Lack wardia airport forced to close a terminal. Hundreds of flights canceled. The mayor urging people to stay home and shelter in place. More than 8 inches of rain at jfk airports. Flood watches and warnings across several states at this hour the Government Shutdown. One day left. Kevin mccarthy unable to get a small group of Republicans Rebelling to agree. 3. 5 million americans now. More than half are military families set to go without pay. Air traffic control, border security, the tsa all affected too. Rachel scott live on the hill. Honoring senator Dianne Feinstein, a trailblazer. The first woman to serve as mayor of San Francisco. The first woman elected to the senate from california. Democrats and republicans paying tribute. And we remember the historic moment in San Francisco when the mayor was killed. Feinstein was there. The major news from georgia tonight and what could this mean for former President Trump. Tonight the first plea deal in the Georgia Election interference case against trump and 18 alleged coconspirators. One of the defendants today now pleading guilty. Prosecutors say he tried to access Voting Systems after the election. Aaron katersky reporting. Americas top general retires. The chairman of the joint chiefs, general mark milley, what he said today about democracy, his biggest mistake, and what he told our martha raddatz. Nearly three decades after the killing of tupac shakur in las vegas, a suspect charged with murder. The former Football Star, his life story made fame out in the movie the blind side. After the former Football Star said the adoption was a lie, what a judge has now decided. And a personal note today about someone youll know right here at abc news. David good evening, and its great to have with you us as we near the end of another week together. Tonight the u. S. On the brink of a Government Shutdown a little more than 24 hours from now. Also tonight, the tributes pouring in. Senator Dianne Feinstein has died. But we begin with the State Of Emergency in New York City and surrounding areas. Torrential rains threatening the northeast. Severe and dangerous flooding and this continues tonight. A travel nightmare for millions. New york city with more rain in one day than it usually gets in all of september. Flood watches still in effect as we come on tonight. Cars underwater. Subways halted. Rivers overflowing their banks. The flooding down this stairway in brooklyn today. Fdr drive on manhattans east side was shut down for a time. Look at that. Many subway lines no longer running. For much of this day, rain pouring in. Commuter trains also forced to stop. Even this bus takes on water today. A ground stop at laguardia airport. Terminal a flooded and shut down. More than 8 inches of rain at jfk airport. New yorkers wading through several feet of water. And in fairfield, new jersey, a First Responder rescuing this driver, throwing him over his shoulder. This storm, as i mentioned, still on the move tonight. Rob marciano is standing by to time it out. First, abcs trevor ault. Reporter tonight, powerful storms targeting the northeast. Flash floods inundating all five boroughs of New York City. Fdr drive, a major artery, shut down. Traffic snarled throughout the city. We have water touching the wheel well of these cars, and theyre still driving through this. Reporter some parts of brooklyn got 6 inches of rain this morning. Theyre trying to clear the drains. People on foot slogging through kneedeep water. Stairways turned into cascading rapids. New york citys Mayor Warning if you are home, stay home. If you are at work or school, shelter in place. Reporter multiple residents rescued from flooded basements. I just want to show you Prospect Park for a quick second because a river is running through it right now. Reporter in brooklyn, garbage bags floating downstream, stranded drivers pushing their cars. Ive never seen anything like this, no. Reporter on the citys subways, commuters using umbrellas to shield themselves from water falling inside the stations. Even some of the walls springing leaks. The system paralyzed by disrupted service. So these are hundreds of Subway Passengers that were just told to get off this q train. Theyve been stranded for at least 45 minutes. The tunnels up ahead are flooded. They have no idea when theyre going to get going. And above ground, floodwaters racing into buses, manholes overflowing. Laguardia airport forced to shut down an entire terminal. More than 1,600 flights delayed or canceled in the immediate region. And across the hudson river, new jerseys governor declaring a State Of Emergency, too. In fairfield, this First Responder throwing that driver over his shoulder, cautiously navigating the floodwaters. Experts say as our climate warms, Extreme Rain Events like these will become more and more frequent. David, the Evening Commute is going to be an absolute mess for a lot of people. Look at this road here with all this water thats pouring Out Of The Park over the road and the crosswalk. This is several inches deep. A lot of Subway Trains are disrupted, and were expecting more rain tonight, in some areas up to an inch an hour. David. David this was really dangerous all day long. Trevor, thank you. Lets get to senior meteorologist rob marciano tracking it right into the night. Hey, rob. Reporter hey, david. Just extraordinary how these two systems came together, set up a Convergence Zone like ive never seen between the new york state throughway, i90. Heaviest now up to the east. Long island, a Flood Warning there. Connecticut, youre getting it too. Look at these numbers as far as how much rain weve seen. Over 8 inches in jfk. Queens and brooklyn getting crushed. New jersey is well over 5 inches here in greenwich. Low coastal takes over tomorrow, so the Wraparound Rain will be a little lighter and begin to dry out from west to east. Not a totally dry day, not until sunday when water will be pouring over this raging dam. David. David rob marciano with us On A Friday Night as well. Rob, thank you. We turn now to capitol hill, the Government Shutdown just one day away. Speaker caulk unable to get a small group of Republicans Rebelling to agree to anything. 3. 5 million americans now, more than half of them are military families set to go without pay. Border patrol officers too. The effects of this will be wideranging, and already strapped Air Traffic Cole in this country and the tsa as well. Rachel scott live again on the hill. Reporter tonight, a Government Shutdown all but inevitable. Millions of federal workers, including military families and Border Patrol officers, preparing for life without a paycheck after House Republicans failed to agree on a plan to keep the government open. House speaker Kevin Mccarthy today Holding A Vote on a temporary fix, but it went down in flames. 21 Republicans Rebelling against the speaker, voting no. What is the logical next step, mr. Speaker . Keep working and make sure we solve this problem. Reporter the republican holdouts furious ever since may, when mccarthy made a deal with President Biden and democrats. Both sides agreeing to spending cuts to prevent all of this from happening. I think at the end of the day we can find common ground. Reporter but the rebel republicans felt betrayed that he sat down with the president , and now theyre digging in. The temporary spending Bill Mccarthy proposed today would have slashed funding for the social safety net by 30 and strengthened border security, but even that was not enough to get those republicans on board. So now some 3. 5 million federal workers are bracing to go unpaid. More than half of them members of the military. When the house fails to fulfill its most basic function, it fails to Fund Government by tomorrow, it will have failed all our troops. Our Service Members will keep upholding their oath, showing up for work, standing sentinel around the world, keeping our country secure, but they wont get paid. Its a disgrace. Reporter its not just the military. Some 20,000 Border Patrol officers could soon be forced to work without pay, too nearly 58,000 tsa officers and 13,000 air traffic controllers, an agency thats already understaffed. National parks and Passport Offices will close, and millions of lowincome parents relying on the Food Assistance program wic could see their benefits cut off. Right now, the path ahead unclear. Speaker mccarthy today asked why hes not willing to work with democrats on a bipartisan compromise. He dismissed that option as a surrender. Its easy to surrender. If you want to surrender, yeah, but if you want to fight for the American Public to secure our borders and keep government open, how is that a problem . Reporter Speaker Mccarthy huddled with republicans behind closed door for more than two hours tonight, but theres still no clear path forward. And some of those rebel republicans threatening to oust him as speaker if he works with democrats. David . David well be tracking your report over the next 24 hours. Rachel, thank you. Tonight democrats and republicans honoring a trailblazer. California senator Dianne Feinstein has died. Shes being celebrated for her lifetime of public service. The first woman to serve as mayor of San Francisco. The first woman elected to the senate from california. Democrats and republicans with a moment of silence. And tonight here we remember that horrific day in San Francisco when the mayor was killed. Feinstein was there, and youll hear her describe the moment she found her friend and colleague, harvey milk. Heres mary bruce. Reporter from California To Washington tonight, the nation remembering a true trailblazer, senator Dianne Feinstein. In the senate chamber, where she was the longest serving woman in american history, feinsteins desk draped in black. So today we grieve. We look at that desk, and we know what we have lost. Reporter nancy pelosi, surrounded by members of the california delegation, remembering her dear friend as a pioneer. Her legacy will be a long one that we will all be inspired by. Reporter the first female president of San Franciscos board of supervisors, she was on the verge of quitting politics altogether when horror struck. Her colleague harvey milk, one of the first openly gay officials in the country, assassinated in San Franciscos city hall. In an interview with cnn, feinstein describing the moment she found his body. I heard the door slam. I heard the shots. I smelled the cordite. He whisked by. I walked down the line of supervisors offices and found harvey milk, put my finger in a bullet hole trying to get a pulse. It was the first person id ever seen shot to death. Reporter milk and San Francisco mayor George Moscone both killed that day. Feinstein announcing the tragic news. Both mayor moscone and supervisor harvey milk have been shot and killed. [ screaming ] jesus christ reporter feinstein then stepping in, becoming San Franciscos first female mayor. But ultimately feinstein was destined for the senate. Elected in 1992, dubbed the year of the woman. She was the first woman to serve from california, the first jewish woman in the senate. A champion for gun control, she helped author the 1994 Assault Weapons ban. Let me tell you. Ive seen assassination. Ive seen killing. Ive been a mayor. I know what these guns can do. Why is it every man comes before me and says, nice lady, you really dont know . Reporter the first woman to lead the powerful Senate Intelligence committee, feinstein exposed how the c. I. A. Tortured terrorism suspects after 9 11, adamant that the findings be made public. She cast her final vote just yesterday, resisting calls to retire, feinstein saying she would step down at the end of this term. There are times for all things under the sun, and i think that will be the right time. Reporter david, at 90, she was the oldest member of the senate, but working right up until the very end. Her friend, former congresswoman jane harman, sharing this picture of the two of them together just last night. Harman saying they spoke for over an hour about all of the things that feinstein said she still hoped to accomplish for the country. David . David wow, that image just last night. Democrats and republicans coming together on this today. Mary, thank you. Were going to turn now to the major news from georgia tonight and what this could mean for former President Trump. The first plea deal in the election interference case against trump and 18 alleged coconspirators. This was a surprise today, one of those alleged coconspirators pleading guilty. Heres Aaron Katersky. Reporter tonight, the first guilty plea in the Sprawling Racketeering case that accuses former President Trump and 18 others of conspiring to overturn the 2020 Election Results in georgia. How do you plead to the five counts of conspiracy to commit intentional interference with the performance of Election Duties . Guilty. Reporter in a surprise hearing, scott hall, a bail bondsman, pleaded guilty to five Misdemeanor Conspiracy charges that accused him of trying to breach Voting Systems after the election. He agreed to serve five years probation and testify against trump and the others. Good luck to you, mr. Hall. Thank you, your honor. Well be adjourned. Reporter this video key to the case. Hall seen with other defendants walking into the board of elections in rural Coffee County and appearing to tamper with electronic Ballot Markers and vote tabulation machines. Trump ally Sidney Powell allegedly helped lead the attempt to access those Voting Systems as trump made claims of election fraud. Powell has denied it and is scheduled to stand trial in less than a month. Halls guilty plea may be a bad sign for former President Trump. Prosecutors said today, david, they may be offering plea deals like that to other defendants in the case. David. David Aaron Katersky in new york tonight, thank you. Next this evening here, the change of command. General mark milley stepping down as americas top military officer, the chairman of the joint chiefs of staff. And on his way out, general milley offering an emphatic defense of democracy and the constitution today, saying we dont take an oath to a king or queen or tyrant, and we dont take an oath from a wannabe dictator. Heres martha raddatz. Reporter after 44 years in the military and his share of controversy, the outspoken chairman of the joint chiefs to joe biden, and to before that serving an often challenging donald trump, made one thing very clear today about the role of the u. S. Military. We dont take an oath to a king or a queen or to a tyrant or a dictator, and we dont take an oath to a wannabe dictator. We dont take an oath to an individual. We take an oath to the constitution, and we take an oath to the idea that is america and were willing to die to protect it. Reporter mark milleys term as chairmen included the chaotic withdrawal from afghanistan, the ongoing war in ukraine, and what the general himself calls one of the greatest mistakes of his Military Career walking in Battle Dress Uniform alongside former President Trump after police had forcefully cleared protesters fighting for racial justice. Today, Milley Reviewing Troops One Last Time before swearing in his successor, general c. Q. Brown. Congratulations, chairman. [ applause ] reporter and as the general looks forward, he said despite all the divisions in the nation in recent years, telling me he still has faith in the American People. Weve been through some tough times. This is not the toughest time. America will prevail, it will come through stronger on the other end, and the American People are going to be just fine. Reporter milley emphasized again and again that american Service Members are willing to give their lives for the rights enshrined in the constitution, including freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and the right to vote. David. David love that he struck that optimistic tone in his interview with you. Martha, thank you. News of an arrest, tonight tonight, the suspect now charged with murder. Heres Kayna Whitworth. Reporter tonight, a break in the infamous murder case of tupac shakur. This is the indictment weve been waiting almost three decades for. Reporter after nearly 30 years, police arresting duane davis, known as keefe d, charging him with murder. Authorities say it was davis own Public Comments that reinvigorated the case in 2018. You said the shots came from the back. Who shot tupac . Gonna keep it for the code of the streets. It just came from the backseat, bro. Reporter tonight, authorities accusing him of being the shot caller who provided the gun and orchestrated the 1996 hit on tupac in retaliation for this incident where tupac and others beat up davis nephew. Come out with your hands up. Reporter just two months ago, police raided davis home. Abc news the first to obtain the body camera video. We obtained information during that execution on that Search Warrant that corroborated information obtained through our investigation. Reporter Authorities Say this was their last chance to solve this case, and now hes set to appear in court next week. David. David Kayna Whitworth live in california tonight. Kayna, thank you. When we come back here, the developing headline on the uaw strike on the big three automakers. Whats happened tonight. Also, the former Football Star, his story made famous in the movie the blind side. What a judge has decided after he said that adoption was a lie. And news tonight on someone youll know right here at abc news. 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Feinstein, i the final vote by senator Dianne Feinstein on what turned out to be the final day of her life, a life that was full of service not only to her country, but to San Francisco, the city where she was born. There was no job too big or too small for Dianne Feinstein. After more than 30 years in the us senate, i feel honored that shes been my United States senator who will now fill her seat. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im dan ashley and im ahmad daetz. We are dedicating the majority of tonights newscast to Dianne Feinstein, remembering the impact she had on the bay area, california and the nation. Its almost immeasurable in many respects. All day today, people have come by feinsteins San Francisco home to leave flowers and share memories of the impact she had on their lives. You can see the growing memorial in this live picture in washington, d. C. On the senate floor finds stein was her seat was draped in black cloth on it, a vase holding a bouquet of white roses on her desk there in the chamber. Lets begin. Our Team Coverage with abc7 News Reporter cornell bernard. Yeah, he is live at San Francisco city hall. Cornell yeah, almond dan mayor london breed sending her condolences. She says you cant think of San Francisco without thinking of senator Dianne Feinstein. And thats why flags here at city hall are at half staff today in memory of the late senator. Its where she once served as mayor during a