Now, the dna sets him free. And the big discovery tonight. The earthlike planet nearby. Good evening. And we begin tonight with the horrific scene still unfolding at this hour in italy. Where rescuers are frantically trying to get to those trapped under the rubble after a devastating earthquake. Hundreds are still missing. These images coming in a short time ago. Rescuers pulling a baby from under the wreckage. And tonight, at least 159 dead, hundreds more injured. People stunned in the streets today. The 6. 2 magnitude quake unleashing more than 200 aftershocks already. Felt all the way to rome, 100 miles away. Our team has made it to the scene. The desperate rescue operation is still unfolding tonight. Our chief Foreign Correspondent terry moran leading us off. Reporter tonight, rescuers are in a race against time, find survivors. Rescue teams have been working all day with dogs in this town. Just a few minutes ago, one of the dogs seems to have alerted on this rubble. They put a listening device in there, hoping against hope. Dozens already rescued from under the huge piles of stone and wood. This man speaking to an 80yearold woman pinned beneath a collapsed building. Can you breathe . He asks her. Telling her to stay calm, and, we are waiting for help to co and help did arrive. She was eventually saved and brought to a hospital to recover. And this afternoon, more signs of life in the rubble. Rescuers pull a little boy and then a little girl out of the wreckage. Both survivors. Overwhelmed residents banding together with rescue workers to help anyone still trapped, moving debris like an assembly line, stone by stone. This team working tirelessly in near silence shh who might be calling for help. Officials say scores have been found, but the death toll is steadily rising. At least 159 now declared dead. Those are the hardest moments. Its been just over 17 hours since the quake. Theyre still pulling bodies out of the rubble. The 6. 2 magnitude quake rocked central italy just after 3 30 this morning. Cctv capturing the shaking at this Hardware Store near the epicenter. The electricity had gone. Nobody could see anything. Some people grabbed their phones. We were able to make our way down the stairs into the garden. Reporter many people spending the night in terror outside. The quake so strong, it was felt nearly 100 miles away in rome. But it was when the sun rose that people saw the full breadth of destruction. The view from above shows just some of the devastation. The mayor of amatrice saying his town isnt here anymore. The before and after pictures of main street, a grim testament to the destruction. What was once a picturesque stop rubble. We walked through the ruined streets, through the devastation and the aftershocks. Now, with nowhere to go, some residents taking refuge in a tiny field, a officials bring in backhoes and bulldozers to get to anyone else trapped before time runs out. This mans relative is still stuck under a building. They made us leave, just like that, he says. And theyre left under the rubble. And terry moran joins us now from the quake zone there in hundreds of people missing tonight . Reporter there are, david. In particular, here in this village, the hotel roma flattened, just a little ways from here. 70 people were believed in that hotel, only five bodies have been pulled from the rubble. And thats one of the problems. Nobody knows how many people were in this town. The population is normally about 2,500. But a big festival scheduled this weekend, there may have been as many as 10,000 people here. David . Terry moran leading us off tonight. Terry, thank you. Are also monitoring what authorities are calling a tornado emergency in the middle of this country. Multiple twisters reported around the indianapolis area late today. A tornado watch across the state, in effect at this hour. And this image tonight, children taking cover in the hallway at Northview Middle School outside indianapolis. Meteorologist rob marciano tracking the severe storms hitting tonight, all part of this system. But first, abcs alex perez with the first tornado pictures coming in now. Thats a tornado. Reporter tonight, tornado emergencies in and around indianapolis. Seek shelter, lowest level of your house immediately. This is a confirmed tornado. Reporter multiple twisters touching down. Right there. Reporter the National Weather service calling it a particularly dangerous situation, as School Children hunker down in hallways. The people inside this now destroyed starbucks, hiding in the bathroom. Miraculously surviving with no injuries. Homes ripped apart. That same system now pounding the heartland for more than 24 hours. Near omaha, winds gusting to 96 miles an hour, snapping trees and crushing cars. Its a mess. Its going to be a little while getting this out of here. Reporter more than eight inches of rain in parts of iowa, flooding roads. And david, still a very active situation with these storms. Vice president ial candidate, indianas governor, mike pence, now leaving the campaign trail to return to the Hoosier State and assess the damage. David . Alex, thank you. Lets get right to rob marciano now, because this same system is bringing Severe Weather tonight. Reporter and more rounds to the same spots. Three tornadoes on the ground right now, there you see it on the radar. Also one towards ft. Wayne, also defiance. Tornado on the ground there. Were going to see several more rounds of this backbuilding through kansas, kansas city. And what doesnt bring Severe Weather will bring some flooding potentially with these storms. Heading into chicago by tomorrow morning, and again in through indiana. So, folks will have to be on guard tonight. Particular, the model showing it headed towards florida. Reporter yeah, were concerned about this tropical wave. Getting close to puerto rico now. Gaston is not going to be an issue. But this wave will strengthen. Hurricane hunters have been in this thing, measuring 50 miles an hour. Its not closed circulation. No name. Were confident on the steering winds bringing this towards florida around sunday, were just not confident how strong its going to be. If it becomes a Tropical Storm or a hurricane, its name will be h hermine. All right, well stay on this. Rob, thank you. We turn to other news tonight, and to the American University in afghanistan under attack tonight. Students barricaded in classrooms, explosions and gunfire erupting at the university in kabul. Tweets, messages sent from inside the school. And the state department now warning americans in the city to stay away from the area. As this continues to unfold, abcs chief Global Affairs correspondent Martha Raddatz now with late repoing. Reporter militants stormed the American University in kabul. Witnesses hearing a loud explosion and gunfire. In classrooms. One of them, massoud hossaini, a photographer for the Associated Press, sending out this harrowing message. This may be my last tweets. He kicked our door by his feet, two times. Everybody were panicked. Reporter he jumped from a secondstory window to escape. Afghan Security Forces searching the campus for the terrorists in the unfolding attack. Its unknown if any americans were inside. The state dert people to stay away. At least a dozen injured, taken to a local hospital. Some people are believed to still be stuck inside the campus. With todays attack, what was once considered a symbol of hope for afghanistans future is now clearly in the crosshairs. David . Martha raddatz tonight. Martha, thank you. Now, to the race for president. And tonight, Donald Trumps new Campaign Team has now been in place for a week, and it would seem, trump is sticking to the clinton and the Clinton Foundation, but new headlines about trump donating to the Clinton Foundation, too. And we stay focused here on those key battlegrounds. And a new poll tonight, showing the race very tight in north carolina. Clinton and trump in a dead heat. And trump this evening making very overt pleas to hispanic and africanamerican voters to give him a second look. But will it work . Abcs Jonathan Karl with what hes now saying. Reporter it seems, for now at least, theres a new donald trump. Relentlessly on message, focused squarely on taking down Hillary Clinton. Her actions are criminal. They are purposeful and theyre totally calculated. She knew what she was doing. Reporter for the candidate who once promised to outlaw teleprompters, they are now everpresent. And as he aims at Hillary Clinton, trump is also trying to soften his image. I think were doing really great with minority voters. Are you doing anything specifically to reach out to them . Reporter actually, the overt appeal to africanamericans and hispanic voters is new. Trump is making a controversial pitch, implying virtually all minorities live in crimeridden and impoverished neighborhoods. To the africanamerican voter, great people, to the hispanic voter, ill be able to make sure that when you walk down the street in your inner city or wherever you are, youre not going to be shot. Your childsn shot. Reporter its not trumps only change. During the primaries, he outlined the hardest of hard lines on immigration, promising to deport all 11 million undocumented immigrants. Youre going to have a deportation force. Were rounding them up in a very humane way, in a very nice way. Reporter now hes talking about dropping that proposal. There certainly can be a softening, because were not looking to hurt people. Reporter that would be a big flip on a core issue, but the so, youre okay with him changing his position on that . I want him to change his position. Thats the best way. Dont be stubborn, his way or the highway. We cannot afford that anymore. You got to work with it. And jon karl with us live in mississippi. And jon, we heard the supporters you just talked to there, if trump softens on immigration, it seems fine by them. Reporter theres no question that the rank and file supporters here are with him no matter what, but david, one prominent hard line conservative supporter, ann coulter, had a different take, saying, i think this is a mistake. It sounds like its coming from consultants. David . Jon karl with us live again tonight. And meantime this evening, as donald trump turns up the heat on Hillary Clinton and the Clinton Foundation, her surrogates out in force. Former president bill clinton jumping in tonight. And how the trump team answered when asked, didnt donald trump donate to the Clinton Foundation himself . Heres david wright. Reporter tonight, under celebrity friends. Justin timberlake and jessica biel hosted a starstudded fundraiser 33,000 a ticket. Sports legend Magic Johnson and cher are raising money, too. Cher even took some pot shots at donald trump. Ive been watching him speak, you know, with the teleprompters. And its like, do you remember fun with dick and jane . Its like racist fun with dick and jane. Reporter but as clinton smiles with the stars, her team is in full damage control mode, pushing back against tough scrutiny of the Clinton Foundation. The Associated Press reports that as secretary of state, more than half the meetings she had with people outside government were big donors to the foundation. Donald trump calls it a vast pay for play scheme. Reporter but trump himself has donated. Asked why, his Campaign Manager said this 100,000, at least, to the Clinton Foundation. Was he giving that money pay to play . The Clinton Foundation does a lot of good work. And i also want to say that for the record, they do. So he wasnt paying to play . No, he was not paying to play. Reporter tonight, bill clinton is defending his foundations work. Were trying to do good things. If theres something wrong with creating jobs and saving lives, i dont know what it is. I have nothing to say about it. Im very proud. Reporter clintons supporters say trump is in no position to criticize. Credibility talking about any of these issues until this man releases his taxes. Reporter today, trumps son eric says, dont hold your breath. You would have a bunch of people who know nothing about taxes trying to look through and trying to come up with assumptions on things they know nothing about. It would be foolish to do. And david wright is with us live in brooklyn tonight. David, Clintons Campaign is now defending those meetings she had with Foundation Donors while she reporter thats right, david. The list includes some notable philanthropists, including melinda gates, and even some Nobel Peace Prize winners. Among them, the late elie wiesel. David . David wright on the campaign trail. David, thanks. The pentagon tonight identifying the american soldier killed in afghanistan we reported on last night here. Staff Sergeant Matthew thompson, a green beret from irvine, california, died in a roadside bomb attack. He was advising Afghan Forces on patrol in helmand province. There are currently about 9,800 american troops deployed in afghanistan. Back here at home now and to philadelphia, and to a striking moment making national headlines. A man who spent 25 years in prison, tried twice. Dna now setting him free. And abcs linsey davis with the interview tonight. Reporter this is what freedom looks like for a man who spent more than half of his life behind bars. We did it, you know what i mean . Today is our day. Today is our day. Of Louise Talley in philadelphia back in 1993. A crime hes always said he didnt commit. God is good. Yeah, he is. God is good. God is good. Reporter after the Innocence Project took on wrights case, the dna of a career criminal was found inside the victim. That was three and a half years ago. But wright, a father, and now grandfather, still remained behind bars. The District Attorney insisted on a retrial. The jury cleared him in just an hour. How are you not bitter . If you angry all the time, it will ruin you. Especially being behind that wall, man. Reporter for now, hes enjoying the taste of freedom. Ive been waiting 25 years to eat a meal like this. Reporter linsey davis, abc news, philadelphia. Linsey, thank you. There is still much more ahead on world news tonight this wednesday. 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Early this year, bresch was asked if she thought drug prices should be regulated to make them more affordable. I hope not, because i dont think the answer is price controls. There are certainly outliers that are grabbing great headlines, but its not its not the answer. Reporter top Senate Members giving mylan a deadline, two weeks to respond to the pricing probe. And a spokesperson for the maker of epipen, mylan, saying that theyve personally contacted all of those members of congress and look forward to meeting with them. David . Thank you, adrienne. When we come back here, a major recall at this hour from mcdonalds. Also, that wild shootout at a gas station, that female passenger caught in the middle. And that earthlike planet. We asked, just how close is it . . Some relationships you stick with. Over time, they get even better. Thats why more people stick with humana medicare advantage. We Work Together with you to find the best plan, however your needs might change. 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Heavy rain along the 17 right now from south of cactus up north of greenway where we saw the shot and then to the east, past 7th street and to the rainfall. Thunder and lightning as well near 59th and bell and to the northwest more heavy rain too along the 303 at this hour. Right near happy valley park way. We have a lot to track and more for the rest of the evening here through 8 00 p. M. , 9 00 p. M. , the chances taper off. In the meantime we could see scattered showers across the area. The ones to the northwest moving in are struggling. They arent likely to do anything here across the north valley continuing to spread to the south and east so we will track it for you throughout the evening. Major new developments happening now, a guessing game, two killers in california who have made a stop in our state. The only good news from the abc 15 live desk the three kids kidnapped by the couple have been found safe in new mexico. 2, 3 and 5 but their mothers