Their parents now facing possible life in prison and the journals just discovered that could shape the case. And will tom brady be back for the big became . Or will an injury sideline him with the super bowl on the line . I make a prediction. Sidelin okay. Tom brady will be playing. But happy friday, everybody. But this is concern about the injury. He doesnt practice and its his hand. Hes a quarterback. He needs it. There is concern. Concern or not theyre going for their seventh consecutive afc championship game, which is ama amazing. And theyre taking on the Jacksonville Jaguars. And the big question, will brady practice today . That showdown over the Government Shutdown and money set to run out at midnight one year to the day from the president s inauguration and the ball is in the senates court after a vote in the house last night and our senior Congressional Correspondent mary bruce is on capitol hill with the latest. Good morning, mary. Reporter george, good morning. With just hours to go, there is no solution in sight. The house last night did pass a plan to temporarily keep the government open, but the shutdown threat remains. And now, this morning, all eyes are on the senate. Overnight, the house passing a plan to temporarily keep the government up and running. Republicans are now ramping up the pressure on senate democrats. House Speaker Paul Ryan daring them to shut down the government. The only people standing in the way of keeping the government open are senate democrats. Whether there is a Government Shutdown or not is now entirely up to them. Reporter but several Senate Republicans arent sold on the plan. And a Strong Majority of democrats oppose it. The house bill is a joke and it does not have my support. Reporter theyre demanding any deal including action to protect d. R. E. A. M. Ers, those nearly 800,000 undocumented immigrants brought to the u. S. As children. Democrats argue if there is a shutdown, republicans and the president are to blame. Our republican leader has said that he will not negotiate until he knows where President Trump stands. Thats why negotiations havent gotten anywhere. Reporter there is a bipartisan proposal on the table but the president rejected it. Even some republicans are urging him to close the deal. You need to be a street fighter in many ways to clean up washington. But you also need to be the president of all of us. Theres a time to fight and theres a time to deal. It is now time to deal. Reporter now, the blame game is already well under way here. Republican leaders say democrats are Holding Funding hostage to get what they want on d. R. E. A. M. Ers. While democrats say republicans will ultimately be to blame for any shutdown because theyre in control here on the hill and at the white house. Well bring in jon karl as well and, jon, lets begin with you. Yesterday you said the president was m. I. A. In this shutdown fight. He got involved then after our program yesterday but kind of complicated matters. Reporter he did. He suggested he was actually against or had problems with the republican plan to kind the government open. That was early in the morning but by the end of the day the president was actively engaged in getting those conservatives the Freedom Caucus who suggested they would vote no, and getting it past the house. Now you have this dynamic where both sides are convinced that the other side will pay the price for a shutdown. That is a recipe for a drawn out stalemate. Mary, that means we dont have a real good sense of how this will unfold today. Kind of in uncharted waters. Reporter exactly. We know the senate is moving forward on track to have this shortterm spending plan today. But all signs indicate that that would likely fail. Now, i have talked to lawmakers on both sides of the aisle who are now calling for a short, shortterm extension, just a couple of extra days to buy themselves time to negotiate but leadership doesnt seem to be on board with that. Right now, george, its hard to see how they can avoid this shutdown. That means a shutdown could come and jon karl does the administration have their contingency plans in place . Reporter well, every single federal agency, george, has put up a guidance. This one for the department of Homeland Security on their website for the contingency plan of what would happen. This for Homeland Security is 45 pages long. But primarily, george, what is happening now, is youll see the Administration Try to make the case that democrats are hurting the military, hurting children. Causing pain because they are pushing us towards a shutdown. The president is scheduled to fly to maralago later today. Im told he will not go if were headed to a shutdown. Thanks very much. Just going to impact a lot of people. We will talk about that because it could have a major impact on millions. For more we bring in tom llamas. Good morning, tom. So break it on down for us. Reporter robin, good morning to you. We just heard from mary and jon, the blame game is on in d. C. About this potential shutdown. But the ones who stand to lose the most are the american people. Lets break it down. Lets take a closer look. First up the american economy. Back in 2013, the last time a shutdown happened, it cost the economy 1. 5 billion a day. Why . Government funds are put on hold. If the government does shut down, two things you dont have to worry about mail and air travel. Well still get our mail and air Traffic Controllers will continue to work. But if there is a shutdown the last time this happened in 2013 nearly 800,000 federal employees were without pay. More than a million delayed paychecks including Service Members who arent paid until later. And also, if youre looking to get a business loan. If youre looking to buy a home, your loan could be put on hold because of those Government Funds that respect up and running. Now, in case youre wondering, members of congress, will they still get paid . The ones responsible for the shutdown, of course, they will still get their paychecks because their salaries are written into permanent law and in case anyone is wondering essential military services will be still up and running even if there is a shutdown. The president tweeting. The president tweeting. I want to bring in matthew dowd for more on that. And the president , picking up, talking about the government funding bill passing last night. He said the democrats need to pass it. But he brams them. They want illegal immigration and borders, shut down coming. We need more republican victories in 2018. So this gets into the question of who will bear the blame for this shutdown . This would be the first time it happened with republicans in control of the house, the senate, and the the white house. Listen, this is a high stakes poker game. If this was a Texas Hold Em tournament, the democrats hole cards are much higher than the republicans. The last time one party held all this and a shutdown occurred in the 70s, that historical precedent where jimmy carter ended up losing the presidency in 1980 and democrats lost seats in the house and the senate in 1978 is not a good precedent. So right now, i think the odds favor if there is a shutdown, politically, it is going to benefit the democrats. And coming on the Year Anniversary, would come on the Year Anniversary if it comes of the president s inauguration and he heads into his second year, the lowest Approval Rating for any president starting a second year. Yeah, george, the traditional gift, as you know, the traditional gift of a First Anniversary is paper. And i think this president wants a bill written on paper he can sign on his First Anniversary all headed to a situation, very unpopular president and congress very unpopular republican party. The democrats are not that much more popular. Its a perfect storm of bad politics in a Midterm Election year that could cause huge problems come november. Long day in the capital. Matt dowd, thanks very much. Michael . Thank you, george. Turning to what could be a big break in a murder mystery in arizona. A suspected serial killer behind bars. Authorities now say this man is responsible for a spree of nine murders in three weeks. You see the victims there. And abcs Kayna Whitworth is in phoenix with more. Good morning, kayna. Reporter michael, good morning. The numbers are staggering and police are telling us this morning that he knew several of his victims. Including his own mother, his stepfather, and his exgirlfriends brother. This morning, Cleophus Cooksey jr. Is waking up in a jail an accused serial killer. Nine deaths. Three weeks. Nine people shot. Reporter police arresting the 35yearold last month charging him with the december murders of his mother and stepfather. But on thursday, announcing seven more counts of homicide. The killing spree starting after thanksgiving and chillingly continued for 21 days in this 20mile area in and around phoenix. On december 2nd police say he murdered a Security Guard and stole his gun. Police say he cruised that gun to murder six more people, including maria villanueva, who they say he sexually assaulted before her brutal murder. Her sister devastated. I dont even know how i could face him. He took a part of my heart. Reporter he is seen in this Youtube Video rapping about killing. Murder reporter building a mountain of Evidence Police say he also incriminated himself during several interviews. During that those conversations, there was evidence gleaned that additionally links him to these crimes. Reporter do you believe that there are more victims out there . I do believe that. The coldness, the frequency, the manner in which he committed these crimes, its likely there are others. Reporter cooksey spent much of his life behind bars including 16 years for charges related to manslaughter and robbery. And Police Telling us they do have a motive for some of these murders, including sex, money, and drugs. Michael . Glad hes back behind bars. Thank you very much. Robin . Okay, thank you. To the latest in the gymnastics abuse scandal as more athletes testify against dr. Larry nassar. Team usa announced its cutting ties with famed coach bela karolyis training center. Abcs linsey davis is here with the latest. Reporter good morning, robin. The about any of the complaints. This morning, a Gold Medalist showed up to talk about her story. As a steady stream of women continuing to come face to face with their abuser, larry nassar in court. Judge Rose Marie Aquilina slammed nassar for the sixpage letter he wrote to the court. Spending four or five days listening to them is significantly minor considering the hours of pleasure you had at their expense and ruining their lives. Reporter more than 150 women have accused the former doctor for the usa Gymnastics Team at Michigan State university of sexual abuse. Including bronze medalist jamie dancher. Your days of manipulation are over. We have a voice now. Youre pure evil. The next survivor could not be here today. Reporter the prosecutor read this statement aloud on behalf of olympian m if they had paid attention to any of the red flags in his behavior, i never would have been abused by him. Reporter word late thursday usa gymnastics is cutting ties with the Karolyi Ranch in texas. The ranch served as the main Training Facility for the u. S. Team. Several victims say he abused them at the karolyiss facility. Michigan state released a statement apologizing to the victims. Also added that any suggestion that they covered you have nassars conduct is false. He may not be sentenced until monday or tuesday. The judge wants to give all the women speaking out the opportunity to do so. Were talking about in excess of more than 100 women. And the sheer number. To think that not other people were aware . Yeah. Reporter there are allegations out there. Well see. Yeah, we will see. We get the latest on the flu epidemic. This map shows how it spread since december. 60,000 confirm cases. Now new numbers from the cdc later today. Marcus moore is at a school in gunner, texas. That was forced to shut down from the flu. Good morning, marcus. Reporter this is an astonishing situation and heartbreaking as well. Here in gunner isd, there are about 900 kids in the district and this week nearly 300 were out sick, the reason why classrooms are empty and the hallways are quiet this morning. School leaders deciding to close the school to stop the outbreak. Now theres word that the flu virus as killed another child in alabama. This morning, heartbreak in alabama. Thirdgrader zainab momin was home from school due to bad weather when her parents were forced to rush her to the hospital with a high fever and flulike symptoms. She died that same night. Do not try to guess and treat yourself at home because in some rare cases, god forbid, it might cost someones life. Reporter some School Districts across the country shutting down for days on end. An extraordinary move to protect students and teachers from the outbreak. Calling in specialized cleaning crews like this one, scrubbing to keep this san antonio day care flufree. You have to think about it. If theres one kid with the flu virus and that kid sneezes, coughs, guess what, this entire environment is not contaminated. Reporter this deadly flu epidemic is not limited to children or the elderly. Katharine gallagher was 27 and worked at a brewery with no prior health issues. But just five days after she came down with flu symptoms she was found dead on her bathroom floor. Despite a visit to the emergency room where she received fluids, and was told to rest, the flu quickly morphed into bronchial pneumonia. The beginning of the Worst Nightmare that were not going to wake up from. If young people hear this they will realize its not to be trifled with. Reporter doctors caution it may take two flu tests before the virus is confirmed. We actually had a case recently where someone had this test done earlier in the day. And then in the e. R. , we used our more sense tiff test. The first was negative and then the later one was positive. Reporter back here in gunter, texas, they have cleaned every single door handle. And inside the classroom. The kids desks, their supplies. Gorge, even the counting blocks to stop the spread of the virus. Thanks very much. Michael. George, now to the big battle and im not talking about which team is going to the super bowl. Were talking about what will be decided as amazons next headquarters. The list of finalists is out, more than 200 communities made their pitch but only 20 made the cut. We becca jarvis is here with more. Good morning to you, rebecca. So you look at this map. What does it tell you about the 20 which are now finalists . It tells you, michael, that all of these cities, good morning, by the way, are major metropolises, chicago, dallas, new york, l. A. , toronto, canada in the running. They started with 238 applicants. And now they have whittled it down to 20. Still a big list. Whats on the line for these cities if they can get the headquarters . And what do they do to try to woo . So much on the line, 50,000 jobs in new job, 5 billion in the investment. The whole process of winning approval has gone down much like the olympics, maybe a little less vuk structured. Candidates have been taking it serious and cities like atlanta put together solutions to tackle traffic and improving public transit. Some other cities have taken a slightly lighter approach. Leaders in tucson tried to mail jeff bezos a 21foot cactus. A couple of mayors, from washington, d. C. And danbury, connecticut, got alexa in on it. Of course, alex a came back wit two answers. Not one so lots of smart answers going on there. 20 will be whittled down to one. Well see. Ginger will tell us whats going on out west. In the Pacific Northwest this video really shows you a guy standing there. I dont know why but the 20 to 40foot waves along the coast looins of both Washington State and oregon took the life of one man likely. They cant find him in oregon. And a quick look at the storm moving east. Good morning im abc 7 news meteorologist mike nicco well see more sunshine and that will aggravate the atmosphere enough. 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