captioned by los angeles distribution and broadcasting, inc. in america this morning. breaking news, another us military osprey aircraft crashing this time off the coast of japan with eight people on board. the details just coming in. bitter blast. >> millions are waking up to the coldest air of the season. some areas seeing up to 30in of snow. major pile ups on the highway, heavy winds even blowing over the national christmas tree.

what to expect today, the cease fire between israel and hamas set to expire today with nine americans among the hostages still being held. >> is hamas using the americans as a bargaining chip with? the white house is saying. >> a new endorsement in the race for the white house, just as ron desantis prepares to debate a top democrat one on one. trump still leading in the polls by one republican reportedly referred to trump as the orange jesus. >> plus, a dispute over a trans gender athlete leads to a student walkout. >> tiger woods opens up about his recovery and the comeback he's now hoping for. >> and later, a scare inside the christmas tree. one family's frightening ordeal after decorating. york. >> this is america this morning. >> good wednesday morning, everyone. i'm andrew dymburt. >> good morning. i'm rhiannon ally. we want to begin with breaking news. the us military aircraft has gone down off the

coast of japan. >> officials say the osprey aircraft was carrying eight people when it crashed off yakushima island. at least one person has been found along with debris from the crash, but there was no immediate word on the fate of the seven others or the condition of that person found. the osprey, which flies like a plane and lands like a helicopter, has a patchy safety record. >> in august, three marines died when an osprey went down in australia. the cause of that crash is still under investigation and last year, an osprey kill crashed in california, killing five marines. an investigation blamed mechanical failure. as for today's crash, witnesses report seeing the ospreys left engine on fire. we, of course, will bring you more details as we get them. >> now to our other top story in the middle east. the cease fire between israel and hamas is set to expire today. talks are underway in hopes of extending the truce during which dozens of hostages have been freed. but so far, only one american has been released, raising questions about whether hamas is using american hostages as a bargaining chip. abc's justin

finch is here now with the very latest. justin, good morning. >> good morning, andrew. the white house is hopeful israel and hamas will extend the truce to free more hostages. the cia director has been holding high level talks in the region overnight. hamas reportedly gave israel a new list of hostages expected to be released today before the temporary ceasefire is set to expire. hamas handed over 12 hostages yesterday, including 17 year old mia lindberg and her dog. both taken by militants on october 7th. the fbi believes nine us citizens are still being held, but it's unclear where or which militant group is holding them. the white house says there's no indication that hamas is holding the americans for leverage. >> there's no indication that hamas is trying to play some sort of game here in terms of the americans. we can't just assume that hamas has ready

access to everybody in a moment's notice in exchange for the hamas hostages. >> israel freed dozens more of palestinian men, women and teenage prisoners. as the cease fire is also allowing for more aid to enter gaza, including 54,000 pounds of medical and food supplies from the us. the un estimates nearly half of all homes in gaza have been damaged or destroyed. one family set a small fire in the ruins of their home. >> and this this man says his pregnant wife is due in the coming days. >> but with a lack of health and sanity services. the world health organization warns more people could soon die from disease in gaza than from the bombings. nearly 2 million people have been displaced in gaza. and once the fighting resumes, the us is warning israel to fight in a more targeted way to avoid displacing even more palestinians. rhiannon justin, thank you for that. >> millions of americans from

the northeast all the way down to the deep south are waking up to the coldest air of the season, up to 30in of lake effect snow fell in upstate new york. windchills are in the teens as far as the mid-atlantic with freeze alerts as far south as florida. meanwhile, yesterday, look at this snow near cleveland was blamed for this highway pileup involving more than a dozen vehicles. and in washington, the national christmas tree toppled over in wind gusts up to 40mph. but tomorrow's lighting is expected to go ahead as scheduled. they have got that tree back upright. we will check today's forecast in just a few moments. >> the house is set to vote by tomorrow on whether to expel jorge santos from congress. santos remains defiant after the ethics committee found he stole from his campaign and spent the money on botox and vacations. >> as i think we can all agree that due process matters and that we should all be very concerned about the way that we are conducting this process. and to set the record straight and put this in the record, i will

not be resigning. >> well, santos has also pleaded not guilty to 23 federal charges, including wire fraud and identity theft. >> and now to the race for president and what many political pundits are calling the race for second place in the republican primary. nikki haley getting a new boost as ron desantis prepares for a highly unusual debate with the democrat. abc's lionel moise explains this morning a boost for former south carolina governor nikki haley and her quest for the white house. >> in every poll we beat bid by 10 to 13 points. yeah afp, the political advocacy group founded by the billionaire koch brothers, is throwing its support behind haley. we are now in second place in iowa, in second place in new hampshire and second place in south carolina.

more fellow we got to catch up to. >> the group already raising $70 million insisting haley would boost republican candidates up and down the ballot, winning the key independent and moderate voters that trump has no chance to win. florida governor ron desantis downplaying the endorsement, claiming afp represents the establishment. >> all i can say is we have got to go into washington and make big changes. you don't want to go into washington and just continue business as usual. >> meanwhile, desantis is preparing to square off against california governor gavin newsom tomorrow night in a one on one debate expected to dive into issues like the economy, immigration and crime. without a live audience. but many observers are asking, will it matter? former president trump is 40 points ahead in some polls , even after skipping the debates and even while facing multiple criminal cases. his actions after january 6th are

once again in the spotlight. cnn has released excerpts from former congresswoman liz cheney's upcoming memoir, oath and honor, in which she claims one gop lawmaker during efforts to contest the 2020 election results, said, the things we do for the orange jesus referring to trump, cheney also recounts an exchange with former house speaker kevin mccarthy after he visited trump at mar a lago in the weeks after the capitol riot. cheney saying she asked mar a lago what the hell kevin mccarthy responding. they're really worried trump's not eating, so they asked me to come see him. cheney saying what? you went to mar a lago because trump's not eating. mccarthy saying, yeah, he's really depressed. going back to that, nikki haley endorsement by afp, the group says it has never engaged in a presidential election before, but wants to, quote, turn the page on the past it to make sure president biden and former president trump do not return to the white house.

rhiannon andrew. >> lionel, thank you. a private funeral will be held today for former first lady rosalynn carter. her husband, the 99 year old former president, attended yesterday's memorial wrapped in a blanket featuring her image, their kids and grandkids remembered her with laughter and love. >> i will always love my mother. i will cherish how she and dad raised her children. that given us such a great example of how a couple should relate. >> she was my grandmother first and she was like everyone else's grandmother in a lot of ways. almost all of her recipes call for mayonnaise for example. rosalynn carter will be buried today at her home in plains, georgia. >> in ohio, three people are dead after an explosion at an auto shop near cincinnati. >> witnesses say the ground shook as flames billowed into the air. the cause still under investigation and a witness described the scene as a war zone. >> time now for a look at your

wednesday weather. >> the lake effect snow continues for one more day across western new york. we're going to have buffalo to albany. snow showers, low visibility, slippery roads. be careful out there, folks. this morning. it's very cold across the tennessee valley to the gulf coast, 20s and 30s for wake up temps, including atlanta, georgia. we have frost advisories and freeze warnings from savannah down to jacksonville. it's a cold wednesday here across the eastern half of the nation. i'm accuweather meteorologist kevin corcoran. hospitals falling victim to cyber attacks. >> also ahead, the confrontation in court between convicted killer alec murdoch and the victim's of his financial crimes. >> and later, another surprise from mark cuban

good morning america. >> flight 100 is flying from london to new york on sustainable fuel. and that's a first. and very exciting. >> sir richard branson was in the mood to brag after making history. his 787 flew from london to new york using 100% sustainable aviation. it's a blend of processed cooking oil, animal fat and corn based kerosene using 70% less carbon than normal flights. but branson admits the fuel is, in short supply and it's expensive. so there's a long way to go before this is streamlined. >> authorities are investigating new cyber attacks targeting the health care industry in several states. a data breach at one medical service company is affecting 4 million people in new york and dozens of hospitals in these six states have been impacted by a ransomware attack against ardent health services. the health care chain was forced to divert patients from

emergency rooms and reschedule their surgeries. >> dramatic moments in court as convicted killer alec murdoch was sentenced for fraud. his victims confronting him face to face. and murdoch took the opportunity to deliver a familiar message. here's abc's andrea fujii disgraced south carolina attorney alec murdoch faced his victims in court as he was sentenced to 27 years for financial crimes because of what you did to me, i thank god for giving me strength to get through what i went through. >> murdoch, convicted earlier this year of killing his wife and son, pleaded guilty to fraud and money laundering. >> he was accused of stealing nearly $12 million from his law firm, his clients and even his friends. >> i trusted you with everything and was going to break, but i got to ask you, what kind of animal are you, the family of murdoch's former housekeeper who died after falling at his home.

>> also spoke. prosecutors say murdoch collected millions in insurance settlements after she fell but never told her family about the money. >> those children that you stole from everything they lost, a mother her and you stole every dime from them. i just don't understand. did you not have a soul, murdoch apologized, and i am so sorry. >> so sorry for the things that i did. it is so important to me that you know how bothered that i am by the things that i did. >> but he also used the moment in court to again proclaim his innocence in the murders of his wife and son. >> i would never hurt maggie and i would never hurt paul murdoch is fighting for a new trial in that case, claiming the court clerk in influenced the jury, which the clerk denies. >> murder is 55. he's already

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