maÑana, en donde tambiÉn impactÓ a un peatÓn, vargas pudo haber complicado su salud mientras andaba reaccionaron en la salida del centro mÉdico. >> tenemos una pena terrible, y vamos a seguir dÁndoles toda la informaciÓn, al pueblo de cidra, cayey, nuestro pÉsame mÁs profundo por una persona maravillosa. >> carlos vargas era honesto, te decÍa por donde iba, aportÓ mucho al proceso legislativo, y a muchas enmiendas por legislacÓn, es una gran perdida. >> es la clase que uno quiere tener en puerto rico. >> que se agarren de dios, que lo mantengan vivo en sus corazones, pensamientos, en sus oraciones, eh... lo pueden mantener vivo, y lo mantendrÁn vivo, Él va a estar con ustedes desde el cielo. >> eh... carlo es una persona que se habÍa preocupado por su salud, es una persona que vivÍa con intensidad y es una persona que sostenÍa con lo pensaba, en todo momento, y eso es de admirar. bueno y vargas deja dos hijos pequeÑos y su esposa, los trabajos en el capitolio fueron suspendidos. en repÚblica dominicana, el nÚmero de ingresos por dengue disminuyÓ en el fin de semana, en el hospital d

lawyers for luis vargas argued dna evidence links the crime to a different suspect completely. serial rapist wanted for assault dating two decades back. during his sentencing back in 1999, luis vargas told the court that he was concerned the individual who actually committed these crimes could still be out there. now we know he was right. chief correspondent jonathan hunt live in los angeles. an emotional scene in court today. >> reporter: very emotional, shep. when the judge announced quote the defendant is ordered released forthwith, luis vargas' eyes filled with tears. he wiped at them and then looked at his mother, mouthing the words i love you. vargas and his family had always claimed he had nothing to do with the series of rapes in the l.a. neighborhood where he lived and 16 years on new dna technologies helped exonerate him and his family is now looking forward to getting him back. >> i will cry myself to sleep. my father meant the world to me and he still does. i'm waiting for him to come home so i can do my big church wedding and be able to have him walk me down the ai

and andy vargas. 22-year-old andy vargas. congratulations. >> thank you very much. >> i hope you both make a big difference. well, that is it for this the entire team here. i'm byron barnett.

which cleared vargas of the crimes.ults in l.a. since 1996. suspect has a district teardrop tattoo and is still out there on the loose. vargas' attorney says he was mistakenly identified by the victims because he has a similar tattoo. >> relieved because i believed in my father's innocence the day he told me he was innocent. >> luis vargas is not able to return to his family just yet. his green card was revoked after he was convicted. his attorneys are working to get that green card reinstated. >> 4:58 now. all new on "action news" fire crews battle an overnight fire at a philadelphia car wash. and they think they know what sparked the blaze. >> and breaking overnight five people were shot near a black lives matter protest in minneapolis. we're live with the latest details. what is what i >> ♪ >> "action news." delaware valley's leading news program. with matt o'donnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. >> ♪ >> good morning everyone, its 5 o'clock on this tuesday november 24th and we're foll

i'm elizabeth vargas. >> and i'm david muir. tonight, a fiancee sits behind future husband. >> it's a rare instance where someone is accused of murder, and actually speaks out before the trial. the mystery on the hudson. we even go back there to test what prosecutors say happened. so, before the jury weighs in, make up your own minds. the hudson river snakes 315 miles from the peaks of the adirondacks all the way down to new york harbor. just before you reach the city, though, hidden between storm king mountain and breakneck ridge, you may spy a half forgotten place known as bannerman's island, a deserted island, crowned by the tumbled-down ruins of a castle. >> i love that place, yeah. >> reporter: why do you love it so much? >> the history, the, it's just beautiful. have you ever been? >> reporter: i have. >> it's, i just love it. >> reporter: angelika graswald, a native of latvia, living in poughkeepsie, new york, was drawn to the strange magic of the place, captivated by its eerie charm. >> you wouldn't expect a place like t

his attorneys requested new dna testing which cleared vargas of the crimes.rdrop rapist is linked to more than 30 sexual assaults in los angeles since 1996. >> the family of the boy whose homemade clock was confused for a bomb wants $15 million for that mistake. lawyers for ahmed mohamed want that compensation for what they're calling mistreatment. letters were sent to the city of irvine texas and to the local school district threatening a lawsuit. ahmed's family moved to qatar when a foundation offered to pay for his education there. officials haven't responded yet to the letter. >> ♪ >> ♪ >> good morning. it is 5:55, 38 degrees and you're taking a live look here into philadelphia international airport. the state department overnight putting out warnings for travelers to be more alert as we deal with the heightened terror threat around the globe and that could mean some longer security travel veils in lines but right now it looks as though things are looking pretty smooth an easy go there at philadelphia international airport but again its probably advisable

evidence of a victim was tested recently and does not match vargas. erika: a new hampshire man is facing charges after police say per hour. joshua lessard was arrested on 93 in canterbury in a 70-mile-per-hour zone and charged with reckless driving. due in court in january. boston. "the herald" warns the city a crash or explosion on a stretch of the course running beneath the boston convention and exhibition center could cause major damage. the spokesman for the massachusetts convention center authority tells "the herald" that stretch of far go street are being addressed. erika: a surprise for everyone at the umass-lowell game. done taveous -- dontavius smith shattered the backboard. the game was delayed about an hour while the glass was cleaned up. that didn't even go in. umass did move on to get the win. didn't know his own strength. randy: he has force. erika: a lot of power. cindy: temperatures have been below average since the weekend. we have another below average day today and average high is 48. look for thanksgiving and black friday, temperat

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. >> and i'm elizabeth vargas. the world trade center in new york city, the site of the worst terrorist attack on american soil, in solidarity tonight with the french. bathed in the colors of the french flag. blue, white, and red. >> and as the portrait of this terror begins to emerge, we'll jump into the latest details. at least 153 people believed dead, all attackers believed ed d dead. allahu akbar, and at least one yelling syria. >> and confrontations taking place in six different locations. an unbelievably coordinated planned attack. no one has yet claimed responsibility, but this comes after a two-week period where isis has claimed responsibility for the bomb on the russian plane two weeks ago and the attack in lebanon yesterday which killed 43. >> and president obama saying we're in solidarity with the french. but we begin with what one eyewitness called a horror movie that would not stop. paris. some heading to dinner, or a but then, paris under siege. the first attack reportedly occurs at a popular french

jose antonio vargas es un periodista y filmmaker, cineasta, indocumentado que fundo la organizacion definex secretaria de estado si ella se comprometia a no usar mas la palabra illegal? (grafica #2 con cara de clinton y respuesta) clinton respondio si, "y agrego que fue una pobre eleccion de palabras. como he dicho a lo largo de la campana, en el centro de este asunto estan los ninos, padres, familias y dreamers. esa gente tiene nombres, esperanzas y suenos que merecen ser respetados." (out grafica) para este sonador las palabras tienen un gran peso y lastiman. sot... juan escalante " pero no es unicamente a clinton que le piden prometer no referirse a los inmigrantes indocumentados como "ilegales" la campana words matter "las palabras importan" exhorta a todos los candidatos sin importar su partido hacer lo mismo. despues de clinton la pregunta es quien sera el proximo en comprometerse. lorena --- ese fue un informe de lori montenegro, clinton prometi hace unos das no volver a utilizar la palabra ilegales al referise a los inmigrantes indocumentados en el pas indicando que quienes se encu

investigators say dna evidence from a victim that was tested recently does not match vargas. erika: a surprising discovery in a new york city christmas nativity scene. a church custodian found a newborn, with his umbilical cord still attached, in the manger. the abandoned baby was wrapped in towels inside the holy child of jesus church in queens. the baby was taken to a nearby hospital, said to be in good condition. a parish family has already come forward, hoping to adopt the randy: surprise for everyone at the umass game. dante via smith makes the stealing goes for the dunk. he shatters the backboard. the umass/wheelock game was delayed for about an hour while the glass was cleaned up. and too bad for smith the dunk didn' t even go in. umass went on for to get the win, though. erika: powerful player. taylor receives the nation' s highest civilian award. president obama presented the medal of freedom to 17 americans. other honorees last night included barbra streisand, steven spielberg, composer stephen sondehim, and baseball legends willie mays and the late yogi berra. rand

enrique: luis vargas perdiÓ su libertad por un delito que no cometiÓ.Ño hecho, las autoridades buscan deportarlo, juan carlos gonzÁlez tiene la historia. juan carlos: durante mÁs de 16 aÑos, luis soÑÓ con este momento y hoy se hizo realidad. un juez lo exonerÓ de los cargos de asalto sexual de tres mujeres, poros cuales fue sentenciado a un mÍnimo de 55 aÑos en la cÁrcel en 1999. los abogados tomaron el caso, la pieza clave fue el adn. abogada: nos la oportunidad de examinar la evidencia y comprobar que su adn no existÍa ahÍ. juan carlos: la fiscalÍa estuvo de acuerdo, respalda que los crÍmenes fueron cometidos por un violador en serie, a que se la pueda el violador de la lÁgrima, por un tatuaje, y que aÚn anda suelto. se le atribuyen decenas de violaciones, la hija de luis, nacido en mÉxico estuvo presente en la audiencia de hoy. debido a esta injusticia, su hija dice que creciÓ sin la presencia fÍsica y el cariÑo de su padre. hija: una figura paternal que me guÍe, sentir la seguridad y protecciÓn, que es algo que siempre he necesitado en mi vida. juan

ice nos enviÓ este comunicado porque el seÑor vargas fue encontrado culpable de un caso de violaciÓn de la hierba encontrada en un camiÓn gigante, el chÓfer informo que estaba al tanto de la carga, y la recibiÓ en paraguay. heridos en un incendio de la refinerÍa santa cruz en petrÓleos mexicanos en el sureÑo estado de oaxaca, la refinerÍa fue evacuada como medida de precauciÓn, pero todo estÁ bajo control. en las Últimas temporadas de influenza o flu, entre el 80 y 90% de las muertes relacionadas con la enfermo, las muertes se produjeron en personas mayores de 60 aÑos, por eso es que previenen para vacunarse, ¿quiÉnes y cuÁndo deben vacunarse? jaime: en el mes de diciembre inicia la temporada del flu o influenza, por lo que las autoridades informan que tienen que vacunarse. como estÁ en el aire, uno no se da cuenta cÓmo uno se expone, si uno agarra la puerta, y alguien mÁs lo tomÓ, y el carrito del mandado y lo peor es que no saben cuÁndo lo pueden infectar. jaime: entre todas las enfermedades contagiosas la influenza es la mÁs mortal, una epidemia de flu que dejÓ a 200 mil personas

i'm elizabeth vargas. david is off tonight. as so many of us celebrate thanksgiving weekend with our families, a family reunion that captivated an entire country. a mystery that began in a maternitroom where a mother says she was robbed of a baby she says she should have had. but what really happened in that room? here's debra roberts. >> reporter: zella jackson price's heartwarming reunion with her long-lost daughter diane has triggered a media frenzy in st. louis and beyond. >> meeting for the first time. >> so sad and happy at the same time, i cried with happiness for you, together after 50 years. >> so glad your family is whole >> reporter: but that story starts 2,000 miles away from the river city. past the rococky mountns, on the far side of the country, in springfield, oregon, a lush lumber town, home to diaiane gilmore and her children, including twin dghters malika and mehiska. the 22-year-olds wanted to give their moa memorable surprise, finding the birth mother she never knew. >> she had her kids. but, she didn't hav

elizabeth vargas has the jailhouse interview. >> i just want to ask you so you have a chance to answer this question. did you kill vince? >> no. >> that day? >> no. i didn't kill him. >> did you do anything that you knew might lead to him being hurt? >> no, i did not. >> or him dying in the river? i loved him. i didn't do it. >> you never wished that he was no longer in your life? you never did anything to him that day that would have either actually caused his death or that you knew had a good chance of causing his death? >> no. i loved him. i did not want to kill him. and i didn't do anything to kill him. >> well, elizabeth vargas joining us with more on this interview. you have the actual confession tape. she's saying she did it. >> they are into the exactly confession tapes. it's 11 hours of interrogation tapes. you have some incriminating comments but there's not an outright confession. she never says i killed him, despite the detectives doing what all legal experts say was a great job interrogating her. they are allowed to manipulate even lie in their interrogation. after 11 hour

now in an abc news exclusive, angelika griswald opens up in a jailhouse interview, abc's elizabeth vargas has the story. >> reporter: did you kill vince? >> no. >> reporter: that day? i loved him. i didn't do it. >> reporter: angelika griswald, speaking out on camera for the first time since being charged with the murder of her fiancee prosecutors say grass what the case made national headlines specifically for her behavior after the incident. posting videos of herself doing cartwheels on facebook. doing yoga in a police interrogation room. sort of. >> i wanted him dead and now [ inaudible ] something like that? >> well they kept asking me the same questions like 100 times. and i -- i knew that i was innocent. all of a sudden my breaking point. i just -- i had it. wanted. >> reporter: she says when she walked into that interrogation room, she had no idea she was suspected of murder. >> they told me it was going to be like a therapy session. they were -- >> reporter: a therapy session? >> yeah. >> therapy -- like i said. >> reporter: what did you think that meant? >> i thought that meant t

elizabeth vargas joins us with more on the heartwarming story. you really understand what he wanted to look for his children. >> this was an incredible story. this was a veteran. it is very appropriate this is happening in the week we celebrate veterans. a veteran who served in south korea, married a woman there, had twins with her, a boy and a girl who were both american citizens, had american passports. he was sent back to the united states and was waiting to try to bring the twins here when they vanished. he has no idea what happened to them. the mother, his wife, disappeared. he did not even know where to serve divorce papers. he spends the next 40 years looking for these twins, coming up against roadblock after roadblock. filing and desperation, goes on facebook and tells his story. that goes viral, millions of shares and views. the storyere we see and pick it up. with our resources at abc news and in south korea and with the help of our professional people finder, we managed in four months to solve a 40 --year-old mystery and find the twins

. >> and i'm sibila vargas. a violent accident that sent a man and his two sons to the hospital should never have happened. >> we also dug into the teenager's driving record and uncovered an important fact. we have details now. >> reporter: right now it's unclear why the teenage driver lost control of his honda coming around the curve behind me. but according to a state official, he shouldn't have been on the road in the first place. vladimir marino returned to the crash scene this afternoon, pausing over pieces of his suv and feeling fortunate he and his two young sons walked away with minor injuries. are you still shaken up a

. >> joel vargas started smoking when he was just 13.s smoking more than a dozen times a day. he stopped skateboarding. he even dropped out of school. >> i like getting high. i need to get high because my brain is telling me. >> adolescents starting about age 13 have a pretty mature brain reward center. so they can experience rewards and pleasures the same way adults can, but the problem with that is that their prefrontal cortex, which helps people think ahead, control their impulses, that's not fully developed until age 24. that explains why adolescents are much more vulnerable. >> there's something else that addiction experts believe is likely happening in the brain. when you smoke pot, the feel-good chemicals that make up marijuana called cannabinoids, remember them? they cause your brain to stop producing its own natural cannabinoids. when you stop smoking, you have no feel-good cannabinoids of your own. until your body kick starts production, you feel lousy, so many people smoke again to feel better. and today's marijuana could be m

loougs czar gas luis vargas was released. they believe the crime was committed by a notorious gunman. >>> a tulane med student, an attempted video, he admitted to both crimes. >> he was arrested without further incident and has given our detectives a full confession about the incident. >> under surveillance cameras show a man tracking a woman towards and suv on friday. peter gold can be seen being intervening. then the shooter's gun jams as he aims at gold's head. he is hospitalized in what is called guarded condition. >>> the dallas morning news reports illegal action by the family of a muslim teen whose homemade bomb clock was mistaken for bomb. his family are seeking $15 million from the city of irving and the school district. they are threatening lawsuit itself and leake seeking written apologies for his arrest. canada's national post reports on the backlash of a cancelation of a college yoga class. student leaders at the university of ottowa ended the practice over concerns its practice was not sensitive to cultural root

i'm sibila vargas. >> i'm chuck scarborough. >>> the call for help came in at 6:00 tonight. when police got there, they found the body of a 16-year-old girl with a fatal head wound from a shot. >> checkey beckford is live in the bronx where an apartment has turned in to a crime scene. checkey? >> reporter: investigators have been combing the scene the last five hours. the focus here on a fourth floor apartment where the 16-year-old's body was found and police say she was not alone. >> gunshots and that was it. >> reporter: mina tavarez recognized the unmistakable sound of gun fire that rang out in this apartment building. when police arrived, they found the body of a 16-year-old girl inside of apartment 4-m. she had been shot in the face. police say the girl who, is yet to be identified does not live in the claremont building. several people who police say were inside the building when the victim was shot were taken in for questioning. exactly what happened in that fourth floor apartment sun clear. police say they are still searching for the gun. >> they are looking for the

. >> and i'm sibila vargas. more on the terrorist attacks in a minute, but first, years of failing to honor building inspection laws led to a collapse on the upper west side that killed a two-year-old girl. >> lore rhett tta green was sitting with her grandmother when a brick fell four stories and killed her.

. >> and i'm bill is sibila vargas. the body of a 35-year-old new jersey man was found in the back seat of a car. >> he is identified as michael wright, a former pro basketball player who was a second round draft pick for the knicks. >> reporter: chuck, as you can imagine, michael wright's family, how could they have thought two weeks before thanksgiving they would be gathering, not for celebration but for an occasion like this. they are in fact coming together in his home and closer to home where he lived with his two little girls for about ten years now. the police say he was last seen in town on thursday. it was a few days before he was discovered. dave is the man that michael wright credited with bringing him back from the side lines

conviction of man who served 16 years if prison for three rapes -- in prison the reversal for louis vargas is based on new dna evidence that now links the crimes to a rapist. vargas is now under an immigration hold and he remains in custody. >>> well, a thief is scouring -- souring the holiday for some people in philadelphia. and police are trying to track him down. before he strikes again. now here he is caught on camera snatching packages from an apartment building. it's not his first time and investigators say he hit three times this month alone. police also say he is stealing several times including a bike and a picture frame and people are warned to have their packages delivered to work or somewhere secure. >>> we have the latest on breaking news out of new jersey. >> fire inside a home for disabled adults has turned deadly in the last half hour, we've learned that two people have been killed. son, the holiday season's just like football season... you got your big games... ...cheese plates, turkey, appetizers. and regular games. get it all at a great price... ...and the holiday season

. >> and i'm elizabeth vargas. the world trade center in new york city, the site of the worst terrorist attack on american soil, in solidarity tonight with the french. bathed in the colors of the french flag. blue, white, and red. eight of the attackers are now dead, seven of them by detonated their own suicide belts. we also have confirmation that the attacks took place in six different locations. >> and of course that makes them carefully coordinated in the planning, that must have gone on for weeks, maybe months. nobody yet has claimed responsibility at least officially. but this does come in a two-week period where jihadi john was killed by a drone attack. he was a symbol for isis, isis is claiming responsibility for planting a bomb on that downed russian airliner two weeks ago. and for the bombing in beirut this week that killed 43 people. president obama saying that isis has been detained but not decapitated. these attacks perhaps saying otherwise. >> and of course paris waking up as we look at the headlines.

. >> i'm sibila vargas. we begin with new information on a terrifying attack on the c train. >> george michael talked with some of the victims who moved to new york city just months ago. a warning some of you may be disturbed by the site of his injury. >> reporter: it's painful to look at. 28 stitches on matt ruff's forehead. the 22-year-old musical theater student was onto c train heading to new york. a complete stranger slashed him and another rider with a box cutter.

i'm sibila vargas. >> i'm chuck scarborough. >>> new terror threats aimed at france tonight. two flights bound for paris were diverted and forced to land after bomb threats. flight 55 from paris to dull lels was diverted to nova scotia. this is video when the plane landed in salt lake city. you can see the emergency responders surrounding the aircraft. >> similar scene in nova scotia where a spokesperson says the boeing 777 landed safely. there were 298 passengers on board. they have all exited the plane and are in a secure area of the airport terminal. >>> the manhunt continues for two jihadis involved in the paris attack that escaped after the slaughter. one a brother of the terrorist that died and another a newly discovered ninth attacker. david ushery is joining us with the latest. david. >> reporter: yeah, chuck. attacker number nine. two people were arrested in belgium. as investigators dig deeper who knows how many more. it adds for an unsettled, anxious climate in france and all over europe and manifested in many ways. [ sirens ] >> reporter: in germany, police took n