Frozen ponds and the warning. The wellknown actress taking the stand in the Harvey Weinstein trial, staring him down. Her chilling testimony tonight. What she says happened in her own apartment. Weinsteins attorneys respond. The uproar over hair tonight. Two High School Students are told to cut their dreadlocks or risk suspension. And now the famous athlete telling the students, dont give in. The young woman convicted for texting her boyfriend, encouraging him to kill himself released from prison early. The scare on the court at the stlal yan open. The ball girl hit in the face. And the famous tennis star rushing to check on her. And remembering a giant of journalism tonight. The calm and steady presence at so many president ial debates. Good evening and its great to have you with us here on a thursday night. And we begin tonight with the growing concern amid that new suspected case of the mystery coronavirus right here in the u. S. This time, in texas. The patient, a student at texas a m university, recently back from the city of wuhan. We have news on his condition tonight, amid questions, was he around other students . As two more cities in china are shut down tonight, nearly 20 Million People now there under quarantine. The virus now detected in five countries. Passengers screened at a growing number of airports around the globe. Nearly 600 people sickened and at least 18 dead. And tonight, news of passengers being tested after landing in los angeles with possible symptoms as a precaution. And that case in seattle, a patient quarantined, treated by a robot. Abc b kbcs marcus moore leads from college station, texas. Reporter tonight, a suspected second case of that deadly coronavirus here in college station, texas. University, who recently went to wuhan, went to the e. R. With symptoms, worried he had the virus. Now selfquarantined inside his home. The hospital recognized that potential immediately and did all the correct steps. Reporter doctors says that young n may have even gone to classes before going to the e. R. , but they insist the risk to the public is low. The patient had mild symptoms and is improving, so that is a really good sign. Reporter at l. A. X. , where screening was already underway, a passenger is also being treated for coming down with flulike symptoms. First responders meeting his flight from mexico last night. And tonight, that First American patient diagnosed with the virus still in isolation outside seattle, as doctors try to reach at least 16 people known to have come in contact with him. In just the last week, the virus has now spread to five countries, sickening nearly 600, leaving 18 dead, mainly in owin han, to include around 20 million chinese citizens now banned from leaving three cities. Clinics overwhelmed as patients are screened. Public paces disinfected. Supermarket shelves bare. A city of couple of other cities in china. Thats never been done before. This is a giant Public Health experiment. Oi hope its success. J ng us now. When will doctors have the results for the student in texas . Reporter well, david, the cdc is conducting all of the testing and the samples get sent to atlanta. Once they arrive, it could take a day or two to know if this is a confirmed case. David . Marcus moore leading us off tonight. Marcus, thank you. We turn next to the drama on the hill tonight. The impeachment trial of President Trump. Day three of the senate trial. House managers today arguing the president abused his power, and what they showed, they say proof of the president s motive. Tonight, the president s team on how they plan to defend him. And abcs mary bruce on the hill again tonight. Reporter democrats today zeroing in on the central question of abuse of power. Using polls to argue President Trump only started pushing ukraine to launch investigations when he saw himself losing to joe biden. Fox news poll showed biden beating trump by 11 points. The president asked ukraine for this investigation for one reason and one reason only because he knew it would be damaging to an opponent who was consistently beating him in the polls. Reporter democrats point out the president didnt press ukraine until 2019, when polls showed the former Vice President was his biggest threat. Those polls do show a powerful motive that donald trump had. Motive that he didnt have the year before or the year before that. Reporter they argue the Pressure Campaign that followed amounts to abuse of power. No president has ever used his office to compel a foreign nation to help him cheat in our elections. Prior president s would be shocked to the core by such conduct. Reporter trumps team says abuse of power is not a crime and therefore not an impeachable offense. But chairman gerajerrold nadler tried to dismantle that argument using one of the president s top defenders to make his case. Playing old video of senator Linsey Graham from the clinton impeachment trial. Doesnt have to be a crime. Its just when you start using your office and youre acting in a way that hurts people, you have committed a high crime. Reporter democrats point out it wasnt just graham. That one of the president s own defense team and even attorney general bill barr have said, you dont need an actual crime to impeach. But the president s lawyer says, either way, they dont believe the president s actions warpt removal from office. The actions of the president do not reach that lefshlgs no matter which school of thought youre on. And were not afraid to put out both of those schools of thought. Reporter democrats now have one more day to make their case. Despite their disagreement, graham even praising adam schiffs presentation when they ran into each other in the cap tom. Hes wellspoken. Did a good job of creating a tapestry, taking bits and pieces of evidence and emails and giving a rhetorical flourish, making thema e alive. Sometimes effectively, sometimes a little over the top. But shaking hands there in the cop toll, that image making news all day today. Mary bruce live back on the hill tonight. Democrats playing that video of senator graham from the clinton impeachment trial where he said, you dont have to commit a crime to be impeached. His colleagues turning to look at his chair when that happened and he wasnt there . Reporter quite a moment, david, but senator graham was not there in the chamber, though it did get quite a few snickers from his colleagues when they turned to look at his e chai now, david, democrats have one before the trump team finally has a chance to respond,saturda. But tonight, sources tell us that they may opt for a shorter session on saturday so that the president s team can make the bulk of their response next week when more people are likely to be tuning in. Mary bruce again tonight. Anu rymanow, a, nd to australia, where those historic wildfires have now claimed the lives of three american firefighters. And tonight just in here, new images of that c130 that went down. Abcs maggie rulli just back from the fire zone. Reporter tonight, the worst wildfires in australias history claiming american lives. An air tanker carrying three american firefighters crashing while on a mission. The frantic emergency calls coming in. Fire comms message red speak to your captain message red crashed . Yeah, fire comms. Its just a ball of flames, over. Reporter the three were on board this massive c130 hercules nicknamed zeus, battling a fire near canberra. More than 200 american firefighters have deployed to australia since the fires erupted. At sydneys airport they were given a heroes welcome. On the fire lines, we met steve price from boise, idaho. Its an honor to come over here and help out aussies. Reporter the wildfires have killed at least 31 people since ptseembe acres burned. Its believed more than 1 id w investigating what may have caused this crash, but there were reports of high winds and dust storms in the area. David . Maggie rulli, who has been covering the fires for weeks for us, thank you. Back here at home, though that winter storm stretching from the gulf to the great lakes tonight, and then right into the northeast. Trouble expected along the i95 corridor. Spinouts on icy roads in southcentral kaas. And an ice storm coating trees in the ozarks. In arkansas, downing power lines, leaving people in the dark there. And Winter Weather alerts in at least 12 states at this hour, so, as always, lets get back to meteorologist rob marmarciano, tracking it all for us. Reporter david, were hoping the cold core of this storm shrinks. We still have Winter Weather advisories up, including ones for ice across parts of arkansas, from the missouri to the mississippi river, we have some snow in through there and heavy rain pushing up the ohio and tennessee rivers. Chicago to detroit, a snow to rain back to snow and then the heavy rain in d. C. On saturday morning, pushes up the i95 corridor. The rain moves farther north into new york and new england. On the back side, the snow zones turn white near the lakes. David . A really dangerous mix in the meantime. Rob, thank you. And this from new jersey tonight. Two teens have died after falling through thin ice in two separate incidents. In east brunswick, three boys fell into a pond. Two pulling themselves out, but a 13yearold did not survive. And two boys fell into a pond. 15yearold david tillberg. A new Jersey Police association calling it a tragic night. We turn now to the wellknown actress taking the stand at the harveyns trial, staring him down in court today. Her chilli ining testimony toni. What she says happened in her own apartment. Weinsteins attorneys responding. Heres a b kab cc erielle resh. Reporter tonight, that chilling first testimony against Harvey Weinstein. From sopranos star annabella sciorra. A supporting witness for the prosecution, taking the stand recounting in graphic detail the night she says weinstein raped her nearly three decades ago. Sciorra telling the jury the hollywood titan forced his way into her manhattan apartment. He started to unbutton his shirt. I realized what he wanted, it was pretty obvious. Tearing streaming down her face, sciorra demonstrating how he pinned her hands above her head as she fought back by punching him, kicking him. The actress claiming two weeks later she confronted weinstein. He lean into me and said, this remains between you and i. His eyes were black. I thought he was going to hit me right there. Sciorra says she drank and cut herself to cope with the trauma, but weinsteins defense team trying to undermine sciorras credibility, claiming she showed up drunk to the set of their movie, the night we never met, which she denied. How could you buy a house without telling me . Reporter weinsteins attorney pointing out that saying, you were 33 at the time . She says, correct. Pros she said she didnt see her costars in person until days later on the red carpet. David, this case focuses on two women, but at least six accusers are expected to testify against weinstein. Weinstein has pleaded not guilty to all five felony counts in this case and has maintained that hes never had nonconsensual nkx. You. And next this evening, the uproar over hair. Two High School Students have been told to cut their dreadlocks or risk suspension. Tonight, their parents say its discrimination. And heres abcs linsey davis. Reporter two texas teenagers are facing inschool suspensions and other disciplinary action tonight for refusing to cut their dreadlocks. 17yearold Deandre Arnold and his 16yearold cousin Kevin Bradford have both been warned about their hair. They attend Barbers Hill High School in mon belvieu, 30 miles east of houston, say its the length. Their family is from trinidad where dreadlocks are common. The district says if arnold doesnt cut his hair, they wont allow him to walk in his upcoming graduation. This small texas town is predominantly white and some have criticized the districts policy, calling it racially insensitive. But this School District says its a longstanding dresse wod the inception of our district 90 years ago. This is the first instance of any act coo sacusation that our code is biased. Reporter there was similar outrage in n y eweareyje ago, wo circulated of a High School Wrestler forced by a referee to have his dreadlocks cut before a match. New york, new jersey and california have all passed legislation banning discrimination based on natural hairstyles. Graduation on the line in this case, david. Linsey, thank you. We are remembering a giant of journalism tonight. Jim lehrer, who would become the dean of moderators in the president ial debates. Tonight, his rules of journalism. Good evening, im jim lehrer. Reporter lehrer, known for his calm and reassuring way. His interviews. And perhaps most of all, his steady navigation of president ial debates. He was the moderator o them, more than any other person in u. S. N the debate is over th i moderate, i want everybody to say, ok, here you have seen and heard the candidates for president of the United States on the same stage, at the same time, talking about the same things and you can judge them. You know, is he telling the truth, all that kind of stuff well, you see them right there together, its a huge test. Reporter jim lehrer was presented with the National Humanities medal. Bill clinton with words true today. Jim lehrer is a modern man of letters, who has left us a gift of professionalism and civility. Reporter born in wichita, kansas, he gan his journalism career in 1960, at the Dallas Morning News then at the dallas times herald. He was in dallas when president john f. Kennedy was assassinated in 1963. What the assassination did for me was forever keep me aware of the fragility of everything. Remembering a pioneer. Sharing his rules of journalism. Do nothing i cannot defend, cover, write and present every story with the care i would want if the story were about me. Assume there is at least one other side or version to every story. Assume the same about all people on whom i report. Reporter his words even more powerful today. Im jim lehrer. Thank you and good night. Jim lehrer was 85 years old. He is survived by his wife, three daughters and six grandchildren. 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