The deadly plunge. Five family members killed after their car goes over a cliff. Three children are still missing. The shooting in broad daylight at a car dealership. Customers running for cover. And a cancer warning. Where starbucks and other coffee shops will soon have to put that warning on their coffee. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a thursday night. And we begin with the controversial video tonight. A driver pulled over by police. They ask him to get out of the car. He repeatedly asks why. When he pulls away, he is shot several times. That shooting in South Carolina on police body cam, but it wasnt the officers who fired. It was a volunteer constable who fired the shots. The mayor tonight calling the incident, so, quote, troubling, that he released the video right away. The driver who was shot did survive, and tonight, hes talking. Heres abcs steve osunsami, leading us off. Man, you in a rush . No. Speed limit was 45. I got you here going a little left of center over there on, coming onto sunset. My tire is messed up. Reporter South Carolina prosecutors are pouring over these Police Videos tonight and deciding if someone needs to be charged. Is there any kind of drugs in the car, sir . No, sir, please. Okay. All right. I can smell a little bit of weed coming from the car. Reporter two of the men with guns seen in this routine traffic stop in florence, South Carolina, are real police, who never fire a single shot. But keep your eyes on this man, a state constable, whos essentially a volunteer, riding along. Honestly, i am not stepping out of my car, for what . You are stepping out of the car, please, sir. Dont make this difficult. What am i stepping out of my car for . Reporter 28yearold Brandon Fludd is refusing to get out of the white cadillac. Constable christopher bachochin, whose day job is a pharmacist, and is identified here on a trade group website, is seen here circling the car with his hand on his gun. Sir, i need you to step out of the car. Mr. Fludd, i need you to step out of the car. Stop, stop, stop, stop. Reporter fludd puts his foot on the gas, bachochin fires eight shots. Three of them hit fludd. Listen. Next time, if someones telling you to get out of the car, they tell you a directive, listen to them. Because it could have ended worse. Reporter when we talked to fludd today, he still had a bullet in his chest. I didnt deserve to be shot three times. And now, i have to live with it for the rest of my life. Reporter he and his lawyer admit he shouldnt have run, but say a pharmacist shouldnt be pretending to be a cop. This guy overreacted. He wasnt properly trained, wasnt properly supervised. Steve osunsami with us tonight. And steve, authorities, as you pointed out, were very quick to release this video . Reporter thats right, david. They wanted to make sure that people knew that their officers acted correctly, that theyre trained not to shoot at moving vehicles, because bullets could hit bystanders. These volunteer Police Programs are under the microscope tonight. David . Steve osunsami leading us off. Steve, thank you. Were going to turn next here to multiple tornadoes already, flood watches tonight and that front then moving toward d. C. , new york and boston through the day tomorrow. Already, spawning several twisters, including this ef1 in louisiana. 105 miles an hour right there. Straightline winds splintering homes in san jacinto county, texas. And daily rain records broken in austin, College Station and san antonio. Flooding shutting down lanes during the commute in houston. Lets get right to rob marciano, hes live with us along the west side highway here in new york tonight. Hey, rob. Reporter hi, david. Tremendous rain this morning across the gulf coast. Up to a half a foot in some spots. Now that system has stretched out, all the way from ontario, canada, down to the gulf of mexico. You see it on the radar. Still raining in chicago, detroit, where their opening day baseball games got postponed. St. Louis seeing heavy rain. And a line thats strong, about to head into atlanta. Could get rough overnight tonight. Then, the front kind of weakens as it heads towards the east coast. D. C. , new york, boston, youre going to see light rain and cooler weather tomorrow. D. C. Into the mid 70s today. And theyre watching another clipper system which will bring three to six inches of snow across the northern tier, but more importantly, it will drape more in the way of cold air coming in for the holiday for the northeast. Chicago could easily see its coldest easter in decades. David . Rob marciano, thank you so much. Next tonight, to the president coming out swinging, after firing his v. A. Secretary. That cabinet member, David Shulkin, firing back today, hinting at why he thinks he was fired. At the white house, meanwhile, another departure, President Trump bidding farewell to hope hicks, who resigned some time back. But tonight, its the v. A. Secretary, and his new pick for the president , his doctor to lead the v. A. , leading to new questions. Abcs mary bruce at the white house tonight. Reporter with a handshake and a kiss on the cheek, President Trump today bid farewell to the aide who has been with him the longest. Hope hicks. Part of a revolving door of high profile white house departures. A starkly different sendoff from just 24 hours ago. V. A. Secretary David Shulkin kicked out of the cabinet with a tweet. Weve made a lot of progress with the veterans, but i want to get them choice. And they didnt give us choice. I made some changes, because i wasnt happy with the speed with which our veterans were taken care of. I wasnt happy with it. Reporter but tonight, shulkin isnt going quietly. Writing in an oped, the environment in washington has turned so toxic, chaotic, disrespectful. Adding this parting shot, it should not be this hard to serve your country. Shulkin says he was pushed out by forces in the department that want to privatize the v. A. He had been on thin ice for weeks, accused of wasting taxpayer money on a 122,000 work trip to europe, where he and his wife spent several days sightseeing. The president s pick to replace him . His own doctor. Admiral ronny jackson, who recently offered this glowing praise after the president s physical. He might live to be 200 years old. I dont know. I mean, he has incredible he has incredible genes. Reporter but its the president s doctor who would now be in charge of the governments secondlargest agency. Overseeing care for more than 9 million veterans. With little Management Experience on this scale, veterans groups are skeptical. In just two weeks, secretary of state rex tillerson, fired. National security adviser h. R. Mcmaster, out. And now the v. A. Secretary. And the president s controversial new pick for National Security adviser, john bolton, was at the pentagon today. Defense secretary james mattis welcoming him with a blunt joke. Ive heard that youre actually the devil incarnate and i wanted to meet you. All right, mary bruce with us live at the white house tonight. And mary, dr. Jackson now faces a tough confirmation hearing over on the hill . Reporter yeah, and david, lawmakers have already been questioning jacksons lack of experience with the v. A. Hes likely to be grilled about whether he can run this massive federal agency. The v. A. Has a budget of nearly 200 billion. Now, to assume this role, jackson will need the support of the majority of the senate. David . Youll be watching over on the hill for us. Mary, thank you. President trump, meanwhile, was in ohio today, talking about his infrastructure plans, to a group of union builders. But he made one comment that got a lot of attention immediately, a comment about syria, and pulling out u. S. Troops very soon. Just minutes later, the state department back in washington was asked about it, even they seemed caught by surprise. Take a look. Well be coming out of syria, like very soon. Let the other people take care of it now. Very soon. Very soon. Were coming out. The president just said a few minutes ago that the u. S. Is coming out of syria very soon. And let other people take care of it. Were coming out. I can only say that as a general matter, and i have not seen the president s comments myself, i dont know the context in which his comments were said, but i can say that, as a general matter, this administration looks to other countries to help out. It was clear the state department didnt see this coming. Lets bring in our chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz tonight. So, martha, is there a change in syria policy, and when he says let other people take care of it, who is he talking about, russia . Reporter were not really sure what hes talking about, david. This caught the pentagon and the state department completely by surprise. No one there is saying anything publicly about pulling those 2,000 u. S. Troops out. And theres still a significant isis presence there. But what is even more surprising is that donald trump is the man who said he would never telegraph to the enemy what hes doing. Last august, saying, americas enemies must never know our plans or believe they can wait us out. But he seemed to forget those words today, in fact, centcom just issued a statement, saying, centcom strategy in syria is the defeat of isis. It is our intention to continue to focus on the aspects of isis that still need to be addressed. So, it doesnt sound like any new strategy, david. All right, but well stay tuned, as always. Thank you, martha. Meantime tonight, russia is striking back, after the u. S. Expelled dozens of Russian Diplomats and closed a consulate, following that poisoning in the uk with a nerve agent. The kremlin expelling 60 american diplomats now, giving them one week to leave. And shutting down the american consulate in st. Petersburg in just 48 hours. More than 20 countries expelled russias diplomats over the poisoning of that former russian spy and his daughter. And tonight, russia is vowing to expel diplomats from all of those countries, as well. And we should point out that that daughter is said to be improving tonight. Here at home, and to that mysterious accident along californias scenic highway 1. A family of eight, including six children in an suv, that went off the road, plunging onto the rocks, the beach right there below. Their children believed to have been inside. Some are still missing. Tonight, a portrait of that family now emerging, leading to new questions. And heres abcs matt gutman. Reporter when investigators arrived at this windswept california overlook, they were stumped. It was a very confusing scene, because there was no skid marks. Reporter sarah and Jennifer Hart had apparently driven their suv with their six adopted children inside off this 100foot cliff. The mangled truck and the bodies of the parents and three of the children were found. We do know several things. We know that an entire family vanished. Reporter but three of the children are missing tonight, possibly swept out to sea, including 14yearold devonte. You might remember him from this viral photo, hugging a Police Officer in portland during the turmoil of the ferguson, missouri, riots in 2014. Friends describing them as a loving family. But tonight, as investigators piece together what happened to this eightmember Washington State family, were learning that neighbors called Child Protective Services after one child told them he was hungry and was asking for food. Was asking that we not tell his mom, and to, you know, hide it and put it by the fence so he could get to it, and that they were withholding food from him as punishment. Reporter and tonight, police are executing a search warrant inside the home as they try to unravel the mystery of what led the hart family off the edge. David, weve learned that one of the parents was convicted of a misdemeanor Domestic Assault back in 2010. Now, investigators tell us, at this point, they have no reason to believe that this crash was intentional. David . All right, matt gutman with us tonight. Matt, thank you. A federal judge has denied Stormy Daniels request to depose President Trump and his lawyer, michael cohen, saying the request is premature. Daniels lawsuit claims the agreement she signed to keep her from talking about her alleged affair with the president is invalid. She is now also suing cohen for defamation for insinuating that shes lying. The judge also canceled a hearing that was set for april 30th. And the attorney general Jeff Sessions tonight will not appoint a Second Special counsel to probe the russia investigation, at least for now. The attorney general responding to concerns from republicans about bias in the justice department, Robert Muellers investigation and the clinton foundation. Sessions telling members of congress in a letter that a senior federal prosecutor will instead continue to evaluate whether such an appointment is necessary. There is still much more ahead on world news tonight this thursday. The shooting rampage at a car dealership. Youll see the surveillance. The female gunman opening fire in broad daylight. Sales staff, customers there running for cover in the lot. Also tonight, the medical headline. A cancer warning . Where starbucks and other coffee shops will soon have to put that warning on their coffee. And President Trump on the attack, and it involves amazon tonight. So many of you ordering packages from amazon, and in many cases, not paying taxes. Will this fight now lead you to paying taxes on some of those items . Rebecca jarvis standing by. A lot more news ahead. Today, were out here with some surprising facts about type 2 diabetes. So you have type 2 diabetes, right . Yeah. Yes i do. Okay so you diet, you exercise, you manage your a1c . Thats the plan. What about your heart . What do you mean my heart . The truth is, type 2 diabetes can make you twice as likely to die from a cardiovascular event, like a heart attack or stroke. And with Heart Disease, your risk is even higher. But wait, theres good news for adults who have type 2 diabetes and Heart Disease. 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We know many of you at home order items and in some states, when youre buying from a Third Party Vendor through amazon, you dont pay tax. So, will the president s words change that . Heres abcs chief Business Correspondent Rebecca Jarvis tonight. Jeff . All right, i will be short. Reporter not long ago, jeff bezos was welcomed to the white house as a titan of the tech industry. But today, the president taking aim at the ceo of amazon, tweeting, unlike others, they pay little or no taxes to state and local governments, use our postal system as their delivery boy, causing tremendous loss to the u. S. , and are putting many thousands of retailers out of business. Every day, millions of americans visit amazon for everything from electronics to paper towels. In many cases, without paying taxes. While amazon paid a total of 957 million in taxes last year, and collects sales tax in states where its required, in most states, it does not collect taxes on the products Third Party Vendors sell through the site. Roughly half its volume. Tonight, the question is the president hoping to save more traditional brick and mortar retailers, and will customers on amazon pay the price . The president has said many times before, hes always looking to create a level Playing Field for all businesses. And this is no different. Reporter many wondering, is there Something Else at play . Amazons founder, jeff bezos, also owns the Washington Post. A frequent target of donald trump. The owner of the Washington Post, do you know what he owns . Amazon. He doesnt want to pay tax on the internet. Yeah, no love lost for the Washington Post there. Rebecca jarvis with us tonight. We want to point to something in that tweet. The president also accused amazon of using our postal system as their delivery boy. We know the Postal Service has been in financial trouble for years. Wouldnt this be helping them . Reporter well, david, according to financial analysts, amazon has actually been useful to the u. S. Postal service, in fact, all of those deliveries, those package deliveries, are becoming a big part of the growing business, while the overall mail business, letters, postcards, thats been on the decline for years now. All right, Rebecca Jarvis with us tonight. Thank you. When we come back here tonight, the new headline about coffee that broke late today. Where starbucks and other shops will soon have to put a cancer warning on the coffee and why. And then look at this tonight. The safari surprise. The family on vacation, getting more than they bargained for. Yeah, thats a cheetah. Nobody look. They just tried to look forward and get through it. Well be right back. Well be right back. Ht back. People are fighting pe 2 diabetes. With fitness. Food. And the pill that starts with f. 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Im dan ashley. He crashed in mountain view. With the abc 7 news. I commented the driver who hit the same safety barrier 11 days before the tesla crash and its clear cal trans did not fix it before the apple engineer died at that spot. 38yearold apple engineer walter wong died when his tesla slammed into the safety barrier where the 85 car pool lane veers off from 101 south and mountain view. Released this image showing the safety barrier collapsed to provided no cushion to wong. The chp released information on what happened 11 days before the tesla crash 10 30 at night. 31yearold james slammed and survived with just lacerations to his face and complaints of pain to his head, face, back, arms, and legs. Arrested for driving under the influence. He expressed his deepest condolences and said, unfortunately, dan, im going to have to decline an interview at the moment and added, very unfortunate about the tesla driver. Really sorry to hear
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