the asher family back together now in an israeli hospital. and palestinians are also celebrating the return of dozens of prisoners. desperately needed food and supplies arriving into gaza. but the israelis with a warning that the fighting will resume when the ceasefire ends. matt gutman reports from tel aviv. meanwhile, the anguish continues for the families of nearly 200 hostages still being held. president biden vows to keep up the pressure until all the hostages are free, including americans. three palestinian college students shot and wounded in vermont. the police chief there says the attack may have been motivated by hate. the shooter still on the loose. and in new york, a protest in solidarity with palestinians shuts down a busy bridge. holiday travel takes a deadly turn with a blast of winter weather. more than 100 crashes reported on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. that system is heading east tonight. our weather team times it out. the former officer convicted of murdering george floyd attacked in federal prison. derek chauvin stabbed and seriously injured. what officials are saying about his condition tonight. a deadly salmonella outbreak linked to cantaloupe that's spread to 32 states. what you need to know. honda recalls hundreds of thousands of cars. the missing part that could put drivers and passengers in danger. and america strong tonight. facing down a terminal illness, she redefines what it means to live a life of gratitude. >> announcer: from abc news world headquarters in new york, this is "world news tonight." >> linsey: good evening, everyone. thanks so much for joining us on this busy sunday. i'm linsey davis. tonight, president biden is hailing the return of 17 more hostages and expressing hope that the israel/hamas cease-fire will be extended beyond tomorrow, and american girl part of the group released today. 58 people in all, women and children, mostly israelis taken hostage by hamas in the october 7th attacks, released in exchange for more than 100 palestinian prisoners. among those released, four-year-old american abigail idan. her parents both killed by hamas. she fled to a neighbor's home where she was then captured. hundreds of israelis, many waving flags, welcoming the former hostages home at the end of their 51-day ordeal. the father of 9-year-old emily hand, you see him there wrapping his arms around husband young daughter. for weeks, the family actually thought she was dead. her father now vowing to never let her out of his sight. for the families of roughly 200 still held hostage, the anguish continues as they await word if their loved one is coming home. abc's matt gutman leads us off once again from israel. >> reporter: tonight, hamas seeking to extend the ceasefire with israel after releasing another 17 hostages. that red cross motorcade rolling through the ruins of northern gaza also bearing the first two american freed, dual national abigail idan who just turned 4 on friday, seen here bouncing around in the back of the van. abigail now an orphan, her parents killed by hamas during the october 7th terror attack. abigail crawling out from under her father's body. president biden addressing the nation. >> she then ran to a neighbor for help, where they were all taken hostage, that entire house of neighbors, were taken hostage by hamas. and held for 50 days. what she endured is unthinkable. >> reporter: so far, 58 hostages have been released including foreign nationals. over the past three days. hamas filming the hand over of these batches of women and children. they're welcomed into those red cross vans. 84-year-old elma seen lying on her back, she had to be medevaced. from gaza, hostages whisked to israel where they were greeted by crowds of flag waving well-wishers. also released emily hand. for weeks, her father had been told emily had been killed. when he learned she had been kidnapped, thomas making this promise. >> we'll get you home. and never let you out of our sights again. >> reporter: and overnight, thomas fulfilling that promise, wrapping his arms around the little girl and holding on. emily then curling into her sister's lap burying her head into her chest. their dogs nosing in. >> she's lost a lot of weight from her face and body but generally doing better than we expected. >> reporter: the asher family also reuniting, separated from their father yoni, mom doron, two-year-old aviv, and four-year-old raz huddled in that hospital bed. little raz saying "i dreamt i came home." yoni telling her "now that dream has come true." yoni speaking to david just days after his family was taken, describing seeing them in this video. yoni watching as militants start to cover his wife's head, seeing a flash of his daughter. >> i recognize them immediately and i saw the video twice. in the second time, i couldn't watch any more because i got -- i melt down. i didn't know what to do. i couldn't believe this is happening to me. it was -- it was a nightmare. >> reporter: for so many, that return bittersweet. so many families torn apart, nearly 200 hostages still held by hamas. aviva siegel's brother-in-law david rejoicing at her release, but concerned for his 64-year-old brother keith, still in captivity. >> it's amazing and wonderful and wrenching and heartbreaking all at the same time. and of course, we just ache for the other hostages. >> reporter: in exchange for the hostages, israel has released 117 palestinian women and teenage boys from israeli jails. thousands waited to greet them near ramallah. the teens carried aloft through the streets, celebrated with fireworks and confetti. and in gaza with the airstrikes paused, they're counting the dead. the death toll nearing 15,000, according to the hamas health industry, many returning to survey the ruins. we saw some of that first hand last week, riding in with the israel military across gaza. driving right past the neighborhood of al zahra, which today was captured via drone, the displaced weaving between the rubble, buildings mashed into unrecognizable piles of debris. one of those picking through piles, saja youssef an-najjar, breaking down in tears, telling us, "everything has been destroyed. our dreams, our memories." >> so much has been lost. matt gutman joins us now. tomorrow will be the fourth day in what was initially billed as a four-day cease-fire, what are israeli officials telling you about the likelihood this will be extended? >> the security cabinet met to discuss extending this deal, and for days they have signaled they are inclined to do so, but the goal is not to get back to the war as quickly as possible. the goal is to maximize the deal and bring as many hostages as home. but once the fighting does begin, the ramp-up is not going to be gradual. it will be immediate and ferocious. >> matt gutman for us, thank you, matt. >> linsey: president biden says the newly released hostages can begin their long journey to healing. he's working with israel, egypt, and qatar to extend the cease-fire beyond the four-day pause in fighting that was initially agreed upon. >> the proof this is working and worth pursuing further is in every smile and every grateful tear we see on the faces of those families who are finally getting back together again. >> linsey: the president has been deeply involved in those negotiations and says he will not stop until everyone is back home. white house correspondent selina wang joins us now. what are you learning about president biden's efforts to secure the release of the remaining hostages? >> reporter: president biden said his goal is to extend the pause in fighting beyond tomorrow so more hostages can be released and more aid can get into gaza. the president is hopeful after the release of abigail idan, saying he expects more americans will be released, but he doesn't know the conditions of all of these hostages or even if they're alive. senior officials have told me this deal was weeks in the making of painstaking diplomacy, and today, president biden hopping on the phone with israel's prime minister benjamin netanyahu, the white house says these two leaders will continue working toward securing the lease of all these hostages. >> thank you so much. >> linsey: here in new york, protesters marching in solidarity with the palestinian people. shutting down the manhattan bridge on one of the busiest travel days of the year. demonstrators blocked traffic with a sit-in, demanding a permanent cease-fire in gaza, and president biden has been briefed on the suspected hate motivated shooting of three palestinian students in burlington, vermont. the 20-year-old students are all graduates of a west bank school and studying at american universities. two are u.s. citizens and the third is a legal residents. here's abc's reena roy. >> reporter: tonight, police on the hunt for the gunman who they say shot three palestinian college students in burlington, vermont. >> p.d. sent the third victim with a cruiser to the hospital. >> reporter: authorities say two of the victims were wearing traditional arab scarves called keffiyehs while bowling saturday night over thanksgiving break. as they returned to one of their relatives' homes, police say the shooter approached them with a pistol in hand. officials say the suspect, described as a white man with a beard, fired at least four rounds without a word, striking all of them before running off. police say two are stable at the hospital. the third has more serious injuries. burlington's police chief saying in a statement, "in this charged moment, no one can look at this incident and not suspect that it may have been a hate-motivated crime." but still, urging the public not to make any conclusions, adding "there is no additional information to suggest the suspect's motive." the victims identified by their families as tahseen ali ahmed of trinity college, kinnan abdalhamid, a student at haverford college, and hisham awartani, a junior at brown university. their families saying in a joint statement "we call on law enforcement to conduct a thorough investigation, including treating this as a hate crime." and the fbi tells us the agency is aware of the incident and has previously warned of lone wolf attackers that may be inspired by the israel/hamas war. linsey. >> reena roy for us, thanks so much. >> linsey: now to the deadly winter storm sweeping east just in time for the post thanksgiving rush. heavy snow caused white out conditions across kansas today where snow plows were out in full force. more than 100 accidents across that region and in nebraska, at least two people died. that storm system now impacting travel along the i-95 corridor. morgan norwood has the latest. >> reporter: tonight, a massive winter storm creating deadly and dangerous conditions during the post-thanksgiving holiday travel crush. in nebraska, emergency crews responding to at least 30 crashes, 2 people were killed. this suv flipped on its side due to the icy conditions. no one seriously injured. in wyoming, slick roads causing this massive pile up on i-80 involving semi trucks. several jackknifed. statewide, police responding to at least 125 weather related crashes. that same storm system wreaked havoc in the great plains now moving east. today, there were 10 million people in 11 states from texas to new york under winter weather alerts on what's expected to be the busiest travel day of the year. >> i travel from california to new york back and forth all the time. i've never had this much of a wait. i don't know why. >> reporter: in chicago, growing crowds and delays. >> it just looks like it's going to be a lot to get through >> reporter: snow blanketing the roads in wichita, kansas. plow trucks out in force. but several cars abandoned after spinning out. this driver walking away from a head-on crash. >> some lady got too close to us coming head-on and caused us to spin out in the ditch. >> just treacherous conditions on the roads there today. that winter storm at one point delaying more than 1,000 flights, many out of chicago. but surprisingly, very few cancellations. linsey. >> good to hear that. a long slog home for many. morgan, thank you. >> linsey: those millions of americans on the move are keeping an eye on the weather. let's go straight to meteorologist somara theodore. what can we expect tonight? >> reporter: well, linsey, the storm is now departing the great lakes but it's bringing a flood threat to much of the east coast. bands of heavy rain are moving through major travel hubs like new york city and philadelphia. it will intensify before midnight and this has prompted marginal risk for flash flooding in new york city. overnight, the enhanced system brings heavier rain to new england and on the back end, the lake effect snow machine cranks up bringing heavy totals. we'll see 1 to 3 inches, from cleveland to erie, up to a foot of snow is possible, and near watertown, new york, we could see 20 inches of snow. the timing on this, monday into tuesday. >> 20 inches, wow. all right, our thanks to you. >> linsey: new details tonight on the prison stabbing of former minneapolis police officer derek chauvin. officials say chauvin, who murdered george floyd in 2020 sparking protests worldwide is now in stable condition. he was rushed to a hospital late friday. abc's jaclyn lee has the latest. >> reporter: tonight, derek chauvin, the former minneapolis police officer convicted of murdering george floyd by kneeling on his neck now in stable condition. sources telling abc news he is expected to survive after being stabbed by a fellow inmate at this arizona prison. chauvin sustaining serious injuries in the friday attack. the bureau of prisons saying its employees initiated life-saving measures before ems personnel arrived. chauvin then rushed to the hospital. authorities in minnesota, where chauvin was an officer, condemning the attack. >> people who are in the custody of the state in jail and in prisons, have a right to be safe. >> reporter: minnesota attorney general keith ellison also saying in a statement "i am sad to hear that derek chauvin was the target of violence. like any incarcerated individual, he should be able to serve his sentence without fear of retaliation or violence." chauvin currently serving a 21-year federal sentence for violating george floyd's civil rights and a 22-year state sentence for second degree murder. in a documentary released earlier this month called "the fall of minneapolis," chauvin speaking out about his conviction, calling his trial and sentencing "a sham," and claiming putting his knee on floyd's neck, was part of his police training manual. >> i'm looking at it right now. 5-316, maximal restraint technique, right in the written policy manual. >> reporter: linsey, the attack on chauvin is the latest in a series of incidents involving high-profile prison inmates in recent years, including the stabbing of former 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