>> david wright leading us off tonight. david, thank you. >>> back here at home tonight, and to that monster blizzard hammering the center of the country right now, turning deadly tonight. the storm raging across 18 states, and then the system moving east. chicago and the northeast will feel this. treacherous driving on the roads in monticello, minnesota. look at that. snow piling up from the slow-moving storm in rice lake, wisconsin, tonight. in fact, tens of thousands are without power tonight. thousands of flights canceled. and the images are really something. abc's alex perez is in st. cloud, minnesota, for us. >> reporter: tonight, in minnesota, treacherous blizzard conditions with pounding hail. in neighboring wisconsin, wind and heavy snow slamming towns. this monster record-breaking storm pummeling the midwest and turning deadly tonight. one person killed in a crash near the denver airport. also in colorado, a state trooper was injured when his car was hit by another driver. on the ground and in the air, chaos. thous

abc's david wright is there in paris. >> reporter: in paris, heavy hearts. ♪ the city, the whole nationreally in mourning. >> this is the biggest symbol of paris. >> it's quite striking here to see all the parisians who come here gather to mourn. >> to me it's the most beautiful monument of paris. >> reporter: notre dame, our lady of paris to those who live here, a landmark ravaged by flames. this is one of the most important landmarks in france. there's a feeling of great sadness here. all along the seine, people are singing hymns. notre dame survived the french revolution. this is where napoleon was crowned emperor of france. it survived two world wars and the nazi occupation. the heart of france. while the cause of this fire is not yet known, authorities are investigating if it might have been linked to the construction work. now the reconstruction work will have to begin all over again with much more damage to undo. macron has vowed to rebuild. but what stood for centuries could take a generation to restore. can they rebuild? >> i don't know if i will be alive when they will finish

abc's david wright is on the scene in paris. >> reporter: tonight in paris, heavy hearts. ♪ the city,le nation really in mourning. >> the biggest symbol of paris. >> to see all the preeshiers here who came here to gather, to mourn. >> i don't know what to say for me. the most beautiful monument of paris. >> notre dame, our lady of paris to those who live here, a landmark ravaged by flames. today the spire of this 850-year-old landmark burnt like a torch and finally collapsed. >> oh, my. >> reporter: caving in the roof. >> did you see that? >> no. >> reporter: engulfing the very center of this cathedral in flames. john dickas watched it all from his apartment. >> my partner and i were standing on the balcony, and that was moment that she started crying when we watched the spire fall down. it's such like an iconic part of the paris skinline. >> reporter: french president emmanuel macron tearful, called the blaze a terrible tragedy. president trump had these words. >> the fire that they are having at the notre dame cathedral is something like few people have witnessed. it's one of the gr

david wright live from notre dame cathedral in paris. and david, i know the mayor revealing a short time ago that they do believe they've been able to save key parts of this cathedral? >> reporter: that's right, david. french authorities believe that they have managed to save those two iconic towers. no word yet on the stained glass. you can see the building there behind me in darkness now, but as from where i'm standing, you can see fire crews continue to pour water on it. the mood here in paris is one of great sadness, but also resolve. the french president saying tonight, we will rebuild. david? >> david, thank you. the images of that spire coming down left us all with few words today. there was an american student studying in paris, kelly weymouth. she's from washington, d.c., her mother is visiting from home, and they were on a sunset cruise on the seine, the famous river that runs along the cathedral, when they saw the cathedral burning, and here's what they told me. we're watching your piece of video right now, and i don't even kno

>> david wright reporting in, thank you. >>> and next here this evening, we have new reporting about the final moments of the doomed ethiopian airlines flight. abc news has now learned that the boeing 737 max hit something shortly after takeoff. that strike damaging the lone sensor on the jet controlling that automated system. abc's david kerley and what sourpss ha sources have now revealed to us. >> reporter: two aviation sources tell abc news tonight that a sensor, damaged at takeoff, started a chain of events that led to that second 737 max crash in ethiopia. that angle of attack sensor, a vane outside the cockpit, was hit by a bird or foreign object, according to those familiar with the investigation. like in the first crash, lion air in indonesia, bad data from the sensor engaged the anti-stall system, mcas, which nosed the jet down dramatically. as we learned in a simulator, the procedure for pilots is to use a thumb button to electronically nose up the plane. it's called trimming the aircraft. if that fails, boeing emergency procedure calls to shut off power to the motors that

it's now been rescheduled for this coming thursday, tom. >> david wright with those developments out of paris. thank you. >>> next to the grim anniversary back here at home. 20 years ago today, the columbine high school massacre. memories seared in the nation's mind of teenagers with their hands up, barely escaping after two seniors launched a violent planned attack killing 12 students and a teacher. a number of memorials and vigils this weekend. many of the survivors now with children of their own. here's abc's clayton sandell. remembering the 12 students and 1 teacher murdered 20 years ago today at columbine high. >> on april 20, 1999, the forces of evil did not win. >> darkness cannot win. evil never has the last word. death does not have the last word. >> reporter: the day etched in history. when two students opened fire inside their school, a horror playing out on live tv. >> fellow or former students t believed who rushed the schools and opened fire. >> reporter: columbine was not the first school shooting, but it marked a violent new era of deadly tragedy. virginia tech, sandy

abc's david wright leads us off from london. >> reporter: until today, julian assange was untouchablening, british police dragged him out of the ecuadorian embassy bearded,

abc's david wright is right there. david, good morning to you. >> reporter: happy easter, dan. a beautiful sunny day here in paris. but a sad note as well. that grand cathedral, notre dame, is where the archbishop of paris had planned to celebrate easter mass along with thousands of the faithful. sadly not possible now for what may be the first time in more than 850 years. today, like christ's tomb, notre dame is empty. inside it, the golden cross and the virgin mary standing vigil all alone. a scene of devastation. >> this building is dedicated to the virgin mary and she's still protecting our people. she's the patron saint of our country, of our city. she'll help us to be able to rebuild it. >> reporter: easter is all about renewal. today, across town at the basilica, an emblem of that. this is paris' second biggest church. a baroque masterpiece completed in the 18th century. barely more than a month ago, an arsonist try to burn that down. today, parisians are there by the thousands for easter mass. here in france the cultural significance of notre dame more so than the relig

abc's david wright joins us from our london bureau with more on this story. eporter: they say the actual job of being a spy is probably a bit less glamorous than the movies would make it appear. that's probably true of the job of royal, as well. prince william has been out of the public eye for the last two weeks. we now know that he's been on a top-secret mission, doing a deep dive with british intelligence. >> the name's bond. james bond. >> reporter: kensington palace has yet to say how the duke of cambridge takes his martinis. >> vodka martini, shaken, not stirred. >> reporter: but his royal highness has enjoyed an up-close look at her majesty's secret service for the past three weeks including a week at mi-6, the real home of 007. a week at mi-5. and a week at the ultra top secret gchq. >> a suit is a modern gentleman's armor. the kingsman agents are the new knights. >> reporter: no, that is not the kingsman which is completely fictional as far as we know. gchq is the equvavlent of the nsa. gchq began with the heroes of bletchley park, who cracked the eni

david wright, abc news, london. >> our thanks to david. yeah, just really scary.ecurity forces, apparently they believe that this family's still there, this couple's still there -- >> in the park? to fiem as of la demr, the u.s. are sn u.s. citizens traveling to uganda to exercise increased caution and to keep a low profile. but very rare that you hear about americans kidnapped overseas. especially held for ransom. >>> facebook is embroiled in yet another privacy scandal involving hundreds of millions of user records that were posted online. >> an outside cybersecurity firm says third-party app developers exposed data, including usernames and passwords on amazon cloud servers. facebook says it has removed those databases and it says it will stop asking users to provide e-mail passwords for new accounts. >>> in a rare show of bipartisanship, senate lawmakers are moving to crack down on robocalls. >> the commerce committee voted 26-0 on fines of to $10,000 per call.tronge action against spoofing, when robocallers make it appear they're calling from the recipient's a

abc's david wright starts us off from london. good morning, david. >> reporter: good morning, george. he is now inside this magistrate's court here in london, the beginning of what is likely to likely to be many court cases. he conspired with chelsea manning to hack computers and classified documents relating to the war in afghanistan. chelsea manning was pardoned by president obama. now it's julian assange's turn, and for the past seven years, he has been holed up inside the ecuadoran embassy in london. he sought assay lyluasylum, but government withdrew that protection, inviting authorities in, and they frog marched him out. >> you saw assange resisting there. wikileaks has put out a tweet saying his rights must be protected and that's being echoed by the kremlin. >> reporter: that's right, george. russian president vladimir putin tweeted this morning that he hopes that assange's rights will be protected moving forward. the british foreign secretary said that he will get his day in court, and as he put it, assange is not a hero,

here's abc's david wright. >> the name is bond.reporter: kensington palace has yet to say how the duke of cambridge takes his martinis. >> shaken, not stirred. >> reporter: but his royal highness has enjoyed an up-close look at her majesty's secret se s, 007 a week at mi5, britain's domestic counterterrorist spy team, and he spent a week at the ultra top secret gchq. >> the suit is the modern gentleman's armor. the kingsman agents are the new knights. >> reporter: no, that's not the kingsmen, which is completely fictional as far as we know. gchq is the equivalent to the nsa, focused on code-breaking and electronic surveillance. it began with the heroes of bletchley park, who cracked the enigma code during world war ii. these days gchq is so top secret, only friday did officials reveal its old headquarters, a nondescript office block sandwiched between a starbucks and a pub here in london. top secret no more because gchq recently moved to fancy new digs where the future king got a peek at what they do. >> he wants to get even more u

abc's david wright joins us now from london. david, you're hearing more about the questions so many have been asking, why now? >> reporter: that's right, cecilia. we're learning today that the effort to remove assange from this embassy has been in the works for some time. but sources tell abc news that assange himself learned just yesterday morning that they were throwing him out. even as british police were already here ready to drag him out. and we're told that as they did drag him out, he yelled out saying that they're just pawns of the u.s. government. julian assange defiantly threw his supporters the thumbs up as the british police van arrived at the courthouse for what's likely to be the first of many hearings. this, on the heels of that very public arrest in london thursday. a friend of assange, pamela anderson, tweeted, he looks very bad. to his defenders, assange is a radical whistleblower for the duj tall auj. >> this is a dark day for journalism. >> this sets a dangerous precedent for all media organizations and journa

abc's david wright has all the latest from london. >> reporter: this morning, british tabloids are notalm, nor carrying on after the duke and duchess of sussex said they will not be giving the traditional photo op to debut their newborn baby, members of the press corps are lashing out at the royal couple. speaking anonymously one journalist told "the new york times" this is the shattering of a tradition that goes back for decades. there is a price to be paid for that, and that price is mockery. the iconic shots on steps outside the hospital are now to be expected. famously with diana after william and harry were born. kate who stepped out mere hours after giving birth to her last child. those snapshots are big business for the british tabloids with royal babies grabbing big headlines and frontpage spreads. but the sussexes are now expected to release photos on their own terms adding to the rocky and sour relationship meghan has with the british press. >> if you are over-micromanaging your p.r. to the extent you're missing out on the spontaneous moments. there are certain responsibiliti

wright. she never heard of him before. >> david novak.believe he was meeting. >> reporter: chris' defenders wanted to know why the police didn't seem to follow up on that or probe more deeply into all that tension of dee mowers' family. odd, all of it. the feeling to them that something was missing, that the case against chris simply didn't hold together. so as chris' trial finally got under way, bianca felt her husband was as good as home. >> it was just like brilliant, you know? they go away, they do their thing and they come back and i get my husband back. >>> coming up -- chris wright makes his case to "dateline" taking on that voice mail message central to the case. few good tricks to help hide my bladder leak pad. like the old "tunic tug". you know it, right? but i don't have to, with always discreet. i couldn't believe the difference. it's less bulky. and it really protects. watch this. the super absorbent core turns liquid and odor to gel, and locks it away. so i have nothing to hide. always discreet. for bladder leaks. nexgard ch

david mcbride and colleen wright riva of the university of maryland worked with lawmakers. in october house bill 1473 passed allowin universities in the state to carry epipens, a life-saving drug. this week they're being installed next to the aed device in the dinin halls on campus. >> we have about 100 students who have self-identified with allergie some not serious, others life threatening. that number is a little smaller th the national average, so we think there are others who have either not shared theirle alrgies or don't know they llergies. the epipen gives us a layer of otect. >> when a student opens the door, it will have a sound that alerts someone is in trouble. >> it's ver easy to administer and we've trained our staff to be able to use epipens in the event a student prevents with a food allergy. >> the university keeps themed inbout food allergies with plenty of signage and literature on the psissue. >> i've had friends that have had allergic reaction in foodon and we have time to get to one. now they have access to get to. >> according to food allergy research

david: thank you so much to jeremy wright. coming up, liz young of bny mellon. new york, this is bloomberg. ♪ ♪ alix: technology shares hit a record despite shrinking profits, weak outlook, and compressed margins. mega bondco's offering. the saudi oil minister says the offering could be $30 million. and inching closer and closer. larry kudlow guardedly optimistic as the u.s. and china make headway on issues surrounding tech, id theft, and sharing intellectual property. david: welcome to "bloomberg daybreak" on this monday. headn't have the same of homeland security as we did before. alix: there's been yet another leadership change at the white house. homeland security secretary kirstjen nielsen will be leaving her position. the current u.s. customs and head willtection become acting secondary. basically the next year and a half is solely going to be about president trump running for 2020. david: that is correct. alix: that is why this is all happening now. at what point do we really see any sort of supply chain issues? you see those lines of trucks. so far it is

wright. good to see you both. david, starting with you preparations, really? now to win 2020. >> it shows absolutely how desperate they are. it is a trojan horse because if we start talking about reparations it should lead to the question who would pay those reparations? what lineage or families? that would put back to the democrats. they were the ones that push for segregation and fought against civil rights and were the party of slavery and party of the kkk so while i do think they are pandering to the black community which again with empty promises that they never delivered to the back amenity that they were going to deliver that is who should pay for. trish: and one, you're shaking your head, you disagree, why? >> it's frustrating because some people forget the history of the fact that it was built on the back of african-americans. i cannot put value on what my sharecropper grandparents or great grandparents or even slavery that some of my ancestors went through. i don't think i can put out monetary value on that but but it can work on for these candidates

david eades there in brussels. let's now speak to georgina wright, a senior brexit researcher for the institute for government, an independentrnment effectiveness through research and analysis. georgina, good to have you with us. just chatting to a second ago, your feeling was that last night was very much about the eu, not the uk. yeah, i think eu leaders have been asking repeatedly, look, what is your plan, uk? you want an extension for what purpose? i think what the council conclusions suggest is that actually they have put that aside and said, how can we ensure that brexit doesn't interfere with our other work going forward? because this is an important year for the work going forward? because this is an important yearfor the eu. work going forward? because this is an important year for the eu. talk to us about the mechanics, the dates, what could happen between now and october. right, so we know that the eu rejected the prime minister's request for an extension until the end ofjune, but they still left a choice. they said, if you organise european elections, you have until the 31st of october, and if you fail to organis

wright, bbc news, westminster. well, as we've been hearing, philip hammond has been speaking in washington today, and our economics correspondent dharshini davidancellor has been speaking about the possible economic effects of brexit. what exactly did he have to say? well, clive, of course we could have been withinjust to say? well, clive, of course we could have been within just minutes of leaving the eu tonight without a deal. a huge relief from the global financial leaders gathered here that that has been averted, but concerns, some shared by the chancellor, about the impact that uncertainty, prolonged uncertainty, continued deadlock, could have on our economy and on two fronts. businesses are investing less because they are nervous. about 50% of what they normally do. the chancellor is confident that could bounce back if there is a deal. second, he's sitting on a worth tens of tens of billions of pounds. he could use that to alleviate austerity but he says he can't part with that cash until he is confident there is not going to be no deal. in the meantime government departments are anxiously waiting to find out how much they can spend on p

david: oh, boy. here on what to make of this backlash, steph knight, foundation for liberty and american greatness founder nick adams and democrat strategist, antoine c. wrightis supposed to be the one who keeps order, not disturbs it. some people say she helped to disturb order. what do you think? >> it was certainly a fascinating thing to watch, to see maxine waters kind of push steve mnuchin towards staying, mnuchin trying to leave. there was definitely a lot of fireworks there, as you said. i think it's really symbolic of the entire fight we're seeing over trump's tax returns, where we are seeing democrats very adamant that the president turn over his returns, that the irs turn over his tax returns, and the white house and white house officials being slow to actually agree to those terms. so i think kind of the frustration in that entire situation kind of came out in this moment over whether to end the hearing or not yesterday. david: antoine, in favor of chairman waters, she can be pretty militant when she wants to be, talking about impeachment, everything, but as charlie gasparino, who is no big fan of hers, said earlier, she really did sort of downpla