abc's matt gutman leading us off. >> reporter: across the nation, long lines of people filing into town hall meetings venting their frustration at the republican congress and the republican president. >> you work for us! you work for us! >> reporter: in iowa, senator charles grassley confronted with questions about president trump. >> i am so unsettled. it feels like we've got a juvenile running our country. >> here here. [ applause ] >> reporter: iowa's other senator joni ernst jeered at her town meeting. >> do your jobs! >> reporter: leaving after just 45 minutes, protesters following her to her car. >> shame on you! shame on you! >> reporter: the common theme, concerns about republican efforts to repeal and replace obamacare. >> let me explain to you what the problem is. the problem is obamacare has no it hasn't! boo! >> reporter: the senate's top republican confronted in kentucky. >> the veterans are sick. the veterans are broken down. they're not getting what they need. if you can answer any of that i'll sit down and shut up like elizabeth warren. >> i hope you feel better now. >>

david >> matt gutman leading us off in arizona. thank you. >>> it wasn't just what the president said about the immigration crackdown, calling it a military operation. there was something else that made news today. the president saying, when it comes to nuclear weapons, our nuclear arsenal, quote, we are going to be at the top of the pack. what does this signal? here's abc's chief white house correspondent, jonathan karl. >> reporter: today, president trump declared he wants the united states to be the world's dominant nuclear power. >> it would be wonderful. a dream would be that no country would have nukes, but if countries are going to have nukes, we're going to be at the top of the pack. >> reporter: currently, russia has slightly more nuclear warheads than the united states. but both countries have enough nuclear weapons to destroy all of human civilization. shortly before taking office, trump tweeted, quote, the united states must greatly strengthen and expand its nuclear capability. and then he spoke with david muir about th

our matt gutman traveled to venezuela for a rare firsthand report from inside this repressive, authoritarian regime. >> reporter: venezuela. a tropical paradise steeped in natural riches. sitting atop the biggest oil reserves on the planet. once oozing glamor and excess. known for its beauty queens black gold, and its authoritarian rulers. but now it's a country in the midst of violent upheaval. when the price of oil crashed, the economy went with it. exposing the failures of hugo chavez's socialist government, triggering hundreds of riots and mass instability. and now the people are paying the price. i traveled to venezuela twice before. but this time from the moment we arrived, we saw people rising up. >> freedom, freedom! >> reporter: there are probably a couple thousand people who have overtaken this highway. is life harder for you now than it was? >> yes. there's no food. there's no quality of life here. we cannot go to sleep at night. >> reporter: she tells us under the current president, nicolas maduro, the descent into chaos has accelerated. caracas is now the murder capital of the w

matt gutman sat down with the family who has a message for us all. >> reporter: on the august day the schwabs went to the world's tallest water slide, admission was free for the families of state legislators. but that thrill ride would cost the kansas state let gislator a his wife most dear. >> six went to the park and five came back. >> reporter: for the first time scott and michelle schwab recount that tortured sunday. hoping that sharing their story will help keep caleb's memory alive. >> i still remember him sitting on the floor, we're going to go to the park! he lit up, so excited. >> reporter: the schwabs piled their four boys, including 10-year-old caleb, into the car. they had a nickname for their second son. >> called him monkey bear because he climbed everything. he would hug like a bear. he's 10 years old, he still wraps his arms and legs around you for a hug. >> reporter: he was that kind of brother. you see him here dancing with his baby brother isaac. when they got to the park, caleb and his 12-year-old brother nathan went right to the 170-foot scaffold of verruct, which

here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: she was a beloved high school teacher and an experienced beauty pageant contestant. 30-year-old tara grinstead vanished in 2005, her disappearance an unsolved mystery that consumed this small southern town and made headlines across the country. >> tara grinstead was beautiful on the outside and on the inside. she had won several beauty pageants. >> reporter: she was crowned miss tipton, reportedly last seen at a cookout with friends, then she went missing. >> her disappearance almost two weeks ago has galvanized this community. >> reporter: her family desperate for answers, even creating this website to try to solicit tips. but the mysterious case went cold. >> good afternoon. thank you all for coming. >> reporter: just this week, nearly 12 years later, a break in the case that has plagued this community for so long. >> i can say that this gentleman never came up on our radar through the investigation. >> reporter: it was saturday, october 22nd, 2005. tara had reportedly been up with friends at that cookout. little did they know it would be the la

he flew from verruckt. >> reporter: matt gutman abc news new york. >> he'll have more on "good morningica" with that interview. >>> a big scare near oklahoma city. dozens evacuated as a grass fire spread out of control and the fire burning 1,000 acres. no inde now able to -- home. >>> a major milestone on the horizon for the university of connecticut women's basketball team. the 11 time ncaa champs are going for their 100th consecutive win tonight as they host south carolina. number 99 came on saturday against smu. >>> more sports now and you know sundays are big in golf. >> that's right. let's see what the pros were up to with our guys at espn. >> good morning, america. john john and a special good morning to utica. big fans there. snowing like crazy inhe east which makes me want to smell my pro v1s. >> jordan spieth had a six-shot lead, shot0, two birdies, 16 pars, won by four over kelly inth tour win.e on 17 two birdies, 100th start as a professnal is his ninth pga tour and will play next weekend in los angeles. >>> fourth quarter, knicks up two, derrick rose throws away -- mills st

. >> matt gutman sat down with these parents. >> on the august day the schwabs went to the world's tallest slide, admission was free for the families of state legislators. but that thrill wide would cost the kansas state legislator and his wife what was most dear. >> six went to the park and five came back. >> now for the first time, scott and michelle schwab recount that tortured sunday. the schwabs decided to take their four boys including 10-year-old kaleb you see him here dancing with his baby brother to the schlitterbahn water park. kaleb and his 12-year-old brother nathan went straight to the 170 foot scaffold of the ver racket which means insane in germany. >> before they took off, i said he said i know dad. look at me. brothers stick together. >> it was the last time they would see kaleb alive. >> big brother nathan waited for him at the bottom when the unimaginable happened. >> he was screaming. he flew from the ver rukt. >> the horror made it nearly impossible for 12-year-old nathan to explain what he had seen. >> there was a gentleman who wouldn't allow employee to come close en

abc's matt gutman has more. >> reporter: a gunfight in suburban los angeles. [ sirens ] >> reporter:ice officers responding to a traffic accident when they notice a man in the car they begin to question has -- >> tattoos all over his face, and all over his neck and he's in gang attire. >> reporter: they had no idea the just paroled fel was suspected after r of a murder that very morning and- -- >> they were in the process of getting the gun out of the car, and pat him down for weapons, and that's when they pulled the gun, and that's when the gunfight started. >> reporter: the suspect firing multiple shots. at least one of the officers returning fire, wounding him. you see that suspect being loaded, handcuffed into an ambulance as both the officers hit were rushed to a nearby hospital. one of them later pronounced dead. withfficers is embracing in mourning, a procession for that slain officer, keith wayne boyer, wound through los angeles. >> it will take some time for the crime scene behind me to be processed. we've learned that the officer was wearinglet profit vest at the time but i

here's matt gutman. >> reporter: the parents of caleb schwab, the 10-year-old killed in a tragic water accident, speaking out for the first time. last august the schwabs decided to take their four boys including caleb to the schlitterbahn water park. caleb and his 1-year-old brother nathan went straight to the 170-foot scaffold of verruckt which means insane in german. >> before they took off i said brothers stick together and he says, i know, dad. i said look at me, brothers stick together. i know dad, okay. >> reporter: it was the last time they'd see caleb alive. big brother nathan waited for him at the bottom when the unimaginable happened. >> he was screaming. he flew from verruckt. he flew from >> reporter: matt gutman, abc news, new york. >> he'll have more on "good morning america" with that interview. >>> a big scare near oklahoma city. dozens evacuated as a grass fire spread out of control and the fire burning 1,000 acres. no injuries reported and residents are now able to be -- go back home. >>> a major milestone on the horizon for the university of connecticut women's baske

abc's matt gutman with the details. >> reporter: police revealing new details about a parent helping to thwart an alleged plot to attack this los angeles area high school. >> i do believe that this was a serious potential threat. reporter. the parent claiming she overheard two 16-year-old students making plans to shoot up the school and make it bigger than columbine. referring to the 1999 attack that killed 13. the mother then vo vertly taking a photo of them and sending it to authorities. >> this is really scary stuff and you don't want to ever hear about that. >> reporter: they had searched for top picks such as columbine shooting, searching for weapons for sale. >> reporter: this is the second foiled alleged school shooting plot in a week. last friday, police in florida arresting another two teens they in their high school gym. police claim that pair was also inspired by columbine. that mother is being praised as a hero. officers telling me had she not mustered it the courage to snap that picture, there would have been a possible tragedy at this school. matt gutman, abc news, full

abc's matt gutman has more. >> reporter: a gunfight in suburban los angeles. [ sirens ] >> reporter: two police officers responding to a traffic accident when they notice a man in the car they begin to question has -- >> tattoos all over his face, and all over his neck and he's in gang attire. >> reporter: they had no idea the just paroled felon was suspected after r of a murder that very morning and- -- >> they were in thpr and pat him down for weapons, and that's when they pulled the gun, and that's when the turning fire, wounding him.ng you see that suspect being loaded, handcuffed into an ambulance as both the officers hit were rushed to a nearby hospital. one of them later pronounced dead. with officers is embracing in mourning, a procession for that slain officer, keith wayne boyer, wound through los angeles. >> it will take some time for the crime scene behind me to be processed. we've learned that the officer was wearing a bullet profit vest at the time but it was not enough to save him. he was a 30-year veteran and close to retirement. >> matt gutman, abc news, whittier, cal

here's matt gutman. here's matt gutman. >> reporter: all it took was 2.3 seconds to deliver death. tonight, grainy airport security video obtained by a japanese tv station purportedly showing a single swift move in which one of two women sneaks up on kim jung-nam from behind and covered his face with a cloth laced with a liquid. it was poison. moments later, this image showing kim jong-nam desperately seeking help from airport security. he died minutes later on the way to the hospital. >> there's every indication based on north korea's history that this was a targeted kill. >> reporter: police say these two women are the killers, one of them in the now infamous "lol" shirt. police say cctv video shows her tracking kim jong-nam through the kuala lumpur airport. both now under arrest. both now under arrest. investigators say the other woman claims she thought she was part of a comedy show prank. authorities have conducted two autopsies on the man with the playboy reputation. abc news has learned he enjoyed frequenting places like this singapore girls' bar, but north korea has rejecte

abc's matt gutman on the crackdown and how it's being enforced. he is not far from the border in arizona tonight. >> reporter: at the white house today, president trump declaring his new immigration crackdown a mooring success. >> we're getting really bad dudes out of this country, and at a rate that nobody's ever seen before, and they are the bad ones, and it's a military operation. >> reporter: a military operation? not according to homeland security secretary john kelly. >> no. repeat, no use of military force in immigration operations. none. >> reporter: white house press secretary sean spicer later asked to clarify what the president meant by military operation. >> the president was using that as an adjective. it's happening with precision. >> reporter: the department of homeland security telling us it doesn't have the data available to support the president's claim. john kelly with rex tillerson. a diplomatic mission. ahead of their visit, a replica of the border wall burned in vera cruz. mexico furious with the administration's new plan to

matt gutman has more. developing now.. a manhunt is suspect in the murders of two teenage girls in indiana. on monday, 13-year-old abby williams and 14-year-old liberty german went for a hike on a trail in found the following day, less than a mile from the trail. police believe a man photographed on the trail is responsible for the murders. he was seen walking on the trail around the time the girls went missing. a pilot is hospitalized in stable condition, after crashing a small plane into a neighborhood in bayonne , new jersey. it happened around 10 yesterday morning, after the pilot radioed for help near the statue of liberty. the piper-p-a-28 hit four parked cars and some power lines, and narrowly missed a gas station. no one on the ground was hurt.. but the neighborhood looked like a war zone. the plane was registered to a flight school in queens. the 56-year-old pilot is from long island, and is expected to be ok. no one else was in the plane. the f-a-a is investigating the crash. ryan and other lawmakers plan to visi

daftd. >> matt gutman with us. matt, thanks. >>> right here in new york city this evening, we have learned today that russia's ambassador to the united nations has died. there are reports it was an apparent heart attack. authorities say vitaly churkin died suddenly after falling ill at his office at the u.n. mission here in new york. he was assigned to the u.n. in 2006, and he was respected as a master of diplomacy. churkin would have turned 65 tomorrow. >>> much more ahead on "world news tonight" this monday. the security breach at jfk in new york. the new surveillance image. 11 people passing through the security checkpoint, and this question tonight. why was there no tsa officer right there watching them walk through before they then boarded flights? >>> new headline tonight after two girls are discovered dead in the woods. their final snapchats, and this evening, the new development involving this man. >>> we have breaking news coming in from new york central park tonight. the rescue of six young people falling

here's matt gutman. >> reporter: bao bao was born a star. and grew up squeaking. the glare of smithsonian cameras, watched by millions. but now she is 3, and it's time for the 200-pound bundle of cuteness, bao bao, to take a bow from the american stage. tonight, she's the sole passenger aboard this panda express to china. it's part of the deal because all pandas are technically on loan from the chinese. she left on that panda forklift to waves from fans. it's first class travel for bao bao in her own suite with 50 pounds of bamboo, plus five pounds of apples, sweet potatoes, honey water and panda caviar. >> as a special treat, some sugar cane. >> reporter: pandas in america get extraordinary care. it got to me, these twins at zoo atlanta where i learned -- they were not soft. but criminally cute, and unfortunately threatened in the wild, which is why bao bao is going back to china to breed. but the movie, might we suggest, "kung fu panda"? matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >> matt went there. thank you for watching on a tuesday night. i'm david muir. see you tom

here's abc's matt gutman with the pictures. >> reporter: all it took was 2.3 seconds to deliver death. grainy airport security video obtained by japanese tv station purportedly showing a single, swift move in which one of two female assassins sneaks up on kim jong nam from behind, covered his face with a cloth laced with a lake wiiquid. later this video showing kim jong nam desperately seeking help from airport security. >> there's every indication based on north korea's history that this was a targeted kill. >> reporter: police say these women were one of the killers. police show her tracking kim jong nam throughout kuala lumpur airport. both are now under arrest. the other woman claims she thought this was part of a comedy show prank. two autopsies have been conducted. he enjoyed frequenting places like their girls bar. but north korea has rejected the autopsies. there's now a manhunt for four north cray north korean suspects in malaysia. kim jong un is accused of killing off his own uncle and hundreds of government officials over the past couple years. matt gutman, abc news, los an

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matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >>> all right. well, meteorologist drew tuma is checking live doppler 7. he has an update on the forecast. and yes, someo >>> it hailed in pacifica earlier today. abc 7 news viewer robin johnson captured it in this video you see here. los gatos creek has completely overtaken the los gatos trail. look at all that water. it is deep and it is moving quite quickly. niles canyon road in fremont is still closed today because of storm damage. fremont police shared this photo of a rushing river of water combined with rocks and debris. nearby mill creek road is also closed. caltrans is assessing the damage. so far there's no estimate on when either road might reopen. >>> folks in one marin county neighborhood aren't letting the rain dampen their spirits. abc 7 news was in court madera where neighbors set up funny signs on flooded streets. they say no fishing, swim at your own risk, no diving and the drought is over, fill your canteen here. >>> of course a lot of people are really having a tough time, though.

here is abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: bao bao born a star and grew up squeaking. the g smithsonian cameras watched by millions. but now she is 3. and it is time for the 200 pound bundle of cuteness, bao bao to take a bow from the american stage. the sole passenger aboard panda express to china. part of the deal. all pandas are technically on loan from the chinese. she left on the panda eared forklift to waves from fans. it is first-class travel for bao bao in her suite, 50 found of bamboo, apples, sweet potato, honey water and panda caviar. >> as a special treat. sugar cane. >> pandas in america get extraordinary care. met the twins at the zoo atlanta. where i learned they're not soft. criminally cute. and unfortunately threatened in the wild. which is why bao bao is going back to china to breed. the in flight movie might we suggest, kung fu angeles. >> oh, gosh. >> bao bao off to make babies. >> bye-bye. tear. ialmost everything. you know, ke 1 i n 10 houses could get hit by an expensive septic disaster. but for only $7 a month, rid-x helps break down waste. avoi

abc's matt gutman from venezuela. >> reporter: we met up with second-grade teacher vanessa, and she invited us into her class. she says some of of her students have fainted from hunger [ speaking in a foreign language ] >> reporter: just milk. these kids aren't asking for candy or fast food. >> leche. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> reporter: when the food began to vanish, so did vanessa's students. the upturned chairs on the desk, an unofficial role call. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> reporter: more than a third of the country's teachers miss school every day to stand in lines like these, hoping to find the staples for their own children. vanessa and her husband have to alternate eating every night to make sure their son eats every day. this is the smile on his face. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> reporter: the future is uncertain here. but vanessa and her family are still holding out hope for change. [ speaking a foreign language ] >> thanks to matt and the team in venezuela. matt will have much more of his reporting, witnessing horrifying conditions in that country on a speci

abc's matt gutman from california tonight. >> reporter: today, a gunfight in los angeles. two police officers responding to a traffic accident when they notice the man they begin to question -- >> has tattoos all over his face, and over his neck, and gang attire. >> reporter: they had no idea the car was stolen or he had been paroled two weeks earlier. >> they are looking for weapons and he pulled the gun, and that's when the gun fight started. >> reporter: the suspect firing multiple shots. at least one of the officers returning fire, wounding him. you see that suspect being loaded, handcuffed the into an ambulance as both the officers hit were rushed to a nearby hospital. one of them later pronounced dead. tonight, a procession is winding through los angeles, and officers embrace the crepe scene is behind me, and the officer was wearing a bullet proof vest, but it was not enough to save his life. he was a 30-year veteran and close to retirement. >> matt, thanks. >>> right here in new york city this evening, we have learned today that russia's ambassador to the united nat

matt gutman has more in your "gma" first look. >> the parents of the 10-year-old killed in a tragic water park accident, speaking out for the first time. last august they decided to take the four boys, including caleb, to the water park. he and his tall-year-old brother went straight to the 170 foot the ride that means insane in german. i said -- look at me, brothers stick together. he said -- i know, dad. >> it was the last time that they w the big brother dutifully waited at the bottom on the unimaginable happened. >> he was screaming. he flew. >> you will hear much more the emotional interview coming up at 7 a.m. >> this is a stormwatch 7 weather app alert. autria: high wins causing trouble around the dmz. trees and wires are down, power is out, roofs call -- roofs are coming up buildings. fairfax county schools are on a two-hour delayed to get a handle on the mess. good monday morning, washington. larry: let's get a check on the well, some things, power outage scoreboard is up next. is that what we're doing? power outages? veronica? northern virginia reporting 12,000 in the dark and o