First flight. Hes got to do it again. Harness in this time. World news with david muir is next. Tonight, several developing tonight, breaking news as we come on the air in the west. The scare at wall per reed medical center. Authorities racing to the scene, guns drawn. And what the u. S. Navy said late today. The terrifying moments as an apartment complex goes up in flames. More than 100 firefighters responding. Many going doortodoor to get families out. Then the mayday call. Firefighters trapped. The president and his new threat against gm. After General Motors announces its Cutting Thousands of jobs in ohio, michigan and maryland, what the president is now warning unless gm changes course. Does he have the power to do it . The new and alarming numbers tonight. The faces of the children coming down with what seems like the common cold, but it can lead to partial paralysis. The poliolike illness, and where theyre seeing cases now. Three American Service members killed. An ied blowing up their Armored Vehicle. The deadliest day in afghanistan this year, and just months after our own team was with troops as they discovered one of those ieds. The video just out tonight, The Pit Bull Attack in a school. Several Young Students injured. The First Responders and the teacher who helped stop it from getting worse. And the american, the first time he ever went hang gliding, but the instructor forgot to attach the safety harness. Tonight, that american describing hanging on for dear life. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. And we have several breaking stories. And we begin with that Emergency Alert that went out at Walter Reed Medical Center in bethesda, maryland. Warning of an active shooter scene. It prompted a Massive Police response. People there running for cover, tweeting loved ones about the ar authorities with their guns drawn. U. S. Navy officials then saying it was just a drill, and tonight, the navy saying just moments ago that this active shooter scare was the result of, quote, improper use of a mass notification system. Abcs david kerley leading us off. Reporter tonight, details of that scare at Walter Reed Medical Center. Early reports of an active shooter, people sent scrambling. It was a large response of s. W. A. T. Teams and police converging on the military hospital. It turns out a unit was preparing for an active Shooter Drill when someone activated a notification system. An alert going out without declaring that it was only a drill. Security then notified local and state police. A member of congress among those inside the hospital, sent into a panic. Im going to check with the Defense Department and find out who was in charge of this. You know, why did it happen this way . Because people could have been hurt. A lot of anxiety that we didnt need to have. Reporter the hospital was
put on lockdown, patients and staff moved to secure locations. It was a tense time. David kerley joins us live from washington. And david, lets go back to that statement they just put out before we came on the air tonight. The navy saying that this was because of improper use of the hospitals Emergency Alert system . Reporter they were preparing to do this exercise, david, and somebody inadvertently started the notification, its called a mass notification system. The problem is, the text didnt include the word drill or exercise. A major scare from a mistake. David kerley leading us off tonight. David, thank you. There was another scare that played out today, this time, in dallas. And it was very real. More than 100 firefighters racing to the scene when a condominium complex went up in flames. Those firefighters going doortodoor, pounding on them to get families out. Part of the building then collapsing, and a mayday call going out. Several firefighters were trapped. Abcs marcus moore is on the scene tonight. Reporter it started at 9 15 this morning. We got a lot of smoke inside. We got a lot of people, we need to start evacuating these buildings. Reporter this dallas condos engulfed in an inferno. Firefighters going doortodoor, racing to get families to safety. Those red hot flames sending residents scrambling. Things started imploding. And you could see peoples stuff going up in smoke. Reporter parts of the building collapsing, as more than 100 firefighters worked to douse the flames. There are times when the smoke is building and choking as this fight continues. At one point, the roof collapsed and three firefighters had to be rescued when a floor fell in. Fourth alarm. We have a mayday at this time. Reporter these firefighters were essentially trapped . They were trapped inside. It was a floor that was above them that collapsed into the unit that they were in. And it cut off their means of egress. Reporter a Rapid Intervention item finding those firefighters, finally pulling them from the building. And marcus moore joins us live tonight from the scene there in dallas. And marcus, those firefighters are all expected to be okay . Reporter thats right,
david. All three firefighters and a resident were treated for injuries, but they are expected to be okay. And one official told me, if it had not been for that Rapid Intervention team going in so quickly, david, this would have been far worse. Just an Incredible Scene Playing Out In Dallas today. Marcus, thank you. Were going to turn next tonight to the president and his threat against General Motors today, after gm announced plans to cut thousands of jobs in ohio, michigan and maryland. The news just weeks before christmas. Tonight, the president is now threatening to withdraw subsidies if gm doesnt change course. But does he have the power to do that . Abcs eva pilgrim is in michigan with the American Workers asking, how could this happen . Reporter tonight, the President Taking Aim on gm with a threat, after the largest automaker in the u. S. Announced it was shutting down five plants and eliminating nearly 15,000 jobs. The president tweeting, very disappointed with General Motors and their ceo, mary barra, for closing plants in ohio, michigan and maryland. Nothing being closed in mexico and china. The u. S. Saved General Motors, and this is the thanks we get we are now looking at cutting all gm subsidies, including for electric cars. The threat comes after the president vented his frustration directly at ceo mary barra. I spoke to her and i expressed the fact that i am not happy with what she did. Reporter tonight, gm responding, saying it needs to Support Growth in trucks and suvs. That Consumer Demand forced them to eliminate lowselling cars. For workers here in detroit, shock and devastation. John sanker is a father of three. Its scary, because a lot of jobs are going to be lost and everybodys afraid of what theyre going to do for their families. Reporter tara gress has worked with gm for 19 years. They just were just a number now. Reporter this cutback undermining the promise President Trump made on the campaign trail. Let me tell folks in ohio and this area, dont sell your
house. Were going to get those values up. Were going to get those jobs coming back, and were going to fill up those factories or rip them down and build brand new ones. Reporter gm also profiting from the president s tax cut, the company saying theyve gotten a benefit of 157 million this year. Democrat tim ryan of ohio attacking the president. He does nothing but try to divide the country and start culture wars, and behind the scenes, the American Worker is getting screwed by a company that got one of his huge tax cuts. Eva joins us live outside detroit tonight, and eva, we heard the threats from the president there. Can the president target these subsidies, take them away, in effect, without congress helping him . Reporter david, the president cannot act on this issue without congress, and the idea that congress would pass legislation targeting a specific company is highly unlikely. David . Eva pilgrim in michigan again tonight. Eva, thank you. There is also developing news tonight in the mueller investigation. We learned overnight the plea
deal with former Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort has fallen apart. Muellers team claiming manafort lied several times. So, what now . Is manafort signaling he wants a pardon . Is mueller using this to prepare his next move . Heres abcs chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl tonight. Reporter with special Counsel Robert Mueller expected to be nearing the end of his investigation, a major development. A Cooperation Deal with key witness Paul Manafort has broken down. Mueller accusing the former Trump Campaign chairman of lying repeatedly to the fbi. Manafort has already pled guilty to other charges and faces the possibility of spending the rest of his life in prison. Could manafort now be hoping for a pardon from the president . Hours after the deal broke down, the president offered some of his harsh attacks yet on the Special Counsel, tweeting, wait until it comes out how horribly and viciously they are treating people, ruining lives for them refusing to lie. Mueller is a conflicted prosecutor gone rogue. Given what the president said this morning, that Robert Mueller is ruining peoples lives, is he considering a pardon for Paul Manafort or for others who were prosecuted and have been prosecuted by mueller . Im not aware of any conversations for anyones pardon involving this process. Reporter but with a new acting Attorney General who has also criticized mueller, could the president finally pull the plug on the investigation . And if i can follow up, he also said this morning that mueller is doing tremendous damage to the criminal justice system. If thats true, is he considering picking up the phone, calling his acting Attorney General and saying, fire Robert Mueller . Look, i think that the president has had Robert Mueller doing his job for the last two years and he could have taken action at any point and he hasnt. Reporter is he ruling it out now . So well let that speak for itself. He has no intent to do anything. All right, so, lets to Jonathan Karl, with us live tonight from the white house. Jon, theres been a lot of talk
about the possibility of a Government Shutdown if the president doesnt get the funding for the border wall that he wants. But if there is a shutdown, tonight, the Special Counsel is now on the record about what would happen to Robert Muellers investigation . Reporter in fact, we saw something from the Special Counsel that we almost never see from them, david, a Public Statement. In this statement, the office of Robert Mueller said that their investigation will continue regardless of whether or not there is a Government Shutdown. Very rare Public Statement tonight. Jon karl, our thanks to you. Were going to turn next here to the deadliest day this year for American Service members fighting in afghanistan. Three u. S. Troops were killed when an ied exploded. Its the very danger that our team saw firsthand with the troops while reporting from the front lines in afghanistan. Witnessing the moment they had to detonate it before moving forward. Abcs senior Foreign Correspondent ian pannell on what was a very deadly day. Reporter The Americans were traveling in a heavily Armored Vehicle like this when it hit a roadside bomb. Killing three, wounding three
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this month, and were concerned about mudslides later this week. David . All right, were watching both coasts tonight. Rob, thank you. Were going to turn now to a terrifying scene inside a school in oklahoma. A pit bull getting into the school and Authorities Say attacking children, third and fourth graders. Several were taken to the hospital, and now Body Cam Video tonight showing how First Responders and a teacher helped stop the dog. Heres abcs Kayna Whitworth. Is it in the school . Yes reporter tonight, this Police Body Cam footage showing the frantic moments get in the classroom now reporter after a teacher tackled a pit bull at an oklahoma elementary school. It ran into a playground where about 30 students were out for recess a week ago monday. This Wild Put Bull got loose and its like attacking the kids. Theres like four, maybe five kids that said they were bit. Reporter more than a dozen children were injured. Five taken to the hospital by ambulance. 8yearold alexander bit in the leg. He was, like, kind for a minute, but then he got, like, rough and he started biting people. Hold on, hold on. Just in case it slips out. Reporter officers finally able to leash the pit bull and lead it out of the school. Tonight, the dog being held by animal control. Police still looking for its owner. David, all of those children are going to be okay. Officials think the pit bull got onto School Grounds through a gate that had been left open. David . All right, Kayna Whitworth tonight. Kayna, thanks. There is an alarming new headline about that Mystery Outbreak affecting children, now spreading across the country. The cdc tonight confirming 116 cases now in 31 states. Theyre investigating 170 more cases. As weve reported here, it can start like the common cold, then the rare condition brings on poliolike symptoms, partial paralysis among them. Heres abcs Erielle Reshef tonight. Reporter growing concern tonight over that rare but Mysterious Illness striking mainly children. The number of cases of acute flaccid myelitis, or afm, nearly doubling in just the last month. It can start like the common
cold, but lead to poliolike symptoms like paralysis and trouble breathing. 8yearold Tahi Toya First had a sinus infection, then lost strength in his left arm. Tahi had a droopy face, he lost his core strength, so he was unable to sit up without assistance. Reporter theres no cure for afm, and half of patients dont fully recover. But tahi tonight is getting stronger after a cutting edge surgery that moved healthy nerves from his rib to his arm. Microsurgically, what were doing is disconnecting a nerve from one muscle and tunneling it to a new target. Reporter and david, the best hope for success of that surgery is within the first 18 months of diagnosis. Experts say the chances of getting afm, one in a million, but the cdc is now tracking this closely. David . All right, well stay on it. Erielle, thank you. Were also following a goment development involving that boeing jet that crash eed
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