And now the investigation. How did this happen . The raging inferno in a major american city. Residents told to get out. And, spring slam . The Severe Weather threat moving east tonight. Will it snow on the first day of spring . Sam champion standing by with the track. And good evening. Thanks for joining us on this sunday. Im tom llamas. We begin tonight with President Trump, and his most direct attack on special Counsel Robert Mueller yet. The president on twitter, sparing no one close to the russia investigation. Unloading especially on mueller. Insisting the special counsel is running a partisan witch hunt. Also blasting Andrew Mccabe, a firing trumps attorney used to insist the investigation should be shut down. The attacks reigniting questions about whether trump will fire mueller. And if not, will he cooperate . Heres tara palmieri. Reporter tonight, President Trump escalating his attack. Now targeting the very top of the russia investigation. Tweeting his strongest rebuke yet at special Counsel Robert Mueller. The Mueller Probe should never have been started in that there was no collusion, and there was no crime, witch hunt the russia story is a total fabrication. I call it the russian hoax. The entire thing has been a witch hunt, and there is no collusion. Reporter trump has consistently undermined the investigation, but this latest direct shot at mueller comes as his lead attorney is calling for the case to be shut down. Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle warning trump that firing mueller will have severe consequences. If he tried to do that, that would be the beginning of the end of his presidency because were a rule of law nation. This would undoubtedly result in a constitutional crisis, and i think democrats and republicans need to speak out about this right now. Reporter tonight, muellers team combing through new evidence. A source telling abc news fired fbi Deputy DirectorAndrew Mccabe has been interviewed by investigators, and handed over memos detailing his interactions with trump. You cannot stop the men and women of the fbi from doing the right thing, protecting the american people, and upholding the constitution. Reporter mccabe was axed ahead of an Inspector General report that accuses him of leaking, and then not being truthful when asked about it. He has denied wrongdoing. He says hes been singled out in the aftermath of fbi director james comeys firing. Trump blasting mccabe and his memos with a tweet, spent very little time with Andrew Mccabe, but he never took notes when he was with me. I dont believe he made memos except to help his own agenda, probably at a later date, same with lying james comey. Can we call them fake memos . Republicans now urging trump to show restraint as his frustration nears a boiling point. If youve done nothing wrong, you should want the investigation to be as fulsome and thorough as possible. Lets bring in tara palmieri. President trump tweeted that muellers team is biased politically. But that wasnt exactly correct . Reporter thats right, tom. President trump tweeted, why does the mueller team have 13 democrats and zero republicans . We checked. 13 of the investigators are registered as democrats, but four are unaffiliated with either party. The leader of the investigation was registered as a republican. Tom . Tara, thank you. Next tonight, the big data grab in elections. And a former insider speaking out, describing to abc news tactics used to get personal information on facebook. Which was then used to influence voters. Heres james longman. Reporter tonight, a data company tied to President Trumps 2016 campaign is under investigation by facebook, accused by the internet giant of mishandling more than 50 million americans personal information. If you are looking at trying to create information weapons, the battle space that you operate in is social media. That is where the fight happens. Reporter in 2014, when just 24 years old, selfconfessed politics geek chris wylie worked for that company, Cambridge Analytica. The Organization Helps political candidates better target voters online. Speaking for the first time on american television, wylie claims Cambridge Analytica, using a third party, took data from the Facebook Accounts of up to 50 million americans. Weaponizing the internet . Weaponizing the internet. Absolutely. Reporter he says Cambridge Analytica would create online quizzes. When facebook users opted in to those innocentlooking tests, they were actually giving Cambridge Analytica access to not just their data, but that of all of their friends. It is sort of like the digital shadow of yourself. So, when you think about what you do on social media, you curate your identity. So when you like things, when you follow things, you reveal all these little clues, and, if we have enough of those clues we can start to develop a portrait of who you are. Reporter and armed with that info, wylie says the company had a questionable power. Cambridge analytica will try to pick at whatever mental weakness or vulnerability that we think you have, and try to warp your perception of whats real around you. Reporter now, facebook has banned chris wylie, that third party, and Cambridge Analytica. The Company Denies any wrongdoing, and says it doesnt use or hold facebook data. Two years later, the firm went on to work for the trump campaign, but says it never used that data in question. The campaign itself denies using Cambridge Analyticas data, saying it relied on information from the rnc. And any claims that voter data were used from another source to support the victory in 2016 are false. But wylie says some of the familiar phrases heard on the campaign trail were actually tested years earlier. We tested things like drain the swamp. We started testing before they gained prominence in american political discourse. Reporter wiley left the company after a year. He says hes coming forward now because he felt bad about the impact of his work. Particularly following the u. S. Election. Tom . James, thank you. Next tonight, a 44yearold father of four is in custody after allegedly disappearing to mexico with a young girl. Kevin esterly now in miami, facing possible extradition after his arrest in mexico. The teen now home safe in pennsylvania. But there are still questions about the suspect, and the charges he may face. Hes erielle reshef. Reporter tonight, a freshly minted mugshot for this married father of four, arrested after leaving the country with this pennsylvania teen. Mexican Officials Say 16yearold amy yu and 45yearold Kevin Esterly were located in puerto morelos, mexico, ending a nearly twoweek international manhunt. Esterly, detained in front of an apartment complex, now in a miami jail, awaiting extradition. Authorities confirming amy is unharmed and in good health, reunited with her mother in allentown. This, as new details emerge about esterlys alleged relationship with amy, his eldest daughters close friend. It grew to be a situation where kevin was taking amy out of school on a regular basis, pretending to be a father figure, but it was more than that. Reporter esterlys wife stacey speaking to abc news through her attorney. Claiming she repeatedly confronted her husband about the teen. It was reaching a breaking point. Reporter esterly now faces a thirddegree felony charge of interference with the custody of a child. Police are not ruling out additional charges. Tom . Erielle, thank you. We head overseas to an election day in russia. Vladimir putin casting a ballot for a fourth term in a president ial election there was no doubt he would win. Then addressing the mounting questions about russias alleged role in a nerve agent attack in the uk. Heres terry moran, in moscow. Reporter tonight in red square, Vladimir Putin triumphant. Winning a fourth term as president. After his victory speech, he denied that russia had anything to do with the nerve agent attack in britain on a former spy and his daughter. Calling it a fantasy and rubbish that someone would do Something Like this on the eve of president ial elections. Putins in total control of russia, and nothing here was left to chance. A main opponent, victor navalny, a protest leader, banned from running after being charged with corruption just before the race began. And, check this. Brazen ballot stuffing, caught on camera. Look at them stuff votes in. This woman casts a stack of votes. The odd thing is, putin didnt need all this. Hes hugely popular, as we found at a moscow polling station. I voted for my current president putin, she tells us. He guarantees us peace and a good life. But peace is exactly what britain and western allies say putin is threatening. Russians dont believe the weapon attack report. The only certain reality is that putin will rule russia for another six years, at least. Tom . Terry, thank you. Back here at home, a performance in florida taking a deadly turn. An aerialist thrown to the ground, and he did not survive. Whit johnson has the details. Reporter a tampa audience, hundreds captivated as acrobats swing overhead. Then, horror. These images showing the performer plummeting to the hard stage below. They had a performer that fell from an unknown height. Reporter cell phone video capturing the chaos, and emergency response. They were even scared to touch him or move him so i feel like us as the audience, we were scared to move or speak. Reporter the tragedy happening saturday night in tampa, florida, at the show volta, by Cirque Du Soleil. Neither one of us has ever seen anything like that, and it was shocking to everyone. Reporter tonight, Cirque Du Soleil confirming the man who fell is yann arnaud, a veteran aerial straps specialist. He was taken to a nearby hospital, where he later died. On his instagram page, arnaud posting this video of his volta solo act. Tonight, the Circus Company releasing a statement saying, the entire Cirque Du Soleil family is in shock, and devastated by this tragedy. But its happened before. In the past decade, Cirque Du Soleil has had several onstage accidents, including its first fatality in 2013. Cirque du soleil is canceling the rest of its weekend volta shows in tampa. Police are investigating the accident. Tom . Whit, thank you. We head to puerto rico, now nearly six months after a hurricane slammed into the island. Still more than 100,000 without power. The grid in a state of, quote, devastation. Eva pilgrim is on the island tonight. Reporter its been nearly six months since Hurricane Maria ravaged puerto rico, leaving most of it in the dark. Tonight, Maribel Rodriguez is still waiting for the lights to turn on. Maribel is one of the islands 100,000 customers still without power. Spending some 3,000 on gas for the generator to power her home at night. She claims she doesnt qualify for fema dollars because her home is in, quote, living condition. After maria hit we found roads caked with debris. Families forced to make a whiteknuckle crossing with only a wire to hold onto. This bridge has now completely collapsed. Today, we found a new bridge being built, a sign of recovery. And in the air, the army corps of engineers flying helicopters, lifting power poles across the countryside, and dropping workers on them, trying to restore power to towns like morovis. Its the biggest challenge ever as far as devastation to an electrical grid system in the united states. Reporter in san juan, life starting to return to normal. Tourism slowly coming back, but for maribel and others, the recovery continues. Maria caused more than 100 billion in damage, and more than 130,000 people have left this island since. Tom . Eva, thank you. And much more on the ongoing issues in puerto rico tuesday on good morning america. We turn to the weather. Snow in high plains. And storms in the south. In tennessee, powerful thunderstorms. Winter showing no sign of letting up, even with the first day of spring tuesday. Heres sam champion. You were telling me theres a new development with the weather pattern . Yes, this storm just got a lot more complicated. Lets get right to the board and show everyone whats going on. We start with the possibility of severe storms tonight. Watch where the low is. From dallas to the florida panhandle, those storms will be strong to severe tonight into tomorrow morning. This area from nashville, chattanooga, huntsville, this is a particular risk for strong storms. And could even be a strong tornado there. And as the low ejects, still low, rain in washington, d. C. But snow into south jersey and philly. Heres the totals weve got for you. And four to eight inches in the mountains of virginia and west virginia. And just a little bit south of that, around norfolk, when the first low leaves, a second low could redevelop there. That means we could have another storm on the coastline, wednesday into thursday. I just want everyone paying attention. Sam, thank you. Theres still much more ahead on world news tonight. The police tip, putting officers in the right spot to stop shoplifters. And the homeoner that rented out a house, the renters that allegedly turned it into an animal house. How to protect yourself when trying to make extra money. 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One day after a raging fire a building is not the only thing devastated. How its affecting those who made a living on the block. And securing the ceiling of a bay area taco bell. Well show what you went wrong. Abc 7 news at 6 00 starts now. Good evening, thanks for joining us. Im eric thomas. Im deon lim. Law enforcement is looking for someone who shot two people. They were eastbound 80 her clees on Willow Avenue where the gunman opened fire. Lillian kim is live with the developing details. Lillian . Reporter eric and deon, the chp is hoping for tips from the public. The shooting happened 9 00 p. M. Interstate 80 between hercules and rodeo. Investigators believe the shooting was a result of road rage. Two people were shot, a woman in a passenger seat suffered moderate injuries and a young girld believed to be 5 to 6yearold suffered major injuries. 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