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jack smith dropping the federal cases against donald trump. a federal judge tonight granting jack smith's request, dismissing the election interference case against president-elect donald trump. the classified documents case going away, too. tonight, what jack smith still says about the merits of these cases. also tonight, the thanksgiving rush. expected to set records this year. tonight, that passenger jet clipping another jet at boston's logan. and the warning now for travelers leaving their vehicles at the airport. more than 50 vehicles stolen from one airport alone. we're tracking those two storms just before thanksgiving. first, the midwest and the great lakes tonight. and then, the coast to coast storm from the west all the way to the northeast. expected to bring rain and snow on thanksgiving. so, what does this mean for the thanksgiving day parade? ginger zee has the all-important holiday forecast. tonight, lyle and erik menendez making their first court appearance together in nearly 30 years. tonight, their parents' siblings

pleading for their release. and what happens now. the deadly crash. a dhl cargo flight crashing while trying to land, exploding into a fire ball. remarkably, there were survivors. and is this crash now sparking other questions? back here in the u.s., trouble at macy's. an employee accused of intentionally hiding up to $154 million in delivery expenses. tonight, with millions of americans preparing to cook thanksgiving dinner, the questions over those e. coli and food scares. news tonight on those carrots and the ground beef. the tour boat sinking, and tonight, americans are believed to be among those onboard. we also remember a best-selling author. she wrote 40 novels, every one of them, a best seller. also a famous game show host has died. and tonight, robin roberts with elton john, and what he reveals about his health. and will he ever record again?

good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a monday night. we'll get to those two thanksgiving storms we're tracking in a moment. but we do goint with the breaking news from the justice department. special counsel jack smith moving to drop both of the federal criminal cases he was prosecuting against president-elect donald trump. jack smith making it clear tonight, quote, the government's position on the merits of the defendant's prosecution has not changed, but the circumstances have. pointing to the election and citing long-standing justice department policy that a sitting president cannot be prosecuted. hours after smith's request, a federal judge agreed, officially dismissing the election interference case. the other case involving sensitive documents taken from the white house to mar-a-lago, that case now going away, too. the strategy for the trump team had been in large part to delay these cases and it would appear that strategy has worked. with trump now the president-elect, and jack smith acknowledging you cannot prosecute a sitting president. tonight, reaction from

president-elect trump, and abc's chief washington correspondent jonathan karl leading us off. >> reporter: tonight, the most far-reaching criminal cases ever brought against a former or future president are over. special counsel jack smith abandoning his prosecution of donald trump for his actions on and before january 6th to overturn the 2020 presidential election, and also, for bringing classified documents home with him from the white house. "the government's position on the merits of the defendant's prosecution has not changed," smith told the judge today, "but the circumstances have." the sprawling investigations lasted two years and cost nearly $35 million. in the january 6th case, the indictments against trump included alleged conspiracy to defraud the united states, and conspiracy against the right to vote and to have one's vote counted. prosecutors focused on trump's words to his supporters on that fateful day -- >> we're going to walk down, we're going to walk down to the capitol, because you'll never

take back our country with weakness. you have to show strength. >> reporter: and documented the violence that went down. including trump's alleged indifference to the threats against vice president mike pence. >> hang mike pence! >> reporter: in the classified documents case, smith indicting trump on 40 felony counts, charging him with allegedly possessing some of the nation's most sensitive secrets, and obstructing justice by refusing to comply with a subpoena to return them. the fbi seized boxes of highly classified documents at mar-a-lago, including some stored in an ornate bathroom, and others on the stage of the club's ballroom. smith's message throughout -- even a former president is not above the law. >> we have one set of laws in this country and they apply to everyone. >> reporter: but trump's legal strategy ultimately worked. his lawyers seeking over and over again to delay the proceedings. now smith acknowledging time has run out. justice department policy

prohibits him from prosecuting a sitting president. "as a result," smith told the judge, "this prosecution must be dismissed before the defendant is inaugurated." smith made it clear he still believes in his case, saying today's decision -- "does not turn on the gravity of the crimes charged, the strength of the government's proof, or the merits of the prosecution, which the government stands fully behind." trump has always denied the charges and attacked the prosecutor. >> so, this ridiculous indictment against us, it's not a legal case. it's an act of desperation. >> reporter: these cases, like all of the other cases i have been forced to go through, are empty and lawless, and should never have been brought. and tonight, the judge granted jack smith's request to dismiss the january 6th case, but she did so without prejudice, which means theoretically, the case could be brought back after donald trump is no longer president, but david, that is highly unlikely to happen.

>> david: it seems so. jon karl leading us off tonight. jon, thank you. we're going to turn to the other news this monday night, and with thanksgiving just about here, we're tracking those two storms tonight threatening holiday travel. 80 million americans are expected to get away. authorities believe this year could set a record for travel. and a shortage of air traffic controllers is threatening delays. the trouble in boston, after a passenger jet clipped the wing of a frontier jet. and the warning now for travelers leaving their vehicles at airports across this country. more than 50 vehicles have been stolen from the dallas airport alone. ginger is also tracking those two storms, first, the midwest and great lakes, then the coast to coast storm from the west, all the way to the northeast. rain and snow, and, of course, the question, what will it mean for the new york city parade? but first, gio benitez at laguardia tonight with the travel challenges already. >> reporter: tonight, as we start off what could be the busiest thanksgiving travel period ever, passengers delayed at busy boston logan airport after two planes clip wings. an american airlines flight arriving from london clipping a frontier flight parked at the gate.

>> it sounded like something fell from below. >> reporter: the accident happening as nearly 80 million plan to travel for thanksgiving. from new york to atlanta, millions of americans already on the move. since thursday, the tsa screening more than 10 million passengers. 50,000 flights set to take off tomorrow. the faa still grappling with an air traffic controller shortage in the northeast. the agency saying it may have to slow air traffic. another big concern? weather. long lines and delays in san francisco, because of gusty winds and low visibility. snow and heavy rain delaying or cancelling flights over the weekend. on the ground, crews clearing roads and bracing for more in utah. aaa says more than 70 million are set to hit the roads. the good news, though, gas prices are at their lowest levels since 2021. and if you're just driving to the airport, police in dallas urgently warning that your car may be gone when you return, after an organized crime ring

has stolen 52 cars worth $5 million from dfw airport this year. in atlanta, car thefts on the rise there, too. officials upping patrols, installing new cameras and fencing after they say criminals have stolen more than 300 cars from airport lots. so, david, we're going to be watching two things. that air traffic controller shortage, which could slow things down. and then, of course, that bad weather, which could truly affect the entire aviation system. david? >> david: no question about that. speaking of the bad weather, gio, thank you, no offense, but let's bring in ginger zee on the bad wetter. still smiling, though, ginger, as i would expect you to be on thanksgiving week. i know you're watching two systems tonight. >> reporter: that's what i'm here for, here for the bad weather, so, david, i won't be here when it's nice. and unfortunately, because we've got a holiday, it is incredibly bad timing. so, let's go ahead and dive in. the first storm is more of a nuisance. we've got some snow flying in the upper peninsula of michigan, throughout the lower peninsula, it's rain all the way down to

memphis and mississippi. that second storm, that's going to be the more potent one. that's what's slowing down in san francisco, now dropping feet of snow in the sierra nevada. gio told us that it was going to be the biggest air travel day on tuesday. we put a few airplanes on there. so, if you are flying in or out of one of the airplanes that is yellow on the map, doesn't mean you will have problems, it just means that precipitation of some sort is going to add to the already problematic issues. that second storm makes its way right across, and a lot of folks drive wednesday or thursday. look at thursday morning. that is snow along i-80, through the poconos. new york city, down to washington, d.c., is a super soaker, all the way up into boston. we're talking about i-95, going to be rainy. and that macy's day parade, as well. david? >> david: we'll see you in the morning, ginger, thank you. we turn now to the case, the menendez brothers tonight. making their first court appearance tonight in nearly 30 years today, after murdering their parents.

tonight, their parents' siblings pleading for their release. with large crowds and a lottery system, as so many try to witness this in the courtroom. our chief national correspondent matt gutman in los angeles tonight. >> reporter: at this courthouse today, 35 years after they murdered their parents jose and kitty, the menendez brothers still captivating los angeles. >> last four numbers -- >> reporter: the crowds competing by lottery to land a seat inside the courtroom. erik and lyle appearing before a judge for the first time in nearly 30 years, side-by-side on a remote feed from prison. it's part of their attorney's push to resentence the brothers and secure their release. >> aunt terry and aunt joan, who are respectively jose and kitty's older sisters, both made impassioned pleas with the judge to send the brothers home. >> reporter: kitty's 93-year-old sister telling the judge, "it breaks my heart that kitty knew and did nothing about it."

adding, "they never knew if tonight was the night they would be raped. no child should have to live day by day knowing that at night their dad would come and rape them. it's unconscionable." jose's 85-year-old sister terry, who is battling cancer, telling the judge, "i would like to see leniency. 35 years is a long time. they have rehabilitated and done a lot of good things." outside the courthouse, those sisters united. >> i do want them home. they should never have been in such a situation as this presented themselves. what can a kid do when his father's -- oh, i can't stand it. >> 35 years is a long time. >> reporter: a wave of documentaries and a netflix drama series has triggered an avalanche of interest in the case. the judge today saying he needs time to review a mountain of evidence, but also wants to give the incoming l.a. district attorney nathan hochman time to

get up to speed, too. and in that giant case filed that the judge will be reviewing, david, is newly submitted evidence sent in by the attorney that says the krob rates the brothers' londstanding claim they were sexually abused by their father. it could be many months before the brothers could be released. david? >> david: and you'll continue to follow it for us. matt, thank you. overseas tonight, the horrific images of a deadly plane crash. a dhl cargo flight coming in for a landing, exploding into a fire ball. tonight, the circumstances around this crash are now leading to other questions. here's our chief international correspondent james longman now. >> reporter: the dramatic moment caught on camera tonight. a dhl cargo plane crashing in a ball of flames. you see the boeing 737 jet on its final approach from germany to vilnius in lithuania.

coms within the control tower normal. >> good morning control postman, 1-8 delta. >> postman 1-8 delta, good morning. >> reporter: but as it neared the runway, an enormous explosion lighting up the sky. >> we just got a crash of an aircraft on the final. >> reporter: rescue workers say the plane hit the ground and skidded more than 100 yards, sparking a house fire. the distinctive yellow dhl color visible on part of the plane as the sun came up. of the four people on board, one was killed, but incredibly, the other three survived. all of them still inside the cockpit, which had completely ripped off the front of the plane. authorities are now drawing a connection, but they're well aware it was just four months ago that a package burst into flames at the same german airport, leipzig, where this cargo plane took off from. investigators claim russian saboteurs were behind it, calling it a dry run for similar attacks on cargo planes heading to the united states. russia denies those allegations.

and david, tonight, the national transportation safety board is sending a team of u.s. investigators, including the faa and boeing, to lithuania to see if they can help in this case. terrorism has not been ruled out. david? >> david: all right, james longman with us tonight. james, thank you. back here in the u.s., trouble at macy's. an employee accused of hiding $154 million in delivery expenses. tonight, the department store saying they hid the expenses up until november of this year. the employee has been fired. macy's launching an investigation, but tonight, no one has explained why it happened or how it went undetected for so long. the reassurances tonight after the e. coli scare involving those carrots and the warning about that ground beef. what authorities are now saying. and here's abc's erielle reshef. >> reporter: tonight, as millions rush to grocery stores for thanksgiving, concerns over the nation's food supply. the company at the center of that widespread carrot recall trying to reassure the public

that its products now on store shelves are safe. after a deadly a e. coli outbreak, grimmway farms pulled its baby and regular carrots in multiple-sized packages from popular retailers like walmart and trader joe's. and now, health officials warning of listeria linked to ready to eat meat sold by yu shang food based in south carolina. they say one infant has died and nine people hospitalized in four states. and more than 160,000 pounds of ground beef recalled due to risk of e. coli. the meat shipped from the detroit-based wolverine packing company to restaurants around the country. health officials say at least 15 patients who ate at various locations became ill in minnesota, two of them hospitalized. and david, ahead oaf thanksgiving, that carrot producer, again, saying that any of those recalled products are no longer on store shelves. as for the ground beef company, they say that any customers that received the recalled products

have been notified. david? >> david: and those customers were restaurants, in fact, so, all of this is reassuring tonight, with everyone cooking just a couple of days from now. erielle, thank you. when we come back here tonight, a tour boat sinking. americans could be among those onboard. also, remembering a famous game show host. and robin roberts tonight with elton john. what he reveals about his health right here. and will he ever record again? in a moment.

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talked about a new album. >> yeah. >> where's that project stand? >> i don't know. it's been awhile since i've done anything, and i just have to get off my backside. i lost my eyesight in my right eye in july, because i had an infection in the south of france, and it's been four months now since i haven't been able to see, and my left eye is not the greatest, so, there's hope and encouragement that it will be okay, but it's -- i'm kind of stuck in the moment, because i can do something like this, but going into the studio and recording, i don't know. because i can't see a lyric, for a start. we're taking initiative to try to get it better, but at the moment, that's really what we're concentrating on. it's never fortunate for anything like this to happen. and it kind of floored me, and i can't see anything, i can't read anything, i can't watch anything. >> thank you for being so open, because people have been concerned about your -- your health challenges, so -- i'm

still standing, after all this time. >> yes, exactly. >> the lyrics must mean more to you than ever. >> i'm so lucky. i'm the luckiest man in the world. i'm so proud of the documentary. i'm proud of my sons. i'm proud of my attitude towards myself and when's going on. i'm just very lucky and very graceful. >> david: robin with elton john. and we wish him a continued recovery. his documentary, next month on disney+. good night. tonight, the deadly storms that battered california and the bay area are finally tapering off, but not before claiming the lives of at least four people. here in california, the placer county sheriff's office posted this video of its dive team's efforts in the american river to recover the bodies of two men. the men were swept away around 7:00 on saturday, but rescue and

recovery crews were hampered by stormy conditions. so far, the men have not yet been identified. good afternoon. i'm kristen sze and i'm dan ashley. >> thanks for joining us. this comes as we await the identities of two other men who also drowned during the storm in sonoma county over the weekend. >> but first, here is a look at some of the wet conditions around the bay area today. >> yeah, it was a wet morning, certainly for commuters. as holiday travel week gets underway. this is video from west oakland where you can see lots of showers for commuterse getting onto the bart trains. and in san francisco, a lot of light rain throughout the day. but none of the flooding. certainly like we saw last week, thank goodness. >> right. and let's just give you a live look outside right now. you can see from these different pictures starting to clear up, but certainly still feeling kind of damp out there. maybe a few showers here and there. dreary. yeah. that's the word. >> let's see what is still ahead for this holiday week. abc seven news meteorologist sandhya patel is here. hi, sandy. >> hi, there. yeah, dan and kristen, we're going to see some more showers. not just today, but tomorrow as well. so taking