Teenagers behind the deadly prank. And remembering a wellknown actor who made so many laugh. Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a tuesday night. We begin tonight with two leading senators taking on president trump. One of them standing on the floor of the senate late today saying i rise to say enough. Arizonas jeff flake adding, i will not be complicit. It comes just hours after republican senator bob corker reignited his very public feud with the president. Corker calling the president , quote, an utterly untruthful president. President trump unleashing a twitter attack, and tonight, the white house responding. Abcs mary bruce leading us off. Reporter standing on the senate floor, the republican senator delivered an extraordinary indictment of the republican president , calling donald trump reckless, outrageous and undignified. I rise today to say enough. Reporter arizona senator jeff flake says he will not run for reelection, because he is so disgusted. The personal attacks, the threats against principles, freedoms and institution, the flagrant disregard for truth or decency, the reckless provocations, most often for the pettiest and most personal reasons. Reporter and to his colleagues, a warning that, quote, silence can equal complicity. We have fooled ourselves for long enough that a pivot to governing is right around the corner, a return to civility and stability right behind it. We know better than that. Reporter calling it a matter of duty and conscience, flake now joins a wave of Top Republicans ripping into the president. The morning, it was senator bob corker, letting loose on gma. I would just like for him to leave it to the professionals for a while. Reporter in response, the president unloaded in a barrage of tweets, claiming he refused to endorse corker. Saying he couldnt get elected dog catcher. And calling the influential head of the Foreign Relations committee a lightweight, incompetent, adding people like little bob corker have set the u. S. Way back. Corker, who has called the Trump White House an adult day care center, tweeting back, same untruths from an utterly untruthful president. Alertthedaycarestaff. He told reporters everyone sees through trumps bullying. And i think that the worst of it is going to be just the whole debasing, if you will, of our nation. Reporter you think the president is debasing the nation . I dont think theres any question. Reporter corker was an early supporter of trump. But asked if he would do it again, he said, no way. It all comes the same day the president traveled to the capitol to rally republicans on tax reform. Mr. President , any comment on senator corker . Reporter but his feuds are overshad doefing his agenda. Does any of this make the president pause and wonder if he is doing anything wrong . That he bears any responsibility . Look, i think the voters of these individual senators states are speaking in pretty loud volumes. I think that they were not likely to be reelected and i think that shows that the support is more behind this president than it is these two individuals. Lets get to mary bruce. And mary, the white house says senators corker and flake are from states that voted for president trump. Theyre still around for awhile, and the president needs their votes, especially with his big push for tax reform. Reporter exactly, and david, a reminder of the math here. Senate republicans have just a twovote majority. Now, you have two Top Republicans who dont feel the pressure of reelection, and arent exactly inclined to just fall in line behind the president. But some republicans are happy to see them go. A source close to steve bannon told abc news his reaction tonight, another day, another scalp. David . Mary bruce leading us off tonight. Mary, thank you. Next tonight here, to new video obtained by abc news and new reporting tonight. Who ambushed and killed those four special ops soldiers . We now know the Mission Changed for those four soldiers and their team. Morphing into a Second Mission for a high value isis target. And tonight, was it more than the pentagon, was the cia involved . Heres our chief investigative correspondent brian ross. Reporter u. S. Intelligence authorities tonight are examining this video of a militant group, active in the area of the niger ambush, young men with motorbikes and heavy weapons. Shouting allahu akbar, god is great. Looking to see if the two dozen or so men were directly involved in the deadly ambush that killed the four u. S. Soldiers with the attackers all escaping on motorbikes. The video was provided to abc news by a former us military expert on west africa, the images reportedly recorded around the time of the attack near the village where it happened, the men speaking in local ethnic dialect. It says, if we capture them, what are we going to do with them, one of them says, well decapitate them. Reporter Rudolph Atallah spent years in the region for the u. S. Military, and says the video was actually shot by the leader of the local militant group, named abu walid, who last year pledged allegiance to isis, he is certainly one of the high value individuals that the u. S. Government is looking at. Reporter u. S. Forces have been in niger for four years now, training local troops and waging a secret war against terrorists that also involved the cia. So are they taking risks . They are. Reporter two senior u. S. Intelligence officials tell abc news tonight that the mission went from reconnaissance to kill or capture, after the unit received information that a high value target had been located some eight hours away. They were ordered to move on his location, but found nothing. Did the Mission Change . That is one of the questions thats being asked. Its a fair question. Reporter the ambush took place as the unit returned to base, low on sleep, their movements now being tracked by the militants. Help did not arrive for two hours. And brian ross back with us tonight. And we know the pentagon has said that when the original mission was planned, contact with the enemy was, quote, unlikely. We are now hearing that this Mission Changed to a kill or capture mission, so, the question, were these american soldiers adequately prepared for that change in mission . Reporter david, thats the key question. Investigators have been told, there was a second Green Beret Team that was supposed to chopper in and meet up with the first team, but they never made it. Now the question tonight is, david, why . Brian ross tonight and your team, thank you. Now to the dangerous weather on both coasts tonight. A dangerous commute here in the east. Thunderstorms, wind and rain. A Regional Airport in hickory, north carolina, take a look, ripped apart by severe winds. And this home in shelby, north carolina, pushed right off its foundation. Reports of several tornadoes. And heres abcs linzie janis. Reporter tonight, high winds toppling trees, sending them crashes onto cars and power lines across the northeast. Its the same system that rocked the southeast overnight. In the carolinas, multiple ef2 tornadoes now confirmed. In spartanburg, south carolina, jesse sparveri huddling in the backseat of his car as the storm moved through. My car was shaking uncontrollably. At one point, i thought my car was actually in the air. I had no idea where i was. Reporter his windows shattered, a wooden projectile landing in the drivers seat. Treatments snapped. A tractor trailer overturned nearby. Our gio benitez is in north carolina. Here at hickory Regional Airport, were seeing some unbelievable damage. Take a look. A hangar just destroyed. Planes tossed around like toys. Reporter a half foot of torrential rain causing flash flooding in boone. This vehicle floating away. Wes berry caught in his minivan. Wave of water washed over the hood and it stalled out. Reporter in the west, critical fire conditions in parts of southern california. The region now a tinderbox. More than 4,000 firefighters battling blazes across the state. And david, these storms have made a mess at airports. More than 750 flights canceled. Nearly 300 of them here at newark airport. David . Linzie janis, thank you. Lets get right to ginger zee tonight. And ginger, youre tracking these storms and the record heat and the fires in the west tonight. Reporter absolutely, david. Both, and lets start on the east, where weve seen the front just passing now here in new york city, but to our north and southeast, near boston, hearing of numerous trees down. Back toward that low pressure system attached to the cold front, lake superior, giant waves, lake michigan, too, and gusts up to 60. Wait to take you through the timing. Its over by noon tomorrow, out of new england. Then, the headline, 103, a record high in downtown los angeles. Red flag warnings, those heat advisories including Santa Barbara go through tomorrow for many, because the heat will still be on for game two. But tonight, david, will be the hottest World Series Game on record in l. A. All right, ginger zee with us tonight. Ginger, thank you. We turn next here to the killer on the loose in a florida neighborhood. Three murderers in ten days, as weve been reporting. And now, the urgent hunt for this person. They want to talk to this man. Tonight, the simplest tasks, from going to the Grocery Store to walking the dog have now become a real concern. Abcs Victor Oquendo from tampa. Reporter tonight, a tearful plea from the father of monica hoffa, one of the victims gunned down in tampa. I need that community to stand up and i need them to point out, you know, who that man is. Reporter hes the person of interest tampa police are desperate to find, spotted near the site of the first of three shootings. Three victims killed in less than two weeks. Police say the crimes are connected. Parents today escorting their children from school. I used to walk but with all this commotion going on, ive been driving. Reporter all the shootings within a half mile. Benjamin mitchell shot and killed around 9 00 p. M. While waiting at a bus stop. Four days later, monica hoffas body was found in an empty lot. Shed been walking to a friends home. Six days after that, 20yearold Anthony Naiboa killed after hopping the wrong bus after work. Today, just a block from there, we met ron and sarah, after a grocery trip that will no longer make at night. 7 00, were in the house now. Reporter youre not going outside past dark . No. Reporter inside, their guns out of the safe and ready. They wont even walk the dog without carrying a weapon. Now is the time. Ive got to protect my family. Reporter a community, living in fear, prepared for the worst. The mayor and the chief of police promising not to stop until the killer is caught. David . Victor, thank you. An air canada flight not responding to a call to abort their landing. Authorities fearing there was already a passenger plane on that runway. Heres abcs transportation correspondent david kerley tonight. Reporter the message was clear. A jet cleared to land in San Francisco sunday air canadkan na dcanada 781,. Reporter told six times in 37 seconds to abort its landing. Go around. Reporter the problem, controllers worried that an aircraft already on the ground might not get off the runway in time. Controllers tried the radio three more times, even using a flashing red light gun to no avail. The a320 landed, safely. Finally contacting the tower. Air canada 781, theres something with the radio here. Thats pretty evidence. Reporter this, after the july incident at the same airport, same airline. A jet lined up to land on a taxiway occupied be four other jets. A disaster avoided as the air canada pulled up, just feet from one of the aircraft. Any time you have two instances of something that are very similar, its a red flag. Is there a problem with procedures . Is there a problem with training . Of crews flying into this particular airport . Reporter air canada says the pilots were cleared to land and it will land into why they didnt receive the ininstructions from the tower. But that airline is now subject of two faa investigations. David . David kerley, thank you. And next, more than a month now after puerto rico was struck by that devastating hurricane, threequarters of the island are still would power. Tonight, your money. At stake, 300 million in fema disaster funds. And the Montana Company given the contract to get the power back on with just two workers when it landed that contract. One lawmaker tonight, saying this does not pass the smell test. And heres abcs pierre thomas. Reporter more than a month after Hurricane Maria hit puerto rico, 75 of the island is still in the dark. And tonight, new questions about the company that landed a key contract, hired to restore power. Whitefish energy, a private Montana Company with just two fulltime employees, awarded a 300 Million Contract by the puerto rico electric power authority. Were doing what we can with what we have and we plan to be here until everyone has power. Reporter the company showcasing its work on twitter. Saying its newly hired team of 300 now working to rebuild those towers in puerto rico. But tonight, some democrats are already calling for an investigation into that contract. Whitefish energy is from whitefish, montana, population just over 7,000. Hometown of interior secretary ryan zinke. Look, ive been at this for 25 years, and this does not pass the smell test. Reporter zinkes office telling abc news he knows the owner because they both live in a small town. Adding that the secretarys son worked a summer job at the company. But today, his office was emphatic. Neither the secretary, nor anyone in his office, have taken any meetings or action on behalf of this company. Whitefish says theyre simply the best team for the job, pointing out they use helicopters and repair buckets that reach 70 feet higher than typical power trucks. We specialize in difficult and mountainous terrain projects. Every day that theyre without power is a day that economy isnt functioning, its another day people are suffering. Reporter david, purt lee copes governor said today they had little choice, that whitefish was the one company willing to do the work without payment upfront. But he added the contract will be audited. David . Pierre thomas tonight, thank you. Two new congressional investigations involving former secretary of state hillary clinton. Republican leaders in the house launching an inquiry into why the Obama Administration allowed a Russian Company to acquire u. S. Youranium lines and if russian donations to the Clinton Foundation played any role in that. And a year after the election, republicans with a separate inquiry, as well, as to why the fbi decided not to charge clinton for her use of a personal email server. There is still much more ahead on world news tonight this tuesday. Remembering a wellknown actor who made so many of us laugh. Also at this hour, we do have breaking news coming in involving the standoff with a Fugitive Police officer who cut off his gps track ecker. What weve learned. Those boulders thrown from an overpass. The father who was killed. And there is news tonight about the teenagers behind the deadly prank. And news of big changes this evening for the megamillions lottery. What it means for your chances of winning now. Of winning now. A lot more news ahead. R mom and. 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Authorities say the teens then went to mcdonalds. Heres abcs adrienne bankert. Reporter five teens led into court in shackles, facing the possibility of life in prison accused of a cruel and deadly stunt. Deputies say the group of 15yearolds and withone 17yead threw more than a dozen rocks at cars from this michigan overpass. One of them striking Kenneth White on his way home from work. Something came through the windshield, hes now unconscious. Reporter a sixpound rock hits white in the head and chest, killing him. Authorities say other cars were damaged, and that afterwards, the teens went to eat at mcdonalds. White leaves behind four children, including a 5yearold son. He keeps asking about his daddy. And i tell him, hes not coming back. Reporter one of the teens lawyers saying the penalties could vary. Although the charges are the same, the kids are all different. The actions that the kids may have become involved in are all different. Reporter family members heartbroken. 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For so many months, vincent could be found shooting hoops with his friends. The trouble is, his familys membership to that private gym expired. And he could not afraid to renew it. He was determined to keep playing basketball. It was kind of like a magic show. He would just randomly appear. All of our entrances and exits are blocked and sure enough, he would just show up on the basketball court. Reporter he was given several warnings and was told its not okay to trespass. Enter officer mario vilente. You kind of size up people pretty quickly. Reporter he knew that i have sent just wanted to play ball. He offered 150 towards vincents gym membership himself. And inspired by that officer, the gym then waved hundreds in fees. That membership was extended for two years. For the officer to respond the way he did and turn what could have been a negative situation into an unbelievably positive situation, i thought that was really fantastic. Reporter and that player tonight, grateful to that officer. I think that was real nice. I said thank you. That meant a lot. America strong. Im david muir. I hope to see you right back here tomorrow. Until then, good night. This is jeopardy todays contestants are an americorps recruiter from columbus, ohio. A Market Research from flemington, new jersey. And our returning champion, a writer from brooklyn, michigan. Whose 1day cash winnings total. And now here is the host of jeopardy alex trebek [ cheers and applause ] thank you, johnny. Thank you, ladies and gentlemen. Our champion, nan bauer, has that look about her today that says, i still cant believe it. I surprised myself on yesterdays program. Well, it worked out well. And who knows what will happen today against kristina and rod . We start finding out, however, right now. Here we go
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