hi, everyone. good to be with you. i'm zinhle essamuah. >> i'm kate snow. "nbc news daily" starts right now. today, wednesday, november 29th, 2023. breaking news. out of captivity. hamas releases more israeli hostages, just hours before the temporary truce is set to expire the chances the deal could be extended despite a new wave of violence. deadly crash a u.s. military aircraft plunge into the sea off the coast of japan, the latest in a string of deadly accidents

involving the osprey, the pentagon is responding. high then dry, many americans turn to cannabis as a way to manage their anxiety, hear why some said they gave up the drug entirely. all aboard. the cruise ship industry is setting sail like never before. the unlikely passengers helping the industry stay afloat. we'll begin with very serious news this hour the breaking news on the israel/hamas war, israel saying two israeli hostages have been released today and will soon be reunited with their families. >> according to by low mat with knowledge of the matter an american hostage could be freed today. so far only three american hostages have been released it comes as we're rapidly approaching the end of the six-day cease-fire between israel and hamas. the cia director is in qatar

participating if the negotiations. >> we're also learning about new violence in the west bank, the palestinian health ministry says that israeli forces killed two children in the refugee camp in the occupied west bank, israel said people threw explosive devices toward israeli soldiers who then responded with gunfire. nbc news can't verify any of those claims. erin mclaughlin is following the latest for us since tel aviv. what do we know about the newly released hostages? >> reporter: kate, we just saw hamas releasing a video of those two israeli hostages being handed over to the red cross, we now have their names from the israeli prime minister's office, including irene tati.

a mother/daughter duo, what has happened in prior releases, when russian nationals are part of the hostage release they're released first separately from the agreed upon ten hostages seen as a gift from hamas to russian president vladimir putin, we're still waiting on the agreed upon ten, the reason for the extension of the cease-fire, we're waiting for an update from israeli officials and we're hearing from american officials that an american national could be among ten, although we'll have to wait and see who hamas exactly hands over, if they do hand over an american among the ten, that would be as you mentioned the third american hostage released since the beginning of the war -- and the second as part of this current cease-fire agreement just days ago we saw the release of 4-year-old abigail edan, now safe and sound

at home in israel, this as the big focus here in the region has been on getting aid into gaza, more aid, about 200 trucks of aid got into gaza, badly needed today and what american officials as well as qatari officials working with israeli officials are doing right now are looking to extend the cease-fire not only to secure the release of the remaining hostages but a big focus is on getting more aid into that hard-hit gaza region. this cease-fire could expire within hours, we're waiting and watching not only for the remaining hostages that are part of the deal today to be released and also for that potential cease-fire extension. >> the truce, the potential release and the news of death, hamas saying three hostages of the same family died. the faces of the hostage crisis, what do we know about them. >> reporter: yeah, some heart-breaking news if confirmed

that hamas announced the military wing for hamas announced earlier today that the three members of this family according to hamas were killed in an israeli air strike. you can see them on the screen there, one of them 10-month-old baby kfir, the youngest hostage taken by hamas kibbutz nir oz. the family putting out a statement responding to the claims by hamas, which i should say have yet to be verified by the israeli military, statement reading, our family is updated on the latest hamas publication. we're waiting for the news to be confirmed or hopefully refuted soon. we ask to maintain our privacy at this complex time. worth noting that in the past, it has been claimed that a hostage died, islamic jihad that

76-year-old hostage died and then she was released days later so that's certainly the hope for the bibas as they're waiting for news. search and recovery efforts are under way off the coast of japan after a deadly crash involving a u.s. military aircraft. one person is dead, after a u.s. air force osprey crashed nearen island in southern japan. courtney kube joins us now. what more do we know about this crash and do we know how many people were onboard that aircraft. >> reporter: we're learning moments ago that there were eight individuals on the plane, that number has gone back and forth since it crashed about is the hours ago now, from 6 to 8, officials are now confirming it's 8 service members, a cv22, an air force variant of the

osprey. we don't know what caused this aircraft to go down with those individuals onboard. search and rescue operations continue there now even though it's dark local time. the first service member who was found unconscious and later pronounced dead, we don't have a solid sense of how many others have been found. >> still a lot developing at least one person dead and courtney, we know this is not the first time that u.s. service members have died in a crash with this type of aircraft. what makes an osprey different? is the defense department going to make any changes to it? >> reporter: the previous crashes that we have seen recent ly is usually flown by marines. including one in august off the coast of australia that killed several marines. now, what's common when you have

a string of aircraft crashes is that they'll look to see if there was pilot error, often times they do a safety stand-down, they'll ground the fleet, do a retraining or looking at with a maintenance crew, pilots, to see if they can identify one common issue here, the fact it's too early to see if the air force is going to do that here, that's one of the questions we continue to ask, is it something that would warrant potentially grounding the fleet for a matter of several days or not? >> courtney at the pentagon, thank you. congressman george santos may be out of the house by the end of the week, house speaker mike johnson said a vote to expel the indicted republican will be held on friday after a blistering house ethics committee report earlier this month, the panel accused santos of spending campaign money on designer goods, botox treatments and the adult website onlyfans.

ali vitali joins me now, the third time that the house has tried to expel or voted to expel congressman santos, how much support is there for him this time around. >> reporter: third time might be the charm here, kate, at least according to santos' own expectations. when i joined the twitter or x live he did over the weekend, he said he fully expected to stand for expulsion this week and he expected to be expelled from congress, that's now becoming more likely, what he's telling members of his own conference, listen to what he said. >> what we said as the leadership team you'll allow people to vote their conscience. i personally have real reservations about doing this. i'm concerned about a precedent that may be set for that. we'll see how they vote.

>> reporter: we'll see how they vote, kate, and it's likely we'll see this vote happen on friday, they'll make their first procedural moves on it tomorrow so they can still stand in accordance to have a resolution within a privilege matter, they'll work on it tomorrow but really the meat and ptatoes of this vote will happen on friday, santos for his part said he's not resigning, he's not going anywhere. >> has he been lobbying at all, to convince members not to expel him? >> reporter: he's been full throated in defending himself. support from his colleagues it's divot to see anyone come out and defending. he's not made many friends because of the scandals in his short tenure.

>> all right, ali vitali on capitol hill, thanks. time now for today's money minute. mark cuban is selling the dallas mavericks. uber is shaking up things in london. julia joins us now. billionaire mark cuban is selling his majority stake in the nba's dallas mavericks to a casino mogul. he still owns a stake in the team and will run basketball operations. adelson is selling $2 billion of the stock and will use the proceeds to buy a sport team. iconic black cabs are no longer fighting uber instead they're joining forces,

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one of the nation's largest healthcare providers is under siege, a major cyberattack has forced ardent health services to turn e.r. patients. nbc's miguel almaguer has the report. offline after cybercriminals hijacked their operating.

how dangerous can a hack be at a hospital? >> very. it's life threatening. it's simple as that. this does put people's lives at risk. >> reporter: still scrambling to restore its vital i.t. operations after the thanksgiving day hack ardent health confirms a temporary disruption of operations adding patient care continues to be delivered safely and effectively, though they cannot confirm the extent of any patient health or financial data that has been compromised. >> now it's like back on the -- web, and that's not good. >> reporter: in tulsa, annie and eric wolf say her long scheduled open heart surgery has been delayed after doctors lost access to her medical records. >> i am, however, furious that malicious coders and hackers would specifically target a healthcare system, and put lives in jeopardy. >> reporter: with cybercriminals demanding hefty ransoms, extorting nearly a billion dollars this year alone by one

estimate, a growing number of local governments, universities, school districts and healthcare providers are becoming targets. but it's everyday americans who are so often the victims. miguel almaguer, nbc news. many people turn to cannabis as a way to lessen their anxiety but experts say it may be having a different effect. >> reporter: for veronica, getting high was her only way to get through life. >> i couldn't sleep, i couldn't eat. i couldn't socialize with my friends without being under this substance of marijuana. >> reporter: she turned to marijuana after the death of father, hoping it would help her manage her anxiety. >> i started using it randomly during the day, let me do my chores while smoking marijuana, let me walk my dog while smoking marijuana. >> reporter: but quickly got out of control.

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the state case, which means depap would no longer need to go to trial again. >> he has been convicted of his federal charges. he is facing a lengthy federal sentence already. anything is possible at this point. >> reporter: the district attorney's office issuing a statement about this morning's proceedings. that statement not saying anything about a settlement or whether or not the d.a.'s office would consider one at this point. we will continue to monitor what happens here tomorrow morning. as far as a federal case is concerned, the sentencing for that is expected to be set in the coming weeks. in san francisco, ginger conejero saab, nbc bay area news. >> thank you. people across the bay area are rallying outside the offices of elected officials demanding a permanent cease-fire in gaza.

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bottom of the hour now, here are some of the stories making headlines on "nbc news daily" jury selection begins today in the case against actor jonathan majors. majors has pleaded not guilty to all charges final farewell today for former first lady rosalynn carter in her hometown of plains, georgia.

she's being buried in a private ceremony at the home she shared with her husband of 77 years. the biden administration says it will distribute millions of covid tests to schools nationwide, part of the white house's effort to limit the spread of the virus during the winter months, hopes schools will send the tests home with faculty and students. president biden is on the road today promoting clean energy and his economic plans, the president is touring the world's largest wind tower manufacturer in colorado. the company received funding from the inflation reduction act and in a district represented by ron gilchrist is traveling uren with the president in colorado, what is the president saying about this visit, the wind tower company. >> reporter: kate, the president just finished his tour here, he's about to take the stage any

moment now, we'll hear him talk today about how his economic agenda and his climate agenda have come together in a way that's working to create jobs, which he'll talk about here in pueblo the largest wind tower manufacturing plant here and they attribute some of the expansion they broke ground for this year with getting help from the president's inflation reduction act that passed last year. you'll hear the president talk about that and how he believes his policies are working to create jobs and to try to fight the climate challenge as well. we do expect the president to be taking the stage at any moment. >> aaron, thanks so much. if you like immigration and border security, usually some of the key issues for voters in every election. a new survey found that top issues for latino voters heading into 2024 include inflation and the economy.

>> morgan radford dug into the numbers. shared exclusively with nbc. >> reporter: this's right, it's get fascinating when you get down into those details. how clear jobs and inflation they are. inflation outranks healthcare and immigration. which party would be best at addressing that top issue, more than a third of latinos said democrats would be best at handling, but only 47% of voters approve of the job that president joe biden is doing in the white house, a 17% drop in approval since last year, and finally, if the election were held today, a majority of latino voters, 51% are either leaning toward voting for biden or definitely voting for biden.

that's an 18-point in voter preference lead over former president donald trump. what does this mean in context? we spoke to latinos in key swing stateses well as the vice president of the latino initiative. what are the issues that you care about the most? >> the price of gas, the fluctuation is crazy. it's become a little unaffordable. >> how do you feel like president biden is handling the economy? >> well, i mean, i think we can see the inflation, lot of people complain about interest rates. >> when the economy isn't doing great, when you support small businesses you help the local community and i haven't seen that with biden. >> if you just had to list your top three issues. >> gun violence, climate change and abortion rights. >> but the economy isn't your number one issue. >> not for me personally. i'm focused on the social issues. >> you know, really neither one deserve my vote, i almost feel like i should go some other route. >> ultimately hispanic voters

are sending a wake-up call to both parties. for democrats, the good news is, hispanics see a lot of alignment in terms of their values with democratic positions. but here it's important to know that democrats need to do a better job connecting with these voters on economic issues. >> reporter: now this poll was commissioned by the largest latino nonprofit advocacy organization in the u.s., conducted by the national ry search firm which mainly focuses on democratic polling. all of this matters because 34.5 million hispanic americans will be eligible to vote in the 2024 election, meaning latinos are still the fastest growing ethnic voting bloc. >> morgan, thanks so much for that.

we're learning more about a mysterious respiratory illness that's causing hospitals in china be over-run with children. janis mackey frayer has more from beijing. and how health officials are saying don't panic. the sick children just keep coming, from toddlers to teens, mostly with respiratory infections, including pneumonia. it's been ten days now, this mother says, and the fever is back. health officials say the surge is happening not just here in beijing, but in clusters across northern china. this is one of the biggest children's hospitals in the city. and it's full of kids who are coughing, hooked up to iv bags or still waiting to get treatment. the headlines here about a respiratory disease outbreak triggered alarm bells and prompted the world health organization to ask chinese authorities for answers.

the w.h.o. said china shared its data that showed no sign of a new disease so far saying in a statement, the reported symptoms are common to several respiratory diseases, unlike a then unknown virus that emerged in wuhan four years ago that unleashed the covid pandemic. back then china was criticized for a lack of transparency. what's going around now, according to health officials, is a known mix of flu, rsv, covid and mycoplasma or walking pneumonia. the advice from scientists, don't panic. >> already seen in other places after the pandemic. >> reporter: last year there were strict covid rules here. kids masking up and schools locking down. the wave flooding emergency rooms now seen as more of a comeback than a mystery. with doctors here working overtime, health officials are urging anyone with mild symptoms to avoid the hospital because of the risk of cross infection.

as for the rest of the world at this point, scientists say there is no evidence of anything new or unique here, that it's the same sort of surge you are seeing in the u.s. and can happen anywhere. there was arguably no part of the travel industry hit harder by the pandemic than the cruise ship industry which was shut down for well over a year, but nbc's sam brock set sail for some of the big changes making waves in travel world. it's no secret that americans are on a major travel kick. but with norwegian cruise line's newest ship launching from miami and luis fonzi doing the honors, one thing is very clear, passengers are racing to set sail in record numbers. what is the industry experiencing right now? it feels like this renaissance. >> that pent-up demand, that revenge travel, we saw that come immediately after the restrictions were lifted and we see it continue to grow. >> reporter: norwegian's

president says they're getting an eye-opening experience. >> today you come on our ship, and 60% of our cabins are ocean or balcony or higher. >> reporter: more staterooms with a view is just the start. industry trends include greater emphasis on wellness. >> welcome to my spa. let me show you around. >> reporter: think himalayan salt spas and beds that plunge you into a meditative state. more travelers are also sailing solo with norwegian's biggest growth areas, millennials and gen-z. but perhaps the biggest trend is, spacious connecting rooms and activities tailored for multi-generational families. it is time for what many passengers say is the highlights of their trips, go cart racing. this track, the racetrack spans three different decks. these babies go up to 25 miles an hour on the track. and then it was off to the races. and the views are not too shabby. look at the skyline right here. that's miami.

imagine if you are out in the middle of the ocean just looking at that. other major players like royal caribbean has also pushed the pedal to the metal. an innovation for families. >> we designed it to compete with every other vacation, so it is everything from introducing the world's first water park at sea. >> reporter: and many families are taking note. >> the number one thing that makes cruising so wonderful is that amazing value. land just can't compete with it. >> reporter: while cruises are more expensive now than before the pandemic, the deals are flowing with travel tuesday price drops in many cases lasting all week. from free drink packages and wifi to norwegian's buy one cruise get another half off until next monday. while we're on the topic of giant drops -- >> that's the drop slide, if you're brave enough, sir -- >> reporter: for those that thought we weren't brave enough to do the drop, let's give it a shot.

>> three, two, one. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: ten stories and the acceleration of a ferrari later. we landed on our feet, kind of. as far as the best time to get those good deals, your opportunity is right now and then also wave season january, february, march, in terms of high season for the cruises a good rule of thumb is when families are free, in the winter time for break it's the caribbean and mexico, as far as alaska, europe, australia, some of those other foreign destinations that's over summertime because families have more time to travel. in miami, sam brock, nbc news. back to you. >> sam, i'm a little dizzy from that slide. >> it looks like he was a little green at the end. >> sam brock is very, very tall. wonder that he fit in there. >> he had trouble getting in under the limit. >> thank you for that one.

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in today modern parenting we're talking about how to keep kids from online scams. >> according to latest data from fbi people under the age of 20 lost more than $1.1 million to online scams, 1,000% increase from back in 2017. joining us now a former u.s. secret service special agent and an author. great to see you. thank you for being here. what are some of the biggest threats to safety online that

you think about? >> when we think of protecting our children, we think of the physical element, but now with this online platform they're being targeted and they're being targeted for different things. one is for information, name, date of birth, user names, you want to for ticket that content as a parent. also, sign up for this, put in this credit card information. we talked about it on this show before extortion, predators coming in using different devices and apps, talk to your kids to get them to send photos of themselves. as parents we need to think how can i shield my kids. >> so many threats out there.

apps collecting information. individuals asking for photos. i wonder on this show we talked about scams affecting older people, elderly, what's the endgame for these scammers. >> they're targeting kids because kids don't know. this specific scam, they put these links out there, they gameify them. they'll say click on this link and it's a photo that looks that colorful, looks like a game and you'll get 5,003 points -- something, it entices children to click, they're collecting that information. that data is sold. click on window it takes you to another window and another window, in the end it tends to be fraud. >> so, how do parents keep them safe online and social media? >> talk to your kids.

kids know better about their devices than parents. parents are trying to keep up. talk to your children. keep it simple, do not click. don't click. anything that's clickable you don't want to do, you also want to teach them don't insert their information, user name, password, zip code, don't do that. to another thing you can do, if something pops up and you're not sure, call me or if i'm at work send me a screenshot. insert yourself. >> i grew up in the tech age, i remember my first aol account and getting a random message and not knowing what to do, the reality it happened. what do you say to a parent if their child falls victim to that kind of thing. >> if your kid's information you want to protect it, even your own, great apps out there, actually subscriptions, where

you go in and put in your personal info, it actively ongoing scrubs the internet for your information, it will look for your name, date of birth, associate security number and it will go to these sites and pull and pull. scrub it. what's interesting it consistently does it. you can go to website and say take down all my info, they'll take it down, six months later somehow they'll get your information again and it's back up. you need someone who's ongoingly to do this. great for their children. protect their identiies and credit history. people would take children's information. >> social security number. >> file taxes and take out loans and pay these loans. kids are thinking i have a great credit. i didn't see anything. there you go. >> check the credit score of

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