matt gutman live at the airport in tokyo. matt, you were telling us that some of the passengers are the ones who have been stranded, trying to rebook flights, and what a miracle that so many of these passengers, the entire passengers and crew all got off before this was engulfed in flames. >> reporter: as investigators continue to probe this crash, david, it is becoming clear that had that coast guard plane nosed even a few feet farther onto the runway, it might have collided not with the wing, but with the fuselage, cause what experts tell us would have been a catastrophic explosion. passengers onboard telling us there was no panic, everybody exited the plane in an orderly fashion, and they heeded the commands of the crew to leave their personal belongings on that plane. david? >> david: and extraordinary crew, of course. matt gutman leading us off here tonight. matt, thank you. >>> meantime, back here in the u.s. tonight, and to the deadly crash and inferno in upstate new york just after midnight on new year's day. investiga

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matt gutman tonight, matt, thank you. >>> back here to the u.s. and the dramatic testimony in the trial of michigan mother jennifer crumbley, charged in her son's deadly attack at school. the parents bought their son the gun and days later were called into school because of concerns over his behavior and what their son had written. prosecutors said the parents never told the school they might want to check for the gun. he opened fire hours later. here's trevor ault. >> reporter: tonight, prosecutors in the case of jennifer crumbley taking the jury minute by minute through the worst school shooting in michigan history, playing the frantic 911 call from her husband when he discovered the handgun he'd purchased for his son was missing. >> i think my son took the gun. i don't know if it's him. i don't know what's going on. i am really freaki out. >> reporter: surveillance video played in court shows the parents at the school around 11:00 a.m. for a meeting with their son and a counselor after a teacher discovered disturbing drawings on his math worksh

>> david: matt gutman live in tel aviv tonight. matt, thank you. >>> now to boeing. tonight, after the door blew off an alaska airlines flight, there are now new safety concerns over more boeing jets. 171 max-9 jets were grounded already. well, now the faa is recommending that the airlines inspect the door plug of a second type of boeing plane, the 737-900er. nearly 400 planes in all. safety officials want to make sure similar door plugs are properly secured. the planes are flown by alaska, delta, and united airlines. the airlines tonight say inspections have already begun. >>> more welcome news on the economy tonight. another record day for the stock market. the dow gaining 138 points today, closing above 38,000 for the first time ever. the s&p 500 also reaching a record high. closing at 4850. >>> when we come back tonight, the urgent manhunt right now in a chicago suburb. multiple victims found dead. authorities say the suspect possibly armed and dangerous. >>> also, news from sarah ferguson, the duchess of york, what she revealed. and her message tonight about ear

matt gutman in tokyo again tonight. matt, thank you. >>> back here at home and to the race for the white house. late today, former president trump officially asking the supreme court now to overturn the decision by colorado's supreme court to remove him from the ballot there. trump wants the nation's highest court now to ensure he will appear on primary ballots across this country. and in iowa tonight, ron desantis, and the moment with a voter there asking, with trump 30 points ahead in iowa, why won't desantis take trump on more directly? here's rachel scott tonight. >> reporter: tonight, donald trump formally calling on the supreme court to throw out a colorado court's ruling blocking him from appearing on the state's ballot. that colorado court citing the 14th amendment, which bans an "officer of the united states" who swore an oath to the constitution and engaged in insurrection from holding office. tonight, trump's lawyers arguing "the president is not an officer of the united states," adding that what happened on

matt gutman, thank you. >>> back here in the u.s. tonight, dramatic new testimony here in the trial of the michigan mother, jennifer crumbley, charged in her son's deadly school shooting. tonight, jurors seeing the police interrogation video. the parents in jail, confronting their son hours after the shooting. here again, trevor ault. >> reporter: tonight, inside the police interview room with the crumbley parents, confronting their son in the hours after he opened fire at his high school. >> why? why? >> i love you. i love you. >> reporter: jennifer crumbley shouting, "why," then breaking down before leaving the station. prosecutors argue the tapes show her appearing calm and unaffected, hearing her son was the shooter, scrolling through her phone. the shooter's mother now on trial for involuntary manslaughter, heard telling investigators -- >> he's never done anything bad. >> reporter: and -- >> i really wish we took him home. >> reporter: the parents had been called to oxford high school that morning by counselor shawn hopkins, wh

matt gutman standing by in israel. >>> in the u.s., the dramatic testimony in the trial of jennifer crumbley today, the mother of school shooter ethan crumbley. the parents who bought their son the gun, days later called into school over concerns about his behavior and what he had written. prosecutors saying they never told the school they might want to check for the gun. he opened fire hours later. >>> the first-ever execution in the u.s. using nitrogen gas. witnesses on what happened in that room as the convict was put to death. >>> tonight, taylor swift and the growing concern over artificial intelligence. artificial images, deep fakes, explicit in nature, seen more than 47 million times before being taken down. tonight, the call for action with the a.i. threat only growing. >> tonight, king charles hospitalized, undergoing a procedure. news on his condition coming in and how he's doing. >>> the american olympic gold medal skier airlifted to the hospital tonight. >>> also, the incredible moment on the playground. the little boy, just 7, and what he said to the little girl who believed she

matt gutman just back from gaza where he had a rare look inside tunnels where the idf says they were used to hide some of the hostages. >> reporter: even from inside the armored vehicle, the scars of war are visible everywhere in the gazan city of khan yunis. pretty much all the roads around us are obliterated. many of the houses are too. a grim milestone marked in the conflict today, more than 25,000 killed in gaza, according to the hamas-run health ministry. as the israeli military continues its campaign against hamas, it says it's also focused on finding the hostages. israel believes many of them are hidden in tunnels hollowed out beneath middle class neighborhoods like this. the idf taking us to this home. we duck into the hole in the floor, then down four sets of stairs. we're about 60 feet under a neighborhood in khan yunis, and there is this massive sprawl of tunnels right beneath where people were living. you see how well manufactured it is. concrete arches above, concrete on the side. you can see all of the different wires, coax power. there's a half mile straightaway, then

here's matt gutman. >> reporter: tonight, the december plate desperate search for two navy s.e.a.l.s. missing at sea in the gulf of aden during that daring nighttime mission. these new images shoring the u.s. efforts to disrupt the flow of weapons to iranian-backed houthi rebels. while boarding a suspected weapons-smuggling boat, one navy s.e.a.l. fell into the sea. following protocol, another s.e.a.l. jumped in after him. the operation continuing with the s.e.a.l.s seizing these weapons revealed in new images tonight. materials used to build missiles. the same weapons deployed by the houthis in at least 30 attacks on commercial shipping vessels. >> that's a significant operation that they haven't historically done. this shows they are escalating their interdiction operations, and they're also approving things they typically do not. >> reporter: tonight, the pentagon saying it launched another round of air strikes inside yemen, destroying four houthi anti-ship ballistic missiles prepared to launch. the operation marks the third round of retaliatory strikes against the houthis since th

matt gutman, thank you. >>> meantime, there are more signs of military escalation from the region.onight the u.s. launching new air strikes on the iranian-backed militants, the houthi rebels in yemen. abc's maggie rulli tonight on board an american warship in the eastern mediterranean. >> reporter: tonight, the u.s launching a new series of strikes against iranian-backed houthi rebels in yemen. >> this is the fourth pre-emptive action that the u.s. military has taken in the past week against houthi missile launchers that were ready to launch attacks. >> reporter: the houthis have launched more than 30 attacks at commercial shipping since late november, including two this week that damaged u.s.-owned transport ships in the red sea. trying to prevent a wider regional war is why the u.s. has more than a dozen navy ships patrolling middle eastern waters. the u.s. navy takes us to the "uss arleigh burke," a guided missile destroyer in the mediterranean. this destroyer is nearly identical to the one the navy has right now in the red sea. on board, you can see they have torpedos. they hav

>> rhiannon: our thanks to matt gutman live in tel aviv with that upclose look there. ry ever end? that's the question we all want to know. another winter storm headed our way? >> somara: we need to come up with a motto for 2024. you got to be quicker than that. that's good. we're tracking our next winter storm. first i want to show you what we got in michigan city, indiana. so one band, one lake-effect snow band there brought 25 inches of snow. just ten miles away, nothing on the ground. all right. so the next winter storm we're tracking, this one is going to impact the heartland on monday. this is leaving cities like kansas city, st. louis, lincoln, springfield, down to little rock all under some kind of winter alert. ice warnings for parts of arkansas there, and the southern tier of the storm, the warmer end will bring heavy rain, flooding conditions to dallas, houston, and parts of georgia. that's a look at the forecast across the country. let's see what's going on a little c >> somara: and that, my friends, is your local forecast. back to you all. >> gio: all right

abc's matt gutman has been to gaza's second largest city, khan younis. israeli forces showed him extensive tunnels where israel says hamas has held israeli hostages. as we're about 60ft under a neighborhood in khan yunis and there's this massive sprawl of tunnels right beneath where people were living . >> see how well manufactured it is? uh, concrete arches above concrete on the side. you can see all the different wires. coax power. you can see a pillow, mattress, bathroom on the other end. um, they said they found articles of women's clothing and dna that they matched two hostages. the israelis told mad about 20 hostages were held there. >> they continue searching for more than 100 hostages who are still in hamas captivity. now to the border crisis here at home. >> and the pending immigration deal that could be finalized as early as this week. the senate appears to be inching closer to bipartisan legislation after lawmakers met last week with president biden. but critics say some republicans don't want to compromise so that they would have an issue to

abc's matt gutman is in tel aviv. there's some real momentum behind those ceasefire talks. >> israel's prime minister, benjamin netanyahu, has been under enormous domestic pressure to bring those hostages home. and his office, calling those talks constructive and saying that the significant gaps that exist could be hammered out. in talks coming up this week. >> matt. thank you. under the agreement being put together, the first israeli hostage is to be released would be women, the elderly and those who are wounded. >> republican nikki haley is facing increased pressure to bow out of her race against donald trump for the presidential nomination. for her part, though , haley is ramping up her attacks against trump, calling him unhinged. abc's maryalice parks reports. >> she's the underdog, but still fighting. >> he's won 32 delegate votes out of 1215. >> in an. i've won 17 delegates. >> this is far, far from over. >> nikki haley on her home turf of south carolina, criticizing donald trump for skipping out on debates. and

here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: a terrifying scene unfolding at tokyo's haneda airport on tuesdayjapan airlines flight carrying 379 passengers and crew colliding with the japanese coast guard cargo plane. the commercial jet bursting into flames. that cargo plane incinerated. the fireball streaking down the runway. japan airlines flight 516 coming to a stop on its nose and belly. according to officials, the accident occurred when the airbus 3-850 was landing in tokyo, clipping the coast guard plane as it was preparing to take off. >> if the japanese coast guard aircraft had been a few feet more onto the runway, this could have been one of the worst disasters in aviation history. >> reporter: passengers on board watching in horror as the cabin filled with smoke, fearing for their lives. imake told us most passengers were calm. >> landing, landing after fire. >> reporter: but they went on the slides? the emergency exit? >> oh, yes, yes. >> reporter: imake says this video was shot from his seat inside the plane, fire shooting out of the engine. then what he saw when they scrambled out

abc's matt gutman traveled with israeli forces inspecting hamas tunnels under gaza. >> see how well manufactured it is. concrete arches above concrete. on the side, you can see a pillow, mattress, bathroom. on the other end. um they say they found articles of women's clothing and dna that they've matched two hostages as the israelis say, at least 20 hostages were held in that tunnel now to football. >> and the drama in detroit and buffalo fans on the edge of their seats. history was made and in one game, it seemed history was repeating itself. >> and the chiefs are going to be going to baltimore this morning. >> patrick mahomes and the chiefs are headed to their sixth consecutive afc champion game after holding off the bills in a back and forth game that came down to the wire. the bills with a chance to tie it late, but then, no, he doesn't make it. grown men crying in the stands as the bills suffer yet another heartbreak. the miss, eerily similar to this super bowl classic back in 1991. it is no good. >> there's one one happy team at the end of the season, really, and it's not you. when you're

matt gutman in tokyo tonight. >>> here in the u.s., the investigation in upstate new york tonight. the car crash and deadly inferno

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matt gutman is in israel. >> reporter: tonight 13-year-old yagil yacov fears for his father's life. that's because he knows what he's going through. yagil himself had been a hostage in gaza for over 50 days until he was released in november. on october 7th, entire families were carted into gaza. yagil, his brother, his father yair, and stepmother, all taken. his mother on the phone with her boys when they were taken, hearing everything. >> the last thing i heard him say on the phone when the phone was still on is, "you can't take me, i'm too young." >> reporter: yagil says they marched him out. he said, they took me out first with a knife held to my throat, and i was in my boxers. they put me on a motorcycle. for 30 days hefd held alone by his family in gaza. at one point the islamic jihad produced a proof of life video of him. he said, "i hope that i can come back as soon as possible." just before yagil was released, he was reunited with his stepmother and his brother. what was it like to see your brother again after 52 days? >> crazy. >> reporter: they walked hand in hand to the r

abc's matt gutman has the latest from israel. >> reporter: tonight, that potential breakthrough in ceasefire negotiations with cia director william burns in paris today meeting with top level officials from israel, egypt, and qatar. >> every level from the president right on down, we're doing everything we can to bring these moms and dads, sons and daughters, brothers and sisters, back home to their families. >> reporter: u.s. and israeli sources say the agreement would give hamas a two month ceasefire in exchange for more than a hundred hostages held in gaza, it would unfold in several stages with women, the elderly, and wounded released first. israel would also release palestinian prisoners from its jails and allow more aid into gaza. the conflict has killed about 26,000 palestinians, with tens of thousands wounded, according to the hamas-run health ministry. about 100 living hostages are believed still held in gaza, kidnapped during hamas' october 7th rampage. taking part in that onslaught, israel claims, were at least a dozen employees of the largest u.n. aid agency in gaza, known by its

world, much more powerful than the lebanese army and government and i'm afraid if the lebanese matt gutmaninor reports of the un calling for the israeli attack to be condemned. israeli attack to be condemned. i want to touch on the situation in gaza and we have had your comments from israeli defence minister us balard who said the idf will move to more targeted operations in gaza and has had as long as there is no threat to israel palestinians would control gaza after the war. what do you make of those comments, is it a change in turn? it comments, is it a change in turn? , ., ., ., turn? it is and will have to wait to see _ turn? it is and will have to wait to see housing - turn? it is and will have to wait to see housing of- turn? it is and will have to - wait to see housing of account thatis wait to see housing of account that is particularly given there are differences of opinion in the coalition government in israel. there is a lot of us pressure on israel and bibi netanyahu to move and started talk about the day after. i think what the israelis would prefer that we curiously want to

matt gutman is live in tokyo with the very latest. good morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, linsey. just moments ago the japanese transport ministry releasing communications between the air traffic control an the pilot of the coast guard plane and says that at no point was that plane given permission to cross the runway. new transcripts shedding light into what caused this catastrophic collision at one of the busiest airports between flight 516 and a japanese coast tkpwar plane. the coast guard did not clear the plane to enter the runway. four minutes before the collision, the atc instructed the japan air ways jet to continue its approach. 5:45, atc clearing the japan air ways jet to land. ten seconds later the air traffic controller instructing them to go to a holding point. japanese coast tkpwar guard saying they were given permission to enter the runway. japan airlines praising the heroics of its crew saying if the air bus a350, a wide body plane carrying 379 passengers landed it clipped the coast guard plane which had entered

matt gutman is in tel aviv with the latest develop phpbts. , good morning. >> reporter: good morning, mary. this was the deadliest attack on israeli troops since the conflict began. the israeli military said that a unit of israeli reserves was trying to demolish a pair of two story buildings in gaza when palestinian militants nearby fired an rpg that hit a tank. that blast apparently triggered a chain reaction that detonated the mine the soldiers were going to use in the buildings causing a massive explosion and bringing those buildings down on them. we know at this point there have been 21 israeli reservists killed. unclear how many wounded. israel's prime minister saying there will be a military investigation into this and vowing that israel will press on against its war in hamas until total victory. but this incident is likely to raise the division in israel about what total victory looks like, and to increase the pressure on netanyahu to focus more on bringing the hostages home. george? >> matt gutman, thanks. now the extreme winter weathe

matt gutman is back in israel after visiting the front lines.ing, matt. >> reporter: this is the most significant progress we've seen on cease fire talks in over two months. israel and hamas appear to be closing in on a deal in which hamas would get a two month cease fire in exchange for the release of tkodz dozens of hostages. that as we're learning about new war crimes involving aid workers. new information on abuse by u.n. aid workers. several sources telling abc news israel sent a dossier to multiple governments with evidence it claims shows members of the largest aid providers to the gazans saying one of them was involved in a massacre in kibbutz, another in kidnapping and another distributing ammunition and helped bring the body of a dead israeli soldier into gaza. 1200 israelis were killed october 7th. the u.n. has not denied the claims and said it has fired several employees over the allegations and vowed to investigate. but ten countries have said they suspended funding for the agency which provides aid for up to 2 million gazans. many

matt gutman is tracking the latest from israel. morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, george. that's right. iran's guard saying they fired ballistic missiles at what they call israeli spy facilities. iraq saying that's baseless. the explosions killing four civilians just outside the u.s. consulate. no damage to u.s. assets reported. but this is part of this escalation regionally that we've been seeing in recent days by iranian backed proxies including lebanon, hezbollah, the houthis in yemen. direct action by iranian forces themselves is more unusual. that comes as we're right outside gaza, amid the growing desperation there. the u.n. describing collective punishment against the palestinians. now israel's defense minister in a nationally televised speech saying the intensive phase of fighting in the northern part of the gaza strip is now over and will soon be over in the southern part of the gaza strip. he is also now calling for a diplomatic path forward. guys? >> all right, matt. we appreciate your reporting there. we're goin

matt gutman is tracking the war from tel aviv. od morning, matt. >> reporter: good morning, george. cia director burns is a sign of talks are progressing. it was burns along with his counter parts back in november who helped broker that cease fire and hostage deal. but 100 hostages were released. almost all of them women and children. this deal at this stage in the war is very different, much more complicated, would include senior citizens, adult male, women, israelis and soldiers. it's believed 100 hostages are still alive including six americans. the offer, as we are being told is for a two month cease fire in exchange for a phased release of the hostages. it's unclear if israel would go back to fighting afterwards. it's part of this huge push by the white house, which included multiple special envoys to the region in recent days. but i'm told this deal is so very complicated that even if it were signed today, which it's not, it would take a couple of weeks to implement. michael? >> all right, matt. thank you for bringing that to

matt gutman has the latest. >> reporter: this morning that grim milestone in gaza more than 25,000 killed since the start of the war according to the hamas run gaza health ministry. and more than 60,000 wounded. one man aboard a french military hospital ship is in the region where doctors say half the patients are children, like one 16-year-old who said his family was killed in an israeli air strike that left him with head and leg wounds. i am the only survivor left from my family, he says. the entire population of the gaza strip now at risk for famine according to the u.n. this man saying the little bread they're able to receive from volunteers doesn't even last the hour. there are so many mouths to feed. and this morning israel pummelling one area with air strikes. palestinians reporting dozens of casualties. it's not far from where the idf recently took us. pretty much all the roads around are obliterated and many of the houses are, too. we ducked inside this hamas tunnel, down the stairs. it's hot and damp. the tunnel extending over half a mile. these look like they held some sort of

matt gutman is at the scene. >> reporter: a terrifying scene as japan airlines flight 516 came in for and crashed right into a japanese coast guard plane. japanese authorities say they're investigating the entire airport here. you can see the many hundreds of people waiting behind me. >> caller: an air bus collided with that japanese coast guard plane and burst into that fire ball. then the a350 nose dived and skid on its belly for many hundreds of yards. fire engulfing its belly all arpb. 379 passengers on board and crew managing to escape. japanese authorities say all of them are alive and well. we understand five of the six crew members aboard that coast guard plane were killed. that plane was headed to western japan to deliver earthquake relief they're still trying to get aid to them. tens of thousands of people in addition to those cut off remain without electricity. this morning a desperate search for survivors after that deadly earthquake in japan. that magnitude 7.6 quake flattening buildings, severing power lines and killing dozens. it forced tens of thousands in coastal area

matt gutman is in tel aviv with more. >> reporter: good morning. breaking news.are about ten miles north of tel aviv. scene of what police are saying multiple ramming attacks by palestinians from the west bank. one woman, 70 years old, was killed in one of these attacks. you can see that. destruction of this vehicle. heavy police presence around us in this town. 13 other people were wounded in that attack. the focus, 100 days after this war began, remains on gaza, where about 24,000 palestinians have been killed according to hamas run health ministry. the majority of them women and children. people mobbing these aid trucks delivering flour to the northern part of the gaza strip. u.n. agencies saying about a quarter of the population in gaza, nearly 600,000 people, are facing famine conditions. president of israel saying the war will continue. the war will last for months longer. george? >> okay, matt t. thanks. now the search for two u.s. navy s.e.a.l.s. who went missing during a mission off the coast of somalia. elizabeth schulze is at the pentagon. >> reporter: