It was insensitive. And going oneonone with the republican lawmaker sharing the latest on his babys recovery now home with his family. And chaos at a florida airport. Fights erupting after Spirit Airlines cancels and delays dozens of flights. Police called in to break up the brawl. Passengers taken into custody. Get that last sip of coffee. I got it in. Good morning, america. Very busy tuesday morning. Yeah, very busy and tense night in ft. Lauderdales airport. As we saw a few minutes ago. Fights broke out when hundreds were strapped after Spirit Airlines canceled those flights. Air traffic is no fun these days. You got the turquoise memo. Lung cancer, awareness for that. Thats kind of the shirt. These lines right here. Transferred over to you with this fist bump. A lot of headlines out of washington including President Trump taking on sally yates after her testimony on general flynn and russian interference in the election calling it old news zeroing in on leaks and the travel ban back in court, a 13judge panel deciding whether trumps statements about muslims on the campaign trail can be used against him. May be a major strategy shift. In the fight against taliban. Senior military leaders are call for the u. S. To ramp up its role in afghanistan and add thousands of troops. The president has not signed off on that plan yet. As we said a busy morning and begin with tense standoff between the white house and sally yates. She told the Senate Monday that as acting attorney general she gave several warnings to the white house about National Security adviser Michael Flynn. Intelligence showed he had been compromised by the russians. President trump took to twitter to fight back and our senior justice correspondent Pierre Thomas has more details. Good morning, pierre. Reporter robin, good morning. Yates portrayed a stark critical moment where she warned the Trump White HouseMichael Flynn was a potential security risk, a man who could be blackmailed by the russians. In dramatic testimony on capitol hill, former acting attorney general sally yates made clear she thought then National Security adviser Michael Flynn had been compromised by the russians. This was a matter of some urgency. Reporter yates described an intense call to white House Counsel don mcgahn. On the morning of january 26th. I called don the first thing that morning and told him that i had a very sensitive matter that i needed to discuss with him that i couldnt talk about it on the phone. Reporter sensitive because yates was concerned flynn might have been lying to white house officials including the Vice President. She went to the white house that very day. We felt like it was critical that we get this information to the white house. Because in part because the Vice President was unknowingly making false statements to the public and because we believed that general flynn was compromised with respect to the russians. We believe that the russians knew this and that created a compromise situation, a situation where the National Security adviser essentially could be blackmailed by the russians. Reporter she was worried because she saw repeated assertions from Trump Officials suggesting flynn had told them he had not discussed president obamas sanctions against the kremlin for meddling in the u. S. Election on the call with the Russian Ambassador. Yates knew otherwise because flynn was caught on electronic surveillance allegedly discussing those sanctions with the Russian Ambassador the same day they were announced. We were concerned that the American People had been misled. Reporter democrats wondered why flynn was allowed to stay in his job for 18 days. And they pointed out that president obama had raised concerns about flynn with president elect trump two days after the election. The Obama Administration fired flynn in 2014. Its true that the president made president obama made it known that he wasnt exactly a fan of general flynns, which is frankly shouldnt come as a surprise. Reporter but some republicans wanted to know if yates was the source of leaks. Have either of you ever been an anonymous source in a news report about matters relating to mr. Trump, his associates or russias attempt to meddle in the election . Absolutely not. Reporter last night the president clearly had the hearing on his mind. He tweeted that the testimony from yates was old news and, quote, the russia trump collusion story is a total hoax. When will this taxpayer funded charade end . We get more from new Jersey Governor Chris Christie. He dealt with flynn during the campaign and lets start out. You worked with general flynn during the campaign. You were two who were part of the intelligence briefings. Did you see any red flags . Listen, he was not always my cup of tea in terms of style and i made that clear to the candidate at the time. But not red flags concerning something as specific as that in but you did warn the president about making him National Security adviser, you didnt think he should be slotted for that. Listen, my advice to the president is my advice to the president and i dont talk about that publicly. Suffice to say that general flynn and i didnt necessarily see eye to eye on certain things. How do you explain how the white house waited 18 days after getting those warnings to take action . You know, youd have to ask them. I wasnt there at the time. I dont know what other work they were doing to try to check it out but what matters is the president acted decisively early in the administration to get rid of general flynn. I was with him the next day. And i told him i thought it was the right decision and i think he did the right thing by making sure that general flynn was po longer in the white house and no longer in a position to influence. The Opioid Crisis dealing with it in new jersey and putting out an ad that shows a woman, pam, facing her first mothers day. Well roll part of it. First mothers day without her son who died from drug abuse. Should pam and other moms be worried about this Gop Health Care bill that passed last week and what it could do for those facing addiction . Listen, i dont think so. I think theres going to be a lot of work done. You know how it works, george. I think the senate will do a lot of things to change the bill as it is now and ive said clearly that we expanded medicaid in new jersey. This cuts it back. Thats right, by 2020 it would and so i think there will be a lot of discussion about that. You see a lot of republican governors out there expressing their concerns both publicly and directly privately to folks on capitol hill and the white house and theres a lot of work yet to be done so i dont think it is a final product. Having gone through 7 1 2 years of legislative process as a governor in new jersey i understand that nothing is final until it reaches your desk so i dont want anybody to overreact but well express our concern. Serious concerns people have, states that wouldnt consider Addiction Treatment an essential benefit right now. Is that a good idea . I think most states would consider it an essential benefit, george. I think when you have 52,000 last year in the United States dying of drug overdoses, more than gun accidents and homicides combined that i dont think you would see any governor in any state say its an essential benefit. Why give them the ability to do that . Its a difference in philosophy, i believe the governor should be trusted to make shes decisions and know whats best for the people in their individual state. Now, this is just a general difference in philosophy between democratic and republican administrations. As republican governors weve been clamoring for eight years to give us more control and my argument to president obama at the time was, why do you think it would be a good move for me as a governor to deny someone in my state the benefit of getting drug or alcohol abuse treatment . Its not good from a Public Health perspective and certainly not good politically. One of the Big Questions can you do that when your state and others will get their medicaid funding cut back 880 billion in cuts in medicaid. Well first of all, you can do some if you let us manage ourselves better than we do now. Everything we do in medicaid even though we pay 50 of the cost we have to go mother may i to the federal government to ask them to make changes. No one thinks that the way i give health care as a state in new jersey should be the same as in wyoming. Its different Public Health issues. You need the money. But you can manage the money better. And i think what we should move towards is to allow governors to manage this money and to create savings both for the public and for the federal government. We saw a proposal last week that was cleared by the office of management and budget that would cut funding for the office of National Drug control by 95 . Wouldnt that cripple your work on the commission . Yeah, i just dont believe its going to happen. So you have expressed that to the president. I just dont believe its going to happen. But its their proposal. I have good reason to believe its not going to happen. Youve been assured its not going to happen. I have good reason to believe its not going to happen. You feel there will be full funding to take on the Opioid Crisis . I believe there will be funding and will take different form, as well. There is a gao report issued near the end of the Obama Administration that said it was not effective, okay, so i think what the administration is doing is the right thing which is to say, one of the charges the president gave me in the commission, look at the way were spending this money across the number of different departments and government. Ondcp is essentially a conduit to the drug czars office, education, state department and others, so one of the things the president wants me to do how can we spend it better because were losing this fight and losing the fight and cant afford to lose the fight, george. 52,000 people dead last year in the United States, cant afford to lose the fight. I am assured and feel very confident well have the funds we need to do it. May not look the same way but hopefully more effective than ondcp to be. Governor, thanks for joining us, robin. Now to the breaking news in the fight against terrorism. President is considering sending more troops back to afghanistan. Fighting the taliban since the september 11th attack. Our chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz joins us now and, martha, 15 years and its not over. Reporter incredible, that war is not over. We currently have 8400 u. S. Troops there, this new plan, which, of course, the president would have to approve, would add 1,000 to 3,000 new American Forces and they hope the same number of nato troops, the president s National Security adviser, his new National Security adviser h. R. Mcmaster told me on his recent trip to afghanistan isis and the taliban have redoubled their efforts there and it is time for the u. S. And its afghan partners to, quote, respond, robin. Its not just about the numbers here. It sounds that generally theres going to be greater involvement. Reporter exactly. This would not only expand the numbers, it would expand the role of the u. S. Military in setting the number of troops needed and it could put our troops closer to the fight. Already remember, robin, the u. S. Has lost well over 2,000 troops in afghanistan including two army rangers just two weeks ago, robin. We certainly do remember that. All right, martha, thank you. Big decision ahead. Move on to a Major Development in the phoenix serial shooter case. Police identified a suspect linked to nine deaths and Kayna Whitworth has the details. Reporter this morning an alleged serial killer is behind bars. After a deadly shooting spree kept phoenix area residents on edge for over a year. Today is a good day in the city of phoenix. Reporter 23yearold Aaron Saucedo was already in police custody. Aaron saucedo. Reporter for the april 2015 murder of his mothers boyfriend. Police tying him to a string of 12 shootings across phoenix from august 2015 to july of last year, leaving nine people dead in total. And today saucedo was rebooked into the Maricopa County jail for 26 additional felony counts including multiple counts of homicide, aggravated assault and driveby shootings. Its my brother. They just shot him. Okay. Did this happen in front of the house, maam . Yes, just right in front of my house. Reporter the murdered and wounded often shot in darkness outside their own homes. This Morning Police thanking the public for remaining vigilant sending over 3,000 tips that helped lead them to this arrest. Police will be giving out a 75,000 reward for help solving it. He pled not guilty to the murder of his mothers boyfriend and okay, kayna, thanks very much. Michael. Now to that chaos at ft. Lauderdales airport overnight. Crowds erupts when Spirit Airlines canceled their flights. The police were called in to try to get the situation under control and Abcs David Kerley has the details. Good morning, david. Reporter good morning, michael. It wasnt weather, it wasnt broken airplanes, spirit says it was some of its own pilots would caused this mayhem. The chaos erupting inside ft. Lauderdales airport spilled into the overnight as passengers were stranded. It got so bad, Spirit Airlines called in police, officers taking several people into custody. The mayhem starting after 11 cancellations and 26 delayed flights. And the airline with the Worst Customer Service and on time record blames some of its own pilots, spirit claiming its ongoing labor negotiations with the air Line Pilots Association, saying in a statement to abc news, this is a result of unlawful labor activity by some spirit pilots designed to disrupt operations for our customers. I just think its ridiculous. Like everybody should be on strike right now. Like i think that everybody that works for the airlines should just leave and go home. Reporter so flyers stuck with long lines and uncertainty. Very tense. Very angry, angry, angry people. Everybody had places to be and couldnt be there. Reporter now this labor battle has been going on pore a couple of years and yesterday spirit filed a federal lawsuit against the air Line Pilots Association in federal court, then spirit says the pilots took the action last night and, michael, passengers still paying the price this morning. Absolutely, david, thank you very much. Friendly skies not so friendly. Amy, good morning. You got the mornings other top stories. I do and some sad news to begin with. Nearly 245 people are missing and feared dead after two ship wrecks in the mediterranean sea. A vessel carrying migrants sank off libya. Another sank off sicily. So far this year the u. N. Believes more than 1300 people have died trying to cross from africa into italy. Well, the fate of President Trumps revised travel ban is now in the hands of a federal Appeals Court in virginia. A panel of 13 judges will decide whether the president s Campaign Promise to temporarily block muslims from the country can be used against him. Administration lawyers insist the executive order affecting people from six majority muslim countries has nothing to do with religion. Abc news asked the White House Monday why the statement about banning muslims was still on the president s website. It was removed moments later. Well, a Massive Wildfire is spreading along georgias border with florida and forcing more evacuations. The flames reaching up to 10 stories high and have consumed more than 137,000 acres and the fire right now is just 12 contained. A shocking moment on a bike trail in europe. Take a look as mountain bikers were enjoying their ride when this bear, take a look right here, jumps out of nowhere and starts chasing them, another man screamed and that was enough, thankfully, to scare off the bear. And bear with us for one more bear scare. A woman in connecticut spotted this guy at her sliding glass door while she was baking brownies. Whoo. Eventually he wandered off barehanded. Were those puns unbearable . Always on point. Always on point. And, you know, last night jimmy kimmel, he made a big return to tv after taking some time off to be with his baby who underwent heart surgery, kimmel gave an update on billys condition and spoke out about health care. Abcs diane macedo has that story. I saved Health Insurance in the United States of america. Thank you. Reporter overnight jimmy kimmel taking on health care. I didnt . I didnt save it . They voted against it anyway . Reporter it was his first night back since pleading for congress to protect patients with preexisting cond