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. RIGHT NOW ON AMERICA THIS MORNING. CONTROVERSY EXECUTION. ALABAMA USING NITROGEN ON A DEATH ROW. INMATE OVERNIGHT, MARKING THE FIRST TIME AN EXECUTIONER USED THE GAS IN A US PRISON. THE LATE NIGHT DECISION BY THE SUPREME COURT AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR FUTURE EXECUTIONS USING NITROGEN. >> SEVERE WEATHER THREAT 51 STATES UNDER A FLOOD WATCH AS ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN IMPACTS MUCH OF THE COUNTRY INTO THE WEEKEND, PLUS ICE JAMS NOW CAUSING FLOOD CONCERNS IN OTHER AREAS. >> AS A PIECE OF HISTORY DESTROYED. >> JUST COLLAPSED RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. >> A CHURCH IN CONNECTICUT

SUDDENLY COLLAPSES WITHOUT WARNING, THE ROOF AND STEEPLE CRASHING TO THE GROUND. HOW DID IT HAPPEN? AND WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE DAMAGED CHURCH BUILT IN THE 1850S? PLUS. A DEATH INVOLVING A PEANUT ALLERGY TRIGGERS A COOKIE RECALL A YOUNG WOMAN DYING AFTER EATING A MISLABELED PRODUCT. >> WHAT WE’RE LEARNING. >> SORRY, SPEEDERS. THE NEW PROPOSED LAW IN ONE STATE REQUIRING A DEVICE IN CARS, LIMITING HOW FAST THEY CAN GO, AND SPECIAL DELIVERY. >> THE DEPUTY WHO WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND AFTER ARRESTING A FOOD DELIVERY DRIVER. >> FROM ABC NEWS IN NEW YORK. THIS IS AMERICA THIS

MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I’M LIONEL MOISE IN FOR ANDREW, AND I’M ALISON KOSIK IN FOR RHIANNON. >> AND WE BEGIN WITH ALABAMA. S CONTROVERSIAL EXECUTION OF A CONVICTED MURDERER WHO SPENT DECADES ON DEATH ROW, 58 YEAR OLD KENNETH

SMITH WAS PUT TO DEATH USING NITROGEN GAS, ONE STATE OFFICIAL CALLING IT A HUMANE METHOD OF EXECUTION. >> BUT CRITICS DISAGREE. THE STATE OF ALABAMA EXECUTING DEATH ROW INMATE KENNETH SMITH OVERNIGHT, MARKING THE FIRST TIME IN U.S. HISTORY NITROGEN GAS WAS USED TO CARRY OUT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. >> SMITH WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED BY A PHYSICIAN AT 8:25

P.M. CENTRAL STANDARD TIME. >> THE SUPREME COURT HAD DENIED AN APPEAL IN A 6 TO 3 DECISION, WITH THE LIBERAL JUSTICES DISSENTING, JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR ACCUSING ALABAMA OF EXPERIMENTING WITH HUMAN LIFE, SAYING HAVING FAILED TO KILL SMITH ON ITS FIRST ATTEMPT, ALABAMA HAS SELECTED HIM AS ITS GUINEA PIG TO TEST A METHOD OF EXECUTION. NEVER ATTEMPTED BEFORE. SMITH WAS ONE OF THREE MEN CONVICTED IN THE MURDER OF ELIZABETH BENNETT IN THE 1980S. IN 2022, SMITH AND THE STATE OF ALABAMA, AGREEING TO A NEW FORM OF EXECUTION AFTER THE STATE BOTCHED A LETHAL INJECTION. EXECUTION IN A

SETTLEMENT WITH SMITH, THE STATE OF ALABAMA AGREEING TO NOT PURSUE LETHAL INJECTION AGAIN AND INSTEAD ATTEMPT A NEW METHOD OF EXECUTION NITROGEN HYPOXIA. SMITH ONLY EATING SOME OF HIS FINAL MEAL. HIS LAST WORDS WERE TONIGHT ALABAMA CAUSES HUMANITY TO TAKE A STEP BACKWARDS. I’M LEAVING WITH LOVE, PEACE AND LIGHT. >> HE STRUGGLED AGAINST HIS RESTRAINTS A LITTLE BIT, BUT THERE’S SOME INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT AND SOME AGONAL BREATHING, SO. THAT WAS ALL EXPECTED AND IS IN THE SIDE EFFECTS THAT WE’VE SEEN OR RESEARCHED ON NITROGEN HYPOXIA, NITROGEN HYPOXIA HAS BEEN CONTROVERSIAL, WITH ADVOCATES NOTING THAT A VERSION

OF THE METHOD HAS BEEN USED IN SOME ASSISTED SUICIDES IN EUROPE, LAWYERS FOR THE STATE ARGUE THAT THE METHOD IS PAINLESS, WITH UNCONSCIOUSNESS OCCURRING IN A MATTER OF SECONDS, BUT THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE CALLED ON ALABAMA TO STOP THE EXECUTION, NOTING THERE IS NO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE TO PROVE THAT EXECUTION BY NITROGEN INHALATION WILL NOT CAUSE GRAVE SUFFERING. >> ALABAMA SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE TO USE THE METHOD NITROGEN EPOXY IS ONE OF THE THREE METHODS OF EXECUTION. >> SO THE INMATES CHOOSE IT. THEN. THAT’S THE METHOD WE WILL USE. >> WITNESSES SAY SMITH APPEARED

TO REMAIN CONSCIOUS FOR SEVERAL MINUTES DESPITE EXPERTS SAYING IT WOULD TAKE SECONDS. MISSISSIPPI AND OKLAHOMA HAVE ALSO AUTHORIZED THEIR PRISONS TO CARRY OUT EXECUTIONS WITH NITROGEN NOW TO THE WHETHER 15 STATES WITH FLOOD WATCHES UP MANY OF THEM IN THE SOUTHEAST, WHERE MORE DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED. >> TODAY, THICK FOG CREATED IN PART BY WARMER TEMPERATURES, IS REDUCING VISIBILITY IN ILLINOIS, OFFICIALS ARE KEEPING CLOSE WATCH ON ICE JAMS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK AND POTENTIAL FLOODING. ANOTHER STORM BRINGS MORE HEAVY RAIN TO THE SOUTHEAST TOMORROW. BY SUNDAY, SNOW IN THE MIDWEST AND NORTHEAST MORE FORECAST DETAILS IN

JUST A FEW MOMENTS, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO BROKER A NEW DEAL TO FREE ALL OF THE REMAINING HOSTAGES IN GAZA. >> CIA DIRECTOR WILLIAM BURNS IS HEADED TO EUROPE, WHERE HE’LL MEET WITH HIS ISRAELI COUNTERPART, ALONG WITH INTELLIGENCE LEADERS FROM EGYPT AND QATAR THIS WEEKEND. HAMAS IS HOLDING MORE THAN 100 HOSTAGES. SIX ARE BELIEVED TO BE AMERICAN CITIZENS. >> NEW NUMBERS SHOW THE US ECONOMY IS GROWING AT A FASTER THAN EXPECTED PACE, AND IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ABC NEWS, TREASURY SECRETARY JANET YELLEN SAYING SHE BELIEVES 2024 WILL BE A GOOD YEAR FOR THE

NATION’S ECONOMY AND ABC’S JAY O’BRIEN JOINS US WITH DETAILS. JAY GOOD MORNING ALISON. >> GOOD MORNING. TREASURY SECRETARY YELLEN EXCLUSIVELY TELLING ABC NEWS SHE BELIEVES THERE IS NO REASON FOR A RECESSION THIS YEAR, AS THE WHITE HOUSE HOPES THAT THESE POSITIVE ECONOMIC NUMBERS WILL TURN AMERICANS PERCEPTIONS OF THE ECONOMY AROUND. AND THIS MORNING, THE US ECONOMY SHATTERING EXPECTATIONS, NEW NUMBERS FROM THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT SHOWING THE NATION’S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GREW AT A BLISTERING 3.3% PACE FROM OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR. RAPID GROWTH QUELLING ECONOMISTS FEARS OF A RECESSION. WE HAVE AN ECONOMY THAT HAS

BEEN GROWING AT A GOOD, HEALTHY PACE. >> I SEE NO REASON WHY THAT CAN’T CONTINUE TO. I THINK 2024 IS GOING TO BE A VERY GOOD ECONOMIC YEAR IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ABC NEWS, IS ELIZABETH SHULTZ, TREASURY SECRETARY JANET YELLEN TOUTING THE GROWING ECONOMY BUT NO REASON RIGHT NOW WHY THERE WOULD BE A RECESSION. THERE’S NO OBVIOUS REASON WHY THERE WOULD BE THE STRONG GROWTH, DRIVEN LARGELY BY CONSUMER SPENDING, ACCOUNTING FOR ROUGHLY TWO THIRDS OF US ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. >> BUT RECENT POLLS CONSISTENTLY SHOWING VOTERS WORRIED ABOUT THE STATE OF THE US ECONOMY. AN ABC

NEWS IPSOS POLL RELEASED EARLIER THIS MONTH SHOWING JUST 27% OF AMERICANS SAY THEY BELIEVE THE AMERICAN DREAM IS ATTAINABLE FOR THEM. >> THERE ARE PARTS OF THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE REALLY NOT SEEN MUCH ECONOMIC PROGRESS. THEY HAVEN’T SEEN GOOD JOBS CREATED AND SOME THAT EXISTED HAVE DISAPPEARED, FEARED IN LARGE SWATHS OF THE COUNTRY. AND THAT’S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO CHANGE. >> NO, PRESIDENT BIDEN, HOPING THE STRONG NUMBERS WILL ALTER VOTERS LARGELY PESSIMISTIC VIEWS ABOUT THEIR FINANCES. THIS ELECTION YEAR, THANKS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AMERICA NOW IS THE STRONGEST GROWTH, THE LOWEST INFLATION RATE OF ANY

MAJOR ECONOMY IN THE WORLD. AND THERE ARE SOME SIGNS VOTERS ARE FINALLY AGREEING. IN A RECENT SURVEY BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK, IT FOUND THAT THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS WHO BELIEVE THAT THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATION WILL IMPROVE WITHIN THE YEAR IS AT ITS HIGHEST LEVELS SINCE JUNE OF 2021. ALLISON >> JAY, THANK YOU. >> CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE SET FOR TODAY IN THE CIVIL DEFAMATION CASE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP. THIS COMES AFTER HE TOOK THE STAND IN HIS OWN DEFENSE. SINCE A JURY ALREADY FOUND HIM LIABLE FOR SEXUALLY ABUSING WRITER E JEAN CARROLL. THE JUDGE

LIMITED TRUMP’S TESTIMONY TO ADDRESSING WHETHER HE MADE NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT HER. INSTEAD HE DEFIED THAT INSTRUCTION, FORCING THE JUDGE TO STRIKE MUCH OF WHAT HE SAID. FROM THE RECORD, TRUMP HAS DENIED ANY WRONGDOING. PETER NAVARRO IS NOW THE SECOND FORMER TRUMP AIDE SENTENCED FOR BLOCKING CONGRESS’S JANUARY SIXTH PROBE. >> A JUDGE ORDERED NAVARRO TO SERVE FOUR MONTHS IN PRISON FOR REFUSING TO TESTIFY BEFORE THE HOUSE. NAVARRO CLAIMED EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE. HE WAS FORCED TO SPEAK OVER PROTESTERS AFTER THE HEARING, SAYING HIS FIGHT ISN’T OVER. >> THIS IS A CASE OF FIRST IMPRESSION. IS THAT I HAVE

SAID FROM DAY ONE IS DESTINED FOR THE SUPREME COURT. >> FORMER TRUMP ADVISER STEVE BANNON RECEIVED THE SAME FOUR MONTH SENTENCE BOTH ARE HOPING TO REMAIN FREE WHILE APPEALING THEIR CONVICTION AND BREAKING OVERNIGHT IN THE UK. BUCKINGHAM PALACE SAYS KING CHARLES HAS BEEN ADMITTED TO A LONDON HOSPITAL FOR A CORRECTIVE PROCEDURE FOR AN ENLARGED PROSTATE. THE PALACE SAID OVERNIGHT IT WILL CONFIRM HIS TREATMENT WHEN IT HAS ENDED. THE 75 YEAR OLD KING WILL BE TREATED AT THE LONDON CLINIC, WHERE THE PRINCESS OF WALES IS RECOVERING AFTER SHE UNDERWENT ABDOMINAL SURGERY. THE PALACE, SAYING THIS IN

A STATEMENT HIS MAJESTY WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SENT THEIR GOOD WISHES NOW TO A DRAMATIC CHURCH COLLAPSE IN CONNECTICUT. THE STEEPLE ON THE HISTORIC CHURCH CAME CRASHING DOWN YESTERDAY, LEAVING A MASSIVE HOLE IN THE ROOF. MIRACULOUSLY, NO ONE WAS HURT. HERE’S ABC’S VICTOR OQUENDO. >> AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AFTER THE STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE OF AN HISTORIC CHURCH IN DOWNTOWN NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT. >> POSSIBLE EXPLOSION OR SMOKE. >> THE ROOF AND STEEPLE CRUMBLING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, SHROUDING CITY BLOCKS IN A HAZE OF DUST. CHURCH JUST WENT DOWN. LESTER HARRIS HAD

JUST PARKED HIS CAR ACROSS THE STREET . >> I HEARD THIS BOOM SOUND AND I LOOKED TO MY LEFT AND THERE WAS THE CHURCH ALL IN ONE PIECE. BUT THEN IT JUST COLLAPSED RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. >> MIRACULOUSLY, THE ONLY PERSON INSIDE THE BUILDING AT THE TIME ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY. SHE THOUGHT IT WAS A WINDSTORM AND SO SHE DIDN’T REALLY PAY THE MIND UNTIL SHE HEARD THEM YELLING, EVACUATE! >> EVACUATE! >> THE FORMER FIRST CONGREGATION CHURCH BUILT IN THE 1850S, NOW REDUCED TO RUBBLE. TEAMS USING DRONES AND HEAT SENSORS TO COMB THROUGH THE WRECKAGE. BUT

OFFICIALS ARE PREPARING FOR A DEMOLITION. YOU CAN COUNT THE LUCK INVOLVED IN THIS, UH, A MILLION WAYS, THE CITY WAS EXTREMELY FORTUNATE IN THE MANNER OF THE COLLAPSE. >> IT COULD HAVE BEEN A MUCH BIGGER DISASTER FOR US. >> OFFICIALS WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY WARNING SIGNS AHEAD OF THE CHURCH’S COLLAPSE. THE MAYOR SAYS THAT THE BUILDING HAD ROUTINE FIRE INSPECTIONS, BUT IT’S UNCLEAR IF THERE WAS A RECENT STRUCTURAL INSPECTION. VICTOR OQUENDO, ABC NEWS, NEW YORK. >> ALL RIGHT, VICTOR, THANK YOU. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT YOUR MORNING WEATHER. >> WELL THE FOG IS

STILL WITH US ACROSS THE PLAINS THE MIDWEST AND PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST AND GULF COAST AS WELL. DENSE FOG ADVISORIES AGAIN FOR MILLIONS ACROSS THE NATION. BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF FLOODING, RENEWED RISK OF FLOODING WILL RETURN LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY FOR THE SOUTHEAST. WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SOMETHING THAT EXCEEDS DROUGHT RELIEF. ANOTHER ROUND OF FLOODING SATURDAY. WE COULD EVEN SEE SOME GUSTY THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLOODING AND EVEN A STRAY TORNADO THREAT INTO THE SOUTHEAST. SO THE DRENCHING RAIN WILL COME BACK FOR THE SOUTHEAST OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS. I’M ACCUWEATHER METEOROLOGIST JEFF CORNISH. >> COMING UP,

NEW DETAILS IN THE TEEN MURDER SUSPECT WHO ESCAPED. >> ALSO AHEAD, THE SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS FACING VINCE MCMAHON, A NEW LAWSUIT ACCUSING THE FORMER WWE BOSS OF TRAFFICKING AND A PEANUT ALLERGY DEATH LEADS TO A RECALL. >> WHAT WE’RE Whenever news breaks, we are here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on the ground in Ukraine reporting from Lewiston Maine scene of a horrific mass shooting ABC News live is right there everywhere on the scene of that deadly missile strike and Denis braid, Ukraine. Reporting from the earthquake in Turkey been

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BEING TREATED, SHANE PRIOR WAS ALSO SEEN IN THE LOBBY OF A BUILDING BEING DENIED USE OF A PHONE. POLICE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONING A MAN WHO MAY HAVE PICKED HIM UP AFTER HIS ESCAPE. >> FORMER WWE CEO VINCE MCMAHON IS FACING NEW SEXUAL MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS. A LAWSUIT ACCUSES MCMAHON OF TRAFFICKING A FORMER EMPLOYEE. HIS ACCUSER IS ONE OF FOUR WOMEN PAID TO STAY QUIET ABOUT HIS MISCONDUCT IN 2022. THAT AGREEMENT CAME TO LIGHT SHORTLY BEFORE MCMAHON ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT THAT SUMMER. A SPOKESPERSON CALLS THE LAWSUIT REPLETE WITH LIES. >> A BAD FOOD LABEL IS BEING BLAMED

FOR LEADING TO THE DEATH OF A DANCE TEACHER IN CONNECTICUT. OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT WRONG. HERE’S ABC’S DERRICK DENNIS FOR SOMEONE TO LEAVE US SO YOUNG AND SO SOON AT THE HEIGHT OF HER CAREER IS REALLY IS A TRAGEDY. >> REPORTER. >> THIS MORNING, THOSE WHO KNEW 25 YEAR OLD NEW YORK DANCER ORLA BAXENDALE SAY HER DEATH SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. >> SHE WAS VIBRANT, DYNAMIC, UM, A LITTLE KOOKY AT TIMES WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE, ONE WHO DIDN’T PARTICULARLY TAKE THEMSELVES SERIOUSLY. BUT THEY TOOK THE WORK SERIOUSLY. >> SHE DIED

EARLIER THIS MONTH FROM AN ALLERGIC REACTION AFTER EATING A COOKIE FROM A PACKAGE, MISSING A WARNING THAT THE COOKIES CONTAINED PEANUTS. HER FRIENDS RUSHED HER TO THE HOSPITAL AND USED HER EPIPEN, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE BECAUSE ORLA WAS SO VIGILANT AND SO CAREFUL WITH EVERYTHING SHE TOUCHED. >> SHE ACTUALLY GOOGLED SOY NUT, WHICH IS ON THE PACKAGE, THINKING, WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT A SOY NUT WASN’T A NUT. >> THE COOKIES WERE MADE BY A WHOLESALER, BUT WERE SOLD AT A STEW LEONARD’S GROCERY STORE LOCATION IN CONNECTICUT. STU LEONARD, JUNIOR, IN A RECORDED STATEMENT

BLAMING THE ORIGINAL MAKER COOKIES UNITED ON LONG ISLAND, THE SUPPLIER CHANGED THE RECIPE AND STARTED GOING FROM SOY NUTS TO PEANUTS AND ARE CHEAP SAFETY OFFICER HERE AT STEW LEONARD’S WAS NEVER NOTIFIED, BUT COOKIES UNITED SAYS THAT’S NOT TRUE. RELEASING AN EMAIL ALERTING MULTIPLE STEW LEONARD’S EMPLOYEES TO THE CHANGE IN INGREDIENTS AND SHOWING AN ORIGINAL LABEL WITH PEANUTS AS AN INGREDIENT. HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING THE WOMAN’S FAMILY HIRING A LAWYER. >> THEY’RE TOO DISTRAUGHT TO SPEAK TO ANYBODY, BUT THEY WANT THIS STORY OUT SO IT DOESN’T HAPPEN AGAIN. >> THE COOKIES HAVE BEEN RECALLED, AND

SINCE THEY WERE SOLD IN DECEMBER, IT’S UNLIKELY THEY’RE STILL AROUND. PEANUTS ARE AMONG NINE MAJOR FOOD ALLERGENS THAT FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES TO BE LISTED ON FOOD PACKAGING. LIONEL. ALISON. ALL RIGHT. DEREK >> THANK YOU. ALASKA AIRLINES PLANS TO PUT SOME OF ITS GROUNDED 737 MAX NINE JETS BACK INTO SERVICE TODAY. IT WAS EXACTLY THREE WEEKS AGO THAT ONE OF THOSE PLANES LANDED WITH A GAPING HOLE IN ITS SIDE. AFTER A DOOR PLUG BLEW OFF. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. ALASKA’S ALASKA SAID, GROUNDING ITS MAX NINES AFTER THAT INCIDENT, THOUGH, COST THE AIRLINE $150 MILLION. >> COMING

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DRIVERS. A NEW BILL WOULD REQUIRE NEW VEHICLES IN THE STATE BE EQUIPPED WITH SPEED, BE EQUIPPED WITH SPEED GOVERNORS, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE MORE THAN TEN MILES PER HOUR OVER THE SPEED LIMIT. IF APPROVED, THE PLAN WOULD TAKE EFFECT WITH THE 2027 MODEL YEAR IN ILLINOIS, A SHERIFF’S DEPUTY IS CREDITED WITH GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY. >> YEAH, HE PERSONALLY DELIVERED A DOORDASH ORDER, A DOORBELL CAMERA CAUGHT THE ACTUAL DELIVERY, THE DEPUTY EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD ARRESTED THE DRIVER, BUT WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GOT THEIR FOOD. A BIG CELEBRATION

IS UNDERWAY INVOLVING SOME TWINS FROM TEXAS, FORMERLY CONJOINED SISTERS ARE ARRIVING ONE YEAR AFTER SURGERY TO SEPARATE THEM. >> AMY AND JAMIE FINLEY WERE BORN SHARING A LIVER AND ATTACHED AT THE CHEST. TODAY, THE NOW 15 MONTH OLD ARE RUNNING ALL OVER THE PLACE TOGETHER, BUT APART. THEIR DAD HOPES IT STAYS THAT WAY. I JUST HOPE THEY STAY TOGETHER. >> THEY CLOSE, BE SISTERS, YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW I ALWAYS TELL THEM THAT AFTER THE RISKY BUT LIFE CHANGING SURGERY, DOCTORS NOW SAY THEIR PROGNOSIS IS ALL POSITIVE. >> JUST WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR, RIGHT? >>

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live. Sunday morning three new exclusives Senator Tim Scott after his endorsement of Donald Trump Governor Gavin Newsom on the trail for Joe Biden and Joint Chiefs chair CQ Brown on the Middle East and Ukraine on ABC’s this week. The city of Mexicali there are some u.s. Criminal suspects that think they can evade law enforcement by coming down here to Mexico to hide getting surprised when they’re met by a specialized group of police. Nicknamed Ringo Hunters it sometimes they miss the most unique has even caught some that around the FBI’s most wanted list. This is impact

by Nightline now streaming on Hulu CATEGORY AND EARN 3% CASH BACK. >> FOR CHECKING MORE TOP STORIES ALABAMAS EXECUTION OF KENNETH SMITH MARKED THE FIRST TIME NITROGEN GAS WAS USED FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. ALABAMA AUTHORITIES CALLED IT AN EFFECTIVE AND HUMANE METHOD. CRITICS SAY IT’S CRUEL AND EXPERIMENTAL. SMITH WAS ON DEATH ROW FOR A 1988 MURDER. >> CIA DIRECTOR WILLIAM BURNS WILL BE IN EUROPE THIS WEEKEND, HOPING TO NEGOTIATE A DEAL TO RELEASE THE HOSTAGES HELD BY HAMAS. BURNS IS SET TO MEET WITH INTELLIGENCE LEADERS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST. HAMAS IS HOLDING MORE THAN 100 HOSTAGES,

INCLUDING SIX BELIEVED TO BE AMERICANS. >> RUSSIAN MEDIA IS REPORTING THAT JAILED WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTER EVAN GERSHEVITCH HAS LOST HIS ARREST APPEAL. THAT MEANS HE’LL HAVE TO STAY BEHIND BARS IN RUSSIA THROUGH THE MONTH OF MARCH. >> TODAY’S WEATHER RAIN ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND MIDWEST. MORE HEAVY RAIN IN THE SOUTHEAST AND MORE THAN A FOOT OF MOUNTAIN SNOW AND RAIN IN THE NORTHWEST. >> AND FINALLY, A CALL THAT ENDED WEEKS OF WORRY FOR A TEXAS FAMILY. >> OUR DANNY NJOO HAS DETAILS. REPORTER THIS IS POPPY, AND SHE’S QUITE ADVENTUROUS. >> WE REALLY DON’T KNOW

WHAT HAPPENED, RIGHT? NO BUT ADVENTUROUS ENOUGH TO TRAVEL 1200 MILES ON HER OWN? YES. >> I DON’T GET IT. >> YOU SEE, TWO MONTHS AGO, THE ROBERTS FAMILY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, LEFT THEIR VERY CLOSE FRIEND. TAKE POPPY ON A LITTLE VACATION IN NEW MEXICO. >> WHAT’S WRONG? >> BUT WHEN THAT FRIEND WOKE UP ONE MORNING, POPPY WAS GONE AND HIS RV DOOR WAS BUSTED OPEN. >> IN MY HEART THAT I REALLY THOUGHT SHE WAS TRYING TO COME HOME. >> SEVEN WEEKS GO BY, AND NICK, SARAH AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN STILL HAVEN’T FOUND THEIR BEST GOOD

GIRL UNTIL THIS PAST MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY, WHEN MOM GETS A CALL FROM DULUTH. >> I THOUGHT, THIS IS WEIRD. SPAM DOESN’T USUALLY LEAVE A VOICEMAIL SOMEHOW, IN SOME WAY. >> A TEACHER WHO WAS ONLY HOME BECAUSE IT WAS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY FOUND POPPY ON HER PORCH AND TOOK HER TO THE EMERGENCY VET TO SCAN HER MICROCHIP. >> I WAS LIKE, WHERE IS SHE? AND HE SAID, IN MINNESOTA, WE ARE IN DULUTH. >> THE NEXT MORNING, NICK AND HIS BROTHER GOT IN THE CAR AND DROVE 20 HOURS TO LAKE SUPERIOR, WHERE POPPY WAS ABLE TO

STAY AT A DOG BOARDING FACILITY. >> HAD YOU EVER GOTTEN A CALL LIKE THAT BEFORE? BEFORE? >> UH, NO. >> A DOG FROM TEXAS. I MEAN, WE’RE WE’RE A SMALL, LIKE, SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS, HONEY. >> GO ON. MAMA. BUT AFTER TWO MONTHS, THAT DOG FROM TEXAS FINALLY GOT TO SEE HER DAD FROM TEXAS AND THEN IMMEDIATELY DRIVE BACK TO TEXAS TO WAKE UP HER SISTER BEFORE SCHOOL. >> OH, OH. >> NOW, A WEEK LATER, STILL, NOBODY HAS ANY IDEA WHAT HAPPENED EXCEPT, WELL, POPPY. POPPY HOW DID YOU GET TO MINNESOTA. SHE WAS JUST HITCHHIKING WITH

HER. PAWS, GUYS. BUT THE ONE THING THE ROBERTS DEFINITELY KNOW FOR SURE IS THANK GOODNESS FOR MICROCHIPS. >> YES. THANK GOODNESS. AND THANK YOU, DANNY. >> POPPY, JUST WANT A LITTLE ROAD TRIP. >> I’M CONVINCED POPPY WAS ON AA THIS MORNING. CONTROVERSY EXECUTION. ALABAMA USING NITROGEN ON A DEATH ROW. INMATE OVERNIGHT, MARKING THE FIRST TIME AN EXECUTIONER USED THE GAS IN A US PRISON. THE LATE NIGHT DECISION BY THE SUPREME COURT AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR FUTURE EXECUTIONS USING NITROGEN. >> SEVERE WEATHER THREAT 51 STATES UNDER A FLOOD WATCH AS ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN IMPACTS

MUCH OF THE COUNTRY INTO THE WEEKEND, PLUS ICE JAMS NOW CAUSING FLOOD CONCERNS IN OTHER AREAS. >> AS A PIECE OF HISTORY DESTROYED. >> JUST COLLAPSED RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. >> A CHURCH IN CONNECTICUT SUDDENLY COLLAPSES WITHOUT WARNING, THE ROOF AND STEEPLE CRASHING TO THE GROUND. HOW DID IT HAPPEN? AND WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE DAMAGED CHURCH BUILT IN THE 1850S? PLUS. A DEATH INVOLVING A PEANUT ALLERGY TRIGGERS A COOKIE RECALL A YOUNG WOMAN DYING AFTER EATING A MISLABELED PRODUCT. >> WHAT WE’RE LEARNING. >> SORRY, SPEEDERS. THE NEW PROPOSED LAW IN ONE STATE REQUIRING A DEVICE

IN CARS, LIMITING HOW FAST THEY CAN GO, AND SPECIAL DELIVERY. >> THE DEPUTY WHO WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND AFTER ARRESTING A FOOD DELIVERY DRIVER. >> FROM ABC NEWS IN NEW YORK. THIS IS AMERICA THIS MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I’M LIONEL MOISE IN FOR ANDREW, AND I’M ALISON KOSIK IN FOR RHIANNON. >> AND WE BEGIN WITH ALABAMA. S CONTROVERSIAL EXECUTION OF A CONVICTED MURDERER WHO SPENT DECADES ON DEATH ROW, 58 YEAR OLD KENNETH SMITH WAS PUT TO DEATH USING NITROGEN GAS, ONE STATE OFFICIAL CALLING IT A HUMANE METHOD OF EXECUTION. >> BUT CRITICS DISAGREE. THE

STATE OF ALABAMA EXECUTING DEATH ROW INMATE KENNETH SMITH OVERNIGHT, MARKING THE FIRST TIME IN U.S. HISTORY NITROGEN GAS WAS USED TO CARRY OUT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. >> SMITH WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED BY A PHYSICIAN AT 8:25 P.M. CENTRAL STANDARD TIME. >> THE SUPREME COURT HAD DENIED AN APPEAL IN A 6 TO 3 DECISION, WITH THE LIBERAL JUSTICES DISSENTING, JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR ACCUSING ALABAMA OF EXPERIMENTING WITH HUMAN LIFE, SAYING HAVING FAILED TO KILL SMITH ON ITS FIRST ATTEMPT, ALABAMA HAS SELECTED HIM AS ITS GUINEA PIG TO TEST A METHOD OF EXECUTION. NEVER ATTEMPTED BEFORE. SMITH WAS ONE OF THREE

MEN CONVICTED IN THE MURDER OF ELIZABETH BENNETT IN THE 1980S. IN 2022, SMITH AND THE STATE OF ALABAMA, AGREEING TO A NEW FORM OF EXECUTION AFTER THE STATE BOTCHED A LETHAL INJECTION. EXECUTION IN A SETTLEMENT WITH SMITH, THE STATE OF ALABAMA AGREEING TO NOT PURSUE LETHAL INJECTION AGAIN AND INSTEAD ATTEMPT A NEW METHOD OF EXECUTION NITROGEN HYPOXIA. SMITH ONLY EATING SOME OF HIS FINAL MEAL. HIS LAST WORDS WERE TONIGHT ALABAMA CAUSES HUMANITY TO TAKE A STEP BACKWARDS. I’M LEAVING WITH LOVE, PEACE AND LIGHT. >> HE STRUGGLED AGAINST HIS RESTRAINTS A LITTLE BIT, BUT THERE’S SOME

INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT AND SOME AGONAL BREATHING, SO. THAT WAS ALL EXPECTED AND IS IN THE SIDE EFFECTS THAT WE’VE SEEN OR RESEARCHED ON NITROGEN HYPOXIA, NITROGEN HYPOXIA HAS BEEN CONTROVERSIAL, WITH ADVOCATES NOTING THAT A VERSION OF THE METHOD HAS BEEN USED IN SOME ASSISTED SUICIDES IN EUROPE, LAWYERS FOR THE STATE ARGUE THAT THE METHOD IS PAINLESS, WITH UNCONSCIOUSNESS OCCURRING IN A MATTER OF SECONDS, BUT THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE CALLED ON ALABAMA TO STOP THE EXECUTION, NOTING THERE IS NO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE TO PROVE THAT EXECUTION BY NITROGEN INHALATION WILL NOT CAUSE GRAVE SUFFERING. >> ALABAMA

SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE TO USE THE METHOD NITROGEN EPOXY IS ONE OF THE THREE METHODS OF EXECUTION. >> SO THE INMATES CHOOSE IT. THEN. THAT’S THE METHOD WE WILL USE. >> WITNESSES SAY SMITH APPEARED TO REMAIN CONSCIOUS FOR SEVERAL MINUTES DESPITE EXPERTS SAYING IT WOULD TAKE SECONDS. MISSISSIPPI AND OKLAHOMA HAVE ALSO AUTHORIZED THEIR PRISONS TO CARRY OUT EXECUTIONS WITH NITROGEN NOW TO THE WHETHER 15 STATES WITH FLOOD WATCHES UP MANY OF THEM IN THE SOUTHEAST, WHERE MORE DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED. >> TODAY, THICK FOG CREATED IN PART BY WARMER TEMPERATURES, IS REDUCING VISIBILITY IN ILLINOIS, OFFICIALS

ARE KEEPING CLOSE WATCH ON ICE JAMS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK AND POTENTIAL FLOODING. ANOTHER STORM BRINGS MORE HEAVY RAIN TO THE SOUTHEAST TOMORROW. BY SUNDAY, SNOW IN THE MIDWEST AND NORTHEAST MORE FORECAST DETAILS IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO BROKER A NEW DEAL TO FREE ALL OF THE REMAINING HOSTAGES IN GAZA. >> CIA DIRECTOR WILLIAM BURNS IS HEADED TO EUROPE, WHERE HE’LL MEET WITH HIS ISRAELI COUNTERPART, ALONG WITH INTELLIGENCE LEADERS FROM EGYPT AND QATAR THIS WEEKEND. HAMAS IS HOLDING MORE THAN 100 HOSTAGES. SIX ARE BELIEVED TO BE AMERICAN CITIZENS. >> NEW

NUMBERS SHOW THE US ECONOMY IS GROWING AT A FASTER THAN EXPECTED PACE, AND IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ABC NEWS, TREASURY SECRETARY JANET YELLEN SAYING SHE BELIEVES 2024 WILL BE A GOOD YEAR FOR THE NATION’S ECONOMY AND ABC’S JAY O’BRIEN JOINS US WITH DETAILS. JAY GOOD MORNING ALISON. >> GOOD MORNING. TREASURY SECRETARY YELLEN EXCLUSIVELY TELLING ABC NEWS SHE BELIEVES THERE IS NO REASON FOR A RECESSION THIS YEAR, AS THE WHITE HOUSE HOPES THAT THESE POSITIVE ECONOMIC NUMBERS WILL TURN AMERICANS PERCEPTIONS OF THE ECONOMY AROUND. AND THIS MORNING, THE US ECONOMY SHATTERING EXPECTATIONS, NEW NUMBERS FROM

THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT SHOWING THE NATION’S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GREW AT A BLISTERING 3.3% PACE FROM OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR. RAPID GROWTH QUELLING ECONOMISTS FEARS OF A RECESSION. WE HAVE AN ECONOMY THAT HAS BEEN GROWING AT A GOOD, HEALTHY PACE. >> I SEE NO REASON WHY THAT CAN’T CONTINUE TO. I THINK 2024 IS GOING TO BE A VERY GOOD ECONOMIC YEAR IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ABC NEWS, IS ELIZABETH SHULTZ, TREASURY SECRETARY JANET YELLEN TOUTING THE GROWING ECONOMY BUT NO REASON RIGHT NOW WHY THERE WOULD BE A RECESSION. THERE’S NO OBVIOUS REASON WHY THERE

WOULD BE THE STRONG GROWTH, DRIVEN LARGELY BY CONSUMER SPENDING, ACCOUNTING FOR ROUGHLY TWO THIRDS OF US ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. >> BUT RECENT POLLS CONSISTENTLY SHOWING VOTERS WORRIED ABOUT THE STATE OF THE US ECONOMY. AN ABC NEWS IPSOS POLL RELEASED EARLIER THIS MONTH SHOWING JUST 27% OF AMERICANS SAY THEY BELIEVE THE AMERICAN DREAM IS ATTAINABLE FOR THEM. >> THERE ARE PARTS OF THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE REALLY NOT SEEN MUCH ECONOMIC PROGRESS. THEY HAVEN’T SEEN GOOD JOBS CREATED AND SOME THAT EXISTED HAVE DISAPPEARED, FEARED IN LARGE SWATHS OF THE COUNTRY. AND THAT’S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO CHANGE. >>

NO, PRESIDENT BIDEN, HOPING THE STRONG NUMBERS WILL ALTER VOTERS LARGELY PESSIMISTIC VIEWS ABOUT THEIR FINANCES. THIS ELECTION YEAR, THANKS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AMERICA NOW IS THE STRONGEST GROWTH, THE LOWEST INFLATION RATE OF ANY MAJOR ECONOMY IN THE WORLD. AND THERE ARE SOME SIGNS VOTERS ARE FINALLY AGREEING. IN A RECENT SURVEY BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK, IT FOUND THAT THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS WHO BELIEVE THAT THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATION WILL IMPROVE WITHIN THE YEAR IS AT ITS HIGHEST LEVELS SINCE JUNE OF 2021. ALLISON >> JAY, THANK YOU. >> CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE SET FOR

TODAY IN THE CIVIL DEFAMATION CASE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP. THIS COMES AFTER HE TOOK THE STAND IN HIS OWN DEFENSE. SINCE A JURY ALREADY FOUND HIM LIABLE FOR SEXUALLY ABUSING WRITER E JEAN CARROLL. THE JUDGE LIMITED TRUMP’S TESTIMONY TO ADDRESSING WHETHER HE MADE NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT HER. INSTEAD HE DEFIED THAT INSTRUCTION, FORCING THE JUDGE TO STRIKE MUCH OF WHAT HE SAID. FROM THE RECORD, TRUMP HAS DENIED ANY WRONGDOING. PETER NAVARRO IS NOW THE SECOND FORMER TRUMP AIDE SENTENCED FOR BLOCKING CONGRESS’S JANUARY SIXTH PROBE. >> A JUDGE ORDERED NAVARRO TO SERVE FOUR MONTHS IN PRISON FOR REFUSING

TO TESTIFY BEFORE THE HOUSE. NAVARRO CLAIMED EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE. HE WAS FORCED TO SPEAK OVER PROTESTERS AFTER THE HEARING, SAYING HIS FIGHT ISN’T OVER. >> THIS IS A CASE OF FIRST IMPRESSION. IS THAT I HAVE SAID FROM DAY ONE IS DESTINED FOR THE SUPREME COURT. >> FORMER TRUMP ADVISER STEVE BANNON RECEIVED THE SAME FOUR MONTH SENTENCE BOTH ARE HOPING TO REMAIN FREE WHILE APPEALING THEIR CONVICTION AND BREAKING OVERNIGHT IN THE UK. BUCKINGHAM PALACE SAYS KING CHARLES HAS BEEN ADMITTED TO A LONDON HOSPITAL FOR A CORRECTIVE PROCEDURE FOR AN ENLARGED PROSTATE. THE PALACE SAID OVERNIGHT IT WILL

CONFIRM HIS TREATMENT WHEN IT HAS ENDED. THE 75 YEAR OLD KING WILL BE TREATED AT THE LONDON CLINIC, WHERE THE PRINCESS OF WALES IS RECOVERING AFTER SHE UNDERWENT ABDOMINAL SURGERY. THE PALACE, SAYING THIS IN A STATEMENT HIS MAJESTY WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SENT THEIR GOOD WISHES NOW TO A DRAMATIC CHURCH COLLAPSE IN CONNECTICUT. THE STEEPLE ON THE HISTORIC CHURCH CAME CRASHING DOWN YESTERDAY, LEAVING A MASSIVE HOLE IN THE ROOF. MIRACULOUSLY, NO ONE WAS HURT. HERE’S ABC’S VICTOR OQUENDO. >> AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AFTER THE STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE OF AN HISTORIC CHURCH IN

DOWNTOWN NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT. >> POSSIBLE EXPLOSION OR SMOKE. >> THE ROOF AND STEEPLE CRUMBLING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, SHROUDING CITY BLOCKS IN A HAZE OF DUST. CHURCH JUST WENT DOWN. LESTER HARRIS HAD JUST PARKED HIS CAR ACROSS THE STREET . >> I HEARD THIS BOOM SOUND AND I LOOKED TO MY LEFT AND THERE WAS THE CHURCH ALL IN ONE PIECE. BUT THEN IT JUST COLLAPSED RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. >> MIRACULOUSLY, THE ONLY PERSON INSIDE THE BUILDING AT THE TIME ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY. SHE THOUGHT IT WAS A WINDSTORM AND SO SHE DIDN’T REALLY PAY

THE MIND UNTIL SHE HEARD THEM YELLING, EVACUATE! >> EVACUATE! >> THE FORMER FIRST CONGREGATION CHURCH BUILT IN THE 1850S, NOW REDUCED TO RUBBLE. TEAMS USING DRONES AND HEAT SENSORS TO COMB THROUGH THE WRECKAGE. BUT OFFICIALS ARE PREPARING FOR A DEMOLITION. YOU CAN COUNT THE LUCK INVOLVED IN THIS, UH, A MILLION WAYS, THE CITY WAS EXTREMELY FORTUNATE IN THE MANNER OF THE COLLAPSE. >> IT COULD HAVE BEEN A MUCH BIGGER DISASTER FOR US. >> OFFICIALS WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY WARNING SIGNS AHEAD OF THE CHURCH’S COLLAPSE. THE MAYOR SAYS THAT THE BUILDING HAD ROUTINE FIRE INSPECTIONS,

BUT IT’S UNCLEAR IF THERE WAS A RECENT STRUCTURAL INSPECTION. VICTOR OQUENDO, ABC NEWS, NEW YORK. >> ALL RIGHT, VICTOR, THANK YOU. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT YOUR MORNING WEATHER. >> WELL THE FOG IS STILL WITH US ACROSS THE PLAINS THE MIDWEST AND PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST AND GULF COAST AS WELL. DENSE FOG ADVISORIES AGAIN FOR MILLIONS ACROSS THE NATION. BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF FLOODING, RENEWED RISK OF FLOODING WILL RETURN LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY FOR THE SOUTHEAST. WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SOMETHING THAT EXCEEDS DROUGHT RELIEF. ANOTHER ROUND OF FLOODING SATURDAY. WE COULD EVEN SEE SOME

GUSTY THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLOODING AND EVEN A STRAY TORNADO THREAT INTO THE SOUTHEAST. SO THE DRENCHING RAIN WILL COME BACK FOR THE SOUTHEAST OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS. I’M ACCUWEATHER METEOROLOGIST JEFF CORNISH. >> COMING UP, NEW DETAILS IN THE TEEN MURDER SUSPECT WHO ESCAPED. >> ALSO AHEAD, THE SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS FACING VINCE MCMAHON, A NEW LAWSUIT ACCUSING THE FORMER WWE BOSS OF TRAFFICKING AND A PEANUT ALLERGY DEATH LEADS TO A RECALL. >> WHAT WE’RE First thing in the morning. There’s a lot going on, everybody in that home is, okay, to catch you up with what happened overnight?

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ACCUSER IS ONE OF FOUR WOMEN PAID TO STAY QUIET ABOUT HIS MISCONDUCT IN 2022. THAT AGREEMENT CAME TO LIGHT SHORTLY BEFORE MCMAHON ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT THAT SUMMER. A SPOKESPERSON CALLS THE LAWSUIT REPLETE WITH LIES. >> A BAD FOOD LABEL IS BEING BLAMED FOR LEADING TO THE DEATH OF A DANCE TEACHER IN CONNECTICUT. OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT WRONG. HERE’S ABC’S DERRICK DENNIS FOR SOMEONE TO LEAVE US SO YOUNG AND SO SOON AT THE HEIGHT OF HER CAREER IS REALLY IS A TRAGEDY. >> REPORTER. >> THIS MORNING, THOSE WHO KNEW 25 YEAR OLD

NEW YORK DANCER ORLA BAXENDALE SAY HER DEATH SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. >> SHE WAS VIBRANT, DYNAMIC, UM, A LITTLE KOOKY AT TIMES WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE, ONE WHO DIDN’T PARTICULARLY TAKE THEMSELVES SERIOUSLY. BUT THEY TOOK THE WORK SERIOUSLY. >> SHE DIED EARLIER THIS MONTH FROM AN ALLERGIC REACTION AFTER EATING A COOKIE FROM A PACKAGE, MISSING A WARNING THAT THE COOKIES CONTAINED PEANUTS. HER FRIENDS RUSHED HER TO THE HOSPITAL AND USED HER EPIPEN, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE BECAUSE ORLA WAS SO VIGILANT AND SO CAREFUL WITH EVERYTHING SHE TOUCHED. >> SHE ACTUALLY GOOGLED SOY NUT,

WHICH IS ON THE PACKAGE, THINKING, WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT A SOY NUT WASN’T A NUT. >> THE COOKIES WERE MADE BY A WHOLESALER, BUT WERE SOLD AT A STEW LEONARD’S GROCERY STORE LOCATION IN CONNECTICUT. STU LEONARD, JUNIOR, IN A RECORDED STATEMENT BLAMING THE ORIGINAL MAKER COOKIES UNITED ON LONG ISLAND, THE SUPPLIER CHANGED THE RECIPE AND STARTED GOING FROM SOY NUTS TO PEANUTS AND ARE CHEAP SAFETY OFFICER HERE AT STEW LEONARD’S WAS NEVER NOTIFIED, BUT COOKIES UNITED SAYS THAT’S NOT TRUE. RELEASING AN EMAIL ALERTING MULTIPLE STEW LEONARD’S EMPLOYEES TO THE CHANGE IN INGREDIENTS AND SHOWING

AN ORIGINAL LABEL WITH PEANUTS AS AN INGREDIENT. HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING THE WOMAN’S FAMILY HIRING A LAWYER. >> THEY’RE TOO DISTRAUGHT TO SPEAK TO ANYBODY, BUT THEY WANT THIS STORY OUT SO IT DOESN’T HAPPEN AGAIN. >> THE COOKIES HAVE BEEN RECALLED, AND SINCE THEY WERE SOLD IN DECEMBER, IT’S UNLIKELY THEY’RE STILL AROUND. PEANUTS ARE AMONG NINE MAJOR FOOD ALLERGENS THAT FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES TO BE LISTED ON FOOD PACKAGING. LIONEL. ALISON. ALL RIGHT. DEREK >> THANK YOU. ALASKA AIRLINES PLANS TO PUT SOME OF ITS GROUNDED 737 MAX NINE JETS BACK INTO SERVICE TODAY. IT WAS EXACTLY

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SUV RAMMED INTO THE VEHICLE. HE PULLED OVER. >> I DIDN’T HEAR BRAKES OR ANYTHING. I JUST REMEMBER, UM, GOING FLYING, STUNNED. >> AFTER GETTING HIT, GREGORY TRIED TO STAY CALM AND PHONE EMERGENCY SERVICES. I WAS ABLE TO BOUNCE TO MY FEET AND, UM, CALL FOR HELP. >> AND SO BEING ON MY FEET WAS VERY REASSURING. I WAS BLESSED TO BE WALKING. >> HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT INCREDIBLY RELEASED THAT SAME DAY, SUFFERING ONLY MINOR INJURIES. >> I KIND OF HAD, UM, SOME SWELLING ON THE TOP OF MY ARM. UM, I’VE KIND OF HAVE

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MODEL YEAR IN ILLINOIS, A SHERIFF’S DEPUTY IS CREDITED WITH GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY. >> YEAH, HE PERSONALLY DELIVERED A DOORDASH ORDER, A DOORBELL CAMERA CAUGHT THE ACTUAL DELIVERY, THE DEPUTY EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD ARRESTED THE DRIVER, BUT WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GOT THEIR FOOD. A BIG CELEBRATION IS UNDERWAY INVOLVING SOME TWINS FROM TEXAS, FORMERLY CONJOINED SISTERS ARE ARRIVING ONE YEAR AFTER SURGERY TO SEPARATE THEM. >> AMY AND JAMIE FINLEY WERE BORN SHARING A LIVER AND ATTACHED AT THE CHEST. TODAY, THE NOW 15 MONTH OLD ARE RUNNING ALL OVER THE

PLACE TOGETHER, BUT APART. THEIR DAD HOPES IT STAYS THAT WAY. I JUST HOPE THEY STAY TOGETHER. >> THEY CLOSE, BE SISTERS, YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW I ALWAYS TELL THEM THAT AFTER THE RISKY BUT LIFE CHANGING SURGERY, DOCTORS NOW SAY THEIR PROGNOSIS IS ALL POSITIVE. >> JUST WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR, RIGHT? >> I LOVE IT, SUCH CUTE KIDS. >> WE’LL CHECK YOUR TOP HEADLINES NEXT Tonight there are millions of people following you on social media yet. You were convicted of helping to kill your mom her entire life had been alive the feeding tube the scars

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you be watching? Saturday’s on ABC News live. What would you do? I guess I just found out. The what would you do marathon 2:00 to 6:00 Eastern every Saturday on ABC News live? G CATEGORY AND EARN 3% CASH BACK. >> FOR CHECKING MORE TOP STORIES ALABAMAS EXECUTION OF KENNETH SMITH MARKED THE FIRST TIME NITROGEN GAS WAS USED FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. ALABAMA AUTHORITIES CALLED IT AN EFFECTIVE AND HUMANE METHOD. CRITICS SAY IT’S CRUEL AND EXPERIMENTAL. SMITH WAS ON DEATH ROW FOR A 1988 MURDER. >> CIA DIRECTOR WILLIAM BURNS WILL BE IN EUROPE THIS WEEKEND, HOPING TO

NEGOTIATE A DEAL TO RELEASE THE HOSTAGES HELD BY HAMAS. BURNS IS SET TO MEET WITH INTELLIGENCE LEADERS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST. HAMAS IS HOLDING MORE THAN 100 HOSTAGES, INCLUDING SIX BELIEVED TO BE AMERICANS. >> RUSSIAN MEDIA IS REPORTING THAT JAILED WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTER EVAN GERSHEVITCH HAS LOST HIS ARREST APPEAL. THAT MEANS HE’LL HAVE TO STAY BEHIND BARS IN RUSSIA THROUGH THE MONTH OF MARCH. >> TODAY’S WEATHER RAIN ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND MIDWEST. MORE HEAVY RAIN IN THE SOUTHEAST AND MORE THAN A FOOT OF MOUNTAIN SNOW AND RAIN IN THE NORTHWEST. >> AND FINALLY, A

CALL THAT ENDED WEEKS OF WORRY FOR A TEXAS FAMILY. >> OUR DANNY NJOO HAS DETAILS. REPORTER THIS IS POPPY, AND SHE’S QUITE ADVENTUROUS. >> WE REALLY DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, RIGHT? NO BUT ADVENTUROUS ENOUGH TO TRAVEL 1200 MILES ON HER OWN? YES. >> I DON’T GET IT. >> YOU SEE, TWO MONTHS AGO, THE ROBERTS FAMILY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, LEFT THEIR VERY CLOSE FRIEND. TAKE POPPY ON A LITTLE VACATION IN NEW MEXICO. >> WHAT’S WRONG? >> BUT WHEN THAT FRIEND WOKE UP ONE MORNING, POPPY WAS GONE AND HIS RV DOOR WAS BUSTED OPEN. >> IN MY

HEART THAT I REALLY THOUGHT SHE WAS TRYING TO COME HOME. >> SEVEN WEEKS GO BY, AND NICK, SARAH AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN STILL HAVEN’T FOUND THEIR BEST GOOD GIRL UNTIL THIS PAST MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY, WHEN MOM GETS A CALL FROM DULUTH. >> I THOUGHT, THIS IS WEIRD. SPAM DOESN’T USUALLY LEAVE A VOICEMAIL SOMEHOW, IN SOME WAY. >> A TEACHER WHO WAS ONLY HOME BECAUSE IT WAS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY FOUND POPPY ON HER PORCH AND TOOK HER TO THE EMERGENCY VET TO SCAN HER MICROCHIP. >> I WAS LIKE, WHERE IS SHE? AND HE SAID, IN

MINNESOTA, WE ARE IN DULUTH. >> THE NEXT MORNING, NICK AND HIS BROTHER GOT IN THE CAR AND DROVE 20 HOURS TO LAKE SUPERIOR, WHERE POPPY WAS ABLE TO STAY AT A DOG BOARDING FACILITY. >> HAD YOU EVER GOTTEN A CALL LIKE THAT BEFORE? BEFORE? >> UH, NO. >> A DOG FROM TEXAS. I MEAN, WE’RE WE’RE A SMALL, LIKE, SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS, HONEY. >> GO ON. MAMA. BUT AFTER TWO MONTHS, THAT DOG FROM TEXAS FINALLY GOT TO SEE HER DAD FROM TEXAS AND THEN IMMEDIATELY DRIVE BACK TO TEXAS TO WAKE UP HER SISTER BEFORE SCHOOL. >>

OH, OH. >> NOW, A WEEK LATER, STILL, NOBODY HAS ANY IDEA WHAT HAPPENED EXCEPT, WELL, POPPY. POPPY HOW DID YOU GET TO MINNESOTA. SHE WAS JUST HITCHHIKING WITH HER. PAWS, GUYS. BUT THE ONE THING THE ROBERTS DEFINITELY KNOW FOR SURE IS THANK GOODNESS FOR MICROCHIPS. >> YES. THANK GOODNESS. AND THANK YOU, DANNY. >> POPPY, JUST WANT A LITTLE ROAD TRIP. >> I’M CONVINCED POPPY WAS ON AA THIS MORNING. CONTROVERSY EXECUTION. ALABAMA USING NITROGEN ON A DEATH ROW. INMATE OVERNIGHT, MARKING THE FIRST TIME AN EXECUTIONER USED THE GAS IN A US PRISON. THE LATE NIGHT DECISION

BY THE SUPREME COURT AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR FUTURE EXECUTIONS USING NITROGEN. >> SEVERE WEATHER THREAT 51 STATES UNDER A FLOOD WATCH AS ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN IMPACTS MUCH OF THE COUNTRY INTO THE WEEKEND, PLUS ICE JAMS NOW CAUSING FLOOD CONCERNS IN OTHER AREAS. >> AS A PIECE OF HISTORY DESTROYED. >> JUST COLLAPSED RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. >> A CHURCH IN CONNECTICUT SUDDENLY COLLAPSES WITHOUT WARNING, THE ROOF AND STEEPLE CRASHING TO THE GROUND. HOW DID IT HAPPEN? AND WHAT’S NEXT FOR THE DAMAGED CHURCH BUILT IN THE 1850S? PLUS. A DEATH INVOLVING A PEANUT ALLERGY TRIGGERS

A COOKIE RECALL A YOUNG WOMAN DYING AFTER EATING A MISLABELED PRODUCT. >> WHAT WE’RE LEARNING. >> SORRY, SPEEDERS. THE NEW PROPOSED LAW IN ONE STATE REQUIRING A DEVICE IN CARS, LIMITING HOW FAST THEY CAN GO, AND SPECIAL DELIVERY. >> THE DEPUTY WHO WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND AFTER ARRESTING A FOOD DELIVERY DRIVER. >> FROM ABC NEWS IN NEW YORK. THIS IS AMERICA THIS MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE. I’M LIONEL MOISE IN FOR ANDREW, AND I’M ALISON KOSIK IN FOR RHIANNON. >> AND WE BEGIN WITH ALABAMA. S CONTROVERSIAL EXECUTION OF A CONVICTED MURDERER WHO SPENT DECADES ON

DEATH ROW, 58 YEAR OLD KENNETH SMITH WAS PUT TO DEATH USING NITROGEN GAS, ONE STATE OFFICIAL CALLING IT A HUMANE METHOD OF EXECUTION. >> BUT CRITICS DISAGREE. THE STATE OF ALABAMA EXECUTING DEATH ROW INMATE KENNETH SMITH OVERNIGHT, MARKING THE FIRST TIME IN U.S. HISTORY NITROGEN GAS WAS USED TO CARRY OUT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. >> SMITH WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED BY A PHYSICIAN AT 8:25 P.M. CENTRAL STANDARD TIME. >> THE SUPREME COURT HAD DENIED AN APPEAL IN A 6 TO 3 DECISION, WITH THE LIBERAL JUSTICES DISSENTING, JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR ACCUSING ALABAMA OF EXPERIMENTING WITH HUMAN LIFE, SAYING HAVING FAILED

TO KILL SMITH ON ITS FIRST ATTEMPT, ALABAMA HAS SELECTED HIM AS ITS GUINEA PIG TO TEST A METHOD OF EXECUTION. NEVER ATTEMPTED BEFORE. SMITH WAS ONE OF THREE MEN CONVICTED IN THE MURDER OF ELIZABETH BENNETT IN THE 1980S. IN 2022, SMITH AND THE STATE OF ALABAMA, AGREEING TO A NEW FORM OF EXECUTION AFTER THE STATE BOTCHED A LETHAL INJECTION. EXECUTION IN A SETTLEMENT WITH SMITH, THE STATE OF ALABAMA AGREEING TO NOT PURSUE LETHAL INJECTION AGAIN AND INSTEAD ATTEMPT A NEW METHOD OF EXECUTION NITROGEN HYPOXIA. SMITH ONLY EATING SOME OF HIS FINAL MEAL. HIS LAST WORDS

WERE TONIGHT ALABAMA CAUSES HUMANITY TO TAKE A STEP BACKWARDS. I’M LEAVING WITH LOVE, PEACE AND LIGHT. >> HE STRUGGLED AGAINST HIS RESTRAINTS A LITTLE BIT, BUT THERE’S SOME INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT AND SOME AGONAL BREATHING, SO. THAT WAS ALL EXPECTED AND IS IN THE SIDE EFFECTS THAT WE’VE SEEN OR RESEARCHED ON NITROGEN HYPOXIA, NITROGEN HYPOXIA HAS BEEN CONTROVERSIAL, WITH ADVOCATES NOTING THAT A VERSION OF THE METHOD HAS BEEN USED IN SOME ASSISTED SUICIDES IN EUROPE, LAWYERS FOR THE STATE ARGUE THAT THE METHOD IS PAINLESS, WITH UNCONSCIOUSNESS OCCURRING IN A MATTER OF SECONDS, BUT THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN

RIGHTS OFFICE CALLED ON ALABAMA TO STOP THE EXECUTION, NOTING THERE IS NO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE TO PROVE THAT EXECUTION BY NITROGEN INHALATION WILL NOT CAUSE GRAVE SUFFERING. >> ALABAMA SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE TO USE THE METHOD NITROGEN EPOXY IS ONE OF THE THREE METHODS OF EXECUTION. >> SO THE INMATES CHOOSE IT. THEN. THAT’S THE METHOD WE WILL USE. >> WITNESSES SAY SMITH APPEARED TO REMAIN CONSCIOUS FOR SEVERAL MINUTES DESPITE EXPERTS SAYING IT WOULD TAKE SECONDS. MISSISSIPPI AND OKLAHOMA HAVE ALSO AUTHORIZED THEIR PRISONS TO CARRY OUT EXECUTIONS WITH NITROGEN NOW TO THE WHETHER 15 STATES WITH FLOOD

WATCHES UP MANY OF THEM IN THE SOUTHEAST, WHERE MORE DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED. >> TODAY, THICK FOG CREATED IN PART BY WARMER TEMPERATURES, IS REDUCING VISIBILITY IN ILLINOIS, OFFICIALS ARE KEEPING CLOSE WATCH ON ICE JAMS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK AND POTENTIAL FLOODING. ANOTHER STORM BRINGS MORE HEAVY RAIN TO THE SOUTHEAST TOMORROW. BY SUNDAY, SNOW IN THE MIDWEST AND NORTHEAST MORE FORECAST DETAILS IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO BROKER A NEW DEAL TO FREE ALL OF THE REMAINING HOSTAGES IN GAZA. >> CIA DIRECTOR WILLIAM BURNS IS HEADED TO EUROPE, WHERE HE’LL MEET WITH

HIS ISRAELI COUNTERPART, ALONG WITH INTELLIGENCE LEADERS FROM EGYPT AND QATAR THIS WEEKEND. HAMAS IS HOLDING MORE THAN 100 HOSTAGES. SIX ARE BELIEVED TO BE AMERICAN CITIZENS. >> NEW NUMBERS SHOW THE US ECONOMY IS GROWING AT A FASTER THAN EXPECTED PACE, AND IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ABC NEWS, TREASURY SECRETARY JANET YELLEN SAYING SHE BELIEVES 2024 WILL BE A GOOD YEAR FOR THE NATION’S ECONOMY AND ABC’S JAY O’BRIEN JOINS US WITH DETAILS. JAY GOOD MORNING ALISON. >> GOOD MORNING. TREASURY SECRETARY YELLEN EXCLUSIVELY TELLING ABC NEWS SHE BELIEVES THERE IS NO REASON FOR A RECESSION THIS YEAR,

AS THE WHITE HOUSE HOPES THAT THESE POSITIVE ECONOMIC NUMBERS WILL TURN AMERICANS PERCEPTIONS OF THE ECONOMY AROUND. AND THIS MORNING, THE US ECONOMY SHATTERING EXPECTATIONS, NEW NUMBERS FROM THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT SHOWING THE NATION’S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GREW AT A BLISTERING 3.3% PACE FROM OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR. RAPID GROWTH QUELLING ECONOMISTS FEARS OF A RECESSION. WE HAVE AN ECONOMY THAT HAS BEEN GROWING AT A GOOD, HEALTHY PACE. >> I SEE NO REASON WHY THAT CAN’T CONTINUE TO. I THINK 2024 IS GOING TO BE A VERY GOOD ECONOMIC YEAR IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ABC

NEWS, IS ELIZABETH SHULTZ, TREASURY SECRETARY JANET YELLEN TOUTING THE GROWING ECONOMY BUT NO REASON RIGHT NOW WHY THERE WOULD BE A RECESSION. THERE’S NO OBVIOUS REASON WHY THERE WOULD BE THE STRONG GROWTH, DRIVEN LARGELY BY CONSUMER SPENDING, ACCOUNTING FOR ROUGHLY TWO THIRDS OF US ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. >> BUT RECENT POLLS CONSISTENTLY SHOWING VOTERS WORRIED ABOUT THE STATE OF THE US ECONOMY. AN ABC NEWS IPSOS POLL RELEASED EARLIER THIS MONTH SHOWING JUST 27% OF AMERICANS SAY THEY BELIEVE THE AMERICAN DREAM IS ATTAINABLE FOR THEM. >> THERE ARE PARTS OF THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE REALLY NOT SEEN MUCH

ECONOMIC PROGRESS. THEY HAVEN’T SEEN GOOD JOBS CREATED AND SOME THAT EXISTED HAVE DISAPPEARED, FEARED IN LARGE SWATHS OF THE COUNTRY. AND THAT’S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO CHANGE. >> NO, PRESIDENT BIDEN, HOPING THE STRONG NUMBERS WILL ALTER VOTERS LARGELY PESSIMISTIC VIEWS ABOUT THEIR FINANCES. THIS ELECTION YEAR, THANKS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AMERICA NOW IS THE STRONGEST GROWTH, THE LOWEST INFLATION RATE OF ANY MAJOR ECONOMY IN THE WORLD. AND THERE ARE SOME SIGNS VOTERS ARE FINALLY AGREEING. IN A RECENT SURVEY BY THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK, IT FOUND THAT THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS WHO BELIEVE

THAT THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATION WILL IMPROVE WITHIN THE YEAR IS AT ITS HIGHEST LEVELS SINCE JUNE OF 2021. ALLISON >> JAY, THANK YOU. >> CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE SET FOR TODAY IN THE CIVIL DEFAMATION CASE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP. THIS COMES AFTER HE TOOK THE STAND IN HIS OWN DEFENSE. SINCE A JURY ALREADY FOUND HIM LIABLE FOR SEXUALLY ABUSING WRITER E JEAN CARROLL. THE JUDGE LIMITED TRUMP’S TESTIMONY TO ADDRESSING WHETHER HE MADE NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT HER. INSTEAD HE DEFIED THAT INSTRUCTION, FORCING THE JUDGE TO STRIKE MUCH OF WHAT HE SAID. FROM THE RECORD, TRUMP HAS DENIED ANY WRONGDOING.

PETER NAVARRO IS NOW THE SECOND FORMER TRUMP AIDE SENTENCED FOR BLOCKING CONGRESS’S JANUARY SIXTH PROBE. >> A JUDGE ORDERED NAVARRO TO SERVE FOUR MONTHS IN PRISON FOR REFUSING TO TESTIFY BEFORE THE HOUSE. NAVARRO CLAIMED EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE. HE WAS FORCED TO SPEAK OVER PROTESTERS AFTER THE HEARING, SAYING HIS FIGHT ISN’T OVER. >> THIS IS A CASE OF FIRST IMPRESSION. IS THAT I HAVE SAID FROM DAY ONE IS DESTINED FOR THE SUPREME COURT. >> FORMER TRUMP ADVISER STEVE BANNON RECEIVED THE SAME FOUR MONTH SENTENCE BOTH ARE HOPING TO REMAIN FREE WHILE APPEALING THEIR CONVICTION AND BREAKING OVERNIGHT

IN THE UK. BUCKINGHAM PALACE SAYS KING CHARLES HAS BEEN ADMITTED TO A LONDON HOSPITAL FOR A CORRECTIVE PROCEDURE FOR AN ENLARGED PROSTATE. THE PALACE SAID OVERNIGHT IT WILL CONFIRM HIS TREATMENT WHEN IT HAS ENDED. THE 75 YEAR OLD KING WILL BE TREATED AT THE LONDON CLINIC, WHERE THE PRINCESS OF WALES IS RECOVERING AFTER SHE UNDERWENT ABDOMINAL SURGERY. THE PALACE, SAYING THIS IN A STATEMENT HIS MAJESTY WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SENT THEIR GOOD WISHES NOW TO A DRAMATIC CHURCH COLLAPSE IN CONNECTICUT. THE STEEPLE ON THE HISTORIC CHURCH CAME CRASHING DOWN YESTERDAY, LEAVING

A MASSIVE HOLE IN THE ROOF. MIRACULOUSLY, NO ONE WAS HURT. HERE’S ABC’S VICTOR OQUENDO. >> AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AFTER THE STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE OF AN HISTORIC CHURCH IN DOWNTOWN NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT. >> POSSIBLE EXPLOSION OR SMOKE. >> THE ROOF AND STEEPLE CRUMBLING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, SHROUDING CITY BLOCKS IN A HAZE OF DUST. CHURCH JUST WENT DOWN. LESTER HARRIS HAD JUST PARKED HIS CAR ACROSS THE STREET . >> I HEARD THIS BOOM SOUND AND I LOOKED TO MY LEFT AND THERE WAS THE CHURCH ALL IN ONE PIECE. BUT THEN IT JUST COLLAPSED RIGHT

DOWN THE MIDDLE. >> MIRACULOUSLY, THE ONLY PERSON INSIDE THE BUILDING AT THE TIME ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY. SHE THOUGHT IT WAS A WINDSTORM AND SO SHE DIDN’T REALLY PAY THE MIND UNTIL SHE HEARD THEM YELLING, EVACUATE! >> EVACUATE! >> THE FORMER FIRST CONGREGATION CHURCH BUILT IN THE 1850S, NOW REDUCED TO RUBBLE. TEAMS USING DRONES AND HEAT SENSORS TO COMB THROUGH THE WRECKAGE. BUT OFFICIALS ARE PREPARING FOR A DEMOLITION. YOU CAN COUNT THE LUCK INVOLVED IN THIS, UH, A MILLION WAYS, THE CITY WAS EXTREMELY FORTUNATE IN THE MANNER OF THE COLLAPSE. >> IT COULD HAVE BEEN A

MUCH BIGGER DISASTER FOR US. >> OFFICIALS WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY WARNING SIGNS AHEAD OF THE CHURCH’S COLLAPSE. THE MAYOR SAYS THAT THE BUILDING HAD ROUTINE FIRE INSPECTIONS, BUT IT’S UNCLEAR IF THERE WAS A RECENT STRUCTURAL INSPECTION. VICTOR OQUENDO, ABC NEWS, NEW YORK. >> ALL RIGHT, VICTOR, THANK YOU. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT YOUR MORNING WEATHER. >> WELL THE FOG IS STILL WITH US ACROSS THE PLAINS THE MIDWEST AND PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST AND GULF COAST AS WELL. DENSE FOG ADVISORIES AGAIN FOR MILLIONS ACROSS THE NATION. BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF FLOODING, RENEWED RISK OF

FLOODING WILL RETURN LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY FOR THE SOUTHEAST. WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SOMETHING THAT EXCEEDS DROUGHT RELIEF. ANOTHER ROUND OF FLOODING SATURDAY. WE COULD EVEN SEE SOME GUSTY THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLOODING AND EVEN A STRAY TORNADO THREAT INTO THE SOUTHEAST. SO THE DRENCHING RAIN WILL COME BACK FOR THE SOUTHEAST OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS. I’M ACCUWEATHER METEOROLOGIST JEFF CORNISH. >> COMING UP, NEW DETAILS IN THE TEEN MURDER SUSPECT WHO ESCAPED. >> ALSO AHEAD, THE SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS FACING VINCE MCMAHON, A NEW LAWSUIT ACCUSING THE FORMER WWE BOSS OF TRAFFICKING AND A PEANUT ALLERGY DEATH LEADS TO

A RECALL. >> WHAT WE’RE Whenever news breaks, we are here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on the ground in Ukraine reporting from Lewiston Maine scene of a horrific mass shooting ABC News live is right there everywhere on the scene of that deadly missile strike and Denis braid, Ukraine. Reporting from the earthquake in Turkey been rolling for this tornado tore through this little town from the most devastating disaster in Hawaii Charleston, South Carolina on the 2024 campaign Trail in Iceland. Let’s go traveling with the president in Mexico City,

wherever the story from the front lines from Southern Israel outside the Gaza Strip in Beirut from the FBI here at 10 Downing Street in London streaming live to you wherever the story is wherever the story is where Over the story is we’re going to take you there who are streaming ABC News live ABC News live your streaming ABC News live ABC news live streaming free everywhere America’s number one streaming news. It’s lunchtime in America. So what are we serving up? Well, how about everything you need to know? You know, that sounds pretty good. Give your

help your money. Breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends, and of course, good food three. What you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon. So, join us afternoon for everything you need to know. I love that. The city of Mexicali there are some u.s. Criminal suspects that think they can evade law enforcement by coming down here to Mexico to hide getting surprised when they’re met by a specialized group of police. Nicknamed Ringo Hunters it sometimes they miss the most unique has even caught some that around the FBI’s most

wanted list. This is impact by Nightline now streaming on Hulu Reporting from the 2024 campaign Trail. I’m even Pilgrim wherever the story is will take you there. You’re streaming ABC News live. RINGWALD ARE LIVE ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA. >> BACK NOW WITH NEW VIDEO OF A TEEN MURDER SUSPECT IN PHILADELPHIA FLEEING A HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS BEING TREATED, SHANE PRIOR WAS ALSO SEEN IN THE LOBBY OF A BUILDING BEING DENIED USE OF A PHONE. POLICE HAVE BEEN QUESTIONING A MAN WHO MAY HAVE PICKED HIM UP AFTER HIS ESCAPE. >> FORMER WWE CEO VINCE MCMAHON IS

FACING NEW SEXUAL MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS. A LAWSUIT ACCUSES MCMAHON OF TRAFFICKING A FORMER EMPLOYEE. HIS ACCUSER IS ONE OF FOUR WOMEN PAID TO STAY QUIET ABOUT HIS MISCONDUCT IN 2022. THAT AGREEMENT CAME TO LIGHT SHORTLY BEFORE MCMAHON ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT THAT SUMMER. A SPOKESPERSON CALLS THE LAWSUIT REPLETE WITH LIES. >> A BAD FOOD LABEL IS BEING BLAMED FOR LEADING TO THE DEATH OF A DANCE TEACHER IN CONNECTICUT. OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT WRONG. HERE’S ABC’S DERRICK DENNIS FOR SOMEONE TO LEAVE US SO YOUNG AND SO SOON AT THE HEIGHT OF HER CAREER IS

REALLY IS A TRAGEDY. >> REPORTER. >> THIS MORNING, THOSE WHO KNEW 25 YEAR OLD NEW YORK DANCER ORLA BAXENDALE SAY HER DEATH SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. >> SHE WAS VIBRANT, DYNAMIC, UM, A LITTLE KOOKY AT TIMES WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE, ONE WHO DIDN’T PARTICULARLY TAKE THEMSELVES SERIOUSLY. BUT THEY TOOK THE WORK SERIOUSLY. >> SHE DIED EARLIER THIS MONTH FROM AN ALLERGIC REACTION AFTER EATING A COOKIE FROM A PACKAGE, MISSING A WARNING THAT THE COOKIES CONTAINED PEANUTS. HER FRIENDS RUSHED HER TO THE HOSPITAL AND USED HER EPIPEN, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE BECAUSE ORLA WAS

SO VIGILANT AND SO CAREFUL WITH EVERYTHING SHE TOUCHED. >> SHE ACTUALLY GOOGLED SOY NUT, WHICH IS ON THE PACKAGE, THINKING, WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT A SOY NUT WASN’T A NUT. >> THE COOKIES WERE MADE BY A WHOLESALER, BUT WERE SOLD AT A STEW LEONARD’S GROCERY STORE LOCATION IN CONNECTICUT. STU LEONARD, JUNIOR, IN A RECORDED STATEMENT BLAMING THE ORIGINAL MAKER COOKIES UNITED ON LONG ISLAND, THE SUPPLIER CHANGED THE RECIPE AND STARTED GOING FROM SOY NUTS TO PEANUTS AND ARE CHEAP SAFETY OFFICER HERE AT STEW LEONARD’S WAS NEVER NOTIFIED, BUT COOKIES UNITED SAYS THAT’S NOT TRUE.

RELEASING AN EMAIL ALERTING MULTIPLE STEW LEONARD’S EMPLOYEES TO THE CHANGE IN INGREDIENTS AND SHOWING AN ORIGINAL LABEL WITH PEANUTS AS AN INGREDIENT. HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING THE WOMAN’S FAMILY HIRING A LAWYER. >> THEY’RE TOO DISTRAUGHT TO SPEAK TO ANYBODY, BUT THEY WANT THIS STORY OUT SO IT DOESN’T HAPPEN AGAIN. >> THE COOKIES HAVE BEEN RECALLED, AND SINCE THEY WERE SOLD IN DECEMBER, IT’S UNLIKELY THEY’RE STILL AROUND. PEANUTS ARE AMONG NINE MAJOR FOOD ALLERGENS THAT FEDERAL LAW REQUIRES TO BE LISTED ON FOOD PACKAGING. LIONEL. ALISON. ALL RIGHT. DEREK >> THANK YOU. ALASKA AIRLINES PLANS TO PUT

SOME OF ITS GROUNDED 737 MAX NINE JETS BACK INTO SERVICE TODAY. IT WAS EXACTLY THREE WEEKS AGO THAT ONE OF THOSE PLANES LANDED WITH A GAPING HOLE IN ITS SIDE. AFTER A DOOR PLUG BLEW OFF. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. ALASKA’S ALASKA SAID, GROUNDING ITS MAX NINES AFTER THAT INCIDENT, THOUGH, COST THE AIRLINE $150 MILLION. >> COMING UP, THE NFL PLAYER UNDER ARREST, ACCUSED OF GAMBLING ON HIS COLLEGE TEAM. >> ALSO AHEAD, WE HEAR FROM THE TROOPER WHO WAS STRUCK IN THIS TERRIFYING COLLISI Whenever news breaks, we are here in Israel a nation at war after

that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on the ground in Ukraine reporting from Lewiston Maine scene of a horrific mass shooting ABC News live is right there everywhere on the scene of that deadly missile strike and Denis braid, Ukraine. Reporting from the earthquake in Turkey been rolling for this tornado tore through this little town from the most devastating disaster in Hawaii Charleston, South Carolina on the 2024 campaign Trail in Iceland. Let’s go traveling with the president in Mexico City, wherever the story from the front lines from Southern Israel outside the Gaza Strip in Beirut from the

FBI here at 10 Downing Street in London streaming live to you wherever the story is wherever the story is where Over the story is we’re going to take you there who are streaming ABC News live ABC News live your streaming ABC News live ABC news live streaming free everywhere America’s number one streaming news. It’s lunchtime in America. So what are we serving up? Well, how about everything you need to know? You know, that sounds pretty good. Give your help your money. Breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends, and of course, good food

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TRAFFIC STOP. >> THAT WAS ANYTHING BUT ROUTINE . AN OKLAHOMA TROOPER IS DESCRIBING A TERRIFYING MOMENT. LAST WEEK WHEN AN OUT OF CONTROL SUV SENT HIM FLYING. THIS MORNING, THE OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY PATROL TROOPER STRUCK IN THIS TERRIFYING INCIDENT, SPEAKING OUT. JESSE GREGORY WAS SENT AIRBORNE DURING A TRAFFIC STOP LAST WEEK WHEN AN SUV RAMMED INTO THE VEHICLE. HE PULLED OVER. >> I DIDN’T HEAR BRAKES OR ANYTHING. I JUST REMEMBER, UM, GOING FLYING, STUNNED. >> AFTER GETTING HIT, GREGORY TRIED TO STAY CALM AND PHONE EMERGENCY SERVICES. I WAS ABLE TO BOUNCE TO MY FEET AND, UM,

CALL FOR HELP. >> AND SO BEING ON MY FEET WAS VERY REASSURING. I WAS BLESSED TO BE WALKING. >> HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT INCREDIBLY RELEASED THAT SAME DAY, SUFFERING ONLY MINOR INJURIES. >> I KIND OF HAD, UM, SOME SWELLING ON THE TOP OF MY ARM. UM, I’VE KIND OF HAVE SOME PURPLE, UM, BRUISING ALL THROUGH MY HAND. >> TROOPER GREGORY NOW USING THIS MOMENT TO REMIND DRIVERS WHAT TO DO WHEN PASSING A TRAFFIC STOP, WHEN YOU SEE RED AND BLUE, PLEASE PLAN AHEAD AND GET OVER FOR US. >> SO, UM, WE CAN

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CALIFORNIA LAWMAKER HAS A PLAN TO SLOW DOWN DRIVERS. A NEW BILL WOULD REQUIRE NEW VEHICLES IN THE STATE BE EQUIPPED WITH SPEED, BE EQUIPPED WITH SPEED GOVERNORS, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE MORE THAN TEN MILES PER HOUR OVER THE SPEED LIMIT. IF APPROVED, THE PLAN WOULD TAKE EFFECT WITH THE 2027 MODEL YEAR IN ILLINOIS, A SHERIFF’S DEPUTY IS CREDITED WITH GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY. >> YEAH, HE PERSONALLY DELIVERED A DOORDASH ORDER, A DOORBELL CAMERA CAUGHT THE ACTUAL DELIVERY, THE DEPUTY EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD ARRESTED THE DRIVER, BUT WANTED TO MAKE SURE

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REPORTING THAT JAILED WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTER EVAN GERSHEVITCH HAS LOST HIS ARREST APPEAL. THAT MEANS HE’LL HAVE TO STAY BEHIND BARS IN RUSSIA THROUGH THE MONTH OF MARCH. >> TODAY’S WEATHER RAIN ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND MIDWEST. MORE HEAVY RAIN IN THE SOUTHEAST AND MORE THAN A FOOT OF MOUNTAIN SNOW AND RAIN IN THE NORTHWEST. >> AND FINALLY, A CALL THAT ENDED WEEKS OF WORRY FOR A TEXAS FAMILY. >> OUR DANNY NJOO HAS DETAILS. REPORTER THIS IS POPPY, AND SHE’S QUITE ADVENTUROUS. >> WE REALLY DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, RIGHT? NO BUT ADVENTUROUS ENOUGH TO TRAVEL 1200

MILES ON HER OWN? YES. >> I DON’T GET IT. >> YOU SEE, TWO MONTHS AGO, THE ROBERTS FAMILY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, LEFT THEIR VERY CLOSE FRIEND. TAKE POPPY ON A LITTLE VACATION IN NEW MEXICO. >> WHAT’S WRONG? >> BUT WHEN THAT FRIEND WOKE UP ONE MORNING, POPPY WAS GONE AND HIS RV DOOR WAS BUSTED OPEN. >> IN MY HEART THAT I REALLY THOUGHT SHE WAS TRYING TO COME HOME. >> SEVEN WEEKS GO BY, AND NICK, SARAH AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN STILL HAVEN’T FOUND THEIR BEST GOOD GIRL UNTIL THIS PAST MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY, WHEN MOM

GETS A CALL FROM DULUTH. >> I THOUGHT, THIS IS WEIRD. SPAM DOESN’T USUALLY LEAVE A VOICEMAIL SOMEHOW, IN SOME WAY. >> A TEACHER WHO WAS ONLY HOME BECAUSE IT WAS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY FOUND POPPY ON HER PORCH AND TOOK HER TO THE EMERGENCY VET TO SCAN HER MICROCHIP. >> I WAS LIKE, WHERE IS SHE? AND HE SAID, IN MINNESOTA, WE ARE IN DULUTH. >> THE NEXT MORNING, NICK AND HIS BROTHER GOT IN THE CAR AND DROVE 20 HOURS TO LAKE SUPERIOR, WHERE POPPY WAS ABLE TO STAY AT A DOG BOARDING FACILITY. >> HAD YOU EVER

GOTTEN A CALL LIKE THAT BEFORE? BEFORE? >> UH, NO. >> A DOG FROM TEXAS. I MEAN, WE’RE WE’RE A SMALL, LIKE, SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS, HONEY. >> GO ON. MAMA. BUT AFTER TWO MONTHS, THAT DOG FROM TEXAS FINALLY GOT TO SEE HER DAD FROM TEXAS AND THEN IMMEDIATELY DRIVE BACK TO TEXAS TO WAKE UP HER SISTER BEFORE SCHOOL. >> OH, OH. >> NOW, A WEEK LATER, STILL, NOBODY HAS ANY IDEA WHAT HAPPENED EXCEPT, WELL, POPPY. POPPY HOW DID YOU GET TO MINNESOTA. SHE WAS JUST HITCHHIKING WITH HER. PAWS, GUYS. BUT THE ONE THING THE ROBERTS DEFINITELY

KNOW FOR SURE IS THANK GOODNESS FOR MICROCHIPS. >> YES. THANK GOODNESS. AND THANK YOU, DANNY. >> POPPY, JUST WANT A LITTLE ROAD TRIP. >> I’M CONVINCED POPPY WAS ON A GREAT ON THE. >> IT’S FRIDAY, JANUARY 26TH. WHAT GOOD IS A BORDER BREAKTHROUGH WHEN YOU COULD HAVE A BORDER CRISIS? START HERE WITH CONGRESS ON THE VERGE OF A BYPASS PARTISAN BILL. DONALD TRUMP LOBBIES REPUBLICANS TO STOP. HE KNOWS THAT THIS IS ONE THING WHERE BIDEN REALLY TAKES A HIT IN THE POLLS. HIS PRIMARY SUCCESS HAS DERAILED POTENTIAL IMMIGRATION AND DEAL. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS YOU

CAN KISS THE RECESSION CHATTER GOODBYE. >> WE HAVE AN ECONOMY THAT IS BEING GROWING AT A GOOD, HEALTHY PACE. WITH ECONOMISTS ENCOURAGED TREASURY SECRETARY JANET YELLEN GIVES AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW AND APPEARANCE CAN BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CHILDREN’S MASS SHOOTINGS. YOU NEED A BETTER DEFENSE THAN THIS. FIRST OF ALL, I WAS NOT SIGNING A TRIAL THAT COULD SET NEW PRECEDENTS GETS UNDERWAY IN MICHIGAN. >> FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS “START HERE” I’M BRAD MIELKE . SO YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS BUT HERE’S A WAR HAPPENING ON THE TEXAS BORDER RIGHT NOW. >> A

NARROWLY DIVIDED SUPREME COURT DELIVERING A VICTORY FOR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, CLEARING THE WAY FEDERAL AGENTS TO REMOVE RAZOR WIRE FENCING INSTALLED BY TEXAS ALONG 29 MILES OF THE SOUTHERN BORDER. RECENTLY, TEXAS STATE TROOPERS HAD PUT UP RAZOR WIRE ALONG THE BORDER WITH MEXICO, SAYING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WASN’T DOING ENOUGH TO DETER MIGRANTS. KIND OF A IF YOU’RE NOT GOING TO STOP THEM, WE’LL DO IT OURSELVES. MOVE. THE FEDS SAID THE BORDER IS OUR DOMAIN. >> WE’LL DECIDE WHAT GOES THERE. THE SUPREME COURT HAS STILL NOT DECIDED THIS CASE ON THE MERITS, BUT IN A SURPRISING

DECISION THIS WEEK, THEY DID GIVE THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PERMISSION TO CUT DOWN THAT RAZOR WIRE. >> A FEW DAYS LATER, THOUGH, A LOT OF IT IS STILL UP THERE IN THIS AREA. >> WE’VE SEEN CLOTHES AND OTHER THINGS LEFT BY MIGRANTS HANGING AT THE RAZOR WIRE ALONG THE BORDER WALL TRYING TO CROSS. IN FACT, TEXAS OFFICIALS HAVE POSTED VIDEOS OF NEW RAZOR WIRE GOING UP ALONG THE BANKS OF THE RIO GRANDE. AND DHS HAS SENT LETTERS TO TEXAS SAYING THEY’RE BEING SHUT OUT OF SHELBY PARK THERE ALONG THE RIVER WHERE LOTS OF MIGRANTS

HAVE BEEN COMING ASHORE. >> I THINK IT’S A POLITICAL MOVEMENT THAT THEY HAVE SO THEY CAN GET MORE VOTES. >> AND SOME HAVE CALLED THIS A POLITICAL STUNT DESIGNED TO APPEAL TO HARD CORE IMMIGRATION HAWKS. BUT IT DOES SPEAK TO HOW POTENT AN ISSUE THIS IS ON THE RIGHT. AND IT COMES AS LAWMAKERS IN WASHINGTON HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CRAFT BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION ON THE BORDER. >> WELL, YESTERDAY, LAWMAKERS BEGIN ADMITTING THOSE EFFORTS MAY BE DEAD. RACHEL BADE IS A CONTRIBUTING POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT FOR ABC NEWS. WHEN SHE’S NOT REPORTING FOR US, SHE’S WRITING PLAYBOOK FOR .

>> POLITICO IS THERE. SENIOR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT RACHEL. A LOT OF FOLKS THOUGHT WE WERE GETTING CLOSE TO LIKE AN ACTUAL DEAL HERE, RIGHT? >> WHAT WAS IT SUPPOSED TO COVER IN THEORY? YEAH, I MEAN, SENATORS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW AND. IT ALL STARTED WHEN THERE WAS DISCUSSIONS ABOUT UKRAINE AID. REPUBLICANS MADE DEMANDS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY’RE GOING TO TO PASS A NEW TRANCHE OF ASSISTANCE FOR UKRAINE, THAT THEY WANT SOMETHING FOR IT. I UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENS IF UKRAINE FAILS, BUT MY DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES ARE IN DENIAL ABOUT THE THREATS WE

FACE AS A NATION FROM A BROKEN BORDER. >> THEY WANT A CRACK DOWN AT THE BORDER. AND OBVIOUSLY THIS CAME AS WE SAW APPREHENSIONS AT THE BORDER IS REACHING LIKE OVER 10,000 FOLKS A DAY. I MEAN, THERE CLEARLY IS A NEED IN THESE BORDER TOWNS, THE CITY OF EL PASO, AND THEY HAVE SO MANY RESOURCES AND WE HAVE COME TO WHERE WE LOOK AT A BREAKING POINT RIGHT NOW. >> SO A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS GOT TOGETHER AND SAID THEY WERE GOING TO TRY TO WORK OUT A BORDER DEAL. AND THEY’RE VERY, VERY CLOSE, CLOSER

THAN WE’VE SEEN LAWMAKERS BE, AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER. I MEAN, HONESTLY, AND IT DEALS WITH, YOU KNOW, INCREASING MONEY FOR BORDER SECURITY. IT ALSO DEALS WITH SORT OF MAKING ASYLUM HARDER TO CLAIM AND SORT OF CHANGING THE ASYLUM PROCESS. THESE ARE A LOT OF WINDS THAT REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET FOR YEARS AND DEMOCRATS HAVE NOT BEEN WILLING TO NEGOTIATE ON THESE THINGS, TAKING UKRAINE FUNDING HOSTAGE IN EXCHANGE FOR HARD RIGHT BORDER POLICIES MAKE THIS FIGHT MUCH HARDER FOR US TO HELP UKRAINE IN THEIR FIGHT AGAINST PUTIN. >> YET NOW THEY HAVE

BEEN WILLING TO BECAUSE THEY WANT SOMETHING FOR IT. THEY ALSO WANT UKRAINE AID. RIGHT. ONLY THINGS ARE STARTING TO GO SOUTH A LITTLE BIT, EVEN THOUGH WE’RE CLOSE GOING SOUTH AS FAR AS THE BORDER. >> RIGHT. I MEAN, WHAT WENT WRONG? WHAT HAPPENED? >> ONE NAME FOR YOU, DONALD TRUMP. >> I MEAN, LOOK, WE ALWAYS JOKE ON CAPITOL HILL THAT THE HILL KIND OF GOES DARK DURING PRESIDENTIAL YEARS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT’S NOT JUST BECAUSE THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL UP OXYGEN. BUT CONGRESS USUALLY DOESN’T ANYTHING IN PRESIDENTIAL YEARS BECAUSE THE PARTIES ARE POSTURING. >> I’VE NEVER

SEEN A BETTER TIME TO GET STRUCTURAL CHANGES THAT BORDER THAN NOW. AND IF WE SAY NO ALL THE TIME, EVERY TIME AND SHAME ON US, 2024 IS REALLY STARTING TO SORT OF PULL THINGS BACK. DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN PUTTING PRESSURE ON HILL. REPUBLICANS NOT TO TO SORT OF GO ALONG WITH THE DEAL BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT THIS IS ONE THING WHERE BIDEN REALLY TAKES A HIT IN THE POLLS LIKE BIDEN, POLLS TERRIBLY ON THE BORDER. >> THE FACT THAT HE WOULD COMMUNICATE TO REPUBLICAN SENATORS AND CONGRESSPEOPLE THAT HE DOESN’T US TO SOLVE THE BORDER PROBLEM

BECAUSE HE WANTS TO BLAME BIDEN FOR IT IS IS REALLY APPALLING. >> EARLIER THIS WEEK, DURING A PRIVATE MEETING, MITCH MCCONNELL TOLD HIS MEMBERS OR SORT OF ACKNOWLEDGED TO HIS MEMBERS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM THAT THE POLITICS OF THE BORDER HAVE ACTUALLY CHANGED IN RECENT WEEKS, THAT TRUMP IS BASICALLY THE NOMINEE AND HE DOESN’T WANT THEM TO DO A DEAL WITH DEMOCRATS ON THIS, THAT HE WANTS TO RUN ON THE ISSUE. AND HE MENTIONED THAT PERHAPS REPUBLICANS SHOULDN’T UNDERMINING THE GUY WHO’S GOING TO BE TRYING TO OUST BIDEN FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. SO THIS

REALLY CAST FRESH DOUBT ON THE PROSPECTS OF A BIPARTISAN BORDER DEAL GOING THROUGH. AND IT REALLY CREATED A WHOLE BUNCH OF CHAOS ON CAPITOL HILL ON THURSDAY, THE DAY AFTER MCCONNELL MADE THESE REMARKS, THERE WAS CLEARLY A CLEAN UP EFFORT BY THE MCCONNELL OFFICE TO TRY TO SAY, LOOK, NO HE STILL WANTS A BIPARTISAN DEAL. >> HE’S NOT BACKING AWAY FROM IT. WE ARE WORKING HARD CONTINUOUSLY TO TRY TO A SOLUTION ON THE BORDER PART OF IT. BUT, LOOK, HE WAS ACKNOWLEDGING THE REALITY UP HERE AND THAT THE REALITY THAT A LOT OF REPUBLICANS ARE

LISTENING TO DONALD TRUMP AND THEY’RE TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO POTENTIALLY GET OUT OF THIS DEAL BECAUSE THEY DON’T WANT TO GIVE BIDEN THE WIN. >> WELL, AND SO IF RACHEL, THERE’S A CONFLICT HERE BETWEEN GETTING STUFF DONE AND THE POLITICS OF WINNING ELECTIONS TEN MONTHS FROM NOW, IS IT JUST IMMIGRATION? >> IT GETS AFFECTED BY THAT? >> OR I MEAN, WHAT OTHER ISSUES ARE POTENTIALLY ON THE TABLE THAT CAN NOW SORT OF FALL BY THE WAYSIDE THAT WE’RE IN GENERAL ELECTION MODE? >> ABSOLUTELY. THERE’S ALSO A SURPRISE DEAL ON TAX ISSUES THAT HAS

BEEN UNVEILED, A BIPARTISAN, BICAMERAL BILL THAT WAS WRITTEN BETWEEN DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS IN BOTH CHAMBERS TO GIVE TAX RELIEF TO LOW INCOME FAMILIES, BASICALLY EXPANDING THE CHILD TAX CREDIT. IT ALSO HAS SORT OF PRIORITIES FOR REPUBLICANS, ENHANCING BUSINESS TAX CREDITS. >> IT’S TOO SOON TO TELL. I MEAN, I HATE USING THE TERM, BUT THERE’S STILL HORSE TRADING IN WASHINGTON. YOU KNOW, IF THEY DO THIS, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO GIVE UP? >> THIS CAME OUT JUST A FEW DAYS AGO AND ALREADY WE ARE SEEING REPUBLICANS SORT OF SQUIRM ABOUT THIS IN THE HOUSE. THERE ARE

A NUMBER OF CONSERVATIVES WHO WILL COME FORWARD AND SAID, LOOK, WE DON’T WANT TO PASS THIS BECAUSE UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS, IF THEY COME TO THIS COUNTRY AND HAVE KIDS IN THE U.S. THEY’RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS TAX CREDIT. >> NEVER MIND THAT THIS HAS BEEN THE CASE UNDER BOTH DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATIONS FOR A LONG TIME. NOW. THEY’RE BRINGING THIS UP BECAUSE THEY’RE TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO SORT OF DERAIL THIS TAX RELIEF IN AN ELECTION YEAR. SO PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK ME, LIKE, HOW IS IT THAT YOU’RE SO CYNICAL? WELL, YOU KNOW,

JUST COVER CAPITOL HILL FOR A LITTLE BIT AND YOU SORT OF START TO UNDERSTAND IT. IT’S JUST REALLY IT’S JUST AMAZING TO SEE THESE ISSUES THAT VOTERS REALLY CARE ABOUT, LIKE THE BORDER TAX RELIEF FOR BUSINESSES AND LOW INCOME FAMILIES. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE POLITICS COMING IN AND JUST REALLY SCREWING UP EVERYTHING AND PEOPLE SORT OF JUST BEING PULLED BACK BECAUSE THEY’RE CONCERNED ABOUT THEIR OWN REELECTION OR WINNING THE WHITE HOUSE. >> YEAH. AND YOU OFTEN SEE THE DYNAMIC OF A MINORITY PARTY SAYING, HEY, WE DON’T WANT TO GIVE THE CURRENT PRESIDENT A WIN AN

ELECTION YEAR. AND YOU OFTEN SEE THE PRESIDENT KIND OF DIRECTING HIS PARTY IN AN ELECTION YEAR. RARELY DO YOU SEE SORT OF AN OUTLET LIKE A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT DETERMINING WHAT THE ENTIRE CONGRESS IS GOING TO DO. >> BUT AGAIN, THAT’S THE POWER OF DONALD TRUMP AND HIS KIND OF INCUMBENCY, AS IT WERE, IN THE PARTY. >> ALL RIGHT. RACHEL BAY THERE ON CAPITOL HILL, THANKS FOR THE INSIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH. >> AND TALK ABOUT NOT WANTING TO GIVE JOE BIDEN A WIN IF YOU’RE A REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER, THE ECONOMY IS LOOKING FRUSTRATINGLY GOOD WHEN THERE’S

A CRASH. I HOPE IT’S GOING TO BE DURING THIS NEXT 12 MONTHS. I REMEMBER DONALD TRUMP EARLIER THIS YEAR TELLING MIKE LINDELL HE ALMOST LOOKED FORWARD TO A CRUMBLING ECONOMY WITH HIGH INFLATION BECAUSE IT WOULD PRESENT SUCH A CLEAR CHOICE FOR VOTERS. >> BUT THEN YESTERDAY, THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT SAID THE U.S. ECONOMY GREW LAST YEAR EVEN FASTER THAN EXPECTED . >> THANKS TO AMERICAN PEOPLE. AMERICA NOW HAS THE STRONGEST GROWTH, THE LOWEST INFLATION RATE OF ANY MAJOR ECONOMY. >> WE’RE IN ON THAT SAME DAY IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW. >> ABC’S ELIZABETH SCHULZE ONE OF OUR

START HERE BESTIES SAT DOWN WITH THE TREASURY SECRETARY, JANET YELLEN. >> ELIZABETH. FASCINATING TIMING ON THIS INTERVIEW. DID YELLEN GIVE YOU THE IMPRESSION THE ECONOMY IS GOOD OR IS IT IMPROVING BECAUSE THERE’S A DIFFERENCE, RIGHT. >> NO QUESTION, BRAD, THAT TREASURY SECRETARY JANET YELLEN WANTED TO MAKE THE CASE THAT THE ECONOMY IS GOOD. WE TALKED TO HER AFTER THIS GDP REPORT SHOWED NOT ONLY THAT GROWTH FASTER THAN EXPECTED, BUT THIS IS REMEMBER A YEAR, 2023 THAT MOST ECONOMISTS HAD PREDICTED A FULL BLOWN RECESSION. AND HERE WE WERE NOT ONLY WAS THERE, NOT A RECESSION, BUT

THE ECONOMY GREW AT A 3.1% RATE FOR THE YEAR. THAT IS MUCH HIGHER THAN EXPECTED. AND HIGHER THAN THE TREND. SO WHAT JANET YELLEN WANTED TO DO WAS TO COME OUT AND SAY THE ECONOMY IS IN SOLID SHAPE. THE OUTLOOK THAT I HAVE AND THAT MOST ECONOMISTS HAVE IS A VERY FAVORABLE ONE. WE HAVE AN ECONOMY THAT HAS BEEN GROWING AT A GOOD, HEALTHY PACE. >> AND ULTIMATELY, SHE SAID, NOT ONLY DID WE AVOID A RECESSION IN 2023, 2024 IS GOING TO BE A GREAT YEAR, TOO. SHE SHE SEES NO REASON THAT THERE WOULD BE

A RECESSION THIS YEAR AND WENT ON TO SAY THAT PRICE INCREASES, ESPECIALLY FOR DAY TO DAY COSTS LIKE RENTS THAT HAVE STILL BEEN SO STUBBORNLY HIGH. SHE DOES EXPECT THOSE PRICE INCREASES TO CONTINUE TO COOL. >> PRICE INCREASES DOESN’T MEAN THE SAME IS GOING DOWN, THOUGH, RIGHT? YOU READ MY MIND. EXACTLY. AND THIS IS A POINT THAT THE TREASURY SECRETARY TRIED TO MAKE. >> WELL, I THINK MOST AMERICAN KNOWS THAT PRICE PRICES ARE NOT LIKELY TO FALL. IT’S NOT THE FED’S OBJECTIVE TO TRY TO PUSH THE LEVEL OF PRICES BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE. BUT

TO STOP THEM FROM RISING. I MEAN, SHE SAID THAT’S ACTUALLY A SIGN OF STRENGTH IN THE ECONOMY. BUT THE KEY THERE THEN IS TRYING TO GET THE MESSAGE ACROSS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPECTING AND HOPING THAT PRICES, WHETHER IT’S FOR GROCERIES OR RENT OR, YOU KNOW, CARS, WILL GO BACK TO THOSE PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS. >> BUT THE TREASURY SECRETARY IS SAYING THAT’S NOT GOING TO HAPPEN. BUT THINGS ARE STILL REALLY GOOD. >> SO DON’T GET HUNG UP ON THAT HOPE YET. HOW MUCH DOES CONSUMER SENTIMENT FEED INTO ALL THIS, ELIZABETH? >> BECAUSE IF PEOPLE ARE WORRIED

ABOUT THEIR FINANCES, IT DOESN’T MATTER WHETHER PRICES ARE GOING UP. THEY’RE STILL GOING TO BE NERVOUS. >> THEY’RE STILL GOING TO ACT LIKE NERVOUS CONSUMERS. RIGHT? RIGHT. AND ECONOMISTS GENERALLY VIEW CONSUMER SENTIMENT AS A WHAT THEY WOULD CALL A LEADING INDICATOR OF THE ECONOMY. >> SO HOW PEOPLE SAY THEY FEEL WILL THEN INFORM THEIR DECISIONS ON HOW THEY SPEND. >> AND WHAT WE SEEN IS OVER THE PAST YEAR OR TWO, REALLY NEGATIVE SENTIMENT ABOUT THE ECONOMY, YOU HAVE VETERANS LIVING UNDER BRIDGES. >> RENT IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN BUYING A HOUSE, BUT INTEREST RATES ARE SO

HIGH, YOU CAN’T BUY A HOUSE, BUY NEW ECONOMICS. >> SO PRICES HAVE DOUBLED. WE’RE HEADED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. >> BUT IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND ESPECIALLY IN A READING THAT WE GOT JUST IN RECENT WEEKS THAT HAS STARTED TO TAKE TURN, SURVEYS SHOW THAT PEOPLE ARE FEELING A LITTLE BIT BETTER ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND ABOUT THEIR PERSONAL FINANCES. >> WE’VE HAD AN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNDER 4% NOW FOR LIKE THE LONGEST STRETCH WE’VE SEEN IN MORE THAN 50 YEARS. >> AND THE HOPE THAT THAT CAN THEN TRANSLATE INTO PEOPLE CONTINUING TO SPEND AND

FEEL BETTER ABOUT THE ECONOMY. OBVIOUSLY, FOR THE TREASURY SECRETARY AND FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN, THE HOPE IS THAT THAT TRANSLATES INTO PEOPLE HAVING BETTER RATINGS OF HIS APPROVAL ON THE ECONOMY AND TRANSLATING INTO VOTES FOR HIM IN THE ELECTION THIS FALL. >> YEAH. HOW MUCH WILL THE ECONOMY AFFECT THE ELECTION? >> BECAUSE IT IS ALWAYS A QUESTION OF WHETHER THE PRESIDENT IMPACTS PRICES OR WHETHER IT’S JUST PRICES IMPACT THE PRESIDENT AND HIS CHANCES. >> RIGHT. AND VOTERS, AS YOU KNOW, BRAD, ALWAYS RANKED THE ECONOMY AS THEIR TOP ISSUE, IF NOT ONE OF THEIR TOP ISSUES. >>

AND THAT’S BECAUSE IT IS THE MOST IN-YOUR-FACE THING EVERY DAY WHAT YOU’RE SPENDING. DO YOU HAVE A JOB. >> THAT’S SOMETHING THAT ALL SIDES OF THE POLITICAL AISLE KNOW AND I WAS SURPRISED TO IN OUR INTERVIEW, BRAD. TREASURY SECRETARY YELLEN TOOK A REALLY DIRECT SHOT AT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR HOW WOULD HANDLE THE ECONOMY. >> THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU TYPICALLY HEAR FROM TREASURY SECRETARY. >> WE HEARD JPMORGAN CEO JAMIE DIMON LAST WEEK SAY BUSINESSES WOULD FAVOR A TRUMP SECOND TERM, THAT HIS POLICIES WERE BEST FOR THE ECONOMY. >> WHAT DO YOU SAY TO JAMIE

DIMON? WELL, WEALTHY CORPORATIONS DID VERY WELL. THEY SAW THEIR TAX RATE GO FROM 35% TO 21%. >> BUT SHE PRETTY STARKLY TOLD ME THAT IF TRUMP WINS A SECOND TERM, THAT’S BAD FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS AND YOU WOULD DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS THAT WAS STRUGGLING. SO THAT’S NOT THE PRIORITIES OF THE PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS. THE TRUMP TAX CUTS DID NOTHING FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS, IN MY OPINION. >> SO THIS WAS THE WAY THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS CHOOSING HER A BIT TO BE A MESSENGER ON THIS AGAINST THE IDEA THAT THE ECONOMY COULD

BE BETTER UNDER TRUMP, WHICH IS WHAT A LOT OF BUSINESSES SAY, MAYBE NOT OUT LOUD, BUT IT’S WHAT A LOT OF WALL STREET EXPECTS. AND IT’S OBVIOUSLY THE CASE THE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS MAKING. HE’S MADE CLEAR THAT HE THINKS TAX CUTS THAT WERE PASSED UNDER HIM, TRADE POLICIES, THAT THAT WAS ALL GOOD FOR BUSINESS. >> AND THEN THAT’S A GIVEN, THAT THAT’S GOING TO BE A WIN FOR HIM WHEN VOTERS GO TO THE POLLS THIS FALL. AND JUST ONE OTHER NOTE HERE. WHILE THE TREASURY SECRETARY WANTED TO MAKE THE CASE FOR THE STRONG ECONOMY,

SHE DID ACKNOWLEDGE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STILL FEELING PAIN AND THAT THERE IS A LOT OF INEQUALITY IN THE ECONOMY, THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO GET AHEAD. AND I PUT IT TO HER DIRECTLY. >> DO YOU THINK THE AMERICAN DREAM STILL HOLDS? >> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOES AND IT DOES REQUIRE WORK TO ADDRESS LONGSTANDING PROBLEMS. >> SHE SAID IT WAS EASIER TO ACHIEVE THE AMERICAN DREAM WHEN SHE WAS GROWING UP AND THAT THERE ARE PARTS OF THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE NOT SEEN ECONOMIC PROGRESS. AND UNTIL THAT CHANGES, IT

WILL BE HARD TO FEEL THAT THE AMERICAN DREAM IS ALIVE AND WELL. >> AND THAT COMING FROM, YOU KNOW, THE TREASURY SECRETARY, ONE OF THE TOP MEMBERS OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT, ELIZABETH SCHULZE GREAT INTERVIEW. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS SO MUCH, FRAN. IT’S AN ALL TOO FAMILIAR SCENE IN AMERICA. A YOUNG MAN IN A JUMPSUIT FACING A JURY FOR HIS ROLE IN A MASS SHOOTING. WHAT’S LESS COMMON IS THE SHOOTER’S PARENTS ON TRIAL. >> THE SENATE IS CHARGING PAST LUNGING FOR INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. >> WELL, YESTERDAY, THE MOTHER OF A SCHOOL SHOOTER

WAS LED INTO COURT IN SHACKLES AS OPENING ARGUMENTS GOT UNDERWAY IN MICHIGAN. JENNIFER CRUMBLEY DIDN’T PULL THE TRIGGER, BUT SHE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE DEATHS. ABC’S HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS CASE. I MEAN, WHAT IS SHE BEING CHARGED WITH HERE? >> SO SHE BEING JENNIFER CRUMBLEY BRAD AND HER HUSBAND JAMES CRUMBLEY BOTH CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS, EACH OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. THIS COUPLE’S BEING TRIED SEPARATELY BECAUSE THERE’S A FEW MORE WITNESSES AGAINST THE HUSBAND. BUT JENNIFER CRUMBLEY, THE MOTHER IS ON TRIAL FIRST. AND THAT TRIAL IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. >> THE DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING IN MICHIGAN, AN

OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL THAT’S ABOUT AN HOUR NORTH OF DETROIT. OUR TEACHER GOT PAPER TAPED OVER THE WINDOW ON THE DOOR AND GOT TO A BIG TABLE AND BARRICADED THE DOOR. >> WELL, COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, NOVEMBER 20, 21, THEIR 15 YEAR OLD SON BROUGHT A WEAPON INTO SCHOOL, WHICH THE PARENTS GIFTED TO HIM, AND HE OPENED FIRE. HE KILLED FOUR OF HIS CLASSMATES AND HE WOUNDED SEVERAL OTHERS. >> IS IT TRUE THAT YOUR ACTIONS IN BIRMINGHAM, 32,021, CAUSED THE DEATHS OF MADISON? BALDWIN, TAMIR GIULIANI, JULIANA AND JUSTICE JONES? >> YES. >> HE HAS ALREADY PLEADED

GUILTY TO A NUMBER OF CHARGES. HE’S ALREADY BEEN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE. WHAT WE HAVE NOW WITH THIS TRIAL IS SOMETHING THAT WE’VE NEVER SEEN HAPPEN BEFORE IN THE UNITED STATES, WHICH IS A PARENT OF A SCHOOL SHOOTER WHO IS FACING THEIR OWN CHARGES, THAT ESSENTIALLY WHAT PROSECUTORS HAVE SAID IS THAT THE BEHAVIOR OF THESE PARENTS WAS SO EGREGIOUS LEADING UP TO THE SHOOTING WITH THE MANY MISSED WARNING SIGNS, WITH THE PROVIDING A WEAPON, WITH THE NOT TAKING HOME FROM SCHOOL THE DAY OF THE SHOOTING, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE CALLED IN, RESPOND

TO SOME DISTURBING DRAWINGS AND MESSAGES. THE PROSECUTORS SAY THIS WAS CRIMINAL AND IT WAS GROSS NEGLIGENCE, WHICH THEY BELIEVE REACHES THE THRESHOLD FOR INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. AND SO THEN YESTERDAY, THIS TRIAL BEGINS. >> THE FACTS SEEM SO WELL-DOCUMENTED ABOUT THE SHOOTING ITSELF. >> TRAVERS, I MEAN, WHAT WHAT ARE THEY LITIGATING? WHAT WHAT WERE THE OPENING ARGUMENTS? SO THE OPENING ARGUMENTS ESSENTIALLY AND THERE ARE A LOT OF ELEMENTS THAT WE KNOW THE PROSECUTORS ARE GOING TO LAY OUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE TRIAL. BUT WHAT THEY LAID OUT, AT LEAST IN THEIR OPENING STATEMENTS FROM THE PROSECUTORIAL

SIDE, WAS THE FACT THAT THESE PARENTS BOUGHT A GUN FOR THEIR 15 YEAR OLD. >> THIS WAS A PURCHASED CELEBRATED BY JENNIFER ON INSTAGRAM. YOU HEARD ABOUT MOHEGAN SUN TESTING OUT HIS NEW CHRISTMAS CARD. >> MY FIRST TIME SHOOTING THE NINE MILLIMETER. THAT LEADING UP TO THE SHOOTING. AT ONE POINT, THE SHOOTER WAS CAUGHT LOOKING UP AMMUNITION IN CLASS AND THE SCHOOL CONTACTED THE PARENTS, WHICH THEY IGNORED. THE. AND THEN THE MOTHER, JENNIFER CRUMBLEY, TEXTED HER SON, ELLA. WELL, I’M NOT MAD AT YOU. YOU HAVE TO LEARN HOW NOT TO GET CAUGHT. >> DESPITE HER

KNOWLEDGE OF HIS DETERIORATING MENTAL DESPITE HER KNOWLEDGE OF HIS GROWING SOCIAL ISOLATION, DESPITE THE FACT THAT IS ILLEGAL FOR A 15 YEAR OLD WALKING TO A PET STORE AND WALK OUT WITH A HANDGUN BY ITSELF, THIS GUN WAS GIFTED. THEN THAT DAY OF THE SHOOTING, THE SHOOTER IS CAUGHT BY A TEACHER WITH A DRAWING THAT HAS THE EXACT GUN THAT THE PARENTS HAD GIFTED TO HIM, THAT HAD A PERSON SHOT ON IT, THAT HAD A NUMBER OF MESSAGES LIKE BLOOD EVERYWHERE. >> AND THE THOUGHTS WON’T STOP. HELP ME. WHEN SHE LOOKED AT THIS DRAWING, SHE

LOOKED AT IT, YOU KNOW, IN CONTEXT. >> IN THE ORDER THE PARENTS WERE CALLED IN, THEY HAD A MEETING. THE SCHOOL LAST. DO YOU WANT TO TAKE YOUR SON HOME? THE PARENTS SAID NO. AND ACCORDING TO PROSECUTORS, THAT MEETING LASTED 11 MINUTES. >> THEY THEN LEFT AND THE SHOOTING HAPPENED A COUPLE HOURS AFTER THAT, 11 MINUTES STARTED. THAT’S HOW LONG THE MEETING IS WHEN SOMEBODY SAYS, HEY, WE THINK YOUR KID HAS PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS, LIKE DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THEM OUT? >> IT’S ALL THAT GOES DOWN IN 11 MINUTES. BUT YES, ACCORDING TO PROSECUTORS, FROM

START TO FINISH OF LEARNING ABOUT PIECE OF PAPER AND ACCORDING TO PROSECUTORS, JENNIFER CRUMBLEY WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE DRAWING BECAUSE ONCE THE SCHOOL SENT HER A MESSAGE OF IT AS SHE WAS GOING THERE, SHE TEXTED HER OWN HUSBAND EMERGENCY. I AM VERY CONCERNED, BUT APPARENTLY SHE WASN’T CONCERNED TO TAKE HER SON HOME AND NEITHER THE PARENTS NOR THE SCHOOL CHECKED THE SHOOTER’S BACKPACK, WHICH WE NOW KNOW HAD THE GUN IN IT. >> SO WHAT DID THE DEFENSE SAY TO THAT? IF THIS IS ALL ABOUT SORT OF WHAT THE MOTHER OR THE FATHER IN THE LETTER

TRIAL, WHAT THEY KNEW AT THE TIME? >> WHAT DOES THE DEFENSE SAY? SO THE LARGE CRUX OF THE ARGUMENT IS, NUMBER ONE, THAT THEY DON’T FEEL IT’S FAIR TO HOLD PARENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CRIMES COMMITTED BY THEIR CHILDREN. BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE CAN GATHER THE ARGUMENT THAT THE DEFENSE IS GOING TO MAKE IS THAT JENNIFER CRUMBLEY IS THE PERFECT PARENT, AND WE DON’T CLAIM THAT SHE IS. BUT WHAT THE EVIDENCE IS GOING TO SHOW IN THIS CASE IS THAT THE PROSECUTION HAS VERY SELECTIVELY PULLED OUT OF EVIDENCE FROM A FOREST OF TREES. >> SHE WAS

NOT AWARE OF A NUMBER OF WARNING SIGNS THAT SCHOOL OFFICIALS WHO ARE TRAINED TO RECOGNIZE THESE KINDS OF PROBLEMS NEVER REGISTERED HER SON AS A THREAT. >> SHE WAS PROVIDED THE OPTION OF TAKE HIM HOME OR LEAVE HIM HERE. >> THE SHOOTER STRUGGLED WHEN THEY HAD ONLINE FOLDER AND. THEY CAUSED SOME GREAT INSIGHTS IN THIS SCHOOL. >> AND HE WANTED TO SAY THAT DAY THE SCHOOL, THE SIGNS THAT ALLOWED HIM THAT DAY TO RETURN TO CLASS WITHOUT ANY FURTHER QUESTIONING OR SEARCHING. AND ALSO THAT SHE WAS NOT AWARE IN THE MONTHS LEADING UP TO THE

SHOOTING THAT ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS WITH HER SON’S DETERIORATING MENTAL HEALTH WERE BUBBLING UP. >> YOU’LL HEAR TESTIMONY THAT ON THE DAY OF THE SHOOTING JENNIFER CRUMBLEY WENT TO WORK. >> SHE IS THE BREADWINNER AT THIS TIME. MR. CRUMBLEY WAS IN BETWEEN JOBS. >> HE’S ABOUT TO GET A JOB OFFER. NOW, WHAT IS REALLY GOING TO MAKE THIS TRIAL INTERESTING? IT IS GOING TO BE THE ENTIRE FOCUS OF IT IS JENNIFER CRUMBLEY IS PLANNING TO TAKE THE STAND. ACCORDING TO HER ATTORNEY, AND THAT’S GOING TO BE WHERE THIS CASE IS GOING TO GO ONE WAY

OR THE OTHER. WE KNOW IT’S GOING TO BE HIGHLY EMOTIONAL BECAUSE. ALREADY IN COURT YESTERDAY, THERE WERE EMOTIONAL MOMENTS DURING SOME SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE MASSACRE. JENNIFER CRUMBLEY AND HER ATTORNEY VISIBLY CRYING TO THE POINT THAT THE PROSECUTOR TRIED ADMONISHING THEM, BRAD, TO HAVE NOT JUST THE HER LAWYER SIT THERE SOBBING. I DON’T KNOW. I JUST I JUST I JUST WANT TO FINISH COMPLAINING TO THE JUDGE ABOUT THEIR OUTWARD DISPLAYS OF EMOTION, THAT IT WAS TOO MUCH, THAT IT WAS TRYING TO SWAY THE JURY. >> JOSH, FIRST OF ALL, I WAS NOT

SOBBING IN. THIS IS HORRIFIC. I HAVEN’T SEEN THIS BEFORE. >> DEFENSE ATTORNEYS WERE VERY UPSET ABOUT THAT. SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW HER EYE MAKEUP WAS STILL IN PLACE. >> SHE WASN’T SOBBING. YOU KNOW, WITH ALL MY MAKEUP ON, I HAVE MY CAMERA. >> I’M NOT GOING TO I’M NOT I’M NOT GOING TO. >> I NEED A BREAK. OKAY. IT’S ALREADY AN INCREDIBLY EMOTIONALLY CHARGED TRIAL. IT’S ONLY GOING TO BE AMPLIFIED ONCE JENNIFER CRUMBLEY IS ON THE STAND BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY MONTHS OF EVIDENCE THAT THE PROSECUTORS ARE GOING TO PRESENT THAT APPEAR TO SHOW

JENNIFER CRUMBLING WAS AWARE HER SON WAS IN A DIFFICULT, EMOTIONAL STATE, STILL ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND, BOUGHT HIM A GUN. AND THEN, ACCORDING TO THE SHOOTER HIMSELF, DID NOT KEEP THAT GUN LOCKED UP BEFORE WENT AND KILLED FOUR OF HIS CLASSMATES. SO THE DEFENSE IS KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF PEOPLE KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG. THE SCHOOL IS NOW FACING A $100 MILLION LAWSUIT. BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN OTHER PEOPLE NEED TO GO TO JAIL OVER WHAT THIS YOUNG MAN DID. IF THIS MOTHER GETS FOUND GUILTY, THOUGH, YOU GOT TO THINK THIS SETS A NEW

PRECEDENT AND GIVES PARENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY MORE TO THINK ABOUT, SINCE SO OFTEN PEOPLE AROUND THESE MASS SHOOTINGS ARE SAYING MUST HAVE KNOWN SOMETHING WAS UP. TREVOR, ALL, THANKS SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY. AND ONE LAST THING YOU EVER DID, AN ESCAPE ROOM, THE GAME WHERE YOU GOT TO DO PUZZLES AND BREAK LOCKS AND MAKE YOUR WAY OUT OF A ROOM IN A SET PERIOD OF TIME. USUALLY IT’S A GROUP ACTIVITY AND THE IDEA OF RELYING ON YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO SOLVE LOGIC PROBLEMS MAKES YOUR LIFE FLASH BEFORE YOUR EYES. >> IMAGINE THIS. CAN

YOU HEAR ME? YEAH. OH, MY GOD. IT WAS A SCARE IN. BARCELONA. SOME GAME DESIGNERS HAVE CREATED THE WORLD’S SMALLEST ESCAPE ROOM. >> IT ALL TAKES PLACE IN A COFFIN. THAT’S RIGHT. THE EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN NAMED CATTLE. LET’S SEE. >> THAT’S THE MEDICAL CONDITION THAT’S CAUSED MANY PEOPLE TO BE BURIED ALIVE. IT’S VERY. AND WE HAD TO, LIKE, SCREAM AT EACH OTHER BECAUSE I COULD HEAR HER ON THE OTHER SIDE. TWO PLAYERS AT A TIME GET LOADED IN A SIDE BY SIDE COFFIN. >> THE TOPS CLOSE IN ON TOP OF THEM, AND THEN THEY SOLVE

A SERIES OF PUZZLES AS A PAIR, COMMUNICATING THROUGH LOUDSPEAKERS FOR 30 MINUTES. WHAT? I JUST HAVE THE CRUCIFIX. >> YEAH. YOU ARE ALSO RECREATING A SITUATION THAT SOONER OR LATER, WE WILL ALL LIVE. >> LIVE YOUR OWN FUNERAL. YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS, YOUR TOMBSTONE AND A CUSTOM FUNERAL SERVICE THAT YOU CAN EXPERIENCE YOURSELF ALL WHILE YOU DESPERATELY TRY TO ESCAPE IN THE DARK. >> THE COMPANY BOX SAYS THEY CONSTANTLY SUPERVISE PARTICIPANTS ON MONITORS THAT PLAYERS SHOULD NOT BE CLAUSTROPHOBIC AND THAT PEOPLE CAN STOP ANY TIME. THEY ALSO HAVE A HEIGHT LIMIT OF SIX

FOOT TO BECAUSE ANYONE TALLER WON’T FIT IN THE CASKET . >> SO WHY PUT YOURSELF THROUGH THIS? WELL, OF ALL THE FEARS IN THE WORLD, TAP OF PHOBIA, THE FEAR OF BEING BURIED ALIVE IS ONE OF OUR OLDEST. >> IT WAS ESPECIALLY WIDESPREAD IN THE 1800S AS MEDICAL TECHNIQUES WERE TEACHING DOCTORS JUST HOW MANY PATIENTS HAD BEEN INCORRECTLY PRONOUNCED DEAD. >> EDGAR ALLAN POE STORY. THE PREMATURE BURIAL BECAME A HIT AND WAS TURNED INTO A MOVIE. >> I CAN’T BE. I’M A LOVER. >> I HEAR STORIES OF PEOPLE LIKE THE COMPOSER CHOPIN APPARENTLY INSTRUCTING HIS

FAMILY TO STAB HIM UPON DEATH, JUST TO BE SURE. GEORGE WASHINGTON TOLD MARTHA HE WANTED TO BE LEFT ABOVE GROUND FOR THREE DAYS BEFORE BURIAL. FUNERAL PARLORS BEGIN ATTACHING BELLS TO CORPSES, FINGERS UNDERGROUND, JUST IN CASE THEY WOKE UP AND RANG. PLUS, CREATORS SAY WE’LL ALL HAVE A FUNERAL AT SOME. >> WHY NOT EXPERIENCE IT WHEN YOU CAN? >> LOOK, THIS IS BILLED AS LIKE A TWO PERSON EVENT IS MEANT TO BE A DOUBLE DATE. SO IF SOMEONE EVER INVITES YOU, LIKE, HEY, I WANT TO BE BURIED ALIVE TOGETHER, GIRL, RUN START HERE IS PRODUCED

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THE FIRST TIME AN EXECUTIONER USED THE GAS IN A US PRISON. THE LATE NIGHT DECISION BY THE SUPREME COURT AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR FUTURE EXECUTIONS USING NITROGEN. >> SEVERE WEATHER THREAT 51 STATES UNDER A FLOOD WATCH AS ANOTHER ROUND OF RAIN IMPACTS MUCH OF THE COUNTRY INTO THE WEEKEND, PLUS ICE JAMS NOW CAUSING FLOOD CONCERNS IN OTHER AREAS. >> AS A PIECE OF HISTORY DESTROYED. >> JUST COLLAPSED RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. >> A CHURCH IN CONNECTICUT SUDDENLY COLLAPSES WITHOUT WARNING, THE ROOF AND STEEPLE CRASHING TO THE GROUND. HOW DID IT HAPPEN? AND WHAT’S NEXT

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AND WE BEGIN WITH ALABAMA. S CONTROVERSIAL EXECUTION OF A CONVICTED MURDERER WHO SPENT DECADES ON DEATH ROW, 58 YEAR OLD KENNETH SMITH WAS PUT TO DEATH USING NITROGEN GAS, ONE STATE OFFICIAL CALLING IT A HUMANE METHOD OF EXECUTION. >> BUT CRITICS DISAGREE. THE STATE OF ALABAMA EXECUTING DEATH ROW INMATE KENNETH SMITH OVERNIGHT, MARKING THE FIRST TIME IN U.S. HISTORY NITROGEN GAS WAS USED TO CARRY OUT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. >> SMITH WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED BY A PHYSICIAN AT 8:25 P.M. CENTRAL STANDARD TIME. >> THE SUPREME COURT HAD DENIED AN APPEAL IN A 6 TO 3 DECISION, WITH

THE LIBERAL JUSTICES DISSENTING, JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR ACCUSING ALABAMA OF EXPERIMENTING WITH HUMAN LIFE, SAYING HAVING FAILED TO KILL SMITH ON ITS FIRST ATTEMPT, ALABAMA HAS SELECTED HIM AS ITS GUINEA PIG TO TEST A METHOD OF EXECUTION. NEVER ATTEMPTED BEFORE. SMITH WAS ONE OF THREE MEN CONVICTED IN THE MURDER OF ELIZABETH BENNETT IN THE 1980S. IN 2022, SMITH AND THE STATE OF ALABAMA, AGREEING TO A NEW FORM OF EXECUTION AFTER THE STATE BOTCHED A LETHAL INJECTION. EXECUTION IN A SETTLEMENT WITH SMITH, THE STATE OF ALABAMA AGREEING TO NOT PURSUE LETHAL INJECTION AGAIN AND INSTEAD ATTEMPT A NEW

METHOD OF EXECUTION NITROGEN HYPOXIA. SMITH ONLY EATING SOME OF HIS FINAL MEAL. HIS LAST WORDS WERE TONIGHT ALABAMA CAUSES HUMANITY TO TAKE A STEP BACKWARDS. I’M LEAVING WITH LOVE, PEACE AND LIGHT. >> HE STRUGGLED AGAINST HIS RESTRAINTS A LITTLE BIT, BUT THERE’S SOME INVOLUNTARY MOVEMENT AND SOME AGONAL BREATHING, SO. THAT WAS ALL EXPECTED AND IS IN THE SIDE EFFECTS THAT WE’VE SEEN OR RESEARCHED ON NITROGEN HYPOXIA, NITROGEN HYPOXIA HAS BEEN CONTROVERSIAL, WITH ADVOCATES NOTING THAT A VERSION OF THE METHOD HAS BEEN USED IN SOME ASSISTED SUICIDES IN EUROPE, LAWYERS FOR THE STATE ARGUE THAT THE

METHOD IS PAINLESS, WITH UNCONSCIOUSNESS OCCURRING IN A MATTER OF SECONDS, BUT THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE CALLED ON ALABAMA TO STOP THE EXECUTION, NOTING THERE IS NO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE TO PROVE THAT EXECUTION BY NITROGEN INHALATION WILL NOT CAUSE GRAVE SUFFERING. >> ALABAMA SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE TO USE THE METHOD NITROGEN EPOXY IS ONE OF THE THREE METHODS OF EXECUTION. >> SO THE INMATES CHOOSE IT. THEN. THAT’S THE METHOD WE WILL USE. >> WITNESSES SAY SMITH APPEARED TO REMAIN CONSCIOUS FOR SEVERAL MINUTES DESPITE EXPERTS SAYING IT WOULD TAKE SECONDS. MISSISSIPPI AND OKLAHOMA HAVE ALSO AUTHORIZED

THEIR PRISONS TO CARRY OUT EXECUTIONS WITH NITROGEN NOW TO THE WHETHER 15 STATES WITH FLOOD WATCHES UP MANY OF THEM IN THE SOUTHEAST, WHERE MORE DOWNPOURS ARE EXPECTED. >> TODAY, THICK FOG CREATED IN PART BY WARMER TEMPERATURES, IS REDUCING VISIBILITY IN ILLINOIS, OFFICIALS ARE KEEPING CLOSE WATCH ON ICE JAMS IN UPSTATE NEW YORK AND POTENTIAL FLOODING. ANOTHER STORM BRINGS MORE HEAVY RAIN TO THE SOUTHEAST TOMORROW. BY SUNDAY, SNOW IN THE MIDWEST AND NORTHEAST MORE FORECAST DETAILS IN JUST A FEW MOMENTS, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION WANTS TO BROKER A NEW DEAL TO FREE ALL OF THE REMAINING

HOSTAGES IN GAZA. >> CIA DIRECTOR WILLIAM BURNS IS HEADED TO EUROPE, WHERE HE’LL MEET WITH HIS ISRAELI COUNTERPART, ALONG WITH INTELLIGENCE LEADERS FROM EGYPT AND QATAR THIS WEEKEND. HAMAS IS HOLDING MORE THAN 100 HOSTAGES. SIX ARE BELIEVED TO BE AMERICAN CITIZENS. >> NEW NUMBERS SHOW THE US ECONOMY IS GROWING AT A FASTER THAN EXPECTED PACE, AND IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ABC NEWS, TREASURY SECRETARY JANET YELLEN SAYING SHE BELIEVES 2024 WILL BE A GOOD YEAR FOR THE NATION’S ECONOMY AND ABC’S JAY O’BRIEN JOINS US WITH DETAILS. JAY GOOD MORNING ALISON. >> GOOD MORNING. TREASURY SECRETARY

YELLEN EXCLUSIVELY TELLING ABC NEWS SHE BELIEVES THERE IS NO REASON FOR A RECESSION THIS YEAR, AS THE WHITE HOUSE HOPES THAT THESE POSITIVE ECONOMIC NUMBERS WILL TURN AMERICANS PERCEPTIONS OF THE ECONOMY AROUND. AND THIS MORNING, THE US ECONOMY SHATTERING EXPECTATIONS, NEW NUMBERS FROM THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT SHOWING THE NATION’S GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT GREW AT A BLISTERING 3.3% PACE FROM OCTOBER THROUGH DECEMBER OF LAST YEAR. RAPID GROWTH QUELLING ECONOMISTS FEARS OF A RECESSION. WE HAVE AN ECONOMY THAT HAS BEEN GROWING AT A GOOD, HEALTHY PACE. >> I SEE NO REASON WHY THAT CAN’T CONTINUE TO. I THINK

2024 IS GOING TO BE A VERY GOOD ECONOMIC YEAR IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH ABC NEWS, IS ELIZABETH SHULTZ, TREASURY SECRETARY JANET YELLEN TOUTING THE GROWING ECONOMY BUT NO REASON RIGHT NOW WHY THERE WOULD BE A RECESSION. THERE’S NO OBVIOUS REASON WHY THERE WOULD BE THE STRONG GROWTH, DRIVEN LARGELY BY CONSUMER SPENDING, ACCOUNTING FOR ROUGHLY TWO THIRDS OF US ECONOMIC ACTIVITY. >> BUT RECENT POLLS CONSISTENTLY SHOWING VOTERS WORRIED ABOUT THE STATE OF THE US ECONOMY. AN ABC NEWS IPSOS POLL RELEASED EARLIER THIS MONTH SHOWING JUST 27% OF AMERICANS SAY THEY BELIEVE THE AMERICAN DREAM IS

ATTAINABLE FOR THEM. >> THERE ARE PARTS OF THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE REALLY NOT SEEN MUCH ECONOMIC PROGRESS. THEY HAVEN’T SEEN GOOD JOBS CREATED AND SOME THAT EXISTED HAVE DISAPPEARED, FEARED IN LARGE SWATHS OF THE COUNTRY. AND THAT’S SOMETHING THAT HAS TO CHANGE. >> NO, PRESIDENT BIDEN, HOPING THE STRONG NUMBERS WILL ALTER VOTERS LARGELY PESSIMISTIC VIEWS ABOUT THEIR FINANCES. THIS ELECTION YEAR, THANKS TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, AMERICA NOW IS THE STRONGEST GROWTH, THE LOWEST INFLATION RATE OF ANY MAJOR ECONOMY IN THE WORLD. AND THERE ARE SOME SIGNS VOTERS ARE FINALLY AGREEING. IN A RECENT SURVEY BY

THE FEDERAL RESERVE BANK OF NEW YORK, IT FOUND THAT THE NUMBER OF AMERICANS WHO BELIEVE THAT THEIR FINANCIAL SITUATION WILL IMPROVE WITHIN THE YEAR IS AT ITS HIGHEST LEVELS SINCE JUNE OF 2021. ALLISON >> JAY, THANK YOU. >> CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE SET FOR TODAY IN THE CIVIL DEFAMATION CASE AGAINST DONALD TRUMP. THIS COMES AFTER HE TOOK THE STAND IN HIS OWN DEFENSE. SINCE A JURY ALREADY FOUND HIM LIABLE FOR SEXUALLY ABUSING WRITER E JEAN CARROLL. THE JUDGE LIMITED TRUMP’S TESTIMONY TO ADDRESSING WHETHER HE MADE NEGATIVE COMMENTS ABOUT HER. INSTEAD HE DEFIED THAT INSTRUCTION, FORCING THE

JUDGE TO STRIKE MUCH OF WHAT HE SAID. FROM THE RECORD, TRUMP HAS DENIED ANY WRONGDOING. PETER NAVARRO IS NOW THE SECOND FORMER TRUMP AIDE SENTENCED FOR BLOCKING CONGRESS’S JANUARY SIXTH PROBE. >> A JUDGE ORDERED NAVARRO TO SERVE FOUR MONTHS IN PRISON FOR REFUSING TO TESTIFY BEFORE THE HOUSE. NAVARRO CLAIMED EXECUTIVE PRIVILEGE. HE WAS FORCED TO SPEAK OVER PROTESTERS AFTER THE HEARING, SAYING HIS FIGHT ISN’T OVER. >> THIS IS A CASE OF FIRST IMPRESSION. IS THAT I HAVE SAID FROM DAY ONE IS DESTINED FOR THE SUPREME COURT. >> FORMER TRUMP ADVISER STEVE BANNON RECEIVED THE SAME

FOUR MONTH SENTENCE BOTH ARE HOPING TO REMAIN FREE WHILE APPEALING THEIR CONVICTION AND BREAKING OVERNIGHT IN THE UK. BUCKINGHAM PALACE SAYS KING CHARLES HAS BEEN ADMITTED TO A LONDON HOSPITAL FOR A CORRECTIVE PROCEDURE FOR AN ENLARGED PROSTATE. THE PALACE SAID OVERNIGHT IT WILL CONFIRM HIS TREATMENT WHEN IT HAS ENDED. THE 75 YEAR OLD KING WILL BE TREATED AT THE LONDON CLINIC, WHERE THE PRINCESS OF WALES IS RECOVERING AFTER SHE UNDERWENT ABDOMINAL SURGERY. THE PALACE, SAYING THIS IN A STATEMENT HIS MAJESTY WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL THOSE WHO HAVE SENT THEIR GOOD WISHES NOW TO A

DRAMATIC CHURCH COLLAPSE IN CONNECTICUT. THE STEEPLE ON THE HISTORIC CHURCH CAME CRASHING DOWN YESTERDAY, LEAVING A MASSIVE HOLE IN THE ROOF. MIRACULOUSLY, NO ONE WAS HURT. HERE’S ABC’S VICTOR OQUENDO. >> AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY AFTER THE STRUCTURAL COLLAPSE OF AN HISTORIC CHURCH IN DOWNTOWN NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT. >> POSSIBLE EXPLOSION OR SMOKE. >> THE ROOF AND STEEPLE CRUMBLING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, SHROUDING CITY BLOCKS IN A HAZE OF DUST. CHURCH JUST WENT DOWN. LESTER HARRIS HAD JUST PARKED HIS CAR ACROSS THE STREET . >> I HEARD THIS BOOM SOUND AND I LOOKED TO MY

LEFT AND THERE WAS THE CHURCH ALL IN ONE PIECE. BUT THEN IT JUST COLLAPSED RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. >> MIRACULOUSLY, THE ONLY PERSON INSIDE THE BUILDING AT THE TIME ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY. SHE THOUGHT IT WAS A WINDSTORM AND SO SHE DIDN’T REALLY PAY THE MIND UNTIL SHE HEARD THEM YELLING, EVACUATE! >> EVACUATE! >> THE FORMER FIRST CONGREGATION CHURCH BUILT IN THE 1850S, NOW REDUCED TO RUBBLE. TEAMS USING DRONES AND HEAT SENSORS TO COMB THROUGH THE WRECKAGE. BUT OFFICIALS ARE PREPARING FOR A DEMOLITION. YOU CAN COUNT THE LUCK INVOLVED IN THIS, UH, A MILLION WAYS, THE

CITY WAS EXTREMELY FORTUNATE IN THE MANNER OF THE COLLAPSE. >> IT COULD HAVE BEEN A MUCH BIGGER DISASTER FOR US. >> OFFICIALS WERE NOT AWARE OF ANY WARNING SIGNS AHEAD OF THE CHURCH’S COLLAPSE. THE MAYOR SAYS THAT THE BUILDING HAD ROUTINE FIRE INSPECTIONS, BUT IT’S UNCLEAR IF THERE WAS A RECENT STRUCTURAL INSPECTION. VICTOR OQUENDO, ABC NEWS, NEW YORK. >> ALL RIGHT, VICTOR, THANK YOU. TIME NOW FOR A LOOK AT YOUR MORNING WEATHER. >> WELL THE FOG IS STILL WITH US ACROSS THE PLAINS THE MIDWEST AND PARTS OF THE NORTHEAST AND GULF COAST AS WELL. DENSE

FOG ADVISORIES AGAIN FOR MILLIONS ACROSS THE NATION. BUT ANOTHER ROUND OF FLOODING, RENEWED RISK OF FLOODING WILL RETURN LATE FRIDAY INTO SATURDAY FOR THE SOUTHEAST. WE ARE CONCERNED ABOUT SOMETHING THAT EXCEEDS DROUGHT RELIEF. ANOTHER ROUND OF FLOODING SATURDAY. WE COULD EVEN SEE SOME GUSTY THUNDERSTORMS WITH FLOODING AND EVEN A STRAY TORNADO THREAT INTO THE SOUTHEAST. SO THE DRENCHING RAIN WILL COME BACK FOR THE SOUTHEAST OVER THE NEXT 36 HOURS. I’M ACCUWEATHER METEOROLOGIST JEFF CORNISH. >> COMING UP, NEW DETAILS IN THE TEEN MURDER SUSPECT WHO ESCAPED. >> ALSO AHEAD, THE SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS FACING VINCE MCMAHON, A

NEW LAWSUIT ACCUSING THE FORMER WWE BOSS OF TRAFFICKING AND A PEANUT ALLERGY DEATH LEADS TO A RECALL. Whenever news breaks, we are here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on the ground in Ukraine reporting from Lewiston Maine scene of a horrific mass shooting ABC News live is right there everywhere on the scene of that deadly missile strike and Denis braid, Ukraine. Reporting from the earthquake in Turkey been rolling for this tornado tore through this little town from the most devastating disaster in Hawaii Charleston, South Carolina on the 2024

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were convicted of helping to kill your mom her entire life had been alive the feeding tube the scars so many medications. It was a brutal death 14 stab wounds to the back. What will Gypsy Rose reveal? Why reveal it now? Why didn’t you say anything about it? Then the 2020 Deborah Roberts interview. Wow. Wow tonight at 9:00 8:00 Central on ABC The city of Mexicali there are some u.s. Criminal suspects that think they can evade law enforcement by coming down here to Mexico to hide getting surprised when they’re met by a specialized group of police.

Nicknamed Ringo Hunters it sometimes they miss the most unique has even caught some that around the FBI’s most wanted list. This is impact by Nightline now streaming on Hulu I’m Melissa dine on Maui where the Wildfire recovery efforts continue and the people remain hopeful and resilient your streaming ABC News live. Y RINGWALD ARE LIVE ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA. >> BACK NOW WITH NEW VIDEO OF A TEEN MURDER SUSPECT IN PHILADELPHIA FLEEING A HOSPITAL WHERE HE WAS BEING TREATED, SHANE PRIOR WAS ALSO SEEN IN THE LOBBY OF A BUILDING BEING DENIED USE OF A PHONE. POLICE

HAVE BEEN QUESTIONING A MAN WHO MAY HAVE PICKED HIM UP AFTER HIS ESCAPE. >> FORMER WWE CEO VINCE MCMAHON IS FACING NEW SEXUAL MISCONDUCT ALLEGATIONS. A LAWSUIT ACCUSES MCMAHON OF TRAFFICKING A FORMER EMPLOYEE. HIS ACCUSER IS ONE OF FOUR WOMEN PAID TO STAY QUIET ABOUT HIS MISCONDUCT IN 2022. THAT AGREEMENT CAME TO LIGHT SHORTLY BEFORE MCMAHON ANNOUNCED HIS RETIREMENT THAT SUMMER. A SPOKESPERSON CALLS THE LAWSUIT REPLETE WITH LIES. >> A BAD FOOD LABEL IS BEING BLAMED FOR LEADING TO THE DEATH OF A DANCE TEACHER IN CONNECTICUT. OFFICIALS ARE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT WENT WRONG.

HERE’S ABC’S DERRICK DENNIS FOR SOMEONE TO LEAVE US SO YOUNG AND SO SOON AT THE HEIGHT OF HER CAREER IS REALLY IS A TRAGEDY. >> REPORTER. >> THIS MORNING, THOSE WHO KNEW 25 YEAR OLD NEW YORK DANCER ORLA BAXENDALE SAY HER DEATH SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. >> SHE WAS VIBRANT, DYNAMIC, UM, A LITTLE KOOKY AT TIMES WAS, UM, YOU KNOW, SOMEONE, ONE WHO DIDN’T PARTICULARLY TAKE THEMSELVES SERIOUSLY. BUT THEY TOOK THE WORK SERIOUSLY. >> SHE DIED EARLIER THIS MONTH FROM AN ALLERGIC REACTION AFTER EATING A COOKIE FROM A PACKAGE, MISSING A WARNING THAT THE COOKIES

CONTAINED PEANUTS. HER FRIENDS RUSHED HER TO THE HOSPITAL AND USED HER EPIPEN, BUT IT WAS TOO LATE BECAUSE ORLA WAS SO VIGILANT AND SO CAREFUL WITH EVERYTHING SHE TOUCHED. >> SHE ACTUALLY GOOGLED SOY NUT, WHICH IS ON THE PACKAGE, THINKING, WANTING TO MAKE SURE THAT A SOY NUT WASN’T A NUT. >> THE COOKIES WERE MADE BY A WHOLESALER, BUT WERE SOLD AT A STEW LEONARD’S GROCERY STORE LOCATION IN CONNECTICUT. STU LEONARD, JUNIOR, IN A RECORDED STATEMENT BLAMING THE ORIGINAL MAKER COOKIES UNITED ON LONG ISLAND, THE SUPPLIER CHANGED THE RECIPE AND STARTED GOING FROM SOY NUTS

TO PEANUTS AND ARE CHEAP SAFETY OFFICER HERE AT STEW LEONARD’S WAS NEVER NOTIFIED, BUT COOKIES UNITED SAYS THAT’S NOT TRUE. RELEASING AN EMAIL ALERTING MULTIPLE STEW LEONARD’S EMPLOYEES TO THE CHANGE IN INGREDIENTS AND SHOWING AN ORIGINAL LABEL WITH PEANUTS AS AN INGREDIENT. HEALTH OFFICIALS ARE INVESTIGATING THE WOMAN’S FAMILY HIRING A LAWYER. >> THEY’RE TOO DISTRAUGHT TO SPEAK TO ANYBODY, BUT THEY WANT THIS STORY OUT SO IT DOESN’T HAPPEN AGAIN. >> THE COOKIES HAVE BEEN RECALLED, AND SINCE THEY WERE SOLD IN DECEMBER, IT’S UNLIKELY THEY’RE STILL AROUND. PEANUTS ARE AMONG NINE MAJOR FOOD ALLERGENS THAT FEDERAL

LAW REQUIRES TO BE LISTED ON FOOD PACKAGING. LIONEL. ALISON. ALL RIGHT. DEREK >> THANK YOU. ALASKA AIRLINES PLANS TO PUT SOME OF ITS GROUNDED 737 MAX NINE JETS BACK INTO SERVICE TODAY. IT WAS EXACTLY THREE WEEKS AGO THAT ONE OF THOSE PLANES LANDED WITH A GAPING HOLE IN ITS SIDE. AFTER A DOOR PLUG BLEW OFF. NO INJURIES WERE REPORTED. ALASKA’S ALASKA SAID, GROUNDING ITS MAX NINES AFTER THAT INCIDENT, THOUGH, COST THE AIRLINE $150 MILLION. >> COMING UP, THE NFL PLAYER UNDER ARREST, ACCUSED OF GAMBLING ON HIS COLLEGE TEAM. >> ALSO AHEAD, WE HEAR FROM THE

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been alive the feeding tube the scars so many medications. It was a brutal death 14 stab wounds to the back. What will Gypsy Rose reveal? Why reveal it now? Why didn’t you say anything about it? Then the 2020 Deborah Roberts interview. Wow. Wow tonight at 9:00 8:00 Central on ABC All right, here we go. Alrighty, let’s do it. Yes, it’s the show America wants and America needs right now. This is what would you do? Let’s go. How are you? So what will you be watching? Saturday’s on ABC News live. What would you do? I guess

I just found out. The what would you do marathon 2:00 to 6:00 Eastern every Saturday on ABC News live? HERE NOW TO A TRAFFIC STOP. >> THAT WAS ANYTHING BUT ROUTINE . AN OKLAHOMA TROOPER IS DESCRIBING A TERRIFYING MOMENT. LAST WEEK WHEN AN OUT OF CONTROL SUV SENT HIM FLYING. THIS MORNING, THE OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY PATROL TROOPER STRUCK IN THIS TERRIFYING INCIDENT, SPEAKING OUT. JESSE GREGORY WAS SENT AIRBORNE DURING A TRAFFIC STOP LAST WEEK WHEN AN SUV RAMMED INTO THE VEHICLE. HE PULLED OVER. >> I DIDN’T HEAR BRAKES OR ANYTHING. I JUST REMEMBER, UM, GOING FLYING,

STUNNED. >> AFTER GETTING HIT, GREGORY TRIED TO STAY CALM AND PHONE EMERGENCY SERVICES. I WAS ABLE TO BOUNCE TO MY FEET AND, UM, CALL FOR HELP. >> AND SO BEING ON MY FEET WAS VERY REASSURING. I WAS BLESSED TO BE WALKING. >> HE WAS TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL, BUT INCREDIBLY RELEASED THAT SAME DAY, SUFFERING ONLY MINOR INJURIES. >> I KIND OF HAD, UM, SOME SWELLING ON THE TOP OF MY ARM. UM, I’VE KIND OF HAVE SOME PURPLE, UM, BRUISING ALL THROUGH MY HAND. >> TROOPER GREGORY NOW USING THIS MOMENT TO REMIND DRIVERS WHAT TO DO

WHEN PASSING A TRAFFIC STOP, WHEN YOU SEE RED AND BLUE, PLEASE PLAN AHEAD AND GET OVER FOR US. >> SO, UM, WE CAN FOCUS ON, YOU KNOW, WHO WE’RE DEALING WITH, AND WE DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT GETTING HIT. >> THE CAUSE OF THE COLLISION IS STILL UNDER INVESTIGATION. A NEW ENGLAND PATRIOTS RECEIVER HAS BEEN ARRESTED ON GAMBLING CHARGES. >> THEY STEMMED FROM KEYSHAWN BOOTY’S TIME AS A PLAYER AT LSU. HE’S ACCUSED OF PLACING THOUSANDS OF ONLINE BETS WHILE UNDER THE LEGAL GAMBLING AGE OF 21. THE SCHOOL HAS COOPERATING WITH AUTHORITIES, THE PATRIOTS SAY THEY

ARE AWARE OF THE CASE. >> BREAKING OVERNIGHT, NOVAK DJOKOVIC’S STREAK AT THE AUSTRALIAN OPEN IS OVER. THE WORLD NUMBER ONE LOST IN THE SEMIFINALS TO ITALIAN JANNIK SINNER. DJOKOVIC HAD WON 33 STRAIGHT MATCHES AT MELBOURNE PARK, WITH HIS LAST LOSS COMING IN 2018. COMING UP, THE STATE CONSIDERING A SPEED LIMITING DEVICE IN CARS, PLUS THE DEPUTY WHO WENT ABOVE AND BEYOND All right, here we go. Alrighty, let’s do it. Yes, it’s the show America wants and America needs right now. This is what would you do? Let’s go. How are you? So what will you be

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back. What will Gypsy Rose reveal? Why reveal it now? Why didn’t you say anything about it? Then the 2020 Deborah Roberts interview. Wow. Wow tonight at 9:00 8:00 Central on ABC Wherever news breaks, it’s so important to always remember that lives are changed getting you behind the stories as they happen ABC News live Prime will take you there streaming free on ABC News live. Reporting from Monterey Park, California, I’m Robin Roberts. Wherever wherever the story is, we’re going to take you there. You’re streaming ABC News live. >> AND JOHN CENA AND MOLLY RINGWALD ARE LIVE

ON GOOD MORNING AMERICA. >> WHY CAN’T I 55? >> TIME NOW TO CHECK THE PULSE. WE BEGIN WITH A BILL TO CURB THE NEED FOR SPEED. >> A CALIFORNIA LAWMAKER HAS A PLAN TO SLOW DOWN DRIVERS. A NEW BILL WOULD REQUIRE NEW VEHICLES IN THE STATE BE EQUIPPED WITH SPEED, BE EQUIPPED WITH SPEED GOVERNORS, MAKING IT IMPOSSIBLE TO DRIVE MORE THAN TEN MILES PER HOUR OVER THE SPEED LIMIT. IF APPROVED, THE PLAN WOULD TAKE EFFECT WITH THE 2027 MODEL YEAR IN ILLINOIS, A SHERIFF’S DEPUTY IS CREDITED WITH GOING ABOVE AND BEYOND THE CALL OF DUTY.

>> YEAH, HE PERSONALLY DELIVERED A DOORDASH ORDER, A DOORBELL CAMERA CAUGHT THE ACTUAL DELIVERY, THE DEPUTY EXPLAINED THAT HE HAD ARRESTED THE DRIVER, BUT WANTED TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY GOT THEIR FOOD. A BIG CELEBRATION IS UNDERWAY INVOLVING SOME TWINS FROM TEXAS, FORMERLY CONJOINED SISTERS ARE ARRIVING ONE YEAR AFTER SURGERY TO SEPARATE THEM. >> AMY AND JAMIE FINLEY WERE BORN SHARING A LIVER AND ATTACHED AT THE CHEST. TODAY, THE NOW 15 MONTH OLD ARE RUNNING ALL OVER THE PLACE TOGETHER, BUT APART. THEIR DAD HOPES IT STAYS THAT WAY. I JUST HOPE THEY STAY TOGETHER. >>

THEY CLOSE, BE SISTERS, YOU KNOW. YOU KNOW I ALWAYS TELL THEM THAT AFTER THE RISKY BUT LIFE CHANGING SURGERY, DOCTORS NOW SAY THEIR PROGNOSIS IS ALL POSITIVE. >> JUST WHAT WE WANT TO HEAR, RIGHT? >> I LOVE IT, SUCH CUTE KIDS. >> WE’LL CHECK YOUR TOP HEADLINES NEXT This is ABC News live the crushing families here in Poland a refugee centers in Putin’s Russia on the ground in Ukraine close to the front line from the capital Destructo cat for stores. Austin is in the bullseye. Let’s go News live America’s number one streaming news anytime anywhere

streaming 24/7 straight to you for free. Thank you for making ABC News. Lon America’s number one streaming news. All right, here we go. Alrighty, let’s do it. Yes, it’s the show America wants and America needs right now. This is what would you do? Let’s go. How are you? So what will you be watching? Saturday’s on ABC News live. What would you do? I guess I just found out. The what would you do marathon 2:00 to 6:00 Eastern every Saturday on ABC News live? The city of Mexicali there are some u.s. Criminal suspects that think they

can evade law enforcement by coming down here to Mexico to hide getting surprised when they’re met by a specialized group of police. Nicknamed Ringo Hunters it sometimes they miss the most unique has even caught some that around the FBI’s most wanted list. This is impact by Nightline now streaming on Hulu Tonight there are millions of people following you on social media yet. You were convicted of helping to kill your mom her entire life had been alive the feeding tube the scars so many medications. It was a brutal death 14 stab wounds to the back. What

will Gypsy Rose reveal? Why reveal it now? Why didn’t you say anything about it? Then the 2020 Deborah Roberts interview. Wow. Wow tonight at 9:00 8:00 Central on ABC CATEGORY AND EARN 3% CASH BACK. >> FOR CHECKING MORE TOP STORIES ALABAMAS EXECUTION OF KENNETH SMITH MARKED THE FIRST TIME NITROGEN GAS WAS USED FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. ALABAMA AUTHORITIES CALLED IT AN EFFECTIVE AND HUMANE METHOD. CRITICS SAY IT’S CRUEL AND EXPERIMENTAL. SMITH WAS ON DEATH ROW FOR A 1988 MURDER. >> CIA DIRECTOR WILLIAM BURNS WILL BE IN EUROPE THIS WEEKEND, HOPING TO NEGOTIATE A DEAL TO RELEASE

THE HOSTAGES HELD BY HAMAS. BURNS IS SET TO MEET WITH INTELLIGENCE LEADERS FROM THE MIDDLE EAST. HAMAS IS HOLDING MORE THAN 100 HOSTAGES, INCLUDING SIX BELIEVED TO BE AMERICANS. >> RUSSIAN MEDIA IS REPORTING THAT JAILED WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTER EVAN GERSHEVITCH HAS LOST HIS ARREST APPEAL. THAT MEANS HE’LL HAVE TO STAY BEHIND BARS IN RUSSIA THROUGH THE MONTH OF MARCH. >> TODAY’S WEATHER RAIN ACROSS THE NORTHEAST AND MIDWEST. MORE HEAVY RAIN IN THE SOUTHEAST AND MORE THAN A FOOT OF MOUNTAIN SNOW AND RAIN IN THE NORTHWEST. >> AND FINALLY, A CALL THAT ENDED WEEKS OF

WORRY FOR A TEXAS FAMILY. >> OUR DANNY NJOO HAS DETAILS. REPORTER THIS IS POPPY, AND SHE’S QUITE ADVENTUROUS. >> WE REALLY DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENED, RIGHT? NO BUT ADVENTUROUS ENOUGH TO TRAVEL 1200 MILES ON HER OWN? YES. >> I DON’T GET IT. >> YOU SEE, TWO MONTHS AGO, THE ROBERTS FAMILY OF AUSTIN, TEXAS, LEFT THEIR VERY CLOSE FRIEND. TAKE POPPY ON A LITTLE VACATION IN NEW MEXICO. >> WHAT’S WRONG? >> BUT WHEN THAT FRIEND WOKE UP ONE MORNING, POPPY WAS GONE AND HIS RV DOOR WAS BUSTED OPEN. >> IN MY HEART THAT I REALLY THOUGHT

SHE WAS TRYING TO COME HOME. >> SEVEN WEEKS GO BY, AND NICK, SARAH AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN STILL HAVEN’T FOUND THEIR BEST GOOD GIRL UNTIL THIS PAST MARTIN LUTHER KING DAY, WHEN MOM GETS A CALL FROM DULUTH. >> I THOUGHT, THIS IS WEIRD. SPAM DOESN’T USUALLY LEAVE A VOICEMAIL SOMEHOW, IN SOME WAY. >> A TEACHER WHO WAS ONLY HOME BECAUSE IT WAS A NATIONAL HOLIDAY FOUND POPPY ON HER PORCH AND TOOK HER TO THE EMERGENCY VET TO SCAN HER MICROCHIP. >> I WAS LIKE, WHERE IS SHE? AND HE SAID, IN MINNESOTA, WE ARE IN DULUTH.

>> THE NEXT MORNING, NICK AND HIS BROTHER GOT IN THE CAR AND DROVE 20 HOURS TO LAKE SUPERIOR, WHERE POPPY WAS ABLE TO STAY AT A DOG BOARDING FACILITY. >> HAD YOU EVER GOTTEN A CALL LIKE THAT BEFORE? BEFORE? >> UH, NO. >> A DOG FROM TEXAS. I MEAN, WE’RE WE’RE A SMALL, LIKE, SMALL FAMILY BUSINESS, HONEY. >> GO ON. MAMA. BUT AFTER TWO MONTHS, THAT DOG FROM TEXAS FINALLY GOT TO SEE HER DAD FROM TEXAS AND THEN IMMEDIATELY DRIVE BACK TO TEXAS TO WAKE UP HER SISTER BEFORE SCHOOL. >> OH, OH. >> NOW, A

WEEK LATER, STILL, NOBODY HAS ANY IDEA WHAT HAPPENED EXCEPT, WELL, POPPY. POPPY HOW DID YOU GET TO MINNESOTA. SHE WAS JUST HITCHHIKING WITH HER. PAWS, GUYS. BUT THE ONE THING THE ROBERTS DEFINITELY KNOW FOR SURE IS THANK GOODNESS FOR MICROCHIPS. >> YES. THANK GOODNESS. AND THANK YOU, DANNY. >> POPPY, JUST WANT A LITTLE ROAD TRIP. >> I’M CONVINCED POPPY WAS ON A ON THE. >> IT’S FRIDAY, JANUARY 26TH. WHAT GOOD IS A BORDER BREAKTHROUGH WHEN YOU COULD HAVE A BORDER CRISIS? START HERE WITH CONGRESS ON THE VERGE OF A BYPASS PARTISAN BILL. DONALD TRUMP LOBBIES

REPUBLICANS TO STOP. HE KNOWS THAT THIS IS ONE THING WHERE BIDEN REALLY TAKES A HIT IN THE POLLS. HIS PRIMARY SUCCESS HAS DERAILED POTENTIAL IMMIGRATION AND DEAL. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS YOU CAN KISS THE RECESSION CHATTER GOODBYE. >> WE HAVE AN ECONOMY THAT IS BEING GROWING AT A GOOD, HEALTHY PACE. WITH ECONOMISTS ENCOURAGED TREASURY SECRETARY JANET YELLEN GIVES AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW AND APPEARANCE CAN BE HELD RESPONSIBLE FOR THEIR CHILDREN’S MASS SHOOTINGS. YOU NEED A BETTER DEFENSE THAN THIS. FIRST OF ALL, I WAS NOT SIGNING A TRIAL THAT COULD SET NEW PRECEDENTS GETS UNDERWAY IN MICHIGAN.

>> FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS “START HERE” I’M BRAD MIELKE . SO YOU MIGHT NOT HAVE BEEN FOLLOWING THIS BUT HERE’S A WAR HAPPENING ON THE TEXAS BORDER RIGHT NOW. >> A NARROWLY DIVIDED SUPREME COURT DELIVERING A VICTORY FOR THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, CLEARING THE WAY FEDERAL AGENTS TO REMOVE RAZOR WIRE FENCING INSTALLED BY TEXAS ALONG 29 MILES OF THE SOUTHERN BORDER. RECENTLY, TEXAS STATE TROOPERS HAD PUT UP RAZOR WIRE ALONG THE BORDER WITH MEXICO, SAYING THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT WASN’T DOING ENOUGH TO DETER MIGRANTS. KIND OF A IF YOU’RE NOT GOING TO STOP THEM, WE’LL DO

IT OURSELVES. MOVE. THE FEDS SAID THE BORDER IS OUR DOMAIN. >> WE’LL DECIDE WHAT GOES THERE. THE SUPREME COURT HAS STILL NOT DECIDED THIS CASE ON THE MERITS, BUT IN A SURPRISING DECISION THIS WEEK, THEY DID GIVE THE DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY PERMISSION TO CUT DOWN THAT RAZOR WIRE. >> A FEW DAYS LATER, THOUGH, A LOT OF IT IS STILL UP THERE IN THIS AREA. >> WE’VE SEEN CLOTHES AND OTHER THINGS LEFT BY MIGRANTS HANGING AT THE RAZOR WIRE ALONG THE BORDER WALL TRYING TO CROSS. IN FACT, TEXAS OFFICIALS HAVE POSTED VIDEOS OF NEW RAZOR

WIRE GOING UP ALONG THE BANKS OF THE RIO GRANDE. AND DHS HAS SENT LETTERS TO TEXAS SAYING THEY’RE BEING SHUT OUT OF SHELBY PARK THERE ALONG THE RIVER WHERE LOTS OF MIGRANTS HAVE BEEN COMING ASHORE. >> I THINK IT’S A POLITICAL MOVEMENT THAT THEY HAVE SO THEY CAN GET MORE VOTES. >> AND SOME HAVE CALLED THIS A POLITICAL STUNT DESIGNED TO APPEAL TO HARD CORE IMMIGRATION HAWKS. BUT IT DOES SPEAK TO HOW POTENT AN ISSUE THIS IS ON THE RIGHT. AND IT COMES AS LAWMAKERS IN WASHINGTON HAVE BEEN TRYING TO CRAFT BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION ON THE

BORDER. >> WELL, YESTERDAY, LAWMAKERS BEGIN ADMITTING THOSE EFFORTS MAY BE DEAD. RACHEL BADE IS A CONTRIBUTING POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT FOR ABC NEWS. WHEN SHE’S NOT REPORTING FOR US, SHE’S WRITING PLAYBOOK FOR . >> POLITICO IS THERE. SENIOR WASHINGTON CORRESPONDENT RACHEL. A LOT OF FOLKS THOUGHT WE WERE GETTING CLOSE TO LIKE AN ACTUAL DEAL HERE, RIGHT? >> WHAT WAS IT SUPPOSED TO COVER IN THEORY? YEAH, I MEAN, SENATORS HAVE BEEN WORKING ON THIS FOR SEVERAL MONTHS NOW AND. IT ALL STARTED WHEN THERE WAS DISCUSSIONS ABOUT UKRAINE AID. REPUBLICANS MADE DEMANDS ABOUT, YOU KNOW, IF THEY’RE GOING TO

TO PASS A NEW TRANCHE OF ASSISTANCE FOR UKRAINE, THAT THEY WANT SOMETHING FOR IT. I UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENS IF UKRAINE FAILS, BUT MY DEMOCRATIC COLLEAGUES ARE IN DENIAL ABOUT THE THREATS WE FACE AS A NATION FROM A BROKEN BORDER. >> THEY WANT A CRACK DOWN AT THE BORDER. AND OBVIOUSLY THIS CAME AS WE SAW APPREHENSIONS AT THE BORDER IS REACHING LIKE OVER 10,000 FOLKS A DAY. I MEAN, THERE CLEARLY IS A NEED IN THESE BORDER TOWNS, THE CITY OF EL PASO, AND THEY HAVE SO MANY RESOURCES AND WE HAVE COME TO WHERE WE LOOK AT

A BREAKING POINT RIGHT NOW. >> SO A BIPARTISAN GROUP OF SENATORS GOT TOGETHER AND SAID THEY WERE GOING TO TRY TO WORK OUT A BORDER DEAL. AND THEY’RE VERY, VERY CLOSE, CLOSER THAN WE’VE SEEN LAWMAKERS BE, AS FAR AS I CAN REMEMBER. I MEAN, HONESTLY, AND IT DEALS WITH, YOU KNOW, INCREASING MONEY FOR BORDER SECURITY. IT ALSO DEALS WITH SORT OF MAKING ASYLUM HARDER TO CLAIM AND SORT OF CHANGING THE ASYLUM PROCESS. THESE ARE A LOT OF WINDS THAT REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN TRYING TO GET FOR YEARS AND DEMOCRATS HAVE NOT BEEN WILLING TO NEGOTIATE ON

THESE THINGS, TAKING UKRAINE FUNDING HOSTAGE IN EXCHANGE FOR HARD RIGHT BORDER POLICIES MAKE THIS FIGHT MUCH HARDER FOR US TO HELP UKRAINE IN THEIR FIGHT AGAINST PUTIN. >> YET NOW THEY HAVE BEEN WILLING TO BECAUSE THEY WANT SOMETHING FOR IT. THEY ALSO WANT UKRAINE AID. RIGHT. ONLY THINGS ARE STARTING TO GO SOUTH A LITTLE BIT, EVEN THOUGH WE’RE CLOSE GOING SOUTH AS FAR AS THE BORDER. >> RIGHT. I MEAN, WHAT WENT WRONG? WHAT HAPPENED? >> ONE NAME FOR YOU, DONALD TRUMP. >> I MEAN, LOOK, WE ALWAYS JOKE ON CAPITOL HILL THAT THE HILL KIND OF

GOES DARK DURING PRESIDENTIAL YEARS BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, IT’S NOT JUST BECAUSE THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL UP OXYGEN. BUT CONGRESS USUALLY DOESN’T ANYTHING IN PRESIDENTIAL YEARS BECAUSE THE PARTIES ARE POSTURING. >> I’VE NEVER SEEN A BETTER TIME TO GET STRUCTURAL CHANGES THAT BORDER THAN NOW. AND IF WE SAY NO ALL THE TIME, EVERY TIME AND SHAME ON US, 2024 IS REALLY STARTING TO SORT OF PULL THINGS BACK. DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN PUTTING PRESSURE ON HILL. REPUBLICANS NOT TO TO SORT OF GO ALONG WITH THE DEAL BECAUSE HE KNOWS THAT THIS IS ONE THING WHERE BIDEN REALLY TAKES

A HIT IN THE POLLS LIKE BIDEN, POLLS TERRIBLY ON THE BORDER. >> THE FACT THAT HE WOULD COMMUNICATE TO REPUBLICAN SENATORS AND CONGRESSPEOPLE THAT HE DOESN’T US TO SOLVE THE BORDER PROBLEM BECAUSE HE WANTS TO BLAME BIDEN FOR IT IS IS REALLY APPALLING. >> EARLIER THIS WEEK, DURING A PRIVATE MEETING, MITCH MCCONNELL TOLD HIS MEMBERS OR SORT OF ACKNOWLEDGED TO HIS MEMBERS THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM THAT THE POLITICS OF THE BORDER HAVE ACTUALLY CHANGED IN RECENT WEEKS, THAT TRUMP IS BASICALLY THE NOMINEE AND HE DOESN’T WANT THEM TO DO A DEAL WITH DEMOCRATS ON

THIS, THAT HE WANTS TO RUN ON THE ISSUE. AND HE MENTIONED THAT PERHAPS REPUBLICANS SHOULDN’T UNDERMINING THE GUY WHO’S GOING TO BE TRYING TO OUST BIDEN FROM THE WHITE HOUSE. SO THIS REALLY CAST FRESH DOUBT ON THE PROSPECTS OF A BIPARTISAN BORDER DEAL GOING THROUGH. AND IT REALLY CREATED A WHOLE BUNCH OF CHAOS ON CAPITOL HILL ON THURSDAY, THE DAY AFTER MCCONNELL MADE THESE REMARKS, THERE WAS CLEARLY A CLEAN UP EFFORT BY THE MCCONNELL OFFICE TO TRY TO SAY, LOOK, NO HE STILL WANTS A BIPARTISAN DEAL. >> HE’S NOT BACKING AWAY FROM IT. WE ARE

WORKING HARD CONTINUOUSLY TO TRY TO A SOLUTION ON THE BORDER PART OF IT. BUT, LOOK, HE WAS ACKNOWLEDGING THE REALITY UP HERE AND THAT THE REALITY THAT A LOT OF REPUBLICANS ARE LISTENING TO DONALD TRUMP AND THEY’RE TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO POTENTIALLY GET OUT OF THIS DEAL BECAUSE THEY DON’T WANT TO GIVE BIDEN THE WIN. >> WELL, AND SO IF RACHEL, THERE’S A CONFLICT HERE BETWEEN GETTING STUFF DONE AND THE POLITICS OF WINNING ELECTIONS TEN MONTHS FROM NOW, IS IT JUST IMMIGRATION? >> IT GETS AFFECTED BY THAT? >> OR I MEAN, WHAT OTHER

ISSUES ARE POTENTIALLY ON THE TABLE THAT CAN NOW SORT OF FALL BY THE WAYSIDE THAT WE’RE IN GENERAL ELECTION MODE? >> ABSOLUTELY. THERE’S ALSO A SURPRISE DEAL ON TAX ISSUES THAT HAS BEEN UNVEILED, A BIPARTISAN, BICAMERAL BILL THAT WAS WRITTEN BETWEEN DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS IN BOTH CHAMBERS TO GIVE TAX RELIEF TO LOW INCOME FAMILIES, BASICALLY EXPANDING THE CHILD TAX CREDIT. IT ALSO HAS SORT OF PRIORITIES FOR REPUBLICANS, ENHANCING BUSINESS TAX CREDITS. >> IT’S TOO SOON TO TELL. I MEAN, I HATE USING THE TERM, BUT THERE’S STILL HORSE TRADING IN WASHINGTON. YOU KNOW, IF THEY DO

THIS, WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO GIVE UP? >> THIS CAME OUT JUST A FEW DAYS AGO AND ALREADY WE ARE SEEING REPUBLICANS SORT OF SQUIRM ABOUT THIS IN THE HOUSE. THERE ARE A NUMBER OF CONSERVATIVES WHO WILL COME FORWARD AND SAID, LOOK, WE DON’T WANT TO PASS THIS BECAUSE UNDOCUMENTED IMMIGRANTS, IF THEY COME TO THIS COUNTRY AND HAVE KIDS IN THE U.S. THEY’RE GOING TO BE ABLE TO GET THIS TAX CREDIT. >> NEVER MIND THAT THIS HAS BEEN THE CASE UNDER BOTH DEMOCRAT AND REPUBLICAN ADMINISTRATIONS FOR A LONG TIME. NOW. THEY’RE BRINGING THIS UP BECAUSE

THEY’RE TRYING TO FIND A WAY TO SORT OF DERAIL THIS TAX RELIEF IN AN ELECTION YEAR. SO PEOPLE ALWAYS ASK ME, LIKE, HOW IS IT THAT YOU’RE SO CYNICAL? WELL, YOU KNOW, JUST COVER CAPITOL HILL FOR A LITTLE BIT AND YOU SORT OF START TO UNDERSTAND IT. IT’S JUST REALLY IT’S JUST AMAZING TO SEE THESE ISSUES THAT VOTERS REALLY CARE ABOUT, LIKE THE BORDER TAX RELIEF FOR BUSINESSES AND LOW INCOME FAMILIES. BUT, YOU KNOW, THE POLITICS COMING IN AND JUST REALLY SCREWING UP EVERYTHING AND PEOPLE SORT OF JUST BEING PULLED BACK BECAUSE THEY’RE CONCERNED ABOUT

THEIR OWN REELECTION OR WINNING THE WHITE HOUSE. >> YEAH. AND YOU OFTEN SEE THE DYNAMIC OF A MINORITY PARTY SAYING, HEY, WE DON’T WANT TO GIVE THE CURRENT PRESIDENT A WIN AN ELECTION YEAR. AND YOU OFTEN SEE THE PRESIDENT KIND OF DIRECTING HIS PARTY IN AN ELECTION YEAR. RARELY DO YOU SEE SORT OF AN OUTLET LIKE A CANDIDATE FOR PRESIDENT DETERMINING WHAT THE ENTIRE CONGRESS IS GOING TO DO. >> BUT AGAIN, THAT’S THE POWER OF DONALD TRUMP AND HIS KIND OF INCUMBENCY, AS IT WERE, IN THE PARTY. >> ALL RIGHT. RACHEL BAY THERE ON CAPITOL

HILL, THANKS FOR THE INSIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH. >> AND TALK ABOUT NOT WANTING TO GIVE JOE BIDEN A WIN IF YOU’RE A REPUBLICAN LAWMAKER, THE ECONOMY IS LOOKING FRUSTRATINGLY GOOD WHEN THERE’S A CRASH. I HOPE IT’S GOING TO BE DURING THIS NEXT 12 MONTHS. I REMEMBER DONALD TRUMP EARLIER THIS YEAR TELLING MIKE LINDELL HE ALMOST LOOKED FORWARD TO A CRUMBLING ECONOMY WITH HIGH INFLATION BECAUSE IT WOULD PRESENT SUCH A CLEAR CHOICE FOR VOTERS. >> BUT THEN YESTERDAY, THE COMMERCE DEPARTMENT SAID THE U.S. ECONOMY GREW LAST YEAR EVEN FASTER THAN EXPECTED . >> THANKS TO AMERICAN

PEOPLE. AMERICA NOW HAS THE STRONGEST GROWTH, THE LOWEST INFLATION RATE OF ANY MAJOR ECONOMY. >> WE’RE IN ON THAT SAME DAY IN AN EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW. >> ABC’S ELIZABETH SCHULZE ONE OF OUR START HERE BESTIES SAT DOWN WITH THE TREASURY SECRETARY, JANET YELLEN. >> ELIZABETH. FASCINATING TIMING ON THIS INTERVIEW. DID YELLEN GIVE YOU THE IMPRESSION THE ECONOMY IS GOOD OR IS IT IMPROVING BECAUSE THERE’S A DIFFERENCE, RIGHT. >> NO QUESTION, BRAD, THAT TREASURY SECRETARY JANET YELLEN WANTED TO MAKE THE CASE THAT THE ECONOMY IS GOOD. WE TALKED TO HER AFTER THIS GDP REPORT SHOWED NOT ONLY

THAT GROWTH FASTER THAN EXPECTED, BUT THIS IS REMEMBER A YEAR, 2023 THAT MOST ECONOMISTS HAD PREDICTED A FULL BLOWN RECESSION. AND HERE WE WERE NOT ONLY WAS THERE, NOT A RECESSION, BUT THE ECONOMY GREW AT A 3.1% RATE FOR THE YEAR. THAT IS MUCH HIGHER THAN EXPECTED. AND HIGHER THAN THE TREND. SO WHAT JANET YELLEN WANTED TO DO WAS TO COME OUT AND SAY THE ECONOMY IS IN SOLID SHAPE. THE OUTLOOK THAT I HAVE AND THAT MOST ECONOMISTS HAVE IS A VERY FAVORABLE ONE. WE HAVE AN ECONOMY THAT HAS BEEN GROWING AT A GOOD, HEALTHY

PACE. >> AND ULTIMATELY, SHE SAID, NOT ONLY DID WE AVOID A RECESSION IN 2023, 2024 IS GOING TO BE A GREAT YEAR, TOO. SHE SHE SEES NO REASON THAT THERE WOULD BE A RECESSION THIS YEAR AND WENT ON TO SAY THAT PRICE INCREASES, ESPECIALLY FOR DAY TO DAY COSTS LIKE RENTS THAT HAVE STILL BEEN SO STUBBORNLY HIGH. SHE DOES EXPECT THOSE PRICE INCREASES TO CONTINUE TO COOL. >> PRICE INCREASES DOESN’T MEAN THE SAME IS GOING DOWN, THOUGH, RIGHT? YOU READ MY MIND. EXACTLY. AND THIS IS A POINT THAT THE TREASURY SECRETARY TRIED TO MAKE. >>

WELL, I THINK MOST AMERICAN KNOWS THAT PRICE PRICES ARE NOT LIKELY TO FALL. IT’S NOT THE FED’S OBJECTIVE TO TRY TO PUSH THE LEVEL OF PRICES BACK TO WHERE THEY WERE. BUT TO STOP THEM FROM RISING. I MEAN, SHE SAID THAT’S ACTUALLY A SIGN OF STRENGTH IN THE ECONOMY. BUT THE KEY THERE THEN IS TRYING TO GET THE MESSAGE ACROSS TO PEOPLE WHO ARE EXPECTING AND HOPING THAT PRICES, WHETHER IT’S FOR GROCERIES OR RENT OR, YOU KNOW, CARS, WILL GO BACK TO THOSE PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS. >> BUT THE TREASURY SECRETARY IS SAYING THAT’S NOT GOING TO

HAPPEN. BUT THINGS ARE STILL REALLY GOOD. >> SO DON’T GET HUNG UP ON THAT HOPE YET. HOW MUCH DOES CONSUMER SENTIMENT FEED INTO ALL THIS, ELIZABETH? >> BECAUSE IF PEOPLE ARE WORRIED ABOUT THEIR FINANCES, IT DOESN’T MATTER WHETHER PRICES ARE GOING UP. THEY’RE STILL GOING TO BE NERVOUS. >> THEY’RE STILL GOING TO ACT LIKE NERVOUS CONSUMERS. RIGHT? RIGHT. AND ECONOMISTS GENERALLY VIEW CONSUMER SENTIMENT AS A WHAT THEY WOULD CALL A LEADING INDICATOR OF THE ECONOMY. >> SO HOW PEOPLE SAY THEY FEEL WILL THEN INFORM THEIR DECISIONS ON HOW THEY SPEND. >> AND WHAT WE SEEN

IS OVER THE PAST YEAR OR TWO, REALLY NEGATIVE SENTIMENT ABOUT THE ECONOMY, YOU HAVE VETERANS LIVING UNDER BRIDGES. >> RENT IS MORE EXPENSIVE THAN BUYING A HOUSE, BUT INTEREST RATES ARE SO HIGH, YOU CAN’T BUY A HOUSE, BUY NEW ECONOMICS. >> SO PRICES HAVE DOUBLED. WE’RE HEADED IN THE WRONG DIRECTION. >> BUT IN THE PAST COUPLE OF MONTHS, AND ESPECIALLY IN A READING THAT WE GOT JUST IN RECENT WEEKS THAT HAS STARTED TO TAKE TURN, SURVEYS SHOW THAT PEOPLE ARE FEELING A LITTLE BIT BETTER ABOUT THE ECONOMY AND ABOUT THEIR PERSONAL FINANCES. >> WE’VE HAD

AN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE UNDER 4% NOW FOR LIKE THE LONGEST STRETCH WE’VE SEEN IN MORE THAN 50 YEARS. >> AND THE HOPE THAT THAT CAN THEN TRANSLATE INTO PEOPLE CONTINUING TO SPEND AND FEEL BETTER ABOUT THE ECONOMY. OBVIOUSLY, FOR THE TREASURY SECRETARY AND FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN, THE HOPE IS THAT THAT TRANSLATES INTO PEOPLE HAVING BETTER RATINGS OF HIS APPROVAL ON THE ECONOMY AND TRANSLATING INTO VOTES FOR HIM IN THE ELECTION THIS FALL. >> YEAH. HOW MUCH WILL THE ECONOMY AFFECT THE ELECTION? >> BECAUSE IT IS ALWAYS A QUESTION OF WHETHER THE PRESIDENT IMPACTS PRICES OR WHETHER

IT’S JUST PRICES IMPACT THE PRESIDENT AND HIS CHANCES. >> RIGHT. AND VOTERS, AS YOU KNOW, BRAD, ALWAYS RANKED THE ECONOMY AS THEIR TOP ISSUE, IF NOT ONE OF THEIR TOP ISSUES. >> AND THAT’S BECAUSE IT IS THE MOST IN-YOUR-FACE THING EVERY DAY WHAT YOU’RE SPENDING. DO YOU HAVE A JOB. >> THAT’S SOMETHING THAT ALL SIDES OF THE POLITICAL AISLE KNOW AND I WAS SURPRISED TO IN OUR INTERVIEW, BRAD. TREASURY SECRETARY YELLEN TOOK A REALLY DIRECT SHOT AT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP FOR HOW WOULD HANDLE THE ECONOMY. >> THIS IS NOT SOMETHING YOU TYPICALLY HEAR FROM TREASURY

SECRETARY. >> WE HEARD JPMORGAN CEO JAMIE DIMON LAST WEEK SAY BUSINESSES WOULD FAVOR A TRUMP SECOND TERM, THAT HIS POLICIES WERE BEST FOR THE ECONOMY. >> WHAT DO YOU SAY TO JAMIE DIMON? WELL, WEALTHY CORPORATIONS DID VERY WELL. THEY SAW THEIR TAX RATE GO FROM 35% TO 21%. >> BUT SHE PRETTY STARKLY TOLD ME THAT IF TRUMP WINS A SECOND TERM, THAT’S BAD FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS AND YOU WOULD DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING FOR THE MIDDLE CLASS THAT WAS STRUGGLING. SO THAT’S NOT THE PRIORITIES OF THE PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS. THE TRUMP TAX CUTS DID NOTHING FOR

THE MIDDLE CLASS, IN MY OPINION. >> SO THIS WAS THE WAY THAT THE ADMINISTRATION IS CHOOSING HER A BIT TO BE A MESSENGER ON THIS AGAINST THE IDEA THAT THE ECONOMY COULD BE BETTER UNDER TRUMP, WHICH IS WHAT A LOT OF BUSINESSES SAY, MAYBE NOT OUT LOUD, BUT IT’S WHAT A LOT OF WALL STREET EXPECTS. AND IT’S OBVIOUSLY THE CASE THE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS MAKING. HE’S MADE CLEAR THAT HE THINKS TAX CUTS THAT WERE PASSED UNDER HIM, TRADE POLICIES, THAT THAT WAS ALL GOOD FOR BUSINESS. >> AND THEN THAT’S A GIVEN, THAT THAT’S GOING

TO BE A WIN FOR HIM WHEN VOTERS GO TO THE POLLS THIS FALL. AND JUST ONE OTHER NOTE HERE. WHILE THE TREASURY SECRETARY WANTED TO MAKE THE CASE FOR THE STRONG ECONOMY, SHE DID ACKNOWLEDGE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE STILL FEELING PAIN AND THAT THERE IS A LOT OF INEQUALITY IN THE ECONOMY, THAT PEOPLE ARE STILL STRUGGLING TO GET AHEAD. AND I PUT IT TO HER DIRECTLY. >> DO YOU THINK THE AMERICAN DREAM STILL HOLDS? >> WE WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT IT DOES AND IT DOES REQUIRE WORK TO ADDRESS LONGSTANDING PROBLEMS. >> SHE

SAID IT WAS EASIER TO ACHIEVE THE AMERICAN DREAM WHEN SHE WAS GROWING UP AND THAT THERE ARE PARTS OF THE COUNTRY THAT HAVE NOT SEEN ECONOMIC PROGRESS. AND UNTIL THAT CHANGES, IT WILL BE HARD TO FEEL THAT THE AMERICAN DREAM IS ALIVE AND WELL. >> AND THAT COMING FROM, YOU KNOW, THE TREASURY SECRETARY, ONE OF THE TOP MEMBERS OF THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. RIGHT NOW. ALL RIGHT, ELIZABETH SCHULZE GREAT INTERVIEW. THANK YOU SO MUCH. THANKS SO MUCH, FRAN. IT’S AN ALL TOO FAMILIAR SCENE IN AMERICA. A YOUNG MAN IN A JUMPSUIT FACING A JURY FOR HIS

ROLE IN A MASS SHOOTING. WHAT’S LESS COMMON IS THE SHOOTER’S PARENTS ON TRIAL. >> THE SENATE IS CHARGING PAST LUNGING FOR INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. >> WELL, YESTERDAY, THE MOTHER OF A SCHOOL SHOOTER WAS LED INTO COURT IN SHACKLES AS OPENING ARGUMENTS GOT UNDERWAY IN MICHIGAN. JENNIFER CRUMBLEY DIDN’T PULL THE TRIGGER, BUT SHE IS RESPONSIBLE FOR THOSE DEATHS. ABC’S HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS CASE. I MEAN, WHAT IS SHE BEING CHARGED WITH HERE? >> SO SHE BEING JENNIFER CRUMBLEY BRAD AND HER HUSBAND JAMES CRUMBLEY BOTH CHARGED WITH FOUR COUNTS, EACH OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. THIS COUPLE’S BEING TRIED SEPARATELY

BECAUSE THERE’S A FEW MORE WITNESSES AGAINST THE HUSBAND. BUT JENNIFER CRUMBLEY, THE MOTHER IS ON TRIAL FIRST. AND THAT TRIAL IS HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. >> THE DEADLY SCHOOL SHOOTING IN MICHIGAN, AN OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL THAT’S ABOUT AN HOUR NORTH OF DETROIT. OUR TEACHER GOT PAPER TAPED OVER THE WINDOW ON THE DOOR AND GOT TO A BIG TABLE AND BARRICADED THE DOOR. >> WELL, COUPLE OF YEARS AGO, NOVEMBER 20, 21, THEIR 15 YEAR OLD SON BROUGHT A WEAPON INTO SCHOOL, WHICH THE PARENTS GIFTED TO HIM, AND HE OPENED FIRE. HE KILLED FOUR OF HIS CLASSMATES AND

HE WOUNDED SEVERAL OTHERS. >> IS IT TRUE THAT YOUR ACTIONS IN BIRMINGHAM, 32,021, CAUSED THE DEATHS OF MADISON? BALDWIN, TAMIR GIULIANI, JULIANA AND JUSTICE JONES? >> YES. >> HE HAS ALREADY PLEADED GUILTY TO A NUMBER OF CHARGES. HE’S ALREADY BEEN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE. WHAT WE HAVE NOW WITH THIS TRIAL IS SOMETHING THAT WE’VE NEVER SEEN HAPPEN BEFORE IN THE UNITED STATES, WHICH IS A PARENT OF A SCHOOL SHOOTER WHO IS FACING THEIR OWN CHARGES, THAT ESSENTIALLY WHAT PROSECUTORS HAVE SAID IS THAT THE BEHAVIOR OF THESE PARENTS WAS SO EGREGIOUS LEADING UP

TO THE SHOOTING WITH THE MANY MISSED WARNING SIGNS, WITH THE PROVIDING A WEAPON, WITH THE NOT TAKING HOME FROM SCHOOL THE DAY OF THE SHOOTING, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE CALLED IN, RESPOND TO SOME DISTURBING DRAWINGS AND MESSAGES. THE PROSECUTORS SAY THIS WAS CRIMINAL AND IT WAS GROSS NEGLIGENCE, WHICH THEY BELIEVE REACHES THE THRESHOLD FOR INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. AND SO THEN YESTERDAY, THIS TRIAL BEGINS. >> THE FACTS SEEM SO WELL-DOCUMENTED ABOUT THE SHOOTING ITSELF. >> TRAVERS, I MEAN, WHAT WHAT ARE THEY LITIGATING? WHAT WHAT WERE THE OPENING ARGUMENTS? SO THE OPENING ARGUMENTS ESSENTIALLY AND THERE ARE A

LOT OF ELEMENTS THAT WE KNOW THE PROSECUTORS ARE GOING TO LAY OUT OVER THE COURSE OF THE TRIAL. BUT WHAT THEY LAID OUT, AT LEAST IN THEIR OPENING STATEMENTS FROM THE PROSECUTORIAL SIDE, WAS THE FACT THAT THESE PARENTS BOUGHT A GUN FOR THEIR 15 YEAR OLD. >> THIS WAS A PURCHASED CELEBRATED BY JENNIFER ON INSTAGRAM. YOU HEARD ABOUT MOHEGAN SUN TESTING OUT HIS NEW CHRISTMAS CARD. >> MY FIRST TIME SHOOTING THE NINE MILLIMETER. THAT LEADING UP TO THE SHOOTING. AT ONE POINT, THE SHOOTER WAS CAUGHT LOOKING UP AMMUNITION IN CLASS AND THE SCHOOL CONTACTED THE

PARENTS, WHICH THEY IGNORED. THE. AND THEN THE MOTHER, JENNIFER CRUMBLEY, TEXTED HER SON, ELLA. WELL, I’M NOT MAD AT YOU. YOU HAVE TO LEARN HOW NOT TO GET CAUGHT. >> DESPITE HER KNOWLEDGE OF HIS DETERIORATING MENTAL DESPITE HER KNOWLEDGE OF HIS GROWING SOCIAL ISOLATION, DESPITE THE FACT THAT IS ILLEGAL FOR A 15 YEAR OLD WALKING TO A PET STORE AND WALK OUT WITH A HANDGUN BY ITSELF, THIS GUN WAS GIFTED. THEN THAT DAY OF THE SHOOTING, THE SHOOTER IS CAUGHT BY A TEACHER WITH A DRAWING THAT HAS THE EXACT GUN THAT THE PARENTS HAD GIFTED

TO HIM, THAT HAD A PERSON SHOT ON IT, THAT HAD A NUMBER OF MESSAGES LIKE BLOOD EVERYWHERE. >> AND THE THOUGHTS WON’T STOP. HELP ME. WHEN SHE LOOKED AT THIS DRAWING, SHE LOOKED AT IT, YOU KNOW, IN CONTEXT. >> IN THE ORDER THE PARENTS WERE CALLED IN, THEY HAD A MEETING. THE SCHOOL LAST. DO YOU WANT TO TAKE YOUR SON HOME? THE PARENTS SAID NO. AND ACCORDING TO PROSECUTORS, THAT MEETING LASTED 11 MINUTES. >> THEY THEN LEFT AND THE SHOOTING HAPPENED A COUPLE HOURS AFTER THAT, 11 MINUTES STARTED. THAT’S HOW LONG THE MEETING IS WHEN

SOMEBODY SAYS, HEY, WE THINK YOUR KID HAS PSYCHOLOGICAL PROBLEMS, LIKE DO YOU WANT TO TAKE THEM OUT? >> IT’S ALL THAT GOES DOWN IN 11 MINUTES. BUT YES, ACCORDING TO PROSECUTORS, FROM START TO FINISH OF LEARNING ABOUT PIECE OF PAPER AND ACCORDING TO PROSECUTORS, JENNIFER CRUMBLEY WAS CONCERNED ABOUT THE DRAWING BECAUSE ONCE THE SCHOOL SENT HER A MESSAGE OF IT AS SHE WAS GOING THERE, SHE TEXTED HER OWN HUSBAND EMERGENCY. I AM VERY CONCERNED, BUT APPARENTLY SHE WASN’T CONCERNED TO TAKE HER SON HOME AND NEITHER THE PARENTS NOR THE SCHOOL CHECKED THE SHOOTER’S BACKPACK, WHICH

WE NOW KNOW HAD THE GUN IN IT. >> SO WHAT DID THE DEFENSE SAY TO THAT? IF THIS IS ALL ABOUT SORT OF WHAT THE MOTHER OR THE FATHER IN THE LETTER TRIAL, WHAT THEY KNEW AT THE TIME? >> WHAT DOES THE DEFENSE SAY? SO THE LARGE CRUX OF THE ARGUMENT IS, NUMBER ONE, THAT THEY DON’T FEEL IT’S FAIR TO HOLD PARENTS RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CRIMES COMMITTED BY THEIR CHILDREN. BUT ESSENTIALLY WHAT WE CAN GATHER THE ARGUMENT THAT THE DEFENSE IS GOING TO MAKE IS THAT JENNIFER CRUMBLEY IS THE PERFECT PARENT, AND WE DON’T CLAIM

THAT SHE IS. BUT WHAT THE EVIDENCE IS GOING TO SHOW IN THIS CASE IS THAT THE PROSECUTION HAS VERY SELECTIVELY PULLED OUT OF EVIDENCE FROM A FOREST OF TREES. >> SHE WAS NOT AWARE OF A NUMBER OF WARNING SIGNS THAT SCHOOL OFFICIALS WHO ARE TRAINED TO RECOGNIZE THESE KINDS OF PROBLEMS NEVER REGISTERED HER SON AS A THREAT. >> SHE WAS PROVIDED THE OPTION OF TAKE HIM HOME OR LEAVE HIM HERE. >> THE SHOOTER STRUGGLED WHEN THEY HAD ONLINE FOLDER AND. THEY CAUSED SOME GREAT INSIGHTS IN THIS SCHOOL. >> AND HE WANTED TO SAY THAT DAY

THE SCHOOL, THE SIGNS THAT ALLOWED HIM THAT DAY TO RETURN TO CLASS WITHOUT ANY FURTHER QUESTIONING OR SEARCHING. AND ALSO THAT SHE WAS NOT AWARE IN THE MONTHS LEADING UP TO THE SHOOTING THAT ALL OF THESE PROBLEMS WITH HER SON’S DETERIORATING MENTAL HEALTH WERE BUBBLING UP. >> YOU’LL HEAR TESTIMONY THAT ON THE DAY OF THE SHOOTING JENNIFER CRUMBLEY WENT TO WORK. >> SHE IS THE BREADWINNER AT THIS TIME. MR. CRUMBLEY WAS IN BETWEEN JOBS. >> HE’S ABOUT TO GET A JOB OFFER. NOW, WHAT IS REALLY GOING TO MAKE THIS TRIAL INTERESTING? IT IS GOING TO

BE THE ENTIRE FOCUS OF IT IS JENNIFER CRUMBLEY IS PLANNING TO TAKE THE STAND. ACCORDING TO HER ATTORNEY, AND THAT’S GOING TO BE WHERE THIS CASE IS GOING TO GO ONE WAY OR THE OTHER. WE KNOW IT’S GOING TO BE HIGHLY EMOTIONAL BECAUSE. ALREADY IN COURT YESTERDAY, THERE WERE EMOTIONAL MOMENTS DURING SOME SURVEILLANCE FOOTAGE IN THE AFTERMATH OF THE MASSACRE. JENNIFER CRUMBLEY AND HER ATTORNEY VISIBLY CRYING TO THE POINT THAT THE PROSECUTOR TRIED ADMONISHING THEM, BRAD, TO HAVE NOT JUST THE HER LAWYER SIT THERE SOBBING. I DON’T KNOW. I JUST I JUST I JUST WANT

TO FINISH COMPLAINING TO THE JUDGE ABOUT THEIR OUTWARD DISPLAYS OF EMOTION, THAT IT WAS TOO MUCH, THAT IT WAS TRYING TO SWAY THE JURY. >> JOSH, FIRST OF ALL, I WAS NOT SOBBING IN. THIS IS HORRIFIC. I HAVEN’T SEEN THIS BEFORE. >> DEFENSE ATTORNEYS WERE VERY UPSET ABOUT THAT. SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW HER EYE MAKEUP WAS STILL IN PLACE. >> SHE WASN’T SOBBING. YOU KNOW, WITH ALL MY MAKEUP ON, I HAVE MY CAMERA. >> I’M NOT GOING TO I’M NOT I’M NOT GOING TO. >> I NEED A BREAK. OKAY. IT’S ALREADY AN INCREDIBLY EMOTIONALLY

CHARGED TRIAL. IT’S ONLY GOING TO BE AMPLIFIED ONCE JENNIFER CRUMBLEY IS ON THE STAND BECAUSE THERE ARE MANY MONTHS OF EVIDENCE THAT THE PROSECUTORS ARE GOING TO PRESENT THAT APPEAR TO SHOW JENNIFER CRUMBLING WAS AWARE HER SON WAS IN A DIFFICULT, EMOTIONAL STATE, STILL ALONG WITH HER HUSBAND, BOUGHT HIM A GUN. AND THEN, ACCORDING TO THE SHOOTER HIMSELF, DID NOT KEEP THAT GUN LOCKED UP BEFORE WENT AND KILLED FOUR OF HIS CLASSMATES. SO THE DEFENSE IS KIND OF LIKE, YOU KNOW, LOTS OF PEOPLE KNEW SOMETHING WAS WRONG. THE SCHOOL IS NOW FACING A $100 MILLION

LAWSUIT. BUT THAT DOESN’T MEAN OTHER PEOPLE NEED TO GO TO JAIL OVER WHAT THIS YOUNG MAN DID. IF THIS MOTHER GETS FOUND GUILTY, THOUGH, YOU GOT TO THINK THIS SETS A NEW PRECEDENT AND GIVES PARENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY MORE TO THINK ABOUT, SINCE SO OFTEN PEOPLE AROUND THESE MASS SHOOTINGS ARE SAYING MUST HAVE KNOWN SOMETHING WAS UP. TREVOR, ALL, THANKS SO MUCH. THANK YOU VERY. AND ONE LAST THING YOU EVER DID, AN ESCAPE ROOM, THE GAME WHERE YOU GOT TO DO PUZZLES AND BREAK LOCKS AND MAKE YOUR WAY OUT OF A ROOM IN A SET

PERIOD OF TIME. USUALLY IT’S A GROUP ACTIVITY AND THE IDEA OF RELYING ON YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY TO SOLVE LOGIC PROBLEMS MAKES YOUR LIFE FLASH BEFORE YOUR EYES. >> IMAGINE THIS. CAN YOU HEAR ME? YEAH. OH, MY GOD. IT WAS A SCARE IN. BARCELONA. SOME GAME DESIGNERS HAVE CREATED THE WORLD’S SMALLEST ESCAPE ROOM. >> IT ALL TAKES PLACE IN A COFFIN. THAT’S RIGHT. THE EXPERIENCE HAS BEEN NAMED CATTLE. LET’S SEE. >> THAT’S THE MEDICAL CONDITION THAT’S CAUSED MANY PEOPLE TO BE BURIED ALIVE. IT’S VERY. AND WE HAD TO, LIKE, SCREAM AT EACH OTHER BECAUSE I

COULD HEAR HER ON THE OTHER SIDE. TWO PLAYERS AT A TIME GET LOADED IN A SIDE BY SIDE COFFIN. >> THE TOPS CLOSE IN ON TOP OF THEM, AND THEN THEY SOLVE A SERIES OF PUZZLES AS A PAIR, COMMUNICATING THROUGH LOUDSPEAKERS FOR 30 MINUTES. WHAT? I JUST HAVE THE CRUCIFIX. >> YEAH. YOU ARE ALSO RECREATING A SITUATION THAT SOONER OR LATER, WE WILL ALL LIVE. >> LIVE YOUR OWN FUNERAL. YOU CAN CHOOSE YOUR FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS, YOUR TOMBSTONE AND A CUSTOM FUNERAL SERVICE THAT YOU CAN EXPERIENCE YOURSELF ALL WHILE YOU DESPERATELY TRY TO ESCAPE IN THE

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Download it now, Reporting from The Fulton County Courthouse in Atlanta, Georgia. I’m Olivia Reuben, wherever The Story Goes, we’ll take you there. You’re screaming. ABC News live. LIVE? HI, I’M MORGAN NORWOOD. TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE NOW DEMANDING ISRAEL CONTAIN DEATH AND DAMAGE IN GAZA, THE U.N. HIGHEST COURT STOPPED SHORT OF ORDERING A CEASE FIRE. WE’RE BREAKING THE RULING IN JUST A MOMENT. CLOSING ARGUMENTS SET FOR TODAY. AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S CIVIL TRIAL. JURORS WILL SOON DECIDE HOW MUCH HE MUST PAY FOR DEFAMING WRITER E. JEAN CARROLL WHAT

HE SAID DURING A THREE MINUTE TESTIMONY. AND NOW THAT THE SENATE IS CLOSING ON A DEAL ON BORDER SECURITY, THE FORMER PRESIDENT NOW THREATENING TO DERAIL IT. THE SUSPECT IN THE MURDER OF FOUR IDAHO STUDENTS IS DUE IN COURT. ONE VICTIM’S FAMILY NOW SHARING EXCLUSIVE NEVER BEFORE RELEASED IMAGES OF THEIR LOVED ONE. WHAT THEY’RE SAYING AHEAD OF TODAY’S HEARING. AND TOP DOG TURNED UNDERDOG MICHAEL STRAHAN SITS DOWN WITH THE O.G. SNOOP DOGG TO TALK ABOUT HIS NEW MOVIE. AND HE’S ALSO BREAKING SOME NEWS THIS MORNING. BUT WE DO BEGIN WITH THE NEW ORLEANS TOP COURT

DEMANDING ISRAEL TRY TO CONTAIN THE DEATH AND DAMAGE IN GAZA. BUT THEY DID STOP SHORT OF ORDERING A CEASE FIRE. SOUTH AFRICA BROUGHT THE CASE BEFORE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE, ACCUSING ISRAEL OF COMMITTING IN GAZA. BUT ISRAEL CALLING THOSE ALLEGATIONS FALSE AND GROSSLY DISTORTED. THE PRELIMINARY DECISION COMES AMID HEAVY FIGHTING IN GAZA. SECOND LARGEST CITY. THIS IS NEW VIDEO FROM THE U.N. SHOWS A SEA OF PEOPLE FLEEING FROM UNITS LOOKING FOR REFUGE AT THE EGYPT BORDER. OUR CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT, MATT GUTMAN, JOINING ME NOW FROM TEL AVIV, ISRAEL, FOR MORE. SO, MATT, HOW SIGNIFICANT IS

THIS DEVELOPMENT AND WHAT IMPACT COULD IT HAVE ON THE WAR, THE FIGHTING THERE AT MORGAN, WHICH I SPOKE TO AN ISRAELI LEGAL SCHOLAR WHO SAID THAT IT DOES NOT HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON ISRAEL RIGHT NOW. HE BECAUSE ISRAEL BELIEVES IT’S MOSTLY COMPLYING ALREADY WITH THE COURT’S RULINGS AND ADMONITIONS. HE SAID THAT THE BIGGEST IS PROBABLY GOING TO BE THIS INTERIM REPORT THAT ISRAEL WILL HAVE TO DELIVER A MONTH NOW ON WHAT IT’S DOING TO TRY TO ADDRESS THE CONCERNS. THE COURT. ALSO, IT IS A HUGE SLAP IN TERMS OF PUBLICITY. IT’S A MASSIVE REBUKE

TO ISRAEL’S HANDLING OF THE IN GAZA. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT IS BEING SEEN INTERNATIONALLY THAT IS PROBABLY THE MOST HARMFUL THING FOR ISRAEL. AND IT’S ALSO SOMETHING THAT THE PALESTINIANS ARE ELATED ABOUT BECAUSE AFTER MANY YEARS FINALLY, THEY SAY THAT THEY FEEL LIKE THEY ARE BEING HEARD ON AN INTERNATIONAL STAGE. YEAH. AND ISRAEL HAS IGNORED THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE IN THE PAST. AND I KNOW THAT WE’RE ALSO HEARING FROM PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU THIS MORNING. HOW ARE OFFICIALS THERE RESPONDING TO THIS? >> SO THERE ARE TWO THINGS THAT ARE HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. ONE

IS WE ARE HEARING FROM MULTIPLE ISRAELI OFFICIALS THE PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU, THE DEFENSE MINISTER GALANT, MANY OTHERS WHO ARE CALLING IT ? THINGS LIKE THE VEIL, A DISGRACE, SOMETHING THAT WILL LIVE IN INFAMY FOR GENERATIONS. THEY’RE DESCRIBING RULING. ON THE OTHER HAND, WHAT YOU’RE NOT SEEING THEM SAY IS THAT ISRAEL WILL NOT ABIDE BY IT, THAT ISRAEL WILL IGNORE IT. MY UNDERSTANDING IS FROM OFFICIALS WHO WE’VE BEEN TALKING TO FOR A WHILE NOW IS THAT THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE COMPLY AND THEY BELIEVE THAT TO SOME DEGREE THEY ARE COMPLYING, THAT THEY HAVE ALLOWING AID

INTO GAZA. THEY MIGHT TRY TO SPEED UP AND MAKE THAT EFFORT MORE EFFICIENT IN THE FUTURE. BUT THEY DO FEEL LIKE THIS IS SOMETHING THEY CANNOT IGNORE THIS TIME. THEY ARE GOING TO HAVE TO ADDRESS THE COURT. AND THE BIGGEST QUESTION IS WHAT HAPPENS IN A MONTH OR SO WHEN ISRAEL HAS TO COME BACK TO THE COURT WITH SOME OF REPORT ON THE EFFORTS IT’S MAKING TO LIMIT THE EFFORTS OF THE PURPORTED, INCLUDING LIMITING THE INCITEMENT OF GOVERNMENT MINISTERS, TOP RANKING ISRAELI MILITARY GENERALS, ETC.. THAT’S SOMETHING THEY’RE GOING PROBABLY HAVE TO COMPLY WITH. AND IT

WILL BE A BITTER PILL TO SWALLOW MORGAN. WITH THAT SAID, MATT, WHERE DOES THIS CASE GO FROM HERE AND WHEN DO WE EXPECT THE COURT TO RULE ON WHETHER ISRAEL HAS COMMITTED? THIS THE WHOLE CASE IS PROBABLY TO TAKE A WHILE AND CERTAINLY THE WAR OR WE HOPE THAT THE WAR WILL BE BY THE TIME THAT A FINAL RULING COMES DOWN IN EITHER. AGAIN, IN THE INTERIM, ISRAEL IS GOING TO HAVE TO PRODUCE ONE REPORT IN A MONTH. LEGAL SCHOLARS TELL US THAT IT’LL PROBABLY HAVE TO KEEP DOING THAT AT SOME INTERVAL OVER THE NEXT

FEW MONTHS AS THIS WAR PROGRESSES. BUT THIS IS GOING TO BE A LONG PROCESS. >> MORGAN ABSOLUTELY. AND MATT, WHILE I HAVE YOU HERE ,THE HEAD OF THE CIA IS SET TO TRAVEL TO EUROPE. WE KNOW TO HOPE HOPEFULLY BROKER A DEAL TO RELEASE THE HOSTAGES. WHAT IS THE LATEST ON THAT? IT IS ACTUALLY A SIGN OF MAJOR PROGRESS THAT CIA DIRECTOR BURNS IS HEADED TO EUROPE. HE, OF COURSE, ALONG WITH ISRAELI EGYPTIAN CARRIE COUNTERPART, BROKERED THAT DEAL BACK IN NOVEMBER FOR A CEASEFIRE AND A HOSTAGE RELEASE. THEY ARE NOW TALKING ABOUT RELEASING ABOUT 100

HOSTAGES. THAT’S PRETTY MUCH EVERYBODY WHO’S LEFT IN A PHASED DEAL THAT WOULD LAST ALL THEIR WOULD GRANT THE PALESTINIANS AND HAMAS ABOUT A TWO MONTH CEASE FIRE THAT’S STILL BEING HAMMERED OUT. THERE’S A LOT OF BACK AND FORTH. AND EVEN IF THE DEAL WERE INKED TODAY, WHICH IT’S NOT MORGAN, IT WOULD TAKE A COUPLE OF WEEKS TO IMPLEMENT UNTIL. NOTHING IMMEDIATE IS HAPPENING. BUT AT LAST, WE ARE STARTING TO SEE PROGRESS HERE. MORGAN MATT GUTMAN IN TEL AVIV, ISRAEL FOR US. MATT, THANK YOU. ONLY ONE CLOSING ARGUMENTS ARE SET TO BEGIN TODAY. AND FORMER PRESIDENT

DONALD TRUMP’S CIVIL DEFAMATION TRIAL BROUGHT BY WRITER E. JEAN CARROLL TRUMP BRIEFLY TOOK THE STAND YESTERDAY IN HIS OWN DEFENSE. AND NOW A JURY OF NINE NEW YORKERS WILL DECIDE HOW MUCH TRUMP’S DEFAMATORY STATEMENT COST HIM. ABC NEWS SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY HAS THE LATEST. >> THE JURY WILL BEGIN DECIDING WHETHER FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP MUST PAY E. JEAN CARROLL MILLIONS FOR DEFAMING HER AFTER SHE ACCUSED HIM OF ASSAULT. TESTIFYING IN HIS OWN DEFENSE, TRUMP WAS ASKED WHETHER HE STOOD BY DEFAMATORY COMMENTS HE MADE, CAROL AT A 2022 DEPOSITION WHERE HE CALLED CAROL A LIAR.

>> HER STORY A HOAX. TRUMP SAID HE STOOD BY THOSE COMMENTS HUNDRED PERCENT. YES. CAROL SAID TRUMP’S REMARKS MADE HER HATED BY A LOT MORE PEOPLE AND CAUSED DEATH THREATS. >> ON THE WITNESS, HIS ATTORNEY ASKED TRUMP, DID YOU EVER INSTRUCT ANYONE TO HURT MISS IN YOUR STATEMENTS? NO, TRUMP REPLIED. I JUST WANTED TO DEFEND MYSELF, MY FAMILY AND, FRANKLY, THE PRESIDENCY. TRUMP TESTIFIED FOR ALL OF 3 MINUTES. THE JUDGE SPENT MORE TIME TELLING HIM WHAT HE COULDN’T SAY. HE HAD ALREADY BEEN FOUND LIABLE FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DEFAMATION AND JUDGE TOLD TRUMP THERE WOULD

BE NO DO OVERS. CAROL IS NOW SEEKING AT LEAST $10 MILLION IN DAMAGES. HER LAWYER SAID THE DEFAMATION NOT STOPPED. >> THEY ACCUSED TRUMP OF TRASHING AND THREATENING AND INSULTING CAROL WELL OVER 100 TIMES DURING THE TRIAL. >> TRUMP IS COMING BACK HERE TO COURT. MORGAN FOR CLOSING ARGUMENTS. HE CANCELED AN APPEARANCE IN ARIZONA, PREFERRING THE COURTROOM OVER THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. MORGAN HE HAD TRUMP ON THE TRAIL AND ON TRIAL. >> SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT ERIC. ERIN, THANK YOU. MEANWHILE, NEW CONCERNS TODAY AMONG TOP REPUBLICANS. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP COULD SET BACK MONTHS OF BORDER NEGOTIATIONS. HE’S

PRESSURING REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS NOT TO COMPROMISE ON THOSE NEGOTIATIONS OVER BORDER SECURITY AND URGENT AID TO UKRAINE. ABC CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT HAS THE LATEST FROM CAPITOL HILL. HI. >> HEY, MORGAN. WELL, FOR MONTHS, DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN DOING THESE NEGOTIATIONS ON HOW TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES THAT OUR SOUTHERN BORDER. AND THEY HAVE SIGNALED THAT THEY ARE CLOSER TO REACHING A DEAL. BUT NOW OF THAT COULD BE THROWN IN DOUBT BECAUSE OF ONE MAN, FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS WEIGHING IN, URGING REPUBLICANS NOT TO COMPROMISE, TO REJECT ANY DEAL UNLESS THEY GET EVERY SINGLE THING

THAT THEY WANT. >> THE FORMER PRESIDENT CLEARLY HAS AN EYE ON THE NOVEMBER ELECTION NOT WANTING TO HAND PRESIDENT JOE ANY POLICY WINS, ESPECIALLY ON AN ISSUE THAT IS SO CENTRAL TO HIS CAMPAIGN. SOURCES TELL US THAT BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, SENATE MINORITY LEADER MITCH MCCONNELL TOLD REPUBLICANS THAT ALL OF THIS NOW REALLY PUTS THEM INTO A BIND, THAT THEY DON’T WANT TO UNDERMINE TRUMP’S CAMPAIGN, BUT ACKNOWLEDGES THAT THEY HAVE A JOB TO DO. NOW, OF COURSE, HERE YOU HAVE SOME SENATE REPUBLICANS. WE’RE VERY CLOSE TO THESE NEGOTIATIONS. THEY ARE OUTRAGED BY THIS. AND TOO, ACKNOWLEDGE

THIS COULD MAKE GETTING ANY DEAL ACROSS THE FINISH LINE MORE DIFFICULT . YEAH, REPUBLICANS SEEMINGLY DIVIDED ON THIS ISSUE. THEY ONCE UNITED. SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT, THANK YOU. WELL, NOW TO A REALITY CHECK ON THE ECONOMY AND AN ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE. TREASURY SECRETARY JANET YELLEN SHARED HER VIEWS ON WHETHER THE COUNTRY WILL SEE A RECESSION. NEWS ELIZABETH SCHULZE IS IN WASHINGTON WITH MORE ON OUR DOWN WITH THE SECRETARY. >> HEY, MORGAN. THE AMERICAN ECONOMY IS ONCE AGAIN DEFYING EXPECTATIONS. NEW DATA FROM COMMERCE DEPARTMENT SHOWS THE GDP, WHICH MEASURES SPENDING FROM CONSUMERS, BUSINESSES AND THE

GOVERNMENT GREW AT A RAPID 3.3% PACE FROM OCTOBER TO DECEMBER. THAT WAS FASTER THAN EXPECTED AND A CAPPED OFF A YEAR THAT MOST ECONOMISTS PREDICTED WOULD END IN A RECESSION. IN THIS CRITICAL ELECTION YEAR, TREASURY SECRETARY JANET YELLEN TELLS US THAT SHE SEES NO SIGN THAT THE ECONOMY’S MOMENTUM IS STOPPING. >> WE HAVE AN ECONOMY THAT HAS BEEN GROWING AT A GOOD, HEALTHY PACE. I SEE NO REASON WHY THAT CAN’T CONTINUE. I THINK 2024 IS GOING TO BE A VERY GOOD ECONOMIC YEAR. BUT NO REASON RIGHT NOW WHY WOULD BE A RECESSION. THERE’S NO OBVIOUS

REASON WHY THERE WOULD BE. >> NOW, YELLEN ACKNOWLEDGED THAT MANY HOUSEHOLDS STILL AREN’T FEELING THESE STRONG ECONOMIC NUMBERS. SHE POINTED TO PERSISTENTLY HIGH COSTS FOR RENT AND FOOD, EVEN AS THOSE PRICES BROADLY ARE COOLING. SHE SAID THAT THEY STILL, IN A HEALTHY ECONOMY, WON’T GO BACK DOWN TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS. MORGAN NO RECESSION, BUT AMERICANS STILL LOOKING FOR RELIEF. >> ELIZABETH SCHULZE IN WASHINGTON FOR US. ELIZABETH, THANK YOU. THE EUROPEAN UNION AND THE U.N. HUMAN OFFICE ARE EXPRESSING REGRET OVER THE FIRST EXECUTION OF A MAN BY NITROGEN HYPOXIA IN ALABAMA. CONVICTED MURDERER, 58-YEAR-OLD KENNETH SMITH FOR

DECADES ON DEATH ROW BEFORE BEING PUT DEATH. ONE ALABAMA OFFICIAL IS CALLING IT CALLING NITROGEN ASPHYXIA AN INHUMANE METHOD OF EXECUTION. BUT CRITICS DISAGREE. >> WHEN WE HAVE THAT STORY, THE OF ALABAMA EXECUTING DEATH ROW INMATE KENNETH SMITH MARKING THE FIRST TIME IN U.S. HISTORY NITROGEN GAS WAS USED TO CARRY OUT CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. >> SMITH WAS PRONOUNCED DECEASED BY PHYSICIANS AT 8:25 P.M. CENTRAL STANDARD TIME. >> THE SUPREME COURT HAD DENIED AN APPEAL IN A 6 TO 3 DECISION WITH THE LIBERAL JUSTICES DISSENTING. JUSTICE SOTOMAYOR ACCUSING ALABAMA OF EXPERIMENTING WITH HUMAN LIFE, SAYING HAVING FAILED

TO KILL SMITH ON ITS FIRST ATTEMPT, ALABAMA HAS SELECTED HIM AS ITS GUINEA PIG TO TEST THE METHOD OF EXECUTION, NEVER ATTEMPTED BEFORE. SMITH WAS ONE OF THREE MEN CONVICTED IN THE MURDER OF ELIZABETH SENATE IN THE 1980S. IN 2022, SMITH AND THE STATE OF ALABAMA AGREEING TO A NEW FORM OF EXECUTION AFTER THE STATE BOTCHED A LETHAL INJECTION EXECUTION IN A SETTLEMENT WITH SMITH. THE STATE OF ALABAMA AGREEING TO NOT PURSUE LETHAL INJECTION AGAIN AND INSTEAD ATTEMPT A NEW METHOD OF EXECUTION. NITROGEN, HYPOXIA. SMITH ONLY EATING SOME OF HIS FINAL MEAL. HIS LAST WORDS

WERE TONIGHT. ALABAMA CAUSES HUMANITY. TAKE A STEP BACKWARDS. I’M LEAVING WITH LOVE, PEACE AND LIGHT. >> HE STRUGGLED AGAINST HIS RESTRAINTS A LITTLE BIT. BUT THERE’S AN INVOLUNTARY AND SOME ANIMAL BREATHING. SO THAT WAS ALL. AND IN THE SIDE EFFECTS THAT WE’VE SEEN OR RESEARCHED SO MUCH IN THE PAST YEAR. >> NITROGEN, HYPOXIA HAS BEEN CONTROVERSIAL, WITH ADVOCATES NOTING THAT A VERSION OF THE METHOD HAS BEEN USED IN SOME ASSISTED SUICIDES IN EUROPE. LAWYERS FOR STATE ARGUE THAT THE METHOD IS PAINLESS, WITH UNCONSCIOUSNESS OCCURRING IN A MATTER OF SECONDS. BUT THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS

OFFICE CALLED ON ALABAMA TO STOP THE EXECUTION, NOTING THERE IS NO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE TO PROVE THAT EXECUTION BY NITROGEN WILL NOT CAUSE GREAT SUFFERING. ALABAMA SAYS IT WILL CONTINUE TO USE THE METHOD 1943 METHODS OF EXECUTION SO THE INMATES CHOOSE THE LESS THE METHOD WE USE. >> AND THAT WAS THE LINE ON HIS REPORTING. AND WITNESSES SAY SMITH APPEARED TO REMAIN CONSCIOUS AND MOVING FOR SEVERAL, DESPITE EXPERTS SAYING IT WITHIN SECONDS. MISSISSIPPI AND OKLAHOMA HAVE ALSO NOW AUTHORIZED THEIR PRISONS TO CARRY OUT EXECUTIONS WITH NITROGEN. WELL, HISTORIC CHURCH HAS COLLAPSED IN NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT. VIDEO

CAPTURED THE MOMENT THE STONES CAME TUMBLING DOWN. >> NO ONE IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN INJURED, AND THERE’S NO WORD ON WHAT MAY HAVE CAUSED THAT COLLAPSE. >> ABC TREVOR AULT HAS MORE INVESTIGATORS LOOKING INTO EXACTLY HOW THIS HISTORIC CHURCH IN DOWNTOWN NEW LONDON, CONNECTICUT CRUMBLED TO THE GROUND. >> POSSIBLE EXPLOSION CAUGHT THE DISEASE ON THE ROOF AND STEEPLE TOPPLING IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY, COVERING THE STREETS IN DUST CHURCH WAS BUILT IN THE 1850S. HERE’S WHAT IT LOOKED LIKE. JUST MOMENTS EARLIER. NOW, THIS LAST YEAR, HARRIS HAD JUST PARKED HIS CAR ACROSS THE

STREET. >> I HEARD HIS BOOM SOUND AND I TO MY LEFT AND THERE WAS THE CHURCH ALL IN ONE PIECE. >> BUT THEN IT JUST COLLAPSED RIGHT DOWN THE MIDDLE. MIRACULOUS OUSLY THE ONE PERSON WHO WAS INSIDE THE BUILDING AT THE TIME ESCAPED WITHOUT INJURY. >> YOU COULD COUNT THE LUCK INVOLVED IN THIS. A MILLION WAYS. THE CITY WAS EXTREMELY FORTUNATE IN THE MANNER OF THE COLLAPSE. IT COULD HAVE BEEN A MUCH BIGGER DISASTER. >> US. AND THAT WAS TREVOR AULT REPORTING. AND MAYOR SAYS THE CHURCH HAD ROUTINE FIRE INSPECTIONS, BUT IT’S UNCLEAR IF HAD

BEEN RECENT STRUCTURAL INSPECTIONS OR MILLIONS. PEOPLE ARE UNDER THE THREAT OF DANGEROUS FLASH FLOODING, HEAVY RAIN AND WIDESPREAD FOG TODAY AS A STORM MOVES EAST. ABC’S VICTOR OQUENDO IS IN FORT LEE, NEW JERSEY WITH THE LATEST . MILLIONS WAKING UP TO THE THREAT OF FLASH FLOODING. >> FROM THE LOUISIANA TO WEST VIRGINIA. IN TEXAS, CLEANING UP AFTER PARTS OF THE STATE GETTING OVER EIGHT INCHES OF RAINFALL. SAN JACINTO COUNTY UNDER THE DISASTER DECLARATION AFTER INCREASED WATER LEVELS FROM THE LAKE LIVINGSTON DAM FLOODING HOMES IN THE NEARBY VALLEY. VEHICLES, SOME COMPLETELY SUBMERGED. RESIDENTS DESPERATE FOR AID.

>> YOU DON’T KNOW WHERE YOU’RE GOING TO BE LIVING AFTER SO A LOT LONGER. FROM OKLAHOMA TO ILLINOIS TO NEW, VISIBILITY IS SEVERELY LIMITED, CAUSING DANGEROUS DRIVING CONDITIONS AS WELL AS GROUNDED FLIGHTS. WATCH AS THIS PLANE DISAPPEARS JUST A FEW SECONDS AFTER TAKEOFF. ACCORDING TO THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE, IT’S THE MOST FOG ADVISORY SINCE 2005. >> VISIBILITY IS DOWN TO A QUARTER OF A MILE IN SOME SPOTS. YOU HAVE TO BE CAREFUL ON THE ROADS. WE CAN BARELY MAKE OUT THE GEORGE WASHINGTON BRIDGE RIGHT NOW AND THERE’S REALLY NO RELIEF IN WITH ANOTHER SYSTEM ON

THE MOVE. MORGAN, I CAN BARELY SEE THAT BRIDGE BEHIND YOU. VICTOR OQUENDO THANK YOU. AND MEANWHILE, THAT FOG EXPECTED TO LINGER INTO THE WEEKEND IN SOME AREAS AS MILD WINTER WEATHER CONTINUES. >> METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE TRACKING IT ALL. HI, GINGER. WE’VE GOT ANOTHER STORM TO TALK ABOUT AND WE’VE GOT FOG. LOTS THINGS IN MANY PARTS OF THE COUNTRY. SO STAY WITH ME HERE. WE’LL START WITH THE ICE JAMS THAT ARE CAUSING A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY. WILMINGTON, ILLINOIS. SO THIS IS SOUTHWEST OF CHICAGO. THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE THAT THROUGH THE DAY AS THE WATERS RISE QUICKLY.

YOU’VE GOT A LOT OF WARM AIR GOING OVER WHERE YOU HAD A LOT OF SNOW AND ICE AND IS WHY YOU SEE THOSE RED MARKS. THAT’S HOW LONG RIVERS WHERE YOU FLOOD WARNINGS OR FLASH FLOOD WARNINGS. NOW, LOOK AT THIS. THE WATCHES STILL EXIST FOR ATLANTA AND BIRMINGHAM, AND THAT’S BECAUSE YOU’VE GOT RELATIVELY COOLER AIR THERE. YOU PUT THAT RAIN ON TOP OF IT AND YOU’RE GOING TO GET FOG. THIS A FOURTH MORNING IN A ROW THAT WE HAD FOG ADVISORIES IN HOUSTON, BUT IT WILL GO ALL THE WAY THROUGH TOMORROW FOR A LOT OF

PEOPLE BECAUSE. WE’RE STILL GOING TO BE MOVING THROUGH ROUNDS OF RAIN. THE PROBLEM, THE MOST IMMEDIATE THREAT TODAY IS THE WESTERN HALF OF THAT YELLOW AREA, THE LOUISIANA, MISSISSIPPI PARTS OF ALABAMA, AND THEN TOMORROW, ALABAMA THROUGH NORTH CAROLINA, TENNESSEE FOR FLASH FLOODING. THAT RED CIRCLE TELLS YOU THAT YOU WILL HAVE A SHOT AT DAMAGING WINDS OR EVEN ISOLATED TORNADOES. PENSACOLA, DESTIN, UP THROUGH MONTGOMERY AND BIRMINGHAM ON SATURDAY. SO FOR SATURDAY, MOST OF THE NORTHEAST GOING TO, YOU KNOW, JUST START TO KIND OF HANG AROUND THIS FRONT. BUT IT’S SUNDAY WHEN WE’RE GOING TO GET INTO

THE AND SNOW. THE TOP SIDE OF IT FROM TOLEDO AND CLEVELAND, SOUTHEAST MICHIGAN, OVER TO MUCH OF THE WESTERN NEW YORK, THE CATSKILLS ,INTO THE GREEN AND WHITE MOUNTAINS IN THE BERKSHIRES, GOING TO STAY ON THE SNOWY SIDE. SO YOU’LL END UP WITH ONE AND A HALF FOOT OF SNOW THERE. BUT AT THE COAST, IT STILL LOOKS LIKE WE REMAIN RAIN IN THIS MILD PATTERN. MORGAN GOT GINGER, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> WELL, STILL TO COME, THE LATEST ON KING CHARLES AS HE’S ADMITTED TO THE HOSPITAL FOR SURGERY. WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT HIS VISIT WITH

PRINCESS KATE WHILE SHE RECOVERS FROM HER OWN RECENT SURGERY. ALSO AHEAD, THE OKLAHOMA STATE TROOPER WHO WALKED AWAY FROM THAT SHOCKING CAUGHT ON DASH CAM VIDEO THERE SPEAKING OUT. WHAT HE WANTS YOU TO ABOUT STAYING SAFE BEHIND THE WHEEL. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING. >> ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERY WAY FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE IN UKRAINE. UKRAINE REPORTING FROM THE

EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY ENROLLING FOR. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING IN HAWAII FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. LET’S GO BACK TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY. THIS STORY ON THE FRONT LINES IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP. IN BEIRUT, THE FBI REPORTING THAT THE DAWSONS ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON STREAMING LIVE TO YOU WHEREVER STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE THERE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE. YOU SEE NEWS LINE,

YOU’RE STREAMING NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> NUMBER ONE, STREAMING NEWS. TONIGHT, THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FOLLOWING YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA YET YOU CONVICTED OF HELPING TO KILL YOUR MOM. HER ENTIRE LIFE HAD BEEN A LIE. THE FEEDING TUBE, THE SCARS. SO MANY IT WAS A BRUTAL DEATH. 14 STAB WOUNDS TO THE BACK WERE GYPSY BLUES WERE BEING. WHY REVEAL IT NOW? WHY DIDN’T YOU SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT THEN? THE 2020 DEBORAH ROBERTS INTERVIEW. WOW. WOW. TONIGHT, NINE CENTRAL ON ABC. ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. YOU READY? LET’S DO IT. YES,

IT’S THE SHOW AMERICA WANTS, AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS WHAT WOULD YOU DO NOW? LET’S GO. HOW ARE YOU GUYS? SO WHAT WILL YOU BE WATCHING SATURDAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE? WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I GUESS I JUST FOUND OUT. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? MARATHON TO SIX EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY ON ABC NEWS. >> MY FAVORITE SHOW. >> AND WELCOME BACK. A TROOPER IN OKLAHOMA IS SPEAKING OUT AFTER A HARROWING CRASH DURING A TRAFFIC STOP. BEFORE SHOW YOU THIS VIDEO, I WANT TO BE VERY CLEAR THAT EVERYONE INVOLVED WAS TREATED, RELEASED PHYSICALLY. THEY WILL BE

OKAY. BUT WHAT YOU’RE ABOUT TO SEE INCREDIBLY SHOCKING. THE OKLAHOMA HIGHWAY PATROL IS SHARING IT HOPES THAT IT PREVENTS A TRAGEDY. TRANSPORTATION CORRESPONDENT GIO BENITEZ HAS MORE. >> SO THAT’S TROOPER JESSE GREGORY WEEK ON OKLAHOMA’S I-40. IT WAS JUST ANOTHER TRAFFIC STOP UNTIL THE UNTHINKABLE HAPPENS. TROOPER GREGORY GOES FLYING. HE GETS UP AND QUICKLY RUNS AWAY TO AVOID ANY ADDITIONAL DANGER. SURVIVING AND CALLING FOR HELP . 36 YEARS AGO, HE SAVED MY CAR. SO HIS OVERNIGHT TROOPER, GREGORY, SPEAKING WITH “GMA”. >> I DIDN’T HEAR BRAKES OR ANYTHING. JUST REMEMBER GOING FLY. IMMEDIATELY KNEW THAT SOMEBODY

JUST HIT US. GOT ABSOLUTELY PROTECTED DURING THAT INVESTIGATION. OTHERS ARE STILL LOOKING INTO THE CAUSE OF THE CRASH. TROOPER GREGORY COMING AWAY WITH A RELATIVELY MINOR INJURY TO HIS LEFT ARM. THANKFUL HE’S NOW OFFERING THIS ADVICE FOR PASSING DRIVERS. >> GET OVER. YOU KNOW WHEN YOU SEE US, PLEASE SLOW DOWN. >> AND AGAIN, IT’S JUST INCREDIBLE SEEING THAT HOW EVERYONE INVOLVED IS OKAY. NOW, THE CDC SAYS NINE PEOPLE ARE KILLED EVERY DAY IN THIS COUNTRY IN THAT INVOLVE A DISTRACTED DRIVER EVERY YEAR. THAT’S ABOUT 3000 PEOPLE. AND ABOUT ONE IN FIVE PEOPLE KILLED WEREN’T EVEN

A VEHICLE JUST LIKE THAT TROOPER RIGHT THERE WALKING INTO THAT VIDEO. JUST UNREAL. TRANSPORTATION CORRESPONDENT GIO BENITEZ WITH THAT REPORT. >> THANK YOU. WELL, COMING UP, KING CHARLES HAS ARRIVED FOR SCHEDULED AT THE SAME HOSPITAL WHERE PRINCESS KATE IS RECOVERING. HOW USUAL IS IT FOR TWO ROYALS TO BE IN THE SAME HOSPITAL AT THE SAME TIME? ALSO AHEAD, WHAT THE FAMILY OF ONE OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO MURDER VICTIMS IS NOW SAYING AS A SUSPECT IS DUE BACK IN COURT TODAY. THIS ABC NEWS LIVE. THE CRUSHING OF FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND REFUGEE CENTER IN RUSSIA

ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE, CLOSE TO THE FRONT FROM THE CAPITAL. DESTRUCTIVE CAT 4 STORM ALONG I-5 ALL IS IN THE BULL’S EYE. >> ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ANYTIME, ANYWHERE. STREAMING 24/7 STRAIGHT TO YOU FOR. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS ONE. AMERICA’S NUMBER STREAMING NEWS . >> TONIGHT IS A POSSIBLE BIPARTISAN SOLUTION TO THE BORDER CRISIS COLLIDING WITH CAMPAIGN. PLUS, TRACKING THE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN MELTING. SNOW. MORE AMERICANS TURN TO THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” AND DAVID MUIR FROM AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS COMES THE ONLY

BBC NEWS AT BREAKING NEWS VIDEO FASTER, SMARTER AND CUSTOMIZABLE TO YOUR INTERESTS. IF YOU LOVE BEING IN THE KNOW, YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE THIS EXPERIENCE. THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW. TONIGHT THERE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FOLLOWING YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA YET. YOU WERE CONVICTED OF HELPING TO KILL YOUR MOM. HER ENTIRE LIFE HAD BEEN A LIE. THE FEEDING TUBE, THE SCARS, SO MANY MEDICATIONS. IT WAS A BRUTAL DEATH FOR KILLING STAB WOUNDS, THE BACK. WHAT WAS GYPSY ROSE WORTH? WHY REVEAL IT NOW? WHY DIDN’T YOU SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT IN THE 2020? DEBORAH

ROBERTS INTERVIEW? WOW. WOW. TO 1992 CENTRAL ON ABC. WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS. IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES CHANGED. GETTING YOU BEHIND THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. >> ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME. WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE STREAMING FREE ON ABC NEWS LIVE SUNDAY MORNING THREE NEW EXCLUSIVES. SENATOR TIM SCOTT AFTER ENDORSEMENT OF DONALD TRUMP. GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM ON THE TRAIL FOR JOE BIDEN AND JOINT CHIEFS CHAIR CQ BROWN ON THE MIDDLE EAST AND UKRAINE. >> ON ABC’S THIS WEEK REPORTING FROM THE FBI, I’M PIERRE THOMAS. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE LIVE STREAMING

ABC NEWS LOS LOS. >> WELCOME BACK INTO ABC LIFE FIRST KING CHARLES IS NOW IN A BRITISH HOSPITAL UNDERGOING SURGERY FOR AN ENLARGED. IT’S ACTUALLY THE SAME HOSPITAL WHERE KATE THE PRINCESS OF WALES IS RECOVERING FROM SURGERY AS WELL. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT MAGGIE RULLI HAS THE LATEST FROM LONDON. >> MAGGIE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. IT’S GOOD TO SEE YOU. SO WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THE QUEEN’S SURGERY? MORGAN YEAH, WELL, JUST A COUPLE OF HOURS AGO THAT THE KING’S MOTORCADE PULLED UP RIGHT IN FRONT OF THIS HOSPITAL, HE AND THE QUEEN BOTH

ARRIVED FOR WHAT THE HAS BEEN CALLING A, QUOTE, SCHEDULED TREATMENT. AND AS YOU MENTIONED, IT WAS JUST LAST WEEK THE PALACE FIRST MADE THIS ANNOUNCEMENT THAT THE KING WAS GOING TO BE UNDERGOING SURGERY FOR AN ENLARGED. HE’D BEEN TAKING A STEP BACK FROM SOME OF HIS ROYAL DUTIES AS WELL. AND, YOU KNOW, MORGAN, IT’S INTERESTING. IT’S RARE THAT WE SEE THIS LEVEL OF DETAIL ABOUT A ROYAL’S MEDICAL SITUATION. BUT THE PALACE OF THE KING CHARLES REALLY WANTED TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT ISSUES AND MET. AND JUST TODAY IN A STATEMENT SAID THE, PALACE. I THINK HIS

MAJESTY WOULD LIKE TO THANK ALL OF THOSE WHO HAVE SENT GOOD WISHES OVER THE PAST WEEK AND IS DELIGHTED TO LEARN THAT HIS DIAGNOSIS IS HAVING A POSITIVE IMPACT ON PUBLIC HEALTH AWARENESS. AND MORGAN, IT REALLY IS. HERE IN THE U.K., LOCAL HEALTH AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN SAYING THEY’VE ALREADY SEEN A HUGE INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SEARCHING FOR RELATED ISSUES. >> YEAH, IT’S GOOD TO SEE THAT HE’S RAISING AWARENESS. AND WE KNOW THAT PRINCESS KATE IS ALSO IN THE HOSPITAL AS WELL, THE SAME HOSPITAL. SO WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HER SURGERY AND HOW

SHE’S DOING? >> YEAH, EXACTLY. BOTH OF THEM ARE IN THIS HOSPITAL JUST BEHIND ME. WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE KING AND QUEEN VISITED THEIR DAUGHTER IN LAW KATE, THE PRINCESS OF WALES, JUST THIS MORNING AT ABOUT ALL WE KNOW, SHE’S STILL RECOVERING. THE LAST WEEK THE PALACE HAD SAID TO EXPECT FOR HER TO REMAIN IN THE HOSPITAL FOR 10 TO 14 DAYS. MORGAN TODAY IS DAY TEN. SHE HAS ASKED EVERYONE FOR PRIVACY AND HER TEAM HAS QUITE TIGHT-LIPPED, BUT THEY DID SAY SHE’S DOING WELL. SO WE HOPE TO SEE HER OUT OF THE HOSPITAL SOON.

WE HOPE SHE CAN GET HOME TO TO BE WITH HER FAMILY AND HER THREE LITTLE KIDS. MORGAN YEAH, SO MANY PEOPLE WISHING HER WELL. MAGGIE, REALLY IN LONDON FOR US, MAKING THANK YOU. >> AND A PROGRAMMING NOTE TONIGHT, ABC TAKES A LOOK AT THE UNPRECEDENTED MIGRATION CRISIS PLAGUING NOT ONLY THE BUT NATIONS AROUND THE GLOBE. WE WANT TO TUNE IN TO THE SPECIAL EXODUS GLOBAL MIGRATION. IT AIRS TONIGHT AT 8 P.M. EASTERN RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> COMING UP, SOME BOEING NEXT. >> LINES ARE SET TO RETURN TO THE AIR, BUT IS FLIGHT

STILL AT RISK OF BEING CANCELED? ALSO AHEAD, IS THIS PHOTO PLANE CRAZY OR JUST TOEING THE LINE? THE TRAVEL DEBATE THAT HAS SOCIAL MEDIA BUZZING. SNOOP DOGG ON HIS NEW MOVIE AND HOW ART IMITATES LIFE AND HE TELLS US, WELL, HE’S BEEN WORKING WITH IN THE RECORDING STUDIO. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE WITH A CLUSTER OF FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND AT REFUGEE CENTERS IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE, CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINE FROM THE CAPITAL. THE STRUCTURE FOUR FOR LONG ALONG I-5 IS IN THE MOBILE ABC NEWS LIVE. >> AMERICA’S NUMBER

ONE STREET, ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, STREAMING 24/7. STRAIGHT TO YOU FOR FREE. THANK YOU FOR MAKING ABC NEWS LIVE AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING IS MORE OF THE CITY OF VALUE. THERE ARE SOME U.S. CRIMINAL SUSPECTS THAT THINK THEY CAN EVADE LAW BY COMING DOWN HERE TO MEXICO TO COUNTRY RIGHT. NOW, SOME OF THEM END UP GETTING SURPRISED FROM A BET BY A SPECIAL GROUP OF POLICE NICKNAMED REAL CRIME. SOMETIMES THEY WORK, SOMETIMES THEY LISTEN. I’M ON THE UNIT HAS EVEN CAUGHT SOME HEROIN IN THE EYES MOST MORNINGS. PETER CHARALAMBOUS. THIS IS “IMPACT X NIGHTLINE” AND STREAMING ON

HULU. >> ARE YOU REALLY READY? LET’S DO IT. YES, IT’S THE SHOW AMERICA WANTS AND, AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? IT HAPPENS. GO. HOW ARE YOU? YEAH. SO WHAT WILL YOU BE WATCHING? SATURDAY IS ABC NEWS LIVE WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I GUESS I JUST FOUND OUT. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? MARATHON TO SIX EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY ON ABC NEWS. >> MY FAVORITE NOW WHAT DO YOU SEE? MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS “START HERE” TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE

DAY’S STORIES A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD ARMOR AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING . YOU START HERE. ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY LISTEN. >> NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS. >> START HERE WHENEVER WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS. IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED HERE IN LONDON, IN BUFFALO, YOU HAULED IN TEXAS, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND, REPORTING FROM ROLLING FORK,

UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HERE IN WARSAW. WE’RE HEADING TO A SMALL COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF MEXICO CITY, GETTING YOU BEHIND THE STORIES THEY HAPPEN. >> ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME. WE’LL TAKE YOU STREAM NBC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER YOU WANT. >> MORE NEWS ON ABC NEWS LIVE IN OUR CONNECTED WORLD. >> MISINFORMATION CAN MASQUERADE AS FACT ERODING TRUST DIVIDING COMMUNITIES. >> BUT BEHIND EVERY IS A PERSON WITH A DECISION. >> JOIN THE MOVEMENT FOR A MORE NEWS LITERATE AMERICA. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. EVERYBODY IN THAT HOME IS OKAY TO CATCH YOU UP WITH

WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. WE ARE HERE AT FASHION’S BIGGEST OUT. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? YOUTUBE HAS UNVEILED A NEW SET OF POLICIES. WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE NEW AD CAMPAIGN. FAST, STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN A REAL LIFE BARBIE DREAM HOUSE. A NAME CHANGE FOR THE WIENERMOBILE. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AMERICA. THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. WHY ABC NEWS? >> AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE. >> AND WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS. MY FIRST THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STREAMING WITH US. YOU ARE LOOKING AT CAPITOL HILL ON

THIS FRIDAY. AND SPEAKING OF WRITING, HAPPY FRIDAY TO YOU. AND WE’VE GOT A LOT OF NEWS TO GET TO. AND HERE’S THE RUNDOWN RIGHT NOW. BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT’S PAUSING ALL NEW APPLICATIONS FOR NATURAL EXPORTS. ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS SAY THEY WANT TO REVIEW THE MASSIVE INCREASE IN EXPORTS TO FOREIGN NATIONS THAT HAPPENED AFTER RUSSIA’S WAR WITH UKRAINE. THE U.S. ENERGY SECRETARY SAYS THE PAUSE WILL NOT AFFECT ALREADY AUTHORIZED EXPORT EXPORTS AND WON’T IMPACT THE GAS INDUSTRY ABILITY TO SUPPLY U.S. ALLIES IN EUROPE AND ASIA. THE U.S. GAS INDUSTRY, THOUGH, OPPOSES THE MOVE, WHILE CLIMATE CHANGE GROUPS

SEE IT AS A VICTORY. ALASKA AIRLINES IS PUTTING SOME OF ITS MAX NIGHTS IN THE AIR. THIS COMES JUST THREE WEEKS AFTER THE BOEING 737 MAX NINE DOOR PLUG BLEW OFF THE PLANE. 16,000 FEET IN THE AIR. ALASKA AIRLINES SAYS ALL MAX LINES WILL BE FLYING AGAIN IN FEBRUARY. SO YOU MAY STILL SEE SOME CANCELLATIONS IN THE NEXT WEEK. THE AIRLINE SAYS THE GROUNDING, THE MAX ACTUALLY COST THE COMPANY $150 MILLION. MEANWHILE, UNITED ALSO SAYS IT’S PUTTING ITS NEEDS BACK IN THE AIR BY SUNDAY. AND A LITTLE MOMENT OF ZEN FOR YOU ON THIS FRIDAY.

SURFING DOGS, RIDING THE WAVES ,PERU. IT’S A VIDEO YOU DIDN’T KNOW YOU NEED IT. THAT’S FOUR-YEAR-OLD JACK RUSSELL NICKLAS BALANCING ON THE BOARD WITH HIS OWNER AND SURFING STRUCTURE. THEY BEGIN SURFING TOGETHER ABOUT A YEAR AGO. THEY’RE NOT THE ONLY HUMAN DUO SURFING THE WAVES THERE. A DOZEN OR CAN BE SEEN DURING A SINGLE WEEKEND. BUT WE DO BEGIN WITH THE SUSPECT IN THE MURDERS OF FOUR UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO DUE IN COURT TODAY. IT COMES AS WE HEAR FROM THE FAMILY OF KAYLA GONSALVES, ONE OF THE STUDENTS KILLED IN 2022. HER FAMILY DOWN WITH ABC

NEWS ANCHOR KAYNA WHITWORTH AHEAD OF TODAY’S HEARING. >> WE’RE JUST LEFT IN LIMBO. KAYLA PARENTS SHARING EXCLUSIVELY WITH “GMA”. >> NEVER BEFORE SEEN PICTURES AND VIDEOS OF THEIR 21-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER. >> YOU CAN SEE IT SEASONED THEM, BUT YOU CAN’T PUT THEM. >> YEAH, I KNOW. THAT’S IN FRONT OF A TOWER. YEAH, THIS IS IN FRONT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO TOWER. THE FAMILY STILL ON A FULL DIGITAL COPY OF CAYLEE’S PHONE FROM AUTHORITIES. >> THESE ARE THE LAST MOMENTS OF YOUR CHILD’S LIFE. AND YOU’RE SITTING HERE FIGHTING WITH SOMEBODY WHO JUST DOESN’T CARE. >> THEY

WERE ABLE TO COLLECT SOME CAYLEE’S BELONGINGS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OVER THE SUMMER, WHICH RAISE CONCERNS THEM ABOUT HOW WELL POSSIBLE EVIDENCE WAS PROCESSED, INCLUDING A TRASH CAN FROM CAYLEE’S ROOM THAT WAS FULL AND APPEARED UNTOUCHED. >> WE OPENED IT WAS A LITTLE SQUEEZY APPLESAUCE THING LIKE YOU WOULD GIVE IT TO, LIKE A TODDLER. IT DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN GONE. >> POLICE SAYING THEY HAD GATHERED MORE THAN 100 PIECES OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FROM THE SCENE, ALONG WITH SOME 4000 PHOTOS AND 3D SCANS OF THE RESIDENCE. STILL, FRUSTRATION MOUNTING FOR THE FAMILY OVER WHAT THEY

CONSIDER LACK OF COMMUNICATION AND A RUSH TO TEAR DOWN THE HOME ON KING ROAD. CHRISTIE DESCRIBES FOR THE FIRST TIME HOW CAYLEE WAS FOUND. >> IT’S MY UNDERSTANDING CAYLEE WAS KIND OF SITTING UP. YES. AND I HAD THOUGHT, YEAH. AND THE WAY THAT THAT RUNS PUT TOGETHER, IF YOU COME THROUGH THAT DOOR, YOU CAN’T GET OUT OF THAT COMPLETELY, TOTALLY TRAPPED. >> YEAH. YOU’RE IN A BAD TINY. THAT THE BAD ONE. THE ENTIRE ROOM. YOU COULD BARELY OPEN UP THE DOOR WITHOUT SWIPING THE FOOT OF THE BED. AND IT WAS LIKE WALL. YOU KNOW, THE

HEADBOARD WAS UP AGAINST THE WALL. RECIPROCATED WAS ON UP AGAINST THE LAW AND AFTER YOU CAN IMAGINE CAYLEE IN AN UPRIGHT SORT OF POSITION UP IN THE CORNER, SLUMPED AND SHE WAS SHOCKED. >> THE HOME ON KING ROAD WAS DOWN IN THE PREDAWN HOURS OF DECEMBER 20 EIGHT. AND ABC NEWS LIVE ANCHOR KAYNA WHITWORTH JOINING NOW ALONGSIDE LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR BRIAN BUCKMIRE KAINE OF JUST INCREDIBLE THERE. >> SO WHAT DO WE EXPECT FROM TODAY’S HEARINGS? >> YES, IT’S GOING TO BE A BUSY DAY HERE AT THE LEHIGH COUNTY COURTHOUSE. TWO PIVOTAL HEARINGS TODAY. AND THE FIRST

ONE IS SEALED. THE PUBLIC NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. AND IT’S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WILL BE AT LEAST OF THREE MOTIONS DISCUSSED. THERE’S BEEN THREE MOTIONS FILED BY THE DEFENSE TO HAVE THE CHARGES AGAINST BRIAN COWORKER THROWN OUT. SO THEY’LL DISCUSS AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE. THEY WILL ALSO LIKELY DISCUSS HOW MUCH DISCOVERY THE DEFENSE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO IN TERMS GENEALOGY. THEN THE SECOND HEARING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC AND IT’S IN THAT SAME VEIN. WHERE IS OUR UNDERSTANDING? THE DEFENSE WILL BE ASKING THE JUDGE TO RECONSIDER A PREVIOUS DECISION OF HIS TO

NOT THROW OUT THE CHARGES AGAINST COWORKER. THERE IS ALSO A SCHEDULING CONFERENCE SLATED FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THAT IS WHAT THE FAMILIES WILL BE PAYING VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO. THEY WANT A TRIAL DATE SET AND THEY’RE EAGER FOR FOR JUSTICE IN THIS CASE. >> AND BRIAN, THERE HAVE BEEN THREE SEPARATE ATTEMPTS TO HAVE THE INDICTMENT THROWN OUT. NOW THEY’RE SAYING THEY WANT SOME OF THE DETAILS AND THE MOST RECENT ONE MADE PUBLIC. YOU KNOW ARE THEY BETTING ON SOME SORT OF PUBLIC GOODWILL HERE? >> HERE NOT TO USE THE WORD PUBLICLY, THOUGH, THE REASON

THEY THE REASON WHY I’M TELLING YOU THIS IS WHY ONE I MEAN, THIS A PROFILE OF THE FAMILIES, ALL THE LEADERS AND ALL DELIBERATION ABOUT THIS CASE IS ONE SIDED BECAUSE OF WHAT’S COMING OUT AND ALSO JUST THE HORRIFIC RUDENESS OF THIS CASE. WE’RE ALL THE FACTS THAT COULD INCRIMINATE BRYANT OVER ISSUES THAT THOSE ATTRACT MORE GET SOME INFORMATION OUT THERE TO KIND OF THOSE ELEMENTS OF REASONABLE, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO BE THERE WHEN THEY SELECT A JURY AND THEY WANT SOME ARE GOING TO BE ABLE TO PUSH BACK IN THIS CASE

BEFORE JURY SELECTION. >> BRIAN, WHY WOULD THEY MAKE JUST ONE HEARING PRIVATE? >> I THINK THE NATURE THE HEARINGS IN THE FIRST HEARING, WE KNOW THE START OF 11 A.M. PACIFIC TIME. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A BIASED JURY IN ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE OF SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE THAT IS PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT. >> SORRY. THAT IS VERY FACT. SPECIFIC AS TO WHAT HAPPENS IN A GRAND JURY. AND TYPICALLY THE GRAND JURY IS SECRETIVE. AND SO TO GET INTO THE NITTY GRITTY, THAT INFORMATION WAS NOT TO GET INTO WHAT IS TYPICALLY SECRETIVE GRAND JURY COVER, 2:01 P.M. PACIFIC TIME HERE IS THAT

SOME CONSIDER THE GRAND JURY DECISION BASED ON A STATUTORY INTERPRETATION OF WHAT THE STANDARD PROCEDURE AND CASE LAW. >> THAT IS SOMEWHAT PROCEDURAL OR GOING TO BASED ON THE FACTS OF THE CASE PER SE. THIS IS MORE LIKELY TO OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. >> AND I THINK THAT’S WHY THE DISTINCTION AND WE KNOW THAT YOU’VE BEEN ALL OVER THIS STORY DOING SOME INCREDIBLE REPORTING AND TALKING FAMILIES THERE. WHEN COULD A TRIAL DATE BE SET AND WHAT DOES JUSTICE LIKE FOR THESE FAMILIES? ALL RIGHT. SO FIRST, IT’S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT A TRIAL DATE DOES GET SET

TODAY. REMEMBER, THE PROSECUTION HAS ASKED FOR THE JUDGE TO SET A TRIAL DATE FOR THIS SUMMER. THEY’RE ISOLATING THE SUMMER BECAUSE THEY DON’T WANT IT TO BE DISRUPTIVE, THE COMMUNITY TO THE UNIVERSITY AND TO SCHOOLS. I MEAN, FROM WHERE I’M STANDING, JUST AT THE END OF THE BLOCK HERE, THERE’S A HIGH SCHOOL. THERE’S ALSO A LOWER SCHOOL AROUND THE CORNER. WELL, SO THEY’RE EYEING THIS SUMMER SO THAT IT’S NOT DISRUPTIVE THAT SOMETHING THAT THIS FAMILY WANTS AS WELL, ESPECIALLY THE GONZALEZ FAMILY . AND IN TERMS OF JUSTICE, IT IS DIFFERENT, RIGHT, FOR EVERY FAMILY. REMINDER

THAT THE PROSECUTION IS SEEKING THE DEATH PENALTY IN THIS CASE. AND WHEN I WAS SPEAKING WITH STEVE GONZALES THIS LAST NIGHT, HE SAID, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE THE RIGHT GUY, HE SAID THE MESSAGE SHOULD BE THAT IF YOU COME IDAHO AND YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, YOU DIE FOR IT. HE THAT’S THE BEST THEY CAN ASK FOR. VERY STRONG WORDS, KAYNA WHITWORTH AND BRIAN BUCKMIRE. THANK YOU BOTH. AND BE SURE TO LISTEN TO HIS PODCAST ON THE CASE. YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE KING ROAD KILLINGS WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR. >> WELL, COMING UP, JUSTIN

TIMBERLAKE’S NEW MUSIC, WHAT HE’S SAYING ABOUT HIS NEW ALBUM. ALSO AHEAD, DR. PATEL IS HERE TO ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> TONIGHT IS A POSSIBLE BIPARTISAN SOLUTION TO THE BORDER CRISIS COLLIDING WITH CAMPAIGN POLITICS. PLUS, TRACKING THE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN, MELTING SNOW. MORE AMERICANS TURN TO THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION. “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH DAVID MUIR. GET READY, AMERICA. EVERY FRIDAY, HOW TO TURN STYLES AND MUSTACHE. BUT WHAT’S THE RIGHT STUFF TO BUY RIGHT? I REALLY LOVE THAT. IT’S TIME TO BUY THE RIGHT STUFF AND SAVE BIG TIME TO

THE RIGHT STUFF. FRIDAYS AND “GMA”. >> YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE IT. THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE TO CRAWFORD AND FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND AT REFUGEE CENTER AND PUTIN’S RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINE FROM THE CAPITAL DESTRUCTIVE FORCE STORM ON MAY FIVE. BOSTON IS IN THE BULL’S EYE. LET’S GET ABC NEWS LIVE. AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, STREAMING 4/7. STRAIGHT TO YOU FOR FREE. THANK FOR MAKING ABC NEWS ONE AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING IS AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE BECOMES THE ONLY YOU AND ABC NEWS AND BREAKING NEWS

VIDEO FASTER SMARTER AND IT CAN CUSTOMIZE TO YOU AND YOUR INTERESTS. IF YOU LOVE BEING IN THE KNOW YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE THIS EXPERIENCE WITH ALL THE BLESSINGS OF THAT EXPERIENCE. THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW ABC NEWS LIVE PROGRAM WINNER OF THE GRACIE AWARD FOR BEST NEWS PROGRAM IN ALL OF TELEVISION AT STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WITH LINSEY DAVIS WEEKNIGHTS ON ABC NEWS LIVE IN THE CITY OF MEXICALI. >> THERE ARE SOME U.S. CRIMINAL SUSPECTS THAT THINK THEY CAN EVADE LAW ENFORCEMENT BY COMING DOWN HERE TO MEXICO TO HIDE. RIGHT NOW,

SOME OF THEM END UP GETTING SURPRISED WHEN THEY’RE MET BY A SPECIALIZED GROUP OF POLICE NICKNAMED RINGO STARR. SOMETIMES THEY DO IT, SOMETIMES THIS UNIT IS EVEN CALLED SOME THAT ARE ON THE FBI. MOST WANTED LIST. THIS IS “IMPACT X NIGHTLINE”, NOW STREAMING ON HULU AND BACK . SO A GREAT DEBATE IS BREWING. A SOCIAL MEDIA POST, SOMEONE’S FOOT ON A PLANE WITH NO SHOES, BY THE WAY, AND POSSIBLY TOO CLOSE FOR MY COMFORT HAS SPARKED A MAJOR DISCUSSION ABOUT PERSONAL SPACE IN CRAMPED AREAS. SO HOW CLOSE IS TOO CLOSE? >> DO YOU NEED THREE?

ANCHOR EVA PILGRIM HAS MORE. >> FIVE DOGS ARE BARKING. >> IT’S A DEBATE OFTEN SEEN 30,000 FEET IN THE AIR. HOW TO TOE THE LINE OVER PERSONAL SPACE. A PHOTO POSTED ON REDDIT SPARKING THOUSANDS OF COMMENTS SHOWING A PASSENGER’S FOOT INVADING ANOTHER PASSENGER SPACE. >> IN THIS CASE, THE WOMAN WHO TOOK IT IS NOT IN THE WRONG BECAUSE SOMEBODY’S FOOT OR SOCK OR WHATEVER, EVEN HAIR, SOMEBODY ELSE’S SPACE WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE. >> TRAVELERS FED UP THAT LITTLE BUBBLE IS YOUR BUBBLE. THAT IS NOT ME. PUT YOUR INSIDE SOMEONE ELSE’S BUBBLE. >> FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SAY THESE

INCIDENTS ARE NOT UNCOMMON, ESPECIALLY WITH SEATS SQUEEZING CLOSER AS AIRLINES PACK PASSENGERS IN. PEOPLE PUT THEIR FEET ON THE ARMRESTS IN FRONT OF THEM AND SPENT SOME AS THEY STRETCH OUT UNDERNEATH THE SEAT AND GO INTO SOMEONE’S SPACE IN FRONT OF THEM. >> ACCORDING TO SEAT GURU, SHORT HALL ECONOMY FLIGHTS WILL SEE ROUGHLY 30 INCHES IN BETWEEN SEATS. IF YOU DO DISCOVER AN INVASIVE FOOT, YOU CAN POLITELY TAKE ACTION TO GIVE IT THE BOOT, TO SAY, OH WAS HOPING IF IT WAS OKAY YOU COULD JUST MOVE YOUR YOUR ARM OR YOUR FOOT. >> AND THEN

IF THEY IF THEY IGNORE THAT, I WOULD JUST CALMLY ALERT A FLIGHT ATTENDANT ,CALMLY ALERT THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT OR STEP ON THE FOOT. NOW, JUST KIDDING. EVA PILGRIM WITH THAT REPORT EVEN. THANK YOU. WELL, TIME NOW FOR WEEKLY SEGMENT “PATEL IT LIKE IT IS”, WHERE ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR DR. PATEL SHARES HEALTH ADVICE ON THE TOPICS THAT MATTER TO YOU. AND TODAY HE’S ANSWERING SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS. OKAY, SO LET’S START WITH MARYLAND. DR. PATEL, GOOD TO SEE YOU. SHE WANTS TO KNOW, DOES YOUR MATE. HELP WITH ENERGY AND WEIGHT LOSS. >> I LOVE A GOOD

SCIENTIFIC DEEP DIVE ON THESE POPULAR PRODUCTS. SO YOU’RE ABOUT MY TAKE IS A TYPE OF TEA WHICH I’M A FAN OF THIS IS ALSO KNOWN AS PARAGUAYAN TEA MADE FROM PLANT. I LIKES POWER GRADIENTS AS SOME BOTANISTS WILL PROBABLY CORRECT ME FOR MY PRONUNCIATION. >> BUT LONG STORY SHORT, WHEN THIS TEA IS MADE, THERE’S A LOT OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS IN IT THAT PEOPLE SAY IT. IT’S ANTI-INFLAMMATORY, CANCER FIGHTING, STIMULANT ENERGY BOOSTING EFFECTS. >> BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IT HAS, IT IS CAFFEINE. ABOUT 150 MILLILITERS OF ITS POPULARITY HAS 80 MILLIGRAMS OF CAFFEINE. NOW,

ONE ASTERISK IS THAT SOME WILL MAKE THE TEA CONTINUOUSLY POUR WATER IN IT, WHICH YOUR DRINK, AND THEN GET 100 OR 200 MILLIGRAMS OF CAFFEINE. SO PEOPLE JUST NEED TO BE AWARE SOME OF THE NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS OF THIS, SUCH AS DISRUPTING YOUR SLEEP, POTENTIALLY CAUSING AN ABNORMAL HEART RHYTHM, INTERACTING WITH MEDICATIONS AND PREGNANT SHOULD BE CAREFUL WITH HOW MUCH CAFFEINE THEY’RE HAVING. >> THERE ARE SOME ANIMAL STUDIES THAT SUGGEST THAT YOUR REMARKS MAY HELP WITH FAT LOSS . IT’S ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO TALK TO A DOCTOR ABOUT THIS AND REMEMBER EVERYTHING IN MODERATION,

BECAUSE SOME STUDIES ALSO SUGGEST THAT A LOT OF YOUR REMARKS MAY ACTUALLY INCREASE YOUR RISK OF DEVELOPING SOME ORAL CANCERS. BUT I SAY, HEY IT’S A GREAT DRINK. >> GIVE IT A WHIRL. JUST MAKE SURE YOU’RE BREWING IT YOURSELF AND YOU’RE PAYING ATTENTION TO HOW MUCH SUGAR COMES IN SOME OF THOSE YERBA MATE CANS AND. THANK YOU FOR TEACHING ME HOW TO PRONOUNCE YOUR, BUT I HAD NEVER HEARD ABOUT IT. SO THANK YOU FOR WEIGHING IN ON THAT. >> NOW I KNOW WE’RE GETTING A CULTURAL DAY. WE’RE GETTING CULTURAL. LOVE IT. OKAY, SO LET’S GO

TO LIZ, WHO ASKS, CAN YOU DO ANYTHING TO INCREASE A LOW WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT? >> VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION. SO QUICK BACKGROUND. YOUR WHITE BLOOD CELLS ARE YOUR YOUR LEUKOCYTES ARE BASICALLY PART OF YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM. >> THEY HELP YOU FIGHT OFF INFECTION IS A LOW COUNT OR LEUKEMIA COULD ACTUALLY INCREASE YOUR RISK OF HAVING AN INFECTION. >> SO IF YOU HAVE ANY HISTORY OF THIS OR YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A LOW WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT, IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT IDEA TO GO TALK TO A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL. A DOCTOR WILL ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS POSSIBLY

DO A PHYSICAL EXAM TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER ASSOCIATED SYMPTOMS LIKE FATIGUE, AN ENLARGED SPLEEN, EASY BRUISING . >> YOU MAY NEED SOME MORE LABS OR TESTS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT’S GOING ON AND FIXING YOUR LITTLE WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT ULTIMATELY COMES DOWN TO ADDRESSING THE UNDERLYING CAUSE. >> SO THINGS LIKE AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE, CERTAIN MEDICATIONS BONE MARROW DISEASE, EVEN INFECTIONS, CAN LOWER THOSE WHITE BLOOD CELLS. THEY DO SWING A LOT, WHICH IS WHY WE TEST THEM OFTEN FOR PATIENTS WHO SICK. BUT AGAIN, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO IS AND GET THOSE

LABS TESTED AND FIND OUT WHAT’S CAUSING IT. ALSO, NUTRITION PLAYS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR, NOT ONLY HERE BUT WORLDWIDE WHEN IT COMES TO WHITE BLOOD CELLS AS SUCH. >> GOOD ADVICE THERE. AND LASTLY, STANFORD FROM NEW YORK ASKS, WHAT ARE EXAMPLES OF HEALTHY FOODS OR SNACKS THAT COME OUT OF A BAG OR BOX? >> I FEEL YOU ON THIS ONE, STANFORD BECAUSE WE’RE ALL ON THE GO. WE WANT TO BUY THOSE SNACKS THAT WE CAN PUT IN OUR GYM BAG OR TAKE ON A PLANE OR ROAD TRIP OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE. >> NOW, I ACTUALLY

CONSULTED AN NBA DIETITIAN SERIOUSLY ABOUT WHAT SHE RECOMMENDS FOR THIS. AND IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO BUYING WHOLE FOODS BASED SNACKS WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT INGREDIENTS ARE IN THERE. SO ALWAYS TURN A PACKAGING AROUND. YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY’RE SHELF STABLE AS WELL SO THERE’S A LOT OF GREAT OPTIONS OUT THERE, INCLUDING CERTAIN PROTEIN, FRUIT BARS, UNSALTED NUTS AND SEEDS. THERE’S EVEN SOME POPCORNS OR SEAWEEDS. THERE ARE SOME FRESH FOODS YOU CAN BUY THAT COME IN A BAG SUCH AS VEGGIES, GREEK YOGURT, BOILED EGGS. THE ONE THING YOU WANT TO DO IS

MAKE SURE THAT YOU’RE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE EXPIRATION DATE AND YOU’RE NOT FALLING ANY OF THE MARKETING GIMMICK TERMS ON THE FRONT BECAUSE ALL NATURAL ORGANIC, NON-GMO, VEGAN, WHATEVER IT MAY SAY, DOES NOT SAY ABOUT THE ACTUAL INGREDIENTS AND THE ACTUAL NUTRITIONAL FACTS, INCLUDING SODIUM, CALCIUM, FAT, PROTEIN AND OF THAT. >> SO MAKE SURE YOU’RE DOING YOUR RESEARCH, YOU KNOW WHAT’S IN THERE AND SNACK AWAY. YEAH, YOU GOT TO REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE LABOR LABELS. DR. ALOK PATEL THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND OF COURSE, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR DR. PATEL, YOU CAN THEM

A MESSAGE ON OUR INSTAGRAM FEED AND HE MIGHT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION HERE ON FRIDAY. WELL, COMING UP, SNOOP DOGG TAKES US BEHIND THE SCENES OF HIS NEW MOVIE. FIND OUT WHAT HE’S SAYING ABOUT MAYBE SOME NEW MUSIC AS WELL. PLUS, MEGAN RYTE IS HERE TO. BREAK DOWN ALL THE BIGGEST NEW MUSIC HEADLINES OF THE WEEK. SHE’S GOT IT ALL TODAY IN THE TRACK. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. THE CRUSH OF FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND AT REFUGEE CENTERS IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINE FROM THE CAPITAL DESTRUCTIVE FORCE

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IN THE 2020 DEBORAH ROBERTS INTERVIEW? WOW. WOW. TONIGHT AT NINE CENTRAL ON ABC . ARE YOU READY? LET’S DO IT. YES, IT’S THE SHOW AMERICA WANTS AND AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I JUST GO. HOW ARE YOU? YEAH. SO WHAT WILL YOU BE WATCHING SATURDAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE? WHAT WOULD DO? I GUESS I JUST FOUND OUT, THOUGH. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? MARATHON 2 TO 6 EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY. ABC NEWS LIVE. MY FAVORITE TOWN TONIGHT IS A POSSIBLE BIPARTISAN SOLUTION TO THE BORDER CRISIS COLLIDING WITH CAMPAIGN POLITICS. PLUS, TRACKING THE

FLOODING FROM RAIN AND MELTING SNOW. MORE AMERICANS TURN TO THE MOST WATCHED ON TELEVISION. “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” AND DAVID MUIR SUNDAY. MORNING. THREE NEW EXCLUSIVES. SENATOR TIM SCOTT AFTER, HIS ENDORSEMENT OF DONALD TRUMP. GOVERNOR GAVIN NEWSOM ON THE TRAIL FOR JOE BIDEN AND JOINT CHIEFS CHAIR CQ BROWN ON THE MIDDLE EAST AND UKRAINE ON ABC’S THIS WEEK AND REPORTING FROM THE NEW HAMPSHIRE PRIMARY. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WILL FOR YOU, THERE YOU’RE SWIMMING ABC BY AND WELCOME BACK. HIP-HOP LEGEND SNOOP DOGG HAS A NEW MOVIE ABOUT YOUTH FOOTBALL THAT HE SAYS IMITATES HIS REAL LIFE.

HE SAT DOWN WITH OUR MICHAEL STRAHAN MAKING THE SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT WHAT HE’S BEEN WORKING ON IN THE STUDIO AND WHO HE’S BEEN WORKING WITH. THAT IS SURE TO MAKE FANS VERY HAPPY. IT’S LIKE, WHO AM I? CATAPULTED DOGG TO HIP HOP FAME IN THE NINETIES. LATER DROP IT LIKE IT’S HOT WOULD BRING HIM TO THE TOP OF THE BILLBOARD CHARTS DROP IT LIKE A CHILD. DROP IT LIKE A CHILD. NOW THREE DECADES AND THE 16 TIME GRAMMY NOMINEE IS A BUSINESS MOGUL AND POP CULTURE ICON AND BE IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS TO BE A

BUSINESS MAN, TO BE AN ACTOR, TO BE A PRODUCER, TO DO ALL THOSE THINGS, HOW YOU HAVE TO COMPARTMENTALIZE EVERYTHING. I’M MASTERING THE CRAFT OF WHO I AM AND TO BE THE BEST WHO I AM IS TO DO THE THINGS THAT MAKE ME FEEL GOOD. AND THE MAIN TWO THINGS IS FUN, RIGHT? IF YOU WIN IT, IF YOU ENDORSE, IF IT MAKES FUN AND IT’S FUN. I MEAN, I DID IT THAT WAY. >> SNOOP IS HAVING A LOT OF FUN ON SCREEN IN HIS NEW MOVIE, UNDERDOGS PLAYING TO JAY-Z, A FORMER PRO ATHLETE, COURT ORDERED

TO DO PUBLIC COACHING, YOUTH FOOTBALL AND FOOTBALL LEGEND JASON JAMES JENNINGS, YOUR NEW HEAD COACH. >> SO HOW MUCH OF YOU IS IN TWO DAYS? >> I’LL SAY ABOUT 85%. AND THEN 15% IS MY COACH CAME IN BECAUSE THIS IS THE SAME WAY AS FAR AS THE WAY HE COACHES WITH INTENSITY AND FOUL LANGUAGE. >> YOU KNOW, THE OLD SCHOOL STYLE OF COACH OF PEOPLE, WE CAN BE THE BEST. WE’VE GOT TO MASTER THE FUNDAMENTALS. SO PRETTY BOY, MISS AND PASS AT THE PASS. >> I LOVE THE TITLE OF THE FILM UNDERDOG WHERE TO GO

FROM UNDERDOG TO ONE TO DOG. I OFF AS AN UNDERDOG. YOU KNOW, THAT’S THE BEST DOG THEY HAVE A BIG BECAUSE YOU THE ONE THAT THEY DON’T PAY ATTENTION TO. >> SO YOU’VE GOT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MASTER YOU TO WHERE YOU BECOME THE GREATEST YOU YOU CAN BE. >> I’M RECOMMENDING COMMUNITY SERVICE WITHIN LONG BEACH RECREATIONS DEPARTMENTS. >> I THOUGHT I WAS GETTING LIKE SOME MARTHA STEWART KIND OF TREATMENT. >> AND YOU GOT THE GREAT CAMEO IN THIS FILM ABOUT, GEORGE LOPEZ. >> HE PLAYED YOUR HIGH SCHOOL COACH, MIKE EPPS PLAYS

YOUR ASSISTANT COACH. CANDY BURROUGHS PLAYED THE JUDGE. >> TONY GONZALEZ IS IN THE MOVIE. YOU YOU IN THERE, TOO? >> CAN YOU WRITE TO ME TO SHOW YOU CAN HIT PLAY? YOU KNOW, SOME WOULD SAY WHO NEEDS FAMILY WHEN YOU GOT MONEY FAME, YOUR OWN TV TALK SHOW? YOU KNOW, I WAS AT THE PINNACLE OF MY COMEBACK AND GAVE TO MICHAEL STRAHAN AND TOLD I WAS ABOUT TO BECOME A PART OF HIS FAMILY. BUT SEE, HE THEM UP AND YOU GO ALONG AND YOU SEE THAT MAN. >> AND THAT’S WHAT I KNOW. OUR BROTHERS, YOU

KNOW, OSCAR AWARD WINNING UNDERDOGS. UNDERDOGS. ONLY ONE, TWO, THREE. WHAT’S MY NAME? >> WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO MAKE THIS FILM? I BELIEVE MY YOUTH FOOTBALL LEAGUE INSPIRED ME TO MAKE THIS FILM. AND THEN THE RELATIONSHIP THAT I HAD WITH SO MANY KIDS THAT CAME OUT OF MY LEAGUE. OFF SCREEN, HE IS KNOWN AS COACH SNOOP. HIS LOVE OF SPORTS DRIVING HIM TO CREATE A YOUTH FOOTBALL, MAKING THIS SPORT ACCESSIBLE TO KIDS IN HIS COMMUNITY. >> I STARTED ASK HOW MUCH DID IT COST? AND THE PRICES WERE 350 A KID, AND IT WAS JUST SO

MUCH TO KEEP THE KIDS FROM NOT PLAYING. I SPENT MY MONEY, BRAND NEW EQUIPMENT BOUGHT FIELDS THAT WE RATED, REFEREES, BOOKS, EVERYTHING. WE DID IT ALL THE RIGHT WAY. WE TALKED ABOUT HOW LUCKY IT IS THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO FIND SOMETHING THAT DIDN’T LET YOU GET CAUGHT UP IN THE STREETS. IS THAT PART OF WHY YOU DO THE LEAGUE? YOU KIND OF GIVE THE KIDS SOME HOPE. >> YEAH. FOOTBALL WAS THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO, ME AS A KID. IT TAUGHT ME HOW TO HAVE DISCIPLINE IN THAT RESPECT. SO I WANTED TO

GIVE SOME OF THAT BACK THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME. >> THE CHART TOPPING ARTIST SHOWING ME AROUND HIS COMPOUND ,LOS ANGELES, HOME OF DEATH ROW, RECORDS. >> HIS WIFE, SHANTE SNOOP’S HIGH SCHOOL PROM DATE. NOW, HIS MANAGER PART OF THE MAGIC BEHIND THE SCENES. >> HOW DO YOU SUCCESSFULLY ALL OF THESE BUSINESSES? WELL, I’M A MOTHER, SO I HAD TO RAISE THREE CHILDREN. SO NOW I’M JUST RAISING ADULTS. >> THAT’S ALL OVER THE WORLD. THEN WE ENTERED HIS RECORDING STUDIO. >> THIS IS MY MACHINE, SNOOP. >> BREAKING SOME NEWS HERE THIS MORNING. YOU GOT SO

MANY FANS OUT. WONDER WHAT’S UP NEXT. WHAT’S COMING FROM YOU NEXT? WE’RE GOING TO LOOK FORWARD TO. WELL, I CAN LET THE RABBIT OUT OF THE HAT. I’VE BEEN WORKING ON THE RECORD WITH DR. DRE FOR THE, OH, PAST EIGHT MONTHS, WITH BAHRANI DROPPING SINGLE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. >> SO THAT’S WHAT I’VE BEEN COOKING UP. NEW MUSIC AND A NEW MOVIE. THANKS TO MICHAEL STRAHAN THAT. AND FOR MORE ON MICHAEL’S INTERVIEW WITH SNOOP DOGG, YOU CAN BE SURE TO WATCH “NIGHTLINE” TONIGHT ON ABC. >> WELL, IT IS TIME NOW FOR THE DROP WHERE

WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE BIG MUSIC HEADLINES OF THE WEEK. NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, DJ, RADIO PERSONALITY, FASHIONISTA, MY FRIEND MEGAN RYTE IS HERE TO BREAK IT DOWN FOR US. I LOVE THAT INTRO, MORGAN. >> YOU ARE SO WELCOME, MY FRIEND. IT’S GOOD TO SEE YOU. OKAY, SO, MEGHAN, WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW? ALL RIGHT. LET’S GET RIGHT TO IT. SIR ELTON JOHN MIGHT HAVE SAID FAREWELL, BUT LUCKILY IT SEEMS THIS IS ONE LONG GOODBYE. NOW, ON TOP OF ALL THE RUMORS, IT’S A MUSICAL. THE BRITISH SINGER AND PIANIST ANNOUNCED THAT ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, HE WILL

BE RELEASING HIS MEMOIR TITLED A FAREWELL YELLOW BRICK ROAD MEMORIES OF MY LIFE ON TOUR. NOW, THE MEMOIR WILL CONTAIN TONS OF PHOTOS FROM ELTON’S GOODBYE TOUR. NOW, I DIDN’T REALIZE HOW LONG THIS GOODBYE RUN WAS ABOUT FIVE YEARS. THE SHOW WAS IN ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, IN 2018, AND THE FINAL SHOW IN STOCKHOLM IN JULY 2023. I CANNOT FOR THIS MEMOIR AND ALL THE PICTURES. NOW, SOMEONE ELSE WHO IS NOT STOPPING IS. >> NO TIME SOON. OKAY? EVERYTHING THAT HE IS DOING IS AN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE AND IT’S GIVING ME A REALLY LIKE THROWBACK. I SURVIVED WHEN

HE WAS EVERYWHERE. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, HE’LL BE PERFORMING AT THE SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW IN VEGAS ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11. AND WAS JUST ANNOUNCED THAT HE IS ALSO HEADLINING FOR LEVERAGE AND FRIENDS. >> SO I HAD TO HIT THE AIR HORN BECAUSE. MORGAN THIS SHOWS SOUNDS RIGHT UP OUR ALLEY. OKAY. IT’S HAPPENING IN VEGAS AS WELL. ON MAY FOURTH AND IS SO MUCH NOSTALGIA. OKAY. USHER, OF COURSE, SNOOP DOGG, GWEN STEFANI, MARY J. BLIGE, NELLY FURTADO, TLC, LIL WAYNE, AND SO MANY MORE ARTISTS. NOW, SOMETHING THAT’S ALSO REALLY COOL ABOUT THIS FESTIVAL IS THAT

TWO VERY ICONIC ALBUMS WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED. OKAY. USHER WILL BE PERFORMING HIS CONFESSIONS ALBUM 20 YEARS SINCE HE’S BEEN OUT AND LIL WAYNE WILL BE PERFORMING ENTIRE CARTER THREE, WHICH IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ALBUMS OF ALL TIME. THIS SHOW IS GOING TO BE CRAZY. NOW, ALSO 2024 JUST FEELS LIKE NOSTALGIA. SO MUCH STUFF IS COMING BACK, INCLUDING JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE. HE IS ALSO RELEASING A SOLO ALBUM NOW. EVEN THOUGH OUR COUNTRY DREAMS OF HAVING AN NCAA IN SYNC ALBUM AND TO HAVE COME AND GONE, IT’S OKAY. WE WILL LET THAT SLIDE BECAUSE JUSTIN’S GOING TO

BE GIVING US SOME NEW MUSIC. IT’S BEEN ABOUT FIVE YEARS SINCE WE’VE HAD ANYTHING NEW FROM JUSTIN AS A SOLO ARTIST. HIS NEW ALBUM, EVERYTHING I THOUGHT IT WAS, IS SET TO COME OUT IN MARCH ON MY HARD TO GET A SNEAK PEEK RIGHT THERE. HE JUST RELEASED A NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR HIS SINGLE SELFISH, WHICH IS OUT RIGHT NOW. NOW RIGHT NOW. MORGAN SPEAKING OF RIGHT NOW IS WHEN WE DO SOME VIRAL NEWS AND WE’VE HAD OUR EYES ON OUR GIRL, TAYLOR SWIFT, WHO’S BEEN AT THE KANSAS CITY GAMES, OF COURSE, SUPPORTING HER MAN.

AND WE ARE GETTING CLOSER TO THE SUPER BOWL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE WHO IS GOING TO BE THE TEAMS. BUT SHE IS NOT THE ONLY THAT IS SUPPORTING THEIR TEAM. I HAD TO SHOUT EMINEM IN THIS VIRAL MOMENT. HE HAS BEEN AT THE DETROIT LIONS GAME. PEOPLE HAVE. LOOK AT THAT. PEOPLE ARE SO EXCITED TO SEE HIM THERE. IT’S LIKE THEY ARE MAKING ME WANT TO ROOT FOR THEIR TEAM. SO WE DON’T KNOW WHO’S GOING TO BE IN THE SUPER BOWL YET, BUT HIM ON THAT JUMBOTRON AND THAT REACTION IS JUST FANTASTIC TO SEE.

I’M A BIG EMINEM, SO I LOVE THAT. I KNOW IT FEELS LIKE THE THEME OF THE SEGMENT TODAY, JUST LIKE NOSTALGIA. I MEAN, WHAT YEAR IS 2000? THAT’S WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE. >> BUT I KNOW WE GOT TO HIT UP THAT LOVERS AND FRIENDSHIP. MORGAN WE GOT DO IT. >> WE GOT TO DO WE IN THERE. MEGAN RYTE THANK YOU SO, MICHAEL, AND THANK YOU FOR STRAIGHTENING WITH US. I’M MORGAN NORWOOD, ABC NEWS IS HERE FOR YOU ANYTIME WITH THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS, YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND US ON VARIOUS STREAMING SERVICES, THE ABC

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SO NOW DEMANDING ISRAEL CONTAIN DEATH AND DAMAGE IN GAZA, THE UN’S HIGHEST COURT STOPPED SHORT OF ORDERING A CEASE FIRE. WE’LL HAVE THE LATEST AHEAD. AND DANGEROUS FLOODING AND, HEAVY RAIN ARE FORCING EVACUATIONS IN THE SOUTH. EVEN CARS UNDER WATER NOW, WHO’S IN THE BULL’S EYE FOR MORE FLOODING TODAY? AND THREE WEEKS AFTER THE DOOR PLUG BLEW OFF THIS PLANE, ALASKA AIRLINES IS NOW SOME OF ITS BOEING MAX NINES ARE READY FOR TAKEOFF. HOW MUCH OF THE GROUNDING THOSE PLANES IS COSTING THE AIRLINE? AND IT’S TIME FOR THE RIGHT STUFF. LORI BERGAMOTTO IS HERE WITH

WHAT’S IN AND OUT FOR 2024. BUT WE DO BEGIN WITH UN’S TOP COURT DEMANDING ISRAEL TRY TO CONTAIN THE DEATH AND DAMAGE IN GAZA. BUT THEY DID STOP SHORT OF ORDERING A CEASE FIRE. SOUTH AFRICA BROUGHT THE CASE BEFORE THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE, ACCUSING ISRAEL OF COMMITTING IN GAZA. BUT ISRAEL CALLS THE ALLEGATIONS AND GROSSLY DISTORTED. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU SAYS ISRAEL HAS AN INHERENT RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF ,ALSO SAYING ISRAEL’S COMMITMENT TO INTERNATIONAL LAW IS UNWAVERING. >> THE PRELIMINARY DECISION COMES AMID HEAVY FIGHTING IN GAZA. SECOND LARGEST CITY. THE HAMAS RUN GAZA

HEALTH MINISTRY REPORTS THAN 26,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN ISRAEL’S OFFENSIVE. MEANWHILE, NEW VIDEO FROM THE U.N. SHOWS A SEA OF PEOPLE FLEEING HONG LOOKING FOR REFUGE AT THE EGYPT BORDER. THAT SAID, WE DO WANT TO BRING IN INTERNATIONAL LAW PROFESSOR MARCUS TASSONE FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF GENEVA, A FORMER EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF, THE ICJ FOR MORE. SO, PROFESSOR, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. JUST GIVE US YOUR OVERALL VIEW ON THIS DECISION. THE DEMAND REAL CONTAINED DEATH AND DAMAGE IN GAZA. BUT AGAIN, AS YOU JUST HEARD, STOPPED SHORT OF ORDERING THAT CEASE FIRE.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT? WELL, THE ISSUE IS, MAJOR, BECAUSE THERE IS NEED URGENCY IN THIS SITUATION AND THERE IS A RISK OF IRREPARABLE DAMAGE AND IMPASSE. THE COURT NOT THIS TIME WHERE THERE WASN’T A CASE, BUT SIMPLY DECIDED THAT IT’S BOUND TO AFFECT MADE A PLAUSIBLE ARGUMENT AND THEREFORE IT WASN’T MADE JUST TO MAKE THE THAT DECISION WHICH WILL COME OUT IN A YEAR OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. IT’S STILL MEANINGFUL IF PEOPLE ARE NOT ALREADY KILLED. AND FOR THAT IS ALL THAT DIFFERENT. I THINK THE MOST PRACTICAL MATTER JUST IS THAT ISRAEL MUST

LET HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE IN AND GREAT THAT ISRAEL MUST PREVENT ANY INCITEMENT. THE BY ITS OFFICIAL OR BY ANYONE ELSE. AND PROFESSOR SICILY, HOW MUCH POWER DOES THIS COURT HAVE TO ENSURE THAT ISRAEL ABIDES BY THEIR DEMANDS THAT THEY LAID OUT? WELL, THE COURT AND THE UN HAVE TO. THE ONLY ONE BE A MAJOR WOULD BE THE SECURITY COUNCIL. BUT WE CAN HOPE THAT NOW ISRAEL IS AND WE COULD POINT OUT HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE TO THE PEOPLE IN THE GAZA STRIP. WE NEED EVEN JUSTICE. AND WE CAN ALSO HOPE IF ISRAEL DOESN’T, THAT PERHAPS THE U.S. WILL

ACT TO PROTECT ISRAEL WITH AN EQUAL RIGHT AT THE UN INTERNATIONAL LAW PROFESSOR. MARCO SICILY, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WEIGHING IN ON THIS. >> AND MEANWHILE, CLOSING ARGUMENTS UNDERWAY AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP’S CIVIL DEFAMATION TRIAL BOUGHT BY WRITER E. JEAN CARROLL. TRUMP BRIEFLY TOOK THE STAND YESTERDAY IN HIS OWN DEFENSE AND NOW A JURY OF NINE NEW YORKERS WILL DECIDE HOW MUCH TRUMP’S DEFAMATORY SHOULD COST HIM. SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE CORRESPONDENT JOINS ME NOW FROM OUTSIDE OF THE COURTHOUSE. SO, AARON, TRUMP WALKED OUT OF THE COURTROOM AS E. JEAN CARROLL ATTORNEY DELIVERED, A CLOSING STATEMENT.

WHAT IS THE LATEST ON THAT? AND THIS IS ALL JUST HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. MORGAN FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP ROSE FROM HIS CHAIR. HE ARRIVED IN THE COURTROOM LATE, ANGERING THE JUDGE WHO NOTED AS HE TOOK THE BENCH, THE DEFENSE IS IN HERE. >> TRUMP THEN SAUNTERED IN. CLOSING ARGUMENTS BEGAN, AND AS PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY ROBERTA KAPLAN WAS DELIVERING CLOSING ARGUMENT, REMINDING THE JURY THAT TRUMP HAD BEEN HELD LIABLE SEXUAL ASSAULT AND DEFAMATION. TRUMP WAS SEEN SHAKING HIS HEAD ,NOT SAYING ANYTHING, BUT SHAKING HIS HEAD. AND THEN AS KAPLAN CONTINUED TO SAY THAT THE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP LIED

ABOUT E. JEAN CARROLL AND THAT HIS STATEMENTS WERE HARMFUL TO HER. LEADING UP TO THIS BIG ASK FOR MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IN DAMAGES, TRUMP SIMPLY ROSE FROM HIS AND EXITED THE COURTROOM. JUDGE LOUIS KAPLAN PAUSED THE PROCEEDINGS AND SAID HE WANTED IT NOTED. FOR THE RECORD THAT THE DEFENDANT, DONALD TRUMP, HAD JUST LEFT THE COURTROOM. WE’RE NOT CLEAR WHETHER HE’S COMING BACK WHEN HIS ATTORNEY DELIVERS A CLOSING STATEMENT OR WHETHER HE’S SIMPLY DONE FOR THE DAY. BUT CERTAINLY A DRAMATIC STATEMENT FROM THE FORMER PRESIDENT AS THE PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY WAS WAS ARGUING TO THE JURY. >>

YEAH, JUST GETTING ON IT AND WALKING OUT OF A COURTROOM THERE. SO, ERIN, HOW IS EACH SIDE EXPECTED TO MAKE THEIR CASE IN THESE CLOSING ARGUMENTS? >> WELL, ROBERTA KAPLAN IS IN THE MIDDLE OF HERS RIGHT NOW, ALBEIT WITHOUT DONALD TRUMP THERE. AND THIS WAS ALL IN FRONT THE JURY. MORGAN SO THEY COULD SEE HIM SHAKING HIS HEAD AND REACTING IF THEY WERE LOOKING AT HIM, THEY COULD SEE HIM STAND UP AND MAKE HIS RATHER DRAMATIC EXIT. BUT ROBERTA KAPLAN, A CLAIM IS SIMPLE. SHE SAID THAT TRUMP WANTS THE JURY TO BELIEVE THAT E. JEAN

CARROLL SHOULD BE THANKING HIM FOR MAKING HER MORE FAMOUS BY DEFAMING HER AS IF TO SAY THAT THE THREATS ON HER LIFE THAT SHE SAID SHE ENDURED AND ALL THE ATTACKS ON HER CHARACTER ARE WORTH IT BECAUSE SHE GOT MORE SOCIAL MEDIA FOLLOWERS. AND ROBERTA KAPLAN SAYS THAT’S JUST NOT WHAT THE JURORS COMMON SENSE SHOULD TELL THEM. SHE’S GOING TO BE ASKING FOR AT LEAST $10 MILLION IN COMPENSATORY DAMAGES, PLUS UNTOLD MILLIONS MORE PERHAPS IN PUNITIVE DAMAGES. >> AND BEFORE I LET YOU GO HERE, ATTORNEYS FOR TRUMP JOINED A MOTION FILED BY A CODEFENDANT IN

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ALREADY SEEN A HUGE INCREASE, THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE SEARCHING FOR RELATED ISSUES. YEAH, IT’S GOOD. SEE THAT HE’S RAISING AWARENESS THERE. AND WE KNOW THAT PRINCESS KATE IS ALSO IN THE HOSPITAL AS WELL, THE SAME HOSPITAL. SO WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT HER SURGERY AND HOW SHE’S DOING? >> YEAH, EXACTLY. BOTH OF THEM ARE IN THIS HOSPITAL JUST BEHIND ME. WE DO UNDERSTAND THAT THE KING AND QUEEN, THEIR DAUGHTER IN LAW, KATE, THE PRINCESS OF WALES, JUST THIS MORNING. AS A KNOW, ALL WE KNOW IS THAT SHE’S STILL RECOVERING. LAST WEEK, THE PALACE HAD SAID

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SAYS A PAUSE WILL NOT AFFECT ALREADY AUTHORIZED EXPORT EXPORTS AND WON’T IMPACT THE GAS INDUSTRY ABILITY TO SUPPLY U.S. ALLIES IN EUROPE AND ASIA. THE U.S. GAS INDUSTRY, THOUGH, OPPOSES THE MOVE, WHILE CLIMATE CHANGE GROUPS SEE IT AS A VICTORY. ALASKA AIRLINES IS PUTTING SOME OF ITS NIGHTS BACK IN THE AIR. THIS COMES JUST THREE WEEKS AFTER THE BOEING 737 MAX NINE DOOR PLUG BLEW OFF THE PLANE, 16,000 FEET IN THE AIR. ALASKA AIRLINES SAYS ALL MAX LINES WILL BE FLYING AGAIN IN FEBRUARY. SO YOU MAY STILL SEE SOME IN THE NEXT WEEK. THE AIRLINE

SAYS THE GROUNDING, THE MAX NINE, ACTUALLY COST THE COMPANY $150 MILLION. MEANWHILE, UNITED ALSO SAYS IT’S PUTTING ITS MAX LINES BACK IN THE AIR BY SUNDAY. >> AND A LITTLE MOMENT ZEN FOR YOU ON THIS FRIDAY. SURFING DOGS, RIDING THE WAVES IN PERU. IT’S A VIDEO YOU DIDN’T KNOW YOU NEEDED. THAT’S FOUR-YEAR-OLD JACK RUSSELL IMPLIES BALANCING ON THE BOARD WITH HIS OWNER AND STAFF INSTRUCTOR. THEY BEGAN SURFING TOGETHER ABOUT A YEAR AGO, AND THEY’RE NOT THE ONLY HUMAN DUO SURFING THE WAVES. THERE ARE A DOZEN MORE CAN BE SEEN DURING A SINGLE WEEKEND . BUT

WE DO BEGIN WITH A SUSPECT IN THE MURDERS OF FOUR UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO STUDENTS DUE IN COURT TODAY. IT COMES AS WE HEAR FROM THE FAMILY OF, CALEB GONSALVES, ONE OF THE STUDENTS KILLED IN 2022. HER FAMILY SAT DOWN WITH ABC NEWS LIVE ANCHOR KAYNA WHITWORTH AHEAD OF TODAY’S HEARING. >> WE’RE JUST IN LIMBO. KAYLA GONZALEZ’S PARENTS SHARING EXCLUSIVELY “GMA”, NEVER BEFORE SEEN PICTURES AND VIDEOS OF THEIR 21-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER FIGHT. YOU CAN SEE THAT WOULD BE FAIRLY SEASONED, BUT YOU CAN PUT THEM. >> YEAH I KNOW THAT’S IN FRONT OF THE TOWER. YEAH. THIS IS

IN FRONT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO TOWER. THE FAMILY STILL WAITING ON A FULL DIGITAL COPY OF KATIE’S FROM AUTHORITIES. >> THESE ARE THE LAST MOMENTS OF YOUR CHILD’S LIFE. AND YOU’RE SITTING HERE FIGHTING WITH SOMEBODY WHO JUST DOESN’T CARE. >> THEY WERE ABLE TO COLLECT SOME OF KAYLA’S BELONGINGS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OVER SUMMER, WHICH RAISED CONCERNS FOR THEM ABOUT HOW WELL POSSIBLE EVIDENCE WAS PROCESSED, INCLUDING A TRASH CAN FROM CAYLEE’S ROOM THAT WAS FULL AND APPEARED UNTOUCHED. >> WE OPENED IT. THIS WAS LITTLE SQUEEZY APPLESAUCE THING LIKE YOU WOULD GIVE IT TO LIKE A

TODDLER. >> IT DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN GONE THROUGH. POLICE SAYING. >> THEY HAD GATHERED MORE THAN 100 PIECES OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FROM THE SCENE ALONG WITH SOME 4000 PHOTOS AND 3D SCANS OF THE RESIDENCE. STILL, FRUSTRATION MOUNTING FOR THE FAMILY OVER. THEY CONSIDER A LACK OF COMMUNICATION AND A RUSH TO TEAR DOWN THE ON KING ROAD. CHRISTIE DESCRIBES FOR THE FIRST TIME HOW CAYLEE WAS FOUND. IT’S MY UNDERSTANDING WAS KIND OF SITTING UP. >> YES, I HAVE THOUGHT. YEAH. AND THE WAY THAT ROOM’S PUT TOGETHER, IF YOU CAN’T DO THAT OR YOU CAN’T

GET OUT THAT ROOM COMPLETELY, TOTALLY TRAPPED. >> YEAH. YOU’RE IN A BAD, TINY ROOM. THAT THE BAG WAS THE ENTIRE ROOM. YOU CAN BARELY OPEN UP THE DOOR WITHOUT SWIPING THE FOOT OF THE BED. AND IT WAS WALL. WALL? YOU KNOW, THE HEADBOARD UP AGAINST THE WALL THIS KID WAS ON. IT WAS UP AGAINST THE WALL. AND IF YOU CAN IMAGINE CAYLEE IN AN UPRIGHT SORT OF POSITION UP IN THE CORNER, SLUMPED. >> AND SHE WAS TRAPPED. THE HOME ON KING ROAD WAS TORN DOWN IN THE PREDAWN HOURS OF DECEMBER 20 EIGHT. AND ABC NEWS

LIVE ANCHOR KAYNA WHITWORTH JOINING ME NOW ALONGSIDE LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR BRIAN BUCKMIRE KAINE IS JUST INCREDIBLE REPORTING THERE. SO WHAT DO WE EXPECT FROM TODAY’S HEARINGS? YES, IT’S GOING TO BE A BUSY DAY HERE AT THE LEHIGH COUNTY COURTHOUSE. THERE’S TWO PIVOTAL HEARINGS TODAY, AND THE FIRST ONE IS SEALED. THE PUBLIC DOES HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. AND IT’S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WILL BE AT LEAST ONE OF THREE MOTIONS DISCUSSED. THERE’S BEEN THREE MOTIONS FILED BY THE DEFENSE TO HAVE THE CHARGES AGAINST BRIAN KOHBERGER THROWN OUT. SO WE’LL DISCUSS AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE. THEY WILL

ALSO LIKELY DISCUSS HOW MUCH DISCOVERY THE DEFENSE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO IN TERMS OF GENEALOGY. THEN THE SECOND HEARING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. IT’S IN THAT SAME VEIN. WHERE IS OUR UNDERSTANDING? THE DEFENSE WILL BE ASKING JUDGE TO RECONSIDER A PREVIOUS DECISION OF HIS TO THROW OUT THE CHARGES AGAINST COBOURG. THERE IS ALSO A SCHEDULING CONFERENCE SLATED FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON, AND THAT IS WHAT THE FAMILIES WILL BE PAYING VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO. THEY WANT A TRIAL DATE SET AND THEY’RE EAGER FOR JUSTICE IN THIS CASE. AND BRIAN. THERE HAVE BEEN THREE SEPARATE ATTEMPTS

TO HAVE THE INDICTMENT THROWN OUT. NOW THEY’RE SAYING THEY WANT SOME OF THE DETAILS IN THE MOST RECENT ONE MADE PUBLIC. YOU KNOW ARE THEY BETTING ON SOME SORT OF PUBLIC GOODWILL HERE? >> HERE YOU KNOW, PEOPLE USE THE WORD PUBLIC AS WELL, BUT IT IS THAT VEIN. THE REASON WHY I THINK THEY WOULD DO IT AS WELL AS I WOULD DO THIS AS A FORMER HEAD OF THE IS ALL THE LEADERS AND ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CASE IS ONE SIDED BECAUSE OF WHAT’S COMING OUT AND ALSO JUST A HORRIFIC, HORRIFIC MISS OF THIS

CASE. WE’RE TO HAVE ALL THE FACTS THAT COULD INCRIMINATE RYAN COOGLER, WHO IS DEFENSE ATTORNEY MORE GET SOME INFORMATION OUT THERE TO KIND OF GET THE RESEMBLANCE OF REASONABLE DOUBT BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO BE THERE WHEN THEY SELECT JURY AND THEY WANT SOME ARGUMENT TO BE ABLE TO PUSH BACK IN THIS CASE BEFORE JURY SELECTION. >> BUT, BRIAN, WHY WOULD THEY MAKE JUST ONE HEARING PRIVATE? >> I THINK SOME NATURE OF THE YEARS IN THE FIRST HEARING, WE KNOW THE START OF 11 P.M. PACIFIC TIME. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A BIASED JURY AND

ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE THAT IS BUSTED. PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT. SORRY THAT IS VERY FACT. SPECIFIC AS TO WHAT HAPPENS IN THE GRAND JURY. AND TYPICALLY THE GRAND JURY IS SECRETIVE. AND SO TO GET INTO THE NITTY GRITTY OF THAT INFORMATION, YOU HAVE TO GET INTO WHAT IS TYPICALLY A SECRETIVE GRAND JURY. HOWEVER, THE 1 P.M. EASTERN TIME HERE, THAT’S WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE GRAND JURY DECISION BASED ON STATUTORY INTERPRETATION, WHAT THE STANDARD OF PROOF AND CASE LAW. >> THAT’S MORE PROCEDURAL OR LEGAL. YOU’RE NOT GOING TO GET INTO THE FACTS OF THE CASE PER SE. SO THAT WILL

LIKELY OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. >> AND I THINK THAT’S WHY THE U.S. AND WE KNOW THAT YOU’VE BEEN ALL OVER THIS STORY DOING SOME INCREDIBLE REPORTING AND TALKING WITH FAMILIES THERE. WHEN COULD A TRIAL DATE BE SET AND WHAT DOES JUSTICE LOOK LIKE ,THESE FAMILIES? >> ALL RIGHT. SO FIRST, IT’S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT A TRIAL DATE DOES GET SET TODAY. REMEMBER, THE PROSECUTION HAS ASKED FOR THE JUDGE TO SET A TRIAL DATE FOR THIS SUMMER. THEY’RE ISOLATING A SUMMER BECAUSE THEY DON’T WANT IT TO BE DISRUPTIVE TO THE COMMUNITY, TO THE AND TO SCHOOLS. I

MEAN, FROM WHERE I’M STANDING JUST AT THE END OF THE BLOCK HERE, THERE’S A HIGH SCHOOL. THERE’S ALSO A LOWER SCHOOL AROUND THE CORNER AS WELL. SO THEY’RE EYEING THIS SUMMER SO THAT IT’S NOT DISRUPTED. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THIS FAMILY WANTS AS WELL, ESPECIALLY THE GONZALEZ FAMILY. AND IN TERMS OF JUSTICE, IT IS DIFFERENT, RIGHT, FOR EVERY FAMILY. A REMINDER THAT THE PROSECUTION IS SEEKING THE DEATH PENALTY IN THIS CASE. AND WHEN I WAS SPEAKING WITH STEVE GONZALES THIS LAST NIGHT, HE SAID, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE THE RIGHT GUY, HE SAID THE MESSAGE

SHOULD BE THAT IF YOU COME TO IDAHO AND YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, YOU DIE FOR IT. HE SAID, THAT’S THE BEST THEY CAN ASK, YOU KNOW, VERY STRONG WORDS. KAYNA WHITWORTH AND BRIAN BUCKMIRE, THANK YOU BOTH. AND BE SURE TO LISTEN TO CNET’S PODCAST ON THE CASE. YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE KING ROAD WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCAST. WELL, COMING JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE’S NEW MUSIC, WHAT HE’S SAYING ABOUT HIS NEW ALBUM. >> ALSO AHEAD, DR. PATEL IS HERE TO ANSWER ALL YOUR QUESTIONS. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> TONIGHT, AS A POSSIBLE BIPARTISAN SOLUTION TO BORDER

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PHOTO POSTED REDDIT, SPARKING THOUSANDS OF COMMENTS SHOWING A PASSENGER’S FOOT ANOTHER PASSENGER SPACE. >> IN THIS CASE, THE WOMAN WHO TOOK IT IS NOT IN THE WRONG BECAUSE SOMEBODY’S FOOT SOCK OR WHATEVER, THE EVEN HAIR IN SOMEBODY ELSE’S SPACE WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE. >> TRAVELERS ARE FED UP. THAT LITTLE BUBBLE IS YOUR BUBBLE DOES NOT MEAN PUT YOUR LEG IS THAT SOMEONE BUBBLE. >> FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SAY THESE INCIDENTS ARE NOT UNCOMMON ESPECIALLY WITH SEATS SQUEEZING CLOSER AS AIRLINES PACK PASSENGERS IN. >> PEOPLE PUT THEIR FEET ON THE ARMRESTS IN FRONT OF THEM AND SOMETIMES THEY STRETCH

OUT UNDERNEATH THE SEAT AND GO INTO SOMEONE’S SPIT SPACE IN FRONT OF THEM. >> ACCORDING TO SEAT GURU, SHORT HAUL ECONOMY FLIGHTS WILL SEE ROUGHLY 30 INCHES IN BETWEEN SEATS. AND IF YOU DO DISCOVER AN INVASIVE FOOT, YOU COULD POLITELY TAKE ACTION TO GIVE IT THE BOOT TO SAY, OH, I WAS HOPING IF WAS OKAY, YOU COULD JUST MOVE YOUR YOUR ARM OR YOUR FOOT. >> AND THEN IF THEY, IF THEY IGNORE THAT, I WOULD JUST CALMLY ALERT A FLIGHT ATTENDANT CALMLY ALERT THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT OR STEP ON THE FOOT. NO, JUST KIDDING. EVEN SPOKEN

WITH THAT ROOM WHERE EITHER THEY ARGUE. WELL, TIME NOW FOR OUR WEEKLY SEGMENT. PATEL IT LIKE IS WHERE ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR DR. ALOK PATEL SHARES HEALTH ON THE TOPICS THAT MATTER TO YOU MOST. AND TODAY HE’S ANSWERING SOME YOUR QUESTIONS. OKAY. SO LET’S START WITH MARYLAND. DR. PATEL. GOOD TO SEE YOU. SHE WANTS TO KNOW DOES YOUR BA MIGHT HELP WITH ENERGY AND WEIGHT LOSS. >> I LOVE A GOOD SCIENTIFIC DEEP DIVE ON THESE POPULAR PRODUCTS. SO YOU’RE ABOUT MY TAKE IS A TYPE OF TEA WHICH I’M A FAN OF. THIS IS ALSO KNOWN AS

PARAGUAYAN TEA MADE FROM THE PLANT ILEX PA GRANTS US SOME BOTANISTS WILL PROBABLY CORRECT ME FOR MY PRONUNCIATION, BUT LONG STORY SHORT, WHEN THIS TEA IS MADE. >> THERE’S A LOT OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS IN IT THAT PEOPLE SAY GIVES IT ITS ANTI-INFLAMMATORY CANCER FIGHTING, ENERGY BOOSTING EFFECTS. >> BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IT HAS, IT IS CAFFEINE. ABOUT 150 MILLILITERS OF ITS POPULARITY HAS MILLIGRAMS OF CAFFEINE. NOW, ONE ASTERISK IS THAT SOME PEOPLE WILL MAKE THE TEA CONTINUOUSLY, POUR WATER IN IT WITH YOUR DRINK, AND THEN GET 100 OR 200 MILLIGRAMS OF CAFFEINE. >>

SO PEOPLE JUST NEED TO BE AWARE OF SOME OF THE NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS OF THIS, SUCH AS DISRUPTING YOUR SLEEP, POTENTIALLY AN ABNORMAL HEART RHYTHM, INTERACTING WITH MEDICATIONS AND PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS SHOULD BE CAREFUL TO HOW MUCH CAFFEINE THEY’RE HAVING. >> THERE ARE SOME ANIMAL THAT SUGGEST THAT YOUR ROOMMATE MAY HELP WITH STOP LOSS, BUT IT’S ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO TALK TO A DOCTOR ABOUT THIS. AND REMEMBER IN MODERATION, BECAUSE SOME STUDIES ALSO SUGGEST THAT A LOT OF YOUR ROOMMATE MAY ACTUALLY INCREASE YOUR RISK OF DEVELOPING SOME ORAL CANCERS. BUT I SAY, HEY, IT’S A

GREAT DRINK. >> GIVE IT A WHIRL. JUST MAKE SURE YOU’RE BREWING IT YOURSELF AND YOU’RE PAYING TO HOW MUCH SUGAR COMES IN SOME OF THOSE YERBA MATE CANS. AND THANK YOU FOR TEACHING ME HOW TO PRONOUNCE YOUR, BUT I HAD NEVER HEARD ABOUT IT SO. THANK YOU FOR WEIGHING IN ON THAT. NOW I KNOW WE’RE GETTING CULTURAL TODAY. WE’RE GETTING CULTURAL. LOVE IT. OKAY, SO LET’S GO TO LIZ, WHO ASKS, CAN YOU DO ANYTHING INCREASE A LOW WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT? >> VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION. >> SO QUICK BACKGROUND. YOUR WHITE BLOOD CELLS ARE YOUR YOUR

LEUKOCYTES ARE BASICALLY PART OF YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM. THEY HELP YOU FIGHT OFF INFECTIONS LIKE A LOW COUNT OR LEUKEMIA COULD ACTUALLY INCREASE RISK OF HAVING INFECTION. >> SO IF YOU HAVE ANY HISTORY OF THIS OR THINK YOU MAY HAVE A LITTLE WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT, IT’S A REALLY IMPORTANT IDEA TO GO AND TALK TO A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL. A DOCTOR WILL ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS POSSIBLY DO A PHYSICAL EXAM TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER ASSOCIATED SYMPTOMS LIKE FATIGUE, AN ENLARGED SPLEEN, EASY BRUISING MAY NEED SOME MORE LABS OR TESTS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT’S GOING

ON AND FIXING YOUR MOLD. >> WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT ULTIMATELY COMES DOWN TO ADDRESSING THE UNDERLYING. >> SO THINGS LIKE AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE, CERTAIN MEDICATIONS, BONE MARROW DISEASE, EVEN INFECTIONS CAN LOWER THOSE WHITE BLOOD CELLS. THEY DO SWING A LOT, WHICH IS WHY WE TEST THEM OFTEN FOR PATIENTS WHO ARE SICK. BUT AGAIN, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO IS GO AND GET THOSE LABS TESTED AND FIND OUT WHAT’S CAUSING IT. ALSO, NUTRITION PLAYS, AN IMPORTANT FACTOR NOT ONLY HERE BUT WORLDWIDE WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTHY, WHITE BLOOD CELLS, ESSENCE. >> GOOD ADVICE THERE. AND

LASTLY DOCTORS AT STANFORD FROM NEW YORK ASKED WHAT ARE EXAMPLES HEALTHY FOODS OR SNACKS THAT COME OUT OF A BAG OR BOX? >> I FEEL YOU ON THIS ONE, STANFORD BECAUSE WE’RE ALL ON THE GO AND WE WANT TO BUY THOSE SNACKS THAT WE CAN PUT IN OUR GYM BAG OR TAKE ON A PLANE ROAD TRIP OR WORK, WHATEVER IT MAY BE. >> AND WE’RE ACTUALLY CONSULTED AN NBA DIETITIAN SERIOUSLY ABOUT WHAT SHE RECOMMENDS FOR THIS. AND IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO BUYING WHOLE FOODS BASED IN SNACKS WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT INGREDIENTS ARE

IN THERE. >> SO ALWAYS TURN A PACKAGING AROUND. >> YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY’RE SHELF STABLE AS WELL. SO THERE’S A LOT OF GREAT OPTIONS OUT THERE, INCLUDING CERTAIN PROTEIN, FRUIT BARS, UNSALTED NUTS AND SEEDS. THERE’S EVEN SOME POPCORNS OR SEAWEEDS. THERE ARE SOME FRESH FOODS YOU CAN BUY THAT COME IN A BAG SUCH AS CUT VEGGIES, GREEK YOGURT, BOILED EGGS. THE ONE THAT YOU WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT YOU’RE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE EXPIRATION DATE AND YOU’RE NOT FALLING FOR ANY OF THE MARKETING GIMMICK TERMS ON THE FRONT, BECAUSE ALL NATURAL,

ORGANIC, NON-GMO, VEGAN, WHATEVER IT MAY SAY, NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE ACTUAL INGREDIENTS AND THE ACTUAL NUTRITIONAL FACTS, INCLUDING SODIUM, CALCIUM, FAT, PROTEIN AND ALL OF THAT. SO MAKE SURE YOU’RE DOING YOUR RESEARCH, YOU KNOW, WHAT’S IN THERE AND SNACK AWAY. >> YEAH, YOU GOT TO REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE LABOR LABELS DR. ALOK PATEL. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND OF COURSE, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR PATEL, YOU CAN LEAVE THEM A MESSAGE ON OUR INSTAGRAM FEED. AND HE MIGHT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION HERE FRIDAY. WELL, COMING UP, SNOOP DOGG TAKES BEHIND THE SCENES OF HIS

NEW MOVIE. FIND OUT WHAT HE’S SAYING ABOUT ADDING SOME NEW MUSIC AS WELL. PLUS, MEGAN RYTE IS HERE DOWN AT MUSIC HEADLINES OF THE WEEK. SHE’S GOT IT ALL TODAY. THE WHENEVER, WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS. IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED HERE IN. LONDON IN BUFFALO YOU’VE ALL IN TEXAS, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND REPORTING FROM ROLLING FORK, MISSISSIPPI. THE UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HERE IN. WE’RE HEADING TO A SMALL COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF MEXICO CITY GETTING YOU BEHIND THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> STREAM ABC NEWS LIVE WHEREVER YOU

STREAMING NEWS ME ON ABC NEWS LIVE. I HAVE A PACKED CONCERT. THEY’RE EXPECTING US. IT’S OUR SECRET WORLD WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE THAT HOME IS A SOURCE OF CONCERN. THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED. >> THERE’S REALLY NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE. ANYWHERE. WOW. >> TONIGHT IS A POSSIBLE BIPARTISAN SOLUTION TO THE BORDER CRISIS COLLIDING WITH CAMPAIGN POLITICS. PLUS, TRACKING FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN, MELTING SNOW. MORE AMERICANS TURN THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST

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DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. START HERE. THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS . WE’RE WATCHING AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE SCREENS FOR QUIRKY NEW EXCLUSIVES. KEEP STREAMING. >> ABC NEWS LIVE REPORTING FROM THE FEDERAL COURTHOUSE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., I’M TERRY MORAN. WHEREVER THE NEWS WILL TAKE YOU THERE, WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE. AND WELCOME BACK. HIP-HOP LEGEND DOGG HAS A NEW MOVIE ABOUT YOUTH FOOTBALL THAT HE SAYS IMITATES REAL LIFE. HE SAT DOWN WITH OUR MICHAEL STRAHAN MAKING THE SURPRISE

ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT WHAT HE’S BEEN WORKING ON IN THE STUDIO AND WHO HE’S BEEN WORKING WITH. >> THAT IS SURE TO MAKE HIS FANS VERY HAPPY. NO HITS LIKE WHO AM I? CATAPULTED SNOOP DOGG TO HIP-HOP FAME IN THE 19. LATER. DROP IT LIKE IT’S HOT. WE’RE BRING HIM TO THE TOP OF THE BILLBOARD CHARTS. DROP IT. MAKE IT STOP. DROP IT LIKE A. NOW THREE DECADES IN THE 16 TIME GRAMMY NOMINEE IS A BUSINESS MOGUL AND POP CULTURE ICON. >> TO BE IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS WOULD BE A BUSINESS MAN, TO BE AN ACTOR, TO

BE A PRODUCER, TO DO ALL THINGS. HOW YOU HAVE TO COMPARTMENTALIZE EVERYTHING. I’M MASTERING THE CRAFT OF WHO I AM AND TO BE THE BEST I AM IS TO DO THE THINGS THAT MAKE ME FEEL GOOD. >> AND TO MAKE TWO THINGS IS FUN, RIGHT? >> IF YOU WIN IT A FEW ENDS, IF IT MAKES BOMBS AND IT’S FUN. >> I MEAN, I DID IT THAT WAY. SNOOP IS HAVING A LOT OF FUN ON SCREEN. IN HIS NEW MOVIE, THE UNDERDOGS PLAYING TO JAY-Z, A FORMER PRO ATHLETE COURT ORDERED TO DO PUBLIC SERVICE COACHING, YOUTH

FOOTBALL AND FOOTBALL LEGEND. >> JASON TO JAMES JENNINGS, YOUR NEW HEAD COACH. SO HOW MUCH OF YOU IS IN TWO DAYS? >> I SAY ABOUT 85% AND THEN 15% OF MY COACH CAME BACK BECAUSE THIS IS THE SAME AS FAR AS THE WAY HE COACHES WITH INTENSITY AND FOUL LANGUAGE, YOU KNOW, THE OLD SCHOOL STYLE OF COACH BEFORE WE CAN BE THE BEST WE’VE TO MASTER THE FUNDAMENTALS. PRETTY BOY YOU MISSED IN PASS AFTER PASS. >> I LOVE THE TITLE OF THE FILM UNDERDOGS WHERE TO GO FROM UNDERDOG TO ONE TO DOG. I STARTED OFF

AS AN UNDERDOG. YOU KNOW, THAT’S THE BEST DOG EVER BECAUSE YOU’RE THE ONE THAT THEY DON’T PAY ATTENTION TO. YOU GOT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MASTER TO WHERE YOU BECOME THE GREATEST YOU YOU TO BE. >> I’M RECOMMENDING COMMUNITY SERVICE WITH THE LONG BEACH RECREATIONS DEPARTMENT. I THOUGHT I WAS LIKE SOME MARTHA STEWART KIND OF TREATMENT. >> AND YOU GOT THE GREAT CAMEO IN THIS FILM ABOUT GEORGE LOPEZ. HE PLAYED YOUR HIGH SCHOOL COACH, MIKE EPPS PLAYS YOUR ASSISTANT COACH. CANDY BURROUGHS PLAYED THE JOE . >> TONY GONZALEZ IS IN THE MOVIE.

OH, MY. YEAH. YOU WERE IN THERE, TOO. YOU LIED TO ME TO SHOW YOU. YOU CAN HIT PLAY. YOU KNOW, SOME WOULD SAY WHO NEEDS FAMILY WHEN YOU’VE GOT MONEY, FAME, YOUR OWN TV TALK SHOW. YOU KNOW, I WAS AT THE PINNACLE OF MY COMEBACK AND GET TO MICHAEL STRAHAN TOLD ME I WAS ABOUT TO BECOME A PART OF HIS FAMILY. BUT YOU SEE, HE BROUGHT THEM UP AND YOU GO ALONG AND YOU SEE THAT I’M ALREADY THERE. AND THAT’S WHAT I KNOW THAT OUT OF THE SPECIAL OSCAR AWARD WINNING UNDERDOGS, UNDERDOGS, ONLY ONE, TWO,

THREE. THAT’S MY NAME. >> WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO MAKE THIS FILM? I BELIEVE MY YOUTH FOOTBALL INSPIRED ME TO MAKE THIS FILM. AND THEN THE RELATIONSHIP THAT I HAD WITH SO MANY KIDS THAT CAME OUT OF MY LEAGUE. OFF SCREEN, HE IS KNOWN AS COACH SNOOP. HIS LOVE OF SPORTS DRIVING HIM TO CREATE YOUTH FOOTBALL LEAGUE, MAKING THIS SPORT ACCESSIBLE TO KIDS IN HIS COMMUNITY. >> I STARTED ASKING HOW MUCH DID IT COST? AND THE PRICES WERE 358 HERE, AND THERE WAS JUST SO MUCH TO KEEP THE KIDS NOT PLAYING. I SPENT MY MONEY

ON BRAND NEW EQUIPMENT, BOUGHT FIELDS THAT WE RATED, REFEREES, RULE BOOKS, EVERYTHING. WE DID IT ALL THE RIGHT WAY. YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW LUCKY IT IS THAT YOU WERE ABLE TO FIND SOMETHING THAT DIDN’T. YOU GET CAUGHT UP IN THE STREETS IN THAT PART OF WHY YOU DO THE LEAGUE AND KIND OF GIVE THE KIDS SOME HOPE? >> YEAH, FOOTBALL WAS THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME AS A KID. MY, IT TAUGHT ME HOW TO HAVE DISCIPLINE AND TO HAVE RESPECT. SO WANTED TO GIVE SOME OF THAT BACK THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME.

>> THE CHART TOPPING ARTIST SHOWING ME AROUND HIS COMPOUND IN LOS ANGELES, HOME OF DEATH ROW RECORDS. HIS WIFE’S AUNTIE SNOOP’S HIGH SCHOOL PROM DATE. NOW HIS MANAGER, PART OF THE MAGIC BEHIND THE SCENES. >> HOW DID YOU SUCCESSFULLY RUN ALL OF THESE BUSINESSES? WELL, I’M A MOTHER, SO I HAD TO RAISE THREE CHILDREN. SO NOW I’M JUST RAISING ADULT KIDS WALKING AROUND HERE. >> THEN WE INTRODUCE RECORDING . THIS IS THE MOTHERSHIP, SNOOP. BREAKING SOME NEWS THIS MORNING. >> YOU GOT SO MANY FANS OUT THERE. WONDER WHAT’S UP NEXT. WHAT’S COMING FROM YOU NEXT?

WHAT CAN WE LOOK FORWARD TO? WELL, I CAN LET THE IT AFTER THAT. I’VE BEEN WORKING ON THE RECORD WITH DR. DRE FOR THE PAST, OH, PAST EIGHT MONTHS. >> WE ARE READY TO DROP A SINGLE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. >> SO THAT’S WHAT I’VE BEEN COOKING UP. NEW MUSIC AND A NEW MOVIE. THANKS TO MICHAEL STRAHAN FOR THAT. AND FOR MORE ON MICHAEL’S INTERVIEW WITH SNOOP DOGG, YOU CAN BE SURE TO WATCH “NIGHTLINE” TONIGHT ON ABC. >> WELL, IT IS TIME NOW, THE DROP WHERE WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE BIG MUSIC HEADLINES OF

THE WEEK. >> ABC CONTRIBUTOR, DJ, RADIO PERSONALITY, FASHION. IS THAT MY FRIEND MEGAN RYTE IS HERE TO BREAK IT ALL DOWN. I LOVE THAT INTRO MORGAN. >> YOU ARE SO WELCOME, MY FRIEND. IT’S GOOD TO SEE YOU. OKAY, MEGHAN, WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW? ALL RIGHT, LET’S GET RIGHT TO IT. SIR JOHN MIGHT HAVE SAID FAREWELL, BUT LUCKILY, IT SEEMS LIKE THIS ONE LONG GOODBYE. NOW, ON TOP OF ALL THE RUMORS, IT’S A MUSICAL COLLABORATION. AND THE BRITISH SINGER AND PIANIST ANNOUNCED THAT ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, HE WILL BE RELEASING HIS MEMOIR TITLED A FAREWELL

YELLOW BRICK ROAD MEMORIES OF MY LIFE ON TOUR. NOW, MEMOIR WILL CONTAIN TONS OF PHOTOS FROM ELTON’S GOODBYE TOUR. NOW, I DIDN’T REALIZE HOW LONG THIS GOODBYE RUN WAS. ABOUT FIVE YEARS. THE FIRST SHOW WAS IN ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, IN 2018 AND THE FINAL SHOW IN STOCKHOLM IN JULY 2023. I CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS MEMOIR AND ALL THE PICTURES. NOW, SOMEONE ELSE’S IS NOT STOPPING IS USHER. NO TIME SOON. OKAY. EVERYTHING THAT HE IS DOING IS AN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. AND IT’S GIVING ME A REALLY LIKE THROWBACK. I SAW GUYS WHEN HE WAS EVERYWHERE. OF COURSE, YOU

KNOW, HE’LL BE PERFORMING THE SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW IN VEGAS ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11TH. AND IT WAS JUST ANNOUNCED THAT HE IS ALSO HEADLINING. LOVERS AND FRIENDS. >> SO I HAD TO HIT THE AIR HORN BECAUSE MORGAN THIS SHOW SOUNDS RIGHT UP OUR ALLEY. OKAY. IT’S HAPPENING IN VEGAS AS WELL ON MAY 4TH. AND IT’S SO MUCH NOSTALGIA. OKAY. USHER, OF COURSE, SNOOP DOGG, GWEN STEFANI, MARY J. BLIGE, NELLY FURTADO, TLC, LIL WAYNE, AND SO MANY MORE ARTISTS. NOW, SOMETHING THAT’S ALSO REALLY COOL ABOUT THIS FESTIVAL IS THAT TWO VERY ICONIC WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED. OKAY.

USHER WILL BE PERFORMING HIS CONFESSIONS ALBUM CELEBRATING 20 YEARS SINCE HE’S BEEN OUT AND LIL WILL BE PERFORMING THE ENTIRE QUARTER THREE, WHICH IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ALBUMS OF ALL TIME. SO THIS SHOW IS GOING TO BE CRAZY. NOW, ALSO 2024 JUST FEELS LIKE NOSTALGIA. IT’S SO MUCH STUFF THAT’S COMING BACK, INCLUDING JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE, HE IS ALSO RELEASING A SOLO ALBUM NOW. EVEN THOUGH OUR HOPES AND DREAMS OF HAVING AN NCAA IN SYNC ALBUM MENTOR HAVE COME AND GONE. IT’S OKAY. WE WILL LET THAT SLIDE BECAUSE JUSTIN’S GOING TO BE GIVING US SOME NEW

MUSIC. IT’S BEEN ABOUT FIVE YEARS SINCE WE’VE HAD ANYTHING NEW FROM JUSTIN AS A SOLO AND HIS NEW ALBUM, EVERYTHING I THOUGHT IT WAS IS SET TO COME OUT IN MARCH. >> OH, NO, NO, NO. MY HEART GET A SNEAK PEEK RIGHT THERE. >> HE JUST RELEASED A NEW MUSIC VIDEO. HIS SINGLE SELFISH, WHICH IS OUT RIGHT NOW. NOW, RIGHT NOW. MORGAN’S WITH YOU. RIGHT NOW IS WHEN WE DO SOME VIRAL NEWS. AND WE’VE ALL HAD OUR EYES ON OUR GIRL, TAYLOR SWIFT, WHO’S AT THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS GAMES, OF COURSE, SUPPORTING HER MAN. AND

WE ARE GETTING CLOSER TO. THE SUPER BOWL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE WHO IS GOING TO BE THE TEAMS. BUT SHE IS NOT THE ONLY STAR THAT IS SUPPORTING THEIR TEAM. I HAD TO SHOUT OUT EMINEM IN THIS VIRAL MOMENT. HE BEEN AT THE DETROIT LIONS GAMES. PEOPLE HAVE. LOOK AT THAT. PEOPLE ARE SO EXCITED TO SEE HIM THERE. IT’S LIKE THEY’RE MAKING ME WANT TO ROOT FOR THEIR TEAM. SO WE DON’T KNOW WHO’S GOING TO BE IN THE SUPER BOWL YET. BUT HIM ON THAT JUMBOTRON AND THAT REACTION IS JUST FANTASTIC TO SEE. I’M

A BIG EMINEM FAN, SO I LOVE THAT. I KNOW IT FEELS LIKE THE THEME OF THE SEGMENT TODAY WAS JUST LIKE NOSTALGIA. I MEAN, WHAT YEAR IS THAT? 2000. >> THAT’S WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE. BUT I KNOW WE GOT TO HIT UP THAT LOVERS AND FRIENDS SHOW MORGAN WE GOT TO DO IT. WE GOT TO BE IN THERE. MEGAN RYTE THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR STREAMING WITH US. I’M MORGAN NORWOOD. ABC NEWS LIVE IS HERE FOR YOU ANYTIME WITH THE LATEST CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS. YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND US ON VARIOUS STREAMING THE

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IN GAZA. THE UN’S HIGHEST COURT STOPPED SHORT OF ORDERING A CEASE FIRE. HOW ISRAEL IS RESPONDING AND GYPSY ROSE BLANCHARD SPEAKING OUT AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM PRISON IN DECEMBER. HOW SHE SHE’S ADJUSTING TO LIFE AS A FREE WOMAN AFTER YEARS BEHIND FOR HER ROLE IN HER MOTHER’S MURDER AND TO FORMALLY TWINS NOW WALKING AND TALKING. LOOK AT THAT. HOW THEY’RE DOING YEAR AFTER THEIR SUCCESSFUL SURGERY. AND A SPECIAL BOND THEIR MOM SAYS THEY’LL ALWAYS SHARE. BUT WE DO BEGIN WITH FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WALKING OUT OF THE COURTROOM AS AGENT CAROL’S ATTORNEY MADE HER CLOSING

ARGUMENT IN THE CIVIL DEFAMATION TRIAL. CAROL’S ATTORNEY WAS TELLING THE JURY THAT TRUMP RESPONDED TO CAROL’S SEXUAL ASSAULT, QUOTE, TRYING TO WARN HER. AND NOW A JURY OF NINE NEW YORKERS WILL DECIDE HOW MUCH TRUMP’S DEFAMATORY STATEMENTS SHOULD COST HIM. >> ABC NEWS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER OLIVIA RUBIN JOINING ME NOW FROM OUTSIDE OF THE COURTHOUSE, ALONG WITH LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR BRIAN BUCKMIRE. SO, OLIVIA, I WANT TO START WITH YOU AND TRUMP WALKING OUT OF THE COURTROOM THERE. YOU KNOW, WE’VE SEEN SOME DRAMATIC MOMENTS BEFORE, BUT I MEAN, WALKING OUT OF THE COURTROOM, WHAT IS THE LATEST? >>

WHAT’S GOING ON? >> WELL, THE LATEST, MORGAN, IS THAT E. JEAN CARROLL ATTORNEY ROBERTA KAPLAN IS CONTINUING WITH HER CLOSING ARGUMENTS TO THE BUT WITH NO DONALD TRUMP IN THE ROOM SINCE HE LEFT THE ROOM, I THINK IT WAS ABOUT AN HOUR AGO. NOW HE STILL HAS NOT RETURNED. BUT WE DO UNDERSTAND HE IS BELIEVED TO STILL BE IN THE BUILDING. SO IT A QUESTION DOES HE RETURN WHEN HIS OWN ATTORNEY, ALINA HABBA, IS UP FOR HER CLOSING STATEMENTS? AND I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT THAT HIS DEPARTURE FROM THE COURTROOM, WHICH CAME WITHOUT A WORD,

HE SAID NOTHING AS LEFT CAME AFTER TENSION WAS BUILDING THROUGHOUT THE ENTIRE MORNING, THE ONLY IN THE COURTROOM FOR ABOUT 20 MINUTES, TEN OF WHICH WAS WHEN ROBERTA KAPLAN WAS GIVING HER CLOSING STATEMENTS. AND AS YOU SAID, SHE WAS TALKING ABOUT HOW HE TRIED TO RUIN E. JEAN CARROLL. AND SHE WAS SAYING OVER AND OVER AND OVER AGAIN THAT DONALD TRUMP LIED WITH HIS STATEMENTS ABOUT AGING CAROL. AND YOU COULD SEE HIM SITTING AT THE DEFENSE TABLE, SHAKING HIS HEAD, GROWING AGITATED UNTIL HE ULTIMATELY DID LEAVE THE COURTROOM. SO THE QUESTION AGAIN REMAINS, WILL HE

RETURN? YES, THAT’S TRAUMATIC MOMENTS THERE. AND BRIAN, I WANT TO ASK YOU, WHAT IMPACT COULD TRUMP’S CONDUCT HAVE ON THIS CASE AGAINST HIM. >> WELL, IT’S NOT A GOOD LOOK. AND I WOULD SAY THAT ANY DAY DEFENDANT, WHETHER FACING CIVIL OR CRIMINAL LIABILITY, YOU MIGHT THINK THAT YOU’RE DISRESPECTING ONLY THE JUDGE. >> BUT IF THE JURY INTERPRETS AS A DISRESPECT TOWARDS THEM. >> DON’T FORGET WE’RE TALKING ABOUT DAMAGES HERE. >> THEY ASKED FOR SEVEN TO $12.1 MILLION IN REPUTATIONAL DAMAGES, BUT THEY SAID THAT’S SEVEN APART FROM FEAR. AND IT’S DEFINITELY SEPARATE AND APART FROM JUNIOR

DAMAGES. SO IF THE JURY TAKES THIS IS A FORM OF DISRESPECT SAYING IT SHOWS THAT THE ORIGINAL FROM ARGUED YOUR INNOCENCE, NOW YOU’RE DISRESPECTING BY WALKING OUT AND THE JUDGE TAKING THAT MOMENT TO PUT ON THE RECORD THAT HE WALKED OUT HIGHLIGHTING THIS ISSUE AND MIKE HITTING IN HIS POCKET WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO DAMAGES LATER ON IN THIS CASE. >> AN INTERESTING TAKE THERE. SO, OLIVIA, HOW COULD TRUMP’S BEHAVIOR IN COURT? LET’S TURN TO THE ELECTION, PLAY WITH HIS BASE AS HE RUNS, YOU KNOW, THIS THIRD BID FOR THE WHITE HOUSE? >> WELL, IT’S

AN INTERESTING QUESTION FOR SURE. AND I THINK THAT’S SOMETHING THAT A LOT OF POLLSTERS HAVE BEEN WONDERING THEMSELVES. WHAT EFFECT WILL THE LEGAL CASES OF DONALD HAVE ON HIS REELECTION CAMPAIGN? AND SO FAR, THERE HASN’T REALLY MUCH. HE JUST HAD A HUGE WIN IN IOWA. HE WON IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. AND AS HE ALWAYS HAS, HIS POLL NUMBERS GO UP. AND THAT’S ACTUALLY SOMETHING THAT E. JEAN CARROLL ATTORNEYS JUST HIT ON IN COURT IN THEIR CLOSING ARGUMENTS AS WELL WITH, AS BRIAN SAID, THEY’RE TRYING TO GET UP THE PUNITIVE DAMAGES, ESSENTIALLY SAYING THAT HE HASN’T STOPPED

THE CONDUCT AND THEY PLAYED A CLIP OF DONALD TRUMP GIVING A NEWS INTERVIEW TO THE FIRST VERDICT WHERE HE WAS FOUND GUILTY OF ABUSING E. JEAN CARROLL AND THE FIRST THING HE SAID, MORGAN WAS, WELL, CLEARLY DOESN’T MATTER BECAUSE MY POLL NUMBERS WENT UP AND THE AUDIENCE LAUGHED AT THAT JOKE. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT E. JEAN CARROLL ATTORNEY AGAIN REFERRED. KAPLAN HAS BEEN PLAYING ON, SAYING THAT HE SHE WAS LAUGHED AT IN THE WAKE OF THE VERDICT AND THEY’RE TRYING TO USE HIM PLAYING THE CAMPAIGN ANGLE TO UP THE AMOUNT OF MONEY THAT THEY’RE

ASKING THE JURY TO AWARD TO E. JEAN CARROLL YEAH, THE CAMPAIGN AND THE COURT WANTS HIM TO BE ONE OF THE SAME FOUR FOR DONALD TRUMP. OLIVIA AND BRIAN BUCKMIRE, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR JOINING US. >> MEANWHILE, THERE ARE NEW CONCERNS AMONG TOP REPUBLICANS, AGAIN, THAT FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP SET BACK MONTHS OF BORDER NEGOTIATIONS. HE’S BEEN PRESSURING REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS NOT TO COMPROMISE ON THOSE NEGOTIATIONS OVER BORDER SECURITY AND URGENT AID TO UKRAINE. ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTING POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL BAIT JOINING ME NOW FROM CAPITOL HILL. GOOD TO SEE RACHEL. OKAY, SO LET’S DIVE INTO

THIS. HOUSE SPEAKER JOHNSON SAID IF WHAT HE’S HEARD ABOUT THE DEAL IS TRUE, IT IS DEAD ON ARRIVAL IN THE HOUSE. >> WHAT IS THE LATEST ON THESE NEGOTIATIONS NOW? MORGAN LOOK, THEY’RE NOT LOOKING PRETTY FOR THOSE WHO ACTUALLY WANT TO SEE A DEAL . THIS IS OBVIOUSLY THE MOST POINTED WARNING THAT WE HAVE SEEN SO FAR. SPEAKER JOHNSON TO HIS SENATE COLLEAGUES, BASICALLY TELLING THEM TO SORT OF BACK OFF OR DON’T COME FORWARD UNLESS YOU HAVE AN ABSOLUTELY PERFECT DEAL, NOT ONE THAT IS COMPROMISE, SAYING, YOU KNOW, RUMORS ABOUT THE DEAL ARE TRUE IT’S

DEAD ON ARRIVAL. IT’S NOT GOOD ENOUGH FOR HOUSE REPUBLICANS. AS YOU KNOW, REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE A FEW MONTHS AGO PASSED THEIR OWN BORDER BILL, A MUCH MORE CONSERVATIVE DOCUMENT THAN WE’RE EXPECTING IN THE SENATE. IT WOULD NOT ONLY SORT OF FORTIFY THE BORDER AND OVERHAUL ASYLUM POLICY, BUT WOULD REENACT THE REMAIN IN MEXICO POLICY THAT REQUIRES PEOPLE CLAIMING ASYLUM TO WAIT IN MEXICO. SO THAT’S SOMETHING THAT THEY WANT. SEE, AND THIS OBVIOUSLY FURTHER COMPLICATES THE PASS IT THE PATH TO PASSAGE AND THAT CHEERLEADERS AT THE BORDER DEAL ACTUALLY WANT TO SEE. I MEAN, IT

COMES AFTER MCCONNELL ACKNOWLEDGED PUBLICLY ACKNOWLEDGED PRIVATELY, I SHOULD SAY, THAT DONALD TRUMP AND HIS ALLIES ARE PRESSURE ON THE MEMBERS NOT TO GIVE JOE BIDEN A POLITICAL WIN ON THE BORDER. SENATORS ARE ALREADY QUESTIONING WHETHER THEY WANT TO CROSS TRUMP AND BACK THIS BIPARTISAN DEAL IN THE SENATE. NOW THAT THEY SEE THE HOUSE IS NOT EVEN GOING TO TAKE IT UP POTENTIALLY. THEY’RE QUESTIONING THAT EVEN MORE SO. IT’S NOT GOOD FOR THOSE WHO WANT A DEAL YET. >> AND THEN YOU HAVE THE SITUATION WITH MORE AID TO UKRAINE. SO WHAT DOES THIS MEAN FOR THAT

MEASURE OR THAT SIDE OF IT, RATHER? YEAH, AGAIN, NOT GOOD NEWS FOR THOSE WHO. WANT TO SEE MORE AID TO UKRAINE. IT WAS INITIALLY REPUBLICANS WHO CAME FORWARD AND SAID WE DON’T WANT TO PASS MORE UKRAINE AID UNTIL THERE IS A BORDER DEAL. THIS WAS A REPUBLICAN IDEA AND SO THE WHITE HOUSE ENTERTAINED THAT. THEY SAID, OKAY, LET’S HAVE A CONVERSATION. NOW, REPUBLICANS ARE CONSIDERING JUST WALKING AWAY AGAIN BECAUSE OF THESE POLITICAL PRESSURES, WHICH THAT JUST LEAVES A QUESTION, WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH UKRAINE AND THEIR FIGHT AGAINST RUSSIA? AND WE’VE SEEN MADE ADDRESSING THE

SITUATION AT THE SOUTHERN BORDER, YOU KNOW, A CENTRAL PART OF HIS CAMPAIGN. I MEAN, WE HEARD IT IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. I WAS THERE. WHAT IS THE STRATEGY HERE? AND RACHEL, WHY WOULD HE WANT TO DERAIL THIS, AS SOME REPUBLICANS HAVE ALLEGED? >> IT’S POLITICS AT ITS FINEST . I MEAN, CLEARLY, DONALD TRUMP IS LOOKING AT THESE POLLS. HE’S SAYING THAT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN, WHEN IT COMES TO THE BORDER SITUATION, THAT’S OFTENTIMES WHERE VOTERS HAVE THEIR BIGGEST PROBLEMS WITH WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE IS DOING AND THEY BLAME FOR THE BORDER SITUATION. SO HE WANTS TO RUN

ON THAT AND HE DOESN’T WANT REPUBLICANS TO GIVE BIDEN THE CHANCE TO SAY, LOOK, I WORKED WITH THE THE OTHER PARTY. I WORKED WITH REPUBLICANS. WE DID SOMETHING ON THE BORDER AND TRY TO USE THAT AS A POLITICAL WIN. RACHEL BADE ON CAPITOL HILL FOR US. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR WEIGHING IN. I WILL NOW TURN TO THE U.N. TOP COURT DEMANDING ISRAEL TRY TO CONTAIN THE DEATH AND DAMAGE IN GAZA. BUT THEY DID STOP SHORT OF ORDERING A CEASE FIRE. IT WAS SOUTH AFRICA WHO BROUGHT THE CASE BEFORE THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE ACCUSING

ISRAEL OF COMMITTING IN GAZA. BUT ISRAEL CALLS THE ALLEGATIONS FALSE AND GROSSLY DISTORTED. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. ISRAEL HAS AN INHERENT RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF, ALSO SAYING ISRAEL’S COMMITMENT TO INTERNATIONAL LAW IS UNWAVERING. THE PRELIMINARY DECISION COMES AMID HEAVY FIGHTING IN GAZA. >> SECOND LARGEST CITY, THE HAMAS RUN GAZA HEALTH MINISTRY REPORTS MORE THAN 26,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN ISRAEL’S OFFENSIVE. MEANWHILE, NEW VIDEO FROM THE U.N. YOU SEE IT THERE SHOWS PEOPLE FLEEING KHAN YUNIS LOOKING FOR REFUGE AT THE EGYPT BORDER. WITH THAT SAID, WE WANT TO BRING IN CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT

GUTMAN JOINING ME LIVE FROM TEL AVIV, ISRAEL FOR MORE. SO, MATT, ISRAELI OFFICIALS, THEY’RE ALREADY TAKING PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT INNOCENT LIVES IN GAZA. >> HOW MUCH FURTHER ARE THEY WILLING TO GO HERE? RIGHT. MORGAN ISRAEL’S CONTENTION FROM THE START HAS BEEN THAT IT’S BEEN COMPLYING WITH THE INTERNATIONAL LAW, THAT IT IS NOT COMMITTING IN GAZA. THIS ICJ RULING WAS A SHARP REBUKE TO ISRAEL’S CONDUCT IN GAZA. THEY ARE DEMANDING THAT ISRAEL PREVENT ANY GENOCIDAL ACTS. BUT SPECIFICALLY, AND PRACTICALLY SPEAKING, IT DOESN’T HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON ISRAEL. SOUTH AFRICA, WHICH BROUGHT THE CASE AND THE

PALESTINIANS HOPE THAT THE ICJ WOULD DEMAND THAT ISRAEL CEASE FIRE NOW THAT THERE WOULD BE AN IMMEDIATE PAUSE IN FIGHTING. THE ICJ DID NOT THAT, BUT IT DOES PUT ISRAEL ON NOTICE. ISRAEL DOES HAVE TO PUT OUT A REPORT A MONTH FROM NOW SHOWING WHAT IT HAS DONE TO PREVENT AND UPDATING THE COURT. THAT IS A PRETTY BIG DEAL. THEY’RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE TO BE MUCH MORE COGNIZANT ABOUT STATEMENTS PUT OUT BY POLITICAL LEADERS WHO MIGHT HAVE IMPACT, TOO, ON THE PUBLIC OR ON ACTUALLY PUSHING FOR ANY SORT OF ACTS THAT THE COURT MIGHT

BE GENOCIDAL. SO IN TERMS OF PRACTICAL EFFECTS, NOT A LOT IN TERMS OF IMAGE. IT IS VERY DAMAGING TO ISRAEL, WHICH HAS SAID THAT THIS WAR HAS BEEN JUSTIFIED FROM THE START. >> MORGAN WELL, NOW THE U.S. AND ISRAEL BOTH CALLED THESE ALLEGATIONS, QUOTE, MERITLESS. HOW SIGNIFICANT, THEN, IS THIS DECISION NOT TO DISMISS THE CASE ALTOGETHER? >> IT’S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT I THINK THAT ISRAEL KIND OF EXPECTED THAT. I THINK THE PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN APPLAUDING THE DECISION, ALTHOUGH THEY WANTED TO SEE MORE. THEY DID WANT TO SEE THAT CEASE FIRE DEMANDED BY THE U.N. AND, ITS

AGENCIES. BUT IT DEFINITELY CHANGES THE TENOR OF THIS WAR. I THINK IN SOME WAYS. ISRAEL UNDERSTANDS BOTH FROM PRESSURE FROM THE U.S. AND NOW FROM MASSIVE INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE AND PRESSURE FROM THE HAGUE, THAT IT HAS TO CHANGE THE WAY IT’S CONDUCTING THIS WAR, THAT THE NUMBER CIVILIAN CASUALTIES OF THE BLOCKADE, EVEN THOUGH ISRAEL IS ALLOWING AID IN TO SOME DEGREE, HAS TO BE CHANGED AND THAT MORE HAS BE DONE TO TRY TO PREVENT CIVILIAN LIVES. THIS IS SOMETHING THE WHITE AND PRESIDENT BIDEN HAVE BATTERED INTO ISRAEL TIME AND AGAIN. EACH TIME THEY HAVE CALLS. SAME

THING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. VERY IMPORTANT TO TRY TO PROTECT CIVILIANS AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AS THIS CONFLICT GOES FORWARD. CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN IN TEL AVIV FOR MATT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. MEANWHILE, THE INTERNATIONAL COMMITTEE OF THE RED CROSS GAZA IS AT RISK OF A COMPLETE MEDICAL SHUTDOWN IF URGENT ACTION ISN’T TAKEN TO PRESERVE SERVICES. I WANT TO BRING IN DR. SAMUEL. HE’S THE PRESIDENT AND CO-FOUNDER OF MET GLOBAL, HAS LED A VOLUNTEER TEAM OF DOCTORS ON A MEDICAL MISSION IN GAZA. DR. SOLO, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR FOR BEING WITH US.

YOU’VE WORKED, YOU KNOW, IN HOSPITALS IN GAZA AS WELL, AT THE CLINIC IN RAFAH. WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU DURING YOUR TIME THERE? >> YOU MEAN WHAT GOES? WHAT WE HAVE, AS WE CALLED. BUT I HAVE A LOT TO PROCESS IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS. WE’VE BEEN IN THIS MEDICAL MISSION FOR SINCE JANUARY 9TH UNTIL JANUARY FIFTH. AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF THE HEALTH CARE SYSTEM WHERE YOU HAD LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE MOST OF THEM ARE DISPLACED TO A SMALL AREA IN RAFAH WHO HAVE NO ACCESS TO GOOD HEALTH CARE. MOST

OF THE HOSPITALS CLOSED IN GAZA. THAT MEANS THE REMAINING HOSPITALS ARE THE ONLY WAY TO GET TREATMENT FOR YOUR CONDITIONS FOR THE INJURIES. I WORK IN A HOSPITAL CALLED NAZAR, WHICH IS A LARGE TERTIARY HEALTHCARE CENTER IN FANI WILLIS. AND BY THE TIME WE ENDED OUR MISSION, THE HOSPITAL WAS COMPLETELY SURROUNDED BY THE TROOPS AND MANY OF THE PATIENTS WERE BEING BROUGHT TO THE HOSPITAL, HAD SURGEONS TO TREAT THEM EVERY DAY. THERE WERE MASS CASUALTY EVENTS AT THE HOSPITAL WHERE YOU HAD A NUMBER OF CIVILIANS WHO ARE BOTH AFTER A MISSILE ATTACK OR BOMB. MANY

OF THEM ARE CHILDREN. SOME OF THEM ARE DEAD. SOME OF THEM SURVIVED FOR THE NEXT DAY AND THEY UNDERGO SURGERY. THEN THEY HAVE COMPLICATIONS BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED RESOURCES IN THE CLINIC THAT TREATED PATIENTS IN RAFAH, WE HAD A CLINIC THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BY MILITARY FAMILIES. WE WERE SEEING 700, 800 PATIENTS EVERY DAY. MANY OF THEM HAVE RESPIRATORY INFECTION LIKE WHAT THEY HAVE. MANY OF THEM HAVE DIARRHEA BECAUSE OF THE LACK OF CLEAN WATER. AND BY THE TIME WE ENDED THE MISSION, THE HOSPITAL THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT IS BEING COMPLETELY DESERTED BECAUSE OF THE

APPROACH TO THE FIGHTING. AND MANY OF THE HOSPITALS IN FANI WILLIS ALSO ARE RIGHT NOW IN OPERABLE. THAT MEAN THE FEW HOSPITALS THAT WERE AVAILABLE. BUT WE STARTED THE MISSION. >> I’M NOT AVAILABLE WHEN WE ENDED THE MISSION. DR. SAMUEL, YOU WERE DESCRIBING SUCH A TOLL THERE. HOW HOW DIRE IS THE HEALTH CARE SITUATION THERE IN GAZA AND HOW ARE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS LIKE YOU HANDLING HANDLING THERE, HANDLING IT? >> IT’S LIKE I DON’T HAVE WORDS TO DESCRIBE WHAT I HAVE SEEN. >> I MEAN, I’VE BEEN IN UKRAINE, I’VE BEEN IN SYRIA AND YEMEN IN

MANY OTHER DISASTER AREAS. I’VE BEEN IN GAZA BEFORE MULTIPLE TIMES. BUT THIS IS THE WORST I HAVE SEEN. AND I THINK EVERY DOCTOR AND EVERY HUMANITARIAN SHOULD BE TALKING ABOUT WHAT’S GOING ON IN GAZA, BECAUSE WE ARE DEPRIVING THAT THE POPULATION OF GAZA, 2.2 MILLION OF ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE. WE’RE NOT TALKING ONLY ABOUT THE INJURED WHO HAVE NO NO SURGEONS TO TREAT THEM OR OPERATING ROOMS TO TREAT THEM, AND NO MEDICAL SUPPLIES. SIMPLE THINGS LIKE FRACTURES AND NEEDS BLADES AND SCREWS. AND THERE’S CLEAR SCHOOLS IN THE MARKET OR IN THE HOSPITALS BECAUSE OF THE

SHORTAGE OF THAT I.V. ARE NOT AVAILABLE. INSULIN IS NOT AVAILABLE PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC DISEASES DON’T HAVE ACCESS TO BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICATIONS, TO SEIZURE MEDICATIONS. PATIENTS WITH GUNS DON’T HAVE ACCESS TO CHEMOTHERAPY. IT’S A IT’S SOMETHING THAT IS PROBABLY FROM A HORROR MOVIE. >> AND THERE SHOULD BE A WAY TO EASE THE HUMANITARIAN. ALL THE TALK ABOUT INCREASING HUMANITARIAN AID IS NOT TRANSLATED INTO ACTION. WHAT WE NEED IN GAZA IS NOT ONLY THE 100 TRUCKS THAT ARE ENTERING, WE NEED 1000 PARTS OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES, OF FOOD, OF CLEAN WATER, OF FUEL TO ENTER EVERYDAY. WE NEED

TO STOP THAT. THAT’S HEALTH CARE. >> AND WE NEED TO STOP, OF COURSE, THE WAR BECAUSE CAUSING HUGE HARM ON INNOCENT CIVILIAN CHILDREN, ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC DISEASES . THANK YOU SO MUCH, MEN. GLOBAL PRESIDENT AND CO-FOUNDER DR. ZUHAIR SALAH. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU’RE DOING. AND MEANWHILE, U.S. COMMAND SAYS THE USS CARNEY SHOT DOWN A MISSILE FIRED AT THE DESTROYER IN THE GULF OF ADEN TODAY. THE U.S., U.S. SAYS THE IRANIAN BACKED MILITANTS FIRED THE MISSILE FROM A WHOOPEE CONTROLLED AREA IN YEMEN. CENTCOM SAYS THE MISSILE WAS SUCCESSFULLY SHOT

DOWN AND NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES WERE REPORTED. WE’RE ALSO LEARNING KING CHARLES IS OUT OF SURGERY ,DOING WELL AFTER UNDERGOING A CORRECTIVE PROCEDURE FOR AN ENLARGED. . THE QUEEN WAS SEEN LEAVING THE HOSPITAL, APPEARING TO SAY HE’S FINE. THE PALACE SAYS THE KING WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THE SURGERY IN ADVANCE TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO GET THEIR CHECKED. HE’S NOW RECOVERING IN THE SAME HOSPITAL WHERE KATE, THE PRINCESS OF WALES, ALSO RECOVERING FROM SURGERY. WELL, COMING UP, DEBORAH ROBERTS JOINS US TO TALK ABOUT HER NEW INTERVIEW WITH GYPSY ROSE AHEAD OF TONIGHT’S ALL NEW 2020. WHAT GYPSY

IS NOW SAYING ABOUT HER LATE MOTHER, DEE DEE BLANCHARD. ALSO AHEAD, AN ON FORMERLY CONJOINED TWINS TODDLERS. ONE YEAR AFTER THEIR INCREDIBLE SURGERY. WE’LL TELL YOU HOW DOING WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS. >> WE ARE HEARING ISRAEL A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY. >> HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING. >> ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE FROM THE SCENE OF. THAT DEADLY STRIKE CONTINUE FOR UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORWARD THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE

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NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. EVERYBODY IN THAT HOME IS OKAY TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. WE ARE HERE AT FASHION’S BIGGEST OUT. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY. YOUTUBE HAS UNVEILED A NEW SET OF POLICIES WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT. THE NEW AD CAMPAIGN FAST, STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN A REAL LIFE BARBIE DREAM HOUSE. A NAME CHANGE FOR THE WIENERMOBILE. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT WHAT DO SO MANY PEOPLE START

THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS THE START HERE TO BE IN THE NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD AH MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE ABC NEWS WE YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING WHEREVER GET YOUR PODCASTS START HERE. >> WELCOME BACK IN GYPSY ROSE BLANCHARD IS ADJUSTING

LIFE AS A FREE WOMAN AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM PRISON IN DECEMBER. SHE BEEN SERVING A TEN YEAR SENTENCE FOR SECOND DEGREE MURDER CHARGE FOR THE KILLING OF HER MOTHER BACK IN 2015. AND FOR OVER A DECADE, GYPSY ROSE SAYS LIVED IN A WHEELCHAIR, BELIEVING SHE SUFFERED FROM MULTIPLE MEDICAL ISSUES INCLUDING LEUKEMIA, SEIZURES, MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY. BUT EXPERTS SAY IT WAS LIKELY A CASE OF MUNCHAUSEN BY PROXY 2020. AND CO-ANCHOR DEBORAH ROBERTS. JOINING ME NOW TO PREVIEW TONIGHT’S ALL NEW 2020 ABOUT GYPSY ROSE’S CASE AND, HER NEXT ACT. SO, DEBORAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH

US. SO YOU INTERVIEW THE GYPSY ROSE. WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU MOST FROM THAT SIT DOWN? WELL, FIRST OF ALL, I WAS SO SHOCKED BY HOW MUCH PEOPLE ARE DRAWN TO THIS WOMAN. WHEN I WENT OUT TO DO THE INTERVIEW HER, SHE HAD ALMOST 20 MILLION FOLLOWERS ONLINE AND GROWING. SO PEOPLE WERE REALLY CAPTIVATED BY HER STORY. AND I WAS ALSO JUST STRUCK THE FACT THAT SHE WENT INTO PRISON AS A YOUNG WOMAN WHO HAD JUST BASICALLY HELD CAPTIVE BY HER MOTHER, HAD A SECOND GRADE EDUCATION, AND SHE MANAGED TO GET HER GED IN PRISON.

SO SHE WAS VERY SHE WAS VERY WELL-SPOKEN. I WAS REALLY SURPRISED TO SEE HOW MUCH SHE HANDLED HERSELF IN A WAY THAT WAS SHE SEEMS VERY, VERY SMART IN TUNE WITH WHAT’S GOING ON AROUND HER. AND I WAS IMPRESSED BY THAT AFTER NEARLY A DECADE IN PRISON. AND WHAT HER MOTHER WHAT DOES SHE REVEAL TO YOU ABOUT THAT RELATIONSHIP? WHAT’S SO FASCINATING ABOUT THIS STORY IS IT IS SO DIFFERENT FROM MANY OF THE TRUE CRIME STORIES THAT WE’VE COVERED BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SO DIVIDED OVER THIS. THERE ARE PEOPLE WHO EMBRACE THIS YOUNG WOMAN BECAUSE THEY

FEEL THAT SHE WAS VICTIMIZED. AND GYPSY ACTUALLY OWNS THE FACT THAT SHE PARTICIPATED IN THIS MURDER OF A MOTHER. SHE FEELS VERY CONFLICTED ABOUT IT. >> AND SHE SAYS SHE STILL MISSES HER MOM. SHE LOVES HER MOM. SHE MISSES HER MOM. IT WAS NOT SOMETHING SHE WANTED TO DO OR SET OUT TO DO. SHE SAID FELT DESPERATE. AND TO HEAR HER TALK ABOUT HER MOM IN A WAY THAT WAS LOVING WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO ME. YEAH. AND I THINK THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE OF THAT SOUNDBITE AS WELL. IS THAT OKAY? IF WE CAN PLAY

THAT IN SOME OF THE DOCUMENTARIES, YOUR MOM HAS BEEN PORTRAYED AS A MONSTER? I DON’T BELIEVE MY MOTHER WAS A MONSTER. SHE AND MENTAL ILLNESS, UM, SHE HAD A LOT OF DEMONS HERSELF THAT SHE WAS STRUGGLING WITH, AND SHE WOULD HAVE NEEDED MENTAL HEALTH CARE. DO YOU MISS YOUR MOM, DEE DEE? YEAH, I MISS MY MOM. I STILL THINK ABOUT MY MOM FROM TIME TO TIME. >> AFTER ALL, SHE STILL WAS MY MOTHER. NO MATTER WHAT SHE DID TO ME. I MEAN, THAT WAS ALL SHE KNEW. HER MOTHER LEFT HER SIDE AND THAT WAS PART

OF THIS WHOLE CAPTIVITY. HER MOTHER NEVER REALLY LET HER HAVE FRIENDSHIPS. AND YOU’RE GOING TO FIND OUT TONIGHT ON 2020 HOW AS A TEENAGER AND A 20-YEAR-OLD, SHE STARTED TO STEP OUT OF THAT BUBBLE. AND YOU’RE ALSO TO HEAR FROM A PSYCHIATRIST ABOUT WHAT WAS AT PLAY HERE. WHY FELT SO DESPERATE, HOW SHE FELT THAT THIS WAS HER ONLY OPTION. >> AND THEN YOU MAY BETTER UNDERSTAND WHY SOME PEOPLE SEE HER REALLY A VICTIM MORE THAN A PERPETRATOR. RIGHT. AND, YOU KNOW, I’M REALLY STRUCK BY LEVEL OF EMPATHY THAT SHE DISPLAYED IN THAT INTERVIEW AND

COULD TO HOW THE FOLLOWING THAT SHE’S BEEN GAINING OVER THIS SOUNDS IT SOUNDS THAT SHE DOESN’T PRETEND THAT SHE HAD NO HAND IN THIS. SHE DOESN’T PRETEND TO BE JUST A VICTIM. SHE DOES SEE HERSELF AS A VICTIM. SHE SAYS SHE WAS LET DOWN BY THE MEDICAL SYSTEM, WHICH SHOULD HAVE CAUGHT SOME OF THIS ALONG THE WAY. BUT HER MOTHER WAS VERY CLEVER IN HOW SHE MANEUVERED AROUND THE SYSTEM. YOU’LL HEAR ALL THOSE DETAILS TONIGHT ON 2020. A LOT OF DETAILS THAT HAVEN’T HEARD BEFORE. >> AND YOU ALSO SPOKE WITH GYPSY’S NEW HUSBAND. WHAT THEY

HAVE TO SAY ABOUT HOW THE WORLD IS REACTING TO THAT. >> IT WAS FASCINATING TO MEET RYAN ANDERSON, HER NEW HUSBAND. HE WROTE TO HER AS A PEN PAL IN PRISON. WHAT GUY WANTS TO CONNECT A WOMAN IN PRISON? YOU’LL HEAR FROM HIM. AND I TOLD HIM, I SAID, A LOT OF PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA ARE VERY SUSPICIOUS OF YOU. AND HE ANSWERS THAT QUESTION, TALKS ABOUT THEIR NEW RELATIONSHIP. THEY AND A LOT OF LOCALS ARE A VERY SWEET NEW COUPLE STARTING OUT. BUT THE BIG QUESTION IS WHAT THEY WALK INTO NOW AND HOW WILL

SHE BE AFFECTED BY THIS FAME? AND THAT’S MY QUESTION FOR YOU. WHAT’S NEXT FROM GYPSY ROSE? WELL, SHE’S GOT A LOT OF THINGS GOING. SHE’S GOT THIS DOCUMENTARY. SHE’S GOT A BOOK THAT’S COMING OUT. SHE’S GOT CAMERAS ARE FOLLOWING HER. >> SHE HAS A LOT OF CONNECTION RIGHT, TO A FLAME THAT COULD BE, YOU KNOW, DICEY IF SHE COULD BE BURNED BY IT. AND THAT’S THE BIG QUESTION, IS SHE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT, GOING TO GUIDE HER? WHERE WILL SHE GO NEXT? SHE SAYS SHE WANTS TO AN INFLUENCE FOR GOOD. AND I

ASK HER INFLUENCER OR EMPLOYER ONCE AND SHE MADE IT VERY CLEAR SHE WANTS TO INFLUENCE SHE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT ABUSE BECAUSE SHE NEVER REALLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW AND TO HAVE AN OPTION TO STEP OUT OF HER WORLD. ABSOLUTELY. BEING DEBORAH ROBERTS US NOW AT ABC NEWS LIVE. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND OF COURSE, YOU CAN WATCH 2020. IT AIRS TONIGHT AT 9 P.M. EASTERN ON ABC AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE NEXT DAY ON HULU. >> WELL, COMING UP, A SWEET FOR YOU ON THIS FRIDAY. HOW THESE TWO TODDLERS. OH, MY GOODNESS. SO

SWEET ONE YEAR HOW THEY’RE DOING AFTER THEIR SUCCESSFUL SURGERY. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> FROM AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE COMES THE WHOLE NEW ABC NEWS. AND BREAKING NEWS VIDEO FASTER, SMARTER, AND IT CAN CUSTOMIZE TO YOU AND YOUR INTERESTS AND KNOW YOU’RE TO LOVE THIS EXPERIENCE WITH ALL THE BLESSINGS AND EXPERI. THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WINNER OF THE GRACIE AWARD FOR BEST NEWS PROGRAM IN ALL TELEVISION STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE TIME WITH LINSEY DAVIS WEEKNIGHTS ON ABC NEWS LIVE FROM THE CITY OF BEIJING. THERE ARE SOME

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AS THEIR STORY AND THEY SAY TIME HEALS ALL WOUNDS ONE ZERO AND IN THE FINLEY FAMILY HOME. WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR CAN MAKE AND I DON’T KNOW HOW TO DESCRIBE THEM. >> IT’S BEEN JUST ONE YEAR SINCE JAMES FINLEY’S TWINS, CONJOINED BY THEIR LIVER AND CHEST. AMY LYNN AND JAMIE LYNN WERE SEPARATED IN A RISKY BUT, MIRACULOUS SURGERY. MORE THAN 50 MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AT COOK CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL WORKED TOGETHER FOR 11 HOURS TO SEPARATE THE BABIES. >> EVERY CONJOINED TWINS HAS A UNIQUE ANATOMY. THEY’RE ALL DIFFERENT. AMY LYNN AND JAMIE LYNN FINALLY ROLLING OUT OF

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AND SHE’S ALREADY TRAINED THE TWINS DURING A SPECIAL BOND NOW FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. >> AND LET’S HOPE THEY STAY. >> THEY CALL LISA AND NOW IS TELLING THAT BABY. >> YEAH. ALL RIGHT. THANKS TO SAM CHAMPION FOR THAT SUPER SWEET STORY. AND THANK YOU FOR STREAMING WITH US. SOME WORKING MORE WITH ABC NEWS LIVE IS HERE FOR YOU ANY TIME WITH THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS. YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND US ON VARIOUS STREAMING SERVICES, THE ABC NEWS APP AND OF COURSE ,ABCNEWS.COM. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. NEITHER DO WE. WE’LL RIGHT BACK

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THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION. “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT”, DAVID MUIR. I HAVE A POINT OF CONTACT. THEY’RE EXPECTING US. THESE OUR SECRET WORLD WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS MY TIME. INSIDE THE TENT IS A SLICE OF HUMAN BRAIN. THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO MURDERED. >> THERE’S REALLY NO TELLING WHEN SOME OF THEM WILL GO. BAD THINGS IS HAPPENING EVERYWHERE AND ANYWHERE. WOW. >> ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. READY? LET’S DO IT. YES. THE SHOW, AMERICA WHAT AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT? THIS IS WHAT WOULD

YOU DO NOW? HAPPENS, GIRL. HOW ARE YOU? SO WHAT WILL YOU BE WATCHING? SATURDAY IS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I GUESS I JUST FOUND OUT. >> WHAT WOULD YOU DO? MARATHON 2 TO 6 EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY ON ABC NEEDS MY FAVORITE SHOW. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? ABC NEWS. THIS IS STARTING TO BE IN KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. START. THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. YOU KEEP YOUR DAILY PERSON LISTENING WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS.

ABC NEWS LIVE PROGRAM WINNER OF THE GRACIE AWARD FOR BEST NEWS PROGRAM IN ALL OF TELEVISION AT STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WITH LINSEY DAVIS WEEKNIGHTS ON ABC LIVE. >> ABC NEWS, AMERICA’S NUMBER NEWS SOURCE. AND WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR STREAMING WITH US. YOU ARE LOOKING AT CAPITOL HILL ON THIS FRIDAY. AND SPEAKING OF FRIDAY, HAPPY FRIDAY TO YOU. AND WE’VE GOT A LOT OF NEWS TO GET TO. AND HERE’S THE RUNDOWN. RIGHT NOW, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT’S PAUSING ALL NEW APPLICATION SIGNS FOR NATURAL GAS EXPORTS.

ADMINISTRATION OFFICIALS SAY THEY WANT TO REVIEW THE MASSIVE INCREASE IN EXPORTS TO FOREIGN NATIONS THAT HAPPENED, RUSSIA’S WAR WITH UKRAINE. THE U.S. ENERGY SECRETARY SAYS THE PAUSE WILL NOT AFFECT ALREADY AUTHORIZED EXPORT EXPORTS AND WON’T IMPACT THE GAS INDUSTRY. THE ABILITY TO SUPPLY U.S. ALLIES IN EUROPE AND ASIA. THE U.S. GAS INDUSTRY, THOUGH, OPPOSES THE MOVE. WHAT CLIMATE GROUPS SEE IT AS A VICTORY. ALASKA AIRLINES IS PUTTING SOME OF ITS MAX NIGHTS BACK IN THE AIR. THIS COMES JUST THREE WEEKS AFTER THE BOEING 737 MAX NINE DOOR PLUG BLEW OFF THE PLANE, 60,000 FEET IN

THE AIR. ALASKA AIRLINES SAYS ALL MAX NINE WILL BE FLYING AGAIN IN FEBRUARY. SO YOU MAY STILL SOME CANCELLATIONS IN THE NEXT WEEK. THE AIRLINE SAYS THE GROUNDING ,MAX NINE, ACTUALLY COST THE COMPANY $150 MILLION. MEANWHILE, UNITED ALSO SAYS IT’S PUTTING ITS MAX BACK IN THE AIR BY SUNDAY. AND A LITTLE MOMENT OF ZEN FOR YOU ON THIS FRIDAY. SURFING DOGS, RIDING THE WAVES IN PERU. IT’S A VIDEO YOU DIDN’T KNOW YOU NEEDED. THAT’S FOUR-YEAR-OLD JACK RUSSELL TERRIER AND FUZZ BALANCING ON THE BOARD WITH HIS OWNER AND SURF INSTRUCTOR. THEY BEGAN SURFING TOGETHER ABOUT A

YEAR AGO, AND THEY’RE NOT THE ONLY HUMAN DUO SURFING THE WAVES THERE. A DOZEN OR MORE CAN BE SEEN DURING A SINGLE WEEKEND. BUT WE DO BEGIN WITH THE SUSPECT IN THE MURDERS OF FOUR UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO STUDENTS DUE IN COURT TODAY. IT COMES AS WE HEAR FROM THE FAMILY OF KAYLEE GONSALVES ,ONE OF THE STUDENTS KILLED IN 2022. HER FAMILY SAT DOWN WITH ABC NEWS ANCHOR KAYNA WHITWORTH AHEAD OF TODAY’S. >> WE’RE JUST LEFT IN LIMBO. KAYLA GONZALEZ’S PARENTS SHARING EXCLUSIVELY WITH YOU. YOU MAY NEVER BEFORE SEEN PICTURES AND VIDEOS OF THEIR 21-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER

FIGHT. >> YOU CAN SEE, YOU CAN REALLY SEE THEM THAT YOU CAN PUT THEIR. >> YEAH, I KNOW. THAT’S IN FRONT OF THE TOWER. YEAH. THIS IS IN FRONT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO TOWER. THE FAMILY STILL WAITING ON A FULL DIGITAL COPY OF CAYLEE’S PHONE FROM AUTHORITIES. >> THESE ARE THE LAST MOMENTS OF YOUR CHILD’S LIFE, AND YOU’RE SITTING FIGHTING WITH SOMEBODY WHO JUST DOESN’T CARE. THEY WERE TO COLLECT SOME OF CAYLEE’S BELONGINGS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OVER THE SUMMER ,WHICH RAISED CONCERNS FOR THEM ABOUT HOW WELL POSSIBLE EVIDENCE PROCESSED, INCLUDING A TRASH CAN FROM

CAYLEE’S ROOM THAT WAS FULL AND APPEARED UNTOUCHED. >> WE OPENED IT WAS A LITTLE SQUEEZY THING THAT HE WOULD GIVE TO LIKE A TODDLER. IT DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN GONE THROUGH. >> POLICE SAYING THEY HAD GATHERED MORE THAN 100 PIECES OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FROM THE SCENE, ALONG WITH SOME 4000 PHOTOS AND 3D SCANS OF THE. STILL, FRUSTRATION MOUNTING FOR THE FAMILY OVER WHAT THEY CONSIDER A LACK OF COMMUNICATION AND A RUSH TO TEAR THE HOME ON KING ROAD. CHRISTIE DESCRIBES FOR THE FIRST TIME HOW CAYLEE WAS FOUND. IT’S MY UNDERSTANDING CAYLEE WAS KIND

OF SITTING UP. YES. AND I HAD THOUGHT, YEAH, IN THE WAY THAT ROOM’S PUT TOGETHER, IF YOU COME THROUGH THAT DOOR, YOU CAN’T GET OUT OF THAT ROOM COMPLETELY. TOTALLY TRAPPED. YEAH. YOU’RE IN A BED HANGING FROM THE BED. >> THE BED WAS THE ENTIRE ROOM. YOU COULD BARELY OPEN UP THE DOOR WITHOUT SWIPING TO THE SIDE OF BED. AND IT WAS WALL. WALL. YOU KNOW, THE HEADBOARD WAS UP AGAINST THE WALL. THE CYBER KID WAS ON. IT WAS UP AGAINST THE. AND YOU CAN IMAGINE, KIMMY, IN AN UPRIGHT SORT OF POSITION UP IN THE

CORNER, SLUMPED, AND SHE WAS TRAPPED. >> THE HOME ON KING ROAD WAS DOWN IN THE PREDAWN HOURS OF DECEMBER 20 EIGHT. AND ABC NEWS LIVE ANCHOR KAYNA WHITWORTH JOINING NOW ALONGSIDE LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR BRIAN BUCKMIRE KENA, JUST INCREDIBLE REPORTING THERE. SO WHAT DO WE EXPECT FROM TODAY’S HEARINGS? >> YES, IT’S GOING TO BE A BUSY DAY HERE AT THE L.A. COUNTY. THERE’S TWO PIVOTAL HEARINGS TODAY, AND THE FIRST ONE IS SEALED. THE PUBLIC NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. AND IT’S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WILL BE AT LEAST ONE OF THREE MOTIONS DISCUSSED. THERE’S BEEN THREE MOTIONS

FILED BY THE DEFENSE TO HAVE THE CHARGES AGAINST BRIAN HERSHBERGER THROWN OUT. SO WE’LL DISCUSS AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE. THEY WILL ALSO LIKELY DISCUSS HOW MUCH DISCOVERY THE DEFENSE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO IN TERMS OF GENEALOGY. THEN THE SECOND HEARING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND IT’S IN THAT SAME VEIN, WHEREAS OUR UNDERSTANDING THE DEFENSE WILL BE ASKING JUDGE TO RECONSIDER A PREVIOUS DECISION OF HIS TO NOT THROW OUT THE CHARGES AGAINST COWORKER. THERE IS ALSO A SCHEDULING CONFERENCE SLATED FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THAT IS WHAT THE FAMILIES WILL BE PAYING VERY CLOSE

ATTENTION TO. THEY WANT A TRIAL DATE SET AND THEY’RE EAGER FOR FOR JUSTICE IN THIS CASE. AND BRIAN, THERE HAVE BEEN THREE SEPARATE ATTEMPTS TO HAVE THE INDICTMENT THROWN OUT. NOW THEY’RE SAYING THEY WANT SOME OF THE DETAILS IN THE MOST RECENT ONE MADE PUBLIC. YOU KNOW, ARE THEY BETTING ON SOME SORT OF, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC GOODWILL HERE? >> HERE NOT TO USE THE WORD PUBLICLY? >> WELL, BUT IN THAT VEIN. WELL, THE REASON WHY I THINK THEY WOULD DO THIS. SO THAT’S WHY I WOULD SEE THIS AS A PROBLEM OF THE FAMILIES, ALL OF

THE LEADERS AND ALL THE INFORMATION ABOUT THIS CASE IS SIDED BECAUSE OF WHAT’S COMING OUT AND ALSO JUST THE HORRIFIC, HORRIFIC NESS OF THIS CASE. WE’RE HEARING ALL THE FACTS THAT COULD INCRIMINATE. RYAN COOGLER, IF YOU’RE A DEFENSE ATTORNEY, YOU WANT TO GET SOME INFORMATION OUT TO COUNTER THE RESEMBLANCE OF REASONABLE DOUBT, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO BE THERE WHEN THEY SELECT A JURY AND THEY WANT SOME ARGUMENT BE ABLE TO PUSH BACK IN THIS CASE BEFORE JURY SELECTION. >> BUT, RYAN, WHY WOULD THEY MAKE JUST ONE HEARING PRIVATE? >> I THINK THE

NATURE OF THE HEARINGS AND THE PROCESS HERE. YOU KNOW THIS SAYS 11 A.M. PACIFIC TIME. THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT A BIAS JURY AND ADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE LACKS SUFFICIENT EVIDENCE. THAT IS BUSTER PROSECUTORIAL. SO THAT VERY FACT SPECIFIC AS TO WHAT HAPPENS, THE GRAND JURY AND TYPICALLY THE GRAND JURY IS SECRETIVE. AND SO TO GET INTO THE NITTY GRITTY OF THAT INFORMATION. THEY HAVE TO GET INTO WHAT IS TYPICALLY SECRETIVE GRAND JURY COVER. AND A LOT OF THE TIME HEARING THAT COULD BE CONSIDERED THE GRAND JURY DECISION BASED ON A STATUTORY INTERPRETATION OF WHAT THE STANDARD TV AND

CASE LAW. >> THAT’S WHAT OR LEGAL YOU’RE GOING TO GET INTO THE FACTS OF THE CASE PER SE. SO THAT WILL BE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC. >> AND I THINK THAT’S WHY A DISTINCTION AND. OKAY, NOW WE KNOW THAT YOU’VE BEEN ALL OVER THIS STORY DOING SOME INCREDIBLE REPORTING, TALKING FAMILIES THERE. WHEN COULD A TRIAL DATE BE SET AND WHAT DOES JUSTICE LOOK FOR THESE FAMILIES? >> ALL RIGHT. SO FIRST, IT’S ENTIRELY THAT A TRIAL DATE DOES GET SET TODAY. REMEMBER, THE PROSECUTION HAS ASKED FOR THE JUDGE TO SET A TRIAL DATE FOR THIS SUMMER.

THEY’RE ISOLATING THE SUMMER BECAUSE THEY DON’T WANT IT TO BE DISRUPTIVE TO THE COMMUNITY, TO THE UNIVERSITY AND TO SCHOOLS. I MEAN, FROM WHERE I’M STANDING JUST AT THE END OF THE BLOCK HERE, THERE’S HIGH SCHOOL. THERE’S ALSO A LOWER SCHOOL AROUND THE CORNER AS WELL. SO THEY’RE EYEING THIS SUMMER SO THAT IT’S NOT DISRUPTIVE. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THIS WANTS AS WELL, ESPECIALLY THE GONZALEZ FAMILY. AND IN TERMS OF JUSTICE IT IS DIFFERENT, RIGHT, FOR EVERY FAMILY. A REMINDER THAT THE PROSECUTION IS SEEKING THE DEATH PENALTY IN THIS CASE. AND I WAS SPEAKING WITH

STEVE GONZALES THIS LAST NIGHT. >> HE SAID, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE THE RIGHT GUY, HE SAID THE MESSAGE SHOULD BE THAT IF YOU COME TO IDAHO AND YOU DO SOMETHING LIKE THIS, YOU DIE FOR IT. HE SAID, THAT’S THE BEST THEY CAN ASK FOR. YEAH, VERY STRONG WORDS. KAYNA WHITWORTH AND BRIAN BUCKMIRE. THANK YOU BOTH. AND BE SURE TO LISTEN AQUINO’S PODCAST ON THE CASE. YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE KING ROAD KILLINGS WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCAST. >> WELL, COMING UP, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE’S NEW MUSIC, WHAT HE’S SAYING, HIS NEW ALBUM. ALSO AHEAD, DR. PATEL

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YOUR BUBBLE. THAT IS NOT ME. PUT YOUR LEG. IS THAT SOMEONE BUBBLE? FLIGHT ATTENDANTS SAY THESE INCIDENTS ARE NOT UNCOMMON WITH SEATS SQUEEZING CLOSER AS AIRLINES PACK PASSENGERS IN. >> PEOPLE PUT THEIR FEET ON THE ARMRESTS IN FRONT OF THEM AND SOMETIMES THEY STRETCH OUT UNDERNEATH THE SEAT AND GO INTO SOMEONE’S FEET SPACE IN FRONT OF THEM. ACCORDING TO SEAT GURU. SHORT HAUL ECONOMY FLIGHTS WILL SEE ROUGHLY 30 INCHES IN BETWEEN SEATS. AND IF YOU DO DISCOVER AN INVASIVE FOOT, YOU COULD POLITELY TAKE ACTION TO GIVE IT THE BOOT TO SAY, OH, I WAS HOPING

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WANTS TO KNOW DOES YOUR BA MEET HELP ENERGY AND WEIGHT LOSS. I LOVE A GOOD SCIENTIFIC DEEP DIVE ON THESE POPULAR PRODUCTS. >> SO YOU’RE ABOUT TAKE IS A TYPE OF TEA WHICH I’M A FAN OF THIS IS ALSO KNOWN AS PARAGUAYAN TEA MADE FROM THE PLANT ILEX PARAGUAY INSISTS A BOTANIST WILL PROBABLY CORRECT ME FOR MY PRONUNCIATION, BUT LONG STORY SHORT, WHEN THIS TEA IS MADE, THERE’S A LOT OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS IN IT THAT PEOPLE SAY GIVES IT ITS ANTI-INFLAMMATORY CANCER FIGHTING, STIMULANT ENERGY BOOSTING EFFECTS. BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IT HAS IT

IS CAFFEINE. ABOUT 150 MILLILITERS OF ITS POPULARITY HAS 80 MILLIGRAMS OF CAFFEINE. NOW, ONE ASTERISK IS THAT SOME PEOPLE WILL MAKE THE TEA IT CONTINUOUSLY POUR WATER IN IT WITH YOUR DRINK AND THEN GET A 100 OR 200 MILLIGRAMS OF CAFFEINE. SO PEOPLE JUST NEED TO BE AWARE SOME OF THE NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS OF THIS, SUCH AS DISRUPTING SLEEP, POTENTIALLY CAUSING AN ABNORMAL HEART RHYTHM, INTERACTING WITH MEDICATIONS AND PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS, SHOULD BE CAREFUL WITH HOW MUCH CAFFEINE THEY’RE HAVING. THERE ARE SOME ANIMAL STUDIES THAT SUGGEST THAT YOUR REMARKS MAY HELP WITH LOSS, BUT IT’S ALWAYS

A GOOD IDEA TO TALK TO A DOCTOR ABOUT THIS AND EVERYTHING IN MODERATION, BECAUSE SOME STUDIES ALSO SUGGEST THAT A LOT OF YOUR REMEDY MAY ACTUALLY INCREASE YOUR RISK OF DEVELOPING SOME ORAL CANCERS. BUT I SAY, HEY, IT’S A GREAT DRINK. >> GIVE IT A WHIRL. JUST MAKE SURE YOU’RE BREWING IT YOURSELF. >> YOU’RE PAYING ATTENTION TO HOW MUCH SUGAR COMES IN SOME OF THOSE YOUR CANS, AND THANK YOU FOR TEACHING ME HOW TO PRONOUNCE YOUR. BUT I HAD NEVER HEARD ABOUT. >> SO THANK YOU FOR WEIGHING IN ON THAT. NOW I KNOW WE’RE GETTING

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A DOCTOR WILL ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS, POSSIBLY DO A PHYSICAL EXAM TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER ASSOCIATED SYMPTOMS LIKE FATIGUE, AN ENLARGED SPLEEN, EASY BRUISING. >> YOU MAY NEED SOME MORE LABS OR TESTS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT’S GOING ON AND FIXING YOUR LITTLE BLACK BELT. SO COUNT ULTIMATELY DOWN TO ADDRESSING THE UNDERLYING CAUSE. SO THINGS LIKE AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE, CERTAIN MEDICATIONS, BONE MARROW DISEASE, EVEN INFECTIONS CAN LOWER THOSE WHITE BLOOD CELLS. THEY DO SWING A LOT, WHICH IS WHY WE TEST THEM OFTEN FOR PATIENTS WHO ARE SICK. >> BUT AGAIN, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING

CAN DO IS GO AND GET THOSE LABS TESTED AND FIND OUT WHAT’S CAUSING IT. ALSO PLAYS AN IMPORTANT FACTOR, NOT ONLY HERE BUT WORLDWIDE WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTHY WHITE BLOOD CELLS. >> ESSENTIAL ADVICE THERE. AND LASTLY, DOCTORS DRS STANFORD FROM NEW YORK ASKED ARE EXAMPLES OF HEALTHY FOODS OR SNACKS THAT COME OUT OF A OR BOX. >> I FEEL YOU ON THIS ONE. STANFORD BECAUSE WE’RE ALL ON THE GO AND WE WANT TO BUY THOSE SNACKS THAT WE CAN IN OUR GYM BAG OR TAKE ON A PLANE OR ROAD TRIP OR WORK, WHATEVER IT

MAY BE. AND WE’RE ACTUALLY CONSULTING AN NBA DIETITIAN SERIOUSLY ABOUT WHAT SHE RECOMMENDS FOR THIS. >> AND IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO BUYING WHOLE FOOD BASED SNACKS WHERE YOU CAN KNOW WHAT INGREDIENTS ARE IN THERE. SO ALWAYS TURN A PACKAGING AROUND. YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY’RE STABLE AS WELL. >> SO THERE’S A LOT OF GREAT OPTIONS OUT THERE, INCLUDING CERTAIN FRUIT BARS, UNSALTED NUTS AND SEEDS. THERE’S EVEN POPCORNS OR SEAWEED SNACKS. THERE ARE SOME FRESH FOODS YOU CAN BUY COME IN A BAG SUCH AS CUT VEGGIES, GREEK YOGURT, BOILED EGGS. >> THE ONE THING

YOU WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT YOU’RE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE EXPIRATION DATE AND YOU’RE NOT FALLING FOR ANY OF THE MARKETING GIMMICK TERMS ON THE FRONT BECAUSE ALL NATURAL, ORGANIC, NON-GMO, VEGAN, WHATEVER MAY SAY, DOES NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE ACTUAL INGREDIENTS AND THE ACTUAL FACTS, INCLUDING SODIUM, CALCIUM, FAT PROTEIN, ALL OF THAT. SO MAKE SURE YOU’RE DOING YOUR RESEARCH, YOU KNOW WHAT’S IN THERE AND SNACK AWAY. >> YEAH, YOU GOT TO REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE LABEL LABELS . THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND OF COURSE, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR, DR. PATEL,

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WE’RE EVER THE STORY IS WILL TAKE YOU THERE YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE AND WELCOME BACK HIP HOP LEGEND SNOOP DOGG HAS A NEW MOVIE ABOUT YOUTH FOOTBALL THAT HE SAYS IMITATES HIS REAL LIFE. HE SAT DOWN WITH OUR MICHAEL STRAHAN MAKING A SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT WHAT HE’S BEEN WORKING ON IN THE STUDIO AND WHO HE’S BEEN WORKING WITH THAT IS SURE TO MAKE HIS FANS VERY HAPPY. IT’S LIKE, WHO AM I? CATAPULT SNOOP DOGG TO HIP HOP FAME IN THE NINETIES. LATER DROP LIKE IT’S HOT WOULD BRING HIM TO THE TOP OF THE BILLBOARD

CHARTS DROP IT LIKE A CHILD DROP IT LIKE A CHILD. NOW THREE DECADES IN, THE 16 TIME GRAMMY NOMINEE IS A MOGUL AND POP CULTURE ICON. COULD IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS CAN BE A BUSINESS MAN TO BE AN ACTOR TO BE A PRODUCER, TO DO ALL THOSE THINGS, HOW YOU HAVE TO COMPARTMENTALIZE. I’M MASTERING THE CRAFT OF WHO I AM AND TO BE THE BEST WHO I AM IS TO DO THE THINGS THAT MAKE ME GOOD. IN THE MAIN, TWO THINGS IS FUN, RIGHT? IF WIN IT, IF YOU ENDORSE, IF IT MAKES FORMS AND IT’S

FUN, I MEAN, I’M DOING IT THAT WAY SNOOP IS HAVING A LOT OF FUN ON SCREEN AND IT IS NO MOVIE. THE UNDERDOGS PLAYING TO JAY-Z, A FORMER PRO ATHLETE, COURT ORDERED TO DO PUBLIC SERVICE COACHING, YOUTH FOOTBALL AND FOOTBALL LEGEND JASON. TO JAMES JENNINGS, YOUR NEW HEAD COACH. >> SO HOW MUCH OF YOU IS IN TWO DAYS? I’LL SAY ABOUT 85%. AND THEN 15% IS MY COACH CAME BECAUSE HIS SPIRIT IS THE SAME WAY AS FAR AS THE WAY HE COACHES WITH INTENSITY AND FOULING, WHICH, YOU KNOW, THE OLD SCHOOL STYLE OF COACHING PEOPLE.

>> WE CAN BE THE BEST. GOT TO MASTER THE FUNDAMENTALS PRETTY BOY YOU MISSED IN PASS AFTER PASS. >> I LOVE THE TITLE OF THE FILM UNDERDOGS WITH TWO G’S FROM UNDERDOG TO UNDERDOG. I STARTED OFF AN UNDERDOG. YOU KNOW, THAT’S THE BEST DOG THEY EVER BE BECAUSE YOU THE ONE THAT THEY DON’T PAY ATTENTION TO. SO YOU GOT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MASTER YOU TO WHERE YOU BECOME THE GREATEST YOU NEED TO BE. >> I’M RECOMMENDING COMMUNITY WITH THE LONG BEACH RECREATIONS DEPARTMENT. I THOUGHT, I WAS GETTING LIKE THE MARTHA STEWART

KIND OF TREATMENT AND YOU GOT A GREAT CAMEO IN FILM, BY THE WAY. GEORGE LOPEZ. MM-HMM. HE PLAYED YOUR HIGH SCHOOL COACH, MIKE EPPS PLAYED YOUR ASSISTANT COACH, CANDY BURROUGHS PLAYED THE JOKER. >> TONY GONZALEZ IS IN THE MOVIE GREYHOUND. YEAH. YOU IN THERE TO CAN YOU LIKE ME TO SHOW YOU YOU CAN HIT PLAYED YOU KNOW SOME WOULD SAY WHO NEEDS FAMILY WHEN YOU GOT MONEY FAME AND YOUR OWN TV TALK SHOW YOU KNOW I WAS AT THE PINNACLE OF MY COMEBACK AND GET TO MICHAEL STRAHAN AND TOLD ME I WAS ABOUT TO BECOME

A PART OF HIS FAMILY, WHICH YOU SEE HE AND A PART OF FAMILY. Y’ALL ALONE. YEAH, WELL, SEE THAT? >> I DON’T LIKE BEN. AND THAT’S WHAT I ONE WAY I WAS ABOUT THIS, YOU KNOW, OSCAR AWARD WINNING UNDERDOGS OR UNDERDOGS. ONE, TWO, THREE. MY NAME. >> OH, WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO MAKE THIS FILM? I BELIEVE MY YOUTH FOOTBALL LEAGUE INSPIRED ME TO MAKE THIS FILM. AND THEN THE RELATIONSHIP THAT I HAD WITH SO MANY KIDS THAT CAME OUT OF MY LEAGUE OFF SCREEN. HE IS KNOWN AS COACH SNOOP. >> HIS LOVE OF SPORTS

DRIVING HIM TO CREATE A YOUTH FOOTBALL LEAGUE, MAKING THE SPORT ACCESSIBLE TO KIDS IN HIS COMMUNITY. >> I STARTED HOW MUCH DID IT COST AND THE PRICES WAS 358 KID, AND IT WAS JUST SO MUCH TO KEEP THE KIDS FROM NOT PLAYING. >> I SPENT MY MONEY ON BRAND NEW EQUIPMENT. BOB FIELDS THAT RENTED REFEREES, RULE BOOKS, EVERYTHING. >> WE DID IT ALL THE RIGHT WAY . YOU TALKED ABOUT HOW LUCKY YOU WERE ABLE TO FIND SOMETHING THAT DIDN’T LET YOU GET CAUGHT UP IN THE STREETS. THAT PART OF WHY YOU DO THE LEAGUE AND

GIVE THE KIDS SOME HOPE. >> YEAH, THAT FOOTBALL WAS THE BEST THAT EVER HAPPENED TO ME AS A KID. MY DAD TAUGHT ME HOW TO HAVE DISCIPLINE AND TO HAVE RESPECT. SO I WANTED TO GIVE SOME OF THAT BACK THAT WAS GIVEN TO ME. >> THE CHART TOPPING ARTIST SHOWING AROUND HIS COMPOUND IN LOS ANGELES, HOME OF DEATH RECORDS, HIS WIFE, SHANTE SNOOP’S HIGH SCHOOL PROM DATE, NOW HIS MANAGER, PART OF THE MAGIC BEHIND THE SCENES. >> HOW DO YOU SUCCESSFULLY RUN ALL OF THESE BUSINESSES? WELL, I’M A MOTHER, SO I HAD TO RAISE THREE

CHILDREN. SO NOW I’M JUST RAISING ADULTS AS WELL. >> I’M IN A WORLD. AND THEN WE ENTERED HIS RECORDING THIS YEAR, SNOOP BREAKING SOME NEWS HERE THIS MORNING. >> YOU GOT SO MANY FANS OUT THERE. WONDER WHAT’S UP NEXT? WHAT’S COMING YOU NEXT? >> WE’RE GOING TO LOOK FORWARD TO. WELL, I CAN LET THE RABBIT OUT OF THE HAT. >> I’VE BEEN WORKING ON THE RECORD WITH DR. DRE FOR THE PAST. OH, PAST EIGHT MONTHS. WE’VE BEEN READY TO DROP A SINGLE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. SO THAT’S WHAT I’VE BEEN COOKING UP NEW MUSIC

AND NEW MOVIE, THANKS TO MICHAEL STRAHAN FOR THAT. AND FOR MORE ON MICHAEL’S INTERVIEW WITH SNOOP DOGG, YOU CAN BE SURE TO WATCH “NIGHTLINE” TONIGHT ON ABC. >> WELL, IT IS TIME NOW FOR THE DROP, WHERE WE TALK ABOUT THE BIG MUSIC HEADLINES OF THE WEEK. ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, DJ, RADIO PERSONALITY FASHIONISTA. MY FRIEND MEGAN RYTE IS HERE TO BREAK IT ALL DOWN FOR I LOVE THAT INTRO. >> MORGAN YOU ARE SO WELCOME, MY FRIEND. IT’S GOOD TO SEE YOU. OKAY, SO, MEGHAN, WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW? ALL RIGHT. LET’S GET RIGHT TO IT.

SIR ELTON JOHN MIGHT HAVE FAREWELL, BUT LUCKILY IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS ONE LONG GOODBYE. NOW, ON TOP OF ALL THE RUMORS OF SOME MUSICAL COLLABORATIONS ,THE BRITISH SINGER AND PIANIST ANNOUNCED THAT ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, HE WILL BE RELEASING HIS MEMOIR TITLED A FAREWELL YELLOW BRICK ROAD MEMORIES OF MY LIFE ON TOUR. NOW THE MEMOIR WILL CONTAIN TONS OF PHOTOS FROM ELTON’S GOODBYE TOUR. NOW, I DIDN’T REALIZE HOW LONG THIS GOODBYE RUN WAS ABOUT FIVE YEARS. THE FIRST SHOW WAS IN ALLENTOWN, PENNSYLVANIA, 2018 AND THE FINAL SHOW IN STOCKHOLM IN JULY 2023. I CANNOT WAIT

FOR THIS MEMOIR AND ALL THE PICTURES. NOW, ELSE WHO IS NOT STOPPING IS USHER. NO TIME SOON. OKAY? EVERYTHING THAT HE IS DOING IS AN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE AND IT’S GIVING ME A REALLY LIKE THROWBACK. I SAW GUYS WHEN HE WAS EVERYWHERE. OF COURSE, YOU KNOW, HE’LL BE AT THE SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW IN VEGAS ON SUNDAY FEBRUARY 11. AND IT WAS JUST ANNOUNCED THAT HE IS ALSO HEADLINING. HEY, LOVERS AND FRIENDS. SO I HAD TO HIT THE HORN BECAUSE. MORGAN THIS SHOW SOUNDS RIGHT UP OUR ALLEY. OKAY. IT’S HAPPENING IN VEGAS AS WELL ON MAY

4TH. AND IT’S SO MUCH NOSTALGIA. USHER, OF COURSE, SNOOP DOGG, GWEN STEFANI, MARY J. BLIGE, NELLY FURTADO, TLC, LIL WAYNE, AND SO MANY MORE ARTISTS. NOW, SOMETHING THAT’S ALSO REALLY COOL ABOUT THIS FESTIVAL IS THAT TWO VERY ICONIC ALBUMS WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED. OKAY. WILL BE PERFORMING HIS CONFESSIONS ALBUM, CELEBRATING 20 YEARS SINCE HE’S BEEN OUT AND LIL WAYNE WILL BE PERFORMING ENTIRE CARTER THREE, WHICH IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ALBUMS OF ALL. SO THIS SHOW IS GOING TO BE CRAZY. NOW, ALSO 2024 JUST FEELS LIKE NOSTALGIA. IT’S SO MUCH STUFF THAT’S COMING BACK, INCLUDING JUSTIN

TIMBERLAKE. HE IS ALSO RELEASING A SOLO ALBUM NOW. >> EVEN THOUGH OUR CULTURE DREAMS OF HAVING AN NCAA IN SYNC ALBUM AND TOURS HAVE COME AND GONE. IT’S OKAY. WE LET THAT SLIDE BECAUSE JUSTIN’S GOING TO BE GIVING US SOME NEW MUSIC. IT’S BEEN ABOUT FIVE YEARS SINCE WE’VE HAD ANYTHING NEW FROM JUSTIN AS A SOLO ARTIST AND HIS NEW ALBUM, EVERYTHING I THOUGHT IT WAS IS SET TO COME OUT IN MARCH. YEAH. >> A SNEAK PEEK RIGHT THERE. HE JUST RELEASED A NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR, HIS SINGLE SELFISH, WHICH IS OUT RIGHT NOW. >>

NOW, RIGHT NOW. MORGAN SPEAKING OF RIGHT NOW IS WHEN WE DO SOME VIRAL NEWS AND WE’VE ALL HAD OUR EYES ON OUR GIRL, TAYLOR SWIFT, WHO’S BEEN AT THE CITY CHIEFS GAMES, OF COURSE, SUPPORTING HER MAN. AND WE ARE GETTING CLOSER TO SUPER BOWL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE WHO IS GOING TO BE THE TEAMS. BUT SHE NOT THE ONLY STAR THAT IS SUPPORTING THEIR TEAM. I HAD TO SHOUT OUT EMINEM IN THIS VIRAL MOMENT. HE HAS BEEN AT THE DETROIT LIONS GAME. PEOPLE HAVE LOOK AT THAT. PEOPLE SO EXCITED TO SEE HIM THERE. IT’S

LIKE THEY ARE MAKING ME TO ROOT FOR THEIR TEAM. SO WE DON’T KNOW WHO’S GOING TO BE IN THE SUPER BOWL YET. BUT HIM ON THAT JUMBOTRON AND THAT REACTION IS JUST FANTASTIC TO SEE. I’M A BIG EMINEM FAN, SO I LOVE THAT. I KNOW IT FEELS LIKE THE THEME OF THE SEGMENT TODAY WAS JUST LIKE NOSTALGIA. I MEAN, WHAT YEAR IS 2000 WHERE THAT’S WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE? >> BUT I KNOW WE GOT TO HIT UP THAT LOVERS AND FRIENDS SHOW MORGAN WE GOT TO DO IT. >> WE GOT TO BE IN THERE AND

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THE DEFENSE’S CLOSING ARGUMENTS AND A CIVIL DEFAMATION TRIAL BROUGHT BY WRITER E. JEAN CARROLL. TRUMP WALKED OUT DURING CAROL’S ATTORNEYS CLOSING ARGUMENTS. SHE WAS TELLING THE JURY THAT TRUMP RESPONDED TO CAROL’S SEXUAL ASSAULT BY, QUOTE, TRYING TO RUIN AND THAT CAROL SHOULD BE GIVEN AT LEAST $12 MILLION IN DAMAGES. THAT DECISION WILL NOW BE UP TO A JURY OF NINE NEW YORKERS. AND ABC NEWS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER OLIVIA RUBIN JOINING ME NOW FROM OUTSIDE OF THE COURTHOUSE. >> SO, OLIVIA, THE DEFENSE WE KNOW IS NOW GIVING ITS CLOSING ARGUMENTS. >> WHAT’S THE LATEST? WHAT HAVE YOU

HEARD? >> WELL, DONALD TRUMP IS NOW BACK IN THE ROOM AND HE IS SEATED SORRY, EXCUSE ME, SEATED AT THE DEFENSE TABLE AS HIS ATTORNEY, ALINA HABBA, IS GIVING HER CLOSINGS. AND ESSENTIALLY WHAT THEY ARE TRYING TO DO IS TELL THE JURY THAT WHAT E. JEAN CARROLL EXPERIENCE, THE THREATS, THE FEAR, HARASSMENT ONLINE TO HER LIFE THAT SHE FEARED FOR HER LIFE WAS NOT A RESULT OF THE STATEMENTS THAT DONALD TRUMP MADE ABOUT HER IN 2019, WHICH THE JUDGE HAS ALREADY RULED WERE DEFAMATORY. WHAT ELINA HARBOR IS TELLING US IS THAT E. JEAN CARROLL FAILED

TO PROVE CAUSATION, THAT ESSENTIALLY SHE RECEIVED THE THREATS BECAUSE. DONALD TRUMP MADE THE STATEMENT. THEY ESSENTIALLY TOLD THE JURY THAT E. JEAN CARROLL BROUGHT THE ATTENTION ON HERSELF THAT SHE LIKED THE PUBLICITY, THAT SHE WANTED IT, THAT SHE HIRED A PUBLICIST, THAT SHE HIRED AN AGENT, THAT SHE WAS LOOKING TO REVIVE HER CAREER, AND THAT NOW SHE COME TO COURT LOOKING FOR MONEY FOR DONALD TRUMP IN IN ORDER TO PAY FOR ESSENTIALLY WHAT SHE CALLED TWITTER TROLLS. SO REALLY TRYING TO SEPARATE WHAT E. JEAN CARROLL SUFFERED THROUGH FROM WHAT WAS CAUSED ACTUALLY BY DONALD TRUMP.

OLIVIA, I WANT TO HANG ON WHAT TRUMP DID EARLIER, YOU KNOW, WALKING OUT OF THE COURTROOM IN THE MIDDLE OF THE STATEMENTS THERE, THIS IS NOT THE FIRST TIME THAT WE’VE SEEN DRAMA IN THIS COURTROOM IN TERMS OF THIS CASE HERE, SEEN OUTBURSTS, THE JUDGE, YOU KNOW, STRUGGLING AT TIMES. THAT KIND OF REAL HUMAN CURIOUS IMPACT OVERALL COULD TRUMP’S CONDUCT HAVE ON THIS CASE AGAINST HIM? WELL, REMEMBER, THE JURY IS SEEING OF THIS EVERY SINGLE TIME DONALD TRUMP STOPS EVERY TIME DONALD TRUMP SHAKES HIS HEAD, EVERY SINGLE TIME DONALD TRUMP GETS UP TO LEAVE THE

ROOM, THE JURY IS SEEING IT. AND THIS IS ACTUALLY THE FIRST TIME THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS BEEN IN FRONT OF A JURY. DIDN’T GO TO THE FIRST TRIAL AGAINST E. JEAN CARROLL. HE NEVER AND HAD SEVERAL BEFORE TRIAL RELATED TO HIS BUSINESS IS BENCH TRIAL. THERE IS NO JURY. SO THIS IS THE FIRST TIME A JURY IS LOOKING AT DONALD TRUMP AND OBSERVING HIS CONDUCT. AND THEY ARE VERY LIKELY SEEING WHAT EVERYONE IN THAT ROOM IS SEEING, THAT HE’S NOT HAPPY ABOUT WHAT HE’S HEARING. HE APPEARS AT TIMES LIVID, ESPECIALLY EVERY SINGLE TIME IT IS

REFERENCED THAT HE HAS BEEN FOUND GUILTY OF ABUSING E. JEAN CARROLL AS A RESULT OF THE FIRST TRIAL. SO THEY ARE SEEING BUT THEY ARE ALSO HEARING WHAT HIS ATTORNEY, ALINA HABBA, IS SAYING TO THEM, BECAUSE AT TIME SHE IS RUNNING AFOUL OF THOSE RULINGS. SHE’S SAYING DONALD TRUMP WAS TELLING HIS TRUTH. OF COURSE, STATEMENTS WERE ALREADY RULED TO BE FALSE AND SHE’S NOT ALLOWED TO SAY THAT. AND EVEN THOUGH THE JUDGE STRIKES IT FROM THE RECORD, THERE’S REALLY NO UNDOING, RIGHT? MORGAN THE JURY’S ALREADY HEARD IT. SO YOU CAN TELL THEM TO DISREGARD IT.

BUT THEY’RE PEOPLE AND THEY’VE ALREADY HEARD IT. AND THAT’S LIKELY FACTORING IN AS THEY’RE SET TO START DELIBERATING LIKELY THIS AFTERNOON. HEY, RIGHT. THEY’VE ALREADY HEARD OF IT’S ALREADY OUT THERE. OLIVIA, BEFORE LET YOU GO, CAROL’S ATTORNEY SAYS SHE SHOULD BE GIVEN AT LEAST $12 MILLION IN DAMAGE. AND THE ORIGINAL ASKING WAS, WAS 10 MILLION. >> SO WHY THE INCREASE THERE? WELL, THAT ACTUALLY STEMMED FROM SORT OF A REPUTATIONAL DAMAGE EXPERT THAT THEY PUT FORTH WHO ANALYZED THE DAMAGE E. JEAN CARROLL FACED TO HER REPUTATION IN THE WAKE OF DONALD TRUMP’S STATEMENTS ABOUT HER THAT

SHE WENT FROM BEING KNOWN AS A JOURNALIST AND A TRUTH TELLER TO SOMEONE BEING KNOWN AS A LIAR AND SOMEONE WHO MAKES THINGS UP . SO THAT EXPERT ESSENTIALLY SAID SHE CONDUCTED A STUDY AND FOUND THAT IT WOULD TAKE $12 MILLION TO PUT FORWARD A CAMPAIGN TO CHANGE THE PUBLIC PERCEPTION ABOUT E. JEAN CARROLL. SO THEY’RE ASKING FOR THAT MONEY. BUT ACTUALLY, E. JEAN CARROLL TEAM IS LOOKING FOR A WHOLE LOT MORE THAN $12 MILLION BECAUSE REMEMBER, THEY’RE LOOKING FOR DAMAGES AS WELL. THAT IS DAMAGES TO PUNISH SOMEONE FOR THEIR CONDUCT AND DAMAGES THAT ARE

MEANT TO BE A DETERRENT THAT THEY NOT DO IT AGAIN. AND THAT CENTRAL THEME OF E. JEAN CARROLL E. JEAN CARROLL HAS BEEN DONALD TRUMP IS STILL DEFAMING HER TO THIS DAY. IT IS NEARLY EVERY SINGLE DAY THAT DONALD TRUMP SPEAKS ABOUT E. JEAN CARROLL OR POSTS ABOUT HER ON HIS SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITE AND THAT THEY NEED TO COME UP WITH A HIGH NUMBER THAT IS GOING TO MAKE HIM STOP. THAT’S WHAT E. JEAN CARROLL ATTORNEY TOLD THE JURY WHAT NUMBER IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO MAKE HIM STOP? AND THEY’RE HINTING IT’S MUCH HIGHER

THAN $12 MILLION. AND OF COURSE, THAT NINE PANEL JURY WILL HAVE TO COME TO A DECISION ON THAT. INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER OLIVIA RUBIN LIVE FOR US AT THE COURTHOUSE. >> OLIVIA, THANK YOU. WELL, NOW TURNING TO ALABAMA’S ATTORNEY GENERAL, WHO IS SPEAKING OUT AFTER THE STATE BECAME THE FIRST TO EXECUTE A DEATH ROW INMATE USING NITROGEN, HYPOXIA. THE CONVICTED MURDERER, 58-YEAR-OLD KENNETH SMITH, SPENT DECADES ON DEATH ROW BEFORE BEING PUT TO DEATH. A.G. STEVE MARSHALL CALLED THE EXECUTION, QUOTE, TEXTBOOK CALLING IT NO LONGER AN UNTESTED METHOD, BUT A PROVEN METHOD. HE SAYS SUSPECTS. HE SAYS SUSPECTS

IN MANY MORE STATES WILL FOLLOW IN IMPLEMENTING NITROGEN EXECUTIONS AND THAT ALABAMA STANDS READY TO ASSIST THEM. WELL, THE UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE CALLED ON ALABAMA TO STOP THAT EXECUTION, ALSO NOTING THERE’S NO SCIENTIFIC EVIDENCE TO PROVE THAT EXECUTION BY NITROGEN INHALATION WILL NOT CAUSE GRAVE SUFFERING. I WILL NOW TURN TO THE U.N., STOP DEMANDING ISRAEL TRY TO CONTAIN THE DEATH AND DAMAGE IN GAZA. THEY DID STOP SHORT OF ORDERING A CEASE FIRE. IT WAS SOUTH AFRICA WHO BROUGHT THE CASE BEFORE THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE, ACCUSING ISRAEL OF COMMITTING IN GAZA. BUT ISRAEL

CALLS THE ALLEGATIONS FALSE, GROSSLY DISTORTED. ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN NETANYAHU. ISRAEL HAS AN INHERENT RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF, ALSO SAYING ISRAEL’S COMMITMENT TO INTERNATIONAL LAW IS UNWAVERING. THE PRELIMINARY DECISION COMES AMID HEAVY FIGHTING AND GOT THE SECOND LARGEST CITY, THE HAMAS IN GAZA. HEALTH MINISTRY REPORTS THAN 26,000 PEOPLE HAVE BEEN KILLED IN ISRAEL’S. MEANWHILE, NEW VIDEO FROM THE U.N. YOU SEE IT THERE SHOWS PEOPLE FLEEING HOT UNITS LOOKING FOR REFUGE AT THE EGYPT BORDER. WITH THAT SAID, WE WANT TO BRING IN CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN JOINING ME LIVE FROM TEL AVIV, ISRAEL FOR MORE.

SO, MATT, ISRAELI OFFICIALS SAY ALREADY TAKING PRECAUTIONS TO PROTECT INNOCENT LIVES IN GAZA. >> HOW MUCH FURTHER ARE THEY WILLING TO GO HERE? RIGHT. MORGAN ISRAEL’S CONTENTION FROM THE START HAS BEEN THAT IT’S BEEN COMPLYING WITH THE INTERNATIONAL LAW, THAT IT IS NOT COMMITTING IN GAZA. THIS ICJ RULING WAS A SHARP REBUKE TO ISRAEL’S CONDUCT IN GAZA. THEY ARE DEMANDING THAT ISRAEL PREVENT ANY GENOCIDAL ACTS. BUT SPECIFICALLY, AND PRACTICALLY SPEAKING, IT DOESN’T HAVE A HUGE IMPACT ON ISRAEL. SOUTH AFRICA, WHICH BROUGHT THE CASE OF THE PALESTINIANS. IT HOPED THAT THE ICJ WOULD DEMAND THAT ISRAEL

CEASE FIRE NOW THAT THERE WOULD BE AN IMMEDIATE PAUSE IN FIGHTING. THE ICJ DID NOT RULE THAT, BUT IT DOES PUT ISRAEL ON NOTICE. ISRAEL DOES HAVE TO PUT OUT A REPORT A MONTH FROM NOW SHOWING IT HAS DONE TO PREVENT AND UPDATING THE COURT. THAT IS A PRETTY BIG DEAL. THEY’RE ALSO GOING TO HAVE TO BE MUCH MORE COGNIZANT ABOUT STATEMENTS PUT OUT BY POLITICAL LEADERS WHO MIGHT HAVE IMPACT, TOO, ON THE PUBLIC OR ON ACTUALLY PUSHING FOR ANY SORT OF ACTS THAT THE COURT MIGHT BE GENOCIDAL. SO IN TERMS OF PRACTICAL EFFECTS, NOT

A LOT IN TERMS OF IMAGE. IT IS VERY DAMAGING TO ISRAEL, WHICH HAS SAID THAT THIS WAR HAS BEEN JUSTIFIED FROM START. MORGAN. WELL, THE U.S. AND ISRAEL BOTH CALLED THESE ALLEGATIONS KNOW, QUOTE, MERITLESS. HOW SIGNIFICANT, THEN, IS THIS DECISION NOT DISMISS THE CASE ALTOGETHER? >> IT’S PRETTY SIGNIFICANT I THINK THAT ISRAEL KIND OF EXPECTED THAT. I THINK THE PALESTINIANS HAVE BEEN APPLAUDING THE DECISION, ALTHOUGH THEY WANTED TO SEE MORE. THEY DID WANT TO SEE THAT CEASE FIRE DEMANDED BY THE U.N. AND ITS. BUT IT DEFINITELY CHANGES THE TENOR OF THIS WAR. I IN SOME

WAYS. ISRAEL UNDERSTANDS BOTH FROM PRESSURE FROM THE U.S. AND NOW FROM MASSIVE INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE AND PRESSURE FROM THE HAGUE, THAT IT HAS TO CHANGE THE WAY IT’S CONDUCTING THIS WAR, THAT THE OF CIVILIAN CASUALTIES AND THE BLOCKADE, EVEN THOUGH ISRAEL ALLOWING AID IN TO SOME DEGREE HAS TO BE CHANGED AND THAT MORE HAS TO BE DONE TO TRY TO PREVENT CIVILIAN LIVES. THIS IS SOMETHING THE WHITE HOUSE AND PRESIDENT BIDEN HAVE BATTERED INTO ISRAEL TIME AND AGAIN EACH TIME THEY HAVE CALLS. SAME THING WITH THE DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE. VERY IMPORTANT TO TRY TO PROTECT CIVILIANS

AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AS THIS CONFLICT GOES FORWARD. >> MORGAN CHIEF NATIONAL CORRESPONDENT MATT GUTMAN IN TEL AVIV FOR US. MATT, THANK YOU SO MUCH. MEANWHILE, THE INTERNATIONAL OF THE RED CROSS REPORTS GAZA IS AT RISK OF A COMPLETE MEDICAL SHUTDOWN IF URGENT ACTION IS TAKEN TO PRESERVE SERVICES. I WANT TO BRING IN DR. ZAHIR SAHLOUL. HE’S THE PRESIDENT AND CO-FOUNDER OF MED GLOBAL, WHO IS LED A VOLUNTEER TEAM OF DOCTORS, A MEDICAL MISSION IN GAZA. DR. SOLO, THANK YOU SO FOR FOR BEING WITH US. YOU WORKED IN HOSPITALS IN GAZA AS WELL AT THE

CLINIC IN RAFAH. WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU DURING YOUR TIME THERE? >> I MEAN, WHAT THROUGH TO HAVE US HERE, WHICH IS COLD, BUT I HAVE A LOT TO PROCESS. IN THE LAST TWO WEEKS THAT WE’VE BEEN IN THIS MEDICAL MISSION BEFORE, SINCE JANUARY 9TH AND JANUARY 21ST. AND WHAT WE HAVE SEEN IS COMPLETE DESTRUCTION OF THE HEALTH CARE, WHERE YOU HAD A LARGE NUMBER OF PEOPLE. MOST OF THEM ARE TO A SMALL AREA IN THE RAFAH WHO HAVE NO ACCESS, GOOD HEALTH CARE. MOST OF THE HOSPITALS ARE CLOSED IN GAZA. THAT MEANS THE REMAINING

HOSPITALS ARE THE ONLY WAY TO. GET TREATMENT FOR YOUR MEDICAL CONDITIONS, FOR THE INJURIES. I WORK IN A HOSPITAL CALLED NASSER HOSPITAL, WHICH IS LARGE TERTIARY HEALTHCARE CENTER IN FANI WILLIS. AND THE TIME WE ENDED OUR MISSION, THE HOSPITAL WAS COMPLETE, SURROUNDED BY THE TROOPS AND MANY OF THE PATIENTS BEING BROUGHT TO THE HOSPITAL HAD NO SURGEONS TRAIN THEM EVERY DAY. THERE WERE MASS CASUALTY EVENTS TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE YOU HAD NUMBERS OF CIVILIANS LOST. ROAD AFTER A MISSILE ATTACK OR BOMB. MANY OF THEM ARE CHILDREN. SOME OF THEM ARE DEAD. SOME OF THEM SURVIVE

FOR THE NEXT DAY AND THEY UNDERGO SURGERY. THEN THEY HAVE COMPLICATIONS BECAUSE OF THE LIMITED RESOURCES IN THE CLINIC THAT TREATED PATIENTS IN RAFAH ,WE HAD A CLINIC THAT WAS ESTABLISHED BY ABUL. WE WERE SEEING HUNDRED TO 800 PATIENTS EVERY DAY. MANY OF THEM HAD THREE INFECTIONS LIKE BUT I HAVE MANY OF THEM HAVE DIARRHEA BECAUSE THE LACK OF CLEAN WATER AND BY THE TIME WE ENDED THE MISSION, THE HOSPITAL THAT I WAS TALKING ABOUT IS COMPLETELY DESERTED BECAUSE OF THE APPROACH TO THE FIGHTING. >> AND MANY OF THE HOSPITALS IN FANI WILLIS ALSO ARE

RIGHT NOW IN OPERABLE THAT NEED THE FEW HOSPITALS THAT WERE AVAILABLE WHEN WE STARTED THE MISSION ARE AVAILABLE WHEN WE ENDED THE MISSION. >> DR. SAMUEL ARE DESCRIBING SUCH A TOLL THERE. HOW HOW DIRE IS THE HEALTH CARE SITUATION THERE IN GAZA AND HOW ARE HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS THAT YOU’RE HANDLING HANDLING THERE, HANDLING IT? >> AS I LIKE IT, I DON’T WORDS TO DESCRIBE WHAT I HAVE SEEN. I MEAN, I’VE BEEN IN UKRAINE. I’VE BEEN IN SYRIA, IN YEMEN, IN MANY OTHER DISASTER AREAS. I’VE BEEN IN GAZA BEFORE MULTIPLE TIMES. BUT THIS IS THE WORST

I HAVE SEEN. AND I THINK EVERY DOCTOR AND EVERY HUMANITARIAN SHOULD TALKING ABOUT WHAT’S GOING ON IN GAZA, BECAUSE WE ARE DEPRIVING THE POPULATION OF GAZA OF 2.2 MILLION OF ACCESS TO HEALTH CARE. WE’RE NOT TALKING ONLY ABOUT THE WE’LL HAVE NO MORE SURGERIES TO TREAT THEM OR OPERATING. WE WILL DISTRIBUTE THEM AND MEDICAL SUPPLIES, SIMPLE THINGS LIKE FRACTURES THAT NEEDS BLADES AND SCREWS. AND THERE’S NO SCHOOLS IN THE MARKET OR IN THE HOSPITALS BECAUSE OF THE SHORTAGE OF THAT I.V. ANTIBIOTICS ARE NOT AVAILABLE. INSULIN IS NOT AVAILABLE. PATIENTS, CHRONIC DISEASES DON’T HAVE ACCESS TO

BLOOD PRESSURE MEDICATION TO SEIZURE MEDICATIONS. PATIENTS WITH GUNS DON’T HAVE ACCESS TO CHEMOTHERAPY, THE KIDS. SO IT’S SOMETHING THAT IS PROBABLY FROM A HORROR MOVIE. >> AND THERE SHOULD BE A WAY TO EASE THAT. YOU WOULD SERIOUS SITUATION. ALL THE TALK ABOUT INCREASING HUMANITARIAN AID IS NOT TRANSLATED INTO ACTION. WHAT WE NEED IN GAZA IS NOT ONLY THE 100 TRUCKS THAT ARE ENTERING, WE NEED 1000 TRUCKS OF MEDICAL SUPPLIES, OF FOOD, OF CLEAN WATER, OF FUEL TO ENTER EVERYDAY. WE NEED TO STOP THAT. THAT’S HEALTH CARE. AND WE NEED TO STOP, OF COURSE, THE WAR

BECAUSE. IT’S CAUSING HARM ON INNOCENT CIVILIAN CHILDREN, WOMEN, ELDERLY PATIENTS WITH CHRONIC DISEASES. THANK YOU SO MUCH, MATT GLOBAL PRESIDENT AND CO-FOUNDER, DR. ZUHAIR SALAH. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THE WORK THAT YOU’RE DOING. AND MEANWHILE, U.S. CENTRAL COMMAND SAYS THE USS CARNEY SHOT DOWN A MISSILE FIRED AT THE DESTROYER IN THE GULF OF ADEN TODAY. THE U.S. SAYS THE IRANIAN BACKED MILITANTS FIRED THE MISSILE FROM A WHO THEY CONTROLLED AREA IN YEMEN. CENTCOM SAYS THE MISSILE WAS SUCCESSFULLY SHOT DOWN AND NO DAMAGE OR INJURIES WERE REPORTED. WE’RE ALSO LEARNING KING CHARLES IS OUT OF

SURGERY AND DOING WELL AFTER UNDERGOING A CORRECTIVE PROCEDURE FOR AN ENLARGED. ,THE QUEEN SEEN LEAVING THE HOSPITAL, APPEARING TO SAY HE’S FINE. THE PALACE SAYS THE KING WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THE SURGERY IN ADVANCE TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO GET THEIR CHECKED. HE’S NOW RECOVERING IN THE SAME HOSPITAL WHERE KATE, THE PRINCESS OF WALES, IS ALSO RECOVERING FROM. WELL, COMING UP, DEBORAH ROBERTS JOINS US TALK ABOUT HER NEW INTERVIEW WITH GYPSY ROSE BLANCHARD AHEAD OF TONIGHT’S ALL NEW 2020, WHAT GYPSY IS NOW SAYING ABOUT HER LATE MOTHER, DEE BLANCHARD. ALSO AHEAD, AN UPDATE ON FORMERLY CONJOINED TWINS

TODDLERS ONE YEAR AFTER THEIR INCREDIBLE SURGERY. WE’LL TELL YOU HOW THEY’RE DOING. WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, NATION AT WAR. AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. >> REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING. >> ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERY FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE AND THE NEED FOR UKRAINE TO REPORTING FOR THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII FROM CHARLESTON SOUTH CAROLINA ON THE 2024

CAMPAIGN TRAIL AND LET’S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY. THE STORY FROM THE FRONT LINES IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT FROM THE FBI. REPORTING LIVE IN NORTH IS ON THE PICKET LINE HERE, 10 DOWNING STREET IN LONDON STREAMING LIVE TO YOU FOREVER. THE IS WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO YOU THERE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE ABC NEWS LIVE HERE, STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. I HAVE A POINT OF CONTACT. THEY’RE EXPECTING US. IT’S

OUR SECRET WORLD WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW. >> THIS IS WHAT COMES INSIDE. THAT IS A SLICE OF HUMAN BRAINS . THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED. >> IS NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE. ANYWHERE. WOW. >> ARE YOU READY? LET’S DO IT. YES IT’S THE SHOW AMERICA WANTS AND AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT NOW? THIS IS. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? ALL RIGHT, LET’S GO. HOW ARE YOU? WHAT MADE YOU WATCHING SATURDAY’S ON ABC NEWS LIVE? WHAT WOULD YOU DO? >>

I GUESS I JUST FOUND OUT WHAT WOULD DO MARATHON 2 TO 6 EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> MY FAVORITE NOW WELCOME BACK AND GYPSY ROSE BLANCHARD ADJUSTING TO LIFE AS A FREE WOMAN AFTER BEING RELEASED FROM PRISON IN DECEMBER. SHE HAD BEEN SERVING A TEN YEAR SENTENCE FOR SECOND DEGREE MURDER CHARGE FOR THE KILLING OF A MOTHER BACK IN 2015. AND FOR OVER A DECADE, GYPSY ROSE SAYS SHE LIVED IN A WHEELCHAIR, BELIEVING SHE SUFFERED FROM MULTIPLE MEDICAL ISSUES, INCLUDING LEUKEMIA, SEIZURES, MUSCULAR DYSTROPHY. BUT EXPERTS SAY IT WAS LIKELY CASE OF MUNCHAUSEN

BY PROXY 2020. AND CO-ANCHOR DEBORAH ROBERTS. JOINING ME NOW TO PREVIEW TONIGHT’S ALL NEW 2020 ABOUT GYPSY ROSE’S CASE AND HER NEXT ACT. SO, DEBORAH, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BEING WITH US. SO YOU INTERVIEW GYPSY ROSE. >> WHAT STOOD OUT TO YOU MOST FROM THAT? SIT DOWN? FIRST OF ALL, I WAS SO SHOCKED BY HOW MUCH PEOPLE ARE DRAWN TO THIS WOMAN. WHEN I WENT OUT TO DO THE INTERVIEW WITH HER, SHE HAD ALMOST 20 MILLION FOLLOWERS ONLINE AND GROWING. >> SO PEOPLE WERE REALLY CAPTIVATED BY HER STORY. >> AND I WAS ALSO JUST

STRUCK BY THE FACT THAT SHE WENT INTO PRISON AS A YOUNG WOMAN WHO HAD JUST BEEN BASICALLY HELD CAPTIVE BY HER MOTHER, HAD A SECOND GRADE EDUCATION. SHE MANAGED TO GET HER GED IN PRISON. SO SHE WAS VERY SELF AWARE. SHE WAS VERY WELL SPOKEN. I WAS REALLY SURPRISED TO SEE HOW MUCH SHE HANDLED HERSELF IN A WAY THAT WAS SHE SEEMS VERY, VERY SMART, VERY IN TUNE WITH WHAT’S GOING ON AROUND HER. AND I WAS IMPRESSED BY THAT AFTER NEARLY A DECADE IN PRISON. >> AND WHAT ABOUT HER? >> WHAT HAS SHE REVEALED TO

YOU ABOUT THAT RELATIONSHIP? WELL, WHAT’S SO FASCINATING ABOUT THIS STORY IS IT IS SO DIFFERENT FROM SO MANY OF THE TRUE CRIME THAT WE’VE COVERED BECAUSE PEOPLE ARE SO DIVIDED OVER THIS. YOU KNOW, PEOPLE WHO EMBRACE THIS YOUNG WOMAN BECAUSE THEY FEEL THAT SHE WAS VICTIMIZED AND. >> GYPSY ACTUALLY OWNS THE FACT THAT SHE PARTICIPATED IN THIS MURDER OF A MOTHER. >> SHE FEELS VERY CONFLICTED ABOUT IT. AND SHE SAYS SHE STILL MISSES HER MOM. SHE LOVES HER MOM. SHE MISSES HER MOM. IT WAS NOT SOMETHING SHE WANTED TO DO OR SET OUT TO DO.

SHE SAID FELT DESPERATE. AND TO HEAR HER TALK ABOUT HER MOM IN A WAY THAT WAS LOVING WAS REALLY INTERESTING TO ME. YEAH. AND I WANT TO I THINK THAT WE HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF THAT SOUNDBITE AS WELL. IS THAT OKAY? IF WE CAN PLAY THAT IN SOME OF THE DOCUMENTARIES, YOUR MOM HAS BEEN PORTRAYED AS A MONSTER. >> I DON’T BELIEVE MY MOTHER WAS A MONSTER. SHE HAD MENTAL ILLNESS. SHE HAD A LOT OF DEMONS HERSELF THAT SHE WAS STRUGGLING WITH. AND SHE WOULD HAVE NEEDED MENTAL HEALTH CARE. DO YOU MISS YOUR MOM,

DEE DEE? YEAH, I MISS MY MOM. I STILL THINK ABOUT MY MOM FROM TIME TO TIME. AFTER ALL, SHE STILL MY MOTHER. >> NO MATTER WHAT SHE DID TO ME . >> I MEAN, THAT WAS ALL SHE KNEW. >> HER MOTHER NEVER LEFT HER SIDE. AND THAT WAS PART OF THIS WHOLE CAPTIVITY. HER MOTHER NEVER REALLY LET HER HAVE FRIENDSHIPS. AND YOU’RE GOING FIND OUT TONIGHT ON 2020 HOW AS A TEENAGER AND A 20-YEAR-OLD, SHE STARTED TO STEP OUT OF THAT BUBBLE. AND YOU’RE ALSO GOING TO HEAR FROM A PSYCHIATRIST ABOUT WHAT WAS AT PLAY

HERE. WHY FELT SO DESPERATE, HOW SHE FELT THAT THIS WAS HER ONLY OPTION. AND THEN YOU MAY BETTER UNDERSTAND WHY SOME PEOPLE SEE HER REALLY A VICTIM MORE THAN A PERPETRATOR. >> RIGHT. AND, YOU KNOW, DEB, I’M REALLY STRUCK BY HER LEVEL OF EMPATHY THAT SHE DISPLAYED IN THAT INTERVIEW AND COULD CONTRIBUTE HOW THE FOLLOWING THAT SHE’S BEEN BEEN GAINING OVER THIS SOME SIT DOWNS THAT SHE DOESN’T PRETEND THAT SHE HAD NO HAND IN THIS. SHE DOESN’T PRETEND TO BE JUST A VICTIM. SHE DOES SEE HERSELF AS A VICTIM. SHE SAYS SHE WAS LET DOWN

BY THE MEDICAL SYSTEM, WHICH PROBABLY HAVE CAUGHT SOME OF THIS ALONG THE WAY. BUT HER MOTHER WAS VERY CLEVER IN HOW SHE MANEUVERED AROUND THE SYSTEM. YOU’LL HEAR ALL THOSE DETAILS TONIGHT ON 2020. A LOT OF DETAILS THAT YOU HAVEN’T HEARD BEFORE. AND YOU ALSO SPOKE WITH GYPSY’S NEW HUSBAND. WHAT DO THEY HAVE SAY ABOUT HOW THE WORLD IS REACTING TO THIS? >> IT WAS FASCINATING TO RYAN ANDERSON, HER NEW HUSBAND. HE WROTE TO HER AS A PEN PAL IN PRISON. WHAT GUY WANTS TO CONNECT WITH A WOMAN IN PRISON? YOU’LL FROM HIM? AND I

TOLD HIM, I SAID, A LOT OF PEOPLE ON SOCIAL MEDIA ARE VERY SUSPICIOUS OF YOU. AND HE ANSWERS THAT QUESTION AND HE TALKS ABOUT THEIR NEW RELATIONSHIP. THEY, ON A LOT OF LEVELS ARE A VERY SWEET NEW COUPLE STARTING OUT. BUT THE BIG QUESTION IS, WHAT DO THEY WALK INTO NOW? AND WILL SHE BE AFFECTED BY THIS FAME? AND THAT’S MY QUESTION FOR YOU. WHAT’S NEXT, GYPSY ROSE? WELL, SHE’S GOT A LOT OF THINGS GOING ON. SHE’S GOT THIS DOCUMENTARY. SHE’S GOT A BOOK THAT’S COMING OUT. SHE’S GOT CAMERAS THAT ARE FOLLOWING HER. SHE HAS

A LOT OF CONNECTION RIGHT NOW TO A FLAME THAT BE, YOU KNOW, DICEY IF SHE COULD BE BURNED BY IT. AND THE BIG QUESTION, IS SHE GOING TO BE ABLE TO HANDLE THAT? WHO’S GOING TO GUIDE? >> WHERE WILL SHE GO NEXT? SHE SAYS SHE WANTS TO BE AN INFLUENCE FOR GOOD. AND I ASKED HER INFLUENCER OR INFLUENCE AND. SHE MADE IT VERY CLEAR SHE WANTS TO INFLUENCE. SHE WANTS TO TALK ABOUT ABUSE BECAUSE NEVER REALLY HAD AN OPPORTUNITY TO KNOW AND TO HAVE AN OPTION TO STEP OUT OF HER WORLD. ABSOLUTELY. BE DEBORAH ROBERTS.

JOINING US NOW ON ABC NEWS. THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND OF COURSE YOU CAN WATCH 2020. IT AIRS TONIGHT AT 9 P.M. EASTERN ON ABC. >> AND THEN, OF COURSE, THE NEXT DAY ON HULU. >> WELL, COMING UP, A SWEET STORY FOR YOU ON THIS FRIDAY. HOW THESE TWO TODDLERS. OH, MY GOODNESS. SO SWEET. THEIR SUCCESSFUL SURGERY . WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. THE CRUSHING TWO FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND AT REFUGEE CENTERS IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE CLOSE TO THE FRONT LINES. FROM THE CAPITAL, THE STRUCTURE OF

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WHEREVER THIS STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE AND WELCOME BACK INTO ABC NEWS. FIRST WE’VE GOT A SWEET UPDATE ON THE STORY OF TWINS AMY LYNN AND JAMIE LYNN FINLEY. THEY WERE BOYS BORN, CONJOINED AND NOW YEAR AFTER THEIR SURGERY, THEY ARE HAPPY, HEALTHY TODDLERS SAM CHAMPION AS THEIR STORY. >> AND THEY SAY TIME HEALS ALL WOUNDS. THEY’RE MY HERO AND THE FINLEY FAMILY HOME. WHAT A DIFFERENCE A YEAR CAN MAKE. AND WANT TO HAVE IN THIS FAMILY. >> IT’S BEEN JUST ONE YEAR SINCE JAMES STANLEY’S TWINS CONJOINED BY THEIR

LIVER AND CHEST. AMY LYNN AND JAMIE LYNN WERE SEPARATED IN A RISKY BUT MIRACULOUS SURGERY. MORE THAN 50 MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS AT COOK CHILDREN’S HOSPITAL WORKED FOR 11 HOURS TO SEPARATE THE BABIES EVERY TWIN HAS A UNIQUE ANATOMY. >> THEY’RE ALL DIFFERENT. AMY, LYNN AND JAMIE LYNN FINALLY ROLLING OUT OF THE OPERATING ROOM. >> YOU HAVE TWO BABIES ON TWO SEPARATE AND THEY PAY FOR EVERYTHING THE WHOLE TIME. NOW, BOTH GIRLS ARE HOME AND HEALTHY, DESPITE SOME EARLY CHALLENGES FOR AMY LYNN, HEART AND I KIND OF GO OVER HER WINDPIPE, SO HER HEART IS ACTUALLY ON

THE RIGHT SIDE INSTEAD OF THE LEFT. >> BUT HER HEART IS WORKING GREAT. THE TWINS NOW AND TALKING, OH, THEIR OLDER BROTHER SAYS HIS CAN NOW BE AND DO ANYTHING THEY SET THEIR MINDS TO. >> AND THEY MIGHT EVEN LEARN HOW TO DRIVE CARS WHEN THEY’RE 18. AND SHE’S ALREADY TRAINED THE TWINS SHARING A SPECIAL BOND NOW FOR THE REST OF THEIR LIVES. AND THAT’S HOW THEY STAY TOGETHER. THEY STAY CLOSE. LISA NOW IS TELLING THAT THEY ARE THANKS SAME CHAMPION FOR THAT SUPER SWEET STORY AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING WITH US I’M MORGAN NORWOOD.

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OF FOUR UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO STUDENTS DUE IN COURT TODAY. IT COMES AS WE HEAR FROM THE FAMILY OF KAYLA GONSALVES, ONE OF THE STUDENTS KILLED IN 2022. HER FAMILY SAT DOWN WITH ABC NEWS ANCHOR KAYNA WHITWORTH AHEAD OF TODAY’S. >> WE’RE JUST LEFT IN LIMBO. KAYLA GONZALEZ’S PARENTS SHARING EXCLUSIVELY WITH YOU MAY NEVER BEFORE SEEN PICTURES AND VIDEOS OF THEIR 21-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER FIGHT. >> YOU CAN SEE THEM, OBVIOUSLY. >> CLEARLY. SEE THAT YOU CAN. YEAH, I THAT’S IN FRONT OF THE TOWER. YEAH. THIS IN FRONT OF THE UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO TOWER. >> THE FAMILY STILL

WAITING ON A FULL DIGITAL COPY OF CAYLEE’S PHONE FROM AUTHORITIES. >> ARE THE LAST MOMENTS OF YOUR CHILD’S LIFE AND YOU’RE SITTING HERE FIGHTING WITH SOMEBODY WHO JUST DOESN’T CARE. >> THEY WERE ABLE TO COLLECT SOME OF CAYLEE’S BELONGINGS FROM THE UNIVERSITY OVER THE SUMMER, WHICH RAISE CONCERNS THEM ABOUT HOW WELL POSSIBLE EVIDENCE WAS PROCESSED ,INCLUDING A TRASH CAN FROM CAYLEE’S ROOM THAT WAS FULL AND APPEARED UNTOUCHED. >> WE OPENED IT WAS A LITTLE SQUEEZY APPLESAUCE LIKE YOU WOULD GIVE IT TO, LIKE A TODDLER. IT DID NOT APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN GONE THROUGH. >> POLICE

SAYING THEY HAD GATHERED MORE THAN 100 PIECES OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE FROM THE SCENE, ALONG WITH SOME 4000 PHOTOS AND 3D SCANS OF THE RESIDENCE. STILL FRUSTRATION MOUNTING FOR THE FAMILY OVER WHAT THEY CONSIDER LACK OF COMMUNICATION AND A RUSH TO TEAR DOWN THE HOME ON KING ROAD. CHRISTIE DESCRIBES FOR THE FIRST TIME HOW CAYLEE WAS FOUND. >> IT’S MY UNDERSTANDING CAYLEE WAS KIND OF SITTING UP. YES, I HAD THOUGHT. YEAH. AND THE WAY THAT THAT RUNS PUT TOGETHER, IF YOU CAN’T DO THAT OR YOU CAN’T GET OUT OF THAT LATELY, TOTALLY TRAP. YEAH, YOU’RE IN

A BAD TIMING ROOM. THE BED. THE BED WAS THE ENTIRE ROOM. YOU COULD BARELY OPEN UP THE DOOR WITHOUT SWIPING THE FOOT OF THE BED. AND IT WAS WALL. WALL. YOU KNOW, THE HEADBOARD WAS UP AGAINST THE WALL. RECIPROCATED WAS ON BEING UP AGAINST THE WALL AND YOU CAN IMAGINE CAYLEE IN AN UPRIGHT SORT OF POSITION UP IN THE CORNER, SLUMPED AND SHOT. >> THE HOME ON KING ROAD WAS DOWN IN THE PREDAWN HOURS OF DECEMBER 20 EIGHTH. AND ABC NEWS LIVE ANCHOR KAYNA WHITWORTH JOINING ME NOW ALONGSIDE LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR BRIAN BUCKMIRE KENA. JUST INCREDIBLE

REPORTING THERE. >> SO WHAT DO WE EXPECT FROM TODAY’S HEARINGS? >> YES, IT’S GOING TO BE A BUSY DAY HERE AT THE LITTLE COUNTY COURTHOUSE. >> TWO PIVOTAL HEARINGS TODAY. AND THE FIRST ONE IS SEALED. THE PUBLIC NOT HAVE ACCESS TO THAT. AND IT’S OUR UNDERSTANDING THAT THERE WILL BE AT LEAST ONE OF THREE MOTIONS DISCUSSED. THERE’S BEEN THREE MOTIONS FILED BY THE DEFENSE TO HAVE THE CHARGES AGAINST BRIAN KOHBERGER THROWN OUT. SO THEY’LL DISCUSS AT LEAST ONE OF THOSE. THEY WILL ALSO LIKELY DISCUSS HOW MUCH DISCOVERY THE DEFENSE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO IN TERMS

GENEALOGY. THEN THE SECOND HEARING IS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC, AND IT’S IN THAT SAME VEIN. WHERE IS OUR UNDERSTANDING? THE DEFENSE WILL BE ASKING JUDGE TO RECONSIDER A PREVIOUS DECISION OF HIS TO NOT THROW OUT THE CHARGES AGAINST KOHBERGER. THERE IS ALSO A SCHEDULING SLATED FOR LATER THIS AFTERNOON AND THAT IS WHAT THE FAMILIES WILL BE PAYING VERY CLOSE ATTENTION TO. THEY WANT A TRIAL DATE SET AND THEY’RE EAGER FOR IT FOR JUSTICE IN THIS CASE. AND, BRIAN, THERE HAVE BEEN THREE SEPARATE ATTEMPTS TO HAVE THE INDICTMENT THROWN OUT. NOW THEY’RE SAYING THEY WANT SOME

OF THE DETAILS AND THE MOST RECENT ONE MADE PUBLIC. YOU KNOW, ARE THEY BETTING ON SOME SORT OF, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC GOODWILL HERE? >> HERE MOST OF THESE THE REPUBLICANS. >> BUT IT IS IN THAT VEIN THE REASON WHY I THINK THEY WOULD DO THIS AT THIS POINT. I WANT THIS AS A PRO BONO DEFENDERS, ALL OF THE LEADERS AND ALL YOU ABOUT THIS CASE IS ONE SIDED BECAUSE OF WHAT’S OUT AND ALSO JUST THE HORRIFIC, HORRIFIC NESS OF THIS CASE WHERE YOU KNOW, ALL THE FACTS THAT COULD INCRIMINATE WHITEY BULGER. IT PROVES THAT ATTORNEY

MORE GET SOME INFORMATION OUT THERE TO KIND OF EQUAL RESEMBLANCE OF REASONABLE DOUBT, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY THE PUBLIC IS GOING TO BE THERE WHEN THEY A JURY AND THEY WANT SOME ARGUMENT TO BE ABLE TO PUSH BACK IN THIS CASE BEFORE JURY SELECTION. >> BUT, BRIAN, WHY WOULD THEY MAKE JUST ONE HEARING PRIVATE? >> I THINK IS THE NATURE, THE YEARS IN THE FIRST HEARING, WE KNOW THE SORT OF A LOT OF THE PACIFIC TIME. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT A BIASED JURY HEARING THIS EVIDENCE, LACK OF SUFFICIENT AND BUSTER OF PROSECUTORIAL MISCONDUCT SO THAT FACT SPECIFIC AS

TO WHAT HAPPENS IN THE GRAND JURY AND TYPICALLY GRAND JURY IS SECRETIVE. AND SO TO GET INTO THE NITTY GRITTY OF THAT INFORMATION, WE NOT TO GET INTO WHAT IS TYPICALLY A SECRETIVE GRAND JURY. HOWEVER, THE ONE PART SEVEN TIME HEARING, THAT’S WHEN YOU CONSIDER THE GRAND JURY DECISION BASED ON A STATUTORY INTERPRETATION OF WHAT THE STAND POSSIBLY AND CASE LAW THAT’S MORE PROCEDURAL LEGAL. YOU’RE GOING TO GET TO THE FACTS OF THE CASE PER SE. SO THAT’S MORE LIKELY TO BE OPEN TO THE. >> AND I THINK THAT’S WHY A DISTINCTION AND WE KNOW

THAT YOU’VE BEEN OVER THIS STORY DOING SOME INCREDIBLE REPORTING, TALKING WITH FAMILIES THERE. WHEN COULD A TRIAL DATE BE SET AND WHAT DOES JUSTICE LOOK LIKE FOR THESE FAMILIES? ALL RIGHT. SO FIRST, IT’S ENTIRELY POSSIBLE THAT A TRIAL DATE DOES GET SET TODAY. REMEMBER, THE PROSECUTION HAS ASKED FOR THE JUDGE TO SET A TRIAL DATE FOR THIS SUMMER. THEY’RE ISOLATING THE SUMMER. THEY DON’T WANT IT TO BE DISRUPTIVE TO THE COMMUNITY, TO THE UNIVERSITY AND TO SCHOOLS. I MEAN, FROM WHERE I’M STANDING JUST AT THE END OF THE BLOCK HERE, THERE’S A HIGH SCHOOL. >>

THERE’S ALSO A LOWER SCHOOL AROUND THE CORNER AS WELL. SO THEY’RE EYEING THIS SUMMER SO THAT IT’S NOT DISRUPTIVE. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THIS FAMILY WANTS AS WELL, ESPECIALLY THE GONZALEZ FAMILY. AND IN TERMS OF JUSTICE IT IS DIFFERENT, RIGHT, FOR EVERY FAMILY. A REMINDER THAT THE PROSECUTION IS SEEKING THE DEATH PENALTY IN THIS CASE. AND WHEN I WAS SPEAKING WITH STEVE GONSALVES LAST NIGHT, HE SAID, YOU KNOW, IF THEY HAVE THE RIGHT GUY, HE SAID THE MESSAGE SHOULD BE THAT IF YOU COME TO IDAHO AND YOU DO LIKE THIS, YOU DIE FOR IT. HE

SAID, THAT’S THE BEST THEY CAN ASK FOR, YOU KNOW, VERY STRONG WORDS. KAYNA WHITWORTH AND BRIAN BUCKMIRE. THANK YOU BOTH. AND BE SURE TO LISTEN TO KAINAZ PODCASTS ON THE CASE. YOU CAN LISTEN TO THE KING WORLD WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCAST. WELL, COMING UP, JUSTIN TIMBERLAKE’S NEW MUSIC, WHAT HE’S SAYING ABOUT HIS NEW ALBUM. ALSO AHEAD, DR. PATEL IS HERE TO ANSWER ALL YOUR HEALTH QUESTIONS AND BE RIGHT BACK. >> TONIGHT IS A POSSIBLE BIPARTISAN SOLUTION TO BORDER CRISIS COLLIDING WITH CAMPAIGN POLITICS? PLUS, TRACKING FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN AND MELTING SNOW. MORE AMERICANS TURN

TO MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION. “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH DAVID NEXT WEEK. JUST LOOK WHO’S SAYING GOOD MORNING AMERICA. EMMA STONE, DEMI MOORE, DUA LIPA, AND HENRY CAVILL, GOOD MORNING AMERICA, USHER AND MEGAN, THEE STALLION WITH THE GOOD, BAD ON THE BLOCK. YEAH, BUT SO FAR, LITTLE HAS BEEN AS A LITTLE BABY. MY LITTLE BOY, I LIKE GOOD MORNING AMERICA FROM AMERICA’S NEWS SOURCE BECOMES THE NEW ABC NEWS AND BREAKING NEWS INCREDIBLE VIDEO FASTER SMARTER AND IT CAN CUSTOMIZE YOU AND YOUR INTERESTS IF YOU TO BE IN THE KNOW YOU’RE GOING TO KNOW HOW THIS

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THOUSANDS OF COMMENTS SHOWING A PASSENGER’S FOOT INVADING ANOTHER PASSENGER SPACE. >> IN THIS CASE, THE WOMAN WHO TOOK IT IS NOT IN THE WRONG BECAUSE SOMEBODY’S FOOT OR SOCK OR WHATEVER THE EVEN HAIR IN SOMEBODY ELSE’S SPACE WOULD BE INAPPROPRIATE. >> TRAVELERS FED UP THAT LITTLE BUBBLE IS YOUR BUBBLE. >> THAT IS NOT ME. PUT LEG IS THAT SOMEONE ELSE IN THE BUBBLE FLIGHT ATTENDANT SAY THESE INCIDENTS NOT UNCOMMON, ESPECIALLY WITH SEATS SQUEEZING CLOSER AS AIRLINES PACK PASSENGERS IN. PEOPLE PUT THEIR FEET ON THE ARMRESTS IN FRONT OF THEM AND SOMETIMES THEY STRETCH OUT UNDERNEATH

THE FEET AND GO INTO SOMEONE’S FEET IN FRONT OF THEM. >> ACCORDING TO SEAT GURU, SHORT HAUL ECONOMY FLIGHTS WILL SEE ROUGHLY 30 INCHES IN BETWEEN SEATS AND IF YOU DO DISCOVER AN INVASIVE FOOT, YOU COULD POLITELY TAKE ACTION TO GIVE IT THE BOOT TO SAY, OH, I WAS HOPING IF IT WAS OKAY, YOU COULD JUST MOVE YOUR YOUR ARM, YOUR FOOT. AND THEN IF THEY, IF THEY IGNORE THAT I WOULD JUST CALMLY ALERT A FLIGHT ATTENDANT ,CALMLY ALERT THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT OR STEP ON THE FOOT. NOW, JUST KIDDING EVA PILGRIM WITH THAT REPORT EVEN.

THANK YOU. WELL, TIME NOW FOR OUR WEEKLY “PATEL IT LIKE IT IS” WERE ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR DR. ALOK PATEL SERIOUS HEALTH ADVICE ON THE TOPICS THAT MATTER TO YOU MOST IN TODAY’S. HE’S ANSWERING SOME OF YOUR QUESTIONS. OKAY, SO LET’S START WITH MARYLAND. PATEL, GOOD TO SEE YOU. SHE WANTS TO KNOW, DOES YOUR MATE WITH ENERGY AND WEIGHT LOSS. >> I LOVE A GOOD SCIENTIFIC DEEP DIVE ON THESE POPULAR PRODUCTS SO YOU’RE BOTH MY TAKE IS A TYPE OF TEA WHICH I’M A FAN OF THIS IS ALSO AS PARAGUAYAN TEA MADE FROM THE PLANT. I

LIKES POWER GRADIENTS. SOME BOTANISTS WILL PROBABLY CORRECT ME FOR MY PRONUNCIATION, BUT LONG STORY. WHEN THIS TEA IS MADE, THERE’S A LOT OF BIOACTIVE COMPOUNDS IN IT THAT PEOPLE SAY GIVES IT ITS ANTI-INFLAMMATORY CANCER STIMULANT ENERGY BOOSTING EFFECTS. >> BUT ONE OF THE BIGGEST THINGS IT HAS IT IS CAFFEINE. ABOUT 150 MILLILITERS THAT IS POPULAR TEA HAS 80 MILLIGRAMS OF CAFFEINE. >> NOW, ONE ASTERISK IS THAT SOME WILL MAKE THE TEA IT CONTINUOUSLY POUR WATER IN IT WITH YOUR DRINK AND THEN 100 TO 200 MILLIGRAMS OF CAFFEINE. SO PEOPLE JUST NEED TO BE AWARE OF

SOME OF THE NEGATIVE SIDE EFFECTS OF THIS, SUCH AS DISRUPTING YOUR SLEEP, POTENTIALLY AN ABNORMAL HEART RHYTHM, INTERACTING WITH MEDICATIONS AND PREGNANT SHOULD BE CAREFUL WITH HOW MUCH CAFFEINE THEY’RE HAVING. >> THERE ARE SOME ANIMAL THAT SUGGEST THAT YOU MAY HELP WITH FAT LOSS, BUT IT’S ALWAYS A GOOD IDEA TO TALK TO A DOCTOR ABOUT THIS. AND REMEMBER EVERYTHING IN MODERATION, BECAUSE SOME STUDIES ALSO SUGGEST THAT A LOT OF YOUR ROMANTIC MAY ACTUALLY INCREASE YOUR RISK OF DEVELOPING SOME ORAL CANCERS. BUT I SAY, HEY, IT’S A GREAT DRINK. >> GIVE IT A WHIRL. JUST MAKE

SURE YOU’RE BRINGING YOURSELF AND YOU’RE PAYING ATTENTION TO HOW MUCH SUGAR COMES IN SOME OF THOSE YERBA MAITAKE HANDS. AND THANK YOU FOR TEACHING ME HOW TO PRONOUNCE YERBA MONTE. I NEVER HEARD ABOUT IT SO. >> THANK YOU FOR WEIGHING IN ON THAT. NOW I KNOW WE’RE GETTING CULTURAL TODAY. WE’RE GETTING CULTURAL. LOVE IT. OKAY, SO LET’S GO TO LIZ, WHO ASKS, CAN YOU DO ANYTHING? >> INCREASE A LOW WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT? VERY IMPORTANT QUESTION. >> SO QUICK BACKGROUND. YOUR WHITE BLOOD CELLS ARE YOUR YOUR LEUKOCYTES ARE BASICALLY PART OF YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM. THEY

HELP YOU FIGHT OFF INFECTIONS LIKE A LOW COUNT OR LEUKEMIA. IT COULD ACTUALLY INCREASE YOUR RISK OF HAVING INFECTION. >> SO IF YOU HAVE ANY HISTORY OF THIS OR, YOU THINK YOU MAY HAVE A LOW WHITE BLOOD CELL COUNT. IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT IDEA TO GO AND TO A HEALTHCARE PROFESSIONAL. A DOCTOR WILL ASK YOU SOME QUESTIONS, POSSIBLY DO A PHYSICAL EXAM TO SEE IF YOU HAVE ANY OTHER ASSOCIATED SYMPTOMS LIKE FATIGUE, AN ENLARGED SPLEEN, EASY BRUISING . >> YOU MAY NEED SOME MORE LABS OR TESTS TO FIGURE OUT WHAT’S GOING ON AND FIXING YOUR MOBILE

THOUGHTS ON COUNT ULTIMATELY COMES DOWN TO ADDRESSING THE UNDERLYING CAUSE. >> SO THINGS LIKE AUTOIMMUNE DISEASE, CERTAIN MEDICATIONS, BONE MARROW DISEASE, EVEN INFECTIONS CAN LOWER THOSE WHITE BLOOD. THEY DO SWING A LOT, WHICH IS WHY WE TEST THEM OFTEN FOR PATIENTS WHO ARE SICK. >> BUT AGAIN, THE MOST IMPORTANT THING YOU CAN DO IS GO AND GET THOSE LABS TESTED AND FIND OUT WHAT’S CAUSING IT. ALSO, NUTRITION PLAYS AN FACTOR NOT ONLY HERE BUT WORLDWIDE WHEN IT COMES TO HEALTHY WHITE BLOOD CELLS AS SUCH. >> GOOD ADVICE THERE. AND LASTLY, DOCTORS AT STANFORD FROM NEW

YORK ASKED WHAT ARE EXAMPLES OF HEALTHY FOODS OR SNACKS THAT COME OUT OF A BAG OR BOX? >> I FEEL YOU ON THIS ONE. STANFORD BECAUSE WE’RE ALL ON THE GO AND WE WANT TO BUY THOSE SNACKS THAT WE CAN PUT IN OUR GYM BAG OR TAKE ON A PLANE OR ROAD TRIP OR WORK OR WHATEVER IT MAY BE. >> AND WE’RE ACTUALLY CONSULTING AN NBA DIETITIAN SERIOUSLY ABOUT WHAT SHE RECOMMENDS FOR THIS. AND IT REALLY COMES DOWN TO BUYING WHOLE FOODS BASED AND SNACKS WHERE YOU CAN ACTUALLY KNOW WHAT INGREDIENTS ARE IN. SO ALWAYS

TURN A PACKAGING AROUND. YOU WANT TO MAKE SURE THEY’RE SHELF STABLE AS WELL. SO THERE ARE A LOT OF GREAT OPTIONS OUT THERE, INCLUDING CERTAIN PROTEIN, FRUIT BARS, UNSALTED NUTS AND SEEDS. >> THERE’S EVEN SOME POPCORNS OR SEAWEEDS. THERE ARE SOME FRESH FOODS YOU CAN BUY THAT COME IN A BAG SUCH AS VEGGIES, GREEK YOGURT, BOILED EGGS. THE ONE THING YOU WANT TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT YOU’RE PAYING ATTENTION TO THE EXPIRATION DATE AND YOU’RE NOT FALLING FOR ANY OF THE MARKETING GIMMICK TERMS ON THE FRONT, BECAUSE ALL ORGANIC, NON-GMO, VEGAN, WHATEVER IT MAY

SAY, NOT SAY ANYTHING ABOUT THE ACTUAL INGREDIENTS AND THE ACTUAL NUTRITIONAL, INCLUDING SODIUM, CALCIUM, FAT, PROTEIN, ALL OF THAT. SO MAKE SURE YOU’RE DOING YOUR RESEARCH, YOU KNOW WHAT’S IN THERE AND SNACK AWAY. >> YEAH, YOU GOT TO REALLY PAY ATTENTION TO THOSE LABOR LABELS. DR. ALOK PATEL THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND OF COURSE, IF YOU HAVE QUESTIONS FOR DR. PATEL, CAN LEAVE A MESSAGE ON OUR INSTAGRAM FEED AND HE MIGHT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION HERE ON. WELL, COMING UP, SNOOP DOGG TAKES US BEHIND THE SCENES OF HIS NEW MOVIE. FIND OUT WHAT HE’S SAYING ABOUT.

MAYBE SOME NEW MUSIC AS WELL. PLUS, MEGAN RYTE IS HERE. BREAK DOWN ALL THE BIGGEST MUSIC HEADLINES OF THE WEEK. SHE’S GOT IT ALL TODAY. THE JAZZ. >> WHAT? WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC? THIS IS THE START HERE TO BE IN THE MORNING AND GET A DIFFERENT ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. START HERE.

ABC NEWS IN YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. TONIGHT IS A POSSIBLE BIPARTISAN SOLUTION TO THE BORDER COLLIDING WITH CAMPAIGN POLITICS. PLUS TRACKING THE FROM HEAVY RAIN, MELTING SNOW. MORE AMERICANS TURN TO THE WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION. “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH DAVID. >> I HAVE A PACKED CONCERT. THEY’RE EXPECTING US. IT’S OUR SECRET WORLD WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS MY TURN INSIDE OUT. AND THERE’S A SLICE OF HUMAN

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CALIFORNIA I’M ROBIN ROBERTS. WHEREVER WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . AND WELCOME BACK. HIP-HOP LEGEND SNOOP DOGG HAS, A NEW MOVIE ABOUT YOUTH FOOTBALL THAT HE SAYS IMITATES HIS REAL LIFE. HE SAT DOWN WITH OUR MICHAEL STRAHAN MAKING A SURPRISE ANNOUNCEMENT ABOUT HE’S BEEN WORKING ON IN THE STUDIO AND WHO HE’S BEEN WORKING. >> THAT IS SURE TO MAKE HIS FANS VERY HAPPY. HITS LIKE WHO AM I CATAPULTED SNOOP DOGG TO HIP HOP FAME IN THE NINETIES. LATER DROP IT LIKE IT’S HOT WOULD BRING HIM

TO THE TOP OF THE CHARTS. DROP IT LIKE A CHILD. DROP IT LIKE A CHILD. NOW THREE DECADES IN, THE 16 TIME GRAMMY NOMINEE IS BUSINESS MOGUL AND POP CULTURE ICON. >> TO BE IN THE MUSIC BUSINESS, THEN BE A BUSINESS MAN. TO BE AN ACTOR, TO BE A PRODUCER, TO DO ALL THOSE THINGS, HOW YOU HAVE TO COMPARTMENTALIZE EVERYTHING. I’M MASTERING THE CRAFT OF WHO I AM. >> AND TO BE THE BEST WHO I AM IS TO DO THE THINGS THAT MAKE ME FEEL. AND THE MAIN TWO THINGS IS FUN, RIGHT? EVERYWHERE AN F-YOU

ENDS IF IT MAKES BOMBS AND IT’S FUN. >> I MEAN, I DID IT WITH SNOOP IS HAVING A LOT OF FUN ON SCREEN. IN HIS NEW MOVIE, THE PLAYING TO JAZZ, A FORMER PRO ATHLETE COURT ORDERED TO DO PUBLIC SERVICE COACHING, YOUTH FOOTBALL AND FOOTBALL. JASON TO JAMES JENNINGS, YOUR NEW COACH. >> SO HOW MUCH DO YOU IS IN TWO DAYS? I SAY ABOUT 85%. AND THEN 15% AS MY COACH CAME BACK BECAUSE HIS SPIRIT IS THE SAME WAY AS FAR AS THE WAY HE COACHES WITH INTENSITY AND FOUL LANGUAGE, YOU KNOW, THE OLD SCHOOL

STYLE OF COACH BEFORE WE CAN BE THE BEST. >> WE GOT TO MASTER THE FUNDAMENTALS. PRETTY BOY YOU MISSED IN PASS PASS. >> I LOVE THE TITLE OF THE FILM UNDERDOGS WHERE TO GO FROM UNDERDOG TO WIN TO GO. I START OFF AS UNDERDOG. YOU KNOW, THAT’S THE BEST DOG THEY EVER BE BECAUSE YOU’RE THE ONE THAT THEY DON’T PAY ATTENTION TO. SO YOU GOT TO TRY TO FIGURE OUT HOW TO MASTER YOU TO WHERE YOU BECOME THE GREATEST YOU YOU COULD BE. >> I’M RECOMMENDING COMMUNITY SERVICE WITH THE LONG BEACH RECREATIONS DEPARTMENT. I THOUGHT,

I WAS GETTING LIKE, THE MARTHA STEWART KIND OF TREATMENT, AND YOU GOT THE GREAT CAMEO IN THIS FILM ABOUT GEORGE LOPEZ. MM-HMM. HE PLAYED YOUR HIGH SCHOOL COACH, MIKE EPPS PLAYS YOUR ASSISTANT COACH. CAN YOU, BURRESS, PLAY THE JUDGE? >> TONY GONZALEZ IS IN THE MOVIE. OH, MY. YOU WENT THERE, TOO, BECAUSE YOU LIED TO ME TO SHOW YOU YOU CAN HIT PLAY. YOU KNOW, SOME WOULD SAY WHO NEEDS FAMILY WHEN YOU GOT MONEY, FAME AND YOUR OWN TV TALK SHOW. YOU KNOW, I WAS AT THE PINNACLE OF MY COMEBACK AND GET TO MICHAEL STRAHAN

TOLD. ME, I WAS ABOUT TO BECOME A PART OF HIS FAMILY. BUT SEE, HE BROUGHT THEM UP AND JALA AND I’M ALREADY THERE. >> AND THAT’S WHAT I OUT ABOUT KNOW OSCAR AWARD WINNING UNDERDOGS. UNDERDOGS. ONLY ONE, TWO, THREE. WHAT’S MY NAME? >> WHAT MADE YOU WANT TO MAKE THIS FILM? I BELIEVE MY YOUTH FOOTBALL LEAGUE INSPIRED ME TO MAKE THIS FILM AND BUILD THE RELATIONSHIP THAT I HAD WITH SO MANY KIDS THAT CAME OUT OF MY LEAGUE. >> OFF SCREEN, HE IS KNOWN AS COACH SNOOP. HIS LOVE OF SPORTS DRIVING HIM TO CREATE A

YOUTH FOOTBALL LEAGUE, MAKING THIS SPORT ACCESSIBLE TO KIDS IN HIS COMMUNITY. I STARTED ASKING HOW MUCH DID IT COST? AND THE PRICES WERE 350 A KID, AND IT WAS JUST SO MUCH TO KEEP THE KIDS FROM NOT PLAYING. I SPENT MY MONEY, BRAND NEW EQUIPMENT, BALL FIELDS THAT WE RENTED, REFEREES RULE BOOKS, EVERYTHING. WE DID IT ALL THE RIGHT WAY. YOU’VE TALKED ABOUT HOW LUCKY IS YOU WERE ABLE TO FIND SOMETHING THAT DIDN’T LET YOU GET CAUGHT UP IN THE STREETS. IN THAT PART OF WHY YOU DO THE LEAGUE, YOU’VE GOT TO GIVE KIDS SOME

HOPE. >> YEAH, FOOTBALL WAS THE BEST THING THAT EVER HAPPENED. ME AS A KID. LIKE IT TAUGHT ME HOW TO HAVE DISCIPLINE AND TO HAVE RESPECT. SO I WANTED TO GIVE SOME OF THAT BACK THAT WAS GIVEN ME. >> THE CHART TOPPING ARTIST SHOWING ME AROUND HIS COMPOUND IN LOS ANGELES, HOME OF DEATH ROW RECORDS. HIS WIFE, SNOOP’S HIGH SCHOOL PROM DATE. NOW, HIS MANAGER, PART OF THE MAGIC BEHIND THE SCENES. HOW DO YOU SUCCESSFULLY RUN ALL OF THESE BUSINESSES? >> WELL, I’M A MOTHER, SO I HAD TO RAISE THREE CHILDREN. SO NOW JUST RAISING

ADULTS, KIDS WALKING AROUND HERE. >> THEN WE ENTERED HIS RECORDING STUDIO. >> AND LET ME SAY, SNOOP BREAKING SOME NEWS HERE THIS MORNING. >> YOU GOT SO MANY FANS OUT. WONDER WHAT’S UP NEXT. WHAT’S COMING FROM YOU NEXT? WE’RE GOING TO LOOK FORWARD TO. WELL, I CAN LET THE RABBIT OUT OF THE HAT. I’VE BEEN WORKING ON THE RECORD WITH DR. DRE FOR PAST, OH, PAST EIGHT MONTHS. >> WE READY? >> DROP A SINGLE IN A COUPLE OF WEEKS. SO THAT’S WHAT I’VE BEEN COOKING UP. >> NEW MUSIC AND A NEW MOVIE? I THINK SO.

MICHAEL STRAHAN FOR THAT. AND FOR MORE ON MICHAEL’S INTERVIEW WITH SNOOP DOGG, YOU CAN BE SURE TO WATCH “NIGHTLINE” TONIGHT ON ABC. WELL, IT IS TIME NOW FOR THE DROP, WHERE WE TALK ABOUT ALL THE BIG NEWS HEADLINES OF THE WEEK. ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, D.J., RADIO PERSONALITY, FASHIONISTA . >> MY FRIEND MEGAN RYTE IS HERE TO BREAK IT ALL DOWN FOR US. >> I LIKE THAT INTRO, MORGAN. YOU ARE SO WELCOME, MY FRIEND, IT’S GOOD TO SEE YOU. OKAY, SO, MEGHAN, WHAT DO WE NEED TO KNOW? ALL RIGHT LET’S GET RIGHT TO IT. SIR ELTON

JOHN MIGHT HAVE SAID FAREWELL, BUT LUCKILY IT SEEMS LIKE THIS IS ONE LONG GOODBYE. NOW, ON TOP OF THE RUMORS OF SOME MUSICAL COLLABORATIONS, THE BRITISH SINGER AND PIANIST ANNOUNCED THAT ON SEPTEMBER 24TH, HE WILL BE RELEASING HIS MEMOIR TITLED A FAREWELL YELLOW BRICK ROAD MEMORIES OF MY LIFE ON TOUR. NOW, THE MEMOIR WILL CONTAIN TONS OF PHOTOS FROM ELTON’S GOODBYE TOUR. NOW, I DIDN’T REALIZE HOW LONG THIS GOODBYE RUN WAS ABOUT FIVE YEARS. THE FIRST SHOW WAS IN ALLENTOWN ,PENNSYLVANIA, IN 2018, AND THE FINAL SHOW IN STOCKHOLM ,JULY 2023. I CANNOT WAIT FOR THIS

MEMOIR AND ALL PICTURES. NOW, SOMEONE ELSE WHO IS NOT STOPPING IS USHER. NO TIME, OKAY? >> EVERYTHING THAT HE IS DOING HAS BEEN ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. AND IT’S GIVEN ME REALLY LIKE THROWBACK. I SURVIVED WHEN HE WAS EVERYWHERE. COURSE. YOU KNOW, HE’LL BE PERFORMING AT THE SUPER BOWL HALFTIME SHOW IN VEGAS ON SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 11. AND IT WAS JUST ANNOUNCED THAT HE IS ALSO HEADLINING LOVERS AND FRIENDS. >> SO I HAD TO HIT THE AIR HORN BECAUSE. MORGAN THIS SHOW SOUNDS RIGHT UP OUR ALLEY. IT’S HAPPENING IN VEGAS AS WELL. ON MAY 4TH. AND IT’S SO

MUCH NOSTALGIA. OKAY. USHER, OF COURSE, SNOOP DOGG, GWEN STEFANI, MARY J. BLIGE, NELLY FURTADO, TLC, LIL WAYNE, AND SO MANY MORE ARTISTS. NOW, SOMETHING THAT’S ALSO REALLY COOL ABOUT THIS FESTIVAL IS THAT TWO VERY ICONIC ALBUMS WILL BE HIGHLIGHTED. OKAY. USHER WILL BE PERFORMING HIS CONFESSIONS ALBUM, CELEBRATING 20 YEARS SINCE IT’S BEEN OUT AND WAYNE WILL BE PERFORMING THE ENTIRE QUARTER THREE, WHICH IS ONE OF MY FAVORITE ALBUMS OF ALL TIME. SO THIS SHOW IS GOING TO BE CRAZY. NOW, ALSO, 2024 JUST FEELS LIKE NOSTALGIA. SO MUCH STUFF IS COMING BACK, INCLUDING TIMBERLAKE. HE IS

ALSO RELEASING A SOLO ALBUM NOW, THOUGH, OUR COUNTRY DREAMS OF HAVING AN NCIS NSYNC ALBUM AND TO HAVE COME AND GONE, IT’S OKAY. WE WILL LET THAT SLIDE BECAUSE JUSTIN’S GOING TO BE GIVING US SOME NEW MUSIC. IT’S BEEN ABOUT FIVE YEARS SINCE WE’VE HAD ANYTHING NEW FROM JUSTIN AS A SOLO ARTIST. HIS NEW ALBUM, EVERYTHING I THOUGHT IT WAS, IS SET TO COME OUT IN MARCH OF JUNE. >> YET WILL PEAK RIGHT THERE. HE JUST RELEASED A NEW MUSIC VIDEO FOR HIS SINGLE SELFISH, WHICH IS OUT RIGHT NOW. NOW, RIGHT NOW. MORGAN SPEAKING OF

RIGHT NOW IS WHEN WE DO SOME VIRAL NEWS AND WE’VE ALL HAD OUR EYES ON OUR GIRL, TAYLOR SWIFT, WHO’S BEEN AT THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS GAMES COURSE, SUPPORTING HER MAN. AND WE ARE GETTING CLOSER TO THE SUPER BOWL TRYING TO FIGURE OUT LIKE WHO IS GOING TO BE THE TEAMS. BUT SHE IS NOT THE ONLY STAR THAT IS SUPPORTING THEIR TEAM. I HAD TO SHOUT OUT EMINEM AND IN THIS VIRAL MOMENT HE HAS BEEN AT THE DETROIT LIONS GAME . PEOPLE HAVE. LOOK AT THAT. PEOPLE ARE SO EXCITED TO SEE HIM THERE. IT’S LIKE

THEY ARE MAKING ME WANT TO ROOT FOR THEIR TEAM SO WE DON’T KNOW WHO’S GOING TO BE IN THE SUPER BOWL YET. BUT HIM ON THAT JUMBOTRON AND THAT REACTION IS JUST I LOV. YOU KNOW IT FEELS LIKE THE THEME OF THE SEGMENT TODAY WAS JUST LIKE NOSTALGIA. I MEAN, WHAT YEAR IS 2000 WHERE THAT’S WHAT IT SEEMS LIKE. >> BUT I KNOW WE GOT TO HIT UP THAT LOVERS AND FRIENDS SHOW MORGAN WE GOT TO DO IT. WE GOT TO BE IN THERE. MEGAN RYTE THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND THANK YOU FOR STREAMING WITH

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NEWS, INCREDIBLE VIDEO, FASTER, SMARTER AND IT CAN CUSTOMIZE TO YOU AND YOUR INTERESTS IF LOVE BEING IN THE KNOW, YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE THIS EXPERIENCE WITH THE BUZZ ABOUT THAT EXPERIENCE, THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW REPORTING FROM THE AUTO WORKERS LINES IN MICHIGAN, I’M FAITH ABUBEY. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE THIS MORNING. >> ABC NEWS LIVE TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. A FIERY SET OF CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN DONALD TRUMP’S DEFAMATION TRIAL. THE PLAINTIFFS CLAIMING TRUMP IS, QUOTE TRYING TO RUIN HER. THE JUDGE EVEN THREATENING TO LOCK UP TRUMP’S. WE

ARE OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE. BOEING CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF THE NOW INFAMOUS 737 MAX NINE PLANE RETURNING TO SERVICE. WHY THE FAA IS ALLOWING THEM BACK IN THE AIR AFTER BEING GROUNDED OVER LOOSE BOLTS INFLATE AND STAGNATION. NEW DATA SHOWS PRICE INCREASES ARE COOLING DOWN. WHAT IT FOR THE ECONOMY AND FOR YOUR WALLET. >> HI, EVERYONE. I’M PHILIP. OFF OUR TOP STORIES THIS HOUR, FORMER TRUMP MAKING A DRAMATIC AND UNEXPECTED EXIT FROM COURT DURING CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN A CIVIL DEFAMATION TRIAL AGAINST . HIM. TRUMP STORMING OUT AS JUDGE LEWIS KAPLAN DELIVERED A CLOSING. HE ULTIMATELY RETURNED TO

THE COURTROOM JUST IN TIME FOR DEFENSE TEAM TO BEGIN THEIR FINAL ARGUMENTS. A JURY IS SET TO DECIDE WHETHER TRUMP MUST PAY E. JEAN CARROLL MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR DEFAMING HER AFTER SHE ACCUSED HIM OF ASSAULT. THIS COMES AFTER A JURY ALREADY FOUND HIM LIABLE FOR THE ASSAULT IN 2022, WHICH THE FORMER “ELLE” MAGAZINE COLUMNIST HAPPENED IN A DEPARTMENT STORE DRESSING ROOM BACK IN THE 90S. ABC’S SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER AARON KATERSKY JOINS ME OUTSIDE THE COURT ALONG WITH LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR AND LAW PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE KIMBERLY WEIL. THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING ME.

LET’S START WITH YOU. >> IT HAS BEEN A CONTENTIOUS DAY IN COURT. GIVE US THE HIGHLIGHTS. >> INTENSE CLOSING ARGUMENTS FROM BOTH SIDES, INCLUDING ROBERTA KAPLAN, THE ATTORNEY FOR E. JEAN CARROLL, WHO WAS A CLOSING ARGUMENT WHEN FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD STOOD UP, PUSHED HIS CHAIR IN AND WALKED OUT. THE JUDGE EVEN NOTED IT FOR THE RECORD, AND HE DID THAT, AS ROBERTA KAPLAN WAS ACCUSING HIM OF VICIOUS ATTACKS ON E. JEAN CARROLL OF TRYING TO RUIN HER AND ASKING THE JURY TO PUNISH HIM FOR THOSE MALICIOUS ATTACKS HOW MUCH WHAT SHE IS NOW ASKING

FOR AT LEAST $24 MILLION TO REPAIR HER REPUTATION, TO COMPENSATE HER FOR TRUMP’S ATTACKS, AND THEN THAT’S ON TOP OF UNTOLD PUNITIVE DAMAGES TO AS SHE PUT IT, MAKE HIM STOP. CARROLL’S ATTORNEYS CONTEND THAT EVEN 100 TIMES DURING THE TRIAL, HE WAS DEFENDING HER, AND THEY ASKED THE JURY TO IMAGINE WHAT SOMEONE OF TRUMP’S PURPORTED WEALTH, WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO MAKE HIM STOP THAT DEFAMATION. >> KIM TRUMP CANCELED AN APPEARANCE, ARIZONA, SO HE COULD RETURN FOR CLOSING ARGUMENTS TODAY. >> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF HIS BEHAVIOR? >> WELL, TRUMP IS PLAYING TO HIS POLITICAL

BASE THROUGHOUT THESE HEARINGS. AS JOHN SANTUCCI HAS SAID, MANY IN THESE PANELS, AND HE PROBABLY UNDERSTANDS THAT ON THE MERITS, YOU KNOW, HE’S ALREADY LOST THE UNDERLYING CASE AND THIS IS JUST ABOUT HOW MUCH HE’S GOING TO HAVE TO PAY. AND THE POINT THAT ERIN MADE THAT IS THAT THIS IS ONGOING AND THE JURY HAS TO BE THINKING ABOUT THAT, RIGHT, THAT HOW DO YOU STOP THIS FROM CONTINUING? >> AND MEANWHILE, HE UNDERSTANDS, RAISES A LOT OF MONEY AND HE GETS A LOT OF FREE MEDIA IN THESE KINDS OF ANTICS. BUT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE

THAT. WELL, JUDGE SPEAKING IS FROM THE LEGAL PERSPECTIVE, UNTHINKABLE. >> AARON, CAN WE EXPECT DELIBERATIONS TO BEGIN TODAY. YET THE JUDGE IS NOW CHARGING THE JURY GIVING THE INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT THE LAW AND THE FACTS OF THE CASE. AND THEN THE JURY WILL RETIRE TO DELIBERATE PROBABLY A HALF HOUR, HOUR OR SO FROM NOW. AND IN CLOSING ARGUMENTS, THE JURY IS GOING TO CONSIDER SOME SOME DUELING PROPOSITIONS BECAUSE THE DEFENSE SAID THAT THE HARM E. JEAN CARROLL CLAIMS TO HAVE SUFFERED IS JUST OVERBLOWN, THAT HER LIFE IS BETTER NOW THAT SHE’S MORE FAMOUS THAN SHE WAS

BEFORE . SHE ACCUSED FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN 2019 OF ASSAULT. >> AND THE DEFENSE SAID THAT HAD SHE NOT WANTED ALL THIS ATTENTION, SHE SHOULDN’T HAVE BROUGHT HER CLAIM IN SUCH A PUBLIC AND DRAMATIC WAY. AND IN RESPONSE, PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY SEAN CRAWLEY SAID THAT JUST AMOUNTS TO VICTIM SHAMING. AND SHE ACCUSED THE DEFENSE OF HAVING A RATHER ANTIQUATED ARGUMENT OF SHE’S ASKING IT. AND THE ATTORNEY SAID, AREN’T WE BEYOND THAT. >> ALL RIGHT, AARON KATERSKY KIMBERLY WHALEY, THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. ALSO HAPPENING TODAY, ALASKA AIRLINES, SOME OF ITS MAX NINE PLANES BACK INTO THE

SKY. >> IT COMES JUST THREE WEEKS AFTER THAT TERRIFYING MOMENT WHEN A DOOR PLUG FLEW OFF A PLANE 16,000 FEET IN THE AIR. ABC TRANSPORTATION REPORTER SAM SWEENEY FOLLOWING THIS STORY FOR US. SAM, TODAY’S BIG NEWS, A PRETTY BIG DEAL FOR ALASKA AIRLINES. >> TALK TO US, MORE ABOUT THE ROLLOUT TO GET THESE MAX NINES BACK INTO AIR WHEN WE CAN EXPECT BOEING’S FULL MAX NINE FLEET TO BE BACK IN SERVICE. WELL, AIRLINES A FEW DAYS GOT THAT FINAL CHECK OFF LIST OF HOW THEY CAN DO THESE INSPECTIONS TO THESE PLANES BACK INTO THE AIR.

IT TOOK A FEW DAYS. NOW, ALASKA SAYS THEIR FIRST FLIGHT WILL LEAD AROUND 520 EASTERN TIME TONIGHT FROM SEATTLE, AND IT WILL FLY TO SAN DIEGO. THEY’RE GOING TO ROLL OUT A FEW PLANES TODAY, A FEW TOMORROW, AND THEY’RE GOING TO CONTINUE DOING THAT OVER THE COMING DAYS. UNITED AIRLINES ALSO TAKING A COUPLE OF DAYS TO GET IT BACK ON ITS SCHEDULE. THEY ALL HAD THEIR FIRST SCHEDULED FLIGHTS ON SUNDAY. BUT THIS HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS AS. AIRLINES ARE TAKING BETWEEN EIGHT AND 12 HOURS TO GO THROUGH THESE PLANES FOR THESE FINAL CHECK UPS.

NOW, AIRLINES TELL ME THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, LOOKING AT EVERY SINGLE INCH OF THESE PLANES TO MAKE THEY ARE SAFE. >> OF COURSE, THE FAA SAID SPEED WILL NOT DETERMINE WHEN THESE PLANES GET BACK IN THE AIR. >> IT WILL ALL COME DOWN TO SAFETY. >> AND, SAM, YOU FLY A LOT. YOU KNOW THIS AS A PASSENGER. THIS IS THE QUESTION PEOPLE WANT ANSWERED. HOW DID THE FAA AND BOEING SAY THEY’RE ALL MAX NINES ARE ACTUALLY SAFE TO FLY? >> AND THAT’S A GREAT QUESTION. AND CERTAINLY A LOT

OF PEOPLE HAD ON THEIR MINDS. BUT THIS IS EXACTLY WHY THE FAA IS TAKING THIS SO SERIOUSLY. THEIR INSPECTORS TO RENTON, WASHINGTON, WHERE THE 737 MAX IS MADE AND TAKING SO LONG. REMEMBER THIS HAPPENED BACK ON JANUARY 5TH. YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD GET THESE PLANES BACK THE AIR IN A COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT THEY TOOK WEEKS TO GO THROUGH THIS METHODICALLY TO MAKE SURE THEY HAD EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF THIS INVESTIGATION, EVERY PIECE OF INFORMATION SO THEY CAN DETERMINE HOW THEY CAN GET THESE PLANES BACK IN INTO SERVICE AND TO DO IT SAFELY. AND

THEY ARE EACH THEY ARE SURE AND CONFIDENT THAT THEY HAVE THAT SOLUTION. AND NOW THE AIRLINES HAVE IT IN THEIR HANDS TO ENSURE THAT THEY GET THESE PLANES BACK INTO THE AIR FAST. >> ALL RIGHT, SAM SWEENEY, THANKS SO MUCH. >> THERE IT IS. BIG NEWS TODAY. ALSO A, POWERFUL NEW STORM TO TELL YOU ABOUT ON THE MOVE, THREATENING MILLIONS OF AMERICANS. TEXAS. HIGH WATER MAKING FOR DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS. TWO COMMUNITIES NEAR HOUSTON UNDER VOLUNTARY EVACUATION ORDERS. >> IN ILLINOIS, THAWING ICE AND HEAVY RAIN IS TRIGGERING FLASH FLOODING. SOME RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE WILMINGTON AREA

ACTUALLY WARNED TO BE PREPARED FOR POTENTIAL EVACUATIONS. A FLOOD IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR SEVEN STATES. >> ALSO, A THREAT, TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WIND. >> METEOROLOGIST MELISSA GRIFFIN TRACKING THE EXTREME WEATHER FOR US. >> MELISSA, TIME IT ALL UP. HEY, PHIL, IT’S LIKE WE’VE BEEN ON HERE TALKING ABOUT FLOODING IN SOME OF THESE SAME AREAS. IT’S REALLY BEEN A ONE, TWO, THREE PUNCH IN THE DEEP SOUTH WITH MORE ROUNDS OF ON THE WAY. THAT’S WHY WE HAVE FLOOD WATCHES IN EFFECT ACROSS PARTS OF ALABAMA, GEORGIA, AS THIS BRAND NEW SYSTEM EMERGES FROM THE ROCKIES ACROSS,

THE PLAINS, YOU CAN SEE IT THERE. IT’S REALLY GOING TO AMPLIFY AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT, SATURDAY. SO MORE RAIN EXPECTED IN SOME OF THESE SAME AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY SEEN SO MUCH FLOODING EARLIER THIS WEEK. YOU CAN SEE HERE EVERYWHERE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING. THIS INCLUDES NEW ORLEANS TO JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, BIRMINGHAM TO ATLANTA, EVEN INTO THE CAROLINAS. >> YOU SEE THE CIRCLE HERE, THIS RED CIRCLE WHERE WE COULD SEE THOSE DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADO THREAT. THIS IS FOR TOMORROW. SO THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW, THE

STORM IS IN THE DEEP SOUTH. BUT THEN IT ALL PUSHES IN TO THE MID-ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST. HEAVY RAIN FROM D.C., NEW YORK CITY ON SUNDAY MORNING AND THEN SNOW. >> WE’VE SEEN SO MUCH WARM, BUT SOME OF THESE AREAS IN THE NORTHEAST, ESPECIALLY INLAND FROM THE MAJOR, COULD SEE SOME SNOW AS WE WRAP UP THE DAY ON SUNDAY, ALL THE WAY UP INTO PARTS OF MAINE, VERMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE, WESTERN NEW YORK. >> ANOTHER BIG STORM ON THE WAY, PHIL? ALL RIGHT, MELISSA, I THINK I’M ACTUALLY GOING TO BE LATE FOR JIM TOMORROW MORNING, SO THANK

YOU FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. >> YOU GOT THE UPDATE. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. AS WE MOVE ON, THE SUSPECT ACCUSED OF KILLING FOUR UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO STUDENTS IS EXPECTED IN COURT THIS AFTERNOON. BRONCO BURGER AND HIS ATTORNEYS ARE ONCE AGAIN ASKING FOR THE INDICTMENT TO DISMISSED, CLAIMING THERE WAS IMPROPER CONDUCT DURING THE GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS. ABC’S MORGAN NORWOOD FOLLOWING THE STORY JOINS ME NOW. MORGAN MORE CAN WE EXPECT FROM THIS SERIES. >> YES. SO PHIL, WE ARE TRACKING TWO HEARINGS. THE FIRST ONE IS PRIVATE, THE SECOND ONE IS PUBLIC. THE SECOND ONE THAT SHOULD BE

KICKING OFF HERE PRETTY SHORTLY, RIGHT AROUND FOUR AGAIN. SO WE’RE TRACKING THAT BOTH CENTER, THOUGH AROUND THE DEFENSE, TRYING TO GET THESE CHARGES THROWN OUT RIGHT THERE. MAYBE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT, DISCOVERY, EVIDENCE, WHAT THE DEFENSE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO IN THIS CASE. BUT WHAT WE ARE REALLY WATCHING FOR IS THE SCHEDULING CONFERENCE. RIGHT. THAT GOING TO BE WHEN A TRIAL DATE COULD BE SET? WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT, A TRIAL AND WHEN IT COULD START? AND REALLY, I GUESS AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT DOES JUSTICE LOOK LIKE? >> YEAH, JUST REMEMBER, PHIL, THESE

FAMILIES GONE THROUGH SO MUCH. AND SO THAT IS THE BIG QUESTION IN TERMS OF WHEN THE TRIAL DATE WILL BE SET, THEY’RE GOING TO BE VERY LOCKED IN ON THIS PARTICULAR DECISION. AND, YOU KNOW, REMEMBER, THE PROSECUTION HAD ASKED FOR A SUMMER TRIAL BECAUSE THEY DON’T TO BE DESCRIBED DISRUPTIVE TO THE COMMUNITY AND SCHOOLS. AND SO WE’LL SEE IF WE ACTUALLY GET A TRIAL DATE TODAY. THE PROSECUTION, REMEMBER, IS SEEKING THE DEATH PENALTY IN THIS THIS CASE. BUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE FAMILIES ARE STILL FIGHTING JUST TO GET THEIR LOVED ONES BELONGINGS BACK. HERE’S

WHAT STEVE CAN SOLVE AS TOLD ARCANE A BIT MORE ABOUT EFFORTS TO GET A DIGITAL COPY OF DAUGHTER’S PHONE FROM AUTHORITIES. >> TAKE A LISTEN. WE’RE JUST LEFT IN LIMBO. THESE ARE THE LAST MOMENTS OF YOUR CHILD’S LIFE AND YOU’RE SITTING HERE FIGHTING WITH SOMEBODY WHO JUST DOESN’T CARE. >> SO, AGAIN, JUST GREAT REPORTING FROM OUR OWN KAYNA WHITWORTH, WHO, OF COURSE, HAS BEEN ON OF THIS CASE. SHE WILL BE IN THE COURTROOM LATER TODAY AND WE’LL HAVE MORE BOTH OF THESE HEARINGS. BUT YOU REALLY GOT A FEEL FOR THE FAMILIES BECAUSE THEY’VE BEEN THROUGH

SO OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF. >> THEY JUST WANT THIS TO GET STARTED AND TO KNOW WHAT’S HAPPENING. ALL RIGHT, MORGAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> GOOD TO SEE YOU. AND COMING UP, SOME NEW DATA SHOWING ONCE RED HOT PRICES INCREASES ARE NOW COOLING OFF. BUT IS IT TOO SOON TO DECLARE VICTORY ON INFLATION? >> THE REPORT AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR BOTTOM LINE AHEAD AHEAD. ABC NEWS TAKES A LOOK AT THE UNPRECEDENTED MIGRATION CRISIS PLAGUING NOT ONLY THE UNITED STATES BUT NATIONS AROUND THE GLOBE. THE SPECIAL EXODUS GLOBAL MIGRATION AIRS TONIGHT

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THE NEW AD CAMPAIGN FAST, STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN A REAL LIFE DREAM HOUSE. A NAME CHANGE FOR THE WIENERMOBILE. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT? WELCOME BACK. AND TRIAL CONTINUES FOR THE MOTHER OF HIGH SCHOOL MASS SHOOTER JENNIFER CRUMBLEY IS FACING FOUR COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AFTER HER SON OPENED FIRE AT OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL IN 2021, KILLING FOUR AND WOUNDING SEVERAL OTHERS IN WHAT BECAME THE DEADLIEST SCHOOL SHOOTING IN MICHIGAN HISTORY. >> JENNIFER IS IN COURT FOR GIVING HER SON

ACCESS TO GUN. AND NOW WE ARE STARTING TO HEAR FROM THE FIRST WITNESSES. >> AS A LAWYER FOR JENNIFER CRUMBLEY SAYS SHE INTENDS TO TAKE THE STAND AND TESTIFY IN HER OWN DEFENSE. TREVOR AULT HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS CASE AND JOINS ME NOW. TREVOR, RIGHT OFF THE BAT THE FORMER OAKLAND COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT COMPUTER CRIMES EXPERT WAS THE FIRST WITNESS TO TAKE THE STAND HERE. >> WHAT DID WE LEARNED? SO A LOT OF HIS TESTIMONY WAS STILL CENTERED AROUND THE MESSAGING, BOTH BETWEEN THE TWO PARENTS WHO ARE NOW IN CHARGE AND ALSO THE MOTHER AND

HER SON LEADING UP TO THIS SHOOTING. FIRST OF ALL, HE MADE THE POINT THAT THE PARENTS WOULD SPEAK TO EACH OTHER, OFTEN OVER FACEBOOK MESSENGER, AND THEY HAD TO FORENSICALLY RECOVER THOSE MESSAGES BECAUSE ACCORDING TO HIS TESTIMONY, THEY DELETED THEM AFTER THE FACT. BUT MOST OF HIS TESTIMONY TODAY WAS CENTERED AROUND THOSE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE SHOOTING AND WHAT PROSECUTORS SAY WERE SEVERAL RED FLAGS OF THEIR SON’S DETERIORATING MENTAL HEALTH, THAT HE WAS TEXTING HIS MOTHER ABOUT HOW HE WAS SEEING GHOSTS, HIS HOUSE OR HE THOUGHT SOMEONE WAS THERE. HE TALKED ABOUT HIS OWN

SENSE OF PARANOIA, DURING WHICH IT APPEARS, AT LEAST IN THESE TEXT MESSAGES, THAT HIS MOTHER WAS NOT OVERLY CONCERNED. >> AT ONE POINT, I BELIEVE THE TEXT MESSAGE SAID, I’M GOING TO GET DRUNK AND RIDE MY HORSE. ESSENTIALLY THE POINT OF THE PROSECUTION AND GETTING HIS TESTIMONY WAS THERE WERE SOME WARNING SIGNS HERE FROM THE SHOOTER LEADING UP TO IT AND THE MOTHER DID NOT CARE. AND THAT’S WHOLE CRUX OF THE WHOLE ARGUMENT OF THE INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. BASICALLY, WHAT THE PROSECUTION SAYS IS THIS WAS GROSS NEGLIGENCE, NOT ONLY IGNORING THE MENTAL HEALTH, BUT ALSO THEN

BUYING THIS 15-YEAR-OLD A GUN AND LEAVING IT OUT. SO HE TAKE IT, WHICH HE COULDN’T DO BY HIMSELF WHEN WE SEE JENNIFER TESTIFY. AND HOW ABOUT ETHAN? BECAUSE IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY AT HIS TRIAL, HE SAID MY PARENTS DIDN’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT AND THAT A BIG CRUX OF THE ARGUMENT THIS MORNING, ACTUALLY. SO JENNIFER CRUMBLEY WANTS HER SON TO TESTIFY AND HER DEFENSE ATTORNEYS WANT HIM TO HAVE TO COME THE STAND, BECAUSE YOU RIGHTFULLY POINT OUT WHEN HE’S PREVIOUSLY BEEN IN COURT, HE TOOK FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SHOOTING. HE SAID, I’M A REALLY BAD

PERSON AND I’M THE ONE WHO PULLED THE TRIGGER, WHICH IS WHY THEY WANTED HIM TESTIFY. BUT AT THIS POINT NOW, EVEN THOUGH ETHAN CRUMBLEY PLEADED GUILTY, HE’S BEEN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE. HE’S APPEALING THAT SENTENCE NOW, TOO. SO HIS ATTORNEYS DON’T WANT HIM TO TESTIFY AND ACTUALLY JUST DECIDED THIS MORNING HE’S NOT GOING TO THE JUDGE ESSENTIALLY SAID HE’S ALREADY ESTABLISHED HE’S GOING TO PLEAD THE FIFTH TO ANY QUESTION. SO THE JUDGE THE JUDGE SAID, I CAN’T THINK OF A QUESTION YOU WOULD ASK HIM THAT HE WOULD ANSWER. >> SO HE WILL

BE TESTIFYING. BUT AS YOU POINTED OUT, THE WHOLE CASE IS TO COME DOWN TO JENNIFER CRUMBLEY OWN TESTIMONY AS SHE TAKES THE STAND IT’S GOING TO BE IN HER OWN DEFENSE. SO THAT’S GOING TO BE AFTER THE PROSECUTION HAVE WORKED THEIR WAY THROUGH ALL THEIR WITNESSES. THAT COULD BE QUITE SOME TIME, BECAUSE THERE’S A LOT EVIDENCE IN THIS CASE AND A LOT OF DIFFERENT MESSAGES AND ALL THAT SCHOOL OFFICIALS THAT WE’RE GOING TO BE HEARING FROM, TOO, BEFORE WE GET THERE. >> BUT THIS IS ALL GOING TO HANG ON THAT HOW SHE’S ABLE TO WITHSTAND

THAT CROSS-EXAMINATION BECAUSE PROSECUTION IS GOING TO COME OUT HARD AND A LOT OF EYES ON IT BECAUSE THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT USUALLY HAPPENS, ALTHOUGH THIS BY FAR USUAL NEVER HAPPEN. >> YEAH. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, TREVOR, THANK YOU. >> A HEALTH ALERT TO BRING TO YOU NOW INVOLVING PREGNANT WOMEN AND COVID 19 BABIES BORN TO MOTHERS WHO HAD COVID DURING PREGNANCY MAY SUFFER FROM CERTAIN HEALTH ISSUES. THAT’S ACCORDING TO A STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. >> SO LET’S BRING IN ABC NEWS MEDICAL CONTRIBUTOR, CONTRIBUTOR DR. ALOK PATEL. >> DOCTOR, ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE

YOU. >> LET’S START BY TALKING TO US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS STUDY AND ITS FINDINGS. >> BILL, IT’S GOOD TO BE HERE TALKING WITH YOU. >> THE STUDY BASICALLY TELLS US IS THAT BABIES TO MOTHERS WHO HAD COVID BABIES WHO ARE EXPOSED TO COVID FOR THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO HAVE BREATHING ISSUES BIRTH COMPARED TO BABIES WHO WEREN’T EXPOSED TO COVID. AND ONE IMPORTANT FACET TO THIS STUDY IS THAT THESE BABIES THEMSELVES DID NOT TEST FOR COVID. SO WHAT THE RESEARCHERS SPECULATE IS THAT BABIES IN UTERO, THEY’RE EXPOSED TO THE VIRUS, MAY HAVE

HAD AN INFLAMMATION HAPPEN IN THEIR AIRWAYS. SO IT’S AN IMPORTANT STUDY TO KNOW ABOUT THE RISKS OF, COVID DURING PREGNANCY. >> AND IT’S ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT IN THE GROUP OF EXPOSURE VACCINATION IN PREGNANCY PROTECTED THEIR BABIES AGAINST THESE SEVERE PROBLEMS AS WELL. >> BUT THE RISKS A LITTLE BIT FOR PREGNANT MOTHERS, NOT JUST EXCLUSIVE TO COVID FOR SURE. RIGHT? >> OH, ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW, WE’VE TALKED A LOT OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS ABOUT HIGH RISK CONDITIONS THAT WOULD INCREASE SOMEONE’S RISK OF BEING HOSPITALIZED OR SEVERELY ILL FROM COVID 19. >> AND SO PREGNANCY IS

ONE OF THEM. >> COVID 19 DURING PREGNANCY CAN CAUSE A LOT OF PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INCLUDING HYPERTENSION, PRETERM BIRTH, BLEEDING AND OTHER INFECTIONS. SO THIS IS YET ANOTHER REASON WHY IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR VACCINATION STATUS. >> AND IF YOU HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS OF ILLNESS, YOU TALK TO THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER PRIOR GIVING BIRTH. >> AND FINALLY, DOCTOR, WHAT’S A GOOD TIME TO GET VACCINATED DURING PREGNANCY? EARLIER, THE BETTER WHEN YOU FIRST WHEN YOU ARE PREGNANT, WHEN YOU ARE PREGNANT, IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT TO TOUCH BASE THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. >> AND THIS IS ANOTHER

REASON WHY PRENATAL CARE IS SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR ALL PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS. >> ALL RIGHT, DR. ALOK PATEL, ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. WE APPRECIATE IT. >> APPRECIATE YOU. ALL RIGHT. THERE IS NEW DATA THAT SHOWS INFLATION IS COOLING IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, GIVING AMERICAN CONSUMERS A BREAK FROM RISING COSTS AS PRICES CONTINUE TO TREND DOWNWARD. ABC NEWS BUSINESS REPORTER ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS HAS THE DETAILS FOR US AND SHE JOINS ME IN STUDIO. >> ALEXIS, GOOD TO SEE YOU TO TELL US ABOUT THIS REPORT AND WHAT IT MEANS, MOST IMPORTANTLY

FOR OUR WALLETS, OUR POCKETBOOK. THAT’S WHAT IT ALL WE CARRY AROUND HERE, RIGHT? >> ABSOLUTELY. SO THIS REPORT IS BIG. THIS IS THE LAST ONE THE FEDERAL RESERVE SEES BEFORE IT MEETS NEXT WEEK TO DECIDE THE FATE OF INTEREST RATES. IT’S ALSO THE FED’S FAVORITE GAUGE OR BAROMETER OF, IF YOU WILL, OF INFLATION. AND IT SHOW THAT PRICES TICKED UP SLIGHTLY MONTH. BUT THE LONGER RUN TREND, WHICH IS WHAT WE CARE ABOUT HERE, SHOWED INFLATION COOLED TO BARELY ABOVE THE FED’S 2% ANNUAL TARGET. NOW, THIS COMES ON THE HEELS OF NEWS WEEK THAT THE ECONOMY

GREW FASTER THAN EXPECTED IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF LAST YEAR, UP 3.3%. AND THAT’S DESPITE THOSE HIGHER INTEREST RATES AND HIGHER INFLATION. SO REALLY, THIS IS MORE EVIDENCE THAT WE ARE GETTING THAT ECONOMIC LANDING. WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WHERE PRICES ARE COOLING OFF, THE ECONOMY SLOWING A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE ARE AVOIDING A RECESSION. >> OKAY. THERE IS THIS STUDY OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY THAT I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT HOUSING. AND THIS ISN’T GOING TO BE A SURPRISE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TRYING TO BUY HOUSING, BUT HOUSING IS UNAFFORDABLE FOR MILLIONS OF

AMERICANS. >> TELL US ABOUT THAT AND HOW THAT FACTORS IN. >> SO THIS IS A HARVARD STUDY FROM THE JOINT CENTER FOR HOUSING. >> AND WE KNOW THAT RENT, HOUSING COSTS HAVE BEEN A BIG ISSUE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. AND THEY’RE ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY INFLATION HAS BEEN SO HIGH. SO THIS STUDY, SOME REALLY TROUBLING STATISTICS SHOWED THAT MORE THAN HALF OF RENTERS SAID THEY PAID MORE THAN 30% FOR THEIR RENT, WHICH IS NOT THE RECOMMENDED SHOULD BE PAYING AT THE HIGHEST 30% OF YOUR INCOME. OF THOSE PEOPLE, MORE THAN 50% SAID

THEY’RE SPENDING 50% OR MORE ON INCOME. THAT MEANS YOU’RE PAYING YOU’RE LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK, YOU’RE UNABLE TO SAVE MONEY. AT THE END OF THE MONTH, YOU’RE UNABLE TO INVEST MONEY. THIS AGAIN SPEAKS TO THE HOUSING SHORTAGE THIS COUNTRY IS HAVING IN TERMS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. YES, THERE IS CONSTRUCTION OF APARTMENT BUILDINGS GOING ON RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY’RE MORE THE HIGH END APARTMENT BUILDINGS. WE NEED MORE THOSE LOWER END APARTMENTS TO SORT OF EASE THE CRISIS RIGHT NOW. SO I GUESS THE GOOD NEWS IS THOSE DOUBLE DIGIT RISES WE WERE SEEING AND RENT PRICES STARTING

TO COME DOWN. AND IN SOME CITIES, THOSE RENT RISES STARTING TO REVERSE THEMSELVES. BUT THE LONGER TERM TREND IS WE JUST NEED MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND FOLKS CANNOT BE SPENDING, YOU KNOW, 50% OF THEIR INCOME ON RENT. >> AND THAT’S AND THAT’S WHY PERCEPTION IS EVERYTHING. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE NUMBERS AND WE SEE THEM COOLING A LITTLE BIT OR THIS AND THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL FEELING, THEY’RE SAYING WHERE IS INFLATION COOLING? >> WHERE IS COOLING FOR ME? >> CORRECT. ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK OR PAYING 50%. ALL RIGHT, ALEXIS, THANKS SO

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MAX NINE PLANE RETURNING TO SERVICE WHY THE FAA IS ALLOWING THEM BACK IN THE AIR AFTER BEING GROUNDED. LOOSE BOLTS, INFLATION, STAGNATION, NEW SHOWS PRICE INCREASES ARE COOLING DOWN. WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE ECONOMY AND FOR YOUR WALLET. HI, EVERYONE. I’M PHILIP OFF. OUR TOP STORIES THIS HOUR. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKING A DRAMATIC AND UNEXPECTED EXIT FROM COURT DURING CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN A CIVIL DEFAMATION TRIAL AGAINST HIM. TRUMP STORMING OUT AS JUDGE LEWIS KAPLAN DELIVERED A CLOSING STATEMENT. >> HE ULTIMATELY TO THE COURTROOM JUST IN TIME FOR HIS DEFENSE TEAM TO BEGIN THEIR FINAL ARGUMENTS.

A JURY IS SET TO DECIDE WHETHER TRUMP MUST PAY E. JEAN CARROLL MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR DEFAMING HER AFTER SHE HIM OF ASSAULT. THIS COMES AFTER A JURY ALREADY FOUND HIM LIABLE FOR THE ASSAULT IN 2022, WHICH THE FORMER “ELLE” MAGAZINE COLUMNIST SAYS HAPPENED IN A DEPARTMENT STORE DRESSING ROOM BACK IN THE 90S. ABC’S SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER AARON KATERSKY JOINS ME OUTSIDE THE COURT WITH LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR AND LAW PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE, KIMBERLY WALES. THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING ME. AND LET’S START WITH YOU. IT HAS BEEN A CONTENTIOUS DAY IN COURT. >>

GIVE US THE HIGHLIGHTS. INTENSE ARGUMENTS FROM BOTH SIDES, INCLUDING ROBERTA KAPLAN, THE ATTORNEY FOR E. JEAN CARROLL, WHO WAS DELIVERING A CLOSING ARGUMENT WHEN FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP STOOD UP, PUSHED HIS CHAIR IN AND, WALKED OUT. THE JUDGE EVEN NOTED IT FOR THE RECORD AND HE DID THAT AS ROBERTA KAPLAN WAS ACCUSING HIM OF ATTACKS ON E. JEAN CARROLL OF TRYING TO RUIN HER AND ASKING THE JURY TO PUNISH HIM FOR THOSE MALICIOUS ATTACKS. HOW MUCH? WELL, SHE IS NOW ASKING FOR AT LEAST $24 MILLION TO REPAIR HER REPUTATION, TO COMPENSATE HER FOR TRUMP’S ATTACKS, AND

THEN THAT’S ON TOP OF UNTOLD PUNITIVE DAMAGES TO AS SHE IT MAKE HIM STOP. CAROLE’S ATTORNEYS CONTEND THAT EVEN 100 TIMES DURING THE TRIAL, HE WAS DEFAMING HER AND THEY ASKED THE JURY TO IMAGINE WHAT SOMEONE OF TRUMP’S PURPORTED WEALTH, WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO MAKE HIM STOP DEFAMATION. >> KIM TRUMP CANCELED AN APPEARANCE IN ARIZONA SO HE COULD RETURN FOR CLOSING ARGUMENTS TODAY. >> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF HIS BEHAVIOR? >> WELL, TRUMP IS PLAYING TO HIS POLITICAL BASE THROUGHOUT THESE COURT HEARINGS. AS JOHN SANTUCCI HAS SAID, MANY IN THESE PANELS. AND HE PROBABLY

UNDERSTANDS THAT ON THE MERITS, YOU KNOW, HE’S ALREADY LOST THE UNDERLYING CASE AND THIS IS JUST ABOUT HOW MUCH HE’S GOING TO HAVE TO PAY. AND THE POINT THAT ERIN MADE THAT IS THAT THIS IS ONGOING AND THE JURY HAS TO BE THINKING ABOUT THAT. RIGHT. THAT HOW DO YOU STOP THIS FROM CONTINUING. AND MEANWHILE, HE UNDERSTANDS, RAISES A LOT OF MONEY AND HE GETS A LOT OF FREE MEDIA IN THESE KINDS OF ANTICS. BUT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT WHILE JUDGE IS SPEAKING IS, FROM THE LEGAL PERSPECTIVE, UNTHINKABLE. >> AARON. CAN WE EXPECT DELIBERATIONS

TO BEGIN TODAY IF THE JUDGE IS NOW CHARGING THE JURY, GIVING THE INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT THE LAW AND THE FACTS OF THE CASE, AND THEN THE JURY WILL RETIRE TO DELIBERATE PROBABLY A HALF HOUR OR SO FROM NOW. IN CLOSING ARGUMENTS, THE JURY IS TO TO CONSIDER SOME SOME DUELING PROPOSITIONS BECAUSE THE DEFENSE THAT THE HARM E. JEAN CARROLL CLAIMS TO HAVE SUFFERED. IT’S JUST OVERBLOWN THAT HER LIFE IS BETTER NOW THAT SHE’S MORE FAMOUS THAN SHE WAS BEFORE. SHE ACCUSED FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN 2019 OF ASSAULT. >> AND THE DEFENSE SAID THAT HAD SHE NOT

WANTED ALL OF THIS ATTENTION, SHE SHOULDN’T HAVE BROUGHT HER CLAIM IN SUCH A PUBLIC AND DRAMATIC WAY. AND IN RESPONSE, PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY SEAN CROWLEY SAID, THAT JUST AMOUNTS TO VICTIM SHAMING. AND SHE ACCUSED THE OF HAVING A RATHER ANTIQUATED ARGUMENT OF SHE’S ASKING FOR IT. AND THE ATTORNEY HAD SAID, AREN’T WE BEYOND. >> ALL RIGHT, AARON KATERSKY KIMBERLY WHALEY, THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. ALSO HAPPENING TODAY, ALASKA AIRLINES, SOME OF ITS MAX NINE PLANES BACK INTO THE SKY. IT COMES JUST THREE WEEKS AFTER THAT TERRIFYING MOMENT WHEN A DOOR PLUG FLEW OFF A PLANE 16,000

FEET IN THE AIR. TRANSPORTATION REPORTER SAM SWEENEY FOLLOWING THIS STORY FOR SAM. TODAY’S BIG NEWS, A PRETTY BIG DEAL FOR ALASKA AIRLINES. TALK TO US MORE ABOUT THE ROLLOUT TO GET THESE MAX NINES BACK INTO AIR AND WHAT WE CAN EXPECT. BOEING’S FULL MAX NINE FLEET TO BE BACK IN SERVICE. >> WELL, AIRLINES A FEW DAYS GOT THAT FINAL CHECK OFF LIST OF HOW THEY CAN DO THESE INSPECTIONS TO THESE PLANES BACK INTO THE AIR. IT TOOK A FEW DAYS. NOW, ALASKA SAYS THEIR FIRST FLIGHT WILL LEAD AROUND 520 EASTERN TIME TONIGHT FROM SEATTLE, AND

IT WILL FLY TO DIEGO. THEY ARE GOING TO ROLL OUT A FEW PLANES TODAY, A FEW TOMORROW, AND THEY’RE GOING TO DOING THAT OVER THE COMING DAYS. UNITED AIRLINES ALSO TAKING A COUPLE OF DAYS TO GET IT BACK ON ITS SCHEDULE. THEY ALL HAD THEIR FIRST SCHEDULED FLIGHTS ON SUNDAY. BUT THIS HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS AS. AIRLINES ARE TAKING BETWEEN EIGHT AND 12 HOURS TO GO THROUGH THESE PLANES FOR THESE FINAL CHECK UPS NOW. AIRLINES TELL ME THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR THE LAST OF WEEKS, LOOKING AT EVERY SINGLE INCH OF THESE PLANES

TO MAKE THEY ARE SAFE. OF COURSE, THE FAA SAID SPEED WILL NOT DETERMINE WHEN THESE PLANES GET BACK IN THE AIR. >> IT WILL ALL COME DOWN TO SAFETY. AND, SAM, YOU FLY A LOT. YOU KNOW THIS AS A PASSENGER. THIS IS THE QUESTION PEOPLE WANT ANSWERED. HOW DO THE FAA AND BOEING SAY THEY’RE ALL MAX LINES ARE ACTUALLY SAFE TO FLY? >> AND THAT’S A GREAT QUESTION. AND CERTAINLY A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE ON THEIR MINDS. BUT THIS IS EXACTLY WHY THE FAA IS TAKING THIS SO SERIOUSLY. THEIR INSPECTORS TO RENTON, WASHINGTON, WHERE THE

737 MAX IS MADE AND TAKING SO LONG. REMEMBER THIS, INCIDENT HAPPENED BACK ON JANUARY 5TH. YOU WOULD THINK THEY WOULD GET THESE PLANES BACK THE AIR IN A COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT THEY TOOK WEEKS TO GO THROUGH THIS METHODICALLY TO MAKE SURE THEY HAD EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF THIS INVESTIGATION, EVERY PIECE OF INFORMATION SO THEY CAN DETERMINE HOW THEY CAN GET THESE PLANES BACK IN INTO SERVICE AND TO DO IT SAFELY. AND THEY ARE THEY ARE SURE AND CONFIDENT THAT THEY HAVE THAT SOLUTION. AND NOW THE AIRLINES HAVE IT THEIR HANDS TO ENSURE THAT THEY

GET THESE PLANES BACK INTO THE AIR FAST. ALL RIGHT. >> SAM SWEENEY, THANKS SO MUCH. THERE IT IS, BIG NEWS TODAY. ALSO A POWERFUL NEW STORM TO TELL YOU ABOUT ON THE MOVE, THREATENING MILLIONS OF AMERICANS. TEXAS. HIGH WATER MAKING FOR DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS. TWO COMMUNITIES NEAR HOUSTON UNDER VOLUNTARY EVACUATION ORDERS. >> IN ILLINOIS, THAWING ICE AND HEAVY RAIN IS TRIGGERING FLASH FLOODING. SOME RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE WILMINGTON AREA ACTUALLY BORN TO BE PREPARED FOR POTENTIAL EVACUATIONS. >> A FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR SEVEN STATES. ALSO, A THREAT TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WIND. >>

METEOROLOGIST MELISSA GRIFFIN TRACKING EXTREME WEATHER FOR US. >> MELISSA, TIME IT ALL UP. HEY, PHIL, IT’S LIKE WE’VE BEEN ON REPEAT HERE TALKING ABOUT FLOODING IN SOME OF THESE SAME AREAS. IT’S REALLY BEEN A ONE, TWO, THREE PUNCH IN THE DEEP SOUTH WITH MORE ROUNDS OF RAIN ON THE WAY. THAT’S WHY WE HAVE FLOOD WATCHES IN EFFECT ACROSS PARTS OF ALABAMA, GEORGIA, AS THIS BRAND NEW SYSTEM EMERGES FROM THE ROCKIES ACROSS, THE PLAINS, YOU CAN SEE IT THERE. IT’S REALLY GOING TO AMPLIFY AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT, SATURDAY. SO MORE RAIN EXPECTED IN SOME OF

THESE SAME AREAS THAT HAVE ALREADY SEEN SO MUCH FLOODING EARLIER THIS WEEK. YOU CAN SEE HERE EVERYWHERE IN YELLOW, THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING. THIS NEW ORLEANS TO JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, BIRMINGHAM TO ATLANTA, EVEN INTO CAROLINAS. >> YOU SEE THE CIRCLE HERE, THIS RED CIRCLE, THAT’S WHERE COULD SEE THOSE DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADO THREAT. THIS IS FOR TOMORROW. SO THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW, THE STORM IS IN THE DEEP SOUTH. BUT THEN IT ALL PUSHES IN TO THE MID-ATLANTIC AND NORTHEAST. HEAVY RAIN FROM D.C., NEW YORK CITY ON SUNDAY MORNING AND

THEN SNOW. >> WE’VE SEEN SO MUCH WATER TEMPERATURES, BUT SOME OF THESE AREAS IN THE NORTHEAST, ESPECIALLY INLAND FROM THE MAJOR CITIES, COULD SEE SOME SNOW AS WE WRAP UP THE DAY ON SUNDAY ALL THE WAY UP INTO PARTS OF MAINE, VERMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE, WESTERN NEW YORK, ANOTHER BIG STORM ON THE WAY, PHIL? >> ALL RIGHT, MELISSA, THINK I’M ACTUALLY GOING TO BE LATE FOR JENNY TOMORROW MORNING ON THIS. SO THANK YOU FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. YOU GOT THE UPDATE. APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. WE MOVE ON. THE SUSPECT ACCUSED OF KILLING FOUR UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO

STUDENTS EXPECTED IN COURT THIS AFTERNOON. BRIAN KOHBERGER AND HIS ATTORNEYS ARE ONCE AGAIN ASKING FOR THE INDICTMENT TO DISMISSED ,CLAIMING THERE WAS IMPROPER CONDUCT DURING THE GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS. >> ABC’S MORGAN NORWOOD FOLLOWING THE STORY JOINS ME NOW. MORGAN WHAT MORE CAN WE EXPECT FROM THIS HEARING? >> YES. SO, PHIL, WE ARE TRACKING TWO HEARINGS. THE FIRST ONE IS PRIVATE, THE SECOND ONE IS PUBLIC. THE SECOND ONE THAT SHOULD BE KICKING OFF HERE PRETTY SHORTLY, RIGHT AROUND FOUR AGAIN. SO WE’RE TRACKING THAT. BOTH CENTERED, THOUGH AROUND THE DEFENSE TRYING TO GET THESE CHARGES THROWN OUT.

RIGHT. THERE MAY BE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT, DISCOVERY, EVIDENCE, WHAT THE DEFENSE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO IN THIS CASE. BUT WHAT WE ARE REALLY WATCHING FOR IS THE SCHEDULING CONFERENCE. RIGHT. THAT IS GOING TO BE WHEN A TRIAL DATE COULD BE SET. >> WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT, A TRIAL AND WHEN IT COULD START? AND REALLY, I GUESS AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT DOES JUSTICE LOOK LIKE? >> YEAH, JUST REMEMBER, PHIL, THESE HAVE GONE THROUGH SO MUCH. AND SO THAT IS THE BIG QUESTION IN TERMS OF, YOU KNOW, WHEN THE TRIAL DATE WILL BE

SET, THEY’RE GOING TO BE VERY LOCKED IN ON THIS PARTICULAR DECISION . YOU KNOW, REMEMBER, THE PROSECUTION HAD ASKED FOR A SUMMER BECAUSE THEY DON’T WANT TO BE DESCRIBE DISRUPTIVE TO THE COMMUNITY AND SCHOOLS. AND SO WE’LL SEE IF WE ACTUALLY GET A TRIAL DATE TODAY. THE PROSECUTION, REMEMBER, IS SEEKING THE DEATH PENALTY IN THIS CASE. BUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE FAMILIES ARE STILL FIGHTING JUST TO GET THEIR LOVED ONES BELONGINGS BACK. HERE’S WHAT STEVE CONSULT HAS TOLD OUR KAYNA WHITWORTH ABOUT EFFORTS TO GET A DIGITAL OF THEIR DAUGHTER’S PHONE FROM AUTHORITIES. >> TAKE

A LISTEN. WE’RE JUST LEFT IN LIMBO. THESE ARE THE LAST MOMENTS OF YOUR CHILD’S LIFE AND YOU’RE SITTING HERE FIGHTING WITH SOMEBODY WHO JUST DOESN’T CARE. >> SO, AGAIN, JUST GREAT REPORTING. OUR OWN COLONEL WHITWORTH, WHO, OF COURSE, HAS BEEN ON TOP OF THIS CASE. SHE WILL BE IN THE COURTROOM TODAY. AND WE’LL HAVE MORE ON BOTH OF THESE HEARINGS. BUT YOU REALLY GOT A FOR THE FAMILIES BECAUSE THEY’VE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF. >> THEY JUST WANT THIS TO GET STARTED AND TO KNOW WHAT’S HAPPENING. ALL RIGHT, MORGAN,

THANK YOU SO MUCH. TO SEE YOU. >> AND COMING UP, SOME NEW DATA SHOWING ONCE HOT PRICES INCREASES ARE NOW COOLING OFF. BUT IS IT TOO SOON TO DECLARE VICTORY ON INFLATION? THE REPORT AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR BOTTOM LINE AHEAD. ABC NEWS TAKES A LOOK AT THE UNPRECEDENTED MIGRATION CRISIS PLAGUING NOT THE UNITED STATES, BUT NATIONS AROUND THE GLOBE. THE SPECIAL EXODUS MIGRATION AIRS TONIGHT AT EIGHT EASTERN RIGHT HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> THIS IS NEWS LIVE. THE CRUSH AND FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND. A CENTER IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN

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BACK AND TRIAL CONTINUES FOR THE MOTHER OF HIGH SCHOOL MASS SHOOTER ETHAN CRUMBLEY JENNIFER CRUMBLEY IS FACING FOUR COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AFTER HER SON OPENED FIRE AT OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL IN 2021, KILLING FOUR AND WOUNDING SEVERAL OTHERS IN WHAT BECAME THE DEADLIEST SCHOOL SHOOTING IN MICHIGAN HISTORY. JENNIFER IS IN COURT GIVING HER SON ACCESS TO THAT GUN. AND NOW WE ARE STARTING TO HEAR FROM THE FIRST WITNESSES. AS A LAWYER FOR JENNIFER CRUMBLEY SAYS SHE INTENDS TO TAKE THE STAND AND TESTIFY IN HER OWN DEFENSE TREVOR AULT HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS CASE AND JOINS

ME NOW. TREVOR, RIGHT OFF THE BAT, FORMER OAKLAND COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT COMPUTER CRIMES EXPERT WAS THE FIRST WITNESS TO TAKE THE STAND. >> WHAT DID WE LEARN? SO A LOT OF HIS TESTIMONY WAS STILL CENTERED AROUND THE MESSAGING BOTH BETWEEN THE TWO PARENTS WHO ARE NOW IN CHARGE AND ALSO THE MOTHER AND HER SON LEADING UP TO THIS SHOOTING. FIRST OF ALL, HE MADE THE POINT THAT THE WOULD SPEAK TO EACH OTHER OFTEN OVER FACEBOOK MESSENGER, AND THEY HAD TO RECOVER THOSE MESSAGES BECAUSE ACCORDING TO HIS TESTIMONY, THEY DELETED THEM AFTER THE FACT. >> BUT

MOST OF HIS TESTIMONY TODAY WAS CENTERED AROUND THOSE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE SHOOTING AND WHAT PROSECUTORS SAY WERE SEVERAL RED FLAGS OF SON’S DETERIORATING MENTAL HEALTH THAT HE WAS TEXTING HIS MOTHER ,HOW HE WAS SEEING GHOSTS AT HIS HOUSE OR HE THOUGHT SOMEONE WAS THERE. HE TALKED ABOUT HIS OWN SENSE OF PARANOIA DURING WHICH IT APPEARS, AT LEAST IN THESE TEXT MESSAGES, THAT HIS MOTHER WAS NOT OVERLY CONCERNED. AT ONE POINT, I BELIEVE THE TEXT MESSAGE SAID, I’M GOING TO GET DRUNK AND RIDE MY HORSE. ESSENTIALLY THE POINT OF THE PROSECUTION AND GETTING HIS

TESTIMONY WAS THERE WERE SOME WARNING SIGNS HERE FROM THE SHOOTER LEADING UP TO IT AND THE MOTHER DID NOT CARE. AND THAT’S THE WHOLE CRUX OF THE WHOLE ARGUMENT OF THE INVOLUNTARY. BASICALLY, WHAT THE PROSECUTION SAYS IS THIS WAS GROSS NEGLIGENCE NOT ONLY IGNORING THE MENTAL HEALTH, BUT ALSO THEN BUYING THIS 15-YEAR-OLD A GUN AND LEAVING IT OUT SO HE COULD TAKE IT, WHICH HE COULDN’T DO HIMSELF. WHEN COULD WE SEE JENNIFER TESTIFY? AND HOW ABOUT ETHAN? BECAUSE IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY AT HIS TRIAL, HE SAID, MY PARENTS DIDN’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. >> AND

THAT WAS A BIG CRUX OF THE ARGUMENT THIS MORNING ACTUALLY. SO JENNIFER CRUMBLEY WANTS HER SON TO TESTIFY IN HER DEFENSE ATTORNEYS WANT HIM TO HAVE TO COME ON THE STAND BECAUSE YOU RIGHTFULLY POINT OUT WHEN HE’S PREVIOUSLY BEEN IN COURT, HE TOOK FULL RESPONSIBILITY, THE SHOOTING. >> HE SAID, I’M A REALLY BAD PERSON AND I’M THE ONE WHO PULLED THE TRIGGER, WHICH IS WHY THEY WANTED HIM TO TESTIFY. BUT AT THIS POINT NOW, THOUGH, ETHAN CRUMBLEY PLEADED GUILTY. HE’S BEEN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE. HE’S APPEALING THAT SENTENCE NOW, TOO. SO HIS

ATTORNEYS DON’T WANT HIM TO TESTIFY AND ACTUALLY JUST DECIDED THIS MORNING HE’S NOT GOING TO. THE JUDGE ESSENTIALLY SAID HE’S ALREADY ESTABLISHED HE’S GOING TO PLEAD THE FIFTH TO ANY QUESTION. SO THE JUDGE THE JUDGE SAID, I CAN’T OF A QUESTION YOU WOULD ASK HIM THAT HE WOULD ANSWER. >> SO HE WILL NOT BE TESTIFYING . >> BUT AS YOU POINTED OUT, THE WHOLE CASE IS GOING TO COME DOWN TO THE JENNIFER CRUMBLEY OWN TESTIMONY AS SHE TAKES THE STAND. IT’S GOING TO BE IN HER OWN DEFENSE. SO IT’S GOING TO BE AFTER THE PROSECUTION

HAVE WORKED THEIR WAY THROUGH ALL THEIR WITNESSES. THAT COULD BE QUITE SOME TIME, BECAUSE THERE’S A LOT OF EVIDENCE IN THIS CASE, A LOT OF DIFFERENT MESSAGES AND ALL THAT SCHOOL OFFICIALS THAT WE’RE GOING TO BE HEARING ,TOO, BEFORE WE GET THERE. BUT THIS IS ALL GOING TO HANG ON THAT HOW SHE’S ABLE TO THAT CROSS-EXAMINATION, BECAUSE THE PROSECUTION IS GOING TO COME OUT PRETTY HARD AND A LOT EYES ON IT BECAUSE THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT USUALLY HAPPENS, ALTHOUGH THIS IS BY FAR USUAL. NEVER HAPPEN. YEAH. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, TREVOR THANK YOU. >> A

HEALTH ALERT TO BRING TO YOU NOW INVOLVING WOMEN AND COVID 19 BABIES BORN TO MOTHERS WHO HAD COVID DURING PREGNANCY MAY SUFFER FROM CERTAIN HEALTH ISSUES. THAT’S TO A STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. >> SO LET’S BRING ABC NEWS MEDICAL CONTRIBUTOR, CONTRIBUTOR DR. ALOK PATEL. >> DOCTOR ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. LET’S START BY TALKING TO US A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT, THIS NEW STUDY AND ITS FINDINGS. >> BILL, IT’S GOOD TO BE HERE TALKING WITH YOU. >> WHAT THIS STUDY BASICALLY TELLS US IS BABIES BORN TO MOTHERS WHO I CALL THE BABIES

WHO ARE EXPOSED, COVID THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO HAVE BREATHING ISSUES BIRTH COMPARED TO BABIES WHO WEREN’T EXPOSED TO COVID. AND ONE IMPORTANT FACET TO THIS STUDY IS THAT THESE BABIES THEMSELVES DID NOT TEST POSITIVE FOR COVID. AND SOMEWHAT, THE RESEARCHERS SPECULATE, IS THAT BABIES IN UTERO, IF THEY’RE EXPOSED TO THE VIRUS, MAY HAVE HAD AN INFLAMMATION HAPPEN IN THEIR AIRWAYS. >> SO IT’S AN IMPORTANT STUDY TO KNOW ABOUT THE RISKS DURING PREGNANCY. AND IT’S ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT IN THE GROUP OF EXPOSURES ,VACCINATION IN PREGNANCY PROTECTED THEIR BABIES AGAINST THESE SEVERE PROBLEMS AS WELL.

>> BUT THE RISKS A LITTLE BIT FOR MOTHERS, NOT JUST EXCLUSIVE TO COVID FOR SURE. RIGHT? >> OH, ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW, WE’VE TALKED A LOT OVER THE PAST YEARS ABOUT HIGH RISK CONDITIONS THAT WOULD INCREASE SOMEONE’S RISK OF BEING HOSPITALIZED OR SEVERELY ILL FROM COVID 19. >> AND STILL PREGNANCY IS ONE OF THEM. >> COVID 19 DURING PREGNANCY CAN CAUSE A LOT OF PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, HYPERTENSION, PRETERM BIRTH, BLEEDING AND OTHER INFECTIONS. >> SO THIS IS ANOTHER REASON WHY IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR VACCINATION STATUS. >> AND IF YOU HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS OF

ILLNESS, YOU TALK TO THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER PRIOR TO BIRTH. >> AND FINALLY, DOCTOR, WHAT’S A GOOD TIME TO GET VACCINATED DURING PREGNANCY? EARLIER, THE BETTER WHEN YOU FIRST LEARN YOU ARE PREGNANT, YOU ARE PREGNANT. >> IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT TO TOUCH BASE THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER. AND THIS IS ANOTHER REASON WHY PRENATAL CARE IS SO INCREDIBLY IMPORTANT FOR ALL PREGNANT INDIVIDUALS. >> ALL RIGHT, DR. ALOK PATEL, ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. WE APPRECIATE IT. >> APPRECIATE YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND THERE IS NEW DATA THAT SHOWS INFLATION IS COOLING IN

THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, GIVING AMERICAN CONSUMERS A BREAK FROM RISING COSTS AS PRICES CONTINUE TO DOWNWARD. ABC NEWS BUSINESS REPORTER ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS HAS THE DETAILS FOR US AND SHE JOINS ME HERE IN STUDIO. >> ALEXIS, GOOD TO SEE YOU, TOO. TELL US ABOUT THIS REPORT AND WHAT IT MEANS, MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR OUR WALLETS, OUR POCKETBOOKS. THAT’S WHAT WE CARRY AROUND HERE, RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. SO THIS REPORT BIG BECAUSE IT’S THE LAST ONE THE FEDERAL RESERVE SEES BEFORE IT MEETS NEXT WEEK TO DECIDE THE FATE OF INTEREST RATES. IT’S ALSO THE FED’S FAVORITE GAUGE OR BAROMETER OF,

IF YOU WILL, OF INFLATION. AND IT SHOW THAT PRICES TICKED UP SLIGHTLY MONTH. BUT THE LONGER RUN TREND, WHICH IS WHAT WE CARE ABOUT HERE, SHOWED COOLED TO BARELY ABOVE THE FED’S 2% ANNUAL TARGET. NOW THIS COMES ON THE HEELS OF NEWS THIS WEEK THAT THE ECONOMY GREW FASTER THAN EXPECTED IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF LAST YEAR, UP 3.3%. AND THAT’S DESPITE THOSE HIGHER INTEREST RATES AND HIGHER INFLATION. SO REALLY, THIS IS EVIDENCE THAT WE ARE GETTING THAT ECONOMIC SOFT LANDING. WE’VE BEEN ABOUT WHERE PRICES ARE COOLING OFF, THE ECONOMY SLOWING A LITTLE BIT,

BUT WE ARE AVOIDING A RECESSION. >> OKAY. THERE IS THIS STUDY OUT OF, HARVARD UNIVERSITY THAT I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT HOUSING. AND THIS ISN’T GOING TO BE A SURPRISE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT HOUSING, BUT HOUSING IS UNAFFORDABLE FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS. >> TELL US ABOUT THAT, HOW THAT FACTORS IN. >> SO THIS IS A HARVARD STUDY FROM THE JOINT CENTER FOR HOUSING. >> AND WE KNOW THAT RENT, HOUSING COSTS HAVE BEEN A BIG ISSUE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. AND THEY’RE ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY INFLATION HAS BEEN

SO HIGH. SO THIS STUDY, SOME REALLY TROUBLING THE STATISTICS SHOWED THAT MORE THAN HALF OF RENTERS SAID THEY PAY MORE THAN 30% FOR THEIR RENT, WHICH IS NOT THE RECOMMENDED SHOULD BE PAYING AT THE HIGHEST 30% OF YOUR INCOME. OF THOSE PEOPLE, MORE THAN 50% SAID THEY’RE SPENDING 50% OR MORE ON INCOME. THAT MEANS YOU’RE PAYING YOU’RE LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK, YOU’RE UNABLE TO SAVE MONEY. AT THE END OF THE MONTH, YOU’RE UNABLE TO INVEST MONEY. THIS AGAIN SPEAKS TO THE HOUSING SHORTAGE THIS COUNTRY IS HAVING TERMS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. YES, THERE IS CONSTRUCTION OF

APARTMENT BUILDINGS GOING ON RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY’RE MORE THE HIGH END APARTMENT BUILDINGS. >> WE NEED MORE OF THOSE LOWER END APARTMENTS TO SORT OF EASE THE CRISIS RIGHT NOW. SO I GUESS THE GOOD NEWS IS THOSE DOUBLE DIGIT RISES WE WERE SEEING IN RENT PRICES ARE STARTING TO COME DOWN. AND IN SOME CITIES, THOSE RENT ARE STARTING TO REVERSE THEMSELVES. BUT THE LONGER TERM TREND IS JUST NEED MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND FOLKS CANNOT BE SPENDING, YOU KNOW, 50% OF THEIR INCOME ON RENT. >> AND THAT’S AND THAT’S WHY PERCEPTION EVERYTHING WHEN WE TALK ABOUT

THE NUMBERS AND WE SEE THEM COOLING A LITTLE BIT OR THIS AND THAT SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL FEELING THEY’RE SAYING WHERE IS COOLING ? >> WHERE IS IT COOLING FOR? CORRECT. ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK, PAYING 50% TODAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, ALEXIS, THANKS SO MUCH. APPRECIATE. >> AND STILL TO COME, REACTION POURING IN FROM ACROSS THE WORLD AFTER THE UNITED STATES EXECUTES AN INMATE USING NITROGEN GASASTAILS WHEN WE RET THE CITY OF GREAT VALUE. THERE ARE SOME U.S. CRIMINAL SUSPECTS THAT THINK THEY CAN EVADE LAW ENFORCEMENT BY COMING DOWN HERE TO MEXICO TO,

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MEANS FOR THE CRISIS AT THE BORDER. WET WEATHER THIS WEEKEND. HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODS SOAKING THE SOUTHERN STATES. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW TO TRACK THE STORM. >> HI, EVERYONE. PHIL LIPOFF. BREAKING AT THIS HOUR, THE JURY IS NOW DELIBERATING THE CIVIL DEFAMATION TRIAL AGAINST DONALD TRUMP. THE FORMER PRESIDENT MAKING A PRETTY DRAMATIC AND UNEXPECTED EXIT FROM COURT DURING ARGUMENTS HE ULTIMATELY RETURNED JUST IN TIME FOR HIS DEFENSE TEAM BEGIN ITS FINAL ARGUMENTS. THE JURY IS SET TO DECIDE WHETHER MUST PAY E. JEAN CARROLL MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR DEFAMING HER AFTER SHE ACCUSED HIM OF

ASSAULT. THIS COMING AFTER A JURY FOUND HIM LIABLE FOR THE ASSAULT IN 2020, TO WHICH THE FORMER “ELLE” MAGAZINE COLUMNIST SAYS HAPPENED. A DEPARTMENT STORE DRESSING ROOM BACK IN THE 90S. ABC NEWS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER OLIVIA RUBIN JOINS ME NOW FROM OUTSIDE OF THE COURTHOUSE. >> OLIVIA, WHEN CAN WE EXPECT A DECISION HERE? AND I KNOW THEY JUST STARTED, BUT WHAT’S THE TIMELINE? WELL, THAT’S THE QUESTION ON EVERY SINGLE PERSON’S MIND RIGHT NOW. WHEN ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE A VERDICT. SO JUST A COUPLE TECHNICALITIES. THEY GOT THE THEIR DELIBERATIONS UNDER WAY AT ABOUT 1:40 P.M.

THEY’RE GOING TO BE WORKING THROUGH LUNCH FOR THE NEXT 45 MINUTES WHERE THE COURT WON’T BE TAKING ANY NOTES FROM THEM, ANY QUESTIONS. IT’S JUST GOING TO BE THEM IN THE ROOM. AND THEN FROM THERE ON, THEY CAN START SENDING IN QUESTIONS THEY WANT, IF THEY HAVE ANY. THE JUDGE MADE IT CLEAR TO THEM THAT THEY WOULD ONLY BE GOING TO 430 TODAY UNLESS. THEY ASK FOR MORE TIME. SO YOU COULD READ INTO THOSE TEA LEAVES HOWEVER YOU WISH YOU COULD THINK. IF THEY WANT MORE TIME, COULD IT BE THAT THEY’RE TRYING TO GET TO

A VERDICT TODAY OR DO THEY END UP BREAKING AND HAVING TO RETURN FOLLOWING ON MONDAY? SO IT REALLY IS A QUESTION OF HOW LONG IT’S GOING TO TAKE . IF YOU WANT TO JUDGE BASED ON THE FIRST E. JEAN CARROLL TRIAL, WHICH AGAIN, DIFFERENT SET OF FACTS, DIFFERENT SET OF CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT THAT WAS JUST A BIT OVER HOURS OF FACT. THE CASE COULD HAVE A VERDICT VERY SOON. BUT AGAIN, A DIFFERENT TRIAL THERE IN THAT TRIAL WAS THE QUESTION OF ASSAULT. THERE IS NO QUESTION OF ASSAULT IN THIS TRIAL. THERE IS NO QUESTION OF DEFAMATION.

THOSE HAVE BOTH ALREADY BEEN READ TO BE TRUE. IT IS JUST HOW MUCH ARE THEY GOING TO AWARD TO EUGENE, IF ANYTHING? >> AND THERE’S NEVER A DULL MOMENT, LEAST IN THIS COURTROOM. IT WAS A PRETTY CONTENTIOUS DAY TODAY BEFORE THE JURY GOT THE CASE. >> GIVE US THE HIGHLIGHTS. SO, WELL, IT STARTED TO GET HEATED. THE SECOND COURT GOT UNDERWAY BECAUSE, BILL, DONALD TRUMP WAS LATE TO COURT AND THE JUDGE WAS SITTING UP THERE WAITING FOR HIM. SO WHEN DONALD CAME INTO COURT, ALMOST 10 MINUTES LATE, YOU CAN ALREADY TELL THAT THE JUDGE WAS

AGGRAVATED AND IT SORT OF SPIRALED OUT OF CONTROL FROM THERE BEFORE THE JURY CAME IN THE ROOM, THERE WAS A HEATED ARGUMENT BETWEEN TRUMP AND TEAM AND THE JUDGE. THE JUDGE STARTING TO THROW HIS ATTORNEY IN. IF SHE DID NOT START STOP ARGUING WITH HIM. THEN IT GOT UP TO E. JEAN CARROLL, THE ATTORNEY FOR HER TO GIVE HER CLOSING STATEMENTS. AND AS WE NOTED, TRUMP WALKED OUT OF THE ROOM. SO IT IT HAS BEEN THAT SORT OF HEATED INSIDE OF THE COURTROOM. AND I WOULD NOTE THAT EVEN GIRLS ATTORNEYS ON THAT, THEY ASKED THE

JURY TO LOOK AT THE WAY DONALD TRUMP HAS BEHAVING IN THIS COURTROOM AS A WAY TO SAY THE RULES DON’T APPLY TO HIM. AND THEY HAVE THEM TO FACTOR THAT IN WHEN THEY’RE DECIDING THE AMOUNT OF MONEY. >> ALL RIGHT. OLIVIA RUBIN, NEW YORK CITY AT COURT FOR US TODAY. >> OLIVIA, THANK YOU. >> THE BATTLE OVER THE SOUTHERN BORDER AND FINALIZING A BUDGET IS GROWING MORE CONTENTIOUS AS WELL, WITH SENATE LEADERS STILL STRUGGLING TO GET A BIPARTISAN OVER THE FINISH LINE. AND NOW HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON IS SENDING A IN THE FORM OF A

LETTER TO HIS FELLOW LAWMAKERS THAT A COMBINING BORDER AND IMMIGRATION POLICY WITH MONEY FOR, UKRAINE WILL BE, QUOTE, DEAD ON ARRIVAL. ABC CONTRIBUTING POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL BAY JOINS ME NOW FROM CAPITOL HILL. RACHEL, THOSE ARE SOME PRETTY STRONG WORDS FROM JOHNSON. BIPARTISAN SENATE NEGOTIATORS CLOSE IN ON THIS MUCH ELUSIVE BORDER DEAL. HOW WILL THIS IMPACT THE ALREADY FRAGILE TALKS? HOW MUCH OF THIS IS PURE POLITICS VERSUS ACTUAL LEGISLATION? YEAH, PHIL, IT CERTAINLY DOESN’T BODE WELL FOR TALKS, THOSE WHO ACTUALLY WANT TO SEE A DEAL. A LITTLE BIT OF CONTEXT BEFORE WE GET TO THE LETTER

HERE. SENATE REPUBLICANS WHO HAVE BEEN SORT OF HOPING SOME SORT OF DEAL COMES, THEY FIND UNDER TREMENDOUS PRESSURE IN RECENT DAYS FROM TRUMP AND HIS ALLIES WHO WANT THEM TO WALK AWAY FROM TRYING TO FIND A SOLUTION BECAUSE DON’T WANT TO GIVE PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN A POLITICAL WIN IN AN ELECTION YEAR. THESE SENATE REPUBLICANS ARE ALREADY VERY, VERY MUCH TORN BETWEEN DOING WHAT THEY PRIVATELY THINK IS RIGHT AND FALLING IN LINE WITH THE GUY WHO’S LEADING THEIR PARTY RIGHT NOW. AND SO THEY’RE ALREADY HAVING THIS SORT OF BACK AND FORTH. ADD JOHNSON TO THE MIX.

JOHNSON, IN THIS NEW LETTER FROM THE SPEAKER SAYING THAT ANYTHING THAT EVEN PASSES THE SENATE IS DEAD ON ARRIVAL IN THE HOUSE. THIS IS GOING TO MAKE SENATORS QUESTION WHY GO OUT ON A LIMB TO CROSS TRUMP WHY SHOULD WE DO THIS IF IT’S NOT GOING TO GO ANYWHERE, WHY TAKE THAT POLITICAL RISK? AS FOR YOUR QUESTION, PHIL, ABOUT WHETHER THIS IS REALLY A POLICY DISPUTE VERSUS A POLITICAL ONE. CLEARLY, THIS IS POLITICS AT ITS I MEAN, YOU HAVE REPUBLICANS ON THE RECORD ON CAMERA, EVEN ADMITTING THAT SOME OF THEIR OWN PARTY WOULD RATHER ALLOW

THE BORDER CRISIS TO CONTINUE TO FESTER JUST SO TRUMP CAN HAVE THIS AS A CAMPAIGN AGAINST JOE BIDEN RATHER THAN ACTUALLY FINDING A SOLUTION. AND I WILL ALSO NOTE IN THIS LETTER, SPEAKER JOHNSON IS MAKING A LOT OF DEMANDS THAT HE KNOWS HE’S BEEN ON CAPITOL HILL A LONG TIME. HE CAN NEVER GET. THIS IS A DIVIDED GOVERNMENT WHO HAVE TO COMPROMISE IF YOU WANT TO ACTUALLY PASS LEGISLATION. SINCE DEMOCRATS CONTROL THE SENATE AND THE WHITE HOUSE BILL. YET HE’S SAYING HE HAS TO HAVE EVERYTHING HE WANTS. >> THE SPEAKER JOHNSON ALSO ANNOUNCED THAT HOUSE

GOP WOULD MOVE TO IMPEACH A SECRETARY MAYORKAS SOON. YOU OVER ALL OF THIS AT THE BORDER. >> WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THAT PART OF IT? >> YEAH, PHIL, IT’S GOING TO COME TO THE HOUSE HOMELAND COMMITTEE NEXT WEEK, ARTICLES OF IMPEACHMENT TO THE FLOOR SHORTLY THEREAFTER. I THINK THE IRONIC THING IS THAT REPUBLICANS IN THE HOUSE ARE GOING TO BE IMPEACHING MALLORCA’S THAT THE SECRETARY OF THE HOMELAND SECURITY SECRETARY AT A TIME WHEN SOME OF THEIR OWN MEMBERS ARE ADMITTING THAT THEY ARE THE ONES WALKING FROM A SOLUTION HERE, NOT MAYORKAS, WHO’S ACTUALLY IN

THE ROOM TRYING TO NEGOTIATE. >> ALL RIGHT, RACHEL BADE FROM CAPITOL HILL. WE’LL KEEP A CLOSE EYE ON IT. THANKS MUCH. THE AMERICAN ECONOMY IS ONCE AGAIN DEFYING EXPECTATIONS. NEW COMMERCE DEPARTMENT DATA SHOWS GDP WHICH MEASURES SPENDING FROM CONSUMERS, BUSINESSES AND GOVERNMENT GREW A RAPID 3.3% PACE FROM OCTOBER TO DECEMBER. THAT WAS FASTER THAN EXPECTED, CAPPING OFF A YEAR THAT MOST HAD PREDICTED WOULD END IN A RECESSION. >> AND THIS CRITICAL ELECTION YEAR, TREASURY SECRETARY JANET YELLEN TOLD US IN AN EXCLUSIVE SHE DOESN’T SEE THE MOMENTUM STOPPING. >> WE HAVE AN ECONOMY THAT HAS BEEN

GROWING AT A GOOD, HEALTHY PACE. I SEE NO REASON WHY THAT CAN’T CONTINUE. I THINK 2024 IS GOING TO BE A VERY GOOD ECONOMIC YEAR. BUT NO REASON RIGHT NOW WHY THERE WOULD BE A RECESSION. THERE’S NO OBVIOUS REASON WHY THERE WOULD BE. >> YELLEN ACKNOWLEDGED MANY HOUSEHOLDS ARE NOT FEELING THESE STRONG ECONOMIC NUMBERS SIMPLY IN PART BECAUSE OF PERSISTENTLY HIGH COSTS OF RENT AND OF FOOD. AND WHILE THOSE PRICES ARE BROADLY COOLING, SHE SAYS, IN A HEALTHY ECONOMY, THEY WON’T GO BACK DOWN TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS. A POWERFUL NEW STORM ON THE MOVE, THREATENING MILLIONS

OF AMERICANS. TEXAS HIGH WATER MAKING FOR DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS, AS YOU SEE HERE. >> TWO COMMUNITIES NEAR HOUSTON ARE UNDER VOLUNTARY EVACUATION ORDERS. IN ILLINOIS, THAWING ICE AND HEAVY RAIN IS FLASH FLOODING. SOME RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE WILMINGTON AREA TO BE PREPARED FOR POTENTIAL EVACUATIONS AS WELL. >> A FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR SEVEN STATES. >> ALSO, A THREAT, TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WINDS. >> METEOROLOGIST MELISSA GRIFFIN IS TRACKING THE EXTREME WEATHER FOR US. THIS IF I HADN’T TIME IT OUT, IF YOU CAN. >> YEAH, WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT FLOODING AND FOG ALL WEEK

LONG. >> IT’S ALL PART OF THIS WARM, MOIST AIR MASS THAT HAS BEEN SWEEPING ACROSS THE EAST. >> WASHINGTON, D.C. JUST HIT 80 DEGREES THIS AFTERNOON, WARMEST JANUARY DAY ON RECORD AND NOW FILL YET ANOTHER IS COMING. SO WE HAVE THESE FLOOD WATCHES THAT CONTINUE FROM BIRMINGHAM TO RED LANTA RIGHT AS THIS NEW STORM IS ON THE WAY. SO MORE HEAVY RAIN MOVING IN LATE TONIGHT THROUGH TOMORROW MORNING. YOU CAN SEE IT BLAST ACROSS THE DEEP SOUTH FROM THE GULF COAST INTO ALABAMA, WHERE SEVERE STORMS POSSIBLE. YOU MENTIONED THE THREAT OF DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES.

THAT’S MAINLY FOR THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE UP INTO PARTS OF ALABAMA. >> AND MORE HEAVY RAIN IN THE MID-SOUTH AS WELL. IT ALL PUSHES INTO THE MID-ATLANTIC NORTHEAST. THIS IS SATURDAY NIGHT INTO SUNDAY WITH VERY HEAVY FOR PARTS OF THE MID-ATLANTIC, D.C. TO BALTIMORE. THAT’S INCLUDED UP PHILLY INTO NEW YORK CITY. AND LOOK AT THIS. ON THE NORTH SIDE OF IT, YOU COULD SEE SNOW. >> WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT THESE RECORD WARM TEMPERATURES WHILE WINTER NOT OVER YET SNOW EXPECTED FOR PARTS OF NEW ENGLAND. THIS IS SUNDAY MORNING. AND THEN BY SUNDAY AFTERNOON, MOST OF THE

RAIN STARTED TO CLEAR OUT. STILL WILL REMAIN SHOWERY TO END THE WEEKEND IN THE NORTHEAST. BUT THAT SNOW REALLY BECOMING QUITE HEAVY IN PARTS OF NORTHERN NEW ENGLAND. THIS IS HOW MUCH IS EXPECTED FALL. YOU COULD SEE MOSTLY WIDESPREAD 3 TO 6 INCHES ACROSS MUCH OF THE NORTHEAST RIGHT UP INTO MAINE. BUT SOME OF THESE AREAS, ESPECIALLY IN THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS, COULD SEE MORE THAN 6 TO 12 INCHES. AND THEN, OF COURSE, OUR MAIN CITIES HERE, NEW YORK, IF YOU’RE IN THE NORTHERN SUBURBS, NORTHWEST NEW JERSEY, UP TO THE HUDSON VALLEY, 1 TO 3 INCHES

POSSIBLE THERE. SO WINTER STILL HANGING ON EVEN THOUGH WE’VE GOT THAT RECORD HEAT THE LOOSELY AS IT DOES. >> MELISSA, THANKS MUCH. THE UNITED TOP COURT IS DEMANDING ISRAEL TAKE STEPS TO PREVENT POTENTIAL IN GAZA, BUT HAS STOPPED SHORT OF ORDERING A CEASE FIRE. >> SOUTH AFRICA BROUGHT THIS CASE BEFORE THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE, ACCUSING OF COMMITTING IN GAZA. BUT ISRAEL CALLS THE ALLEGATIONS FALSE AND GROSSLY DISTORTED. >> THE PRELIMINARY DECISION COMES HEAVY FIGHTING IN GAZA’S SECOND LARGEST CITY. VIDEO FROM THE U.N. SHOWS THE SEA OF PEOPLE FLEEING KHAN LOOKING FOR REFUGE AT THE

EGYPT BORDER. ABC PATRICK REEVELL JOINS ME NOW WITH MORE PATRICK. ISRAELI OFFICIALS HAVE SAID TIME AND TIME AGAIN THAT THEY ARE NOT TARGETING CIVILIANS, BUT THE MASSIVE DESTRUCTION THAT WE ARE SEEING AND THE NUMBER OF CIVILIAN DEATHS HAVE CAUSED MANY TO QUESTION THAT. HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THIS ICJ RULING TODAY AND WHAT DOES IT ACTUALLY MEAN? I FEEL YEAH, THE RULING TODAY AT THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE WAS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE IT EFFECTIVELY PUT ISRAEL ON NOTICE. SOUTH AFRICA HAD THAT THE ICJ ORDER ISRAEL TO STOP ITS WAR AND THE COURT DID NOT DO THAT. BUT WHAT

IT DID SAY IS THAT ISRAEL MUST TAKE ALL ALL MEASURES TO PREVENT GENOCIDAL ACTIONS TAKING PLACE IN GAZA, AND THAT ALREADY IN ITSELF IS AN INDICTMENT OF HOW HAS BEEN CONDUCTING THIS WAR, BECAUSE WHAT THE COURT WAS SAYING IS THAT IT FINDS THE ALLEGATIONS THAT ISRAEL’S SOME OF ISRAEL’S ACTIONS COULD AMOUNT TO PLAUSIBLE ENOUGH THAT IT MUST TAKE STEPS TO TRY AND ENSURE THAT THAT DOES NOT HAPPEN. IT TOLD IT ALSO TO ALLOW MORE HUMANITARIAN AID TO GO INTO GAZA, AND IT ALSO SAID IT MUST PUNISH GENOCIDAL CALLS WITHIN ISRAEL. AND SO THIS IS OBVIOUSLY

A VERY SIGNIFICANT STATEMENT FROM THE COURT. BUT ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS NOT IT SAYING THAT ISRAEL HAS COMMITTED AND THAT WILL TAKE YEARS TO TO BE ESTABLISHED OR NOT. BUT IS A SIGNIFICANT RULING, I THINK BOTH SIDES THAT ULTIMATELY TOOK SOMETHING FROM. ISRAEL IS JUST RELIEVED THAT IT HAS NOT BEEN ORDERED TO END THIS WAR AND SUPPORTERS OF THE PALESTINIANS SAYING THAT THIS RECOGNIZES QUITE HOW QUITE HOW INDISCRIMINATE SOME OF ISRAEL’S BOMBING HAS BEEN AND HOW IT’S BEEN CONDUCTING ITS OPERATIONS. >> PHIL PATRICK, YOU KNOW FROM COVERING THIS PART OF THE WORLD THAT ISRAEL

HAS IGNORED, THE INTERNATIONAL COURT JUSTICE IN THE PAST? >> WILL ISRAEL RESPOND TO THIS DEMAND? >> I MEAN, THEY’VE ALREADY PRETTY MUCH MADE CLEAR THAT THEY CONSIDER COURT. THEY’VE CALLED IT DISGRACEFUL AND THEY’VE CALLED THE WHOLE CASE ANTI-SEMITIC. AND IN THE PAST, ISRAEL HAS IGNORED RULINGS BY THE ICJ, WHICH ARE ULTIMATELY THAT THEY’RE BINDING. IT’S VERY DIFFICULT FOR THE COURT TO ENFORCE. ULTIMATELY, WHY THIS MATTERS IS IT’S ABOUT DIPLOMACY, IT’S ABOUT POLITICS AND THAT THESE SORTS OF RULINGS CAN PUT PRESSURE ON ISRAEL ALREADY. IT PUTS PRESSURE ON ISRAEL TO REPORT IN A MONTH ON WHAT

IT IS DOING TO PREVENT AND TO SHOW THAT ITS CAMPAIGN IS WITHIN THE BOUNDS OF INTERNATIONAL. AND SO THAT’S ULTIMATELY WHY THIS MATTERS. AND ALSO, ULTIMATELY, THIS IS A DIFFICULT THING FOR THE U.S. TO BE NAVIGATING. AND IT COMES JUST AS YOU THERE IS THIS THIS OBVIOUSLY THESE FEARS OF ESCALATION IN THE REGION JUST IN THE LAST FEW MINUTES WE’VE HEARD OF TWO MISSILES LANDING AGAIN IN THE RED SEA LAUNCHED BY THE HOUTHIS, WHICH SHOWS, AGAIN, THAT THEY STILL ALSO, AS IN BEING ABLE TO MOUNT THESE ATTACKS DESPITE THE U.S. STRIKES IN YEMEN. >> AND

MEANTIME, PATRICK, THERE WAS THIS TODAY, THE U.N. GENERAL IS SPEAKING OUT ABOUT ALLEGATIONS THAT U.N. RELIEF AND WORKS AGENCY EMPLOYEES WERE COMPLICIT IN THE OCTOBER 7TH TERROR ATTACKS. HE CALLS THE ALLEGATIONS HORRIFYING SAYING ANY WORKER SHOWN TO HAVE PREVENTED THE ATTACKS WILL BE TERMINATED ,REFERRED FOR CRIMINAL PROSECUTION. WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS INCIDENT REPORT, AN AGENCY THAT DOES A LOT OF WORK THERE IN GAZA? >> AS YOU SAY, I MEAN, THIS IS A CRUCIAL AGENCY WITHIN GAZA. I MEAN, THE STATE DEPARTMENT SAID THE U.S. IS PAUSING ITS FUNDING TO UNWRA, THE UN

PALESTINIAN REFUGEE AGENCY, WHICH FOR DECADES HAS BEEN THE PRIMARY SUPPLIER OF HUMANITARIAN AID AND MANAGER OF HUMANITARIAN AID AND PROGRAMS AND SHELTERS WITHIN, GAZA. I MEAN, RIGHT NOW THEY’RE SHELTERING 1.4 MILLION PALESTINIANS WHO’VE BEEN DISPLACED INSIDE GAZA. AND THE ALLEGATIONS OF FROM ISRAEL THAT A NUMBER OF DONOR EMPLOYEES TOOK PART ACTIVE PART IN THE MASSACRES OF OCTOBER SEVEN, WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A VERY GRAVE ALLEGATION. THE U.S. AND SAID THEY FIND IT VERY TROUBLING AND ARE LOOKING INTO IT. I MEAN, IT’S A HUGE PROBLEM, AS YOU SAY. ULTIMATELY, THIS IS A MAJOR PROVIDER OF AID WITHIN

GAZA AND THE TIME BEING, THE U.S. IS LOOKING INTO THIS. BUT OBVIOUSLY VERY DISTURBING ALLEGATIONS. ALL RIGHT, PATRICK REEVELL THANKS FOR TAKING US THROUGH ALL OF THAT. DO APPRECIATE. >> MEANTIME, THE BRITISH ROYAL FAMILY SAYS KING CHARLES IS OUT OF SURGERY AND DOING WELL AFTER UNDERGOING A CORRECTIVE PROCEDURE FOR AN ENLARGED. QUEEN. CAMILLA WAS SEEN LEAVING HOSPITAL, APPEARING TO SAY, QUOTE, HE’S DOING WELL. >> THANK YOU. THE PALACE SAYS THE KING WANTED TO ANNOUNCE THE SURGERY IN ADVANCE TO ENCOURAGE OTHERS TO GET THEIR CHECKED. THE BRITISH NATIONAL HEALTH SERVICE SAYS IT SAW A SURGE IN

SEARCHES ABOUT ENLARGED AFTER THE ANNOUNCEMENT. OF COURSE, THE KING IS NOW RECOVERING THE SAME HOSPITAL WHERE KATE, THE PRINCESS OF WALES, IS ALSO RECOVERING FROM SURGERY. >> STILL TO COME, BOWING CLEARED FOR TAKEOFF, THE NOW INFAMOUS 737 MAX NINE PLANE RETURNING TO SERVICE. >> WHY THE FAA IS ALLOWING THEM BACK IN THE AIR AFTER BEING GROUNDED OVER LOOSE BOLTS . >> WHENEVER A NEWS WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL A NATION AT WAR AFTER BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING, ABC NEWS

LIVE RIGHT THERE AT THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE IN NEIGHBORING. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORWARD THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII. FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA ,ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. LET’S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY WHEREVER THE STORY IS ON THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT, FROM THE FBI, FROM THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, STREAMING LIVE TO YOU. THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS,

WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE. >> THEY’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. I HAVE A CONTRACT. THEY’RE EXPECTING US. IT’S NO SECRET WORLD WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW. >> THIS IS NOT INSIDE THE PREMISE AS FAR AS I’M CONCERNED. THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING BE MURDERED. >> THERE’S REALLY NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE, ANYWHERE. >> WOW. ARE YOU READY? LET’S

DO IT. YES, IT’S THE SHOW. AMERICA WANTS AND AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT NOW. THIS IS WHAT WOULD YOU DO? LET’S GO. HOW ARE YOU? YEAH. SO WHAT WILL YOU BE WATCHING SATURDAY? IS ON ABC NEWS LIVE WITH GEORGE. WILL YOU DO? I GUESS I JUST FOUND OUT. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? MARATHON 2 TO 6 EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY ON ABC NEWS. >> MY FAVORITE NOW WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. HAPPENING TODAY, ALASKA AIRLINES PUTTING SOME OF ITS MAX NINE PLANES BACK IN THE SKY. IT COMES JUST THREE WEEKS AFTER THAT TERRIFYING MOMENT WHEN A DOOR PLUG

FLEW A PLANE 16,000 FEET IN THE AIR. ABC’S TRANSPORTATION SAM SWEENEY FOLLOWING THIS STORY FOR US AND SAM, TODAY’S NEWS IS A PRETTY BIG DEAL FOR ALASKA AIRLINES. >> AND NO AIRLINE LIKES TO BE DOWN PLANES. TALK TO US MORE ABOUT THIS ROLLOUT TO GET THESE MAX NINES INTO THE AIR. AND WHEN DO YOU THINK WE CAN EXPECT BOEING’S FULL MAX NINE FLEET TO BE BACK IN SERVICE? >> THIS IS A BIG DAY FOR ALASKA AIRLINES AND ALSO UNITED AIRLINES. >> THOSE ARE THE TWO CARRIERS HERE IN THE UNITED STATES THAT FLY THE BOEING 737

MAX NINE. THEY’VE BEEN WAITING SEVERAL WEEKS FOR THAT FIX TO COME FROM BOEING TO BE THEN SIGNED OFF BY THE FAA. AND NOW IT IS FINALLY. THEY’VE BEEN WORKING ABOUT 8 TO 12 HOURS PER PLANE AND THEY’RE GOING TO THEM OUT OVER THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS. ALASKA WILL HAVE THE FIRST FLIGHT AND AROUND 520 TONIGHT EASTERN TIME, IT WILL GO FROM SEATTLE DOWN TO SAN DIEGO. THIS IS AGAIN, VERY BIG DEAL FOR ALASKA AS THEY’VE HAD TO CANCEL AMAZON’S OF FLIGHTS OVER LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, A MAJOR IMPACT ON THEIR OPERATIONS. AND 17 PASSENGERS

OF ALASKA, 1282, SPOKE TODAY ABOUT THEIR TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE. WHAT DID THEY HAVE TO SAY? >> WHY DID THEY CHOOSE TO COME FORWARD NOW? >> WELL, THESE TWO PASSENGERS WERE SITTING JUST A COUPLE OF ROWS BEHIND THAT DOOR, PLUGGED WHERE IT CAME OFF, AND THEY DESCRIBED THEIR TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE. AND NOW THEY SPOKE TODAY WITH THEIR LAWYER. >> AND IT APPEARS THAT THEY ARE SETTING UP THE THE GROUNDWORK FOR A POTENTIAL LAWSUIT. >> THEY HAVE NOT FILED ANYTHING YET, BUT THEY SAY THE 1500 DOLLARS THAT ALASKA GAVE THEM IS INSUFFICIENT AND WE’RE GOING TO SEE HOW BOEING

AND ALASKA RESPOND. >> LET’S LISTEN TO WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. WE’RE JUST A LITTLE NUMB. I’LL I’LL CATCH HIM JUST LOOKING OUT. >> AND THEY SAY BOTH THOSE ABOVE THEM ARE IN THERAPY. THEY DID NOT TAKE ALASKA UP ON THEIR OFFER FOR THERAPY. INSTEAD, THEY WENT TO THEIR OWN PRIVATE THERAPIST. BUT AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, STILL A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE. THEY WERE THE TWO OF THEM WITH THEIR DOG SAYING THEY WERE HOLDING ONTO THEIR DOG AS THAT DECOMPRESSION HAPPENED. >> OH, MY GOODNESS. NO, I CAN’T EVEN IMAGINE. ALL RIGHT, SAM SWEENEY. THANK YOU. AND NOW

TO A COURTROOM IN STAMFORD, CONNECTICUT. THE MICHELLE TROCONIS TRIAL HAS ITS 11TH DAY OF TESTIMONY. >> URANUS’S ACCUSED OF CONSPIRING HER LATE BOYFRIEND TO COVER UP THE MURDER OF HIS ESTRANGED WIFE. SHE’S PLEADED NOT GUILTY. ABC’S REENA ROY IS FOLLOWING THE TRIAL. AND RINA, THE PROSECUTION SHOWED THE JURY TROCONIS IS INTERROGATION. >> SO WHAT, IF ANYTHING, HAVE WE LEARNED FROM THIS NEW EVIDENCE? >> HOW DID SHE REACT? WELL, PHIL, AS WE KNOW, HEARD CERTAINLY A LOT OF EYES. THIS CASE YESTERDAY, THE JURY SPENT HOURS LISTENING TO MICHELLE TROCONIS, HIS FIRST INTERVIEW WITH POLICE, AS YOU

SAID, AND DURING TESTIMONY THE LEAD INVESTIGATOR BROUGHT UP INCONSISTENCIES IN THAT INTERVIEW. PROSECUTORS SAYING TRICKERY WAS MISLEADING AND EVASIVE. WE SAW IN COURT TROCONIS SHE WAS TEARING UP, WIPING THOSE TEARS AWAY AS JURORS LISTENED TO THAT INTERVIEW. AND IN IT, DETECTIVES ASKED HER TO RECOUNT A PLAY BY PLAY OF HER SCHEDULE DAY THAT DULOS WAS REPORTED MISSING BACK IN 2019. BUT TROCONIS, HIS DEFENSE ATTORNEY, HAS BEEN ADAMANT THAT SHE HAS NOT DONE ANYTHING WRONG HERE, SAYING THAT THE VIDEOS SHOULD SPEAK FOR THEMSELVES. HER TEAM REALLY JUST DENYING THAT SHE HAD ANY ROLE AT ALL IN

THIS MURDER. >> SO WHAT CAN WE EXPECT IN THIS TRIAL MOVING FORWARD AND IN HOW LONG DO YOU THINK WE’LL SEE TESTIMONY? >> WELL, WE HAVE TO KEEP IN MIND THAT THAT VIDEO THAT JUST SAW, THAT IS JUST ONE OF THREE TIMES THAT INVESTIGATORS QUESTIONED TROCONIS AFTER SHE WAS ARRESTED . THE JURY NOW GETTING A LOOK AT THOSE OTHER TWO VIDEO RECORDINGS TODAY. AND LISTEN, THEY’VE ALREADY SEEN A LOT OF EVIDENCE, INCLUDING SURVEILLANCE VIDEO ALONG WITH ZIP TIES, BLOODSTAINED CLOTHES. SO IT’S HARD TO SAY EXACTLY HOW LONG THIS TRIAL WILL LAST. BUT WHAT WE DO

KNOW IS THAT THE JURY REALLY HAS TO WEIGH, BASED ON ALL OF THIS TESTIMONY AND EVIDENCE, IS HOW MUCH KNOWLEDGE THINK DAKOTA’S HAD IN THIS DISAPPEARANCE. ALL RIGHT. WELL, WE KNOW YOU’LL BE FOLLOWING IT, REENA ROY. >> THANKS SO MUCH. AND TO COME, A HEATED DEBATE HAS REACHED THE ATMOSPHERE. HOW A VIRAL VIDEO HAS SPARKED A CONVERSATION OVER WHAT TO DO WITH SHOES WHILE FLYING. THAT’S WHEN WE COME BACK. >> THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE. THE CRUSH OF FAMILIES HERE IN POLAND AT REFUGEE CENTERS IN PUTIN’S RUSSIA ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE TO THE FRONT

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THE ALLEGED KILLER OF FOUR IDAHO COLLEGE STUDENTS APPEARING IN COURT TODAY TRYING TO DISMISS THE INDICTMENT AGAINST HIM. BRYAN KOHBERGER AND HIS LEGAL TEAM ASKING A JUDGE TO RETHINK HIS DECISION TO DENY TOSSING OUT THOSE CHARGES. >> HIS LEGAL TEAM HAS ALSO BEEN FIGHTING FOR THEIR ARGUMENTS TO BE MADE PUBLIC. THIS COMES SOME OF THE VICTIMS FAMILIES ARE TELLING ABC NEWS THAT THEY ARE STILL TO GET THEIR CHILDREN’S BELONGINGS BACK. >> GEORGE CARLIN’S ESTATE IS SUING A MEDIA THAT ALLEGEDLY USED ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE TO GENERATE A FAKE COMEDY SPECIAL USING CARLIN’S NAME, STYLE AND MATERIAL IN

THE HOUR LONG SPECIAL TITLED GEORGE CARLIN. I’M GLAD I’M DEAD, A COMPUTER GENERATED CARLIN CAN BE HEARD TALKING ABOUT CURRENT EVENTS. HIS ESTATE FILED THE LAWSUIT THURSDAY. LOS ANGELES FEDERAL COURT. CARLIN DIED IN 2008, SO A GREAT DEBATE HAS REACHED 30,000 FEET. >> SOCIAL MEDIA POST SOMEONE’S FOOT ON A PLANE WITH NO SHOE, POSSIBLY TOO CLOSE FOR COMFORT, HAS SPARKED A MAJOR DISCUSSION ABOUT SPACE IN CRAMPED AREAS. HOW CLOSE IS CLOSE? >> THAT’S THE QUESTION. “GMA3” ANCHOR EVA PILGRIM LOOKS INTO. >> MY DOGS ARE BARKING TODAY. >> IT’S A DEBATE OFTEN SEEN 30,000 FEET IN

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STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE, A FIERY SET OF CLOSING ARGUMENTS. DONALD TRUMP’S DEFAMATION TRIAL. THE PLAINTIFF CLAIMING TRUMP IS ,QUOTE, TRYING TO RUIN HER. THE JUDGE EVEN THREATENING TO LOCK UP TRUMP’S ATTORNEY. WE ARE OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE. BOEING CLEARED TAKEOFF, THE NOW INFAMOUS 737 MAX NINE PLANE RETURNING TO SERVICE. WHY THE FAA IS ALLOWING THEM BACK IN THE AIR AFTER BEING GROUNDED OVER LOOSE BOLTS . INFLATION, STAGNATION. NEW DATA SHOWS PRICE INCREASES ARE DOWN. WHAT IT MEANS FOR THE ECONOMY AND FOR

YOUR WALLET. HI, EVERYONE. I’M PHILIP. OFF OUR TOP STORIES THIS HOUR, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP MAKING A DRAMATIC AND UNEXPECTED FROM COURT DURING CLOSING ARGUMENTS IN A CIVIL TRIAL AGAINST HIM. TRUMP STORMING OUT AS JUDGE LEWIS KAPLAN DELIVERED A CLOSING STATEMENT. >> HE ULTIMATELY RETURNED TO THE COURTROOM JUST IN TIME FOR HIS DEFENSE TEAM TO BEGIN THEIR FINAL ARGUMENTS. A JURY IS SET TO DECIDE WHETHER TRUMP MUST PAY E. JEAN CARROLL OF DOLLARS FOR DEFAMING HER AFTER SHE ACCUSED HIM OF ASSAULT. THIS COMES AFTER A JURY ALREADY FOUND HIM LIABLE. THE ASSAULT IN 2022, WHICH THE

FORMER “ELLE” MAGAZINE COLUMNIST SAYS HAPPENED IN A DEPARTMENT STORE DRESSING ROOM BACK IN NINETIES. ABC’S SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER AARON KATERSKY JOINS ME OUTSIDE THE COURT ALONG WITH LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR AND LAW PROFESSOR AT THE UNIVERSITY OF BALTIMORE KIMBERLY WALES. THANK YOU BOTH FOR JOINING ME AND LET’S START YOU. IT HAS BEEN A CONTENTIOUS DAY IN COURT. GIVE US THE HIGHLIGHTS. INTENSE CLOSING ARGUMENTS FROM BOTH SIDES, INCLUDING ROBERTA KAPLAN, THE ATTORNEY FOR E. JEAN CARROLL, WHO WAS DELIVERING CLOSING ARGUMENT WHEN FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP STOOD UP, PUSHED HIS CHAIR IN AND WALKED OUT. THE JUDGE NOTED IT FOR

THE RECORD, AND HE DID THAT AS . ROBERTA KAPLAN WAS ACCUSING HIM OF VICIOUS ATTACKS ON EACH CAROL OF TRYING TO RUIN HER AND ASKING THE JURY, PUNISH HIM FOR THOSE MALICIOUS ATTACKS. HOW MUCH? WELL, SHE IS NOW ASKING FOR AT LEAST $24 MILLION TO REPAIR HER REPUTATION, TO COMPENSATE HER FOR TRUMP’S ATTACKS, AND THEN THAT’S ON TOP OF UNTOLD PUNITIVE DAMAGES TO AS PUT IT, MAKE HIM STOP. CARROLL’S ATTORNEYS CONTEND EVEN 100 TIMES DURING THE TRIAL, HE WAS DEFAMING HER, AND THEY ASKED THE JURY TO IMAGINE WHAT OF TRUMP’S PURPORTED WEALTH, WHAT IT WOULD

TAKE TO, MAKE HIM STOP THAT DEFAMATION. >> JIM, TRUMP CANCELED APPEARANCE IN ARIZONA SO HE COULD RETURN FOR CLOSING ARGUMENTS TODAY. >> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF HIS BEHAVIOR? >> WELL, TRUMP IS PLAYING TO HIS POLITICAL BASE THROUGHOUT THESE COURT HEARINGS. AS JOHN SANTUCCI SAID MANY TIMES IN THESE PANELS. AND HE PROBABLY THAT ON THE MERITS, YOU KNOW, HE’S ALREADY LOST THE UNDERLYING CASE. AND THIS IS JUST ABOUT HOW MUCH HE’S GOING TO HAVE TO PAY. AND THE POINT THAT ERIN MADE THAT IS THAT THIS IS ONGOING. THE JURY TO BE THINKING ABOUT THAT. RIGHT.

THAT HOW DO YOU STOP THIS FROM CONTINUING. AND MEANWHILE, HE UNDERSTANDS HE A LOT OF MONEY AND HE GETS A LOT OF FREE MEDIA IN THESE KINDS ANTICS. BUT TO DO SOMETHING LIKE THAT. WELL, JUDGE SPEAKING IS, FROM A LEGAL PERSPECTIVE, UNTHINKABLE. >> ERIN, CAN WE EXPECT DELIBERATIONS TO BEGIN TODAY IF THE JUDGE IS NOW CHARGING THE JURY, GIVING THE INSTRUCTIONS ABOUT THE LAW AND THE FACTS OF THE CASE, AND THEN THE JURY WILL RETIRE TO DELIBERATE PROBABLY A HALF HOUR, HOUR OR SO FROM NOW. IN CLOSING ARGUMENTS, THE JURY IS GOING TO CONSIDER SOME

SOME DUELING PROPOSITIONS BECAUSE THE DEFENSE SAID THAT THE HARM E. JEAN CARROLL CLAIMS TO HAVE SUFFERED IS JUST OVERBLOWN, THAT HER LIFE IS BETTER NOW THAT SHE’S MORE FAMOUS THAN SHE WAS BEFORE. SHE ACCUSED FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN 2019 OF ASSAULT. AND THE DEFENSE SAID THAT HAD SHE NOT WANTED ALL THIS ATTENTION, SHE MAYBE SHOULDN’T HAVE BROUGHT HER CLAIM IN SUCH A PUBLIC AND DRAMATIC WAY. AND IN RESPONSE, PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY SEAN CROWLEY SAID THAT JUST AMOUNTS TO VICTIM SHAMING. AND SHE ACCUSED THE DEFENSE OF HAVING A RATHER ANTIQUATED ARGUMENT. BUT SHE’S ASKING FOR IT. AND

THE ATTORNEY HAD SAID, AREN’T WE BEYOND. >> ALL RIGHT, AARON KATERSKY KIMBERLY WHALEY, THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. ALSO HAPPENING TODAY, ALASKA AIRLINES PUTTING SOME ITS MAX NINE PLANES BACK INTO THE SKY. IT COMES JUST THREE WEEKS AFTER THAT TERRIFYING MOMENT WHEN A DOOR PLUG FLEW OFF A PLANE 16,000 FEET IN THE AIR. TRANSPORTATION REPORTER SAM SWEENEY FOLLOWING THIS STORY FOR US. >> TODAY’S BIG NEWS, A PRETTY BIG DEAL FOR ALASKA AIRLINES TO US MORE ABOUT THE ROLLOUT TO GET THESE MAX NINES BACK INTO THE AIR AND WHEN WE CAN EXPECT BOEING’S FULL MAX NINE

FLEET TO BE BACK IN SERVICE. >> WELL, AIRLINES A FEW DAYS GOT THAT FINAL CHECK OFF LIST OF HOW THEY CAN DO THESE INSPECTIONS TO GET PLANES BACK INTO THE AIR. IT TOOK A FEW DAYS. NOW, ALASKA SAYS THEIR FIRST FLIGHT WILL LEAVE AROUND 520 EASTERN TIME TONIGHT FROM SEATTLE, AND IT WILL FLY SAN DIEGO. THEY’RE GOING TO ROLL OUT A FEW PLANES TODAY, A FEW TOMORROW, AND THEY’RE GOING TO CONTINUE DOING THAT OVER THE COMING DAYS. UNITED AIRLINES ALSO TAKING A COUPLE OF DAYS TO GET IT BACK ON ITS SCHEDULE. THEY ALL HAD THEIR

FIRST SCHEDULED FLIGHTS ON SUNDAY. BUT THIS HAS BEEN A LONG PROCESS AS AIRLINES ARE TAKING BETWEEN EIGHT AND 12 HOURS TO GO THROUGH THESE PLANES FOR THIS FINAL CHECK. >> NOW, AIRLINES TELL ME THEY HAVE BEEN DOING THIS FOR THE LAST COUPLE OF WEEKS, LOOKING AT EVERY SINGLE EACH OF THESE PLANES TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE SAFE OF. COURSE, THE FAA SAID SPEED WILL NOT DETERMINE WHEN THESE PLANES GET BACK IN THE AIR. >> IT WILL ALL COME DOWN TO SAFETY. AND, SAM, YOU FLY LOT. YOU KNOW THIS AS A PASSENGER. THIS IS THE QUESTION

PEOPLE WANT ANSWERED. HOW DO THE FAA AND BOEING SAY THEY’RE INSURING ALL MAX NINE ARE ACTUALLY SAFE TO FLY? >> AND THAT’S A GREAT QUESTION. AND CERTAINLY A LOT OF PEOPLE HAVE THAT ON THEIR MINDS. BUT THIS IS EXACTLY WHY THE FAA IS TAKING THIS SO SERIOUSLY, SENDING THEIR INSPECTORS TO RENTON, WASHINGTON, WHERE THESE 737 MAX IS MADE AND TAKING SO LONG. REMEMBER THIS INCIDENT BACK ON JANUARY 5TH? YOU THINK THEY WOULD GET THESE PLANES BACK IN THE AIR IN COUPLE OF DAYS, BUT THEY TOOK WEEKS TO GO THROUGH THIS METHODICALLY TO MAKE SURE THEY

HAD EVERY SINGLE PIECE OF THIS INVESTIGATION, EVERY PIECE OF INFORMATION SO THEY CAN DETERMINE HOW THEY CAN GET THESE PLANES BACK INTO SERVICE AND TO DO IT SAFELY. AND THEY ARE EACH DAY ARE SURE AND CONFIDENT THAT THEY HAVE THAT SOLUTION. AND NOW THE AIRLINES HAVE IN THEIR HANDS TO ENSURE THAT THEY GET THESE PLANES BACK INTO THE AIR FAST. >> ALL RIGHT, SAM SWEENEY, THANKS SO MUCH. >> THERE IT IS. BIG NEWS TODAY. ALSO, A POWERFUL NEW STORM TO TELL YOU ABOUT ON THE MOVE, THREATENING OF AMERICANS IN TEXAS. HIGH WATER MAKING FOR DANGEROUS

ROAD CONDITIONS. TWO COMMUNITIES NEAR HOUSTON UNDER VOLUNTARY ORDERS. IN ILLINOIS, THAWING ICE AND HEAVY RAIN IS TRIGGERING FLASH FLOODING. SOME RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE WILMINGTON ARE ACTUALLY WARNED TO BE PREPARED FOR POTENTIAL EVACUATIONS. >> A FLOOD WATCH IS NOW IN EFFECT FOR SEVEN STATES. ALSO, THREAT TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WIND. >> METEOROLOGIST MELISSA TRACKING THE EXTREME WEATHER FOR US. >> MELISSA, TIME IT ALL OUT. HEY PHIL, IT’S LIKE WE’VE BEEN ON REPEAT HERE TALKING ABOUT FLOODING IN SOME OF THESE SAME AREAS. IT’S REALLY BEEN A ONE, TWO, THREE PUNCH IN THE DEEP SOUTH WITH MORE ROUNDS

OF RAIN ON THE WAY. THAT’S WHY WE HAVE FLOOD WATCHES IN EFFECT ACROSS PARTS OF ALABAMA AND GEORGIA AS THIS BRAND NEW SYSTEM EMERGES FROM THE ROCKIES ACROSS THE PLAINS. >> YOU CAN SEE IT THERE. IT’S REALLY GOING TO AMPLIFY AS WE HEAD INTO TONIGHT THROUGH SATURDAY. SO MORE RAIN EXPECTED IN SOME OF THESE SAME THAT HAVE ALREADY SEEN SO MUCH FLOODING EARLIER THIS WEEK. YOU CAN SEE HERE EVERYWHERE HIGHLIGHTED IN YELLOW, THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE THE HIGHEST THREAT FOR FLASH FLOODING. THIS INCLUDES NEW ORLEANS TO JACKSON, MISSISSIPPI, BIRMINGHAM TO ATLANTA, EVEN INTO THE

CAROLINAS. >> YOU SEE THIS CIRCLE HERE, THIS RED, THAT’S WHERE WE COULD SEE THOSE DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADO THREAT. THIS IS FOUR TOMORROW. SO THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW, THE STORM IS IN THE DEEP SOUTH, BUT THEN IT ALL PUSHES IN TO THE MID-ATLANTIC AND, NORTHEAST. HEAVY RAIN FROM D.C. TO NEW YORK CITY ON SUNDAY MORNING AND THEN SNOW. WE’VE SEEN SO MUCH WARM TEMPERATURES. BUT SOME OF THESE AREAS IN THE NORTHEAST, ESPECIALLY INLAND FROM THE MAJOR CITIES, COULD SEE SOME SNOW. WE WRAP UP THE DAY ON SUNDAY ALL THE WAY UP INTO PARTS OF MAINE,

VERMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE, WESTERN NEW YORK. >> ANOTHER BIG STORM ON THE WAY, PHIL? >> ALL RIGHT, MELISSA, I THINK I’M ACTUALLY GOING TO BE FOR JIM TOMORROW MORNING ON THIS. >> SO THANK YOU FOR THE LATEST INFORMATION. GOT THE UPDATE. >> APPRECIATE IT. ALL RIGHT. AS WE MOVE ON, THE SUSPECT ACCUSED OF KILLING FOUR UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO STUDENTS IS EXPECTED IN THIS AFTERNOON. BRIAN KOHBERGER AND HIS ATTORNEYS ARE ONCE AGAIN ASKING FOR THE INDICTMENT TO BE DISMISSED, CLAIMING THERE WAS CONDUCT DURING THE GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS. ABC’S MORGAN NORWOOD FOLLOWING THE STORY JOINS ME NOW. MORGAN,

WHAT MORE CAN WE EXPECT FROM THIS HEARING? YES, I FEEL WE ARE TRACKING TWO HEARINGS. THE FIRST ONE IS PRIVATE. THE SECOND ONE IS PUBLIC. BUT SECOND ONE THAT SHOULD BE KICKING OFF HERE PRETTY SHORTLY, RIGHT AROUND FOUR. AGAIN, SO WE’RE TRACKING THAT, BOTH CENTERED, THOUGH, AROUND THE DEFENSE, TRYING TO GET THESE CHARGES THROWN OUT. RIGHT. THERE MAY BE SOME DISCUSSION ABOUT DISCOVERY EVIDENCE, WHAT THE DEFENSE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO IN THIS CASE. BUT WHAT WE ARE REALLY WATCHING FOR IS THE SCHEDULING CONFERENCE. RIGHT. THAT IS GOING TO BE WHEN A TRIAL DATE COULD BE

SET. >> WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT A TRIAL AND WHEN IT COULD START? AND REALLY, I GUESS AT THE END OF THE DAY, WHAT DOES JUSTICE LOOK LIKE? >> YEAH, JUST REMEMBER, PHIL, THESE FAMILIES HAVE GONE THROUGH SO MUCH. AND SO THAT IS THE BIG QUESTION IN TERMS OF WHEN THE TRIAL DATE WILL BE SET, THEY’RE GOING TO BE VERY LOCKED IN ON THIS PARTICULAR DECISION. AND, YOU KNOW, REMEMBER, THE PROSECUTION HAD ASKED FOR A SUMMER TRIAL BECAUSE THEY DON’T WANT TO BE DESCRIBED DISRUPTIVE TO THE COMMUNITY SCHOOLS. AND SO WE’LL SEE IF WE ACTUALLY

GET A TRIAL DATE TODAY. THE PROSECUTION SEEKING THE DEATH PENALTY IN THIS CASE. BUT, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE FAMILIES ARE STILL FIGHTING JUST TO GET THEIR LOVED ONES BELONGINGS BACK. HERE’S WHAT STEVE CAN SOLVE. AS TOLD OUR KAYNA WHITWORTH ABOUT EFFORTS. >> GET A DIGITAL COPY OF THEIR DAUGHTER’S PHONE FROM AUTHORITIES. TAKE A LISTEN. >> WE’RE JUST LEFT IN LIMBO. THESE ARE THE LAST MOMENTS OF YOUR CHILD’S LIFE AND YOU’RE SITTING HERE FIGHTING WITH SOMEBODY JUST DOESN’T CARE . >> SO, AGAIN, JUST GREAT REPORTING FROM OUR OWN COLONEL WHITWORTH, WHO, OF COURSE, HAS BEEN

TOP OF THIS CASE. SHE WILL BE IN THE COURTROOM LATER TODAY AND WE’LL HAVE MORE ON BOTH OF THESE HEARINGS. BUT YOU REALLY GOT TO FEEL FOR THE FAMILIES BECAUSE THEY’VE BEEN THROUGH SO MUCH OVER THE PAST YEAR AND A HALF AND THEY JUST WANT THIS TO GET STARTED AND TO KNOW WHAT’S HAPPENING. ALL RIGHT, MORGAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH. GOOD TO SEE YOU. AND UP SOME NEW DATA SHOWING ONCE RED HOT PRICES ARE NOW COOLING OFF. >> BUT IS IT TOO SOON TO VICTORY ON INFLATION? THE REPORT AND WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOUR BOTTOM

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FORGOTTEN LEAGUE, THE SIDE OF THE STORY OF BASEBALL YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD BEFORE LIKE THIS. THE AWARD WINNING PODCAST IS BACK. LISTEN, YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS OR SCAN THE QR CODES. >> YOU SEE HERE HERE. WELCOME BACK. TRIAL CONTINUES FOR THE MOTHER OF HIGH SCHOOL MASS SHOOTER ETHAN CRUMBLEY. JENNIFER CRUMBLEY IS FACING FOUR COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AFTER HER SON OPENED FIRE AT OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL IN 2021, KILLING FOUR AND WOUNDING SEVERAL OTHERS IN WHAT BECAME THE DEADLIEST SCHOOL SHOOTING IN MICHIGAN HISTORY. JENNIFER IS IN COURT FOR HER SON, ACCESS TO THAT GUN. AND NOW

WE ARE STARTING HEAR FROM THE FIRST WITNESSES. AS A LAWYER FOR JENNIFER CRUMBLEY SAYS SHE INTENDS TO TAKE THE STAND AND TESTIFY IN HER OWN DEFENSE . >> TREVOR AULT HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS CASE AND JOINS ME NOW. TREVOR, RIGHT OFF THE BAT, FORMER OAKLAND COUNTY SHERIFF’S DEPARTMENT CRIMES EXPERT WAS THE FIRST WITNESS TO TAKE THE STAND HERE. WHAT DID WE LEARN? SO A LOT OF HIS TESTIMONY WAS STILL CENTERED AROUND THE MESSAGING BETWEEN THE TWO PARENTS WHO ARE NOW BOTH CHARGED AND ALSO THE MOTHER AND HER SON LEADING UP TO THIS SHOOTING. FIRST OF

ALL, HE MADE THE POINT THAT THE PARENTS WOULD SPEAK TO EACH OTHER OFTEN OVER FACEBOOK MESSENGER, AND THEY HAD TO FORENSICALLY RECOVER THOSE MESSAGES BECAUSE ACCORDING HIS TESTIMONY, THEY DELETED THEM AFTER THE FACT. BUT MOST OF TESTIMONY TODAY WAS CENTERED AROUND THOSE DAYS LEADING UP TO THE SHOOTING AND WHAT PROSECUTORS SAY WERE SEVERAL RED OF THEIR SON’S DETERIORATING MENTAL HEALTH, THAT HE WAS TEXTING HIS MOTHER ABOUT HOW HE WAS SEEING GHOSTS AT HIS HOUSE OR HE THOUGHT SOMEONE WAS THERE. HE TALKED ABOUT HIS OWN SENSE OF PARANOIA, DURING WHICH IT APPEARS, AT LEAST IN THESE

TEXT MESSAGES, THAT HIS MOTHER WAS NOT OVERLY CONCERNED. AT ONE POINT, I BELIEVE THE TEXT MESSAGE SAID, I’M GOING TO GET DRUNK AND RIDE MY HORSE. ESSENTIALLY THE POINT OF THE PROSECUTION AND GETTING HIS TESTIMONY WAS THERE WERE SOME WARNING SIGNS HERE FROM THE SHOOTER LEADING UP TO IT AND THE MOTHER DID NOT CARE. AND THAT’S ALL CRUX OF THE WHOLE ARGUMENT, THE INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. BASICALLY WHAT THE PROSECUTION SAYS IS THIS WAS GROSS NOT ONLY IGNORING THE MENTAL HEALTH, BUT ALSO THEN BUYING 15-YEAR-OLD A GUN AND LEAVING IT OUT SO HE COULD TAKE IT, WHICH

HE COULDN’T DO BY HIMSELF. >> WHEN COULD WE SEE JENNIFER? AND HOW ABOUT ETHAN? BECAUSE IF I REMEMBER CORRECTLY AT HIS TRIAL, HE MY PARENTS DIDN’T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT. >> AND THAT WAS A BIG CRUX OF THE ARGUMENT. MORNING, ACTUALLY. SO JENNIFER CRUMBLEY WANTS HER SON TO TESTIFY AND HER DEFENSE ATTORNEYS WANT HIM TO HAVE TO COME ON THE STAND, BECAUSE YOU RIGHTFULLY POINT OUT WHEN HE’S PREVIOUSLY BEEN IN COURT, HE TOOK FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SHOOTING. HE SAID, I’M A REALLY BAD PERSON AND I’M THE ONE WHO PULLED THE TRIGGER, WHICH IS WHY

THEY WANT HIM TO TESTIFY . BUT AT THIS POINT NOW, EVEN THOUGH ETHAN CRUMBLEY PLEADED GUILTY, BEEN SENTENCED TO LIFE IN PRISON WITHOUT PAROLE. HE’S APPEALING THAT SENTENCE NOW TO. SO HIS ATTORNEYS DON’T WANT HIM TO TESTIFY AND ACTUALLY JUST DECIDED THIS MORNING. HE’S NOT GOING TO. THE JUDGE ESSENTIALLY SAID HE’S ALREADY ESTABLISHED HE’S GOING TO PLEAD THE FIFTH. SO ANY QUESTION. SO THE JUDGE THE JUDGE SAID, I CAN’T THINK OF A QUESTION YOU WOULD ASK HIM THAT HE WOULD ANSWER. SO HE WILL NOT BE TESTIFYING. BUT AS YOU POINTED OUT, THE WHOLE CASE IS

GOING TO COME DOWN TO JENNIFER CRUMBLEY OWN TESTIMONY AS SHE TAKES THE STAND. IT’S GOING TO BE IN HER OWN DEFENSE. SO IT’S GOING TO BE AFTER THE PROSECUTION HAVE WORKED THEIR WAY THROUGH ALL THEIR WITNESSES. >> THAT COULD BE QUITE SOME TIME, BECAUSE THERE’S A LOT OF EVIDENCE IN THIS CASE ,A LOT OF DIFFERENT MESSAGES AND ALL THAT SCHOOL OFFICIALS THAT WE’RE GOING TO BE HEARING FROM, TOO, BEFORE WE GET THERE. >> BUT THIS IS ALL GOING TO HANG ON THAT HOW SHE’S ABLE TO WITHSTAND THAT CROSS-EXAMINATION BECAUSE THE PROSECUTION IS GOING TO COME

OUT PRETTY HARD AND A LOT OF EYES ON IT BECAUSE THIS IS NOT SOMETHING THAT USUALLY HAPPENS, ALTHOUGH THIS IS BY FAR USUAL. NEVER HAPPEN. YES. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, TREVOR THANK YOU. >> A HEALTH ALERT TO BRING TO YOU NOW INVOLVING WOMEN AND COVID 19 BABIES BORN TO MOTHERS WHO HAD COVID DURING PREGNANCY MAY SUFFER FROM CERTAIN HEALTH ISSUES. THAT’S ACCORDING TO A STUDY PUBLISHED IN THE JOURNAL NATURE COMMUNICATIONS. >> SO LET’S BRING IN ABC MEDICAL CONTRIBUTOR, CONTRIBUTOR DR. ALOK PATEL. >> DOCTOR, ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> LET’S START BY TALKING TO US A

LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THIS STUDY AND ITS FINDINGS. >> BILL, IT’S GOOD TO BE TALKING WITH YOU WITH THIS STUDY BASICALLY TELLS US IS THAT BORN TO MOTHERS WHO I CALL THE BABIES WHO ARE EXPOSED TO COVID WERE THREE TIMES MORE LIKELY TO HAVE BREATHING ISSUES AFTER BIRTH COMPARED TO BABIES WHO WEREN’T EXPOSED TO COVID. AND ONE IMPORTANT FACET TO THIS STUDY IS THAT THESE BABIES THEMSELVES DID NOT POSITIVE FOR COVID. IT’S SOMEWHAT, THE RESEARCHERS SPECULATE, IS BABIES IN UTERO THEY WERE EXPOSED TO THE VIRUS, MAY HAVE HAD AN INFLAMMATION PROCESS HAPPENED IN THEIR AIRWAYS.

SO IT’S AN IMPORTANT STUDY TO KNOW ABOUT THE RISKS TO COVID DURING PREGNANCY. AND IT’S ALSO WORTH NOTING THAT IN THAT GROUP OF EXPOSURE VACCINATION IN PREGNANCY PROTECTED THEIR BABIES AGAINST THESE SEVERE RESTAURANT PROBLEMS AS WELL. >> BUT THE RISK IS A LITTLE BIT FOR MOTHERS, NOT JUST EXCLUSIVE TO COVID FOR SURE. RIGHT? >> OH, ABSOLUTELY. YOU KNOW, WE’VE TALKED A LOT OVER THE PAST YEARS ABOUT HIGH RISK CONDITIONS THAT WOULD INCREASE SOMEONE’S RISK GETTING HOSPITALIZED OR SEVERELY ILL FROM COVID 19, AND STILL PREGNANCY IS ONE OF THEM. >> 19 DURING PREGNANCY CAN CAUSE A

LOT OF PREGNANCY COMPLICATIONS, INCLUDING HYPERTENSION, PRETERM BIRTH, BLEEDING AND OTHER INFECTIONS. >> SO THIS IS YET ANOTHER REASON WHY IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT TO PAY ATTENTION TO YOUR VACCINATION STATUS. >> AND IF YOU HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS OF ILLNESS, THEN YOU TALK TO THE HEALTHCARE PROVIDER PRIOR GIVING BIRTH. >> AND FINALLY, DOCTOR, WHAT’S A GOOD TIME TO GET VACCINATED DURING PREGNANCY? EARLIER THE BETTER WHEN YOU FIRST LEARN YOU ARE PREGNANT, YOU ARE PREGNANT. >> IT’S REALLY IMPORTANT TO TOUCH BASE THE HEALTH CARE PROVIDER AND THIS IS ANOTHER REASON WHY PRENATAL CARE IS SO IMPORTANT FOR ALL PREGNANT

INDIVIDUALS. >> ALL RIGHT, DR. PATEL, ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> THANK YOU FOR THE INFORMATION. WE APPRECIATE. >> APPRECIATE YOU. ALL RIGHT. AND THERE IS NEW DATA THAT SHOWS INFLATION IS COOLING IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER, GIVING AMERICAN A BREAK FROM RISING COSTS AS PRICES CONTINUE TO DOWNWARD. ABC NEWS BUSINESS REPORTER ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS HAS THE DETAILS US AND SHE JOINS ME HERE IN STUDIO. >> ALEXIS, GOOD TO SEE YOU TOO. TELL US ABOUT THIS REPORT AND WHAT IT MEANS MOST IMPORTANTLY FOR OUR WALLETS, OUR POCKETBOOKS. >> THAT’S WHAT IT ALL WE CARRY OUT HERE,

RIGHT? ABSOLUTELY. SO THIS REPORT IS BECAUSE IT’S THE LAST ONE THE FEDERAL RESERVE SEES BEFORE IT MEETS NEXT WEEK TO DECIDE THE FATE OF INTEREST RATES. IT’S ALSO THE FED’S FAVORITE GAUGE OR BAROMETER OF, IF YOU WILL, OF INFLATION. >> AND IT SHOW THAT PRICES TICKED UP SLIGHTLY LAST MONTH. BUT THE LONGER RUN TREND, WHICH IS WHAT WE CARE ABOUT HERE, SHOWED INFLATION COOLED TO BARELY ABOVE THE FED’S 2% ANNUAL TARGET. NOW, THIS COMES ON THE HEELS OF NEWS THIS WEEK THAT THE ECONOMY GREW FASTER THAN EXPECTED IN THE LAST THREE MONTHS OF LAST YEAR,

UP 3.3%. AND THAT’S DESPITE THOSE HIGHER INTEREST RATES AND HIGHER INFLATION. SO REALLY, THIS IS MORE EVIDENCE THAT WE ARE GETTING THAT ECONOMIC SOFT LANDING. WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT WHERE PRICES ARE COOLING OFF, THE ECONOMY IS SLOWING A LITTLE BIT, BUT WE ARE AVOIDING A RECESSION. OKAY. THERE THIS STUDY OUT OF HARVARD UNIVERSITY THAT I WANT TO ASK YOU ABOUT THAT. AND THIS ISN’T GOING TO BE A SURPRISE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE TRYING TO BUY HOUSING, BUT HOUSING IS BECOMING UNAFFORDABLE FOR MILLIONS OF AMERICANS. >> TELL US ABOUT THAT AND HOW THAT FACTORS IN.

>> SO THIS IS A HARVARD STUDY FROM THE JOINT CENTER HOUSING STUDIES. AND WE KNOW THAT RENT, HOUSING COSTS HAVE BEEN A BIG ISSUE OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS. THEY’RE ONE OF THE MAIN REASONS WHY INFLATION HAS BEEN SO HIGH. SO THIS STUDY SOME REALLY TROUBLING STATISTICS HERE SHOWED THAT MORE THAN HALF OF RENTERS SAID, THEY PAID MORE THAN 30% FOR THEIR RENT, WHICH IS THE RECOMMENDED YOU SHOULD BE PAYING AT THE HIGHEST 30% OF YOUR INCOME. OF PEOPLE, MORE THAN 50% SAID THEY’RE SPENDING 50% OR MORE ON INCOME. THAT MEANS YOU’RE PAYING, YOU’RE LIVING

TO PAYCHECK, YOU’RE UNABLE TO SAVE MONEY. AT THE END OF THE MONTH, YOU’RE UNABLE INVEST MONEY. THIS AGAIN SPEAKS TO THE HOUSING SHORTAGE COUNTRY IS HAVING IN TERMS OF AFFORDABLE HOUSING. YES, THERE IS CONSTRUCTION APARTMENT BUILDINGS GOING ON RIGHT NOW, BUT THEY’RE MORE THE HIGH END APARTMENT BUILDINGS. >> WE NEED MORE OF THOSE LOWER END APARTMENTS TO SORT OF EASE THE CRISIS RIGHT NOW. SO I GUESS THE GOOD NEWS IS THOSE DOUBLE DIGIT RISES WE WERE SEEING AND RENT PRICES ARE STARTING TO COME DOWN. AND IN SOME CITIES THOSE RENT RISES ARE STARTING TO REVERSE

THEMSELVES. BUT THE LONGER TREND IS WE JUST NEED MORE AFFORDABLE HOUSING AND FOLKS CANNOT BE SPENDING, YOU KNOW, 50% OF THEIR INCOME ON RENT. >> AND THAT’S AND THAT’S WHY PERCEPTION IS EVERYTHING. WHEN WE TALK ABOUT THE NUMBERS AND WE SEE THEM COOLING A LITTLE BIT OR THIS AND THAT, SOME PEOPLE ARE STILL STILL SAYING, WHERE IS INFLATION COOLING? >> WHERE IS IT COOLING FOR? CORRECT. ESPECIALLY IF YOU’RE LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK, ARE PAYING 50% TODAY. YEAH. ALL RIGHT, ALEXIS, SO MUCH FOR THAT. >> APPRECIATE IT. AND STILL TO COME, REACTION POURING IN FROM ACROSS

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A POSSIBLE BIPARTISAN SOLUTION TO THE BORDER CRISIS COLLIDING WITH CAMPAIGN POLITICS. PLUS, TRACKING THE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN, MELTING SNOW AND MORE AMERICANS TURN TO THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION. “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH DAVID MUIR CONCERT. THEY’RE EXPECTING US TO USE OUR SECRET WORLD. WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS WHAT I’VE BEEN SAYING ABOUT, SECURING BORDERS. THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED. >> THERE’S REALLY TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE AND ANYWHERE. >> WOW. >> ALL RIGHT, HERE

WE GO. YOU READY? LET’S DO IT. YES, IT’S THE SHOW WANTS AND AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT NOW. >> THIS IS WHAT WOULD DO. LET’S GO. HOW ARE YOU? YES. SO WHAT WILL YOU BE WATCHING SATURDAY IS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I GUESS I JUST FOUND OUT. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? MARATHON 2 TO 6 EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. MY FAVORITE NOW. PRETTY SOON PEOPLE THEIR DAY HERE AT ABC NEWS. THIS IS STARTING TO DOMINATE AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. STAR HERE. THAT’S THE PART OF THE

STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. MAKE IT YOUR DAILY LISTEN WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS . >> REPORTING FROM HARVARD UNIVERSITY. I’M SORRY. THE WAY WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE. WE’RE STREAMING LIVE. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE AND IN ALABAMA MAKING HISTORY. >> IT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT A NITROGEN HYPOXIA WAS USED FOR CAPITAL PUNISHMENT. 58-YEAR-OLD KENNETH SMITH, WHO YOU SEE THERE, WAS CONVICTED OF MURDER. THE EUROPEAN UNION IN THE U.N. HUMAN RIGHTS OFFICE SPOKE OUT AGAINST THE EXECUTION METHOD, SAYING IT COULD BE CONSIDERED TORTURE. AND 18 REPORTER WHO ACTUALLY

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NEWS WILL REEVE IS IN SANTA CLARA, CALIFORNIA WITH THE 49ERS FOR THEIR GAME. >> WHAT’S UP WILL ONLY THREE GAMES REMAIN IN THIS NFL SEASON? >> ONE OF THEM IS HAPPENING HERE SUNDAY EVENING. THE SAN FRANCISCO 49ERS HOSTING THE DETROIT LIONS IN THE NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME. WE’LL GET TO THAT IN A MINUTE. FIRST UP ON SUNDAY IS THE BALTIMORE RAVENS AND THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS. IN BALTIMORE, RAVENS QB LAMAR JACKSON IS THE LIKELY MVP. THE TEAM HAS BEEN HISTORICALLY EXCELLENT, BUT THEY ARE FACING THE DEFENDING CHAMPS PATRICK MAHOMES IN HIS SIXTH CONSECUTIVE AFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME.

WE’LL SEE IF HE TRAVIS KELCE CAN CONTINUE THEIR ENCHANTED RUN FOR THE 40 NINERS. THEY HAVEN’T WON A SUPER BOWL SINCE 1995. BROCK PURDY IS THEIR QUARTERBACK. TWO YEARS AGO, HE WAS THE LAST PICK IN THE DRAFT. THIS YEAR HE’S A FINALIST FOR THE LEAGUE MVP. BUT THE STORY OF THE SEASON, THE DETROIT LIONS, THE LAST TIME THEY MADE IT THIS FAR TO THE NFC CHAMPIONSHIP GAME, JANUARY 12TH, 1992. FOR CONTEXT, WHAT WAS GOING ON ON THAT DATE BLACK OR WHITE BY MICHAEL JACKSON WAS THE TOP SONG INOK WAS ONE OF THE BIGGEST MOVIES IN

THE COUNTRY. TEXTING BEEN INVENTED YET? I WASN’T EVEN BORN FOR ANOTHER FIVE MONTHS. SO IT’S BEEN A WHILE SINCE THE LIONS HAVE GOTTEN THIS, BUT THEY ARE JUST ONE WIN AWAY FROM THEIR FIRST EVER SUPER BOWL APPEARANCE. WE HAVE A GREAT WEEKEND OF THE FINAL WEEKENDS OF FOOTBALL TO LOOK FORWARD TO FILM. >> WELL, I KNEW YOU WERE GOING TO GET TO THE BIRTH DATE. I KNEW IT. ALL RIGHT. WE’LL THANKS SO MUCH AND THANK YOU FOR STREAMING WITH US. >> I’M PHIL LIPOFF ABC NEWS LIVE IS HERE FOR YOU ANYTIME WITH THE LATEST NEWS

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ABC NEWS LIVE REPORTING FROM BEDMINSTER, NEW JERSEY. >> I’M MARY BRUCE WHEREVER. THE STORY IS WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE AFTER A FIERY SET OF CLOSING ARGUMENTS, THE JURY IN DONALD TRUMP’S DEFAMATION TRIAL NOW DELIBERATING THE CASE. WE ARE LIVE OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE. WET WEATHER THIS WEEKEND. HEAVY RAIN AND FLOODS, SOUTHERN STATES. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW AS WE TRACK THE SYSTEM AND THE KILLING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED. THAT’S PROSECUTORS ARE ARGUING AS THE MOTHER OF THE MICHIGAN SCHOOL SHOOTER STANDS TRIAL FACING CHARGES OF INVOLUNTARY

MANSLAUGHTER. HI, EVERYONE. I’M PHIL LIPOFF. WE DO HAVE BREAKING NEWS TO BEGIN THIS HOUR. THE JURY IS DELIBERATING IN THE CIVIL DEFAMATION TRIAL AGAINST TRUMP. THE JURY DECIDING WHETHER TRUMP MUST PAY E. JEAN CARROLL MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR DEFAMING HER AFTER SHE ACCUSED HIM OF ASSAULT. THIS ALL COMING AFTER A JURY ALREADY FOUND HIM LIABLE FOR THE ASSAULT THAT WAS IN 2020, TO WHICH THE FORMER “ELLE” MAGAZINE COLUMNIST SAYS HAPPENED IN A DEPARTMENT DRESSING ROOM. BACK IN THE 90S, ABC NEWS SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER AARON KATERSKY JOINS ME FROM OUTSIDE COURT NOW ALONG WITH LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR

AND TRIAL ATTORNEY BRIAN BUCKMIRE. GENTLEMEN, THANK YOU. AARON, LET’S BEGIN WITH YOU. NOW THAT THE JURY HAS THE CASE, WHAT’S THE TIMELINE, AT LEAST FOR THE REST OF THIS DAY? JURIES HAVE THE CASE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND THEY’LL GO UNTIL AT LEAST 4:30 P.M. EASTERN TIME. AT THAT POINT, THEY’LL HAVE TELL THE JUDGE WHETHER THEY WANT TO STOP FOR THE DAY OR WHETHER THEY WANT TO CONTINUE. THE ONLY ISSUE THEY’RE DECIDING IS MONEY. HOW MUCH OF IT, IF ANY, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SHOULD PAY E. JEAN CARROLL FOR DEFAMING HER WHILE HE WAS PRESIDENT WHEN

HE DENIED HER ASSAULT CLAIM. AND HER ATTORNEYS ASK TO CONSIDER ABOUT $12 MILLION IN COMPENSATORY DAMAGES TO REPAIR HER REPUTATION FROM ALL THE DAMAGE THAT SHE SAYS TRUMP INFLICTED. ANOTHER 12 MILLION PERHAPS TO COMPENSATE HER FOR ALL THE THE MALICIOUS ATTACKS THAT SHE HAS HAD TO LIVE WITH OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS. AND THEN UNTOLD MILLIONS IN PUNITIVE DAMAGES, ASKING THE JURY TO CONSIDER HOW MUCH WILL IT TAKE TO MAKE TRUMP STOP ? >> AND BRIAN, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN COURT TODAY TO SAY IT GOT OFF TO A ROUGH START, I

GUESS WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT. >> YEAH, SO WE SAW THE CLOSING ARGUMENTS, BUT IN THE MIDDLE CLOSER TO THE BEGINNING, THE USUALLY GIRL’S ATTORNEYS ARE HOPING THAT, SORRY, DONALD TRUMP GETS UP AND OUT, EXPECTING THAT THE JUDGE CAN RECALL THE PROCEEDINGS AS AND SUPPOSED TO TO ALL AMERICANS. >> DON’T FORGET THAT THE COURT WILL TELL YOU EVERYTHING ELSE. THEY CAN WRITE DOWN WHAT THEY SEE AS A SET OF COMMENTS ON IT AND THEN COMMENT ON THE FACT THAT HE WALKED OUT. NOW THE ONLY CAME BACK, BUT THERE ARE PEOPLE IN THIS CASE, ERIN, TALKS ABOUT

THE ONLY ISSUE HERE IS DOLLARS. >> YEAH. AND THIS IS IT’S I MEAN, TO CALL IT A CLOSING SHUT CASE. I MEAN, THEY’VE ALREADY DECIDED WHAT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE NINE DAYS. NOW THEY’RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT HOW MUCH MONEY. WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE ? HOW MUCH MONEY COULD IT BE? >> WELL, IT COULD BE A LOT. THE WAY THE REFORM WORKS OUT, IT STARTS OFF WITH THE HISTORIC DAMAGES. SO WE’RE TALKING ABOUT HOW TO COMPENSATE A PERSON, TALKING ABOUT NON REPUTATIONAL ERROR. THEN THEY’RE TALKING ABOUT ACTUAL ARBITRATION HERE. >> SO THEN THEY

GET A PERIOD IN HISTORY. IT’S FAIRLY EASY. YOU CAN START WITH THE NEXT ONE THAT CAME OUT AND SAID YOU’VE TAKEN WERE 7 TO 12 MORE WOMEN, YOU KNOW, TO REPAIR THEIR REPUTATION. >> BUT WE TALK ABOUT PUNITIVE DAMAGES. >> WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE TRUMP ACT, WHICH IS THE RIDICULOUS RECKLESSLY OR WITH WILLFUL DISREGARD FOR CHILDREN’S LIVES. >> THAT’S WHERE WE GET TO WITH THE PUNITIVE DAMAGES AND THE WAY YOU CONDUCT HIMSELF IN THE COURT THAT YOU GO TOO FAR OR CONSIDERING INCAPACITY EVIDENCE. >> RIGHT. ALL EYES ON THE JURY NOW. BRIAN BUCKMIRE AARON KATERSKY.

THANK YOU BOTH MUCH. ALSO HAPPENING TODAY, ALASKA AIRLINES PUTTING SOME OF ITS MAX. NINE PLANES BACK IN THE SKY COMES JUST THREE WEEKS AFTER THAT TERRIFYING MOMENT WHEN A DOOR PLUG OFF THE PLANE 16,000 FEET IN THE AIR. >> ABC TRANSPORTATION REPORTER SAM SWEENEY FOLLOWING THE STORY FOR US, JOINS US AGAIN NOW. SAM, TODAY’S NEWS IS PRETTY BIG FOR ALASKA, AMONG OTHERS. TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ROLLOUT OF THESE MAX NINE’S BACK INTO THE AIR AND WHEN DO YOU THINK WE CAN EXPECT BOEING’S MAX NINE FLEET TO BE BACK INTO SERVICE? WELL,

PHIL, AIRLINES HAVE BEEN WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO GET THIS RIGHT. >> THEY’VE BEEN WORKING WITH THE FAA AND BOEING. THEY WAITED SEVERAL WEEKS TO GET THOSE FINAL PAPERWORK. SO THE FINAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THIS AND THEY FINALLY GOT AND THEN THEY WERE NOW BEEN SPENDING ABOUT 8 TO 12 HOURS PER PLANE TO MAKE SURE THEY SAFE. THEY ARE COMBING THROUGH EVERY PART OF THESE PLANES TO MAKE SURE THEY ARE READY TO GO. >> AND AS YOU SAID, ALASKA AIRLINES SET TO PUT THE FIRST ONE BACK INTO THE AIR A LITTLE LATER ON THIS EVENING. IT

WILL FLY FROM DOWN TO SAN DIEGO AND SENT TO PASSENGERS OF THAT ALASKA 1282 FLIGHT SPOKE OUT TODAY ABOUT WHAT REALLY MUST HAVE BEEN A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE FOR THEM. WHAT DID THEY SAY AND WHY DID THEY CHOOSE TO COME FORWARD NOW ? >> YEAH, THOSE TWO PASSENGERS, THEY WERE SITTING ABOUT TWO ROWS BEHIND WHERE THAT BLOWOUT HAPPENED. AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT WAS A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE. THEY WERE FLYING WITH THEIR DOG AND. THEY DESCRIBED HOLDING ON TO THEIR DOG. AND NOW THEY CAN’T STOP THINKING ABOUT AND IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, THE LAST FEW

WEEKS, AS THEY TRY TO MOVE ON AND NOW THEY ARE WORKING WITH A LAWYER AND PERHAPS LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR A LAWSUIT. >> THEY HAVE NOT FILED IT YET, BUT IT COULD COME DEPENDING THE RESPONSE FROM BOTH BOEING AND ALASKA AIRLINES. LET’S LISTEN WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. >> WELL, I STILL THINK ABOUT IT ANY TIME I LOOK AT HIM AND I TOLD HIM MY WIFE IS GOING TO BRING YOU BACK, YOU KNOW, THINKING THAT COULD HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, THE WORST. >> A LITTLE KNOWN AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. YEAH. VERY, VERY TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE FOR

THEM. THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH IT. THEY SAID THEY ARE NOW SEEING A THERAPIST THEY HAVE FOUND ON THEIR OWN. THEY ARE NOT USING THE ONE THAT ALASKA OFFERED. YOU REMEMBER, ALASKA AIRLINES INITIALLY OFFERED 1500 DOLLARS TO EACH OF THOSE PASSENGERS ON BOARD. IT’S UNCLEAR, IF THEY WILL, UP THAT. >> WE’LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE. BUT AGAIN, THOSE MAX SAID TO BE BACK IN THE AIR LATER ON TODAY. >> ALL RIGHT, SAM SWEENEY. THANKS. >> KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT. WE APPRECIATE IT. SO THE TRIAL CONTINUES FOR THE MOTHER. HIGH SCHOOL MASS SHOOTER ETHAN

CRUMBLEY JENNIFER CRUMBLEY IS FACING FOUR COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER HERSELF AFTER SON OPENED FIRE AT OXFORD HIGH SCHOOL IN 2021, KILLING FOUR AND WOUNDING SEVERAL OTHERS IN WHAT BECAME THE DEADLIEST SCHOOL SHOOTING IN MICHIGAN HISTORY. JENNIFER IS IN COURT FOR GIVING HER SON, ACCESS TO THAT GUN. >> AND NOW WE’RE STARTING TO HEAR FROM THE FIRST WITNESSES AS A LAWYER FOR JENNIFER CRUMBLEY SAYS SHE INTENDS TO TAKE THE STAND AND TESTIFY IN HER OWN DEFENSE. >> FOR MORE ON ALL OF THIS. ABC’S TREVOR AULT JOINS US NOW. TREVOR. TODAY MARK DAY FOUR OF THE TRIAL

PROCEEDINGS SO BREAK SORT OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT WE’VE SEEN SO FAR. >> YES. ALSO THE BULK OF TESTIMONY TODAY HAS BEEN GOING OVER THE MESSAGING BETWEEN JENNIFER CRUMBLEY AND HER HUSBAND AND HER SON AND ALSO OF HER FRIENDS. WE HEARD SOME TESTIMONY FROM A CELL PHONE FORENSICS EXPERT ALSO RESPONDED TO THE SCENE OF THIS MASS SHOOTING. AND HE TESTIFIED THAT JENNIFER CRUMBLEY ACTUALLY DELETED HER MESSAGES ON FACEBOOK BETWEEN, HER AND HER HUSBAND, THAT THEY HAD TO GET A SEARCH WARRANT TO GO BACK AND RECOVER THEM. AND WHAT IT DID IS ESSENTIALLY PAINT A PICTURE

OF THE HISTORY LEADING UP TO THAT SHOOTING, WHAT THE PROSECUTION SAID WERE MANY MISSED WARNING SIGNS ABOUT HER SON’S DETERIORATING MENTAL HEALTH AS JENNIFER CRUMBLEY AND HER HUSBAND JAMES BOUGHT HIM A WEAPON AND THEN HE TOOK THAT GUN AND KILLED FOUR OF HIS FELLOW CLASSMATES. THEY TALK ABOUT ONE INSTANCE IN WHICH HE WAS TEXTING HIS MOTHER, CLAIMING HE SAW A DEMON IN THE HOUSE AND WHICH HE DIDN’T REPLY. HE SAID, CAN YOU AT LEAST TEXT BACK? SHE TEXT BACK AND TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF BEFORE SHE EVENTUALLY CALLED HIM. AND THEY ALSO HAVE

SOME MESSAGES, PHIL, THAT I WANT TO READ IN WHICH PROSECUTION SAID HE HAD REACHED OUT TO WHAT THEY SAY HIS ONLY FRIEND AND REGARDING HIS MENTAL HEALTH. >> AND HE SAID QUOTE, IT’S GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE I HAVE ASKED MY DAD, LET ME MAKE SURE I GET YOU THE EXACT QUOTE HERE. THE SHOOTER SAID, I ACTUALLY ASKED MY DAD TO TAKE ME TO THE DOCTOR YESTERDAY, BUT HE JUST GAVE ME SOME PILLS AND TOLD ME TO IT UP. >> LIKE, IT’S AT THE POINT I’M ASKING TO GO TO THE DOCTOR. MY MOM LAUGHED WHEN

I TOLD HER. SO THE PROSECUTION SAYS THERE WERE A NUMBER OF RED FLAGS. HE WAS ASKING FOR HELP AND AT THE SAME TIME, ON THE DAY OF THE SHOOTING, EVEN THOUGH THEY CALLED 911, THEY REALIZED THAT WEAPON WAS MISSING. THEY ALSO SAY THAT JENNIFER CRUMBLEY TEXTED HER FRIEND, I WISH THERE WERE WARNING SIGNS. HE’S A GOOD KID. >> WELL, THOSE ARE POWERFUL, POWERFUL WORDS TO READ, TREVOR. >> WHEN WILL WE SEE JENNIFER TESTIFY? YOU THINK? AND HOW ABOUT ETHAN BECAUSE AS YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT ETHAN WHEN HE WAS ON TRIAL, MY PARENTS. >>

I TAKE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS. YES. AND ULTIMATELY WE’RE NOT GOING TO HEAR THAT IN THIS TRIAL, PHIL, BECAUSE IT’S BEEN ESTABLISHED NOW THAT THEIR SON IS NOT GOING TO TESTIFY IN THIS CASE. JENNIFER CRUMBLEY DEFENSE ATTORNEY COMPELLED HIM TO TESTIFY. HE’D ALREADY SAID THAT HE WAS GOING TO PLEAD THE FIFTH. HIS ATTORNEYS HAD MADE THAT VERY CLEAR. SO THE JUDGE SAYS WE ARE NOT GOING TO SEE THE SHOOTER TESTIFY IN THIS TRIAL. >> AS FOR JENNIFER CRUMBLEY HERSELF, WHO WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY BE THE STAR WITNESS IN THIS CASE, THAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN, I WOULD

ASSUME, AS AS DONE AS THE PROSECUTION, AS SOON AS THEY ARE DONE, ALL THEIR WITNESSES HERE, WHICH COULD TAKE A FEW MORE DAYS AT. IT’S CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY, BUT THAT’S GOING TO BE THE CRUX OF THIS ENTIRE CASE. JENNIFER CRUMBLEY IN THESE FOUR INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES, CLEARLY HER DEFENSE TEAM BELIEVES THAT SHE CAN PRESENT AS THIS HYPER VIGILANT MOTHER, THAT’S WHAT THEY’VE THAT SHE IS AND THAT SHE WAS BLINDSIDED BY ALL THESE FACTS AND THAT THE WERE THE ONES THAT WERE CAUGHT OFF GUARD, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE TRAINED PROFESSIONALS. BUT IT IS

GOING TO BE A VERY DIFFICULT CROSS-EXAMINATION AND JENNIFER CRUMBLEY FATE IS LIKELY TO HANG ON THAT TESTIMONY. PHIL, AS ON THIS TRIAL. >> ALL RIGHT, TREVOR AULT, THANKS SO MUCH. SO THE SUSPECT OF KILLING FOUR UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO STUDENTS IS EXPECTED IN COURT THIS AFTERNOON. BRIAN KOHBERGER AND HIS LAWYERS ARE ONCE AGAIN ASKING FOR THE INDICTMENT TO BE DISMISSED, CLAIMING THERE WAS IMPROPER CONDUCT. THE GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS. ABC’S MORGAN NORWOOD HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY. >> US. MORGAN WHAT CAN WE EXPECT OUT OF TODAY’S HEARING? YEAH. PHIL, GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. SO WE ARE

ACTUALLY TRACKING TWO KEY HEARINGS AND BOTH OF THEM ARE SIMILAR. THE FIRST ONE IS ACTUALLY CLOSED. IT IS SEALED, SO WE MAY NOT KNOW IMMEDIATELY GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THAT. BUT THE SECOND ONE ACTUALLY WILL GET UNDERWAY PRETTY SHORTLY THAT IS AT FOUR. SO IN LESS THAN AN HOUR. BUT BOTH, AGAIN, CENTER AROUND THE DEFENSE TRYING TO GET THESE CHARGES THROWN OUT ON BEHALF OF BRIAN KOHBERGER. RIGHT. THERE MIGHT BE DISCUSSION ABOUT WE MIGHT HEAR SOMETHING ABOUT EVIDENCE WHAT THE DEFENSE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO. BUT WHAT WE ARE REALLY WATCHING FOR TODAY, PHIL, IS THE

SCHEDULING CONFLICTS. OF COURSE, THAT IS WHEN A TRIAL DATE COULD BE SET IN WHICH THESE FAMILIES ARE DEFINITELY TUNED IN AND LOCKED IN TO SEE WHAT THE DATE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR THAT. >> AND SO FOLLOWING THAT, WHEN DO WE THINK A TRIAL COULD START AND WHAT DOES JUSTICE REALLY LOOK LIKE FOR THE FAMILIES? >> YEAH, LOOK, JUSTICE LOOKS DIFFERENT FOR EVERYONE. BUT IN TERMS OF THE TIMELINE HERE, WE KNOW THAT THE COURT HAD PREVIOUSLY KIND OF A SUMMER START, AND THAT WAS PARTICULARLY BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T WANT TO BE DISRUPTIVE TO THE COMMUNITY,

THEY DIDN’T WANT TO BE DISRUPTIVE TO SCHOOL. SO WE’LL SEE IF WE GET AN ANSWER ON A TRIAL DATE SOMETIME TODAY. BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO POINT OUT THE PROSECUTION IS SEEKING THE DEATH PENALTY IN THIS CASE. AND SOME OF THE FAMILIES ARE ACTUALLY STILL FIGHTING TO GET THEIR LOVED ONES BELONGINGS BACK. OUR KAYNA WHITWORTH DID AN INCREDIBLE YESTERDAY WITH THE FAMILY OF STEVE COHEN, SAW THIS OR CAYLEE’S AND SAW THIS IS HER FATHER. HERE’S WHAT HE TOLD HER. IN EFFORTS TO GET A DIGITAL COPY OF HER PHONE RECORDS. >> TAKE A LISTEN. >> WE’RE

JUST LEFT IN LIMBO. THESE ARE THE LAST MOMENTS OF YOUR CHILD’S LIFE AND YOU’RE SITTING HERE FIGHTING WITH SOMEBODY WHO JUST DOESN’T CARE. >> YEAH. SO I CAN JUST IMAGINE WHAT THIS FAMILY HAS GONE THROUGH, NOT ONLY JUST THE, YOU KNOW, THE MURDERS AND LOSING THEIR CHILDREN, BUT THEN THE HOME THAT’S TORN DOWN. AND SO THEN THEY HAVE THIS FIGHT FOR EVIDENCE AND THEN NOW THEY’RE WAITING TO SEE IF THE SUSPECT IN THEIR DAUGHTER’S MURDER WILL FACE OR GO TO TRIAL AND WHAT THE TIMELINE IS GOING TO BE ON ALL OF THAT. AND, OF COURSE,

WE KNOW THAT HEARING GETS UNDERWAY PRETTY SHORTLY AT 4:00 OR KAYNA WHITWORTH BE IN THE COURTROOM. >> AND SHE’LL HAVE MUCH MORE ON BOTH OF THOSE HEARINGS LATER TODAY. AND FOR THE FAMILIES, THIS IS ALL JUST PART OF A NIGHTMARE THAT CONTINUES. ALL RIGHT. >> MORGAN, THANK YOU. A DEVELOPING NOW. AUTHORITIES IN WASHINGTON STATE INVESTIGATING A SERIES OF SHOOTINGS ON OR NEAR HIGHWAYS. THE LATEST HAPPENED LAST NIGHT IN KING COUNTY, WHICH IS NEAR SEATTLE. WASHINGTON STATE PATROL SAY THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL REPORTED HIGHWAY IN RECENT WEEKS. ABC ZOHREEN SHAH HAS FILED BEEN FOLLOWING THESE DEVELOPMENTS,

JOINS ME NOW. >> ZIRIN WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW THIS INVESTIGATION AT THIS HOUR? >> I MEAN, FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS JUST REALLY SCARY FOR DRIVERS ON THE ROAD IN WASHINGTON STATE TROOPERS THERE ARE NOW RAMPING UP PATROLS. AND THAT’S BECAUSE THERE BEEN A SERIES OF THESE JUST RANDOM SHOOTINGS IN THE SEATTLE AREA. I GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH THE STATE TROOPER ON THIS CASE. HE CONFIRMS SEVEN DIFFERENT SHOOTING INSTANCES AND MULTIPLE VEHICLES THAT WERE FOUND WITH BULLET HOLES. SO FAR, THERE’S ONLY BEEN ONE MINOR INJURY REPORTED. BUT WHAT THEY’RE LOOKING FOR, PHIL, IS

THIS INFORMATION ON FOUR DIFFERENT VEHICLES OF INTEREST. THE SHOOTINGS ALL OCCURRED, DIFFERENT STRETCHES OF HIGHWAYS AND MOVES AND TOOK PLACE IN SOUTH KING COUNTY ON JANUARY 19TH. OFFICIALS SAY A VICTIM SAID HE WAS DRIVING A FORD F-150 ON WEST I-90, BERSET ISLAND, AND THAT IS WHEN HE SAYS A WHITE TOYOTA FIRED AT HIS VEHICLE. ONE OF THOSE BULLETS HIT BACK OF HIS TRUCK. AND THEN JUST YESTERDAY, KING COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE REPORTED, ANOTHER SUSPECT SHOOTING AT A VEHICLE. AND THAT’S THE ONE THAT LEFT THE PASSENGER INJURED WHEN A BULLET GRAZED HIS LEG. BUT HERE’S CONFUSING THING,

THOUGH. OFFICIALS SAY ALL SEVEN OF THOSE SHOOTINGS DO NOT APPEAR TO BE CONNECTED. BUT, OF COURSE, DRIVERS THERE ARE STILL ON EDGE. >> STILL, THIS MUST BE JUST TERRIFYING FOR THE COMMUNITY. ZOHREEN SHAH FROM DURING. >> THANK YOU. A POWERFUL NEW STORM. THE MOVE THREATENING MILLIONS OF AMERICANS IN TEXAS. HIGH WATER MAKING FOR DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS YOU SEE HERE. >> TWO COMMUNITIES NEAR HOUSTON ARE UNDER EVACUATION ORDERS. IN ILLINOIS, THAWING ICE AND HEAVY IS TRIGGERING FLASH FLOODING. SOME RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE WILMINGTON AREA TO BE PREPARED FOR POTENTIAL EVACUATIONS. A FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR

SEVEN STATES. ALSO, A THREAT, TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WIND. METEOROLOGIST MELISSA GRIFFIN TRACKING THIS EXTREME FOR US. >> MELISSA, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? WELL, PHIL, YOU CAN SEE HERE IN YELLOW, THIS IS WHERE I’M MOST CONCERNED TONIGHT, THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW FOR THAT RENEWED FLASH FLOODING THREAT AND HERE CIRCLED IN RED ACROSS INTO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS AND TORNADOES AGAIN, THIS IS TONIGHT, THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW, SOME OF THESE AREAS, ESPECIALLY LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI, HAVE ALREADY SEEN 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN EARLIER THIS WEEK. SO FLASH FLOODING, A BIG THREAT

WITH THOSE CROWDS ALREADY SO SATURATED. >> NOW, SATURDAY MORNING, WE’RE GOING TO TIME IT OUT FOR YOU. MOST OF THE DAY IN THE NORTHEAST IS DRY ON SATURDAY, BUT THEN THE HEAVY RAIN MOVES IN LATE OVERNIGHT THROUGHOUT SUNDAY MORNING. >> D.C. BALTIMORE, PHILLY, NEW YORK CITY, YOU’RE ALL GOING TO BE IN THAT HEAVY RAIN AS YOU WAKE UP. AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON SUNDAY, THAT SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER AND ACROSS PARTS OF NEW ENGLAND. YOU CAN SEE AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY, MOST OF THE RAIN STARTING TO CLEAR OUT FOR THE

MAJOR CITIES. >> BUT HEAVY SNOW REMAINS FOR MUCH OF THE NORTHERN PART OF THE NORTHEAST. >> SO THIS IS WHERE WE HAVE OUR SNOW FORECAST, A WIDESPREAD 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW, BUT SOME SPOTS, ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE HIGHEST, COULD SEE 6 TO 12 INCHES. NORTHERN AND WESTERN SUBURBS OF NEW YORK AND BOSTON, 1 TO 3 INCHES LIKELY. SO WINTER OBVIOUSLY A COMEBACK BILL. BUT I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS BECAUSE AS WE START OFF NEW MONTH OF FEBRUARY, LOOKING LIKE NEAR-RECORD WARM TEMPERATURES RETURN. >> BILL, ALWAYS THE OPTIMIST. MELISSA, THANKS SO. >> APPRECIATE

IT. COMING UP, THE CIA JUMPING INTO HOSTAGE NEGOTIATIONS. UP NEXT, I’LL SPEAK WITH A FAMILY MEMBER OF A STILL BEING HELD IN GAZA WHENEVER A NEWS RELEASE. WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS. >> ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING. ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MILITARY STRIKE. THE NEED FOR UKRAINE REPORTING FOR THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY BEEN ROLLING FOR IT. TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING

DISASTER IN HAWAII. FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. >> LET’S GO NOW. TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THE STORY IS ON, THE FRONT LINES IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL, OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP, IN BEIRUT. THE FBI REPORTING FROM THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, STREAMING LIVE TO YOU WHEREVER STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE HERE, STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >>

AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. THERE’S A LOT GOING ON. EVERYBODY IN THAT HOME IS OKAY TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT. WE ARE HERE FASHION TO BRING IT TONIGHT OUT. WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY? YOUTUBE HAS UNVEILED A NEW SET OF POLICIES WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT. THE NEW AD CAMPAIGN FAST, STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN A REAL LIFE BARBIE HOUSE. A NAME CHANGE FOR THE WIENERMOBILE. FIRST THING IN THE MORNING, AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE. EARLY NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHY? WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE

START DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS THIS IS “START HERE” TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD ARMOR AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE ABC NEWS, MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. NOW THAT’S PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. WELCOME TO U.S. OFFICIALS SAY THE CIA

DIRECTOR BILL BURNS, WILL SOON TRAVEL TO EUROPE TO MEET WITH QATARI, EGYPTIAN AND ISRAELI OFFICIALS FOR TALKS ON A POTENTIAL AGREEMENT TO FREE HOSTAGES IN GAZA. THE SAME OFFICIALS SAY THE U.S. BELIEVES IT IS NOW TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF ALL THE REMAINING HOSTAGES THROUGH A SINGLE DIPLOMATIC AGREEMENT IN EXCHANGE FOR A PROLONGED CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES. THE NEWS COMES AS THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS PRESIDENT SPOKE WITH THE QATARI EMIR TODAY ON EFFORTS TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF ALL HOSTAGES STILL IN CAPTIVITY. AND WHILE THERE ARE HOSTAGES STILL IN CAPTIVITY, YOU KNOW, FAMILIES ARE STILL IN

DISTRESS. FAMILIES OF THE HOSTAGES ARE SPEAKING. SOME MEETING WITH LAWMAKERS IN THE U.S. AND ADVOCATING FOR THE RELEASE OF THEIR CAPTIVE FAMILY MEMBERS. >> KAMEL GOT AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST FROM TEL AVIV, WAS VISITING HER PARENTS IN KIBBUTZ BARI ON OCTOBER 7TH, WHEN HAMAS TERRORISTS ATTACKED, KILLING HER MOTHER. >> THERE IT WAS TAKEN CAPTIVE AS WELL AS HER BROTHER ALAN AND SISTER IN LAW, JORDAN AND GEFFEN, WHO WERE ALSO VISITING LONDON GEFFEN ESCAPE. >> JORDAN HAS SINCE BEEN RELEASED. KAMEL IS STILL BEING HELD CAPTIVE. GILLY ROMAN, RELATIVE OF KAMEL, JOINS ME NOW. FIRST OF ALL, AS

SAID WHEN I FIRST MET YOU, THERE AREN’T REALLY WORDS TO SAY I’M SORRY FOR WHAT YOU’RE GOING THROUGH, BUT OBVIOUSLY IT BEEN A NIGHTMARE. YOU JUST HEARD WHAT WE SAID THAT THE U.S. IS WORKING. START BY TELLING US BECAUSE, YOU ISRAELI, BUT YOU’RE HERE IN AMERICA. >> TELL US WHY YOU’RE HERE AND WHO YOU’RE MEETING WITH. WE ARE HERE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS ALREADY. ME AND MY COUSIN, IT’S OUR SECOND TRIP TO THE U.S. AND WE ARE HAVING PERILOUS TRIP RIGHT NOW TO GERMANY WITH MY LITTLE SISTER, RONI. >> WE ARE HERE TO MAKE SURE TWO

THINGS ARE HAPPENING. FIRST OF ALL, THAT HUMANITARIAN CASE OF THE HOSTAGES WILL NOT BE NEGLECTED OR FORGOTTEN. WELL, THANK YOU FOR ME. THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE WE ARE HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU REMEMBER THEIR FACES. YOU REMEMBER THEIR STORIES. YOU REMEMBER THEIR. IT’S A VERY SIMPLE DEMAND. BRING THEM BACK HOME NOW. UNCONDITIONALLY, IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL HAVE TO BE STILL ON THE HEADLINES ALL OVER THE WESTERN WORLD. THE SECOND THING IS TO CONVEY OUR PERSPECTIVE TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR RELEASE THE IMPORTANCE OF THE END OF HAMAS TERRORIST

MOVES IN GAZA. AND ALSO TO SHARE OUR HOPE FOR AS YOU MENTIONED, THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES AND FOR A BETTER FUTURE THAT MIGHT TAKE A LOT OF TIME. BUT WE THINK THAT THE OPPORTUNITY, AS YOU DESCRIBE, IS ON OUR DOORSTEP. >> SO YOU CAME HERE, YOU MET WITH YOU MENTIONED, SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN, ED MARKEY, OTHERS. >> SANDERS SENATOR SANDERS CORRECT. YOU’RE SPECIFICALLY MEETING WITH PROGRESSIVE LEADERS HERE IN THE U.S. WHY? I THINK THAT FOR US, IT’S IMPORTANT, FIRSTLY, BECAUSE WE ARE FROM THE LIBERAL LEFT. THIS OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY. THIS IS WHO WE FEEL WILL FELT

SENSE OF BELONGING TO. FOR ME IS THE PEACE EDUCATOR AND A.P. HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST. THIS IS THE PEOPLE THAT I THINK THAT SHOULD SUPPORT US THE MOST. >> THIS IS THE PEOPLE THAT WE SHARE OUR VALUES WITH. AND WE WANT TO EXPLAIN TO THEM AND TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM ABOUT WHY WE EXPECT THESE THINGS. AND WE ALSO SEE THAT AMONG THE PROGRESSIVE LEFT, FAR LEFT, THERE ISN’T ENOUGH SUPPORT, THERE IS ENOUGH UNDERSTANDING. THERE EVEN DANGEROUS MESSAGES THAT LEGITIMIZE HAMAS AND THEIR JIHADIST AMBITIONS. AND WE ARE HERE TO SAY HOW UNACCEPTABLE AND UNREASONABLE THAT

IS. TALK TO ME A BIT ABOUT KAMEL. >> SHE’S IN HER THIRTIES, I UNDERSTAND. AND THIS MUST HAVE BEEN SO DIFFICULT, YOU AS A FAMILY. SHE WAS YOU THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO BE RELEASED IN DECEMBER AND THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN. AND THAT THAT’S GOT TO BE JUST ,YOU KNOW, PAIN ON TOP OF PAIN. BUT IT MUST BE HEARTWARMING TO UNDERSTAND THAT SHE’S ACTUALLY HELPING OTHERS. YOU’VE GOTTEN SOME TESTIMONY, THIS FROM FOLKS WHO HAVE COME BACK, THAT SHE’S AN OCCUPATIONAL AND SHE’S HELPING PEOPLE GET THROUGH WHATEVER ARE GOING THROUGH WITH YOGA AND MEDITATION, TOO. >> YOUR

CAPTION READING? WELL, MIXED EMOTIONS THAT WE HAVE THROUGH ALL THIS PROCESS. OBVIOUSLY, WHEN THEN WAS RELEASED, WE WERE SO THRILLED. I CANNOT BEGIN TO EXPLAIN THE THE LEVEL OF ACCELERATION AND WE ALSO GOT THESE REPORTS ABOUT KAMEL, TWO BOYS THAT WERE WITH HER, THE SAME ROOM, THE SAME HOUSE HELD BY BOTH HAMAS. DESCRIBE TO US A VERY HARD CAPTIVITY, A VERY VIOLENT CAPTIVITY. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE RESULTS THEIR SAYS KAMEL, THAT AS A CARETAKER TAUGHT THEM YOGA, MEDITATION AND MAKE SURE THAT THE MENTORS MENTAL HEALTH IS BEING KEPT THERE THEN WAS RELEASED ON

THE 14TH OF THE 54TH DAY. WE REALLY HOPE THAT ON THE EIGHTH AND NINE DAYS OF THE ORDEAL, IT IS ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING WOMEN WILL BE RELEASED. THAT WAS EXCRUCIATING. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT JORDAN BROKE DOWN THAT I BROKE DOWN AFTER HER RELEASE. SEEING THE HOSTILITIES GETTING BACK ACTION AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO SEE KAMEL FOR A LONG TIME. AND JUST AND JUST FINALLY, BECAUSE, YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE TALK A CEASE FIRE, IT’S DIFFERENT. WHEN YOU’RE YOU’RE SITTING WITH A FAMILY MEMBER, SOMEONE WHO’S STILL BEING HELD HOSTAGE IN

GAZA AND YOU HAVE SAYING, WELL, THE IDF KILLED THESE HOSTAGES IN THIS ATTACK. I MEAN, DO YOU DO YOU THINK THERE CAN BE ANY KIND OF CEASE WITHOUT THE RETURN OF ALL THE HOSTAGES? >> BECAUSE I KNOW FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, IT MUST BE SO PAINFUL TO SEE THE STILL IN GAZA KNOWING THAT KAMEL IS THERE. KNOW IT’S ILLEGITIMATE TO TALK ABOUT A CEASEFIRE THAT IS ONLY HUMANITARIAN TALK FOR ONE SIDE. IT’S GOING TO DO THE THE HOSTAGES WHICH ARE STILL THERE . A CEASEFIRE SHOULD SERVE BOTH. AND I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO DECIDE

WHETHER I SHOULD CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE AND END OF THE TERRORIST REGIME OF HAMAS OR SHOULD I CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE AND A BETTER HUMANITARIAN FUTURE TO BE SEEN BASICALLY. THOSE ARE THE IT’S THE THING CALLED THOSE ARE INTEGRATED EACH OTHER. IF WE’LL HAVE ALL OF THEM, THAT IS THE ONLY PATH FOR A DEAL THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. SO WE’D TO INCLUDE THE RELEASE OF HOSTAGES, THE END OF HAMAS, AND OF COURSE A BETTER HUMANITARIAN FUTURE AND AN END OF THE HOSTILITIES. ALL OF AS A PACKAGE DEAL CAN BRING US TO A

MUCH BETTER SITUATION THAN THE ONE THAT WE ARE STANDING ON. WHATEVER HAPPENS POLITICALLY, I HOPE THAT KAMEL COMES HOME TOO SOON. ABSOLUTELY. GILLY RAHMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME. WE APPRECIATE IT. AND STILL TO COME, HAVE THIS TO TELL YOU ABOUT, AN ACCIDENT IN ITALY SENDING SKIING STAR MIKAELA TO THE HOSPITAL. HOW THE DECORATED ATHLETE IS DOING RIGHT NOW. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. TONIGHT IS A POSSIBLE BIPARTISAN SOLUTION TO THE BORDER CRISIS COLLIDING WITH CAMPAIGN POLITICS. PLUS, TRACKING FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN, MELTING SNOW. MORE AMERICANS TURN TO MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION.

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THE BORDER COLLIDING WITH CAMPAIGN POLITICS. PLUS, TRACKING FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN, MELTING SNOW. MORE AMERICANS TURN TO THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION. “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT”, DAVID, I HAVE WATER. THEY’RE EXPECTING US. IT’S OUR SECRET WORLD. WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS WHAT WE’VE BEEN. SORRY. AND AS A SLICE OF HUMAN FOR EITHER ASSASSINATIONS, THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED BECAUSE THEY’RE UNDER NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE. AND EVERYWHERE. WOW. ALL RIGHT, HERE WE GO. READY? LET’S DO IT. YES,

IT’S THE SHOW WANTS AND AMERICA NEEDS RIGHT NOW. >> THIS IS WHAT WOULD YOU DO NOW I GO, HOW ARE YOU? YOU? YEAH. SO WHAT WILL YOU BE WATCHING? SATURDAY IS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? I GUESS I JUST FOUND OUT. SO WHAT WOULD YOU MARATHON 2 TO 6 EASTERN EVERY SATURDAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE MY FAVORITE SHOW. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? ABC NEWS. THIS IS STARTING TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S STORIES START HERE. THAT’S THE PART OF THE

STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> YOU GET YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS TODAY, ABC NEWS LIVE. AFTER A FIERY SET OF CLOSING ARGUMENTS, THE JURY IN DONALD TRUMP’S DEFAMATION TRIAL NOW DELIBERATING THE CASE. WE ARE LIVE OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE. WET WEATHER THIS WEEKEND. RAIN AND FLOODS SOAKING SOUTHERN STATES. EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW AS WE TRACK THE SYSTEM. AND A KILLING COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED. THAT’S WHAT PROSECUTORS ARE ARGUING AS MOTHER OF THE MICHIGAN SCHOOL SHOOTER STANDS TRIAL FACING CHARGES OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. HI, EVERYONE. I’M OFF. WE DO HAVE BREAKING

NEWS TO BEGIN THIS HOUR. THE JURY IS DELIBERATING IN A CIVIL DEFAMATION TRIAL AGAINST DONALD TRUMP. THE JURY DECIDING, WHETHER TRUMP MUST PAY E. JEAN CARROLL MILLIONS OF DOLLARS FOR DEFAME ING HER AFTER SHE ACCUSED HIM OF ASSAULT. >> THIS ALL COMING AFTER. A JURY ALREADY FOUND HIM LIBEL FOR THE ASSAULT THAT WAS IN 2022, WHICH THE FORMER “ELLE” MAGAZINE COLUMNIST SAYS HAPPENED IN A DEPARTMENT STORE DRESSING ROOM. BACK IN THE 90S, ABC NEWS SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER AARON KATERSKY JOINS ME FROM OUTSIDE COURT NOW ALONG WITH LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR AND TRIAL ATTORNEY BRIAN BUCKMIRE. GENTLEMEN, THANK

YOU. AARON, LET’S BEGIN WITH YOU. NOW THAT THE JURY HAS THE CASE, WHAT’S THE TIMELINE, AT LEAST FOR THE REST OF THIS DAY? JURORS HAVE THE CASE FOR ABOUT AN HOUR AND THEY’LL GO UNTIL AT LEAST 4:30 P.M. EASTERN TIME. THAT POINT, THEY’LL HAVE TO TELL THE JUDGE WHETHER THEY WANT TO STOP FOR THE DAY OR WHETHER THEY WANT TO CONTINUE. THE ONLY ISSUE THEY’RE DECIDING IS MONEY. HOW MUCH OF IT, IF ANY, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP SHOULD PAY E. JEAN CARROLL FOR DEFAMING HER WHILE HE WAS PRESIDENT WHEN HE DENIED HER ASSAULT CLAIM AND HER

ATTORNEYS ASKED TO CONSIDER ABOUT $12 MILLION IN COMPENSATORY DAMAGES TO HER REPUTATION FROM ALL THE DAMAGE THAT SHE SAYS, TRUMP INFLICTED. ANOTHER 12 MILLION PERHAPS TO COMPENSATE HER FOR ALL THE MALICIOUS ATTACKS THAT SHE HAS HAD TO LIVE WITH OVER THE PAST SEVERAL YEARS, AND THEN UNTOLD MILLIONS IN PUNITIVE DAMAGES. ASKING THE JURY TO CONSIDER HOW WILL IT TAKE TO MAKE TRUMP STOP. AND BRIAN, TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED IN COURT TODAY TO SAY IT GOT OFF TO A ROUGH START, I GUESS WOULD BE AN UNDERSTATEMENT. >> YES. SO WE SAW THE CLOSING

ARGUMENTS FOR THE 80 MINUTE OR MAYBE CLOSER TO THE BEGINNING OF THE E. JEAN CARROLL. THE ATTORNEYS ARE SAYING SORRY ,DONALD TRUMP JUST GETS UP AND WALKS OUT KIND OF EXPECTING THE JUDGE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE PUT HIM ON THE MARKET OVER THERE. THERE’S A COURT REPORTER TAKING NOTES AND EVERYTHING. THEY CAME RIGHT DOWN TO WHAT THEY SEE AS A SET OF COMMENTS ON IT AND THEY CONSIDER THE FACT THAT HE WALKED OUT. HE ONLY CAME BACK. WELL, THAT PEOPLE WERE SAYING TO THEM, ERIN TALKS ABOUT THE ISSUE HERE IS DOLLARS. >> YEAH. AND THIS

IS I MEAN, TO CALL IT A CLOSED AND SHUT CASE. I MEAN, THEY’VE ALREADY DECIDED WHAT WHAT HAPPENED IN THE NINE DAYS. NOW THEY’RE TRYING TO FIGURE OUT MUCH MONEY. WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE? HOW MUCH MONEY COULD IT BE? >> WELL, IT COULD BE A LOT. THE WAY THE RECORD BOOKS OUT IS IT STARTS OFF AND GETS VERY DAMAGED. SO THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT HOW TO COMPENSATE, GET A CHANCE TO ABOUT ARTHUR ENGORON FACIAL HAIR. THEN THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT ACTUAL ARTIFICIAL HAIR. >> BUT THEN THEY GET TO PUNITIVE DAMAGES BECAUSE THE CONDITIONS

WHERE YOU’RE DESCRIBING YOU CAN ACTUALLY GO AN ARTICLE CAME UP AND SAY YOU’RE TAKING 7 TO 1 $1 MILLION TO REPAIR HER REPUTATION. >> BUT WE TALK ABOUT PUNITIVE DAMAGES. WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THIS SHOW THAT MALICIOUSLY PREDICTED RECKLESSLY OR WITH WILLFUL DISREGARD FOR THOSE WORDS. THAT’S WHERE WE GET TO THE TRUTH OF DAMAGES AND THE LATEST INDICTMENTS ARE IN COURT THAT CAN GO TOO FAR MORE ON WHAT WE CONSIDER THE EVIDENCE. >> ALL RIGHT. ALL EYES ON THE JURY NOW, BRIAN BUCKMIRE AARON KATERSKY, THANK YOU BOTH VERY MUCH. >> ALSO HAPPENING, ALASKA AIRLINES PUTTING SOME

OF ITS MAX. NINE PLANES BACK IN THE SKY COMES JUST THREE WEEKS AFTER THAT TERRIFYING MOMENT WHEN A DOOR PLUG FLEW OFF THE PLANE 16,000 FEET IN THE AIR. ABC TRANSPORTATION REPORTER FOLLOWING THE STORY FOR US, JOINS US AGAIN NOW. >> SAM, TODAY’S NEWS IS PRETTY BIG FOR ALASKA AIRLINES, AMONG OTHERS. TALK TO US A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THE ROLL OUT OF THESE MAX NINE’S BACK INTO THE AIR AND WHEN DO YOU THINK WE CAN EXPECT BOEING’S FULL MAX NINE FLEET TO BE BACK INTO SERVICE? WELL, PHIL, AIRLINES HAVE BEEN WORKING AROUND THE CLOCK TO

GET THIS RIGHT. >> THEY’VE BEEN WORKING THE FAA AND BOEING. THEY WAITED SEVERAL WEEKS TO GET THOSE FINAL PAPERWORK, THE FINAL INSTRUCTIONS FOR THIS. AND THEY FINALLY GOT IT THEN. THEY WERE NOW BEEN SPENDING ABOUT 8 TO 12 HOURS PER PLANE TO MAKE SURE THEY SAFE. THEY ARE COMBING THROUGH EVERY PART OF THESE PLANES TO MAKE THEY ARE READY TO GO. >> AND AS YOU SAID, ALASKA AIRLINES SET TO PUT THE FIRST ONE BACK INTO THE AIR A LITTLE LATER ON THIS EVENING. >> IT WILL FLY FROM SEATTLE DOWN TO SAN DIEGO AND SENT TO

PASSENGERS OF THAT ALASKA 1282 FLIGHT SPOKE OUT TODAY ABOUT WHAT REALLY MUST HAVE BEEN A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE FOR THEM. WHAT DID THEY SAY AND WHY DID THEY CHOOSE TO COME FORWARD NOW? THOSE TWO PASSENGERS THAT WERE SITTING ABOUT TWO ROWS BEHIND WHERE THAT BLOWOUT HAPPENED AND AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, IT WAS A TRAUMATIC EXPERIENCE. THEY WERE FLYING WITH THEIR DOG AND THEY DESCRIBED ON TO THEIR DOG AND NOW THEY CAN’T STOP THINKING ABOUT IT. >> AND THEY’RE IN THE LAST FEW DAYS, THE LAST FEW WEEKS AS THEY TRY TO MOVE ON. >> AND NOW THEY

ARE WORKING WITH A LAWYER AND PERHAPS LAYING THE GROUNDWORK FOR A LAWSUIT THEY HAVE NOT FILED IT YET, BUT IT COULD COME DEPENDING ON RESPONSE FROM BOTH BOEING AND ALASKA AIRLINES. >> LET’S LISTEN TO WHAT THEY HAD TO SAY. I STILL THINK ABOUT IT ANY TIME I LOOK AT HIM AND I HIM, MY WIFE, IT BRINGS IT BACK. YOU KNOW, THINKING IT COULD HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, THE WORST LITTLE KNOWN AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. YEAH. VERY, VERY EXPERIENCE FOR THEM. THEY ARE WORKING THROUGH IT. THEY SAID THEY ARE NOW SEEING A THERAPIST THAT THEY HAVE

FOUND ON THEIR OWN. THEY ARE NOT USING THE ONE THAT ALASKA OFFERED. YOU REMEMBER, ALASKA AIRLINES INITIALLY OFFERED 1500 DOLLARS TO EACH OF THOSE PASSENGERS ON BOARD. IT’S UNCLEAR THEY WILL UP THAT. WE’LL HAVE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS THERE. BUT AGAIN, THOSE MAX SAID TO BE BACK IN THE AIR LATER ON TODAY. >> ALL RIGHT, SAM SWEENEY, THANKS FOR KEEPING AN EYE ON THAT. WE APPRECIATE IT. SO THE TRIAL CONTINUES FOR THE OF HIGH SCHOOL MASS SHOOTER ETHAN CRUMBLEY JENNIFER CRUMBLEY IS FACING FOUR COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER HERSELF AFTER HER SON OPENED FIRE AT OXFORD

HIGH SCHOOL IN 2021, KILLING FOUR AND WOUNDING SEVERAL OTHERS IN WHAT BECAME THE DEADLIEST SHOOTING IN MICHIGAN HISTORY. JENNIFER IS IN COURT FOR HER SON, ACCESS TO THAT GUN. AND NOW WE’RE STARTING TO HEAR FROM THE FIRST WITNESSES. AS A LAWYER FOR JENNIFER CRUMBLEY SAYS, SHE INTENDS TO TAKE THE STAND AND TESTIFY IN HER OWN DEFENSE. FOR MORE ON ALL OF THIS, ABC’S TREVOR AULT JOINS US NOW. >> TREVOR, TODAY MARKS DAY FOUR OF THE TRIAL PROCEEDINGS. SO BREAKDOWN OF THE HIGHLIGHTS OF WHAT WE’VE SEEN SO FAR. YES. ALSO THE BULK OF THE TESTIMONY TODAY

HAS BEEN GOING OVER THE MESSAGING BETWEEN JENNIFER CRUMBLEY AND HER HUSBAND AND HER SON AND ALSO SOME OF HER FRIENDS. WE HEARD SOME TESTIMONY FROM A CELLPHONE FORENSICS EXPERT ALSO RESPONDED TO THE SCENE OF THIS MASS SHOOTING. AND HE TESTIFIED THAT JENNIFER CRUMBLY ACTUALLY DELETED HER MESSAGES ON FACEBOOK BETWEEN HER AND HER HUSBAND. THEY HAD TO GET A SEARCH WARRANT TO GO BACK AND RECOVER THEM. AND WHAT DID IS ESSENTIALLY PAINT A PICTURE OF THE HISTORY LEADING UP TO THAT SHOOTING THE PROSECUTION SAID WERE MANY MISSED WARNING SIGNS ABOUT HER SON’S DETERIORATING MENTAL HEALTH AS

JENNIFER CRUMBLEY AND HER HUSBAND BOUGHT HIM A WEAPON. AND THEN HE TOOK THAT GUN AND KILLED FOUR OF HIS FELLOW CLASSMATES. THEY TALK ABOUT ONE INSTANCE IN WHICH HE WAS TEXTING HIS MOTHER, CLAIMING HE SAW A DEMON IN THE HOUSE AND WHICH HE DIDN’T REPLY, SAID, CAN YOU AT LEAST TEXT BACK? SHE DIDN’T TEXT BACK AND TOOK ABOUT AN HOUR AND A HALF BEFORE SHE EVENTUALLY CALLED HIM. AND THEY ALSO HAVE SOME MESSAGES, PHIL, THAT I WANT TO READ IN WHICH THE PROSECUTION SAID HE HAD REACHED TO WHAT THEY SAY IS HIS ONLY FRIEND. AND

REGARDING HIS MENTAL HEALTH. AND HE SAID, QUOTE, IT HAS GOTTEN TO THE POINT WHERE I HAVE ASKED MY DAD, LET ME MAKE SURE I GET YOU THE EXACT QUOTE HERE. >> THE SHOOTER SAID, I ACTUALLY ASKED MY DAD TO TAKE ME TO THE DOCTOR YESTERDAY, BUT HE JUST GAVE ME SOME PILLS AND TOLD ME TO IT UP. LIKE, IT’S AT THE POINT I’M ASKING TO GO TO THE DOCTOR. MY MOM LAUGHED WHEN I TOLD HER. >> SO THE PROSECUTION SAYS THERE WERE A NUMBER OF RED FLAGS. HE WAS ASKING FOR HELP, AND AT THE SAME

TIME, THE OF THE SHOOTING, EVEN THOUGH THEY CALLED 911, THEY REALIZED THAT WEAPON WAS MISSING. THEY ALSO SAY THAT JENNIFER CRUMBLEY TEXTED HER FRIEND, I WISH THERE WERE WARNING SIGNS. HE’S A GOOD KID. >> WELL, THOSE ARE POWERFUL, POWERFUL WORDS TO READ, TREVOR. WHEN WILL WE SEE JENNIFER TESTIFY? YOU THINK? AND HOW ABOUT ETHAN? AS YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT ETHAN WHEN HE WAS ON TRIAL, SAID MY PARENTS, I TAKE SOLE RESPONSIBILITY FOR THIS. >> YES. AND ULTIMATELY, WE’RE NOT GOING TO HEAR THAT IN THIS TRIAL BECAUSE IT’S BEEN NOW THAT THEIR SON IS

NOT GOING TO TESTIFY IN THIS CASE. JENNIFER CRUMBLEY DEFENSE ATTORNEY COMPELLED HIM TO TESTIFY. HE’D ALREADY THAT HE IS GOING TO PLEAD THE FIFTH. HIS ATTORNEYS HAD MADE THAT VERY CLEAR. SO THE SAYS WE ARE NOT GOING TO SEE THE SHOOTER TESTIFY IN THIS TRIAL. AS FOR JENNIFER CRUMBLEY HERSELF, WHO WILL ALMOST CERTAINLY BE THE STAR WITNESS IN THIS CASE, THAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN. >> I WOULD ASSUME AS SOON AS DUNN IS THE PROSECUTION, AS SOON AS THEY ARE DONE BRINGING ALL THEIR WITNESSES HERE, WHICH COULD TAKE A FEW MORE DAYS AT LEAST, IT’S CERTAINLY

NOT GOING TO HAPPEN TODAY. BUT THAT’S GOING TO BE THE CRUX OF THIS ENTIRE CASE. JENNIFER CRUMBLEY IN THESE FOUR INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER CHARGES. CLEARLY, HER DEFENSE TEAM BELIEVES THAT SHE CAN PRESENT AS THIS HYPER VIGILANT MOTHER. THAT’S WHAT THEY CLAIMED THAT SHE IS, AND THAT SHE WAS BLINDSIDED BY ALL THESE FACTS AND THE SCHOOL WERE THE ONES THAT WERE CAUGHT OFF GUARD, EVEN THOUGH THEY WERE PROFESSIONALS. BUT IT IS GOING TO BE A VERY DIFFICULT CROSS-EXAMINATION AND JENNIFER CRUMBLEY STATE IS LIKELY TO HANG ON. >> THAT TESTIMONY FILL LIES THIS TRIAL. >> ALL RIGHT, TREVOR

AULT, THANKS SO MUCH. SO THE SUSPECT ACCUSED OF KILLING FOUR UNIVERSITY OF IDAHO STUDENTS IS EXPECTED IN COURT THIS AFTERNOON. BRIAN KOHBERGER AND HIS LAWYERS ARE ONCE AGAIN ASKING FOR THE INDICTMENT TO BE DISMISSED, CLAIMING THERE WAS IMPROPER CONDUCT DURING THE GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS. >> ABC’S MORGAN NORWOOD HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THIS STORY US. MORGAN WHAT CAN WE EXPECT OUT OF TODAY’S HEARING? YES IT’S GOOD TO BE WITH YOU. SO WE ARE ACTUALLY TRACKING TWO KEY HEARINGS AND BOTH OF THEM ARE PRETTY SIMILAR. THE FIRST ONE IS ACTUALLY CLOSE. IT IS SEALED. SO WE MAY NOT

KNOW IMMEDIATELY WHAT’S GOING TO HAPPEN WITH THAT. >> BUT THE SECOND ONE, THAT ONE ACTUALLY WILL GET UNDERWAY PRETTY SHORTLY. THAT IS UP FOR. SO IN LESS THAN AN HOUR THE BOTH AGAIN CENTER AROUND THE DEFENSE TRYING TO GET THESE CHARGES THROWN OUT ON BEHALF OF BRIAN. RIGHT. THERE MIGHT BE DISCUSSION ABOUT DISCOVERY. WE MIGHT HEAR SOMETHING ABOUT EVIDENCE WHAT THE DEFENSE WILL HAVE ACCESS TO. BUT WHAT WE ARE REALLY WATCHING FOR TODAY IS THE SCHEDULING CONFERENCE. OF COURSE, THAT IS WHEN A TRIAL DATE COULD BE SET IN WHICH THESE FAMILIES ARE DEFINITELY TUNED IN

AND LOCKED IN TO SEE WHAT THE DATE IS GOING TO LOOK LIKE FOR THAT. >> AND SO FOLLOWING THAT, WHEN DO WE THINK A TRIAL COULD START? >> AND WHAT DOES JUSTICE REALLY LOOK LIKE FOR THE FAMILIES HERE? >> YEAH, LOOK, JUSTICE LOOKS DIFFERENT FOR EVERYONE. BUT IN TERMS OF THE TIMELINE HERE, WE KNOW THAT THE COURT HAD PREVIOUSLY KIND OF A SUMMER START AND THAT WAS A PARTICULAR RALLY BECAUSE THEY DIDN’T WANT TO BE DISRUPTIVE TO THE COMMUNITY. THEY DIDN’T WANT TO BE DISRUPTIVE TO SCHOOL. SO WE’LL SEE IF WE GET AN ANSWER ON

A TRIAL DATE SOMETIME TODAY. BUT AGAIN, I WANT TO POINT OUT THE PROSECUTION IS SEEKING THE DEATH PENALTY IN THIS CASE AND SOME OF THE FAMILIES ARE ACTUALLY STILL FIGHTING TO GET THEIR LOVED ONES BELONGINGS BACK. OUR KAYNA WHITWORTH DID AN INCREDIBLE INTERVIEW YESTERDAY WITH THE FAMILY OF STEVE COHEN, SAW THIS OR CAYLEE’S AND SAW THIS. STEVE IS HER FATHER AND HERE’S WHAT HE TOLD HER. IN EFFORTS TO GET A DIGITAL COPY OF HER PHONE RECORDS. >> TAKE A LISTEN. WELL, JUST LEFT IN LIMBO. THESE ARE THE LAST MOMENTS OF YOUR CHILD’S LIFE AND. >>

YOU’RE SITTING HERE FIGHTING WITH SOMEBODY WHO JUST DOESN’T CARE. >> YES. SO I CAN JUST IMAGINE WHAT THIS FAMILY GONE THROUGH, NOT ONLY JUST THE, YOU KNOW, THE MURDERS AND LOSING THEIR THEIR CHILDREN, BUT THEN THE HOME, WHAT’S TORN DOWN. AND SO THEN THEY HAVE THIS FIGHT EVIDENCE AND THEN NOW THEY’RE WAITING TO SEE IF THE SUSPECT IN DAUGHTER’S MURDER WILL FACE OR GO TO TRIAL AND WHAT THE TIMELINE GOING TO BE ON ALL OF THAT. AND, OF COURSE, WE KNOW THAT HEARING GETS UNDERWAY PRETTY SHORTLY AT 4:00 OR KAYNA WHITWORTH WILL BE IN A

COURTROOM AND WE’LL HAVE MUCH ON BOTH OF THOSE HEARINGS LATER TODAY. >> AND FOR THE FAMILIES, THIS IS ALL JUST PART OF A NIGHTMARE THAT CONTINUES. ALL RIGHT, MORGAN, THANK YOU. AND DEVELOPING NOW, AUTHORITIES IN WASHINGTON STATE INVESTIGATING A SERIES OF SHOOTINGS ON OR NEAR HIGHWAYS. THE LATEST HAPPENED LAST NIGHT IN KING COUNTY, WHICH IS NEAR SEATTLE. WASHINGTON STATE PATROL SAY THERE HAD BEEN SEVERAL REPORTED HIGHWAY SHOOTINGS IN RECENT WEEKS. ABC JURIEN HAS FILED HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THESE DEVELOPMENTS. JOINS ME NOW. ZAREEN, WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS INVESTIGATION AT THIS HOUR? YES, WELL,

I MEAN, FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS JUST REALLY SCARY FOR DRIVERS ON THE ROAD IN WASHINGTON. STATE TROOPERS THERE ARE NOW RAMPING UP PATROLS. AND THAT’S BECAUSE THERE HAVE BEEN A SERIES OF THESE JUST RANDOM SHOOTINGS, THE SEATTLE AREA. I GOT OFF THE PHONE WITH THE STATE TROOPER ON, THIS CASE. HE CONFIRMED SEVEN DIFFERENT SHOOTING INSTANCES AND MULTIPLE VEHICLES THAT WERE FOUND WITH BULLET HOLES. SO FAR, THERE’S ONLY BEEN ONE MINOR INJURY REPORTED. BUT WHAT THEY’RE LOOKING FOR, PHIL, IS THIS INFORMATION ON FOUR DIFFERENT VEHICLES OF INTEREST. THE SHOOTINGS ALL OCCURRED ON DIFFERENT STRETCHES OF

HIGHWAYS. AND MOST OF THEM TOOK PLACE IN SOUTH COUNTY ON JANUARY 19TH. OFFICIALS SAY A VICTIM SEEN THAT HE WAS DRIVING A FORD F-150 ON WEST I-90 NEAR ISLAND. AND THAT IS WHEN HE SAYS A WHITE TOYOTA FORERUNNER FIRED AT HIS VEHICLE. ONE OF THOSE BULLETS HIT THE BACK, HIS TRUCK. AND THEN JUST YESTERDAY, KING COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE REPORTED ANOTHER SUSPECT SHOOTING AT A VEHICLE. AND THAT’S THE ONE THAT LEFT THE PASSENGER INJURED WHEN A BULLET GRAZED HIS LEG. BUT HERE’S CONFUSING THING, THOUGH. OFFICIALS SAY ALL SEVEN OF THOSE SHOOTINGS DO NOT TO BE CONNECTED.

BUT, OF COURSE, DRIVERS THERE ARE STILL ON EDGE. >> SO THIS MUST BE JUST TERRIFYING FOR THE COMMUNITY. ZOHREEN SHAH FROM CALIFORNIA. >> ZAIN, THANK YOU. A POWERFUL NEW STORM ON THE MOVE, THREATENING MILLIONS OF AMERICANS IN TEXAS. HIGH WATER MAKING FOR DANGEROUS ROAD CONDITIONS. YOU SEE HERE TWO COMMUNITIES NEAR HOUSTON UNDER VOLUNTARY EVACUATION ORDERS. IN ILLINOIS, THAWING ICE AND HEAVY RAIN IS TRIGGERING FLASH FLOODING. SOME RESIDENTS LIVING IN THE WILMINGTON WARNED TO BE PREPARED FOR POTENTIAL EVACUATIONS. A FLOOD WATCH IN EFFECT FOR SEVEN STATES. ALSO, A THREAT, TORNADOES AND DAMAGING WIND. METEOROLOGIST MELISSA GRIFFIN

TRACKING THIS EXTREME WEATHER FOR US. >> MELISSA, WHAT ARE WE LOOKING AT? WELL, PHIL, YOU CAN SEE HERE IN YELLOW, THIS IS WHERE I’M MOST CONCERNED TONIGHT, THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW FOR THAT RENEWED FLASH FLOODING THREAT. AND HERE’S CIRCLED IN RED ACROSS ALABAMA INTO THE FLORIDA PANHANDLE. THE THREAT FOR DAMAGING WINDS, TORNADOES, AGAIN, THIS IS TONIGHT THROUGHOUT THE DAY TOMORROW, SOME OF THESE AREAS, ESPECIALLY LOUISIANA AND MISSISSIPPI, HAVE ALREADY SEEN 6 TO 8 INCHES OF RAIN EARLIER THIS WEEK. SO FLASH FLOODING, A BIG WITH THOSE GROUNDS ALREADY SO SATURATED. >> NOW, SATURDAY MORNING, WE’RE GOING

TO TIME IT OUT FOR YOU. MOST OF THE DAY IN THE NORTHEAST IS DRY ON, BUT THEN THE HEAVY RAIN MOVES IN LATE OVERNIGHT THROUGHOUT SUNDAY MORNING. D.C., BALTIMORE, PHILLY, NEW YORK CITY, YOU’RE ALL GOING TO BE IN THAT HEAVY RAIN AS YOU WAKE UP. AND THROUGHOUT THE DAY ON SUNDAY, THAT SNOW ACROSS THE NORTHERN TIER AND ACROSS PARTS OF NEW ENGLAND, YOU CAN AS WE GO THROUGH THE DAY ON SUNDAY, MOST OF THE RAIN STARTING TO CLEAR FOR THE MAJOR CITIES, BUT HEAVY SNOW REMAINS FOR MUCH THE NORTHERN PART OF THE NORTHEAST. SO THIS

IS WHERE WE HAVE OUR SNOW FORECAST. A WIDESPREAD 3 TO 6 INCHES OF SNOW, BUT SOME SPOTS ACROSS THE HIGHEST ELEVATIONS COULD SEE 6 TO 12 INCHES NORTHERN WESTERN SUBURBS OF NEW YORK AND BOSTON. 1 TO 3 INCHES LIKELY. >> SO WINTER OBVIOUSLY MAKING A COMEBACK. BILL. BUT I WANT TO LEAVE YOU WITH THIS BECAUSE AS WE START OFF THE NEW MONTH OF FEBRUARY, LOOKING LIKE NEAR-RECORD WARM TEMPERATURES, RETURN BILL. >> ALWAYS THE OPTIMIST. MELISSA, THANKS SO MUCH. APPRECIATE IT. COMING UP, THE CIA JUMPING INTO HOSTAGE NEGOTIATIONS UP NEXT. I’LL SPEAK WITH A FAMILY MEMBER

OF A WOMAN STILL BEING HELD IN. GAZA. TONIGHT IS A POSSIBLE BIPARTISANSHIP OCEAN TO THE BORDER CRISIS COLLIDING WITH CAMPAIGN POLITICS. PLUS TRACKING THE FLOODING FROM HEAVY RAIN AND MELTING SNOW. MORE AMERICANS TURN TO THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION. “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH DAVID MUIR FROM AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE NEWS COMES THE ALL-NEW ABC APP. BREAKING NEWS, INCREDIBLE VIDEO. FASTER, SMARTER AND CUSTOMIZABLE TO YOUR INTERESTS. IF YOU LOVE BEING IN THE KNOW YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE THIS EXPERIENCE. THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW YOU’RE WATCHING AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE SCREENS KEEP STREAMING WITH ABC

LIVE. WELCOME BACK TO U.S. OFFICIALS SAY CIA DIRECTOR BILL BURNS WILL SOON TRAVEL TO EUROPE TO MEET WITH QATARI, EGYPTIAN AND ISRAELI OFFICIALS FOR TALKS ON A POTENTIAL AGREEMENT TO FREE HOSTAGES IN GAZA. THE SAME OFFICIALS SAY THE U.S. BELIEVES IT IS NOW POSSIBLE TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF ALL REMAINING HOSTAGES THROUGH A SINGLE DIPLOMATIC AGREEMENT. IN EXCHANGE, A PROLONGED CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES. THE NEWS COMES AS. THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS PRESIDENT BIDEN SPOKE WITH THE QATARI EMIR TODAY ON EFFORTS TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF ALL HOSTAGES. STILL CAPTIVITY. AND WHILE THERE ARE HOSTAGES STILL IN

CAPTIVITY, KNOW FAMILIES ARE STILL IN DISTRESS. FAMILIES OF THE HOSTAGES ARE SPEAKING OUT. SOME MEETING WITH LAWMAKERS IN THE U.S. AND ADVOCATING FOR THE RELEASE OF THEIR CAPTIVE FAMILY MEMBERS. KAMEL GOT, AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST FROM TEL AVIV, WAS VISITING HER PARENTS IN KIBBUTZ BARI ON OCTOBER 7TH WHEN A MASS TERRORIST ATTACK KILLING HER MOTHER KINNERET AND GOD WAS TAKEN CAPTIVE, AS WELL AS HER BROTHER ALON AND IN LAW YARDEN AND NIECE GEFFEN, WHO WERE ALSO . RON AND GEFFEN ESCAPED. JORDAN HAS SINCE BEEN RELEASED ,IS STILL BEING HELD CAPTIVE. GIL ROMAN, A RELATIVE OF KAMEL,

JOINS ME NOW. FIRST OF ALL, AS I SAID WHEN I FIRST MET YOU, THERE ARE REALLY WORDS TO SAY I’M SORRY FOR WHAT YOU’RE GOING THROUGH, BUT IT HAS BEEN A NIGHTMARE. YOU JUST HEARD WHAT WE SAID THAT THE U.S. IS WORKING. START BY TELLING US BECAUSE YOU ISRAELI, BUT YOU’RE HERE IN AMERICA. TELL US WHY YOU’RE HERE AND WHO YOU’RE MEETING WITH. >> WE ARE HERE FOR SEVERAL MONTHS ALREADY. ME AND MY COUSINS ON SECOND TRIP TO THE U.S. AND WE ARE HAVING A PARALLEL TRIP RIGHT NOW TO GERMANY WITH MY LITTLE SISTER, LONNIE.

WE ARE HERE TO MAKE SURE TWO THINGS ARE HAPPENING. FIRST OF ALL, THAT THE HUMANITARIAN CASE, THE HOSTAGES WILL NOT BE NEGLECTED, ALSO FORGOTTEN. WELL, THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> THIS IS EXACTLY WHY WE WE ARE HERE TO MAKE SURE THAT REMEMBER THEIR FACES. >> YOU REMEMBER THEIR STORIES. YOU REMEMBER THE. >> IT’S A VERY SIMPLE DEMAND. BRING THEM BACK HOME NOW, UNCONDITIONALLY, IMMEDIATELY. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE FEEL HAVE TO BE STILL ON THE HEADLINES ALL OVER THE WESTERN WORLD. THE SECOND THING IS TO CONVEY OUR TO TALK ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF THEIR

RELEASE, THE IMPORTANCE OF THE END OF THE HAMAS TERRORIST REGIME IN GAZA. AND ALSO TO SHARE OUR HOPE FOR, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES AND FOR A BETTER FUTURE THAT MAY TAKE A LOT OF TIME, BUT WE THINK THAT THE OPPORTUNITY IS YOU DESCRIBE IS ON OUR DOORSTEP. >> SO YOU CAME HERE, YOU MET WITH YOU MENTIONED SENATOR ELIZABETH WARREN, ED, OTHERS. >> SANDERS SENATOR SANDERS, CORRECT. >> YOU’RE SPECIFICALLY MEETING WITH PROGRESSIVE LEADERS HERE IN THE U.S. WHY? I THINK THAT FOR US, IT’S IMPORTANT, FIRSTLY, BECAUSE ARE FROM THE LIBERAL LEFT. THIS IS

OUR GLOBAL COMMUNITY. THIS IS WHO WE FEEL OR FELT A SENSE OF BELONGING TO. FOR ME, AS A PEACE EDUCATOR AND A A.B. HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST, AND THIS IS THE PEOPLE THAT I THINK THAT SUPPORT US THE MOST, THIS IS THE PEOPLE THAT WE SHARE OUR VALUE WITH. AND WE TO EXPLAIN TO THEM AND TO HAVE A CONVERSATION WITH THEM. BUT WHY WE EXPECT THESE THINGS. AND WE ALSO FEEL THAT AMONG PROGRESSIVE AND THEREFORE FAR LEFT, THERE ISN’T ENOUGH SUPPORT, THERE IS ENOUGH UNDERSTANDING THERE EVEN DANGEROUS MESSAGES THAT LEGITIMIZE HAMAS AND THEIR JIHADIST AMBITIONS. AND

WE ARE HERE TO SAY HOW UNACCEPTABLE AND UNREASONABLE THAT IS. TALK TO ME A BIT ABOUT KAMEL. SHE’S IN HER THIRTIES, I UNDERSTAND. >> AND THIS MUST HAVE BEEN SO DIFFICULT FOR YOU AS A FAMILY. >> SHE WAS YOU THOUGHT SHE WAS GOING TO BE RELEASED IN DECEMBER AND THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN. AND THAT THAT’S GOT TO BE JUST, YOU KNOW, PAIN ON TOP OF PAIN. BUT IT MUST BE HEARTWARMING TO UNDERSTAND THAT SHE’S ACTUALLY HELPING OTHERS. YOU’VE GOTTEN SOME TESTIMONY ABOUT THIS FROM, FOLKS WHO HAVE COME BACK THAT SHE’S AN OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST AND SHE’S PEOPLE

GET THROUGH WHATEVER THEY ARE GOING THROUGH WITH YOGA AND MEDITATION. >> YOUR CAPTION REALLY? WELL, THE MIXED THAT WE HAVE THROUGH ALL THIS PROCESS. SO OBVIOUSLY WHEN YOU THEN WAS RELEASED, WE WERE SO THRILLED. I CANNOT EVEN EXPLAIN THE LEVEL OF ACCELERATION AND ALSO GOT THESE REPORTS ABOUT KAMEL, TWO BOYS THAT WERE HURT. >> WE HEARD THE SAME ROOM AT THE SAME HOUSE HELD BY BOTH HAMAS. DESCRIBE TO US A VERY HARD CAPTIVITY, A VERY VIOLENT CAPTIVITY. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THE RESOURCEFULNESS OF KAMEL THAT AS THE CARETAKER TOLD THEM, YOU’RE GOING TO DICTATION

AND MAKE SURE THAT THE MENTORS MENTAL HEALTH IS BEING KEPT THERE, THEN WAS RELEASED ON THE 40 THE 54TH DAY. WE REALLY HOPE THAT THE EIGHTH OR NINE DAYS OF THE DEAL COME, IT IS OF THE LAST REMAINING WOMEN WILL BE RELEASED. AND THAT EXCRUCIATING. THAT WAS THE FIRST TIME THAT YOU THEN BROKE DOWN. THAT I BROKE DOWN AFTER HER RELEASE. SEEING THE HOSTILITY IS GETTING BACK INTO ACTION AND UNDERSTANDING THAT WE ARE NOT GOING TO SEE KAMEL FOR A LONG TIME AND JUST JUST FINALLY, BECAUSE YOU KNOW, WHEN PEOPLE TALK ABOUT A IT’S DIFFERENT

WHEN YOU’RE YOU’RE SITTING WITH A FAMILY, SOMEONE WHO’S STILL BEING HELD HOSTAGE IN GAZA AND YOU HAVE HAMAS SAYING, WELL ,THE IDF KILLED THESE HOSTAGES IN THIS ATTACK. I MEAN, DO YOU DO YOU THINK THERE CAN BE ANY KIND OF CEASEFIRE WITHOUT THE RETURN OF ALL THE HOSTAGES? >> BECAUSE I KNOW FROM YOUR PERSPECTIVE, IT MUST BE PAINFUL TO SEE THE FIGHTING STILL IN GAZA, KNOWING THAT KAMEL IS THERE. AND IT’S ILLEGITIMATE TO TALK ABOUT CEASEFIRE THAT IS ONLY HUMANITARIAN. FOR ONE SIDE. IT’S GOING TO DO THE THE HOSTAGES ARE STILL THERE. >> A CEASEFIRE

SHOULD SERVE BOTH. AND I THINK THAT PEOPLE ARE TRYING TO DECIDE WHETHER I SHOULD CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE AND THE END OF THE TERRORIST REGIME OF HAMAS OR SHOULD I CALL FOR A CEASEFIRE AND A BETTER HUMANITARIAN INTEREST OF US IN BASICALLY. THOSE ARE THE IT’S THE THING. CALL THOSE ARE INTEGRATED INTO EACH OTHER. IF WE’LL HAVE ALL OF THEM THAT IS THE ONLY PATH FOR A DEAL THAT WE ARE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. SO IT HAVE TO INCLUDE THE RELEASE OF HOSTAGES, THE END OF HAMAS AND OF COURSE, A BETTER HUMANITARIAN FUTURE AND AN

END OF THE HOSTILITIES. ALL OF THEM AS A PACKAGE DEAL CAN BRING US TO A MUCH SITUATION THAN THE ONE THAT WE ARE STANDING. WHATEVER HAPPENS, I HOPE THAT KAMEL COMES HOME TO YOU SUBSEQUENTLY. GILLY RAHMAN, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR TAKING THE TIME. WE APPRECIATE IT. >> AND STILL TO COME, WE HAVE THIS TO TELL YOU ABOUT. AN ACCIDENT IN ITALY STAR MIKAELA SHIFFRIN TO THE HOSPITAL. HOW THE DECORATED IS DOING RIGHT NOW. WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK. THE CITY OF MEXICO, THERE ARE SOME U.S. CRIMINAL SUSPECTS THAT THINK THEY CAN EVADE LONG BY COMING

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HERE FOR YOU ANYTIME WITH THE LATEST NEWS AND ANALYSIS. YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND US ON VARIOUS STREAMING SERVICES THE ABC NEWS APP AND OF COURSE ABCNEWS.COM. >> THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. “GMA3” STARTS >> DeMarco: “WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW” RIGHT NOW ON “GMA3.” MILLIONS IN MORE THAN TWO DOZEN STATES ON ALERT FOR THICK FOG, WITH FLOOD WATCHES AND WARNINGS ACROSS IF COUNTRY. GINGER ZEE WITH YOUR WEEKEND WEATHER. >> Eva: THE WARNING ON THE RISE IN SEXTORTION CASES, AND WHAT FAMILIES NEED TO KNOW. >>> AND LAURA RHEUTLEDGE IS HER WITH WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ON

THIS WEEKEND’S PLAYOFFS. >> DeMarco: AND THE U.S. ECONOMY GROWING AT A MUCH HIGHER RATE THAN EXPECTED. TREASURY SECRETARY JANET YELLEN WEIGHS IN AND OUR ELIZABETH SCHULZE HAS THE LATEST. >> Eva: PLUS, TRANSFORMING TRAGEDY INTO PERSONAL AND SPIRITUAL TRIUMPH. IT’S A FAITH FRIDAY MESSAGE WE CAN ALL GET BEHIND. >>> I LOVE THESE GUYS WHO DIDN’T GO TO SCHOOL AND THEY ASSUME THEY’RE STREET SMART. IT’S LIKE, YO, IT’S NOT AUTOMATIC. YOU COULD BE BOOK DUMB AND STREET DUMB. >> DeMarco: AND LEAVE ROOM FOR PLENTY OF LAUGHS. RONNY CHIENG BRINGS THE HUMOR, TAKING US INSIDE HIS “LOVE TO

HATE IT” TOUR. >> Announcer: NOW FROM TIMES SQUARE, DeMARCO MORGAN AND EVA PILGRIM WITH DR. JEN ASHTON AND “WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.” ♪ GOT ME LIKE OH, MY GOD ♪ >> DeMarco: GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. WELCOME TO “WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.” WE MADE IT TO THE WEEKEND. IT IS FRIDAY. >> Eva: HAPPY FRIDAY, EVERYONE. WE WERE SITTING HERE TALKING ABOUT CLOTHES. DeMARCO, YOU’RE FEELING UNDER THE WEATHER TODAY. >> DeMarco: JUST A LITTLE BIT. JUST A SINUS INFECTION. >> Dr. Jen: DO YOU NEED A DOCTOR? >> DeMarco: I ALWAYS NEED A DOCTOR. LET’S TALK MEDICAL

NEWS WITH AMERICA’S FAVORITE DOCTOR. THERE’S A COUGH MEDICINE BEING RECALLED. >> Dr. Jen: HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. THIS PERTAINS TO DAYTIME AND NIGHTTIME ROBITUSSIN HONEY VERSION FOR ADULTS. IT HAS AN OPERATION DATE OF OCTOBER 2025 TO JUNE 2026. THERE’S EIGHT LOT NUMBERS AFFECTED. THEY’RE VOLUNTARILY RECALLING THIS BECAUSE OF A CONCERN FOR HIGH LEVELS OF YEAST THAT COULD RESULT IN FUNGAL INFECTIONS, PARTICULARLY FOR PEOPLE WHO HAVE A COMPROMISED IMMUNE SYSTEM. IF YOU HAVE ONE OF THESE LOT NUMBERS THAT IS AFFECTED, YOU WANT TO DISCONTINUE USE IMMEDIATELY. IF YOU THINK YOU HAVE ANY ADVERSE SIDE

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SEE TORNADOS IN THE PANHANDLE OF FLORIDA UP THROUGH BIRMINGHAM. THE NORTHEAST WE HAVE RAIN AT THE COAST, BUT SUNDAY IN THE CATSKILLS AND POCONOS. >> Reporter: NOW TO A BIPARTISAN DEAL IN THE WORKS TO HELP ALLEVIATE THE BORDER CRISIS IN JEOPARDY WITH FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP URGING REPUBLICANS TO TANK ANY LEGISLATURE. TRUMP’S POLITICAL PRESSURE PUTS REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS IN A BIND AND MAY KEEP THEM FROM DOING THEIR JOB. A NEW PUSH BY THE WHITE HOUSE TO BROKER A CEASE-FIRE AND HOSTAGE DEAL OVERSEAS TO FREE 100 HOSTAGES BELIEVED TO BE HELD BY HAMAS. THE CIA DIRECTOR ON

HIS WAY TO UR EUROPE TO BROKER THAT AGREEMENT. >>> AN INVESTIGATION INTO WHAT BROUGHT DOWN THIS HISTORIC CHURCH, APPARENTLY WITHOUT WARNING. VIDEO CAPTURING THE COLLAPSE OF THE STEEPLE. REMARKABLY NO ONE WAS INJURED. THAT STRUCTURE DATES BACK TO THE 1850s. >>> KING JAMES MAKES HISTORY, NAMED TO HIS 20th ALL-STAR TEAM. THE FIRST PLAYER IN THE NBA WITH THAT HONOR. >>> ON THIS FRIDAY TOP-RANKED SOUTH CAROLINA BEATING THE DEFENDING CHAMPS THE LSU TIGERS IN BATON ROUGE. EVA’S GAMECOCKS PULLING OUT THAT EXCITING WIN, KEEPING THEIR PERFECT SEASON ALIVE. SOUTH CAROLINA SNAPPING THE TIGERS’ 29-HOME GAME WINNING STREAK. ACCORDING

TO SOURCES, WE HEAR THAT SOMEBODY, EVA, MAY HAVE BEEN UP LATE WATCHING. >> DeMarco: I FEEL LIKE THIS WHOLE MONTH HAS BEEN DEDICATED TO SOUTH CAROLINA. DO YOU HAVE SOMETHING TO SAY? >> Eva: THE THING IS THERE’S GREAT STUFF HAPPENING IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. >> Dr. Jen: AND GREAT THINGS CAME FROM THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. >> Eva: WE HAVE SOME GOOD PEOPLE DOWN THERE. >> DeMarco: JAY, THANK YOU. >>> STILL AHEAD ON “GMA3,” IT’S A DISTURBING TREND ON THE RISE. SEXTORTION. HOW PARENTS CAN BETTER PROTECT THEIR CHILDREN. >> Eva: PLUS, THE TEAMS

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AND GUARDIANS. NOW AN AGENT FROM THE FBI IS NOW JOINING US. THANK YOU FOR BEING HERE. >> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME. >> Eva: WHY ARE WE SEEING THIS SPIKE AND WHY TEEN BOYS? >> IT’S A GREAT QUESTION. I THINK THE SPIKE IS DUE TO CHANGES IN TECHNOLOGY AS TECHNOLOGY CHANGES, OFFENDERS ADAPT. THEY’VE LEARNED THEY CAN USE SEXTORTION SCHEMES TO IMPACT OUR MOST VULNERABLE VICTIMS, CHILDREN. >> DeMarco: WHY ARE WE RAISING THE ALARM NOW? >> WE’RE RAISING THE ALARM NOW BECAUSE STATISTICALLY SPEAKING, IF I CAN THROW NUMBERS AT YOU, IN THE FIRST SIX MONTHS OF

2022 THE FBI RECEIVED TEN TIMES THE NUMBER OHE PRIOR YEAR. TO MORE JUST AUTOMATICALLY IN THIS IF THE DEPOSITED IN MORE THAN THAT, YOUR HONOR, IT CONTINUES AND SAYS AND DURING TIME THE DISTRICT COURT OR ADMINISTRATIVE AGENCY SHALL HAVE NO POWER OR AUTHORITY OVER THE ACTION OR PROCEEDING. >> WE’RE NOT JUST TALKING ABOUT A STAY IN THE PROCEEDINGS WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THIS COURT LOSING ITS POWER AND THE AUTHORITY. THIS CASE, WHILE THE APPEAL MAKES ITS WAY THROUGH THE APPELLATE PROCESS, THAT IS GOING TO CAUSE SIGNIFICANT DELAY AS WE’RE ABOUT TO HAVE AN ARGUMENT OR A

CONVERSATION AT LEAST ABOUT SCHEDULING. AND THERE IS A LOT THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE. THIS TRIAL HAPPENS. AT THIS POINT, IT WILL HAVE NO POWER TO THOSE ISSUES. YES, CASES PENDING ON APPEAL. >> NOW, IN FULL DISCLOSURE, THERE SOME EXCEPTIONS TO THAT RULE, BUT IT’S THE EXACT SAME EXCEPTIONS THAT APPLY TO AN APPEAL AS A RIGHT AFTER JUDGMENT. SO THINGS LIKE YOU CAN CHANGE THE SENTENCE, YOU CAN SENTENCE THE DEFENDANT, YOU CAN CHANGE, BAIL, YOU LIKE THAT. BUT FOR WE’VE HAD THE GENETIC GENEALOGY ISSUE, THIS IT’S STILL OUT THERE. WE’RE WORKING AT MAKING PROGRESS, ALL

OF IT. BUT ON THAT, ALL BUT NOT DISCOVERY, BUT NO CHANGE OF VENUE, HOT BUTTON ON MOTIONS ABOUT EXPERTS AND WHO SAY WHAT IT WOULD SIGNIFICANTLY DELAYED ITS LITIGATION. WHICH BRINGS ME TO MY FINAL POINT, AND THAT IS I DON’T WANT TO LOSE SIGHT OF THE FACT OF THE SERIOUSNESS OF THIS CASE. >> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT A HOMICIDE UNDER IDAHO LAW. NOT ONLY ARE THOSE WHO WERE KILLED DISMISSED, BUT EVERYTHING NO ONE OF THEIR IMMEDIATE FAMILY MEMBERS IN A VICTIM AND IN THIS STATE IN IDAHO ARE VICTIMS, HAVE THEIR CONSTITUTION NOR THE RIGHT TO

A TIMELY RESOLUTION OF THE LITIGATION. WE ARE ALREADY QUITE A WAYS OUT . AND THE IDEA THAT WE WILL HIT THE PAUSE BUTTON AND, TAKE POWER AWAY FROM THIS COURT BECAUSE THERE IS A INTERESTING ISSUE FOR THE IDAHO SUPREME COURT TO ADDRESS IS SOMETHING THAT THIS COURT OR ANY COURT SHOULD TOLERATE. >> IT IS TIME FOR A TRIAL HERE. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MR. DODSON, I JUST WANT TO GET SAID WE BELIEVE THIS TO BE AN IMPORTANT ISSUE AND ONE THAT IS WORTH GETTING A GLANCE AT LEAST FROM A HIGHER COURT RATHER THAN BEING TUCKED

AWAY, FORGOTTEN IN THE MAELSTROM THAT IS TO COME AS STATE UNDOUBTEDLY KNOWS, TRIAL WON’T PUT AN END TO THIS CASE. THIS CASE WILL ON FOR 28 YEARS IF THEY DO ACTUALLY ACHIEVE A CONVICTION. SO THE IDEA THAT SOMEHOW WE’RE RUNNING TOWARD SOMETHING AND THAT THAT’S GOING TO DO ANYBODY ANY GOOD, THEIR STANDPOINT IS, I THINK, FALSE. WHAT WE’RE TO DO IS MAKE SURE THAT THE THINGS THAT OCCUR IN THIS CASE ARE DONE CORRECTLY . AND IF YOU WANT TO TALK ABOUT HOW LONG THINGS ARE GOING TO TAKE, IF STOP WRONG AND THEN SEE HOW LONG

IT TAKES, WE’RE ASKING THE COURT WOULD GIVE US PERMISSION TO GO AND SEE IF THE UNITED KNOW SUPREME COURT WOULD BE WILLING TO WEIGH IN ON THIS PARTICULAR WHETHER OR NOT THE CASE MAKES ITS WAY TO TRIAL AT POINT, IT IS IN OUR MIND, JUST PART OF WHAT THE COURT HAS TO LOOK AT, PARTICULARLY IN A CASE WHERE THE STATE’S DECIDED THAT IT WANTS TO TRY TO KILL SOME OCCASIONS. WELL, FIRST OF ALL, THIS IS A RECONSIDERATION OF THE ORDER RELATING TO DISMISSING THE ENTIRETY, WHETHER LIKE THE STANDARD FOR A GRAND JURY IS PROBABLE CAUSE

BEYOND REASONABLE DOUBT. SO I DON’T THINK WE’VE DONE ANYTHING WRONG ABOUT THAT. THAT DECISION WAS PUT OUT QUITE A WHILE AGO. >> IT’S ROOTED IN THE ABSURDITY OF I THINK IT’S STRAIGHT CALL. IT GETS CONCERNED THAT IT AND THE THAT IS DOUBTFUL IN MY OPINION. IS THAT TRUE TO CONSTITUTION STATUTES CASE LAW CRIMINALIZING REALLY COMMON SENSE. SO I FEEL QUITE CONFIDENT THAT THAT IS A CORRECT DECISION. SO THAT ESTABLISH THAT IT IS AGAIN, ESTABLISH THAT STANDARD OF PROOF, AN A.C. BECAUSE THAT THEY HAD A REASONABLE DOUBT, WHICH IS THE STANDARD FOR TRIAL. SO PUTTING THAT

ASIDE, NOW YOU GET TO THIS COMMISSION TO APPEAL US SO WE GET THIS TRULY IN THE CRITERIA FOR THE COMMISSION TO APPEAL THIS. AND THEY WILL TRY THE APPROPRIATE LAWS AS WELL. IT’S VERY, VERY RARE IN CASE LAW FOR SUCH AN APPEAL. >> GREAT DANGER. SUPREME COURT DOES. BUT IT IS RARE AND THE CLEAR HAS ESTABLISHED THIS CRITERIA AND I’LL JUST READ THIS PART OF THIS. >> THE ISSUE NEEDS TO INVOLVE A CONTROLLING QUESTION OF LAW AS TO WHICH THERE IS SUBSTANTIAL GROUNDS FOR DIFFERENCE OF OPINION. AGAIN, IN MY OPINION, BASED UPON ALL THE LAWS,

I WOULD SAY, IS THAT THERE IS NOT A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION ABOUT WHAT THE STANDARD FOR THE GRAND JURY IS. SO THE DEFENSE IS MAKING THAT ARGUMENT. I RESPECT THAT. I DON’T AGREE WITH THAT. BUT THAT’S THAT’S WHERE THIS IS. I DON’T SEE A DIFFERENCE OF OPINION THROUGHOUT THE STATE ABOUT, WHAT THE STANDARD IS FOR GRAND JURY DETERMINING IN A STATE THAT THE BCA ALSO HAS A CIRCUIT COURT CASE. >> THIS IS SOMETHING THAT MR. NYE REALLY FOCUSED ON WHICH IMMEDIATE APPEAL FROM THE ORDER MAY MATERIALLY ADVANCE THE ORDERLY RESOLUTION OF THE LITIGATION. AND I’M

VERY CONCERNED ABOUT THIS DELAY. AND I THINK THAT IF WE SAY THIS TO THE COURT THAT IT’S GOING ADD DELAY THIS YEAR LONG STAY IS CORRECT. THIS IS A COMPLICATED CASE. IT COULD TAKE MORE TIME THAN ANY OF US. BUT I THINK THAT WOULD ADD ADDITIONAL DELAY IN THE THE LAW ALREADY CONCERNED ABOUT THAT OVER HERE. COULD BE ANOTHER YEAR OF THIS LET YOU ALL KNOW. >> NOW, EVEN IF THE U.S. COURT TAKES UP APPEAL, I DO NOT GOING TO DENY THAT THIS COMMISSION NATURE IS IF I ADMIRED THE SUPREME COURT CAN STILL TAKE UP

THIS ISSUE. THAT’S TO THEM. IF THEY DO LOOK AT WANT TO DISTRICT JUDGE’S OPINION MAY SOME BEARING ON THAT. >> I THINK SO BUT THEY COULD STILL OVERTURN THE ORDERS OF THIS COURT THAT MAYBE MOTIONS TO DISMISS AND THEY COULD DISMISS THE INDICTMENT. WHAT WOULD HAPPEN. THAT IS GOING TO REALLY ALL MATERIALLY ADVANCE THE ORDERLY RESOLUTION, THE LITIGATION. THE STATE COULD JUST FILE IT IF YOU LIKE. SO THAT’S SIGNIFICANT WAY MORE DELAY. >> SO IT’S NOT ACTUALLY, YOU COULD GET A CASE LAW VIOLATIONS TOWARDS THE CIVIL CASE 83. BUT COURT ALSO CONSIDERS OTHER FACTORS, INCLUDING

THE IMMEDIATE APPEAL UPON THE PARTIES, EXACTLY THE DELAY OF PROCEEDINGS IN THE DISTRICT COURT PENDING, THE APPEAL, THE LIKELIHOOD OF POSSIBILITY. SECOND, APPEAL AFTER JUDGMENT IS FINALLY ENTERED BY. THE DISTRICT COURT IN THE CASE OF THE APPELLATE COURTS. IT FINISHES, WITH AN APPEAL, MUST BE EXCEPTIONAL SEEKING OF THE APPEAL BECAUSE THE SUPREME COURT DOESN’T GUARANTEE THE APPEALS WHICH MAY BE TAKEN AS A MATTER OF UNDER LAW. SO MY OPINION, I DO NOT FIND THIS CRITERIA TO SATISFY THE COMMISSION’S APPEAL CONTROL. YOUR QUESTION. QUESTION THERE IS GROUNDS FOR DIFFERENCE OF OPINION. SO AS FAR AS I’M

CONCERNED AND 18 DIFFERENCE THAT I’M AWARE OF, AND ALSO DO NOT SEE HOW THE APPEAL TO ADVANCE THE CASE TO THE CONTRARY IN THE PROCESS ONLY REALLY THE EXECUTION. SO I DENY COMMISSION APPEAL, BUT IT’S A YES THEY MAY THE MOTION TO RECONSIDER AND WITH THAT I SAY THE ONLY OCCASION SETTING OR SHOWING OR AT LEAST A SCHEDULE OR SO ANYTHING ELSE ABOUT THIS ISSUE BEFORE INDICATED THAT THE STATE AGENT ACTIONS. MR. J. I THINK FIRST SHOULD ACTUALLY SO THAT THE POSITION IS SCHEDULED. YES. ON THE ACJA AND IN THE START I SAID SOMETHING THAT

I THINK, ALL RIGHT, YOU’VE BEEN WATCHING ALONG WITH THE PROCEEDINGS FROM A MOSCOW, IDAHO, COURTROOM BRIAN COE BURGER, THE SUSPECT IN THE IDAHO COLLEGE. HIS ATTORNEYS WERE ASKING FOR THE TO JUST BE DISMISSED. THERE WERE TWO HEARINGS TODAY, A CLOSED ONE THIS MORNING, THIS PUBLIC ONE RIGHT NOW. THEY WERE CLAIMING THAT THE GRAND WAS GIVEN INACCURATE INSTRUCTIONS, SORT OF THE WRONG STANDARD OF PROOF, A LEGAL TERM. THEY WERE ASKING PERMISSION TO GO THE IDAHO SUPREME COURT ON THAT ISSUE. AND THE JUDGE WHO IS IN THE RIGHT HAND CORNER OF THAT SCREEN HAS DENIED THE MOTION.

>> SO THE INDICTMENT WON’T BE DISMISSED. AND HE’S EVEN ALLOWING, TO THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE, WHICH IS NOT LEGAL KNOWLEDGE, THE DEFENSE TO GO TO THE SUPREME COURT. THAT IS NOT GOING TO BE ALLOWED TO HAPPEN EITHER. BOTH THE PROSECUTION AND THE JUDGE IN THIS CASE CONCERNED ABOUT DELAYING THIS TRIAL EVEN FURTHER. WERE GOING TO CONTINUE WATCHING THE KOHBERGER TRIAL. BUT RIGHT NOW, I WANT TO GO TO A COURTROOM IN NEW YORK CITY WHERE DONALD TRUMP IS HAVING HIS DEFAMATION TRIAL. THE JURY IN THIS TRIAL, IT JUST GOT IT UNDER 3 HOURS AGO. AND

NOW UNDERSTAND THEY HAVE A VERDICT. >> THIS WAS LET’S IN BRIAN BUCKMIRE RIGHT NOW ONE OF OUR LEGAL ANALYST AND BRIAN, THIS TO JUST SET THE STAGE FOR FOLKS E. JEAN CARROLL HAD SUED DONALD TRUMP FOR DEFAMATION. SHE ACCUSED HIM OF ASSAULT THAT WAS ADJUDICATED AND IT WAS THAT HE WAS LIABLE FOR THAT. SO THIS THEN IS THE DAMAGES PHASE, RIGHT? >> THIS JURY IS DECIDING HOW MUCH MONEY SHE SHOULD GET. >> ABSOLUTELY. I’LL START BY SAYING SO. I’VE GOT TO BREAK A LEGAL NARRATIVE. >> SO THAT EXACTLY IS HOW IT WORKS OUT. WELL, WE’RE

REALLY FOCUSING ON HERE. AND WHAT I’M CURIOUS ABOUT IS THE PUNITIVE DAMAGES. BUT BEFORE WE GET THERE, THERE ARE TENS IT’S SORT OF A DEMONSTRATION TO COMPENSATE E. JEAN CARROLL AND THE WAY THE VERDICT SHEET BREAKS DOWN TO TWO WAYS. >> ONE, IN TERMS OF ISSUE THAT YOU REPAIR HER DAMAGE OVER HER, THE DAMAGE, THE REPUTATION ,AND THEN TO HELP REPAIR HER REPUTATION, WE’VE ALREADY HEARD OF AN ASSESSMENT FROM A NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR THAT THE DAMAGES FOR THE PROPERTY INTENTION COULD BE ANYWHERE FROM 7 TO $12.1 BILLION. >> THEN YOU GET TO THE POINT THAT

I THINK IS REALLY INTERESTING. >> THOSE PUNITIVE DAMAGES WE’VE SEEN THAT THE E. JEAN CARROLL ATTORNEYS HAVE ARGUED THAT DONALD TRUMP HASN’T LEARNED HIS LESSON. >> THEY ARGUE THAT HE’S ABOVE THE LAW AND I WILL SAY IF THE ACTRESS IN WALKING OUT OF THE GIRL’S DURING THE CLOSING ARGUMENT PROBABLY ADDED TO BECAUSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT IT, YOU HAVE TO THINK ABOUT WHAT THIS ACT DEFAMATION LEVEL DOES THE BAR FOR HER. WHY WAS IT MALICIOUS? WAS IT HURTFUL? WAS IT DAMAGING? >> BUT I THINK THAT SOME ARE WILLING TO GO A LARGE AMOUNT WHEN A

JURY THEY SAID, YOU KNOW WHAT, YOU DIDN’T LEARN THE LESSON. YOU DO THINK THE SAME THE SAME WAY. >> YOU CAN STOP EVEN DURING THIS TRIAL AND THEY MIGHT REALLY PUNISH IT IN A FEW. >> THE DAMAGE SECTION AND THE ATTORNEY FOR E. JEAN CARROLL ARGUED, I BELIEVE IN THE CLOSING THAT THE ONLY THING I’M PARAPHRASING HERE, THE ONLY THING THAT DONALD TRUMP UNDERSTANDS IS MONEY. IT’S A PARAPHRASE. AND SO THEY WERE ASKING FOR A LOT OF MONEY HERE. >> FIRST, I WANT TO KNOW, DO YOU WERE YOU SURPRISED THAT THIS TOOK UNDER 3 HOURS?

>> I MEAN, THEY ARE TALKING ABOUT MILLIONS AND MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HERE. >> I’M NOT SURPRISED AT ALL BECAUSE OF SOMETHING THAT BURNS ,I WOULD THINK IS VERY INSIGHTFUL. WE THE FIRST TRIAL WHEN WE WERE TALKING ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT DONALD TRUMP HAD COMMITTED A ABUSE AGAINST THESE YOUNG GIRLS THAT TOOK ABOUT THREE OR 4 HOURS TO DECIDE. AND THAT, I THINK, IS A MUCH COMPLICATED ISSUE OF DID THIS CRIME KNOW IT’S NOT A CRIMINAL CASE, BUT DID THIS FORM OF ABUSE OCCURRED IN BACK AND HE DECIDED TO DO 4 HOURS? I THINK THE DOLLAR

AMOUNT AS JURY, AS WELL AS PUNITIVE DAMAGES COULD COULD RUN THE SAME TIME. >> ALSO, FILINGS ARE MAJOR VERDICTS. ONE WAS TO COME BACK THE NEXT WEEK TO DECIDE THE CASE AFTER A TRIAL SUCH AS THIS, WHERE WE SAW DELAYS BASED ON A JUROR BEING SAID, AS WELL AS A JUDGE BEING SICK AND DONALD TRUMP TO MIX LEGAL WITH CAMPAIGN ISSUES. I EXPECT A QUICK VOTE AND ONE TODAY. >> YEAH, THAT’S GOT TO BE THE REAL DEAL. BRIAN. EVERY ATTORNEY I’VE EVER SPOKEN TO HAS SAID THAT ABOUT FRIDAYS ESPECIALLY. IT’S NOT ONE OF THESE CASES

THAT, YOU KNOW, JURIES HAVE TO TAKE DAYS AND DAYS TO GET THERE A FRIDAY. >> BUT HAVING SAID THAT, THIS IS VERY, VERY ISSUE HERE. AND DONALD TRUMP’S BEHAVIOR, I DON’T THINK ANYBODY WOULD SAY HELPED HIM IN THIS COURTROOM. AND WHEN YOU SAW HIM WALK OUT TODAY, WE DIDN’T SEE IT, BUT WE NOW HAVE A COURT SKETCH OF IT. NO CAMERAS IN FEDERAL COURT, BUT WHEN HE WALKED OUT OF THAT COURT TODAY AND HERE’S THE SKETCH IT IN THE MIDDLE OF PROCEEDINGS, HOW JUST HOW UNUSUAL THAT. AND, YOU KNOW, ON A SCALE OF 1 TO

10, HOW HOW DISRESPECTFUL IS THAT IN THIS COURT OF LAW? >> HE IS VERY. I HAD CLIENTS FEEL LIKE THEY WANTED WALK OUT OF COURT IN DIFFERENT PROCEEDINGS AND HAVE NEVER HAD A MONITOR OF LIKE PITCHSIDE WHEN YOU’RE DOING SOMETHING WRONG. THAT’S WHY BEING MY CLIENT IS MAKE SURE ARE SITTING THERE AND YOU MAY LIKE GIVE TO DONALD TRUMP. YOU MAY BE ABLE TO THE OTHER SIDE TO SAY, AND I’VE BEEN IN THAT POSITION, YOU MAY HATE WHAT THE JUDGE IS SAYING. AND I DID A DEPOSITION AS WELL . YOU MIGHT WANT TO FEEL LIKE,

YOU KNOW WHAT, I’M GOING TO TURN MY BACK ON BOTH OF THESE PARTIES BECAUSE FORGET ABOUT I DON’T LISTEN TO YOU. BUT YOU’VE GOT TO REMEMBER, IT’S THE JURY THAT YOU WANT TO GET THE MOST PERSPECTIVE. AND WHEN YOU WALK OUT OF IT, WE ALSO WALK IN THAT COURTROOM IN THE FACE, THE JURY. >> BUT IT CAN BE PERCEIVED AS DISRESPECT ON THE STAND AND ULTIMATELY THEIR REWARD. ADAMS ZERO TO THAT PUNITIVE DAMAGE COMPETITOR. >> ANY DAMAGE SECTION OF THAT CIRCULAR. YEAH. THERE IS A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DECORUM AND THE JURY DOES TAKE NOTICE. BRIAN.

STAND BY FOR JUST A MINUTE. I WANT TO BRING IN JOHN SANTUCCI ON THE PHONE RIGHT NOW. JOHN, YOU COVERED DONALD TRUMP VERY CLOSELY. OBVIOUSLY, YOU’VE BEEN WATCHING THIS. I’M CURIOUS, START WITH WITH HIM WALKING OUT OF COURT TODAY. DID THAT SURPRISE YOU? DO YOU THINK IT HURT HIM? AS BRIAN SAYS? >> WHAT DO YOU THINK, THAT WE HAVE A VERDICT IN UNDER 3 HOURS? WELL, I MEAN, BRIAN KNOWS FAR BETTER THAN ALL OF US, BUT IT WAS COVERING CASES FELL 3 HOURS. IT USUALLY NOT A GOOD SIGN FOR THE DEFENDANT. SO OBVIOUSLY, DONALD TRUMP

MIGHT HAVE FELT THAT COMING. I THINK IT WAS DONALD TRUMP STORMING OFF IN CASE AS A PRECURSOR IN THAT WE SAW DONALD TRUMP’S BEHAVIOR OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS THROUGHOUT, THESE PROCEEDINGS. RIGHT. THE JUDGE AT ONE POINT WHEN THINGS GOT STARTED. COMMENT DAYS ON FROM MODERATE UNDER HIS BREATH SAYING I’LL THROW YOU OUT. AND TRUMP RESPONDING TO JUDGE KAPLAN SAYING I LOVE THAT YOU KNOW DONALD TRUMP ON THIS CASE IN PARTICULAR. THIS IS ONE THAT HE BELIEVED MORE THAN ANY THEM FRANKLY, IS THE ONE WE FELT IT WAS JUST UNFAIR. HE HAS TOLD PEOPLE

REPEATEDLY AND HE HAS SAID IT BOTH ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL ACROSS SOCIAL MEDIA. HE UP AND DOWN SAYS HE DOESN’T REMEMBER. E. JEAN CARROLL SAYS THE INCIDENT THAT SHE TALKS ABOUT OCCURRED OFF. GOODMAN NEVER HAPPENED. BUT THE REALITY, THOUGH, IS THAT THAT’S NOT WHAT THIS CASE IS ABOUT. BILL. THAT WAS ALREADY DECIDED THAT WAS IN TRIAL. HE WAS ALREADY FOUND GUILTY OF HAVING ASSAULTED E. JEAN CARROLL BERGDORF GOODMAN DECADES AGO. THIS IS ABOUT THE DAMAGE IS THIS IS ABOUT DONALD TRUMP ACTIONS CONSTANTLY ATTACKING E. JEAN CARROLL. LOOK, IT’S JUST THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. DONALD

TRUMP LEFT THAT COURTROOM ABOUT A WEEK AGO, WENT TO ONE OF HIS BUILDINGS AND CONTINUED TO ATTACK E. JEAN CARROLL THE EXACT THING THAT HE WAS ON TRIAL FOR DEFAMATION. HE CONTINUED TO ATTACK HER, HER LAWYERS, THE COURTS, DONALD TRUMP IS HIS OWN WORST ENEMY. WE ALL KNOW THAT RIGHT NOW. DONALD TRUMP FEELS AS, THOUGH, HE IS THE VICTIM. HE IS GOING TO MAKE EVERYBODY KNOW AND SEE. AND GOING BACK TO THE START OF YOUR QUESTION, PHIL. DONALD TRUMP WALKING OUT OF COURT TODAY. CASE IN POINT, THE VICTIM. HE STARTED TO HEAR THE PRESENTATION BY

ROBERTA KAPLAN, THE PLAINTIFF’S ATTORNEY ATTACKING, ATTACKING THIS CHARACTER AND KNOWING DONALD TRUMP AS WELL AS I DO. HE HAD ENOUGH. >> ALL RIGHT. AND JOHN, KNOWING HIM AS WELL AS YOU DO AND FOLLOWING POLITICS AS YOU DO, IT SEEMS THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN HAS MADE A CALCULATION. THE TEAM AROUND HIM HAS MADE A CALCULATION, THE CANDIDATE INCLUDED. >> ONE WOULD THINK HE DRIVES A LOT OF THAT. >> YOU KNOW, YOU TALK ABOUT BEING THE VICTIM, THAT ALL OF THESE COURT CASES AGAINST HIM ARE POLITICALLY MOTIVATED LUMPS, THIS ONE INTO THE OTHERS THAT HAVE TO DO WITH

POLITICS AND THAT WORKS WITH A CERTAIN ELECTORATE. BUT THE END OF THE DAY, THE LAW IS THE LAW IN IN IN THIS COUNTRY. >> AND AS YOU POINT OUT, THIS IS ALREADY SORT OF BEEN ADJUDICATED. >> THIS IS JUST THE DAMAGES PORTION OF IT. YES, BUT THE THING, THOUGH, PHIL, RIGHT. WHEN DONALD TRUMP HAS DONE SO, IS MAKING IT PART OF THE CAMPAIGN HERE. DONALD TRUMP IS TAKING ALL OF THE CASES AGAINST HIM. AND LET’S LET’S COUNT THEM. WE CAN. THERE IS A LOT RACE JUST IN NEW YORK ALONG E. JEAN CARROLL RIGHT NOW WHERE

WE ARE IN LOWER MANHATTAN. OUR TEAM, THEY’RE WAITING FOR THE VERDICT BE READ. WE ARE WAITING FOR A VERDICT IN THE NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL CASE. THAT IS THE CIVIL CASE INTO HOW DONALD TRUMP INFLATED OR DEFLATED THE VALUE OF HIS PROPERTIES, DEPENDING IF HE WAS DEALING WITH INSURERS OR TAX THOSE. JUST THE CIVIL CASES. HE’S GOT FOUR CRIMINAL CASES, ONE OF WHICH IS SCHEDULED TO GO TO TRIAL IN MANHATTAN IN JUST A COUPLE OF MONTHS. THAT’S THE THE CASE INVOLVES HUSH MONEY PAYMENTS MADE TO STORMY DANIELS TO CASES IN THE FEDERAL COURT INVOLVING THE

SPECIAL COUNSEL’S PROBE INTO DOCUMENTS TAKEN TOMORROW AND JANUARY SIX EFFORTS TO OVERTURN THE ELECTION. AND A FOURTH CASE, WHICH IS, YOU KNOW, ANOTHER QUESTION MARK AT THE MOMENT, IT’S GOT INVOLVED IN COUNTY, GEORGIA, WITH THE PRESIDENT’S EFFORTS TO OVERTURN THE ELECTION IN THAT CITY, WHICH DONALD TRUMP IS DOING. PHIL HAS TO USE ALL OF THESE CASES OF SEXISM AND OTHERS THAT JUST POP UP AROUND HIM, HIS FAMILY, AND SAY, LOOK AT THIS STORM CLOUDS, LOOK AT ALL OF THESE THINGS. HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY FOLLOW ALL THIS? YOU KNOW, SEE THE WAY IN WHICH CASE IS

THIS IS THE WITCH HUNT. THIS IS EVERYBODY ALL OVER THE COUNTRY COMING OUT TO GET ME. THAT IS DONALD TRUMP’S MESSAGE. AND IT’S BEEN A FACT OF PHIL, BECAUSE THE MINUTE DONALD TRUMP’S WALKED INTO ONE OF THESE COURTROOM, HE IS BLASTING OUT AN EMAIL TO, HIS SUPPORTERS SAYING, I NEED YOU TO FUNDRAISE. I NEED YOU TO STAY WITH ME. AND WE HAVE SEEN THAT HAS BEEN EFFECTIVE AND SUCCESSFUL FUNDRAISING. WE SAW POLL NUMBERS GO UP EVERY TIME DONALD TRUMP WAS INDICTED. LOOK AT RON DESANTIS, WHO’S NOW FORMER OPPONENT FOR THE PRIMARIES IN THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION.

THIS, AS IS SAID, MULTIPLE BILL. THIS IS HELPING DONALD TRUMP. THIS IS MAKING HIM AS A GUY THAT WAS BEATING HIM IN THE POLLS PRIOR TO THE SUMMER INDICTMENT. WE HAD A 2023. THAT IS HOW DONALD TRUMP CAMPAIGNING IN 2024. IT’S NOT GOING TO A PIZZA RANCH IN IOWA OR A DINER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. IT’S MAKING A COURTROOM ALL ABOUT THE CAMPAIGN. RIGHT. AND, JOHN, YOU MAKE YOU MAKE A REALLY INTERESTING POINT. >> IT WAS IN IOWA AND IT WAS IN NEW HAMPSHIRE WHERE POLITICAL TEAMS AND ALL OF OUR CORRESPONDENTS TALK TO VOTERS. AND WE

HEARD THAT ECHOED A LOT THROUGHOUT BOTH OF THOSE EARLY STATES, THAT THIS WAS ALL POLITICALLY MOTIVATED AND THEY WEREN’T BREAKING CASE BY CASE. THEY WERE SAYING IT WAS ALL POLITICALLY MOTIVATED. >> HANG ON ONE SECOND, GUYS. I’M GETTING AN EMAIL. GO AHEAD. YES. OKAY. >> I HAVE 83.3 MILLION. YEAH. FOR DEFAMING HER. ALL RIGHT. SO THAT’S FROM THE DOES THAT DOES THAT SURPRISE? >> I MEAN, 83.3 MEANS A LOT OF MONEY. >> YES. NO, IT’S SHOCKING SINCE I STILL GET LIKE ME, I CAN READ THE REPORTING FROM OUR COLLEAGUE AARON KATERSKY, WHO WAS IN COURT.

ARON’S REPORTING RIGHT NOW, THE MANHATTAN FEDERAL COURT ON FRIDAY ORDERED TRUMP TO PAY E. JEAN CARROLL $83.3 MILLION FOR DEFAMING HER. NOW THE JURY FELL, ACCORDING TO CHRISTIE’S REPORTING, BROKE THAT UP INTO TWO CATEGORIES. THEY AWARDED 18.3 MILLION AND COMPENSATORY DAMAGES AND 65 MILLION IN PUNITIVE DAMAGES AS YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, THIS IS A RULING THAT DIDN’T TAKE, AS YOU NOTED, LONG FOR JURY TO GET TO. TOOK HIM JUST UNDER 3 HOURS. DONALD TRUMP NOT IN COURT FOR THAT. BUT THAT IS A REMARKABLE NUMBER . MEAN THEY WERE LOOKING FOR ABOUT 10 MILLION BUT THEN YOU

SEE YOU KNOW THE PUNITIVE DAMAGES FROM PARTICULAR BRIAN WOULD KNOW FAR BETTER THAN ME. I THAT’S REALLY THE JURY WEIGHING DONALD TRUMP’S STATEMENTS. AND CLEARLY THAT IS A NUMBER THAT REALLY ADDED THAT GUIDEPOST TO DONALD TRUMP. >> AND I WANT TO BRING BRIAN BACK IN. SO, BRIAN, YOU HAD SAID THIS WAS, YOU KNOW, AN OPTION, ESPECIALLY IF IT’S A SHORTER DELIBERATION THEY WENT ABOVE WHAT E. JEAN CARROLL WAS ASKING FOR AND 83.3 MILLION TOTAL. >> IT’S A MESSAGE, RIGHT? >> IT’S A MESSAGE THAT YOU SAID A JURY IN A CASE LIKE THIS COULD SEND. YES.

SO THINK ABOUT THIS COMPETITIVE . THOSE ARE THE DAMAGES THAT ARE TALKING ABOUT THAT BIG RETURNS BROUGHT FORWARD FOR THIS NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR. AND THAT WAS ANYWHERE FROM $74.1 MILLION TO REPAIR REPUTATION. >> BUT LIKE I SAID EARLIER, THE PUNITIVE DAMAGES LOOKING TO COURT BECAUSE THAT’S SO SUCH THAT HAS TO SEND A MESSAGE. >> SO WHEN YOU’RE GOING UP AND TELL THE JUDGE AND YOU WALK INTO A LITTLE NATIONS, WHEN YOU’RE SEEING THAT THE WHO’S ON TRIAL FOR DEFAMATION DOES SAY, YOU KNOW IT’S MEANT TO BE RETURNED TO PUNISH, AND THEY PUNISH HARD, I DO

YOU WANT I DIDN’T HAPPEN BE IN THE $65 MILLION RANGE BUT TO YOUR POINT THAT IS A MESSAGE YEAH A MESSAGE. >> AND SO BRIAN LET’S LET’S IN AARON KATERSKY WE UNDERSTAND ERIN IS NOW IN FRONT OF THE CAMERA OUT THERE IN IN FRONT OF THE COURTHOUSE. ERIN, WE’VE GOT YOUR REPORTING JUST AHEAD OF SEEING YOU ON CAMERA BECAUSE EMAILS COME AND COME QUICKER. BUT TELL US WHAT IT WAS LIKE IN HOW IT HOW IT HAPPENED. IT TOOK THE JURY LESS THAN 3 HOURS TO REACH THIS VERDICT, $83.3 MILLION. THE JURY SAID DONALD TRUMP SHOULD

PAY THE E. JEAN CARROLL FOR MAKING STATEMENTS ABOUT HER IN JUNE 2019 AFTER HE ACCUSED HER OF SEXUAL ASSAULT. THE JURY FOUND NOT ONLY WERE THE STATEMENTS OR THE WERE THEY DAMAGING TO EACH CAROL, THEY SAID THAT TRUMP SAID THEM WITH ILL WILL, SPITE WITH VINDICTIVENESS, WANTON RECKLESS OR WILLFUL DISREGARD, MISCARRIAGES, RIOTS AND SO IN ADDITION TO THE $18.3 MILLION IN INTENSITY DAMAGES, THEY AWARDED $65 MILLION IN PUNITIVE DAMAGES. EARLIER IN THE DAY, CARROLL’S ATTORNEYS HAD ASKED THE JURY TO THINK ABOUT HOW MUCH MONEY IT WOULD TAKE TO MAKE DONALD TRUMP STOP DEFAMING E. JEAN

CARROLL, BECAUSE THEY SAID PHIL, HIS DEFAMATORY STATEMENTS CONTINUED WELL BEYOND JUNE 2019. THEY COUNTED WELL OVER 100 TIMES. THEY SAID WHEN TRUMP, DURING THE TRIAL, SAID DEFAMATORY AND DISPARAGING THINGS ABOUT HER. AND SO THIS IS WHAT THE JURY TOOK TO JUST PUNISHMENT. >> AND, AARON, TAKE US INTO THE COURTROOM. TELL US WHAT HOW HOW QUIET IT WAS WHEN THERE’S A THERE’S A JURY VERDICT DELIVERED LIKE THIS. YOU CAN HEAR A PIN DROP. I’M WONDERING WHAT IT WAS LIKE THERE IN FEDERAL COURT WHEN THIS WAS DELIVERED. FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS NOT IN THE ROOM. HE HAD

AT COURT FOR MUCH OF THE DAY, INCLUDING WALKING OUT WHEN ONE OF THE PLAINTIFFS ATTORNEYS WAS DELIVERING A CLOSING STATEMENT. BUT HE WAS NOT THERE WHEN THE VERDICT WAS READ. HIS ATTORNEYS HARBOR MCDOWELL SAT AT COUNSEL TABLE. HIS CRIMINAL ATTORNEY, SUSAN, BEHIND THEM. AND EACH CAROL SAT UP FRONT OF PLAINTIFF’S TABLE IN BETWEEN HER TWO ATTORNEYS, ROBERTA KAPLAN AND, SHAWN CROWLEY. AND WHEN THE JURY WAS POLLED, MEANING WHEN THE JUDGE ASKED EACH OF THE NINE JURORS, ONE BY ONE, TO AFFIRM THIS, IN FACT, WAS THEIR VERDICT, E. JEAN CARROLL SMILED AT THEM . SHE WAS

CLEARLY PLEASED WITH THIS OUTCOME. THE PLAINTIFFS HAD NOT PUT A SPECIFIC DOLLAR FIGURE IN THE JURORS HEADS, BUT THEY SAID REPAIRING THE TO HER REPUTATION WOULD COST ABOUT 12 MILLION. THEY SAID SHE DESERVED AT LEAST ANOTHER 12 MILLION FOR ALL OF THE THE ATTACKS AND FEAR AND THE TERROR THAT THAT HAD CAUSED HER. AND THEN ASKED FOR AN UNTOLD MILLIONS MORE IN PUNITIVE DAMAGES TO PUNISH DONALD TRUMP, TO MAKE HIM STOP, AS THEY PUT IT. AND THAT’S WHAT THE JURY CAME UP WITH, THIS $83.3 MILLION FIGURE. >> BEFORE WE GET TO BRIAN WITH WITH WHAT

HAPPENS NOW, I WANT TO BRING JOHN BACK IN, BECAUSE, JOHN, I WANT TO ASK YOU THIS. I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU THE QUESTION. >> THEY WERE LOOKING FOR A NUMBER THAT WOULD GET TRUMP TO STOP DEFAMING, CAROL. >> YOU THINK 83.3 MILLION IS THAT NUMBER? >> I MEAN, YOU BETTER BELIEVE IT BECAUSE LISTEN, DONALD TRUMP AT THE MOMENT, YOU KNOW, IN AN HOUR AND A HALF OF COVERING THIS AS WELL. SO DONALD TRUMP AT THE MOMENT IS ALSO FACING A POTENTIAL GIGANTIC BILL, THE STATE OF NEW YORK, DEPENDING ON WHAT THE VERDICT IS IN,

AN ATTORNEY GENERAL’S CASE OR TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE OF MOMENTS AGO. SO, YOU KNOW, THE BILLS ARE ASKING COVERAGE FROM RAISING COSTS. IN THAT CASE, THEY’RE SEEKING OVER $300 MILLION AND ALL THESE NUMBER CRUNCHING. HALF A BILLION DOLLARS. DONALD TRUMP MAY BE OUT OF THAT IS NOT ENOUGH MONEY AT THE MOMENT IN THE CAMPAIGN COFFERS TO COVER OF THIS. YOU KNOW, THAT IS A NUMBER THAT YOU HAVE TO ALSO RECOGNIZE THAT DONALD TRUMP, YOU KNOW, FOR THE COMPANY AT THE MOMENT, THE COMPANY IS STABLE, BUT IT’S NOT A COMPANY THAT’S GROWING. RIGHT. THIS NOT DONALD

TRUMP 2015, CUTTING THE RIBBON AT THE NEW HOTEL IN WASHINGTON, D.C.. IF ANYTHING, THE COMPANY HAS BEEN SHRINKING SINCE DONALD TRUMP LEFT THE WHITE HOUSE. >> THEY SOLD THEY SOLD PROPERTY. >> THEY JUST SOLD A BUSINESS THAT THEY HAD IN THE OVER THE WHITESTONE BRIDGE HERE IN NEW YORK AND GOLF CLUB, THEY HELD THEIR YOU KNOW, THIS IS A DIFFERENT WORLD ORDER FOR DONALD TRUMP. AND SIEGE. AND, YOU KNOW, LISTEN, WE KNOW DONALD TRUMP LIKES TO BRAG THAT HE’S REALLY, REALLY RICH. YOU KNOW, A COUPLE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS HERE IS ONE THING, BUT NEARLY $100

MILLION, THAT’S A WHOLE DIFFERENT. >> SO IT IS. AND BRIAN, I WANT TO BRING YOU BACK IN BECAUSE DONALD TRUMP HAS A HISTORY IN COURT CASES OF DELAYING AND APPEALING WHAT CAN BE DONE NOW ON HIS BEHALF. DOES HE HAVE TO DO AFTERNOON WRITE A CHECK FOR 83.3? DOES HE HAVE THE RIGHT TO APPEAL IT? HOW FAR CAN HE GO? HOW LONG CAN THIS BE DELAYED? >> SO WHAT I’M SAYING IS THAT IT’S ONE THING TO WIN A CIVIL CASE. IT’S ANOTHER THING TO PAID. WE ALREADY KNOW THAT HE’S A PURELY ADDITIONAL CASE THAT HIM

LIABLE. AND THAT CASE WAS USED AS A WAY TO START THIS PROCEEDING. SO HE’S ARGUED UNTIL HIS ORIGINAL APPEAL AS RESULT, HE SHOULDN’T HAVE TO PAY HERE. AND THAT MIGHT BE A VERY STRONG ARGUMENT. IT’S A PERSONAL APPEAL, THE DOLLAR AMOUNT HERE AND A FEW RESULTS WILL TAKE SOME TIME. >> LET’S SAY THE APPEAL PROCESS JUST FINISHED AND WHATEVER AMOUNT OF TIME IT TAKES, HE GOES. >> DOES HE STAND DOWN FROM THE HISTORY? AND HE’S PRETTY GOOD AT IT AS WELL. THEN YOU GET TO WHERE YOU. >> WHAT’S NEXT? TYPICALLY, AFTER A MOVE LIKE THIS,

YOU GET NEW ATTORNEY. YOUR ATTORNEY SENT THE LETTER TO DONALD TRUMP SAYING, HEY, IT’S PAINTING THIS DATE. IF THEY DON’T PAY, THEN YOU COULD START THINKING ABOUT WAGES OR INCOME OR INVESTMENTS STARTING LEAVES ON YOUR PROPERTY OR TIE DOWN ASSETS. >> BUT THE PROCESS TAKES TIME. AND I THINK THAT IT’S TO TAKE MORE THAN TEN MONTHS. >> AND I THINK A LOT OF DONALD TRUMP IS ATTEMPTING TO DO IT DELAYED OR DELAYED UNTIL WE GET THE ELECTION. >> AND HIS HOPE IS THAT HE WINS. AND IF HE WINS. HE GOT TO HAVE THE POSSIBILITY OF

WINNING THE FOUR YEARS BECAUSE HOW CAN YOU BE PAYING ALL THIS MONEY WHEN HE IS WONDERFUL SERVING THE COUNTRY? SO IT’S REALLY A PROCESS OF KICKING THE CAN. AND THIS IS NOT GOING TO END TODAY. I THINK IT’S ANOTHER BATTLE TRYING TO GET THE MONEY AND THE BASEBALL. >> I WANT TO BRING AARON BACK IN FROM OUT OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE. AARON, WHAT HAPPENS NOW IN OF ARE THE ATTORNEYS GOING TO COME OUT AND SPEAK? DID YOU GAUGE THEIR REACTION WHEN YOU WERE IN COURT AS WELL? BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY, AGENT CARROLL’S ATTORNEYS HAVE TO BE VERY HAPPY

WITH THIS VERDICT . THEY GOT WAY MORE THAN THEY WERE ASKING FOR. BUT AS BRIAN JUST OUT, IT’S — IT’S NOT A DONE DEAL. IT’S NOT A DONE DEAL. AND NOBODY KNOWS THAT THAN E. JEAN CARROLL AFTER SHE WON AN EARLIER AWARD OF $5 MILLION FROM TRUMP IN A TRIAL LAST MAY ,THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS APPEALING THE OUTCOME. SO SHE HASN’T SEEN THE MONEY, BUT IT IS WAITING IN ESCROW AT AN ACCOUNT HERE AT THE COURTHOUSE. SO FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, THEY HAVE TO DO SOMETHING SIMILAR HERE WITH NOW $83.3 MILLION TRUMP HAS ALREADY LEFT. WE

KNOW HIS ATTORNEYS ARE HERE. WHETHER THEY’RE PREPARED TO SPEAK ON HIS BEHALF, WE’RE NOT SURE. BUT WE KNOW THAT DEFENSE ATTORNEY ELINA HARBOR HAS BEEN EAGER TO SPEAK AT THE CONCLUSION OF THIS CASE BECAUSE SHE FEELS SHE AND THE FORMER PRESIDENT HAVE BEEN MISTREATED BY JUDGE LEWIS KAPLAN, WHO RUNS AN EXTRAORDINARILY TIGHT SHIP. WE KNOW THAT E. JEAN CARROLL, WHO IS NOW 80 YEARS OLD, DID SOMETHING OF A VICTORY LAST MAY. WHETHER SHE’S PREPARED TO MAKE STATEMENTS NOW, LATER, WE’RE NOT SURE. IN THE COMPANY OF HER ATTORNEYS, ROBERTA KAPLAN. CROWLEY. BUT THEY SHOULD BE COMING

OUT SOON. COURT ADJOURNED. EVERYBODY HAS LEFT THE ROOMS AND NOW ALL THAT’S LEFT IS TO SEE WHAT MR. TRUMP IS PREPARED TO DO AND WHETHER, YOU KNOW, E. JEAN CARROLL, IS NOW CELEBRATING. BUT STILL, THIS IS A VINDICATION FOR HER AS SHE TESTIFIED DURING THE COURSE OF THE TRIAL OVER SEVERAL DAYS THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP’S LIES AFFECTED HER. THEY UNLEASHED, AS SHE PUT IT, AN OF OF FEAR AND ANGUISH AND TERROR. SHE WAS LEFT WITH DEATH THREATS THAT SHE SAYS HAVE NOT STOPPED . SHE KEEPS A PITBULL AT HER HOUSE. SHE SLEEPS WITH A GUN

BY HER BED. AND SHE SAID THAT’S WHAT HER LIFE HAS BEEN LIKE EVER SINCE SHE WENT PUBLIC WITH ACCUSATION AGAINST THE FORMER PRESIDENT IN 2019. THE DEFENSE BELIEVES THAT ALL OF THAT WAS OVERBLOWN, THAT E. JEAN CARROLL WAS ENJOYING THE ATTENTION, AND THAT IF SHE DIDN’T WANT TO TO HAVE THIS SCORN HEAPED UPON HER, WELL, THEN SHE SHOULDN’T HAVE BEEN SO PUBLIC WITH HER ALLEGATION. AND CARROLL’S ATTORNEY SAID THAT THAT WAS LIKE VICTIM SHAMING AND AN ANTIQUATED DEAL, REALLY STILL DOING THAT, TO TELL A WOMAN TO KEEP SILENT IF SHE IS ASSAULTED. THAT WAS WHAT

THE JURY WAS WEIGHING AS THEY CAME UP WITH THIS FIGURE IN FAIRLY SHORT ORDER AND UNDER 3 HOURS OF DELIBERATIONS. >> AND, JOHN, I WANT TO KNOW WHAT HAPPENS NEXT POLITICALLY. YOU COVER THIS VERY CLOSELY. I THINK WE SEE JEAN CARROLL THERE WITH HER ATTORNEYS JUST THROUGH THE DOORS THERE AT THE AT THE NEW YORK CITY COURTHOUSE . IT LOOKS LIKE SHE’S MAKING HER WAY OUT. SO WE’RE GOING TO WATCH THIS AS ASK YOU THIS QUESTION, JOHN. BUT I MIGHT WANT TO JUMP BACK IN BECAUSE SHE MAY COME THE CAMERAS. >> SO LET ME JUST

LET ME JUST TALK FOR JUST A MINUTE. >> AS WATCH COMES. CAN YOU COME TO ME? YEAH. AARON, WE’RE WITH YOU STILL. GO. >> E. JEAN CARROLL E. JEAN CARROLL IS NOW EMERGING FROM THE COURT. SHE’S IN THE COMPANY OF HER ATTORNEY, ROBERTA KAPLAN, WHO? HER ARM AROUND E. JEAN CARROLL THERE IN SUNGLASSES, WEARING A WHITE COAT. ON THE OTHER SIDE OF HER IS HER OTHER ATTORNEYS. SEAN PROUDLY. >> BIG SMILES ON THEIR FACES AS THEY PAUSE TO HAVE THEIR PICTURE, TAKEN NOT ONLY BY THE ASSEMBLED REPORTERS, BUT BY A NUMBER OF ONLOOKERS. EVERY TIME

E. JEAN CARROLL HAS BEEN IN COURT ALONG WITH THE FORMER PRESIDENT. IT IS CERTAINLY DRAWN A CROWD OF ONLOOKERS. SHE IS NOT TO PAUSE AT THE MICROPHONES. INSTEAD, SHE IS GETTING INTO A WAITING CAR, BUT CLEARLY PLEASED BY $83.3 MILLION JURY AWARD FOLLOWING THE FOUR DAY TRIAL HERE. LOWER MANHATTAN. YEAH, AND YOU CAN SEE THE WORLD, THE WORLD’S MEDIA IS THERE. YOU KNOW, ANY TIME THE FORMER PRESIDENT IS INVOLVED IN A COURT CASE, THERE ARE A LOT OF EYES ON IT, A LOT OF ATTENTION ON IT. IF IF SHE AND TALKS, WELL, WE’LL COME BACK.

BUT AS WE’RE WATCHING THIS, JOHN, I WANT ASK YOU, AS THIS MOVES FORWARD, THIS IS CLEARLY A LOSS FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT, BUT IS IT A POLITICAL LOSS FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT? >> WELL, THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN. I MEAN, YOU KNOW, HERE’S WHAT’S INTERESTING ABOUT THIS. THIS IS THE FIRST CASE THAT DONALD TRUMP HAS LOST THIS PROCESS. RIGHT. WHAT I MEAN BY THAT IS THAT, YOU KNOW, TALK ABOUT ALL OF THESE ACTIVE CASES. >> WE’VE ONLY BEEN WORLD OF INDICTMENTS SO FAR. WE’VE NOT IN THE CASE OF VERDICT YET. RIGHT. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY, WE’RE

WAITING ON A VERDICT THAT’LL BE AN EVEN BIGGER SUM OF MONEY FROM THE ATTORNEY GENERAL AND ALSO IN NEW YORK. BUT THIS IS THE FIRST ONE SINCE HE’S BEEN A CANDIDATE, SINCE THE ONE THAT HE’S BEEN WINNING PRIMARIES RIGHT BEFORE HE WON THE IOWA CAUCUSES. WARMER NEW HAMPSHIRE CAUCUSES. I CAN TELL YOU THAT IN TALKING TO SOME OF TRUMP’S TEAM, THERE HAD BEEN CONCERNS ABOUT A VERDICT IN THE ATTORNEY GENERAL’S CASE IN PARTICULAR, BECAUSE I GUESS A DONALD TRUMP IMAGE FAIRLY OF THE BUSINESSMAN BRAVADO, THE SUCCESS TO BE CALLED A FRAUD AND TO BE COUNTED

GUILTY, THAT CASE WOULD HURT HIM. BUT THIS ONE, BECAUSE THERE’S ALREADY BEEN A CASE HERE AND HE FOUND GUILTY SEVERAL MONTHS AGO. THEY DIDN’T REALLY SEE AN IMPACT ON IT. THERE IS NOT SO MUCH OF CONCERN THAT IT COULD. BUT, YOU KNOW, UNTIL YOU SEE THE REACTION, UNTIL YOU GET A MOMENT, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE MORE AND MORE PRIMARIES COMING IN THE NEXT COUPLE OF WEEKS BETWEEN NEVADA AND SOUTH CAROLINA. THOSE ARE GOING TO BE TEST MOMENTS, RIGHT. IF THEY COME AND SAY HE RAISED MORE MONEY IN RESPONSE TO THIS VERDICT, THAT BE ANOTHER TEST POINT.

OBVIOUSLY, POLLS ARE FLYING AND ALL THESE PRIMARY STATES, IF HE SUDDENLY GOES DOWN, THAT WILL BE A TEST POINT. BUT I DON’T THINK THERE’S ANYBODY IN TRUMP’S INNER CIRCLE, AND I AM TRYING READ SOME OF THEM RIGHT NOW, BILL, BUT I DON’T THINK THERE’S ANYBODY THAT SEES THIS VERDICT AND SAYS, OH, DARN, THEY’RE NOT GOING TO BE THE NOMINEE ANYMORE. >> THAT’S JUST NOT SOMETHING IN THEIR LEXICON. RIGHT. AND I’M SURE YOU’RE GOING TO SEE IN INBOX AS AS AS MANY OF US DO, FUNDRAISING EMAILS OFF OF THIS PROBABLY BEFORE THE NIGHT IS OVER. WOULDN’T

YOU THINK? >> OH, I THINK WITHIN THE HOUR, I THINK, YOU KNOW, YOU HAVE TO RECOGNIZE. EVERY TIME WE’VE SEEN DONALD TRUMP EXIT OR ENTER A COURT OR A JAILHOUSE AND YOU WERE IN GEORGIA WHO THOUGHT WE HAD EVERYTHING THOSE WORDS, IT WAS UNREDEEMABLE, BUT IMMEDIATELY BLASTED OUT. SO I THINK ANY MATTER OF MOMENTS, OUR TEAM THAT COVERS DONALD THIRD CAMPAIGN TO THE WHITE HOUSE IS GOING TO BE FLAGGING THEM TO US . THEY’RE OUT THERE AND THEY’RE ALREADY FUNDRAISING OFF. AND THAT THAT HAS BEEN THE TRUMP GAME. IT’S NOT, YOU KNOW, BUY A T-SHIRT,

HELP ME DEFEND MYSELF IN THESE CASES. >> RIGHT. AND THE HELP THAT HE WOULD BE LOOKING FOR IN THIS CASE. I MEAN, AS YOU POINT OUT, THIS IS THE FIRST REAL LOSS. THERE ARE INDICTMENTS. THERE HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, APPEALS AND ALL OF ALL OF THE REST AND ALL OF THESE OTHER CASES, SOME OF THEM CRIMINAL, ANOTHER CIVIL. BUT THIS IS A DEFINITIVE JURY AWARD. AND I THINK ANY ANY MEASURE IT IS A GUT PUNCH, $83.3 MILLION. THERE ARE VERY FEW PEOPLE ON EARTH WHO COULD PAY THAT. DONALD TRUMP HAPPENS. BE ONE OF THEM. I’M

WONDERING, BRIAN, ACTUALLY, LET ME ASK ERIN. >> ERIN, IN A WORD LIKE THIS, YOU MENTIONED THAT THERE WAS THE $5 MILLION REWARD. YOU SAID THAT HAS TO BE PUT INTO AN ACCOUNT. I’M WONDERING, CAN YOU GO INTO THAT A LITTLE BIT MORE IN DEPTH AND WILL THAT HAVE TO HAPPEN TO THIS 83.3 MILLION AS THE FORMER PRESIDENT APPEALS. ASSUMING HE DOES APPEAL, THE JUDGE MAY ORDER THE ACCOUNT PUT IN TO TO WHAT I CAN ONLY COMPARE TO LIKE AN ESCROW ACCOUNT TO MAKE SURE IT’S THERE. SO TO TRUMP’S APPEAL BE UNSUCCESSFUL. THAT’S WHAT HE HAD

TO DO WITH THE $5 MILLION THAT HE WAS ORDERED TO PAY IN THE EARLIER TRIAL FOR ASSAULTING AND DEFENDING E. JEAN CARROLL. THE JUDGE MAY WELL ORDER SOMETHING SIMILAR HERE, ASSUMING THERE IS AN APPEAL. >> YEAH. I’M NOT SURE WHAT THE JOHN WOULD YOU THINK THE FORMER PRESIDENT WOULD APPEAL HERE? I MEAN, HE HAS A LONG HISTORY OF APPEALING AND DELAYING. YOU HEARD BRIAN TALK ABOUT IT GOING PAST TEN MONTHS. HE’S GOING APPEAL. I’M SORRY. SAY THAT AGAIN. JOHN, CAN YOU HEAR ME? HEY, SORRY. >> I’M TALKING HERE IN THE CONTROL ROOM. AT THE SAME

TIME, OUR CAMPAIGN TEAM IS FLAGGING THAT DONALD TRUMP IS ALREADY REACTING TO THIS VERDICT ON HIS SOCIAL PLATFORM, WRITING IN PART, THIS IS ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS. I FULLY DISAGREE WITH BOTH VERDICTS AND WILL BE APPEALING UNTIL HE GOES ON TO CALL THIS CASE. WELL, AS THE OTHERS, PART OF THE, QUOTE, WITCH HUNT DIRECTLY AGAINST HIM, AS HE, OF COURSE, AS HE HAS BEEN SAYING WITHOUT EVIDENCE THAT, THIS IS ALL BEING DIRECTED BY JOE BIDEN. IT’S NOT A SURPRISE STILL. I MEAN, OBVIOUSLY EXPECTED THE FORMER PRESIDENT TO BE APPEALING, GIVEN NOT ONLY THE VERDICT, BUT THE AMOUNT

OF MONEY. SO SHOULD BE LOOKING FOR OFFICIAL FILING PROBABLY VERY SOON. >> HE GOES ON TO SAY IN THAT SAME STATEMENT THAT OUR LEGAL SYSTEM IS OUT OF CONTROL AND BEING USED AS A POLITICAL WEAPON. WE’LL HOW THAT PLAYS OUT IN THE DAYS AND MONTHS TO COME. AARON KATERSKY. JOHN SANTUCCI, BRIAN BUCKMIRE. THANK YOU BOTH. ALL YOU VERY MUCH STAY WITH US. I WANT TO GO NOW TO ABC LIVE ANCHOR TERRY MORAN WITH CONTINUING COVERAGE. >> THANKS MUCH, PHIL. I’LL TAKE IT FROM HERE AFTER YOUR EXCELLENT COVERAGE THERE. THIS BREAKING STORY. JURORS IN NEW YORK

CITY AS FILL THE GANG WERE JUST TALKING ABOUT OF ORDER DONALD TRUMP TO PAY A WHOPPING $83.3 MILLION TO AUTHOR AND ADVICE COLUMNIST E. JEAN CARROLL. IN THIS, THE SECOND DEFAMATION CASE E. JEAN CARROLL HAS BROUGHT AGAINST THE FORMER PRESIDENT. THE JURY AWARDED THOSE EYE POPPING DAMAGES AFTER TRUMP REPEATEDLY CALLED CAROL A LIAR AFTER SHE HAD PUBLICLY ACCUSED HIM OF ASSAULTING HER IN A DEPARTMENT STORE DRESSING ROOM IN NEW YORK CITY. BACK IN THE 1990S. SO EARLIER TODAY, TRUMP STORMED OUT OF COURT AS CAROL’S ATTORNEY, DELIVERED HER CLOSING ARGUMENT ONLY RETURN A SHORT TIME LATER

WHEN HIS ATTORNEYS GOT TO MAKE THEIR CASE. TRUMP WAS NOT REQUIRED TO ATTEND THIS CIVIL PROCEEDING. IN CRIMINAL CASES, DEFENDANTS ARE AS THE NORM REQUIRED TO ATTEND, BUT NOT IN CIVIL CASES. SO LET’S BREAK THIS DOWN WITH ABC NEWS SENIOR CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY. HE’S LIVE OUTSIDE THE NEW YORK CITY COURTROOM THERE, ABC NEWS EXECUTIVE EDITOR PRODUCER JOHN SANTUCCI ON THE PHONE AND ABC NEWS LEGAL ANALYST, TRIAL ATTORNEY AND AUTHOR BRIAN BROCKMIRE. THEY ARE ALL JOINING US. SO LET’S GO BACK TO THAT COURTROOM, THAT COURTHOUSE THERE IN LOWER MANHATTAN, AARON KATERSKY. SO, AARON, FOR THOSE WHO,

YOU KNOW, HAVE PAID ATTENTION TO THIS CASE OUT OF THE CORNER OF THEIR EYE, JUST GIVE US THE BRIEF CHRONOLOGY. IS THE SECOND CASE, THE SECOND VERDICT? HOW DOES THIS WORK? >> THE ONLY ISSUE IN THIS PARTICULAR TRIAL, TERRY, WAS MONEY. HOW MUCH MONEY SHOULD DONALD TRUMP PAY E. JEAN CARROLL FOR MAKING DEFAMATORY STATEMENTS ABOUT HER IN JUNE OF 2019 AS HE DENIED CLAIM OF ASSAULT? AND THE JURY DECIDED TODAY THAT HE NEEDS TO PAY HER MORE THAN $83 MILLION, A STAGGERING AMOUNT OF MONEY. TRUMP WAS NOT HERE TO HEAR THAT OUTCOME. HE HAD BEEN

HERE, AS YOU NOTED EARLIER IN THE DAY, BUT LEFT BEFORE THE VERDICT CAME DOWN AND JURY DID NOT NEED MUCH TIME TO PUT A DOLLAR FIGURE ON THE COMPENSATORY AND PUNITIVE DAMAGES THAT THEY AWARDED E. JEAN CARROLL. THEY DELIBERATED JUST UNDER 3 HOURS. E. JEAN CARROLL EMERGED FROM COURT A SHORT WHILE AGO WITH SMILE ON HER FACE AND THE COMPANY OF HER TWO MAIN ATTORNEYS, ROBERTA AND SEAN CROWLEY, WHO HAD ARGUED THAT THE JURY NEEDED CONSIDER WHAT IT WOULD TAKE TO MAKE TRUMP STOP. BECAUSE WHILE THE TRIAL WAS ABOUT TWO STATEMENTS THAT WERE DEFAMATORY THAT

TRUMP MADE IN JUNE OF 2019, THEY TOLD THE JURY THAT TRUMP’S DEFAMATION OF CAROL WAS UNCEASING BECAUSE EVEN DURING THE TRIAL THEY COUNTED WELL OVER 100 TIMES THAT TRUMP SAID OR POSTED SOMETHING DEFAMATORY ABOUT CARROLL, REPEATING THE LIE THAT HE DID NOT KNOW SHE WAS DID NOT ASSAULT HER WHEN AN EARLIER TRIAL, IN FACT, THAT HE DID. GOT IT. ERIN, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. AND I WANT TO SAY THAT TRUMP HAS ALREADY A STATEMENT AND HE CALLS THIS AN ABSOLUTELY RIDICULOUS VERDICT, AS YOU MIGHT EXPECT. HE SAYS HE WILL APPEAL, SAYS THIS CASE,

PART OF WHAT HE CALLS THE BIDEN DIRECTED, WHICH I DON’T THINK THERE’S ANY EVIDENCE THAT JEAN CARROLL’S PERSONAL CASE AGAINST TRUMP WAS ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM OR FASHION CONNECTED TO THE BIDEN WHITE HOUSE. BUT THAT’S HIS STATEMENT. AND HE GOES ON TO SAY THAT THE LEGAL SYSTEM IS OUT OF CONTROL THAT. IT’S BEING USED AS A POLITICAL WEAPON AND THAT THIS NOT AMERICA. LET’S GO TO JOHN SANTUCCI, WHO’S OUR EXECUTIVE EDITORIAL PRODUCER AND REALLY RESIDENT TRUMP EXPERT. THAT’S WHAT TRUMP BELIEVES, OR AT LEAST THAT’S WHAT HE HAS USED TO TURN THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION AROUND.

THESE CASES, THIS ONE AND THE OTHERS FROM WHERE HE WAS KIND OF COMPETING WITH OTHER REPUBLICANS. NOW YOU KNOW, REALLY IN THE DRIVER’S SEAT IN LARGE PART BECAUSE OF THESE LEGAL THESE THESE LEGAL CASES HE’S FACING. AND IN WAY $83.3 MILLION VERDICT AGAINST HIS IS A TERRIBLE DAY. BUT FOR TRUMP, IT’S JUST MORE FUEL ON THE FIRE. WELL, CARRIE, I WAS GOING TO GO WITH YOUR CAR ANALOGY THERE. >> IN THESE CASES, THESE INDICTMENTS, THESE VERDICTS, THIS IS THE GAS, THIS TOWERING DONALD CAMPAIGN, IF YOU WILL, FOR 2024. AT A DAY LIKE TODAY, CARRIE LEE,

PHIL AND I WERE TALKING ABOUT THIS JUST A COUPLE MINUTES AGO. YOU KNOW, YOU KNOW, NORMAL WORLD, IF YOU WILL, A VERDICT LIKE THIS WOULD BE VERY BAD FOR A PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE, BAD FOR ANYBODY IN AMERICA BUT FOR DONALD TRUMP. LOOK AT THE SUMMER OF INDICTMENTS AS A GUY, MORE INDICTMENTS, MORE MONEY, BETTER EMPLOYED TWO PRIMARY WINS UNDER THE BALLOT. THIS IS DONALD TRUMP’S CAMPAIGN . AND IT’S PART OF THE REASON WHY, JERRY, WE’VE SEEN HIM IN COURT RULINGS. HE DIDN’T NEED TO BE IN ANY OF THESE COURTROOMS. SO FAR, THESE HAVE ALL BEEN CIVIL.

OBVIOUSLY, WE TOOK THE STAND THE OTHER DAY. THAT’S A DIFFERENT STORY, ONLY FOR 3 MINUTES, WHICH WAS ALSO INTERESTING. BUT DONALD TRUMP USING MOMENTS LIKE THIS TO SAY TO HIS SUPPORTERS, LOOK, WE’RE I QUOTE UNQUOTE, HAVE TO BE I CAN’T BE AT THE PIZZA RANCH IN IOWA WITH YOU. I CAN’T BE AT A DINER IN NEW HAMPSHIRE WITH YOU THERE. BUT WE’RE SEEING THE END OF THESE COURTROOMS, ALL OF WHICH IS NOT TRUE. BUT ALL OF THAT IS BENEFITING DONALD TRUMP. NOW, LOOK, THIS VERY HAS JUST HAPPENED. IT’S A SIGNIFICANT OF MONEY. OBVIOUSLY, DONALD TRUMP

IS NOT GOING TO BE HAPPY ABOUT ANY OF THAT. BUT I THINK THE MOST INTERESTING THINGS TODAY ARE POINTS TODAY. ONE, THE FACT THAT DONALD TRUMP UP, TERRY, AND WALKED OUT OF THAT COURTROOM JUST A FEW MINUTES AFTER 10 A.M., JUST WHEN THESE LATEST CLOSING STATEMENTS STARTED, HE HAD ENOUGH. HE COULDN’T TAKE IT. HE COULDN’T CONTROL HIMSELF. THAT JUST SHOWS HOW MUCH THIS CASE HAS GOTTEN UNDER DONALD SKIN. >> BUT THE OTHER THING AND WE’VE SEEN IT SO MANY THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS THROUGHOUT THESE PROCEEDINGS, WHAT HAS DONALD TRUMP DONE? HE LEFT THIS COURTHOUSE.

HE’S TAKEN A LITTLE TRIP DOWNTOWN, A 40 WALL STREET, ONE OF THE BUILDINGS HE OWNS IN MANHATTAN. AND GIVEN A PRESS CONFERENCE. HE BLASTED THE JUDGE LAST E. JEAN CARROLL BLASTED HER ATTORNEY TODAY, THE DAY WHERE YOU THINK DONALD TRUMP WOULD RUN TO A MICROPHONE. WHERE IS HE? HE’S AT LAGUARDIA AIRPORT, GETTING ON A PLANE, HEADING BACK TO THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. THAT’S HOW ANGRY DONALD TRUMP IS ABOUT THIS. I DON’T EVEN THINK HE’LL BE ABLE TO STAND UP THERE AND PUT IT OUT THERE JUST HOW UPSET HE IS ABOUT A VERDICT LIKE THIS. JERRY. AND

YOU KNOW, JOHN, THAT’S A GREAT POINT. I WANT TO FOLLOW UP ON THAT, BECAUSE I REMEMBER, AS I’M SURE YOU DO, THE FIRST DAY HE HAD TO SHOW UP IN COURT AND FACE A CRIMINAL CHARGE. THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S CHARGES AGAINST HIM THAT FIRST TIME AND THE RAGE THAT WAS ON HIS FACE AND ALMOST WITHIN THE RAGE, A HEARTBREAK IS HE GROWN THICK SKINNED NOW THAT HE’S FACING ONE INDICTMENTS AND SEVERAL CIVIL TRIALS AS WELL. OR DO YOU THINK THIS STILL MAKES HIS BLOOD BOIL? >> YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT DEE IN PARTICULAR, DRAWING DONALD

TRUMP DOWN A COUPLE PEGS AND THERE IS AN IMAGE CHERRY, IS THIS IN MY MIND? SO CLEARLY, WE’VE PLAYED IT ON OUR AIR AND IT’S DONALD TRUMP JUST ABOUT TO ENTER THAT MANHATTAN COURTROOM. AND YOU SEE NYPD OFFICERS LEAD . AND OF COURSE, HE’S ALMOST HITTING DONALD TRUMP LIKE ANY OTHER JUST. AND YET THAT BROUGHT DONALD TRUMP BACK DOWN A COUPLE PEGS. NOW, OBVIOUSLY, AS YOU NOTE, THAT’S NUMBER ONE. DONALD TRUMP HAD FOUR CRIMINAL INDICTMENTS. HE’S HAD TWO CIVIL CASES GOING ON THE E. JEAN CARROLL CASE AND THE NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL’S. I’VE SPOKEN TO

DONALD TRUMP, AS YOU KNOW, TERRY, AFTER THOSE INDICTMENTS COME DOWN, AFTER INDICTMENTS, WHICH WAS THE DOCUMENTS CASE WITH SPECIAL COUNSEL JACK SMITH, THE FEDERAL CASE THAT TRUMP SAID TO ON THE PHONE TERRY. WELL, IT’S ANOTHER DAY. DONALD TRUMP IS USED TO IT, BUT NEVERTHELESS, THIS ALL HURTS DONALD EGO, HIS BRAND, HIS BRAVADO. WE ALL KNOW THAT’S WHAT DONALD TRUMP IS ABOUT, RIGHT? HE LIKES TO SAY, I REALLY REALLY RICH. I MADE A LOT OF MONEY. I HAVE ALL THESE GREAT ASSETS, GREAT BUILDINGS, ALL THIS MONEY. WELL, NOW, YES. IS BERNIE’S WHOLE JOB. HE’S GOT TO

PAY SOMEBODY LITERALLY $100 MILLION IF HE LOSES THIS CASE WITH THE NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL, THAT HE HAS TO SELL ALL THE BUSINESSES, PROPERTIES, THOSE IMAGES, THOSE ICONIC ADDRESSES THERE DONALD TRUMP LIKES TO BRAG ABOUT ON DEATH AVENUE, THE IMAGES FOR SALE SIGNS OUT FRONT. ALL OF THIS IS HARMING DONALD TRUMP IN A REAL WAY. AND YOU KNOW, IT’S FUNNY, TERRY, I SPOKE TO ONE PERSON SO CLOSE TO HIM WHEN HE WAS TALKING ABOUT RUNNING FOR THE WHITE HOUSE. >> THE THIRD TIME THIS PERSON SAID TO ME, YOU KNOW, WHY IS HE DOING THIS AGAIN?

FORGET ABOUT WHAT LIFE USED TO BE LIKE BEFORE HE DID POLITICS RIGHT? HE HAD TWO BUSINESSES. HE WAS OUT THERE. PEOPLE KNEW HIM FROM THE CELEBRITY. HE HAD REINCARNATED HIMSELF IN SO MANY WAYS. AFTER A BIG FALL IN THE NINETIES, FINANCIALLY AND PERSONALLY. DONALD TRUMP YEARS AGO. AND NOW LOOK HOW DIFFERENT IT IS. LOOK OF BUSINESSES THEY’VE SOLD OFF. LOOK AT HIS FAMILY. HIS DAUGHTER IS NOT EVEN INVOLVED IN CAMPAIGN THREE. THAT LITTLE PERSON THAT WAS CLOSEST TO HIM IN THE WHITE HOUSE. DONALD TRUMP’S IN THE WORLD IN 2024 IS SO DRAMATICALLY DIFFERENT THAN IT

WAS IN 2015, ALL BECAUSE OF THAT MOMENT. >> DEFINITELY THAT ESCALATOR. CARRIE. YEAH. INCREDIBLE SAGA IS. >> THANK YOU FOR THAT. JOHN BRIAN BUCKMIRE, I’D LIKE TO GO TO YOU FOR YOUR LEGAL EXPERTISE ON WHAT JOHN WAS JUST TALKING ABOUT. IN PART, THIS WALLOPING VERDICT AND ITS POTENTIAL IMPACT ON DONALD. BUT I WANT TO ASK YOU, THERE’S KIND OF A CONVENTIONAL FOLK WISDOM. SHE’S NEVER GOING TO COLLECT THAT KIND OF MONEY. IS THAT TRUE. WELL, WHAT REALLY HAPPENS? WHAT’S THE LIKELIHOOD THAT SHE GETS A SIZABLE AMOUNT OF MONEY? >> AND HOW LONG WOULD THAT TAKE

? >> SO HOW LONG IT TAKES IS GOING TO BE A MYSTERY. DONALD TRUMP IS SO GOOD AT APPEAL IN CASES. DON’T FORGET, THIS CASE WAS FABRICATED TO SEPARATE IN THE SENSE OF FUNDING LIABILITY INITIALLY FOR THE ABUSE AND THEN OF LIKABILITY. >> NOW IT’S A DEVASTATING SORT OF DEFINITION OF THOSE STATEMENTS BACK IN JUNE 2019. NOW, BECAUSE THEY ARE CONNECTED ,THE SENSE THAT THE JUDGE SAID YOU ARE NOW LIABLE BASED ON WHAT WAS FOUND IN HER CASE AND APPLYING THAT THAT THAT FACT. >> SO THIS CASE, HE’S APPEALING THE THIS CASE MAY HELP HIM

IN THIS SECOND CASE IN APPEALING AGAINST THE LABEL OF ABSOLUTELY RIGHT THAT HE HAS ON TOP OF THAT THE TIMELINE ON APPEAL TO APPEAL THIS CASE. >> HE HAS ABOUT 30 TO 35 DAYS TO DO SO. THAT CREATES A FALSE THEN THERE’S BRIEFS THAT ORAL ARGUMENTS WERE PUSHING THINGS OF THAT NATURE. >> IF HE LOSES THE APPEAL. I THINK ERIN TALKED ABOUT THIS ALREADY IN TERMS OF THE CONCEPT OF ESTERO. YOU MIGHT HAVE THE ASIDE YOU CAN JUST SAY, I’M NOT GOING TO PAY ANYTHING DURING THIS APPEAL. I’M GOING TO PUT MONEY ASIDE. GERMANY THAT

APPEALS ABOUT. I HEARD HIM A LOT AS WELL BUT HE ULTIMATELY LOSES THE APPEAL. >> THAT BECOMES THE QUESTION OF GETTING THE MONEY. TRUMP IN THE PROCESS OF TRYING TO DO THAT WON IN A CIVIL CASE OFTEN STARTS OFF WITH AN ATTORNEY LIKE TO SEND A LETTER SAYING IN A CERTAIN AMOUNT OF DAYS OR A SPECIFIC DATE AND WHAT THIS MONEY I DON’T THINK DONALD TRUMP SAID, OKAY, I GOT THIS LETTER. I WANT TO PAY NOW, IT MIGHT GET TO THE POINT WHERE YOU’RE REALLY THINKING ABOUT SOME RELIEF ON HIS PROPERTY. >> THESE ARE HIGH

VALUE ASSETS ASKING TO GARNISH IS WAGES. AND THAT’S GOING TO CREATE ANOTHER POINT IN OF ITSELF. I CAN IMAGINE THIS FIGHT TAKING A LOT LONGER THAN WHAT WE EXPECT IN TERMS OF JUSTICE HERE. AND DONALD TRUMP HOPING, AT LEAST IN MY MIND THAT THE PRESIDENCY INTERRUPTS ITS APPEAL AND PUSHES DOWN ON THE POSSIBILITY OF RECOVERY IF WANT TO GET TO A POINT WHERE E. JEAN CARROLL SAYS NO WORD ON DEBT FORGIVENESS AND JUST WAIT $3 MILLION, MAYBE I SHOULD NEGOTIATE. AND WHEN IT COMES TO MATTER FOR THE ART OF NEGOTIATION, YOU BE ABLE TO NEGOTIATE

ON PAYING THE FULL AMOUNT AND START FOR SOMETHING FAR LESS. I THINK THAT THE POINT HERE FOR DONALD TRUMP THAT WOULD BE A PRIORITY FOR ANY DEFENDANT IN A CIVIL CASE LIKE THIS. BUT JUST LONG IT TAKES. THAT’S A MAJOR QUESTION MARK. IT’S NOT YOUR DAYS OF MY EXPERTISE I THANK YOU FOR THAT. >> BUT THAT SERIES OF POTENTIAL PATHS THAT THIS CASE COULD TAKE ON APPEAL. A COUPLE OF QUESTIONS ABOUT THAT. YOU KNOW, YOU SEE A LOT OF BIG AWARDS KNOCKED DOWN ON APPEAL. WHY DO APPEALS COURTS GET TO DO THAT? THEY WEREN’T IN

THE COURTROOM. I THE JURY AWARDED THE AWARD OF THE VERDICT FOR REASON. THEY HEARD ALL THE EVIDENCE, HEARD ALL THE TESTIMONY, HEARD THEM, SAW THE WITNESSES, HEARD LAW. >> I’M NOT QUITE SURE WHY WHY THE THE APPEALS JUDGES GET TO KNOCK IT DOWN. AND HOW EXPENSIVE WOULD APPEALING A VERDICT LIKE THIS BE FOR? IT LOOKS LIKE ACTUALLY HANG ON, BRIAN. >> LOOKS LIKE WE ARE GETTING DONALD TRUMP’S ATTORNEY AT THE MIKES RIGHT NOW. IT’S ABOUT REPRESENTING PRESIDENT TRUMP. IT IS THE PROUDEST THING I COULD EVER DO WHEN I’M HAVING SECOND THOUGHTS ABOUT IS THE LICENSE

THAT I STAND HERE WITH THAT THE PEOPLE IN THERE ARE SUPPOSED TO HAVE. I HAVE NOT BEEN BECAUSE I RESPECT MY ETHICS WHILE ON TRIAL. BUT LET ME NOW SPEAK ABOUT WHAT HAS HAPPENED. I HAVE SAT ON TRIAL AFTER TRIAL FOR MONTHS IN THIS STATE, THE STATE OF NEW YORK, ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES, AND NOW THIS WEEK’S WEEKS. WHY? BECAUSE PRESIDENT TRUMP IS LEADING IN THE POLLS NOW WE SEE WHAT YOU’VE GOT IN NEW YORK, SO DON’T GET IT TWISTED. ASKED ME THAT QUESTION. I AM SO PROUD TO STAND WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP, BUT I AM

NOT PROUD TO STAND WITH WHAT I SAW IN THAT COURTROOM CULPA. I’M NOT FINISHED. LET ME JUST FINISH AND I’LL TAKE QUESTIONS. PLEASE. BEFORE I WALKED INTO COURT THAT DECIDED THAT EVERY SINGLE DEFENSE PRESIDENT TRUMP HAD, WE WERE NOT ALLOWED TO RAISE IN FRONT OF THE JURY. IT IS IN WRITING. AND I ENCOURAGE THE JOURNALISTS, THE REAL JOURNALISTS, TO TAKE THE MINUTE TO LOOK AT HIS. THERE WAS NO PROOF, AND I COULDN’T PROVE THAT SHE DIDN’T BRING IN THE DRESS. THERE WAS NO DNA. THERE WAS NO EXPERT. MY EXPERTS WERE DENIED TWO OF THEM, TWO

OF THEM WERE DENIED TO COME IN. THEY DIDN’T BRING LET ME BRING UP THAT WE’D HAVE BEEN FUNDED. MS.. KAPLAN AND YOU KNOW WHAT WE GOT IN THERE THAT MY WITNESS WHO WAS HER FRIEND WHO SAID THAT SHE IS A DRUG ADDICT AND A DRUG ADDICT IS HERSELF. THAT FRIEND I FOUND OUT IN THERE WAS PAID FOR BY MS.. CAPLAN’S FIRM. AND THAT IS DISGUSTING. THAT IS A VIOLATION OF EVERYTHING STAND FOR. AND THAT IS WHY I STAND WITH TRUMP. AND THAT IS SO MANY AMERICANS ARE SO PROUD THAT HE IS RUNNING AGAIN AND SO

EXCITED TO RUN TO THE BALLOT BOX. BUT DON’T GET IT TWISTED. WE ARE SEEING A VIOLATION OF OUR JUSTICE SYSTEM. LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE STRIPPED OF EVERY DEFENSE THAT YOU HAVE. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO BE TOLD THAT CAN’T BRING IT UP. AND IMAGINE A POINT WHERE A JUDGE TELLS THE LAWYER FOR YOUR CLIENT, THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES, THE LEADING CANDIDATE AND OBVIOUS NOT NOMINEE FOR THE REPUBLICAN PARTY BEFORE HE TAKES STAND TO DEFEND HIMSELF. MS.. HOPPER, TELL ME THE QUESTIONS YOU’RE GOING TO ASK IN OPEN COURT

AND TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT HE’S TO RESPOND AND THEN EDITED MY QUESTIONS, EDITED THE RESPONSE HE WAS ALLOWED TO GIVE AND GUESS MY CLIENT DID. HE TOOK THE STAND. HE ABIDED BY THE RULES OF THIS CORRUPT SYSTEM THAT I HAVE SEEN. WE WILL IMMEDIATELY APPEAL. WE WILL SET ASIDE THAT RIDICULOUS JURY. AND I WANT TO REMIND YOU OF ONE THING. I WILL CONTINUE WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP TO FIGHT FOR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHT TO SPEAK. EVERYBODY HAS A RIGHT TO DEFEND WHEN THEY ARE WRONGFULLY ACCUSED AND TO BE ABLE TO. I DIDN’T DO IT AND TO DOUBLE

AND, TRIPLE AND QUADRUPLE DOWN AND SAY THIS IS WRONG. THIS IS BUT WE ARE IN THE STATE OF NEW YORK. WE ARE IN A NEW YORK JURY. THAT IS WHY WE ARE SEEING THESE WITCH HUNTS, THESE HOAXES, AS HE CALLS THEM. AND THIS IS ANOTHER ONE OF THEM BEING BROUGHT IN NEW YORK IN STATES WHERE THEY KNOW THEY WILL GET JURIES LIKE THIS AND IT WILL NOT DETER US WITH FIGHTING. AND I FEEL WE DIDN’T WIN TODAY, BUT WE WILL HAVE HEARD THAT WAS MADE IN THERE. AND THE BEHAVIOR I SAW IN THERE SOME WHICH

WAS SUPPORTED WIDELY TODAY, GAVE US THE MOST PERFECT RECORD ON APPEAL, EVEN IF I NEEDED IT, WHICH I DON’T. WE WERE STRIPPED OF DEFENSE EVERY SINGLE DEFENSE BEFORE. WE WALKED IN THERE. AND I AM PROUD TO STAND WITH PRESIDENT TRUMP BECAUSE HE SHOWED UP, HE STOOD UP, HE TOOK THE STAND AND HE FACED THIS JUDGE. AND YOU KNOW WHAT I’LL CONTINUE TO DO SO WITH HIM. YES. >> ALL RIGHT. THERE IS DONALD TRUMP’S LAWYER, ALINA HABBA, HEATEDLY MAKING HER STATEMENT TO THE PRESS IN PUBLIC AFTER HER CLIENT, FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, WAS HIT WITH THAT

$83.3 MILLION VERDICT. THE COMPENSATORY AND REPUTATIONAL REPAIR MONEY AND IN PUNITIVE BY THIS JURY IN THE SECOND DEFAMATION CASE BROUGHT AGAINST TRUMP BY AUTHOR E. JEAN CARROLL. LET ME GO AARON KATERSKY OUTSIDE THE COURTHOUSE THERE, ERIN, JUST CLEAR IT UP A LITTLE BIT. SHE’S SAYING THAT SHE WAS TREATED UNFAIRLY, CLIENT WAS TREATED UNFAIRLY IN THIS CASE BECAUSE HE WASN’T ALLOWED TO MAKE CERTAIN DEFENSES. WHAT WAS THE JUDGE’S REASONING ? THE JUDGE WAS CONCERNED, HE SAID, ABOUT PUTTING INADMISSIBLE EVIDENCE BEFORE THE JURY BECAUSE A PRIOR JURY IN THIS VERY COURTHOUSE BACK IN MAY, TERRY FOUND THAT

FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP WAS LIABLE FOR ASSAULTING AND DEFAMING E. JEAN CARROLL. AND THE JUDGE SAID IT IS A WIDELY ACCEPTED LEGAL PRINCIPLE THAT THIS CANNOT BE A DO OVER BY A DISAPPOINTED LITIGANT AND HE PUT VERY STRICT GUARDRAILS ON WHAT WAS ABLE BE ARGUED HERE. AND HE INSTRUCTED THE JURY, BOTH AT THE OUTSET AND AGAIN BEFORE THEY DELIBERATED, THAT THEY HAD TO ACCEPT AS TRUE THAT DONALD TRUMP ASSAULTED 18 CAROL, IN THE BERGDORF GOODMAN DRESSING ROOM AS SHE ALLEGED IN THE 1990S, AND THAT HIS STATEMENTS DENYING IT WERE THEY WEREN’T ALLOWED TO CONSIDER ANYTHING ELSE.

AND SO TRUMP WAS NOT ALLOWED TO TO TESTIFY OTHERWISE AND HIS ATTORNEYS WERE NOT ALLOWED TO ARGUE OTHERWISE. SO IN SOME WAYS, EILEEN IS RIGHT. SHE WAS HAMSTRUNG THE DEFENSES THAT SHE COULD MAKE, BUT BY DESIGN, BECAUSE THE ONLY ISSUE HERE WAS WHAT DAMAGES DONALD TRUMP SHOULD PAY. >> CRYSTAL CLEAR AS ALWAYS AARON KATERSKY. >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR THAT. AND I WANT TO TAKE IT TO OUR ABC ANALYST, LEGAL ANALYST AND TRIAL ATTORNEY AND AUTHOR BRIAN. SO BRIAN, BACK TO YOU ON WHAT JUST SAID AND WHAT AARON EXPLAINED. IT WAS. THE JUDGE RIGHT

TO DO THAT. I GUESS HE DIDN’T WANT TO HAVE A RERUN OF A THAT A JURY HAD ALREADY CONSIDERED THE EVIDENCE AND FOUND THAT, IN FACT, DONALD HAD DEFAMED E. JEAN CARROLL WHEN DENIED ASSAULTING HER. SO THE JUDGE DIDN’T WANT TO DO THAT AGAIN. SO DO YOU THINK THE JUDGE THAT’S GOING TO UPHOLD THAT’S GOING TO BE UPHELD ON APPEAL, THAT THE APPEALS COURT WILL SAY, YES, THAT’S THE PROPER WAY TO HANDLE A CASE LIKE THIS? >> SO, TERRY, I SAY THIS AS A HALL AND I HAVE SOMETHING IN COMMON. WE ARE BOTH OFFICERS OF

THE COURT, PART OF THE STATE OF NEW YORK AND ALSO PART OF THE SOUTHERN AND DISTRICT OF NEW YORK AND THE SUPREME COURT OF THE UNITED STATES IN THIS COUNTRY. >> WHAT SHE SAYING IS WRONG AND ABSOLUTELY MISLEADING TO THE PUBLIC. >> SO LET ME JUST FACTCHECK.ORG WHICH THESE ARE TWO SEPARATE ISSUES. >> AND I HAVE SLIGHTLY WITH HER AS WELL. >> SHE WAS NOT HAMSTRUNG IN ONE CASE WHERE WE’RE TALKING ABOUT LIABILITY, WHETHER NOT SHE COMMITTED SEXUAL ABUSE. E. JEAN CARROLL THAT WAS RESOLVED. THE QUESTION OF DAMAGES DOES NOT TALK ABOUT WHETHER OR NOT

THE ABUSE. THAT’S NOT RELEVANT. THAT ISSUE HAS ALREADY BEEN DECIDED. >> COUNSEL DECIDED NOT TO SHOW UP TO THAT TRIAL, DECIDED NOT TO MAKE ANY ARGUMENTS AS TO DO IT, IN A SENSE AS TO WHETHER OR NOT, SEXUAL ABUSE OCCURRED. WHETHER SHE WAS CRITICAL AS TO WHAT SHE SAID HAPPENED IN THAT IN THAT STORY, THAT CHANGING THAT IS NOT AN ISSUE. IN FACT, IN THIS DEFAMATION CASE FOR DAMAGES, IT IS SEPARATE AND APART. >> WHAT SHE IS DOING. THERE IS CAMPAIGN IS NOT BEING AN ATTORNEY AND IT’S TWO DIFFERENT THINGS. I DO NOT KNOW WHAT

YOU ARE DOING. WE CLEARLY ARE NOT PRACTICING IN THE SAME BAR WHERE YOU SEE THEM NOW BECAUSE WHAT SHE IS SAYING IS IN CORRECT. >> WHAT SHE DID DO AND SHE DID DO SOME GREAT THINGS. SHE ARGUED OFFENSE. SO THESE ARE NOT ACTUAL DAMAGES BECAUSE THAT’S WHAT SHE WAS ALLOWED TO ARGUE. SHE WAS ALLOWED TO ARGUE THAT E. JEAN CARROLL BECAME A HOUSEHOLD NAME BEFORE DONALD TRUMP CAME INTO THE LIMELIGHT, THAT WE MAY DIDN’T KNOW WHAT E. JEAN CARROLL WAS UNTIL WE FOUGHT BACK AGAINST TRUMP AND THAT SHE DID NOT IN FACT HAVE DAMAGES IN

A HOLLOW ARGUMENT. THAT’S YOUR DEFENSE THERE, WHICH IS SAYING THAT THIS DID HAPPEN, TO SAY THAT SHE’S NOT CREDIBLE TO, SAY THAT PEOPLE WERE PAID FOR TO TESTIFY. >> YOU SHOWED UP TO THE FIRST TRIAL AND TO ARGUE THE WAY TO MISLEAD PEOPLE IS IS FALSE. AND YOU SHOULD NOT COUNT YOURSELF AS WHO HAS THE FORCEFULNESS AND THE TRUTHFULNESS TO ARGUE WHAT HAPPENED IN THIS CASE. >> ARE YOU GOING TO BE CHARGED ? ARE YOU ARGUING? YOU COULD ARGUE AND TO ANSWER YOUR QUESTION MORE DIRECTLY. YES. UPON APPEAL, SOME OF THE STRONGEST ARGUMENTS ARE TO

SAY THAT A JUROR INCORRECTLY APPLIED THEM ALL RESTRICTED FROM COMING IN. BUT IT OFTEN DOES LEAD YOU TO EVENTUALLY WHERE YOU ERROR. THE JUDGE WAS CORRECT TO SAY THIS IS WHAT YOUR ARGUMENT, THIS IS WHAT YOU CAN. THAT WAS A LITTLE PATERNALISTIC TO SO FAR AS TO ASK AN ATTORNEY WHAT QUESTIONS YOU ASK ,WHAT ANSWERS YOU REQUIRED TO GET. I AGREE. THE PROBLEM THAT SHE’S RIGHT. YOU SHOULDN’T HAVE TO ASK THAT QUESTION. IF SHE ASKED A PORTION OF HER CLIENT AND YOU SAID SOMETHING YOUR APPROPRIATE LET IT BE OBJECTED, LET IT BE STRUCK ON THE

RECORD AS YOU DO THAT IN MANY OF THE QUESTIONS HERE. BUT I THINK SHE WOULD SO FAR. >> THERE ARE PEOPLE SAYING, YOU KNOW WHAT, THERE’S MORE TO WHAT WE CALL A HARMLESS ERROR AND IT SHOULD BE REVERSED. >> SO THIS DOESN’T MAKE IT BY THE JUDGE AT SOME POINT, BUT NOT TO THE POINT THAT I WAS ARTICULATED JUST THERE. >> GOT IT. THAT’S VERY HELPFUL TO THE THAT THAT THE JUDGE WHICH DID SOUND A LITTLE PATERNALISTIC. TELL ME EXACTLY WHAT YOUR QUESTIONS ARE GOING TO BE TO THE WITNESS AND I’LL TELL YOU WHICH YOU

CAN ASK AND WHICH ONES YOU CAN’T ASK. THAT’S A HEAVY HANDED JUDGE. >> YOU DON’T THINK THAT’S REVERSIBLE ERROR? THERE’S THIS THING AND A CONCEPT IS CALLED HARMLESS ERROR, WHERE YOU CAN SAY A JUDGE DID MAKE A MISTAKE, BUT DID IT GO TO THE OVERALL IMPACT OF THE CASE? >> SO LET’S SAY THE JUDGE DOESN’T DO THAT. DO YOU STILL WE’RE NOT GOING TO GET A $3.3 MILLION SETTLEMENT FOR E. JEAN CARROLL AND MULTIPLE? >> NO, I THINK IT’S STILL VERY PRETTY CRITICAL. AND SO WE WOULD CALL HARMLESS ERROR. AND I DON’T THINK YOU WOULD

OVERTURN IT. I DO THINK THE JUDGE OVERSTEPPED THERE, BUT OVERALL, I DON’T SEE RETALIATION. WHAT I WOULD WAIT FOR THE 30 DAYS FOR LEGAL, HOWEVER, TO TRY TO WRITE TO WRITE THIS MOTION AND THEN WE COULD GET SOME BETTER. >> GOT IT. THANK YOU, BRIAN. LET’S GO BACK TO OUR EXECUTIVE EDITORIAL, JOHN SANTUCCI. AND, JOHN, I WANT TO ASK YOU TO PUT ON YOUR YOUR POLITICAL HAT. I KNOW YOU’VE COVERED A LOT OF CAMPAIGNS. TRUMP’S IN PARTICULAR. AND SO THIS VERDICT, DO YOU ANY REPUBLICAN PEEL AWAY FROM TRUMP JUST BECAUSE OF THE CHAOS, JUST BECAUSE

THE DID HE REALLY HAVE TO DO THIS? HE BROUGHT THIS ON HIMSELF BECAUSE HE, YOU KNOW, HE CAN’T HE CAN’T LET WELL ENOUGH ALONE AND JUST PUT THIS IN HIS PAST. HE HAD TO HIT BACK AND HIT BACK AGAIN. AND NOW HE’S GOT THIS WHOPPING . DO YOU THINK THERE ARE AT SOME POINT AT WHICH JUST A PURE CHAOS OF DONALD TRUMP LOSES IN VOTES? >> YOU KNOW, TERRY, TAKE YOUR WORDS AND LET’S INSERT SOME OTHER CASES INTO THEM. DID HE REALLY NEED TO WRITE? AND THAT’S WHAT YOU JUST SAID. OKAY. HE REALLY NEED TO

TAKE DOCUMENTS WITH HIM TO FLORIDA. DID HE REALLY NEED TO TWEET HIS SUPPORTERS TO GO TO THE CAPITOL? DID HE REALLY NEED TO CUT CHECK FOR STORMY DANIELS IN THE WEEKS LEADING UP TO THIS 2016 ELECTION? >> DID HE REALLY NEED TO MAKE THAT PHONE TO BRAD RAFFENSPERGER DOWN IN GEORGIA? NO DONALD TRUMP, TIME AND TIME AGAIN IS HIS OWN WORST ENEMY. AND THAT IS WHAT WE SEE RIGHT HERE WITH THIS VERDICT. THIS ONE IS DIFFERENT IN THE SENSE THAT ONE WE’VE NOW HAD OVERNIGHT, THE OTHERS, WE ONLY HAD INDICTMENTS. THIS ONE NOW COMES WITH

REAL MONEY. BUT BECAUSE ACQUAINTANCES OF IT OUTSIDE OF WRITING A POTENTIAL CHECK SOMEWHERE DOWN THE ROAD, THAT REMAINS TO BE SEEN, BECAUSE WE’VE SEEN WITH TRUMP HAS DONE EVERY TIME WHEN THERE’S BEEN LEGAL ACTION, LET’S USE THAT PHRASE, IF YOU’LL INDULGE ME OVER THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, HE’S USED THIS TO SAY HE’S A VICTIM AND HE’S WINNING. IT’S WORKING FOR HIM. JOHN, BRIAN, AARON, THANK YOU VERY. >> WE’RE GOING TO HAVE MUCH MORE NEWS AHEAD HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. COME RIGHT BACK. >> I HAVE A POINT OF CONTACT. THEY’RE EXPECTING US. IT’S OUR SECRET

WORLD WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE’RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON’T KNOW. THIS IS MY CAMP INSIDE THE. AND IS A SOURCE OF HUMOR FOR. IT. THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED. CERTAINLY NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. IT’S — IT’S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE AND ANYWHERE. WOW. >> WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR, SEEING TANK AFTER TANK POURING INTO THIS AREA. THIS IS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. >> BULLET HOLES ALL UP WITHIN MINUTES OF THE AIR RAID SIRENS OFF IN HERE. THE SAME EXPLOSION DOWN HERE TONIGHT.

ISRAEL WAGING A FIERCE BOMBARDMENT OF GAZA. ISRAEL, HAMAS. FOR NONSTOP LIVE COVERAGE STREAM, ABC NEWS LIVE REPORTING FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL FROM THE FRONTLINES IN DOWNTOWN IN BEIRUT. BRANT THE STORY IS WE’LL TAKE YOU THAT ABC NEWS LIVE LIVE IN OUR CONNECTED WORLD MISINFORMATION CAN MASQUERADE AS FACT. >> ERODING TRUST DIVIDING COMMUNITIES. >> BUT BEHIND EVERY SHARE IS A PERSON WITH A DECISION. >> JOIN THE MOVEMENT FOR A MORE NEWS LITERATE AMERICA. TONIGHT, THERE ARE MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FOLLOWING YOU ON SOCIAL MEDIA, YET YOU CONVICTED OF HELPING TO KILL YOUR MOM. HER ENTIRE LIFE HAD BEEN

A LIE. THE FEEDING TUBE, THE SCARS. SO MANY WAS A BRUTAL DEATH. 14 STAB WOUNDS TO THE BACK. WHAT GYPSY ROSE REVEAL? WHY REVEAL IT NOW? WHY DIDN’T YOU SAY ANYTHING ABOUT IT? THEN THE 2020 DEBORAH ROBERTS INTERVIEW. WOW. WOW. TONIGHT AT NINE CENTRAL ON ABC . WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN A NATION AT WAR, ENROLLING FOR TORNADO TALKS THROUGH THIS TOWN. FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY SPIKE ABC NEWS LIVE EVERYWHERE. AND ICELAND. LET’S GO. ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE AT TEN

DOWNING STREET. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE LIVE. WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE. STREAMING. ABC NEWS LIVE. ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. ISRAEL FACES GROWING PRESSURE OVER ACCUSATIONS OF IN GAZA. I’M TERRY IN WASHINGTON. AND IN TODAY’S BIG STORY, THE UNITED TOP COURT ORDERS ISRAEL TO DO EVERYTHING IT CAN TO PRESENT GENOCIDAL ACTS. AS THE DEATH TOLL RISES IN GAZA ,WILL THE RULING HAVE AN IMPACT ON ISRAEL’S MILITARY AND ITS STANDING IN THE WORLD? I’LL SPEAK WITH A FORMER HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR. AND IN OUR SPOTLIGHT.

WELL, DONALD TRUMP, HE’S ORDERED TO PAY MORE THAN $83 MILLION IN THE E. JEAN CARROLL DEFAMATION CASE. OUR PANEL WEIGHS IN ON THE MESSAGE. THE JURY TODAY. BUT WE BEGIN WITH OUR BIG STORY. THE UNITED NATIONS TOP ORDERS, ISRAEL TO CONTAIN THE DEATH AND THAT IS TAKING PLACE IN ITS ASSAULT ON GAZA. AND THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE IS DEMANDING THAT ISRAEL TAKE ALL MEASURES WITHIN, ITS POWER TO PREVENT IT FROM COMMITTING. THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE, THAT’S THE COURT’S WORD. AMID THIS ONGOING WAR WITH HAMAS, TODAY’S RULING WAS STOPPED SHORT OF A CEASE FIRE OR ANYTHING

LIKE THAT. IT’S PART OF SOUTH AFRICA’S CASE THAT ACCUSES ISRAEL OF IN GAZA. ACCUSATIONS ISRAEL VEHEMENTLY DENIES. SOUTH AFRICA HAS ASKED THE COURT TO ORDER THE HALT OF ISRAELI DEFENSE FORCE MILITARY OPERATIONS IN THE WAR TORN TERRITORY OF GAZA. SO JOINING ME NOW, KENNETH ROSS ROSS, FORMER EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH. SO THIS IS A SIGNIFICANT RULING, KENNETH, FROM. FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE. BUT WHAT IS ITS PRACTICAL IMPACT, DO YOU THINK? >> WELL, TERRY, I MEAN, AS YOU INDICATED, I THINK THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT RULING. THEY FIRST UNDERSTAND WHAT EXACTLY WAS

DECIDED. >> THIS WAS NOT DECISION ON THE MERITS. SO THIS WAS NOT A DECISION. IS ISRAEL COMMITTING OR NOT, BUT RATHER THIS WAS LOOKING AT WHAT ARE CALLED PROVISIONAL MEASURES. BASICALLY, THERE IS A PRELIMINARY INJUNCTION NEEDED TO PREVENT POSSIBLE OR PLAUSIBLE ACTS OF . AND THE COURT SAID, YES, IT IS SO IT ORDERED BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, A HALT TO TWO BOMBINGS THAT ARE LIKELY TO FURTHER ACTS OF . IT ORDERED OPENING THE BORDERS TO HUMANITARIAN AID TO STOP THE STARVATION. IT ORDERED AN END TO WHAT IT FOUND TO BE BASICALLY COMMENTS THAT ARE INCITING BY

VERY SENIOR ISRAELI OFFICIALS. NOW, YOU KNOW, WILL MAKE A DIFFERENCE. >> THE COURT SAYS THE DECISION BINDING LEGAL CORRECT. THE ONLY WAY YOU CAN FORCE ISRAEL TO COMPLY WOULD BE THROUGH COERCIVE MEASURES FROM U.N. SECURITY COUNCIL, WHICH IS NOT GOING TO HAPPEN BECAUSE OF THE U.S. VETO. >> BUT WE SHOULDN’T MINIMIZE THIS POLITICAL PRESSURE THAT NETANYAHU IS NOW UNDER BECAUSE HE SENT LAWYERS FOR ISRAEL TO THE HAGUE TO ARGUE THE CASE. YOU CAN’T SAY, OH, THIS IS A LEGITIMATE COURT. IF WE WIN THAT, WE’RE GOING TO DISREGARD HIS RULINGS IF WE LOSE. AND SO ISRAEL

IS REALLY UNDER BIG PRESSURE TO. AND FRANKLY, JOE BIDEN IS UNDER PRESSURE FINALLY TO DO SOMETHING TO STOP THIS DEVASTATING WAR. IT’S DEVASTATING ATTACKS ON PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS BECAUSE. YOU KNOW, BIDEN SAYS HE SUPPORTS A RULES BASED ORDER. YOU CAN’T HAVE AN ISRAEL EXCEPTION TO THAT. >> WELL, THAT’S THAT’S WHERE I WANT TO PICK UP. THANK YOU FOR THAT EXPLANATION. SO THIS IS, YOU KNOW, FROM START OF THE WAR BY THE PRESIDENT HIMSELF AND ALL U.S. OFFICIALS HAVE SAID ISRAEL HAS THE RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF FROM THE THE VICIOUS AND HORRIFIC ATTACKS ON OCTOBER THE SEVENTH.

BUT LATER ON, AS THE AS THE SHEER DESTRUCTIVENESS AND, AGAIN, THE KILLING OF THE ISRAELI DEFENSE OPERATIONS IN GAZA JUST ESCALATED. >> THE ADMINISTRATION SHIFTED GEARS NOW SAYING THAT THERE IS THIS NEED TO PROTECT CIVILIANS IN GAZA, ALLOW ENTRY OF AID INTO THE ENCLAVE. LET’S HAVE ANOTHER PAUSE AS THEY CALL IT. THIS RULING, THIS DECISION AT, THIS PRELIMINARY LEVEL, WHAT DOES IT DO TO THE ADMINISTRATION’S POSITION AND TO ITS POSITION? YOU MENTIONED, YOU KNOW, BIDEN IS A IS A CREATURE OF THE COLD WAR AND THE COLD WAR INSTITUTIONS. HE BELIEVES IN A RULES BASED ORDER.

HOW MUCH PRESSURE DOES THIS PUT US? >> WELL. >> WELL, A LOT OF PRESSURE. I MEAN, FIRST, I THINK WE SHOULD BE CLEAR. THIS IS NOT ABOUT ISRAEL’S RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF. OF COURSE IT CAN DEFEND ITSELF . >> IT JUST CANNOT THESE GENOCIDAL NEEDS. THIS DOES NOT LEGITIMIZE THIS AWFUL OCTOBER 7TH ATTACKS. THOSE WERE BLATANT WAR CRIMES. THEY WERE HORRENDOUS. BUT THAT DOESN’T JUSTIFY A GENOCIDAL RESPONSE. SO, YOU KNOW, THOSE ARE NONDEFENSE DEFENSES. THE TRUTH OF THE MATTER IS, YOU KNOW, THE WAY ISRAEL IS FIGHTING THIS WAR, THE COMPETITION PLAUSIBLY ADDS UP TO .

CERTAINLY IT ADDS UP TO SYSTEMATIC CRIMES. NOW, BIDEN SAYS, YOU KNOW, HE’S TRYING TO YOU KNOW, AVOID HARM TO CIVILIANS, LET IN MORE AID. RHETORICALLY, HE’S BEEN SAYING THE RIGHT THING IN RECENT WEEKS, BUT HE’S NOT USING THE LEVERAGE HE HAS THE $3.8 BILLION ANNUAL MILITARY AID THE LARGEST SUPPLIER ARMS TO ISRAEL. NONE OF THIS IS CONDITION. NONE. THIS IS BEING THREATENED TO HOLD BACK. AND BIDEN BASICALLY, YOU KNOW, DOESN’T WANT TO TAKE THE POLITICAL CONSEQUENCES OF GETTING TOUGH ON ISRAEL. HE PERSONALLY IDENTIFIES WITH ISRAEL. BUT THERE’S GOT TO BE A LIMIT TO THAT. AND

IF SO MANY PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS BEEN KILLED BEFORE, BIDEN SAYS WE’VE GOT TO, YOU KNOW, REALLY PUT ON ISRAEL TO STOP. AND THIS COURT RULING REALLY FORCES BIDEN TO THAT STOP. >> GOT IT. AND I JUST WANT TO DRAW YOUR YEARS, DECADES OF EXPERIENCE IN THIS FIELD OF, HUMAN RIGHTS LAW. DO YOU ISRAEL IS COMMITTING? >> WELL, YOU KNOW, I HAVE TO SAY THIS IS I THINK, YOU KNOW, AS I SAID THERE’S A VERY PLAUSIBLE CASE THAT ISRAEL IS COMMITTING. >> YES. BUT THAT’S REVEALING. WASN’T MADE TODAY. BUT I THINK WE CAN SAY FOR SURE IS

ISRAEL IS COMMITTING SYSTEMATIC WAR CRIMES. >> KNOW THE U.S. RECEIVED £2,000 BOMBS IN HEAVILY POPULATED, THAT THEY DELIVERED DEPRAVATION TO THE POINT OF WIDESPREAD STARVATION. BUT BASIC HUMANITARIAN AID. YOU KNOW, THESE ARE LATENT WAR CRIMES THINK IT’S ONLY A MATTER OF TIME BEFORE THAT THE SEPARATE INSTITUTION IN INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT STARTS CRIMINALLY CHARGING SENIOR OFFICIALS THAT THIS IS AN OPPORTUNITY FOR NETANYAHU TO START DOING RIGHT THING, TO START DIALING, START DIALING BACK THE TREMENDOUS HARM THAT HE IS CAUSING TO PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS. MM-HMM. AND THERE IS AT THIS POINT, NO SIGN OF THAT. BUT KENNETH ROTH,

REALLY APPRECIATE YOU COMING ON AND BRINGING, AS I SAY, THOSE THOSE DECADES OF IN THIS FIELD TO HELP US UNDERSTAND WHAT HAPPENED IN THE HAGUE TODAY. >> THANKS VERY MUCH. THE QUESTION OF WHO RESPECTS. >> WELL, NOW LET’S BRING IN THIS BIG STORY PANEL THAT WE GOT TODAY. JOINING US, ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND SIRIUS XM RADIO HOST MIKE AND NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN FROM VIRGINIA, BARBARA COMSTOCK. ABC NEWS POLITICAL CONTRIBUTOR, FORMER U.S. SENATOR FROM NORTH DAKOTA HEIDI HEITKAMP AND ABC NEWS NATIONAL SECURITY DEFENSE ANALYST MICK MULROY. >> SO LET ME START WITH YOU. >>

IT’S UNLIKELY THAT ISRAEL IS GOING TO CHOOSE TO COMPLY THE ORDERS OR THE DECLARATIONS ,THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE. >> BUT WHAT WHAT CAN THEIR RESPONSE BE? >> ARE THEY JUST GOING TO THUMB THEIR NOSE AT THE UN’S HIGHEST COURT? >> I THINK IT’S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT THE ICJ OBVIOUSLY DID RECOGNIZE THE RIGHT OF SELF-DEFENSE, BUT THEN WENT ON THAT DIRECTION OF SAYING YOU NEED TO ESSENTIALLY PROTECT CIVILIANS, CIVILIAN CASUALTIES. THAT SHOULDN’T BE HAPPENING. ,YOU NEED TO ALLOW HUMANITARIAN AID TO GO IN LARGER AMOUNTS. AND OF COURSE, THEY DIDN’T CALL FOR AN IMMEDIATE

CEASE FIRE. AND I WOULD JUST POINT OUT THAT IS BASICALLY WHAT SECRETARY BLINKEN HAS BEEN SAYING PUBLICLY AND PRIVATELY THROUGHOUT THIS. >> SO I THINK IT’S VERY CONSISTENT WITH THE U.S. APPROACH THAT. >> I WOULD ALSO POINT OUT, AS MR. ROTH DID, THAT THIS IS NOT THE END OF IT. SO THIS IS A PRELIMINARY FINDING. ISRAEL NEEDS TO BE ON NOTICE THAT. THIS IS NOT GOING TO STOP. SO THEY NEED TO THEY’RE GOING TO ESSENTIALLY CHECK ALL THOSE GOING FORWARD. AND I WOULD HOPE, AS I HOPE THE WHOLE TIME THAT THEY WOULD CHANGE THEIR TACTICS

IN A WAY THAT THEY MEET THEIR STRATEGIC AIMS, THE DESTRUCTION MILITARILY OF HAMAS. >> BUT THE TACTICS NEED TO CHANGE SO THE CIVILIANS DON’T GET KILLED IN THE PROCESS. HUMANITARIAN AID IS BROUGHT IN IN MUCH LARGER AMOUNTS AS THERE IS A HUMAN CRISIS GOING ON IN GAZA. >> THERE SURE IS. AND DOESN’T LOOK LIKE ISRAEL IS GOING TO BE CHANGING ITS TACTICS ANY TIME SOON. BARBARA, I WANT TO ASK YOU FIRST, THE ISRAELI ISRAEL’S DEFENSE RESPONDED TO THIS RULING FROM THE INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE TODAY, SAYING, QUOTE, ISRAEL DOES NOT NEED TO BE LECTURED ON

MORALITY IN ORDER TO DISTINGUISH BETWEEN TERRORISTS AND CIVILIANS. GAZA. BUT GIVEN THE DEATH TOLL, MORE THAN 25,000, AND THAT THE MAJORITY, THE SUBSTANTIAL MAJORITY OF THOSE DEATHS ARE CIVILIANS. SOUNDS LIKE THEY ARE HAVING A HARD TIME DISTINGUISHING. AND IT JUST DOESN’T SOUND LIKE THEY’RE GOING TO STOP. >> ARE THEY GOING TO TAKE THIS RULING SERIOUSLY AT ALL? >> WELL, LISTEN, WE’RE ON THE EVE OF, YOU KNOW, HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY. AND THE REASON WE HAVE THE CONVENTION IS BECAUSE THE WORLD FAILED TO STOP THE, YOU KNOW, OF 6 MILLION JEWS. AND SO WHEN WE HAVE HAMAS,

WHO STARTED AS OCTOBER 7TH AND IS STILL COMMITTED AND SAID THEY WANT A REPEAT OCTOBER 7TH, YOU KNOW, EVERY DAY THEY’RE COMMITTING TO THE OF THE JEWISH PEOPLE AND OF ISRAEL. YOU KNOW, THIS IS THEIR FUNDAMENTAL PROBLEM HERE. SO I DO APPRECIATE YOU, AS WAS MENTIONED, THAT, YOU KNOW, A CEASEFIRE WASN’T CALLED FOR HERE AND THAT THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS WORKING, YOU KNOW, TO RESOLVE THINGS. THEY’RE STILL HOLDING HOSTAGES AND THEY’RE WORKING TO GET MORE HUMANITARIAN AID IN HERE. BUT THEY HAVE A RIGHT TO DEFEND THEMSELVES BY PEOPLE WHO ARE COMMITTED TO THEIR. HEIDI, I

IF I COULD DRAW ON YOUR EXPERIENCE AS WELL HERE IN THE STATES ROLE. SO JOE BIDEN IS, AS I SAID EARLIER HE IS A CREATURE OF A DIFFERENT TIME WHERE THE INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS THAT WERE BUILT BY THE UNITED STATES WERE SUSTAINED BY THE UNITED STATES. AND AMERICAN PRESIDENTS, YOU KNOW, LARGELY RESPECTED THOSE INSTITUTIONS AND TRIED TO BOLSTER THEM. OBVIOUSLY, THE TRUMP PRESIDENCY IN MANY WAYS WAS AN EXCEPTION. DOES THIS PUT JOE BIDEN IN A BIND? >> YOU KNOW, I THINK MITT CAN IT. RIGHT. WHICH IS THIS IS NOT ANY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT THE ADMINISTRATION HAS

BEEN URGING ALONG? I THINK THE REAL THREAT HERE FOR THE ADMINISTRATION IS INTO THE REGION, AND I THINK THEY’RE PLAYING THAT. THEY’RE PLAYING DIPLOMACY IN A WAY THAT THEY NEED TO TO BASICALLY SAY WE ARE QUIETLY PRESSURING ISRAEL TO RATCHET BACK ON THEIR ATTACKS ON CIVILIANS AND TO ALLOW HUMANITARIAN AID. NOW, WE HAVE AN INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL THAT’S SAYING THE SAME THINGS. AND I THINK THE QUESTION WHAT ISRAEL RESPOND TO THE CONCERNS THAT THE ADMINISTRATION ON ESCALATION. AND I THINK THAT, AS WE SAID, ISN’T ANY DIFFERENT THAN WHAT BLINKEN’S BEEN DOING AROUND THE REGION, WHICH HAD

LIMITED EFFECT. >> APPARENTLY THERE WAS A FROSTINESS THAT HAS CREPT IN RELATIONS BETWEEN PRESIDENT BIDEN AND PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU BECAUSE ALL OF THOSE ADMONITIONS BLINKEN, FROM THE PRESIDENT, FROM AMERICAN OFFICIALS, DON’T SEEM TO BE MAKING MUCH OF A DIFFERENCE. I WANT TO GO TO SOMETHING ELSE THAT HAPPENED TODAY. THE U.S. STATE DEPARTMENT PAUSED FUNDING FOR A UNITED NATIONS AGENCY THAT HELPS PALESTINE IN REFUGEES. THERE ARE ALLEGATIONS THAT SOME OF THAT AGENCY’S EMPLOYEES WERE INVOLVED IN THE OCTOBER 7TH ATTACK ON ISRAEL. THOSE ARE VERY SERIOUS ALLEGATIONS HERE. BUT BOY, IT CUT OFF ALL AID TO PALESTINIAN

AT THIS POINT. YOU KNOW, ONCE AGAIN, IS THAT A MEASURED RESPONSE GIVEN HOW YOUNG VOTERS ARE TURNING AWAY FROM JOE BIDEN’S SUPPORT, BLANKET SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL? IS THIS A PROBLEM FOR THE PRESIDENT AS WELL? IT ALMOST SEEMS CALLOUS AT THIS POINT TO STOP HELPING PALESTINIAN REFUGEES. >> THIS IS A MAJOR FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN AS HE SEEKS FOR A REELECTION JUST AS THE KEY VOTING BLOC FOR HIM IS GOING TO BE YOUNG VOTERS AND NOT JUST NECESSARILY FOR THEM COMING OUT TO CAST THEIR BALLOT IN NOVEMBER, BUT AS MUCH AS ENGAGEMENT THAT THEY ARE ON SOCIAL

MEDIA IN PARTICULAR AS REPORTS ARE SHOWING THAT YOUNG PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING A SOURCE OF NEWS FROM TIKTOK, A LOT OF INDIVIDUALS DON’T HAVE THE TIME THAT WE DO TO DO DEEP DIVES INTO THE UNDERSTANDING OF POSSIBLY WHY THE STATE DEPARTMENT HAS PUT A PAUSE ON IT AND TO UNDERSTAND THE INVESTIGATION. SO ON FACE VALUE, WHAT THEY SEE IS UNITED STATES IS ACTUALLY PAUSING AID AN EFFORT THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AND CAN THEY ALSO SEE THIS HIGH COURT ALSO, TOO, SAYING THAT THERE IS PLAUSIBILITY THAT ISRAEL COULD BE COMMITTING IF THEY DON’T PUT THESE MEASURES INTO PLACE.

SO WHEN YOU BRING ALL THOSE ELEMENTS INTO A CONVERSATION INTO PLAY, THAT IS DEFINITELY CAUSING HARM FOR PRESIDENT BIDEN GOING FORWARD WITH YOUNG VOTERS, THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO COME OUT AND BE MORE EXPLANATORY ON THE REASONS WHY THEY’RE PAUSE ON THIS AND THE REASONS WHY THEY’RE PUTTING MORE EFFORT INTO ENSURING THAT ISRAEL HAS THE RIGHT TO DEFEND ITSELF. BUT BY NOT PUTTING PRESSURE ON THE CEASE FIRE, SECRETARY BLINKEN CANNOT CONTINUE TO HAVE SUCH CONVERSATIONS ANYMORE. THEY NEED TO NOW COME OUT AND HAVE THIS DISCOURSE PUBLICLY AS WE ARE IN A REELECTION YEAR. >> IT’S

SUCH JUSTIFIABLY EMOTIONAL ISSUE. THIS WAR REALLY RIGHT ACROSS THE BOARD. AND BARBARA, HEIDI AND NICK, THANK YOU VERY MUCH FOR BEING WITH US ON IT. >> WELL, COMING UP, A VERDICT IN DONALD TRUMP’S DEFAMATION TRIAL. THE JURY AWARDS MORE THAN $83 MILLION TO WRITER E. JEAN CARROLL. OUR PANEL WEIGHS IN ON THAT LATE BREAKING DEVELOPMENT IN OUR SPOTLIGHT. SO STAY WITH US. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HEARING ISRAEL A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. >> REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS

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TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD R MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST. LISTENING TO YOU START HERE ABC NEWS MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. >> WELL, WELCOME BACK IN SPOTLIGHT, JURORS ABOARD A DONALD TRUMP TO PAY MORE THAN $83 MILLION IN WRITER E. JEAN CARROLL DEFAMATION CASE

AGAINST HIM. THE JURY AWARDED THOSE DAMAGES AFTER TRUMP REPEATEDLY CALLED CAROL A LIAR AFTER HAD PUBLICLY ACCUSED HIM OF ASSAULTING HER IN A STORE DEPARTMENT STORE DRESSING ROOM IN NEW YORK CITY BACK IN THE 1990S. AND A JURY ALREADY FOUND THAT SHE WAS TELLING THE TRUTH, THAT HE HAD DONE SO. HE CONTINUED TO DEFAME HER. AND THAT’S WHAT HAPPENED. THE JURY WALLOPING TRUMP. SO LET’S BRING BACK OUR PANEL. MIKE. HEIDI. AND JOINING THIS ONE EDITION IS LEGAL ANALYST AND TRIAL ATTORNEY, AUTHOR BRIAN BUCKMIRE. SO, BRIAN, YOU KNOW, WE OFTEN LOOK AT A BIG VERDICT LIKE

THIS, A JURY SENDING A MESSAGE. WHAT’S THE MESSAGE THIS JURY IS SENDING THE MESSAGE HERE, I THINK, AND ESPECIALLY ON THE FOCUS OF THOSE PUNITIVE DAMAGES THAT ROSE TO THE TUNE OF, $65 MILLION, IS THAT DONALD WAS WILLFUL. HE WAS SHOWING MALICE. HE SHOWED HE SHOWED EVERYTHING THAT YOU CAN IMAGINE THAT COMES IN PUNITIVE DAMAGES. AND THEY THOUGHT HE SHOULD BE PUNISHED. AND THAT’S WHY THAT WAS SO THIS WAS A THREAT TO SEND A MESSAGE. >> AND HE CAME THROUGH BEAUTIFULLY. WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE EVIDENCE THE ATTORNEYS MADE, YOU ASKED THE QUESTION, WHAT WOULD

IT BE TO DONALD TRUMP ON DEFENSE? THEY THOUGHT $65 MILLION. >> THE NUMBER. YEAH, MAKE HIM STOP IS IS WHAT SHE SAID. SO, BARBARA, THERE HAVE BEEN MANY PEOPLE ON ONE SIDE OF THE POLITICAL DIVIDE IN THIS COUNTRY SAYING THAT NOTHING’S, YOU KNOW, HIS HIS SHAMELESSNESS IN THE FACE OF SOMETHING LIKE THIS THAT’S THAT’S HIS CALLING CARD. YOU THINK THAT’S GOING TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN HOW HE CONDUCTS HIMSELF. >> WELL, I THINK THAT PERSISTENCE OF STRONG WOMAN HAS BEEN THE UNDOING OF TRUMP. CERTAINLY HERE WITH THIS VERDICT, ALTHOUGH THE JURY WAS MOSTLY MEN, BUT

ALSO THE BEGINNING OF THIS WITH NIKKI HALEY, WHO HAS REFUSED TO BACK DOWN AND IS STAYING IN THERE. AND OF COURSE, IF YOU GO BACK TO THE IMPEACHMENT AND THE JANUARY 6 HEARINGS, LIZ CHENEY. SO I THINK YOU’RE GOING TO SEE WOMEN WHO ARE THE UNDOING OF DONALD TRUMP. BUT, YOU KNOW, HEIDI, ONCE UPON A TIME IN, AMERICA, A POLITICIAN WHO HAD A JURY VERDICT FINDING HE HAD SEXUALLY ASSAULTED A WOMAN AND THEN ANOTHER JURY VERDICT, FINE FINDING THAT HE CONTINUED TO DEFAME HER BY LYING ABOUT IT. THAT WOULD HAVE BEEN THE END THE POLITICIANS

CAREER. I REMEMBER SOME GUY WHO LOST HIS CAREER BECAUSE HE JUMPED IN A FOUNTAIN WITH A STRIPPER HERE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. THAT’S CHILD’S PLAY COMPARED TO SOME OF THE STUFF THAT TRUMP HAS BEEN HAS BEEN ACCUSED. AND SO I JUST WANT TO ASK YOU THE QUESTION THAT EVERYBODY’S ASKING. >> CAN HE REALLY RIDE THIS DEFIANCE OF THESE NORMS AND DEFIANCE OF THE LEGAL CASES AGAINST HIM? BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE? >> THAT’S REALLY WHAT THIS ELECTION’S ABOUT. ARE WE GOING TO RETURN TO A SOCIETY AND A COUNTRY THAT BELIEVES IN NORMS, THAT YOU DON’T DO

THESE THINGS. YOU DON’T LIE ABOUT PEOPLE. YOU DON’T DENIGRATE PEOPLE, YOU RESPECT PEOPLE, NOT A HYPOCRITE. YOU PAY YOUR BILLS. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, WE’RE IN WE’RE IN A SPOT RIGHT NOW WHERE WE’RE GOING TO FIND OUT WHAT KIND OF COUNTRY AND WHAT KIND OF NORMS WE HAVE AS A COUNTRY. BUT I DO HAVE TO SAY THE, JURY SAID SHUT THE UP AND WE’LL SEE IF $63 MILLION DOES IT. >> MIKE, WHAT DO YOU THINK? THINK THAT’S GOING TO DO IT? THAT’S A GOOD QUESTION. I DON’T KNOW IF IT’S GOING TO DO IT PER

SE, BUT IT KIND OF GOES BACK TO THE QUESTION YOU JUST ASK, HEIDI. IN A RELATIONSHIP, DOES THIS CHANGE ANY OUTCOME WHEN COMES TO CHANGE THE POLITICAL TRAJECTORY HEADING INTO ELECTION CYCLE? AND WHAT WE’VE SEEN UP TO THIS THUS FAR, THE AMOUNT OF INDICTMENTS THAT HE’S HAD, THE NUMBER OF CASES HE IS FACING, HE IS STILL COMING UP. THE WINNER IN HE HAS JUST WON THE RECENT PRIMARY IN NEW HAMPSHIRE. AND BY ALL INDICATIONS, THE POLLING HE’S AHEAD TO WIN IN THE STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA. SO THE MERE FACT OF THOSE TWO WINS, PLUS A

POSSIBLE THIRD, THAT IS AHEAD IT IS IS NOT HAVING ANY IMPACT NEGATIVELY ON HIS CHANCES TO RETURN BACK TO THE WHITE HOUSE. TERRY, THAT LET YOU KNOW WHERE WE ARE IN THE FABRIC OF OUR DEMOCRACY THAT IS ERODING INTO A WHERE WHERE WE ONCE HELD OUR ELECTED OFFICIALS AND POLITICIANS TO A HIGHER MORE STANDARD THAT JUST ISN’T THERE ANYMORE. >> ABSOLUTELY. BREAK THAT DOWN IN THIS PRIMARIES. BUT WOMEN ARE THE DECIDERS IN THE GENERAL ELECTION. >> WE’LL SEE HOW THAT HOW THAT WORKS IS BEHIND WITH WOMEN. REPUBLICANS OFTEN ARE. MIKE, BARBARA, HEIDI AND BRIAN, THANKS

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AND I FEEL ABOUT THE LIONS AS THEY SEEK TO PLAY IN THEIR FIRST SUPER BOWL IN FRANCHISE HISTORY. BUT DETROIT’S GOING TO NEED TO WIN OVER THE SAN FRANCISCO 49 WITH BROCK PURDY AND CHRISTIAN MCCAFFREY. THAT TOUGH DAY BOTH THOSE PLAYERS RIGHT THERE, MVP FINALIST. LET’S BRING BACK OUR PANEL. MIKE, HEIDI, BARBARA AND MIKE AND NICK. SO, MIKE, FEEL GOOD ABOUT THE LIONS. I KNOW YOU’RE FROM MICHIGAN. GOOD LUCK TO YOU. WHAT DO YOU THINK. >> OH, YEAH. GO LINE, BABY. TERRY, THAT HAD TO BE HARD FOR YOU MADE AS A BEARS AND TO ROOT

FOR THE LIONS. >> BUT YES, I AM ROOTING FOR THE LIONS. I HATE THE PACKERS BECAUSE I WAS BORN TO HATE. >> THERE YOU GO. I MY PREDICTION WILL COME DOWN TO THE LIONS WILL ABSOLUTELY BEAT THE 40 NINERS AND WE WILL SEE THE RAVENS BEAT THE CHIEFS FOR A LIONS IN A SUPER BOWL. AND WHAT A GREAT SUPPORT THAT WOULD BE BETWEEN THE CITY OF DETROIT AND THE CITY OF BALTIMORE. TWO REALLY SPECIAL CITIES AMERICA. >> LOVE THAT. HEIDI IN DETROIT, GENERAL MOTORS IS EVEN CHANGING THE SHIFTS FOR WORKERS ON ASSEMBLY LINE IN FLINT

TO MAKE SURE THAT THEY WON’T MISS THE GAME. I LOVE THAT. THAT’S WHAT WE GOT HERE. WE GOT THAT KIND OF ATMOSPHERE . WELL, FIRST I HAVE TO STAND BY. PACKERS WILL WAIT TO SEE WHAT NEXT YEAR GRITS WITH. I DON’T WANT TO PUT MY NEW QUARTERBACK GLOVES AND SO GO PACK BUT YOU KNOW NOW EVERYONE’S ALLIANCE THERE THE GREAT CINDERELLA TEAM GREAT CITY DETROIT COMING BACK LET’S LET’S ALL CHEER FOR THE UNDERDOG THE LIO