america this morning. making news in america this morning, word from the korean peninsula claiming three american prisoners will be released by north korea. this as secretary of state mike pompeo makes a surprise visit preparing for an historic meeting with kim jong-un. a major twist in the russia investigation. new allegations that president trump's lawyer michael cohen was paid half a million dollars by a russian oligarch with close ties to vladimir putin. the possible explanation for the payment and the questions being raised. dramatic moments on a delta air lines flight as smoke fills the cabin and passengers rush out onto the plane's wing. we'll explain what happened next. plus, too inclusive? the decision one school made allowing anyone to join the cheerleading team after one parent complained about her

daughter being rejected. and the "roseanne" moment everyone is talking about. the conners meet their muslim neighbors. >> we're from yemen. >> oh, good. yemen is not even on the travel ban list. >> yes, it is. >> the conflicting reactions this morning. a good wednesday morning to all. we begin with a new glimmer of hope for three american prisoners held in north korea. >> the secretary of state mike pompeo has made a second visit to the reclusive nation as he tries to firm up the plans for an upcoming historic summit with kim jong-un. and now there's word pompeo may be trying to secure the release of the american prisoners today. abc's elizabeth hur joins us with the details. good morning. >> reporter: kendis and diane, good morning to you. secretary pompeo says he will once again be asking for the release of the american hostages today, and when asked if the summit will happen even if north korea is still holding the

americans, pompeo says he is hopeful we don't have to cross that road. this morning secretary of state mike pompeo back in north korea. president trump revealing the news while announcing his plans to pull the u.s. out of the iran nuclear deal. >> in preparation for my upcoming meeting with kim jong-un, plans are being made, relationships are building. >> reporter: this is pompeo's second trip to north korea after secretly meeting with north korean leader kim jong-un over easter weekend. passionate reaction overseas. today lawmakers in tehran lit paper american flags on fire while some chanted "death to america." iran's president says if necessary his country could start enriching uranium again within weeks. european leaders reacted to president trump's decision with regret and concern. but the president says ending the deal will make the world safer.

>> the deal does nothing to constrain iran's destabilizing activities including its support for terrorism. at the heart of the iran deal was a giant fiction that a murderous regime desired only a peaceful nuclear energy program. >> the u.s. will now begin restoring sanctions on iran, which will limit its ability to sell oil and do business overseas. treasury secretary steve mnuchin says he does not expect oil prices to rise sharply because he believes other countries will ramp up construction. he also confirmed that licenses allowing boeing to sell planes to iran will be revoked. the pick to lead the cia is expected to face tough questions today about torture during her confirmation hearing on capitol hill. gina haspel has been criticized for the waterboarding of detainees at a covert prison that she oversaw after 9/11. well, today she's expected to vow that she would not re-establish controversial interrogation techniques. 72 former cia officers have signed a letter endorsing haspel

for the job. and we turn now to new explosive claims about president trump's lawyer, michael cohen. the attorney for stormy daniels claims that after the election, cohen received hundreds of thousands of dollars from a company closely affiliated with a russian oligarch. other payments are also coming under scrutiny and could add to cohen's legal problems. this morning allegations of a russian money trail involving president trump's persal lawyer. the accusations come from the attorney for adult film star stormy daniels. michael avenatti says trump's attorney michael cohen received $500,000 from a company affiliated with russian billionaire viktor vekselberg who has close ties to vladimir putin. avenatti's memo also says that money was wired to the same account used to pay off daniels to keep quiet about her alleged affair with president trump. >> what's the explanation for the half a million dollars worth of payments? i mean, michael cohen should not have been accepting money especially under the circumstances at this time from anyone with russian ties. >> reporter: the company connected to the russian

billionaire says they hired cohen after the inauguration as a real estate consultant. >> of all the people that could be hired for consulting advice on real estate and the like here in new york or elsewhere and there's a lot of real estate in new york and there's a lot of real estate consultants, they just happened to hire the personal attorney to the united state president. >> reporter: vekselberg was targeted for u.s. sanctions by the trump administration last month and he's also been interviewed by special counsel robert mueller's team which is investigating russian meddling in the u.s. election. avenatti's memo shows payments to cohen from other corporations including at&t which is seeking approval for its merger with time warner. the company says it paid cohen for what it calls insights into understanding the new administration. avenatti did not release the documents to support his claims and did not reveal the source of his information. abc news has not confirmed the authenticity of the documents. >> hopefully at this point now with the release of this information, there will be a call for the release of this

information, the suspicious activity report or reports relating to this account so the american people can see exactly what happened here. >> and we reached out to a former white house ethics lawyer for george w. bush for his take on the story. he said, quote, there's a lot of smoke here, but we don't know yet if there's fire. michael cohen's attorney did not respond to a request for comment. now to the other big political story overnight, the results from four states holding primaries that will shape the midterm elections in november. in west virginia the controversial former coal executive don blankenship could not overcome opposition from president trump. blankenship finished a distant third in the republican senate primary despite claiming that he was trumpier than trump. >> it concerns me that the republican party needs to be careful about being hijacked by candidates that don't represent them or values of what we hope the republican party is. but in any event, it didn't work out. >> republican voters in the states holding senate primaries

seemed to rally behind candidates with the best chance of winning their general elections in november boosting the party's chance of holding on to its majority in november as well. we have all the results state by state on abcnews.com. but right now time for a look at your weather on this wednesday morning. dozens of families have been forced to flee their homes in missoula, montana, because of extreme flooding. hundreds of other homes are threatened as a local river rises because of the snow melt and rainfall. now, looking at today's temperatures, around 70 today in parts of montana. denver will hit 80. dallas warming up already, 90 degrees. chicago, detroit will be in the upper 70s and boston will manage 63. 78 for a high in l.a. and, man, phoenix is on a roll. coming up, a new way to make a reservation at your favorite restaurant. but first the images coming

in as smoke filled a delta air lines flight forcing passengers to evacuate. and later, the must see moment of a soldier rushing home for the birth of his daughter until he got caught stranded at the airport.

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we're back with this video from inside the cabin of a delta airlines flight during an emergency on the ground. passengers shouted to get out of the flight there as it filled with smoke after landing in denver. the plane was evacuated on the tarmac. the 130 plus passengers used emergency exits to get out. some standing on the wing later complaining about the confusion and the smell. minor injuries were reported. delta is investigating what took place. in hawaii there is an urgent

evacuation order for a subdivision of homes now threatened by the kilauea volcano. new lava vents have opened up threatening to cut off the escape route for about 300 residents. lava has already destroyed 27 homes and 9 other buildings. scientists say the eruption has no end in sight. near houston a massive fire spread through this power plant after a transformer exploded. it resulted in a widespread power outage but no injuries reported. firefighters had to wait for that fire to burn down before finally entering the area. well, google has unveiled a service that can make appointments and reservations over the phone by impersonating a human. the virtual voice assistant can even answer complex questions. google released this example of one call to a restaurant. the person on the other end of the line would never know they were talking to a robot. >> hi, may i help you? >> hi, i'd like a table for

wednesday the 7th. >> for seven people? >> it's for four people. >> well, the feature will be rolling out as an experiment in the coming weeks. and pizza hut is expanding its beer delivery service. the chain tested the idea in phoenix and is now expanding that service to more than 100 locations in arizona and california as it looks for new ways to compete against dominos. it's partnering with miller coors and anheuser-busch. >> they can test it out at tv 3 right here. >> send on it on over. coming up, a new way to treat baldness. >> but first -- >> what? >> you're listening now, aren't you? >> why did i have to read it? first a possible break in a cold case. why police believe this wooded area could be a burial ground for six missing girls. and a record-setting night in baseball for all the wrong reasons. reasons. helping millions of children here at home... and around the world...

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she leaps from a moving car as you can see there to escape a carjacker. he had jumped in while the girl's father was pumping gas. her dad, you can also see, climbed on the hood of another car to try to stop the carjacker's accomplice. they reunited on the sidewalk as you can see. both dad and daughter are physically okay. >> quite a scare for them, though. and this morning we're hearing from a woman who hopes her decades long nightmare will come to an end. >> yeah, police near detroit believe they're close to finding the remains of her sister who may be one of six buried at that site now linked to a serial killer and eva pilgrim is there. >> reporter: a cold case turned red hot. investigators digging in the woods of macomb township, michigan, searching for the remains of kimberly king, who vanished in 1979. >> whatever happened to her happened to her that night. whatever happened to her happened to her from a stranger. you know, whatever happened to her was not planned. whatever happened to her, she didn't see it coming. >> reporter: the 12-year-old last seen in her best friend's backyard.

>> kim actually like hopped the back fence and didn't go home and then i just went in my house. >> reporter: nearly 40 years later police are confident they're close to finding king and possibly up to five other girls they believe were killed by arthur ream. the child predator is already in jail for the 1986 kidnap and murder of 13-year-old cindy zarzycki. this 2008 video from wdiv shows ream pointing police to the location of the remains. >> all she had to do was go up north avenue and it's right there. >> reporter: zarzycki found in these woods ten years ago but that site not fully searched. kimberly king's sister has never stopped looking. >> i'm 56. i got less in front of me than i've got behind me. you know, like i said, these last couple of days has really been i hope going to make all the difference in this, that we find out what happened and find her remains.

>> reporter: police re-opened the case late last year and interviewed arthur ream several times since and say he failed a polygraph. eva pilgrim, abc news, macomb township, michigan. a former college football player has been found guilty in the first degree murder of his ex-girlfriend. william riley gaul fired his grandfather's rifle through the wall of emma walker's bedroom in knoxville, tennessee, while she was sleeping. the question for jurors is whether gaul intended to kill the 16-year-old cheerleader or not. well, they decided he did. he faces life in prison with no possibility of parole for 51 years. a new drug is offering hope in the fight against male pattern baldness. it was actually made to treat osteoporosis, but researchers say as it strengthens bones, it also prevents hair loss. it works by suppressioning a protein known for restricting hair growth without major side effects and scientists are now hoping to test it during a clinical trial. i'm first. >> and now to sports starting with a no-hitter in canada.

james paxton of the mariners also known as the big maple went the whole way against the blue jays pitching the first no-hitter of his career and he's also the first canadian to throw a no-hitter in canada. and it was a disastrous outing for orioles pitcher dylan bundy. he served up four home runs in the first inning against the royals. bundy is the first pitcher ever to do that before recording a single out. he was removed after giving up seven runs. the orioles lost, 15-7. >> poor guy. in the nba the warriors and rockets both advanced in the playoffs last night. all right, and up next in "the pulse," we will show you a true nightmare for anyone allergic to pollen. and also ahead, one school's unusual decision after a parent complained about her daughter not making and roseanne meets her muslim neighbors and america reacts. neighbors and america reacts. neighbors and america reacts. alice is living with metastatic breast cancer,

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students and parents are flipping out over a new cheerleading policy at a high school in new jersey. >> literally flipping out. a mom complained when her daughter didn't make the cut, so the school implemented a new rule. now everyone who wants to join the squad is welcome regardless of their skills. >> the school in east hanover says they want to make the team more inclusive, but some cheerleaders who practiced for hours say their hard work is now out the window. moving on now, next a totally modern solution for a soldier who was missing the birth of his first child. >> that's army specialist brooks lindsay using facetime to watch his wife deliver their daughter. he's at an airport because of a flight delay and couldn't make it from texas to his hometown in mississippi in time and that video was recorded by another passenger, the video we're seeing. >> yeah, and when baby millie was heard crying, she got a big cheer in the terminal there. the only awkward part was when he was trying to cut the umbilical cord through facetime. that didn't quite work out. >> happy birthday, millie. and congratulations to the

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the caldecott tunnel just hours ago. a car became disabled on highway 24 on the west end of the tunnel. another driver stopped to help and a tow truck came along. that's when things really got crazy. one of the drivers got into an altercati altercation. someone pulled out a gun and fired twice into the air. the chp stopped traffic and that caused a major backup. we have reached out to chp to find out if anyone was arrest ed >> where did that video come from? i have no idea how we got right there on the scene. i was sitting there for an hour, i thought, i could do some work and take some video. couldn't talk to anybody rather than talking car to car. everybody was like what's going

on. i was like, i really don't know. the frustrating part is they wouldn't let us off on fish ranch road, but they blocked everything off. we were stuck there more than an hour. >> what a mess >> you can see the gray, the cloud cover on df. it's misty, maybe a little drizzle near the coast. let's jump right in and take a look at what's going on as far as your temperatures out there. and the temperatures are running running -- let's go to the planner. 49 to 55. mid 50s, upper 50s at the coast. mid to upper 60s at noon. the temperature is much cooler

than yesterday, upper 60s to 70s at 4:00. we'll see if there's anything else interesting on the roads this morning. >> yeah, mike. that was definitely the most interesting thing we've had so far today. i want to show you highway 24. we had residual delays. as mike said, folks were stopped there for about an hour. we had pretty significant backup post orinda that cleared out quickly. we're back to green traveling conditions if you're about to head in the door. you should be just fine. this is southbound 680 through the walnut creek corridor here and no major delays right now. again, tough news for those folks traveling overnight, but everything has been resolved now. next update in just a couple minutes. new this morning, the emergency room at valley medical center in san jose had to be put on lockdown after a hazmat situation there. abc 7 news reporter matt keller is live at the hospital with

details on how many people were exposed to the chemical. hi, matt. >> reporter: good morning, jessica. this is where it all went down, right in this parking lot right outside the emergency room. that's where the decontamination process took place. san jose fire was called to valley medical center about 11:45 to help with a possible hazmat situation. hospital workers needed help with the decontamination procedure. this started as a patient was flown in on a medical helicopter. firefighters contacted the patient's employer to find out what substance he and the medical staff was exposed to. they isolated the patient and staff. >> we were able to determine that it was just stuff that needed to be deconned with soap and water. we were