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🗓️ 27 November 2023

⏱️ 50 minutes

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Hamas released 11 more hostages after an agreement to extend the Israel-Hamas ceasefire for two more days was reached. Jason Eaton pleaded not guilty to three counts of attempted murder in the shooting of three students of Palestinian descent. Senate is back in session with foreign aid on the top of the to-do list. Republican primary candidates are packing their campaign schedules with just seven weeks until the Iowa caucuses. Congress is seeing record retirements as dysfunction reaches new levels in the Capitol. Retiring Rep. Dan Kildee (D-Mich.) discusses why he is stepping down next year. NBC News polling shows the president trailing behind former President Trump by just two points.

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0:00.0	If it's Monday, 11 more hostages just released from Gaza as Israel and Hamas agreed to extend their temporary truce for two more days,
0:12.0	paving the way for even more hostages to be released,
0:15.0	and for more aid to get to those who desperately needed.
0:18.0	Plus, the gunman who allegedly opened fire on three students of Palestinian descent in Vermont
0:24.4	is now charged with attempted murder as federal officials investigate
0:28.0	whether the incident was a hate crime.
0:30.0	And it's crunch time at the Capitol.
0:32.4	Lawmakers are at odds over the future of aid to Israel. And it's crunch time at the Capitol.
0:32.6	Lawmakers are at odds over the future of aid to Israel and Ukraine
0:36.3	as they consider an historic expulsion of disgraced Congressman George Santos. Welcome to meet the press now. I'm Garrett Haak and we're following breaking news.
0:55.9	11 hostages are now in Israeli territory according to the IDF
0:59.9	after being released by Hamas as an agreement to extend the Israel Hamas ceasefire for two more days has been reached.
1:07.0	This is video from Al Jazeera appearing to show the moment some of those hostages were handed over to the International Red Cross.
1:15.0	In exchange, Israel is releasing 33 Palestinian prisoners according to the Egyptian
1:19.5	government.
1:20.5	And we're now learning the names of the 11 hostages released today, shared by their families through the hostage and missing families forum.
1:27.0	The group includes three-year-old twins and two sets of siblings.
1:31.0	No Americans were among those released today according to
1:33.8	Qatar. As many as 20 women and children held by Hamas could be released over the
1:38.8	next two days as the ceasefire has now been extended. The White House welcomed the news of the
1:43.8	extended truce as National Security Council spokesperson John Kirby
1:47.6	says the administration remains focused on bringing home the Americans
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