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to do good work despite all the criticisms and continuing questions about its finances david. >> brian rossonight. brian, thank you. >>> next to florida here and to a mother and her children held hostage in their home. the mother allowed to order feet sa for her children but she used that phone app for something else to get help. look at this. she added this comment that showed up on the rekreept. 911 hostage, help. here's abc's gio benitez tonight. >> reporter: tonight, a mother's quick thinking putting hidden messages within a pizza order may just have saved her family. police say mom and her three kids were being held hostage by her boyfriend, ethan nickerson at knife point, she couldn't call or text. but he allowed her to order a pizza for the kids. and that's when she got creative. she uses the pizza hut app on her phone, and within the order, added this special request. "please help. get 911 to me." and "911 hostage help." and there are those messages, right there on the receipt. >> i've never seen nothing come through like that so i immediately just took it serious and we called 911.

was aware of many of these troubling social media messages that we have obtained. >> all right, brian ross tonight. brian, thank you. >>> now, to baltimore. tonight, less than 24 hours after that curfew was lifted a moment of chaos and a reminder of the tension there. a suspect surrounded by police a gun shon ringing out, crowds gathering, confusion and fear followed. police in riot gear at the ready. abc's steve osunsami on what really happened. a gun dropping to the ground and going off. >> reporter: crowds gathered when word spread today that police had gunned down a black incident. but there was not another shooting by the hands of cops. and the spread of faulty information is dangerous. >> people don't need to hear that in the whole city of baltimore or the whole world. >> reporter: police say the incident started when they spotted a man with an open weapon. when they went to confront him and make an arrest they say he surrendered face first to the ground but when he dropped his gun, it fired. no one hurt. >> he is not injured. nowhere on his body does he have a gunshot wound. >> was

brian ross abc news new york. >>> hillary clinton is staking out her position now on immigration. speaking at a high school in las vegas, she said any overall must include a path to full and equal citizenship to millions of immigrants here illegally. no republican candidate has such a plan. also former arkansas governor mike huckabee announced yesterday he's running for the gop nomination. he told supporters in his hometown of hope arkansas that power, money, and political influence have left a lot of americans behind. huckabee hopes to be a reformer. >> government in washington is dysfunctional because it's become the roach me tell. people go in, but they never come out. >> huckabee also pledged the elimination of the irs. he calls it the biggest bully in america. >>> let's turn to baltimore now. struggling to get back to normal following the unrest over freddie gray's death. one of the police officerers arrested is demanding inspection of the knife seized from gray. the officer claims it was an illegal weapon. lor loretta lynch went to maryland. she sat down with the police comm

abc's chief investigative correspondent brian ross following the money. >> reporter: with officials hiding behind bed sheets, the biggest scandal in the world's biggest sport unfolded in dramatic fashion this morning with arrests in zurich, switzerland. and an fbi raid in miami at the offices of the officials who oversee soccer in the u.s. and central america. in all tonight, nine of the most powerful men in the soccer world stand accused of taking tens of millions of dollars in bribes, cash in a briefcase in a paris hotel room, wire transfers to offshore bank accounts even an expensive painting delivered from a new york city art gallery. >> yes! >> reporter: all for the officials' votes, said authorities, on where world cup and other fifa tournament soccer games would be played and broadcast. >> this really is the world cup of fraud. >> the winner is qatar! >> reporter: the investigation began, after the u.s. narrowly lost the 2022 world cup to the country of qatar amid allegations of bribery. but almost immediately, there were questions about the wisdom of holding the world cup in the ar

brian ross standing by. >>> breaking now. the fire burning north of new york city. the national guard blackhawks. the super soaker from canada. the evacuations, and the fire growing. >>> the outrage. the big bank accused tonight of duping customers. opening accounts with fees for customers who had no idea. >>> the scare in the public park. the tree falling, landing on children. the rescue. and now, the concern over aging trees in our parks. >>> and fighting mad tonight, after millions bet on the big fight, the big reveal this evening about one of the fighters. did he hide something? the new lawsuit tonight. >>> good evening. and we begin tonight with an abc news investigation. isis is now claiming its first victory here on american soil claiming responsibility for that terror in texas. the gunmen who opened fire the traffic cop shooting them both dead. we all saw the chaos that followed. isis now taking credit for what those men did. but offering no proof tonight. also this evening, word of another person from the united states involved before this horrific scene pl

go ahead as scheduled despite the allegations it was bought and paid for, david. >> all right, brian ross on the money trail. brian, thanks. >>> now, to iraq tonight. the new threat from isis. hours after iraqi officials vowed to fight back. isis unleashing a wave of suicide attacks across anbar province, targeting iraqi soldiers. at least 17 iraqi troops have been killed. >>> we turn now to that scare in the air, a passenger jet, virtually brand new, somehow both engines giving out at the same time, dropping 13,000 feet. abc's david kerley with what those pilots did next. >> reporter: with 194 people onboard, it was a wide-body airbus a-330 like this one that suddenly lost power to both of its engines. it was cruising more than three hours into its flight from singapore to shanghai at 39,000 feet in bad weather when the engines shut down. no power. the jet would lose 13,000 feet in altitude before pilots were able to get both engines working. >> when you've got a highly computerized airplane, maybe this was a glitch in the program, a glitch in the software. whatever it was, on a new airp

brian ross standing by. >>> breaking now. the fire burning north of new york city. the national guard blackhawks. the super soaker from canada. the evacuations, and the fire growing. >>> the outrage. the big bank accused tonight of duping customers. opening accounts with fees for customers who had no idea. >>> the scare in the public park. the tree falling, landing on children. the rescue. and now, the concern over aging trees in our parks. >>> and fighting mad tonight, after millions bet on the big fight, the big reveal this evening about one of the fighters. did he hide something? the new lawsuit tonight.

brian ross abc news new york. >> man who escaped from ohio prison in 1959 has finally been caught.s 21 on the left. he's 79 now. fresh water was doing tame for map slaughter conviction when he escaped. 56 years ago. florida police say they were chasing ladies when they tricked him into sign ago pip and fingerprints matched. when officers showed him this shot he admitted that they had found him. >> wells fargo bank is sack sued by the city of los angeles sued by the city of los angeles. bank accused of fraud opening new accounts and issuing new credit cards luckily without customers knowing about it. rebecca has more. >> tonight the city ofless ang doing one of the nation largest bank. accuse bank. accusing wells fargo of engaging in fraudulent conduct. customers paying the praise. >> it alleges that wells fargo customers have been victimize by tactic designed to maintain high levels of sales. of wells products. >>reporter: prosecutors say bank employee were told to do whatever it takes to make sales whatever it takes to make sales. the people like frank with bogus fee for wells far

brian ross, abc news, new york. >>> the grand jury investigation of former republican congressman aaronchock is moving into high gear. shock resigned from congress in march amid reports about his lavish spending on travel and his downton abbey-style office. his former communications director testified before the grand jury and at least two other staffers were seen at the same illinois courthouse. >>> let's turn to pope francis now, a soccer fan as you know. but maybe a basketball fan as well. >> all about the hoops yesterday thanks to some of the members of the harlem globetrotters. they got to meet with pope francis after a trip around st. peter's square and gave him a jersey with his name on it. and the number 90. >> they took pictures but they tried to help him out here. yeah didn't go so well with this trick, ball on the fingertip. but it's all right. it's the pope. one of the globetrotters admitted it was the most nervous he'd been in a long time. i would imagine it would be. that's cool, that's cool. >>> we've got "the skinny" coming your way. another secret being revealed by a me

brian ross, abc news, new york. >> and baltimore still on edge over freddie gray's death.s erupting once again, but this time it was sparked by a false report. a large crowd gathered as word spread that a black man had been shot by police, but police made it clear they didn't fire any shots. they say a suspect's gun accidentally went off while they were taking him into custody, but no one was injured. a community leader at the scene warned against spreading wrong information. >> people don't need to hear that and the whole city of baltimore or the whole world that it was a shooting by an officer when it wasn't. >> police managed to quickly defuse tensions after the incident. national guard troops will continue to withdraw from the city. >> a new york police officer shot in the line of duty on saturday has now died. the nypd says his attacker wasn't motivated by politics, he was just "a professional criminal." abc's lindsey davis reports. >> new york city police once again grieving the loss of one of their own, touching the van bearing the body of 25-year-old new york polic

brian ross standing by. >>> breaking now. the fire burning north of new york city. the national guard blackhawks. the super soaker from canada. the evacuations, and the fire growing. >>> the outrage. the big bank accused tonight of duping customers. opening accounts with fees for customers who had no idea. >>> the scare in the public park. the tree falling, landing on children. the rescue. and now, the concern over aging trees in our parks. >>> and fighting mad tonight, after millions bet on the big fight, the big reveal this evening about one of the fighters. did he

brian ross standing by. >>> breaking now. the fire burning north of new york city. the national guard black hawks. the super-soaker from canada. the evacuations and the fire growing. >>> the outrage. the big bank accused tonight of duping customers. opening accounts with fees for customers who had no idea. >>> the scare in the public park. the tree falling, landing on children. the rescue. and now, the concern over aging trees in our parks. >>> and fighting mad tonight, after millions bet on the big fight, the big reveal this evening about one of the fighters. did he hide something? the new lawsuit tonight.

brian ross will have exclusive details.ng new report about planes landing at the wrong airport. revealing it happens more often than you might think. david curly is here with the new rules federal regulators are proposing to prevent it. "gma" on the lookout for you this morning. an important alert for parents this morning. a frightening new video shows just how easy it is to abduct a child leading many to re-evaluate the lesson we've been teaching our kids about talking to strangers. >>> and then it's the fashion event of the year. oh, the vogue met ball we're talking about. the theme last night was china through -- oh, my -- china through the looking glass and we'll be taking a look at some of the more, let's say striking ensembles of the evening. wouldn't you say matt and tam. >> there was a lot of sheer but not sarah jessica parker's headdress. >> looked like medusa. >> everybody has got their style. they're always so safe at the oscars. i like seeing crazy stuff, you know. nothing too crazy out here on the 30 bypass at

abc's brian ross has the latest on the mysterious man who is now the focus avenue worldwide manhunt. like you've never seen him before, a young boy talking about jesus christ, we're going to take a look at the new image created using an ancient shroud of turin and a little modern technology. fascinating. you'll see it here on "gma." >> a lot of folks interested in that. thank you robin. >> see you. >> starting to see a jam up on some of your highways like 422. past oaks that's your eastbound traffic as you head towards king of prussia. pretty heavy from oaks to 23, already a 13 minute ride at this point from oaks to 202. in new jersey this is what it looks like at 42. that northbound traffic heavy from lower landing road to 295. a touch of fog in some spots and you can see just a hint of it in this area. other than that looking okay. just some heavy volume on 42, dave. >> sun and clouds mix across the region right new karen but we have a couple of light sprinkles and showers one there has pushed into northern eastern maryland and southern chester county pennsylvania, and another one

brian ross abc news new york. >> the u.s.t certainly want to go after that recruiter that you heard brian just talking about but the government now offering big money for information about other top isis leaders. those figures include a senior isis figure who joined al qaeda the affiliate in iraq along with isis's spokesperson. also two leaders in syria and turkey up to $20 million offered for information leading to their whereabouts. >> one of the baltimore police officers facing charges after freddie gray's death insists the arrest was in fact legal. the officer specifically wants the knife to be seized he wants to talk about the knife seized from gray and available for inspection. disputing prosecutor's claim he was allowed to carry it. attorney general quenl loretta lynch met with gray's family the mayor and police. >> watch people come together and be as determined as the city of baltimore has been to reclaim the city to rebuild the city and to make it again the great city that it has always been has been inspiring for m

brian ross, abc news, new york. >> all right. anmore to come on the warriors win.ight tonight. here is another look at steph curry and his now famous daughter riley celebrating. we'll get to that whe sfx: engines revving. listen up. ready. ready. steady. sfx: engines revving. go! ♪ it's more than a movie. 's now a ride. fast and furious. supercharged. ride it at universal studios hollywood. >>> coveringanta rosa, berkeley, san jose and all the bay area this is abc 7 news. >> all right. now here is another look at steph curry and his now very famous dauter riley celebrating the warriors' big wiagainst the rockets. what a nice moment. oh, yes. she is still in her little championship cap there. you can see both are enjoying the histo-making moment. so much joy there. >> terrific. well we love our mvp steph curry obviously. but did you know he grew up in north carolina? >> after bei drafted by golden state he lived in san francisco. now he lives in orinda wheree is a real member of the community. >> really is. here is abc 7 news reporter caroly tile were that story. >>

brian ross, abc news, new york. >> i like my soccer clean. >> yeah. >> you know?open secret if you will, but now they're doing something about it. we lost out possibly because of corruption and bribes here in the u.s. we turn now to the weather. back to the weather. killer storms in the plains. wild weather keeps on coming. the death toll has climbed to 21. >> some rivers still rising. residents in wharton south of houston are packing up and getting out. with more, here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: severe weather slamming millions. this tornado caught on camera near dayton, ohio. here in texas as the water recedes, the death toll keeps rising, up to 16 dead. and along that swollen blanco river, the national guard searching for the nine still missing including members of three families staying in one vacation home. authorities confirming the death of 43-year-old michele carrey. she was in that home. >> the house took a sudden jolt. the flow of the river picked the house up and it started moving down the stream. >> somehow husband jonathan survived found nine m

and i would encourage people to look at the reporting by brian ross and matt mosque on this. it's speeches in haiti. >> wait a minute. do you suspect then that george stephanopoulos referring, saying abc news is concluded this do you think he was basically relying on his relationship with the clintons to say that? >> i don't know what he meant when he said that. i mean that would be a great question to ask him. what did he mean when he said that abc news looked into it. i don't know what he's referring to there. i think as to the -- >> go ahead. >> well i said as far as coordination is concerned, i mean you have the fact that he's a donor, the fact now it's coming out that he's participated in clinton global initiative events as a panelist a speaker multiple times and raises the question of the coziness. you have the finances. you have got these meetings he's attending. how you can expect to be objective is highly question nbl that environment. >> i watched that interview and i went on tv and radio the next day and said this was a set-up interview. he was like the special ple

brian ross here with exclusive new details. good morning, brian. >> reporter: good morning, george. isis claiming responsibility for the attackers with a new warning saying we tell america what is coming will be bigger and more bitter. all this as there are tough question this is morning about the ring leader of the attack who was under fbi scrutiny but still able to get to texas with assault weapons on a mission to kill. the fbi was aware that in the last few months 30-year-old elton simpson was nearing a boiling point. soon you won't be able to live in america as a muslim. the noose is tightening he wrote in a march 14th twitter message. seen by the fbi and obtained by abc news. april 10th time is short. april 3rd of the upcoming cartoon-drawing event in texas, when will they ever learn? simpson and his roommate in phoenix, naq were killed in the take. >> he did what he was trained to do. and under the fire that he was put under, he did a very good job. >> reporter: simpson grew up in a christian family in this phoenix neighborhood. an all-star high school basketball player he tol

brian ross is here with that story. >> reporter: good morning, robin. our investigation found a mysterious isis recruiter, an american fugitive from minneapolis, who goes by the name of miski may have played a crucial role. he posted this picture of himself with a snake. he's been wanted by the fbi for the last six years. now he's emerged as one of the most significant figures in the effort by isis to use social media to recruit. >> he's been pushing for violence for many months. for as long as we have been following him, he's been asking for individuals to commit violence. >> reporter: authorities say his real name is mohamed hassan. messages obtained by abc news between miski and the texas ring leader elton simpson, show miski pointing to the texas cartoon contest and calling for an attack. it's time for brothers in the u.s. to do their part he wrote. two days later, miski writes to simpson, one individual is able to put a whole nation on to its knees. >> very very effective. i call him a recruiter. a propagandist. an inciter. >> reporter: the day bef

now to abc chief investigative correspondent brian ross learning more about the attackers and brian hasexclusive information for us this morning. good morning. >> good morning, robin. this morning fbi agents are searching the phoenix, arizona, home of a man they say is one of the suspects in the texas shooting. a senior fbi official told abc news the suspect's name is elton simpson, a 30-year-old man convicted five years ago in a terror investigation but placed on probation and allowed to remain free. fbi agents and a bomb squad this morning are outside the suspect's home at an apartment complex in phoenix. officials said they are awaiting a search warrant to enter the apartment. officials say they believe that the suspect, simpson, is the person who set out several twitter messages that appear to have come prior to the texas attack sunday. the bro with me and myself have given bay ah to amirul mumineen. followers of isis had been sending messages about the event in texas for more than a week calling for attacks. about ten days ago "the brothers from the "charlie hebdo" attack did their

we begin with brian ross. >> reporter: this is the result of a three-year-long fbi investigation of what is being called a rampant and deep-rooted corruption of people that run the world's most popular and lucrative sport in the world, soccer. official say they believe corruption might have cost the u.s. the right to hold the world cup in 2022. the arrests began in morning in switzerland. officials of soccer's governing body were gathering for their yearly meeting. 14 people charged in all. one u.s. official, charles plaz blazer, has already pleaded guilty in the case and reportedly wore an undercover wire to record the conversations of fellow soccer officials. the situation shocked fifa. >> for us it's a hard time. not nice to be here in front of you the try to explain something that is not nice. >> reporter: the investigation grows out of allegations of payoffs of the officials who decided where to hold the next soccer world cups. in russia in 2018 and qatar in 2022. >> the winner is qatar. >> reporter: the u.s. had been the runner up to qatar. and a decision to hold the world cup in t

brian ross reports. ♪ >> reporter: morocco is one of the countries from which the clinton foundationit will no longer take money. but this five-star luxury golf resort in marrakech, morocco is the setting for a fund raiser this week. to help the world's underprivileged. last night's ept was held in great secrecy, with reporters not allowed inside. in his opening remarks, former president bill clinton brushed off criticism about the millions of dollars in foreign money the foundation received while his wife was secretary of state. >> i just work here. i don't know. >> reporter: now that hillary clinton is running for president, the foundation says it has put limits on most future foreign donation including from morocco. one of the hosts of this week's conference is a controversial government-owned morocco mining company, the ocp group, which gave the foundation $1 million. human rights groups day the phosphate mines in nearby western is a hair ra promoted in corporate video, violate u.n. pro visions to row ticket the people that live there. >> when human rights are suppressed it's a s

last year brian ross cranston won while wearing our bow tie so i hope it's a good luck omen and the nomineesance. we love "modern family." we love jesse. >> slow dancing. >> see, your mom is right. you could do it. >> respect i good? respect i good? >> make him do it. "dancing with the stars," are you watching. >> let's dip. >> no dips. >> season six finale wednesday at 9:00 8:00 central right here on abc. ginger back out to you. another great dancer with the weather. >> i will be watching you. you know i will. so will all of us. i got my new friends from -- >> mississippi gulf coast from where robin is from. denver is a place that is raining already and we'll be seeing quite a bit of rain and some of the higher elevations snow. flash flood watches from west tennessee back to parts of eastern texas this morning, the heaviest rain falling there, flash flood warnings in northern louisiana and the west we haven't had a chance to mention you yet but that upper level low, a couple of showers, san franci >> good morning, i am meteorologist mike nicco with clouds opening up for sunshine today and w