>> bill: good luck to you. we need to get it done, right? >> absolutely. >> bill: okay. dr. trotz good luck. out of time but i appreciate -- thank you in washington. >> have a great day. >> dana: near governor kathy hochul addressing what officials are calling an increased terror threats threats for new city and this as tourists pour into town for the thanksgiving day parade. the city is grappling with a surge of anti-semitic protests. we're going to bring you any breaking news out of this as we get it. but first, -- >> as we see what disruptions, with which we have the right people in the right checkpoints when they show up for screening. >> dana: david pekoske was with us just moments ago as men's americans heading out for thanksgiving could be facing some travel trouble ahead of the holiday. that was back playing a as missy storm system spreads across the eastern u.s. causing all kinds of headaches. flightaware misery mass -- map, that is a terrible name. cancellations so far since daybreak. expected to get worse as storms are up in the hours ahead. israel's per minister reporting progress and a possible hostage deal with hamas and the head of hamas saying there closer to a deal with israel, include it in for a pause in the fighting to release some hostages and in exchange palestinian prisoners held by israel. negotiators say the talks have reached a critical and final stage. we are on we are on top of that as well. will come. welcome to a brand-new hour of "america's newsroom." i'm dana perino. >> bill: i'm bill hemmer. good morning. i'm thinking about the families just waiting and waiting and hoping that their loved ones are still alive. so the details of the deal apparently still being worked out even as the fighting continues in gaza. we got more rockets fired into israel. family members of the hostages holding a protest in tel aviv demanding more be done to win the release of their family members. israel's war cabinet meeting the next-hour followed by a full meeting in israeli government. we will speak with the brother of two hostages coming up shortly here this hour. >> dana: first, trey yingst is on the ground in southern israel. hi, trey. >> reporter: good morning. good morning. i want to step out of the step out of the friend here. there was a massive israeli airstrike against the neighborhood in the northern part of the gaza strip. you can see a really large amount of smoke rising. we could feel the ground shaking here but it does come up with reports of a possible cease-fire deal that would include the release of hostages and the fighting inside gaza, for up to five days per the leader of hamas is saying overnight, the present agreement is approaching. reports indicated this would include the release of thousands of israeli and civilian hos hostages, expected to be only women and children who would be exchanged for prisoners being held in israel. initial reporting indicating the ratio would be 3-1. the israelis would have to release three palestinian prisoners for one hostage. in an hour, israel's war cabinet is expected to me. there will be followed by a security cabinet meeting and then a full government meeting. there's a lot of governmental procedures that have to take place here when it comes to receiving those releasing palestinian prisoners. walle -- it could take up to 24 hours before you actually see any movement of hostages. what this will look like, we see a staggering approach and the early hours of any sort of agreement there would be around 10 hostages released. if the fire is still holding to the next day you would see more hostages released. it is a very, very delicate -- we are told, we have been speaking with regional sources of out today who have indicated that the red cross will be involved in any sort of movement of hostages to ensure that they are safely transferred into israeli custody. but the anticipation is growing here on the ground with israeli families waiting for any information about who exactly would be released. and just hoping that their love ones make it safely back to israel. dana, bill? >> dana: stay safe and thank you. pretty much. >> president biden: you can see even this -- getting a ticket to the renaissance tour or bri brittany's tour. it is kind of form in brazil right now. trying, they see age trying to cehs justin ever the president was on full display when he a mix of the world's big is pop stars on his 81st birthday. gen z is definitely cringing adding to democrats concerned about the white house brushed it off. they say. they say there are no alarm bells going off about his advancing age. >> is there a real alarm happening behind the scenes that president is simply too old to stay around? >> no, there is no alarm happening behind the scenes. i can only speak behind the scenes here. here now is james and kennedy. so the youth vote, james, nbc poll, show that the elections were held today. voters 18 to 34 would choose trump over biden and they are not concerned. >> that is an enormous swing from 2020. you wonder how biden is even close in the overall polling. undertake american governments the man's knowledge of pop culture but if you're going to try to throw it out there to show how intense you are, get it -- >> bill: get it right to one thing about this, karl rove was with us last hour. he was throwing a little bit of cold water on him. repeated his magic. maybe the numbers are softer than what this poll appears to be. nonetheless —-dash. >> dana: this does not to be -- appear to be an outlier. we have seen polls from various outlets including the most disturbing which set off the panic alarms and every poll we have seen after that is reflecting this and to james' point, the sample size may not be big enough that you look at every other example, every other group, every way they try and compartmentalize voters. they are all leading president biden like his disapproval ratings keep going up and up and up with voters that he would assume naturally be in little coalition person and including hispanic, african-american murders. voters with college degree and now the most concerning younger voters who show up in 2020 and they may not in 2024, they may go back on trend and just stay away on election day. i have to ask if the president mixes up britney spears and taylor swift, what do you think? >> i was not going to vote for him in the first place. i'm going to gorge vote against him actively. because of that and i agree with james again, like, if you are going to make a pop culture reference, it has got to pop, you know? it is like to whatever it takes. >> pop culture has got to pop. mazich it is the student loan guarantee that did not happen. >> and that all of the prices are high and the cars are too expensive and they are spending their income on rent. >> bill: this is the defense of hashtag a one. >> 120 million budget could in new york that is going to affect schools, public libraries, and the police department. a budget cut in sanitation [bleep] we are going to be drowning in rats. we could find two wars. we are the greatest nation. no, we are not. comment that was cardi b going on about the budget cuts. here is the suggestion that 81 is not old. >> age is a relative thing is we all know. his experience is an advantage to us. yes, she is 80. you need to be there for him and you need to make a pathway and you sure as hell make sure he does not fall on a sandbag and i blamed the staff for that. >> i think people say that he is too old becoming, if the former twice impeach disgraced president thinks he is such a young spring chicken, he is going to be 78 when joe biden is 81. i don't like this ageism argument. >> look, 11 months to talk about this, james. >> and the old saying in american politics when you have lost cardi b, you have lost all of america. you know, i don't know if it is age. there's obviously something wrong with him. he tells this and amtrak story that is not true, over and over and over again and the press points out it is not true and he keeps telling his. this issue with veterans day the other day where he seems to need assistance to be guided back to where he should stand 3 feet away from where he was doing the ceremony. there's something wrong there. and i don't know that it is age. i'm not a doctor and this is not cnn, so i'm not going to make a long-distance diagnosis without examining the patient. but there's something wrong. i think people say that. and it is awkward. it is not too late for democrats who want to get into this thing. you had some valid deadlines. most of them -- >> dana: i think there's going to be a lot of speculation that over the next few days, right, that president biden is with his family and maybe someone will talk to him. i actually had a bet on the five that i said that the week after thanksgiving, maybe he will say he is going to throw in the towel. but i actually am now thinking i need to revise that. i think he is going to do it. >> he is so stubborn. there's no way he is giving up this grip on power and the wall street journal said, you know, this is an act of selfishness. and i have to agree with that but also the people around him who could reach him. they are bringing cruel by allowing his presidency to continue. and you look at the numbers. you look -- i am a doctor. i don't know if you know this. okay, on a medical hobby is. but i will say, i think it is fair to culturally diagnose him and look at what he is giving us and there's enough evidence here to say yes, this is not getting better and i wish there were a way reversing his cognitive decline for all the people who suffer from things like all summers disease. i wish they had a magic solution for him where he, -- >> bill: we will work on that next time. thank you, kennedy. >> happy thanksgiving. >> and we have thousands of flights that have apparently been delayed or canceled. mill is expected to travel on the major storms. casey stegall is tracking that. getting a feel for the turbines at dallas-fort worth as we come into focus for you, casey. good morning. >> reporter: good morning to you. not too busy right here at dfw international airport. but tsa is projected to screen some 2.6 million passengers all across the country and that is just today. 30 million when you look at the 12-day holiday period and according to aaa, that is up about 7% or so from last year, the and it makes it one of the highest numbers for thanksgiving here travelers since 2005. according to the faa, more than 48,000 flights are scheduled for today. passengers can expect long lines and longer weights. so experts say you should build that in to your schedule, allow for some extra time, but most seem to frankly be taking it in stride at this point. >> i'm just excited looking forward to see my daughter and celebrate some thanksgiving with my family. >> reporter: dfw international, the second busiest airport in the country and officials say the sunday after the holiday will be the busiest with a projected quarter of a million passengers coming through here. that is enough to fill at&t stadium, home of the dallas cowboys nearly three times. >> and you are seeing the airlines sort of put their resources where they need to be ahead of time. so ideally, even though you can't plan for all things, they are planning ahead when they see those foreseeable events like weather for example. >> reporter: you showed this, but here is how things look right now. the flightaware mystery map showing about 307 domestic delays already this morning, five cancellations for the top three trouble spots in the moment, l.a.x., atlanta, and chicago o'hare international airport. get ready. buckle your seatbelts. off we go. >> bill: nice to see you in dallas. >> last time i got onto this train, i was barely alive injured. but we made it out the other side and today is the day that we are going back. >> dana: benjamin hall travel back to ukraine for the first time since russian shelling killed two members of his team and left him seriously wounded. he will tell us about the experience and give us a sneak peak of his interview with the ukrainian president zelenskyy. >> also national adoption month. one family shows a heartwarming story of adopting their son and everyone wins. coming up. >> dana: the army wants you to work for the american after they gave troops the boot for refusing to get the covid vaccine. why the reversal can expect 18 years from tonight, grant gill will become a legend. when he totally kills it at his improv class's graduation performance. knees will be slapped. suds will be sprayed. people won't know what hurts more: their cheeks, or their sides. that's why he's already keeping himself in-shape and razor sharp today with health tips and wellness tools from aarp. to help make sure his health lives as long as he does. because the younger you are, the more you need aarp. we really don't want people to think 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an covid vaccine. at least 19 of them have now been welcome back to active duty. a letter signed by hope or happy are ramping up our reporter personal management says as a result of the acquisition of all current covid-19 vaccination requirements, former soldiers who were involuntarily separated for their refusal to receive a covid-19 vaccination may request a correction of their military records. the army is struggling when it comes to meeting its recruiting goals to active duty has dropped from 485,000 to -- and 231 to about 452,000. its goals for fiscal 2023 which ended in the end of september was 65,000 new recruits. the army came up 10,000 short. so army leadership is outselling service. >> were looking for more, ilkay call to the service to come into our ranks and i think it will accelerate the proleptic. so we love to think about the opportunities to be in the army or any of the service. >> reporter: they have also listed some vip help with dwayne "the rock" johnson visiting the pentagon to talk recruiting last week. it is critical as pentagon brass affects the army to play a significant role if there's conflict in asia. >> i tend to think that the army will have a huge supporting role for the joint force in the indo-pacific. and in that regard, what do i mean by that? i mean the army will play a core role in establishing and protecting staging bases for our air forces, for our forces. >> reporter: recruiting is not a new problem as the army has not been achieved its recruiting goals since 2014. bill? carbon thank you, mike. mike emanuel, watching that story in washington, dc. >> dana: november is national adoption month. and today, we are raising awareness for all of the amazing kids and teens who need safe and loving homes. the selfless love foundation is the perfect place to start. the founder, ashley. brown, is here along with jeffrey and stephanie thompson. they adopted the -- their son willie two years ago. you were here last year and now you have brought us this amazing story of jeffrey and stephanie. tell us about your journey or decision to adopt a young man into your life. >> we decided, in there pretty much that we are going to adopt and it was actually before we got married. and so we got married on of the later in life. but we wanted to help guide children and be that structure, you know, for children who have been in foster care and just be nurturing for those children and so definitely was in light of our life. >> dana: and jeffrey, tell, tell me a little bit about willie. what has it been like. looks like he is a pretty productive young man. >> yes, he is. the one thing is when he first adopted willie, it was great -- he was -- but not yet adopted before the process. word "no," willie is a very competent and -- like you see before -- i coached him for two years and middle school. basketball, baseball, he is in the rotc program in high school. he plays the trombone, he plays the drums. and the one thing is this, he is going to be a future leader one day and with our gardens, our family, our background, and there he is heading in the right direction. >> dana: it is amazing. ashley, 22% of children waiting to be adopted are teens. and 114,000, that is the number of youth waiting to be adopted who are at risk of aging out of foster care without permanent family connections. you told us last-year something that has stuck with me that 50% of those foster children who get to age 18, they go out of the system. that is it. and half of the will become homeless and you're determined to try to help them find permanent families. tell me more about the selfless love foundation is doing this year. >> dana: as a result of my adoption, my husband and i created selfless love foundation. it is to help vulnerable children get adopted. the sibling groups, teenagers, the older youth, or even fighting families for 17-year-olds. >> dana: how do you do that? how do you convince someone maybe with the help of stephanie and jeffrey that this can work in your life. >> opportunities like this is huge. really is just one example of the over 100,000 children sitting in foster care right now. regardless of a child's age, we never lose the desire to be loved by a family so anybody considering adoption, please open your heart to open your home. he will only change a child's life and you will change your life. >> dana: what kind of questions you get from other parents who are curious. >> a lot of times we get, why did you adopt a teenager? he was 12 years old. and so that is one of the main questions that we received. but i told him is, all children need love and for willie, he lost his mom at the age of 9 and so being that second mom for him and providing the love and nurture instructor for him has just been great. it has been great. >> dana: jeffrey, are there other people and your friends circle who think that maybe i could do it, too. >> i have a friend of mine at work that has affected children before and i saw a story three years ago when we adopted willie, super excited, they were just overwhelmed by the joy we give for the young man and they ask, how is willie doing? how is those are his grades? i say, he is doing fantastic. he loves it to death. >> dana: i assume that you have a pretty big thanksgiving list this year. >> yeah, you know, the holidays is just such a special time to really think about what matters most and it really is family. >> dana: it is indeed. the selfless love foundation, this is a foundation that helps the family. november is national adoption month and we are happy to honor it. take care, and have a happy thanksgiving, guys. >> thank you. happy thanksgiving. >> bill: beautiful folks and a beautiful story, too. there was a lot of chatter about a hostage deal. is now in the critical final stages. we are waiting word by the hour for more on that. twin brothers are among the hundreds in gaza. how their family now is reacting to the possible reports. we will spe