he was reported to be in good condition. >> reporter: they sent linzie janis. >> linzie janis. >> linzie janis has that story for us. >> reporter: the freighter is due to arrive in boston. when i first heard about the nathan carmen story, it looked like an inspiring story of survival. >> the son rescued off martha's vineyard. >> reporter: nathan had gone out on this fishing boat with his 54-year-old mother linda and never returned. the coast guard combed hundreds of miles of ocean in vain and they'd just given up hope when the call came in. a young man found alone floating on a life raft. >> found alive in good condition. >> reporter: the stunning discovery made in the open ocean by this chinese freighter carrying scrap metal, about 100 miles south of ram point marina in rhode island, where he'd set sail. they'll get the chance to speak with nathan carman tuesday night. >> nathan, this is u.s. coast guard boston. i need to understand what happened. >> reporter: yeah, we all do. but so far, the only explanation, this short radio call from the coast guard to nathan aboard that freighter. >

abc's linzie janis asked some tough questions. >> reporter: it looked like an inspiring tale of survivala young man missing for seven days, found drifting on a life raft. >> the son rescued off martha's vineyard -- >> reporter: the coast guard combing hundreds of miles of ocean in vain, looking for nathan carmen and his mother, linda. and they just had given up hope when the call came in. nathan was alive. >> found alive in good condition -- >> reporter: but at he's pulled aboard the chinese freighter that spotted him -- >> when i saw his life raft, i did not see my mom. have you found her? >> no, we haven't been able to find her yet. >> reporter: there's no sign of nathan's mother. just his version of what happened. he arrives on shore under a cloud of suspicion. for some, his story just doesn't add up. >> i did not cause my mother's death. i loved my mother. present tense, i love my mother. >> reporter: nathan decides he wants to tell his story and he grants us an exclusive interview. he seems anxious, traumatized, worried he won't look or sound good on camera. there's a reason for thi

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>> linzie janis with us tonight. linz linzie, thank you. >>> next this evening, the fbi arresting a former army man from missouri for allegedly plotting a president's day jihad terror attack in this country. robert hester is accused of providing material support for a terror group after a month's long sting operation. fbi documents claim he repeatedly expressed his violent intentions against the u.s. online, buying bomb-making items including batteries and nails. hester who was discharged from the army for violating regulations is the married father of two with a third child on the way. >>> we turn next here tonight to four americans who were killed when a plane crashed right into a shopping mall in australia. the americans were on vacation, and the plane slamming into the mall in broad daylight moments before it opened. tonight, the terrible destruction on the ground there as we learn more about the americans who were lost. abc's david kerley covers aviation. >> reporter: slamming into the australian mall 45 minutes

abc's linzie janis explains. >> reporter: attention online shoppers. walmart is changing the game. free two-day shipping to everyone. the only catch, you have to spend a minimum of $35. >> amazon has made subscription shopping the center of its business model. what wal-mart just said is, you get better prices with us and you don't have to pay to get free shipping. what does amazon do next? >> reporter: we wanted to see for ourselves. like this tide laundry detergent it was listed at $8.97 on walmart's site and $19.95 on amazon prime. and these keurig coffee pots. $37.95 at walmart compared to $31.21 with amazon prime. but on amazon, you'll have to pay $99 a year if you want two-day shipping. >> if walmart says you can get super cheap prices and free shipping, everyone has to match them. so this is a price war. stand back and let it happen. >> reporter: retail experts say everyday household items will likely be cheaper on walmart.com, but amazon still has the biggest selection with more than 30 million items available. linzie janis, abc news, new york. >> just going to hit send and

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here's abc's linzie janis. >> reporter: these surveillance images showing these passengers breachingat one of america's busiest airports. tsa officers at new york's jfk left a metal detector unstaffed. 11 passengers passing through around 6:00 a.m. three of them set the detector off, but got no additional screening. >> three passeng

linzie janis on the garden state parkway with the latest on travel. nzie. >> reporter: good morning, rob. we actually just made it on to the new jersey turnpike. travel conditions pretty treacherous here. have a look. you got the snow coming down pretty quickly. it's blowing sideways across the road and it's accumulating quite quickly. visibility is poor. we've seen several accidents already this morning. this is why authorities closed schools and government offices and don't want people to risk it. road conditions like this, the national weather service said travel is not recommended for the tri-state area. if you do have to venture out they say bring an emergency kit with you. these roads may only get worse, extra cold temperatures are on the way and it could all turn to ice. >> that's going to be an absolute mess, tell everybody to be safe out there. remember, in the first half hour we talked about the little girl outside. mallory is inside. there she is. we brought her in the cold. she's from meridian, mississippi, seeing snow for the first time. l

linzie janis on the garden state parkway with the latest on travel. nzie. >> reporter: good morning, rob. we're just getting on to the new jersey turnpike and conditions are bad. take a look. the snow coming down quickly. it's wet heavy snow blowing across the roadways, accumulating very quickly. the plows have been out but having trouble keeping up. people having to move slowly. this is why authorities closed schools and government offices. they don't want people to risk it. the national weather service says make sure you have an emergency kit in your car. we have seen several accidents this morning and the roads could get worse because even colder temperatures are headed this way. and this could all turn to ice. >> that's going to be an absolute mess, tell everybody to be safe out there. remember, in the first half hour we talked about the little girl outside. mallory is inside. there she is. we brought her in the cold. she's from meridian, mississippi, seeing snow for the first time. look at that. >> what a nice smile. do the right thing. inside. >>

our linzie janis is in >> it is extremely poor.here is so much snow coming down, and plows rnts able to catch up. >> reporter: jackknifed buses in new york city. our eva pilgrim is with stranded drivers. >> reporter: cars getting stuck on and off the exit ramp >> reporter: in wooster, some streets are sheets of ic >> it's pure ice underneath the. >> reporte a doorman lost his life while shoveling snow. he fell down the stairs and crashed through a window. but some goows. in new haven, this mother in labor raced to the hospital in the middle of storm. >> i was screaming. telling them to hurry up and i thought the babe was coming in the car. >> reporter: she and the baby are just fine tonight. behind that system a deep freeze. windchills tomorrow morning will be near zero for 5 people across the northeast. >> great to see that mom and baby doing well. linsey davis live from times square, the totals are far n the boston area where ingter: that's right, david. the city that never sleeps. a bit paralyzed tonight. a lot of people have be

here's linzie janis. >> reporter: tonight, the new details on the deadly shooting at this kansas sports bar. now being investigated as a possible hate crime. >> i've got two down. one with a gun shot wound to the chest and one down with a wound to the hip. >> reporter: an eyewitness says just before 7:15 p.m. wednesday night, adam purinton harassed two men, reportedly shouting, "get out of my country." kbfr before allegedly opening fire. police arresting him at this applebee's 80 miles away. two of the victims, immigrants from india. srinivas kuchibhotla died of his injuries, and alok madasani, tonight, is recovering. >> i thought i heard nine shots. i guess i miscounted. >> reporter: ian grillot leapt into action, and was shot after he thought the gunman ran out of bullets. >> i was just doing what anyone should have done for another human being. it's not about where he was from or his ethnicity. we're all humans. >> reporter: david;, the widow of the man who was killed said she was worried about shootings in the country,by he said good things happen in this country. >>> and the 6-year

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abc's linzie janis on what you can do right now save your family's money. >> reporter: attention onlineers, walmart is changing the game. offering free two-day shipping to everyone. the only catch, you have to spend a minimum of $35. >> amazon amaze made scription shopping the center. what walmart is said is you get better prices and you get free shipping. what does amazon do next? >> reporter: we wanted osi for yourselves. this laundry detergent was cheaper at walmart. and these coffee pots. $37.95 at walmart compared to but with amazon, you have to pay $99 a year, if you want free shipping. >> if amazon says you can get cheap prices and free shipping, everybody has to match them. this is a price war. let it happen. >> reporter: they say everyday household items will be kaeper on walmart.com, but amazon has a bigger option. >> reporter: a bacon shortage in this country? >>> also the images coming in from hawaii's big island. >>> and hillary clinton's next move tonight has been revealed, and former president george h.w. push just home. big news for him, too coming up. big news for him,

here's abc's linzie janis. >> reporter: tonight this new video showing the moments surrounding that terrifying scene in new york city's central park. a group of teenagers ignoring warnings playing on an iced over pond. posing for a selfie. and then in an instant the ice breaks open. the boys thrashing in the freezing water. >> they got together so i assume they became heavier and so the ice couldn't handle it. >> reporter: lourdes cuevas and her family, tourists from south america, were filming the teens and took this selfie. they say when the ice gave way, they say they ran to get a rescue ladder. did you think they might not survive? >> yeah, we did. >> reporter: lourdes' husband holding the ladder, while another man jumped into the freezing water rescuing the boys one by one. >> the one in the back, there was a moment where i was like i can't, i'm not going to get to him, he's too far out. i grabbed the backpack, and i could feel there was a body on it. if i didn't grab him, a second later he was -- he was gone. >> reporter: within minutes emergency crews on the scene, rushing the boys to a

abc's linzie janis at jfk tonight. >> reporter: tonight, these surveillance images showing these passengers breaching security at one of america's busiest airports. tsa officers at new york's jfk airport left a metal detector unstaffed. 11 passengers passing through around 6:00 a.m. three of them set the detector off, but got no additional screening. >> three passengers in the restricted sterile area without being screened. they have video footage of this. >> reporter: it took the tsa two hours to report to police. >> side unit and land unit respond. >> reporter: by 8:00 a.m. law enforcement officers flood the terminal, but they had already boarded their flight. >> it's the two-hour delay. it should never have happened. >> reporter: tonight, the tsa says all the passengers' carryon bags were screened and they will discipline and retrain employees as appropriate. those passengers flew to san francisco, and the tsa says they were screened upon landing. but why weren't police told sooner? >> thank you. >>> when we come back here tonight, the headline involving that star from the partridge fami

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abc's linzie janis on what you can do right now save your family's money. >> reporter: attention onlineers. walmart is changing the game. now offering free two-day shipping to everyone. the only catch, you have to spend a minimum of $35. >> amazon has made subscription shopping the center of its business model. what walmart is said is you get better prices and you get free shipping. what does amazon do next? >> reporter: we wanted to see for ourselves. this tide laundry detergent was listed at $8.97 on walmart's site, and $19.95 on amazon prime. and these coffee pots. $37.95 at walmart compared to $31.21 with amazon prime. but with amazon, you have to pay $99 a year, if you want free two-day shipping. >> if walmart says you can get super cheap prices and free shipping, everyone has to match them. so this is a price war. stand back and let it happen. >> reporter: david, retail experts say everyday household items will be cheaper on walmart.com, but amazon has a bigger selection with more than 30 million items. david. >> as long as these wars save people money. thank you. >>> when we come

abc's linzie janis sat down with him. >> law enforcement officers are still searching for evidence of a crime on the high seas. the coast guard and even the fbi are now involved in the investigation. and just this week, the insurance company investigating nathan carman's claim on his lost boat concluded he intentionally did things to the it was a stunning discovery. a young man found drifting on a life raft missing for seven days. nathan carman had gone fishing with his mother linda. but as he's pulled aboard the chinese freighter that spotted him, she is nowhere to be found. >> mom and i two people, myself and my mom were fishing at block canyon and there was a funny noise in the engine compartment. >> reporter: two days later when nathan arrives in boston questions are waiting for him at the dock. what happened to his mom? and was it really an accident? nathan who has been diagnosed with asperger's syndrome pleads for privacy. >> my request is just to be allow to mourn naturally. >> reporter: but then he decides to gran

linzie janis is tracking the case.ood morning. >> reporter: one eyewitness reportedly heard the suspect yell get out of my country before opening fire in the packed where where fans had gathered to watch a college basketball game. this morning 51-year-old adam purinton is accused of murdering a man in cold blood and injuring two others. it took place inside a busy kansas sports bar wednesday at around 7:15 p.m. >> i've got two down with gunshot wounds to the chest. a third with a wound to the hip. >> reporter: the suspect traveling 80 miles to an applebee's in clinton, missouri. >> now we're being advise the suspect's name is adam, and he is a white male wearing a white shirt with military medals. >> reporter: police say a bartender at the restaurant called them after purinton allegedly told him needed a place to hide out. the fbi now investigating whether this is a hate crime. >> our role in this investigation is to work jointly with law enforcement to determine if an individual's civil rights were violated. >> the tw

abc's linzie janis here with what went wrong. >> reporter: among the tourists on board a prominent lawyerex-fbi agent and former ceo on a vacation of a lifetime and this morning we're learning the trouble on their small plane was so bad, they apparently didn't have a chance. overnight, new information about that small charter plane and what caused it to slam into an australian mall. investigators confirming the pilot issued a distress call moments before impact. >> my understanding he didn't refer to the specific nature of the emergency. only declared the mayday and times. >> reporter: the aircraft suffering from catastrophic engine failure after being airborne for only 20 seconds. >> receiving multiple calls and it appears that this may be a plane crash. reports a sickle propeller plane. >> reporter: the plane's last moments of flight are seen from this vehicle's dash cam and then -- >> possible explosion and flames in the building also reported to be debris onto the freeway. >> there was just huge like it was the biggest flame i've ever seen and there was just black smoke everywhere. >>