he was released a year ago and authorities knew of his link to islamic terror groups. >> james longman for us. thank you. >>> back here at home the major storm in the west moving coast to coast in time for the busiest travel day of the year. blizzard like conditions, from the gand canyon. heavy snow expected in the northeast by sunday. here's abc's clayton sandell. >> reporter: tonight a grand blizzard in the grand canyon. a major winter storm, now barreling east, set to create dangerous travel conditions for millions again. in flagstaff arizona, drivers got stuck in snow more than nine inches falling there. to the south in maricopa county, high water rescues on flooded roadways. this team leading the driver to safety. >> we've got trucks trying to turn around here. we've got a truck on the other side stuck. >> reporter: phoenix, residents cleaning up their storm damaged neighborhoods. >> you can see right here, this tree fell straight into one of the resident's homes here. >> reporter: in the southern california mountains, the storm bringing up to four feet of snow, closing roads and

james longman is there in the floods. >>> the race for 2020 tonight. tonight the new candidate jump in just today. this after michael bloomberg made news, and now hillary clinton saying, never say never. >>> the school lunch outrage. a worker seen taking hot lunch off a student's tray because their balance wasn't paid. the backlash, and what's happened now. >>> and the stunning image tonight. they should look down. what's swimming right up to them in the water? >>> good evening. great to have you with us here on a very busy thursday night. we begin tonight with the news that broke again today, a deadly school shooting. this time police say a student on his 16th birthday opening fire on fellow students in santa clarita, california, north of los angeles. at least two dead tonight. authorities say the teen gunman opened fire at saugus high school during what's called zero period, about an hour before classes began. after barricading themselves inside, students were then brought out in long lined by heavily armed police. parents holding their children. the

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abc's james longman is there. >> reporter: venice's watery gho the city bracing itself for more miserylars of damage. >> it's hard to see the businesses that are struggling, and they're cleaning, and the next day it just floods again. >> reporter: a new attraction for tourists perhaps, but for local businesses it means ruin. what can venice do? this is the moses barrier. it's at the mouth of the venice lagoon. it's supposed to be a wall that rises out of the water blocking the sea, going from there all the way over there. after years of delay it still doesn't work. locals blame c political apathy on the failed multibillion-dollar project. the government promising to get it working. with hundreds of years of history at stake and a threat of rising sea levels looming large, venice has rarely felt so vulnerable. the state of emergency has released over $20 million of immediate relief and compensation, but with rain coming down and continued high tides, that might be just a drop in the ocean. james longman, abc news, venice. >> the regional council office located on venice's grand canal wa

. >> as we hear from abc's james longman, the pair entered the museum through a tiny window in the darkter: a piece of german history stolen in minutes. police say this is the moment thieves struck one of europe's oldest museums. watch as one of the suspects smashes their way with an ax into a glass case holding 18th-century treasures. the thieves swiping three sets of priceless diamonds and precious stones house in this ornate case seen here before the heist. >> these objects are extremely precious because of their value, but also because of their craftsmanship, because of their history that they have embedded in it. >> reporter: police are now investigating whether those thieves first set a fire at this electrical box near dresden's famed green vault. that fire plunging nearby streets and the museum into darkness. that would have left the suspects able to cut through the bars of this window, slip in, and go to work. alarms going off moments later, but by the time police arrived, they'd vanished. authorities are investigating a car found ablaze at a garage nearby, but this is a race ag

james longman in london. >>> protests were held worldwide ahead of next week's climate talks.rough the streets of lisbon. similar protests were held in belgium, australia and france. demonstrators blocked the entrance to one shopping area. in the bay area, a climate strike walkout will be held in santa rosa to focus on the impact of climate change on wildfires. >>> president trump is getting ready for a visit to london. it comes on the heels of his trip to afghanistan. >> this was a secret operation, kept under wraps for weeks. president trump arrived back here in florida after taking the overnight flight to afghanistan for the thanksgiving day surprise. but it was a surprise that required president trump to sneak out of his mar-a-lago resort and go off the grid unnoticed for hours. on air force one it was lights out, everybody shifted their cell phones. on the ground, president trump greeted american troops but also announced renewed talks with the taliban. restarting the talks that he said only stopped about three months ago. 19 american strotroops had died afghanistan this

for the latest on both of these attacks let's go straight to abc's james longman in london. james, good morning to you. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, eva. huge shock this morning as this attack took place as almost exactly the same spot in the 2017 attack. take a look. buses still sitting abandoned on the road there behind me. three people in the hospital. two people have been killed. the suspect's name is usman khan, a 28-year-old convicted terrorist who was only released from prison last year. this morning, london reeling from a terror attack in the heart of the city, but celebrating the heroes who brought the suspect down. at around 2:00 p.m. police were called to reports of multiple stabbings but the daily mail capturing passersby one with a fire extinguisher had already intercepted the knife-wielding man. watch them wrestling him to the ground. wearing a suicide vest later described as fake. one stepping in describing the ordeal to itv news. >> he was wielding two knife, one was duct taped to his hand. i stamped as hard as i could on his wrist to release the knife. >>

james longman has the story. good morning, james. >> reporter: good morning, george. koalas are already becoming fast endangered species, but wildfires are threatening to wipe them out all together. they're a national treasure but this morning the fate of australia's koala population is hanging in the balance as deadly fires continue to rage across the country. the chairman of the australian koala foundation estimates that over 1,000 koalas have been killed from fires and over 80% of their habitat has been destroyed. this report coming days after this dramatic koala rescue was caught on camera. you can see the woman wrapping rt and carrying it to safety. >> i knew that if we didn't get him down from the tree, then he would have been up there amongst the flames. >> reporter: she was later reunited with the battered animal which now has a long road of recovery ahead. recent bush fires caused by prolonged drought and deforestation have caused already threatened koala numbers to decline. >> what's left is so dry that they're not getting nutrients. >> reporter: many have u

he's trying to hold onto his job facing a coup attempt, and james longman has the latest from london.d morning, james. >> reporter: that's right. good morning. one of america's closest allies has been thrown into turmoil. israeli prime minister benjamin netanyahu has been formally charged with bribery, fraud and breach of trust. he is the first ever sitting israeli prime minister to face such charges and the list of alleged wrongdoing is long and colorful. pink champagne and cigars offered to him by a wealthy friend in return for political favors and a quid pro quo relationship with a telecom tycoon in rieturn for a favorabe news conference. he's vowed to stay in office using perhaps the language of his close ally, donald trump, he's called the investigation a witch-hunt but the corruption allegations against him have bubbled for months and the country's attorney general says the ruling shows no one is above the law. t.j.? >> james, thank you so much. >>> now we turn to a scare on a crowded passenger jet. an international flight forced to make an emergency landing just after takeoff b

james longman is there with the latest. orning, james. >> reporter: yeah, good morning, robin. what an absolute catastrophe. one of the most beautiful cities in the world now essentially under water. take a look. the water is still coming well above my ankle here. you can see tourists making their way past on these raised walkways. st. mark's basilica. water smashed through the windows and things could get worse, we're told. this ancient city is famous for its canals, now it's at their mercy as venice was hit by the worst floods in half a century. millions of dollars of damage caused as water rushes through homes and businesses. this man seen swimming through rough currents right in front of st. mark's square as sirens ring out. 85% of the city flooded reaching 74 inches. water pumps also submerged unable to work. it's not even high tide yet and the water is already halfway up to my knee. floods in venice happen every year. the concern is they're getting more and more severe. the mayor of venice declaring a state of emergenc

surveillance video showing the thieves smashing into a museum making off with priceless jewels, james longmanrter: this was an extraordinary raid. take a look. the thieves gained entry through one of these windows on the ground floor. the whole thing was over in just a matter of minutes and they made away with priceless treasures. german newspapers call it the greatest museum heist since world war ii. priceless artifacts, pearls, broaches, diamond-encrusted swords dating back to the 1700s, all swiped in minutes out of one of europe's oldest museums. >> unbelievable. >> reporter: watch as two thieves make their way over to glass cases housing the jewels. flashlights dart around the room as their ax smashes through the glass. >> they tried to get the things with a lot of diamonds on there. >> you think they were aiming for the diamonds. >> they are aiming, as far as i could see, they were aiming for the diamonds. >> reporter: the heist meticulously planned. police caught this electrical box where they think the suspects sparked a fire knocking out the lights around the museum. you can see behin