Of the year. Is a recession coming . Were live on wall street with the latest. Breaking new developments in the Jeffrey Epstein case. The new report about his autopsy finding multiple broken bones in epsteins neck the night he died. The i. C. E. Protest turning dangerous overnight. A pickup Truck Driving into a crowd, and what were now learning about the driver. An abc news exclusive. Cameron boyces parents, libby and victor, speaking publicly for the First Time Since the disney stars sudden death. Somewhere between the last text he sent me and the morning, he was gone. Their final conversation, and how theyre keeping their beloved sons legacy alive. And the massive cliff collapse caught on camera. Rocks plunging 200 feet into the water, narrowly missing these kayakers. Now what theyre saying about this incredible close call. Glad the kayakers are okay. Good morning, america on this thankful thursday and were not just here in times square. No, no, no, no. Gma also live look at that beautiful city. Chicago. Yeah. Take a look. Theres our gma rv on the move driving past that oh so famous skyline, and so many gathered there on north avenue beach to celebrate along with us. We have a big surprise for someone very special coming up. I love the music. Look at that. Oh we cannot wait for that. Cant wait to check in with chicago, and that surprise you mentioned coming up here. First, we have that breaking news from overnight. That dramatic standoff in philadelphia finally coming to an end after more than seven hours. Six Police Officers shot before the gunman was taken into custody. Gio benitez is on the scene in philadelphia this morning with the very latest. Good morning, gio. Reporter hey, david, good morning. Yeah, just an incredible, scary situation for both residents and officers. Take a look behind me because if you look closely, you can see all the evidence markers on the ground. Thats because more than 100 bullets were fired here. Residents jumping fences just to get away from all that gunfire. Overnight, a dramatic surrender. A raging gunman turning himself in to police. Maurice hill taken into custody bringing a violent, sevenhour tense standoff to an end in philadelphia. Give me s. W. A. T. Asap. Long guns, asap. I got officers shot. Reporter his surrender comes after gunfire rained down on police for hours. Gunshots hitting six officers. Bullets ricochetted off the sidewalk and nearby homes. Officers crawling and crouching to avoid getting hit. The shootout started while officers were serving hill with a narcotics warrant. We have an officers shot, and theyre still being shot at. Reporter the situation quickly escalating when hill, armed with multiple firearms, barricaded himself inside a home holding two Police Officers hostage. The guys still in the stairwell. Reporter police rushing their wounded brothers away from the barrage of bullets. One officer hit in the leg, the other in the arm. It was like 100 shots. Reporter crowds of officers surrounding the home on all sides. Cars filling the streets. The nearby university of temple campus on lockdown. I heard so many gunshots. Reporter several hours after the standoff began, remarkably all of the officers were transported to the hospital with nonlifethreatening injuries. Its nothing short of a miracle that we dont have multiple officers killed today. Reporter after the hostages were released, the gunman who phoned his attorney, chaka johnson, finally agreeing to speak with negotiators and hours later, surrendering. And were told this morning that all of those injured officers are going to make a full recovery. Again, nonlifethreatening injuries which is just incredible, robin, when you think about how many shots were fired here. Oh, my goodness. But we are grateful they are going to recover. All right, gio. Thank you. Now to those growing recession fears after the dow closed down 800 points last night, suffering its worst day all year. Rebecca jarvis is at the New York Stock Exchange and has the latest for us. Good morning, rebecca. Reporter good morning, robin. Weve already seen some wild swings this morning in stocks. Typically stocks are what we talk about. Theres another market, the bond market that is trillions of dollars larger. Yesterday it sent a dramatic warning signal about the economy. This morning, wall street reeling after the worst day for stocks this year with fears of a possible recession looming. The dow plunging 800 points, down more than 3 wednesday. Investors rattled by the escalating trade war with china, negotiations at a standstill and fears of a global slowing economy. And now a new warning sign, whats known as an inverted yield curve. When the yield thats the Interest Rate on the tenyear treasury is lower than the twoyear. Meaning investors get paid more to own the shorter term twoyear investment than they would for taking a longer term risk. The move which happened briefly wednesday typically signals a recession is coming in the next 22 months. The last time it happened was 2007 just before the great recession. If it were to stay in this condition for three to six months, then you will see people start to be much more concerned. Reporter while the president for now has backed off threats to impose new tariffs on chinese goods, the uncertainty weighing on stocks and u. S. Farmers who traditionally sell billions of dollars in crops to china, but china has stopped buying in retaliation. A lot of farmers will have to come up with alternative sources of income. Reporter and overnight, china said it was willing to meet the u. S. Halfway on trade which sent some optimism through the markets as has a new earning report from walmart which says the health of the consume is strong. Think about your 401 k . Stocks are up about 13 . Which means if you put 1,000 in the market at the beginning of the year today you have about 1,100. Amy . Thats some relief for some people out there who are so concerned. President trump does not appear to be worried about a possible recession, tweeting that the economy is strong and trying to ease fears about that trade war with china. Terry moran is at the white house with more on all of that. Good morning, terry. Reporter good morning, amy. Those are president trumps two basic responses to this market anxiety. First, its okay, and hes blaming the fed. For months hes been hammering fed chairman Jerome Powell for raising Interest Rates. Now hes demanding that those rates come down faster and farther. He says if he hadnt been raised, everything would be hunkydory. Hes trying to dial back that trade war with china. This week the president blinked and postponed his latest round of tariffs on china. So the consumers can spend freely during the christmas season, a sign he knows the tariffs can slow down the economy. Looming above everything, the 2020 campaign. The president also knows that the worst thing that can happen to him politically is a recession. Since the civil war, only one president has won reelection if there was a recession in the last two years of his term. That was william mckinley. That was back in the 1900s. There is history looming over this. David . We always appreciate the history. Already a Major Campaign issue. Terry, thank you. In the meantime, we turn now to the breaking developments in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation this morning. In fact, a new report about his apparent suicide detailing what the autopsy found, reports of multiple broken bones in his neck. Also the officers who were supposed to be watching him, did they doctor the logs . Linsey davis back with us this morning with the very latest. Linsey . Good morning david. Were learning about his autopsy report. A second epsteinrelated lawsuit has been filed. This one just filed yesterday by a woman who goes by the initials v. E. , and she claims she was sexually assaulted by epstein at 16. Shes suing three of epsteins companies claiming they were negligent for allowing and in some cases facilitating her abuse. Reporter this morning new details about the final moments of Jeffrey Epsteins life. The Washington Post reports that epstein sustained multiple breaks in his neck bones. The paper cites two people familiar with the findings of the disgraced millionaires autopsy. This comes as new concerns are being raised about the prison where Jeffrey Epstein was found dead. The department of justice revealing that more than half of the prison staff on the night epstein died were working overtime. Sources tell abc news that two guards were assigned to monitor epstein and not only didnt do so, but may have doctored their log entries to cover up the negligent. The guards are on administrative leave pending an investigation. All of this as we hear epstein in his own words. A newly resurfaced interview with epstein recovered nearly two decades ago, years before his conviction. I realize what i am. Im very comfortable in my own skin. Reporter in the 2003 interview with david bank, published this week by bloomberg, the millionaire talked about his life on his remote caribbean island, the site of raids by the fbi and nypd earlier this week. On my own island, or my own ranch, i can think the thoughts i want to think. Reporter and what now for former epstein confidant, Ghislaine Maxwell . The socialize is named in a new lawsuit filed by jennifer araoz. They stole from me. They robbed me of my youth, my identity, my innocence and my selfworth. Reporter araoz claims epstein raped her when she was 15 years old, saying that maxwell and at least three other epstein employees helped facilitate his crimes. My resolve to get justice is only strengthened. Reporter there are also three unnamed female employees included described as the recruiter, the secretary and the maid. Gil Ghislaine Maxwell has never been charged and vigorously denies the allegations against her. David . Thank you, linsey. Lets bring in dan abrams back with us this morning, and i want to pick up where linsey just left off, this new civil lawsuit that actually names Jeffrey Epsteins confidant, Ghislaine Maxwell, and she mentioned the recruiter, the secretary and the maid. We have heard little about maxwell, and dont know where she is. Shell have to respond to this. Unlike a criminal case, where you can revoke your right, if in a civil case, if you dont want a judgment entered against you, you have to come forward and answer questions. She may say i invoke my right against selfincrimination. Fine. She still has to show up and respond if she doesnt want immediately a judgment entered against her. This is not a really easy case against her either because even the victim here conceding she didnt have interactions with maxwell. No direct contact. Correct. There was something quite major happening in the last 24 hours, a new law here in new york state which gives alleged victims more time to come forward, and a bit of a grace period if you will to come forward right now. Yeah, and it was a law enacted that had nothing to do with epstein. It was a reaction to the Catholic Church scandal. Basically for one year the statute of limitations is on hold. You were abused as a child, you can sue. It focuses more on the age of the victims than it does on the number of years it happened. For example, moving forward until someone is 55, they can sue their abuser in new york. Criminal charges can also be brought for longer periods of time. Big change there. You heard linsey in that interview with the alleged victim say that shes still going to press ahead with this prosecution. But theres a lot of frustration with the guards who were not watching epstein. What for them if they have, in fact, doctored the logs . If they falsified records, that can be federal charges. We have seen it before. Corrections officers have been charged for that very crime, falsifying records. All right, well be tracking it. Dan, thanks very much. Robin . Now to another round of wicked weather overnight. Damage and flooding in the plains and southeast. Rob is in chicago and tracking it all for us. Good morning, rob. Hey, good morning, robin. It was a bit rough here in the midwest as far as heavy winds where they had heavy rains. That was across parts of the southeast yesterday. In south carolina, summerville, look at this. Five inches of rain falling just north of charleston, and a child care facility had to be evacuated. Some of those kids frightened as you can imagine. Orlando getting about four inches of rainfall yesterday as well, and flooding the streets. They can see similar action. A rough week for much of the southeast, and 60mileperhour winds in tuscaloosa, and indiana. 70mileperhour winds in chicago. Severe Weather Threat spreads to the east. Rapid city, sue falls, lincoln. Large hail and a few tornadoes, and the potential for more heat across california. Talk more about that in a little bit. Thanks, rob, so much. We turn to the dangerous scene at the i. C. E. Protest in rhode island overnight. A driver running into demonstrators, multiple injuries. Janai norman is here with that. Janai, good morning. David, good morning. Demonstrators were protesting the treatment of migrants outside the Detention Center. Dozens were linking arms when a driver drove his truck right into them. Reporter this protest appearing to be peaceful, but quickly turning into a scary crash after a driver plowed his pickup truck into this crowd of demonstrators. In this shocking video outside the Wyatt Detention Center in rhode island, you can see the truck driven by an alleged corrections officer approach the entrance to the Detention Center parking lot. Were a bunch of Peaceful Protesters sitting on the ground blocking this parking lot when a correctional officer in this suv comes barrelling through. Reporter before attempting to drive straight through the crowd of jewish protesters, many advocating for the human rights of migrants detained by i. C. E. [ chanting shut it down ] reporter five protesters suffered nonlifethreatening injuries. Reports say immediately following the truck going into the crowd officers came out and surrounded the truck in hopes of moving the protesters. Everyone, back up. Reporter watch when the crowd of roughly 600 demonstrators doesnt disperse. The officers used pepper spray. And while officers used pepper spray, protesters say those officers did nothing to address the driver. When reached by abc news, the Detention Center offered no comment this morning. Alarming pictures overnight. Absolutely. All right, janai, thanks. Now to the water crisis in new jerseys largest city. There are increased calls this morning for the mayor of newark to step down. As the city struggles to get even bottled water to its residents. Whit johnson is in newark with the latest. Good morning, whit. Reporter robin, good morning to you. Outrage and frustration here in newark, sparked by growing fears of lead contamination. Tens of thousands of residents told not to drink water from the tap. Many lining up to pick up cases of bottled water. Many wondering if newark may be the new flint, michigan where residents are exposed to dangerous lead levels in their water. Now in newark there are growing calls for the citys mayor to step down. The crisis has been brewing for nearly three years now, coming the a led last week when the epa found elevated levels of lead in two homes that were using special filters intended to clean the water, blaming a Corrosion Control issue at one of the citys Water Treatment plants, but adding insults to injury, officials had to temporarily stop giving out bottles of water yesterday after many of them were found to be past their best buy dates. Officials will be out here at this rec center and other locations across the city handing out bottled water once again. Robin . This time water thats not past its due date. Think about the folks in flint, michigan who have been going through this for many years. And still. Still going on. Hope they get answers soon. We want to take a look at a very close call for kayakers in michigan. They were touring the pictured Rocks National lake shore. Look at that. A huge section of a 200foot cliff collapsed into lake superior. Missing them by just about 50 feet. Thankfully and remarkably no one was injured. The tour guide speaking out about those intense moments in the water. Take a listen. Two minutes prior, we were under that spot where all the rocks fell which is absolutely crazy in my mind. All of a sudden, the cliff just started to crack and section by section, these rocks of sandstone just fell into the water. Wow. You see its remarkable that that was stunningly captured. There was a nature photography boat and they set their drone when they heard the sound of the rocks falling. They captured it all. Were following a lot of other stories this morning as well, including that abc news exclusive with robin. Her interview with the parents of the disney star, Cameron Boyce. How theyre going to keep his legacy alive. They are a really, really special family. I cant wait to share that with you. Lets go to rob in chicago. Time for your sunny cities sponsored by expedia. Com. Well be right back. Right back. 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