China. The president suggesting a twomonth recession could be the result of a muchneeded trade war. Meantime, the race for 2020 and what joe bidens wife, the american father accused of killing a hotel worker, he says he was defending his family. Returning to that caribbean island to face manslaughter charges tonight. He says he would do it again. The outrage. A room full of teenagers appearing to give the nazi salute. Major questions about the schools response. And your health tonight. New guidelines for gene testing when it comes to Breast Cancer and ovarian cancer. Good evening and its great to have you with us here on a very busy tuesday night. And we begin tonight with the disturbing new headline, after el paso and dayton, tonight, news of three new threats. Three new arrests. Authorities say these threats of Mass Shootings in three separate states. Police in florida hand cupping this 15yearold boy with his mother by his side. He is accused of ta. These new arrests come on the heels of three other threats. At least a half dozen in the last week. The fbi warning about a rise in domestic terror and possible copycat shooters, and authorities believe this is proof of that. Abcs Victor Oquendo leads us off. Reporter youre watching Police Body Cam video of a 15yearold florida boy, whos face has been blurred, being arrested in front of his mother by two officers for allegedly threatening to shoot up his school. Authorities reading that threat allowed oud to the teen and his father. I vow to bring my fathers m15 he didnt do anything wrong. Hes still a little boy and hes not one of the crazy people out there doing stuff. Reporter tonight, police releasing the 15yearolds mug shot, which weve blurred. His comment was reported to the fbi. A written threat is a seconddegree felony in florida. Across the country, police say theyve potentially thwarted several mass shooting threats. In indianapolis, 38yearold truck driver Thomas Matthew mcvicker was arrested. Authorities say they stopped him less than a week before he planned on attacking a church in memphis. In the criminal complaint, police saying mcvicker said, i was thinking about shooting a church up, but im afraid how it will affect my family in the flesh after im gone. And in seattle, 35yearold eric lin was arrested for allegedly writing on facebook that he would kill all hispa c hispanics in miami and other places. These three arrests make at least six mass shooting threats in the last few days. Including 20yearold James Reardon from ohio, who police say threatened to shoot up a Jewish Community center. And posted this disturbing video on his instagram. And this dramatic Police Body Cam video. Do you have any weapons we need to know about . Reporter capturing the moment florida officials arrested tristan wix in daytona beach, after he allegedly texted his girlfriend his intenses to shoot as many as he could, writing, a good 100 kills would be nice. Victor oquendo with us live tonight. And victor, authorities on high alert in the wake of these recent Mass Shootings across the country. And do we know any motives in any of these cases yet . Reporter well, david, while we know the fbi warned of potential copycats, no motives have been revealed in any of these six cases. Authorities questioning them all tonight and they continue to urge the public to be on the lookout. David . Victor, thank you. And now to the urgent manhunt in california at this hour. A suspect wanted for the stabbing death of a former administrator at cal state fullert fullerton. Surveillance swing theusct ght there, drunng om the scene parking lot. And what police found under the victims car. The suspects backpack and what they found inside. Abcs Adrienne Bankert from california tonight. Reporter tonight, police rereesing this Surveillance Video of who they say is a killer on the loose. The first images of the suspect in a violent homicide on the cal state fullerton campus. Authorities say this video shows the suspect running from the parking lot where 57yearold steven chan, a retired College Administrator who was working as a consultant on campus, was found on monday, bleeding to death from multiple stab wounds. Police tonight releasing this sketch of the suspect, an asian man in his mid20s with black hair, wearing dark clothing. He was seen driving off in this black newer model bmw. Officers using bloodhounds to scour the scene. This was a targeted killing, sadly. We believe that the suspect came here specifically with the intent to harm the victim. Reporter police also say they found a backpack underneath inside the backpack was an incendiary device. Also found inside the backpack were middle items that one would potentially use to kidnap somebody. Reporter those items reportedly including zip ties and wigs. And david, police say that they believe the killer has cuts and lacerations to his own hands. Investigators say that anyone connected to the victim right now is considered a possible suspect. David . Adrienne bankert reporting in. Adrienne, thank you. Now, to the severe storm threat at this hour. Damaging winds, hail and possible tornadoes from nebraska all the way to the east coast. In fact, three confirmed tornadoes damaging homes in iowa, including one touching down in lacona. They confirmed these twisters just a short time ago. Downed power lines catching fir, these images from new jersey. Those storms moving into the east tonight and the northeast tomorrow. So, lets get right to meteorologist rob marciano, of course, as always, tracking it all for us. Hey, rob. Reporter hi, david. Another active night of summer storms. Several frontal boundaries sparking this heat and humidity. Ch out on radarcope ere. Of closer to the warm front here in the northeast where the zone for potentially damaging storms from philly to new york, through much if not all of new england. Dangerous lightning, as well. David . Rob, thank you. Next this evening, the at oe coast of onbod just one of the dozen boats searching. The man vanished while fishing, and some of their equipment has now been recovered. Abcs Steve Osunsami is in florida tonight. Reporter more than 200 volunteers in 75 boats are out in the Atlantic Ocean tonight, looking for any trace of the missing firefighters. Many of the searchers are firefighters themselves, some from the same firehouse in jacksonville, florida, where brian mcclue nee was a sixyear veteran. Hed be out here searching for anybody who was missing, as well. Reporter mccluney and his friend Justin Walker went fishing friday, and are last seen here in this image from a security camera. Youre holding hope . Absolutely. Absolutely. This is a rescue mission. Reporter walkers wife is seen here today getting on a search plane. I need toe up there, ke im. Reporter the search area is beyond massive. The two men left from port canaveral, hours south of jacksonville. Authorities are now searching as far as a 100 miles north of this area and another 70 miles east into the ocean. On monday, a volunteer found this tackle bag that belongs to one of the missing firefighters, but it was more than 100 miles from where the men went missing. Stephanie mccluney hopes that her husband put the bag in the water on purpose, like a breadcrumb to his location. He strategically took out heavy items. He only had things that he knew we could identify. Reporter theres a bit of talk here about a debris field, but authorities here say they cant too much stock into that, because theres plenty of trash in the ocean. They do say they have recovered the cover of a cooler that might belong to the two men. David . All right, Steve Osunsami in jacksonville. Thank you, steve. Now, to President Trump tonight, who today was asked art china. The president conceding e ining quote, twomonth recession, in his words, could be the result of what he describes as a muchneeded trade war. The president contradicting his own aides who said there was not a payroll tax cut in the works, but what the president said today when asked. Heres Abcs Cecilia Vega tonight. Reporter President Trump today defending his trade war with china, saying its worth it even if it hurts the economy. Whether its good for our is. Try or bad for our country i am doing this whether its good or bad for your statement about, oh, will we fall into a recession for two months, okay . The fact is, somebody had to take china on. And the smart people say thank you very much and the dumb people have no idea. Reporter the president standing his ground despite growing concern his trade war could help bring on a recession. A new says the president s 10 tariff on chinese goods could cost American Families an additional 1,000 each year. The white house now trying to tamp down economic fears during a reelection campaign, but their messaging far from consistent. This morning, aides insisted a payroll tax cut is not on the table. Is that payroll tax cut being considered . Its not being considered at this time. Reporter but just hours later payroll tax is something that we think about and a lot of people would like to see that and that very much affects the workers of our country and we have a lot of workers. Reporter still, the president insists there will not be a tax cut any time soon. Hes promised tax cuts before for the middle class, ahead of last years midterms, only to abandon the idea after election day. Lets get right to cecilia vega. There was a lot of news out of the white house today, as you know. President trump also making headlines with new attacks tonight against omar and talib. As you know, he said this. Wheres the Democratic Party gone . Where have they gone where theyre defending these two people over the state of israel . And i think any jewish people that vote for a democrat ah, i think it shows either a total lack of knowledge or great disloyalty. Cecilia, made immediate headlines. Reporter it certainly did, particularly from some of the largest and most prominent jewish organizations. The head of the Antidefamation League says its time to stop using jews as political footballs. And david, tonight, from the American Jewish committee, their ca theyre calling these comments, quote, divisive, disrespectful and unwelcome. E so celia, thank you. And the new headline tonight in the race for 2020. Joe bidens wife, dr. Jill biden, and what she said about her husband, even if hes not your favorite candidate. That that should not be the deciding factor, according to . Eporen wit t appeal to voters. You may like another candidate better, but you have to look at who is going to win. Reporter her pitch, even if youre not with joe biden on every issue, you should support him anyway if you want to beat trump. You know, your candidate might be better on, i dont know, health care than joe is, but youve got to look at who is going to win this election. And maybe you have to swallow a little bit and say, okay, i personally like so and so better, but your bottom line has to be that we have to beat trump. Reporter in iowa today, the former Vice President asked about his wifes comments. She was making the case, you should pick the person you think could win, because none of our issues will matter if donald trump wins. That was the point she was making. Reporter its also the point hes making in his First Campaign ad. We have to beat donald trump and all the polls agree joe biden is the strongest democrat to do the job. Mary, any reaction tonight from the other Democratic Candidates . Reporter well, david, no response directly to jill bidens come pents, but bidens opponents say they can beat trump, too. They argue that voters dont have to make this choice, that they can follow their principles and still defeat the president. David . Mary bruce live in washington. Thank you, mary. Now, to major developments in the Jeffrey Epstein case. Three more victims suing his estate. And two say it happened while he waest a during work reas acelet. He reporter tonight, three n accusers are taking aim at the estate of Jeffrey Epstein, including two women who claim they were coerced into sex with epstein during his work release back in 2009. The alleged incidents took place at his office and his home while epstein was even wearing an ankle monitor. He was having office visitors, some who were flown to him from new york and continuing to engage in similar conduct literally while he was in quote unquote jail. Reporter one accuser claims she was 17 when she was first groomed by epstein in new york back in 2007, during the same time he was under federal investigation for alleged sex crimes against more than 30 minor girls. It comes as were learning new details about epsteins will, signed just two days before his suicide. His estate valued at nearly 578 million, including 56 million in cash and 18 million in planes, cars and boats. The value of his collection of artwork and antiques still subject to appraisal. Epsteins sole surviving relative is his brother mark. We know that epstein set up a trust, we just dont know who the beneficiaries are. But we do know that many of these alleged victims were seeking justice and now they wont get a criminal trial against epstein. By filing some of these lawsuits, their attorneys are going after those assets, david. Linsey davis with us again tonight. Thank you. Now, to a high school in california under fire tonight, just before the start of the new school year. Disturbing new video appearing to show teenagers giving a nazi salute. The Garden Grove School district says it happened last november at an offcampus banquet. The school telling abc news tonight it became aware of the video months later and, quote, it strongly condemns the behavior. Those School Officials are refusing to say how they handed out any punishment. There is still much more ahead on world news tonight this tuesday. The former Major League Baseball players facing charges tonight. Well tell you what theyre accused of. Also, the father accused of killing a hotel worker, now breaking his silence tonight on the eve of his return to a caribbean island to now face manslaughter charges. He says he would do it again to protect his family. Your health tonight. There are new guidelines for gene testing that doctors hope could help detect cancer. Well have the e the tails on that. And prince harry and meghan markle, why they faced backlash and while elton john is stepping in tonight. He was a longtime friend of Princess Diana. He did not like what he saw with her and hes not happy with what hes seeing so far with duchess meghan. A lot more news ahead tonight. . So does his energy. New depend® fitflex underwear offers your best comfort and protection guaranteed. Because, perfect or not, lifes better when youre in it. Be there with depend®. Ay e bad news . Your patience might not. New depend® fitflex underwear offers your best comfort and protection guaranteed. Because, perfect or not, lifes better when youre in it. Be there with depend®. I was told to begin my aspirin regimen, blem. And i just didnt listen. Until i almost lost my life. My doctors again ordered me to take aspirin, and i do. 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But happgood says mitchel pulled a knife on him and demanded money, claiming mitchel then stabbed and bit him during a struggle. Hapgoods daughters ran for help. Officials say mitchel died of positional asphyxia and blunt force injuries. It was a terrifying incident. I know that i and my family were victims, and i know that the truth will come out. Reporter a toxicology report obtained by abc news shows mitchel had a blood alcohol level more than twice the u. S. Legal limit, and had cocaine and marijuana in his system. Abc news has not independently verified the report, and authorities in anguilla would not confirm the results. David, hapgood says he acted in selfdefense, protecting his family, something he says hed do again if he had to. David . All right, eva, thank you. When we come back, new guidelines for gene testing when it comes to Breast Cancer and ovarian cancer. Also tonight, the middle School Teacher murdered just two weeks into the school year. 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Finally tonight here, the b unpeed ea uithwc tonight america stro. Right there with of his belove teacher at Cane Bay High School in charleston, south carolina. Eddie hall in his black sweatshirt. They were performing hair spray. So much to be thankful for, including his new wife, jessica. After the honeymoon, his biggest test yet. Two days later they told me i was in kidney failure, 15 , and needed a transplant. Reporter he needed a kidney transplant and fast. Anonymous donor was found and eddie went in for surgery. Doing all right, eddie . Yes, maam. All right. Reporter in that hospital room, along with eddies wife, so many of his students. I dont want him to ever go without knowing that we love him. Reporter they were there for him and hours later, mr. Halls surgeons told his wife and his students it was a success. Thank you. Thank you so much. Reporter it was definitely worth that group hug. Get in here everyone get in here reporter tonight, he is back at school, ready for another year. Its night and day. I feel fine. Hes running circles around me. Im exhausted. Reporter but the story didnt end there. Eddie wanted to meet that donor, to thank her in person and she came to his school. Hi hi its so nice to meet you. Reporter she is dr. Stacy lee and she traveled all the way from montana. Its no nice to meet you. Its so nice to meet you. How are you feeling . Great. How do you feel . I feel really good. Reporter and that donor with a message. You realize there are good things, too, and i really wanted to be apart of something so beautiful and soed goo. Reporter and tonight, that drama teacher grateful. Great to see mr. Hall back at school and that doctor, that donor who traveled all the way from montana. Im david muir. Good night. Now news to build a better from this case is the largest ebfraud ever charged criminally in the state of california. An oakland businessman accused of targeting immigrants trying to get visas. Instead accused of using their money to be buy real estate including oaklands tribune tower. Good afternoon and thank you for joining us. Im ama daetz. Im larry beil. Thom henderson appeared in federal court today only hours after being arrested one of three men facing federal charges in this case. Kumasi aaron spoke with the u. S. Attorney about the charges and joins us live. Reporter they were supposed to create 2,000 jobs in oakland but instead the u. S. Attorney told me those three took more than 100 million from more than 200 people mostly from china pa to citizenship here in the u. S. Now their money and dreams are gone. Live, learn enjoy. Safe investments to set your family on the path to american citizenship. Thats the first thing you see on the website for San Francisco Regional Center. But according to this indictment, the people who used the company werent safe. They were schemed. 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