Good evening to you. This is one of those nights when an ordinary american teaches all of us lessons about courage and the kind of resolve that can save lives. Shes that school clerk who convinced a 20yearold man who put down his gun at the Elementary School in atlanta filled with so many tiny school children. Last night right here on world news she first told her amazing story, but now Abcs Steve Osunsami has the 911 tapes that prove she was even more amazing than we thought. Reporter its a heart stopping call to police. You can hear the sound of gunfire. Im in the front office. He just went outside and started shooting. He said to tell them to back off. He doesnt want the kids. He wants the police. So back off and, um, what else, sir . He said he dont care if he die. He dont have nothing to live for. He said hes not mentally stable. Antoinette tuff, the bookkeeper the accused gunman confronted in the school office, stayed on the phone with police after the bullets started flying. It
The clock is running down to thursday when americas credit could start to run out. American credibility around the world hanging in the balance. So is the manmade crises about to end and how fast . Abcs chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl has been talking to his sources. Reporter in washington peace could be at hand. Democratic and Republican Leaders in the senate have struck a tentative deal that would end the shutdown and prevent default, but it is not a done deal. There is no guarantee that republicans in the house will go along. Its hard to imagine these guys would like what they see. At least mt. Rushmore reopened today, the state of south dakota footing the bill until politicians get their act together in washington. Government buildings are still closed and trash is piling up. The Government Shutdown now in week three. After a furious day of closed door meetings on capitol hill, a tentative deal is at hand. It would reopen the government but only until january 15th and
Records across this country and to reign in measures used by the spy agency, the nsa. But the president has said those programs are important in the fight against terror, so what will the president do now . Abcs chief investigative correspondent brian ross tells us. Reporter it was another devastating blow for the nsa. Todays report said the nsas collection of the phone records of every american should be shut down because it presents a lurking danger of abuse and does not make the country any safer. We think the socalled meta data program has not been essential, has not contributed significantly to the prevention of terrorist attacks. In the United States or abroad. Reporter the Panel Including White House Former Counter Terrorist official Richard Clark delivered the 300page report and 46 recommendations to the present the this morning. The message from the nsa is coming to every corner of our nation. Nsa, youve gone too far. Reporter the white house said president obama was studying
Good evening. We begin with those 38 minutes of fear and chaos in the nations capitol today. Tonight we know that the person at the center was a woman with a very young child in a car. She rammed the barricade outside the white house, next a car chase, gunshots and a nervous city in lockdown. People taking shelter on city streets. Police rushing in. A sniper in position on the senate steps. So who was this woman and what really happened . Our team was there when the shots rang out and abcs Senior National correspondent jim avila starts us off. Reporter the unmistakable sound of gunfire as an unarmed woman sources say had a history of Mental Illness and a toddler in her back seat alludes police. Taking secret service and capitol hill officers on a wild mile and a half ride around d. C. Monuments and up americas most important street, pennsylvania avenue. It started here at 2 12, the southeast corner of the white house compound. The black car rams into a barricade that do their job. Eye
Good evening to you. We begin tonight with dayi an tf the Government Shutdown and a warning about u. S. Security as all across the country americans are asking, what isand q shutdon costing hard working families and is it really putting the country at risk . Abcs Senior National correspondent jim avila. Reporter the shutdown is not just about bureaucrats and tourists. Today the man in charge of the cia and nsa told e americas told intelligence analysts are on the beach, furloughed. Ive been in thefyun business for 50 years and ive never seen anything like this. This damages our ability to protect the safety and security of this nation and its citizens. [q reporter at fbi headquarters stafforded to stay home, making it more difficult to identify terrorists threats. Across town at the fda all scheduled inspections of foreign and domestic fish, fruit, vegetable and juice producers have been postponed. At the cdc researchers are not tracking outbreaks of food poisoning. Less than a third a