. >> abc news reporter marcy gonzalez has the latest. >> reporter: the mangled pieces of southwest airline 1380s engine. >> the engine has a fire. >> reporter: the plane key

tom. >> marci gonzalez for us tonight, marci, thank you. >>> now to president trump attempting to steal the spotlight from the annual white house correspondents' dinner. the president skipping the event for the second year in a row, holding a rally in washington, michigan, and going on attack on the media. at the same time, michelle wolf making headlines at the podium. some saying she crossed the line, tearing into the president and white house staff, including sarah sanders and kellyanne conway both at the event. tara palmeri is at the white house. >> reporter: president trump upstaging the high profile white house correspondents' dinner with his own road show. >> by the way, is this better than that phony washington white house correspondents' dinner? is this more fun? >> reporter: in the battleground state of michigan, the president taking aim at his favorite targets. >> we need to drain the swamp. >> reporter: still fuming that his nominee to lead the v.a., white house doctor ronny jackson, was forced to withdraw his name from consideration. >> what jon tester did to this man is a d

marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. >>> aysha curry's latest pregnancy has been a difficult one.'s been hospitalized five year. since the beginning of the she's suffering from a condition that causes extreme morning sickness. the third child is due in three months. >>> no one was injured after a 5.3 earthquake in the channel islands. but it was a shock to this eagle. you see her flying away from her chicks. the u.s. geological survey says early testing of an earthquake warning system worked, because it received a ten-second warning before the shaking began. that's good news. >> i do hope the mom came back, though. >> the chicks, hey, maom, whered you go? >>> we have a lot of rain. >> sandhya patel keeps tracking a storm that gets more intense. >> it's a late-season atmospheric river. and let me show you live doppler 7. it's light stuff. we have light rain in the east bay right now. it has been steady. from concord to walnut creek, across danville boulevard heading into alamo. it's also slippery. san francisco, richmond district, south city, this is what you're going to encounter,

marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. >>> aysha curry's latest pregnancy has been a difficult one.'s been hospitalized five times since the beginning of the year. she's suffering from a condition that causes extreme morning sickness. the third child is due in three months. >>> no one was injured after a 5.3 earthquake in the channel islands. but it was a shock to this eagle. you see her flying away from her chicks. the u.s. geological survey says early testing of an earthquake warning system worked, because it received a ten-second warning before the shaking began. that's good news. >> i do hope the mom came back, though. >> the chicks, hey, maom, mano you go? >>> we have a lot of rain. >> sandhya patel keeps tracking a storm that gets more intense. >> it's a late-season atmospheric river. and let me show you live doppler 7. it's light stuff. we have light rain in the east bay right now. it has been steady. from concord to walnut creek, across danville boulevard heading into alamo. it's also slippery. san francisco, richmond district, south city, this is what you're going to encoun

marci gonzalez tells us more. >> reporter: after emergency open heart surgery, arnold schwarzenegger's spokesperson says the first words out of the former california governor and hollywood superstar's mouth -- >> i'm back. >> reporter: back on the mend after what was supposed to be a less invasive procedure to replace a valve put in back in 1997 because of a congenital heart defect. schwarzenegger opening up to barbara walters about complications that followed that surgery. >> it was a year unlike any other year i've ever had because there was great success with the movies and great success with the business but all of a sudden there was this time when i was lying in the hospital with a heart operation. >> you could have died. were you scared? >> i was very scared. you're right, i could have died. >> reporter: more than two decades later, the now 70-year-old spokesperson said o schwarzenegger d its life chose to replace it, making a last-minute decision to cancel a trip to washington, d.c. >> i'm sorry i cannot be with you today. >> reporter: to undergo surgery. his spokesperson writin

marcy gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. >> southwest airlines tonight released a statement on behalf of the crew of flight 1380. it reads in part, our hearts are heavy. on behalf of the entire crew, we appreciate the outpouring of support from the public and our coworkers as we reflect on one family's profound loss. >>> the statement is signed by captain tammy joe schultz and first officer darren elisor. >> a flight from london heathrow is forced to return after smoke was seen coming from an engine today. look at that. firefighters at hartsfield-jackson airport doused the smoking engine with foam moments after it landed. that's what you're seeing there. the airbus jet was towed back to the concourse where passengers were let off. no one was hurt. >> sad news tonight involving 9 coach of the warriors playoff opponent the spurs. game three is in san antonio. head coach gregg popovich may not be there. his wife erin passed away at the age of 67. abc7 sports anchor was in san antonio. >> this was shocking news for everyone in san antonio. apparently erin popovih had been ill for an extended

marcie gonzalez live in san bruno now. marcie?to the building, but was able to access that courtyard through a parking garage. this is just a part of what they're piecing together about what led up to this shooting. police now revealing the youtube shooter, 38-year-old nasim aghdam may have spent the morning of her rampage practicing with a st a semi-automatic gun range. once on the youtube campus, police say aghdam shot four people and then herself. motivated by an extreme anger toward youtube. nasim recently posting rants online telling youtube subscribers are not posting her content and not paying her for videos she. her family grew concerned and reported her missing this weekend. police found her sleeping in her car. her brother says the family warned police about why she may have been in the area. >> she had a problem with youtube so we called that cop again and told them there's a reason she went all the way to san diego to there. >> reporter: mountain view police releasing a statement saying in part at no point did her fath

marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. >> do you want to go with him? i don't even want his cologne. i don't know what he's spraying on his body right now. but it must be delicious. because everybody wants a piece of him. all right, that's it for this half hour. >> don't miss our updates on facebook at wnnfans.com. >> no, not at all. that's it for us this morning. >>> making news in america this morning, the manhunt for the waffle house shooter. new details overnight on the suspect accused of gunning down four victims all in their 20s inside this nashville restaurant. his prior arrest at the white house and his claim that taylor swift was stalking him. plus, why his guns were taken away in the past. this morning, the hero who took on the shooter. >> i'm just a regular person and i think -- >> and we hear from the man who helped pull people into the bathroom also saving lives. >>> a tornado tears through this fast food restaurant as more severe storms slam the south overnight. the damage and where they're moving now. >>> plus, another midair scare. a pas

marci gonzalez has more. >> reporter: the border showdown.e protesters scaling the border fence, supporters cheering on as nearly 200 migrants defiantly approach the u.s. border seeking asylum, hoping this is the end of a grueling, month-long journey from honduras, el salvador and guatemala through mexico, traveling by train, bus and on foot to the border. feet away in california, celebrations. and protests this weekend. >> if they really wanted asylum, they would have claimed asylum in mexico. >> rep orter: greeting those orter: greeting those migrants now they say seeking asylum from gang violence, lgbt persecution and other dangers back home. >> you see kids. you see mothers, you see mans like me, you know, we fighting to, for a better future. >> reporter: but president trump has been warning for weeks that this caravan needs to be stopped. >> are you watching that mess that's going on right now? with the caravan coming up? >> reporter: using their story to help push his border security goals. the president ordering the deployment of hundr

abc's marci gonzalez with what happened next. >> reporter: tonight, police in southern california say they're trying to figure out why this man allegedly set off two homemade bombs inside this sam's club. the explosions thursday lighting up the aisles, sending shoppers running and smoke billowing through the store. >> it wasn't like shaking, earth shaking big explosion, but it was a low sound, like boom. >> reporter: officers chasing and later arresting 49-year-old hugo gonzalez. police saying they found more bomb-making materials inside his car and here at his apartment. >> all of a sudden, the police came over and knocked on all of doors and we got evacuated. >> reporter: police say gonzalez has a minor criminal record but no known ties to terrorism. >> this is unusual. there doesn't appear to be anything in this subject's past to indicate he'd do this kind of activity. why now? why at this location? why did he do this? >> reporter: and gonzalez is expected in court monday to face multiple charges, including ignition of a destructive device and arson. he's being held on a million do

. >> abc's marci gonzalez has the new details on the investigation that we're learning overnight. she's at the scene in san brown know, california, just outside san francisco. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, kendis and diane. the scene still blocked off as the fbi and police investigate. looking into whether this shooting was a possible act of retaliation against the company. ♪ >> reporter: this is the woman police say opened fire unleashing chaos at youtube's headquarters tuesday afternoon. >> i heard like maybe 15, 17 shots. >> reporter: two women and a man shot. colleagues scrambling to stop the bleeding. >> gunshot wound. so i put a tourniquet on her. >> reporter: as others rushed out of the campus in san brown know, california, hands in the air as police and s.w.a.t. members moved in. >> active shooter, 901 cherry. >> reporter: the shooter killing herself identified as 39-year-old nasim aghdam. >> my name is nasim. >> reporter: seen on one of her multiple youtube pages with tens of thousands of subscribers and millions of page views. ♪ recent rants complaining that y

marci gonzalez has more. >> reporter: investigators now examining the mangled pieces of flight 1380'sd apart at 30,000 feet, the plane depressurizing. passenger jennifer riordan sucked partway out of this window. >> the lady went out the window, and we couldn't pull her in. a guy helped and we got her pulled in. and they tried to resuscitate her. >> reporter: the mother of two dying of blunt force trauma. the captains, including tammie jo shults making an incredible emergency landing in philadelphia. shults then going back, hugging passengers. >> she's phenomenal. she's amazing. >> reporter: this, the second engine failure like this with a southwest boeing 737 in two years. a source telling abc news it happened with similar engines with seemingly similar failures. a fan blade breaking at about the same spot, sending shrapnel spewing forward. >> we are very concerned about this particular event. engine failures like this should not occur, obviously. we feel that this is a deeper issue. we have the capability to issue urgent safety recommendations. >> reporter: and southwest has now ord

marci gonzalez, abc news, los angeles. >> thank you. she said they're considering different models to opt out. at the highest level, you will have to pay for that option. >> pay to keep your information private while on facebook. >> right. >> it's not just facebook. remember, they own instagram, what's app, a number of different companies. there are other things to be mipdful of. >>> coming up, julian edelman explains how he stopped a potential school shooting. >>> but first we're heading to the masters. sports is next on "world news now." most pills don't finish the job because they don't relieve nasal congestion. flonase allergy relief is different. flonase relieves sneezing, itchy, watery eyes and a runny nose, plus nasal congestion, which pills don't. flonase helps block 6 key inflammatory substances. most pills only block one. and 6 is greater than 1. start your day with flonase for more complete allergy relief. flonase. this changes everything. >>> so hardly feels like >>> so hardly feels like baseball weather across the country.

abc's marci gonzalez on what the company says went wrong. >> reporter: tonight, tesla confirming this car was in autopilot mode, when it crashed in northern california. killing the driver. walter huang was behind the wheel of the nearly $80,000 car, heading into work at apple just before 9:30 a.m. march 23rd. tesla saying the model x sent huang several warnings "to put his hands on the wheel," earlier in the drive, but "his hands were not detected on the wheel for six seconds prior to the collision." the car slamming into this barrier. huang's brother telling abc station kgo the 38-year-old engineer had complained, "7 to 10 times the car would swivel toward that same exact barrier during autopilot. walter took it into dealership addressing the issue, but they couldn't duplicate it there. >> that information has been received by the chp, they've been acting on it for some time now. >> reporter: tesla saying its drivers make more than "200 successful autopilot trips per day on this exact stretch of road." going on to blame that highway barrier that's meant to reduce impact. tesla says t

here's abc's marci gonzalez. >> reporter: those deadly, raging flames that ravaged parts of california wine country in 2017 left not only devastation but frustration that's still being felt tonight. >> we are all realizing that our homeowners insurance is not adequate. >> reporter: lauren and john thompson's home going from this, to this, their entire neighborhood and everything they owned, gone. they say one of their first calls was to their insurance agent who told them, their four-bedroom home was covered for $770,000. >> and our home had just been appraised in june for $715,000. so, we thought that that was enough. >> reporter: but the price to rebuild much higher than the appraisal. estimated to cost nearly $200,000 more than insurance would cover. on top of that, without a full inventory, their insurance company will only reimburse them for 75% of the belongings they lost. >> and our story is just one of thousands. >> reporter: experts say, check in with your insurance company every year to if you need additional coverage. plus, they recommend keeping an updated record of what yo

abc's marci gonzalez tonight with what's behind it and how you can save. >> reporter: tonight, gas prices at a near three-year high and climbing. approaching $3 a gallon with the summer driving season just around the corner. >> as we approach memorial day weekend, gas prices will likely continue to tiptoe higher. there may be more pain to come. >> reporter: the national average for a gallon of regular now $2.75. >> i think it's a little ridiculous it's this high right now. >> reporter: the rising cost of crude oil, in part, fueling the spike and getting president trump's attention tweeting, "oil prices are artificially very high. no good and will not be accepted." while it's unclear whether the white house is considering any action, experts say there are ways to save at the pump. shop around using apps like gas guru, which promises to help you compare prices to find the lowest. and look for stations that offer discounts when you pay with cash. experts also say when you fill up matters. >> sunday, monday, tuesday are amongst the best and cheapest days for filling up. whereas, as you progre

marci gonzalez, abc news, san bruno, california. >> good to hear, marci, thank you. >>> now, to a retired who's being accused of using his own sperm to fertilize his patient. she discovered he is her biological father through dna testing through ancestry,.com. the doctor treated her parents in 1980 in what was supposed to be sperm from a young donor who looked like her dad. they say he did not fit that criteria. they're now suing him, his wife and fertility clinic for $10 million in damages. >> interesting situation in mississippi. >> some sonic workers are fed up with one part of their job. >> they posted this sign at the drive-through. it says, attention, if you are smoking weed in the drive-through, you will not be served. please show some common curtesy and smoke and air out before pulling up to order. they say the sign is actually working. >> it's manners. the store manager says fewer are pulling up with pot smoke waiving from inside their car. she says a lot of people are coming through to take a picture of the sign. it's now famous. >> i wonder if fewer customers are coming at all.

abc's marci gonzalez joins us with more. hey, marci. >> reporter: hey, tom and paula. good morning. incredible. first, reportedly bitten by a rattlesnake years ago. that was nothing compared to what he's survived in just the past nine months. he may be either the luckiest -- >> very lucky. feel like -- feel god had a hand in it. >> reporter: -- or unluckiest guy in the country. >> i think it was just bad luck. >> reporter: 20-year-old dylan mcwilliams surviving an attack by a wild animal, only to face yet another terrifying close call with mother nature months later. on thursday, he was out surfing in hawaii when he was bitten by a shark. >> i just, like, started kicking at him, and i kicked him. i could feel it underneath me once. my kick. that might have deterred him. >> reporter: that fast reaction sounding a lot like his response last year, when he woke up during a camping trump in colorado with his head in the mouth of a nearly 300-pound black bear. describing to our clayton sandell how he fought back as he was dragged out of his sleeping bag. >> yelling. screaming. hitting it.

abc's marci gonzalez is on the story from l.a. marci, good morning. >> reporter: hi, guys.see if he's ready for a return. manziel saying this was a big step for him after being written off for so long. a glimpse at his glory days on the gridiron. long embattled former nfl quarterback johnny manziel back on the football field for his first game in more than two years. >> i'm definitely emotional about it. i'm definitely happy about it. this isn't the end goal for me but i'm having fun again. >> reporter: the 25-year-old throwing just that one touchdown at this spring league game in austin getting sacked a few times, but receiving a lot of praise as he makes a play for another chance at the pros. >> johnny manziel. winner of the -- >> reporter: the former heisman winner dubbed johnny football at texas a&m. >> manziel on his feet, touchdown. >> reporter: went on to be a first round draft pick for the cleveland browns. >> terrific job by johnny manziel. >> reporter: but after failing to live up to expectations and serious struggles off the field including domestic violence accu

abc's marci gonzalez is on the story for us from los angeles this morning. i, good morning. >> reporter: paula and dan good morning. after being put on leave last week, we're learning the dispatcher will be back at work on wednesday. as we get new details about what that internal investigation reportedly uncovered so far. this morning, the 911 dispatcher who took the second and final call from this ohio teenager crushed to death in his minivan, is preparing to return to the job. according to an internal review obtained by abc affiliate wcpo, amber smith said she couldn't hear plush when he made that desperate call. plush describing the make, model, and color of his minivan in a school parking lot where he was trapped and dying. the documents showing smith told her supervisors she was having computer problems. her screen froze, preventing her from entering information. critical details that didn't get passed along to cincinnati police officers already nearby looking for plush following his initial 911 call, which was taken by a different dispatcher. >> this yo

marci gonzalez with more. good morning. >> dan, paula, good morning.is happened on a major freeway the victim's brother saying it wasn't his first time having an issue with the auto pilot feature. this morning, >> reporter: ntsb investigating piecing together what happened with this self driving car that tesla said was in auto pilot mode cashing in northern california killing the driver. walter wong heading to work at apple saying the tesla sent several warnings to put his hands on the wheel and his hands weren't detected on the wheel. for six seconds prior to the collision. the nearly $80,000 car slamming into this barrier. wong's brother telling abc the 38-year-old engineer had complained seven to ten times the car would swivel to that barrier when on auto pilot. walter took the car into a dealership addressing the issue. but that couldn't duplicate it this. >> that information has been received. they are acting on it. >> reporter: tesla saying its drivers make more than 200 successful auto pilot trips per day on this exact stretch of road. going on

marci gonzalez joining us from los angeles with this development. marci, good morning. >> reporter: dan and paula, good morning. yeah, it's a development the governor's attorneys pushed for as they raised questions about the woman's credibility. she fought to block this. but her petition was rejected. this morning, a legal setback for the former mistress of missouri governor eric greitens. >> this election is all about the future. >> reporter: the missouri supreme court ordering her to turn over her cell phone for forensic inspection ahead of greitens' criminal trial. the woman's attorney, scott simpson, arguing in court filings that searching her phone is a gross violation of her privacy that victimizes her again. greitens set to go on trial next month, facing a felony invasion of privacy charge for allegedly snapping a photo of his then mistress while she was blindfolded, bound, and partially nude back in 2015. then threatening to release it if she told anyone about the affair. greitens denying any blackmail or nonconsensual sex but admitting to th

marci gonzalez is covering this from our l.a. bureau. : hi, paula and dan. good morning. two people in the vehicle with him had to be hospitalized overnight following that crash and were last listed in stable condition. a spokesperson for ferrell says he was not hurt but he was clearly shaken up. the severity of this scare evident on will ferrell's face. the comedian sitting on the side of a busy california freeway after surviving a serious accident. taken to a hospital after a contrasting night of making people laugh as one of his most famous characters. >> i'm ron burgundy. >> reporter: after leaving a funny or die voter registration event in san diego thursday where he was dressed as ron burgundy -- >> i've just been handed an urgent and horrifying news story. >> reporter: -- ferrell and three others were riding in this suv driven by a chauffeur on interstate 5. the vehicle in the hov lane around 11:00 p.m. when investigators say a toyota highlander swerved and hit the back of their vehicle causing it to crash into the median and turn

. >> this latest indictment involves a charity that he founded and marci gonzalez is on the story for l.a. good morning to you. >> reporter: paula, tom, good morning. he says he will fight this accusation just as he's defending himself against the first saying this is all part of an attack that in his words is wasting thousands of taxpayer dollars. this morning, missouri governor eric greitens facing a new felony charge and renewed calls for impeachment. the already embattled republican now charged with tampering with computer data, accused of using a donor list from the nonprofit organization he founded, the mission continues, to collect donations for his 2016 political campaign. greitens writing in his statement overnight on facebook that the prosecutor's original case is falling apart so today she's brought a new one. this prosecutor will use any charge she can to smear me. this new charge on top of a felony invasion of privacy charge he already faces after allegations of snapping a photo of his former mistress while she was blindfolded, bound and partially nude, something she said

20 years ago in the brutal killings of their parents are in the same federal prison and abc's marci gonzalez on the two brothers who managed to keep a close bond after all these years. good morning, marci. >> reporter: good morning, paula and dan. that's right. they weren't allowed to talk to each other on the phone so they communicated through each other's wives. they wrote letters. even played chess by sending their moves back and forth through the mail. and now after applying to be in the same prison multiple times over the years, that request was finally approved. this morning, the menendez brothers back under the same roof reunited in this southern california prison for the first time in nearly 22 years. >> lyle burst into tears and erik burst into tears and they hugged each other for several minutes. they didn't say anything for a few minutes. they just hugged each other. they were both crying. >> reporter: lyle and erik menendez convicted of murdering their parents inside the family's beverly hills mansion in 1989. >> i was just firing as i went into the room. i just started firing. >

marci gonzalez with more. >> reporter: police call him one of the most elusive serial killers in americanlieved to be the so-called golden state killer is behind bars. more than four decades after his alleged crime spree began. >> we found the needle in the haystack. and it was right here in sacramento. >> reporter: police arresting 72-year-old joseph james deangelo outside his home, saying they believe the former police officer is responsible for at least 12 murders, 45 rapes and more than 100 burglaries that spread fear across california in the 1970s and '80s. >> the feeling is undescribable. i am so happy, i feel so blessed that we finally got the guy who brutally raped and murdered my sister. >> reporter: deangelo was not a suspect until days ago when after a break in the case they used cutting edge dna testing to get a match. >> we were able to get discarded dna and confirm what we thought we already knew. that we had our man. >> reporter: right now deangelo is charged with four counts of murder. but police say more charges will be filed soon. kendis and diane, back to you. >> and th