National headlines, their story of robbery, ransom. The young woman kidnapped and attacked. Police said it was all a hoax but it wasnt. Tonight, their first interview. What do the police say now . Good evening. And its great to have you with us to start another week here. And well have the track of that storm in just a moment. But first, the hunt for a suspected serial bomber tonight, striking fear yet again in austin. This time, Authorities Say with a trip wire bomb, the fourth bomb to go off. The first bomb, in a package left at a home. The following week, two more packages on the same day, both exploding. And this newest bomb with that trip wire on a Darkened Street overnight. The neighborhood on lockdown for most of this day. And tonight, the audio of this newest bomb going off just out. Abcs marcus moore leading us off from austin tonight. Reporter tonight, more than 500 agents flooding austin, texas. A massive manhunt intensifying. School buses kept away. This bomb went off hours ago, and authorities still have this neighborhood street closed. And theyre urging residents to stay in their homes for their safety. Teams of investigators combing through the streets, searching for clues that could lead them to the bomber. David asking the police chief on Good Morning America do you have any suspects, any names, any potential people youre looking at . Weve had a lot of good leads and tips come in, and we run each one of those to ground. At this point, we have people that we have looked at, but theres no leading suspect at this time. Reporter baffled authorities not ruling out any motive, including a hate crime, even though the latest victims were white. The previous three blasts, all package bombs, killing two. Those victims, all minorities. Desperate for any answers, police now asking the bomber to contact them. What kind of a person would do this . Thats what were trying to figure out. And thats one of the reasons why we would like the bomber to reach out and talk to us. Marcus moore with us live tonight from the scene of that fourth blast. And marcus, authorities pleading with the public now to check their own home surveillance
cameras, should they have one . Reporter thats right, david. The thinking here is that someone has Surveillance Video that could help police crack this case. And investigators are also working to reconstruct the latest device, hoping to identify a unique part of the bomb that could link them directly to the suspect, david. Marcus moore leading us off tonight. Marcus, thank you. Were going to turn next here to that Severe Weather threat at this hour. A tornado watch. Authorities are calling it a particularly dangerous situation going into the night. Dark clouds ahead of a snowstorm that moved out of colorado, into the plains. And look at this. Damaging him a hail pummelling harvest, alabama. And as i mentioned, now the fourth noreaster in just three weeks. And perfectly timed for the first day of spring. Kind of torture. Senior meteorologist rob marciano back with us again tonight, tracking it all. Hey, rob. Reporter hey, david. Well start with the southern part of this. You mentioned the pds watch. Thats the first one of the season in dixie alley. Not uncommon to get large tornadoes this time of year. We have a tornado confirmed on the ground now, northwest alabama, be heading towards huntsville overnight. Then atlanta. Then, eventually to Coastal Carolinas and georgia and then tomorrow in through parts of florida. Hopefully weakening by then. Northern part of this system, weve got winter storm watches from the virginias through d. C. , all the way up through boston. Complex for now, but it will spin that moisture into the cold air. Heavy, wet snow. The storm strengthening. At this point, were thinking five to ten inches of wet snow along the i95 corridor, in some of the cities. Some uncertainty in that, david, but were confident its going to be the fourth noreaster. All right, five to ten inches of snow. Rob, thank you. Were going to move on tonight, and to new undercover video here involving a company hired by the trump campaign, a company that allegedly got its hands on up to 50 million Facebook Accounts here in the u. S. Without you knowing. Your likes, your religion, your friends. And then, using that information to try to sway your vote. Abcs Chief Justice correspondent Pierre Thomas with the video tonight, and what that company also allegedly offered. Reporter tonight, new undercover video from britains channel 4 making headlines
today. Reporters posing as foreigners with political ambitions are meeting with Cambridge Analytica, the Political Data firm with ties to the trump campaign, is making a sales pitch to potential clients. If you are collecting data on people and youre profiling them, that gives you more insight that you can use to know how to segment the population. To give them messaging about issues that they care about. And we use that in america. Reporter Cambridge Analytica is the Company Behind that growing scandal involving facebook and how the profiles of 50 million of the social media companys users may have been obtained without them knowing. The reporters even meet this man, alexander nix, one of the companys founders, who promises to send an attractive woman to trap a rival candidate. Send some girls around to the candidates house. We could bring some ukrainians in on holiday. Im just giving you examples of what can be done and what has been done. Reporter nix is saying he was playing along and had no
intentions of breaking any laws. Questions about came bridge analyticas ties to the trump campaign. Steve bannon helped secure early financing and Cambridge Analytica has even touted its research in Helping Trump win the presidency. Heres the founder, the same person who discusses entrapping the rival candidate, speaking at a conference. But we were able to use data to identify that there was very large quantities of persuadable voters there that could be influenced to vote for the trump campaign. Reporter now, with press reports surfacing, facebook is banning the company, saying, protecting peoples information is at the heart of everything we do. Christopher wylie was an early key employee of Cambridge Analytica. He left in 2014, but told abcs James Longman that they tested some slogans long before the campaign. We tested things like drain the swamp. We started testing before really they gained prominence in american political discourse. Reporter Cambridge Analytica acknowledges the information was
inappropriately obtained by a third party, but says it was never used and deleted as soon as they learned there was a problem. And the company is blaming this man, aleksandr kogan, a researcher hired as a contractor described as a russianamerican. How concerned are you that Cambridge Analytica may have ties to russia . I am very concerned about Cambridge Analyticas ties, potentially to russia, but also their activities in a number of countries where ill believe theyve proven to be a destabilizing force. So, lets get to Pierre Thomas with us live tonight from d. C. Pierre, there are concerns tonight that some of that data taken from millions of americans and their Facebook Accounts, is still out there . Reporter thats right, david. Cambridge analytica is claiming they deleted all this voter information, but tonight, facebook is not taking their word, announcing theyve hired investigators to figure out exactly what happened. David . Pierre, thank you. And that trouble for facebook helping to send the stock market much lower today. Shares of facebook falling 12 points. Thats nearly 7 of its value. The dow losing 335 points to finish at 24,610. We turn next tonight here to President Trump traveling to New Hampshire today, talking tough about the opioid crisis, calling for the Death Penalty for some drug dealers. He also lashed out against Robert Mueller all weekend long, with tweets naming mueller. It has both republicans and democrats concerned tonight. And heres abcs senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega. Reporter in New Hampshire today, President Trump toeing a tough line on the nations opioid crisis. Praising other countries for executing drug dealers, and proposing the same right here at home. We have got to get tough. This isnt about nice anymore. Reporter right there in the crowd, his embattled attorney general. For today, back in the president s good graces. Jeff sessions, whos here with us now, feels so strongly about this. Reporter President Trump getting tough after a Weekend Lashing out against the Special Counsel and his russia probe. The escalating attacks still going this morning. The president tweeting, a total
witch hunt with massive conflicts of interest for the first time, he also went after Robert Mueller by name, saying, the Mueller Probe should never have been started in that there was no collusion and there was no crime. A year into the investigation, the president growing increasingly frustrated. I can only say this, there was absolutely no collusion. Everybody knows it. Reporter and he is not alone. Over the weekend, his personal attorney stunning washington, slamming the russia probe as manufactured and calling for its conclusion. The president s twitter tirade started with the Friday Night Firing of fbi Deputy Director andrew mccabe, ousted less than two days before he was set to retire. You cannot stop the men and women of the fbi from doing the right thing. Reporter an Inspector General report concluded mccabe authorized a conversation between fbi officials and a journalist about a Clinton Foundation probe, and then he misled investigators about it. Mccabe denies any wrongdoing and says he was singled out as part of the administrations war with the Special Counsel. And now, sources tell abc news mccabe sat down for an interview with muellers team and has turned over memos of his conversations with the president. Tonight, the white house insists the president has no plans to fire Robert Mueller. But many in washington, like republican senator lindsey graham, remain concerned. If he tried to do that, that would be the beginning of the end of his presidency. But cecilia, as you reported, the white house trying to ease concern over on the hill, saying the president has no plans to fire mueller. But back to the other headline you reported on tonight, about the nations opioid crisis. The president had this to say today about executing some drug dealers. The ultimate penalty has to be the Death Penalty. Now, maybe our countrys not ready for that. Its possible. Its possible that our countrys not ready for that. And i can understand it, maybe. Although personally, i cant understand that. So, cecilia, how does the
president plan to make this happen . Reporter well, david, it appears that he wants to enforce certain laws on the books that are not currently being used, by expanding Capital Punishment to include certain drug kingpins, not just those drug dealers involved in murders. David . Cecilia, thank you. Next tonight, the abc news exclusive. The socalled gone girl kidnapping case making national headlines. The young woman kidnapped from her boyfriends home, missing for days. She was attacked before being released. Police originally went public and called her story a hoax. But it wasnt. Abcs amy robach tonight with the interview. Reporter 29yearold Denise Huskins kidnapped from her boyfriend aaron quinns bed in the middle of the night. The voice kept saying over and over again, like, wake up. This is a robbery. Were not here to harm you. I opened my eyes and there was a flashing light. Reporter they were bound, drugged, had goggles placed over their eyes, headphones in their ears and separated. The kidnapper demanded a ransom
of two installments of 8,500 for huskins safe return. Tell me how you got through mentally those 48 hours. My only hope was to maybe show him the human that is in front of him. Reporter how did you do that . I shared with him something that happened when i was younger, hoping maybe that, knowing that ive already been assaulted that he wont want to add to it, but you know reporter he raped you. Yeah. Yeah. Reporter the kidnapper decided to release huskins, blindfolding and driving her about seven hours south to her hometown of huntington beach. When he opened the car door, i thought, like, this is this is it. Either im going to hear a gunshot and thats it, or im going to get pushed off a cliff. And i was he was guiding me. And i thought i was walking to my death. And then i heard a door close
behind me. And i pulled up the blindfold. And i thought, oh, god he is going to release me. Reporter and this entire time, aaron, you go to police. And the moment you walked into the door, nobody believed you. Everything was accusatory. And fairly quickly, the detective said, i dont believe you. If she didnt get the kidnappers to let her go, i would be behind bars. Theres so many parallels to how i was treated by the kidnappers and how i found out aaron was treated by the good guys. Reporter shortly after huskins reappeared, the Vallejo Police department held this press conference. Our investigation has concluded that none of the claims has been substantiated. Mr. Quinn and ms. Huskins have plundered valuable resources away from our community. Reporter three months later, another kidnapping. This time, a failed attempt led to the arrest of huskins captor. A 38yearold harvardeducated former attorney named matthew muller. You stood up in court and you faced matthew muller. And you said, i am the woman behind the blindfold. He saw me, every part of me, but he never looked into my eyes. And so, i wanted to make sure that he saw me. And he did. And amy robach with us now, just a stunning interview, amy. And that suspect, matthew muller, has now been convicted and hes behind bars tonight . Reporter thats right. He pleaded guilty, was sentenced to 40 years behind bars. But the couple says this was not enough, because they believe there were others involved and are still out there. Convinced there were others involved. In the meantime, the Vallejo Police department, what do they have to say for themselves . Reporter well, huskins and quinn say the police sent them a private letter of apology, but they never read that statement allowed publicly. The couple settled a civil lawsuit with the Department Just last week for 2. 5 million, but the police, in that settlement, did not have to admit to any
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