The Late Development involving the suspect accused of killing his fiance, facing off in court against the parents of his alleged victim. What a judge just ruled about their childs custody. Plus, the shocking attack. The Police Officer taking on several men in the subway. One of the suspects falling onto the tracks. What that cop said today about defending himself. And, dangerous malfunction. Drivers with no warning as a train blows right through. And good evening. Its great to have you with us on a thursday night. Im tom llamas, in for david. And we begin with the severe winter blast moving crosscountry at this hour. Blizzard warnings, flood watches and possible tornadoes. Near whiteout conditions, look at that, in new mexico and the dakotas. Cars and trucks skidding right off highways. Powerful storms causing transformer explosions in the new orleans area. Sparks streaking along the wires there. And the system pushing its way into the northeast, beginning tomorrow morning. Heavy rain from d. C. To philly, new york all the way to boston. Abcs Victor Oquendo is in atnta tonight to lead us off. Reporter tonight, Holiday Travel chaos, as that powerful storm races across the country. In the north, blizzard warnings and whiteout conditions. Watch this tractor trailer nearly slide off the road in fargo. In kansas, a state of emergency. 150mile stretch of interstate 70 shut down in both directions. These are probably threefoot drifts. Reporter these Truck Drivers hunkered down. Trucks are coming in and parking but none are leaving. Reporter whiteout conditions all the way to the texas panhandle. The storm moving east, stretching from canada all the way to the gulf coast. And with it, torrential rain and lightning. In new orleans, transformers exploding. Thats crazy reporter in houston, high winds snapping all six poles holding up this billboard, sending it into this building. In austin, flash flooding. Julie butler had to be rescued after her car got pushed a quarter mile off the road by floodwaters, thanking the firefighters who got her to safety. All of those firefighters are like angels in heaven. Theyre not little tiny things that sit on your shoulder, i mean, theyre huge with wings. Reporter First Responders rescuing a sheriffs deputy nearby. And Victor Oquendo joins us live now from atlanta. And victor, this storm headed right towards you. Besides all the travel trouble this is going to cause, there is also a Flash Flood Watch right there . Reporter thats right, tom. And its already raining here in atlanta. A lot more is on the way. Already messing up the commute for these folks behind me. That, plus wind gusts of over 30 miles per hour. We should be looking at downed trees and flooding from this storm tonight. Tom . Victor oquendo leading us off tonight. Victor, thank you. Lets get right to abc senior meteorologist rob marciano. Hes along new yorks west side highway. And rob, it is a mess for so many out there right now. Reporter it is. And this storm, tom, is really stretching out across the entire country, from north to south. The most dangerous stuff right now is in the south. We still have parts of a tornado watch up for southeast louisiana. Been rough in baton rouge. Flooding there, to hattiesburg, as well. New orleans, you are next. And this rain stretches all the way back to the great lakes. The blizzard warnings are still up for the northwestern part of this thing. Put the maps in motion, atlanta, its going to be a mess in the morning. Look at the rain getting into d. C. , philly and new york. Tomorrow morning will be a mess there, too. Some of this rain, one, two three inches of rainfall. So, flood watches stretch from the south all the way in through new jersey, rivers and streams are running high, so, its not going to take much to see some flooding. Tom . And well stay tracking those storms into the weekend. All right, rob, thank you. Next tonight, the new developments in the urgent manhunt for a suspected cop killer in northern california. Authorities calling him armed and dangerous. The officer and father shot and killed during a traffic stop. His last radio call of shots fired. In an emotional news conference, the police chief revealing the officer is the first in the department killed in the line of duty. The suspect allegedly in this country illegally. Heres abcs will carr. You have to understand, this was not supposed to happen here. Reporter tonight, heartbreak while authorities hunt for an alleged cop killer, a California Community now mourning the loss of one of its own. I did not know Christmas Morning at 4 00 in the morning when i said goodbye to him and sent him off to his family, that it would be the last time that i saw him. Reporter corporal and k9 officer ronil singh seen here in uniform with his family in a Facebook Post from his wife, wishing everyone a merry christmas. Just hours later, Authorities Say singh pulled the man in this picture over for a suspected dui in a dodge ram. This is a traffic stop that turned into a gun battle. It did. A traffic stop gone bad, turned into a gun fight. Reporter the suspects truck later found, ditched next to a mobile home. And your investigation has found out that hes in the country illegally. He is. Reporter in response, President Trump tweeting about an illegal immigrant accused of shooting and killing a Police Officer. Time to get tough on Border Security. Build the wall. But in newman, those who knew him best are remembering officer singh for being a proud immigrant from fiji who came to the United States to become a Police Officer. Please remember the man, please remember the husband. Please remember what he was. What he came to this country to do. Will carr joins us now live from that police department, still reeling from that killing. And will, i know you were at that emotional news conference. I understand this is a small police force . Reporter thats right, tom. They only have around 12 officers, who are all mourning, help from rrouing g a lot of departments. As for officer singhs last partner, his k9, sam, shes officially being retired. Shell live with the singh family. The chief here saying that hes not about to take another loved one from that family. Tom . Will carr for us tonight. Will, thank you. Next, to the stock markets wild ride. One day after posting its biggest point gain ever, the market staging its biggest comeback in a decade. The dow plunging more than 600 points earlier, then rebounding dramatically in the last hour, ending the day up 260 points, closing above 23,000. So, whats behind the massive swings . Abc chief Business Correspondent Rebecca Jarvis on wall street. Rebecca, help us out here. Reporter so, tom, around 2 00 today, it looked like that 1,000point gain from yesterday was something of a distant memory, but in the span of just 90 minutes, stocks clawed their way back to the biggest comeback in a decade. So, whats going on here . Well, essentially, this is not normal. These wild swings are not average. But there is a tug of war taking place right now, between those who believe the selloff weve seen earlier this year is not meant to be, is not necessary, and those who believe that it is not overblown, that they see next year as being a slowdown. And the tension in that is reflected in the numbers we received today about consumer confidence. A poll showing that consumers feel good about where things stand today, but when it comes to next year, theyre not as certain. Tom . All right, Rebecca Jarvis covering this wild ride for us. Rebecca, thank you. We do move on now to the government shutdown, now in its sixth day. Likely extending into the new year. The Senate Meeting for just minutes today. President trump returning from his surprise trip to iraq, immediately jumping back into the battle over the border wall. The president and democrats unwilling to budge. The standoff taking its toll on hundreds of thousands of federal workers wondering when their next paycheck will come. Abc senior Congressional Correspondent mary bruce is back on the hill. Reporter tonight, capitol hill is a ghost town. Day six of the government shutdown, and with no end in sight, 800,000 federal workers are now in limbo. Who wants to go to work and not know if theyre going to get paid or not . Reporter with two kids in college, department of justice employee tanya via says the uncertainty hits hard. Tuition starts back up at the end of january for two children. Reporter Anthony Bouldin works at the usda and is worried, too. For me, its just total uncertainty in terms of knowing how to budget for the upcoming months. Reporter with negotiations at a standstill, both sides are digging in. How long do you think the shutdown will last, mr. President . Whatever it takes. I mean, were going to have a wall. Reporter back from iraq, the president is back to battling with democrats. Today tweeting, have the democrats finally realized that we desperately need Border Security and a wall on the southern border. Adding, without evidence, do the dems realize that most of the people not getting paid are democrats . The president is insisting on billions to fund his border wall, blaming the shutdown on, quote, democrat obstruction. They all know you need the wall, or whatever you want to call it, but the one who is calling the shots is nancy pelosi. Reporter the democratic leader tells usa today the president is using scare tactics to build support for his wall, and shes mocking him, saying, now hes down to, i think, a beaded curtain or something. Pelosi is standing firm, promising to fund the government, but not the wall, when democrats take control of the house next week. So, no end in sight, at least for right now. Mary bruce joins us live from capitol hill. And mary, its looking like we wont see any progress towards a deal until at least next year. Reporter yeah, tom. It is all quiet here on the hill right now. And there are no more votes scheduled for this week. Now, once democrats take control of the house, theyre going to act quickly to try to put the pressure on the president , by passing that legislation to fund the government, but not his wall. But tom, right now, this is a true stalemate, and neither side is budging. Tom . Mary bruce on day six of the shutdown. Mary, thank you. New developments tonight in a story making national headlines. The fiance charged with murdering a young mother, last seen on surveillance, Grocery Shopping on thanksgiving day. Authorities have yet to find her body, but believe she is dead. Their toddler now at the center of a custody battle. Heres abcs clayton sandell. Reporter Patrick Frazee appeared in a colorado courtroom this afternoon. The man accused of killing his fiance, kelsey berreth, now in a battle over the couples daughter. Frazee coming facetoface with berreths grieving parents during a closed hearing. Late today, sheryl and daryl berreth left court after a judge granted them temporary custody of their 14monthold granddaughter, kaylee. 29yearold berreth was last seen shopping with kaylee thanksgiving day. Patrick, why dont you talk to us . Kaylee was with her father until he was arrested last friday. On a charge of first degree murder. You see him . Hes in cuffs. Frazee also facing a charge of solicitation to commit suggesting Police Believe he did not act alone. Patrick, did you have an accomplice . Did somebody help you . Reporter todays emergency custody hearing was scheduled shortly after frazee was arrested for berreths murder. Hell be back in court on those charges monday. Tom . Clayton, thank you. News tonight in the sex assault case against kevin spacey. Abc news obtaining audio of his lawyer in court, taking aim at spaceys then 18yearold accuser. Spacey breaking his silence this week with a bizarre video portraying his character from the tv show house of cards. A warning, some of the language is graphic in this next story. Heres abcs chief National Correspondent matt gutman. Reporter tonight, we learn that days before kevin spacey ended his year of silence with this cryptic video and my confidence grows each day that soon enough, you will know the full truth. Reporter his attorneys argued in a Massachusetts Court that there wasnt enough evidence for the former house of cards star to be charged with indecent assault on an 18yearold man. Abc news has obtained a recording of that hearing. Spaceys attorney, alan jackson, questioning the officer who took the testimony of the accuser, who claims that spacey groped him in a bar in 2016. If we were to stand and count off three minutes, you would agree, trooper, thats an incredibly long time to have a strange mans hands in your pants, correct . I would agree with that, yes. Reporter the attorney questioning why the accuser didnt walk away and instead was texting and even snapchatted video of the alleged incident. What the video shows is a persons hand make contact with the shirt, correct . Yes. Okay. Not any body part . Correct, you dont see any body parts. Reporter the defense attorney pointing out that the accuser told spacey he was 23 when he says spacey bought him multiple drinks. Now, tom, that accuser did not immediately report the alleged incident, but according to that police report, he did tell family and friends right away. Now, spacey denies the allegations, but if convicted, he faces up to five years in prison. Tom . Matt gutman with those new developments tonight. Matt, thank you. We turn now to the death of a second child in u. S. Custody along the mexican border. The mother of 8yearold felipe alonzogomez from gas guatemala urging authorities to return his body, after he died of an apparent illness on christmas eve. Facing heavy backlash, Homeland Security secretary Kirstjen Nielsen traveling to the border tomorrow. Dhs now promising more thorough medical screenings for all Migrant Children held by the u. S. And there is still much more ahead on world news tonight this thursday. The chaotic confrontation. A new york city Police Officer fending off several attackers inside the subway. One of them falling onto the tracks. What that officer said today about ending the standoff. Plus, the tragedy at a major tourist destination. Authorities investigating after a teen falls 700 feet to her death at a famous overlook. And the dangerous malfunction. Take a look at this. 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Reporter officer syed ali says a woman in the subway told him these men were harassing her. When he approached, he says they became aggressive. Instead of pulling his gun, officer ali kicks one man as he gets closer. At one point, one of the men falls onto the tracks, but survives. Life is precious and going to that weapon is not necessarily the first thing that we should be thinking about. Reporter the officer had no idea someone was recording. What was going through your mind . Just the safety. Safety was number one, for myself and then when i saw that guy trip over, i was like, holy cow, let me try to grab him. Reporter so you were thinking about their safety . Well, i had to, right . Thats life. Reporter and tom, tonight, three of the men have been arrested, theyre facing several charges. But officer ali says hes just glad it ended with nobody getting hurt. Tom . Gio benitez for us tonight. Gio, thank you. And when we come back, the twin mall brawls the day after christmas. 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Time now for our index, and authorities investigating a pair of mall brawls in connecticut, the day after christmas. Video from inside the Buckland Hills mall in manchester showing crowds fleeing for safety. At least 200 people allegedly involved in a fight there. Four are facing charges. One gun was recovered. Take a look at this. 15 miles away in milford, officers struggling to break up several fights involving groups of teens. Authorities in both cases are now reviewing surveillance footage. Also tonight, a teens deadly fall from a famous overlook. Authorities at Horseshoe Bend in Arizona First spotting and then recovering the body of a 14yearold girl. The teen was from san jose. She had been reported missing. The body was discovered 700 feet below a cliff. Authorities say the death appears to be accidental, but an autopsy is being conducted. A male hiker fell to his death at this same spot earlier this year. And a close call caught on camera for an illinois Police Officer. Dash cam footage showing the officer approaching a Railroad Crossing before suddenly swerving dramatically to the left, as a train blows right through. Another car, you saw, almost got struck, and the crossing gate not closing until after the train passed. Authorities acknowledged a mechanical failure. Now, to the 6yearold caught redhanded. Alexa, whats five minus three . Five minus three equals two. Not exactly a tutor there. A new jersey mom sharing the moment she busted her son using an alexa, amazons virtual assistant, to cheat on his math homework. The understanding mom said she was surprised because math is his favorite subject, but added she will turn off the device in the future. All right, when we come back, the final present under the tree, and a lifechanging moment for one little boy. Its america strong. Yeah, ive had some prettyeer. Prestigious jobs over the years. News producer, executive transport manager, and a beverage distribution supervisor. 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One more reason to save the best gift for last. 11yearold carter wyles is about to get the christmas surprise of a lifetime. This is from all of us, okay . All of us. Reporter thats his aunt, leah kiphart, offering him a final gift to unwrap on Christmas Morning. Inside, this family photo of the kipharts, showing carters aunt, uncle and his cousins, along with a very special letter. Carter, this is our most recent picture of our family. All of us would love for you to be in the next picture and to be part of our family. Carter, would you like to be a kiphart and be our son and brother . We love you. What do you think, buddy . Yes. Reporter his aunt and uncle surprising him with an adoption. Were going to adopt you, carter. Thank you so much. Reporter his aunt tells us carters adoption status was nearing a deadline, about to change so someone outside the family would be able to adopt him. This might have been the last time that we were ever going to see carter, and felt that it was really important for us to keep him in the family. A lot of people talk about how lucky he is. And were just as fortunate to have him join our family. Reporter and heres carter, describing that magical moment. For me, it was really emotional. It make me feel good that other people can enjoy, like, my happiness and my familys happiness. And we are. And we thank carter and his family for sharing their story and that wonderful moment. We thank you for watching on a thursday night. Im tom llamas. I hope to see you right back here tomorrow. For david and all of us here, have a great evening. Good night. A suspected cop kill effort is still on the loose tonight. The grief left behind. I want justice for my daughters. Case on hold. Find out whats delaying justice for the young woman attacked at random at a b. A. R. T. Station over the summer. What happened to the rent check . Im michael finney. We go looking to find out. 7 on your side is coming up. Live where you live, this is abc7 news. Right now, two manhunts are under way across northern california. One, for an armed and dangerous suspect who took the life of a Police Officer on christmas night. You have to understand this is not supposed to happen here. The other for an inmate who escaped from san quinten frpris. This is maximum security prison. Thank you for joining us. Im ama daetz. And im dan ashley. We have Live Team Coverage on the search for the two men. One shot and killed a Police Officer. He told me he came to america to become a Police Officer. Thats all he wanted to do. He truly loved what he did. And this is the picture of the suspect who is believed to have taken the life of corporal singh. Investigators are not yet releasing his name. The shooting happened christmas night in newman, about halfway between san jose and merced. There are late breaking developments on this manhunt 30 miles from the scene. Laura anthony is live from the Merced County town of nedo where deputies just served a search warrant. Reporter thats right, dan. We just saw deputies and officers from various agencies leave this area
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