making news in america this morning, the so-called middle class miracle. the republican tax plan revealed. >> we are giving them a big, beautiful christmas present in the form of a tremendous tax cut. >> major changes to deductions and tax credits affecting millions of americans. this morning who stands to benefit the most? developing overnight, attorney general jeff sessions is in the spotlight in the russia investigation. >> i have no knowledge of any such conversations. >> democrats demand to know if he misled congress about contacts between the trump campaign and russia. the new documents raising doubts. breaking news this morning, the hunt for a killer who opened fire at this starbucks. three people shot including a 12-year-old boy. caught on camera, distracted driving. what happened when police pulled over the wife of new jersey governor chris christie.

and president trump's twitter account deactivated. who twitter says is to blame for knocking the president offline. we do say good morning, everybody, on this friday, and we begin with the president who is embarking on a 12-day trip to asia today after getting the ball rolling, you might say, on his sweeping tax reform package. >> the $1.5 trillion plan promises to significantly cut taxes for businesses and the middle class and make it simple enough to file your taxes on a postcard, but the plan is getting immediate pushback from both sides of the aisle. abc's janai norman has the details. janai, good morning. >> reporter: diane and kendis, we are finally learning the details of that new tax plan and president trump is hoping republicans make a lot of headway while he's away as he's promising to sign that

by christmas. his first official trip to asia likely to be dominated by trade issues and tensions surrounding north korea's missile and nuclear weapons program telling fox news' laura ingraham -- >> we have one problem that's a very big problem called north korea. china has been helpful. we are talking trade with china. >> reporter: during the trip that includes stops in beijing, seoul and tokyo, president trump hopes republicans back home make strides on tax reform. >> i'll be back in 11 days. i know things will go well. >> this is the beginning of the end of this horrible tax code in america. it's an exciting day. >> reporter: the sweeping new tax bill cuts the number of tax brackets from seven to four, doubles the standard deduction for married couples bringing it to $24,000, and it offers big potential breaks for the rich like repealing the estate tax and a win for business by slashing corporate taxes from 35% to 20%, but american families could end up paying more with changes to popular tax breaks like getting rid of the student loan interest deduction, writing off medical expenses and cutting the mortgage interest

deduction in half. >> they're doing tax giveaways to the wealthy and the powerful and telling the middle class, take a hike. you're on your own, baby. >> reporter: and even though republicans promise to cut the deficit, this plan is estimated to cost roughly $1.5 trillion over the next decade and, diane and kendis, it's that price tag that even some republicans aren't sold on. >> and yet they're hoping to get it passed by christmas. janai norman for us this morning, thank you. well, the russia election meddling investigation this morning appears to be getting closer to the president's inner circle. >> yes, some new documents now have attorney jeff sessions in the spotlight. top democrats are demanding to know whether jeff sessions misled congress when he testified that he was not aware of anyone in the trump campaign ever communicating with the russian government. new questions are being raised after that guilty plea this week from former trump campaign adviser george papadopoulos. documents show during the campaign papadopoulos was trying to set up a meeting with people he believed were connected to

the russian government. this morning's "new york times" reports papadopoulos, quote, trumpeted his connections in front of mr. trump and mr. sessions. abc news has learned that then senator jeff sessions was leading this meeting of trump's national security team in march of 2016 when he rejected an offer from papadopoulos to seek a meeting with russian president vladimir putin. but as recently as last month, sessions again denied any contacts between the campaign and the russians. >> i have never met with or had any conversation with any russians or any foreign officials concerning any type of interference with any campaign or election in the united states. >> reporter: documents released by special counsel robert mueller claim even after sessions rejected him, papadopoulos continued to push campaign officials to meet with people papadopoulos believed were connected to the russian government. and despite the new questions being raised, a source familiar with the matter insists sessions was not aware that anyone in the campaign ever contacted russian officials.

and more fallout from the russia investigation. a former trump adviser has withdrawn his name from consideration for a top position at the agriculture department. sam clovis allegedly encouraged george papadopoulos to continue communicating with the russians. the president was already, though, under fire for naming clovis, who is a controversial figure. he was going to be named as chief scientist, but many say he lacks credentials on science. and this all comes as our new poll shows 49% of americans believe president trump likely broke the law during the presidential campaign. more than half approve of how robert mueller is handling the investigation. on the other side of the aisle, the former head of the democratic national committee claims hillary clinton staged a, quote, secret takeover of the dnc to rig the primary against bernie sanders. in her new book, donna brazile says the dnc was rigged in clinton's favor because clinton's campaign was largely financing the party early in the primary season. president trump is calling for a criminal investigation, and he spoke to fox news last night.

>> it's a major story. now, i don't know if the mainstream fake media, because they are fake and phony, but i just don't know if they're going to pick it up, but i want to tell you, that is a big story, what she's saying, it's illegal, number one, and it's really unfair to bernie sanders. i'm not a bernie sanders fan although i must say i got a lot of his votes when he was thrown out. many of those people voted for me because of trade. >> donna brazile says clinton's funding arrangement with the dnc was not illegal, but she does say it compromised the party's integritity. some breaking news from chicago where police say a gunman opened fire inside a starbucks killing one man and injuring two others including a 12-year-old boy. investigators say the man who was killed may have been involved in a drug deal with the suspect outside the coffee shop. it's unclear if the injured victims have any connection to the shooter. a security scare at the university of north carolina. a small device was detonated on the chapel hill campus. one person was injured during the explosion. the suspect, who police say is a former student, is now in custody.

witnesses say he could be heard saying hail satan. time now for a look at your weather on this friday morning. heavy snow is making travel treacherous on the highways of montana. crews responded to dozens of crashes and cars sliding off icy roads. up to two feet of snow is expected in some areas. and temperatures will be in the high 20s today in great falls, montana. portland and seattle will be in the 40s. expect 80-degree temperatures in texas. also unseasonably warm here in new york city as runners gather for this sunday's marathon. we're looking at 70 today. same goes for boston. 79 in d.c. well, still ahead right here, new video just in showing people with the iphone x already in their hands as the new phone hits stores. and chained to a bench and left overnight, a police department is answering some

questions this morning after forgetting that a woman was in a holding cell. plus, a student injured in the new york city terror attack speaks out. why he refused to miss the next day of school.

we're back with video of the all female police squad that's preparing to guard first lady melania trump and ivanka trump in tokyo. the specialized unit got to work yesterday when the president's daughter arrived in japan. the president arrives on sunday. more than 10,000 police officers will be on duty in tokyo. and a police officer in denver is suspended this morning after forgetting about a woman in a holding cell. >> i was looking in the camera. i was -- can anybody help me and then nobody. >> victoria ugalde was taken

into custody for an unpaid parking ticket. the desk officer admits he didn't notice she was in the cell. another officer then spotted her 13 hours later. >> wow. >> can anybody help me? >> when did you get here? >> i have pain in my lungs and i can't breathe. >> how long have you been here? >> since yesterday. >> the police department is reviewing policy changes. they say it's the third time this year that something like this has happened. new trouble for disgraced hollywood mogul harvey weinstein. "the new york times" reports prosecutors have opened a criminal investigation into $600,000 that he raised for an aids charity and whether any fraud occurred when the money was spent at a theater where a weinstein musical was being staged. his spokesperson did not comment on this latest allegation. in the meantime, at least eight more people have accused oscar winner kevin spacey of misconduct including a former production assistant on his

netflix show "house of cards" who told cnn that spacey sexually assaulted him. as retailers prepare for the holidays, the mall of america says it will not be opening on thanksgiving. this is part of a growing movement against stores opening on a holiday and the mall is going a step further making black friday a holiday so employees get overtime pay. black friday is three weeks away but the deals are already starting. amazon is pushing discounts on toys, appliances and electronics and ebay is promising daily deals every five minutes through next thursday. around the world people are starting to use their new iphones. the first customers got their hands on the iphone x in australia this morning. apple expects sales of the new phone to fuel its most profitable quarter ever. ceo tim cook says they're ramping up production on a weekly basis to try to meet the demand. and when we come back, the company giving more vacation to nonsmokers. also ahead, see what happened when new jersey governor chris christie's wife got pulled over.

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dozens of people gathered in new york to honor those killed and injured in tuesday's terror attack in new york. they marched on the bike path where the attack started and then ended that march a mile away. >> in fact, concrete barriers are going up along that path to try to protect bikers. they will be installed in 57 locates along the path. isis released a statement calling the attack suspect a soldier of the caliphate. >> and in the meantime, for the first time we're hearing the remarkable story of a teenager who actually survived the attack. he's speaking publicly about his terrifying ordeal. >> oh, my god. >> reporter: 17-year-old noah salz was sitting right there on that school bus on his way home when he came face-to-face with the terrorist. >> and i heard a loud crash. >> reporter: the home depot

truck allegedly used by the 29-year-old suspect crashed into noah's school bus bringing the terror attack to an end in lower manhattan. the teenager remembering every detail that followed. >> i started to cry, and then i said, i want to just get out of here quickly as i can, then i sat there for a minute and heard a gunshot. >> my phone rings, and i see that it's noah. >> reporter: noah's home getting the terrifying phone call from her son. >> and noah said in a very shaky, scared voice, mommy, you have to come and pick me up from this place. >> reporter: when he finally got transported to the hospital, his dad watching on live tv where he saw noah on that stretcher. >> was able to call noah and i spoke to him briefly, and then i saw him on a stretcher on channel 7. so, that was a real odd moment. it lasted long enough. he was on a stretcher. he seemed okay. >> reporter: he was so okay, in fact, he decided to go to school the very next day. >> because i wanted to go

because i wasn't hurt and i wasn't injured. >> you could have gotten away with it. >> yeah. >> yeah, but noah was determined to go to school the day after the attack because he wants to have that perfect attendance record at the end of the school year. two women are on the run after the brutal killing of a manager at an auto parts store in detroit. police say one of those women shot the vietnam veteran james haller after he caught them trying to rob the store. a reward of more than $12,000 is now being offered in the case. two people survived this plane crash landing in a pond on a las vegas golf course. the plane was making its final approach to the north las vegas airport when the pilot reported engine failure. well, video has surfaced showing the first lady of new jersey caught up in a crackdown that was actually started by her husband. dash cam video shows mary pat christie when she was pulled over for holding her phone had her hand while driving. the stop was part of a

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that came up. so here's twitter's explanation. through our investigation we have learned that this was done by a twitter customer support employee who did this on the employee's last day. we are conducting a full internal review. >> who knew. shut off someone's twitter account. >> on his last day. and a japanese company is offering a pretty sweet perk to employees who don't smoke. six extra days of vacation. >> so the idea came up after some employees complained that while they're hard at work, their colleagues who smoke are stepping outside for a cigarette break all day long. so far the company says it's a win/win situation. >> hey, maybe the idea will catch on across japan where nearly 40% of men in their 30s apparently smoke. >> okay. >> there you go. >> that's a lot of people taking some cigarette breaks. and, of course, you know, this is the season to enjoy the beautiful fall foliage and some people are actually getting a chance to feast their eyes on the breathtaking vistas for the first time. >> a lookout point in the smoke

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and the rain is here. you're looking live at the golden gate bridge where the road is certainly wet this morning. scattered showers will make the morning commute a bit after challenging one. hello on this friday, november 3. thanks for being here with us. >> jessica off today. alexis on maternity leave. suee hall tracking the wet road this morning. and, mike nicco, you told us this was coming. >> nothing about almost anymore. it's rain and friday. here we go. please slow down. let me show that. there are a few areas of yellow. we may have rain in the east bay hills between fremont and hayward. we have two storms coming at us, one from the south will bring us the rain during the morning commute and one to the north

will bring us rain during the evening and overnight hours. so as you look it's going to be cloudy and cool all day today with scattered light rain this morning, some sprinkles this afternoon, and then a steadier rain. here is sue. brought in all the lawn pillows, the lawn furniture pillows. we have really good conditions out there. just a little bit of slow traffic for you early morning commuters. we had an overturn on the waldo grade. it's now out of lanes. be aware of your speeds. southbound near rodeo. it's not blocking and no delays here. if you're heading out of town eastbound 80 an accident w tell you about in a bit. neighborhoods are making sure they're ready for the rainy season. >> amy hollyfield is in kentfield this morning. >> reporter: good morning.

no rain right now here but you can tell that it has rained here. it is wet. the pavement shows evidence that rain has hit here. we also experienced some while driving in berkeley on highway 24. it was coming down pretty good, a pretty good downpour but very short-lived. as soon as we got to emeryville, it was over. it is going to be scattered and random pockets. just know that it could hit you in little places and then be over with. then again on the san rafael bridge we did experience a few drops but nothing torrential. we got here safely. we're here in the north bay, so stay with us as we continue to track the storm. reporting live, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. amy, thank you. you can track the storm with the abc 7 accuweather app. search accuweather in your app store to download and install

it. crews are making progress on reducing flooding risk along coyote creek. workers are building a five-foot tall flood barrier and three-foot tall wall. thousands had to be evacuated from their homes in february when run-off from the reservoir overflowed. the aim is it finish this project by the end of december. happening now the potential for wet weather not stopping people from lining up outside of apple stores to get their hands on the new iphone x. >> we expect this had but it's even more than i thought. university avenue and palo alto more than 100 people in line. are those christmas lights? >> they're fairy lights, all-year round lights. >> oh, fairy lights. the first person has been there for two days. some apple fans tell us they do