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making news in america this morning, a fighter jet crashes into a building in california through the roof. the jet sticking out of the rubble. the pilot ejecting but 12 others injured. evacuations ordered. a highway shut down. this morning, the new video and the search for what went wrong. on the warpath? president trump reportedly telling the pentagon he does not want war with iran but overseas rising tensions. what we've now learned about cruise missiles seen on iranian boats in the persian gulf. the s.a.t. exam now announcing a new adversity score to reflect where they live and the crime in their neighborhoods. will it help level the playing field? we look at both sides of the
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debate. danger at the bus stop. kids nearly losing their lives walking off the school bus. what's being done to better protect them? facial recognition. why police used a photo of actor woody harrelson in hopes of catching a beer thief. and pour mistake. the restaurant that pulled the wrong bottle of wine from the shelf and poured one couple a red they'll never forget. good friday morning, everyone. thanks for joining us. we begin with that spectacular and terrifying crash of an f-16 fighter jet in southern california. >> the jet came falling out of the sky at the end of a routine training mission and managed to eject before the jet went through the roof of a warehouse leaving a dozen people injured. >> marci gonzalez reports the investigation is under way into what went wrong. >> reporter: this video showing an f-16 falling from the sky before crashing ripping this
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hole through the ceiling of a california warehouse. >> holy [ bleep ], dude. >> reporter: the pilot who was comi in for landing at march air reserve base rejecting and surviving according to authorities. you can see the seat and parachute on the grass. for some reason, whether it was loss of thrust or controllability, this pilot was so close to the ground that he or she felt they had to pull that ejection handle and get out of the airplane. >> reporter: firefighters keeping a safe distance concerned the plane may have been loaded with weapons and ammunition. >> that's a [ bleep ] airplane. >> reporter: workers just feet away incredibly managing to escape. >> i just think the ceiling from all over the building just started collapsing and then the sprinklers were going off. it was sirens going off. it was chaotic. it was a mad house in there. i made a run for it. >> reporter: that witness saying only one of his colleagues was injured. >> he was still conscious. i guess some type of sprinkler or something hit him in the face
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so he was a little bloody. but he was okay for the most part. >> reporter: experts amazed this crash didn't ignite a fire. >> the sprinklers have obviously been activated. >> reporter: you can see sprinklers dousing the wreckage. the plane's tail visible through the debris. the investigation just beginning. >> the real missy is as the plane was landing one way, it impacted a warehouse almost 90 degrees off. that will be the question for investigators. how did it go from here to here. >> reporter: marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. now to the battle lines on abortion. alabama is facing backlash from other states for passing the country's most restrictive new law. the decision to ban virtually all abortions at any stage has prompted the secretary of state in colorado to call for a boycott of alabama. she's threatening not to use her state's tax dollars on travel to the state. and in maryland, the comptroller wants the state pension fund to divest from any investments in alabama. meanwhile, the republican-led senate in missouri has now voted to ban abortions at eight weeks
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with no exceptions for rape or incest and the governor is vowing to sign the bill. >> the anti-abortion politicians in missouri have been very clear that they were going to spend this session pursuing extreme and likely unconstitutional legislation. >> i am honored to lead a state standing here today with many of my colleagues and with so many others who are committed to standing up for those without a voice. >> anti-abortion activists are hoping the laws will trigger a challenge that advances to the supreme court but even some conservatives warn the new laws may be too extreme for the supreme court to take up. turning to the growing fears of war amid rising tensions with iran, the u.s. is flexing its firepower within striking distance of tehran after warning of an imminent attack. as congress gets more details about the threat, president trump now appears willing to take the diplomatic route. abc's trevor ault is in washington with the new details. good morning, trevor. >> reporter: kenneth, good
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morning. there's really been several rising actions in a short period of time between the u.s. and iran and, of course those reports that the u.s. preparing to send in 120,000 troops in response to an attack but some members of congress say they and the american people are being left in the dark. with the u.s. carrier strike group now at the ready in the arabian sea president trump asked directly. >> mr. president, are we going to war with iran? >> i hope not. >> reporter: concern rising after the sabotage of three saudi oil tankers and a ship off the united arab emirates and nonessential american personnel ordered to leave iraq. on capitol hill, legislators say they want answers. director of national intelligence dan coats holding a classified briefing thursday with house and senate leadership but the rest of congress won't be briefed until next week. >> we've asked for a classified briefing for the entire congress, for the -- well, i can only ask for the house of representatives. we asked last week. they said they couldn't be ready.
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>> reporter: "the wall street journal" reporting both sides may have misread each other. intelligen gd by t i believe the u.s. planned to attack them prompting preparation for possible counterstrikes. american officials tell abc news there are images of missiles loaded onto iranian boats on the sea of oman that they fear could be fired at ships. but some democrats calling that intelligence reminiscent of previous instances that rushed america toward war. >> i don't know if someone in the white house is waiting for a gulf of tonkin moment here to initiate military action against iran. that would be a serious mistake. >> reporter: now the focus is on the administration's next move. >> what you're hoping to do is to show them that we had military capabilities in the region that if we are attacked by your proxies, we are going to respond to that forcefully. >> reporter: among those who want the u.s. to retaliate is saudi arabia. there a state run newspaper ran an editorial calling for
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surgical strikes against iran. >> thank you. three people arrested for the murder of a pregnant teenager in chicago are due in asound in e ol of one of the suspect's homes. police say the unborn child was cut out of her womb. >> i just don't get and understand how you can harm such a young, beautiful person. >> words really cannot express how disgusting and thoroughly disturbing these allegations are. >> police say the victim had bought baby clothes from the 46-year-old female suspect and was apparently lured back to the house with the promise of more clothes. the baby is said to be in grave condition. federal climate experts have issued their predictions for this summer. temperatures are likely to be warmer than usual on both the east and west coast. but the central u.s. from dallas to chicago to minneapolis will see more rain and cooler than normal temperatures. and with that now let's take a look at your forecast for this friday.
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a wall of severe storms is bringing damaging winds, hail and some tornadoes from the gulf coast to the great lakes today and likely lasting into the weekend. in northern california this bear made the first tracks on fresh powder that's fallen at ski resorts in the lake tahoe area. the heavy equipment is out and grooming the slopes for what's likely to be a busy weekend for skiers and snowboarders and in northeast florida, unusually cool air helped form this waterspout off the coast north of jacksonville. coming up, taco bell gets into the hotel business. also ahead, why police used a picture of actor woody harrelson to catch a beer thief. but first shocking new cases of children nearly getting killed while stepping off the school bus. what's being done to better protect
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look at this. we're back with frightening surveillance video. an suv plowing into a pizza shop near philadelphia. the driver is the daughter of a local mayor there in camden county, new jersey. she's now charged with driving under the influence. three people suffered minor injuries. now to the school bus scares caught on camera. they are hard to watch. look as a fourth grader in minnesota is nearly hit by a car illegally passing a stopped bus. the car's driver recently pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor and in ohio, surveillance video shows a car hitting two kids who had just gotten off the school bus. >> no, no, no. >> oh, police say the driver took off but later surrendered. incredibly those kids were not seriously hurt.
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>> it happened fast and i flew up in the air. >> i'm very, very upset. she could have killed my son that day. it would have been the last time i hugged and kissed my son. >> gives you goose bumps. researchers estimate there are 80,000 school bus stop violations each day. some lawmakers are taking action to impose stiffer punishments. a bill in new york would attach cameras to buses to take photos of cars that illegally pass and in florida a statewide education effort has been launched to make su kd parents know how to stay safe. also caught on camera this morning, an attempted kidnapping at a mcdonald's in los angeles. police say the woman seen here picking up a 4-year-old boy was trying to abduct him while his family wasn't looking. but a girl nearby noticed something was strange and alerted some adults who ran after the woman as she was trying to get into a parked vehicle. the suspect got away but was arrested the next day. she's being held on a $100,000 bond. >> wow.
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new york city police have reportedly used a photo of actor woody harrelson in a facial recognition program in hopes of tracking down a thief for stealing beer. security footage of the suspect was too grainy to get a match but he looked like harrelson. the detectives used the actor's photo for a search which resulted in several matches and an arrest. >> wow. >> the nypd is defending its actions saying no arrest is based on facial recognition alone. i wonder if woody is aware of this. >> the suspect should have just gone to cheers, the bar. >> everyone knows his name. coming up, the battle of the brother, part two in the nba playoffs. first the s.a.t. exam will assign a so-called adversity score to reflect the child's economic background. will it level the playing field? the controversy after a school lunch lady is fired for feeding a student who couldn't pay. this is amazing. with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis,
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we are back with an amazing look at a school of rays swimming off the coast of australia nailing an olympic-style synchronized swimming routine. >> they are cow nose rays named for the shape of their heads which look like cows' noses. >> that's pretty cool. now to a big change on the s.a.t. when it comes to how students earn their score. >> the organization behind the exam says all test takers will now get a so-called adversity score that reflects their socioeconomic background. the move is drawing both praise and criticism. this morning there is a big change for the s.a.t.s. a new system is giving test takers a score based on the hardships in their lives. the so-called adversity score is calculated from 1 to 100 factoring in the crime rate and poverty level in their neighborhood as well as parents' income. the college board which oversees the s.a.t. says race is not a factor in that scoring. >> imagine that student who grew up with less and made a ton out
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of it. that's a great person to let into your highly resourced college because imagine what they'll do when they have all those resources. >> reporter: the scores will not be revealed to test takers but schools will see it when they review the college applications. 50 colleges and universities have already tested out the program and the college board plans to expand the score to 150 schools this fall. >> lori, lori, pay for my tuition. lori. >> reporter: the change comes with america's college admissions system in the spotlight as dozens of wealthy parents face charges for allegedly paying large sums of money to get their kids into elite universities. some educators say the new scoring system is a step in the right direction and helps level the playing field. >> an s.a.t. score should not be the thing that completely holds you back. >> reporter: but opponents say the change could put better performing students at a disadvantage though the college board doesn't see it that way. >> what the college board is doing is giving admissions officers context to look at s.a.t. scores and see those students who may
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not have scored as high but given their context have accomplished amazing things. >> the college board did not release the full list of schools already participating in the pilot program. but they did say it includes yale, trinity college and the university of texas. a school lunch lady in new hampshire is out of a job for feeding a student who couldn't pay for his meal. bonnie kimball was fired by the high school's vendor after she told the boy he could bring in the money for his $8 lunch at a later date. the boy settled his outstanding debt the next day but kimball was accused of theft and the school vendor refused to take her back even after two of her co-workers quit in protest. an ohio father is suing one of the biggest producers of football helmets over the death of his son. darren hamblin's 22-year-old son drowned after suffering a seizure while fishing. an autopsy found the seizure was caused by the brain disease cte. hamblin claims it was caused by years of playing football and riddell helmets
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which he claims are unsafe. >> the brain moves inside the skull and no matter how thick padding is, the brain has the ability to slosh back and forth to tear fibers, stretch fibers so there is no concussionproof helmet. >> riddell calls the claim in the lawsuit meritless and says the allegations aren't proven. but this week a judge ruled the case can go to trial. it was the battle of the brothers again last night in the nba playoffs. steph curry scored 37 points to lead the warriors to another win over the blazers. his brother seth scored only 16, but each brother made four three-pointers and seth stole the ball from his older brother four times. they meet again saturday night. and with more sports and hockey, the bruins advanced to the stanley cup finals after
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number one is great britain where people get drunk an average of 51 times a year. >> give me a pint. >> the united states a close second with 50 times a year. one for each state in this great country. >> canada, australia and denmark round out the top five. >> 50 divided by 12 so what, that's about four times -- that's once a week. >> there you go with the math. the story of expensive red, red wine. >> a couple eating at a steak house in manchester, england, ordered the bottle on the right but they were served the bottle on the left. >> the bottle they ordered cost about $330, but the rare french wine they were served cost nearly $6,000. >> what? the restaurant manager blames human error on a busy night. wait. >> they didn't have to pay for it, right? >> good question. the red, red wine, and they were already going to pay $300 for a bottle of wine.
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making news right now at 4:27 from our live he leation in taiwan after lawmakers legalized same-sex marriage. taiwan the first place in asia to make gay marriage legal. and a setback for an effort to create more housing in california. a controversial bill by a bay area lawmaker is on hold this morning. a game two thriller between the warriors and the blazers. curry versus curry, and it goes down to the wire. >> it's friday, may 17th. yes, we made it. it's been a wet week. meteorologist mike nicco, we want to check in with you first. >> we'll pay for it tomorrow. low tmid-50s.is morning. at least it's not dryent on my in to work. we'll be in the upper 50s half
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moon bay and san francisco. low to mid-60s around the bay, into the north bay. some mid to upper 60s in the south bay and the east bay for our warmest temperatures. we'll look at radar and your 12-hour planner next. here is alexis. a few crashes on the board, one of those westbound 92 near the high rise for the san mateo bridge. sounds minor. we may have a little bit of debris in the middle lanes but the two vehicles made it off to the right shoulder. so far that's not causing any delays. i will keep an eye on that, though. we are friday light out of the central valley. one tiny stretch of red once you make it to 580 past 205. other than that we are still in the green. thanks, alexis. we are focusing on ways to build a better bay area. one of the proposals to help increase housing has hit a major roadblock. >> the sb-50 bill has been pushed back to at least 2020. abc news reporter amy hollyfield live in walnut creek, an area very vocal about their opposition.
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amy? >> reporter: it will be very interesting to hear what riders here at the walnut creek b.a.r.t. station have to say about this this morning. there was shock in sacramento when this happened yesterday. the bill was killed in committee. senator scott weiner of san francisco wrote the bill. he said he is extremely disappointed but says the fight isn't over. many thought the bill would at least make it out of committee so lawmakers could vote on it. sb-50 is controversial because it overrides local officials and local zoning and forces cities to allow high-rise housing near transit stops. that's why many officials have come out against it. they do not want to lose local control. supporters say california needs to rethink what the suburbs look like because of the housing crisis. the bill was postponed it wasn't exactly killed. it's been postponed until 2020 but many say it will have a really rough time then because that's an election year so this effectively kills it.
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but senator weiner says he is committed to moving it forward. reporting live in walnut creek, amy hollyfield, abc 7 news. the housing crisis is just one of the many challenges we face in building a better bay area. we want to hear your ideas. share them by joining our friday..a better bayre gup hello. weather and traffic right now. we start with mike nicco. i start with relatively dry doppler 7, reports of light rain at the napa airport. our reporting stations say it's partly cloudy to mostly cloudy. no need for the umbrella for most of us after we get around 7:00. look as we move throughout the day, sunshine and warmer temperatures we're starting off around the upper 40s to upper 50s. a little bit of a spread there. low to mid-60s at noon. low 60s at 4:00 and back in the 50s. you'll need a coat this evening t

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