adrienne bankert, abc news, new york. >> so much for just stealing your heart.is morning. >> do stick around for "good morning america." have a great monday. >> good morning it is 4:30 a.m., monday, february 13. >> here's what we're following on "action news." >>> a man said he w randomly shot overnight while walking down a philadelphia street wearing headphones. >>> police are trying to figure out who fired a shot that pierced a window hitting a man in a wheelchair. >> tens of thousands of residents in the path of a california dam have left their homes over fears that a dam unleash

>> adrienne bankert, thank you. >>> as hollywood prepares for the big night now, reactions are pouring in after the news that actor bill paxton has died suddenly at the age of 61. abc's kayna whitworth with what happened. >> reporter: bill paxton the prolific actor dying unexpectedly after complications from surgery. paxton first made a splash in the 1985 teen comedy "weird science." >> you die, she walks out of here with a severe limp. >> reporter: he proved to be a versatile actor appearing in james cameron's "aliens" and teaming up with him again in supporting roles in "true lies" and "titanic." today, cameron said that the world is a lesser place for his passing. paxton got his first crack as a leading man in the 1996 blockbuster movie "twister." >> come on! >> reporter: but proved most popular in ensemble movies appearing in "apollo 13" with a bevy of co-stars including tom hanks. hanks tweeting today, bill paxton was simply a wonderful man. a wonderful man. in more recent years, he found success on tv as the patriarch of hbo's "big love." >> i do not want to cut a deal, i want to

here's adrienne bankert with the details. >> reporter: new evidence claiming former baylor head coach art briles shielded players from university discipline in response to another libel lawsuit by another coach. court documents filed by the university show text messages between briles and his staff. in a 2013 incident, a masseuse asked the team to discipline a player who allegedly exposed himself and asked for favors. briles reportedly responds, what kind of discipline? she a stripper? upon hearing it was at a spa, the coach writes, not quite as bad. in another exchange after a player is arrested for assault, coach briles texted the athletic director, the player said waco p.d. was there, said they were going to keep it quiet. those texts released nearly nine months after internal investigation found the school mishandled and in some cases silenced sexual assault claims. stephanie muntank taking her alleged sexual assault to then university president ken starr. >> i wish they would have done more to help. if someone really believed i was sitting in class next to my rapist, more should

adrienne bankert has more. a crisis team will be at a middle school in double murder suicide. among those killed.. assistant principal samara routenberg, and her girlfriend.. math teacher lisa fuillerat . police say s estranged husband, vincente , pulled up their to home friday, armed with a shotgun. the women grabbed their own firearms.. and a shootout began. both women were killed. vincente full'-er-at then killed himself. investigators say this wasn't the first time vincent attacked the couple. he was charged with aggravated battery in 20-15 against routenberg. he'd been in jail, but was out on probation. detectives found a note at the crime scene.. confirming his plan to murder the couple.. and then kill himself. happening today.. parking meter rates in northwest d.c.'s penn quarter and chinatown neighborhoods will change again. the move is part of d.c.'s pilot plan for demand-based pricing. the impacted area is between "e" and "h" streets, and between third and 11th streets. hourly parking meter rates will now range from a dollar-50 to three-25. prices will vary from mete

. >> and i'm adrienne bankert in for diane macedo. >> we want to begin with the story at this hour, the monster storm bearing down on the west coast packing more heavy rain on already swamped areas. the radar there giving you an idea of just how enormous it is. forecasters say it is packing another round of intense rainfall and expected to last throughout the weekend. >> emergency officials are concerned ground stability is an issue saying they expect more landslides like this one that shut down two lanes of interstate 5 last night. >>> northern california officials say they believe the damaged oroville dam is strong enough to withstand the storms after they drained it to a much safer level but those efforts have a downside. some water released ended up flooding an historic cemetery in the details. good morning, justin. >> adrienne, kendis, thanks and good morning to you. a major storm now making its move into the golden state of california. extremely high impacts from the bay area but towards the l.a. basin. as we go in closer we are expecting again several inches of rain, higher amoun

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here's adrienne bankert. >> reporter: tonight, a warning for those seeking love online. >> he says, ito come and be with you, and we're going to get married right away. >> reporter: judy schumaker befriended a man on facebook who claimed to be an army major serving in iraq. and soon, her online romeo asked schumaker to pay for what he called an honorable discharge fee of $3,400. that was schumaker's red flag. her sweetheart was a scammer. foreign criminals use images of real soldiers serving overseas and create a false identity, with fake social media accounts. >> for these men that would fight for our country, and use them like this, i think it's a horrible act. >> reporter: the fbi says scams like this cost victims an average of $15,000 to $20,000. experts say, pay attention to e-mail addresses. military members have addresses ending in ".mil". and be suspicious if they say they can't write or receive mail, or ask you to send letters to a third party. and never respond to requests for money. judy figured it out before it was too late. but last year, criminals cheated victims out of

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>>> good morning to you, i'm adrienne bankert in for diane. >> i'm kendis gibson and what a difference a year makes. last year donald trump didn't even attend the conservative conference known as cpac. >> wasn't warmly welcomed either. attendees were trying everything to stop his campaign. this morning he goes as president with the republican controlled congress. >> vice president mike pence warmed up the crowd telling them president trump is making good on campaign promises. >> america's obamacare nightmare is about to end. >> reporter: a forceful defense overnight of the administration's plans for new health care system. vice president mike pence telling the activists that obamacare has been a failure promising something better. >> we'll have an orderly transition to a better health care system that finally puts the american people first. >> pence praised his boss calling president trump a modern day ronald reagan and noted their differences. >> i'm a s he's big city. i'm midwest. he's manhattan island. he's known for his bigger than life personality, his charm and his charisma and i

adrienne bankert from boston tonight. >> reporter: tonight, after those whiteout conditions and dumpedp to 19 inches of snow across the northeast, a travel nightmare. thousands of flights were cancelled. a traffic jam as far the eye can see today around new york's laguardia airport. passengers, seen getting out of cabs and jumping concrete barriers to make their flights. travel snarled in the wake of that nor'easter. icy roads an more snow on the way. security cameras in new hampshire capturing this suv careen into a house. the driver survived. crews in massachusetts working wind chills. so, 25 minutes of shoveling. now you claim this spot? >> it's mine. >> reporter: so when you come back tonight, nobody should be taking that spot? >> no. >> reporter: amtrak passengers finally making it here today after their train lost power and heat overnight in new york. stranded for hours. >> i was trying to wrap myself in all my clothes that were in my luggage. >> reporter: driving, dangerous. >> things are slippery this morning, and you can see we've got a big accident as a result. >> reporter: a

i'm adrienne bankert. >> and i'm gio benitez. diane and kendis are off this morning. we begin now with the breaking news we've been following all morning long. four americans killed in a plane crash in australia. their chartered plane crashed into an outlet shopping center near melbourne and exploded upon impact killing all aboard. flaming wreckage scattered across the property. you see it there. the mall had not yet opened for the day and no one on the ground was injured. >> that's the good news. the terrible news two of the four passengers have been identify the by their families as greg dehaven and russell munch on their way to play at a new golf course. what one relative describes as the trip of a lifetime. >> their wives believed to be traveling with them in australia but were not on the plane. this shows the plane clearly in trouble as it came over a busy highway in full view people on their way to work. >> explosions gone off one after another and cars going off as well so a lot of smoke, a lot of flames. >> the plane hit the roof and rear wall of several of th

. >> i'm adrienne bankert. we begin with breaking news from australia. americans are dead in a plane crash. >> the charter plane exploded at a shopping center near melbourne this morning. five people are dead, four americans. one, of course, is the pilot. the plane had just taken off from a nearby airport when the pilot radioed a may day call. eyewitnesss expected the worst. >> i seen a blue clash come down past the billboard over there. all of a sudden, it erupt into a huge fireball. >> all i saw was the smoke. obviously, it blew up and then there's cars. we didn't know what to do. we were standing on the balcony. pris tense. >> and luckily no store employees were in the parking lot or at the back of the stores where plane hit. the plane's passenger were american golfers heading to a new luxury golf course nearby. the names of the victims have not yet been made public. the local governor calls it the worst aviation accident there in 30 years. we will, of course, continue to stay on top of the breaking story. >>> we turn now to the president's selection

. >> i'm adrienne bankert. we begin with breaking news from australia. several americans are dead in a plane crash. >> the charter plane exploded at a shopping center near melbourne this morning. five people are dead, four americans. one, of course, is the pilot. the plane had just taken off from a nearby airport when the pilot radioed a may day call. eyewitnesss expected the worst. >> i seen a blue clash come down all of a sudden, it erupt into a huge fireball. >> all i saw was the smoke. obviously, it blew up and then there's cars. we didn't know what to do. we were standing on the balcony. pris tense. >> and luckily no store employees were in the parking lot or at the back of the stores where plane hit. the plane's passenger were american golfers heading to a new luxury golf course nearby. the names of the victims have not yet been made public. the local governor calls it the worst aviation accident there in 30 years. we will, of course, continue to stay on top of the breaking story. >>> we turn now to the president's selection of a new national secur

. >> and i'm adrienne bankert. kendis and diane have the day off. we want to get first to the wild weather, specifically in texas. a lot of storms and possible tornadoes hitting that area in the middle of the night. >> take a look. this ray far right now, you can see the system stretching across the entire state, just look at that. bringing strong winds and rain and lots of lightning. >> as those storms tear across texas another system hitting the west coast taking special aim at waterlogged california. and some areas there could get as much as 5 inches. residents have been told to be ready to evacuate on short notice. >> several buildings caught on fire in san antonio. reports of roofs being ripped off or collapsing. some residents are now spending are no reports of injuries. we've seen at least five reports of some minor injuries but again it is very, very early and, of course, this is happening in the middle of the night so we just don't know just yet. the strong winds knocked down trees and power lines, many on top of these hopes and structural

more t canceled, and adrienne bankert they are still trying to take off tonight. >> reporter: tonighta fropping snow storm, stranding travelers coast to coast. >> wait for another flight. so frustrating. >> my flight has been moved, like, four different times. >> reporter: jfk international issuing a total ground stop due to snow and ice. and here at bo passengers desperate to get out. >> my husband lost his brother and he needs to be there with his family. it's very important. >> reporter: more than 3,600 flight cancellations already spilling into friday. phone lines jammed as airlines warn calle will stretch for hours. >> current hold time is greater than two hours. airlines cautioning travelers tonight schedules may not return to normal until well into the weekend. >> all right. let's get to adrienne live at a windy boston tonight, and we heard that recording more than two hours before passengerers getting a human voice. norm. until this weekend for many? >> reporter: that's right, david. but look behind me here. we have got this fleet of snowplows runways even as we amazingly, the

here's adrienne bankert. >> reporter: tonight, the face of a suspected killer. 20-year-old chanel lewis, greeted by angry neighbors screaming, "murderer." karina vetrano was jogging on a trail when she was raped and strangled in queens, new york, last august. vetrano's mother, relieved an arrest has been made. the demon must get his justice. >> reporter: detectives followed hundreds of leads in an exhaustive search. just last week, they approached lewis for a dna test that they claimed tied him to the crime scene. >> karina helped us identify this person. she had the dna under her nails. she had touch dna on her back and there was more dna on the cell phone. >> reporter: since being taken into custody, police say lewis has given them more details. >> he was interviewed by detectives, and made incriminating statements and admissions. charges are pending. >> reporter: in a chilling twist, police revealed that last may, two months before the killing, a 911 call was made complaining lewis was behaving suspiciously in the same park where the murder took place. her father taking comfort that

abc's adrienne bankert with more. >> reporter: tonight, drones invading your privacy, filming your mostntimate moments. >> open the window and looked out, and i literally could see the drone hovering about 10, 15 feet outside the window. >> reporter: this couple were stunned they were being spied on. >> that's terrifying. it was very, you know, kind of reality check for him. >> reporter: his first instinct track the drone down. that's when he found disturbing video of other unsuspecting victims. also caught on that drone, images of this man, now arrested on voyeurism charges. along with his girlfriend. scenes like this now happening more and more as drone sales increase, up 224% last year. watch as this drone flies by a woman's apartment in downtown atlanta getting too close for comfort. and in miami, christina was breast-feeding her then-16-month-old son when she noticed a drone hovering right outside their -- her window. what can people do to protect themselves? >> if you're an area that doesn't allow you to shoot something out of the sky, unfortunately there isn't anything you can do

but as adrienne bankert tells us, there's an easy way to avoid this invasion of privacy. >> reporter:wake-up call for families using home surveillance cameras. they could be broadcasting your private moments 24/4. >> we have security cameras to protect them. and i feel like i've failed. >> reporter: this mom terrified when she found out her daughter's every move was streamed online. >> people watching them dressing, sleeping, playing, it's a parent's worst nightmare. >> reporter: uncovering those live streams just takes a simple online search. we found one with a family's driveway. another catching parents and kids come and go at this boston school. here's how it works. hackers find the ip addresses of the camera online and then try to crack your password. and if you haven't changed that initial password, you're vulnerable. anybody can look up the manual and find my information. >> very often, the password is 1234. >> reporter: experts say you should change the password every few months. tom? >> thank you. >>> when we come back, airport security chasing after a man who got all the way

abc's adrienne bankert has the details. >> reporter: tonight, new evidence claiming former baylor head coach art briles "shielded players from university discipline." in response to a libel lawsuit, by another coach, court documents filed by the between briles and his staff. in a 2013 incident, a masseuse asks the team to discipline a player who allegedly "exposed himself and asked for favors." briles reportedly responds, "what kind of discipline -- she a stripper?" upon hearing it was at a spa, the coach writes, "not quite as bad." in another exchange, after a player is arrested for assault, coach briles texts the athletic director, "the player said waco pd was there. said they were going to keep it quiet." those texts released nearly nine months after an internal investigation concluded the school mishandled and in some cases, silenced sexual assault claims. stephanie mundhenk taking her alleged sexual assault to then university president ken starr. >> i wish they would have done more to help. if someone really believed that i was sitting in class next to my rapist, more should have

tonight, what that van driver's accused of, details from abc's adrienne bankert. >> reporter: police tell a driver of the van allegedly under the influence pulled in front of the bus. the two vehicles collide. the bus toppling skidding hundreds of feet. five students rushed to the hospital. >> it all just happened really fast. >> it was like a nightmare that came true. thank the lord for helping me to survive through an accident like this. >> reporter: and in ohio, this newly released video captures students thrown from their seats as the bus crashes into an suv. they were all okay. in both crashes there were no seat belts. that's the case in most school buses in the u.s. seat belt manufacturers show three-point restraints can reduce injuries by up to 50%. look at the kids who aren't buckled in, they go flying. 17 states are considering seat belt bills this year. on average, six children die in school bus crashes each year. that's out of the 23 million students riding. the federal government says even without seat belts school buses are safe. >> incredible everyone walked away from t

. >> and i'm adrienne bankert in for diane macedo. >>> we want to begin with the developing story at this hour. the monster storm bearing down on the west coast packing more heavy rain on already swamped areas. the radar there giving you an idea of just how enormous this system is. forecasters say it is packing another round of intense rainfall that's expected to last throughout the weekend. >> emergency officials are concerned. ground stability is an issue saying they expect more landslides like this one that shut down two lanes of interstate 5 in washington state last night. >>> northern california officials now say they believe that the damaged oroville dam is stable enough to withstand the approaching storms after they drained the lake behind the dam to a much safer level, but those draining efforts have a downside. some of the water released from the dam ended up flooding an historic cemetery in the city of marysville. now, accuweather's justin povick very busy this morning. he's tracking all the details on the hardest hit areas. good morning, justin. >> adrienne, kendis, thanks

but as adrienne bankert tells us, there's an easy way to avoid >> we have security cameras to practicethem. >> reporter: this mom terrified when she found out her daughter's every move was str m streamed online. uncovering those live streams just takes a simple online search. we found one with a family's driveway. hackers find the ip addresses of the camera online and then try to get your password. >> anybody can look up the manual and find my information. >> very often, the pass word is 1, 2, >> reporter: change the password every few months. >>> coming up, the tragic ending to this strange story. >>> as if saving his brother was not enough, tonight, the big award for the boy who went viral with that amazing catch. and ask if your heart is healthy enough for sex. do not take cialis if you take nitrates for chest pain, or adempas® for pulmonary hypertension, as this may cause an unsafe drop in blood pressure. do not drink alcohol in excess. to avoid long-term injury, get medical help right away for an erection lasting more than four hours. if you have a sudden decrease or loss of heari

abc's adrienne bankert with more. >> reporter: tonight, a manhunt and a mystery as to who shot and killed this third grade honor student. police say early this morning, two or three cars were speeding down this houston road. one, this white pontiac crashing into this honda accord, her 8-year-old de'maree adkins in the backseat. >> i said, are you okay? she was asleep. she never even knew what happened. >> reporter: moments later, police say someone pulled out a gun, bullets flying into the backseat hitting de'maree. >> had to be a case of road rage, i don't know. my daughter's innocent. she didn't deserve it. >> reporter: the little girl was rushed to the hospital, but did not survive. >> she's gone. i'll never be able to wake her up in the morning for school. we always had conversations. and she always said, mom, i love you. >> reporter: authorities now on the hunt for the shooter and those involved. police saying de'maree and her mother were innocent bystanders. >> she's an innocent child, i mean that's the worst kind of victim. >> reporter: de'maree's family in anguish over the loss of

i'm adrienne bankert in for diane. good morning. >> i'm kendis gibson.he story from the west coast is a major developing story at this hour. the forecasters are calling it the biggest storm of the season. if you can believe that after what's already been a rough winter, it's already pounding the west coast with heavy wind and rain. as you look at the radar there, you can see it moving ashore right now which means it's only going to get worse. >> sandbaggers working to combat the most intense rainfall expected to swamp southern california today and tomorrow with 8 to 10 inches in some spots. >> the emergency crews are closely watching an the mountains east of los angeles where this rock slide has triggered evacuations and school closings. further north in washington state, a landslide shut down two lanes of interstate 5 for hours last night. one car was hit but nobody was injured. >> northern county officials believe the damaged oroville dam will be able to be withstand the approaching storms. they say they drained the enough water from the lake behind th

i'm adrienne bankert. >> and i'm gio benitez. diane and kendis are off. here are some of the stories we're following on "world news now." >>> the president clears up the international confusion caused by his cryptic comments about sweden which seemed to suggest some kind of terror attack. the president says he was referring to swedish crime in general. >>> not my president's day protests taking place across the nation today. thousands are expected to hit the streets in los angeles, new york and chicago and other cities. >>> and u.s.-backed iraqi forces have resumed their efforts to take back mosul from isis. it is the last stronghold in the country, but the u.n. warns that hundreds of thousands of civilians are trapped in that city. >>> and they kept scoring and scoring and scoring again during a record-setting nba all-star game. the league's best racked up nearly 400 points in new orleans. those are some of the top stories on this monday, february 28th. >>> from abc news, this is "world news now." >>> trying to fast forward? >> i don't know what day i'm