S into flames in canyon. Later, the the producers of peter rabbit apologize as they face a boycott. And driven to distraction. Everybody, on this monday. We start with the week with a serious new legal fight for disgraced Harvey Weinstein. Hes now facing a civil rights lawsuit here in new york. That suit claims weinstein consistently female employees. His attorney is responding this morning as the sale of weinsteins company is called into question. This morning, Harvey Weinstein now the target of a lute. The new York State Attorney general filed the civil rights suit against the Weinstein Company claiming it repeatedly broke state law by failing to protect its employees from sexual harassment, and discrimination. He held all the cards. Reporter Zelda Perkins was his former assistant. She slams weinstein tried to rape her colleague in 1998 at the venice film festival. In an sbrir with the bbc, perkins talked about the hostile work environment. He was a master manipulator. And his moods changed very quickly. You never knew whether you were his confidant or where you were going to be screamed at. Reporter the suit cites violations of human rights and business laws, by the Weinstein Company, Harvey Weinstein, and his brother, robert. Actress rose mcgowan, one of the first to accuse weins rape, says she believed the people around the media mogul permitted his behavior. Everybody knew. You really believe i know that. I was there. Reporter the lawsuit now jeopardizes the sale of the Weinstein Company. Any sale must ensure that victims will be compensated. Weinsteins Attorney Says a fair investigation will find that the allegations are without merit. If the purpose inquiry is suppose enkourmt reform throughout to film weinstein will embrace the investigation. The suit in new york is hardly weinsteins only legal problem. The District Attorney in los angeles is considering possible charges and weinstein also faces a cri investigation in both new york and london. Turning to President Trump under fire for defending a top aide who stepped down over a string of Domestic Violence allegations. The president said its a tough time for rob porter and follow upd with a tweet about people being falsely accused. Porters exwife is responding. Abcs Serena Marshall has more from washington. Reporter shes firing back and firg back forcefully. Writing in a Time Magazine op ed piece that the president will not diminish my truth. It was a tweet that appeared to question the accusers over the accused. The president writing, peoples lives are being shattered and destroyed by a mere allegation. There is no recovery for someone falsely accused. Life and career are gone. Is there no such thing any longer as due process. Mr. Trump now facing backlash this morning for praising and defender former aide rob porter, a i kuzed of domestic absolute. Reporter in Time Magazine, porter aex second wife said, i was floord. My friend turned to me and said, the president of the just called you a liar. The staff says that the president s staff actefa. The first wife claims that the pictures and information came up in investigations. The tweet could be applied to a bunch of wondered if the president was anlt his friend, steve wynn. Reporter wynn faces allegations. Kirsten gillibrand reminding the people that that also means the president. Were obligated to have hearings. Translator president has fund mentally denid those allegations. Those accusers have had their day on your network and elsewhere for a long time. Reporter well, publicly, the president continues to defiend porter. Privately, the website axios says hes called porter sick and that image doesnt line up with the man he knew but he believes the women. Kendis . Diane . Overseas, investigators have recovered at least one of the flight recorders from the russian passenger jet seen here crashing outside moscow. It killed all 71 people on board. Snow is making the serge for clues extra challenginging this morning. Authorities have not ruled out terrorism. Reports indicate they dont believe terror was the likely cause. Everything from pilot error to weather is being considered. The pilot who they described as experienced never reported an energy. Its a first crash of a commercial airliner in more than a year. In the country, investigators aring look into the cause of a Helicopter Crash in the grand canyon. Three british soldiers were killed. The rough ter rare hampered rescue efforts. First responders had to hike to the crash site. The tail broke in half. It hit the bottom. Biggest explosion you ever heard. And flames like never seen. Some of the injured are badly burned. It was more than eight hours before the survivors could be airlifted out of the canyon. Other air tours over the grand canyon have been suspended. Experts have complained about crowded air space in the area. Puerto rico is trying to recover from another blow. An explosion and a fire at a substation caused a blackout if the northern part of the island, which includes parts of san juan. Officials think it will take about a day for power to be restored. Nearly 500,000 customers remain without electricity 145 days after Hurricane Maria devastated that island. Time for a look at your weather on this monday morning. The flood advisories are expiring in tennessee. Now parts of the state are waiting for thingings to dry out. Heavy rain left roads flooded and the ground soaked near nashville. Up to three inches fell in some areas over the weekend. Looking at todays highs, tern churs wont get out of the teens in the northern plains. Chicago is digging out from a record nine consecutive days of snowfall. Matching a record there. Coming up, gas prices are on the rise. Well look at what is causing the increase. And also ahead, the Trump Administrations plans to take the International Space station private. And the ame we just moved in about four months ago, but the living rooms pretty blank. We did a lot of research online. We just need to have a designer put it all together. Mmm hmm. This is great so, its really nice when clients come in and have. Done some of their own research. And then, i make it happen. What do you think about these chairs and that table . Working with a bassett designer was really easy. Us being young professionals, were so busy. Theres no way we couldve designed it ourselves. No. Just kind of ties in very well. We love it just kind of ties in very well. Were back with video of an explosion on a highway outside of beijing. A truck carrying liquefied natural gas burst into flames sending a fireball down the roadway. Tw two penople in the truck were taken to the hospital. 500 people had to be evacuated in the city of diamond bar. The truck was carrying about 1,000 gals on of high drone general. Crews did not pekt to let anyone back into the area until daylight. Police in ohio have released the 911 car that led to the killings of two police officers. Antdny morelli and eric jerring were shot. The call came from wester vnville. She told the dispatcher she was afraid for both her life and her daughters. Whats your emergency . Please help, please help, please help. Whats wrong . He shot the police officers. 30yearold Quinton Smith is charged in the murders. Hes recovering after being shot in the incident. Police had responded to the home three other times since september. Without making any arrests. Smiths wife says he previously threatened to kill her. Gas prices are on the rise. Currently 34 cents a gallon higher than this time last year. And up seven cents over the last three weeks. Were expecting to learn more detail today about the a plan from the Trump Administration to privatize the International Space station. It reportedly involves ending funding in seven years and turning the operation over to the international and commercial partnerships. Organized by nasa. Part of a white house budget request that is expected to face stiff opposition if congress. The u. S. Has spent nearly 100 billion to build and operate the space station. When we come back, a new indication that the u. S. May be ready to talk to north korea. History at the olympics. What this american figure skater did for the first time ever. And a car plows through a gauj and off a parking garage. The distraction the driver is now blaming. L help you save more with zero dollar copays on select plans and reward points on prescriptions. 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Rippon likely came in third because the other skaters attempted more difficult routines. But fans are not liking that explanation. His performance helped the u. S. Win bronze in the team competition. Alex stone has more from pyeongchang. Alex . Reporter kendis and diane, good morning. After a slow start, team usa is pulling in the medals. There would be many more on the horizon. Team usa won the bronze in the team figureh a strong showing from the shibutani siblings, maia and alex. Ma rye nag su became the First American woman to land a triple axel olympic games. Chris masder making u. S. Olympic history. Becoming the First American man to ever medal in the luge. You want that win. But to know you solid fied a medal for your country is incredible. Reporter on the slopes, 17yearold red gerard coming back from last place to steal the gold. Gerard, now youngest american man to win a gold medal in 90 years. Jamie anderson taking gold in the womens snowboard slow stile, defending her 2014 title. Chloe kim is expected to be the best hope for gold. Mikaela shiffrin has to wait this will thursday to go for th. Dangerous winds canceled the events. Organizers are being asked if they have to extend the games. They say its premature to think about that so far. Ex, tha. In the medal race, norway leads the way, fold by canada. The United States sits in fifth place behind the netherlands and germany. Were getting there. Slowly but surely. Yep. We hope. Were like the sloth. Former nfl quarterback tal a possible comeback. He talked about his former heardpartying lifestyle with abcs t. J. Holmes saying he was cut by the Cleveland Browns two years ago. Now he says his heavy drinking led to his depression and worse. I was selfmedicating with alcohol. Thats what i thought was making me happy and get out of that depression to a point where i had some sense of happiness. What did that get me . Where did that get me besides out of the nfl . Where did that get me . Disgraced . He credits his fiance with forcing him to focus on football again. Tennis superstar serena will jams back, but not all the way. She and venus lost if doubles in straight sets at a competition in asheville, north carolina. Serenas first competitive match since giving birth five months ago. Shes been away from tennis for more than a year. She said she felt better than expected. The u. S. Had already clinched a tie at the fed cup tournament there. A top drag race sir in the hospital after a terrifying crash in the first race of the season spp Brittany Force suffered no major internal injuries but suffered bruising of the lungs. Her car veered to the right and slammed into the wall. Shes the defending champion in drag racing after winning four races last season. Check out this accident caught on camera at a parking garage. 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