Jongun over the size of their Nuclear Buttons. Is this helping . The fire reported late today from Hillary Clintons home. The delta flight turned around twice because of a mysterious noise. And the other flight, the frustrated passenger escaping through the emergency exit. And your money tonight. If you received a gift card for chris has for a store you dont shop at, how do get money for something else. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a very busy wednesday night. That major storm slamming into the east. The track now shifting. Well show you in just a moment here. But first, the hurricane that blew through the west wing today. Steve bannon turning on this white house, turning on the president s family. President trumps onetime chief strategist and close friend now calling that meeting at trump tower with don jr. , Jared Kushner and that russian lawyer, quote, treasonous. Tonight, the president is now firing back. Abcs senior White House Correspondent cecilia vega leading us off. Reporter former white house chief strategist steve bannon tonight out with bombshellac cue sagss about that now Infamous Trump tower meeting. Donald trump jr. , Jared Kushner, Paul Manafort and a russian lawyer whom they were told had dirt on hillary clinton. In an explosive new book, bannon calls the sitdown treasonous, unpatriotic, and he says team trump, quote, should have called the fbi immediately. Don jr. Has downplayed the meeting. In retrospect, i probably would have done things a little differently. For me, this was Opposition Research. Reporter his father has defended him. I think from a practical standpoint, most people would have taken that meeting. Its called Opposition Research or Even Research into your opponent. Reporter the president insists he was not aware of the meeting during the campaign. But bannon says theres no way thats true. Saying the chance that donald trump jr. Didnt walk the attendees right up to his Fathers Office after the meeting ended was, quote, zero. And he warns, theyre going to track don jr. Like an egg on national tv. Just months ago, the president lavished praise on his former chief strategist. I have a very good relationship, as you know, with steve bannon. Steves been a friend of mine for a long time. I like steve a lot. Reporter tonight, an unprecedented public rebuke. The president saying in a statement, quote, steve bannon has nothing to do with me or my presidency. When he was fired, he not only lost his job, he lost his mind. The president accuses bannon of leaking to reporters and exaggerating his role, adding, steve is learning that winning isnt as easy as i make it look. I think furious, disgusted would certainly fit, when you make such outrageous claims and completely false claims against the president , his administration and his family. Reporter the bombshell book is due out next week. Abc news obtained an advanced copy. Veteran journalist Michael Wolfe obtaining extraordinary access to the west wing. He reports that many on team trump, including the candidate himself, thought they would lose, and that Campaign ManagerKellyanne Conway was actually interviewing for a tv job. Wolfe says First Lady Melania Trump did not want her husband to win and was in tears when he did. He also writes that daughter ivanka discussed with her his the possibility of running for president herself one day. The white house dismissing it all as trashy tabloid fiction. So, lets bring in cecilia vega tonight. And we listened also the white house was pressed today on how this writer got so much access to the west wing. Its hard for reporters like you to knoll these visits occur because the Trump White House doesnt release visitor logs. So, how was he granted so much access and did he, in fact, speak with the president . Reporter well, david, because we dont have the white house logs, we only have the white houses word to go on. They, today, told us that this author was at the white house more than a dozen times. 95 of that, they the request of steve bannon. They concede that this author did have one very brief conversation with President Trump after he was elected. David, the author says that he spoke to more than 200 people, many of them, the president s closest aides. A lot of time spent in the west wing. Cecilia, thank you. We turn now to that storm, slamming into the east coast. As i mentioned, that track now shifting, which means more snow and hurricaneforce winds are possible. Some calling this a winter bomb cyclone. Right now, the storm barrelling up the coast, snow and freezing rain in florida and georgia. In the midatlantic overnight. And here in the northeast by morning. Tomorrows commute will be treacherous. Dangerous conditions already on i95. A multivehicle pileup in south carolina. At this hour, several states of energy already, blizzard warnings in effect. Abcs Steve Osunsami from georgia now. Reporter the storm theyre nicknaming the bomb is shutting down highways, air pots and cities dont, turning lives literallyup florida to maine. Were asking, if you dont have to be out here, please dont be out here right now. Reporter already, 17 people have died in the bitter cold and now this. Roads are so slick in the carolinas, theyre pulling drivers like this one out of ditches. On i95 tonight, crews are responding to this multicar pileup. I think everyone is completely freaking out, as you can see, the towns shut down. Reporter in south georgia, where snowplows are as rare as snowflakes, Police Report that more than 220 people have been hurt in accidents near savannah alone. This was our slippery trip there. Its just ice. We are on top of ice. This is the most snow this region has seen in nearly 30 years. Abcs Victor Oquendo is in florida. Reporter florida Highway Patrol shutting down long stretches of interstate 10 because of this, take a look. The bridges frozen over. Reporter stacy pelosi and her husband vince are trying to fly home to new york, but all flights are canceled and now the storm is heading to where they need to be reporter in massachusetts, theyre brags for a noreaster. Weve bought lots of water. We do have heat in the house, which is great. Reporter many schools are already closed tomorrow. Bracing up and down the coast tonight. Steve osunsami with us live from savannah. We see the frozen fountain behind you, steve. And this ice is already causing Power Outages tonight . Reporter thats right, david. 50,000 people here in georgia and florida are in the dark tonight and that number is expected to rise as the storm continues to move north. But theres another issue on this end of the storm, all of this ice is expected to melt and then refreeze, which means days of icy roads. David . Steve, our thanks to you. Lets get right to ginger zee. The traffic shifting. More snow now, and possible hurricaneforce winds . Reporter this storm is rapidly intensifying. Its happening now. Its a storm that brought savann savannah, georgia, more snow theyve seen since midatlantic coast. Thats where you see the blizzard warnings popping up. Thats where the wind gusts get above 35 miles an hour. You do not want to be on theed radios. Youre not going to be able to fly out of a lot of the airports by the midmorning and it moves up into the afternoon into new england, coastal new england is where we see 70pl 70plusmileanhour winds. Theres some of the snow swaths of what to expect. More than six inches in a lot of spots. And the cold behind it, david, is even colder than weve seen already. Wind chill advisories as far south as boca raton, florida. Ginger, thank you. We turn next to north korea tonight, and President Trumps tweet to kim jongun. The president saying his Nuclear Button is, quote, much bigger and more powerful than the north korean leaders. Is this helping with so much at stake . Heres abcs chief Foreign Correspondent terry moran tonight. Reporter it was kim jongun who started it, hurting this taunt during his new years address. The u. S. Should know that the my table, he said. The president s response, a tweet. And even for donald trump, this was one a too si. I, too, have a Nuclear Button, but it is a much bigger and powerful one than his, and my button works. Trump has spent months heaping scorn on kim, but his latest tweet, so schoolyard, so personal, drew sharp and shocked reactions. This is dangerous. To continue this kind of, almost childs play. Reporter at the white house, press secretary Sarah Sanders was asked about President Trumps Mental Fitness after that tweet. I think the president and the people of this country should be concerned about the Mental Fitness of the leader of northwenorth korea. Reporter kim jongun has steadiliey escalated his nuclea threat. Showing hes capable of striking the u. S. Then, in september, a sixth nuclear test. And now, this Nuclear Standoff seems utterly personal. The president s overturn 2d 00 years of diplomatic tradition and made this a oneonone fight with kim. Reporter the real danger here, analysts say, is miscalculation. A nuclear hair trigger, two leaders taunting each other, no open channel of communication. It could be, they say, a recipe for accidental war. David . Terry moran, our thanks to you. And breaking late today in the russia investigation, President Trumps former Campaign ChairmanPaul Manafort now timing a suit against Robert Mueller and others. So, lets get right to Pierre Thomas tonight. Pierre . Reporter david, the Manafort Team wants the indictments against him thrown out and is claiming Rod Rosenstein aseeded his power when he left the russia investigation expand into manaforts businesses. Manaforts lawyers are slamming the probe, saying it goes way too far, allowing special counsel bob muler cart blanch to investigation anything he stumbles across. Investigating overseas business dealing that tonight, a Justice Department spokesperson is discussing manaforts claims, saying the lawsuit is frivolous. David . Pierre thomas, thank you. The senate tonight has two new democrats this evening, their rogue the republican majority now to just one seed. Alabamas doug jones sworn in today, escorted by former Vice President joe biden. And minnesotas former lieutenant governor, tina smith, now sworn in to replace al franken. We turn next here to the case making national headlines. A call to 911 from several states away. Police then showing up at a home in kansas. It turned out the 911 call was fake, swatting, as its called. But an officer did open fire, and an innocent man was killed. Heres abcs Senior National correspondent matt gutman with new developments. Reporter tonight, the california man accused of that prank 911 call that led to the death of a stranger 1,500 miles away is preparing to face charges in kansas. Wanted by the state of kansas for a criminal offense . Yes. Reporter that alleged criminal offense . Its known as a swatting call. This is 911. Whats going on . I shot him in the head, hes not breathing anymore. I already poured gasoline all over the house, i might just set it on fire. Do you have any weapons on you . Yeah, i do. Reporter police raced to the address the caller gave them, completely unaware of that 911 call. 28yearold andrew finch opened his front door. Show your hands Reporter Police say when he lowered his hands, one officer, fearing he had a weapon, opened fire. Killing finch. A Police Investigation showed that finch, who was unarmed, had nothing to do with that 911 call and had no apparent connection to barriss. Tonight, finchs mother is can demanding not only that barriss be held responsible, buzz always the Police Officers involved. David, barriss is suspected in at least 20 previous swatting incidents, including a threat phoned into our los angeles station. He could face Second Degree murder charges. David . Matt gutman tonight. Thank you, matt. Next, an alarming turn in the case of an American Woman and her family. They were rescued from afghanistan, held by the taliban. Theyre now living in canada. And tonight here, the new reporting, the husband, joshua boyle, is now under arrest, charged with Sexual Assault and other criminal offenses that allegedly took place after they were back. Heres abcs linsey davis tonight. Reporter joshua boyle, the canadian man held hostage by the taliban for five years, behind bars tonight in ottawa. The 34yearold is charged with 15 criminal offenses, including physical and Sexual Assault of a woman, physical assault of a child and unlawful confinement. Abc news is not identifying boyles alleged victims. The alleged assaults took place after boyle returned to canada in october with his american wife and children after five years of captivity in pakistan. Kate lcaitlan coleman was six m pregnant when the couple was kidnapped during what their families called a hiking trip in afghanistan. While in captivity, she gave birth to three children. She says they witnessed their mother being beaten and raped by guards. And afterwards, they the animals wouldnt even give me back my they wouldnt even give back clothes. Reporter upon their return to freedom, boyle talked about what he hoped to rebuild. It will be of incredible importance to my family that we are able to build a secure sanctuary for our three surviving children to call a home. Reporter his wife has now released a statement, saying, ultimately, it is the strain and trauma he was forced to endure for so many years and the effects that that had on his mental state that is most culpable for this. His wife went on to say that she and the children are, quote, healthy and holding up as well as we can. And in a statement to abc news, Joshua Boyles lawyer said hes never been in trouble before, we would look forward to receiving the evidence and defending him against these charges. See davis tonight, thank you. There is still much more ahead on world news tonight this wednesday. The new Health Headline tonight. How to spot when someone in your family is sick, before the obvious symptoms. Also, the new headline and the amber alert we reported on last night here. What weve just learned. And new surveillance images just out. Authorities want everyone to see these, coming up. The fire reported late today from Hillary Clintons home. And your money tonight. 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