Tonight, several breaking headlines. The string of bombs left on doorsteps. Three separate homes. Two dead tonight, one in critical condition. Authorities now warning an entire community, do not touch suspicious packages. Also tonight, the horrific Helicopter Crash here in new york city. Five dead. The pilot just before the crash. Mayday, mayday. Tonight, what weve now learned. The pilot, the only survivor, now suggesting something got caught on the fuel switch. And the video of the passengers just as the chopper took off. The major storm tonight. The third noreaster in less than two weeks set to hit this evening. 40 million americans from the carolinas to new york city to boston. Where the mayor tonight has issued a warning. Rob standing by with the new track. President trump and his plan for gun safety. After the president said it doesnt make sense you have to wait until 21 to get a handgun, but you can get a weapon like the one used in florida at 18, why dont his plan raise the age . The adult film star and her ultimatum. Giving the president until noon tomorrow. The o. J. Simpson interview that was never seen. Saying what hes about to describe is only hypothetical. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a monday night. And we begin tonight with a string of deadly bombs. Police investigating if there is a serial bomber on the loose in austin, texas, tonight. Two attacks today. Police say a teenager was killed and a woman badly injured when the device went off at their front door. A third blast, daves ago. And while police were at the second scene today, the third went off elsewhere. Abcs alex perez leads us off from austin. Reporter tonight, austin,
texas, on edge. Investigators scrambling to track down a possible serial bomber. Three mysterious explosions in ten days, just miles apart. We got two people down, it looks like one in the door entry. Reporter 6 44 this morning, a deadly blast. A 17yearold africanamerican teen killed, an adult woman injured when they opened a package they discovered on their front porch. Neighbors horrified. I saw ambulance with my neighbor on a stretcher, so, that was terrifying to me. We have a trauma activation. Penetrating trauma, head and torso. Reporter then, at 11 50, another explosion just three miles away. Authorities rushing from the other crime scene. The package device detonating when an elderly hispanic woman handled it. Shes critically injured. We just heard an explosion and it just felt it, like, move the ground. And thats when we walked out and we saw the smoke and the lady laying on the floor. Reporter police evacuating the neighborhood, putting small children on pulses, alerting everyone not to touch any suspicious packages. Weve got a pattern of incidents that have occurred in this community over the past ten days, and so, we believe are related. Reporter its the third bombing since march 2nd. All within this 14mile radius. The first killing, 39yearold anthony house. Police saying the packages not sent in the mail. They believe they were left on front porches in the middle of the night. These devices can explode in many ways, either by being moved or opened. If you see something thats out of place, do not handle it. Reporter federal and local authorities searching for Surveillance Video in these neighborhoods. They have no description of the suspect. You have heard something, however trivial you may believe it to be, that may be the piece of information that we need to crack this case. Alex perez joins us live tonight from the scene of the third bomb. And alex, authorities are not ruling out the possibility of a
hate crime . Reporter thats right. Authorities still on the scene here. Investigator says a possible hate crime is one of the possibilities on the table right now. Two of the victims were black, one of them was hispanic. Authorities say at this point, theyre not ruling anything out. David . Alex perez leading us off on a monday night. Now, to new reporting this evening after that awful Helicopter Crash here in new york city. The final images of the five passengers killed, recording their flight just minutes before the tour helicopter went down in the east river. Tonight, the pilot, the only survivor, now saying one of the passengers bag straps or a safety harness tether got caught on the fuel. Abcs david kerley is on the scene for us. Reporter tonight, new images inside that helicopter flight. Smiles all around during takeoff. Just minutes later, tragedy. Zerolimahotel, mayday, mayday, mayday. Zerolimahotel, whats the matter . You okay . Engine failure. Reporter the sunset photo and sightseeing tour going down
in the east river. Marine 6 does have one diver in the water. Reporter the five passengers unable to escape the sinking chopper in icy water. It almost looked very surreal. And next thing we know, its approaching the water, slowly. And then it just completely crashed and then sunk. Reporter the lone survivor, the pilot, telling authorities that a tether or part of a passengers harness snagged one of the fuel levers, shutting it. Bleeding the engine of fuel. Tethers are used to allow photographers, or in this case, a coast guardsman, to move around a chopper in flight. But the illfated flight may have suffered another disaster. It was equipped with floats used for Emergency Water landings. But as the new york chopper nears the water, the pilot says the right float fails to inflate properly. The helicopter slams to that side. If those floats had worked properly, we would have had five people probably still alive. Reporter the five passengers in their late 20s and early 30s. Among them, a journalist, a firefighter, an argentinian
tourist and two tour company employees. None of them able to free themselves from the harness system under water. Passengers on a similar flight complained about those harnesses. Somebody who flew in a sister helicopter last night said it was not easy to get out, when theyre on the ground, to get out of their harnesses. We will be looking at this helicopter to see whether the harnesses were functioning. Reporter liberty helicopters, according to federal authorities, has two incidents, including a 2009 crash with a small plane that killed nine. David kerley with us live tonight along the east river here in new york city. And david, you mentioned those harnesses a moment ago. They were difficult to get out of. That the Police Divers had to cut all the victims free . Reporter these are multipoint harnesses come over your shoulders and other parts of your body, that passengers may not have been familiar with the release, of course, the pilot wore it every day, he was able to get out of the craft. David . David kerley with us tonight. David, thank you. And developing at this hour,
the third noreaster to slam the east coast in less than two weeks. Set to hit tonight. The system stretching from North Carolina to new york city to boston to maine. Icy roads and Poor Visibility for the ride home near fayetteville, west virginia. This is the system tonight, set to bring up to two feet of snow in some places where they have already lost power for days already. Abcs Adrienne Bankert from massachusetts tonight. Reporter tonight, round three. A winter storm already bringing heavy snow to the ohio valley downed frees to the car lies, roads dangerous to drive on. The storm is moving to the north and east, where communities brace for what has become a neverending story. The third noreaster in 11 days. Millions in the northeast are still recovering from backtoback storms that left some in the dark, no power to charge their phones. Without heat or hot water for over a week. We will be enacting a snow emergency starting tonight at 7 00 in the city of boston. The Boston Public Schools are
closed for tomorrow. Reporter in quincy, massachusetts, paul kopps basement destroyed by last weeks storm. Never had a problem until this last storm. And now you feel a little bit of unease every time you hear about another one coming. Reporter more than a thousand Flights Canceled through wednesday. Eli swan was headed to orlando. Theres no way that im getting out. Reporter the south hammered this weekend. Up to 90mileanhour winds downing trees, killing two in texas. And Adrienne Bankert with us from quincy, massachusetts, tonight. And i know theyre worried about the high winds, because theyve been batters now in two noreasters already. Reporter thats right, david. Were talking over 60mileperhour wind gusts. And up to two feet of snow, with the high tide rolling in, theres the concern for flooding again. David . An also already those loos loosened power lines. Adrienne, thank you. Lets get to rob. Hes live along new yorks west side highway tonight. And unbelievable, a third, rob, ten days. Reporter indeed, david. This ones a little bit different. The good news is, it will track a lot farther off the coast. The bad news is, it will be mostly snow for most people and folks that live on the coast are going to get rid hard. Right now, its taking shape off the carolina coastline. Still snowing in raleigh and richmond. It will intensify tonight. From Atlantic City to albany to boston, just a miserable one. Blizzard conditions potentially. For the evening come mute, in and around boston, with heavy snow continuing there. Could see 12 to 20 inches in eastern new england. 6 to 12 inland. 3 to 6 just outside of new york and its almost st. Patricks day. David . All right, rob marciano, thank you. And at the white house tonight, President Trump revealing his plan for gun safety, and critics are now asking about a promise he made that is not in the proposal. Also at this hour, breaking news from the white house on the russia investigation. We have it all, involving what a committee in the house is now saying. Heres abcs chief White House CorrespondentJonathan Karl. Reporter less than two weeks ago, President Trump boldly
declared hes not afraid to take on the nra. Some of you people are petrified of the nra. You cant be petrified. Reporter but now, the president seems to have caved entirely to the gun lobby on school safety. The most glaring example, raising the minimum age to buy an assault weapon. Were going to work on getting the age up to 21 instead of 18. It doesnt make sense that i have to wait until im 21 to get a handgun, but i can get this weapon at 18. Didnt know. Reporter parkland survivor sam zeif pleaded directly to the president for the age increase. I turned 18 the day after. Woke up to the news that my best friend was gone. And i dont understand why i can still go in a store and buy a weapon of war. Reporter a week later, nra officials came to the without, and the president tweeted, good great meeting in the oval office. But now, the just released white house plan on school safety
calls only to study the issue of age reinstructions. In the immediate aftermath of the parkland shooting, the president said he supported several other initiatived opposed by the nra. He talked about universal background checks, taking guns away from those identified as a threat, even without due process. What happened to all those proposals . Right now, the president s primary focus is on pushing through things that we know have broad bipartisan support or things we can do from an administrative perspective that we can do immediately. Reporter is there anything in here that the nra opposes . Look, the president still has in this plan the age limit increase, and that is part of reporter not as federal policy, right . One of those things will be reviewed on what the best path forward is on that front. So, lets get to Jonathan Karl live at the white house tonight. And some of the lawmakers in that meeting that day with the president are now responding to this. Reporter dianne feinstein, who sat right next to the president and seemed pleased with what he said back then
looks at this new proposal and calls it a shame fful. Adding, shame on you, mr. President. And i mentioned a moment ago, late word coming in from the house intelligence committee, that they are moving up to wrap up their russia investigation . Republicans on the committee saying they have found no evidence of collusion . Reporter these are the republicans that control that meeting. The finding is hardly surprising. And given how partisan that committee is, its not going to have any impact on the overall debate over russia and it certainly wont stop the investigations that continue, david, in the senate and, of course, robert mueller. Jon karl starting another week at the white house. Jon, thank you. Meantime tonight, President Trump is fashion an ultimatum from that adult film star and the deadline is noon tomorrow. Heres abcs chief National Correspondent tom llamas tonight. Reporter tonight, Stormy Daniels trying to cut a new deal with the president. The porn star, seen here in a photo she shared on social media, offering to return the 130,000 payment she received
from the president s personal attorney, michael cohen, but with the stipulation that she would wire the money by an account designated by the president. If accepted, daniels Attorney Says it would resolve their pending disputes and daniels would free to speak openly and freely about her prior relationship with the president. And to be able to use and publish any text messages, photos and or videos relating to the president that she may have in her possession. Did your client, Stormy Daniels, have sex with President Trump . Yes. Reporter theres no doubt about that . No doubt in my mind. Reporter daniels Attorney Says the president has until noon tomorrow to accept the offer. This latest move, another attempt by daniels to prove the president , who has denied the affair, is trying to shut her up. Daniels lawyer has already argued the agreement signed 11 days before the election is null and void, because thencandidate trump didnt sign it. Why is that so important . Is she trying to sell her story . Shes not trying to sell her story. Its important to her because the amount of misinformation that has been put out in the press and the media, especially over the last six weeks. And mr. Cohen and others associated with mr. Cohen are directly responsible for that misinformation. And she wants to set the record straight. This is about the truth. Its about a search for the truth. Reporter and david, tonight, neither the white house nor the president s personal attorney, michael cohen, have responded yet for comment. Again, that deadline is tomorrow at 12 01 eastern. We shall see, david. All right, tom llamas with us again tonight. Thank you, tom. Theres still much more ahead on world news tonight this monday. The russian poison plot. Also, the o. J. Interview that was never seen. Simpson saying what hes about to describe in this interview is only hype threat came. Also tonight, the Nursing Student murdered. Tonight, police now identifying a person of interest and where they think he is. And new video coming in tonight. Tim mcgraw collapsing while performing onstage and what his wife, faith hill, then tells the
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