abc's linsey davis has the latest from haiti. script: tonight, the most powerful hurricane to hit haiti in more than 50 years is causing chaos and panic nats "this is matthew! please pray! pray for us! we are right underneath it right now! matthew mad landfall in western haiti just after seven a-m -- with winds of 145 miles per slowly - at just nine miles per hour nats winds continue howling across the island - and the rain - devastating. at least seven have been killed in the region - this man making the dangerous decision to cross raging floodwaters... nats this bridge connecting the southern part of the island collapsed, while the river is threatening to destroy this bridge leading to port-au- prince linsey davis / haiti "you can see the river absolutely raging, its already would normally be and still it continues to rise. concern is so great that police have closed down this bridge so people who are in this village are unable to make it to port au prince by car." the poorest country in the western hemisphere - ill-equipped to

linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> both pilots and seven passengers died in the crash, but it actually could have been a lot worse. no one on the ground was hurt. >> strong words from the ntsb you saw them visibly angry after that. >>> coming up, the facebook video that led police to a donald trump vandal. >> what happened after this man posted a video on facebook. you're watching "world news now." >>> "world news now" continues

abc's linsey davis has the story. >> reporter: should voters think twice before posting a selfie at the polls? on monday justin timberlake posted this picture writing i flew from l.a. to memphis to #rockthevote. no excuses my good people. that hashtag voting selfie that could land people in hot water. in tennessee, for example, where timberlake cast his ballot voters are prohibited from taking photos or videos inside polling places and violators can serve up to 30 days in jail plus a $50 fine. timberlake appears to be in the clear. the district attorney tells abc news no one in our office is >> it's very likely anyone will go to jail or be fined over taking a selfie in the voting booth but it's best not to risk it unless your name is justin timberlake. >> reporter: linsey davis, abc news, new york. >>> and police in florida are searching for an armed robber caught in a chilling video opening fire on three people. the surveillance video shows a woman approaching the group on a miami sidewalk and gets a victim's purse but still fires a shot hitting a 12-year-old boy in the stomach. the vi

here's abc's linsey davis. >> reporter: the lawsuit, that employees were forced to sign up 2 million customers for programs without their knowledge. former employees are speaking out. telling "the new york times" they were encouraged to prey on people who spoke little english, elderly. kevin pham, said it was like lions hunting zebras. >> you had to open ten accounts every day. >> reporter: last month, the former ceo was chastised on capitol hill. elizabeth warren accused him of gutless leadership. >> you should resign. this isn't right. >> reporter: since then, the bank has hired a new ceo. paid customers back $2.6 million, was ordered to pay $190 million in fines and says, it has ended all product sales the bank is now rated a c-minus and has lost its accredit dags with the better business bureau. in a statement to abc news, wells fargo said its number one priority is to make things right with its customers and restore public trust. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> the ceo walked away with $130 million worth of wells fargo stock. he was on the target board at one point. he resi

a-b-c's linsey davis tells us.. police are releasing new details from his notebooks. script: this morning, the university of wisconsin is caught in a sex scandal firestorm... as one of its students faces a charges. mos sot - female student: 18;02;35;03 "i've seen him around campus a lot justice." now suspended from campus - 20-year-old alec cook was arrested last week... ((keyable sidebar on left of screen gfx - starts here)) after a fellow student claimed he raped her for more than 2 hours at his madison apartment earlier this month. ((keyable sidebar on left of screen gfx - ends here)) those charges have opened the floodgates to ((keyable gfx)) new claims by 4 other women, who also accuse cook of economics major. mos sot - male student: 17;59;20;07 "it's scary // he lived a few floors from me." investigators say they discovered a black leather notebook inside a nightstand drawer in his apartment - ((fullscreen gfx - starts here)) on its pages, disturbing details of the women he'd allegedly met and "what he wanted to do" to them. in this photo, we see a checklist inc

joyce: linsey davis goes on to say that three people were sent to a hospital. they are all expected to be ok. kathy: for the first time tonight, we're hearing for the california woman caught in the crossfire of a police car and a suspect. >> shots fired. kathy: 29-year-old yesica valencia was in the passenger se along as part of a program to learn more about police work. when the suspect started shooting a bullet went through , the front window right between valencia and the officer. >> i didn't know how to react. i was like thinking about my kids. i really thought i was going to get shot. kathy: valencia has some minor scratches, but will be ok. two of the shooting suspects are three now under arrest facing , charges of attempted homicide. we're getting our first look catching up with a terror suspect. >> what is your name? ahmad. >> what's your last name? >> khan. kathy: the man in the doorway is actually ahmad rahami, the man accused of bombings in new york and new jersey last month. police found him after getting a call of someone sleeping in a doorway. but

abc's linsey davis is just outside haiti's capital of port-au-prince. linsey: hurricane matthew is already deadly and now closing in on haiti, packing 140-mph winds. at one point considered the strongest atlantic hurricane in nearly a decade, but it's the storm's slow speed, moving at just 7 miles per hour, that makes it so dangerous. this is considered a rainmaker. we are talking about life-threatening rain. potentially 40 inches of rain. and this could be devastating in this area for so many who are still living in homes like this, homes that are fragile, and offer very little in way of protection. it is going to be a long 24 hours ahead. linsey davis, abc news, haiti. shelley: and though the danger new hampshire's haitian community is very concerned about family and friends back home. wmur's mike cronin joins us live with a story of one state lawmaker. mike: shelley, hurricane matthew is one of the strongest atlantic storms in recent memory. and it's on a direct path to haiti and that has one state , representative and other members of new hampshire's

>> linsey davis, thank you. >>> next this evening, to the severe weather threat at this hour. after the extreme heat from texas all the way up to new york, we've got severe thunderstorms on the move. and just as we also get our first look at the winter forecast ahead. meteorologist rob marciano tracking it all for us tonight. r rob, first, the severe weather threat. >> reporter: we have a big-time cold front that is slamming into the storms are popping around pittsburgh. we have a watch out now for much of western pennsylvania until 11:00 tonight. this system slowly moves off to the east tomorrow. going to have heavy rain across upstate new york. they need it there, but windy and cold tomorrow behind this. some storms in the d.c. area, as well. going to feel like winter behind this. and speaking of that, noaa has just released its winter forecast for this year, and a week la nina is going to bring the jet stream to the north. a wetter than average area, warm of stormy or mild, either way, david, winter is coming. >> it looks like winter aheld. all right, rob marciano, thank yo

>> linsey davis leading us off tonight. linsey, our thanks to you. >>> the other frightening images coming in from italy at this hour. at least two earthquakes rocking central italy. it was felt in rome. reports of families trapped. then the rescues. old. knocking out power. and it happened in the same region where nearly 300 people were killed just two months ago during earthquakes then. abc's jennifer eccleston is in italy for us. >> reporter: churches crumbled in central italy, and terrified residents ran into the streets as multiple earthquakes struck just after nightfall. the first quake, 5.5 magnitude, then just two hours later, a more powerful 6.1 magnitude centuries old buildings with holes punched straight through. huge boulders blocked roads, slowing search and rescue teams who evacuated elderly residents, going street by street. so far, at least two people injured. the mayor of a nearby town calling the situation apocalyptic. the tremors striking the country just two months after a powerful 6.2 earthquake in the s

and abc's linsey davis with the early clues tonight. >> reporter: tonight, a rush hour nightmare. cell phone video captures the panic inside boston's famous back bay station as smoke fills the air. passengers trying to escape, video inside the subway car, the system known locally as the t, shows commuters cramming through a window get out. >> i'm going to open the door. just calm down, i'm going to open the door. >> reporter: some who escaped trying to break open the subway doors to pull others out to safety. officials say the train's motor overheated at 4:30 this afternoon, causing that smoke. but with the iconic station just a few hundred yards from where the marathon bombs went off, that city is still on edge. from the sky, helicopter footage ambulances and first responders ready to treat those inside. it's an increasingly familiar scene these days, as america's aging subway systems continue to decline. early last year, a mechanical failure caused smoke in a different boston station, leading to panic. both incidents in boston come on the heels of the d.c. metro incident, where

abc's linsey davis reports, it might have saved his life. >> wins the gold medal. >> reporter: whileatt horton was fist pumping his finish in the 400-meter freestyle in the olympics this summer, observers zeroed in on this mole. thursday, the australian swimmer posted this photo of himself on instagram with this message. shoutout to the person that e-mailed the swim team doctor and told me to get my mole checked out. good call. very good call. according to many american cancer society, more than 3 million americans are diagnosed with some form of skin cancer every year. >> if you see a mole that's asymmetrical, the colors are irregular, get it checked out immediately. >> reporter: actor hugh jackman credited a makeup artist on a movie set with noticing a speck of blood on his nose, something that he discussed in an interview with david last year. >> and i casually mentioned this to my wife. >> reporter: while horton did not reveal if the mole was malignant, it appears it was removed and he's now all bandaged up with a thumb's up. linsey davis, abc news, new york. >>> when we come bac

>> linsey davis, our thanks to you tonight. >>> we turn next this evening to an abc news exclusive. we take you inside the prison at guantanamo bay, at a critical point, right before this election. president obama promised to close the prison, and tonight, we've learned, another detainee has been released, sent to another country. several more reao it would leave about 40 left at the prison. and tonight, right here, the colonel who told us, he's never taken cameras up to the roof. and what the detainees begin yelling at us when they see us. and we ask, how much american taxpayers are spending for every detainee to keep it open. and if it closes, do they come here? >> fire, fire, fire, fire. >> we fly to one of the most notorious prisons in the world. we arrive at the detention center. >> there was no single cell. >> reporter: and meet colonel david heath, essentially, the prison warden. immediately, he takes us down the darkened hallways of one of the camps still open here, camp six. >> so, this is a typical cell block. >> we are then shown many of the detainees. we're not allowed t

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ginger zee is standing by with the timing of it all, but we begin tonight with abc's linsey davis in haiti. >> reporter: tonight, the most in more than 50 years is causing chaos and panic. >> this is matthew! please pray! pray for us! we are right underneath it right now! >> reporter: matthew made landfall in western haiti just after 7:00 a.m., with winds of 145 miles per hour. the category 4 storm, now 700 miles across, but traveling slowly at just 9 miles per hour. winds continue howling across the island, and the rain, devastating. at least seven have been killed in the region. this man making the dangerous decision to cross raging floodwaters. this bridge connecting the southern part of the island to the capital city collapsed. while this river threatens to destroy just another of the true bridges leading to port-au-prince. you can see the river absolutely raging. it is already 15 feet higher from where it would normally be, and still, it continues to rise. concern is so great that police have closed down this bridge so people who are in this village are unable to make it to the

linsey davis, abc news, new york. >> the ceo walked away with $130 million worth of wells fargo stock. he was on the target board at one point. he resigned from that. and he stepped down from the federal reserve bank of san he was well-connected. >> all right. a lot going on there. and some in congress pushing for more, more investigations and so on. >>> coming up, the life of a lion tamer. >> a rare look inside the big tent. and his secrets to his survival. you're watching "world news now.? >> "world news now" continues ? i'm gonna be iron like a lion in zion ? >> iron like a lion. it's one of the things people who train lions for sur circuses, they try to embrace that. but no shortage of risk in a job like that. >> what is life like for them? for one of the world's greatest lion and tiger trainers, who is traveling with the ringling brothers and barnum & bailey circus. up all "nightline.? abc's nick watt. >> reporter: early in the morning in denver, colorado. >> are you done? you're done. good boy. that's how we takes his vitamins. we have to give him the other leg, mom. >> reporter

linsey davis, abc news, haiti. shelley: and though the danger is hundreds of miles away, the impact is being felt in the granite state. new hampshire's haitian community is very concerned about family and friends back home. wmur's mike cronin joins us live with a story of one state lawmaker. is one of the strongest atlantic storms in recent memory. and it's on a direct path to haiti and that has one state , representative and other members of new hampshire's haitian community on edge tonight. jean jeudy is the first haitian-american legislator in new hampshire history. tonight, he's thinking about the country where he was born as haiti prepares to take on what is being described as a potentially catastrophic hurricane. >> i would like to ask everyone to keep haiti in their prayers. mike: as hurricane matthew powers through the atlantic, it could hit haiti, jamaica, and cuba within the next day. jeudy says this would be devastating for haiti. the country still has not completely recovered from an earthquake that hit