The abc news investigation. Tonight, dan harris inside the heroin factories just over the southern border. How they make it and then who they get to deliver it right into the u. S. And the black student who fell asleep in a yale dorm, in a common area, then woken up. Police are called, and what happened next. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a thursday night. And we begin with that emotional homecoming that played out in the middle of the night. Three u. S. Citizens held prisoner in north korea, arriving home shortly before 3 00 this morning. The president and first lady were there. The three americans traveling back, so did secretary of state mike pompeo, after his meeting with kim jongun. And tonight, right here, the president has now revealed when and where this facetoface meeting with kim jongun will happen. Our jon karl, witnessing it all, and President Trump telling jon what he thinks kim jongun really wants. Reporter just hours after his dramatic 3 00 a. M. Welcome ceremony for the prisoners freed from north korea, President Trump tweeted a save the date for his meeting with kim jongun. Singapore june 12th. We will both try to make it a very special moment for world peace the return of the prisoners sets the stage for the historic summit with kim jongun. Why do you think he decided to free these prisoners now . I really think he wants to do something. I think he did this because, i really think he wants to do something, and bring their country into the real world. Reporter the president praised the north korean dictator. We want to thank kim jongun, who really was excellent to these three incredible people. Reporter the prisoners described their new freedom as a dream, but their experience in north korea sounds more like a nightmare. I had to do a lot of labor, he said. But when i got sick, i was also treated by them. Later, Vice President pence told me one of the men hadnt seen daylight for a very long time. Its heartbreaking to think of it. Reporter but the focus of the kim trump summit is nuclear weapons, not human rights. The north korean dictator and secretary of state mike pompeo were all smiles after meeting for the second time, appearing more like old friends than adversaries. Kim waved goodbye as pompeo drove away. Today, their pictures were plastered on the front page of north koreas state newspaper. Kim is signaling hes willing to give up his nuclear weapons. Do you believe him . I mean, again, somebody described as a mad man, brutal dictator, has killed his own people, starved his own people, allegedly even killed family members, do you believe him . We all understand the record of the kim regime. But what President Trump is determined to find out is whether he is prepared to change. Jon karl with us live tonight from the white house. And jon, President Trump is now preparing for this incredibly high stakes meeting, the world is watching. Youre also watching another story breaking tonight involving yet another member of the president s cabinet who has considered resigning . Reporter david, im told that wednesdays Cabinet Meeting, the president lashed out at department of Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen for not doing enough to secure the border. Im told this was such a tongue lashing that it struck several in the Cabinet Meeting as over the top, and one person here at the white house, one senior official says that they have heard that Kirstjen Nielsen had suggested to some that she may resign, as a result of this, although she has put out a statement, saying, the president is rightly frustrated that existing loopholes and the lack of congressional action have prevented this administration from fully securing the border. Jon karl tonight leading us off on both fronts. Jon, thank you. Meantime tonight, just days after the president ripped up the nuclear deal with iran, pulling the u. S. Out, tonight, israel now striking Iranian Military targets in syria. These are the images coming in tonight, and remember, President Trump pointed to israel and Benjamin Netanyahus presentation of evidence against iran as part of his reason for pulling out. Again tonight, israel now launching those strikes, they say after a failed iranian rocket attack. Is this a sign of whats coming . Our team was in syria as this unfolded, and abcs senior Foreign Correspondent ian pannell tonight. Reporter streaks of light over syria as iran and israel, two sworn enemies, move into more direct confrontation. Israeli fighter jets striking dozens of growing iranian targets in syria. The Israel Defense forces releasing aerial footage of a hit on a Missile Defense system. The camera approaches the target, then cuts out. Weapons depots and intelligence sites also targeted in israels biggest attack in syria in more than four decades. Israel says the strikes were retaliation after, hours earlier, Iranian Forces inside syria fired 20 rockets towards the israelioccupied golan heights. Tel aviv says iran rockets missed their targets, and retaliation was swift and fierce. Tonight, israels Prime Minister saying, iran crossed a red line. And in all this, u. S. Forces still on the ground in syria, as the white house also condemns what it calls irans provocative rockeattacks. These attacks coming just hours after President Trump pulled out of the iran nuclear deal. These attacks certainly seem like a reaction by iran to that decision, and above all, growing military pressure from israel. David . Ian pannell, who has now crossed back over the border, into iraq tonight. Ian, thank you. Back here at home at this hour, bracing for Severe Weather in the middle of the country, and right here in the east. 30 million under storm watches tonight. Two tornadoes already from this storm, near richfield, wisconsin. Winds of 80 miles an hour. Serious damage from the wind. Lets get right to chief meteorologist ginger zee, shes tracking it all for us tonight. Hey, ginger. Reporter david, at least 68 severe storm reports. And we can see the severe thunderstorm warnings, from western nebraska, right through north carolina, virginia and up into pennsylvania. Those yellow boxes that are indicated there. That means you could see hail, damaging wind of 60plus miles per hour, and this line is going to be with us really through sunset. And then, after sunset in eastern north carolina, it hangs out a bit, until about midnight. Then, weve got to look for the next risk area for tomorrow, with damaging winds and scattered hail. Parts of nebraska and western iowa. Could be a tough night ahead. But great to have you back, ginger. Reporter so good to be here. Welcome back. Little guys good . Reporter hes great, thank you. Thanks, ginger. Were also closely watching Something Else tonight, as you know, ginger, that knew threat from hawaiis kilauea voc volca. Authorities are watching the risk inside this crater. They believe lava could now mix with groundwater that could possibly trigger a massive explosion that they say could hurl rocks as big as cars. Abcs Kayna Whitworth on the scene again tonight. Reporter tonight, hawaiis big island bracing for a blast. Three new cracks opening up since tuesday. The National Guard took us in and what youre looking at right behind me, this is actually fissure 15. This is the newest fissure that just broke open. The lava in these neighborhoods coming from a crater on mt. Kiluaea 25 miles away. Right here behind me, this is the biggest lava flow in leilani estates. It continues on for at least a half mile, in some places, its about 25 feet high. Now all eyes on the halemaumau crater, where the lava lake has dropped more than 1,000 feet, nearly reaching the groundwater. If that happened, it could create steamdriven explosions, powerful enough to send rocks as large as six feet in diameter, or as heavy as several tons, flying up to a half mile or more. And its usually not just one explosion, its usually a series. And so, as that ash falls and piles up and its just not a safe place to be. Reporter since the eruptions began, 36 structures lost and countless cars destroyed. Kayna whitworth with us live again tonight. This time, from Volcanoes National park. And kayna, you were telling us, theyre so concerned about this possible explosion that theyre now shutting the park down tonight . Reporter yeah, david. So, this is one of the most active volcanoes in the world. But they havent seen an eruption like the one theyre predicting since 1924. And when that happened, it sent ash 20,000 feet into the air. So, theyre closing the park on friday for safety reasons and it will remain closed indefinitely. David . We can see the spectators over your shoulder there. Kayna, this has been something to see all week. Our thanks to you again tonight. In the meantime, the pentagons investigation into that deadly ambush in niger in october, finding that the operation was not properly approved, and that troops werent properly trained for it. The report including this animation, detailing how the convoy met with overwhelming firepower from isislinked fighters, and how the four american soldiers who died fought to the end, saying their heroism should be officially recognized. Were going to turn next here tonight to the abc news investigation, an extraordinary look tonight inside one of mexicos biggest drug cartels. In fact, the largest single exporter of heroin to america. Tonight, abcs dan harris and his team, the First Americans allowed to document the entire process. The farm. Youre going to see the heroin factories. And then, how they get those drugs right to the streets of america. Reporter up this dusty road in northwest mexico, these sundappled purple flowers are at the source of an american catastrophe. Poppy, the raw material for heroin. We extract all the gum. Reporter youre getting the gum out of the yeah reporter poppy. Yeah, uhhuh. Reporter among the armed workers, we find a grandmother recently deported from los angeles. Obviously, you know this, because you lived in the united states, but the heroin epidemic is a huge problem. Do you have any concerns about being part of it . Doing this one, i feel very bad. I feel like, dirty, you know . But i need money, what can i do . Reporter the next step after you harvest the poppies is, you need to cook the gum into heroin, and thats what were going to see now. The main cook says hes 25 years old and has been doing this work since he was 15. So, there are a lot of chemicals in this. Would you ever inject this into your body . No, not at all, he says. To be honest, i think i need to step away for a second, because these fumes are hard, so and this is the final product, white heroin. At night, the next step in the chain, smuggling the product up into america. This is clearly not the first time hes done this. There are millions of dollars worth of merchandise hidden in this vehicle. Who takes the car across the border . Do you is it mexicans or do you find american citizens to do the work . American citizens. Reporter american citizens. How do you find americans to do this . I dont know. My boss does that. Reporter your boss does that . Yeah. Reporter your boss does it. Interesting. No one we met inside the cartel thinks a border or anything else will shut down the drug trade, as long as so Many Americans are willing to pay for their product. And dan harris is back tonight, and right here with us. What you witnessed is really stunning. And what we just heard there, build a border wall or not, they say it wont matter, because they have americans who are willing to drive this heroin right into the u. S. Reporter yeah, and our time with the cartel, we heard no concern whatsoever about building a wall. They say theyll just use tunnels or, as you said, theyll have americans drive the merchandise over the border. So, how to shut these cartels down . In the end, it may be very difficult, as long as theres so much demand for their product right here in america, david. Wow. Fascinating reporting, dan, thank you. And you can see much more of dans report on a special edition of nightline tonight, right after jimmy kimmel. Set your dvr. We move on tonight to new developments in the case of Michael Cohen. The president s embattled attorney and friend, facing growing questions over millions paid to a Shell Company set up by Michael Cohen. That money coming in after the election from major companies. Even a firm with close ties to a russian oligarch. The question now, what was that money for, and was cohen making money off his proximity to the president . Heres abcs chief National Affairs correspondent tom llamas again tonight. Any response to avenatti . His document is inaccurate. How do you feel about, you may have changed an election . Reporter tonight, President Trumps longtime personal attorney, Michael Cohen, firing back against allegations he shopped around access to the president. The charge coming from Stormy Daniels attorney, Michael Avenatti, who published financial details about a company cohen started shortly before the election, essential consultants. Avenatti says cohen used that Shell Company for transactions totaling more than 4 million shortly before the election into 2018. But cohens lawyers say avenatti made some mistakes. In court documents, cohens attorneys say avenatti had the wrong Michael Cohen in some cases. Under possible fraudulent and illegal financial transactions, avenatti lists a Wire Transfer to an account in toronto for 4,250. Cohens attorneys say that account belongs to a different Michael Cohen, a canadian citizen. So, youre talking about 99. 35 of the information that we released is right. You know what . Ill take that. Reporter as avenatti is dealing with his explanation, the web of companies that hired cohens firm are explaining why they got into business with him. A spokesman for Korean Aerospace industries told the washington post, k. A. I. Was unaware of essential consultants ties to trump. But the Company Tells abc news it wanted cohens llc for consulting on International Financial reporting standards. Its unclear what cohens expertise in this type of accounting is. In another case, pharmaceutical giant novartis, who did business with cohen, points out any agreements with essential consultants were entered into before their current ceo took office in february of this year. Novartis said they did pay cohen 1. 2 million for Health Care Policy matters and access to the new administration, but that cohen was not able to provide these services. They have called the agreement a mistake. All right, so, lets get back to tom llamas, with us again tonight. And tom, how is avenatti getting access to Michael Cohens bank records . Has he revealed that yet . Reporter david, thats the big question tonight. In fact, the Treasury Department also wants to know. Theyve launched an investigation to figure out who has leaked Michael Cohens bank records. I just spoke with Michael Avenatti a few minutes ago. Heres what he told me, he says, listen, people have been so critical of how much weve been out in the press. Well, guess what, its working. The benefits are people reach out to us from time to time, they want to give us information. David . Tom llamas with us again tonight. Thank you, tom. There is still much more ahead on world news tonight this thursday. The Senior Airman killed on the highway, the break in the case tonight. The air force veteran who was stabbed, then staggering across that highway. What authorities have just revealed a short time ago. The news tonight about the mystery death of an American College student who died on spring break, and this evening, what the Mexican Government is now saying about this. And then, the mother pleading for help on the side of the road, her baby unconscious. The deputy arriving, jumping from his car, and what happens next. A lot more news ahead. Shark has added a rotating soft brush. So while deepcleaning carpets, you can also grab large particles, pull in piles and directly engage floors. Duo clean. Invented by shark. 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Once we verify that youre a resident here, well be on our way. Reporter siyonbola unl