50,000. Could you be sued for the same thing . Iming out in their big debut brandnew images of prince harry and Meghan Markle at their First Official event since their engagement. The soontobe american princess beaming next to her fiance. Fans screaming in excitement as the world prepares for the next royal wedding. Im coming out i want the world to know got to let it show happy friday. Yay. Good morning, america and take a look at those new images again. Prince harry, Meghan Markle making their First Official appearance together since announcing their engagement. The crowd going wild. The crowd was going wild. They were screaming, hi, harry, hi, meghan. Thats what we would do if they were here too. But they say shes a whole new kind of royal and i think we all kind of dig that. They talk, they walk, they smile. Just like us. A lot of news to get to and begin with that controversial verdict out of San Francisco where an undocumented immigrant has been found not guilty in the 2015 shooting death of kate steinle. President trump made her death a rallying cry for his border wall and called it disgraceful and steinles family also spoke out and Clayton Sandell starts us offer. Reporter good morning, george. You can see the candlelight vigil memorial placed on the pier where kate steinle was shot and killed. Prosecutors believe this was a murder but the jury deciding this lightning rod case disagree. After six days deliberating the jury found Jose Ines Garcia zarate not guilty of murder or manslaughter. We believe the verdict is a correct and accurate reflection of the law. Reporter kate steinle was 32 walking along San Franciscos waterfront in 2015 with her father when she was shot. She loved life and the people in it and she loved us and we miss her greatly. Reporter in a 2015 jailhouse interview Garcia Zarate admitted shooting steinle. Did you shoot kate steinle, the lady who was down on pier 14 . Yes. Reporter but claimed he found that gun and when he picked it up it fired. Accident or intentional the case supercharged the president ial elections debate over ill league immigration. He was a convicted felon previously deported five times. Were going to shut down the sanctuary cities have that led to preventible deaths of so, so many. Reporter just before the shooting Garcia Zarate was in jail on drug charges but those charges were dropped and San Francisco officials set hi free ignoring a federal i. C. E. Request to hold him. Overnight theagency said this could have been prevented if San Francisco had simply turned the a alien over. From day one this case was used as a means to foment hate, foment division and foment mass deportation. Reporter steinles father said the verdict came as a shock saying justice was rendered but it was not served. President trump tweeting too calling the verdict disgraceful. Garcia zarate was convicted on a minor weapons charge and could face jail time. After that i. C. E. Officials say they will try to deport him again. Clayton, to pierre thomas. Hes in washington, d. C. And, pierre, the department of justice had a very Swift Response last night. Reporter robin, good morning. Thats right, the attorney general issued a blistering statement blaming San Francisco which is what is known as a sanctuary city for undocumented immigrants, in a statement Jeff Sessions wrote, quote, San Franciscos decision to protect criminal aliens led to the preventible and heartbreaking death of kate steinle. Sessions said that the suspect would not have been on the streets of San Francisco if the city had worked with immigration officials to remove him. Law enforcement officials tell me that the Justice Department may pursue federal charges in the steinle case. The family is going to wait and see about that. In other news, concerning the Russian Investigation and you have new reporting, exclusive new reporting on what mueller and his team are up to. Reporter yes, abc news learned that the special counsels office has incurred total expenses in excess of 5 million in the first months of the investigation. Those expenses include money for staff and travel involved in investigating whether associates of the Trump Campaign colluded with the russians in a 2016 election. A more detailed breakdown will soon be released but those numbers give you a sense of how broad and aggressive the probe has been which also includes targets like former Trump Campaign chairman Paul Manafort recently indicted and trumps former National Security adviser Michael Flynn who is now in muellers sights and apparently contemplating cooperation with the special counsel. Its comparable to the 70 million spent over six years on previous investigations like the whitewater probe, robin thats right. It is comparable. Cassian a wide net. More from jon karl. Jon, thats the mueller investigation. New reports that the president trying to curtail the congressional investigations into the russian collusion. Reporter yeah, the New York Times reports on several republican senators who have been contacted directly by the president and asked to end those congressional investigations. Some of those republican senators are on the record including richard burr who is the chairman of the Senate Intelligence committee. The times writes mr. Bur said mr. Trump was not fully aware of the impropriety of his request because the president still has the mindset of a businessman rather than a politician and bur tells the times, quote, businessmen are paid to skip things they think they can skip and get away with but that is it a highly unusual thing for the president of the United States to call members of congress, key members of congress and tell them to stop investigating him. Meanwhile, jon, it had been full speed ahead for the president s tax bill in the national yesterday when all of a sudden it hit a snag late in the day over costs. Reporter yeah, really extraordinary scene in the senate where they were actually negotiating details on the senate floor. The question is whether or not the tax cuts can be scaled back if the deficit turns out to be higher than anticipated. Looks like that provision will no longer be in the bill. That could cost them some votes but i have to tell you, george, although it was quite a scramble last night here at the white house and among the Republican Leaders on capitol hill, they are confident that this still will pass the senate. May take some time but they are still confident. Meanwhile, a lot happening at the white house yesterday including new pressure on President Trumps secretary of state, Rex Tillerson from the white house itself. Reporter yeah, thats right. There are reports tillerson is on the way out. The president was asked by cecilia vega about that and his only answer was rex is here. Meaning here in the white house and, in fact, he was. But i am told this is a matter of time. It may be two weeks, it could be two months. But Everybody Knows where this is heading and is heading towards Rex Tillerson ultimately leave the state department. Big shakeup diplomatically. More on that from our chief Global Affairs anchor martha raddatz. No secret that the president and Rex Tillerson have not gotten along for much of the year after Rex Tillerson reportedly called the president a morin. The secretary of state also facing questions from inside the department. Reporter exactly, you know, tillerson doesnt treat trump the way trump likes to be treated. He has a complete lack of government experience, political experience, hes at odds with him over north korea, iran and, of course, as you said those reports that he called trump a moron in private. But at the state department as you say positions havent been filled. A couple of thousand people pushed out, so he doesnt have real allies on either end of washington. This could be a real ideological shift if the reports are correct over who the president is looking at for secretary of state. His current cia director mike pompeo and that will leave a vacancy at cia as well. Reporter it certainly would and there are reports it would take that senator tom cotton is a possibly and also reports that admiral bob harwood, a former navy s. E. A. L. Is being looked at as well. If you recall back in february, he was looked at, in fact, offered the job of National Security adviser after mike flynn left. He turned that down because of personal reasons, but would have to see if he was offered it this time whether hed take it. He was Deputy Commander of Central Command under jim mattis. They are very good friends and like mattis, total warriors but harwood also has white house experience in his past. A lot on the table. New fallout over those Sexual Harassment allegations, calls are growing for representative john conyers to step down as he faces multiple accusations and a House Ethics Committee probe. House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi doing an aboutface now saying he needs to go. Our senior Congressional Correspondent mary bruce has more. Shes there in washington. Good morning, mary. Reporter robin, good morning. Well, john conyers remains hospitalized this morning with stressrelated illness, a clear sign that this controversy is taking a toll on the 88yearold congressman as the drumbeat for his resignation is growing louder. In a rare move of bipartisanship, this morning leaders on both sides of the aisle are calling for congressman john conyers to go. I think he should resign. He should resign immediately. Congressman conyers should resign. Reporter but the congressmans lawyer says hes not going anywhere. It is not up to nancy pelosi, nancy pelosi did not elect the congressman. And she sure as hell wont be the one to tell the congressman to leave. Reporter the powerful former chair of the congressional black caucuses says hes made the case to conyers in person. Given over 50 years of service but this was not going to get any better, in fact, i can see it getting worse. Reporter conyers denies all allegations of misconduct but admits paying one former staffer a 27,000 settlement. Now, congress has secretly paid out 17 million to settle workplace complaints and weve now learned of a big payout for claims against disgraced former congressman eric massa. Close to 100,000 in taxpayer money paid to two male staffers. Its the largest known settlement of its kind for misconduct by a single lawmaker. Weve been hearing a lot from conyers lawyer asking why there arent calls for democratic senator al franken to resign now that more women have come forward accusing him of Sexual Misconduct. What are you hearing. Reporter i talked to lawmakers on both sides of the aisle who feel the allegations against al franken should continue to be investigated by the Ethics Committee but they are calling for a swift review. Now, some do note that the allegations against franken are very different and that unlike conyers, franken has apologized. True, all right, thank you, mary. We get the latest on matt lauer facing new Sexual Misconduct accusations after being fired by nbc. As the Network Faces questions about what they knew, abcs linsey davis has that story. Reporter questions continue to swirl about who knew what and when were hearing from matt lauers first wife married to him in the 80s saying she supports him 100 and says she called lauer last week to tell him a reporter showed up at her door and said some things were going to be coming out and that he said none of it was true. One week later, of course, those allegations came out and he was terminated. Now were starting to see the first images emerging of the former today host in photos by dailymail. Com leaving his estate on island, new york. As many as six women have come forward with allegations by lauer. One alleges she was summoned to his office for sex. Another claims that he exposed himself and others accuse him of making lewd inappropriate comments. Nbc unequivocally denies any knowledge of complaints against him prior to monday and jeff zucker former president who led the today show when he was just 26 years old had this to say. Obviously ive known matt for 25 years. And i didnt know this man. In a Statement Released thursday man lauer said there are no words to express my sorrow and regret for the pain i have caused others by words and actions. To the people i have hurt, i am truly sorry. He added some of what is being said about me is untrue or being mischaracterized but there is enough truth in these stories to make me feel embarrassed and ashamed. As of last night it appeared all of his social media accounts had been deleted. In that statement some hints of what he will be doing now . He says very clearly repairing the damage will be his full time job. Linsey davis, thanks very much. Michael. Thank you, george. Now to a new recordbraking moment on the stock market. The dow closing above 24,000 points for the First Time Ever and this comes as republicans try to pass their tax plan. Our chief Business CorrespondentRebecca Jarvis is here to break it all down for us. What does it mean . For those who have an account like a 401 k it means youre doing quite well. This is the biggest oneday gain of 2017. Just 30 trading sessions after surpassing the 23,000 mark, the dow closing above 24,000 for the First Time Ever. Thanks to optimism about planned republican tax cuts. Since trumps election last november, we have hit six of these new thousandpoint milestone, so whats really getting things higher here . Consumers, were spending more and feeling more confident about the economy. Remember, the black friday sales weekend, second, the major factor is potential for tax reform. Many companies have said they will pass those savings to shareholders in the form of stock buybacks and dividends which is good news if you own stocks about half of americans do. But not necessarily, michael, if you are waiting on a raise. If youre waiting 0en a raise, okay. Well, where do things go from here . Everybody is excited about it hitting 24,000. Where does it go from here. That typical 401 k , this year so far its up about 16,000. Weve now seen this bull market in stocks. Stocks rising without any significant drops go on for almost nine years. Some are going to say, well, what goes up must eventually come down. What happens next in the near term really depends on this tax plan, does it get passed. So much is hinging on that tax plan. Yeah. Has been an extraordinary run. Oh, yeah, it has. Were not done. More this morning. Those new images. Prince harry, Meghan Markle making their First Official appearance together since announcing their engagement marking World Aids Day in nottingham a cause important to both of them and abcs terry moran is there. Good morning, terry. Reporter good morning, michael. What a special day for the people here in nottingham and this young couple who all of britain has taken into their hearts and what a day for Meghan Markle as she leaves behind her career as a professional actress and takes her first step into her new role, the role of a lifetime. Prince harry and Meghan Markle were greeted with huge cheers as they emerged from their suv. The crowds are really excited to get their first glimpse of this royal couple on their First OfficialPublic Engagement to commemorate World Aids Day followed by a visit to a local school. Theres something both glamorous and sweet about them and the crowd is responding with this pop star atmosphere for this royal bridetobe meeting her people for the first time. They began working the line but soon struck out on their own wearing a navy coat and a big smile greeting old and young alike accepting flowers from one. The couple being married at Windsor Castle told the bbc theyre excited to start working together. I know the fact that shell be really unbelievably good at the job part of it as well is obviously a huge relief to me because shell be able to deal with Everything Else that comes with it but were a fantastic team. We know we are. Her and harry together have the ability to be a Tour De Force on the world stage. Reporter the team is still inside there right now and this city very close to harry. Hes been coming up here quite often, quite often privately to work with at risk kids and of course on World Aids Day a cause so close to his mom, princess diana. Michael. Terry, we know that meghans be