>> 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 that 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. self-brating 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 hil 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, making

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

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

rob marciano live tonight. rob? >> reporter: hi, david. the tornado count is below average this year. and we've seen very few this fall. but tonight, the setup is ripe 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 news there. david? >> 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

. >>> 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 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

and rob marciano. rob, it doesn't really feel like autumn, fall in a lot of places.we had recors across the northern plains in twin cities, minnesota had a 73-degree high. that's incredible. we're into fall, hunting season opening up. no snow, that's creating problems for hunters. 68 degrees in chicago. it moves toward the east as we go through tomorrow. 77 in nashville. you'll get a sunburn here, throw on the sunscreen. new york, boston, philadelphia, you've been in and out of it. by election day, 65 in new york city, 65 degrees in washington, d.c. and 66 in philadelphia. these storms that have been coming in have been mild a lot of pacific air which is one of the reasons we're not seeing cold november across the eastern half country. that will continue through next week with the ridge. we'll see colder weather coming in by next weekend. here's the local forecast. >> reporter: good morning, everyone, i'm meteorologist chris sowers wltsdz accuweather update -- with this accuweather update. the radars a

rob marciano is tracking that system stay tuned it's coming up on "g.m.a." this saturday. hope to see you soon. >>> "action news" is continuing at 9:00 a.m. fire erupts in camden county police car as the officer as is still inside. prince william speaks about his struggles of being a dad. >>> now for chris sowers, karen rogers, and the entire "action news" team, i'm gray hall. make it a great day. >>> good morning, america. new this morning, the trump transition. the president-elect inviting a fierce former critic mitt romney to a meeting at his golf course compound in new jersey. is trump teeing up romney for secretary of state? this as other new appointments come under fire over accusations of racism. plus, what's being called trump's stunning reversal. why he is suddenly settling those trump university fraud cases. >>> casting callout. mike pence's broadway visit to "hamilton" overnight. the vice president-elect's divided welcome and the message from the cast. >> we, sir, we are the diverse america who are alarmed and anxious that your new administration will not protec

marciano. good morning, rob. >> good morning, paula. hi, dan. of course, the holiday weekend and a lot of people outside on the roads. we want to run down where the trouble spots are. blewett pass in washington east of seattle and winds with one of several storms coming through knocked out power for a few thousand people there and we've got another storm coming and flooding rains across parts of portland and other areas of coastal oregon, as well. our next storm coming in, san francisco, you're about to get rain and another punch behind that, this will affect the entire west coast all the way down to san diego substantial wind and rain across southern california and then tomorrow afternoon a storm will bring another batch of rain and mountain snow above 3,000 feet that includes the mountain passes over interstate 5 and heavy rains along that trek. so if you are traveling here in the next couple of days, just leave early and take it slow. problems across the intermountain west. maybe salt lake c

more from abc's rob marciano. >> reporter: 43,000 wildfires burning in the southeast, investigators saying some of the fires were intentionally set, and, already, made arrests including this 21-year-old who allegedly confessed he set the fire in eastern kentucky to draw attention to his facebook page. >> before the fire -- >> reporter: the aspiring weather man seen here warning people to be aware of flames now facing a felony arson charge. smoke from the fire spanning occupant hundreds of miles with a haze across the southern sky. >> the smoke blocks out the sun. >> reporter: this brush fire ungefling the hillside, forcing some to flee their homes. >> it's devastating and heart breaking. >> reporter: there was some rain in the southeast sunday, but only in the eastern carolinas, not the fire zone, and the forecast for the next week does not call for significant rain there. abc news, new york. >>> our thanks to rob. looking at the weather now for the rest of the country, it's mostly sunny in the northeast, and there's a few showers later around washington, and the northwest is likely to see

>> i would write in rob marciano. >>> a connecticut woman is on a record-breaking mission to become the first woman to visit every country. >> and diane macedo is reporting on this epic journey. >> reporter: she calls this expedition 196. 196 countries she intends to visit. that will set a new record for the timing, if she can do it in less than three years and three months. she was aiming for two years. and even with that ambitious goal she's still well ahead of schedule. in afghanistan a my len yal is a few flights away from becoming the first woman to visit every country in the world. >> it's becoming really surreal now. >> reporter: the 27-year-old hit the road last july, plotting a two-year trip on this old map. she took off from portland, oregon. she headed to new zealand, fiji, instagramming her journey along the way. but the connecticut native said the most beautiful of her trip has been the kindness of strangers. >> the humanity and the kindness of people around the world i think sometimes we underestimate that. >> reporter: she's already checked 181 countries off her list, jus

. >>> let's check the forecast yet again with rob marciano. hey, man. >> it is the coldest air you've seen since last winter. feels like 29 in char charlot, 34 degrees in nashville. we'll see moderating temperatures going through the day today. another storm in the pacific northwesterly they could have used more rain in seattle, i don't know that it would have helped, washington's defense was incredible. well have wind and range 2 to 4 inches in the coastal range. we're looking at a major pattern shift much cooler weather and much needed snow getting into the mountains this may shift things up in the central plains coming into the middle of the week. that's a look at the national headlines, here's what's going on where you live. >> reporter: the change on the pacific coast means a child to mild on the eastern seaboard. here's the exclusive accuweather seven-day forecast, you can see that reflected in the forecast later this week. 59 today, 60 most of the seven day. it's been since 1948 so howl at it if you'd like to. >> howl at the moon? >> ye

>> yes, let's get more from rob marciano with more on the two storms hitting the country. >> a lot of people are traveling today. this picture from the mountains east of los angeles in through salt lake city. storm number one, storm number two. an aikt pattern setting up here. wael see delays at salt lake city, dallas, memphis. this storm has a lot of jet stream energy and juice across to south. a severe weather threat. we haven't said that really for a couple of months. the winter weather, look at all these alerts. the west just painted with it. it will be dicey travel across parts of the the dakotas and the mountains as well. we're building a beneficial snow pack. beneficial rains coming east. >>> speaking of travel, take a look at this. two people at the minneapolis airport were treated for injuries after the catering truck they were riding in, it struck a barrier and then crashed, boom, right into a tunnel. remarkably, they were able to climb out of the truck. the tunnel had to be shout down. we're told no flights were affected. incredible they both got out alive. >> you have to w

rob marciano tracking it all. good morning, rob. >> good morning. we thought it would happen and did. just a frightening night across the south. dozens of structures damaged. nearly a dozen tornadoes across four states. powerful storms that made for a frightening night, no doubt. >> there's the tornado right there. >> let's go. >> reporter: overnight 23 tornadoes reported from louisiana to tennessee. this is what it looked like in northeast alabama after a twister slammed into homes damaging businesses as animals roam the roads. three killed all in the same trailer. four children in critical condition after a day-care center was completely destroyed. thousands without power this morning. in mississippi, strong winds over 60 miles per hour flipping over trucks, damaging barns. >> trees and some 18-wheeler beds and things that were tilted over or near tilted over and we're really lucky nobody was hurt here tonight. you know, it could be the other way. >> reporter: this store decimated. police out in force to make sure everyone is okay. >> we had deput

abc's rob marciano has all the latest. good morning, rob. >> for weeks we've been reporting on the extreme drought, the fires and the rain that was finally to come last night but before that happened the winds cranked and the fire spread. >> huge fire. blown out of control right now. >> reporter: overnight wildfires raging across eastern tennessee. burning at least 100 homes. >> yeah, it's time to go. >> reporter: forcing evacuations and threatening one of the area's biggest tourist attractions, dollywood. >> if you are a person that prays we could use your prayers. >> reporter: the popular tourist destination turned into an orange armageddon. smoke and ash filling the streets downtown. owners trying to protect hotels and lodges already lit up with holiday lights. more than 10,000 animals are trapped at ripley's aquarium of the smokies. the fires fanned by strong winds up to 60 miles per hour and the southeast's worst drought in a decade. >> conditions are extremely dangerous. stay off the roadways. >> reporter: motorists