happening now in america this morning, for the second time in one week, a jet crashes bursting into flames at a u.s. airport. the same plane as the one that crashed with racing star dale earnhardt jr. on board. new this morning, witnesses describe how it happened. breaking right now, the manhunt for a sniper. who shot a california sheriff's deputy in the station parking lot? the deputy walking to his car when he was targeted. the one thing he did that saved his life. the new interview with a teenager who nearly died of lung failure after smoking e-cigarettes. >> my heart was just pounding out of my chest at 100 miles an hour. >> the growing concern linked to vaping now being reported in 16 states. plus, caught on camera, why

this man attacked his own lawyer in court. amusement park horror. we hear from the men on this slingshot ride when the cable snapped. the one tip to make sure your ride is safe. and visiting the "titanic" for the first time in more than a decade. the underwater discovery scientists call shocking. good thursday morning, everyone. thanks for joining us. we begin with growing concerns about the safety of private jets after a fiery crash in northern california. >> it comes just one week after the crash involving racing star dale earnhardt jr. this time it's a cessna loaded with fuel about to take off. it crashed bursting into flamesa by passengers at yet another small airport. this morning the second fiery crash in two weeks involving a private jet is raising questions and concerns. >> plane crash, vegetation fire

at airport entrance. plane is engulfed. >> reporter: the cessna citation bursting into flames moments after an aborted takeoff running off the end of a runway at oroville airport in california. >> one plane fully involved off the runway approximately a half acre of grass burning. >> the nose and the tail were all intact. everything but the center section was just starting to burn. >> reporter: all ten people on board escaping uninjured with only a shell of the two-engine jet remaining after the fire was extinguished. >> i'm amazed that somebody got out of that alive. it was fully engulfed in flames and pure black smoke but a jet is the amazing thing around here. >> reporter: investigators say the trouble started almost immediately taking off on a flight for portland, oregon, when the pilot decided to abort unable to stop in time. the reasoning behind the pilot's decision is still unclear. >> i mean obviously the pilot, i was next to him for a little bit. he was pretty shook up. >> reporter: just last week another cessna citation crashed off a runway, that jet

that owned by dale earnhardt jr. bursting into flames after crashing in tennessee. earnhardt jr. with his family and the two pilots seen running from the burning jet. investigators say earnhardt's plane was landing when the landing gear failed. the jet hit the runway at least twice before becoming engulfed in flames. the faa and national transportation safety board will investigate. it can take the ntsb a year or more to determine a probable cause of an accident. and we're following a developing story in southern california where authorities have been searching for a sniper who shot a sheriff's deputy walking to his car. the deputy was leaving the sheriff station in lancaster north of l.a. when he was shot in the chest. the sniper apparently fired from an apartment building overlooking the station near a mental health facility. that deputy is okay thanks to his bulletproof vest which deflected the bullet into his shoulder. the mayor says just before the shooting, the deputy was getting ready to take off his vest, which could have been a fatal decision. and police say they foiled a

mass shooting plot at a california hotel. a disgrunted hotel cook allegedly told a co-worker that he planned to come to work and shoot everybody he saw at the long beach marriott. the suspect was apparently upset over a human resource issue. police say they found a stockpile of guns and ammunition in his home. now to washington where president trump appears to be embracing the chaos he's created around several important issues from guns to taxes to our relationship with nato ally denmark and this morning, abc news has learned all this chaos could prompt two republicans to jump into the race for president giving trump some unexpected competition in the gop primary. abc's serena marshall has the new details. serena, good morning. >> reporter: trevor, good morning. amid all of these controversies there's also a new one, the president again suggesting an end to birthright citizenship even though that's a guarantee enshrined in the constitution. mixed messages, confusion and what some might call chaos at the white house from further

alienating our nato ally denmark, upset the country's prime minister rejected his idea to buy greenland. >> i thought that the prime minister's statement that it was absurd, that it was an absurd idea was nasty. i thought it was an inappropriate statement. >> reporter: to again accusing american jews of disloyalty. >> isn't that anti-semitic? >> no, it's only in your head. had no, it's only anti-semitic in your head. >> reporter: the anti-defamation league outraged after the president said a vote for a democrat means -- >> you're being disloyal to jewish people and you're being very disloyal to israel. >> i will be exactly clear on what that was, anti-semitism. >> reporter: and now reigniting another controversy. >> birthright citizenship where you have a baby in our land, you walk over the border, have a baby, congratulations, the baby is now a u.s. citizen. it's frankly ridiculous. >> reporter: suggesting an end to a constitutionally protected guarantee. last october he said he was

considering using an executive order to do it. now two former gop congressmen former south carolina governor and congressman mark sanford and illinois congressman turned radio host joe walsh are moving closer to mounting a long shot primary bid against trump. though neither expects to win, they hope to offer the party an alternate vision for the future. the president again distanced himself from guns and background checks saying we already have very strong background checks and any potential legislation a slippery slope. trevor, janai. >> serena marshall in washington, serena, thank you. meanwhile in the race for the presidency, jay inslee has dropped out. he says it's become clear he wasn't going to win the democratic nomination. he was hoping to make climate change the driving issue in his campaign. the cdc is reporting an increase in lung illnesses linked to vaping. more than 150 cases have been reported in these 16 states from coast to coast. many of them are teens and young adults.

17-year-old tristan zoefield of texas ended up with a blockage in his lungs. he to be placed in a medically induced coma. that's when his parents found out he had been vaping since eighth grade. >> i woke up just throwing up everywhere. my heart was just pounding out of my chest going 100 miles an hour. >> you don't want your child to have to go through to what he went through. >> it is a big deal. it's not something to look over. >> a utah man also had to be put into a coma because of a vaping-related lung disease. the cdc is investigating but has not linked any particular device or chemical to these cases. new video shows just how quickly the wildfires in the amazon rain forest are spreading. officials in brazil report the number of fires has nearly doubled since last year. that thick haze has spread thousands of miles turning day into night. the rain forest produces 20% of the world's oxygen. environmentalists say some of the fires have been caused by people clearing the land. they blame the brazilian government for encouraging

development. well, time now for a look at your weather for this thursday morning. heavy winds from a thunderstorm flipped over this small plane in college park, maryland, wednesday. no one was inside the plane at the time. meanwhile, in indiana this driver -- look at this -- suffered minor injuries when that tree fell on her suv as she drove during a storm near indianapolis. luckily nobody was in the passenger seat. looking at today's weather, more storms later today from d.c. to boston and storms are possible from the southern plains into the tennessee valley. most of the south will be in the 90s. coming up, the man who tried to fix his flat tire with band-aids and ended up in big trouble. >> no kidding. but first, another scandal in olympic sports. why a world famous coach is now banned for life. and the terrifying moment at this amusement park when the cable on a slingshot ride snaps. hear from th

new video shows an illegal drag race ending in a spectacular crash right there in england. the driver rolled his mercedes after hitting another vehicle at 90 miles per hour as police chased him. he had to be cut free from the car. he is serving a two-year prison sentence. well, two men are speaking out about a scary failure at an amusement park in florida. they were set to take on this slingshot ride in panama city. the workers promised ty ul be aho. instead that cable on the right snapped, left them on the ground and they were stunned when they thought about what could have happened. >> i was totally in shock at the moment the cable snapped, and i was kind of freaked out with my hands still stuck in the air not knowing what happened.

>> i was praying to god right after. i was like, thank god it didn't go up. i didn't know what was going to happen if it did go up. >> safety experts say rules are different in every state when it comes to ride inspections. they advise looking for an inspection sticker although not all states issue them so you should consider asking park employees. a neo-nazi scandal in a los angeles suburb is growing. at least three new videos have surfaced in garden grove showing students in racist activities. the first video showed members of a team giving the nazi salute as you see. the other videos were made earlier. the school district says it has re-opened the investigation. new video from phoenix where a man attacked his own lawyer in court. the man was facing trial for allegedly assaulting a corrections officer. he said he was unhappy with his public defender. he reportedly has a history of being disruptive in court. a legendary coach has been

banned for life. a former student is suing richard callaghan claiming numerous sexual assaults. adam schmidt said the repeated abuse began when he was 14. callaghan has denied the accusations. repairing a tire helped land a california man behind bars. someone called police when they saw him fixing a flat tire with band-aids and gauze. police saw the medical items shoved into holes in the wheels and then they arrested him for being under the influence of drugs. imagine that. >> coming up, the two new shark attacks at american beaches. also ahead, the news about the "titanic" that's being described as shocking. a leading scientist explains why. but first the deadly shooting in a florida parking lot all caught on camera. was this self-defense? ♪ corey is living with metastatic breast cancer, which is breast cancer that has spread to other parts of her body.

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house was destroyed. a neighbor reported smelling gas. we turn now to that deadly parking lot shooting caught on camera in florida. the man who opened fire, michael drejka, is now on trial. >> the case has put the spotlight on florida's controversial stand your ground law. at the center of the case this surveillance video showing michael drejka shooting markeis mcglockton. drejka is seen approaching mcglockton's girlfriend berating her for parking in a handicapped spot and that's when mcglockton shoves drejka to the ground and takes aim and opens fire. the father of three stumbles back into the store where he would later die. drejka was silent in court wednesday as both sides laid out their arguments. >> mr. mcglockton backs up as far as he can go, all the way he can go, he can't go back any further and watch that video. he starts to turn away from the confrontation, and he's shot at that time.

>> mr. drejka reasonably, reasonably believed that that force was necessary. >> reporter: drejka is claiming self-defense. he was originally not charged in the case because of the state's controversial stand your ground law which gives floridians the right to protect themselves if they consider their lives to be in imminent jeopardy. the same law was used to defend george zimmerman in the 2012 killing of trayvon martin but the state's attorney later decided to bring manslaughter charges arguing drejka had 11 seconds to make that decision to pull the trigger. drejka's history is also coming into play. one witness for the prosecution says drejka threatened him five months earlier for parking in the same handicapped spot. >> he said i should shoot you, kill you. >> never saw a gun? >> never saw a gun. >> the trial is expected to wrap up by the end of the week. beachgoers are on the lookout after two more shark attacks in hawaii and florida. 11-year-old christian mariani was playing in knee-deep water in ft. lauderdale when he was bitten on his foot. he escaped but had to get 17 stitches.

>> it almost felt like human teeth then i ran out screaming. i just thought like to get out because i knew something was there, something bit me. i don't know what it was so i just ran out and that's it. >> then the attack off hawaii's big island, two sharks were spotted after a woman had to drag herself to shore with bites on her torso. 30 unprovoked attacks have already been reported in the u.s. this year. 32 were reported during all of last year. time is apparently running out for the wreckage of the "titanic." historians aboard a sub that explored the shipwreck for the first time in 14 years say part of it, parts of it are decaying rapidly, especially on the starboard side. the deckhouse is collapsing along with the staterooms. the officers' quarters are all gone including a favorite among "titanic" fans, the captain's bathtub. >> the future of the wreck is going to continue to deteriorate over time. it's a natural process. these are natural types of

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controversy surrounding the new season of "dancing with the stars." >> the 12 contestants include former white house press secretary sean spicer, whichng well received by the show's host tom bergeron. >> he sent out this tweet, my hope would be a joyful respite from our exhausting political climate. a decision was made to go in a different direction. we can agree to disagree. some have suggested melissa mccarthy should return to "saturday night live" to reprise her role impersonating spicer. oh, she was good. >> politics bleeding into everything. >> apparently. >> if "dancing with the stars" is infected, is nothing sacred anymore? unbelievable. well, president trump may have taken the world by surprise after getting into a spat with the leader of denmark but a former rival apparently saw this coming. >> so the president canceled his visit to denmark because the danillis idea of buying greenland absurd but during a 2016 campaign at one point candidate ted cruz

made this eerie prediction. >> i mean we're liable to wake up one morning and donald, if he were president, would have nuked denmark. that's not the temperament of a leader to keep this country safe. >> well, the good news is there's no sign of a nuclear war with denmark any time soon. also senator ted cruz has come around on the president these days. >> yeah, right, and incredible that we just started off "the pulse" with two political stories. >> yes. >> my goodness. >> keeping it entertaining. it's been a good month for dwayne "the rock" johnson. he got married and his latest movie is banging at the box office. >> is that right? well, "forbes" just announced the rock is the highest paid actor of 2019. he made $89 million in salary and other royalties and some other names on the highest paid list might surprise you. >> so coming in at number five, jackie chan with 58 million. >> still. >> some of that money came from

his movie theaters and adam sandler tied for number six with bradley cooper. sandler can thank netflix for most of his earnings. >> yeah, he got himself a chan. >> jackie chan has movie theaters? >> apparently. you wouldn't know. you don't go to the movies. >> i don't, i don't. >> regardless of jackie chan. finally taylor swift made a special delivery. >> so, no, it's not another album but it is something fans can sink their teeth into. her father and members of her team hand delivered pizza to her superfans camping out in central park ahead of her concert later on "good morning america." >> the nypd tweeted it feels like one of those nights we won't be sleeping. rest assured, swifties, the nypd never sleeps and our officers will be around all night long keeping you safe. >> so we're missing a big party in central park right now. the party before the party. >> i've got a feeling that the officers are happy to be there for the swift concert and they're playing it off like they're not that interested. >> i think you're right. let's go to central park. >> deal. >> all right.

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>> let's take be a look at our temperatures. mid-to-upper 60s even still some 70s hanging on in clearlake, concord. this afternoon the humidity will taper. muggier than normal for us and will make our temperatures feel warmer than yesterday even though we end up about the same. we'll talk more about that coming up. >> a new crash early this morning in oakland northbound 880 as you make your way to the airport. it is off to the right-hand shoulder. traffic slowing. there's road work in the area

from san tre traceee slows to the pass. looking good as you make your way through. developing news concerns over possible arson in the south bay. >> a string of fires has caused damage in neighborhoods across downtown san jose. we go live there this morning. >> reporter: good morning. the san jose fire department said one person was detained for possibly setting fires yesterday on purpose and that's bringing some relief to residents but there's still some concern as well. we talked with one resident yesterday who says they've seen within the last few weeks five fires in the neighborhood.

the park is busy during the day so any fire has potential to harm several people. dozens of areas of suspected do february to yesterday. >> is it just coincidence, fireworks, homeless encampment, an arsonist. what is the cause? awfully suspicious where you have repeated clusters of fires in the same areas. >> reporter: we reached out to the san jose fire department to get the answers to his questions and at this point we're still waiting on a response. thank you. >> it's 4:30. a quick update on your weather and traffic. >> let's take a look at the visibility outside. you can see it's down to zero at half moon bay. that's where the thickest fog is right now. for everythingry where. missing some of our reporting station.