tonight, breaking news. word coming in now of a horrific and deadly school bus crash. reports of several elementary school children who did not survive. also breaking tonight, just as millions begin to travel for thanksgiving, the major snowstorm turning deadly tonight. the 40-car pileup. and the new storm moving in right after. air travel from coast to coast could be affected. also, as we come on tonight, the earthquake and tsunami warning near the fukushima power plant. the images coming in. the urgent manhunt, and word of an arrest at this hour, after a veteran officer in texas is shot and killed in an ambush. the surveillance released late today. and another officer shot while in his patrol car in st. louis. four officers targeted in 24 hours. and the new message late today from president-elect donald trump. the race to fill his cabinet.

position. and mr. trump using twitter to fight back. demanding an apology from the cast of "hamilton." tonight, what they're now saying. good evening, as we come on the air in the west tonight. and we begin with the horrific scene playing out in tennessee at this hour. the deadly bus crash. we're learning of the urgent request now for blood donations. the crash happened in chattanooga, involving elementary school children. several did not survive. many others rushed to the hospital. and here's abc's david kerley. >> reporter: 35 young students from kinder garden to the fifth grade tossed around when this school bus crashed. not all survived. the latest word from local officials tonight is that six of the children onboard were killed in the crash. rescue crews working for minutes, which turned into more than an hour to get all the kids out. 23 sent to local hospitals. the tennessee school bus, just a

elementary school, ran off a residential road, slamming into trees, ending up on its side. a father apparently carrying his child away from the scene. >> a bus crash involving school children is every public safety professional's worth nightmare. >> reporter: it was a single-vehicle accident. the bus driver survived, and is said to be cooperating with police. another crash contributing to the debate, should all school buses have seat belts? as simulations show, what can happen in a rollover accident. donations with all those injuries, but tonight, david, there are parents who are grieving, their children, their students, will not be coming home. >> david kerley tonight, david, thank you. and next here, to the deadly snowstorm hitting, just as millions begin their journey home for the holidays. and now word of a second storm set to hit that could snarl travel coast to coast. upstate new york hitlly hard already. the snow topping three feet in some places. a whiteout, right there on

abc's gio benitez in cortland, new york. >> reporter: tonight, the first major winter storm of the season pounding the northeast. treacherous driving conditions making for a white-knuckle commute. southeast of rochester, new york, winds gusting above 40 miles per hour, whipping snow right across the road. north of syracuse, this tractor trailer jackknifing. vehicle after vehicle sliding off the highway. and a terrifying moment on interstate 81 north of binghamton. austin beeching and his family, watching that bus on the left there -- >> oh, it going over. >> reporter: -- slide right off the road and overturn. after it tried to avoid hitting other vehicles. >> we all rushed over there. it was a bunch of students inside, but they were all okay. we got them out of the emergency exit. >> reporter: 40 high school students onboard, on a field trip to new york city. luckily, just minor injuries here. >> so, we have a lot of accidents until people learn to slow down a little bit, because they forget their winter driving skills. >> reporter: tragically, in new hampshire, at least one person

this morning. back here in new york state, more than two feet of snow in some areas already, falling as fast as two inches an hour. the system moved in quickly over the weekend. in watertown, one part looked like this on saturday, and like this on sunday. high winds downing power lines, sparking blazes in new jersey and in michigan. the system also being blamed for this 40-car pileup in ohio, and delaying more than 450 flights here in cortland, this resident has been shoveling all day long. >> well, we may be a little used to it, but it's still a lot of snow to move. >> reporter: and david, just take a look. you can see this blowing snow all over the place, strong gusts now coming in. in parts of this region, snow has been falling for two days straight. and guess what? it's not stopping any time soon. david? >> that's right, gio. our thanks to you, because ginger zee says there's another system she's watching right behind it, but first, the track of this right now.

still just churning away, david. look at the radar at this moment. around that low it goes. and for the next 6 to even 12 hours we'll still be dealing it. gusts 40 to 60 miles an hour. you already have two to three feet. you could pick up another half foot of snow in some areas. now, the cold is also coming along with this, reaching all the way to wind chills tomorrow morning in tallahassee at 36. feeling sub-freezing in atlanta. and that next system is the one we're watching developing now over the rockies. could cause some travel issues. minneapolis to chicago. right down through memphis and louisiana by wednesday morning. >> air travel going to be affected on this, as well. ginger, overseas tonight, we have learned of a powerful earthquake, and now a tsunami warning we're tracking, involving fukushima japan, where another powerful earthquake struck five years ago, triggering that nuclear power plant disaster. abc's alex marquardt monitoring the warnings tonight. >> reporter: good evening, david. this quake struck just around 6:00 a.m., as people were waking up. it was felt for several minutes

it was a magnitude 6.9, took place off the coast of fukushima. immediately, there were warnings of a tsunami, and orders for citizens along the coast to evacuate and head to higher ground. so far, the waves hitting the coastline are only a few feet high, but the fear and pain are still fresh after the massive 2011 tsunami that caused a meltdown at the fukushima nuclear power plant. tonight, there are still concerns around that plant, and others in the area. david? >> we'll be watching it into the evening. alex, thank you. and back here at home now, and to a headline from texas at this hour. word now of an aes after a police officer was fatally shot as he sat in his squad car just outside the police station. the surveillance video of the suspect released today of this man seen walking into the station, police say, hours before the attack. an officer was also targeted while sitting in his car in st. louis. he's in the hospital tonight. one of four cases in 24 hours. and right now, authorities say they are not related. abc's kayna whitworth with the developments from texas. >> reporter: tonight, police in

in custody after the brutal murder of detective benjamin marconi. >> we arrested 31-year-old otis tyrone mccain. >> i've got an officer down in front of headquarters. >> reporter: police say marconi was writing a routine traffic ticket in front of the station when this car pulled up behind him. a man getting out and shooting the detective twice in the head through the passenger side window. marconi later died at the hospital. police still aren't saying what the suspect was doing at headquarters before the shooting onun in the past 24 hours, at least three other officers in different cities were ambushed during unrelated traffic stops. two of them in missouri, including a st. louis sergeant shot twice in the head while still wearing his seat belt. his weapon holstered. and one officer shot in florida. all three expected to survive. 58 officers have been shot in the line of duty this year. the highest number since 2011. tonight in san antonio, a community in mourning. officers commemorating the

across their badges. i bet that's a tough part of your day, to put that on. >> extremely. even after 20 years. >> reporter: david, tonight, san antonio police are telling us otis tyrone mccain does have a criminal record. he was arrested earlier today without incident. david? >> kayna whitworth with us tonight. kayna, thank you. we turn next to a new message just released tonight by president-elect donald trump. cameras all weekend long capturing leading contenders for his cabinet. a very public display. some of the visitors, including former governor mitt romney, once bitter foes of mr. trump. just in from mr. trump, and here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: tonight, from trump tower, a new video message from the president-elect. >> our transition team is working very smoothly, efficiently and effectively. truly great and talented men and women, patriots indeed, are being brought in and many will soon be apart of our government. >> reporter: his first words at length to the american people in more than a week. no speeches or news conferences since election night.

door of meetings. the job applicants seen competing. that's senator scott brown, hoping to lead the department of veterans affairs. >> and who do you think you're competing with for position? >> hey, listen, i'm not competing with anybody. you know, i think i'm the best person. >> reporter: some of the meetings, like former governor rick perry today, leave the impression trump may be forming a team of rivals. perry was an outspoken foe in the primaries. >> let no one be mistaken. donald trump's candidacy is a cancer on conservatism and it must be clearly diagnosed, excised and discarded. >> reporter: now, he's a contender for energy secretary. likewise, there's former governor mitt romney, who said this about trump -- >> there's plenty of evidence that mr. trump is a conman, a fake. >> reporter: now he's in the mix for secretary of state. >> went great. >> reporter: romney was diplomatic. >> appreciate the chance to speak with the president-elect and look forward to the coming

>> do you still think he's a con artist, sir? >> reporter: presidential transitions are always a delicate dance, but typically the auditions of the possible dance partners happen well away from the public eye. over the past three days, at least 29 people came to pay court. either at trump's clubhouse in new jersey, or the gilded lobby of trump tower. not all of them will end up in the cabinet. there are also trump loyalists with good reason to expect a plum job. with chris christie standing next to him, trump was asked, would he get a job? >> is there a place for governor christie in your administration? >> he's a very talented man. great guy. smart and tough. see you later. >> reporter: trump clearly enjoys the suspense. >> well, we've made a couple of deals, but we'll let you know soon. >> reporter: but some applicants unwittingly offered clues. kris kobach, an immigration hard liner from kansas, walked in clutching this memo, outlining a

"all aliens from high-risk areas are tracked," the document says. kobach has, in the past, proposed a muslim registry. incoming chief of staff reince priebus insists that's a nonstarter. >> look, i'm not going to rule out anything, but i wouldn't -- we're not going to have a registry based on a religion. >> reporter: other meetings are kept under the radar altogether. president-elect trump now says he's doing america's business, not his own, but these real estate developers building trump towers in india say this photo was taken after the election. >> after the election. and so david wright is with us live tonight, and david, the trump team has been asked how he will separate himself from his business now that he's president-elect. >> reporter: and that is a huge question, david. donald trump is doing business in at least 18 countries, deals worth more than $54 million. here's what kellyanne conway, a senior adviser, had to say today. he's a businessman, he is also

acknowledged we're in unchartered waters, unprecedented times is the term she used. >> david wright, our thanks to you. president-elect trump meanwhile keeping his twitter account and using it to fight back this weekend, multiple times against the cast of "hamilton" after their message to vice president-elect mike pence. but mr. pence had a much different reaction himself. and tonight, about mr. trump's demand for an apology? what the "hamilton" cast is now saying. here's abc's mary bruce. ? >> reporter: tonight, donald trump still wants an apology, but now, the star of the broadway hit "hamilton" says there's no apology coming. the president-elect furious after his number two, mike pence, was booed at a performance. trump tweeting about it three separate times. the cast knew pence was in the audience, and waited until after the show to deliver this message. >> we, sir, we are the diverse america who are alarmed and

us. >> reporter: trump saying the cast was "very rude," "harassed pence" and "should immediately apologize for their terrible behavior." today on the view, "hamilton" star brandon dixon said, that's not happening. >> when you have an opportunity to speak with our elected representatives, you must seize that opportunity. >> reporter: trump demanding an apologize after he, himself, has refused to apologize for a string of campaign insults. >> written by a nice reporter. now, the poor guy, you have to seth ah, i don't know what i said, ah, i don't remember. >> reporter: including the time he was accused of mocking a disabled reporter. >> i don't remember. maybe that's what i said. >> reporter: while the president-elect turned to twitter to express his outrage at "hamilton," mike pence handled it this way. >> i wasn't offended by what was said. i'll leave to others whether it was the appropriate venue to say it. >> reporter: president-elect trump is also tweeting about "saturday night live," bringing up trump's promise that he had a plan to take on isis, while refusing to reveal it. >> we've been stuck fighting

so, when we found out that you had a secret plan, it really energized us. >> that's right. a plan. very secret. >> reporter: trump's lashing out, saying, "it is a totally one-sided, biased show, nothing funny at all. equal time for us?" david, actor alec baldwin, who plays trump, responded on twitter, saying, "equal time? the election is over. there is no more equalim people respond. that's pretty much it." david? >> signaling they will continue on that front. mary bruce in new york tonight. mary, thank you. and overseas tonight from the vatican, pope francis with a message about women and abortion. the pontiff saying that abortion remains a, quote, grave sin, but now local priests will be allowed to hear the confessions of women who repent. until now, bishops have been able to refuse women any chance of forgiveness. there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this monday. the pipeline protest erupting into violence in this country. demonstrators clashing with police.

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sheriff officials confirming rubber bullets and tear gas were used against the group. >> i can't breathe. >> reporter: and fire hoses against an estimated 400 protesters. >> oh [ bleep ]. oh [ bleep ]. you all right? they just shot him for speaking. >> reporter: organizers saying at least 17 people were taken to the hospital for injuries. it's the latest in a months-long standoff in a $3.8 billion, 1,200-mile pipeline under construction, from western north dakota to illinois. the standing rock sioux tribe are protesting over worries that it will contaminate their water display and disturb sacred sites. the company in charge of building the pipeline saying they are willing to discuss safety concerns, but -- >> as far as the route, that's not going to change. >> reporter: david, protesters and authorities are concerned tonight about more scenes like that, as temperatures are again expected to drop below freezing. david? >> phillip mena with us tonight. phillip, thank you. when we come back, there is

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this pictures taken at the scene shows the bus on its side and with a huge tree almost splitting the bus in half as first responders pull students out the back. 35 kids ranging in age from kindergarten to fifth grade were on the bus. nearly two dozen were rushed to local hospitals. every time... there's an incident..... involving a school bus... no matter where it is.... every parent starts thinking about.... their child's safety!!! contact 13 chief investigator how ccsd is doing its best to keep your children safe.. and why doing that may not involve seatbelts. darcy stand-up: school bus drivers in nevada are mandated by law to wear seat belts. but students are not. and that makes the clark county school district like most others across the country--where seat belts for kids are not required. ccsd relies on a concept called compartmentalization which treats kids like eggs in a carton. seats on large buses are strong, close together, high backed, well-padded and designed to absorb energy

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