>> TONIGHT AS WE COME ON THE AIR
IN THE WEST, DID BREAKING NEWS,
THE MUELLER REPORT IS IN AND SO
ARE THE FIRST MAJOR HEADLINES.
THE SPECIAL COUNSEL ROBERT
MUELLER SENDS HIS REPORT TO THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL AFTER NEARLY
TWO YEARS.
37 INDICTMENTS, SIX TRUMP
ASSOCIATES.
THE MUELLER REPORT NOW
TURNED IN.
THE WHITE HOUSE GETTING THE CALL
FIRST.
THEN CONGRESS ALERTED THE REPORT
WAS DONE.
CARRIED BY A SECURITY OFFICER
TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE.
TONIGHT WHAT WE KNOW ALREADY.
THE LETTER NOW FROM THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL WILLIAM BARR TO
CONGRESS, AND EARLY WORD
COMING IN FROM THE A.G. THAT HIS
FIRST SUMMARY COULD COME AS
EARLY AS THIS WEEKEND.
JON KARL AND PIERRE THOMAS WITH
NEW REPORTING.
>>> ALSO TONIGHT, PRESIDENT
TRUMP NOW RESPONDING.
SOURCES TELLING ABC NEWS THE
INITIAL REACTION, QUOTE, GLAD
IT'S OVER.
>>> ALSO TONIGHT, NO NEW
INDICTMENTS FROM ROBERT MUELLER.
DAN ABRAMS STANDING BY ON WHAT
THAT MEANS.
AND WHAT'S IN THE REPORT ITSELF?
ARE THERE ANY CLUES YET?
TONIGHT REACTION POURING IN FROM
CAPITOL HILL.
DEMANDS THE MUELLER REPORT BE
MADE PUBLIC, THAT THE AMERICAN
PEOPLE GET TO SEE IT.
BUT WILL THAT HAPPEN?
MARY BRUCE STANDING BY LIVE ON
THE HILL.
>>> ALSO BREAKING THIS FRIDAY
NIGHT, THE CHEMICAL PLANT FIRE.
WORRIES ABOUT THE AIR.
AND JUST TONIGHT, THE NEW FIRE
ERUPTING A SHORT TIME AGO.
>>> MAJOR NEWS ON BOEING TONIGHT
AND THOSE NEW MAX JETS GROUNDED.
AFTER NEWS MANY WERE MISSING
CRUCIAL SAFETY SOFTWARE THAT
COST EXTRA.
TONIGHT, THE NEW HEADLINE.
>>> AND THE PRIEST ATTACKED
DURING MASS, THE MOMENT LIVE
STREAMED AND WHAT WE KNOW
TONIGHT.
>>> GOOD EVENING.
GREAT TO HAVE YOU WITH US
ON A VERY BUSY FRIDAY NIGHT.
WE BEGIN TONIGHT WITH THE
MUELLER REPORT, NOW TURNED IN.
ROBERT MUELLER'S WORK IS OVER.
HIS REPORT CARRIED BY A SECURITY
OFFICER TO THE DEPARTMENT OF
JUSTICE THIS AFTERNOON.
WHITE HOUSE WAS CALLED AT 4:40
THIS AFTERNOON AND TOLD IT WAS
DONE.
THEN CONGRESS ALERTED THE
22-MONTH INVESTIGATION WAS OVER.
CONFIRMING, NO NEW INDICTMENTS.
THE ATTORNEY GENERAL COULD
DELIVER HIS FIRST SUMMARY OF THE
MUELLER REPORT BY THIS WEEKEND.
AS WE HAVE REPORTED, THE
INVESTIGATION LAUNCHED 22 MONTHS
AGO, $25 MILLION SPENT,
37 INDICTMENTS INCLUDING SIX
OF PRESIDENT TRUMP'S ASSOCIATES.
NATIONAL SECURITY ADVISER
MICHAEL FLYNN, CAMPAIGN CHAIR
PAUL MANAFORT, DEPUTY CAMPAIGN
MANAGE RICK GATES, FOREIGN
POLICY ADVISER GEORGE
PAPADOPOULOS, PERSONAL ATTORNEY
AND FIXER MICHAEL COHEN AND
ALONG TIME FRILL OPERATIVE ROGER
STONE.
ALL BUT STONE PLEADING GUILTY.
TONIGHT WHAT'S IN THE REPORT
REMAINS A MYSTERY
AT THIS HOUR.
BUT LET'S GET RIGHT TO JONATHAN
KARL.
DO WE HAVE ANY INDICATION IF THE
PRESIDENT WAS GIVEN ANY CLUES AS
TO WHAT'S IN THE REPORT?
>> Reporter: AT THIS POINT ALL
INDICATION ARE THE REPORT
REMAINS AS MUCH A MYSTERY
TO THE PRESIDENT AS THE REST OF
US.
THE PRESIDENT IS TELLING HIS
FRIENDS AND AIDES HE'S GLAD IT'S
OVER.
TONIGHT, AFTER NEARLY TWO YEARS,
ROBERT MUELLER'S WORK IS FINALLY
DONE.
LATE TODAY, A SECURITY OFFICER
HAND DELIVERED HIS FINAL REPORT
TO THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND
TO ATTORNEY GENERAL BILL BARR.
IN A LETTER SENT THIS EVENING,
BARR OFFICIALLY NOTIFYING
CONGRESS, THE SPECIAL COUNSEL
HAS CONCLUDED HIS INVESTIGATION
OF RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN
THE 2016 ELECTION AND RELATED
MATTERS.
THE CONTENTS OF THE REPORT,
AND EVEN THE EXACT TIMING,
HAVE BEEN A TIGHTLY GUARDED
SECRET.
THIS MORNING, EVEN PRESIDENT
TRUMP WAS IN THE DARK.
>> MR PRESIDENT, DO YOU EXPECT
THE MUELLER REPORT TO BE
SUBMITTED TODAY?
>> I HAVE NO IDEA ABOUT THE
MUELLER REPORT.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT, BARR
INFORMED CONGRESS, I AM
REVIEWING THE REPORT AND
ANTICIPATE THAT I MAY BE IN A
POSITION TO ADVISE YOU OF THE
SPECIAL COUNSEL'S PRINCIPAL
CONCLUSIONS AS SOON AS THIS
WEEKEND.
AS ABC NEWS FIRST REPORTED
YESTERDAY, A SENIOR DEPARTMENT
OF JUSTICE OFFICIAL CONFIRMED
TODAY, MUELLER IS RECOMMENDING
NO FURTHER INDICTMENTS.
ULTIMATELY, IT WILL BE UP TO
BARR TO DECIDE HOW MUCH OF THE
REPORT IS MADE PUBLIC.
AT HIS CONFIRMATION HEARING,
DEMOCRATS TRIED TO NAIL HIM
DOWN.
>> WILL YOU COMMIT TO MAKING ANY
REPORT MUELLER PRODUCES AT THE
CONCLUSION OF HIS INVESTIGATION
AVAILABLE TO CONGRESS AND TO THE
PUBLIC?
>> AS I SAID IN MY STATEMENT,
I AM GOING TO MAKE AS MUCH
INFORMATION AVAILABLE AS I CAN
CONSISTENT WITH THE RULES AND
REGULATIONS THAT ARE PART OF THE
SPECIAL COUNSEL REGULATIONS.
>> WILL YOU COMMIT TO MAKING
ANY REPORT ON THE OBSTRUCTION
OF JUSTICE PUBLIC?
>> THAT'S THE SAME ANSWER.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT BARR TELLS
CONGRESS HE IS COMMITTED TO AS
MUCH TRANSPARENCY AS POSSIBLE.
HE PLEDGED TO CONSULT WITH
MUELLER, WHO HE HAS KNOWN FOR
DECADES TO DETERMINE WHAT OTHER
INFORMATION FROM THE REPORT CAN
BE RELEASED TO CONGRESS AND THE
PUBLIC.
EARLIER THIS WEEK, I ASKED
THE PRESIDENT WHETHER HE WANTS
TO FULL REPORT RELEASED.
DOES THE AMERICAN PUBLIC HAVE A
RIGHT TO SEE THE MUELLER REPORT?
>> I DON'T MIND.
I MEAN, FRANKLY, I TOLD THE
HOUSE IF YOU WANT, LET THEM SEE
IT.
LET IT COME OUT.
LET PEOPLE SEE IT.
THAT'S UP TO THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
WE HAVE A VERY GOOD ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
HE'S A VERY HIGHLY RESPECTED
MAN.
AND WE'LL SEE WHAT HAPPENS.
>> Reporter: AMIDST THE
ANTICIPATION OVER MUELLER'S LAST
ACT, THE PRESIDENT AMPED UP HIS
ATTACKS ON THE SPECIAL COUNSEL,
AGAIN AND AGAIN CALLING THE
WHOLE INVESTIGATION A WITCH
HUNT.
>> I HAVE A DEPUTY, APPOINTS A
MAN TO WRITE A REPORT ON ME TO
MAKE A DETERMINATION OF MY
PRESIDENCY?
PEOPLE WILL NOT STAND FOR IT.
>> SO LET'S GET BACK TO JON
KARL.
LIVE TONIGHT.
JON, SOURCES SAY THE PRESIDENT'S
FIRST RESPONSE, GLAD IT'S OVER.
EVEN THOUGH WE STILL DON'T KNOW
THE CONTENTS OF THIS REPORT,
THERE MUST BE SOME RELIEF FOR
THE PRESIDENT TONIGHT AND PEOPLE
IN HIS INNER CIRCLE WITH THE
NEWS OF THERE ARE NO NEW
INDICTMENTS.
>> Reporter: NO QUESTION ABOUT
THAT, DAVID.
THE PRESIDENT'S LEGAL TEAM HAS
PUT OUT A STATEMENT SAYING
THEY'RE PLEASED THE REPORT HAS
BEEN ISSUED, THE INVESTIGATION
IS OVER.
SARAH SANDERS, THE PRESS
SECRETARY, SAID THE NEXT STEPS
REGARDING RELEASE WILL BE UP TO
BILL BARR.
SHE SAID, DAVID, THAT THE
PRESIDENT, THE WHITE HOUSE, THEY
HAVE NOT BEEN BRIEFED AT ALL ON
THE CONTENTS OR CONCLUSIONS OF
THE REPORT.
AT LEAST NOT YET.
>> JON KARL LEADING US OFF.
THANK YOU.
>>> AS WE REPORTED AT THE TOP
THE FIRST SUMMARY FROM THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL COULD COME AS
EARLY AS THIS WEEKEND.
LET'S GET TO ABC'S CHIEF JUSTICE
CORRESPONDENT PIERRE THOMAS
TONIGHT.
THAT WAS NEWS AS WELL, THAT
WE MIGHT SEE THE SUMMARY SO
QUICKLY.
IT'S UP TO THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
WILLIAM BARR WHAT TO RELEASE HOW
MUCH TO RELEASE AND WHEN.
>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT DAVID.
BILL BARR IS A VETERAN OF
WASHINGTON.
HE'S UNDER INCREDIBLE PRESSURE.
HE KNOWS HE HAS TO MAKE SOME OF
MUELLER'S CONCLUSIONS KNOWN AND
QUICKLY.
TONIGHT, WITH THAT NEW
INDICATION FROM THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL THAT HIS FIRST SUMMARY
OF ROBERT MUELLER'S FINDINGS
WILL BE MADE BY THIS WEEKEND,
IT'S CLEAR ROBERT MUELLER'S WORK
IS OVER.
NO MORE INDICTMENTS, BUT HIS
FINDINGS, NOT YET REVEALED.
>> MR. MUELLER, ARE YOU
INVESTIGATING THE PRESIDENT?
>> Reporter: FOR 22 MONTHS,
ROBERT MUELLER HAS BEEN A
VIRTUAL GHOST.
LETTING HIS INDICTMENTS AND
COURT FILINGS SPEAK FOR
THEMSELVES.
34 PEOPLE CHARGED, 7 PLEADING
GUILTY.
>> WHERE'S PAUL?
PAUL MANAFORT.
>> Reporter: INCLUDING THE
PRESIDENT'S CAMPAIGN CHAIRMAN.
>> MR. MANAFORT, DID YOU COMMIT
A CRIME?
>> Reporter: HIS DEPUTY CAMPAIGN
MANAGER.
HIS FIRST NATIONAL SECURITY
ADVISER.
AND HIS LONGTIME PERSONAL
ATTORNEY AND FIXER.
>> MR. COHEN HAS COOPERATED.
>> Reporter: MUELLER ALSO
ZEROING IN ON THE RUSSIANS,
INDICTING 26 PEOPLE AND
UNSPOOLING AN ELABORATE SCHEME
TO INFLUENCE THE 2016 ELECTION
BY HURTING HILLARY CLINTON AND
HELPING DONALD TRUMP.
>> INFORMATION WARFARE AGAINST
THE UNITED STATES.
>> Reporter: BUT PRESIDENT TRUMP
SEEMING TO SIDE WITH PUTIN OVER
THE AMERICAN INTELLIGENCE
AGENCIES.
>> I HAVE PRESIDENT PUTIN.
HE JUST SAID IT'S NOT RUSSIA.
I WILL SAY THIS, I DON'T SEE ANY
REASON WHY IT WOULD BE.
>> Reporter: TRUMP ATTACKING THE
INVESTIGATION AT EVERY TURN.
>> THE ENTIRE THING HAS BEEN
A WITCH HUNT.
THEY WON'T FIND ANY COLLUSION.
IT DOESN'T EXIST.
THERE WAS NO COLLUSION.
THERE WAS NO OBSTRUCTION.
THERE WAS NO NOTHING.
>> Reporter: MUELLER ALSO
INVESTIGATING WHETHER THE
PRESIDENT REPEATEDLY TRIED TO
OBSTRUCTION THE INVESTIGATION.
>> WHY DON'T I JUST FIRE
MUELLER?
WELL, I THINK IT'S A DISGRACE
WHAT'S GOING ON.
MANY HAVE SAID YOU SHOULD FIRE
HIM.
>> Reporter: THE SPECIAL
COUNSEL'S TEAM INTERVIEWING
DOZENS OF WITNESSES, INCLUDING
AROUND 30 CURRENT OR FORMER
WHITE HOUSE OFFICIALS.
PRESIDENT TRUMP HIMSELF REFUSING
TO SIT FACE TO FACE WITH ROBERT
MUELLER.
>> LET'S GET BACK TO PIERRE,
LIVE IN WASHINGTON TONIGHT.
ONE THING THAT WAS MADE VERY
CLEAR TODAY IS THAT NO ONE
STOPPED ROBERT MUELLER.
NO ONE STOOD IN HIS WAY,
EVER.
WHEN HE WANTED TO INVESTIGATE HE
WAS ALLOWED TO INVESTIGATE.
>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT,
DAVID.
BARR MADE CLEAR THAT MUELLER WAS
A COMPLETE PROFESSIONAL.
THERE WAS NO LEAD HE WANTED TO
PURSUE WHERE HE WAS TOLD NO.
>> THAT WAS REALLY IMPORTANT,
PIERRE.
PIERRE THOMAS, THANKS TO YOU.
LET'S GET TO DAN ABRAMS WHO HAS
BEEN FOLLOWING THIS.
FIRST OFF, NO NEW INDICTMENTS.
CRYSTAL CLEAR.
SOME ARE GOING TO WONDER DOES
THAT INCLUDE ANY SEALED
INDICTMENTS LEFT TO BE OPENED?
>> I THINK NO NEW INDICTMENTS
MEANS NO NEW INDICTMENTS.
I DON'T THINK IT'S A SEMANTICS
GAME.
>> WHAT ABOUT THE OTHER
INVESTIGATIONS ELSEWHERE THAT
ARE ALREADY REPORTED ON.
>> THOSE WILL CONTINUE IN NEW
YORK AND WASHINGTON, D.C.
WHAT'S DIFFERENT NOW IS THAT
THOSE PEOPLE REPORT TO WILLIAM
BARR, THE ATTORNEY GENERAL.
THEY DON'T HAVE THE SAME LEVEL
OF INDEPENDENCE THAT THE SPECIAL
COUNSEL HAD, EVEN THOUGH HE WAS
ALSO REPORTING TO THE ATTORNEY
GENERAL.
SO I THINK THAT THOSE
INVESTIGATIONS ARE GOING TO
CONTINUE, BUT THEY'RE A LITTLE
BIT DIFFERENT THAN THE SPECIAL
COUNSEL.
>> YOU MADE THE POINT THAT THE
BIGGEST MYSTERY INSIDE THE
MUELLER REPORT -- WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT'S IN THE REPORT -- IS WHY
THERE WASN'T AN INDICTMENT OF
THE PRESIDENT.
WHETHER THAT'S BECAUSE OF
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT GUIDELINES OR
WHETHER THERE WAS SIMPLY NO
EVIDENCE HERE.
>> AND THE SPECIAL COUNSEL
REGULATIONS SAY HE'S REQUIRED TO
TELL THE ATTORNEY GENERAL WHY HE
DIDN'T SEEK CERTAIN
PROSECUTIONS.
SO THE QUESTION'S GOING TO BE --
EVERYONE WANTS TO KNOW WAS THE
PRESIDENT NOT INDICTED BECAUSE
THERE'S SIMPLY NO EVIDENCE OF
COLLUSION, CONSPIRACY WITH THE
RUSSIANS?
OR WAS THERE NO INDICTMENT
BECAUSE HE'S THE PRESIDENT AND
THE PRESIDENT CAN'T BE INDICTED?
AND THAT APPLIES BOTH TO THE
COLLUSION QUESTION, OBSTRUCTION
OF JUSTICE, ALL OF IT.
>> WE COULD KNOW THAT VERY SOON.
>> IF THE DETAILS OF THE REPORT
ARE MADE PUBLIC.
>> DAN ABRAMS TONIGHT.
THANKS SO MUCH.
>>> I WANT TO GET RIGHT TO
CAPITOL HILL.
REACTION IS POURING IN FROM THE
HOUSE AND THE SENATE AT THIS
HOUR.
OF COURSE IT WAS JUST LAST WEEK
THE HOUSE VOTING OVERWHELMINGLY,
REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS,
TO MAKE THE REPORT PUBLIC.
LET'S GET TO MARY BRUCE.
SHE'S UP ON THE HILL MONITORING
THIS.
WE HAVE THE LETTER FROM THE
ATTORNEY GENERAL SENT TO
CONGRESS THIS AFTERNOON.
THE SPECIAL COUNSEL SUBMITTED TO
ME A CONFIDENTIAL REPORT.
THAT'S KEY.
CONFIDENTIAL.
IT'S HIS DECISION HOW MUCH THE
AMERICAN PUBLIC WILL SEE.
>> Reporter: DAVID, BARR HAS
PROMISED LAWMAKERS HE'LL BE AS
TRANSPARENT AS POSSIBLE, BUT
BASED ON WHAT WE ARE HEARING
FROM DEMOCRATS THEY WON'T BE
SATISFIED UNTIL THEY SEE THE
WHOLE MUELLER REPORT, ANY
UNDERLYING EVIDENCE.
JUST BARR'S SUMMARY ISN'T GOING
TO SUFFICE.
DEMOCRATS WILL USE EVERY TOOL
AVAILABLE TO GET THIS
INFORMATION.
THAT MEANS BRACE YOURSELF FOR
MORE SUBPOENAS.
IT MEANS WE COULD SEE MUELLER
AND BARR TESTIFYING HERE ON THE
HILL, AND IT MEANS WE COULD SEE
A LONG COURT BATTLE.
REMEMBER REPUBLICANS AND
DEMOCRATS ARE SAYING AFTER TENS
OF MILLIONS OF TAXPAYER MONEY
WAS SPENT ON THE INVESTIGATION
THAT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC
DESERVES TO SEE SOME VERSION OF
THIS REPORT.
DAVID, DEMOCRATS ARE BRACING FOR
THIS TO BE A LONG FIGHT FOR THEM
TO GET THE INFORMATION THEY
WANT, AND IN THE MEANTIME THEY
ARE NOT HOLDING BACK.
THEY ARE PLOWING AHEAD.
THEY'RE RAMPING UP SCORES OF
THEIR OWN INVESTIGATIONS INTO
THIS ADMINISTRATION.
WHILE MUELLER'S WORK MAY BE
WRAPPING UP, THE HILL IS JUST
GETTING STARTED.
>> MARY BRUCE MAKING IT CLEAR
THE NEXT CHAPTER IS HOW MUCH OF
THE REPORT THE AMERICAN PUBLIC
WILL SEE.
OUR THANKS TO MARY, DAN, JON
KARL TONIGHT AND TO PIERRE FOR
LEADING US OFF.
WE'LL HAVE CONTINUING COVERAGE
ON "NIGHTLINE" AND ON
"GOOD MORNING AMERICA" AND ON
WORLD NEWS.
>>> WE MOVE TO THE FIRE IN TEXAS
FLAIRING UP TODAY AND QUESTIONS
ABOUT THE AIR.
AT LEAST TWO TANKS ARE NOW ON
FIRE.
A NEW PLUME OF BLACK SMOKE
POURING INTO THE SKY.
THE FIRE BURNING ON AND OFF FOR
DAYS.
RESIDENTS WORRIED ABOUT THE AIR
QUALITY.
ABC'S ALEX PEREZ RIGHT BACK ON
THE SCENE TONIGHT.
>> Reporter: THOSE TOWERING
PLUMES OF SMOKE FILLING THE AIR
NEAR HOUSTON ONCE AGAIN.
>> IT APPEARS AS THOUGH THAT THE
PRODUCT THAT HAS LEAKED OUT OF
THE ITC PLANT IS NOW IN THE
DITCH AND THAT TOO IS ON FIRE.
>> Reporter: FIRE OFFICIALS SAY
AT LEAST TWO TANKS, FILLED WITH
COMPONENTS USED TO MAKE
GASOLINE, NAIL POLISH REMOVER
AND GLUE, BURNING.
>> WE WILL MAKE THIS RIGHT.
WE WILL FIX IT AND WE WILL MAKE
IT RIGHT.
>> Reporter: IT WAS JUST
YESTERDAY WHEN A SPOKESWOMAN FOR
THE COMPANY MADE THAT TEARFUL
APOLOGY AFTER AN EARLIER FIRE
AT THE SAME CHEMICAL PLANT THAT
LASTED FOR DAYS WAS FINALLY PUT
OUT.
EARLIER TODAY OFFICIALS AT THE
FACILITY ANNOUNCED THEY WERE
WORKING TO EMPTY AN ESTIMATED
20,000 BARRELS OF LIQUID FROM A
CHARRED TANK THAT LEAKED THE
POTENTIAL CANCER CAUSING
SUBSTANCE BENZENE.
THE NATIONAL GUARD ASSISTING.
SCHOOLS IN THE AREA HAVE BEEN
CLOSED OUT OF AN ABUNDANCE OF
CAUTION AFTER THE TOXIN WAS
DETECTED IN THE AIR.
MANY NEARBY RESIDENTS WORRIED
ALL WEEK.
TONIGHT ANXIOUS WITH THAT SMOKE
BACK IN THE AIR.
DAVID, BECAUSE OF ALL THIS THE
COAST GUARD HAS SHUT DOWN
TEMPORARILY THE CHANNEL THAT
CONNECTS THE PORT OF HOUSTON
AND THE GULF OF MEXICO.
THAT'S A BUSY SHIPPING CHANNEL.
SOME ENCOURAGING NEWS --
OFFICIALS SAY THEY ALREADY HAVE
THE NEW FLARE-UP UNDER CONTROL.
DAVID?
>> ALEX PEREZ TONIGHT.
THANKS FOR YOUR REPORTING.
>>> NOW TO THE WEATHER.
DAMAGING WINDS EXPECTED IN THE
NORTHEAST.
THE STATES OF EMERGENCY IN THE
MIDWEST.
DEADLY FLOODING ACROSS SEVERAL
STATES TONIGHT.
RAIN FALLING THROUGH THE
WEEKEND.
SEVERAL TOWNS ORDERING MANDATARY
EMERGENCY EVACUATIONS TONIGHT
\AFTER A LEVEE BREACH IN KANSAS.
TORNADO WARNINGS IN TEXAS AND
THE GUSTY WINDS AND VERY COLD
TEMPERATURES HITTING THE
NORTHEAST.
ROB MARCIANO TRACKING IT FOR US
THIS EVENING.
HEY, ROB.
>> Reporter: HI, DAVID.
WINDS CRANKING HERE.
CONCERNED ABOUT THE STORM
PLOWING INTO THE PLAINS OVER THE
FLOOD ZONE.
THERE'S THAT TORNADO WATCH
THAT'S POSTED FOR PARTS OF NORTH
TEXAS.
THIS LOW IS SWIRLING AROUND THE
RAIN AND THE SNOW TONIGHT.
WINDS CRANKING ALL DAY LONG
TOMORROW FROM D.C. TO PHILLY TO
BOSTON, GUSTING 30 TO 40 MILES
AN HOUR.
WINDCHILLS IN THE TEENS AND 20s
TO START YOUR SATURDAY.
DAVID.
>> ROB MARCIANO, WE'LL BE
WATCHING YOU ALL WEEKEND LONG.
>>> TO MAJOR NEWS ON BOEING AND
THOSE NEW MAX JETS THAT HAVE
BEEN GROUNDED AFTER NEWS MANY
WERE MISSING IMPORTANT SAFETY
FEATURES THAT BOEING CHARGES
EXTRA FOR.
TONIGHT INDONESIA'S
STATE-OWNED AIRLINE SAYS IT
WANTS TO CANCEL ITS $5 BILLION
ORDER FOR 50 NEW JETS CLAIMING
PASSENGERS DON'T TRUST BOEING
ANYMORE.
HERE'S ABC'S DAVID KERLEY.
>> Reporter: JUST DAYS AFTER
LEARNING THE PILOT OF THE DOOMED
LION AIR JET FROM INDONESIA WAS
FLIPPING THROUGH HIS EMERGENCY
CHECK LIST BEFORE THE CRASHING,
TONIGHT WORD THAT THAT COUNTRY'S
STATE-OWNED AIRLINE WANTS TO
CANCEL ITS 737 MAX ORDER.
GARUDA AIR APPEARS TO BE TRYING
TO NEGOTIATE TO AVOID A
CANCELATION PENALTY ON THE
$5 BILLION DEAL.
MEANWHILE, ABC NEWS HAS LEARNED
BOEING'S SOFTWARE UPDATE IS
EXPECTED TO BE CERTIFIED BY THE
FAA EARLY NEXT WEEK.
IN THE FIRST MAX CRASH, AN
IMPROPERLY INSTALLED SENSOR
PROVIDED BAD DATA.
THE ONE SENSOR TRIGGERING THE
JET'S NOSE DOWN MOVEMENT 21
TIMES.
BOEING'S FIX?
RELY ON BOTH SENSORS, INITIATE A
DIVE ONLY ONCE, AND THE ANGLE OF
THAT DIVE WILL BE LESS.
>> YOU NEED A SYSTEM THAT
PROVIDES ADDITIONAL PROTECTIONS,
PROVIDES ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
SO THAT THESE TWO ACCIDENTS
DON'T HAPPEN AGAIN.
>> Reporter: IT'S NOW BEEN FIVE
FULL DAYS SINCE THE ETHIOPIANS
RECEIVED THE DATA FROM THE BLACK
BOXES FROM THE SECOND MAX CRASH,
BUT STILL NO INDICATION OF THE
CAUSE.
>> IN 2010 THE ETHIOPIANS TRIED
TO MANIPULATE THE MISHAP DATA
FROM A 737 CRASH.
THERE'S A REAL FEAR HERE THAT
THEY'RE GOING TO TRY AND DO THAT
AGAIN WITH THIS MISHAP.
>> WE'VE LEARNED THAT BOEING HAS
INVITED AIRLINES TO ITS SEATTLE
AREA PLANT THIS WEEKEND TO TALK
ABOUT THIS SOFTWARE UPDATE AND
TRAINING AND THAT AMERICAN
AIRLINE PILOTS WILL BE IN THE
SIMULATOR TO TEST THE SOFTWARE
UPDATE.
DAVID?
>> DAVID KERLEY WITH US ALL WEEK
LONG AS WELL.
THANK YOU, DAVID.
>>> THERE IS NEWS ABOUT YOUR
MONEY YOUR 401(K).
YOUR MONEY, A DEEP DO I HAVE ON
WALL STREET TODAY.
THE DOW JONES PLUNGING CLOSING
AT 25,502.
THAT'S THE WORST DAY OF TRADING
SINCE JANUARY.
LET'S GO LIVE TO
ERIELLE RESHEF ON WALL STREET.
THERE WAS A KEY AREA THAT CAUSED
ALARM TODAY.
>> Reporter: THAT'S RIGHT,
DAVID.
STOCKS PLUNGED AMONG NEW SIGNS
OF A SLOWING GLOBAL ECONOMY AND
A NEW WORRY OF A LOOMING
RECESSION HERE AT HOME.
HERE'S THAT KEY INDICATOR.
RIGHT HERE THE SO CALLED YIELD
CURVE TURNING NEGATIVE FOR THE
FIRST TIME SINCE 2007 RIGHT
BEFORE THE GREAT RECESSION.
SOMETIMES WHEN THIS HAPPENS,
IT CAN INDICATE ANOTHER
RECESSION MAY BE COMING, BUT
NOT ALWAYS.
THIS COMES JUST DAYS AFTER THE
FED CHAIRMAN ANNOUNCED IT WAS
UNLIKELY WE WOULD SEE MORE RATE
HIKES LATER THIS YEAR.
ANOTHER SIGN OF A SLOWING
ECONOMY.
DAVID?
>> ERIELLE RESHEF, LIVE ON WALL
STREET, THANK YOU.
>>> THERE'S MUCH MORE AHEAD ON
"WORLD NEWS TONIGHT."
THE PRIEST ATTACKED DURING MASS.
THE FRIGHTENING MOMENT WAS SEEN
LIVE BECAUSE IT WAS STREAMED.
THE RUSH TO HELP THE PRIEST AND
HOW THEY STOPPED THE SUSPECT.
>>> ALSO TONIGHT THE SHOCKING
ARREST IN CHARLOTTESVILLE,
A CITY FAMILIAR WITH HATE.
NOW A TEENAGER UNDER ARREST
TONIGHT FOR THREATS OF ETHNIC
CLEANSING.
SCHOOLS WERE CLOSED FOR DAYS
BECAUSE OF THIS.
>>> WE SURE NEEDED THIS ON A
FRIDAY NIGHT.
AMERICA STRONG, THE GOLDEN
RETRIEVER NAMED CHARLIE AND
LITTLE MAVERICK.
TURNS OUT HE'S AN EYE SEEING DOG
FOR HIS BIGGER PAL.
>>> WE TURN NEXT TO THAT ATTACK
ON A PRIEST DURING MASS IN
MONTREAL.
HERE'S ABC'S WHIT JOHNSON.
>> Reporter: TONIGHT, POLICE IN
MONTREAL ARE SCOURING THIS
LIVESTREAMED VIDEO, SHOWING A
MAN WIELDING A SHARP OBJECT
ATTACKING A PRIEST DURING FRIDAY
MASS.
THE SERVICE, UNDERWAY THIS
MORNING, WHEN A MAN GETS UP
SILENTLY AND RUNS BEHIND THE
ALTAR STABBING FATHER CLAUD GRAU
IN THE UPPER BODY WHO FALLS TO
THE GROUND.
>> I THOUGHT HE WAS GOING TO
KNEEL TO SAY A PRAYER IN FRONT
OF THE ST. JOSEPH'S STATUE,
BUT HE QUICKLY CAME UP THE
STAIRS TAKING A BIG KNIFE OUT OF
HIS SIDE.
>> Reporter: PARISHIONERS
CHARGING THE ALTAR, SUBDUING THE
26-YEAR-OLD SUSPECT.
THE 77-YEAR-OLD PRIEST RUSHED TO
THE HOSPITAL.
DAVID, POLICE IN MONTREAL ARE
WORKING TO FIND A MOTIVE FOR THE
STABBING.
WITH YOU SAY IT IS NOT
TERRORISM.
FATHER GRAU IS IN STABLE
CONDITION.
DAVID?
>>> WHEN WE COME BACK, SCHOOLS
CLOSED TONIGHT IN ONE TOWN
AMID-THREATS OF ETHNIC
CLEANSING.
>>> TO THE INDEX OF OTHER NEWS,
A TEENAGER IS UNDER ARREST FOR
THREATENING, QUOTE, ETHNIC
CLEANSING.
IN CHARLOTTESVILLE SCHOOLS.
LE SKOOS CLOSE FOR TWO DAYS.
POLICE CHARGES A 17-YEAR-OLD,
SAYING HATE HAS NO PLACE IN
CHARLOTTESVILLE.
>> A STUDENT WHO YOU ARE VOOIFS
THE PARKLAND SHOOTING IN FLORIDA
HAS DIED OF SUICIDE.
19-YEAR-OLD SYDNEY AIELLO WAS
FOUND INSIDE HER HOME.
HER MOTHER SAYING HER DAUGHTER
STRUGGLED WITH THAT GUILT AND
PTSD AND HOPES HER DAUGHTER'S
STORY MIGHT URGE OTHERS TO GET
HELP.
>>> WHEN WE COME BACK THE TWO
DOGS THAT WILL PUT A SMILE ON
YOUR FACE.
>>> FINALLY TONIGHT, AMERICA
STRONG -- THE SEEING EYE DOG FOR
ANOTHER DOG.
>> Reporter: CHARLIE, THE GOLDEN
RETRIEVER, ON THE LEFT.
HE'S NOW 11.
AND THAT'S 4-MONTH-OLD MAVERICK
ON THE RIGHT.
THEIR OWNERS, CHELSEA AND ADAM
STIPE, FROM MOORESVILLE, NORTH
CAROLINA, SAY THE TWO ARE BEST
FRIENDS.
PLAYING TOGETHER.
GOING FOR RIDES TOGETHER.
NAPPING TOGETHER.
BUT THERE'S MORE.
CHARLIE HAD GLAUCOMA AND HAD HIS
EYES REMOVED NOT LONG AGO.
SUDDENLY BLIND.
ON NEW YEAR'S DAY, CHELSEA AND
ADAM BROUGHT MAVERICK HOME.
HE WOULD BECOME CHARLIE'S SEEING
EYE DOG.
AS THE MONTHS WENT ON, MAVERICK
BRINGING LOST TOYS TO CHARLIE.
USING THIS LEASH TO GUIDE
CHARLIE.
GOING FOR WALKS, CONNECTED, BOTH
OF THEIR TAILS WAGGING.
A FRIENDSHIP BORN AND CHARLIE
GIVEN A NEW SET OF EYES THROUGH
MAVERICK.
TONIGHT, CHELSEA AND ADAM
TELLING US OAF ANOTHER NEW
ADDITION, 2- WEEK-OLD ASHER.
CHARLIE YAWNING AND MAVERICK
RIGHT THERE AS ALWAYS, READY TO
HELP.
WE LOVED IT.
THANKS FOR WATCHING.
GOOD NIGHT.