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>> that was horrible, wasn't it? making news in america this morning, terror arrest in the san bernardino attack. a friend of the shooter facing a judge already. his alleged role in the shooting. new this morning, staffers for bernie sanders accused of accessing confidential data from hillary clinton's campaign. the fallout overnight. a staffer fired. the details just in. courtside collision. lebron james bowling over fans in the stand. famous athlete's wife put on a stretcher. her condition and the late night tweet. fans out in full force. a huge turnout from coast to coast to see "the force awakens." >> explosive, sad, scary, just on edge. i cried. >> it was amazing. >> the wait is finally over.
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good morning. good friday morning. i'm richard bacon. >> and i'm reena ninan. we begin with that arrest in connection with the san bernardino rampage. enrique marquez is being held right now at a detention center in downtown los angeles. >> among the charges against him providing material support to terrorists. those terrorists are syed farook and his wife tashfeen malik. the couple responsible for this mon month's attack. abc's stephanie ramos with the details. >> reporter: more than two weeks after the terror attack in san bernardino, 24-year-old enrique marquez, a childhood friend of shooter syed farook is now behind bars. marquez arriving with the fbi late thursday at this federal courthouse in riverside, california, to face serious terror charges. authorities say four years ago marquez bought the two assault rifles used in the shooting.
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marquez himself called 911 after the shooting spree identifying farook as the killer using his gun and the fbi raided marquez's apartment soon after the two opened fire killing 14 people at the inland regional center. investigators say the two initially planned attacking a southern california community college and wanted to target drivers in rush hour traffic on a california freeway by using pipe bombs and shooting drivers dating back to 2011 that never happened. >> he has provided them with a lot of detail about the weapons, about possibly other attacks planned, about conversations in particular with farook. >> reporter: weeks before the shooting, friends say marquez dropped hints of an impending attack. >> he would just, you know, talk about how there's so many sleeper cells and when it happens it'll be big. >> reporter: president obama will make a trip to san bernardino today to meet with the victims and their families.
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>> we prevailed over much greater threats than this. >> i appreciate him coming and talking to the families and this is going to go a long way towards healing. >> reporter: stephanie ramos, abc news, washington. a terrorism-related arrest in pennsylvania as well. the fbi arrested a 19-year-old in harrisburg on charges that he used dozens of twitter accounts to advocate violence against america and to assist people who wanted to travel to fight for isis. he also allegedly posted information on u.s. military members, agents say the teen was unemployed and lived with his parents. well, breaking overnight one day before the next democratic debate there's new scrutiny on the campaign of bernie sanders. >> theres. we learned that the democratic national committee suspended its campaign access to its voter database following a software error that allowed at least one of sanders' staff members to review hillary clinton's private campaign data. that staff member has now been fired from the sanders'
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campaign. >> sanders may have a chance to xhintsz at tomorrow night's democratic debate in new hampshire. the stage there all set. hillary clinton goes into the debate well ahead of sanders and martin o'malley in recent national polls but sanders leads clinton among granite state voters. that debate will be hosted by abc's david muir and martha raddatz tomorrow night 8 p.m. eastern, 7:00 central. >> on the republican side vladimir putin is offering some praise for donald trump. the russian leader yesterday calling the republican front-runner a talented, very colorful person and the absolute leader of the presidential race. trump saying in response it's always a great honor to be so nicely complimented by a man so highly respected within his own country and beyond. well, drug company executivemartin shkreli is free on bond after his arrest for securities fraud, the man who sparked outrage by raising the price of a life-saving drug
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4,000%. now he's sparked a criminal investigation and linsey davis explains. >> reporter: the 32-year-old known as the bad boy of pharmaceuticals infamous for increasing the price of a life-saving drug from $13.50 to $750 a tablet arrested on unrelated security fraud charges. >> shkreli essentially ran his companies like a ponzi scheme. >> reporter: according to the indictment martin shkreli started a hedge fund and got millions from investors allegedly and when he lost their money he took money from new investors to pay off old ones then took retrophin public. it acquired old drugs and sold them for higher prices and according to investigators, he and the company's attorney, evan greebel used that company's money to pay off his hedge fund investors. >> the two could use rhett fro fin for his personal pig by bank. >> reporter: when we interviewed back in september. >> one of the headlines said you were the most hated man in america.
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>> reporter: he assured us he would cut the cost of daraprim. >> i'm not a greedy person. >> reporter: he cut it to the equivalent of $375 a pill, still a $2 thousand he posted hours of video. >> i don't care about people hating me. >> that devil may care attitude not as apparent as he left the federal courthouse after his arraignment. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> thank you, linsey. quite a story. yet another cabinet secretary is admitting to using a private e-mail account on the job. but a state department spokesman says secretary john kerry followed all the government e-mail rules and the messages are preserved. meanwhile, getting our first look at the e-mails defense secretary ash carter sent from his private account. most deal with administrative matters like waiting for someone else outside his hotel or who pays for dinner. the senate armed services committee now wants to take a
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look at the e-mails he sent from his personal account. well, new details about that los angeles community where methane gas has been leaking for weeks. the l.a. school board will relocate students in porter ranch, the board also authorized its legal taff to sue the southern california gas company for its cost. the methane has been leaking from a natural gas storage site in elise so canyon and it won't be stopped until spring, 1800 families have already moved to temporary housing. beijing bracing for its second red smog alert ever. it put restrictions on motor vehicles and closes schools. the pollution is expected to be more than 20 times the level considered safe. and even more than what beijing experienced earlier this month during its first ever red alert. well, the unreleptszing rain in the northwest is causing serious trouble in newport, oregon. shifting ground has damaged four homes, a sinkhole opened up in a garage and swallowed a car. firefighters responding to the
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sinkhole found an active landslide. the residents of eight homes are evacuated. well, taking a look at the radar, you see the storms sweeping off the pacific dumping heavy rain and snow in the northwest. up to a foot of snow expected in parts of washington. still ahead, the supermodel under investigation for being questioned by authorities. king james slamming into the crowd. a direct hit from lebron, the wife of a famous athlete taken away on a stretcher. plus, "star wars" fans finally getting a chance to see "the force awakens," the long lines and new reaction overnight.
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pope francis approved the final miracle needed to make mother teresa a saint. the pope agreeing she cured a man dying from a brain infection. the beloved nun died in 1997. her canonization could happen next september. the fbi and u.s. marshals joined the search for ethan couch. the teen spared jail time in a fatal drunk driving crash by his affluenza defense. his probation officer has been unable to get in touch with him. they're tracking his cars, credit cards and passport. authorities fear he may have fled the country. gillette wants to shave a rival. the coating on dollar shave club's razors is too close to its own. online shaving clubs have cut into its dominance. part of procter & gamble which defends its patents. even before it open ed
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"star wars: the force awakens" says it broke records. "the force awakens" had generated more than $100 million in advance sales as of midday yesterday. fandango sold tickets for 2016. that's impressive. i don't know what i'm doing in 2016. listen, when we come back, yesterday we showed you the video of that video there. now hear from the hero, the deputy who jumped on to a moving truck. he talks about what happened. special delivery. an nba player delivers his own baby using his headphones to help. i have asthma... ...one of many pieces in my life. so when my asthma symptoms kept coming back on my long-term control medicine, i talked to my doctor and found a missing piece in my asthma treatment. once-daily breo prevents asthma symptoms.
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a close call for a kansas highway patrol trooper and his trainee after they pulled over a car on i-70 a truck sideswipes the patrol car and smashing its side mirror and spotlight. pieces go flying. the truck stopped after nearly swiping out those troopers. and now for a look at morning road conditions, no driving hazards for most of the country. some rain all along the west coast and in the east from virginia south through to florida. a bit of snow on the i-15 in the cascades and along the great lakes. if you're flying, airport delays possible in san francisco. well, oklahoma police still don't know what provoked a deadly road rage rampage.
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jeremy hardy is accused of firing shots at other motorists along a 60-mile stretch of i-40. >> yeah, two of them died. there were no other injuries. when cops pulled him over, they say hardy surrender ed without a fight but he was so drunk he couldn't be booked right away. an israeli supermodel won't be going to any exotic locales soon. the tax authorities said bar refaeli did not declare millions of dollars in expensive gifts she got for her work. she may have also lied about whether she is still a resident of israel. she is free on bail but can't leave the country. we're hearing for the first time from the hero deputy who saved the driver of a semi. we showed you this video yesterday. it's amazing. so, sergeant todd volk crossed traffic, jumped onto that moving truck you can see there like something out of "indiana jones." its driver was having a diabetic episode because of low blood sugar. volk got into the cab and stopped it.
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so, why did he do it? >> been asking myself that quite a bit and i've had quite a few other people asking me that but it was just spur of the moment, knew what we needed to do, felt comfortable doing it in my head so did it. >> comfortable. paramedics arrived at the scene shortly afterwards, shortly after volk's heroic action and says the driver is okay now. an nba player turned delivery room nurse when his fiancee unexpectedly went into labor. iman shumpert of the cleveland cavaliers helped deliver his daughter. his mom said it only two pushes to deliver iman tayla. shumpert jr. right into daddy's hands. he was actually on the phone with an emergency operator. he used a pair of headphones to tie the umbilical cord. everyone is fine this morning. impressive. who knew? extra use of headphones. huh? >> yeah. >> shumpert's most famous teammate lebron james apologizing for a scary incident during last nights cavs
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game. james crushed into a woman sitting courtside. she's the wife of star golfer jason day who posted a pregame picture online. >> afterward james tweeted, "ellie day, i hope you're doing okay. my apologies. i hope you guys come back to another game soon. love l.j." day was taken out of the arena on a stretcher to applause, quite a nice touch and brought to a hospital where it's believed she stayed overnight. james said she told him she was okay while she was being treated. >> just recently gave birth to a child not too long ago. so -- >> i do think -- first of all, it's horrifying to watch just the sheer size of him eclipsing her. there's something quite charming about the applause, right, as she leaves. best wishes to her. and for last night's other sports action we get our highlights from -- >> espn. >> i don't want to take this moment away from you. >> i love these guys at espn. >> he's stan. i'm neil. we're big at murphy's on merchant street. >> we got the rams and buccaneers. it's thursday night football.
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rams, some questions as to whether or not they'll stay in st. louis. could be moving out here to los angeles. todd gurley moving into the end zone, gurley a thousand yards on the season. just fought his way in there. joins eric dickerson and jerome bettis as the third round rookie running backs with a thousand yards in the rookie season. rams up 21-16, tavon austin on the end around. austin with a pair of touchdowns. ten on the season. done it all kinds of way. rams win it 31-23 over the bucs. this happened right across the street, and when did happened, the ground shook. we thought there was an earthquake. right there, kobe bryant, yeah, going up on a thursday. >> that's not -- >> it's not? >> no. >> that's not still going. >> let that one go. >> drake's moved on. >> james harden's beard was too
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much. the rockets won. all right. that's what you need to know at least from sports. >> that's all we're going to tell you. >> now back to you. >> i'm going to miss you guys. thank you. up next in "the pulse," the long wait is over, star fans -- "star wars" fans giving their first reaction to the movie. plus, hello and good-bye. adele quickly sells out. the outrageous cost for her tickets popping up online. ♪ i must have called a thousand times ♪ ♪ ♪ give extra. get extra. by day they must stay warm. challenges to the feet. but by night, beautiful, smoother
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>> we've heard from the stars, we've heard from the critics and we sent out our jedi producer to talk to the super fans who couldn't wait. >> i loved it. that was great. explosive, sad, scary. just on edge. i cried. >> it was amazing. j.j. abrams kicked some butt. >> i can't even really talk because it was that good. >> it was amazing. >> was it everything you hoped -- ? and more, action, nonstop. >> best movie i've ever seen. >> it was amazing. j.j. saved us. >> it was awesome. >> seriously, it lives up to the hype. >> i give it five lightsabers. >> i think technically there was a spoiler in there but i won't point out what it was. i think technically there was. if you missed it it's over. the moment passed. >> reaction to ticket sales on movieticket.com says nearly all of the advanced sales for this weekend, 93% were for "star wars," not surprised there. >> and if you want to say hello to adele during her north american concert tour, it's
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going to cost you. tickets went on sale thursday and they were gone in minutes. all 56 performances, nearly a million tickets. fans complained of technical glitches on ticketmaster.com. >> then sikhs started showing up on resale sites for as much as $48,000. you might have better luck if you created a profile ahead of time and used the ticketmaster app on your phone or used that phone to call ticket master. and maybe the most unique way we've seen so far to celebrate the holiday season, a german manufacturer programmed one of its drones with a flight plan and mounted l.e.d. lights >> on it. >> long exposure shots created this. santa and his reindeer, we also see presents being delivered to homes. >> and who needs a real tree when you can have one painted in the air and beautifully photographed. some of the images took as long as ten minutes to shoot. >> yeah. at last, some positive pr for drones. >> this is pretty good. >> yeah, look, that's pretty good. i think they've been in need of a little bit of a positive spin.
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abc7 news begins with breaking news. good morning. 4:28. the commute is off to a terrible start in san francisco. a truck has lost several barrels at this end of the bay bridge, the san francisco side. near the fremont street off-ramp. you are looking at scene. we want to get right to sue hall and talk of the impact. >> all lanes are shut down. this is a look at emeryville camera showing the eastern span. traffic is getting through. you cannot get all the way to the city because of the spill. all lanes are shut down before fremont street. harrison off ramp is shut down, as well. this is breaking news, all lanes on the san francisco side of the bay bridge are shut down right now with a sig-alert and the estimated time of opening? two hours. two hours.
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this is a shot of the lower right side of the screen you can see the traffic is stopped. c.h.p. and caltran son the scene with flares. not letting people get through that until it is cleaned up. major issue to start off here the friday morning. i would take bart. if you take the bay bridge. or the san mateo bridge. mike? >> thank you. the rain is not here yet and here it is on live doppler hd, to the north of ukiah. we are starting off quiet southbound 101. through 7:00, it will be dry. not so cool as it has been, low-to-mid 40s. by noon, rain is in the north bay starting to head through the industrial bay through 4:00. and 4:00 to 7:00, it will head into the south bay. it will be mild with temperatures in the mid-to-upper 50s. >> we will follow the break news on the bay bridge but happening
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today, south bay parents are pulling their kids out of class over a canceled tan -- trip to see santa after a parent complained that it excluded her child, who is jewish. matt keller has efforts to get the school to reverse the decision at the top of the hour. >> fremont man will be back in court next week for a bail hearing on charges that he was trying to join an overseas terrorist group. the details are from abc reporter in the newsroom. >> fell arguments arrested the 22-year-old preparing to board a plane to turkey where they thought he would cross the border interest syria. this is adam in an undated photo arrested in the summertime and now he has been indicted by a federal jury and charged with trying to provide information to a
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