david kerley has more. only part of the fuselage of the jet left intact after slamming into a hill above medellin.... through the day... the grim task of recovering the bodies of the 71 on board who were killed..... but... remarkably.... those six survived...found on the ground away from the fuselage... nats: locker room celebration it was to be a joyous trip for the regional brazilian soccer team the chapay- co en-see...making a big tournament for the first time in its history... (airport trip... in the airport... selfies on board... and the tale of these two players.... alan ruschel... with the beard...a defender... one of the two players who survived... next to him... danilo padilah ..a goal keeper... found alive.... he was actaully able to call his family.... but then died from his injuries..... and the heartbreaking story of this 22-year old player who was killed. his family releasing video from just last week.. when he learned he would soon be a father. (nat up) stunned by the loss.... (gfx jet) the j

and david kerley, who covers aviation, let's go back to the fuel question for just a moment. all passenger jets are supposed to fly with plenty in reserve, as you've r >> reporter: it's unknown, how did these pilots not plan to have 45 minutes of extra fuel. putting them in that holding pattern could have caused a problem, but this will be a focus of the investigation, david. >> david kerley with us again tonight. >>> next this evening, to an explosive case that made national headlines. tonight, the d.a. in charlotte has now revealed there will be no charges in the police shooting of keith lamont scott. prosecutors concluding the officers acted lawfully. >> don't you do it! >> reporter: tonight, no charges for that officer who fired the fatal shot, sparking days of unrest in charlotte. >> it is my opinion that officer vincent acted lawfully when he shot mr. scott. >> reporter: the district attorney today saying all credible evidence uncovered points to scott being armed, something scott's family had disputed at the shooting scene. his wife saying he wasn't armed. >> drop the

david kerley, abc news, reagan national airport. >>> coming up, a bit of comic relief fro >> what does it take to make it as a political impersonator? ? ? who are you who, who, who, who, who ? >> i know the words to one song. >> we are a week away from the presidential election. and both campaigns are now kicking it into overdrive. as america decides who gets the country's top job. >> off the campaign trail, you'll find the political impersonators. many of whom, after election here's abc's david wright. >> reporter: every flub, flip or flop in modern politics has made its way on to "saturday night live." >> i can see russia from my house. >> reporter: tina fey's sarah palin, one of the most iconic examples. alex baldwin's trump, is close. and there's many hillary clintons. >> not enough to work hard. we have soft but strong. sweet old lady but a sweet old lady that says yes, queen. >> this is the jacket i wore last night. >> reporter: theresa barnwell has been hillary for the past 23 years. >> it started for me back in 1992. that was the first time somebody told me i resembled hillary

david kerley is live outside a memorial for the victims tonight. what's the latest on the children in critical condition still? >> reporter: there are still six children in david. six in stable condition. david, these kids are so young. one was asked, what was the name of their parents? the child so young, the only name they could come up was momma. >> david kerley with us tonight. david, thank you. >>> we turn next here this evening to the other trouble brewing for travelers across this country. both on the roads and in the air, just as the thanksgiving rush begins. a new storm set to begin tonight, and it comes after that other deadly storm. out from three to four feet of snow. we have shown you here the treacherous driving and deadly accidents. this new system hitting chicago, detroit, many airport hubs, and then moving eastward. so, let's get right to ginger zee live in new york tonight. she's tracking it all. ginger? >> reporter: and david, the cold and wind making it feel awfully wintry here, but there are actual winter weather advisories, fr

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here's abc's david kerley. including that brazilian soccer team, come from the last words of the pilots. their short-haul jet had flown nearly 1,900 miles, right at its maximum range. but it was put into a holding pattern above medellin. the pilots radio the tower, asking for "priority landing, we're having a fuel problem." a little more than seven minutes later, the pilot calling out, "total failure, electric, total and fuel." the jet is now apparently gliding, on battery power. >> then they didn't have any navigation system. so, they had no way to point themselves at the airport, they had no way to intercept a safe glide path, mountains all around, very hilly. >> reporter: the pilots desperately calling out for directions, "vectors." a minute later, the final plea for help. while investigators examine the black boxes, an outpouring of grief and love for the brazil, which was headed to its first finals tournament ever. three of the players survived. and so did two crew members. one told a south american sports

abc's david kerley is in chattanooga tonight. >> reporter: the battered school bus. the wreckage, tonight, is evidence in thisra high speed crash. among the young lives lost, >> i instantly got that feeling. i sa my other two kids, momma, momma. >> reporter: tonight, the manslaughter.ed withic jothony walker was involved in another accident, hitting a car. ntsb investigators saynly o got his commercial license in april. moments after the crash, panic. >> i can see an arm moving, but i dont know if anybody can get to it. >> reporter:ne away from the scene after the crash, witut helping. >> everything just startled turning, like, the bus turned twice. >> reporter: police say the bus posted 30-mile-an-hour limit on a hilly, winding road. it runs off the road to the right, then swerving to t left. the bus rolls oo its side, sliding with speed and slamming into a telephone pole, then wrapping around a tree. mother stephanie griffith and others had concerns about the driver. >> reporter: driving too fast? >> dring too fast. >> reporter: this tragedy renewing the debate abo

>> david kerley with us tonight. david, thank you. >>> we turn next here this evening to the other trouble brewing for travelers across this country. both on the roads and in the air, just as the thanksgiving rush begins. a new storm set to hit tonight, and it comes after that other deadly storm. parts of new york state digging four feet of snow. we have shown you here the treacherous driving and deadly accidents. this new system hitting chicago, detroit, many airport hubs, and then moving eastward. so, let's get right to chief meteorologist ginger zee, live in new york tonight. she's tracking it all. ginger? >> reporter: and david, the cold and wind making it feel awfully wintry here, but there are actual winter weather advisers that i want to bring you, from minnesota through wisconsin. those are the areas in the next 24 hours you really have to wa wintry mix. along this low pressure system are the issues. in the south, parts of louisiana, up into arkansas, tennessee, that's where the severe storms could occur. the

a-b-c's david kerley is in washington with what you can do to protect yourself on the road. in arizona. nats - "there's a single vehicle wrong way driver into tim mason, az dept. of public safety: "one benefit to this particular crash is the weight of that bus and the impact that that bus was able to take on." a college football player in massachusetts killed going the wrong way thanksgiving. and sunday two killed on long on video. vehicles on the wrong side of the road speeding. while wrong way crashes mak u one study says they're 27 times more deadly between 3 and 400 what can you do to protect yourself? edgar figueroa/chp stay out of the fast lane, stay out of the carpool lane, stay in the middle lanes or the calls to change the way roads are designed. often on-ramps and off ramps are next to each other which can lead to mistakes. some experts suggest lowering the "do- not-enter" signs make them bigger and put another set farther up the exit lane and possibly add rumble strips so a driver gets a cue that they're david kerley abc news, washington. the holidays.. are here..

abc's david kerley has the story. < i'm david kerley and in this morning's gma first look...the wreckage of the school bus.... and the wreckage of families ... nine year old cordayja jones..among the 5 lost children.... za-air-a matene ...too... whose mother says she complained about the driver before the crash... sot: 18;08;05;53 jasmine mateen/mother: "i've been calling the school since the first day." we've learned the 24 year old driver... only recieved his commerical license in april.. and just two months ago... had an accident with his bus.. these two boys survived the horrific crash... sot: 17:34:33 griffith: he started turning real fast around the curve. 17;38;09;38 watson: "i feel like the world was turning upside down. " 17:34:9 griffith: we hit a mailbox and a garbage can and then that's when the tree had, went through the bus. hundreds turned out to remember the young lives lost...renewing the call for seat belts. and we'll have a live report from tennessee coming up at 7am - with your gma first look, i'm david kerley, abc news, chattanooga. > coming up in our next half outsi

david kerley, abc news, washington. >>> delta air lines banned for life a passenger who was recorded on a flight shouting his support for donald trump and insulting hillary clinton's supporters. the airline will refund fares of all of the other passengers, delta says it would not have allowed the man on board if they had known how he was behaving. >>> texas reporting its first case of homegrown zika virus. the woman who got sick is a resident of brownsville near the border with mexico and reported no recent travel to any other country with ongoing zika outbreaks. until now florida was the only state with people sickened by local mosquitoes. >>> a charity thanksgiving dinner may be linked to three deaths and five illnesses in the san francisco bay area. the meal was sponsored by a church and served to more than legion hall in antioch about halfway through san francisco and sacramento. officials are trying to determine if a foodborn illness is to blame. they all lived in the same facility so may have contracted the illness at home. >>> time for sports. new rankings in the race for the

here's abc's david kerley. >> reporter: looking at the images of thi part of the fuselage intact, it's hard to imagine anyone could survive. 71 died but remarkably at least six did survive. >> in this particular instance, with all the wreckage that we've seen in the pictures, i would say if it's not miraculous, it's fairly close. >> reporter: last night search and rescue teams frantically working to pull them from the debris. the jet they were on was flying medellin, going down in the mountains around the airport monday night. among those on board the regional braz zan soccer team the chapecoense. it was to be a ju yus trip for the team, headed to a big tournament for the first time. alan ruschel with the beard one of the two players who survived. next to him padilla, a goalkeeper, found alive. he was able to call his family, but then died another tragic story, the death of this 22-year-old player. his family releasing video last week when he learned he would soon be a father. fans of the team now stunned by the loss. and tonight new details. colombian authorities say the tail hit the

's abc's david kerley. >> reporter: looking at the images of this plane crash today, the maned seats jus part of the fuselage intact, it's hard toma 71 died but remarkably at least six did survive. >> in this particular instance, with all the wreckage that we've seen in the pictures, i would say if it's not miraculous, it's >> reporter: last night search and rescue teams frantically working to pull them from the the jet they were on was flying to the colombian city of medellin, going down in the mountains aroundhe airport thechapecoense. the team, headed to a big for tournament for the first time. alan ruhel wit the beard of two plars who survived. xt toim padilla, a goalkeeper, found alive. he was able to call his family, but then died from his injuries. of this 22-year-old player.eath his family releasing video last week when he learned he would soon be a father. fans of the team now stunned by the ss. and tonight new details. colombian authorities say the tail hit the top of the mntain and the rest of the plane slid down the otherside. a team of iestigators looking to the black bo

. >> these kind of incidents are becoming more common as we hear from abc's david kerley. >> reporter: the investigation this morning into what the pilots of a plane with 54 passengers on board saw coming towards them leading to their severe action. the pilots making a sharp turn at 9,000 feet in the air. two flight attendants thrown in the cabin and injured once on the ground the pilots said they thought it was a drone coming towards them. >> they see a altitude where they would not expect another airplane or something to be flying and so they instinctively make a sharp turn to get away from whatever it is so they may -- it may have been a drone or a balloon. >> reporter: the two flight attendants were 2r50e9ed and released in toronto. already sightings of drones in the u.s. are up 40% compared to all of last year. david kerley, abc news, washington. >>> david, thank you. >>> new details in the case that series "making a murderer." a judge has ordered brendan dassey supervised release from prison. he was a teenager when convicted of helping his uncle rape and murder a woman in 2005.

here's abc's david kerley. >> reporter: passengers on this jet were stunned. >> door and jumped out. >> reporter: landing in houston from new orleans but not at the gate yet the emergency door is gone. as well as a passenger. spotted on video obtained by kprc, she is seen running across the tarmac towards the terminal but authorities quickly realize this is not a threat, but a medical case. >> psychiatric problem, airport response team 92. >> reporter: the woman hospitalized overnight. but this is not the first time flight attendants who decided to quit by deploying the chutes and bailing out of the aircraft and their jobs. david kerley, abc news, washington. >>> delta air lines banned for life a passenger who was recorded on a flight shouting his support for donald trump and insulting hillary clinton's supporters. the airline will refund fares of all of the other passengers, delta says it would not have allowed the man on board if they had known how he was >>> texas reporting its first case of homegrown zika virus. the woman who got sick is a resident of brownsville near the border

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