Ashl ashl ashley. Im kristen sze. Well see you again in half an hour. Tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. The storm, as millions head home for thanksgiving. Snow and ice and the fog. And tonight, the arctic blast coming in. Ginger is standing by. The horror in the hospital just revealed tonight. The gunman and what led him to open fire on his exfiancee, a doctor, then on a pharmacist in training who was simply getting off an elevator. And then the officer trying to stop him. Breaking news tonight involving President Trump and his answers to Robert Mueller. And the other headline, the president says he will stand with saudi arabia, despite the killing of Jamal Khashoggi. Ivanka trumps use of private email for her work in the white house, after her father made private email issue number one against hillary clinton. The urgent manhunt right now. The woman killed inside a Catholic Supply store. The mother who plunged overboard on a cruise ship. Tonight, her children now speaking out. What they say she told them right before the trip. Two major fires tonight. The investigation after a family is killed inside their home right before thanksgiving. And the other fire in New York City, the aerials coming in now. The major Consumer Warning tonight just before thanksgiving about something that could be on the holiday table. They say, do not eat it. And black friday almost here. The tool that will tell you if theres actually a lower price some place else. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. We have a lot to get to, but were going to begin with the mass exodus. Millions heading home for thanksgiving. The storm system, and now the arctic blast, moving in right behind it. A Tractor Trailer Rolling Over on snowy i90 near albany, new york. Fog limiting visibility on the roads in erie, pennsylvania. And icy conditions forcing this car right off the road in the region, too. And as i mentioned, freezing temperatures, wind chills in
some places below zero right after. And the winds could be an issue for the famous Thanksgiving Day Parade right here in New York City. So, lets get right to chief meteorologist ginger zee leading us off tonight with whats coming. Hey, ginger. Reporter hey, david. So many of us have plans to be at parades on thanksgiving morning, from detroit to New York City to philadelphia, where ill be, and the numbers are not pretty. Check out the wind chills of what youll be exposed to. Single digits for some. Subzero, when you go interior new england. Utica, 4 below. The feels like in boston, 0 on thanksgiving morning. And it doesnt rebound much. That Arctic Air Settles in. New york city could tie for their thirdcoldest thanksgiving on record. And then the wind, 20 to 30mileperhour gusts that will make it at least challenging for those balloons at that macys parade. David . All right, ginger zee with us tonight. Ginger, thank you. There are new details coming in tonight about that horror that unfolded inside that hospital. Just a short time ago, authorities came before the cameras, describing what happened. The Gunman Taking Aim at an e. R. Doctor, his exfiancee, and then going on a rampage, targeting an officer and a pharmacist who just happened to be getting off an elevator. Abcs alex perez in chicago again tonight. Reporter tonight, the horrifying new details about the deadly rampage at Mercy Hospital in chicago. Holy [ bleep ] reporter Authorities Say 32yearold juan lopez arrived just before 3 30 monday afternoon to confront his exfiancee, e. R. Doctor tamara oneal, demanding his Engagement Ring back. Thats when Police Say Lopez shot and killed her. Lopez then moving inside the hospital, killing Chicago Police officer Samuel Jimenez and Pharmacy Technician dayna less. I need officers to go to the lobby. Theres a female shot in the lobby. That poor woman had gotten off of an elevator, had nothing to do with nothing, and he shot her. Reporter police heroically facing off with the gunman as doctors fled with patients. One officer struck in his holster. His gun stopping the bullet. The gunman, dead at the scene. Had those officers not engaged that guy yesterday, theres no telling how much loss of life we would have had. Reporter tonight, tributes to the lives lost. Officer jimenez, a husband and father of three. Dayna lesss father says she was set to marry her High School Sweetheart next year. I was going to be giving a wedding speech instead of a eulogy. Reporter and dr. Oneal, with a beaming smile on the day she found out she would be an emergency medicine physician. Her father spoke with her the night before she died. And she said, i love you. And those were the last words that she spoke to me. And alex perez joins us live from the hospital again tonight. And alex, this evening, you learned that the gunman actually had accusations of violent behavior in his past . Reporter david, he was dismissed from the fire academy after allegations he bullied female cadets and, according to
court documents, his exwife accused him of threatening her and says he slept with a pistol under his pillow. David . Alex perez, our thanks to you. Now to the breaking headline involving President Trump tonight. We have learned this evening that he has turned in his written answers to Robert Mueller, and it comes as the president also makes headlines on saudi arabia. Today, making it clear that he is standing with saudi arabias crown prince, despite the murder of Washington Post writer Jamal Khashoggi. And despite the cia reportedly concluding with, quote, high probability, the crown prince was behind the hit. Heres abcs senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega tonight. Reporter from President Trump today, a forceful defense. If we abandon saudi arabia, it would be a terrible mistake. Reporter that, in spite of the Washington Posts report that the cia has concluded Crown Prince Mohammed Bin Salman himself ordered the assassination of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Khashoggi last seen alive walking into the saudi consulate in istanbul. Officials say he was assassinated by a saudi hit
published in a Turkish Newsp show the luggage of the alleged killers. Right there, Electric Shock devices, syringes, scissors and radios. There was even an Audio Recording of khashoggis execution. Apparently, none of it enough to convince the president to break ranks with this Middle Eastern ally. Im not going to destroy the World Economy and im not going to destroy the economy for our country by being foolish with saudi arabia. Reporter today, in an exclamation pointfilled statement, the president emphatically declared, the world is a very dangerous place and while he criticized the murder, saying, the crime against Jamal Khashoggi was a terrible one, and one that our country does not condone, he also essentially declared the matter case closed, writing, it could very well be that the crown prince had knowledge of this tragic event. Maybe he did and maybe he didnt on fox news, the president said
the crown prince assured him he was not involved. He told me that, i would say maybe five times, at different points. Reporter today, he told me, theres just too much on the line. Why are you siding with the saudis over your own Intelligence Community . Because its America First to me. Saudi arabia, if we broke with them, i think your oil prices would go through the roof. Cecilia vega asking the questions there at the white house. And cecilia, on another front tonight, the president s lawyers are now confirming that the president has turned in his written answers to Robert Mueller . Reporter david, they were turned in today. This, after months of negotiations over the scope of these questions, what the subject could be, how many there would be. Sources tell us that the president actually spent several days last week huddled up with his lawyers, coming up with the answers to these questions. Answers, were told, that address conclusion, but not obstruction. Cecilia vega at the white house tonight. Cecilia, thank you. The other headline out of the white house tonight involves the president s daughter, ivanka, who, it turns out, was
using private email for her work in her fathers administration. Heres abcs chief White House Correspondent jonathan karl. Reporter tonight, President Trump is defending his daughter, under fire for using her personal email to conduct government business. During the campaign, the president made Hillary Clintons use of private email a central issue. I think shes pathetic. I think she should be in jail for what she did with her emails, okay . Reporter now we are seeing emails ivanka trump sent white house aides and government officials, including cabinet secretaries, from her personal account, using her married name, ivanka kushner. In one email, obtained by a liberal group through the freedom of information act, she writes For Future Reference and then gives her government email address. Her lawyer issued a statement, saying, while transitioning into government, ms. Trump sometimes used her private account, almost always for logistics and scheduling concerning her family. The president today said theres no comparison between Hillary Clintons actions and his daughters. Early on and for a little
period of time, ivanka did some emails. They werent classified like hillary clinton. They werent deleted. Its all in the president ial records. Everything is there. Jon karl live at the white house tonight, as well. The president there defending his daughter and her use of private email, but tonight, jon, as you know, the New York Times is breaking a story that President Trump once wanted the Justice Department to prosecute his former opponent, hillary clinton, and james comey, too, but that he was advised not to . Reporter the New York Times is reporting that White House Counsel Don Mcgahn rebuffed the president s request, and that mcgahn had the White House Legal Team draft a memo, saying that if the president ordered the prosecution of his political opponents, he could face a range of consequences, including impeachment. David, there is no comment from the white house tonight on this story, and don mcgahns attorney said simply that he would not comment on what legal advice he offered the president. All right, our chief White House Correspondent jonathan karl. Were turning to other news now, and to the urgent manhunt
under way in st. Louis at this hour, after a deadly attack inside a catholic goods store. A woman was killed inside. And heres abcs linsey davis. Reporter an active manhunt in st. Louis tonight, after a woman was killed monday afternoon at a Catholic Supply store. Gunshot wound. Scene not secure, catholic supplies. Reporter Authorities Say 53yearold Jamie Schmidt was a customer in the store when a man came in and sexually assaulted at least one woman and fired at schmidt. He already shot one female, so hes armed and dangerous. Reporter schmidt, a mother of three who sang in the church choir, later died at the hospital. The victims sisterinlaw told kmov i kind of feel like she resisted and thats why he shot her. And thats true to nature for jamie. Reporter Police Tweeted out these images, saying they are looking for a white male, 57 to 59, 40 to 50 years old, who was wearing a navy blue carharttstyle work jacket, a plaid shirt and a paperboystyle hat. That Catholic Supply store was
closed for business today, but it will be back open tomorrow with additional security, david. Linsey davis, thank you. There is new trouble tonight for the attorney who took on the president , Michael Avenatti. A young actress filed a request for a Restraining Order against avenatti and got it. Tonight, her allegations, and avenattis response. Heres abcs chief National Affairs correspondent tom llamas. Reporter tonight, new and detailed accusations emerging in the Domestic Violence case against Michael Avenatti. What happened, michael . Reporter 24yearold actress Mareli Miniutti filing for a Restraining Order. She says avenatti physically and verbally assaulted her, and these photos of bruises on parts of her body are proof. Miniutti, who had a brief role in the film oceans 8, says shes been dating the high Profile Attorney for more than a year and living with him since january. She claims the violent encounter started with an argument over money inside of their los angeles parent. Avenatti allegedly calling her a quote, ungrateful expletive
expletive, and then began forcefully hitting her in the face with pillows. Miniutti States AvenattiGrabs My Right Arm and dragged me out of bed and into the public hallway. She says she was only wearing underwear and a tshirt. Miniutti says she fled, and later that night, when she noticed the bruises on her body, she called police, who Arrested Avenatti the next day. The Attorney Posting 50,000 bail, then holding a News Conference steps from the jail. I have never struck a woman. I never will strike a woman. Reporter in statement to the court, miniutti says that this was not the first time avenatti was violent. Back in february, she says avenatti pushed her out of the apartment, where i hit my head against a door. She says avenatti then threw shoes at her. And tom is with us now and you just heard from Michael Avenatti . Reporter thats right. I just got off the phone with him. He tells me that he will be exonerated as soon as some of the evidence comes out, including videotapes from the apartment building, instagram posts and actual physical evidence. But then i asked him why, if
these allegations are not true, she would make up these lies. He had no comment. David . Tom llamas with us tonight. If i dont see you, happy thanksgiving. To you too, david. In massachusetts tonight, long lines as that state becomes first East Of The Mississippi to make Recreational Marijuana sales legal. Theyre now open for business, and eva pilgrim is there tonight. Reporter tonight, there are still long lines in massachusetts to legally buy Recreational Marijuana for the first time. Already sold legally in six western states, today marks the opening of the first two pot dispensaries on the east coast. Gummies are very popular. Reporter the owners at this leicester store ready for the huge crowds, bringing in heated tents and even a Grilled Cheese food truck. I dont need a study to tell me its helping them. I see it every day. Reporter stephen mandeli, an iraq war vet with posttraumatic stress, a brain injury and chronic pain, was the first person in line here. Cannabis has been the only medication that has helped
without severe side effects. Reporter david, you have to be 21 years old to buy marijuana in The State Of Massachusetts and you can get up to an ounce. You cant, though, take it over state lines. David . Eva pilgrim from massachusetts tonight. Eva, thanks. Weve been reporting here on the grandmother and teacher who plunged overboard on a cruise. She did not survive. Tonight, her children are now speaking out for the first time about what they say their mother said right before that trip. Heres victor oquendo. Reporter tonight, almarosa and leo tenorios children breaking their silence, telling abc news their mother feared going on the royal princess cruise ship, where she mysteriously fell to her death. My mom did not want to go on this cruise. She did not. Like, blank point, she did not want to go. She knew something was going to happen. Reporter her ominous last words before going on vacation with her husband. The night before they left, my mom hugged me for, like, a good five minutes, and i was