And mystery in maui. The newlyweds enjoying the honeymoon of a lifetime when they contract a deadly disease. Sending them to the hospital. Now hawaiis Health Department investigating. Good morning, america. Happy thursday. It is a busy one. A family lawyer of that united passenger dragged off the plane, they are going to speak out this morning. We have a lot of other important stories that we are following. Secretary of state Rex Tillerson is heading home after a tough meeting with russian president putin saying relations with russia are at a, quote, low point. And all eyes are on north korea. There are new concerns they may lunch a missile test as they mark their 105th anniversary. President trump heading back down to maralago where hell celebrate. Easter. More on that. We begin with that trouble with russia. Our chief foreign couldnrrespon terry moran in russia. Good morning, terry. Reporter this morning, secretary of state Rex Tillerson heading home to washington after a trip that revealed how bad relations are between the u. S. And russia. The white house President Trump summed it up. Right now were not getting along with russia at all. We may be at an all time low in terms of relationship with russia. Reporter tillerson had long, tense talks with the Russian Foreign minister and a twohour meeting with president putin. The former exxonmobil chief once very friendly with putin honored with an award and seen here sharing a toast but this time no pictures or awards. The meeting held behind closed doors and afterwards this grim assessment. There is a low level of trust between our two countries. The worlds two foremost Nuclear Powers cannot have this kind of relationship. Reporter the u. S. Military strike on syria sparked this crisis with russia. Syrias staunch backer. American tomahawk missile smashing that air base consider that chemical weapons attack was launched from, a base the russians are using too and President Trump musing on whether russia knew the gas attack was coming. I think its certainly possible. I would like to think they didnt know but they were they could have. Reporter tillerson declaring the u. S. Now seeks regime change, an end to the rule of syrian president bashar al assad. Clearly our view is that the reign of the assad family is coming to an end. Reporter but at the u. N. A russian veto of a resolution condemning the assad regime and u. S. Ambassador nikki haley slamming the kremlin. It is long past time for russia to stop covering for assad. Reporter the kremlins rejecting all the criticism of russias support for assad and point out the unexpected chaos and bloodshed unleashed by americanled regime change in iraq and libya and so for now putins not going to budge. Robin. All right, terry, thank you. President trump also speaking out on china making another major reversal saying he now no longer thinks the country is manipulating its currency to hurt the u. S. Our senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega has more on all that. Good morning, cecilia. Reporter hey, robin, good morning to you. You remember donald trump on the campaign trail bashing china, was a staple for him and labeling them a currency manipulator would be one of his first orders of business. Now a major flip. From President Trump a very different tone about the country he previously called an enemy. President xi wants to do the right thing. We had a very good bonding. I think we had a good chem ciis together. Reporter nice words about xi jinping. It follows a tuesday night phone call between the two leaders. I was very impressed with president xi and i think he means well and wants to help. Well see whether or not he does. Reporter so far the diplomacy might be working. Despite a veto on chemical weapon use in syria. On wednesday china abstained. I think its wonderful that they abstained. As you know very few people expected that. Reporter what a change from candidate trump who repeatedly used china as a punching bag. Frankly china took businesses and everything else. We cant continue to allow china to rape our country. Thats what theyre doing. Well be the people that create jobs for our country, not for china. Reporter and speaking of jobs this morning word that President Trump is backing down on a Major Campaign promise, his pledge to label china a currency manipulator on day one. The president now telling the wall street journal, theyre not currency manipulators. Democrats pouncing. Senator chuck superer says it gives china a green light to steal our jobs and wealth time and time again. Now, the president is raising eyebrows with another comment he made to the wall street journal. He said that the dollar is getting, quote, too strong and that is partly his fault. He says because people have so much confidence in him but take a look at this. His words having an immediate impact. The dollar plunging, george, as soon as that comment was published. Which is why a lot of president s dont talk about the dollar too much. Thanks very much. Lets bring in Martha Raddatz right now and, martha, what a difference a few months in office can make. All through the Campaign Last year President Trump talked about what a strong leader president putin was, how much he respected him. They seem to have something of a bromance and now chilly words. Meanwhile with president xi hes talking about chemistry. Reporter exactly. Lots of breathtaking flipflop, george, but it comes down to reality, priorities and needs. The chemical attack in syria opened his eyes to russia which is defending syrias president assad and as for nato he needs nato right now to contain russia. But most of all he needs china. There may be other reasons related to wall streets influence in the administration as to why hes backing off his currency manipulation charges but president President Trump is now well aware that china is key to solving diplomatically the growing Nuclear Threat from north korea. Hes not going to get help if he keeps trashing them. Right, one of those may be that china is not manipulating its currency right now but lets talk about north korea for a minute. Very important series of events coming up perhaps this weekend signaling they could demonstrate another Nuclear Weapon. Reporter exactly, a nuclear test as early as this weekend when north korea is celebrating the birthday of the nations founder. North koreas leader has already been gloating about missile tests and inspecting targeting contests, his special forces are conducting but this would be the sixth underground test of a Nuclear Weapon and it could be the most powerful. And, of course, President Trump is trying to or north korea is trying to perfect a missile to carry that weapon as far as the u. S. , donald trump has said he will not let them acquire that technology and so far no flipflop on that. None at all and the president is talking about some steps china has taken to crack down on north korea including turning back their coal shipments. Reporter exactly. They have threatened north korea and said they might stop oil supplies and well have to see about that, though, george. Martha raddatz, thanks very much. George, President Trump is also taking on health care trying to get democrats to negotiate by threatening to withhold payments to insurance companies. Our Congressional Correspondent mary bruce has those new details for us. Good morning, mary. Reporter good morning, robin. Yeah, the negotiator in chief is looking for leverage in the health care fight and this morning hes threatening to blow up obamacare in order to reach a deal. Hes hoping that force democrats to the negotiating table by threatening to withhold key payments to insurers, a move that could potentially send the Insurance Markets into a fatal tailspin and could leave millions without coverage. Now, the president tells the wall street journal i dont want people to get hurt. What i think should happen and will happen is the democrats will start calling me and negotiating. But, there is no question, this is a seriously risky move that could backfire on republicans. It does seem to be a risky move. Is there any chance that this tactic will work with democrats . Reporter yeah, i doubt it. Look, democrats say that if the president is willing to drive obamacare over this cliff they think he will own it, not them. Now, democrats insist they are willing to work with the president on improvements, but say first republicans have to be willing to drop their plans to repeal obamacare. Now, those plans remain stalled and, remember, the reason the president S Health Care plan hasnt gone anywhere isnt just because of democrats but opposition from republicans. Lets keep that in mind. Lets talk about it with matthew dowd right now. Matthew, boy, a lot of interesting tactical moves from the president just over the last couple of days. What do you make of this wholesale move to the center right now . Well, one thing we ought to keep in mind its holy thursday today and see if it keeps until Easter Sunday which is only three days away. I have some doubt it will continue but i think we should encourage our leaders to evolve. It is a good thing they evolve and adjust their positions but usually fundamentally depends on some values they hold and a change of facts and they explain it to us. Donald trump seems to be a lot like the chameleon in the valspar commercial. Whatever leader he seems to be standing next to he seems to change that position to adapt it to that leader. As martha talked about on the interests of russia and china, adapting to the reality of the facts on the ground in both regions right now. Well, i dont think the facts fundamentally as regards russia, syria and china have fundamentally changed. We have known what assad as han doing and russia has been doing and weve known how china has been acting and what theyve been doing so all of those fact, i dont think, have fundament fundamentally adjusted. Its Donald Trumps attention to them that has changed in this and i think it would be really interesting to know does this stay for the next 24, 72 hours . How long does this position stay . It does seem youre seeing the advice coming from the establishment figures like the secretary of state Rex Tillerson, the secretary of defense, james mattis and Goldman Sachs chief economic adviser gary cone is opposed to steve bannon. It seems like the swamp is exerting its influence. All these positions that donald trump fundamentally has flipflopped on in the last 24 hours were all the positions that were putting him in contrast to what the establishment or what he ran against in washington, d. C. I think its encouraging because some of the positions are much more moderate and much more reasonable in this but as i say, george, is does this stay, how long does this stay and, steve bannon, the huge question mark. He has driven the populism and is he in or is he going to be out . Real quickly you say its encouraging but any rick for the president to be reversing like this . I think there is a real risk because, one, his base is whats held them together so far in the first 80 days of the presidency. I think theres little chance that the democrats are going to come over to him no matter what position he changes. Matthew dowd, thanks very much. George, we turn to a major arrest in illinois. Two men are facing terrorism charges accused of conspiring to support isis and across the country, the fbis currently investigating nearly 800 americans in all 50 states for possible ties to that group. Abcs alex perez is in chicago with more. Good morning, alex. Reporter hey, good morning, robin. This undercover fbi investigation began nearly two years ago, the suspects thought they were going to help isis wage war. Joseph jones and Edward Schimenti behind bars charged with providing Material Support to isis. Authorities descending on this home wednesday. We heard a loud explosion. We thought it was a bomb going off. They were break nothing that house. Reporter according to Court Documents, jones and schimenti, both u. S. Citizens provided an undercover fbi team with several cell phones they allegedly thought would be delivered to isis to detonate explosives in attacks overseas. Authorities say these pictures taken in a suburban chicago park allegedly show the men posing with an isis flag. Schimenti allegedly saying he would like to see the flag on top of the white house and allegedly posting on social media kuffar, unbelievers, we are coming to slay you. These are quite common and spread throughout the united states. The concern is that any of these individuals could carry out an attack in europe or in the united states. Reporter according to Court Documents the men even drove an fbi source to ohare thinking that source was boarding a plane to syria to join and fight with isis. The pair appearing in federal court wednesday. They did not enter a plea. The suspects due back here in federal court on monday. If convicted, they face up to 20 years behind bars. Robin. Well see what happens. Alex, thank you. Michael. Now to new trouble for United Airlines. The doctor dragged off that plane, well, hes now filing papers to preserve all evidence. This comes as his lawyers and family prepare to speak this morning. Abcs Rebecca Jarvis who had that exclusive with uniteds ceo is joining us now. Good morning, rebecca. Good morning. That is right. Dr. Dao has now hired two power attorneys and those lawyers are taking steps you take when youre preparing to sue or you want to look like it. This morning, dr. David dao. The bloodied passenger dragged off a United Airlines flight in this now infamous video is taking steps toward a possible legal action. Hiring two sets of attorneys who have now filed a petition to preserve cockpit recordings, Surveillance Video and other evidence from the flight that could be used in a potential lawsuit related to the incident. Busted his lip. Oh, my god. Reporter earlier uniteds Ceo Oscar Munoz speaking exclusively to abc news about the rapidly growing controversy. What do you think he deserves in all of this . Well, certainly an apology. And from that point on i think well have to see. Do you think hes at fault in any way . No, he cant be. He was a paying passenger sitting on our seat in our aircraft and no one should be treated that way. Period. Reporter on wednesday uniteds stock price taking a hit for a second day in a row. President trump even weighing in calling the incident horrible. Telling the wall street journal, to just randomly say youre getting off the plane, that was terrible and this morning, united offering compensation to every passenger that was on the flight in the form of travel vouchers, air miles or a full refund. Uniteds ceo also promising in our interview to never again use police to remove passengers from overbooked flights. The Aviation Department has placed the three officers involved in the incident on leave while it conducts a review of the situation. United is also conducting its own review and, michael, as you say, well hear from dr. Daos attorneys later on today. Rebecca, well hear from our chief legal analyst dan abrams and, dan, the doctor is filing to preserve evidence but does that mean hes going to file a lawsuit . Almost certainly. This means hes either going to file a lawsuit or hes threatening in effect to file a lawsuit in ang effort to settle now. I mean typically you send this sort of request or demand to a company that in the course of business ends up destroying documents and you say, look, we want to make sure because we may sue you dont destroy these documents. The sores of things these lawyers are asking them not to destroy are not the sorts of things they would have destroyed anyway. So, this is really in my view more of a warning, a threat, a shot across the bow but theres into question that theres going to be some lawyering that happens here. But we know the fine print says that they can remove you from a flight. So, is there a potential lawsuit . Does it have a chance. The fine print says they can deny you access. He will say thats a different issue from yanking you off. As you remember, theres a difference between what united did and what the police did, right . Its the police who yanked him off the plane. Not united. Its the police who are now suspending those three officers, not united. Its the police who were literally taking him as he is screaming, not united so i know we are going to continue to talk about this in the context of United Airlines as we should, but theres another huge component to this which is the police element. If a lawsuit gets filed as we expect would happen what are the chances it will be settled before it hits the courtroom and how much money on the line. Those two questions are intertwined. If they offer enough money it wont go to trial. If theyre smart, this wont go to trial. They want to do everything they can to make this not go to trial so i think theyll offer a lot of money, many millions. In a case that would be different without the video. To see that in a trial over and over again. That would be very bad for business. To ginger, a lot of hail in texas. Denver city texas, the backyard getting pounded there. I want to show you quickly a headline of whats to come this sunday, Easter Sunday could be one of the warmest in 6 years in new york city. Reporter good morning everyone, david murphy here with an update from accuweather were dry on Storm Tracker 6 live double scan. Lots of Sunshine Building across the region and maintaining fairly bright conditions toda