Announcer live where you live, this is abc7 news. A horrific discovery at the border on a sweltering day. A tractortrailer filled with up to 100 undocumented immigrants. Tonight nine are dead and more than a dozen are in critical condition. Good evening. Im kate larsen in for eric thomas. Tonight authorities in texas are considering this an immigrant smuggling attempt gone wrong. An employee at a walmart in san antonio called police early this morning after a man walked into the store and asked for water. Abc7 News Reporter Melanie Woodrow is in our newsroom with the story. Reporter in addition to those fatalities, at least 17 people are reportedly being treated for lifethreatening injuries. The u. S. Attorney office says the driver is in custody. A criminal complaint is expected to be filed as early as tomorrow morning. Officials are calling it a deadly case of human smuggling. At least 39 people inside a big rig truck parked in this Texas Walmart parking lot. Nine men died. The airco
A good monday morning to you all. We begin with the first member of President Trumps family set to answer questions on capitol hill about russia. The president s soninlaw, Jared Kushner, will face investigators this morning. His appearance comes as they give mixed messages on the use of president ial pardons. And the president is looking to focus on his agenda delivering remarks today on health care. Abcs emily rau has the latest from washington. Emily, good morning. Reporter good morning, diane and kendis. Two of the summers biggest stories, russia and health care, could see some big developments in the next few days, all of this while democrats seize the opportunity to start a story line of their own. President trumps soninlaw Jared Kushner heads to capitol hill today for a closed door interview with the Senate Intelligence Committee Investigating russian meddling. Im confident that tomorrow when Jared Kushner speaks, and ill keep my fingers crossed in saying this to you, itll probab
Investigation and his own party. And the olympic golden boy versus a great white. Michael phelps coming up short trying to outswim a shark. Why some are frustrated how he did it. Massive reaction pouring in overnight and what phelps is now saying about a rematch. We do say good morning, america, hope everybody had a wonderful weekend. Michael phelps is not used to taking a silver. No, he is not. Especially against a computer which had a lot of people talking on twitter. It was actually a computergenerated shark, not a real one. A lot of people felt had on that one. They did and well talk about that in a bit. But first, it was a very busy day, a lot of anticipation for Jared Kushners interview with Senate Intelligence Committee Investigators. Yeah zlets take a live look at capitol hill right now. Kushner will speak with the Senate Intelligence committee behind closed doors and just released a statement hes going to give them and denied any collusion with the russians, detailed his conta
The olympic golden boy versus a great white. Michael phelps coming up short trying to outswim a shark. Why some are frustrated how he did it. Massive reaction pouring in overnight and what phelps is now saying about a rematch. We do say good morning, america. Hope everybody had a wonderful weekend. Michael phelps is not used to taking a silver. It was a Computer Generated shark, not a real one. A lot of people felt had on that one. They did and well talk about that in a bit. First, it was a very busy day, a lot of anticipation for Jared Kushners interview with Senate Intelligence Committee Investigators. A live look at capitol hill right now. Kushner will speak with the Senate Intelligence committee behind closed doors and just released a statement hes going to give them and denied any collusion with the russians, detailed his contacts. First that dangerous flash flooding across the southwest trapping at least 17 hikers including a 4yearold boy. In arizona overnight rescuers on the sce
And selfie jailbreak. Dramatic new video showing stepbystep instructions. Three inmates escaping from a maximum security wing. We had a duffel bag and a backpack full of stuff. Where are they now . But first the nightline 5. Number 1 in just 60 seconds. Good evening. Thanks for joining us. Tonight the u. S. Government warning americans about allegations of tainted alcohol while traveling in mexico. As one family suspects, that could have been behind their daughters death. Heres abcs gio benitez. You protect your child from so much since theyre born, and you know, it happens in an instant. Reporter Ginny Mcgowan never imagined she would need to protect her children here on vacation at a fivestar resort in mexico. Were in so much pain and shock and disbelief. Reporter but then the unimaginable happened. Just hours after the family arrived, 20yearold abbey conner and her 23yearold brother austin were found floating face down in a pool. Austin recovered, but abbey slipped into a coma and l