And we do say good wednesday morning and it is a busy one. Well start with the breaking news and it is potentially huge. The biggest crisis the Trump Administration has yet to face. We learned trump aides were in contact with suspected russian intelligence officials during last years campaign. The New York Times says there was, quote, repeated contact in the year before the election, but it adds there is no evidence that trump aides and russians actually cooperated to influence the election. And about 12 hours before news of those contacts with the russians broke, there was this exchange between Abcs Jonathan Karl and the White House Press secretary. Its critical. Listen. You still say definitively that nobody on the trump campaign, not even general flynn had any contact with the russians before the election. My understanding is that what general flynn has now expressed is that during the transition period, well, we were very clear that during the transition period he did he did speak with the fwaed. Im talking about during the campaign. I dont theres nothing that would conclude me that anything different has changed with respect to that time period. And in january the president denied he or anyone in his campaign had contact with russian officials before the election. We will be following all these major developments on that part of the story. Meanwhile, theres also outrage about some other communications with russia which actually led to the resignation of National Security adviser Michael Flynn. Yes, so at issue with this particular end is flynns call with the Russian Ambassador to the u. S. Before President Trumps inauguration. Abcs Stephanie Ramos is following those developments from washington. Reporter details are still emerging from the resignation of President Trumps National Security adviser general Michael Flynn. The evolving and eroding level of trust as a result of this situation and a series of other questionable instances is what led the president to ask for general flynns resignation. Reporter weve now learned President Trump knew about flynns conversations with the Russian Ambassador to the u. S. For nearly three weeks and also knew that flynn deceived the Vice President and the public about those calls. Those conversations that happened to occur around the time that the United States took action to expel diplomats had nothing whatsoever to do with those sanctions. Reporter but they did. Intelligence agents had been listening in on the ambassadors calls and discovered that sanctions were discussed. The Justice Department told the white house that flynn wasnt telling the truth and believed russia could blackmail flynn by threatening to expose his lie. The first part was clearly to understand the legal aspect of this. Reporter it wasnt until friday that flynn changed his story and apologized to the Vice President for misleading him. On air force one that night, the president was asked about it. I dont know about it. I havent seen it. What report is that. Reporter by monday night flynns Resignation Letter was received. And apparently Vice President mike pence was kept in the dark about all of this. No one at the white house told pence about the details of flynns calls with the Russian Ambassador. He was in the know once the story broke in the Washington Post late last week. Kendis, diane back over to you. Thanks. Sure to be an interesting day at the White House Briefing room. An interesting 25 days. Amid all this pressure theres also growing concern between members of congress to get some answers on all of this. Top lawmakers on the Senate Intelligence committee are pledging a cooperative effort in their investigation of the Trump Administrations potential ties to russia. Others on capitol hill are taking a more measured approach. Abcs mary bruce has the details. Reporter amid growing questions about the trump teams ties to russia from senate republicans, deep concern. Obviously theres an administration that is in significant disarray as far as National Security is concerned. Reporter Top RepublicansLike Senate Majority leader Mitch Mcconnell say its, quote, highly likely the senate will investigate Michael Flynns conversations with russian officials. But some republicans are more reluctant. That seems to have resolved itself with the white house taking some decisive action. Reporter congressman Jason Chaffetz vigorously led the investigation into Hillary Clintons emails. But says he has no plans to investigate flynns ties to russia. Weve been asking for months for basic oversight but our chairman Jason Chaffetz has not lifted one finger. Reporter chaffetz is, however, investigating whether white house counselor Kellyanne Conway crossed a line by promoting ivanka trumps brand on television. I fully im going to give a free commercial here. Reporter this as chaffetz demands answers into these pictures, the president and the japanese Prime Minister at maralago huddling with advisers after learning north korea launched a missile. Club members witnessing it all, some posting pictures on facebook raising security questions. Look at maralago youll look at Kellyanne Conway and ivanka brand but not at the trump teams ties to russia. At this point, i am holding out all my options. Reporter mary bruce, abc news, washington. Mary, thanks. The president is scheduled to hold a joint News Conference at noon eastern today with Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu as he visits the white house. No doubt reporters will be asking questions about these allegations surrounding russia. Also President Trump expressed some strong support for israel and its settlements in disputed territories. That will be another big topic. He has pulled back now on that somewhat calling for peace talks with the palestinians and criticizing some plans to expand the settlements. The other Big International headline, the south korean government now confirming the death of the half brother of north koreas current dictator kim jongun. In an apparent assassination in malaysia kim jongnam, years old, told hospital workers before he died that he had been attacked with a chemical spray by two women at the countrys main airport there in kuala lumpur. No word on who those women were. They both got away by taxi. The two brothers were bitterly divided over secession conflicts and now the search is on for at least one female assassin. Still ahead the Severe Weather moving across the south already spawning several tornadoes. And plus a toddler shot and killed in chicago days after two other children were shot. The governor of illinois now announcing steps today aimed at stopping the violence. And well have more on the fallout over Michael Flynns resignation. The new video surfacing overnight showing flynn with Vladimir Putin and the russian spy ship just 70 miles off the u. S. East coast. A severe storm system is over the entire southeast this morning. It could produce strong wind gusts and thunderstorms, hail, as well as possibly some tornadoes. The greatest threat is for south georgia, north and Central Florida and the South Carolina coast. That same system produced at least five tornadoes in the houston area yesterday. Dozens of homes and trailers were damaged or some even destroyed. Trees were uprooted and power still out for many people there. The Severe Weather likely contributed to the fatal crash of a student on her way to school, as well. Other students and teachers at area schools took shelter in hallways. To the west coast now and thou thousands of evacuees are returning home. The area remains under an evacuation warning and crews continue to work around the clock. The areas being monitored by drones carrying cameras and the federal government has also approved funding to assist with rebuilding. In chicago, a toddler is now the latest victim of the citys deadly surge in gun violence. A 25yearold man was also killed in that driveby shooting and a pregnant woman injured. The entire incident was live streamed on facebook. Police say the man was a known gang member. The boys death follows the shooting of two little girls in separate attacks over the weekend. 11yearolds takila holmes died and 12yearold kanari gentry bowers remains in critical condition. The coast guard is no longer looking for a cruise ship passenger missing. The ship security video shows the georgia resident going overboard from the 11th deck about six hours earlier. The coast guard spent more than nine hours searching for him. From the ocean to the skies, the number of canceled flights has fallen to record lows in 2016. Thats according to a new report from the federal government. U. S. Airlines also reduced the amount of luggage lost or mishandled. Travelers also made fewer complaints. When we come back millions of dollars worth of jewelry stolen from Alanis Morissettes home. The new details coming in. Harrison fords landing scare. See the mistake he made while flying that caused him to just miss a packed commercial plane. Im excited to continue embracing the unknown. Some prove age is not a limit. I fight more than ever for my charity. The more i live. The younger i am. Advanced genifique by lancome. Every serum drop infuses youthful radiance throughout the skin. 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Watch as three brave men come to the rescue of a 16yearold girl stranded in a frozen lake outside of portland, maine. She had fallen off the back of a snowmobile. The driver of the snowmobile then entered that frigid water twice trying to get her but couldnt reach her. Luckily three Good Samaritans rushed in with ropes, a little bit of teamwork, guts and managed to get her out safely. And quite brave, they were. Well, President Trump is likely to face questions about his campaigns contacts with suspected russian intelligence officials today at that News Conference you mentioned. It is scheduled for noon eastern time and sources familiar with the matter tell abc news u. S. Officials became concerned about those contacts before the election and started to investigate. A new report overnight in the New York Times says there was repeated contact in the year before the election, but no evidence at this point of actual cooperation to influence the election. And this video surfaced overnight showing Michael Flynn attending an event in russia with russian president Vladimir Putin in december of 2015. And we shouldnt read too much into the video and theres no information about what they may have discussed during their time together at that event. In the meantime, a series of puzzling military moves by russia raising new National Security questions this morning. A russian spy ship was spotted in International Waters off the coast of delaware heading north. That ship is reportedly outfitted with a variety of hightech equipment designed to intercept intelligence signals and a u. S. Official has confirmed to abc news that russia has secretly deployed a new Cruise Missile in an apparent violence of the treaty signed back in 1987. A friend of the San Bernardino attackers has agreed to plead guilty to federal terrorism charges. Enrique marquez is the only person formally charged in connection with the shootings that killed 14. He was a longtime friend of sayed farouk. He admits to buying the guns used in the massacre. Farouk and his wife were killed hours after the attack. The politician department is investigating a theft at the home of alanis morissette. They took an entire safe that contained 2 million worth of jewelry. The eight time grammy winner was not home at the time. Morissette is known to flaunt her jewelry collection on social media. Theyre investigating a close call involving harrison ford. He landed his single engine plane on a taxiway instead of a runway passing right over an American Airlines jet that was waiting to take off. It all happened monday at John Wayne Airport in southern california. Ford apparently didnt realize he had made a mistake. Lets limit his flying to the millennium falcon. Time for sports including nba action. Lets check in with our guys at espn. Good morning, america. Max and the coach with you. Busy tuesday night. 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