mattis's plane, but it was not hit. mattis was meeting with the afghan president at the time. american supports responded with an airstrike that accidentally killed a civilian. this was mattis's first visit since the u.s. announced it was sending 3,000 additional troops to afghanistan. and the trump administration is defending its refugee limit. it will announce a new cap of 45,000 refugees per year, dramatically lower than the 110,000 president obama was hoping to admit. he is being asked to reconsider. but u.s. officials are citing national security concerns. and thousands of kurds celebrated a historic vote declaring independence from iraq. people waved flags and honked their horns. nearly 93% of people are in favor of seeking independence. iraq is threatening

vote. to california now and the new imaging of a violent shootout in sacramento earlier this month that ended with the double murder, suspect dead and two police officers injured. matt gutman with the details. >> reporter: police began following eric arnold because he was wanted in connection with a double murder. in the seconds after the stop it became clear what it seemed he was capable of. tonight sacramento police releasing 15 dash and body camera angles of the september 7 shooting. after the stop, you can hear the officers give arnold explicit instructions. >> drop the keys out the window! >> reporter: and then from multiple angles, you see arnold burst out of his truck, spin and fire. hitting off six shots from his semi-automatic. police respond requewith over 3 bullets. arnold is hit over 14 times, but some of the six shots hitting

their mark. two officers wounded, this officer badly limping. both of those officers were released from the hospital and recuperating. one of them, the one shot in the vest is expect the back at work this week. as for the suspect, he was pronounced dead on the scene. matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >> matt, thank you. and along the california/mexico border, a construction worker fell into a 40-foot hole while working on president trump's border wall prototype. co-workers scrambled to help him. eventually, they were able to pull him to safety. he was treated and cleared to go back to work. a 47-year-old british man got good news but odd news about his health. doctors thought he had lung cancer, but it was actually a toy he swallowed 40 years ago. the patient was coughing and suffering from other symptoms after be being treated for pneumonia. x rays revealed what appeared to be a ma lig nantd tumor, but another procedure found a tiny

the man remembers playing with the toy as a child and says he might have inhaled it sometime after his 7th birthday. >> 40 years and look how tiny that thing is. >> and it's just been in there all that time. >> caused so much trouble. all right, glad that's done. that was it. who knew? and american skier lindsey vonn may soon have her chance to race against men. she often trains with the guys before and during her racing season. for a long time she said she wanted to test herself against them in a real event, her requests had always been denied but now sky officials say they will consider having von in the men's field at the downhill race next week. if she wins approval her chance to race against guys will come at a race in canadian next year. as they say, everything in texas is bigger, including this guy. >> check out that long morning bill named

he's got a horn span of eight feet. >> the winning bidder says he was willing to pay $1 million for tough but got him for the bargain price of $165,000. >> that is a bargain. >> that is a pretty good deal. >> do you have to reconstruct the barn door? >> yes, it's like, when you have a jumbo jet coming through. >> i can just picture him trying to -- >> imagine all the other bull around there trying to hang out. >> they're feeling very inferior. >> trying to say hi. >> good luck tough checks. coming up, the big change for women in saudi arabia. they will soon be allowed to drive. and this morning we're meeting one of the brave activists helping to lead that change. plus, the break

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year' watching a kite border who decided to brave the rough surf on north carolina's outer banks. watch as he goes completely airborne. a little extra lift for the intense wind generated by hurricane maria still swirling off the coast. that storm is finally expected to move out later today. and it is not recommended to go kite boarding. mm-hm. turning now to a major break in an it 27-year-old cold case in florida, what had been called the killer clown murder. >> police have arrested a female suspect who mater married her husband. >> reporter: police say marlene warren opened the door of her florida home to find a clown who handed her balloons and flowers then pulled out a gun and shot her to death. for 27

now. >> this is the woman who detectives say dressed as a clown. >> reporter: police in virginia arresting sheila keen warren, who has been married to the victim's husband, michael warren, since 2002. at the time of the murder, investigators suspected keen warren, who worked at the couple's used car dealership. police reopening the cold case three years ago and doing new dna testing. >> took 27 years to bring closure to the victim's family. >> reporter: the victim's son, joe, who says he saw the clown drive away that day in this white convertible says i'm happier than i've been in many years. as for his step dad michael warren, he says there's no doubt he was involved. however, police are not saying michael warren is a suspect. keen warren is behind bars in virginia and will soon be extradited to florida where she faces charges of first degree murder,

new york. >> and that son who said he saw the clown drive away, apparently, the shooting happened in front of him and his friends. >> and the husband's own car, car dealership, by the way. she managed the couple's rental properties as well. coming up, the seismic shift for millions of women in saudi arabia. >> they'll soon be allowed to drive. so what drove the change, and what other changes could be next? we'll check that out next in "world news now." i'm never going to be able to sleep with this cold. i'll take a sick day tomorrow. on our daughter's birthday? moms don't take sick days... moms take nyquil severe. stock up on nyquil severe, so you don't lose a moment to... ...sick days.

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>> you read it and don't watch the movie, because i think the movie would scare you more than the book. or maybe it's the other way around. big news out of saudi arabia. women there will soon be allowed to drive. >> it's a right women have been fighting for nearly 30 years. we told you about that. and it could be a sign of more freedoms to come. here's abc's molly hunter. >> reporter: the deeply conservative kingdom of saudi arabia has finally, at long last, given women the right to drive. >> a decree has been issued in saudi arabia giving women the right to drive! >> reporter: it's the last country on earth to do so. >> couldn't believe it. because for 27 years, we've been waiting for this. and finally, it has come. >> reporter: the first major protest back in 1990. and in 2011, she took the wheel in her brother's car. she drove a few miles while a friend filmed her

up 700,000 views in one day. >> the streets were packed with police cars and religious police cars with some 100 brave saudi women broke the ban and drove that day. none were arrested. we broke the taboo. >> reporter: the campaign women to drive gaining speed and finally permission granted. manal tweeting, saudi arabia will never be the same, we did it. the les of things that saudi women can't do in the kingdom is still very, very long. but next summer, without male permission, saudi women will also be allowed to get behind the wheel. >> amazing this has been going on since the '90s, she was campaigning for this. >> and we were discussing, why is it going to take until june of next

somebody suggested maybe it will take that long for women to actually train. >> they do need to learn to drive and take the road test and so on. but some of the clairics are still fighting this. all right, coming up, a well-deserved honor. >> see how one worker changed the lives of thousands.

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now a different award show. >> this is for the country's millions of civil servants. >> reporter: it's the oscars of government service. once a year, the best civil servants gather in the for the sammys. >> you do so much for so little recognition, so little pay. >> reporter: this year, seven winners were chosen from 26 finalists and more than 440 nominees. one medal recipient, rory cooper, has pioneered innovative wheelchairs with robotic arms and hands. his work was inspired by a bicycle accident years ago while serving in germany. that accident left him paralyzed and in a wheelchair. >> we're yep spired every day by the veterans that we

and no one deserves more of our commitment every day than those who place themselves in harm's way. >> reporter: his project has improved the lives of thousands of veterans. secretary of veterans affairs there to celebrate. other winners last night included a humanitarian response team recognized for their relief ever or thes efforts in syria and iraq. and a deputy inspector general for leading an investigation into a massive irs impersonation scam. abc news, washington. >> thank you. and the partnership that puts this whole thing on is a non-profit organization. >> and it is inspiring some of the work they have been doing. it's great they have an awards show for them. that's the news for this half hour. >> remember to follow us on

this morning on "world news now," the president's plan to cut taxes, but for all? >> president trump's new tax plan aims to bring back jobs and cut taxes for the middle class, but he's fighting some criticism that only the richest and corporations will feel most of the benefits. and a rock slide at one of the country's most popular natural monuments has left at least one person dead. the investigation now under way at yosemite after a massive chunk of rock described as the size of a building fell off the famed el capitan. and we're getting a first look at some of the facebook ads bout by russian agents