It is theirs. World news tonight is up next. Tonight, the horrifying scene at the Mall Of America. Authorities say a 5yearold boy was thrown from the third Floor Balcony by a stranger. People rushing to save the boy. Mother screaming for help. The boy critically hurt tonight and there is news about the suspect coming in now. Also late today, the scare outside the white house. Authorities say a man trying to set himself on fire. The deadly storm. As we come on the air tonight, the new threat. Reports on of a possible tornado and now severe storms as a new system moves from texas up the northeast. Rob marciano is standing by with the track. The student takedown by police. Under investigation tonight. Officers appearing to drag a 16yearold down a flight of stairs and then hit with a stun gun. She was facing charges until the
video surfaced. Tonight, the controversial plan discussed inside the white house to send migrants crossing the boarder to Sanctuary Cities hometown. Tonight, the president doubles down. The urgent recall now. Pediatricians sounding an alarm. More than 30 babies reportedly dying. Fisherprice issues a recall. This is major news tonight for parents and grandparents. The new interview tonight in a deadly Stalking Case. The actress gunned down. All the years later, the anger from her one time costar. What she says never should have happened. And the new image just in tonight from mick jagger. Good evening. Great to have you with us on a friday night. We begin tonight with that horrifying scene playing out at the Mall Of America. Authorities say a stranger threw a 5yearold boy off a third Floor Balcony. The boys Mother Screaming for
help as people rushed to the boys side, giving him cpr. We are told he suffered critical injuries in the fall. Witnesses who saw the suspect run away alerted police. They found him inside the mall. Tonight he is in custody. They do not believe he knew this family. This is a very difficult story. Alex perez leads us off from the Mall Of America in minnesota. Reporter tonight the horrifying scene at the Mall Of America just outside minneapolis, a 5yearold boy plummeting from a t rdhibalcony. Allegedly thrown by this 24yearold man. The young boy landing on the ground floor. We have a report from the south side that someone just fell from the third floor to the first floor. Reporter these images showing crowds giving Emergency Care to the child, performing cpr in the moments directly after the fall. An eyewitness describing his terrified mother. She said, everyone pray, please pray for my son. Everyone here right now, please pray. Reporter witnesses claiming
and tried to assault an older man who tried to detain him. Police swarming the scene, tracking him down and arresting him. The motive, a mystery. At this time we do not believe there is a relationship between the suspect and the child or the family of the child, and we are actively investigating why this incident occurred. Reporter the child sustaining serious injuries and rushed by ambulance to a nearby hospital. A small section of the nations largest mall was briefly shut down. Why would you single out a kid and ruin a familys life like this . Hard to imagine something worse. Alex perez is with us live at the Mall Of America tonight. Everyone is obviously pulling for this little boy. Hes in the hospital tonight, alex . Reporter thats right. Unfortunately, Authorities Say his injuries are life threatening. As for that suspect he has now been charged with attempted homicide. David . Alex perez leading us off tonight, thank you. There was a scare late today outside the white house. The Secret Service jumping in action web a man tried to set himself on fire. The secret Service Moving in very quickly. Kira phillips is on the scene just outside the white house. Reporter it happened just after 3 00 p. M. Outside the white house on Pennsylvania Avenue where tourists often visit. A man in an electric wheelchairtype scooter deliberately setting his jacket on fire. Within seconds, secret Service Agents are on him. Inside the white house, reporters put on alert, ushered into the briefing room. Outside, smoke rising from the scene. Authorities extinguishing the fire, treating the man. Four officers then carrying him away. Tonight hes in the hospital being treated for nonlifethreatening firstdegree burns. Sources say he was known to the Secret Service. Theyd seen him around before. Were told he had no apparent political motive and was only out to harm himself. Lets get to Kyra Phillips on the scene outside the white house tonight. Thankfully no one was injured. No one in the white house was put in harms way. It once again shows what the Secret Service does every day. Reporter thats right. The Secret Service immediately jumping into action right here where im standing. They have been under intense spotlight since that intruder reached checkpoints in maralago. Today, extreme caution was protocol. Kyra, thank you. We are also following a major storm system on the move tonight, and now the new threat. Tornado sirens sounding there, the warning in mason, ohio. This scene repeated elsewhere today. Ominous clouds over covington, kentucky tonight, and damaging winds in warsaw, kentucky. The threat from texas to the northeast tonight. Rob marciano has the track. Reporter tonight, Tornado Sirens sounding the alarms northeast of cincinnati. Theres another one. Reporter a possible twister touching down in clark county, ohio. As Severe Weather with damaging winds sweeps across the ohio valley. The wind came through and
really destroyed that addition to this home. Took off the roof there and it landed in the neighbors driveway. Reporter southwest of cincinnati, Straight Line winds gusting up to 80 miles per hour, flattening structures. East of dayton, ohio, trees toppled, trailers overturned. I saw a Big Dust Cloud Coming towards the house, and then the house started shaking to i decided to bail out upstairs. Reporter the same storm bringing dangerous lightning to chicago overnight, the second blizzard in less than a month, bringing more than two feet of snow to the plains. In minnesota, the state patrol responding to 500 crashes. Rob marciano is live in washington, d. C. Tonight. The midatlantic is part of this path tonight. The system is on the move. Yeah, we are still dealing with this blizzard. The front part of it is yet to push through the east. Here it is on the radar scope. We relead the next system. It will tap moisture in the gulf of mexico. A rough afternoon for houston, little rock, memphis. Shreveport seeing the bullseye. The highest Tornado Threat there could be a damaging day. Sunday, we lose the red and stretch out the zone. Tallahassee, atlanta, in the middle of it up through pittsburgh. Damaging winds and a wild weekend. Need to stay weather aware. We are tracking it tonight, tomorrow and sunday. Rob, will be watching. Next to Surveillance Video surfacing tonight and a troubling scene inside a Chicago High School. First, the student was charged with you then the video surfaced telling a different story. A Police Officer is seen grabbing the 16yearold student, throwing her down, drag her down the stairs and later hitting her with a stun gun. Battery charges against the girl have been dropped tonight and Abcs Steve Osunsami on what comes next. Reporter lawyers for the teenage girl seen in this newly released Surveillance Video from a Chicago High School say the pictures show that the police seen tackling her down a flight a stairs lied. The two chicago Police Officers
in this january incident originally said that 16yearold Dnigma Howard started fighting with them first and fell down the stairs in the scuffle. But her family says the video tells a different story. One of the officers grabs her, then the fighting starts, and he appears to drag her down the stairs. A second officer joins, and they drag her down a second set of stairs. They had their foot on her chest. She has asthma. Shes telling them she cant breathe. Reporter her father was there watching and called to the school to come take her home. She got into trouble over a cell phone and, according to police, was fighting with an assistant principal. They pull her by the leg down the stairs and im standing there watching it and i dont cant do anything about it. Reporter after kicking and punching her, they shoot her with a stun gun three times. She was charged with two counts of aggravated battery against an officer, charges that are now dropped. Steve osunsami is with us tonight. We know the Felony Charges have been dropped as you reported there and now the officers have been reassigned while the
investigation is under way . Reporter thats right, david. The two officers have been removed from Marshall High School but remaforce. One is on medical leave ine n th in a statement, the Chicago Police say they hold their officers to the highest level of standards and that the investigation continues. David . Thanks. President trump doubling down on a controversial immigration plan tonight, saying he is giving strong considerations to putting undocumented migrants on buses and driving them hundreds of mile to Sanctuary Cities here in the u. S. , including san francisco, Nancy Pelosis hometown. The white house said talk of the plan had gone nowhere. But the president making it clear today, he is considering it. Abcs chief White House CorrespondentJonathan Karl tonight. Reporter hours after the white house said it had rejected the idea of taking migrants who illegally cross the border and setting them free on the streets of cities governed by democrats, the president himself fully embraced the idea. We are looking at the possibilities. Strongly looking, to be honest
with you. Reporter the Washington Post first reported the white house had asked the department of Homeland Security to review the feasibility of bussing the migrants to socalled Sanctuary Cities, where local authorities have declined to cooperate with federal immigration officials. One of their targets, Nancy PelosisCongressional District in san francisco, Hundreds Of Miles from the mexican border. But dhs lawyers rejected the proposal, and the white house put out a statement late last night saying, quote, this was just a suggestion that was floated and rejected, which ended any discussion any further. Then just hours later, the president directly contradicted those words. Reporter california certainly is always saying, we want more people. And they want more people in their Sanctuary Cities. Well, well give them more people. We can give them a lot. We c give them a supply. Lets see if theyre so happy. They have open arms. Theyre always saying they have open arms. Lets see if they have open arms. Reporter Speaker Pelosi shot
back today. Its just another notion that is unworthy of the presidency of the United States and disrespect for the challenges that we face as a country, as a people. Reporter it all comes after a week of upheaval at the department of Homeland Security. The president ousting the secretary and the head of the Secret Service, yanking his own nominee to lead i. C. E. , and declaring theres one person in charge of immigration policy. There is only one person that is running it. You know who that is . Its me. All right, jon karl with us live from the white house. The president says he is giving strong consideration to this proposal as we reported there. But whats the bottom line here . What are your sources telling you tonight . Reporter despite the president s words, the officials at the department of Homeland Security are opposed to it and not moving forward. One senior dhs official told abc news, quote, the president may be considering it but dhs is not. David . Jon, thank you. There is a major recall of a popular sleep their so many parents and grandparents have in their hopes. We have been reporting on this here. Fisherprice is now recalling its rock and play sleeper. Its reportedly been linked to the deaths of 30 infans since 200 at. Pediatricians sounded the alarm about roll over issues. Babies turning over. Today, fisherprice officially recalling the sleeper. They will issue a refund or voucher. There is also developing news in a College Admission scandal. A new guilty plea at this hour. Mark riddell is a harvard grad, accused of the taking or changing a. C. T. Or s. A. T. Exams for the children of the wealthy parents. He pleaded guilty to conspiracy and money laundering. Court documents show that Felicity Huffman was one of the people who used his services. He allegedly flew to los angeles to proctor the exam of her older daughter in 2016. Next to new reporting about a Stalking Tragedy that stunned america and led to sweeping new
laws in this country. Actress rebecca schaffer, a rising star, she was shot and killed at her front door. And now a new interview with her costar. Why she is so angry about something that happened. Here is matt gutman. Reporter she was the freshfaced Girl Next Door who skyrocketed to fame on the hit show My Sister Sam in the 1980s. Everything starts like a knock at the door life isnt this good. I must be dreaming. Reporter rebecca schaeffer, the downtoearth Hollywood Star who answered her own fan mail. I went, wait a minute. Youre answering them back . You cant do that. And she says, oh, no, but i love it. They want to be friends. And i went, wait, theyre not your friends. Reporter one of those fans . Robert bardo, a mentally ill young man from arizona. Bardo grew obsessed, showing up at her studio, then becoming enraged when he saw schaeffer acting in a love scene. It was the Stalking Case that turned deadly and sparked new
laws in the u. S. All those rageful feelings. How dare she . That gets converted into a plan of coldblooded revenge. Reporter one day, 21yearold schaeffer was expecting a knock on the door, the script for godfather part iii. Instead it robert bardo waiting at her door. He hired a private investigator in california to go to the dmv and find out where she lived. Reporter the young actress tried to send bardo away, but he came back and shot her dead. And they would just hand him her address . I was ballistic with rage. Reporter bardo was sentenced to life in prison, and now in a rare interview, he tells abc news he feels remorse. I realize what ive done and i feel a lot of tremendous guilt. Reporter Schaeffers Family Doesnt Care what he has to say now, but theyre grateful their daughters death prompted change. But Authorities Say 30 years later, a new tool, social media, makes it easier for stalkers to track their victims. While the laws got better, stalking has not diminished. In fact, its on the rise. Reporter and to combat it, david, the dmv is now prohibited from giving out personal information and Police Departments across the country like the lapd now have set up antistalking task forces. David . Matt gutman tonight. We should mention this twohour Special Edition of 20 20 coming at 9 00 p. M. Eastern there is more ahead on this friday. Breaking news tonight. The deadly accident at a water park. The details coming in right now. The Kindergarten Teacher accused of bullying her students to tears. Parents hiding a Recording Device in their kindergartners hair. You will hear the audio in a moment. The major headline for upstate new york. A cast of Game Of Thrones is here and what they said to amy robach that had her in tears here. Is here and what they said to amy robach that had her in tears here. Stay with you to finish her senior year. Things will be tight but, we can make this work. Now. Grandpa, what about your dream car . This is my dream now. Principal we can help you plan for that. Rudy got older and suddenly stopped eating. T, then we found freshpet. Now rudys 13, and going on 3. Thanksmrs. Murphy. Unitedhealthcare, hi, i need help getting an appointment with my podiatrist. Hows wednesday at 2 . I cant. Dog agility. Tuesday at 11 . Nope. Robot cage match. How about the 28th at 3 . Done. With Unitedhealthcare Medicare advantage plans, including