abc's tom llamas tonight with the message from alex trebek. >> hi, everyone. i have some news to share with all of you, and it's in keeping with my long-time policy of being open and transparent with our "jeopardy!" fan base. >> reporter: tonight, stunning news from one of the biggest names in television. "jeopardy!" host alex trebek announcing he has stage four pancreatic cancer. on social media, the 78-year-old posting this message to fans. >> now, just like 50,000 other people in the united states each year, this week, i was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer. now, normally, the prognosis for this is not very encouraging, but i'm going to fight this. and i'm going to keep working. and with the love and support of my family and friends, and with the help of your prayers also, i plan to beat the low survival rate statistics for this disease. >> reporter: just two weeks ago, trebek was on the road,

abc's tom llamas is in venezuela again tonight. >> reporter: tonight, venezuel venezuela's most needy trying to stay alive in hospitals just like this one, with little or no power. you can see, this is the situation here in some hospitals in caracas. there is no power. this is a private hospital, they do have a generator, but it's not enough power to power the entire floor at times, you can see patients are being wheeled out in the dark. this is the reality in venezuela. guiding us through this dark maze, the hospital's e.r. chief. the facility invited us in to see the desperation. parts of the hospital relying on a generator, but they have to conserve power, to keep patients like romero andrade alive. since the nationwide blackout six days ago, he's been in a coma, battling colon cancer. his daughter tells me they were treating him using flashlights. the director of the hospital telling me they are running out of time,. already, they've sent some patients home. >> i have 67 years, never in my life i have seen something like this. >> reporter: all of this, as reports of stores being l

i'm tom llamas. i'll see you right back here tomorrow. i'll see you right back here tomorrow. good night. good night. n a friday night. i'm tom llamas. good night. >>> right now a rally is getting underway to protest a police confrontation that left a man dead. it comes hours after the five deputies involved were cleared of criminal wrong doing. >>> seven days and done, tonight we are live with the deal that could bring the oakland teachers strike to an end. >>> i'm spencer christian, just as our recent flood waters begin to recede, another storm is on the way. i'll have the forecast coming up. >>> live where you live, this is abc 7 news. >>> good evening, thanks for joining us. i'm ama daetz. >> we begin with developments of a case of a man tased and killed by san mateo deputy. >> the five deputies involved will not face criminal charges. we want to get right to abc 7 news reporter, amanda del castillo and a planned rally is just bnity activists are leading this rally along el camino in support. aft

i'm tom llamas in new york. "gma" first thing in the morning. david muir will be right back here tomorrow night. have a great evening. good night. >>> tonight on abc7 news at 6:00, the north bay looks to recover. >>> where is an oakland priest accused of sex abuse? what the oakland diocese is saying about his whereabouts. >>> gone with amazon. what the company is removing with the anti-vaccination debate. >> announcer: live where you live, this is abc7 news. >>> will the oakland's teacher's strike officially come to an end. we are anticipating the results. thanks for joining us. i am eric thomas. >> i am dion >>> abc7 news reporter is live in oakland and is following this developing story. cornell? >> reporter: eric and dion, now it's a waiting game. ballots were delivered for counting and it looks like this vote could be a close one. teachers told us they plan to vote no. >> we are powerful. join us and vote yes. >> the teacher's union posted that message on facebook as teachers lined up to vote on an agreement to put them back in the classroom

>> tom llamas, who has been on the scene all day for us. tom, thank you. >>> the other major story developing as we're on the air tonight, president trump's former campaign chairman paul manafort now sentenced. all eyes had been on the judge and what he would do. manafort was facing the longest sentence of anyone charged by special counsel robert mueller. and before the sentencing, manafort addressing the court, asking for, quote, compassion, while prosecutors said manafort did not provide any information they didn't already know. abc's chief justice correspondent pierre thomas at the courthouse tonight. >> reporter: tonight, paul manafort sentenced tonight to fewer than four years in prison. manafort had begged the judge for compassion, adding to say that i have been humiliated and ashamed would be a gross understatement. he faced a maximum of 19 to 24 years behind bars under sentencing guidelines. but the judge called those guidelines, quote, excessive. saying but for those convictions of a host of crimes, including bank and tax fraud, ma

>> tom llamas, who has been on the scene all often. tom, thank you. >>> the other major story tonight, paul manafort and his sentencing. all eyes on the judge right now and what he'll do. manafort facing the longest sentence of anyone charged by special counsel robert mueller. just moments ago, manafort addressing the court, asking for, quote, compassion, while prosecutors said manafort did not provide any information they didn't already know. abc's chief justice correspondent pierre thomas at the courthouse tonight. >> reporter: tonight, the extraordinary fall of president trump's campaign chairman capped with his sentencing. >> paul manafort has done an amazing job. he's here someplace. where's paul? paul manafort. >> reporter: the veteran political strategist brought to court in a wheelchair today. he faces the most prison time of anyone charged by special counsel robert muler, after he was convicted of an elaborate financial scheme, including crimes like bank and tax fraud. paul manafort tried to play both sides. after agreeing to

we'll get it done. >> and tom llamas here with us tonight. and tom, alex trebek's trademark wit on full display there. and we're hearing from some other names wishing him well? >> reporter: that's right, david. friends, family and cog leagues are all wishing him well. pat sajak posting this on twitter. "there is no one i know who is stronger and more determined and i would never bet against him. we and the entire country are pulling for you, alex." and we are, david. back to you. >> all right, tom llamas, thank you. of course, we are all pulling for alex trebek. let's bring in our chief medical editor dr. jen ashton. we were talking about this before. pan yatic cancer is one of the most difficult cancers to diagnose. >> reporter: this is a rare, but aggressive type of cancer. it's one of the leading causes of cancer deaths. and often, it's not caught until it's at a late stage. the majority of cases are diagnosed when it's already spread. >> a lot of patients, people at home are going to be awondering should i ask my doctor if there's a probl

i'm tom llamas. we begin with the triple threat of winter storms moving across the country. millions bracing for snow, ice and heavy rain. the northeast getting hit with a second round of snow. 20 inches of rain falling in northern california. at least one person swept away by flash flooding. another major storm beginning its march from california all the way to maine . airlines reporng cancellations. abc's erielle reshef leading us itut in miesota. this semi jack-knifing in the u on the beltway outside washington d.c. >> so if this is your normal commute, you want to stay way clear of this. >> reporter: in the west, residents assessing the damage after record-breaking rains inundated communities north of san francisco. our will carr is in guerneville. >> reporter: the water here is starting to go down fast, but you still have homes and businesses like this putt-putt course that are swamped. the damage is significant with more rain on the way this weekend. >> reporter: those rains part of a major coa

i'm tom llamas in new york. "good morning america" and "this week" in the morning. i'll see you right back here tomorrow night. have a great evening. good night. od night. even if no one in your home smokes, secondhand smoke can be closer than you think. secondhand smoke from a neighbor's apartment can enter your home through air vents, through light fixtures and even through cracks in the walls and the floors. secondhand smoke is toxic. especially to children. protect your family. visit tobaccofreeca.com. >>> on abc 7 news, rain lights up live doppler 7. we'll find out if wet weather will last all weekend. >>> understanding the scope of dmage. detailing the losses caused by flooding in the north bay. >> it is right. it is not right. we're outraged. >> stefan clark's mother reacts just moments after learning the district attorney's decision about criminal charges against the officers who shot and killed her son. >>> the one positive side is there's definitely a bigger sense of community right now. >> creating a bond after the loss. people are now cleaning up and mov

i'm tom llamas in new york. "gma" first thing in the morning. david muir will be right back here tomorrow night. have a great evening. good night. >>> oakland city counsel woman is mourning the loss of her son. the circumstances surrounding his death. >>> tense moments at the oakland airport. how sheriff's deputies were able to arrest a man with a knife who said he wanted to kill a police officer. >>> rain, thunder and hail. what you can expect for the workweek. >>> live breaking news. >> thanks for joining us. >> right away, abc 7 news has learned the son of o council woman lynnette mcilany. >> he was shot in what was an attempted robbery. >> we have more on this story. >> victor was shot and killed this morning about a mile from the usc campus where he was a music student. a source tells me victor was amazingly talented and gifted and really cared and wanted to give back to the community. victor's mother is an oakland city council member. she and other family members are in los angeles now dealing with her son's death. i spoke to lapd. they sa

i'm tom llamas. i hope to see you back here tomorrow. good night. live, this is abc 7 news. >>> the plan was either non-existent or poorly executed or -- or. >> it was kind of like all hell broke loose. it was wild. >> we're going to come back. >> a popular outdoor marketplace shuttered by last week's russian river flooding. tenants say there was a plan to prevent that flooding it simply didn't work. good afternoon, thank you for joining us. i'm larry beil. >> i'm ama daetz. more than a week after last week's heavy rain and flooding, the cleanup clooens. >> abc7 news reporter wayne freedman has more on the efforts to get back in business. >> reporter: we felt we owed this place another vichlt this is the bar low. we will give you a look at where some of the work is going on now. it was under water last week. some of the tenants say they are considering a lawsuit against their landlord. they still have many questions. >> please, please get off the property. thank you. >> reporter: it hasn't been a easy to get inside the bar low market district since

i'm tom llamas. >>> and we begin with singer r. kelly out of jail again tonight. his second stretch behind bars in two weeks. this time, for failing to pay $161,000 in child support. kelly walked out of the jail after someone paid that money on his behalf, but it comes as a new accuser speaks out. allegedly he sexually abused her when she was just 13. saying, he was the adult and i was the child. kelly maintaining he was innocent of that charge and the others he facing, telling reporters he's going to straighten it all out. abc's erielle reshef starts us off. >> reporter: tonight, cloaked in a gray hoodie, r. kelly freed from jail after a judge ordered him locked up for defaulting on eight months of child support. >> i promise you, we're going to straighten all this stuff out. that's all i can say right now. i promise you. >> reporter: kelly reportedly posting more than $160,000 in back payments. it's the latest in a mounting legal saga for the disgraced singer, previously charged with ten counts of sexual misconduct and aggravated sexual abuse. >> it's open seaso

i'm tom llamas. we begin tonight with startling new developments in the doomed ethiopian airlines flight that killed 157 people and led to the grounding of boeing 737 max planes around the world. french authorities recovering voice and data recordings before returning the black boxes to ethiopian officials. the country's transportation minister telling reporters preliminary data shows a, quote, clear similarity to the lion air max 8 crash off indonesia in october. the new development coming as funeral services were held for some of the victims. the findings raising new questions for boeing, and could complicate attempts to get the fleet back in the sky. here's julia macfarlane with the details. >> reporter: tonight, a startling announcement about the 737 max air disaster. ethiopia's transportation minister declaring the crash shows, quote, "a clear similarity" with the lion air crash in indonesia in october. this, after reviewing preliminary data from the black boxes. >> if the ethiopians know there

i'm tom llamas. >>> and we begin with that breaking news from new zealand and the horrific mosque shootings that left at least 50 people dead. that death toll rising tonight. the 28-year-old suspect accused in the killing spree, his face blurred by authorities. seen on camera there in christchurch courtroom. law enforcement searching his home, hunting for evidence. this, as new stories of courage and heroism emerge. and why many are now calling this man a hero tonight. people in that nation express deep grief tonight. paying tribute to victims gunned down in two houses of worship. the prime minister vowing that following the tragedy the country's gun laws will change. abc's will carr is there leading us off tonight. >> reporter: tonight, harrowing new details about that hate-filled terror attack on two mosques in new zealand. abdul aziz was praying with his four sons at the linwood mosque when he heard shots crack through the air. he quickly grabbed the first thing he could find -- an electronic credit card machine. >> he got the gun out of the car, started shooting at me. >> reporter: aziz

i'm tom llamas. i hope to see you back here tomorrow. good night. >>> a liefr live look at san francisco. if you think the effects of the tech boom are bad now, just wait. >>> i'm in san francisco where there's a compelling reason why housing prices could go up an astounding 50% in the next few years. >>> live where you live, this is abc 7 news. >>> good evening. i'm a.m. daetz. i'm dan ashley. >>> uber and loirt ashe and -- >> the move could leave the employees of the companies flush with cash and leave prices higher in san francisco. >> we're looking into the issue as part of our commitment to build a better bay area. leslie brinkley has been tracking down what this could mean. >> she joins us live from the berkeley hills. leslie? >> reporter: well, to start with, in the near future in san francisco, thousands of young people are on the verge of become being instant millionaires. and here in the bay area, they're going to be buying into the housing market and driving it up way. >> people covet living here in the city by the bay. it's e

i'm tom llamas in new york >>> tpoepbt tonight on abc 7 news at 6:00. the college admissions scandal. the action the school is considering. >> the anti vaccination debate. the ban that just went into effect. it is time for the bull beguy to shine. abc 7 news at 6:00 starts now. >>> violence is >> the search is on for a man wanted for stabbing and seriously injuring another bart passenger on a train. good evening. and thanks for joining us. they are telling riders today the system is safe despite the friday attack on a richmond-bound train. they need your help to catch the suspect. abc 7 news reporter cornell bernard is live at bart headquarters with this developing story. cornell. >> reporter: bart deputy police chief said safety is the top concern of riders. he is working to hire more officers as they search for a stabbing suspect. >> it has become very dangerous and scary, i feel. >> riders are feeling unnerved after a stabbing on bart. take a close look at this man. bart police believe he is the same guy who got into a fight with another rider on a r

abc's tom llamas has more. >> hi, everyone. i have news to share with all of you and it's in keeping with my long-time policy of being open and transparent with our "jeopardy" fan base. >> reporter: stunning news from one of the biggest names in television, "jeopardy" host alex trebek announcing he has stage 4 pancreatic cancer. on social media the 78-year-old posting this message to fans. >> now, just like 50,000 other people in the united states each year, this week i was diagnosed with stage 4 pancreatic cancer. normally the prognosis for this is not very encouraging, but i'm going to fight this and i'm going to keep working and with the love and support of my family and friends and with the help of your prayers also i plan to beat the low survival rate statistics for this disease. >> reporter: just two weeks ago trebek was on the road promoting the 35th season of the show, and this is the second medical scare in as many years. last year trebek took time off the show after a serious fall that required brain surgery, and then

here's tom llamas. >> hi, everyone, i have some news to share with all of you. and it's in keeping with my long-time policy of being open and transparent with our "jeopardy" fan base. >> reporter: alex trebek announcing he has stage four pancreatic cancer. on social media, the 78 year old posting this message to fans. >> now, just like 50,000 other people in the united states each year, this week i was diagnosed with stage four pancreatic cancer. now normally, the prognosis for this is not very encouraging. but i'm going to fight this. and i'm going to keep working. and with the love and support of my family and friends, and with the help of your prayers also, i plan to beat the low survival rate statistics for this disease. >> reporter: and had is tthis i second medical scare in as many years. last year he took time off after a serious fall that involved brain surgery, then he bounced back at the helm of "jeopardy" like since 1984. but trebek saying tonight he's ready to fight this. >> truth toald, i have to, because under the terms of my contract, i have to ho

our chief national affairs correspondent tom llamas is in chicago with more. good morning, tom. >> reporter: michael, good morning. in that recent and wild interview r. kelly says he loves his children, that he wants to reconnect with them. the judge here in chicago says he's not taking care of them failing to pay child support and now there is a new and very disturbing allegation. >> robert, what do you want to say? >> reporter: this morning, r. kelly behind bars again, the second time in just two weeks, now for missing a judge's deadline to pay more than $160,000 in child support and now another allegation of sexual misconduct against kelly. overnight, the detroit police department telling us they're trying to reach a woman who says she was victimized by the singer in 2001 when she was just 13 years old. >> is this camera on me? >> reporter: all of this in the aftermath of that explosive interview, kelly denying those ten counts of sexual misconduct and aggravated sexual abuse charges he was arrested for in february and for which he has pleaded not guilty. >

abc's tom llamas on the ground in venezuela tells us the u.s. is firing back. >> reporter: secretary of state mike pompeo has responded to president maduro saying the u.s. played no role in the power problems. he is blaming maduro's, quote, incompetence but the u.s. taking no chance and pulling out all u.s. personnel saying the conditions here are just deteriorating and we have seen that everywhere we've gone from seeing people bathe in that river of filth to seeing mothers carrying large jugs of brown water with their small children to the hospital and to the airport where there is still no power. >> our thanks to tom and maduro's government also blames opposition leader juan guaido for the blackouts. the u.s. is threatening to impose new sanctions on the regime. >>> back here at home we turn now to the weather. a tornado destroyed at least ten homes in southeastern new mexico. several injuries are repe in p colorado. let's take a look now at your wednesday forecast. >>> good morning. this major storm is a dual threat. on the warm side, widespr

i'm whit johnson in for tom llamas. we begin tonight with the storm system on the move from nashville to the northeast. this reported tornado slamming a colorado storage facility. take a look at the dramatic images, surveillance video flipping rvs over like toys. and that blinding spring snow from colorado through nebraska, up to nine inches, making for slick and treacherous driving. that cold front pushing eastward, bringing strong thunderstorms and sending temperatures tumbling by the start of the work week. abc senior meteorologist rob marciano starting us off tonight. >> reporter: tonight, terrifying images out of colorado. rvs tossed around like toys by an apparent tornado. watch as another is picked up by fierce winds. >> got real quiet and then everything, mirrors and everything started shaking on the house. >> reporter: and in nearby colorado springs, these funnel clouds spinning in the air. that noise the sound of hail brought by that storm system, peppering the streets, piling up like snow. even causing spin o

abc's tom llamas talked to venezuelan president maduro and he said he fears president trump because of those around him, including you. let's listen. >> do you fear president trump? [ speaking spanish ] >> i think you got the idea there, pointing the finger right at you and others. do you want maduro to fear the advice you're giving to the president? >> let me just say i'm honored to be named by nicolas maduro. i add him to the list of other people. they have all criticized me over the years. i don't wish him any ill will. i tweeted some weeks ago i hope his future consists of living on a nice beach far from venezuela. it's not just maduro. it's the entire regime. it's a group of collectocrats. they have impoverished the people, and you can see the collapse of their nationwide electrical grid. >> do you think he's going anywhere? it's been about six weeks. >> look. i think momentum is on guaido's side, and the reports in the press, the military hasn't shifted and it's missed the point entirely. >> what's the point? >> the point is they have not sought to arrest guaido and the oppositio

we have tom llamas, maggie haberman from "the new york times," who broke that story on jared kushner's security clearance, and author of the new book "if we can keep it." real study of how we got to our polarized politics today. great book, michael. let's begin with the week. matthew, you look at the week. you look at the cohen hearing. seven hours on capitol hill, the collapse of the north korea talks. maggie's story about the security clearance which we saw congressman nadler call an abuse of power, but one thing this screams out is president trump emerges this week with his republican base completely intact. >> i mean, what we're seeing now is because we have been operating in this sort of chaotic environment for two plus years or three years if you include the campaign and everything that happened in that, i think people at this point in time, the people that are opposed to donald trump are solidly opposed to donald trump. the people that are for donald trump are basically solidly for donald trump, and all these pieces of information don't seem to change that equilibrium. i think t

here's abc's tom llamas. >> reporter: that's 8-year-old tommy morsi in his baseball game in palm beach garden, florida. that's him again, hitting a monster shot off of a golf tee. >> he has been able to track a ball and hit it with accuracy since he was able to stand up. >> reporter: tommy was born without his right hand due to a congenital birth defect. his parents refuse to let that slow him down. >> we do not allow him to say i cannot. >> reporter: that type of attitude coupled with a strong work ethic put tommy on the radar of some of the world's biggest golf stars, including tiger woods, arnold palmer and bubba watson. he really gained national attention when, at the age of 3, he hit a golf ball 100 yards. then he went on national tv and showed his skills to ellen. >> wow! >> reporter: now he's one of the top kid golfers in the u.s., nationally ranked, but he still plays other sports. >> his main sports are soccer, baseball, and golf. >> and tennis and basketball. >> and tennis and basketball. >> reporter: it's not just about winning, tommy is trying to help other kids who face ch

he sat down to talk with our tom llamas. good morning, tom. >> reporter: house investigators now want to speak with this attorney. this, after he already spent 15 hours with federal prosecutors who were investigating michael cohen and the president. he says initially michael cohen missed a payment to pay off stormy daniels. he made the payment after the "access hollywood" tape. creating a world of trouble for the president. >> it was supposed to be the easiest deal in the history of man. >> reporter: that's keith davidson. the man who just before the presidential election negotiated the hush money deals on behalf of both stormy daniels and karen mcdougal for their affairs with donald trump. for months, he dealt with the president's fixer at the time, michael cohen. you built a relationship with michael cohen. a confidant at times? >> i think in a very large sense, yes. >> you wanted to work in the white house? >> no, sir. >> you didn't get brought to the dance. >> i didn't want to go to the white house. >> reporter: davidson

our tom llamas. >> reporter: cecilia, thefo, wa electricity all but have disappeared as violence and desperation grows in the country. overnight, with venezuela in chaos, secretary of state pompeo pulling all remaining diplomatic personnel out of the country. citing the deteriorating situation in venezuela, six-day in a nationwide blackout. hospitals crippled and darkened streets filled with protesters. families so desperate for water, they're gathering at a drainage pipe at this nearby river. venezuela's economic growing even worse. president maduro, addressing, accusing the united states without evidence with sabotage. juan guaido currently recognized as the country's president by 50 nations including the united states declaring a emergency to allow foreign aid to come into venezuela. the maduro government still in power is still refusing any assistance from the united states, this as the political struggle is ongoing. maduro refusing to step down and juan guaido saying he's the new leader of venezuela. >>> we want to move now to new developments in the battle against isis. heavy f

dan and eva are off but we're thrilled once again to have tom llamas and janai norman back for more today. >> couldn't get rid of us. >> great to be here. >> we'll see at the end of the . buit igood to have you. we have a busy morning once again. >>> we begin with the completed mueller report and the principal conclusions the attorney general is preparing for congress. they could be delivered at any time now. >> democrats already saying this summary won't be enough, now demanding unclassified briefings so they can discuss the findings publicly. >> and despite not being briefed on the report, president trump is said to be feeling like a cloud has been lifted. abc's white house correspondent tara palmeri is in west palm beach where the president is spending the weekend. tara, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, tom. this investigation has been so tightly guarded with very few leaks. despite that, lawmakers have either fiercely defended or opposed mueller's work. now they're waiting to see where the chips fall. all of washington is anxiously waiting on attorney general william barr to c