As severe weather continues in the South with a tornado watch in effect for Alabama, Ginger Zee has the Thanksgiving week forecast and tracks the cross-country storm building for the return trip home. https://abcnews.link/z83qnXf | ABC World News Tonight with David Muir

For the first time in nearly a decade, a zoo in Tennessee is celebrating the birth of a baby gorilla. The zoo announced that the animal is “a healthy Western lowland gorilla." David Muir shares the adorable debut. https://abcnews.link/FsMCnWH | ABC World News Tonight with David Muir

The FBI has requested interviews with six Democratic lawmakers who recorded a video urging troops to refuse illegal orders. Pres. Trump called the lawmakers "traitors," accusing them of "seditious behavior, punishable by death." Rachel Scott reports. https://abcnews.link/OjuTypa | ABC World News Tonight with David Muir

HAPPENING NOW: First lady Melania Trump receives the 2025 White House Christmas Tree. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/live-updates/trump-admin-live-updates/?id=127815197 | ABC World News Tonight with David Muir

The FAA is warning airlines about a “potentially hazardous” situation in the skies over Venezuela, citing “worsening security” and “heightened military activity” amid a massive show of force by the Trump administration in the Caribbean Sea. Selina Wang reports https://abcnews.link/dCvwgsJ | ABC World News Tonight with David Muir

Just two days before Thanksgiving, two storms are sweeping across the U.S. – bringing heavy snow to the Midwest, severe weather to the South and rain to the Northeast. It comes amid the busiest travel day at the nation’s airports. Matt Rivers reports. https://abcnews.link/z83qnXf | ABC World News Tonight with David Muir