we are now in the final day of the ceasefire between israel and hamas as families on both sides of the war celebrate their

loved ones returning home. we'll have a live report with the latest, including diplomatic efforts to extend the truce. meanwhile, news breaking overnight of an arrest in the vermont shooting that put three college students of palestinian descent in the hospital. the attack being investigated as a hate crime we have an update on the students' condition, and how soon the suspected shooter is expected in court. congressman george santos might not hold that title for much longer as another vote to expel him is set for today the embattled new york republican going on an hours' long social media tirade his promise to air the grand ol' party's laundry. if you've been shopping since friday, you'll want to track those packages delivery theft are on the rise a half-court shot for a high schooler in arizona. why the buzzer beater was a victory off the court. it's monday, november 27th

"early today" starts right now good monday morning to you i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm jessica layton. today is the last day of the israel-hamas truce and another round of exchanges is set for today. on sunday hamas released 17 hostages from captivity as israel freed 39 palestinian detainee, all of them minors let's go now to claudio lavanga. good morning what more do we know about those who have been released >> good morning, jessica among those released sunday was abigail edan, an american girl who turned 4 only last friday while she was still held hostage in gaza. now according to her great aunt, who spoke to nbc's lester holt earlier this month, both parents of abigail were shot dead by hamas gunmen when they stormed their kibbutz on october 7th

she also said that abigail was in her father's arms when he was shot by the hamas gunmen, then he fell on top of her and she had to crawl out from her -- the lifeless body of her father, all full of blood. she manage to run to her neighbor's house where she hid with her neighbors inside a bomb shelter, and they were all taken, the family and abigail hostage, and taken to gaza now apart from abigail, another 12 israeli citizens, three hostages from thailand and one israeli russian were released on sunday in exchange of 39 palestinians who were given a very warm welcome by a large crowd in ramallah, in the occupied west bank now one of the -- according to israel, one of the israeli citizens, 84-year-old elma avraham was returned in serious and life-threatening conditions, and she had to be flown with a helicopter to a nearby hospital.

now following the release of the hostages, including abigail, of course, president biden said that what abigail had to endure was unthinkable and said he will speak to benjamin netanyahu, israel's prime minister to discuss efforts to extend the four-day trucepause that ends tonight. an extension will mean an additional 24 hours for every ten additional releases. >> thank you breaking news this morning, police have made an arrest in the shooting of three college students of palestinian descent in vermont this thanksgiving weekend. police say on saturday night, 48-year-old jason eton approached the three and fired at least four rounds authorities now say that eton was arrested after his house was searched he is expected to be arraigned today. the victims, two of which have

dual citizenship were speaking arabic and wearing traditional palestinian scarves when they were thought the mayor of burlington says a hate crime motive is being prioritized in the investigation. two of the men are in the icu. all three grew up together in ramallah on the occupied west bank george santos is fighting for his political life this week the house will vote on whether to expel that embattled republican over serious ethics violations but santos is not going quietly. he is vowing to reveal secrets about bad behavior by some of his own colleagues julie sirkin has the latest from capitol hill >> reporter: indicted congressman george santos is accepting his fate, admitting he expects his colleagues will vote him out of congress. during a three-hour tirade on social media friday. >> i know i'm going to get expelled when this expulsion resolution goes to the floor have i done the math over and over it is doesn't look good.

>> reporter: santos survived past attempts to expel him but after a bipartisan ethics committee found santos sought to exploit every aspect of his house candidacy for his own profit, dozens of republicans and democrats who voted to spare the embattled congressman now say he is not fit to serve the blistering report accused santos of spending campaign donations on nearly everything but his run for office instead, he allegedly used the money to pay for his personal rent, to take out cash from an atm at a casino, to spend lavishly at designer stores, for cosmetic treatments like botox, and on the website only fans, which is known for its adult content. the ethics panel did not make any recommendations on santos' political future but its gop chairman filed a resolution to kick the first term lawmaker out. santos railed against other elected officials he called hypocrites

>> have i colleagues who are more worried about getting drunk every night with the next lobbyist that they're going to screw and pretend like none of us know what's going on. it happens every single week where are the ethics investigations in that >> reporter: nothing has been finalized yet, but the house could take it up as early as tuesday. it would require a two-thirds majority to pass meanwhile, for his part, santos saying he will not resign on his own. back to you. >> all right, julie, thank you new this morning, teachers and students in portland, oregon will return to their classrooms today. the portland association of teachers reached a deal sunday night with the city's public school district, bringing a close to a strike that began over three weeks ago the tentative agreement includes a 6.25 raise for employees with further increases in following years. this latest work stoppage kept nearly 45,000 students out of

school the memorial services for former first lady rosalynn carter will begin today with a motorcade procession mourners are invited to honor her life along the procession right. the motorcade's first stop will be at the rosalynn carter health and services complex for a wreath laying. the next stop, the jimmy carter presidential library and museum. the public is welcome to pay their respects as mrs. carter lies there in repose president biden and vice president harris are expected to attend the memorial service tomorrow after those services, the president will skip the united nations annual climate summit for the first time in two years. the "new york times" reports that neither president biden nor vice president harris will attend the cop 28 summit in dubai. special enjoy john kerry will be in attendance. the annual summit serves as a check-in on progress to limit global warming to 1.5 degrees celsius. after being grounded for more than three decades, one of

the world's largest icebergs is drifting it's about three times the size of new york city, and more than twice the size of greater london, measuring around 1500 square miles after splitting from the antarctica's filchner ice shelf in 1986, it became stuck to the ocean floor for many years but wind and ocean currents are now pushing it toward south georgia island the great lakes wrapping up the weekend as a winter wonderland michelle grossman is here with a look at how much snow the region can police department. hi, michelle good morning. >> hi there, guys. great to see you we are expecting a lot of snow some spots could see up to 30 inches of snow so nearly three feet of snow and the snow continues to fall we have winter weather alerts in place all along the great lakes. lake-effect snow warnings, winter storm warnings, winter storm watches and winter weather advisories these are in effect until wednesday. this is going to be a long duration event here is the snow going across the warm lakes it's until the lakes get frozen over where we see the snow

machine turned off it's going to be a while scattered showers throughout the great lakes. snowfall rates up to 3 inches an hour that's going to be dangerous, in addition to winds gusting up to 45 miles per hour in some spots. it will be tricky travel and the persistent snow continues downwind of lake ontario, also erie, where it could be really breezy with the winds at 45 miles per hour in terms of snowfall rates, anywhere from 1, 3, 6, 12, but up to 30 inches in some spots in terms of where you are downwind will see the most and it's really cold across the country too. most of below nusorith clouds t we'll see the sunshine returning. temperatures mainly in the 50s along the i-95 corridor. and that's your monday forecast. >> all right, michelle, thank you. coming up, the ravens jolt

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in florida earlier this year communities on edge too. >> we need these guys. they deliver our stuff and all that, man. this got to stop. >> reporter: amazon, fed ex and ups all calling employ safety their top priority amazon says incidents like this are rare, while ups says drivers are taught to be aware of their surroundings and report anything unsafe. >> reporter: how long? >> 25 years. >> reporter: jose mendez says crimes like these often come with few consequences for the criminals. these huge mobs of people swarming store, swarming trucks, like these massive smash and grabs, what is fuelling this >> my opinion, it's the lack of accountability these kids, the majority are juveniles, and there are no consequences so they feel emboldened. >> reporter: these brazen and sometimes violent robberies come as holiday shopping is surging experts expect this season's spending to top prepandemic

levels with americansdevoting more than half their budget to buying online. >> retail crime analyst carl langhorst says all those extra parcels make the trucks an irresistible target. let's say this does happen to someone at home, one of their packages gets stolen in this way. what can people do if that happens? >> if it gets stolen from the trucks, the major carriers will let the consumer know that there was a problem a delivery and contact the company that they ordered it from. so hopefully it can be resent. >> reporter: fighting this kind of crime a growing challenge when the target is on wheels delivering precious gifts for the holiday season maggie vespa, nbc news still to corp., it was good day to be a fan of the bird team on the football field. >> a sunday night shdo fowwnor the ravens, and an overtime thriller for the eagles. right after this

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new york got the win after patriots kicker chad ryland shanked a chip shot field goal and that sent the gym to overtime later, the resurgent denver broncos extended their league-leading win streak to five games russell wilson and company picked apart the strong cleveland browns defense en route to a 29-12 victory an epic between the bills and eagles the eagles spent most of the game playing from behind before sending out kicker jake elliott. well, he sent the gym to overtime with a 59--yard field g goal the bills had to settle for a field goal of their own. their defense couldn't stop jalen hurts who ran into the end zone for his fifth and final touchdown of the day so when it comes to birds in the nfl, great weekends with the exception of the cardinals. >> that's right. and with the dust from rivalry week setting, the showdowns on

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our kate snow has the sweet story. >> reporter: this was the legendary once in a lifetime butter beater that kids at university high school in peoria, arizona will be talking about for years. >> from three-point range, the point of the night everyone crowds around him moment he will never forget. >> reporter: see that player in the white sure that's junior ramirez. everyone calls him t there he is, making his half-court hoop dream come true with just seconds to go. his proud mom in the stands and over the moon. >> i feel my son, you did it >> that was fantastic. >> reporter: that incredible

moment a point of pride for coach jesse wilke. >> there you go. she runs lincoln high's unified sports program >> go, taylor, go, nicholas! >> reporter: giving students with special needs like t the courage and confidence to pursue their passions. >> the unified program at liberty high school is a program that combines students with disabilities and students without disabilities and then we have different classes. so our class is imy favorite class of the day >> reporter: for coach wilks, seeing t celebrate that day is about more than just a win on the court, it was a victory too she says for breaking down barriers and making everyone feel included. >> i'm sorry, i expecting to tear up. the program means a lot to me. seeing this light being shined

on our students with disabilities, it really means a lot. so just that these students have that moment all together and then to see our student body surround t like that, i think everyone in that gym got better that day >> and our thanks to kate snow for that report. i love how the whole team was just as excited as he was. >> what a great example for every community, for every school, for every group of kids and for parents alike to be able to all share that moment with them >> yeah, it gave me goose bumps. >> it's so great we thank you so much for watching "early today" and starting off your with us. i'm frances rivera. >> and i'm jessica layton. have a great monday. we'll see you tomorrow

we're now in the final day of the ceasefire agreement between israel and hamas a