Ecuadorian embassy bearded, disheveled and shouting. They must resist. Uk resist. Reporter the ecuadorian government invited the british in. After seven years, assange had overstayed his welcome. Arriving at the courthouse, he was defiant. Giving his supporters a thumbs up. The judge called assange a narcissist who cannot get beyond his own selfish interests. Ecuadorian officials describe him as a sort of houseguest from hell, who behaved badly and lived in squalor. American authorities have been gunning for him for nearly a decade, ever since wikileaks First Published a trove of classified material from the u. S. Military, including this video of a u. S. Apache strike on suspected iraqi insurgents that killed civilians, as well. It was stolen by chelsea manning, a former american soldier. The u. S. Indictment accuses assange of helping manning hack Defense Department computers. Assanges lawyers today try to make the case that hes a journalist. This precedent means that any journalist can be extradited for prosecution in the United States for having published truthful information about the United States. Reporter todays indictment does not mention wikileaks role in the 2016 election. Publishing thousands of emails that Russian Hackers stole from Hillary ClintonsCampaign Chairman and the Democratic National committee. Wikileaks, i love wikileaks. Reporter in the weeks before the election, President Trump mentioned wikileaks nearly 140 times. This wikileaks is like a treasure trove. Boy, i love reading those wikileaks. Reporter so today in the oval office, abcs Karen Travers asked him. Do you still love wikileaks . I know nothing about wikileaks. Its not my thing, and and i know there is something having to do with julian assange. I know nothing really about him. Its not my deal in life. President trump just today. So, lets bring in david right from london tonight. The u. S. Wants assange extradited here to the u. S. What are the next steps . Reporter well, hes scheduled for his next Court Appearance may 2nd. Thats in three weeks time. His lawyers have made it clear that they want to fight extradition. They have several avenues open to them. Bottom line, this could take months or even years. David . David wright leads us off tonight. David, thank you. Back here at home tonight, and to that monster blizzard hammering the center of the country tonight. The storm raging across 18 states, and then the system moving east. Chicago and the northeast will feel this. Treacherous driving on the roads in minnesota. Look at that. Snow piling up from the slowmoving storm in rice lake, wisconsin, tonight. In fact, tens of thousands are without power tonight. Thousands of flights canceled. And the images are really something. Abcs alex perez is in st. Cloud, minnesota, for us. Reporter tonight, in minnesota, treacherous blizzard conditions with pounding hail. In neighboring wisconsin, wind and heavy snow slamming towns. E rs killed in a crash aking to near the denver airport. Also in colorado, a state trooper was injured when his car was hit by another driver. On the ground and in the air, chaos. Thousands of flights grounded or delayed in the last 24 hours. This, as whole communities are in the dark tonight. Downed power lines there on the left. About 25,000 without power in minnesota. Shaky power lines amid the ro h roughly 4,500 Power Outages in south dakota. Some interstates shut down. Many are still trying to reopen. The Sheriffs Department in south dakota with this warning. The roads are terrible. Just looks awful. Alex perez is with us from st. Cloud, minnesota, tonight. And alex, i know you were telling us, they plan to work through the night to clear the roads. Stay patrols, even the National Guard standing by tonight . Reporter yeah, david. The snow is piling up. Crews working around the clock to try to keep those roads clear. Theres already more than 500 crashes reported across minnesota. Officials here saying theyre doing whatever they can to keep things moving. But its going to be a long night ahead. David . All right, alex perez, our thanks to you. Lets get right to senior meteorologist rob marciano, tracking it all for us as this now moves east. Hey, rob. Reporter hi, david. Such an expansive storm and winds over 100 miles per hour. Two feet of snow. So powerful for mid april. Look at this. Wind alerts into the deep south. Its moving painfully slow. The low has yet to get out of nebraska, so, maybe a foot of snow north and west of there. Going to be a miserable night in minneapolis. And then strong storms ahead of this in the warm sector. Cincinnati in the morning, indianapolis, getting into cleveland and pittsburgh in the afternoon. And that line of storms getting into the northeast cities by tomorrow night. Not a very pleasant way to start a mid spring weekend. David . No, its not. Well see you tomorrow night, rob. Thank you. We turn now to the arrest tonight, after a sfes that destroyed several churches with africanamerican congregations. Three Historic Churches were destroyed in just ten days. A 21yearold man is now in custody tonight and charged with arson. And it turns out, he is the son of a local sheriffs deputy who was stunned, but who helped authorities prepare for the arrest. Abcs Steve Osunsami is in st. Landry parrish tonight. Reporter 21yearold Holden Matthews is being held without bond tonight. Police say that his father, a st. Landry parish sherriffs deputy, broke down into tears when he learned it was his son accused of burning three black churches here to the ground. Holdens father is an employee of mine. A fine man. He was shocked and hurt, as any father would be. Reporter the clue that led federal and state investigators to the deputys son was a red gas can found at the third fire on april 4th. All stations, we have a church on fire. Reporter authorities traced that can to a local walmart, and say that receipts and Surveillance Video show matthews buying the tools he needed to start the fires. At eac location. Ack to watch as re,ee firefighters risk their lives. We are better than this and this is a reflection of one depraved individual. Reporter on his facebook page, police found that matthews is fan of black metal, a version of heavy metal where the bands are often antichristian and sometimes neonazi. We saw an immediate threat to public safety. We felt that other crimes were imminent. Reporter the pastor at mt. Pleasant says the arrest is heaven sent. Im elated, im happy, im good. I think ill be able to sleep tonight. And Steve Osunsami joins us live. And authorities are still working to determine a motive, steve, but revealing the suspects father, that sheriff, helped in theory east of his son . Reporter thats right. The deputy worked with hiss boss to get his somebody out of the home so they could make the arrest without hurting anyone else inside the home. Hes not entered a plea in this case at this time. Im standing in the middle of whats left of the first church hes accused of burning down. Its nearly 150 years old and theyre promising to rebuild. David . Just awful. All right, Steve Osunsami tonight. Thank you. There are sweeping new charges against the lawyer who took on President Trump. Michael avenatti tonight is now accused of stealing millions from his own clients, including stealing from a 4 million settlement he helped win for a paraplegic man. Authorities say using stolen money to buy real estate and to buy this private jet right there, that federal agents have now seized tonight. Abcs chief National Correspondent matt gutman. Reporter Michael Avenatti famously crowed that he won millions for his clients. Tonight, prosecutors are saying that for several of those clients, what he won, he mostly pocketed. Mr. Avenatti received the money on behalf of clients and simply took the money to finance his businesses and personal expenses. Reporter a federal grand jury indicting the flash are l. A. Attorney on 36 counts of fraud, perjury and failing to pay taxes. The types of crimes he so often accused President Trump of committing. Avenatti is now accused of stealing millions from his clients to finance a luxury lifestyle that included a chain of coffee shops which he advertised on his race car suit, a big home, even a jet which prosecutors say he used client money to buy. Mr. Avenatti allegedly took all that money and used it to pay for his portion of a private jet, a jet, incidentally, that we seized yesterday. Reporter there it is being towed away from a Southern California airport. It is lawyer 101. You do not steal your clients money. Reporter one of alleged victims, geoffrey johnson, a paraplegic. Prosecutors say avennatti drained almost all of the 4 million he got in a settlement from l. A. County, giving johnson only money for rent at an assisted living facility. Tonight, the mans lawyer saying avenattis actions have left mr. Johnson destitute. Avenatti, who is already facing extortion charges in new york, has been characteristically defiant, denying all of the allegations. I will be fully exonerated and justice will be done. Thank you. Matt gutman with us live tonight outside federal court. And matt, Michael Avenatti is facing a second wave of charges tonight. If convicted, what kind of prison time could he face . Reporter and enormous amount, david. If convicted on all of those charges, he faces a combined maximum of nearly 400 years. That is a life sentence. And tonight, we are told that the Prosecutors Office is aware of additional victims and it is possible we might see additional indictments. Tonight, avenatti weighing in again, saying he denies all of the allegations and saying he is innocent. David . Matt gutman with us live tonight. Matt, thank you. Next tonight, to the huge outpouring in los angeles for slain rap star and activist Nipsey Hussle whats being called a celebration of life is taking place in the staples center. Thousands turning out to pay respects. An outspoken advocate for ending gang violence, he was shot and killed in front of his clothing store. President obama paying tribute in a letter, writing he saw potential, he saw hope. His family tonight describing him as a super hero, saying he made the world proud. Now, to the passenger jet making an Emergency Landing here in new york city. The American Airlines flight to los angeles returning to jfk after the pilot reported hitting an unknown object during takeoff. The left wing was damaged. The faa is investigating tonight. We turn next here to california, the couple missing for days in the mountains, footprints were the first clues to get to them. And then, a night time fire seen from the sky leading to the rescue. And the socalled life straw they used to filter out parasites from the water to survive. Heres abcs will carr. Reporter tonight, a first look at the harrowing Helicopter Rescue of two hikers stuck in pitch black, perilous conditions. Rescuers spotted a fire of the hikers that had been lost for almost five days. Amazingly, both were in good condition, but were stuck between two waterfalls on one of the most dangerous mountains if the United States. We just lost the trail. Eric desplinter, a former National Guards man, and Gabrielle Wallace set out for a day hike last saturday. We tried to descend through a valley, but that valley was more treacherous than we thought. Reporter these are for days, search teams scoured 19,000 acres, finally finding footprints. Both hikers were airlifted to safety and reunited with their family. Were very graceful to be found. Reporter to survive, the hikers say they rationed their food and used whats called a life straw. You stick this in water in the wilderness and it removes parasites and bacteria. David . Were just glad theyve been found. Will, thank you. Tonight, a White House Council from the Obama Administration is facing criminal charges that came out of the neweler investigation. A grand jury has indicted greg craig for alleged violations of foreign lobbying laws for his work in ukraine. Craig in private practice since 2010 denies the charges. And an israeli spacecraft bound for the moon crashed just moments before touchdown. The spacecraft was launched on a spacex rocket in florida in february, sending back this last selfie, just 14 miles from the surface. The disappointment clear on the faces of the israeli israeli isi Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu tonight saying they will try again. 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