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>> that's what's making news in america this morning. >> have a great day. making news in america this morning, trouble for the tsa. terminals at major travel hubs closed. passengers missing flights, security lines stretching through airports as workers call out sick during the government shutdown. the president refusing to budge on his border wall. and new overnight, first video of a new migrant caravan set to leave for the border. breaking overnight, republicans punishing one of their own, the action they're taking against congressman steve king for his comments about white supremacy. plus,out the russia investigation. miracle on the hudson. captain sully reunites with passengers on the tenth anniversary of that fateful flight. >> did i think i was going to die?
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absolutely. >> what they remember about floating through the sky without power and how it changed their lives. once can changuers work to save ping a anyeop e-p good tuesday morning, everyone. we begin with a growing impact of the historic government shutdown at airports across the country. >> frustrated passengers are facing long lines as more tsa that they have to work without pay. mean while, there will be no paychecks for members of the coast guard.
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it all comes as president trump vows not to back down in his fight for a border wall just as a new caravan sets out from central america. abc's elizabeth hur has the latest. good morning, elizabeth. >> reporter: kenneth and janai, good morning. in washington there is still no word of a solution in sight and, yes, this as the shutdown's impact keeps growing along with those lines and delays at airports across the country. from washington to miami, houston and atlanta. >> it's chaos out here airports are gteinals in some ci lclosgeed. going on for so ut.ngwn now on r th thiss a ugghh fore their n eric
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$5.7 billion for a wall along e th some for the u.s. caravan of >> given the wall if that's what it takes to get this thing closed down so we can go back to normal. >> reporter: frustrated americans calling on congress to do what it takes to end the shutdown, but in washington, neither side is backing down affecting some 800,000 federal workers including 53,000 members of the u.s. coast guard missing their first paycheck today. and later this week the federal courts run out of money on friday. we are told that means they may suspend hearing civil cases while the shutdown continues. kenneth. >> the impacts of this shutdown reverberating throughout the country. elizabeth hur, thank you. president trump's nominee for attorney general, william barr, faces a confirmation
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hearing today on capitol hill. a preview of his opening statement reveals barr will tell senators that he believes it is vitally important that special counsel robert mueller be allowed to complete his work on the russia investigation. barr has criticized the russia probe in the past. meanwhile, just days after a report claimed the fbi investigated president trump's alleged ties to russia, "the new york times" reports that president trump privately discussed pulling the u.s. out of nato on several occasions last year. experts say weakening the nato alliance would be a gift to russia. the president denies ever working for russia. republican congressman steve king of iowa no longer has any committee assignments on capitol hill. party leadership has punished him for his recent remarks in "the new york times." he said, quote, white nationalists, white supremists, western civilization, how did that language become offensive? why did i sit in classes teaching me abmets of our history and our civilization? king says his comments were mischaracterized. he says removing him from
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committees is a, quote, political decision that ignores the truth. we turn now to a big story overseas this morning. a key vote today on britain's plan to leave the european union. the results could have a major impact on the global economy. abc's julia macfarlane is in london with the latest. julia, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, janai. prime minister theresa may has occaon but t iis.ayhe a key brexit vote thatmentas w whether to pass a deal the prime minister brokered with the european union on the terms of how the uk will leave, but there are aspects of that deal that members of parliament say they cannot accept. there's now speculation that parliament will push government aside to seize control of the brexit process, extend their deadline, hold another referendum on leaving the eu or even cancel the entire project
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altogether. the uncertainty surrounding the uk exit from the second largest economy in the world is only likely to rattle markets more in the days following this expected heavy defeat for the british government. janai. >> a lot to watch there across the pond. our thanks to julia. now to wisconsin where the suspect accused of kidnapping 13-year-old jayme closs is being held on $5 million bail. >> chilling new details of his alleged attack on the closs family have now been revealed. abc's alex perez reports. >> mr. patterson, you are charged in count one. >> reporter: outfitted in an orange prison jumpsuit and glasses, 21-year-old jake patterson stared straight ahead as the charges against him were read. the man accused of kidnapping jayme closs and murdering her parents did not enter a plea. >> the prosecution team that you see assembled here today wants justice for james and denise closs and for jayme closs. >> reporter: according to the criminal complaint, the
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21-year-old told police one day on his way to work he saw jayme ther hid in the bus outside her orbaitthtub. patterson alledly telling police he shot j f'smer heat through the door then broke into wreayme mom jae to pole paro her mom hang up with 911 then shot her in the head. prosecutors say patterson duct taped jayme's hands and ankles and dragged her to the trunk of his car. for 88 days police believe she was held captive inside patterson's home. this image showing the inside of his rural cabin. jayme finally making her escape on thursday when she was left alone.
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he yielded to squad cars with blaring sirens and lights. he was leaving and allegedly told investigators i did it. alex perez, abc news, barron, wisconsin. turning now to the weather, evacuations have been ordered in parts of southern california as another storm threatens to trigger mudslides in areas burned by recent wildfires. meanwhile, snow in the mountains shut down interstate 5 for seven hours leaving some drivers stranded. now let's take a closer look at the forecast for this tuesday. good morning. stormy in california for tuesday as well as in arizona and utah. spotty showers in texas as well. then for wednesday going through thursday, another round of storms including power outages with winds gusting up 60 miles per hour and big-time snow. then a major storm hits the east coast, starts cranking up by wednesday night, ohio valley
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region by thursday then it will begin to pummel the northeast by thursday night going into friday. brace yourself. we're going to have part two to the bad weekend weather. i'm accuweather meteorologist paul williams. coming up, the $49 flight to europe and how to book it. yeah, also ahead, what's new is old again including the ford bronco at the detroit auto show. but first when we come back, the urgent effort to rescue a little boy trapped after falling into a well that is 360 feet deep.
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we're back with an urgent rescue effort in southern spain where a toddler is trapped down a well that's believed to be 360 feet deep. the 2-year-old fell into a ten-inch-wide hole sunday and
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cried out when he first fell but has not been heard from since. about 100 rescuers are now trying to reach him. the well was dug about a month ago and its cover had been removed. new questions this morning about money spent during president trump's inauguration events. documents reveal the president's inaugural committee spent millions on payments to his friends and political allies and spent $1.5 million at the president's hotel in washington. the committee spent $130,000 on seat cushions, 130,000 on tiffany salad bowls and nearly $3 million on a broadway-style performance for a private event. at least one democrat expects an investigation. new concerns about melting rates at the bottom of the world. a new study warns that ice in antarctica is melting six times faster than it did in the 1970s. a lead scientist at the university of california says the acceleration of ice loss is an indication of human cause climate change and has caused sea levels to rise more than half an inch.
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we're back we're back now with this very unusual spill in arizona. a tanker hauling 40,000 pounds of liquid chocolate rolled over on interstate 40 leaving a river of chocolate falling off the road. that cleanup took about four hours. imagine that. we turn now to the miracle on the hudson ten years later. >> a full flight landed safely on the hudson river after losing all power. everyone survived, and many who did say it changed their lives. now they're telling their stories and reuniting with captain sully. >> is there a day that goes by that you don't think about it? >> no. >> absolutely not. >> not a day. >> every day. >> no, we don't.
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>> never. >> reporrer:meteer every detail. >> and we're taking off, and i'm trying to read the newspaper and all of a sudden, boom. >> i could hear people praying. i could hear people pulling out their cell phones and calling i hittloinrko w a ocofk of tth away, and it's just silent as >> reporter: all 153 terrified passengers drifted downward for 3 1/2 minutes helplessly suspended between life and death. certain calm come me,erov acceptance of it will happen. >> reporter: until the plane hit the hudson river at 150 miles an hour, slowed, tilted to the left and finally stopped. >> in the first moment when everything stops and the noise ceases is, well, wow, we're all
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still here. how about that? >> reporter: i thought, oh, my gosh, we survived a plane crash and we're going to drown now. >> reporter: miraculously every single person on board survived. >> i got the word that it was official. >> everyone was accounted for. >> everyone was safe, and only then could i feel the weight of the universe being lifted off my heart. >> reporter: captain sully sullenberger who turned a river into a runway telling abc news in an exclusive interview that he believes the miracle on the hudson was exactly what the world needed. >> i think some people had begun to doubt human nature wondering if it was really about self-interest and greed and then along came this group of strangers who rose to the occasion and made sure that everyone survived, and i think at a time when we all needed it, it gave us hope. >> ten years later and it's still incredible to see those images. coming up later on "good mornin medical news. for the first time in u.s. history, you're more likely to die of an opioid overdose than
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in a car crash. the national safety council has confirmed those odds saying the crisis is getting worse because fentanyl is so widely available. a new look this morning at how a small amount of marijuana can affect a teenager's brain. researchers studying 14-year-olds found just one or two joints can actually change their brain in regions affecting emotions and memory. the study did not definitively say if those brain changes have negative consequences. in sports, a major upset in men's college basketball. take a look at this. a half-court heave at halftime, ooh, was a bad sign for top ranked duke. the 75-foot prayer helped syracuse knock off the blue devils. the final was 95-91 in o.t. clemson's football team celebrated its championship with a trip to the white house. the tigers and their coaches met with president trump. >> kendis, a big fan of clemson then they settled in for a fast
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food feast of mcdonald's, wendy's and pizza. the president says he paid for the spread himself. the white house catering staff is on furlough during the government shutdown. go, gamecocks and congratulations to clemson as well. all right, up next in "the pulse," the new tribute to toto's classic song "africa." also ahead, the shaving commercial causing controversy. did gillette go too far honoring the me too movement? and where do all the coins thrown into this fountain right here go? the answer igniting outrage. here go? the answer igniting outrage. ♪ carla is living with metastatic breast cancer, which is breast cancer that has spread to other parts of her body. she's also taking prescription ibrance with an aromatase inhibitor, which is for postmenopausal women with hormone receptor-positive her2- metastatic breast cancer as the first hormonal based therapy.
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desert. >> forever. >> an artist put the song on a continuous loop using an mp3 player and six solar-powered speakers. only the artist knows the tribute's exact location. >> the song is seeing a resurgence lately. it was the most streamed song in 2017. that is so cool. >> that's pretty cool, yes. 1982, where were you? >> stop it. next to the new ad from gillette that's getting some backlash. >> the razor company's nearly two-minute video has nothing to do with shaving. it tackles the me too movement using their slogan the best a man can get. the ad calls on men to set good examples for young boys. >> sexual harassment is taking over hollywood. >> it's been going on far too long. we can't laugh it off. >> who's the daddy? >> what i actually think she's trying to say -- >> making the same old excuses. >> boys will be boy. >> boys will be boys. [ chanting "boys will be boys" ]
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>> some are saying the video portrays all men as bad examples. one critic says, quote, boys are not monsters in waiting, period. >> the ad did get some positive feedback. one mother of four tweeted at gillette saying well done. >> i think it's pretty cool they did that. >> yes. there's always going to be some mixed reaction. >> right. >> with something like that. okay, so one of rome's most famous landmarks has ignited a fight over coins. >> is it one of rome's most famous? >> it is. the trevi fountain. >> tourists throw $1.7 million worth of coins into the trevi fountain every year. so much money. the city council voted to use that money to pay for crumbling infrastructure ending a decades long policy to donate the coins to charity. but after outrage on social media, the city has now reversed course and will keep donating the money. >> all right. and finally a bird as white as snow in indiana. a bald eagle sculpture is perched in front of a home in greenfield. >> seven feet tall made entirely of snow. the man who owns the home spent
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that's the power of one a day. thunderstorms from the coast. watch out up near fort ross it could be coming your way and a sea ranch. otherwise let's talk about temperatures as you step out and grab the wet weather gear. upper 40s to mid-50s. pretty aggressive outside for mid winter. not much warming. middle 50s to upper 50s. we'll look at the storm impact scale and what to expect the rest o here is alexis.
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a look at san jose, 880, a little sheen on the pavement. certainly not a washout but we could have slick spots. take it easy on curves and ramps. i don't have any major incidents to talk about. check out drive times. green all the way around, highway 4 to wall net creek, six minutes, walnut creek to highway 13, eight minutes, tracy to dublin should take 30 minutes. in san jose they are reporting a stabbing at hilton hotel. you can see firefighters examining a man in the next area. he was taken to the hospital to be treated for his injuries. video also shows officers putting a man in handcuffs in a patrol car. it's unclear what led up to the incident. now to a bizarre story out of solano county. police arrested nathaniel hollande. it started at 7:00 p.m. at a
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home on alderwood drive. when police got there they foup t -- found two stabbing victims and a house on fire. they tell us about the commotion. >> i hear a loud explosion. i see children running out of the house screaming bloody murder. i get out of the car, walk up to th e it's engulfed in flames. >> a 4-year-old girl was burned in the fire. police say the stabbing victims are a 16-year-old girl and 43-year-old woman. both are expected to be okay. the stabbing and fire led to an all-out search for holland. neighbors were asked to stay in their homes. police found holland a short distance away. vacaville police say there was some sort of confrontation when they took them to code. shots were fired. holland and a k-9 officer were killed
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let's check on the weather with meteorologist mike nicco. >> let's start taking a look at the storm impact scale. you can see a one, light to moderate showers, outside chance of thunderstorm. it will intensify through the afternoon hours. it will be a little breezy at times. i'm not expecting anything in the way of damage. let me show you what's going on right now. we'll do down to the south bay where as alexis just showed you, a little sheen on the road. mo sheen coming as the water coming from the south. here is how it looks, 87, damp spots. other areas damp. 47 to 51 with showers, heavier from noon to 4:00 when we hit low- to mid-50s. it will start to taper as we gather our breath before the 3, strong storm hits tomorrow. >> thank you, mike. taking take look at the roads we don't

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