making news in america this morning, a major development overnight in the government shutdown standoff. president trump announcing he will not deliver his annual state of the union address until after the shutdown ends. is he giving in to speaker nancy pelosi? the new details and what's next. plus, the growing safety concerns during the shutdown from homeland security to the federal prison system. also breaking overnight, the deadly bank hostage crisis. a gunman storms into a florida bank. an armored truck crashes into the building. at least five people are dead. what we're learning about the suspect and what his father is saying. school bus nightmare. this young boy abandoned on the bus in the freezing cold for seven hours.

how it happened and where was the driver? plus, going too far to protect the environment. the plan to tax disposable coffee cups. in medical news, why always being late could be good for your health. and later, we visit a winter fantasy land. the ice castles built along a lake with tunnels and mazes most built by hand. good thursday morning, everyone. we begin with the breaking news overnight. an abrupt change of plans by president trump. he's now delaying his state of the union address until after the government shutdown is over. >> the president's late night announcement came just hours after house speaker nancy pelosi blocked him from delivering the speech in the house chamber. and it comes as a new poll shows the president's approval rating has dropped to the lowest level in more than a year.

meanwhile, as the shutdown drags on, there are new warnings about homeland security and even federal prison workers possibly wiout pa very latest from washington. serena, good morning. >> reporter: janai, victor, good morning. and the president after this week-long showdown with the house speaker did yield to her on the state of the union, but when he'll give that address will all depend on when the government re-opens. the president overnight agreeing with the speaker of the house, not on re-opening the government but about his state of the union. tweeting, he'll do the address when the shutdown is over because there's no venue that could compete with the history, tradition and importance of the house chamber. the shocking concession by the president after he tried to call pelosi's bluff yesterday sending her a letter that he still planned to deliver the address next tuesday. pelosi then responding with her own letter officially canceling it adding, i look forward to welcoming you to the house when government has been opened. the president then taking a jab at that decision. >> she doesn't want the american public to hear what's going on. >> reporter: so what is going on?

both sides are still unable to come to an agreement as two bills will be voted on in the senate today. neither expected to pass. keeping the 800,000 federal workers furloughed or working without pay. >> i don't want to be -- my pride get in the way of helping the kids. >> reporter: frustration growing within departments from the coast guard commandant. >> i find it unacceptable that coast guard men and women have to rely on food pantries and donations to get through day-to-day life as service members. >> reporter: to this irs union representative. >> i feel like we're a pawn in the middle of this big fight. >> reporter: even the president's former homeland security secretary and chief of staff john kelly signing on to this letter urging they fund the department writing, this is unconscionable the nation must rely on charity from others. so when will it end? the acting chief of staff mick mulvaney has sent a letter to agencies asking them for a list of programs that will be

impacted if it goes into march or april calling it prudent management. janai, victor. >> serena marshall for us in d.c. we turn to the mass murder at a central bank in florida. >> police say the 21-year-old suspect has admitted to opening fire inside a sun trust bank. a s.w.a.t. team stormed the building with an armored car, arrested the suspected gunman and found several people shot and killed. overnight the suspected gunman in a deadly bank shooting led away in handcuffs. >> a gentleman by the name of zephen xaver. he's 21 years of age and lives here in sebring. >> reporter: police in the city of sebring say the suspect barricaded himself inside the bank then called authorities saying he fired multiple shots. after initial negotiations failed, the s.w.a.t. team used an armed vehicle to ram the front doors. the suspect eventually surrendered to police, but inside the bank at least five people were dead. >> we've suffered significant loss at the hands of a senseless criminal doing a senseless crime. >> reporter: police have not yet identified the victims. after the shooting loved ones

gathered at a nearby hotel overcome with emotion. reporter michael paluska of our tampa station was there. >> victims' family members say they were still waiting for answers. but the silence on the other end of cell phones constantly ringing confirmed what they already knew. >> reporter: we learned the 21-year-old suspect has worked as a trainee with the florida department of corrections but recently resigned. overnight detectives searched his home just six miles from the bank. this neighbor says she was at the alleged gunman's home just hours before the shooting. >> i have been over there on barbecues with my daughter, we've grilled out together. we've eaten together. no, nothing at all. not even a tiny, teeny little bit would it have even remotely have crossed my mind at all. >> reporter: when reached on the phone by cnn, the suspect's father says he's heartbroken for his son and for the victims saying his son has always been a good kid. he's had his troubles but he's never hurt anyone ever before. police have not released a

motive, and they've not said if the suspect has any connection to that bank. the u.s. government is ignoring an order for american diplomats to leave venezuela. just as anti-government protests escalated wednesday, president trump said he is no longer recognizing the country's socialist president nicolas maduro siding instead with the opposition leader. maduro responded by cutting ties with the u.s. and giving american diplomats 72 hours to leave the country. vice president pence says despite the chaos, freedom is winning. >> the maduro regime has oppressed its people. it's become a haven for criminals and narco terrorists. the united states is going to continue to bring the full weight of our economic and diplomatic pressure until freedom and democracy and fair elections are restored for the people of venezuela. >> several other countries followed president trump's lead by recognizing the opposition leader. venezuela's economy has been collapsing for years. citizens are struggling with

little food or medicine. we're learning more about a massive security breach that left an estimated 24 million bank records compromised. the sensitive financial information was reportedly leaked online and includes mortgage loans, social security and tax information from consumers dating back a decade. the website tech crunch reports that wells fargo, capital one and citigroup are scrambling to notify the affected customers. the breach was reportedly the result of a database not being protected with a password. a man charged with kidnapping a woman in boston is now undergoing a mental health evaluation. victor pena cried and mumbled in court wednesday where he pleaded not guilty. investigators say that he grabbed olivia ambrose after she left a bar on saturday and held her captive in his apartment. police finally rescued her after she managed to reactivate her cell phone. meanwhile, pena's ex-girlfriend is speaking out claiming he abused her in the past and made her feel like a hostage as well. turning to the weather, heavy rain could cause delays

for the morning commute here in the northeast while bitter cold hits the midwest. here's a look at your forecast. good morning. it's the arctic blast. it's the cold air that's going to overtake the entire country starting in the midwest, north central part of the country for thursday, friday throughout the ohio valley region and the deep south and then the east coast and everybody by the time we get into saturday. we're talking about brutal cold feeling like 40 below around green bay and even as low as 10 below down towards kansas city if not worse than that and for the east coast we look for rampant rain with widespread flooding as well. i'm accuweather meteorologist paul williams. coming up, a plan to charge you a tax on disposable coffee cups. but first, trapped in the snow for 14 days, how two people and their dogs made it out alive. and the outrage after a young boy is left abandoned on the school bus in the frigid

cold for seven hours. what the driver allegedly did coming

take a look at this. we're back with this video. it's a deer jumping right over a black lab in kansas. the deer pauses before running out of sight. this bizarre encounter was captured on the homeowner's doorbell camera. that family dog, by the way, was not hurt. more than 100 migrants have been detained along the southern border after they were caught on camera climbing over the border wall near yuma, arizona. officials say all 110 of them are from central america and were helped by a smuggler who used a ladder to get them over the wall. a desperate search continued overnight for a 3-year-old boy missing in north carolina.

casey hathaway was last seen playing in his grandmother's backyard tuesday. police say the case is being treated as a missing child investigation but kidnapping has not been ruled out. hundreds of volunteers are helping with the search. two campers are safe in southern california after they say they were trapped in the mountains for 14 days. l.a. county sheriffs brought the man, woman and two dogs to safety. heavy snow interrupted their camping trip and their truck was blocked by the snow and a fallen tree. they were finally able to call for help and they were rescued. thankfully they were not hurt. the most expensive home in america just sold for $238 million. >> big number. >> yep, hedge fund billionaire ken griffin purchased the new york penthouse. it's nearly 24,000 square feet and overlooks central park. earlier this month griffin paid 122 million for a mansion in london. so many dollars. a new effort to cut down on restaurant waste has been approved in berkeley, california. the city council has approved a

25-cent fee on disposable cups at restaurants. the eateries will keep the money. the mayor says it is an incentive for customers to bring their own cups. forget trudging all the way to your kitchen or coffee shop for the first cup of morning joe. how about an alarm clock coffeemaker combo. it wakes you up with the aroma of a fresh brew at your bedside. the hybrid clock costs about $450. >> pricey but it sounds worth it. coming up, the valentine's day tradition not getting any love this year. but first president trump's former lawyer michael cohen postpones his testimony on capitol hill amid accusations that the president is acting like a mob boss threatening his family. plus, a shocking case of road rage caught on camera.

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windshield of this car is now wanted by police in anaheim, california. the woman behind the wheel had her two daughters and a friend in the car. they say they have no idea why the man was tailgating them before attacking them and then taking off. we turn now to a decision by president trump's former attorney michael cohen. he's delaying his testimony before congress indefinitely. >> he was supposed to testify before a house committee in two weeks, but now he's postponing his appearance citing threats from the president. a friend of cohen tells abc news, quote, michael feels like the president is acting like a mob boss. this is purposeful intimidation and bullying. our cecilia vega has more. >> reporter: the president's longtime attorney and fixer michael cohen abruptly pulling the plug on his much anticipated testimony to congress. cohen's lawyer citing ongoing threats against his family from president trump and mr. giuliani adding, this is a time where mr. cohen had to put his family and their safety first. the president today denied making any threats.

>> i would say he's been threatened by the truth. he's only been threatened by the >> reporter: but he has called for cohen's father-in-law to be investigated even though he is not currently accused of any crime. >> he should give information maybe on his father-in-law because that's the one that people want to look at. >> reporter: and just this weekend another unfounded allegation from rudy giuliani. >> so it's okay to go after the father-in-law. >> now -- of course, it is. if the father-in-law is a criminal, we talked about ukrainians. his father was a ukrainian. >> that's not a crime. >> of course, it's not. i'm telling he's come from the ukraine. the reason that's important is because he may have ties to something called organized crime. >> reporter: cohen says those amount to threats, and he fears for his family's safety. and now democrats are considering a possible subpoena. they say they have offered michael cohen help with security if, in fact, he is scared for his own safety, but house oversight committee chairman elijah cummings was adamant. he said, quote, whatever we have

to do to get him here, we will do it. cecilia vega, abc news, the white house. >> and our thanks to cecilia in washington. a family in delaware is demanding answers after their young son was left on a school bus for hours in the freezing cold. 5-year-old ibn polk fell asleep on his bus before getting to school. reports say security footage shows the driver disregarding students trying to tell her that ibn was still in his seat. he was found on the bus seven hours later when the driver came back to start her afternoon routes. >> didn't really understand what was going on because i know i dropped my baby off at the bus stop and he was on the bus. >> when she didn't do that, that made me think like she didn't really care. >> do you think you'll go back on the bus? >> no. >> no? >> no. >> at least he's in good spirits. >> cute. ibn's bus had a child reminder alarm system, but it wasn't working. the school district says the bus driver did not follow other checkpoints. she's now been fired. in sports american underdog

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something to look forward to. >> hoping they make a comeback. a florida university is apologizing for a snafu that left hundreds of perspective students crushed. >> the university of south florida st. petersburg emailed nearly 700 applicants saying they had been accepted for the fall term, but then more than 400 of them including alexandria risotto got a second email saying there was an error in the system, please disregard the previous email. >> oh, no. >> i was just so disappointed. i was very, very let down because i had been waiting for a final decision from them since november now. my mom and i were like over the moon, excited. we were like jumping up and down and like shouting really loud. >> over the moon and brought back down pretty quickly. alexandria says she hasn't given up hope, though. the university is reviewing the applications of all involved and say some could still be admitted. >> big mistake. >> fingers crossed. if you're someone who is always running late, you can

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otezla. show more of you. this is abc 7 mornings. hey, it's thursday. january 24th. thanks for being here. >> meteorologist mike nicco has a look at the forecast. i'm guessing more sunshine. >> more sunshine and milder temperatures on the way. let's take ak look at the neighborhoods, ukiah, soibt rose, livermore. most of us in the mid-40s. the warm spot. let's see where we hebd this afternoon. if you liked yesterday, i think you'll like today. even more sunshine and fewer clouds. about 60 to 65 degrees. now santa rosa, 66. morgan hill, 68. some of the warmer i am tracking fog for the morning commute. i'll show you that next. here's sue. >> the northbound drerks the caution lights brinking on the

right-hand side. you have two lanes southbound and one lane in the northbound direction because they're working on that barrier. we go to the san mateo bridge, very light this morning. about a 14-minute ride from 880 towards 101. we do have major freeway closures due to roadwork. i'll touch on that in a moment. thank you, sue. the state of the union showdown between president trump and house speaker nancy pelosi appears to be over. >> the president officially is postponing the address until the government shutdown ends. that ends a week long stalemate. in his tweet he said this. i will do the address when the shutdown is over. i am not looking ar an alternative venue for the state of the union address. there is no venue that can compete with the history, tradition and importance of the house chamber. i look forward to giving a great state of the union address in the near future. the president is backing down after pelosi told him he wouldn't be allowed to deliver

the address in the house. pelosi has said the address shouldn't be delivered while the government remains closed and hundreds of thousands of workers go without paychecks. speaking of that, as we know 800,000 federal workers are on the verge of missing a second paycheck. people in the bay area are fwa >> g s in fremont is offering gasoline. it's a big relief to workers struggling to make ends meet. >> fill it up. >> fill it up. >> that's the offer he's making at his fremont station. those not getting paid due to the government shutdown. he's posted the signs about the offer near the pumps. >> fellow country men. they need the money so we have to help him. >> remarkably, 'ol yea is going big. he plans to give away $20 th20,

worth of gas. >> jennifer was one frt first to accept the hour. they're both air traffic controllers who haven't been paid in over a month but still on the job. they've got four kids. this was the family last halloween before bills and expenses started to snowball. >> i was going to have to fill up today before i went home. having this -- that's $50 that i don't have to spend. which is amazing. >> dan freeman is another air traffic controller on furlough. he jumped at the chance to fill up his suv. >> i saw it at my house on my social media. i'm like, i got in my car right away and drove over here. this is a big gas guzzler. >> he puts no restrictions on his offer. >> you're welcome, any time. >> he just hopes his gesture of goodwill is contagious. >> i figured out if i do it, maybe another gas station do the same thing. >> so far, nine federal employees have come by for free gas. at this point, we don't know how long his $20,000 gas budget will last.

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