hostages. first, the explosion on the u.s. side of the rainbow bridge. shutting down all four bridges in the region linking the two countries. a silver mercedes reportedly traveling as fast as 100 miles per hour bursting into flaming after it hit a concrete barrier. two people in the car killed. trevor ault is on the scene. breaking news just coming in from israel on a possible delay in that planned cease-fire and release of dozens of hostages. 50 women and children expected to be part of the deal. a 3-year-old american girl is thought to be among those who will be freed. her family now awaiting word. late word today about the high stakes negotiations going down to the wire. and after israel claimed hamas was running a command center under gaza's biggest hospital, matt gutman with the idf, as they go inside the tunnel underneath. >> i'm not sure if that side is completely secure yet. >> was there a command center as israel claimed? security top of mind with millions on the move on this the day before thanksgiving. crowded roads, packed airports, and what is expected to be the busiest day for tsa in history. gio benitez reports. the major new storm threat we're tracking, sweeping across the country just in time for sunday's big travel day. rob marciano times it all out. the urgent search for missing villagers in alaska, after a massive landslide kills at least three people. barrelling down a rain-soaked mountainside, smashing into homes, destroying everything in its path. what authorities are saying tonight. the newly released body camera video. an atlanta church deacon in his 60s pulled over for a traffic stop, dying after being tased. his death now ruled a homicide. what the family is saying tonight. and america strong. the thanksgiving foster program finding new homes for some furry friends. good evening, everyone, thank you so much for joining us on this busy wednesday night. i'm linsey davis, in for david. we begin with breaking news along the u.s./canadian border. a tense scene there after a car crashed and exploded on the rainbow bridge near niagara falls. authorities then closed all four international border crossings between western new york and canada. the chaos unfolding as tens of millions travel for the thanksgiving holiday. t authorities say it happened on the u.s. side of the bridge. sources tell abc news the driver was speeding up to 100 miles an hour when the car crashed into the checkpoint. two people in the car were killed. buffalo airport is closed to international flights. police are checking all vehicles for possible explosives. just a short time ago, the governor of new york revealed there is no indication this was a terror attack. the white house is monitoring the situation. the incident comes as authorities across the country are in a state of heightened alert because of the israel-hamas war. abc's trv vevor ault leads us o from niagara falls, new york. >> reporter: this is the moment the car burst into flames. the verified video circulating online showing the deadly explosion raising alarm on both sides of the border on one of the busiest travel days of the year. >> i never seen anything like this. the car just exploded. >> reporter: it happened just before noon, near the new york entrance to the international rainbow bridge, which connects the u.s. and canada at niagara falls. the car speeding so fast, eyewitnesses say it launched into the air near one of the security checkpoints. >> i seen something airborne, i first thought it was an airplane. looked like slow motion. and i said, "my god, it's a car." >> reporter: then, a fireball. >> yo, oh my god. are they all right? >> reporter: smoke billowing high into the air. the driver and passenger dead on the scene. a border officer injured. authorities sealing the area. >> i'm going to send you over to the customs bridge for a fire that's happening. fire's already there. you're going to block off roads. >> reporter: officials in the u.s. and canada taking no chances, quickly closing all four bridges connecting canada to western new york. >> additional measures are being contemplated and activated at all border crossings across the country. we are taking this extraordinarily seriously. >> reporter: at the airport in nearby buffalo, international flights suspended. the fbi launching an investigation. new york's governor tonight saying no explosives have been found, offering these words of reassurance. >> i want to be very, very clear, to americans and to new yorkers, at this time, there is no indication of a terrorist attack. >> linsey: tref trevor ault joining us now. and trevor, governor kathy hochul says there is no indication this was terrorism, but warning the investigation could take awhile? >> reporter: that's right, linsey. and the governor revealed one of the people in this car was a resident here in western new york, but given the size of this explosion, this is a really large scene. this investigation could continue for quite some time. linsey? >> linsey: trevor, thank you. now, to the israel-hamas war, and the planned cease-fire and hostage release. late today, israel said nothing will take place before friday. the israeli military unleashing massive assaults on gaza until then. today, israel revealed what it claims is more evidence of hamas working out of al shifa hospital in gaza. our team with new images inside the tunnels under the facility, and what they found underground. abc's matt gutman reports from israel. >> reporter: tonight, just hours before a planned cease-fire and release of dozens of hostages held by hamas, a senior israeli 0 initial now saying that the cease-fire and hostage release won't happen until friday. that as relentless israeli bombardment today left gaza smothered in smoke. israel unleashing a massive bombardment on a city already in ruins. israel and hamas today hammering out the final details for the release of at least 50 israeli women and children held in gaza, in exchange for a four-day cease-fire and the release of at least 150 palestinian women and minors jailed in israel. as well as increased humanitarian aid into gaza. president biden personally involved in negotiations. that as a senior u.s. official telling abc news three americans are expected to be among the first hostages released, including 3-year-old abigail mor idan. abigail was still in her father's arms when hamas terrorists shot him dead. she turns 4 on friday. >> i pray, we all pray, that this release will happen, and that abigail will actually be home to celebrate her 4th birthday. >> reporter: in gaza, word of that pause in fighting met with relief. talla and her family fled northern gaza. showing us the horrors of daily life there. >> this is what we hear. it's every minute, every hour, every second. >> reporter: tala now concerned about what comes after the cease-fire. >> i know it's good for people. i know it's good for everyone, to stop bombing, at least. but it's not enough. >> reporter: today, as we drove into gaza on those humvees -- it's hard to take in the scale of the destruction here in gaza city -- we passed the humanitarian corridor. those civilians standing still as statues, holding up i.d. cards and white flags. the idf's seventh brigade taking us to gaza's largest hospital, al shifa, and inside the tunnel complex they say proves hamas ran a command and control center right beneath the hospital. and beside the hospital's internal medicine building, we descended into that pit, squeezing into one of the tunnels there. this is the tunnel, you can see what look like electricity cables here. this, we're told, is for air. it led directly beneath that interrible medicine building. calling this a really sophisticated tunnel. it's high, it's rell atively broad. you can walk standing up. you can see all the outlets for electricity and others. the tunnel was vented. this appears to be a kitchenette. you can see it's even tiled here, there's a sink. we saw multiple bathrooms. >> here, you can see the room. >> reporter: and right next to it, that large room, also tiled, beds in the back. it even had an air conditioner. do we know how far this goes? >> couple hundred meters. >> reporter: couple hundred meters on the other side? >> yeah. >> reporter: i'm not sure if that side is completely secure yet. there is so much destruction. how much of it was actually militarily necessary? >> i think -- >> reporter: because a million and a half aren't going to be able to come back here. >> israel is not fighting against the gazan civilians. it's not fighting against -- it's not fighting in order to create destruction. but when you have an organization that wages its war from hospital, building tunnels underneath, we have no other alternative. we're going to defeat hamas. >> linsey: let's get right to matt gutman live in tel aviv. ma matt, what more you are learning about the delay in the release of hostages? >> reporter: linsey, we understand that both sides had agreed for the cease-fire to begin tomorrow morning, for hostages to be released at some point after that, and we understand that broadly, the deal is still on. about the only thing that is certain tonight is that for the families of the hostages who don't even know that their loved ones are on that list, tonight is going to be a sleepless night. linsey? >> linsey: high anxiety for sure. matt, thank you. here in the u.s., millions of americans are on the road and in the air at this hour for what stands to be the busiest thanksgiving travel week ever. steady flow of travelers snaking through boston's logan airport today. the tsa is expecting a record number of people to be screened at the airports. traffic on the highways at its peak over the last 24 hours. nearly 50 million people driving over this holiday. sunday is expected to be the busiest travel day of the entire week. abc's gio benitez covers transportation. >> reporter: tonight, fueled by the lowest gas prices in years, millions of americans are hitting the road for thanksgiving. >> we stopped at annapolis, we stopped in new jersey. next stop is rhode island, and then massachusetts. >> reporter: overnight in los angeles, a sea of red and white lights, as drivers faced gridlock on the 405 freeway. while in the east, drivers faced powerful storms. this tornado spotted in hartford, alabama. this crash in huntsville killing two and injuring five. high winds taking down trees in new york city. the system even blanketing parts of new england in snow. at the airports, massive crowds. >> it's a lot bezier. i have never seen, like, this many people. >> reporter: and we are inside the united control tower here at newark, and i just want you to take a look at that tarmac, because you see all of those planes there. it is very, very busy. united is flying 4,100 flights today. thats three flights every minute. so far, minimal delays, but sunday could break the tsa's record for the most travelers ever. and linsey, right now is the tail end of the busiest time on the roads here in the northeast, so, now our attention returns to the ride home. the busiest times, according to experts, between 3:00 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. on sunday. linsey? >> linsey: good note to self there. gio, thank you. here in the u.s., we're tracking a new cross-country storm sweeping its way east over the thanksgiving weekend. heavy snow in some area, including in the northeast, sunday into monday, which is the busiest travel time of the entire holiday. let's get right to abc's senior meteorologist rob marciano. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, linsey. yeah, we're bookending with storms this holiday weekend, just as the cold air pours in. the next storm is already in the rockies. tomorrow, we're going to see wind chills below freezing as far south as huntsville, alabama. the winds will be blowing around thanksgiving day parade, as well. everybody's in the cold. it's cold enough for snow in the rockies. winter storm warnings and watches posted for the northern rockies. we could see 6 to 12 inches of snow piling up during the day tomorrow and into the morning on friday. and then pushing across the corn belt through iowa and in through chicago and st. louis. could see maybe 1 to 3 inches of snow during the evening saturday into sunday morning there, and then pushing into the northeast with more in the way of rain and, so, late in the day on sunday, so, that's where we could see more in the way of travel delays at those airports. it's likely to be, according to tsa, the busiest travel day at american airports on record. linsey? >> linsey: could be a rough ride home. rob, thank you. next tonight, the deadly avalanche in southeast alaska. search and rescue teams are looking for victims caught in the massive landslide. at least three people killed, several more missing. the slide, about 450 feet wide, slamming into homes and cutting off a highway leading to the small remote town. here's abc's jacquelyn lee. >> reporter: tonight, an urgent search by land and by air after a massive landslide struck this remote community in alaska, southeast of anchorage. >> we are estimating it was about just a little under 500 feet across, at where it crossed the road. >> reporter: the debris field barrelling down this mountain and into the pacific ocean mon anything, after a storm brought heavy rain and wind to the area. governor mike dunleavy issuing a disaster declaration. officials in wrangell say at least three people were killed and three remain missing, including two under the age of 18. a woman pulled from the debris is now recovering. >> that female lived in one of the residences that was on the mountainside of the highway. >> reporter: the landslide destroying at least three homes and cutting off the community's only highway into town. dozens of residents also displaced or without power. and linsey, officials warn about the possibility of additional landslides, as another storm is set to roll through the area tonight into tomorrow. linsey? >> all right, jaclyn, thank you. tonight, authorities have released disturbing body camera video of a deadly police altercation in atlanta. the georgia bureau of investigation has launched its own independent probe. here's abc's erielle reshef. >> sign the ticket. >> you trying to -- >> reporter: tonight, calls for justice, after the release of this disturbing body camera video showing the tense moments that led to the tasing death of an atlanta deacon. >> sign the ticket! i'm going to tase you, put your arms behind your back. put your arms behind your back. >> reporter: according to the family, deacon johnny hollman was on his way home from bible study on the night of august 10th, when he was hit by another driver. hollman calling 911. >> somebody ran into my truck right here. >> reporter: officer kiran kimbrough informs hollman he was found at fault. but hollman asserts his innocence, refusing to sign the traffic ticket. >> i didn't do nothing. i didn't do nothing, sir. >> reporter: the officer attempts to take the 62-year-old into custody, struggling for several minutes. >> i can't breathe. i can't breathe. >> put your hands behind your back. >> didn't breathe i can't breathe. >> reporter: he then deploys a taser. >> put your hands behind your back! >> reporter: hollman unresponsive. emts called to the scene. the deacon transported to the hospital, where he was pronounced dead. the medical examiner ruling h hollman's death a homicide, saying he died due to the shock from the taser. tonight, hollman's family calling for officer kimbrough to be charged. >> we need him jailed. we need him pros cuted to the fullest extent. >> reporter: linsey, that officer was terminated for violating department procedure. his attorney says he denies any wrongdoing and has appealed his firing. linsey? 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