and this is america's late news, fox news at night. >> breaking tonight, the deal is still on but it's been pushed back a day. is real now says the release of 50 hostages won't happen until at least friday. we have not been given an exact reason for the delay, but the white house national security advisor jake sullivan says some of the hostages are being held by criminal organizations and not by hamas, and hamas is trying to figure out if it can deliver on its part of the deal. alex hogan is live in israel with the latest breaking details on this. alex. >> hi trace, we're learning more about this hostage negotiation deal and, unfortunately, for those who had been hopeful and waiting here, it seems that the first hostages might not get freed until about this time tomorrow, so friday morning, and among those who could be released is a little girl who's fourth birthday will be on friday. friday morning. it was, again, a u.s. citizen, dual citizen i should mention. it was prime minister netanyahu who did give more clarity about what this could mean for other hostages possibly not released saying the red cross will be able to visit them and give them medical help for the families again who the hostages who will not be released and families of hose hostages say that they are waiting, they are holding on to hope. >> i'm worried because nobody told me my family would be in this deal. >> the current deal would pause the fighting in gaza for four days and free 150 palestinian women and children being ned israeli jails. israel's justice ministry published a list of about 300 names of palestinian prisoners who could be released. now the ceasefire has not started yet and in gaza the idf conducted targeted raids once again in the late day. they released new footage of the tunnels turned al-shifa hospital and so far they say that they have found at least 400 tunnel shafts built by hamas as they work their way through the northern gaza strip. meanwhile here in northern israel the idf responded to incoming fire from hezbollah by sending in fighter jets for military sites in lebanon and hours ago hezbollah says an israeli strike killed five fighters and one israeli strike killed two journalists in lebanon a couple days ago, hezbollah says it will retal crate for that here. iran's foreign minister made an unannounced trip to lebanon just across the border from where we are yesterday, as we heard a lot of word, again, once again from the u.s. biden administration urging caution here in northern israel that there is a grave concern that the conflict here will spread into a much wider regional conflict. trace. >> trace: valid concern. alex hogan live for us in the war zone. let's bring in former pentagon official and retired brent sadler and advisor christian whiton. gentlemen thank you for coming on. seems to me christian like we always say countries say we don't negotiate with terrorists and they always negotiate with terrorists. wa do you think of this? >> that is. it's unfortunate. great that these hostages are being freed, great for the hostages and great for the families. not great for state, generally not great because they're getting a great deal. they're getting three terrorists for every non-combatant civilian hamas kid naps. so the 4-year-old girl we're grateful and happy she might be coming home to her parents but what kind of savages in the first place would take them. this is power for course for israel, couple years ago, decade ago, they gave up more than 1,000 hardcore terrorist prisoners in exchange for one israeli soldier being held by hamas. this gives an incentive for the terrorists to take hostages. >> trace: captain sadler the point always is made that the first hostages again will not be released until we think sometime on friday. so hamas, if you look at the strategy of this deal, hamas could stretch this out for the initial four days of the pause, and then release 10 hostages at a time and really go several days by freeing more hostages. the question then happens, what's after that? >> well, i think this. two things on this. this is part of the plan that hamas had all along when they went into israel on the 7th of october, and that was to get hostages so that when they saw that the israelis were eminently going to attack they could string them out and draw it out so the political warfare would stymie them and they would actually get a win. that's still part of the play book playing out. the other side as you're finding out now is hamas, very unprofessional but to be expected from a terror organization has sub contracted its own terrorist organization services out and now they can't get the hostages back. >> trace: and here is jake sullivan talking about holding these other hostages, these other groups in gaza. watch. >> we do assess that other militant groups, even potentially criminal organizations, are holding some of the hostages. and that hamas is working to try to ensure that it can deliver on its side of the bargain. we can't say for certain that hamas will step up and deliver. that's why this is a trust but verify approach. >> trace: and they can't say for certain christian that hamas has total control of the situation because they may not. >> i'm so glad our national security advisor is going to bat for hamas and defending them. these people are probably just jerking israel around, jerking us around. you have to remember there are american hostages, too. we're losing sight the big picture the most humane way to end a war is to do so rapidly and overwhelming force and delaying that and playing hamas's game is just going to make things worse in the long run. we're going to have more hostages and more casualties as a result of this delay that the white house has pressured israel to ensnacked yeah, and christian says that, you know, you have hamas kind of setting the tone here. it seems like israel has the upper hand but it seems like hamas is kind of setting the time line for this bret. your thoughts? >> certainly seems like that if this deal had gone forward tomorrow morning. but it looks like israel is -- i mean, situation is still putting that deal on hold. but thankfully the fighting, the military operations seem to be moving a pace and again the objective is the destruction of hamas, and the quicker the better for the reasons that christian said earlier. >> trace: and these families are going through excruciating timesment they have not heard anything about their loved ones being held in gaza so we are hoping the best for them. brent, christian, thank you both >> despite having the hall marks of a terrorist attack we are being told tonight a massive car explosion at the u.s. border with canada that killed two people is not terrorism. caroline elliott is live in niagara falls new york with the breaking details on this and, caroline, what are we learning at this hour? >> well, trace, tonight the fbi and new york's governor have made it clear that at this time, based on information from investigators, there is no known terrorist connection here. what we do know is that the fbi buffalo posted in the last hour saying that, based on investigators, the information that they're gathering right now, this case will be handed over to the niagara falls police department as a traffic investigation. this case first started with a car explosion at the rainbow bridge on the u.s. side near niagara falls at 11:27 this morning. that car never made night canada after witnesses say it went airborne then hit a barrier and exploded. governor hochul added that the driver was a local from new york, but would not call the crash an accident saying, it's still too early in the investigation to tell what the driver's intentions were here. >> won't call it an accident, it has not been determined to be an accident. you da know whether the driver was intentional in how they drove. we do not know that. all i know is it was a horrific accident, i'm calling it an accident. horrific incident, a crash, an explosion, loss of life, but at this time no known terrorist connection. >> fort fatally one border patrol agent watts taken to the hospital but was released this afternoon. police tell us both the driver and the passenger were killed instantly, and again right now authorities say that the no explosives were found on scene. that explosion rather happened because of the high rate of speed and impact. officials tell us with so many drivers on the roads today for thanksgiving travel they're really just thankful this wasn't worse. trace. >> trace: caroline elliott live for us in niagara falls. thank you. let's bring in fbi special agent nicole parker. nicole thank you for coming on. you and i were covering this live as it happened today, and a lot of people, maybe you, maybe me included, fully expected this to be a terrorist incident because this country is kind of on pins and needles nicole. >> we're not kind of on pins and needles we're absolutely on pins and needles trace you're correct. unfortunately in the world we live in with the uncertainty of the war going on in israel and potential terrorist attacks happening and the fbi director has come out and warned us. there are potential threats for the united states and we have to be on high alert. i think right now we're all breathing a sigh of relief and grateful it was not a terrorist attack bull, you know what? don't get too comfortable because we need to continue to remain vigilant and be on high alert. >> trace: right. the fbi director christopher wray three weeks ago said this. watch. >> we also cannot, and do not, discount the possibility that hamas, or another foreign terrorist organization, may exploit the current conflict to conduct attacks here on our own soil. >> trace: and more to your point, nicole, the fbi is not issuing these specious warnings not a fake alert they're getting good intel and trying to prepare for some of the chatter they're hearing. >> that's absolutely the job of the fbi. their number one primary important job is to protect the united states from terrorism, and again i've witnessed a terrorist attack i thought on september 11, 2001, and that is their job to prevent any attack from happening on u.s. soil. as you noticed in your previous reporting it was initially an fbi investigation working with the jttf joint terrorism task force and transferred to the local law enforcement which is a good sign meaning they truly do not believe it was a terrorist attack they look at it as a vehicle incident. but the fbi will continue to assist where they need to, this is a very serious traffic accident if that's what it was but still the motive, why did this person do this, who were they and from what i understand the fbi special agent in charge of the buffalo decision does not seem to believe that the driver poses a threat to anybody. >> trace: but i want to make my final point with this. this is new york mayor eric adams, what he had to say and i'll get your final thoughts. watch. >> when you saw the original photos and whenever you have a report of this magnitude with a potential explosion or fire, you want to be at a state of an over-abundance of caution. >> trace: but the terror organizations nicole want us at an over-abundance state of caution, they want us to be afraid. that's part of the game. >> i think there's a clear distinction over abundance of caution versus fear, we do not want to live in fear, do not live fearlessly-on you know, live without fear live your life but be aware be alert, keep your head on a swivel if you're attending any event this week with the macy's thanksgiving day parade for instance or large group soft targets you have to be aware and alert but enjoy your life and have a wonderful thanksgiving with family and friends. >> trace: and you enjoy your thanksgiving nicole. we appreciate it. >> thank you. >> trace: the threat level in america remains high as we head into the holidays especially with the war in israel. and while there are no specific threats to the annual thanksgiving parade in new york city, the security presence will be significant. senior correspondent claudia cowan is live with more on what we can expect. claudia good evening. >> good evening trace, this parade is always so much fun, the music, the floats, of course the huge iconic balloons and people who are there in person tomorrow will see a lot of police officers as well, along that parade rout, in the skies above manhattan, and at all the entry points of the city as officials beef up security out of an abundance of caution. the war in israel has sparked numerous protests, tennings are high and new york governor kathy hochul says it doesn't take a specific threat to create a heightened threat environment. >> all of our intelligence operations are on high alert, no doubt about it. they have been since october 7th. >> holiday parades have been targeted before. a mass shooting at a july 4th parade outside chicago last year left seven people dead. and no parade in the world is bigger than the macy's thanksgiving day parade. security experts say police have a very strong counter terrorism plan to scare guard the more than 6,000 performers and more than three million people expected to line the 2.5 mile parade rout. >> there's going to be thousands and thousands of eyeballs overlooking that place from designated marks men on roof tops to plain clothed assets to robust security checks, bags. anyone who's entering that area is going to be sterile iced so everything will be locked down very tight. >> so today the barricades went up and crowds gathered near the museum of natural history to watch the balloons get inflated. take a look. this is also a thanksgiving tradition for many new yorkers. 25 character balloons of all shapes and sizes, 31 floats, 11 marching bands and celebrities including cher all part of the macy's thanksgiving day parade. but cher 77 years old. got to hand it to her. >> trace: 77. glad i can't thank you. florida governor ron desantis picked up a major endorsement evangelical says he is the right person for the job. kevin corke is live in dc with how this might shake up the race a bit much kevin good evening. >> good evening, trace. as you know, winning key endorsements in places like iowa doesn't necessarily mean you'll win the caucuses and even if you win the caucus doesn't necessarily mean you'll win the gop nomination let alone the presidency. we know that. consider this, back in 2020, it was president trump who won the caucuses, yes he obviously won the nomination but look at what happened before then. ted cruz, rick san for um, rick huckabee yeah they won the iowa caucuses but so much for that. okay. so that all happened. but still, any time you can pick up a major endorsement, listen, it's not nothing as the old saying goes, especially when it comes from an influential evangelical leader like bob vander platt. when you pair the endorsement from iowa governor kim rep wolds van der platt's endorsement you start to get the sense that maybe, just maybe the desantis campaign could be mounting a political shock and awe campaign. >> he was very clear about we need a president who can serve two terms, not one term. we don't need a president that's going to be a lame duck on day one. we need to find someone who can win in 2024. >> that's special report. sources disclose president trump's campaign are dismissing the endorsement noting that the former president continues to support a massive lead over the field. meantime other gop candidates continued to press their case ahead of the caucuses with vivek ramaswamy, nikki haley, chris christie, all putting their eggs in the early voting baskets of iowa and new hampshire. it is also worth pointing out, trace, that not a single one of vander platt's last three picks ended up being the eventual gop nominee. something to consider. >> trace: what you're saying is he's good at pick winners in iowa not so much picking overall winners. >> missed by that much. >> trace: kevin corke live in dc let's bring in lanhee chen and claudia tenney. kevin says bob van der platt's good at picking winners in iowa but doesn't really pick long term winners and has never picked somebody down by 30 points and ron desantis is down by 30 points. >> many of ron desantis's eggs are in the iowa basket. if ron desantis is going to have any hope of continuing in this race, he's going to have to win in iowa. he's been building infrastructure there. iowa is notoriously difficult to predict and ron desantis has strong infrastructure in iowa. pair that with van der platt's endorsement, kim reynolds the governor of iowa, her endorsement is in well condition to compete and if donald trump falter and doesn't have as good a night you expect it could be the thing that ron desantis needs to stay competitive. if desantis doesn't perform well in iowa i think he's toast. >> trace: iowa keeps you going but how far. bob van der platt said this on special report watch. >> the evangelical community has great admiration for the former president. he did a lot of great things. that said i think they also know it's probably time to turn the page. they're a little exhausted by the constant indictments, the constant complaints about the past. we need to embrace somebody who has a vision for the future. >> trace: pretty clear caroline a lot of people are not ready to turn the page from trump to anybody else. a. least just yet. your thoughts? >> right and thanks so much for having me. it's clear this evangelical endorsement could mean desantis makes inroads with religious christian voters in iowa but like you said, they're also very popular with trump. they adore trump. trump had an entire caucus of religious leaders that surrounded him and they were rallying for him the entire time and the fact of the matter is that desantis is stagnating right now and nikki haley is gaining on him rapidly and now we have news today that the desantis campaign is in disarray more than we thought. today the head of his super pac, never back down, resigned, because of disputes over strategy and finance. so this is not a good sign. >> trace: yeah they're saying it's a bump in the road for them but you're right it is a big bump in the road. the free beacon poll moving to another topic shows 60% of americans believe president biden participated in the business dealings of had is son. it's a significant number when you look at how many people have not covered this story at all. >> it explains why, in part, his numbers are mired where they are. you have a president with historically low approval ratings. it's a function of the fact that first of all people don't trust the president. this news regarding the hunter biden situation feeds into that. the state of the economy is a factor there as well. more americans working harder and earning less than ever before and combine that with perceptions around his age and that explains why joe biden is where he is in an historically difficult position. add to that the foreign policy situation the perceived if he canlessness that he did foreign policy adds to it. >> trace: caroline one republican voterer says when it comes to joe biden here really is the bottom line of the election. watch. >> i think americans can look back and see were they better off four years ago or are they better off now. i think they know they were better off four years ago. >> trace: and that is reflected in pole after poll after poll caroline your thoughts. >> the general welfare, many republicans and also independents agree that it was better under trump. with this poll now we know that the biden family corruption story is one big grab bag of sleazy schemes and i think many americans are tired of it. they're sick of the shenanigans, frankly. >> trace: yeah. caroline downey lanhee chen thank you bro >> coming up we go in the tunnels beneath the hospital in gaza som