the carters an incredible family. martha raddatz on the remarkable partnership between husband and wife. steve osunsami on their inspiring love story. plus, how rosalynn carter says she wanted to be remembered. also developing tonight, israel releasing video from gaza's largest hospital, saying it shows hostages being brought in on the day of the october 7th massacre as well as new drone video from inside a tunnel that israel lies beneath that, claiming hamas has a command center underground. and the heartbreaking images of more than 30 premature babies evacuated from the hospital, fighting for their lives. president biden once again calling for a two-state solution to the crisis. and what we're learning tonight about intense negotiations to free the hostages. could a deal be close? also tonight, a cross-country storm that could impact holiday travel for millions. we're tracking severe weather, including possible tornadoes in the south and heavy rain for the northeast, in philadelphia, new york, and boston, just in time for the thanksgiving getaway. the urgent arson investigation in los angeles. police searching for a person of interest in the massive fire that shut down the busy i-10 freeway. tonight late word on when it will reopen. the faa overseeing an investigation into the second launch of the spacex starship, most powerful rocket ever built, ending in massive explosions. how elon musk is responding. and taylor swift says she's devastated by the death of a fan at a concert in brazil amid the stifling heat, postponing one of her shows. the update tonight. >> announcer: from abc news world headquarters in new york, this is "world news tonight". good evening. thanks for joining us on this sunday. i'm whit johnson. we begin with the sad breaking news tonight. former first lady rosalynn carter has died. the carter center saying the wife of former president jimmy carter passed away peacefully at the couple's home in plains, georgia. rosalynn carter prided herself on being an active first lady, sitting in on cabinet meetings and speaking out on controversial issues. the carters were the longest married presidential couple in american history. their union spanned 77 years. the former president saying in a statement, rosalynn was my equal in everything i accomplished as long as rosalynn was in this world, i always knew someone loved and supported me. in september, the couple making their last public appearance together, surprising the crowd at the plains peanut festival. rosalynn carter was 96. she is survived by her husband, the 39th president, her four children, 11 grandchildren, and 14 great-grandchildren. she had entered hospice care at home just days ago. abc's chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz looks back at her remarkable life. >> i just want to say thank you. >> reporter: rosalynn carter's most significant role was that of presidential adviser. an almost equal extension of myself is how the former president once described his wife. >> i think it's because jimmy and i have a mutual respect for each other. and if i go out in the countryside and see things that are problems and come home and tell him that i think we need to do something about it, he listens to me, and he looks into the situation. >> reporter: rosalynn grew up in plains, georgia. her best friend and classmate happened to be jimmy carter's sister. so when jimmy was home from the naval academy in the summer of 1945, they went out. and the story goes he announced to his mother that rosalynn was the girl he intended to marry. a year later, they tied the knot. at first, she was a traveling navy wife, and when jimmy's father died in 1953, they moved back to plains to run the family peanut business. he ran the warehouse. she kept the books. the couple had three boys by the time daughter amy was born when rosalynn was 40. abc's barbara walters spoke to the carters in 1976. >> i felt that it was my greatest accomplishment. >> reporter: in 1962, jimmy carter was first elected to the state senate. later, to the governor's office. when her husband decided to run for the presidency -- >> my name is jimmy carter, and i'm running for president. [ cheers and applause ] >> reporter: -- rosalynn campaigned nonstop, visiting 41 states. >> we don't do well with political machines, but we do well with the people. that's why you're so important to us. >> reporter: impressed with her combination of self-discipline and southern charm, reporters nicknamed her the steel magnolia. >> i, jimmy carter, do solemnly swear -- >> reporter: during her four years as first lady, rosalynn carter continued to work for reforms in mental health programs. >> i think just by focusing attention on the problem, you can be effective. i can certainly let jimmy know what the recommendations of the commission are. >> reporter: she worked on behalf of increased aid for the elderly and remained committed to women's issues, including pushing for the ratification of the equal rights amendment. ♪ the first lady from plains will be remembered for her commitment to building what she called a more caring society. >> because there is no way that we can be at peace if children -- if our children are suffering unnecessarily. and so peace means more than just the absence of war. >> and our thanks to martha rad alw at for that report. president biden reacting moments ago to the news of rosalynn carter's passing. >> they're really an incredible family because they brought so much grace to the office. and, you know, it's one thing if you want to be present and you're putting on a show while you're president. that's the kind of post-president he was. he did the same thing for people after he was president. >> the president's words there. the kafcarters are also known f their inspiring love story. abc's senior national correspondent steve osunsami interviewed both of them together a few years ago in what would be their last television interview together. steve, in your special conversation, the carters had some advice for all of us. >> reporter: they did. good evening to you, whit. i sat down with them for their 75th anniversary a few years ago, and we decidedly did not talk about the news events of the day. instead, i got a master class on love and how to make a relationship last. >> what advice do you have for people who want to make it last? >> first of all, choose the right person to marry. and then give each other plenty of space. let the other person, you know, have a full life in the way they choose and help when you can. share things a lot. >> and do things together. we're always looking to do things -- find things we can do together, like fly fishing and bird-watching and just going out to the pond. >> and every night we try to make sure we are completely reconciled from all the arguments during the day when we go to bed. so we also read the bible every night, and we've done that for 60 years probably. >> it's hard to go to sleep angry if you've read the bible. >> so never go to bed angry? >> try not to. >> try not to. >> reporter: it was clear even then that they had planned to walk into the sunset of their lives together. they were finishing each other's sentences and thoughts. they just loved that we were talking about their relationship. and a few weeks later, a letter came in the mail, and it was a small bit of graciousness a week or so after that interview. it shouldn't have shocked me that mrs. carter was able to tiend me so easily. she of course had the u.s. secret service at her disposal, but it still did. it was a handwritten letter of thanks, a bit of old-school charm and blue ink, a bit of class, a legacy from the desk of rosalynn carter. whit. >> wow, a small treasure and a piece of history in your hand there, steve. thank you so much for joining us tonight. we appreciate it. and later on in this broadcast, more from rosalynn carter in her own words. we do move on, though, tonight to our other major headline. the breaking developments in the middle east. the israeli military releasing new video they say shows hamas militants bringing hostages from israel into gaza's largest hospital. this video here allegedly recorded just hours after that horrific october 7th terror attack. the idf also sharing drone footage, saying it reveals a hamas tunnel more than 30 feet below al shifa hospital. all of this as efforts intensify for a deal to release some of the hostages. abc's patrick reevell in israel tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the israeli military releasing new video they say shows hamas militants bringing some hostages into gaza's largest hospital. israel saying this surveillance video shows hamas moving a wounded hostage into gaza's al shifa hospital on october 7th, just hours after that surprise attack in which it seized nearly 240 hostages. a second video showing another hostage being dragged into al shifa, the idf says. >> we do not know where they are. there are still hostages we need to rescue. >> reporter: israeli also tonight releasing this video, showing a drone entering what they say is a hamas tunnel 30 feet below ground in the hospital compound, saying that tunnel had a plaft door and firing hole, claim hamas ran a command center underneath, which they deny. the idf tonight also claiming another hostage, a 19-year-old soldier, was murdered in that hospital, but hamas claiming she was killed in an israeli hair strike. today the world health organization sending a team inside, skrdescribing it as a dh zone. among the patients, nearly three dozen premature babies removed from incubators after electricity ran out. nine said to have died. but today, 31 of those babies finally evacuated to a hospital in southern gaza. doctors desperately trying to keep them alive. a note in arabic taped to this baby's chest saying he was found alone. a newborn with no name and no family. the babies expected now to be moved to egypt. israel continuing to pound gaza. dozens reported killed in strikes on refugee camps this weekend, including two u.n.-run schools according to the united nations. the survivors rushed to overflowing hospitals. toddlers covered in dust and blood, laid on the floor with nowhere else to treat them. amid the carnage, pressure growing on israel to accept a cease-fire as talks inch closer to a deal to free the remaining 236 hostages, including americans. significant progress reported in talks mediated by qatar. u.s. and israeli sources telling abc around 50 hostages could be freed in exchange for a five-day cease-fire. and for israel releasing some palestinian women and children. >> there has been significant progress including in recent days, in recent hours. some of the issues where there was disagreement. >> reporter: final warning. the deal could still be derailed at the last minute. israel's war cabinet has met tonight amid those reports of progress on this deal. just in the last few minutes, representatives of the families saying there has been significant progress, but that it could still take several days. whit. >> patrick reevell, thank you. we know the white house is watching all of these developments very closely, including the hijacking of a cargo ship by iranian backed milit militants. jay, how is the administration responding to these other threats in the region? >> reporter: whit, tonight the white house calling the hijacking of that cargo ship by what it says was houthi militants a flagrant violation of international law. it comes as the administration has been showing force in that region recently, conducting targeted strikes and shooting down missiles, trying to keep iranian backed missions there from adding to the violence. president biden also penning an op-ed in "the washington post," saying a cease-fire in gaza, quote, is not peace, arguing it would give hamas time to regroup. the president also reiterating his calls for a two-state solution, saying it is the only way to ensure security for israelis and palestinians. whit. >> jay o'brien, our thanks to you. tonight we're also watching a powerful cross-country storm threatening to disrupt travel plans for millions this thanksgiving. in the south, strong tornadoes possible starting tomorrow. that system then heading east. let's get to abc meteorologist somara theodore. somara, walk us through the timing on this. >> reporter: well, whit, we've already seen snow from this system in the rockies today. as we head into monday, that's when we're going to see the south plagued by dangerous storms. states like louisiana, texas, mississippi, and parts of the midwest are in for severe weather tomorrow. the greatest threat is damaging winds and flash flooding. a few strong tornadoes are certainly possible. after dragging storms through the south, this same system heads for the i-95 corridor. those lives in cities like new york, d.c., philadelphia, should brace for wet roads, especially tuesday night into wednesday morning. flash flooding is possible along with snow in far north new england. and after this storm clears, the coldest air of the season yet will surge in with windchills in the 20s and 30s by thanksgiving morning. whit. >> we'll be tracking it through the week. somara, thank you. authorities in southern california are searching for a person of interest in the arson fire that closed a portion of the critical i-10 freeway in l.a. that massive fire under an overpass creating a traffic nightmare. but officials announcing today that stretch of the freeway will be fully open to traffic tomorrow, just in time for the peak of thanksgiving holiday travel. abc's jacqueline lee in los angeles tonight. >> reporter: tonight with crews working around the clock to restore a crucial artery for los angeles drivers after that massive fire, officials announcing i-10 will reopen ahead of schedule and before that thanksgiving rush. >> eight days to get this thing open and operational. and that means, if you're doing the math, that this thing opens tonight. it will be fully operational tomorrow. 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