lucas. >> reporter: well, jon, president biden is on vacation here in nantucket. aides say he's been working the phones all day. we heard from the white house earlier that he spoke to the leaders from qatar, from egypt and from israel as well trying to break this impasse, the hours-long delay on this second hostage release. and president biden just spoke to reporters just moments ago, just before we went on air, jon, a reporter asked him about the hostages. we're assuming the president thought the question was about the american hostages. the president said hopefully we hear good news soon. he also spoke yesterday and was very candid about when he thinks american hostages will be released. >> we don't know when that will occur, but we're going to -- we expect it to occur. but we know the numbers who are going to be released. it's my hope and expectation that it'll be soon. >> reporter: do you know all of -- [inaudible] are they all alive? >> we don't know all their conditions. >> reporter: so dramatic scene here, you know, in nantucket at least contrasting with wh

a great museum and nantucket. lucas tomlinson with the president there. thanks, lucas. thousands of pro- palestinian demonstrators rallying in cities across the u.s. today from seattle to los angeles to new york city. many are trying to block holiday shoppers from buying anything associated with israeli businesses. alexandria hoff has more. >> we are not talking about pop-up protest, this was part of a nationwide call to action title shut it down from palestine for multiple target commercial district on black friday disrupting business as usual. the new york city, at least 1000 anti- israel protesters met in washington where are calling for palestinian uprising in the middle east. from there, massive crap russia uptown swarming black friday shoppers demanding their attention. >> people want to shop peacefully. then you have this. i think it's getting a little out of hand. i don't know what to tell you but it needs to stop. >> it has not stopped today. tomorrow protesters taking place this afternoon. the first in upper manhattan followed by another columbus circle, both

from nantucket this afternoon.u mention he spoke to israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu the white house is provided a summary of that phone call and going to read part of it for you and our viewers it says quote the prime minister thanked the pres president for s tireless efforts to help broker and fully implement this deal the two leaders agreed the work is not yet done they will continue working for the rate lease of all the hospitals earlier when president biden spoke here in nantucket for a second time he said he wants to see the cease-fire extended. >> that is our goal to keep the pause going down tomorrow so we continue to see more hostages come out and search more he manager relief into those in need in gaza. this is working and worth pursuing further. it is in every smile and grateful to we see on the faces of those families were finally getting back together again. >> here is a photo of the little photo american girl avigail idan who has been freed. she turned four years old friday she spent the last

president biden spent the day with his family in nantucket.ived several briefings from his national security team. which has been working the phones and shuttling between israel and qatar to negotiate a hostage deal. >> today has been been a product of hard work and weeks of personal engagement. i along with my team have worked around the clock to secure the release. >> reporter: back here on nantucket, the biden families annual tradition of attending the town's christmas tree lighting was disrupted by protesters criticizing the president's policies on the war in gaza. earlier, he said he would continue to push israel to reduce civilian casualties as it fights hamas. nancy. >> nancy: weijia jiang in nantucket tonight, thank you so much. to new york now, where a flood of sexual assault complaints were filed over the next few days over well-known names. it came just before a law waving the delight and statute of limitation for such claims was set to expire. cbs's elaine quijano reports that among those are eric adams, some high profile celebriti

cbs is in nantucket where the president spent thanksgiving. good evening. >> reporter: robert, good evening to you president biden was in constant communication throughout the day with his national security team and he was working the phones to make sure the hostage deal would move forward. tonight, still no answers exactly when the americans being held by hamas could be released. on nantucket island, president biden expressed optimism more hostages being held by hamas would soon be released. >> hopefully you will see something soon. >> reporter: the president is playing what the white house calls a central role in the agreement when hamas halted for several hours today the president was on the phone with qatar leaders about how to resolve the holdup. they are negotiating directly with hamas which the u.s. does not group since it is a terrorist group. a u.s. official tells cbs news hamas wanted to increase the amount and pace of humanitarian aid flowing into gaza. >> we put in place mechanisms to prevent hamas from diverting these supplies and

jonathan the: lucas tomlinson in man nantucket -- nantucket, thank you. let's bring in dr.ecca grant, fox news contributor, national security and military analyst and the president of iris independent research. doctor, thank you for being being here. we are just getting word now from a qatari source talking to reuters that this group of hostages, 13 israelis, 7 foreigners, have been released to the international community of the red cross in gaza and are traveling to the border that we're looking at there the life -- live, the rafahs crossing. from there, doctor, they usually travel the 2 miles or so east, and they come over back into israel over the current shalom crossing. a sign of progress that the cease fever is holding and hostages -- ceasefire is holding and hostages continue to be leased. i guess this is good news. >> definitely good news that those hostages are close to getting back into israel. and, jonathan, ridiculous behavior on the part of hamas to mess around with the timetable for this. remember as a netanyahu's explained, this is a day by day deal. hamas re

big day in nantucket, lucas. >> it sure is. any minute we are expecting to hear from president biden, setting up at a local hotel, the president will speak after the first 24 hostages have been released from gaza, although it's notable, kevin, it does not include any americans. up to ten american hostages that are being held inside gaza by hamas and the president we heard the first statement, he said this deal should include some americans. they are expecting up to three american citizens to be released among the first 50 over the next 3 or 4 days. so we are waiting president biden's remarks in nantucket any minute now. >> kevin: great stuff. we will touch base with you. we continue our coverage, your reaction to what lucas is just telling us, the president expected to speak. what might he say in a circumstance like this, and i think it's also fair to ask, does he know more than he'll be sharing with the american people? >> well, the last question, i certainly hope he knows a lot more than he's going to share with the american

east time for topic of the hour proving they've got friends in high places they stay in nantucket for thanksgiving the 39-million-dollar compound just one of the many vacation homes by america's wealthiest democrats used by biden family stays in nantucket lake have a toe kiawahlake croix. nantucket most and have to vacation on a politicians since 1970 almost 50 years i don't have a problem taking vacations i do have a problem with so disconnected from reality for 45, 47 years; right? like biden has been vacationing nicest spots nice evident things i don't think connected he with people. >> you see pictures of hunter biden running around nantucket getting coffee selfies like famous not under investigation, for foreign business of dealings, on top of that the president jumping into the ocean quick for a polar bear dive we've got american hostages in hamas's hanz right now. lauren: former president had. >> nice vacations, we must say, important to say they both have a lot of opportunities, most americans don't the problem is, the message your point well-taken, jackie, because democrats r

here on nantucket, the impromptu lobster roll index reveals that the price of a lobster roll in nantucketone down as well. now, president biden spoke just moments ago, a few hours ago apartment a firehouse here in nantucket. he spoke about the potential hostage deal. >> i'll talk to you guys tomorrow. >> any updates today, sir? >> i'm not prepared to give you an update until it is done. >> keeping my fingers crossed. >> president biden and the first lady were delivering pies to the local firehouse here in nantucket earlier. some of the firefighters had to respond to a false alarm at biden's $34 million home where he's staying this week. the secret service said it was a false alarm. there's been a hunter biden sighting on nantucket courtesy of biden's granddaughter. here's the president and his family doing the annual polar bear plunge. the biggest shock for is president is not the water temps, but the polls showing him lose to donald trump right now the new nbc poll. partly because of the state of the economy. the president insists it's improving. the price of gas has been lowered by $1.7

>> white house officials say it's engaged throughout the vacation here in nantucket. he is receiving multiple upd updates. speaking to his national security advisor jake sullivan. the white house and president biden is putting pressure on israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu. they like to see the cease-fire extended to get more hostages released and ultimately a cease-fire to end the war. when you see all the hostages released before that happens. >> lucas tomlinson at the present and nantucket. thank you lucas. arthel: jonathan we have breaking news we are just getting word from qatar negotiators the hostage hold up has been resolved. too that u.s. and a member of the israeli. were not sure the details in terms of exactly one this it now kink has been released out of this chain if you will. when it will begin again. you cannot really trust hamas quite frankly. with this delay in the first place what message was hamas sending? what are they up to at this point? >> iit's so good to be with you. hamas is reminding us of who and what it is. it is a terrorist organiz

kelly o'donnell is traveling with the president in nantucket, massachusetts. kelly, did mr.iden give any time line for the americans? >> reporter: jose, he's signaling optimism, but with two transfers of hamas held hostages and no americans among them, u.s. officials do tell us they are disappoint but remain hopeful. although not certain that that could soon change. two women with american citizenship and a 4-year-old girl could be released now, the president was out and about here in nantucket before attending church, and he was asked about the status of hostages, and he said hopefully you'll see something soon. the president was also on the phone early today at the fist sign of a delay, speaking with the prime minister and the amir of qatar talking about the hurdles in this process and urging all the parties to get back on track. jose >> kelly o'donnell in nantucket, thank you. >>> turning to other news, derek chauvin, the former minnesota police officer convicted of murdering george floyd was himself the victim of a violent attack while serving time in an arizona prison l

jacqui: lucas tomlinson in nantucket, thanks so much.ore, we are joined by former deputy national security advisor under former president trump victoria coates who is now vice president of foreign policy at the heritage foundation. thank you so much, victoria, for being with us. appreciate your time. so i want to start with this news that the hostage release has been delayed and with the caveat that israel has not yet responded to these allegations coming from hamas that they've violated somehow the terms of this agreement. the fact that these releases that were expected to happen today are not happening today adds to skepticism about trusting hamas, that's a skepticism that israel has always expressed. so would you have made this deal? >> well, good to be with you with, hope you had a wonderful thanksgiving. no, i would not have made this deal. i think if there was a deal to be had, it would be to support israel strongly and tell hamas if that the fighting would stop, there would be perhaps the possibility of a ceasefire once all of the

lucas tomlinson travelling with the president in nantucket, massachusetts. lucas, when will we get the americans back? >> the president was very candid earlier. he said we don't know when the hostages are coming back. you're right. the first two dozen hostages released didn't include any americans. the white house says up to ten americans still remain captive tonight in gaza. the president was very candidate in his remarks this afternoon here in nantucket. >> we don't know when that will occur. we're going to -- we expect it to occur. we don't know what the list of all of the hostages are and when they'll be released. we no the numbers. it's my hope and expectation it will be soon. i don't trust hamas to do anything. i only trust them to respond to pressure. >> so president biden says so far this is only a start but it's off to a good started. president biden said american diplomacy helped the first hostages to get freed. only 200 still captive. 37 supposed to be released in the coming days. president biden thanked the emir of qatar andprime minister netanya

he mentioned he is in nantucket for thanksgiving.ollar mansion, taking selfies and living it up with his family when the rest of americans are struggling just to get by. he went on an erratic spending spree that pushed inflation up to records that we have never seen before. when you compound it over the course of the last three years, prices are roughly up 17%, and that is sticky. that hasn't gone away. it's no surprise people are paying off their credit card debt from last year. oh, by the way, now we see credit card debt is at a trillion dollars, and what are people going to do? not put presents under the tree this year, jason? of course they're going to come of it they will put it on plastic. here we are, and nation during the pandemic actually saving money and paying down debt, and now because of joe biden's reckless spending, the equation completely flipped upside down. it's actually really sad when you think about it. >> jason: jason, that look of kamala harris and her husband -- good looking couple, but the lack of a presence

lucas tomlinson is live in nantucket with more. hello, u lucas. >> reporter: mike, president biden sharing the good news this morning in nantucket saying that the first american hostage has been freed, little 4-year-old abigail. and the president was also very descriptive about the trauma she enendured, her mother killed right in front of her, her father trying to shield her before he was gunned down, and then little abigail taken into gaza and held hostage over 50 days. one can only imagine what a she endured during those 50 days in captivity, mike, likely not seeing the sun, held inside those tunnels in very darkrooms for many days. the president also talked about his goals for the future. one of them is he wants to see this pause, this ceasefire extended to get more hostages released. >> well, that's our goal, to keep this pause going beyond tomorrow so that we can continue to see more hostages come out and surge more humanitarian relief into those in need in gaza. this is working and woft pursuing -- worth pursuing further. it'

while he's on vacation on the beach or in nantucket or i o. e beach or in nantucket or this president is entirely asleep at the wheel, which means somebody is running this country into the ground. and i didn't vote fo andren, ju joe biden, judge, but i certainly didn't vote for whoever is running our government right nowdg y didn't. ment right nowdg and me and millions of other americans would sure like to know who that perso n is. >> you know, joe concha, the amazing parte to of all ths is the democrat party. they talk about, oh, we're free choice bout w and freedom and as stuff. 71% of the democrats thinkjob. joe's too old to do the job. and yet they're insisting that he be the guy to run. they're you know, he's not engaging in any kind, of debats . it's joe biden. b when america clearlyiden i mean we're tired of the stumbling and the bumbling. what saystumbling an you?judge, >> i say, judge, if there was a plan b, which i think was supposed to be kamala harris, and now she's all the way now , if there was ze way somebody viable to put forwa

this has already become a trend, that is, a tradition, the president's family gathers in nantucket andke. there is another trend, constant ridicule of biden and his age, now... who is older? biden or corn flakes. oddly enough, the cereal is a little older, it's 1906. a cold shower for the senior of this group in striped swimsuits, it's not at +10 to plunge into the atlantic, on fox news they like it hot. so, what to give a person if he has everything, but he doesn’t remember anything, that’s what hunter has been giving him for the eighth year in a row. his brother gave it to him as usual money. the secretary girls gave him new material to sniff, and dr. gill gave him a special card to carry in his wallet. this is what the crew of the presidential plane gave him to wear the next time he climbs the ramp. and donald trump, in the best traditions , congratulated his opponent on the state of his own health. with health, according to your personal doctor. usa dr. bruce aaronwald is doing just fine. trump has also lost 14 kg. former president trump celebrated biden's 80th birthday, by publish

elise, we heard from - president joe biden in nantucket way presidentjoe biden in nantucket way he iso have been saying the us played a large role behind—the—scenes. where do you see that role going out, elise? i behind-the-scenes. where do you see that role going out, elise?— that role going out, elise? i think it is to continue _ that role going out, elise? i think it is to continue to _ that role going out, elise? i think it is to continue to push - that role going out, elise? i think it is to continue to push for- that role going out, elise? i think it is to continue to push for more | it is to continue to push for more aid to get in. that will be on the hamas what will get hamas to get going. although you could argue hamas does not really care out the palestinians or they would not be putting themselves in areas where they are being used as human shields and such. but for pr and to get this palestinian hostages released and get more aid in, it does give them more large s with the palestinian people given everything that is going on. and again, as we have been saying, resident bid

have some local news to share with you here on nantucket, island. last night a fire alarm went off at president biden's home where he is staying, the $34 million home. we are told it was a false alarm. the fire brigade deployed. trucks rolled out but didn't quite reach the biden compound. perhaps that's one of the reasons why president biden, when he was speaking earlier, thanked local responders. >> president biden: today is about coming together, giving thanks to this country we call home and thanks to all the firefighters, police officers, first responders and troops. some of whom are stationed abroad. i have never been more optimistic. >> president biden says he is grateful for lower prices, folks, no matter where you are heading this holiday season are heading there for less. gas is down, airfare is down and car prices are down 10% and not done taking action to get the prices down everywhere. let's look at the stat on the gas prices. they might have gone down recently. compared to the day president biden took office gas prices are still up 37%.

he's headed to nantucket for a luxurious and relaxing vacation with family and friends. joining us is former arkansas governor mike huckabee with tom laron, and fox news contributor joe -- i'm going to start with you, mike huckabee, we've had now they say, 66 times since october 17, that we've been attacked by the proxies in iran from iran, and yet, we're barely fighting back. why do you think that is when so many of our soldiers have been injured with injuries that are very serious, tbi, traumatic brain injuries, which can be lifelong? >>, just you've got to remember this is an administration that's give an lot of cash awards to the iranians. we've blessed them not just with the $6 billion of unfrozen money but we've turned their oil spigots back on. that's $80 billion they have been able to get from that. so we're not worried about what they do. we make it possible for them to gain nuclear capacity. i just believe with all my heart that if donald trump were still president and i hope he is again, i don't think we'll have this kind of situation because the iranians won'

president biden is still here in nantucket. he's scheduled to leave around 1:30 before he heads to the white house. we'll see if we hear from him later today on the latest release. but jake sullivan did say they are hoping for a good day as they are hoping there will be one american citizen coming out of gaza. >> and i think it is really significant as you report, that president biden has been the phone with qatari leaders who have been deally involved in trying to mediate all of this to make sure this is all as planned. we'll get back to you. if you get more information we'll come back to you right away. >>> part of deal was to deliver much more humanitarian aid, medical supplies and food and water and fool to gaza. and we have belief that is happening. and i want to go to larry who is jibing us from cairo right now. what is the situation on the ground as far as you know? >> reporter: wolf, we've seen dozens of aid trucks make it from egypt across the rafah crossing into gaza today. the last that we heard was that at least 100

i can definitely hear biden getting heckled in nantucket, didn't see headlines about that.t, biden did a polar plunge with hunter and ivanka was suffering in a wave pool. she took a plunge. she doesn't need to couch surf, she saved her money. caught biden sucking a milkshake through a straw. could be a smoothie, looked like a milkshake. please do anything with a straw in private, not a good look, men should never suck through a straw. trump's way in the polls, lock biden back in the basement with mail-in ballots and "wall street journal" called it a timebomb. probably be preceded by lawsuits over voting rules and absentee ballots and democrats up to shen an begans. ballots can come in with a signature that doesn't match and it still has to be counted. if you write in cursive and that signature comes in left-handed in chicken scratch with your name misspelled, still counts and mail ballots don't have to have a date on them. no signature match, no date, pennsylvania counts your ballots and they will not count before election day. why count before election day? because then yo

our reporter is on the island tonight in nantucket.ter: president joe biden speaking to reporters after delivering pumpkin press partieo firefighters and people in the community. >> the biden family is perhaps extra grateful for the first responders after a fire alarm started at the home where he was staying. it was a false alarm. the six attacks against u.s. forces in the last six months. john kirby says the attacks have knock him down despite recent u.s. airstrikes. >> we have seen several more attacks on our troops and just recent days, which is unacceptable to president biden. >> white house officials say that they prodded to get the first hostages released. some say that could be hurting the war effort in the process. >> if pressure continues come up we are talking about a mistake of afghanistan proportions. >> they spoke to service members from across the five branches including those of the spaceports as well. >> mike: thank you so much for your report from nantucket island. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> emotions are running high. an expected cease-

earlier today here in nantucket, president biden visiting a fire house.ht, false alarm on the $34 million home where he is staying, perhaps from one of the pies, serious note, though, the president is hoping for good news, some of the 50 hostages, women and children, including a 3-year-old american girl are expected to be released by hamas in exchange for 150 palestinian prisoners. biden spoke to reporters about that earlier. >> talk to you guys tomorrow. >> updates today, sir? >> i'm not prepared to give you an update until it's done. >> are you expecting the 3-year-old girl to be among the hostages? >> keeping my fingers crossed. >> president biden and the first lady also spoke to u.s. military service members from all five branches, including the space force. it was notable who he didn't call, any of the crew members afford the u.s.s. gerald ford. that aircraft carrier has been extended twice, she was supposed to be home for thanksgiving. >> molly: great point, thank them all for their service and lucas tomlinson, appreciate you as well on nantucket. >

jacqui: lucas tomlinson for us in nantucket. for the latest on the hostage releases and the possible extension of the temporary cease-fire, let's bring in the israeli spokesman. thank you for being with us. i want to look at the reporting about the delay and releases. hamas is sort of giving conflicting reasons according to two different reports, why this is happening. reuters is reporting that hamas is delaying until israel will commit to allowing aid trucks into northern gaza and then you've got axios saying that israel violated its terms in imposing some restrictions or i guess, conditions on who is released from the palestinian prisoners. can you just tell us what is the cause of this delay? >> we're not going to comment on sensitive issues relating to the hostages until they are safely back on israeli soil. human lives hang in the balance and this is of course, a perilous moment, but it's important to be clear, every moment that hamas has kept onto those hostages since october 7th, every moment it holds them in the dark and

shannon: lucas on the road of president and nantucket thank you very much.s an out chair of the council of economic advisors jared bernstein welcome back because it's good to be here with you. >> we always do polls you just heard what lucas was reporting i want to get to the specific when we asked americans that they see signs the economies hit the worst in turning around. 67% of voters we surveyed said no they actually think the worst is still to come the conference board assures that assessment work absent u.s. economic growth will buckle under mounting headwinds early next year real disposable personal income growth is a flats pandemic savings are dwindling household debt is rising. i know it you're going to want to paint a rosy picture but for most people their expenses not good pick racks i want to try to paint a realistic picture of its new wants and takes into account everything you just said. but also reflects not just what people are saying which we have to listen to they are the best arbiters of economic conditions. but also what they are doing we

president, your hat is the uss nantucket.u call the ship, that’s where it will drop anchor. in the middle of a walk around the island with the same name. biden with his entourage. the brotherhood of thieves suddenly turns into a tavern. demonstrators remained waiting on the street, literally following on biden’s heels, chanting in support of palestine, and advocating for a ceasefire in the gas sector. and after sunset there is no passage for the head of the white house. the us president, in the company of his unlucky son hunter, was greeted with chants at the christmas tree lighting ceremony. you can't hide, we accuse you of genocide. nantucket island is not texas or idaho, not republican outback, this is the liberal state of massachusetts, that is , its own democratic voters are dissatisfied with biden, in the same liberal new york, they also tried to disrupt the traditional thanksgiving parade. with palestinian flags they again went to protest at the headquarters of the new york times newspaper; the publication is accused o

cnn white house correspondent arlette sainz is in nantucket.rlette, what was biden's message to qatar? >> reporter: good morning. president biden spent time on the phone on saturday morning with the emir of qatar as well as the qatari prime minister to try to keep this deal on track. the white house says that he spoke with the two leaders about the possible hurdles that they were facing as there was a delay in the release of hostages on saturday and also talking about the mechanisms they could put in place to try to work through them. a senior white house officials were in touch with counterparts in israel, egypt and qatar throughout the day to ensure this release was not delayed or disrupted any further and it was around 1:30 in the afternoon on saturday when the white house received word from the qataris the elise was going forward and the red cross was trying to recover these hostages but really it speaks to the level of engagement president biden himself has done throughout this negotiation for this hostage release. he has talked about the

arlette saenz is traveling with the president from nantucket. i wonder was the administration surprised there were no americans in this initial group? there was a lot of discussion of one of it hostms who happens to be turning 40 years old today not involved in this initial group. was there any upset with that, any surprise they weren't included at this point? >> well, jim, the white house had not provided any exact timing when they believed the three americans would be released by hamas, but the white house still remains hopeful that will be the case, these two women and that young girl, 4-year-old abigail, will be part of the 50 women and children who will be released in the coming days. we just heard president biden just left the home where he's staying in nantucket, massachusetts. and we expect to be hearing from him shortly about the hostage released. white house officials were monitoring the release in realtime, and i'm told president biden was briefed throughout the morning include by his national security advisor jake sullivan. the presi

he's travelling with the president in nantucket with the president. and hope you're on a good path, and look pretty clear. >> david, take two, the white house doesn't expect to see any american hostages released and president biden with the following explanation how he thinks this war started. >> i cannot prove what i'm about to say, but i believe one of the reasons why hamas struck when they did is they knew that i was working very closely with the saudis and others in the region to bring peace to the region by having recognition of israel and israel's right to exist. >> free palestine! >> now, it's not been all smooth sailing for the president here in nantucket, david. biden and the first lady were met by protesters walking to lunch. and the protesters followed the president and his family, including hunter biden at the annual christmas tree lighting on the island. while americans were enjoying turkey, u.s. forces in the middle east were attacked four more time, at least 73 attacks on our service members in the middle east since the middle of last m

a bit earlier today, president biden was walking around downtown nantucket, popping into shops with his families, and he told reporters that hopefully they would be seeing something soon when it came to the second release. and that is, in fact, what happened just moments later as we have seen the release of these israelis as well as some foreign nationals. vice president kamala harris was out in los angeles told. she actually also spoke to the fact that there were some issues with the implementation which praised the president to get on the phone to work through some of that. one key thing, even as there's that second wave of hostages released today, there are no american citizens who are part of that release. the president has yet to pinpoint an exact date of when the americans will come out. the white house is hopeful they will be part of the larger group. the white house believes there are three american citizens that could be released, including two women and the young girl, who turned 4 years old yesterday. they would be diligent and remain vigilant about getting all the hostages o

cnn's arlette saenz is in nantucket where the president is spending his thanksgiving with his family. arlette, as we heard from president biden earlier tonight, he was asked about the release of these hostages. what did he tell reporters? >> reporter: kaitlin, president biden is striking an optimistic tone as the white house is hopeful that this hostage release will go forward as planned on friday. now, as he was out visiting firefighters here in nantucket on thanksgiving day, the president said that he would be prepared to speak a bit more about this in this process after that release is conducted friday. one thing white house officials have been watching closely is trying to figure out whether any americans will be part of this initial release. it's expected that there could be three americans released in total with that 50 women and children figure. two women that are american, and also there is that 3-year-old, abigail adan, abigail's parents killed in the october 7th attack by hamas. president biden is keeping his fingers crossed that she will be part of this initial release expe

speaking here in nantucket yesterday, president biden said that he thought the first wave of hostages released went well, then was pretty candid when he was asked when are those americans coming home. >> we don't know when that will occur, but we're going to be expecting it to occur. i don't trust hamas to do anything right now. i only trust hamas to respond to treasure. >> reporter: president biden said weeks of u.s. diplomacy helped get those first hostages field, over 200 remain and up to 10 american citizens. white house officials are hopeful 3 americans including that little girl, abigail adan who just turned 4 years old yesterday, will be coming home soon. hamas refused to she release her to celebrate her birthday. white house officials don't expect any americans to be released today. president biden had this message for a hamas: >> hundreds more trucks are getting in position as well ready to enter gaza over the coming days the support the innocent palestinians who are suffering greatly because of this war. that hamas if has unleashed. hamas doesn't give a damn about a them. >>

check out this biden flew to celebrate thanksgiving on nantucket island, massachusetts.. the first family stayed in a luxury complex worth $34 million. the house belongs to the billionaire and one of the main donors of the democratic party rubinstein. coincidence or not, biden is having lunch. prefers there in a tavern called the brotherhood of thieves. but the holiday, as they say, did not work out, and it did not work out from the very beginning, the people greeted their, still president, with an offensive chant, which can be translated as biden, biden, don’t hide, admit to genocide. people's love, as it is, further, during the traditional walk along streets of nantucket, biden saluted a passerby who was filming the president on his phone, all because he had a us navy emblem on his cap, and biden was just confused. last year, while walking around the island, the president looked through the window into one of the houses, which scared the unfortunate children; the photograph then really turned out to be creepy. on fox news, they openly say that grandpa joe is so old tha

and it comes as president biden is here in nantucket, massachusetts, where he's spending the holiday with family. it's not a vacation. it's a working trip for president biden. he stays in contact with his team back at the white house. just this afternoon the president has been balancing another situation, holding calls with israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu as that hostage negotiation, the potential hostage release is expected to come in the coming hours. president biden right now is balancing those two things, discussing both these potential hostage release that could be coming in the next day, as well as getting these latest updates on the incident that's occurred at the rainbow bridge. >> arlette, thank you so much for the update. >>> our breaking news coverage is going to continue on the incident at the u.s./canada border in just moments. don't go anywhere. >>> we're continuing to follow the breaking news from the rainbow bridge at the u.s./canada border crossing. right now the fbi is investigating a vehicle that exploded there at a security checkpoint. officials confirm

and back in nantucket, et biden did a polar plunge with hunter. >> water wasn di 40 eight degre. four fingers in the chin chickened out. and ivanka was in the bahamas with her family, surfing in a wave poo ivankl. she took a plunge to take that hunter. she she doesn't need to couch surf. she saved her money. now, dailymail.comh caught biden on what looks like a milkshake through a straw. thg >> could be a smoothie. looked like chocolath e to me le now. >> little advice for grown men. if you want to enjoy a milkshakd likee or anything wa straw, please do it in private. >> it's not a good look. men should never anything through a straw. >> trump's way up in the polls. so the democrats are going to lock biden back in then back basement and blast the states in the face with mail in ballots i. the wall street journal calls it a male vote time bomb.a >>l" the 2020 four election will probably be preceded by another flood of lawsuits overly b voting rules and absen ballots. and democratrules are again up to the same old shenanigans in pennsylvania. ballotens can come in with doe a signat

lucas tomlinson is in nantucket covering the president. what are you hearing from the white house, lucas? >> gillian, president biden has remarked just moments ago, said while this is just a started, he said this is off to a good start. none of the hostages freed today are american. president biden was very candid when he was asked just when are these american hostages coming home. >> we don't know when that will occur. we're go -- we expect it to occur. we don't know what the list of all of the hostages are and when they'll be released. we know the numbers that will be released. it's my hope and expectation it will be soon. i don't trust hamas to do anything right. i only trust hamas to respond to pressure. >> officials say there's up to ten americans that still remain captainive inside gaza this evening. president biden said that american diplomacy helped get the americans freed. over 200 remain captainive in gaza. 37 are supposed to be released in the coming days. biden thanked the amir of qatar and prime minister benjamin netanyahu. th

president biden is back at the white house returning earlier from nantucket where he appeared to take credit for getting hamas to release more than 50 hostages so far. >> the proof that this is working and were pursuing further, every smile and grateful tear that we see on the faces of those families were finally getting back together again. the proof is little abigail. alicia: we go live with lucas tomlinson whose with the president. >> tomorrow marks the last day of the four-day truce. president biden speaking to nantucket before departing says he wants to see the time period extended, cease-fire extended to get more hostages out. he mentioned he wants to redouble efforts to get the remaining american hostages out up to eight remain held captive inside of gaza tonight. >> have you extracted any guarantees about the hostages or do you have an expectation of how much longer you could push this on. >> the deal calls for every ten hostages release we extended another day. i'm hopeful this is not the end that it will continue. >> these hostages being released have not seen the sunshine d

heavy rain and strong winds up in nantucket are threatening to disrupt some travel plans. aaa forecasts more than 55 million people are expected to travel more than 50 miles from home. let's bring in lee, a travel expert. how does this year compare to other ones? i remember last year was the first post covid crowd seen and it went fairly well. there are pressures on the system. >> yeah, last year people were still reeling from that debacle with the weather and southwest airlines situation. this year things are a little more under control hopefully. you can never control mother nature but i think people realize that they should be getting to the airport early, practicing some patience and hopefully traveling at off-peak times and giving yourself ample time. delays and hassles are inevitable. >> dana: the weather we can't deal with that and we just have to trust the pilots make the best decision. is there a problem with the shortage in air traffic controllers? is that contributing to some of these delays? >> well, they've been getting blamed quite a bit in the last year or t

the bidens themselves are currently on the weekend in nantucket, massachusetts.n the morning they greeted. with the holiday of the american military, calling bases around the world, and later visited the fire department branch in nantucket, to congratulate the firefighters, the first lady treated the firefighters to pumpkin pie. the gratitude festival was held this week in los angeles. with over 12,000 volunteers handing out food and local residents signing holiday cards and creating small gifts for those less fortunate this holiday season, organizers say at a time when there are so many things that bring people together, it's important to be a little kinder to each other. report from the festival by khrystyna shevchenko. on the territory a line of los angeles residents gathers at bowlin gills elementary school. a festival of gratitude is held here. they are giving away free meal kits until thanksgiving. vegetables, fruits, meat and cakes are in the packages. more than 15 volunteers from different parts of southern california participate in the festival. they pac

lucas tomlinson is at the president's holiday retreat on nantucket island.ello, lucas. >> luke's president biden welcos of possible release of 50 hostages all women and children including three americans. democrats remain divided over biden's israel policy, a policy that is being greatly influenced by the pro-palestinian protests throughout the country ♪ chanting genocide joe has got to go. >> protests continued on the streets of new york again today. at the white house, officials warn the deal could still fall apart. >> we recognize that one party to this agreement is a terrorist organization. a terrorist organization that hasn't always abided by the commitments that they have made. >> white house officials say president biden has been putting increasing pressure on israel's prime minister over his handling of the war and the rising civilian death toll. >> i really am tired of these anonymous administration officials leaking to the media oh we put a lot of pressure on the netanyahu government. that is not what the world needs to hear right now. >> president

of course a president biden he is heading back to the white house from nantucket.oint base andrews were air force one just landed. you can see first lady jill biden getting off the plane here. the president's, earlier today and his press conference spoke about a multitude of things of the hostage release including his conversation he believes with the mayor of qatar was instrumental in getting avigail idan released today. that is definitely one hostage, all of them of course but definitely little avigail idan everyone was hopeful she would be able to be freed. it does not look like the president is going to speak to the press. looks like the weather is a little bit bad there. the president did speak today with israeli prime minister netanyahu who told him israel will resume its gaza operation with the full force once the cease-fire is over. lucas tomlinson is live in nantucket with the very latest. >> arthel, the white house has provided a summary of that conversation between president biden and israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu i will read part of that sum

>> bret: lucas tomlinson in nantucket ahead of the president. lucas, thanks. ♪ ♪ >> bret: tonight we have a very special story. correspondent benjamin hall returns to ukraine 20 months after he was seriously injured there while covering the war with russia. also on the trip, executive chairman and ceo of fox corps lachlan murdock. binningy hall spoke exclusively with ukrainian president volodymyr zelenskyy about the progress and the conflict and his country's relationship with the u.s. last time i got on this train i was badly injured. we made it out the other side. today is the day that we are going back. >> it's been a long journey and we have come a long way. but, inside ukraine, that victory seems to be getting further away. with the war being called a stalemate and an acknowledgment that it will last for years. inside kyiv, we paid tribute to all those who have died. amongst my colleagues pierre and sasha. and we spoke to president zelenskyy. both about the successes and the hardships. >> the eyes of the world have moved elsewhere. they are

arlette saenz traveling with the president in nantucket. we'll continue to monitor events, the president's reaction but also what we're learning from israel. please do stay with us. youe ju we heard from president biden moments ago. his first remarks since the initial exchange of 24 hostages being held by hamas and other groups in gaza. four palestinian prisoners released into a west bank. cnn's wolf blitzer is live for us in tel aviv. wolf, your impressions of president biden's remarks. >> reporter: i thought they were pretty significant. he made some news i thought in terms of discussing this overall israel-hamas war. at one point he said that in his opinion eliminating hamas, which is one of israel's goals as we all know -- eliminating hamas he says is a legitimate objective. i think that's the first time i heard him say eliminating hamas is a legitimate objective. that's what we keep hearing from the israelisy we know. he also went one step further in term of blasting hamas. he said hamas doesn't give a damn about the palestinians in ga

joining us now from nantucket, massachusetts, to discuss, is kelly o'donnell, nbc senior white house correspondent, and, kelly, as you were listening to the president, what were your main take aways from what he was saying, and what he plans on doing in the coming days? >> reporter: well, richard, certainly the president had a number of different audiences for his message today. in part, updating the american people on the work he's doing behind the scenes. he spoke about his efforts on diplomacy with phone calls and outreach to the key players, the mayor of qatar, instrumental in trying to do direct negotiations, speaking with the president of egypt, the prime minister of israel, the president involved repeatedly on this. at the same time, extending a message of optimism to the families, to those involved, to the general public and to the participants that the progress being made today, this first incremental and important step of releasing hostages is going well, and that that momentum should continue in a positive way. and by that, i mean at any point, there could be a problem, an

president biden traveled yesterday to nantucket said one secret service agent, "yes, sir, we've all heardughter ] that's right, president biden traveled yesterday to nantucket to spend thanksgiving with his family because the wish bone is currently his best chance in 2024 [ laughter ] president biden and his family are set to spend thanksgiving on nantucket at the $39 million home of private equity billionaire david rubenstein okay, seriously, is anyone at the white house in charge of pr, he won the first election because he was regular old scranton joe the train guy who let him have thanksgiving at a house with the gravy boat is a gravy yacht? [ laughter ] according to new polls, 76% of new york voters believe that republican congressman george santos should resign. while according to him, 147% say he shouldn't [ laughter ] iowa evangelical leader bob vander plaats endorsed florida governor ron desantis, and said that desantis has "the spine to do it." though it's not clear if he meant to be president, or to walk in heels. [ laughter ] murder on the spine. i've been told after pleading g

they have a low key celebration in nantucket.he president got to pardon the "tucker carlson tonight" and go that way. the best president for the oldest president would be a strategy for addressing voters' concerns that he just too darn old. because, right now, all they have got is the white house says well, you know, joe has achieved a lot. he is a world leader. and he is not donald trump. but the polls show people are not persuaded. >> brian: right. that is true. >> we know major polls major polls not looking good for joe biden. what about the newest poll? you have the nbc poll. >> this poll shows the hypothetical between the presidents, here 44% for joe biden. 46% for trump. but if you go deeper into the polls, i want to take you back to 2020 joe biden was at 51%. donald trump was still at 46%. not just that. in the past election in 2016, donald trump still remains at 46%. but hillary clinton was at 48%. you get the trend in these national polls they really don't move that much unless you are a dem. it's really going to be the

just in the last couple of minutes, the president and first lady here on nantucket have gone to a fire station where they were visiting with the local firemen who are on duty and talked to the pool that travels with the president wherever he is. he said, at this point he is not prepared to talk about the hostages until this process goes forward. clearly, the president recognizes this is a fragile proposition. while an agreement has been reached and they believe it's moving forward, until it actually happens, he does not want to tip the scales in any way. the president and first lady were doing a holiday visit there to thank local first responders. they dropped off pies. as is often the case in covering the president on holiday duty or vacation duty or when he is away from the white house, the pool with him has a chance to try to ask some questions about the pressing news. from what we have learned so far from our colleagues who are in that group today, he is not wanting to weigh in on the fate of the hostages. overall, the white house is saying they are optimistic this will move forwar

there have been multiple briefings to the president during his time here in nantucket. today is that there are as many as three americans who qualify under the terms of this deal, this multi day deal, which is the release of hostages in exchange for prisoners held by israel and also the component of humanitarian aid going into gaza. women and chdren are the only captives who are qualifying for this. as many as ten americans have the potential to be held hostage. the u.s. acknowledges they do not know the current location or health or status of all ten. they know about these three, two women and a four-year-old girl. the administration is telling us they have reason to believe today the exchange will include at least one american. so, this could play out over several hours, we've seen that being the tempo over the past couple of days. yesterday, there was, in fact, a delay and the president got involved, got on the phone, urging the parties to resolve whatever hurdles where there. so, everyone involved in this is advising caution that not knowing until the hostages are s