right now in america this morning wire rescue crash, big boom and everything plain getting stuck in these power lines, 100 ft. up the pilot and passenger dangling for hours the delicate rescue effort overnight. also breaking overnight. the entire city of houston, the fourth biggest city in the country, now under a boil water notice. schools closed. millions of people affected the problem with the water treatment plants on edge protests against covid restrictions in china, escalating some now demanding china's president stepped down the biggest threat of its kind to the communist government since tiananmen square. what's at stake for the economy? nfl star odell beckham jr thrown off a plane dispute with an airline flight crew, forcing the entire

plane to evacuate what beckham is saying now reunion five decades in the making, how this woman found her family again, 51 years after being kidnapped from jay leno's big return to the stage to the best bargains for cyber monday to the new legal battle over mac and cheese. it's monday, november 28th. from abc news in new york. this is america this morning. good monday morning, everyone. i'm andrew denberg. andrea fujian for rhiannon. we begin with a developing story overnight, a small plane crashing into power lines and maryland. the crash, setting off a dramatic late night rescue with two people on the plane stuck crash, also causing widespread power outages. here's a b cs derek dennis. this morning, a life or death rescue in gaithersburg, maryland, hours in the making a pilot and passenger brought to safety one by one from a small

plane lodged about 100 ft in the air into some high tension, power lines, slamming nose first into a transmission tower about 5 30 sunday evening at 12 25. the first patient was coming out of the aircraft and coming down to the ground. the second patient. i was out and coming down at 12 36. william smouse lives nearby and says he initially dismissed the seriousness of the accident until a witness told him what happened. so you heard i heard a big crash, big boom and everything. and so it's unfortunate the pilot and passenger able to talk to rescuers are still in regular contact with with the folks in the aircraft. so the single engine plane coming from white plains, new york, was apparently headed to montgomery county airpark about a mile away. the impact knocking out power to some 120,000 customers and leaving the occupants on board dangling precariously. we can see the light in the cockpit. of

the cell phone from the pilot. the rescue operation, a delicate one involving multiple crews, working to secure the plane and ultimately bring it down, but first power crews had to make sure the powerful electrical current to the wires was shut off, which means crews have to go up to the wires themselves. to put clamps or cables onto the wires to ensure that there's no static electricity, no residual power. the ntsb and the faa will investigate the crash to determine the cause. as for the pilot and the passenger onboard , authorities say they were taken to local hospitals with serious injuries. derek dennis abc news new york derek thank you. residents of houston, the nation's fourth largest city, have been told to boil their tap water before using it is in response to a power outage at a purification plant. the mayor hopes the boil order can be lifted by tonight. city schools

are closed today. also breaking overnight fire destroyed multiple buildings along the historic mystic seaport in connecticut. one firefighter was taken to the hospital as heavy winds spread the flames. no immediate word. on the cause. protests over covid lockdowns are escalating in china, with some now calling for china's communist leader to step down. police are cracking down. seen here, dragging a man down the street and the bbc says one of its photographers was beaten by officers. abc is justin finch is here now with more justin. good morning. andrew good morning. china has been scrambling for days to quell demonstrations spreading across the country. the fallout is rattling financial markets and raises the risk for new setbacks to the world's already weakened supply chain. across china. citizens and police clashing in the streets enforcement racing to contain remarkable shows of opposition to china's president xi jinping, some in beijing, openly calling for him to step

down this woman saying we should end his dictatorship and she only cares about himself frustrations with china's super strict zero covid policy, prompting thousands to protest and his communist party. while demanding freedom and denouncing censorship. zero covid policy has been a disaster both economically and politically. inside china. asian financial markets were down in early trading on news of the rare china protest and supply chain concerns at fox cons. largest iphone plant police in hazmat suits seeing coming to blows with protesters last week following reports of workers upset by delays in bonus payouts and the company's hands. wing of the covid outbreak, already reporting delays for some iphone models. the demonstrations ramping up after 10 people died in a fire at an apartment complex in the western city of a

room key residents blaming china's covid measures for hindering rescue efforts, claiming it took fire crews three hours to knock out flames, which officials deny. the world now watching to see how president she responds imaginable that they will try to resolve the issue by backing down changing the policy. um it's not to see jumping style. and the bbc is condemning china's arrest of one of these photographers while covering anti government protests in shanghai, saying he was also beaten by chinese police. the bbc says it did not receive an immediate apology or explanation . refuting officials claims he was arrested to protect him from covid. andrew justin. thank you , former president trump is facing backlash for dining at mara lago with kanye west and white supremacist. nick fuentes . trump claims he didn't know the rapper was going to bring fuentes so far. no comment from house minority leader kevin mccarthy. but some republicans

are criticizing trump. well certainly needs better judgment and who he dines with. i know that he's issued a statement said he didn't know who those people were very troubling and it shouldn't happen and we need to avoid those kinds of empowering the extremes when you meet with people, um, power and that's what you have to avoid. you want to diminish their strength, not empower them. meanwhile the white house responded, saying hate and anti semitism have no place in america. now to the murder mystery and a small college town in idaho. classes are resuming and families of the four victims , along with people throughout the community are struggling with a lack of answers. classes are back in session today at the university of idaho, the first time some students are returning since four of their classmates were brutally stabbed to death inside this off campus home. i think it's important for everybody to come back to campus. but also i understand the fear more than two weeks

after the murders in moscow, idaho, no arrests or murder weapon, and investigators have not revealed a motive now growing signs of fear within the community. police are getting an influx of 911 calls for unusual circumstances or welfare checks for loved ones. and the local locksmith says he's getting 50 calls per day from people wanting deadbolts installed in their homes. it's just an eerie feeling. moscow just doesn't feel the same right now. yes. feel better, uh, until they have somebody. apprehended authorities maintain the killings were targeted, but detectives have not revealed if one or multiple victims were the targets, saying they want to protect the investigation. ultimately, we know that there's a person or persons that is in a community somewhere that has committed four murders, and i think it's important for the public to know that well, they may not see a lot of activity in and out the house. they may not hear about a lot of the different interviews that are

occurring. we're making substantial progress. steve gonsalves, the father of victim , caylee. gonsalves says he had not heard any updates from police for days until he contacted them out of frustration. he says police told him they're still analyzing evidence. now the university is offering remote learning and state police are boosting security on campus. officials in the biden administration are optimistic that cases of rsv and children may have peaked. the respiratory illnesses overwhelmed many hospitals, but doctors are hopeful that relief is coming soon. one bit of good news. just in the last week, we've seen rsv peak and maybe turn down, obviously hopeful that that trend is going to continue. hopefully we're going to see that peak come down because if you look at other countries that have had those kinds of peaks with flu and rsv , it's peaked early, but come down a shortage of amoxicillin aqui antibiotic used to treat children or childhood illness is adding to the problem. dr zhao says they're working to fix

supply chain issues. time now for a look at your monday weather. it's mostly clear across the country except in the northwest. we're up to two ft of snow could fall in the cascades and rockies. there's rain along the coast andwinds up to 80 mph expected from montana to new mexico. we're also keeping an eye on severe weather expected in the deep south tomorrow, the strongest storms will be in the mississippi valley. checking today's highs fifties from washington to boston forties near the great lakes and mild across the southwest 56 in kansas city. coming up. nfl star odo beckham jr thrown off a plane is now offering a different story than the flight crew also ahead, how a texas woman was reunited with her family 51 years after being kidnapped and later jay leno's fi zoe,

sigourney and sam. plus joe jonas live and mindy g. m. a. the investigation continues into how a man went overboard from a carnival cruise ship and into the gulf of mexico. the 28 year old spent nearly 15 hours in the water without a life jacket. coast guard crews eventually found him saying it was a miracle that he survived. he was reportedly last seen on the ship with his sister at a bar code oh beckham jr. the nfl star getting into a dispute with an american airlines flight crew and forcing the entire plane. to evacuate. former super bowl champion wide receiver odell beckham jr. causing a stir after an incident on a commercial flight. beckham jr was removed from the plane and escorted off by police for allegedly not putting on his seatbelt, according to authorities. miami dade police officers were dispatched to miami international airport on a

medical emergency call aboard an american airlines flight to los angeles. the crew telling officers they were concerned for the star wide receiver safety after they tried to wake him up so he could fasten his seat belt. the crew allegedly aspect of several times to leave the plane, but authorities say he refused. as a result, all passengers were ordered to deplane, including beckham, who was taken away by police. beckham tweeting never in my life have i experienced what just happened to me? beckham's attorney claims the flight attendant responsible was overzealous, saying in a statement. mr beckham fell asleep with his blanket over his head, which is his normal practice for long flights. sleeping on a plane should not be a cause for removal of a flight. if they could wake him up. when the flight returned to the gate, then they could have done the same thing and woken him up to ask him to put on his seatbelt at no time. was mr beckham disruptive or combative. but according to miami dade police, the american airlines crew tried to wake him to fasten his seat belt, but he appeared to be coming in and out of consciousness, fearing that mr beckham was seriously ill. the

attendance called for police and fire rescue american airlines, telling abc news after beckham refused to fasten his seat belt. he was removed and the flight read imparted without him. police say he was taken to another area of the airport and made other travel arrangements. beckham is currently a free agent. but reports have been swirling that he might sign with a super bowl contender any day now. a texas woman kidnapped as a toddler has been reunited with her family 51. years later, melissa highsmith embraced her parents for the first time in decades after she was identified through a 23 and me dna test. she was 22 months old when she was abducted by a babysitter in 1971, and it turns out she has been living in fort worth most of her life, not far from where she was taken. it was just really an abusive. abusive until i ran away from home when i was 15 and then where did you go? we went to the streets. i'm just i'm basking. it's a miracle

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