justin finch, abc news, washington. >> all right. here's a look at some of the best and worst times to hit the road tomorrow. the best time to drive is before 11 a.m. and you'd be wise to avoid the roads from 2 p.m. until 6 p.m. then on thursday, thanksgiving day, your best bet will be to hit the road before 10 a.m. or after five. the worst time to travel will be 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. because that's when so many people are trying to get to their destinations. >> yeah, good to know. well, from travelers to those turkey trotters that will be out this week, let's check in on our holiday forecast. >> yeah. abc seven news meteorologist sandyha patel is here with a story on that sandhya and dan and steph it is not going to be raining for the turkey trotters or for your friendsgiving or thanksgiving if you do have plans on thursday. >> let me show you some live pictures. good evening to all of you. look at this. beautiful views from our tower cameras. the post sunset glow. the sun is setting at 4:54 p.m. these days, so the sun has gone down and

rhiannon >> all right, justin finch, thank you for that.th carolina senator tim scott has dropped out of the race for the white house. scott the only black republican in the senate, kicked off his campaign with a message of optimism and a $22 billion war chest. but he struggled in the polls. he made the announcement on fox news last night just days after the third primary debate. >> i'm trying i'm trying to process this this information and i'm trying to do it on on live television. so forgive me. you have plenty of money. you have the highest approval numbers of any candidate, and you are suspending your presidential campaign. >> i think the message is clear for me right now. i am indeed suspending the campaign, but i am going to remain as committed to making sure that this country choose iss the right person. >> so scott says he does not plan to endorse another candidate and says he is not interested in being vice president. >> in washington, another government shutdown is looming. friday night, the house is expected to vote as early as t

andrew >> justin finch for us in washington. justin thank you. the man accused of shooting three palestinian college students in vermont is held without bail after pleading not guilty. 48 year old jason eaton is a former boy scout leader who reportedly had interned as a harvard research assistant. eaton's mother tells the daily beast he previously struggled with depression. the shooting is being investigated as a possible hate crime. the family of the most seriously injured student says doctors fear he may not walk again. >> i'm shaken. i'm hollow inside. i'm aching to be with my son. he's lying, immobilized in a bed. he had very high spirits in the beginning and i think now it's beginning to sink into him. the extent of the enormity of the challenge that faces him. >> police say when they knocked on eaton's door, he told them, i've been waiting for you, but they say there was no indication of a possible motive. >> the weather is making news this morning. several people were injured in this chain reaction crash. you see closed interstate 86 in id

abc's justin finch is here now with the very latest. justin, good morning. >> good morning, andrew. and calling the israel hamas crisis incredibly complicated. the president telling crowds at a fundraiser that he worked with both israel and egypt to help civilians escape the war zone, including americans. at a fundraising event in minneapolis , a heckler confronting president biden about the israel hamas war. >> oh, my god. about jewish people. as a rabbi, i need you to call for a ceasefire right now. >> the left wing group jewish voice for peace, posting this video capturing part of the exchange on social media. the president responding, saying, i think a pause is needed for what he says could give more time to get more than 200 civilian hostages taken by hamas out of gaza in gaza for the second time in as many days, israel launching airstrikes at the heavily populated jabalia refugee camp. the israeli defense forces confirming it's latest strike targeted a hamas command complex and killed hamas militants. the hamas run gaza health ministry claiming palestinian civilians are among

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abc's justin finch has the latest from washington. >> in ohio, voters making their views clear here,lmingly passing a referee. adam enshrining a woman's right to an abortion into the state's constitution. even despite that double digit margin, the republican state senate leader already vowing to repeal the measure. and ohio democrats say they're preparing for pushback. ohio becoming the seventh state to reject anti-abortion efforts following the supreme court's overturning of roe v wade. reproductive rights also playing a prominent role in virginia, where republican governor glenn youngkin promised to pass a 15 week abortion ban with exceptions for rape, incest and a mother's life was upended after democrats held their majority in virginia senate and seized control of the house of delegates in deep red kentucky. what some see as a roadmap for democrats in 2024, incumbent democratic governor andy beshear reelected defeat. trump endorsed republican attorney general daniel cameron. beshear pressed on cnn on what president biden and other democrats in tough races can take from his campai

. >> here's abc's justin finch. >> greeting crowds at the white house, president biden responding to a reporter asking if a deal is coming soon to free some of the 236 hostages remaining in hamas custody. >> mr. president, is it hostage deal near? i believe so, but i'm not prepared to talk so yes. >> the us teaming up with israel and qatar in hostage talks with hamas, sources tell abc news the negotiators are making headway on a deal calling for hamas to release 50 hostages in exchange for israel allowing more aid into gaza and a five day cease fire. but no common ground reached yet on the exact number of hostages and how long that ceasefire would last. families of civilian hostages is holding out hope this is important to understand that these people, they are as citizens in egypt, the world health organization says doctors are treating 28 premature babies from gaza, but they're not out of the woods yet by any by any means. the hamas run palestinian health ministry says at least nine babies have already died, while the un estimates at least five have died. all are from gaza's al-shi

abc news reporter justin finch has a closer look at the numbers from washington. >> president biden intouting more than 16 billion in new infrastructure spending. his administration secured for amtrak. >> i've been fighting for this for a long time to invest in americans not just america, but the latest abc news ipsos poll shows 76% of americans think the country is heading in the wrong direction. >> economy. 74% of americans say it's very important to them personally. 69% say the same about inflation. those are issues in our poll that tend to favor republicans. >> more polling from the new york times and siena college finds republican presidential frontrunner donald trump, who now faces 91 felony charges, is outperforming biden in battleground states arizona, michigan, nevada and pennsylvania. >> we need to put every dollar and every bit of energy into winning in november. >> trump appearing at the florida freedom summit with several of his republican primary opponents. >> the brand of republicans has become toxic, very difficult to attract people to the party. so florida has shown th

abc news reporter justin finch is tracking the situation and has more on the group released last night. >> this morning, high hopes for the release of even more hostages taken from israel on sunday. 17 more released include 13 israelis and four foreign nationals. a new video showing a red cross motorcade through northern gaza carrying the first american freed four year old dual citizen abigail morejon. aiden's parents were killed during the october 7th hamas attack on israel. her loved ones great to have her back. >> i want to thank everybody for all your love and support hamas releasing 58 hostages so far and filming women and children being ushered to red cross vans bound for israel. >> nine year old emily hand reunited over the weekend with her father, thomas, who feared she was dead. >> she's lost a lot of weight on her face and body, but generally she doing better than we expected. and nearly 200 hostages remain in hamas custody in the west bank. >> crowds celebrating the release of more than 100 palestinian women and teenage boys from israeli jails. president biden reiterating co

let's get the latest now from abc's justin finch. >> justin, good morning. >> rhiannon good morning. as several middle east nations condemn israel's refugee camp attack, the white house is working to rush humanitarian aid into gaza and help americans trapped there get out. this morning, gaza's largest refugee camp now leveled and many lives lost after an israeli air assault at this doctor saying there are injured. every where, many working hastily to rescue survivors, including children from the rubble. abc news determining the airstrikes caused craters consistent with bombs dropped from an aircraft. the israel defense forces confirming it carried out the strikes and that it killed a top hamas leader and other militants. the idf accusing hamas of using civilians as human shields. abc's ian pannell pressing an idf official on why the jabalya camp was targeted. there were secondary explosions and that subterranean infrastructure also exploded or imploded as a result of some kind of secondary explosion at and that there are quite a lot of casualty is in the area. >> presumably civilian.

justin finch, abc news, washington. disaster scenario playing out in iceland. >> coming up, the town now being evacuated as experts monitor volcanic activity. >> should school do away with recess? it's a question some educators are considering. we're going to talk about the pros, the cons and the impact on students either way. but first, a check on the weather with. >> oh, man, i loved recess. >> here's live. doppler seven along with satellite. we are going to track an unsettled weather pattern for much of the week ahead. today, we have dry conditions. it's just a blend of sun and clouds. but by tomorrow, this area of low pressure is going to move south. and then just essential really stall off our coastline starting tomorrow. and it will sit there until at least saturday morning and that will supply us daily chances of rainfall. here's a live look at sutro tower. you can see they're testing the lasers for apec. that'll move down market street as apec gets underway here this week. here's a look at the forecast. we have

as abc's justin finch is here with the latest. justin. good morning, andrea. >> good morning. the white house is expressing support for extending that truce to make sure all hostages. hamas is holding captive are freed. and this morning, high hopes for the release of even more hostages taken from israel on sunday, seven teen more released include 13 israelis and four foreign nationals. new video showing a red cross motorcade through northern gaza carrying the first american freed four year old dual citizen abigail morejon. aiden's parents were killed during the october 7th hamas attack on israel. her loved ones grateful to have her back. >> i want to thank everybody for all your love and support. >> hamas releasing 58 hostages so far and filming women and children being ushered to red cross vans bound for israel. nine year old emily hand reunited over the weekend with her father, thomas, who feared she was dead. >> she's lost a lot of weight from her face and body, but generally doing better than we expected. nearly 200 hostages remain in hamas custody in the west bank. >> cro

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 washingto

. >> abc's justin finch is here with the latest beginning with that violence in washington.tin good morning. >> andrea good morning. the clashes between police and protesters broke out just as democrats were meeting nearby. by overnight, police evacuated members of congress from the headquarters of the democratic national committee in washington as protests outside the building turned violent. look, i've got thrown, people getting thrown down the stairs. california congressman brad sherman was among those evacuated and a dozen or so very well armed police officers came charging in and they whisked us off to the us capitol. an estimated 150 people were protest, chanting israel's war against hamas. some blamed police for stoking tensions because it was so immediate. >> as soon as we got out here, it seemed like we weren't welcome. >> video shows some in the crowd pushing police before officers fired pepper spray. some protesters grabbed on to metal barricades as police moved in to make arrests. >> we didn't expect the way that things escalated. and we knew coming out here that

here's abc news reporter justin finch. >> this morning, israeli troops pressing deeper into north gaza. the israeli defense forces says its ground operation is expanding, reporting his troops have completely encircled gaza city and are locked in face to face battles with hamas military force. israel intensifying air assaults on hamas targets across gaza, demolishing densely populated areas. civilian survivors, including children rescued from the rubble. the biden administration calling for humanitarian pauses to allow more aid inside gaza. we do not support a cease fire and that that gives time for hamas to regroup, which is something that, again, would put israeli citizens and others in danger. a senior us official telling abc news the us is also flying unarmed mq nine reaper drones over gaza to assist israel with locating more than 200 hostages. hamas is holding captive. secretary of state antony blinken said for more meetings with top israeli leaders today, we will focus as well on steps that need to be taken to protect civilians who are in a crossfire of hamas is making american ma

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

. >> abc's justin finch is here now with the latest. justin, good morning. >> rhiannon good morning. the truce between israel and hamas has been extended, but here at home, a protest over the war threatened to derail a holiday tradition seen in new york city last night. >> tense moments before the lighting of the rockefeller center christmas tree. >> three people inside a crowd of at least 500 pro palestinian demonstrators trying to push their way towards the tree. the nypd intervening, making multiple arrests, forcing the group to reverse course. a short time later came word that the cease fire between israel and hamas has been extended for at least one more day amid intense negotiations to release more hostages. hamas yesterday released 16 more hostages from gaza in exchange for more palestinian women and teenagers held in israeli prisons. lebanon on a dual us-israeli citizen, an and mother of three, was among those freed by hamas. but her husband is still missing. >> until we got that final the final okay. that she really was amongst

abc's justin finch has the latest, beginning with the scene at the hospital. justin good morning. >> good morning, lionel. israel is promising to reveal more evidence proving that hamas use hospitals for military purposes. this morning, video released by israel's military appears to show a tunnel entrance at al-shifa hospital, apparently supporting claims that hamas has been using a network of tunnels beneath the largest medical facility in gaza. >> and this is where they choose to hide everything because they know the idf won't attack the air force won't attack here. >> israeli troops say they're targeting hundreds of miles of tunnels across gaza, destroying at least 50% of the shafts since the start of the war. using a gel like explosive which gets pumped into the tunnels with a hose and is then set off with the detonator back at al-shifa hospital, israel also says troops found a truck containing a large number of weapons. >> we found a vehicle filled with ammunition and rpgs, ak 47 seconds. we see handcuffs, knives, preparation for taking hostages from isra

abc's justin finch is here with the latest. justin, good morning. >> andrea good morning. israel is urging thousands of palestina ians to evacuate areas near gaza city where israel believes hamas has set up command strongholds and intricate military infrastructure. the this morning , israeli troops pressing deeper into north gaza. the israeli defense forces says its ground operation is expanding, reporting his troops have completely encircled gaza city and are locked in face to face battles with hamas militants. israel intensifying air assaults on hamas targets across gaza, demolishing densely populated areas. civilian survivors, including children rescued from the rubble. the biden administration calling for humanitarian pauses to allow more aid inside gaza. >> we do not support a cease fire and that that gives time for hamas to regroup. which is something that, again, would put israeli citizens and others in danger. >> a senior us official telling abc news the us is also flying unarmed mq nine reaper drones over gaza to assist israel with locating more than 200 hostages.

abc's justin finch is here with the latest from gaza and from washington. justin, good morning. >> lionel good morning. federal and local law enforcement are on high alert here in washington, noting surging tensions in the us since that hamas terrorist attack on israel last month over the night, final preparations on the national mall for today's march for israel in washington dc, with organizers expecting a crowd of tens of thousands, security is top of mind for dc's mayor. also requesting support from the national guard amid rising threats, though law enforcement officials are not tracking any specific actionable threat to the march, homeland security officials are classifying the rally as a level one security event. it's highest designation. >> you can hear the take firing down the street in the war zone. >> gaza is overwhelmed. hospitals facing increasing danger. the israeli defense forces taking abc's matt gutman inside a northern gaza children's hospital that the idf says hamas militants were using as a command post and even to hold hostages. >> those

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i'll guess in just a moment, but fast this report from finch, and one of the european union is divided on gaza speaking in the european parliament, the books, foreign policy chief address, the growing rips between those who support israel's war and those who sympathize with the plays of the palestinians that we have said, possibly we ought to be able to defend the palestinians rights to have a state without being categorized as anti submitted. and it ought to be possible to criticize the policies of israel. the european union was quick to condemn the homos attack on israel, on october 7th, the killed around 1200 people, the european commission present or to level underline when to tel aviv in a show of solidarity in the face of this speak couple of tragedy. there's only one possible response, europe's stance with ease ralph. but since then, the us failed to form a united position on these real subsequent bombing ground campaign and gaza. that's killed around $15000.00 palestinians. individual countries are going the roadway and engaging in their own diplomacy. some like german chancell

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that this can continue and that the pause in the fighting allowing aid into gaza can also continue. finchza can also continue.— can also continue. such hopes for the families _ can also continue. such hopes for the families that _ can also continue. such hopes for the families that have _ can also continue. such hopes for the families that have been - can also continue. such hopes for i the families that have been terribly affected by this. what impact do you think good news for some families will have on the wider conflict? does the pause make any longer term difference to what is going on? it’s difference to what is going on? it's a reall difference to what is going on? it�*s a really important question. at the moment, both sides are getting what they want. hamas is getting a pause in the fighting, allowing aid into gaza. it is also getting respite from the incessant bombing from israel. so, it's being able to regroup, is to a certain extent, and thatis regroup, is to a certain extent, and that is something they wanted. the israelis are getting what they want. they are getting some of t

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