maggie rulli is tracking it. >> we never thought something like this whatever happen. it's really scary. it is hard to believe i am here right now. >> two students are dead after a shooter opened fire inside a high school in new mexico. >> it is scary. >> this sophomore says he was in history class when shots rang out. authorities acted fast. >> she said this is not a drill. after a while, it got closer and it up. >> new mexico police confirm the shooter is dead. there is no more active threat to the students. milesgh school is 180 northwest of albuquerque, new mexico. it is in a small town of roughly 7000. parents say everybody knows everybody. tightknit community. chances are, whoever the victims possibly, weooter know them. >> the fbi will assist, helping local authorities find out exactly what happened. maggie rulli, abc news, new york. >> a former police officer heading to prison for shooting an unarmed black man, and the encounter was caught on video. jonathan has details. jonathan: this was a big deal when it happened. two years ago, officer michael's leg and ki

maggie rulli, new york. adrianna: an amazing site last night, the first and only superman of the year. nasa photographer bill ingalls captured the photog -- capture these photographs. superman's happen when a full moon aligns with the earth and the sun. it appears to be brighter and appear larger than its usual size. the last superman happened in november of 2016. if you missed it last night, you will have chances in january. that is real news. it looks fake. those pictures look fake, but that israel. steve: a pretty moonrise. i went to bed around midnight. it was still really bright out there. i took my dog out to walk and it was nice. clouds are going to roll in later tonight. over with. supermoon now, we are going to see a cold front. adrianna: that is what i was afraid you were going to say. steve: it is on the way. another 24 to 36 hours, so enjoy the nice weather while we have it. over at national harbor, looking at temperatures of little bit on the cool side, at least for right now. we are set at 52 d

in new york, maggie rulli channel6 "action news." >> thank you maggie. >>> today december 1st is worldids day and people right here in our region as well as the nation and across the globe will pause to remember those who fought and died from the virus along with people who are still surviving and those working to end the stigma about aids. here are some important facts about hiv/aids you may not know. right now there are 1.2 million americans living with hiv. what's more startling, 13 percent of folks don't know they're infected. it costs $380,000 to treat hiv over a lifetime. 675,000 people in the u.s. have died of aids since the beginning of the epidemic in the early 1980's. now, tomorrow aids delaware is offering free hiv tests at its office on west tenth street in wilmington. the tests will be available from 9:30 until 11:30 and you can make an appointment or just walk in. there will its be a youth and family forum at delaware technical community college george campus from 10:00 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. >>> there are now new guidelines for pennsylvania doctors to follow when bribing opio

maggie rulli, abc news new york. >>> and next, don't try this on your next flights.t one person did using technology that got the whole planedy verwhole plane diverted. >>> and a royal engagement and the making of an american princess. up next, a closer look at meghan markle's road to royalty. >>> and ask finney is just ahead. so i'm still taking your questions on twitter and facebook. post them with the # >>> and not much prettier than the setting sun except maybe the 7 days ahead. i'll have the accuweather forecast coming up. >>> turkish airlines is working to identify the passenger who prompted one of its flights to make an emergency landing. officials eordered a flight to land in sudan after passengers detected a wi-fi network titled bomb on board. the airline says the nefarious network was created and named on board the aircraft. even a inspection turned up nothing. a similar incident happened on a 1we69 airline southwest airlines flight in 2014. >>> time for ask fenney. michael fenney is here. we start with this one. what is the best way to get a good deal on a

abc's maggi rulli joins us live now from the scene in dupont washington. 5:xx and developing now in the district - 5:xx and developing now in the district - mixup. staff sending a three year old girl home with the wrong person! with more.. fireworks last night - at a city council meeting in charlottesville after the abrubpt retirement of the city's police chief. alfred thomas' retirement is fireworks last night - at a city council meeting in fireworks last night - at a city night - at a city council meeting in fireworks last night - at a city council meeting in charlottesville after the abrubpt retirement of the city's police chief. alfred thomas' retirement is effective immediately. it comes after two seperate reports blasted the department's response to the protests that turned deadly back in august. but members of the community believe he was forced out. charlottesville police major gary pleasants will be acting as chief until an interim chief will be named within the next week. a washington redskins player is threatening to sue police in loudoun county.. claiming he was racially pro

abc news reporter maggie rulli is live in montgomery, alabama, with more on the story. maggie?> reporter: jessica, good morning. just one month ago a democrat winning a senate seat in alabama would have seemed nearly impossible, but last night people came out in full force in support of jones making history. tears of joy from supporters of doug jones as overnight the democratic nominee for senate did the unthinkable, turned a deep red state blue. >> i think that i have been waiting all my life, and now i just don't know what the hell to say. >> reporter: abc news projects jones to win the senate seat over roy moore. the block on this seat was up-ended just 34 days ago when allegations of sexual misconduct against moore were made public including accusations of sexual assault against two teenaged girls when moore was in his 30s. moore has denied all allegations. while at least 19 gop senators asked him to step aside before the election he was backed by president trump. on twitter he congratulated jones saying the people of alabama are great and the republicans will have another

abc's maggie rulli has the details. >> the tax cuts and jobs act as amended is passed. >> reporter: a victory for senate republicans. after intense back and forth negotiations all week, the party's lawmakers finally getting just enough votes to pass the gop's new tax plan without any yeas from the democrats. dubbed the tax cuts and jobs act, the plan includes a huge tax cut for big corporations. republicans say the benefits will trickle down and ultimately help the middle class. but democrats are not buying it. >> they're once again telling families to place their faith in tired trickle down economic theories. and we have seen how that works. it doesn't. >> reporter: nonpartisan agencies say the new tax plan will give big tax cuts to those earning more than $100,000 a year. for americans earning less than $75,000, most can expect to pay more in the next ten years. >> a flurry of last-minute changes will stuff even more money into the pockets of the wealthy and the biggest corporations while raising taxes on millions in the middle class. >> reporter: independent report the bill will ad

abc news reporter maggie rulli is live in montgomery, alabama, with the latest. >> reporter: jessica,d morning. just one month ago a democrat winning a senate seat would have seemed impossible but people here came out in near record numbers for the special election and they made history. tears of joy as the nominee for senate did the unthinkable, turned a deep red state blue. >> i think that i have been waiting all my life and now i just don't know what the hell to say. >> reporter: abc news projects jones to win the senate seat over roy moore. the republicans' lock was up-ended just 34 days ago when allegations of sexual misconduct against moore were made public including accusations of sexual assault against two teenaged girls when moore was in his 30s. moore has denied all allegations. while at least 19 asked him to step aside before the election he was backed by president trump. on twitter he congratulated jones saying the people of alabama are great and the republicans will have another shot at this seat in a very short period of time. it may be soon. moore says his fight is not

we're hearing the stories of those who rushed in to help as that train dangled over a bu abc's maggie rulli joins us from dupont, washington. maggie, good morning. >> reporter: dan and kendis, good morning. you can see that is where it jumped off the track. authorities here now are trying to figure out what went wrong. an early morning commute interrupted by chaos. >> amtrak 501. >> reporter: 501 had just left seattle heading towards portland. the ntsb says preliminary findings from the data recorder show the train was traveling at 80 miles per hour near the curve where the speed should have been reduced to 30 miles per hour. >> they're requesting all possible units. there are bodies on the freeway. >> reporter: 13 cars careened off both sides crashing directly onto interstate 5 below. >> oh, my god. that train is derailed. >> started shaking really badly. >> reporter: daniel and his girlfr work when they saw the derailment. he rushed in to help. >> people were in shock and a lot of them initially when they got out of the train, they just went and they sat down with their heads -- with thei

abc's maggie rulli has the latest from montgomery alabama. seven's on your side in health matters a possible meningitis outbreak in florida. two toddlers attending the same day care died about a week apart from possible meningitis infections. that facility at a y-w-c-a is now closed as a precaution. it will not re-open until cleared by the state. now a coyote warning from fairfax county!! police believe the wild animals killed a dog in annandale on sunday. now they're warning everyone to be on alert. keep your garbage in an animal-proof container. outside, or keep pet food outside. cover any small openings under porches or decks that could serve as a den for coyotes... and never leave your pets unattended outside. in california -- real-life grinches steal a grinch!! a family's security camera, captured the moments two men swiped their christmas decorations. the only thing they took? -- the life-size wooden cutout of doctor seuss's grinch who stole christmas. hopefully those thieves' hearts - will grow three sizes before christmas. holidays co

here's maggie rulli. >> reporter: one day after being fired from nbc, we see matt lauer for the first time leaving his home on long island in these photos taken by daily as multiple allegations broke, he breaks his silence with a statement, saying some of what is being said about me is untrue or mischaracterized but there is enough truth in these to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed. since one female colleague wednesday to nbc on monday with allegations, at least two other women have made formal complaints about matt lauer to nbc news. one of those women also went to the "new york times" with her allegation, saying in 2001, lauer summoned her to his office, asked her to unbutton her bruclouse, which she did. at some point, she passed out with her pants halfway down to the floor. she woke up with him asking his assistant to take her to the nurse. management denies any knowledge of allegations prior to this week. the president and ceo of >> obviously, i've known matt for 25 years, and i didn't now this matt. >> reporter: but variety magazine says these accounts are not adding up. >>

montgomery alabama, maggie rulli, abc 7 news. jessica? >> maggie, thank you. i do have another quick update on the story. president trump tweeting out this within the last hour saying, quote, the reason i originally endorsed luther strange and his numbers went up mightily is i said roy moore will not be able to win the general election. i was right. roy worked hard but the deck was stacked against him. that's the latest here. natasha, back to you. >>> happening tonight the oakland unified school district is expected to vote on proposed budget cuts and parents, students and teachers are upset at the plan to make those cuts. the proposed plan would bring cuts spread akrs the system. board members plan to slash $ million from the current fiscal year. nearly $5 million would be slashed from the central administration. more than $4 million cut from school sites. protesters are planning to march from lake merit to the meeting at 5:30 this evening. >>> in the south bay the san jose city council approved a pilot program to build tiny houses for the city's homeless res

stories of those who rushed in to help as that train dangled over the freeway and abc news reporter maggie rulliive in dupont, washington, with more. maggie? >> reporter: jessica, good morning. just behind me you can see that bridge where the train derailed crashing on to cars driving on this highway just below us now. authorities here are desperately trying to figure out how this horrible accident could happen. an early morning commute interrupted by chaos. >> amtrak 501. emergency. emergency. >> reporter: amtrak train 501 had just left seattle and was heading towards portland. the ntsb says preliminary findings show the train was traveling at 80 miles per hour near the curve where the speed should have been reduced to 30 nerps. >> they are requesting all possible units, there's bodies on the freeway. >> reporter: 13 of its cars careened off both sides of the overpass, crashing directly on to interstate 5 below. >> oh, my god, that train is derailed. >> my car started shaking really badly. >> reporter: daniel and his girlfriend were on the way to work when they saw the dera derailme derailment.

rulli is alabama. good morning, maggie. >> reporter: good morning, diane and kendis. roy moore will be here later today having his watch party and potentially his victory party in this building behind me and the media has been the block since yesterday. the entire country is wondering what is going to happen with this senate race in alabama. both candidates were out fighting for votes late into the night. >> we're alabama. we're republican. >> it's just time, folks, that we say no more. >> reporter: at his drain the swamp rally republican roy moore used the final hours before election day to once again deny allegations of molesting teenage girls when he was in his 30s. >> any message to your accusers. >> yeah, tell the truth. >> reporter: steve bannon took the stage to bash the more than 19 gop senators urging moore to step aside. >> there is a special place in hell for republicans who should know better. >> reporter: and his wife battling back against accusations that moore is intolerant and anti-semitic. >> fake news wou don't care for jews. i tell you all this beca

maggie rulli has more. >> reporter: in an emergency meeting of the general assembly. countries overwhelmingly voted in favor of a non-binding resolution against the u.s.'s declaring jerusalem israel ales capital. >> this vote will be remembered. >> reporter: the lopsided 129-9 vote, a formal rejection of the trump administration's decision to move its embassy to jerusalem. >> while previous presidents have made this a major campaign promise, they failed to deliver. today i am delivering. >> reporter: backing the president, u.s. ambassador to the u.n., nikki haley threatened to cut off money from any countries who voted against the united states. >> the united states will remember this day in which it was singled out for attack in the general assembly for the very act of exercising our right as a sovereign nation. >> reporter: many long-time allies like the uk and france parting ways with the u.s. and others like canada, australia and mexico were noticeably absent and abstained. the palestinians and their arab and islamic supporters asked for the vote, saying the bully

maggie rulli channel6 "action news". >> the united states supreme court justices hearing a case centeredround betting on sports games. it's a challenge brought by new jersey governor chris christie. he's questioning a federal law that bans most states from allowing the gambling. in 2001 new jersey voters approved sports betting but a lower court ruled that a federal law from 1992 supersedes that. all four major sports leagues are arguing that expanding gambling would hurt the integrity of their games. more than a dozen other states support new jersey. >> this is the fear of every governor that we'll be at the mercy of the federal government and that they'll make us pay for it. it's not right. and i believe here that it's very clear that the federal government overstepped its bounds vis-a-vis state rights. >> well, if the supreme court strikes down the federal law, several states are expected to quickly legalize betting on games. delaware already has sports betting because it was in place before the federal law in 1992. >> a new jersey town recently faced an unusual case of christmas vand

a-b-c's maggie rulli joins us live now in montgomery, alabama with more on the high-stakes race. trt=1:39 oc= that's crazy we're keeping a close eye on everything out of alabama today. everything out of alabama today. stay up to speed with our free abc7 news app. sexual misconduct allegations are forcing famed chef mario batali to step away as host of "the forcing famed chef mario batali to step away as host of "the chew" here on abc. this follows four accusations from women that they were touched inappropriately by him. batali will also step away from his restaurant empire. in a statement, batali said he is, quote "deeply sorry," saying the behavior was wrong and he has no excuses. merriam-webster's word of the year. this year, searches for the word increased 70 percent. feminism was at the forefront of big events like the women's march on washington to the "me too" movement that helped bring down powerful men in media, politics and entertainment accused of sexual harassment. runners up included - complicit, empathy and recuse. also new this morning - jimmy kimmel making his ret

maggie rulli has tips. >> reporter: if santa didn't quite stick to the list this year, you're not aloneans return nearly $90 billion of holiday gifts. that's nearly a fourth of all the returns for the year. she works at toys "r" us for the holiday season. she says if we think pre-holiday lines were bad, wait until after christmas. >> after they have something already, they return it. so the return lines are up. >> reporter: the return lines are just as bad? >> probably worse than the regular lines. >> reporter: experts warn against going to the store on tuesday. >> close to 40% of people doing their post-holiday returns will do it on i'd return on the first or second week of january where you may see discounts as well. >> reporter: you may be able to avoid a trip to the mall all together. another option, regifting. 56% of us admit to having done it. and when it comes to repurposing gift cards, some will swap out a card without christmas decorations. or you can sell it. >> you actually can get up to 90% back of the cash when you sell it. >> reporter: apps like card pool and gift card gra

here's maggie rulli. >> reporter: tonight, we are just hours away from christmas and santa isn't thee dashing around. you look a little stressed and desperate. you look like you're on a mission. >> i am on a mission. >> reporter: this man scrambling for gifts. how old is your son? >> he's 8. >> reporter: desperately searching for an electric scooter. checking off most of his list in just minutes. but that electric scooter? i'm sorry, we tried everything. >> that's what happens when you do the last-minute shopping. >> reporter: but sometimes waiting won't put you on the naughty list. many retailers are offering up big post-holiday deals. experts predicting discounts up to 30% on video games and up to 60% to 80% off certain clothing if you wait until january. but for those procrastinators like ralph, sometimes hope is not lost. this is so exciting. you found the scooter. where was it? >> just by the door. by the exit. >> reporter: but waiting until the last minute can be risky, some items are so hot and so rare they don't even put them on the shelves. we had to ask for these from behin

here's maggie rulli. warning. doctors fearing the virus is hitting faster, with cases already spiking in some regions. the cdc reporting louisiana, mississippi, and south carolina now showing high levels of flu activity compared to zero states this time last year. another concern, the national institutes of health warning this season's vaccine may only be 10% effective against the severe strain of the flu. a grim reality for the family of alani murrieta. >> never in a million years would we have thought we would have lost her like this. >> reporter: her family says the 20-year-old mother of two was perfectly healthy until she got the flu last week. >> it's not at all anything like a bad cold, people are hospitalized, lose weeks of work, and die of complications. >> reporter: officials fear the numbers will keep increasing through the holidays. tom? >> thank you. >>> there's still much mor this sunday. the consumer alert, why parents need to pay special attention. >>> and the explosion and fire rocking this quiet n

here's maggie rulli. >> reporter: tonight, new charges in the seven-year-old cold case surrounding the death of former nba player lorenzen wright. sherra wright, his ex-wife, charged with first degree premeditated murder. >> how could you have murdered my son? >> reporter: the arrest following billy turner's, who pled not guilty to first degree murder earlier this month. >> we followed the evidence and the evidence led us to billy ray turner and sherra wright. >> reporter: the case began seven years ago with this chilling 911 call interrupted by gunfire. >> 911, where is your emergency? [ gunshot ] hello? >> reporter: wright's body was found ten days later in memphis. it wasn't until just last month that police say divers discovered the murder weapon in a lake in mississippi. in this 2015 "sports illustrated" interview, sherra wright did not directly respond when asked if she had anything to do with her ex-husband's death. >> i'm a wif then i'm a mother. and then thirdly, i'm an author. the law enforcement should do what's best to find out who's the killer. >> reporter: right now, poli

maggie rulli is live for us in alabama and this was really down to the wire? e last night. just a month ago the thought of a democrat winning this senate seat would have seemed impossible, but that's exactly what happened last night. who came out in support of jones? it was near record numbers for a special election. he got a ton of votes from young voters and an unlikely source, former lifelong republicans who said that for them this wasn't just democrat versus republican, it was about right versus wrong. all right, so, what does this loss mean for republicans? >> sort of interesting, depends on which republican you are asking. some see it as a slap in the -- it slap in the face of it to the rnc, to president trump. remember, many other republicans were publicly denouncing roy moore. publicly saying that they thought he should step aside for met -- for them, many of them are quietly celebrating not having to work with him and others are publicly celebrating. heard a tweet from jeff flake this morning saying thank you, alabama, for focusing on what was right an