gander at this. the city has gotten a lot of flak in years past for plans to kill geese to deal with its overpopulation problem. the new plan does not call for culling, just making foster city as unpleasant as possible for the geese. they're looking at surveilling the geese to disrupt nests. plans also call for harassing the birds with flashlights and lasers, setting off fireworks or propane cannons, and putting chemical repellents on grassy areas. the city council again will discuss it tonight. thanks for joining us. i'll see you back here at four. now, stick a tonight, several breaking stories. president biden and the backlash now after pardoning his son. sbli the horrific scene on the interstate. tractor trailers and cars colliding. and just in, video of a passenger who got past security and gate agents boarding a flight at jfk.

that flight taking off. first tonight, president biden and this backlash, and not just from republicans tonight, after pardoning his son, hunter. the president reversing course, after insisting to abc news that he would not parton his son. so, what changed? mary bruce with new reporting. also, the images coming in tonight. the massive highway pileup. nearly 20 cars and multiple tractor trailers colliding. snow emergencies from michigan to new york to pennsylvania. and ginger standing by on that new system, she'll have the forecast. the new video just in tonight. the passenger getting past security and those agents at the gate, boarding a delta flight at jfk. the passengers onboard had no idea until the plane landed. and then the announcement onboard. late today, the emotional scene in court. the young woman, an alleged drunk driver, accused of killing a bride on her wedding night, slamming into the golf cart carrying the bride and groom. and the sudden plea today, and then the sentence from the judge. president-elect donald

trump's controversial pick to held the fbi, who has promised vengeance against trump's enemies. there is also news tonight on trump's pick to run the pentagon. a former fox news host and not "the new york times" reporting his own mother allegedly emailed him about his behavior toward women. the rescue, a pregnant woman behind the wheel, calling 911, saying her car would not slow down, her brakes failing. and that she was headed toward a lake. how police then saved her. the big night for elton john. his musical. and what he then revealed on stage about his health. two major recall us tonight. one involving eggs. and america strong tonight, here in the northeast. the urgent effort tonight to save the sea turtles. you'll see it. good evening and it's great to be back with all of you at home. i hope you had a wonderful and safe thanksgiving. we are tracking a major pileup.

snow emergencies in michigan. in new york, and pennsylvania, too. and the new storm now coming, so, ginger standing by. but we begin tonight with the backlash, after president biden pardoned his son, hunter. it was during my interview with the president in june, i pressed the president on this very issue. the president told me he would not pardon hunter. but last night, he did you issuing a statement saying he believes his son was unfairly prosecuted. writing, no reasonable person who looks at the facts of hunter's cases can reach any other conclusion that hunter was singled out because he is my son. tonight, republicans and many democrats blasting the move. abc's chief white house correspondent mary bruce leading us off tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the fallout from president biden's stunning reversal. issuing a full and unconditional" pardon of his son, hunter, something for months the president insisted he would not do. empathic when david pressed him

in june -- >> david: will you accept the jury's outcome, their verdict, no matter what it is? >> yes. >> david: and have you ruled out a pardon for your son? >> yes. >> reporter: but now, just weeks before president-elect donald trump is set to return to the white house, the president saying hunter was "selectively and unfairly prosecuted." the biden family, we've learned, discussed the possibility of a pardon while spending the thanksgiving holiday together in nantucket. the president reaching his final decision sunday, making it official just hours later. writing in a statement -- "it is clear that hunter was treated differently. no reasonable person who looks at the facts of hunter's cases can reach any other conclusion than hunter was singled out only because he is my son, and that is wrong." adding, "there's no reason to believe it will stop here. enough is enough." jill biden, who was often seen in the courtroom supporting her son, today backing her husband. >> of course i support the pardon of my son. >> reporter: hunter biden was

convicted in june on federal charges for lying on a gun form. and in september, he pleaded guilty in a last-minute deal to nine tax-related charges, accused of avoiding paying $1.4 million in taxes while living lavishly. taxes he had since paid back. he was scheduled to be sentenced later this month in each case, potentially facing more than a decade in prison. >> it's a very tough argument to make that if he wasn't hunter biden he would have been charged with this gun crime. one gun, not used in a crime, no criminal record. >> reporter: but now he's received a sweeping pardon, covering not just those charges, but any uncharged crimes between 2014 and 2024. for months, the president tried to avoid any appearance of interfering with his son's cases. >> i'm not going to do anything. i said i'd abide by the jury decision, and i will do that. and i will not pardon him. >> reporter: but now, saying -- "here's the truth, i believe in

the justice system, but as i have wrestled with this, i also believe raw politics has infected this process and it led to a miscarriage of justice." adding, "i hope americans will understand why a father and a president would come to this decision." trump has vowed retribution against his political opponents, and for years attacked hunter and the biden family. his team tonight saying president biden's decision bolsters their case that the justice department has been weaponized. trump posting that the pardon was an "abuse and miscarriage of justice." and it's not just republicans on the hill. tonight, some democrats questioning the president's move to pardon his son. >> i expect all presidents to make sure that justice is carried out independently, and i wish the president had kept his word. >> reporter: despite his repeated promises not to issue this pardon, clearly, the charges against his son continued to weigh heavily on the president. now tonight, the white house concedes that donald trump was a factor here that the president

was concerned that he wouldn't let up, that a trump administration would go after hunter. david? >> david: mary bruce leading us off from the white house. mary, thank you. we're going to turn now to the awful scene on a michigan interstate, and the weather emergencies across several states at this hour. winter weather alerts from michigan to new york to pennsylvania. for man five feet of lake effect snow in parts of western new york. multiple accidents along lake erie. parts offiv i-94 in kalama one driver in critical condition tonight. and now, another system right behind it. trevor ault from adams, new york, south of watertown tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the massive winter blast causing chaos on the roads. call ma call ma sioux, michigan, a stretch of interstate 94 near hartford shut down after more than a dozen cars and three semi-trucks piled up. at least one driver in critical condition. near watertown, new york,

whiteout conditions on interstate 81 sunday. families socked in. here in watertown, they are digging out. look at these giants piles of snow. some areas nearby had 58 inches. the governors of new york and pennsylvania declaring emergencies. in fredonia, new york, wanda hall thankful for the local tree service who dug her out for free. >> they said that they will come down and not to worry about anything, it will be taken care of. >> reporter: and in orchard park, buffalo bills fans joining crews clearing the stands for sunday's game against the 49ers. the epic snow and bitter cold coming on the heels record breaking holiday travel. the tsa says they screened more than 3 million people sunday, their busiest day ever. and david, some areas are still under snow alerts through tomorrow. look how much is already piled up here. it's staggering. and another wave of lake effect snow is likely later this week. winter is here, david. >> david: comes every year, so does the lake effect machine, but still something to see. trevor, thank you. let's get to ginger zee, tracking the snow, the bitter

cold, and ginger, now another system behind all this? >> reporter: yes. we've got it all, david. that biting cold that we're standing in here is flowing over the great lakes, which are record warm temperatures, by the way. and that difference in temperature is fuel for more lake effect. another 5 to 12 inches yet, with this flow, so, winter storm warnings and lake effect sfwheernings for the next 12 to 24 hours depending on where you are. and then the albert that clipper comes in. by wednesday night, it becomes snow, almost all throughout about la that and the green and white mountains of new england, but near the coast, it's a mix of rain and snow. it's going to move fast, but it will usher in the next big push of cold air. more lake effect, and even record lows, as far south as asheville. david? >> david: ginger zee with us. we'll see you in the morning on "gma." we turn next tonight to the new video just in of that passenger accused in that security breach at jfk airport in new york, getting past security and then getting past the ticket agents at the gate, boarding a delta flight to

paris. the mrplane then taking off. abc's go yio benitez with the images tonight. >> reporter: tonight, for the first time, we are seeing the woman who managed to sneak past airport workers and onto an international delta flight from jfk to paris. >> please help me. i don't want to go to the united states. >> reporter: officials struggling as they tried to send her back to the u.s. on another delta flight. according to sources, the woman was so unruly she had to be removed and she remains in france. it was last tuesday when pilots made this startling announcement after crew members discovered there was a passenger illegally onboard. >> folks, this is the captain. we're just waiting for the police to come on board. >> reporter: the tsa says the woman bypassed the i.d. check podium, went through security, then slipped past a delta gate agent. the crew and passengers noticing the woman would never sit down. >> during the flight, she was seen moving from one lav toir to another, never actually going to a passenger seat.

>> reporter: french officials telling abc news the suspected stowaway passenger is a russian national, and a legal resident of the u.s. and david, we don't know yet if the woman will be charged or how she would get back to the u.s., but delta tonight says it is conducting an exhaustive investigation. david? >> david: gio benitez with us tonight. gio, thank you. late today, the emotional scene in court. the young woman, a drunk her wedding night. well, tonight, the sudden plea, and then the sentence. here's eva pilgrim. >> reporter: tonight, it was the tragedy that stunned the nation. a south carolina bride killed by a drunk driver on her wedding night. the crash minutes after this joyful moment on a spring evening in 2023. 34-year-old samantha miller, still in her wedding dress, riding in a golf cart with her new husband. >> the last thing i remember her saying was she wanted the night to never end. >> reporter: investigators say they were hit by jamie lee komoroski, who was

driving 65 in a 25 miles per hour zone. according to the toxicology report, her blood alcohol level was more than three times the legal limit. today, the 27-year-old driver set to face trial, instead pleading guilty to dui and reckless homicide charge, tearfully apologizing to the family. >> how sorry i am and that i take full responsibility for my actions. >> reporter: samantha's mother and father asking for the maximum sentence. >> she died. we died. >> reporter: outraged their daughter was taken so soon. >> for the rest of my life, i'm going to hate you. and when i arrive in hell and you come there, i'll open the door for you. >> reporter: and the judge did come love ski the maximum sentence, 25 years behind bars. david? >> david: eva pilgrpilgrim, tha you. now, to president-elect donald trump's controversial

pick to head the fbi. kash patel has promised vengeance against trump's enemies. there is also news tonight on trump's pick to run the pentagon. and here's jonathan karl. >> reporter: tonight, republicans are placing for what could be donald trump's biggest senate confirmation battle, fervent loyalist kash patel as fbi director, >> he's tough, he's smart, he loves our country, and he is a warrior, kash patel. >> reporter: patel has vowed vengeance against trump's enemies in what he calls the deep state. writing in his book, quote, the fbi has become so thoroughly compromised that it will remain a threat to the people unless drastic measures are taken. adding, trump's enemies, quote, should be very afraid. >> we're going to come after you. whether it's criminally or civilly, we will figure that all out. but yeah, we're putting you all on notice. >> reporter: another controversial trump nominee on the hill tonight. trump's pick to lead the pentagon, pete hegseth. he's already faced allegations, which he denies, of sexual assault.

and now, "the new york times" has obtained an email written by the former fox news weekend anchor's mother in 2018, accusing him of being, quote, an abuser of women who "belittles, lies, cheats, sleeps around, and uses women for his own power and ego." according to "the times," hegseth's mother said she "sent her son an immediate follow-up email apologizing" the next day. and she had fired off the original email "in anger, with emotion" during hegseth's "very difficult divorce." >> so, that article suggests you have an alcohol problem. >> reporter: hegseth is also the subject of a damning report in "the new yorker," describing multiple instances of alleged financial mismanagement and workplace behavior concerns involving alcohol. citing an internal whistle-blower report and emails related to an organization he used to head. including one instance where he brought his employees to a strip club, and, quote, hegseth had to be restrained while drunk from

joining the dancers on the stage. abc news has not independently confirmed the reporting. a hegseth adviser telling abc, we're not going to comment on outlandish claims laundered through "the new yorker" by a petty and jealous disgruntled former associate of mr. hegseth's. as for kash patel, he is so controversial that when president trump talked about making him the deputy fbi director back in 2020, then attorney general bill barr said the move would happen, quote, over my dead body. barr later writing, "the very idea of moving patel into a role like this showed a shocking detachment from reality." now, david, of course, he is up for a more powerful position. >> david: to head the fbi. jon karl live in washington. jon, thank you. tonight shlg president-elect trump with a blunt warning for hamas. matt gutman with that from israel. >> reporter: tonight, president-elect trump with a blunt new warning to hamas, demanding they free the hostages before he takes office in

january, or there will be, quote, all hell to pay in the middle east. trump calling the kidnappings "atrocities against humanity." and it comes hours after the idf notified omer neutra's family that the long island, new york, native had been killed in this attack on the tank he commanded, one of the first images streamed by ah hamas on october 7th. the high school basketball captain's body dragged into gaza 14 months ago. only three of the seven american captives held by hamas remain alive. and david, the o group that israel is fighting, hamas, isolated with the incoming trump administration exerting every more pressure on it to agree to a cease-fire and a hostage release. david? >> david: the world watching. matt gutman tonight, thank you. when we come back, back here in the u.s., the pregnant woman, her frantic call to 911. how police seayed her. and you'll see this in a moment.

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