los angeles distribution and broadcasting, inc. right in america this morning breaking news shooting inside an indiana walmart leading to a gun battle with police. we hear from an officer at the scene. a messy morning commute for millions that cross country storm that brought extreme flooding, tornadoes and feet of snow not done yet time it out. what's next for alec baldwin, the actor now facing manslaughter charges for the deadly shooting on his movie, set the case go to trial and what's the likelihood of a conviction which could mean years in prison. our legal expert weighs in later secret generosity, the alabama farmer who anonymously pay the bill of complete strangers for years, a

secret was finally revealed. not so bright. the bizarre problem at this school in massachusetts they can't turn off the lights they've been on for over a year , and it's costing taxpayers and from the update overnight about tamar hamlin to the new tributes overnight for david crosby. yes, i swear. it's friday, january, 20th. this is america this morning. good friday morning, everyone i'm andrew denber ajaccio in free, and we begin with breaking news overnight from indiana, authorities are describing a deadly gun battle with officers inside of a walmart. police say a man shot someone inside of walmart and evansville, and that person was taken to the hospital. but when police arrived, the suspect exchanged gunfire with officers as they ran through the aisles. when officers went in. they were trying to locate the suspect and he was all over the store. you know he would shoot at officers

and move so it wasn't contained to just one area inside. we don't know that there's any other victims. a lot of people were running out so there could be more out there. intense moments. indeed, police eventually shot and killed the suspect. there was no immediate word on a possible motive for the shooting. now onto the weather. snow is slamming parts of new england. it's the tail end of a storm that swept across the country now making for a messy morning commute. this morning. millions of americans remain under winter storm alerts from the midwest to maine to o'clock in the morning. we are all getting steady snow at that point, and we're going to wake up to several inches of snow on the ground. this will likely slow down the morning commuter, freezing rain and heavy snow is expected for the northeast today. while overnight forecasters warned of 60 mile per hour wind gusts in cleveland as storms moved across the ohio valley. strong winds blew this carport into a house in arora,

indiana, and in michigan, a woman's college basketball team work together off the court, pushing their own bus out of the snow bank. hi snowfall in minneapolis pushed the twin cities over their seasonal average for snow with two months left until winter officially ends everywhere. meanwhile president biden spent yesterday in california surveying damage from multiple storms, the president linking the damage from mudslides and floods to climate change if anybody doubts climate is changing. and they must have been asleep for the last couple of years. the rain in deep snow in the rocky mountains have brought temporary relief to the drought stricken west. but experts say it will take several seasons like this season to eliminate the drought in the colorado river basin, which includes reservoirs, lake mead and lake powell, providing water to people in seven states. meanwhile up to eight inches of snow could fall in parts of new

england will check your forecast in just a few minutes. now to the case against alec baldwin, facing manslaughter charges for the deadly shooting on the set of his movie rust, legal analysts say if this case goes to trial, prosecutors face an uphill battle. the felony criminal charges prosecutors are pursuing against alec baldwin could result in the actor spending five years in prison if he's convicted, but experts describe the potential trial as a difficult one for the prosecution. alec baldwin and the armorer here, hannah gutierrez read, have had the book thrown at them. the district attorney in new mexico , says baldwin and the films are more hannah gutierrez read each face two counts of involuntary manslaughter for the deadly shooting on the set of rust. baldwin's prop gun somehow fired a live bullet killing cinematographer helena hutchins and wounding the movie's director. they were not doing the things that they should have been doing in order to have a safety conscious and certainly with guns. a gun conscious movie set. one of the involuntary

manslaughter charges carries a penalty of anything from no jail time to 18 months. but prosecutors added what's called a firearm enhancement to the second charge. the prosecutors could have said, we're just going to pursue an involuntary manslaughter charge here. but instead they've said that's one possible charge and another one that a jury could consider. would be an involuntary manslaughter count. which involves more than just negligence and we're going to throw in a what's called a firearm enhancement. the question here is our prosecutors throwing the kitchen sink at baldwin and gutierrez read in an effort to get them to plead. court documents show, gutierrez read and assistant director dave halls handled the gun before baldwin investigators say halls who struck a plea deal said cold gun on the set, meaning no live rounds were being used. in an interview with george stephanopoulos, baldwin insisted he did not pull the trigger. you

never pulled the trigger. ono fbi report found the gun could not have fired without pulling the trigger. in a new statement , baldwin's lawyer says mr baldwin had no reason to believe there was a live bullet in the gun or anywhere on the movie set . he relied on the professionals with whom he worked, who assured him the gun did not have live rounds. we will fight these charges and we will win. a lawyer for gutierrez read called the investigation flawed, saying these charges are the result of a very flawed investigation and an inaccurate understanding of the full facts. the district attorney says a magistrate judge will now determine if there's enough evidence to move toward a trial. regular life. anyone who fires a weapon is responsible. for what happens, question is going to be if you're an actor in pretend life. are you also responsible? authorities say six live rounds were found on the set. they have not determined how they got there. the parents

of the six year old who police say shot and wounded his first grade teacher in virginia are breaking their silence. they say their son suffers from an acute disability, and they previously attended school with him for the shooting happened during the first week. they left them alone . they insist the gun that he used was secured at their home, but it's unclear how he got access to it. let's turn now to washington, where president biden is addressing the scandal surrounding his handling of classified documents, he says. there's no their a b. c s. j. o brien is here with more j. good morning. andrew good morning, the president appears confident that there was no serious wrongdoing in this case in three separate searches, beginning back in november, president biden's lawyers found classified documents at his delaware home and his former office in washington, but basic questions still remain unanswered here, including why did the white house not disclose these documents sooner? what's the nature of the documents? what's in them? even the total number of documents remains unclear.

the white house has been under pressure over this drip drip drip of revelations. the president yesterday addressed the issue for the first time since attorney general merrick garland appointed a special counsel to investigate. i think you're gonna find there's nothing there. i have no regrets . i've following what they lawyers have told me they want me to do exactly what we're doing. there is no there there. thank you. republicans have compared president biden to former president trump, who's under criminal investigation for his handling of classified documents. but legal experts say the cases have major differences with biden appearing to cooperate with investigators from the beginning. unlike trump . still though, there are some democrats who have telegraphed that they are frustrated without the white house is responding to this, andrew alright, j. thank you. meanwhile florida judge has ordered former president trump and one of his lawyers to pay a fine of nearly $1 million. trump's lawsuit claimed hillary clinton and others use the russia investigation to damage damage his reputation. but the judge accused trump of misusing

the courts for his political agenda. the supreme court says it's unable to identify who leaked the decision. overturning roe versus wade. nearly 100 court employees were interviewed during an eight month investigation. now, the court found, several employees told their spouses about the ruling. but abc is terry moran reports. key details about the investigation are unclear. one thing. the statement from the court did not reveal was whether any of the justices themselves were interviewed by investigators a sign of just how delicate this matter remains among the justices and how deeply wounded the court has been by this leak. the court said a computer hack was unlikely. t-mobile says a hacker breached its network stealing data from 37 million customers. it says the data includes addresses, phone numbers and dates of birth but not credit card numbers. t mobile says the malicious activity appears to be contained. a new report says the man accused of killing four college students in idaho visited a restaurant where two of the victims worked. at least

twice. people magazine says the visits came in the weeks before the murders, and it's unclear if brian co. burger was served by either victim. abc news has not confirmed the people magazine report in time now for a look at your friday weather. morning, a wintry day on tap today across the northeast southern new england, a wintry mix of rain, sleet and snow but north of boston, several inches of snow are likely by tonight. meantime, this weekend, another storm comes onto the planes. it's going to spread into the great lakes by sunday. it's going to be a wet weekend across the southeast and a snowy one on the northern edge of that precipitation shield and by the end of the weekend, another storm hits the northeast, giving rein to the big cities and snow to the interior. accuweather meteorologist kevin costner in. coming up the high price of eggs , causing a new problem also ahead of class action lawsuit

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, is downright painful to people of color. this new college level pilot course, takes students from pre colonial africa to modern protest movements. in a letter to the college board, which oversees ap courses. florida's department of education, rejected approval of the course saying it's inexplicably contrary to florida law and significantly lacks educational value, adding that if the course comes into compliance and incorporates historically accurate content, florida department of education will always be willing to reopen the discussion. the rejection follows the governor's effort to limit discussion of race in school last year descent is signed the stop woke act restricting race based conversation and analysis in the business and education sectors. he's made other headline making education moves as well. signing the bill. critics refer to as the don't say gay law, we will make sure that parents can send their kids to school to get an

education, not an indoctrination , but one state senator is raising questions about the ap course. rejection tweeting this list of all the other ethnic ap courses he says are offered in florida and saying it's crazy how ap african american studies made the chopping block in florida. the course is already being taught and more than 60 schools across the country, with many more planned next school year. andrew like. andrea thank you. the skyrocketing price of eggs is prompting more people to bring them into the u. s from mexico. border agents report a sharp increase, even though bringing agricultural products across the border could result in a $10,000 fine. simply orange juice is facing a lawsuit claiming it contains toxic chemicals. the suit claims the juices falsely labeled as all natural, but tests allegedly found so called forever from coca cola, which owns the brand. coming up a deadly accident at denny's restaurant also ahead, the tributes to

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the birds in 1965. academy award winning cinematographer david crosby dropped out of santa barbara city college to pursue music in los angeles, which is where he formed the birds. i swear. it's not too late. in 1969, his group, crosby, stills and nash would drop their first album. don't let. and add neil young to the group. decades of touring their biggest hits, crosby battled cocaine and heroin addictions through the mid 19 eighties, had three heart attacks. i've got eight stents in my heart in 1986. he served five months in prison, which he said helped him finally get clean. crosby went on to dabble and acting on the small screen

in roseanne, the wrecking ballers for crawling out of last place for the first time in three years. us on screen in hook this morning, his musical peers remembering the late legend carole king riding my old friend david is gone, but he left us with his words, his music and his beautiful voice. and stephen still sharing a statement overnight, saying of crosby, he was without question a giant of a musician and his harmonic sensibilities were nothing short of genius. the glue that held us together as our vocal sword like icarus towards the sun. david crosby is survived by his wife, jan and son, django. he was 81 years old andrew like an incredible life and career will thank you. and coming up with buffalo bills player tomorrow. hamlin's family is now saying also ahead, the farmer secretly paid the bills farmer secretly paid the bills of complete strangers. ♪ focus on what matters in life... being together.

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reggie: police chief controversy. armstrong placed on administrative leave and how city leaders are responding. kumasi: potential public transit trouble. the warning from state lawmakers about irreversible downfall for the agencies. reggie: federal funds for recovery. president biden announcing morally for areas impacted by recent storms. kumasi: the stretch of freeway you will not be able to travel on until further notice. reggie: good morning. i should also say we have a major announcement from google about layoffs and we will get to that in a second but first we bring in drew. drew: it is a nice day and weekend. one of the first dry weekends and more than a month. live doppler is quiet with mostly clear skies and temperature wise we are in the upper 40's most of the coast.