the heroe jumping into the water. also tonight, donald trump takes aim at pope francis, after the pope suggests trump is not christian.n. the moment on the pope's plane. and tonight, trump's fiery response. the terror attack in california, and this evening, major developments. the fbi moving in. in san bernardino, what did they find? forced to pay. the hackers locking personal computers, trapping your personal information, your photos. forcing you to pay to get it back. now, a hospital, patients' medical records hacked. and drivers beware tonight. some of the most troubling bridges in america. millions still traveling over them. we've got the list. good evening and we'll get to that feud by donald trump and the pope in just a moment. but we begin tonight with the breaking news, the horrific chopper crash, not far from pearl harbor.

the chopper with several people onboard, crashing there into the watter off hawaii. the helicopter belonging to a tourist company, a popular flight for tourists. witnesses jumping into the water to save the passengers. the ntsb is investigating at this hour. abc's david kerley tonight on how they all survived this. at least one passenger in critical condition. >> reporter: it happened in just seconds. the hecopter, just short of land, romming over in the water. >> holy crap! >> reporter: bystanders jump in to help the five people onboard. a knife s reportedly needed to freene of them. all survived. one in a neckbrace. a 16-year-old male in critical condition. the chopper coming down in pearl harbor near the uss arizona memorial. >> it was scary. thought there was going to be a dead body can ioming up. >> reporter: it's clear in the video the tail rotor is not turning and the sound from the engine is erratic. scott reiff is a helicopter

>> he lost power. he may have flared a little too high. hard to say for certain. just didn't have enough energy in the rotor system to cushion the landing. >> reporter: the bell 206 is a single engine, five-seat aircraft. this o built in 1979 and owned by what appears to be a one helicopter tour company called genesis. the surviving pilot should be able to tell investigators exactly what went wrong. the navy helped firefighting crews with that rescue. the ntsb is sending an inn vest gator to hawaii to investigate. david? >> david kerley, thank you. now, to the war of words erupting between donald trump and pope francis. trump firing back tonight, after comments made by the pope. the pope was asked on his plane about trump's plan to build a wall on the u.s./mexico border. the pope, saying the motion is not christian. trump immediately blasting the pope, calling his words, ququote, disgrateful. c's chief foreign correspondent terry moran was on

the moment. >> reporter: on boarard the pal plane, a stunning moment. pope francis askedirectly about donald trump's plans to build a a wal on the u.s./mexico border and deport millions of undocumented immigrants, speaking from the heart. "a person who tnks only about building walls, wherever they may be, and not of building bridges is not christian," the pope said. adding, pointedly, "this man is not christian if he has said things like that." a staggering papal denunciation and it came after a week of francis in mexico, again and again, preaching a highly charged political message. like those scenes in juarez, a few feet from the u.s. border, francis giving his blessing across the rio grande to undocumented immigrants in the u.s. and then demanding that more be done for all desperate migrants.

exploitation," he pleaded. >> and terry moran is with us live from the vatican tonight. terry, this is a pope who seems to choose his words very carefully. did the pope tend to put himself in the middle of this presidential race? >> reporter: david, you're right. he knew exactly what he was doing. francis knows who trump is, he's following these issues. they're very close to his heart. but the pope also told us, he's not trying to be political. he's not supporting a candidate or a a policy. he's trying to remind politicians and voters off what he believes are the teachingngs of jesus christ. david? >> terry moran live in vatican city tonight. terry, thank you. now, let's get to donald trump and his message for the pope tonight. and it wasn't just trump, because other republican candidates, some who supported the idea o a wall, were left to respond to the pope, too. and they did. tom came has in south carolina fors tonight. >> reporter: it was a headline that surprised even donald trump. >> they said mr. trump, the pope made a s statementbout you.

i like the pope, i mea-- was it good or bad? >> reporter: it wasn't good. >> he actually said that maybe i'm not a good christian or something. it's unbelievable. which is really not a nice thing to say. >> reporter: trump then turning up the volum for a religious leader to question a person's faith is disgraceful. i'm proud to be a christian. no leader, especially a religious leader, should have the right to question another man's religion or faith. >> reporter: the billionaire candidate accusing mexico of using pope f francis as a, quote, pawn, in the debate over immigration and border security. >> if and when the vatican is attackedy isis, which, as everyone knows, is isis' ultimate trophy, i can promise you that the pope would have only wished and prayed that donald trump wouould have en president. >> reporter: for good measure, the trump team even tweeting this image of the vatican,

walls. here in south carolina, trump has recently himself questioned the christian fth of his rival, senator ted cruz. >> i've never seennybody that lied as much as ted cruz. and he goes around saying he's a christian. >> reporter: butut day, cruz wasn't picking sides. >> listen, that's between donald and the pope. i'm not going to get in the middle of that. i'll let them work it out. >> reporter: cruz also favors a border wall. do you think thahat's unchristian to build a border wall, senator? and repeatedly dodged me as i tried to get his response to the pope's comments. senator, do y think a border wall is unchristian? >> i'm going to visit with the voters now, thank you. >> reporter: senator marco rubio, who is himself catholic, praised the pope. >> i have tremendo respect and admiration for him. >> reporter: but rubio making it clear he and the holyather didisagree oimmigration. >> we are a sovereign country and we have a right to control who comesin, when they come in and how they come in. >> reporter: and tonight, jeb bush, also a catholic, saying this. >> i don't question anybody's christianity. because i honestly believe that's a relationship you have

>> and tom llamas with us live fr south carolina tonigh and tom, sol well-known conservative voices coming to donald trump's defense, after the pope's comments. >> reporter: that's right, david. st behind me, donald trump is wrapping up this event here in south carolina, but you're right. some influential conservatives defending donald trump tonight, saying, quote, this was rush limbaugh, given the pope's political leanings, i'm surprised he isn't on the campaign trail for bernie sanders. david? >> tom, thank you. now, to the m theic side this evening. there are major developments there, as well. wiwith just two days to go until the nevada caucuses, and a new national poll by fox toght, showing beknee sanders inching ahead of hillary clinton nationally, 47% to 44%. this would be the first time with sandersahead. the most recent polling in nevada showing a deheat between clinton andsanders. and the clinton camp, releasing a new ad tonight, with tears, all part of an 11th hour effort to appl to latino voters. abc's cecilia vega on what's

>> reporter: today, in las vegas, hillary clinton embraced by a weeping cafeteria worker. >> i know you're going to win. because people, they have to listen to you. >> reporter: the woman becking clinton to stay strong in this hard-fought race. >> be strong. that's what i like about you. you are a very strong woman. that's what we need. >> thank you so much. >> reporter: in the final push for nevada, clinton making a a direct appeal for latino votes. a new ad hitti their waves today includes this 10-year-old girl, a daughter of undocumented immiants. >> reporter: clinton then comforting the child. >> i'm going to do everything you can so you don't have to be scscared. and you don't have to worry family. let me do the worrying. i'll do all the worrying. is that a deal? i'll do the worrying. i'll do everything i can to help, okay? >> reporter: but clint to be now

state she once seemed poised to win. her first campaign office here opened nearly a year ago, months before bernie sanders. > we're gng to surprise a lot of people here in nevada. >> reporter: but nonow, sanders is fired up. his army out in force, knocking on every door possible. we stopped by hillary clinton's campaign office today. hi, how are you? where they are calling thousands of people. >> we're making thousands and thousands of calls. >> reporter: out of this office alone. in the pages of "vogue," an inhave sprekive moment for clinton. asked if the u.s. was ready for its first female president, considering new york city hasn't even had a female mayor, clinton saying, quote, "i think it's gotten better. but i think there's still a very deep set o of concerns that people have, which very often they're not even aware of are they couldn't articulate." >> and cecilia vega live from

tonight, bernie sanders leveling etty harsh words towards clinton when it comes to her support of president 0obama? >> reporter: that's right. it's an interview with b.e.t. sanders is saying that clinton is cozying up to the president. we know what that's about. that's trying to win support from the african-a-american community, where the president is enormously popular. clinton firing back, just now, highlighting sanders' own criticism of the president. david, this fight is hotter than ever. >> cecilia vega with us again tonight. cecilia, thahank yo now, to breaking developments this evening, in the san berrdino terror case. federal agents today serving a search warrant at the home of syed fra rook'sfarook's brought. the fbi standoff with apple continues. the company refusing to help hack into the guan's iphone. and tonighght, other tech giants are rushing to apple's fense. and so, we asked abc's pierre thomas a simple question. what do the experts think? how easy would it be for apple

>> reporter: today, the fbi searching the home of syed farook's brother, but no closer to getting inside his iphone. industry giants closing ranks behind apple today, even as authorities claim they need to be able to hack into phones to crack cases beyond terrorism. as in the case of two officers recently shot in new york. police locked out of potential evidence in the suspect's phone. >> this is the phone that was used by one of his associates in thisase. despite having a court order, we cannot access this iphone 5. >>eporter: the issue of breaking into encrypted phones ignited by the fbi's legal challenge to apple over the farook case. experts telling abc news today it would not be that hard to design a gateway or a back door. >> it would be easy, but just because someone's easy to do doesn't mean you could do it. >> reporter: some analysts say it opens up pandors box.

amounts to smart software bomb that if it falls into the wrong hands, it could be used to unlock every single iphone and ipad in existence. enforcement officials are frustrated with apple's attitude. so, expect the justice department to take additionanal steps in court to force apple to open that phone immediately. thank you. now, to another security information. hackers o there taking control your personal computers, forcing you to pay to get the information back. abc's matt gutman reports tonight, the newest victim, a hospital, and your medical records. >> reporter: tonight, the fbi says the only thing you can do if hammers are holding their info hostage is pay up. that's exactly what hollywood prebyterian hospital did after so-called ransomware infected the hospital's computer systems. >> once you see it, it's far too late. you're done. game over. >> r reporter:r: eventually, the

ransomware has already crippled more than 1 million victims. hackers now hunting bigger prey. this police department in massachusetts forking over $500 to get its files back last year. >> the best option for us, even though it was the last and worst option for us, was to pay the ransom. >> reporter: here's how it works -- you open an infected e-mail, w which turns your files into encrypted gobbledygook. then, the stickup. pay the ransom to get the encryption key, or kiss those files good-bye. tonight, the hospital, still open, leaving this message. >> we want to assure you patient care has notot been coromised as we continue to address this incident. >> reporter: over a million cases and only a handful solved, which why you have to protect yourself by backing up your files. and, when you're done with the hard drive, unplug it from the computer. david? >> all right, matt. troubling case indeed. now, a major case from the white house tonight. president obama will travel to cuba next month.

visit in more than 80 years. the president set to meet with raul castro while visiting cuba. "world news tonight" traveled to cuba last year, as the u.s. moved to re-establish diplomatic ties. it was on this broadcast, we showed you the old cars, the children hoping for a new relationship with america. and we remember what we asked the president beforehand. will you visit cuba in your final two years as president? >> you know, i don't have any current plans to visit cuba. >> reporter: not ruling it out? >> well, let's see how things evolve. >> not ruling it out. he will now go. and first lady michelle obama will also make the tri to cuba. there is still much more ahead on "world news tonight" this thursday. drivers beware. some of the most troubling bridges in america. the new report tonight, millions of drivers still traveling over them every day, and we've got the list coming up. there's also breaking developments involving the bill cosby ca. what he now wants from the alleged victim in that criminal case. he wants to be paid back. and, imagine hearing this at

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jack/2shot: good evening and welcome to local 5 news. i'm jack miller. stephanie/2shot: and i'm stephanie angleson. jack: we start with some breaking news here at local five, from the collins-maxwell school district. the superintendenth as just resigned in a closed door meeting with the school board. jack: local 5' s jacob peklo is the only reporter there as the meeting just ended. he joins us live now with details-- jacob... what have you learned? jacob/live: the collins maxwell school board just finished a closed session meeting where the accepted the resignation of superintendent jason ellingson. we know that he was placed on administrative

matter arose concerning a student. the district had received a report about certain allegations made against the superintendent. here is part of a statement from the school district tonight. "there is no evidence that any persons have been harmed, and there is no evidence that district programs or operations have been compromised. nevertheless, the superintendent has offered to resign..." jacob/live: now we also reached out to the story county sheriff's office to see if they are involved in any kind of investigation into this, they said no. we're still here in maxwell gathering more information.