making news in america this morning -- breaking overnight. a tourist helicopter crashing in new york's east river. >> oh. >> new video from the scene. how the pilot was able to escape. and did a safety feature prevent the passengers from getting out? the battle over gun control. the white house announcing new measures in the wake of the parkland school shooting. what do the proposals include? and where does it stop short? if he did it. >> i remember i grabbed the knife. i -- do remember that portion. >> a new interview are o.j. simpson hypothetically discussing how he would have committed the murders of nicole brown simpson and ron goldman. is the mission to mars closer than we thought.

what was this basketball team watching? forget the workout in morning. the surprising number of calories you burn just by taking a bath. and we do say good morning. we start with that breaking news here in new yo.rk deadly helicopter crash six people on board. we learned moments ago, five with dead. >> right now, ntsb investigators are racing to the scene. they'll try to figure out what caused the chopper to go down in the east river. only the pilot survived. >> the charter helicopter was being used for a photo shoot at the time. it went into the river moments after the pilot sent a may day call reporting engine trouble. the tragic scene captured on video by shocked witnesses. some of whom watched it from their homes. this morning, dramatic images showing a helicopter crashing into new york's east river. >> i saw it here. >> reporter: you hear the horror and shock. family having dinner.

witnessing a tragedy from the window of their apartment. >> call 911. >> reporter: those are the voice is of arena and her family. >> we noticed a red helicopter going full speed towards the water. it almost looked very surreal. and -- next thing we know, it's approaching the the water. slowly. and then it just completely crashed and then sunk. >> reporter: the report blades piercing the water. spark flying. the chopper then turning upside down. >> we heard something. >> really big crash. >> we looked that the water. there was something floating on it. >> reporter: too early to tell what went wrong. the pilot called for help seconds before crashing. saying there was engine failure. >> mayday, mayday, mayday. >> are you okay? >> engine failure. >> you came in a little broken. say it one more time. >> he had an engine failure over the east river. lima hotel. >> reporter: rescuered

frantically got to the scene. the passengers were trapped in 50 feet of water as the harness they were wearing made it difficult to free themselves. >> the five people besides the pilot. >> reporter: all tightly harnessed. they had to be cut and removed to get the folks off the helicopter, which was upside down at the time. >> reporter: now the chopper was owned by liberty helicopters. faa records show this is the third crash for that company the in little more than a decade. one in 2009 left nine people dead when a helicopter collided with a small plane. the chopper was flying then too lo low. the white house has unveiled a plan to recent school shootings. it includes what appears to be backpedalling on the minimunl age. >> reporter: president trump suggesting he would support measure that would put him at odds with his own party and the

nra. some of those measures, requiring universal background checks and raising the age to buy firearms are nowhere to be found. at a meeting with lawmakers after the mass shooting in florida last month, president trump making bold statements on gun legislation. >> they're allowed to buy them at 18. so how does that make sense? how does that make sense? so, i say that, it should all be at 21. >> reporter: but this morning, the white house is backing off those plans to raise the minimum age to buy assault weapons. have the what about raising the the age? >> for certain fire arms. again, there's going to be recommendations to states. a task force. that will be a component of it. raising the the age. >> reporter: that component, to create a new federal commission on school safety to examine the issue of raising the the age. to be chaired by education secretary betsy devos. it will also talk about improving back yound checks.

expanding mental health programs, and work states to provide fire arms training to selected school personnel. pennsylvania senator bob casey tweeting, the administration's plan is weak on security and an insult to the victims of gun violence. other gun control advocates, like the brady campaign, lashing out. saying it doesn't include universal back yound checks with 97% of the american public spofrts. and the measures show a profound lack of leadership. marci? kendis? >> linda, thank you. the trump administration says there are three promises north korea must keep before any potential meeting between the president and kim jong-un. >> no missile testing. no nuclear testing. and north korea cannot publicly object to u.s. military exercises with south korean forces. the dmz, located between north and south kree yarks is the most likely location for the meeting

nop date has been set. overnight, russia's military released this video showing what it says is the launch of a missile that vladimir putin calls an adeal weapon. it's dropped from a fighter jet before firing its own rocket. the russians say it can travel at ten times the the speed of sound. turning to more severe winter weather heading straight for the east coast. the latest radar images show a cluster of severe storms moving across the southeast. capped bay thick band of snowstorms. but those storms are set to organize into the east coast's third nor'easter in less than three weeks. here's a closer look at your weather for this monday morning. ♪ good morning. we're bracing for yet another snowstorm. beginning for today with the mix pushing along the or not east as well as the mid-atlantic region. the high pressure begins to pull toward the north. monday night into tuesday night,

lit open the door for this low pressure system, get stronger. bring with it difficulty travel. blizzard for eastern new england as well as minor coastal flooding all a part of this low as it gets closer toward the east coast. i'm accuweather meteorologist paul williams. ♪ well, still ahead, tim mcgraw collapses on stage. what we're learning about the singer's health this morning. also ahead, another failure at a fertility clinic, possibly putting eggs and embryos at risk. what is being done to prevent it from happening again. also, a hit and run driver tries to get away before

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after a series of small explosions, the 28-story capital plaza tower was demolished in less than ten seconds. it used to be the tallest building in the capital of kentucky, frankfort. it's making way for a new office building and parking garage. the building opened in 1972. another fertility clinic is reporting a storage tank failure that may have compromised thousands of eggs and embryos. officials with the pacific fertility clinic in san francisco spent the weekend letting people know about the malfunction. the san francisco clinic is adding a third alarm system for each tank to prevent another failure. >> we're not saying this tissue is lost. yes, it may be affected. we have to acknowledge that. but, um, our hopes are that it will be a minimal impact. >> the storage failures are being reviewed at both clinics.

patients at the cleveland facility are planning to take legal action. about 2,000 eggs and embryos may have been damaged. some had been in storage since the 1980s. human remains have been found in the backyard of a florida man's missing for three years. police discovered in february that michael shaver was missing after a friend requested a wellness check. an arm bone and other remains, as well as clothing were found buried in the backyard. at one point, police say, shaver's wife was cooperating with the investigation. she's now a person of interest. her attorney says she has no involvement in her husband's disappearance. america's mission to mars may soon be taking its first steps as early as next year. spacex founder and ceo elon musk spoke at the south by southwest conference in austin over the weekend. saying his mars spaceships will be ready to take short test

flights next year. as for actually going to mars -- nasa predicts that could happen as early as 2033. just 15 years from now. "black panther" is officially a billion-dollar film. it's the fifth marvel block buster to cross that mark worldwide. it led the u.s. box office for the fourth week in a row, raking in more than $41 million, finishing well ahead of "a wrinkle in time." when we come back, the new interview with o.j. simpson describing if he did it. also ahead, a bumbling bandit, trying to steal a gumball machine. the bizarre theft caught on camera. and roaring back. see tiger woods' best performance in five years. the old saying, "good things come to those who wait," is just that. old. those good things?

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to stop him. one even used a hammer to knock out the suv's windows. police arrived at the scene. took the driver into custody. no one was injured during this incident. after more than a decade, a controversial interview with o.j. simpson aired. >> simpson details what happened on the the night his ex-wife, nicole brown, and ron goldman, were murdered. it sounds like a confession. but simpson claims his account is hypothetical. the question still being asked nearly 25 years later. did o.j. simpson commit murder? >> i know the facts better than anyone. >> reporter: in the bizarre never before seen interview, one of the most infamous ex-cons of our generation speaks about the 1994 murders of former wife nicole brown and ron goldman as if he were there. >> why don't you tell me what might have happened on the night of june 12, 1994? >> it's very difficult for me because it's hypothetical.

>> reporter: the 2006 interview part of a two-hour special on fox called "o.j. simpson, the lost confession." speaking candidly about his book, "if i did it" a fictionalized account. >> in the hypothetical, i put on a cap and gloves. >> reporter: simpson says for the first time he was accompanied by a friend named charlie, in his hypothetical retelling. >> i always kept a knife in the car for the crazies and stuff. because you can't travel with a gun. i remember i grabbed the the knife. i do remember that portion. taking the knife from charlie. and to be honest, after that, i don't remember. >> you write about removing a glove before taking the knife from charlie. >> uh -- you know, i had no conscious memory of doing that. but obviously h, i must have, because they found a glove there. >> the interview, as you can imagine, got a lot of attention on social media overnight. much of it negative. the executive producer of the special says the victims' families were okay with the

interview being aired. country music star tim mcgraw has suffered a health scare on stage. it happened in dublin, ireland. he was performing "humble and kind" when he dropped to his knees and was rushed offstage. his wife told the crowd he had been superdehydrated. she made the decision for him not to return to the stage. a spokesperson says mcgraw will be fine. a major fail by a crook in northern california. this gumball thief has been dubbed sacramento's dumbest criminal. here's why. he broke into an animal shelter. managed to get himself trapped. broke the gumball machine, ignored, mind you, a donation box filled with cash. and then was frightened by dozens of dogs. he's still on the loose. gumball and all. all right, in sports, the march madness matchups are set. >> at least one team is pretty excited. take a look.

they're saying orange you glad we get to play again. the reaction from the syracuse orangemen. when they were picked to play arizona state. their game is part of what's called the first four matchups. it will be played wednesday night in dayton, ohio. they're in the house. they get to dance. a little bit. >> you can feel the excitement. tiger woods was also causing excitement over the weekend. >> we get the highlights now from espn. good morning, america. i'm scott van pelt. sunday, a busy day in sports. everyone was looking forward to the bracket being revealed for the ncaa tournament. butament that people were most intrigued by prior to that was the valspar championship outside of tampa. tiger woods looking for his first win in nearly five years. been through so much off the course. he's down by two. this is the 17th hole. a lengthy birdie putt. this is never anywhere but the middle. does it have enough? yes! crowd's going nuts. social media going crazy.

now he needs a birdie on the 18th to tie. paul casey, who had a great day and got to 10 under. uphill putt. got to give it a rap. it's running out of gas. no. still, tiger, thrilled everyone there. with his best performance in years, finishes a runner up to paul casey, who has his second pga tour win. lebron and cavaliers out on los angeles. got knock off by the clippers. and got knocked off by the lakers, despite this great pass from lebron. ball past kyle korver. to zizic. back door. james had 24, 10, 7. isaiah thomas. not like it's a huge revenge game. he only was with the cavaliers a short time. the marriage didn't work out well. thomas has 20 off the bench had to sit well with him and magic. as the lakers get a 14-point victory. that'll do it from here at "sportscenter." enjoy your monday. we'll see you soon.

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good morning. thanks for joining us. i'm matt keller. reggie is off. i'm natasha. you're never more than seven minutes away from your accuweather forecast. i want to start with you, alexis. we have probable lemts. >> we have a full closure of 880 in both directions in oakland. this is due to downed power lines. not sure how it happened, if it was a collision that caused it. pg&e is on the scene. we're seeing delays in both directions northbound and southbound. you can stick to international or 580 wide open right now. vbt gotten the all clear. an update in a few. right now, let's check in with meteorologist mike nicco and

you've got fog out there again. >> yes, we do. it's thickest along the coast. visibility a couple hundred miles along the coast shall the golden gate into novato. there is fog around the bay shore. right now, it's not hitting any of our reporting stations. let's take a look aught our temperatures. a lot of low to mid-50s until you get to livermore and also up towards santa rosa and cloverdale and half moon bay in the upper 40s. storm impact scale starting today and through the week. i'll show that you coming up. a tribute is growing for three women whose lives were cut short as bullets flew inside of a veterans facility friday. the memorial will take place one week from today. >> jennifer was a therapist. her family is devastated. she leaves behind a husband and 7-year-old daughter.

jennifer gonzalez was nearly 7 months pregnant at the time. her husband says she will always be remembered for her unconditional love and incredibly giving heart. she and her two colleagues died doing the work they were passionate about. >> she dedicated her life to dedicating veterans heal. she arrived friday to visit loper for the weekend. >> what was supposed to be a fun girls weekend never materialized for turner and her friend christine. >> surreal. crushing. but just take it hour by hour. >> she was visiting from the east coast to hang out with christine but was left waiting outside her apartment for hours on friday. >> she was supposed to be there. she was supposed to have the day off. she wasn't there. >> later she realized she was one of three women killed in the hostage standoff where she served as executive director of

the program aimed to help veterans with ptsd. >> she was always looking for new ways to help them cope with what they were dealing with. even though this job is exhausting and difficult, she didn't want to give up on it. >> those who knew the women say they were dedicated to their profession as the community prepares to honor the victims at a memorial on march 19th, many continue to pay the respect outside the pathway home, including other treatment providers. >> it's just difficult to see that some of my fellow people in the industry that just put their heart and soul and passion into helping change a life can be struck down in the service of that. >> for maura, she will remember her college roommate as a caring selfless person. >> she just brought joy to every room she walked into. >> with the mission to help our country's veterans. in i don't thinkville, abc 7 news. if you'd like