The american woman, a tourist, kidnapped they are demanding a half Million Dollars in ransom. The breaking headline involving boeing at this hour, and those max jets. Tonight, what likely triggered that second crash now finally revealed. What happened moments after the devastating collision on the streets of los angeles. A truck barrelling into a busy intersection, smashing into sevel vehicles. People trapped. The fire bomb attack. The same neighborhood targeted twice in 24 hours. The second bomb larger than the first. The College Student who died. Who one calling for help for 12 hours. Tonight, three young men sent to prison. And the major headline tonight involving your health and the flu. Could there be one step to from ticket us all . Good evening. And its great to have you with us here on a very busy wednesday night. We have several developing stories off the top tonight. And we begin with the scene outside federal court in boston. The famous moms, the actresses accused of paying to get their kids into college. Actress Felicity Huffman facing the cameras outside, and then a judge inside. Actress Lori Laughlin as she and her husband arrive. Laughlin has been trailed by photographers. Youll hear what she says in the this moment here in just a moment. Tonight, did they pay their childr childrens way in, costing other students a place in those schools . Abcs linsey davis leads us off from boston. Reporter far from the glamorous red carpets of hollywood do you plan to fight this . Today, actresses Felicity Huffman and Lori Laughlin hounded by reporters outside federal court in boston, there for a hearing on mail fraud charges in connection with that massive College Admissions scandal. A total of 12 parents stood before a judge today. Among them, real estate executives, a lawyer, doctor and a litany of ceos, all facing criminal charges punishable by prison time. Over the weekend, loughlin refused to answer questions about the scandal. Lori, do you regret handling the the way you handled your kids education . Im sorry, i cant talk to you. You can follow me around all day if you want, but i just cant comment right now. Reporter after arriving in boston with her husband, designer mossimo giannulli, loughlin was all smiles, even signing autographs. Former cast mate Candace Cameron bure from full house continues to extend her unwavering support. Ive already said that we are family and we stand by each other and pray for each other. And well always be there for each other. Reporter the couple is accused of paying half a Million Dollars in bribes to get their two daughters into usc, posing them as fake recruits for the crew team. This is olivia jade. Reporter one of them, 19yearold social Media Influencer star olivia jade. Also in court today, desperate housewives star Felicity Huffman, who allegedly paid 15,000 to have an s. A. T. Proctor correct her daughters answers. One parent not in court today, marketing ceo jane buckingham,to lie on your resume, you 100 do not do it. Reporter she is accused of paying 35,000 to bribe a proctor and have someone else take her son, jacks, a. C. T. Test. Jack buckingham says he was totally unaware of the scheme, and has publicly apologized for gaining an advantage over other deserving applicants. All right, linsey davis with us live tonight from boston. Shes been covering this story from the start. And linsey, there are other families who are deciding whether to cooperate with prosecutors . Reporter thats right, david. Abc news has learned that prosecutors are putting some pretty intense pressure on some of these defendants, essentially saying, look, cooperate or face additional charges, including tax fraud. The grand jury has a deadline of april 11th to hand up additional charges. David . Linsey davis leading us off tonight. Thank you. Also breaking at this hour, could it be a major break in a National Case . A boy missing sibls he was 6 years old, tonight, has he been found alive all these years later . A 14yearold boy who claims he escaped a hotel, ran across a bridge, across state lines, and police want to know, is this the boy . Timothy pitson was just 6 when he was last seen with his mother. The schools Security Camera capturing this moment right here. Abcs whit johnson on the fastmoving investigation tonight. Reporter tonight, the stunning discovery. Has a boy who made national headlines, last seen when he was just 6 years old, now been found . The call to police in kentucky came in early this morning about a boy claiming hed just escaped kidnappers whod held him for years. Hes with a 14yearold juvenile, male white, says he was kidnapped from somewhere. Reporter the 14yearold identifying himself as timmothy pitzen, a boy who mysteriously vanished in illinois. That surveillance with his mother in 2011. Police say the boy ran across a bridge into kentucky, after escaping his captors, who were staying at a nearby red roof inn. He looked like he had been beat up, yes, punished in the face a couple of times. You could see the fear on him and how nervous he was and how he kept pacing and he just looked odd. Reporter the boy describing his kidnappers as two white men built like bodybuilders. One with black hair with a spider tattoo on his neck. The other short with a snake tattoo on his arms. Ingo confirm boy is, in fact, who he claims to be. His father desperate to find him. Its just more devastating than anything else. Wheres tim at . If i knew where he was, id go get him. Id do just about anything to get him back. Reporter his father telling investigation discovery back in 2015 how he and his wife were having problems when she took timmothy away without warning on a threeday trip to the zoo and water parks, where the boy was last seen on surveillance. His mom later checking into to a motel alone where she took her own life, leaving a note behind saying timmothy would never be found. She indicated he was somewhere safeeople would love and care for him. And that we would never find him. Reporter for years, detectives searched. This age progression showing what he might look like today. Hen h wasafter eight long gone, that hes going to come back to us. Very cautiously hopeful. And if it turns out to be him, well be thrilled. Reporter david, we know the teen is getting medical care while investigators are still trying to confirm his identity. Also tonight, the fbi and police in illinois are working together on this case, trying to track down those two men believed to be driving a white ford suv with wisconsin plates. David . All right, whit johnson in kentucky for us. Whit, thank you. There is also news video just out tonight, a message from former Vice President joe biden. What he now says, after four women have come forward to claim he acted inappropriately. Heres abcs mary bruce. Reporter tonight, after five days of mounting pressure, former Vice President joe biden is acknowledging that some of his behavior has made women uncomfortable and is trying to explain. Im always trying to be, in my career, ive always tried to make a human connection. Thats my responsibility, i think. I shake hands, i hug people, i grab men and women by the shoulders and say, you can do this. Reporter and now, biden is promising to change his ways, calling it his responsibility. Social norms have begun to change, theyve shifted, and the boundaries of protecting personal space have been reset. And i get it. I get it. I hear what theyre saying. I will be more mindful and respectful of peoples personal space, and thats a good thing. Thats a good thing. Reporter with bidens wouldbe campaign in crisis mode, President Trump is relishing the moment. I was going to call him, i dont know him well, you was going to say, welcome to the world, joe. You having a good time, joe . Reporter trump himself has denied accusations of sexual misconduct, including sexual assault, by more than a dozen women. Today, biden didnt apologize, and House Speaker nancy pelosi has suggested he should. To say im sorry that you were offended is not an apology. Im sorry i invaded your space, but not im sorry you were offended, because thats what is that . Reporter her advise to biden . Im a member of the straight arm club. Im a straight armer. Just pretend you have a cold and i have a cold. Reporter tonight, advice the former Vice President seems willing to take. I can adjust to the fact that personal space is important, more important than its ever been. Its just not thinkable. I will. I will. Vice President Joe Biden there today. The former Vice President sending out that video message. Marys live on the hill. And mary, the Vice President hasnt announced his campaign yet, but the mere fact that he would release this video certainly sends a trun. Epwe, da like someone who is going to run for president. And a source tells us that these accusations do not impact his decision. And today, biden announced his first public event since all of this began. Hell be speaking to Union Workers on friday. David . Mary, thank you. And of course the other developing headline in washington, news tonight about President Trumps tax return. The democratic chairman of the house ways and Means Committee has formally requested the past six years of the personresident personal and business tax returns. The president told reporters he is, quote, not inclined to release them, still saying what he said while campaigns for president , that he is still under audit. This could lead to a very heated legal battle. We turn tonight to the american woman, the tourist, kidnapped, and they are now demanding a half Million Dollars in ransom at this hour. It happened during a drive through a Popular National park in uganda. Heres abcs david wright now. Reporter tonight, a desperate search under way in ugandas most popular tourist destination. Queen Elizabeth National park, seen here in a promotional video from the group wild frontiers. An american tourist kidnapped at gunpoint, a 35yearold woman identified by the tour group as kimberly sue endicott. Authorities say that four armed men also about ducked her driver and guide. Ugandan police say the kidnappers, using the victims cell phone, demanded half a Million Dollars in ransom. They say the abduction took place tuesday evening at dusk during a game drive. The kidnappers taking the keys to the groups vehicle and leaving behind an elderly canadian couple who reported the kidnapping. Ugandans say they have blocked off all the pork exits near the border with neighboring congo while Security Forces conduct a search. Mr. Secretary, are you concerned about the american kidnapped in uganda . Reporter today at a photoop with the president , secretary of state mike pompeii yoel declined to answer the question. The state Department Says it is aware of the reports, but for now, u. S. Officials wont comment. Just yesterday, speaking in general terms, not about this case, secretary of state pompeo reiterated the u. S. Position that the u. S does not pay ransom for hostages, and the reason is simple u. S. Officials bo s worry if they ga into ransom demands, it would only encourage more kidnappings. David . David wright reporting in, thank you. And next here this evening, we have new reporting about the final moments of the doomed Ethiopian Airlines flight. Abc news has now learned that the boeing 737 max hit something shortly after takeoff. That strike damaging the lone sensor on the jet controlling that automated system. Abcs david kerley and what sourpss ha sources have now revealed to us. Reporter two aviation sources tell abc news tonight that a sensor, damaged at takeoff, started a chain of events that led to that second 737 max crash in ethiopia. That angle of attack sensor, a vane outside the cockpit, was hit by a bird or foreign object, according to those familiar with the investigation. Like in the first crash, lion air in indonesia, bad data from the sensor engaged the antistall system, mcas, which nosed the jet down dramatically. As we learned in a simulator, the procedure for pilots is to use a thumb button to electronically nose up the plane. Its called trimming the aircraft. If that fails, boeing emergency procedure calls to shut off power to the motors that nose down or up the plane. The sources say the ethiopian pilots did not trim the airliner before shutting off power. One source says they did try to manually trim the jet, but then turned the power back on, which led to the mcas system misfiring again, nosing down the jet again and the pilots unable to maintain control. Its inexplicable that theyd go through the emergency procedure, but then reengage the very motors, the very trim system, that was causing the problem. David kerley with us live again tonight on this story. And david, we know the ethiopians are set to present their preliminary findings from the black boxes tomorrow. And in the meantime, in an effort to calm the flying public here in the u. S. And around the kt fitoday . H that new Software Reporter boeing has a software fix, but they have a Public Relations problem. So, the ceo got into an aircraft with that new software and took a flight to prove it is safe. Its still going to be a couple of weeks before it is submitted. It may take up to six weeks before these planes are flying again. David . David kerley with us again tonight. David, thank you. In the meantime, to the horrific crash in los angeles we were following today. A pickup truck flowing through a busy intersection, slamming five cars. Helicopters hovering as they pulled people from their vehicles. Abcs will carr is on the scene tonight. Reporter tonight, an lapd commander is calling this crash one of the worst hes ever seen. Watch that stolen truck fly across a busy intersection next to a school. He had to be going 80 miles an hour. He had to be going 80 miles an hour through that intersection. Reporter Authorities Say the pickup truck sped away from officers conducting a traffic stop when it slams into five cars, launching this gray honda down the block, leaving the 25yearold female driver critically injured. At one point, the victim did stop breathing, however paramedics were to able to revive her. Reporter at least three people were trapped and had to be freed by rescuers. All three suspects were rushed to the hospital, but not before the driver took off running inside a mcdonalds. The suspect didnt give up easily . They had to use some force to get him in custody. Reporter Authorities Say there was a gun inside of that stolen truck, and when officers found it, it went off. Luckily nobody was hurt, david. Will carr in los angeles. Thank you, will. There is new political pressure pushing for the release of the full Mueller Report tonight. The House Judiciary Committee has authorized its chairman to subpoena the unredacted report and all of the underlying evidence. The chairman says they will wait, though, to give attorney general william barr, quote, time tng his mind d hand volu in about a serial rainist, 12 cases in an american city. There is news on this. Also, targeted twice in 24 hours. The second bomb, larger than the first. The major Health Headline tonight involving the flu. Could there be one step to protect us all . 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Ewwi spend it was more than two years ago when piazza died after falling down a flight of stairs at an alcoholfueled frat party. More alcohol. And, after the fall, waiting 12 hours to call 911. Piazzas parents say only one former frat brother has shown any remorse. Everyone else just seemed to want to move on with their life and no one has reached out to us or apologized to us. Reporter and david, piazzas parents hope that these sentences will lead to greater change at fraternities all across this country. Meanwhile, many of the other frat brothers have already pleaded guilty. David . Gio, thank you. When we come back tonight, news on that serial rapist, 12 cases, and what weve learned now. And news on the flu tonight. Could there soon be one step to could there soon be one step to protect us all . I found out i had agerelated macular degeneration, amd, i wanted to fight back. My doctor and i came up with a plan. It includes preservision. 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Gregory fry is accused of a dozen sexual assaults, kidnappings and breakins dating back to 1995. Investigators used dna to find him. To the hit and run arrest near atlanta tonight. A 9yearold girl was struck and europed in her own front yard. She survived. One of the men is now in custody. She claims the other suspect in the car was trying to carjack him. Police are still trying to search for that second person. And they are now testing a new flu vaccine. The National Institutes of health is beginning the first human trial of whats called a universal vaccine, designed to combat multiple strains of the flu. Scientists hope it will lead to less frequent flu shots. Well see. When we come back tonight, the old elvis song, the baby and the violin. But maybe not for people with rheumatoid arthritis. Because there are options. Like an unjection™. Xeljanz xr. A oncedaily pill for adults with moderate to severe ra for whom methotrexate did not work well enough. 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Melanie woodrow has been following the story since it broke and is live in the newsroom with this latest development. Melanie . Ama and dan, Peter Sartorio of menlo park is the first bay area parent to take a deal. His attorney filing this motion today saying he intends to plea guilty. He wasnt in court today, but many other wellknown parents were. Lori, are you fighting reporter Actress Lori Loughlin smiling as she walked into court, people screaming. Lori, lori, lori, lori, pay for my tuition, lori reporter and Holding Signs that said the same thing. Please pay for my tuition, after you get out of prison, of course. Loughlin wasnt smiling when she left court, and neither was actress Felicity Huffman. Get out of the way. Get out of the way. Reporter also appearing today, bay area parents including manuel and Elizabeth Enriquez of atherton. According to the criminal complaint, elizabeth, her daughter, and a procter gloated after one examine that they had cheated and gotten away with it. They did not answer questions before being whisked away. Also, Bruce Isaacson of hillsborough, whose daughter was a purported ucla soccer recruit, even though the soccer team she claims she was team captain of says she never said for them. For the first time today, were getting a look at amy colburn and dr. Gregory colburn, a radioncologist from palo alto. The couple says they are innocent. Theyre facing an indictment for Money Laundering in addition to the mail fraud charges after demanding a preliminary hearing and refusing to take a deal
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