Saying he wont testify before the American People because of threats he says from the president. Venezuela tonight in a freefall. The u. S. No longer recognizing venezuelas president. He retaliates, telling american diplomats they have 72 hours to get out. Our team back on this tonight. The abc news investigation tonight. The young woman, a billionaire, who sold her tests at pharmacies, tests to detect diseases. But did she put americans at risk . Tonight, weve obtained the deposition never seen before. And the major break, the woman in a vegetative state who suddenly gave birth. Tonight, the arrest. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a busy wednesday night. And we begin with that terrible scene in central florida. The deadly bank standoff. At least five people are dead. A chilling call to police. A man saying he was firing shots inside this Sun Trust Bank. A s. W. A. T. Team and ne gauche you yeah torps rushing to the scene, and hours into the standoff, an Armored Vehicle smashing right through the bank. Families waiting to hear about loved ones, some nearly collapsing in grief with the news. Abcs linsey davis leading us off tonight. Reporter a massacre today inside this florida bank. This is a terrible day for sebring Highlands County and for the state of florida. Reporter it was just after noon when shots rang out at this Sun Trust Bank in sebring. Inside, a man, who police say contacted dispatch, saying he had fired multiple shots. After an assessment of the scene, were sorry to learn that we have at least five victims, people who were senselessly murdered, as a result of his act in this bank. Reporter after initial negotiations to get the barricaded man to leave the bank failed, the s. W. A. T. Team using an Armored Vehicle to ram the front doors. The suspect identified as local resident 21yearold zephen xaver, appearing to be the suspect led out in handcuffs. Weve suffered significant loss at the hands of a senseless criminal doing a senseless crime. Reporter police have not yet identified the victims. At a nearby hotel, loved ones gathering, overcome with emotion learning the news. Just an awful scene. Linseys been monitoring this all afternoon. And no word on a motive tonight . Reporter thats right, david. Police say this is an active and fluid situation. The fbi joining the investigation. Florida governor saying the suspect should face very swift and exacting justice. David . Linsey davis leading us off. Thank you. In other news, now to the president of the speaker of the house tonight. The president telling Speaker Pelosi today he has every intention of delivers his state of the union from the capitol next tuesday, even with the government shutdown. 800,000 workers not getting paid. He was then on camera today when reporters broke the news to him, the speakers response. Abcs mary bruce on the hill again tonight for us. Reporter President Trump today tried to call Nancy Pelosis bluff, writing, Dear Madam Speaker i look forward to seeing you on the evening of january 29th in the chamber of the house of representatives. Adding, it would be so very sad for our country if the state of the union were not delivered on time, on schedule, and very importantly, on location. Pelosis reaction . Stay tuned. Safte canceled his congress, writing, dear mr. President i look forward to welcoming you to the house when government has been opened. Your response to the House Speaker . Im not surprised. Its really a shame whats happening with the democrats. Reporter the president later taking this stab at pelosi. She doesnt want the American Public to hear whats going on. She is afraid of the truth. I think its a great blotch on the incredible country that we all love. Stop the shutdown. Stop the shutdown. Reporter today, fed up furloughed workers clogging the halls of the capitol. Fbi agents are warning the shutdown could make us less safe. If the shutdown continues, what is the worst Case Scenario in terms of Public Safety . The fbi needs to be fully funded, so that we can do our jobs, stop terrorist attacks. We need to do that to keep this country safe. Reporter 800,000 federal workers now on the verge of missing their second paycheck. The coast guard commandant beyond frustrated. I find it unacceptable that coast guard men and women have to rely on food pantries and donations to get through daytoday life as service members. Reporter in maryland, mandie jarvis, whose husband serves in the coast guard, is struggling. I actually applied for a second job. Its a night job. I already work days. Even working a second job, i still wouldnt be able to supplement what he makes. So many people feeling the effects of this. Mary bruce live on the hill tonight. President trump still hopes to deliver his address, if not the capitol, some place else, perhaps . Reporter sources tell us that the president is actively exploring his options, weighing whether to give the speech in washington or somewhere else around the country. We know hes been preparing two different versions of the speech, depending on where he delivers it. David . Mary bruce, thank you. In North Carolina tonight, there is an urgent search for a 3yearold boy, casey hathaway. He went out to play with two other children and then disappeared from his grandmothers yard. Heres Abcs Steve Osunsami now. Reporter volunteers from the u. S. Marine are helping authorities in eastern North Carolina tonight, searching the thick woods for 3yearold casey hathaway. The fbi is here, and more than 400 neighbors are also helping in the search, but so far, no sign of the boy. Our number one priority right now is finding casey. Reporter the 3yearold went missing tuesday afternoon from his grandmothers home in rural craven county, where he was playing in the backyard with two related children. By the time the other kids came inside, the boy had disappeared. It was freezing cold tuesday night and authorities are hoping the boy found shelter, but theyre also searching nearby waters. I want to reiterate, the family has been extremely cooperative and were thankful for that. So, no tip is insignificant. And if anybody out there has any tips, remember, casey is a small child. Hes cold. Hes hungry. Reporter county investigators here say theyre treating this as a missing persons case, but say theyre not ruling out that this child may have been kidnapped. David . Steve, thank you. And we are also learning more tonight about the young Woman Held Captive in boston. Tonight, the suspect breaking down, crying in court. And authorities have now revealed that the woman was able to get her cell phone back and turned on, which is how they found her. Abcs whit johnson is in boston. Reporter a crush of cameras greeting victor pena as he arrived at court. Inside, the 38yearold mumbling and sobbing, pleading not guilty to kidnapping 23yearold olivia ambrose. Ambrose arriving home overnight. Doing okay. We are grateful and we know that many times the outcome isnt this. Reporter she went missing after leaving this bar saturday night, and her phone went dead. Three days later, police identifying pena as a person of interest, releasing these surveillance photos. One showing him with his arms around her. Its obvious from the Video Surveillance that she did not go along willingly. Reporter Court Documents say police got a break when olivia reactivated her phone and texted her mother. Boston police converging on penas apartment, finding ambrose crying with a horrified look on her face. Olivia telling police she was being held against her will. The Court Clinician said pena showed signs of psychosis, so, he was sent to a Mental Institution to undergo manager thorough evaluation before his next Court Appearance february 11th. David . All right, whit johnson in boston for us. Thank you, whit. Were following yet another storm tonight. The dangerous system moving east. 20 states under Winter Weather alerts and flood alerts, as well. Whiteout conditions in travis city, michigan. In fact, the detroit airport was closed for more than 12 hours. All of this, of course, heading east and meteorologist rob marciano tracking it all for us. Hey, rob. Reporter hi, david. This is a big storm. Its going to hit everybody on the east coast. Mostly with rain. Lefts get right to it. Weve got a Flash Flood Watch posted for the big cities and the southeast is going to get some heavy rain with thunderstorms rumbling across the gulf coast area. Atlanta you get it tonight. During the day tomorrow, heavy rain from raleigh to richmond, baltimore, d. C. , new york and up through boston. High wind warnings, too, just a miserable day. Most of it clears out by the evening rush. A little mixing in, but lake effect snows crank as temperatures drop 30 to 40 degrees and that settles in for the weekend. David . Rob, thank you. And now, the warning tonight for u. S. Diplomats in swen sway la. They have 72 hours to get out of the country. President trump no longer recognizing that countrys leader as the president. Instead, recognizing an Opposition Leader as the interim president , as thousands take to the streets in venezuela. As you know, we have reported for years from venezuela, on an company in freefall, little food, medicine and skyrocketing prices. Abcs matt gutman is back on this tonight. Reporter tonight, the emergency unfolding in venezuela. Tens of thousands braving tear gas swarming the streets for hours today, calling for venezuelas president Nicolas Maduro to step down. And tonight, President Trump speaking out, no longer recognizing maduro as venezuelas president. Were not considering anything, but all options are on the table. Reporter the u. S. And other countries are now recognizing this 35yearold as the countrys interim president. Juan guaido is the head of the opposition, and today, he was sworn in as president by the national assembly, which calls maduro illegitimate. Maduro firing back tonight, calling this an americanled coup, giving american diplo 72 hours to get out. For three years now, weve been reporting on e millions once middle class fleeing venezuela, looking for food and medicine. Its hard to imagine when this boy came here, he was about nine pounds and now hes hes about 13 pounds. That report just a couple of weeks back. Matt, 72 hours to get out now for american diplomats. And youve lirned theyre taking this very seriously . Reporter very seriously, david. It is extraordinarily rare for an entire Diplomatic Mission to be expelled. Im told that officials and their dependents have go bags packed already and it is very possible that we could see a has exodus of americans from venezuela in the coming days. David . Matt gutman on this for us again tonight. This evening, the president s longtime personal attorney and fixer Michael Cohen now says he will not testify before the American People after all, at least for now, because of threats he says from the president. And the president s lawyer, rudy giuliani. Heres cecilia vega. Reporter the president s long time attorney and fixer Michael Cohen today abruptly pulling the plug on his muchanticipated testimony to congress. Cohens lawyer citing ongoing threats against his family from President Trump and mr. Giuliani. Adding, this is a time where mr. Cohen had to put his family and their safety first. The president today denied making any threats. I would say hes been threatened by the truth. Hes only been threatened by the truth. Reporter but he has called for cohens fatherinlaw to be investigated, even though he is not currently accused of any crime. He should give information maybe on his fatherinlaw, because thats the one that people want to look at. Reporter and just this weekend, another unfounded allegation from rudy giuliani. So, its okay to go after the fatherinlaw . Of course it is. If the fatherinlaw is a criminal, we talked about ukrainians. His fatherinlaw is a ukrainian. Thats not a crime. His fatherinlaw has millions and millions of course its not. Im telling you, he comes from the ukraine. This reason that is important is, he may have ties to something called organized crime. Reporter cohen says those amount to threats, and he fears for his familys safety. All right, cecilia vega with us live from the white house. And cecilia, i know House Democrats are considering whether to subpoena Michael Cohen . Reporter they are, david. And they say they have offered him help with security. If, in fact, he is scared for his safety. But House OversightCommittee Elijah Cummings today was adamant that cohen will testify, he said, quote, whatever we have to do to get him here, well do it. Cecilia vega, always great to have you. We turn next tonight to the abc news investigation involving the young woman, the selfmade billionaire and her company. She claimed to have developed a blood test that could save lives, but did she put lives at risk . Tonight, we have now obtained the deposition never seen before, and abcs chief Business CorrespondentRebecca Jarvis reports. Reporter shes the stanford dropout who became the youngest female selfmade billionaire and had legions of believers. Elizabeth holmes boasted her company, theranos, could detect hundreds of diseases from just a drop or two of blood. Weve made it possible to run comprehensive Laboratory Tests from a tiny sample. Reporter that pitch convincing everyone from rupert murdoch, to the owner of the patriots, to american retirees to invest. Anything you want to say . Reporter but holmes is now facing criminal charges and up to 20 years in prison. Shes pleaded not guilty. Prosecutors say she knew theranos couldnt deliver accurate and reliable results for all its blood tests, which experts say potentially put thousands of patients at risk. Okay, this is the walgreens. Reporter sheri ackert took a theranos test at her local walgreens and mistakenly thought her Breast Cancer had returns. The nurse called me back and said, im so sorry. Thats not good. There could be a tumor growing somewhere. I will never forget that day. Reporter a different test showed sheri was healthy. Tonight, in this deposition obtained by abc news, never before seen questioning of holmes under oath. Do you swear to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the trust . I do. Reporter pressed about those hundreds of tests she said her company could perform to detect diseases how many tests could it run at that time in 2010 . I dont know exactly what the number was. There was probably tens of tests. So when you say tens of tests, you mean something less than 100 . Yes. Did it concern you that a number of tests werent working on theranos devices . I know that we made so many mistakes on this front, but we were trying to take this forward and at that time thought that thought that we were doing the right thing. And rebecca has been reporting on this for some time for it. Are any of these tests out there on the market . Reporter well, david, theranos is out of business and the tests are off the market. And what do we know about her tonight . Reporter holmes is awaiting trial, but insiders want to start another company. All right, Rebecca Jarvis, thank you. We should point out that rebecca will have much more on nightline, and her kad capodc called the dropout. Its excellent. Theres still much more ahead on world news tonight this wednesday. The major break in the case followed across the country. The patient in a vegetative state who then gave birth. Now, the arrest tonight. Well have more on that. The new headline about a Police Beating. The driver arrested for a stolen car. That car turned out to be his own. The major Decision Just in. Andediately te a lot more news ahead tonight. A city with one of the highest increases of womenowned businesses in the u. S. Its really this constant juxtaposition when youre a mom and an entrepreneur. With more businesses starting every day, how do they plan for their Financial Wellness . I am very mindful of the sacrifices that i make. So i have to manage my time wisely. Plan your Financial Life with prudential. Bring your challenges. 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