america this morning. making news in america this morning, mystery client revealed. fox news host sean hannity named as michael cohen's third client. this morning, hannity speaking out. >> let me set the record straight. here's the truth. >> explaining his relationship with the president's attorney as a decision is made about the files seized during the raid of cohen's office. breaking overnight word president trump has intervened to stop economic punishments on russia for the syria chemical attack even though his u.n. ambassador already announced them. the conflicting messages from the white house and this morning, the new alert about russian hackers trying to spy on americans using internet routers. campus killing. a student taken into custody after the gruesome stabbing of a freshman inside a college dorm in central new york. the second student murdered

there in five weeks. what police are saying this morning. those stories, plus the lung cancer treatment doctors are calling a big deal. >> the outrage after hundreds are strand add broad because their airline told them to find their own way home. we hear from the marathon hero who waited for her competitor to use the bathroom and still won the race. we do say good morning. we start with the new pushback from sean hannity >> lawyers for the president's personal attorney reveal that hannity was also a client of michael cohen. this as they battled in federal court to review records seized during an fbi raid but hannity wrapped up his show with a flat denial saying cohen has never represented him. >> abc's arlette saenz joins us now with more on the dramatic developments in court which included an appearance by stormy daniels.

good morning. >> reporter: kendis and diane, good morning. just last week, sean hannity was blasting those fbi raids on michael cohen. in court yesterday there were audible gasps when it was revealed hannity was cohen's mystery client. fox news an shore sean hannity at the center of a surprise twist in the legal fight involving president trump's personal lawyer michael cohen. >> there's been all kinds of wild speculation from the mainstream media today about me and president trump's personal attorney, michael cohen. >> reporter: in a new york federal courthouse a judge forced cohen's lawyers to reveal the nail of his anonymous client. on fox news, hannity explained his relationship with cohen. >> michael cohen never represented me in any legal matter. i did have occasional brief conversations with michael cohen. my questions exclusively almost always focused on real estate. >> reporter: he's one of three on his client list, the two others president trump and former republican fund-raiser

elliott broidy. he was the target of an fbi raid that seized documents including some related to his $130,000 payment to stormy daniels days before the 2016 election. cohen's attorney called the raids unprecedented arguing against having a separate team of prosecutors go through materials to decide what's privileged and what can be examined by investigators. but a judge rejected that request. daniels attended monday a hearing as a spectator. my attorney and i are committed to making sure that everyone finds out the truth and the facts of what happened. >> reporter: prosecutors will now put those seized documents in a searchable database but they won't review any of the material. that database will be shared with attorneys for the president and mr. cohen and the parties will return to court in a few weeks. diane and kendis. >> all right, that's arlette saenz for us live from d.c., thanks. president trump is reportedly blocking a new set of sanctions against russia. those economic punishments were

supposed to be imposed monday. but then the president apparently intervened. mixed messages from the trump administration about how to punish russia for supporting syria's use of chemical weapons. >> you will see that russian sanctions will be coming down. secretary mnuchin will announce those monday. >> reporter: just one day after nikki haley's announcement sarah sanders would only say the white house is considering additional sanctions. "the washington post" reports president trump himself has decided to hold off because the president was not yet comfortable with imposing sanctions on russia. the decision comes as chemical weapons investigators say they're being denied access to the attack site by syrian authorities. the attack outside damascus was used to justify a u.s.-led air strike which russia calls a violation of international law. for the first time this morning we're hearing from survivors of that attack. he says there was a strong chlorine smell and yellow dust

covered the entire area and this morning an urgent new warning about russian hackers. the fbi and homeland security say state sponsored russian hackers are targeting millions of american companies, small businesses, even homes. they're accused of secretly launching a campaign to use internet routers to commit espionage, steal business and design secrets and potentially launch future attack. >> these devices make ideal targets. this is a global threat. the simple way to think about it is once you own the router, you own the traffic that's traversing the router. >> so what should you do to make sure your router is not hacked? well, experts say do not use the default password and businesses should avoid using the same password for multiple routers. >> and we're learning more about the controversial spending habits by the head of the epa scott pruitt. the government accountability office says the epa broke the law when it spent $43,000 on a secure telephone booth for pruitt. $5,000 is the limit for

redecorating expenses though the epa argues pruitt needs the booth for privacy. an internal watchdog found his chief of staff approved controversial raises for two of pruitt's longtime aides. one of those raises was nearly $57,000. that's until that decision was reversed. and senator john mccain is said to be in stable condition this morning. he's at a hospital in arizona after undergoing surgery for an intestinal infection. the 81-year-old has also been in physical therapy after his treatment for brain cancer. and former first lady barbara bush is said to be in good spirits after the bush family announced she was in failing health and no longer seeking medical care. her granddaughter jenna calls her a fighter and his husband remains by her side at their home in houston. after a wake of teacher strike, teachers in arizona are planning to vote as early as today on whether to walk off the job. they say the governor's plan for

a 20% pay increase over the next two years is not enough. and in colorado, hundreds of teachers rallied at the state capitol demanding better pay and school funding. they protested as lawmakers were about to debate cuts to retirement benefits. well, time now for a look at your weather for this tuesday morning. good morning, plus terry conditions for the northeast, a mixture of rain, snow, showers throughout the northeast. but throughout the midwest along i life 90 particularly where i-29 and 35 cross we're watching out for 6 to 12 inches of snow. snow also expected in the northwest with unsettled weather and chilly conditions but in the southwest high fire danger with wind gusts up to 40 to 60-mile-per-hour winds and high temperatures and that dry pattern spreads all the way from texas right into oklahoma with strong winds making the fire danger even worse. i'm accuweather meteorologist paul williams. coming up the major cell

phone carrier accused of covering up poor service with fake ring tones. >> also ahead, the killing on campus. a university copes with the second student murder in just five weeks. new details on the dorm room stabbing. later the effects

we're back with amazing dash cam video. that circle you see at the top of the screen is a small plane making a crash landing on the road near a fast food restaurant in colorado springs. the plane eventually crashed near the side of a bridge clipping a guardrail on the way. three people were on board that plane. one was injured but is now recovering. those two black men arrested at a philadelphia starbucks have agreed to meet with the company's ceo. a store manager called police

last week because the men were sitting in the store without ordering anything. they were actually waiting for a meeting there. now, starbucks' ceo kevin johnson calls the case reprehensible. the company says it hopes the meeting can happen this week. the manager would called police is no longer with that company. authorities say a illegal cell phones are partly to blame for a disturbance that left seven inmates dead. federal law does not allow prisons to block signals from contraband phones which officials say allowed the inmates to stay involved in crime outside prison walls. three other inmates have been killed at that facility in the last year. and a 20-year-old student at bick hampton university in upstate new york is under arrest charged with the murder of a fellow student. police say michael roque targeted his victim but the motive still unclear. freshman joelle so haso hav standout soccer player. t-mobile agreed to pay a $40

million settlement with the government accused of using fake ring tones to give owners the impression that faulty calls in rural areas were actually getting through. false ring tones are banned by the fcc. if you've been binge-watching netflix lately you're not alone and the company just reported a huge increase in subscribers. that increase far greater than wall street expected. so the company now has 125 million customers worldwide. its stock has been soaring and after-hours trading, take a look. the stock was trading at $143 a year ago. overnight it was up to $323 a share. >> all right. coming up, we remember the star of a popular '0s sitcom. also ahead, passengers get stranded in ray foreign country after an airline tells them to find their own way home. we hear from the marathon hero who showed true sportsmanship waiting for her competitor to get out of the bathroom then she still won the race. >> tech: at safelite autoglass we know that when you're spending time with the grandkids...

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♪ checking out the beginning of "night court"ry ran for nine seasons during the '80s and '90s and sad news this morning. harry anderson who played judge harry stone on the show has died. he earned three emmy nominations during his time on the bench and his co-star john larroquette called himself heartsick over the news. anderson was found dead at his home in north carolina. police say no foul play suspected. he was just 65 years old. >> such a great show and dying at such a young age. hundreds stranded in mexico are slowly making their way home after their flights were canceled because of a blizzard in minnesota. they were told to find their own way back to the u.s. and they were left scrambling to book flights on other airlines. sun country had seasonal service

to mexico and it ended on sunday, the blizzard happened saturday. and there were no available planes, they say, to bring the passengers back. >> it's not that hard to send a text or an e-mail. >> we have all just been talking about how we were legitimately abandoned. >> we paid our money to them. we expected a ride home. we're their customers. we're their passengers and even if we couldn't go out on saturday night because of the storm which we totally understood, they should have made other arrangements. >> see, the name of the plane is sun country. they just take to you sun country and don't bring you back, i guess so they offered refunds, airfare. the department of transportation says if a flight is canceled the airline is not required to find passengers another flight. it was a very different kind of travel nightmare for passengers on a new york city subway. heavy rain caused this dramatic flooding with water pouring into several underground stations

disrupting service. critics say it shows the urgent need for infrastructure improvements. in health news doctors are reporting some encouraging progress in the fight against lung cancer. a new study found that combining the immune therapy drug keytruda with chemotherapy can nearly double the survival time of some patients. keytruda activates the immune system to fight the cancer cells. one expert used a baseball analogy describing the study saying it's not a home run, but it's a good double. we'll take that. >> okay. good news for coffee and tea drinkers. the caffeine in those drinks may be good for your heart. many people doubted that in the past because, well, caffeine makes your heart beat faster but new research finds regular coffee and tea drinkers had a certain rick for a certain abnormal heart rhythm. no more than three cups a day and doctors warn energy drinks don't apply because they have more harmful side effects. turning now to some sports and history was made last night by aaron judge.

>> all rise. >> if you have to ask for it, he slammed his 60th career home run, that makes judge the first player to hit 60 homers in under 200 games. he did it in just 197 games. impressive, the yankees beat the marlins 12-1. the nba the miami heat and golden state warriors each won their playoff games by double digits. dwyane wade had a great night. >> i was just waiting for the end of it, the payoff. well, wind, rain and a slow down to help a fellow runner could not stop flanagan needed to take a bathroom break and she slowed down. she overcame early thoughts and said losing in 2011 by two seconds kept her motivated. >> i was running totally afraid the entire time. i've been in the sprint finish

on boylston and lost in a kick so i didn't want to leave it to that. it was just grinding away and so right on her for left on boylston, somewhere this there, i might actually win the boston marathon. >> how does it feel? >> i'm going to go with lyrics from sweet caroline, so good, so good. so good. >> ba, ba, ba. by the way she finished in just under two hours and 40 minutes despite the horrible weather. she was one of seven american women to finish in the top ten, go, usa. >> yep. up next in "the pulse," a new place where you can get your pizza delivered. >> ooh, all right. see why a high school senior is being offered $3 million in scholarships. later, a rapper making history, the prestigious award for kendrick. rising facts about type 2 diabetes. so you have type 2 diabetes, right? yeah. yes i do. okay so you diet, you exercise, you manage your a1c? that's the plan. what about your heart?

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joining us on this april 17th. they tried to trick me and see if i was awake. they put april 7th in our teleprompter. it felt like january yesterday, mike. >> what did i miss? >> you were gone, of course. pretty exciting day. >> was it busy yesterday? >> wild and crazy. >> everything but the kitchen sink. >> much quieter today. by the way, it's tax day, too. >> thanks for that. >> file that extension as soon as the show is over. a look at what's going on with live doppler 7. absolutely nothing out there as far as rain or cloud cover. let's talk temperatures. it's significantly cooler this morning. 36 in santa rosa. mid to upper 30s in novato,

livermore, clear lake, a little fog in accuweather 12-hour planner. let's go to alexis. >> a full closure of moraga at old jonas hill due to power lines an a tree. i don't know exactly when it happened but they issued the closure about 12 hours ago. they are planning to have the road back open between 4:00 and 5:00, does not look like it but i'm going to keep an eye. 880 slowing through the oakland stretch. we'll check on that next. >> alexa, thank you. pg&e working to restore power. >> hundreds in the dark at this hour. abc news reporter amy hollyfield live with the story. >> reporter: hi. there's a race to get this open

and get power lines repaired. beyond that closure is the town of moraga. this is the main road people in mora, a use to get to the freeway, the b.a.r.t. station, basically to get off to work. it's going to be a rough morning if they don't get this reopened. they shut it down. it was early when the tree fell and took down power line. this happened on saint mary's and moraing ga. it clogged the arteries as people were coming home from work, trying to get to baseball games. it really clogged the community. crews told me this morning, they have moved the tree. they have chopped it up and gotten it out of here but they are working to get the power lines repaired and get the power on for hundreds of customers who don't have power and get the

road opened up. we will stay on it to let you know how it's looking. we're looking around 6:00 this morning that has changed. stay with us. amy hollyfield. >> a live update. >> from abc this morning. >> new from live desk, a bipartisan majority of americans support tougher sanctions on russia. that's according to a brand-new abc "washington post" poll released overnight. 68% of people surveyed said they support tougher measures against russia in response to its alleged international behavior. in the survey, 52% of people surveyed said they would be in favor of president trump holding a summit at the white house with russian president vladimir putin to help improve u.s.-russia relations. some overlap there. some people supporting both measures. thank you.