities like denver and albuquerque. and pretty significant snowfall accumulations expected higher up in elevation you go. a lot of these are 4 to 6 inches and when you go up, it could be upwards of a foot. one thing to note after the other system moves through, a lot of cold air will start to spread in and it will shift eastward. so really as we get into the back half of the week end and next week, below average temperatures will take shape in the eastern half of the country. denver going from a high yesterday in the upper 60s to a high on friday of only 25 degrees having the snow showers mixed in as well. but the cold snap short lived. we'll get closer to normal early to middle portion of next week. so again, there will be some cold temperatures out there, but we'll finally start to see them rebound next week. >> allison, thank you so much. now just ahead, more on the last minute snag that is holding up the hostage deal between israel and hamas. good morning. thank you for getting up early for us if indeed you have. kasie is off today. i'm max foster in london. we're awaiting word on when the hostage deal between hamas and israel might go into effect. original plan was to happen today, but it hit a snag and israeli official said that they didn't expect any hostages to be released before tomorrow. officials in qatar said timing for the truce could be announced at any moment, it is unclear what is causing that delay. the white house national security council is down playing the seriousness though. a spokesman said everything is on track. the deal was agreed and remains agreed. parties are work out the final details. let's bring in oren lieberman in tel aviv. we've had the delay for logistical reasons, but we still haven't heard officially when the actual truce will come into effect. so what do you make of that? >> reporter: crucially the delay that seems to be for about 24 hours perhaps a little more, perhaps a little less, does not look like it endangers the deal itself. every expectation is that the deal moves forward. purely a question of timing and the expectation from israel's national security council is that this could begin as soon as tomorrow. whether that means that there is a pause in fighting at midnight that allows the hostages to be released or 10:00 in the morning or noon or sometime after that, that remains to be seen. we're waiting for an announcement from guqatar on wh the pause begins and effectively the deal begins taking shape and we see the hostages released in exchange for the palestinian p