Harry and meghan, defying the monarch, saying theyre stepping back from being senior royals. Now meghan heading back to canada to reunite with baby archie. Our royal insider here with the very latest. Raging wildfires. Conditions worsening right now in australia as those dangerous winds pick up. The new hazard for firefighters on the front lines. Glacier rescue, 39 tourists including children, some buried up to their necks in snow. Nearly 200 rescue workers racing to save them. Body shaming backlash. What superstar singer lizzo is saying after trainer Jillian Michaels questions her weight and her health. Ken jennings taking the lead overnight. Were behind the scenes. Who will be the last champ standing . Good morning, america. Happy friday to everybody out there. The battle to be the best is under way on jeopardy ken jennings just one win away from claiming the title of g. O. A. T. , greatest of all time. But as we know, anything could happen. Hes going to be in the hall of fame for that. Good music choice this morning. That was good. We have a very busy friday. We have a lot of news to get to and we begin with new developments in that deadly plane disaster in iran. Growing suspicion this morning that the ukrainian airliner was brought down by an iranian missile. Iran is still denying responsibility but new video has surfaced appearing to show the moment a missile hits, downing the jet, killing all 176 on board. Our Senior Transportation correspondent david kerley starts us off with the latest. Good morning, david. Reporter good morning, george. Despite the growing chorus from National Leaders and a growing body of evidence from the intelligence community, iran continues to deny that it shot down that 737 with 176 on board, and that despite this latest piece of evidence, that video apparently showing a direct hit. Iran this morning denies this is the moment of impact a skyward missile hitting that 737, a momentary flash of light and seconds later, an explosive sound. Taken from a neighborhood where the ukrainian jet was last tracked, the video appearing to confirm what a u. S. Source tells abc news, that intelligence sources are confident an iranian antiaircraft missile hit that jetliner. This video of the crippled jet captured in this tehran neighborhood, the jet in flames breaking apart and exploding three miles away. The power of that ground impact captured by a cctv camera and shown on iranian media. This morning, National Leaders from britain, even ukraine echoing what canadas Prime Minister first declared. The evidence indicates that the plane was shot down by an iranian surfacetoair missile. This may well have been unintentional. Reporter 63 canadians were among the 176 lost in the crash. The American Intelligence Community believes that iran turned on and aimed a radar at the jetliner. A radar signal to guide antiaircraft missiles from a mobile launcher. A u. S. Satellite saw the firing of two missiles at the 737. The warheads of those missiles would explode near the aircraft, spraying shrapnel that would pierce the aircraft in multiple locations. Pictures of the wreckage seem to highlight holes blasted through the jet, shrapnel holes. Experts suggest that just less than four hours after iran had fired missiles at american targets in iraq, tensions were high at the iranian antiaircraft batteries and a mistake may have been made which killed dozens of iranians as well as canadians. They were basically the kindest souls that i knew. Reporter many of those canadians on board were students. Words simply cannot express the grief that we are feeling on campus. Were a closeknit community. Reporter the ukrainian president paused for that loss as he called for an open investigation and for the west to share that radar and satellite data. Iran has been defiant, an official claiming it was scientifically impossible to shoot down the jetliner, but look at what the iranian government did. This was the scene just after the crash. Abc news obtained this exclusive video just about 24 hours later, and the wreckage has been cleared, the evidence gone. Iran again this morning showing off the black boxes, but apparently has not pulled the data from either one. The answers to this tragedy are in those boxes. And that cleaned up wreckage. Iran has now invited western countries to take part investigate investigation including the u. S. , but because of a technicality, the ntsb cant accept it until the Trump Administration says so because of sanctions. If the ntsb is allowed to participate, its most likely able to invite boeing as well. Cecilia . David kerley, thank you. There are still so many questions about this so lets bring in steve ganyard. Good morning. Assuming this was an accidental shootdown, how could Something Like this happen . Its inconceivable, isnt it, cecilia . How could you shoot down an airliner with innocent civilians. But think about it, you had a poorly trained crew in the middle of a field, in the middle of the night thinking that they were about to get attacked and they see an aircraft. They lock it up. They pull the trigger and they shoot. A terrible, terrible mistake, and its happened before. You remember the Malaysian Air shootdown just five years ago in the ukraine. In 1988 a u. S. Navy ship shot down an iranian jet. In 2001 you had a ukrainian battery shoot down a russian airplane, so unfortunately, these terrible mistakes have happened in the past. We saw that video as you were talking now and in davids piece that seems to show the crash site already cleared. What happens to this investigation now . Well, as david said, we need to get International Investigators in there as soon as possible because when you ball up all the wreckage like that, think of it like a crime scene. Youre contaminating the crime scene. Youre not able to piece together what actually happened based on whats remaining. We need to get International Investigators in there and be able to look at the wreckage and piece together and find out what really brought this down and prove that it was a missile that the iranians shot at this airplane. If there is no crash site, the iranians are now saying that the black boxes were damaged, is all the evidence gone . Cecilia, actually in this case i dont think the black boxes will be helpful. They will show this was a perfectly good airplane right up until the moment of impact. What we need do is look at the metal of that aircraft, look for things like residual powder, look for slhrapnel, the kinds of things that would prove that this actually was brought down by a missile. The iranians are doing their best to cover that up and so getting International Investigators in there as soon as possible so we can tell the truth to the world is the most important thing that needs to be done now. So many questions. Steve ganyard, thank you. Michael . These developments come as an iranian general now says that Missile Launch on u. S. Forces in iraq was just the first stage. Our senior Foreign Correspondent ian pannell is in erbil, iraq with more. Good morning, ian. Reporter yeah, good morning, michael. Overnight new threats from iran. A top Iranian Revolutionary guard commander general calling on all their proxy groups throughout the region to take action saying the missile strikes were the start of, quote, big operations that will continue. The commander saying that they could have killed hundreds and thousands of u. S. Troops if they had chosen to. Now, the flags behind the general interesting represent various pro iranian militias from iraq, lebanon, even afghanistan, some described as terrorist organizations by the u. S. , and of course this is a sign of how far and wide irans influence stretches. What it shows is were not out of the woods yet, and tensions are really going to persist as long as this threat goes on, and as long as u. S. Forces remain in the region, george. Ian, thanks very much. The iran crisis front and center of president Trumps Campaign rally in ohio overnight as he faces a looming impeachment trial and growing questions about the evidence used to justify the killing of irans top commander. Our Senior National correspondent terry moran is tracking it all at the white house. Good morning, terry. Reporter good morning, george. Today the president is going to announce new sanctions on iran in the countrys ruling elites and nonoil industries while many here in congress are pushing for some kind of new check on the president s warmaking powers. With growing calls from congress to provide the actual evidence used to justify the u. S. Strike on qassem soleimani, secretary of state mike pompeo stopped short of sharing specifics. There is no doubt that there were a series of imminent attacks that were being plotted by qassem soleimani. We dont know precisely when and we dont know precisely where, but it was real. Reporter but at his rally last night, President Trump continued to claim there was a plot to attack u. S. Embassies. Soleimani was actively planning new attacks and he was looking very seriously at our embassies and not just the embassy in baghdad, but we stopped him and we stopped him quickly and we stopped him cold. Reporter democrats and some republicans have criticized the administration for offering contradicting information and still no hard evidence that an attack was imminent. With the president s actions last week, he endangered our servicemen and women, our diplomats. Reporter the house delivering a sharp but largely symbolic rebuke on thursday, passing a nonbinding measure on a mostly party line. The bill has passed. Reporter demanding that unless President Trump receives congressional approval, hostilities against iran must end within 30 days. But the president says in some circumstances he cannot wait on congress. They want us to call can you imagine calling crooked adam schiff. Say, gee, adam, how are you doing . Listen, we have the worlds number one terrorist, killed thousands and thousands of people. Wed like to set up a meeting so we can discuss his execution. Reporter many lawmakers are fuming over what they say are inadequate briefings about the attack on soleimani. They say there was no mention of any evidence of attacks on u. S. Embassies. George. The impeachment trial still looming, but nobody knows exactly when. Nancy pelosi Still Holding onto those articles of impeachment, and all she is saying is she will send them soon. Reporter soon. Shes still looking for leverage, trying to get Mitch Mcconnell to call witnesses in the trial of the president and the senate. She risks losing momentum with this impeachment, and it feels now more like a highway bill than a constitutional process. Okay, terry moran. Thank you so much. The speaker will be my exclusive guest this sunday on this week. Ceci cecilia . We turn to the storm barrelling across the country with Severe Weather starting today, bringing snow, flash flooding and tornados. Ginger is back with all the latest. Reporter good morning, cecilia. An abundance of dangers across the map here. You can see ice from kansas city to west michigan, floods all the way to vermont and then severe storms and thats where i want to focus on, the deep south, from texas the through oklahoma into the plains, arkansas and louisiana. Were going to see this front come through. You can see the stream line here. We have the moisture and heat coming up against that much colder air. You know there are going to be storms and this is a sobering Severe Weather episode that could happen today because were going to see these start to erupt in a couple of waves. Within those waves you could see isolated storms probably not ahead but within the storm structure, the damaging wind line. Thats west of i35. Then look at this, it all becomes a 75plus mileperhour wind gust possibilities, hail could be in too. This goes all the way east into western tennessee by tonight, michael. A little bit of everything. Ginger, thank you so much. Now to those explosive newly released messages from boeing about the now grounded 737 max jets. In internal documents employees mocked the faa and even appeared to conceal problems from regulators before those two crashes that killed 350 people. Whit johnson has the details. Reporter a trove of documents released overnight paint an embarrassing picture for boeing and its handling of the 737 max. Hundreds of emails and instant messages show employees mocking the faa, the company, and problems with the airplane. In one exchange, a boeing employee asks, would you put your family on a max simulatortrained aircraft . I wouldnt. Another apparently joking says, i still havent been forgiven by god for the covering up i did last year. Several others blast the aircrafts designers. One writing, this airplane is designed by clowns who in turn are supervised by monkeys. The question is whether or not it reflects the attitude of a wider group of people at boeing. That would be very difficult for the company to overcome without doing a lot of housekeeping. Reporter still others are slamming federal regulators, claiming the faa were neither thorough nor demanding and failed to write up many issues. After all, boeing has nothing to gain and everything to lose by being slapdash in safety. However, if the attitude is were going to mislead the faa, thats something that has to be addressed. Reporter the fastest selling jetliner ever for boeing, it was grounded following two deadly crashes, killing nearly 350 people. Boeing released a statement apologizing saying in part, these communications do not reflect the company we are and need to be, and they are completely unacceptable. The faa called the tone and content disappointing but said theres nothing in these documents that points to any new safety risks, in other words, something they didnt already know about. These emails just blow you away. Absolutely. So much trouble for boeing. Okay, whit. Thanks very much. We move on and switch gears. Blockbuster jeopardy showdown after last nights match, ken jennings now just one win away from the greatest of all time crown. Our jeopardy correspondent t. J. Holmes is here. Thank you, t. J. Thank you for that title. First two nights of this competition came down to the very last clue so a lot of suspense. Last night wasnt the case. Night three was different, but it was the shock of the tournament because of James Holzhauer. The phenom was blown out. Yes, the guy known as jeopardy james was just plain old james last night. The battle to win 1 million continues on jeopardy reporter night three of jeopardy s greatest of all time tournament and James Holzhauer looked mortal. No. No. No. Reporter at one point losing everything in one of his famous all in daily doubles. Presto chango 5,000. All right. What is diamond . No. What is garnet. All right, youre tied with ken and brad. Reporter and look who decided to show up, brad rutter. After rough showing his first two nights of coming in last, rutter showed signs of life and was in it for a stretch. Who is john irving . Reporter instead, ken jennings dominated, building a lead by betting it all jeopardy james style. I have to do it all, alex. 900 points. Reporter it was a move that was too risky for comfort. I dont want to do that again. Reporter but it was enough to give the 74game champ a Comfortable Lead and he coasted the rest of the way. This twoword phrase marks the end of friendly generational relations. Ken . I get to say it to alex. What is okay, boomer. Reporter jennings told me at the tapings he was ready to turn the tables on holzhauer. Im not an aggressive jeopardy player by nature. I like to play comfortably out there but i think theres going to be some big bets. Reporter and a win last night for jeopardy s writers. They stumped all three on the final jeopardy clue. Who are ang, lee and gonzalez. Reporter holzhauer decided to be funny. Trebek not amused. You started to write pat sajak. Is that right . I wish you had risked more points. Ladies and gentlemen, id like to welcome you to the jeopardy comedy hour. So a little fun last night with these guys, but yes, brad rutter, show me something. Brad rutter, he still came in third, just not as distant of a third, so we will take it. But hes still got a shot. Still got a shot. Start again on tuesday. It would be the greatest comeback of all time. It would be. Okay, t. J. Thanks very much. We are following a lot of other stories this morning including the queen calling an emergency family meeting after harry and meghan publicly defy her. This as duchess meghan flies to canada to be with baby archie. First, ginger is back from covering those devastating wildfires in australia. This morning, credible outlets are saying up to 25 million acres burned now. Thats a huge jump but i anticipated it because while we were there, guys, we drove the distance as if we drove l. A. To San Francisco and it was all burnt and thats just the part i drove. You can imagine that blackened earth just never ending, right. So thats what we experienced but you know that there are more than a billion animals dead. Theyre worried that some of those species are now going to be extinct. We also worry that it is far from over. If i can show you the forecast, the temperatures there have been 102 in places that still have the potential to burn. So were concerned about that and the wind today but were happy more than 100 firefighters showed up and more than 100 coming from the u. S. Your local weather in 30 seconds. First though, the weekend getaways sponsored by planet fitness. Well be right back. whistling 1917 is the winner of the golwe need to keep moving ctor. And best picture. Experience 1917. Thenot actors, people, whove got their eczema under control. With less eczema, you can show more skin. So roll up those sleeves. And help heal your skin from within with dupixent. 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