Wednesday, November 29, 2023
The 7
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🗓️ 29 November 2023
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Wednesday briefing: Hostages in Gaza; Rosalynn Carter; Nikki Haley; India tunnel rescue; U.S. life expectancy; and more
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| 0:00.0 | A Moose is on the loose in Minnesota. A plane crossed the Atlantic without |
| 0:07.3 | using fossil fuels and Nicki Haley's presidential campaign just got a big boost. |
| 0:11.9 | I'm Jeff Pierre and this is the |
| 0:14.1 | seven from the Washington Post. It's Wednesday, November 29th. Let's get you caught up |
| 0:19.2 | with today's seven stories. |
| 0:31.0 | At number one, more Israeli hostages are set to be released from the Gaza Strip today. That was the sound of crouched hearing on vehicles that were |
| 0:37.4 | transporting released hostages into southern Israel yesterday. We're now in |
| 0:41.8 | the sixth day of a temporary pause in fighting between |
| 0:44.7 | Israel and Hamas, but negotiators are working to extend the pause for a few more days |
| 0:49.4 | to release more Israeli hostages and Palestinian prisoners. |
| 0:53.4 | One of the people pushing to extend the pause is the CIA director, |
| 0:57.8 | William Burns. |
| 0:59.2 | He traveled to Qatar yesterday for secret meetings with Israel's spy chief and Qatar's prime minister. |
| 1:05.5 | He's pushing for Hamas and Israel to release men and military personnel from captivity. |
| 1:11.3 | He's also looking for the return of more American hostages. It's |
| 1:14.9 | thought that eight or nine Americans are still being held in Gaza. |
| 1:20.3 | Number two, Rosalind Carter's life was celebrated at a memorial in Atlanta yesterday. |
| 1:29.1 | The former First Lady's husband, 99-year-old former President President Jimmy Carter managed to attend the |
| 1:34.6 | service. President Biden and First Lady Jill Biden were also there and so were |
| 1:39.7 | Bill and Hillary Clinton and former First Ladies Michelle Obama, Laura Bush and Malania Trump. |
| 1:46.0 | Rosling Carter's grandson, Jason James Carter, addressed the current and former First |
| 1:51.5 | Ladies in his speech and their husbands too. |
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