stay here in washington until all our work is completed. we must, for one, finish the task of passing an emergency supplemental bill with aid to ukraine, aid to israel, humanitarian assistance to innocent civilians in gaza, and funding for the indo-pacific. time is short for us to act. >> senate majority leader chuck schumer with a brief but urgent list of what congress needs to get done before their next break. lawmakers return to work today with just 15 days on their schedule for now for the rest of the the year. we'll go through the time line and other top priorities just ahead. plus, the latest on the humanitarian pause in gaza. an extension should bring the release of more hostages and more aid into the territory. and also ahead, an update on the college students of palestinian descent who were shot in vermont. we'll hear from the mother of one of the victims. good morning and welcome to "way too early" on this tuesday, november 28th. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us and we'll begin this morning with hamas releasing 11 more hostages. nine children and two women were brought back into israeli territory yesterday. the youngest of the group are 3-year-old twin girls. no americans were among those released yesterday. since the truce began on friday, hamas has freed 69 hostages. as part of the agreement israel has been releasing palestinian prisoners. yesterday 33 people, the majority of whom are teenage boys, were brought back to the west bank. so far israel has released 150 palestinians and approved the potential release of another 50 prisoners. now, even more hostages are expected to be released today new that hamas and israel have agreed to extend their temporary truce. qatari officials who have been mediating the talks announced yesterday that both sides have agreed to extend the pause in the fighting for an additional two days. the original pse was set to expire today. president biden released a staten welcoming the extension, explaining that he remains deeply engaged in the deal to ensure it continues to deliver results. adding, he will not stop until all of the hostages held by hamas terrorists are released. the israeli government has not officially commented on this extension, but it had offered to continue the pause in fighting if hamas releases an official ten hostages a day. late last night officials announced they have received the names of those expected to be freed today. the pause also allows for more humanitarian aid to enter gaza. now, new photos this morning show 4-year-old israeli american abigail eden reuniting with her family at a children's hospital in israel earlier this week. abigail turned 4 years old on friday while being held captive by hamas. her parents were killed in front of her during that terrorist attack on october 7th. here the little girl is reuniting with her aunts, uncles, and grandparents. as of last night abigail is still the only american hostage to be released by hamas since the temporary truce went into effect. it's unclear how many americans are still being held captive. yesterday national security council spokesman john kirby was asked for more details. >> john, how many americans are still being held-hotsage, and do you have proof of life? >> we think the number is less than ten, probably in the neighborhood of, you know, about eight to nine. but we don't necessarily have firm, solid information on each and every one of them. >> underlying the challenges of information particularly on hostages may be not held by hamas themselves. secretary of state antony blinken will resume his intensive diplomatic efforts in the middle east this week after a stop at gnato headquarters in brussels and belgium today and tomorrow. the nato meeting is focused on the war in ukraine while his return to the middle east is geared toward managing the israel-hamas conflict. a state department official tells nbc news that the secretary of state will stress the need for continuing aid in gaza, the release of hostages, as well as the improvement of protections for civilians in harms way. joining us now foreign affairs reporter for "the washington post," miriam berger. she joins us live from jerusalem. good to see you today. thanks for joining us. so tell a little about the mechanics of israel and hamas agreeing to extend this pause? and is there any preliminary chatter there could be yet a further extension beyond these next two days? >> thank you for having me on. so as of now we have the two-day extension. there continues to be talks that there's interest in longer. at the same time israel has continued to say that they will continue, you know, the war, their bombardments, the ground operations, you know, when this temporary pause ends. so there's very clear signs the war will continue. exactly when that will be remains, you know, still influx. so tell us about what we're seeing there, what this pause has yielded for the civilians on the ground in gaza. how much aid has gotten in, and now that the fighting has stopped, what are we now learning about the conditions there on the ground after israeli's bombardment? >> so you'ring having the most aid that's come in sense the war began. that's still about half -- less than half of what was coming in pre-war. and there was already under restrictions of israeli and egyptian led blockade. so basically people can walk around now without fear of being struck, but there's still huge humanitarian crises happening. it's a huge state of effective war for people even though nothing's falling from the skies. people we talk to continue to suffer trying to find any kind of water, food, medicine. it's getting cold. it's starting to rain now, so people are sleeping outside if they have tents at all. there continues to also be huge issues just in communication, just calling people. so people don't know what's happened with their family in different parts of gaza, specifically in the north, gaza city in the north israel has said that civilians cannot return. some people have tried. you know, we've spoken to one person who said that when a group was trying to head north, you know, there were shots fired, you know, at the group. and so we're hearing stories about people continuing to really, really face just harrowing circumstances even as, you know, this temporary humanitarian pause is in place. people are trying to find out who's under the rubble still since the death toll from the ministry of health hasn't been officially updated to even include all the people who have died in recent days because it's still really hard to figure that out. >> "the washington post"'s miriam berger live for us in jerusalem, we appreciate you joining us this morning. >> thank you for having me. meanwhile, back in the united states the suspected gunman in the burlington, vermont shooting that injured three palestinian u.s. college students pleaded not guilty yesterday to three counts of attempted second degree murder. 48-year-old jason eaton was ordered be held without bail. according to a probable cause affidavit when law enforcement came to his door to execute a search warrant on sunday he told those agent, quote, i've been waiting for you. police searched his apartment and found a handgun and rounds of distinctive red-tipped ammunition, the same type that some was found at the scene of the shooting. this comes as we learn more about the three victims. the group of friends were on a walk speaking in arabic and wearing traditional palestinian scarves when the shooter open fire. one victim's mother tells nbc news that her son may never walk again, but she remains hopeful. >> we're hoping his strength of character and his determination will mean that he will work hard and regain strength and walk. he's a very, very strong man, and i really believe in his ability to make a difference in his health. >> we of course will keep you posted on developments into the investigation in the days ahead. next on "way too early," we'll show you what the house speaker is saying about the possible expulsion of embattled republican congressman george santos. plus many americans returned to work yesterday, but not all of them were at peak profitability because of cyber monday deal. our friends at cnbc will join us a little later in the show with the sales totals and what that data says about the state of the economy. those stories and a check on the weather when we come right back. e weather when we come right back. new emergen-c crystals pop and fizz when you throw them back. and who doesn't love a good throwback? 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>> i need a whole lot more than i've gotten. i've gotten -- received less than 50. >> reporter: dr. theresa said it's crucial mothers get it vaccine. >> they've made antibodies and have passed it into on their infants at birth. >> reporter: though the cdc says 77,000 additional doses will be made available, it's advising doctors to priorityose those who need it including infants 6 months and younger or with underlying conditions. >> that's nbc's anne thompson reporting and let's say news of a respiratory illness in china setting off some alarm bells. let's hope for the best. still ahead here, let's turn to sports and have highlight from a thursday forgettable monday night football game but bring you the career record from lebron james. we'll have all that and get a check on the forecast when we come right back. get a check on the forecast when we come right back. of instant cooling sensation. it's comeback season. sometimes jonah wrestles with falling asleep... ...so he takes zzzquil. the world's #1 sleep aid brand. and wakes up feeling like himself. get the rest to be your best with non-habit forming zzzquil. ♪ ♪ (carolers) ♪ iphone 15 pro, your husband deserves it! ♪ (mom) carolers? 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nfl, the panthers have parted ways with head coach frank wright after less than a year with carolina. this comes after sunday's loss with the tennessee titans which ends his career worst. he was fired in back-to-back seasons. he was ousted by the indianapolis colts last year. another in the history books for lebron james. the 38-year-old is now the league's leader in minutes played when he logged 30 minutes on the court in philadelphia last night. james set the record, though, in the most lopsided loss of his career as the lakers fell to the 76ers 138-94 in the only the fourth game in lebron's 20-year career in which he didn't get a rebound. let's turn to the nhl. a total of 13 players were ejected. last night's contest between the florida panthers and the ottawa senators, that included a full-fledged brawl in which all ten skaters on the ice were handed misconducts. the panthers beat the senators 5-0. time now for the weather. and let's go to meteorologist anglei lassman for the forecast. >> looking a little snowy in some spots of the great lakes and we're going to see that continue through the day today, western michigan, portion of pennsylvania, ohio, new york all picking up on some of this additional snow through the day today. we've got 6 million people under these winter alerts. where you see the bright blue is that lake effect snow warning, and those are the spots we're really going to see the snow ramp up today. here's why. we've got that strong wind coming off the lakes. this is leaving us with additional snowfall but reduced visibility and slick travel if you're out in these regions. especially east of erie and ontario, those lakes are going to see more snowfall for folks in that region as we get into tomorrow. some of the higher amounts will be centered across portions of of new york. portions of of ohio and pennsylvania also picking up maybe an inch or two as well. many while, chilly temperatures across the southeast. we've got freeze warnings in place for places like tallahassee, savannah, and up into myrtle beach. temperatures on the cool side today and tomorrow, jonathan, but we'll eventually see warm conditions settling in. still ahead here on "way too early," donald trump vows to make good on an old campaign promise. what the biden administration is now saying about trump's new pledge to repeal obamacare should trump re-claim the oval office. we'll be right back with that. l office we'll be right back with that. you want to be able to provide your child with the tools or resources they need. with reliable internet at home, through the internet essentials program, the world opened up. fellas, fellas. that's how my son was able to find the hidden genius project. we wanted to give y'all the necessary skills to compete with the future. kevin's now part of this next generation of young people who feel they can thrive. ♪ ♪ welcome back to "way too early." it's just before 5:30 a.m. on the east coast, 2:30 out west on this tuesday morning. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for being with us. the biden administration says it plans to hit back after donald trump revived his threat to repeal obamacare this past weekend. on social media on saturday the 2024 republican front-runner wrote that he is seriously looking at alternatives to the affordable care act if he were to win next year's presidential election. of course, trump vowed to gut obamacare before he was even elected the first time. but once he entered the oval office, he failed to follow through and never even presented an alternative health care plan. meanwhile, the biden campaign says it plans to seize on this latest threat using tv ads and other media. no tactic is out of the question, a campaign advisor is telling nbc news. adding that they'll present trump's plan as part of a, quote, deeply historically unpopular agenda that republicans are running on. you'll recall although there was no alternative health care plan, trump did lead an effort to repeal obamacare, but it was defeated in the senate by the late senator john mccain. meanwhile, the current president, president biden had the first meeting of the supply chain resilience council yesterday during which he issued a stern warning to companies against price gouging. biden announced 30 measures that his administration will put in place that he says improves access to medicine as well as tackling hidden junk fees. this comes as biden's handling of the economy is at a concerning low with just 38% of approving in some recent polls. joining us now founder of the social impact