abc's steve osunsami on the case. >> reporter: nearly two years, the officer seen in the traffic stop claimed he did nothing wrong. but a stunning reversal. for black americans who worry about traffic stops like these. [ gunfire ] a sense of justice. >> today is -- a good day for justice. i thank god for justice. >> reporter: the officer behind the gun, 35-year-old, mike cam slager admits he wasn't defending himself when heap shot 51-year-old walter scott in the back in 2015. that he acted with specific intent to do something that the law forbids. saying those words in court, that he is guilty, now puts an end to both the federal and state trials against him. today is rare. the garners, the blands, the rice family they didn't get this type of justice that we got to day. >> reporter: in state court, slager explained there was a the cell phone individually. i fired until the threat was stopped. >> reporter: at sentencing later this year, prosecutors will ask for hard time. more than 20 years. the scott family would like life. steve osunsami, abc news, charleston. >> a round of heavy rai

abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: for nearly two nars the police officer stunned othing wrong. a stunning reversal today. toda justice. i thank god for justice. >> reporter: the officer behind the gun,5-year-old michael slager, now admits he wasn't defending himself when he shot 51-year-old walter scott in the back in 2015, and that he acted "with specific intent to that he's guilty, now puts an end to both the federal and state trials against him. >> today is rare. the garners, the blands, the rice family, they didn't get this type of justice that we got today. >> in court, slager explained that there was violent fight that you didn't see in the cell phone video. >> i fired until the threat was stopped. >> reporter: at sentencing later this year, prosecutors say they'll ask for hard time, 20 years, the scott family would like life >> steve osunsami tonight. thank you. >>> we turn this evening to the cotrtieha tare on the brink of famine. 20 million people, families and children. the doctors are in a race against time as we raffle with the american woman who runs save the child

abc's steve osunsami.in these next few seconds >> reporter: what's about to happen in these next few seconds is a world record. this 101-year-old verdun hayes, about to become the world's oldest skydiver. four generations of his family joined him for the flight, he only needed to jump from 10,000 feet for the record, but went for 15,000. >> how you feeling? >> all right, absolutely over the moon! >> oh, yes, hopefully i'll be doing it at 102 or 3. >> reporter: he beat the previous record holder by 35 days. >> i slept very well indeed and i woke up this morning the happiest man in the world. >> reporter: he's a war veteran who was there on d-day in normandy. clearly jumping out of planes makes him feel forever young. steve osunsami, abc news. >>> i'm david muir i hope to see you right back here tomorrow. good night. on the front lines of health care, there are always new challenges and opportunities. at unitedhealth group, we're built to help with both. providing employers with data and insights ensuring se

abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: what's about to happen in these next few seconds is a world recordis 101-year-old verdun hayes, about to become the world's oldest skydiver. four generations of his family joined him for the flight, he only needed to jump from 10,000 feet for the record, but went for 15,000. >> how you feeling? >> all right, absolutely over the moon! oh, yes, hopefully i'll be doing it at 102 or 103. >> reporter: he beat the previous record holder by 35 days. >> i slept very well indeed and i woke up this morning the happiest man in the world. >> reporter: hayes is a war veteran who was there on d-day in normandy in 1944. clearly jumping out of planes makes him feel forever young. steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> he's hoping to do it when he's 103. >>> i'm david muir, i hope to see you right back here tomorrow. good night. california are the "new york times" and "washington post" claim that president trump shared sensitive intelligence information. >> u.s. officials told the times and post it could expose the information source and jeopardize a critical relation

david. >> steve osunsami tonight. steve, thank you. >>> we turn this evening to the urgent warning now that four countries are on the brink of famine. 20 million people, families and children. tonight, right here, we're with the doctors who are in a race against time as we traveled with the american woman who runs save the children. you're about to see what we witnessed in somalialand. an autonomous region in northern somalia as millions face starvation across the horn of africa. >> reporter: we set out to reach some of the most remote villages in somalialand. there is an urgent crisis unfolding largely unnoticed by the rest of the world, families and children at risk of starvation. in the first village, harashef, the line begins early in the morning. they know the trucks are coming. >> how many hours away? >> that would be, like, two hours to get here today. >> reporter: to get from the nearest water site? >> yes. >> reporter: here it's not just the food they need, but water. save the children is trucking it in. you

>> steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> so cool.ike this.ou talk about i wanted to do this since i was 10 years old. he said, i wanted to do this since i was 90. >> hey, that was a good 11 years age you can understand that. >> already talking about doing it again at 102 years old. >> he stuck the landing. >> he sealed the record in place. >> some one else, 23-year-old, justin bieber taking number one spot on the billboard charts with despozito with two others. >> had a hit last week with i'm the one, d.j. khalid song. the first artist to take the top spot in consecutive weeks, beating the record the beatles. had held since 1964. >> those aren't his songs. those are songs f >>> making news in america this morning, the bombshell report. president trump allegedly gave classified information to russian officials. how the white house and lawmakers are reacting overnight and what the reporter behind the story is saying this morning. >>> we have new details in the global cyberattack including a possible link to north korea. plus, overnight

here is abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: north carolina police are sharing these pictures of the knivesnt brought to school to underline how real this threat was. they're not identifying the teenager because he is under legal age. but say he planned to stab up to a dozen students tuesday at forest hills high school, hour south of charlotte. >> who knows who was on that list, that the person made. reporter: the school resource officer seen here is the one who pulled the boy out of a classroom. in his bk knives, gasoline, firecrackers, and a hit list, with the names of several classmates. police here say they were tipped off by authorities in canada who learned of the plot from a canadian girl who was in an internet chat room and saw the teenager discussing his plans. within minutes, the phones were ringing in union county. >> he had students that he wanted to harm. some of them were in the classroom. >> reporter: police tell us the teen is in a secure location, getting counseling and has not been charged. >> great work all around there. apparently an hour they were able to pull the kid o

steve osunsami tonight. >> reporter: families in and around baton rouge tonight are trying to get the lights turned back on after a tornado with wind speeds of up to 90 miles an hour tore through the morning rush hour. the storm caught people by surprise. high winds tossed cars near this gas station. one person had to be hospitalized. another tornado hit furtherurthr south. >> there's a trampoline. >> reporter: in beach city, texas, a lightning strike set these oil tanks on fire. more than 100 had to be forced from their homes. in raleigh, high winds thursday night. >> unbelievable that either one was not here, is a miracle. >> reporter: this powerful storm system is now moving east. and at a minimum, could bring heavy rains. >> thank you. let's get right to rob marciano, tracking it all for us. >> reporter: we can already see the northern fringe of the storm, the clouds lowering. it's already in the midatlantic, and the severe storms in ta tallahass tallahassee, a rough evening ahead. in chesapeake bay, you'll see flooding. tomorrow, coming down in new york and hartford. boston gets

here's steve osunsami. >> reporter: a south carolina judge tonight is sending this admitted serial killer to jail for the rest of his life. 46-year old todd kohlhepp is pleading guilty to 14 charges including murder and kidnapping. police found some of the bodies of as many as seven of his victims buried near his home. >> good luck to him in prison. and i don't ever want to hear about him again. >> reporter: kohlhepp was already a registered sex offender when, in november, police discovered a missing woman who he chained up in storage container on his property. kayla brown had been tied up for two months. she spoke to dr. phil mcgraw. >> calm just washed over me. i was just there, i was free, and i was ready to get off that property. >> reporter: her boyfriend was one of the bodies police later recovered from the property. >> i hope mr. kohehepp will spend every day for the rest of his life thinking about the pain and suffering he has caused so many people. >> reporter: prosecutors say they would have preferred the death penalty, but say the state ran out of the drugs used for executions

abc's steve osunsami is in atlanta. >> reporter: right before dinner tonight, tornadoes were touching down north and east of charlotte, hitting homes and at least one element school that fortunately was empty. the ening ride home turned into a mess. >> the tree is down across i-77 southbound. >> reporter: the same storm system sent families running to their base pts in north carolina tuesday evening. >> get in the middle hallway right now. >> reporter: an ef-1 tornado ripped the roof off their fire station and destroyed all but one of their engines. the volunteer firefighters made it out alive after they took cover underneath their trucks. >> it hit the station it was on top of us in a minute. >> reporter: north of atlanta, the soils are saturated. high winds knocked over this large tree on top of this home where someone was asleep in the bedroom upstairs. luckily, everyone is okay here tonight. david. >> steve, our thanks to you >>> let's bring in rob marciano. hey, rob. >> reporter: hi, david. we have tornado watches and warnings ongoing. florida actually finally getting some much-n

abc's steve osunsami's back on the case. >> reporter: federal prosecutors tonight say they don't have because investigators can't say for sure that alton sterling wasn't reaching for the gun in his pocket. noat says, what's happening in the police takedown outside this baton rouge corner store is a crime. >> there is not sufficient evidence to proceed with the federal charge. >> reporter: the killing led to days of anger. this photo scene around the world. attorneys for the sterling family believe he's got a great case. >> make it clear that all alton sterling's life mattered. that his family's life matters. >> i'm just asking everyone to step forward so we can continue to get justice. 'cause it can't stop right here. >> reporter: louisiana's governor and the city's mayor are begging the streets for calm, saying that, it's not over. david? >> steve, thank you. >>> we do have a note of thanks this evening after the generosity of so many of you at home, we returned this week from our reporting trip from the horn of africa, four countries are now on the bri 20 million people at brink of

here's abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: the fire caused by this accident was so great you could see it from the skies for miles. it close interstate 95 in both directions near the north carolina and south carolina border. police working the scene tonight say the southbound lane where the accident happened won't reopen until at least midnight. at least four people were killed tractor-trarlts and three smaller vehicles. one of the fuel tanks caught fire. the leaking fuel spread the fire to the other vehicles. the flames moved over the highway into nearby woods. one of the trucks was carrying hazardo hazardous chemicals but authorities say there's no concern. >>> tornado watches in eight states at this hour. ominous skies. at least tornadoes reported. this one touching in mclean, texas. let's get to ginger zee, she's tracking the severe weather threat tonight. hey, ginger. >> reporter: david a tornado on the ground right now in wisconsin, just east of rice lake, you see in the tornado watch there. also, that particularly dangerous situation in western oklahoma and texas, where those su

here's abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: north carolina police tonight are sharing these pictures of the knives this student brought to school, to underline how real this threat was. they're not identifying the teenager because he's under legal age, but say he planned to stab up to a dozen students tuesday, at forest hills high school, about an hour south of charlotte. >> i mean who knows who was on that list that -- that the person made. it could have been me, it could have been any -- my closest friend. >> reporter: this school resource officer seen here is the one who pulled the boy out of a classroom. in his bookbag, they found the knives, gasoline, and a hit list with the names of several classmates. police here say they were tipped off by authorities in canada. who learned of the plot of canadian girl who was in an internet chat room who saw t discussing the plot. >> police tell us the teen is in a secure location tonight and is getting counselling. he's not been charged. >>> when we come back -- the deadly standoff with police at this hour. the bystander killed in the cross-fi

here's steve osunsami. >> reporter: their friendship started with this photo from a middle school cafeteriaallahassee, florida. on one side of the picture is 11-year-old bo paske, and joining him is 21-year-old travis rudoplh, the big football star from florida state who happened to be visiting the school that day, and saw bo sitting alone. >> i have autism, so i usually sit alone at lunch. and then -- and then, travis rudolph just came up to me and said, "hey, can i sit down with you?" >> reporter: it was a simple act of kindness. >> i didn't even know he had autism. he just seemed like a normal kid to me. >> reporter: and the picture, now seen by millions online, has a special place in the hearts of parents with autistic children. >> it spoke volumes that he took the time, it meant everything. >> reporter: since then bo has travelled with his friend to games. >> and a touchdown for travis rudolph. >> reporter: and he was there rooting him on the night of the nfl draft. >> rudolph's name was never called. but he was still signed by the giants. and if he makes the team, we know who'll be ri

steve osunsami tonight. >> look at that! >> reporter: families in and around baton rouge tonight are trying to get the lights turned back on after a tornado with wind speeds of up to 90 miles an hour tore through the morning rush hour. >> oh, jeez. >> reporter: the storm caught people by surprise. >> went virtually undetected by radar. and was a storm that did not have a warning. >> reporter: high winds tossed cars near this gas station. >> look at these cars flipped over. >> reporter: one person had to be hospitalized. another tornado hit further south. >> there's a trampoline. hanging in the tree there, blew from two houses over. >> reporter: in beach city, texas, a lightning strike set these crude oil tanks on fire. more than 100 families nearby had to be forced from their homes. thousands lost power in raleigh when high winds blew trees thursday night. >> unbelievable that either one was not here, is a miracle. >> reporter: this powerful storm system is now moving east. and at a minimum, could bring heavy rains. >> steve

here's abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: the fire caused by this accident was so great you could see it from the sky for miles. it closed interstate 95 in both directions, near the north carolina and south carolina border. police working the scene tonight say that the southbound lane where the accident happened won't reopen until at least midnight. at least four people were killed after a crash involving three tractor-trailers and three smaller vehicles. witnesses say that fuel tanks of one of the larger trucks caught fire. the leaking fuel spread the fire to the other vehicles. the flames moved over the highway and into nearby woods. drivers are having to work their way around the scene. one of the trucks was carrying hazardous chemicals but authorities say there's no reason for concern or evacuations, david. >> steve, thank you. >>> now to the weather and what could be a dangerous night ahead. tornado watches in eight states at this hour. ominous skies. at least three tornadoes reported already. one on the ground as we came on. this one touching in mclean, texas. just a short time

>> steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> so cool. what i love about this.en you talk about things like this. i wanted to do this since i was 10 years old. he said, i wanted to do this since i was 90. >> hey, that was a good 11 years age you can understand that. >> already talking about doing it again at 102 years old. >> he stuck the landing. >> he sealed the record in place. >> someone else, 23-year-old, justin bieber taking number one spot on the billboard charts with despozito with two others. >> had a hit last week with i'm the one, d.j. khalid song. the first artist to take the top spot in consecutive weeks, beating the record the beatles had held since 1964. >> those aren't his songs. those are songs featuring justin bieber. should that count? >>> good morning, i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm diane macedo. some of the top he >>> good morning, i'm kendis gibson. >> i'm diane macedo. some of the top headlines on "world news now" -- president trump accused of sharing highly classified information with the russians. he reportedly disclosed that information in t

abc's steve osunsami has the story. >> reporter: their friendship started with this photo from a middlepicture. 11-year-old bo passkey, joining him is travis rudolph, big football star from florida state happened to be visiting school that day and saw bo sitting alone. >> i have autism. i usually sit alone at lunch. and then, travis rudolph, just, just came up to me and said, hey, can i sit down with you? >> reporter: a simple act of kindness. >> i didn't know he had autism. just seemed like a normal kid to me. >> the picture seen by millions online has a special place in the hearts of parents with autistic children. >> it spoke volume he took the time. it meant everything. since then bo traveled with his friend to games. >> travis rudolph. >> he was there rooting for him on the night of the nfl draft. rudolph's name was never called, but he was still signed by the giants. and if he makes the team, we know who will be right there cheering. >> thanks to steve there with that beautiful story. >> very enthusiastic fan in the stands. >> he is probably making calls right now to all of the te

when they confronted him they found knives and a hit list in his book bag and steve osunsami has the good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning. because this student is under legal age police can't reveal his name or share too much about his condition but tell us this morning he's in a secure location and getting counseling. students at his school can't believe they were in this kind of danger. this was the shocking discovery in the book bag of a student pulled out of class at a high school south of charlotte. knife, a dismantled shotgun shell, firecrackers, gasoline and a hit list with the names of a dozen students planning to stab his classmates and sent extra security to the school who will stay as long as needed. >> the scary thing too nobody at this point knows why, why he picked out the students that he chose. >> reporter: authorities here say they were tipped off tuesday morning after phone calls from police in ontario, canada. a canadian girl in an internet chat room noticed the unidentified north carolina teenager talking about his plans and reported him to her authoriti

. >> yeah, the steve osunsami is really coming together. >>> the president continued his trip overseas and met with pope francis at the vatican. you see the pictures and the president called it a great honor and cecilia vega is at the vatican with more. good morning, cecilia. >> reporter: george, just as the president was walking out of the meeting he told the pope he will not forget what the pope told him. had was not a very long meeting, about 30 minutes in total. melania trump, daughter ivanka, son-in-law jared also there. first time they came face-to-face after that very public feud last year. you'll remember the pope called building a border wall un-christian and the candidate took him on and today the cameras weren't allowed inside for that meeting but hearing that the pope and president talked about the situation in the middle east and talked about the protection of christian communities around the world. the white house says that they were hoping to find some common ground even on areas of disagreement, that includes the environment

abc's steve osunsami is in charleston for us this morning. good morning, steve. >> reporter: good morning, robin. we were expecting this week to be in front of federal court reporting on slager's federal trial. but instead we're learning from government officials familiar with the case that he has come to an agreement with prosecutors. a major reversal is expected this morning from the white former police officer caught on camera shooting an unarmed black man in the back in north charleston, south carolina. for nearly two years now 35-year-old michael slager has claimed that he was just doing his job and that he shot and killed 51-year-old walter scott because he says scott was a threat to his safety even at this significant distance away. >> i fired until the threat was stopped like i'm trained to do. >> reporter: but according to an official briefed on the matter, slager is now expected to plead guilty to charges in federal court. his dramatic state trial on murder and manslaughter charges ended in a hung jury. at the time slager's attorney