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talks to free more hostages, including americans now ramping up the possible time frame for a deal. horror on the highway. >> a bus carrying a high school band bursts into flames as several teens among the dead. others jumping out of windows. we hear from one of the survivors. >> a fistfight nearly erupting on capitol hill during a senate hearing. >> you want to do it now? >> i'd love to do it right now. >> we'll stay on your butt up then you stand your butt up. >> oh, hold up. oh, stop it. >> new details about the us senator and the union boss and why they nearly came to blows. >> two sports stories making headlines. an arrest for the gruesome slashing of a pro hockey player on the ice. and in the nba. the wild brawl overnight and the fallout. >> a warning for pet owners. the mystery illness killing dogs. and later, how the boy who mastered jenga setting a world record ended up inspiring a hallmark christmas movie.

>> from abc news in new york, this is america this morning. >> good wednesday morning, everyone. i'm andrea fujii in for rhiannon. >> and i'm lionel moise in for andrew. we begin this morning with breaking news from the war in the middle east. >> israel announcing a new assault against hamas terrorists believed to be hiding inside a network of tunnels beneath the largest hospital in gaza. >> in the meantime, reports are coming in about a potential deal in the works to free more hostages is being held by hamas, including americans. abc's justin finch begins our coverage. justin good morning. >> lionel good morning. the largest medical facility in gaza is now at the center of israel's ground war against hamas. overnight the israeli military launched what it calls a targeted operation at al-shifa hospital in gaza. the hamas run health ministry claims dozens of soldiers were inside the emergency department moment as israeli forces searched the hospital's basement. us

officials say there's evidence that hamas has been using tunnels beneath hospitals to hide weapons and hostages, as in gaza city. >> they have weapons stored there and are prepared to respond to an israeli military operation against the facility. >> a senior us official calls the tunnels multi-layered and extensive, containing hundreds of hamas fighters who've set booby traps. meanwhile a senior israeli source says progress has been made towards a deal that could free some of the 239 hostages is being held by hamas. the source saying a breakthrough could come. within 72 hours. yesterday an estimated 290,000 people gathered in washington in a march for israel. among them, the family of three year old abigail moore. adan, the youngest of the americans taken captive by hamas. her parents were killed. her family says the toddler crawled from underneath

her father's body before she was kidnaped. abigail is a spunky little girl. >> we love her very, very, very much. and we are doing everything we can to bring her home. >> what happens to the world? >> at a rally in israel yesterday day, a woman whose son was taken hostage voiced her frustration to abc's patrick reevell. >> the families needs to come back home safe through a deal through negotiations. >> is that the i don't know. >> i don't know. i don't care for you know, i don't care. all i care about my son. >> the white house says president biden spoke with israel's prime minister again yesterday about the ongoing efforts to release more hostages. >> what's your message for the families? hang in there. >> we're coming. >> and sources say israel's war cabinet met last night to discuss a possible hostage deal with hamas, but still no word on a decision lionel. >> all right, justin, thank you so much. a jewish group from

detroit attending that rally in d.c. yesterday says hundreds of its members were left stranded at dulles airport. it claims the bus driver staged an anti-semitic protest. refer choosing to drive them into the city. but the jewish federation of detroit did not provide evidence and did not name any bus companies involved. >> for the first time in six years, the president of china is visiting the us today, meeting face to face with president biden in a summit in san francisco. biden says one major goal will be restoring communications with china that could include reestablishing direct contact between the us and chinese militaries. the leaders are also expected to announce a deal cracking down on the production and export of fentanyl and trade and taiwan are also on the agenda. abc's jacqueline lee is in san francisco. >> president biden and chinese leader xi jinping are set to meet later today in what is expected to be their first face to face meeting in a year here in san francisco. ahead of the two leaders arrival yesterday,

hundreds of pro-china and anti-china protesters clashed outside the airport. now, later today, we are expecting more demonstrations. >> jacqueline, thank you. the middle east is also expected to be discussed. aides say president biden will urge china to pressure iran to help stop attacks on american troops. >> now to ohio. new information about a deadly crash involving students on a high school band trip out this morning. officials investigating what caused this fiery multi-vehicle crash east of columbus, ohio, that left six people dead, including three teenagers. >> we have heavy fire on the traffic camera and we are being advised that there is children trapped on the bus. >> one of them a semi truck slamming into this charter bus carrying the tusky valley marching band on their way to a performance. students leaping out of the windows and then an explosion on 17 year old samantha basler, a saxophone player, was on the bus. there

was immediate flames from the truck in the back. >> there's different stuff flying up on us and then we realized that that what happened and looked around and there was a lot of kids stuck in seats. >> there was kids under seats. >> of the three teens killed, the youngest was 15. more than a dozen others were taken to hospitals. samantha says she's okay. hey, i just happened to choose the right seats. the charred remains of that bus towed away from the scene. but police confirm at least three other people were killed in a car that was involved in the crash. just heartbreaking. the company that owns the charter bus says it's cooperating with investigators. we're also learning new details about the fire that shut down interstate ten through los angeles. officials now saying the repairs on the freeway could take 3 to 5 weeks. they say the fire was arson, but no word on suspects. now to the threats and insults in the us congress. >> a fistfight nearly broke out yesterday. and at the same time,

the former house speaker was accused of assaulting another lawmaker in the kidneys. this morning, the senator who challenged a union boss to a fight during this hearing on capitol hill is revealing what led up to their explosive exchange. >> you're just not used to being called out. i think the guy's really tough on a keyboard, but that's about it. >> oklahoma senator markwayne mullin was questioning teamsters president sean o'brien when the two nearly came to blows. >> do you want to do it now? >> i'd love to do it right now. >> well, stand your butt up then. >> you stand your butt up. oh, hold up. oh, stop it. >> senator bernie sanders intervened in. >> this is a hearing, and god knows the american people have enough contempt for congress. >> let's not don't like and let's do this because i did challenge you and i accepted your challenge. and you went quiet. >> no, i didn't go quiet. i was i was. you challenged me to a cage match acting like a 12 year old schoolyard bully. excuse me. >> senator mullin, who owns a plumbing company, said his feud with o'brien began months ago when the senator accused the teamsters of trying to

intimidate his employees into unionizing. o'brien on social media back in june called mullen a greedy ceo clown and fraud, adding, you know where to find me any place, any time, cowboy being raised in oklahoma my whole life, you don't do that. >> you don't go run off the mouth unless you expect to be called to the carpet and did that. >> meanwhile, on the same day, yet another episode of schoolyard behavior in the halls of the capitol. tennessee congressman tim burchett says former house speaker kevin mccarthy elbowed him in the kidneys as they were gathering to vote on a new funding bill. the exchange heard in this audio from npr. >> what kind of chicken move is that? you're you're pathetic, man. >> you are so pathetic. >> you know, it was deliberate. it was just a it was just a cheap shot by a bully. >> but mccarthy denies hitting burchett. >> did you elbow him okay? >> no, i did not elbow him. >> no, i would not elbow him. >> i would not hit him in a kidney. >> burchett was among the republicans, led by matt gaetz, who voted to remove mccarthy as

speaker last month. now, following yesterday's incident, gaetz has followed an ethics complaint against mccarthy. all that drama overshadowed house speaker mike johnson's big victory yesterday, his short term spending plan to prevent a government shutdown was approved with the help of democrats. >> lawmakers in texas have passed a controversial immigration bill that authorizes local police to arrest undocumented migrants and take them back to the southern border . the bill also calls for two year prison sentences for people who enter texas illegally. critics say this will lead to widespread racial profiling, and they point out that removing non-citizens is the federal government's responsibility. see a similar law in arizona was struck down by the supreme court in houston, a suspect and a dog ran from a crash scene last night. >> sparks flew from a speeding car before it crashed on interstate 45. the driver jumped out with the dog behind him, but the man was caught nearby hiding under a car. the dog was reunited with his family. >> time now for your wednesday

weather. rain in more than three weeks yesterday in parts of florida. are preparing for even more flood watches are posted in south florida with seven inches possible in the next two days. most of california will also see rain today with snow in the highest elevations in parts of the northern rockies. could see a foot of snow. checking today's high temperatures, warmer than usual across the midwest. seasonable in the northeast and near 90 degrees in the southwest . at. in the nba overnight. >> but first, a car goes crashing through a shopping mall. what we're learning about the driver and a new twist in a murder for hire plot. >> a florida professor killed years ago. why his 73 year old mother in law was just

vegas grand prix. live on gma. forget it. out. >> oh, so hard to watch that. >> the driver slamming through the doors of a mall in pueblo, colorado, coming to a stop near the mall's food court. the man was arrested. a bomb squad had to check out that car after claims were made about explosives. no one was hurt. the postal service has reported a $6.5 billion loss in the last year after predicting it would break even this year. >> the postmaster general introduced a plan to overhaul the struggling agency, but the volume of first class mail fell to the lowest level since 1968. >> a major twist in a florida murder case years after a law professor was found murdered at his home. his former mother in law is now in custody. a stunning development in a murder for hire plot that led to the

shooting of florida state university. professor daniel markel in 2014. now, you were arrested on a warrant from leon county, florida, just one week after markel's former brother in law, charles adelson, was convicted of his murder. markel, 73 year old former mother in law donna adelson, is now under arrest, picked up at miami's airport. police say, with a one way ticket to vietnam. >> she was apprehended on the jetway. she had literally checked in and was walking into the plane. >> the case dates back to a custody battle between markel and his ex-wife, wendy adelson. police say she wanted to relocate their children, but markel refused. that's when investigator say her family initiated a plot that involved wendy's brother, charles, conspiring with hitmen. now, their mother, donna, also faces charges in connection with the plot. investigators say surveil video from 2016 shows an undercover agent confronting adelson, demanding more money

after the professor's murder. officials say adelson later made this call to her son, charlie. >> i've got some paperwork hand delivered to me. >> does it involve me or other people? well probably both of us. >> according to a probable cause affidavit, donna adelson recently spoke to her son in jail discussing a possible plan to flee the country. >> the markel family has not commented on her arrest, but expressed relief back in september after charles adelson's arrest. >> this has taken so long. i want the people that are involved to pay the price. >> as for wendy adelson, she has not been charged and denies any involvement in the plot. but authorities say the investigate option remains open. donna adelson is charged with first degree murder. her son will be sentenced next month facing life in prison. >> coming up, the mystery illness killing dogs. >> also ahead, an arrest after that gruesome death of a pro that gruesome death of a pro hockey player on the ice you know that feeling of having to rewash dishes

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month. the moment too gruesome to show. but during a collision, an opposing player's leg goes up and a skate appears to slice johnson's neck. he later died at the hospital. police announcing an arrest on suspicion of manslaughter, but they have not revealed who was arrested, whether it was that opposing player or someone else, it's a tragedy that, you know, could happen numerous times in a hockey game. >> and thank god it doesn't. >> back in pennsylvania, where johnson also played college hockey tribute to the 29 year old, the penguins forming a circle in the arena, clicking their hockey sticks in johnson's honor, his death already prompting change neck guards will soon be mandatory for hockey players in england. i wouldn't be surprised to see this mandated at the youth levels and college and maybe even pro hockey. the opposing player involved in that collision has been identified as 31 year old matthew pettigrew. he's said to be distraught his teammates say redgrave's leg was in the air because he lost his

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