Tonight breaking news counting down to a ceasefire in the Israel Hamas war. We are just hours away from the expected release of more hostages. Plus, the major news storm right as millions are set to head home after Thanksgiving. But first, that highly anticipated four day pause in the fighting set to begin at midnight. The agonizing wait for families desperate for word on their loved ones taken hostage by Hamas. Israel cautions anything can happen up until the last moment. The first hostages, 13 women and children from the same families, set to be released early tomorrow morning in exchange for dozens of Palestinian prisoners. White House officials say they are hopeful this will happen as Israel unleashes a massive bombardment ahead of that ceasefire. Matt Gutman standing by with new reporting on how it could all play out. Developing right now, that major cross country storm set to strike on one of the busiest travel weekends of the year. Major airline hubs, including in the Northeast, bracing tonight rob Marciano Times. It all out just ahead of Black Friday. The new warnings after a string of GRAZEN thefts. A flash mob targeting this Nike store. How police are scrambling to stop the trend amidst all the pageantry of pro Palestinian protests briefly halts America's most famous parade.

New details on a fiery train derailment in Kentucky, spilling dangerous chemicals, prompting evacuations and disrupting holiday plans. A developing headline we're following. Out of China tonight, a surge in cases of a respiratory disease impacting children. Are there concerns of a larger outbreak? What health officials are saying tonight here in New York, mayor Eric Adams, accused of sexual assault, an alleged encounter from back in 1993. The mayor denies the allegations. The case brought under a law used to sue other famous names. The dramatic rooftop rescue a man plucked from a burning building. And America strong tonight, the great grandma who shares a famous name. Meet another Robin Roberts and why she's so grateful tonight.

From ABC News world headquarters in New York, this is World News Tonight with David Mule.

Good evening, everyone. Thanks so much for joining us on this busy holiday. I'm Lindsay Davis, in for David. Breaking news as we come on the air tonight, we are just hours away from a possible ceasefire between Israel and Hamas. Israeli forces still bombarding Gaza with airstrikes in the final moments leading up to that four day pause expected to start at midnight Eastern Standard Time. The wait for the families is agonizing, plagued by uncertainty, unsure if their loved ones will be among the 50 hostages released over four days. 13 women and children expected to be among those freed Friday morning. Hamas will get 39 Palestinian prisoners as part of the deal. Meanwhile, the Israeli military has detained the chief of Gaza's largest hospital over what it claims is evidence that proves Hamas has been operating a command center there. Our team with a firsthand look inside the sprawling tunnel complex as that midnight deadline approaches. Israel cautions the situation is fluid, and anything could happen even at the last minute. ABC's Matt Gutman leads us off tonight from Israel.

Tonight, the biggest diplomatic breakthrough since the October 7 terror attack on Israel. At midnight tonight, a four day ceasefire between Israel and Hamas is set to begin, followed by the release of a total of 50 hostages. The US, Egypt, and Qatar brokering the deal to release 13 women and children held by Hamas. At 09:00 a.m. Tomorrow, Hamas will get 39 Palestinian prisoners, qatar saying the hostages will be handed over to the Red Cross before being transferred to the Israeli military. All women and children and those hostages who are from the same families will be put together within the same patch. And Israel tonight guarded its chief military spokesman, warning that nothing is final until the exchange actually happens. And for the families of the hostages, the wait is agony, especially for those who know their children are not on the list, people like Ruby Hen, his son. Itai was taken from an IDF base on October 7. Now that we're so close to that hostage deal, how does it feel as a father of a soldier, a male soldier, who knows that their child is likely not coming back tomorrow? Yeah, so it's twofold, one.

I have established a new family of 240 new family members that each one of us are together. And I'm sure, Matt, when you have a family member that is celebrating some sort of event, you need to be joyful for him. But this framework needs to be continued to the next leg. And the next leg should not happen a year from now, needs to happen soon. And once it begins, desperately needed aid is expected to start flowing in from the Rafa border into a decimated Gaza. And in the final hours before this ceasefire, israeli forces pounding Gaza. On Wednesday, we traveled to Al Shifa Hospital, gaza's largest. That's the hospital right there. That's the Al Shifa hospital directly across from us. That UN bus loaded with patients and displaced people evacuating the hospital. The director of Al Shifa later pulled off one of those busses and detained. Israel's security Service said it questioned him about the weapons caches they found and tunnels running beneath the hospital's largest building. The IDF, which screened our footage for security purposes, taking us into one of those tunnels on Wednesday. Right beneath the complex's. Largest building. Drop in. It's pretty tight in here.

You can see right up here, looks like there are pipes for an air vent walking through a portion about 150 yards long. This appears to be a kitchenette. You can see it's even tiled here. There is a sink, even what the IDF called a dormitory. I mean, is this part of the hospital? This is not the part of the hospital because it looks like the tile from the hospital. It is not the hospital. This is the way for them to use the hospital as a human ship. We saw no evidence of a command and control complex, but tonight, the IDF releasing new video of a drone flying through the entirety of that tunnel, then flying up and showing the two entrances in the hospital complex. Do you think that you found what you expected to find here at the hospital? Yeah, because what was important for us is to understand the system.

So let's get right to Matt Gutman now, who joins us from Tel Aviv live. Matt, you have new reporting about how this hostage release is expected to play out. What can you tell us?

Lindsay, first, the hostages will be ferried by the Red Cross from Gaza into Israel. At that point, they'll be met by a specifically trained Israeli military unit that will verify their identification. At that point, for the first time in 49 days, they will be able to call their loved ones. Then they'll be checked medically. They'll also be debriefed by Israeli intelligence officers, and after about 2 hours or so, they'll be transferred to hospitals in Israel, where they'll finally be able to actually hold their loved ones for the first time.

Again, Lindsay, those families on pins and needles tonight. Matt, thank you. Tonight, White House officials say they are hopeful the hostage release will begin tomorrow as planned. ABC senior White House correspondent Selena Wang is traveling with President Biden. And, Selena, it sounds like the president has been personally involved in these negotiations.

That's right, Lindsay. Here in Nantucket over Thanksgiving, President Biden has been working hard to ensure that this deal gets carried through to the end. Senior administration officials have been telling me that President Biden has been very hands on in these negotiations, working the phones, staying in close contact with regional leaders, personally urging the mayor of Qatar to press Hamas to accept this deal and for Israel's prime minister to accept it. Now, officials had initially said that included in this release is expected to be three Americans, two women, and three year old Abigail Idan. But who ends up getting released still remains to be seen, and there are still several Americans unaccounted for and many hostages not included in this release deal. U. S. Officials are saying they will not stop pushing for the release of all of the hostages. Lindsay.

Selena. Thank you. Next tonight, a major storm takes aim as millions of travelers head home this holiday weekend. It could be the busiest day in PSA history, with nearly 3 million people set to fly. Let's get right to ABC senior meteorologist Rob Marciano. Rob, time this all out for us.

All right, Lindsay. Relatively quiet to start today, but already 5 million people over that number are into winter weather alerts and a new watch just posted now for Kansas. Here you see it. The winter storm warnings up across parts of the northern Rockies, including the hills around Salt Lake cities. It will begin snowing heavily there tonight. And also up I 25 from Denver to Boulder to Casper. Could see several inches of snow there, maybe up to a foot in some spots. And then the snow reaching across St. Louis and Kansas City, mostly a mix there one to three inches of snow potentially Sunday through Sunday afternoon in Chicago. So O'Hare will get hit. I think Detroit will have issues. Cincinnati potentially, and then the precip gets into the Northeast, really not until late in the day on Sunday. We'll have a ripple effect. But if you're traveling, I 95 go early on Sunday here Lindsay.

Some good advice there. Rob, thank you. Now to the retail theft warnings. On the eve of Black Friday and the beginning of the holiday shopping season, the LAPD has released this video of a brazen slash mob robbery at a Nike store. They're asking for the public's help in identifying the suspects. How retailers are now fighting a surge in violent crimes to keep holiday shoppers safe. Here's ABC's Jacqueline Lee.

Tonight, the berets and robberies law enforcement across America are scrambling to combat going into the busy holiday shopping season. The LAPD posting this video asking for the public's help, saying a flash mob entered this Nike store with trash bags, pulling armfuls of clothes off the racks, getting away with more than $12,000 in merchandise nationwide in 2022. Retailers facing more than $112,000,000,000 in losses due to organized retail crime, a 19% jump from the year before. Cities like Philadelphia on high alert.

These were criminals. Everybody in this city should be angry. Everybody that goes to these businesses should be angry.

In San Francisco, police now quadrupling the number of officers patrolling in some spots.

I saw a security person, at least two on every corner.

There's a bunch of officers. There's a lot of security.

California highway Patrol saying multiple units are now joining forces and conducting raids, recovering more than $350,000 in merchandise across two locations in the Oakland area and seizing more than $9.5 million of stolen electronics and clothing. In La.

You don't know who you're going to be shopping next to, whether that's an undercover detective deputy, and if your intent is to steal, you're going to be arrested and taken a joke.

And Lindsay, here in California, law enforcement is focusing on large malls. They're using both high visibility patrols as well as undercover officers, and we're seeing them shift some of those who focus on violent crimes to now focus on retail theft through the rest of the holiday season. Lindsay. Jacqueline. Thank you. Now to a state of emergency in a remote area of eastern Kentucky. A trained railway causing a chemical fire and concerns about toxic fumes. Thanksgiving disrupted for hundreds of families. That fire has been extinguished, and evacuation orders and notices have now been lifted. ABC's alex Prochet has more tonight.

Thanksgiving upended for dozens of Kentucky families after authorities say a fiery train derailment spilled dangerous chemicals prompting evacuations.

We're having Thanksgiving tomorrow. Guess we're not. It was just really scary because we don't know how long this is.

Governor Andy Bashir Wednesday declaring a state of emergency in Rockcastle County, about 2 hours southeast of Louisville. Crews spending hours extinguishing flames from the spill. Train company CSX says two of the 16 derailed cars were carrying molten sulfur. It releases sulfur dioxide when it burns, which can cause respiratory problems. A chemical hit me and I had a real bad asthma attack. Cleanup crews bringing in specialized equipment and conducting air monitoring in the area.

In that immediate surrounding area, there has been no detectable readings since 12:30 p.m..

Tonight, a shelter set up at a local middle school for families. And CSX says it's handed out Thanksgiving dinners for families and hotel rooms to more than 100 people and 40 pets. Lindsay? Authorities say tonight it's safe for people to return home. And a federal team is now on site investigating the cause of that derailment.

Lindsay, alex, thank you. Next tonight, a troubling headline out of China. Reports of hospitals overwhelmed with children suffering from respiratory illnesses. This is RSB. Cases are rising in some parts of the United States. Let's bring in ABC's Brit Klennet in Hong Kong for us. And Britt, you're learning. The World Health Organization is in contact with China. Tonight on this potential worrying spike. Are there concerns of a larger outbreak?

Hi, Lindsay.

Yeah.

These reports coming out of China are grabbing international attention. The UN health agency is investigating what it calls clusters of undiagnosed pneumonia, with some hospitals in northern China overwhelmed with sick children. Tonight, the World Health Organization consulting with health authorities, reporting an increase in respiratory illnesses, but crucially, not detecting any unusual or novel diseases. The who noticing the uptick in cases may not be so unexpected given that this is China's first flu season since COVID restrictions were lifted. Similar to what you might remember happened in the US. After lockdowns ended. But scientists are continuing to monitor this very closely. Meanwhile, in the US. RSV cases are on the rise, especially in southern states. The CDC saying children under five are being hospitalized at the highest rate. Health officials urging families to be vigilant as they start gathering indoors for the holiday season.

Lindsay, potentially disconcerting news there. Britt, thank you. Next tonight, new details about that deadly car crash and explosion near the New York Canadian border. The FBI is now saying it was not an act of terrorism. This dramatic video shows the moment the car soared through the air on the US. Side of the Rainbow Bridge and burst into flames, killing a married couple. The Niagara Falls police are now treating this as a traffic investigation. Next tonight, New York City Mayor Eric Adams is accused of sexually assaulting a woman 30 years ago. The woman is making the accusation in a court filing under a New York state law which gave victims of sexual violence a one year window to sue over attacks that took place decades ago. Adams is vigorously denying the accusation. Here's ABC senior investigative reporter Aaron Katursky.

Tonight, the mayor of New York is accused of sexually assaulting a woman 30 years ago. In a new court filing, the woman alleges she was sexually assaulted by defendant Eric Adams in 1993. While they both worked for the city of New York. Today, Adams said he doesn't know the woman, calling the allegation absolutely not true.

It's something absolutely that has never happened, and I don't recall ever meeting a person who made this allegation.

The woman filed her claim just before the midnight expiration of New York's Adult Survivors Act. The temporary law signed last year by Governor Kathy Hoekel allows adult sexual misconduct accusers to file lawsuits that previously would have been barred by the statute of limitations. Under the same law, E. Jean Carroll successfully sued former President Trump for at least $5 million. And in the past week, Jamie Foxx, Guns N'Roses Frontman, Axel Rose and Sean Diddy Combs also faced adult survivors. Act lawsuits. Fox and Rose denied the allegations. Combs also denied, then settled. The mayor's accuser filed a notice that does not include specifics of the alleged encounter, but broadly accuses Adams of causing physical, psychological and other injuries suffered as a result of conduct that would constitute sexual offenses. She's seeking at least $5 million.

This is a precursor to a formal complaint that would have to lay out the details of the woman's accusations. Lindsay? She's also accusing the city and the NYPD of discrimination, so she'll have to spell out those accusations as well.

Lindsay Aaron katursky for us? Thank you. Also, New York City pro Palestinian protesters disrupted the annual demonstrators jumped barricades and ran into the street with some gluing their hands to the ground. They were later taken into custody. This comes amid heightened tensions over the war in the Middle East. ABC News has learned that pro Palestinian protesters plan to demonstrate at shopping malls across the country on Black Friday. And there's still much more ahead on World News Tonight. This Thursday, the former Obama administration adviser arrested after a confrontation with a food vendor here in New York. And the fiery rescue on a high rise rooftop caught on camera. Next tonight, a former Obama administration advisor is facing hate crime charges after a confrontation with a New York food cart vendor. Stuart Seldowitz was arrested overnight. The vendor claims Seldowitz verbally abused him over his Egyptian origin.

Why should I go? Why should I go? Tell me why I should go. I'm standing here. I'm an american.

I have free video of the two men has gone viral. Seldowitz, who has let go from his job, says the man openly voiced support for the October 7 of Moss attacks, which the man denies and which is not on the video. When we come back, the dramatic rescue outside London. A man plucked from the roof of.

A burning building to the index.

Now a dramatic rescue in the UK city of reading. A man trapped on the roof of a building under construction. Flames engulfing the entire building, coming very close to the man who's standing at the edge of the roof. A crane then lowers a basket to rescue the man as the fire comes even closer. Crane operator described it to the BBC as a very close call. Fortunately, no one was seriously hurt. And when we come back, the great grandma who just can't slow down, especially when it comes to her family.

ABC world news tonight with David Muir, sponsored by chewie.

Finally tonight, america strong, the other Robin Roberts who keeps on trucking for career and family and why she's especially grateful. Tonight, new Mexico. 63 year old Robin Roberts knows all about driving cross country. A truck driver for more than a.

Decade, she runs a trucking company with her husband. She's also a grandmother of 33, great grandmother of twelve. And after the long haul of parenting their own kids, she had dreams of pursuing another career. A dream it's now a reality. Over the weekend, she became a 2023 graduate of southern New Hampshire university.

I have finished something I started that is absolutely amazing.

It started as a dare. One of her grandsons challenged her, saying if she enrolled in college, he would, too. So she did, all the while trucking along with her day job.

Some days it was just eat, sleep and drive.

Then, after traveling out east for her graduation this week, she hit the road again to make it to Las Vegas in time for Thanksgiving.

We've got less than 700 miles to go.

The final destination for Robin is always her family. After burning the midnight oil, she immediately got busy in the kitchen, put it.

In the crock pot, let it warm itself.

After the holiday season, robin plans to pursue her next goal.

By the time I turn 67, I'll be a lawyer.

It's all panned out to one big recipe for gratitude.

To everyone, I want to say again in thank you, I appreciate you, and happy Thanksgiving.

She says there are no denials in life, just delays. Happy Thanksgiving, everyone. I'm Lindsay Davis. For David and all of us here, thanks so much for watching. Have a great night.

Thank you for making world news tonight with David Muir, america's most watched newscast.