israeli army claims hamas militants hit a command center. tributes boarding today for former first lady rosalynn carter, who died at the age of 96. how she transformed the role of first lady. >> i look forward to consulting closely with him on a regular basis. >> chaos in the tech world as elon musk faces continued backlash over an anti-semitic post. plus, a major shake-up at the what you need to know as you prepare for your thanksgiving feast rated >> is this let us safer than this? the experts say yes. we will tll you why and ensure otherwise you can ensure the safety of your family buried >> president biden pardons the turkeys in the annual white house tradition. >> i hereby pardon liberty and bell. ♪ ♪ >> good evening and thank you for joining us on this very busy monday night, i'm jericka duncan in for norah. we begin with the holiday travel rush, kicking into high gear, but severe weather could cause chaos at airports and on the roads. aaa estimates a near record of if the 5 million americans will travel more than 50 miles from their home this year with the majority of them driving to their thanksgiving day destinations. a major storm system however moving across the country could bring travel disruptions from the southern plains to the northeast. abs's kris van cleave is at newark liberty international airport with more varied i see some planes getting ready to take off behind you. good evening. >> millions of americans are already on the move for thanksgiving, trying to beat the rush they are caught up in the middle of. so far it's moved pretty well, only about 60 flight cancellations or today for example but the weather becomes a big question mark starting tomorrow. >> the holiday travel time is now. julio gonzalez and jackie rozena's family left miami early to be thanksgiving travel rush heading for paris. >> we wanted to go somewhere big, international and it's our first time in europe. >> airlines expect their busiest thanksgiving ever. since thursday, more than 10 million have already passed through tsa checkpoints, well ahead of 2019's pre-pandemic numbers with nearly 50,000 scheduled flights expected wednesday alone the faa is opening up extra air space along the east coast usually reserved for the military. >> we can't control the weather, we will also be using every tool at our disposal to keep cancellations and delays as low as possible. >> aaa expect most americans to keep their tricky trip on the road, fueled by gas prices $0.37 cheaper than last year. looking at the traffic, drove 11 hours on sunday. >> because i've done this drive a few times, weekends are so much better than weekdays. >> drivers in los angeles have something to be especially thankful for, the section of interstate 10 damaged by arson reopened in time for the morning commute weeks ahead of schedule. and on the rails and tracks, high-speed service between boston, new york, and washington asked x about a 25% jump in writers. >> biggest week of the year, probably about 125,000 customers a day. >> thanksgiving is a holiday -- >> it's more concentrated than christmas. >> some potential travel turbulence ahead, american airlines flight attendants took another step towards a potential strike in as little as 30 days. the airline says contract negotiations continue and insist there will not be a strike during the holidays but it is something we are going to continue watching right along with that forecast. >> jericka: kris van cleave, thank you. for more on those storms that could impact your holiday travel, including a severe threat of tornadoes across the south, let's bring in chris warren from our partners at the weather channel. good evening, chris. >> good evening, jericka. of tracking dangerous storm threat tonight and into tomorrow. here is tonight in red and then tomorrow. the threat does include some strong damaging tornadoes, also even through the overnight ho hours, it's possible there could be some large hail, possiby golf ball-sized hail, and the knothole system to the north moves through the northeast for the prethanksgiving holiday travel period. it is going to be messy, gusty winds, also some heavy rain. most of the worst of the weather happening late tuesday into early wednesday morning. by midday wednesday things will be improving dramatically, jericka. any snow expected to be in the highest of elevations. >> jericka: chris warren, thank you. heading overseas to the war in gaza where another hospital came under fire today amid intense fighting between israeli forces and hamas militants. cbs's imtiaz tyab reports this growing optimism about a potential deal to free some of the hostages in gaza, mostly women and children. >> in their short, fragile lives, these desperately ill, premature babies have become a symbol of surviving the odds. after being evacuated from northern gaza cities devastated al-shifa hospital over the weekend, 28 tiny infants have now crossed into egypt for treatment. a team from the world health organization visited al-shifa and described the hospital, now under israeli control, as a death zone. this video released by israel claims to show a hamas tunnel that runs below the sprawling complex, complete with blast doors and a firing hole. we were shown the tunnel opening during the late night visit there with israeli commandos just days ago. a military spokesman also claims this footage shows hamas fighters bringing hostages into al-shifa on october 7th. hamas and medical staff denied claims and cbs news cannot independently verify the video. but gaza's hospitals continue to be in israel's crosshairs. israeli tanks have no supported the surrounding urban causes indonesian hospital where nearly 3,000 palestinians were sheltering and nearly 12 were killed today according to the hamas-run ministry of health. hamas has been negotiating with israel through media rates for a deal that can see the release of some hostages october 7th. cbs news are told there are only minor obstacles to an agreement. moussa abu marzouk is a senior hamas leader, designated a terrorist by the u.s. government. he told cbs's holly williams that hamas and israel are close to a deal. >> the deal you are negotiating with israel is to swap 50 civilian hostages for 100 palestinian prisoners. and a five-day cease-fire. because yes. >> what does hamas want? >> we want to be free like the others. >> and what israel is calling in active iranian terrorism, heavily armed rebels from yemen filmed themselves -- the iran-backed fighters took staff hostage and raised the yemeni and palestinian flags saying any vessels linked to israel are "legitimate targets." president biden has says he too believe the hostage release deal is close and tonight the international committee of the red cross has raised further hopes there could be an agreement after it's had met with hamas. they have helped facilitate such deals in the past. jericka. >> jericka: imtiaz tyab forest tonight, thank you. people are remembering former first lady rosalynn carter, she died sunday the age of 96 surrounded by her family, including former president jimmy carter. her husband of more than 77 years. cbs's manuel bojorquez reports tonight from plains, georgia. >> there's was a love story that would propel jimmy carter to the white house and make a humble woman from plains, georgia, one of the most consequential first ladies in u.s. history. >> could jimmy carter have been elected president without rosalynn carter? >> i don't like to think he could have been. >> on sunday, former president carter said "she was my equal partner in everything i ever accomplished." she sat in on cabinet meetings, a first, and became only the second first lady in history to go before congress and she wished to improve mental health treatment, one of her most important causes. she spoke her mind and president carter listened. >> i look forward to consulting closely with him on a regular basis. >> after leaving the white house in 1981, their work continued, creating the carter center in atlanta, where they promoted peace. she carried on her work as an advocate for caregivers and joined her husband building homes for habitat for humanity. president biden and first lady jill biden she did so much to address many of society's greatest needs and we always felt the hope, warmth, and optimism of rosalynn carter. perhaps nowhere is that felt more than in her hometown of plains, where the carter's were left publicly seam together just eight weeks ago at the town's annual peanut festival. philip recalls her kindness today. >> if we want good to come out of this, we should all step it up a bit be kind to a good deed and take the torch, because she is literally passing the torch. >> former president carter is 99 years old and in hospice care at his home here in plains. his niece told me today he is aware of his wife's death and deeply saddened by it. rosalynn carter will be laid to rest here in plains next week. jericka. >> jericka: manuel bojorquez, thank you. tonight, turmoil in the tech world, there's an all-out revolt within the offices of openai three days after the firing of its ceo and billionaire elon musk is facing backlash tonight over an anti-semitic social media post. cbs's jo ling kent is following followed. >> nearly every employee of openai, the maker of chatgpt, has threatened to resign over the firing of ceo sam altman, who was ousted by the board last friday and quickly hired by microsoft. now more than 700 employees say they are ready to follow him there, signing this letter, which states "we are unable to work for or with people that lack competence, judgment, and care for our mission and employees." the board of directors said altman was not consistently candid in his communications. >> if you are interested in the united states continuing to be a leader in this technology in artificial intelligence, you might be a little troubled by this kind of chaos. >> this is another tech titan is facing growing blowback. elon musk continues to defend himself after agreeing with an anti-semitic post claiming jewish communities are spreading hatred against whites. musk denies he is anti-semitic saying nothing could be further from the truth. major companies are pulling advertising from his social platform x and various lawmakers are making a new threat. >> we will be taking actions with colleagues to ask him to renounce those comments and to clean up his act. >> still, the u.s. government remains inexplicably that's inextricably tied to spacex. $1.2 billion in federal funding dedicated to ten spacex missions next year. national security spokesperson john kirby was pressed by cbs news. >> we rely on a lot of the private sector to help us with our innovation, but that doesn't mean that we accept or agree with or condone in any way that anti-semitic rhetoric that he pushed. >> nic spokesperson kirby also added there is a real benefit to private public partnership and it would be "foolish" to walk away from it. meanwhile, in reaction to openai, microsoft stock hit a record high today, investors are pleased that the ceo has hired sam altman. >> jericka: jo ling kent, thank you. the centers for disease control and prevention is warning about a listeria outbreak, it's linked to the peaches, plums, and nectarines nationwide. so far 11 people in seven states have been infected and one person has died. the cdc estimates there are 48 million cases of foodborne illnesses every year, that's one in every six americans getting sick. in our series "living well," cbs's janet shamlian shows us i'm steps you can take to stay healthy. >> i don't want to get sick get sick. >> is safe of food poisoning turned meghan elarde into a cautious shopper. >> i got so violently ill, it was frightening. >> is that when you became more concerned about your food? >> yes, way more. >> now she buys hydroponic in illinois. greens grown in water instead of soil. >> why do you buy hydroponic? >> i buy it because it's grown in a controlled impairment, there's no pesticides added to it, there's not a milling people touching it. >> she used to buy leafy greens and bad lettuce, number one on consumer report's ten risky to illness, outbreaks. >> all of these foods can be contaminated with dangerous bacteria like listeria, e. coli, and salmonella. >> food microbiologist sana mujahid took us behind the scenes at consumer reports. >> so bad lettuce has been through a lot of steps before it gets to you and grown on the field, it's taken to a processing plant, it's cut up, it's bad, so there are a lot of chances for contamination. >> the same applies to precut fruit. >> you should buy it and then cut it yourself. >> also on the list, cheese and deli meats, ground beef, onions, turkey and chicken, papaya, peaches, melon, and flour. if a melons rind is in contact with contaminated irrigation water one cut, it can transfer oone to the fruit. bacteria can enter 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