And for Michael Finney and all ever af us here, we appreciate yll tonight chaos in the capitol. As we come on in the west. The Government Shutdown hours away. President trump digging in on his demands to fund the bonder wall. Can republicans and democrats strike a deal to keep the government running . The holiday slam. Dangerous driving. Flood and wind alerts from Florida All The Way to maine. The new series of storms about to hit the west. Also tonight, the abc news exclusive. The major break in the case of that missing mother. H fiar ounce. Ramere taking him away in handcuffs. Plus, the alleged poison plot at a college. The Chemistry Major accused of slowing trying t room mat. Kitaisto forcing a High School Wrestler to either cut his dreadlocks or forfeit the matc the new cancer scare for
supreme Court Justice ruth bader ginsburg. Undergoing surgery. Mute stribl the new deals on games and clothes just coming out no plus, the stunning crash. A car going airborne into a tunnel. The driver somehow surviving. And good evening. As we come on in the west on this busy fridaynight. Im tom llamas in for david. Several major stories as we come on tonight. We begin with the chaos in the capitol. The last ditch effort to avoid a Government Shutdown. Lln in taxp the border wall. The house agreeing last night. Tonight, the pressure on the senate. Republican leader Mitch Mcconnell huddling at the white house, then back to the capitol. So far, the votes are not there. Last week, the president said he would gladly take the mantle of a Government Shutdown for that wall. But tonight, hes blaming democrats, saying it could last
a very long time. Without a deal, parts of the government shut down at midnight. And hundreds of thousands of workers head into the holidays worried about their paychecks. Correspondent mary bruce starts us off. Reporter tonight President Trump is digging in on a last ditch effort to get his border wall. We are totally prepared for a very long shutdown. This is our only chance well ever have. Reporter hes demanding Leaditch Mcconnell to the blican white house. Mr. Leader, are we heading for a shutdown . Senator shelby and i, and some others who were invited down to the white some good Conversation Aboutho , wa hy forward. Reporter but democrats are holding firm. You are not getting the wall today. Next week. Or on january 3rd when democrats take control of the house. Reporter Jusentwt Seemysdae Fund the government without insisting on money for his wall. But then, a revolt from the right. It looks like a lot of peoples worst fears may be
realized. Its becoming clearer and clearer that all were getting is words, words, words. Reporter the president was listening and changed course. Lets face it, i mean we have o r sw hos who basically influe ted president. And were in a shutdown mode. Its just, i mean, thats tyranny, isnt it . Reporter now, with just hours to go and hundreds of thousands of workers in limbo, a mad scramble on the hill to come up with a plan b. Whats The Next Step . Next s keetep me pp . Osted. Reporter last week, trump proudly declared he would own a shutdown. I will take the mantle. I will be the one to shut it down. Im not going to blame you for it. Reporter but now. Its really up to the democrats, totally up to the democrats as to whether or not we have a shutdown. Reporter the president says if there is a shutdown, democrats now own it. Thats a complete lie. You know, shutdown 101 is you blame the other party at all times. And he accepted the blame. So, its, uopleecognize that. Mary bruce joins us from capitol hill. And mary, President Trump was very clear on the campaign trail. Wall. Now some of that language seems to be changing. Reporter yeah, tom, the wall seems to have a new name. The president just tweeting rrier, which is totally effective, but at the same time, beautiful. Calling it a different name or e government is not likely to bring the president Dany Clowoser to get what hes demanding. Mary bruce, monitoring all the developments tonight. All right, mary, thank you. And that kay use over funding the wall not the only problem playing out tonight. The Bombshell Resignation of of a. Is secretary jimatter bsi shakg la the president is pushing back. Heres abcs chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz. Ckimti at the white house today in a seemingly deliberate display of solidarity with fellow Marine Corps General john kelly, who is, himself, days away from departing the administonti its been less than 24 hours
since mattis resigned in protest of President Trumps policies. And e bala aga t president has becken profound. Its beyond scary. It is evidence of further chaos. Reporter Majority Leader Mitch Mcconnell, normally hesitant to criticize trump, pa distressed that mattis was resigning due to sharp differences with the president on key aspects of americas global leadership. Abdoning americas partners in the fight against isis. Trumps withdrawal of u. S. Troosyria, the last ps f straw. Even hosts of trumps favorite program, fox friends blasted the president s judgment on the pullout from syria. He just refounded isis. There. E theyve got 30,000 men and they are already striking back with our wouldbe evacuation. Reporter trump himself had nothing to say about mattis today only tweeting, ive done
more damage to isis than all recent president s, notn close e but those claims come as the u. S. Is about to reduce the number of u. S. Troops in n at where isis is a continuing threat. A move mattis has also been fi alystin and Martha Raddatz joins us now from washington. And martha, we know the president said all u. S. Troops would be out of syria in 30 days. You mentioned a drawdown in afghanistan, as well. Is there a timeline for atth reporter yeah, theree re aw. The goal is to drop down to 7,000 by the end of spring of senator Lindsey Graham says pulling out troops would be disastrous. It will be tough to change trumps mind on this one. Tom . 7,000 troops possibly coming oft all right, martha, thank you. Thmounng tublein washington weighing down the markets. The dow falling 414 points. The Third Straight day of significant losses for the week. Its down nearly 7 . This was the worst week in ten years. We do want to turn now to the other major story were following tonight. The two storms we have been tracking all week are merging in the east right now, on a major Holiday Travel day. Take a look at this. A flooded underpass. This is jfk airport here in new york. Blinding rain for drivers in brockton, massachusetts. And coming in behi storm, you can see this. Tnd icy some snow like were seeing here in north carolina. Tonight, wind and flood alerts stretch from Florida All The Way to maine. A long night ahead for travelers. Gio benitez is here in new york city. Reporter Ttorrentialonig Rainstorms Turning Highways into waterways as millions head out for the holidays. Oh, my reporter waves lapping at s. Sie s of cars barely making it through this flooded underpass. High winds bringing down trees from the bronx to boston. And at airportfrom miami, to charlotte, to new yorks laguardia, delays piling up on the busiest day of the season. I cant believe how lon line is. Isg ans
christmas eve. Reporter Abcs David Kerley at the faas air Traffic Control center in virgin. Twindn he northeast already causing obpr the National Command center trying to keep planes on schedule. Reporter temporary ground stops at all three new york airports. These travelers forc the last stretch to jfk. And gio joins us live from laguardia. So manflhts oday. Canced and this problem may spill over into tomorrow . Reporter yeah, thats right, across t t30nc. Ntry. Re t and as you said, were already seeing the delaygoo ntats becaurrmose this storm is still moving through. Tom . All right. Lets get an update on that storm now. Gio, thank you. Meteorologist rob marciano. And, rob, there are troubling storms on both coasts right now. Yeah, and the one here in the were really only about halfway through it. A tremendous heat flux. Temperatures in the 60s in the northeast. Now some embedded thunderstorms
across pennsylvania. You see it on the radar scope. A dry slot from new york to d. C. Up thor level pawi crt ale tesrn Into The Deep South again. We look for temperatures to turn much cooler once we get through tomorrow. Well see some snow showers. Some accumulations, especially in the mountains. You mentioned the storms out west. The Pacific Lighting up for an active pattern, getting right through the christmas week. Tom . Rob marciano, thank you. We move on to a Major Development in the case of the missing colorado mother last seen on thanksgiving day. Her fiance, the father of her child, was the last to see her. Investigators searching his ranch ov t morheng, eetake. Ke a they arrested him in connection with her murder. Clayton sandell was there. He witnessed that arrest. And has the exclusive video. Reporter you see him . Hes in cuffs. Vanished, the Clock Ran Out today for patrick frazee. Police and fbi agents swarming his home early this mo
resting him at gunpoint. Arput ow in custody. Frazee, who, a day earlier, refused to speak to us why deunarreyou spoken out about ic . Murdering kelsey berreth, the 29yearold mother of his child, last seen thanksgiving day. Sadly, we do not believe kelsey is still alive. Reporter police also charging frazee with solicitation, hinting he did not act alone. It is a crime to solicit somebody to commit another crime. Reporter is it fair to say then that patrick had somebody . Again, well be filing formal charges. Reporter Investigators Believe Berreth was killed in her ton hownerni. Ght carrying out bags of evidence. Three daysd a ser her ce vll phoanne was detected idaho, 700 miles away. Her phone did end up in idaho. And we are looking to try to recover that. Reporter frazee was in court this afternoon. Hes now being represented by a public defender. Who did not return our calls. As for the cplou1s oar daughter, Officials Say shnds i tonight. Tom . Clayton sandell with th ayton, thaexnk youivus. Devi next to a story thats getting attention from all over the country tonight. A referee at a High School Wrestling match in new jersey told a wrestler he had to cut sor o with eirfthe cle thock t wrestler, a teenager, chose to let the team trainer cut his hair. That video is now sparking outrage and questions about that refs decision. Res abcs linsey davis. Over this video now circulating the internet of this moment of humiliation. New jersey High School Wrestler Andrew Johnson having his dreadlocks cut by a trainer before a match. He was fced htohie irha cut by a referee in order to compete, or forfeit the match. It is standard for wrestlers with long hair to have the option to cover their heads. But the referee, alan maloney, his hair has always been like
that, so for them to now bring it up is out of line. Reporter the buena Superintendent Of Schools releasing this statement today. The referee will no longer be permitted to officiate any rey angionala en School District athletes. Te to ctorwin propelling his but with a split lip, and reluctant raise of his hand, he walks off the mat looking as if hed just been defeated. Demands are growing for maloney to be fired or punished. Responded to our requests for comment. Tonight. Linsey, thank you. Next, a former student at Lehigh University is under arrest tonight. Swly poisoning roommate by lacing his milk and his mouthwash with a dangerous chemical. The two had been roommates for years. Victim saying he thought they were friends. X pere tgez. Us s not thenlbc
reporter a Lehigh University student is behind bars tonight after police say he had been trying to kill his roommate for several months. Prosecutors say 22yearold yukai yang from china faces several charges including a aggravated assault. Authorities say the Chemistry Major carried out the attempted murder plot inside his dorm slowly and discreetly. Putting a poisonous metal known as thallium and possiblyerth chemicals in his roommate juwan royals milk and mouthwash. Mr. Royal experienced extreme pain in his lower extremities, as well as severe burning and numbness. Reporter royal, who had been roommates with yang for several friends, first reported his symptoms to police back in march. Dizziness, shaking, and vomiting. Thats when his blood tested positive for thallium. Back in april yang was arrested and released on bail for damaging royals television, bed, and desk, and writing nk marker. Tom, according to police, yang told them he bought the poisonous chemical but planned to use it on himself if he didnt do well on exams. Royal is said to be recovering, but still suffering from side effects. Tom . Alex perez on that disturbing case tonight. Thank you. Next, we turn to a new heal Justice Ruth Bader ginsburg. Shes already a cancer survivor. Now we learn that the 85yearold has had two Malignant Nodures D ve omt, jus said to be resting comfortably in the hospital. But how serious is it . Res terry moran. Reporter Justice Ginsburg at 85 undergoing surgery today at memorial Sloan Kettering cancer doctors removing a section of ginsburgs left lung, after finding two nodules that turned out to be malignant. Lung cancer. Discovered by coincidence, after the justice fell, breaking her ribs last month. Today, doctors saying they found no evidence of any remaining disease and no evidence of disease elsewhere in the body. No further treatment is planned. It is ginsburgs thicancer. Rdt h the fact that she has survived two cancers. One in the colorectal region and one in the pancreas suggests she is as ironilled as many people believe she is and makes me fully believe she will recover. Reporter a liberal lion on the court for a Quarter Centuryr against the possibility of yet another justice appointed by rn. Esid 24, 23. Reporter she works out twice a week with a person trainer. And has vowed to stay on the court until shes 90. At least. As long as i can do the job, full steam, i will be here. Reporter tonight, Court Officials tell us shell stay in respveri fal fro f am this d sat procedure. Experts say she was lucky. Because she was being treated for the broken ribs,octorser saw this, caught it, and
operated on it before it could get any worse. Able to get to it in time. Terry, thank you. Much more ahead on World News Tonight this friday. The major Water Main Break. Mes flooded. Angeles. The sinkhole swallowing vehicles. Also tonight, your money. Ma. One of the busiest shopping days of the year. The new deals coming out now. And the driver who went fly. Take a look at that. Somehow surviving that crash. What police are saying tonight. , every day. Not just airline purchases. Think about all the double miles you could be earning. loud holy moley thats a lot of miles hhhh whats in your wallet . Shhhhh
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take her husband. And six months after that, a tornado wiped out their home. Took everything we had, and weve just recovered from that over the last year. Reporter but now a surprise that would bring tears of joy. Her son matthew was going to make it home nor for christmas, and he decided to go big. Getting moms coworkers at bayl baylor, scott, and white in on the plan to surprise her at the hospital. She had no idea until she heard this. Hey, mom. Oh [ laughter ] oh, my gosh. Oh, my god, are you really here . Yes. Yall, this is my son from the air force. [ laughter ] reporter and after those hugs came the tears, and this lesson. You dont know when youre going to get another christmas, you dont know when youre going to have those special times. When you lose people you love,ah
people you do love are. So true. And we thank teresa and matthew for their story. We thank you for watching on a friday night. Im tom llamas. We hope to see you back here tomorrow. For david and all of us here, good night. You might want to shop small. Im spencer christian. I will give you a roo at the week end if a. Mo. As the stock market plunges, see how local Tech Companies are doing. Live where you live, this is abc 7 news. Where else are you going to get, you know, anything before christmas, right . It is christmas crunch time, which could actually pay off for our local stores. Good evening. Thank you for joining us. Im ama daetz. Im dan ashley. The window is rapidly closing to get gifts and have them arrive in time for christmas. Yes, about a quarter of shoppers are still buying presents the weekend according to the National Retail federation, but online may not be an option because shipping time. Yeah, thats right. Abc 7 News Reporter david louie is live from san jose with the advantage this gives local stores. David. Reporter well, dan and ama, we are talking about an estimated 134 Million People going out to do their
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