♪♪ captioned by los angeles distribution and broadcasting, inc. america this morning, a plane crashes, slamming into this mobile home park in florida. >> the inferno spreading through several homes, multiple people killed. we'll hear from witnesses. >> president biden facing protesters in michigan angry

over his support for israel in its war with hamas. biden's message as new polls show him trailing donald trump and nikki haley, the mother of the boy who fatally shot four students at his high school, takes the stand at her manslaughter trial. >> the first mother ever charged for a child's school shooting by jennifer crumbly insists she did not fail as a mother. >> the new warning about so-called gas station heroine found at convenience stores. the alert from the cdc one year after the toxic train derailment disaster. >> we're back in east palestine, ohio residents explained why they're still afraid to return to their homes and later, why you should put shrimp on the menu at your super bowl party this year. >> from abc news in new york. >> this is america this morning. >> good friday morning, everyone i'm andrew dymburt. >> good morning i'm alison kosik in for rhiannon. we begin with that deadly plane crash in

florida. >> authorities have been combing through the wreckage of a mobile home park set ablaze after the crash last night. >> that plane just crashed into a building here overnight, authorities confirming multiple people were killed after a small plane crashed into this mobile home park in clearwater, florida. >> is there anybody else in this house? >> no. i think massive flames pouring out of the homes. firefighters rushing people to safety. get back around 7 p.m. the single engine plane radioing mayday to the clearwater saint pete airport, reporting engine failure before disappearing from the radar. about three miles north of the runway, the site of that mobile home park. >> we heard a loud noise, which we thought was like a motorcycle going by and then a few seconds later, there was a big boom. shook the house, shook the windows. we went around the corner. we could see the flames shooting like 50ft in the air with a big plume of smoke. it didn't even look like there was a house left there. >> firefighters rushing to the scene, finding four mobile homes on fire. the plane lodged inside

one of them. >> i can confirm that we have several fatalities, both from the aircraft and within the mobile home. firefighter crews were able to evacuate the three other homes quickly, putting out the flames overnight. >> there was still no official word on how many people were killed. the ntsb and faa are investigating now to the race for the white house. >> an angry protesters confronting president biden. it came as he visited the crucial swing state of michigan, trying to convince voters that the economy is looking up as we await the monthly jobs report this morning, abc's em nguyen is in washington with more. and good morning. good morning alison. >> the tensions surrounding biden's visit to michigan highlights the big challenge for his campaign in a state he won last time by only 3. president biden was met by pro-palestinian protesters the moment he landed in michigan, a key battleground state home to the largest arab american community in the u.s. biden, biden and what do you say pro testers gathered last night

in a parking lot across the street from biden's rally, waving free palestine flags earlier protesters even facing off with police in riot gear outside the white house, says senior administration officials will travel to michigan later this month to hear from arab community leaders angry over biden's support for israel in its war against hamas. meanwhile, biden met with auto workers yesterday touting his record on the economy. >> we now have, in large part because of you and organized labor, the strongest economy in the whole world. we do. we do and the whole world. inflation is coming down. >> but a new national poll shows biden losing to former president trump, 49 to 45. the gap grows even wider in a potential

matchup with nikki haley and biden faces more challenges on capitol hill. the house passed a tax cut bill this week with bipartisan support, but it faces opposition in the senate. republican senator chuck grassley says he won't support the bill because it would make biden look good and a bipartisan deal to address the border crisis is being finalized in the senate. but is dead on arrival in the house, according to speaker mike johnson. even though the text of the bill hasn't been released yet and the text of the bill could be released as soon as today. andrew. >> all right. we'll keep an eye on it. and thank you. defense secretary lloyd austin has apologized for how he handled his prostate cancer diagnosis. he's keeping his condition and hospitalization a secret from the president and the public. he tried to explain his actions to reporters yesterday. >> i was being treated for prostate cancer. the news shook me and i know that it shakes so many others, especially in the black community. it was a gut

punch. and frankly, my first instinct was to keep it private. 1 in 8 american men will get prostate cancer. 1 in 6 black men will get it. so you can count on me to set a better example on this issue today and for the rest of my life, austin's actions are under investigation on capitol hill and at the pentagon. >> we turn now to jennifer crumbly, the woman whose son fatally shot four students at his michigan high school. she's on trial for manslaughter, accused of ignoring her son's pleas for help. she took the stand yesterday and said there's nothing she would have done differently. here's abc's andrea fujii jennifer crumbly, the first mother in the u.s. to be charged in a school shooting committed by a child, took the stand and defended her parenting skills. >> you never would think you have to protect your child from harming somebody else. >> that's what. that's what blew my mind. i was just that was the hardest thing i had to stomach

is that my child harmed and killed other people. >> she and her husband are accused of making a gun accessible at their home and ignoring their son. ethan's mental health needs. but crumbly says she didn't think her son needed help, despite the prosecution pointing to ethan's journal, which included entries like my parents don't listen to me and i have zero help for my mental health problems, and it's causing me to shoot up the school. >> did you ever believe that your son needed mental health treatment, therapy, counseling, anything? >> no. i mean, there's a couple of times where ethan had expressed anxiety over taking tests. um anxiety about what he was going to do for after high school, whether it was college or military. so he expressed those those concerns to me. um but not not to a level where i felt he needed to go see a psychiatrist. >> did you ever deny him or say, no, i'm not going to take you to

a mental health professional? did he ever ask, you know, crumbly denied having a role in buying or storing the gun and shifted responsibility to her husband, adding, i don't think i'm a failure as a parent. >> the day of the shooting, staff at the school met with the crumbleys and were shown a picture ethan had drawn of a gun with the words the thoughts won't stop, help me. the world is dead. my life is useless. his parents declined to take him home that day. crumbly says she thought it would be better for him to stay at school. he later used a gun from his backpack to fire at students. >> as i've asked myself if i would done anything differently, and i wouldn't have. >> if you could change what happened, would you? >> oh, absolutely. i wish he would have killed us instead, prosecutors will cross-examine jennifer crumbly this morning. >> her husband goes on trial next month. andrew allison andrea. >> thank you. turning now to the weather, california is preparing for another big storm this weekend. officials opened the

waterway to this dam north of sacramento, trying to limit flood damage. and in southern california, flooding closed some roads, especially around long beach. let's check your friday forecast. >> good morning. our southwestern storm is making progress east and we're going to see some gusty strong thunderstorms in oklahoma and texas late friday afternoon into the evening. at night, those storms move east through the gulf coast, and by sunday we'll have some disruptive thunderstorms in florida. but then we turn our attention back to the southwest. look at this. another stronger storm moves into california and the west late saturday night through sunday and into monday. we're going to see between 8 and 12in of rain in the foothills north of l.a. and multiple feet of snow in the sierra. i'm meteorologist jeff cornish. coming up, a country music star under arrest in a drug case. >> also ahead, the outrage after migrants accused of attacking these new york police officers

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morning america. >> houston, we have a problem. what's being called an accidental release of fire suppression foam caused this mess at bush intercontinental airport, crews are trying to keep the chemicals from seeping into nearby waterways. hootie and the blowfish founder darius rucker has been arrested. >> police near nashville say the singer was booked on misdemeanor drug possession charges. it's unclear what led to the arrest, but rucker was also cited for expired registration, suggesting he was pulled over by police. >> new details overnight about the group of migrants accused in a vicious attack on police officers in new york's times square. some of the suspects, released without bail.

authorities in new york are searching for more suspects, most believed to be asylum seekers, in connection with this attack on two new york city police officers. the officers were patrolling outside a migrant shelter when a scuffle broke out. the group of migrants kicking and punching the officers, running off with their phones. >> reprehensible cowards. >> you want to know why our cops are getting assaulted and there's no consequences, and we must change this end of story. >> six people have been arrested , but police believe at least 13 were involved. new york's governor was asked whether the suspects should be deported. >> get them all and send them back. you don't. you don't touch our police officers. you don't touch anybody. >> and this morning, outrage is growing over why several of the suspects were set free without bail. a authorities are investigating whether four of them then hopped a bus to

california using fake names. the new york mayor's office furious. >> it's an absolute abomination. but they should not be back out on the street. based upon what they did. >> the city has struggled to cope with the arrival of nearly 200,000 asylum seekers in the last two years. police say arrest warrants have been issued for more than 100 migrants for various crimes. but activists warn against penalizing an entire population of migrants legally in the u.s. seeking asylum. the officers were not seriously injured in that attack . >> all star tight end for baltimore ravens is being hailed a hero for his actions on a cross country flight. mark andrews was flying to phenix when another passenger suffered a medical emergency. a doctor and nurse tried to help, and andrews, who has diabetes, offered his testing kit, suggesting her blood sugar might be low. and it was, and she recovered in time to walk off the flight. andrews called the flight crew, the doctor and the nurse. the real heroes

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