brother, my safe place, and the terrorists taking him hostage took the safe place. every one of them need to come home and not in coffins. >> that was 47 days ago that my heart has been buried in gaza. >> john: right now, american and israeli families anxiously waiting to reunite with their loved ones after israel and hamas secured a deal following several weeks of negotiations. we are awaiting an update from israeli officials in the next hour. the first time israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu will publicly address the deal since it was approved. hello, i'm john roberts in washington. and good wednesday afternoon to you. >> gillian: good to be with you, sandra is out today, this is a special edition of "america reports". take a look at what we know right now this hour, the deal r free at least three americans, they are among 50 women and children hamas will release in exchange for 150 palestinian prisoners. all going to happen during a temporary ceasefire that is slated to last four days. >> john: timing of when all of this will happen is still up in the air. hamas says the pause will start around 10:00 a.m. israel time but israel has still yet to confirm that. so, what would that deal look like and will a pause give hamas a leg up to reposition its fighters? we'll be talking in a little while with former navy seal cameron hamilton, he has trained idf members and has knowledge of the region. >> gillian: trey yingst just returned from touring tunnels underneath the hospital in gaza, share with us what you've seen. >> yeah, hey, gillian, with an expected ceasefire just hours away, israeli forces are still battling hamas in the heart of gaza city. we were there today amid the battles and as the israelis uncovered new tunnels, take a look. right now we are under gaza's al-shifa hospital complex. the tunnels israelis say used to move weapons and fighters. this clay, this is it what hamas was digging through when they built these tunnels. the dark and damp corridors give you a sense what it was like for those hostages when they were taken into gaza on october 7th. you can hear there the israelis are still conducting new airstrikes against the northern part of the gaza strip. it is shaking the ground but in the tunnels beneath gaza's al-shifa hospital complex, you can see a bathroom, there is a kitchenette, fighters were meant to stay here for weeks or months at a time and israelis see this tunnel network is the tip of the iceberg. >> what we are getting now is the network of the tunnels. we got a command control system room in a tunnel is hundred meters from the hospital to the north underneath the school is booby trapped, we are going to collect it, we are going to demolish it. >> we had an opportunity to speak with palestinian civilians, many of whom are evacuating to the southern part of the strip. more of that story tonight on special report. all this comes as anticipation is growing with the possibility of a ceasefire just hours away, both israel and hamas say it's going to happen. we are waiting for details on timing. it could see dozens of israelis return to their loved ones after 47 days of waiting. gillian. >> john: it's john here, you had an extraordinary opportunity to see some of the tunnels underneath the hospital. what part of the hospital were they under, and do you get the sense that there is a much more extensive network that israel has yet to uncover? >> we were with rear admiral daniel hagari, the top spokesman for the israeli military, and the tunnel we were in connects to an exit in a school down the street. and gives you a sense of just how expansive the tunnels are. they are not just within the hospital complex but giving hamas and islamic jihad the ability to move without being detected. also gives you a sense how close these tunnels are to patients. when we went into that tunnel, just over a dirt mound, we saw palestinians sheltering waiting to be evacuated to the southern part of gaza. >> gillian: trey, thank you nor joining us, appreciate it as always. >> john: remarkable opportunity he had there. cameron hamilton, former navy seal who has trained israeli defense forces and the question, i don't know how much you got to see there, but trey was in a tunnel under al-shifa hospital, would seem to verify everything israel has been saying that the tunnels do go underneath the complex and what else could they be used for except for hamas. >> you are absolutely right. i think we have seen quite a bit of sophistication on the part of hamas, hospitals, other municipal buildings, it's an interwoven network and some of the damage you find in the tunnel systems, you don't know where they are go, they spent, i think israel pulled out in 2005, 2006, quite a bit of time, research and effort into building them out over the course of the last two decades. >> gillian: so trey's reporting there included shots of bathrooms in the tunnels equipped with running water. does that surprise you to see the infrastructure they have built out under there? >> not at all. i think we find the elements in hamas that want to live there long-term or sustain operations, they have to have the creature comforts for daily life. basic clean air, clean water, clean electrical grids to run power, run the computer systems, so they are run similar to a military bunker. not surprising at all. >> john: makes you wonder how big the complex might be underneath the hospital. this deal announced that may begin 10:00 local time, 50 hostages in exchange for 150 palestinians held in israeli jails, clearly the family members are very excited about this, a lot of trepidation and anxiety whether their loved one will come home. how the wall street editorial board saw, even as israelis rejoice for the women and children who will return home, hamas is rejoicing, too. its war crimes have been rewarded. talk to us from the military and operational standpoint of this. this is a p.r. victory for hamas. they got israel to stop the shelling, stop the ground operation, they got the world now to stand up and take notice of what a ceasefire would look like. and at the same time, they get a lot of time to regroup and rearm. >> you are right about that. you have worked and reported on foreign policy for quite a while and unfortunately a common thread that terrorism is highly profitable for a motive and not seeking necessarily financial gain. what they are seeking is the p.r. campaign, like the tet offensive. what i would expect a consequence of this, more terrorist elements pursuing avenues to obtain favor and placate, and israel is making a negotiation of likely combatants for hamas versus those who are civilians, innocent women, children, a huge distinction that should be made there. so i think everyone needs to understand that israel is in position where they should negotiate for their best effort, they are going to pursue things in the best interest of their country to bring civilians back and they have expended quite an about the of resources to do so. we should have serious consternation of the long-term impacts of reward. i hope every hostage comes home safely and soundly but what are the long-term implications with negotiating with groups like this and how does it ripple across the other frameworks. so unfortunately i think it's going to be a long and nuanced answer we won't like. >> gillian: picking up on that point, everything could go smoothly tomorrow, 100% according to plan, that would be great. but we all know that these things don't always work that way. one or more elements could go awry. could you foresee a situation where the situation for the remaining hostages becomes more dangerous as a result of this? >> absolutely. i think hamas will leverage whatever resources they can to placate and garner favor for their benefit. if they can gain more from the nation of israel i think they will pursue it. right now hamas has gain add strategic victory in their people, which is fractured and barely holding on to power because they are interested in ensuring that they have a ceasefire to bring in more humanitarian aid. by hamas looking like an entity that brokers a ceasefire they have a semblance of legitimacy of their people. another factor as well. >> john: i was about to say that, you negotiate with somebody you give them legitimacy. i'm sure international pressure will ramp up to make the ceasefire permanent, see how it unfolds. great to talk to you. thanks for coming in. >> we are worried. >> got in last night from albuquerque, full flights. this morning, thankfully, staying at the hotel here. >> i love to travel, so i'm kind of used to the stress. >> gillian: you probably know this already, but the holiday rush is on. millions of americans are trying to get to their loved ones in time for thanksgiving tomorrow. a wintry mix of rain, wind and snow, to further disrupt their plans. thousands of domestic flights have been delayed. fox team coverage, and more on what drivers are up against. first c.b. cotton is at laguardia airport in new york. c.b., how are things looking out there right now? >> hi, gillian. the worst of security wait times between here at laguardia, newark and jfk, no more than 20, 25 minutes, good news for travelers. what we have seen increase are the flight delays and cancellations. a little more than 1800 flights are delayed and a little more 50 are canceled. according to tracking site flight aware. rain, snow and wind creating travel worries for many as the final leg of this storm system clears the east coast. rain showers and winds tracking along the i-95 corridor this morning and parts of new england, sleet and snow. right now, fort lauderdale, denver, laguardia and new york city are facing the worst of the delays. >> i was a little worried about cancellations, paid attention to the forecast and said the rain this morning and then i checked my emails from the flight. >> some great news for him. according to tsa, not only do people want to travel, they want to keep it as stress-free as possible. tsa says it has a record number of precheck users. pandemic lockdowns reinvigorated people's desire for travel and are now budgeting for it. >> what it says to us, people want to pick up where they left off or surpass. people have a desire to travel and they are willing to make cuts in other areas of their life, perhaps cutback their budget in different areas. >> now with so much influx today, always a good reminder, check your flight status before you leave home. gillian. >> john: the rainbow bridge. >> gillian: c.b. cotton. >> john: travelers hitting roadblocks as heavy rains and winds are causing hazardous conditions for travel and take a look at this nightmare in los angeles. hundreds of cars seemingly parking on the 405 freeway as drivers tried to get their holiday week started early, more travel troubles as they had on the east coast. live in pennsylvania, i hope the traffic is better where you are than it was on the 405. >> well, john, i'll start with the bad news, and that is the traffic is starting to build here, but the good news is that the worst of that storm has really moved out. that happened this morning and it's a relief to the millions of people heading home for the holiday tomorrow. you can see what we were dealing with, a mixed bag in the last 24 hours. it could be rain, ice, wind or snow, depending where you live in the northeast. cities like philly and new york city picked up around two inches of rain, the first soccer we have had in a while, a couple months for us. further north in massachusetts, snow coated the roads there. conditions calmed down early this morning. now traffic has been building and today will be one of the busiest days for drivers. i met bill cooper, he was stopping here along i-95 northbound at the rest stop, and he says i-95 looked good this morning but worried about the trip home later that could be tricky. >> it wasn't light traffic but really wasn't any slowdown. it's not a normal day, i'll be coming home about 4:30, 5:00, usually that's not good. but who knows about today. >> according to aaa, the worst time to drive is almost here. supposedly from 2:00 to 6:00 tonight. but looks like that might be starting up a little bit earlier. i don't know if you can see all the brake lights behind me. >> all right, thank you for the update. really appreciate it. so we have some breaking news here to tell you about. this is just coming in, trying to make sense of what's going on here. there was some sort of explosion at the rainbow bridge which connects niagara falls, canada with the american side of the niagara river. we don't know what the source of this explosion was, whether it was a vehicle, i've seen some pictures on the ground that show a lot of twisted metal, a lot of smoke and fire as well. but again, this is -- this is not -- this is a crossing between canada and the united states. and it's a popular crossing as well. it's very scenic, you can see niagara falls, the horseshoe falls and the american falls as you are going over it. it's not as widely used as, say, the queenstown bridge is or the bridge that comes out of buffalo, but does get a lot of traffic. so, it's shut down at this point because of some sort of explosion. we are working our sources to try and figure out exactly what happened here and again, we are just in the early stages of this. you have some news from the governor? >> gillian: governor of new york has tweeted she's been briefed on the incident at the rainbow bridge and says officials are closely monitoring the situation. state agencies are already on-site, preparing to assist, don't know anything about as of now damage to infrastructure, injuries to people in the area. we'll bring you that information as it comes into the newsroom. but for now, we'll be tracking this closely. >> john: and again, none of these are cleared for air, because they are people's personal property but looking online, scenes of twisted metal, fire, looks like a guard shack or checkpoint area has been partially torn apart, so we will keep monitoring this situation for you here as we get more news from the authorities on exactly what happened here. initially by looking at scenes from the ground and what we can see there in part of this live picture, definitely looks like something blew up. we just don't know what. >> gillian: what that was, aside from the reports from the two eyewitnesses who say it seemed as if this vehicle exploded. we'll bring you the details as we get them this hour. as we await more developments there, take a look at this. brand-new polling indicates the issue of crime may end up being a deciding factor for single issue voters. americans heading to the ballot box in 2024. how the biden campaign is trying to get ahead of its messaging. >> john: the iowa caucus is a few weeks away, and one candidate is packing the schedule with stops across the state. vivek ramaswamy still struggling to move up in the 2024 gop primary race. so, what is it going to take for him to turn things around? 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