israel's war with hamas. and tonight, news coming in on this potential deal on hostages. how close are they? and the scene in israel tonight. families growing desperate. furious at the israeli government, demanding they do more to get the hostages free. also, that largest hospital in gaza raided by israel, with patients inside. the israeli military now releasing video that they say shows hostages being brought into that hospital. and the tunnel shaft they say they've now found. matt gutman in israel. also tonight, the iranian-backed militants highjacking a cargo ship in the red sea. 25 crew members taken hostage. those militants claiming the vessel seized in international waters has ties to israel. marcus moore with the images coming in. back here in the u.s. tonight, the deadly collision on the tracks. a train slamming into a fedex truck. tonight here, rose land carter in her own words. how she wanted to be remembered. her work as a humanitarian. her work as first lady on mental health. and what the carters told barbara walters all those years ago, the secret to their bond. you'll want to hear this. and not since the super bowl, the two brothers and their rematch tonight on "monday night football." and tonight, travis kelce and what he's just revealed about taylor swift. good evening and it's great to start this thanksgiving week with all of you at home. we do begin tonight with the severe storms hitting just as millions begin their travel for the holiday. severe storms hitting now and over the next 24 hours. tornado watches in effect already. then this all moves east. washington, d.c., right up through new york city. of course, as millions travel for thanksgiving. the storm sweeping across the country. heavy rain, damaging winds and snow possible. tornadoes and hail. severe wetter in the south by morning, reaching the northeast in the next 24 hours. tomorrow afternoon and evening could be challenging, if you're traveling in the east. the system already spinning up an ef-1 tornado with winds 95 miles an hour in star valley, arizona. the twister severely damaging a number of homes there. the satellite images tonight tracking the severe thunderstorms and those tornado watches now stretching right into the south. so, how quickly does this system then move into the east? trevor ault standing by with the travel picture tonight, but let's start with the holiday travel forecast. senior meteorologist rob marciano leading us off tonight. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. it is picking up speed and it's coming out of the rocky mountains with some gusto. you mentioned the tornado watch, it's been expanded into parts of mississippi, and we have a couple of warnings posted, that one south of alexandria means business, i think. the entire watch box is up until 11:00 tonight. the severe weather threat presses down i-10, then the rain and wind really spreads north into places like chicago and detroit, cincinnati. you're going to see heavy rain. charlotte and atlanta hartsfield airport, going to see delays tomorrow. not going to be a picnic driving up i-95. that's going to be tough. heavy rain into d.c., philly, likely delays late in the day. it really moves through fairly quickly. wednesday morning really tough across parts of new england. and then it moves out by wednesday night, but dropping some snow, a coating of snow across parts of new england, as the polar air pours in. it's going to be a very cold and blustery thanksgiving day for millions of americans across the northern tier. david? >> david: it's never easy getting there, but worth it once you get there. rob marciano, thank you. of course, the storms hitting as millions travel. the tsa expecting to screen 30 million passengers over the holiday period. 46,000 flights taking off just today and nearly 50 million americans set to hit theed radios. the silver lining this year despite these storms, gas prices are down about 40 cents since last year. abc's trevor ault tonight on the travel picture. >> reporter: tonight, the holiday travel crush is here and looking to break all-time records. passengers of all ages packing airports from new york -- >> i'm sure it's going to be a nightmare. >> reporter: -- to los angeles. >> i am so excited and i am traveling to new jersey. >> reporter: the faa says the next two days will be the busiest to flight. wednesday, the day before thanksgiving, there's nearly 50,000 flights scheduled. today got pretty close to that. families trying to get a head start. of course that cross country storm set to hit the busy northeast hubs could upend all of that. >> while we can't control the weather, we will be using every tool at our disposal to keep cancellations and delays as low as possible in the first place. >> reporter: meanwhile, aaa says nearly 50 million are set to hit the roads. the good news? gas prices. they're down nearly 40 cents from last year. the bad news, though? traffic. but they say avoiding it is easy. >> the advice i've been giving for 20 years now is to leave thanksgiving morning itself. >> reporter: and david, well over 90% of flights today have taken off on time, but even so, there's been more than 3,000 flights delayed, it's a great reminder for everybody traveling this week, have some flexibility in your plan. david? >> david: trevor ault with us tonight. thank you, as as. we turn to the other news this monday night, and to israel's war with hamas. the white house expressing hope tonight, saying a deal to free more hostages is now, quote, closer than it's ever been. what we've learned here. and tonight, israel releasing new images after raiding gaza's largest hospital, al shifa, with patients inside. releasing this video from the day of the terror attack, october 7th, claiming it shows hostages in that very hospital. and this new video from the hospital grounds tonight, a drone going into a 30-foot tunnel shaft leading to a blolod blast door, they say. abc's matt gutman in israel again for us tonight. >> reporter: tonight, amid fierce urban fighting deep inside gaza, the white house saying a deal to free more hostages is closer than it's ever been. sources say negotiators are nearing a breakthrough to free more than 50 hostages, in exchange for a five-day cease-fire and the release of scores of palestinian women and minors from israeli jails. >> we believe we're closer than we've ever been, so we're hopeful. but there's still work to be done, and nothing is done until it's all done. >> reporter: at the white house today, president biden optimistic about a deal. >> mr. president, is a hostage deal near? >> i believe so. >> reporter: even crossing his fingers. but families growing desperate. thomas hand's daughter emily turned 9 just days ago. >> if you all have families and kids, just imagine one day, one of them's gone, just gone. you don't know where she is. she must be saying every day, "where is my daddy? where is my daddy? why isn't he coming to save me?" >> reporter: frustration with israel's government boiling over into the streets tonight. prime minister netanyahu and his war cabinet, meeting with the families of the hostages for the first time, but some apparently refused entry. these protesters are blocking one of the main streets in tel aviv. they are the families of the hostages that were apparently not allowed into that meeting with the israeli prime minister. and a shouting match erupting in israel's parliament. this hostage family member banging his fist, accusing lawmakers of wanting to kill arabs rather than save jews. and with the world asking questions about why israel raided al shifa hospital, where patients were being treated. israel tonight pointing to these images. in the first video, israel says gunmen are strong arming a hostage past reception and into the hospital. in the second video, israel says it shows gunmen with ak-47s bringing a heavily bleeding hostage into a ward. the videos are timestamped october 7th, just hours after that surprise attack. hamas claims it took hostages to hospitals for treatment. and israel releasing this drone video, showing what they say is a hamas tunnel on hospital grounds. the 30-foot deep shaft, leading to a blast door. no word tonight what lies behind it. israel has claimed the hospital was a command and control center for hamas, something the terror group denies. so, we asked the idf. people are waiting to see some sort of evidence of an actual command post. >> i understand. and as we said last week, this is going to take time. >> reporter: tonight, hundreds evacuated from the indonesian hospital in northern gaza where authorities say an israeli strike killed a dozen people. and we've been following those p premature infants removed from their incubators at al shifa hospital. not all survived, but tonight, these powerful images in rafah. 28 of those tiny babies now safely out of gaza, carefully loaded onto stretchers and eased into ambulances. a squadron of egyptian medics with incubators waiting on the other side. some of them reunited with their mothers. nour al banna finally seeing her begin daughters. "i did not know anything about their condition," she said. "today, i saw them for the first time since the day i gave birth to them." >> david: and so let's bring in matt gutman in tel aviv for us again tonight. and matt, back to the hostage negotiations. we know they're still under way at this hour. what more have you learned? >> reporter: david, the negotiations are intense, and each side now accusing the other of foot dragging. and one israeli source close to the negotiations telling me tonight, he knows enough not to hold his breath for a deal, and for the families of the hostages, this is agonizing and infuriating. i think you saw some of that anger here tonight, david. >> david: yep, and you can certainly understand it. matt gutman, thank you. meantime tonight, we are tracking another tense situation. iranian-backed militants highjacking a cargo ship in the red sea. 25 crew members taken hostage. abc's marcus moore reporting in tonight. >> reporter: tonight, yemen's houthi rebels releasing a video showing their fighters hijacking a commercial cargo ship in the red sea in support, they say, of the palestinian people. a helicopter is seen landing, unloading iranian-backed militants who swarm the deck, then make their way to the bridge, where the crew appears to surrender with hands in the air. tonight, officials say the ship and 25 members of the international crew are being held hostage. the houthi rebels, seen moving through the ship, chanting "for the sake of gaza," claim the galaxy leader is an israeli vessel. but the ship is british-owned, and operated by a japanese company. 0 facials say there are no israelis onboard. the galaxy leader, last seen after it was hijacked, surrounded by houthi boats sailing with the palestinian and yemeni flags. the state department calling it a violation of international law. >> we demand the immediate release of the ship and its crew and we will consult with our allies and un partners as appropriate on next steps. >> reporter: david, the japanese government is negotiating for the release of that ship and its crew. the houthis say the ship is being taken to yemen's western coast, and tonight, they claim this is just the beginning of their battle at sea. david? >> david: marcus moore tonight, thank you. we turn now to the war in ukraine, and tonight, defense secretary lloyd austin making a surprise visit to kyiv in a show of u.s. support. secretary austin meeting with president zelenskyy and other top officials there, announcing a new $100 million aid package, including cold weather gear for the winter fight ahead. austin reassuring ukraine the u.s. is with them, quote, for the long haul. back here in the u.s. tonight, and to the company that has made a lot of news for artificial intelligence. the company openai, creating chatgpt, tonight, employees furious there. nearly all of its 770 or so employees signing a letter threatening to quit now, after the board fired ceo sam altman on friday, accusing him of not being candid in his communications. microsoft, openai's biggest investor, hiring altman just this morning. tonight, most of a.i.'s employees say they will leave if he's not hired back. tonight here, remembering a first lady. rosalyn carter in her own words here, how she wanted to be remembered. her work as a humanitarian, her work as first lady on mental health, and what the carters told barbara walters all those years ago, the secret to their bond. and what they told us just a couple of years ago, 77 years of marriage. tonight, rosalynn carter is being remembered as a humanitarian, a loving mother, and wife, and as the closest adviser to the 39th president of the united states, her husband of 77 years, jimmy carter. >> i, jimmy carter, do solemnly swear -- >> david: the family sayinging rosalynn "died peacefully with family by her side" at their longtime home in plains, georgia. 4 children, 11 grandchildren, 14 great grandchildren. she had entered hospice care just days ago, battling dementia. the former president, who is 99, entered hospice care earlier this year, saying of his wife, after her passing, "rosalynn was my equal partner in everything i ever accomplished. she gave me wise guidance and encouragement when i needed it. as long as rosalynn was in the world, i always knew somebody loved and supported me." throughout his presidency and in the chapter they forged afterward, rosalynn was always by his side. it began when they were young, growing up near each other. one of her best friends was jimmy carter's younger sister. fresh out of the naval academy, jimmy carter married his sweetheart in 1946, he was 21, she was 18. president carter's advisers always called rosalynn his secret weapon. >> i look forward to consulting closely with him on a regular basis. >> david: president carter often asking the first lady to sit in on cabinet meetings, and to represent him on foreign trips. barbara walters asking the couple after he was elected president about their bond. >> what makes yours work? why aren't you ever bored with each other? what keeps it going? >> well, i think we both lead very interesting lives, and jimmy's always encouraged me to do the things that i wanted to do, that i was interested in. >> but you're still crazy about him, aren't you? >> that's right. we can come home at night and he wants to know what i'm doing, and i want to know what he's doing. it's just an exciting life. >> do you every argue? >> oh, yeah. >> of course. >> rosalynn never has lost an argument. sometimes when i think i won an argument, four or five years later, i found that the argument is still not over. so she eventually wins. but i don't -- >> he wins his share. >> david: after the presidency, their humanitarian trips overseas. habitat for humanity. in 2013, rosalynn carter was asked about her legacy. she spoke of their humanitarian work, but also, of the work she did as first lady, shining a spotlight on mental health. >> i hope that i have contributed something to mental health issues, and helped improve a little bit, people, the lives of people living with mental illnesses. >> david: and 45 years after telling barbara walters they were crazy about each other, they told our steve osunsami in 2021 why it worked, why they were still in love. >> what advice do you have for people who want to make it last? >> first of all, choose the right person to marry. having rosalynn say, okay, finally and -- and staying with me all this long has been the most wonderful thing in my life. >> he's pretty wonderful in my life, too. >> david: rosalynn carter being remembered for her humanitarian work, for helping erase that stigma so many years ago. when we come back here on the news this monday night, the deadly collision on the tracks. a train slamming into a fedex truck. and later here on the broadcast, for the first time since the super bowl, the two kelce brothers, the rematch. and what travis kelce has just revealed about taylor swift. the chase ink business premier card is made for sam who makes, everyday products, designed smarter. genius! like 2.5% cash back on purchases of $5,000 or more, so sam can make smart ideas, a brilliant reality! chase for business. make more of what's yours. before my doctor and i chose breztri for my copd, i had bad days, (cough, cough) flare-ups that could permanently damage my lungs. with breztri, things changed for me. breztri gave me better breathing. starting within 5 minutes, i noticed my lung function improved. it helped improve my symptoms, and breztri was even proven to reduce flare-ups, including those that could send me to the hospital. so now i look forward to more good days. breztri won't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden breathing problems. it is not for asthma. tell your doctor if you have a heart condition or high blood pressure before taking it. don't take breztri more than prescribed. breztri may increase your risk of thrush, pneumonia, and osteoporosis. call your doctor if worsened breathing, chest pain, mouth or tongue swelling, problems urinating, vision changes, or eye pain occur. can't afford your medication? 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