here's rob marciano. >> reporter: tonight, 43 wildfires in the southeast burning across 8 states, investigators saying some of those fires were intentionally set and already making arrests. including 21-year-old johnny mullins, who allegedly confessed he set the fire in eastern kentucky to draw attention to his facebook page. >> got some forest fires here. >> reporter: the aspiring weatherman, seen here warning people to be aware of flames, now facing a felony arson charge. smoke from the fires fanning out hundreds of miles. spreading a haunting haze across the southern sky. >> the smoke almost blocks out the sun. >> reporter: in lake lure, north carolina, this brush fire engulfing the entire hillside, forcing some families to flee their homes. >> it's devastating and heartbreaking. >> rob marciano joins us now. any rain on the way for the south? >> there is some rain in the southeast, but not for the fire zone. take a look at the radar. it's close, in the carolinas, but the fires are in the dry air. it's going to go up the east coast, and tomorrow, along the i-95, not a lot of heavy rain. but

. >>> let's get right out to rob marciano. where is the storm now, and where is it heading next? >> reporter: it's centered in northern new england, but what's remarkable, how much snow has fallen away from the lake effect snow zone. look at the radar. it's still coming down in parts of the hudson valley. accumulating heavily east of albany. with over a foot of snow. piling up along i-80. want to show you as what's going on as far as windchills. tomorrow, 23 in cincinnati. 28 in atlanta. so, a cold blast of winter after what's been a pretty mild fall. dan? >> rob, thank you. >>> adding insult to injury for any travelerorried about this, thousands of workers at chicago's o'hare airport are preparing to go on strike week. airports across the country looking to avoid long lines like we saw last summer. here now, gloria riviera. >> reporter: tonight, fears an already hectic travel season could be even worse. 2,000 employees working at major hub, chicago o'hare, from baggage handlers to cleaning crews, are poised to strike over low wages. in a statement, american airlines said, "we ar

>> rob marciano with us tonight. rob, thank you. >>> we turn next here to the other major story tonight, the deadly plane crash. the images of that team celebrating along the way on their journey. but then, the flight overnight crashing, nearly everyone onboard was killed. the flight was carrying a brazilian soccer team to a finals match, crashing on a hillside in colombia. and we have just learned here what happened right before that crash. that team had so much to look forward to. celebrating a cinderella rise on their way to a playoff game. 71 people killed. but miraculously, six were found outside the plane, somehow they survived. abc's david kerley on what happened in those final moments. >> reporter: only part of the fuselage of the jet was left intact, having slammed into a hill. through the day, the grim task of recovering the bodies of the 71 onboard who were killed. but remarkably, those six survivors found away from the fuselage. it was to be a joyous trip for the regional brazilian soccer team, the chapec

. >>> let's get right to rob marciano with the track of this thing. >> it's a powerful, pattern-busting storm. severe storms, and rain turns to wind-driven snow and lake effect snow. warnings up for western new york already. lakes. will feel like the teens in chicago and pittsburgh, 20s in d.c. and atlanta. a rude awakening after a mild fall. david? >> thank you. >>> next tonight, chaos on a highway after a school bus driver loses control. at least 23 students among the injured tonight. two with critical injuries. this evening, the investigation. >> reporter: this was supposed to be a scholastic achievement trip for dozens of high school students from chester county, tennessee. but instead tonight, 23 of them are recovering from injuries on the highway, after one of their school buses lost control exiting onto this offramp. >> and it flipped back over to the left side and it turned over. >> reporter: first responders outside nashville needed a long line of stretchers. students who weren't hurt stood together, and prayed for those who were. there were three buses total. all headed to the

marciano, tracking it all for us. >> reporter: hi, david. another day here in the northeast of soaking rain. south.e rough stuff isn the soe begithere. thats.a tornado warning out rig for charlotte, north carolin a dangerous situation there. you certainly want t be takin cover. and these storms roll all the way down to fla. with the bad has come the good. fi inches of record-breaking rainknoxville. some of that getting into the re zone, helping that situation for sure. tomorrow morning, the heavy rai moving into the northeast. wintry precip in through maine and heavy rain through boston. by tomoow, it moves offshore, and finally, some quiet weather for two days. that will be good. >>> we also have new reporting tonight after that deadly plane crash. the horrific scene, that tea celebrating a cinderella season, then almost every one of them dying on that flight. thehagh gng in bad weather in colombia, with that brazili soccer team -boa this veo fmir sco knee we are now hearing recordingsf thes desper wordsn the final moments. here's abc's dav

rob marciano live tonight. rob? >> reporter: hi, david. the tornado count is below average this year. for multiple spots. look at the radar. we've got watch boxes up for louisiana, mississippi and alabama until 9:00. and then those tornadoes reported in iowa, little further north, closer to the low where there's more spin. and snow is going to be blowing in the dakotas. the rain moves east and will be in the northeast, the big cities by 6:00 tomorrow night. extreme drought in new england, they will take this rain. extreme drought in the southeast, and the fire zone, this will put some of the fires out. good newsth >> tracking it all tonight for us. rob, thank you. >>> next, to your money. a few hours left in the cyber monday, as they now call it. records already broken ain onlie sales. abc's rebecca jarvis tonight, helping to save your money, with deals still to be had in the hours ahead. >> reporter: tonight, a cyber monday for the record books. rather than rush into stores, shoppers today racing online. overall, sales expected to top ama

rob marciano starts us off tonight. >> reporter: tonight, much of the northwest is saturated. >> it's been raining nonstop for about 14 hours. >> reporter: more than seven inches of rain falling near the oregon coach. this holiday weekend, portland dealing with submerged streets. >> some moderate street flooding all over the city. >> reporter: workers unclogging trains. rain turning to ice and snow above 3,000 feet. over a foot of snow blanketing the mountains, making driving extremely dangerous. in washington state, a chain reaction crash, shutting down blewett pass. speed and icy roads being blamed. road crews racing to keep highways clear, and warning drivers. >> any corner you go around, you can be turning a corner into heavier snow. >> millions on the move this weekend. so what's the drive home going to look like? >> it's going to hit the entire west coast. storm number two comes in, watches and warnings posted from canada all the way down to mexico, with winter storm warnings as well. could see two feet in the mountains. the rain goes all the way down to san diego. and throughou

. >>> let's go right now to meteorologist rob marciano along the west sideig >> reporter: hey, byron. traffic is heavy here, but it's dry across the east coast. not going to last, though. we've got a large system that stretches from canada all the way to mexico. look at the radar. some wet snow across the noern great lakes. heavy rain from detroit back to chicago, south to i-70. and thunderstorms this morning across texas have weakened along interstate 10. tomorrow, that front moves off to the east, but kind of weakens. winter precip into western pennsylvania and western new into the pacific northwest. safe travels to everyone on this holiday. byron? >> rob, thank you so much. >>> next, president-elect donald trump and his family have already made their holiday getaway. arriving last night at the airport in palm beach, florida. they're spending thanksgiving at their mar-a-lago resort. for mr. trump, it is also a working holiday. he's named two new members of his cabinet. abc's mary bruce is in palm beach tonight. >> reporter: tonight, donald trump's luxury mar-a-lago resort, now a sec

. >>> let's get right to rob marciano with the track of this thing. hey, rob. >> it's a powerful, pattern-busting storm. look at the radar. some severe storms rolling across indiana. and blizzard conditions across minnesota. then it traverses the great lakes. rain turns to wind-driven snow and lake effect snow. warnings up for western new york already. 10 to 20 inches across the great lakes. will feel like the teens in chicago and pittsburgh, 20s in d.c. and atlanta. into the 30s in florida, even colder in florida on monday. a rude awakening after a mild fall. david? >> rob, thank you. >>> next tonight, chaos on a highway after a school bus driver loses control. the bus then flipping over, skidding to a stop on its side. at least 23 students among the injured tonight. two with critical injuries. this evening, the investigation. was it a mechanical problem, or the driver? here's steve osunsami. >> reporter: this was supposed to be a scholastic achievement trip for dozens of high school students from chester county, tennessee. but instead tonight, 23 of

meteorologist rob marciano is tracking it all for us live tonight. rob? >> reporter: hi, david. you know, this year, the tornado count is below average. and we've seen very few this fall. but tonight, the setup is right for multiple spots. take a look at the radar. we've got watch boxes up for louisiana, mississippi and alabama until 9:00. and then, those tornadoes reported in iowa, a little further north, closer to the low where there's more spin. and more on the back side of that, more snow going to be blowing in the dakotas the next two days. the rain moves east and will be in the northeast, the big cities by 6:00 tomorrow night. it will make for a messy commute. extreme drought in new england, they will take this rain. extreme drought in the southeast, and the fire zone, this will put some of the fires out. definitely good news there. david? >> tracking it all tonight for us. rob, thank you. >>> next this monday evening, to your money. a few hours left in this cyber monday, as they now call it. records already broken in online sales over the thanksgiving holiday. abc's chief

. >>> let's get right out to abc's senior meteorologist rob marciano. hey, rob. where is the storm now, and where is it heading next? >> reporter: well, it's centered in northern new england. but as eva mentioned, the winds are blasting all the way downtown i-95 corridor. wind chills in new york city are below freezing. what's remarkable about this storm, how much snow has fallen away from the lake effect snow zone. look at the radar and you can see it's still coming down in parts of the hudson valley and accumulating heavily east of albany. we've seen over a foot of snow and we'll see more of this over the next 24 hours and the lake effect snow machine from erie and ontario. and that will certainly see 10 to 20 inches more pile up along i-80 especially. i want to show you what's going on as far as the wind chills. tomorrow morning 23 degrees in sthats. it will be 28 degrees in atlanta. so a cold blast of winter after what's been a pretty mild fall. dan? >> rob, thank you. >>> adding insult to injury for any traveler worried about this, thousands of workers at ch