making news in america this morning, political theater in the white house. the president having dinner with democratic leaders and cutting a deal on immigration but overnight a series of statements on both sides creating mixed messages about what really happened. eight senior citizens are dead, dodds more in critical condition after irma cut power to their new yearursing home 's air-conditioning. hear what authorities are saying. the shooting rampage at a school and a community coming together remembering the victims as new details about the student in custody. sean spicer's first interview since leaving the white house. hear what he told jimmy kimmel

secretary and the crowd size controversy at the inauguration. and hello, everyone. good morning. we begin with the bipartisan dinner at the white house leading to an apparent deal and confusion. >> the two top democrats in the house and senate say they've cut an immigration deal with the president to replace the defunct daca program but conflicts details about the border wall. with chinese food and chocolate pie on the menu, president trump had dinner with new friends, democratic leaders chuck schumer and nancy pelosi. >> any message from the white house today? >> reporter: at first it sounded like it went well and schumer and pelosi said the meeting was productive and both sides reached an agreement to protect the d.r.e.a.m.ers. that agreement was in ex-change for new border security measus

the president's signature promise. a border wall. >> build the wall. >> reporter: but but less than a half hour later sarah sanders disputed the claim tweeting while daca and border security were both discussed excluding the wall was certainly not agreed to. schumer's spokesman said the president made clear he would continue pushing the wall, just not as part of this agreement. >> pleased to welcome this bipartisan group of democrats and republican lawmakers to the white house. >> reporter: before the dinner president trump held another bipartisan meeting where he sounded more like a democrat when it came to taxes. >> if they have to go higher they'll go higher, frankly. >> reporter: it all has the white house answering about where the president stands. >> the idea that the republican party ideas are not represented in that room is just ridiculous. this president's done more for bipartisanship in the last eight days than obama did in eight years. >> this is the president's second deal with the two lawmakers. he once referred to them as a cl

last week he stunned fellow republicans by siding with democrats to raise the u.s. debt limit and extend the current budget for just three months. well, the president heads to the sunshine state today and that will be his main focus, florida. where a criminal investigation is now under way following a deadly nursing home incident. >> eight senior citizens died in that heat after the hurricane knocked out air-conditioning at the facility and even though there was a hospital right across the street, abc's tom llamas has more from hollywood. >> reporter: a life and death situation at this nursing home. the rehabilitation center at hollywood hills, the first sign of trouble an emergency call about a heart attack. but it soon became clear it was much more serious. >> the facility called and said that incidents were occurring. something's going on in the center, unknown how many patients or their injuries. >> reporter: what came next an all out evacuation. >> it was chaotic when i arrived. we had at least 115 patients we were try

bring them to safety. >> reporter: the scope of this tragedy heartbreaking. eight people dead. three at the nursing home and five more later at the hospital. the nursing home was running on generators since hurricane irma hit. the lights on, but no air-conditioning. ellie came to visit her 96-year-old mother here shortly after the hurricane struck. could you see the suffering? >> yes, i did. yes, i did. >> reporter: what's also troubling, the nursing home is just yards away from one of the biggest hospitals in the area. >> we're conducting a criminal investigation and not ruling anything out at this time. >> reporter: florida's governor says the health department had been in contact with the nursing home over the past three days and told them to call 911 if they had any reason to believe the patients were at risk. >> we depend on those people in those facilities to care for our most vulnerable elderly population. >> reporter: tom llamas, abc news at hollywood hills, florida. and the u.s. death toll from irma has now risen to

30 with millions of people still with no power. the military is flying food and water into key west where search and rescue crews are still going door to door looking for possible victims and thousands of desperate residents remain isolated with bare necessities in short supply. >> we got some water and food and my son can eat. >> for your son. >> we should have evacuated but we thought we will be okay but thank god we finally got something. we're going to get help down here, please, everybody. come help us. >> local officials are disputing fema's claim that 90% of the homes there were damaged saying it's not as bad as it looks. seven people have died in the county that includes the keys, but it's not clear how many of those were storm related. and in the caribbean a cruise ship will arrive tomorrow on the dutch side of st. martin to evacuate people stranded by irma. and officials in the hard hit u.s. virgin islands say it could be several weeks before full power an water is restored

territory a destruction zone, more than a week after irma hit, president trump is expected to travel to the area in the next week. three businesses in texas are being charged with price gouging during hurricane harvey. a hotel allegedly charged three times its original room rate during the storm. two gas station owners are also charged. one accused of selling fuel for almost $10 a gallon. the businesses could face stiff fines if found guilty. now let's take a look at your weather. hurricane jose is slowly churning out in the atlantic with winds of 75 miles an hour. but be careful if you're heading to the beach this weekend on the east coast, it's causing high surf and rip currents straight up and down the east. and forecasters say a direct hit from jose next week cannot be ruled out. at least not now. in the meantime, just over a week away from the start of fall, it's still feeling like

across most of the nation. 96 in dallas. still ahead the president slams hillary clinton as she promotes her book "what happened." new details about a school shooting as a community comes together for a candlelight vigil. why a janitor is credited for saving lives. a missing teacher found dead and the person of interest now in custody was pleading for her safe return just days ago.

police outside of spokane, washington, are trying to piece together why a high school sophomore opened fire on his classmates yesterday killing one student and injurin

others. now, this against the backdrop of inspirational music at a church visual heartfelt words at a candlelight vigil vigil as well at a nearby shopping center. that stunned community gathered to mourn. hours earlier the scene at freeman high school was chaotic with worried parents rushing to reunite with their terrified children. the shooter is in custody. a school custodian is being credited with stopping the rampage by ordering that boy to surrender. police haven't released the boy's identity or a possible motive but reportedly say he may have been bullied. also on the west coast more than a dozen marines recovering this morning after their amphibious vehicle caught fire in san diego county that happened during a training exercise. 15 marines rushed to the hospital. eight of them transported to a burn center. now, the command is investigating the cause of the incident but one official said the vehicle got stuck and caught fire as the marines were trying to free it. in arizona, a man i

deportation after a hotel tipped off immigration agents he was there. that's according to the man's lawyer who claims a motel six in phoenix was sending its guests -- its guest list to i.c.e. agents and says that's not legal. it's up to the hotel whether or not -- illegal, rather. it's up to them to protect their privacy. a spokesperson said the policy of sharing information has been discontinued. a bit of controversy for steve mnuchin, the treasury secretary. he asked for use of a government jet so that he and his new wife, louise, could go on their european honeymoon this summer. it would have cost taxpayers several hundred dollars -- several hundred thousand dollars. mnuchin, by the way, is worth at least $300 million. the treasury officials questioned how it would look if he used a government plane for a personal trip. the mnuchins wound up paying for their own travel but now the inspector general is looking at all of the requests mnuchin has

hillary clinton says she didn't realize things weren't going her way until election night. clinton is promoting her new memoir about the 2016 election titled "what happened" appearing on abc's "the view and put some of the blame for her loss on former fbi director james comey and his letter saying he was re-opening the investigation into her e-mails. >> i would have won but for jim comey's letter on october the 28th. that stopped my momentum and it really did cause enough people to move away from me. some of them moved to trump. some moved to third party, some didn't vote. but the net effect was pretty clear. >> and president trump reacted on twitter last night saying clinton blames everybody but herself for her loss. he added that she lost the debates and lost her direction. when we come back, visibly shaken, but alive. a shrimper caught at sea during irma finally on

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fort to keep him feeling more energized. dr. scholl's. born to move. a wildfire that's been raging in washington state is now covering more than 53 square miles. more than 800 firefighters are battling that jolly mountain fire. this morning it's just 15% contained, but so far no damaged homes and no serious injuries. a pregnant high school teacher from maryland who had been missing for more than a week has been found dead buried in a shallow grave. >> police are awaiting autopsy result force 31-year-old laura wallen but have now charged her boyfriend, tessier tessier with her murder. on monday tessier appeared with her family pleading for her safe return. >> if somebody has her, police understand that you've taken away a huge, a huge person and so many people's lives. >> and police say t

have a motive for wallen's murder but do believe tessier was the father of her unborn child. wallen had been four months pregnant. fans are mouring the loss of one of hollywood's beloved wise guys. frank vincent best known for his role as billy bats in "good fellas" and tony soprano's arch-nemesis and died in a new jersey hospital where he was undergoing open heart surgery. as countless families clean up from hurricane irma one family from tampa is giving thanks one of their own is back home. edward potter, a third generation shrimper along with his first mate karl shepherd were caught in the storm in the gulf of mexico in their 75-foot fishing boat but irma proved too much for the boat. potter, though, made it into a lifeboat. his friend and partner, though did not make it. >> karl shepard was the best man ever.

and i can't say any more than that right now but i loved that man. it's been a trying few days. >> reporter: a carnal cruise ship rescued him after he spent several hours stranded there in the gulf. a mountain biker in alaska got quite a surprise going down a trail. >> yeah, the camera on his bike was rolling when he rode in a popular park in anchorage and then you see what they saw there. a black bear blocking the trail. decided to ditch into some bushes but apparently physically okay. >> that ended well. and now baseball. we know the cleveland indians are doing a lot better than just okay. >> now, for the tribe it's another day, another win. highlights now from espn. >> good morning, morning people. he's stan. i'm neil. >> indians looking for a 21

tigers. jay bruce, indians were down one in the first and only trailed for four innings during a 21-game win streak. they went up 3-1 after bruce hit that home run. check out giovanny urshela making that play. get up off your feet and give him some love. one more out 21 straight. ian kinsler to lonnie choicenall and keep on rolling. the dodgers trying to roll with their second win in a row after rolling backwards and losing, what was it, 16-17 or 17 -- 16-17. lee swinger, research. yu darvish was good in this game and then old cody bellinger is all hopped up on jolly ranchers. he goes yard. put one into mccovey cove and told us on "sportscenter" that was on his bucket list to put one in the drink and dodgers drink fro

4-1 winners, second win in a row. >> yeah. >> yeah. >> sooner they got it back together. >> so did we. we never lost it. i just said that. >> humble brag, fellas. up next in "the pulse," the top how to questions according to google. and former press secretary sean spicer with jimmy kimmel. hear what he says about his portrayal on "snl." and that news conference about the inauguration crowd size. on our facebook page read about the woman who fled irma with her kids and then hit the lottery. that's on atmfans.com.

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"pulse" and we are going to start with the former white house press secretary sean spicer breaking his silence. >> spicer gave his first tv interview since resigning last night on jimmy kimmel's show and called president trump a good man who really cares about the country. >> but one of the more lighthearted moments came when kimmel asked about spicer's first news conference, remember the day after trump's inauguration. >> you are charged with the job of going in front of the press and saying that the inauguration crowd was the biggest crowd i think ever -- biggest audience. >> yes, i'm aware. >> yeah. [ laughter ] >> to get up there and question, you know, on day one my integrity, i think was not something that i anticipated. >> do you think that's what got you off to like a bad start with the press corps? >> i don't think it was probably the best start, no. >> did donald trump -- did the president watch all -- >> he said the president would, quote, provide feedback after his briefing room appearances. >> i wonder w

also said he will not be writing a tell all book about his tenure. he called that a betrayal of trust on his portrayal of melissa mccarthy he says it was kind of funny and says the president actually never mentioned whether or not he cared that it was a woman that did the portrayal. next, taking a hint from squirrels burying their acorns. >> alex diamond managed to avoid high alcohol prices at his favorite music festival by burying his own water bottle full of vodka three weeks before the concert. >> diamond went to new york's randall island ahead of the electric zoo 2017 concert. >> he used google maps and mashed the spot on gps and then he said the trickiest part was digging the bottle back up without getting caught on surveillance cameras. >> ah. because you know they check you once you walk in there so you don't have any outside beverages and then -- >> how do you explain that, hey, man, what are you doing? >> i just am tying

quick. just tying my shoe. >> smart moves. a drink of vodka can be like 15 bucks at those concerts. i wouldn't mow. >> savings. google is key to just answering just about any question. >> now out with a list of the most popular questions people have been asking over the past 15 years. drum roll, please. >> number five, how to draw in like how to draw a picture. >> number four, how to lose weight. number three -- >> how to get pregnant. >> number two, how to kiss and number one people ask google, how to tie a tie. just my problmorning washington. a warm start to this friday eve, but there are some rains clouds heading this way. your stormwatch forecast is moments away, but first here are some quick headlines. breaking this morning. a stabbing under investigation in alexandria. police responded to the 900 block of north henry street around 1-30 this morning, and found multiple victims. they were all rus

hospital. we are still awaiting an update on their condition. police tell us that a suspect is now in custody. the family of missing school teacher laura wallen is now planning her funeral. wallen, who was 4 months pregnant, was found in a shallow grave on a rural property in damascus. montogomery county police say her boyfriend, tyler tessler, has been arrested and charged with her murder. he is due in court today for a bail hearing. good morning washington. toss to eileen - another chance for rain today - warm & humid through the weekend today - warm & humid through the weekend - still watching hurricane jose today: mostly cloudy, warm and humid. isolated am shower. pm rain and thunderstorms possible. highs: 78-81 winds: sw 5-10 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. showers ending. patchy fog. lows: 59-65 winds: wnw 5 mph friday: partly sunny. warm and muggy. stray shower. highs: 80-83 winds: nw to sw 5 mph

developing now a criminal investigation is

eight patients died at a nursing home near miami. oppressive heat and humidity set in after hurricane irma knocked out the power to the facility. and while the medical examiner has not determined if the deaths are heat-related... most of those who died suffered from respiratory distress and dehydration. the facility's surviving residents have been moved. before the storm hit, the nursing home had a safety rating of "much below average"

a warning this morning-- as we get closer to flu season. doctors say this year-- not all those flu vaccines are created equal. the c-d-c and american academy of pedicatrics are recommending you not use flu-mist for your vaccination. the groups say this year's vaccine doesn't seem to match the flu strains that are expected to be the worst. developing now-- a battle in the business world- up for grabs-- is amazon's new corporate headquarters - and all the jobs that come with it. the facility will be a 50 billion dollar investment. and everyone's getting in. loudoun county has five potential sites. the university of maryland- also submitting a location. all- in hopes of luring the company- and 50-thousand jobs. so what is amazon looking for? the comany says it is looking for a location near a major city center- near public transportation- and within 45 minutes of an international airport. stay tuned as the competition heats up.

just getting started. a stunning arrest in the murder of missing teacher laura wallen. why police say they let her boyfriend spend days calling for her safe return, all the while he was a suspect in her disappearance. good morning washington. - another chance for rain today - warm & humid through the weekend - still watching hurricane jose today: mostly cloudy, warm and humid. isolated am shower. pm rain and thunderstorms possible. highs: 78-81 winds: sw 5-10 mph tonight: mostly cloudy. showers ending. patchy fog. lows: 59-65 winds: wnw 5 mph friday: partly sunny. warm and muggy. stray shower. highs: 80-83 winds: nw to sw 5 mph