david. >> terry moran live in london. terry, thank you. >>> as you know, terry, we also have new video of the attackers before the attack, a broadcast that included one of the three attackers. he's seen in a tv documentary expressing his extremist views. so, how did british authorities take their eyes off of him? and tonight, we learned he had a newborn. his wife delivering in recent days. here's abc's brian ross. >> reporter: authorities tell abc news tonight that the attackers, seen in this video in the midst of their terror rampage, were led by a man known to police for years as a potential threat. >> we always ask ourselves should we have known and could this have been prevented. >> reporter: it was just last year that the ringleader butt was featured in a documentary aired on the british channel 4 about a group that openly campaigns for strict sharia law, here praying before the black flag of islam, and then getting into a confrontation with police. of the some 3,000 people authorities considered active threats, this

>> terry moran with some perspective after this latest attack there in london. terry, thank you.you so much for watching. i'm tom llamas in new york. stay tuned for the latest on the london terror attacks. "gma," first thing in the morning. i'll see you right back here tomorrow night. have a great evening.

>> terry moran from london tonight. terry, thank you. >>> and next tonight, the growing mystery, after seven u.s. sailors lost their lives. the question tonight, how did a massive container ship plow into u.s. destroyer with sophisticated radar and warning systems, and why were those u.s. sailors put in such danger? here's abc's matt gutman with what we've learned tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the navy investigating how a u.s. destroyer with sophisticated radar and a crew trained to detect threats 24/7 could be so blindsided. abc news has learned the acx crystal slammed into the fitzgerald's midsection at 1:32 a.m. saturday, nearly an hour before the navy says the collision occurred. below the water line, the container ship's bow worked like a battering ram, t-boning two birthing compartments where more than 100 sailors slept. the fitzgerald was taking on water. the crew of about 300 knew sailors were missing but frantically worked to keep it afloat. >> they had to fight the ship to keep it above the surface. so, it was

we start with terry moran at the london bridge for us this morning. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, paula and dan. it happened just behind me here. about a block away. that's borough market, and beyond it london bridge. the borough market, one of the truly distinctive, festive places of this great city. and last night, terror. last night, this whole area filled with people just enjoying a summer saturday night. yet, in moments, coming face to face with terror. >> the police told us to run. >> go, go! >> it was mass panic. >> reporter: overnight, panic in the streets of london. chaos and carnage strike a summer saturday night. a deadly terrorist attack carried out in two locations. >> there was a police car. and there were sirens going off everywhere. >> reporter: the assault began shortly after 10:00 london time. a white van swerves, leaves the roadway, and starts plowing into pedestrians on the london bridge. >> we heard a crash almost. >> a loud noise. >> a lot of loud noises. >> reporter: that van coming to a stop just past the end o

terry moran, abc news, washington. >>> a highly anticipated decision by one supreme court justice end up not happening at all. some court observers expected anthony kennedy to announce his retirement but he didn't and despite speculation he hasn't said publicly anything to suggest that he would be leaving the court any time soon. >> we have some think details what authorities believe caused the nation's largest wildfire. officials now say the so-called brian head fire started wit someone using a torch to burn weeds. that fire in utah scorched more than 70 square miles in ten days and burned at least 13 homes. investigators say they know who was using that torch but haven't revealed the person's identity or what charges this he may face. the fire is only about 10% contained this morning. >>> and officials say a single car accident is what sparked a fast-moving wildfire about 80 miles east of los angeles. the flames have burned across two square miles in just a matter of hours. that fire is still considered out of control and closer to l.a. residents and some homes used water from swimm

terry moran, abc news, london. >> thanks to terry in london. president trump at the white house follow a trip to wisconsin to push the apprenticeship program. >> not talking his tv show. the pat appeared at a technical college in milwaukee to promote an initiative to train workers for jobs that employers say they can't fill. he says the goal ties have private companies and universities pay so workers can earn while they learn. >> the president its at least privately speaking out against a health care bill passed by the house. sources tell abc news he called the measure, i quote here, mean. that was during a white house luncheon yesterday. when the bill was passed the president held a news conference supporting the bill. all smiles there. sources say he version to beal, quoting, more generous. >> attorney general jeff sessions vigorously denies engaging inclusion or contacts improper with russian officials. in testimony, sessions said there was no third undisclosed meeting with the russian ambassador and insisted he accused himself from the elec

tonight, that rented van towed away by police. >> and terry moran with us live tonight from the scene. we heard you report, the suspect is a father of four. he traveled quite a distance to pull off this attack. >> reporter: he did, david. and tonight, his family has issued a statement, saying they are massively in shock about what he allegedly did, but hi neighbors in wales say that he had grown ly age stated since the london bridge attack two weeks ago. david? >> terry, thank you. >>> next tonight, the growing mystery after seven u.s. sailors lost their lives. the question tonight, how did a massive container ship plow into u.s. destroyer with sophisticated radar and warning systems and why were those u.s. sailors put in such danger? here's abc's matt gutman with what we've learned tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the navy investigating how a u.s. destroyer with sophisticated radar and a crew trained to detect threats 24/7 could be so blind sided. the acx crystal slammed into the fitzgerald's midsection at 1:32 a.m. saturday, nearly an hour before the navy says the collision occurred.

he decided not to, and like every supreme court justice, nobody knows why, tom. >> terry moran at the supreme court. thanks very much. >>> president trump doing on the offense about russia's meddling in the election, turning against he has predecessor. blaming president obama, saying he did nothing about it. accusing obama of collusion and obstruction for political reasons. here's abc's chief white house correspondent, jonathan karl. >> reporter: for president trump tonight a warm embrace from the prime minister of india. but the president clearly has something else on his mind -- russia. in a barrage of tweets beginning this weekend, the president hit his predecessor over russia's meddling in the election. the real story is that president obama did nothing after being informed in august about russian meddling. >> in other words, the question is, if he had the information, why didn't he do something about it? he should have done something about it. >> reporter: the president was responding to a report in "the washington post" that obama hedged on punishing russia more strongly before

abc's chief foreign correspondent terry moran with the images coming in right now. >> reporter: tonight the city of brussels on edge after an explosion rocked the city's main train station around 8:30 p.m. eyewitnesses are sharing images of flames inside the stations on social media. military police took down a suspect, immediately after an explosion inside the station. loud bangs can be heard as police quickly secure the area packed with tourists on summer night. >> we saw the fear in their eyes. we saw they were running so fast, so there had to be something that made them run. >> reporter: within minutes the station is locked down, swarmed by heavily armed military and police. no reports of any injuries or deaths, but belgian officials are calling this a terrorist attack. this is europe's third attack in just three days. sunday night, a white man drove his van through a crowd outside a mosque in london after prayers, injuring almost a dozen people, and yesterday, in paris, when a suspect set his car on fire and rammed it into a police van, hoping to cause an explosion on the crowded c

terry moran on the scene in lond. good morning, terry. we heard the prime minister saying life must go on. she's also saying things are going to have to change. >> reporter: she is, george. that's absolutely right. even while we're seeing evidence technicians and police activities behind us, still about a block away fwr the scene of the attack, the prime minister is trying to address the shock, sorrow and increasing frustration and even anger. perhaps the most striking thing she said, things must change. she's talking about the law. enhanced resources for security services. to monitor the thousands of people who have fallen into the category of expected extremism. enhanced penalties. sentences. for terrorism offenses andlesser offenses. international agreements to regulate cyberspace. to reduce what she calls the safe spaces for ideology. people can only handle so much. they want action. >> no claim of responsibility. london police have arrested 12 this morning? >> reporter: that's right. in the suburb of a raid and 12 arrests. that shows

we have team coverage this morning starting with our chief foreign correspondent terry moran on the sceneon where there were more arrests overnight. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, george. well, on this monday morning, on the surface, anyway, it looks as if london is almost back to normal. the roadways are full of traffic, the subways are crowded but look again. and you see the flowers at the makeshift memorials that have cropped up at these sites. you see new barriers along the sidewalks on the bridges to protect against another bridge attack. this is the second one. and intense police activity as they hunt down possible collaborators. this morning, police launching more raids in the same area of east london where they've arrested 12 so far. >> it's all going on right now. people running. i don't know out of where. >> reporter: this new video capturing frightened residents fleeing restaurants and bars shortly after a hail of gunfire. >> get down, get down. >> reporter: the chaotic moments of terror that shook the city began just before 10:00 p.m. saturday. a white van hea

abc's terry moran who covers the supreme court for us is there tonight. >> reporter: at the white house, president trump was asked how he feels about the court's ruling today. >> very good, thank you. very good. >> reporter: and in an official white house statement, mr. trump hailed the court's action as a clear victory for our national security. the supreme court ruling today will allow the president's travel ban to go into effect, but only partially. is this a clear victory for president trump? >> i would say it's not a clear victory for either side. this strikes me as a compromise solution that hands both sides something of what they wanted but doesn't give anybody a clean victory. >> reporter: under the court's ruling, some people will be banned. some not. the president's order blocked travel to the u.s. for 90 days by people from six predominantly muslim countries. iran, syria, libya, yemen, somalia and sudan, but today the court declared the government cannot ban people if they have a bona fide relationship with a person or entity in the united states. that includes the court said

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police took down the three terrorists. >>> and let's go back now to our chief foreign correspondent terry morann london for cing in right now. good morning, terry. >> reporter: good morning, amy. well, as londoners get back to work the police investigation is moving at high speed. overnight those two more raids in the same general easte area arrested over the weekend, one man was led er theresa may saying that all three names of the attackers are known to authorities. the big question now, how long had authorities known about these attackers who drove that van over the london bridge, then descended with lon the borough market slashing and stabbing people. 21 victims remain in critical condition, a sign of just how horrible their wounds were. meanwhile, londoners getting back to work here, prime minister may saying this was an attack not just on the city of london, not just on the united kingdom but on the free world and there is a sense here of responsibility to stand up to these attacks, three in three months and to carry on and keep calm as the british will. amy. >> all right, terry moran, we

but we start now from london where abc's terry moran has the details of the attack. >> reporter: eightes. londoners reckoning with what happened in the eight chaotic moments of terror that shattered a summer night. >> some car came around, went, run, run, run hey have blades. they're going to stab you they're terrorists. >> it began at 10:08, a white van heading south on london bridge, swerves off the road up on the sidewalk and accelerates running down pedestrians. leaving them broken and bloodied on the pavement. the bbc's holly jones just happened to be on the bridge. >> this is when i saw the driver of the vehicle. and -- definitely intentional. he didn't look scared. he just looked focused. and, i would like to say demented. >> the van coming to a stop at the south end of london bridge. >> we heard a crash, almost. >> loud noise. >> lot of loud noises. >> reporter: three men get out armed with long knives, head towards the bustling borough market and begin slashing and stabbing people indiscriminat y indiscriminately. >> they said this is for ala. and just like that. everywhere. s

wivid.rry moran th us. >> terry, thank you. >>> we turn next here at home, the desperate manhunt going nationwide tonight. two inmates in georgia overpowering the guards. the inmates getting awn iay ol officials now warning they're armed and dangerous. here's abc's steve osunsami. >> reporter: georgia authorities tonight tell that the inmates who got away after murdering two prison guards are out running around with 40-caliber glocks and could kill again. >> they need to surrender before we find 'em. i saw two brutally murdered what ico secaw. i have their blood on my shoes. >> reporter: putnam coty r pothese two fugitives -- 43-year-old donnie rowe and 24-year-old ricky dubose, both say one of them is a member of the ghost faced gangsters, a white supremacist prison gang. >> there's a deputy on the i'ene. >> reporter: the bus ride, from where they escaped earlynds hias moving 33 inmates from one prison to another. police say the two men broke through a locked barrier in back, and attacked prison transfer sergeants, christopher monica and curtis billue. dasta families tonight. they wer

terry moran has details. >> reporter: the city of brussels is on edge after shots were fired and explosions rocked the main train station at about 8:30 p.m. eyance withes a eyewitnesses are sharing images of flames. police took down a suspect immediately after an explosion inside the station. loud bangs could be heard. the suspect shot as police quickl with locals and tourists on a summer night. >> we saw the fear in their eyes. we saw that they were running so fast. there had to be something that made them run. >> reporter: within minutes, the station was locked down, swarmed by heavily-armed military troops and police. no reports of any injuries or deaths, but belgian officials are calling this a terrorist attack. this is europe's third attack in just three days. sunday night, a white man drove his van through a cloud of muslims leaving late night prayers outside a mosque in london. joori jo injuring almost a dozen people. d in paris, a man hoping to cause an explosion on the shaums degr champs de elysee. >> reporter: and this witness shouted "allahu akbar" before blowing up his newly-rel

here's terry moran, beginning the coverage from london. >> reporter: eight minutes. londoners today reckoning with what happened in those eight chaotic minutes of terror that shattered a summer night. >> and then some guy comes around the corner and went, "run! run! run! they got blades, knifes, they are gonna stab you. they are terrorists. run!" >> reporter: it began at 10:08 p.m. a white van heading south on london bridge suddenly swerves off the road up on the sidewalk and accelerates, running down pedestrians, leaving them broken and bloodied on the pavement. >> it's indescribable the state they were in. you never think you're going to see something like that. >> reporter: the bbc's on the bridge. >> this is when i saw the driver of the vehicle and -- definitely intentional. he didn't look scared, he looked focused and i'd almost like to say the word demented. >> reporter: that van coming to a stop at the south end of london bridge. >> we heard a crash almost. >> loud noise. >> a lot of loud noises. >> reporter: three men get out, armed with long knives, head tow

here's terry moran. >> reporter: this afternoon, tho back, his 17-month nightmare in north korea finally over. his release coming after secret talks in oslo between u.s. and north korean officials and the revelation last week that he's in a coma. all beganincident. warmbier allegedly trying to steal a propaganda poster like this one while staying at a hotel. he was quickly arrested. his stunt considered a serious esime in that y. >> siplease, i have made the wot mistake of my life. but, please, you have to save me. >> reporter: but the north koreans showed no mercy. he was sentenced in 2016 after a trial that lasted 16 hours. to hard labor. >> please save my life. please think of myfa. epr:pants a year of keeping a low profile on the advice of u.s. officials, went on fox aenas h.nd >> otto, we love you. you're an amazing guy. hang in there, tiger boy, you're coming home. >> reporter: today, secretary of state rex tyrellson announced his release. >>t the president's direction a the department of state has secured the release of otto warmbier from north korea, he's on his way homereuniting

>> terry moran at the supreme court, thank you. >>> next to the west, the unrelenting and deadly heat wave triggering two dozen wildfires. the time lapsed video in arizona. you can see it there. and texas, two more children losing their lives in hot cars. abc's ginger zee tracking it all. >> reporter: tonight, the heat wave now deadly -- as at least 21 large wildfires rage across eight states. right now this brush fire near los angeles scorching 100 acres and growing quickly. >> you never know what it's going to do. >> reporter: in southern utah, this blaze scorching over 60 square miles forcing at least 700 people out of their homes. >> we were able to go in and get the things we needed to. >> reporter: more than a dozen homes already destroyed and firefighters dousing the flames from above. >> we are dealing with just absolutely unprecedented wildfire. >> reporter: roaring wildfires in arizona, prompting a state of emergency. this area northeast of tucson now ravaged by fire for more than two weeks. >> we want people to be ready and get out. >> reporter: all of this unfolding in the

terry moran joins me now. the travel ban is one of the most controversial things in the trumpb presidency. >> reporter: hugely controversial. he hit a withdraw nerve and triggering massive protest and getting hard core support. but in the courts, it's been trouble from the go. they are block the ban or they can side with the president. saying they have a lot of power when it comes to national security issues or they can hold off for now and decide to hear the case last fall. >> terry, there is also mounting speculation that judge anthony kenly will retire. this would be an epic showdown. >> reporter: epic indeed. he is a swing vote for more than decade, holding on affirmative action, and abortion. if he goes, this court is up for grabs. president trump has already made overtures to justice kennedy. and he made a point to stop to chat to justice kennedy. their sons know each other in the new york real estate game. and a former kennedy clerk, many people saw that as a signal if he wants to retire, he will count

terry moran, abc news. >> british police arrested a dozen people so far. >> vast majority arrests maderhood in east london. they range in age from 19 to 60 and seven are women. investigators this morning believe they've made significant progress in identifying the three suspects killed saturday night. officials also say there is evidence the three terrorists had been waiting for several months for a signal to carry out their attack. >> president trump is denouncing that attack, pledging support to the uk but also taking aim at london's mayor. the president's initial reaction to the attack came in several tweets. he promoted his stalled travel ban and said the leaders need to focus on security. and stop being politically correct. he took a swipe at gun control advocates pointing the attackers used a knife and truck. last night he offered condolences saying that terror has gone on too long. >> we knew our resolve, stronger than ever before, to protect the united states and its allies from a vile enemy that has waged war on innocent life. this bloodshed will end. >> president also critici

terry moran is at the scene with the very latest. rter: this is where it happened in the north london community of finsbury park behind me around the corner is a local mosque and it was just after midnight when a crowd of people were emerging from a late night prayer, a tradition in this holy month of ram doadan aa white van slammed into pedestrians. at least ten people hurt. eight still hospitalized. one man dead at the scene and police say it's unclear whether he was already in distress or whether this attack killed him. this is the fourth attack in great britain in the past several weeks and months. this time directed at muslims. ordinary british muslims emerging from their house of worship. amy. >> all right, terry, thank you. >>> this morning, the russian government says it is alarmed that a u.s. fighter jet shot down a syrian warplane. the russians are calling it act of aggression. the pentagon says the syrian jet bombed american-backed rebels fighting isis. the coalition says it is not looking to fight the syrian regime or russ

but, robin, even the president admits this is going to be difficult. >> all right, mary, now to terry moranxpected to come down today on the final day before summer recess begins. good morning again, terry good morning good morning, robin. this is shaping up to be a very big day. first president trump's travel ban as he himself calls it controversial since he issued it in january. lower courts blocked it. now the supreme court gets a chance to act and it may be that the whole case will turn on president trump's twitter feed. several courts have said the president's own tweets show that his real motive isn't national security. but unconstitutional religious discrimination against muslims. today we'll find out how much the supreme court agrees on that and then the real buzz about justice anthony kennedy. will he retire? the crucial swing vote for more than a decade. there are signs he will retire. it'll start a war for this court like nothing the town has seen in decades. >> goodness gracious, seismic as you said earlier. paula faris has the other top stories. >> happy monday. great to be her

let's go the supreme court terry moran. >> on june 1st, president trump had his lawyers ask the supremert to take up the case of the travel ban which has been blocked by the lower courts and then the supreme court decided to take briefs. they said they'll make their decision this morning. so far they're silent on it. they could be having some trouble. they could be deciding how to do this right. it's a big case. one other factor, though, last night at about 1:00 in the morning, the justice department sent over a message to the supreme court saying that the key plaintiff in this case, the man whose wife is in iran and said the travel ban will dire directly affect him. we decided to let the wife into the united states. they could throw a monkey wrench into their deliberations. >>> the other thing is the retirement rumor about justice anthony kennedy he's the crucial swing vote on this court. lawyers go up here and they argue at him because he holds the balance of pow ir. rumors have been swirling for months that he's ready to retire. one sign of it perhaps, he has a reunion of his law cle