Passengers were told to brace for landing. Shaun white strikes gold. The top dog is crowned at the westminster dog show. See the breed that scored a rare win. And a good wednesday morning to you all and start with the Domestic Abuse scandal at the white house. The fbi is now shooting down some shifting stories from the trump administration. The white house has been struggling to explain the time line surrounding the departure of former aide rob porter who is accused of abusing his exwives and now the director of the fbi contradicting the white house. Abcs Kenneth Moton is following details right now from d. C. Good morning. Reporter good morning, guys. White house staff secretary rob porter handled the most sensitive information. We now know the white house continued to employ the top trump aide knowing he could not get a permanent security clearance because of his past. This morning, contradictory claims are swamping the trump white house. The administration story shifting over who knew what and when about the Domestic Abuse allegations against the president s former staff secretary rob porter. His Background Investigation was ongoing. Reporter the white house first saying the fbi was still conducting porters background check when his two exwives alleged abuse. One releasing this photo of her black eye. The white house had not received any specific papers regarding the completion of that background check. Reporter but in a stunning twist the president s own fbi director Christopher Wray told senators his agents gave the white house reports on porter four times starting nearly a year ago. The fbi submitted a partial report on the investigation in question in march and then a completed Background Investigation in late july. Reporter press secretary Sarah Sanders yesterday shifting the blame to a littleknown office in the white house. The white house personal Security Office which is staffed by career officials would have may have received information but they had not completed their process and made a recommendation to the white house for adjudication. Reporter the fallout leading right to chief of staff john kelly who told the wall street journal he wouldnt have handled the porter situation any differently saying it was all done right. The porter scandal has revealed dozens of top officials including Jared Kushner still dont have permanent security clearan clearances. The white house is refusing to comment. Diane and kendis. All right, Kenneth Moton for us live from d. C. , thanks kenneth. The top u. S. Intelligence officials are sounding the alarm on a new round of election interference from russia. Theyre warning that america is under attack again. The intelligence chiefs told congress theyve seen evidence that russia is looking to influence the midterm elections this year using information warfare. We expect russia to continue using propaganda, social media, false flag personas and exacerbate social and political fissures in the United States. There should be no doubt that russia perceived that its past efforts as successful. Frankly the United States is under attack. The fbi director testified that President Trump has not directed him to stop russias meddling in upcoming elections. Democrats are slamming the president for not calling out russians. For the first time were seeing video of a u. S. Air strike in syria that destroyed a russian tank. U. S. Officials say this is the second defensive trike in the last week against forces loyal to syrian dictator bashar al assad. It reportedly killed dozens of russian contractors, although neither u. S. Or russian officials have confirmed that number. In a report overnight President Trumps personal lawyer admits he paid 130,000 out of his own pocket to a porn star who once said she had an affair with trump. Michael cohen tells the New York Times the money he gave to Stormy Daniels whose real name was Stephanie Clifford was not reimbursed by the president and says the payment was lawful and not a Campaign Contribution or a Campaign Expenditure by anyone. Cohen would not say we i made the payment or whether the president was aware of it. We turn to the High Altitude rescue unfolding on the slopes of oregons mt. Hood. Several climbers became stranded there and very dangerous conditions as the weather started to warm up. And one man even fell hundreds of feet to his death. Overnight rescue crews in black hawk helicopters helped pull the remaining six climbers on mt. Hood to safety. They became trapped after conditions turned dangerous. Fallen rock and ice, which is normal when you have freezing at night and then it gets so warm during the day. Reporter the rescue efforts started after another climber fell up to a thousand feet near the summit. People in the area rushed to his aid performing cpr. Theyre saying the location they are at with the patient is not safe and they have ice and rocks falling on them. He later died. Worst conditionwise. Reporter this one turned around after noticing the conditions deteriorated. A layer of ice that had frozen on top of another layer of thicker ice and trying to kick steps or get tools in and you couldnt get security from it. It was just kind of breaking off and crumbling. Even experienced climbers were having a hard time. Reporter the rescue comes just in time with the forecast of 18 degrees predicted overnight. Thats a windchill factor of negative 1. With a high chance of snow. At least 100 fatalities have been reported on mt. Hood. The most recent was in august of last year. And there was another frightening moment during that rescue. A woman coming down was suddenly unable to move. Rescuers brought her down on a sled using a rope pulling her about 600 feet at a time. Well time now for a look at your weather for this wednesday morning. The rain and snow ending today in southern california. But not before bringing some much needed snow to ski resorts in the region. It was only a dusting, one resort, that was enough to help snowboarders and skiers. In los angeles, 66. Rain heading to phoenix where the high will be 64. Albuquerque, new mexico and memphis will top out at 60. The same for chicago and detroit. Coming up, how much money people are spending on valentines day this year. Some terrifying moments on the hickox as a driver reports his gas pedal is stuck at 100 Miles Per Hour. Hear what bmw has to say in response. Olympic hero shaun white fresh off his gold medal victory responding to Sexual Harassment were back with video from new orleans overnight where police are investigating at least three shootings during mardi gras. In one incident two were killed outside a gas station and two shootings reported near the Mardi Gras Parade route. Now, police have now released surveillance images showing one of the suspects. The socalled chelsea bomber has been sentenced to life in prison. Ahmad rahimi set off a Pressure Cooker bomb on a sidewalk in new york citys chelsea neighborhood back in 2016. 30 people were injured in the attack. A second bomb nearby did not explode. Prosecutors say rahimi has shown no remorse and has been even trying to radicalize other inmates in prison. A soldier at ft. Bragg, north carolina, has been arrested in connection with the brutal abduction and Sexual Assault of a girl in texas five years ago. Police say dna from levy goss is a match and made the identification after he was investigated in a separate case. They say he attacked the 16yearold with an ax then dragged her from the side of a road near a school. She escaped by pretending to be dead. Goss lived near the crime scene before enlisting in the army. Democrats have flipped another state legislative seat. Margaret good pulled it off in the race. Buying a home is getting more expensive. Prices have now jumped to record highs in nearly twothirds of American Cities and you can blame the improving job market and record low number of homes for sale for that. Also consider this figure, incomes have jumped 15 since 2011. But in that time home prices are up 48 . San jose, california, has seen the biggest jump in the last few months. Well, americans are spending more on valentines day this year. U. P. S. Predicting itll deliver 88 million flowers today. The flowers make up only a fraction of the overall spending with the average consumer shelling out 143 on their valentine. So theyll spend the most on jewelry and dinner but heres a new trend. More people, especially those under age 35, are buying their pets a gift as well. All right. True love. Ill be shopping for frank today in that case. 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He called 911 during that ordeal which lasted nearly an hour. Are you able to get your vehicle in neutral . No. Have you tried the emergency brake . Yeah, maam, im not pulling that at no 100 miles an hour. Sir, do your brakes work at all . Yeah, they do but im not slamming on them dont witness that slam on them. My brakes are already bad. So he missed the first two spike strips but one did eventually stop the suv which was smoking at the time. The driver was treated and released from the hospital. The cause of the incident still a mystery, bmw says the vehicle has multiple safeguards to override the accelerator in the unlikely event it gets stuck. A terrifying flight to hawaii ended in relief for hundreds of passengers and now were seeing what it was like inside the cabin. Brace, brace, brace. That packed United Airlines flight and its passengers there cheering as the plane touched down in honolulu. Passengers were told to prepare for the worst after the cover of one of its engines ripped off in midair. It happened when the plane was 45 mens away from hawaii. Imagine looking out your window and seeing that. Passengers say they knew something was wrong when they heard a loud bang. Tremendous bang and a depleting very sudden vibration. High frequently vibration that settled down into a shaking because the engine mount was shake sfllg when they told us we had to brace that probably freaked me out the most because im imagining it flipping or catching on fire or whatever but thankfully were okay. Once we did land everyone cheered and clapped and people were crying. We were crying. We were just so happy to be safely on the ground. The faa is now investigating. No one was injured. 363 passengers and ten crew members were on board that plane. What a scare. All right, we turn to the winter games and its a tight race at the top of the medal standings in south korea. Norway leads the way followed by canada, followed by the netherlands as well. The u. S. Sits in fifth place after shaun white picked up a gold in snowboarding. Abcs alex stone with the latest. Reporter quite a day here for the u. S. Shaun white redeeming himself after a tough go of it at the last olympics. Shaun white aching history in pyeongchang becoming the First American male to win gold at three Winter Olympics. White continued the u. S. Dominance in snowboarding scoring 97. 75 to take halfpipe gold and the u. S. 100th gold medal in the history of the winter games. Japans ayumu hirano put the pressure on him taking the lead on the second run but white answered the challenge. North koreas figure skaters received huge cheers as they took the ice for the Short Program and proved why they were the only north korean athletes to qualify for the pyeongchang games. Twotime u. S. National champions alexa and chris were the sole u. S. Pair team. The couple who began skating together in 2012 and married in 2016 were considered the underdog although it wasnt their strongest skate, the couple celebrated. The chance to be on olympic ice on valentines day. The skate ended with chinas figure skaters claiming the top spot with a score of 82. 39, the athletes from russia and canada rounded out the top three and mikayla shifrins was delayed from wednesday to friday due to strong winds. Its still windy here but the wind is forecast to dissipate in the coming days. Olympic organizers need the wind to go away so they can fit in all of the alpine events that have been delayed. Kendis, diane. And as shaun white celebrates another gold medal he is being forced to answer questions about Sexual Harassment allegations. The drummer in his band accused him of harassing her. Lena claims white sent her lewd Text Messages sean said he used his position to demand she wear revealing clothes. After white denied the allegations they did reach a settlement. Matt gutman asked him about it overnight. Honestly here to talk about the olympics not gossip. I am who i am and im proud of who i am and my friends, you know, love me and vouch for me. Youre saying the allegations against you are gossip. I think were hear to talk about the gold medal and the amazing day we had today. If you dont have another question id like to be addressed it a little bit. I think were here to talk about the gold medal. I feel like addressed it. That voice you heard by the way was the press officer for team usa snowboarding who cut off matt gutmans questioning. Were told no questions were taken from female reporters in the audience. Coming up, the month when the smartest babies are born. Definitely february. Definitely september. Also ahead, the top dog at this years westminster dog show. The breed with a rare win. For you, its always leap over look. Now over later. And pause. 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Good morning to you all. Im matt odonnell. 4 27 a. M. Its wednesday morning and heres whats coming up next on action news. A teen is fighting for his life after being shot while on a busy street were live with the latest developments. Temperatures are in the 30s. Meteorologist, david murphy is tracking a big swing in temperatures and some rain in accuweather. Heres something to help you think warm thoughts. Phillies pitchers and catchers report today for spring training in florida. Those stories and much more plus traffic on action news next. Ith an arrest record dating back decades. Looking at todays weather, we expect some rain and snow in the west. The midwest will be 10 to 15 degrees warmer than usual. There could be flooding in the tennessee valley. Finally a young woman in new york looking for love this valentines day. And getting help to find the man she saw on the train. Wabcs Kemberly Richardson spoke to her. Reporter its a city of millions but have you ever spotted that person . Black shaggy hair, brown eyes. Reporter you know the one who you were instantly drawn to. About my age and just hes cute. Reporter well, devin tells me those sparks flew while she was driving the g train in october. We kept making eye contact from a distance so throughout the ride he kept moving closer and closer. Reporter but the single 25yearold says when the train stopped she got separated from her cinderfella. Devin didnt give up and posted this message on the missed connections board an craigslist. People meet online through dating apps and sliding into dm. Why is it that much different. Reporter she waited. No response then this a team from a Las Vegas Hotel spotted devins post. Reached out to her and created this 20foot billboard in williamsburg hoping to find that guy, the only clue, he was wearing yellow shoes. Wednesday valentines day at 1 00 p. M. , well, this mystery may be solved. Paul will be there has been married for seven years. Was it love at first sight. Yes, it was. It was meant to be. Reporter there are so many what ifs in this story. What if hes married. What if hes not interested or a no show or what if hundreds of men show up with yellow shoes . Its a once in a lifetime opportunity and if you are going to do Something Like this you might as well go all the way. Im mesmerized and scared. Theyre kind of yellow. Brown shoes. Action news. Delaware valleys leading news program with matt odonnell, tamala edwards, karen rogers and meteorologist, david murphy. Good morning everyone, its 4 30 a. M. On this wednesday february 14th. Heres what were following for you. Gunfire hits a 17yearold boy standing on a West Philadelphia corner. Smoke rises from a Delaware County neighborhood as firefighters battle a stubborn blaze. The love statue is back where it belongs. Officiants have a busy day of valentines wedding planned. A perfect day for valentines. Love is in the air. Looks like maybe 6 feet off the air. Stor
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