about this deadly bus crash and what could be to blame? one of the students on board describes the moment the bus veered off the highway, flipping over the growing crisis at the southern border. >> migrant crossings now approaching record levels. will a new policy allowing venezuelans to apply for work permits make the problems at the border even worse? we hear from an expert the urgent call for help from the pilot who ejected

from a fighter jet over south carolina. >> i just wrote a parachute down to the ground. can you please send an ambulance with the 911 calls? >> reveal and the confusion that followed. plus new questions about these $100 million jets and whether taxpayers are getting their money's worth. >> weather alert. tropical storm warnings for millions along the east coast just in time for the weekend. and up to six inches of rain. we time it out. >> the historic new high speed railroad going into service today. is this the future of the american commute? >> and later, the dog trapped in this river full of crocodiles. what happened next was not expected. and. from ab new york, this is america this morning. good friday morning, everyone. i'm rhiannon ally. >> and i'm andrew dymburt. we begin with the new details about that deadly bus crash. a student band trip turning tragic north of new york city. >> that's right. more than 40 students were injured and two adults lost their lives

overnight to massive tow trucks pulled that charter bus from a ravine. hours after it careened off a new york highway, killing two people. >> we're safe. thank god, but we're praying for the other families. >> she's safe, just devastated about the other kids the bus was carrying members of a marching band from long island to pennsylvania when it skidded off the highway, landing on its side and tumbling 50ft. >> imagine the fear, the screams . in the aftermath when these high school students were surrounded by this chaos. >> i woke up, i heard this really weird sound, and then i heard the bus, like, start to like, roll over the hill. >> 15 year old anthony eugenio recalls the bus rolling over several times. i heard him screaming and then, like i felt it as soon as i picked my head up the kid next to me was

covered in blood, blood everywhere. two adults were killed, including 77 year old beatrice ferrari, a retired teacher described as the heart and soul of the band program, also killed the band's director, 43 year old gina pellettieri. >> she was an inspiration to me . she was always happy, always positive, always passionate. >> many of the students classmates learned about the crash from text messages. >> somebody sitting in our class and showing us the pictures and stuff, you know, it's not a great way to find out. >> the ntsb is estimating, but authorities say a blown tire is likely to blame for the crash. five students were still in critical condition last night. >> the other big story this morning, the crisis on the southern border. as more migrants flood into the us. questions are being raised about the biden administration's new plan to help venezuelan migrants find jobs. here abc's andrea fujii takes a closer look. >> new figures this morning show migrant crossings at the us

border are now approaching the record levels seen back in may. border patrol says nearly 9000 migrants crossed the southern border this past wednesday alone . the white house is sending another 800 troops to the border to help with processing. but the bigger move made this week by the biden administration will give nearly half a million migrants from venezuela to here before july 31st. temporary legal status lasting 18 months. >> these migrants will be able to apply for work permits in new york city, an estimated 40% of migrants are venezuelan. >> the mayor hopes this move will allow thousands of them currently in city shelters to find a job. and move out. >> this was important because i'll take this. there's 9500 people. i don't have to find housing for. >> but others say giving this break to venezuelans is unfair. >> the policy that the president put in place allows for those individuals who are coming over the border today to get appointments and be heard prior to the people who have been waiting in line and that's wrong.

>> critics also worry this temporary protection status or tps, will only encourage more people from latin america to head toward the us. some researchers have looked at this and they have not found strong evidence that tps leads to future spikes in immigration. >> there are just a lot bigger factors that shape whether people move in the meantime. >> another reminder of just how dangerous the journey north can be in eagle pass, texas, where 2500 migrants crossed on wednesday, two people drowned in the rio grande, including a three year old boy. as for the venezuela is covered by the biden administration's new policy, they still face a major backlog when it comes to getting work permits. the administration has promised to speed up the processing of work permits, although temporary protective status is for 18 months, it is often extended. andrew rhiannon andrea, thank you. >> the united auto workers could expand their strike this morning. the union's president is expected to post an update

online at 10 a.m. eastern when he could call on more workers to hit the picket lines. experts say if the strike drags on longer than a month, at least 150,000 jobs could be lost in michigan alone. in los angeles, talks aimed at ending the hollywood writers strike are expected to resume today amid reports of progress for studio ceos reportedly stayed late for talks yesterday in washington. >> the federal government is now one day closer to a shutdown and lawmakers are now leaving town for a four day weekend. abc's justin finch has more on the chaos unfolding at the capitol. justin, good morning. >> rihanna and good morning. house speaker mccarthy clearly frustrated, saying some far right members of his party apparently want to burn the whole place down roughly half a dozen house republicans are now refusing to agree to new spending measures. they say they are demanding more cuts and is claire mccarthy is having trouble controlling them because he lost a routine vote yesterday that would have triggered debate on the defense spending bill,

which usually sails through the house. >> i don't understand why anybody votes against bringing the idea and having the debate. this is a whole new concept of individuals that just want to burn the whole place down. that doesn't work. >> it's a government shutdown now appears more likely with only eight days left before the government runs out of money, jeopardizing paychecks for federal workers, including military personnel along with a huge range of federal services. despite the urgency, lawmakers are now breaking for the weekend and for yom kippur, so they won't return until tuesday. andrew >> justin, thank you for the first time, we're hearing from the pilot involved in that fighter jet mishap in south carolina. he ejected and his jet went missing. and a new report questions the value that taxpayers are getting for these $100 million jets, which are apparently plagued by problems. newly released 911 calls reveal the bizarre circumstances after an f-35 fighter jet like this one went missing in south

carolina. the pilot seemingly confused about where his jet ended up. i'm not sure where the airplane is. >> it would have crashed, landed somewhere. i ejected the f 35, crashed sunday after a malfunction, forced the pilot to eject near charleston, but the jet kept flying, crashing in a rural area about 60 miles away. i just wrote a parachute down to the ground. can you please send an ambulance? >> okay, i understand, sir. okay. just to confirm how many people are hurt. well i'm the only one. >> i'm not sure. a local resident also called 911 calmly explaining that the pilot had just parachuted into his backyard. >> i guess we got a pilot at our house and he says he got ejected. so he ejected from the plane. so we just see if we could get some ambulance, please. >> i'm sorry. what happened? >> uh, we got a pilot in the house and i guess he landed in my backyard. >> officials finally found wreckage from the $100 million jet. more than 24 hours later, experts say the f 35 is designed to erase all communication when

a pilot ejects to protect the pilot's location and the jet's classified systems, which explains why it could not be tracked on radar, the pentagon has said it plans to spend $1.7 trillion on more than 2000 f 35 seconds. but a new report questions what taxpayers are getting for all that money. a government watchdog found f-35s are available to fly only 55% of the time because of so many maintenance issues. it's unclear what prompted the pilot to eject in south carolina, but a review board is investigating a dangerous child sex offender who was able to walk out of a saint louis hospital is back in custody. >> tommy wayne boyd is serving 30 years in surveillance video captured him leaving the hospital early yesterday. he was caught last night about six miles away. meanwhile the manhunt for is expanding for the murder suspect who was mistakenly released from an indiana jail. officials blame a clerical error. more than 100 officers are searching for kevin mason, who is accused in a fatal shooting in minnesota.

>> now to the weather. a major storm will be hitting much of the east coast this weekend with up to eight inches of rain. let's check your friday forecast first. good morning >> tropical storm warnings are in place from charleston, south carolina, to ocean city, maryland. we have to prepare for the worst here, folks. we are going to have a landfall of a tropical storm around morehead city, north carolina, saturday morning. it'll be packing winds up to 60 miles an hour. we're expecting about eight inches of rain from virginia beach down to the outer banks of north carolina. and a storm surge up to six feet. meantime, this weekend will be hot in texas and stormy across the plains. i'm accuweather meteorologist kevin corcoran. c of states where at least 35% of adults are now obese. >> but first, new details about the mother accused of killing her husband and then writing a children's book about grief. >> what her brother is now saying.

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court. and i think that's going to shock people. >> in march of last year, corey's husband, eric, was found dead at the family's utah home where investigators say he ingested a cocktail containing a high dose of fentanyl. authorities charged corey with eric's death more than a year later, after corey wrote a book to help children manage grief, entitled are you with me? >> she donated half of the books to grieving people. i mean, i don't think she ever made a dime off of it. was it cathartic for her to write the book? i think it was something for her and her boys to remember their dad. now, corey is accused of witness tampering from behind bars, according to prosecutors, jail guards found an unmailed letter in her cell where she allegedly tells her family to falsely claim that her late husband got pills from mexico before his death. >> corey denies any wrongdoing. she says the letter is part of a new book she's writing. corey has not yet entered a plea to the murder and drug charges. later on good morning america, what her brother says about

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