to identify a unique part of the bomb that could link them directly to the suspect, david. >> marcus moore leading us off tonight. marcus, thank you. >>> we're going to turn next here to that severe weather threat at this hour. a tornado watch. authorities are calling it a particularly dangerous situation going into the night. dark clouds ahead of a snowstorm that moved out of colorado, into the plains. and look at this. damaging him a hail pummelling harvest, alabama. and as i mentioned, now the fourth nor'easter in just three weeks. and perfectly timed for the first day of spring. kind of torture. senior meteorologist rob marciano back with us again tonight, tracking it all. hey, rob. >> reporter: hey, david. we'll start with the southern part of this. you mentioned the pds watch. that's the first one of the season in dixie alley. not uncommon to get large tornadoes this time of year. we have a tornado confirmed on the ground now, northwest alabama, be heading towards huntsville overnight. then atlanta. then, eventually to coastal carolinas and georgia and then tomorrow in through parts

marcus moore, abc news. >>> new this morning, this video out of san jose.hat means that you see there on the roof was the subject of an hours long standoff with police. he is the adult son of the people who live in that home located on berkshire drive. officials say the man violated a restraining order when police got there, he climbed on to the roof and stayed there for several hours. officers convinced him to come down. he was taken into custody. >>> developing news on the controversy involving facebook. its stock is currently up after two days of straight losses. executives are set to testify before congress today to answer questions about cambridge analytica, the day is firm accused of taking the personal information of 50 million users by obtaining it from a researcher who had created a personality quiz app. facebook executives could also face questions about how the social network uses its data. >> how it benefits facebook while at the same time, trying to combat the abuses. >> ceo mark zuckerberg has been silent so far, influence are reports that he

and that could prove to be a critical piece, as they try to break this case, david. >> marcus moore tonight. marcus, thank you. >>> next, president trump's phone call to russia. the president revealing today he called vladimir putin to congratulate him on his re-election victory. but when asked, the white house now saying that russian meddling and the poisoning of a former russian spy and his daughter with a nerve agent did not come up. here's abc's senior white house correspondent cecilia vega. >> reporter: the announcement came from president trump himself -- he will soon meet with russia's vladimir putin. and that's not all. >> i had a call with president putin, and congratulated him in the victory, his electoral victory. >> reporter: that did not sit well with republican senator john mccain. he bashed the president, say, "an american president does not lead the free world by congratulating deictators on winning sham elections." the white house today refused to say whether the russian election was fair. >> we don't get to dictate how other countries operate. >> reporter: press secretary

abc's marcus moore on that part of the story. >> reporter: this picture capturing a smiling young man, once home schooled, who tonight, police say, was the serial bomber, sowing fear into a community for weeks. police say 23-year-old mark conditt lived in this home in suburban austin. conditt appearing to only have a traffic violation on his record. from 2010 to 2012, attending austin community college. in blog postings from the time, describing himself as, quote, not that politically inclined, but that he views himself as a conservative, arguing against gay marriage and the release of terrorists by the government from jail. the school saying he studied business, but didn't finish. abc affiliate kvue reporting that conditt was fired from his manufacturing job last august. people who live near conditt say they are shocked by what happened, and that the person described as a serial bomber is not the person they knew. >> he was a kid, neighborhood kid. i always believed that he was very smart. >> reporter: those neighbors suggesting there was no sign that he'd be capable of harming so ma

abc's marcus moore from austin, leading us off. >> reporter: tonight, the race to catch a serial bomber, after a fifth explosion in texas, at this fedex center near san antonio. >> there were nails and metal in the bomb. the package was going to austin. >> reporter: a female worker treated for minor injuries. >> get me an engine out there, as well, just in case there's any subsequent bombs. >> reporter: the device that blew up shipped from this austin fedex store. police shutting it down today. and late tonight, a new clue. we've now learned fedex has recovered a second device shipped by the same person that they've now turned over to investigators. >> it's extremely important to have an unexploded package or bomb, because it then gives you the intricacies of how he built the bomb, which will tell you about expertise, it may give you a greater likelihood of tracking down the materials he used. >> it's in your workplace and we deliver packages on a daily basis. so, you never know what might happen. >> reporter: the police chief today briefing austin city council. >> we've now brought in

>> marcus moore tonight, thank you. >>> we're going to turn next here to that severe weather threat at this hour. a tornado watch. authorities are calling it a particularly dangerous situation going into the night. dark clouds ahead of a snowstorm that moved out of colorado, into the plains. and look at this. damaging hail in alabama. as i mentioned, now the fourth nor'easter in just three weeks. and perfectly timed for the first day of spring. kind of torture. senior meteorologist rob marciano back with us again tonight, tracking it all. >> reporter: hey, david. we'll start with the southern part of this. you mentioned the pds watch. not uncommon to get large tornadoes this time of year. a tornado confirmed on the ground in southwest alabama. then, eventually to coastal carolinas and georgia and tomorrow, in through parts of florida. hopefully weakening by then. northern part of this system, winter storm watches all the way up through boston. completion for now, but it will spin that moisture into the cold air. heavy, wet snow. at this point, we're thinking five to ten inches of wet s

and that's one of the reasons we would like the bomber to reach out and talk to us. >> reporter: marcus moore appealing to the people or person responsible to call them. >> joining us live is former fbi special agent. this sounds like a strange, weird, odd strategy. has it worked in the past? has it worked in the past? and what are they doing? >> one, it's a way to reach out to the bomber on a human level. similar to the way hostage negotiations are handled. >> i mean this isn't someone who stole something from a store. you're talking about someone going after victims. does this kind of an approach usually appeal to someone like that? >> they usually don't. but you never know. they've got their reason. and we've seen some serial killers that have done this type of communication with law enforcement where it's almost like a game to them and that's what they might be thinking is going on with the suspect. >> give me a sense of the profile of this person, based on your years of experience. clearly with the use of the trip wires and bombs and packages. this is somebody who knew what they were doi

here's marcus moore. >> reporter: new details about the moment albert wong walked into a going away party and killed three. this man's wife was in the room. did your wife say anything about his demeanor? >> she said he was very calm, very quiet, very calm. you, out. you, out. you, stay. >> reporter: the three women he took hostage, psychologists. dr. jennifer golick, and dr. jennifer gonzales. who friends say was seven months pregnant. along with the executive director of the pathway home, dr. christine loeber. seen here in a group photo with wong. abc news has learned tonight that two weeks ago, wong was asked to leave the program after eight months, one relative saying it was because he wasn't fitting in. >> in the ten years of the pathway home program, we haven't had a violent episode anywhere near this. >> reporter: the program is designed to help veterans who return home with the scars of war. according to one study, 11% of recent veterans come home with ptsd. the people these three women were dedicated to helping. >> they left their mark with lots of people. they were very, very spe

marcus moore, abc news, california. >>> one week ago a cleveland fertility clinic had a refrigerator malfunction possibly damaging thousands of frozen eggs and embryos. on the same day, a san francisco clinic experienced a similar failure. both incidents come as the number of women freezing their eggs soared in recent years. the extent of damage is being reviewed. some are questioning the entire process. >> this is extremely rare. i think it's important to remember this is a highly regulated industry. these centers are regularly inspected. but when whenever you talk about mechanical systems and human involvement, there's potential for error. i'm telling my patients, overall, this is an incredibly safe process. whenever you talk about reproductive technology, it's a really complex process. >> both clinics are investigating what went wrong. patients that cleveland clinic are planning to take action. >>> breaking overnight, country music star, tim mcgraw, as collapsed on stage in dublin when he dropped to his knees and sat down. according to a video filmed by an audience member, his wif

let's go back to marcus moore in houston, texas. or the floodwaters to recede. part of the access road here north of houston where we are, it was under water. the water has receded. still slow going for drivers this morning. this storm system produced at least four tornadoes that tore through the south overnight. we have seen pictures and video from north of jackson, mississippi, that showed roofs from homes and businesses ripped away. there has been lightning that's sparked fires and also strong winds, peeled the roofs away from homes. at texas a&m university in college station, students were scrambling for cover as torrents of rain water poured into buildings there. san antonio, the scene just as bad, rescuers were wading into rising waters to help people. many talked about how quickly the waters rose and in louisiana, a tree fell on to a home nearly missing a man who was sitting inside that house and back here in houston, where people are still recovering from hurricane harvey they're still trying to dry out. >> i'm sure that they

we'll go back to marcus moore in austin. is an urgent investigation under way right now at that fedex facility in san antonio and they're trying to figure out if that explosion is connected to a string of explosions here in austin. including one that exploded in this neighborhood where you see there, a divot in the ground. the investigation that's happening over -- that starts overnight is happening in schertz an hour from here. 12:30 a package in the sorting facility exploded. one employee suffered a minor injury there. and now federal authorities are are working with local law enforcement to figure out if these explosions are connected. now, if so, this would be the fifth bombing in texas connected to the same suspect. austin has seen four bombings since march 2. two people have died. several have been hurt. in the latest explosion in this austin neighborhood, it involved a tripwire. that triggered the blast in the neighborhood. and this neighborhood was closed off for hours yesterday and residents told to stay in their hom

let's go back to marcus moore.or daylight to begin searching the neighborhood behind me, because they said it was too dangerous to do that at night. all indications are that the suspect is highly skilled. they believe a tripwire is what detonated last night's explosive, the fourth in less than 20 days. they're urging the public to help them solve the case. >> we need every tip. every piece of information, however inconsequential you think it is. that may be the one piece of evidence we need. >> they're trying to figure out if last night's response was in response to the reward being raised to 115,000. robin is a scary situation for residents here in austin. >> tense times there in the good city of austin, thank you so much. >>> to president trump and the reaction to his twitter storm over the weekend. taking on the fbi and special counsel robert mueller by name. let's get to cecilia vega in washington this morning. hey, e sill cecilia. >> reporter: the president spent the weekend behind closes doors, escalating att

abc's marcus moore is in yountville with the latest. marcus, good morning to you. >> good morning.athway home is still a crime scene as investigators are trying to figure out why the decorated army veteran would kill three women here. this morning, we are learning more about the man behind that deadly standoff, from a couple that once cared for him. >> reporter: this morning, new details about 36-year-old albert wong from those who knew him. his former guardians describing his experience in afghanistan. >> awful, i think awful. he saw what you see that you think you only see in the movies. albert had to see that. >> reporter: now a community in mourning after the decorated army veteran opened fire at the facility where he was treated for ptsd, taking hostages and killing three women. >> to watch that is not our albert. >> reporter: the victims psychologist, jennifer golick and jennifer gonzalez who authorities say was seven months pregnant along with the executive director nonprofit pathway home, dr. christine loeber seen here in a group photo with wong. >> we also lost one of our

here is marcus moore. >> reporter: police say was the serial bomber.y 23-year-old mark conditt lived in this home in austin. appearing to only have a traffic violation on record. 2010 to 2012 attending austin community college. a blog posting describing himself as not that politically inclined. he views himself as a conservative. arguing against gay marriage and release of terrorists by the government from jail. he studied business, but didn't finish. and reporting he was fired from his manufacturing job last august. people who live near conditt say they are shocked by what happened and the person described as a serial bomber is not the person they knew. >> he was a kid, neighborhood kid. always believed he was smart. >> reporter: those neighbors suggesting there was no sign he would be capable of harming so many people. >> as they put this together, they are going to see a kid with a built-in hostility. it reached a level of rage he was going to inflict on society. >> reporter: his family released a statement saying they are a normal family and had no

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