Penn state Fraternity Member speaking out about the night a pledge died at a frat party allegedly falling down a flight of stairs and saying his concerns fell on deaf ears. They said, no, youre overreacting. You dont know what youre talking about. And i said, no, i really do know what im talking about. He could have a concussion. More of what he saw that night as almost 20 students now face charges. And this morning, brush fires fueled by tinderbox conditions in the south. Flames coming dangerously close to roads. Helicopters called in to help. Mandatory evacuations and dense smoke advisories. The fight to keep it all contained. Hey, guys. Lesson 101 in live tv, make sure your phones are turned off. I thought it was my phone as adriennes siri is screaming at us right as were going on the air. Saying i didnt quite get that. Good morning, america. Good morning. Thats how i feel. All right, everybody, rob is not in studio with us this morning because as we come on the air, the annual wings for life world run is starting simultaneously in 24 Different Countries. There are hundreds of thousands of people taking part. Rob is right in that mix in florida all with the goal of raising money for spinal cord research. Were going to be checking in on his progress throughout the show. Its amazing to watch him do the forecast while panting. I know. Stay tuned for that. Its a little uncomfortable. We do want to get straight to the news though first here. Right now voters are hitting the polls in a highstakes president ial race that is proving to be something of a proxy war between donald trump and barack obama. President trump has voiced support for the far right candidate, who is hoping to be the next president of france, Marine Le Pen. Shes antiimmigrant, critical of islam and wants to take france out of the European Union. Now, former president obama has given a rare formal endorsement for le pens rival, Emmanuel Macron, a proimmigration, proeu centrist. As voters hit the polls this morning, no one knows what the impact will be of a major hack of the macron campaign, which some are already pinning on the russians really in an eerie echo of the 2016 u. S. President ial race. Meanwhile, back here at home, americans divisions on stark display as republicaned voted on that bill to repeal and replace obamacare, they face anger at town halls this weekend. Well have a full report on that, and george is standing by with analysis. We start with abcs terry moran, who is covering the voting in france. Terry. Reporter good morning, dan. From this polling station in central paris, this is the most important election in france in decades deciding the future of this country and maybe even europe. It will test the populist National Wave that took britain out of the European Union in brexit and put donald trump in the white house, so theres a lot at stake here, and french voters know it. This morning across france massive voter turnout as the french head to the polls to choose between two political outsiders. Emmanuel macron, a 39yearold former investment banker, a moderate, hes leading in polls by 20 points and more. His rival, Marine Le Pen, the far right leader, pushing a nationalist vision of protectionism, closed borders and suppressing some islamic practices. Both candidates come from outside the major parties here, a sign of deep dissatisfaction with politics as usual. The election today shadowed by a series of terrorist attacks and a nearly 10 unemployment rate. Bitter debates and protests have marked the race. And at the 11th hour, a dramatic disruption, macrons campaign, like hillary clintons, was the target of a massive computer hack. Macrons campaign confirming the hack saying it primarily consists of personal and professional emails but adding there are fakes and forgeries mixed in there, too. But voters we spoke with say the sabotage efforts wont impact their vote. For me, it doesnt change a single thing. Its the kind of choice we have to make today. If we lose the euro, why, were back to where we were ever so many years ago. Reporter and american leaders are getting involved. Macron, endorsed just days ago by former president barack obama. I am supporting Emmanuel Macron to lead you forward. Reporter and while President Trump says he will not explicitly endorse either candidate, he did declare that le pen is strongest on borders and the strongest on whats been going on in france. So, the whole world is watching. The bookies in london have made Emmanuel Macron an oddson favorite. Le pen, a 151 underdog. Turnout will be key. The higher the better for macron. And so far it looks like turnout is strong here. Dan and paula. Terry, you are right. The world is watching. Thanks for your reporting from paris. And as we said, this is a weekend of frustration and uncertainty in american politics, as well, with republicans who voted to repeal and replace obamacare facing fiery town halls like this. President trump steadfastly stands by this new bill, but, meanwhile, theres another story looming having to do with the investigations into possible connections between team trump and russia. Abcs david wright is with the president in bedminster, new jersey. Hi, david. Reporter hi, paula. Hi, dan. Republican lawmakers are hearing now loud and clear from constituents who dont like some of the provisions of that new Gop Health Care bill. At town Hall Meetings and at other forums, a lot of those constituents are saying they feel betrayed. These are human beings we have bodies, we have minds reporter in upstate new york, ssman tom reed reassured his constituents that people with preexisting conditions neednt worry about the republican bill. The bill protects the preexisting conditions. No no reporter in fact, the bill rolls back the Affordable Care acts protections for patients with preexisting conditions. Health insurers would still have to cover them, but the bill includes a mechanism allowing Insurance Companies to raise rates on those patients, possibly even making their insurance unaffordable. In idaho, congressman Raul Labrador pushed back. At a constituent who told him without access to health care, people will die. That lie is so indefensible. Nobody dies because they dont have access to health care. [ crowd reacting ] [ chanting hey, hey, ho, ho ] reporter here in new jersey, congressman Rodney Frelinghuysen switched his vote from no to yes just last week. I support looking after preexisting conditions. He was holding my letter in his hand, yes, when he said that. Reporter adina renfrow michelle survived stage 4 breast cancer, now in remission, thanks to these pills. So its called ibrance. Ibrance. Reporter ibrance. They cost 11,000 a month. More than she earns. 500 a pill. Yeah. But its saving my life. Reporter do you feel like your congressman sold you out . Yes, absolutely. I am i am furious. Reporter here in new jersey, the president continues to be a little bit defensive about his decision to come to bedminster saying the reason hes staying here and not in new york city is that it would be much more expensive and disruptive to go there, meetings. But check out this picture. Hes also taking some time to lower his handicap. Dan, paula . Yeah, a lot of that still on the taxpayers dime. Okay, so a lot of angst and anxiety about health care, but lets talk about something else. Congress has been exploring the impact of russia on the election. And this week sally yates is set to testify. David, what can you tell us about that . Reporter thats right. Shes the former Top Justice Department official who trump recently fired. She warned the white house that michael flynn, the National Security adviser, was telling the truth about his contacts with russia. Of course, it raises the question, how did she know and its a sore subject with the president who tweets this morning that people should be looking into the democrats and their dealings with russia. Dan and paula. David wright, thank you very much. Lets bring in our chief anchor, george stephanopoulos, who is going to be hosting this week later this morning. Lets start with sally yates. How consequential do you expect this testimony to be . Well, its likely to be quite dramatic. I think we can say for sure this is the first time most americans will hear the warning she gave directly to the white house about michael flynn. Whether that will change his ultimate story, its hard to know. But remember this, flynn actually and officially, even though hes left the administration, hes facing some legal jeopardy. Hes trying to get immunity in order to testify. I think one of the issues there what would he say . S story . Would that change if he got immunity . So lets go back to health care. Democrats, of course, see this as a window of opportunity to take advantage or even to take back the house of representatives. You have exclusively paul ryan on the show this morning. Do you think he should be worried about this . Well, thats one of the questions im going to ask him. Remember back in 2010, after the democrats voted for obamacare in 2009, they got wiped out in the 2010 midterm elections. They believe exactly the same thing is going to happen to republicans this time around because theyre taking away a benefit that a lot of people feel they already have, at least thats the argument the democrats will make. Youll see a lot of energy on the democratic side. I think the big question out there, 20181 still a couple of years away. We dont know what will happen with the bill, whether it is going to get through the senate or not. How much change is going to happen inside the senate, whether it gets to the president s desk. There are a lot of unknowns out there, but democrats are energized right now. Lets talk about the elections in france happening right now. What kind of impact do you think well see, if any, from the outcome there . One of the things were already seeing is you saw that lastminute revelation on friday night just before the blackout in the french elections that the russians, it appears, also hacked the french elections. So, a correspondence to america right here. I think it depends on what happens. If Marine Le Pen defies the odds and actually win, that could be a major change for the united states. We know that france wants to pull out of the eu, wants to pull back from nato. That would be a major change. Macron would be a little more status quo at least with the relationship with the united states. So, if he wins, i wouldnt expect a huge, huge impact. If Marine Le Pen wins, earthquake. Earthquake. George stephanopoulos, thank you very much. And a reminder, george has a big show this morning including that exclusive interview with House Speaker paul ryan. His first since the Gop Health Care bill passed. Thats coming up later this morning on this week right here on abc. Thanks, george. Yeah, looking forward to that interview with paul ryan. Thanks, george. And now to an abc news exclusive. A former Fraternity Brother in the Penn State Frat House where a pledge recently died is speaking out sharing horrifying details. Abcs eva pilgrim is here with what he says happened on the night of that alleged hazing incident. Eva, good morning to you. Reporter good morning. The Beta Fraternity kicked off campus after a pledge died in their house right on penn states campus. This morning, we hear from the one brother who wanted to call for help and find out how his fellow brothers reacted when he spoke up. This morning, a penn state Fraternity Brother speaking out. Almost 20 of his fellow brothers now facing charges three months after a pledge died at their frat party. I walked into the room, and i saw timothy lying on the couch. At first, im thinking, hes probably had way too much to drink. He could possibly have alcohol poisoning. Reporter 19yearold Beta Theta Pi pledge Timothy Piazza fell down a staircase inside the fyres house on february 4th. One brother texting, he fell 15 feet down a flight of stairs, hair first, going to need help. Kordel davis says despite his repeated pleas to call 911, no one did. Fellow brothers pushing him against the wall when he spoke up. They said, no, youre overreacting. You dont know what youre talking about. And i said, no, i really do know what im talking about. I said, he could have a concussion. This didnt have to happen. Reporter prosecutors say in the hours leading up to the fall, the brothers made the pledges participate in a hazing ritual called the gauntlet. They bring the pledges and make them go from station to station and drink Copious Amounts of alcohol really quickly. So, basically it seemed like they just wanted to make sure that they themselves were safe rather than tim truly being safe. Reporter Authorities Say about 12 hours after the fall, the next morning, the brothers finally called for help. 18 Fraternity Brothers now facing charges after investigators found Surveillance Video showing it all unfold. Of course, its a tragedy. But, you know, that doesnt mean there was any intent involved in any of this. This is the result of a feeling of entitlement, flagrant disobedience of the law and disregard for moral values. Reporter the University Already permanently banning the fraternity, saying hazing and dangerous drinking are not permitted. And that security video really the key here showing in detail exactly what happened that night. One of the Defense Attorneys calling it a blessing and a curse. The more we learn about what allegedly happened that night, the more disturbing this story becomes. Eva, thank you. Lets turn now to a murder mystery at a luxury Apartment Building in boston. Two doctors engaged to be married, they were killed in their own home. A suspect was caught after a police shootout. And abcs Erielle Reshef has more. Reporter this 2 million penthouse in south boston, the scene of a gruesome double murder. Got a message from his friend saying that theres a gunman in the house. Reporter boston pd storming the condo friday night. We just ran in as the shots were being fired. Were going to need at least two shields and a long gun for cover. Reporter police saying they found 30yearold Bampumim Teixeira firing shots. Officers returning fire then taking teixeira into custody on a stretcher. We have a guy here who just killed two people. Reporter doctors lina bolanos and Richard Field later found dead inside the home. News of the murder sending shock waves of grief through the boston medical community. The hospital where bolanos worked saying, dr. Bolanos was an outstanding pediatric anesthesiology gist and a wonderful colleague in the prime of both her career and life. Fields colleagues calling his death a tragic loss. Police say the suspect and the victims knew one another but arent disclosing how. Teixeira is expected to face several charges including murder. His arraignment is set for monday. A horrible story. Erielle, thank you very much. Horrific. Appreciate it. Thanks, erielle. And it is time now for the weather. As we said, rob marciano is in sunrise, florida. Hes taking part in the wings for life world run, and he is in the midst of that run right now. Rob, youre looking fine. Youre looking great, in fine form this morning. Thank you. Well, were just getting started. One thing about florida, its nice and flat. And the humidity is low here. Wings for life world run, this is an amazing event. Its to benefit spinal cord research. About 2,000 people here but over 100,000 people across 6 continents right now running for those who cant. You cant beat that. Weather here is dry. We mentioned that. Unfortunately, as beautiful as it is, weve got an elevated fire risk today across florida and georgia where those fires are happening, and across the southwest, same deal for the storm coming in there. Across the northeast, cool and showery will be the ongoing trend. Sunny and beautiful here as we ru good sunday morning. Im lisa argen. Youre looking live from our east bay hills camera. Nice and sunny. Today will be warmer. Warmer weather for tomorrow and tuesday. We cool it off on wednesday. A High Surf Advisory from sonoma to monterrey with dangerous rip currents here through about 2 00. High temperatures today in the upper 60s. A little breezy at the coast but low 70s arrive in oakland and fremont. Upper 70s inland. The look ahead, warmer thr all right. Check it. Theres no finish line to this race. So, after 30 minutes, i wont make it that long, they release a catch vehicle. It chases you down. Once it catches you, youre done. So were trying to make it for the full hour and continue to raise money and awareness for a good cause. How is this world run treating you guys . Right . No ones saying anything. You got a little bit of that, right . Whoo youre the only one who could talk while running, which is just incredibly impressive. Hes laughing too. Its so hard to do. I know. Rob, youre going to be doing this throughout the show. So, well be Touching Base with you in the next half hour. Bravo, we salute you. Thank you. Good exercise, right . I got peace signs. Good enough. Take it. We should say there is other news this morning. And for that ron is going to deliver the headlines from an elliptical machine. Yes. Good morning, to you, dan and paula. Doesnt have quite the same effect. Good morning. Im exhausted. Sympathetic exhaustion with rob. Anyway, were going to begin overseas in nigeria where the government there announcing 82 of the nearly 300 schoolgir