captioned by los angeles distribution and broadcasting, inc. america this morning, the talks now underway in the middle east to free the hostages being held by hamas, including american ones. what we're learning, plus more hospitals shutting down as a humanitarian crisis in gaza grows worse.

>> new reports from the war zone and the pentagon now revealing how many times us military bases have come under attack in recent days. >> what's being done to protect them? >> breaking overnight will for be the charm. republicans choose their fourth nominee for speaker of the house after the ousted speaker, kevin mccarthy offers to jump back into the race. what's ahead today? as we enter a third week of gridlock on capitol hill. the pilot accused of trying to crash a flight on the way to san francisco, allegedly trying to shut off the engines, appears in court. >> what investigators say he revealed about sleep deprivation and magic mushrooms, social media and our children's mental health. >> why 42 states are suing facebook and instagram and what they're demanding. >> the world series is set and the arizona diamondbacks are headed to the world series. while last night's stunner is setting up historic showdown. >> and later, misplaced million. the housekeeper who found a

golden lottery ticket at. abc news in new york. >> this is a america this morning. >> good wednesday morning, everyone. i'm rhiannon ally. >> and i'm andrew dymburt. we begin with new details about the talks underway to free more hostages being held by hamas in gaza. >> americans are among them. and the negotiations are being described as intense and they come as conditions grow even more desperate inside of gaza, where the world health organization says at least six hospitals have been forced to shut down because of a lack of fuel for power. israel says hamas has fuel stockpiles but refuses to distribute them. meanwhile the pentagon is releasing more information about the threat us troops are facing in the region. >> this morning, more american air power is arriving in the middle east, including f-16 from the new jersey air national guard. a group known as the jersey devils. >> it is our aim to avoid any

regional expansion of israel's conflict with hamas. but we stand ready and prepared to protect and defend our partners and our interests and will act to do so. last week, the uss carney shot down missiles and drones over the red sea, launched by iranian backed houthi rebels in yemen. >> the pentagon now confirms those missiles could have reached israel. the pentagon also revealing 13 attacks on us military bases in iraq and syria in the last week with dozens of minor injuries. an iranian backed militant group claims us bases in the united arab emirates and kuwait will also be targeted in response to the israeli hamas war. >> if iran or its proxies attack us personnel anywhere. make no mistake, we will defend our people. we will defend our security swiftly and decisively. >> the pentagon is also preparing for the potential mass evacuation of hundreds of thousands of americans in the middle east if the war expands. meanwhile, new efforts to free more hostages in gaza, including

american, is taken by hamas during the october seventh attack. sources say talks are ongoing between the us, israel, egypt and qatar to secure the release of a large number of people. the us has been pushing israel to delay a ground invasion of gaza. abc's matt gutman is along the border and you can see armor starting to prepare a maneuver. >> and just on the other side over there behind those armored personnel carriers, israeli troops are preparing for combat. they say they're getting closer and closer to moving into gaza here. >> israel is preparing for a potential influx of war casualties. this under ground parking lot has been converted to a hospital. >> while we managed to fully equip this place, we're talking about the hospital, a 130 beds at the end there are intensive and intensive care unit in gaza facing relentless airstrike as more hospitals are shutting down , running out of fuel for power. >> an estimated 5500 pregnant women are due to give birth in the coming weeks. their emergency delivery kits have yet to arrive. the kits include

scissors and instructions for women to deliver their own babies. >> we've just run out of almost everything. yesterday, a lot of the times we had very little electricity. >> the white house is rejecting calls for a cease fire, but us officials have suggested a humanitarian pause. >> more chaos on capitol hill after three weeks of gridlock with no speaker of the house republican overnight chose another nominee for the job. this is their fourth nominee. it's still unclear, though, if he has enough votes to win the job. it comes after former speaker kevin mccarthy threw his name back into contention. abc's ichihashi has all the details. good morning. >> good morning, ryan and republicans have chosen yet another nominee for house speaker, but more chaos could be on the way this morning republicans in the house are projecting unity after selecting louisiana congressman mike johnson as their nominee for house speaker. >> we are going to move this quickly. this group here is ready to govern.

>> johnson getting 128 votes, but 44 republicans voted for others, including kevin mccarthy , who was ousted from the job. three weeks ago. mccarthy, late yesterday floating a plan in which he would return as speaker with jim jordan as assistant speaker. that came after congressman tom emmer dropped out of the race yesterday, just four hours after being nominated and emmer withdrawing after former president trump came out against him. emmer no fan of trump loyalists, voted to certify the 2020 election results for joe biden, politico reports. after emmer withdrew, trump was quoted saying he's done. it's over. i killed him. abc's rachel scott tried to ask the new nominee, mike johnson, if he still stands by his vote to overturn the 2020 election results. alexi supporters, including congresswoman virginia fox, telling rachel to shut up.

earlier, one lawmaker appeared to be stunned by all the chaos. we are hopelessly divided. >> we are struggling to find our way to continue to go through this exercise in is. i think, existential threat to the. know, to the constitution or republic. >> now, the full house is expected to vote on johnson's nomination today, but it's unclear if he has enough votes to be elected on the house floor. andrew >> all right, ike, thank you. and sources say former white house chief of staff mark meadows has testified before the federal grand jury investigating interference in the 2020 election. sources say meadows received immunity and told prosecutors trump was being dishonest when he claimed on election night that he had won because the final results were not in. and meadows sources say he testified and told trump in the weeks after the election that fraud allegations were turning out to be baseless.

meadows testimony is an extraordinarily significant development. >> in the days and weeks between the 2020 election and january sixth, no individual was closer to donald trump than mark meadows. meadows testified that he never once heard donald trump acknowledge that he lost the election, not even privately. >> overnight, trump responded to our reporting, denying that meadows told him the fraud claims were baseless. meanwhile another trump ally has pleaded guilty in the georgia election interference case. lawyer jenna ellis has pledged to cooperate with prosecutors as new details after that shocking moment on a flight from washington to san francisco. >> an off duty pilot allegedly trying to crash the plane. and now comes word that he mentioned recently using psychedelic mushrooms. this morning, an alaska airlines pilot has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder charges, accused of trying to shut off the engines during a flight to san

francisco. >> enter a not guilty plea on all counts. >> new video shows 44 year old joseph emerson being removed from the plane, which had taken off from everett, washington, sunday. emerson was off duty sitting in the cockpit jumpseat when authorities say he stood up, said i'm not okay and tried to pull the plane's t handles. the pilot then grabbed emerson's wrists and wrestled with emerson for a few seconds for control of the aircraft before emerson stopped. officials say it had emerson pulled the handles all the way down, the plane would have turned into a glider within seconds. court documents show. emerson told investigators he had not slept in 40 hours, felt he was having a nervous breakdown and mentioned using psychedelic mushrooms. he's about 48 hours earlier. >> no fight, no commotion, just nervous passengers, but quietly nervous. >> emerson was removed from the cockpit, reportedly asking a flight attendant to cuff him. the flight diverted to portland, one of the 80 passengers on board called the situation scary

. >> i did my best to just remain calm as there's nothing really i can do in that situation. but it definitely was unnerving to hear that. it is incredibly scary. >> court documents also show emerson said he had struggled with depression. >> the united auto workers strike has expanded once again. it now includes the largest general motors factory in the us . 5000 workers at gm's arlington, texas, plant have walked off the job. gm says the strike has cost the company. around $800 million. >> an eighth person has now died after this massive highway pileup outside of new orleans. 168 vehicles crashed when fog combined with smoke from nearby marsh fires, reduced visibility on monday. by the way, that bridge remains closed. >> time now for your wednesday weather. acapulc expected to take a direct hit today from hurricane otis. a catastrophic category five storm

overnight with winds of 165mph, up to 20in of rain is possible, which could trigger mudslides here in the us. winter storm alerts are posted from washington state to north dakota due to heavy snow. some areas could see more than a foot of snow through friday. checking today's high temperatures, a big warm up begins in the northeast today. and 70s across the plains . coming up, a change can prepare apple products like your iphone. also ahead, a major lawsuit claiming facebook and instagram are hurting children's mental health. >> what 42 states are now demanding and hopping mad. >> trade secrets allegedly stolen in the beer industry

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making it easier to fix your iphone and other devices. >> the company has agreed to support a federal right to repair bill. that means the parts, tools and documents needed to repair apple products will be made available to independent repair shops nationwide. >> and now to a big story for parents. a major new lawsuit blaming facebook and instagram for hurting our children's mental health. abc's andrea fujii explains this new legal fight this morning. >> more than three dozen states are taking legal action, demanding changes on social media. >> the focus is really on how meta has designed its products to be as addicting as possible. >> a federal lawsuit and parallel suits brought by attorneys general in 42 states claim meta owner of facebook and instagram is addicting. children and teenagers and contributing to the youth mental health crisis. the suits also claim meta collects data on kids under

13 without their consent. doctor delaney rustin examine teens, social media and mental health for her documentary screen agers trilogy. >> many teens go to social media to get support with their friends, and yet they end up staying on it so long that they feel worse. >> the states claim meta knowingly uses algorith aims to keep young users on the platform form and prey on their vulnerabilities, claiming the company has ignored the sweeping damage these platforms have caused. to the mental and physical health of our nation's youth. >> it's things like infinite scroll and the like buttons all sorts of things that really promote ongoing use and makes it really hard for young people to self-regulate their use in response, meta says it has developed more than 30 tools for privacy and parental supervision, adding, we're disappointed that instead of working productively with companies across the industry to create clear age appropriate

standards for the many apps teens use. >> the attorneys general have chosen this path. no word yet on the next steps in this case. but if successful, the lawsuits could force meta to pay hefty fines and change the way it markets and designs its platforms. as rhiannon andrew. >> andrea, thank you. a battle over trade secrets in the beer industry is brewing in boston. the maker of sam adams is suing its rival downtown cider. boston beer claims a former employee illegally copied secret company files, then left to work for down east boston. beer is seeking damages, but down east denies the allegations. >> coming up, the death of a trailblazing actor. >> also ahead, deputies try to rescue a family of bears trapped in a van travel. there is nothing like it

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