Train hurtles down the tracks on a collision course with a truck. The quickthinking hero who ran through the cars and saved countless passengers. And good morning, america. Busy friday morning. Two big stories to get to. Overnight the news of a Major Development in the nations Public Schools. Thats right. The president is ordering an important change to the issue of transgender rights for children and were going to have much more on that in a minute. We do begin with Donald Trumps high stakes meeting with paul ryan. The big question can they bring the gop together and jon karl has the latest from washington. Good morning, jon. Reporter good morning. There was lots of talk of unity at that meeting yesterday but republicans remain deeply divided and are struggling to come to terms with their nominee. Overnight donald trump declared his charm offend whiff with paul ryan a budding success. I think for the most part we agree on a lot items and were getting there. Reporter trumps first trip
Cell phone. Good morning, everyone. Well start with the push to unify the Republican Party. Donald trump and House Speaker paul ryan inching closer to common ground. They are pledging to Work Together to beat Hillary Clinton but ryan is still not offering an endorsement, at least for now. Abcs Stephanie Ramos is live with the latest. Good morning. Reporter diane, good morning, kendis. Well, the highly anticipated meeting between donald trump and House Speaker paul ryan happened. Now it looks like the Republican Party will try to work things out after a contentious primary. The ultimate boardroom meeting came and went. Donald trump descending upon capitol hill after months of protesting against washington but now ready to bridge his views with Top Republican lawmakers. It was very good. It was very productive. The meeting taking place behind closed doors. No handshakes and still no endorsement from House Speaker paul ryan. I was very enc what i heard from donald trump today. I do believ
No information on the suspect. Leon thank you. In the last 20 minutes we got breaking news out of montgomery county. Where police are investigating yet another shooting. This one in wheaton. Live pictures now from news chopper 7 flying over the scene on the 11,000 block of Georgia Avenue. We have few details coming in here at the moment. We are sorting through all of that right now. We will bring you new information as soon as we have got it together. Now you can track crime when it happens in your neighborhood. Using our spot crime maps. That is available for you at wjla. Com. Alison imagine waking up in the middle of the night to find someone you dont know touching you in your bed. Tonight the search is on for a man who did that to a woman. I was on north edgewood street. That is just off of busy washington boulevard. Kevin lewis is there live with the details on this story. Kevin we have been on the treat fo fewer than ten cars passed the news truck. You can hear the birds chirping.
On this friday, may 13th. Announcer from abc news, this is world news now. Its friday the 13th. It is friday the 13th. A little spooky. Kimmel tweeting about two hours ago said im jimmy kimmel and i would like to be your Vice President , officially putting himself there in the race. All right. Well see how that one goes over. Well get to that a little bit later. We want to start on a serious note. Want to start with the new development overnight in George Zimmermans controversial gun sale. The auction of the pistol he used to kill Trayvon Martin now vanishing from a second website. Zimmerman sparked outrage when he announced the sale of this gun. He vehemently defended his right to put it on the Auction Block but so far, its not quite going as planned. Abcs brandi hitt has the latest. Reporter its known as a millimeter pistol. It became a symbol of the grim side of American Life in the hands of this man in the murder case against George Zimmerman for shooting Trayvon Martin in 2012. Wh
Cell phone. Good morning, everyone. Well start with the push to unify the Republican Party. Donald trump and House Speaker paul ryan inching closer to common ground. They are pledging to Work Together to beat Hillary Clinton but ryan is still not offering an endorsement, at least for now. Abcs Stephanie Ramos is live with the latest. Good morning. Reporter diane, good morning, kendis. Well, the highly anticipated meeting between donald trump and House Speaker paul ryan happened. Now it looks like the Republican Party will try to work things out after a contentious primary. The ultimate boardroom meeting came and went. Donald trump descending upon capitol hill after months of protesting against washington but now ready to bridge his views with Top Republican lawmakers. It was very good. It was very productive. The meeting taking place behind closed doors. No handshakes and still no endorsement from House Speaker paul ryan. I was very encouraged with what i heard from donald trump today.