No laughing matter. Will ferrell under fire for his plans to play Ronald Reagan suffering from alzheimers in a new film. The former president s family in an uproar. What they are saying this morning. And good morning, america. Happy friday. What a morning it is here in times square. We are kicking off the finale of our huge wedding event. Its huge. Final touches under way as you can see. The countdown is on for the big finish to our 24hour marathon 100 weddings in one day and it has been an incredible event. Look at elvis there. Yes, absolutely and were calling it our wide world of weddings. Taking place all over the globe. Right here youre about to look at a ceremony in south korea just moments ago and so much more of our celebration coming up and some very big surprise guest, as well. A lot of surprises this morning. I hugged one of our surprise guests this morning. It was very nice. Were excited about that. A lot more to come but first we want to get to the big headline this morning
Inside his compound. And what investigators had already discovered beforehand. Good evening. And we begin this thursday night with the frightening scene playing out at a tv station in baltimore today. A man walking in, telling people he was wearing a bomb. You could see him sitting inside the tv station, wearing among other things, a surgical mask there, and claiming that his vest was full of explosives. This went on for several hours. Then, s. W. A. T. Teams moving in and opening fire. All of this playing out on camera. You will hear the gunfire. But we have chosen not to show the moment he was hit. Abcs senior justice correspondent Pierre Thomas on the scene for us. Reporter the terror starting at 1 20 p. M. A man enters the lobby of the Baltimore Fox affiliate, claiming he has a bomb. He comes face to face with a Security Guard, jourael apostolides. And what did the device look like . Leading to other grayish areas on his body that could potentially be explosive. He had a metal deto
The most controversial religions in the world. The church pushing back hard and tonight their efforts to discredit Ron Miscavige. Rons daughters have relayed they grew up in a house they would call the chamber of horrors. But the emotional reunion, this is a special edition of nightline. The father, the son and the faith. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. The church of scientology has dealt with many high profile defectors. But the father of the undisputed leader of the church quitting, leaving the church and having a war within scientologys ruling family. I have never met a more competent and more intelligent and more tolerant, more compassionate being. That is how tom cruise describes David Miscavige, the unquestioned leader of scientology, one of the most controversial new religions on its a story that affects every scientologist. Reporter within the church, hes exalted. Thank you. Its my pleasure. Reporter he rubs shoulders with celebrities such as cruise, John Travolta and othe
This and if i dont do it, then i dont know anybody else who can. Theyre going to figure out what ive done. Did you access an unauthorized program. The government knows that we have these documents now. Youre looking at a possible death sentence. I cant turn back from this. Watch yourself. Theyre going to come for me. Theyre going to come for all of you, too. From the citys sightseeing celebrity bus in the heart of new york city, im tony isabelle. Thanks so much for following. Make sure you watch us at see you next time. Living with a man in los angeles who she said was the father of her child and not marquez. The government provided no evidence today that any of these three were involved in the actual attack in San Bernardino, or knew about it in advance. Much of the nations midsection was dealt another round of storms with at least 18 new tornadoes reported across six states from california to kentucky. Just outside of indianapolis, powerful Straight Line winds and a possible tornado
The decision now in. Good evening. Its great to have you with us on a friday night. And we begin with donald trump forced to hike around a giant crowd of protesters at an event in San Francisco. This was the scene, Police Holding back hundreds of protesters, but they broke through the barricades, forcing trump and his motorcade to go around. You can see trump jumping down the step, climbing up the grass to get to the back door. Heres cecilia vega, leading us off. Reporter tonight, throngs of angry protesters in San Francisco blocking roads, knocking down barricades, clashing with police in riot gear. And when Donald Trumps jet touched down, the crowd was abcs josh haskell right there. Reporter protesters outside the Hyatt Regency trying to use whatever entrance they can to stop donald trump from speaking here. Reporter the republican frontrunner forced to take a detour. Watch as trump leaves his motorcade surrounded by secret service, jumping down from a walkway, crossing a grassy medi