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the moment the gunman opens fire in the heart of manhattan, killing the ceo of united health care outside the hilton hotel. the gunman just feet away with a gun that appears to have a silencer, shooting the victim multiple times. police saying this was p premeditated. the shooter was waiting to kill the ceo, husband, and father. the suspect then escaping into central park. aaron katersky standing by with what he's just learned tonight. also breaking, this new fast-moving storm at this hour, from the midwest all the way to the northeast. a blizzard warnwarning, up to t inches of snow. new york city, philadelphia, and washington, d.c. on alert for dangerous winds. lee gold berg times this out. also just in, word of a deadly school shooting at an elementary school, an adult opening fire on students. what we're now learning. president-elect trump's embattled pick for defense secretary, former fox host pete hegseth. tonight, his mother defending him on cable news. and abc news tonight learning

trump is now privately considering a potential list of other choices to lead the pentagon. the news coming in, a flight to newark airport, the emergency slides deployed. passengers rushed off. tonight, there's also news in the search for that missing grandmother outside pittsburgh. the 30-foot sinkhole, her 5-year-old granddaughter discovered in her car. what authorities have now revealed just a short time ago. also, news of a teacher dying after being bitten by a bat in her classroom. the recall involving raw milk. and america strong tonight. what they did for their grandfather, his life flashing before his eyes. good evening and we begin tonight here with the urgent manhunt in new york city right now, after that brazen murder in midtown manhattan. a ceo murdered outside the hilton hotel.

police calling it premeditated, preplanned. the gunman, they say, was waiting. the chilling images here tonight. police studying this surveillance video now, showing the victim, brian thompson, this is around 6:45 this morning. the gunman shooting from behind. multiple shots. his weapon appearing to have a silencer. police say the suspect then ran through an alley, then got on a bike and rode into new york's central park, escaping. tonight, authorities are now asking for the public's help, sharing these images of the masked suspect. his face partially seen in this image right here. the manhunt at this hour, and what we've now learned about the victim, the ceo and father of two boys. abc's aaron katersky leading us off tonight. >> reporter: this is the chilling moment a gunman opens fire multiple times in the heart of manhattan, killing brian thompson, the ceo of united healthcare, one of the nation's largest health insurers, as he arrived at an investors conference at the hilton hotel. police studying that video showing the suspect firing from just feet away with a gun that

appears to have a silencer. >> every indication is that this was a premeditated, preplanned, targeted attack. >> reporter: the horror unfolding at the start of the morning rush hour. police say the shooter was lying in wait for several minutes. a woman standing in a doorway is seen running away when the shooting starts. >> it appears that the gun malfunctions and he clears the jam and begins to fire again. from watching the video, it does seem like he's proficient in the use of firearms, as he was able to clear the malfunctions pretty quickly. >> that's him. when he was running. black gun. and i saw him after he shot him, he run across the street. >> reporter: thompson, a 50-year-old husband and father of two from minnesota, was shot multiple times in his back and leg. emts raced him to the hospital, but it was too late. after the shooting, the killer made his escape on foot through this alleyway. eventually, he hopped on a bike and pedaled off into central park. a surveillance camera capturing the suspect on that bike in a matter of minutes, as he heads

up 6th avenue, and is last seen entering central park at 6:48 a.m. >> the shooter appears to be a light skinned male wearing a light brown or cream colored jacket, a black face mask, black and white sneakers, and a very distinctive gray backpack. >> reporter: tonight, an urgent search for a killer and his motive. did he have any known enemies or anyone that you've been able to find so far? >> we're reaching out to law enforcement in minnesota, and we're also interviewing his co-workers and family members to see if there have been any specific threats against him in the past. >> reporter: thompson's wife paulettish you thissing a statement to abc news, saying, "we are shattered to hear about the senseless killing of our beloved brian. brian was an incredibly loving, generous, talented man who truly lived life to the fullest and touched so many lives. most importantly, brian was an incredibly loving father to our two sons and will be greatly missed." his wife not confirming whether there had been threats against her husband, but three different minnesota law enforcement agencies told abc news there has been no reports of threats against thompson.

sources tell abc news investigators believe a cell phone, candy wrapper, and water bottle found near the hotel are linked to the shooter. detectives also recoverered three live rounds and three spent rounds from a .9 millimeter gun. >> we will not rest until we identify and apprehend the shooter in this case. >> reporter: the targeted shooting just blocks from rockefeller center where tens of thousands are gathering for the annual christmas tree lighting. the nypd is trying to reassure them. >> millions of people will be enjoying the tree lighting tonight among other holiday events, and the nypd will be out there with them keeping them safe. >> david: this was really chilling today. aaron katersky live with us from the scene. aaron, the suspect escaping into central park. what do we know about where they're searching right now, and any potential motives police might be looking into tonight? >> reporter: dozens of investigators are now scouring the city for evidence. they'd like to find something to extract dna evidence. they're also canvassing for video, david. thaild like to catch a glimpse

of the guy with his mask down. and they'll investigating one possibility that this shooting resulted from a grudge, either against united health care or thompson himself. david? >> david: yeah, they say he was waiting there with a silencer on that gun. aaron, thank you. in the meantime, we move to the fast-moving new storm with dangerous winds and snow. alerts for 100 million americans, across the great lakes and right into the northeast. new york city, philadelphia, and washington, d.c. all bracing for dangerous winds, too. lee goldberg has the forecast. trevor ault with the images already tonight. >> reporter: tonight, deteriorating conditions across the upper midwest as a powerful, fast-moving system packing wind and snow heads east. bringing whiteout conditions to fargo, north dakota. this timelapse showing a snow squall sweeping across i-94 in warrens, wisconsin. the new system comes on the heels of multiple days of snow that dumped more than five feet in parts of new york and caused chaos on the roads. >> hope no one -- watch out.

>> reporter: new video showing a close call for kansas law enforcement on saturday as they were responding to a crash in kansas city. >> yeah, my car just got hit, too. >> reporter: and after this monster pileup on hi i-90 near erie, pennsylvania, residents there now bracing for the possibility of an additional two feet of snow on top of more than four feet already. and a race to clear what's already there. the heavy, wet snow to blame for this roof collapse at a local business in erie. and david, here in northern new york, we are under a winter storm warning, potentially 20 more inches of snow here, too, and wind gusts of 45 miles an hour. david? >> david: trevor, thank you. let's get right to chief meteorologist lee goldberg from wabc here in new york. lee, time out the snow, the high winds, of course, coming to the northeast. new york city even bracing for this. >> reporter: indeed, david. not all clippers created equal. this one's high impact. we've got winter weather alerts that go from the upper midwest all the way into the northeast. and that includes lake snow warnings and even a blizzard warning.

now, the heaviest snow is moving from the great lakes into the northeast tonight. in fact, by morning, we could have some snow squalls just north of the i-95 corridor. some coastal rain and some of the heavier snopes start to move into northern new england. then it's all about the winds behind this arctic front. some gusts to 50 miles an hour. could be damaging. watch out for the holiday decorations. make sure they are secured. this is carrying in some really fierce arctic air. sub-zero wind chills by morning in chicago. feels like 4 below. the scocore of the cold into ne york city by the start of the weekend. david? >> david: lee, thank you. we turn now to the breaking news from northern california at this hour. we have learned of a shooting at an elementary school in butte county. reports an adult firing shots at students. at least two students raced to the hospital. abc's melissa adan with late reporting now from california. >> reporter: tonight, authorities say a man is dead after opening fire on children at an elementary school in butte county, california. >> shots fired, 27 cox lane

between highway 70 and simpson road. >> reporter: the calls to police coming around 1:00 p.m. authorities racing to the scene. at the feather river school of seven day say two students were shot and wounded, rushed to the hospital. one of them had to be air lifted. authorities finding the suspected shooter near the playground, dead of a self-inflicted gunshot wound. the small school of some 35 students put on lackdown. the children taken to a nearby church to reunite with their families. david, we're told that the fbi is now investigating this situation, and also, there is at this point no known connection between that suspect and the school. david? >> david: melissa adan with us tonight. melissa, thank you. we turn now to president-elect trump's embattled nominee for defense secretary, former fox host pete hegseth. standing firm tonight, saying trump has told him to keep fighting. hegseth's own mother defending

him on cable tv. but tonight, abc news has also learned that trump is considering potential other choices to lead the pentagon. mary bruce with the list. >> reporter: tonight, donald trump's embattled pick for secretary of defense, former fox news weekend host pete hegseth, says he will keep fighting. >> i spoke to the president-elect this morning. he said, "keep going. keep fighting. i'm behind you all the way." >> so you're in this all the way? >> why would i back down? i've always been a fighter. >> reporter: hegseth back on capitol hill facing a barrage of new questions about troubling allegations involving alleged sexual misconduct, alcohol problems, and financial mismanagement. and tonight, multiple sources tell us trump is now considering other options to lead the pentagon. >> are you planning to drop out? >> reporter: today, hegseth calling those allegations "the art of the smear," adamant will denying a rape accusation, and saying he doesn't have a problem with alcohol. even promising not to drink if he gets the job. >> he offered up to me -- and i

know he has with other senators too -- that he's not drinking, and that's not something he's going to do when confirmed here. >> reporter: and tonight, hegseth now relying on his mother, too, to make the case for him. today on fox news, his mother saying he's a changed man. but when asked about a 2018 email she wrote him accusing her son of being an "abuser of women," she didn't deny the email, but maintained he's different now. >> i would just say that some of those -- some of those attachments or descriptions are just not true, especially anymore. >> reporter: tonight, with a growing number of republican senators sick nalling they are not behind him, hegseth, an army veteran with no military leadership experience, still making the case for himself. >> that's what donald trump asked me to do. your job is to bring a war-fighting ethos back to the pentagon. your job is to make sure that it's lethality, lethality, lethality. everything else is gone. everything else that distracts from that shouldn't be happening. that's the message i'm hearing from senators in that advise and consent process.

>> reporter: he can lose just three republican senators. today trying to court key skeptics, including republican senator joni ernst who could also be up for the job if trump moves on. >> it was a very thorough conversation. >> reporter: with ernst on a possible replacement list, when asked about it by reporters -- >> mr. hegseth is the nominee. >> reporter: if it's not hegseth, we've learned trump is not only considering ernst, but also tennessee senator bill haggerty, and florida governor ron desantis. >> it's not 100% clear who he wants for secretary of defense right now. and i defer to him. >> david: let's get to mary bruce, live at the white house again tonight. senator joni ernst since want to engage when asked about being a possible replacement for hegseth. how about governor ron desantis tonight? >> reporter: david, desan twist has made it clear, he is interested in the job, but they were bitter rivals during the primary. it would be something to see desantis join the trump administration, given their past.

david? >> david: mary, thank you. we're learning more about the massive chinese hack here in the u.s. federal authorities saying chinese hackers successfully stole data from hundreds of thousands of americans, hacking at least eight telecommunications companies, and now suggesting that americans who don't want their conversations stolen by china, to use apps for encrypted messaging. here's pierre thomas. >> reporter: tonight, the chairman of the senate intelligence committee telling abc news millions of americans could potentially be impacted by a massive chinese hacking and espionage campaign. authorities now say at least eight american telecommunications giants were compromised as part of a recently discovered global hacking operation. the news coming as abc news learned u.s. authorities suspect the data of hundreds of thousands of u.s. mobile phone users was stolen, with more than a million unsuspecting consumers likely affected. senator, just how serious is this issue?

>> this is the worst telecom hack in united states history. >> reporter: according to the fbi, the chinese government stole a large amount of data, including whoa the phone users were talking to, when they spoke, and where they were communicating from. in some cases, the chinese hackers were able to read text messages and actually listen in on conversations of a small group of high profile americans. but officials today also acknowledging the massive privacy implications for so many average americans. tonight, they're urging consumers to use encrypted apps for their communications. so officials acknowledge that those hackers are still in those phone networks and say it will take some time to get them out, david. >> david: saying not just politicians and government leaders, but everyday americans in this country, too. pierre thomas, this is something. thank you. from the supreme court tonight, oral arguments in a landmark case that could determine access to health care for transgender youth across this country. in question, a tennessee law banning gender affirming care such as mothormone therapy for

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finally tonight here, the grandchildren celebrating every chapter of their grandfather's life. tonight, in tennessee, just outside knoxville, the incredible surprise for a grandfather on his 80th birthday. that's granddad bob webb, seeing his whole family dressed like him. >> we're dressed like you. >> david: all wearing maroon sweatshirts and khakis. but this keeps going. each of the seven grandchildren dressing up their grandfather in different stages of his life. >> i'm papaw when he was in an elementary school skwar tet. >> i'm papaw at the beach. >> i'm papaw when he got married. >> i'm papaw as a young dad.

>> i'm working papaw. >> david: each of them walking in to surprise him. first elementary school, then football. at the beach. on his wedding day. >> oh! my goodness. >> david: and as dad in 1982, wearing the green polo and pants. >> this was the style! >> david: and ligright here tonight, bob and gail webb. >> what a great idea, feel really loved. >> what a way to celebrate 80 years. >> david: and joining us, too, all seven grandchildren. >> hey, david. our family is truly so tight-knit and i'm so, so grateful for that. and it was awesome to celebrate my papaw's 80th year of life. >> hey, david. this was such an awesome experience. >> he's the best, and i know he loved it on his 80th birthday. >> i look up to their marriage a lot and i want my future marriage to look like that. >> this was such an amazing way

to celebrate my papaw's 80th birthday. >> he's the best papaw ever. >> i love him so much. >> david: tonight, the grandchildren celebrating their grandfather in every stage of his life. happy birthday, bob, you are certainly loved. i'm david muir. good night. starts right now. >> continuity and stability is critical during this time of transition. >> oakland leaders today trying to clear up some of the uncertainty about the city's future. and much of that centers around who will be the next mayor. officials have now laid out a timeline for how the process of electing a new mayor

will work out. good afternoon. thanks for joining us. i'm larry beil and i'm kristen z. >> they're outline comes as there have been a lot of questions about the process after voters chose to oust mayor chantel. >> abc seven news reporter anser hassan has more on the new developments from oakland city hall. >> i also want to say very clearly that continuity and stability is critical during this time of transition. >> oakland city council president nikki fortunato bass will be oakland's new mayor, but just for three weeks on wednesday, the city outlined the process for who will become oakland's next mayor. based on a legal opinion drafted by the city attorney's office. the alameda county registrar of voters is expected to certify the november election by december 5th. oakland city council will accept the results at its next city council meeting on december 17th. at that moment, mayor shengtao steps down. bass becomes interim mayor. however, bass is also moving on. she won her race for alameda county board ofrace for supervisors for district five. so she will serve until january 6th.