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murder, quote, in furtherance of terrorism. the d.a. tonight saying this was a frighting, well-planned, targeted murder with the intent to cause terror. and we've now learned how soon mangione could be brought to new york. aaron katersky standing by with new reporting. also tonight, this is the image of the 15-year-old girl who police say killed a teacher and a fellow student when she walked into a study hall at her school. tonight, what they're now saying about motive. the mystery drone sightings. tonight, what the pentagon is now saying about this, and what they've now deployed tonight. and lawmakers emerging from a three-hour classified house intelligence briefing. and what they said afterward. in new york city, the accused long island serial killer saying, "i am not guilty of any of these charges." tonight, he is charged with the murder of a seventh woman. you'll see the scene in court. the stunning new images emerging after ukraine assassinated a top russian general in a bomb attack in moscow. tonight, the images of the scooter at the door.

you'll see it right here, and how they did this. and what russia is now saying tonight. back here in the u.s., the blinding rain, ice, and heavy snow moving from the midwest right into the northeast tonight, wednesday into thursday. lee goldberg standing by to time this out, from d.c. to philadelphia, new york to boston. and what's coming right behind it. a major medical breakthrough tonight. a 53-year-old american grandmother becoming the first living person in the world to receive a kidney from a new kind of genetically modified pig. tonight, from "top gun" to his comeback as maverick, to "a few good men." >> i want the truth! >> you can't handle the truth! >> tonight, the major new honor from the u.s. navy for tom cruise. and our made in america christmas. your ideas pouring in. there's still time. from olive oil to wine to barbecue sauce. and what they've now done with the major league baseballs and bats, the nhl hockey sticks. tonight, how to get a piece of your favorite team. >> made in america!

good evening and it's great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. we begin tonight with the breaking news in the ceo murder case. just in tonight, a grand jury in new york city has now indicted luigi mangione on first and second degree murder charges, calling it an act of terror. the d.a. calling it a frightening, well-planned, targeted murder. authorities say it was intended to cause terror. tonight, mangione remains jailed in pennsylvania, where he was arrested. he's due in court on thursday. his newly hired lawyer now says she expects he will agree to waive extradition and return to new york to face these charges. that could happen in days. we're also learning tonight about the phone call from authorities to mangione's mother, just days after these surveillance images were first seen by the country. authorities today saying that mother did not rule out her son. abc's senior investigative correspondent aaron katersky leading us off right here in new york. >> reporter: tonight, nearly two weeks after the chief executive of unitedhealthcare was gunned down outside a manhattan hotel

and left to die on the sidewalk, a grand jury indicted luigi mangione, charging him with killing brian thompson in furtherance of terrorism. >> in the middle of midtown, the beginning of a busy day, tourists, commuters, business people, the intent was to sow terror. >> reporter: the 26-year-old ivy league graduate is now charged with first and second degree murder for the high-profile hit. >> this was a frightening, well-planned, targeted murder that was intended to cause shock and attention and intimidation. >> reporter: for the first time, the nypd detailed how detectives first spoke to mangione's mother three days after the shooting. she had reported him missing in november to police in san francisco. as soon as they saw the wanted poster, they called new york. when investigators reached mangione's mother, she did not rule out her son could be the killer. >> they had a conversation where she didn't indicate that it was

her son in the photograph, but she said it might be something that she could see him doing. >> reporter: even mangione's new lawyer conceded before she was hired the evidence was overwhelming. she also floated a possible insanity defense. >> you have someone who is a valedictorian of his class, he was brilliant his whole life, he comes from this great family. i mean, something changed, right? significantly, something changed. >> reporter: now, with an indictment secured, new york's police commissioner said no one should lionize the suspect. >> in the nearly two weeks since mr. thompson's killing, we have seen a shocking and appalling celebration of cold-blooded murder. let me say this plainly, there is no heroism in what mangione did. this was a senseless act of violence. it was a cold and calculated crime that stole a life and put new yorkers at risk. >> reporter: mangione's jailed in pennsylvania. tonight, david, his attorney tells us she expects he will waive extradition thursday. he'd be brought here to court in

new york for arraignment on this sparingly used murder charge, reserved for the most depraved killings. david? >> david: aaron katersky leading us off with the breaking news here tonight. aaron, thank you. and we should note that aaron is just part of the team that will have a special edition of "20/20" on thursday night on suspect luigi mangione and the ceo murder case. that's thursday night, 10:00 p.m. eastern, right here on abc. in the meantime, we turn now to the other developing story at this hour, and what authorities are now saying about motive in the deadly school shooting 24 hours ago in madison, wisconsin. tonight here, the image of the suspect. police say the shooter was a 15-year-old student, natalie rupnow, they also call her samantha, her friends. where authorities are now searching tonight. and abc's alex perez reporting again from madison. >> reporter: tonight, police trying to find out what drove 15-year-old natalie rupnow, seen here in a recent facebook photo, smiling and hugging a dog, to bring a gun to the abundant life school monday morning and kill a teacher and a fellow student. >> at this time, it appears that the motive was a combination of

factors. >> reporter: police say rupnow, who also went by samantha, shot her victims in a study hall classroom with kids of all grades inside. >> i was in the hallway and i was changing from my shoes to my boots to go to lunch. but then i heard the shooting. and screams. >> reporter: second grader nora reunited with her dad, still barefoot, trying to process what happened. >> we went to the church right next to my school, and everyone was panicking still. because the -- a lot of police were there. >> reporter: investigators now pouring over online accounts believed to be rupnow's that appear to show the suspect gravitating toward neo-nazi ideology. as well as interest and engagement in online forums that idolized mass shooters. in the minutes before the shootings, multiple posts to x, formerly twitter, from an account believed to be rupnow's, one at 10:45, showing a hand

making the "okay" symbol. a gesture flashed by past white supremacist mass shooters. and another at 10:50, linking to a locked google drive that may contain writings by the suspect. >> we are working to authenticate the documents you see online that some are referring to as a manifesto, and as soon as we do that, we'll let you know. >> reporter: and david, investigators have collected evidence from the shooter's home and say her family is cooperating. they're still trying to figure out how she got that handgun. a vigil for the victims will be held later tonight. david? >> david: the country thinking about that community tonight. alex, thank you. tonight, the pentagon now weighing in on those mystery drone sightings. what they're now saying about this, and what they've now deployed tonight. and lawmakers up on the hill emerging from a three-hour classified house intelligence briefing, and what they said afterward. whit johnson on this again tonight. >> reporter: tonight, growing calls for answers about those apparent drone sightings across the northeast. >> look at it. >> reporter: members of the

house intelligence committee emerging from a three-hour classified briefing with the cia, fbi, and other top security officials. >> we need the government to do whatever they can to share as much information as possible to dispel any conspiracy theories or to dispel any mistaken assumptions about the lights in the sky. >> reporter: the briefing comes as more suspected drones are spotted at sensitive u.s. military bases from new jersey to utah and ohio. but the pentagon saying they've now deployed additional counterdrone systems, including a so-called drone buster, to two bases in the northeast. >> essentially emits a signal which is able to interrupt the signal on the drone, which can affect its flight. >> reporter: the pentagon going further, saying they have no reason to suspect a threat. >> is it possible that some of those drones could be up to malign activity? it's entirely possible, but the vast majority, that is not, you know, the case. >> reporter: there are more than

1 million registered drones in the u.s. and it's not illegal to fly them day or night. according to federal regulators, recreational drones must fly at or below 400 feet and pilots must maintain line of sight. and in new jersey tonight, energy agencies knocking down an alarming theory, saying it's just not true. news reports linking drone sightings to a small amount of medical grade radioactive material that was temporarily lost in transit. the new jersey department of environmental protection issuing a statement to abc news, saying the source has been located, repackaged, and sent to the manufacturer. and the national nuclear security administration saying it does not employ drones for nuclear radiological detection missions. and david, that statement goes on to say that nuclear officials are not currently conducting any aerial operations in that region. and intelligence agencies insist that most of the thousands of sightings are some combination of various drones operating lawfully, or manned civilian

aircraft. david? >> david: whit johnson back with us tonight. whit, thank you. now, to a dramatic scene in supreme court. the accused long island serial killer in court, saying, "i am not guilty of any of these charges." but tonight, rex heuermann is charged in the death of a seventh woman now, and what prosecutors say they found in a search of his home. they believe he kept souvenirs. here's stephanie ramos. >> reporter: tonight, the accused long island serial killer appearing in court as he was about to be charged in a seventh case. the murder of valerie mack. afterward, rex heuermann telling the court, "your honor, i am not guilty of any of these charges." mack's partial remains initially found back in november of 2000. more than a decade later, investigators finding the 24-year-old's skull just east of gilgo beach. >> we have dna from a hair that was found on the body of valerie mack. >> reporter: in a court filing, prosecutors say dna analysis linked hair found near mack's left wrist to heuermann's wife and daughter. neither women are considered suspects.

mack, now among seven women authorities say heuermann killed in a spree that spanned decades. he has pleaded not guilty to all charges. and tonight, investigators allege heuermann kept souvenirs. authorities say a search warrant of his home in long island and manhattan office uncovered multiple newspaper and magazine clippings about the murders. tonight, the families of heuermann's alleged victims emotional, presenting mack's parents with flowers in her honor. david, prosecutors say they are now preparing for the first major litigation in this case. that's expected sometime around february or march. david? >> david: all right, stephanie ramos. steph, thank you. overseas tonight, and to the stunning new images just now emerging from russia. ukraine assassinating a top russian general inside moscow. he was the general in charge of protecting russia's biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons. tonight here, the dash cam video showing the general and an aide leaving his apartment building. we have frozen the video just before the explosion. those explosives hidden on a scooter at the door of the building.

tonight, ukraine says that general was a war criminal, and what russia is now saying. here's our chief foreign correspondent ian pannell. >> reporter: dramatic dash cam video tonight showing the moment a bomb hidden in the handlebars of a scooter explodes. an audacious attack killing a top russian general in the heart of moscow. the scooter seen leaning up against a wall as general igor kirillov and an aide walk out of his apartment building. the forces of the remotely detonated blast hurling the bodies of both men, blowing out windows, damaging the brick facade. remnants of the scooter now twisted metal, part of a crime scene. russia calling the attack terrorism. kirillov, the highest ranking military officer to be assassinated in russia since the war began. killed just miles from the kremlin. he was in charge of russia's biological, chemical, and nuclear protection forces. ukraine tonight claiming responsibility, calling the general a war criminal and legitimate target. just yesterday, charging him with using banned chemical weapons against ukrainian troops.

it comes as ukraine released these unverified videos claiming to show north korean troops on the battlefield, fighting alongside russian forces. the u.s. now confirming several hundred north korean soldiers have been killed and wounded. david, the u.s. saying it had nothing to do with the attack. russia vowing retaliation. but it shows what ukraine's security service is capable of. and they are warning tonight, such an inglorious end awaits all those who kill ukrainians. david? >> david: our chief foreign correspondent ian pannell with us tonight. ian, thank you. back here in the u.s. at this hour, to the dangerous driving, blinding rain, ice, heavy snow. moving from the midwest right into the northeast wednesday into thursday, from washington to philadelphia, new york up to boston. and then what's coming right behind it. chief meteorologist lee goldberg back with us from our new york station wabc to time it all out for us. hey, lee. >> reporter: hey, david. that storm is taking shape in the plains and in the midwest right now. and we have flood watches out from memphis to nashville. some snow and ice in the lower lakes. now, that low moves from

kentucky to maryland during the day tomorrow. so, by the end of the day, you've got some of the steadier rain approaching the i-95 corridor. it looks like a quick soaker, maybe a half inch of rain. and the snow and ice in upstate new york and into northern new england. you could actually see a half foot of snow for some of the ski areas. now, there's a second system, a clipper in the northern plains that could drop a half foot of snow, and that's the clipper that has the key to the arctic air. and that's plunging into the great lakes and northeast over the weekend. could even bring a little snow here in new york city friday night. but you're looking at sub-zero wind chills from the midwest, single digit wind chills in the northeast, and the cold is diving deep into the south, all the way down to florida. the recovery will be slow into christmas. david? >> david: really been whiplash these last few weeks. lee goldberg, always great to have you. thanks, lee. a lot more ahead tonight on "world news tonight." the verdict in the murder of the popular founder of cash app. what the jury has decided. also, that major medical breakthrough tonight. an american grandmother receiving a kidney from a genetically modified pig. and then look at this. the major honor tonight. from "top gun" to "maverick" to "a few good men," what's ha

tonight, a gui tonight, a guilty verdict in the murder of popular cash app founder bob lee in san francisco. the jury convicting tech consultant nima momeni after seven days of deliberations. lee was found staggering along the street, bleeding and calling for help. prosecutors say he was driven to an isolated spot and stabbed multiple times. when we come back here tonight, the breakthrough kidney transplant. what's happened for an american grandmother, and her message tonight.

also, the major news involving tom cruise, you'll want to hear this.

to the index of other news tonight. doctors celebrating a major medical breakthrough. a 53-year-old grandmother from alabama recovering from a kidney transplant at nyu langone here in new york, using a genetically modified pig kidney. they were unable to find a human match for the patient, towana looney. she says she took the risk, quote, hoping it would help many others, too. tonight, from "top gun" to top honors, tom cruise honored by the u.s. navy. navy secretary carlos del toro presenting him with the distinguished public service award for his contribution to the navy and marine corps public awareness, because of so many of his roles. >> i feel the need -- the need for speed! >> david: so many favorite scenes. cruise recognized for his role in both "top gun" movies, the original in '86, the sequel, "top gun: maverick," 36 years later. not to mention "a few good men." cruise called it an

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>> david: paul durant, second generation owner. >> some of the best olive oils in the world are being made right here in dayton, oregon. >> david: 54 workers making 10,000 gallons of olive oil a year. their classic olive oil and their flavors, too. >> we make a jalapeno oil. a lemon. an orange. the fan favorite, garlic. >> david: that's from their olives. but their grapes, too. making their own wine. durant vineyards. 60,000 bottles of wine this year alone. and after surviving a wildfire a few years back, they weren't sold on the wine from that year. but they salvaged it for something else. pinot noir barbecue sauce. >> hello, david. >> david: culinary director eric bartel. >> first ingredient is our pinot noir. heavy on molasses, dijon mustard, cloves, chiles, smoked paprika. >> david: they say it's delicious on spare ribs and brisket. some of the proceeds from that sauce, right back to the fire department. the firefighters who helped fight those fires. >> hi, david.

>> david: dayton fire district's lieutenant jeremy mcleod. >> by making this barbecue sauce, they're giving back to the fire district here. >> david: full circle, from saving that vineyard to paying it back to the firehouse. >> made in america! >> david: and in berkeley, california, the company tokens and icons. their big idea, taking old major league baseballs, bats, uniforms, nhl hockey sticks and goal posts, all from real games and turning them into bottle openers, wallets, winter hats, bracelets. all gifts from your favorite team's gear. >> hi, david. >> david: owner ward wallow. >> this is ron trumbull. who i've worked with for over 20 years. this is olivia and adeline, they fulfill orders. >> david: nine workers in all, cutting up mlb baseballs, carefully unwinding the core. inside, 130 yards of yarn. and then hand-braiding it into bracelets. hockey goal posts and baseball bats transformed into bottle openers. printed right there, game-used bat from the chicago cubs. and baseball uniforms, including the philadelphia phillies, sewn

into wallets. all with three words in mind -- >> made in america! >> david: and we love it. tomorrow night, more of your ideas, and a great one. here's a hint. you'll remember it from the movie "it's a wonderful life." i'll see you tomorrow for that. good night. ♪ you know i'm a dreamer ♪ ♪ but my heart's of gold ♪

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