Tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. The storm slamming the northeast now, blinding rain and wind. Deadly in michigan, after whiteout conditions and a record blizzard paralyzes travel. And tonight, millions now under flood and wind alerts from philadelphia to New York City to boston. The major news tonight from General Motors, cutting jobs in ohio, michigan, maryland. Thousands of workers, and at least three gm cars will no longer be made. President trump tonight on the tear gas used at the border. What he now says about using it. The Deadly Police shooting and growing outrage. The Young Black Man killed by officers. Police mistaking him for the gunman. The real suspect tonight still on the loose. The Bombshell Report on Climate Change, from 13 u. S. Agencies put out the day after
thanksgiving. Its warning about farming in the midwest, future floods and fires in the u. S. , and tonight, the president is asked, does he believe it . Cyber monday still under way as we come on. The big deals still to come. The list of what we found tonight. Oprahs loss. Her mother passing away on thanksgiving, and what oprah said late today about her mom. And touchdown on mars. The anxious scientists at nasa, and then the cheers. And tonight, the first image coming in now from mars. And youll see it right here. Good evening. And it is great to be back with you after the thanksgiving holiday. But its turned into a real travel nightmare for millions, trying to get home. The same system now slamming the northeast tonight, and its been deadly. First, the major blizzard across the plains and the great lakes. A bus spinning out, thats i35 there in osceola, iowa. Traffic at a standstill in near whiteout conditions. Hundreds of Flights Canceled again tonight out of chicagos ohare airport. The Ripple Effect across the country. And right now, more than 30 million americans are now under flooding and wind alerts. Cars under water. Thats downtown philadelphia. Flood and wind worries as far north as boston tonight. This is the storm, as it blasted its way across the country. There are major delays at all of the new york area airports tonight. And abcs gio benitez leads us off from laguardia. Reporter tonight, that powerful Storm Stranding holiday travelers on frozen roads and at packed airports, now drenching the busy i95 corridor from philadelphia to new jersey to New York City. Youre talking about rainfall rates over an inch an hour here. Reporter Blizzard Conditions Grinding Travel to a halt across the midwest on the busiest travel day of the year. At chicagos ohare airport, more than 2,000 Flights Canceled since sunday. Our alex perez found Danny Koutlemanis still trying to get home to colorado this morning. Ive been bumped twice. I cant even rent a car. We are literally driving and
cannot see anything. Reporter Blizzard Conditions closing most of Interstate 70 in kansas. Some drivers abandoning their cars. Drivers stuck on route 75 in nebraska, too, and on interstate 80, high winds ripping the top off this 18wheeler. There was record snow in rockford, illinois, where multiple vehicles, including a snow plow, caught fire. And in New York City, a Driver Plowing into pedestrians. Its unclear if the slick roads contributed to the accident. What a mess tonight. Gio benitez joins us live from laguardia. And gio, the delays and cancellations are starting to pile up . Reporter they really are, david. Taking a look at the boards right here, we are seeing so many flights either canceled or delayed. Were looking right now across this country at more than 5,000 delays, 1,500 cancellations. David . Gio benitez leads us off tonight. This system is still hitting now, so, lets get the track of
it tonight. Meteorologist rob marciano live along the West Side Highway tonight. Hey, rob. Reporter hi, david. This has been a powerfully stacked storm, from top to bottom in the atmosphere. Now we have a secondary low kicking in along the coastline. Check it out on the satellite picture. Shows you how expansive this system is. Now we have flood alerts that range from maryland and new jersey, along the new england coastline where winds could easily gust over 50 miles an hour tonight. Theres a lot of rain on the warm side of this. Eastern massachusetts seeing its wettest fall on record. More rain coming tonight. That should clear by 7 00 a. M. But notice in albany, it turns to snow. North of i90, significant snowfall. And then Lake Effect Snow behind this. A lot of cold air. Another epic november storm, david. And winter hasnt even started yet. Unfortunate reminder. Rob marciano, our thanks to you, as well. We move on to other news this monday night, and the News Today Couldnt Have come at a worse time. Just weeks now until christmas, and General Motors has now revealed it will lay off workers in ohio, michigan and maryland. Thousands of jobs. And at least three vehicles will no longer be made. Abcs eva pilgrim is in detroit tonight. Reporter tonight, major cuts at car giant gm. Nearly 15,000 jobs eliminated, a whopping 15 of the companys work force. In all, five plants slated to shut down by the end of next year, including those in warren, michigan, white marsh, maryland, warren, ohio and detroit. Were going to come back hard and were going to try to convince them that a modern plant in an area where you can get a good workforce is an asset. Reporter gm citing a shift to focus more on automation and high suv sales. The Company Announcing theyre eliminating the lowselling chevrolet cruze, volt and impala cars from their roster. Today, the president not hiding his frustration with ceo mary barra. I expressed the fact that i am not happy with what she did. That car is not selling, its the cruze, chevy cruze, its not selling. But hopefully shes going to come back and shes going to put something. But i told her, im not happy about it at all. Reporter the president also asked if increased tariffs due to a trade war are to blame. No, not tariffs. That has nothing to do with tariffs. She said the car was not selling. Reporter gm acknowledges the tariffs arent to blame for the cuts, but in june issued a stark warning that, quote, increased Import Tariffs could lead to a smaller gm. And tonight, say the trade policy has cost them 1. 4 billion. So, lets get to eva, Live In Detroit tonight. And eva, while nearly 15,000 jobs are being cut, as you reported there, some of those workers will be given the chance to try to relocate to other plants . Reporter thats right, david. Gm says it plans to expand operations in those wellperforming areas. About 3,000 of those workers will be up for those new positions. David . Eva pilgrim with us tonight. Thank you, eva. The images of the tear gas used at the u. S. mexico border seen across the country and the world. Thousands of migrants from that caravan have now arrived in tijuana. Some of them breaking through mexican security, u. S. Border patrol then firing tear gas at
them. This mother and her children among those caught in the chaos. Tonight, President Trump was asked about the tear gas, and heres abcs chief National Correspondent matt gutman from tijuana. Reporter tonight, more than 100 migrants deported after those violent clashes in the border town of tijuana. A peaceful protest turning chaotic when hundreds of Central American migrants first clashed with mexican police. Then, rushed the border fence. They were met by a wall of tear gas unleashed by heavilyarmed u. S. Agents behind those coils of wire. Some of those migrants throwing the canisters right back. Thick smoke sending mothers with children in diapers into a panic. Today, the president denied that agents used tear gas against children. Are you comfortable tear gassing children like what we saw at the border . Theyre not, as you know, theyre not. They had to use, because they were being rushed by some very tough people. Reporter we met 16yearold henry, covered in those bandages. And one of the things that he says is that hes not going to stop, he wants to still get into the united states, and hes not going to quit now, just because he was wounded. The clashes forced authorities to close this port of entry, one of the busiest on the planet, for nearly seven hours. Thousands of people, most there legally, stranded at the border. All right, matt gutman with us live tonight from tijuana. And matt, the Department Of Defense just announcing theyre moving more troops to california, to the border there, to offer support . Reporter thats right. 300 additional troops to california, bringing the total there to 1,800. Now, there is a concern of a prolonged standoff here, the Migrant Caravan is expected to swell to over 9,000, and it could take months, david, just to process all those asylum requests. All right, matt gutman, thank you. Were going to turn next tonight to the growing outrage. A Young Black Man was shot and killed. Police apparently confused him with the suspect. That suspect is still at large tonight. And heres abcs steve osunsami. Reporter e. J. Bradfords family tonight says that he was that socalled good guy with a gun at a shooting inside this alabama mall on thanksgiving day. But because hes black, they say he was shot and killed by responding police. This is a picture of the 21yearold in uniform. He briefly served in the army. And the officer that shot him, you didnt give my child no warning, basically. You just up and shoot, assuming because you see a gun. Reporter Alabama Police tonight say theyre sympathetic to mr. Bradfords grieving family, but stopped short of saying theyre sorry. Everybody out now reporter they admit that the real gunman, who shot two people and sent shoppers scrambling, is still at large. Bradfords family believes he was trying to help save lives and say his gun was legal. It feels like someone has ripped my heart out. Reporter late this evening, the mayor came out and called for patience. The family of the victim is asking for police to release all of their body camera videos. There is a protest scheduled here tonight. David . Steve osunsami. Thank you, steve. There is still a major senate race to be decided, now three weeks after the midterms. Voters in mississippi will head to the polls tomorrow. And tonight, the president is there, putting his support behind republican cindy hydesmith, who has been under fire. And tonight, more of that video now surfacing during which he says if she was invited to a public hanging, quote, i would be in the front row. Abcs chief National Affairs correspondent tom llamas is there tonight. Reporter nooses found hanging today outside the Mississippi State capitol, along with these signs. One reading, were hanging nooses to remind people that times havent changed. It comes as the republican candidate here, senator cindy hydesmith, is facing criticism for appearing to embrace the states racist past. Shes seen in this facebook photo from 2014 posing in a confederate cap. Her caption . Mississippi history at its best. And earlier this month, joking with a supporter about public hangings. If he invited me to a public hanging, id be on the front row. Reporter the president , campaigning with hydesmith today, addressed her comments on his way to mississippi. She felt very badly. She certainly didnt mean that. Reporter initially, hydesmith dismissing backlash as ridiculous. I put out a statement yesterday and thats all im going to say about it. We stand by the statement. Reporter later, apologizing in a debate against her opponent mike espy, the democrat vying to become the states first black senator since reconstruction. For anyone that was offended by my comments, i certainly apologize. I dont know whats in your heart, but we all know what came out of your mouth. Reporter david, many of the voters i spoke to the rally here say that senator hydesmith has made mistakes, but her words and actions have been taken out of context. They say the democrat in this race, mike espy, has always made mistakes when it comes to his lobbying. But bottom line, they say if the president is with senator hydesmith, then so are they. David . And well be watching the race tonight. Tom llamas reporting in from mississippi. There was a Bombshell Report on Climate Change from 13 u. S. Agencies put out the day after thanksgiving, when millions of americans were still marking the holiday. But in that report, it warns about farming in the midwest and future floods and fires in the u. S. And tonight, our jon karl asking the president , does he believe it . Reporter President Trump today dismissed the report written by scientists from 13 federal agencies and released by his administration the day after thanksgiving. Its a report that warns Climate Change is already taking a toll. Record wildfires in california, stronger hurricanes, Crop Failures in the midwest. The report bluntly warns of more to come, including threats to air quality and the transmission of disease, and says if steps arent taken to limit the release of carbon into the atmosphere, the economic consequences will be devastating. A 10 loss to the economy, worse than the great recession. Today, we asked the president about it. Mr. President , have you read the climate report yet . Ive seen it, ive read some of it and its fine. Reporter they say Economic Impact could be devastating. I dont believe it. Reporter you dont believe it . No, no, i dont believe it. Right now, were at the cleanest weve ever been. And thats very important to me. But if were clean, but every other place on earth is dirty, thats not so good. Jonathan karl live at the white house tonight. Jon, you know many are questioning the timing of the release of this report, the day after thanksgiving. Was it meant to bury it . Reporter sure it looked that reporter it sure looked that way, releasing the report right in the middle of black friday. But if that was the intent, david, it looks like it backfired. Because it was released on such a slow news day, the report dominated News Coverage throughout the holiday weekend. David . Jon karl, thank you. To the mueller inves investigation, and to former Campaign Adviser george papoos. Hes spending his first night in jail. He surrendered at the federal prison in oxford, wisconsin, this morning to serve a 14day sentence after pleading guilty to lying about his contact with
russians during the campaign. And tonight, another subject of the Special Counsel Investigation says hes now rejected a plea deal. Jerome corsi, a conservative writer and associate of former trump Campaign Adviser roger stone, says prosecutors wanted him to plead guilty to lying to fbi agents when he was questioned about Communications Related to Wikileaks Julian assange in 2016. Of course, he says he did briefly forget about an email exchange with roger stone, but says he did not intentionally lie, and to confess to that, he says, would be the crime. He spoke to our Pierre Thomas just a short time ago. If i have to go to jail for the rest of my life, i will not tell a lie to a federal judge or anybody else. They want to send me to prison the rest of my life, so be it, have at it. But they will not get me to commit a crime. Corsi telling pierre he fears Law Enforcement could arrest him as soon as tonight. And there is yet another breaking headline involving the mueller investigation, and this one involves Paul Manafort. Lets go to Pierre Thomas. Reporter david, a Significant Development in the
special counsels russia investigation. The government is claiming that Paul Manafort is in breach of his plea deal. The special counsels motion with the court claiming that manafort committed federal crimes by lying to the fbi and the special counsels office on a variety of subject matters. The government claims his plea remains in tact, but they will no longer recommend a reduction in sentence. Mana farthers Attorney Says he met with the government on numerous occasions and believes he provided truthful information. David . Pierre, thank you. We turn next here this evening to touchdown on mars. There were anxious moments at nasas jet Propulsion Lab today, we were watching along with them, as a spacecraft made its final approach to mars. Abcs Clayton Sandell is in pasadena. Touchdown confirmed reporter tonight, a Touchdown Worthy of an interplanetary super bowl. Thats great. They got it. Reporter moments later, this image from nasas insight mission, proving it stuck the first mars landing in six years. Insight survived the seven
minutes of terror, an Autopilot Plunge from space to ground, 12,000 Miles Per Hour to full stop. And every step, flawless. You made