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what more we know about the deal, which also calls for a day's long pause in fighting and when it will all begin. plus, the pope meets with families of hamas hostages. what he said to the world and those families about the war. also ahead, millions set to hit the roads and the skies in what could be the busiest travel day of the year yet. the spoiler a storm that's dumping rain and snow along east coasts. we'll have the latest forecast. and later, control alt delete rehire? sam altman reinstated as the ceo of open ai, the shake-up that sent silicon valley's collective heads spinning. >> and we begin this morning in gaza where a hostage deal has been reached, hamas agreeing with israel to release 50 hostages in exchange for

israeli-held palestinian women and children and a four-day cease fire to get hostages out of gaza and aid trucks into gaza. let's bring in nbc news chief international correspondent keir simmons from israel and white house correspondent kelly o'donnell who's traveling with president biden on nantucket. keir, walk us through the details of this deal. >> reporter: well, it took nine hours overnight for the israeli government to in various meetings to agree to the deal and you outlined some of it there, jose, that the pause will be four days. on each day, more hostages will be released and in exchange palestinian prisoners will be released from here in israel there. is an agreement not to fly drones over gaza during the this pause in fighting. there's a substantial agreement for humanitarian aid, 3 to 400 trucks are being talked about

including fuel. as we know, that was a sticking point, an issue, particularly for the israelis. so we've got the framework, and then beyond that there is the clause, a part of this that allows for further extension of as it's called humanitarian pause each day ten more hostages released while that is -- that pause kind of holds, they're not calling it a cease fire. you can describe it as a cease fire hold. now there are people that are going to be released, the hostages, children, women, we are hearing that from a senior administration official. three americans including two and one who is 3 years old, 3 years old will celebrate her fourth birthday on friday, abigail. we spoke to her great aunt, and you know, you could just imagine it's absolute agony for all of these families right now, another member of a family,

another mother describing it to us as like russian roulette, waiting to see if their loved ones will be among those who are released. >> and kelly, president biden was directly involved in this deal. what do we know about -- and keir was giving us some numbers and some of the people that are americans including a 3-year-old little girl. how many american hostages are there? and are more americans going to be released? >> well, certainly this represents about a third of the americans believed to be held by hamas, and so this is a tense waiting game, not only to try to establish can this process that's been negotiated that keir laid out move forward without any kind of an unexpected problem or a return to fighting. it is critical, of course, for the president to put a focus on the americans who were among those who were hostages, and he said in a lengthy written statement that it is his highest priority as president to do anything he can to bring those americhome. so this is positive.

the president has been directly involved inhone conversations and then sending some of h top diplomats and advisers to be on the ground in the region to work on these negotiations that have really been going on since the conflict began october 7th. so for the president, we do not expect to hear from him today. in part, as you mentioned, we're here on nantucket, the president's assembled with his family for the holiday. they're watching what is happening, and this is a protracted step bystep process to bring about some freedom for those who have been held, including those three americans. one of the questions for officials had been the question of proof of life, and they wanted to know in the process of doing these negotiations were these americans and others who have been held actually safe, and is there an ability to get them out? and that's been part of this, difficult to try to obtain proof of life, and so when this deal

progresses, if three americans do come out safely, of course there has to be ongoing negotiations for the remaining americans and remaining hostages. the president focused on that entire group, but of course with particular interest on the americans who have been held. also, of course, we've seen how this has been politically very treacherous for the administration. the president has been fully supportive of israel and its right to defend itself, and there's also been a big push by the biden administration, the president himself to try to create the conditions that allow for humanitarian aid to go in that keir laid out. that's a critical piece of this too to try to reduce civilian casualties. jose. >> and kelly, it's important to underline the level of direct involvement that the president had during this time, and just how much capital he used on this.

>> very much so. he has been working the phone talking with the israelis, and talking about how to use american influence in this. the united states has considerable influence over israel considering the funding and support and military aid we provide, and also the president having an interest in trying to maintain relationships with nations like qatar where we have a u.s. base, and a long-term relationship, and so this has been high level diplomacy for the president. this is an area where given his long history in public life feels comfortable, but it is very difficult because the conditions, the circumstances and what is at stake, these leaves and the families that have been waiting so difficult, the president is also engaged directly with families of those who have been taken by hamas and those who have been victimized by this war, and so the president has a lot invested in this, and of course there is the question of will it go forward with positive results and there's always the risk that there could be more danger ahead, jose.

>> and keir simmons, we're going to speak with you in just a couple of minutes. but kelly o'donnell, i thank you very much for being with us this morning. i want to bring in former deputy assistant secretary, former u.s. army lieutenant general, steph twitty and retired fbi supervisor and special agent carl sh may. qatar and egypt helped reach this deal. your reaction to it? >> well, i think obviously it's great news for the families, you know, who will likely get some of their family members back. it's great news for the people of gaza because they'll get some humanitarian relief, but what's more important here is that we have what looks like successful diplomacy involving, as you said, the united states, qatar, the hamas leadership, which is really qatar helping them, and then the egyptians. this is important -- and israel. this is important because the real solution, the bigger

puzzle, the bigger picture has to involve a diplomatic resolution. israel has to find a way to demonstrate to the world that it feels like it has neutralized the threat from hamas. they haven't defined for us what that looks like, but they need to come to an agreement on that very quickly because the humanitarian disaster for gaza is obvious if israel pushes further to the south, i'm afraid what that will mean for the people of gaza. so the better -- the advantage with this is that you have various diplomatic players gaining confidence in the ability to come up with agreement. and if they execute this properly, it can open the door to the real substantive negotiations, which is what is the future of gaza going to look like? what is the future of security for the israelis and the palestinians? >> and evelyn, let's talk a little bit about the importance and the fundamental role that egypt has been playing and also its historical weight in the

entire region and lcc specifically his role. >> right, well, jose, the egyptians have been very nervous all along because they -- number one, they don't want a refugee flow, you know, all the palestinians coming over the border into egypt. that would be an untenable situation for them. let's rr that egypt is suffering from a food crisis right now because orussia's blockade of ukrainian black seaports. so egypt is not in a positiono offer substantial humanitarian assistance to 2 million palestinians. so for them, they want to manage that. at the same time, they also don't want to be party to any kind of what looks like an evacuation or an ethnic cleansing, if you will, of gaza, so the egyptians have been trying to manage the situation, alleviate the suffering, they have taken in many children from the hospitals, over the border, and some other folks who have

been evacuated. egypt, though, will ultimately be a critical part of the long-term plan for security in that region. >> and general, this deal includes a four-day pause to get these 50 hostages out and get aid trucks into gaza. it could be up to 2 to 300 trucks a day. is that enough time to get all this done? >> well, of course it's great news that this is going to occur. we hope it's going to occur. i'm always cautiously optimist when i can we're dealing with terrorists, though. so hopefully this will come about. we have to remember we're dealing with hamas, and we're dealing with other terrorists such as the palestinian terrorist groups that are operating in the gaza strip. four days is four days, and so what i would tell you is i think israel would make good on the population if they assisted in getting the aid trucks

delivered. we must remember in urban warfare, it's not just about the fight, it's also about taking care of the population, and so israel can make good by helping to get these aid trucks forward and helping to get many of the folks that are still in the north down south into safety. >> and carl and keir simmons was telling us that part of the negotiations include the possibility of extending these four-day pauses if ten more hostages are released per day. what does this deal mean for the remaining 190 hostages? >> good morning, jose. so if this deal goes through and that's a big if, as the general pointed out. there's a lot of things that could go wrong. if this deal goes through, this does provide a framework for additional hostage releases. there are still things that hamas wants, they want to buy time. they want the release of

additional prisoners, which is about 5,000 prisoners that are being held in israeli jails right now. so there is some space there for the israelis and the hamas to negotiating. i think what we'll see is with this framework, you know, the women and children being released first. i think next -- if there's a continuation of this process, if it's successful, we can maybe see some of the elderly, some of the wounded and maybe some foreign nationals, non-israelis being released. i think what we'll see being released last would be soldiers and if you recall what happened in 2011, hamas actually held one israeli soldier for five years before they actually released him in exchange for over a thousand prisoners. >> karl, what do you think are the biggest hurdles that those that are still in the hands of hamas and other groups and they may not be held in the same area, certainly being held by

different groups, what are the biggest hurdles that they have to be able to survive this during any period of time, and you know, you were talking about that soldier that was held for five years. what are the main hurdles that these men, women, and children have? >> there's tremendous hurdles. obviously the bombing campaign has put a tremendous amount of pressure on hamas, but also on everybody living on gaza. so that's the palestinian civilians as well as those hostages, those captives. those men, women, and children who are being held. you know, it's been reported that hamas's attack was wildly successful beyond their wildest dreams, so you wonder how prepared were they to have children there, and we've heard about abigail, you know, the young child there. children are hard to take care of under the best of circumstances. can you imagine holding one

underground while they're scared out of their minds for weeks. as you mentioned, the israeli military pressure has been tremendous. hamas has dispersed these prisoners. hamas has indicated they need some time to figure out where everybody is. it's possible some other groups like palestinian and islamic jihad also are holding hostages. that complicates things when you have other groups involved. >> this morning national security adviser jake sullivan was on "today" and spoke about the intricaies of the deal. take a listen. >> well, the hostages will be released over the course of a period of four days, and each day the agreed number of palestinian prisoners will also be released, and this will be done in a carefully choreographed way so that both sides can verify that the other side is upholding their end of the deal. >> is this something that can be indeed achieved? so complicated, evelyn. >> yeah, i mean, it is complicated. the other thing is that it's

staggered over time. so anything, you know, as the two other guests have mentioned, anything could derail this, you know. they have a ban against use of drones. obviously it's -- if it's not a cease fire, everyone has to cease firing. so if one side or the other can't control someone, that could throw the whole thing into jeopardy, so you know, the fact that it's staggered over time does increase the risk to the entire deal and, of course, you know, it is, i can only imagine, excruciating for the families because, you know, the first ten will come out, and then you'll just have to wait another day, you know, for the next ten and hold your breath. this is something clearly that hamas, you know, this part of it would be -- would work to their benefit. they are looking to buy time. israel, of course, would like to conduct their operation and

conclude it as fast as possible, but you know, that's also being constrained by normal, you know, proportionality and rules of war and public opinion. >> and general, you know, just to remember and underline it, today is 46 days since hamas perpetuated the worst massacre against jews since the holocaust, more than 1,200 men, women, and children were killed in their homes at a peace concert, in all kinds of different places there. what do you see, general, going forward the war looking like after these pauses that may be for four days or five or six. what, general, do you see going forward? >> yeah, let me just clarify something here. there's cease fire and then there's pause. cease fire you put down your weapons and you don't fire at all. it's mutually agreed that you're going to, you know, uphold a

cease fire agreement. when you pause, that means that you can establish orders for safe passage, which you can fight in other locations. and if israel intends to fight in other locations, which i assume that's what they're going to do, they're going to pause in certain corridors to allow safe passage and perhaps continue to fight in the south. so i see their next move as they indicated that they will start fighting in the south because their mission is to destroy hamas. so if you're going to destroy hamas, you have to go wherever hamas goes in order to defeat that threat, and so, israel has intelligence that hamas has moved south, so i anticipate israel will be going after those targets. the other piece that we -- >> go ahead. >> the other piece that we must

understand here is we still do not know what the aftermath's going to look like in terms of israeli success. we know that they want to destroy the enemy, but what is that going to look like in the aftermath in terms of some type of permanent government? and i think that's the issue at hand. i have no doubt that israel will be successful, but what is next in terms of the aftermath in which we have there? >> yeah, and you know, general, as you're suggesting that this battle will continue in different and -- and in different fronts, we're looking at live pictures from the israel/gaza border area, and we can see flares. we can see i think some rockets going off, possibly some iron dome activity. but this general is as we await this pause to take effect, but this in a way is reinforcing,

general, the fact that this is a pause and not a cease fire. >> absolutely. so you can anticipate business as usual but corridors as you established for safe passage of the hostage. >> and, again, i thank evelyn farkas, lieutenant general steph twitty and karl schmae for being with us. i just want to get a better perspective. this is at 5:20 p.m. local time there, and we're seeing flares. that's clearly a flare, which is intended to illuminate an area, but there are also rockets going apparently to and fro. there's another one, take a look at that, right there in the middle of your screen as that flare fizzles out right in the top of your screen. there's just on the right of that flare another light, which,

again, look at that, another flare. this is happening right at the israel/gaza border as we approach 5:20 p.m. local time. we'll of course stay with us this, keep monitoring this, but you can see how that flare is illuminating and there is a whole lot of smoke down there right underneath that flare. white smoke, black smoke, there's a lot of activity going on right now. we're going to take a short break, we're actually going to be coming back in 60 seconds. when we do, pope frances meets with families of hostages held by hamas. his messages to those families and to the world. plus, nearly 50 million americans set to hit the road, a few million more taking to the skies. and the storm that's in the middle of all of this that may be complicating travel on the east coast today. also ahead, sam altman reinstated at open ai days after

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travel adviser issued yesterday for new york city. what's going on? >> reporter: that's right, jose. after a really wet and nasty day yesterday in the mid-atlantic and northeast, those rains are finally leaving cities like washington, d.c., and new york city and now folks in the southeast and the carolinas might feel the tail end of that. but as you mentioned, those enormous numbers of folks traveling today, so far we have 973 delayed flights, 43 cancellations. but here at north liberty international airport, you know, business is going as you might expect for a crazy busy holiday weekend, very few delays here, and folks are coming in from across the country and the world, but so far not too many problems here. >> and trymaine, you have laguardia, you've got jfk, and you've got, of course, newark. are they also so far doing okay? >> reporter: so far so good, feeling some of the ripples as you mentioned that advisory, and that really nasty weather yesterday, but so far, again, considering that this may likely

be the busiest holiday weekend -- sorry, holiday stretch ever, the busiest travel day today, 2.7 million travelers expected, but so far considering all of that and the bad weather, not so bad, jose. >> that sounds great. so michelle, what's the forecast looking for today and over the weekend? >> hi there, jose, great to see you. i'm going to add on to that a little bit of good news. we had that high impact storm we've dealt with the past couple of days, it's now on its way out. we do have lingering impacts. even take ago look at radar, we are mostly clear throughout most of the country. the pacific northwest dealing with some rain, dealing with some snow. we're clear in the middle of the country, and then as we're looking at the east coast, that was the storm that we've been dealing with the past couple of days finally moving over the atlantic. we do have the northern end of this cold front, though, bringing some wet weather. or bringing some wintry weather as well. where you see the green, that is rain, the yellows, the reds, the oranges, that's heavier rain. where you see the blue and the pink and the purple, that is

wintry weather. we do still have that to contend with as we go throughout today. we could see eight inches of snow in some portions of northern maine. heavy rain throughout the carolinas. this is just taking a little longer to move offshore. could even see some thunderstorms there. we're going to be watching that as we go throughout this wednesday. as the system continues to move offshore, we're going to start to see improving conditions in the northeast, mid-atlantic, could even see a little bit of sunshine. again, that lingering system in portions of new england. now, as we look towards rainfall forecast, it's mainly going to be the rest for new england. we could have a bit along the coast of maine where we could see 1, 1 1/2 inches of rain, and then as far as the snowfall totals, we're talking 1, 2, 3 inches. highest amounts in the highest elevations of maine. maybe good news for this thanksgiving day holiday. macy's thanksgiving day parade looking good too. we're looking at 8:30 in the morning, mostly sunny skies, cool, breezy, but i don't think it's going to be too windy to impact some of these balloons. winds at northwest 14 miles per

hour. it's going to be cool. you need your jacket. maybe some gloves, a scarf, temperatures 45 degrees. here's more good news. we're looking at thanksgiving day, not a whole lot going on, jose. we'll end it here. this is going to be the high impact storm here, in the rockies, high elevation snow, today, tomorrow, into friday, it's the rockies, i think the skiers are going to like that. >> let's go back to that map, michelle, because of all those numbers. >> i thought you meant this one. i thought you wanted to see the balloons again. >> the balloons were cool, the whole 3d effect. on the big map, i just want you guys to know here in south florida 83 degrees, sunny, 65% humidity. of all of the numbers you have up there, michelle, miami, is at 83 today. i want you guys to know, you're always welcome down here, it is warm and beautiful. >> every day i think of how nice you are, i tell everyone he's so

special, so nice and then you just have to do that. huh. >> nice people can be realistic too, you know. >> that's true. >> trymaine and michelle, thank you, guys. it's great seeing you. >> you too. next, pope francis meeting with the families of israeli hostages and palestinians with family in gaza. the prayers he offered to those on both sides of the conflict. also ahead, among the hostages held by hamas are thai nationals. we'll have the stories of two thai families forever changed by this war.

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32 past the hour. we are back with live pictures of the gaza skyline and take a look at that, right in the top left of your screen you are seeing another flare. these flares have been being sent pretty consistently now for about 20 or 25 minutes. these flares follow the illumination of that whole area in gaza, and you can see there's not electricity there. there is no power for most of gaza. and there are also rockets being fired, apparently from one side and the other. we've seen what could be the iron dome taking effect, and there you see right there you just saw what looked like to be a sending up of rockets right there in the center part of your screen. that's happening as it's 5:33 in

the afternoon in gaza. that activity, as the israeli government just approved a deal with hamas that involves a four-day pause in fighting. that deal offering hope for the families of some of the israeli hostages held by hamas with an agreement in place to send 50 women and children home. families of the other hostages hoping it leads to more deals to free their loved ones. this morning at the vatican, the post met are families on both sides of the conflict, relatives of some of the israeli hostages held by hamas, and separately a delegation of palestinians with loved ones in gaza. joining us now from rome is nbc's anne thompson. anne, the pope's meeting comes hours after israel and hamas agreed to this deal. what was the pope's message to these families? >> reporter: it was -- you can sum it up in one word, jose, and that is peace. he prayed for peace finally in

that part of the world. and he talked to them about suffering. he listened to their stories of the suffering that they've endured since october 7th. one of the people in the group with the israeli families is -- was an american, rachel goldberg, her 23-year-old son was taken hostage on october 7th. he was abducted from the music festival. rachel not only brought a big picture of her son, but she also brought a video showing how he was taken in the moments after the lower part of his left arm was blown off by a hand grenade. >> and i told him quickly because we had very limited time what happened to hersh on october 7th, and i quickly showed him the video of hersh getting loaded onto the pickup truck with his arm amputated. >> how did the pope react to

that? >> he put his hand on his heart and he spoke in italian, which a lovely priest translated into english for me saying his heart is with me and breaks for me and that he was going to try to do everything that he could to help all of us have our loved ones returned. >> reporter: now, here in rome with rachel goldberg is her husband and hersh's father john poland. i asked both of them about this hostage release that we're all expecting in the next 24 hours, and they said even if hersh is not part of it, and they certainly hope that he will be, what they are very excited about is the fact that the international red cross will be able to go in and see all. other hostages and if hersh is

still in captivity, they will actually have some word about his fate because it has been 47 days, jose, since they heard from his -- from their son. they got two text messages the morning he was abducted. they've seen that video, but since then they don't know if he's in pain. they don't know if he's had proper medical care. they don't even know if he's alive. and they're hoping if nothing else comes out of this agreement and this release is that they will have some proof of life of hersh. >> jose. >> and to think that rachel and john showed the pope video of this horrendous act that was actually filmed by the terrorists as they carried out in that case of the concert just killing young people that were at a concert. >> reporter: yeah, and when you talk to rachel and john, what

they are very anxious to share with the world is that this is not about politics as far as they're concerned, this is about humanity. there are humans who were suffering, those who have been taken captive, and those who were caught in gaza who don't have food, water, or power, and who have had their homes destroyed. and this was exactly the pope's message is he was saying to both palestinians and the israeli families i understand the pain that you're going through. i want to hear your stories of suffering, and i am asking the world to end this war. in fact, he said this is beyond war. he called it terrorism, jose. >> anne thompson at the vatican, thank you very much. it's great seeing you. of the hostages taken from israel by hamas over 10% were

migrant workers from southeast asia caught in a conflict they never saw coming. nbc's jay gray has their story. >> coming home for the last time. >> i'm very sad. so sad that i don't want to do anything. i think that my son's time in this world is up. >> reporter: his family's world shattered. on october 7th, he was working as a farm hand at a kibbutz near the gaza border. as hamas terrorists stormed in. >> translator: i heard the news about the attack and my heart was broken. i kept calling my son and he didn't pick up the phone. >> reporter: for four and a half years he worked on a chicken farm sending most of the money he earned back to his family in thailand. funds they used to build a house and buy a tractor.

>> he built everything and he did not even get to touch them. >> reporter: he also helped pay for upkeep on the family rice farm. >> i am sad and i cry. i don't know what to do. when i walk along this rice paddy, i don't know what to do. >> his plan, according to the family was to come home and work the land so his parents could rest as they get older. but there is no rest, no relief from their overwhelming loss. in a village just 50 miles away, there's another vacant house. >> hope crumbles and my heart is about to shatter. when i see his house, i don't want to come and see it anymore. >> reporter: he's been building this dream house for son anusha, his wife and young daughter, anusha paid for materials with money earned from two years of work in southern israel's avocado field. his family says he's been missing since the attacks. >> translator: i want to cry. when i see his photo, i want to

cry. i could not speak. i just want to cry. >> reporter: thai officials believe anusha is one of more than 20 thai laborers being held hostage in gaza. >> translator: our family will be broken. we can't eat. we can't sleep. please tell hamas to release my son. i think my son is not wrong. please tell israel to help give my son back safely. >> reporter: they say until then his home and their hearts will stay empty. jay gray, nbc news, tel aviv. >> to hear that father just say that my fear is that my son's time on this earth is up. jay gray, thank you for that report. up next, a judge declines to revoke bond for a defendant in the georgia election case, but he will face tough new restrictions for what he can and cannot say online.

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44 past the hour. new developments in the sprawling georgia election case. a judge has denied georgia prosecutors' request to revoke bond for one of former president donald trump's co-defendants. fulton county district attorney fani willis argued harrison floyd violated terms of his release with social media posts. the judge gave more rules about what floyd can and cannot post but allowed him to stay out of jail as he awaits trial. msnbc legal analyst, lisa rubin

joins us. great seeing you. what are the new rules for floyd, and was this a win for him? >> it was a win insofar as he stays out of court. it was a loss, however, for floyd in that the restrictions on him today are much greater and much clearer than they were yesterday. he cannot make a public statement or social media post of any kind and the order delineates specifically which social media apps, for example, or what constitutes a public statement about any co-defendant, witness, or person specifically named in the indictment, and i think that really addresses fani willis's concern in particular about georgia election worker ruby freeman whose attorney testified that they upped her security in light of floyd's posts. >> yeah, and i mean, willis herself, the d.a. argument in court yesterday, this is the first time he's seen one of the hearings in this case. what do you think this was made to show? >> i think it's made to show

that she is absolutely invested in this case, down to its minutia, that she will be involved in the presentation of evidence at trial, and that if you think fani willis is just a figure head, she's not playing. she, in fact, said to the judge yesterday, jose, that she's a public figure and she can take the criticism and threats aimed at her but that floyd and anybody else has no right to interfere with the integrity of this trial, vis-a-vis defendants and witnesses. she shows that she means business and that she will continue to be involved in the enforcement of his and others conditions of release. >> and lisa, we're also following developments in trums legal battle in colorado. yesterday the state supre court there agreed to hear appeals related to a ruling that trump's participation in the insurrection cannot keep him off the 2024 ballot. we've seen similar rulings in other states. where do you think this is going next? >> well, it's going to the colorado supreme court. as you know, on december 6th. and that's because jenna griswold, the secretary of state there, only has a month after december 6th to certify the

ballot for the march 5th primary in that state. what i think is going to happen next is they're going to have a really contentious debate about two things, did donald trump commit insurrection, which was a factual finding of this colorado state judge, and does he constitute an officer of the united states such that section 3 of the 14th amendment should disqualify him from being elected president or even being on the ballot? i'm looking forward to seeing what the colorado supreme court does and whether or not it gets escalated, jose, even further to the united states supreme court. >> lisa rubin, thank you so very much. up next, massive shake-ups in the tech world. sam altman is back as the chief of open ai just days after he was forced out. what it means for the future of artificial intelligence. also, elon musk under fire with some big name advertisers. they're fleeing that app. what's behind the firestorm when we come back. (ella) fashion moves fast. (jen) so we partner with verizon to take our operations to the next level. (marquis) with a custom private 5g network.

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so at 51 past the hour, we're following some turbulence in the tech world. overnight, openai said it is bringing back sam altman as ceo just days after they forced him out. meanwhile, elon musk facing a legal battle and mass exodus of advertisers of the reports that x and christine romans has more. >> two big names in tech and a lot of drama. we're learning more about

altman's big return after a weekend ouster while elon musk is feeling the heat under the spotlight. this morning, shake-ups in the tech world for two companies that have major impacts on american lives. the ceo of openai sam altman now back on top after being abruptly fired just days ago. the company announcing it reached an agreement in principle, after a chaotic few days when altman was fired, followed by many of openai's employees threatening to quit. >> i believe that this will be the most important and beneficial technology humanity has ever invented. >> reporter: he's the lead openai, with the potential to change how the world works, cancer treatments and climate change. there have been concerns about his growing power and use for disinformation and deepfakes. and the controversy at openai highlighted the dispute over its potential dangers. >> altman is zuckerberg to social media, musk to electric vehicles, the golden child. >> reporter: it comes as another

tech titan is also under fire, elon musk, the tesla ceo who bought twitter last year, transforming it into x embroiled in controversy. progressive media watchdog media matters published an expose, a number of major media companies including nbc news parent company comcast all paused advertising. musk this week filing a lawsuit disputing the report. media matters calling the suit frivolous. musk posting last night, there is a large graveyard filled with my enemies. i do not wish to add to it, but will if given no choice. >> i'll say what i want to say and if the consequence of that is losing money, so be it. >> reporter: concerns of growing musk's influence, the technology from his other companies is used throughout the world, in conflict zones and even by the u.s. military. savannah asking musk biographer about that power earlier this fall. >> are you comfortable this singular man has that kind of

influence over our world? >> i think it is not great that he has so much power. >> last week, the white house accused musk of promoting anti-semitic and racist hate after he replied to a post viewed as anti-semitic. he posted nothing could be further from the truth. back to you. >> thank you so very much. in our next hour, the latest on the deal to free the hstages held by hamas. and roads across america already swamped with drivers. the holiday dash as millions are set to travel for thanksgiving weekend. anksgiving weekend. [sneeze] dude you coming? ♪ alka-seltzer plus powermax gels cold & flu relief with more concentrated power because the only thing dripping should be your style. plop plop fizz fizz winter warriors with alka-seltzer plus.

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good morning. it is 11:00 a.m. eastern. 8:00 a.m. pacific. i'm jose diaz-balart. back with you for a second hour of this thanksgiving eve. and breaking just moments ago, we're tracking new explosions over gaza, just hours after israel and hamas agreed on a hostage deal that includes a four-day truce. we're going to talk about when that deal actually takes effect and get reaction from a former idf colonel and doctor whose team is on the ground in gaza. at home, a live look at a rainy boston as tens of millions of people hit the roads today to get their thanksgiving destinations. but travel could be slow for some with some heavy winds, rain and snow reported. and new reporting about the presidential candidate who could pose a