renewed hope for hostages held by hamas. president biden saying a deal

could be close plus, the growing fallout after another hospital in gaza city was hit in a strike. a federal court deals a devastating blow to the voting rights act we're live with the new ruling targeting a central pillar of the landmark civil rights law that seems destined to land before the supreme court >> rep a massive manhunt under way in l.a., the first look at a person of interest suspected of crippling a freeway for days check your fridge. the fruit recall across several states in connection to a listeria outbreak. black friday deals starting earlier than ever before how you can beat the rush for savings this holiday season. it's tuesday, november 21st. "early today" starts right now good morning i'm frances rivera in >> i'm phillip mena.

catastrophic, the word the world health organization is using to describe the hospitals in gaza, as israel is accused of shelling the so-called indonesian hospital in gaza city killing 12 people we go to chapman bell, who's following the story for us good morning what do we though know about the situation it hospital? >> reporter: as israel's ground offensive against hamas continues inside gaza, this time fighting around another hospital, and this one is said to hold thousands of people, both patients and displaced people, sheltering from the fighting the health ministry of gaza run by hamas saying 12 people were killed by israel when they shelled the hospital israel of course denies shelling the hospital, saying it did shoot back, though, after being feare fired upon from the hospital grounds, this all coming as we hear another warning from the w.h.o., saying that more problems could be on the

horizon. have a listen. >> this is creating a concentration of people, which is driving epidemic risks, and the rains over the last 24 hours have really added to that, to the, there really has been heavy rain it has flooded a lot of the makeshift camps and generating all kinds of risks, and it's not just the risk of diarrheal disease. the drop in temperature will create a risk of pneumonia the struggles those children have make it a recipe for epidemic >> reporter: now, as this health care crisis continues, particularly for civilians and soon-to-be mothers and babies, there is some hope for at loews s least so hostag some of the hostages taken on october 7.

hamas releasing a statement saying they are close to a truce agreement. sources from hamas and islaming jihad telling the french news agency afp that 550 to 100 israeli and international civilians could be released in this deal, but no military personnel and, as part ofwould . so there is hope that there, potentially some of these hostages could be freed soon hamas saying it would be qatar who would release the details. >> that would be fantastic if true thank you. new this morning, a court decision that jeopardy

identijeopardyizes t voting rights act. good morning, brie, what did the judges decide? >> reporter: good morning, frances. the new ruling from the eighth circuit court of appeals found that only the federal government can sue under section two of the voting rights act, which provides protection against discrimination in voting loss. most voting rights acts claims are brought by private citizens and groups, but this decision says only the department of justice can file a claim because the language in the law does not include a private right to action this applies to the seven states in the eighth circuit t it was centered on a case in arkansas similar challenges have recently within made in alabama, georgia and louisiana, and they were all successful the states were ordered to redraw their maps. but, the eighth circuit judges just decided that only the u.s.

attorney general has the power to bring this kind of case now this ruling is sure to be challenged and will likely go to the supreme court. frances? >> long way ahead for that brie, thank you. the supreme court has rejected derek chauvin's appeal in the george floyd case the former minneapolis police officer is serving a 22 1/2 year sentence for the murder that triggered widespread protests across america he's accused at least one juror of being biassed, because they attended a george floyd rally before the trial chauvin now has one more appeal pending. earlier this month he filed a motion to overturn a federal civil rights conviction. x is suing media matters over its report last week that the platform formerly known as twitter placed ads for major brands, including disney, next to anti-semitic posts. x says the report is not

representative a typical media experience it was called a frivolous lawsuit. and ken paxton has opened an investigation into media matters for potential fraudulent activity the lawsuit alleges that the organization manipulated algorithms to make x show the offending ads. meanwhile, president biden and vice president harris have joined meta's threads which competes with x. this comes after an anti-semitic post was condemned the white house says the threads account has been in the works for weeks. the ink is officially drying in the united auto workers deal with the big three they ratified the contracts yesterday. it gives worker as immediate pay increase, reinstate cost of living adjustments and protects workers' rights to strike over plant closures

the new contract expires in 202. now authorities want the public's help identifying a person of interest as they hunt for the person responsible for setting fire to one of the busiest freeways in l.a. liz kreutz has the latest. >> reporter: an urgent search for the person who intentionally started this massive inferno under a los angeles freeway. >> we still are looking for anyone that wishes to come forward with any information around this suspect. >> reporter: cal fire releasing these images over the weekend of a person of interest in the arson that caused one of the city's busiest highways to shut down, creating a logistical nightmare for drivers and business owners in downtown lame l.a. and beyond. the suspect described as approximately 6 foot man, weighing between is 70 and 170 0

pounds, he appears to have a visible burn on his left leg as the manhunt continues, for many residents, a welcome thanksgiving surprise. just in time for holiday travel, the damaged stretch of inte interstate 10 reopening days and even weeks earlier than previously expected. >>it was a week or so agatho tht we were here >> reporter: kamala harris praised the construction teams working around the clock over the last eight days. >> the work that happened here is extraordinary and the estimates were that this was going to take a long time. there were some who said that a three to four-week estimation was ambitious. >> reporter: officials say the repairs could cost an estimated $3 million and will be covered by federal funds authorities are also investigating the private company that leases the area

where the fire started with state officials looking into how they managed the property now, as travelers hit the road this holiday week. >> we wouldn't have to wait until thursday to give thank, to give thanks for the open before the thanksgiving holiday of the i-10 >> reporter: a massive sigh of relief in a city already notorious for traffic. >> and our thanks to liz kreutz for that report -- sev eseveral wildlivs are burnig in virginia right now. one has grown to over so tho10,00010,000 acres. in marion county, tennessee, evacuations have been occurring at a resort. evacuations are in place, but no injuries have been reported.

those communities could use rain, but others could have a wrench thrown in the holiday travel >> we're looking at a high-impact storm today. we had one yesterday the storm system making its way to the east and the north. it's going to be out of here by tomorrow but today we're contending with a lot of rain, heavy rain, too stretching from portions of the great lakes, midwest we have wintry weather on the northern part of this. the tail end of the ystem, we're looking for severe weather. we had tornado reports yesterday. and we're going to see the chance for tornados once again today. winds gusting up to 60 miles per hour, especially where you seat yelsee the yellow area. also heavy rain along with that, due to a system moving throughout the plains, into new england. the purple and pink is where we

will see wintry weather. we do anticipate some airport impacts into detroit, chicago. could see likely delays in st.rf the northeast, and cooler, too, in the south temperatures in the 50s and 60s. today 59 in dallas, 62 in houston. that's your tuesday forecast >> all right, michelle, thank you so much. "early today" is back in 60 secondswith a fruit recall linked to a deadly listeria outbreak and a chance to rvoucae t savings before you carve the turkey why black friday is starting earlier than ever this year.

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