For all of us here, thanks for the time. Next n tonight, several developing stories as we come on the air. The Mueller Report out soon. The Attorney General telling congress in a new letter, everyone will soon be able to read it on their own. Nearly 400 pages. Late today, President Trump saying he has nothing to hide. The Severe Weather threat. Flood watches, damaging hail, and that system moving east tonight. D. C. To new york, all the way to boston. A junior high coach under investigation. The video, shocking. The coach heard threatening to stomp her on the concrete if she doesnt comply. New reports about what caused that Boeing 737 Max 8 to slam into the ground, killing all 157 people on board. The final moments in the cockpit, and now the direct link to that first fatal flight. Tonight, the boeing fleet still grounded. When will those planes be back in the air . The youtube mom in court, accused of abusing some of her adopted children and Making Hundreds Of Thousands of dollars while forcing them to perform in viral videos. A new volcano eruption. Officials raising the threat level. Tonight, the warning for residents and tourists. And the plea to drivers after a deputys violent close call. What authorities want you to know. Good evening. Im cecilia vega, in for david. It is great to have you with us on this busy friday night. We begin with Breaking News on the Mueller Report. And it is what congress and millions of americans have been demanding. After releasing just a fourpage summary, late today, Attorney General william barr told congress he will issue a redacted version of the nearly 400page report by midapril, saying everyone will soon read it. President trump claiming all week the report vindicates him,
despite not having seen it. He now insists he has nothing to hide, but the Attorney General says there are no plans for the white house to get a first look. When will america see it . Jonathan karl leads us off. Reporter the Attorney General says the world will soon see the Mueller Report. In a letter to congressional leaders, he writes, i share your desire to ensure that congress and the public have the opportunity to read the special counsels report. Everyone will soon be able to read it on their own. I have great confidence in the Attorney General. And if thats what hed like to do, i have nothing to hide. Reporter the Attorney General says the report is nearly 400 pages long and will be released by midapril. There will be redactions. He says he will work with Robert Mueller to black out anything classified or subject to grand jury secrecy and information that, quote, would unduly infringe on the personal privacy and reputational interests of peripheral third parties. But barr does not plan to get the president s signoff, writing, there are no plans to submit the report to the white house for a privilege review. This comes as President Trump is celebrating the principal findings released by barr on sunday. And after three years of lies and smears and slander, the russia hoax is finally dead. The Collusion Delusion is over. Reporter now, the president is on the counterattack against democrats who want to continue investigating. The democrats have to now decide whether they will continue defrauding The Public With Ridiculous [ bleep ] partisan investigations or whether they will apologize to the American People and join us to rebuild our crumbling infrastructure. And jon karl joins us now from the white house. President trump is also making news tonight on immigration. He is threatening to close the southern border next week if mexico does not block migrants from entering the u. S. Lets take a listen. Mexico is tough. They can stop them, but they chose not to. Now theyre going to stop them, and if they dont stop them, we are closing the border. Well keep it closed for a long time. Aye not playing games. And mexico fired right back, jon . Reporter the Mexican Foreign minister saying, mexico does not act on the basis of threats. And shutting down that border even for a short period of time would have serious economic repercussions. An average of 1. 7 billion worth of goods cross back and forth across that border every single day. John karl leading us off tonight. Thank you. Were going to turn now to the severe storms in the midwest. The system moving east this weekend. Heavy rain and new threats of
flooding in a region recovering from the last major storm. Signs of winter . Sorry, not over yet. Heavy snow covering i80 in nebraska in north platt. Lets go right to rob marciano. Hey, rob. Reporter as you just showed, its a bit of a mess in middle america, and the storm will only strengthen as it moves east. Look at the radar tonight. Rains across the flood zones of iowa and southern parts of minnesota. Also storms firing in kansas. Well see more tonight across parts of oklahoma. Those could be severe, with big hail and big wind. And Snow Dropping in through denver. A lot of cold air behind this, warm air ahead of it. Well feel that across the east coast tomorrow. And the rains there fire across middle tennessee through the ohio river valley, and then the cold front pushes across the east coast big cities midday sunday, turning colder with snow, clearing on monday. Thank you, rob. Tonights other major headline, investigators finding a connection linking the two deadly crashes that grounded
boeings fleet of max 8 jets. And were learning what the black boxes revealed about the moment the Ethiopian Airlines flight made its final nosedive. Boeing says its new software fix is ready and waiting for faa approval. Heres david kerley. Reporter for the first time tonight, a direct connection between the two Boeing 737 Max crashes. Both jets dipping and dramatically pulling up, a wild ride as the pilots fought an automated safety system. Two sources telling abc news the preliminary black box data shows an antistall system that misfired in the Lion Air Crash in october was also activated in the Ethiopian Airlines crash three weeks ago. That ethiopian captain, according to published reports, calls out in a panicky voice, break, break. Request back to home. Request vector for landing, before crashing. That antistall system, called mcas, which pushes the nose down aggressively and had been the subject of bulletins and directives. Ethiopian airlines saying the captain had received updated training. Why didnt their training work . They were trained after the lion air accident. Why didnt they go to their training, stop it, and land the aircraft safely . Reporter with the fleet grounded, boeings mcas Software Update is expected to be approved by the faa next week. It will make mcas harder to misfire and easier for pilots to recover. American airlines top 737 pilot tested the software. They put some checks and balances in the system now that will make the system much better. Reporter no concerns whatsoever . None. None whatsoever. David kerley joining us now from reagan airport. As youve been reporting, the faa is expected to approve this software fix next week. Any idea when the planes will be back in the air . Reporter at least American Airlines says they have to train up their pilots once there is certification of the software. Then get the planes back in the
air. They say it could be another two weeks after certification. On this story from the very beginning. David, thank you. We turn next to the Junior High School coach under investigation, video showing him forcefully restraining a 14yearold female student. He can be heard threatening to stomp her. Abcs linsey davis has more. Reporter an aggressive takedown caught on camera and now under investigation. Youre going to be still or im gonna stuff your [ bleep ] in this concrete. Reporter you can hear the shrieks of riled up students at ponchatoula Junior High School in louisiana as this man, a coach, puts his knee in a students chest to restrain her. The female student repeatedly yells for him to let her go. Let me up. All watch as another man grabs her foot and leg, dragging her on the ground. Calm down or im gonna mess you up. Reporter her mother is now speaking up. It just traumatized her. Shes having a hard time. She doesnt feel safe. Reporter the superintendent of schools released a statement saying in part, we are deeply saddened by the incident on the
video. This behavior does not represent the expectations we have for the adults and students on our campus. The video does not capture what happened leading up to the incident. The school has launched a full investigation. Cecilia . Linsey davis, thank you. We turn now to a swatting case making national headlines. A defendant in california sentenced to 20 years in prison for making phoney 911 calls across the country. One call leading to the Deadly Police shooting of a man about 1,400 miles away. Heres will carr. Reporter tonight, the man behind this prank 911 call i have shot him in the head and hes not breathing anymore. Reporter sentenced today to 20 years behind bars after pleading guilty for a Swatting Prank that turned deadly. I already poured gasoline all over the house. I might just set it on fire. Reporter Tyler Barriss has admitted to swatting, calling authorities and triggering s. W. A. T. Teams across the country to surround the homes of unwitting victims. Walk this way reporter in 2017, barriss thought he was swatting the home of a Video Game Rival after
a fight over a bet for 1. 50. Show your hands reporter but police swarmed andrew finchs home, an innocent man with no connection to the game. He was shot and killed by police who thought he was reaching for a gun. There are no words to express the toll that its taken. Reporter finchs family now wants the Police Department held accountable. While prosecutors in kansas hope barriss stiff sentence sends the message that swatting is no game. Its not a joke to swat other people. Reporter swatting is a growing problem across the country. It could be a federal crime with a max penalty of life behind bars. Will, thank you. And tonight, a new headline in that College Admissions cheating scandal. More than a dozen mothers and fathers appearing in a boston courtroom today. The parents among 33 charges in connection with a 25 million Bribery Scheme to get their kids into elite schools. One father allegedly asking the accused mastermind about
the risk of getting caught. Heres whit johnson. Reporter a Revolving Door at the boston courthouse. 13 wealthy parents accused of paying big bribes to get their kids into top colleges. Did you cheat to get your kids into college . Among those charged today, augustin huneeus, napa valley vineyard owner. I really wanted to be able to show these three wines together. Reporter prosecutors say huneeus paid the schemes alleged Mastermind Rick singer 50,000 to both inflate his daughters s. A. T. Score and to bribe her into usc as a fake water polo recruit, using this photo of someone else. Huneeus allegedly asked singer, is there any risk that this thing blows up in my face . The nationwide sting also sweeping up margie klapper, cofounder of Jewelry Business M and m bling. And michelle janavs, whose family created the famous snack hot pockets, accused of paying 100,000 to boost her daughters a. C. T. Score and get her into usc as a bogus volleyball recruit. Michelle, does your daughter
really play Beach Volleyball . Next week, well see the last wave of defendants whove been here in boston, including actresses Felicity Huffman and lori loughlin. But i was in the courtroom yesterday when a u. S. Attorney made clear the investigation is ongoing and they are not ruling out more charges. Cecilia . A lot of questions still. Whit, thank you. Overseas now with the tangled mess that is brexit. Prime Minster Theresa may suffering a third embarrassing defeat there in parliament, Leaving Britain on the brink of economic chaos. Thousands of probrexit demonstrators took to the streets demanding Parliament Approve a deal leave the European Union. What happens now . Ian pannell reporting in from london. Reporter anger and division on the streets of london. These are the people who voted for britain to exit the European Union almost three years ago. Socalled brexit. This was the day it was supposed to happen, but the deadline came and went without agreement. Why are so many people out on
the streets of london . Well, were here to support democracy, because its being ignored by the people in that building over there. Reporter Tens Of Thousands of people have taken to the streets of london. They feel angry and betrayed by whats just happened in parliament behind me. Britain has rarely looked so divided. For the third time in a row, politicians today failed to agree on what the exit agreement should look like, so brexit is postponed. The nos have it, the nos have it. Reporter handing yet another humiliating defeat to Prime Minister theresa may. Shes now so desperate to get this deal through shes even offered to resign. Those who voted to stay in the European Union are also angry. Last weekend hundreds of thousands of them also took to the streets. Brexit was supposed to bring britain together, but its only driven people further apart. There are now three main possibilities leaving without a deal, which could be disastrous for the country. No brexit, or more delay. None of these will quell the anger. And tonight, britain is in deep political crisis with no obvious way forward. Cecilia . Ian pannell, thank you. And now to the mother of a popular youtube show, accused of abusing several of her adopted children when they didnt perform well in her youtube videos. Authorities say she may have earned hundreds of thousands of dollars from those videos at her childrens expense. Heres adrienne bankert. Reporter tonight, the mom accused of abusing at least five of her seven adopted children in an arizona courtroom handcuffed and in a wheelchair. Well waive a reading and enter a not guilty plea, judge. Machelle hobson facing 30 egregious counts. The 48yearold allegedly forcing some of her kids to take ice baths, beating them with hangers, and even Pepper Spraying them for failing to remember their lines for the fantastic adventures youtube series. The channel had more than a quarter billion views and 800,000 subscribers. The kids claim they were taken
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