making news in america this morning, the health care vote happening in just hours. the question is do the republicans have enough votes for the obamacare replacement? plus, the preparations and protesters getting ready as president trump heads back to new york city for the first time since taking office. breaking overnight a man opens fire inside a bar killing an employee. how an armed customer likely saved other lives. we are tracking more rain in the south with rivers cresting overnight. evacuations are under way and levees have breached with hundreds of roads now shut down. so we'll tell you where the threat is right now. a family kicked off a plane after refusing to give up their young son's seat on an overbooked flight. the new video of the latest confrontation.

good thursday morning to you all. we begin with that effort to repeal and replace obamacare expected to clear a major hurdle on capitol hill today. >> yeah, house republicans are voting this afternoon on that revised health care bill. they now say they have enough support after adding an amendment on pre-existing conditions and direct intervention from the president. abc's kenneth moton is in washington where all the action is today. kenneth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and diane. this morning we are already hearing from angry democratic leaders. they are calling this gop health care plan a moral monstrosity that will have a negative impact on millions of americans. today, 216 votes, that's what it'll take for the house to pass the gop health care plan. >> the optimistic about life. >> reporter: house republicans ready to vote after days of face-to-face lobbying by mr. president trump. capitol hill meetings with the vice president to

undecided and a last-minute amendment by two republican congressmen to give states a billion dollars over five years to help cover pre-existing conditions. >> with this addition that we brought to the president and sold him on in over an hour meaning with him, there were both yeses on the bill. >> reporter: this morning, on the attack. >> this is deadly. this is deadly. trump care means heart-stopping people yam increases for americans. >> reporter: house republicans voting before the nonpartisan congressional budget office has a chance to weigh in. hundreds of leading patient and health groups are speaking out against the bill. the american cancer society calling the changes particularly egregious. the american medical association warning of second class health care coverage if people with pre-existing conditions are able to obtain coverage at all. >> there are so many variables unknown that to make an analysis of that level of precision it seems almost impossible. >> reporter: the house vote coul

afternoon here in washington on capitol hill. if the bill passes, it's on to the senate where it will face an even tougher fight, diane and kendis. >> that's kenneth moton live from d.c., thanks. just as they are voting, president trump will be heading back to new york city for the first time since taking office. >> the president is expected in new york city this afternoon. he is set to meet with australia's prime minister where attending a world war ii commemoration. all the while a thousand members of new york city's police department will be protecting him. >> the trip also means protesters. demonstrators are preparing a less than warm reception. protests are planned in a number of locations including outside his home at trump tower. well, the fbi director jim comey is forcefully defending the way he handled the investigation into hillary clinton's e-mails. comey told congress that he would make the same decision if he had to do it again. he insisted that he didn't intend to harm the clinton campaign by announcing that her aides had been extremely careless and after

the election, comey said he felt compelled to tell lawmakers. >> concealing in my view would be catastrophic. not just to the fbi but well beyond and honestly, as between really bad and catastrophic, i said to my team we've got to walk into the world of really bad. look, this was terrible. it makes me mildly nauseous to make me think we had some i believe packet on the election. i would make the same decision. >> he was asked why he waited until after the investigation to reveal there were contacts between russia and the trump campaign. president trump says he's confident he can broker peace in the middle east after meeting with palestinian leader mahmoud abbas. trump vowed to do what's necessary to reach a deal. however, the president did not commit the white house to a two-state solution. trump did push abbas to do more to stop violence against israelis. ultimately he said both

can reach an agreement if they try. >> it's a -- something that i think is frankly maybe not as difficult as people have thought over the years, but we need two willing parties. we believe israel is willing. we believe you're willing and if you both are willing, we're going to make a deal. >> abbas said the meeting left him hopeful though didn't talk about how to restart peace talks. he also said he's willing to meet with eventually prime minister benjamin netanyahu. to a couple of breaking stories overnight, investigation under way near dallas after two people were shot and killed inside a crowded bar. police say a gunman entered the sports bar last night and got into an argument with a worker there. and things escalated from there. >> there was some type of altercation or argument or something being said and witnesses reported that this man pulled out a gun and shot the employee and killed the employee. >> at that point a customer who was armed with a licensed

concealed weapon confronted the gunman and shot him dead. investigators are now trying to figure out the gunman's motive. they are mrs. looking into whether he knew that bar employee. also breaking overnight authorities in maryland have found an escaped prisoner hiding in a drainage tunnel. david watson was tracked down with a thermal imaging camera. he had been on the run since friday. watson escaped while being taken to a hospital. he's serving more than 100 years in delaware for attempted murder. more details on his capture will come later this morning. it's time now for a look at the weather. more rain is expected to prolong devastating flood conditions across much of the central u.s. levees are weakening under the weight of all that rushing water and swollen rivers are spilling over and swamping entire neighborhoods. river traffic is also closed along a busy section of the mississippi near st. louis. you can see the radar shows t

mississippi valley north toward the great lakes. forecasters say downpours will be heavy at times with up to 4 more inches falling in some spots. an emergency meeting at buckingham palace sparking concern overnight but the palace says the queen and prince philip are fine. "the daily mail" reported initially that it was to include staff members from several of the queen's homes. we have since learned those meetings happen from time to time. the queen just turned 91 and prince philip celebrates his 96th birthday next month. well, barack obama has unveiled the design of his future presidential library. >> he chose a location in jackson park in chicago. the center will include three buildings on a campus with amenities for families and visitors. >> the obamas showed off the plans at a nearby cultural center where they got married some 25 years ago. beautiful complex there. well, still aad

warning about an e-mail scam. what you should be looking at right now. plus, we have new details in the murder of an american couple overseas. what family members are now saying about a possible break in the case. that family removed from an overbooked plane after they refused to give up their 2-year-old son's seat. the new video of the encounter.

this morning we're learning more about one of the victims killed when a car barreled through an auto auction outside of boston. you see her there, she was one of three people killed in that crash. now, police say that jeep driven by an auction employee in his 70s suddenl

the car struck several people before crashing through a wall. apona and another man died. she was the mother of three and it was her first day at the auction. >> we lost a sister, a mother, a daughter. she leaves behind three kids. one just joined the army. he's graduating next week. >> the raw emotions are on display. the driver not seriously injured. investigators say they believe this was simply an accident. classes will not resume until monday at north lake college in dallas after a gunman killed a student then turned the gun on himself. police ordered a campuswide lockdown while they looked for the shooter as frightened students barricaded themselves behind closed doors and investigators say the gunman was a former student. it's not yet clear if he knew the victim. google says it has already taken steps to protect users

from a phishing scam designed to steal personal information. it says if you receive an e-mail from someone asking you to open a google docs and you don't know the sender, then simply don't open the e-mail. in addition to the steps it has already taken google is also asking anyone who receives possible phishing e-mails to report them. facebook is hiring 3,000 new workers to help monitor content and remove violent videos. mark zuckerberg says they will review the millions of reports facebook receives about questionable posts every week. facebook has been criticized for not moving fashion enough to stop the spread of violent images including those seen on facebook live. when we come back a hero emerges in this week's deadly stabbing spree at the university of texas. what we're learning about the woman who was running toward the danger. the new connection between too much screen time for kids and what it could do to their development.

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here's a scary scene in western louisiana. a school bus with children on board travel down a flooded street and slid off the road getting stuck in the water. emergency crews responding to the scene also got stuck but they still managed to rescue everyone safely. no injuries. downpours are making a mess on the roads from the great lakes south to the mississippi valley. be on the lookout for flood warnings as well and plan on a messy morning commute if you're in the northwest. >> flying airport delays possible in charlotte as well as two of delta air lines' major hubs. speaking of delta the airline is catching criticism because of an overbooked flight. >> a south california family says they were kicked off because they refused to give up thei

they said they were asked to carry him on their lap from hawaii to los angeles so it could be used on the overbooked plane. when the family refused they say the staff asked the whole family to get off and they were even threatened with jail. delta has not commented on that incident. the airline recently changed its policy to offer up to $10,000 for seats on overbooked flights. no word yet if the passengers were given that offer. now this comes as the airline industry is facing bad publicity for video that showed a doctor being dragged off an overbooked flight. united has since agreed to make changes to its overbooking policy. two people now detained in belize in connection with the murders of a veteran and his canadian girlfriend. drew devoursney and francesca matus were missing nearly a week before their bodies were found this past monday. police say they are investigating threats against matus. a number of motives are being looked into right now including

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show host stephen colbert. >> last night he responded to outrage over an off color joke he made about president trump on monday night. his critics which include both conservatives and supporting members of the lgbt community say his words were homophobic. >> if you saw my monologue monday you know i was upset with donald trump for insulting a friend of mine so at the end of that monologue i had a few choice insults for the president in return. i don't regret that. i believe he can take care of himself. i have jokes. he has the launch codes. so it's a fair fight. >> colbert said he was upset with the president for walking out an interview with john dickerson. >> he did acknowledge some of his language was cruder than it needed to

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americans are no longer hung up on landlines. for the first time a majority of households across the country are using only cell phones. >> a new government report found 50.8% of all u.s. homes have gone strictly mobile. the rates of cell phone only homes are now highest among millennials at over 70%. >> older americans are more likely to have land lines but they too are increasingly shifting to wireless devices. >> finally, true gift for fans of the classic holiday movie "a christmas story." you can now book reservations in the parker family home. >> so it's located right there in cleveland's treemont neighborhood. the bookings are starting soon. june 1st. >> so just to give you an idea, the sink where ralphie's brother hid is still there. >> we'll see all sorts of movie memorabilia. >> the "christmas story" house can accommodate up to six people at a

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