turbulence rocking a flight from texas, forcing an emergency landing several people injured we hear from a passenger and in pennsylvania new details about the man accused of storing and explosive inside his checked luggage, a state of emergency declared in 13 regions of california, the epic snowfall so deep it's burying apartment buildings. national guard activated. a top nfl draft prospects surrenders overnight charged in connection with a deadly crash and now newter's ps dramaticallyow lin pce

insulin from millions of americans, so will other companies follow. later an act of kindness, the opposing college team that came together in the name of good sportsmanship, lending a helping hand and later, a big shift on the road, while more drivers are going manual. new york. this is america this morning. good thursday morning, everyone i'm andrew denberg in for rhiannon. we begin with the mid air scare for passengers on a flight from texas to europe. several people were injured when the lufthansa flight from austin to germany hit turbulence. the pilots, then making an emergency landing outside of washington, d c. a. b cs, derek dennis has more this morning. a midair scare for luton. so flight 4 69 from austin, texas, to frankfurt , germany, diverted to dulles airport outside washington due to extreme turbulence. passengers describing items

tossed all over the cabin, including food trays. it was kind of like you're in slow motion that you just see everything like like in a movie where you just see everything lift. and then i was all of a sudden it just comes right back down a 3 30 experience extreme turbulence. the faa says the flight landed without incident, adding the crew reported encountering severe turbulence at 37,000 ft. altitude over tennessee. seven passengers were taken to local hospitals, many more shaken up. approximately 10 patients have been triaged. in the process of either painting refusals and we're hitting folks transported to hospital. shortly it's the latest in a series of recent airline incidents. medical personnel at the game. yes you do. horn 35. dozens of people were injured in turbulence on this hawaiian airlines flight from phoenix to honolulu in december. passengers lurching violently up and down, hitting their heads a water bottle, even cracking the

ceiling. this is the very reason that pilot warning from the cockpit to keep your seat belt fastened because if we hit something like this, an you're not strapped in, you can go flying that same day, a united flight from hawaii suddenly dove 1400 ft. coming with in 800 ft of the pacific before climbing again because of the nose dive not immediately clear. as for the turbulence that hit that lufthansa flight the faa is investigating andrew andrea. derek thank you. we're learning more about the man behind an airport security scared pennsylvania. he's accused of checking a bag with an explosive device inside of it. he's now an fbi custody. abc s morgen norwood, is that the lehigh valley international airport in allentown morgen. good morning. hey good morning to you, andrew. so unsettling right? that suspect is due in court today, and authorities are trying to determine why he allegedly packed and explosive device inside his luggage and showed up here to the airport. sources say the device did contain flammable and explosive materials, but

they say it was not operational and was not built to go off in flight. investigators say the device was detected during routine screening on luggage belonging to mark monthly monthly was paged to come to the security desk, but instead he left the airport. he was arrested a short i'm later at home. the investigation into its background is ongoing. local police apparently knew about monthly already. it's unclear why so far there are no obvious links to terrorism. in this case, andrew alright. morg. anand, allentown. a state of emergency has been declared in more than a dozen counties in california after epic snowfall. it's so deep there's concern about food shipments getting through, but it's not the only extreme weather. more storms also hit the deep south overnight this morning. people in alabama are describing tornado sirens and booming thunder blaring throughout the night. the severe storms moving from huntsville and decatur forecasters issued tornado warnings for both cities. the same storm system

hammered california earlier dropping record amounts of snow . the governor now activating the national guard, declaring an emergency in 13 counties can't even see my house. it's like all the way to the top tahoe, an avalanche nearly buried this three story apartment building. nearly 12 ft. piled up in the sierra nevada mountains in the past week, making it the snowiest four month period since 1970 yosemite national park closed with 15 ft of snow. in southern california emergency crews are scrambling to shuttle food and medicine to mountain communities east of l. a nearly 100 rescues have been reported in san a e ast. a rockslide shut down this road in malibu and the service says grapple fell ine id

water droplets freeze inside a cloud. and now those storms are set to bring snow to the midwest and northeast. we'll check the forecast in less than five minutes to greece, where the search for victims of that deadly train collision continues . at least 43 people were killed . reports say the passenger and freight trains were on the same track for 12 minutes before crashing. the official responsible for that section of track is now under arrest. the collision was captured on camera. a huge fireball rising into the sky fire, making it difficult to identify the victims and back in this country . the ceo of norfolk southern will testify on capitol hill next week about his company's toxic train derailment in ohio governor says 30,000 truckloads of dirt will eventually be removed so far 700 tons of solid waste and nearly two million gallons of wastewater have been hauled away. officials are now launching a nationwide inspection of train routes that carry hazardous materials. a

major decision about drug prices in this country. a top pharmaceutical companies now capping the price of insulin, a crucial drug used by millions of americans. the big question will other companies follow. president biden spoke on the issue last night. a bcs beta boob has more faith. good morning. good morning to you, andrea president biden is calling the eli lilly announcement a big deal while also urging other drugmakers to follow their lead. this morning president biden taking a victory lap after the largest manufacturer of insulin in the us, announced that diabetics who use its insulin should now expect to pay no more than $35 a month for the lifesaving medication finally beat big pharma. because we stuck together. president biden praising the move by drugmaker eli lilly, highlighting the fact that last year he signed into law the inflation reduction act , which caps insulin prices for seniors on medicare at $35, and has spent months calling on pharmaceutical companies also

lower prices for everyone else. the president suggesting eli lilly's decision could be a game changer. 35 bucks. but guess what that means. every other company making insulin is going to have to lower their prices of 35 because they can't compete out of the nearly 8.5 million americans who use insulin. nearly three million rely on eli lilly products and its prices for the lifesaving medication have skyrocketed. many diabetics have been forced to make dangerous decisions to save money. he would be able to successfully do 1/4 of all type one diabetics do and that was ration is insulin until payday. unfortunately, he lost that. that. game of russian roulette, i guess poll by the kaiser family foundation found that a slight majority of americans want congress to put capping insulin costs on its list of top priorities were doing this completely voluntarily because it's time and it's the right thing to do. and andrew

president biden as recently as this week called out republicans from blocking his proposal to extend a $35 insulin cap to everyone. now, this could potentially become a campaign issue if the president decided to join point the 2024 presidential race, andrew faith . thank you in urgent new warning to middle aged adults about colorectal cancer. the american cancer society says one in five new cases of the disease or in people under the age of 55. it's nearly doubled the rate doctor saw in the 19 nineties. doctors recommend screening beginning at age 45 or earlier for people with a family history. a new crew was heading to the international space station after a picture perfect launch overnight. two americans and a russian are among those beginning a six month stay in space. the launch was scheduled monday but was postponed due to an ignition problem time now for a look at your thursday weather. good morning, a stormy start to the day north of atlanta before

the sun comes up this morning between atlanta and nashville and memphis, tennessee. severe thunderstorms with possible tornadoes, then later today, a severe weather outbreak is likely from dallas to memphis. little rock, arkansas, including a large threat for tornadoes. meantime this storm will move its way to the ohio valley over the next couple of days. it's going to put down some pretty good snow 6 to 12 inches likely in chicago through friday. accuweather meteorologist kevin costner in. avalanche caught on camera with a snowboarder in the middle of it also ahead. what to expect today during closing arguments at the alec murdoch trial, our legal analyst weighs in and later new video of a college football superstar charged with racing pulled over months earlier why police? let him

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global event. we're back with a dangerous ride in the new hampshire mountains. a snowboarder got caught in this avalanche on mount washington. he was partially buried but was not injured. local experts say the avalanche was big enough to kill someone. well now to the closing arguments that the alex murdoch trial today it's the defense's turn. they're trying to convince the jury that the once prominent attorney, maybe a liar and a fraudster, but he's not a murderer. that's their argument. but can they win? this morning. the defense gets one last chance to convince the jury alec murdoch did not kill his wife and son after the prosecution closed with a passionate plea, there is only one person. you had the motive. we had the mains. there's defendant was the one person who was living a lie. the defendant is the person on which a storm was descending the jury listening yesterday after visiting the crime scene, walking the grounds near the dog

kennels were maggie and paul murdoch were shot bullet holes left behind the property seemingly frozen in time. the state, then describing in chilling detail how they say murdoch first shot his son and his wife. because maggie sees what happens when she comes running over there, running to her baby when she got mowed down by the only person that we have conclusive proof was at that scene. just notes before that proof this video at the kennel, putting him at the scene that night days ago, the disgraced attorney admitted on the stand. it is his voice. then he made further claims about his whereabouts that night. this man is trying to sell you on an idea that he jetted back. quickly dozed off from the shortest nap in the history. of the south. and then he got in his car just seconds after the supposed vigilantes that knew somehow that paul and maggie would be both at moselle that also knew that they would be alone. the

state says murdoch's motive for the murders was to cover up his financial crimes and gain public sympathy. but today, the defense is expected to argue the deaths of his wife and son got murdoch. neither of those things. the defense is basically doing anything they can to try to create a reasonable doubt and at least one juror's mind the defense today. they will also remind the jury that there's no physical evidence tying murdoch to the shootings. there's not a lot of direct evidence that alec murdoch actually committed these murders. there's no murder weapons. there's no blood on who they're believed to be the murderer. there is no eyewitness . this is difficult. this is not a slam dunk in any way. the prosecutor yesterday told the jury murdoch fooled his wife and son. don't let him fool you, too. coming up. a college football superstar surrenders to police overnight. also ahead one couple's ivf nightmare the tragic mix up at their fertility tragic mix up at their fertility clinic. ugh covid-19? and being overweight makes it more risky.

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now, with the rescue in south florida a man pulled to safety after his car crashed into a canal known for having alligators. a distress call from the man's cellphone brought deputies to the scene. he's now recovering from hypothermia, a different kind of close call this one at a railroad crossing. two people on a moped just missed getting hit by a train in the uk. the moped had run a red light. that train was going 70 mph college football star and top nfl prospect has surrendered to police in connection with the crash that killed a teammate, investigators say back in january, former georgia star jalen carter was racing a vehicle carrying a teammate. and a team staffer. both were killed when the car crashed. meanwhile newly obtained video shows carter during a traffic stop last september. police say he was driving 89 mph in a 45 zoned. i don't need to slow down, dude. break it. you're not going to jail. that's your break because i'm making alki of news, right? the officer there

let carter go. meanwhile, regarding january's crash, carter released a statement saying, i will be exonerated. we turn now to a california couple sharing their ivf nightmare they're suing after an embryo mix up, which they say could be deadly. this morning, a california couple is suing a fertility clinic, claiming a doctor transplanted an embryo that tested positive for a deadly cancer gene. so you saw hrc. as your one way healthy child. 100% i cry all the time. it's devastating. jason and his wife, melissa, say they went to hrc fertility in pasadena after finding out they were carriers for two cancer genes for jason, a rare gene that forced him to undergo a stomach removal surgery. and for melissa, the brc a mutation for breast cancer, the couple decided on ivf to eliminate passing those genes onto a baby. i didn't want to have this burden. on anybody that i could

potentially pass it to the lawsuit claims hrc fertility, told the couple they had stored a male embryo without the stomach cancer mutation. but months after giving birth, melissa was shocked to see her newborn son's medical record revealing he did have the mutation. now a year old doctors say the couple's son has more than an 80% chance of developing stomach cancer. to prevent it will need surgery to remove his stomach at age 15, leading to a lifetime of complications. buy everything you know. i don't want to miss any moments with him. the fact that he's going to have to go through life changes as he gets older. so unfair, hrc says the couple used a different facility for parts of the ivf process, telling abc news the patients associated with the case, such genetic testing and genetic counseling outside of hrc fertility. they wish to have a male embryo transferred, which we carried out according to the family's explicit wishes and in

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students at a bay area high school turns deadly. school is not in session this morning as classmates, family and police all process what sparked this violent confrontation. kumasi: new developments on the search for a missing bay area radio host. the update we are learning from a post i the wife of the host. reggie: a brief break from the winter weather with the exception of the communities at higher elevations. some nearly cut off as snow continues to fall. >> respect the signage not to come up to the mountain because emergency vehicles need that access. reggie: a look at what the forecast has in store for the weekend. kumasi: good morning everyone. reggie: let's start with a check of the forecast. francis: temperatures