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good evening. and we're just back from our weekend reporting from cuba, and we begin tonight with the breaking news right here at home. shortly before 10:00 this morning, a campus-wide alert going out at ohio state university. a suspect on the attack. the chilling warning in a tweet to run, hide, fight. a massive police response. the fbi joining in. students barricading themselves in classrooms with w could find. the suspect had rammed his car into a crowd of students, bystanders, then taking aim with a butcher's knife. there were multiple victims. the suspect was killed by an officer, and tonight, we know the attacker's identity. abc's alex perez, leading us off from columbus. >> reporter: tonight, a terrifying scene at ohio state university. the chaos starting as the campus is coming to life. it's just before 10:00 a.m., the

curb and plows into pedestrians. >> fire department. >> this is osu. we have a vehicle that struck several pedestrians. >> reporter: the driver then exits the car, carrying a butcher knife, and starts slashing people near the engineering building, watts hall. >> be advised, we got a man with a knife running around, cutting people. >> it looked like he was trying to hurt as many as he could. >> reporter: a campus officer confronting him. >> he was yelling, and the guy could about stop. the guy charged the cop and the cop was forced to shoot him. >> reporter: just one minute after the attack begins, the cop firing the fatal shot that takes down the suspect. seen here on the ground, surrounded by officers. authorities tonight identifying the suspect as a student at osu, abdul razak ali artan. the school newspaper says this is his photo. >> everybody was running in any direction they possibly could. i ran into a bathroom, luckily, it was just a single stall, i was able to lock myself in there. >> reporter: the campus now on edge as authorities start

the university tweeting, "run, hide, fight, watts hall." >> starting to get texts that there was a shooter on campus, so, they locked the building down, had us go up to the third floor. >> reporter: some students barricading themselves inside classrooms, piling up chairs against the doors, as ambulances and fire trucks race in to treat the wounded. >> i need medics macquigg lab as soon as possible. severe bleeding on some of them. >> reporter: 11 patients are rushed to local hospitals with stab wounds and injuries from being hit by that car. one in critical condition. >> the most police cars i've ever seen in one moment in my entire life. >> reporter: fbi agents arrive with tactical units, including a s.w.a.t. team and a bomb squad. and this terrifying warning. law enforcement says parents should not call students who may be on campus, because their loved ones could be in hiding. a ringing phone could give them away.

all-clear. >> i tried to keep everybody calm. they did a really good job. i love my students. >> reporter: as authorities tonight continue to investigation the crime scene, they now believe the sole perpetrator at the scene was artan, the student behind the wheel of this car. and are praising that campus officer, now identified as officer alan horujko, who took him down. >> our officer was onscene in less than a minute and he ended the situation in less than a minute. he engaged the suspect and he eliminated the threat. >> acting very quickly there. alex joins us tonight live from the scene there at ohio state university. and alex, you're learning more about that officer that took down the suspect? >> reporter: that's right, david. we now know that officer is 28 years old and has been with the campus police force for less than two years. authoritying says his quick action may have saved lives. david? >> alex perez leading us off tonight. alex, thank you. as i mentioned at the top, that message. we have learned of a facebook post, just moments before this

correspondent brian ross with the new clues at this hour, into what might have motivated the suspect to do this. >> reporter: just three minutes before the first 911 call today, abdul razak ali artan posted this message on facebook, according to law enforcement officials. "i can't take it anymore. america. stop interfering with other countries, especially the muslim ummah. we are not weak. we are not weak. remember that." >> authorities need attack. >> reporter: as police and the fbi tonight carry out a search warrant at artan's home in columbus -- >> talk to anybody who he might have associated with, find out what they knew. >> reporter: -- the picture emerging of him is that of a somali immigrant who, in this school video, taken just five months ago, seemed to be living the american dream. until he turned on his adopted country, becoming radicalized based on what he read and heard

artan was recently profiled in the campus newspaper "the lantern," blaming the media for making muslims feel scared. >> so many people who have flipped by isis propaganda remotely look like they're leading successful lives. it's so hard to predict when the propaganda will get through to them to the point where they crack and go violent. >> reporter: in recent weeks, isis has been urging its followers to copy the vehicle attack that took place in nice, france, when 84 people were killed by a terrorist driving semitruck through the ba teal day celebration there. and just two days ago, isis posted this new video, instructing its followers how to use a knife to attack nonbelievers. >> back to the suspect, and it would appear, such a stark contrast, a few months ago at that graduation he was at. >> reporter: so happy. >> new other clues from the facebook post? >> reporter: he actually calls himself in that facebook post a lone wolf. and he says, if you want muslims

the muslim words. his words today. >> all right, brian ross, you'll stay on this throughout the night. thank you. next tonight, nearly three weeks now after election day, and the recount set to begin in wisconsin. and perhaps two more battleground states, michigan and pennsylvania. a little more than 100,000 votes in those three states deciding this election. abc's david wright is in madison, with the president-elect outraged over the recount, and the clinton team very careful to point out, they are not leading this charge. >> reporter: tonight, th all over is suddenly back for an encore. >> good morning, america. >> reporter: the wisconsin election commission now gearing up for a recount, requested by green party candidate jill stein. stein is also challenging the vote in pennsylvania and michigan. three battlegrounds hillary clinton lost by a combined 100,000 votes, deciding the election. >> this is an election in which

>> reporter: during the campaign, u.s. intelligence agencies concluded russia tried to undermine the election by hacking team clinton and the dnc. it's one of the reasons thousands of supporters urged the clinton camp to join the recount effort. the clinton campaign says it hasn't uncovered any evidence the vote was tampered with. during the campaign, it was donald trump who often complained the fix was in. >> it's a rigged system. it's a rigged election. it's rigged like you've never seen before. 1.8 million dead people registered to vote. >> reporter: and he's still complaining. on twitter, he went on a tirade about the recount, calling it "a scam" and tweeting out hillary clinton's own words. >> we must accept this result and then look to the future. >> reporter: and trump went on to make some astonishing claims. even though clinton's lead in the popular vote is now more than 2 million, trump now insists he won the popular vote, "if you deduct the millions of

he's also alleging serious voter fraud in virginia, new hampshire and california. no evidence for any of it. elections officials across the country, outraged. >> i know it's false. but it's hard to combat facebook and twitter. or the president-elect. >> reporter: in california, the secretary of state called trump's allegations of voter fraud "absurd." adding, "his reckless tweets are inappropriate and unbecoming of a president-elect." elias expressed his frustration of all of this, say, we're getting attacked for participating in a recount we didn't ask for by the man who won the election but thinks there was massive voter fraud. david? >> david wright in wisconsin for us. david, thanks. meanwhile, president-elect trump with a full schedule. a very telling meeting today. among them, retired general david petraeus. a candidate now for secretary of state. but mitt romney and rudy giuliani have already been vying

public battle now for the role of secretary of state. >> reporter: today, president-elect donald trump summoning one of his favorite military leaders to trump tower. retired general david petraeus, now a contender for secretary of state. >> meeting went very well. i was with him for about an hour, he basically walked us around the world, showed a great grasp of a variety of the challenges that are out there and some of the opportunities, as well. >> reporter: petraeus, the most fa generation, falling from grace after he leaked classified information to his mistress. forcing him to resign as director of the cia. a punishment trump said went too far. >> and general petraeus' life and reputation has been destroyed for doing nothing. >> reporter: today's meeting comes as trump's senior adviser kellyanne conway wages an unusual public campaign against another candidate for secretary of state, mitt romney. once one of trump's toughest

>> donald trump is a phony, a fraud. his promises are as worthless as a degree from trump university. >> reporter: conway says trump's supporters would feel betrayed if romney gets the job. >> there was the never trump movement and then there was governor mitt romney. he went out of his way to hurt donald trump. i don't think a cost of admission for party unity has to be the secretary of state position. >> reporter: others on team trump pushing for long-time loyalist rudy giuliani. but romney's got a powerful voice in on his side. vice president-elect mike pence. >> it's going to be a busy week. get ready. buckle up. >> a lot of questions tonight about whether kellyanne conway said that on her own or if the trump team knew she was going to say that. and tom, what did she said about trump being upset with her? >> reporter: that's right. i spoke with kellyanne conway tonight. chef says anything she says on television, she tells the president-elect in person. she says she spent all day

and that those reports are completely false. david? >> tom llamas tonight. tom, thank you. next, this evening, a judge ruling that dylann roof can represent himself at his trial for the massacre in south carolina. the self-described white supremacist charged in the shooting deaths of nine worshippers at charleston's emanuel ame church. jury selection getting under way just after today's ruling. roof objecting to the only black juror considered for the panel. next here tonight, to the extreme weath a tornado watch in parts of two states. two separate storm systems now tracking east. they'll be here by tomorrow night. winter weather alerts in 12 states, washington to new mexico. rough driving in flagstaff right there. a second front kicking up four reported tornado in nebraska. rob marciano live tonight. rob? >> reporter: hi, david. the tornado count is below average this year. and we've seen very few this

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 ton 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

cyber monday in history. >> this is the day you see sitewide sales. >> reporter: still going tonight, 60% to 75% off the children's place. 50% off at banana republic, gap and old navy. plus, more sales ahead. >> it's actually better to wait to buy things like toys, tools, hardware, gift cards until the middle of december. so if you can wait, the prices are better as we get closer to christmas. >> reporter: and shop like a pro by clearing your internet history to be sure you're plus, double check promo colds on sites like retail me not to get additional discounts on top of the specials. david, cyber monday is also a great time to shop for travel deals. we found hotels, tickets to shows and vacation packages for as much as 70% off. david? >> rebecca jarvis with us tonight. rebe rebecca, thank you. there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this monday. the missing mom mystery in california. there are new developments tonight. the mother of two found alive,

speaking out tonight. and we've learned that authorities have talked to the mother who vanished again today. also tonight, the midair scare. the passenger plane taking off om the u.s., forced to turn around. they heard a boom in one of the engines. we'll have more on that coming up. and now boarding. look at this. this morning on our way back to new york from havana, cuba. the misthistory-making moment w were not expecting what we learned, as we began to board

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clues that could lead to her abductors. do you believe her story? >> absolutely. she had been abducted. she was discovered in restraints and had been assaulted. >> reporter: the hunt is on for the two hispanic women papini described, believed to be arm and dangerous. it was dark, just like this, when sherri papini told authorities her captors just dropped her off, right there behind me, 150 miles from her home. allison sutton spotted papini and called police. >> i could have hit her. >> reporter: david, the sheriff also told me they're investigating sherri papini's past, including her previous divorce and any online activity. david? >> kayna whitworth with us. kayna, thank you. coming up, the urgent manhunt in new orleans. the deadly shooting in the french quarter on bourbon street. one dead, several hurt. police asking for your help tonight. and then the passenger plane, turning around in midair after taking off here in the

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we asked this man who he's heard about our president-elect. he tells me, "no one knows. we have to wait and find out." so many wondering if mr. trump will continue the thaw that began with president obama. the teenagers. they tell me, the relationship with the u good. they, too, are now waiting. and just this morning, we witnessed that thaw already beginning. our journey back beginning at the havana airport where we learned we would be boarding the first commercial flight from havana to miami in decades. this is the inaugural certificate. am i the first passenger to get one? i'm not the first one. the inaugural certificate. a pin for every passenger.

the first flight from cuba to miami since the american airlines flight, and you can see people in the terminal, all taking photographs and videos, because it's a historic moment. when we got to the door of the plane, the cuban flag on the american airlines jet. you can see the cuban flag just outside the pilot's window there. the entire crew, extremely excited to be part of this flying. and so were the passengers back all. that crew, those families so kind to us and we thank you. thank you for watching on a monday. i'm seal you right back here tomorrow. good night. eastern iowa this af, leaving

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the national weather service also confirms another tornado touched down in hardin county in central iowa around 12:45. this is video east of roland around one. the tornado knocked down power lines and trees, damaged roofs and tipped a car on its side. meteorologist joe winters joins us now. joe, we've also heard about a tornado near montezuma. why are we getting these so late in the year? after a mild monday the mercury falls the next weather reminiscent of december. the storm which brought rain on sunday and monday is still close enough to bring some clouds throughout the state along with a lingering shower chance on wednesday. highs fall into the 30s for the start of meteorlogic winter on thursday with dry conditions to start the weekend. have a great night! tonight: gradual clearing. wind: sw 5-15. low: 35 tomorrow: partly cloudy. wind: sw 5-15. high: 49