dismissal time yesterday killing a 17-year-old female student. the 17-year-old male student was injured. the school has metal detectors and resource officers who were on duty. authorities are not saying why they would consider a deadly shooting accidental. we await details. we need a lot more answers there. okay. so the powerful nor easter that slammed the northeast continues dropping snow in new england. toppling trees and power lines. it has left 800,000 homes without power across new england and the mid atlantic. forecasters say yet another winter storm could hit the east coast next week. a new travel alert for the mexican resort city del playa del carmen. context here. this comes after a ferry explosion injured 26 people there last month. the embassy did not specify the
the rescues. this woman on the roof of her car. snow, ice, blinding rain from texas all the way up to the northeast. tonight, the newest school plot. the discovery when police search a student s home. three alleged plots, three different parts of the country. and the american tourists and the ferry explosion at a popular tourist destination. the wounded treated right there on the scene. good evening. and it s great to have you with us here on a wednesday night. and we begin tonight with the bravery and the raw emotion on full display late today at the white house, as families, parents who lost children in the deadly school shooting, sat just a few feet away from president trump, pleading for something to be done. and it wasn t only parents who lost sons and daughters in parkland, florida, there were families from newtown, from columbine, among others. students who lost friends, one of them saying he could not believe it s just been a week. saying time is frozen, along with the pa
[ coughs and sneezes ] nothing relieves more symptoms than alka seltzer plus maximum strength liquid gels. next, the ferry explosion in mexico, south of cancun. americans are among the injured. and here s abc s victor oquendo. reporter: tonight, mexican officials investigating why this ferry boat exploded at the dock, just as passengers were disembarking. this surveillance video showing the moment of explosion. firefighters and police swarming the dock packed with tourists. many who were just getting off the boat. the ferry, mangled. a huge hole on the upper deck. debris and wounded tourists everywhere. first responders treating at least 25 injured, including two americans. it happened in the popular tourist destination of playa del carmen, just south of cancun. and it comes after this terrible bus crash in december that killed at least 12 cruise passengers on a day trip to visit mayan ruins, including eight americans, five from the
lightning and thunder. and a terrifying moment for lacy smith and his family. lightning striking their car, sending its hood flying. evacuations in indiana and southwest of chicago, as rivers there continue to rise. and tonight, you can see how much the trinity river has come up here in dallas. and this is far from over, david. the rain continues to fall. in the coming days, another half a foot is expected from texas and across the heartland. david? that s right. more rain to come. thank you, marcus. let s get to rob with the track tonight. hey, rob. reporter: two more rounds, david. check it out. the record warmth, the heat in the east is allowing the atmosphere to dump more rain in the same areas. right in that jet scream. and here we go. might even see a little bit of snow across the northeast tomorrow. the last round comes through dallas and through the heartland during the day on friday, another three to five inches of rain, so, the flood threat will be ongoing. all right, r