making news in america this morning, new fallout after vice president pence announces what he calls a cease-fire in syria. members of both parties criticizing the deal as former secretary of defense james mattis fires back at the president overnight after trump called him overrated. >> i mean i'm not just an overrated general. i am the greatest, the world's most overrated. plus, another top military officer blasting the president's strategy in syria. the bombshell from acting chief of staff mick mulvaney admitting what the white house has long denied, that the president cut off military aid to ukraine in part to pressure them to investigate democrats. how mulvaney is trying, walking back the comment and the

confusion it is causing on capitol hill. >> do you still think there is nothing to see here? >> what did he say? breaking overnight, chaos i wanted in the u.s. the gun battle raging for hours. plus, a scare for lady gaga overnight falling off the stage during a performance. out of this world. the spacewalk later today that will make history. [ cheers ] and the tsa agent who met his match. >> i might need a nurse. >> challenging an 84-year-old woman to a push-up contest. evyo.o janai norman. tr clscease-fire in syria saying it's a great day for civilization. >> but turkish officials are not as enthusiastic describing the

broker deal as a five-day pausee beginning in northern syria, and journalists report seeing shelling and smoke in syria despite the new agreement. this morning, president trump is taking a victory lap after saying the administration brokered a deal to cease assault in >> great day for the kurds. it's really a great day for civilization, and we have gotten everything we could have ever dreamed of. >> reporter: the announcement from vice president mike pence followed a five-hour meeting with turkish president erdogan. >> a week after turkish forces crossed into syria, turkey and the united states of america have agreed to a cease-fire in syria. >> reporter: but turkey says it's not a cease-fire, only a pause, with kurdish forces given five days to get out of the region. in exchange, if the fighting ends, the u.s. agreed to lift the sanctions they imposed on turkey this week. the invasion begins shortly after president trump pulled troops out of syria abandoning the kurds. u.s. allies to helped fight

against isis despite the president's declarations of success, even some of his republican allies are questioning his decision-making. >> it does not appear to me, however, with all due respect this is really a cease-fire. this is more an ultimatum because what it is saying is erdogan is saying, here is land i intend to take. reporter:ven diplomatically that turkey forced the happened of the united states of america? turkey? >> reporter: now the president's decision to pull our troops out of syria is drawing fire from his former defense secretary. overnight, general james mattis let loose on the president a day after trump reportedly called him the world's most overrated general. >> i mean, i'm not just an overrated general. i am the greatest, the world's most overrated. i'm honored to be considered that by donald trump because he also called meryl streep an overrated actress. so i guess i'm the meryl streep of generals.

[ laughter ] and frankly that sounds pretty good to me. and you do have to admit that between me and meryl at least we have had some victories. and e retired navy admiral who,h oversaw the raid on osama bin laden is blasting trump. in a "new york times" op ed, william mcraven writes, if this president doesn't demonstrate the leadership that america needs both domestically and abroad, thin it's ti abroad, then it's time for a new person in the oval office, republican, democrat or independent. the sooner the better. the president criticized mcraven in the past calling him a hillary clinton supporter. aides are scrambling to distance themselves from an astounding admission from chief of staff mick mulvaney. he acknowledged a quid pro quo with ukraine and told reporters to get over it. later mulvaney claimed his re.d mitted something

the president has been denying for weeks, that there was a quid pro quo when president trump asked the leader of ukraine to investigate his political opponents. overnight, president trump still slamming the impeachment inquiry. >> and now they continue the outrageous impeachment witch hunt with nothing. with nothing. >> reporter: as his acting chief of staff mick mulvaney appears into. >> i have news for everybody. get over it. there's going to be political influence in foreign policy. >> reporter: acknowledging the trump administration did withhold military aid to ukraine in part to pressure ukraine to investigate the democrats. >> let's be clear. what you just described is a quid pro quo. it is funding will not flow unless the investigation into the democratic server happens as well. >> we do that all the time in foreign policy.

>> reporter: it contradicts what the president has been saying for weeks. >> there was no quid pro quo at all. >> reporter: mulvaney later claiming his comments were misconstrued writing in a statement, the only reasons we were holding the money was because of concern about lack of support from other nations and concerns over corruption. >> things have just gone from very, very bad to much, much worse. >> mick mulvaney said aid to ukraine was frozen in part to pressure them to investigate the democrats. do you still think there is nothing to see here? >> what did he say? >> he admitted that military aid to ukraine was held in part to pressure ukraine to investigate democrats. >> so mick mulvaney said what . rornwhile, written testimony from eu ambassador gordon sondland obtained by abc news shows sondland testified that rudy giuliani told him if

the ukrainians wanted a meeting with the president, they would have to issue a statement promising to investigate democrats and the company that hunter biden had been doing business with. this is all happening as energy secretary rick perry handed in his resignation. he has emerged as a key witness in the house impeachment inquiry. both he and mulvaney have until the end of the day today to hand over documents related to the ukraine they were subpoenaed for. elizabeth and kenneth? >> ines, thank you. an intense gun battle crippled the streets in mexico looking for the son of el chapo. mexican security forces say they were on patrol when they came under heavy fire. the shooting lasted for hours until soldiers eventually found el chapo's son, but they were outmatched by heavily armed cartel gunmen and they decided to let him go. now time for a look at your weather this friday morning. >> another tropical system in the making here across the gulf of mexico impacting parts of southern louisiana in towards florida.

the showers, thunderstorms impacting the areas this weekend. the question is does this become the next tropical system? next tropical storm pushing through and impacting zones across the southeast. sthis iontoat for the next coming days. for accuweather, i'm meteorologist chris nallan. well, coming up, e-cigarette maker juul making a major announcement amid the vaping crisis. also ahead, breaking news, a commuter plane goes off a runway. dramatic new pictures just in showing the aircraft inches from the sea. plus, this just in. the scare for lady gaga overnight, falling off a platform after she invited a fan onto the sta

several people were injured when a commuter plane ran off a runway in alaska. look at that sight there. however, no members of the high school swim team aboard were hurt. it stopped with its nose hanging over a rocky embankment over the bering sea. the plane carried 38 people in total on a flight from anchorage. the cause of this accident is not known this morning. president trump has made a surprise announcement, saying that the next year's group of 7 summit will take place at his own golf resort in miami.cricsla calling it the most blatant example yet that trump is trying to profit from his presidency. but acting white house chief of staff mick mulvaney is dismissing the criticism, saying it's a great idea. >> doral was by far and away, far and away the best physical facility for this meeting. in fact, i was talking to one of the advance teams when they came back and said, what was it like,

and he said, mick, you're not going to believe this but it's almost like they built this facility to host this type of event. so they're doing this at cost as a result it's going to be dramatically cheaper for to us do it at doral compared to the other final sites that we had. >> well, the "washington post" examined financial disclosure reports filed by the president and say they show that they shot struggling financially. new york city lawmakers have approved a plan to close a notorious jail. rikers island will be replaced by four smaller facilities by 2026. lawmakers say it's no longer needed because of falling crime rates and criminal justice reforms. critics say the move is a threat to public safety. well, the world's longest commercial flight will soon take off. the qantas flight will travel from sydney, australia to new york. the 10,000-mile trip will take almost 20 hours. qantas is hoping to launch the route by 2022. and so what's happening this weekend? the airline is using this

weekend's flight for research and tests. this to combat jet lag -- and to combat jet lag, rather, passengers will be served hot peppers and the idea here is to keep everyone awake for the first six hours. the remaining 14, not sure. i guess they're on their own. >> possibly. and a passenger in the philippines has found a way to beat fees for excess baggage. she wore several jackets, shirts and trousers all at the same time. it shaved more than five pounds off her baggage, saving her money and earning her the right to post this picture on facebook. but she says all the extra clothes were really hot, and i can neither confirm nor deny that i have done this. put on a few suit jackets to get through. >> whatever it takes. >> too many bags. yep. coming up, an injury for one t sing this ing. st stars. also ahead, the subway scare. commuters jumping into action, helping a woman who fell onto the tracks. and actress helen hunt recovering after a frightening

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we we are back with this dramatic subway rescue in buenos aires, argentina. a woman was accidentally shoved onto the tracks by a fainting m. has to n e aks away from the woman. passengers then jumped onto those tracks to help her. the woman and the man who fainted were treated by paramedics. a new video shows just how amazing that utah train rescue was. the view from inside the train shows that moment of impact there. from outside we can see the utah state trooper racing up an embankment. he pulled the driver out of his vehicle just before the train smashed into it. the hero cop says he didn't think. he just did his job. >> wow. well, oscar-winning actress helen hunt is recovering this morning after a frightening auto accident in los angeles. >> another vehicle smashed into

her suv in an intersection and it flipped over. abc's kayna whitworth has more. >> reporter: it happened in a matter of seconds. this surveillance video obtained by tmz showing the harrowing car crash. actress helen hunt in a black suv that's flipped on its side. bystanders rushing to the rescue. zaren thomas pulled her out of the car. >> i climbed up on top, opened the door, just told her take my hand, take my hand, get everybody out the car. >> reporter: the accident happened just before 5:00 in los angeles on wednesday. according to law enforcement, hunt was in the back seat. the 56-year-old actress won an oscar for her role in "as good as it gets." >> what good does that ever get anybody? >> reporter: she's recovering at home after being released from the hospital. now, while she was shaken, hunt's spokesperson says she suffered no major injuries, and the los angeles police department is currently investigating the crash. kayna whitworth, abc news, los angeles.

e-cigarette giant juul is suspending sales of its popular fruity flavors. the company says the new policy is effective immediately. juul plans to continue selling mint and menthol flavored products. it comes amid a teen vaping epidemic and an outbreak of a deadly vaping-related lung disease. meanwhile, the trump administration is expected to remove all flavored e-cigs from the market. turning now to a monster fall by lady gaga during her las vegas residency show. it all started, you see there, when the oscar winner invited a fan onto the stage. he picked her up and apparently took a misstep, falling off the stage and crashing onto the floor. the shocked audience gasped and screamed. but gaga quickly recovered and jumped back on stage resuming her show. >> quite the performer there. and baseball's playoffs, the astros in control of the series against the yankees. houston took the lead for good

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♪ ♪ time to check "the pulse," and we begin with one small step for women. >> in just a few hours christina koch and jessica meir will leave the international space station to replace a broken battery charger. this will be the first all-female spacewalk in nasa's 61-year history. >> the milestone was originally scheduled for march but that was scrapped because the two medium-sized spacesuits were not available then. >> we've got the suits. we've got the women who are going to do the spacewalk. and they are going to just be out of this world. >> yeah. next, stealing the show in washington, a youngster had his

big moment at the capitals game. >> this is adorable. jackson friedlander scored two goals in a game that took place during an intermission. that got him an interview after coming off the ice. >> and jackson really went for it. listen. >> all i wanted is to have some speed and have fun. hockey, always remember hockey's not about winning, it's always about fun. i'm like seriously excited. i'm kind of shy but mostly excited. and courageous. >> do you have anything you want to say to all your fans out there? i think you have gained a lot of fans in these last couple of minutes here. >> yes. i know everybody, my hockey team, mom and dad, i just love you so much, everybody. please, god bless everybody. >> jackson is shy like me. during his interview jackson also gave a shoutout to his pet tarantula named michael -- jackson. says michael has a big appetite. so yeah. his name is jackson. the spider's name is michael. >> exactly. >> there you go.toheasall-theme gender reveal that ended in a strikeout. >> a family in california wanted

to use a ball filled with either pink or blue powder but there was one problem. dad couldn't hit the ball. he swings and swings and swings. a total of five misses. >> then he tries to throw the ball to himself and the ball hits the ground, as you can see. it's a boy. >> it is a boy. he swung and missed so many times, but -- i'll stop there. finally, a woman who put two -- who's not too old to pop out some push-ups. >> this is incredible. she's an 84-year-old who was a military nurse during the vietnam war. maggie desanti in her uniform got into a pushup contest with a tsa agent at the airport in phoenix. >> miss maggie there was helped to her feet after doing ten push-ups. the agent said he may need a nurse. maybe miss maggie could help him out. >> 84 years old. >> 84 doing push-ups. she's my hero. all these strong women on "the pulse" taking over with the astronauts as well.

i love it. >> happy friday. more news after this.

now at 4:27, pg&e about to face questions about that massive safety power shutoff, company executives will answer to the california public utility commission later this afternoon. and earthquake drill in san francisco, many people got an emergency alert on their phone but it came an hour after officials sent it. and facebook is pledging $25 million to build affordable housing to help teachers struggling with living in silicon valley. good morning on this friday, october 18th. >> happy friday. lisa has a look at our friday forecast. >> it looks pretty good, minus the wind. yesterday we had gusty winds in spots. it will be breezy at the coast. here is live doppler 7. not looking at a lot of clouds out there. temperatures are in the 40s and 50s, not too hard to 50n santa .

56 in san francisco. 45 by the delta. we are cooler than we were yesterd yesterday. we had all the clouds yesterday. 2 to 11 degrees cooler. lookhe winds right now, 20 to 40-mile-per-hour gusts from the north. the winds will be with us in the form of a breeze today. not quite that gusty. we'll look for the sunshine, cool and mild today. we'll talk details in a few minutes. good morning, sue. >> going to the golden gate bridge. you're down to one lane in the northbound, that's the reverse commute direction, due to barrier work. you have two lanes in the southbound direction. smooth sailing, hardly a car in sight. no fog there either. to the san mateo bridge we go, a 14-minute drive from the toll plaza across the causeway into foster city. it's pretty quiet out there. we'll look at some road work activity in just a couple minutes. pg&e feedback. today the california public utilities commission holds an emergency meeting to address

last week's power shutoffs. >> jobina fortson is live in one of the cities that will likely be watching the meeting with a lot of interest, cupertino. >> hi. good morning. this power shutoff has been described by many as a failure. and with people not being able to access the website and so many other issues, thousands felt the negative impacts of this emergency power shutoff including this neighborhood in cupertino. now the california public utilities commission will hold this meeting with top pg&e executives today. that will be happening at 1:00. here's more on what we're expecting to see. the cpuc wants pg&e to address the mistakes and operational gaps identified in the latest public safety power shutoff and give them lessons the utility company learned so they can assure they're not repeated this meeting is supposed to make sure cpuc commissioners and staff have as much information as

possible and could take additional actions as necessary to mitigate severe risks to husband health and safet a futue shutoffs. he would will be following off of that. stay with abc7 news on the air and online for those latest updates. reporting live in cupertino, jobina fortson, abc7 news. >> that should be interesting. thank you. it's 4:30. if you're just waking up, good morning. >> we're here with an update on your weather and traffic. >> good morning, as you all said. >> get up. >> all right. i might need a few minutes, but we're looking at the next 24 to 48 hours, we're clear. we have breezy winds along the coast. we have a weak cold front again to the