making news in america this morning, president trump's new warning to north korea putting kim jong-un on notice. >> do not underestimate us. and do not try us. >> why trump says the north korean regime is in grave danger as the president arrives in china for a crucial visit with america's top rival. democrats sweep the key races and the big wins. >> thi will be on call for the next four years. >> was it a trump backlash and the transgender candidate making history this morning. school security in the spotlight. with a string of mass shootings in the news one school takes a new step providing

gear to students. plus, airport scare overnight, flames shooting out of this airliner in seattle. and masterpiece mystery. what's been found embedded in this van gogh painting. we do say good morning on this wednesday. we'll start with president trump touching down in beijing overnight. >> he's having tea and touring the forbidden city with the chinese president. the most critical meeting of his asia tour comes just hours after he delivered a sharply worded message to north korea slamming kim jong-un's human rights record and nuclear ambitions but refraining from any name-calling or inflammatory language. >> the press secretary sarah sanders says the president was frustrated after he tried to pay a visit to the demilitarized zone but was forced to turn around because of bad weather. abc's karen travers is traveling with the president.

>> reporter: good morning. president trump today here in seoul, south korea said he will not allow the united states to be threatened by north korea and america will not be intimidated. the president said he came here to the peninsula to deliver a message directly to kim jong-un and it was the most aggressive rhetoric we've heard from him on this trip. president trump was speaking before the south korean legislature, talking directly to kim jong-un telling the north korean dictator do not underestimate and do not try the united states. >> the weapons you are acquiring are not making you safer, they are putting your regime in grave danger. every step you take down this dark path increases the peril you face. north korea is not the paradise your grandfather envisioned. it is a hell that no person deserves. >> reporter: the president says there is a path to a better future for north kor

jong-un must do three things, end the aggression of his regime, stop the development of ballistic missiles and a complete total and verifiable denuclearization the president calling on china and russia to do more and join the international community in isolating the north korean regime saying the longer the world waits to come together, the greater the danger grows and the fewer the options become. president trump is now in china perhaps the most critical stop on this five-country tour. he's facing a complex range of challenges on diplomatic security and trade issues, president trump has said he and china's president xi have a great relationship. this will be a test of whether he can leverage that. karen travers, abc news, seoul, south korea. >> one will be north korea and the north is reacting with defiance to president trump's speech. one north korean official was quoted as saying we don't care about what that mad dog may utter. back here at home, voters have given democrats the first big win sincehe

office. >> in the virginia governor's race democratic ralph northam beat former rnc chair ed gillespie by 9% and fill murphy beat the race in new jersey. more on what the results are showing. good morning, janai. >> reporter: earlier we had seen democrats hadn't been successful in making special elections, referendums on president trump but last night that tactic translated to not one but two big wins. a year after donald trump shocked democrats and won the presidency the opposition party is claiming its own victories. >> big night for democrats and really it was a repudiation of sorts of the trump nationalist message. >> reporter: democratic candidates managed to win in tight gubernatorial races that at times seemed to become referendums on president trump. that was especially true in the swing state of virginia where the race turned nasty. >> instituted the automatic restoration of rights

focused on hot button topics like confederate moments, race relations and illegal mis. ed northa backed by former president obama beat out ed gillespie who garnered the support of president trump. >> with your help, ed gillespie will help make america great again. >> reporter: but in the state seen as a bellwether for national politics, twice as many people cast votes in opposition to the president than in support of him. trump quick will distance himself following gillespie's loss tweeting, ed gillespie worked hard but did not embrace me or what i stand for. >> reporter: and in new jersey backlash over the deeply unpopular governor chris christie became the driving force behind phil murphy's win. the former ambassador beat out the current lieutenant governor and in his victory speech he pledged the days of division are over. diane and kendis. >> all right, janai norman there reporting for us from d.c., thank you. two other headlines from election

virginia became the first openly transgender individual elected to a state legislature in u.s. history. in her victory speech she urged lgbt people to be who you are. a 93-year-old world war ii veteran has been elected mayor of tinton falls, new jersey. veto parillo said he wore out two pairs of shoes on the campaign trail. back to washington and the new questions this morning for the cia director after revelations that he met with a man who says the hacking of the dnc during the election was an inside job. former code breaker he claims it was not hacked by the russians as u.s. intelligence agents concluded. mike pompeo met with him for over an hour. 9 agent is not confirming pompeo took that meeting at the urging of president trump. now to the sports world and he's been called the ultimate

pitchers of this generation. that's how some baseball players and fans are remembering roy halladay. he was killed when his small plane crashed into the gulf of mexico. the two-time cy young winner took up flying. despite being just 40, halladay touched many lives. >> he means a lot to all of us and, you know, this is -- we're really, really going to miss him. >> one of the greatest pitchers in baseball. he would walk anyway room as if he was just anybody, didn't matter who he met, he was kind, generous. >> and halladay was flying alone when he crashed off the florida coast. the ntsb is investigating the cause. he leaves behind a wife as well as two sons. time now for a look at your weather on this wednesday morning. millions of people from central

england are seeing their first snow of the season along with the coldest air since last spring. and more snow could be in the forecast for some areas by the end of the week. checking the map there are lots of 47-degree readings expected today from boston all the what i to portland, oregon, still nice and warm in florida and across the southwest. hook for highs mostly in the 50s across the middle of the country. 82 in phoenix. 50 in new york. well, coming up right here a passenger plane touches down with a wing on fire. the video just coming in. also ahead, actor corey feldman's claim about a pell file ring in hollywood. what we just learned from the lapd. the famous college basketball players arrested in china just before president trump's visit. could they face jail

we're back with a bit of a scare at seattle's airport. flames could be seen shooting out the engine of this hawaiian airlines plane. the airbus a330 had just landed and no passengers were on board. the plane's fire extinguishing system did its job and to one was injured. new york law enforcement sources say a sexual assault case against harvey weinstein will be presented to a grand jury as early as next week. paz de la huerta claims weinstein assaulted her twice in 20 2010. a new report says he silenced accusers by paying spies to dig up information on them. weinstein's accusers are posting a list of more than 100 claims of harassment, abuse and rape against him. meanwhile, police in los angeles confirm they're investigating sexual assault chairmans made by corey feldman.

ring was responsible for assaulting him when he was a minor and is promising to name those involved in his upcoming movie. a massive drug bust tied to the opioid crisis in ohio. authorities announced drug trafficking charges against 100 people. the attorney general says the suspects brought in enough fentanyl and other opioids to kill everybody in the county of columbiana. nairobi crime caught on camera. a group of men storming into this doughnut shop in houston, one thief orders an employee to open the register while another thief handed out free doughnuts to customers before taking off. no arrests have been made. >> oh, all right then. you'll now have room to express yourself on twitter. the company is expanding its character limit to 280, double the original 140 character limit. now, that's happening for just about all of its users in hopes that people will use their account more often.

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all of this, of course, as survivors are sharing the horrific details of the shooting rampage that claimed 26 lives. >> investigators are also trying to figure out how a man with so many warning signs slipped through the cracks and now warning there could be several more cases like this. abc's danya bacchus is in texas with more. scary stuff, danya. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, diane and kendis. we're also learning that sunday wasn't the gunman's first time at this church. devin kelley attended the church's fall festival just days before the massacre. this morning, new details revealing devin kelley was even more unstable and potentially dangerous than initially thought. police records show kelley escaped from a new mexico mental health facility in june of 2012. the police report notes kelley suffered from mental disorders, was caught sneaking firearms onto holloman air force base attempting to carry out death threats made on his military chain of comnd

shared a domestic violence conviction with the fbi that would have blocked him from buying weapons. >> we're taking responsibility and will find out what happened and fix it. >> reporter: in the small town. >> why, why? >> reporter: vigils remembering the victims continued. >> she had looked at the gunman and he fired at her and it knocked her glasses off her face. >> reporter: sandy ward lost two of her grandchildren and her daughter-in-law joanne. >> when they found the body she was holding brooke in her arms. >> reporter: her grandson ryland was shot five types. heifer granddaughter managed to survive unharmed. >> she said her mother covered ryland and brooke with her body on top which means a lot of the bullets had to go through joeann. >> reporter: investigators now trying to learn more about a motive through kelley's cell phone which the fbi says they haven't been able to unlock because it is encrypted. vice president mike pence and

sutherland springs today to meet with victims and their families. diane and kendis. >> that sounds like many questions still left to be answered. danya bacchus in texas, thanks, danya. in the meantime, a school in miami thinks it's found its answers going way beyond metal ducters to keep students safe. florida christian is selling bulletproof panels that can be inserted into their backpacks. it can stop a bullet from powerful handguns. the school will not comment on how many have been sold. three ucla basketball players under arrest in china accuse the of shoplifting. the team is overseas to play the first game of the season. but liangelo ball along with two freshmen were taken into custody after an incident at a louis vuitton store and can face jail time depending on the value of the stolen items. >> there were 20 police officers around. they were yelling. there was screaming. and a lot of these kids were really intimidated

happen. >> reporter: the arrests come just as president trump arrives in china and that could actually help the players. analysts say china may not want the publicity of this case right now. a bit of health news. a new warning about the link between alcohol and cancer. researchers say alcohol is now associated with 5 1/2% of all new cancer cases and more than 30,000 deaths every year. the greatest risk comes from heavy drinking. but even light drinking increases the risk of breast cancer by 4% and can boost the risk for head and neck cancers by 13%. light drinking is defined as one drink per day. heavy drinking is four or more drinks in one sitting. here's a good reminder as cold an flu season gets under way. doctors say sneezing can infect people as far as 25 feet away. >> how big are your sneezes? >> sneezes scatter 100,000 germs at up to 100 miles per hour so cover up, people. >> wow, now we know. >> you're

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in the weeds there. all these years. the insect likely became part of the painting while van gogh was working outside. >> wow. >> like a fossil. >> who knew? next to the emergency landing that was triggered by a jealous wife. >> it happened on a qatar flight from doha to bali. an iranian woman allegedly unlocked her husband's phone while placing his finger on it while he was sleeping and that's when she learned he was cheating on her. >> she reportedly flipped out hitting her husband screaming at the top of her lungs at the flight crew who tried to calm her down. finally pilots were forced to actually divert the entire plane to india where she and her husband were removed from that flight. >> yeah, they later got on another flight but we're not sure if they were together. >> by the way that diverse cost hundreds of thousands of dollars because of a jealous wife. >> also because of him. and his actions. >> well, if we're going to judge -- >> the fashion

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coming in to the newsroom overnight. take a look-- witnesses recorded after seeing a jet engine catch fire while taxiing at sea-tac airport. airport officials say the hawaiian airlines jet only had a crew onboard when the fire started. the plane still landedsafely and the fire was extinguished. no one was injured. right now-- the national transportation safety board is investigating a crash that killed former major league pitcher roy halladay. the two-time cy young award winner was piloting his plane when it crashed in shallow water off florida's west coast. no one else was on-board. halladay retired in 20-13 after playing for both the blue jays and the phillies. he was just 40 years old. happening today-- former president barack obama will be in chicago-- for jury duty. the former president has long been outspoken about the importance of civic engagement-- and aides say the president will be there to fufill his civic d

former president to receive a summons. george w. bush had jury duty in 2015, and bill clinton reported to serve in 2003. not surprisingly, neither of them ended up on a jury. meanwhile-- on the other side of the world, today is a huge day for art lovers. after 10 years and hundreds of millions dollars, a new louvre museum is opening in abu dhabi. inside, it features more than 600 pieces of art... from ancient egyptian artifacts to vincent van gogh. but the first artwork visitors will see is the building itself. designed by an award-winning french architect, a centerpiece steel dome shades the louvre abu dhabi - creating whats being called a "rain of light". the louvre abu dhabi is the result of an intergovernmental

france and the uae in 2007. the brand name alone sold for an estimated 520 million dollars. and it's on loan for 30 years. it's xx and we're just getting started. breaking right now-- a deadly accident in breaking right now-- a deadly accident in northeast. police on the scene of an accident involving a csx train and a car. our cameras were there on benning road near 295. that road is now closed. police say one person is confirmed dead, but they are trying to figure out how the vehicle and the train collided. we have a crew at the scene and will bring you a live update at the top of the hour. good morning washington. another chilly day... not as wet only 1 of next 10 days at or above average temps arctic cold front moves through friday with january type cold widespread freeze saturday morning with most locations in the 20s today: mostly cloudy, stray shower