great weekend. making news in america this morning, the victims of the shooting massacre at a maryland newspaper identified overnight. veteran journalists and a newcomer to the newsroom. >> we have a responsibility and an obligation to these victims. >> their colleagues working through the night committed to publishing today's paper. this morning the breaking details about the suspected shooter. why he sued the paper for defamation and how he allegedly plot the attack. developing from washington, another possible shake-up at the white house. this time at the top. the latest on chief of staff john kelly's future and who could be in line to replace him. the cave rescue drama takes a new turn. the boys soccer team trapped for days in this flooded cave, this

morning the plan that rescue teams are now following in hopes of reaching the boys before it's too late. those stories, plus the battle over a bud light giveaway offer for millions of americans and the question, should more than one state be eligible? ♪ at the copa >> an unexpected new role for barry manilow. his dulcet tones being put to a different use. and we say good morning on this busy friday. we're going to start with the new details overnight about the suspect and victims in this mass shooting in maryland. >> we now know the man accused of opening fire on the "capital gazette" newsroom annapolis lost a lawsuit against them and apparently was holding a grudge for years. police say he was armed with a shotgun and smoke grenades sending reporters and other employees scrambling for cover. >> overnight police released the names of the five people who were killed including four veteran journalists and a young

sales assistant. for the latest we turn now to abc's kenneth moton who is at the scene. good morning, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and diane. the crime scene is across the street. we have new details about the alleged gunman and his long simmering hatred for the newspaper and previous threats police say led to the shooting rampage. overnight police in maryland searched the home of the suspected gunman in what appears to be the deadliest attack on journalists in the u.s. in years. >> this was a targeted attack on the "capital gazette." >> reporter: shots fired at the annapolis, maryland, newspaper yesterday afternoon and investigators say the suspect, 38-year-old jarrod ramos. >> the guy was holding what looked like a big shotgun pointing it deeper into the office like he was targeting people. >> reporter: inside five people killed. another two injured. employees scramble for cover. others hit from the shooter. the paper's crime reporter phil davis tweeting, there is nothing more terrifying than hearing multiple people get shot while

you're under your desk and then hear the gunman reload. the retired editor of the paper says the suspect had a history of social media threats against him and the paper for reporting on his guilty plea to stalking his ex-girlfriend in 2011. >> he kept track of both the reporter and i. he knew we had left, so i doubt that he was looking for me when he came in that door, but he was certainly looking to retaliate. >> reporter: the gazette's sister paper "the baltimore sun" wrote tributes to the victims, gerald fischman, rob hiassen, john mcnamara, rebecca smith and wendi winters. their front cover, the "capital gazette" refusing to let the tragedy from covering the story. sources say the suspect hasn't been cooperating and he had to be i.d.'d through facial recognition. we know years ago the "capital gazette" reported his alleged threats to police and he also filed a defamation lawsuit against the newspaper in 2012 and lost.

diane and kendis. >> yeah, our kenneth moton reporting from annapolis for us, thank you. and this attack, by the way, is the 154th mass shooting in the united states so far this year. >> a recent study found about half of mass shooters have some sort of personal grievance. in this case, the former editor said the suspect repeatedly threatened him but they didn't have enough to bring charges. we spoke with former fbi agent steve gomez about what, if anything, could have been done to prevent this attack. >> the fact that he made threats, that should have now put him on the radar with law enforcement and the newspaper because the fact that you now have somebody, you know, saying that they are going to commit some type of violence indicating violence and the newspaper had to be thinking along the lines of could this be somebody who is going to commit some type of violent act. and in this day and age any time you have some kind of threat of violence, you have to consider that as a righteous threat of somebody coming into your building with a gun or a knife or whatever and trying to harm people. >> and police are being praised

for their quick response time. they arrived at the newspaper 60 seconds after the call. one of the first tweets came from a newspaper intern who had the presence of mind to include the address of the building. >> we turn now to the tense hearing on capitol hill about the russia investigation and one congressman who ordered the man in charge of the probe to, quote, finish it the hell up. deputy attorney general rod rosenstein and fbi director christie wray testified before the house judiciary committee. now, republicans have demanded more information about the justice department's surveillance of the trump campaign, and they accused rosenstein of hiding documents. >> why are you keeping information from congress? >> congressman, i am not keeping any information from congress that is appropriate -- >> in a few minutes, mr. rosenstein, i think the house of representatives will say something different. >> i don't agree with you, congressman. if they do -- >> i disagree. >> that would be a mistake. >> it was rosenstein's first appearance before congress since

a justice department report criticized the fbi's handling of the hillary clinton email investigation. protesters are planning to hit the streets across america to demonstrate against the trump administration's immigration policy. they offered a preview in washington where thousands marched and shouted slogans. capitol police arrested nearly 600 protesters inside a senate office building including a congresswoman from washington state. during her second visit to the border, meanwhile, first lady melania trump heard the sad story of a 6-year-old boy from costa rica found abandoned in the arizona desert. he had a note on him in spanish that said, i am looking for my mother. officials say he's now been turned over to health and human services. and more than a dozen i.c.e. agents are now asking homeland security to eliminate their agency and move their work to other departments. they say the political backlash from the immigration crackdown is affecting morale and their ability to carry out investigations. it's been a long overnight for many living in alabama.

more than 150,000 power outages reported following this powerful storm. watch that trampoline there south of huntsville, alabama, tossed around like a toy. more severe weather is in store for the south today. let's take a look at your friday forecast. good morning. the heat from the southwest and the rockies starts to work its way east, and it reaches the midwest as we go into friday and even into saturday here. pushes into the northeast by sunday, and in some places it'll feel like the triple digits. feeling like 105 to 110 in st. louis as we go through your friday and minneapolis hits 98. as we work our way into saturday, the midwest here lining up in dark red and the northeast by the time we head into sunday. i'm meteorologist melissa constanzer with your accuweather forecast. coming up, a potential game changer when it comes to buying prescription drugs.

and also, new details about another possible staff shake-up at the white house. is the chief of staff on the way out? and the desperate search for the boys soccer team trapped in a flooded cave.

back now with a close call for a police officer in apopka, florida. two lightning strikes frightened him back into his cruiser. the second strike actually damaged some electrical transformers knocking out power to police headquarters. another staff shake-up at the white house may be looming, this time at the top. president trump says the idea that chief of staff john kelly's days are numbered is fake news

but there are sources that tell us the president is now looking for kelly's potential replacement. white house budget director mick mulvaney is one of the possible contenders for the job. another is nick ayers who serves as chief of staff for vice president mike pence. amazon is rocking the drug industry in news it's buying an online farmny. pillpack offers home delivery of prescription medication. investors are hoping amazon will cut costs. it sent shares of walgreens, cvs and rite aid 34ru7king. the collectively they lost $11 billion in market value alloy. toyota lovers are embracing for the impact on the trump administration's tariffs. they say it's popular sedan the camry will cost $1800 more to build if tariffs are implemented, and toyota says at least some of that cost will be passed on to consumers. the proposed tariffs would add a 25% penalty to imported cars.

and guinness is hoping a new brewery in the united states will boost its brand among younger drinkers. the $80 million location is set to open outside baltimore in august. it'll be the first guinness brewery to open in the u.s. since 1954 and will include a nearly 300-seat restaurant serving laggers and craft beers as well as the signature guinness stout. and it's the end of the road for toys "r" us. they are closing their remaining stores today offering 60% to 80% discounts on remaining merchandise. some of the 30,000 workers left without a job are now fighting for severance pay. meanwhile, this tweet has gone viral showing the store's mascot geoffrey the giraffe leaving for retirement. >> or the unemployment line. possibly as well. >> he's going to go hang out in florida. geoffrey is fine. >> he's worked a long time. coming up, we'll take you to the cave where a boys soccer team is trapped. the latest on the rescue effort. also ahead, how say they

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suspected all along. but just yesterday the case took a very unexpected turn. this morning closure for a california family in a decades-old cold case. >> this is a case that eludes us no longer. >> reporter: in 1974 arlis perry was found brutally assaulted and fatally stabbed with an ice pick. a security guard says he found perry's body at the altar of a church at stanford university. investigators determined perry had gone to church to pray after fighting with her husband who was a premed student. after clearing her husband of suspicion, investigators immediately turned their attention to that security guard who found the body, steven crawford. >> he was someone that had been a suspect in the case for quite a long time. we just didn't have the evidence. it was what we believed, but there was not any really strong link, and i believe that now we have the strong link. >> police now say recently retested dna evidence has identified crawford as the killer. >> there was no dna at the time of the murder, of course, but then there have been enhancements in their

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planner up next. here's alexis. good morning, mike. we're off to a quiet start. as reggie said, i think we'll have extremely light volumes today, at least we are hoping that anyway. for now looking at overnight road work slowing you down on 880. they should have this done by 5:00 this morning but various lanes and off ramps are closed in the area. seeing volumes for about a mile. we do have a little stackup in the cash lanes but that's about it so far today. we'll check on drive times up next. developing news to the end of the decades old stanford cold case murder. more details on how investigators solved the mystery of who killed a 19-year-old in a campus chapel. >> when police finally had the evidence they needed, the suspect shot and killed himself. matt keller is live for us in san jose. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, natasha and reggie.

sheriff's deputies were here executing that warrant. a cold case solved. >> nothing ever cleared him. there was not enough evidence to charge him with a crime. >> reporter: santa clara county sheriff laurie smith says this man, steve crawford, is responsible for the death of arlis perry, a former security guard who made the call to police after claiming he found the body of the 19-year-old inside stanford's memorial church in 1974. thursday morning sheriff's deputies had attempted to serve him with a warrant in his apartment here on camden avenue in san jose. after technical improvements linked dna evidence found on perry's clothes to crawford. but he shot himself before making direct contact with deputies. after 43 years of questions, a family and community have some closure. >> mother and father lost a daughter. a husband lost a wife. >> reporter: the sheriff's office says it hasn't found any evidence suggesting they knew each other. the investigation into crawford

and any possible connection he might have to other murders is just beginning. the sheriff's office is expected to release more information on the case later today. reporting live in san jose, matt keller, abc 7 news. matt, thank you. fire crews have been on the scene of a wind blown brush fire in benicia all night guarding against any flare-ups. high winds pushed the fire to seven acres before flames reached eastbound 780 last night. the wind carried embers across the freeway and burned another acre nearby. authorities shut down 780 as the fire threatened homes. >> the time of year and location i was surprised how aggressively it was burning. for it to jump a multilane freeway that quick and houses and structures threatened. we went to a second and almost immediately to a third alarm at that point based on the threat. >> travis air force base had to bring in water because hydrants were nowhere near the fire. it is not clear what started the flames. it is now 4:30. if you're jus