here's abc's steve osunsami tonight. >> she called me and all i could hear was voices and chaos in thed. and she couldn't say anything. >> reporter: 15-year-old bailey holt never made it home from school. >> it's just so hard to believe that somebody in a split second could take -- take two lives and injure so many. in just a short amount of time. and you can't get it back. >> reporter: her mother describes the last time she heard from her daughter. she said bailey called home tuesday morning as she was dying on the floor. >> i called her name over and over and she didn't respond. so we rushed to the high school and -- >> we couldn't get close. >> they wouldn't let us through. >> reporter: the chaos she heard was the sound of more than a hundred teenagers running for their lives. >> i took out my headphones and turned around and everyone was just broken up. they were running. i saw the flashes from the gun shots. by that time, i was just running. >> reporter: once again, there was no school here today. because for the third day in a row, marshall county high is a crime scene. two stude

steve osunsami with us live from savannah. we see that frozen fountain there behind you, steve. and this ice is already causing power outages tonight? >> reporter: that's right, david. 50,000 people here in georgia and florida are in the dark tonight and that number is expected to rise as the storm continues to move north. but there's another issue on this end of the storm, all of this ice is expected to melt and then refreeze, which means days of icy roads. david? >> all right, steve osunsami, our thanks to you. let's get right to ginger zee. the track shifting. more snow. and as you mentioned, possible hurricane-force winds. >> reporter: and this storm is rapidly intensifying, as we speak, david. it's happening now. it's a storm that brought savannah, georgia, more snow than they've seen in 1989. it is snowing now, from florence to fayetteville. and will overnight, attack the mid-atlantic coast, that's where you see the blizzard warnings popping up and that's where the wind gusts get above 35 miles an hour. visibility less than a quarter mile. you do not want to be on the road

steve osunsami live outside the high school in kentucky.nd authorities, stephening are trying to figure out a motive tonight? >> reporter: absolutely, david. you see first responders still here behind me. and they've also been to the shooter's -- alleged shooter's home, talked to his parents. they tell us he's a juvenile, so, there's not much they can say at this point. there were many, many witnesses here at the high school that saw him. they all know who he is and tell us they're not sure what led to this. david? >> steve osunsami leading us off from kentucky. >>> we turn next tonight to the major development in the russia investigation. the special counsel, for the first time, questioning a member of president trump's cabinet. interviewing attorney general jeff sessions. sessions, we have learned, was questioned for hours about his contacts, his conversations with the russians during the campaign. and tonight here, we are also learning what mueller wants to ask the president about, two key issues. here's abc's senior justice corresponden

here's steve osunsami. >> reporter: daysha hargrave was speaking her mind at a school board meeting in louisiana. they were giving this man a $30,000 raise while handing out nothing e >> the superintendent is in a position of leadership, i think it's a slap in the face to all the teachers, the cafeteria workers and any other support staff we have. >> reporter: the board was only trying to hear public comments and not a debate. >> is it against policy to stand? >> reporter: for some reason, the second she walked out of the room -- >> what are you doing? what are you doing? >> reporter: she was on the ground, put in handcuffs and charged with resisting an officer. >> the way that females are treated -- i've never seen a man removed from this room. i have never. >> reporter: the city attorney says no charges will be filed against the teacher, and the local police underlined that it was a school resource officer who made the arrest, and they say that any questions should be directed towards the school board. steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> quite an interesting scene at a school board

steve osunsami, abc news, savannah. >> those are many places that aren't used to those conditions. rough days ahead. >>> we're going to turn to president trump who is locking horns with former top adviser, steve bannon, saying he lost his mind. >> the president's lawyers sending a cease and desist letter. after excerpts from a new book surfaced. this tell-all is packed with personal details and embarrassing allegations that infuriated the president. abc's arlette saenz has more. >> reporter: bombshell allegations made by president trump's forme steve bannon are rattling the white house. in an explosive new book, bannon describes that infamous 2016 trump tower meeting between jared kushner, don jr., paul manafort and a russian lawyer as treasonous and unpatriotic. president trump has defended his son. >> i think from a practical standpoint, most people would have taken that meeting. it's called opposition research or even research into your opponent. >> reporter: mr. trump insists he knew nothing of the meeting during the campaign. but bannon argues that's not true. he says the chan

abc's steve osunsami is at the cdc in atlanta tonight. >> reporter: the flu epidemic has come to this tonight -- using foggers to spray disinfectant on the walls. this san antonio day care is trying to fight the flu bug like the cockroach. >> if there's one kid in here with the flu virus and that kid sneezes or coughs, guess what? this entire environment is now contaminated. >> reporter: classes are cancelled for a week in this school district north of dallas, after nearly a third of their kids came down with the flu. >> the flu is always severe but we have never seen it like this. >> reporter: this third grader from alabama died from the flu on the same night she was rushed to the hospital. she was just 8 years old. new numbers from the cdc show the flu is still spreading wildly, and tonight more than 8% of all deaths in this country are from the flu and pneumonia, the highest we've seen this winter. >> we're having a lot of activity everywhere all at the same time. >> reporter: 27-year-old katherine gallagher was found unconscious on her bathroom floor. she had visited an urgent car

and in some of those high flu states, hospital beds are and so is tamiflu.abc's steve osunsami is at the cdc in atlanta tonight. >> reporter: tashalina blackman, are all fighting the flu tonight. the doctor prescribed tamiflu, the anti-viral drug that helps considerably, but finding any took them two days and more than a dozen trips to pharmacies up and down chicago. >> no one has the medicine in stock. >> reporter: the cdc and the people who make the drug underline tonight that there's plenty available. the problem is getting it to pharmacies, like this one in south carolina, fast enough. in one hour, they sold a hundred bottles. >> this is the first year i've seen in probably a decade that there's such short supply that you're scrambleing to get it from your wholesaler. >> reporter: even with medibaines died over the weekend in virginia. >> we tried to give him the medication and everything we was supposed to do, and he just wasn't getting any better.ter: at grady ho bed sp because of the flu. >> every bed is full.y are we full in the emergency department our colleagues upstairs ar

steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> the school board president claims the whole incident was a setupl board members. he says they have been determined to get rid of the superintendent. >>> the director of the fbi sounding the alarm about encryption that prevents law enforcement from gaining access to data stored on phones and other electronic devices. speaking at a cybersecurity conference director christopher wray called this an urgent public safety issue. he says the fbi was unable to access data on nearly 8,000 electronic devices during investigations last year. he did acknowledge, however, a solution to the problem will require some significant innovation. >>> a u.s. official now confirms a classified government satellite fell into the indian ocean after sunday night's rocket launch by spacex after it failed to remain in orbit. it's believed to be a billion dollar spy satellite. >>> meanwhile, this photo taken by a pilot over africa shortly after the launch shows a bright spiral. look at that experts say that was likely the moment the rocket was venting fuel. a normal process to

abc's steve osunsami has the details. >> reporter: middle school teacher deyshia hargrave was simplyher mind at a school board meeting in abbeyville, louisiana, last night upset they were giving this man, the superintendent a nearly $30,000 raise while handing out nothing extra to teachers. >> a superintendent or any person in a position of leadership getting any type of raise, i feel like it's a slap in the face to all the teachers, cafeteria workers and any other support staff we have. >> reporter: the board was only trying to hear public comments and not a debate. >> is it against policy to stand? sir, do not. >> reporter: and for some reason the second she walked out of the room -- >> what are you doing? what are you doing? >> don't. >> reporter: she was on the ground put in handcuffs and charged with resisting an officer. >> i have never seen a man removed from this room. i have never. >> this is a petty personal attack on the superintendent. and his family. it has nothing to do with what the job requires, what the salary should be. >> reporter: tonight a city attorney says that

here's abc's steve osunsami again tonight. >> reporter: the mother of 15-year-old bailey holt, one of two students killed at this kentucky high school, was inside the accused shooter's juvenile court hearing today. >> there's just no words to describe. >> reporter: she says her daughter called home tuesday as she was dying on the floor. >> and all i could hear was voices, chaos in the background. and she couldn't say anything and i tried, i called her name over and over and over and she never responded. >> reporter: some students who know the 15-year-old in police custody tonight believe he was bullied at school. >> i want to pray for him, too, because i know he's probably having a hard time, too, but -- >> he still took our baby. >> he still took my baby from me. >> reporter: prosecutors aren't yet ready to confirm if this is him, seen led away in handcuffs after the shooting in a common area at the school. but do they tell us that the accused teenager will be identified in the next few weeks because state law requires in this particular case that he be moved to adult court. david? >

>> steve osunsami with us tonight. steve, thank you. >>> to california, and new developments in the case of david and louise turpin, accused of holding their 13 children captive for years. the couple back in court today, the judge issuing a protective order, restrifkting the pair from any contact with the children until at least 2021. they face 75 counts of torture, abuse and false imprisonment. the order comes as abc news learned investigators spent most of the day yesterday speaking with the children. >>> back here at home, a violent end to a high speed chase in arizona. police trailing a suspect for a traffic violation. the driver speeding to escape recklessly, then excicolliding an innocent driver. here's abc's kayna whitworth. >> reporter: the chase began after a traffic stop for a moving violation. >> he's run the red light there now. and he's continuing in toward asu now. >> reporter: tv choppers following overhead. phoenix police keeping their distance. that red jeep at high speed. >> oh, my gosh. and he's real

>> steve osunsami. our thanks again to you tonight. >>> there's also news this evening about those missing fbi text messages, the department of justice today announcing it has now recovered many of the personal messages between two fbi staffers, one of whom worked on robert mueller's team before being asked to leave. and what about that reference to a secret society? here's abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas now. >> reporter: resident trump and his republican allies made it out to be a scandal -- the idea that the fbi lost months of personal text messages between an fbi agent who served on the special counsel's team and an fbi lawyer. >> if you take a look at, you know, the five months worth of missing texts, that's a lot of missing texts. and as i said yesterday, that's primetime. so, you do sort of look at that and say, what's going on? >> reporter: the fbi says the texts were lost though a technical glitch that affected thousands of bureau devices. the president compared it to watergate

steve osunsami has more. >> reporter: parts of this region haven't seen this much snow and ice in 30owflakes, more than 200 people were hurt today in accidents on slippery roads. already 17 people across this country have died in the cold. and much of the storm hasn't hit yet. 50,000 people are without power in florida and georgia. in the northeast, they are bracing for a nor'easter, even as they dig out from the storm that just hit. steve osunsami, abc news, savannah. >> the only question is how much snow is going to fall. >> we continue to track the storm that's going to be impacting the i-95 corridor through the day on thursday, first getting to d.c., then new york, working its way through boston as we head into the afternoon. high, gusty winds, whiteout conditions, possibly power outages and damage due to wind. and on top of that, look at these snowfall totals. new york city area getting three to six inches of the white stuff. kendis, linda? >> and the frigid weather is raising concerns about the price of natural gas. the extended cold conditions could put serious strain on the u

. >> reporter: steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> the city attorney by the way refused to charge herthe aclu as well as the national education association are getting behind her on this. le. >> should be interesting to see, though, she is not going quietly. >> no, she did not, understandably. >>> see what happened at the biggest tech event of the year, as everyone was plunged into the dark ages. >> look at that, it's dark. >>> but first, one on one with tonya hardi. the moment that brought the tough as nails skater to tears. t easier. lyrics: ooh-oo child, lyrics: things'll get brighter. lyrics: ooh-oo child lyrics: thing's are gonna get easier. lyrics: ooh-oo child, lyrics: things'll get brighter. >>> some guy hit her. >> really? >> some man hit her. >> why? why? >> you've all heard that infamous scream from nancy kerrigan in 1994. and now it is forever linked to tonya harding's legacy. tonya harding still says she had nothing to do with it. >> but now she's opening up. she opened up to amy row balk and the moment that brings her to tears. >> reporter: a do or die moment. that leap

blast is creating a real nightmare for travelers affecting hundreds of flights this morning and steve osunsami is at atlanta's hartsfield-jackson international airport and, steve, you're feeling the cold. >> reporter: it's bone-chilling cold with low temperatures in the teens and here at the world's busiest airport directly mind me is the big catch-up. all passengers on delayed or canceled flies will be coming to the airport today trying to get out and the weather is still impacting flights across the country. more than 400 flights canceled and more than 240 flights delayed and, of course, the big challenge is de-icing the planes. here in atlanta, it got so cold that delta air lines had to bring in their special de-icing teams from the tundras of minnesota to help out with the effort here. the great news for passenger, though, is that this is the last day of the big cold and we all here in atlanta are hoping that ginger is going to be telling us we'll be in the 60s in the next couple of days but they're still warning passengers flying out today to make sure to call ahead and make sure their fl

steve osunsami, abc news, atlanta. >> quite an interesting scene at a school board meeting. >> yeah,school board president says he thinks the whole thing was a setup as we mentioned. we'll see hugh it aow it all pl. >>> in the next half hour, oprah is reportedly intrigued by a possible run in 2020. but what does the current commander in chief think abou s his opponent? >>> samantha brown discusses everything, including how to avoid mont summa's revenge on your next trip. that's next on "world news now." i let her play sheriff so i can wash it. i use tide to get out those week old stains and downy to get it fresh and soft. you are free to go. tide and downy together. >>> for more than 15 years, she's had the most enviable job in the world, globe trotting, living in the lap of luxury and eat being a lot of funky stuff. now samantha brown is switching channels to pbs with a new show and new places to love. so of course our guest is samantha brown joining us from pbs. >> great to be with you, kendis. >> you've traveled to last count, 60? >> 64 different countries. >> all different. >> i

abc's steve osunsami tonight. >> reporter: fire investigators in alabama tonight believe that this was no accident. that someone purposefully burned down the home that belongs to tina johnson, one of the women accusing republican senate nominee roy moore of sexual assault. but they tell us tonight they don't believe this was any sort of pay-back, and not connected to roy moore or any of his followers. johnson claimed moore crossed the line when she was 28 and meeting with moore in his law office. that he couldn't keep his hands to himself. >> "he just grabbed me from behind on my buttock and just squeezed it really hard and i remember thinking i'm so ashamed. i felt humiliated in that moment. it took everything out of me." >> reporter: the house burned down tuesday and neighbors report seeing a drunk man walking around the home before the fire. in a statement tonight, investigators say they're speaking to a person of interest. but say "the ongoing investigation does not lead us to believe that the fire is in any way related to roy moore or allegations made against him." no one was home

here's steve osunsami with what you need to know. >> reporter: already, this mother, this little boy, and even this personal trainer, have all died from this year's flu. the cdc tonight is calling it an epidemic, with 13 more weeks of the flu season to go. >> "this is just a problem bug. we hate it when this bug shows up. and we probably are going to see a lot of hospitalizations and deaths." >> reporter: here in atlanta, where they showed us today their plentiful supply of flu shots for anyone who needs, hospitals are seeing a flood of patients. >> "compared to last year, we've tested nearly twice as many patients as we have the year before and we're seeing about four times as much flu." >> reporter: and there's another problem. hospitals need bags of iv fluid to treat the flu and there's a shortage after hurricane maria shut down a factory in puerto rico. at mass general in boston, they're having to give patients gatorade instead. in northern idaho, an entire school system had cancel classes. there were so many cases. this new york doctor explains to our tj holmes that the virus can

here's abc's steve osunsami again tonight. >> reporter: here's how icy the roads are. as far south as tampa today, a highway worker is seen here slipping on the ice. the expressway had to be closed. michigan state police are warning drivers tonight to slow down with this alarming video. they were responding to a wreck on the ice when this happened. no one here was hurt, but already this week, 15 people have died on icy roads. most of them in the south, where there are fewer snowplows or salt trucks. this driver was lucky he walked away. >> when i hit the ice, i knew i was done. >> are you okay? >> oh, yeah, i'm fine. >> reporter: south of atlanta, a salt truck driver died today, hit by this freight train on his way back to the salt yard. in north carolina, they report more than 2,300 crashes. and at the airports, hundreds of weather delays in raleigh, charlotte and atlanta. take a look. this is a road in atlanta where the drivers couldn't get past the ice. they're here now, trying to set their bumper cars free. the road is closed tonight. david? >> steve, thank you. >>

steve osunsami, near paducah. >> reporter: two children have been killed and more than a dozen have been place in this high school south of paducah, kentucky. the gunfire started before 8:00 a.m. classes. police tell us a 15-year-old, who they've arrested, walked into a common area outside a library and started shooting. students sitting in that common area, some of them eating breakfast, then started running for their lives, running to businesses across the street and next door, trying to duck the bullets and the gunfire. police arrived quickly on the scene, arrested the 15-year-old without incident, they tell us. we're told by students he was in the band. lots of students are able to identify this young man but he's a juvenile, so there's not much else we can say. police have talked to his parents, they've been to his home. but this investigation continues. steve osunsami, abc news, benton, kentucky. >> and counselors will be on hand a little bit later on today. >>> prosecutors in florida will seek the death penalty against a suspected tampa serial killer. he's charged with four murder

tonight, that teacher now speaking out for the first time, and here's abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: what's about to happen to this middle school teacher has people across the world upset and calling in threats to this school board. deyshia hargrave was simply speaking her mind in abbeville, louisiana, monday night, frustrated that they were giving this man, the superintendent, a nearly $30,000 raise while handing out nothing extra to teachers. >> a superintendent or any person in a position of leadership getting any type of raise, i feel like it's a slap in the face to all the teachers, cafeteria workers. >> reporter: but the board was only trying to hear public comments and not a debate. so they asked her to leave. >> is it against policy to stand? sir, do not! >> reporter: and for some reason, the second she walked out -- >> what are you doing? what are you doing? >> reporter: -- she was on the ground, put in handcuffs and charged with resisting an officer. the school board president blames the teacher. >> you just pushed me to the floor! >> she's the one that made the choices th

abc's steve osunsami is at the cdc. >> reporter: the family of katie oxley thomas tonight tells us they'reretty sure she got a flu shot this season, but it didn't protect her. just 48 hours after she first started showing signs of the flu, this 40-year-old mother of three from california was dead. >> this was like nothing i've ever seen. >> reporter: this particular strain of flu that doctors are seeing most can be a quick killer. in alabama, 38-year-old adam york is suddenly fighting for his life tonight and needing a machine to breathe. >> in a 24-hour period, he went from talking to me on the phone to being in the bed on these machines. >> reporter: at the cdc today in atlanta, health officials shared that 20 children across the country have died from the flu this winter. seven of them reported just last week. one of them is a 4-year-old from dayton, ohio. >> one of the most difficult things that i've ever had to do was tell my other children on saturday morning that their little brother wasn't coming home. >> reporter: health officials here underline that the flu shot still works, and

here's abc's steve osunsami with what we're now learning. >> reporter: this is the 19-year-old freshman at virginia tech who's in jail tonight. yune-song zow is from china, and because he's not a u.s. citizen, it's against the law in virginia for him to own the assault rifle police say he was training with at this shooting range last friday. >> it is really scary, but in the end, that's why we have the police. >> reporter: detectives say they've been watching him for weeks and were called when he removed an ar-15 from his student gun locker. police say that him using that rifle with a large clip is what breaks the law. >> thank god the police were able to find him and everything. but as a personal reaction, it was kind of overwhelming just thinking back to what happened several years ago and just that actually could be another reality. >> reporter: campus police report that zow not only had a rifle, but say he was also trying buy 5,000 rounds of ammo, was looking into bulletproof vests, and had bought himself an old police vehicle that still has the markings and a police push bumper. hi

abc's steve osunsami leading us off tonight from atlanta. >> reporter: drivers stuck for hours today on this icy highway in houston. they did what they had to do to get off. >> people are turning around trying to get off the freeway because they are stuck. >> reporter: driving the wrong way up an entrance ramp to get home. police warn tonight that if you crash on the ice, it can be deadly to get out of the car. a driver here was killed when he walked out of this wreck on interstate 45. he was struck by another sliding vehicle. from the gulf coast to the northeast, at least ten people have died on slippery roads, including an 8-month-old child, when this car outside new orleans crashed into a canal. >> if we can use this as a lesson, a reminder to stay out of the weather today. >> reporter: nearly three inches of snow has shut down metro atlanta. this was i-85 north of the city, turned into a parking lot after a crash. the city and its schools will still be closed tomorrow. even funerals have to wait. our local station, wsb, caught this picture of a unicorn today. salt trucks here are