>> we've all been waiting a long time. >> all right, let's get to pierre thomas. and pierre, there were pointed questions today about who exactly is in charge of this effort to combat russian interference. is any one agency overseeing this, protecting the u.s.? >> reporter: all the agencies say they are doing their part, but tonight, it appears no single intelligence or law enforcement agency is in charge of responding to the russian cyber threat. david? >> pierre thomas, our thanks to you. >>> we turn now to the dramatic mountainless coupes playing out in the west at this hour. authorities say one climber falling 700 feet on mt. hood. several others trapped. others performing cpr until rescuer can arrive. another group of climbers stranded nearby. and abc's kayna whitworth with the images coming this right now. >> reporter: tonight, a daring rescue attempt playing out on the top of oregon's highest peak, mt. hood. two climbers waving blankets and jack jackets, signaling for help. another performing chest compressions on a climber that had fallen 700 feet. the sit

charges, he was facing up to 20 years in prison, and, david, he very young family. >> pierre thomas live washington with us again tonight. >>> we're going to turn next here to that slow-moving storm front. ice, snow, flooding rain triggering weather alerts in 20 states from texas, all the way up to new york. a fire truck in oklahoma city skidding on icy roads, flipping onto its side there. and near pittsburgh a police officer rescued from his patrol car after being trapped by rising flood water there. left's get to rob marciano tracking it all for us. hey, rob.d. tem the northeast have dropped 40 degrees since yesterday, the pattern elsewhere really hasn't changed. the jet stream in the same spot. we have flash flood warnings in little rock snow. >> nebraska through wisconsin. the heavy rain tomorrow, though across the ohio river in the morning. another round develops across northeast texas, in through tomorrow night across the mississippi. saturday, the kicker system will bring in severe thunderstorms right over the flood zone, another three to five inches on top of what they've already

here's abc's chief justice correspondent pierre thomas tonight. >> reporter: former trump campaign chairman paul manafort, and his deputy, rick gates, tonight facing new charges as the special counsel turns up the heat in his investigation. a new 32-count superseding indictment just filed tonight, adding news charges of tax evasion and bank fraud to the previous charges of money laundering brought in october. manafort and gates accused of funneling $75 million into offshore accounts, then hiding $30 million of it from the treasury department. much of the money allegedly coming from ukrainian politici n politicians with close ties to the kremlin. prosecutors say that manafort and gates laundered millions and failed to pay taxes in order to live lavish lives, including spending more than half a million dollars at a clothing store in beverly hills, and more than $200,000 on four range rovers. and they claim that some of the fraud took place while the two were part of the trump campaign. the new charges come in a highly decisive moment in the investigation, as questions mount if gates will ente

>> pierre thomas live in washington for us again tonight. >>> we move on now, and to the deadly flu epidemic. a new report from canada, just out tonight, finding that the flu vaccine this year is just 10% to 20% effective at preventing infection in canada. it comes as we learn of the deaths of several more children here in the u.s. and the desperate 911 call, trying to save the life of a 12-year-old boy. abc's steve osunsami at the cdc in atlanta tonight. >> what's the emergency? >> he is not breathing. >> he is not breathing, okay. >> reporter: this is the call for help in west palm beach, florida, for this seventh grader, 12-year-old dylan winnick. >> she's going to need to do cpr on the child. i'm going to give her instructions, okay? >> reporter: he first started showing flu-like symptoms just 48 hours before this phone call. >> he's not coming back. he's not resuscitating. >> reporter: the medical examiner says that early test results show the boy died of influenza b, which isn't even the strain that has doctors most alarmed this year. in georgia alone, at least 37 people have died from

>> pierre thomas tonight. thank you. >>> overseas tonight, reports of a deadly chemical attack in syria. victims treated for alleged exposure to chlorine gas. the area under intense attack by the assad regime for more than a week now. russian president, vladimir putin, has ordered a daily five-hour, quote, humanitarian pause in that fighting. >>> and we have new reporting tonight, new images here in the investigation into a deadly ambush in niger, and the death of four american soldiers. national geographic tonight with never before seen images prior to that fatal mission. here's abc's chief global affairs correspondent martha raddatz tonight. >> reporter: this is 25-year-old ladavid johnson, just weeks before he and three other americans would be ambushed and killed. the tattoo across his chest, myeshia, his wife. and here he is with nigerien soldiers his unit was tasked to train. johnson was the mechanic, and the self-appointed unit barber. >> is there something you haven't been able to fix or do that you've

>> pierre thomas tonight. pierre, thank you. >>> next, to the winter games in south korea. team usa striking its first gold, making history, breaking records. and also raising some questions. why did one american skater turn in a nearly perfect performance, scoring lower than the other skaters who fell? abc's matt gutman is in pyeongchang again tonight. >> reporter: just 21 seconds into her routine, mirai nagasu making history. >> go right up and do it. yes! >> reporter: the first american woman to land a triple axel at the olympics. that leap of faith good enough to lift the americans to bronze in team skating, but it was a baby-faced snowboarder, red gerard, who took home the first gold for the u.s. roaring back from last place in the slopestyle event, he's also the youngest american male to win gold in nearly a century. just 17. what do you do now? >> ah -- >> reporter: besides graduate high school, as you said. >> yeah, that's first. >> reporter: snowboarder jamie anderson grabbing gold herself, defending her olympic title. the 27-year-old from california achieving that

pose as independent experts on the ukraine when they were secretly lobbying for him, david. >> pierre thomas leading us off. pierre, thank you. >>> next to the security scare at the white house. a car plowing into a barrier outside, triggering a lockdown there. the secret service jumping into action. the car crashing to a stop. the woman behind the wheel then taken into custody. abc's david kerley is on the scene for us tonight. >> everybody, we got to walk this way now. >> reporter: the frantic moments. as secret service officers respond to a vehicle attempting to breach the white house grounds. >> response for a suspicious vehicle at 17th and east street northwest. >> reporter: the woman in custody tonight, ignored repeated orders to stop trying to get through the barriers in that van, according to witnesses. >> she just kept pressing on the gas and trying to press through i guess. that's what it looked like. they ordered her to stop. >> reporter: this video capturing some of the smoke from the spinning tires. and witnesses hearing bangs. >> police were starting to pile out of the back of

>> pierre thomas with us again tonight. >>> there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this wednesday. the man posing as a driver. authorities say then attacking several women who got into his car. >>> also, we are tracking a nor'easter, right off the east coast tonight. several major cities from d.c. up through new york and boston all preparing. >>> the intense police shootout. officers firing dozens of shots. the images coming in. >>> and this question tonight, is amazon taking photos of your front door? tonight, the reason why, when we wee back. come back. little things can be a big deal. that's why there's otezla. otezla is not an injection or a cream. it's a pill that treats psoriasis differently. with otezla, 75% clearer skin is achievable after just 4 months, ... with reduced redness, thickness, and scaliness of plaques. and the otezla prescribing information has no requirement for routine lab monitoring. don't use if you're allergic to otezla. otezla may cause severe diarrhea, nausea, or vomiting. tell your doctor if these occur. otezla is associated with an increase

here's abc's chief justice correspondent, pierre thomas, with what we have learned tonight. >> reporter: tonight, abc news has learned that many in the fbi are fuming after president trump ignored the warning from the fbi and his own handpicked fbi director after they went public with, quote, grave concerns about the memo's release. and late today, fbi director chris wray taking the rare step of sending a video message to the fbi rank and file. we have learned he told them, quote, we stay laser-focused on doing great work, even when it's not easy, because we believe in the fbi. law enforcement sources tell abc news that senior fbi officials consider the intelligence memo to be deeply flawed for cherry picking information and clearly political. they say it omits multiple other pieces of intelligence not just the dossier that led to that warrant being issued to monitor carter page. tonight, a democrat on the house intelligence committee says what this is is obvious, an attempt to undermine robert mueller's investigation of possible collusion and obstruction of justice. >> i have seen the

>> pierre thomas, our thanks tr mountain rescues playing out in the west at this hour. authorities say one climber falling 700 feet on mt. hood. several others trapped. others performing cpr until rescuers can arrive. another group of climbers stranded nearby. and abc's kayna whitworth with the images coming in right now. >> reporter: tonight, a daring rescue attempt playing out on the top of oregon's highest peak, mt. hood. two climbers waving blankets and jackets, another performing chest compressions on a climber that had fallen some 700 feet. the situation turning even more desperate as they shield the injured climber from falling rocks and snow. >> there was a report from one one of the persons involving in the climbing, quote, it was like a bowling alley. >> reporter: a medic repelling down to the climbers, airlifting him to the hospital, but he later died. at the same time, another rescue of a second group stranded on the other side. one of them injured, as well. >> the ice was just really bad. i saw a lot of people up ahead struggling that started earlier on, an

and abc's chief justice correspondent pierre thomas up on the hill tonight. >> reporter: she's a true insider, one of president trump's closest advisers. white house communications director hope hicks, often seen by the president's side. and tonight, she's under increased scrutiny after getting called before the house intelligence committee to answer questions about allegations of possible russian collusion. >> thank you, donald trump. >> reporter: the 29-year-old hicks was one of the first people to sign onto the presidential campaign. >> now hope hicks is a tremendously talented person. >> reporter: she's someone with access to the oval office. but today, lawmakers say hicks refused to answer questions about her time in the white house and some questions about the transition. they say hicks told the committee she was instructed not to by the white house. >> she refused all the questions pertaining to her time in the administration. >> she's answered every possible question on the campaign, and my understanding is the white house has asked her not to answer questions on the transitio

abc's chief justice correspondent pierre thomas from washington. >> reporter: the president has been accused of demanding loyalty before. has he done it again? this time, with the man in charge of special counsel robert mueller. mueller reports to deputy attorney general rod rosenstein, because jeff sessions recused himself from the russia investigation. and now, a source telling abc news during a meeting just weeks ago, the president asked rosenstein if he was on his team. and allegedly also wanted to know about the direction of the russia probe. questions that seem to surprise rosenstein. 0 within days of that meeting, rosenstein defended the special counsel in front of the american people. >> have you seen good cause to fire special counsel mueller? >> no. >> reporter: critics say president trump's question to rosenstein, "are you on my team?", is part of a pattern. former fbi director james comey claims the president told him, "i need loyalty. i expect loyalty." >> he asked specifically of loyalty in the context of asking me to stay. >> reporter: and just last week, the president

, as robert mueller investigates whether there was obstruction of justice. >> so, let's get to pierre thomas with us live tonight in washington. and pierre, what are we hearing from hope hicks? >> reporter: david, an attorney for hicks denies corallo's account, saying the idea she ever suggested e-mails would be concealed is completely false. david? >> pierre thomas live in washington for us again tonight. >>> we move on now, and to the deadly flu epidemic. a new report from canada, just out tonight, finding that the flu vaccine this year is just 10% to 20% effective at preventing infection in canada. it comes as we learn of the deaths of several more children here in the u.s. and the desperate 911 call, trying to save the life of a 12-year-old boy. abc's steve osunsami at the cdc in atlanta tonight. >> what's the emergency? >> he is not breathing. >> he is not breathing, okay. >> reporter: this is the call for help in west palm beach, florida, for this seventh grader, 12-year-old dylan winnick. >> she's going to need to do cpr on the child. i'm going to give her instructions, okay? >> repor

so, let's get right to our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas in washington, because pierre, manysking, how could that be? >> reporter: david, cruz bought that gun legally, despite all those signs that he was troubled. federal law ban s anyone deemed by authorities as mentally ill from buying guns, but it's unclear if any court or commission designated cruz as mentally unfit. it appears he fell through the cracks, david. >> pierre thomas will stay on this tonight. >>> when we come back, the other news. the 4-year-old who was kidnapped, found 400 miles away. the news coming in. but he hasoke up wwork to do.in. so he took aleve. if he'd taken tylenol, he'd be stopping for more pills right now. only aleve has the strength to stop tough pain for up to 12 hours with just one pill. aleve. all day strong. stay with me, mr. parker. when a critical patient is far from the hospital, the hospital must come to the patient. stay with me, mr. parker. the at&t network is helping first responders connect with medical teams in near real time... stay with me, mr. parker. ...saving time when it matt

here's abc's chief justice correspondent, pierre thomas, now. >> reporter: tonight, the stunning revelations inside robert mueller's indictment. that the russians were not only meddling in the 2016 election from afar, at least once, they were right inside the u.s. the group's leader and among the 13 russians indicted today. yevgeniy prigozhin, a russian oligarch with ties so close to the kremlin, he's known as "putin's chef." the russian operation expansive. >> it employed hundreds of people in its online operations with an annual budget of millions of dollars. >> reporter: the russians allegedly sent operatives to america traveling throughout nine states. and that's not all. the russians allegedly set up campaign-style rallies inside the u.s. in battleground states like north carolina and virginia. according to the indictment, this rally was less than three months before the election, and was organized by the russians. >> the russians also recruited and paid real americans to engage in political activities. >> reporter: american voters had no idea the russians were behind them, as they thou

here's abc's chief justice correspondent pierre thomas. >> reporter: the special counsel's latest target walking into the fbi's d.c. field office. and tonight, london-based attorney alex van der zwaan is accused of lying to investigators. mr. van der zwaan, why did you feel the need to lie to the special counsel, sir? van der zwaan, a dutch national married to the daughter of a russian oligarch. he pleaded guilty to making false statements about contact with rick gates, former trump campaign chairman paul manafort's deputy. van der zwaan admitted to destroying e-mails connected to his role in a pr war that manafort and gates were allegedly involved in to support ukrainian politicians backed by russia, years before they were involved in the trump presidential campaign. according to prosecutors, van der zwaan, who "worked closely" with gates and manafort, was also communicating with a mysterious individual described as "person a" in today's charges. the latest sign of the pressure robert mueller is putting on manafort and gates, already indicted in the special counsel's probe. >> pierre th

here's abc's chief justice correspondent pierre thomas now. >> reporter: tonight, some accusing the president of a double standard on those dueling memos involving the russia probe. late friday night, the president decided not to release the democrats' response to that declassified republican memo, which claims the fbi relied on a politically tainted dossier to obtain a search warrant against former trump adviser carter page. mr. trump tweetin ining the democrats' memo is political, adding the democrats knew it, because the sources and methods and more would have to be heavily redacted. this, after the president authorized the release of the republicans memo despite the fbi's grave concerns. democrats say it's the president who is being political. >> this week though, the white house apparently has a newfound admiration for the fbi. >> reporter: sources say the democrats' response challenges the republican memo by showing that the dossier was far from the only source used to get that warrant. >> so, let's get to pierre thomas live with us tonight. pierre, now the white house saying it's up to

let's get right to abc's chief justice correspondent, pierre thomas, with us live tonight. pierre? >> reporter: david, there has been a lot of concern inside the justice department and fbi about pressure from president trump on the russia investigation. as number three in command, rachel brand would have been the person to oversee the special counsel investigation if rod rosenstein were to step down or be fired. since attorney general jeff sessions has recused himself. sources tell us that last year, the president considered firing rosenstein, but tonight we're told that brand is leaving to take a job as a general counsel at a fortune 50 company, david. >> all right. pierre thomas following developments from the justice department. >>> next tonight, the stock market ending the week with another wild ride today. the dow rallying late today though gaining more than 330 points to finish. closing to finish at 24,190, and the dow losing about 5% overall this week. >>> we're following developments after a deadly shootout near atlanta. authorities say one officer was killed, two deputies

and possibly a further reduction based on his cooperation. >> and pierre thomas with us live tonight from washington, and pierre, the special counsel doesn't agree to these plea deals ifs it's a very good idea of what he is getting. >> reporter: that's right. gates would have the tell the prosecutor that he would testify to, and mueller would have believe it to be critical to his investigation to get a deal in which he would possibly give him less jail time, david. >> while we have you. rick gates pleading guilty as you reported. paul manafort not happy today. but tonight we have learned of new charges that came after this plea deal against paul manafort. >> reporter: yes, david. at least two new counts against manafort for playing russians as experts secretly lobbying, david. >> thank you. >>> next to the security scare at the white house. a car plowing into a barrier outside, triggering a lockdown there. the secret service jumping into action. the car crashing to a stop. the woman behind the wheel then taken into custody. abc's david kerley is on the scene for us tonight. >> everyb

here's abc's chief justice correspondent, pierre thomas, now. >> reporter: tonight, the stunning allegations inside robert mueller's indictment. that the russians were not only meddling in the 2016 election from afar, at least once, they were right inside the u.s. among the 13 russians indicted today, yevgeniy prigozhin, a russian oligarch with ties so close to the kremlin, he's known as putin's chef. the russian operation expansive. >> it employed hundreds of people in its online operations with an annual budget of millions of dollars. >> reporter: the russians allegedly sent operatives to america traveling throughout nine states. >> in order to hide the origins of their activities, the defendants allegedly conducted what they called information warfare against the united states. with the stated goal of spreading distrust towards the candidates and the political system in general. >> reporter: the question now, will president trump still call the mueller investigation a witch hunt. as recently as july saying this tab russian -- about the russians, that it could be someone else. >> well, i t

here's abc's chief justice correspondent pierre thomas tonight. >> reporter: this is the young man seen here in handcuffs, wearing combat-style boots, believed to have committed today's massacre. previously suspended from the school. today, returning with deadly intentions. >> he's 19 years old. he was born in 1998 in september. he was a former student of douglas high school. he got expelled for disciplinary rrn reasons. i don't know the reasons. >> reporter: arrested offcampus, sources identifying him to abc news as nikolaus cruz. abc news learned he used an ar-15 assault-style rifle, and had ammunition. >> he had countless magazines, multiple magazines. and at this point, we believe he had one ar-15 rifle. i don't know if he had a second weapon. >> reporter: the school shooting today marks at least the 18th so far this year, and it is also symptomatic of a nation where mass shootings in which four of more people are shot in an incident have become commonplace. the nation averaging more than 300 mass shootings in the last three years. >> and so let's get to pierre thomas, with us live

pierre thomas has details. >> reporter: this is the young man seen in handcuffs wearing combat-style boots believed to have committed massacre. previously suspended from the school. today returning with deadly intentions. >> he's 19 years old. born in 1998 in september. he was a former student of douglas high school. he got expelled for disciplinary reasons. i don't know the specifics. >> arrested off campus, sources identifying him to abc news as nikolas cruz. abc news learned he used an ar-15 assault-style rifle and had ammunition. >> he had countless magazines, multiple magazines and at this point we believe he had one ar-15 rifle. i don't know if he had a second weapon. >> the shooter wore a gas mask and he had smoke grenades. he went and set off the fire alarm so the kids would come pouring out of the classrooms into the hall. >> reporter: the school shooting marks at least the 18th so far this year and it's symptomatic of a nation where mass shootings in which four more people are shot in an incident have become common place. averaging 300 mass shootings in the last three years

. >> pierre thomas, we've seen training across the country and training inside schools, training of law enforcement. we've seen a number of shootings go up every single month. >> we have, george. one of the things, if they have the suspect in custody, they will do an extensive background check immediately. one of the things they would want to figure out is does this person have any ties to terrorism. i've been on the phone with multiple sources. no one is pointing at that at all. they're working on the assumption that this is someone affiliated with the school, someone young is one theory i'm being told onof they're seeing over and over in these cases as brad as talked about is that young people, typically male, disgruntled with access weapons. we've talked about this before, george, and the fact that there are already 300 million guns sold in this country. so this iss a vexing issue, a chronic problem >> we want to go back to our affiliate on the scene talking to some of the parents of the ud the bus yet. she sent me a picture and she's okay. >> did you get wind of this before you hear

here is abc news reporter pierre thomas. >> the former trump campaign chairman paul martin and deputy rec gates facing new charges as the special counsel turns up the heat in his investigation. a new 32-count superceding indictment filed tonight adding new charges of tax evasion and fraud brought to the charges of money laundering .abused of fumbling 75 million into offshore accounts then hiding $30 million from the treasury department. much of it coming from ukrainian politicians with ties to the kremlin. prosecutors say that manafort and gates laundered millions and failed to pay taxes living lavish lives. including spending half a maldollars at a clothing store in beverly hills and money for raining rovers. they claim it took place while they were part of the trump campaign. the new charges come at a highly decisive moment in the investigation as questions mount about whether gates will enter a plea deal and flip to cooperate with investigators. pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> a california state senator has resigned over sexual misconduct allegations just before a possible

pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> vice president pence was set to hold a history making meeting with north korean officials during the winter olympic in south korea but the vice president's office says that kim jong un's government cancelled it at the last minute. pence led the u.s. delegation to the opening krer monies in pyeongchang. his office suggested that north korea bailed on the meeting because it became clear that pence would hold firm on the u.s. stance barring nuclear weapons if a meeting oerkd. >>> it is it possible to have better security and shorter airport security lines? the officials at lax are hoping now indulge makes it a ramt. our sister station has the story. >> reporter: the new facial recognition technology is designed to get you through security faster. here is how it works. your boarding pass and identification are matched up to your face. if it adds up, you go through to the gate. this is a pilot program a tsa agent will check the pass and id but for the time being it's a shorter line. over o so far, the early reviews are favorable. >> i think it's okay

pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> next, the new report of an alleged affair between a playboyte and president donald trump before he was elected the office. the report in "the new yorker" allegedly involves money spent just before the election for her story which was never published. abc senior white house correspondent cecilia vega has the story. >> reporter: an abrupt change of plans. president trump bown for florida boarding marine one alone. the first lady was supposed to be with him. instead she left separately and met him at air force one. it comes as the president faces explosive new allegations about a nine-month affair with a playboy playmate and new questions whether she was paid to stay silent days before the presidential election. "the new yorker" reports the pre met the woman in 2006 at the playboy mansion where he was taping an episode of the apprentice. >> come on over. wow. >> reporter: the magazine obtained what they say is eight pages of mcdougal's writings detailing the alleged affair which took two years after donald and marshall married when their son was

pierre thomas, abc news, washington. >>> next, the new report of an alleged affair between a playboyd donald trump before he was elected president. the report in "the new yorker" allegedly involves money spent just before the election for her story, which was never published. abc's senior white house correspondent has the story. >> reporter: ar abrupt change of plans, president trump bown for florida boarding marine one alone. the first lady was supposed to be with him. instead she left separately and met him at air force one. amid allegations about a nine month affair with a playboy playmate and whether she was paid to stay silent days before the election. ally, trump met her at a party at the playboy mansion while he was taping the apprentice. there were eight pages of her writings detailing the alleged affair which took place two years after done and marshall trump married. she writes after they had sex on their first date quo heford me money, i looked at him plus felt said plus said no thanks i'm not that girl. i slept with you because i like you. not for money. he told me, you a

let's take this back to pierre thomas and joining us from new york abc news chief analyst dan abrams.rning to you both. i'll start with you, pierre. how significant is this indictment? what do you see? >> it shows the breadth of the russian operation targeting the u.s. election. what mueller was trying to do here is only one component of his investigation and that is trying to show how the russians engaged in a social media campaign against the united states. it's stunning. hundreds of employees conducting operations targeting the u.s. they actually sent people to the united states. it costs millions of dollars to do this. >> millions of dollars in ads on facebook and twitter and everywhere else they could. dan, president trump tweeted the results of the election were not impacted. the trump campaign did nothing wrong. no collusion. he says this proves in this indictment no collusion. do you see it that way? >> no. there's nothing in this indictment to prove that there was no collusion or that it didn't have an impact. the purpose of this indictment would not be to assess the impact o

for more on the latest in the investigation i want to bring in chief justice correspondent pierre thomas and abc news contributor and former fbi agent brad garrett. good morning, gentlemen. thank you for coming down here. i want to start with you pierre about the stunning admission from the fbi on friday, well over a month ago january 15th a person close to nikolas cruz called the fbi tip line, and reported these concerns, cruz's gun ownership, erratic behavior, disturbing social media posts as well as the potential of him performing a school shooting. a stunning mistake. >> huge mistake. to put it simply they blew it. they're crest fallen at the fbi. their job is to fill in the gap. here's a case where someone called in all the information you want to have to prevent something like this. the young man is disturbed, talked about killing people. it's the kind of tip you must follow up on and they did not. >> is this just someone answering the phone? it's an fbi employee obviously. they just didn't pass it on? >> my understanding is the call came into the clearing house where they get thou

want to go to pierre thomas.ar the nsa in maryland. >> george, details are still coming in. we can now report a vehicle crash at the gate of the nsa complex in suburban maryland. there are some injuries. shots fired as they responded at the heavily guarded compound. the fbi is now on the scene investigating. george. >> we're just getting reports and will follow up later. pierre thomas, thank you. >> tense morning there. >>> now to the olympics. shaun white winning his third gold medal but facing questions about sexual harassment allegations and let's go back to amy in south korea. good morning again, amy. >> good morning to you, robin. just hours after earning the u.s. its 100th gold medal ever in the winter games, shaun white was on the defense after reports resurfaced of a 2016 lawsuit that alleged sexual misconduct, one of white's former band members, lena zawaideh, filing the 2016 lawsuit claiming white repeatedly sexually harassed her, sent sexually explicit photos and forced an authoritarian management styl

want to get all the details now from our chief justice correspondent pierre thomas. >> that's right,manager for president trump's election bid, is today pleading guilty. two counts, first he's pleading guilty for engaging in a conspiracy to defraud the united states government by not reporting foreign bank accounts that could be taxed, and failing to register as a foreign agent for work on behalf of ukrainian officials who had close ties to the kremlin. gates is also pleading guilty to one count of lying to a special counsel about the nature of work done for those ukrainian officials. the special counsel office claims that gates engaged in this conspiracy with paul manafort, trump's former campaign chairman. manafort has pleaded not guilty but now one of his principal business partners is set to be and cooperating with the special counsel. something that could have enormous implications for manafort. >> under the dozens of charges he was facing before today's plea agreement, he could have faced years and years in prison. what should he expect now? >> well, he faces at least up to 20

here's abc's chief justice correspondent pierre thomas tonight. >> reporter: this is the young man seen here in handcuffs, wearing black combat-style boots, believed to have committed today's has sacker. thought to have ties to a school now etched into the country's violent history of mass shootings. >> he was found offcampus. i don't exactly know where. i believe he was found in the city of coral springs, by a coconut creek police officer. that's unconfirmed right now. >> reporter: arrested offcampus, sources identifying him to abc news as nikolas cruz. and a law enforcement source telling abc n an assault-style rifle may have been used in today's carnage. >> he was not a current student. i wasn't there, but i was told there was no confrontation. he was -- can you hear me? he was taken into arrest without incident. i believe he's approximately 18 years old. >> reporter: the school shooting today marked at least the 18th so far this year, and it is also sympt sympt symptomatic of a nation where mass shootings in which four of more people are shot in an incident, have become. >> and pier