diane. >> thank you so much. and as you can see behind byron right there in cities across america today flags were flying at half staff on the order of president obama, who declared this an official day of remembrance of the fallen president, who summoned a nation to greatness, and our own barbara walters sat down with president obama on this anniversary. >> when we talk about the assassination of jfk, are you ever worried about your own safety? >> it's not something i think about. mainly, because we have a secret service that does such an outstanding job every single day. and obviously, you know, tragedy reshaped the secret service in many ways. but they do an outstanding job. and thankfully it's not something i spend a lot of time worrying about. >> mr. president, today is the 50th anniversary of the assassination of president kennedy. you visited his grave this week. what were your thoughts? >> well, when you think about the legacy of the kennedy family, obviously, it has been part of all of modern american hi

diane? >> martha, big news on another front. >>> we have a note about a milestone on wall street today. the dow hitting a new record. for the first time in history, closing above the 16,000 mark, fueled by encouraging new jobs numbers. >>> next tonight a jumbo sized mistake in kansas. how did a giant cargo plane land at the wrong airport and one with such a tiny runway. the plane was stuck there for hours. an investigation is under way into the pilots who clearly had a very bad day. abc's david kerley has the latest. >> reporter: this afternoon, this giant boeing cargo plane which carries plane parts took off from a very small kansas airport. but how it got there is the story. in the darkness of the middle of the night, the pilots of the so- called dreamlifter put it down at the wrong airport. >> mcconnell is nine miles south. >> yes, sir, we just landed at the other airport. >> reporter: how could that happen? the huge modified 746 was headed to mcconnell airport but the smaller jabara airp

diane? >> jonathan karl, thank you so much tonight. >>> we move next to a brewing storm about a nearly billion dollar gamble by the government that apparently didn't work. we're talking about airport security, the tsa. taxpayers paid a lot of money to help security officials learn how to spot potential terrorists suspicious behavior. the trouble is a new report finds the results were no better than guessing. here's abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas. >> reporter: they're at the major airports, 3,000 of them. special tsa officers trained to detect criminals and terrorists by studying the behavior of passengers. are passengers acting suspicious, sweating, nervously looking around. how do they respond to questions. the cost $200 million a year, nearly a billion dollars spent so far and now word that it's money possibly flushed away, that the security project may be worthless. >> for a program to have operated since 2007 without any real success and for someone to try to continue i

diane? >> they're on it in a new way, full force. >> 700 agents and technicians assigned to the task. >> thank you so much, brian. i want everyone to know you'll have more tonight, a full report on "nightline" as well. >>> and now we turn to a bizarre story out of north korea. an 85-year-old man from california, a veteran of the korean war, arrested while sightseeing there. why? abc's global affairs correspondent martha raddatz has the latest on that. >> reporter: an adventure turned into a nightmare. merrill newman, an 85-year-old korean war veteran and grandfather seen here recently in his retirement community newsletter. he was on a sightseeing trip to the country he once fought against. about to leave, he was reportedly pulled from the airplane by north korean authorities. his traveling companion and neighbor, bob hamrdla, a former stanford university official, telling abc news there has to be a terrible misunderstanding. i hope that the north koreans will see this as a humanitarian matt

the grahams spoke to diane in 1992. >> you know what his favorite meal is? a can of vienna sausages, a can of cold tomatoes and a can of baked beans, all cold, dumped on a plate. his favorite meal. a man like that, you know -- >> what a gourmet. >> reporter: throughout his life it's been the gospel that has sustained him. >> reporter: is there one passage in the scripture or one part of a hymn that never fails to make you feel great? >> what a friend we have in jesus. it was eisenhower's favorite hymn and it's my favorite hymn. >> reporter: today on this video, what may be billy graham's final public prayer. >> i invite you to come into my heart and life. i want to trust and follow you as my lord and savior. in jesus' name, amen. >> reporter: he is very direct in this final message, arguing that america is in spiritual peril, but that there is hope in the form of the gospel. it's remarkable. here's a man who has seen so much change over the course of his very public ministry but his core message has not changed one bit. >> his family is calling it the final

diane? >> thank you, jim. we have george stephanopoulos standing by to weigh in. first, we asked rebecca jarvis talking to insurance companies to tell us if today's announcement means that premiums are going to increase. >> reporter: what's important and what every american should hear is that the vast majority of us will see everything remain the same as a result of this announcement. those who are covered by medicare, medicaid or employer insurance will have the exact same premiums next year that they already expected to pay. >> they are already locked in, but there is a small minority that is at risk. >> reporter: those who have lost their plans already under obama care, those people will now have to go back to their insurance companies. the insurance companies will have to offer the same plans. the states will have to approved them and they could be at higher premiums. >> rebecca, thanks for the clarity in the chaos today. turning now to george stephanopoulos. take us behind closed doors. what are they saying at the white house today? >> reporter: they had to

diane? >> we wish him well tonight. thank you, alex. >>> as a measure of the power of the storm look what families in chicago found in their yard so far away, precious family photos crumbled and dirty, pieces of mail, sheet music and a church bulletin, a trail of belongings from the path of the tornado. those memories had traveled 120 miles on the wind. abc's meteorologist ginger zee shows us more about the rampaging tornados. >> reporter: the warning, the cries, the outright prayer. and from above, the big picture. this was washington, illinois before the tornado. and then that chilling image from today. a sickening scar stretching three miles, scouring everything in its path. a drone takes you in even closer. look at this neighborhood. these homes gutted but homes across the street seemingly untouched and the roads clear of debris. unwelcome records were set sunday. this is the deadliest series of tornados illinois has ever had in the month of november. >> reporter: tornados in november ar

diane? >> monitoring the relief. thank you, terry. >>> on this veteran's day it's hard not to think of general mcarthur 70 years ago vowing to the philippine people "i shall return." if you want to be among the people trying to keep that promise there are so many ways to help, and we have listed many of them on our website. abcnews.com/worldnews. >>> back here at home tonight on this veteran's day the president laid a wreath at the tomb of the unknowns at arlington national cemetery. right there in the crowd, the nation's oldest living veteran, 107-year-old richard overton. >> he was there at pearl harbor when the battleships were still smoldering. he was there at okinawa. he was there at iwo jima where he said i only got out of there by the grace of god. >> someone else who served got a salute today, 91-year-old phyllis gould, one of the original rosie the riveters. she worked as a welder during world war ii and today vice-president biden called her to invite her to the white house because she had said it's a big it

>> reporter: good evening, diane. there may be new hope tonight for hundreds of american coal miners in the wake of our investigation with the center for public integrity into why so many were denied black lung benefits despite evidence they had the deadly severe form of that disease. steve day's doctors diagnosed him with black lung. >> my doctor says my lungs are shot. >> reporter: doctors at johns hopkins hospital, hired by the coal company, rejected the diagnosis and, we found, that of hundreds of other miners, saving the companies millions of dollars. the head of the black lung unit at hopkins, dr. paul wheeler, did not find a single case of severe black lung in available cases we examined since the year 2000, not one. >> that's my opinion and i have a perfect right to my opinion. >> reporter: but we found his opinion has been wrong a lot. gary fox was denied black lung benefits for ten years after dr. wheeler read his x-ray as negative. it was only after fox's death at the age of 58 that an autopsy concluded fox

diane has the evening off. we do begin tonight with that wicked weather on this halloween, millions of families taking a rain check literally on that trick or treating. here's why. a giant system on the move this evening, some of the worst flooding in a century. in texas a church under water, a baby handed off by rescuers, a highway broken into pieces by the rushing water. look at this tonight, families huddled on rooftops waiting for help. more than 50 million americans in the storm zone tonight. abc meteorologist ginger zee standing by with the forecast for the next few hours. we begin here with abc's ryan owens in the middle of the mess tonight. ryan, good evening. >> reporter: good evening to you, david. we're inside one of an estimated 500 homes that look like this. would you take a look around me. talk about a muddy mess. this was a flash flood so most of the water is gone except the stuff i'm slushing through but what a mess left behind. how high did it get? look here, this is the water line almost as ta

diane? >>> and we're joined by espn senior nfl analyst chris mortensen. chris, thanks so much for being part of the team leading the way on this reporting. what are you hearing and what do you know about how many teams across this country blur the lines between hazing and something that is not to be tolerated? >> well, you hear probably a handful of teams. sometimes you raise your eyebrows. a lot of times it's the taping of a rookie to a goal post and dumping ice on him and some people believe that's going too far. in terms of classic bullying, i don't know. >> what about jonathan martin tonight? what are you hearing about him? here he is 312 pounds and everyone saying he's drawing up documents tonight. if he couldn't fight this, who can? >> first of all, he was stanford educated. he has parents who are second or third generation harvard educated parents. he went to a prep school. he grew up in different environment than the normal classic football player. when this happened last week he checked himself into the hospital for emotional distress. his coach,

. >> reporter: diane, signs indicate tonight that a deal may be imminent. the administration clearly seeing this as a once in a generation chance to avoid the nightmare of iran getting a nuclear weapon. the big question, can the world trust this smile? tonight, we may be closer to an answer. an all out push for a deal is on. secretary kerry, who made the surprise visit, picking his words carefully. >> i want to emphasize, still very important issues on the table, that are unresolved. it is important for those to be properly thoroughly addressed. >> reporter: the likely agreement? some of the sanctions that crippled iran's economy are lifted in exchange some of iran's nuclear program halted. it's a rare opening, coming as iran's new more open minded president hassan rouhani has signaled the time may be now. something the u.s. desperately wants, a nuclear iran long being what's kept presidents awake at night. >> that it might use that bomb and it might spur its neighbors to get bombs and suddenly an unstable middle east could go nuclear and go badly nuclear.

diane and her sister inspired disneyland, a place where a family can dream together. she was a great grandmother to one. ceo bob iger saying she'll be remembered for her grace and her work to preserve her father's legacy. our thoughts are with the disney family tonight. >>> talk about happy feet. there is a fake in this video right here. can you spot it? capturing images like we've never seen before and you'll see them right after the break. capturing images like we've never seen before and you'll see them right after the break. but with copd making it hard to breathe, i thought those days might be over. so my doctor prescribed symbicort. it helps significantly improve my lung function starting within five minutes. symbicort doesn't replace a rescue inhaler for sudden symptoms. with symbicort, today i'm breathing better. and that means...fish on! symbicort is for copd including chronic bronchitis and emphysema. it should not be taken more than twice a day. symbicort may increase your risk of lung infections, osteoporosis, and some eye problems. tell your doctor if you

diane? >> thank you, terry. as you said need so much and there are so many ways to help these families in the philippines. we have listed many of the ways to help on our website. just go to abcnews.com. >>> and important news now for airline travelers, a major merger is a step closer. the justice department gave the green light to usairways and american to join forces to become the largest airline in the world. it could happen by the end of the year. >>> and tonight a rough new poll number for the president. for the first time in his presidency, a majority of american voters, 52 percent in a new poll say president obama is not honest and trustworthy. one factor, the people who felt misled about getting to keep their insurance under obama care. now former president clinton is adding salt to the stumble. here's abc's jon karl. >> reporter: today bill clinton said what president obama's harshest critics have been saying. that he may need to the change the health care law to help the millions of people who have seen

diane sawyer back on monday. i hope to see you for world news this weekend. from all of us here at abc news and for bango the buck, good night. >>> tonight the shootingq/z at . w airport. good evening. >> the incident at lax left one man dead. the suspect is in critical condition and air traffic snarl add cross the country. sky seven is over lax now. and here is what we know. abc news reports the gunman left a note suggesting he was antigovernment and expected to be killed the man who was killed was with the tsa. six others were wounded. and hundreds forced to run for safety. access to the airport, blocked the fbi confirmed the suspect's identity this, man, a 23-year-old paul ciancia of los angeles. federal agents questioned his parents in new jersey his father is a business owner. police say, there, rather, tell us the suspect sent his brother a text kath he may have been suicidal. ciancia was shot and wounded in terminal three. we begin with the developments in the abc7 newsroom. >> reporter: let's talk about the bag. inside investigators say they found a h

diane is off tonight, 43 million americans are on the move. across the country the long thanksgiving weekend got off to a hectic start, weather forcing more than 200 flight cancellations today because of snow, ice and wind. in north carolina a tornado blew the roof off this condominium, snapped trees and downed power lines. look at the map tonight, most of the trouble in the northeast, parts of the country bracing for more cold and wind on the way. our extreme weather team is tracking it all and we begin with abc's meteorologist ginger zee. good evening. >> reporter: good evening, george. who doesn't love a nice, cold rain to kick off the holiday. behind me you can see the balloons into will go up tomorrow like we will be talking about in a bit. first i want to show you the wreck that this storm left behind. >> reporter: sliding into the holiday from the carolinas to new england. trudging through nasty wind and driving rain. the timing of this storm, just cruel for the 39 million of us hitting the road this thanksgiving. the pre holiday hustle

government would certainly be seeking ways to get him released and as you can imagine, diane, he is the talk of his retirement home. >> oh, yes, and this mysterious place, what a strange story. thank you so much, martha raddatz. >>> back here at home some news tonight, a new milestone for same sex marriage. here's the map. last week hawaii joined the states approving. tonight illinois legalized same sex marriage, the 16th state to do so and the weddings can begin there next june. >>> in washington tonight new developments in the drug bust of a congressman, tray radel. he was in court today pleading guilty to charges of cocaine possession as we learn more about how federal agents caught him. here's abc's senior justice correspondent pierre thomas. >> reporter: today congressman trey radel took the walk no politician wants to make, the walk of shame. as he left the court after pleading guilty to cocaine possession. it was long distance from the hallowed halls of congress for a first time conservative who pushed for drug testing of food stamp recipients. >> we stand up and say our society

diane is with her family tonight, and it's great to have you with us here. despite the storm millions had to travel through, you made it. tonight, right to the images here. spectators getting into the spirit, dressed as turkeys to watch the bigs macy's parade right here in new york, joy on the faces of the children watching the balloons go by. we cannot forget who we need to thank on this holiday, this soldier in the spirit right there in afghanistan. as many of you try to enjoy your dinner tonight or head back in for leftovers, just look at the long lines already forming at the mall this thanksgiving. so many shoppers who cut dinner short. more stores open this thanksgiving than ever before, and if anyone needs reminding, take a look at this. this is what's coming tomorrow. black friday and crowds expected before sunrise, and we have team coverage from the shopping centers to the weather center. we begin with abc's chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis at toys r us in times square. happy thanksgiving, rebecca. >> reporter: happy thanksgiving, david. m

diane is off tonight. as we come on the air a ferocious storm system with very bad timing is creating all kinds of trouble. look at the countdown clock, one of the busiest travel days of the year hours away and this is the storm, powering up and on the move, with arctic air, downpours, strong winds and even tornados. the national service issuing watches, warnings and advisories in 20 states tonight and so many families wondering will they make it home for thanksgiving. our extreme weather team is tracking it all. abc's weather editor sam champion starts us off. good evening, sam. >> reporter: good evening, george. there is a light, cold rain in central park. this pre-thanksgiving storm has made it to the east coast. look at the radar. it's the entire east coast, every eastern state from the gulf coast all the way to maine is getting something out of this storm. there is still the possibility of severe weather in north florida all the way to coastal carolinas. take a look at that ice that's mixed in with th

diane is off tonight and we begin with that killer storm moving across the country right now, complicating highway travel plans for millions of americans. this map tells the story. 33 states in the cross hairs, 48 hours to go before the year's busiest travel day. tonight postcards from the storm zone are pouring in. trees no match for powerful winds in texas, whiteout conditions in oklahoma, and in philadelphia those fountains caked in ice. our extreme weather team is tracking it all. abc's senior weather editor sam champion starts us off. >> reporter: thanksgiving is days away, but rain, ice and snow are already ruining plans for millions of americans. from whiteout conditions in oklahoma, over 13 inches of snow have fallen in parts of the sooner state. this car, caught on tape, slides, rolling over. watch again. fortunately, no one was seriously hurt. to albuquerque, new mexico, sleet, snow and 50 mile per hour winds. >> it's slick! i mean, there's a lot of snow on top of ice that's just being packed on the more cars are riding over it. >> reporter: in colorado springs, colorado, police

diane is off tonight. 43 million americans are on the move. across the country the long thanksgiving weekend got off to a hectic start, weather forcing more than 200 flight cancellations today because of snow, ice and wind. in north carolina a tornado blew the roof off this condominium, snapped trees and downed power lines. look at the map tonight, most of the trouble in the northeast, parts of the country bracing for more cold and wind on the way. our extreme weather team is tracking it all and we begin with abc's meteorologist ginger zee. good evening, ginger. >> reporter: good evening, george. who doesn't love a nice, cold rain to kick off the holiday. behind me you can see the balloons that will go up tomorrow that we will be talking about in a bit. first i want to show you the wreck that this storm left behind. sliding into the holiday from the carolinas to new england. trudging through nasty wind and driving rain. the timing of this storm, just cruel for the 39 million of us hitting the road this thanksgiving. the pre-holiday hustle clog

diane sawyer is up next. >> thanks for joining us see you again in 30 >>> this is world news, tonight black friday madness. tempers flair, millions of holiday shoppers punch into stores, triggering fights, even gun fire. americans are surviving the craziest shopping day of the year. helicopter crash, rescue crews scrambling after police chopper crashes into a crowded pub in scotland. braising jewel heist. france's biggest and boldest rivalry, nearly $150 million worth of bling gone in 30 seconds. french police now asking you to help them catch this thief. >>> march of the wlals, hundreds of humpbacks converging off the coast, hundreds of spectators hoping for an encounter, what's in the water attracting them? >>> good evening, thanks for joining us on this friday night. we begin with black friday mania playing out tonight at malls across america. retailers opening doors earlier than ever to a crush of frenzied shoppers lured by seductive door buster deals. but in many locations the rush turned violent. shoppers brawling over discounted merchandise. is the sheer numbers at america's ma

diane is with our family tonight and it's great to have you with us here. despite the storm millions had to travel through, you made it. spectators getting into the spirit, dressed as turkeys to watch the macy's day parade, joy on the faces of the children watching the balloons go by. we cannot forget who we need to thank on this holiday, the soldier in afghanistan. as many of you try to enjoy your dinner, just look at the long lines already forming at the mall this thanksgiving. so many shoppers who cut dinner short. more stores open this thanksgiving than ever before and if anyone needs reminding take a look at this. this is what's coming tomorrow. black friday and we have team coverage from the shopping centers to the weather center. we begin with abc's chief business correspondent rebecca jarvis at toys r us in times square. happy thanksgiving, rebecca. >> reporter: happy thanksgiving. more stores than ever this year has opened today. here at toys r us people lined up since this morning to get inside. once they opened the doors, the cash registers start

and that, diane, despite the fact that president obama had issued a veto threat. >> jonathan karl, thank you, everyone should know the president's health care fix will be front and center sunday on this week with george stephanopoulos and the roundtable. >>> also tonight a story out of detroit sparking debates around kitchen tables. a young woman shot dead on a stranger's porch in the dead of night. she was black. the gunman white. and her family says she just needed help. the gunman is claiming self defense. but today, he was charged in her murder. abc's alex perez. >> reporter: 19-year-old renisha mcbride's death sparked out rage. her family arguing she was a victim of racial profiling, prosecutors charged theodore wafer with second degree murder. it all began earlier this month in this mostly white neighborhood in dearborn heights, michigan. mcbride left the car accident about 1:30 a.m. apparently looking for help. tests show she had more than twice the legal limit of alcohol in her system. as well as marijuana. about two hours after the accident, she wandered to this porch. >> by all

diane is off tonight. as we come on the air a ferocious storm system with very bad timing is creating all kinds of trouble. look at the countdown clock, one of the busiest travel days of the year hours away and this is the storm, power up and on the move, arctic air, downpour, strong winds and tornados. the national service issues watches, warnings and advisories in 20 states tonight and so many wondering will they make it home for thanksgiving. abc's weather editor sam champion starts us off. good evening, sam. >> reporter: good evening, george. there is a light, cold rain in central park. this prethanksgiving storm has made it on the east coast. look at the radar. it's the entire east coast, every eastern state from the gulf coast to maine is getting something outs of this storm. there is still the possibility of severe weather in north florida all the way to coastal a carolinas. let's head south a little bit though because that's the area that took the brunt of the storm during the day today deep into a