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

so, let's get right to rob marciano, tracking it all for us. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. another day here in the northeast of soaking rain. but the rough stuff is in the south. so, we begin there. severe line of thunderstorms rolling across into the kaur lie thats. a tornado warning out right now for charlotte, north carolina, a dangerous situation there. you certainly want to be taking cover. and these storms roll all the way down to florida. with the bad has come the good. five inches of record-breaking rain in knoxville. some of that getting into the fire zone, helping that situation for sure. tomorrow morning, the heavy rain moving into the northeast. wintry precip in through maine and heavy rain through boston. by tomorrow, it moves offshore, and finally, some quiet weather for two days. that will be good. david? >> rob marciano, thank you. >>> we also have new reporting tonight after that deadly plane crash. the horrific scene, that team celebrating a cinderella season, then almost every one of them dying on that flight. the charter flight going down in bad weather

. >>> 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. more coming in the next 24 hours, 10 to 20 more inches 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 traveler worried about this, thousands of workers at chicago's o'hare airport are preparing to go on strike this 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

. >>> let's go right now to meteorologist rob marciano along the west side highway tonight, tracking the storms. rob? >> 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 york. and also a strong storm coming 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 to

. >>> 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. 10 to 12 inches across the great 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. 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 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 w

. >>> let's get right out to rob marciano. where where is it heading next? >> it's in northern new england, but what's remarkable, how much snow has fallen away from the lake effect snow zone. it's still coming down in parts of the hudson valley. albany, over a foot of snow. piling up along i-80. here's what's going on with 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 traveler worried about this, workers in chicago's airport are looking to go on strike. 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 are working to ensure there is no disruption to our operation." will get on planes, trains or hit the road. nearly 49 million travelers in all. passengers hoping epic lines like last spring aren't i

. >>> 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. 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 chicago's o'hare airport are prep

rob marciano starts us off tonight. >> reporter: tonight, much of >> 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 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. 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 throughout the inner mountain west, salt airports could be a mess. and the roads on s

. >>> 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. 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 them are recovering from inju