this morning on "world news now," grieving families recall warning signs. >> learning more about the driver, his past behavior on and off the road, and why parents thought there was a problem before the tragedy. we have a full report from the scene. on the move, one of the busiest travel days of the year. everyone hoping to get home there are major trouble spots we're tracking right now. a live report ahead. giving thanks for one mother's ultimate sacrifice. the woman who lost her son, but gained a brand new extended family touched by his final act of organ donation including the recipient of a ground-breaking face transplant. our cameras there for the emotional reunion. >> stressing about prepping the big meal? don't worry about it.

how it helps in the kitchen or not so much. it's wednesday, november 23rd, it is thanksgiving eve. from abc news, this is "world news now." >> good morning to you all. we start with the latest from tennessee learning more about the driver arrested in a deadly school bus crash pap. >> last night balloons released to honor the five children kill ranging from the age of being from kindergarten to fourth >> meanwhile, the police say walker, the driver, was involved in a collision two months ago. here's more from chattanooga. >> reporter: good morning to you. 12 children are still here at the hospital, six in stable, six still in critical. their bus driver is still in jail charged with vehicular homicide, and police say more charges are likely. a community gathering to pray

in this horrific crash. new details outlined in court documents allege the driver of the mangled school bus was speeding, causing walker to lose control, serve left and right crashing into a pole and a tree. >> a horror story, just totally tragic scene, and we saw the children, some of them, escaping through the r >> reporter: one of the boys on the bus said the driver did not help and just walked away from the scene. >> everything just started turning, like the bus turned twice. >> reporter: some parents are concerns. >> there's been times he's going faster than he probably should have. >> reporter: ntsb investigators from d.c. are now in tennessee to get to the bottom of this. >> the totality of the situation, we'll try to determine what caused this and try to make recommendations to

>> reporter: reviewing a warrant issued to remove the black box and video cameras from the bus for clues, and they are also awaiting blood test results from the driver. >> with the children still recovering here, we are now learning that 24-year-old only got his license to drive that bus in april and just two months ago, he was in another crash which ntsb officials said they are looking into as part of the investigation. kendis, diane? >> elizabeth, thank you. a lot of questions left to be answered in that case, but severe weather is said to cause severe travel issues today. >> travelers in the midwest and northwest are most likely to see weather-related delays today. we'll get the forecast in just a moment, but it's also going to be crowded out there whether you go by road or air. look at some of these highways scenes there, oh, the memories. >> already? >> we are joined now with that story. >> too early for that much

today's going to be a bad day, no matter how you're traveling, but there's good news and bad news. thanksgiving travel hits a nine-year high according to aaa. that means more people getting out and spending the holiday with family, good news, right? with all that comes those traveling headaches. if you're not already at your holiday destination, you may end up wishing you were. if you're planning to drive today, you could see the standstill traffic jams. aaa estimates 43.5 million americans will drive at least miles. the worst day is today to get behind the wheel, and the big concern today is weather moving in this morning making driving worse. slick roads from minneapolis to new orleans. winter weather advisories issued in minnesota and wisconsin with snow in areas where state troopers already responded to more than 200 wrecks following the first blizzard of the season. if you are driving, experts say get on the road before 10:00

if you're flying, that same system brings rain to chicago, a major traffic hub, and storms in memphis and south of houston and travel delays there. at the airport, the tsa says two hours early, but factor in traffic on roads if you drive to the airport, and any weather that could slow you down so that a lot to plan for as you head out, but a big payoff -- >> i'm tired already. >> the turkey. >> i have not had the the road looks festive with the red lights. >> absolutely. >> thank you so much. great to have you here. >> we did not see the map that showed a lot of weather-related problems right in the midwest. it means delays in the northwest as well as in the midwest. >> accuweather's cam tran has the forecast for us. cam, good morning. >> good morning, diane and kendis. those heading out on the busy wednesday could run into delays in the pacific northwest thanks to rain as well as the midwest

through bringing widespread rainfall from chicago to cleveland and louisville. watch for delays there. in the north, it's cold enough it's snowing, in duluth and minneapolis. slow go there. for the holiday itself, it's looking good, green means go. other than delays in the pacific northwest and northeast. back to you. >> thank you, cam. breaking news from detroit where another police officer has been shot. the wayne state university officer, colin rose, is fighting for his life at this hour after officials said rose was patrolling an area offam pus when the attack took place. a perp of interest is in custody and is being interrogated. rose is at least the fifth officer shot on duty across this country just since the weekend. the suspect charged in the ambush-style fatal shooting of a san toep owe police officer got married the day after the attack. all of this according to court documents. it appears that otis may have been trying to keep his wife

him. the d.a. says any conversations before the shooting would be admissible. funeral services held for the murdered officer next week. a post-election surge for stocks as three averages open at record highs this morning. the dow starts above 19,000 for the first time ever. it's closed at a record high six times now in the two weeks since donald trump's election. markets are closed tomorrow for thanksgiving and will close early on friday. also on the economic front, a requirement for 4 million workers to get overtime pay. the obama administration sought to raise the amount of money workers could make from nearly $24,000 to nearly $47,000 before being exempt from overtime. 21 states challenged the rule, and a federal judge in texas pushed the effective date back as he awaits a challenge to the rule. so many try to find different uses for drones, and,

unique use for his drone. >> yeah. anyone looking for a creative way to prepare your thanksgiving meal? >> there it is. >> the drone peels potatoes and car carrots, a creative use there. when it comes to mixing things, though, this is a deep fryer. stay away from the deep fryer, right, so the drone is a good way to handle that. chopping, though, did not go well. you can see there's the final plate. >> oh, yeah. it looks j >> not the neatest. >> it looks more like the after than the before. >> i do like the deep fryer method, though. >> i do like that as well. >> would be a good creative way for those who don't like the kitchen but like gadgets to help you help you. or go outside and play with the drone to get out of your way. separating the ceo away from the commander in chief. >> donald trump said in the campaign if elected he couldn't

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vacation in florida, they landed last night with the future first lady and baron. a sign that the holiday will include work on the transition team. in the meantime, trump is taking a moderate stance on the controversial positions. in an interview with the "new york times" trump no long r appeared interested in prosecuting hillary clinton saying it would be devisive for the country. on climate change, he now says he has an open mind. a break from previous remarks trump is backing away from advocating for water boarden, disenvowed the white nationalists who celebrated his election, but denied that steve banon is racest, defending him, in his words, as a decent guy, treated unfairly. >> mr. trump faces another controversy on how he plans to untangle potential conflicts of

inside the white house could be nearly impossible for him to do. abc's brian ross investigates. >> reporter: with growing concerns how he continues to push the business measures, donald trump told the "new york times," the law is on my side. the president can't have a conflict of interest, but throughout the campaign, trump pledged to leave the business empire behind. >> if i become president, i couldn't care less about my company. >> reporter: in the two weeks since the election, trump took the time to developers of two trump towers in the country who posted this picture and then took it down. he complained to a british politician about eyesore wind turbines near his golf course, and he's boasted his brand is now hotter than ever. his daughter, ivanka's jewelry company trying to cash in on "sixty minutes" to sell the line of $10,000 bracelets. since then, trump included his daughter in a meeting with the japanese prime minister as she

seeking deals in asia. trump defended that saying, if it were up to some people, i would never ever see my daughter again. he has investments in 18 countries around the world, and now advisers fear the president-elect is creating conflict. >> you're going to have foreign entities and governments offering sweet heart deals in hope of favorable actions from the president of the united states. >> reporter: there are no questions whether trump, as president, take actio him plrn $300 million. trump used the money to design a golf course in florida and build hotels in chicago at his new one in washington. but deutsche bank is also now the target of two major investigations by the u.s. department of justice facing a possible $14 billion settlement that could imperil the bank and affect trump's loans.

justice department does not back down. >> there's a clear conflict of interest between donald trump's personal business interests and his public duties, in fact, the public trust. >> reporter: donald trump said in theory, i could run my business perfectly and run the country perfectly, adding there's never been a case like this. there is no law that requires a president to sell off his business interests or put them in a blind trust. mr. trump something to address concerns, but is suggesting he could still be involved in the business in some limited way, and there's nothing legally to prevent him from doing that. brian ross, abc news, new york. >> all right, thanks. coming up, the ground breaking space transplant. >> the donor's mother meeting the recipient for the first time. the emotional encounter next. you're watching "world news

one year ago, a firefighter badly burned in the line of duty endured the most extensive face transplant ever attempted. >> this morning, we're witnessing the tearful first mother of the donor. we're up all night line with abc's juju chang. >> i believe we have -- >> reporter: it's been more than a year since nancy lost her son, dave. >> come on, mom. >> we were really close. it was almost like twins. >> reporter: raising him as a single mother. their tight bond forged while they traveled the country, working together at craft fairs,

flying through the airings that's david at a red bull's concert race in 2014. >> you can't think about it and just go, go, go. >> reporter: a year after winning the race, he suffered a head injury in a bike accident while riding home from work. he was not wearing a helmet. after clinging to life for three weeks, nancy made the heart breaking decision to let him go. ? it was all meant i think he knew. >> reporter: dave chose to be an organ donor and a perfect match forever a surgery 15 years later. the volunteer firefighter and father from mississippi ran into a burning house searching for survivors when the roof collapsed. he was lucky to survive. the fire robbed him of his

>> take off your ears for me please. >> reporter: desperation led him to nyu's medical center. the pioneering surgeon in the emerging field of face transplants had been looking for the perfect patient, and pat was the one. it takes 12 hours to remove the donor's face, and in operating rooms across the city, four other patients prepped for life saving operations, and among those saved on this young boys, and a 58-year-old woman all desperately waiting for transplants. every day, 22 americans die waiting for a life saving transplant. nationally, only 50% of eligible adults are registered as organ donors. >> it's been more than a year? >> yes. >> reporter: it's been a tough year for nancy while she was grieving her son's death, she was also battling cancer. now nancy is going to meet the people whose lives were saved by

one by one, they came down the stairs. >> hi, my name's nancy. >> i'm nancy. >> reporter: three families now intertwined with nancy's. >> when i knew you were a firefighter, i knew you had the strength to go through it. >> i had no hesitation. >> look at your face. look at patrick's face. >> beautiful. >> you are beautiful. the best day of my day david was born. this is the second best day of my life. >> what an amazing experience there, and david not only donated his face, but also his heart, liver, his kidney, bone, skin, corneas, so saved quite a few lives. >> a great way to celebrate thanksgiving, if you're not an organ donor, sign up for it. more than 120,000 people in the u.s. on the waiting lists

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time now for the mix, and coming up on thanksgiving, many look forward to sitting around the table with family -- >> good times, yes. >> some of you maybe are not looking forward to sitting around the table with family, but twitter users are trying to help those who fall in the latter category with a hashtag of how to avoid politics at >> will be tough this year. >> some of the highlights? just say wrong in response to everything they say. >> mom, what do you think of trump? >> wrong. >> okay. that works. >> that should go over well. tell your family you have a girlfriend, art of distraction. another says, just don't go. i don't think that's going to get you out of the dog house, though. >> and then -- >> the ones i found -- make sure you make pot brownies for

starts talking politics, start singing bohemian rhapsody. >> we're at different parts of the song. what do you think of trump? ? he's just a poor boy from a poor family ? >> like, what, what are you talking about? obviously that would be a distr distraction. we know cat videos -- oh, i'm >> that's okay. >> i want to get to the cats. >> you know how when you can ride your bike or go for a run, your gps on the nike app or different apps, they can kind of follow you around and make weird objects. mine have been quite interesting. >> i don't do either activity. >> normal people do. there's one person in san francisco on a 50 mile route in san francisco, all to be able to line out a turkey. that is awesome.

then he went to the finish line in central park in san francisco they took the route for their fourth year in a row. >> cool. looks like it was drawn on an etch-a-sketch. i'm dating myself. i like that. and so back to the cats, right? >> yes. >> we all know cat videos are popular on line, but now cat photographs are making the rounds, and these come from david in the u.k. who recreated there's win from e.t. we've got another one from alien. >> oh, god, that poor cat. >> there's also that real alien versus the cat, doing the job there. oh, the shining. >> here's johnny. >> perfect. >> and everyone remembers that really iconic scene from ghost making the pottery. >> yeah. >> well, the cat got in on that too.

good morni . this morning on world news now. travel getting tricky. the mad dash is looking to beibe ic complicated by a new storm system. >> and donald trump his stance. hear why he's backing off a threat to hillary clinton. and the turkey's not even defrosted yet. the race is already on for black friday. >> door buster items already on sale. we'll show you the deals you should jump on now and those you can wait on. and the coronation ceremony is complete. we have a new champion, but it was a champion we thought would always be.