making news in america this thursday morning, breaking overnight, violent protests at the university of california. people getting pepper sprayed. atms smashed with hammers. the campus on lockdown. the outburst coming as a conservative commentator was set to speak. president trump is in a new feud, this time with the prime minister of australia. we have some details on the reportedly heated phone call and the warning for iran over missile tests. a hostage situation at a u.s. prison. guards there still being held nearly 24 hours later. a violent car crash sends a girl flying from the vehicle all caught on camera. now investigators are searching for the driver.

a good thursday morning to you all. what started as a peaceful protest on the uc berkeley campus last night ended in violence. >> first about 1500 people were marching against a scheduled speech by a controversial conservative speaker. you see there, and then police say a group of about 150 broke off, most of them wearing masks, these are some of the results. bombs or smoke bombs were thrown. fires started in the streets there. one woman in a trump hat pepper sprayed. >> some of those people also spilled out onto the city streets. these two were caught on camera smashing an atm. abc's alex stone has more on how that protest unfolded. >> reporter: the protests in berkeley started long before breitbart editor milo yiannopoulos was even scheduled to speak. in the late afternoon four hours before his speech, both his supporters and opponents began rallying on campus, and it didn't take long for the opposition protests to turn violent. fires were set on campus and

fireworks were lit off. police called in help from other bay area police departments as windows were being broken and officers were being pelted with rocks and flaming objects. >> we're very happy that mr. yiannopoulos was run off this campus by the community for equality here. we will not tolerate racism or sexism or hate crimes and violence. he is a fascist and berkeley did not welcome him. >> reporter: for hours police tried to control the crowd, officers wearing gas masks and holding tear gas launchers warned protesters to leave, but they refused to go. yiannopoulos' speech was canceled. a similar event was also canceled at u.c. davis near sacramento. some of the protesters claiming yiannopoulos' rhetoric is hateful. yiannopoulos called in to fox news as the protests were happening. >> violent left wing protesters stormed the building and forced me to be evacuate by police and by my security detail this evening preventing me from giving the last speech in my talk which was supposed to be here exactly about this problem. >> reporter: yiannopoulos also took to facebook writing, quote,

the left is absolutely terrified of free speech. alex stone, abc news, los angeles. >> and we're going to have the latest on that a little later on on "good morning america." we want to get to the other major story we're following this morning. the trump administration's strong and in some cases heated exchanges on the international stage. >> a pair of overnight tweets from the president were aimed, one at australia, the other at iran. the tweets came a few hours after rex tillerson was sworn in as the new secretary of state. he now enters his first full day in office with plenty to deal with. abc's elizabeth hur is here in new york this morning. good morning, elizabeth. >> reporter: diane and kendis, good morning to you. we'll start here with president trump's latest tweet about australia, which forced the australian prime minister to talk about what he calls a private conversation he had with president trump, so is there trouble between the two nations? depends on who you ask. this morning, top u.s. ally australia criticized by president trump on twitter over a deal to resettle some refugees in the u.s. the president saying in a late

night tweet, do you believe it? the obama administration agreed to take thousands of illegal immigrants from australia. why? i will study this dumb deal. but the australian prime minister telling a different story. >> the president assured me that he would continue with -- honor the agreement. >> reporter: according to "the washington post," the president slammed the australian prime minister during a weekend phone call over a deal struck by the obama administration. "the post" also reporting that the president accused australia of trying to export, quote, the next boston bombers to the u.s. abc news has not independently confirmed details of the call. the australian prime minister will only say the call ended courteously but beyond that no comment. >> it's better that these things, these conversations are conducted candidly, frankly,

privately. >> reporter: this just hours after the white house issued a stern warning to iran. >> as of today we are officially putting iran on notice. >> reporter: the warning in response to iran testing another ballistic missile and other recent provocative actions on u.s. warships. and the president is also talking about iran tweeting this overnight, iran is rapidly taking over more and more of iraq even after the u.s. has squandered $3 trillion there. kendis and diane. >> and no response so far from tehran. elizabeth, thank you. meanwhile, the president and daughter ivanka trump traveled to delaware to honor the navy s.e.a.l. killed in sunday's raid in yemen. ryan owens was 36. he's the first known casualty since trump took office. new overnight homeland security secretary john kelly has revealed a timetable for that border wall with mexico. >> general kelly joined texas governor greg abbott for a tour of the texas/mexico border. kelly tells fox news he wants the wall finished within two years.

he said it'll be built where it's needed first and then filled in. and also abc news has obtained a controversial draft executive order that is circulating apparently inside the white house there. it outlines a potential weakening of protections designed to shield lgbt individuals from discrimination. the draft began circulating tuesday hours after president trump committed to leaving obama era workplace protections for the lgbt community in place. it's not clear if this particular order is going to move forward, and officials say it is among hundreds of orders that are circulating. not all reflect the administration's thinking. on capitol hill, president trump's pick to lead the education department, betsy devos, could be the administration's first confirmation casualty. two republican senators now say they will not support devos because of her lack of experience, particularly in public education. and overnight jim mattis has landed overseas for his first mission as secretary of defense. the retired general arrived in south korea where he'll speak to leaders about defense systems

aimed at threats from north korea. tomorrow mattis heads to japan. negotiations are under way to end a day long hostage crisis at a maximum security prison in delaware. it started when inmates took four employees hostage triggering a statewide prison lockdown. now, two of the hostages have been released. two are still being held. the inmates say they're upset about the lack of education and rehab opportunities. there are renewed clashes over the dakota access pipeline. police arrested 76 protesters yesterday after they refused to leave a camp set on private land. the north dakota lawmakers said work will continue on the pipeline following an executive order from president trump. but protesters say the pipeline poses an environmental threat to sacred native american grounds. well, former president george h.w. bush will have a role in sunday's super bowl in houston. mr. bush and his wife, former first lady, of course, barbara, have accepted an invitation to take part in the coin toss. the houston residents were recently discharged from the hospital there. mr. bush was treated for

pneumonia. mrs. bush was suffering from bronchitis. and a contentious political climate in the u.s. appears to be causing some rifts overseas. >> british politician and brexit leader nigel farage was speaking in brussels in support of president trump's travel ban. that's when a member of the european parliament held up a sign saying, he's lying to you. very unusual to see that sort of scene there. well, still ahead, the skinny on the swine shortage. wait. we're running low on bacon? >> we need to find out more about this. >> we're going to protest that. also a new era of identity theft. why those new credit cards with the fancy chips in them, well, they might not do very much when it comes to fighting fraud. we'll tell you why. plus, a filmmaker suddenly vanishes while shooting a shark documentary. details behind his disappearance

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filmmaker who's missing following a dive off the florida keys. >> fears are now growing for rob stewart. the experienced diver was filming a shark documentary on tuesday afternoon when he just disappeared. he's the filmmaker who fiercely defends the ocean's top predator. 37-year-old rob stewart seen here in a trailer for his award winning movie "sharkwater." >> i embarked on a journey that would change my life. >> reporter: but now the coast guard is desperately searching for stewart after his sudden disappearance tuesday afternoon right as he was working on his sequel, "sharkwater extinction." this photo captures him on his boat the day before he disappeared. stewart and four others were diving off the coast of islamorada in the florida keys when at the end of their dive, he came to the surface and signaled he was fine. but as the boat turned around, he vanished. >> i just grabbed a mask and a pair of fins and jumped in the water and started swimming in circles to see if i could find him. >> reporter: his parents are heartbroken and now trying not to lose hope. >> if god cares, he's going to

bring him back to me. >> now, attacks are very rare in the florida keys, but just this spring a great white was spotted in that same area where stewart was diving. we'll have more on this story on "gma." the widow of the pulse nightclub killer will remain in federal custody. a judge ordering a psychiatric evaluation of noor salman before deciding whether she can be set free. prosecutors say salman knew her husband was watching isis videos leading up to the attack that left 49 people dead and 53 others injured. her lawyers insist she had no advance knowledge of the shooting. this new video some might find hard to watch. a man allegedly fleeing from a georgia state trooper crashing into this gas station, a little girl in the car tossed out the window. watch again. you'll see right there, she was not wearing a seat belt but is expected to be okay. that driver got away and is still on the run. engine trouble forced a jumbo jet to make an emergency landing in one of the most remote areas of canada. passengers on this swissair flight left zurich thinking they were headed for l.a. but landed instead at this airport near

greenland. a little bit different than the sunny weather in l.a. a malfunction forced an engine to shut down midflight. passengers say they were forced to wait on the tarmac for more than 12 hours. a rescue plane was then sent from new york overnight to pick up those passengers. >> by the way, it was minus 22 degrees where they landed in greenland. amazing. >> hopefully they packed a just in case winter coat. >> hopefully. and a very different type of landing for rapper travis scott results in a concert refund. scott tumbled into a hole on stage in london last night during a drake and young thug "boy meets world" tour. scott did manage to continue, but the fall was enough for drake to tell the crowd crowd that he was going to do the show for free. everyone in the crowd of 20,000 got their money back. how about that? >> hope he's okay. okay, time for sports. steph curry back in action last night after missing a game with an illness. >> his return went pretty well. highlights now from our friends at espn. >> good morning, america. john buccigross, john anderson. steph curry plays for the warriors. dad is a broadcaster for the

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know more. now at 4:30, cleaning up the damage from violent protests in berkeley against right wing provocateur milo yiannopoulos. also the break of sunshine is officially over. live doppler 7 showing us the light rain that's falling in the bay area right now. >> good morning, i'm reggie aqui. >> i'm natasha zouves. we will have more on the berkeley protest in just a minute. first we want to get you updated with breaking news, what's going on with the roads and the weather. good morning. let me show you live doppler 7. the heaviest rain is around santa rosa with lighter pockets developing across our neighborhoods. here's a look at what's going on. you can see steady rain this morning becoming showers by noon, 4:00 and 7:00 with temperatures in the upper 50s to low 60s. right now, we're in the 40s and

50s. let's find out about the commute, alexis. we've got a serious situation in novato. the atherton onramp to southbound 101 fully closed for this fatality investigation. let's take you to the scene now. this is video from about 20 minutes ago. so this is a hit and run situation. we did talk to chp there on the scene. they're saying they should have this wrapped up in about 30 to 40 minutes so we will keep you updated on this but again this is a fatal investigation right around 101 and novato area. back to berkeley where protests got so heated and vienlts, images have gone around the world. >> the president is responding this morning. we start, though, with abc7 news reporter amy hollyfield live in berkeley. >> reporter: hi, good morning, natasha. this morning's all about clean-up. look at the wells fargo here

owing you that the damage extended beyond campus. they've got graffiti here, damaged atms, also have crews patching up windows that were broken here at this building. also sweeping up. a lot of work to do here. they've been hard at work all morning here. here's what it looked like on campus, some angry demonstrators set fire to a generator. this was outside the student union building. police say there were about 1500 people who turned out last night to protest milo yiannopoulos coming to campus. as protesters calling him racist and sexist. >> we'd like to engage in a reasonable debate, that's one thing but that's not his aim. never has been. he's here to make money off of spewing hate. >> reporter: yiannopoulos's speech was canceled because of the protests. he was safely escorted off campus. the breitbart editor responded by saying the left cannot tolerate free speech. police say one person was