making news in a making news in america this morning, alabama's abortion ban signed into law. the fallout this morning and the new questions. what happens next as supporters and opponents draw battle lines. plus, conservative televangelist pat robertson speaks out. why he says the ban goes too far. immigration overhaul. president trump unveiling a new immigration plan today changing who gets top priority entering the country. found alive. >> yes, we have a successful finding of the child. >> the 22-month-old boy missing for days in the woods is found safe near a 50-foot cliff. how he survived so long with no food or water. plus, the new york city helicopter crash caught on

camera. >> holy [ bleep ]. helicopter just crashed. >> the pilot plunging into the river. hear from the man who rescued him. should texting while you walk be a crime? the new proposal being considered. attention, graduates, the highest paying jobs for new college grads this year. and the ride of his life. a man takes a test drive in this priceless ferrari and keeps on driving. good thursday morning, everyone. we begin with a new battle over abortion. >> alabama's governor has now signed the country's most restrictive abortion measure. it makes an exception only when the mother's life is in danger. people on both sides of the issue are now bracing for a legal fight. >> conservative televangelist pat robertson is speaking out. despite his opposition to abortion rights, he says the alabama ban is too extreme. meanwhile, across social media

an eruption of opinions and statements including this from "glamour" magazine showing the senators who approved the ban, >> repte janaine, ngmong them. really a nationwide outcry on both sides of this issue in response to this law and there's many promises of legal challenges. it seems that this bill is destined and intended for the supreme court. [ chanting ] >> reporter: a contentious debate kick-started in alabama after a near total abortion ban, the most restrictive in the country now signed into law. >> all human life is precious. >> what do we do? [ chanting ] >> reporter: governor kay ivey ignoring protests in birmingham and beyond. >> whose house? [ chanting "our house" ] >> reporter: her signature making it a felony for doctors to perform abortions punishable with up to 99 years in prison, the only exception, if there's a serious health risk to the mother. the bill's authors and its

supporters setting their sights on overturning roe v. wade. >> actually for the future of our country, roe is destined to become a historical footnote. >> reporter: the reaction from the pro-choice community immediate. prominent women sharing stories of their abortions on social media using the #youknowme. >> who are you to tell me what to do with my body? it's my decision. it's not yours. >> reporter: the guttmacher institute reports one in four american women has an abortion before they're 45 and polls show about 70% of americans don't want roe v. wade overturned. "glamour" changing its home page to highlight the alabama state senate where all 25 lawmakers who voted in favor of this law are white men. in alabama some of the few doctors who provide abortions say they're scared and their patients are too. >> our phones have been ringing off the hook with women calling just wanting to know if we are still open. >> reporter: conservative televangelist pat robertson also speaking out surprising many by opposing the ban.

>> it's an extreme law, and they want to challenge roe versus wade, but my humble view is that this is not the case we want to bring to the supreme court because i think this one will lose. >> reporter: well, so far this year more than a dozen states have restricted or attempted to restrict access to abortion, and there could be more states on the way. right now legislators in missouri are considering a bill that would ban abortion at eight weeks. janai and kenneth, back to you. >> supporters and opponents focused on that conservative leaning majority on the supreme court. trevor ault, thank you. >> thank you. well, next to the white house where president trump is announcing a new immigration plan today. he's calling for sweeping changes, but democrats say he's ignoring the most critical issue. president trump insists it would be easy to overhaul the nation's immigration system. >> tremendous problems, of course, at the southern border from drugs to the wrong people being allowed to come in because of a corrupt and broken system that can be changed in 20 minutes.

>> reporter: in a speech in the rose garden today, he's expected to outline a new immigration plan focusing on two key issues, border security and legal citizenship. not changing, the number of green cards given out each year which will stay at 1.1 million despite a push from some republicans for a dramatic reduction. under this new proposal priority for visas would be given to highly skilled workers, applicants with higher education and those with english proficiency. >> i don't think most countries are giving us their finest. do you agree? and that's what's happening and it's causing tremendous problems with crime. >> reporter: the white house says this will increase diversity among immigrants in the u.s. but did not provide evidence to back up that claim. critics say there's one big glaring omission from the plan, how to address the 11 million undocumented immigrants already here in the u.s. in the meantime, republican senator lindsey graham is rolling out his own immigration bill. graham's proposal would require

asylum applicants from central america to apply for asylum in their respective countries. the bill would also allow for unaccompanied children from those countries to be deported from the u.s. >> no matter how high the wall will be built, no matter how many drones you have, no matter how many agents you put at the border, they'll keep coming because they want to get caught. >> reporter: as for president trump's plan, one administration official said, quote, we want to show the country that republicans are not against immigrants, but the plan faces an uphill battle with approval in congress unlikely. the state department is defending its decision to evacuate all non-essential embassy employees from iraq in response to a threat that's been linked to neighboring iran. u.s. officials say they are not rushing into a conflict insisting it would be an act of negligence if they failed to take precautions. congressional leaders will be briefed about the iranian threat today after lawmakers in both parties demanded more information.

>> reporter: this ordered departure from the u.s. embassy in iraq really is unusual. i have spent time in that baghdad embassy during a very violent period when isis was launching rockets at the facility, but this is the first time i remember the state department ever ordering a departure of personnel from that embassy so a lot of questions about what led them to do that. >> a british commander said he sees nothing unusual pertaining to threats. overnight iran's foreign minister said his country is committed to an international nuclear deal, but he called escalating u.s. sanctions unacceptable. president trump has granted a full pardon to one of his outspoken supporters. conrad black is a former media live mogul who was convicted of fraud and obstruction of justice. he spent more than three years in prison after being accused of cheating his company out of $60 million. but a white house statement points out the supreme court has overturned nearly all charges against him. yet another democrat is running for president. this time it's new york city

mayor bill de blasio.join race. he plans to kick off his campaign with an appearance on "good morning america." thousands of people showed up to honor kendrick castillo, the colorado teen who sacrificed his life trying to protect classmates from two gunmen. hundreds of jeeps lined the streets across -- around the church as a tribute to castillo's love for jeeps. inside the people who knew him best praised castillo's character including one friend who said, he died for us, now it's time for us to live for him. prosecutors say both shooting suspects will be tried as adults. time now for a look at your weather for this thursday morning. looking at the radar, more showers today for most of california, oregon and washington state. strong storms are also possible today from the dakotas to the great lakes and chicago. in central texas new video shows a partial dam collapse at lake dunlap this week sending water rushing downstream where people were told to take emergency precautions. looking at today's high

temperatures, 70s in new york and washington, d.c. 80s from atlanta to denver and mostly 60s in southern california. i'd like to see those temps going up. coming up, the hershey chocolate bar gets a makeover for the first time in 125 years. but first neighbors are terrified as a tiger is found inside a garage in houston. now we're learning why it was there. and up next, the search for answers after this terrifying helicopter crash in new york.

new details about this high-rise rescue in oklahoma city. two window washers swinging out of control 50 stories in the air crashing into that building during heavy winds. officials saplform

suspended from a crane somehow malfunctioned. it broke the windows on several floors and forced police to close the surrou firefighters finally stabilized the lift and rescued those window washers. shaken up but they're okay. >> lucky men. now to that horrifying helicopter crash in new york city. the pilot was the only one aboard the sightseeing chopper when it crashed spinning out of control into the hudson river. the chopper was on its way to pick up passengers after refueling. the pilot survived and was soon standing on the chopper's flotation device. he was pulled by the water by a nearby ferry crew. >> we just slowly eased our way up there. i could actually stand in position if i had to with the boat so -- >> and he climbed aboard, no problem? >> well, i called out to him. you know, said, okay. >> we pulled him up on the ladder. i help him to bring him out to the deck. i asked him questions if he was okay or if he was injured or was anybody else in the helicopter. he seems to be pretty good condition.

>> iesgars are trying determine what caused the crash. the pilot says he felt something was wrong as he was trying to land. houston police have arrested a woman they say owned a tiger and left it inside a garage in a residential neighborhood. she said she raised it as a pet but when it got too big, she temporarily dropped it off at a friend's house where somebody else found it and called authorities. she denies animal cruelty charges. the tiger was taken to an animal sanctuary. a new federal effort blamed the blocking robocalls is getting under way. an fcc plan would allow phone companies to block the annoying calls by default. that would allow many customers to avoid having to request tools from their carriers or download apps to weed out the calls. a vote on that plan is expected next month. hershey is making a historic change to its chocolate bars by adding emojis. it's the first redesign of the hershey bar in 125 years. only about 25 million of the emoji bars will be made.

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showers out there will keep things wet for the morning commute. more coming in the forecast. so as we wake up, we're definitely cooler this morning. low to mid-50s everywhere except look at clear lake, 46. highs today, even 50s at the coast, san francisco, observing, richmond, santa rosa, ukiah. everyone else in the low to mid-60s. a good 10-15 degrees below average. we'll take a look at your 12-hour planner next. i found a few dry streets. my commute was dry. you could have wet pavement where you are. we have a couple crashes including a solo vehicle roll over crash right at the cordelia junction. not sure how many lanes are blocked but you can see the red. emergency crews are there. sounds like a lot of damage. those take longer to clean up.

80 past gilman street a solo vehicle spinout crash they were able to push off to the shoulder. no delays through the el cerrito area. storm watch the sequel, yes, on this day two of our main rainstorm, we focus on travel. >> the always temperamental sfo where there were hours of delays and a lot of cancellations yesterday. reporter amy hollyfield is live at the airport this morning to see how we're starting off today. amy? >> reporter: hi, good morning. i checked in with the duty manager, today will look a lot like yesterday. it's still early. they haven't put their ground delay program in place at this time. we have 11 cancellations right now and seven dewlays. that could be carry over from yesterday. there were 400 delayed flights and 100 cancellations. i asked him about what time does

he think they would possibly make the call to go to that delayprogram. he says it is up to the faa so they don't know. we'll be checking in to see if they make the decision this morning. as of right now, though, be on notice if you're flying today there's a good chance out of sfo things will be a little slower than normal because of the weather. amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. it is now 4:30. if you are just waking up to us let's get you up to date. we start with meteorologist mike nicco. a couple hot spots this morning, the sunol grade and then coming down into milpitas you can see moderate rain there. some light rain moving through livermore heading to the altamont pass. we have right here on the san rafael side of the bridge and south 101 all the way to the golden gate bridge where some of our better rain chances are right now. it's going to be breezy.