[captioning performed by the national captioning institute, which is responsible for its caption content and accuracy. visit ncicap.org] >> now, abc7 news at noon, on your side. the case of aon man charged -- an update on the case of men charged with killing a teacher. we go live to circuit court in rockville. kevin? evin: she went

last month and it did not take police very long to charge her boyfriend with a single count of first-degree murder. since then, many people, including an antiabortion group, has been pressuring prosecutors to file a second murder charge in the name of her unborn child. research,extensive montgomery county state's attorney john mccarthy announced this morning that his office will not do that. simply put, the medical examiner unborn childllen's would not have survived independently. typically, prosecutors explained, independents doesn't begin until about the 27-week mark of pregnancy. testimony, medical the child was not viable independent of ms. wallen. the medical findings and as a matter of law in maryland, as a result, the defendant is not

the second count of murder validity of the child. -- related to the child. kevin: even so, tyler tessier cases up to life in prison without the possibility of parole. prosecutors say it will take at least four months to prepare for a trial, trial expected to last up to 2 weeks. live outside the circuit court in rockville, kevin lewis, abc7 news. adrianna: sky track seven is over the scene of a collision between a car and an nta light rail train. ofhappened around 10:30 west bwi thurgood marshall airport in glen burnie. paramedics took the driver to the hospital in critical condition. 12-year-old passenger suffered serious but non-life-threatening injuries. president trump is facing mounting criticism from democrats and members of his own keyy after he ended obamacare subsidies.

companies helped to provide coverage to nearly 6 million low income americans. the white house argues that the payments, totaling $7 billion a year, were illegal. several states, including new york and california, plan to sue to keep the subsidies in place. congress is issuing help for everything of several recent is -- for victims of several recent disasters. and a packageed for hurricane and wildfire victims, couldn't hurricanes harvey, irma, and the reaction which devastated texas and puerto rico. it provides a $600 million to help fight the california wildfires. the senate will vote on the bill when it reconvenes next week. search teams -- right now, grisly discoveries by search teams in company, bodies burned beyond recognition in homes. the death toll from the wildfire north of san francisco has climbed to 31, making it the deadliest week of fires in california

county. some 21 fires are burning this hour and things could get worse in the coming hours. gusty winds and low humidity are forecast in the region through tomorrow. the maryland teenager found dead after missing for nearly two weeks is being laid to rest. hughes is live for us in fort washington, where family and friends are remembering the life of ashanti billie. ryan: as you can imagine, it has been on an emotional morning all day long. family and friends are inside the manual ame church and paying their respects and sharing very personal stories about ashanti billie, a young life taken way too soon. the 19-year-old's parents and family members arriving here at the church this morning visibly and understandably upset, holding each other tight. called a home going and celebration of life. coworkers and friends boarded a bus in

drive to pay their respects, many people calling her a beautiful soul and saying it should never have happened. ashanti graduated from dr. henry a weiss high school and moved to virginia beach for culinary school. 18,disappeared on september and her body was found more than a week later behind a church in north carolina. the fbi is putting up a new plea for information to catch her killer, asking anyone who may have seen her in the charlotte area to come forward. they are trying to track down surveillance video that may have captured her and her vehicle, a mini-cooper, traveling from the hampton roads area down to charlotte the day after she disappeared. her family and friends are desperate for answers. missed.ill be truly she was a wonderful person. to know ashanti is to love ashanti. >> she was doing what she was supposed to do, getting up and going to work, starting the first day of school at the art institute. they really took a set

and this afternoon, the fbi is offering a $10,000 reward to try to entice people to come forward with information leading to an arrest and conviction. live in fort washington, ryan hughes, abc7 news. bullet down the line! into left field. contreras comes in to score. and the cubs have taken the lead. adrianna: and that is when the wheels started coming off the nats' season. max insurers are struggling in his relief appearance. he was part of the total meltdown in game five of the nlds against the chicago cubs. that ended the nats' season, and another early exit from something that happens far too often for fans. suzanne

the heartbreaking defeat. suzanne: fans will be packing up their rally towels for another season. it is not where we wanted to be after game five of the nlds against the chicago cubs. the game stretch past midnight, taking four hours and 37 minutes to complete. there were 14 pictures between the 2 teams. gio gonzalez had a lackluster three innings. max assures zyrtec to the mound, but it took seven pitches to get , and then i would be strikeout ball.a runner came in. the cubs handed the washington nationals therefore postseason loss in six years. fans are exhausted by washington's postseason losses. good team, and a we are a good team, and i don't know if they wanted it more. it is possible.

decisions. >> it was such a close game and it looks like we were coming back. i was particularly irritated by the call. it was quite clearly safe. -- i mean, we were moving towards a win, and that cut it right off. cubs head to the west coast to face the dodgers. the game will be held tomorrow. at nationals park, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. adrianna: after that lost many of us were hoping to season sunshine for the weekend. brian van de graaff has the forecast. -- motherosher nature nature is crying her heart out. brian: will not be sunshine-filled year. maybe tomorrow some breaks of sunshine. the best chance for sunshine is on the back half of the weekend. there are spotty showers and

case the last few weeks with the repetitive pattern. greya great -- it is a afternoon. the numbers not moving around so much. the wharf kickoff continues, four-date affair, festivities until 10:00 tonight. you will be dodging raindrops from time to time, but it is not a deluge. spotty rain and drizzle into the evening. futurecast -- a few little green blips into tonight, but saturday morning, clouds and a little bit of drizzle through the day. because start to thin out, and by tomorrow afternoon, we will finally break the pattern. sunday showing a lot of promise. also milder day. if you're looking for warmer weather can we will show the ten-day forecast in of it. adrianna: from weather to sports, make sure to download the abc7 news app.

store or google play and search wjla. find out just how close some of these children were to being gravely injured or even worse. plus, digging deeper into the scandal surrounding hollywood mogul harvey weinstein. what he is doing to better himself following the bombshell sexual-harassment allegations against him. but first here's a check of traffic. >> thank you, adrianna. going to be a tough ride already on southbound 95 in virginia. off occoquan, it is friday afternoon, so expect delays out of lorton. disabled vehicle in the center of the roadway. looking at 66 through vienna, pretty good here. nothing to bad. we have a stretch on new york avenue off the third street tunnel. both directions, one lane will be blocked on the outbound side. it is just one lane. this is a trouble spot for both directions on new york avenue.

so good. loop past newter hampshire avenue, pretty good shape as well. no big delays across the top side. he will keep an eye out as things still.

adrianna: developing now at 12:13, 2 prison employees in north carolina dead after an attempt at escape by inmates. gop needs has has more on the planet turned deadly. a violent prison uprising in north carolina. >> police are setting up some sort of

within the facility. inmates reportedly attacking correctional officers with hammers as they attempt an escape. >> an officer spot multiple times unresponsive at this time. significant bruising and bleeding. a corrections officer and prison worker identified as the 2 dead this morning, with others rush to local hospitals. gio: the uprising began when inmates set fire inside the where prisoners were sewing uniforms for state employees. neighborhoods and schools surrounding the prison on lock down, residents fearing for their lives. >> told us we might need to lock our doors. gio: after a massive manhunt in the surrounding woods, all prisoners are accounted for. adrianna: staying in north carolina, shootout at a gas station shattered not just a school bus window, but the nerves of parents.

start of the shootout. at least one bullet hit a nearby school bus packed with children. a second vehicle was also hit. luckily no one was hurt, but investigators are not sure what sparked the shooting and police are looking for those involved. >> get out of the car now! adrianna: a suspected drunk video caught on dashcam driving the wrong way and slamming into a police car in wisconsin. police say the driver had his four-year-old son in the car. luckily, no one was hurt in that crash. my goodness. the popular political drama "house of cards" has been renewed for a sixth season. the netflix series stars evan spacey and robin wright as a scheming power couple frank and claire underwood. while obviously set in a d.c., much of the show is produced in maryland.

expected to start by the end of the month. that is one of my favorite shows. brian: haven't even watched all of this season. adrianna: i haven't, either. i feel like we get enough political news in real life. brian: outside, weatherwise, it is pretty much a carbon copy of yesterday. drizzle and light shower chances. saturday's a transitional day. tomorrow morning will look like today. friday afternoon, a little bit of clearing. sunday is the pick of the weekend for the upcoming weekend. outside right now, over in laurel, maryland, showing a temperature of about 60 degrees. miding from the low to 60's. i want to show this to you. we are seeing this happening locally, and more moderate color to the shenandoah valley. little leafto do a came in, there is color to c

last couple days of rain. mold in a high category. as far as the afternoon is concerned, a lot of cloud cover. not really looking for sunshine. if you spotty showers. very minor more of a nuisance shower than anything else. spotty rain action today, tonight and even into tomorrow morning. through the day tomorrow, by afternoon, most of the showers pull east ofl -- the day with clouds off west and through the day on sunday, looking better. for this year fairfax fall festival, running from 10:00 to sh butit will be grayi drying out. fun for the whole family. sunshine, upper 70's, low 80's, looking good for football. i want to mention ophelia, a category two storm over the azores, and

landfall in ireland, switched over from a tropical storm to a next tropical storm. hurricane from the atlantic heading towards europe. pretty unique around here. adrianna: happening tonight, is digging into the disturbing allegations against hollywood movie mogul harvey weinstein. over two dozen women have accused him of sexual harassment. elizabeth vargas has a preview of what we hear from in this hour of "20/20"? hear from aou'll many, many of those victims, and it feels like the number has been exploding daily, almost hourly. we can barely keep up with the women, to be honest. tonight we put it all together, everything unfolding the past eight 8 days regarding harvey weinstein, his 30 years in hollywood as one of the most powerful man in the industry,

producer to a first-rate pariah now. we put it together in a timeline showing how this all happened and show many of the women speaking up for the first time, telling harrowing stories of being assaulted or harassed, the very least, like harvey weinstein, often having to run away from him, feeling trapped. we speak to one woman tonight who felt that she had to run out of his house after he exposed himself to her and insisted on certain sexual acts. she ran out of his home and had to run across the backyard of a neighbor to escape him. it is a pretty unbelievable tale, to think and hear these women talk about someone who is so powerful and connected not only in hollywood but in the media and especially in politics, rubbing elbows with former presidents and presidential candidates. adrianna: what can viewers expect a learned tonight about the case? elab

a story that has been unfolding hourly since "the new york times" and then "the new yorker" came forward. we have a list oscar-winning actress is coming out every single day saying hi, too, was harassed or assaulted by harvey weinstein. tonight we put all of these stories together. it is an currently fast-moving story, and it is a stunning story, to think that women who were as famous and is powerful and talented and high up in their industry as they are were subjected to this kind of behavior, allegedly, by harvey weinstein over the span of decades, raising serious questions about who knew, how much and the legal liabilities. the new york police department as well as the london police, because he spent so much time allegedly assaulting women at 2e hotel in london, those police department's on two continents are looking at a possible criminal investigation into harvey weinstein's

adrianna: elizabeth vargas thank you for your time. that "20/20" airs tonight on abc7. we have breaking news in falls church -- police are investigating an armed robbery at a gas station on leesburg pike. these are live pictures of the scene. no reports of injuries, but this is an active scene, as you can see at this hour. the investigation is just beginning, so stay with abc7 news on-air

adrianna: back with a consumer alert for you. tesla is recalling 11,000 model because they may not lock into place.

october 2016 and august of this year. tesla police only about 3% of the recalled suvs have a problem. tesla is notifying owners, who can take their model to a dealer for a repair. google has pledged $1 billion to help americans trained for high-tech jobs. google says the goal is to allow anyone with an internet connection to become proficient with technology. next at noon, gloomy clouds covering the dmv, so have your umbrella had it

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adrianna: brian, you made us promise. brian: i did. a little bit of sunshine tomorrow. tomorrow is not going to be horrible, just gray like today for a good chunk of the day. late-day sunshine, but sunday looking better. sunday night, cold front swings through. look at that, seven days of sunshine, comfortable temperatures. 40 downtown next week. adrianna: oh my. another half-hour of abc7 your brain is an amazing thing. but as you get older, it naturally begins to change, causing a lack of sharpness, or even trouble with recall. thankfully, the breakthrough in prevagen helps your brain

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>> from abc7 news, this is a breaking news alert. adrianna:

police aren't as to getting an armed robbery out of a gas station -- our industry getting an armed robbery out of the gas station on leesburg pike. no reports of any injuries. this is not active scene this hour. the investigation is just beginning. stay with abc7 for updates as soon as they are available. an update in an and drove for this -- in a notorious case. butr tessier was indicted it was decided he will not be charged in the murder of his friend' on board -- girlfriends unborn child. sa medical examiner determined that since the child was 14 weeks, it would not be able to survive on its own. her body was found in a shallow grave in damascus last month. authorities believe he may have led a double life and had at least two other girlfriends besides wallen. >> down the line! into left field.

thethrow will be right, and cubs have taken the lead off max scherzer. adrianna: that is when the wheels started to come off nat'' season. max scherzer struggled and he was part of the nats' total against thethe nlds cubs. another postseason, another early exit, something that happens far too often for nats fans. suzanne kennedy is that nationals park with reaction to the heartbreaking defeat. suzanne: fans will be packing up their rally towels for another season. this is not where we wanted to be in game five of the nlds against the chicago cubs. the game stretched past midnight, taking four hours and 37 minutes to complete. there were 14 pitchers between the two teams. gio gonzalez had a lackluster three innings. max scherz

mound, but it took seven pitches to get 2 outs, and then there were missed -- mistakes. a would-be strikeout ball -- he panicked, and the runner got in. the washington nationals' is this fourth postseason loss in six years. fans are exhausted by washington's postseason losses. >> the cubs are a good team, and we are a good team, and i don't know if they wanted it more. timing, it is possible. i could second-guess certain decisions. >> it was such a close game and it looked like we were coming back. i was particularly irritated by one call, quite clearly safe. mea, we were moving towards a win, and that cut it off. suzanne: the cubs go to

the dodgers in the first game of the nlcs tomorrow. at nationals park, suzanne kennedy, abc7 news. adrianna: let's talk about that bad call, one of the big controversies, and overturned call on the field that stopped the nats' rally dead in its tracks. here it is in slow motion. safe, but then his slightly off the bag. it took multiple camera angles and several moments on the field, and the call was overturned. that was the third out, leaving 2 nationals stranded on base. with their ticket punched to l.a., the cubs took a champagne shower on our turf in the locker room. the cubs returned to the nlcs for the second year in a row. fans,a gray day for nats literally and figuratively.

at the forecast. brian: i think we need to send the bill to the cubs for cleanup in the locker room. had to say it. we have not seen much movement, adrianna. temperatures in the low to mid 60's downtown. winchester, 55 degrees. that is some cooler air for our friends in the northern shenandoah valley. your hour by hour forecast, what you see is what you get. mostly cloudy skies, light rain and drizzle. like nuisance rain. the next couple of nights can we are still warm and muggy. sunday morning, upper 60's. look at early next week. once the cold front comes through, it will feel like fall. only 40 for downtown. 30's in the burbs. nighttime, real false map will be moving in. maybe our first fog. i will show you that in just a bit. adrianna: right now, more than 20

across northern california. the death toll from the flames stands at 31. and now strong winds are threatening to wipe out the progress that firefighters have made so far. r is in santa rosa for the latest. elizabeth: the california wildfires reaching a dizzy milestone. scorching an area the size of new york city, killing at least 31 people, with hundreds more reported missing. authorities are now using cadaver dogs to search for victims. >> identification is going to be hard. elizabeth: preventing the mergingfires from together, firefighters are throwing everything they have at the inferno. >> the backfire will take away the fuel bed, creating a larger buffer on the roadway. elizabeth: the devastation heartbreaking, and the stories of survival emerging incredible. out theple riding raging fire for six ur

our way into this pool. elizabeth: others are stressing frustration. >> we never got official notification that we had to get out. elizabeth: heather is upset that the night a fire broke out, there was no warning from officials. sonoma county authorities saying they did not send out workers to avoid causing panic and clogging roads for first responders. -- say this in this remains a danger zone, and the poor air quality is another major concern. there is still no timeline as to when the residents lost everything can return to what is left of their homes to begin the rebuilding process. elizabeth hur, abc news, santa rosa, california. adrianna: no major development in the las vegas massacre. the hotel at the center of the shooting has released its own timeline of events, and it contradicts police. the owner of mandalay bay says that stephen

shooting at the concert crowd within 40 seconds of shooting the security guard at the hotel. the implication is that by the time the hotel security was notified of the gunman, the massive attack was already under away -- already underway could police claimed there was a six-minute gap between the shooting of the guard and the massacre, and that drew questions about the hotel and police response. new developers concerning the crofton, maryland, native wounded in the las vegas massacre. frost members of tina were at a restaurant in odenton, maryland. she lost her right eye in the shooting and she is recovering in a las vegas hospital. is stillmbers as she not fully awake, but she is no longer in a full coma. >> at first it didn't sound as bad as it really was, and then we found out it was pretty bad. >> trying to put into words how you feel when someone you love is going through this and

adrianna: at the fundraiser, her friends sold t-shirts and wristbands. at about 500 people were there at the event. delivering what could be a major blow to obamacare. the white house has said it will halt medical payments to health insurers under the affordable care act. the move comes hours after the president signed an executive order unraveling other parts of the law. the payments did help reduce health insurance co-pays and her dark doubles -- and deductibles for people with modest incomes. to unravel expected an unstable insurance marketplace. planning2 states are to sue the top administration. facing criticism from democrats fo in a series of treats. chuck schumer called it an act of sabotage for the middle class.

back and he will pay the price for it." right now in puerto rico, still facing a crisis from hurricane maria, president trump coming under fire for saying that fema and the military cannot stay there forever. in san juan, people are still without power. frustration and disappointment across puerto rico after a series of tweets from president trump ending with this warning -- "we cannot keep fema, the military, and first responders in puerto rico forever." the fact -- figures. the mayor of san juan telling cnn -- >> there is a big disconnect between the big heart of the volunteers and the people here working on the ground and, frankly, the fake meth of the president of the united states -- big mouth of the president of

to add insult to injury. reporter: this man says he has been without power since hurricane maria. >> they need help from emergency help. reporter: three weeks after very a hit, just 17% of the island has power. only 64% of puerto rico has access to water, and the death toll stands at 45, and that number could grow. we checked in on this family. a woman from new york taking care of her elderly parents, suffering without power. supplies are scarce. do you feel like you have been abandoned? 100%? she tells us her parents cannot take it anymore, and wants to move them in with family in new jersey for good as soon as she can afford plane tickets. some help is on the way. this effort to ins

list support and backing. leonardo dicaprio and mark ruffalo helping to coordinate. house speaker paul ryan is scheduled to visit the island with a small bipartisan delegation, this after the house approved a bill that would approve the $6.5 billion in much-needed day -- $36.5 billion in much-needed aid. adrianna: coming up, many of us would do anything to defend our spouse, even on social media. that is what has the nfl commissioner's wife making headlines this new. find out exactly what she did.

>> you are watching abc7 news at noon, on your side. adri

commissioner roger goodell has admitted to using a fake twitter account to come to the defense of her husband. pj homes expense what drove her to do this in the first place. reporter: nfl commissioner roger goodell is a frequent target of criticism on social media, but one twitter user under the name jones smith with the handle of @forargument existed solely to defend the commissioner, taking aim at his critics with tweets like this one, responding to an article about the nfl's response "reads likettacks, a press release from the players union, you can do better reporting." another one of scoping a columnist the scolding a -- scolding a columnist, "why is everyone so immature, including you?" this morning, in a surprise twist, "the wall s

odell, is jane skinner go a former fox news anchor. fessed up to "the wall street journal" about the bogus deleted, saying "it was a really silly thing to do, done out of frustration and love. as a former media member, i'm always frustrated when the coverage does not provide a complete and accurate picture of the story. i'm also a wife and a mom. i have always passionately defended the guy i love, and i always will." morning, tomorrow first of its kind -- 50 veterans will take part in a race that will end in the tower of the national cathedral. it will raise up to the tower. the race is part of a charity event organized by a veterans group, team red, white, and blue. donations will be welcomed. happy 242nd birthday to the u.s.

it was october 13, 1775, when the continental congress voted to build the naval fleet. 242 years later, the u.s. navy has a fleet of 279 deployable ships and more than 3700 operational aircraft, and over 324,000 active-duty sailors and over 106,000 reserve sailors and over 260,000 civilian employees. happy birthday to the u.s. navy. brian: go navy go. adrianna: very cool. brian: weather-wise, it will not be pretty. tomorrow is our transitional day. toianna: you are very particular in your words to -- you are being very particular in your words. brian: you don't want to wishcast, you want to forecast, and i don't want you to have -- head out the door and go, what?

shore. atee a few folks out there the boardwalk, but not a nice day out on the shore for sure. here is the story. we have the northeasterly wind flow. notice how it comes in and pushes the clouds right onto the edge of the mountains is stop that is what gives us this pattern that keeps us cool and great and unsettled. 63 and culpeper. 60 in hagerstown. we are cool, unsettled. the wind is not as strong as they were yesterday. when you have a direction for the wind, it seems somewhat unsettled. tonight, any plans -- dinner, going to see a show? tim mcgraw is playing capital one arena. it will be a not so nice night. it will be cool eventually. temperatures in the low to mid 60's. probably tomorrow morning, little bit of fog and mist.

upper 60's. by saturday morning, a little bit of drizzle and missed. even to the midday. do seeafternoon can we some breaks, and we could get to the low to mid 70's. we could see improvement by saturday afternoon. typically in the city it is october 15-31. we were getting close to that as we hit the next couple of days. i'll to the west, october 15, we have yet to see first frost in most of the locations. a little bit delayed on that. there you go, your pattern for tomorrow, a slow transitional day come with eventually some sunshine in the afternoon. if we get more sunshine can we could see the mid to upper 70's. he will keep it into the low to mid 70's. by sunday, shower chances at night. xcode front swings through. swingose nice days together in a row. 40's and night. it will feel chris. nine days out

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night host jimmy kimmel has been the news a lot lately, not just for his jokes. yes been critical of the health care bill and the president. amy robach sat down with him. >> i've been at this pizzeria years and i make the pies my way. jimmy kimmel returning to brooklyn, his birthplace, for he will broadcast next week. what is it about brooklyn? jimmy: it is a magical place.

feel guilty that we don't let them run around -- we don't do that in l.a. we don't know our neighbors until we are being deposed by them. amy: you have new yorkers on the show next week, among them david letterman. jimmy: this is the profound yes, late-night show since his last show. a last time he has done late-night show since his last shook him which is terrifying for me. i feel like i've been preparing questions for dave my whole life. amy: you have billy joel pitt jimmy: billy joel is a hero mind can amy schumer, we have a good lineup. amy: jimmy has been making news not for jokes, but for calling attention to the news of the day. ginny: my wife gave birth to of baby boy. amy: in a personal way. if you were born with congenital heart disease like my son

would never get health insurance because of pre-existing conditions. amy: he revealed his newborn son was born with a heart defect and had to have life-saving surgery. jimmy: no one should have to decide if they can afford to save their child's life. amy: massive issues you continue to face with your son, billy. how is he doing? jimmy: he is doing very well, thanks. amy: i look at the pictures come he is smiling. jimmy: he is very smiley and cute. amy: was there a time -- is oura: it understanding that the president is speaking about the u.s. interest in the iran deal. safety andrump: security of the american people. history has shown that the longer we ignore the threat, the more dangerous the threat becomes. for this reason, upon taking office, i have ordered a complete strategic review of our policy

in iran. that review is now complete. today i'm announcing our strategy, along with several major steps we are taking to infront the hostileegime's actions, and to ensure that iran never -- and i mean never -- acquires a nuclear weapon. our policy is based on a clear eyed assessment of the iranian sponsorship ofts terrorism, and it's continuing aggression in the middle east and all around the world. iran is under the control of a fanatical regime that seized power in 1979 and forced a proud people to submit to its

extremist rule. this radical regime has raided the wealth of one of the world's oldest and most vibrant nations, and spread death, destruction, and chaos all around the globe. --beginningin 1979 in 1979, agents of the iranian regime illegally seized the u.s. embassy in tehran and help more than 60 americans hostage during .he 444 days of the crisis the iranian-backed terrorist twice found our embassy in lebanon, once in 1980. d our embassy in lebanon, once in 1983, and again in 1984. another iranian-supported bombing killed 284 americans, service numbers they were, in

1983. in 1996, the regime directed another bombing of american military housing in saudi arabia, murdering 19 americans in cold blood. iranian proxies provided training to operatives who were later involved in al qaeda's bombing of the american embassies in kenya, tanzania, two years later killing 224 people and wounding more than 4000 others. the regime harbored high level tourists in the wake -- terrorists in the wake of the 9/11 attack, including osama bin laden's son. in iraq and afghanistan, groups supported by iran, groups supported by iran killed military personnel. the uranian dictatorships aggreson

s day. the regime remains the world's leading state sponsor of terrorism, and provide assistance to al qaeda, the andban, hezbollah, hamas, other terrorist networks. it develops, deploys, and proliferates missiles that threaten american troops and our allies. it harasses american ships and threatens freedom of navigation in the arabian gulf and in the red sea. it imprisons americans on false charges. and it launches cyber attacks against our critical infrastructure, financial system, and military. the united states is far from the only target of the iranian dictatorship's long campaign of bloodshed.

its own citizens. it shot unarmed student protesters in the street during the green revolution. this regime has fueled sectarian violence in iraq and vicious civil wars in yemen and syria. in syria, the iranian regime has supported the atrocities of regime, andsad's ad's use oftass chemical weapons against helpless civilians, including many, many children. murderousregime's past and present, we should not take likely it's sinister vision for the future. hantsegime's 2 favorite are "death to america" and

"death to israel." realizing the gravity of the situation, the united states and united nations security council sought for many years to stop iran's pursuit of nuclear weapons with a wide array of strong economic sanctions. the previous version lifted sanctions just before what would have been the total clubs of the iranian regime, through the deeply controversial 2015 nuclear deal with iran. this is known as the joint comprehensive plan of action, or jcpoa. as i've said many times, the iran deal was one of the worst and most one-sided transactions the united states has ever entered into. producedmindset that this deal is responsible

years for terrible trade deals that have sacrificed so many millions of jobs in our country to the benefit of other countries. we need negotiators who will much more strongly represent' americas -- represent america's interest. the iran deal provided the lifeline,ip a providing urgently needed relief from the intense domestic pressures the sanctions had created. it also gave the regime and immediate financial boost, and over $100 billion its government could use to fund terrorism. the regime also received a of $1.7cash settlement billion from the united states, a large portion of which was physically loaded onto an airplane and thrown into i