abc news reporter, kenneth moton live in miami with details on that new package and say job's court appearance. kenneth? >> reporter: kristen, right now, cesar sayoc is hearing that long list of federal charges against him. for days, investigators have been concerned about him being able to send more devices before he was captured on friday. this morning, another suspicious package intercepted. the same day the man was charged with sending explosive devices across the country makes his first appearance in federal court. the package was sent to its atlanta offices of cnn. cesar sayoc was captured on surveillance cameras during his alleged campaign of terror. these images obtained by abc news, sayoc at a gentlemen's club in west palm beach, florida. greeting customers, flipping through papers friday morning. hours later, he was arrested at an auto zone in plantation, florida. >> it seemed like he would be caught soon. >> the manhunt started when the first pipe bomb was found in the mailbox of george sor owes. 13 other packages sent to high-profile democrats, including former president obama, sec

abc's kenneth moton has new details from washington. kenneth, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, janai and kendis.otr suspicious package and more concerns about more devices. this morning, the nationwide manhunt for the person responsible for these pipe bomb packages. the targets, former presidents, high-profile democratic political figures and cnn. >> projectiles, i mean, that's a -- excuse me. that sounds like a fire alarm here. >> reporter: the network surprised on the air. their offices in the time warner center in new york city evacuated, an act of terror unfolding. >> we will not let terrorism win, not today, not ever. >> reporter: overnight federal authorities now looking into a possible eighth suspicious package sent to former vp joe biden. the explosive devices and suspicious packages also sent to the homes or offices of the clintons, the obamas, california representative maxine waters and former attorney general eric holder. that pipe bomb discovered in cnn's mailroom addressed to former cia director john brennan. several

abc's kenneth moton has more from washington, d.c. good morning, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning, kendis. president trump rallied in front of 20,000 supporters last night in texas. as janai just mentioned, just around the corner is the midterm elections, so his rhetoric and his baseless claims are intensifying. president trump returned to the white house overnight after a raucous rally for gop senator ted cruz in texas where he made a proud declaration. >> i'm a nationalist, okay. i'm a nationalist.g to send tro u.s. border to stop a group of central american migrants. he's also increasing the frequency of his false statements about the caravan. >> i think the democrats have something to do with it and now they're saying, i think we made a big mistake. >> reporter: no proof that's true or an earlier claim that criminals and unknown middle easterners are mixed in with the caravan. >> in that caravan you have some very bad people. you have some very bad people and we can't let that happen to our country. >> reporter: the president urg

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abc's kenneth moton is tracking the overnight developments for us. good morning, kenneth. >> reporter: good morning, kendis. just incredible images coming out of mexico. that group of migrants may be hundreds of miles away from the u.s. border, but president trump is using the caravan as a key issue on the campaign trail. this morning, a closer look inside that caravan of central american migrants heading toward the u.s. the migrants, most from honduras saying they are fleeing violence and poverty. over the weekend, they illegally crossed over into mexico from guatemala, coming face to face with an army of federal police, sparking clashes. parents shielded their children. some migrants jumped into the river and swam across. this river of humanity, miles long. thousands of people, so many children. foot sore, walking in intense heat. abc's matt gutman right there when a girl collapsed from a heatstroke. >> no. it's too hot on the floor. >> reporter: the caravan spotting in mexico overnight. >> now they have offered the migrants asylum status here over

abc 7 reporter kenneth moton has the latest now from miami. >> reporter: another suspected package bombercepted at this postal facility in atlanta monday morning, addressed to cnn's atlanta headquarters. the fbi confirming the package is similar to 14 others allegedly sent by mail bomb suspect cesar sayoc. he made his first appearance in federal court monday afternoon with a newly-assembled defense team. >> he is innocent until proven guilty and nobody has proven him guilty of sending those devices in the mail. i can't give you further information. >> reporter: during the week investigators say he was trying to terrorize prominent democrats and critics of president trump with explosive devices. sayoc also went to work, a door host at ultra gentlemen's club in west palm beach, florida. the first pipe bomb was found in suburban new york in the mailbox of george soros. other targets, former president obama, secretary hillary clinton, senator cory booker. >> i have fear right now about the rising levels of hate being measured across the board in this country. >> reporter: investigators beli

kenneth moton, abc news, miami. >>> officials in mexico have abandoned a blockade to prevent thousandsf central american migrants from advancing their caravan headed to the u.s. border. mexico's national human rights commission warned federal police the rural stretch of highway was no place to hold negotiations since it lacked shade, toilets and water. they have declined mexico's offer of schooling an jobs. they are expected to continue the journey north today. >>> the owner of one of the united kingdom's most popular soccer teams is reportedly dead after his private helicopter crashed as it departed the stadium following the end of the match. the helicopter belonged to a thai billionaire who owns the leicester city football club. the bbc reports he was onboard. it spiraled out of control and plummeted into a parking lot. the helicopter burst into flames next to the stadium. it appears there may be other casualties onboard but officials were not able to confirm who died in the crash. >>> still ahead on "abc 7 mornings" giving the gift of flowers. why a group hit the streets to peddle i

abc's kenneth moton has the latest from d.c. nothing but good words for you to today. >> welcome back, kendis. it's good to see you. good morning, erielle. if president trump goes through with shutting down the southern border, it would likely have a bigger impact on legal crossings and commerce than illegal but it hasn't stopped the president from campaigning on what he's calling a winning issue for republicans. president trump rallied his supporters in montana threatening to take swift action against a caravan of migrants from central america. >> i'm willing to send the military to defend our southern border if necessary because of the illegal immigration onslaught. >> reporter: it's a potential showdown at the u.s./mexico border. the president promising to shut it down to stop 3,000 hondurans, many fleeing violence and poverty. the mexican government sent two plane loads of federal police to its border with guatemala to intercept the caravan. >> i just want to thank the mexican government because they're stopping it hopefully

. >> and i'm kenneth moton in for kendis gibson. dozens of people are unaccounted for in the florida panhandle this morning five days after hurricane michael made landfall. rescuers are using dogs to search for survivors as the president prepares to visit the region today. >> the official death toll is 18, but that number is expected to rise, and thousands are not expected to get their power back until at least next week. abc's emily rau has the latest on the search and recovery efforts. good morning, emily. >> reporter: good morning, stephanie and kenneth. president trump and the first lady will leave washington later this morning and they will spend the day in florida seeing that devastation from hurricane michael firsthand. it's one of the strongest storms to ever hit the u.s. the number of dead continues to rise and thousands more now homeless after hurricane michael. >> we have already took a tremendous hit. this is some of the worst damage i have seen in my career. >> reporter: fema director brock long touring the damage sunda

i'm kenneth moton. >> and i'm erielle reshef. kendis and diane are off this morning. we begin with what's believed to be the last column from missing "washington post" writer, jamal khashoggi. it was published overnight and warns about the lack of free press in the arab world. >> as investigators return to the saudi consulate where khashoggi was last seen, we're getting grisly new details about his murder. abc's janai norman has the latest from washington where president trump is under increasing pressure to take action. good morning, janai. >> reporter: kenneth and erielle, good morning. now more than two weeks since jamal khashoggi disappeared, we're learning that he told his fiancee to call two people as he walked io the saudi consulate warning her to call if he got into trouble. that was "the washington post" publishing a final written by journalist jamal khashoggi received a day after he was reported missing in istanbul. khashoggi writing about the importance of a free press and warns that governments in the middle east have been given free rein to continue silen

i'm kenneth moton. >> i'm stephanie ramos. diane and kendis are off this morning. we begin with new details overnight about the disappearance of "washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi. >> reports indicate the saudi royal family may be considering a plan to admit responsibility for khashoggi's death. meanwhile, this morning secretary of state mike pompeo arrived in saudi arabia amid global concerns about a full blown diplomatic crisis. abc's emily rau is tracking all the developments from washington. good morning, emily. >> reporter: good morning, kenneth and stephanie. it has now been two weeks since jamal khashoggi was last seen alive and after fierce denials from the saudis, there could be a shift coming. "the new york times" is now reporting that the royal family is considering saying that all of this was an interrogation gone wrong. this morning, secretary of state mike pompeo arriving in saudi arabia. president trump sending his top diplomat to meet with the saudi royal family about the disappearance of "washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi after th

here's kenneth moton. >> reporter: tonight, surveillance video obtained exclusively by abc news showsage bomb suspect cesar sayoc during the same week he's accused of targeting prominent democrats. the door host, on the job at ultra gentleman's club in west palm beach, florida. sayoc, seen greeting customers and flipping through papers early friday morning. hours later, fbi agents took him down. so far, 14 packages containing pipe bombs, intercepted. addressed to critics of president trump, including former president obama and hillary clinton. >> there may be other packages in transit now, and other packages on the way. >> reporter: sayoc posted what appears to be videos of himself at trump rallies. law enforcement sources say his white van, plastered with political messages, was possibly his rolling workshop for making ieds. inside, sources say a printer, stamps, paper, an unidentified powder, and soldering equipment. david, sayoc will make his first appearance in federal court tomorrow, where we could learn new details about his alleged crimes. david? >> kenneth, thank you. >>> when

kenneth moton, abc 7 news. >>> kenneth, thank you. live shot from the philadelphia area, newcastle county, delaware. this is that suspicious device that we have been talking about that may have been sent to former vice priden joeyou sehat ba wre putsi to safyit. this is facility where i will then be taken care of. the live picture from delaware. for the latest suspicious device we believe may have been sent to joe biden. we sent out a push alert. be the first to learn about breaking news by downloading our abc 7 news app and especially ailing push alerts. >>> trying to identify a man driving around and exposing himself to women in a south san jose neighborhood. >> investigators believe a man resembling this sketch is involved in at least three indecent exposure cases. between september and october, a expose bay, a potentially hazardous situation avoid. firefighters found a big rig on berryessa avenue. the fire began underneath the truck and burned a hole into the the situation could have been much worse if the tanker was carrying flam

here is kenneth moton in d.c. >> reporter: hundreds of demonstrators hit the streets of washington andavanaugh. one by one, senators getting their first look at that fbi ugh.rt behind closed doors. enough already. let's vote. >> the whole thing is a sham. five days to do the investigation. >> reporter: 46 pages of summaries from nine interviews with witnesses regarding judge kavanaugh's sexual misconduct from more than 30 years ago. undecided gop senators jeff flake and susan collins appeared satisfied with the report. still no word from republican lisa murkowski or democrat joe manchin, but heidi heitkamp of north dakota tells our affiliate wday that she's a no. the democrat up for re-election in a state president trump won by 36 points in 2016. >> i can't get up in the morning and look at the life experience that i've had and say yes to judge kavanaugh. >> reporter: senate democratic leaders blasted the fbi investigation. the bureau did not interview accuser christine blasey ford or judge kavanaugh, who has denied the allegations against him, but gop leaders say the investigation was

here is abc's kenneth moton. >> reporter: new images of russian and nasa astronaut back on the grounde being treated. >> there is lift-off. >> reporter: the two men blasted off in kazakhstan for the international space station. speeding near space at nearly 5,000 miles per hour failed. >> there has been an issue with the booster and we're standing by for information. >> reporter: the capsule carrying the american and the russian ejected and landed several hundred miles away from the launch site. >> we're now learning they're in communication with the rescue forces on their way to the capsule and they're in good condition. >> reporter: it marks an unprecedented failure for the russians space program. russian's deputy prime minister says the failure is now under investigation and launches are being suspended until they figure out what happened, which means there is no way to get astronauts to the spats station. >> it has a lot of flights under its belt. in this case it had an anomaly, it has a great abort system that brought our crew home. >> reporter: no word if the current iss crew wi

abc's kenneth moton is on the story. >> reporter: overnight abc news obtained exclusive images of packageb suspect cesar sayoc during his alleged campaign of terror. he was a door host at this gentleman's club seen here over the one-week period the fbi said he was mailing explosive devices to high profile democrats across the country. >> we will not tolerate such lawlessness, especially not political violence. >> reporter: early friday morning, the day fbi agents took him down, sayoc was in the club, a place he's worked for two months, paging through a notebook for an hour. new this morning law enforcement sources say it appears his white van was a rolling workshop, saying he may have made the ieds in that vehicle covered with political messages. inside the van sources say a printer, stamps, paper, an unidentified powder and soldering equipment. >> the van was an eyesore. absolutely. >> reporter: sayoc's former boss said he also used the van to make ends meet, delivering food. >> we knew the side of him that was a reliable driver and a side of him that was anti gay and anti black. >> repo

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i'm kenneth moton. >> and i'm stephanie ramos. kendis and diane are off.e are some of the top headlines we're following this morning on "world news now." >>> suspects in the disappearance of "washington post" columnist jamal khashoggi reportedly have strong ties to saudi arabia's crown prince. the saudi leaders insist they had nothing to do with it. a full report is up next. >>> president trump is already distancing himself from a possible blue wave. he says he's helping republican candidates win in the november midterm election. and he's making it clear that he won't accept blame if they lose. >>> wall street bounces back from last week's tough two-day stretch with a stock surge. yesterday's 547-point jump marked the dow's largest single-day gain since the spring thanks to strong corporate and tech numbers. >>> and bad news mega millions players. nobody won last night's jackpot. but good news, that means friday's drawing will be worth at least $868 million. if you don't want to wait, tonight's powerball jackpot is at least 345 million bucks. those are som

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