here's abc's matt gutman. >> with his wife's kidnappers still out there, keith papini is cautious. keith has agreed to do the interview, but under the condition that we do it here in literally in the middle of nowhere. in an exclusive interview with "20/20," papini describing his wife's harrowing release. >> they kind of pushed her out of the vehicle. and she at this point has no idea where she's at. and then ran to the freeway. she's screamed so much, she said she was coughing up blood from the screaming, trying to get somebody to stop. again, just another sign of how my wife, she's so wonderful, she's saying, maybe people of prison. so she tried to tuck in her chain under her clothes. >> reporter: chained and beaten, hair cut off, body branded. keith papini still wrestling with the guilt. >> i thought about her being there, screaming my name. >> reporter: and it's at this intersection that keith realized his wife had been abducted. for the first time we're learning that the two women who released her, were the same ones who abducted her, forcing her into the car at gunpoint. matt

. >> matt gutman hollywood tonight. thank you. >>> losing a child is, of course, one of life's most stressful heartbreaks but could a broken heart have played a role in debbie reynolds' death? dr. jen ashton joins us now with some of the science on that and dr. jen, is this a real thing. >> it is a real condition called broken heart syndrome but this refers to a sudden stunning of the heart muscle in someone without hardening of their arteries usually in response to a severe emotional stress, those people for the most part recover. this is very different than a stroke, but there are some studies that show a higher death rate in parents who have lost children even adult children and that really points to just how devastating physically and emotionally the loss of a child can be. >> dr. jen, thank you. >>> a very special look at this mother/daughter life and legacy on "20/20" tomorrow night at 10:00 eastern. >>> the major winter storm sweeping across 15 states and the damaging december tornado outside of atlanta. take a l

. >> matt gutman reporting from hollywood tonight. matt, thank you. >>> losing a child is, of course, one of life's most stressful heartbreaks but could a broken heart have played a role in debbie reynolds' death? dr. jen ashton joins us now with some of the science on that and, dr. jen, is this a real thing? >> it is a real condition. it's called broken heart syndrome, but this refers to a sudden stunning of the heart muscle in someone without hardening of their arteries usually in response to a severe emotional stress, those people for the most part recover. this is very different than a stroke, but there are some studies that show a higher death rate in parents who have lost children, even adult children, and that really points to just how devastating physically and emotionally the loss of a child can be. >> dr. jen, thank you. >>> a very special look at this mother/daughter life and legacy on "20/20" tomorrow night at 10:00 eastern. >>> next to the major winter storm sweeping across 15 states and the damaging december tornado outs

>> matt gutman with us again tonight. thanks, matt. >>> and president-elect donald trump asked about the terror overseas. he did emerge briefly after an intelligence meeting at his mar-a-lago resort in florida today. reporters asking him about his plan during his campaign for a muslim ban in this country. his nominee for national will lieu ten that michael flynn was right behind him. >> in the wake of the violence -- >> terrible. >> have you spoken since president obama sups then? >> what's going on is terrible. what's going on is terrible. terrible. >> has it caused you to rethink or re-evaluate your plans to create a muslim register or ban muslims in the united states? >> hey, you know my plans all along. and it's 100% correct. what's happening is disgraceful. >> you saw the security in times square. security being stepped up across europe, as well, especially at tourists sites where americans will be among the holiday visitors. in london tonight, at buckingham palace, there are strict new controls in place at this hour

. >> matt gutman reporting from hollywood tonight. thank you. >>> losing a child is, of course, one of life's most stressful heartbreaks but could a broken heart have played a role in debbie reynolds' death? dr. jen ashton joins us now with some of the science on that and dr. jen, is this a real thing. >> it is a real condition called broken heart syndrome but this refers to a sudden stunning of the heart muscle in someone without hardening of their arteries usually in response to a severe emotional stress, those people for the most part recover. this is very different than a stroke, but there are some studies that show a higher death rate in parents who have lost children even adult children and that really points to just how devastating physically and emotionally the loss of a child can be. >> dr. jen, thank you. >>> a very special look at this mother/daughter life and legacy on "20/20" tomorrow night at 10:00 eastern. >>> the major winter storm sweeping across 15 states and the damaging december tornado outside of atlanta. take a l

>> abc's matt gutman leading us off from germany tonight. matt, thank you. >>> back here at home, meanwhile, americans on edge, as well. security stepped up tonight at christmas markets and malls, at holiday events. within hours of the attack in berlin, highly trained police were standing guard right here in new york city. but abc's linsey davis asks tonight, is it possible to defend against attacks using trucks as the main weapon? >> reporter: tonight, shoppers are finding high-powered weapons alongside holiday trinkets. >> yes, i'm afraid, but here we are. >> reporter: squads of heavily armed officers with long guns patrolling in the wake of that terror attack in berlin, leaving this question on so many minds. how do you prevent a truck attack? it just doesn't seem like it's possible to have enough barricades everywhere. >> you can't prevent or protect every piece of new york city all the time, everywhere, or you actually prevent nothing, and protect nothing. >> reporter: at large events, like new york's thanksgiving day parade, sanitation

that was matt gutman reporting. up next -- a son is accused of killing his parents and then trying to dissolve their bodies in acid.... what police say could be the motive is jaw-dropping!! and a series of deadly storms country overnight.... the newest images and details just coming in... plus -- i'll have a special report on sexual harrasment in the workplace. just how often women are subjected to it. and i'm following breaking news -- several police officers shot in different states just hours apart. the latest details just coming. searching for suspect - v chattanooga, tennessee police for a man who shot a chattanooga, tennessee police officer. was shot three times while checking a home for squatters. the officer was able to drive himself to the hospital and has since been released. the gunman is described as a black male dressed in dark clothing. and more breaking news -- two tucson, arizona police officers are recovering after being shot. the suspect was also shot and killed by police. those officers were servi

>> abc's matt gutman leading us off from germany tonight. matt, thank you. >>> back here at home, meanwhile, americans on edge, as security stepped up tonight at christmas markets and malls, at holiday events. within hours of the attack in berlin, highly trained police were standing guard right here in new york city. but abc's linsey davis asks tonight, is it possible to defend against attacks using trucks as the main weapon? >> reporter: tonight, shoppers are finding high-powered weapons alongside holiday trinkets. >> yes, i'm afraid, but here we are. >> reporter: squads of heavily armed officers with long guns patrolling in the wake of that terror attack in berlin, leaving this question on so many minds. how do you prevent a truck attack? it just doesn't seem like it's possible to have enough barricades everywhere. >> you can't prevent or protect every piece of new york city all the time, everywhere, or you actually prevent nothing, and protect nothing. >> reporter: at large events, like new york's thanksgiving day parade, sanitation truck

matt gutman, abc news, redding, california. >> i was able to interview the husband when this first happened, when she first went missing. a lot of people have had suspicion about some severe the details as to whether she was truly abducted. he said that she was a very, very happy mom and wife. life. she had already decorated the house for christmas, there was no reason for her to leave. but he was suspicious from the start. >> which makes it even more of a mystery. police are once again interrogating her, interviewing her, trying to figure out if she heard any noises nearby, if there was a train rumble, or a cell phone might have rang. >> and where she was. >> she said she could only see their eyes . >> they had a for most of the time. and they were disgised for at least part of the time. but the good news, she's alive. how many stories have we seen lately where women go jogging and they're dead. so a harrowing month. >> whatever happened, in that case. we'll get more on that 20 on "20/20," matt's full interview with keith papini, 10:00 eastern time. >> we look forward to seeing rescued fro

abc's matt gutman begins our coverage in hollywood tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the world is mourning carrie fisher, who won so many battles as princess leia, but lost the final one in a los angeles hospital this morning. a family spokesman issuing a statement saying that fisher, "passed away at 8:55 this morning. she was loved by the world and she will be missed profoundly." the statement released on behalf of her daughter, billie lourd. lourd was a late in life child, who'd recently posted these portraits to instagram. fisher, who was 60, had recently wrapped filming the latest "star wars" installment, and was returning from promoting her new memoir in london, when she collapsed on the flight home to los angeles. she reportedly stopped breathing 15 minutes before landing. fisher in cardiac arrest, passengers trying desperately to resuscitate her. >> we have an unresponsive passenger. luke skywalker's sprited sister leaves behind brother todd fisher, daughter lourd, and her mother, the hollywood great, debbie reynolds. >> got it from eddie. >> eddie's side. >>. >> reporter: here, dan

abc's matt gutman begins our coverage in hollywood tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the world is mourning carrie fisher, who won so many battles as princess leia, but lost the final one in a los angeles hospital this morning. a family spokesman issuing a statement saying that fisher "passed away at 8:55 this morning. she was loved by the world and she will be missed profoundly." the statement released on behalf of her daughter, billie lourd. lourd was a late in life child, who'd recently posted these portraits on instagram. fisher, who was 60, had recently wrapped filming the latest "star wars" installment, and was returning from promoting her new memoir in london, when she collapsed on the flight home to los angeles. she reportedly stopped breathing 15 minutes before landing. fisher in cardiac arrest, passengers trying desperately to resuscitate her. >> we have an unresponsive passenger. >> reporter: luke skywalker's spirited sister leaves behind brother todd fisher, daughter lourd, and her mother, the hollywood great, debbie reynolds. >> got it from eddie. >> eddie's side. >> reporter:

matt gutman: to make sure she didn't jump out of the car. keith papini: she was chained anytime she was in the vehicle. they opened the door - she doesn't know because they had a bag over her head. they had cut something to free her restraint that was holding her into the vehicle and then kind of pushed her out of the idea where she is at and then ran to the freeway. but motorists keep whizzing past her. keith papini she screamed so much, she's coughing up blood from the screaming trying to get somebody to stop. and again just another sign of how my wife is, she's so wonderful. she's saying well maybe people aren't stopping because i have a chain that looks like i broke out of prison so she tried to tuck in mean.. - the shasta county sheriff's office releasing new details about sherri's alleged abductors...described as two hispanic women armed with a hand gun...one of them he said had curly hair, thick accent and pierced ears. sheriff tom bosenko suspect no. 2 was the older of the two suspects. she had straight, black hair with some greying

>> matt gutman with us again tonight. thanks, matt. >>> and president-elect donald trump asked about the terror overseas. he did emerge briefly after an intelligence meeting at his mar-a-lago resort in florida today. reporters asking him about the terror attack and about his plan during his campaign for a muslim ban in this country. his nominee for national security adviser, retired lieutenant general michael flynn, was flight behind him. >> in the wake of the violence in europe and turkey on monday -- >> terrible. >> have you spoken since president obama since then? >> what's going on is terrible. in fact, we have intelligence here right now. but what's going on is terrible. >> has it caused you to rethink or re-evaluate your plans to create a muslim registry or ban muslim immigration to the united states? >> hey, you know my plans, all along, i've been prove to be right, 100% correct. what's happening is disgraceful. >> you saw the security in times square. security being stepped up across europe, as well, especially at

>> abc's matt gutman leading us off from germany tonight. matt, thank you. >>> back here at home, meanwhile, americans on edge, as well. security stepped up tonight at christmas markets and malls, at holiday events. within hours of the attack in berlin, highly trained police were standing guard right here in new york city. but abc's linsey davis asks tonight, is it possible to defend against attacks using trucks as the main weapon? >> reporter: tonight, shoppers are finding high-powered weapons alongside holiday trinkets. >> yes, we're frightened, it's scary, but here we are. >> reporter: squads of heavily-armed officers with long guns patrolling in the wake of that terror attack in berlin, leaving this question on so many minds -- how do you prevent a truck attack? it just doesn't seem like it's possible to have enough barricades everywhere. >> you can't prevent or protect every piece of new york city all the time, everywhere, or you actually prevent nothing, and protect nothing. >> reporter: at large events, like new york's thanksgiving da

matt gutman. okay. >> off camera. >> this is esteemed veteran of native of west memphis, arc, loutelious for obvious reasons he does not use that. >> i'm going to guess. steve osunsami? >> t.j. holmes. >> t.j. holmes from -- >> i thought he was from arkansas. >> west memphis, side of the mississippi river. >> i didn't catch that part. >> shining like a national >>> welcome back on a saturday morning. happening right now calls for calm in louisiana as the man who police say admits to shooting the former nfl running back joe mcknight is released. this morning new details emerging that ronald gasser has a history of road rage with an arrest and p same spot back 2506. >>> phone call controversy. donald trump defending his decision to accept a call from the president of taiwan, something that no u.s. president or president-elect has done in nearly four decades. >>> and a rash of complaints, american airlines employees say their new uniforms are making them sick. the garments were just unveiled in septe

matt gutman, nbc news, redding, california. >> and matt will have a special tomorrow detailing more of that interview he had with keith papini. >> unbelievabl >> investigators hoping to catch these people, whoever it is. >>> coming up, the dating dangers. a growing number of women are facing online. hear why even the ceo of tinder is admitting there's a bad behavior problem on his app and the steps he's taking to fix it. what women need to know to protect themselves. >>> but first, catching a glimpse inside of the world's most spectacular hotels as lifestyles of the rich and moi goes international. big time. >> no big deal? >> no. my cancer started as ovarian cancer and it kept coming back in different places. we went from everything being fine to everything not being fine. i really needed someone who could think outside the box. we did the genomic testing pretty early in christine's course. with our treatments we've had great success for her. they gave me treatment options i didn't know about before. there's an atmosphere of hope. i want to be around just to be a grandma. the evolutio

matt gutman, abc news, berlin. >> today under tighter security and heavy police presence in cities and popular tourist attractions across europe including the vatican. officers in the u.k. are on high alert and france boosted security. here in the u.s., the antiterrorist squad is patrolling the busiest areas of new york city and ramped up security in los angeles and washington, d.c. >>> the man accused of setting off bombs in new jersey and new york appeared in court for the first time. he moved slowly, apparently still recovering from injuries after a shootout with police in jersey. he pled not guilty to five counts of attempted murder. he's accused of detonating a pipe bomb in new jersey and a pressure cooker bomb in new york city. >>> environmentalists applaud a move by president obama to permanently ban oil rigs in the arctic and at lan tick ocean. trump vowed to open up offshore drilling. the white house relied on obscure 1953 law that provides no authority for subsequent presidents to undo permanent withdrawals. >> this is cool. a human flying drone. youtube star casey dashing th

matt gutman, abc news, berlin. >>> on the other side of the world, australian authorities say they foiled a terrorist attack planned for christmas da arrested after an early morning raid. the attack would have included explosives. they believe they were self-radicalized and inspired by isis and the threat is now over. >>> a major turning point in syria's civil war. for the first time in four years, the syrian government has full control of aleppo. the statement coming shortly after state television roberted that the last convoy carrying rebels and civilians left the ancient city. it's a major victory for president assad and a crushing defeat for syria's opposition mo movement. >>> heading into the busiest travel days of the year, this could be trouble at some of the nation's busiest airports. snow may slow flights at chicago o'hare, and in los angeles, there's no let up to the gridlock at lax. they expect 400 flights to be delayed or cancelled there alone today on top of the 230 flights impacted over two days. so s hours. they blame stormy weather and more people traveling this year than

here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: it's every family's worst nightmare. a wife and mother goes out for a run and disappears without a trace. her frantic husband desperate to find her. >> i thought, out here to look for my wife? >> only to have her mysteriously reappear, badly beaten, three weeks later. >> breaking news this thanksgiving day. >> sherri papini has been found alive. >> prepare yourself, she's alive and you've just got to be happy. >> reporter: tonight sherri papini's husband keith opening up only to abc news. >> the things she told me. >> reporter: it all began on november 2nd. redding, california, expecting the usual boy truss welcome from wife sherri and their two kids. 2-year-old violent and 4-year-old tyler. instead, the house is silent. >> i thought, okay, maybe they're outside. and i looked around outside. but at the time i was like, oh, you know, i'm sure they're all together. i had no reason to believe otherwise. >> reporter: he opens an app to see if he can track sherri's location. because it's saying it's here. it's here. and it di

here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: it's every family's worst nightmare. a wife and mother goes out for a run and disappears without a trace. her frantic husband desperate to out here to look for my wife? >> only to have her mysteriously reappear, badly beaten, three weeks later. >> breaking news this thanksgiving day. >> sherri papini has been found alive. >> prepare yourself, she's alive and you've just got to be happy. >> reporter: tonight sherri papini's husband keith opening up only to abc news. >> the things she told me. >> reporter: it all began on november 2nd. family's two-story home outside redding, california, expecting the usual boy truss welcome from wife sherri and their two kids. 2-year-old violent and 4-year-old tyler. instead, the house is silent. >> i thought, okay, maybe they're outside. and i looked around outside. but at the time i was like, oh, you know, i'm sure they're all together. i had no reason to believe otherwise. >> reporter: he opens an app to location. >> now i'm looking for a phone because it's saying it's here. it's here.

here's abc's matt gutman. >> reporter: it's every family's worst nightmare. a wife and mother goes out for a run and disappears without a trace. her frantic husband desperate to find her. >> i thought, am i really coming out here to look for my wife? >> only to have her mysteriously reappear, badly beaten, three weeks later. >> breaking news this thanksgiving day. >> sherri papini has been found alive. >> prepare yourself, she's alive and you've just got to be happy. >> reporter: tonight sherri papini's husband keith opening up only to abc news. >> the things she told me. >> reporter: it all began on november 2nd. keith papini returned to the family's two-story home outside redding, california, expecting the usual boy truss welcome from wife sherri and their two kids. 2-year-old violent and 4-year-old tyler. instead, the house is silent. >> i thought, okay, maybe they're outside. and i looked around outside. but at the time i was like, oh, you know, i'm sure they're all together. i had no reason to believe otherwise. >> reporter: he opens an app to see if he

here's abc's matt gutman opinion. >> reporter: scrutiny is mounting against the bakersfield, california police department for shooting and killing that unarmed 73-year-old man, just before 1:00 a.m. monday. you see in the surveillance video police responding to this dispatch call. >> brown contact, unknown, if under the influence, armed with a revolver. >> reporter: warned about something else. >> has dementia. >> reporter: making the call, not recognizing her neighbor. >> they toll him to go back across the street. don't come out, go back. he just kept coming, and they shot him. >> reporter: feet in front door, and it was here they opened fire. the neighbor, donald clark, heard the gunshots. >> they killed that man for absolutely no reason. >> reporter: neighbors say that that man was killed in cold blood. >> i think the investigation shows our officers are trained to and allowed to use deadly force. >> reporter: abc news learned seven shots were fired. the family is demanding justice. >> they all knew this was the man with dementia, and my father gets killed. that's just inexcusable.

. >> and matt gutman joins us live. matt, the outpouring of reaction tonight from hollywood has been endless and extraordinary. >> reporter: that's right, tom. it's been enormous. and maybe it's because carrie fisher was still young, maybe because her death was sudden, her work seemed to -- it was so broad, spanning generations and genres and so many people telling us they felt it personally today, like they lost a friend. and maybeven spielberg put it webest in, saying, she didn'd the force, she was the force. >> matt gutman, thank you. >>> while princess leia may have been the launch point, carrie fisher's career spans much more beyond "star wars." abc's david wright has more. >> this is our most desperate hour. help me, obi wan kenobi. >> reporter: a long time ago, in a galaxy far away, it was the cry for help that beamed carrie fisher to her place among the stars. >> i love you. >> i know. >> reporter: fresh-faced and full of the force, she stole han solo's heart in her breakout role in "star wars." she was unbeliev

>> matt gutman with us tonight. thanks, matt. >>> and now to a bombshell in another case. is it a hung jury? the jury telling the judge late today, they are deadlocked. the wife accused of ordering a hitman to kill her husband. the video captured by investigators. tonight, what the judge has now ordered the jury to do. abc's mara schiavocampo with late developments. >> reporter: deadlocked. >> we feel we cannot reach a unanimous decision. telling the court they cannot agree on a verdict, after beginning deliberations early today. prosecutors say daliady poe leitao hired an ubdz cover officer posing as a hitman to kill her husband in 2009. the state showing this video during the trial, a fake murder scene carefully staged by police. >> is your husband michael? okay, i'm sorry to tell you, ma'am, he's been killed. >> reporter: jurors also saw this video. dy poe leitao in a phony killer for hire. >> you definitely want to do this? >> i'm positive, like 5,000% sure. >> reporter: she didn't testify, but she says she was just acting as part of a reality tv show, maintaining her

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gutman and matt is going to be here with much more later on in the show. >> such a riveting story. reaction this morning after the latest twist in the case of former nfl player joe mcknight. we want you to look at this flood of tweets from people in the pro football community. he was shot and killed in an apparent road rage incident in louisiana and the next day the police decided to release the shooter. they have not charged him. we're learning the same man was involved in yet another road rage incident in the same location. abc's eva pilgrim is in gretna, louisiana, for us. hi, eva. ten years ago court documents show ronald gasser was accused of beating up a man at this gas station over an apparent road rage incident. now this week at this stoplight he admits to shooting a man. this morning, new details about the man who police say admits to shooting a former nfl running back during what authorities are calling a road rage incident. >> we definitely need answers. the system. >> reporter: he shot 28 joe mcknight three times. the jefferson parish coroner telling abc news the man wa

>> the things she told me -- >> now, matt gutman, and the sherri's husband. >> you're here. you're alive. >> reporter: it's a brisk day on november 2nd in the rural community of mountain gate, california, nestled in the foothills of the cascade mountains. and for the papini family, it starts out like any typical morning. >> i remember everything about that day. around 6:50 a.m., my wife was on her way to check on our daughter, violet. and we met there at the door and i gave her a kiss and a hug and went right out the door. >> reporter: that evening when keith returns home from work as a best buy audio/video specialist, he expects his usual boisterous welcome from wife sherri and the kids. >> i pulled up, i saw our other car there. i opened the door expecting. my son coming 100 miles an hour running right at me. and then usually violet right behind him. we do what we call our family snuggles. >> reporter: instead, he is greeted with unsettling silence. >> i looked in a few different i thought, "maybe they're outside." and i looked around outside. but at the time, i thought, "

>> matt gutman with us tonight. thanks, matt. >>> and now to a bombshell in another case. is it a hung jury? the jury telling the judge late today, they are deadlocked. the wife accused of ordering a hitman to kill her husband. the video captured by investigators. tonight, what the judge has now ordered the jury to do. abc's mara schiavocampo with late developments. >> reporter: deadlocked. >> we feel we cannot reach a unanimous decision. >> reporter: tonight, the jury telling the court they cannot agree on a verdict, after beginning deliberations early today. prosecutors say daliady poe leitao hired an ubdz cover officer posing as a hitman to kill her husband in 2009. the state showing this video during the trial, a fake murder scene carefully staged by police. >> is your husband michael? okay, i'm sorry to tell you, ma'am, he's been killed. >> reporter: jurors also saw this video. dy poe leitao in a car with the phony killer for hire. >> you definitely want to do this? >> i'm positive, like 5,000% sure. >> reporter: she didn't testify, but she says she was just acting as

>> matt gutman with us tonight. thanks, matt. >>> and now to a bombshell in another case. is it a hung jury? the jury telling the judge late today, they are deadlocked. the wife accused of ordering a hitman to kill her husband. the video captured by investigators. tonight, what the judge has now ordered the jury to do. abc's mara schiavocampo with late developments. >> reporter: deadlocked. >> we feel we cannot reach a unanimous decision. >> reporter: tonight, the jury telling the court they cannot beginning deliberations early today. prosecutors say daliady poe leitao hired an ubdz cover officer posing as a hitman to kill her husband in 2009. the state showing this video during the trial, a fake murder scene carefully staged by police. >> is your husband michael? okay, i'm sorry to tell you, ma'am, he's been killed. >> reporter: jurors also saw this video. dy poe leitao in a car with the phony killer for hire. >> you definitely want to do this? >> i'm positive, like 5,000% sure. >> reporter: she didn't testify, but she says she was just acting as part of a reality tv show

abc's matt gutman reports questions, did the officer have any other options? >> reporter: tonight, as reno police investigate a school resource officer's shooting of this knife-wielding teen -- >> bro, he just shot the kid. >> reporter: the 14-year-old's family is saying, what you see here -- >> back up! >> reporter: bunt a thwarted loan wolf attack, but a case of self-defense gone wrong. >> this should have been a situation controlled by non lethal means. >> reporter: the family saying boy with special needs. >> you had a very mentally unhinged student attempting to keep people ail way from him by swinging knives in the air. >> reporter: his father posting on facebook that his son was merely defendinglf a himseinst bullies. as the boy slashes at the air, lunging at students, you can hear voices yell, back up. seconds later, that officer fires. today, school superintendant commending the response. >> both of those plans worked >> reporter: that boy's lawyer saying he could lose a lung and suffer brain damage. all day, we've been asking the reno police departme

gutman tonight, and matt, the mayor telling you, they had no choice but to take this seriously? >> reporter: that's right, david. the mayor saying that this had two of the three major components of a severe terrorist threat. specificity, here, and timing, today. he say what may have lacked was credibility. david? >> certainly many there welcoming the show of force. matt, thank you. >>> next tonight, to the storms hitting right now. the blizzard and winter weather advisories. a dangerous commute in the east along the i-95 corridor at this hour. meantime, a blizzard, look at this, blowing through north dakota. this man walking against the wind in downtown grand forks. that arctic air heading east. ginger zee is standing by. but first, abc's alex perez in north dakota tonight. >> reporter: tonight, across the northern plains, treacherous travel. wind gusts up to 64 miles per hour. in morton county, north dakota, where demonstrators have, for weeks, gathered to protest the dakota access pipeline, tribe officials begging them to leave, a 300-mile stretch of interstate 94, closed. >>

gutman tonight, and matt, the mayor telling you, they had no choice but to take this seriously? >> reporter: that's right, david. the major saying this had two of the three major components of a severe terrorist threat. specificity, here, and timing, today. he said, what may have lacked was credibility. david? >> certainly many there welcoming the show of force. matt, thank you. >>> next tonight, to the storms hitting right now. the blizzard and winder weather advisories. a dangerous commute in the east along the i-95 corridor at this hour. meantime, a blizzard, look at this, blowing through north dakota. this man walking against the wind in downtown grand forks. that arctic air heading east. ginger zee is standing by. but first, abc's alex perez in north dakota tonight. >> reporter: tonight, across the northern plains, treacherous travel. wind gusts up to 64 miles per hour. in morton county, north dakota, where demonstrators have, for weeks, gathered to protest the dakota access pipeline, tribe officials begging them to leave, but even leaving was dangerous. >> the hill just go

five of those men are still being questioned, david. >> matt gutman and our team in berlin tonight. matt, thank you. >>> now, to president-elect donald trump tonight, tweeting today about building up america's nuclear arsenal. vladimir putin talking about building up russia's nuclear strength. mr. trump today naming three key players to his white house staff, and kellyann conway with a major new role. and that picture, an airline confrontation involving ivanka trump. here's abc's cecilia vega. >> reporter: she's expected to play a powerful role in her father's administration. >> my father and our next president, donald j. trump. >> reporter: but today, a frightening moment for ivanka trump. her husband and children with her on a jet blue flight when aides say a man began yelling. >> he was upset. he waukd on as soon as he saw her and he started shaking. he was visibly shaking. he was agitated. if i was security, i wouldn't take a chance, either. what did he said, you ruined your country. >> reporter: a professor claims it was his husband chasing down iv eye ivanka and jared kushner.

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five of those men are still being questioned, david. >> matt gutman and our team in berlin tonight. matt, thank you. >>> now, to president-elect donald trump tonight, tweeting today about building up america's nuclear arsenal. vladimir putin talking about building up russia's nuclear strength. mr. trump today naming three key players to his white house staff, and kellyann conway with a major new role. and that picture, an confrontation involving ivanka trump. here's abc's cecilia vega. >> reporter: she's expected to play a powerful role in her father's administration. >> my father and our next president, donald j. trump. >> reporter: but today, a frightening moment for ivanka trump. her husband and children with her on a jet blue flight when aides say a man began yelling. >> he was upset. he waukd on as soon as he saw her and he started shaking. he was visibly shaking. he was agitated. if i was security, i wouldn't take a chance, either. what did he said, you ruined your country. >> reporter: a professor claims it was his husband chasing down iv eye ivanka and jared kushner. and tha

>> matt gutman with us tonight. thanks, matt. >>> and now to a bombshell in another case. making national headlines. is it a hung jury? the jury telling the judge late today, they are deadlocked. the wife accused of ordering a hitman to kill her husband. the video captured by investigators. tonight, what the judge has now ordered the jury to do. abc's mara schiavocampo with late developments. >> reporter: deadlocked. >> we the jury feel that we cannot reach a unanimous decision. >> reporter: tonight, the jury in that dramatic murder for trial hire telling the court they cannot agree on a verdict, after beginning deliberations early today. prosecutors say dalia dippolito hired an undercover officer posing as a hitman to kill her husband in 2009. the state showing this video during the trial, a fake murder scene carefully staged by police. >> is your husband michael? okay, i'm sorry to tell you, ma'am, he's been killed. >> reporter: jurors also saw this video. dippolito in a car with the phony killer for hire. >> you definitely want to do this? >> i'm positive, like 5,000% s

matt gutman, abc news, los angeles. >> matt will have more on her incredible story later this morning on "good morning america." >>> to michigan now, where 20 families are out of their homes this morning after a sinkhole in the detroit area. the hole opened over the holiday weekend swallowing one home and putting several others at risk. it could be weeks before residents can get back to their houses. >> loud noises, cracking throughout the evening that got progressively greater like, boom, boom, boom, so that's when we got up and couldn't get out of the garage door. >> reporter: it's believed a broken sewage pipe caused the sinkhole so city officials are taking drastic action and dumping raw sewage into the nearby clinton river. and in south florida a woman was rescued after her car plunged into a canal. a passerby saw the p.t. cruiser go into the water and he jumped in. it was sinking quickly. with the help of two other good samaritans they were able to pull the woman out of the window. she's now in stable condition. >>> police are searching for the suspects in the robbery of a high-

so far, david, no response. >> matt gutman, thank you. >>> next tonight, president-elect donald trump visiting survivors and first responders of the attack at ohio state university. mr. trump also making headlines tonight, after launching a new war of words against the union leader at carrier, the company mr. trump just visited to announce more than 1,000 jobs victory wasn't quite what it seemed. here's abc's tom llamas. >> reporter: tonight, president-elect donald trump at ohio state university, meeting with victims of last week's harrowing campus knife attack by a suspected terrorist. >> these were really brave people. >> reporter: it comes amid a new battle over another high profile trip. trump's visit to the carrier plant. and his announcement he'd convinced the company not to send indiana factory jobs to mexico. actually, the number is over 1,100 people, which is so great. which is so great. >> reporter: turns out, it's really 00 jobs, slated for mexico, that were saved, not 1,100. 600 carrier jobs at that factory are still going across the border. chuck jones, the union leader r

abc's matt gutman reports tonight, there are growing questions, did the officer have any other options? >> reporter: tonight, as reno police investigate a school resource officer's shooting of this knife-wielding teen -- >> bro, he just shot the kid. >> reporter: the 14-year-old's family is saying, what you see here -- >> back up! back up! >> reporter: -- wasn't a thwarted lone wolf attack, but a case of self-defense gone wrong. >> this should have been a situation that was obviously subject to control by nonlethal means. >> reporter: the family saying the 14-year-old was a troubled boy with special needs. >> you had a very mentally unhinged student attempting to keep people away from him by swinging knives in the air. >> reporter: his father posting on facebook that his son was merely defending himself against bullies. as the boy slashes at the air, lunging at students, you can hear voices yell "back up." seconds later, that officer fires. today, the school superintendent commending the response. >> both of those plans worked flawlessly. >> reporter: the boy's attorney saying he could

>> matt gutman and our team in berlin tonight. matt, thank you. >>> now, to president-elect donald trump tonight, tweeting today about building up america's nuclear arsenal. vladimir putin talking about building up russia's nuclear strength. mr. trump today naming three key players to his white house staff, and kellyanne conway with a major new role. and that image right there, an airline confrontation involving ivanka trump. harassed onboard a jet blue flight out of new york by an unruly passenger while traveling with her children. here's abc's cecilia vega. >> reporter: she's expected to play a powerful role in her father's administration. but today, a fightening moment for ivanka trump. her husband and children with her on a jet blue flight when aides say a man began yelling. >> as soon as he saw her, he started shaking. he was visibly shaking. he was agitated. you know, if i was security, i wouldn't take a chance, either. what did he say? you unied our country, now you're ruining our flight. >> reporter: a college professor cl

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>> matt gutman, our thanks to you tonight. exclusive interview with keith papini on a special edition of abc news' "20/20," that's this friday night, 10:00 p.m. eastern. matt will take us step by step through this ordeal. >>> in the meantime, there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this wednesday. the massive home explosion, going up in flames. the mother of three, the family dog, crawling out from the debris. firefighters now investigating the cause and the early word tonight. >>> also, new developments in the urgent manhunt for two escaped prisoners. the dramatic capture of one of them, and where police are still searching tonight. >>> and you have to see this. the thief stealing a pot of gold, right out of an armored truck. you heard me right. the container so heavy, he had to keep putting it down. the reward tonight to find the gold now worth more than $1.5 million. we'll be right back. we'll be right back. we'll be right back. when i was diagnosed with pneumococcal pneumonia, it was huge for everybody. she

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. >> here's abc news reporter matt gutman. >> tonight sherry pa peony's husband keith sitting down with an exclusive interview with 20/20. >> she was bound. she had a metal -- sorry. a chain around her waste. a bag over her head. that is correct. her handled was in the vehicle chained to something. >> to make sure she did not jump outside the car. >> she was chained anytime they opened her door. they cut something to free her restraint that was holding her into the vehicle and then kind of pushed her out of the vehicle. >> until now, police only giving this description of her abductors. two hispanic women armed with a gun driving a dark suv. but today after another round of interviews with sherry pepinni, the sheriff revealed new details. >> suspect number one was a younger of the two suspects. she had long curly hair. she had a thick accent. she had pierced ears. suspect number two, she had straight black hair with some graying color. she had thick eyebrows. >> police artists now working on a composite sketch. >> she was held against her will and was isolated. at times sherry's head wa

here's abc's matt gutman. >> with his wife's kidnappers still out there, keith papini is cautious. keith has agreed to do the inte condition that we do it here in this undisclosed location, literally in the middle of nowhere. in an exclusive interview with "20/20," papini describing his wife's harrowing release. >> they kind of pushed her out of the vehicle. and she at this point has no idea where she's at. and then ran to the freeway. she's screamed so much, she said she was coughing up blood from again, just another sign of how my wife, she's so wonderful, she's saying, maybe people aren't stopping because i have a chain, it looks like i broke out of prison. so she tried to tuck in her chain under her clothes. >> reporter: chained and beaten, hair cut off, body branded. keith papini still wrestling with the guilt. >> i thought about her being there, screaming my name. >> reporter: and it's at this intersection that keith realized his wife had been abducted. for the first time we're learning that the two women who released her, were the same ones who abducted her, forcing her into