congress committed to outrageous tax cuts for the very top. i have a different view. one of ways we pay for all those investments and we paid for them -- and by the way i cut the federal deficit by over $7 billion. >> that was president joe biden yesterday in colorado pushing his message on the economy, jobs, and the contrast between his administration and the former president. we'll have more of biden's comments including the word that's been missing from his recent speeches. also ahead, the latest on the temporary truce in gaza. israel and hamas agreed to extend it one more day, but there are signs that those talks are becoming more contentious. plus, we'll take a look at the life of former secretary of state henry kissinger, who passed away yesterday at the age of 100. 100 good morning and welcome to "way too early" on this thursday, november 30th. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. new this morning breaking news. israel and hamas have agreed to extend the pause in fighting by one more day. the two sides struck the deal in the overnight hours just minutes before their current truceas set to expir this as israel and hamas had last minute disagre over which hostages should be freed. in statement israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu explained that his government gave hamas a deadline to provide a list of women and children who will be released next, warning if that does not happen, the fighting will resume. netanyahu said the deadline was met. officials say that the terms of this extended pause are the sam as before in which hamas must release ten hostages in exchange for israel freeing 30 palestinian prisoners. negotiators had been hoping to get an even longer pause in the fighting as the humanitarian crisis in gaza is only getting worse. now, before the pause in fighting was extended, hamas released 16 hostages yesterday including one american. the group consisted of ten israelis, four thai nationals, and two israeli russian dual citizens. 49-year-old -- was among the nine or so americans believed to be held captive in gazap. she and 4-year-old abigail eden are the only americans who have been released since the truce began last friday. president biden says she'll soon be reunited with her family. >> she's safe in egypt. she's crossed the border. i talked with her mother and father. they're very appreciative, and things are moving well. she'll soon be home with her three children. >> since friday hamas has freed a total of 99 captives. israel, meanwhile, has released 210 palestinian prisoners. it's believed that more than 140 hostages are still in gaza. many of them are soldiers or men young enough to go into the military. hamas has said it demands a higher price to release any of those people. the terror group also claimed yesterday that three israeli hostages have died in captivity, releasing a statement that she and her two young sons were killed in an israeli air strike. now, nbc news cannot verify that claim which while israel has repeatedly accused the terrorist group of using civilians as human shields. israel's military has notified the family of hamas' statement but is still trying to determine whether or not that is true. earlier there were reports from hamas of a hostage who was killed who later turned out to be alive. we should note the 10-month old is believed to be the youngest hostage taken by hamas. while the fighting has temporary stopped in gaza, there's still violence in the west bank. israeli defense forces say they launched a major raid on a refugee camp overnight tuesday in an effort to destroy terrorist infrastructure there. the palestinian health ministry says that two children were killed in the attack along with two adult members of armed groups. the idf did not directly comment on that but said that explosive devices were thrown at soldiers prompting them to respond with gunfire. joining us now former spokesperson for the u.s. mission to the united nations, hagar shomali. great to see you again this morning. let's talk about seemingly the growing challenges to keep this truce in place. as hamas is asking for more to be swapped in exchange for israeli soldiers and other male prisoners they're holding. what sort of deal do you think would need to be made? and do you think one can be made? >> so as you mentioned jonathan, when you have situations like this they're very tenuous, and this would be the case in any war. but when you have a terrorist organization that doesn't follow any rules, it's going to be more difficult to ensure those truces remain in place, and when you have that they hold their end of the bargain. and so when crow saw that statement by prime minister netanyahu warning and using idf force as -- to threaten as leverage and say, you know, we're very willing to go back to this if you don't play by the rules, that was a very real threat, and that is what helps keep this in place, and of course the mediators are what help keep it in place. qatar in particular, the u.s., egypt, they played a very significant role. but as you know, it goes day by day and even hour by hour. and that is typical. it is going to get more and more difficult as we go on for a few reasons. on one hand because you have small storiys of spoilers. you have what would happen in jerusalem this morning, the terrorist attack there. you have violence in the west bank. you have even i heard violence that hamas pursued against idf forces in the north, small fire, things of that kind. and so when you have situations like that, it makes it even trickier. at the end of the day when you have this elise of hostages, that is what keeps it going and motivates it for more. but i do believe, unfortunately -- i hope i'm wrong on this, but i believe once we hit the majority being male and soldiers, that's when things might get extremely difficult. >> so yesterday i broke the news that despite president biden musing over the weekend he might be open to attaching conditions to aid to israel, the white house is saying that's not going to happen at least not now, but it was reflective of some tension points between the white house and how the netanyahu administration is conducting this war. and we heard from the prime minister he's vowing to soon resume the fighting. what's your sense as to how that might go? and what can the biden administration do to try to keep israel -- keep things targeted and small? >> so i saw that report, and -- and the question of making aid to israel conditional doesn't really surprise me because that had been in the public discourse before this conflict broke out, and that was largely due to prime minister netanyahu's own behavior in pursuing judicial overhaul and trying to protect himself and interests as he faces a corruption investigation. so that's not new. however, yes, given what's going on, i don't expect that to play out anytime soon. i also don't know how long he'll be in office anyway anytime soon. so things like that might change. that said, president biden is working very hard to try and support israel in its goal to defeat hamas and its military capabilities and its governing capabilities while also really truly deeply caring for gazan civilians and trying to make sure they get humanitarian and make sure civilian casualties are avoided. and i don't believe they're doing that because he's getting anger from everywhere. and he's getting anger from progressives and republican and the whole world. it is because that is the best policy in terms of ensuring a more secure israel, ensuring that national security interests across the region are protected, and by the way setting the groundwork for a two-state solution. and so that's -- and what we can see is that u.s. and israel are very close in consultations of this, and that israel pays attention. >> terrific analysis and insight as always, former spokesperson for the u.s. mission to the u.n. we greatly appreciate it. i'm certain we'll be speaking to you again soon. some news -- big news that broke late last night. former secretary of state henry kissinger has died at the age of 100. kissinger came to be seen as one of the leading diplomats on international relations intellectuals of the 20th century, but he also drew international condemnation for his key role in widening the american presence in vietnam and the u.s. bombing of cambodia. born in germany in 1923 kissinger fled the nazi regime with his family when he was a teenager and settled in the united states in 1938. he became an american citizen in 1943 and serve said in the 84th army division. in 1969 president richard nixon appointed kissinger national security advisor, and he served as secretary of state under presidents nixon and ford. after leaving government service in 1977 he spent the next 4 1/2 decades as a regular consultant to american presidents of both political parties and multiple foreign leaders. kesen jr was also a prolific writer as the author of 21 books on national security matters. kissinger last appeared on "morning joe" last year at the age of 99 to talk about his latest book "leadership, six studies in world strategy." >> in 1945 and the '60s was a period of great leadership. multiple leadership and multiple values we are still going through. >> that was from july of 2022. former president george w. bush issued a statement along with this picture of an oil painting of kissinger that the former president painted himself. bush's statement reads in part this way. 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