making news in america this morning, the deadly school shooting in california. what we're learning about the gunman and how quickly he carried out the attack. why first responders were so quick on the scene and just how prepared some students and parents were for another school shooting in america. day two of the historic impeachment hearings hours away. this morning the new testimony we're now expecting and overnight president trump's defiant message to democrats. fight night in the nfl. >> whoa! hello. whoa. gosh, that's one of the worst things i've ever seen on a professional sports field. >> thursday night football turns into a nasty brawl. what star quarterback baker mayfield is telling his teammate this morning. a teen pilot crashes into this icy lake becoming trapped in the cockpit. he tells us how he survived.

plus, the new decision about transgender students and what cker rooms they can use. and the great christmas debate. is it too early to string up the lights? one neighborhood taking a stand. good friday morning, everyone. we begin with new details on the deadly school shooting in california. police say it all unfolded in just 16 seconds. >> the shooter wounded several classmates killing two of them. gunfire rang out as students were gathering outside saugus high school north of los angeles. >> now we're learning about the off-duty first responders who were able to rush to the scene so quickly because they were already on campus. overnight dozens of people gathering to remember the victims of america's latest school shooting. ♪ police in santa clara say thursday morning atri before the udent killed two

school began and say it was the shooter's 16th birthday. >> i just yelled at my teacher. i said we got to lock the doors right now. >> reporter: according to investigators it took only 16 seconds for the teen to pull a gun out of his backpack, shoot several students and then pull the gun on himself. students rushing to place the chairs against the doors for security. just as they've practiced in lockdown drills so many times. >> it was just a normal thursday. woke up, got ready. our biggest problem was, you know, about the dance on saturday and, you know, whether you forgot to do your homework or not and then all of a sudden it's life or death. >> reporter: moments after the shots rang out the first responders on the scene were three off-duty law enforcement personnel. they had just dropped off their own children at the school. one arrived at the shooting scene in mere seconds. >> he had just dropped off a family member at the school and was exiting driving away from the school along the perimeter when he saw all the children

running away from the sound of the gunfire and he turned aroun familiar scene. students walking single file out of school their hands in the air. anguished parents rushing to the school. prepared for a day like this. even setting up an emergency meeting place. the two victims killed include a 16-year-old girl and 14-year-old boy. three other students were wounded. the gunman overnight listed in grave condition. police searching the shooter's home and investigating a disturbing message on instagram. >> it says, saugus, have fun at school tomorrow. >> reporter: the fbi is also investigating the shooter's background. officials say there's no reason to believe he was acting on behalf of any group or ideology. the motive, still unclear. officials say there's no indication of any link between the shooter and the victims leaving the community struggling to find answers. >> as parents you go to work every day to poi for these kids and the last thing you want to

know is they've taken a bullet. they're just kids trying to get an education. >> and a music teacher is being called a hero. that teacher barricaded the classroom with a piano to help a 14-year-old girl who was shot in the hip and shoulder. we'll hear from her later on "good morning america." well, we also know that schools will be open again today in roanoke, virginia, despite an ongoing manhunt for a marine wanted for murder. 22-year-old michael brown is accused of fatally shooting his mother's boyfriend. he hasn't been seen for nearly a week now. authorities fanned out in roanoke after receiving a suspicious call about a suspect. their search came up empty. police say brown should be considered armed and dangerous turning now to washington and the impeachment hearings resuming this morning with the testimony from the former u.s. ambassador to ukraine who was forced out of her job. marie yovanovitch is heading to capitol hill after president trump took direct aim at earlier witnesses. he told supporters in louisiana last night that top diplomats who testified earlier this week are, quote, never trumpers. that came hours after house

speaker nancy pelosi accused him of bribery. abc's elizabeth hur has the details from capitol hill. elizabeth, good morning. >> reporter: janai, good morning to you and, yes, today we will hear from marie yovanovitch who says she felt threatened by president trump and was blindsided when she was forced out of her post. this morning, the impeachment showdown resuming with former ambassador to ukraine, marie yovanovitch, taking center stage. in an earlier closed door deposition, yovanovitch testified that she was warned by ukrainian officials to watch her back. that president trump's personal attorney, rudy giuliani and his associates had plans and that they were going to, you know, do things including to me. yovanovitch says in an effort to save her job, she turned to the ambassador to the eu, gordon sondland, the president's point man on ukraine. she told house investigators, and he said, you know, you need to go big or go home.

tweet out there that you support the president. yovanovitch refused. a few weeks later she says she was told to get on the next plane home. this comes as democrats continue to build their case against the president with speaker pelosi now calling trump's actions involving ukraine bribery and an impeachable offense. >> the bribe is to grant or withhold military assistance in return for a public statement of a fake investigation into the elections. that's bribery. >> reporter: but president trump maintains he did nothing wrong at a rally last night in louisiana blasting the first two witnesses, career diplomats, who kicked off the public hearings on wednesday. >> two never trumpers. what exactly do you think you impeach him for? and they stood there and went like, what? but their unraveling and their sinister plans will fail. >> reporter: well, also testifying today but in private

is david holmes, a state department staffer who claims he overheard president trump on the phone with sondland asking about the investigations. janai. >> all right, elizabeth hur there on capitol hill for another historic day and our live coverage of today's hearing begins at 9:00 a.m. eastern here on abc and our live streaming channel abc news live. eight people have reportedly been detained in connection with the murder of an american teacher. patricia anton was found dead in her apartment in the dominican republic tuesday. one man reportedly taken into custody is a maintenance worker at her apartment complex. she moved into building days before she was tied up and advantaginged during an apparent robbery. this is what they'll talk about around the water cooler at work. three players were ejected after a nasty fight during the thursday night football game between the steelers and the browns. look at this, with eight seconds left, cleveland's myles garrett ripped off the helmet of pittsburgh's mason rudolph and hit him with him. that sparked a wild brawl which included garrett being kicked in

the head. garrett later took responsibility and was criticized by his own quarterback. >> i made a mistake. i lost my cool, and i regret it and it's going to come back to hurt our team. >> that's just endangering the other team. that's inexcusable. he knows that. i hope he does now. it's just -- it's tough. and we'll see. >> i don't know what the rules are. i don't know but i know it's bush league. i know he's -- a total coward move on his part. it's okay. i'll take it. i'm not going to back down from any bully out there. >> unbelievable to see that video from professional athletes. the nfl is expected to hand down suspensions. some are demanding myles garrett be suspended for the rest of the season. all right. time now for a look at your weather for this friday morning. a brief warm-up is here for millions of people. it will be in the 50s today from kansas city to washington, d.c. and 64 degrees in denver.

but temperatures will plunge again by tomorrow morning with the windchill dropping to single digits around the great lakes. below zero in maine and in the teens here in new york city. we're also watching a storm developing in the south. right now it's dumping heavy rain across alabama and georgia. it could cause coastal flooding later this weekend in the northeast. stay safe this weekend. coming up, the new breakfast cereal causing some controversy among parents. but first, the new concerns about one of the most popular surgeries in america, lasik eye surgery.

we are back with this terrifying crash in europe.

a car in slovenia as you see here veering into the side of a truck forcing it over the guardrail plunging 60 feet. the truck driver was killed. police say the driver of the car was speeding and lost control. the texas high school student brutally beaten by her substitute teacher is now recovering from a brain injury. the 16-year-old says she's afraid to go back to school and isn't comfortable showing her face. she says she was laughing with her friends when the teacher used profanity and told them to shut up. that's when the confrontation escalated. >> and i turned around to my group of friends and said, well, you're not going to make money talking to students like that. and that's when she got up in my face and said, what did you say? i said, i didn't say nothing. and she said, that's what i thought. and she started getting closer to my face, and i told her, get away from me, and she said, or what? what are you going to do about it? >> i'll have much more from that

teen later this morning on "good morning america." that teacher was fired and charged with assault. a new warning about the risk of lasik eye surgery. an estimated 20 million americans have had the procedure which corrects vision by reshaping the cornea. a doctor who once voted to approve the surgery now says it should be banned. he claims the procedure is leading to serious complications for 30% of patients, and he says more than a dozen patients have taken their lives after years of pain. we all know how hard nurses and medical professionals work. they're unsung heroes. now nike is designing a new sneaker just for them. it comes with a special more durable sole. it's also laceless and easier to slip on. nike says it found many nurses walk up to four miles during a single shift. >> we love the nurses. coming soon, twinkies for breakfast. the cereal will lit grocery stores at the end of december. reactions are mixed. one critic citing a report this week saying 98% of children consume too much added sugar every day. debbie downer. others say bring on the

nostalgia. >> you know they say twinkies last like forever. >> they do. >> do you think the cereal will too? the cheating scandal in major league baseball expands. but first he hear from the teenage pilot who survived this plane crash into an icy lake. how he survived. and the controversial decision about transgender students and which locker rooms they can use. as a home instead caregiver, for everything that i give, i get so much in return. hearing all of stanley's stories about his home, and everything that he's learned over the years, it reminds me that this is as much for him as it is for me. join our family of home instead caregivers and help make a world of difference. home instead senior care. apply today.

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his propellers stopped moving. >> at that point you don't know where the airplane is going. there's houses over here and nobody deserves to pay for my engine failure. >> reporter: he decided to ditch in the lake's waters. when he tried to escape his jacket got tangled in the equipment. easter says he kicked furiously for ten minutes trying to keep his head above water. underwater and with the clock ticking, two kayakers came rushing to his rescue paddling over to help easter keep his head above water until help could arrive. >> i just jumped in and was paddling as fast as i could and i'm turning 60 this month, so it wasn't as easy as it used to be. >> reporter: easter escaped with minor injuries. according to the ntsb, deaths from small plane crashes are on the rise with 393 in 2018 compared to 347 the year before. still, the scarengill no. >> i'm definitely not done flying. i'm not going to keep me out of the sky. one engine failure isn't going to do it with me. >> easter grew up flying with his father who is a private

pilot. the ntsb is now investigating the cause of his crash. a legal victory for transgender students in illinois. they won a four-year fight over gender identity and privacy. a school board in suburban chicago voted to give students access to locker rooms corresponding to their gender identity. the battle began back in 2015 when the district was accused of violating federal law by denying a student who identified as female unrestricted access to the girls locker room. other students are now weighing in on that decision. >> i feel very uncomfortable, and i feel like it's against my rights as a student. >> i think it'll make it a lot safer and feel a lot better definitely more secure for a lot of people including myself. >> the board says the policy only applies to students who officially identify as transgender. oscar winning actress mo'nique is suing netflix claiming race and gender discrimination. she says the company only offered her $500,000 for a one-hour comedy special in 2017. the lawsuit claims that's significantly less than the

money offered to men including dave chappelle and chris rock and the money offered to white women. netflix has responded saying we believe our opening offer to mow novak was fair which is why we will be fighting this lawsuit. in sports, the cheating scandal in major league baseball is expanding. espn reports the league is contacting staffers from the astros and the red sox over allegations that players stole signs from opponents. some members of the red sox played on houston's world series team back in 2017. meanwhile, the mvp awards have been announced. the winners are angels' mike trout and the dodgers' cody bellinger. congratulations. in football this touchdown pass from baker mayfield was the highlight of the 21-17 win over the steelers last night. as we already mentioned the lowlight three players were thrown out in a helmet-swinging fight at the end of the game. suspensions are likely. >> things got ugly quick. up next in "the pulse," a man takes flight and breaks a world speed record.

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s.w.a.t. officers with guns drawn make arrests in the orinda halloween massacre. how the shooting unfolded is still a mystery. shock and grief after a student opens fire on a school coupl campus. two classmates died and three others hurt in just 16 hours. and in just an hour and a half, the second public impeachment will begin. maek mal diplomat from the center of the ukraine incident. >> first let's check in with mike nicco. >> little drizzle out there. showers on live doppler 7. i'm not getting any ground truth that this is reaching the ground, but don't be surprised if it does.

north bay, keep an eye on that. you can do that with our app. let's talk about what's happening temperature-wise. it's a mild morning. we go from 46 in santa rosa and clear lake to oakland at 58. still cool this afternoon. mainly upper 60s. how about the commute? >> we're off to a bad start on the peninsula. a sigalert has been issued, northbound 101 at redwood shores. it was an earlier truck fire. it's off to the right-hand side. but the redwood shores off-ramp is blocked at this time. northbound 101 is slow through east palo alto. that's due to road work that should be cleared. here's a look at westbound 580, the drive time right now, tracy to dublin is still green. looking good through the east bay. antioch to concord 13 minutes and green. we start this morning with

the deadly school shooting in southern california. police say it unfolded in 16 seconds. >> the teen gunman killed two fellow students on his birthday. as veronica miracle from kabc reports, the unanswered question is why. >> reporter: investigators searching the home of a suspected school shooter. a 16-year-old boy accused of killing his classmates on his own birthday. >> it's a sad day in saugus. it's a sad day in los angeles county and the nation for another tranl itragic shooting school. >> reporter: vinvestigators say it took 16 seconds from the first gunshot to the last. two saugus students shot and killed as their classmates were just starting their day. >> i started running. i seen people run. once i started running, i'm like my goodness, this is actually happening. >> reporter: police say a 16-year-old shooter shot five students total before turning the gun on himself. the shooter remains in grave

condition. >> we turned the news on, all we saw was someone giving cpr to a kid. that broke a lot of our hearts. we knew that kid wasn't going to make it. >> reporter: many students were prepared. lockdown drills now part of their normalized routine. >> as soon as it happened. we got our desks and put them at the door. >> reporter: the sheriff is not identifying the teen suspect, but neighbors say his father recently passed away. >> i knew he used to make bullets. i assumed he had guns. >> reporter: the fbi is investigating, they say there's no reason to believe the shooter is connected to a ideology or a group. as far as a motive, there's no word yet on his relationship to the victims. >> reporter: that was veronica miracle all classes at saugus high school are canceled today. >> the time is 5:30