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Tonight, there is breaking news just as we come on the air. Dramatic images coming in right now. U.S. forces seizing an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela. A major escalation tonight, heavily armed U.S. Coast Guard forces repelling from Navy helicopters. Guns drawn as they hit the deck, fanning out across the ship. We'll go live to Martha Raddatz with late reporting.

Also this dangerous storm tonight sweeping into the northeast near whiteout conditions from Michigan to New York to Maine, dangerous driving. Minneapolis declaring a snow emergency. The 47-year-old man killed by a plow at the airport, while in the west at this hour, the flooding emergency playing out. Tonight dramatic images showing a car racing down an airport taxiway, speeding past passenger

jets, air traffic control having to alert the pilots. The major turn tonight, the deadly shooting in a college campus and authorities now believe the gunman was a parent of one of the students at the school outside Boston tonight, the husband on trial for murder. The jury seeing video and receipts, prosecutors say, show him buying a hacksaw hatchet buckets tonight, one of the last people to see the wife and mother of three alive on New Year's Eve taking the stand.

The U.S. economy tonight, the Federal Reserve cutting interest rates by a quarter point. What this could mean for Americans and their mortgages, credit cards and car loans. The daring rescue, and you'll see it, a helicopter rescuing a man on a boulder. What emergency crews did to help him survive the night. Just in tonight the University of Michigan firing its head football coach amid disturbing

allegations. And tonight our Made in America Christmas is back. If it's good enough for our fighter pilots, good enough for Robert Redford, for John Hamm and Mad Men, how about for Under the Christmas Tree? Tonight here we salute our fighter pilots and the workers making these frames. From ABC News World Headquarters in New York, this is World News Tonight with David Muir. Good evening. We do begin tonight here with the breaking news. The U.S. with a major escalation in its showdown with Venezuela tonight.

The U.S. Coast Guard seizing an oil tanker just off the Venezuelan coast. Late today, the Trump administration releasing dramatic images showing Navy helicopters flying in. Heavily armed Coast Guard forces rappelling onto the deck, guns drawn as they swarm the ship. What we're now learning about where the tanker was headed and President Trump is asked what will he do with the oil?

How he answers the president's tonight saying the ship was seized for a quote very good reason then the president warning another country's leader He could be next all this comes amid the u.s. Operation targeting alleged drug boats nearly two dozen strikes Including that controversial second strike killing two survivors off Venezuela So tonight here what's behind this latest action the seizing of this oil tanker amid escalating tensions between the US and Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro? Martha Raddatz leading us off

Tonight the dramatic Escalation the US seizing an oil tanker off the coast of Venezuela Navy helicopters swooping in, swarming the ship. U.S. Coast Guard forces rappelling down onto the deck, armed with long guns, meticulously searching the ship.

Late today, President Trump before the cameras.

We've just seized a tanker on the coast of Venezuela, large tanker, very large. Largest one ever seized, actually. And other things are happening.

Attorney General Pam Bondi tonight says the tanker was used to transport sanctioned oil from Venezuela and Iran, and is part of an illicit oil shipping network supporting foreign terrorist organizations. Sources telling ABC News it was headed for Cuba, capable of carrying up to 2 million

barrels of oil.

It was seized for a very good reason.

Today's seizure marking the first time the U.S. has overtly interfered with oil exports,

Venezuela's main source of revenue.

What happens to the oil on this ship? Well, we keep it, I guess.

Until now, the US has been targeting boats they say are carrying drugs, striking at least 22 boats, and killing nearly 90 people, including two survivors at the heart of the latest controversy. A growing number of Republicans now demanding the video of that second strike on survivors

be released, but so far, the administration hasn't budged. Tonight's seizure of that oil tanker marks a new chapter in the pressure campaign on Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.

So how far would you go to take Maduro out of office?

I don't want to say that, but...

But you want to see him out?

His days are numbered.

Can you rule out an American ground invasion? I don't want to rule in or out.

I don't talk about it. Late today, Venezuela calling the seizure of the tanker a blatant robbery. And David, make no mistake. The U. S. Seizure of that oil tanker off Venezuela is a significant escalation. You saw those images of the U.S. Navy helicopter storming that tanker. The U.S. now has 15,000 forces in the region. And it's not just Venezuela.

Late today, President Trump warning Colombia's president that he better wise up or he'll be next.

David. Martha Raddatz leading us off in Washington tonight. Martha, thank you. Also tonight, this dangerous, fast moving winter storm pushing its way into the northeast at this hour. Winter weather alerts from Michigan to New York to Maine, heavy snow in many places near white out conditions up to a foot of snow in some spots. Minneapolis declaring a snow emergency cars off highways. A 47 year old man was killed by a plow at the airport

and then right behind all of this yet another storm moving in and then life threatening cold. We have the forecast and Stephanie Ramos is in Buffalo.

Tonight extreme weather coast to coast wreaking havoc water rescues from major flooding in the West. And in Arctic air fueled snowstorm from the Midwest all

the way east.

Up to 8 inches of snow slamming parts of Minnesota. Drivers stranded all over the twin cities overnight, Minneapolis declaring a snow emergency. Authorities say a 47 year-old man was hit and killed by a snow plow in a parking lot at a Minneapolis Saint Paul airport facility. In Wisconsin, an army of plows trying to keep up with the snow

all over Green Bay. This jackknife tractor trailer spotted on northbound Interstate 81 south of Syracuse New York, you can see the massive traffic backup it created in the Pacific Northwest flooding intensifying from multiple rounds of record breaking rain. This gas station underwater. You can see the RVs that are underwater behind me. First responders using boats to bring

multiple people to dry land south of Seattle in Orting authorities warning up to 75,000 people to be ready to evacuate low lying areas. David here in Buffalo temperatures are set to plummet tonight with wind chills in the single digits. The big concern now is black ice and that Arctic air will fuel more lake effects snow through tomorrow night.

David that lake effects no machine we all know well Stephanie thanks let's get right to meteorologist Danny Beckstrom from wabc I Danny.

Hey David this is a quick hair, but it packs a punch for sure. Snow moving across the eastern Great Lakes into northern New England tonight. A slick evening commute with some areas getting over a half foot of snow here along the I-95 corridor. Mainly rain wraps up late tonight. Then attention turns to another arctic blast sweeping east sub zero wind chills from Minneapolis to Chicago this weekend feeling like the teens in New York City by Friday morning. Meanwhile, rivers in western Washington continue to rise

with more rain on the way tonight. Heavy rain in the highest elevations will exacerbate river flooding through the end of the week. David Danny

Beckstrom and the team at W. A. B. C. Thanks so much. We turn now to dramatic images tonight showing a car racing past passenger planes down a busy airport taxiway, air traffic controllers alerting pilots in Orange County, California. Here's gio Benitez.

Tonight tense moments on the tarmac a car seen speeding past taxing planes at Orange County's John Wayne airport south of La pilots sounding the alarm as the vehicle flew past them Monday afternoon.

You got to that a white camera. Air traffic control warning

all pilots to stay in place.

A couple of them to get a hold of the high speed on the way.

Sheriff's deputies chasing down the vehicle and detaining the driver, a security guard. The airport telling ABC News the individual was evaluated on scene and determined to be experiencing a possible medical emergency and in Florida after that remarkable crash landing on I 95 east of Orlando, a small plane striking a car, authorities now releasing 911 calls.

A plane hit a car as it landed on I-95.

I'm calling 911!

Panicked drivers alerting dispatchers.

I saw him coming down and I hit the brake. He came right beside me and hit the small white car.

The driver of the vehicle was taken to the hospital with minor injuries. Incredibly, both people on board the plane were not injured. And David, back to that speeding vehicle on the tarmac. The security guard was taken to a local hospital for further evaluation.

The airport says that operations were not impacted,

but of course, a very concerning incident, David.

No question about that, Gio. We appreciate it. Tonight, there's a major new development here in the deadly campus shooting at Kentucky State University. Tonight, authorities now say the shooter was a parent of one of the students at the school. Here's Matt Rivers.

Tonight, 48-year-old Jacob Lee Bard is charged with murder after allegedly opening fire on two students outside a dorm on Kentucky State University's campus. Police say Bard, who is a parent of a student at that university, was the, quote, active aggressor in a physical altercation with the two men and shot them during the dispute.

They got an active shooter. I think they've got him detained.

Nineteen-year- 19 year old john Darrell f his injuries. The other s but stable condition. Fox our affiliate WRTV. It's I took my brother's baby over security cameras on

circulating online that a being attacked. Investigators working to determine if the incident possibly played into a motive for the shooting. We have collected that video and have that we

were able to get video from campus has a lot of good security cameras. We

were able to gather that students and faculty shaken just days before winter

break. Why was this even able to happen why was this even something that could have happened.

David classes remain canceled at the university for the rest of the week as authorities continue to try and figure out why the parent of a student at that school but allegedly open fire.

Matt rivers with us again tonight Matt thanks so much outside Boston tonight, the husband on trial for murder, his wife, a mother of 3 disappearing on New Year's Day. The jury seeing video with prosecutors say he bought after her disappearance and tonight here testimony from one of the last people to see that woman alive. Here's Aaron Katursky.

Tonight, prosecutors resting their murder case against Brian Walsh. After showing the jury this video, they say, shows him buying a hacksaw, hatchet, The judges are now in the process of reviewing the case. The jury is now in the process of reviewing the case. The jury is now in the process of reviewing the case. The jury is now in the process of reviewing the case. The jury is now in the process of reviewing the case. The jury is now in the process of reviewing the case. of Boston. Anna came running out of the house to greet me. The friend testified

it was a festive evening with the couple but four days later Brian Walsh called to say Anna had gone missing after she left for a work emergency before dawn on New Year's morning. I was incredulous I said what work emergency could there have been on New Year's Eve? The final witness, Anna Walsh's close friend.

Do you recognize that picture?

Yes.

Breaking down on the witness stand as she testified the Walsh's marriage was falling apart.

She told me how, like, upset she was and how frustrating that was and how she was really at a breaking point.

Anna Walsh's body has never been found, David. Her husband admitted he moved it, but insisted he did not kill her. The defense starts tomorrow.

David. A case being watched by the nation. Aaron Kuterski tonight. Aaron, thanks. Tonight, news on the US economy here. The Federal Reserve cutting interest rates

by a quarter point, citing a slowing job market. The move could ease some of the pain for many Americans when it comes to mortgages, credit cards and car loans. The Dow soaring on the news, gaining 497 points, closing above 48,000. It all comes amid prices rising for beef, coffee and produce, and President Trump now defending his work on the economy. Let's get right to Mary Bruce live at the White House tonight.

Mary. David, President Trump is defending his economic policies, well aware that voters aren't satisfied. A new poll showing 56 percent of Americans disapprove of how he's handling the cost of living. And today he was pressed on why he calls affordability a, quote, hoax. The president arguing Democrats are trying to make this more of an issue than it is.

Meantime, tonight there is news from the Federal Reserve announcing they are cutting interest rates by a quarter point. The president has been pushing for steeper rate cuts, but today, Chairman Jerome Powell indicating not so fast, saying, quote, we are well positioned to wait and see how the economy evolves.

David. Mary Bruce, live at the White House again tonight for us. Mary, thank you. When we come back here, there's news coming in right now. A high school running team has been hit by a vehicle. Word of multiple injuries. We'll have more in a moment. Also tributes tonight for a famous author behind a best selling series. You'll remember her also just in tonight, the University of Michigan

firing its head football coach amid new and disturbing allegations tonight. A surprise delivery for a pregnant mother riding in the back of one of those self driving taxis. How the company knew she had given birth in the car with no driver. At our Mated America Christmas tonight, if it's good enough for our fighter pilots, good enough perhaps for Robert Redford in that movie you'll remember for John Hamm in Mad Men, we ask is it good enough for the Christmas tree? Tonight here we salute our fighter pilots

and the workers making these frames in a moment. Tonight, there are late images coming in. Authorities say a high school running team struck by a driver, possibly under the influence in Anaheim, California. Here are the images. A police say at least eight people were hit. Multiple victims rushed to the hospital.

Authorities say the team was waiting at an intersection at Harbor Boulevard and West North Street. No word on the injuries. Tonight, the University of Michigan firing its head football coach, Sharon Moore, sayi evidence engaged in an in

with the staffer. More le two seasons, a daring res trail on Arizona's camelb on a routine patrol, spot on top of a large boulder using a drone to get him

get him through the night, then plucking him off the mountain once the sun came up. When we come back here tonight, we remember a bestselling author. You'll remember her. She was behind a bestselling series.

And our Made in America Christmas is back tonight. Some great new ideas and what you've done. To the index of other news tonight, a woman gave birth in the back of one of those self-driving taxis, no driver in the car. The company says the woman was in labor and hailed a Waymo, a self-driving taxi in San Francisco. The baby was delivered in the backseat. She did it on her own.

The company said its rider support team detected unusual activity inside the vehicle, called the passenger and 911, the mother and newborn arriving safely at the hospital. We do have a passing to note tonight. British author Sophie Kinsella has died, best known for the series Confessions of a Shopaholic. The nine novels sold tens of millions of copies.

Last year she revealed she had brain cancer. Sophie Kinsella was actually her pen name. Author Madeline Wickham was her name. She was just 55 years old. When we come back tonight, our Made in America Christmas, if it's good enough for fighter pilots,

for Robert Redford, for Jon Hamm and Mad Men, how about under the Christmas tree and what you've done tonight? The big update in a moment. Finally tonight here, our Made in America Christmas. This December, we have been all over this country

and one idea will have you flying high tonight. Tonight 14 years and counting are made it America Christmas opening doors shaking hands and hoping to create some American jobs for Christmas, we're looking for the heat this Christmas tonight that hot sauce trio gift set from Springs fireplace, they tell us sales skyrocketing and from hot sauce to pasta sauce.

Well more than 20,000 orders behind that garage door. The stingray spot remover it got Oprah out of a tough spot.

I have a Snickers bar.

Okay, we're going to a quick demo for you last night that

quick demo for world news tonight. The wine stain before and after the white stain before and after. The white dress before and after. More than 10,000 bottles sold after our report last night. We love our viewers. Just this December alone from Nevada, California, Georgia, North Carolina,

New York, Pennsylvania, Idaho, don't forget the potato farmers. We've been all over this country. This is quintessential Made in America, too. The Xero ice cream scoop made in Avondale, Pennsylvania, used all across America. It's a good idea for under the tree.

They told us they sold more scoops in one day than they do in an entire month.

Made in America! Woo!

And tonight, if it's good enough for our fighter pilots, if it's good enough for Robert Redford in Spy Game, Don Draper, John Hamm in Mad Men, well, then it's good enough for our Made in America Christmas. We go back to check in on a company we profiled more than a decade ago when we started.

Randolph Engineering in Randolph, Massachusetts sold all over this country. And look who we found in Chinatown.

How you doing?

Hi, David. this country and look who we found in Chinatown. I do and I did it we're looking for some made in America for a look at him to the right place the aviator frames, the famous, you know, Randolph engineering 3 generations, his dad John from Poland. He was a navigator flying on bombers for the British in World War 2. He then came to America, your father came to America with $50 and some

kitchen utensils. Yes. But he always had a mechanical mind. Working on the frames in his basement, decades later, they tell us 200 individual steps from American workers in each pair of frames.

What are these?

These are the 50th anniversary limited edition.

This is a celebration of your history right here.

Right there, yes it is.

I love these. We tried them on in front of a few friends. What do you think? Yeah. Are you sure? Oh, gosh, gosh. I bet she says that to all the customers, but we sure appreciated it. The optometrist dr chin. Do people come in asking for made in America between little Italy and Chinatown and you've got some made in America glasses. So I love that. Then we try the Shelby's.

What do you think? The Shelby's or the...

Both look good on you.

You're a salesman. You're a salesman. And what about saluting our fighter pilots this Christmas? I want to see the pair that the fighter pilots are wearing. This is what they wear up there. Flying those fighter jets.

Not bad. Not bad.

in mind this Christmas.