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CNN 5 Things

12 PM ET: Hostage deal hope, OpenAI uncertainty, holiday price drops & more

CNN 5 Things

CNN

Daily News, News

3.71.3K Ratings

🗓️ 21 November 2023

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

US President Joe Biden and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu say progress is being made on a potential deal to release more hostages taken by Hamas. There's still no sign of Congress passing an aid package for Israel or Ukraine – we'll tell you why. A strong storm system could cause some travel chaos this holiday week. Microsoft's CEO hints that the ousted OpenAI CEO could still end up back at the startup. And, the Biden administration is promoting price drops in hopes of convincing skeptical Americans. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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Hi there from CNN, I'm Chris Debeau with the Five things you need to know for Tuesday, November 21st.

0:36.2

President Joe Biden says some hostages could come home, quote, very soon.

0:40.8

Sources familiar with the negotiations tell CNN,

0:43.0

a deal to release hostages

0:45.0

taken by Hamas on October 7th,

0:47.0

in exchange for a pause in fighting in Gaza,

0:49.0

could be announced as soon as today.

0:51.0

We are making progress.

0:54.0

I don't think it's worth saying more, even at this moment,

0:57.0

but I hope there will be good news soon.

0:59.0

That was Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu,

1:02.0

whose office said the country's government will meet today

1:04.1

to discuss the potential deal. The deal would call for the release of 50 women and children

1:08.8

hostages and a four to five day pause in fighting, according to sources. Three Palestinian prisoners

1:14.7

in Israel would be freed for every civilian hostage that's released. Some families

1:19.5

of the approximately 239 hostages are cautiously optimistic in the meantime.

1:24.0

Liz Hirsch is the great aunt of three-year-old American hostage Abigail Adon.

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