Facebook gave Major Companies like netflix and spotify access to your private messages, and that those companies could open your messages, even delete them. Nowhere to go. Tonight, bob woodruff back with one of the most persecuted groups in the world, the rohingya, forced to flee the horror in myanmar. And tonight, bobs new discovery. Are authorities preparing an island to ship some of the rohingya people to . What he found. And the 5yearold boy forgotten on the school bus. The bus done for the day, the boy trapped inside. And this evening here, Laverne Shirley. Tonight, Cindy Williams on her longtime costar. The stories you likely never heard. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on this wednesday night. We have a lot to get to. And we begin tonight with those two massive storms set to combine as one, just as millions set out for the holidays. Dangerous driving and airport delays expected. One storm from the west with this tornado, just confirmed a short time ago as an ef2 tornado. Massive damage in this neighborhood outside seattle. The other storm tonight, from the south. Already with blinding rain outside dallas. The two will merge and then travel right up the east coast. Several major cities in the path. Interstates, as well. And then the airports, as i mentioned. Authorities say, prepare for major delays and cancellations. We do have the newest track, when this all hits. And abcs Victor Oquendo leading us off tonight from atlanta. Oh, my god. Reporter tonight, that powerful storm that brought a rare december tornado to washington state, is on the move. Theres like, debris everywhere. Reporter at the same time, a new storm is forming in the south, already flooding streets in new orleans and dumping rain on drivers in west texas. We got rain. Reporter those two storms set to merge and bring nightmare travel all the way up the east coast, just as 120 Million People are heading out for the holidays. Airlines expect 45 million will travel this holiday season. David kerley is at reagan airport in washington, d. C. The airlines say theyre prepared for the bad weather and tsa has added officers to deal with the two busiest days, tomorrow and friday. Reporter meanwhile, back in washington state, officials checking some 450 properties for damage from that tornado. National Weather Service just announcing it was an ef2, 300 yards wide with winds up to 130 miles per hour. Here in atlanta, we are bracing for rain. So much of the east coast is saturated. That means there is sure to be extensive flooding from this storm. David . With a busy commute there in atlanta under way already tonight. Victor, thank you. Lets get right to abc senior meteorologist rob marciano, tracking it all. Hes live with us tonight, as well. Hey, rob. Reporter hi, david. This storm is really going to grow in size. Its going to have huge impacts for the next three days across much of the east. Lets get right to it. Already flood watches up for the northeast and florida, which could see severe weather, including tornadoes tomorrow afternoon with that line around 5 00. You see the heavy rain begin to spread across the carolinas, very soggy there. Spreading north overnight through d. C. , philly, new york. By friday morning, new york to bostons going to be a mess with wind and water and look at the amount of rain. Two to three inches across the highways. Very soggy there. Dangerous travel both on the roads and in the air. David . Just urging everyone to take their time and get there safely. Rob, thank you. In the meantime, were going to turn next tonight to new fallout coming in late today, after that surprise decision from President Trump, ordering the withdrawal of all u. S. Troops from syria, saying the war against isis has been won. But tonight, even some key republican senators say this is a very dangerous move. Heres abcs chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz tonight. Reporter today, President Trump all but declaring Mission Accomplished with his sudden decision to pull all 2,000 american troops out of syria within the next 30 days. We have won against isis, and now its time for our troops to come back home. Reporter the move flies in the face of what many of his own advisers on syria were saying just days ago. If weve learned one thing over the years, enduring defeat of a group like this means you cant just defeat their physical space and then leave. You have to make sure the internal Security Forces are in place to ensure that those security gains are enduring. With regard to stabilization, we still have a long way to go. Reporter as a candidate, donald trump said the decision to withdraw all u. S. Troops from iraq in 2011 created a vacuum for isis to fill. I opposed the reckless way obama, clinton left iraq. Reporter now, some of the president s strongest allies say he is making the same mistake himself with syria. F eciois wiawf l ur for in syria less safe. This is an obamalike move. Colossal, in my mind, mistake. A grave error. Isis is not defeated. So, lets get to Martha Raddatz, who has been covering this for years. And martha, Republican Leaders were blindsided by the president s announcement. Lindsey graham calling it, quote, a big win for isis. Reporter thats right, david. Isis has lost almost all of its territory, but 2,000 fighters remain, and there are concerns Going Forward about intelligence. If you dont have troops there, it is harder to get good information. David . Martha raddatz with us from the Washington Bureau tonight. Martha, thank you. Next here, to the terrifying robbery at a pharmacy in georgia. Three masked men rushing the lone employee right there, jumping the counter before dragging her down while holding a gun to her head. They forced her to open the safe. All of it captured, as you can see, on security cameras. And heres abcs alex perez on the manhunt. Reporter tonight, authorities in georgia on the hunt for these three robbers, after they burst into this pharmacy near atlanta and violently attacked the female clerk inside. Its only a matter of time before they become more and more violent. Reporter the terrifying ordeal caught on camera, unfolding december 7th. The men, wearing surgical masks and gloves, jump the counter with gun in hand, and chase the clerk, who unsuccessfully tries to escape through an employee door. The criminals then drag the horrified clerk, with a gun to her head, back to the counter area as they try to open the safe. Pinning her down and eventually forcing her to crack the safe open. The robbers throwing dozens of prescription drugs into a green bag before fleeing in a black ford taurus. The clerk, petrified, eventually gets up and calls for help. David, investigators say the tags on that getaway car were fake. Authorities now asking anyone who might recognize those suspects to call police. David . Alex perez tonight. Alex, thank you. Next, to the hunt for a killer, after a mother was gunned down on a missouri highway. Shot from outside her vehicle, with her two children in the car. They were hundreds of miles from home. And heres abcs gio benitez. Reporter tonight, mystery in missouri, as police hunt for a killer. Mother of two Melissa Peskey was found dead in the drivers seat of a car last week in what was first thought to be a traffic accident, but tonight, police are saying the Real Estate Agent from sioux falls, south dakota, was gunned down nearly 500 miles away from her home. She was found in her car on interstate 70 near the interchange, about 40 miles west of columbia, missouri. Her husband reportedly telling a local reporter she was heading to South Carolina to visit friends. It was determined that the victim in this case, Melissa Peskey, died of a gunshot wound. Reporter her two children, 5 and 11 years old, were in the car at the time, but they were not hurt, and tonight, are safe in foster care. Peskeys friends saying her children adored her. They were so, so, so in love with their mom. Every time they got the chance, they would tell her how much they loved her. Reporter and david, police have not named any suspects, but investigators want anyone with information to give them a call right away. David . Gio, thank you. Tonight, with the clock ticking, a possible Government Shutdown right before christmas, but this evening, has the president given in, at least for now . Abcs mary bruce on the hill. Reporter he said hed shut down the government and take all the blame if congress doesnt fund his border wall. I am proud to shut down the government for border security, chuck. Reporter but just one week later, the white house is retreating. There are other ways for him to get that money. Reporter conservatives are outraged. Rush limbaugh says the president got less than nothing. Fox and friends declaring he lost. People who voted for him and want the wall and went to the polls to vote for that wall, they want to know how hes going to do this, and they want to know why he seems to be softening his stance this morning. The president is not softening his stance. He has a responsibility to keep the government moving forward. Reporter tonight, capitol hill is heading for a shortterm fix to keep the government open until early february. But by then, democrats will control the house, and the chances of the president getting money for his wall will be even more unlikely. All right, so, lets get to mary, shes live up on the hill again tonight. Mary, it looks Like Congress is headed towards that deal that does not include money for the president s border wall. Tonight, the big question, will the president sign it . Reporter well, david, the white house says the president is now willing to consider a shortterm fix, but he has not yet committed to signing this. And now, here on the hill, some conservative members are launching a lastditch effort to try and change his mind. David . All right, stay tuned. Mary, thank you. Next tonight, the facebook privacy scandal. The New York Times is now reporting the company shared user data, including your private messages, allowing Companies Like netflix and spotify to look at your messages, even delete them. Heres abcs chief National Correspondent matt gutman now. Reporter tonight, facebook facing legal action from the district of columbia over the companys alleged failure to protect user information during the 2016 president ial campaign. This follows a separate New York Times report that the social media goliath gave up to 150 Companies Access to its users personal data, reportedly exempting them from its usual privacy rules. According to the report, facebook offered Microsofts Bing the ability to look at facebook users friends without their consent. Even allegedly offering Companies Like netflix and spotify the access to read, write and delete users private messages. Seeming to contradict Mark Zuckerbergs assurances from april. Every piece of content that you share on facebook, you own and you have complete control over who sees it. Reporter tonight, facebook tells us that none of these partnerships or features gave Companies Access to information without peoples permission. Its gross mismanagement. Its taking advantage of not only the consumer, but the fact that there is no regulation. Reporter david, Facebook Says it no longer grants its Partner Companies that kind of access. And some of the Companies Like spotify and netflix telling us tonight that they never made use of their access to personal data. David . Matt gutman tonight. Matt, thank you. We turn next here to an abc news exclusive, and a crisis weve been reporting on here for three years now. One of the most persecuted minority groups in the world, the rohingya, escaping the horror in myanmar. Some tortured, others killed. Some 750,000 now living in refugee camps in bangladesh, after that ruthless military campaign pushed them out of myanmar. Bob woodruff has traveled several times to report on the rohingya and the urgent need to get them help. Tonight, the new images. The efforts to send some of the rohingya back to myanmar. It was halted amid questions over whether there is still violence in myanmar, waiting for them. And tonight, if they stay in bangladesh, is that government now preparing to send many of them to an isolated island . We sent bob woodruff to find that island, and he did. Reporter we are on our way to the place the Bangladeshi Government does not want you to see. So, thats it right there, bhashan char. Right there. Bhashan char literally means floating island, but many here call it prison island. The governments plan is to make it into a camp for 100,000 rohingyan refugees, who are now living in mainland camps hundreds of miles away. They are the families, the children weve reported on before. The plan to move them to a Deserted Island is controversial because of the danger. It is a lowlying island, and its isolated, too. It would be very difficult for the world to get there, to know what is happening to the rohingya. Here, the docks are guarded by the bangladesh navy. We head toward the beach, where we saw construction workers walking ashore, carrying supplies on their heads. Is this the main part . Is this where all the rohingya people are ultimately going to live . Yes, he says. Lets go ahead and walk with him. Thats probably the best way to do it. We leave the boat and head in. So, this has never been done, i have to say that. You see right here, heres where they dump off all the sand and the cement and the bricks. Wow. A lot of ships. Wading through the water, the thick mud, we make it to the shore and think we spot a guard. That looks like a military guy off to the right, under that tree . Lets go quick. Lets walk really fast, boys. Back on the mainland, some of the rohingya who might end up on that island. 750,000 fled the horror in myanmar, where many were tortured, some raped, some killed by the myanmar military. U. N. Investigators call it genocide. Rohingya we spoke to now living in bangladesh already victimized once say they do not want to be moved to that island. Where would you like to go . I would rather stay here, she says. In anger, this man told us he would never, ever be moved to that island, where we discovered they are preparing for the rohingya and quickly. So, now were on the dry land. This way . We ask these workers which way to go. They point us the way. And through the brush, we start to see construction. All right, so, i see the tower. The first thing we saw, this wall, a canal. Okay, heres where it begins. Built to protect this island from easily flooding. All right, now weve gotten deep into the construction area. You can see a lot of these brand New Buildings are being built. This is where the rohingya might soon live. The bangladeshi working furiously to prepare for them. Look at this. Look at this. Its huge. Row after row of red roofing, in all directions. Sleeping quarters for a persecuted group already. Marked with numbers, room 13, room 14. Inside, two bunk beds, four rohingya to a room. This is going to supposedly hold 100,000 rohingya people. On the way off the island, we spot this a watchtower, which overlooks the living quarters, and a palatial mansion for the Prime Minister of bangladesh. She had not even visited the island yet. And as we head out, more workers are heading in. Even though the rohingya people are adamant tonight they will not be moved again. Just incredible reporting. Bob woodruff here with us tonight. And bob, we saw some of those efforts to try to get the rohingya people, some of them, back to myanmar in recent days. Thats been halted amid questions of whether this was ethical, whether there is still violent still continuing in myanmar. In the meantime, the rohingya people in bangladesh, this island youve taken us to tonight, how soon does the Bangladeshi Government say that island will be completed . When could some people be sent there . Reporter they told us this will be done in less than a year from now, and the people, as you said, they dont want to go. They dont want to go down there. They said, this is an isolated place, its lowlying, it could be flooded during the monsoon season, and theyve fled one place already. They dont want to flee again. All right, bob woodruff with us here tonight. Bob, thanks so much. Bob will have much more tonight on nightline, we hope youll watch or set your dvr. And of course, in the meantime, well stay on it right here. To your money tonight, the economy, and the Federal Reserve raising interest rates, defying pressure from President Trump to do nothing. That key lending rate going up a quarter point, the fourth hike this year. Your car loan, mortgage and credit card payments likely going up, too, with this. The dow plunging on the news, falling 351 points to the lowest level so far this year. There is still much more ahead on world news tonight this wednesday. The deadly shooting, a deputy killing three family members. That deputy telling everyone on a police radio what he had just done and what he was about to do. Authorities rushing to the scene today. The 5yearold boy forgotten on the school bus. The bus done for the day. The boy trapped inside. You can see right there. And your money tonight. Time running out. Those Free Shipping deals for amazon, walmart, target. Theyre set to expire, but you still have time. We will go down the list for you, right after the break. A lot more news ahead. Liberty mutual customizes your Car Insurance