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Others. Who is our person of the week. Good evening and its great to have you with us on a friday night. We end the week with the breaking headline from the white house. President trump demanding the resignation of tom price, the secretary of health and Human Services is out. Hell be replaced at midnight tonight comes after spending hundreds of thousands of dollars of your money on luxury jets and that list of cabinet members under fire for spending is growing. Interior secretary ryan zinke and Top Republicans are demanding an investigation and mary bruce on how much of your money taxpayer dollars has been spent and the questions now mounting tonight. Reporter as he boarded air force one tonight, it sounded like the president had made up his mind about Health Secretary tom price. Im disappointed in him. Hes a good man, but im disappointed in him. Reporter just minutes before, abcs jon karl asked the president if price was going to last. Youll make a decision about whether or not to fire price today . Probably sometime today. Im not happy, okay . Reporter by the time the president landed in new jersey, price was out. A senior white house source tells abc news the president asked the secretary to resign, and he did. The pressure had been building for days after reports price took more than two dozen work trips on luxury private jets. We have heard concerns. I have heard the criticisms. Clearly we werent sensitive to the taxpayer which is why ive taken the actions ive taken. Reporter those flights cost taxpayers more than 400,000. Price promised to personally reimburse the government, but only for the cost of his own seat just 52,000. Hes paying back 52,000 and the planes cost 400,000. Is that enough . No, thats unacceptable. No, that would be unacceptable. Reporter tonight, five cabinet secretaries are now under fire for expensive travel habits to the tune of more than 625,000. Today, interior secretary ryan zinke, defiant amid revelations he spent more than 15,000 on three private flights. Before we get started, id just like to address, in the words of general schwarzkof, a little bs on travel. Reporter zinke says he didnt have a choice. No commercial options existed to meet the promulgated schedule. Reporter also now under the microscope, Veterans Affairs secretary david shulkin. The Washington Post reporting taxpayers paid for his wife to fly to europe on an official trip, where they took in the sights and attended wimbledon. Just one month earlier, shulkin issued a memo telling employees to review their own travel procedures, writing, i expect this will result in decreased employee travel and generate savings. Investigations are already underway into two other cabinet secretaries for their travel habits e. P. A. Administrator scott pruitt who was under scrutiny for installing a 20,000 phone booth in his office and treasury secretary steve mnuchin, under scrutiny for taking costly government jets, including that trip to kentucky where he and his wife viewed the eclipse. Mary we wanted to show viewers at home because theres been enor nous turnover. Among the names on the list from left to right, tom price, steve bannon, michael flynn, Reince Priebus among others out of this administration. Some republicans have demanded an investigation into the spending here . Reporter republicans and democrats on the hill are demanding a full accounting of administration travel and the president s budget director sent out guidelines on the appropriate use of government and private aircraft. Mary bruce back on the story. Thank you. In the meantime the white house dealing with the growing humanitarian crisis in puerto rico. The acting Homeland Security chief under fire for calling the response a quote, good news story while the mayor of san juan took on the Trump Administration saying it is a life or death situation on the ground. Even the three star general on the ground there says more help is needed tonight. Heres abcs chief White House Correspondent jonathan karl. Reporter amidst growing frustration in puerto rico, a moment of anguish played out on National Television today as the mayor of san juan listened to acting Homeland Security secretary elaine duke praise the federal response. I am very satisfied. It is really a good news story in terms of our ability to reach people and the limited number of deaths that have taken place in such a devastating hurricane. Well, maybe from where shes standing its a good news story. When youre drinking from a creek, its not a good news story. When you dont have food for a baby, its not a good news story. Im sorry, that really upsets me and frustrates me. Dammit, this is not a good news story. This is a people are dying story. Its a lifeordeath story. Reporter we asked President Trump about dukes comments. Was elaine duke wrong to say that puerto rico was a good news story . Well, i havent heard what she said. I can tell you this, we have done an incredible job considering theres absolutely nothing to work with. Reporter the administration has been beefing up the militarys role, a threestar general now on the ground supervising the federal response. But today that general said it was not enough, and promised to bring in more resources. We will not rest, however, until the people of puerto rico are safe. These are great people. Reporter but the president is also raising questions about whether the federal government should pay to rebuild puerto rico. He has repeatedly brought up the islands large debt, tweeting this morning, Big Decisions will have to be made as to the cost of its rebuilding the government of puerto rico will have to work with us to determine how this massive rebuilding effort will end up being one of the biggest ever will be funded. Jon karl with us live from the white house. The president still plans to visit puerto rico on tuesday . Reporter he plans to go to puerto rico tuesday to get a firsthand look. The white house is very sensitive to criticism that the federal response has been inadequate including one senator who said this could be trumps katrina. I can tell you david that officials here are determined not to repeat the mistakes that president bush made during the katrina disaster. Jon, thanks. So much of puerto rico is still hard to reach. Nearly 3. 5 million citizens live there. Roads and bridges are out. And eva pilgrim where people have to hold on to a wire to cross rushes waters just to check on their homes. Eva. Reporter tonight nine days after Hurricane Maria ravaged puerto rico, nearby communities are unreachable. We journeyed southwest of san juan, along roads caked with debris, finally arriving at the town of morovis. This used to be part of a bridge that has completely collapsed in the force of Hurricane Marias wind. This town now completely isolated. Families forced to make a whiteknuckle crossing with only a wire to hold on to. Reporter you dont really have a choice . No, we dont have no choice. We just gotta do it. Reporter making the trek home with what few groceries he could find. Chicken. He says after maria hit he carried his father across the rapids, desperate to get him lifesaving dialysis treatment. I had to do it or he was going to die. Reporter with residents all across the u. S. Territory sweltering in long lines for everything from gas to cash, the three star general now in puerto rico to help lead the recovery efforts. Youve suffered a tremendous devastation, and were there with you. This recovery is going to take a very long time. Reporter more than 10,000 federal, civilian, and military personnel are on the island. Eva pilgrim with us. We heard the general say more help is need and the u. S. Navy hospital ship the comfort is on the way. How long will it take to get there . Reporter the comfort took off from the naval base and expected to arrive here in puerto rico sometime next week. David. Eva pilgrim with us tonight. Thank you. To make matters worse another major threat facing the people of puerto rico. Another tropical system is headed their way, flash flood watches up for this weekend. Lets get to rob marciano who have spent many days in puerto rico. Its not a hurricane but it will bring heavy rain. We have another tropical wave near florida. Lets zoom to puerto rico. Flash flood watches up through the weekend. Two, three, four inches of rain as it difficulties off to the west. The radar is down. The radar is up and working for florida. As this wave drifts north wood. 40 chance of development especially for the east coast of florida. Four five inches of rain through the weekend and nasty weather in through next week. Thank you. In other news tonight, the new developments in the deadly shooting in a Tennessee Church. The gunman in custody. What investigators now say they have discovered in his car. Abcs pierre thomas. Reporter tonight was a Tennessee Church shooting for another church massacre. Sources saying police found a note in the chappem mass shooting referencing the rampage at the church in charleston south carolina. Roof executed nine people simply because of race. He was charged with walking into the Tennessee Church. Mass casualty incident. The shooting ended a white woman fatally shot and six wounded. Possible six victims. Reporter tonight the fbis investigating a shooting as a possible hate crime. Sources tell abc news the note found in similar sons car is one of the reasons why an investigation. New surveillance from the take down of a star Football Player Michael Bennett. Bennett accused the police of Excessive Force and racial profiling. Reporter tonight, new video shedding light on this now infamous takedown of a star nfl player. Seattle seahawks defensive end Michael Bennett at a Las Vegas Casino last month. Accusing officers of racial profiling, pointing guns and using Excessive Force. Tonight police said they found no evidence of Excessive Force and officers will not be charged. Going through the evidence, its evident that they acted appropriately. Reporter police now say they were acting to reports of an active shooter. Yelling at him to stop thinking he could be the suspect. Bennett continues to run. The officers tell bennett they are looking for the suspect. What am i being arrested for . Earlier this month bennett told byron pitts he was terrified and thought he was going to die. What did he say to you . Well blow your [ bleep ] head off if you move. Reporter authorities tonight saying they also found no evidence of that. David. Thank you. Next here a forceful message from the supervisor of the u. S. Air force academy after five black candidates woke up to messages saying go home. Grab your phones. If youre outraged by those words than youre in the right place. If you cant treat someone with dignity and respect you need to get out. Tonight the superintendent says he will continue to investigate this. Cuba warning americans not to visit there and ordering more than half of its staff to return home. After those mysterious attacks. Abcs Martha Raddatz with what shes learned. Reporter the mystery is so deep, the Health Effects so serious, that tonight the state department is ordering all nonessential Embassy Personnel and all Embassy Families to leave cuba, and warning americans to avoid travel to cuba. The state Department Also suspending all routine visas to the u. S. Issued in cuba. Very bad things happening in cuba. Very bad things. Reporter the attacks, including sonic harassment, began late last year, more than 20 diplomats targeted in their homes and havana hotels. Reports of permanent hearing loss, confusion, loss of balance, and mild traumatic brain injury. One victim reportedly jolted from bed by a blaring, grinding noise, but just a few feet from the bed silence. It was like passing through an invisible wall with an invisible assailant. We dont know who is responsible. We dont know what is responsible. Reporter Officials Say they cant rule out that cuba, russia, or some other third party is behind the attacks. Today jetblue responded to the travel warning saying they would waive any cancellation fees if customers have any hesitation about visiting the island. But so far no tourists have been targeted in these mysterious attacks. Martha raddatz who continues to follow the mystery in cuba. Still much more on world news tonight. This friday the Police Officer killed and another officer saved by his bulletproof vest after a suspect opens fire. Where this played out and the manhunt. O. J. Simpson set to walk free monday. Where is simpson headed . What we are learning tonight. New york to shanghai in 39 minutes . Would you take the trip in this new vehicle . Well be right back. Your body was made for Better Things than Rheumatoid Arthritis. Before you and your rheumatologist move to another treatment, ask if xeljanz is right for you. Xeljanz is a small pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well. Xeljanz can reduce joint pain and swelling in as little as two weeks, and help stop further joint damage. Xeljanz can lower your ability to fight infections, including tuberculosis. Serious, sometimes fatal infections, lymphoma and other cancers have happened. Dont start xeljanz if you have an infection. Tears in the stomach or intestines, low blood cell counts and higher liver tests and cholesterol levels have happened. Your doctor should perform blood tests before you start and while taking xeljanz, and monitor certain liver tests. Tell your doctor if you were in a region where fungal infections are common and if you have had tb, hepatitis b or c, or are prone to infections. Xeljanz can reduce the symptoms of ra, even without methotrexate, and is also available in a oncedaily pill. Ask about xeljanz xr. Next tonight o. J. Simpson set to walk free after his final weekend in a las vegas prison and tonight the breaking headline is florida now trying to keep simpson from coming there. Heres abcs Senior National correspondent matt gutman. Reporter tonight prisz officials guarding the details like a state secret. I tried to be helpful to everybody. Bracing phenomenon an onslaught of pop raz zi the minute he walks free. Another person vowing to hound an o. J. Simpson fred gold man. What would that picture look like . Disgust. Gold man who won a judgment against simpson for the murder of his son says simpson ohs him 60 million. It might as well be 6 billion. Simpsons lawyer scoffing at the notion. Hes been in prison for the last nine years. And the nfl pension, untouchable. David simpson said he wants to move to florida to be near his children but complicating that is the paperwork to get him there still has not been filed and now the Florida Attorney general weighing in saying she objects to his relocation there. David. Matt gutman on this for us. When we come back new details about the officers shot and killed. 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To the index of other news. A suspect in custody after shooting two georgia Police Officers killing one of them. Authorities arresting Seth Spangler after an urgent manhunt in pulp county. He fled after opening fire during a traffic stop. Detective Kristin Hearn died from her wounds. A second officer survived planks r thanks to his vest. Space exfounder elon mask says this could carry passengers from new york to shanghai in 39 minutes. That same rocket which could fly in five years could bring passengers to mars to be continued. Look who is 40 tonight. A major milestone for abcs 2020. The Empire State Building lighting up the building in 2020 colors tonight. Elizabeth vargas and i were flipping the switch. The famous tower will shine blue and white in honor of the season. And that view couldnt help ourselves and we could not celebrate this without thinking of hugh downs and Barbara Walters who for so many years telling you at home were in touch so you be in touch. 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New clearminis from nexium 24hr. See heartburn differently. If youve got a life, you gotta swiffer and finally tonight, our person of the week. The little girl who bravely fought a fierce battle and she won. And she later made the promise to herself to one day return to the scene of that battle to help others in their fight. Tonight right here in our person of the week. Reporter this week, 24yearold montana brown started a new job as a pediatric nurse at Aflac Cancer Center at childrens healthcare of atlanta, a place she knows well. Shes a twotime cancer survivor herself. First diagnosed at two with a rare type of Childhood Cancer affecting muscles and bones, and then again at 15. Both times, she was treated with at the very same hospital where she returns to work. She remembers that. The nurses here the love they showed me really helped me and pushed me to want to become a nurse. Montana knows what its like to be young and up against a battle. It was a calling she knew early on. I would always say im only going to Nursing School to do pediatric oncology. I dont want to do anything else. Im going to school strictly to do that. Holding her new badge tonight. A dream realized. Im not walking through the doors as a patient. Im walking through as a staff member and i get to be an idea of hope and inspiration for other kids. And so we choose montana brown. Thank you for watching. Im david muir. A beautiful sunset and the 20 clsh 20 colors turning 40. Well see you tonight at 10 00 p. M. Until then, good night. Paulsboros a very proud community. Its been on the decline with the closing of the refineries and theres no jobs in the community. If theres no jobs, theres no education, theres no food on the table. Whats important is the children. Steve sweeney. He fought for em. This is where hes from. Steve sweeneys been here since the beginning. Steve spearheaded the whole project and really brought it to fruition. It wouldve never been done without steve. It was a pride in building this port and then knowing that were coming back. This is jeopardy here are todays contestants an attorney from aurora, colorado. A pool room owner from columbus, ohio. And our returning champion, a bartender from new york, new york. Whose 3day cash winnings total. And now here is the host of jeopardy alex trebek [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome to our program. Austin, as you can tell, is a lot of fun as our champion. Colin and jim, welcome, and good luck to all three of you. Here we go into the jeopardy round. Pay attention to these categories, if you will

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