Hostage situation unfolding at this hour inside a bank. Several reportedly trapped inside. Good evening. Its great to have you with us on a friday night. We begin with the urgent headline from puerto rico at this hour. A dam at imminent risk of failure, a lifethreatening situation. A Mass Evacuation under way. Some 70,000 people across the island. Catastrophic flooding and mudslides already. The governor saying its time to get people out. We begin with abcs rob marciano on the scene to get Tens Of Thousands to higher ground. Rob. Reporter a disastrous development happening in puerto rico. A large dam is beginning to fail. Two towns and Tens Of Thousands of people in danger downstream. A Flash Flood Emergency in effect right now. Officials urging people to get to high ground. This is a lifethreatening situation happening now. Tonight the new emergency in this unfolding disaster. The battering of Hurricane Maria and her 40 inches of rain causing this major dams failure. Flash flooding forcing 70,000 people to evacuate immediately. Officials saying a crack is forming in the guajataca dam. Authorities with a stark warning, peoples lives are in danger. Utter devastation being felt throughout the u. S. Territory. The chaos and desperation etched into caregiver maria ortezs voice. We cant let them die. We cant let them die. We need all the help we can get. Please. Reporter we first met her thursday as she struggled to keep 11 nursing home patients alive. Their generator low onue fl. I see when that runs out what we going to do . What we going to do . Reporter those patients in sweltering conditions inside. Some clinging to life. When we returned today help had not arrived. The generator out of fuel. Power gone. Its been 20 hours since we
called the Governors Office on her behalf. Calling again today. We had trouble getting through and were not alone. Communications nearly impossible across the island. Drivers lined up here as far as the eye can see to access one o towers. Maria hasnt seen or heard from her mother since before the hurricane hit. Some relief knowing her parents are okay. Then the son of one of her patients shows up with a diesel that the care center desperately needs. How long does a tank last . Eight hours. Reporter another temporary fix. Elation with knowing theres enough fuel to at least get through the night. Rob marciano is back with us. From puerto rico. Were glad to see the nursing home at least got some fuel. Well stay on that. The other major concern you reported on the dam, Tens Of Thousands told to get to highe ndougr reporter yeah. Dangerous situation, so much so that the governor cut his Press Conference short to head out there. The military vehicles trying to get people out right now. Its going to be a dangerous night ahd david. The meantime the possible paths for Hurricane Maria as it moves towards the east coast. They seem to shift night to night rob. Reporter we didnt give the u. S. The all clear and now theyre shifting closer to home. Right now its a cat 3 and will weaken farther north and a cat 1 by wednesday. Just abreast of north carolina, the forecast getting close to the u. S. And our Spaghetti Models spread out. Some uncertainty there and there could be some direct impacts from maria in the u. S. By the end of next week. David. Rob marciano on the ground in puerto rico again tonight. Thank you. To mexico city at this hour. Days after that earthquake and the Cheers Erupting at a factory that came down during the earthquake. Abcs matt gutman with the moment that another person was found alive. Reporter tonight amidst the
flattened buildings there are spikes of hope. Cheers erupting at this flattened factory where another person was found alive. Those rescues dangerous as we saw firsthand. Debris crashing down around us. Watch it watch it moments later officials clearing the scene fearing another collapse. We joined the Search And Rescue team at this pancaked Office Building gearing up for a grim search. Fire rescue teams say that those six stories collapsed so densely that theres no void space and concern is nobody could have survived. And yards from the rubble the families of the dozen or so missing prayed. It was after those prayers that we met fabiola. Her brother is in that building. She showed us around the improvised tent where families had been living for the past four days. Theyre all there. Cousins, siblings, friends. And then that call for silencio, silence. Shh. Reporter now they call for silence because thats when they try to listen to something in the rubble. These are the moments of hope. She told us they need to show strength. But after four days even iron will can snap. She says her brother is very strong. Reporter and eveeerwh solidarity for mexico. Reporter on the rubble of this building a salute to the Mexican National anthem. And matt from mexico city. The scene of that Apartment Building and matt youre hearing theyre bringing in a crane to lift up sections of the building . Reporter thats right david. The crane is going to lift layers of that building where you see that swarm of rescuers. Which is a sign that this could turn from a Rescue Operation to a recovery operation. For days we have been asking
mexican officials for the list of the missing but in the scope of this devastation they say they still dont have one. David. Matt gutman on the scene. Thank you. The major headline, a major blow in the new effort to kill obamacare and it comes from the same senator who killed the repeal the last time. Senator john mccain declaring he will vote no. Mary bruce with the two key senators who will break or make this repeal. Where do they stand tonight. Reporter its been just eight weeks since the country watched john mccain walk onto the senate floor, shocking his own party, with this defiant thumbs down. [ gasps ] reporter his vote delivering the final blow to the president s attempt to repeal and replace obamacare. Tonight, with one more chance at a repeal before next weeks deadline, john mccain stunning the party again. Announcing today, i cannot in good Conscience Vote for the latest republican plan. He says a bill of this impact requires a bipartisan approach. Mccain might have just killed
this new repeal, because they can only afford to lose two votes. Rand paul has already said no. And mccain did this, even though his own best friend in the senate, Lindsey Graham is one of the architects. I dont expect him to vote him to vote for whats best for the country. Reporter the bill would give states more flexibility to craft their own health coverage, but with far less federal funding. And with no guarantee of how they would cover americans with pre existing conditions. Experts say it could leave millions more without insurance. All eyes now on two key senators. Senator Susan Collins of maine, and Lisa Murkowski of alaska. Collins tonight is leaning no. I just have to do whats right of the people of maine and our country, and if i dont do that i cant look at myself in the mirror. Reporter and outside
murkowskis Office Protesters camped out urging her to protest this bill like she did the last time. I said in january we should not repeal without a replacement. Just an indefinite hold on this just creates more chaos and confusion. Mary bruce back with us from washington. And jimmy kimmel whose own baby boy needs several operations, and fought for other families to have coverage if theyre in the same situation. He tweeted senator mccain. Reporter yeah. Kimmel with a tweet of Praise Saying thank you john mccain for being a hero again and again and now again. And john mccains wife responded tweeting thank you for the kind words about my husband and god bless your sweet baby. David. As we head into the weekend, mary thank you again. Meantime next to the new threat from north korea. Kim jongun saying President Trump will quote, pay dearly for his speech at the u. N. And north korea warning of the
biggest ever Hydrogen Bomb test in the pacific. Heres Martha Raddatz tonight. Tonight a dramatic escalation of tensions. North korea now threatening to test a Hydrogen Bomb above the pacific ocean. Their response to President Trump. The United States has great strength and patience, but if it is forced to defend itself or its allies, we will have no oic north korea. Reporter for months, the president s heated language has so far failed to stop kim. 3 Missile Tests and an underground hbomb test since trump warned of fire and fury. But detonating a nuclear bomb over the pacific would be kims most provocative move yet. A Hydrogen Bomb, a Thermo Nuclear weapon is going to have a lot of radiation. If it hits the water, there is going to be contamination for hundreds of miles around. Reporter on gma david continued to press Secretary Of StateRex Tillerson about the us response. But if we see this detonation of an hbomb in the pacific, what will the u. S. Do . Well, we will continue our efforts in the diplomatic arena but all our military options, as the president has said, are on the table. Reporter the two leaders themselves, trading a volley of insults. Responding directly to trump, calling him mentally deranged. The president branding the north korean dictator a madman who will be tested like never before. Martha you and i have both been talking to colonel Steve Ganyard and he makes the Pointer Everything they said they would do and now theyre talking about testing a Hydrogen Baum in the pacific. Do they have the capability to pull that off . Reporter they have already tested a Hydrogen Bomb and an intercontinental ballistic missile. We dont know for sure whether they could arm an icbm with a
bomb but this has to be taken seriously. This would be an extraordinarily alarming and dangerous move and the administration would have to rethink what it is doing. All right. Martha raddatz tracking the situation with north korea ever step of the way. Thank you martha. President trump responding tonight after facebook revealed thousands of ads were bought by russian agents during the election, ads that praised donald trump or attacked hillary clinton. Mark zuckerberg saying he will turn those ads over to congress. Today President Trump tweeting the russia hoax continues, now its ads on facebook. Next to your money. Taxpayer money spent on flights on private jets. Another Cabinet Secretary under scrutiny for his travel habits. Health and Human ServicesChief Tom Price taking private jets dozens of times from d. C. To philadelphia. Cecelia vega with the price tag. How much you have spent already. Reporter tonight Health Secretary tom price under
investigation for dozens of official Government Trips on luxury private planes. The American People need to know that their tax dollars are being spent wisely. Reporter as a congressman, price once tweeted congress doesnt need to have private jets. But now according to politico, his penchant for private planes has cost taxpayers more than 300,000. Last week alone, on a luxury jet like this, he took five flights. One of them, a short 30 minute round trip to philadelphia. The cost, 10,000. Compared to about 700 for a commercial flight. Its just not right, its just not right. Reporter today in a scathing letter, the top democrat on the House Oversight committee tells price, the amount of taxpayer funds you spent on just one single flight is more than some of my constituents make in a. Ar i just say to the secretary, mr. Secretary you can do better and you need to set the example for the entire administration. Reporter at least three trump Cabinet Secretaries now under investigation for expensive travel on the public dime. Tonight, abc news has learned that after one meeting with the president at trump tower, treasury secretary Steve Mnuchin flew back to washington on an air force jet, costing taxpayers at least 25,000. An official trip on a Government Jet Trip to kentucky, where mnuchin and his wife viewed the eclipse is also under review. On top of mnuchins request to have a Government Plane fly him and his wife to their honeymoon overseas, a request he ultimate withdrew. Cecelia vega, secretary price, secretary mnuchin both under scrutiny. How are they responding tonight . Reporter mnuchins office says they welcome this investigation. Prices office says he uses the private planes in order to accommodate his demanding schedule. They say he has taken commercial flights but you heard the democrats. They are callings hi ta
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