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making news in america this morning, two students and a teacher shot at a san bernardino elementary school. police now say the gunman was the teacher's estranged husband. we have new details on the investigation and the victims. spring storms. spawning tornadoes. one likely twister causing this damage in michigan and another one spotted in texas. we'll tell you who is in the threat zone right now. a passenger dragged off a united flight, forced from his seat to make room for a crew member. did the officers or the airline go too far? and what are your rights once you board the plane? plus -- >> did you guys see that? >> it's not a scene from "the blair witch project." bright lights flashing across the sky.
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what was it? good morning to you all. a san bernardino elementary school is closed after a teacher and a student were killed in a shooting. >> we want to give you a sense of the scene. the community gathering to are a prayer service and candlelight vigil for the two victims. >> police say the teacher's estranged husband cedric anderson walked into the school and opened fire shooting her and two students before turning the gun on himself. the teacher karen smith died on the scene. the two students standing near smith were also hit, one of them did not survive. >> we do have new video in from the scene. s.w.a.t. teams moving in as children and teachers file out of that building. ♪ overnight the san bernardino community coming together yet again following a shooting. this time at north park elementary school. >> sometimes all we can do is
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cry. and today is the day for that. >> reporter: just a few hours into the school day, and emergency kales go out. >> possible active shooter at north park elementary. >> reporter: 53-year-old cedric anderson checked in at the front desk to try to visit his wife, karen smith, a teacher there. >> it is my understanding that he entered the office and he had simply said that he was there to drop something off with his wife. >> reporter: he walked into the classroom filled with elementary school students carrying a large handgun shooting and killing his wife. two students also hit with gunfire. one of them an 8-year-old boy named jonathan martinez dying at the hospital. ♪ >> reporter: the couple just got married this past january. smith's mother says they were happy at first. >> we thought he was caring person until he was married then he showed the other side of him which we never had seen before. we were shocked. >> reporter: the students too
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young to understand this sort of terror line up hand in hand rushed to safety. and with the 2015 san bernardino mass shooting in their purview, law enforcement officials surrounded the school. >> my partner is carrying one out to the front, okay, we believe we have the shooter down inside. >> reporter: anderson turned the gun on himself as panicked parents rush to find their children. >> oh, my gosh. she doesn't see me but i can see her. they look likary crying and holding hands and scared. >> reporter: many in disbelief. >> i'm a mom and i feel bad for the kids that have to go through all this. >> reporter: the other child wounded in that shooting a 9-year-old boy is expected to survive. authorities say anderson has a criminal history which includes domestic violence, weapons and drug charges. breaking overnight severe storms in the great lakes brought a possible tornado to western michigan. emergency crews cleared debris from the roads after the strong winds also toppled several trees. >> there were several damage
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reports to tell you about. near a golf course, as well, and thousands are believed to be without power. so far no injuries reported. in east texas, a possible tornado was spotted as severe thunderstorms swept across the region with heavy rain, strong winds and hail, flooding also reported. >> it's still hanging over east texas with more heavy rain and flooding possible and a line of storms moving across parts of the midwest. >> all right, we turn our focus to politics and the trump administration struggling to explain its position on syria. this as the secretary of state heads to russia. the white house press secretary had to walk back some comments after suggesting the president would take action again if syria dropped barrel bombs on civil kwans. abc's maggie rulli has the latest from washington. maggie, good morning. >> reporter: diane and kendis, good morning. this is by far the secretary's most high-profile trip yet and now the entire world is watching to see how he'll handle the fragile relationship.
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secretary of state rex tillerson's trip to moscow could not come at a more tense time for u.s./russia relations. with growing criticism against russia from world leaders at the g7 summit in italy and support for the recent u.s. ordered missile strikes on russia's ally, the syrian regime of bashar al assad. >> i can't imagine a stable and peaceful syria where bashar al assad is in power. >> reporter: the strike in retaliation for the chemical weapons attack that assad ordered on his own people killing more than 80. now new accusations from washington that russia was well aware of the chemical weapons stockpile. >> i believe that russia knew about the chemical weapons because they were operating from exactly the same base. >> reporter: russia is denying all accusations and continues to support the syrian government. new images appear to show syria's russian made fighter jets are back in business on that very same base the u.s.
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destroyed afternoon now russia in a remarkable joint statement with iran and hezbollah warning the u.s. of retaliation for any new strikes saying from now on we will respond to anyone, including america, if it attacks syria and crosses the red lines. and while the president has not blamed russia outright, others in the administration have gone that far. >> innocent victims were hurt by a terrible regime that was attempted to be covered up by russia. >> reporter: while we're expecting most of the conversations to have a hard focus on the syria conflict, guys, there will also be talking of how they can work together as the u.s. needs some level of cooperation with russia to defeat isis in the region. diane and kendis. >> maggie rulli live from washington, thanks. the new governor of alabama has worn? . kay ivy was lieutenant governor but takes over for robert bentley. he pleaded guilty to misdemeanor
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campaign violations question came to light during the investigation of his alleged affair with a top aide. just days ago, bentley said he would not resign because he had done nothing wrong. it turns out a pair of deadly weekend explosions will not keep pope francis from going to egypt. a vatican official says the pope will travel to egypt as planned for a two-day visit starting april 28th. isis has claimed responsibility for the palm sunday blast that left 44 people dead. both targeting coptic christian churches. general motors is no longer the top american automaker. wait till you hear who has taken over. plus this -- >> did you guys see that. >> yeah, we saw it but what was it? it was a strange sight in southern california overnight. what was seen streaking across the sky. the man caught on camera in the path of a deer. clearly in a hurry. we'll explain.
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one more way you've got what it takes to protect. police in wisconsin are hoping these photos will help them find a fugitive. he is suspected of robbing a gun store and sending an anti-government manifesto to president trump. police are hoping another investigation will lead to an arrest. they say joseph jakubowski stole handguns from a rifle gun shop and then wrote a manifesto to the president. a 161-page in all and accused the police and government of enslaving people. there is a $10,000 reward leading to an arrest. law enforcement in the chicago area searching for the suspect who shot a judge outside of his home there.
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a woman was shot in the leg as she was leaving the home of judge raymond miles. then police say the judge heard a commotion and stepped outside to investigate exactly what was happening. the judge then exchanged words with the suspect and was shot multiple times. police say the shooting appears to be a botched robbery and not a targeted attack. convicted charleston church shooter dylann roof will await his execution in federal prison. now that he's pleaded guilty to nine counts of murder, that plea settled state charges in connection with the 2015 shooting spree. in exchange for his admission of guilt he was given nine consecutive life sentences, roof was convicted and sentenced to death earlier this year in a federal case. a maryland grocery store chain is pulling back the spinach off the shelves after a customer says she found a live scorpion in her salad. the woman says she purchased the bag of spinach at a giant food store in chevy chase. when she opened the bag she
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found the scorpion crawling inside. they say they regret the inconvenience to the customer and are following up with a supplier. this comes just days after a customer claims to have found a dead bat in a salad purchased at a florida walmart. that discovery sparked a recall of organic spring mix made by fresh express. >> it's our excuse for why we're staying away from salads. move pizza, folks. tesla is now america's top valued automaker. their total worth soared to $51 billion edging past general motors, now, tesla will begin trading at $312 per share. a 75% jump since november. all this comes despite the electric carmaker selling fewer than 80,000 vehicles last year. although it is on pace to sell about 100,000 vehicles this year. it seems the ban on cell phone calls on airplanes is staying in place end the fcc is giving them an option to make
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phone calls personal. now the chairman is hauling that effort calling it's ill-con vived and has to be formalized with an fcc vote but appears to be enough support for the ban to continue. >> you won't need to find the quiet car on the airplane. >> no, we're all good. when we come back, united airlines is under fire after an officer dragged a passenger off a plane. so, we're asking the experts can an airline remove you if they need the space? plus, the heart-stopping moment a woman is left dangling slipping out of her harness on a ride. what went wrong here? are you serious? wait- mama, you're going to be an abuela your face yeah, this is how she tells me
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some people thought it was a plane crash. now for a look at morning road conditions, you'll have wet roads in the dallas area. parts of the pacific northwest and northern california. and if you're flying, airport delays are possible in memphis, dallas and houston. speaking of flying united airlines yet again on the defensive following an ugly incident that has turned into a pr nightmare. a passenger dragged from a flight to make way for crew members. >> united's ceo is now defending his employees, but the incident has caused such a stir that federal investigators are now looking into it. abc's david kerley has the details. >> reporter: it is a stunning scene, that passenger yanked from his row. >> oh, my god. >> his lip cut. dragged off a united jet for refusing to give up his paid seat. >> oh, my god. look at what you did to him. >> reporter: chicago aviation security officer involved here put on leave. but so many are asking how could this have happened?
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john clausen in the orange shirt saw and heard it all. >> after having really done nothing other than say seeing or hearing. i was in shock. >> reporter: united told passengers the flight was overbooked and now says it was a crew transport issue. four seats needed to get a crew from chicago to louisville. $800 in vouchers offered. no takers. so united's computer picked four passengers including the 69-year-old man who said he was a doctor and had patients to treat. >> come on. >> reporter: the man slipped back onto the jet. >> i have to go home. i have to go home. >> reporter: before he was removed again. united calls it an upsetting event and apologizes for having to reaccommodate these customers but no direct apology to the man. the overbooking even demanding a paying customer give up a seat is perfectly legal. >> it's part of a document that
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nobody ever looks at called the contract of carriage which gives basically the airlines, the pilot, the flight attendant all sorts of rights to pretty much do whatever they want. >> reporter: david kerley, abc news, reagan national airport. >> this comes right on the heels of united catching some heat for keeping two girls from wearing legging from getting on a flight using a pass rider ticket. a woman got a scare on a carnival ride in france. watch as she slips out of her harness on this giant swing and ends up hanging on by just her feet. after several minutes she was finally removed safely. one person nearby said she was able to hang on only because she was wearing big boots. well, when in deer country you might need big boots to get away from this guy. watch the man getting out of the car and, oh. >> this is in british columbia section of canada. he just gets completely plowed to the ground when that deer in quite a hurry takes him down. the deer disappeared. the man says he has a bruised shoulder but otherwise he's
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okay. >> oh, man, had his friends didn't believe him when he said he got hit by a deer. >> luckily he got it on camera. you mean you hilt a deer. >> no, i got hit by a deer. one sports item from the friendly confines of chicago's wrigley field which was cold and wet last night. it's april. cubs fans waited about two hours through a rain delay before watching their team do this for the first time in decades. raising the world series championship flag. >> first baseman anthony rizzo carried the trophy on to the field. the fireworks soared and during the rain delay fans got to see former cub david ross' performance on "dancing with the stars." good entertainment. the cubs, by the way, they did win the game scoring the winning run in the bottom of the ninth. they get their championship rings before tomorrow night's game. >> david ross on the other hand i think he scored a 31 out of 40. >> not too bad. up next in "the pulse," why baseball fans are piling on
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>> it's top of the seventh here at yank ki stadium and the yank kis are pitch agent perfect game versus the tampa rays. of course, a mention of it is a no-no for baseball fans. >> three minutes later the rays ended pineda's perfect game. yank kifans are now what blastir online. >> this one, martha stewart should still be in prison for this tweet. martha hasn't tweeted since by the way >> that's mean. >> too soon for the jokes about prison. there's a new thrill for adventure swimmers when a diving board isn't enough? check out this heart-stopping glass bottom swimming pool in houston 500 feet above the ground. the pool juts out from the 42 floor of a new skyscraper and enjoy a bird's-eye view of the city while cringing there and taking a dip. >> it gives me the heeb bye jeebies. for those of heart they have
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>> good morning, i'm tamala edwards. it's tuesday april 11th. coming up on "action news" a montgomery county father is facing a number of charges for what police was the violent mistreatment of his family. police say he repeatedly abused his wife and used an electric shock collar on his children. a busy center city roadway will be closed for much of the day because of a sinkhole o take a look. today as we take a look at the commodore barry bridge it could be one for the record books. meteorologist dave murphy is tracking temperatures well into the 80's and that is fine by me. we've got those stories and much more next up on "action news." >> ♪ valley to dallas. storms in the pacific northwest and northern california. 75 degrees and sunny in los angeles where it was an emotional night at the "dancing with the stars" ballroom. stars shared their most
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memorable year. >> that's right. many of them needed the kleenex all throughout the night but especially olympian nancy kerrigan who revealed her years of trouble in trying to have a family. her foxtrot got a 9 from len who said she's now a front-runner. >> simone biles started her dance in tears and ended it in tears. her most emotional year, by the way, was when she got adopted by her grand the parents. the judges loved this waltz and gave her the second highest score of the season. >> beautiful they were there to cheer her. >> the grandparents all in tears and they had this one little video clip of the grandfather saying, i didn't want you to love me, right? you weren't going to get me to love you and she did. >> with everybody crying nick viall came along and lighten it up. most memorable year 2017 because he was the bachelor and lost his shirt for the dance and got the best score of the season. his best score. >> brought his lady out there. >> but it was running back rashad jennings who brought down
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the house about his dad not being there for him as a kid, judges blown away calling the performance more art than dance. he ended the dance sobbing and this scene right here. not a tear -- not a dry eye in the house. >> that's because that's his dad. >> yeah, he talked about getting 10s from three of the judges. >> i saw it pop up. could have been zeros. could have been 2s and i'll still feel this good because it was something i got to express outside of my true rawness of how i feel. and. >> so maz and rashad jennings. >> someone to had go and it was mr. t. they got his highest score and got a standing ovation from the crowd, though and they will both be on "gma" this morning. >> he gets the ultimate honor by being there in times square to talk about all of it. >> looking forward to seeing that. >> thanks for being with us. >> do stay with us for "good morning america." have a great tuesday. >> empire sta
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>> "action news." delaware valley's leading nice program. with matt o'donnell, karen rogers tamala edwards and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning it is tuesday april 11th. i'm tamala edwards. matt o'donnell is off. jeanette reyes is filling in. >> here's what we're following for you today. breaking news out of west philadelphia where a man has been shot and killed. "action news" system live with the latest. >> as tensions between the u.s. and russia continue to escalate one of president trump's cabinet members is right now on russian soil. >> traffic warning for e-z pass users who plan to take the pennsylvania turnpike today. let's get right to meteorologist, david murphy and karen rogers. good morning, guys. >> good morning and it was gorgeous yesterday. we got up to 80 for
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