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    FLATTENED THIS WAREHOUSE LEFT IN
    RUINS. AND OVERNIGHT, A TORNADO
    TOUCHING DOWN NORTH OF HOUSTON.
    WHAT TO EXPECT TODAY TALKS FOR A
    POTENTIAL HOSTAGE DEAL BETWEEN
    ISRAEL AND HAMAS RESUMING TODAY.
    >> BUT THIS MORNING, WORD THAT
    ISRAEL’S PRIME MINISTER AND
    OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE
    BRACING FOR POSSIBLE ARREST
    WARRANTS FROM AN INTERNATIONAL
    COURT, PLUS A NEW CRACKDOWN
    OVERNIGHT ON CROWDS PROTESTING
    THE WAR ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES HERE
    IN THE U.S.
    >> A LOCAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY
    CAUGHT ON CAMERA AFTER REFUSING
    TO PULL OVER FOR SPEEDING.
    >> I AM THE DA.
    >> OKAY, HER CLAIM TO THE
    OFFICER AND HOW THE GOVERNOR IS
    NOW GETTING INVOLVED.
    >> THE GOVERNOR EYED AS A
    POTENTIAL TRUMP RUNNING MATE
    THIS NOVEMBER, RESPONDS TO THE
    BACKLASH OVER HER STORY ABOUT
    SHOOTING HER DOG FOR BAD
    BEHAVIOR. WHAT KRISTI NOEM IS
    NOW SAYING NIGHTMARE IN PARADISE
    THE LIST OF AMERICANS NOW FACING
    PRISON TIME IN THE CARIBBEAN FOR
    BRINGING BULLETS IN THEIR
    LUGGAGE. LATER, THE MAJOR
    LEAGUES REPORTEDLY MAKING A
    MAJOR CHANGE TO THOSE
    CONTROVERSIAL SEE THROUGH
    UNIFORMS IN THE TODDLER WHO SAID
    THERE WERE MONSTERS IN THE WALL
    AND WAS RIGHT SORT OF.
    >> FROM ABC NEWS IN NEW YORK.
    THIS IS AMERICA THIS MORNING.
    >> GOOD MONDAY MORNING,
    EVERYONE. I’M ANDREW DYMBURT.
    >> GOOD MORNING TO YOU I’M
    RHIANNON ALLY. WE WANT TO BEGIN
    WITH THE SEVERE WEATHER
    OVERNIGHT. JUST HOURS AFTER A
    DEADLY TORNADO OUTBREAK LEFT
    SEVERAL PEOPLE DEAD, INCLUDING A
    FOUR MONTH OLD CHILD.
    >> STATES FROM NEBRASKA AND IOWA
    TO OKLAHOMA AND NOW TEXAS HAVE
    SEEN THESE DESTRUCTIVE AND
    DEVASTATING STORMS. AERIAL VIDEO
    SHOWS THIS DOLLAR TREE WAREHOUSE
    TORN TO SHREDS IN OKLAHOMA AND
    DEBRIS WAS FLYING IN KANSAS AS
    THIS FUNNEL CLOUD SLAMMED INTO A
    HOUSE THIS MORNING. THE
    MULTI-DAY SEVERE WEATHER
    OUTBREAK NOW LEAVING ITS MARK ON
    TEXAS.
    >> YOU SEE THIS RIGHT HERE? THIS
    IS WHERE A HOUSE WAS.
    >> THE SHERIFF IN TRINITY COUNTY
    POSTING THIS VIDEO OVERNIGHT
    SAYING A TORNADO JUST TOUCHED
    DOWN SHOWING WIDESPREAD DAMAGE
    TO A COMMUNITY NORTH OF HOUSTON.
    >> IT’S NO LONGER HERE. IT’S
    COMPLETELY GONE. CARS TURNED
    COMPLETELY UPSIDE DOWN. IT’S
    KIND OF UNHEARD OF IN OUR AREA.
    >> TWO PEOPLE WERE RUSHED TO THE
    HOSPITAL AFTER BEING RESCUED
    FROM A DAMAGED HOME. POWERFUL
    TORNADO. RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE,
    RIGHT HERE. SINCE FRIDAY, MORE
    THAN 130 TORNADOES HAVE BEEN
    REPORTED ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF
    THE COUNTRY. AT LEAST FOUR
    PEOPLE WERE KILLED FROM THE
    STORMS IN OKLAHOMA, INCLUDING A
    FOUR MONTH OLD. THE NATIONAL
    WEATHER SERVICE SAYS A LEAST EFH
    PACKING WINDS UP TO 165MPH
    DESTROYED THE TOWN OF SULFUR.
    >> I JUST HAVEN’T SEEN THIS MUCH
    DESTRUCTION FROM MY TIME AS
    GOVERNOR. IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY
    BUSINESS IN DOWNTOWN HAS BEEN
    DESTROYED NOW. VIDEO FROM ABOVE
    SHOWS THE SCOPE OF THE
    DEVASTATION.
    >> ROOFS RIPPED OFF, HOMES
    DEMOLISHED.
    >> I JUST KEPT SEEING PICTURES
    ON THE NEWS AND FACEBOOK, AND
    YOU DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH REAL
    DAMAGE IS DONE TO YOUR SEE IT
    WITH YOUR OWN EYES.
    >> IN IOWA, SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE
    INJURED AND ONE PERSON KILLED IN
    MINDEN, WHERE OFFICIALS SAY
    NEARLY HALF THE CITY’S HOMES
    HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. AND
    AUTHORITIES IN NEBRASKA SAY MORE
    THAN 150 HOMES WERE DAMAGED IN
    DOUGLAS COUNTY, THE NATIONAL
    WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN OMAHA
    ISSUED 48 TORNADO WARNINGS
    FRIDAY, THE MOST EVER ISSUED IN
    A SINGLE DAY. MEANWHILE, THE
    HOTTEST TEMPERATURES OF THE YEAR
    ARE ON THE WAY FOR PARTS OF THE
    NORTHEAST TODAY. WE’LL CHECK
    YOUR FULL FORECAST IN JUST A FEW
    MINUTES.
    >> MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS NOW FROM
    THE WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
    TALKS FOR A POTENTIAL CEASE FIRE
    AND HOSTAGE DEAL ARE SET TO
    RESUME TODAY, AS MEMBERS OF
    ISRAEL’S GOVERNMENT BRACE FOR A
    NEW LEGAL THREAT. IN THE
    MEANTIME, A NEW CRACKDOWN ON
    COLLEGE STUDENTS PROTESTING THE
    WAR ON CAMPUSES NATIONWIDE.
    ABC’S CHRISTIANE CORDERO IS HERE
    NOW WITH THE LATEST. CHRISTIANE.
    >> GOOD MORNING, BRIANNA, AND
    GOOD MORNING. TODAY CEASE FIRE
    TALKS COME AS WE LEARN ABOUT
    POTENTIAL ARREST WARRANTS FOR
    MEMBERS OF ISRAEL’S GOVERNMENT.
    THIS MORNING, TOP ISRAELI
    OFFICIALS REPORTEDLY BELIEVE
    THEY COULD FACE ARREST WARRANTS
    FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL
    COURT IN THE NEAR FUTURE,
    POSSIBLY THIS WEEK. THEY INCLUDE
    PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN
    NETANYAHU AND ISRAEL’S DEFENSE
    MINISTER, ACCORDING TO THE NEW
    YORK TIMES. THE ISRAELI
    OFFICIALS COULD POTENTIALLY BE
    ACCUSED OF PREVENTING THE
    DELIVERY OF HUMANITARIAN AID TO
    THE GAZA STRIP AND PURSUING AN
    EXCESSIVELY HARSH RESPONSE TO
    THE HAMAS LED OCTOBER SEVENTH
    ATTACKS ON ISRAEL. NETANYAHU HAS
    DEFENDED HIS GOVERNMENT’S
    RESPONSE.
    >> PUT YOURSELF IN ISRAEL’S
    SHOES.
    >> WE WERE ATTACKED. UNPROVOKED
    ATTACK, MURDEROUS ATTACK ON
    OCTOBER 7TH, THE WORST ATTACK ON
    JEWISH PEOPLE SINCE THE
    HOLOCAUST. I THINK WE’VE
    RESPONDED IN A WAY THAT GOES
    AFTER THE TERRORISTS AND TRIES
    TO MINIMIZE THE CIVILIAN
    POPULATION IN WHICH THE
    TERRORISTS EMBED THEMSELVES AND
    USE THEM AS HUMAN SHIELDS,
    EXPERTS SAY THE POTENTIAL FOR AN
    ARREST WARRANT DOES NOT MEAN AN
    ARREST OR A TRIAL IN THE HAGUE
    IS IMMINENT.
    >> IT COMES AS NEGOTIATORS MEET
    TODAY IN CAIRO TO DISCUSS A
    POTENTIAL CEASE FIRE DEAL
    BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. THE
    WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTS. THE
    POTENTIAL DEAL INCLUDES AROUND
    20 HOSTAGES BEING RELEASED IN
    RETURN FOR ISRAEL RELEASING AN
    ESTIMATED 500 PALESTINIAN
    PRISONERS AND ALLOWING 300,000
    PEOPLE TO RETURN TO NORTHERN
    GAZA, ISRAEL’S FOREIGN MINISTER
    HAS SAID ISRAEL WOULD DELAY ITS
    OFFENSIVE IN RAFAH IN SOUTHERN
    GAZA, IN EXCHANGE FOR A HOSTAGE
    DEAL.
    >> WHEN YOU SAW HAMAS RELEASED
    ANOTHER VIDEO OF AN AMERICAN
    ISRAELI HOSTAGE OVER THE
    WEEKEND, KEITH SIEGEL IS SEEN
    BREAKING DOWN IN TEARS IN THE
    VIDEO.
    >> DAYS EARLIER, HAMAS RELEASED
    VIDEO OF 23 YEAR OLD HIRSH
    GOLDBERG. POLAND I DO THINK THAT
    THESE TWO VIDEOS ARE A SIGNAL
    FROM HAMAS THAT THEY ARE READY
    TO MAKE A DEAL AND A REMINDER
    THAT THERE ARE AMERICAN CITIZENS
    BEING HELD, INCLUDING INCLUDING
    KEITH, HERE IN THE U.S, ANOTHER
    UNIVERSITY CAMPUS IS GRAPPLING
    WITH PROTESTS OVER THE WAR.
    POLICE OVERNIGHT WERE SEEN
    DETAINING PROTESTERS AT VIRGINIA
    TECH. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE
    ARRESTED AT COLLEGE CAMPUSES
    OVER THE WEEKEND. UCLA IS NOW
    ADDING SECURITY TO CAMPUS AFTER
    CLASHES BETWEEN PRO-PALESTINIAN
    AND PRO-ISRAELI DEMONSTRATORS,
    PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES
    AND THE POLICE DON’T HAVE THE
    RIGHT TO STOP A MESSAGE.
    >> THEY HAVE A RIGHT SOMETIMES
    TO STOP THE MANNER IN WHICH THE
    MESSAGE IS BEING CONVEYED. HATE
    SPEECH IS NOT IS NOT PROTECTED.
    THERE ARE CERTAIN KINDS OF
    SPEECH THAT AREN’T PROTECTED.
    BUT PROTESTING THE GOVERNMENT S
    INVOLVEMENT IN A CONFLICT
    OVERSEAS IS CLASSIC FIRST
    AMENDMENT PROTECTED ACTIVITY IN
    A PHONE CALL YESTERDAY, THE
    WHITE HOUSE SAYS PRESIDENT BIDEN
    EMPHASIZED TO NETANYAHU THAT THE
    U.S. DOES NOT SUPPORT A GROUND
    OPERATION IN RAFAH, WHERE MORE
    THAN 1 MILLION PALESTINIANS HAVE
    SOUGHT SHELTER SINCE THE WAR
    BEGAN.
    >> ANDREW. CHRISTIANE.
    >> THANK YOU. FORMER PRESIDENT
    TRUMP’S HUSH MONEY TRIAL RESUMES
    TOMORROW AFTER DAYS OF TESTIMONY
    FROM FORMER NATIONAL ENQUIRER
    PUBLISHER DAVID PECKER. TOMORROW
    A BANKER WHO TESTIFIED ABOUT A
    SHELL COMPANY SET UP TO PAY
    ADULT FILM STAR STORMY DANIELS
    WILL RETURN TO THE STAND. THE
    JURY ALSO HEARD LAST WEEK FROM
    TRUMP’S LONGTIME EXECUTIVE
    ASSISTANT, WHO SAID TRUMP HAD
    STORMY DANIELS CONTACT
    INFORMATION. MEANWHILE, TRUMP
    MET PRIVATELY IN MIAMI YESTERDAY
    WITH FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON
    DESANTIS. SOURCES SAY DESANTIS
    REQUESTED THE MEETING TO BURY
    THE HATCHET AFTER THAT
    CONTENTIOUS PRIMARY RACE,
    DESANTIS ENDORSED TRUMP AFTER
    DROPPING OUT BUT HAS NOT
    CAMPAIGNED WITH HIM. THERE’S
    WORD HE MAY BEGIN FUNDRAISING
    FOR TRUMP, A GOVERNOR THOUGHT TO
    BE A CONTENDER FOR DONALD
    TRUMP’S RUNNING MATE THIS
    NOVEMBER, IS RESPONDING TO THE
    BACKLASH OVER A STORY IN HER NEW
    BOOK.
    >> IT’S A STORY ABOUT SHOOTING
    HER PUPPY THIS MORNING, SOUTH
    DAKOTA GOVERNOR KRISTI NOEM,
    CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE RUNNING
    TO BECOME FORMER PRESIDENT
    TRUMP’S PICK FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
    IS RESPONDING TO THE BACKLASH
    OVER A STORY IN HER UPCOMING
    MEMOIR. IN THE BOOK, NOEM SAYS
    SHE SHOT AND KILLED HER 14 MONTH
    OLD PUPPY NAMED CRICKET FOR BAD
    BEHAVIOR. NOEM CLAIMS THE
    WIREHAIRED POINTER HAD AN
    AGGRESSIVE PERSONALITY THAT
    INCLUDED MISBEHAVING ON A
    HUNTING TRIP, KILLING SEVERAL
    CHICKENS AND BITING GNOME’S
    HAND. NOEM ALSO DETAILED KILLING
    A GOAT SHE CALLED NASTY AND
    MEAN. REACTION HAS BEEN SWIFT
    FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE.
    CONSERVATIVE MEDIA PERSONALITY
    LAURA LOOMER SAYING SHE CAN’T BE
    VP NOW. YOU CAN’T SHOOT YOUR DOG
    AND THEN BE VP. THE BIDEN
    CAMPAIGN POSTING THESE PHOTOS
    AFTER THE STORY EMERGED OF THE
    PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT
    WITH THEIR DOGS. AND THERE WAS
    THIS MOMENT AT SATURDAY’S WHITE
    HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS DINNER, I
    AM KILLING THIS DINNER HARDER
    THAN KRISTI NOEM KILLS THE
    PUPPIES. BUT NOEM RESPONDING
    YESTERDAY SAYING, I FOLLOWED THE
    LAW AND WAS BEING A RESPONSIBLE
    PARENT, DOG OWNER AND NEIGHBOR,
    ADDING THAT SHOOTING HER DOG
    WASN’T EASY, BUT OFTEN THE EASY
    WAY ISN’T THE RIGHT WAY. HER
    FELLOW REPUBLICANS TAKING
    ADVANTAGE OF THE CONTROVERSY.
    KARI LAKE ALSO A POTENTIAL TRUMP
    VP PICK, SHARED THIS PHOTO
    WISHING HER DOG A HAPPY BIRTHDAY
    AND FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON
    DESANTIS POSTED THIS VIDEO
    ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO ADOPT
    RESCUE DOGS. IN A SIGN OF THE
    CHALLENGES GNOME MAY FACE, A NEW
    YORK POST OPINION COLUMN SAID,
    QUOTE, WE HAVE FINALLY FOUND AN
    ISSUE THAT UNITES THE COUNTRY.
    >> TIME NOW FOR YOUR MONDAY
    WEATHER.
    >> WE’RE TRACKING THIS LINE OF
    SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS GETTING
    READY TO SWEEP ACROSS MUCH OF
    LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS THIS
    MORNING. YOU CAN SEE HOW ROBUST
    THESE STORMS WILL BE SETTING UP,
    AND THIS WILL BRING WITH THEM
    THE THREAT FOR STRONG WINDS,
    HAIL, AND MAYBE EVEN A FEW
    TORNADOES. MEANWHILE, WE’RE ALSO
    TRACKING ANOTHER SEVERE THREAT
    FOR AN AREA PREVIOUSLY HIT HARD
    LINCOLN. OMAHA, NEBRASKA. THIS
    REGION IS ALREADY SEEING
    DEVASTATING SEVERE
    THUNDERSTORMS, AND THEY COULD BE
    IN FOR MORE. TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
    MEANWHILE, ON THE EAST COAST,
    IT’S SOME OF THE HOTTEST
    TEMPERATURES OF THE YEAR. OUR
    NATION’S CAPITAL WILL REACH
    AROUND 90 DEGREES THIS
    AFTERNOON. SOMARA, THEODORE ABC
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    >> COMING UP, ZEBRAS ON THE
    LOOSE NEAR SEATTLE.
    >> ALSO AHEAD, THE DISTRICT
    ATTORNEY CAUGHT ON CAMERA AFTER
    REFUSING TO PULL OVER FOR
    SPEEDING. WHAT SHE TOLD THE
    OFFICER AND HOW THE GOVERNOR IS
    NOW GETTING INVOLVED, AND LATER,
    SOMETHING UNEXPECTED ON
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    >> WE’RE BACK WITH DRIVERS
    SEEING EXTRA STRIPES ON THE ROAD
    IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST FOR
    ZEBRAS. GOT LOOSE ON INTERSTATE
    90 EAST OF SEATTLE. AUTHORITIES
    SAY THE ZEBRAS ESCAPED FROM
    THEIR OWNER’S TRAILER. THEY WERE
    EVENTUALLY ROUNDED UP INSIDE A
    NEARBY FENCE.
    >> NOW TO NEW YORK, WHERE A
    DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS UNDER FIRE
    FOR WHAT SHE DID WHEN POLICE
    TRIED TO PULL HER OVER FOR
    SPEEDING AND ALL OF IT WAS
    CAUGHT ON CAMERA. BREAKING
    OVERNIGHT, NEW YORK’S GOVERNOR,
    NOW SEEKING A STATE
    INVESTIGATION INTO A LOCAL
    DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S CONDUCT
    DURING A TRAFFIC STOP.
    >> GET OUT OF MY HOUSE.
    >> POLICE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE
    OBTAINED BY OUR ROCHESTER
    AFFILIATE, WHAM, SHOWS MONROE
    COUNTY DA SANDRA DOORLEY,
    MOMENTS AFTER SHE REFUSED TO
    PULL OVER FOR A TRAFFIC STOP
    LAST WEEK, INSTEAD DRIVING HOME
    THE OFFICER FOLLOWED HER.
    >> WHAT IS THE REASON YOU’RE SO
    AGAINST WHAT I’M DOING? I’M
    DOING MY JOB. YOU SAY YOU’RE A
    DA.
    >> I AM THE DA. OKAY, OKAY, LET
    ME GET YOU MY BADGE. I AM THE DA
    OF MONROE COUNTY.
    >> DOORLEY ADMITTED SHE WAS
    SPEEDING.
    >> I WAS GOING 55, COMING HOME
    FROM WORK, 55, IN A 35. I DON’T
    REALLY CARE.
    >> WHY ARE YOU SO UPSET? SHE
    CLAIMS SHE DID NOT HEAR THE
    SIRENS AND SHE APPEARED TO CALL
    THE POLICE CHIEF.
    >> I’M GOING TO LEAVE ME ALONE.
    >> EVENTUALLY SHE TOLD THE
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    >> I’M THE ONE WHO PROSECUTES
    IT.
    >> OKAY, JUST GO AHEAD AND DO
    IT. GO AHEAD. YOU KNOW WHAT I’VE
    BEEN DEALING WITH ALL DAY? THREE
    MURDERS IN THE CITY. AND DO YOU
    THINK I REALLY CARE IF I WAS
    GOING 20 MILES OVER THE SPEED
    LIMIT?
    >> NOW, NEW YORK GOVERNOR KATHY
    HOCHUL HAS REFERRED DAWLEY’S
    CASE TO THE COMMISSION ON
    PROSECUTORIAL CONDUCT, SAYING
    DOORLEY HAS UNDERMINED HER
    ABILITY TO HOLD OTHERS
    ACCOUNTABLE FOR VIOLATING THE
    LAW. ALL NINE MEMBERS OF
    ROCHESTER CITY COUNCIL ALSO
    CALLING FOR A STATE
    INVESTIGATION. DOORLEY, IN A
    STATEMENT, SAID SHE PLEADED
    GUILTY TO SPEEDING AND SAID
    NOBODY, INCLUDING YOUR DISTRICT
    ATTORNEY, IS ABOVE THE RULE OF
    LAW. DOORLEY INSISTS SHE HAD NO
    INTENTION OF USING HER POSITION
    TO RECEIVE A BENEFIT FROM THE
    OFFICER.
    >> A CATHOLIC PRIEST NEAR
    PHILADELPHIA HAS RESPONDED TO
    THEFT CHARGES. HE’S ACCUSED OF
    STEALING $40,000 IN CHURCH FUNDS
    AND USED IT TO PLAY VIDEO GAMES,
    INCLUDING CANDY CRUSH AND
    POKEMON GO. POLICE SAY HE’S
    GETTING COUNSELING AND HE,
    QUOTE, EXPRESSED FEELINGS OF
    STUPIDITY.
    >> COMING UP, THE LIST OF
    AMERICANS NOW FACING PRISON TIME
    IN THE CARIBBEAN FOR BRINGING
    BULLETS IN THEIR LUGGAGE.
    >> ALSO AHEAD, THE BIG LEAGUES
    REPORTEDLY MAKING A BIG CHANGE
    TO THOSE CONTROVERSIAL SEE
    THROUGH
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    This is the first time you are
    sitting down like this to tell
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    Are you ready?
    You’ve been told to go through
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    thinking that moment when you
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    prisoner in Russia, Wednesday
    night May 1st on ABC.
    >> WELCOME BACK. A TOURIST IS
    RECOVERING FROM A SHARK BITE IN
    THE CARIBBEAN. THE SHARK SEVERED
    THE BRITISH MAN’S ARM AND LEG
    OFF THE COAST OF TOBAGO. HIS
    WIFE SAYS THE 64 YEAR OLD IS IN
    STABLE CONDITION, THOUGH IN THE
    ICU SHE SAYS HIS FRIENDS STAYED
    IN THE WATER TO BATTLE THE
    SHARK. AND AT LEAST FOUR
    AMERICANS ARE NOW FACING PRISON
    TIME IN TURKS AND CAICOS ON
    AMMUNITION CHARGES. THE LATEST
    ARREST WAS LAST TUESDAY. TYLER
    WENRICK OF VIRGINIA, WAS
    DETAINED FOR ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO
    CARRY TWO NINE MILLIMETER ROUNDS
    ONTO A CRUISE SHIP. NOW BECAUSE
    OF THE COUNTRY’S STRICT NEW
    FIREARMS LAW, HE FACES UP TO 12
    YEARS IN PRISON, WHICH HAS HIS
    WIFE TERRIFIED.
    >> LIKE, I UNDERSTAND THAT
    THERE’S LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
    IT’S. BUT THERE SHOULD BE
    FAIRNESS AND GRACE WHEN IT COMES
    TO THINGS, AND ESPECIALLY THE
    INTENT OF THEM. THERE IS NO
    INTENT TO HARM ANYBODY.
    >> THE TSA HAS ADMITTED FAILING
    TO DETECT THE ROUNDS IN
    WEINRIB’S LUGGAGE. WHEN HE LEFT
    THE U.S, THE OKLAHOMA MAN WE
    TOLD YOU ABOUT LAST WEEK FACES
    THE SAME POSSIBLE SENTENCE. HIS
    NEXT COURT HEARING IS IN JUNE.
    >> WE TURN NOW TO THE SPORTS
    UNIFORMS BEING CRITICIZED AS
    BEING SEE THROUGH. THEY’RE ABOUT
    TO SEE SOME CHANGES. AFTER
    MONTHS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT
    BASEBALL’S NEW UNIFORMS.
    >> YOU CAN SEE THE NIKE LOGO OF
    THIS GUY’S LIKE SPANDEX UNDER
    HIS PANTS.
    >> WHY DID NO ONE THINK TO TEST
    THE PANTS FIRST CHANGE IS
    COMING.
    >> IN A MEMO OBTAINED BY ESPN,
    THE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION SAYS THE
    LEAGUE WILL NOW REMEDY THE MANY
    ISSUES PLAGUING THE JERSEYS.
    >> THE NUMBERS ARE TOO SMALL.
    THE LETTERING IS TOO SMALL.
    >> THIS MAKES YOUR GAME YOUR
    SPORT LOOK CHEAP.
    >> INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT
    OHTANI AND SOTO AND BASEBALL,
    WE’RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE
    PLAYERS LOOK LIKE.
    >> NAKED COMPLAINTS HAVE
    INCLUDED THE SIZE OF THE NAMES
    AND NUMBERS, MISMATCHING COLORS,
    AND THE UNIFORMS COLLECTING TOO
    MUCH SWEAT. BUT THE BIGGEST
    COMPLAINT MLB PLAYERS ARE
    SLAMMING THE LEAGUE’S NEW
    UNIFORMS BECAUSE THEIR PANTS ARE
    SEE THROUGH.
    >> LET’S CHECK IT OUT.
    >> YEAH.
    >> OH, I GET THE FEELING THIS
    YEAR WE’RE GOING TO SEE A LOT
    MORE DINGERS.
    >> IN THE MEMO, THE PLAYERS
    ASSOCIATION BLAMES NIKE, WHICH
    SPENT A REPORTED $1 BILLION TO
    SUPPLY THE UNIFORMS. WRITING AT
    ITS CORE, WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE
    IS THAT NIKE WAS INNOVATING
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    WEAR SO-CALLED GUARDIAN CAPS
    DURING GAMES THEY’VE BEEN
    TESTING THE SOFT SHELL COVERS IN
    TRAINING CAMPS WORN OVER THE
    HELMET. THEY PROVIDE EXTRA
    PADDING AND HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO
    REDUCE CONCUSSIONS BY NEARLY 50.
    BUT SOME FANS CRITICAL, CLAIMING
    THE CAPS WILL TAKE AWAY FROM THE
    SPORT’S TOUGH GUY IMAGE. YOU ARE
    THIS THING ON YOUR HEAD, YOU’VE
    GOT NO DRIP, ZERO SWAG.
    >> IT IS A HARD L WOULD BE AN
    ABSOLUTE SHOCK IF SOMEBODY WORE
    THIS IN AN ACTUAL GAME.
    >> OTHERS WORRY THE CAPS MIGHT
    EMPOWER PLAYERS TO HIT EVEN
    HARDER, CAUSING MORE INJURIES.
    NO WORD YET ON HOW MANY PLAYERS
    MIGHT WEAR THE CAPS NEXT SEASON.
    AS FOR THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
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    FIX IT COULD TAKE UNTIL NEXT
    SEASON TO MAKE ALL THE NECESSARY
    CHANGES, BUT PLAYERS WILL BE
    HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
    >> THOUGH. COMING UP, A NEW WAY
    TO MOW THE LAWN.
    >> PLUS, THE TODDLER WHO SAID
    THERE WERE MONSTERS IN T
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    >> AND WE BEGIN WITH A BEE
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    TODDLER.
    >> SO SHE TOLD HER MOM SHE WAS
    HEARING MONSTERS IN HER BEDROOM
    WALL. AND HER MOM THOUGHT SHE
    WAS SCARED. AFTER WATCHING THE
    MOVIE MONSTERS, INC.
    >> BUT A BEEKEEPERS THERMAL
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    FOUND ABOUT 50,000 DEAD BEES.
    PEOPLE MAGAZINE SHOWING THESE
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    PART. ALL RIGHT, NEXT GOOD NEWS.
    IF YOU DREAD MOWING THE LAWN,
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    A WHILE.
    >> YEAH, YOU CAN JOIN THE NO MOW
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    AND THE REASON IS TO GIVE BEES
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    MEANWHILE MORE PEOPLE ARE
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    LOOK AT THIS. BUT SOME MODELS
    ARE SO EXPENSIVE WE’RE TALKING
    NEARLY SIX GRAND THAT SOME
    NEIGHBORS ARE TEAMING UP TO
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    >> NEXT, CAUTION FLAGS ARE NOT
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    >> OTHER CENTENARIANS ARE FACING
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    The ship is incredible. It feels
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    We just saw where no one has
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    >> CHECKING MORE TOP STORIES NOW
    AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
    KILLED BY A POWERFUL TORNADO IN
    OKLAHOMA. IT WAS AMONG MORE THAN
    130 TWISTERS REPORTED ACROSS THE
    MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY. SINCE
    JUST FRIDAY. THE LATEST CAUSED
    DAMAGE OVERNIGHT NORTH OF
    HOUSTON, TEXAS.
    >> OVERSEAS, HAMAS IS PLANNING
    TO ATTEND CEASEFIRE AND HOSTAGE
    TALKS RESUMING TODAY IN EGYPT.
    MEANWHILE, ISRAELI OFFICIALS ARE
    BRACING FOR POSSIBLE ARREST
    WARRANTS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL
    CRIMINAL COURT. POTENTIAL
    CHARGES REPORTEDLY INCLUDE
    PREVENTING THE DELIVERY OF
    HUMANITARIAN AID TO GAZA, NEW
    SETBACKS IN UKRAINE, THE
    UKRAINIAN ARMY SAYS ITS TROOPS
    ARE PULLING BACK FROM THREE
    VILLAGES IN THE EAST AMID SUPPLY
    SHORTAGES, AS THEY WAIT FOR
    NEWLY APPROVED U.S. WEAPONS TO
    ARRIVE.
    >> RUSSIA IS REPORTEDLY SENDING
    IN MORE FORCES.
    >> WNBA STAR CANDACE PARKER HAS
    RETIRED AFTER 16 SEASONS. THE 38
    YEAR OLD SAID THE COMPETITOR IN
    ME ALWAYS WANTS ONE MORE, BUT
    IT’S TIME IN TODAY’S WEATHER.
    >> RAIN AND SNOW IN THE ROCKIES
    DRIER ACROSS THE PLAINS, BUT
    HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE FLOODING
    ALONG THE GULF COAST. SUNNY ON
    THE EAST COAST. AND FINALLY, THE
    MYSTERY MAN AND HIS PUBLIC
    PERFORMANCE INVOLVING CHEESE
    BALLS.
    >> DANNY NEW. SHOWS US CHEESE
    BALL, MAN.
    >> CHEESE BALL MAN.
    >> WHY WERE THERE HUNDREDS OF
    FOLKS GATHERED IN A NEW YORK
    CITY PARK THIS WEEKEND SHOUTING,
    CHEESE BALL, MAN! WHY DO YOU
    THINK PEOPLE ARE SO INFATUATED
    WITH YOU? I THINK EVERYBODY
    WANTS TO BE BEHIND THE MASK. IT
    STARTED WITH THESE FLIERS, WHICH
    HAVE BEEN HANGING ALL OVER
    MANHATTAN FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW.
    THEY HOLD A SIMPLE MESSAGE FROM
    A MASKED MAN WISHING TO REMAIN
    ANONYMOUS. COME SEE ME EAT THIS
    ENTIRE JAR OF CHEESE BALLS. ON
    APRIL 27TH. I DIDN’T REALLY
    EXPECT THIS MANY PEOPLE TO SHOW
    UP. WELL THEY DID. THE
    FESTIVITIES KICKED OFF WITH A
    SPEECH AS MANY TOOK VIDEOS FOR
    SOCIAL MEDIA. THIS ONE CURRENTLY
    HOLDS 10 MILLION VIEWS. KEEP
    THOSE CHEESE BALLS. BUT OF
    COURSE, FINALLY THE TIME CAME
    WHEN THE GUY GOING BY CHEESE
    BALL MAN WOULD HAVE TO ACTUALLY
    COMMIT TO CONSUMING MORE THAN
    2000 CALORIES OF CHEDDAR AND
    CORNMEAL. THERE WAS A MOMENT
    THAT I WAS DEFINITELY GOING TO
    THROW UP, AND THEN PEOPLE SAID,
    KEEP IT DOWN REALLY LOUDLY, SO I
    JUST KEPT IT IN. I EXCHANGED
    MESSAGES WITH FOLKS WHO WERE
    THERE, MOST OF THEM SAYING THEY
    WENT BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT IT
    SOUNDED, QUOTE, HILARIOUS. ONE
    AD, END QUOTE. EVEN FROM TWO
    BLOCKS AWAY, YOU COULD HEAR THE
    CROWD EVEN. AFTER ALMOST A HALF
    HOUR, THE NOW LEGENDARY CHEESE
    BALL MAN FINALLY ACCOMPLISHED
    HIS QUEST AND THEN IMMEDIATELY
    SIGNED AUTOGRAPHS. HE ASKED ME
    NOT TO DISCLOSE HIS NAME, BUT
    WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT HE
    IS 22 YEARS OLD, JUST GRADUATED
    FROM NYU, AND GENUINELY WANTS TO
    BE MORE THAN JUST A CULINARY
    CONQUEROR. I’VE BEEN, YOU KNOW,
    TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE LIKE,
    CLEAN UP THE CITY. I PICK UP
    TRASH. ARE YOU DOING ALL THIS IN
    THE MASK? OH, I HAVE TO DO IT IN
    THE MASK. BY THE WAY, CHEESE
    BALL MAN SAYS HE WANTS TO RUN
    THIS BACK NEXT YEAR WITH AN EVEN
    BIGGER TUB. SO APRIL 27TH, 2025
    GUYS, UNION SQUARE PARK. BRING
    YOUR BIB. IT’S GOING TO
    >> RIGHT NOW ON AMERICA THIS
    MORNING, THE DEADLY TORNADO
    OUTBREAK ACROSS MULTIPLE STATES,
    AN ENTIRE DOWNTOWN DAMAGED AND
    DESTROYED A FOUR MONTH OLD.
    AMONG THOSE KILLED, HOMES
    FLATTENED THIS WAREHOUSE LEFT IN
    RUINS. AND OVERNIGHT, A TORNADO
    TOUCHING DOWN NORTH OF HOUSTON.
    WHAT TO EXPECT TODAY TALKS FOR A
    POTENTIAL HOSTAGE DEAL BETWEEN
    ISRAEL AND HAMAS RESUMING TODAY.
    >> BUT THIS MORNING, WORD THAT
    ISRAEL’S PRIME MINISTER AND
    OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE
    BRACING FOR POSSIBLE ARREST
    WARRANTS FROM AN INTERNATIONAL
    COURT, PLUS A NEW CRACKDOWN
    OVERNIGHT ON CROWDS PROTESTING
    THE WAR ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES HERE
    IN THE U.S.
    >> A LOCAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY
    CAUGHT ON CAMERA AFTER REFUSING
    TO PULL OVER FOR SPEEDING.
    >> I AM THE DA.
    >> OKAY, HER CLAIM TO THE
    OFFICER AND HOW THE GOVERNOR IS
    NOW GETTING INVOLVED.
    >> THE GOVERNOR EYED AS A
    POTENTIAL TRUMP RUNNING MATE
    THIS NOVEMBER, RESPONDS TO THE
    BACKLASH OVER HER STORY ABOUT
    SHOOTING HER DOG FOR BAD
    BEHAVIOR. WHAT KRISTI NOEM IS
    NOW SAYING NIGHTMARE IN PARADISE
    THE LIST OF AMERICANS NOW FACING
    PRISON TIME IN THE CARIBBEAN FOR
    BRINGING BULLETS IN THEIR
    LUGGAGE. LATER, THE MAJOR
    LEAGUES REPORTEDLY MAKING A
    MAJOR CHANGE TO THOSE
    CONTROVERSIAL SEE THROUGH
    UNIFORMS IN THE TODDLER WHO SAID
    THERE WERE MONSTERS IN THE WALL
    AND WAS RIGHT SORT OF.
    >> FROM ABC NEWS IN NEW YORK.
    THIS IS AMERICA THIS MORNING.
    >> GOOD MONDAY MORNING,
    EVERYONE. I’M ANDREW DYMBURT.
    >> GOOD MORNING TO YOU I’M
    RHIANNON ALLY. WE WANT TO BEGIN
    WITH THE SEVERE WEATHER
    OVERNIGHT. JUST HOURS AFTER A
    DEADLY TORNADO OUTBREAK LEFT
    SEVERAL PEOPLE DEAD, INCLUDING A
    FOUR MONTH OLD CHILD.
    >> STATES FROM NEBRASKA AND IOWA
    TO OKLAHOMA AND NOW TEXAS HAVE
    SEEN THESE DESTRUCTIVE AND
    DEVASTATING STORMS. AERIAL VIDEO
    SHOWS THIS DOLLAR TREE WAREHOUSE
    TORN TO SHREDS IN OKLAHOMA AND
    DEBRIS WAS FLYING IN KANSAS AS
    THIS FUNNEL CLOUD SLAMMED INTO A
    HOUSE THIS MORNING. THE
    MULTI-DAY SEVERE WEATHER
    OUTBREAK NOW LEAVING ITS MARK ON
    TEXAS.
    >> YOU SEE THIS RIGHT HERE? THIS
    IS WHERE A HOUSE WAS.
    >> THE SHERIFF IN TRINITY COUNTY
    POSTING THIS VIDEO OVERNIGHT
    SAYING A TORNADO JUST TOUCHED
    DOWN SHOWING WIDESPREAD DAMAGE
    TO A COMMUNITY NORTH OF HOUSTON.
    >> IT’S NO LONGER HERE. IT’S
    COMPLETELY GONE. CARS TURNED
    COMPLETELY UPSIDE DOWN. IT’S
    KIND OF UNHEARD OF IN OUR AREA.
    >> TWO PEOPLE WERE RUSHED TO THE
    HOSPITAL AFTER BEING RESCUED
    FROM A DAMAGED HOME. POWERFUL
    TORNADO. RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE,
    RIGHT HERE. SINCE FRIDAY, MORE
    THAN 130 TORNADOES HAVE BEEN
    REPORTED ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF
    THE COUNTRY. AT LEAST FOUR
    PEOPLE WERE KILLED FROM THE
    STORMS IN OKLAHOMA, INCLUDING A
    FOUR MONTH OLD. THE NATIONAL
    WEATHER SERVICE SAYS A LEAST EFH
    PACKING WINDS UP TO 165MPH
    DESTROYED THE TOWN OF SULFUR.
    >> I JUST HAVEN’T SEEN THIS MUCH
    DESTRUCTION FROM MY TIME AS
    GOVERNOR. IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY
    BUSINESS IN DOWNTOWN HAS BEEN
    DESTROYED NOW. VIDEO FROM ABOVE
    SHOWS THE SCOPE OF THE
    DEVASTATION.
    >> ROOFS RIPPED OFF, HOMES
    DEMOLISHED.
    >> I JUST KEPT SEEING PICTURES
    ON THE NEWS AND FACEBOOK, AND
    YOU DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH REAL
    DAMAGE IS DONE TO YOUR SEE IT
    WITH YOUR OWN EYES.
    >> IN IOWA, SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE
    INJURED AND ONE PERSON KILLED IN
    MINDEN, WHERE OFFICIALS SAY
    NEARLY HALF THE CITY’S HOMES
    HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. AND
    AUTHORITIES IN NEBRASKA SAY MORE
    THAN 150 HOMES WERE DAMAGED IN
    DOUGLAS COUNTY, THE NATIONAL
    WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN OMAHA
    ISSUED 48 TORNADO WARNINGS
    FRIDAY, THE MOST EVER ISSUED IN
    A SINGLE DAY. MEANWHILE, THE
    HOTTEST TEMPERATURES OF THE YEAR
    ARE ON THE WAY FOR PARTS OF THE
    NORTHEAST TODAY. WE’LL CHECK
    YOUR FULL FORECAST IN JUST A FEW
    MINUTES.
    >> MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS NOW FROM
    THE WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
    TALKS FOR A POTENTIAL CEASE FIRE
    AND HOSTAGE DEAL ARE SET TO
    RESUME TODAY, AS MEMBERS OF
    ISRAEL’S GOVERNMENT BRACE FOR A
    NEW LEGAL THREAT. IN THE
    MEANTIME, A NEW CRACKDOWN ON
    COLLEGE STUDENTS PROTESTING THE
    WAR ON CAMPUSES NATIONWIDE.
    ABC’S CHRISTIANE CORDERO IS HERE
    NOW WITH THE LATEST. CHRISTIANE.
    >> GOOD MORNING, BRIANNA, AND
    GOOD MORNING. TODAY CEASE FIRE
    TALKS COME AS WE LEARN ABOUT
    POTENTIAL ARREST WARRANTS FOR
    MEMBERS OF ISRAEL’S GOVERNMENT.
    THIS MORNING, TOP ISRAELI
    OFFICIALS REPORTEDLY BELIEVE
    THEY COULD FACE ARREST WARRANTS
    FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL
    COURT IN THE NEAR FUTURE,
    POSSIBLY THIS WEEK. THEY INCLUDE
    PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN
    NETANYAHU AND ISRAEL’S DEFENSE
    MINISTER, ACCORDING TO THE NEW
    YORK TIMES. THE ISRAELI
    OFFICIALS COULD POTENTIALLY BE
    ACCUSED OF PREVENTING THE
    DELIVERY OF HUMANITARIAN AID TO
    THE GAZA STRIP AND PURSUING AN
    EXCESSIVELY HARSH RESPONSE TO
    THE HAMAS LED OCTOBER SEVENTH
    ATTACKS ON ISRAEL. NETANYAHU HAS
    DEFENDED HIS GOVERNMENT’S
    RESPONSE.
    >> PUT YOURSELF IN ISRAEL’S
    SHOES.
    >> WE WERE ATTACKED. UNPROVOKED
    ATTACK, MURDEROUS ATTACK ON
    OCTOBER 7TH, THE WORST ATTACK ON
    JEWISH PEOPLE SINCE THE
    HOLOCAUST. I THINK WE’VE
    RESPONDED IN A WAY THAT GOES
    AFTER THE TERRORISTS AND TRIES
    TO MINIMIZE THE CIVILIAN
    POPULATION IN WHICH THE
    TERRORISTS EMBED THEMSELVES AND
    USE THEM AS HUMAN SHIELDS,
    EXPERTS SAY THE POTENTIAL FOR AN
    ARREST WARRANT DOES NOT MEAN AN
    ARREST OR A TRIAL IN THE HAGUE
    IS IMMINENT.
    >> IT COMES AS NEGOTIATORS MEET
    TODAY IN CAIRO TO DISCUSS A
    POTENTIAL CEASE FIRE DEAL
    BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. THE
    WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTS. THE
    POTENTIAL DEAL INCLUDES AROUND
    20 HOSTAGES BEING RELEASED IN
    RETURN FOR ISRAEL RELEASING AN
    ESTIMATED 500 PALESTINIAN
    PRISONERS AND ALLOWING 300,000
    PEOPLE TO RETURN TO NORTHERN
    GAZA, ISRAEL’S FOREIGN MINISTER
    HAS SAID ISRAEL WOULD DELAY ITS
    OFFENSIVE IN RAFAH IN SOUTHERN
    GAZA, IN EXCHANGE FOR A HOSTAGE
    DEAL.
    >> WHEN YOU SAW HAMAS RELEASED
    ANOTHER VIDEO OF AN AMERICAN
    ISRAELI HOSTAGE OVER THE
    WEEKEND, KEITH SIEGEL IS SEEN
    BREAKING DOWN IN TEARS IN THE
    VIDEO.
    >> DAYS EARLIER, HAMAS RELEASED
    VIDEO OF 23 YEAR OLD HIRSH
    GOLDBERG. POLAND I DO THINK THAT
    THESE TWO VIDEOS ARE A SIGNAL
    FROM HAMAS THAT THEY ARE READY
    TO MAKE A DEAL AND A REMINDER
    THAT THERE ARE AMERICAN CITIZENS
    BEING HELD, INCLUDING INCLUDING
    KEITH, HERE IN THE U.S, ANOTHER
    UNIVERSITY CAMPUS IS GRAPPLING
    WITH PROTESTS OVER THE WAR.
    POLICE OVERNIGHT WERE SEEN
    DETAINING PROTESTERS AT VIRGINIA
    TECH. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE
    ARRESTED AT COLLEGE CAMPUSES
    OVER THE WEEKEND. UCLA IS NOW
    ADDING SECURITY TO CAMPUS AFTER
    CLASHES BETWEEN PRO-PALESTINIAN
    AND PRO-ISRAELI DEMONSTRATORS,
    PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES
    AND THE POLICE DON’T HAVE THE
    RIGHT TO STOP A MESSAGE.
    >> THEY HAVE A RIGHT SOMETIMES
    TO STOP THE MANNER IN WHICH THE
    MESSAGE IS BEING CONVEYED. HATE
    SPEECH IS NOT IS NOT PROTECTED.
    THERE ARE CERTAIN KINDS OF
    SPEECH THAT AREN’T PROTECTED.
    BUT PROTESTING THE GOVERNMENT S
    INVOLVEMENT IN A CONFLICT
    OVERSEAS IS CLASSIC FIRST
    AMENDMENT PROTECTED ACTIVITY IN
    A PHONE CALL YESTERDAY, THE
    WHITE HOUSE SAYS PRESIDENT BIDEN
    EMPHASIZED TO NETANYAHU THAT THE
    U.S. DOES NOT SUPPORT A GROUND
    OPERATION IN RAFAH, WHERE MORE
    THAN 1 MILLION PALESTINIANS HAVE
    SOUGHT SHELTER SINCE THE WAR
    BEGAN.
    >> ANDREW. CHRISTIANE.
    >> THANK YOU. FORMER PRESIDENT
    TRUMP’S HUSH MONEY TRIAL RESUMES
    TOMORROW AFTER DAYS OF TESTIMONY
    FROM FORMER NATIONAL ENQUIRER
    PUBLISHER DAVID PECKER. TOMORROW
    A BANKER WHO TESTIFIED ABOUT A
    SHELL COMPANY SET UP TO PAY
    ADULT FILM STAR STORMY DANIELS
    WILL RETURN TO THE STAND. THE
    JURY ALSO HEARD LAST WEEK FROM
    TRUMP’S LONGTIME EXECUTIVE
    ASSISTANT, WHO SAID TRUMP HAD
    STORMY DANIELS CONTACT
    INFORMATION. MEANWHILE, TRUMP
    MET PRIVATELY IN MIAMI YESTERDAY
    WITH FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON
    DESANTIS. SOURCES SAY DESANTIS
    REQUESTED THE MEETING TO BURY
    THE HATCHET AFTER THAT
    CONTENTIOUS PRIMARY RACE,
    DESANTIS ENDORSED TRUMP AFTER
    DROPPING OUT BUT HAS NOT
    CAMPAIGNED WITH HIM. THERE’S
    WORD HE MAY BEGIN FUNDRAISING
    FOR TRUMP, A GOVERNOR THOUGHT TO
    BE A CONTENDER FOR DONALD
    TRUMP’S RUNNING MATE THIS
    NOVEMBER, IS RESPONDING TO THE
    BACKLASH OVER A STORY IN HER NEW
    BOOK.
    >> IT’S A STORY ABOUT SHOOTING
    HER PUPPY THIS MORNING, SOUTH
    DAKOTA GOVERNOR KRISTI NOEM,
    CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE RUNNING
    TO BECOME FORMER PRESIDENT
    TRUMP’S PICK FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
    IS RESPONDING TO THE BACKLASH
    OVER A STORY IN HER UPCOMING
    MEMOIR. IN THE BOOK, NOEM SAYS
    SHE SHOT AND KILLED HER 14 MONTH
    OLD PUPPY NAMED CRICKET FOR BAD
    BEHAVIOR. NOEM CLAIMS THE
    WIREHAIRED POINTER HAD AN
    AGGRESSIVE PERSONALITY THAT
    INCLUDED MISBEHAVING ON A
    HUNTING TRIP, KILLING SEVERAL
    CHICKENS AND BITING GNOME’S
    HAND. NOEM ALSO DETAILED KILLING
    A GOAT SHE CALLED NASTY AND
    MEAN. REACTION HAS BEEN SWIFT
    FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE.
    CONSERVATIVE MEDIA PERSONALITY
    LAURA LOOMER SAYING SHE CAN’T BE
    VP NOW. YOU CAN’T SHOOT YOUR DOG
    AND THEN BE VP. THE BIDEN
    CAMPAIGN POSTING THESE PHOTOS
    AFTER THE STORY EMERGED OF THE
    PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT
    WITH THEIR DOGS. AND THERE WAS
    THIS MOMENT AT SATURDAY’S WHITE
    HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS DINNER, I
    AM KILLING THIS DINNER HARDER
    THAN KRISTI NOEM KILLS THE
    PUPPIES. BUT NOEM RESPONDING
    YESTERDAY SAYING, I FOLLOWED THE
    LAW AND WAS BEING A RESPONSIBLE
    PARENT, DOG OWNER AND NEIGHBOR,
    ADDING THAT SHOOTING HER DOG
    WASN’T EASY, BUT OFTEN THE EASY
    WAY ISN’T THE RIGHT WAY. HER
    FELLOW REPUBLICANS TAKING
    ADVANTAGE OF THE CONTROVERSY.
    KARI LAKE ALSO A POTENTIAL TRUMP
    VP PICK, SHARED THIS PHOTO
    WISHING HER DOG A HAPPY BIRTHDAY
    AND FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON
    DESANTIS POSTED THIS VIDEO
    ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO ADOPT
    RESCUE DOGS. IN A SIGN OF THE
    CHALLENGES GNOME MAY FACE, A NEW
    YORK POST OPINION COLUMN SAID,
    QUOTE, WE HAVE FINALLY FOUND AN
    ISSUE THAT UNITES THE COUNTRY.
    >> TIME NOW FOR YOUR MONDAY
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    >> WE’RE COMING TO YOU AMERICA.
    >> GET READY GET READY GET READY
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    >> WE’RE BACK WITH DRIVERS
    SEEING EXTRA STRIPES ON THE ROAD
    IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST FOR
    ZEBRAS. GOT LOOSE ON INTERSTATE
    90 EAST OF SEATTLE. AUTHORITIES
    SAY THE ZEBRAS ESCAPED FROM
    THEIR OWNER’S TRAILER. THEY WERE
    EVENTUALLY ROUNDED UP INSIDE A
    NEARBY FENCE.
    >> NOW TO NEW YORK, WHERE A
    DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS UNDER FIRE
    FOR WHAT SHE DID WHEN POLICE
    TRIED TO PULL HER OVER FOR
    SPEEDING AND ALL OF IT WAS
    CAUGHT ON CAMERA. BREAKING
    OVERNIGHT, NEW YORK’S GOVERNOR,
    NOW SEEKING A STATE
    INVESTIGATION INTO A LOCAL
    DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S CONDUCT
    DURING A TRAFFIC STOP.
    >> GET OUT OF MY HOUSE.
    >> POLICE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE
    OBTAINED BY OUR ROCHESTER
    AFFILIATE, WHAM, SHOWS MONROE
    COUNTY DA SANDRA DOORLEY,
    MOMENTS AFTER SHE REFUSED TO
    PULL OVER FOR A TRAFFIC STOP
    LAST WEEK, INSTEAD DRIVING HOME
    THE OFFICER FOLLOWED HER.
    >> WHAT IS THE REASON YOU’RE SO
    AGAINST WHAT I’M DOING? I’M
    DOING MY JOB. YOU SAY YOU’RE A
    DA.
    >> I AM THE DA. OKAY, OKAY, LET
    ME GET YOU MY BADGE. I AM THE DA
    OF MONROE COUNTY.
    >> DOORLEY ADMITTED SHE WAS
    SPEEDING.
    >> I WAS GOING 55, COMING HOME
    FROM WORK, 55, IN A 35. I DON’T
    REALLY CARE.
    >> WHY ARE YOU SO UPSET? SHE
    CLAIMS SHE DID NOT HEAR THE
    SIRENS AND SHE APPEARED TO CALL
    THE POLICE CHIEF.
    >> I’M GOING TO LEAVE ME ALONE.
    >> EVENTUALLY SHE TOLD THE
    OFFICER TO WRITE HER A TICKET.
    >> I’M THE ONE WHO PROSECUTES
    IT.
    >> OKAY, JUST GO AHEAD AND DO
    IT. GO AHEAD. YOU KNOW WHAT I’VE
    BEEN DEALING WITH ALL DAY? THREE
    MURDERS IN THE CITY. AND DO YOU
    THINK I REALLY CARE IF I WAS
    GOING 20 MILES OVER THE SPEED
    LIMIT?
    >> NOW, NEW YORK GOVERNOR KATHY
    HOCHUL HAS REFERRED DAWLEY’S
    CASE TO THE COMMISSION ON
    PROSECUTORIAL CONDUCT, SAYING
    DOORLEY HAS UNDERMINED HER
    ABILITY TO HOLD OTHERS
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    LAW. ALL NINE MEMBERS OF
    ROCHESTER CITY COUNCIL ALSO
    CALLING FOR A STATE
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    STATEMENT, SAID SHE PLEADED
    GUILTY TO SPEEDING AND SAID
    NOBODY, INCLUDING YOUR DISTRICT
    ATTORNEY, IS ABOVE THE RULE OF
    LAW. DOORLEY INSISTS SHE HAD NO
    INTENTION OF USING HER POSITION
    TO RECEIVE A BENEFIT FROM THE
    OFFICER.
    >> A CATHOLIC PRIEST NEAR
    PHILADELPHIA HAS RESPONDED TO
    THEFT CHARGES. HE’S ACCUSED OF
    STEALING $40,000 IN CHURCH FUNDS
    AND USED IT TO PLAY VIDEO GAMES,
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    POKEMON GO. POLICE SAY HE’S
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    QUOTE, EXPRESSED FEELINGS OF
    STUPIDITY.
    >> COMING UP, THE LIST OF
    AMERICANS NOW FACING PRISON TIME
    IN THE CARIBBEAN FOR BRINGING
    BULLETS IN THEIR LUGGAGE.
    >> ALSO AHEAD, THE BIG LEAGUES
    REPORTEDLY MAKING A BIG CHANGE
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    >> WELCOME BACK. A TOURIST IS
    RECOVERING FROM A SHARK BITE IN
    THE CARIBBEAN. THE SHARK SEVERED
    THE BRITISH MAN’S ARM AND LEG
    OFF THE COAST OF TOBAGO. HIS
    WIFE SAYS THE 64 YEAR OLD IS IN
    STABLE CONDITION, THOUGH IN THE
    ICU SHE SAYS HIS FRIENDS STAYED
    IN THE WATER TO BATTLE THE
    SHARK. AND AT LEAST FOUR
    AMERICANS ARE NOW FACING PRISON
    TIME IN TURKS AND CAICOS ON
    AMMUNITION CHARGES. THE LATEST
    ARREST WAS LAST TUESDAY. TYLER
    WENRICK OF VIRGINIA, WAS
    DETAINED FOR ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO
    CARRY TWO NINE MILLIMETER ROUNDS
    ONTO A CRUISE SHIP. NOW BECAUSE
    OF THE COUNTRY’S STRICT NEW
    FIREARMS LAW, HE FACES UP TO 12
    YEARS IN PRISON, WHICH HAS HIS
    WIFE TERRIFIED.
    >> LIKE, I UNDERSTAND THAT
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    IT’S. BUT THERE SHOULD BE
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    INTENT OF THEM. THERE IS NO
    INTENT TO HARM ANYBODY.
    >> THE TSA HAS ADMITTED FAILING
    TO DETECT THE ROUNDS IN
    WEINRIB’S LUGGAGE. WHEN HE LEFT
    THE U.S, THE OKLAHOMA MAN WE
    TOLD YOU ABOUT LAST WEEK FACES
    THE SAME POSSIBLE SENTENCE. HIS
    NEXT COURT HEARING IS IN JUNE.
    >> WE TURN NOW TO THE SPORTS
    UNIFORMS BEING CRITICIZED AS
    BEING SEE THROUGH. THEY’RE ABOUT
    TO SEE SOME CHANGES. AFTER
    MONTHS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT
    BASEBALL’S NEW UNIFORMS.
    >> YOU CAN SEE THE NIKE LOGO OF
    THIS GUY’S LIKE SPANDEX UNDER
    HIS PANTS.
    >> WHY DID NO ONE THINK TO TEST
    THE PANTS FIRST CHANGE IS
    COMING.
    >> IN A MEMO OBTAINED BY ESPN,
    THE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION SAYS THE
    LEAGUE WILL NOW REMEDY THE MANY
    ISSUES PLAGUING THE JERSEYS.
    >> THE NUMBERS ARE TOO SMALL.
    THE LETTERING IS TOO SMALL.
    >> THIS MAKES YOUR GAME YOUR
    SPORT LOOK CHEAP.
    >> INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT
    OHTANI AND SOTO AND BASEBALL,
    WE’RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE
    PLAYERS LOOK LIKE.
    >> NAKED COMPLAINTS HAVE
    INCLUDED THE SIZE OF THE NAMES
    AND NUMBERS, MISMATCHING COLORS,
    AND THE UNIFORMS COLLECTING TOO
    MUCH SWEAT. BUT THE BIGGEST
    COMPLAINT MLB PLAYERS ARE
    SLAMMING THE LEAGUE’S NEW
    UNIFORMS BECAUSE THEIR PANTS ARE
    SEE THROUGH.
    >> LET’S CHECK IT OUT.
    >> YEAH.
    >> OH, I GET THE FEELING THIS
    YEAR WE’RE GOING TO SEE A LOT
    MORE DINGERS.
    >> IN THE MEMO, THE PLAYERS
    ASSOCIATION BLAMES NIKE, WHICH
    SPENT A REPORTED $1 BILLION TO
    SUPPLY THE UNIFORMS. WRITING AT
    ITS CORE, WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE
    IS THAT NIKE WAS INNOVATING
    SOMETHING THAT DIDN’T NEED TO BE
    INNOVATED. NIKE NOT YET
    COMMENTING OVERNIGHT. MEANWHILE,
    A UNIFORM CHANGE IN PRO FOOTBALL
    THE NFL IS ALLOWING PLAYERS TO
    WEAR SO-CALLED GUARDIAN CAPS
    DURING GAMES THEY’VE BEEN
    TESTING THE SOFT SHELL COVERS IN
    TRAINING CAMPS WORN OVER THE
    HELMET. THEY PROVIDE EXTRA
    PADDING AND HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO
    REDUCE CONCUSSIONS BY NEARLY 50.
    BUT SOME FANS CRITICAL, CLAIMING
    THE CAPS WILL TAKE AWAY FROM THE
    SPORT’S TOUGH GUY IMAGE. YOU ARE
    THIS THING ON YOUR HEAD, YOU’VE
    GOT NO DRIP, ZERO SWAG.
    >> IT IS A HARD L WOULD BE AN
    ABSOLUTE SHOCK IF SOMEBODY WORE
    THIS IN AN ACTUAL GAME.
    >> OTHERS WORRY THE CAPS MIGHT
    EMPOWER PLAYERS TO HIT EVEN
    HARDER, CAUSING MORE INJURIES.
    NO WORD YET ON HOW MANY PLAYERS
    MIGHT WEAR THE CAPS NEXT SEASON.
    AS FOR THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
    UNIFORMS, IT WON’T BE A QUICK
    FIX IT COULD TAKE UNTIL NEXT
    SEASON TO MAKE ALL THE NECESSARY
    CHANGES, BUT PLAYERS WILL BE
    HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
    >> THOUGH. COMING UP, A NEW WAY
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    >> WHERE WILL WE BE. WE’RE
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    >> GET READY GET READY GET
    READY. TIME. TO CHECK THE PULSE.
    >> AND WE BEGIN WITH A BEE
    INFESTATION DISCOVERED BY A
    TODDLER.
    >> SO SHE TOLD HER MOM SHE WAS
    HEARING MONSTERS IN HER BEDROOM
    WALL. AND HER MOM THOUGHT SHE
    WAS SCARED. AFTER WATCHING THE
    MOVIE MONSTERS, INC.
    >> BUT A BEEKEEPERS THERMAL
    CAMERA SHOWED THE GIRL WAS
    RIGHT. HE OPENED THE WALL AND
    FOUND ABOUT 50,000 DEAD BEES.
    PEOPLE MAGAZINE SHOWING THESE
    IMAGES, THE CLEANUP COSTING
    ABOUT $20,000. THAT’S A SCARY
    PART. ALL RIGHT, NEXT GOOD NEWS.
    IF YOU DREAD MOWING THE LAWN,
    YOU DON’T HAVE TO, AT LEAST FOR
    A WHILE.
    >> YEAH, YOU CAN JOIN THE NO MOW
    MAY MOVEMENT. IT URGES PEOPLE
    NOT TO MOW THE LAWN UNTIL JUNE.
    AND THE REASON IS TO GIVE BEES
    MORE SPACE TO POLLINATE PLANTS.
    MEANWHILE MORE PEOPLE ARE
    TURNING TO ROBOT LAWN MOWERS.
    LOOK AT THIS. BUT SOME MODELS
    ARE SO EXPENSIVE WE’RE TALKING
    NEARLY SIX GRAND THAT SOME
    NEIGHBORS ARE TEAMING UP TO
    SHARE THE MOWER AND THE COSTS.
    >> NEXT, CAUTION FLAGS ARE NOT
    UNUSUAL DURING AUTO RACING, BUT
    THIS WAS SOMETHING TOTALLY
    DIFFERENT. YEAH
    >> TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED
    DURING LAP 52 OF THE ALABAMA
    INDY GRAND PRIX. A MANNEQUIN
    FELL FROM A PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE.
    THE MAN WHO BUILT THE VENUE SAID
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    TRACK SO THAT THE DRIVERS WOULD
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    WOMAN’S HAVING A HARDIME
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    AIRPORT. EVER SINCE HER 100TH
    BIRTHDAY, THE AIRLINES HAVE A
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    MILDRED KIRSCHENBAUM ENTERS HER
    BIRTH YEAR AS 23 FOR 1923, SHE
    SHOWS UP IN THE SYSTEM AS A BABY
    AND AN UNESCORTED MINOR.
    >> NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW HOW TO
    CORRECT IT, SO I’M GOING THROUGH
    MY SECOND CHILDHOOD. THE
    UNESCORTED MINOR.
    >> OTHER CENTENARIANS ARE FACING
    THE SAME GLITCH. A 100 YEAR
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    >> CHECKING MORE TOP STORIES NOW
    AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
    KILLED BY A POWERFUL TORNADO IN
    OKLAHOMA. IT WAS AMONG MORE THAN
    130 TWISTERS REPORTED ACROSS THE
    MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY. SINCE
    JUST FRIDAY. THE LATEST CAUSED
    DAMAGE OVERNIGHT NORTH OF
    HOUSTON, TEXAS.
    >> OVERSEAS, HAMAS IS PLANNING
    TO ATTEND CEASEFIRE AND HOSTAGE
    TALKS RESUMING TODAY IN EGYPT.
    MEANWHILE, ISRAELI OFFICIALS ARE
    BRACING FOR POSSIBLE ARREST
    WARRANTS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL
    CRIMINAL COURT. POTENTIAL
    CHARGES REPORTEDLY INCLUDE
    PREVENTING THE DELIVERY OF
    HUMANITARIAN AID TO GAZA, NEW
    SETBACKS IN UKRAINE, THE
    UKRAINIAN ARMY SAYS ITS TROOPS
    ARE PULLING BACK FROM THREE
    VILLAGES IN THE EAST AMID SUPPLY
    SHORTAGES, AS THEY WAIT FOR
    NEWLY APPROVED U.S. WEAPONS TO
    ARRIVE.
    >> RUSSIA IS REPORTEDLY SENDING
    IN MORE FORCES.
    >> WNBA STAR CANDACE PARKER HAS
    RETIRED AFTER 16 SEASONS. THE 38
    YEAR OLD SAID THE COMPETITOR IN
    ME ALWAYS WANTS ONE MORE, BUT
    IT’S TIME IN TODAY’S WEATHER.
    >> RAIN AND SNOW IN THE ROCKIES
    DRIER ACROSS THE PLAINS, BUT
    HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE FLOODING
    ALONG THE GULF COAST. SUNNY ON
    THE EAST COAST. AND FINALLY, THE
    MYSTERY MAN AND HIS PUBLIC
    PERFORMANCE INVOLVING CHEESE
    BALLS.
    >> DANNY NEW. SHOWS US CHEESE
    BALL, MAN.
    >> CHEESE BALL MAN.
    >> WHY WERE THERE HUNDREDS OF
    FOLKS GATHERED IN A NEW YORK
    CITY PARK THIS WEEKEND SHOUTING,
    CHEESE BALL, MAN! WHY DO YOU
    THINK PEOPLE ARE SO INFATUATED
    WITH YOU? I THINK EVERYBODY
    WANTS TO BE BEHIND THE MASK. IT
    STARTED WITH THESE FLIERS, WHICH
    HAVE BEEN HANGING ALL OVER
    MANHATTAN FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW.
    THEY HOLD A SIMPLE MESSAGE FROM
    A MASKED MAN WISHING TO REMAIN
    ANONYMOUS. COME SEE ME EAT THIS
    ENTIRE JAR OF CHEESE BALLS. ON
    APRIL 27TH. I DIDN’T REALLY
    EXPECT THIS MANY PEOPLE TO SHOW
    UP. WELL THEY DID. THE
    FESTIVITIES KICKED OFF WITH A
    SPEECH AS MANY TOOK VIDEOS FOR
    SOCIAL MEDIA. THIS ONE CURRENTLY
    HOLDS 10 MILLION VIEWS. KEEP
    THOSE CHEESE BALLS. BUT OF
    COURSE, FINALLY THE TIME CAME
    WHEN THE GUY GOING BY CHEESE
    BALL MAN WOULD HAVE TO ACTUALLY
    COMMIT TO CONSUMING MORE THAN
    2000 CALORIES OF CHEDDAR AND
    CORNMEAL. THERE WAS A MOMENT
    THAT I WAS DEFINITELY GOING TO
    THROW UP, AND THEN PEOPLE SAID,
    KEEP IT DOWN REALLY LOUDLY, SO I
    JUST KEPT IT IN. I EXCHANGED
    MESSAGES WITH FOLKS WHO WERE
    THERE, MOST OF THEM SAYING THEY
    WENT BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT IT
    SOUNDED, QUOTE, HILARIOUS. ONE
    AD, END QUOTE. EVEN FROM TWO
    BLOCKS AWAY, YOU COULD HEAR THE
    CROWD EVEN. AFTER ALMOST A HALF
    HOUR, THE NOW LEGENDARY CHEESE
    BALL MAN FINALLY ACCOMPLISHED
    HIS QUEST AND THEN IMMEDIATELY
    SIGNED AUTOGRAPHS. HE ASKED ME
    NOT TO DISCLOSE HIS NAME, BUT
    WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT HE
    IS 22 YEARS OLD, JUST GRADUATED
    FROM NYU, AND GENUINELY WANTS TO
    BE MORE THAN JUST A CULINARY
    CONQUEROR. I’VE BEEN, YOU KNOW,
    TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE LIKE,
    CLEAN UP THE CITY. I PICK UP
    TRASH. ARE YOU DOING ALL THIS IN
    THE MASK? OH, I HAVE TO DO IT IN
    THE MASK. BY THE WAY, CHEESE
    BALL MAN SAYS HE WANTS TO RUN
    THIS BACK NEXT YEAR WITH AN EVEN
    BIGGER TUB. SO APRIL 27TH, 2025
    GUYS, UNION SQUARE PARK. BRING
    YOUR BIB. IT’S GOING TO
    >> RIGHT NOW ON AMERICA THIS
    MORNING, THE DEADLY TORNADO
    OUTBREAK ACROSS MULTIPLE STATES,
    AN ENTIRE DOWNTOWN DAMAGED AND
    DESTROYED A FOUR MONTH OLD.
    AMONG THOSE KILLED, HOMES
    FLATTENED THIS WAREHOUSE LEFT IN
    RUINS. AND OVERNIGHT, A TORNADO
    TOUCHING DOWN NORTH OF HOUSTON.
    WHAT TO EXPECT TODAY TALKS FOR A
    POTENTIAL HOSTAGE DEAL BETWEEN
    ISRAEL AND HAMAS RESUMING TODAY.
    >> BUT THIS MORNING, WORD THAT
    ISRAEL’S PRIME MINISTER AND
    OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE
    BRACING FOR POSSIBLE ARREST
    WARRANTS FROM AN INTERNATIONAL
    COURT, PLUS A NEW CRACKDOWN
    OVERNIGHT ON CROWDS PROTESTING
    THE WAR ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES HERE
    IN THE U.S.
    >> A LOCAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY
    CAUGHT ON CAMERA AFTER REFUSING
    TO PULL OVER FOR SPEEDING.
    >> I AM THE DA.
    >> OKAY, HER CLAIM TO THE
    OFFICER AND HOW THE GOVERNOR IS
    NOW GETTING INVOLVED.
    >> THE GOVERNOR EYED AS A
    POTENTIAL TRUMP RUNNING MATE
    THIS NOVEMBER, RESPONDS TO THE
    BACKLASH OVER HER STORY ABOUT
    SHOOTING HER DOG FOR BAD
    BEHAVIOR. WHAT KRISTI NOEM IS
    NOW SAYING NIGHTMARE IN PARADISE
    THE LIST OF AMERICANS NOW FACING
    PRISON TIME IN THE CARIBBEAN FOR
    BRINGING BULLETS IN THEIR
    LUGGAGE. LATER, THE MAJOR
    LEAGUES REPORTEDLY MAKING A
    MAJOR CHANGE TO THOSE
    CONTROVERSIAL SEE THROUGH
    UNIFORMS IN THE TODDLER WHO SAID
    THERE WERE MONSTERS IN THE WALL
    AND WAS RIGHT SORT OF.
    >> FROM ABC NEWS IN NEW YORK.
    THIS IS AMERICA THIS MORNING.
    >> GOOD MONDAY MORNING,
    EVERYONE. I’M ANDREW DYMBURT.
    >> GOOD MORNING TO YOU I’M
    RHIANNON ALLY. WE WANT TO BEGIN
    WITH THE SEVERE WEATHER
    OVERNIGHT. JUST HOURS AFTER A
    DEADLY TORNADO OUTBREAK LEFT
    SEVERAL PEOPLE DEAD, INCLUDING A
    FOUR MONTH OLD CHILD.
    >> STATES FROM NEBRASKA AND IOWA
    TO OKLAHOMA AND NOW TEXAS HAVE
    SEEN THESE DESTRUCTIVE AND
    DEVASTATING STORMS. AERIAL VIDEO
    SHOWS THIS DOLLAR TREE WAREHOUSE
    TORN TO SHREDS IN OKLAHOMA AND
    DEBRIS WAS FLYING IN KANSAS AS
    THIS FUNNEL CLOUD SLAMMED INTO A
    HOUSE THIS MORNING. THE
    MULTI-DAY SEVERE WEATHER
    OUTBREAK NOW LEAVING ITS MARK ON
    TEXAS.
    >> YOU SEE THIS RIGHT HERE? THIS
    IS WHERE A HOUSE WAS.
    >> THE SHERIFF IN TRINITY COUNTY
    POSTING THIS VIDEO OVERNIGHT
    SAYING A TORNADO JUST TOUCHED
    DOWN SHOWING WIDESPREAD DAMAGE
    TO A COMMUNITY NORTH OF HOUSTON.
    >> IT’S NO LONGER HERE. IT’S
    COMPLETELY GONE. CARS TURNED
    COMPLETELY UPSIDE DOWN. IT’S
    KIND OF UNHEARD OF IN OUR AREA.
    >> TWO PEOPLE WERE RUSHED TO THE
    HOSPITAL AFTER BEING RESCUED
    FROM A DAMAGED HOME. POWERFUL
    TORNADO. RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE,
    RIGHT HERE. SINCE FRIDAY, MORE
    THAN 130 TORNADOES HAVE BEEN
    REPORTED ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF
    THE COUNTRY. AT LEAST FOUR
    PEOPLE WERE KILLED FROM THE
    STORMS IN OKLAHOMA, INCLUDING A
    FOUR MONTH OLD. THE NATIONAL
    WEATHER SERVICE SAYS A LEAST EFH
    PACKING WINDS UP TO 165MPH
    DESTROYED THE TOWN OF SULFUR.
    >> I JUST HAVEN’T SEEN THIS MUCH
    DESTRUCTION FROM MY TIME AS
    GOVERNOR. IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY
    BUSINESS IN DOWNTOWN HAS BEEN
    DESTROYED NOW. VIDEO FROM ABOVE
    SHOWS THE SCOPE OF THE
    DEVASTATION.
    >> ROOFS RIPPED OFF, HOMES
    DEMOLISHED.
    >> I JUST KEPT SEEING PICTURES
    ON THE NEWS AND FACEBOOK, AND
    YOU DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH REAL
    DAMAGE IS DONE TO YOUR SEE IT
    WITH YOUR OWN EYES.
    >> IN IOWA, SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE
    INJURED AND ONE PERSON KILLED IN
    MINDEN, WHERE OFFICIALS SAY
    NEARLY HALF THE CITY’S HOMES
    HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. AND
    AUTHORITIES IN NEBRASKA SAY MORE
    THAN 150 HOMES WERE DAMAGED IN
    DOUGLAS COUNTY, THE NATIONAL
    WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN OMAHA
    ISSUED 48 TORNADO WARNINGS
    FRIDAY, THE MOST EVER ISSUED IN
    A SINGLE DAY. MEANWHILE, THE
    HOTTEST TEMPERATURES OF THE YEAR
    ARE ON THE WAY FOR PARTS OF THE
    NORTHEAST TODAY. WE’LL CHECK
    YOUR FULL FORECAST IN JUST A FEW
    MINUTES.
    >> MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS NOW FROM
    THE WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
    TALKS FOR A POTENTIAL CEASE FIRE
    AND HOSTAGE DEAL ARE SET TO
    RESUME TODAY, AS MEMBERS OF
    ISRAEL’S GOVERNMENT BRACE FOR A
    NEW LEGAL THREAT. IN THE
    MEANTIME, A NEW CRACKDOWN ON
    COLLEGE STUDENTS PROTESTING THE
    WAR ON CAMPUSES NATIONWIDE.
    ABC’S CHRISTIANE CORDERO IS HERE
    NOW WITH THE LATEST. CHRISTIANE.
    >> GOOD MORNING, BRIANNA, AND
    GOOD MORNING. TODAY CEASE FIRE
    TALKS COME AS WE LEARN ABOUT
    POTENTIAL ARREST WARRANTS FOR
    MEMBERS OF ISRAEL’S GOVERNMENT.
    THIS MORNING, TOP ISRAELI
    OFFICIALS REPORTEDLY BELIEVE
    THEY COULD FACE ARREST WARRANTS
    FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL
    COURT IN THE NEAR FUTURE,
    POSSIBLY THIS WEEK. THEY INCLUDE
    PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN
    NETANYAHU AND ISRAEL’S DEFENSE
    MINISTER, ACCORDING TO THE NEW
    YORK TIMES. THE ISRAELI
    OFFICIALS COULD POTENTIALLY BE
    ACCUSED OF PREVENTING THE
    DELIVERY OF HUMANITARIAN AID TO
    THE GAZA STRIP AND PURSUING AN
    EXCESSIVELY HARSH RESPONSE TO
    THE HAMAS LED OCTOBER SEVENTH
    ATTACKS ON ISRAEL. NETANYAHU HAS
    DEFENDED HIS GOVERNMENT’S
    RESPONSE.
    >> PUT YOURSELF IN ISRAEL’S
    SHOES.
    >> WE WERE ATTACKED. UNPROVOKED
    ATTACK, MURDEROUS ATTACK ON
    OCTOBER 7TH, THE WORST ATTACK ON
    JEWISH PEOPLE SINCE THE
    HOLOCAUST. I THINK WE’VE
    RESPONDED IN A WAY THAT GOES
    AFTER THE TERRORISTS AND TRIES
    TO MINIMIZE THE CIVILIAN
    POPULATION IN WHICH THE
    TERRORISTS EMBED THEMSELVES AND
    USE THEM AS HUMAN SHIELDS,
    EXPERTS SAY THE POTENTIAL FOR AN
    ARREST WARRANT DOES NOT MEAN AN
    ARREST OR A TRIAL IN THE HAGUE
    IS IMMINENT.
    >> IT COMES AS NEGOTIATORS MEET
    TODAY IN CAIRO TO DISCUSS A
    POTENTIAL CEASE FIRE DEAL
    BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. THE
    WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTS. THE
    POTENTIAL DEAL INCLUDES AROUND
    20 HOSTAGES BEING RELEASED IN
    RETURN FOR ISRAEL RELEASING AN
    ESTIMATED 500 PALESTINIAN
    PRISONERS AND ALLOWING 300,000
    PEOPLE TO RETURN TO NORTHERN
    GAZA, ISRAEL’S FOREIGN MINISTER
    HAS SAID ISRAEL WOULD DELAY ITS
    OFFENSIVE IN RAFAH IN SOUTHERN
    GAZA, IN EXCHANGE FOR A HOSTAGE
    DEAL.
    >> WHEN YOU SAW HAMAS RELEASED
    ANOTHER VIDEO OF AN AMERICAN
    ISRAELI HOSTAGE OVER THE
    WEEKEND, KEITH SIEGEL IS SEEN
    BREAKING DOWN IN TEARS IN THE
    VIDEO.
    >> DAYS EARLIER, HAMAS RELEASED
    VIDEO OF 23 YEAR OLD HIRSH
    GOLDBERG. POLAND I DO THINK THAT
    THESE TWO VIDEOS ARE A SIGNAL
    FROM HAMAS THAT THEY ARE READY
    TO MAKE A DEAL AND A REMINDER
    THAT THERE ARE AMERICAN CITIZENS
    BEING HELD, INCLUDING INCLUDING
    KEITH, HERE IN THE U.S, ANOTHER
    UNIVERSITY CAMPUS IS GRAPPLING
    WITH PROTESTS OVER THE WAR.
    POLICE OVERNIGHT WERE SEEN
    DETAINING PROTESTERS AT VIRGINIA
    TECH. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE
    ARRESTED AT COLLEGE CAMPUSES
    OVER THE WEEKEND. UCLA IS NOW
    ADDING SECURITY TO CAMPUS AFTER
    CLASHES BETWEEN PRO-PALESTINIAN
    AND PRO-ISRAELI DEMONSTRATORS,
    PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES
    AND THE POLICE DON’T HAVE THE
    RIGHT TO STOP A MESSAGE.
    >> THEY HAVE A RIGHT SOMETIMES
    TO STOP THE MANNER IN WHICH THE
    MESSAGE IS BEING CONVEYED. HATE
    SPEECH IS NOT IS NOT PROTECTED.
    THERE ARE CERTAIN KINDS OF
    SPEECH THAT AREN’T PROTECTED.
    BUT PROTESTING THE GOVERNMENT S
    INVOLVEMENT IN A CONFLICT
    OVERSEAS IS CLASSIC FIRST
    AMENDMENT PROTECTED ACTIVITY IN
    A PHONE CALL YESTERDAY, THE
    WHITE HOUSE SAYS PRESIDENT BIDEN
    EMPHASIZED TO NETANYAHU THAT THE
    U.S. DOES NOT SUPPORT A GROUND
    OPERATION IN RAFAH, WHERE MORE
    THAN 1 MILLION PALESTINIANS HAVE
    SOUGHT SHELTER SINCE THE WAR
    BEGAN.
    >> ANDREW. CHRISTIANE.
    >> THANK YOU. FORMER PRESIDENT
    TRUMP’S HUSH MONEY TRIAL RESUMES
    TOMORROW AFTER DAYS OF TESTIMONY
    FROM FORMER NATIONAL ENQUIRER
    PUBLISHER DAVID PECKER. TOMORROW
    A BANKER WHO TESTIFIED ABOUT A
    SHELL COMPANY SET UP TO PAY
    ADULT FILM STAR STORMY DANIELS
    WILL RETURN TO THE STAND. THE
    JURY ALSO HEARD LAST WEEK FROM
    TRUMP’S LONGTIME EXECUTIVE
    ASSISTANT, WHO SAID TRUMP HAD
    STORMY DANIELS CONTACT
    INFORMATION. MEANWHILE, TRUMP
    MET PRIVATELY IN MIAMI YESTERDAY
    WITH FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON
    DESANTIS. SOURCES SAY DESANTIS
    REQUESTED THE MEETING TO BURY
    THE HATCHET AFTER THAT
    CONTENTIOUS PRIMARY RACE,
    DESANTIS ENDORSED TRUMP AFTER
    DROPPING OUT BUT HAS NOT
    CAMPAIGNED WITH HIM. THERE’S
    WORD HE MAY BEGIN FUNDRAISING
    FOR TRUMP, A GOVERNOR THOUGHT TO
    BE A CONTENDER FOR DONALD
    TRUMP’S RUNNING MATE THIS
    NOVEMBER, IS RESPONDING TO THE
    BACKLASH OVER A STORY IN HER NEW
    BOOK.
    >> IT’S A STORY ABOUT SHOOTING
    HER PUPPY THIS MORNING, SOUTH
    DAKOTA GOVERNOR KRISTI NOEM,
    CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE RUNNING
    TO BECOME FORMER PRESIDENT
    TRUMP’S PICK FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
    IS RESPONDING TO THE BACKLASH
    OVER A STORY IN HER UPCOMING
    MEMOIR. IN THE BOOK, NOEM SAYS
    SHE SHOT AND KILLED HER 14 MONTH
    OLD PUPPY NAMED CRICKET FOR BAD
    BEHAVIOR. NOEM CLAIMS THE
    WIREHAIRED POINTER HAD AN
    AGGRESSIVE PERSONALITY THAT
    INCLUDED MISBEHAVING ON A
    HUNTING TRIP, KILLING SEVERAL
    CHICKENS AND BITING GNOME’S
    HAND. NOEM ALSO DETAILED KILLING
    A GOAT SHE CALLED NASTY AND
    MEAN. REACTION HAS BEEN SWIFT
    FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE.
    CONSERVATIVE MEDIA PERSONALITY
    LAURA LOOMER SAYING SHE CAN’T BE
    VP NOW. YOU CAN’T SHOOT YOUR DOG
    AND THEN BE VP. THE BIDEN
    CAMPAIGN POSTING THESE PHOTOS
    AFTER THE STORY EMERGED OF THE
    PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT
    WITH THEIR DOGS. AND THERE WAS
    THIS MOMENT AT SATURDAY’S WHITE
    HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS DINNER, I
    AM KILLING THIS DINNER HARDER
    THAN KRISTI NOEM KILLS THE
    PUPPIES. BUT NOEM RESPONDING
    YESTERDAY SAYING, I FOLLOWED THE
    LAW AND WAS BEING A RESPONSIBLE
    PARENT, DOG OWNER AND NEIGHBOR,
    ADDING THAT SHOOTING HER DOG
    WASN’T EASY, BUT OFTEN THE EASY
    WAY ISN’T THE RIGHT WAY. HER
    FELLOW REPUBLICANS TAKING
    ADVANTAGE OF THE CONTROVERSY.
    KARI LAKE ALSO A POTENTIAL TRUMP
    VP PICK, SHARED THIS PHOTO
    WISHING HER DOG A HAPPY BIRTHDAY
    AND FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON
    DESANTIS POSTED THIS VIDEO
    ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO ADOPT
    RESCUE DOGS. IN A SIGN OF THE
    CHALLENGES GNOME MAY FACE, A NEW
    YORK POST OPINION COLUMN SAID,
    QUOTE, WE HAVE FINALLY FOUND AN
    ISSUE THAT UNITES THE COUNTRY.
    >> TIME NOW FOR YOUR MONDAY
    WEATHER.
    >> WE’RE TRACKING THIS LINE OF
    SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS GETTING
    READY TO SWEEP ACROSS MUCH OF
    LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS THIS
    MORNING. YOU CAN SEE HOW ROBUST
    THESE STORMS WILL BE SETTING UP,
    AND THIS WILL BRING WITH THEM
    THE THREAT FOR STRONG WINDS,
    HAIL, AND MAYBE EVEN A FEW
    TORNADOES. MEANWHILE, WE’RE ALSO
    TRACKING ANOTHER SEVERE THREAT
    FOR AN AREA PREVIOUSLY HIT HARD
    LINCOLN. OMAHA, NEBRASKA. THIS
    REGION IS ALREADY SEEING
    DEVASTATING SEVERE
    THUNDERSTORMS, AND THEY COULD BE
    IN FOR MORE. TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
    MEANWHILE, ON THE EAST COAST,
    IT’S SOME OF THE HOTTEST
    TEMPERATURES OF THE YEAR. OUR
    NATION’S CAPITAL WILL REACH
    AROUND 90 DEGREES THIS
    AFTERNOON. SOMARA, THEODORE ABC
    NEWS, NEW JERSEY.
    >> COMING UP, ZEBRAS ON THE
    LOOSE NEAR SEATTLE.
    >> ALSO AHEAD, THE DISTRICT
    ATTORNEY CAUGHT ON CAMERA AFTER
    REFUSING TO PULL OVER FOR
    SPEEDING. WHAT SHE TOLD THE
    OFFICER AND HOW THE GOVERNOR IS
    NOW GETTING INVOLVED, AND LATER,
    SOMETHING UNEXPECTED ON
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    >> WE’RE BACK WITH DRIVERS
    SEEING EXTRA STRIPES ON THE ROAD
    IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST FOR
    ZEBRAS. GOT LOOSE ON INTERSTATE
    90 EAST OF SEATTLE. AUTHORITIES
    SAY THE ZEBRAS ESCAPED FROM
    THEIR OWNER’S TRAILER. THEY WERE
    EVENTUALLY ROUNDED UP INSIDE A
    NEARBY FENCE.
    >> NOW TO NEW YORK, WHERE A
    DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS UNDER FIRE
    FOR WHAT SHE DID WHEN POLICE
    TRIED TO PULL HER OVER FOR
    SPEEDING AND ALL OF IT WAS
    CAUGHT ON CAMERA. BREAKING
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    NOW SEEKING A STATE
    INVESTIGATION INTO A LOCAL
    DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S CONDUCT
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    >> POLICE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE
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    AFFILIATE, WHAM, SHOWS MONROE
    COUNTY DA SANDRA DOORLEY,
    MOMENTS AFTER SHE REFUSED TO
    PULL OVER FOR A TRAFFIC STOP
    LAST WEEK, INSTEAD DRIVING HOME
    THE OFFICER FOLLOWED HER.
    >> WHAT IS THE REASON YOU’RE SO
    AGAINST WHAT I’M DOING? I’M
    DOING MY JOB. YOU SAY YOU’RE A
    DA.
    >> I AM THE DA. OKAY, OKAY, LET
    ME GET YOU MY BADGE. I AM THE DA
    OF MONROE COUNTY.
    >> DOORLEY ADMITTED SHE WAS
    SPEEDING.
    >> I WAS GOING 55, COMING HOME
    FROM WORK, 55, IN A 35. I DON’T
    REALLY CARE.
    >> WHY ARE YOU SO UPSET? SHE
    CLAIMS SHE DID NOT HEAR THE
    SIRENS AND SHE APPEARED TO CALL
    THE POLICE CHIEF.
    >> I’M GOING TO LEAVE ME ALONE.
    >> EVENTUALLY SHE TOLD THE
    OFFICER TO WRITE HER A TICKET.
    >> I’M THE ONE WHO PROSECUTES
    IT.
    >> OKAY, JUST GO AHEAD AND DO
    IT. GO AHEAD. YOU KNOW WHAT I’VE
    BEEN DEALING WITH ALL DAY? THREE
    MURDERS IN THE CITY. AND DO YOU
    THINK I REALLY CARE IF I WAS
    GOING 20 MILES OVER THE SPEED
    LIMIT?
    >> NOW, NEW YORK GOVERNOR KATHY
    HOCHUL HAS REFERRED DAWLEY’S
    CASE TO THE COMMISSION ON
    PROSECUTORIAL CONDUCT, SAYING
    DOORLEY HAS UNDERMINED HER
    ABILITY TO HOLD OTHERS
    ACCOUNTABLE FOR VIOLATING THE
    LAW. ALL NINE MEMBERS OF
    ROCHESTER CITY COUNCIL ALSO
    CALLING FOR A STATE
    INVESTIGATION. DOORLEY, IN A
    STATEMENT, SAID SHE PLEADED
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    NOBODY, INCLUDING YOUR DISTRICT
    ATTORNEY, IS ABOVE THE RULE OF
    LAW. DOORLEY INSISTS SHE HAD NO
    INTENTION OF USING HER POSITION
    TO RECEIVE A BENEFIT FROM THE
    OFFICER.
    >> A CATHOLIC PRIEST NEAR
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    STEALING $40,000 IN CHURCH FUNDS
    AND USED IT TO PLAY VIDEO GAMES,
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    POKEMON GO. POLICE SAY HE’S
    GETTING COUNSELING AND HE,
    QUOTE, EXPRESSED FEELINGS OF
    STUPIDITY.
    >> COMING UP, THE LIST OF
    AMERICANS NOW FACING PRISON TIME
    IN THE CARIBBEAN FOR BRINGING
    BULLETS IN THEIR LUGGAGE.
    >> ALSO AHEAD, THE BIG LEAGUES
    REPORTEDLY MAKING A BIG CHANGE
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    . TONIGHT
    >> WELCOME BACK. A TOURIST IS
    RECOVERING FROM A SHARK BITE IN
    THE CARIBBEAN. THE SHARK SEVERED
    THE BRITISH MAN’S ARM AND LEG
    OFF THE COAST OF TOBAGO. HIS
    WIFE SAYS THE 64 YEAR OLD IS IN
    STABLE CONDITION, THOUGH IN THE
    ICU SHE SAYS HIS FRIENDS STAYED
    IN THE WATER TO BATTLE THE
    SHARK. AND AT LEAST FOUR
    AMERICANS ARE NOW FACING PRISON
    TIME IN TURKS AND CAICOS ON
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    ARREST WAS LAST TUESDAY. TYLER
    WENRICK OF VIRGINIA, WAS
    DETAINED FOR ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO
    CARRY TWO NINE MILLIMETER ROUNDS
    ONTO A CRUISE SHIP. NOW BECAUSE
    OF THE COUNTRY’S STRICT NEW
    FIREARMS LAW, HE FACES UP TO 12
    YEARS IN PRISON, WHICH HAS HIS
    WIFE TERRIFIED.
    >> LIKE, I UNDERSTAND THAT
    THERE’S LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
    IT’S. BUT THERE SHOULD BE
    FAIRNESS AND GRACE WHEN IT COMES
    TO THINGS, AND ESPECIALLY THE
    INTENT OF THEM. THERE IS NO
    INTENT TO HARM ANYBODY.
    >> THE TSA HAS ADMITTED FAILING
    TO DETECT THE ROUNDS IN
    WEINRIB’S LUGGAGE. WHEN HE LEFT
    THE U.S, THE OKLAHOMA MAN WE
    TOLD YOU ABOUT LAST WEEK FACES
    THE SAME POSSIBLE SENTENCE. HIS
    NEXT COURT HEARING IS IN JUNE.
    >> WE TURN NOW TO THE SPORTS
    UNIFORMS BEING CRITICIZED AS
    BEING SEE THROUGH. THEY’RE ABOUT
    TO SEE SOME CHANGES. AFTER
    MONTHS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT
    BASEBALL’S NEW UNIFORMS.
    >> YOU CAN SEE THE NIKE LOGO OF
    THIS GUY’S LIKE SPANDEX UNDER
    HIS PANTS.
    >> WHY DID NO ONE THINK TO TEST
    THE PANTS FIRST CHANGE IS
    COMING.
    >> IN A MEMO OBTAINED BY ESPN,
    THE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION SAYS THE
    LEAGUE WILL NOW REMEDY THE MANY
    ISSUES PLAGUING THE JERSEYS.
    >> THE NUMBERS ARE TOO SMALL.
    THE LETTERING IS TOO SMALL.
    >> THIS MAKES YOUR GAME YOUR
    SPORT LOOK CHEAP.
    >> INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT
    OHTANI AND SOTO AND BASEBALL,
    WE’RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE
    PLAYERS LOOK LIKE.
    >> NAKED COMPLAINTS HAVE
    INCLUDED THE SIZE OF THE NAMES
    AND NUMBERS, MISMATCHING COLORS,
    AND THE UNIFORMS COLLECTING TOO
    MUCH SWEAT. BUT THE BIGGEST
    COMPLAINT MLB PLAYERS ARE
    SLAMMING THE LEAGUE’S NEW
    UNIFORMS BECAUSE THEIR PANTS ARE
    SEE THROUGH.
    >> LET’S CHECK IT OUT.
    >> YEAH.
    >> OH, I GET THE FEELING THIS
    YEAR WE’RE GOING TO SEE A LOT
    MORE DINGERS.
    >> IN THE MEMO, THE PLAYERS
    ASSOCIATION BLAMES NIKE, WHICH
    SPENT A REPORTED $1 BILLION TO
    SUPPLY THE UNIFORMS. WRITING AT
    ITS CORE, WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE
    IS THAT NIKE WAS INNOVATING
    SOMETHING THAT DIDN’T NEED TO BE
    INNOVATED. NIKE NOT YET
    COMMENTING OVERNIGHT. MEANWHILE,
    A UNIFORM CHANGE IN PRO FOOTBALL
    THE NFL IS ALLOWING PLAYERS TO
    WEAR SO-CALLED GUARDIAN CAPS
    DURING GAMES THEY’VE BEEN
    TESTING THE SOFT SHELL COVERS IN
    TRAINING CAMPS WORN OVER THE
    HELMET. THEY PROVIDE EXTRA
    PADDING AND HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO
    REDUCE CONCUSSIONS BY NEARLY 50.
    BUT SOME FANS CRITICAL, CLAIMING
    THE CAPS WILL TAKE AWAY FROM THE
    SPORT’S TOUGH GUY IMAGE. YOU ARE
    THIS THING ON YOUR HEAD, YOU’VE
    GOT NO DRIP, ZERO SWAG.
    >> IT IS A HARD L WOULD BE AN
    ABSOLUTE SHOCK IF SOMEBODY WORE
    THIS IN AN ACTUAL GAME.
    >> OTHERS WORRY THE CAPS MIGHT
    EMPOWER PLAYERS TO HIT EVEN
    HARDER, CAUSING MORE INJURIES.
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    >> CHECKING MORE TOP STORIES NOW
    AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
    KILLED BY A POWERFUL TORNADO IN
    OKLAHOMA. IT WAS AMONG MORE THAN
    130 TWISTERS REPORTED ACROSS THE
    MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY. SINCE
    JUST FRIDAY. THE LATEST CAUSED
    DAMAGE OVERNIGHT NORTH OF
    HOUSTON, TEXAS.
    >> OVERSEAS, HAMAS IS PLANNING
    TO ATTEND CEASEFIRE AND HOSTAGE
    TALKS RESUMING TODAY IN EGYPT.
    MEANWHILE, ISRAELI OFFICIALS ARE
    BRACING FOR POSSIBLE ARREST
    WARRANTS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL
    CRIMINAL COURT. POTENTIAL
    CHARGES REPORTEDLY INCLUDE
    PREVENTING THE DELIVERY OF
    HUMANITARIAN AID TO GAZA, NEW
    SETBACKS IN UKRAINE, THE
    UKRAINIAN ARMY SAYS ITS TROOPS
    ARE PULLING BACK FROM THREE
    VILLAGES IN THE EAST AMID SUPPLY
    SHORTAGES, AS THEY WAIT FOR
    NEWLY APPROVED U.S. WEAPONS TO
    ARRIVE.
    >> RUSSIA IS REPORTEDLY SENDING
    IN MORE FORCES.
    >> WNBA STAR CANDACE PARKER HAS
    RETIRED AFTER 16 SEASONS. THE 38
    YEAR OLD SAID THE COMPETITOR IN
    ME ALWAYS WANTS ONE MORE, BUT
    IT’S TIME IN TODAY’S WEATHER.
    >> RAIN AND SNOW IN THE ROCKIES
    DRIER ACROSS THE PLAINS, BUT
    HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE FLOODING
    ALONG THE GULF COAST. SUNNY ON
    THE EAST COAST. AND FINALLY, THE
    MYSTERY MAN AND HIS PUBLIC
    PERFORMANCE INVOLVING CHEESE
    BALLS.
    >> DANNY NEW. SHOWS US CHEESE
    BALL, MAN.
    >> CHEESE BALL MAN.
    >> WHY WERE THERE HUNDREDS OF
    FOLKS GATHERED IN A NEW YORK
    CITY PARK THIS WEEKEND SHOUTING,
    CHEESE BALL, MAN! WHY DO YOU
    THINK PEOPLE ARE SO INFATUATED
    WITH YOU? I THINK EVERYBODY
    WANTS TO BE BEHIND THE MASK. IT
    STARTED WITH THESE FLIERS, WHICH
    HAVE BEEN HANGING ALL OVER
    MANHATTAN FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW.
    THEY HOLD A SIMPLE MESSAGE FROM
    A MASKED MAN WISHING TO REMAIN
    ANONYMOUS. COME SEE ME EAT THIS
    ENTIRE JAR OF CHEESE BALLS. ON
    APRIL 27TH. I DIDN’T REALLY
    EXPECT THIS MANY PEOPLE TO SHOW
    UP. WELL THEY DID. THE
    FESTIVITIES KICKED OFF WITH A
    SPEECH AS MANY TOOK VIDEOS FOR
    SOCIAL MEDIA. THIS ONE CURRENTLY
    HOLDS 10 MILLION VIEWS. KEEP
    THOSE CHEESE BALLS. BUT OF
    COURSE, FINALLY THE TIME CAME
    WHEN THE GUY GOING BY CHEESE
    BALL MAN WOULD HAVE TO ACTUALLY
    COMMIT TO CONSUMING MORE THAN
    2000 CALORIES OF CHEDDAR AND
    CORNMEAL. THERE WAS A MOMENT
    THAT I WAS DEFINITELY GOING TO
    THROW UP, AND THEN PEOPLE SAID,
    KEEP IT DOWN REALLY LOUDLY, SO I
    JUST KEPT IT IN. I EXCHANGED
    MESSAGES WITH FOLKS WHO WERE
    THERE, MOST OF THEM SAYING THEY
    WENT BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT IT
    SOUNDED, QUOTE, HILARIOUS. ONE
    AD, END QUOTE. EVEN FROM TWO
    BLOCKS AWAY, YOU COULD HEAR THE
    CROWD EVEN. AFTER ALMOST A HALF
    HOUR, THE NOW LEGENDARY CHEESE
    BALL MAN FINALLY ACCOMPLISHED
    HIS QUEST AND THEN IMMEDIATELY
    SIGNED AUTOGRAPHS. HE ASKED ME
    NOT TO DISCLOSE HIS NAME, BUT
    WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT HE
    IS 22 YEARS OLD, JUST GRADUATED
    FROM NYU, AND GENUINELY WANTS TO
    BE MORE THAN JUST A CULINARY
    CONQUEROR. I’VE BEEN, YOU KNOW,
    TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE LIKE,
    CLEAN UP THE CITY. I PICK UP
    TRASH. ARE YOU DOING ALL THIS IN
    THE MASK? OH, I HAVE TO DO IT IN
    THE MASK. BY THE WAY, CHEESE
    BALL MAN SAYS HE WANTS TO RUN
    THIS BACK NEXT YEAR WITH AN EVEN
    BIGGER TUB. SO APRIL 27TH, 2025
    GUYS, UNION SQUARE PARK. BRING
    YOUR BIB. IT’S GOING TO
    >> IT’S MONDAY, APRIL 29TH.
    AND FOR ALL THE FUROR OVER GAZA
    ,THERE COULD STILL BE ANOTHER
    SHOE TO DROP.
    WE START HERE AHEAD OF A
    POTENTIAL RAID ON WAFA.
    >> HAMAS PUTS OUT HOSTAGE
    VIDEOS.
    THERE WAS A SENSE THAT TIME
    IS RUNNING OUT FOR
    THE HOSTAGES.
    THE U.S. IS INVOLVED IN CEASE
    FIRE NEGOTIATIONS HERE.
    SO WHAT’S ACTUALLY ON
    THE TABLE?
    AMERICANS GO THERE TO RELAX.
    >> SO WHY ARE SO MANY ENDING UP
    IN JAIL?
    NOW THEY’RE CRACKING DOWN
    ON THIS AND SAYING, LOOK, WE’VE
    GOT TO KEEP OUR TOURIST
    DESTINATION AND OUR ISLAND
    SAFE.
    A SERIES OF ARRESTS HAS
    PROMPTED CONCERN FROM
    DIPLOMATS.
    AND I LIKE MY CANDIDATE, LIKE
    I LIKE MY COFFEE ROASTED.
    MY VICE PRESIDENT ACTUALLY
    ENDORSES ME.
    BUT WHAT CAN THE WHITE
    HOUSE CORRESPOND INSTEAD?
    >> OR TELL US ABOUT THE STATE
    OF THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE?
    THE ABC NEWS IS STUCK HERE.
    I’M BRAD MIELKE.
    IT STARTED WITH AN ENCAMPMENT
    ON THE CAMPUS OF COLUMBIA
    UNIVERSITY.
    BUT THESE SCENES ARE NOW
    DOMINATING NATIONWIDE.
    IT DOESN’T FEEL AS IF
    THE UNIVERSITY IS SUPPORTING
    STUDENTS.
    IT’S FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
    >> YOU.
    >> THIS IS NOT ABOUT US.
    IT’S ABOUT THE .
    THIS WEEKEND ALONE, HUNDREDS
    OF ARRESTS WERE REPORTED
    AS POLICE BROKE UP
    PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTS.
    >> THIS INCLUDED NORTHEASTERN
    UNIVERSITY IN BOSTON,
    WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN SAINT
    LOUIS, MISSOURI, AS WELL
    AS ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY.
    ONE OF THE MOST TANGIBLE
    ACTIONS WE CAN TAKE IS TO
    DEMAND DISCLOSURE
    OF INVESTMENTS.
    >> MOST OF THESE PROTESTS
    ARE CALLING ON SCHOOLS
    TO DIVEST FROM ANY BUSINESS
    PERCEIVED TO BE ENRICHING OR
    ENABLING ISRAEL.
    >> SOME, ESPECIALLY THOSE
    IN WHICH NON-STUDENTS
    HAVE JOINED IN, HAVE RESULTED
    IN JEWISH STUDENTS REPORTING
    THREATS AND HARASSMENT.
    I AM FURIOUS THAT WE NOW GO TO
    SCHOOL IN A POLICE STATE.
    >> THERE ARE ALSO MANY
    INSTANCES OF JEWISH STUDENTS
    WHO DON’T SUPPORT ISRAEL’S
    ACTIONS.
    JOINING IN ON THE PROTESTS
    AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
    HAVE BEEN CONFLICTED.
    >> AFTER ALL, THE MOMENT
    YOU CALL IN POLICE, YOU ARE
    POTENTIALLY INVITING SCENES
    LIKE WHAT WE SAW AT EMORY
    UNIVERSITY IN ATLANTA LAST WEEK
    WHEN POLICE APPEARED TO USE
    A TASER MULTIPLE TIMES ON ONE
    PROTESTER EVEN AFTER HE FELL
    TO THE GROUND.
    AND IN THEIR CONTINUE TO RESIST
    ARREST.
    >> THE DEPARTMENT OFFICE TOLD
    THEM, I’VE BEEN REQUESTING
    TEACHERS AND I STARTING TO BE
    ARRESTED ALONGSIDE
    THEIR STUDENTS.
    AN ARREST MIGHT NOT EVEN BE THE
    MOST CONSEQUENTIAL DISCIPLINARY
    ACTION THESE STUDENTS COULD
    FACE.
    SOME ARE BEING SUSPENDED FROM
    THEIR STUDIES.
    >> OTHERS ARE BEING
    PHOTOGRAPHED BY ANGRY ONLOOKERS
    TOLD THEIR PHOTOS WILL BE SENT
    TO PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS.
    BUT AS SCHOOLS CREEP UP
    ON COMMENCEMENT, MANY FEEL
    THE NEED TO TAKE BACK THEIR
    CAMPUSES TO LOWER
    THE TEMPERATURE IN SOME WAY.
    THE THING YOU COULD IMAGINE
    LUMPING ALL THIS TENSION EVEN
    MORE IS THAT ISRAEL DOES
    IN FACT GO INTO THE SOUTHERN
    GAZA CITY OF RAFAH.
    ISRAEL SEES RATHER, AS THE
    FINAL STRONGHOLD OF HAMAS.
    BUT WITH SO MANY CIVILIANS
    BOTTLED UP IN THIS TINY SPACE,
    IT’S GOT THE OPPORTUNITY
    TO BECOME A CATASTROPHE.
    WELL, IN RECENT DAYS, PERHAPS
    IN ANTICIPATION OF THIS, HAMAS
    HAS BEEN PUTTING OUT
    MORE VIDEOS OF WHAT APPEAR
    TO BE HOSTAGES THAT THEY TOOK
    BACK IN OCTOBER.
    BECAUSE REMEMBER, IN ADDITION
    TO KILLING MORE THAN A THOUSAND
    CIVILIANS, HAMAS ALSO GRABBED
    HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE OFF
    THE STREET, KNOWING THAT COULD
    BE USED AS BARGAINING CHIPS.
    LATER.
    SO NOW THE QUESTION IS, IS THIS
    HAMAS TRYING TO CASH IN?
    LET’S BRING IN ABC’S
    TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE WHO’S IN TEL
    AVIV, ISRAEL RIGHT NOW.
    TOM, WE’VE NOW SEEN A COUPLE
    APPARENT HOSTAGE VIDEOS OVER
    JUST THE LAST WEEK.
    >> WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THEM?
    YEAH, JUST A MATTER OF DAYS.
    WE’VE SEEN TWO SEPARATE VIDEOS,
    INCLUDING TWO AMERICAN
    ISRAELIS.
    A VIDEO OF 23 YEAR OLD
    HERSH GOLDBERG POLIN, SO
    CALLED HERSH GOLDBERG PULLING.
    >> HE LOST HIS PART OF HIS
    LEFT ARM WHEN HE WAS TAKEN
    BY HAMAS, A HAMAS TERRORIST,
    THREE GRENADES INTO A SHELTER
    WHERE HE WAS TRYING TO EVADE
    CAPTURE.
    SO WE CAN SEE IN THE VIDEO
    HE LOOKS, GENERALLY SPEAKING,
    IN BROAD TERMS.
    HE LOOKS LIKE WE HEARD
    YOUR VOICE TODAY FOR THE FIRST
    TIME IN 201 DAYS AFTER
    THE HAMAS VIDEO CAME OUT,
    HERSH’S MOM, RACHEL, HAD
    A REALLY MOVING MESSAGE FOR
    HER SON.
    >> WE TELLING YOU WE LOVE YOU.
    STAY STRONG, SURVIVE.
    >> AND THEN WE’VE GOT A VIDEO
    OF 64 YEAR OLD KEITH SIEGEL
    SELLING SO ENGLISH PARTIALLY
    HIS HEAD IS SHAVEN LIKE
    HER ASHES.
    HE’S ADDRESSING THE CAMERA.
    BOTH OF THESE MEN ARE SPEAKING
    UNDER DURESS.
    THEY ARE SAYING A LOT OF THINGS
    WHICH APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN
    WRITTEN BY HAMAS.
    BUT I THINK SOME OF THE CONTENT
    OF THE VIDEOS IS ALSO THEIR OWN
    WORDS.
    THAT’S YOUR IMPRESSION?
    THEY BOTH SAY HOW MUCH
    THEY LOVE THEIR FAMILIES.
    THEY BOTH TALK ABOUT PASSOVER.
    THEY BOTH SUGGEST THAT THE
    VIDEOS OF RECENT BECAUSE
    THEY TALK ABOUT THE NUMBER
    OF DAYS THEY’VE BEEN
    IN CAPTIVITY IN THAT MOVIE FITS
    WITH WHERE THE WAR AND CLEARLY
    HAMAS IS, IS PUTTING THIS
    VIDEOS OUT HERE AT THIS TIME.
    THEY’RE TRYING TO MAKE A POINT.
    THEY’RE TRYING TO REMIND
    THE WORLD AT THIS CRUCIAL POINT
    WHEN WE’VE GOT A RENEWED PUSH
    FOR A NEGOTIATION, POTENTIAL
    DEAL OVER A CEASE.
    HAMAS IS CLEARLY MAKING
    THE POINT THAT THEY HAVE THESE
    HOSTAGES AND THAT THEY ARE
    READY TO DO A TYPE OF DEAL.
    >> HMM.
    WHAT HAS THE RESPONSE BEEN FROM
    THE FAMILIES OR JUST FROM
    THE BROADER ISRAELI PUBLIC UPON
    SEEING THIS?
    >> THERE’S BEEN A LOT
    OF PROTESTS ON THE STREETS.
    WE’VE BEEN OUT IN JERUSALEM
    AND THE FAMILIES AND THE
    BROADER MOVEMENT SUPPORTING
    THE HOSTAGES IS CALLING
    ON THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT TO DO
    EVERYTHING IN ITS POWER.
    >> I KNOW HAS ARE SAYING
    WHAT IS THE MESSAGE TONIGHT?
    WE HAVE NOT ANY MORE POLITICAL
    MOVEMENT ON THE BACK OF THE
    PLANE AND THE PEOPLE.
    >> THERE’S ANGER
    ON THE STREETS.
    THEY WANT THE HOSTAGES.
    >> WE HAVE PROOF AND SOLID
    EVIDENCE THAT KEEPS US ALIVE.
    THE HOSTAGE FAMILIES TRY
    TO STAY AWAY FROM POLITICS OVER
    THE MONTHS.
    I THINK MORE RECENTLY WE
    HAVE SEEN SOME COMMENTS WHERE
    THEIR PATIENCE IS RUNNING OUT.
    >> PUT PRIORITY ON KEITH
    AND THE OTHER HOSTAGES COMING
    HOME.
    AND IN ORDER FOR THAT TO
    HAPPEN, THERE NEEDS TO BE AN
    AGREEMENT.
    >> THERE NEEDS TO BE A DEAL.
    I THINK THERE IS A SENSE
    THAT TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR
    THE HOSTAGES BECAUSE
    THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT
    AND REALLY ISRAELI PRIME
    MINISTER NETANYAHU IS NOW
    FACING A DECISION.
    HE NEEDS TO DECIDE WHETHER
    HE’S WILLING TO MAKE ENOUGH
    COMPROMISES TO MEET ENOUGH
    OF HAMAS’S DEMANDS TO GET
    HOSTAGES OUT OR DOES HE WANT
    TO GO INTO RAFAH AND DOES
    HE WANT TO GO AFTER
    WHAT ISRAELI OFFICIALS SAY
    IS HAMAS’S LAST STRONGHOLD
    IN THAT SOUTHERN GAZA CITY
    AND WHERE ISRAEL’S BIGGEST
    ALLY, THE UNITED STATES,
    IS SAYING DON’T DO IT?
    >> AND IS THAT ESSENTIALLY
    WHERE THESE HOSTAGE VIDEOS KIND
    OF FIT INTO THE PICTURE, TOM,
    IS IS IS HAMAS SAYING, DON’T
    FORGET, WE’VE GOT PERHAPS
    YOUR GREATEST CURRENCY, ISRAEL,
    RIGHT HERE AND, YOUR PEOPLE
    WILL HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE FOR
    WHATEVER YOU DECIDE.
    NETANYAHU I MEAN, IS THAT
    ESSENTIALLY THE STRATEGY
    BEING PLAYED OUT RIGHT NOW
    WITH THESE VIDEOS?
    >> I THINK THAT’S TRUE.
    I MEAN, HAMAS IS PUTTING THESE
    VIDEOS OUT THERE TO UP
    THE PRESSURE ON NETANYAHU’S
    GOVERNMENT TO SIGNAL TO THE
    INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
    THAT THERE IS A CHOICE HERE,
    THAT ISRAEL DOESN’T HAVE TO
    GO INTO RAFAH.
    I MEAN, WE THINK AND ISRAELI
    OFFICIALS HAVE SUGGESTED THIS,
    THEY BELIEVE THAT THE
    LEADERSHIP OF HAMAS IN GAZA,
    YAHYA SINWAR, WHO THEY SAY WAS
    THE ARCHITECT OF THE OCTOBER
    SEVEN TERROR ATTACK,
    BUT BELIEVE HE’S PROBABLY
    IN THAT AREA IN TUNNELS DOWN
    THERE.
    AND I THINK EVERYONE BELIEVES,
    AGAIN, THIS IS NOT CONFIRMED,
    THAT THERE ARE HOSTAGES IN THAT
    AREA AS WELL.
    SO YOU IF THE ISRAELI MILITARY
    LAUNCHES THIS GROUND OPERATION,
    AID AGENCIES ARE SAID IT WOULD
    BE ABSOLUTELY CATASTROPHIC FOR
    THE CIVILIAN POPULATION.
    BUT THE REALITY IS, IF
    THEY LAUNCH THAT MILITARY
    OPERATION, IT WOULD
    BE INCREDIBLY RISKY FOR
    THE LIVES OF THE REMAINING
    HOSTAGES.
    WE DON’T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY
    HOSTAGES ARE LEFT, ACCORDING
    TO ISRAELI OFFICIALS.
    WE THINK IT’S AROUND ABOUT 100.
    >> WE CANNOT SUPPORT A MAJOR
    MILITARY OPERATION IN RAFAH.
    FIRST, THERE ARE CURRENTLY
    SOMEWHERE AROUND 1.4 MILLION
    PEOPLE IN RAFAH, MANY OF THEM
    DISPLACED FROM OTHER PARTS
    OF GAZA.
    >> WHAT IS THE U.S. ROLE IN ALL
    THIS END UP BEING?
    BECAUSE ON ONE HAND, THEY’VE
    BEEN VERY CLEAR THEY DON’T WANT
    TO SEE PEOPLE GOING INTO RAFAH
    .
    ON THE OTHER HAND, LIKE
    THEY’RE CLEARLY TIED UP
    IN THESE NEGOTIATIONS AND THE
    POTENTIAL DEAL.
    >> RIGHT.
    WELL, THE DIPLOMATIC MANEUVERS
    HAVE GONE INTO OVERDRIVE JUST
    WITHIN THE LAST 24 HOURS,
    48 HOURS.
    WE’RE SEEING INCREASING SIGNALS
    THAT THE COMING WEEK IS IS
    POTENTIALLY CRUCIAL.
    WE KNOW THAT A HAMAS DELEGATION
    IS HEADING OFF TO CAIRO.
    WE BELIEVE ISRAELI OFFICIALS
    ARE ALSO HEADING OFF TO CAIRO.
    WE’VE GOT SECRETARY OF STATE
    BLINKEN FLYING INTO SAUDI
    ARABIA AND POTENTIALLY A WIDER
    TRIP IN THE REGION.
    THE QATARIS ARE ALSO UPPING
    THE PRESSURE SEGMENT.
    ISRAEL AND HAMAS NEED TO DO
    MORE.
    REMEMBER, HAMAS’S LEADERSHIP
    IS IN QATAR SO THEY HAVE
    SOME LEVERAGE OVER THAT GROUP.
    THERE IS A DEAL, ACCORDING
    TO THE WHITE HOUSE,
    ON THE TABLE.
    WE WANT IT TO LAST FOR
    ABOUT SIX WEEKS.
    IT WOULD ALLOW FOR ALL THOSE
    HOSTAGES TO GET OUT AND,
    OF COURSE, TO ALLOW FOR EASIER
    AID ACCESS TO PLACES IN GAZA,
    PARTICULARLY UP IN THE IN THE
    NORTH.
    >> WHAT’S ALSO PLAYING INTO
    THIS IS DOMESTIC
    ISRAELI POLITICS.
    AND NETANYAHU’S GOVERNMENT
    IS AT RISK OF FALLING APART
    BECAUSE HE’S GOT HARDLINE
    FAR RIGHT MINISTERS IN HIS
    GOVERNMENT, THE SECURITY
    MINISTER, THE FINANCE MINISTER.
    THEY ARE WARNING THE PRIME
    MINISTER TO NOT DO A DEAL
    THAT SELLS OUT THAT BASICALLY
    GIVES HAMAS TOO MUCH AND MEANS
    THAT THE ISRAELI MILITARY
    DOESN’T GO INTO RAFAH
    AND POTENTIALLY SNUFFS OUT
    THE REMAINING HAMAS BATTALIONS
    THAT ARE SAID TO BE BACK.
    ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU’VE GOT
    BENNY GANTZ, A MEMBER OF THE
    WAR CABINET, BROUGHT IN AFTER
    OCTOBER THE SEVENTH, AN ALLY
    MORE ALLIED TO THE
    BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S POSITION
    ON PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING.
    AND HE’S WARNING THAT, AGAIN,
    THE GOVERNMENT WOULDN’T
    HAVE SUPPORT IF IT DOESN’T
    PRIORITIZE THE HOSTAGES OVER
    A POTENTIAL MILITARY OPERATION
    INTO RAFAH.
    >> SO NETANYAHU HAS THIS
    BIG DECISION.
    OF COURSE, HAMAS IS ALSO
    A MASSIVE FACTOR IN WHICH WAY
    HE GOES, BUT HE’S LITERALLY NOW
    BEING PULLED FROM BOTH
    DIRECTIONS DOMESTICALLY,
    INTERNALLY, AND ALSO UNDER THIS
    HUGE INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE.
    MUCH OF THAT PRESSURE COMING,
    OF COURSE, FROM ISRAEL’S KEY
    ALLY, THE UNITED STATES.
    >> YET, LIKE YOU SAID, A LOT
    OF PRESSURE HERE.
    AND OF COURSE, EVERY MOVE
    THAT IS MADE WE’LL SEE
    THE RIPPLE EFFECTS OF THAT, NOT
    JUST IN ISRAEL, GOSSMAN AROUND
    THE WORLD.
    TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE, RICH, THANK
    YOU SO MUCH.
    >> THANKS, BROOKE.
    NEXT UP ON "START HERE", HOW DO
    AMERICANS FARE WHEN GUNS
    ARE BANNED?
    NOT WELL.
    APPARENTLY.
    THE HARSH SENTENCES BEING DOLED
    OUT ABROAD.
    >> AFTER THE BREAK.
    >> 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 AT THE SCENE OF
    THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE.
    CONTINUE FOR UKRAINE.
    REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE
    IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH.
    THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS
    LITTLE TOWN.
    THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER
    IN HAWAII.
    FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
    ,ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL
    IN ICELAND.
    >> LET’S GO BACK.
    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 FOR
    A BRIEF MOMENT, THERE WERE
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    >> AMERICA’S NUMBER
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    WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH
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    NEWSCAST.
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    WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S
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    >> RIGHT NOW.
    THERE’S JUST SO MUCH HAPPENING
    IN OUR WORLD, SO MUCH AT STAKE
    AT THE START OF EVERY MORNING,
    MAKING SENSE OF IT ALL.
    THAT’S NOT ALWAYS SO EASY.
    AND THAT’S WHERE WE COME IN.
    GOOD MORNING, AMERICA.
    WE WANT YOU TO KNOW EVERY
    MORNING WE’RE RIGHT HERE AND WE
    GOT YOU.
    >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
    YOU ARE SITTING DOWN LIKE THIS
    TO TELL YOUR STORY.
    BRITTANY, ARE YOU READY?
    WE’VE BEEN TOLD TO GO THROUGH
    YOUR BAG AND YOU FELT
    THE CARTRIDGE.
    WHAT WERE YOU THINKING IN THAT
    MOMENT WHEN YOU FELT THAT MY
    LIFE IS OVER RIGHT HERE?
    >> WE’VE JUST BEEN TOLD
    YOU’RE GOING TO BE NINE YEARS
    AND ONE OF THE WORST PRISONS
    IN RUSSIA IN WHAT?
    YOUR UKRAINIAN ROBIN ROBERTS
    PRISONER IN RUSSIA.
    >> WEDNESDAY NIGHT, ME FIRST
    ON NBC.
    FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
    THERE’S A LOT GOING ON.
    YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING.
    THAT’S UP TO CATCH YOU UP
    WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.
    A DANGEROUS ICE STORM
    IS IMPACTING THE MORNING
    COMMUTE.
    WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY?
    ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE
    MIDDLE EAST.
    WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING
    ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS FAST.
    STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME
    SOMEONE IN BETWEEN.
    HOW DOES BILLIONAIRES.
    SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
    THE MOVE STARTED CHASING A DOG.
    FIRST THING IN THE MORNING,
    AMERICA.
    THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER
    ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC
    NEWS.
    WHAT?
    IT’S LUNCH TIME IN AMERICA.
    SO WHAT ARE WE SERVING UP?
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    >> FRIDAYS AND GINA
    YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE IT.
    YOU WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT GOING
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    YOUR BRAIN GOES STRAIGHT TO THE
    BEACHES THE RESORTS, THE SWIM
    UP BARS.
    BUT IN MOST CASES, OF COURSE,
    YOU’RE GOING TO A FOREIGN
    COUNTRY AND YOU HAVE TO ABIDE
    BY THEIR RULES, THEIR NORMS.
    WELL, LATE LAST YEAR, THE U.S.
    STATE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT
    A WARNING TO TRAVELERS SAYING
    THE ISLAND TERRITORY OF TURKS
    AND CAICOS HAS A REALLY BAN
    ON GUNS AND AMMUNITION.
    IF YOU ARE NOT LICENSED
    BY POLICE THERE, YOU CAN’T
    HAVE IT.
    SO DON’T BRING IT.
    WELL, THIS WEEKEND, A MAN
    BECAME THE FOURTH AMERICAN IN
    A MATTER OF WEEKS TO BE
    ARRESTED AND POTENTIALLY FACE
    SIGNIFICANT JAIL TIME IN THE
    SMALL ENCLAVE WITH FEWER THAN
    50,000 RESIDENTS.
    >> ABC’S MORGAN NORWOOD HAD
    BEEN COVERING THIS.
    >> MORGAN, WHAT HAPPENED HERE?
    WELL, RANDI, WHEN YOU SAY JAIL
    TIME, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE
    POSSIBILITY OF LIKE 12 YEARS
    IN PRISON.
    SO TYLER RENWICK IS JUST
    THE LATEST SITUATION OR
    INCIDENT THAT WE KNOW OF WITHIN
    THE PAST FOUR MONTHS.
    >> AND HE IS BEHIND BARS
    IN TURKS AND CAICOS AFTER
    AUTHORITIES SAY THAT THEY FOUND
    TWO NINE MILLIMETER ROUNDS
    IN HIS BACKPACK.
    AS HE WAS REPORTING CRUISE
    SHIP.
    >> WE UNDERSTAND THAT HE WAS
    THERE CELEBRATING A FRIEND’S
    BACHELOR PARTY.
    HE IS A FATHER.
    HE’S A DAD.
    HE’S A HUSBAND.
    AND HE’S NOW CHARGED
    WITH POSSESSION OF AMMUNITION.
    >> AND WE ALSO SPOKE WITH HIS
    WIFE FOR ONE MISTAKE HAVING
    THAT.
    >> AND THEN THAT’S 12 YEARS
    OF YOUR LIFE GONE.
    AND JUST LIKE I UNDERSTAND
    THAT THERE’S LAWS
    AND REGULATIONS.
    BUT THERE SHOULD BE FAIRNESS.
    >> SHE WANTS MERCY.
    SHE SAYS THAT THERE WAS NO
    INTENT FOR HER HUSBAND TO HURT
    ANYONE.
    >> THIS WAS JUST A SIMPLE
    OVERSIGHT.
    AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT,
    YOU KNOW, A COUPLE ROUNDS
    OF AMMUNITION, IT MIGHT NOT
    SEEM SUPER THREATENING.
    AND YET THEN YOU HEAR THIS
    IS NOT THE ONLY CASE IN RECENT
    MONTHS.
    WHAT OTHER CASES DO MOST OF THE
    CASES SOUND LIKE THIS ONE?
    >> YEAH, YOU KNOW,
    THEY’RE ACTUALLY PRETTY
    SIMILAR.
    >> SO WE’RE TALKING ABOUT FOUR
    CASES WITHIN THE PAST
    FOUR MONTHS OR SO.
    AND WHAT’S INTERESTING
    ABOUT ALL OF THESE IS THAT
    THESE APPEAR TO BE HUNTING
    BULLETS.
    >> SO IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW,
    WHAT WE’RE UNDERSTANDING FROM
    THE FOLKS INVOLVED IN THIS
    IS THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE
    THEY WENT ON A HUNTING TRIP.
    >> THEY FORGOT THE HUNTING
    BULLETS IN THEIR BACKPACK.
    >> WELL, THEY THEN REPACKED
    THAT BACKPACK WITH EVERYTHING
    THEY’RE GOING TO TAKE WITH THEM
    FOR TURKS AND CAICOS.
    AND THEY CARRIED THE PLANE.
    AND NOW THEY’RE FACING ALL OF
    THIS JAIL TIME POTENTIALLY.
    SO THAT’S WHAT WE UNDERSTAND
    IS WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE.
    SO LET’S START WITH TAILORING,
    RICK.
    HE WAS, OF COURSE, THE LATEST
    AMERICAN ARRESTED IN TURKS
    AND CAICOS WITHIN THE PAST
    FOUR MONTHS ON SIMILAR CHARGES.
    BACK IN DECEMBER, THOUGH,
    72-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL LEE EVANS
    OF TEXAS, HE WAS DETAINED FOR
    POSSESSION OF SEVEN
    NINE MILLIMETER ROUNDS.
    >> THEN IN FEBRUARY,
    AUTHORITIES CHARGED
    BRYAN HAGERICH HE GOT
    TO PENNSYLVANIA AFTER AMMO WAS
    FOUND IN HIS CHECKED BAG.
    >> SO THIS WAS A SIMPLE HUMAN
    MISTAKE THAT UNFORTUNATELY HAS
    ME IN THE SITUATION THAT I’M
    CURRENTLY IN.
    >> AND THEN ALSO EARLIER THIS
    MONTH, RYAN WATSON OF OKLAHOMA
    SAYS HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
    HE, AGAIN, IS ASKING FOR MERCY
    AS WELL.
    >> I’VE NEVER INTENTIONALLY
    BROKEN THE LAW.
    I’M NOT PERFECT, BUT I JUST
    HOPE THAT THEY KNOW THAT THIS
    WAS AN ACCIDENT.
    >> FOUR ROUNDS, AGAIN, OF THAT
    HUNTING M.O. UNCOVERED
    IN DUFFLE BAG AS WELL.
    SO, I MEAN, I GUESS
    I’M WONDERING, IS THIS
    THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT THERE
    BEING STRICTER ALL OF A SUDDEN,
    OR IS THIS AMERICANS IN
    THE SORT OF GUN CULTURE WE
    HAVE, UNWILLING OR JUST UNABLE
    TO PROPERLY CHECK THEIR WEAPONS
    BEFORE GOING TO ANOTHER
    COUNTRY?
    >> WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE?
    YOU KNOW, IF YOU ASK TSA OR
    THE STATE DEPARTMENT, THEY’LL
    TELL YOU IT’S THE LATTER.
    BUT THEN ALSO TOURISM, BECAUSE
    THE GOVERNMENT WILL TELL YOU,
    LOOK, WE HAVE STRICT GUN LAWS.
    >> GUNS ARE BANNED IN THIS
    COUNTRY AND ESPECIALLY
    BY TOURISTS.
    BACK IN 2022, THE GOVERNMENT
    AMENDED ITS GUN LAWS, NOT JUST
    TO CRACK DOWN ON GUNS
    AND AMMUNITION, BUT ALSO
    TO CRACK DOWN ON THE PUNISHMENT
    AS WELL, IMPOSING THAT 12
    YEAR MINIMUM PRISON SENTENCE.
    IT USED TO BE THAT YOU COULD
    JUST PAY A FINE AND ALL OF THIS
    WOULD GO AWAY.
    NOW THEY’RE CRACKING DOWN
    ON THIS AND SAYING, LOOK, WE’VE
    GOT TO KEEP OUR TOURIST
    DESTINATION ISLAND SAFE AND
    THIS IS THE WAY TO DO IT.
    >> THIS IS REALLY A DETERRENT.
    YOU MENTIONED THE TSA.
    THAT MAKES ME WONDER WHY
    ARE THESE PEOPLE JUST
    BEING CAUGHT IN TURKS
    AND CAICOS?
    >> BECAUSE I IMAGINE A LOT
    OF THEM ARE FLYING OUT THERE
    WHERE THEY GO THROUGH
    AMERICAN SECURITY ARE RELOADING
    .
    >> PEOPLE TRAVEL
    WITH AMMUNITION ON PLANES.
    YOU KNOW, BRIAN, I CAN’T EVEN
    CARRY, YOU KNOW, A FULL SIZE
    BOTTLE OF HAIRSPRAY WITHOUT
    GETTING STOPPED.
    SO IT DOES BEG THE QUESTION
    HOW SOMEONE CAN GET THROUGH
    WITH AMMUNITION.
    LOOK, TSA ACTUALLY ADMITTING
    IN THE CASE OF WAYNE WATSON
    THEY DIDN’T CATCH IT.
    THEIR SYSTEMS DIDN’T DETECT
    LIVE AMMUNITION.
    AND SO THEREFORE, HE WAS
    ALLOWED TO BOARD THAT PLANE,
    GET OVER TO TURKS AND CAICOS.
    IN THAT SAME STATEMENT,
    THEY ALSO SAY IT’S UP TO THE
    PASSENGERS IT’S THEIR
    RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK
    THEIR BAGS AND MAKE SURE
    THAT THEY DON’T HAVE AMMUNITION
    OR ANYTHING THAT’S ILLEGAL
    AND GOING INTO OTHER COUNTRIES
    .
    WHICH ALSO BRINGS US TO
    THE STATE DEPARTMENT, WHO SAYS,
    LOOK, YOU KNOW, THEY ISSUED
    A TRAVEL WARNING, YOU KNOW,
    BASICALLY REMINDING
    AMERICAN TOURISTS HEADED
    TO TURKS AND CAICOS TO DOUBLE
    CHECK THEIR LUGGAGE, MAKE SURE
    THAT THEY DON’T HAVE ANY
    AMMUNITION.
    >> AND BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
    IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, YOU DO
    HAVE TO ABIDE BY THEIR RULES
    AND IT’S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY
    TO A NOTICE RULES AND THEN ALSO
    MAKE SURE THAT YOU’RE NOT
    VIOLATING THEM.
    >> AND WHAT REALLY STICKS OUT
    TO ME HERE, MORGAN, IS JUST
    HOW AT THE END OF THE DAY,
    YOU GOT TWO COUNTRIES WITH TWO
    VERY DIFFERENT SETS OF I DON’T
    KNOW IF YOU WANT TO CALL THEM
    VALUES OR EXPECTATIONS
    ABOUT GUNS.
    BUT CLEARLY, ONCE THIS VERY
    SMALL COUNTRY GET 15,000
    PEOPLE ON THESE ISLANDS DECIDED
    WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY
    GUNS OR AMMUNITION ON OUR
    STREETS, THAT PROVED SUCH
    A HIGH ASK OF SO MANY
    AMERICANS THAT NOW YOU’VE GOT
    LIKE THIS ALMOST FUNNEL
    OF ARRESTS HAPPENING AS PEOPLE
    JUST TRY TO GET BACK TO THE
    STATES.
    MORGAN NORWOOD REPORTING.
    THANK YOU SO MUCH.
    THE U.S..
    OKAY, ONE MORE QUICK BREAK.
    WHEN WE COME BACK, HE WAS
    COMFORTABLE ENOUGH TO CRACK
    JOKES, BUT HOW COMFORTABLE
    IS HE LOOKING AT THE POLLS?
    >> ONE LAST THING IS NEXT.
    >> 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
    STORMED ALONG.
    I-5 IS IN THE BULL’S EYE.
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    THERE’S A LOT GOING ON.
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    THAT’S OFF TO CATCH YOU UP
    WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.
    A DANGEROUS ICE STORM
    IS IMPACTING THE MORNING
    COMMUTE.
    WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY?
    ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE
    MIDDLE EAST.
    WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING
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    WITH SOMEONE IN BETWEEN.
    HOW DOES BILLIONAIRES
    AND SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
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    LET’S GO.
    THE SHIP IS INCREDIBLE.
    IT FEELS LIKE LIVING IN A
    SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE.
    WE JUST SAW WHAT NO ONE HAS
    SEEN BEFORE.
    LOOK AT THAT.
    OH, MY GOSH.
    WELL, THAT HAD.
    WE ARE HEADING INTO
    THE UNKNOWN.
    EVER, EVER, EVER.
    IT DOESN’T GET ANY MORE CUTTING
    EDGE.
    AND THIS WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE,
    SO MUCH ON THE LINE,
    MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN
    ANY OTHER NEWSCAST.
    ABC NEWS, "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT"
    WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA’S
    NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED
    NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE
    TELEVISION.
    >> THIS IS NOT ABOUT PARENTS
    WHO JUST LET THEIR KIDS WATCH
    VIOLENT MOVIES, PLAYED VIOLENT
    VIDEO GAMES.
    THIS IS ABOUT PARENTS
    WHO COLLECTED THEIR SON,
    IGNORED HIS CRIES FOR HELP.
    THEIR WALKING DOWN.
    THE FIRST PARENTS IN AMERICA
    TO BE IN A SCHOOL SHOOTING,
    THEY PURCHASED THAT GUN
    AND BRAGGED ABOUT IT.
    YOU DON’T GET TO WALK AWAY FROM
    THAT.
    THAT’S COMMON SENSE OF THE
    PARENTS, THE CRUMBLING TRIALS.
    THE OPPOSITE OF LOVE IS NOT
    HATE.
    IT’S JUST BEING IGNORED.
    ONLY ON HULU.
    >> HI, I’M MANDY.
    AND I’M SABRINA AND WE’RE MOMS
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    MORNING.
    AND THAT’S WHY IT GOOD MORNING
    AMERICA.
    >> WE’RE RIGHT HERE.
    AND WE GOT YOU.
    WE GOT WE GOT YOU.
    >> I’M GIO BENITEZ, COVERING
    THE COLLAPSE OF THE FRANCIS
    SCOTT KEY BRIDGE HERE
    IN MARYLAND.
    WHEREVER THE STORY IS,
    WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE.
    >> JUST THREE ABC NEWS LONG.
    AND ONE LAST THING.
    PRESIDENTS GOT JOKES.
    >> JUST NOT ALL OF THEM
    ARE GOOD ONES.
    I’M CAMPAIGNING ALL OVER
    THE COUNTRY.
    >> PENNSYLVANIA, GEORGIA, NORTH
    CAROLINA.
    I’VE ALWAYS DONE WELL IN THE
    ORIGINAL 13 GUYS ON SATURDAY.
    PRESIDENT BIDEN JOINED MEMBERS
    OF THE WASHINGTON MEDIA FOR
    THE ANNUAL WHITE
    HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS DINNER,
    A NIGHT CELEBRATING JOURNALISM,
    POLITICS AND WONKY HUMOR.
    DONILON’S HAD A FEW TOUGH DAYS
    LATELY.
    YOU MIGHT CALL IT STORMY
    WEATHER.
    THESE EVENTS ALWAYS KIND
    OF HAVE A PREDICTABLE FEEL
    TO THEM, BUT THEY’RE REALLY
    INTERESTING TO WATCH DURING AN
    ELECTION YEAR.
    >> AGE IS THE ONLY THING WE
    HAVE IN COMMON.
    >> MY VICE PRESIDENT ACTUALLY
    ENDORSES ME.
    >> ONE REASON IS YOU CAN SEE
    THE ANGLES THE PRESIDENT
    IS ABOUT TO TAKE IN HIS
    MESSAGING TO THE BROADER PUBLIC
    LIKE AT THIS RATE, IT DOES NOT
    APPEAR THIS ELECTION WILL BE
    ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY OR
    ECONOMICS.
    BIDEN IS PUTTING THE TRUMP
    TRAILS FRONT AND CENTER,
    AND HE’S CAPITALIZING ON ONE
    THING.
    >> TRUMP DOESN’T HAVE TIME
    TO CAMPAIGN.
    THE OTHER DAY, WHILE TRUMP HAD
    TO BE SEATED AT THE DEFENSE
    IN FRONT OF A JURY, BIDEN WAS
    APPEARING ON HOWARD STERN’S
    PROGRAM FOR THE FIRST TIME,
    SAYING HE’D BE WILLING TO THE
    BEAT TRUMP LATER THIS YEAR.
    CAN I TELL YOU A FANTASY I HAD
    IF YOU I DON’T KNOW IF
    YOU’RE GOING TO DEBATE
    YOUR YOUR OPPONENT.
    I AM SOMEWHERE I DON’T TO WIN.
    >> MEANWHILE, TRUMP, WHO’S
    PORTRAYED BIDEN AS AN
    INEFFECTUAL LEADER WHO’S WEAK
    ON KEY ISSUES LIKE IMMIGRATION
    AND TERRORISM, SAYS HE WELCOMES
    DEBATES, THE MORE THE BETTER.
    AND IF BIDEN THOUGHT HE’D
    ESCAPED THE NIGHT WITHOUT A FEW
    JABS FROM THE EVENING’S HOST,
    COLIN JOST FROM SNL, WELL,
    HE WAS WRONG.
    MY WEEKEND UPDATE CO-ANCHOR
    MICHAEL CHE WAS GOING TO JOIN
    ME HERE TONIGHT.
    BUT IN SOLIDARITY
    WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN, I DECIDED
    TO LOSE ALL MY BLACK SUPPORT,
    JUST NOT SO SUBTLY POINTED OUT
    THAT SOME OF BIDEN’S OWN
    SUPPORTERS HAVE COOLED ON HIM
    SINCE TAKING OFFICE AND REALLY
    SEEM TO EMBODY LOTS
    OF AMERICANS CONFUSION WITH THE
    STATE OF AFFAIRS.
    >> THE CANDIDATE WHO WAS A
    FAMOUS NEW YORK CITY PLAYBOY,
    TOOK ABORTION RIGHTS AWAY
    AND THE GUY WHO’S TRYING
    TO GIVE YOU YOUR ABORTION
    RIGHTS BACK IS AN 80-YEAR-OLD
    CATHOLIC.
    >> HOW DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
    AND THIS IS REALLY WHERE
    THE RACE DOES STAND RIGHT NOW.
    AMERICANS SEEM MOST UNIFIED
    ALONG THE THEME OF THE WHOLE
    WORLD SEEMS UPSIDE DOWN, WHICH
    DOESN’T NECESSARILY FAVOR
    A CURRENT OR FORMER PRESIDENT.
    >> NATIONAL POLLING DATA
    SHOW BIDEN AND TRUMP NECK
    AND NECK.
    SO DOES JUST ABOUT EVERY SWING
    STATE POLL WE’VE SEEN RECENTLY.
    THEY’RE WITHIN THE MARGIN
    OF ERROR.
    EVEN THE WILD CARD IN THIS
    RACE, RFK JR. POTENTIAL THIRD
    PARTY CANDIDATE WHO WAS ONCE
    SEEN AS A LIABILITY FOR
    DEMOCRATS, IS NOW GETTING BARBS
    FROM TRUMP, WHO THINKS
    HIS SUPPORTERS COULD BE SWAYED
    OVER TO RFK, WHICH IS WHY
    JOE SEEMED PERHAPS THE MOST
    AMUSED THIS YEAR BY THE ROLE
    OF POLITICAL JOURNALISM ITSELF.
    >> LIKE MANY OF YOU HERE
    TONIGHT, I PRETEND TO DO NEWS
    ON TV BECAUSE IN A WORLD WHERE
    LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE PREDICTIONS
    ,THE SMARTEST PEOPLE IN
    THE ROOM HAVE LEARNED NOTHING
    IS A SURE THING.
    LIKE THE JOKE THAT REALLY,
    I THINK CUT DEEP TO JOURNALIST
    WAS WHEN HE SAID JOURNALISTS
    YOU GUYS ARE DOING THE REAL
    WORK FOR DEMOCRACY, WHICH
    IS FEEDING A.I. SYSTEMS ALL THE
    WORDS THEY NEED TO REPLACE
    YOU SOMEDAY TO REAL MAN.
    TO REAL.
    I’M BRAD MIELKE.
    >> I’LL SEE YOU TOMORROW.
    >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE SO
    MUCH ON THE LINE,
    MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN
    ANY OTHER NEWSCAST.
    ABC NEWS, "WORLD NEWS TONIGHT"
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    NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED
    NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL ON
    TELEVISION.
    >> FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
    THERE’S A LOT GOING ON.
    YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING.
    THAT’S UP.
    CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED
    OVERNIGHT.
    A DANGEROUS ICE STORM
    IS IMPACTING MORNING COMMUTE.
    WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY?
    ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE
    MIDDLE EAST.
    WHAT ARE TALKING ABOUT?
    THE MIGRANT CRISIS?
    FAST, STRAIGHT FORWARD
    WITH SOMEONE IN BETWEEN.
    HOW DOES BILLIONAIRES.
    SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
    THE MOVE STARTED CHASING A DOG
    FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
    AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S
    NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS
    ON ABC NEWS FIVE.
    >> HI, I’M ANDY.
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    AND WE’RE MOMS JUGGLING TONS
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    >> THIS IS NOT ABOUT PARENTS
    WHO JUST LET THEIR KID WATCH
    VIOLENT MOVIES PLAYED VIOLENT
    VIDEO GAMES.
    THIS IS ABOUT PARENTS
    WHO COLLECTED THEIR SON OR JUST
    CRIES FOR HELP.
    THEY’RE WALKING DOWN COAST
    PARENTS IN AMERICA TO BE
    CHARGED IN A SCHOOL SHOOTING.
    THEY PURCHASED THAT GUN
    AND BRAGGED, YOU DON’T GET TO
    WALK AWAY FROM THAT.
    THAT’S A CRIME THAT OF
    THE PARENTS.
    >> THE CRUMBLING ON AMERICA THIS
    MORNING, THE DEADLY TORNADO
    OUTBREAK ACROSS MULTIPLE STATES,
    AN ENTIRE DOWNTOWN DAMAGED AND
    DESTROYED A FOUR MONTH OLD.
    AMONG THOSE KILLED, HOMES
    FLATTENED THIS WAREHOUSE LEFT IN
    RUINS. AND OVERNIGHT, A TORNADO
    TOUCHING DOWN NORTH OF HOUSTON.
    WHAT TO EXPECT TODAY TALKS FOR A
    POTENTIAL HOSTAGE DEAL BETWEEN
    ISRAEL AND HAMAS RESUMING TODAY.
    >> BUT THIS MORNING, WORD THAT
    ISRAEL’S PRIME MINISTER AND
    OTHER GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS ARE
    BRACING FOR POSSIBLE ARREST
    WARRANTS FROM AN INTERNATIONAL
    COURT, PLUS A NEW CRACKDOWN
    OVERNIGHT ON CROWDS PROTESTING
    THE WAR ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES HERE
    IN THE U.S.
    >> A LOCAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY
    CAUGHT ON CAMERA AFTER REFUSING
    TO PULL OVER FOR SPEEDING.
    >> I AM THE DA.
    >> OKAY, HER CLAIM TO THE
    OFFICER AND HOW THE GOVERNOR IS
    NOW GETTING INVOLVED.
    >> THE GOVERNOR EYED AS A
    POTENTIAL TRUMP RUNNING MATE
    THIS NOVEMBER, RESPONDS TO THE
    BACKLASH OVER HER STORY ABOUT
    SHOOTING HER DOG FOR BAD
    BEHAVIOR. WHAT KRISTI NOEM IS
    NOW SAYING NIGHTMARE IN PARADISE
    THE LIST OF AMERICANS NOW FACING
    PRISON TIME IN THE CARIBBEAN FOR
    BRINGING BULLETS IN THEIR
    LUGGAGE. LATER, THE MAJOR
    LEAGUES REPORTEDLY MAKING A
    MAJOR CHANGE TO THOSE
    CONTROVERSIAL SEE THROUGH
    UNIFORMS IN THE TODDLER WHO SAID
    THERE WERE MONSTERS IN THE WALL
    AND WAS RIGHT SORT OF.
    >> FROM ABC NEWS IN NEW YORK.
    THIS IS AMERICA THIS MORNING.
    >> GOOD MONDAY MORNING,
    EVERYONE. I’M ANDREW DYMBURT.
    >> GOOD MORNING TO YOU I’M
    RHIANNON ALLY. WE WANT TO BEGIN
    WITH THE SEVERE WEATHER
    OVERNIGHT. JUST HOURS AFTER A
    DEADLY TORNADO OUTBREAK LEFT
    SEVERAL PEOPLE DEAD, INCLUDING A
    FOUR MONTH OLD CHILD.
    >> STATES FROM NEBRASKA AND IOWA
    TO OKLAHOMA AND NOW TEXAS HAVE
    SEEN THESE DESTRUCTIVE AND
    DEVASTATING STORMS. AERIAL VIDEO
    SHOWS THIS DOLLAR TREE WAREHOUSE
    TORN TO SHREDS IN OKLAHOMA AND
    DEBRIS WAS FLYING IN KANSAS AS
    THIS FUNNEL CLOUD SLAMMED INTO A
    HOUSE THIS MORNING. THE
    MULTI-DAY SEVERE WEATHER
    OUTBREAK NOW LEAVING ITS MARK ON
    TEXAS.
    >> YOU SEE THIS RIGHT HERE? THIS
    IS WHERE A HOUSE WAS.
    >> THE SHERIFF IN TRINITY COUNTY
    POSTING THIS VIDEO OVERNIGHT
    SAYING A TORNADO JUST TOUCHED
    DOWN SHOWING WIDESPREAD DAMAGE
    TO A COMMUNITY NORTH OF HOUSTON.
    >> IT’S NO LONGER HERE. IT’S
    COMPLETELY GONE. CARS TURNED
    COMPLETELY UPSIDE DOWN. IT’S
    KIND OF UNHEARD OF IN OUR AREA.
    >> TWO PEOPLE WERE RUSHED TO THE
    HOSPITAL AFTER BEING RESCUED
    FROM A DAMAGED HOME. POWERFUL
    TORNADO. RIGHT HERE, RIGHT HERE,
    RIGHT HERE. SINCE FRIDAY, MORE
    THAN 130 TORNADOES HAVE BEEN
    REPORTED ACROSS THE MIDDLE OF
    THE COUNTRY. AT LEAST FOUR
    PEOPLE WERE KILLED FROM THE
    STORMS IN OKLAHOMA, INCLUDING A
    FOUR MONTH OLD. THE NATIONAL
    WEATHER SERVICE SAYS A TORNADO
    THAT WAS AT LEAST EF3 STRENGTH
    PACKING WINDS UP TO 165MPH
    DESTROYED THE TOWN OF SULFUR.
    >> I JUST HAVEN’T SEEN THIS MUCH
    DESTRUCTION FROM MY TIME AS
    GOVERNOR. IT SEEMS LIKE EVERY
    BUSINESS IN DOWNTOWN HAS BEEN
    DESTROYED NOW. VIDEO FROM ABOVE
    SHOWS THE SCOPE OF THE
    DEVASTATION.
    >> ROOFS RIPPED OFF, HOMES
    DEMOLISHED.
    >> I JUST KEPT SEEING PICTURES
    ON THE NEWS AND FACEBOOK, AND
    YOU DON’T KNOW HOW MUCH REAL
    DAMAGE IS DONE TO YOUR SEE IT
    WITH YOUR OWN EYES.
    >> IN IOWA, SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE
    INJURED AND ONE PERSON KILLED IN
    MINDEN, WHERE OFFICIALS SAY
    NEARLY HALF THE CITY’S HOMES
    HAVE BEEN DESTROYED. AND
    AUTHORITIES IN NEBRASKA SAY MORE
    THAN 150 HOMES WERE DAMAGED IN
    DOUGLAS COUNTY, THE NATIONAL
    WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE IN OMAHA
    ISSUED 48 TORNADO WARNINGS
    FRIDAY, THE MOST EVER ISSUED IN
    A SINGLE DAY. MEANWHILE, THE
    HOTTEST TEMPERATURES OF THE YEAR
    ARE ON THE WAY FOR PARTS OF THE
    NORTHEAST TODAY. WE’LL CHECK
    YOUR FULL FORECAST IN JUST A FEW
    MINUTES.
    >> MAJOR DEVELOPMENTS NOW FROM
    THE WAR IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
    TALKS FOR A POTENTIAL CEASE FIRE
    AND HOSTAGE DEAL ARE SET TO
    RESUME TODAY, AS MEMBERS OF
    ISRAEL’S GOVERNMENT BRACE FOR A
    NEW LEGAL THREAT. IN THE
    MEANTIME, A NEW CRACKDOWN ON
    COLLEGE STUDENTS PROTESTING THE
    WAR ON CAMPUSES NATIONWIDE.
    ABC’S CHRISTIANE CORDERO IS HERE
    NOW WITH THE LATEST. CHRISTIANE.
    >> GOOD MORNING, BRIANNA, AND
    GOOD MORNING. TODAY CEASE FIRE
    TALKS COME AS WE LEARN ABOUT
    POTENTIAL ARREST WARRANTS FOR
    MEMBERS OF ISRAEL’S GOVERNMENT.
    THIS MORNING, TOP ISRAELI
    OFFICIALS REPORTEDLY BELIEVE
    THEY COULD FACE ARREST WARRANTS
    FROM THE INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL
    COURT IN THE NEAR FUTURE,
    POSSIBLY THIS WEEK. THEY INCLUDE
    PRIME MINISTER BENJAMIN
    NETANYAHU AND ISRAEL’S DEFENSE
    MINISTER, ACCORDING TO THE NEW
    YORK TIMES. THE ISRAELI
    OFFICIALS COULD POTENTIALLY BE
    ACCUSED OF PREVENTING THE
    DELIVERY OF HUMANITARIAN AID TO
    THE GAZA STRIP AND PURSUING AN
    EXCESSIVELY HARSH RESPONSE TO
    THE HAMAS LED OCTOBER SEVENTH
    ATTACKS ON ISRAEL. NETANYAHU HAS
    DEFENDED HIS GOVERNMENT’S
    RESPONSE.
    >> PUT YOURSELF IN ISRAEL’S
    SHOES.
    >> WE WERE ATTACKED. UNPROVOKED
    ATTACK, MURDEROUS ATTACK ON
    OCTOBER 7TH, THE WORST ATTACK ON
    JEWISH PEOPLE SINCE THE
    HOLOCAUST. I THINK WE’VE
    RESPONDED IN A WAY THAT GOES
    AFTER THE TERRORISTS AND TRIES
    TO MINIMIZE THE CIVILIAN
    POPULATION IN WHICH THE
    TERRORISTS EMBED THEMSELVES AND
    USE THEM AS HUMAN SHIELDS,
    EXPERTS SAY THE POTENTIAL FOR AN
    ARREST WARRANT DOES NOT MEAN AN
    ARREST OR A TRIAL IN THE HAGUE
    IS IMMINENT.
    >> IT COMES AS NEGOTIATORS MEET
    TODAY IN CAIRO TO DISCUSS A
    POTENTIAL CEASE FIRE DEAL
    BETWEEN ISRAEL AND HAMAS. THE
    WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTS. THE
    POTENTIAL DEAL INCLUDES AROUND
    20 HOSTAGES BEING RELEASED IN
    RETURN FOR ISRAEL RELEASING AN
    ESTIMATED 500 PALESTINIAN
    PRISONERS AND ALLOWING 300,000
    PEOPLE TO RETURN TO NORTHERN
    GAZA, ISRAEL’S FOREIGN MINISTER
    HAS SAID ISRAEL WOULD DELAY ITS
    OFFENSIVE IN RAFAH IN SOUTHERN
    GAZA, IN EXCHANGE FOR A HOSTAGE
    DEAL.
    >> WHEN YOU SAW HAMAS RELEASED
    ANOTHER VIDEO OF AN AMERICAN
    ISRAELI HOSTAGE OVER THE
    WEEKEND, KEITH SIEGEL IS SEEN
    BREAKING DOWN IN TEARS IN THE
    VIDEO.
    >> DAYS EARLIER, HAMAS RELEASED
    VIDEO OF 23 YEAR OLD HIRSH
    GOLDBERG. POLAND I DO THINK THAT
    THESE TWO VIDEOS ARE A SIGNAL
    FROM HAMAS THAT THEY ARE READY
    TO MAKE A DEAL AND A REMINDER
    THAT THERE ARE AMERICAN CITIZENS
    BEING HELD, INCLUDING INCLUDING
    KEITH, HERE IN THE U.S, ANOTHER
    UNIVERSITY CAMPUS IS GRAPPLING
    WITH PROTESTS OVER THE WAR.
    POLICE OVERNIGHT WERE SEEN
    DETAINING PROTESTERS AT VIRGINIA
    TECH. HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE
    ARRESTED AT COLLEGE CAMPUSES
    OVER THE WEEKEND. UCLA IS NOW
    ADDING SECURITY TO CAMPUS AFTER
    CLASHES BETWEEN PRO-PALESTINIAN
    AND PRO-ISRAELI DEMONSTRATORS,
    PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES AND COLLEGES
    AND THE POLICE DON’T HAVE THE
    RIGHT TO STOP A MESSAGE.
    >> THEY HAVE A RIGHT SOMETIMES
    TO STOP THE MANNER IN WHICH THE
    MESSAGE IS BEING CONVEYED. HATE
    SPEECH IS NOT IS NOT PROTECTED.
    THERE ARE CERTAIN KINDS OF
    SPEECH THAT AREN’T PROTECTED.
    BUT PROTESTING THE GOVERNMENT S
    INVOLVEMENT IN A CONFLICT
    OVERSEAS IS CLASSIC FIRST
    AMENDMENT PROTECTED ACTIVITY IN
    A PHONE CALL YESTERDAY, THE
    WHITE HOUSE SAYS PRESIDENT BIDEN
    EMPHASIZED TO NETANYAHU THAT THE
    U.S. DOES NOT SUPPORT A GROUND
    OPERATION IN RAFAH, WHERE MORE
    THAN 1 MILLION PALESTINIANS HAVE
    SOUGHT SHELTER SINCE THE WAR
    BEGAN.
    >> ANDREW. CHRISTIANE.
    >> THANK YOU. FORMER PRESIDENT
    TRUMP’S HUSH MONEY TRIAL RESUMES
    TOMORROW AFTER DAYS OF TESTIMONY
    FROM FORMER NATIONAL ENQUIRER
    PUBLISHER DAVID PECKER. TOMORROW
    A BANKER WHO TESTIFIED ABOUT A
    SHELL COMPANY SET UP TO PAY
    ADULT FILM STAR STORMY DANIELS
    WILL RETURN TO THE STAND. THE
    JURY ALSO HEARD LAST WEEK FROM
    TRUMP’S LONGTIME EXECUTIVE
    ASSISTANT, WHO SAID TRUMP HAD
    STORMY DANIELS CONTACT
    INFORMATION. MEANWHILE, TRUMP
    MET PRIVATELY IN MIAMI YESTERDAY
    WITH FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON
    DESANTIS. SOURCES SAY DESANTIS
    REQUESTED THE MEETING TO BURY
    THE HATCHET AFTER THAT
    CONTENTIOUS PRIMARY RACE,
    DESANTIS ENDORSED TRUMP AFTER
    DROPPING OUT BUT HAS NOT
    CAMPAIGNED WITH HIM. THERE’S
    WORD HE MAY BEGIN FUNDRAISING
    FOR TRUMP, A GOVERNOR THOUGHT TO
    BE A CONTENDER FOR DONALD
    TRUMP’S RUNNING MATE THIS
    NOVEMBER, IS RESPONDING TO THE
    BACKLASH OVER A STORY IN HER NEW
    BOOK.
    >> IT’S A STORY ABOUT SHOOTING
    HER PUPPY THIS MORNING, SOUTH
    DAKOTA GOVERNOR KRISTI NOEM,
    CONSIDERED TO BE IN THE RUNNING
    TO BECOME FORMER PRESIDENT
    TRUMP’S PICK FOR VICE PRESIDENT,
    IS RESPONDING TO THE BACKLASH
    OVER A STORY IN HER UPCOMING
    MEMOIR. IN THE BOOK, NOEM SAYS
    SHE SHOT AND KILLED HER 14 MONTH
    OLD PUPPY NAMED CRICKET FOR BAD
    BEHAVIOR. NOEM CLAIMS THE
    WIREHAIRED POINTER HAD AN
    AGGRESSIVE PERSONALITY THAT
    INCLUDED MISBEHAVING ON A
    HUNTING TRIP, KILLING SEVERAL
    CHICKENS AND BITING GNOME’S
    HAND. NOEM ALSO DETAILED KILLING
    A GOAT SHE CALLED NASTY AND
    MEAN. REACTION HAS BEEN SWIFT
    FROM BOTH SIDES OF THE AISLE.
    CONSERVATIVE MEDIA PERSONALITY
    LAURA LOOMER SAYING SHE CAN’T BE
    VP NOW. YOU CAN’T SHOOT YOUR DOG
    AND THEN BE VP. THE BIDEN
    CAMPAIGN POSTING THESE PHOTOS
    AFTER THE STORY EMERGED OF THE
    PRESIDENT AND VICE PRESIDENT
    WITH THEIR DOGS. AND THERE WAS
    THIS MOMENT AT SATURDAY’S WHITE
    HOUSE CORRESPONDENTS DINNER, I
    AM KILLING THIS DINNER HARDER
    THAN KRISTI NOEM KILLS THE
    PUPPIES. BUT NOEM RESPONDING
    YESTERDAY SAYING, I FOLLOWED THE
    LAW AND WAS BEING A RESPONSIBLE
    PARENT, DOG OWNER AND NEIGHBOR,
    ADDING THAT SHOOTING HER DOG
    WASN’T EASY, BUT OFTEN THE EASY
    WAY ISN’T THE RIGHT WAY. HER
    FELLOW REPUBLICANS TAKING
    ADVANTAGE OF THE CONTROVERSY.
    KARI LAKE ALSO A POTENTIAL TRUMP
    VP PICK, SHARED THIS PHOTO
    WISHING HER DOG A HAPPY BIRTHDAY
    AND FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON
    DESANTIS POSTED THIS VIDEO
    ENCOURAGING PEOPLE TO ADOPT
    RESCUE DOGS. IN A SIGN OF THE
    CHALLENGES GNOME MAY FACE, A NEW
    YORK POST OPINION COLUMN SAID,
    QUOTE, WE HAVE FINALLY FOUND AN
    ISSUE THAT UNITES THE COUNTRY.
    >> TIME NOW FOR YOUR MONDAY
    WEATHER.
    >> WE’RE TRACKING THIS LINE OF
    SEVERE THUNDERSTORMS GETTING
    READY TO SWEEP ACROSS MUCH OF
    LOUISIANA AND ARKANSAS THIS
    MORNING. YOU CAN SEE HOW ROBUST
    THESE STORMS WILL BE SETTING UP,
    AND THIS WILL BRING WITH THEM
    THE THREAT FOR STRONG WINDS,
    HAIL, AND MAYBE EVEN A FEW
    TORNADOES. MEANWHILE, WE’RE ALSO
    TRACKING ANOTHER SEVERE THREAT
    FOR AN AREA PREVIOUSLY HIT HARD
    LINCOLN. OMAHA, NEBRASKA. THIS
    REGION IS ALREADY SEEING
    DEVASTATING SEVERE
    THUNDERSTORMS, AND THEY COULD BE
    IN FOR MORE. TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
    MEANWHILE, ON THE EAST COAST,
    IT’S SOME OF THE HOTTEST
    TEMPERATURES OF THE YEAR. OUR
    NATION’S CAPITAL WILL REACH
    AROUND 90 DEGREES THIS
    AFTERNOON. SOMARA, THEODORE ABC
    NEWS, NEW JERSEY.
    >> COMING UP, ZEBRAS ON THE
    LOOSE NEAR SEATTLE.
    >> ALSO AHEAD, THE DISTRICT
    ATTORNEY CAUGHT ON CAMERA AFTER
    REFUSING TO PULL OVER FOR
    SPEEDING. WHAT SHE TOLD THE
    OFFICER AND HOW THE GOVERNOR IS
    NOW GETTING INVOLVED, AND LATER,
    SOMETHING UNEXPECTED ON
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    We have a beautiful
    young woman killed at the very
    beginning of her life what
    happens when the interrogation
    helps put the wrong man in
    prison. I wasn’t nowhere around
    probably God until years later
    when the real killer steps into
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    >> WE’RE BACK WITH DRIVERS
    THE D
    IN THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST FOR
    ZEBRAS. GOT LOOSE ON INTERSTATE
    90 EAST OF SEATTLE. AUTHORITIES
    SAY THE ZEBRAS ESCAPED FROM
    THEIR OWNER’S TRAILER. THEY WERE
    EVENTUALLY ROUNDED UP INSIDE A
    NEARBY FENCE.
    >> NOW TO NEW YORK, WHERE A
    DISTRICT ATTORNEY IS UNDER FIRE
    FOR WHAT SHE DID WHEN POLICE
    TRIED TO PULL HER OVER FOR
    SPEEDING AND ALL OF IT WAS
    CAUGHT ON CAMERA. BREAKING
    OVERNIGHT, NEW YORK’S GOVERNOR,
    NOW SEEKING A STATE
    INVESTIGATION INTO A LOCAL
    DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S CONDUCT
    DURING A TRAFFIC STOP.
    >> GET OUT OF MY HOUSE.
    >> POLICE BODY CAMERA FOOTAGE
    OBTAINED BY OUR ROCHESTER
    AFFILIATE, WHAM, SHOWS MONROE
    COUNTY DA SANDRA DOORLEY,
    MOMENTS AFTER SHE REFUSED TO
    PULL OVER FOR A TRAFFIC STOP
    LAST WEEK, INSTEAD DRIVING HOME
    THE OFFICER FOLLOWED HER.
    >> WHAT IS THE REASON YOU’RE SO
    AGAINST WHAT I’M DOING? I’M
    DOING MY JOB. YOU SAY YOU’RE A
    DA.
    >> I AM THE DA. OKAY, OKAY, LET
    ME GET YOU MY BADGE. I AM THE DA
    OF MONROE COUNTY.
    >> DOORLEY ADMITTED SHE WAS
    SPEEDING.
    >> I WAS GOING 55, COMING HOME
    FROM WORK, 55, IN A 35. I DON’T
    REALLY CARE.
    >> WHY ARE YOU SO UPSET? SHE
    CLAIMS SHE DID NOT HEAR THE
    SIRENS AND SHE APPEARED TO CALL
    THE POLICE CHIEF.
    >> I’M GOING TO LEAVE ME ALONE.
    >> EVENTUALLY SHE TOLD THE
    OFFICER TO WRITE HER A TICKET.
    >> I’M THE ONE WHO PROSECUTES
    IT.
    >> OKAY, JUST GO AHEAD AND DO
    IT. GO AHEAD. YOU KNOW WHAT I’VE
    BEEN DEALING WITH ALL DAY? THREE
    MURDERS IN THE CITY. AND DO YOU
    THINK I REALLY CARE IF I WAS
    GOING 20 MILES OVER THE SPEED
    LIMIT?
    >> NOW, NEW YORK GOVERNOR KATHY
    HOCHUL HAS REFERRED DAWLEY’S
    CASE TO THE COMMISSION ON
    PROSECUTORIAL CONDUCT, SAYING
    DOORLEY HAS UNDERMINED HER
    ABILITY TO HOLD OTHERS
    ACCOUNTABLE FOR VIOLATING THE
    LAW. ALL NINE MEMBERS OF
    ROCHESTER CITY COUNCIL ALSO
    CALLING FOR A STATE
    INVESTIGATION. DOORLEY, IN A
    STATEMENT, SAID SHE PLEADED
    GUILTY TO SPEEDING AND SAID
    NOBODY, INCLUDING YOUR DISTRICT
    ATTORNEY, IS ABOVE THE RULE OF
    LAW. DOORLEY INSISTS SHE HAD NO
    INTENTION OF USING HER POSITION
    TO RECEIVE A BENEFIT FROM THE
    OFFICER.
    >> A CATHOLIC PRIEST NEAR
    PHILADELPHIA HAS RESPONDED TO
    THEFT CHARGES. HE’S ACCUSED OF
    STEALING $40,000 IN CHURCH FUNDS
    AND USED IT TO PLAY VIDEO GAMES,
    INCLUDING CANDY CRUSH AND
    POKEMON GO. POLICE SAY HE’S
    GETTING COUNSELING AND HE,
    QUOTE, EXPRESSED FEELINGS OF
    STUPIDITY.
    >> COMING UP, THE LIST OF
    AMERICANS NOW FACING PRISON TIME
    IN THE CARIBBEAN FOR BRINGING
    BULLETS IN THEIR LUGGAGE.
    >> ALSO AHEAD, THE BIG LEAGUES
    REPORTEDLY MAKING A BIG CHANGE
    TO THOSE CONTROVERSIAL SEE
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    We have a beautiful
    young woman killed at the very
    beginning of her life what
    happens when the interrogation
    helps put the wrong man in
    prison. I wasn’t nowhere around
    probably God until years later
    when the real killer steps into
    the box a tough question here
    is what’s the chance your
    DNA will match that I’ve seen
    we have your DNA at the scene.
    What did you use
    a knife? Oh my God interrogation
    tapes tonight on
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    Let’s go.
    The ship is incredible. It feels
    like living in a science
    fiction movie.
    We just saw where no one has
    seen before
    look at that.
    We are heading into the unknown.
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    Not about parents who just let
    their kid watch violent movies
    play violent video games. This
    is about parents who neglected
    their son ignored his cries for
    help. Then bought him a gun
    the first parents in America to
    be charged in a school shooting.
    They purchased that
    gun for him and bragged about
    it.
    You don’t get to walk away from
    that that’s a criminal act sins
    of the parents. The crumbly
    trials. The opposite of love is
    not hate. It’s just being
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    >> WELCOME BACK. A TOURIST IS
    RECOVERING FROM A SHARK BITE IN
    THE CARIBBEAN. THE SHARK SEVERED
    THE BRITISH MAN’S ARM AND LEG
    OFF THE COAST OF TOBAGO. HIS
    WIFE SAYS THE 64 YEAR OLD IS IN
    STABLE CONDITION, THOUGH IN THE
    ICU SHE SAYS HIS FRIENDS STAYED
    IN THE WATER TO BATTLE THE
    SHARK. AND AT LEAST FOUR
    AMERICANS ARE NOW FACING PRISON
    TIME IN TURKS AND CAICOS ON
    AMMUNITION CHARGES. THE LATEST
    ARREST WAS LAST TUESDAY. TYLER
    WENRICK OF VIRGINIA, WAS
    DETAINED FOR ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO
    CARRY TWO NINE MILLIMETER ROUNDS
    ONTO A CRUISE SHIP. NOW BECAUSE
    OF THE COUNTRY’S STRICT NEW
    FIREARMS LAW, HE FACES UP TO 12
    YEARS IN PRISON, WHICH HAS HIS
    WIFE TERRIFIED.
    >> LIKE, I UNDERSTAND THAT
    THERE’S LAWS AND REGULATIONS.
    IT’S. BUT THERE SHOULD BE
    FAIRNESS AND GRACE WHEN IT COMES
    TO THINGS, AND ESPECIALLY THE
    INTENT OF THEM. THERE IS NO
    INTENT TO HARM ANYBODY.
    >> THE TSA HAS ADMITTED FAILING
    TO DETECT THE ROUNDS IN
    WEINRIB’S LUGGAGE. WHEN HE LEFT
    THE U.S, THE OKLAHOMA MAN WE
    TOLD YOU ABOUT LAST WEEK FACES
    THE SAME POSSIBLE SENTENCE. HIS
    NEXT COURT HEARING IS IN JUNE.
    >> WE TURN NOW TO THE SPORTS
    UNIFORMS BEING CRITICIZED AS
    BEING SEE THROUGH. THEY’RE ABOUT
    TO SEE SOME CHANGES. AFTER
    MONTHS OF COMPLAINTS ABOUT
    BASEBALL’S NEW UNIFORMS.
    >> YOU CAN SEE THE NIKE LOGO OF
    THIS GUY’S LIKE SPANDEX UNDER
    HIS PANTS.
    >> WHY DID NO ONE THINK TO TEST
    THE PANTS FIRST CHANGE IS
    COMING.
    >> IN A MEMO OBTAINED BY ESPN,
    THE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION SAYS THE
    LEAGUE WILL NOW REMEDY THE MANY
    ISSUES PLAGUING THE JERSEYS.
    >> THE NUMBERS ARE TOO SMALL.
    THE LETTERING IS TOO SMALL.
    >> THIS MAKES YOUR GAME YOUR
    SPORT LOOK CHEAP.
    >> INSTEAD OF TALKING ABOUT
    OHTANI AND SOTO AND BASEBALL,
    WE’RE TALKING ABOUT WHAT THE
    PLAYERS LOOK LIKE.
    >> NAKED COMPLAINTS HAVE
    INCLUDED THE SIZE OF THE NAMES
    AND NUMBERS, MISMATCHING COLORS,
    AND THE UNIFORMS COLLECTING TOO
    MUCH SWEAT. BUT THE BIGGEST
    COMPLAINT MLB PLAYERS ARE
    SLAMMING THE LEAGUE’S NEW
    UNIFORMS BECAUSE THEIR PANTS ARE
    SEE THROUGH.
    >> LET’S CHECK IT OUT.
    >> YEAH.
    >> OH, I GET THE FEELING THIS
    YEAR WE’RE GOING TO SEE A LOT
    MORE DINGERS.
    >> IN THE MEMO, THE PLAYERS
    ASSOCIATION BLAMES NIKE, WHICH
    SPENT A REPORTED $1 BILLION TO
    SUPPLY THE UNIFORMS. WRITING AT
    ITS CORE, WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE
    IS THAT NIKE WAS INNOVATING
    SOMETHING THAT DIDN’T NEED TO BE
    INNOVATED. NIKE NOT YET
    COMMENTING OVERNIGHT. MEANWHILE,
    A UNIFORM CHANGE IN PRO FOOTBALL
    THE NFL IS ALLOWING PLAYERS TO
    WEAR SO-CALLED GUARDIAN CAPS
    DURING GAMES THEY’VE BEEN
    TESTING THE SOFT SHELL COVERS IN
    TRAINING CAMPS WORN OVER THE
    HELMET. THEY PROVIDE EXTRA
    PADDING AND HAVE BEEN SHOWN TO
    REDUCE CONCUSSIONS BY NEARLY 50.
    BUT SOME FANS CRITICAL, CLAIMING
    THE CAPS WILL TAKE AWAY FROM THE
    SPORT’S TOUGH GUY IMAGE. YOU ARE
    THIS THING ON YOUR HEAD, YOU’VE
    GOT NO DRIP, ZERO SWAG.
    >> IT IS A HARD L WOULD BE AN
    ABSOLUTE SHOCK IF SOMEBODY WORE
    THIS IN AN ACTUAL GAME.
    >> OTHERS WORRY THE CAPS MIGHT
    EMPOWER PLAYERS TO HIT EVEN
    HARDER, CAUSING MORE INJURIES.
    NO WORD YET ON HOW MANY PLAYERS
    MIGHT WEAR THE CAPS NEXT SEASON.
    AS FOR THE MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL
    UNIFORMS, IT WON’T BE A QUICK
    FIX IT COULD TAKE UNTIL NEXT
    SEASON TO MAKE ALL THE NECESSARY
    CHANGES, BUT PLAYERS WILL BE
    HAPPY ABOUT THAT.
    >> THOUGH. COMING UP, A NEW WAY
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    happens when the interrogation
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    >> AND WE BEGIN WITH A BEE
    INFESTATION DISCOVERED BY A
    TODDLER.
    >> SO SHE TOLD HER MOM SHE WAS
    HEARING MONSTERS IN HER BEDROOM
    WALL. AND HER MOM THOUGHT SHE
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    >> BUT A BEEKEEPERS THERMAL
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    PEOPLE MAGAZINE SHOWING THESE
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    IF YOU DREAD MOWING THE LAWN,
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    >> NEXT, CAUTION FLAGS ARE NOT
    UNUSUAL DURING AUTO RACING, BUT
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    >> TAKE A LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENED
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    >> NO ONE SEEMS TO KNOW HOW TO
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    >> OTHER CENTENARIANS ARE FACING
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    You’ve been told to go through
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    happens when the interrogation
    helps put the wrong man in
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    >> CHECKING MORE TOP STORIES NOW
    AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
    KILLED BY A POWERFUL TORNADO IN
    OKLAHOMA. IT WAS AMONG MORE THAN
    130 TWISTERS REPORTED ACROSS THE
    MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY. SINCE
    JUST FRIDAY. THE LATEST CAUSED
    DAMAGE OVERNIGHT NORTH OF
    HOUSTON, TEXAS.
    >> OVERSEAS, HAMAS IS PLANNING
    TO ATTEND CEASEFIRE AND HOSTAGE
    TALKS RESUMING TODAY IN EGYPT.
    MEANWHILE, ISRAELI OFFICIALS ARE
    BRACING FOR POSSIBLE ARREST
    WARRANTS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL
    CRIMINAL COURT. POTENTIAL
    CHARGES REPORTEDLY INCLUDE
    PREVENTING THE DELIVERY OF
    HUMANITARIAN AID TO GAZA, NEW
    SETBACKS IN UKRAINE, THE
    UKRAINIAN ARMY SAYS ITS TROOPS
    ARE PULLING BACK FROM THREE
    VILLAGES IN THE EAST AMID SUPPLY
    SHORTAGES, AS THEY WAIT FOR
    NEWLY APPROVED U.S. WEAPONS TO
    ARRIVE.
    >> RUSSIA IS REPORTEDLY SENDING
    IN MORE FORCES.
    >> WNBA STAR CANDACE PARKER HAS
    RETIRED AFTER 16 SEASONS. THE 38
    YEAR OLD SAID THE COMPETITOR IN
    ME ALWAYS WANTS ONE MORE, BUT
    IT’S TIME IN TODAY’S WEATHER.
    >> RAIN AND SNOW IN THE ROCKIES
    DRIER ACROSS THE PLAINS, BUT
    HEAVY RAIN COULD CAUSE FLOODING
    ALONG THE GULF COAST. SUNNY ON
    THE EAST COAST. AND FINALLY, THE
    MYSTERY MAN AND HIS PUBLIC
    PERFORMANCE INVOLVING CHEESE
    BALLS.
    >> DANNY NEW. SHOWS US CHEESE
    BALL, MAN.
    >> CHEESE BALL MAN.
    >> WHY WERE THERE HUNDREDS OF
    FOLKS GATHERED IN A NEW YORK
    CITY PARK THIS WEEKEND SHOUTING,
    CHEESE BALL, MAN! WHY DO YOU
    THINK PEOPLE ARE SO INFATUATED
    WITH YOU? I THINK EVERYBODY
    WANTS TO BE BEHIND THE MASK. IT
    STARTED WITH THESE FLIERS, WHICH
    HAVE BEEN HANGING ALL OVER
    MANHATTAN FOR A FEW MONTHS NOW.
    THEY HOLD A SIMPLE MESSAGE FROM
    A MASKED MAN WISHING TO REMAIN
    ANONYMOUS. COME SEE ME EAT THIS
    ENTIRE JAR OF CHEESE BALLS. ON
    APRIL 27TH. I DIDN’T REALLY
    EXPECT THIS MANY PEOPLE TO SHOW
    UP. WELL THEY DID. THE
    FESTIVITIES KICKED OFF WITH A
    SPEECH AS MANY TOOK VIDEOS FOR
    SOCIAL MEDIA. THIS ONE CURRENTLY
    HOLDS 10 MILLION VIEWS. KEEP
    THOSE CHEESE BALLS. BUT OF
    COURSE, FINALLY THE TIME CAME
    WHEN THE GUY GOING BY CHEESE
    BALL MAN WOULD HAVE TO ACTUALLY
    COMMIT TO CONSUMING MORE THAN
    2000 CALORIES OF CHEDDAR AND
    CORNMEAL. THERE WAS A MOMENT
    THAT I WAS DEFINITELY GOING TO
    THROW UP, AND THEN PEOPLE SAID,
    KEEP IT DOWN REALLY LOUDLY, SO I
    JUST KEPT IT IN. I EXCHANGED
    MESSAGES WITH FOLKS WHO WERE
    THERE, MOST OF THEM SAYING THEY
    WENT BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT IT
    SOUNDED, QUOTE, HILARIOUS. ONE
    AD, END QUOTE. EVEN FROM TWO
    BLOCKS AWAY, YOU COULD HEAR THE
    CROWD EVEN. AFTER ALMOST A HALF
    HOUR, THE NOW LEGENDARY CHEESE
    BALL MAN FINALLY ACCOMPLISHED
    HIS QUEST AND THEN IMMEDIATELY
    SIGNED AUTOGRAPHS. HE ASKED ME
    NOT TO DISCLOSE HIS NAME, BUT
    WHAT I CAN TELL YOU IS THAT HE
    IS 22 YEARS OLD, JUST GRADUATED
    FROM NYU, AND GENUINELY WANTS TO
    BE MORE THAN JUST A CULINARY
    CONQUEROR. I’VE BEEN, YOU KNOW,
    TRYING TO HELP PEOPLE LIKE,
    CLEAN UP THE CITY. I PICK UP
    TRASH. ARE YOU DOING ALL THIS IN
    THE MASK? OH, I HAVE TO DO IT IN
    THE MASK. BY THE WAY, CHEESE
    BALL MAN SAYS HE WANTS TO RUN
    THIS BACK NEXT YEAR WITH AN EVEN
    BIGGER TUB. SO APRIL 27TH, 2025
    GUYS, UNION SQUARE PARK. BRING
    YOUR BIB. IT’S GOING TO
    >> IT’S MONDAY, APRIL 29TH.
    AND FOR ALL THE FUROR OVER GAZA
    ,THERE COULD STILL BE ANOTHER
    SHOE TO DROP.
    WE START HERE AHEAD OF A
    POTENTIAL RAID ON WAFA.
    >> HAMAS PUTS OUT HOSTAGE
    VIDEOS.
    THERE WAS A SENSE THAT TIME
    IS RUNNING OUT FOR
    THE HOSTAGES.
    THE U.S. IS INVOLVED IN CEASE
    FIRE NEGOTIATIONS HERE.
    SO WHAT’S ACTUALLY ON
    THE TABLE?
    AMERICANS GO THERE TO RELAX.
    >> SO WHY ARE SO MANY ENDING UP
    IN JAIL?
    NOW THEY’RE CRACKING DOWN
    ON THIS AND SAYING, LOOK, WE’VE
    GOT TO KEEP OUR TOURIST
    DESTINATION AND OUR ISLAND
    SAFE.
    A SERIES OF ARRESTS HAS
    PROMPTED CONCERN FROM
    DIPLOMATS.
    AND I LIKE MY CANDIDATE, LIKE
    I LIKE MY COFFEE ROASTED.
    MY VICE PRESIDENT ACTUALLY
    ENDORSES ME.
    BUT WHAT CAN THE WHITE
    HOUSE CORRESPOND INSTEAD?
    >> OR TELL US ABOUT THE STATE
    OF THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE?
    THE ABC NEWS IS STUCK HERE.
    I’M BRAD MIELKE.
    IT STARTED WITH AN ENCAMPMENT
    ON THE CAMPUS OF COLUMBIA
    UNIVERSITY.
    BUT THESE SCENES ARE NOW
    DOMINATING NATIONWIDE.
    IT DOESN’T FEEL AS IF
    THE UNIVERSITY IS SUPPORTING
    STUDENTS.
    IT’S FREEDOM OF SPEECH.
    >> YOU.
    >> THIS IS NOT ABOUT US.
    IT’S ABOUT THE .
    THIS WEEKEND ALONE, HUNDREDS
    OF ARRESTS WERE REPORTED
    AS POLICE BROKE UP
    PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTS.
    >> THIS INCLUDED NORTHEASTERN
    UNIVERSITY IN BOSTON,
    WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY IN SAINT
    LOUIS, MISSOURI, AS WELL
    AS ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY.
    ONE OF THE MOST TANGIBLE
    ACTIONS WE CAN TAKE IS TO
    DEMAND DISCLOSURE
    OF INVESTMENTS.
    >> MOST OF THESE PROTESTS
    ARE CALLING ON SCHOOLS
    TO DIVEST FROM ANY BUSINESS
    PERCEIVED TO BE ENRICHING OR
    ENABLING ISRAEL.
    >> SOME, ESPECIALLY THOSE
    IN WHICH NON-STUDENTS
    HAVE JOINED IN, HAVE RESULTED
    IN JEWISH STUDENTS REPORTING
    THREATS AND HARASSMENT.
    I AM FURIOUS THAT WE NOW GO TO
    SCHOOL IN A POLICE STATE.
    >> THERE ARE ALSO MANY
    INSTANCES OF JEWISH STUDENTS
    WHO DON’T SUPPORT ISRAEL’S
    ACTIONS.
    JOINING IN ON THE PROTESTS
    AND SCHOOL ADMINISTRATORS
    HAVE BEEN CONFLICTED.
    >> AFTER ALL, THE MOMENT
    YOU CALL IN POLICE, YOU ARE
    POTENTIALLY INVITING SCENES
    LIKE WHAT WE SAW AT EMORY
    UNIVERSITY IN ATLANTA LAST WEEK
    WHEN POLICE APPEARED TO USE
    A TASER MULTIPLE TIMES ON ONE
    PROTESTER EVEN AFTER HE FELL
    TO THE GROUND.
    AND IN THEIR CONTINUE TO RESIST
    ARREST.
    >> THE DEPARTMENT OFFICE TOLD
    THEM, I’VE BEEN REQUESTING
    TEACHERS AND I STARTING TO BE
    ARRESTED ALONGSIDE
    THEIR STUDENTS.
    AN ARREST MIGHT NOT EVEN BE THE
    MOST CONSEQUENTIAL DISCIPLINARY
    ACTION THESE STUDENTS COULD
    FACE.
    SOME ARE BEING SUSPENDED FROM
    THEIR STUDIES.
    >> OTHERS ARE BEING
    PHOTOGRAPHED BY ANGRY ONLOOKERS
    TOLD THEIR PHOTOS WILL BE SENT
    TO PROSPECTIVE EMPLOYERS.
    BUT AS SCHOOLS CREEP UP
    ON COMMENCEMENT, MANY FEEL
    THE NEED TO TAKE BACK THEIR
    CAMPUSES TO LOWER
    THE TEMPERATURE IN SOME WAY.
    THE THING YOU COULD IMAGINE
    LUMPING ALL THIS TENSION EVEN
    MORE IS THAT ISRAEL DOES
    IN FACT GO INTO THE SOUTHERN
    GAZA CITY OF RAFAH.
    ISRAEL SEES RATHER, AS THE
    FINAL STRONGHOLD OF HAMAS.
    BUT WITH SO MANY CIVILIANS
    BOTTLED UP IN THIS TINY SPACE,
    IT’S GOT THE OPPORTUNITY
    TO BECOME A CATASTROPHE.
    WELL, IN RECENT DAYS, PERHAPS
    IN ANTICIPATION OF THIS, HAMAS
    HAS BEEN PUTTING OUT
    MORE VIDEOS OF WHAT APPEAR
    TO BE HOSTAGES THAT THEY TOOK
    BACK IN OCTOBER.
    BECAUSE REMEMBER, IN ADDITION
    TO KILLING MORE THAN A THOUSAND
    CIVILIANS, HAMAS ALSO GRABBED
    HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE OFF
    THE STREET, KNOWING THAT COULD
    BE USED AS BARGAINING CHIPS.
    LATER.
    SO NOW THE QUESTION IS, IS THIS
    HAMAS TRYING TO CASH IN?
    LET’S BRING IN ABC’S
    TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE WHO’S IN TEL
    AVIV, ISRAEL RIGHT NOW.
    TOM, WE’VE NOW SEEN A COUPLE
    APPARENT HOSTAGE VIDEOS OVER
    JUST THE LAST WEEK.
    >> WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THEM?
    YEAH, JUST A MATTER OF DAYS.
    WE’VE SEEN TWO SEPARATE VIDEOS,
    INCLUDING TWO AMERICAN
    ISRAELIS.
    A VIDEO OF 23 YEAR OLD
    HERSH GOLDBERG POLIN, SO
    CALLED HERSH GOLDBERG PULLING.
    >> HE LOST HIS PART OF HIS
    LEFT ARM WHEN HE WAS TAKEN
    BY HAMAS, A HAMAS TERRORIST,
    THREE GRENADES INTO A SHELTER
    WHERE HE WAS TRYING TO EVADE
    CAPTURE.
    SO WE CAN SEE IN THE VIDEO
    HE LOOKS, GENERALLY SPEAKING,
    IN BROAD TERMS.
    HE LOOKS LIKE WE HEARD
    YOUR VOICE TODAY FOR THE FIRST
    TIME IN 201 DAYS AFTER
    THE HAMAS VIDEO CAME OUT,
    HERSH’S MOM, RACHEL, HAD
    A REALLY MOVING MESSAGE FOR
    HER SON.
    >> WE TELLING YOU WE LOVE YOU.
    STAY STRONG, SURVIVE.
    >> AND THEN WE’VE GOT A VIDEO
    OF 64 YEAR OLD KEITH SIEGEL
    SELLING SO ENGLISH PARTIALLY
    HIS HEAD IS SHAVEN LIKE
    HER ASHES.
    HE’S ADDRESSING THE CAMERA.
    BOTH OF THESE MEN ARE SPEAKING
    UNDER DURESS.
    THEY ARE SAYING A LOT OF THINGS
    WHICH APPEAR TO HAVE BEEN
    WRITTEN BY HAMAS.
    BUT I THINK SOME OF THE CONTENT
    OF THE VIDEOS IS ALSO THEIR OWN
    WORDS.
    THAT’S YOUR IMPRESSION?
    THEY BOTH SAY HOW MUCH
    THEY LOVE THEIR FAMILIES.
    THEY BOTH TALK ABOUT PASSOVER.
    THEY BOTH SUGGEST THAT THE
    VIDEOS OF RECENT BECAUSE
    THEY TALK ABOUT THE NUMBER
    OF DAYS THEY’VE BEEN
    IN CAPTIVITY IN THAT MOVIE FITS
    WITH WHERE THE WAR AND CLEARLY
    HAMAS IS, IS PUTTING THIS
    VIDEOS OUT HERE AT THIS TIME.
    THEY’RE TRYING TO MAKE A POINT.
    THEY’RE TRYING TO REMIND
    THE WORLD AT THIS CRUCIAL POINT
    WHEN WE’VE GOT A RENEWED PUSH
    FOR A NEGOTIATION, POTENTIAL
    DEAL OVER A CEASE.
    HAMAS IS CLEARLY MAKING
    THE POINT THAT THEY HAVE THESE
    HOSTAGES AND THAT THEY ARE
    READY TO DO A TYPE OF DEAL.
    >> HMM.
    WHAT HAS THE RESPONSE BEEN FROM
    THE FAMILIES OR JUST FROM
    THE BROADER ISRAELI PUBLIC UPON
    SEEING THIS?
    >> THERE’S BEEN A LOT
    OF PROTESTS ON THE STREETS.
    WE’VE BEEN OUT IN JERUSALEM
    AND THE FAMILIES AND THE
    BROADER MOVEMENT SUPPORTING
    THE HOSTAGES IS CALLING
    ON THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT TO DO
    EVERYTHING IN ITS POWER.
    >> I KNOW HAS ARE SAYING
    WHAT IS THE MESSAGE TONIGHT?
    WE HAVE NOT ANY MORE POLITICAL
    MOVEMENT ON THE BACK OF THE
    PLANE AND THE PEOPLE.
    >> THERE’S ANGER
    ON THE STREETS.
    THEY WANT THE HOSTAGES.
    >> WE HAVE PROOF AND SOLID
    EVIDENCE THAT KEEPS US ALIVE.
    THE HOSTAGE FAMILIES TRY
    TO STAY AWAY FROM POLITICS OVER
    THE MONTHS.
    I THINK MORE RECENTLY WE
    HAVE SEEN SOME COMMENTS WHERE
    THEIR PATIENCE IS RUNNING OUT.
    >> PUT PRIORITY ON KEITH
    AND THE OTHER HOSTAGES COMING
    HOME.
    AND IN ORDER FOR THAT TO
    HAPPEN, THERE NEEDS TO BE AN
    AGREEMENT.
    >> THERE NEEDS TO BE A DEAL.
    I THINK THERE IS A SENSE
    THAT TIME IS RUNNING OUT FOR
    THE HOSTAGES BECAUSE
    THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT
    AND REALLY ISRAELI PRIME
    MINISTER NETANYAHU IS NOW
    FACING A DECISION.
    HE NEEDS TO DECIDE WHETHER
    HE’S WILLING TO MAKE ENOUGH
    COMPROMISES TO MEET ENOUGH
    OF HAMAS’S DEMANDS TO GET
    HOSTAGES OUT OR DOES HE WANT
    TO GO INTO RAFAH AND DOES
    HE WANT TO GO AFTER
    WHAT ISRAELI OFFICIALS SAY
    IS HAMAS’S LAST STRONGHOLD
    IN THAT SOUTHERN GAZA CITY
    AND WHERE ISRAEL’S BIGGEST
    ALLY, THE UNITED STATES,
    IS SAYING DON’T DO IT?
    >> AND IS THAT ESSENTIALLY
    WHERE THESE HOSTAGE VIDEOS KIND
    OF FIT INTO THE PICTURE, TOM,
    IS IS IS HAMAS SAYING, DON’T
    FORGET, WE’VE GOT PERHAPS
    YOUR GREATEST CURRENCY, ISRAEL,
    RIGHT HERE AND, YOUR PEOPLE
    WILL HOLD YOU ACCOUNTABLE FOR
    WHATEVER YOU DECIDE.
    NETANYAHU I MEAN, IS THAT
    ESSENTIALLY THE STRATEGY
    BEING PLAYED OUT RIGHT NOW
    WITH THESE VIDEOS?
    >> I THINK THAT’S TRUE.
    I MEAN, HAMAS IS PUTTING THESE
    VIDEOS OUT THERE TO UP
    THE PRESSURE ON NETANYAHU’S
    GOVERNMENT TO SIGNAL TO THE
    INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
    THAT THERE IS A CHOICE HERE,
    THAT ISRAEL DOESN’T HAVE TO
    GO INTO RAFAH.
    I MEAN, WE THINK AND ISRAELI
    OFFICIALS HAVE SUGGESTED THIS,
    THEY BELIEVE THAT THE
    LEADERSHIP OF HAMAS IN GAZA,
    YAHYA SINWAR, WHO THEY SAY WAS
    THE ARCHITECT OF THE OCTOBER
    SEVEN TERROR ATTACK,
    BUT BELIEVE HE’S PROBABLY
    IN THAT AREA IN TUNNELS DOWN
    THERE.
    AND I THINK EVERYONE BELIEVES,
    AGAIN, THIS IS NOT CONFIRMED,
    THAT THERE ARE HOSTAGES IN THAT
    AREA AS WELL.
    SO YOU IF THE ISRAELI MILITARY
    LAUNCHES THIS GROUND OPERATION,
    AID AGENCIES ARE SAID IT WOULD
    BE ABSOLUTELY CATASTROPHIC FOR
    THE CIVILIAN POPULATION.
    BUT THE REALITY IS, IF
    THEY LAUNCH THAT MILITARY
    OPERATION, IT WOULD
    BE INCREDIBLY RISKY FOR
    THE LIVES OF THE REMAINING
    HOSTAGES.
    WE DON’T KNOW EXACTLY HOW MANY
    HOSTAGES ARE LEFT, ACCORDING
    TO ISRAELI OFFICIALS.
    WE THINK IT’S AROUND ABOUT 100.
    >> WE CANNOT SUPPORT A MAJOR
    MILITARY OPERATION IN RAFAH.
    FIRST, THERE ARE CURRENTLY
    SOMEWHERE AROUND 1.4 MILLION
    PEOPLE IN RAFAH, MANY OF THEM
    DISPLACED FROM OTHER PARTS
    OF GAZA.
    >> WHAT IS THE U.S. ROLE IN ALL
    THIS END UP BEING?
    BECAUSE ON ONE HAND, THEY’VE
    BEEN VERY CLEAR THEY DON’T WANT
    TO SEE PEOPLE GOING INTO RAFAH
    .
    ON THE OTHER HAND, LIKE
    THEY’RE CLEARLY TIED UP
    IN THESE NEGOTIATIONS AND THE
    POTENTIAL DEAL.
    >> RIGHT.
    WELL, THE DIPLOMATIC MANEUVERS
    HAVE GONE INTO OVERDRIVE JUST
    WITHIN THE LAST 24 HOURS,
    48 HOURS.
    WE’RE SEEING INCREASING SIGNALS
    THAT THE COMING WEEK IS IS
    POTENTIALLY CRUCIAL.
    WE KNOW THAT A HAMAS DELEGATION
    IS HEADING OFF TO CAIRO.
    WE BELIEVE ISRAELI OFFICIALS
    ARE ALSO HEADING OFF TO CAIRO.
    WE’VE GOT SECRETARY OF STATE
    BLINKEN FLYING INTO SAUDI
    ARABIA AND POTENTIALLY A WIDER
    TRIP IN THE REGION.
    THE QATARIS ARE ALSO UPPING
    THE PRESSURE SEGMENT.
    ISRAEL AND HAMAS NEED TO DO
    MORE.
    REMEMBER, HAMAS’S LEADERSHIP
    IS IN QATAR SO THEY HAVE
    SOME LEVERAGE OVER THAT GROUP.
    THERE IS A DEAL, ACCORDING
    TO THE WHITE HOUSE,
    ON THE TABLE.
    WE WANT IT TO LAST FOR
    ABOUT SIX WEEKS.
    IT WOULD ALLOW FOR ALL THOSE
    HOSTAGES TO GET OUT AND,
    OF COURSE, TO ALLOW FOR EASIER
    AID ACCESS TO PLACES IN GAZA,
    PARTICULARLY UP IN THE IN THE
    NORTH.
    >> WHAT’S ALSO PLAYING INTO
    THIS IS DOMESTIC
    ISRAELI POLITICS.
    AND NETANYAHU’S GOVERNMENT
    IS AT RISK OF FALLING APART
    BECAUSE HE’S GOT HARDLINE
    FAR RIGHT MINISTERS IN HIS
    GOVERNMENT, THE SECURITY
    MINISTER, THE FINANCE MINISTER.
    THEY ARE WARNING THE PRIME
    MINISTER TO NOT DO A DEAL
    THAT SELLS OUT THAT BASICALLY
    GIVES HAMAS TOO MUCH AND MEANS
    THAT THE ISRAELI MILITARY
    DOESN’T GO INTO RAFAH
    AND POTENTIALLY SNUFFS OUT
    THE REMAINING HAMAS BATTALIONS
    THAT ARE SAID TO BE BACK.
    ON THE OTHER HAND, YOU’VE GOT
    BENNY GANTZ, A MEMBER OF THE
    WAR CABINET, BROUGHT IN AFTER
    OCTOBER THE SEVENTH, AN ALLY
    MORE ALLIED TO THE
    BIDEN ADMINISTRATION’S POSITION
    ON PRETTY MUCH EVERYTHING.
    AND HE’S WARNING THAT, AGAIN,
    THE GOVERNMENT WOULDN’T
    HAVE SUPPORT IF IT DOESN’T
    PRIORITIZE THE HOSTAGES OVER
    A POTENTIAL MILITARY OPERATION
    INTO RAFAH.
    >> SO NETANYAHU HAS THIS
    BIG DECISION.
    OF COURSE, HAMAS IS ALSO
    A MASSIVE FACTOR IN WHICH WAY
    HE GOES, BUT HE’S LITERALLY NOW
    BEING PULLED FROM BOTH
    DIRECTIONS DOMESTICALLY,
    INTERNALLY, AND ALSO UNDER THIS
    HUGE INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE.
    MUCH OF THAT PRESSURE COMING,
    OF COURSE, FROM ISRAEL’S KEY
    ALLY, THE UNITED STATES.
    >> YET, LIKE YOU SAID, A LOT
    OF PRESSURE HERE.
    AND OF COURSE, EVERY MOVE
    THAT IS MADE WE’LL SEE
    THE RIPPLE EFFECTS OF THAT, NOT
    JUST IN ISRAEL, GOSSMAN AROUND
    THE WORLD.
    TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE, RICH, THANK
    YOU SO MUCH.
    >> THANKS, BROOKE.
    NEXT UP ON "START HERE", HOW DO
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    ARE BANNED?
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    We have a beautiful
    young woman killed at the very
    beginning of her life what
    happens when the interrogation
    helps put the wrong man in
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    >> FRIDAYS AND GINA
    YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE IT.
    YOU WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT GOING
    ON A TROPICAL VACATION,
    YOUR BRAIN GOES STRAIGHT TO THE
    BEACHES THE RESORTS, THE SWIM
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    BUT IN MOST CASES, OF COURSE,
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    WELL, LATE LAST YEAR, THE U.S.
    STATE DEPARTMENT PUT OUT
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    THE ISLAND TERRITORY OF TURKS
    AND CAICOS HAS A REALLY BAN
    ON GUNS AND AMMUNITION.
    IF YOU ARE NOT LICENSED
    BY POLICE THERE, YOU CAN’T
    HAVE IT.
    SO DON’T BRING IT.
    WELL, THIS WEEKEND, A MAN
    BECAME THE FOURTH AMERICAN IN
    A MATTER OF WEEKS TO BE
    ARRESTED AND POTENTIALLY FACE
    SIGNIFICANT JAIL TIME IN THE
    SMALL ENCLAVE WITH FEWER THAN
    50,000 RESIDENTS.
    >> ABC’S MORGAN NORWOOD HAD
    BEEN COVERING THIS.
    >> MORGAN, WHAT HAPPENED HERE?
    WELL, RANDI, WHEN YOU SAY JAIL
    TIME, WE’RE TALKING ABOUT THE
    POSSIBILITY OF LIKE 12 YEARS
    IN PRISON.
    SO TYLER RENWICK IS JUST
    THE LATEST SITUATION OR
    INCIDENT THAT WE KNOW OF WITHIN
    THE PAST FOUR MONTHS.
    >> AND HE IS BEHIND BARS
    IN TURKS AND CAICOS AFTER
    AUTHORITIES SAY THAT THEY FOUND
    TWO NINE MILLIMETER ROUNDS
    IN HIS BACKPACK.
    AS HE WAS REPORTING CRUISE
    SHIP.
    >> WE UNDERSTAND THAT HE WAS
    THERE CELEBRATING A FRIEND’S
    BACHELOR PARTY.
    HE IS A FATHER.
    HE’S A DAD.
    HE’S A HUSBAND.
    AND HE’S NOW CHARGED
    WITH POSSESSION OF AMMUNITION.
    >> AND WE ALSO SPOKE WITH HIS
    WIFE FOR ONE MISTAKE HAVING
    THAT.
    >> AND THEN THAT’S 12 YEARS
    OF YOUR LIFE GONE.
    AND JUST LIKE I UNDERSTAND
    THAT THERE’S LAWS
    AND REGULATIONS.
    BUT THERE SHOULD BE FAIRNESS.
    >> SHE WANTS MERCY.
    SHE SAYS THAT THERE WAS NO
    INTENT FOR HER HUSBAND TO HURT
    ANYONE.
    >> THIS WAS JUST A SIMPLE
    OVERSIGHT.
    AND SO WHEN WE TALK ABOUT,
    YOU KNOW, A COUPLE ROUNDS
    OF AMMUNITION, IT MIGHT NOT
    SEEM SUPER THREATENING.
    AND YET THEN YOU HEAR THIS
    IS NOT THE ONLY CASE IN RECENT
    MONTHS.
    WHAT OTHER CASES DO MOST OF THE
    CASES SOUND LIKE THIS ONE?
    >> YEAH, YOU KNOW,
    THEY’RE ACTUALLY PRETTY
    SIMILAR.
    >> SO WE’RE TALKING ABOUT FOUR
    CASES WITHIN THE PAST
    FOUR MONTHS OR SO.
    AND WHAT’S INTERESTING
    ABOUT ALL OF THESE IS THAT
    THESE APPEAR TO BE HUNTING
    BULLETS.
    >> SO IT SEEMS LIKE, YOU KNOW,
    WHAT WE’RE UNDERSTANDING FROM
    THE FOLKS INVOLVED IN THIS
    IS THAT, YOU KNOW, MAYBE
    THEY WENT ON A HUNTING TRIP.
    >> THEY FORGOT THE HUNTING
    BULLETS IN THEIR BACKPACK.
    >> WELL, THEY THEN REPACKED
    THAT BACKPACK WITH EVERYTHING
    THEY’RE GOING TO TAKE WITH THEM
    FOR TURKS AND CAICOS.
    AND THEY CARRIED THE PLANE.
    AND NOW THEY’RE FACING ALL OF
    THIS JAIL TIME POTENTIALLY.
    SO THAT’S WHAT WE UNDERSTAND
    IS WHAT’S HAPPENING HERE.
    SO LET’S START WITH TAILORING,
    RICK.
    HE WAS, OF COURSE, THE LATEST
    AMERICAN ARRESTED IN TURKS
    AND CAICOS WITHIN THE PAST
    FOUR MONTHS ON SIMILAR CHARGES.
    BACK IN DECEMBER, THOUGH,
    72-YEAR-OLD MICHAEL LEE EVANS
    OF TEXAS, HE WAS DETAINED FOR
    POSSESSION OF SEVEN
    NINE MILLIMETER ROUNDS.
    >> THEN IN FEBRUARY,
    AUTHORITIES CHARGED
    BRYAN HAGERICH HE GOT
    TO PENNSYLVANIA AFTER AMMO WAS
    FOUND IN HIS CHECKED BAG.
    >> SO THIS WAS A SIMPLE HUMAN
    MISTAKE THAT UNFORTUNATELY HAS
    ME IN THE SITUATION THAT I’M
    CURRENTLY IN.
    >> AND THEN ALSO EARLIER THIS
    MONTH, RYAN WATSON OF OKLAHOMA
    SAYS HE WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
    HE, AGAIN, IS ASKING FOR MERCY
    AS WELL.
    >> I’VE NEVER INTENTIONALLY
    BROKEN THE LAW.
    I’M NOT PERFECT, BUT I JUST
    HOPE THAT THEY KNOW THAT THIS
    WAS AN ACCIDENT.
    >> FOUR ROUNDS, AGAIN, OF THAT
    HUNTING M.O. UNCOVERED
    IN DUFFLE BAG AS WELL.
    SO, I MEAN, I GUESS
    I’M WONDERING, IS THIS
    THE LOCAL GOVERNMENT THERE
    BEING STRICTER ALL OF A SUDDEN,
    OR IS THIS AMERICANS IN
    THE SORT OF GUN CULTURE WE
    HAVE, UNWILLING OR JUST UNABLE
    TO PROPERLY CHECK THEIR WEAPONS
    BEFORE GOING TO ANOTHER
    COUNTRY?
    >> WHAT IS HAPPENING HERE?
    YOU KNOW, IF YOU ASK TSA OR
    THE STATE DEPARTMENT, THEY’LL
    TELL YOU IT’S THE LATTER.
    BUT THEN ALSO TOURISM, BECAUSE
    THE GOVERNMENT WILL TELL YOU,
    LOOK, WE HAVE STRICT GUN LAWS.
    >> GUNS ARE BANNED IN THIS
    COUNTRY AND ESPECIALLY
    BY TOURISTS.
    BACK IN 2022, THE GOVERNMENT
    AMENDED ITS GUN LAWS, NOT JUST
    TO CRACK DOWN ON GUNS
    AND AMMUNITION, BUT ALSO
    TO CRACK DOWN ON THE PUNISHMENT
    AS WELL, IMPOSING THAT 12
    YEAR MINIMUM PRISON SENTENCE.
    IT USED TO BE THAT YOU COULD
    JUST PAY A FINE AND ALL OF THIS
    WOULD GO AWAY.
    NOW THEY’RE CRACKING DOWN
    ON THIS AND SAYING, LOOK, WE’VE
    GOT TO KEEP OUR TOURIST
    DESTINATION ISLAND SAFE AND
    THIS IS THE WAY TO DO IT.
    >> THIS IS REALLY A DETERRENT.
    YOU MENTIONED THE TSA.
    THAT MAKES ME WONDER WHY
    ARE THESE PEOPLE JUST
    BEING CAUGHT IN TURKS
    AND CAICOS?
    >> BECAUSE I IMAGINE A LOT
    OF THEM ARE FLYING OUT THERE
    WHERE THEY GO THROUGH
    AMERICAN SECURITY ARE RELOADING
    .
    >> PEOPLE TRAVEL
    WITH AMMUNITION ON PLANES.
    YOU KNOW, BRIAN, I CAN’T EVEN
    CARRY, YOU KNOW, A FULL SIZE
    BOTTLE OF HAIRSPRAY WITHOUT
    GETTING STOPPED.
    SO IT DOES BEG THE QUESTION
    HOW SOMEONE CAN GET THROUGH
    WITH AMMUNITION.
    LOOK, TSA ACTUALLY ADMITTING
    IN THE CASE OF WAYNE WATSON
    THEY DIDN’T CATCH IT.
    THEIR SYSTEMS DIDN’T DETECT
    LIVE AMMUNITION.
    AND SO THEREFORE, HE WAS
    ALLOWED TO BOARD THAT PLANE,
    GET OVER TO TURKS AND CAICOS.
    IN THAT SAME STATEMENT,
    THEY ALSO SAY IT’S UP TO THE
    PASSENGERS IT’S THEIR
    RESPONSIBILITY TO CHECK
    THEIR BAGS AND MAKE SURE
    THAT THEY DON’T HAVE AMMUNITION
    OR ANYTHING THAT’S ILLEGAL
    AND GOING INTO OTHER COUNTRIES
    .
    WHICH ALSO BRINGS US TO
    THE STATE DEPARTMENT, WHO SAYS,
    LOOK, YOU KNOW, THEY ISSUED
    A TRAVEL WARNING, YOU KNOW,
    BASICALLY REMINDING
    AMERICAN TOURISTS HEADED
    TO TURKS AND CAICOS TO DOUBLE
    CHECK THEIR LUGGAGE, MAKE SURE
    THAT THEY DON’T HAVE ANY
    AMMUNITION.
    >> AND BECAUSE, YOU KNOW,
    IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE, YOU DO
    HAVE TO ABIDE BY THEIR RULES
    AND IT’S YOUR RESPONSIBILITY
    TO A NOTICE RULES AND THEN ALSO
    MAKE SURE THAT YOU’RE NOT
    VIOLATING THEM.
    >> AND WHAT REALLY STICKS OUT
    TO ME HERE, MORGAN, IS JUST
    HOW AT THE END OF THE DAY,
    YOU GOT TWO COUNTRIES WITH TWO
    VERY DIFFERENT SETS OF I DON’T
    KNOW IF YOU WANT TO CALL THEM
    VALUES OR EXPECTATIONS
    ABOUT GUNS.
    BUT CLEARLY, ONCE THIS VERY
    SMALL COUNTRY GET 15,000
    PEOPLE ON THESE ISLANDS DECIDED
    WE ARE NOT GOING TO HAVE ANY
    GUNS OR AMMUNITION ON OUR
    STREETS, THAT PROVED SUCH
    A HIGH ASK OF SO MANY
    AMERICANS THAT NOW YOU’VE GOT
    LIKE THIS ALMOST FUNNEL
    OF ARRESTS HAPPENING AS PEOPLE
    JUST TRY TO GET BACK TO THE
    STATES.
    MORGAN NORWOOD REPORTING.
    THANK YOU SO MUCH.
    THE U.S..
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    AND ONE LAST THING.
    PRESIDENTS GOT JOKES.
    >> JUST NOT ALL OF THEM
    ARE GOOD ONES.
    I’M CAMPAIGNING ALL OVER
    THE COUNTRY.
    >> PENNSYLVANIA, GEORGIA, NORTH
    CAROLINA.
    I’VE ALWAYS DONE WELL IN THE
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    PRESIDENT BIDEN JOINED MEMBERS
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    DONILON’S HAD A FEW TOUGH DAYS
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    WEATHER.
    THESE EVENTS ALWAYS KIND
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    TO THEM, BUT THEY’RE REALLY
    INTERESTING TO WATCH DURING AN
    ELECTION YEAR.
    >> AGE IS THE ONLY THING WE
    HAVE IN COMMON.
    >> MY VICE PRESIDENT ACTUALLY
    ENDORSES ME.
    >> ONE REASON IS YOU CAN SEE
    THE ANGLES THE PRESIDENT
    IS ABOUT TO TAKE IN HIS
    MESSAGING TO THE BROADER PUBLIC
    LIKE AT THIS RATE, IT DOES NOT
    APPEAR THIS ELECTION WILL BE
    ABOUT FOREIGN POLICY OR
    ECONOMICS.
    BIDEN IS PUTTING THE TRUMP
    TRAILS FRONT AND CENTER,
    AND HE’S CAPITALIZING ON ONE
    THING.
    >> TRUMP DOESN’T HAVE TIME
    TO CAMPAIGN.
    THE OTHER DAY, WHILE TRUMP HAD
    TO BE SEATED AT THE DEFENSE
    IN FRONT OF A JURY, BIDEN WAS
    APPEARING ON HOWARD STERN’S
    PROGRAM FOR THE FIRST TIME,
    SAYING HE’D BE WILLING TO THE
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    CAN I TELL YOU A FANTASY I HAD
    IF YOU I DON’T KNOW IF
    YOU’RE GOING TO DEBATE
    YOUR YOUR OPPONENT.
    I AM SOMEWHERE I DON’T TO WIN.
    >> MEANWHILE, TRUMP, WHO’S
    PORTRAYED BIDEN AS AN
    INEFFECTUAL LEADER WHO’S WEAK
    ON KEY ISSUES LIKE IMMIGRATION
    AND TERRORISM, SAYS HE WELCOMES
    DEBATES, THE MORE THE BETTER.
    AND IF BIDEN THOUGHT HE’D
    ESCAPED THE NIGHT WITHOUT A FEW
    JABS FROM THE EVENING’S HOST,
    COLIN JOST FROM SNL, WELL,
    HE WAS WRONG.
    MY WEEKEND UPDATE CO-ANCHOR
    MICHAEL CHE WAS GOING TO JOIN
    ME HERE TONIGHT.
    BUT IN SOLIDARITY
    WITH PRESIDENT BIDEN, I DECIDED
    TO LOSE ALL MY BLACK SUPPORT,
    JUST NOT SO SUBTLY POINTED OUT
    THAT SOME OF BIDEN’S OWN
    SUPPORTERS HAVE COOLED ON HIM
    SINCE TAKING OFFICE AND REALLY
    SEEM TO EMBODY LOTS
    OF AMERICANS CONFUSION WITH THE
    STATE OF AFFAIRS.
    >> THE CANDIDATE WHO WAS A
    FAMOUS NEW YORK CITY PLAYBOY,
    TOOK ABORTION RIGHTS AWAY
    AND THE GUY WHO’S TRYING
    TO GIVE YOU YOUR ABORTION
    RIGHTS BACK IS AN 80-YEAR-OLD
    CATHOLIC.
    >> HOW DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
    AND THIS IS REALLY WHERE
    THE RACE DOES STAND RIGHT NOW.
    AMERICANS SEEM MOST UNIFIED
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    WORLD SEEMS UPSIDE DOWN, WHICH
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    A CURRENT OR FORMER PRESIDENT.
    >> NATIONAL POLLING DATA
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    SO DOES JUST ABOUT EVERY SWING
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    THEY’RE WITHIN THE MARGIN
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    PARTY CANDIDATE WHO WAS ONCE
    SEEN AS A LIABILITY FOR
    DEMOCRATS, IS NOW GETTING BARBS
    FROM TRUMP, WHO THINKS
    HIS SUPPORTERS COULD BE SWAYED
    OVER TO RFK, WHICH IS WHY
    JOE SEEMED PERHAPS THE MOST
    AMUSED THIS YEAR BY THE ROLE
    OF POLITICAL JOURNALISM ITSELF.
    >> LIKE MANY OF YOU HERE
    TONIGHT, I PRETEND TO DO NEWS
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    LOTS OF PEOPLE HAVE PREDICTIONS
    ,THE SMARTEST PEOPLE IN
    THE ROOM HAVE LEARNED NOTHING
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    ON ABC NEWS LIVE.
    FIRST, A TORNADO OUTBREAK
    LEAVES A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION
    AND THE THREAT IS NOT OVER.
    WE’RE SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS
    ARE UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW AND THE
    CLEANUP EFFORT ALREADY
    IN PROGRESS.
    MOUNTING PRESSURE ON NETANYAHU
    .
    WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE PHONE
    CALL BETWEEN PRESIDENT BIDEN
    AND THE ISRAELI LEADER AS HAMAS
    RELEASES NEW VIDEO OF AN
    AMERICAN ISRAELI HOSTAGE.
    AND HUNDREDS ARRESTED
    ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES ACROSS
    THE COUNTRY.
    WHY STUDENTS SAY THEY DON’T
    FEEL SAFE ON CAMPUS AMID
    THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR.
    AS HIGH SCHOOLERS MAKE
    THEIR FINAL DECISION ON WHERE
    TO GO TO COLLEGE IN JUST
    TWO DAYS.
    FIRST, KING CHARLES IS BACK
    TO WORK WITH BUCKINGHAM PALACE
    IS SHARING ABOUT HIS HEALTH
    AS HE BATTLES CANCER AND THE
    IMPACT ON FUTURE ENGAGEMENTS.
    >> WE BEGIN WITH MILLIONS
    OF AMERICANS STILL UNDER THREAT
    AFTER MULTIPLE TORNADOES TORE
    THROUGH TEXAS, IOWA, NEBRASKA
    AND OKLAHOMA THE WEEKEND.
    AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE ARE DEAD
    FROM THE STORMS, INCLUDING
    A FOUR MONTH OLD.
    AS MILLIONS REMAIN SHELTERED
    ACROSS THE U.S. HEARTLAND,
    ABC’S MOLA LENGHI HAS
    MORE UTTER DEVASTATION AFTER
    SEVERE WEATHER RIPPED THROUGH
    PARTS OF THE HEARTLAND IN A
    FLASH FLOOD.
    EMERGENCY ISSUED GROVETOWN,
    TEXAS AFTER A THUNDERSTORM
    DROPPED CLOSE TO A FOOT OF RAIN
    CAUSING WATER RESCUES
    IN TRINITY COUNTY.
    >> OFFICIALS.
    A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN CAUSING
    WIDESPREAD DAMAGE.
    VIDEO THE MOMENT A POTENTIAL
    TORNADO WAS SPOTTED NEAR
    ROSEBUD, TEXAS.
    >> THERE’S NO WORDS
    TO DESCRIBE.
    AND IN RURAL HOLDENVILLE,
    OKLAHOMA AND EF3, TORNADO
    WITH WINDS OVER 135 MILES PER
    HOUR, LEAVING AT LEAST
    TWO PEOPLE DEAD, INCLUDING
    A FOUR MONTH OLD BABY IN
    SULFUR, OKLAHOMA.
    AN TOWN FLATTENED.
    RIGHT, RIGHT HERE.
    RIGHT HERE, RIGHT BY US.
    RIGHT BY US.
    OH, MY GOSH.
    >> DOWNTOWN SULFUR
    IS DESTROYED.
    THERE’S NEVER GOING.
    IT WOULD DO THIS MUCH DAMAGE.
    BOUTIQUE OWNER JULIE COX SPOKE
    TO ABC’S MELISSA DON ABOUT
    THE EXPERIENCE AFTER HERS
    AND OTHER SULFUR OKLAHOMA
    BUSINESSES WERE LEFT DESTROYED.
    SAYING SHE WORRIES HOW SHE’LL
    REBUILD.
    >> DEVASTATION.
    I MEAN A LOT OF THINGS.
    YOU KNOW, THIS INDUSTRY, WE’RE
    ALL LIKE FAMILY HERE AND.
    IOWA, SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE
    INJURED AND ONE PERSON KILLED.
    AND MINDY WHERE OFFICIALS SAY
    NEARLY HALF THE HOMES THERE
    HAVE BEEN DESTROYED.
    AND SULFUR, OKLAHOMA HERE
    ALMOST UNRECOGNIZABLE.
    HOMES, BUSINESSES, MOM AND POP
    SHOPS REDUCED TO RUBBLE.
    BLOCK BY BLOCK.
    YOU SEE THE SAME IMAGES HERE.
    THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE REMAIN
    WITHOUT POWER AND ABOUT A DOZEN
    COUNTIES, OKLAHOMA, REMAIN
    UNDER A STATE OF EMERGENCY.
    >> DIANE?
    MOLA LENGHI THANK YOU.
    LET’S GO TO ABC’S CHIEF
    METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE FOR
    THE LATEST ON THE STORM’S TRACK
    AND TIMING.
    DIANE, IT WAS SUCH A BIG
    WEEKEND.
    130 REPORTED TORNADOES AND THAT
    OUTBREAK HAD STRETCHED ALL THE
    WAY FROM MIDWEST DOWN THROUGH
    THE PLAINS.
    WE’RE GOING TO SEE THE SAME
    AREA GET HIT AGAIN THIS WEEK.
    LET’S GO AHEAD AND DIVE BECAUSE
    THIS MORNING IT’S ALL
    ABOUT LOUISIANA AFTER UP
    TO NINE INCHES OF RAIN
    WITH THESE REALLY STRONG
    THUNDERSTORMS BLEW THROUGH
    PARTS OF SOUTHEAST TEXAS.
    SOME PLACES GOT UP TO NINE
    INCHES, BUT YOU COULD GET 1
    TO 2 INCH PER HOUR RAINFALL
    RATES.
    TOMORROW NIGHT IS WHEN SEE
    THE THREAT COME BACK AGAIN
    TO SIMILAR AREAS LIKE
    DES MOINES, DOWN TO KANSAS.
    IT’S LIKE SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT,
    9 P.M..
    AND THEN ALL THE WAY INTO
    THE PLAINS.
    SO NORTHEAST KANSAS, YOU’RE IN
    IT TO NEARLY TO WICHITA.
    WE’LL KEEP WATCHING THAT TRACK.
    BUT AS WE MOVE TO WEDNESDAY, IT
    DOESN’T STOP.
    THERE’S A LOT OF ENERGY.
    AND APRIL IS PROLIFIC
    WITH TORNADOES, THE THIRD MOST
    NUMEROUS AS FAR AS MONTHS GO.
    SO IT’S LIKE WE DON’T USUALLY
    SEE THIS.
    IT IS QUITE, AS YOU SAY, BUT WE
    WANT EVERYONE TO BE PREPARED
    BECAUSE ON WEDNESDAY, IT’S ALL
    ABOUT KANSAS, WESTERN OKLAHOMA,
    DOWN INTO THE PANHANDLE
    OF TEXAS.
    SO THOSE THE AREAS TO LOOK OUT
    FOR.
    MEANWHILE, I’M HERE
    IN PHILADELPHIA, WHERE WE
    ARE GOING FOR THE WARMEST DAY
    OF THE YEAR BY FAR.
    WASHINGTON, D.C. COULD MAKE IT
    TO A RECORD AROUND 9091.
    NEW YORK CITY IN THE MID 80S
    AND THESE ABOVE AVERAGE
    TEMPERATURES STICK FOR A COUPLE
    OF DAYS.
    >> DIANE ABC’S CHIEF
    METEOROLOGIST GINGER ZEE.
    >> THANK YOU.
    NEGOTIATORS ARE MEETING
    IN CAIRO TODAY IN A NEW PUSH
    FOR A CEASEFIRE DEAL IN GAZA.
    THIS AFTER HAMAS RELEASED VIDEO
    OF ANOTHER ISRAELI AMERICAN
    HOSTAGE BEING HELD THERE.
    FOREIGN
    CORRESPONDENT TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE
    SPOKE WITH THE MAN’S BROTHER.
    >> WITH THE U.S. ALLIES PUSHING
    ISRAEL AND HAMAS TO REACH
    A DEAL FOR A CEASEFIRE IN GAZA
    AND THE RELEASE OF MORE
    HOSTAGES.
    THE FAMILY OF AMERICAN
    ISRAELI KEITH SIEGEL SEEN
    IN CAPTIVITY IN A NEW HAMAS
    VIDEO SPEAKING OUT.
    >> I AND MY FAMILY SHARE.
    EVERY DAY THAT PASSES,
    THE CHIEF, THE OTHER HOSTAGES
    AREN’T RELEASED EXPOSES THEM
    TO POTENTIAL HARM, IF NOT
    DEATH.
    >> CASE BROTHER DAVID TALKING
    TO US FROM ROCHESTER,
    NEW YORK SAYING THAT HAMAS
    VIDEO IN WHICH 64-YEAR-OLD
    KEITH BREAKS DOWN WITH EMOTION
    WHILE SPEAKING UNDER DURESS
    GIVES THE FAMILY HOPE AT THIS
    CRUCIAL TIME.
    >> WE KNOW THIS IS VERY
    GOOD NEWS AND WE’RE ALSO JUST
    THAT AS EACH DAY GOES BY,
    SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN.
    >> DO YOU BELIEVE THAT PRIME
    MINISTER NETANYAHU IS WILLING
    TO MAKE ENOUGH COMPROMISES
    TO GET A DEAL?
    >> HE IS IN A POSITION TO AGREE
    TO A DEAL.
    >> AND I’M ASKING OUR FAMILY
    IS ASKING HIM, BEGGING HIM
    TO COME TO TERMS WITH WHATEVER
    THE DEAL NEEDS TO BE.
    >> THAT VIDEO OF KEITH COMING
    AFTER ANOTHER HAMAS VIDEO
    OF ANOTHER AMERICAN ISRAELI
    HOSTAGE, 23-YEAR-OLD
    HERSH GOLDBERG POLLITT.
    OVERNIGHT, PRESIDENT BIDEN
    ON THE PHONE WITH NETANYAHU
    DISCUSSING A POTENTIAL
    DEAL WITH THE ISRAELI COMING
    UNDER INCREASING PRESSURE FROM
    PROTESTERS ON THE STREETS
    AND WITHIN HIS OWN GOVERNMENT.
    NETANYAHU’S FAR RIGHT COALITION
    PARTNERS WARNING AGAINST
    A POTENTIALLY RECKLESS
    DEAL WITH HAMAS, BUT MORE
    CABINET MINISTER BENNY GANTZ
    SAYING IF HOSTAGES AREN’T
    PRIORITIZED, THE GOVERNMENT
    WILL NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO
    CONTINUE TO EXIST.
    >> THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING
    A PROPOSED DEAL IS ON THE TABLE
    AND IT’S BEING CONSIDERED
    BY HAMAS.
    >> WE WANT IT TO LAST FOR
    ABOUT SIX WEEKS.
    IT WOULD ALLOW FOR ALL THOSE
    HOSTAGES TO GET OUT AND,
    OF COURSE, TO ALLOW FOR EASIER
    AID, ACCESS TO PLACES, GAZA,
    PARTICULARLY IN THE NORTH
    AND WITH THE U.S. AND JORDAN
    CONTINUING TO AIRDROP AID INTO
    GAZA.
    THE UN STILL WARNING NOT ENOUGH
    FOOD IS REACHING MORE GAZA.
    >> THE IDF RELEASING VIDEO
    SHOWING ONSHORE PREPARATIONS
    AS U.S. TROOPS WERE OFF
    THE GAZA COAST TO CONSTRUCT
    A TEMPORARY FLOATING PIER.
    >> SO LARGE SHIPMENTS OF AID
    CAN BE BROUGHT IN.
    >> AND DIANE, THE BIGGER
    PICTURE HERE, WHEN BLINKEN
    IS SAUDI ARABIA TODAY,
    HE’S TALKING WITH THE SAUDIS
    ABOUT A NORMALIZATION
    OF RELATIONS BETWEEN SAUDI
    ARABIA, ISRAEL, A POTENTIALLY
    GROUNDBREAKING MOVE.
    IT’S THE BIGGER PICTURE IT
    RELATES BACK TO THOSE TALKS.
    AND IN THOSE TALKS, A SENIOR
    FIGURE IN HAMAS, ABC NEWS.
    THERE IS PROGRESS IN RELATION
    TO THIS NEW PROPOSED
    DEAL THAT’S BEING CONSIDERED.
    AND IN THAT BIDEN NETANYAHU
    PHONE CALL, THE PRESIDENT
    URGING THE PRIME MINISTER NOT
    TO LAUNCH A GROUND OFFENSIVE
    INTO RAFAH THAT CROWDED CITY
    IN SOUTHERN GAZA VIA
    TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE AND ISRAEL.
    THANK YOU.
    AND POLICE ARE CRACKING DOWN
    ON A GROWING NUMBER
    OF PROTESTERS AT COLLEGES
    AND UNIVERSITIES ACROSS
    THE COUNTRY.
    HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE
    ARRESTED AT PRO-PALESTINIAN
    PROTESTS OVER THE WEEKEND.
    NOW MORE STUDENTS ARE CALLING
    FOR THEIR COLLEGES TO DIVEST
    FROM ISRAELI MILITARY
    OPERATIONS.
    WHILE SOME JEWISH STUDENTS SAY
    THEY’RE FACING THREATS.
    ABC’S TREVOR AULT IS AT USC
    IN LOS ANGELES WITH MORE.
    >> HUNDREDS PROTESTERS ARRESTED
    AT COLLEGE CAMPUSES ACROSS
    THE COUNTRY.
    PRO-PALESTINIAN DEMONSTRATIONS
    ESCALATING FURTHER ALONG
    WITH COUNTER PROTEST AND THE
    POLICE RESPONSE TO THESE
    ACCELERATING TENSIONS.
    >> I SUPPORT THE RIGHT
    OF PEOPLE PROTEST ALWAYS
    AS THEY SHOULD HAVE.
    I THINK IT BRINGS A LOT OF LIKE
    OUTSIDE LIKE ANTAGONISM.
    >> SATURDAY DEMONSTRATIONS FROM
    NORTHEASTERN TO INDIANA,
    WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY,
    ST. LOUIS AND ARIZONA STATE.
    MANY DEMANDING THEIR SCHOOLS
    FROM COMPANIES BELIEVED TO BE
    PROFITING FROM THE WAR
    AND CALLING FOR CEASE FIRE.
    SEVERAL ACCUSING POLICE
    AND THEIR UNIVERSITIES
    OF INFRINGING ON THEIR RIGHT TO
    PROTEST.
    >> WE WANT TO FEEL BY OUR
    INSTITUTION AND WE WANT TO FEEL
    LIKE THEY’RE MEETING US.
    WE WILL NOT BE LEAVING UNTIL
    THOSE DEMANDS ARE MET.
    >> CORNELL UNIVERSITY
    SUSPENDING SEVERAL STUDENTS.
    SCHOOL OFFICIALS ALSO ACCUSING
    SOME PROTESTERS THAT ON CAMPUS
    OF CHANTING ANTI-SEMITIC
    PHRASES.
    AT UCLA SUNDAY, PRO-ISRAEL
    DEMONSTRATORS HOLDING
    A COUNTER-PROTEST.
    >> THEY DON’T KNOW WHAT IS
    GOING ON IN GAZA.
    THEY KNOW WHAT’S GOING ON.
    >> AND THEN LITERALLY THOUSANDS
    UP THE UNIVERSITY SAYING
    A GROUP BREACHED THE BARRIER
    SEPARATING TWO GROUPS, LEADING
    TO SOME VIOLENT ALTERCATIONS.
    THE L.A. P.D. ISSUING
    A CITYWIDE TACTICAL ALERT
    THROUGH THE WEEKEND.
    AT USC, ACCUSING
    SOME DEMONSTRATORS
    OF HARASSMENT AND.
    SAY NO TO PAINTED ON THIS
    STATUE IN THIS MORNING WITH NO
    END IN SIGHT FOR THESE
    DEMONSTRATIONS.
    MORE, MORE COLLEGES
    AND UNIVERSITIES GRAPPLING
    WITH HOW TO MOVE FORWARD.
    PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES
    AND COLLEGES AND THE POLICE
    DON’T HAVE THE RIGHT TO STOP
    A MESSAGE.
    THEY HAVE A RIGHT.
    SOMETIMES TO STOP THE MANNER
    IN WHICH THE MESSAGE IS BEING
    CONVEYED.
    HATE SPEECH IS NOT IS NOT
    PROTECTED.
    THERE ARE CERTAIN KINDS
    OF SPEECH THAT AREN’T
    PROTECTED.
    BUT PROTESTING THE GOVERNMENT’S
    INVOLVEMENT IN A CONFLICT
    OVERSEAS IS IS CLASSIC FIRST
    AMENDMENT PROTECTED ACTIVITY.
    >> AND DIANA HAS BEEN NOTED
    THAT SOME OF THE PEOPLE AT
    THESE CAMPUS, INCLUDING SOME OF
    THE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN
    ARRESTED, ARE NOT STUDENTS.
    AND NOW HERE AT USC,
    ALL STUDENTS, FACULTY
    AND STAFF, THEY STILL HAVE TO
    NOW SHOW THEIR I.D. JUST TO GET
    ON CAMPUS.
    DAN TREVOR AULT IN LOS ANGELES,
    THANK YOU.
    AND ONE OF FORMER
    PRESIDENT TRUMP’S POTENTIAL VP
    PICKS IS DEFENDING HERSELF FROM
    BACKLASH OVER A STORY IN HER
    NEW BOOK.
    SOUTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR KRISTI
    NOEM WRITES ABOUT SHOOTING
    AND KILLING HER DOG AFTER IT
    ATTACKED HER FRIENDS CHICKENS.
    CHIEF WASHINGTON
    CORRESPONDENT JONATHAN KARL HAS
    THAT STORY.
    GOOD MORNING, DIANE.
    THIS IS QUITE A STORY
    THAT SOUTH DAKOTA
    GOVERNOR KRISTI NOEM RECOUNTS
    IN A NEW BOOK ABOUT A WIRE
    HAIRED DOG NAMED CRICKET
    THAT SHE HAD ON HER FARM
    THAT SHE SAYS WAS UNTRACEABLE.
    AT ONE POINT, SHE TRIED TO TAKE
    THE DOG OUT HUNTING, PHEASANT
    HUNTING WITH OTHER DOGS.
    SHE SAYS IT WAS A DISASTER
    WHILE THE DOG WAS HAVING
    THE TIME OF ITS LIFE.
    IT WAS JUST SCARING ALL THE
    BIRDS AWAY AND RUNNING AROUND
    WILD.
    ON THE WAY BACK FROM
    THAT HUNTING TRIP, SHE SAYS.
    SHE STOPPED BY A FRIEND’S.
    THE DOG JUMPED OUT OF THE TRUCK
    AND STARTED ATTACKING
    HER FRIENDS.
    CHICKENS, KILLING SEVERAL
    OF THEM AND EVEN WHIPPING
    AROUND TO BITE.
    KRISTI NOEM, SHE SAYS THAT SHE
    THEN TOOK THE DOG TO A GRAVEL
    PIT AND SHOT THE DOG, SAYING,
    QUOTE, I HATED THAT DOG.
    AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THIS HAS
    CAUSED QUITE A BACKLASH.
    NOME, HOWEVER, DEFENDING
    HERSELF, WRITING OVER
    THE WEEKEND, QUOTE, I CAN
    UNDERSTAND WHY SOME PEOPLE
    ARE UPSET ABOUT A 20-YEAR-OLD
    STORY OF ONE OF THE WORKING
    DOGS ON OUR RANCH.
    SHE SAID THAT HER BOOK
    IS FILLED WITH, QUOTE, MANY
    HONEST STORIES OF MY LIFE,
    GOOD AND BAD DAYS, CHALLENGES
    AND PAINFUL DECISIONS
    AND LESSONS LEARNED.
    >> DIANE CHIEF WASHINGTON
    CORRESPONDENT JONATHAN KARL,
    THANK YOU.
    >> ESTIMATE IS SET TO RESUME
    TOMORROW WHEN FORMER
    PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CRIMINAL HUSH
    MONEY TRIAL.
    THE JURY IS EXPECTED TO HEAR
    MORE FROM.
    THE BANKER WHO SAYS HE HELPED
    FORMER TRUMP ATTORNEY MICHAEL
    COHEN SET UP A SHELL COMPANY.
    HE SAYS COHEN USED THE FAKE LLC
    TO SECRETLY WIRE STORMY DANIELS
    A MONTH BEFORE THE 2016
    ELECTION IN EXCHANGE FOR
    HER SILENCE OVER A RELATIONSHIP
    SHE SAID SHE HAD WITH TRUMP.
    ABC NEWS SENIOR INVESTIGATOR
    AARON KATERSKY HAS THE LATEST.
    >> THE JURY IS NOT GOING TO BE
    SEATED HERE TODAY, BUT TOMORROW
    THEY ARE GOING TO HEAR FROM
    THAT BANKER.
    HE HELPED MICHAEL COHEN SET UP
    THE SHELL COMPANY THAT COHEN
    USED TO SECRETLY WIRE STORMY
    DANIELS HER HUSH MONEY.
    GARY FARROW’S, HIS NAME.
    HE TESTIFIED.
    COHEN WAS ALWAYS IN A HURRY
    EVERY TIME MICHAEL SPOKE TO ME.
    HE GAVE A SENSE OF URGENCY.
    HE TOLD THE JURY.
    PROSECUTORS HAVE SAID THAT HUSH
    PAYMENT TO DANIELS AMOUNTED
    TO A CAMPAIGN EXPENSE, CHARGED
    TRUMP WITH FALSIFYING BUSINESS
    RECORDS BECAUSE HE CATEGORIZED
    THAT AS A LEGAL FEE.
    THE JURY SAW THE ENTRY
    IN TRUMP’S CONTACTS FOR
    DANIELS.
    A PROSECUTOR THEN ASKED
    HIS FORMER PERSONAL ASSISTANT,
    RON, A GRAPH.
    AND WHEN YOU SAW HER AT
    TRUMP TOWER, DID YOU KNOW
    AT THAT TIME SHE WAS AN ADULT
    FILM ACTRESS?
    GRAFF ANSWERED, YES, I DID.
    AND SHE RECALLED HEARING
    TRUMP SAY DANIELS MAY BE AN
    INTERESTING CONTESTANT
    ON THE APPRENTICE.
    AS GRAFF TESTIFIED,
    TRUMP APPEARED RATHER SUBDUED.
    HE ROSE FROM THE SEAT TO GREET
    HER AS SHE LEFT THE WITNESS
    STAND.
    THE TWO HAVE KNOWN EACH OTHER
    FOR MORE THAN 30 YEARS.
    PROSECUTORS WILL NOT
    BE DISCLOSING THE ORDER
    OF THEIR WITNESSES.
    THEY FEAR THAT WOULD
    ONLY VERBALLY ATTACK THEM.
    THERE’S GOING TO BE A HEARING
    HERE ON THURSDAY AS THE
    JUDGE CONSIDERS WHETHER TO HOLD
    TRUMP IN CONTEMPT.
    SENIOR INVESTIGATIVE
    CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY,
    THANK YOU.
    AND ADAM CHALET, DIRECTOR OF
    THE BRANDON MOORE TRIAL
    ADVOCACY AT FORDHAM UNIVERSITY
    SCHOOL OF LAW, IS HERE
    WITH MORE.
    >> ADAM, THANKS FOR BEING ON
    O’FARRELL’S TESTIMONY.
    GETS INTO THE NITTY GRITTY
    OF HOW COHEN WENT ABOUT PAYING
    STORMY DANIELS.
    WHY DOES THAT MATTER?
    >> WELL, LEGITIMATE
    TRANSACTIONS DON’T NEED TO BE
    HIDDEN BY SHELL COMPANIES AND
    INVENTED COMPANIES THAT REALLY
    NEVER EXISTED FOR ANY OTHER
    PURPOSE.
    BUT TO MOVE MONEY ILLEGALLY.
    SO I THINK THAT’S GOING TO BE
    THE BIG TAKEAWAY FROM THAT ONE
    WITNESS AND THAT ONE WITNESS.
    >> I DON’T ANTICIPATE BEING ON
    THE STAND VERY, VERY LONG.
    >> NOW, WOULD A NORMAL NDA TYPE
    PAYMENT GO THROUGH THE SAME
    MECHANISMS OR IS THIS UNIQUE
    TO THIS?
    >> WELL, THIS SHELL COMPANY WAS
    SO THAT THE MONEY WOULD
    BE UNTRACEABLE AND IT WOULD
    LOOK LEGITIMATE.
    AND IN THE FILING OF THIS SHELL
    COMPANY, I THINK THAT IT
    SPECIFICALLY SAID THAT IT WAS
    NOT WORKING FOR ANY KIND
    OF CAMPAIGN OR ELECTION.
    AND WHEN IN FACT, I THINK
    THE PROSECUTION’S GOING
    TO ARGUE THAT IT VERY WAS.
    >> SO WHAT ELSE ARE YOU
    EXPECTING TO HEAR FROM FARROW
    AND WHAT DO YOU EXPECT DEFENSE
    TO FOCUS ON ONCE THEY START
    CROSS-EXAMINATION?
    >> I THINK THE DEFENSE IS GOING
    TO TRY TO SAY THAT THIS IS ALL
    JUST BUSINESS AS USUAL.
    THIS IS DONE ROUTINELY.
    THERE’S NOTHING NEFARIOUS
    ABOUT THIS.
    AND THE PROSECUTION IS JUST
    GOING TO NEED TO KEEP
    THE JURY’S EYES ON THE BALL
    THAT WAS NOT A LEGITIMATE
    TRANSACTION.
    AND YOU JUST DON’T MAKE UP
    COMPANIES FOR LEGITIMATE
    PAYMENTS.
    NOW, THIS WEEK, THE JUDGE
    WILL ALSO DECIDE WHETHER
    TO HOLD TRUMP IN CONTEMPT OVER
    ALLEGED GAG ORDER VIOLATIONS.
    WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING FOR
    ON THAT FRONT?
    WELL, FROM THIS, DOING PRETTY
    MUCH EVERYTHING WRONG AS A
    CRIMINAL DEFENDANT WHEN IT
    COMES TO THIS GAG ORDER.
    I MEAN, THE GAG ORDER IS VERY
    SPECIFIC.
    HE CAN’T TALK ABOUT WITNESSES
    OR JURORS OR ATTORNEYS IN THE
    CASE.
    THAT’S IT.
    HE CAN COMMENT ABOUT THE CASE
    ALL HE WANTS.
    HE CAN EVEN COMMENT ABOUT THE
    JUDGE ALL HE WANTS.
    UNFORTUNATELY, HE’S A VERY
    DIFFICULT CLIENT IN THAT
    I DON’T THINK ANY OF THE
    DEFENSE ATTORNEYS CAN REALLY
    CONTROL WHAT HE SAYS.
    >> ALL RIGHT, ALAN, SO WE
    APPRECIATE YOU COMING ON TODAY.
    THANK YOU.
    >> THANK YOU.
    COMING UP, JAILED PARADISE.
    >> WHAT POLICE IN THE CARIBBEAN
    SAY THEY FOUND IN AN
    AMERICAN HIS BACKPACK
    THAT LANDED HIM BEHIND BARS
    AND WHAT HIS WIFE IS ASKING FOR
    NOW.
    ALSO AHEAD, DRAMA
    ON THE BASKETBALL COURT.
    WILL LEBRON AND THE LAKERS
    AVOID AN EARLY PLAYOFF EXIT
    TONIGHT?
    WE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF THE OTHER
    MATCHUPS AND WHO IS ON TOP SO
    FAR.
    STAY WITH US 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 IN NEWS LIVE
    IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM
    THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY STRIKE
    IN HEBREW, UKRAINE REPORTING
    FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY.
    IN ROLLING FORTH, THIS TORNADO
    TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN.
    THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER
    IN HAWAII AND CHARLESTON, SOUTH
    CAROLINA, ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN
    TRAIL IN ICELAND.
    LET’S GO TRAVELING WITH THE
    PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY.
    THE STORY FROM THE FRONT LINES
    FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE
    THE GAZA STRIP.
    IN BEIRUT FOR THE FBI REPORTING
    FROM IT, NURSES ON THE PICKET
    LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET
    IN LONDON STREAMING LIVE TO YOU
    WHEREVER THE IS, WHEREVER
    THE STORY IS, WHEREVER
    THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING
    TO TAKE YOU THERE LIVE
    STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE,
    ABC NEWS LIVE HERE,
    ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE
    STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE.
    AMERICA’S NUMBER
    ONE STREAMING NEWS.
    WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN
    KILLED A VERY BEGINNING OF HER
    LIFE.
    WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
    THE INTERROGATION HELPS PUT
    THE WRONG MAN IN PRISON?
    I WAS IN NO WAY AROUND PROBABLY
    GOD UNTIL YEARS LATER WHEN.
    THE REAL KILLER STEPS INTO
    THE BOX.
    THE TOUGH QUESTION HERE IS,
    LEFT TO CHANCE, WILL MATCH
    DOUBT TO.
    WE HAVE YOUR DNA AT THE SCENE.
    WE’RE GOING TO USE A KNIFE.
    OH, MY GOD.
    THE INTERROGATION TAPES TONIGHT
    ON ABC.
    LET’S GO.
    THE SHIP IS INCREDIBLE.
    IT FEELS LIKE LIVING IN A
    SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE.
    WE JUST SAW WHAT NO ONE HAS
    SEEN BEFORE.
    I LOOK AT THAT.
    OH, MY GOD.
    WELL, WE ARE HEADING INTO
    THE UNKNOWN.
    HAMMER, HAMMER, HAMMER.
    IT DOESN’T GET ANY MORE CUTTING
    EDGE IN THIS WELCOME BACK.
    >> AN AMERICAN MAN COULD FACE
    MORE THAN A DECADE IN PRISON
    AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED IN TURKS
    AND CAICOS WHILE BOARDING
    A CRUISE SHIP.
    >> THE 31 YEAR OLD WAS
    CELEBRATING A FRIEND’S BACHELOR
    PARTY WHEN HE WAS STOPPED
    BY POLICE FOR ALLEGEDLY HAVING
    BULLETS IN HIS LUGGAGE.
    ABC’S EVA PILGRIM HAS MORE.
    >> THE WIFE OF AN AMERICAN EMT
    IS MAKING AN EMOTIONAL PLEA
    TO THE TURKS AND CAICOS POLICE
    TO RELEASE HUSBAND FROM PRISON.
    >> HE STOPPED ME AND SAID,
    I HAVE TO GET OLDER TAKING ME
    TO THE PRISON.
    >> I PROBABLY WON’T BE ABLE
    TO TALK TO YOU.
    >> AND THEN IT WAS.
    I LOVE YOU.
    GOODBYE, TYLER.
    RICK WAS ON A CRUISE SHIP LAST
    WEEK CELEBRATING A FRIEND’S
    BACHELOR PARTY WHEN SHIP MADE
    A STOP IN GRAND TURK.
    WHEN RENWICK WAS RETURNING
    ABOARD.
    POLICE SAY THEY FOUND BULLETS
    IN HIS BACKPACK.
    THE 31 YEAR OLD CHARGED
    WITH POSSESSION OF AMMUNITION.
    >> WE’RE SCARED THAT HE’S NOT
    GOING TO COME HOME.
    AND MY SON SHOULDN’T HAVE TO
    GROW UP WITHOUT A FATHER.
    >> WARWICK IS JUST ONE OF
    FIVE AMERICAN TOURISTS
    WHO RECENTLY FIND THEMSELVES
    IN THIS SITUATION BRINGING
    AMMUNITION INTO TURKS
    AND CAICOS IS AGAINST LAW
    AND CARRIES A MINIMUM
    12 YEAR SENTENCE.
    >> THERE WAS ZERO INTENTION
    OF EVER BREAKING ANYBODY’S LAWS
    .
    RYAN AND VALERIE WATSON WERE
    ARRESTED EARLIER THIS MONTH
    WHEN THEIR BAG WAS FLAGGED
    BY AIRPORT SECURITY.
    BOTH OF THEIR PASSPORTS
    CONFISCATED.
    BOTH CHARGED WITH POSSESSION
    OF AMMUNITION.
    >> THEY WALKED BACK OVER AND.
    THEY PULLED IT OUT.
    IT WAS AT THAT POINT
    I REALIZED, HEY, THOSE
    ARE BULLETS THAT I BUY WHENEVER
    I GO DEER HUNTING.
    THAT WAS CHARGES WERE DROPPED
    AFTER 11 DAYS.
    >> BUT RYAN REMAINS ON ISLAND
    OUT ON BAIL.
    IN RYAN’S CASE, THE TSA
    CONFIRMING THAT FOUR ROUNDS
    OF AMMUNITION WERE NOT DETECTED
    IN THE TRAVELER’S BAG.
    SECURITY SCREENING AT
    WILL ROGERS WORLD AIRPORT,
    A STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON
    TELLING ABC NEWS THEY ARE AWARE
    OF THE ARREST OF U.S. CITIZENS
    IN TURKS AND CAICOS AND STAND
    READY TO PROVIDE
    ALL APPROPRIATE ASSISTANCE.
    BUT ADDING U.S. CITIZENS
    ARE SUBJECT TO THAT COUNTRY’S
    LAWS, CITING A RECENT TRAVEL
    ALERT.
    THEY ARE ENSURING THAT THEIR
    LOCALITY IS SAFE FOR
    INDIVIDUALS TO TRAVEL TO,
    AND THAT’S WHY WE SEE SUCH
    A SEVERE MEASURE AND PUNISHMENT
    ON THESE TYPES OF CRIMES.
    >> IT’S SOMETHING MICHAEL GRIMM
    LEARNED HARD WAY.
    THE 26 YEAR OLD NOW BACK HOME
    AFTER AN EIGHT MONTH PRISON
    SENTENCE AFTER AIRPORT
    OFFICIALS FOUND A GUN CLIP
    IN HIS DUFFEL BAG.
    HIS MOTHER WARNING OTHERS.
    >> IT REALLY IS HEARTBREAKING
    BECAUSE JUST KNOWING
    WHAT THEY’RE GOING THROUGH
    AND WHAT THEY CAN POSSIBLY
    BE LOOKING AT, 12 YEARS MINIMUM
    SENTENCE.
    >> ABC’S EVA PILGRIM.
    THANK YOU.
    COMING.
    OPENING STATEMENTS ARE SET
    TO BEGIN IN THE TRIAL OF KAREN
    REED, THE MASSACHUSETTS WOMAN
    ACCUSED OF KILLING HER BOSTON
    POLICE OFFICER BOYFRIEND.
    WHY?
    HER LEGAL TEAM SAYS SHE WAS SET
    UP AND THE ALLEGATIONS OF A
    COVER INVOLVING MEMBERS
    OF SEVERAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
    AGENCIES.
    BUT FIRST, IT’S BEEN CALLED THE
    CICADAS TSUNAMI.
    WHY EXPERTS.
    THIS YEAR, THE LARGE SUMMER
    GS WILL BE LOUDER THAN EVER.
    >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
    NEW YORK SITTING DOWN LIKE THIS
    TO TELL YOUR STORY.
    >> ARE YOU READY?
    YOU’VE BEEN TOLD TO GO THROUGH
    YOUR BAG AND YOU FELT CAUGHT.
    WHAT WERE YOU THINKING AT THAT
    MOMENT WHEN YOU FELT THAT MY
    LIFE IS OVER RIGHT HERE?
    >> YOU JUST BEEN TOLD
    YOU’RE GOING TO BE NINE YEARS
    IN ONE OF THE WORST PRISONS
    IN RUSSIA, UKRAINE OR
    ROBIN ROBERTS PRISONER
    IN RUSSIA.
    >> THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON ABC
    THIS WEEK A GAG ORDER RULING
    IN DONALD TRUMP’S CRIMINAL
    TRIAL AS ALLEGED NEW VIOLATION
    PILE UP.
    PLUS, A COLLEGE PROTESTS IN THE
    U.S. SPREADING ACROSS EUROPE.
    MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD
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    WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN
    KILLED HER BEGINNING OF HER
    LIFE.
    WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
    THE INTERROGATION PUT THE WRONG
    MAN IN PRISON?
    I WAS IN NO WAY AROUND POVERTY
    UNTIL YEARS LATER, WHEN
    THE REAL KILLER STEPS INTO
    THE BOX.
    THE QUESTION HERE IS LEFT
    TO CHANCE.
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    DO WE HAVE YOUR DNA AT
    THE SCENE?
    WHAT DID YOU USE THAT NIGHT?
    OH, MY GOD.
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    >> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS
    LIVE.
    FIRST, NOISE COMPLAINTS
    ARE ALREADY POURING IN IN
    THE SOUTH AS EXPERTS PREDICT
    BIGGEST CICADA INVASION
    IN CENTURIES.
    TRILLIONS.
    >> THE LOUD FLYING BUGS
    ARE ALREADY EMERGING FROM
    THE GROUND IN SEVERAL PARTS
    OF THE US LARA SPENCER EXPLAINS
    WHY WE ARE ON THE BRINK OF A
    CICADA TSUNAMI.
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    >> MILLIONS OF THESE BUGS
    ARE ABOUT TO BURST FROM
    THE GROUND TOGETHER FOR
    THE FIRST TIME IN OVER 221
    YEARS.
    >> IT’S TIME TO FACE THE MUSIC
    OR IN THIS CASE, THE BUGS.
    IN FACT, SOME RESIDENTS
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    OF TWISTED UP.
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    THEY FLAG DOWN PEOPLE THAT
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    >> BUT THIS YEAR, THE BUZZ
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    >> THE LAST TIME THIS EXACT
    PAIRING HAS HAPPENED WAS OH
    THREE, WHEN THOMAS JEFFERSON
    WAS PRESIDENT.
    BUT NOW THE CICADAS ARE TAKING
    THEIR PARTY ABOVE GROUND IN 13
    STATES ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST
    AND MIDWEST.
    >> AND DESPITE THE DECIBELS,
    WHICH CAN BE AS LOUD
    A LAWNMOWER OR EVEN A JET
    ENGINE, CICADAS HARMLESS.
    >> THEY DON’T BITE, THEY DON’T
    STING.
    CERTAINLY, THIS IS NOT
    SOMETHING YOU HAVE TO BE AFRAID
    OF.
    AND FOR SOME BUSINESS OWNERS,
    THAT CREEPY CRAWLY CACOPHONY
    SOUNDS LIKE MONEY IN THE BANK.
    >> I SAW THE THROWBACK BAND
    SHORTS ARE TRENDING RIGHT NOW,
    SO I THOUGHT, WOULDN’T THAT BE
    INTERESTING TO DO A CICADA BAND
    ?
    LARA SPENCER THANK YOU.
    AND IT’S ALREADY NOISY IN THE
    SOUTH, BUT THE CONVERGENCE
    OF THE TWO BROODS IS SAID TO BE
    WORSE IN PARTS OF THE MIDWEST
    AND SPECIFICALLY.
    FOR FOLKS WONDERING HOW LONG
    YOU WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH ALL
    THAT, EXPERTS SAY THE AVERAGE
    LIFESPAN OF A CICADA IS ABOUT
    FOUR WEEKS.
    >> MEANWHILE, LEBRON JAMES AND
    THE LAKERS ARE TRYING TO AVOID
    AN EARLY EXIT FROM THE NBA
    PLAYOFFS TONIGHT.
    THEY’RE TO FACE OFF AGAINST
    THE NUGGETS IN DENVER AFTER
    A WEEKEND OF DRAMA ON THE COURT
    .
    ABC’S WILL REEVE HAS
    THE HIGHLIGHTS NOW AFTER
    A SATURDAY OF BLOWOUTS SUNDAY
    DELIVERED IN THE NBA GREAT
    BASKETBALL DRAMA.
    NOW ONE SERIES ALREADY
    A ANTHONY EDWARDS AND THE
    MINNESOTA TIMBERWOLVES
    FINISHING THE FOUR GAME SWEEP
    OF THE PHOENIX SUNS AND THE
    NEW YORK KNICKS A THRILLER
    IN PHILLY.
    NEW YORK’S JALEN BRUNSON
    WITH MASTERPIECE SCORING
    A FRANCHISE PLAYOFF RECORD 40
    SEVEN POINTS IN A 9792 WIN OVER
    THE 76 ERS AND STAR JOEL
    EMBIID, WHO SAID HE WAS
    DISAPPOINTED WITH SO MANY
    KNICKS FANS SWARMING HIS HOME
    COURT IN PHILLY.
    THE KNICKS NOW HEAD HOME
    TO MADISON SQUARE GARDEN WITH A
    THREE ONE SERIES LEAD AND A
    CHANCE TO CLOSE IT OUT IN THE
    WEST.
    THE CLIPPERS AND THE MAVERICKS
    IN A HIGH SCORING SHOOTOUT.
    DALLAS COMING ALL THE WAY
    BACK FROM A 31 POINT DEFICIT
    BUT FALLING SHORT AND
    THE CLIPPERS HANG ON TO EVEN
    THE SEVEN GAME SERIES AT GAMES
    APIECE.
    THE MILWAUKEE BUCKS PLAYING
    WITHOUT THEIR STARS GIANNIS
    ANTETOKOUNMPO AND DAMIAN
    LILLARD THEY LOST 126 TO 113
    TO THE INDIANA PACERS.
    MILWAUKEE NOW ON THE BRINK
    OF ELIMINATION.
    LEBRON JAMES AND THE LAKERS
    ARE STILL HOLDING OFF
    THE DENVER NUGGETS IN HOLLYWOOD
    ON SATURDAY.
    THE SERIES NOW HEADING
    BACK TO DENVER.
    THE DEFENDING CHAMPS ARE UP
    THREE ONE WITH A CHANCE
    TO CLOSE IT OUT TONIGHT.
    THE CELTICS, THE HEAT AND THE
    THUNDER PLAY THE PELICANS DOWN
    WELL, REALLY.
    >> THANK YOU.
    COMING UP, KING CHARLES IS BACK
    TO WORK WITH BUCKINGHAM PALACE
    IS SHARING ABOUT HIS HEALTH
    AS HE BATTLES CANCER AND THE
    IMPACT ON FUTURE ENGAGEMENTS.
    ALSO AHEAD, BACK ON THE DANCE
    FLOOR, THE STARS OF DANCE MOMS
    ARE REUNITING WHAT THEY SAY IT
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    AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP
    WITH TEACHER LEE MILLER.
    PLUS, GET READY TO EASE ON DOWN
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    THE BROADWAY SHOW THE WIZ
    IS MAKING HISTORY ALREADY A TOP
    FIVE GROSSING PLAY THERE FROM
    STAR AVERY WILSON ON STEPPING
    THE ICONIC ROLE OF SCARECROW.
    THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU ARE
    SITTING DOWN LIKE THIS TO TELL
    YOUR STORY.
    BRITTANY, ARE YOU READY?
    YOU’VE BEEN TOLD TO GO THROUGH
    YOUR BAG AND YOU FELT THE CAR.
    WHAT WERE YOU THINKING
    THAT MOMENT WHEN YOU FELT
    THAT MY LIFE IS OVER
    RIGHT HERE?
    >> YOU’VE JUST BEEN TOLD
    YOU’RE GOING TO BE NINE YEARS
    IN ONE OF THE WORST PRISONS
    IN RUSSIA, IN CRIMEA.
    ROBIN ROBERTS PRISONER
    IN RUSSIA THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT
    ON ABC.
    >> LET’S GO.
    THE SHIP IS INCREDIBLE.
    IT FEELS LIKE LIVING IN A
    SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE.
    WE JUST SAW WHERE NO ONE HAS
    SEEN BEFORE.
    LOOK AT THAT.
    OH, MY GOSH.
    WELL, WE ARE HEADING
    THE UNKNOWN.
    HAMMER, HAMMER, HAMMER.
    IT DOESN’T GET ANY CUTTING
    EDGE.
    AND THIS.
    >> WHAT DO SEE?
    MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY
    HERE FROM NEWS.
    THIS IS "START HERE" TO BE
    IN THE NEWS AND A DIFFERENT
    TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES.
    A LOT OF NEWS TODAY.
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    FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT’S A PART
    OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T
    SEE COMING.
    WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS,
    START.
    >> WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG
    WOMAN KILLED AT THE VERY
    BEGINNING OF HER LIFE.
    WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
    THE INTERROGATION PUT THE WRONG
    MAN IN PRISON?
    I WAS IN NO AROUND PROBABLY
    GOD UNTIL YEARS LATER, WHEN
    THE REAL KILLER STEPS INTO
    THE BOX.
    THE TOUGH QUESTION HERE
    IS WHAT’S THE CHANCE
    YOU’RE DEALING WILL MATCH
    THAT OPTION?
    DO WE HAVE YOUR DNA AT
    THE SCENE, OR DID YOU USE
    A KNIFE?
    MY GOD.
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    YOU’RE LOOKING AT NEW YORK CITY
    ON THIS MONDAY.
    AND WE HAVE A LOT OF NEWS
    TO GET TO.
    HERE’S A RUNDOWN RIGHT NOW.
    THE HEARTLAND IS UNDER THREAT.
    A DEADLY TORNADO OUTBREAK.
    MORE THAN 130 TORNADOES
    HAVE BEEN REPORTED OVER
    THE LAST FOUR DAYS, LEAVING
    A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION.
    AND IN HOLDENVILLE, OKLAHOMA,
    AN ESTIMATED EF3 TORNADO
    WITH WINDS OVER 135 MILES PER
    HOUR LEFT.
    AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE DEAD,
    INCLUDING A FOUR MONTH OLD
    BABY.
    AND SO FOR OKLAHOMA, AN ENTIRE
    IS FLATTENED AND THE THREAT
    ISN’T OVER YET.
    MORE TORNADOES AND DAMAGING
    STORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE
    HEARTLAND IN THE COMING DAYS.
    FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS
    IS SIGNALING HE PLANS RAISE
    MONEY FOR FORMER
    PRESIDENT TRUMP.
    THE TWO MET SUNDAY FOR
    THE FIRST TIME SINCE DESANTIS
    DROPPED OUT OF THE
    PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
    A SOURCE TELLS
    ABC NEWS DESANTIS REQUESTED
    THE PRIVATE MEETING, HOPING TO,
    QUOTE, BURY THE HATCHET.
    CHANGE IS COMING.
    MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL UNIFORMS.
    PLAYERS ASSOCIATION NOW SAYS
    THE LEAGUE WILL MAKE CHANGES.
    WEEKS OF COMPLAINTS OVER
    THE SIZE OF THE NAMES
    AND NUMBERS, COLORS AND THE
    UNIFORMS COLLECTING TOO MUCH
    SWEAT.
    BUT THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT WAS
    OVER.
    SEE THROUGH PANTS.
    PLAYERS ASSOCIATION IS BLAMING
    NIKE, SAYING THE COMPANY
    INNOVATED SOMETHING THAT DIDN’T
    NEED TO BE INNOVATED.
    NIKE SAYS IT’S NOW TESTING
    DIFFERENT OPTIONS.
    FIX THE ISSUES.
    AND THE NEXT TIME YOUR KID
    COMPLAINS OF MONSTERS IN THEIR
    ROOM, YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE
    A CLOSER LOOK.
    A TODDLER IS NOW BEING CREDITED
    WITH DISCOVERING A BEE
    INFESTATION AFTER SAYING SHE
    HEARD MONSTERS IN HER BEDROOM
    WALL.
    HER MOM THOUGHT SHE WAS JUST
    SCARED AFTER WATCHING MONSTERS
    INC, BUT A BEEKEEPER THERMAL
    CAMERA SHOWED OTHERWISE.
    HE FOUND ABOUT 50,000 BEES
    BEHIND THE WALL.
    BUT BECAUSE HONEY BEES
    ARE ENDANGERED, EXTERMINATION
    WAS NOT AN OPTION.
    THE REMOVAL AND CLEANUP COULD
    COST ABOUT $20,000.
    AND OPENING STATEMENTS
    ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TODAY
    IN THE MURDER TRIAL THAT IS
    GRIPPING MASSACHUSETTS.
    PROSECUTORS ALLEGE KAREN REID
    HIT HER BOSTON POLICE
    OFFICER BOYFRIEND JOHN O’KEEFE,
    WITH HER SUV, THEN LEFT HIM
    OUTSIDE TO DIE DURING
    A SNOWSTORM.
    BUT READS DEFENSE CLAIMS
    SHE’S BEING FRAMED
    WITH SUPPORTERS ALLEGING
    A CONSPIRACY INVOLVING
    THE CANTON POLICE, STATE POLICE
    AND THE D.A.’S OFFICE.
    ABC’S LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR
    RYAN BUCKLEY IS HERE TO HELP
    US BREAK THIS ALL DOWN.
    >> BRIAN, HOW STRONG, IS THE
    EVIDENCE AT THE HEART OF THIS
    CASE AND WHY HAS THIS CASE
    SPARKED MANY CONSPIRACY
    THEORIES?
    >> SO THAT IS INTERESTING
    BECAUSE EVIDENCE IS RELATIVELY
    STRONG HERE.
    WHETHER OR NOT YOU’RE TALKING
    ABOUT THE DAMAGE TO THE VEHICLE
    BEING FOUND CLOSE TO THAT
    OF THE VICTIM’S BODY WERE
    ENFORCEMENT.
    AND PROSECUTORS ARE SAYING
    THAT KAREN REED BACKED UP
    HER VEHICLE FOR SAY THEY SAW
    THE VEHICLE GO BACK UP,
    BUT THEY DIDN’T SEE
    WHO WAS INSIDE, GO BACK AND HIT
    THAT OFFICER AND KEEP SORRY.
    >> AND THEN ALSO THE WAY
    THE BODY WAS FOUND THAT THIS
    WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A
    HUGE SNOWSTORM, BUT SOMEHOW
    CARRIED OUT EXACTLY WHERE
    TO FIND A KEY FOR.
    >> THE DEFENSE HAS SOME STRONG
    ARGUMENTS AS WELL, LIKE
    THE MANNER OF DEATH
    BEING UNDETERMINED
    AND SUPPORTING AN AUTOPSY,
    SAYING THAT THE INJURIES TO HER
    KEY ARE MORE CONSISTENT WITH A
    GROUP OF PEOPLE BEATING HIM UP
    RATHER THAN HIM BEING RUN OVER.
    AND THAT’S THE CONSPIRACY
    THEORY, THE DEFENSE THAT MAYBE
    HIS FELLOW OFFICERS BEAT, HIM
    UP KILLED IN AND LEFT HIM
    TO DIE OUTSIDE OF THE OFFICER’S
    HOME.
    >> NOW, WE HAVE SEEN
    IN PREVIOUS CRIMINAL TRIALS
    THE POLICE AND THE
    INVESTIGATORS ON THE CASE IN A
    WAY, GET PUT ON TRIAL
    THEMSELVES.
    WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING FOR WHEN
    OPENING STATEMENTS BEGIN
    IN THIS CASE?
    >> SO I’M LOOKING FOR
    THE DEFENSE.
    THEIR CASE HAS BEEN PUTTING
    THE PROSECUTION AND IN
    LARGE PART LAW ENFORCEMENT
    ON TRIAL, SAYING THAT THERE WAS
    A HUGE COVER UP, A CONSPIRACY.
    I’M GOING TO SEE WHAT TYPE
    OF EVIDENCE CORRELATES TO THAT
    AND HOW THEY’RE GOING
    TO CONNECT THOSE DOTS HERE,
    BECAUSE IF THEIR DEFENSE
    IS TRUE OR EVEN IF THERE IS A
    BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
    AND THERE’S A MISTRIAL OR AN
    ACQUITTAL, THAT MEANS
    SOME SERIOUS QUESTIONS IN THAT
    POLICE.
    >> WHAT IF IT WAS A CONVICTION
    HERE?
    IT SEEMS TO EXONERATE LAW
    ENFORCEMENT.
    SO I REALLY SEEM TO SEE
    HOW THIS EVIDENCE POINTS IN ONE
    WAY OR THE OTHER.
    >> ALL RIGHT.
    THANK YOU.
    AND POLICE ARE SEARCHING
    NEW AREAS ON LONG ISLAND,
    NEW YORK, POSSIBLY LINKED TO A
    SUSPECTED SERIAL KILLER.
    THE SEARCHERS ARE BEING
    CONDUCTED BY THE GILGO BEACH
    TASK FORCE, BUT AUTHORITIES
    AREN’T SAYING MUCH ABOUT WHY.
    >> ABC’S ERIELLE RESHEF HAS
    THE LATEST.
    >> A DEEPENING MYSTERY
    AS INVESTIGATORS WITH THE GILGO
    BEACH TASK FORCE SCOUR A WOODED
    AREA.
    ROUGHLY 45 MILES EAST OF THE
    INFAMOUS GILGO BEACH MURDER
    SCENE.
    THE LOCAL D.A. CONFIRMING
    A MULTI-AGENCY INVESTIGATION,
    BUT DECLINING TO SAY
    WHAT EXACTLY THEY ARE LOOKING
    FOR.
    ARCHITECT REX HEUERMANN HAS
    BEEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION
    WITH THE DEATHS OF FOUR WOMEN
    WHOSE BODIES WERE DISCOVERED
    BETWEEN 2010 AND 2011.
    HE DENIES ANY WRONGDOING.
    AUTHORITIES HAVE SAID
    THEIR INVESTIGATION CONTINUES
    TO SEE IF THEY CAN LINK
    HEUERMANN TO SIX OTHER VICTIMS.
    >> YOU HAVE TO PLACE THE KILLER
    THERE OR HAVE A CONNECTION
    THERE.
    >> LAW ENFORCEMENT REMAINING
    TIGHT LEFT ON THE FOCUS
    OF THEIR EXPANDED SEARCH.
    BUT IT IS HAPPENING NEAR WHERE
    THE BODY OF 28 YEAR OLD SANDRA
    COSTILLA WAS DISCOVERED
    IN NOVEMBER OF 1993.
    HER MURDER REMAINS UNSOLVED.
    LAST WEEK, K-9 UNITS, DRONES
    AND SQUAD CARS DESCENDING.
    THE THICK BRUSH OF MEN REVEAL
    NEW YORK, WHERE TWO VICTIMS
    OF ANOTHER SERIAL KILLER,
    JOHN BITRUS, WERE FOUND IN THE
    EARLY 19.
    THE DROP HAD BEEN LOOKED AT AS
    A SUSPECT IN THE BEACH MURDERS
    AND IN THE DEATH OF COSTILLA.
    BUT INVESTIGATORS HAVE SO
    FAR BEEN UNABLE TO CONNECT HIM
    TO ANY ADDITIONAL VICTIMS.
    >> THE WHOLE KEY IN GOING
    TO THESE OTHER LOCATIONS IS TO
    IDENTIFY REMAINS IF THEY FIND
    ANY, AND WHAT FORENSIC THEY CAN
    FIND THAT COULD POTENTIALLY TIE
    IT TO THIS PARTICULAR KILLER OR
    TO SOMEONE ELSE.
    >> AND NOW IT’S UNCLEAR
    WHAT LED INVESTIGATORS
    BACK TO THAT AREA OR IF
    HAVE FOUND ANYTHING RELEVANT
    TO THE GILGO BEACH MURDER
    INVESTIGATION.
    BUT HAS COME UP IN THE PAST
    IN CONNECTION TO THE GILGO
    BEACH MURDERS AFTER THE REMAINS
    OF A WOMAN WERE FOUND THERE
    IN 2003.
    REX HEUERMANN IS DUE BACK IN
    COURT IN JUNE.
    AGAIN, HE’S DENIED ANY
    WRONGDOING.
    DIANE ERIELLE RESHEF YOU.
    COMING UP, KING CHARLES IS BACK
    TO WORK WITH BUCKINGHAM PALACE
    AND SHARING HIS HEALTH AS HE
    BATTLES CANCER.
    AND WHY PRINCE HARRY
    IS RETURNING TO THE U.K..
    ALSO AHEAD, AN
    ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE.
    ROBIN ROBERTS SITS DOWN
    WITH BRITTNEY GRINER, WHAT SHE
    SAYS IS GOING THROUGH HER MIND.
    WHEN RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES FOUND
    OIL IN HER LUGGAGE THIS WEEK.
    THE GAG ORDER RULING IN DONALD
    TRUMP’S CRIMINAL TRIAL
    AS ALLEGED NEW VIOLATIONS PILE
    UP.
    PLUS, THE COLLEGE PROTESTS
    IN THE U.S. SPREADING ACROSS
    EUROPE.
    MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD
    NEWS TONIGHT.
    DAVID MUIR, THE MOST WATCHED
    NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION.
    GET READY, AMERICA.
    EVERY FRIDAY, THE HOTTEST
    TRENDS, STYLES AND MUST HAVE.
    WHAT’S THE RIGHT STUFF TO BUY
    RIGHT NOW?
    I REALLY THAT IT’S TIME TO BUY
    THE RIGHT STUFF AND SAVE
    BIG TIME TO THE RIGHT STUFF.
    FRIDAYS ON "GMA".
    YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE IT.
    >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
    YOU ARE SITTING DOWN LIKE
    TO TELL YOUR STORY?
    CERTAINLY.
    ARE YOU READY?
    YOU’VE BEEN TO GO THROUGH
    YOUR BAG AND WE FELT
    THE CARTRIDGE.
    WHAT WERE YOU THINKING AT THAT
    MOMENT WHEN YOU FELT THAT?
    MY LIFE IS RIGHT HERE.
    >> HE’S JUST BEEN TOLD
    YOU’RE GOING TO BE NINE YEARS
    AND ONE OF THE WORST PRISONS
    IN RUSSIA.
    ENGLAND, ROBIN ROBERTS PRISONER
    IN RUSSIA.
    >> THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON ABC.
    FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
    THERE’S A LOT GOING ON.
    YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING.
    THAT’S OFF TO CATCH YOU UP
    WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.
    A DANGEROUS ICE STORM
    IS IMPACTING THE MORNING
    COMMUTE.
    WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY?
    ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE
    MIDDLE EAST.
    WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING
    ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS FAST.
    STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN
    IN BETWEEN.
    AS BILLIONAIRE SAID, SOUNDS
    GOOD TO ME.
    THE MOVE STARTED CHEATING
    A DOG.
    FIRST THING IN THE MORNING,
    AMERICA.
    THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER
    ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC
    NEWS.
    WHY WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG
    WOMAN KILLED VERY BEGINNING
    OF HER LIFE.
    WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
    THE INTERROGATION HELPS PUT
    THE WRONG MAN IN PRISON?
    I WAS IN NO WAY AROUND.
    PROBLEM BECAUSE UNTIL
    YEARS LATER, WHEN THE REAL
    KILLER STEPS INTO THE BOX,
    THE TOUGH QUESTION HERE
    IS WHAT’S THE CHANCE YOUR DNA
    WILL MATCH THAT OF MATERIAL?
    AND YOU HAVE YOUR DNA AT
    THE SCENE.
    WE’RE GOING TO USE A KNIFE.
    OH, MY GOD.
    INTERROGATION TAPES TONIGHT ON.
    WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE.
    KING CHARLES IS SET TO RESUME
    SOME PUBLIC DUTIES THIS WEEK
    AS HE UNDERGOES CANCER
    TREATMENT.
    THE PALACE SAID DOCTORS
    ARE SUFFICIENTLY PLEASED
    WITH THE PROGRESS MADE SO
    FAR ON HIS TREATMENT.
    THIS COMES AFTER PRINCESS
    KATE REVEALED LAST MONTH
    THAT SHE’S ALSO BEING TREATED
    FOR CANCER.
    ABC NEWS FOREIGN
    CORRESPONDENT JAMES LONGMAN HAS
    THE LATEST.
    KING CHARLES IS BACK.
    BUCKINGHAM PALACE THAT HIS
    CANCER TREATMENT IS PROGRESSING
    WELL ENOUGH FOR HIM TO RETURN
    PUBLIC FACING DUTIES.
    THE 75 YEAR OLD HAS BEEN
    WORKING BEHIND SCENES, BUT HE’S
    BEEN RARELY SEEN SINCE FEBRUARY
    WHEN HE ANNOUNCED HIS DIAGNOSIS
    .
    >> THE PALACE ISSUING
    A STATEMENT SAYING THE KING
    IS NOW ABLE TO RESUME NUMBER
    OF PUBLIC FACING DUTIES.
    THE KING WON’T BE RETURNING
    TO A SCHEDULE, BUT HE’LL
    START HIS ENGAGEMENTS TOMORROW
    WITH A PERMANENT ONE.
    HE AND THE QUEEN WILL VISIT
    A CANCER CENTER HOPING
    TO PROMOTE THE IMPORTANCE
    OF EARLY DIAGNOSIS.
    AND THE PALACE ALSO ANNOUNCING
    THAT THE KING WILL BE HOSTING
    A STATE VISIT IN JUNE.
    THE EMPEROR AND EMPRESS
    OF JAPAN.
    >> NOW, I THINK THE KING REALLY
    MINDED THAT DURING HIS PERIOD
    OF INTENSE CANCER TREATMENT,
    THAT HE WASN’T ABLE TO DO
    WHAT ACTUALLY HE DOES BEST
    IS TO MEET PEOPLE, CHARM THEM,
    LISTEN TO THEM, AND LEARN
    ABOUT THE KING’S RETURN
    TO PUBLIC DUTIES, EASES
    THE PRESSURE ON THE REST OF THE
    ROYALS WHO’VE BEEN STEPPING UP
    SINCE STEPPED BACK.
    THE PRINCESS OF WALES ALSO
    RECEIVING TREATMENT FOR CANCER.
    HER HUSBAND, PRINCE WILLIAM
    AT THE THRONE HAS BEEN HOLDING
    ROYAL FORT, SUPPORTING BOTH
    HIS FATHER AND HIS WIFE AS THEY
    GO THROUGH TREATMENT.
    KATE ANNOUNCING HER DIAGNOSIS
    AND SHOCKING THE WORLD IN THIS
    VIDEO.
    >> THIS, OF COURSE, CAME AS A
    HUGE SHOCK AND I HAVE BEEN
    DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN
    TO PROCESS AND MANAGE PRIVATELY
    FOR THE SAKE OF OUR YOUNG
    FAMILY.
    THE PRINCESS WILL TO ROYAL
    DUTIES ONLY WHEN HER DOCTORS
    CLEAR HER TO DO SO.
    UNITED KINGDOM HAS REALLY
    WANTED TO GIVE THE PRINCESS
    OF WALES THE CHANCE TO RECOVER
    REPAIR, BE WITH HER CHILDREN,
    AND GET BACK TO THE LEVEL
    OF COMFORT AND HEALTH THAT SHE
    WILL NEED TO BE EFFECTIVE
    IN SUPPORTING THE KING.
    ABC IS FOREIGN
    CORRESPONDENT JAMES LONGMAN
    JOINS ME NOW FROM BUCKINGHAM
    PALACE WITH MORE.
    JAMES, THESE CHARLES IS SET
    TO VISIT A CANCER CENTER
    TOMORROW TO TALK ABOUT EARLY
    DIAGNOSIS.
    IS THERE ANY MORE INFO
    ON THE TYPE OF CANCER HE HAS OR
    THAT KATE HAS THAT MATTER?
    DIANA SHORT ANSWER IS NO.
    THEY ARE KEEPING PRETTY SILENT
    ON THE DETAILS OF BOTH
    HIS CANCER AND KATE’S.
    WHAT THEY ARE SAYING, THOUGH,
    AND THIS IS SOME GOOD NEWS,
    FINALLY, AFTER MONTHS OF OF
    THESE MULTIPLE KIND OF STORIES
    THAT CAME OUT ONE AFTER
    THE OTHER, IT FELT FINALLY
    THE KING IS NOW GOING TO BE
    BACK AT WORK PUBLICLY.
    I IT’S GOOD TO SAY HE’S BEEN
    WORKING THE WHOLE TIME.
    THERE HASN’T BEEN
    A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS
    HE’S REMAINED HEAD OF STATE
    THROUGHOUT.
    WILLIAM HASN’T HAD TO STEP UP
    FORMALLY TO BECOME REGENT
    IN HIS FATHER’S PLACE.
    HE’S BEEN MEETING
    WITH DIGNITARIES, REPLYING
    TO CORRESPONDENCE.
    BUT NOW HE CAN GET OUT
    AND ABOUT DOING THE KINDS
    OF THINGS THE KINGS DO, WHICH
    IS MEETING MEMBERS OF THE
    PUBLIC.
    I THINK WHAT THIS ALSO IS, IT
    KIND OF RELIEVE THE PRESSURE
    ON OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL
    FAMILY WHO’VE SEEN PRINCE
    EDWARD, HIS WIFE, PRINCESS
    SOPHIE, THE DUKE AND DUCHESS
    OF EDINBURGH, PRINCESS.
    THEY ALL HAVE TO KIND OF CARRY
    THE MANTLE WHILST CHARLES AND
    HAVE BEEN OUT OF THE PICTURE
    AND WILLIAM TO SOME DEGREE,
    LOOKING AFTER KATE.
    SO IT IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT
    MORE LIKE BUSINESS AS USUAL.
    BUT THE PALACE IS NOT RELEASING
    DETAILS ON HIS PARTICULAR
    CANCER, PERHAPS WHEN
    HE’S THROUGH HIS TREATMENT.
    WE WILL GET MORE INFORMATION
    AND PERHAPS WHEN KATE IS
    BACK AT WORK WE’LL GET
    MORE INFORMATION THEN.
    BUT FOR THE MOMENT, THIS
    COUNTRY IS JUST WISHING
    HER WELL AND HOPING THE KING
    CAN GO BACK INTO A FULL
    SCHEDULE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
    >> AND JAMES, PRINCE HARRY
    IS RETURNING THE U.K. NEXT WEEK
    FOR AN INVICTUS GAMES EVENT.
    IS THERE ANY SENSE OF WHETHER
    HE’LL SEE HIS DAD ON THAT TRIP
    ?
    YEAH, BIG QUESTION, DAN,
    I THINK.
    YOU KNOW, HARRY HAS BEEN OUT
    OF THE HEADLINES LITTLE BIT
    IN THIS COUNTRY FOR A WHILE,
    BUT HE DID SAY, IF
    YOU REMEMBER, HE AN INTERVIEW
    TO ABC NEWS WILL REEVE MET
    WITH HIM AND HE SAID HE WANTS
    TO GO BACK TO THE U.K. MUCH
    AS POSSIBLE.
    SO THERE IS A SENSE PERHAPS
    HE MIGHT HE MIGHT SEE HIS DAD
    WHEN HE’S HERE.
    HE’S COMING FOR A COMMEMORATION
    EVENT FOR THE INVICTUS GAMES.
    THAT’S THE SPORTING EVENT WHICH
    HE STARTED, WHICH IS FOR
    INJURED MILITARY, WHO IS VERY
    PASSIONATELY ABOUT IT.
    WE KNOW HE’S GOING TO GIVE
    A READING AT THE CHURCH
    SERVICE.
    WE DON’T KNOW IF MEGHAN’S GOING
    TO BE WITH HIM, BUT THEY
    ARE THEN SCHEDULED TO LEAVE
    FROM WHAT THEY’RE SCHEDULED
    TO BE IN SHORTLY AFTER WHERE
    THEY’RE GOING TO BE MEETING
    WITH MILITARY SERVICE
    PERSONNEL, CULTURAL, WE
    UNDERSTAND.
    SO IT’S POSSIBLE THAT MEGHAN
    AND HARRY ABOUT THERE WILL JUST
    HARRY ON HIS OWN.
    BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT
    TO KNOW IF THE RELATIONSHIP
    IS GOING TO BE MENDED AT THE
    TOP OF THE ROYAL FAMILY.
    IS WILLIAM AND HARRY GOING
    TO START SPEAKING AGAIN?
    CAN THEY BE TOGETHER IN THE
    SAME ROOM AND CAN CHARLES NOW
    HOPEFULLY OUT OF HIS HIS CANCER
    TREATMENT, BE THE BRIDGE
    THAT THE BROTHERS NEED?
    THAT IS THE SPECULATION IN THE
    BRITISH PRESS AT THE MOMENT.
    UNFORTUNATELY, AS EVER
    WITH THESE ROYAL ISSUES, IT
    REMAINS SPECULATION.
    BUT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE
    HOPE THAT THERE MIGHT BE THE
    PROSPECTS OF AMENDED
    RELATIONSHIP IF HARRY DOES
    REPEAT THESE TRIPS BACK TO THE
    UNITED KINGDOM.
    >> DAN ALL RIGHT, ABC NEWS,
    FOREIGN
    CORRESPONDENT JAMES LONGMAN.
    >> THANKS, JAMES.
    AND AS JAMES MENTIONED, TODAY
    IS WILL AND KATE’S 13TH WEDDING
    ANNIVERSARY.
    THIS PHOTO TO SHARE TO KATE’S
    OFFICIAL SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNT.
    >> WE’RE TOLD THIS PHOTO HAS
    NEVER BEFORE BEEN RELEASED
    TO THE PUBLIC.
    IT WAS TAKEN INSIDE PALACE
    ON THEIR WEDDING DAY.
    BIG CHEERS TO THE PRINCE
    AND PRINCESS OF AND WNBA STAR
    BRITTNEY GRINER SHARING
    HER STORY SINCE BEING RELEASED
    FROM A RUSSIAN DETENTION CENTER
    IN A PRISONER SWAP.
    WE ATHLETE AND ACTIVIST SAT
    DOWN WITH ABC’S ROBIN ROBERTS
    TO DISCUSS THOSE FIRST MOMENTS
    WHEN SHE WAS ARRESTED FOR
    CARRYING CANNABIS IN HER
    LUGGAGE.
    >> WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE
    ON RUSSIAN SOIL AND CANNABIS
    OIL WAS FOUND WHICH KNOW
    IS ILLEGAL THERE?
    >> WHAT IS RACING YOUR MIND
    DURING THAT TIME?
    >> JUST EVERYTHING THAT I’M NOT
    GOING TO SEE.
    I’M THINKING ABOUT MY WIFE,
    THINKING ABOUT WHAT MY FAMILY’S
    GOING TO THINK.
    PUBLIC OPINION IS GOING
    TO THINK.
    YOU KNOW, I CAN JUST SEE
    THE HEADLINES NOW.
    LIKE I COULD JUST VISUALIZE
    EVERYTHING.
    I WORKED SO HARD FOR IT JUST
    CRUMBLING AND GOING AWAY.
    AND THEN TO BE WHERE THERE’S NO
    UNDERSTANDING IN THE U.S.,
    I CAN ARTICULATE WHAT HAPPENED,
    HOW THIS HAPPENED.
    I DIDN’T PLAN TO DO THIS.
    THIS WAS A MISTAKE.
    IT WAS ACCIDENT, WHICH
    I UNDERSTAND.
    >> ACCIDENTS HAS REPERCUSSIONS.
    BUT THERE’S NOTHING THERE’S
    NONE OF THAT.
    >> AND YOU SAY IT’S AN ACCIDENT
    AND THERE ARE PEOPLE
    WHO BELIEVE YOU.
    BUT, YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THOSE
    WHO SAY, COME ON.
    HOW DID YOU NOT KNOW THAT YOU
    HAD CARTRIDGES IN YOUR IN YOUR
    LUGGAGE.
    >> WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE
    SKEPTICS?
    I WOULD SAY HAVE YOU EVER
    FOUR FORGOT YOUR KEYS IN YOUR
    CAR, LEFT YOUR CAR RUNNING.
    HAVE YOU EVER.
    YOU KNOW, WHERE’S MY GLASSES?
    THEY’RE ON TOP OF YOUR HEAD.
    WHERE’S MY PHONE.
    I WAS IN MY POCKET.
    IT’S JUST SO EASY TO HAVE
    A MENTAL LAPSE.
    YOU KNOW, GRANITE LONDON.
    SO LET’S MOVE ON A MORE GRAND
    SCALE.
    BUT IT DOESN’T TAKE AWAY FROM
    HOW THAT CAN HAPPEN.
    A SPECIAL THANKS TO ROBIN
    ROBERTS AND BRITTNEY GRINER FOR
    THAT INTERVIEW.
    YOU CAN CATCH MORE FROM ROBIN’S
    EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
    WITH BRITTANY THIS WEDNESDAY.
    "GMA" AND THE FULL PRIMETIME
    INTERVIEW WILL RUN ON 2020
    THAT NIGHT.
    >> COMING UP, BACK THE
    DANCE FLOOR.
    THE STARS OF DANCE MOMS
    ARE REUNITING WHAT THEY SAY IT
    LIKE GROWING UP ON CAMERA
    AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP NOW
    WITH TEACHER ABBY MILLER.
    ALSO AHEAD, ANOTHER REUNION FOR
    A GOOD CAUSE.
    THE ICONIC SONG AND SINGER SANG
    AT A CHARITY EVENT.
    AND WHY LANCE BASS SPOTTED
    IN EGYPT.
    WILL GANSS HAS THE TEAM NEXT.
    >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
    YOU ARE SITTING DOWN LIKE THIS
    TO TELL YOUR STORY.
    BRITTANY, ARE YOU READY?
    YOU’VE BEEN TOLD TO GO THROUGH
    YOUR BAG AND YOU FELT
    THE CARTRIDGE.
    >> WHAT WERE YOU THINKING
    THAT MOMENT WHEN YOU FELT THAT?
    MY LIFE IS OVER HERE.
    >> WE’VE JUST BEEN TOLD
    YOU’RE GOING TO BE NINE YEARS
    OF ONE OF THE WORST PRISONS
    IN RUSSIA, ENGLAND
    ROBIN ROBERTS PRISONER
    IN RUSSIA.
    THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON, WE
    HAVE A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN
    KILLED AT THE VERY BEGINNING
    OF HER LIFE.
    WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
    THE INTERROGATION PUT THE WRONG
    MAN IN PRISON?
    I WAS IN NOWHERE AROUND
    PROBABLY UNTIL YEARS LATER,
    WHEN THE REAL KILLER STEPS INTO
    THE BOX.
    TOUGH QUESTION.
    HERE IS THE CHANCE
    YOU’RE DATING WILL MATCH DOUBT.
    DO WE HAVE YOUR DNA?
    THE SCENE.
    WE’RE GOING TO USE A KNIFE.
    OH, MY GOD.
    THE INTERROGATION TAPES.
    TONIGHT ON ABC.
    LET’S GO.
    THE SHIP IS INCREDIBLE.
    IT FEELS LIKE LIVING IN A
    SCIENCE FICTION MOVIE.
    WE JUST SAW IN NO ONE HAS SEEN
    BEFORE.
    LOOK AT THAT.
    OH, MY GOD.
    WELL, TONIGHT WE ARE HEADING
    INTO THE UNKNOWN.
    HALF HAMMER, HAMMER.
    AND IT DOESN’T GET ANY
    MORE CUTTING EDGE.
    AND THIS.
    >> THIS WEEK, A GAG ORDER
    RULING ON DONALD TRUMP’S
    CRIMINAL TRIAL AS ALLEGED
    NEW VIOLATIONS PILE UP.
    PLUS, THE COLLEGE PROTESTS
    IN THE U.S. SPREADING ACROSS
    EUROPE.
    MORE AMERICANS TURN.
    TO WORLD NEWS TONIGHT
    WITH DAVID MUIR, THE MOST
    WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION
    THIS WEEK.
    GERMANY LIVE IN FIVE MYSTERY
    CITIES.
    >> SO WHERE WILL MAY POP UP?
    MAYBE BE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.
    WHERE WILL WE BE?
    WE’RE COMING TO YOU, AMERICA.
    GET READY ALL THIS WEEK.
    WHERE WILL WE BE?
    GET READY.
    GET READY.
    >> GET READY.
    I’M KAYNA WHITWORTH AT APEX
    SUMMIT IN SAN FRANCISCO.
    WHEREVER THE STORY IS,
    WE’LL TAKE THERE.
    YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE
    .
    >> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS
    LIVE.
    FIRST, GET YOUR JAZZ SHOES
    READY BECAUSE THE CAST OF THE
    REALITY SHOW MOMS IS BACK
    TOGETHER FOR A REUNION SPECIAL
    AND SPEAKING OUT FOR THE FIRST
    TIME SINCE THEIR TEACHER,
    ABBY LEE MILLER, WENT TO PRISON
    FOR FINANCIAL FRAUD.
    ABC’S EVA PILGRIM SAT DOWN
    WITH SOME OF THEM.
    >> PLAYS, FIGHTS, TROPHIES,
    TEARS.
    >> I GOT ME ALL ROUTINE
    ON THE HIT REALITY SHOW DANCE
    MOM ON THE DANCE FLOOR.
    >> I CAN’T TELL YOU THE TIME.
    WE’VE ALL BEEN IN THE SAME ROOM
    TEN YEARS.
    DANCE MOMS, THE REUNION.
    A GET TOGETHER OVER A DECADE
    IN THE MAKING.
    SOME OF THE CAST AND DANCERS
    SITTING DOWN WITH US AHEAD
    OF THE SPECIAL.
    KHLOE LUCCHESE AT COLONY
    HELLICAR, KENDALL BURTONS,
    BROOKE AND PAIGE HYLAND
    AND JOJO.
    I THINK THAT THEY WANTED TO I’M
    CURIOUS IN ONE WORD, HOW WOULD
    YOU DESCRIBE YOUR TIME ON DANCE
    MOMS?
    >> CRAZY, AN ADVENTURE.
    THERE WAS A LOT OF GOOD TIMES,
    BUT A LOT OF BAD TIMES.
    BUT I WOULDN’T CHANGE IT FOR
    THE WORLD.
    THE FIRST WORD THAT COMES TO MY
    HEAD IS LEGENDARY, AND I FEEL
    LIKE EVERYONE HERE HAS HAD
    SOME SORT OF LEGENDARY
    EXPERIENCE WITH DANCING
    WITH ANDREW.
    >> WHEN YOU’RE THAT YOUNG,
    YOU’RE STILL FIGURING IT OUT.
    I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE,
    AT LEAST WITH ME THEY’RE ALWAYS
    LIKE, OH, YOU WERE SUCH A BRAD
    ON THE SHOW.
    I WAS GOING THROUGH PUBERTY
    ON NATIONAL TELEVISION.
    LIKE, OF COURSE I’M GOING
    TO GET INTO AN ARGUMENT, MY MOM
    OR I’M GOING TO CRY IF SOMEONE
    AT ME, THE CAMERA IS PICKING UP
    THE FIERCE BETWEEN THE MOM.
    YOU HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK.
    >> SEEING YOUR MOMS PLAYED OUT
    THAT WAY IN THE MOMENT
    SOMETIMES IS ROUGH.
    THOSE FIGHTS DID NEVER REALLY
    LEFT AFTER YOU’D GO TO BIGGER
    AND THE MOMS WOULD BE LIKE,
    BY THE WAY, WE’RE NOT REALLY
    MAD AT EACH OTHER.
    AND EVERYTHING THAT EVER
    HAPPENED WITH THE PARENTS NEVER
    INTERFERED WITH US THROWS OUT
    THE HIGH.
    AND NOTICEABLY ABSENT THE WOMAN
    AT THE CENTER OF MUCH OF THE
    DRAMA.
    DANCE INSTRUCTOR AND SERIES
    ABBY LEE MILLER.
    >> ABBY STARTED AT A TEN AND
    I FEEL LIKE SHE ENDED AT A
    13.5.
    >> YOU KNOW WHAT?
    >> I MEAN, SHE DIDN’T
    GET EASIER AS THE SHOW WENT ON.
    SHE GOT HARDER.
    THAT’S ONE THING ABOUT ABBY
    IS THAT ALTHOUGH WAS OUR DANCE
    TEACHER, IT WAS SO MUCH
    MORE THAN JUST OUR DANCE.
    SHE DEFINITELY GOT SO MANY LIFE
    LESSONS.
    THE SMALLEST THINGS LIKE.
    WHEN I DO MY EYELINER IN THE
    MORNING, I THINK OF HER.
    SHE SAYS, GO OUT AND YOU DON’T
    GET WRINKLES.
    WHO ACTUALLY STILL SPEAKS
    TO HER?
    I MEAN, IF I WERE TO SEE HER.
    BUT I DON’T TEXT.
    I MEAN, I DON’T TEXT OR I THINK
    TEXTED HER.
    >> I FEEL THAT ESPECIALLY AFTER
    THE REUNION, TOO, AND US
    TALKING ABOUT IT AND KIND
    OF GOING THROUGH SEEING HER,
    I COULD MOVE ON THOSE YOU WERE
    HAVING.
    YOU CAN’T EVEN REALLY SORT THEM
    OUT AT THAT AGE AND YOU’RE
    HAVING TO DANCE.
    THEY WERE LIKE GENUINE
    EMOTIONS.
    LIKE OBVIOUSLY I SEE MY MOM
    YELLING AT MY DANCE TEACHER.
    THAT’S NOT NORMAL.
    AND SO I WOULD GET UPSET
    BECAUSE I JUST WANTED TO DANCE.
    I DIDN’T WANT THE DRAMA.
    >> NONE OF US DID.
    NOW EACH OF THE GIRLS TRYING
    LIVE THEIR LIVES ON THEIR OWN
    TERMS.
    >> SINCE THE SHOW, I WENT
    TO BACK IN PITTSBURGH.
    >> NOW I’M A DANCE TEACHER.
    I GOT A DEGREE IN WRITING, SO
    NOW I’M DRAFTING MY FIRST
    FICTION NOVEL.
    I’M STILL IN COLLEGE.
    I GO TO JAMES MARTIN
    UNIVERSITY, ALSO ON THE DANCE
    TEAM.
    SO I’M STILL DANCING, INCLUDING
    JOJO SIWA, WHO JUST RELEASED
    A MUSIC VIDEO FOR HER NEW
    SONG KARMA.
    >> I WAS A BAD GIRL.
    I DID SOME BAD THINGS.
    >> THE NEW MUSIC VIDEO IS VERY
    GROWN UP NOW.
    IT’S A VERY DIFFERENT LOOK FOR
    YOU.
    >> I TOLD EVERYBODY ON MY TEAM,
    I SAID, LOOK, THERE’S A LINE
    AND WE HAVE TO GO PAST IT.
    MY GOAL WITH THIS WAS, I DIDN’T
    CARE IF PEOPLE LIKED IT.
    I DIDN’T CARE.
    BUT I WANTED PEOPLE TO TURN
    THEIR HEAD AT IT.
    AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO TALK
    ABOUT IT.
    I AM AN ENTERTAINER.
    I AM AN ARTIST.
    I’M NOT A YARN.
    I’M NOT MARIAH CAREY.
    I NEVER WILL HAVE THOSE VOCAL
    CHORDS EVER CONSIDERING
    ONLY HAVE ONE IN HERE.
    >> AND WHETHER A LOT OF PEOPLE
    LIKE KARMA OR DON’T LIKE KARMA
    ,THEY SING IT AND THEY KNOW IT
    AND IT’S IN THEIR HEADS AND AT
    THE END OF THE DAY, AT WORK,
    THE GIRLS ARE ALL STILL FRIENDS
    AND SUPER SUPPORTIVE OF EACH
    OTHER.
    THE REUNION EXTRA SPECIAL FOR
    THEM BECAUSE.
    WHILE THEY HAVE KEPT IN TOUCH,
    THEY HAVEN’T ALL BEEN TOGETHER
    AT THE SAME TIME IN THE
    SAME PLACE SINCE THE SHOW.
    DANCE MOMS.
    THE REUNION PREMIERES THIS
    WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT EIGHT
    SEVEN CENTRAL ON LIFETIME.
    DIANE, GLAD TO SEE THEM SHARING
    SOME LOVE FOR EACH OTHER, EVEN
    PHIL GRAHAM.
    THANK YOU.
    >> AND IT IS TIME NOW FOR
    THE TEAM WHERE WE BREAK DOWN
    SOME OF THE BUZZY STORIES
    PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT.
    OUR FRIEND WILL GANSS IS HERE
    TO HELP US OUT.
    THAT WAS PRETTY TEEN WORTHY.
    THAT WAS SOME HOT TEA FOR
    A MONDAY MORNING WHEN.
    GINGER ZEE WAS INVOLVED.
    IT’S GOING TO BE SPICY.
    OKAY.
    WHAT ELSE YOU GOT FOR.
    I GOT SOME GOOD STUFF FOR YOU,
    DIANE.
    WE BEGIN WITH THE SURPRISE
    REUNION PERFORMANCE BY MEMBERS
    OF NSYNC, JOEY FATONE AND CHRIS
    KIRKPATRICK.
    WOW.
    THE CROWD AT THE GATEWAY
    CELEBRITY FIGHT NIGHT 30TH
    ANNIVERSARY PERFORMANCE
    SUPPORTING EARLY FACE CANCER
    TRIALS.
    TAKE A LOOK.
    OKAY.
    I FEEL LIKE I’VE BEEN TO A
    MILLION DIFFERENT GALAS
    AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
    IF THIS AT THE GALA I WAS
    THAT I WOULD LOSE MY MIND.
    >> I WAS GOING TO SAY
    WHAT CHARITY IS THIS BECAUSE
    I HAVE NEVER SEEN A PERFORMANCE
    LIKE THAT.
    SO IF I GOT I LOVED THAT THE
    DUO PERFORMED BYE BYE BYE
    TO CANCER WITH THE HELP
    OF BACKUP DANCERS FROM
    THE PHOENIX SUNS.
    NO WONDER THAT PERFORMANCE,
    YOU KNOW, BEFORE I BUY TICKETS.
    ISN’T THAT AMAZING?
    YES.
    YEAH.
    NOW, MEANWHILE, LANCE BASS
    PERFORMED BY BYE BYE SOLO AT A
    WEDDING, A BILLIONAIRE IN EGYPT
    AT THE BASE OF THE PYRAMIDS SO
    LOTS OF BYE BYE BYE CASUAL,
    YOU KNOW CASUAL CHECK ME OUT
    WEDDING.
    YEAH LOW KEY WEDDING NIGHT
    IS GOING TO BE JUST LIKE THAT.
    STEP ONE, FIND A MAN.
    ALL RIGHT, STEP TWO, WE GOT
    TO TALK ABOUT CHALLENGERS.
    YOU GUYS.
    IT’S THE NUMBER FILM AT THE BOX
    OFFICE OVER THE WEEKEND
    IN SEVEN DAY, A LEAD FLICK
    PULLING IN $15 MILLION, WHICH
    IS THE BIGGEST OPENING OF OSCAR
    NOMINATED DIRECTOR LUCA
    GUADAGNINO’S CAREER AND THE
    BEST PRESENT DAY AS A LEAD.
    I LOVED THIS FILM.
    THE PACING COMES AT YOU LIKE
    SERENA WILLIAMS BACKHAND.
    THE SOUNDTRACK IS ELECTRIC,
    AND THE PERFORMANCES,
    THE FREELY THREE LEADS
    ARE SWEATY,, AND AT TIMES LAUGH
    OUT LOUD FUNNY.
    THIS IS THE BEST MOVIE FOR
    SUCCESS RECIPE FOR IT’S LIKE
    THE MOST EXCITING THEATER GOING
    EXPERIENCE I’VE HAD SINCE
    BARBIE LAST YEAR.
    SO THAT’S ANY INDICATION GO SEE
    IT.
    ALSO, I WOULD SAY SUNDAY
    IS HAVING A MOMENT, BUT IT
    FEELS LIKE THAT MOMENT HAS
    THAT LAST QUESTION.
    EXACTLY.
    AND SHE’S HOSTING THE MET GALA,
    WHICH IS A WEEK FROM TODAY.
    YEAH, SHE SAID THAT MEANS SHE
    FINALLY HAS TO BE EARLY
    TO SOMETHING.
    THE GUYS I WAS WORRIED ABOUT,
    I MEAN, ALTHOUGH I’M SURE
    SHE’S NOT WORRIED ABOUT TO LOOK
    ON THE RED CARPET BECAUSE SHE
    HAS DONE MANY TIMES BEFORE VERY
    MANY TIMES RIGHT NOW TO YOUR
    FAVE RYAN GOSLING AND MINE
    AND HIS PUMPED UP PRESS TOUR
    FOR HIS NEW MOVIE, FALL GUY.
    FIRST, HE HOSTED SNL
    AND PERFORMED A VERSION
    OF TAYLOR SWIFT’S ALL TOO
    WITH COSTAR EMILY BLUNT.
    THEN HE POPPED UP ON THE WILDLY
    POPULAR ACCOUNT GOOD DESIGN,
    BUT A PIECE OF CARDBOARD
    READING, FILLING IN A STUPID
    SIGN STUNT DOUBLE.
    AND NOW HE’S KEEPING THAT STUCK
    THING GOING.
    SURPRISE FANS AT UNIVERSAL
    STUDIOS.
    SCOTT WATERWORLD STUNT SHOW,
    THE OSCAR NOMINEE COMING OUT
    NOT TO PERFORM ANY ACTUAL
    STUNTS IN HIS OWN WORDS, JUST
    TO SAY HI.
    AND HE WAS ALSO ROASTED BY THE
    ACTORS IN THE SHOW WHO
    SAID THEY’RE VERY FAMILIAR
    WITH HIS WORK IN DEADPOOL.
    OH, YEAH.
    GOING BACK TO THE RYAN GOSLING
    RYAN REYNOLDS CONFUSION.
    IT’S A FUSION.
    THANKS FOR THAT.
    BLAKE LIVELY YEAH, RIGHT,
    RIGHT.
    AND FINALLY, OVER THE WEEKEND,
    I’M OBSESSED WITH THIS.
    NICOLE KIDMAN WAS HONORED,
    THE AMERICAN FILM INSTITUTE’S
    LIFE ACHIEVEMENT AWARD GALA,
    HER FRIENDS, MERYL STREEP
    AND REESE WITHERSPOON THERE
    TO THEIR BEST FRIEND.
    ALSO HER DRESS.
    SHE LOOKED LIKE AN EMBODIMENT
    OF THE OSCAR STATUE YOU DIDN’T
    SEE.
    SHE’S GAZING.
    BUT WHAT PEOPLE CAN’T
    GET ENOUGH OF IS MORGAN
    FREEMAN’S TRIBUTE TO THE OSCAR
    WINNER.
    TAKE A LOOK AT HIS SPOOF OF HER
    INFAMOUS AMC AD SHOOT DOWN
    YOU STEALING THE SCREEN
    SOUNDTRACK.
    SOMEHOW SHE MAKES GREAT FEEL
    GOOD IN A PLACE LIKE THIS.
    SHE MAKES CAROUSEL INCREDIBLE.
    THE MORGAN FREEMAN SEGMENT
    WITH DIRECTED BY MERRILL
    AND INCLUDED A TEAM OF ABI
    ALUMS, INCLUDING INDIANA
    UNDERHILL AND STARS BONDARENKO,
    THE HIGH LIFE ACHIEVEMENT
    TRIBUTE TO NICOLE KIDMAN
    WILL RUN ON TNT ON JUNE
    17 PEOPLE IN THE ROOM FOR
    THAT WERE LIKE LAUGHING,
    CLAPPING AND SO EXCITED
    ABOUT IT.
    YOU KNOW YOU’VE MADE IT WHEN
    MORGAN FREEMAN I WAS GOING
    TO SAY, IS READING YOUR LIFE
    ALL THE NARRATORS WHEN MORGAN
    FREEMAN DOING IT, YOU KNOW,
    IT’S TOUGH, BUT THAT’S
    GOD HIMSELF.
    SO I ALSO LOVE THAT THEY WERE
    HYPED ON THE AMC THAT WE
    ALL SEE.
    YOU GO TO THE THEATER.
    EXACTLY.
    THIS WOMAN HAS BEEN LIKE
    IN HOLLYWOOD FOR DECADES.
    WHAT WE’RE STILL TALKING
    ABOUT IS THAT AMC AD.
    LOVE IT.
    ALL RIGHT.
    WELL, GIVES THANKS.
    CHEERS, DIANE, MEANS TO YOU.
    AND THANK YOU HOME FOR
    STREAMING WITH US.
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    AS ALLEGED NEW VIOLATIONS PILE
    UP.
    PLUS, THE COLLEGE PROTESTS
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    WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN
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    LIFE.
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    MAN IN PRISON?
    I WAS IN NOWHERE AROUND
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    THE BOX.
    THE TOUGH QUESTION HERE
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    WILL MATCH THAT OPTION TOOL?
    WE HAVE YOUR DNA AT THE SCENE.
    WE’RE GOING TO USE MY KNIFE.
    OH, MY GOD.
    THE INTERROGATION TAPES TONIGHT
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    WHERE WILL SHE BE THIS WEEK
    POPPING UP LIVE, TAKING
    "GMA" TO FIVE MYSTERY CITIES
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    SURPRISES.
    YOU JUST HAVE TO SEE.
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    NEIGHBORHOOD.
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    >> GET READY ALL THIS WEEK.
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    NEWS LIVE.
    FIRST, A TORNADO OUTBREAK
    LEAVING TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION
    AND THE THREAT IS NOT OVER
    WHERE SEVERE WEATHER
    ARE UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW AND THE
    CLEANUP EFFORT ALREADY
    IN PROGRESS.
    MOUNTING PRESSURE ON BENJAMIN
    NETANYAHU.
    WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT PHONE CALL
    BETWEEN PRESIDENT BIDEN AND THE
    ISRAELI LEADER AS HAMAS
    RELEASES VIDEO OF AN
    AMERICAN ISRAELI HOSTAGE
    AND HUNDREDS ARRESTED
    ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES ACROSS
    THE COUNTRY, WHY STUDENTS SAY
    DON’T FEEL SAFE ON CAMPUS AMID
    THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR AS,
    HIGH SCHOOLERS MAKE THEIR FINAL
    DECISION ON WHERE TO GO
    TO COLLEGE IN JUST TWO DAYS.
    PLUS, GET READY TO EASE ON DOWN
    TO HEAR FROM WILL STAR
    AVERY WILSON ON STEPPING INTO
    THE ICONIC ROLE SCARECROW
    IN WHAT IS ALREADY ONE OF
    BROADWAY’S HIGHEST SELLING
    SHOWS EVER.
    >> WE BEGIN WITH MILLIONS
    OF AMERICANS STILL THREAT AFTER
    MULTIPLE TORNADOES TORE THROUGH
    TEXAS, IOWA, NEBRASKA
    AND OKLAHOMA OVER THE WEEKEND.
    AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE ARE DEAD
    FROM THE STORMS, INCLUDING
    A FOUR MONTH OLD.
    AS MILLIONS REMAIN SHELTERED
    ACROSS THE U.S. HEARTLAND.
    ABC’S MOLA LENGHI HAS
    MORE UTTER DEVASTATION AFTER
    SEVERE WEATHER THROUGH PARTS
    OF THE HEARTLAND.
    A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY FOR
    GROVETOWN, TEXAS, AFTER
    A THUNDERSTORM DROPPED CLOSE
    TO A FOOT OF RAIN CAUSING WATER
    RESCUES IN TRINITY COUNTY SAY
    A TORNADO TOUCHED DOWN CAUSING
    WIDESPREAD DAMAGE.
    >> VIDEO CAPTURING THE MOMENT
    A POTENTIAL TORNADO WAS SPOTTED
    NEAR.
    ROSEBUD, TEXAS.
    THERE’S NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE
    AND IN RURAL HOLDENVILLE,
    OKLAHOMA AND EF3 TORNADO
    WITH WINDS 135 MILES PER HOUR.
    AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE DEAD,
    INCLUDING A FOUR MONTH OLD
    BABY.
    IN SULFUR, OKLAHOMA, AN ENTIRE
    TOWN FLATTENED.
    I’M LIKE, WHY ARE YOU
    RIGHT HERE?
    LIKE ONE US RIGHT?
    VOTERS IN, IOWA.
    SEVERAL PEOPLE WERE INJURED
    AND ONE PERSON KILLED IN MINDY
    ,WHERE OFFICIALS SAY NEARLY
    HALF THE HOMES THERE HAVE BEEN
    DESTROYED.
    >> ABC’S MOLA LENGHI JOINS NOW
    FROM SULFUR, OKLAHOMA.
    MOBILE.
    WHAT KIND OF DAMAGE ARE YOU
    SEEING THERE?
    WELL, DIANE, IT’S — IT’S
    COMPLETE AND UTTER DEVASTATION
    AS YOU IMAGINE.
    I MEAN, THE TOWN OF SULFUR,
    OKLAHOMA, WHERE WE ARE RIGHT
    NOW, IS ALMOST UNRECOGNIZABLE.
    YOU SEE REALLY FOR BLOCKS
    AND BLOCKS, THIS SMALL TOWN,
    JUST PILES AND PILES OF RUBBLE
    .
    THESE ARE PEOPLE’S HOMES,
    THEIR SMALL BUSINESSES, THEIR,
    YOU KNOW, MOM AND POP SHOPS.
    YOU KNOW, IT NOT SEEM LIKE MUCH
    IN TERMS OF A BIG TOWN,
    BUT IT’S FOR A LOT OF THESE
    FOLKS, IT’S LITERALLY
    EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAD SO
    FAR OKLAHOMA HERE IS A BIT OF A
    TOURIST TOWN.
    IT’S YOU KNOW, FOLKS THROUGH
    HERE ON THEIR WAY TO A
    NATIONAL PARK THAT’S NEARBY,
    YOU KNOW, AND A PRETTY
    LARGE CASINO.
    AND THAT’S A REAL SOURCE
    OF PRIDE FOR A LOT OF THESE
    FOLKS WHO WHO WHO OWN THESE
    BUSINESSES, WHO CATER
    TO TOURISTS FROM ALL OVER
    THE REGION AND ALL OVER
    THE COUNTRY.
    AND YOU KNOW THAT A LOT OF THIS
    IS JUST COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
    WE SPOKE TO ONE FAMILY WHO OWNS
    A AN ANTIQUE SHOP THAT THEY
    WERE ABOUT TO CELEBRATE
    THEIR 24TH YEAR IN BUSINESS.
    WE JUST SPOKE TO THEM A MOMENT
    AGO.
    AND IT WAS A STORE WHERE
    THEY HAD RAISED THEIR KIDS
    AND THEIR GRANDKIDS.
    IT WAS LITERALLY EVERYTHING
    THEY HAD.
    THEY SAID IT WAS MORE THAN
    A STORE TO THEM.
    IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A HOME
    TO THEM.
    AND RIGHT NOW IT’S UNDERNEATH
    A A PILE OF BRICKS AND STONES.
    SO THE DEVASTATION
    IS WIDESPREAD.
    >> IT’S — IT’S PRETTY INTENSE.
    TIME NOW, THE HEARTLAND
    IS UNDER THREAT OF MORE SEVERE
    WEATHER.
    SO WHAT ARE PEOPLE DOING NOW
    TO TRY TO STAY SAFE?
    >> WELL AT THE MOMENT,
    THEY’RE CLEANING UP THE PIECES,
    PICKING UP THE PIECES, BUT THEY
    THAT THERE ARE MORE WEATHER
    THREATS COMING THROUGH.
    SOME FOLKS ARE HUNKERING DOWN.
    OTHER FOLKS ARE DECIDING TO GET
    OUT OF THE GET OUT OF THE
    REGION.
    GET OUT OF THE AREA.
    IN TERMS OF TRYING TO STAY
    SAFE.
    I MEAN, AFTER SEEING WHAT THEY
    JUST SAW AND EXPERIENCING,
    THEY JUST EXPERIENCED, AS YOU
    CAN IMAGINE, A A BIT OF TRAUMA.
    SO DOING EVERYTHING CAN TO TO
    TRY TO STAY SAFE.
    >> DANA ABC’S MOLA LENGHI
    IN OKLAHOMA.
    THANK YOU.
    AND LET’S GO TO
    ABC METEOROLOGIST MAURICE YODER
    FOR THE LATEST ON THE STORM’S
    TRACK AND TIMING.
    >> AIDAN, GOOD MORNING.
    SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT
    THREAT REMAINS THIS MORNING.
    WE’RE SEEING A LINE OF HEAVY
    SHOWERS, ROBUST STORMS SWEEP
    LOUISIANA AND THAT IS POSING
    THE THREAT FOR FLOODING ALONG
    GULF COAST RIGHT NOW.
    WE HAVE FLOOD WATCHES
    STRETCHING FROM CLEVELAND TEXAS
    RIGHT ON INTO ALEXANDRIA,
    LOUISIANA, THERE.
    BUT THE RED IS WHERE WE
    ARE SEEING THE FLOOD WARNING.
    THIS IS A LOT OF RAIN COMING
    DOWN IN A SHORT AMOUNT TIME
    AND AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN PRONE
    TO FLOODING IN THE PAST.
    AND SO WE DO HAVE THAT FLOOD
    THREAT THIS MORNING FOR THOSE
    HITTING THE ROAD AND RUNNING
    ERRANDS FOR THEIR STARTING
    THEIR MONDAY.
    >> NOW, LET’S TALK ABOUT THIS
    NEXT SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
    MOVING IN TOMORROW.
    THIS IS TUESDAY.
    THIS IS AN AREA PREVIOUSLY HIT
    HARD.
    HERE, GO AGAIN.
    IF YOU LOOK AT THE TIME STAMP
    THERE, THE 8 P.M., SO REALLY
    TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY
    EVENING, THAT’S WHEN WE
    HAVE OUR NEXT THREAT FOR SEVERE
    WEATHER.
    PARTS OF OMAHA, LINCOLN,
    DES MOINES, KANSAS CITY,
    WICHITA.
    THIS IS THE ZONE RIGHT NOW
    WHERE WE’RE ANTICIPATING MAYBE
    A FEW TORNADOES LARGE HAIL,
    STRONG WINDS, STRONG WINDS CAN
    BE VERY DAMAGING THERE.
    AND IT’S INCLUDING, LIKE
    I SAID, THOSE CITIES THAT WE’VE
    ALREADY SEEN PREVIOUSLY HIT.
    SO KEEP THAT IN MIND FOR
    YOUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON GEAR FOR
    ANOTHER ROUND.
    AND THEN WE’VE GOT OUR EYES
    ON WEDNESDAY WHERE WE
    SOME STORMS THAT COULD
    BUBBLE UP AS WELL THROUGHOUT
    PARTS OF THE HEARTLAND.
    AND THIS WOULD INCLUDE AREAS
    LIKE OKLAHOMA CITY, RIGHT ON
    INTO WICHITA AND RIGHT ON INTO
    AREAS LIKE CENTER.
    >> SO THERE WE CAN SEE
    SOME STRONG TORNADOES.
    WE’RE ALSO KEEPING AN EYE
    ON THAT.
    FINALLY, WRAP UP WITH THE
    NUMBERS FOR THE EAST COAST.
    WHILE THINGS HAVE BEEN
    RELATIVELY, IT HAS BEEN
    A NUMBERS GAME.
    WE ARE SEEING SUMMER LIKE
    POTENTIALLY
    RECORD BREAKING HIGHS THIS
    AFTERNOON IN OUR NATION’S
    CAPITAL, 90 DEGREES HERE IN NEW
    YORK CITY, 85.
    OUR FRIENDS IN COLUMBUS, OHIO,
    82 DEGREES.
    AND OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS,
    WE’LL CONTINUE WITH THIS TASTE
    OF SUMMER.
    MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE, IN THE
    MID TO UPPER 80S.
    RALEIGH IN THE UPPER 80S.
    WASHINGTON D.C. ONCE AGAIN
    NEARING 90 DEGREES ON TUESDAY.
    >> DIANE ABC’S TOMORROW IS HERE
    TO THANK YOU.
    AND NEGOTIATORS ARE MEETING
    IN CAIRO TODAY IN A NEW FOR
    A CEASEFIRE DEAL IN GAZA.
    THIS AFTER HAMAS RELEASED VIDEO
    OF ANOTHER AMERICAN HOSTAGE
    BEING HELD THERE.
    NOW ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER
    BENJAMIN IS COMING UNDER
    INCREASING PRESSURE FROM
    PROTESTERS ON THE STREETS FROM
    WITHIN HIS OWN GOVERNMENT.
    FOREIGN
    CORRESPONDENT TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE
    JOINS ME NOW FROM TEL AVIV,
    ISRAEL FOR MORE.
    >> TOM, TALKS ARE UNDERWAY
    IN AS NEGOTIATORS TRY TO REACH
    A DEAL FOR A CEASEFIRE
    AND HOSTAGE RELEASE.
    >> SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY
    BLINKEN IS ALSO IN SAUDI ARABIA
    TRYING URGE HAMAS TO ACCEPT
    ISRAEL LATEST TRUCE PROPOSAL.
    SO WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THOSE
    CONVERSATIONS?
    YEAH, DIANE.
    SO THE OMENS FOR A DEAL
    ARE MORE POSITIVE THAN THEY’VE
    LOOKED IN WEEKS, BUT THERE
    ARE STILL THINGS THAT NEED
    TO BE WORKED OUT.
    WE’RE TOLD BY THE WHITE
    HOUSE THAT THERE IS A PROPOSAL
    ON THE TABLE WHICH HAMAS
    IS CONSIDERING, AND WE’RE JUST
    GETTING INTERESTING COMMENTS
    FROM THE BRITISH FOREIGN
    SECRETARY WHO SAYS THAT DEAL
    WOULD INCLUDE THOUSANDS
    OF PALESTINIAN PRISONERS
    RELEASED FROM JAILS IN RELEASE
    FOR AN UNKNOWN NUMBER
    OF HOSTAGES.
    THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING IT WOULD
    BE A SIX WEEK DEAL.
    AND STATE SENATORS SAY BLINKEN
    CALLING IT EXTRAORDINARILY
    GENEROUS FROM THE HAMAS
    STANDPOINT AND URGING HAMAS
    TO ACCEPT THAT DEAL.
    NOW, THINGS STILL NEED TO BE
    WORKED OUT A SENIOR HAMAS
    OFFICIAL SAYING THE MOOD
    IS POSITIVE, BUT THERE
    ARE STILL THINGS THAT NEED
    TO BE NEGOTIATED.
    I MEAN, HOSTAGE SQUARE, YOU CAN
    SEE THE YELLOW RIBBONS FOR
    THE HOSTAGES HERE.
    AND OVERNIGHT, I SPOKE TO THE
    BROTHER OF KEITH SIEGEL
    DAVID SIEGEL, SPEAKING TO US
    FROM ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.
    AND DAVID, US HOW HE FELT
    ABOUT SEEING THE LATEST HAMAS
    VIDEO OF, HIS BROTHER KEEP
    IN CAPTIVITY IN GAZA.
    >> YOU KNOW, THIS IS VERY
    GOOD NEWS.
    AND WE’RE ALSO TERRIFIED
    THAT AS EACH DAY GOES BY,
    SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN.
    >> DO YOU BELIEVE THAT PRIME
    MINISTER NETANYAHU IS WILLING
    TO MAKE ENOUGH COMPROMISES
    TO GET A DEAL?
    >> HE IS IN A POSITION TO AGREE
    TO A DEAL.
    AND I’M ASKING OUR WHOLE FAMILY
    IS ASKING HIM, BEGGING HIM
    TO COME TO TERMS WITH WHATEVER
    THE DEAL NEEDS TO BE.
    >> SO DAVID’S BROTHER, KEITH,
    IS ONE OF FIVE
    AMERICAN CITIZENS HELD, WE
    BELIEVE, IN GAZA.
    STILL TODAY, THERE ARE IN TOTAL
    ABOUT 100 HOSTAGES STILL
    BEING HELD IN GAZA BY.
    >> AND TOM, HOW MUCH PRESSURE
    IS NETANYAHU NOW FACING
    TO BRING THESE HOSTAGES HOME?
    WELL, HE’S UNDER IMMENSE
    PRESSURE, DIANE,
    INTERNATIONALLY FROM THE U.S.
    AND ALLIES, BUT ALSO
    DOMESTICALLY.
    LOOK, HARDLINE, FAR RIGHT
    ELEMENTS OF COALITION,
    THE COALITION GOVERNMENT
    THAT NETANYAHU LEADS
    ARE WARNING HIM NOT TO ACCEPT
    A DEAL WHICH IN THEIR MINDS
    WOULD BE A WEAK DEAL.
    AND THEY WANT NETANYAHU
    POTENTIALLY TO STILL SEND
    THE ISRAELI MILITARY INTO RAFAH
    TO TRY AND TAKE MORE OF HAMAS’S
    CAPACITY THERE.
    REMEMBER, THERE ARE HUNDREDS
    OF THOUSANDS CIVILIANS IN THAT
    CITY.
    THE U.S. DOES NOT WANT
    THE ISRAELI MILITARY TO DO.
    HE’S ALSO, THOUGH, NETANYAHU
    UNDER PRESSURE FROM
    MORE MODERATE ELEMENTS OF HIS
    GOVERNMENT.
    BENNY GANTZ IN THE WAR CABINET
    SAYING THE HOSTAGES TO BE
    PRIORITIZED.
    SO DOMESTIC POLITICS IS PLAYING
    ITS PART.
    INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE TO PLAN.
    >> AND, TOM, YESTERDAY,
    WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN SAID IT
    WILL RESUME OPERATIONS IN GAZA
    WITH A LOCAL TEAM
    OF PALESTINIAN WORKERS NEARLY
    A MONTH AFTER SEVEN OF ITS OWN
    WORKERS WERE KILLED IN.
    AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE.
    THE IDF CALLED THAT STRIKE
    A GRAVE MISTAKE.
    SO HOW DIRE IS THE SITUATION
    IN GAZA NOW AND HOW MUCH OF A
    DIFFERENCE COULD IT MAKE
    TO HAVE WORLD CENTRAL
    KITCHEN BACK IN OPERATIONS
    THERE?
    >> WELL, I THINK THE BROADER
    HUMANITARIAN IN GAZA WANTS
    EVERY SINGLE AGENCY BACK.
    THE WORLD CENTRAL
    KITCHEN RETURNING A GOOD THING.
    LOOK, THE UN STILL SAYS
    THAT NOT ENOUGH AID IS ACTUALLY
    GETTING NORTHERN GAZA WHERE
    THERE IS AN ACUTE NEED.
    THE U.S. IS A PIER OFF
    THE COAST OF GAZA, A SORT
    OF FLOATING PIER.
    U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL
    ARE DOING THAT.
    THE IDF IS DOING PREPARATIONS
    ON THE COAST OF GAZA.
    SO THERE IS A REAL PUSH AND I
    THINK THE RHETORIC FROM
    ISRAELI OFFICIALS IS REALLY
    TO SAY WE ARE ADDRESSING
    THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION
    IN GAZA.
    THE U.S. IS REALLY PUSHING FOR
    THAT.
    AND THAT IS A BROADER PART
    OF THE PICTURE.
    WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE
    HOSTAGES, WHEN WE THINK
    ABOUT THE NEGOTIATIONS, WHICH
    ARE AT A CRITICAL POINT
    RIGHT NOW.
    >> ALL RIGHT.
    FOREIGN
    CORRESPONDENT AND ISRAEL, THANK
    YOU.
    AND POLICE ARE CRACKING DOWN
    ON THE GROWING NUMBER
    OF PROTESTERS AT COLLEGES
    AND UNIVERSITIES ACROSS
    COUNTRY.
    HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE
    ARRESTED AT PRO-PALESTINIAN
    PROTESTS THE WEEKEND.
    NOW MORE STUDENTS ARE CALLING
    FOR THEIR COLLEGES TO DIVEST
    FROM ISRAELI MILITARY
    OPERATIONS.
    WHILE SOME JEWISH STUDENTS SAY
    THEY’RE FACING THREATS.
    ABC’S ALEX PRESHA JOINS ME NOW
    FROM OHIO STATE FOR MORE.
    >> ALEX, WHAT’S THE SCENE LIKE
    THERE?
    WELL, IT’S CLEARLY A FAIRLY
    CALM TODAY AND ALSO KEEP
    IN THAT TOMORROW IS THE LAST
    DAY OF FINAL EXAMS.
    SO THE ACADEMIC YEAR IS WINDING
    DOWN HERE.
    BUT THE END OF LAST WEEK WAS
    WAS PRETTY WALK AT 6%
    SPECIFICALLY HERE AND WHAT
    THEY CALL THE OVAL HUNDRED
    PROTESTERS CAME OUT THURSDAY
    NIGHT INTO FRIDAY MORNING.
    THEY WERE URGED BY STATE
    TROOPERS AND UNIVERSITY POLICE
    TO DISPERSE.
    THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN AT, LEAST
    IN A TIMELY FASHION.
    AND SO WE ACTUALLY DID
    HAVE SEVERAL ARRESTS, AT LEAST
    35 PEOPLE ARRESTED.
    SEVERAL OF THEM WE’VE LEARNED
    ACTUALLY ARE STUDENTS.
    AND SO SOME OF THOSE ARE GOING
    TO BE GOING BEFORE A COURT.
    AND LATER ON TODAY, WE’RE
    EXPECTING ARRAIGNMENTS FOR
    FOUR OTHERS ON WEDNESDAY.
    BUT ONE THING THAT I WOULD SAY
    ABOUT THESE PROTESTS IS WHILE
    THEY HAVE BEEN CONSISTENT,
    WE’VE SEEN MARCHES JUST LIKE
    ALL AROUND THE COUNTRY, UP
    AND DOWN HIGH STREET IS THE
    MAIN ARTERY HERE IN COLUMBUS
    THROUGHOUT, THE SUMMER
    AND THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
    REALLY.
    ONE THING THAT’S BEEN
    CONSISTENT IS, I MEAN, YOU’VE
    SEEN THIS DISENGAGEMENT FROM
    FROM THE STUDENT BODY, MANY
    OF THEM PRO-PALESTINIAN AND OR
    GAZA SYMPATHIZERS WHO ARE
    URGING FOR THE UNIVERSITY TO TO
    POSSIBLY DIVEST SOME OF ITS
    INTERESTS IN ISRAEL.
    THEY’VE ALSO BEEN CALLING FOR
    CHANGE IN ALL OF THIS.
    OBVIOUSLY, THE BIG THE PUSH
    THERE IS FOR CEASE FIRE.
    >> SO HOW ARE AUTHORITIES
    RESPONDING TO THESE PROTESTS
    IN OHIO AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY
    ?
    YEAH, DIANE, SO AGAIN, LIKE WE
    SAW THOSE THOSE ARRESTS
    THURSDAY NIGHT AND GOING INTO
    FRIDAY, I WILL SAY SPECIFICALLY
    HERE IN OHIO, MEAN THAT THAT
    HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST CLASH
    BETWEEN SOME OF THESE
    PROTESTERS AND POLICE.
    AGAIN, WE’VE SEEN A NUMBER
    OF MARCHES THROUGHOUT THE YEAR
    THAT HAVE TAKEN PLACE
    IN DOWNTOWN COLUMBUS HERE,
    AND THEY’VE GONE ON PRETTY MUCH
    WITHOUT A HITCH.
    BUT ACROSS THE COUNTRY, FROM
    12 TO 18, THESE DEMONSTRATION
    CLASHES WITH UNERSITY POLICE,
    STATE TROOPERS STUDENTS
    WHO HAVE BEEN SAYING THAT THEY
    HERE THAT WE ARE ON IT,
    AND ALSO UNIVERSITIES THAT HAVE
    BEEN RESPONDING BASICALLY
    SAYING THAT, LISTEN, YOU HAVE
    OBVIOUSLY A RIGHT TO FREE
    SPEECH, BUT — BUT, YOU KNOW,
    THERE’S A CERTAIN MANNER
    IN WHICH YOU HAVE TO DO IT BY.
    >> ALL RIGHT.
    ALEX PRESHA AT OHIO STATE
    IN COLUMBUS, OHIO.
    ALEX, THANK YOU.
    WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK.
    >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE
    ARE HERE IN ISRAEL A NATION
    AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL
    SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS
    ON 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
    MISSILE STRIKE AND THE NEED FOR
    UKRAINE REPORTING
    THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY
    IN ROLLING FORTH.
    THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS
    LITTLE TOWN.
    SOME OF THE MOST DEVASTATING
    DISASTERS IN HAWAII FROM
    CHARLESTON, 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 FOR THE FBI REPORTING
    FOR THE NURSES ON THE PICKET
    LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET
    IN LONDON, STREAMING LIVE
    TO YOU WHEREVER.
    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 HERE, STREAMING
    NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE,
    STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE.
    >> NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS
    FIRST THING IN THE MORNING,
    THERE’S A LOT GOING ON.
    YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING
    THAT’S OFF TO CATCH YOU UP
    WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.
    A DANGEROUS ICE STORM
    IS IMPACTING THE MORNING
    COMMUTE.
    WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY?
    ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE
    MIDDLE EAST.
    WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING
    ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS FAST.
    STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN
    IN BETWEEN.
    HOW DOES BILLIONAIRES?
    SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
    THE MOVE STARTED CHASING A DOG
    FIRST THING IN THE MORNING
    AMERICA.
    THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER
    ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC
    NEWS.
    WHAT IS THAT?
    YOU GOOD?
    THAT’S ME AND THE BIG .
    HOW MUCH DO YOU MAKE
    ON ONLYFANS VERSUS, SAY, AN
    EPISODE ON SOPRANOS WAY MORE ON
    ONLYFANS CELEBRITIES CAN
    ABSOLUTELY A LIVING ON ONLYFANS
    BELLA IS THE MODEL SHE MADE
    OF OVER 20 MILLION.
    DO YOU CONSIDER WHAT YOU DO?
    OR WORK?
    ONLYFANS NOT JUST.
    I HAD IT TO DO ALL OVER AGAIN.
    I WOULD HAVE DONE IT SOONER
    THAN HER.
    NOW.
    >> WELCOME BACK.
    AN AMERICAN MAN COULD FACE
    MORE THAN A DECADE IN PRISON
    AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED IN TURKS
    AND CAICOS WHILE BOARDING
    A CRUISE SHIP.
    THE 31 YEAR OLD WAS CELEBRATING
    A FRIEND’S BACHELOR PARTY WHEN
    HE WAS STOPPED BY POLICE FOR
    ALLEGEDLY HAVING BULLETS IN HIS
    LUGGAGE.
    ABC’S EVA PILGRIM HAS MORE.
    >> THE WIFE OF AN AMERICAN IS
    MAKING AN EMOTIONAL PLEA TO THE
    TURKS AND CAICOS.
    POLICE TO RELEASE HER HUSBAND
    FROM PRISON.
    >> HE STOPPED ME AND SAID,
    I HAVE TO GO AND THEY’RE TAKING
    ME TO THE PRISON.
    >> I PROBABLY WON’T BE ABLE
    TO TALK TO YOU.
    AND THEN IT WAS, I LOVE YOU.
    GOODBYE.
    >> TYLER WENRICH WAS ON A
    CRUISE SHIP LAST WEEK
    CELEBRATING A FRIEND’S BACHELOR
    WHEN THE SHIP MADE A STOP
    IN GRAND TURK WHEN RED WRECK
    WAS ABOARD.
    POLICE SAY THEY FOUND BULLETS
    IN HIS BACKPACK.
    >> THE 31 YEAR OLD CHARGED
    WITH POSSESSION OF AMMUNITION.
    WE’RE JUST SCARED THAT HE’S NOT
    GOING TO COME HOME AND BE SEEN
    SHOOTING.
    >> HAVE TO GROW UP WITHOUT
    A FATHER WHEN RICK IS JUST
    ONE OF FIVE AMERICAN TOURISTS
    WHO RECENTLY FIND THEMSELVES
    THIS SITUATION, BRINGING
    AMMUNITION INTO TURKS
    AND CAICOS IS AGAINST LAW
    AND CARRIES A MINIMUM
    12 YEAR SENTENCE.
    >> THERE WAS ZERO INTENTION
    OF EVER BREAKING LAWS.
    >> RYAN AND VALERIE WATSON WERE
    ARRESTED EARLIER THIS MONTH
    WHEN THEIR BAG WAS FLAGGED
    BY AIRPORT SECURITY.
    BOTH OF THEIR PASSPORTS.
    BOTH CHARGED WITH POSSESSION
    OF AMMUNITION.
    THEY WALK BACK OVER AND THEY
    HOLD IT UP.
    IT WAS AT THAT POINT
    I REALIZED, HEY, THOSE
    ARE BULLETS THAT I BUY WHENEVER
    I GO DEER HUNTING.
    >> VALERIE’S CHARGES WERE
    DROPPED AFTER 11 DAYS, BUT RYAN
    REMAINS ON THE ISLAND OUT
    ON BAIL.
    IN RYAN’S CASE, THE TSA
    CONFIRMING THAT FOUR ROUNDS
    OF AMMUNITION WERE NOT DETECTED
    IN THE TRAVELER’S BAG DURING
    SECURITY SCREENING AT
    WILL ROGERS WORLD AIRPORT.
    A STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON
    TELLING ABC NEWS THEY ARE AWARE
    OF THE ARREST OF U.S. CITIZENS
    IN TURKS AND CAICOS AND STAND
    READY TO PROVIDE APPROPRIATE
    CONSULAR ASSISTANCE.
    BUT ADDING U.S. CITIZENS
    ARE SUBJECT TO THAT COUNTRY’S
    LAWS, CITING A RECENT ALERT.
    >> THEY ARE ENSURING THAT THEIR
    LOCALITY IS SAFE FOR
    INDIVIDUALS TO TRAVEL TO.
    AND THAT’S WHY WE SEE SUCH
    A SEVERE MEASURE PUNISHMENT
    ON THESE TYPES OF CRIMES.
    >> IT’S SOMETHING MICHAEL GRIMM
    THE HARD WAY.
    THE 26 YEAR OLD NOW BACK HOME
    AFTER AN EIGHT MONTH PRISON
    SENTENCE AFTER AIRPORT
    OFFICIALS FOUND, A GUN CLIP
    IN HIS DUFFEL BAG.
    HIS MOTHER WARNING, OTHERS.
    >> IT REALLY IS HEARTBREAKING
    BECAUSE JUST KNOWING
    WHAT THEY’RE GOING THROUGH
    AND WHAT COULD POSSIBLY
    BE LOOKING AT 12 YEARS MINIMUM
    .
    >> ABC’S EVA PILGRIM.
    THANK YOU.
    AND CONTROVERSY IS GROWING
    AFTER A NEW YORK DISTRICT
    ATTORNEY’S VIRAL TRAFFIC POLICE
    BODYCAM SHOWS THE D.A. POSSIBLY
    ATTEMPTING TO USE POSITION
    TO GET OUT OF A SPEEDING
    TICKET.
    NOW, GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL
    IS CALLING FOR AN
    INVESTIGATION.
    ABC’S DEMARCO MORGAN HAS
    THE DETAILS.
    >> AND I’M THE D.A..
    I WAS GOING 55.
    COMING.
    55.
    35.
    I DON’T REALLY CARE.
    >> NEW YORK’S GOVERNOR SEEKING
    A STATE INVESTIGATION INTO
    A LOCAL DISTRICT.
    >> CONDUCT AFTER THIS TRAFFIC
    STOP SAID THE LEAGUE IS UNDER
    FIRE AFTER POLICE BODYCAM
    FOOTAGE SHOWS HER TENSE
    INTERACTION WITH THE POLICE
    OFFICER AFTER REFUSING TO PULL
    OVER.
    >> CAN YOU SAY OVER HERE,
    MA’AM, YOU’RE NOW THIS IS A.
    >> THIS IS A LEGAL TRAFFIC
    STOP.
    THE VIDEO OBTAINED BY LOCAL
    ABC WHDH CAPTURED THE MOMENT
    MONROE COUNTY D.A. WHOSE
    JURISDICTION INCLUDES
    ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.
    ARRIVED INSIDE HER HOME GARAGE
    AFTER OFFICERS TRIED TO PULL
    HER OVER FOR SPEEDING.
    >> TELL HIM TO LEAVE ME ALONE.
    HELLO, SIR.
    IN THE VIDEO, JOLIE ADMITTING
    SHE WAS SPEEDING AND YOU EVEN
    ADMITTED TO ME, THAT YOU
    WEREN’T 15.
    >> I UNDERSTAND THAT, MA’AM.
    I UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN
    HER CREDENTIALS AT ONE POINT.
    >> I AM THE D.A..
    OKAY.
    OKAY.
    LET ME GET YOU MY BADGE.
    I NEED YOUR RIGHT NOW.
    >> NEW YORK GOVERNOR
    KATHY HOCHUL HAS REFERRED CASE
    TO THE COMMISSION
    ON PROSECUTORIAL CONDUCT,
    SAYING DUALE HAS UNDERMINED
    HER ABILITY TO HOLD OTHERS
    ACCOUNTABLE FOR VIOLATING LAW.
    ALL NINE MEMBERS OF ROCHESTER’S
    CITY COUNCIL CALLING FOR AN
    IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION INTO
    JOLIE’S ACTIONS.
    >> I DO THINK SHE SHOULD
    RESIGN.
    I’M NOT SURE SHE WILL.
    THE OFFICER GIVING HER A
    TICKET.
    YOU KNOW WHAT?
    IF YOU GIVE ME A TRAFFIC TICKET
    THIS TIME, I’M THE ONE WHO
    PROSECUTED.
    OKAY.
    SHE’S GOING TO DO THIS.
    >> APOLOGIZING IN A NEW VIDEO
    SAYING SHE PLED GUILTY
    TO SPEEDING AND WILL UNDERGO
    ETHICS TRAINING.
    >> I AM SO SORRY.
    I’VE HUMBLED BY MY OWN
    STUPIDITY AND I’M FULLY
    TO BLAME.
    >> ABC’S DEMARCO MORGAN.
    THANK YOU.
    COMING UP, IT’S A BRAND NEW DAY
    FOR THE WIZ.
    WE HAVE A LOOK AT THE BROADWAY
    SHOWS BIG RETURN AND STAR
    AVERY WILSON IS SHARING
    WHAT IT’S LIKE STEPPING INTO
    THE ICONIC ROLE OF THE
    SCARECROW, PLUS SOME OTHER
    PROJECTS HE’S WORKING ON.
    STAY WITH US.
    >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
    YOU ARE SITTING DOWN LIKE THIS
    TO TELL YOUR STORY.
    BRITTANY, ARE YOU READY?
    YOU’VE BEEN TOLD GO THROUGH
    YOUR BAG AND YOU FELT
    THE CARTRIDGE.
    WHAT YOU THINKING AT THAT
    MOMENT WHEN YOU FELT THAT?
    >> MY LIFE IS OVER RIGHT HERE.
    >> YOU’VE JUST BEEN TOLD
    YOU’RE GOING TO BE NINE YEARS
    IN ONE OF THE WORST PRISONS
    IN RUSSIA.
    >> WHERE ARE YOU GOING?
    ROBIN ROBERTS PRISONER
    IN RUSSIA.
    THIS WEDNESDAY ON ABC, WE
    HAVE A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN
    KILLED AT THE VERY BEGINNING
    OF HER LIFE.
    WHAT HAPPENS WHEN?
    THE INTERROGATION HELPS PUT
    THE WRONG MAN IN PRISON.
    I WAS IN NO WAY AROUND
    THE GUARD UNTIL YEARS LATER,
    WHEN THE REAL STEPS INTO
    THE BOX.
    THE QUESTION HERE IS WHAT
    CHANGED?
    YOUR DNA MATCHED OUT TO.
    WE HAVE YOUR DNA AT THE SCENE.
    WE’RE.
    DID YOU USE A KNIFE?
    OH, MY GOD.
    THE INTERROGATION TAPES TONIGHT
    ON ABC.
    >> THIS WEEK, A GAG ORDER
    RULING IN DONALD TRUMP’S
    CRIMINAL TRIAL AS ALLEGED
    NEW VIOLATIONS PILE UP.
    PLUS THE COLLEGE PROTESTS
    IN THE U.S. SPREADING ACROSS
    EUROPE.
    MORE AMERICANS.
    TO WORLD NEWS TONIGHT
    WITH DAVID MUIR, THE MOST
    WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION.
    WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START
    THEIR DAY HERE FROM 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 R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE
    WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS A
    NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING
    TO.
    YOU START HERE.
    ABC IS MAKING YOUR DAILY FIRST
    LISTEN.
    >> NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE
    STORY THAT DIDN’T SEE COMING.
    WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS,
    START HERE.
    >> THIS WEEK, JIMMY LAI IN FIVE
    CITIES WHERE WILL JIMMY HOFFA
    MAY WILL BE IN YOUR
    NEIGHBORHOOD?
    WHERE WILL WE BE?
    WE’RE COMING TO YOU, AMERICA.
    >> GET READY ALL THIS WEEK.
    WHERE WILL WE BE?
    GET READY.
    GET READY.
    >> GET READY.
    REPORTING FROM MIAMI,
    I’M VICTOR OQUENDO.
    WHEREVER THE STORY IS,
    WE’LL TAKE THERE.
    YOUR STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE.
    WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE
    FIRST.
    >> IT IS A BRAND NEW DAY
    ON BROADWAY WITH A
    NEW ADAPTATION.
    EXCUSE ME, OF THE WIZ.
    ACCORDING TO THE WIZ, ALREADY
    ONE OF THE TOP FIVE HIGHEST
    GROSSING SHOWS ON.
    I SPOKE TO ONE OF THE SHOW’S
    STARS, AVERY WILSON, ABOUT THE
    HIT CLASSIC RETURNING TO THE
    STAGE 50 YEARS LATER.
    AVERY, YOU MADE YOUR BROADWAY
    DEBUT JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS
    AGO.
    >> WHAT HAS THAT EXPERIENCE
    BEEN LIKE, ESPECIALLY IN A
    SHOW LIKE THIS?
    >> IT’S BEEN A WHIRLWIND.
    I’VE NEVER DONE THEATER BEFORE.
    THIS IS MY DEBUT ON BROADWAY.
    AND THEN JUST TO THEATER
    IN GENERAL.
    SO THERE WAS A LOT TO LEARN.
    I MEAN, WE DID GET THE
    PRIVILEGE, I WOULD SAY,
    OF GOING ON A TOUR FOR
    SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO THIS.
    SO I GOT A LOT OF THE WORK DONE
    ON THE JOB.
    >> SO IT’S BEEN IT’S BEEN
    A IT’S BEEN A LOT.
    IT’S BEEN A WHOLE NEW WORLD
    BECAUSE I COME FROM MUSIC JUST
    NATURALLY BEING AN ARTIST
    AND THE SINGER AND JUST THAT’S
    ALL I WANTED TO DO UNTIL NOW.
    >> SO I’M LEARNING A WHOLE
    NEW WORLD OF THEATER
    ON THE SIDE.
    >> WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU’VE
    ALREADY PRETTY QUICKLY.
    WELL, BY THE REVIEWS SO FAR.
    YOU KNOW, MICHAEL JACKSON
    PLAYED THE ROLE OF THE
    SCARECROW IN THE WIZ BEFORE
    YOU.
    HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE STEPPING
    INTO THAT ROLE NOW ON,
    BROADWAY?
    I STILL DON’T HAVE THE PROPER
    WORDS FOR THAT.
    I MEAN, I REMEMBER JUST
    BEING TEN YEARS OLD
    WATCHING THE MOVIE BECAUSE
    THAT WAS MY INTRODUCTION TO THE
    WIZ OVER AND OVER AND OVER
    AGAIN, WATCHING THAT SCENE THAT
    YOU CAN’T WIN AND LIKE LEARNING
    ALL HIS RUNS AND LIKE
    HIS FACIAL EXPRESSIONS
    AND THINGS AND NEVER DID.
    I WANT TO THINK THAT I WOULD
    BE IN A SPOT WHERE I COULD
    BRING MYSELF TO THAT CHARACTER
    .
    I MEAN, I ADMIRED IT SO MUCH.
    I JUST NEVER THOUGHT IT WOULD
    BE ME.
    BUT NOW THAT I’M HERE AND I
    GET TO BRING MYSELF, I’M GLAD
    TO HEAR PEOPLE ARE RECEIVING IT
    THROUGH.
    >> THIS SHOW IS SUCH A CLASSIC.
    THE AND THE MUSICAL.
    HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE BRINGING
    IT BACK TO THE STAGE?
    AND WHAT CAN FANS EXPECT
    IN THIS NEW VERSION?
    WELL, IT FEELS GREAT.
    >> FIRST TO BE A PART
    OF HISTORY.
    I’M THINKING ABOUT KNOW,
    REST IN PEACE HITTING BATTLE
    WHO DID THIS BEFORE MICHAEL
    AND THEN MICHAEL.
    AND NOW.
    I’M HONORED TO HAVE THAT.
    BUT I THINK FANS SHOULD REALLY
    EXPECT A LOT OF JOY, AS IT
    ALWAYS HAS BEEN, BECAUSE WE
    KNOW THE TRAJECTORY OF THE
    SHOW WHEN WE COME IS LIKE
    DOROTHY IS GOING TO COME IN,
    SHE’S GOING TO BE WITH HER,
    HER AUNT, AND HER FAMILY,
    AND THEN SHE’S GOING TO GET
    TOSSED INTO THE WORLD OF OZ
    AND THEN MEET THESE
    NEW FRIENDS, IVY AND THE LION
    AND TIN MAN, AND THEN
    SHE’S GOING TO GET HOME.
    >> BUT THERE’S SO MUCH RIDING
    OF THIS, THIS NEW ADAPTATION
    WITH AMBER RUFFIN, WHO I THINK
    IS SO FUNNY AND AMAZING.
    SO YOU GET A LOT OF LAUGHS NOW
    THAT I THINK YOU PROBABLY
    DIDN’T GET BEFORE.
    AND THEN BECAUSE WE HAVE GREAT
    SINGERS AND GREAT ACTORS, BUT A
    LOT OF COMEDY CHOPS TOO.
    >> YOU RECENTLY RELEASED
    YOUR SINGLE KISS THE SKY.
    >> WELL, SO WHAT’S NEXT IN THAT
    WORLD?
    A POTENTIAL ALBUM?
    >> YES, I’M WORKING WITH CLAUDE
    AND CHUCK LEWIS YORK ON THIS
    PROJECT THAT I HAVE WITH THEM
    COMING OUT SOON.
    HOPEFULLY THERE’S MORE RECORDS.
    I’M EXCITED FOR A TOUR,
    HOPEFULLY.
    YES, AN ALBUM.
    BUT I’M EXCITED FOR TOUR
    BECAUSE I’VE BEEN TOURING NOW
    AND ON BROADWAY AS A SCARECROW.
    >> I CAN’T WAIT TO BE ABLE
    TO SING AGAIN.
    AND WE MENTIONED.
    MICHAEL JACKSON.
    BUT THE ORIGINAL MOVIE OF
    THE WIZ HAS DIANA ROSS, LENA
    HORNE, RICHARD PRYOR, STAR
    STUDDED.
    WHAT’S IT LIKE BEING A PART OF,
    THAT LEGACY?
    >> YOU KNOW WHAT?
    IT’S HONESTLY, A DREAM COME
    TRUE.
    I ALWAYS WANTED IF NOTHING
    OUTSIDE OF MY CAREER, TO BE
    RESPECTED IN ANYTHING THAT I
    DO.
    AND I FEEL LIKE BEING IN
    THE LINES OF THOSE GREATS.
    AND THEN ALSO NOW, YOU KNOW,
    COMING TO THE THEATER
    WORLD WHERE YOU HAVE
    A STEPHANIE MILLS AND YOU
    HAVE A KING PAGE AND YOU
    HAVE HIT AND BATTLE AND ALL
    THESE GREAT ANDRE DE SHIELDS,
    DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER, AMAZING
    ACTORS THAT ARE ON THE STAGE
    ON TOP OF THE MOVIE.
    IT’S LIKE I’M JUST FALLING INTO
    THAT LINEAGE AND I’M EXCITED
    THAT WHEN PEOPLE LOOK IT UP,
    THEY’LL SEE ME.
    >> YOU SAID THAT YOU DO YOGA
    BEFORE THE SHOW.
    CAN WE GET YOUR FAVORITE YOGA
    POSE WITH YOUR GO TO?
    KNOW WHAT?
    I DO A LOT OF, LIKE,
    HANDSTANDS.
    REALLY?
    YEAH.
    BECAUSE YOU’RE TETHERED TO THAT
    CHAIR.
    CAN WE SEE?
    YOU HAVE TO DO IT NOW.
    >> IT’S CLOSE, BUT I DO IT
    EVERY SINGLE SHOW.
    IT JUST LETS THE BLOOD KIND
    OF REST OF MY ENTIRE BODY.
    AND IF ANYBODY HAS SEEN
    THE SHOW OR IF YOU DON’T,
    I’M VERY ACTIVE.
    I MEAN, JUMPS AND ACROBATS
    AND ALL THESE THINGS.
    SO I TRY TO, YOU KNOW, BALANCE
    OUT AND BE LIKE AS CHEAP
    AS POSSIBLE, GOING UP.
    >> DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE
    SONG IN THE SHOW BY YOU
    CAN’T WIN FOR SURE BUT I FEEL
    LIKE THIS MUSIC PROBABLY
    SOME OF THE BEST MUSIC
    THAT PEOPLE HAVE FORGOTTEN
    AND REMEMBERED AND HEARD
    BECAUSE THERE’S SO MANY
    GENERATIONS THAT I THINK KNOW
    THE WAYS.
    BUT THEN THERE’S LIKE, YOU KNOW
    ,CLOSER TO MY GENERATION
    AND MAYBE EVEN YOUNGER
    THAT DON’T KNOW WHAT THEY’RE
    GOING TO INTRODUCE TO IT.
    SO I MEAN, OF COURSE, WE LOVE
    NO BAD NEWS.
    OF COURSE, WE LOVE EVEN DOWN
    THE ROAD.
    >> YEAH.
    SO MANY AMAZING SONGS.
    THESE ARE DOWN THE ROAD STILL
    ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
    AND I KNOW WE’RE GOING TO PLAY
    IT OUT IN A LITTLE BIT,
    BUT IT’S SO GREAT TO HAVE
    YOU ON.
    THANK YOU SO MUCH.
    THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS
    SHOW AND FOR BRINGING IT
    BACK TO THE STAGE FOR ALL THE
    FANS TO HEAR A LITTLE EASE
    ON DOWN THE ROAD.
    >> DO WE HAVE IT TO PLAY?
    SHOULD WE SING IT OUT TOMORROW,
    DOWN THE ROAD, WHICH IS THE
    VOCALS?
    DON’T YOU BRING IT UP AND,
    BLACKBIRD.
    OH, COME ON DOWN ON, DOWN, DOWN
    THE ROAD.
    >> I MEAN, YOU’RE SAYING, OKAY
    I’VE GOT HER A BIG THANKS,
    AVERY WILSON AGAIN AND YOU CAN
    EASE ON DOWN TO SEE THE ON
    BROADWAY RIGHT NOW.
    THANKS FOR SHARING WITH US.
    I’M DIANA SAITO.
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    CENTER.
    WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW.
    MILITANTS CAME IN FOUR OR
    FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS
    OPERATING ON A NUCLEAR REACTOR
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    NEWSCAST.
    THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU ARE
    SITTING DOWN LIKE THIS TO TELL
    YOUR STORY.
    BRITTANY.
    ARE YOU READY?
    YOU’VE BEEN TOLD TO GO THROUGH
    YOUR BAG AND YOU FELT
    THE CARTRIDGE.
    WHAT WERE YOU THINKING IN THAT
    MOMENT WHEN YOU FELT THAT?
    >> MY LIFE IS OVER HERE.
    >> YOU’VE JUST BEEN TOLD
    YOU’RE GOING TO BE NINE YEARS
    OF ONE OF THE WORST PRISONS
    IN RUSSIA.
    >> WHERE YOU GLAMOUR ROBIN
    ROBERTS PRISONER IN RUSSIA.
    THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON ABC.
    >> FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
    THERE’S A LOT GOING ON.
    YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE.
    20 MINUTES UP TO CATCH YOU UP
    WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.
    A DANGEROUS ICE STORM
    IS IMPACTING THE MORNING
    COMMUTE.
    >> WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY?
    ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE
    MIDDLE EAST.
    WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING
    ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS.
    FAST, STRAIGHT FORWARD
    WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN.
    HOW DOES BILLIONAIRES?
    SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
    THE MOVE STARTED CHASING A DOG.
    FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
    AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S
    NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS
    ON ABC NEWS LIVE.
    WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE.
    FIRST, THANKS FOR STREAMING
    WITH US.
    YOU’RE LOOKING NEW YORK CITY
    ON THIS MONDAY AND WE HAVE A
    LOT OF NEWS TO GET TO.
    HERE’S THE RUNDOWN RIGHT NOW.
    THE HEARTLAND IS UNDER THREAT
    AFTER A DEADLY TORNADO
    OUTBREAK.
    MORE THAN 130 TORNADOES
    HAVE BEEN REPORTED OVER
    THE LAST FOUR DAYS, LEAVING
    A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION.
    IN HOLDENVILLE, OKLAHOMA, AN
    ESTIMATED THREE TORNADO
    WITH WINDS OVER 135 MILES PER
    HOUR LEFT.
    AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE DEAD,
    INCLUDING A FOUR MONTH OLD
    BABY.
    AND SULFUR FOR OKLAHOMA.
    AN ENTIRE TOWN IS FLATTENED
    AND THE THREAT ISN’T OVER YET.
    MORE TORNADOES AND DAMAGING
    STORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE
    HEARTLAND IN THE COMING DAYS.
    FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS
    IS SIGNALING HE PLANS TO RAISE
    MONEY.
    FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP.
    THE TWO MET SUNDAY FOR
    THE FIRST TIME SINCE DESANTIS
    DROPPED OUT OF THE
    PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
    A SOURCE TELLS
    ABC NEWS DESANTIS REQUESTED
    THE PRIVATE MEETING, HOPING TO,
    QUOTE, BURY THE HATCHET.
    CHANGE IS COMING TO MAJOR
    LEAGUE BASEBALL UNIFORMS.
    PLAYERS ASSOCIATION NOW SAYS
    THE LEAGUE WILL MAKE CHANGES
    AFTER WEEKS OF COMPLAINTS OVER
    SIZE OF THE NAMES AND NUMBERS,
    MISMATCHING COLORS AND THE
    UNIFORMS, TOO MUCH SWEAT.
    BUT THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT WAS
    OVERSEAS PANTS.
    THE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION
    IS BLAMING NIKE, SAYING
    THE COMPANY SOMETHING
    THAT DIDN’T NEED TO BE
    INNOVATED.
    NIKE SAYS IT’S NOW TESTING
    DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO FIX
    THE ISSUES.
    AND THE NEXT TIME YOUR KID
    COMPLAINS OF MONSTERS IN THEIR
    ROOM, YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE
    A CLOSER LOOK.
    A TODDLER IS NOW BEING CREDITED
    WITH DISCOVERING A BEE
    INFESTATION AFTER SAYING SHE
    HEARD MONSTERS IN HER BEDROOM
    WALL.
    HER MOM, SHE WAS JUST SCARED
    AFTER WATCHING MONSTERS INC,
    BUT A BEEKEEPER THERMAL CAMERA
    SHOWED OTHERWISE.
    HE FOUND ABOUT 50,000 BEES
    BEHIND THE WALL.
    BUT BECAUSE HONEY BEES
    ARE ENDANGERED, EXTERMINATION
    WAS NOT AN OPTION.
    THE REMOVAL AND CLEANUP COULD
    COST ABOUT $20,000.
    AND OPENING STATEMENTS
    ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TODAY
    IN THE MURDER TRIAL THAT IS
    GRIPPING MASSACHUSETTS.
    PROSECUTORS ALLEGE KAREN REID
    HIT HER BOSTON POLICE
    OFFICER BOYFRIEND JOHN O’KEEFE,
    WITH HER SUV, THEN LEFT HIM
    OUTSIDE TO DIE DURING
    A SNOWSTORM.
    BUT ITS DEFENSE CLAIMS
    SHE’S BEING FRAMED,
    BUT ALLEGING A CONSPIRACY
    INVOLVING THE CANTON POLICE.
    STATE POLICE AND THE D.A.’S
    OFFICE.
    ABC’S LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR
    BRIAN BUS MYERS HERE TO.
    HELP US BREAK THIS ALL DOWN.
    BRIAN, HOW STRONG IS THE
    EVIDENCE AT THE HEART OF THIS
    CASE AND WHY HAS THIS CASE
    SPARKED SO MANY CONSPIRACY?
    >> IT’S INTERESTING BECAUSE
    THE EVIDENCE IS RELATIVELY.
    WHETHER OR NOT YOU’RE TALKING
    ABOUT THE DAMAGE OR THE VEHICLE
    BEING FOUND CLOSE TO THAT
    OF THE VICTIM’S BODY, WHERE LAW
    ENFORCEMENT AND PROSECUTORS
    ARE SAYING KAREN REED BACKED UP
    HER VEHICLE WHERE WITNESSES SAY
    THEY SAW THE VEHICLE BACK UP,
    BUT THEY DIDN’T SEE
    WHO WAS INSIDE, GO BACK AND HIT
    THAT OFFICER KEEP SORRY.
    >> AND THEN ALSO THE WAY
    THE BODY WAS FOUND THAT THIS
    WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A
    HUGE SNOWSTORM.
    >> BUT SOMEHOW KERRY DID
    EXACTLY.
    TO FIND A KEY.
    WELL, THE DEFENSE HASN’T SHOWN
    ARGUMENTS AS WELL, LIKE MANNER
    OF DEATH BEING UNDETERMINED
    AND SUPPORTING AN AUTOPSY,
    SAYING THAT THE INJURIES TO A
    KEY ARE MORE CONSISTENT WITH A
    GROUP OF PEOPLE BEATING THEM
    RATHER THAN HIM BEING RUN OVER.
    AND THAT’S THE CONSPIRACY
    THEORY.
    THE DEFENSE THAT MAYBE
    HIS FELLOW OFFICERS BEAT HIM UP
    CHILDREN, AND LEFT HIM
    TO OUTSIDE OF THE OFFICER’S
    HOME.
    >> NOW, WE HAVE SEEN
    IN PREVIOUS CRIMINAL TRIALS
    WHERE THE POLICE AND,
    THE INVESTIGATORS IN THE CASE
    IN A WAY, GET PUT ON TRIAL
    THEMSELVES.
    >> WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING FOR
    WHEN OPENING STATEMENTS BEGIN
    IN THIS CASE?
    NOW, SO I’M LOOKING FOR
    THE DEFENSE.
    >> THEIR ENTIRE CASE HAS BEEN
    PUTTING THE PROSECUTOR TO AN
    END, IN LARGE PART LAW
    ENFORCEMENT ON TRIAL, SAYING
    THAT THERE WAS A HUGE COVER UP
    OR CONSPIRACY.
    I WANT TO SEE WHAT TYPE
    OF EVIDENCE CORRELATES TO THAT
    AND HOW THEY’RE GOING
    TO CONNECT THOSE DOTS THERE,
    BECAUSE THEIR DEFENSE IS TRUE
    OR EVEN IF THERE A BEYOND
    A REASONABLE DOUBT AND THEN
    THERE’S A MISTRIAL OR AN
    ACQUITTAL.
    THAT RAISED SOME SERIOUS
    QUESTIONS IN THAT POLICE
    DEPARTMENT.
    WHAT HAPPENS?
    >> A CONVICTION HERE?
    IT SEEMS TO EXONERATE LAW
    ENFORCEMENT.
    SO I REALLY SEEM SEE HOW THIS
    EVIDENCE POINTS IN ONE WAY OR
    THE OTHER.
    >> I BRIAN BUCKMIRE.
    THANK YOU.
    AND POLICE ARE SEARCHING
    NEW AREAS ON LONG ISLAND,
    NEW YORK, POSSIBLY LINKED TO A
    SUSPECTED SERIAL KILLER.
    THE SEARCHES ARE BEING
    CONDUCTED BY THE GILGO BEACH
    TASK FORCE.
    BUT AUTHORITIES AREN’T SAYING
    MUCH ABOUT WHY.
    >> ABC’S ERIELLE RESHEF HAS
    THE LATEST.
    A DEEPENING MYSTERY
    AS INVESTIGATORS WITH THE GILGO
    BEACH TASK SCOUR A WOODED AREA
    ROUGHLY 45 MILES EAST OF THE
    INFAMOUS GILGO BEACH MURDER
    SCENE.
    THE LOCAL D.A. CONFIRMING
    A MULTI-AGENCY INVESTIGATION.
    BUT DECLINING TO SAY
    WHAT EXACTLY THEY ARE LOOKING
    FOR.
    ARCHITECT REX HEUERMANN HAS
    BEEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION
    WITH THE DEATHS OF FOUR WOMEN
    WHOSE BODIES WERE DISCOVERED
    BETWEEN 2010 AND 2011.
    HE DENIES ANY.
    AUTHORITIES HAVE SAID
    THEIR INVESTIGATION CONTINUES
    TO SEE IF THEY CAN LINK
    HEUERMANN TO SIX OTHER VICTIMS.
    >> YOU HAVE TO PLACE THE KILLER
    THERE OR HAVE A CONNECTION
    THERE.
    >> LAW REMAINING TIGHT-LIPPED
    ON THE FOCUS OF THEIR EXPANDED
    SEARCH.
    BUT IT IS HAPPENING NEAR WHERE
    THE BODY OF 28 YEAR OLD SANDRA
    CASTELLA WAS DISCOVERED
    IN NOVEMBER OF 1993.
    HER MURDER REMAINS UNSOLVED.
    LAST WEEK, K-9 UNITS, DRONES
    AND SQUAD CARS DESCENDING
    ON THE THICK BRUSH
    OF CENTREVILLE, NEW YORK, WHERE
    TWO VICTIMS OF ANOTHER
    CONVICTED SERIAL KILLER,
    JOHN BITRUS, WERE FOUND IN THE
    EARLY NINETIES.
    PETROV HAD LOOKED AT AS
    A SUSPECT IN THE GILGO BEACH
    MURDERS AND IN THE DEATH
    COSTILLA.
    BUT INVESTIGATORS HAVE SO
    FAR BEEN UNABLE CONNECT HIM
    TO ANY ADDITIONAL VICTIMS.
    >> THE WHOLE KEY IN GOING
    TO THESE OTHER LOCATIONS IS TO
    IDENTIFY REMAINS.
    >> IF THEY FIND ANY AND WHAT
    FORENSIC INFORMATION THEY CAN
    FIND COULD POTENTIALLY TIE IT
    TO THIS PARTICULAR KILLER OR
    TO ELSE.
    >> AND NOW IT’S UNCLEAR
    WHAT LED INVESTIGATORS
    BACK TO THAT AREA OR IF
    THEY HAVE FOUND ANYTHING
    RELEVANT TO THE GILGO BEACH
    MURDER INVESTIGATION.
    BUT MANDEVILLE HAS COME UP
    IN THE PAST IN CONNECTION
    TO THE GILGO BEACH MURDERS
    AFTER THE REMAINS OF A WOMAN
    WERE FOUND THERE IN 2003.
    REX HEUERMANN IS DUE BACK IN
    COURT IN JUNE.
    HE’S DENIED ANY WRONGDOING.
    DIANE ERIELLE RESHEF, THANK
    YOU.
    COMING UP, KING CHARLES IS BACK
    TO WORK WITH BUCKINGHAM PALACE
    IS SHARING ABOUT HIS HEALTH
    AS HE BATTLES CANCER AND WHY
    PRINCE HARRY IS RETURNING
    TO THE U.K..
    ALSO AHEAD, AN
    ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE.
    ROBIN ROBERTS SITS DOWN
    WITH GRINER.
    WHAT SHE SAYS IS GOING THROUGH
    HER MIND WHEN RUSSIAN
    AUTHORITIES FOUND CANNABIS OIL
    IN HER LUGGAGE.
    WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE
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    WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW.
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    THE COUPLE LOADED AND READY
    TO GO.
    THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED WITH THE
    FLAG.
    THERE’S NOT A CARE IN AND OUT
    OF CARE.
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    RIGHT HERE TO YOU AS THEY LOOK
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    ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT
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    >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START
    THEIR DAY HERE FROM NEWS?
    THIS IS "START HERE".
    TO BE IN THE MALL AND A
    DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY’S
    TOP STORIES.
    A LOT OF NEWS TODAY.
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    FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT’S PART
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    WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE.
    KING CHARLES IS SET, RESUME
    SOME PUBLIC DUTIES THIS WEEK
    AS HE UNDERGOES CANCER
    TREATMENT.
    >> THE PALACE SAID DOCTORS
    ARE SUFFICIENTLY PLEASED
    WITH THE PROGRESS MADE SO
    FAR ON HIS.
    THIS COMES AFTER PRINCESS
    KATE REVEALED LAST MONTH
    THAT SHE’S ALSO BEING TREATED
    FOR CANCER.
    ABC NEWS FOREIGN
    CORRESPONDENT JAMES LONGMAN HAS
    THE LATEST.
    >> KING CHARLES IS BACK.
    BUCKINGHAM PALACE ANNOUNCING
    THAT HIS CANCER TREATMENT
    IS PROGRESSING WELL ENOUGH FOR
    HIM RETURN TO PUBLIC FACING
    DUTIES.
    THE 75 YEAR OLD HAS BEEN
    WORKING THE SCENES, BUT HE’D
    BEEN RARELY SEEN SINCE FEBRUARY
    WHEN HE ANNOUNCED DIAGNOSIS.
    THE PALACE ISSUING A STATEMENT
    SAYING THE KING NOW ABLE
    TO RESUME A NUMBER OF PUBLIC
    FACING DUTIES.
    THE KING WON’T BE RETURNING
    TO A FULL SCHEDULE, BUT HE’LL
    START HIS ENGAGEMENTS TOMORROW
    WITH A PERMANENT ONE.
    HE AND THE QUEEN WILL VISIT
    A CANCER CENTER, HOPING
    TO PROMOTE THE IMPORTANCE
    OF EARLY DIAGNOSIS AND THE
    PALACE IS ALSO ANNOUNCING
    THAT THE KING WILL BE HOSTING
    A STATE VISIT IN JUNE WHEN
    EMPEROR AND EMPRESS OF JAPAN.
    >> NOW, I THINK THE KING REALLY
    MINDED THAT DURING THIS PERIOD
    OF INTENSE CANCER TREATMENT
    BECAUSE HE WASN’T ABLE TO DO
    WHAT ACTUALLY HE DOES BEST,
    WHICH IS TO MEET PEOPLE, CHARM
    THEM, LISTEN TO THEM AND LEARN
    ABOUT THE RETURN TO PUBLIC
    DUTIES, EASES THE PRESSURE
    ON THE REST OF THE ROYALS
    WHO’VE BEEN STEPPING UP SINCE
    HE STEPPED BACK.
    THE PRINCESS OF WALES ALSO
    RECEIVING TREATMENT FOR CANCER.
    HER HUSBAND, PRINCE WILLIAM
    AND THE THRONE HAS BEEN HOLDING
    THE ROYAL FORT, SUPPORTING BOTH
    HIS FATHER AND HIS WIFE AS THEY
    GO THROUGH TREATMENT.
    KATE ANNOUNCING HER DIAGNOSIS
    AND SHOCKING THE WORLD IN THIS
    VIDEO STATEMENT.
    >> THIS, OF COURSE, CAME AS A
    HUGE SHOCK.
    AND WILLIAM AND I HAVE BEEN
    DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN
    TO PROCESS AND MANAGE THIS
    PRIVATELY FOR THE SAKE OF OUR
    YOUNG FAMILY.
    THE PRINCESS WILL RETURN
    TO ROYAL DUTIES ONLY WHEN
    HER DOCTORS CLEAR HER TO DO SO.
    >> THE UNITED KINGDOM IS REALLY
    WANTED TO GIVE THE OF WALES
    THE CHANCE TO RECOVER, REPAIR,
    BE WITH HER CHILDREN AND GET
    BACK TO THE LEVEL OF CONFIDENCE
    AND HEALTH THAT SHE WILL NEED
    TO BE EFFECTIVE IN SUPPORTING
    THE KING.
    >> ABC’S FOREIGN
    CORRESPONDENT JAMES LONGMAN
    JOINS ME NOW FROM BUCKINGHAM
    WITH MORE.
    JAMES KING’S CHARLES IS SET
    TO VISIT A CANCER CENTER
    TOMORROW TO TALK ABOUT EARLY
    DIAGNOSIS.
    IS THERE ANY MORE INFO
    ON THE TYPE OF CANCER HE HAS OR
    THAT KATE HAS FOR THAT MATTER?
    >> DIANE THE SHORT ANSWER
    TO THAT IS NO.
    THEY ARE KEEPING PRETTY SILENT
    ON THE DETAILS OF BOTH
    HIS CANCER AND KATE’S CANCER.
    WHAT THEY ARE SAYING, THOUGH,
    AND THIS IS SOME GOOD NEWS
    FINALLY, AFTER MONTHS OF THESE
    MULTIPLE KIND OF STORIES
    THAT CAME OUT ONE AFTER
    THE OTHER, IT FELT LIKE FINALLY
    THE KING IS NOW GOING TO BE
    BACK AT WORK PUBLICLY.
    I THINK IT’S GOOD TO SAY
    HE’S BEEN WORKING THE WHOLE
    TIME.
    THAT HASN’T A CONSTITUTIONAL
    CRISIS.
    HE’S REMAINED HEAD OF STATE
    THROUGHOUT.
    WILLIAM HAD TO STEP UP FORMALLY
    TO BECOME REGENT IN HIS
    FATHER’S PLACE.
    HE’S BEEN MEETING
    WITH DIGNITARIES, REPLYING
    TO CORRESPONDENCE.
    BUT NOW HE CAN GET OUT
    AND ABOUT DOING THE KINDS
    OF THINGS THE KINGS DO, WHICH
    IS MEETING MEMBERS, THE PUBLIC.
    I THINK WHAT THIS ALSO DOES
    IS IT KIND OF RELIEVE
    THE PRESSURE ON OTHER MEMBERS,
    THE ROYAL FAMILY BEING PRINCE
    EDWARD, HIS WIFE, PRINCESS
    SOPHIE, THE DUKE AND DUCHESS
    OF EDINBURGH PRINCESS.
    AND THEY’VE ALL HAVE TO KIND
    OF CARRY THE WHILST CHARLES AND
    KATE HAVE BEEN OUT OF THE
    PICTURE AND WILLIAM TO SOME
    DEGREE LOOKING AFTER KATE.
    SO IT IT IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT
    MORE BUSINESS AS USUAL.
    BUT THE PALACE IS NOT RELEASING
    DETAILS ON HIS PARTICULAR
    CANCER.
    PERHAPS WHEN HE’S THROUGH
    HIS TREATMENT.
    WE WILL GET MORE INFORMATION
    AND PERHAPS WHEN KATE IS
    BACK AT WORK, WE’LL GET
    MORE INFORMATION THEN.
    BUT FOR THE MOMENT, THIS
    COUNTRY IS JUST WISHING
    HER WELL AND HOPING THE KING
    CAN GO BACK INTO A FULL
    SCHEDULE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
    >> AND JAMES, PRINCE HARRY
    IS RETURNING TO THE U.K. NEXT
    WEEK FOR INVICTUS GAMES EVENT.
    IS THERE ANY SENSE OF WHETHER
    HE’LL SEE HIS DAD ON THAT TRIP?
    YEAH, BIG QUESTION, DIANA.
    I THINK.
    YOU KNOW, HARRY’S BEEN OUT
    OF THE HEADLINES A LITTLE BIT
    IN THIS COUNTRY FOR A WHILE,
    BUT HE DID SAY, IF
    YOU REMEMBER, HE GAVE AN
    INTERVIEW TO ABC NEWS
    WILL REEVE, MET WITH HIM AND HE
    SAID HE WANTS TO GO BACK TO THE
    U.K. AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE.
    SO THERE A SENSE PERHAPS
    HE MIGHT HE MIGHT SEE HIS DAD
    WHEN HE’S HERE, HE’S COMING FOR
    A COMMEMORATION EVENT FOR
    THE INVICTUS GAMES.
    THAT’S THE SPORTING EVENT WHICH
    HE STARTED IS FOR INJURED
    MILITARY PERSONNEL.
    THAT IS VERY PASSIONATELY
    ABOUT IT.
    WE KNOW HE’S GOING TO GIVE
    A READING AT THE CHURCH
    SERVICE.
    WE DON’T KNOW IF MEGHAN’S GOING
    TO BE WITH, BUT THEY ARE THEN
    SCHEDULED TO LEAVE FROM
    WHAT THEY’RE SCHEDULED TO BE
    IN NIGERIA SHORTLY AFTER WHERE
    THEY’RE GOING TO BE MEETING
    WITH MILITARY SERVICE
    PERSONNEL, CULTURAL EVENTS, WE
    UNDERSTAND.
    SO IT’S POSSIBLE THAT MEGHAN
    AND HARRY ABOUT THERE WILL JUST
    HARRY ON HIS OWN.
    BUT A LOT OF PEOPLE WANT
    TO KNOW IF THE RELATIONSHIP
    IS GOING TO BE MENDED AT THE
    TOP OF THE ROYAL FAMILY
    IS WILLIAM AND GOING TO START
    SPEAKING AGAIN?
    CAN THEY BE TOGETHER IN THE
    SAME ROOM AND CAN CHARLES NOW
    HOPEFULLY COMING OUT OF HIS
    HIS CANCER TREATMENT BE THE
    BRIDGE THAT THE BROTHERS NEED?
    THAT IS THE SPECULATION IN THE
    BRITISH PRESS AT THE MOMENT.
    UNFORTUNATELY, AS EVER
    WITH THESE ROYAL ISSUES, IT
    REMAINS SPECULATION.
    I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE HOPE
    THAT THAT MIGHT BE THE
    PROSPECTS OF A RELATIONSHIP.
    IF HARRY DOES REPEAT THESE
    TRIPS BACK TO THE
    UNITED KINGDOM.
    >> ALL RIGHT, ABC NEWS FOREIGN
    CORRESPONDENT JAMES LONGMAN,
    THANKS, JAMES.
    AND AS JAMES MENTIONED, TODAY
    IS WILL AND KATE’S WEDDING
    ANNIVERSARY.
    THIS PHOTO WAS JUST SHARED
    TO KATE’S OFFICIAL SOCIAL MEDIA
    .
    WE’RE TOLD THIS PHOTO HAS NEVER
    BEFORE BEEN RELEASED TO THE.
    IT WAS TAKEN INSIDE BUCKINGHAM
    PALACE ON THEIR WEDDING DAY.
    BIG TO THE PRINCE AND PRINCESS
    OF WALES.
    AND WNBA STAR GRINER SHARING
    HER STORY SINCE BEING RELEASED
    FROM A RUSSIAN DETENTION CENTER
    ,A PRISONER SWAP.
    THE ATHLETE AND ACTIVIST SAT
    DOWN WITH ABC’S ROBERTS
    TO DISCUSS THOSE FIRST MOMENTS
    WHEN SHE WAS ARRESTED FOR
    CANNABIS OIL IN HER LUGGAGE.
    >> WHAT IS LIKE TO BE
    ON RUSSIAN SOIL AND CANNABIS
    OIL WAS FOUND, WHICH, YOU KNOW,
    IS ILLEGAL THERE.
    >> MM-HMM.
    WHAT IS RACING THROUGH
    YOUR MIND DURING THAT TIME?
    THIS EVERYTHING THAT I’M NOT
    GOING TO SEE.
    I’M THINKING ABOUT MY LIFE.
    THINKING ABOUT WHAT MY FAMILY’S
    GOING TO PAY PUBLIC OPINION
    IS GOING TO THINK, YOU KNOW,
    I CAN JUST SEE THE HEADLINES
    NOW, LIKE, I COULD JUST
    VISUALIZE EVERYTHING I WORKED
    SO HARD FOR, JUST CRUMBLING
    AND GOING AWAY AND.
    >> THEN TO BE SOMEWHERE WHERE
    THERE’S NO UNDERSTANDING IN THE
    U.S., I CAN ARTICULATE
    WHAT HAPPENED, HOW THIS
    HAPPENED.
    >> I DIDN’T PLAN TO DO THIS.
    THIS A MISTAKE.
    >> IT WAS AN ACCIDENT, WHICH
    I UNDERSTAND ACCIDENTS HAPPEN
    TO PERSONS.
    >> BUT THERE’S NOTHING.
    THERE’S NONE OF THAT.
    >> YOU SAY IT’S AN ACCIDENT
    AND THE PEOPLE WHO BELIEVE YOU.
    BUT YOU KNOW, THERE ARE THOSE
    WHO SAY, COME ON.
    HOW DID YOU NOT KNOW THAT YOU
    HAD COCKROACHES IN YOUR IN YOUR
    LUGGAGE?
    >> WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE
    SKEPTICS?
    I WOULD SAY, HAVE YOU EVER
    FOUR FORGOT YOUR KEYS AND YOUR
    CAR LEFT YOUR CAR RUNNING?
    I’VE NEVER.
    YOU KNOW, WHERE’S MY GLASSES?
    THEY’RE ON TOP OF YOUR HEAD.
    WHERE’S MY PHONE?
    I WAS IN MY POCKET.
    IS IT SO EASY TO HAVE A MENTAL
    LAPSE?
    YOU KNOW, GREAT MOMENTS LAPSE
    WITH ON A MORE GRAND SCALE.
    BUT DOESN’T TAKE AWAY FROM
    HOW THAT CAN HAPPEN.
    >> AND SPECIAL THANKS TO ROBIN
    ROBERTS AND, BRITTNEY GRINER,
    FOR THAT INTERVIEW.
    YOU CAN CATCH MORE FROM ROBIN’S
    EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
    WITH BRITTANY THIS WEDNESDAY
    ON "GMA".
    AND THE FULL PRIMETIME
    INTERVIEW WILL RUN ON 2020
    THAT NIGHT.
    >> COMING UP, BACK ON THE DANCE
    FLOOR, THE STARS OF DANCE MOMS
    ARE REUNITING.
    WHAT THEY SAY IT WAS GROWING UP
    ON CAMERA AND THEIR
    RELATIONSHIP NOW WITH TEACHER
    ABBY LEE MILLER.
    ALSO AHEAD, ANOTHER REUNION FOR
    A GOOD CAUSE, THE ICONIC
    AND SINGER SANG AT A CHARITY
    SPOTTED EGYPT.
    WILL GANSS HAS THE T NEXT
    WHENEVER WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS.
    >> IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS
    REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED
    IN LONDON, IN BUFFALO, ALBANY,
    TEXAS.
    EDINBURGH REPORTING FROM
    ROLLING FORK, MISSISSIPPI,
    THE UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HERE,
    WARSAW SPREADING TO A SMALL
    COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF MEXICO
    CITY HERE BEHIND THE STORIES
    AS THEY HAPPEN.
    ABC LIVE PRIME.
    >> WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE,
    STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE
    WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER
    YOU STREAMING NEWS ME ON ABC
    NEWS LIVE FIRST THING IN THE
    MORNING.
    THERE’S A LOT GOING ON.
    YET ANOTHER WARNING.
    THAT’S UP TO CATCH YOU UP
    WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.
    A DANGEROUS STORM IS IMPACTING
    THE MORNING COMMUTE.
    WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY?
    ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE
    MIDDLE EAST, WHAT PEOPLE
    ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE MIGRANT
    CRISIS.
    FAST, STRAIGHT FORWARD
    WITH SOMEONE IN BETWEEN.
    HOW DOES BILLIONAIRE SOUNDS
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    STARTED CHASING A DOG FIRST
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    >> FIRST GET YOUR JAZZ SHOES
    READY BECAUSE THE CAST OF THE
    REALITY SHOW DANCE MOMS IS BACK
    TOGETHER FOR A REUNION SPECIAL
    AND THEY’RE SPEAKING OUT FOR
    THE FIRST TIME SINCE
    THEIR TEACHER, ABBY LEE MILLER,
    WENT TO PRISON FOR FINANCIAL
    FRAUD.
    ABC’S EVA PILGRIM SAT DOWN
    WITH SOME THEM PLAYS, FIGHTS,
    TROPHY KNEES AND TEARS.
    YEAH, I GOT ME ALL ROUTINE
    ON THE HIT REALITY SHOW DANCE
    MOMS DID IT ON THE DANCE FLOOR.
    I CAN’T TELL YOU THE LAST TIME.
    >> WE’VE ALL BEEN IN THE
    SAME ROOM TEN YEARS.
    WOW.
    DANCE MOMS, THE REUNION A GET
    TOGETHER OVER A DECADE IN THE
    MAKING.
    SOME OF THE CAST OF DANCER
    SITTING DOWN WITH US AHEAD
    OF THE LIFETIME SPECIAL CHLOE
    LUCCHESE ACT.
    KALANI HILLIKER, KENDALL
    BURTONS, BROOKE AND PAIGE
    HYLAND AND JOJO SIWA.
    >> I THINK SOMETHING LIKE IT
    EVEN BETTER THAN ANYONE.
    >> I’M CURIOUS IN ONE WORD,
    HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE
    YOUR TIME ON DANCE MOMS?
    >> CRAZY IT ADVENTURE.
    THERE WAS A LOT OF GOOD TIMES,
    BUT A LOT OF BAD TIMES.
    >> BUT I WOULDN’T CHANGE IT FOR
    THE WORLD.
    THE FIRST WORD THAT COMES TO MY
    HEAD IS LEGENDARY, AND I FEEL
    LIKE EVERYONE HERE HAS HAD
    SOME SORT OF LEGENDARY
    EXPERIENCE.
    >> DANCE MOMS FANS UP IN THE
    AIR, PUSH ENDS UP LOOKING BABY.
    THEY’RE QUICK AND EASY.
    AND WHEN YOU’RE THAT YOUNG,
    YOU’RE STILL FIGURING IT OUT.
    >> I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE,
    LEAST WITH ME, THEY’RE ALWAYS
    LIKE, OH, YOU WERE SUCH A BRAD
    ON THE SHOW.
    I WAS GOING THROUGH PUBERTY
    ON NATIONAL TELEVISION.
    LIKE, OF COURSE I’M GOING
    TO GET INTO AN ARGUMENT MY MOM
    OR I’M GOING TO CRY IF SOMEONE
    YELLS AT ME.
    THE CAMERA IS PICKING UP
    THE FIERCE TENSION BETWEEN
    THE MOM.
    OH, YEAH, YOU HAD TOO MUCH
    TO DRINK WITH THAT.
    >> SEEING YOUR MOMS PLAYED OUT
    THAT WAY IN THE MOMENT.
    IT SOMETIMES IS ROUGH.
    THOSE FIGHTS NEVER REALLY
    LEFT AFTER IT GOT TO.
    AND THE MOMS WOULD BE LIKE,
    BY THE WAY, WE’RE NOT REALLY
    MAD AT EACH OTHER.
    AND I THING THAT EVER HAPPENED
    WITH THE PARENTS NEVER
    INTERFERED WITH US GIRLS OUT
    THE ROOM AND NOTICEABLY ABSENT
    THE WOMAN AT THE CENTER OF MUCH
    OF THE DRAMA DANCE INSTRUCTOR
    AND SERIES STAR ABBY LEE MILLER
    ,ABBY STARTED OUT OF TEN AND I
    FEEL LIKE SHE ENDED AT 13.5.
    >> YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
    SHE DIDN’T GET EASIER AS THE
    SHOW WENT ON.
    SHE GOT HARDER.
    >> THAT’S ONE THING ABOUT ABBY
    IS THAT.
    YEAH, ALTHOUGH SHE WAS
    OUR DANCE TEACHER.
    >> IT WAS SO MUCH MORE THAN
    JUST OUR DANCE TEACHER.
    SHE DEFINITELY GOT SO MANY LIFE
    LESSONS.
    THE SMALLEST THINGS, LIKE WHEN
    I DO MY EYELINER.
    MORNING.
    I THINK OF HER.
    SHE SAYS, GO OUT, NANCY, YOU’LL
    GET WRINKLES, GUYS WHO ACTUALLY
    STILL SPEAKS TO HER.
    I MEAN, IF I WERE TO SEE HER,
    BUT I DON’T TEXTER.
    I MEAN, I DON’T TEXT OR I THINK
    I DO EXTRA.
    I FEEL THAT ESPECIALLY AFTER
    THE REUNION, TOO, AND US
    TALKING ABOUT IT AND KIND
    OF GOING THROUGH EVERYTHING,
    SEEING HER, I COULD MOVE
    ON THOSE FEELINGS YOU WERE
    HAVING.
    >> YOU CAN’T EVEN REALLY SORT
    THEM OUT AT THAT AGE AND YOU’RE
    HAVING TO DANCE.
    THEY WERE LIKE GENUINE
    EMOTIONS.
    LIKE OBVIOUSLY IF I SEE MY MOM
    YELLING AT MY DANCE TEACHER,
    THAT’S ALL.
    AND I WOULD GET UPSET BECAUSE
    I JUST WANTED TO DANCE.
    I DIDN’T WANT THE DRAMA NONE
    OF US DID.
    >> AND NOW EACH OF THE GIRLS
    TRYING TO LIVE THEIR LIVES
    ON THEIR OWN TERMS.
    >> SINCE THE SHOW, I WENT
    TO COLLEGE BACK IN PITTSBURGH.
    NOW I’M A DANCE TEACHER.
    I GOT A DEGREE CREATIVE
    WRITING.
    SO NOW I’M DRAFTING MY FIRST
    FICTION NOVEL.
    I’M STILL IN COLLEGE.
    I GO TO JAMES MARTIN
    UNIVERSITY, ALSO ON THE DANCE
    TEAM, SO I’M STILL DANCING,
    INCLUDING JOJO SIWA, WHO JUST
    RELEASED THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR
    HER NEW SONG KARMA I WAS A BAD
    GIRL.
    >> I JUST DON’T GET THIS.
    THE NEW MUSIC VIDEO IS VERY
    GROWN UP.
    NOW.
    WHAT?
    >> YEAH, AND IT’S A VERY
    DIFFERENT LOOK FOR YOU.
    >> I TOLD EVERYBODY ON MY TEAM,
    I SAID, LOOK, THERE’S A LINE
    AND WE HAVE TO GO PAST IT.
    AND MY GOAL WITH THIS WAS
    I DIDN’T CARE IF PEOPLE LIKED
    IT.
    I DIDN’T CARE, BUT I WANTED
    PEOPLE TO TURN THEIR HEAD AT IT
    AND I WANT TO BE ABLE TO TALK
    ABOUT IT.
    I AM AN ENTERTAINER.
    I AM AN ARTIST.
    I’M NOT A , JOHN.
    I’M NOT A MARIAH CAREY.
    I NEVER WILL HAVE THOSE VOCAL
    CHORDS AND BURN CONSIDERING
    I ONLY HAVE ONE IN HERE.
    >> AND WHETHER LOT PEOPLE LIKE
    HER OR DON’T LIKE CARLA,
    THEY SING IT AND THEY KNOW
    AND IT’S IN THE HEAD.
    AND AT THE END OF THE DAY
    AT WORK, THE GIRLS ARE ALL
    STILL FRIENDS AND SUPERSTAR
    SUPPORTIVE OF EACH OTHER.
    THE REUNION EXTRA SPECIAL FOR
    THEM BECAUSE WHILE THEY HAVE
    KEPT IN TOUCH, THEY HAVEN’T
    ALL BEEN TOGETHER AT THE
    SAME TIME IN THE SAME PLACE
    SINCE THE SHOW.
    DANCE MOMS REUNION PREMIERES
    THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT AT EIGHT
    SEVEN CENTRAL ON LIFETIME.
    DIANE, GLAD SEE THEM SHARING
    SOME LOVE FOR EACH OTHER, EVEN.
    KG THANK YOU.
    AND IT IS TIME FOR THE TEAM
    WHERE WE BREAK DOWN SOME OF
    THE BIGGEST STORIES PEOPLE ARE
    TALKING ABOUT.
    OUR FRIEND WILL GANSS IS HERE
    TO HELP US OUT.
    THAT WAS PRETTY TEEN WORTHY
    THAT WAS SOME HOT TEA FOR
    A MONDAY MORNING.
    WHEN JOE SEE GUNS AND BOMBS
    IT’S TO BE SPICY.
    OKAY.
    WHAT ELSE YOU GOT FOR US?
    I GOT SOME GOOD STUFF FOR YOU,
    DIANE.
    WE BEGIN WITH THE SURPRISE
    REUNION PERFORMANCE BY MEMBERS
    OF NSYNC, JOEY FATONE AND CHRIS
    KIRKPATRICK, WOWED THE CROWD
    AT THE GATEWAYS CELEBRITY FIGHT
    NIGHT 30TH ANNIVERSARY
    PERFORMANCE, SUPPORTING EARLY
    FACE CANCER TRIALS.
    TAKE A LOOK.
    OKAY.
    I FEEL LIKE I’VE BEEN TO A
    MILLION DIFFERENT GALAS
    AND THINGS LIKE THAT IF THIS
    HAPPENED AT THE GALA I WAS
    THAT I WOULD LOSE MY MIND.
    I WAS GOING TO SAY WHAT CHARITY
    EVENT THIS IS BECAUSE I HAD
    NEVER SEEN A PERFORMANCE LIKE
    THAT.
    SO IF IMPRESSIVE LOVE THAT THE
    DUO PERFORMED BY BYE BYE TO
    CANCER WITH THE HELP OF BACKUP
    DANCERS FROM THE PHOENIX SUNS.
    NO WONDER THE PERFORMANCE.
    YOU KNOW I BUY TICKETS.
    IT’S AMAZING.
    YES.
    YEAH.
    NOW, MEANWHILE, LANCE BASS
    PERFORMED BYE BYE BYE SOLO AT A
    WEDDING FOR A BILLIONAIRE
    IN EGYPT AT THE BASE OF THE
    PYRAMIDS.
    SO LOTS OF BYE BYE BYE CASUAL,
    YOU KNOW, CASUAL EVENT.
    CHECK ME OUT.
    WEDDING?
    YEAH.
    LOW KEY WEDDING.
    MINE’S GOING TO BE JUST LIKE
    STEP ONE.
    FIND A MAN.
    ALL RIGHT, STEP TWO, WE GOT
    TO TALK ABOUT CHALLENGERS.
    YOU GUYS.
    IT’S THE NUMBER ONE FILM AT THE
    BOX OFFICE OVER THE WEEKEND
    IN GLENDALE.
    LET’S FLICK.
    PULLING IN $15 MILLION, WHICH
    IS THE BIGGEST OPENING OF OSCAR
    NOMINATED DIRECTOR LUCA
    GUADAGNINO.
    HIS CAREER AND THE BEST PRESENT
    DAY AS A LEAD ACTRESS.
    I LOVED THIS FILM.
    THE PACE IT COMES AT YOU LIKE
    A WILLIAMS BACKHAND.
    THE SOUNDTRACK IS ELECTRIC
    AND THE PERFORMANCES FROM
    THE FREELY THREE LEADS
    ARE SWEATY,, AND AT TIMES LAUGH
    OUT LOUD FUNNY.
    THIS IS THE BEST MOVIE FOR
    SUCCESS RECIPE FOR SUCCESS.
    IT’S LIKE THE MOST EXCITING
    THEATER GOING I’VE HAD SINCE
    BARBIE LAST YEAR.
    SO IF THAT’S ANY INDICATION,
    GO SEE IT.
    ALSO, I WOULD SAY SUNDAY
    IS HAVING A MOMENT, BUT IT
    FEELS LIKE THAT MOMENT HAS,
    THAT LAST QUESTION.
    EXACTLY.
    AND SHE’S HOSTING THE MET GALA,
    WHICH IS A WEEK FROM TODAY.
    YES.
    SHE SAID THAT MEANS SHE FINALLY
    HAS TO BE EARLY TO SOMETHING.
    THINK THAT’S WHAT I WAS WORRIED
    ABOUT.
    I MEAN, ALTHOUGH I’M SURE
    SHE’S NOT WORRIED ABOUT TURNING
    TO LOOK ON THE RED CARPET
    BECAUSE SHE HAS DONE MANY TIMES
    BEFORE VERY.
    MANY TIMES.
    ALL RIGHT.
    NOW TO YOUR FAVE RYAN GOSLING.
    AND I AND HIS UP PRESS TOUR FOR
    HIS NEW MOVIE, FALL GUY.
    FIRST, HE HOSTED SNL
    AND PERFORMED A VERSION
    OF TAYLOR SWIFT’S ALL TOO WELL
    WITH COSTAR EMILY BLUNT.
    THEN HE POPPED UP ON THE WILDLY
    POPULAR INSTAGRAM ACCOUNT.
    GOOD WITH THE SIGN WITH A PIECE
    OF CARDBOARD READING.
    FILLING IN IS WITH SIGNED STUNT
    DOUBLE, AND NOW HE’S KEEPING
    THAT STUNT THING GOING.
    SURPRISING FANS AT UNIVERSAL
    STUDIOS.
    SCOTT TACULAR WATERWORLD STUNT
    SHOW THE OSCAR NOMINEE COMING
    OUT NOT TO PERFORM ANY ACTUAL
    SIGNS BUT IN HIS OWN WORDS JUST
    TO SAY HI AND HE WAS ALSO
    ROASTED BY THE ACTORS IN THE
    SHOW WHO SAID THEY’RE VERY
    FAMILIAR WITH HIS WORK
    IN DEADPOOL.
    OH YEAH, GOING BACK TO THE
    RYAN GOSLING RYAN REYNOLDS
    CONFUSION, IT’S A FUSION.
    THANKS FOR THAT.
    BLAKE LIVELY YEAH, RIGHT,
    RIGHT.
    AND FINALLY, OVER THE WEEKEND,
    I’M OBSESSED WITH THIS.
    NICOLE KIDMAN WAS HONORED
    AT THE AMERICAN FILM
    INSTITUTE’S LIFE ACHIEVEMENT
    AWARD GALA.
    HER FRIENDS, MERYL STREEP
    AND REESE WITHERSPOON THERE
    TO CELEBRATE THEIR BEST FRIEND.
    ALSO HER DRESS.
    SHE LOOKED LIKE AN EMBODIMENT
    OF THE OSCAR STATUE SHE’S
    RAISING.
    BUT WHAT PEOPLE CAN’T
    GET ENOUGH OF IS MORGAN
    FREEMAN’S TRIBUTE TO THE OSCAR
    WINNER.
    TAKE A LOOK AT HIS SPOOF
    OF INFAMOUS AMC AD.
    >> SHE DANCES THE SILVER
    SCREEN, CHANNELING BACK IN.
    SOMEHOW SHE MAKES HEARTBREAK
    FEEL GOOD IN A PLACE LIKE THIS.
    SHE MAKES CAROL SO THE MORGAN
    FREEMAN SEGMENT WAS DIRECTED
    BY CHRIS MERRILL AND INCLUDED
    A TEAM VIOLENCE, INCLUDING
    INDIANA UNDERHILL AND STAR VON
    THE HIGH LIFE ACHIEVEMENT
    TRIBUTE
    WILL RUN ON TNT ON JUNE 17.
    PEOPLE IN THE ROOM FOR
    THAT WERE LIKE LAUGHING
    AND CLAPPING AND SO EXCITED IT
    YOU KNOW YOU’VE MADE IT WHEN
    MORGAN FREEMAN I WAS GOING
    TO SAY IS YOUR LIFE ALL THE
    NARRATORS WHEN MORGAN
    FREEMAN IS DOING IT, YOU KNOW,
    IT’S STUFF THAT THAT’S
    GOD HIMSELF.
    BUT I ALSO LOVE THAT THEY WERE
    SHOCKED THAT IN THE AMC THAT WE
    ALL SEE ANYTIME YOU GO TO THE
    THEATER.
    EXACTLY.
    THIS WOMAN HAS BEEN LIKE
    IN HOLLYWOOD FOR DECADES.
    BUT WHAT WE’RE STILL TALKING
    ABOUT IS THAT AMC LOVE IT.
    ALL RIGHT, WILL GANSS, THANKS.
    CHEERS.
    DIANE TO YOU AND THANK YOU AT
    HOME FOR STREAMING WITH US.
    AND DIANE MACEDO NEWS LIVE
    IS HERE FOR YOU ANYTIME
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    WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK.
    >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
    YOU ARE SITTING DOWN THIS
    TO TELL YOUR STORY.
    ME?
    ARE YOU READY?
    YOU’VE BEEN TOLD GO THROUGH
    YOUR BAG AND YOU FELT
    THE CARTRIDGE.
    WHAT YOU THINKING IN THAT
    MOMENT WHEN YOU FELT THAT?
    >> MY LIFE IS OVER RIGHT HERE.
    AND YOU JUST BEEN TOLD
    YOU’RE GOING TO BE NINE YEARS
    IN ONE OF THE WORST PRISONS
    IN RUSSIA.
    >> WHERE GOING?
    ROBIN ROBIN ROBERTS PRISONER
    IN RUSSIA.
    THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON ABC.
    WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO THE MOST
    WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA?
    >> WELL, OPERATION AFTER COMBAT
    OPERATIONS AND WE’RE
    APPROACHING THE GATE NOW.
    MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR
    FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS FROM
    A NUCLEAR REACTOR RECEIVED
    COUPLE LOADED AND READY TO GO.
    THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE
    FLAG, THERE’S NOT A TEAR IN AND
    OUT OF IT.
    HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL
    RIGHT HERE FOR THE USA?
    >> LOOK AT YOUR SMILE.
    YOU’RE PROUD OF IT?
    I LOVE IT.
    GREAT WORK.
    HI.
    WHERE ARE YOU?
    WHERE YOU.
    THANK YOU.
    IT’S INTERESTING.
    IT’S REAL.
    DAVID.
    DAVID, RIGHT?
    YES.
    YES.
    I’M DAVID.
    >> ARE.
    I KNOW YOU ARE.
    EVERY NIGHT.
    ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT
    WITH DAVID MOORE IS AMERICA’S
    MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST.
    >> IT’S LUNCHTIME IN AMERICA.
    SO WHAT ARE WE SERVING UP?
    WELL, HOW ABOUT EVERYTHING
    YOU NEED TO KNOW?
    THAT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD.
    YOU HAVE YOUR MONEY, BREAKING
    NEWS, MUSIC AND, OF COURSE,
    GOOD FOOD.
    A THIRD HOUR OF "GMA" IN THE
    AFTERNOON.
    SO JOIN US AFTER DINNER FOR
    EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW.
    I LOVE THAT.
    ME?
    I’M JACLYN LEE HERE IN ARIZONA
    ON THE FRONT LINES OF THE
    ABORTION.
    WHEREVER THE STORY IS,
    WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE.
    YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS.
    I AM GOING TO SAY THOSE DARN
    ABC NEWS LIVE.
    FIRST MOUNTING PRESSURE
    ON BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.
    WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE PHONE
    CALL BETWEEN PRESIDENT BIDEN
    AND THE ISRAELI LEADER AS HAMAS
    RELEASES NEW VIDEO OF AN
    AMERICAN ISRAELI HOSTAGE.
    HUNDREDS ARRESTED ON COLLEGE
    CAMPUSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
    WHERE STUDENTS SAY THEY DON’T
    FEEL SAFE ON CAMPUS AMID
    THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR.
    AS HIGH SCHOOLERS MAKE
    THEIR FINAL DECISION ON WHERE
    TO GO TO COLLEGE IN JUST
    TWO DAYS, A TORNADO OUTBREAK
    LEAVES A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION
    AND THE THREAT IS NOT OVER.
    WHERE SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS
    ARE UNDER WAY RIGHT NOW AND.
    THE CLEANUP EFFORT IN PROGRESS
    RIGHT NOW.
    WE BEGIN NEGOTIATORS MEETING
    IN CAIRO TODAY IN A NEW PUSH
    FOR A CEASEFIRE DEAL IN GAZA.
    THIS AFTER HAMAS RELEASED VIDEO
    OF ANOTHER ISRAELI AMERICAN
    HOSTAGE BEING HELD THERE.
    NOW, ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER
    BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IS COMING
    UNDER INCREASING PRESSURE FROM
    PROTESTERS ON THE STREETS
    AND FROM WITHIN HIS OWN
    GOVERNMENT.
    FOREIGN
    CORRESPONDENT TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE
    HAS THE LATEST FROM TEL AVIV,
    ISRAEL.
    HI TOM?
    >> YES, I AM.
    THE OMENS FOR A DEAL
    ARE LOOKING MORE POSITIVE THAN
    THEY HAVE BEEN FOR MONTHS.
    THE WHITE HOUSE IS SAYING THERE
    IS A PROPOSAL ON THE TABLE
    WHICH HAMAS IS CONSIDERING
    IN THOSE TALKS IN CAIRO.
    THAT DEAL WOULD MEAN ROUGHLY
    A SIX WEEK CEASE FIRE TOLD
    BY THE WHITE HOUSE.
    AND WE’RE GETTING INTERESTING
    COMMENTARY FROM THE BRITISH
    FOREIGN SAYING THAT DEAL WOULD
    ALSO MEAN THOUSANDS
    OF PALESTINIAN PRISONERS
    RELEASED POTENTIALLY FROM
    ISRAELI PRISONS IN.
    >> RETURN, OF COURSE, FOR AN
    UNKNOWN NUMBER OF ISRAELI
    HOSTAGES BEING HELD IN GAZA
    AND INTERNATIONAL HOSTAGES,
    TOO.
    SO THAT’S THE BIG UNKNOWN.
    THE OTHER UNKNOWN IS ALSO
    WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO ISRAELI
    TROOPS.
    WOULD THEY BE WITHDRAWN
    COMPLETELY FROM THE GAZA STRIP
    OR WOULD THEY BE REDEPLOYED
    WITHIN THE GAZA STRIP?
    THAT’S BEEN A STICKING IN THE
    PAST.
    NOW THAT A SENIOR HAMAS
    OFFICIAL IS SAYING, THE MOOD
    IS MORE POSITIVE IN RELATION
    TO THAT PROPOSED DEAL.
    BUT THAT SOME ELEMENTS STILL
    NEED TO BE NEGOTIATED.
    AND LOOK, THE BROADER PICTURE
    HERE IS IMPORTANT TO SECRETARY
    STATE BLINKEN SAYING THAT THE
    PROPOSAL TO HAMAS
    IS EXTRAORDINARILY GENEROUS
    AND HE THINKS IT SHOULD BE FOR
    HAMAS.
    BUT HE’S ALSO IN SAUDI ARABIA.
    WHY IS HE THERE?
    WELL, FOR MANY REASONS.
    BUT THE MAIN REASON IS THE
    POSSIBILITY OF NORMALIZATION
    OF RELATIONS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND
    SAUDI ARABIA.
    NOW, THAT’S BEEN SOMETHING
    THAT’S BEEN ON THE CARDS FOR
    YEARS.
    IT FELL WITH OCTOBER
    THE SEVENTH.
    IT WOULD BE AN ABSOLUTELY
    ENORMOUS THING FOR ISRAEL IF
    THE SAUDIS, ONE OF
    THEIR HISTORICALLY ARCH
    ENEMIES, WOULD SUDDENLY
    BE LEGITIMIZING THE STATE
    OF ISRAEL IN THE SAUDIS MINDS.
    AND THAT WOULD DO A LOT FOR
    ISRAEL’S STANDING ON THE WORLD
    STAGE AND ITS SECURITY WITHIN
    THIS REGION.
    THERE’S A LOT TO WORK OUT
    THAT THE U.S. IS DRIVING THOSE
    NEGOTIATIONS FOR THAT.
    AND IT’S THE BIGGER PICTURE.
    YOU KNOW, THE U.S. WOULD
    HAVE TO MAKE CONCESSIONS TO THE
    SAUDIS FOR THAT TO BE POSSIBLE
    AND THAT BIG PICTURE MATTERS
    AND ULTIMATELY IT’S ALSO
    WRAPPED UP WITH THE NOTION OR
    THE TALKS WHICH THE BIDEN
    ADMINISTRATION ALSO TRYING
    TO PUSH TOWARDS SOME KIND
    OF PATHWAY TOWARDS, SOME KIND
    OF STATEHOOD FOR
    THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AT
    SOME POINT.
    IN LOADS OF UNKNOWNS,
    EVERYTHING IS VERY UNCERTAIN.
    THESE ARE MASSIVELY COMPLICATED
    NEGOTIATIONS.
    BUT WHAT’S HAPPENING
    ON THE MICRO-LEVEL IN GAZA
    RIGHT NOW, WHETHER OR NOT,
    ISRAEL IS GOING TO GO INTO
    RAFAH TO TRY AND TAKE OUT
    MORE CAPACITY OF HAMAS OR
    WHETHER THEY’RE GOING TO GO FOR
    A DEAL AND WHETHER HAMAS
    IS ACTUALLY GOING TO ACCEPT
    THE DEAL ON THE TABLE.
    THAT’S THE MICRO-LEVEL,
    THE MACRO PICTURE OF SAUDI
    ARABIA, THE WIDER REGION
    AND THE ROLE THAT THE U.S.
    IS PLAYING IN THAT.
    >> ALL RIGHT.
    FOREIGN
    CORRESPONDENT TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE
    IN ISRAEL, THANK YOU.
    LET’S IN ABC NEWS
    NATIONAL SECURITY AND DEFENSE
    ANALYST MICK MULROY AND ABC
    NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, FORMER
    HOSTAGE NEGOTIATOR BRAD GARRETT
    FOR MORE ON THIS.
    BRAD, NEWLY RELEASED VIDEO
    IS THE SECOND ONE THAT HAMAS
    HAS PUT OUT THE PAST TWO WEEKS.
    SO WHY RELEASE THESE HOSTAGE
    VIDEOS NOW?
    WHAT’S THE STRATEGY HERE?
    BECAUSE THEY’RE TRYING
    TO HUMANIZE THE SITUATION
    WITH THE ISRAELIS.
    >> IN OTHER WORDS, SHOWING THEM
    PHYSICALLY THAT SOMEONE
    THAT THEY WANT BACK IS
    ACTUALLY ALIVE.
    YOU KNOW, THESE I CAN’T
    OVERSTATE COMPLICATED.
    THIS IS BECAUSE THERE ARE SO
    MANY AGENDAS OF SO MANY
    DIFFERENT PEOPLE FROM HAMAS
    WHO COULD JUST GO ACROSS
    THE BOARD.
    AND SO AS A RESULT, EVERY
    LITTLE THING THAT THEY CAN
    FIGURE OUT PSYCHOLOGICALLY
    TO DO TO PERHAPS SAY, LOOK, WE
    MIGHT BE INTERESTED IN SOME
    SORT OF SWAP, BUT LET’S SEE,
    LIKE CEASEFIRE TALKS
    ARE UNDERWAY IN CAIRO.
    SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY
    BLINKEN IS ALSO IN SAUDI ARABIA
    URGING HAMAS ACCEPT ISRAEL’S
    LATEST PROPOSAL.
    SO WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THESE
    TALKS?
    >> WHERE DO THEY STAND NOW?
    >> DIANE, AS THE SECRETARY
    SECRETARY BLINKEN STATED, THIS
    IS A VERY CONCILIATORY OFFER
    BY THE ISRAELIS.
    THEY’VE COME DOWN, WE BELIEVE,
    SUBSTANTIALLY IN THE AMOUNT
    OF FORCES THAT BE RELEASED
    IN THE FIRST TRANCHE, IF
    YOU WILL.
    RIGHT NOW, THE ONLY THING
    THAT STANDS BETWEEN
    THE CEASEFIRE IS HAMAS.
    IF THEY DON’T AGREE WITH THIS,
    THEN IT IS LIKELY THAT THE
    OFFENSIVE WILL GO FORWARD.
    AS PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU HAS
    SAID REPEATEDLY, AND IT’S
    LIKELY WITH THAT WITHDRAWAL,
    THAT DIVISION WAS TO PREPARE
    FOR.
    SO ONCE THEY GO BACK IN
    AND THEY START THIS OFFENSIVE,
    I THINK CEASEFIRE NEGOTIATIONS
    WILL BE OVER.
    >> SO THIS IS A VERY TIME FOR
    THESE NEGOTIATIONS
    AND HOPEFULLY THE PRESSURE
    THAT’S BEING PUT ON ALL SIDES
    WILL WORK AND WE’LL SEE
    A CEASEFIRE IN WHICH HOSTAGES
    RELEASED, MILITARY AID
    IS BROUGHT IN IN LARGE NUMBERS
    AND THE FIGHTING STOPS AT LEAST
    FOR THIS SIX WEEKS DURATION.
    >> BRAD, IF THEY DO REACH
    A DEAL, WHAT THEN GOES INTO
    ENSURING THESE HOSTAGES
    ACTUALLY GET OUT SAFELY.
    WELL, IT’S GOING TO BE A STEP
    BY STEP.
    SO, IN OTHER WORDS, FOLLOWING
    THAT, IF THEY ARRIVE AT SOME
    NUMBER, I’VE HEARD 30, MAYBE
    IT’S MORE THAN THAT AS FAR AS
    ISRAELI HOSTAGES, DO YOU START
    TO RELEASE THEM OR DO YOU POOL
    THEM TOGETHER?
    AND ONE LOCATION.
    AND THEN ONCE HAMAS KNOWS
    THAT FIGHTERS THAT ARE
    IN PRISON HAVE BEEN PULLED
    TOGETHER TO RELEASE IT, THEN
    HAVE TO DO A MUTUAL SWITCH?
    YOU CAN’T SORT OF RELY ON IF WE
    DO OUR SIDE AND YOU DO YOURS.
    IT HAS TO BE KIND OF AT
    THE SAME TIME TO A
    LARGE EXTENT.
    >> SO WE’LL SEE HOW THAT PLAYS
    .
    ALL RIGHT, MICK MULROY
    BRAD GARRETT, THANK YOU.
    AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
    IS ENDING NEGOTIATIONS
    WITH PROTESTERS SAYING THEY’VE
    BEEN UNABLE TO COME TO AN
    AGREEMENT.
    THE SCHOOL IS FLATLY REJECTING
    TO DIVEST FROM ISRAEL AND
    ASKING PROTESTERS TO DISPERSE
    VOLUNTARILY.
    THIS AS POLICE ARE CRACKING
    DOWN ON THE GROWING NUMBER
    OF PROTESTS AT COLLEGES
    AND UNIVERSITIES ACROSS
    THE COUNTRY.
    ABC’S ALEX PRESHA JOINS ME NOW
    FROM OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
    WITH MORE.
    ALEX, HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE
    ARRESTED AT PRO-PALESTINIAN
    PROTESTS OVER THE WEEKEND.
    NOW MORE STUDENTS ARE CALLING
    FOR THEIR COLLEGES TO DIVEST
    FROM ISRAELI MILITARY
    OPERATIONS.
    MEANWHILE, SOME JEWISH STUDENTS
    SAY THAT THEY’RE FACING THREATS
    ON CAMPUS.
    WHAT’S THE LATEST ON ALL
    OF THIS?
    WELL, DIANA, I WANT TO GET
    TO THAT.
    BUT WE ACTUALLY WE HAVE A
    LITTLE BIT OF BREAKING NEWS
    SPECIFICALLY FROM COLUMBIA
    UNIVERSITY, WHICH IS ANOTHER
    ONE OF THOSE UNIVERSITIES WHERE
    A LOT OF THE STUDENT BODY HAS
    BEEN ASKING FOR THE COLLEGE
    TO DIVEST FROM
    ISRAELI INVESTMENTS AND
    AND ALSO SUPPORT FOR.
    THEY RECENTLY SENT OUT A MEMO
    TO STUDENTS SAYING THAT IF
    YOU DO NOT IDENTIFY OR IF
    YOU DO NOT IDENTIFY YOURSELF
    AND LEAVE THAT ENCAMPMENT
    ON THE UNIVERSITY PREMISES BY 2
    P.M., YOU WILL NOT BE IN
    GOOD STANDING AND WILL
    BE SUSPENDED PENDING FURTHER
    INVESTIGATION.
    AND SO THIS IS KIND OF A
    FURTHER ESCALATION,
    THAT TENSION
    ON THE UNIVERSITY’S CAMPUS
    BETWEEN STUDENTS
    AND PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS
    AND TO THE FACULTY
    AND ADMINISTRATION AND LAW
    ENFORCEMENT THERE.
    WE’VE SEEN THOSE CLASHES OVER
    THE WEEKEND, NOT JUST
    AT COLUMBIA, BUT CROSS
    THE COUNTRY.
    STUDENTS TRYING TO MAKE
    THEIR VOICES HEARD ALONG
    WITH OTHER ORGANIZERS.
    THAT’S BEEN THE CASE HERE AT AT
    OHIO STATE AS WELL.
    WE SAW A BIG PROTEST.
    HUNDREDS GATHERED SPECIFICALLY
    HERE THURSDAY NIGHT INTO FRIDAY
    .
    THEY WERE MET BY STATE TROOPERS
    AND ALSO UNIVERSITY POLICE.
    A COUPLE OF DOZEN ARRESTS
    THERE.
    AND ACTUALLY, MANY OF THOSE
    FOLKS THAT WERE ARRESTED
    ARE BEING ARRAIGNED TODAY.
    ANOTHER SAID THEY’RE GOING
    TO BE ARRAIGNED ON.
    BUT WHEN YOU SEE THINGS
    ARE RELATIVELY QUIET, AT LEAST
    HERE IN IN OHIO, AND PARTLY
    BECAUSE, I MEAN, CLASSES FINAL
    EXAMS WRAP UP TOMORROW.
    A LOT OF STUDENTS HAVE ALREADY
    KIND MOVED OFF CAMPUS.
    BUT THERE’S A BIG DISCUSSION
    HERE, NOT JUST THESE DEMANDS
    FROM SOME OF THESE THESE THESE
    PROTEST ORGANIZERS, BUT ALSO
    THE RESPONSE.
    AND ONE OF THE BIG PUSHBACK,
    SPECIFICALLY HERE AT OHIO STATE
    WAS THE POLICE RESPONSE, NOT
    JUST BUT ALSO SOME FACULTY
    MEMBERS TALKING ABOUT THEY
    THOUGHT THAT THAT THAT IT WAS
    A LITTLE MORE FORCEFUL THAN
    NEED BE.
    ALL RIGHT.
    ALEX PRESHA AT OHIO STATE
    IN COLUMBUS, THANK YOU.
    AND MILLIONS OF AMERICANS
    ARE STILL UNDER THREAT AFTER.
    MULTIPLE TORNADOES TORE THROUGH
    TEXAS, IOWA, NEBRASKA
    AND OKLAHOMA OVER THE WEEKEND.
    AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE ARE DEAD
    FROM THE STORMS, INCLUDING
    A FOUR MONTH OLD.
    AS MILLIONS REMAIN SHELTERED
    ACROSS THE U.S. HEARTLAND.
    >> ABC’S MELISSA O’DONNELL
    IS IN OKLAHOMA CITY WITH THE
    LATEST.
    SO WHAT KIND OF DAMAGE ARE YOU
    SEEING THERE, DIANE?
    IT HAS BEEN SO DIFFICULT WHAT A
    TOUGH WEEKEND THAT WE HAVE SEEN
    IT JUST ALL ACROSS THE GREAT
    IN THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA HERE
    IN OKLAHOMA CITY.
    THIS IS WHAT THE GOVERNOR MADE
    SURE THAT THAT STATE
    OF EMERGENCY REMAINS FOR
    ABOUT A DOZEN.
    OVER THE WEEKEND, WE WERE ALSO
    IN NEBRASKA, NEBRASKA,
    THE COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF OMAHA
    THERE IN ELKHORN.
    THEY ALSO GOT HIT BY A TORNADO.
    THEY HAD DEVASTATION,
    INCREDIBLY ENOUGH.
    EVERYONE SURVIVED.
    BUT, DIANE, WHEN WE WENT
    TO DOWNTOWN, SO THAT IS WHERE
    IT WAS THE HARDEST HIT AREA.
    IT WAS JUST SO ASTONISHING
    TO SEE ALL OF THAT DAMAGE.
    YOU WALK DOWN AND ESSENTIALLY
    YOU SEE ALL OF THAT DEBRIS.
    YOU SEE ALL OF THE CARS
    THAT WERE FLIPPED OVER,
    THE BUSINESSES THAT WERE GUTTED
    OUT.
    BUT WHAT WAS SO IMPRESSIVE
    TO ME IS WHEN I SPEAKING
    WITH THE BUSINESS OWNERS,
    THEY TOLD ME, LOOK, MELISSA,
    INCREDIBLY THERE WERE
    PEOPLE THAT LOST THEIR LIVES.
    IT WAS ALL OF THIS DAMAGE.
    THOSE FAMILIES ARE NOW REELING
    WITH THAT.
    ALL OF THOSE FAMILIES THAT HAVE
    BUSINESSES ARE NOW TRYING
    TO FIGURE OUT HOW THEY MOVE
    NEXT.
    THEIR LIVELIHOODS DEPENDED
    ON THESE BUSINESSES.
    IF YOU WORKED THAT RESTAURANT,
    IF YOU WORKED AT THAT BOUTIQUE,
    YOU NOW HAVE NO INCOME.
    YOU DON’T KNOW COMING NEXT FOR
    YOU.
    HOW THEN WILL YOU BE ABLE TO GO
    TO YOUR HOME IF YOUR HOME DID
    SURVIVE?
    SOME OF THOSE FOLKS,
    THEIR HOMES WERE GONE AND YOU
    START TO THINK THAT WITH
    THE MAGNITUDE OF A LOT OF THESE
    STORMS THAT HAPPENED, THAT WE
    JUST CONTINUE UNFORTUNATELY
    TO COVER HARD TO REALLY PUT
    INTO HOW WILL THESE FOLKS MOVE
    FORWARD?
    IT IMPACTS SO MUCH OF THEIR
    LIVES SUCH A CRITICAL PART
    THERE IN DOWNTOWN OKLAHOMA.
    AND THEN AGAIN, WE’RE LOOKING
    AT MORE THREAT OF WHETHER IT
    IS AN UNINTENDED FEELING OUT
    HERE.
    >> DIANE AND THE HEARTLAND
    IS STILL UNDER THREAT.
    MORE SEVERE WEATHER IS ON
    THE WAY.
    >> SO WHAT ARE PEOPLE TRYING
    TO DO TO STAY SAFE NOW?
    RIGHT.
    AND SO THAT JUST ADDS SO MUCH
    PRESSURE EVERY.
    SINGLE DAY WHEN WE WERE OUT
    REPORTING, IT WAS REALLY HARD
    IN NEBRASKA IMMEDIATELY.
    WE WERE UP THERE EARLY FOR
    OUR TO DO OUR LOCAL REPORTING.
    AND SO WE WERE OUT THERE TRYING
    TO DO THAT.
    WE HAD TO ESSENTIALLY
    START SEEING THE BREAK OF DAWN.
    ALL OF THE FOLKS THAT WERE
    GOING OUT TO HELP OUT TO START
    UP TO PUT STUFF AWAY, TO MAKE
    SURE THE DEBRIS WAS OUT OF THE
    WAY.
    THAT WAS SO CRITICAL BECAUSE,
    OF COURSE, ONCE YOU DON’T WANT
    TO HAVE ANOTHER STORM AND THEN
    SOME OF THAT DEBRIS GETS
    FLIPPED AWAY.
    WE HAVE SEEN SO MANY NEIGHBORS
    HELPING NEIGHBORS, SO MANY
    COMMUNITY MEMBERS GOING OUT
    TO HELP TO TRY TO PICK UP.
    AND THAT’S THE BEST THEY CAN
    DO.
    ONE WOMAN TELLING ME SHE’S NOT
    SURE HOW SHE’S GOING TO MOVE
    FORWARD.
    THIS IS JULIE COX.
    SHE OWNS ONE OF THOSE LOCAL
    BOUTIQUES IN DOWNTOWN SULFUR.
    BUT SHE SAYS THAT CONFIDENT
    WITHIN HER NEIGHBORS, THEY WILL
    HELP HER MOVE FORWARD.
    DIANE ABBY CRUZ, MELISSA, DAN,
    THANK YOU.
    AND LET’S GO TO
    ABC METEOROLOGIST
    SOMARA THEODORE FOR THE LATEST
    ON THE STORM’S TRACK
    AND TIMING.
    SAMAR.
    WHAT ARE YOU SEEING NOW?
    RIGHT NOW, THE BIGGEST THREAT,
    DIANE, REMAINS TO BE FLOODING.
    NOT TOO LONG AGO, WE HAD
    A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY JUST
    NORTH OF HOUSTON IN GROVES
    AND TRINITY AREA, AND THEY SAW
    8 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN.
    SAME LINE OF STORMS IS NOW
    SWEEPING ACROSS THE STATE
    OF LOUISIANA AT DIRECTLY FOR
    NEW ORLEANS.
    THESE ARE VERY STRONG STORMS,
    HEAVY LADEN MOISTURE AS A
    RESULT.
    FLOOD WATCHES ARE IN PLACE.
    FLOOD WARNINGS IN PLACE.
    SO THIS IS SOMETHING TO KEEP
    IN MIND FOR FOLKS WHO LIVE
    IN AREAS IN LOUISIANA THAT ARE
    PRONE TO FLOODING.
    >> THIS SYSTEM IS THE TYPE
    OF SYSTEM THAT WILL EXACERBATE
    THOSE SYSTEMS AND YOU
    WILL LIKELY SEE FLOODING.
    OKAY.
    >> LET’S TALK ABOUT THIS NEXT
    CHANCE FOR SEVERE WEATHER.
    I WANT TO GET YOU READY IF
    YOU LIVE IN OMAHA, NEBRASKA,
    LINCOLN, DES MOINES,
    SAINT JOSEPH, EVEN KANSAS,
    SIOUX CITY, SIOUX FALLS.
    YOU ALL ARE IN FOR ANOTHER
    OF SEVERE WEATHER.
    THIS IS TUESDAY.
    THIS MOVES IN TOMORROW
    AFTERNOON INTO TOMORROW
    EVENING.
    SO SOME OF THE STORMS WE SEE
    COULD PRODUCE TORNADOES
    AT NIGHT, LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING
    WINDS FOR THIS ZONE SHADED
    IN YELLOW HERE.
    AND THAT’S NOT THE ONLY SEVERE
    WEATHER THREAT.
    WE ALSO HAVE ANOTHER ONE THAT
    WE’RE MONITORING AND THIS
    IS FOR WEDNESDAY, 7 P.M. LOOK
    AT WHERE THESE STORMS
    ARE SITUATED.
    THIS IS ALSO AN AREA THAT HAS
    ALREADY BEEN PREVIOUSLY HIT
    THAT INCLUDES WESTERN OKLAHOMA,
    UP TO WICHITA THERE.
    SO KEEP THAT IN MIND TUESDAY
    AND WEDNESDAY HAVE OUR NEXT
    ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER MOVING
    IN.
    FINALLY, I HAVE END IN THE
    NORTHEAST WHERE WE ARE SEEING
    POTENTIALLY
    RECORD BREAKING HIGHS.
    >> TEMPERATURES IN WASHINGTON,
    D.C. THIS AFTERNOON COULD HIT
    JUST ABOVE DEGREES, PRETTY WARM
    EVEN AS FAR NORTH AS HERE
    IN NEW YORK CITY, 85 DEGREES
    FOR AN AFTERNOON HIGH.
    AND THIS WARM AIR FOLLOWS
    US FOR THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS
    IN THE NORTHEAST.
    >> DIANE.
    ABC SOMARA THEODORE, A THANK
    YOU.
    I WANT TO FORMER
    PRESIDENT TRUMP’S POTENTIAL VP
    PICKS DEFENDING HERSELF FROM
    BACKLASH OVER A STORY IN HER
    NEW BOOK.
    SOUTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR KRISTI
    NOEM WRITES ABOUT SHOOTING
    AND KILLING HER DOG AFTER IT
    ATTACKED HER FRIEND’S CHICKENS.
    CHIEF WASHINGTON
    CORRESPONDENT KARL HAS
    THAT STORY.
    >> GOOD MORNING, DIANE.
    THIS IS QUITE A STORY
    THAT SOUTH DAKOTA
    GOVERNOR KRISTI NOEM RECOUNTS
    IN NEW BOOK ABOUT A WIRE HAIRED
    POINTER DOG CRICKET THAT SHE
    HAD ON A FARM THAT SHE SAYS WAS
    ON TRAINABLE.
    AT ONE POINT, SHE TRIED TO TAKE
    THE DOG OUT HUNTING, PHEASANT
    HUNTING WITH OTHER DOGS.
    SHE SAYS IT WAS A DISASTER.
    WHILE THE DOG WAS HAVING
    THE TIME OF ITS LIFE.
    IT WAS JUST SCARING ALL THE
    AWAY AND RUNNING AROUND WILD.
    ON THE WAY BACK FROM THAT,
    HUNTING TRIP, SHE SAYS.
    SHE STOPPED BY A FRIEND’S
    HOUSE.
    THE DOG JUMPED OUT OF THE TRUCK
    AND STARTED ATTACKING
    HER FRIENDS CHICKENS, KILLING
    SEVERAL OF THEM AND EVEN
    WHIPPING AROUND TO BITE.
    KRISTI NOEM, SHE THAT SHE THEN
    TOOK THE DOG TO A GRAVEL PIT
    AND SHOT THE DOG SAYING, QUOTE,
    I HATED THAT DOG.
    AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, THIS HAS
    CAUSED QUITE BACKLASH.
    NOEM, HOWEVER, IS DEFENDING
    HERSELF WRITING OVER
    THE WEEKEND, QUOTE, I CAN
    UNDERSTAND WHY SOME PEOPLE
    ARE UPSET ABOUT A 20-YEAR-OLD
    STORY OF CRICKET.
    ONE OF THE WORKING DOGS ON OUR
    RANCH.
    SHE SAID THAT HER BOOK
    IS FILLED, QUOTE, MANY HONEST
    STORIES OF MY LIFE, GOOD AND
    BAD CHALLENGES AND PAINFUL
    DECISIONS AND LESSONS LEARNED.
    >> DIANE CHIEF WASHINGTON
    CORRESPONDENT JON, THANK YOU.
    TESTIMONIES SET TO RESUME
    TOMORROW ON FORMER
    PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CRIMINAL HUSH
    MONEY TRIAL.
    THE JURY EXPECTED TO HEAR
    MORE FROM A BANKER WHO SAYS
    HE HELPED FORMER TRUMP ATTORNEY
    MICHAEL COHEN SET UP A SHELL
    COMPANY.
    HE SAYS COHEN THEN USED
    THE FAKE LLC TO SECRETLY WIRE
    STORMY DANIELS MONEY A MONTH
    BEFORE 2016 ELECTION
    IN EXCHANGE FOR HER SILENCE
    OVER AN ALLEGED AFFAIR
    THAT TRUMP DENIES.
    ABC NEWS INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER
    LIBBY RUBIN JOINS ME NOW ALONG
    WITH ABC NEWS LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR
    BRIAN BUCKMIRE FOR MORE.
    OLIVIA THE JURY IS EXPECTED
    TO HEAR MORE ABOUT THIS
    SO-CALLED PAPER TRAIL WHEN GARY
    FARROW GETS BACK ON THE STAND.
    HOW SIGNIFICANT IS HIS
    TESTIMONY GOING TO BE FOR
    THE PROSECUTION’S CASE?
    IT’S CRUCIAL FOR PROSECUTORS
    TO GET THIS INFORMATION
    IN BECAUSE, DIANE, LIKE
    YOU SAID, THIS IS THE PAPER
    TRAIL AND.
    THIS IS A CASE ABOUT MONEY
    AND PAYMENTS AND DOCUMENTS
    THAT WERE FORGED.
    SO WHAT GARY FARROW IS DOING
    ON THE STAND, HE’S NOT SOME BIG
    NAME.
    HE’S NOT TELLING INSIDE STORIES
    ABOUT TALKING DONALD TRUMP.
    WHAT HE IS DOING IS SPEAKING
    ABOUT THE ACTUAL FINANCIAL
    THAT HE SAYS HE HELPED MICHAEL
    COHEN SET UP TO FUNNEL
    THE PAYMENTS TO PEOPLE SO
    THAT THEY WOULD KEEP QUIET
    ABOUT THEIR STORY.
    SO HE IS BACKING UP ESSENTIALLY
    WHAT PROSECUTORS SAYING
    HAPPENED HERE.
    AND WHAT DAVID PECKER
    SAID HAPPENED HERE VERY.
    FARROW SAID THAT HE OPENED AN
    ACCOUNT SO MICHAEL COHEN COULD
    PAY KAREN MCDOUGAL.
    HE SAID IT WAS NEVER FUNDED.
    THAT TRACKS WITH WHAT
    PROSECUTORS SAID THAT SHE WAS
    NEVER PAID BACK BY TRUMP OR
    MICHAEL COHEN.
    AND HE ABOUT A FRANTIC CALL
    HE GOT FROM MICHAEL COHEN
    TO SET UP YET ANOTHER ACCOUNT
    JUST WEEKS LATER, OF COURSE, SO
    HE COULD PAY STORMY.
    DANIELS.
    SO IT IS HARD EVIDENCE FROM
    A BANKER WHO REALLY HAS NO
    STAKE IN THE CASE AND IS
    SPEAKING TO WHAT HE DID FOR
    MICHAEL COHEN TO ADVANCE
    THE THEORIES THAT PROSECUTORS
    SAY HAPPENED.
    BRIAN, WHEN YOU GET TO THIS
    PART OF A TRIAL, WE’RE TALKING
    ABOUT THE PAPER TRAIL AND THE
    NITTY-GRITTY OF SETTING UP
    ACCOUNTS.
    >> HOW CHALLENGING IS IT
    TO JUST TRY TO KEEP THE JURY
    INTERESTED, TO MAKE SURE
    THEY DON’T SPACE OUT?
    >> WELL, IT DEPENDS ON WHO
    YOU’RE ASKING.
    IF YOU’RE THE PROSECUTION
    IS EXTREMELY IF YOU’RE THE
    DEFENSE, YOU’RE HOPING THEY DO
    SPACE OUT.
    AND SO IT’S DIFFERENT
    APPROACHES FOR EACH SIDE.
    BUT IT’S A REALLY GOOD POINT.
    THIS A CASE ABOUT DOCUMENTS
    AND MONEY AND IT CAN BE A
    LITTLE OF A DRIVE, NOT
    AS ENTERTAINING AS I GUESS
    IT’S LIKE A MURDER CASE OR,
    A GUN CASE.
    BUT GETTING AT THE FACTS
    IS IMPORTANT AND HOPING
    THAT YOUR JURY STAYS ENGAGED
    UNTIL SUMMATION IS A BIG PART.
    >> BRIAN, WHAT ARE
    YOU WATCHING?
    FOR ONCE, CROSS-EXAMINATION.
    >> I WANT TO SEE WHAT THE
    DEFENSE’S TAXES ARE GOING TO BE
    VERY SIMILAR, THAT OF
    DAVID PECKER, WHERE
    THEY’RE GOING TO TRY TO ARGUE
    THIS IS JUST BUSINESS AS USUAL
    .
    I DON’T WORK WITH A LOT
    OF SHELL COMPANIES OR CLIENTS
    WHO DO HAVE THEM.
    I DON’T KNOW.
    YOU CAN ARGUE BUSINESS AS USUAL
    WHEN IT COMES TO SHELL
    COMPANIES.
    BUT I THINK OTHER ASPECTS COULD
    BE HERE THAT THE DEFENSE
    DISTANCED FROM MICHAEL COHEN
    IN THIS OR TRYING TO FOCUS
    ON THE FACT THAT ONLY MICHAEL
    COHEN WAS ATTACKING HIM AS BAIT
    AND THAT DONALD TRUMP DIDN’T
    CREATE IT, DIDN’T SIGN OFF
    ON IT AND THERE WAS NO
    COMMUNICATION BETWEEN DONALD
    TRUMP AND THE BAKER SEPARATING
    THE DEFENDANTS, SO TO SPEAK,
    FROM THE ALLEGED CRIME.
    >> OLIVIA WHAT DO YOU THINK WAS
    THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY FROM WEEK
    ONE OF TESTIMONY IN GENERAL?
    IT HAD TO BE DAVID PECKER.
    HIS TESTIMONY.
    HE WAS ON THE STAND FOR
    FOUR DAYS AND IT WAS JUST
    GRIPPING DIANE.
    ANY TIME YOU CAN HAVE A WITNESS
    ON THE STAND TALKING
    ABOUT PERSONAL CONVERSATIONS
    WITH THE DEFENDANT, WITH FORMER
    PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP PUTTING
    HIM DIRECTLY THE ROOM AND DOING
    FOR PROSECUTORS WHAT THEY
    NEEDED, WHICH IS TO OUT
    THEIR STORY.
    THEY DIDN’T START WITH A BANKER
    TALKING ABOUT THEY DIDN’T
    START WITH TRUMP’S ASSISTANT
    WHO TOOK THE STAND FOR
    30 MINUTES.
    THEY TOOK THEY STARTED
    WITH DAVID PECKER, WHO SPOKE
    FOR FOUR DAYS ABOUT A
    YEARS LONG COORDINATION
    THAT SAYS HE HAD WITH DONALD
    TRUMP.
    AND IT WAS FASCINATING.
    IT WAS PEELING BACK THE CURTAIN
    INTO THIS ARRANGEMENT THAT THEY
    HAD.
    AND AS YOU HEARD, BRIAN,
    YOU KNOW, TRUMP’S TEAM
    IS TRYING TO SAY THIS WAS
    BUSINESS AS USUAL.
    BUT THE PROSECUTORS GOT FROM
    DAVID PECKER WHAT THEY NEEDED,
    WHICH WAS HIM TO SAY MULTIPLE
    TIMES, I WOULD ADD, THIS WAS
    ABOUT THE ELECTION.
    DIDN’T THEY BUY THE STORY
    BECAUSE IT WOULD HURT DONALD
    TRUMP?
    WHY DIDN’T THEY PUBLISH IT
    BECAUSE IT WOULD HURT
    HIS CAMPAIGN.
    THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT THEY WERE
    TRYING TO PROVE, THAT IT WAS AN
    ELECTION EFFORT.
    AND DAVID PECKER GAVE THEM
    EXACTLY THAT WHILE DELIVERING
    REALLY GRIPPING, VERY CREDIBLE
    TESTIMONY.
    ALL RIGHT.
    OLIVIA RUBIN, BRIAN BUCKMIRE,
    THANK YOU BOTH.
    AND WE WILL HAVE FULL COVERAGE
    ALL DAY LONG AS THAT TRIAL
    RESUMES TOMORROW.
    COMING UP, SHOCK AT FAST FOOD
    CHAINS.
    HOW HIGH PRICES ARE CLIMBING
    OUT WEST.
    THE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE.
    PLUS, BUSINESS TRAVEL IS TAKING
    AGAIN, WHICH AIRLINES SAY
    THEY’RE SEEING AN INCREASE
    OF TRAVELERS FLYING FOR WORK.
    BUSINESS HEADLINES ARE NEXT.
    >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE
    ARE HERE IN ISRAEL.
    >> A NATION AT WAR AFTER
    THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK
    BY HAMAS ON THE IN UKRAINE.
    >> REPORTING FROM LEWISTON,
    MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC
    MASS SHOOTING, ABC NEWS LIVE
    IS RIGHT THERE AT THE SCENE OF
    THAT DEADLY STRIKE IN UKRAINE.
    UKRAINE REPORTING
    THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY
    IN ROLLING FORTH.
    THIS TORNADO TORE THIS LITTLE
    TOWN.
    SOME OF THE MOST DEVASTATING
    DISASTER IN HAWAII.
    FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH
    CAROLINA, ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN
    TRAIL, AN ICELAND SCOUT
    TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN
    MEXICO CITY, WHERE THE STORY
    IS ON THE FRONT LINES FROM
    SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE
    THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT FOR
    THE FBI REPORTING FOR
    THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE
    HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET
    IN LONDON, STREAMING LIVE
    TO YOU WHEREVER 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.
    YOU’RE 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.
    YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING
    GETS UP TO CATCH YOU UP
    WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.
    A DANGEROUS STORM IS IMPACTING
    THE MORNING COMMUTE.
    WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY?
    ESCALATING IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
    WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT,
    THE MIGRANT CRISIS FAST,
    STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOMEONE
    IN BETWEEN.
    DOES BILLIONAIRE SOUNDS GOOD TO
    ME IN A MOVE STARTED CHASING
    A DOG FIRST THING IN THE
    MORNING AMERICA THIS MORNING
    AMERICA’S NUMBER ONE EARLY
    MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS
    WHAT 20 SO 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 TOP STORIES
    A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S
    GET INTO IT LISTEN TO THE DAILY
    NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR
    EDWARD AAM AWARDS AND SEE WHY
    THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT
    A NEWS PODCAST WTH LISTENING
    TO START HERE ABC NEWS MAKING
    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.
    WELCOME BACK AMAZON IT
    IS SHATTERING DELIVERY SPEED
    RECORDS FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS
    IN CALIFORNIA ARE HIKING
    THEIR PRICES AND ZOOM MEETINGS
    MAY NOT HAVE TAKEN THE PLACE
    IN-PERSON MEETINGS AFTER ALL.
    ABC NEWS BUSINESS REPORTER
    ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS HAS
    MORE ON THAT AND YOUR OTHER
    BUSINESS HEADLINES.
    ALEXIS, WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING
    MONDAY?
    I LET’S START WITH AMAZON.
    SO THE COMPANY SAYS
    IT’S GETTING EVEN MORE PACKAGES
    TO CUSTOMERS IN ONE DAY OR
    SOONER.
    THE E-COMMERCE GIANT SAYS SO
    FAR THIS YEAR, NEARLY 60%
    OF ORDERS PLACED THROUGH IN THE
    TOP 60 U.S. METRO AREAS ARRIVED
    THE SAME OR NEXT DAY.
    THAT’S UP FROM 50% LAST YEAR.
    SPEEDY DELIVERY IS, OF COURSE,
    A HALLMARK OF AMAZON’S
    SUBSCRIPTION, WHICH CHARGES
    MEMBERS $139 A YEAR FOR
    BENEFITS SUCH AS TWO DAY
    SHIPPING AND VIDEO STREAMING.
    AMAZON SAYS IT WANTS TO MAKE
    SAME AND NEXT DAY DELIVERY ITS
    STANDARD AND IT PLANS TO DOUBLE
    THE NUMBER OF SAME DAY DELIVERY
    FACILITIES OVER THE NEXT FEW
    YEARS.
    SOME CALIFORNIA FAST FOOD
    CHAINS ARE NOW SERVING UP
    STICKER SHOCK A HIGHER STATE
    MINIMUM WAGE OF $20 AN HOUR FOR
    FAST FOOD WORKERS THAT WENT
    INTO EFFECT THIS SPRING
    IS MAKING EVERYTHING FROM
    BURRITO TO BURGERS
    MORE EXPENSIVE.
    CHICK-FIL-A, MCDONALD’S
    AND DOMINO’S ARE AMONG THE FAST
    FOOD CHAINS THAT HAVE RAISED
    PRICES IN THE GOLDEN STATE
    IN RECENT.
    CHIPOTLE SAYS PRICES AT ITS
    NEARLY 500 CALIFORNIA
    RESTAURANTS CLIMBED AS MUCH
    AS 7% THIS MONTH ALONE COMPARED
    WITH LAST YEAR.
    GOVERNOR NEWSOM SAYS THE 25%
    INCREASE IN HOURLY PAY
    WILL IMPROVE COST OF LIVING
    AND WORKING CONDITIONS FOR
    HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF FAST
    FOOD EMPLOYEES IN.
    CALIFORNIA.
    IT TURNS OUT ALL THOSE ZOOM
    CALLS HAVEN’T KILLED BUSINESS
    TRAVEL AFTER ALL.
    SO MAJOR AIRLINES ARE REPORTING
    BIG BOUNCE BACK IN BUSINESS
    TRAVEL.
    DELTA AND UNITED BOTH A 14%
    BUMP IN FIRST QUARTER FROM
    A YEAR AGO.
    CORPORATE TRAVEL ALSO
    BACK TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS NOW
    AT ALASKA.
    LED BY TECH COMPANIES.
    AND SOUTHWEST SAYS IT SAW
    A RECORD NUMBER OF PEOPLE
    TRAVELING FOR BUSINESS FROM
    JANUARY TO APRIL.
    ALL YOU CAN A RESILIENT ECONOMY
    AND STRONG EMPLOYMENT.
    DIANE, FOR BRINGING BACK THOSE
    BUSINESS TRAVELERS.
    >> GOOD TO SEE IT,
    ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS.
    THANK YOU.
    AND A CHEESY GATHERING IN NEW
    YORK CITY SHOWS HUNDREDS
    OF PEOPLE SHOWED UP TO A PARK
    FOR A MAN AND CHEEZ.
    WE’RE GOING TO HAVE THAT STORY
    COMING UP IN JUST A BIT BIT.
    WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE MOST
    WATCHED NEWSCAST IN AMERICA?
    OPERATION LIGHT COMBAT
    OPERATIONS ARE WE’RE
    APPROACHING THE GATE NOW.
    MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR
    FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS
    OPERATING A NUCLEAR REACTOR.
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    AND READY TO GO.
    THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE
    FLAG THERE’S NOT A TEAR IN AND
    OUT OF IT.
    HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL
    RIGHT HERE?
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    LOOK AT YOUR SMILE.
    YOU’RE PROUD OF IT?
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    WHERE ARE YOU?
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    THANK YOU, SIR.
    IT’S VERY INTERESTING.
    EMAIL, DAVID.
    THERE’S.
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    YES.
    I’M.
    >> YOU ARE.
    I KNOW YOU ARE.
    YOU DO EVERY NIGHT.
    ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT
    WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S
    WATCHED NEWSCAST.
    CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
    IT’S 25 YEARS OF BREAKFAST
    IN BED.
    SURPRISING MOMS ACROSS AMERICA.
    OH, MY.
    MY GOODNESS.
    AND FOR OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY,
    WE’RE MAKING IT THE BIGGEST
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    WHEREVER, WHEREVER THE STORY
    IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE
    YOU THERE.
    >> YOU’RE STREAMING
    ABC NEWS LIVE.
    WELCOME BACK.
    A MYSTERY MAN IS GOING VIRAL,
    DRAWING A BIG CROWD FOR
    A STRANGE STUNT.
    HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE FLOCKED
    NEW YORK CITY TO SEE A MASKED
    MAN EAT AN ENTIRE JUG OF .
    ABC’S DANNY NEW HAS THAT STORY
    .
    WHY WHEN THERE ARE HUNDREDS
    OF BUGS GATHERED IN A
    NEW YORK CITY PARK THIS WEEKEND
    SHOUTING CHEESEBALL MAN.
    >> WHY DO YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE
    SO INFATUATED?
    YOU.
    I THINK EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE
    BEHIND THE MASK.
    IT STARTED WITH THESE FLIERS
    WHICH HAVE BEEN HANGING
    ALL OVER MANHATTAN FOR A FEW
    MONTHS NOW.
    THEY HOLD A SIMPLE MESSAGE FROM
    A MASKED MAN WISHING TO REMAIN
    ANONYMOUS.
    >> COME SEE ME.
    EAT THIS ENTIRE JAR OF CHEESE
    ON APRIL 27TH.
    I DIDN’T REALLY EXPECT THIS
    MANY PEOPLE TO SHOW UP.
    >> WELL THEY DID.
    THE FESTIVITIES KICKED OFF
    WITH A SPEECH AS MANY TOOK
    VIDEO THROUGH SOCIAL.
    >> THIS ONE CURRENTLY HOLDS
    10 MILLION VIEWS.
    >> BUT OF COURSE, FINALLY,
    THE TIME CAME WHEN THE GUY
    GOING BY CHEESEBALL MAN WOULD
    HAVE TO ACTUALLY COMMIT
    TO CONSUMING MORE THAN 2000
    CALORIES OF CHEDDAR AND CORN
    MEAL.
    >> THERE IS A MOMENT THAT WAS
    DEFINITELY GOING TO THROW UP
    AND THEN PEOPLE SAID, KEEP IT
    DOWN REALLY LOUDLY.
    >> SO I JUST KEPT IT
    IN EXCHANGE MESSAGES WITH FOLKS
    WERE THERE, MOST OF THEM SAYING
    THEY WENT BECAUSE THEY THOUGHT
    IT SOUNDED, QUOTE, HILARIOUS
    ONE ADDING, QUOTE, EVEN FROM
    TWO BLOCKS AWAY, YOU CAN HEAR
    THE CROWD AFTER ALMOST A HALF
    HOUR, THE NOW LEGENDARY CHEESE
    BALL MAN FINALLY ACCOMPLISHED
    HIS QUEST AND THEN IMMEDIATELY
    SIGNED AUTOGRAPHS.
    HE ASKED ME NOT DISCLOSE
    HIS NAME, BUT WHAT I CAN TELL
    YOU IS THAT HE IS 22 YEARS OLD,
    JUST GRADUATED FROM NYU
    AND GENUINELY WANTS TO BE
    MORE THAN JUST A CULINARY
    CONQUERER.
    >> I’D BEEN, YOU KNOW, TRYING
    TO HELP PEOPLE.
    I CLEAN UP THE CITY.
    I PICK UP TRASH.
    ARE YOU DOING ALL THIS IN THE
    MASK?
    I HAVE TO DO IT IN THE MASK.
    >> HE BOUGHT.
    I AM.
    SO I THREW THE BALL DOWN.
    ANYWAY, HE WANTS TO RUN IT
    BACK NEXT YEAR.
    APRIL 27, 2025.
    UNION SQUARE PARK.
    BRING YOUR BIB.
    IT’S GOING TO GET REAL.
    SHE’S JUST DIANE.
    >> ALL RIGHT, DANIELLE.
    I THINK YOU MAKE A VERY
    GOOD TEAM.
    HOW IS IT THAT YOU DO ALL THESE
    THINGS?
    I’M PRETTY GOOD.
    I THINK I CAN DO IT.
    THANKS FOR STREAMING THE LAST
    TIME.
    DIANE MACEDO.
    I BET SHE DECIDED TO SHOOT FOR
    ANY TIME WITH THE LATEST NEWS,
    CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS.
    I SURVIVE THIS SLEAZEBALL,
    DOUG, THAT IS.
    WE’LL RIGHT BACK.
    AND YOU?
    >> THIS WEEK, THE GAG ORDER
    IN DONALD TRUMP’S CRIMINAL
    TRIAL AS ALLEGED NEW VIOLATIONS
    PILE UP.
    PLUS, THE COLLEGE PROTESTS
    IN THE U.S. SPREADING ACROSS
    EUROPE.
    MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD
    NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR,
    THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST
    ON TELEVISION.
    FIRST THING IN THE MORNING,
    THERE’S A LOT GOING ON.
    YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING
    THAT’S OFF TO YOU UP WITH WHAT
    HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.
    A DANGEROUS ICE STORM
    IS IMPACTING MORNING COMMUTE.
    >> WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY?
    ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE
    MIDDLE EAST.
    WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING
    ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS FAST.
    STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME
    IN BETWEEN.
    HOW DOES BILLIONAIRES.
    SOUNDS GOOD TO ME TO MOVE.
    STARTED CHASING A DOG FIRST
    THING IN THE MORNING.
    AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S
    NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS
    ON ABC NEWS.
    WHAT IS THAT?
    YOU?
    THAT’S ME AND MY BIG .
    HOW MUCH DO YOU MAKE
    ON ONLYFANS VERSUS, SAY, AN
    EPISODE ON SOPRANOS?
    OH, WAY MORE ON MY HANDS.
    CELEBRITIES CAN ABSOLUTELY MAKE
    A LIVING ON ONLYFANS.
    BELLA IS MODEL SHE MADE OF OVER
    20 MILLION.
    DO YOU CONSIDER WHAT YOU DO?
    OR WORK?
    ONLYFANS.
    NOT JUST THAT I HAD IT TO DO
    ALL OVER AGAIN.
    I WOULD HAVE DONE IT SOONER OR
    LATER.
    >> WHY DO SO PEOPLE START
    THEIR DAY HERE?
    >> ABC NEWS.
    THIS IS TO BE IN THE KNOW
    AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE
    ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES.
    START HERE.
    THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY
    THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING.
    YOU GET YOUR DAILY LISTEN.
    >> WHEREVER YOU GET
    YOUR PODCASTS AND DIANE MACEDO
    TODAY ON ABC LIVE.
    FIRST, A TORNADO OUTBREAK
    LEAVING A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION
    AND THE THREAT IS NOT OVER.
    WE’RE SEVERE WEATHER WARNINGS
    ARE UNDERWAY RIGHT NOW.
    THE CLEANUP EFFORT ALREADY
    IN PROGRESS.
    MOUNTING ON BENJAMIN NETANYAHU.
    WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THE PHONE
    CALL BETWEEN PRESIDENT AND
    THE ISRAELI LEADER.
    AS HAMAS RELEASES NEW VIDEO
    OF AN AMERICAN ISRAELI HOSTAGE.
    AND HUNDREDS ARRESTED COLLEGE
    CAMPUSES ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
    WHY STUDENTS SAY THEY DON’T
    FEEL SAFE ON CAMPUS AMID
    THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR.
    AS HIGH SCHOOLERS MAKE
    THEIR FINAL DECISION ON TO
    GO TO COLLEGE IN JUST TWO DAYS.
    PLUS, GET TO EASE ON DOWN
    TO US.
    HEAR FROM WILL STAR
    AVERY WILSON ON STEPPING INTO
    THE ICONIC ROLE OF SCARECROW
    IN WHAT IS ALREADY ONE OF
    BROADWAY’S HIGHEST SELLING
    SHOWS EVER.
    >> WE BEGIN WITH MILLIONS
    OF AMERICANS STILL UNDER THREAT
    AFTER TORNADOES TORE THROUGH
    TEXAS, IOWA, NEBRASKA
    AND OKLAHOMA OVER THE WEEKEND.
    AT LEAST FIVE PEOPLE ARE DEAD
    FROM THE STORMS, INCLUDING
    A FOUR MONTH OLD.
    AS MILLIONS REMAIN SHELTERED
    ACROSS THE U.S. HEARTLAND,
    ABC’S MOLA LENGHI HAS
    MORE UTTER DEVASTATION AFTER
    SEVERE WEATHER RIPPED THROUGH
    PARTS OF THE HEARTLAND.
    A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY ISSUED
    FOR GROVETOWN, TEXAS AFTER
    A THUNDERSTORM DROPPED CLOSE
    TO A FOOT OF RAIN CAUSING WATER
    RESCUES IN TRINITY.
    OFFICIALS SAY A TORNADO TOUCHED
    DOWN CAUSING WIDESPREAD DAMAGE
    .
    VIDEO CAPTURING THE MOMENT
    A POTENTIAL TORNADO WAS SPOTTED
    NEAR.
    ROSEBUD, TEXAS.
    THERE’S NO WORDS TO DESCRIBE
    AND IN RURAL HOLDENVILLE,
    OKLAHOMA.
    AND A THREE TORNADO WITH WINDS
    135 MILES PER HOUR, LEAVING
    AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE DEAD,
    INCLUDING A FOUR MONTH OLD
    BABY.
    IN SULFUR, OKLAHOMA, AN ENTIRE
    TOWN FLATTENED.
    I GOT IT RIGHT, RIGHT,
    RIGHT HERE, RIGHT BEHIND US.
    RIGHT FOR US.
    OH, MY GOD.
    OUT IN IOWA, SEVERAL
    PEOPLE WERE INJURED AND ONE
    PERSON KILLED IN MINDY, WHERE
    OFFICIALS SAY NEARLY HALF
    THE HOMES THERE HAVE BEEN
    DESTROYED.
    >> ABC’S MOLA LENGHI JOINS NOW
    FROM SULFUR, OKLAHOMA MOBILE.
    >> WHAT KIND OF DAMAGE ARE YOU
    SEEING?
    WELL, I IT’S IT’S COMPLETE
    AND UTTER DEVASTATION AS YOU
    CAN IMAGINE TO THE
    TOWN OF SULFUR, OKLAHOMA, WHERE
    WE ARE RIGHT NOW IS ALMOST
    UNRECOGNIZABLE.
    YOU SEE IT REALLY FOR BLOCKS
    AND BLOCKS OF THIS SMALL TOWN,
    JUST PILES AND PILES OF RUBBLE
    .
    THESE ARE PEOPLE’S HOMES,
    THEIR SMALL BUSINESSES, THEIR,
    YOU KNOW, MOM AND POP SHOPS.
    YOU KNOW, IT NOT SEEM LIKE MUCH
    IN TERMS OF A BIG TOWN,
    BUT IT’S FOR A LOT OF THESE
    FOLKS, IT’S LITERALLY
    EVERYTHING THAT THEY HAD SULFUR
    .
    OKLAHOMA HERE IS A BIT OF A
    TOURIST TOWN.
    IT’S YOU KNOW, FOLKS
    PASS THROUGH HERE ON THEIR WAY
    TO A NATIONAL PARK THAT’S
    NEARBY, YOU KNOW, AND A PRETTY
    LARGE CASINO.
    AND THAT’S A REAL SOURCE
    OF PRIDE FOR A LOT OF THESE
    FOLKS WHO WHO OWN THESE
    BUSINESSES, WHO CATER
    TO TOURISTS FROM ALL OVER
    THE REGION AND ALL OVER
    THE COUNTRY.
    AND YOU KNOW THAT A LOT OF THIS
    IS JUST COMPLETELY DESTROYED.
    WE SPOKE TO ONE FAMILY WHO OWNS
    A AN ANTIQUE SHOP THAT THEY
    WERE ABOUT TO CELEBRATE
    THEIR 24TH YEAR IN BUSINESS.
    WE JUST SPOKE TO THEM A MOMENT
    AGO.
    AND IT WAS A STORE WHERE
    THEY HAD RAISED THEIR KIDS
    AND THEIR GRANDKIDS.
    IT WAS LITERALLY EVERYTHING
    THEY HAD.
    THEY SAID IT WAS MORE THAN
    A STORE TO THEM.
    IT WAS, YOU KNOW, IT WAS A HOME
    TO THEM.
    AND RIGHT NOW IT’S UNDERNEATH
    A PILE OF BRICKS AND STONES.
    SO THE DEVASTATION
    IS WIDESPREAD.
    >> IT’S — IT’S PRETTY INTENSE
    TIME.
    NOW, THE HEARTLAND IS UNDER
    THREAT OF MORE SEVERE WEATHER.
    SO WHAT ARE PEOPLE DOING NOW
    TO TRY TO STAY SAFE?
    >> WELL AT THE MOMENT,
    THEY’RE CLEANING UP THE PIECES,
    PICKING UP THE PIECES, BUT THEY
    UNDERSTAND THAT THERE ARE MORE
    WEATHER THREATS COMING THROUGH.
    SOME FOLKS ARE HUNKERING DOWN.
    OTHER FOLKS ARE DECIDING TO GET
    OUT OF THE GET OUT OF THE
    REGION, GET OUT OF THE AREA
    IN TERMS OF TRYING TO STAY
    SAFE.
    I MEAN, AFTER SEEING WHAT THEY
    JUST SAW AND EXPERIENCING
    WHAT THEY JUST EXPERIENCED,
    AS YOU CAN IMAGINE, A A BIT
    OF TRAUMA.
    SO DOING EVERYTHING THEY CAN
    TO TO TRY TO STAY SAFE.
    >> DIANE.
    ABC’S MOLA LENGHI IN SULFUR,
    OKLAHOMA.
    THANK YOU.
    AND LET’S GO TO
    ABC METEOROLOGIST
    SOMARA THEODORE FOR THE LATEST
    ON THE STORM’S TRACK
    AND TIMING.
    >> HEY, DIANE.
    GOOD MORNING.
    SO I WANT TO TALK ABOUT WHAT
    THREAT REMAINS THIS MORNING.
    WE’RE SEEING A LINE OF HEAVY
    SHOWERS, ROBUST STORMS SWEEP
    ACROSS LOUISIANA AND THAT
    IS POSING THE THREAT FOR
    FLOODING ALONG THE GULF COAST.
    RIGHT NOW, WE HAVE WATCHES
    STRETCHING FROM CLEVELAND,
    TEXAS, RIGHT ON INTO ALEXANDRIA
    ,LOUISIANA, THERE.
    BUT THE RED IS WHERE WE
    ARE SEEING THE FLOOD WARNING.
    THIS IS A LOT OF RAIN COMING
    DOWN IN A SHORT AMOUNT OF TIME
    AND AREAS THAT HAVE BEEN PRONE
    TO IN THE PAST.
    AND SO WE DO HAVE THAT FLOOD
    THREAT THIS MORNING FOR THOSE
    HITTING THE ROAD AND RUNNING
    ERRANDS FOR THEIR STARTED
    THEIR MONDAY.
    >> NOW LET’S TALK ABOUT THIS
    NEXT SEVERE WEATHER THREAT
    MOVING IN TOMORROW.
    THIS IS TUESDAY.
    THIS IS AN AREA PREVIOUSLY HIT
    HARD.
    HERE WE GO AGAIN.
    IF YOU LOOK AT THE TIME STAMP
    THERE, THE APPS ARE REALLY
    TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO EVENING
    .
    THAT’S WHEN WE HAVE OUR NEXT
    THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER
    IN PARTS OF OMAHA, LINCOLN,
    DES MOINES, KANSAS CITY,
    WICHITA.
    THIS THE ZONE RIGHT NOW WHERE
    WE’RE ANTICIPATING MAYBE A FEW
    TORNADOES, LARGE HAIL, STRONG,
    STRONG WINDS CAN BE VERY
    DAMAGING THERE.
    AND IT’S INCLUDING, I SAID,
    THOSE CITIES THAT WE’VE ALREADY
    SEEN PREVIOUSLY HIT.
    SO KEEP THAT IN MIND FOR
    YOUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
    GEAR UP FOR ANOTHER ROUND.
    AND THEN WE’VE GOT OUR ON
    WEDNESDAY, WHERE WE HAVE SOME
    STORMS THAT COULD BUBBLE UP
    WELL THROUGHOUT PARTS OF THE
    HEARTLAND.
    AND THIS WOULD AREAS LIKE
    OKLAHOMA CITY RIGHT ON INTO
    WICHITA AND RIGHT ON INTO AREAS
    LIKE CENTER.
    SO THERE WE CAN SEE SOME STRONG
    TORNADOES.
    >> WE’RE ALSO KEEPING AN EYE
    ON THAT.
    FINALLY, I’LL WRAP UP WITH THE
    NUMBERS FOR THE EAST COAST.
    WHILE THINGS HAVE BEEN
    RELATIVELY QUIET, IT HAS
    A NUMBERS GAME.
    WE ARE SEEING SUMMER LIKE
    TEMPERATURES POTENTIALLY,
    RECORD BREAKING HIGHS THIS
    AFTERNOON.
    >> OUR NATION’S CAPITAL,
    90 DEGREES HERE IN NEW YORK
    CITY, 85.
    OUR FRIENDS OUT IN COLUMBUS,
    OHIO, TWO DEGREES IN.
    OVER THE NEXT FEW DAYS,
    WE’LL CONTINUE WITH THIS TASTE
    OF SUMMER.
    MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE IN THE
    MID TO UPPER 80S.
    RALEIGH IN THE UPPER 80S.
    WASHINGTON, D.C. ONCE AGAIN
    NEARING 90 DEGREES.
    ON TUESDAY, DIANE ABBOTT
    SOMARA THEODORE.
    THANK YOU.
    AND NEGOTIATORS ARE MEETING
    IN CAIRO TODAY IN A NEW PUSH
    FOR A CEASE DEAL IN GAZA.
    THAT’S AFTER HAMAS RELEASED
    VIDEO OF ANOTHER
    ISRAELI HOSTAGE BEING HELD
    THERE.
    NOW ISRAELI PRIME MINISTER
    BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IS COMING
    UNDER INCREASING PRESSURE FROM
    PROTESTERS ON THE STREETS
    AND FROM WITHIN HIS OWN
    GOVERNMENT.
    FOREIGN
    CORRESPONDENT TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE
    JOINS ME NOW FROM AVIV,
    ISRAEL FOR MORE.
    >> TOM, TALKS ARE UNDERWAY
    IN CAIRO AS NEGOTIATORS TRY
    TO REACH A DEAL FOR A CEASEFIRE
    AND HOSTAGE RELEASE.
    >> SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY
    BLINKEN IS ALSO IN SAUDI ARABIA
    TRYING TO URGE TO ACCEPT
    ISRAEL LATEST TRUCE PROPOSAL.
    SO WHAT’S THE LATEST ON THOSE
    CONVERSATIONS?
    >> YES, I AND SO OMENS FOR
    A DEAL AND MORE POSITIVE THAN
    THEY’VE LOOKED IN WEEKS.
    BUT THERE ARE STILL THINGS
    THAT NEED TO BE WORKED OUT.
    WE’RE TOLD BY THE WHITE
    HOUSE THAT THERE IS A PROPOSAL
    ,THE TABLE WHICH HAMAS
    IS CONSIDERING, AND WE’RE JUST
    GETTING INTERESTING COMMENTS
    FROM THE BRITISH FOREIGN
    SECRETARY WHO SAYS THAT DEAL
    WOULD INCLUDE THOUSANDS
    OF PALESTINIAN PRISONERS
    RELEASED FROM ISRAELI JAILS
    IN RELEASE FOR AN UNKNOWN
    NUMBER OF HOSTAGES.
    THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING IT WOULD
    BE A SIX WEEK DEAL.
    AND SECRETARY STATE BLINKEN
    CALLING IT EXTRAORDINARILY
    GENEROUS FROM THE STANDPOINT
    AND URGING HAMAS TO ACCEPT
    THAT DEAL.
    NOW, THINGS NEEDS TO BE WORKED
    OUT.
    A SENIOR HAMAS OFFICIAL SAYING
    THE MOOD IS POSITIVE, BUT THERE
    ARE STILL THINGS THAT NEED
    TO BE NEGOTIATED.
    I MEAN, HOSTAGE SQUARE, YOU CAN
    SEE THE YELLOW FOR THE HOSTAGES
    HERE.
    AND OVERNIGHT, I SPOKE TO THE
    BROTHER OF, KEITH SIEGEL
    DAVID SIEGEL, SPEAKING TO US
    FROM ROCHESTER, NEW YORK.
    AND DAVID TOLD US HOW HE FELT
    ABOUT SEEING THE LATEST VIDEO
    OF HIS BROTHER KEITH
    IN CAPTIVITY IN GAZA.
    >> YOU KNOW, THIS IS VERY
    GOOD NEWS AND ALSO JUST
    TERRIFIED THAT AS EACH DAY GOES
    BY, SOMETHING COULD HAPPEN.
    >> DO YOU BELIEVE THE PRIME
    MINISTER NETANYAHU IS WILLING
    TO MAKE ENOUGH COMPROMISES
    TO GET A DEAL?
    >> HE IS IN THE POSITION
    TO AGREE TO A DEAL.
    >> AND I’M ASKING OUR WHOLE
    FAMILY IS ASKING HIM, BEGGING
    HIM TO COME TO TERMS
    WITH WHATEVER THE DEAL NEEDS
    TO BE.
    >> AND DAVID’S BROTHER, KEITH,
    IS ONE OF FIVE
    AMERICAN CITIZENS HELD, WE
    BELIEVE, IN GAZA.
    STILL TODAY, THERE ARE IN TOTAL
    ABOUT 100 HOSTAGES STILL
    BEING HELD IN GAZA BY.
    >> AND TOM, HOW MUCH PRESSURE
    IS NETANYAHU NOW FACING
    TO BRING THESE HOSTAGES HOME?
    >> WELL, HE’S UNDER IMMENSE
    PRESSURE, DIANE,
    INTERNATIONALLY FROM THE U.S.
    AND ALLIES, BUT ALSO
    DOMESTICALLY.
    LOOK, HARD LINE FAR RIGHT
    ELEMENTS OF COALITION,
    THE COALITION GOVERNMENT
    NETANYAHU LEADS ARE WARNING HIM
    NOT TO ACCEPT THE DEAL IN THEIR
    MINDS WOULD BE A WEAK DEAL.
    AND THEY WANT NETANYAHU
    TO STILL SEND THE ISRAELI
    MILITARY INTO RAFAH TO TRY
    AND TAKE OUT MORE OF HAMAS’S
    CAPACITY THERE.
    REMEMBER, THERE ARE HUNDREDS
    OF THOUSANDS OF CIVILIANS
    IN THAT CITY.
    THE U.S. DOES NOT WANT
    THE ISRAELI MILITARY TO DO
    THAT.
    HE’S ALSO, THOUGH, NETANYAHU
    UNDER PRESSURE FROM
    MORE MODERATE ELEMENTS,
    HIS GOVERNMENT, BENNY GANTZ
    IN THE WAR CABINET, SAYING
    THE HOSTAGES NEED TO BE SO
    DOMESTIC POLITICS IS PLAYING
    ITS PART.
    INTERNATIONAL PRESSURE TO FIND
    .
    >> AND, TOM, YESTERDAY
    WORLD CENTRAL KITCHEN SAID
    WILL RESUME OPERATIONS IN GAZA
    WITH A LOCAL TEAM
    OF PALESTINIAN AID WORKERS
    NEARLY A MONTH AFTER SEVEN OF
    ITS OWN WORKERS WERE KILLED IN.
    AN ISRAELI AIRSTRIKE.
    THE IDF CALLED THAT STRIKE
    A GRAVE MISTAKE.
    SO HOW DIRE IS THE SITUATION
    IN GAZA NOW AND HOW MUCH OF A
    DIFFERENCE COULD IT MAKE
    TO HAVE WORLD CENTRAL
    KITCHEN BACK IN OPERATIONS?
    >> WELL, I THINK THE BROADER
    HUMANITARIAN IN GAZA WANTS
    EVERY SINGLE AGENCY BACK AT
    THE WORLD CENTRAL
    KITCHEN RETURNING AS A
    GOOD THING.
    AND THE UN STILL SAYS THAT NOT
    ENOUGH AID IS ACTUALLY GETTING
    INTO NORTHERN GAZA WHERE THERE
    IS AN ACUTE NEED.
    THE U.S. IS BUILDING A PIER OFF
    THE COAST OF GAZA, A SORT
    OF FLOATING PIER.
    U.S. MILITARY PERSONNEL
    ARE DOING THAT.
    THE IDF IS DOING PREPARATIONS
    THE COAST OF GAZA.
    SO THERE IS A REAL PUSH AND I
    THINK THE RHETORIC FROM
    ISRAELI OFFICIALS IS REALLY
    TO SAY WE ARE ADDRESSING
    THE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION
    IN GAZA.
    THE U.S. IS REALLY PUSHING FOR
    THAT.
    AND THAT IS A BROADER PART
    OF THE PICTURE.
    WHEN WE THINK ABOUT THE
    HOSTAGES, WHEN WE THINK
    ABOUT THE NEGOTIATIONS, WHICH
    ARE AT A CRITICAL POINT
    RIGHT NOW.
    >> ALL RIGHT.
    FOREIGN
    CORRESPONDENT TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE
    AND ISRAEL.
    THANK YOU.
    AND COLUMBIA IS ENDING
    NEGOTIATIONS WITH PROTESTERS
    SAYING THEY’VE BEEN UNABLE
    TO TO AN AGREEMENT.
    THE SCHOOL IS FLATLY REJECTING
    DEMANDS TO DIVEST FROM
    ISRAEL AND ASKING PROTESTERS
    TO DISPERSE VOLUNTARILY.
    THIS POLICE ARE CRACKING DOWN
    ON THE GROWING NUMBER
    OF PROTESTS AT COLLEGES
    AND UNIVERSITIES ACROSS
    THE COUNTRY.
    ABC’S ALEX PRESHA JOINS ME NOW
    FROM OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY.
    MORE.
    ALEX HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE WERE
    ARRESTED AT PROPELLER
    IN PROTESTS OVER THE WEEKEND.
    NOW MORE STUDENTS ARE CALLING
    FOR THEIR COLLEGES TO DIVEST
    FROM ISRAELI MILITARY
    OPERATIONS.
    MEANWHILE SOME JEWISH STUDENTS
    SAY THAT THEY’RE FACING THREATS
    ON CAMPUS.
    WHAT’S THE LATEST ON ALL
    OF THIS?
    >> WELL, DIANE, I WANT TO GET
    TO THAT.
    BUT ACTUALLY, WE HAVE A LITTLE
    BIT OF BREAKING NEWS,
    SPECIFICALLY FROM COLUMBIA
    UNIVERSITY IS ANOTHER ONE OF
    THOSE UNIVERSITIES WHERE A LOT
    OF THE STUDENT BODY HAS BEEN
    ASKING FOR THE COLLEGE
    TO DIVEST FROM
    ISRAELI INVESTMENT IN AND ALSO
    SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL.
    THEY RECENTLY SENT OUT A MEMO
    TO STUDENTS SAYING THAT IF
    YOU DO NOT IDENTIFY OR YOU DO
    NOT IDENTIFY YOURSELF AND LEAVE
    THAT ENCAMPMENT
    ON THE UNIVERSITY BY 2 P.M.,
    YOU WILL NOT BE IN
    GOOD STANDING AND WILL
    BE SUSPENDED PENDING FURTHER
    INVESTIGATION.
    SO THIS IS KIND OF A FURTHER
    ESCALATION IN THAT TENSION
    ON THE UNIVERSITY’S CAMPUS
    BETWEEN STUDENTS
    AND PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS
    AND TO THE FACULTY
    AND ADMINISTRATION AND LAW
    ENFORCEMENT.
    WE’VE SEEN THOSE CLASHES OVER
    THE WEEKEND, NOT JUST
    AT COLUMBIA, BUT ACROSS
    THE COUNTRY.
    STUDENTS TRYING TO MAKE
    THEIR VOICES HEARD ALONG
    WITH OTHER ORGANIZERS.
    THAT’S BEEN THE CASE HERE AT AT
    OHIO STATE AS WELL.
    WE SAW A BIG HUNDREDS GATHERED
    SPECIFICALLY HERE THURSDAY
    NIGHT INTO FRIDAY.
    THEY WERE MET BY STATE TROOPERS
    AND ALSO POLICE.
    A COUPLE OF DOZEN ARRESTS
    THERE.
    AND ACTUALLY OF THOSE FOLKS
    THAT WERE ARRESTED ARE BEING
    ARRAIGNED TODAY AND OTHERS
    THAT ARE GOING BE ARRAIGNED
    ON WEDNESDAY.
    BUT WHEN YOU SEE THINGS
    ARE RELATIVELY QUIET AT LEAST
    HERE IN OHIO, AND PARTLY
    BECAUSE, I MEAN CLASSES FINAL
    EXAMS WRAP UP TOMORROW, A LOT
    OF STUDENTS HAVE ALREADY KIND
    OF MOVED OFF CAMPUS BUT THERE’S
    A BIG DISCUSSION NOT JUST
    ABOUT THESE DEMANDS FROM
    SOME OF THESE THESE THESE
    PROTESTS ORGANIZERS, BUT ALSO
    THE RESPONSE.
    AND ONE OF THE BIG PUSHBACK
    SPECIFICALLY HERE AT OHIO STATE
    WAS THE POLICE RESPONSE, NOT
    JUST STUDENTS, BUT ALSO
    SOME FACULTY MEMBERS TALKING
    ABOUT THAT THEY THOUGHT
    THAT THAT THAT IT WAS
    A LITTLE MORE FORCEFUL THAN
    NEED BE.
    ALL RIGHT.
    ALEX PRESHA AT OHIO STATE
    IN COLUMBUS, THANK YOU.
    >> COMING UP, JAILED IN WHAT
    POLICE IN THE CARIBBEAN SAY
    THEY FOUND IN AN AMERICAN EMT
    IS BACK, A FACT THAT LANDED HIM
    BEHIND BARS.
    AND WHAT HIS WIFE IS ASKING NOW
    .
    ALSO AHEAD, WHY NEW YORK’S
    GOVERNOR IS CALLING FOR
    INVESTIGATION INTO A DISTRICT
    ATTORNEY’S TRAFFIC STOP.
    WELL, BODYCAM SHOWS HAPPENED
    AFTER SHE REFUSED TO PULL OVER
    .
    >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
    YOU ARE SITTING DOWN LIKE THIS
    TO TELL YOUR STORY.
    BRITTANY, ARE YOU READY?
    YOU’VE TOLD TO GO THROUGH
    YOUR BAG AND YOU FELT
    THAT CARTRIDGE.
    >> WHAT WERE YOU THINKING
    THAT MOMENT WHEN YOU FELT THAT?
    MY LIFE IS OVER HERE.
    >> WE’VE JUST BEEN TOLD
    YOU’RE GOING TO BE NINE YEARS.
    AND ONE OF THE WORST PRISONS
    IN RUSSIA.
    >> WHERE YOU GALINA
    ROBIN ROBERTS PRISONER
    IN RUSSIA.
    THIS WEDNESDAY ON ABC THIS
    WEEK, A GAG ORDER RULING
    ON DONALD TRUMP’S CRIMINAL
    TRIAL AS ALLEGED NEW VIOLATIONS
    PILE UP.
    PLUS, A COLLEGE PROTESTS IN THE
    U.S. SPREADING ACROSS EUROPE.
    MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD
    NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR.
    THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST
    ON TELEVISION THIS WEEK.
    JIMMY LIVE IN FIVE MISSOURI
    CITIES.
    SO WHERE WILL JIMMY POP?
    MAYBE WILL BE IN YOUR
    NEIGHBORHOOD.
    WHERE WILL WE BE?
    WE’RE COMING TO YOU, AMERICA.
    >> GET READY ALL THIS WEEK.
    WHERE WILL WE BE?
    GET.
    GET READY.
    GET READY.
    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,
    SCOTLAND REPORTING FROM ROLLING
    FORK, MISSISSIPPI.
    THE UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HERE
    IN WARSAW HEADING TO A SMALL
    COMMUNITY OUTSIDE MEXICO CITY,
    GETTING YOU BEHIND THE STORIES
    AS THEY.
    >> ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME.
    WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE STREAM
    ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS
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    ON ABC NEWS LIVE.
    GET READY AMERICA.
    EVERY FRIDAY HOTTEST TREND
    STYLES AND MUST BUT WHAT’S
    THE RIGHT STUFF TO BUY
    RIGHT NOW.
    I REALLY LOVE THAT IT’S TIME
    TO BUY THE RIGHT STUFF.
    I GET BIG TIME TO DO THE RIGHT
    STUFF.
    FRIDAYS ON "GMA".
    YOU’RE GOING TO LOVE IT.
    WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START DAY
    HERE AT ABC NEWS?
    THIS IS STARTING TO BE IN KNOW
    AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE
    ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES.
    STAR HERE THAT’S A PART OF THE
    STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE
    COMING.
    MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN
    WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS
    .
    WELCOME BACK.
    AN AMERICAN MAN COULD FACE
    MORE THAN A DECADE IN PRISON
    AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED IN TURKS
    AND CAICOS WHILE BOARDING
    A CRUISE SHIP.
    THE 31 YEAR OLD WAS CELEBRATING
    A FRIEND’S BACHELOR PARTY WHEN
    HE WAS STOPPED BY POLICE FOR
    ALLEGEDLY HAVING BULLETS IN HIS
    LUGGAGE.
    >> ABC’S EVA PILGRIM HAS
    MORE ON THE WIFE OF AN
    AMERICAN EMT IS MAKING AN
    EMOTIONAL PLEA.
    THE TURKS AND CAICOS POLICE
    TO RELEASE HER HUSBAND FROM
    PRISON.
    >> HE STOPPED ME AND SAID,
    I HAVE TO GO.
    THEY’RE TAKING ME TO THE
    PRISON.
    I PROBABLY WON’T BE ABLE
    TO TALK TO YOU.
    >> AND THEN IT WAS.
    I LOVE YOU.
    >> GOODBYE.
    TYLER WENRICH WAS ON A CRUISE
    SHIP LAST WEEK CELEBRATING
    A FRIEND’S BACHELOR PARTY WHEN
    THE SHIP MADE A STOP IN GRAND
    TURK WHEN RED WRECK WAS
    RETURNING ABOARD.
    POLICE SAY THEY FOUND BULLETS
    IN HIS BACKPACK.
    THE 31 YEAR OLD CHARGED
    WITH POSSESSION OF.
    WE’RE JUST SCARED THAT HE’S NOT
    GOING TO COME HOME.
    >> MY SON SHOULDN’T HAVE TO
    GROW UP WITHOUT A FATHER.
    WHEN RICK, JUST ONE OF
    FIVE AMERICAN TOURISTS
    WHO RECENTLY FIND THEMSELVES
    IN THIS SITUATION BRINGING
    AMMUNITION INTO THE TURKS
    AND CAICOS IS AGAINST THE LAW
    AND CARRIES A MINIMUM
    12 YEAR SENTENCE.
    >> THERE WAS ZERO INTENTION
    OF EVER BREAKING ANYBODY’S LAWS
    .
    >> RYAN AND VALERIE WATSON WERE
    ARRESTED EARLIER THIS MONTH
    WHEN THEIR BAG WAS FLAGGED
    BY AIRPORT SECURITY.
    BOTH OF THEIR PASSPORTS
    CONFISCATED.
    >> BOTH CHARGED WITH POSSESSION
    OF AMMUNITION.
    THEY WALK BACK OVER.
    THEY HOLD IT UP.
    IT WAS AT THAT POINT
    I REALIZED, HEY, THOSE BULLETS
    THAT I BUY WHENEVER I GO DEER
    HUNTING.
    >> BATTERIES CHARGES WERE
    DROPPED AFTER 11 DAYS.
    BUT RYAN ON THE ISLAND OUT
    ON BAIL.
    IN RYAN’S CASE, THE TSA,
    THAT FOUR ROUNDS OF AMMUNITION
    WERE NOT DETECTED IN THE
    TRAVELER’S BAG DURING SECURITY
    SCREENING AT WILL ROGERS
    WORLD AIRPORT.
    A STATE DEPARTMENT SPOKESPERSON
    TELLING ABC NEWS THEY ARE AWARE
    THE ARREST OF U.S. CITIZENS
    IN TURKS AND CAICOS AND STAND
    READY TO PROVIDE
    ALL APPROPRIATE CONSULAR
    ASSISTANCE.
    BUT ADDING U.S. CITIZENS
    ARE SUBJECT TO THAT COUNTRY’S
    LAWS, CITING A RECENT TRAVEL
    ALERT.
    >> THEY ARE ENSURING THAT THEIR
    LOCALITY IS SAFE FOR
    INDIVIDUALS TO TRAVEL TO.
    AND THAT’S WHY WE SEE SUCH
    A SEVERE AND PUNISHMENT
    ON THESE TYPES OF CRIMES.
    >> IT’S SOMETHING GRIMM LEARNED
    THE HARD WAY.
    THE 26 YEAR OLD NOW BACK HOME
    AFTER AN EIGHT MONTH PRISON
    SENTENCE AFTER AIRPORT
    OFFICIALS FOUND A GUN CLIP
    IN HIS DUFFEL BAG.
    HIS MOTHER WARNING, OTHERS.
    >> IT REALLY IS HEARTBREAKING
    BECAUSE JUST KNOWING
    WHAT THEY’RE GOING THROUGH
    AND WHAT THEY COULD POSSIBLY
    BE LOOKING AT 12 YEARS MINIMUM
    SENTENCE.
    >> ABC’S EVA PILGRIM.
    THANK YOU.
    AND CONTROVERSY IS GROWING
    AFTER NEW YORK DISTRICT
    ATTORNEY’S VIRAL TRAFFIC STOP.
    POLICE BODYCAM SHOWS THE DA
    POSSIBLY TO USE HER POSITION
    TO GET OUT OF A SPEEDING
    TICKET.
    NOW, GOVERNOR KATHY IS CALLING
    FOR AN INVESTIGATION.
    ABC’S DEMARCO MORGAN HAS
    THE DETAILS AND I’M GOING
    TO D.A..
    >> I WAS GOING 55.
    I MEAN 55 AND 35.
    DON’T REALLY CARE.
    >> NEW YORK’S GOVERNOR SEEKING
    A STATE INVESTIGATION INTO
    A LOCAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S
    CONDUCT AFTER THIS TRAFFIC
    STOP.
    >> GET OUT.
    >> SAID JULIE IS UNDER
    FIRE AFTER POLICE BODYCAM
    FOOTAGE SHOWS A TENSE
    INTERACTION WITH THE POLICE
    OFFICER AFTER TO PULL OVER.
    >> CAN YOU SAY OVER HERE,
    MA’AM?
    NOW, THIS IS A THING.
    >> THIS IS A LEGAL TRAFFIC
    STOP.
    THE VIDEO OBTAINED BY LOCAL
    ABC AFFILIATE IMM CAPTURED
    THE MOMENT MONROE COUNTY D.A.
    SANDRA DORLING, WHOSE
    JURISDICTION INCLUDES
    ROCHESTER, NEW YORK, ARRIVED
    INSIDE HER HOME GARAGE AFTER
    OFFICERS TRIED TO PULL HER OVER
    FOR SPEEDING.
    >> TOW TRUCK DID.
    LEAVE ME ALONE.
    HELLO, SIR IN THE VIDEO, JOLIE
    ADMITTING SHE WAS SPEEDING
    AND YOU EVEN ADMITTED TO ME
    THAT YOU WEREN’T YOU.
    I UNDERSTAND THAT, MA’AM.
    I UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN.
    >> FLASHING HER CREDENTIALS
    AT ONE POINT.
    I EVERYDAY OKAY.
    >> OKAY.
    LET ME GET YOU MY BADGE.
    I NEED YOU NOW.
    NEW YORK GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL
    HAS REFERRED JOLIE’S CASE
    TO THE COMMISSION
    ON PROSECUTORIAL CONDUCT,
    SAYING HAS UNDERMINED
    HER ABILITY TO HOLD OTHERS
    ACCOUNTABLE FOR VIOLATING
    THE LAW.
    >> ALL NINE MEMBERS
    OF ROCHESTER’S CITY CALLING FOR
    AN IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION INTO
    JOLIE’S ACTIONS DO THINK
    THAT SHE SHOULD RESIGN.
    I’M NOT SURE SHE WILL THE
    OFFICER ULTIMATELY GIVING HER A
    TICKET.
    >> YOU KNOW WHAT?
    IF YOU ME TIME, I’M WILLING
    TO PROSECUTE IT.
    OKAY.
    >> JUST SHE’S GOING TO DO THIS.
    APOLOGIZING IN A NEW VIDEO
    SAYING SHE PLED GUILTY
    TO SPEEDING AND WILL UNDERGO
    ETHICS TRAINING.
    >> I AM SO SORRY.
    >> I’VE BEEN HUMBLED BY MY OWN
    STUPIDITY AND I AM FULLY
    TO BLAME.
    >> ABC’S DEMARCO MORGAN THANK
    YOU.
    >> COMING UP, IT’S A BRAND
    NEW DAY FOR THE WIZ.
    WE HAVE A LOOK AT THE BROADWAY
    SHOWS BIG RETURN AND STAR
    AVERY WILSON IS SHARING
    WHAT IT’S LIKE STEPP
    SCARECROW.
    PLUS, SOME OTHER PROJECTS
    HE’S WORKING ON.
    STAY WITH US.
    WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE
    THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST
    IN AMERICA?
    OPERATION COMBAT OPERATIONS.
    WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW.
    MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR
    FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS,
    OPERATED ON NUCLEAR REACTOR,
    RECEIVED A COUPLE LOADED
    AND READY TO GO.
    THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED WITH THE
    FLAG.
    THERE’S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT
    OF IT.
    HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL
    RIGHT HERE?
    YOU SAY, LOOK HERE, SMILE.
    YOU’RE PROUD OF IT.
    I LOVE IT.
    GREAT WORK.
    HI.
    WHERE ARE YOU?
    HOW ARE YOU.
    IT’S A SMILE.
    >> DAVID.
    YES.
    YES.
    I’M DAVID.
    >> ARE.
    I KNOW YOU ARE.
    YOU DO IT EVERY NIGHT.
    ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT
    WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S
    MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST.
    >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
    YOU ARE SITTING DOWN LIKE THIS
    TO TELL YOUR STORY.
    BRITTANY, ARE YOU READY?
    WE’VE BEEN TOLD TO GO THROUGH
    YOUR BAG AND YOU FELT
    THE CARTRIDGE.
    WHAT WERE YOU THINKING
    THAT MOMENT WHEN YOU FELT THAT?
    >> MY LIFE IS OVER RIGHT HERE.
    YOU’VE JUST BEEN TOLD
    YOU’RE GOING TO BE NINE YEARS
    IN ONE OF THE WORST PRISONS
    IN RUSSIA WERE IN CRIMEA.
    >> AND ROBIN ROBERTS PRISONER
    IN RUSSIA.
    >> THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON ABC
    ,WE’RE WATCHING AMERICA’S
    NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS
    STREAM WITH ABC NEWS LIVE.
    WELCOME BACK TO ABC LIVE FIRST.
    IT IS A BRAND NEW DAY
    ON BROADWAY WITH A
    NEW ADAPTATION EXCUSE ME,
    OF THE WIZ.
    >> ACCORDING TO PLAYBILL,
    THE WAS ONE OF THE TOP
    FIVE HIGHEST GROSSING SHOWS
    ON BROADWAY.
    I SPOKE TO ONE OF THE SHOW’S
    STARS, AVERY WILSON, ABOUT THE
    HIT CLASSIC RETURNING TO THE
    STAGE 50 YEARS LATER.
    >> AVERY, YOU MADE
    YOUR BROADWAY DEBUT JUST
    A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO.
    WHAT HAS THAT EXPERIENCE BEEN
    LIKE, ESPECIALLY IN A SHOW LIKE
    THIS?
    >> WELL, IT’S BEEN A WHIRLWIND.
    I’VE DONE THEATER BEFORE.
    THIS IS MY DEBUT ON BROADWAY.
    AND THEN JUST TO THEATER
    IN GENERAL, THERE WAS A LOT
    TO LEARN.
    I MEAN, WE DID GET THE
    PRIVILEGE.
    I SAY, OF GOING ON A TOUR FOR
    SIX MONTHS PRIOR TO THIS.
    SO I GOT A LOT OF THE WORK DONE
    ON THE JOB.
    SO IT’S BEEN IT’S BEEN A IT’S
    BEEN A LOT.
    >> IT’S BEEN A WHOLE NEW WORLD
    BECAUSE I COME MUSIC JUST
    NATURALLY BEING AN ARTIST AND A
    SINGER AND JUST THAT’S I WANTED
    TO DO UNTIL NOW.
    >> SO I’M LEARNING A WHOLE
    NEW WORLD THEATER HOMICIDE.
    >> WELL, IT SOUNDS LIKE YOU GOT
    TO DO PRETTY QUICKLY, PRETTY
    WELL BY THE REVIEWS SO FAR.
    YOU KNOW, MICHAEL JACKSON
    PLAYED THE ROLE OF THE
    SCARECROW IN THE WIZ BEFORE
    YOU.
    HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE STEPPING
    INTO THAT ROLE NOW ON BROADWAY
    ?
    >> I STILL DON’T HAVE THE
    PROPER WORDS FOR THAT.
    I MEAN, I REMEMBER JUST
    BEING TEN YEARS OLD
    WATCHING THE MOVIE BECAUSE
    THAT WAS MY INTRODUCTION TO THE
    WIZ OVER, OVER AND OVER AGAIN,
    WATCHING THAT SCENE OF
    YOU CAN’T WIN AND LIKE LEARNING
    ALL HIS LITTLE RUNS, LIKE
    HIS FACIAL EXPRESSIONS
    AND THINGS.
    AND NEVER DID I ONCE THINK
    THAT I WOULD BE A SPOT WHERE
    I COULD BRING MYSELF TO THAT
    CHARACTER.
    I MEAN, I ADMIRED IT SO MUCH.
    I JUST NEVER THOUGHT THAT IT
    WOULD BE ME.
    BUT NOW THAT I’M HERE AND I
    GET TO BRING MYSELF, I’M GLAD
    TO HEAR THAT PEOPLE
    ARE RECEIVING IT TRULY.
    >> THIS SHOW IS SUCH A CLASSIC.
    THE MOVIE AND THE MUSICAL.
    HOW DOES IT FEEL TO BE BRINGING
    IT BACK TO THE STAGE NOW?
    AND WHAT CAN FANS EXPECT
    IN THIS NEW VERSION?
    >> WELL, IT FEELS FIRST TO BE
    A PART OF HISTORY, THINKING
    ABOUT, YOU KNOW, REST IN PEACE,
    HITTING BATTLE WHO DID THIS
    BEFORE MICHAEL AND THEN MICHAEL
    AND NOW ME.
    I’M HONORED TO HAVE THAT.
    BUT I THINK FANS SHOULD REALLY
    EXPECT A LOT OF JOY.
    IT ALWAYS HAS BEEN, BECAUSE WE
    KNOW THE TRAJECTORY OF THE
    SHOW WHEN WE COME IN IS LIKE
    IS GOING TO COME IN.
    SHE’S GOING TO BE WITH HER,
    HER AUNT AND HER FAMILY,
    AND THEN SHE’S GOING TO GET
    TOSSED INTO THE WORLD OF OZ
    AND TO MEET THESE NEW FRIENDS.
    I’M IN THE LINE INTO THE MAN
    AND THEN SHE’S GOING TO GET
    HOME.
    >> BUT THERE’S SO MUCH RIDING
    OF THIS, THIS NEW ADAPTATION
    WITH RUFFIN, WHO I THINK IS SO
    FUNNY AND AMAZING.
    SO YOU GET A LOT OF LAUGHS NOW
    THAT I THINK YOU PROBABLY
    DIDN’T GET BEFORE THEN, BECAUSE
    WE HAVE GREAT SINGERS AND GREAT
    ACTORS, BUT A LOT OF COMEDY
    CHOPS TOO.
    >> YOU RECENTLY YOUR SINGLE
    KISS THE SKY AS WELL.
    SO WHAT’S NEXT IN THAT WORLD?
    >> A POTENTIAL ALBUM
    ON THE HORIZON?
    YES, I’M WORKING WITH CLAUDE
    AND CHUCK LEWIS YORK ON THIS
    PROJECT THAT I HAVE WITH COMING
    OUT SOON.
    HOPEFULLY THERE’S MORE RECORDS.
    I’M EXCITED FOR A TOUR?
    HOPEFULLY, YES, AN ALBUM.
    BUT I’M EXCITED FOR A TOUR
    BECAUSE.
    >> I’VE BEEN TOURING NOW AND ON
    BROADWAY AS A SCARECROW.
    I CAN’T WAIT TO BE ABLE
    TO LISTEN.
    >> AND WE MENTIONED MICHAEL
    JACKSON, BUT THE ORIGINAL
    MOVIE OF THE WIZ HAS DIANA
    ROSS, LENA HORNE, RICHARD PRYOR
    STAR STUDDED.
    >> WHAT’S IT LIKE BEING A PART
    OF THAT LEGACY?
    KNOW WHAT?
    >> IT’S HONESTLY A DREAM COME
    TRUE.
    I ALWAYS WANTED, IF NOTHING
    ELSE, OUT OF MY CAREER TO BE
    RESPECTED IN ANYTHING THAT I
    DO.
    AND I FEEL LIKE BEING IN
    THE LINES OF, THOSE GREATS.
    AND THEN ALSO NOW, YOU KNOW,
    COMING TO THE THEATER
    WORLD WHERE YOU HAVE
    A STEPHANIE MILLS AND YOU
    HAVE A KING PAGE AND YOU
    HAVE HITTING BATTLE AND ALL
    THESE GREAT ANDRE DE SHIELDS,
    DEE DEE BRIDGEWATER, THESE
    AMAZING ACTORS THAT ARE
    ON THE STAGE ON TOP OF THE
    MOVIE, IT’S LIKE I’M JUST
    FALLING INTO THAT LINEAGE.
    AND I’M EXCITED THAT WHEN
    PEOPLE LOOK IT UP, THEY’LL SEE
    ME.
    >> YOU SAID THAT YOU DO YOGA
    BEFORE THE SHOW TO WARM.
    CAN WE CAN WE GET YOUR FAVORITE
    YOGA POSE WITH YOUR GO TO?
    >> YOU KNOW WHAT?
    I DO A LOT OF, LIKE,
    HANDSTANDS.
    REALLY?
    YEAH, BECAUSE YOU TETHERED
    TO THAT CHAIR.
    CAN WE SEE YOUR HANDS TO DO
    ANALOGOUS PROBLEMS?
    BUT I DO IT EVERY SINGLE SHOW.
    IT JUST LETS THE BLOOD KIND
    OF REST OF MY ENTIRE BODY.
    AND IF ANYBODY HAS SEEN
    THE SHOW OR IF YOU DON’T,
    I’M VERY ACTIVE, MEAN, JUMPS
    AND ACROBATS AND ALL THESE
    THINGS.
    SO I TRY TO, YOU KNOW, BALANCE
    OUT AND BE LIKE AS CHEAP
    AS POSSIBLE GOING UP.
    >> DO YOU HAVE A FAVORITE
    SONG IN THE SHOW BY YOU
    CAN’T WIN FOR SURE BUT I FEEL
    LIKE THIS MUSIC IS PROBABLY
    SOME OF THE BEST MUSIC
    THAT PEOPLE FORGOTTEN
    AND REMEMBERED AND HEARD
    BECAUSE THERE’S SO MANY
    GENERATIONS THAT I THINK KNOW
    THE WAYS.
    BUT THEN THERE’S LIKE,
    YOU KNOW, CLOSER TO MY
    GENERATION AND MAYBE EVEN
    YOUNGER THAT DON’T KNOW WHEN
    THEY’RE GETTING INTRODUCED
    TO IT.
    SO, I MEAN, OF COURSE WE LOVE
    NO BAD NEWS.
    OF COURSE, WE LOVE ISLAND DOWN
    THE ROAD.
    YEAH, SO MANY AMAZING SONGS.
    >> HE’S ON DOWN THE ROAD.
    STILL ONE OF MY FAVORITES.
    AND I KNOW, WE’RE GOING TO PLAY
    IT OUT IN A LITTLE BIT.
    BUT AVERY, IT’S SO GREAT
    TO HAVE YOU ON.
    THANK YOU FOR COMING IN.
    THANK YOU FOR SHARING THIS
    SHOW AND FOR BRINGING IT
    BACK TO THE S A LITTLE EASE ON N
    THE ROAD.
    DO WE HAVE TO PLAY, JASON,
    SHOULD WE SING IT OUT?
    SLOW DOWN DOWN THE ROAD.
    I’M SURE THAT VOCALS DON’T
    YOU CAN SPIN BACK MOVING.
    OH, COME ON.
    DOWN, DOWN, DOWN.
    THROW I DON’T YOU THINK?
    >> OKAY.
    I HEARD BIG THANKS TO AVERY
    WILSON AGAIN.
    >> AND YOU CAN EASE ON TO SEE
    THE WIZ ON BROADWAY RIGHT NOW.
    THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US.
    I’M DIANE MACEDO.
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    >> THIS WEEK, THE GAG ORDER
    RULING IN DONALD TRUMP’S
    CRIMINAL TRIAL AS ALLEGED
    NEW VIOLATIONS UP.
    PLUS, THE COLLEGE PROTESTS
    IN THE U.S. SPREADING ACROSS.
    MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD
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    WHAT HAPPENS WHEN?
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    QUESTION HERE IS WHAT’S CHANCE
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    >> SAY SO.
    LET’S GET STRAIGHT TO SOME
    BREAKING NEWS.
    COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IS GIVING
    STUDENT ABOUT 2 HOURS TO LEAVE
    CAMPUS OR RISK SUSPENSION.
    THE SCHOOL ENDED NEGOTIATIONS
    WITH PROTESTERS FLATLY
    REJECTING DEMANDS.
    DIVEST FROM ISRAEL.
    THIS IS POLICE ARE CRACKING
    DOWN ON THE GROWING NUMBER
    OF PROTESTERS AT COLLEGES
    AND UNIVERSITIES ACROSS
    THE COUNTRY.
    ABC’S ALEX PRESHA JOINS ME NOW
    FROM OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY FOR
    MORE.
    >> ALEX WHAT’S THE LATEST.
    HEY DIANE SO WE’RE
    ACTUALLY JUST GETTING THESE
    NEW AERIALS FROM COLUMBIA
    UNIVERSITY.
    LOOKS LIKE ABOUT 200 FEET
    OF THE AIR.
    BUT YOU CAN SEE THESE
    ENCAMPMENT.
    AND, YOU KNOW, THE BIG NEWS
    TODAY IS THAT
    THE ADMINISTRATION HAS TOLD
    ESSENTIALLY THESE THE STUDENT
    PROTESTERS THAT THEY HAVE UNTIL
    2 P.M. TO BASICALLY EVACUATE
    THESE CAMPS AND IF NOT,
    THEY WILL FACE SUSPENSION
    PENDING A FURTHER
    INVESTIGATION.
    YOU KNOW, THIS IS COLUMBIA
    REALLY KIND OF DOUBLING DOWN.
    IT’S SENT A MESSAGE WITH THESE
    PROTESTERS AND WE SAW A VERY
    DIFFERENT RESPONSE FROM
    THE WEST COAST AT USC, WHO THEY
    CANCELED THEIR GRADUATION
    CEREMONY.
    COLUMBIA SAYING THAT RIGHT NOW
    THEY ARE PLANNING TO TO KEEP
    THESE CEREMONIES AS IS,
    BUT ALSO GIVING THESE STUDENTS
    NOW JUST 2 HOURS TO VACATE
    THE PREMISES.
    OTHERWISE, THEY FACE FACE
    SUSPENSION.
    BUT, DIANE, LOOK, I MEAN, WE’VE
    SEEN SCENES LIKE THIS ACROSS.
    THE COUNTRY AT THIS POINT, WE
    MENTIONED USC FROM USC
    TO CAMBRIDGE, EVEN HERE AT OHIO
    STATE LAST WEEK, THERE WERE
    HUNDREDS OF PROTESTERS THAT HAD
    A CLASH WITH CAMPUS POLICE
    AND ALSO STATE TROOPERS HERE,
    WHAT THEY CALL THE OVAL.
    A NUMBER OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS
    ARRAIGNED TODAY AT A LOCAL
    COURT.
    ANOTHER HANDFUL WILL BE
    ARRAIGNED ON WEDNESDAY.
    BUT ONE OF THE BIG THINGS
    THAT WE’VE HEARD FROM,
    ESPECIALLY THESE THESE
    PRO PRO-PALESTINIAN GROUPS,
    THEY’RE ASKING FOR THESE
    UNIVERSITIES TO DIVEST FROM
    ISRAEL.
    I CAN TELL YOU FLATLY
    THAT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY HAS
    SAID THAT IT WILL NOT.
    AND ONE OF THE BIG THINGS GOING
    FORWARD IS WHAT DOES THIS SET
    A PRECEDENT FOR UNIVERSITY
    SYSTEMS?
    NOW THAT COLUMBIA HAS
    APPARENTLY DRAWN A LINE IN THE
    SAND?
    WHAT SEE AND FOLLOW SUIT?
    >> ALL RIGHT.
    ALEX PRITCHARD, OHIO STATE
    IN COLUMBUS, THANK YOU.
    THE THE FAMILIES OF ISRAELI
    HOSTAGES HELD BY HAMAS
    TO ADDRESS THE PUBLIC SAYING
    THEIR LOVED ONES NEED TO BE
    RELEASED BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE.
    AND I WANT TO ASK EVERYONE
    TO STOP THE TALKING AND START
    THE ACTIONS.
    WE ARE LOSING PEOPLE THAT
    ARE ALIVE NOW AND THERE IS NO
    TIME TO WASTE.
    ISRAEL, EGYPT, QATAR AND THE
    UNITED.
    WE TRUST YOU AND WE URGE YOU TO
    DO EVERYTHING AND BRING
    OUR HOME NOW.
    >> THAT WAS THE DAUGHTER
    OF AMERICAN ISRAELI HOSTAGE
    KEITH SIEGEL AFTER HAMAS
    RELEASED VIDEO OF HIM EARLIER
    TODAY, SPEAKING UNDER DURESS.
    FOREIGN
    CORRESPONDENT TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE
    HAS THE LATEST FROM TEL AVIV.
    HI TOM.
    >> YES, I AM.
    THE OMENS FOR A DEAL
    ARE LOOKING MORE POSITIVE.
    THEY’VE BEEN FOR MONTHS.
    THE WHITE HOUSE IS SAYING THERE
    IS A PROPOSAL ON THE TABLE
    WHICH HAMAS IS CONSIDERING
    IN THOSE TALKS IN CAIRO.
    THAT DEAL WOULD MEAN ROUGHLY
    A SIX WEEK CEASE FIRE, WE’RE
    TOLD BY THE WHITE HOUSE.
    AND WE’RE GETTING INTERESTING
    COMMENTARY FROM THE BRITISH
    FOREIGN SECRETARY SAYING
    THAT THERE WOULD ALSO MEAN
    THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIAN
    RELEASED POTENTIALLY FROM
    ISRAELI PRISONS IN, OF COURSE,
    FOR AN UNKNOWN NUMBER
    OF ISRAELI HOSTAGES BEING HELD
    IN GAZA AND INTERNATIONAL
    HOSTAGES, TOO.
    SO THAT’S THE BIG UNKNOWN.
    THE OTHER UNKNOWN IS ALSO
    WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO ISRAELI
    TROOPS.
    WOULD THEY BE WITHDRAWN
    COMPLETELY FROM THE GAZA STRIP
    OR WOULD THEY BE REDEPLOYED
    WITHIN THE GAZA STRIP?
    THAT’S BEEN A STICKING POINT
    IN THE PAST.
    NOW THAT A SENIOR HAMAS
    OFFICIAL IS SAYING THE MOOD
    IS MORE POSITIVE IN RELATION
    TO THAT PROPOSED DEAL, BUT THAT
    SOME ELEMENTS STILL NEED TO BE
    NEGOTIATED.
    AND LOOK, THE BROADER PICTURE
    HERE IS IMPORTANT TO SECULAR
    STATE.
    BLINKEN SAYING THAT THE
    PROPOSAL TO HAMAS
    IS EXTRAORDINARILY GENEROUS
    AND HE THINKS IT SHOULD BE FOR
    HAMAS.
    BUT HE’S ALSO IN SAUDI ARABIA.
    WHY IS HE THAT?
    BOTH FOR MANY REASONS.
    BUT THE MAIN REASON IS THE
    POSSIBILITY OF NORMALIZATION
    OF RELATIONS BETWEEN ISRAEL AND
    SAUDI ARABIA.
    NOW, THAT’S BEEN SOMETHING
    THAT’S BEEN ON THE CARDS FOR
    YEARS.
    IT FELL APART WITH OCTOBER
    THE SEVENTH.
    IT WOULD BE AN ABSOLUTE
    ENORMOUS THING FOR ISRAEL IF
    THE SAUDIS, ONE OF
    THEIR HISTORICALLY ARCH
    ENEMIES, WOULD SUDDENLY
    BE LEGITIMIZING THE STATE
    OF ISRAEL IN THE SAUDIS MINDS.
    AND THAT WOULD DO A LOT FOR
    ISRAEL’S STANDING ON THE WORLD
    STAGE AND ITS SECURITY WITHIN
    THIS REGION.
    THERE’S A LOT TO WORK OUT
    THAT THE U.S. IS DRIVING THOSE
    NEGOTIATIONS FOR THAT.
    AND IT’S THE BIGGER PICTURE.
    YOU KNOW, THE U.S. WOULD
    HAVE TO MAKE CONCESSIONS TO THE
    SAUDIS FOR THAT TO BE POSSIBLE
    AND THAT BIG PICTURE MATTERS
    AND ULTIMATELY IT’ALSO
    WRAPPED UP WITH THE NOTION OR
    THE TALKS WHICH THE BIDEN
    ADMINISTRATION IS ALSO TRYING
    TO PUSH TOWARDS SOME KIND
    OF PATHWAY TOWARDS, SOME KIND
    OF STATEHOOD FOR
    THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE AT
    SOME POINT.
    THERE’S LOADS OF UNKNOWNS.
    EVERYTHING IS VERY UNCERTAIN.
    THESE ARE MASSIVELY COMPLICATED
    TO NEGOTIATIONS.
    BUT WHAT’S HAPPENING
    ON THE MICRO-LEVEL IN GAZA
    RIGHT NOW, WHETHER NOT
    ISRAEL IS GOING TO GO INTO
    RAFAH TO TRY AND TAKE OUT
    MORE CAPACITY OF HAMAS OR
    WHETHER THEY’RE GOING TO GO FOR
    A DEAL AND WHETHER HAMAS
    IS ACTUALLY GOING TO ACCEPT
    DEAL ON THE TABLE.
    THAT’S THE MICRO-LEVEL,
    THE MACRO PICTURE OF SAUDI
    ARABIA, THE WIDER AND THE ROLE
    THAT THE U.S. IS PLAYING
    IN THAT.
    >> DON, FOREIGN
    CORRESPONDENT TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE
    IN ISRAEL.
    >> THANK YOU.
    LET’S BRING IN ABC NEWS
    CONTRIBUTOR AND FORMER HOSTAGE
    NEGOTIATOR BRAD GARRETT FOR
    MORE ON THIS.
    BRAD KEITH SIEGEL DAUGHTER AND
    OTHER FAMILY MEMBERS OF OTHER
    HOSTAGES TALK A LOT
    ABOUT WANTING TO SEE ACTION
    FROM OFFICIALS.
    HOW EFFECTIVE ARE THESE
    REPEATED PLEAS FROM
    THE HOSTAGES FAMILIES?
    DOES IT HELP TO PUT
    MORE PRESSURE ON ISRAELI
    OFFICIALS TO DO SOMETHING?
    WELL, IT’S REALLY HARD TO SAY.
    OBVIOUSLY IT’S ANOTHER PLACE
    TO GO TO SHOW SEVERITY OF THE
    SITUATION AND HOW EACH DAY
    COUNTS.
    >> IT COUNTS ON PEOPLE DYING
    BECAUSE OF LACK OF FOOD, LACK
    OF MEDICINE, JUST MALTREATMENT.
    >> SO I’M NOT CONVINCED IT
    WILL ACTUALLY MOVE THE BALL.
    >> AS FAR ISRAEL AND HAMAS COME
    IN WITH SOME SORT
    OF PRELIMINARY AGREEMENT.
    BUT IT CERTAINLY DOESN’T HURT.
    >> NOW, THIS DEAL THEY RELEASED
    VIDEO IS THE SECOND ONE THAT
    HAMAS HAS PUT OUT IN THE PAST
    TWO WEEKS.
    WHY RELEASE THIS HOSTAGE VIDEOS
    NOW?
    >> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE
    TIMING?
    WELL, THE TIMING IS THAT HAMAS
    WANTS TO HUMANIZE THEMSELVES,
    IN OUR EYES, COLLECTIVELY THOSE
    OF US OUT HERE AND IN
    PARTICULAR ISRAEL AND THE OTHER
    ALLIED AND OTHER COUNTRIES,
    QATAR, U.S. EXCEPT ARE INVOLVED
    IN THIS.
    >> SO IT’S LIKE SAYING WE’RE
    NOT KILLING EVERYBODY.
    >> HERE’S A PERSON, HERE’S
    TWO PEOPLE STILL ALIVE.
    SO IT’S A BIT OF A
    PSYCHOLOGICAL GAME BY HAMAS.
    I MEAN, BASICALLY KNOWS WHAT’S
    GOING ON THERE.
    BUT, YOU KNOW, THEY’RE TRYING
    TO PULL EVERY ANGLE THEY CAN
    TO SORT OF PUT THEMSELVES IN A
    POSITION AT LEAST AS FAR
    AS THESE NEGOTIATIONS, WHICH,
    AS TOM POINTED OUT ARE BEYOND
    COMPLICATED TO MAYBE ADD HUMAN
    ELEMENT TO IT, TO SORT OF PULL
    THIS TOGETHER.
    >> AND BRAD, TALKS ARE UNDERWAY
    IN CAIRO AS NEGOTIATORS TRY
    TO REACH A DEAL FOR A CEASEFIRE
    AND HOSTAGE RELEASE.
    IF THEY DO REACH A DEAL,
    WHAT THEN GOES IN TO ENSURING
    HOSTAGES GET OUT SAFELY?
    SO YOU HAVE TO DO SOMETHING
    LITERALLY, DIANE, AT THE
    SAME TIME.
    >> GRANTED, THIS IS A LOT
    OF PEOPLE, NOT SO MUCH
    ON THE ISRAELI HOSTAGE
    SITUATION BACK INTO ISRAEL,
    BUT YOU’RE TALKING
    ABOUT RELEASING, I DON’T KNOW,
    NUMBERS OF A THOUSAND, IF
    THAT’S EVEN CORRECT, OF OF
    FIGHTERS THAT ARE IN PRISON.
    >> AND SO YOU WOULD HAVE HAVE
    BASICALLY STAGING AN ALMOST
    A SIMULTANEOUS SWITCH BECAUSE
    YOU CAN’T REALLY NEITHER SIDE
    TRUST EACH OTHER, OF COURSE.
    >> BUT IT’S GOING TO HAVE TO BE
    A SITUATION WHERE IT SORT
    OF HAPPENS ALL AT THE SAME TIME
    .
    >> ALL RIGHT.
    ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, FORMER
    HOSTAGE NEGOTIATOR BRAD GARRETT
    .
    BRAD, THANK YOU.
    AND STRONG STORMS ARE PUSHING
    THROUGH LOUISIANA AND TEXAS
    AFTER A DEADLY WEEKEND
    OF SEVERE WEATHER.
    MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE STILL
    UNDER THREAT AFTER MULTIPLE
    TORNADOES TORE THE AMERICAN
    HEARTLAND.
    SO FAR, TEXAS, IOWA
    AND OKLAHOMA BEEN HIT
    THE HARDEST.
    LET’S GO TO ABC’S MELISSA DUNN
    IN OKLAHOMA.
    >> MELISSA, PRESIDENT BIDEN
    SPOKE TO OKLAHOMA.
    OKLAHOMA GOVERNOR KEVIN STITT
    OFFERING THE FULL SUPPORT
    OF THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT.
    >> SO WHAT DO THEY NEED MOST,
    THOUGH, RIGHT NOW?
    EXACTLY.
    THIS IS KEY WHEN YOU LOOK
    AT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO
    GET FEDERAL RESOURCES, THOSE
    STATE RESOURCES, THOSE LOCAL
    RESOURCES.
    SO FIRST AND FOREMOST,
    RIGHT THERE CLEANING UP
    THE DEBRIS.
    RIGHT.
    WE UNDERSTAND THAT CLEANUP
    EFFORTS, RECOVERY, SENDING,
    MAKING SURE THAT THE POWER
    LINES IS RESTORED.
    COMMUNICATIONS CALLED, THOSE
    ARE PRETTY STANDARD FOR NATURAL
    DISASTERS.
    BUT VERY SPECIFICALLY,
    SOMETHING WE’RE HIGHLIGHTING
    HERE FROM SULFUR, OKLAHOMA,
    WHAT WE’RE SEEING IN THAT
    DEVASTATION.
    IT WAS THE DOWNTOWN AREA,
    THEIR BUSINESS DISTRICT
    THAT WAS.
    WHAT IS REALLY CRITICAL FOR
    THEM IN THIS SITUATION, WHEN
    I SPOKE WITH A LOT OF THOSE
    BUSINESS OWNERS,
    THEY’RE CONCERNED.
    SOME OF THEM DON’T
    HAVE INSURANCE.
    ONE WOMAN SIGNING WITH US, SHE
    OWNS A LOCAL, A BOUTIQUE.
    SHE SAID SHE HAD
    ACTUALLY STOPPED
    PAYING INSURANCE BECAUSE
    THE ECONOMY WAS SO BAD SHE HAD
    TO MAKE THAT TOUGH DECISION
    AND DECIDED TO NOT
    HAVE INSURANCE COVERAGE
    ANYMORE.
    THEN YOU HAVE THIS NATURAL
    DISASTER LIKE THIS.
    YOU GET A TORNADO.
    SHE DOESN’T KNOW WHAT TO DO
    NEXT.
    SO SHE’S HOPING, WILL THERE
    BE MAYBE LET’S SEE A FEDERAL
    ASSISTANCE PROGRAM.
    WILL THEY MAYBE GIVE OUT GRANTS
    TO SMALL LOCAL BUSINESSES?
    THAT’S A POSSIBILITY.
    AND THIS IS ONE FEDERAL
    RESOURCES KICK IN THAT CAN
    REALLY HELP BECAUSE, OF COURSE,
    WE ALWAYS ARE USED TO SEEING
    FEMA RESOURCES COME OUT MAKING
    SURE, YOU KNOW, EMERGENCY AID,
    MAKING SURE, PEOPLE HAVE
    SHELTER TO LIVE.
    RIGHT.
    THAT’S ANOTHER KEY ONE FOR
    ALL THOSE FOLKS WHO LOST HOME.
    YOU HAVE TO LOOK AT THE
    TEMPORARY HOUSING AND THEN
    THE LONG TERM HOUSING.
    BUT SOMETHING THAT I PERSONALLY
    HADN’T BEFORE.
    AND WHAT REALLY STRUCK ME IN SO
    FAR IS JUST THERE WERE SO MANY
    BUSINESSES.
    IN FACT, DIANE, ONE OF THOSE
    BUSINESSES WAS A RESTAURANT
    AND PUB AND WHILE WE WERE THERE
    YESTERDAY IN SULFUR,
    THE EMERGENCY CREWS WERE STILL
    GOING DOING THEIR ACTIVE SEARCH
    AND RECOVERY.
    AND THAT’S WHERE THEY PULLED UP
    THE BODY OF ONE WOMAN.
    SO IT’S ALWAYS HAPPY RIGHT IN
    THIS MOMENT WHEN THEY’RE MAKING
    SURE THEY’RE ACCOUNTING.
    BUT THEN THEY ALSO HAVE TO LOOK
    AT WHAT IS THE PLAN FORWARD FOR
    THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY.
    DIANE.
    ALL RIGHT.
    ABC’S MS..
    DAN, THANK YOU.
    AND LET’S GO TO
    ABC METEOROLOGIST
    SOMARA THEODORE FOR THE LATEST
    ON THE STORM’S TRACK AND TIMING
    HIGH SAMAR.
    >> DIANE SO I WANT TO BREAK
    THIS UP INTO THREE SECTORS
    GOING TO TALK ABOUT TODAY’S
    THREAT THAT LINE STORMS
    IS STILL MAKING ITS WAY THROUGH
    LOUISIANA RIGHT NOW AND IT’S
    PRESENTING MORE OF AN ISSUE
    WITH FLOODING.
    WE SAW FLASH FLOODING,
    EMERGENCY WARNINGS ISSUED JUST
    NORTH OF HOUSTON EARLIER.
    WELL, NOW WE’RE LOOKING AT SOME
    FLOOD WARNINGS REMAINING.
    A LOT OF THE FLASH FLOOD
    WATCHES HAVE GONE ON AHEAD
    AND EXPIRED.
    BUT IF YOU LIVE IN NEW ORLEANS,
    THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS NOW
    APPROACHING YOUR REGION.
    SECOND PORTION.
    I WANT TO TALK ABOUT THE NEXT
    THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER.
    SO PRIMARILY WE’RE LOOKING AT A
    THREAT FOR OMAHA, LINCOLN SIOUX
    CITY, DES MOINES.
    THIS IS TOMORROW AFTERNOON.
    TUESDAY, YOU’RE PICKING UP
    THE KIDS FROM SCHOOL.
    TUESDAY EVENING, YOU’RE RUNNING
    THE GROCERY STORE, GRABBING
    SOME WHATEVER YOU’RE DOING
    TUESDAY AFTERNOON, EVENING.
    BE PREPARED FOR A LINE
    OF STORMS THAT DOES BRING
    THE POTENTIAL FOR ONCE AGAIN,
    A FEW TORNADOES COULD ALSO SEE
    SOME VERY LARGE HAIL WITH THOSE
    STORMS.
    >> THEN WE HAVE A THREAT
    OF SEVERE WEATHER AND THAT
    IS GOING TO BE ON WEDNESDAY
    EVENING.
    THIS IS ALSO AN AREA THAT HAD
    ALREADY BEEN PREVIOUSLY HARD,
    AS WE SAW MELISSA TALKING
    THERE.
    OKLAHOMA CITY IS IN THAT LINE.
    WE COULD SEE WICHITA GETTING
    IN ON SOME OF THAT.
    SO KEEP THIS IN MIND FOR
    WEDNESDAY EVENING.
    >> IF YOU LIVE IN OKLAHOMA, IF
    YOU LIVE IN KANSAS, WE COULD
    SEE ANOTHER ROUND OF STORMS
    THAT COULD BRING VERY STRONG
    TORNADOES.
    A LITTLE LATER ON THIS
    AFTERNOON, DIANE, I’M GOING
    TO TALK ABOUT THE TEMPERATURE
    TREND WE’VE BEEN SEEING
    ON THE EAST COAST.
    >> THE RECORD BREAKING HIGHS
    ANTICIPATED THIS AFTERNOON.
    WE SEE SOMARA THEODORE
    TOMORROW.
    THANK YOU.
    I WANT TO FORMER
    PRESIDENT TRUMP’S POTENTIAL VP
    PICKS IS DEFENDING HERSELF FROM
    BACKLASH OVER A STORY IN HER
    NEW BOOK.
    SOUTH DAKOTA GOVERNOR.
    KRISTI NOEM WRITES
    ABOUT SHOOTING AND KILLING
    HER DOG AFTER IT ATTACKED
    FRIEND’S CHICKENS.
    CHIEF WASHINGTON
    CORRESPONDENT JONATHAN KARL HAS
    ,THAT STORY.
    >> GOOD MORNING, DIANE.
    THIS IS QUITE A STORY
    THAT SOUTH DAKOTA
    GOVERNOR KRISTI NOEM RECOUNTS
    IN A NEW BOOK ABOUT WIRE HAIRED
    POINTER DOG NAMED CRICKET.
    THAT SHE HAD ON HER FARM
    THAT SHE SAYS WAS UNTRACEABLE.
    AT ONE POINT, SHE TRIED TO TAKE
    THE DOG OUT HUNTING, PHEASANT
    HUNTING WITH OTHER DOGS.
    SHE SAYS IT WAS A DISASTER
    WHILE THE DOG WAS HAVING THE OF
    ITS LIFE.
    IT WAS JUST SCARING ALL THE
    BIRDS AWAY AND RUNNING AROUND
    WILD.
    ON THE WAY BACK FROM
    THAT HUNTING TRIP, SHE SAYS.
    SHE BY A FRIEND’S HOUSE,
    THE DOG JUMPED OUT OF THE TRUCK
    AND STARTED ATTACKING
    HER FRIENDS CHICKENS, KILLING
    SEVERAL OF THEM AND EVEN
    WHIPPING AROUND TO BITE.
    KRISTI NOEM.
    SHE SAYS THAT SHE THEN TOOK DOG
    TO A GRAVEL PIT AND SHOT
    THE DOG SAYING, QUOTE, I HATED
    THAT DOG.
    AS CAN IMAGINE, THIS HAS CAUSED
    QUITE A BACKLASH.
    NO ONE, HOWEVER, IS DEFENDING
    HERSELF, WRITING OVER
    THE WEEKEND, QUOTE, I CAN
    UNDERSTAND WHY SOME PEOPLE
    ARE UPSET ABOUT A 20-YEAR-OLD
    STORY OF CRICKET.
    ONE OF THE WORKING DOGS ON,
    OUR RANCH.
    SHE SAID THAT HER BOOK
    IS FILLED WITH, QUOTE, MANY
    HONEST STORIES OF MY LIFE.
    GOOD AND BAD DAYS, CHALLENGES,
    PAINFUL DECISIONS AND LESSONS
    LEARNED.
    DIANE CHIEF WASHINGTON
    CORRESPONDENT JON KARL, THANK
    YOU.
    TESTIMONY IS SET TO RESUME
    TOMORROW ON FORMER
    PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CRIMINAL HUSH
    MONEY TRIAL.
    THE JURY IS EXPECTED TO HEAR
    MORE FROM BANKER WHO SAYS
    HE HELPED FORMER TRUMP ATTORNEY
    MICHAEL COHEN SET UP A SHELL
    COMPANY.
    HE SAYS COHEN USED THE FAKE LLC
    TO SECRETLY WIRE STORMY DANIELS
    MONEY A MONTH BEFORE THE 2016
    ELECTION IN EXCHANGE FOR
    HER SILENCE OVER AN
    ALLEGED AFFAIR, TRUMP DENIES.
    >> ABC NEWS INVESTIGATIVE
    REPORTER LIBBY RUBIN JOINS ME
    ALONG WITH ABC NEWS LEGAL
    CONTRIBUTOR BRIAN BUCKMIRE FOR
    MORE.
    THE JURY IS EXPECTED TO HEAR
    MORE ABOUT THIS SO-CALLED PAPER
    TRAIL WHEN GARY FARROW GETS
    BACK ON THE STAND.
    HOW SIGNIFICANT IS HIS
    TESTIMONY GOING TO BE FOR
    THE PROSECUTION’S CASE?
    IT’S CRUCIAL FOR PROSECUTORS
    TO GET INFORMATION IN BECAUSE,
    DIANE, LIKE YOU SAID, THIS
    IS THE PAPER TRAIL AND THIS
    A CASE ABOUT MONEY AND PAYMENTS
    AND DOCUMENTS THAT WERE
    ALLEGEDLY FORGED.
    SO WHAT GARY FARROW IS DOING
    ON THE STAND, THOUGH, HE’S NOT
    SOME NAME.
    HE’S NOT TELLING INSIDE STORIES
    ABOUT TALKING TO DONALD TRUMP.
    WHAT HE IS DOING IS SPEAKING
    ABOUT THE ACTUAL FINANCIAL
    ACCOUNTS.
    HE SAYS HE HELPED MICHAEL COHEN
    SET UP TO FUNNEL THE PAYMENTS
    TO PEOPLE SO THAT THEY WOULD
    KEEP QUIET ABOUT THEIR STORY.
    SO HE IS BACKING UP ESSENTIALLY
    WHAT PROSECUTORS ARE SAYING
    HAPPENED HERE AND WHAT
    DAVID PECKER SAID HAPPENED
    HERE.
    GARY FARROW SAID THAT HE OPENED
    AN ACCOUNT SO MICHAEL COHEN
    COULD PAY KAREN MCDOUGAL.
    HE SAID IT WAS NEVER FUNDED.
    THAT TRACKS WITH WHAT
    PROSECUTORS SAID THAT SHE WAS
    NEVER PAID BACK BY TRUMP OR
    MICHAEL COHEN.
    AND HE SPOKE ABOUT A FRANTIC
    CALL HE GOT FROM MICHAEL COHEN
    TO SET UP YET ANOTHER ACCOUNT
    JUST LATER, OF COURSE, SO
    HE COULD PAY STORMY DANIELS.
    SO IT IS HARD EVIDENCE FROM
    A BANKER WHO REALLY HAS NO
    STAKE IN THE CASE, IS SPEAKING
    TO WHAT HE DID FOR MICHAEL
    COHEN TO ADVANCE THE THEORIES
    THAT PROSECUTORS SAY HAPPENED.
    BRIAN, WHEN YOU GET TO THIS
    OF A TRIAL, WE’RE TALKING
    ABOUT THE PAPER TRAIL AND THE
    NITTY-GRITTY OF SETTING UP
    ACCOUNTS.
    HOW CHALLENGING IS IT TO JUST
    TRY TO KEEP THE JURY
    INTERESTED, TO MAKE SURE DON’T
    SPACE OUT?
    >> WELL, IT DEPENDS ON WHO
    YOU’RE ASKING HERE.
    THE IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT IF
    YOU’RE HOPING THEY DO SPACE.
    AND SO IT’S DIFFERENT
    APPROACHES FOR EACH SIDE.
    BUT IT’S A POINT.
    THIS IS A CASE ABOUT DOCUMENTS
    AND MONEY AND IT CAN
    A LITTLE BIT DRY IT’S NOT
    AS ENTERTAINING AS I GUESS
    IS LIKE A MURDER CASE OR A GUN
    CASE.
    >> BUT GETTING THE FACTS
    IMPORTANT AND HOPING THAT YOUR
    JURY STAYS ENGAGED
    IN SOLICITATION IS A BIG PART.
    >> BRIAN, WHAT ARE
    YOU WATCHING?
    FOR ONCE CROSS-EXAMINATION
    BEGINS?
    >> I WANT TO SEE WHAT THE
    DEFENSE’S TAXES ARE GOING TO BE
    IS GOING TO BE SIMILAR TO THAT
    OF DAVID PECKER, WHERE
    THEY’RE GOING TO TRY TO ARGUE
    THIS IS JUST BUSINESS AS USUAL
    .
    I DON’T WORK WITH A LOT
    OF SHELL COMPANIES OR CLIENTS
    WHO DO HAVE THEM.
    I DON’T KNOW IF YOU CAN ARGUE
    BUSINESS AS USUAL WHEN IT COMES
    TO SHELL COMPANIES.
    BUT I THINK THE OTHER ASPECTS
    COULD BE HERE THAT THE DEFENSE
    JUSTICE FROM MICHAEL COHEN
    IN THIS BANK ARE TRYING
    TO FOCUS ON THE FACT THAT ONLY
    MICHAEL COHEN WAS ATTACKING
    THIS BANK AND THAT DONALD
    TRUMP DID CREATE IT TO SIGN OFF
    ON IT AND MADE COMMUNICATION
    BETWEEN DONALD TRUMP,
    THE BANKER, SEPARATING
    THE DEFENDANT, SO TO SPEAK,
    FROM THE ALLEGED CRIME.
    OLIVIA, WHAT DO YOU THINK WAS
    THE BIGGEST TAKEAWAY FROM WEEK
    ONE OF TESTIMONY IN GENERAL?
    IT HAD TO BE DAVID PECKER
    TESTIMONY.
    HE WAS ON THE STAND FOR
    FOUR DAYS AND IT WAS JUST
    GRIPPING DIANE.
    ANYTIME YOU CAN HAVE A WITNESS
    ON THE STAND TALKING
    ABOUT PERSONAL WITH THE
    DEFENDANT, WITH FORMER
    PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP, HIM
    DIRECTLY IN THE ROOM AND DOING
    FOR PROSECUTORS WHAT THEY
    NEEDED, WHICH IS TO LAY OUT
    THIS STORY.
    THEY DIDN’T START A BANKER
    TALKING ABOUT DOCUMENTS.
    THEY DIDN’T START WITH TRUMP’S
    ASSISTANT, WHO TOOK THE STAND
    FOR 30 MINUTES.
    THEY TOOK THEY STARTED
    WITH DAVID PECKER, WHO SPOKE
    FOR FOUR DAYS ABOUT A YEAR LONG
    COORDINATION HE SAYS HE HAD
    WITH DONALD TRUMP.
    AND IT WAS FASCINATING, WAS
    PEELING BACK THE CURTAIN INTO
    THIS ARRANGEMENT THAT THEY HAD
    AND AS YOU HEARD FROM BRIAN,
    YOU KNOW, TRUMP’S TEAM
    IS TRYING TO SAY THIS WAS
    BUSINESS AS USUAL, BUT THE
    PROSECUTORS GOT FROM
    DAVID PACKER WHAT THEY NEEDED,
    WHICH WAS HIM TO SAY MULTIPLE
    TIMES.
    I WOULD ADD THIS WAS ABOUT THE
    ELECTION.
    WHY DIDN’T I BUY THE STORY?
    BECAUSE IT WOULD HURT DONALD
    TRUMP.
    WHY DIDN’T I PUBLISH IT BECAUSE
    IT WOULD HURT HIS CAMPAIGN?
    THAT IS EXACTLY WHAT.
    THEY WERE TRYING TO PROVE
    THAT IT WAS AN ELECTION EFFORT
    AND DAVID PACKER GAVE THEM
    EXACTLY THAT WHILE DELIVERING
    REALLY GRIPPING, VERY CREDIBLE
    TESTIMONY.
    ALL RIGHT.
    OLIVIA RUBIN, BRIAN BURKE,
    MYERS, THANK YOU BOTH.
    AND WE WILL HAVE FULL COVERAGE
    ALL DAY LONG AS THAT TRIAL
    RESUMES TOMORROW.
    >> COMING UP, STICKER SHOCK
    AT FAST FOOD CHAINS.
    HOW HIGH PRICES ARE CLIMBING
    OUT WEST.
    THE MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE.
    PLUS, BUSINESS TRAVEL IS TAKING
    AGAIN, WHICH AIRLINES SAY
    THEY’RE SEEING AN INCREASE
    OF TRAVELERS FLYING FOR WORK.
    BUSINESS HEADLINES ARE NEXT.
    >> WHENEVER A NEWSBREAK WE
    ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION
    AT WAR AFTER BRUTAL SURPRISE
    ATTACK BY HAMAS.
    >> ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE.
    >> FROM LEWISTON, MAINE,
    THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC
    MASS SHOOTING, ABC NEWS LIVE
    RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM
    THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY
    MISSILE STRIKE IN.
    UKRAINE, UKRAINE REPORTING FROM
    THE EARTHQUAKE IN.
    TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH.
    THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS
    LITTLE TOWN.
    THE 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
    FBI, 45 AND NURSES
    ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN
    DOWNING STREET IN LONDON
    STREAMING LIVE TO YOU WHEREVER
    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 HERE, STREAMING
    ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE,
    STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE.
    AMERICA’S ONE STREAMING NEWS
    FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
    >> THERE’S A LOT GOING ON.
    YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING.
    THAT’S UP TO CATCH YOU UP
    WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.
    A DANGEROUS ICE STORM
    IS IMPACTING THE MORNING
    COMMUTE.
    WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY?
    ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE
    MIDDLE EAST.
    WHAT PEOPLE ARE ABOUT
    THE MIGRANT CRISIS, FAST,
    STRAIGHTFORWARD, WITH SOME TIME
    IN BETWEEN AS BILLIONAIRES
    AND SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
    THE MOVE STARTED CHASING A DOG
    FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
    AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S
    NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS
    ON ABC NEWS.
    WHY IS THAT?
    YOU GOOD?
    THAT’S ME AND MY BIG .
    HOW MUCH DO YOU MAKE
    ON ONLYFANS VERSUS, SAY, AN
    EPISODE ON SOPRANOS OWE WAY
    MORE AND ALL MY FANS
    CELEBRITIES CAN ABSOLUTELY
    A LIVING ON ONLYFANS BELLA
    IS THE MODEL SHE MADE OF OVER
    20 MILLION.
    DO YOU CONSIDER WHAT YOU DO?
    OR WORK ON FANS?
    NOT JUST SAY, IF I HAD IT TO DO
    ALL OVER AGAIN, I WOULD
    HAVE DONE IT SOONER.
    >> THE MAN WHO MADE
    WELCOME BACK AMAZON SAYS ITS
    SHATTERING DELIVERY RECORDS.
    FAST FOOD RESTAURANTS
    IN CALIFORNIA ARE HIKING
    THEIR PRICES AND MEETINGS MAY
    NOT HAVE REPLACED IN-PERSON
    BUSINESS MEETINGS AFTER ALL.
    ABC BUSINESS REPORTER
    ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS HAS
    MORE ON THAT AND YOUR OTHER
    HEADLINES.
    ALEXIS, WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING
    TODAY?
    BUSY MONDAY?
    DIANE LET’S START WITH AMAZON
    THOUGH, BECAUSE THE COMPANY
    SAYS IT’S GETTING EVEN
    MORE PACKAGES TO CUSTOMERS
    ONE DAY OR SOONER.
    THE E-COMMERCE GIANT SAYS SO
    THIS YEAR, NEARLY 60% OF ORDERS
    PLACED THROUGH PRIME IN THE TOP
    60 U.S. METRO AREAS ARRIVE
    THE SAME OR DAY.
    THAT’S UP FROM 50% LAST YEAR.
    SPEEDY DELIVERY IS, OF COURSE,
    A HALLMARK OF AMAZON’S
    PRIME SUBSCRIPTION, WHICH
    CHARGES MEMBERS 139 BUCKS
    A YEAR FOR BENEFITS SUCH AS TWO
    DAY SHIPPING AND VIDEO
    STREAMING.
    >> WELL, SOME CALIFORNIA FAST
    FOOD CHAINS ARE NOW SERVING UP
    STICKER SHOCK.
    A HIGHER MINIMUM WAGE OF $20 AN
    HOUR FOR FAST FOOD WORKERS WENT
    INTO EFFECT THIS SPRING.
    IS MAKING EVERYTHING FROM
    BURRITOS TO BURGERS
    MORE EXPENSIVE.
    CHICK-FIL-A, MCDONALD’S
    AND DOMINO’S ARE AMONG THE FAST
    FOOD CHAINS THAT HAVE RAISED
    PRICES IN THE GOLDEN STATE
    IN RECENT WEEKS.
    CHIPOTLE SAYS PRICES AT ITS
    NEARLY 500 CALIFORNIA
    RESTAURANTS CLIMBED AS MUCH
    AS 7% THIS MONTH ALONE COMPARED
    WITH LAST YEAR.
    AND TURNS OUT ALL THOSE ZOOM
    CALLS HAVEN’T KILLED BUSINESS
    TRAVEL AFTER ALL.
    SOME MAJOR AIRLINES
    ARE REPORTING A BIG BOUNCE
    BACK IN BUSINESS TRAVEL.
    DELTA AND UNITED BOTH REPORTING
    A 14% BUMP UP IN BUSINESS
    TRAVEL IN THE FIRST QUARTER
    FROM A YEAR AGO.
    CORPORATE TRAVEL IS BACK
    TO PRE-PANDEMIC LEVELS
    AT ALASKA AIR, LED BY TECH
    COMPANIES.
    AND SOUTHWEST SAYS IT SAW
    A RECORD NUMBER OF PEOPLE FOR
    BUSINESS FROM JANUARY TO APRIL.
    YOU CAN BANK A RESILIENT
    ECONOMY AND STRONG EMPLOYMENT
    FOR HELPING TO SUPPORT
    THAT BUSINESS.
    TRAVEL
    DIANE ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS,
    THANK YOU.
    COMING UP, A CHEESY GATHERING
    IN NEW YORK CITY.
    WHY HUNDREDS SHOWED UP TO A
    PARK FOR ONE MAN AND A LOT
    OF.
    >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
    YOU ARE SITTING DOWN LIKE THIS
    TO TELL YOUR STORY.
    BRITTANY, ARE YOU READY?
    WE’VE BEEN TOLD.
    GO THROUGH YOUR BAG AND YOU
    FELT THE CARTRIDGE.
    WHAT YOU THINKING IN THAT
    MOMENT WHEN YOU FELT THAT?
    >> MY LIFE IS OVER, RIGHT?
    >> YOU JUST BEEN TOLD
    YOU’RE GOING TO BE NINE YEARS
    IN ONE OF THE WORST PRISONS
    IN RUSSIA.
    >> WERE YOU GALINA
    ROBIN ROBERTS PRONER
    IN RUSSIA.
    THIS WEDNESDAY.
    >> MONDAY ON NBC.
    THIS WEEK, THE GAG ORDER RULING
    DONALD TRUMP’S CRIMINAL TRIAL.
    AS ALLEGED NEW VIOLATIONS PILE
    UP.
    PLUS, THE COLLEGE PROTESTS
    IN THE U.S. SPREADING ACROSS
    EUROPE.
    MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD
    NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR.
    THE MOST NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION
    THIS WEEK.
    JIMMY LIVE IN FIVE MISSOURI
    CITY.
    SO WHERE WILL THEY POP?
    MAYBE WILL BE IN YOUR
    NEIGHBORHOOD.
    WHERE WILL WE BE?
    WE’RE COMING TO AMERICA.
    >> GET READY ALL THIS WEEK.
    WHERE WILL WE BE HIT?
    >> READY?
    GET READY.
    GET READY.
    WHY DO SO 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 TOP STORIES.
    A LOT NEWS TODAY SO LET’S
    GET INTO IT.
    >> LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS
    PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR
    EDWARD R. MURROW 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 A PART
    OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN’T
    SEE COMING.
    >> WHEREVER YOU GET
    YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE FIRST
    THING IN THE MORNING.
    >> THERE’S A LOT ON YET ANOTHER
    AVALANCHE MORNING.
    THAT’S UP TO CATCH YOU UP
    WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.
    A DANGEROUS ICE STORM
    IS IMPACTING THE MORNING
    COMMUTE.
    WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY?
    ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE
    MIDDLE EAST.
    WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING
    ABOUT MIGRANT CRISIS.
    FAST.
    STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN
    BETWEEN CARS, BILLIONAIRES.
    SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
    THE MOVE STARTED CHASING A DOG
    FIRST THING IN THE MORNING
    AMERICA.
    THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER
    ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC
    NEWS.
    WHAT REPORTING FROM
    HARTSFIELD-JACKSON IN ATLANTA,
    I’M FAITH ABUBEY WHEREVER
    THE STORY IS WE’LL TAKE
    YOU THERE LIVE.
    >> STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE.
    >> WELCOME BACK.
    A MYSTERY MAN IS GOING VIRAL
    AFTER DRAWING A BIG CROWD FOR
    A STRANGE STUNT.
    HUNDREDS PEOPLE FLOCKED TO NEW
    YORK CITY TO SEE A MASKED MAN
    EAT AN ENTIRE OF CHEESE.
    ABC’S DANNY NEW HAS THAT STORY
    .
    WHY?
    WITH THEIR HUNDREDS OF THUGS
    GATHERED IN A NEW YORK CITY
    PARK THIS WEEKEND SHOUTING
    CHEESEBALL MAN.
    >> WHY DO YOU THINK PEOPLE ARE
    SO WITH YOU?
    I THINK EVERYBODY WANTS TO BE
    BEHIND THE MASK.
    >> IT STARTED WITH THESE FLIERS
    WHICH HAVE BEEN HANGING
    ALL OVER MANHATTAN FOR A FEW
    MONTHS NOW.
    THEY HOLD A SIMPLE MESSAGE FROM
    A MASKED MAN WISHING REMAIN
    ANONYMOUS.
    COME SEE ME.
    EAT THIS ENTIRE JAR OF CHEESE
    ON APRIL 27TH.
    >> I DIDN’T REALLY EXPECT THIS
    MANY PEOPLE TO SHOW UP.
    WELL, THEY DID.
    THE FESTIVITIES KICKED OFF
    WITH A SPEECH.
    MANY TOOK VIDEO THROUGH SOCIAL
    MEDIA.
    THIS ONE CURRENTLY HOLDS
    10 MILLION VIEWS OF THE.
    >> BUT OF COURSE, FINALLY,
    THE TIME CAME WHEN GUY GOING
    BY CHEESEBALL MAN WOULD HAVE TO
    ACTUALLY COMMIT TO CONSUMING
    MORE THAN 2000 CALORIES
    OF CHEDDAR AND CORN MEAL.
    >> THERE IS A MOMENT THAT IS
    DEFINITELY GOING TO THROW UP.
    AND THEN PEOPLE SAID, KEEP IT
    DOWN REALLY LOUDLY.
    >> SO I JUST KEPT IT
    IN EXCHANGE MESSAGES WITH FOLKS
    WHO WERE THERE, MOST OF THEM
    SAYING, THEY WENT BECAUSE
    THEY THOUGHT IT SOUNDED, QUOTE,
    HILARIOUS.
    >> ONE ADDING, QUOTE, EVEN FROM
    TWO BLOCKS AWAY, YOU CAN HEAR
    THE CROWD AFTER ALMOST A HALF
    HOUR.
    THE NOW LEGENDARY CHEESE BALL
    MAN FINALLY ACCOMPLISHED
    HIS QUEST AND THEN IMMEDIATELY
    SIGNED AUTOGRAPHS.
    HE ASKED ME NOT TO DISCLOSE
    HIS NAME, BUT WHAT I CAN TELL
    YOU THAT HE IS 22 YEARS OLD,
    JUST GRADUATED FROM NYU
    AND WANTS TO BE MORE THAN JUST
    A CULINARY CONQUERER.
    >> I’VE BEEN, YOU KNOW, TRYING
    TO HELP PEOPLE.
    I CLEAN UP THE CITY.
    PICK UP TRASH.
    ARE YOU DOING ALL THIS IN THE
    MASK?
    OH, I HAVE TO DO IT IN THE MASK
    BY WHOEVER I AM.
    SO I CHOOSE BY .
    ANYWAY, HE WANTS TO RUN IT
    BACK NEXT YEAR, APRIL 27, 2025,
    UNION SQUARE PARK.
    BRING BIB.
    IT’S GOING TO GET REAL.
    SHE’S JUST DIANE.
    >> ALL RIGHT, DANNY.
    I THINK YOU MAKE A VERY
    GOOD TEAM.
    HOW IS IT THAT YOU DO ALL THESE
    THINGS?
    >> I’M PRETTY GOOD.
    I THINK I CAN DO IT.
    >> THANKS FOR STREAMING
    WITH US.
    DIANE MACEDO.
    HEY, THIS IS LARRY SHEAR FOR
    THE L.A. TIMES.
    RETALIATION NEWS, CONTEXT
    ANALYSIS.
    AS I SURVIVE THIS.
    THESE BUGS ARE BURIED.
    WE’LL BE RIGHT BACK.
    THANK.
    WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE
    THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST
    IN AMERICA?
    THE CORPORATE LICENSE FOR
    COMBAT OPERATIONS ON.
    WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW.
    MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR
    FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS
    ON NUCLEAR REACTORS TO SEE
    THE COUPLE LOADED AND READY
    TO GO.
    THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE
    FLAG, THERE’S NOT A TEAR IN AND
    OUT OF WAY.
    HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL
    RIGHT HERE TO, THE USA.
    LOOK AT YOUR SMILE.
    YOU’RE PROUD OF IT?
    I LOVE IT.
    GREAT WORK.
    HI.
    WHERE ARE YOU FROM?
    KOREA.
    THERE IS AN INTEREST IN ISRAEL
    DAVID.
    YES.
    YES.
    I’M DAVID.
    >> YOU ARE?
    I KNOW YOU ARE.
    YOU DO IT EVERY NIGHT.
    ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT
    WITH DAVID.
    MARK IS AMERICA’S MOST
    NEWSCAST.
    >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
    YOU ARE SITTING DOWN LIKE THIS
    TO TELL YOUR STORY BRITTANY.
    ARE YOU READY?
    WE’VE BEEN TOLD TO GO THROUGH
    YOUR BAG AND YOU THE CARTRIDGE
    .
    WHAT WERE YOU THINKING IN THAT
    MOMENT WHEN YOU FELT THAT MY
    LIFE IS OVER RIGHT HERE?
    >> YOU’VE JUST BEEN TOLD
    YOU’RE GOING TO BE NINE YEARS
    IN ONE OF THE WORST PRISONS
    IN RUSSIA, BRITAIN, ENGLAND,
    ROBIN ROBERTS PRISONER IN.
    >> THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON ABC
    .
    >> FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
    THERE’S A LOT GOING ON.
    YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING.
    THAT’S UP TO CATCH YOU UP
    WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.
    A DANGEROUS ICE STORM IMPACTING
    THE MORNING COMMUTE.
    WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY?
    ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE
    MIDDLE EAST.
    WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING
    ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS FAST.
    STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN
    IN BETWEEN.
    HOW DOES BILLIONAIRES BOUNCE?
    GOOD TO MEET THE MOVE.
    STARTED CHASING A DOG FIRST
    THING IN THE MORNING.
    AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S
    NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS
    ON ABC NEWS.
    >> WHAT?
    WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE.
    FIRST, THANKS FOR STREAMING
    WITH US.
    YOU’RE LOOKING AT NEW YORK CITY
    ON MONDAY AND WE HAVE A LOT
    OF NEWS TO GET TO.
    HERE’S A RUNDOWN RIGHT NOW.
    HEARTLAND IS UNDER THREAT AFTER
    A DEADLY TORNADO OUTBREAK.
    MORE THAN 130 TORNADOES
    HAVE BEEN REPORTED OVER
    THE LAST FOUR DAYS, LEAVING
    A TRAIL OF DESTRUCTION.
    IN HOLDENVILLE, OKLAHOMA, AN
    ESTIMATED THREE TORNADO
    WITH WINDS OVER 135 MILES PER
    HOUR LEFT.
    AT LEAST TWO PEOPLE DEAD,
    INCLUDING A FOUR MONTH OLD
    BABY.
    AND SO FOR OKLAHOMA, AN ENTIRE
    IS FLATTENED.
    AND THE THREAT ISN’T OVER YET.
    MORE TORNADOES AND DAMAGING
    STORMS ARE EXPECTED IN THE
    HEARTLAND IN THE COMING DAYS.
    FLORIDA GOVERNOR RON DESANTIS
    IS SIGNALING HE PLANS TO RAISE
    MONEY FOR FORMER
    PRESIDENT TRUMP.
    THE TWO MET SUNDAY FOR
    THE FIRST TIME SINCE DESANTIS
    OUT OF THE PRESIDENTIAL RACE.
    A SOURCE TELLS
    ABC NEWS DESANTIS REQUESTED
    THE PRIVATE MEETING, HOPING TO,
    QUOTE, BURY THE HATCHET.
    CHANGE IS COMING TO MAJOR
    LEAGUE BASEBALL UNIFORMS.
    ASSOCIATION NOW SAYS THE LEAGUE
    WILL MAKE CHANGES AFTER WEEKS
    OF COMPLAINTS OVER THE SIZE
    OF THE NAMES AND NUMBERS,
    MISMATCHING COLORS AND UNIFORMS
    COLLECTING TOO MUCH SWEAT.
    BUT THE BIGGEST COMPLAINT WAS
    OVER SEE THROUGH PANTS.
    THE PLAYERS ASSOCIATION
    IS BLAMING NIKE, SAYING
    THE COMPANY INNOVATED SOMETHING
    IT DIDN’T NEED TO BE INNOVATED.
    NIKE SAYS IT’S NOW TESTING
    DIFFERENT OPTIONS TO FIX
    THE ISSUES.
    AND THE NEXT TIME YOUR KID
    COMPLAINS OF MONSTERS IN THEIR
    ROOM, YOU MIGHT WANT TO TAKE.
    A CLOSER LOOK.
    A TODDLER IS NOW BEING CREDITED
    WITH DISCOVERING A BEE INFESTED
    OCEAN AFTER SAYING SHE HEARD
    MONSTERS IN HER BEDROOM WALL.
    HER MOM THOUGHT SHE WAS JUST
    SCARED AFTER WATCHING MONSTERS
    INC, BUT A BEEKEEPER THERMAL
    CAMERA SHOWED OTHERWISE.
    HE FOUND ABOUT 50,000 BEES
    BEHIND THE WALL BECAUSE HONEY
    BEES ARE ENDANGERED.
    EXTERMINATION NOT AN OPTION.
    THE REMOVAL AND CLEANUP COULD
    COST ABOUT $20,000.
    >> AND OPENING STATEMENTS
    ARE EXPECTED TO BEGIN TODAY
    IN A MURDER TRIAL THAT IS
    GRIPPING MASSACHUSETTS.
    PROSECUTORS ALLEGE KAREN REED
    HIT BOSTON POLICE
    OFFICER BOYFRIEND JOHN O’KEEFE
    WITH HER SUV.
    THEN LEFT HIM OUTSIDE TO DIE
    DURING A SNOWSTORM.
    BUT REED’S DEFENSE CLAIMS
    SHE’S BEING FRAMED.
    BUT SUPPORTERS ALLEGING
    A CONSPIRACY INVOLVING
    THE CANTON STATE POLICE AND THE
    D.A.’S OFFICE.
    ABC’S LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR
    BRIAN BUS MYERS HERE TO HELP
    US BREAK THIS ALL DOWN.
    BRIAN, HOW STRONG IS THE
    EVIDENCE AT THE HEART OF THIS
    CASE AND WHY HAS THIS CASE
    SPARKED SO CONSPIRACY THEORIES?
    >> TODAY IT IS INTERESTING
    BECAUSE THE EVIDENCE
    IS RELATIVELY STRONG.
    WHETHER OR NOT YOU’RE TALKING
    ABOUT THE DAMAGE OF THE VEHICLE
    BEING FOUND CLOSE TO THAT
    OF THE VICTIM’S BODY, WERE LAW
    ENFORCEMENT AND PROSECUTORS
    ARE SAYING THAT GENERALLY
    BACKED UP HER VEHICLE WHERE
    WITNESSES SAY THEY SAW
    THE VEHICLE BACK UP, BUT THEY
    DIDN’T SEE WHO WAS INSIDE.
    GO BACK AND HIT THAT OFFICER
    AND SORRY.
    >> AND THEN ALSO THE WAY
    THE BODY WAS FOUND THAT THIS
    WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF A
    SNOWSTORM.
    >> BUT SOMEHOW, CARRIE, EXACTLY
    WHERE TO FIND A KILLER.
    WELL, THE DEFENSE HAS
    SOME STRONG ARGUMENTS AS WELL,
    LIKE THE MANNER OF DEATH
    BEING UNDETERMINED
    AND SUPPORTING AN AUTOPSY,
    SAYING THAT THE INJURIES OR
    KILLED ARE MORE CONSISTENT
    WITH A GROUP OF PEOPLE BEATING
    THEM UP RATHER THAN BEING RUN
    OVER.
    >> AND THAT’S THE CONSPIRACY
    THEORY, THE DEFENSE THAT MAYBE
    HIS FELLOW OFFICERS BEAT HIM
    UP.
    CHILDREN WERE LEFT TO
    DIE OUTSIDE.
    >> ONE OF THE OFFICERS ON THAT
    WE HAVE SEEN IN PREVIOUS
    CRIMINAL TRIALS WHERE
    THE POLICE AND THE
    INVESTIGATORS ON THE CASE IN A
    WAY GET PUT ON TRIAL
    THEMSELVES.
    WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING WHEN
    OPENING STATEMENTS BEGIN
    IN THIS CASE?
    YEAH.
    SO I’M LOOKING FOR THE DEFENSE.
    >> THEIR ENTIRE CASE HAS BEEN
    PUTTING THE PROSECUTION AND IN
    LARGE PART LAW ENFORCEMENT
    ON TRIAL, SAYING THAT THERE’S
    A HUGE COVER UP OF CONSPIRACY.
    I WANT TO SEE WHAT TYPE
    OF EVIDENCE CORRELATES THAT AND
    HOW THEY’RE GOING TO CONNECT
    THOSE DOTS THERE, BECAUSE IF
    THEIR DEFENSE IS TRUE OR EVEN
    IF THERE IS A BEYOND
    A REASONABLE AND THERE’S
    A MISTRIAL OR AN ACQUITTAL,
    THAT MEANS SOME SERIOUS IN THAT
    POLICE DEPARTMENT.
    >> WHAT IS A CONVICTION HERE?
    IT SEEMS TO EXONERATE LAW
    ENFORCEMENT.
    SO I’M REALLY KEEN TO SEE
    HOW THIS POINTS IN ONE WAY OR
    THE OTHER.
    >> I BRIAN BUCKMIRE THANK YOU.
    AND POLICE ARE SEARCHING
    NEW AREAS ON LONG ISLAND,
    NEW YORK, LINKED TO A SUSPECTED
    SERIAL KILLER.
    THE SEARCHES ARE BEING
    CONDUCTED BY THE GILGO BEACH
    TASK FORCE, BUT AUTHORITIES
    AREN’T SAYING MUCH ABOUT WHY.
    ABC’S ERIELLE RESHEF HAS
    THE LATEST ON A DEEPENING
    AS INVESTIGATORS WITH THE GILGO
    BEACH TASK FORCE SCOUR A WOODED
    AREA ROUGHLY 45 MILES EAST
    OF THE INFAMOUS GILGO BEACH
    MURDER SCENE.
    THE LOCAL D.A. CONFIRMING
    A MULTI-AGENCY BUT DECLINING
    TO SAY WHAT EXACTLY THEY ARE
    LOOKING FOR.
    ARCHITECT REX HEUERMANN HAS
    BEEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION
    WITH THE DEATHS OF FOUR WOMEN
    WHOSE BODIES WERE DISCOVERED
    BETWEEN 2010 AND 2011.
    HE DENIES ANY WRONGDOING.
    AUTHORITIES HAVE SAID
    THEIR INVESTIGATION CONTINUES
    TO SEE IF THEY LINK HEUERMANN
    TO SIX OTHER VICTIMS.
    >> YOU HAVE TO THE KILLER THERE
    OR HAVE A CONNECTION THERE.
    >> LAW ENFORCEMENT TIGHT-LIPPED
    ON THE FOCUS OF THEIR EXPANDED
    SEARCH.
    BUT IT IS HAPPENING NEAR WHERE
    THE BODY OF 28 YEAR OLD SANDRA
    COSTILLA WAS DISCOVERED
    IN NOVEMBER OF 1993.
    HER MURDER REMAINS UNSOLVED.
    LAST WEEK, K-9 UNITS, DRONES
    AND SQUAD CARS DESCENDED
    ON THE THICK BRUSH OF MENOR
    VILLE, NEW YORK, WHERE
    TWO VICTIMS OF ANOTHER
    CONVICTED SERIAL KILLER
    JOHN BITRUS WERE FOUND IN THE
    EARLY NINETIES.
    BETRAYAL HAD BEEN LOOKED AT AS
    A SUSPECT IN THE GILGO BEACH
    MURDERS AND IN THE DEATH
    OF COSTILLA.
    BUT INVESTIGATORS SO FAR BEEN
    UNABLE TO CONNECT HIM TO ANY
    ADDITIONAL VICTIMS.
    >> THE WHOLE KEY IN GOING
    TO THESE OTHER LOCATIONS IS TO
    IDENTIFY REMAINS IF THEY FIND
    ANY, AND WHAT FORENSIC
    INFORMATION THEY COULD FIND
    THAT COULD POTENTIALLY TIE IT
    TO THIS PARTICULAR KILLER OR
    TO SOMEONE ELSE.
    >> AND NOW IT’S UNCLEAR
    WHAT INVESTIGATORS BACK TO THAT
    AREA OR IF THEY HAVE FOUND
    ANYTHING RELEVANT TO THE BEACH
    MURDER INVESTIGATION.
    BUT MANDEVILLE HAS COME UP
    THE PAST IN CONNECTION TO THE
    GILGO BEACH MURDERS AFTER
    THE REMAINS OF A WOMAN FOUND
    THERE IN 2003.
    REX HEUERMANN IS DUE BACK IN
    COURT IN JUNE.
    AGAIN, HE’S DENIED ANY
    WRONGDOING.
    DIANE ERIELLE RESHEF, THANK
    YOU.
    >> COMING UP, KING CHARLES
    IS BACK TO WORK WITH PALACE
    IS SHARING ABOUT HIS HEALTH
    AS HE BATTLES CANCER AND WHY
    PRINCE IS RETURNING TO THE
    U.K..
    ALSO AHEAD, AN
    ABC NEWS EXCLUSIVE.
    ROBIN ROBERTS SITS DOWN
    WITH BRITTNEY GRINER, WHAT SHE
    SAYS WAS GOING THROUGH HER MIND
    WHEN RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES FOUND
    CANNABIS OIL IN HER LUGGAGE.
    WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE
    THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST
    IN AMERICA?
    BUT OPERATION U.S. COMBAT
    OPERATIONS ARE WE’RE
    APPROACHING THE GATE NOW.
    MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR
    FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
    OPERATION REACTOR ALSO GAVE
    THE COUPLE LOADED AND READY
    TO GO.
    THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED.
    THE FLAG.
    THERE’S NOT A TEAR IN AND NOT
    A PERIOD.
    HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL
    RIGHT HERE TO MAKE THE U.S.
    LIVE HERE?
    SMILE.
    YOU’RE PROUD OF IT?
    I LOVE IT.
    GREAT WORK.
    WHERE ARE YOU?
    WHERE YOU?
    >> ISRAEL.
    DAVID?
    YES.
    YES.
    >> I’M DAVID.
    YOU ARE.
    I KNOW YOU ARE.
    EVERY NIGHT.
    >> BBC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT
    WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S
    MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST.
    >> CAN BELIEVE IT.
    >> IT’S 25 YEARS OF BREAKFAST
    IN BED.
    SURPRISING MOMS ACROSS AMERICA.
    OH, MY GOODNESS.
    AND FOR OUR 25TH ANNIVERSARY.
    WE’RE MAKING IT THE BIGGEST
    SURPRISE AT MORTON’S BREAKFAST,
    IN FACT, EXTRAVAGANZA LIKE
    YOU HAVE NEVER BEFORE.
    SO GO TO GOODMORNINGAMERICA.COM
    OR SCAN THIS QR TO FIND OUT
    HOW TO ENTER A DESERVING MOM
    YOU LOVE FOR IN BED.
    >> WHY DO SO 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
    TOP STORIES.
    A LOT OF NEWS TODAY.
    SO LET’S GET INTO.
    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 WORTH 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 COMING.
    >> WHEREVER YOU GET
    YOUR PODCAST, START HERE.
    >> WELCOME BACK TO AB LIVE.
    KING CHARLES IS SET TO RESUME
    SOME PUBLIC DUTIES THIS WEEK
    AS HE UNDERGOES CANCER
    TREATMENT.
    THE PALACE SAID DOCTORS
    ARE SUFFICIENTLY PLEASED
    WITH THE PROGRESS SO FAR ON
    HIS TREATMENT.
    THIS COMES AFTER PRINCESS
    KATE REVEALED LAST THAT SHE’S
    ALSO BEING TREATED FOR CANCER.
    ABC NEWS FOREIGN
    CORRESPONDENT JAMES LONGMAN HAS
    THE LATEST.
    >> KING CHARLES IS BACK.
    >> BUCKINGHAM PALACE ANNOUNCING
    THAT HIS CANCER TREATMENT
    IS PROGRESSING WELL ENOUGH FOR
    HIM TO RETURN TO PUBLIC FACING
    DUTIES.
    >> THE 75 YEAR OLD HAS BEEN
    WORKING BEHIND THE SCENES,
    BUT HE’S BEEN RARELY SEEN SINCE
    FEBRUARY WHEN HE ANNOUNCED
    HIS DIAGNOSIS.
    >> THE PALACE ISSUING
    A STATEMENT SAYING THE KING
    IS NOW ABLE TO RESUME A NUMBER
    OF PUBLIC FACING DUTIES.
    >> THE KING WON’T BE RETURNING
    TO A FULL SCHEDULE, BUT HE’LL
    START HIS ENGAGEMENTS WITH A
    PERMANENT ONE.
    HE AND THE QUEEN WILL VISIT
    A CANCER CENTER HOPING
    TO PROMOTE THE IMPORTANCE
    OF EARLY DIAGNOSIS.
    AND THE PALACE IS ALSO
    ANNOUNCING THAT THE KING WILL
    BE HOSTING A STATE VISIT
    IN JUNE WITH THE EMPEROR
    AND EMPRESS OF JAPAN.
    >> NOW, I THINK THE KING REALLY
    THAT DURING HIS PERIOD
    OF INTENSE CANCER TREATMENT,
    BECAUSE HE WASN’T ABLE TO DO
    WHAT ACTUALLY HE DOES BEST,
    WHICH IS TO MEET PEOPLE, CHARM
    THEM, LISTEN TO THEM AND LEARN
    ABOUT THE KING’S TO PUBLIC
    DUTIES, EASES THE PRESSURE
    ON THE REST OF THE ROYALS
    WHO’VE STEPPING UP SINCE
    HE STEPPED BACK.
    THE PRINCESS OF WALES ALSO
    RECEIVING TREATMENT FOR CANCER.
    HER HUSBAND, PRINCE WILLIAM,
    HEIR TO THE THRONE, HAS BEEN
    HOLDING THE ROYAL FOLD,
    SUPPORTING BOTH HIS FATHER
    AND HIS WIFE AS GO THROUGH
    TREATMENT.
    KATE ANNOUNCING HER DIAGNOSIS
    AND SHOCKING THE WORLD IN THIS
    VIDEO STATEMENT.
    >> THIS, OF COURSE, CAME AS A
    HUGE SHOCK.
    AND WILLIAM AND I HAVE BEEN
    DOING EVERYTHING WE CAN
    TO PROCESS AND MANAGE THIS
    PRIVATELY FOR THE SAKE OF OUR
    YOUNG FAMILY.
    THE PRINCESS WILL RETURN
    TO ROYAL DUTIES ONLY WHEN
    HER DOCTORS CLEAR TO DO SO.
    THE UNITED KINGDOM IS REALLY
    WANTED TO GIVE THE PRINCESS
    WALES THE CHANCE TO RECOVER,
    REPAIR, BE WITH HER CHILDREN,
    AND GET BACK TO THE LEVEL
    OF CONFIDENCE AND HEALTH
    THAT SHE WILL NEED TO BE
    EFFECTIVE IN SUPPORTING
    THE KING.
    >> ABC NEWS FOREIGN
    CORRESPONDENT JAMES LONGMAN
    JOINS ME NOW FROM BUCKINGHAM
    PALACE WITH MORE.
    >> JAMES KING CHARLES IS SET
    TO VISIT A CANCER CENTER
    TOMORROW TO TALK ABOUT EARLY
    DIAGNOSIS.
    IS THERE ANY MORE INFO
    ON THE TYPE OF CANCER HE HAS OR
    THAT KATE HAS FOR THAT MATTER?
    GUY ON THE SHORT ANSWER,
    THAT IS NO.
    THEY ARE KEEPING PRETTY SILENT
    ON THE DETAILS OF BOTH
    HIS CANCER AND KATE’S CANCER.
    WHAT THEY ARE SAYING, THOUGH,
    THIS IS SOME GOOD NEWS.
    FINALLY, AFTER MONTHS OF OF
    THESE MULTIPLE KIND OF STORIES
    THAT CAME OUT ONE AFTER
    THE OTHER, IT FELT LIKE FINALLY
    THE KING IS NOW GOING TO BE
    BACK AT WORK PUBLICLY.
    >> I THINK IT’S BOLD TO SAY
    HE’S BEEN WORKING THE WHOLE
    TIME.
    THAT HASN’T BEEN
    A CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS.
    HE’S REMAINED HEAD OF STATE
    THROUGHOUT.
    WILLIAM HASN’T HAD TO STEP UP
    FORMALLY TO BECOME REGENT
    IN HIS FATHER’S PLACE AND BEEN
    MEETING WITH DIGNITARIES,
    REPLYING TO CORRESPONDENCE.
    BUT NOW HE CAN GET OUT
    AND ABOUT DOING THE KINDS
    OF THINGS KING’S DO, WHICH
    IS MEETING MEMBERS OF THE
    PUBLIC.
    I THINK WHAT THIS ALSO IS, IT
    KIND OF RELIEVE THE PRESSURE
    ON OTHER MEMBERS OF THE ROYAL
    FAMILY.
    YOU’VE SEEN PRINCE EDWARD,
    HIS WIFE, PRINCESS SOPHIE,
    THE DUKE AND DUCHESS
    OF EDINBURGH, PRINCESS ANNE.
    THEY’VE ALL HAD TO KIND
    OF CARRY THE MANTLE WHILST
    CHARLES KATE HAVE BEEN OUT
    OF THE PICTURE AND WILLIAM,
    TO SOME DEGREE, LOOKING AFTER
    KATE.
    SO IT IT IT LOOKS A LITTLE BIT
    MORE LIKE BUSINESS AS USUAL.
    BUT THE PALACE IS NOT RELEASING
    DETAILS ON HIS PARTICULAR
    CANCER.
    PERHAPS HE’S THROUGH
    HIS TREATMENT.
    WE WILL GET MORE INFORMATION
    AND PERHAPS WHEN KATE IS
    BACK AT WORK, WE’LL GET
    MORE INFORMATION THEN.
    BUT FOR THE MOMENT, THIS
    COUNTRY IS JUST WISHING
    HER WELL AND HOPING THE KING
    CAN GO BACK INTO A FULL
    SCHEDULE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
    >> DIANA AND JAMES, PRINCE
    HARRY IS RETURNING TO THE U.K.
    NEXT WEEK FOR A INVICTUS GAMES
    EVENT.
    IS THERE ANY SENSE WHETHER
    HE’LL SEE HIS DAD ON THAT TRIP
    ?
    YEAH, BIG QUESTION, DIANA,
    I THINK.
    YOU KNOW, HARRY HAS BEEN OUT
    OF THE HEADLINES A LITTLE BIT
    IN THIS COUNTRY FOR A WHILE,
    BUT HE DID SAY, IF
    YOU REMEMBER, HE GAVE INTERVIEW
    TO ABC NEWS WILL REEVE MET
    WITH HIM AND HE SAID HE WANTS
    TO GET BACK TO THE U.K. MUCH
    AS POSSIBLE.
    SO THERE IS A SENSE PERHAPS
    HE MIGHT HE MIGHT SEE HIS DAD
    AND HE SAY HE’S COMING FOR
    A COMMEMORATION EVENT FOR
    THE INVICTUS GAMES.
    THAT’S THE SPORTING EVENT WHICH
    HE STARTED, WHICH IS FOR
    INJURED MILITARY PERSONNEL.
    THAT IS VERY PASSIONATELY
    ABOUT IT.
    WE KNOW HE’S GOING TO GIVE
    A READING AT THE CHURCH SERVICE
    .
    WE DON’T KNOW IF MEGHAN’S GOING
    TO BE WITH HIM, BUT THEY
    ARE THEN SCHEDULED TO LEAVE
    FROM THEIR SPOT, SCHEDULED
    TO BE IN NIGERIA AFTER WHERE
    THEY’RE GOING TO BE MEETING
    WITH MILITARY SERVICE
    PERSONNEL, CULTURAL EVENTS.
    WE.
    SO IT’S POSSIBLE THAT MEGHAN
    AND HARRY ABOUT HER OR JUST
    HARRY ON HIS OWN, BUT A LOT
    OF PEOPLE WANT TO KNOW IF
    THE RELATIONSHIP IS GOING TO BE
    MENDED AT THE TOP OF THE ROYAL
    FAMILY.
    IS WILLIAM AND HARRY GOING
    TO START AGAIN?
    CAN THEY BE TOGETHER IN THE
    SAME ROOM?
    AND CAN CHARLES NOW HOPEFULLY
    COMING OUT OF HIS HIS CANCER
    TREATMENT BE THE BRIDGE
    THAT THE BROTHERS NEED?
    THAT IS THE SPECULATION
    THAT THE BRITISH PRESS AT THE
    MOMENT.
    UNFORTUNATELY, EVER WITH THESE
    ROYAL ISSUES, IT REMAINS
    SPECULATION.
    BUT I THINK A LOT OF PEOPLE
    HOPE THAT MIGHT BE THE
    PROSPECTS OF AMENDED
    RELATIONSHIP.
    IF HARRY DOES REPEAT THESE
    TRIPS BACK TO THE
    UNITED KINGDOM.
    >> ALL RIGHT ABC NEWS FOREIGN
    CORRESPONDENT JAMES LONGMAN.
    THANKS, JAMES.
    AND AS JAMES MENTIONED TODAY
    IS WILL AND KATE’S 13TH WEDDING
    ANNIVERSARY.
    >> THIS PHOTO WAS JUST SHARED
    TO KATE’S OFFICIAL SOCIAL MEDIA
    ACCOUNT.
    WE’RE TOLD THIS PHOTO HAS NEVER
    BEFORE BEEN RELEASED TO THE
    PUBLIC.
    IT WAS TAKEN INSIDE BUCKINGHAM
    PALACE ON THEIR WEDDING DAY.
    BIG CHEERS TO THE PRINCE,
    PRINCESS OF WALES AND WNBA STAR
    BRITTNEY GRINER SHARING
    HER STORY SINCE BEING RELEASED
    FROM A RUSSIAN DETENTION CENTER
    IN A PRISONER SWAP.
    THE ATHLETE AND ACTIVIST SAT
    DOWN WITH ABC’S ROBIN ROBERTS
    TO THOSE FIRST MOMENTS WHEN SHE
    WAS ARRESTED FOR CARRYING
    CANNABIS IN HER LUGGAGE.
    >> WHAT IS IT LIKE TO BE
    ON RUSSIAN SOIL AND CANNABIS
    OIL WAS FOUND WHICH, YOU KNOW,
    IS ILLEGAL THERE.
    >> WHAT IS RECENT YOUR MIND
    DURING THAT TIME?
    >> THERE’S EVERYTHING THAT NOT
    GOING TO SEE.
    I’M THINKING ABOUT MY LIFE,
    THINKING ABOUT WHAT MY FAMILY’S
    GOING TO THINK, PUBLIC
    OPINIONS.
    AND I THINK, NO, I CAN JUST SEE
    THE HEADLINES NOW.
    LIKE I COULD JUST VISUALIZE
    EVERYTHING I WORKED SO HARD
    FOR, JUST CRUMBLING AND GOING
    AWAY.
    AND THEN TO BE WHERE THERE’S NO
    UNDERSTANDING IN THE U.S. AND I
    CAN ARTICULATE WHAT HAPPENED,
    HOW THIS HAPPENED.
    I DIDN’T PLAN TO DO THIS.
    >> THIS WAS A MISTAKE.
    IT WAS AN ACCIDENT WHICH
    I UNDERSTAND ACCIDENTS
    HAVE REPERCUSSIONS, BUT THERE’S
    NOTHING THERE’S NONE OF THAT.
    >> YOU SAY IT’S AN ACCIDENT
    AND THERE ARE PEOPLE
    WHO BELIEVE YOU, BUT YOU KNOW,
    THERE ARE THOSE WHO SAY, COME
    ON.
    HOW DID YOU NOT KNOW THAT YOU
    HAD CARTRIDGES IN YOUR IN YOUR
    LUGGAGE?
    >> WHAT DO YOU SAY TO THE
    SKEPTICS?
    I WOULD SAY, HAVE YOU EVER
    BEFORE FORGOT YOUR KEYS
    AND YOUR CAR LEFT YOUR CAR
    RUNNING?
    HAVE YOU EVER, YOU KNOW.
    WHERE’S MY GLASSES?
    THEY’RE ON TOP OF YOUR HEAD.
    WHERE’S MY PHONE?
    IT WAS IN MY POCKET.
    IS IT SO EASY TO HAVE A MENTAL.
    THAT’S YOU KNOW, GRANITE
    MOUNTAIN.
    SO LET’S MOVE ON A MORE GRAND
    SCALE.
    BUT IT DOESN’T TAKE AWAY FROM
    HOW THAT CAN HAPPEN.
    A SPECIAL THANKS TO ROBIN
    ROBERTS AND BRITTNEY GRINER FOR
    THAT INTERVIEW.
    YOU CAN CATCH FROM ROBIN’S
    EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW
    WITH BRITTANY THIS WEDNESDAY
    ON "GMA".
    AND THE FULL PRIMETIME
    INTERVIEW WILL RUN ON 2020.
    THAT NIGHT.
    >> COMING UP, BACK ON THE DANCE
    FLOOR, THE STARS OF DANCE MOMS
    ARE REUNITING WHAT THEY SAY IT
    WAS LIKE GROWING UP ON CAMERA
    AND THEIR RELATIONSHIP
    WITH TEACHER ABBY LEE MILLER.
    ALSO AHEAD, ANOTHER REUNION,
    A GOOD CAUSE.
    THE ICONIC SONG AND SINGER SANG
    AT A CHARITY EVENT AND WHY
    LANCE BASS WAS SPOTTED
    IN EGYPT.
    WILL GANSS HAS THE T NEXT.
    WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START
    THEIR DAY HERE?
    FROM ABC NEWS?
    THIS IS THE 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 RIGHT TO IT.
    LISTEN TO THE DAILY NEWS
    PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR
    EDWARD R. MURROW AND SEE WHY
    THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT
    A NEWS PODCAST WORTH TO YOU.
    START HERE.
    ABC NEWS MEETING YOUR DAILY
    FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT’S
    THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU
    DIDN’T SEE COMING.
    WHEREVER GET YOUR PODCASTS
    START HERE.
    >> THIS WEEK, THE GAG ORDER
    RULING IN DONALD TRUMP’S
    CRIMINAL TRIAL AS ALLEGED
    NEW VIOLATIONS PILE UP.
    PLUS, THE COLLEGE PROTESTS
    IN THE US SPREADING ACROSS
    EUROPE.
    MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD
    NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR,
    THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST
    ON TELEVISION.
    FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
    THERE’S A LOT GOING ON.
    YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING
    THAT’S OFF TO CATCH YOU UP
    WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.
    A DANGEROUS ICE STORM IMPACTING
    THE MORNING COMMUTE.
    WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY?
    ESCALATING TENSIONS, THE MIDDLE
    EAST.
    WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING
    ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS.
    FAST, STRAIGHT FORWARD
    WITH SOME FUN IN BETWEEN.
    HOW DOES BILLIONAIRES
    HOW THE MOVE STARTED CHASING
    A DOG.
    FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
    AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S
    NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS
    ON ABC NEWS.
    WHY IS THAT?
    YOU GOOD?
    THAT’S ME AND, MY BIG.
    HOW MUCH DO YOU MAKE ON ONLY
    VERSUS AN EPISODE ON SOPRANOS?
    OH, WAY MORE.
    AND ALL MY FRIENDS CELEBRITIES
    CAN ABSOLUTELY MAKE A LIVING
    ON ONLY FANS.
    BELLA IS THE MODEL SHE MADE
    OF OVER 20 MILLION.
    DO YOU CONSIDER WHAT YOU DO?
    OR WORK?
    ONLY FANS, NOT JUST.
    I HAD IT TO DO ALL OVER.
    I WOULD HAVE DONE IT SOONER.
    RIGHT NOW, THERE’S JUST SO MUCH
    HAPPENING IN WORLD.
    SO MUCH AT STAKE AT THE
    START OF EVERY MORNING.
    MAKING SENSE OF IT ALL.
    THAT’S NOT ALWAYS SO EASY.
    AND THAT’S WHERE WE COME IN.
    GOOD MORNING, AMERICA.
    WE YOU TO NOW.
    >> EVERY MORNING WE’RE
    RIGHT HERE AND WE GOT YOU.
    >> YOU’RE WATCHING AMERICA’S
    NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS,
    ABC NEWS LIVE.
    BREAKING NEWS EXCLUSIVES LIVE
    REPORTING ACROSS THE GLOBE
    KEEPS STREAMING WITH ABC NEWS
    LIVE.
    >> WE’RE REPORTING ON A U.S.
    NAVY DESTROYER IN THE EASTERN
    MEDITERRANEAN.
    I’M MAGGIE RULLI.
    WHEREVER THE STORY IS,
    WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE.
    YOU’RE WATCHING ABC NEWS LIVE
    LIVE.
    >> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS
    LIVE FOR US.
    GET YOUR JAZZ SHOES READY
    BECAUSE THE CAST OF THE REALITY
    SHOW DANCE MOMS BACK TOGETHER
    FOR A REUNION SPECIAL
    AND THEY’RE SPEAKING OUT
    THE FIRST TIME SINCE
    THEIR TEACHER, ABBY LEE MILLER,
    WENT TO PRISON FOR FINANCIAL.
    >> ABC’S EVA PILGRIM SAT DOWN
    WITH SOME OF THEM PLAYS,
    FIGHTS, TROPHIES AND I GOT ME
    ALL ROUTINE ON THE HIT REALITY
    SHOW DANCE MOMS DEBATE
    ON THE DANCE FLOOR.
    >> I CAN’T TELL YOUHE TIME.
    WE’VE ALL BEEN IN THE SAME ROOM
    TEN YEARS.
    DANCE MOMS, THE REUNION.
    A GET TOGETHER OVER A DECADE
    IN THE.
    SOME OF THE CAST OF DANCERS
    SITTING DOWN WITH US AHEAD
    OF THE LIFETIME.
    KHLOE LUCCHESE AT KILLARNEY
    HELLICAR.
    KENDALL BURTON AS BROOKE
    AND PAIGE HYLAND AND JOJO SIWA
    .
    I’M CURIOUS, IN ONE WORD,
    HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE
    YOUR TIME ON DANCE MOMS?
    CRAZY, AN ADVENTURE.
    THERE WAS A LOT OF GOOD TIMES,
    BUT A LOT OF BAD TIMES.
    >> I WOULDN’T CHANGE IT FOR
    THE WORLD.
    THE FIRST FOR THAT CAUSE
    MY HUSBAND IS LEGENDARY AND I
    FEEL LIKE EVERYONE HERE HAS HAD
    SOME SORT OF LEGENDARY
    EXPERIENCE WITH DANCE PUSH
    AND MAYBE PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE
    AIR WHEN YOU’RE YOUNG,
    YOU’RE STILL FIGURING IT OUT.
    I THINK A LOT PEOPLE, AT LEAST
    WITH ME, THEY’RE ALWAYS LIKE,
    OH, YOU WERE SUCH A BRAD
    ON THE SHOW, WAS GOING THROUGH
    PUBERTY ON NATIONAL TELEVISION.
    LIKE, OF COURSE I’M GOING
    TO GET INTO IT.
    ARE YOU AND MY MOM OR I’M GOING
    TO CRY IF SOMEONE YELLS AT ME.
    THE CAMERA’S PICKING UP
    THE FIERCE TENSION BETWEEN
    THE MOM.
    >> YOU HAD TOO MUCH TO DRINK
    AT THAT POINT.
    AND SEEING YOUR MOMS PLAYED OUT
    THAT WAY IN THE MOMENT, IT
    SOMETIMES IS ROUGH.
    >> THOSE FIGHTS NEVER REALLY
    LEFT AFTER WE’D GO TO SLEEP
    AND THE MOMS WOULD BE LIKE,
    BY THE WAY, WE’RE NOT REALLY
    MAD OF EACH OTHER.
    >> AND EVERYTHING THAT EVER
    HAPPENED WITH THE PARENTS NEVER
    INTERFERED WITH US.
    GIRLS OUT THERE AND NOTICEABLY
    ABSENT.
    THE WOMAN AT THE CENTER OF MUCH
    OF THE DRAMA DANCE AND
    SERIES STAR ABBY LEE MILLER.
    >> ABBY STARTED OUT IN TEN
    AND I FEEL LIKE SHE ENDED AT A
    13.5.
    YOU KNOW WHAT I MEAN?
    SHE DIDN’T GET EASIER AS A
    SHOW WENT ON.
    SHE GOT.
    >> BUT ONE THING ABOUT ABBY
    IS THAT.
    YEAH, ALTHOUGH SHE WAS
    OUR DANCE TEACHER, IT WAS SO
    MUCH MORE THAN JUST OUR DANCE
    TEACHER.
    SHE DEFINITELY TOUCHED SO MANY
    LIFE LESSONS.
    THE SMALLEST, LIKE WHEN I DO
    MY EYELINER IN THE MORNING,
    I THINK OF HER.
    SHE SAYS, GO OUT AND YOU DON’T
    GET WRINKLES.
    >> WHO ACTUALLY STILL SPEAKS
    TO HER?
    I MEAN, IF I WERE TO SEE HER,
    BUT I DON’T TEXTER.
    I MEAN, I THINK I DEXTER I FEEL
    THAT ESPECIALLY AFTER
    THE REUNION TOO, AND US TALKING
    ABOUT IT AND KIND OF GOING
    THROUGH EVERYTHING, SEEING HER,
    I COULD MOVE THOSE FEELINGS
    YOU WERE HAVING.
    >> YOU CAN’T EVEN REALLY SORT
    THEM OUT AT THAT AGE AND YOU’RE
    HAVING TO DANCE.
    >> THEY WERE LIKE GENUINE
    EMOTIONS.
    LIKE, OBVIOUSLY IF I SEE MY MOM
    YELLING AT MY DANCE TEACHER,
    THAT’S NOT NORMAL.
    AND SO I WOULD GET UPSET
    BECAUSE I JUST WANTED TO DANCE.
    I DIDN’T WANT THE DRAMA.
    >> NONE OF US DID.
    NOW EACH OF THE GIRLS TRYING
    TO LIVE THEIR LIVES ON THEIR
    OWN TERMS SINCE SHOW, I WENT
    TO COLLEGE AND BACK
    IN PITTSBURGH.
    NOW I’M A DANCE TEACHER.
    I GOT A DEGREE IN CREATIVE
    WRITING, SO NOW I’M DRAFTING
    MY FIRST FICTION NOVEL.
    I’M STILL IN COLLEGE.
    I GO TO JAMES MARTIN UNIVERSITY
    ALSO ON THE DANCE TEAM, SO
    I’M STILL DANCING, INCLUDING
    JOJO SIWA, WHO JUST RELEASED
    THE MUSIC VIDEO FOR HER NEW
    SONG KARMA.
    I WAS A BAD GIRL.
    I DID SOME BAD THINGS.
    >> THE NEW MUSIC VIDEO IS VERY
    GROWN UP NOW, BUT YEAH, I SO
    GUESS IT’S A VERY DIFFERENT
    LOOK FOR YOU.
    I TOLD EVERYBODY, MY TEAM,
    I SAID, LOOK, THERE’S A LINE
    AND WE HAVE TO GO PAST IT.
    I’M LIKE, WITH THIS WAS
    I DIDN’T CARE IF PEOPLE LIKED
    IT.
    I DON’T CARE.
    I WANT TO BE ABLE TO TURN
    THEIR HEAD AT IT AND I WANT
    TO BE TO TALK ABOUT IT.
    I AM AN ENTERTAINER.
    I AM AN ARTIST, NOT A .
    JOHN.
    I’M NOT A MARIAH CAREY.
    I NEVER WILL HAVE THOSE VOCAL
    CHORDS EVER CONSIDERING
    ONLY HAVE ONE IN HERE.
    AND WHETHER LOT OF PEOPLE
    WILL LIKE KARMA OR DON’T LIKE
    KARMA, THEY SING IT AND THEY
    KNOW IT.
    >> AND THEN HEADS.
    >> AND AT THE END OF THE DAY,
    AT WORK, THE GIRLS ARE ALL
    STILL FRIENDS AND SUPER
    SUPPORTIVE OF EACH OTHER.
    THE REUNION EXTRA SPECIAL FOR
    THEM BECAUSE WHILE THEY HAVE
    KEPT IN TOUCH, THEY HAVEN’T
    BEEN TOGETHER AT THE SAME TIME
    IN THE SAME PLACE SINCE.
    THE SHOW DANCE MOMS THE REUNION
    PREMIERES THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT
    AT EIGHT SEVEN CENTRAL
    ON LIFETIME.
    DIANE, GLAD TO SEE THEM SHARING
    SOME LOVE FOR EACH OTHER.
    EVA PILGRIM THANK YOU.
    AND IT IS TIME NOW FOR THE TEAM
    WHERE WE BREAK DOWN SOME OF
    THE BIGGEST STORIES PEOPLE ARE
    TALKING ABOUT.
    FRIEND WILL GANSS IS HERE
    TO HELP US OUT.
    THAT WAS PRETTY TEEN WORTHY.
    THAT WAS SOME HOT TEA FOR
    A MONDAY MORNING WHEN
    GINGER ZEE WAS INVOLVED.
    IT’S GOING TO BE SPICY.
    OKAY.
    WHAT ELSE YOU GOT FOR US?
    I GOT SOME GOOD STUFF FOR YOU,
    DIANE.
    BEGIN WITH THE SURPRISE REUNION
    PERFORMANCE BY MEMBERS OF NSYNC
    JOEY FATONE AND CHRIS
    KIRKPATRICK.
    WOWED THE CROWD AT THE GATEWAYS
    CELEBRITY FIGHT NIGHT 30TH
    ANNIVERSARY PERFORMANCE
    SUPPORTING EARLY FACE CANCER
    TRIALS.
    TAKE A LOOK.
    OKAY.
    I FEEL LIKE I’VE BEEN TO A
    MILLION DIFFERENT GALAS
    AND THINGS LIKE THAT.
    IF THIS HAPPENED AT THE GALA.
    I WAS THAT I WOULD LOSE
    MY MIND.
    I WAS GOING TO SAY WHAT CHARITY
    THIS IS BECAUSE I HAD NEVER
    SEEN A PERFORMANCE LIKE THAT.
    SO IMPRESSIVE.
    I LOVE THAT THE DUO PERFORMED
    BYE BYE BYE TO CANCER WITH THE
    HELP OF BACKUP DANCERS FROM
    THE PHOENIX SUNS.
    NO WONDER THAT PERFORMANCE.
    BYE BYE BYE TO AMAZING.
    YES.
    YEAH.
    NOW MEANWHILE, LANCE BASS
    PERFORMED BYE BYE BYE SOLO AT A
    WEDDING FOR A BILLIONAIRE
    IN EGYPT AT THE BASE OF THE
    PYRAMIDS.
    SO LOTS OF BYE BYE BYE THEN.
    CASUAL, YOU KNOW, CASUAL.
    CHECK ME OUT.
    WEDDING?
    YEAH.
    LOW KEY WEDDING.
    MINE’S GOING TO BE JUST LIKE
    THAT.
    STEP ONE, FIND A MAN.
    ALL RIGHT.
    IT’S DEATH TWO.
    WE GOT TO TALK
    ABOUT CHALLENGERS.
    YOU GUYS.
    IT’S THE NUMBER ONE FILM AT THE
    BOX OFFICE OVER THE WEEKEND.
    AND ZENDAYA LET FLICK PULLING
    IN $15 MILLION, WHICH IS THE
    BIGGEST OPENING OF OSCAR
    NOMINATED DIRECTOR LUCA
    GUADAGNINO.
    HIS CAREER AND THE BEST PRESENT
    DAY AS A LEAD.
    I LOVED THIS FILM.
    THE PIECE, IT COMES AT YOU LIKE
    SERENA WILLIAMS BACKHAND.
    THE SOUNDTRACK IS ELECTRIC,
    AND THE PERFORMANCES FROM
    THE FRIENDLY THREE LEADS
    ARE SWEATY,, AND AT TIMES LAUGH
    OUT LOUD FUNNY.
    THIS IS A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS,
    A RECIPE FOR SUCCESS.
    IT’S LIKE THE MOST EXCITING
    THEATER GOING EXPERIENCE I’VE
    HAD SINCE BARBIE LAST YEAR.
    SO IF THAT’S ANY INDICATION,
    GO SEE IT.
    ALSO, I WOULD SAY SUNDAY
    IS HAVING A MOMENT, BUT IT
    FEELS LIKE THAT MOMENT HAS
    OUTLASTED.
    QUITE EXACTLY.
    AND SHE’S HOSTING THE MET GALA,
    WHICH IS A WEEK FROM TODAY.
    YEAH.
    SHE SAID THAT MEANS SHE FINALLY
    HAS TO BE EARLY TO SOMETHING.
    THAT’S GOD I WAS WORRIED ABOUT.
    I MEAN, ALTHOUGH I’M SURE
    SHE’S NOT WORRIED ABOUT TURNING
    TO LOOK ON THE RED CARPET
    BECAUSE SHE HAS DONE MANY TIMES
    BEFORE.
    VERY MANY TIMES.
    RIGHT NOW TO YOUR FAVE
    RYAN GOSLING AND HIS PUMPED UP
    PRESS TOUR FOR HIS NEW
    MOVIE FALL GUY.
    FIRST, HE SNL AND PERFORMED
    A VERSION OF TAYLOR SWIFT’S
    ALL TOO WELL WITH COSTAR
    EMILY BLUNT.
    THEN HE POPPED UP ON THE WILDLY
    POPULAR INSTAGRAM.
    GOOD, BUT THIS TIME WITH A
    PIECE OF CARDBOARD REALLY
    FILLING IN AS A DUDE WITH SIGNS
    DOUBLE.
    AND NOW HE’S KEEPING THAT STUNT
    THING GOING.
    SURPRISING FANS AT UNIVERSAL
    STUDIOS.
    STUNT TACULAR WATERWORLD STUNT
    SHOW, THE OSCAR NOMINEE COMING
    OUT NOT TO PERFORM ANY ACTUAL
    STUNTS, BUT IN HIS OWN JUST
    TO SAY HI.
    AND HE WAS ALSO ROASTED BY THE
    ACTORS IN, THE SHOW WHO SAID
    THEY’RE VERY FAMILIAR WITH HIS
    WORK IN DEADPOOL.
    OH, YEAH.
    GOING BACK TO THE RYAN GOSLING
    RYAN REYNOLDS CONFUSION.
    IT’S A FUSION.
    THANKS FOR THAT.
    BLAKE LIVELY YEAH, RIGHT,
    RIGHT.
    AND FINALLY OVER THE WEEKEND,
    I’M OBSESSED WITH THIS.
    NICOLE KIDMAN WAS HONORED
    AT THE AMERICAN FILM LIFE
    ACHIEVEMENT AWARD GALA.
    HER FRIENDS, MERYL STREEP
    AND REESE WITHERSPOON THERE
    TO CELEBRATE THEIR BEST FRIEND
    ,HER DRESS.
    SHE LOOKED LIKE AN EMBODIMENT
    OF THE OSCAR STATUE, DIDN’T SHE
    ?
    ISN’T ANYTHING BUT WHAT
    PEOPLE CAN’T GET ENOUGH OF IS
    MORGAN FREEMAN’S TO THE OSCAR
    WINNER TAKE A LOOK AT HIS SPOOF
    OF HER INFAMOUS AMC AD.
    >> SHE DANCES ON A YOU SILVER
    SCREEN SOUNDTRACK AND FEEL
    SOMEHOW SHE MAKES GREAT FEEL
    GOOD IN PLACE LIKE THIS.
    >> SHE MAKES HER OWN SO
    INCREDIBLE.
    THE MORGAN FREEMAN SEGMENT WAS
    DIRECTED BY CHRIS MERRILL
    AND INCLUDED A TEAM OF OFFICIAL
    ,INCLUDING INDIANA UNDERHILL
    AND SCOTT’S THUNDERING GO.
    THE HIGH LIFE ACHIEVEMENT
    TRIBUTE TO NICOLE KIDMAN
    WILL RUN ON TNT ON JUNE 17.
    PEOPLE IN THE ROOM FOR
    THAT WERE LIKE LAUGHING
    AND CLAPPING AND SO EXCITED
    ABOUT IT.
    YOU KNOW, YOU’VE MADE WHEN
    MORGAN FREEMAN, I WAS GOING
    TO SAY, IS READING YOUR LIFE
    THE NARRATOR IS WHEN MORGAN
    FREEMAN IS DOING IT, YOU KNOW,
    IT’S TOP NOTCH THAT’S GOT
    HIMSELF.
    SO I ALSO LOVE THAT THEY WERE
    HOCKED ON THE AMC AD THAT WE
    ALL SEE ANY TIME YOU GO
    TO EXACTLY THIS WOMAN HAS BEEN
    LIKE IN HOLLYWOOD DECADES
    THE WHAT WE’RE STILL TALKING
    ABOUT IS THAT AMC, I LOVE.
    ALL RIGHT, WILL GANSS, THANKS.
    HERE’S DIANE TO YOU AND THANK
    YOU AT HOME FOR STREAMING
    WITH US.
    I’M DIANE MACEDO, ABC NEWS LIVE
    IS HERE FOR YOU ANY TIME.
    WITH THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT
    AND ANALYSIS, WE’LL BE RIGHT
    BACK.
    THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU ARE
    SITTING DOWN LIKE THIS TO TELL
    YOUR STORY.
    ARE YOU READY?
    WE’VE BEEN TOLD GO THROUGH
    YOUR BAG AND YOU FELT
    THE CARTRIDGE.
    WHAT YOU THINKING THAT MOMENT
    WHEN YOU FELT THAT?
    >> MY LIFE IS OVER RIGHT?
    >> YOU’VE JUST BEEN TOLD
    YOU’RE GOING TO BE NINE YEARS
    IN ONE OF THE WORST PRISONS
    IN RUSSIA.
    >> WERE YOU ROBIN ROBERTS
    PRISONER IN RUSSIA?
    THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON ABC
    THIS WEEK, THE GAG ORDER RULING
    ON DONALD TRUMP’S CRIMINAL
    TRIAL AS ALLEGED NEW VIOLATIONS
    PILE UP.
    THE COLLEGE PROTESTS IN THE
    U.S. SPREADING ACROSS EUROPE.
    MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD
    NEWS TONIGHT.
    DAVID, YOU ARE THE MOST WATCHED
    NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION THIS
    WEEK.
    YOU MAY LIE IN FIVE MYSTERY
    CITIES.
    SO WHERE WILL THEY POP UP?
    MAYBE WILL BE IN YOUR
    NEIGHBORHOOD.
    WHERE WILL WE BE?
    WE’RE COMING TO YOU, AMERICA.
    GET ALL THIS WEEK.
    WHERE WILL WE BE?
    GET READY.
    GET READY.
    >> GET READY.
    WHY DO SO 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
    TOP STORIES.
    A LOT OF NEWS TODAY.
    LET’S GET INTO IT.
    LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS
    PODCAST.
    HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD OUR
    MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY
    THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS A NEWS
    PODCAST WORTH LISTENING
    TO 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.
    >> IT’S LUNCHTIME IN AMERICA.
    SO WHAT ARE WE SERVING UP?
    WELL, HOW ABOUT EVERYTHING
    YOU NEED TO KNOW.
    THAT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD.
    YOU, YOUR MONEY, BREAKING NEWS,
    MUSIC, AND OF COURSE GOOD FOOD.
    A THIRD HOUR OF "GMA" IN THE
    AFTERNOON.
    SO JOIN US AFTER DINNER FOR
    EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW.
    I LOVE THAT THE FORMER
    PRESIDENT TRUMP’S CLASSIFIED
    DOCUMENTS CASE IS BACK IN COURT
    ON AARON KATERSKY IN FORT
    PIERCE, FLORIDA.
    WHEREVER THE STORY IS,
    WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE.
    >> YOU’RE STREAMING
    ABC NEWS LOG.
    >> BUT WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE
    THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST
    IN AMERICA?
    WE ARE PART OF AN OPERATION
    TO SERVE COMBAT OPERATIONS.
    WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE.
    MILITANTS CAME IN FROM
    DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
    NUCLEAR REACTOR THREE OF
    THE COUPLE LOADED AND READY
    TO GO.
    THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE
    FLAG AND A CONCORDE THAT MADE
    THE USA GREAT WORK.
    HI, ISMAIL.
    DAVID, I’M DAVID.
    YOU ARE.
    YOU ARE.
    >> EVERY NIGHT.
    ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT
    WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S
    WATCHED NEWSCAST.
    >> KINGS TO GOOD MORNING
    AMERICA.
    CAN YOU THE MILLIONS
    THAT INSPIRE FILLED WITH HOPE
    KINDNESS, JOY, SURPRISES AND SO
    MUCH FUN.
    I THINK IT’S GREAT TO START
    YOUR DAY WITH GOOD MORNING
    AMERICA’S, RAY OF SUNSHINE,
    HIGHLIGHTING THE BEST
    OF AMERICA AND HELPING MAKE
    DREAMS COME TRUE.
    I’M JUST SO HAPPY, SO GOOD.
    GET READY TO SMILE AND PUT
    THE GOOD INTO YOUR MORNING
    AMERICA BECAUSE.
    >> YOU KNOW WHAT WILL MAKE
    THE MORNING BETTER?
    A LITTLE RAY OF SUNSHINE.
    >> I LIKE RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS
    LIVE LEAVE OR ELSE.
    COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GIVING
    STUDENT PROTESTERS A 2 P.M.
    DEADLINE TO FALL OUT OR FACE
    SUSPENSION.
    WE’VE GOT THE LATEST.
    A TRAIL OF TORNADOES
    RIGHT THROUGH THE HEARTLAND.
    THE TWISTERS TOUCHING DOWN
    IN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA, LEAVING
    DEATH AND DESTRUCTION
    THEIR WAKE.
    WE ARE LIVE ON THE SCENE.
    AND ANOTHER CHANCE AT A CEASE.
    NEW OPTIMISM OVER A DEAL
    TO STOP THE FIGHTING AND BRING
    HOME HOSTAGES.
    WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THOSE TALKS
    THIS HOUR.
    GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
    I’M KYRA PHILLIPS.
    OUR TOP STORY RIGHT NOW,
    MORE PROTEST, MORE POLICE
    AND NOW A LAWSUIT ACROSS
    THE COUNTRY TIGHTENING.
    SECURITY AS PROTESTS
    AT COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES
    CONTINUE TO AMID
    THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR.
    HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
    THAT ARRESTED NATIONWIDE
    AS STUDENTS CONTINUE TO DEMAND
    THAT THEIR SCHOOLS FINANCIAL
    TIES WITH ISRAEL.
    COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN,
    NEW YORK, STILL THE EPICENTER
    OF THOSE PROTESTS AS THE SCHOOL
    IS ENDING NEGOTIATIONS
    AND TELLING STUDENTS THAT THEY
    EITHER NEED TO LEAVE
    THE ENCAMPMENT BY 2 P.M. OR
    RISK SUSPENSION.
    THAT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA,
    VIOLENCE ERUPTING THERE OVER
    THE WEEKEND AT UCLA WHEN
    THOUSANDS OF PROTESTERS BROKE
    THROUGH A BARRIER BETWEEN
    PRO-PALESTINIAN AND PRO-ISRAEL
    DEMONSTRATORS.
    THEN BACK HERE IN OUR NATION’S
    CAPITAL AT GEORGE WASHINGTON
    UNIVERSITY, PROTESTERS TEARING
    DOWN BARRIERS, SECURING
    THE UNIVERSITY YARD.
    SOME LAWMAKERS NOW CALLING FOR
    THE NATIONAL GUARD TO EVEN STEP
    IN, SAYING DEMONSTRATIONS
    ARE BEING INFILTRATED
    BY PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZERS.
    OUR ALEX PRESHA HAS BEEN
    COVERING THESE PROTESTS,
    ALL THE DEVELOPMENTS, AND YET
    ANOTHER PROTEST THAT’S HAPPENED
    NOW ON THE CAMPUS OF OHIO STATE
    UNIVERSITY.
    ALEX, LET’S GET TO THAT IN JUST
    A SECOND.
    BUT I WANT TO START
    WITH COLUMBIA.
    APPARENTLY NOW THIS CLASS
    LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED AGAINST
    COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FOR
    VIOLATING STUDENT SAFETY
    PROTOCOLS.
    WHAT CAN TELL US?
    WELL, KYRA, RIGHT NOW
    AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY,
    THE CLOCK IS TICKING.
    SO YOU MENTIONED THAT LAWSUIT,
    BUT ALSO LESS THAN AN HOUR NOW.
    THE UNIVERSITY SAYS
    THAT STUDENTS AND PROTESTERS
    THERE HAVE TO BASICALLY
    EVACUATE, OTHERWISE THEY WILL
    NOT BE IN GOOD STANDING,
    WILL BE SUSPENDED.
    THIS IS ACCORDING TO THE
    UNIVERSITY, PENDING A FURTHER
    INVESTIGATION.
    WE SAW AERIALS EARLIER TODAY
    OF JUST HOW LARGE
    THAT ENCAMPMENT IS AND I CAN
    TELL YOU THAT IT DOESN’T REALLY
    SEEM AS THOUGH ANYONE IS MOVING
    AT LEAST WITH WITH WITH ANY
    WITH WITH ANY HASTE.
    AND SO, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW
    WE’RE WE’RE LEADING UP TO A
    POTENTIAL CLASH COME 2 P.M..
    ALL RIGHT.
    AND THERE’S WHAT MORE CAN
    YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS CLASS
    ACTION LAWSUIT THAT’S BEEN
    FILED?
    APPARENTLY, THIS JUST CAME
    ACROSS THE WIRES.
    WHAT YOU KNOW, I KNOW
    YOU’RE JUST LEARNING ABOUT IT
    AS WELL.
    >> WELL SO I’M READING IN WITH
    THIS AS YOU ARE AS WELL, KYRA.
    BUT THIS ECHOES SOME OF
    THE GRIEVANCES THAT WE’VE HEARD
    FROM STUDENT BODY GROUPS ACROSS
    THE COUNTRY.
    RIGHT.
    WHETHER IT BE FROM COLUMBIA
    UNIVERSITY TO STATE TO TO USC.
    MANY OF THESE STUDENTS
    THEY’RE NOT JUST CALLING FOR
    THE UNIVERSITY TO TAKE ACT OR
    THEIR UNIVERSITIES TO TAKE
    ACTION OR THE PRO-PALESTINIAN
    GROUPS TO TAKE ACTION
    AND DIVEST FROM ISRAEL.
    THEY’RE ALSO COMPLAINING
    ABOUT THE WAY THEY’VE BEEN ABLE
    TO PROTEST IN SOME OF THE
    POLICE RESPONSE THAT HAS BEEN
    ESSENTIALLY INITIATED BY BY
    UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
    .
    ANOTHER ONE THAT HAPPENED
    EARLIER TODAY IN CERTAINLY
    HEARD FROM STUDENT GROUPS THERE
    THAT THAT HAVE NOT APPRECIATED
    SOME OF THE WAY THAT THESE
    ENCAMPMENTS, IF YOU WILL,
    HAVE BEEN HAVE BEEN BUSTED UP.
    AND SO WHAT YOU’RE SEEING
    RIGHT NOW IS THE LEGAL BATTLE
    OF THAT AT LEAST PLAY OUT
    AT COLUMBIA.
    AND WHAT’S GOING TO BE
    INTERESTING IS HOW DOES THIS
    TRICKLE DOWN, IN EFFECT,
    SOME OF THE RESPONSES THAT WE
    WE SEE AT OTHER OTHER
    UNIVERSITIES ACROSS THE COUNTRY
    ?
    OKAY.
    AND I’M LOOKING RIGHT NOW
    AT THAT COMPLAINT AND IT’S
    TALKING ABOUT THEIR UNIVERSITY
    PERSONAL STORIES OF COLUMBIA
    AND THE IMPACT OF RECALLS
    ON THE CALLS FOR TERRORIST
    ON JEWS AND OPEN SUPPORT FOR
    HAMAS AND WHAT IT’S HAD
    ON THEIR LEARNING.
    THE LAWSUIT ALSO SAYING
    THAT IT’S FOCUSING
    ON COLUMBIA’S DECISION TO ALLOW
    THE EXTREMISTS, INCLUDING
    NON-STUDENTS ON WHILE MAKING
    CLEAR THAT JEWISH STUDENTS
    AREN’T SAFE ON CAMPUS.
    THESE ARE ALL THE COMPLAINTS
    BEING MADE IN THIS LAWSUIT.
    AND FINALLY, THERE’S REQUEST
    WITHIN THIS LAWSUIT FOR AN
    IMMEDIATE INJUNCTION,
    THE SCHOOL TO FOLLOW
    THE EXAMPLES OF SOME OF ITS
    PEERS AND BAN OUTSIDE AGITATORS
    AND STUDENTS WHO ARE INCITING
    VIOLENCE CAMPUS.
    SO AS WE WATCH THESE
    DEVELOPMENTS THERE AT COLUMBIA
    NOW, THIS CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT
    WHERE YOU ARE, YOU ARE NOW
    SEEING PROTESTS ON THE CAMPUS
    THERE.
    HAS IT BEEN VIOLENT?
    HAVE THERE BEEN ARRESTS?
    WHAT’S HAPPENED?
    WELL, KYRA, SO LISTEN, THINGS
    PEACEFUL RIGHT NOW.
    AND I WILL SAY THAT OHIO STATE
    HAS KIND OF BEEN
    THE BENEFICIARY OF THIS
    BEING THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS
    OF FINAL EXAMS, A WRAP UP
    TOMORROW.
    AND SO WE’VE ACTUALLY SEEN
    A LOT OF THE STUDENTS MOVE OFF
    CAMPUS.
    AND SO THAT’S THAT.
    I THINK IT’S BEEN PART OF THE
    REASON WHY THINGS HAVE BEEN
    PEACEFUL AT LEAST THIS WEEK.
    BUT LATE LAST HEADED INTO
    THE WEEKEND, WE DID SEE CLASHES
    HERE ABOUT 35 ARRESTS FROM
    THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
    A HUGE GROUP OF HUNDREDS HERE
    GATHERED IN WHAT THEY CALL
    OVAL.
    THEY WERE ASKED TO DISPERSE
    GOING INTO THE NIGHT BY STATE
    TROOPERS.
    ALSO, CAMPUS POLICE.
    THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN IN A TIMELY
    FASHION.
    AND SO WE SAW CLASHES EVEN HERE
    IN OHIO.
    AND I WILL SAY THAT OVER
    THE PAST, I’D SAY LAST
    SIX MONTHS, WE’VE SEEN
    DEMONSTRATIONS PRO UP AND DOWN
    WHAT THEY CALL HIGH STREET.
    THAT IS THE MAIN ARTERY HERE
    IN COLUMBUS OHIO.
    DEMONSTRATORS BOTH
    ARE PRO-PALESTINIAN AND, ALSO
    PRO-ISRAELI, TRYING TO GET
    THEIR VOICES HEARD.
    SO THIS ISN’T SOMETHING THAT’S
    THAT’S NEW HERE.
    BUT TODAY WE HAVE A NUMBER
    OF THESE DEMONSTRATORS
    THAT WERE ARRESTED
    BEING ARRAIGNED.
    ANOTHER SET WILL BE ARRAIGNED
    ON WEDNESDAY.
    BUT AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER,
    SOMETHING THAT’S BEEN POINTED
    OUT IS ONLY A HANDFUL OF THEM
    HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS OSCE
    STUDENTS.
    ALL RIGHT.
    THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALEX.
    APPRECIATE IT.
    NOW TO THAT DEADLY TORNADO
    OUTBREAK LEAVING BEHIND
    A WIDESPREAD PATH
    OF DESTRUCTION.
    TWO OF THE MOST POWERFUL
    TWISTERS TOUCHING DOWN JUST
    OUTSIDE OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
    AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE DIED
    IN THAT STATE, ONE OF THEM
    A FOUR MONTH OLD CHILD.
    SEVERAL TOWNS DEVASTATED ACROSS
    THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY.
    THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 130
    TORNADO REPORTS.
    NOW, THAT’S IN JUST LAST
    FOUR DAYS.
    A PAIR OF STORM CHASERS,
    THEY ACTUALLY GOT PRETTY
    DANGEROUSLY CLOSE TO ONE
    OF THOSE TERRIFYING TWISTERS.
    TAKE A LISTEN.
    >> WE HAD TO GET PULLED OVER
    HERE.
    WE’VE GOT A TORNADO RIGHT HERE
    .
    >> 15 MINUTES.
    WELL, THAT EXTREME WEATHER ALSO
    TRIGGERED A LOT OF FLASH
    FLOODING IN TEXAS.
    A LOT OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES
    COMPLETELY WASHED OUT.
    SOME PEOPLE THERE HAD TO BE
    RESCUED FROM RAGING FLOODWATERS
    .
    OUR METEOROLOGIST
    SOMARA THEODORE HAS BEEN
    TRACKING ALL THAT FOR.
    US.
    WHAT MORE, I GUESS, DO WE KNOW?
    AND IS THERE MORE SEVERE
    WEATHER ON THE WAY RIGHT NOW,
    TOMORROW?
    >> YES, THERE IS, KYRA.
    AND THE FLOOD THREAT IS WHAT
    IS IMMINENT TODAY FOR
    OUR MONDAY.
    WE’VE BEEN WATCHING THIS LINE
    OF STORMS SWEEP ACROSS
    THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
    RIGHT NOW, HEADED FOR
    NEW ORLEANS.
    IT’S PROMPTED FLOOD WATCHES,
    A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY IS JUST
    NORTH OF HOUSTON EARLIER.
    >> BUT OUR EYES TOMORROW
    WILL SHIFT FARTHER NORTH TO AN
    AREA THAT’S BEEN PREVIOUSLY HIT
    BY SEVERE WEATHER.
    LINCOLN OMAHA, DES MOINES,
    SIOUX CITY, ALL THE WAY DOWN
    TO KANSAS CITY.
    PREPARE FOR A LINE OF STORMS
    THAT COULD POTENTIALLY BRING
    A FEW TORNADOES DAMAGING WINDS
    AND LARGE HAIL.
    THE TIMING ON THIS, THIS
    IS DURING YOUR TUESDAY
    AFTERNOON.
    >> YOU’RE PICKING UP THE KIDS
    FROM SCHOOL.
    YOU’RE GOING TO RUN
    SOME ERRANDS DURING
    THE EVENING, MAYBE HEADED
    TO DINNER.
    SO THIS WILL BE HAPPENING
    TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO NIGHT.
    >> AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER
    THREAT OF SEVERE WEATHER LOOMS
    OVER US ON WEDNESDAY.
    THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS COMING
    TOGETHER, TAKING THAT LINEAR
    FORM AND SWEEPING EASTWARD
    THROUGH KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA,
    HITTING OKLAHOMA CITY WEDNESDAY
    EVENING.
    AGAIN, THERE WE COULD SEE
    MORE TORNADOES.
    >> SOME OF THESE TORNADOES
    COULD BE ON THE STRONG SIDE.
    SO KEEP THAT IN MIND FOR
    YOUR WEDNESDAY EVENING.
    IF YOU LIVE IN KANSAS IF
    YOU LIVE IN OKLAHOMA.
    AND THEN FINALLY, I DO WANT
    TO WRAP WITH THE TEMPERATURES
    WE’VE SEEN PRETTY MILD
    CONDITIONS HERE.
    AND NOW WE’RE FEELING
    MORE SUMMER LIKE THAN ANYTHING
    WHERE YOU ARE, KYRA.
    THIS AFTERNOON,
    YOU’RE PROJECTED TO HIT NEAR
    91 DEGREES.
    >> OH, WE’VE ALREADY IT.
    WE COULDN’T BELIEVE IT.
    WE WALKED OUTSIDE.
    IT WAS, WHAT, 30 DEGREES LAST
    WEEK.
    AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT FELT
    LIKE SUMMERTIME, SAMARRA.
    ENJOY.
    ALL RIGHT.
    YEAH.
    OKAY, I WILL.
    THANK VERY MUCH.
    ALL RIGHT.
    NOW TO THAT URGENT PUSH FOR
    A HOSTAGE AND CEASE
    FIRE NEGOTIATIONS IN GAZA AS WE
    ARE MONITORING THE KEY TALKS
    ARE HAPPENING TODAY IN CAIRO.
    SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY
    BLINKEN IS IN SAUDI, CALLING
    ISRAEL’S PROPOSAL
    EXTRAORDINARILY GENEROUS
    AND THAT HAMAS SHOULD ACCEPT
    IT.
    PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAYING
    HE ALSO WITH BENJAMIN NETANYAHU
    OVER THE WEEKEND TELLING
    THE PRIME MINISTER ONCE AGAIN
    NOT TO LAUNCH A GROUND
    OFFENSIVE INTO RAFAH.
    THAT CROWDED CITY IN SOUTHERN
    GAZA.
    THIS ALL COMES AS HAMAS
    RELEASED NEW VIDEO.
    AN ISRAELI AMERICAN HOSTAGE
    WHO IS STILL BEING HELD IN GAZA
    STRIP.
    OUR FOREIGN
    CORRESPONDENT TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE
    SPOKE WITH THE HOSTAGES
    BROTHER.
    HE JOINS US NOW FROM
    ISRAEL ALONG
    WITH ELIZABETH SCHULZE, WHO’S
    AT THE WHITE HOUSE FOR US.
    SO PROTESTS ARE ONGOING AND,
    TOM, YOU ARE RIGHT THERE IN THE
    MIDDLE OF THEM.
    TELL US WHAT THE SCENE IS LIKE
    THERE RIGHT NOW.
    AND THEN WE, OF COURSE,
    WILL TALK ABOUT YOUR INTERVIEW
    .
    YEAH.
    CAROL, THIS IS CENTRAL TEL
    AVIV.
    THAT IS THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
    .
    AND AS YOU CAN SEE TONIGHT
    IN TEL AVIV, THERE
    ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
    HAVE TAKEN TO THE STREETS.
    YOU CAN SEE THE ISRAELI FLAGS.
    YOU CAN SEE THIS GENTLEMAN’S
    MESSAGE THERE.
    IT’S PRETTY OBVIOUS FOR
    OUR AUDIENCE TO INTERPRET
    THAT ONE.
    BUT THE MAIN MESSAGE FROM THIS
    CROWD, FROM MANY ISRAELIS
    RIGHT NOW IS IT IS TIME
    TO BRING MORE HOSTAGES HOME.
    THEY WANT THE ISRAELI
    GOVERNMENT, TO PRIORITIZE
    THE HOSTAGES.
    THEY WANT THE GOVERNMENT
    TO MAKE CONCESSIONS.
    NOW, THE WHITE HOUSE IS SAYING,
    KYRA, WHILE WE SPEAK WHILE THIS
    DEMONSTRATION IS ONGOING,
    THAT THERE IS A DEAL ON
    THE TABLE, THAT THERE IS A
    DEAL PROPOSAL IN FRONT
    OF HAMAS.
    THE WHITE HOUSE IS SAYING IT
    WOULD MEAN A SIX WEEK CEASE
    FIRE.
    A TOP BRITISH OFFICIAL,
    INTERESTINGLY IS SAYING IT
    WOULD INVOLVE THOUSANDS
    OF PALESTINIAN PRISONERS
    BEING FROM ISRAELI JAILS.
    AND THAT MAYBE EXPLAINS WHY
    SECRETARY OF STATE.
    BLINKEN HAS DESCRIBED THE DEAL
    ON OFFER TO HAMAS AS,
    EXTRAORDINARILY GENEROUS.
    BUT LOOK, THIS IS THE SCENE.
    THERE’S A LOT OF ANGER.
    THERE IS A GROWING MOVEMENT
    AND THERE IS GROWING PRESSURE
    THE STREETS IN ISRAEL
    ON THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT.
    BUT THERE IS ALSO
    POLITICAL PRESSURE FROM WITHIN
    NETANYAHU’S GOVERNMENT.
    HARD LINERS IN HIS GOVERNMENT
    ARE SAYING THAT HE SHOULDN’T
    ACCEPT WHAT THEY DEEM TO BE
    A BAD DEAL.
    THE MORE MODERATE ELEMENTS,
    BENNY GANTZ IN THE WAR CABINET
    IS SAYING THE HOSTAGES LIKE
    THIS PROUD SHOULD
    BE PRIORITIZED AT ALL COSTS
    KYRA.
    ALL RIGHT.
    WE’LL GET BACK TO YOU IN A
    MINUTE ABOUT YOUR CONVERSATION
    WITH THE HOSTAGES.
    BROTHER.
    BUT ELIZABETH, I’M JUST GOING
    TO TAKE IT TO YOU BECAUSE
    TOM IS MENTIONING THE WHITE
    HOUSE.
    WHAT’S THE LATEST FROM THERE?
    WHAT ARE YOU HEARING?
    WHAT CAN YOU ADD TO WHAT
    TOM JUST SAID?
    >> WELL, YOU KNOW, HERE WE KNOW
    THAT THERE IS THIS DEAL ON
    THE TABLE, A, OF WHAT IS THE
    QUESTION IS, HAS ISRAEL DONE
    ENOUGH TO CONTINUE THE U.S.
    SUPPORT AND TO CONTINUE TO GET
    THIS PROPOSAL FORWARD?
    HERE’S WHAT WE HEARD TODAY
    HERE.
    SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY
    BLINKEN RIGHT NOW IS IN SAUDI
    ARABIA.
    HE SAID ISRAEL HAS TAKEN
    CONCRETE STEPS TOWARD
    WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO GET
    MORE HUMANITARIAN AID.
    AND HE REFERRED TO THE BORDER
    CROSSINGS IN NORTHERN GAZA.
    WE KNOW THAT THERE’S GOING
    TO BE THAT FLOATING PIER
    THAT IS EXPECTED OPEN IN THE
    MIDDLE OF MAY.
    SO RIGHT NOW, SECRETARY BLINKEN
    SAYS THE ONLY THING STANDING
    IN THE WAY OF THIS DEAL GETTING
    ACCEPTED BETWEEN THE PEOPLE
    OF GAZA AND A CEASE FIRE IS
    HAMAS.
    SO THEY’RE TRYING TO SAY
    THAT RIGHT NOW THIS IS UP
    TO HAMAS.
    THAT’S THE SECRETARY OF STATE
    ON HIS TRIP RIGHT NOW,
    IN ADDITION TO GOING TO SAUDI
    ARABIA HERE.
    AND HE’S ALSO GOING TO BE
    TO ISRAEL AND TO JORDAN.
    SO THIS IS TOP OF THE LIST.
    THE WHITE HOUSE, US.
    THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY OF THAT
    VISIT FROM THE SECRETARY
    OF STATE IS TO GET THAT
    DEAL ACCEPTED.
    GOT IT.
    ALL RIGHT.
    WELL, TOM, LET ME TAKE IT
    BACK TO YOU, BECAUSE VERY
    RARELY DO WE GET TO TALK TO IN
    THE MIDDLE OF PROTESTS LIKE
    THIS.
    TELL US MORE ABOUT THE
    PROTESTERS BEHIND YOU AND ALSO
    HOW IT FOLDS IN TO THE HOSTAGES
    THAT YOU HAD A CHANCE TO TALK
    TO AND WHAT EXACTLY HE TOLD
    YOU.
    I KNOW WE HAVE A PART OF THAT
    INTERVIEW.
    I KNOW THIS IS ALL COMING
    TOGETHER FROM GROUND TO EVEN
    SIT DOWN INTERVIEWS THAT YOU’RE
    GETTING WITH WITH FAMILY
    MEMBERS.
    WE’VE SEEN A FORMER IDF
    COMMANDER IN THE CROWD HERE.
    SO IT SHOWS YOU LOOK IS A
    DIVERSE CROWD.
    THIS IS A CROSS-SECTION
    OF ISRAELI SOCIETY.
    IT IS PEOPLE WHO I THINK
    ARE BROADLY UP WITH THE STATUS
    QUO, THAT THEY SAY ENOUGH
    IS ENOUGH.
    AND, YES, I SPOKE TO THE
    BROTHER LAST NIGHT
    OF KEITH SIEGEL, AN
    AMERICAN ISRAELI HOSTAGE
    IN CAPTIVITY IN GAZA.
    AND I SPOKE TO DAVID, WHO’S
    IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK,
    AND DAVID SAID, LOOK, THIS IS A
    CRUCIAL MOMENT.
    THERE ARE POSITIVE SIGNS,
    BUT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
    >> LET’S HAVE A LISTEN.
    DO YOU BELIEVE PRIME MINISTER
    NETANYAHU IS WILLING TO MAKE
    ENOUGH COMPROMISES TO GET
    A DEAL?
    HE IS IN THE POSITION TO AGREE
    TO A DEAL.
    AND I’M ASKING OUR WHOLE FAMILY
    IS ASKING HIM, BEGGING HIM
    TO COME TO TERMS WITH,
    WHATEVER THE DEAL NEEDS TO BE.
    WELL, THAT MESSAGE FROM
    DAVID SIEGEL IS ECHOED BY THIS
    CROWD.
    THERE’S A LOT OF NOISE HERE.
    BUT, LOOK, IT’S IMPORTANT
    TO ALSO REFLECT THE OTHER KEY
    PARTY IN THIS IS HAMAS.
    AND A SENIOR HAMAS OFFICIAL HAS
    SAID TO ABC NEWS TODAY THAT THE
    PROPOSAL ON THE TABLE IS IN
    THEIR MINDS POSITIVE,
    MORE POSITIVE THAN THE DEAL WAS
    POTENTIALLY PROPOSED WEEKS AGO.
    BUT THEY DID SAY TO US
    THAT THERE ARE STILL ISSUES
    THAT NEED TO BE NEGOTIATED.
    SO, YES, THE U.S. IS DRIVING
    THE PROCESS.
    THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT A KEY,
    BUT HAMAS’S KEY TO TERROR
    TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE
    THEY’RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE
    OF IT ALL ARE ELIZABETH SCHULZE
    AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
    APPRECIATE YOU BOTH.
    THANK YOU.
    AND STRAIGHT AHEAD, SALACIOUS
    DETAILS AND BUSINESS INTEGRITY
    ,THE INNER WORKINGS OF FORMER
    PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE
    REVEALING WITNESS LIST.
    WHAT’S NEXT IN THE FORMER
    PRESIDENT’S HUSH MONEY TRIAL?
    NEXT NEXT, WHENEVER NEWS
    BREAKS, WE ARE HEARING
    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, ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT
    THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE
    OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE.
    THE NEED FOR UKRAINE REPORTING
    FOR THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY
    IN ROLLING FORTH.
    THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS
    SMALL TOWN FROM THE MOST
    DEVASTATING DISASTER IN HAWAII
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    ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL
    IN ICELAND.
    LET’S GO TRAVELING WITH THE
    PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHERE
    THE STORY IS ON THE FRONT LINES
    FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL INSIDE
    THE GAZA STRIP.
    IN BEIRUT FROM THE FBI,
    REPORTING FROM THE NORTH IS ON
    THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN
    DOWNING STREET IN LONDON,
    STREAMING LIVE TO YOU WHEREVER
    THE STORY IS, WHEREVER
    THE STORY IS, WHEREVER
    THE STORY IS, WE’RE GOING
    TO TAKE THERE.
    WE’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE,
    ABC NEWS LIVE, YOUR STREAM,
    ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE,
    STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE.
    AMERICA’S NUMBER
    ONE STREAMING NEWS.
    WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG WOMAN
    KILLED AT HER VERY BEGINNING
    OF HER LIFE.
    HAPPENS WHEN THE INTERROGATION
    HELPS PUT THE WRONG MAN IN.
    PRISON.
    I WAS IN NO AROUND FROM
    THE GUARD UNTIL YEARS LATER.
    THE REAL KILLER STEPS INTO
    THE BOX.
    TOUGH QUESTION HERE.
    THE CHANCE YOUR DNA WILL MATCH
    DOWNSTREAM TO THE HAVING
    YOUR DNA AT THE SCENE.
    WHAT DID YOU USE THAT NIGHT?
    OH, MY GOD.
    THE INTERROGATION TAPES TONIGHT
    ON ABC.
    >> FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
    THERE’S A LOT GOING ON.
    YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING
    THAT’S UP TO CATCH YOU UP
    WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.
    A DANGEROUS ICE STORM
    IS IMPACTING THE MORNING
    COMMUTE.
    WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY?
    ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE
    MIDDLE EAST.
    WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT,
    THE MIGRANT CRISIS, FAST,
    STRAIGHTFORWARD, BUT SOME
    IN BETWEEN.
    A BILLIONAIRE AND NOW IT’S GOOD
    TO BE THE MOVE STARTED CHASING
    A DOG FIRST THING IN THE
    MORNING AMERICA THIS MORNING
    AMERICA’S NUMBER EARLY MORNING
    NEWS ON ABC NEWS WHAT SO GIVING
    THE AMERICAN PUBLIC THE FIRST
    EVER LOOK INSIDE THE AFFLUENT,
    WEALTHY AND POSH WORLD OF
    DONALD TRUMP.
    WE ARE, OF COURSE, TALKING
    ABOUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S
    HISTORIC HUSH MONEY TRIAL.
    PROCEEDINGS MAY BE ON PAUSE
    TOY, BUT TESTIMONY
    WILL RESUME TOMORROW.
    BANKER GARY FARROW WILL BE
    BACK ON THE WITNESS STAND.
    THE JURY SET TO HEAR MORE FROM
    THE MAN WHO SAYS HE HELPED
    TRUMP’S FORMER FIXER, MICHAEL
    COHEN, WHO SET UP THAT FAKE LLC
    TO SECRETLY WIRE.
    STORMY DANIELS, THAT $130,000
    JUST ONE MONTH BEFORE THE 2016
    ELECTION.
    JOINING NOW OUR SENIOR
    INVESTIGATIVE
    CORRESPONDENT AARON KATERSKY,
    ALONG WITH LEGAL JOURNALIST,
    SENIOR EDITOR AT HARVARD LAW
    SCHOOL CRISTIAN FARIAS.
    ERIN, START WITH YOU, ERIN,
    WHETHER IT’S YOU KNOW, IT’S THE
    SAME STORY COHEN TOLD US YEARS
    AGO AND NOW GARY FARROW IS JUST
    CORROBORATING EXACTLY WHAT WE
    HEARD ABOUT THIS STRATEGY,
    TO CREATE AN LLC AND MAKE
    THE PAYMENTS.
    >> AND THIS IS DELIBERATE,
    KIRA, BECAUSE BEFORE MICHAEL
    COHEN GETS ON THE WITNESS
    STAND, THE WANT TO ESTABLISH
    THAT HE’S GOING TO HAVE
    SOME CREDIBILITY WHEN HE DOES
    TESTIFY, BECAUSE EVEN THEY HAVE
    CONCEDED THAT COHEN SOME OF
    THEIR OTHER WITNESSES HAVE WHAT
    YOU MIGHT CALL BAGGAGE AND SO
    THEY WANT TO THEY KNOW THAT THE
    DEFENSE IS GOING TO BE GUNNING
    FOR MICHAEL COHEN.
    SO THEY ARE GOING TO ESTABLISH
    FIRST WITH DAVID PECKER AND NOW
    WITH WITH HIS BANKER, GARY
    FARROW.
    COHEN SET UP THIS SHELL
    COMPANY, A CENTRAL CONSULTING
    TO EFFECTIVELY BEING A CONDUIT
    TO PAY STORMY DANIELS, HER HUSH
    MONEY AND FARROW’S TESTIMONY
    IS ALSO IMPORTANT BECAUSE
    AT THE HEART THIS ISN’T
    ABOUT HUSH OR OR EVEN REALLY
    ABOUT THE ELECTION.
    IT’S A DOCUMENT CASE.
    AND WE’RE STARTING TO SEE
    AND THE JURY STARTING TO SEE
    SOME OF THE DOCUMENTS AND THAT
    THAT ARE AT ISSUE.
    THE THE INVOICES COHEN
    WILL GIVE TO THE
    TRUMP ORGANIZATION, THE ENTRIES
    AND THE CHECKS.
    RIGHT.
    AND CHRISTIAN, IT IS, YOU KNOW,
    SALACIOUS AND AS ALL THESE
    DETAILS ARE.
    WHEN YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT A
    PORN STAR AND A PLAYBOY
    PLAYMATE ABOUT BUSINESS
    INTEGRITY HERE AND HOW
    THE FORMER PRESIDENT OPERATED.
    SO FARROW’S TESTIMONY IS AT
    THE CRUX OF THE CASE HERE,
    THE PAPER TRAIL OF PAYMENTS
    THERE, THERE.
    I MEAN, YOU PUT THE DOCUMENTS,
    THE CORROBORATION.
    >> IT’S PRETTY SOLID.
    >> YES, IT IS A BUSINESS CASE.
    IT IS A PAPER RECORDS CASE,
    AS SOME HAVE CALLED IT.
    >> BUT AT THE SAME TIME, JUST
    TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT
    OF EXCEPTION WITH WHAT WAS
    SAID MOMENTS EARLIER, IT
    IS ALSO AN ELECTION INTEGRITY
    CASE IN THE SENSE THAT BECAUSE
    THIS HAPPENED MERE WEEKS BEFORE
    THE ELECTION BECAUSE.
    >> THEY TRY TO KEEP IT
    CONCEALED.
    AND DAVID PECKER, THE HEAD
    OF THE "NATIONAL ENQUIRER",
    PRETTY MUCH CONFIRMED THAT THIS
    WAS DONE IN ORDER TO HELP
    REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE TRUMP.
    AT THE TIME, VOTERS WERE
    DEPRIVED OF CRUCIAL INFORMATION
    AT A TIME WHEN, AS YOU MIGHT
    RECALL, FROM THAT TIME, YOU GOT
    NEWS FROM ALL SIDES.
    ON ONE END, HE HAD NO STORIES,
    HAD ACCESS PUT STORMY DANIELS,
    BUT ALSO WITH THE
    "ACCESS HOLLYWOOD" TAPE AND ON
    THE HAND ON HIS OPPONENTS SIDE,
    YOU HAD THE FBI INTO
    THE HANDLING OF EMAIL RECORDS.
    >> SO THERE WAS A LOT OF NEWS
    HAPPENING IN ANYTHING COULD
    HAVE TIPPED THE ELECTION TO THE
    EXTENT THAT I DO EXPECT
    A LITTLE BIT.
    >> COHEN THIS IS BENEFICIAL
    TO THE CAMPAIGN.
    >> IT IS VERY MUCH SOMETHING
    THAT VOTERS DESERVE TO KNOW.
    AND EVEN THOUGH TRUMP WON’T
    BE TRIED AND CONVICTED OVER AN
    ELECTION INTEGRITY CASE FOR
    PURPOSES OF TELLING THE STORY
    TO THE JURY, IT MATTERS
    HOW FRAMED AND IT IS FRAMED
    AS AN ATTEMPT TO CONCEAL
    INFORMATION FROM
    THE ELECTORATE.
    >> SO SO ERIN, PROSECUTE WAS
    THEN DECIDING NOT TO DISCLOSE
    THEIR WITNESS LIST.
    WHY THEY THINK THAT DONALD
    TRUMP IS ONLY GOING TO ATTACK
    THE WITNESSES IF HE KNOWS
    WHO THEY ARE IN ADVANCE.
    SO THEY ARE NOT GIVING
    THE DEFENSE TEAM VERY MUCH
    NOTICE ALL AND NOT PUBLICLY
    TALKING ABOUT THE WITNESSES.
    WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
    WE KNOW COHEN’S GOING
    TO TESTIFY.
    AND STORMY DANIELS AND KAREN
    MCDOUGAL, HOPE HICKS AND OTHERS
    WHO MADE UP TRUMP’S INNER
    CIRCLE AT THE TIME.
    BUT THEY ARE NOT DISCLOSING
    WHO’S UP NEXT OUT OF THAT FEAR
    THAT TRUMP IS GOING TO VIOLATE
    THE GAG ORDER AND VERBALLY
    ATTACK THEM.
    AND THE JUDGE IS GOING TO HOLD
    A HEARING ON THURSDAY.
    KYRA, AS YOU CONTEMPLATE
    WHETHER TO HOLD TRUMP IN
    CONTEMPT.
    >> ALL RIGHT, ERIN.
    CHRISTIAN THANK YOU BOTH.
    SO THE MYSTERY GROWS AND THE
    UNANSWERED QUESTIONS PERSIST.
    POLICE ARE NOW SEARCHING
    NEW AREAS THIS HOUR ON
    NEW YORK’S LONG DETECTIVES
    THINK THEY MAY POSSIBLY
    BE LINKED TO THE GILGO BEACH
    SERIAL KILLER.
    THE CASE TASK FORCE IS OUT
    WORKING THOSE SPECIFIC SPOTS
    RIGHT NOW, BUT AUTHORITIES
    ARE NOT SAYING MUCH ABOUT WHY.
    >> HERE’S OUR ERIELLE RESHEF.
    A DEEPENING MYSTERY
    AS INVESTIGATORS WITH THE GILGO
    BEACH TASK FORCE SCOUR A WOODED
    AREA ROUGHLY 45 MILES EAST
    OF THE INFAMOUS GILGO MURDER
    SCENE, THE LOCAL D.A.
    CONFIRMING A MULTI-AGENCY
    BUT DECLINING TO SAY
    WHAT EXACTLY THEY ARE LOOKING
    FOR.
    ARCHITECT REX HEUERMANN HAS
    BEEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION
    WITH THE DEATHS OF FOUR WOMEN
    WHOSE BODIES WERE DISCOVERED
    BETWEEN 2010 AND 2011.
    HE DENIES ANY WRONGDOING.
    AUTHORITIES HAVE SAID
    THEIR INVESTIGATION CONTINUES
    TO SEE IF THEY CAN LINK
    HEUERMANN TO SIX OTHER VICTIMS.
    >> YOU HAVE TO THE KILLER THERE
    OR HAVE A CONNECTION THERE.
    >> LAW ENFORCEMENT TIGHT-LIPPED
    ON THE FOCUS OF THEIR EXPANDED
    SEARCH.
    BUT IT IS HAPPENING NEAR WHERE
    THE BODY OF 28 YEAR OLD SANDRA
    COSTILLA WAS DISCOVERED
    IN NOVEMBER OF 1993.
    HER MURDER REMAINS UNSOLVED.
    LAST WEEK, K-9 UNIT DRONES
    AND SQUAD CARS DESCENDED
    ON THE THICK BRUSH OF MEN.
    REVEAL NEW YORK, WHERE
    TWO VICTIMS OF ANOTHER
    CONVICTED SERIAL KILLER
    JOHN PETROV WERE FOUND IN THE
    EARLY NINETIES.
    BIDSTRUP HAD BEEN LOOKED AT AS
    A SUSPECT IN THE GILGO BEACH
    MURDERS AND IN THE DEATH
    OF COSTILLA.
    BUT INVESTIGATORS SO FAR BEEN
    UNABLE TO CONNECT HIM TO ANY
    ADDITIONAL VICTIMS.
    >> THE WHOLE KEY IN GOING
    TO THESE OTHER LOCATIONS IS THE
    INDENTIFY REMAINS, IF THEY FIND
    ANY, AND WHAT FORENSIC
    INFORMATION THEY CAN FIND
    THAT COULD POTENTIALLY TIE IT
    TO THIS PARTICULAR OR
    TO SOMEONE ELSE.
    >> NOW, IT’S UNCLEAR WHAT LED
    INVESTIGATORS BACK TO THAT AREA
    OR IF THEY HAVE FOUND ANYTHING
    RELEVANT, THE GILGO BEACH
    MURDER INVESTIGATION.
    BUT MANDEVILLE HAS COME UP
    IN CONNECTION THE GILGO BEACH
    MURDERS IN THE PAST AFTER
    THE REMAINS OF A WOMAN WERE
    FOUND THERE IN 2003.
    REX HEUERMANN IS DUE BACK IN
    COURT IN JUNE AGAIN.
    HE HAS DENIED ANY WRONGDOING.
    KIRA ALL RIGHT, ERIELLE RESHEF,
    THANKS SO MUCH.
    >> AND COMING UP.
    DON’T HIM CHEESY.
    HE’S GREAT.
    AND NOW HE’S GONE VIRAL.
    THE SHARP AND PEPPERY
    ADVENTURES OF CHEESEBALL NEXT.
    >> BUT WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE
    THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST
    IN AMERICA AMERICA OFFERING
    TO CAPITALIZE ON THIS?
    IT’S OUR COMBAT OPERATIONS
    AND WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE
    NOW.
    MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR
    FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS
    OPERATING THE NUCLEAR REACTOR.
    SEE THE COUPLE LOADED AND READY
    TO GO.
    THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE
    FLAG, THERE’S NOT A TEAR IN AND
    OUT OF THERE.
    HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL
    RIGHT HERE?
    >> DO YOU LOOK AT YOUR SMILE?
    YOU’RE PROUD OF IT?
    I LOVE IT.
    GREAT WORK.
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    WHERE ARE YOU, HARRY?
    IT’S VERY INTERESTING.
    IT’S LEO.
    >> DAVID?
    YES.
    YES.
    I’M DAVID.
    >> ARE.
    I KNOW YOU ARE.
    YOU DO.
    EVERY NIGHT.
    ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT
    WITH DAVID MOORE IS AMERICA’S
    WATCHED NEWSCAST.
    >> CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
    IT’S 25 YEARS OF BREAKFAST
    IN BED.
    SURPRISING MOMS ACROSS AMERICA.
    OH, MY GOODNESS.
    AND FOR OUR FIFTH ANNIVERSARY,
    WE’RE MAKING IT THE BIGGEST
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    >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START
    THEIR DAY HERE?
    FROM ABC NEWS?
    THIS IS "START HERE".
    TO BE IN THE KNOW 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 WEEKLY 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.
    >> I’M BACK INSIDE A MILITARY
    BASE IN SOUTHERN AND THIS
    IS ONE OF THOSE IRANIAN
    BALLISTIC MISSILES.
    >> THE NEWS IS.
    TAKE YOU THERE.
    YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE
    .
    SOME OTHER TOP HEADLINES
    THAT WE’RE FOLLOWING FOR
    YOU THIS HOUR ON ABC NEWS LIVE.
    TWO PEOPLE ARE ARRESTED IN A
    LONG ISLAND BODY PARTS MYSTERY.
    THEY’RE FACING MURDER CHARGES.
    JEFFREY AND ALEXIS NEVES WERE
    ARRAIGNED ON THE NEW CHARGES
    IN COURT TODAY AFTER
    THE DISMEMBERED REMAINS OF A
    NEW YORK COUPLE WERE FOUND
    IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS EARLIER
    THIS YEAR.
    TWO OTHER PEOPLE HAVE ALSO BEEN
    CHARGED IN THE CASE.
    PORTLAND, OREGON’S HISTORIC
    STEEL BRIDGE NOW CLOSED
    A FREIGHT TRAIN DERAILMENT.
    SIX OF THE TRAIN’S CARS CAME
    OFF THE TRACKS WITH ONE SEEN
    LEANING AGAINST A BRIDGE
    COLUMN.
    A HAZMAT TEAM CHECKING TO SEE.
    NOW, SO FAR, THEY HAVEN’T FOUND
    ANY HAZARDOUS LEAKS AND.
    >> NO INJURIES HAVE BEEN
    REPORTED AT.
    >> AND IS IT GETTING DUSTY
    IN HERE?
    WE PRESENT TO YOU THE CHEESIEST
    THING IN THE BIG APPLE THAT IS.
    YES, THE ONE AND ONLY
    CHEESEBALL MAN WHO WENT VIRAL
    HOUSING AN ENTIRE BUCKET OF,
    YOU GUESSED IT, CHEESE.
    HE TOOK OVER NEW YORK’S UNION
    SQUARE THIS WEEKEND, DRESSING
    UP FOR THE OCCASION, WEARING AN
    ORANGE BALACLAVA AND A
    SUPERHERO CAPE BECAUSE.
    WELL, WHY NOT?
    HE PROMOTED THE EVENT
    BY PUTTING UP POSTERS THE CITY
    ,AND IT CLEARLY WORKS.
    SINCE HIS SHIRT PERFORMANCE
    PEPPERED THE INTERNET WITH MORE
    THAN 12 MILLION VIEWS.
    THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
    I’M KYRA PHILLIPS.
    THE NEWS NEVER STOPS.
    NEITHER DO WE.
    NEWS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
    >> >> FIRST THING IN THE
    MORNING.
    THERE’S A LOT GOING ON.
    YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING.
    IT’S UP TO CATCH YOU UP
    WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.
    A DANGEROUS ICE STORM IMPACTING
    THE MORNING COMMUTE.
    WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY?
    ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE
    EAST.
    WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING
    ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS.
    STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOMEONE
    IN BETWEEN.
    IS BILLIONAIRE.
    SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
    THE MOVE STARTED CHASING A DOG.
    FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
    AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S
    NUMBER ONE.
    EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS
    LIVE.
    IS THAT YOU?
    THAT’S ME, MY BIG.
    HOW MUCH DO YOU MAKE
    ON ONLYFANS VERSUS?
    SAY AN EPISODE ON SOPRANOS?
    UP WAY MORE ON ALL MY HANDS.
    CELEBRITIES CAN ABSOLUTELY MAKE
    A LIVING ON ONLYFANS.
    BELLA IS THE MODEL.
    SHE MADE IT OVER 20 MILLION.
    YOU CONSIDER WHAT YOU DO.
    OR WORK OR ANYTHING ELSE?
    NOT JUST THAT.
    I HAD IT TO DO ALL OVER AGAIN.
    I WOULD HAVE DONE IT SOONER.
    A MAN WHO THIS WEEK, THE GAG
    ORDER RULING ON DONALD TRUMP’S
    CRIMINAL TRIAL AS ALLEGED
    NEW VIOLATIONS PILE UP.
    PLUS, A COLLEGE PROTEST IN THE
    U.S. SPREADING ACROSS EUROPE.
    MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD
    NEWS WITH DAVID MUIR, THE MOST
    WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION.
    THIS WEEK.
    GMB FLY BY MR. THE CITY.
    >> SO WHERE WILL GMB POP UP?
    MAYBE WILL BE IN YOUR
    NEIGHBORHOOD.
    WHERE WILL WE BE?
    >> WE’RE COMING TO YOU,
    AMERICA.
    GET READY.
    ALL THIS WEEK.
    >> WHERE WILL WE BE?
    GET READY.
    GET READY.
    GET READY RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS
    LIVE.
    LEAVE OR ELSE.
    COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY GIVING
    STUDENT PROTESTERS.
    A 2 P.M. DEADLINE TO FALL OUT
    OR FACE SUSPENSION.
    WE’VE GOT THE LATEST.
    A TRAIL OF TORNADOES
    RIGHT THROUGH THE HEARTLAND.
    THE TWISTERS TOUCHING DOWN
    IN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA, LEAVING
    DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IN THEIR
    WAKE.
    WE ARE LIVE ON THE SCENE.
    AND ANOTHER CHANCE AT A CEASE
    FIRE.
    NEW OPTIMISM OVER A DEAL
    TO STOP THE FIGHTING, BRING
    HOME MORE HOSTAGES.
    WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THOSE TALKS
    THIS.
    GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
    I’M KYRA PHILLIPS.
    OUR TOP STORY NOW,
    MORE PROTESTS, MORE POLICE
    AND NOW A LAWSUIT ACROSS
    THE COUNTRY TIGHTENING SECURITY
    AS PROTESTS AT COLLEGES,
    UNIVERSITIES CONTINUE TO SPREAD
    AMID THE ISRAEL-HAMAS.
    HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE NOW ARRESTED
    NATIONWIDE AS STUDENTS CONTINUE
    TO DEMAND THAT THEIR SCHOOLS
    CUT FINANCIAL TIES WITH ISRAEL.
    >> COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN NEW
    YORK STILL THE EPICENTER
    OF THOSE PROTESTS AS THE SCHOOL
    IS NOW ENDING NEGOTIATIONS
    AND TELLING STUDENTS THAT THEY
    EITHER NEED TO LEAVE
    THE ENCAMPMENT BY 2 P.M. OR
    RISK SUSPENSION, THAT IN
    SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, VIOLENCE
    ERUPTING THERE OVER THE WEEKEND
    AT UCLA WHEN THOUSANDS
    OF PROTESTERS BROKE THROUGH
    A BARRIER BETWEEN
    AND PRO-ISRAEL DEMONSTRATORS.
    THEN BACK HERE IN OUR NATION’S
    CAPITAL AT GEORGE WASHINGTON
    UNIVERSITY, PROTESTERS TEARING
    DOWN BARRIERS, SECURING
    THE UNIVERSITY YARD.
    SOME LAWMAKERS NOW CALLING FOR
    THE NATIONAL GUARD TO EVEN STEP
    IN, SAYING DEMONSTRATIONS
    ARE BEING INFILTRATED
    BY PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZERS.
    OUR ALEX PRESHA HAS BEEN
    COVERING ALL THESE ALL THE
    DEVELOPMENTS AND YET ANOTHER
    THAT’S HAPPENED NOW
    ON THE CAMPUS OF OHIO STATE
    UNIVERSITY.
    ALEX, LET’S GET TO THAT IN JUST
    A SECOND.
    BUT I WANT TO START
    WITH COLUMBIA.
    APPARENTLY NOW THIS CLASS
    ACTION LAWSUIT HAS BEEN FILED
    AGAINST COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY FOR
    APPARENTLY VIOLATING STUDENT
    SAFETY PROTOCOLS.
    WHAT CAN YOU TELL US?
    WELL, RIGHT NOW AT COLUMBIA
    UNIVERSITY, THE CLOCK
    IS TICKING.
    SO YOU MENTIONED THAT LAWSUIT,
    BUT ALSO LESS THAN AN HOUR NOW
    ,THE UNIVERSITY SAYS ITS
    STUDENTS AND PROTESTERS THERE
    HAVE TO BASICALLY EVACUATE.
    OTHERWISE, THEY WILL NOT
    BE GOOD STANDING AND WILL
    BE SUSPENDED.
    THIS IS ACCORDING TO THE
    UNIVERSITY PENDING A FURTHER
    INVESTIGATION.
    WE SAW AERIALS EARLIER OF JUST
    HOW LARGE THAT ENCAMPMENT IS.
    AND I TELL YOU THAT IT DOESN’T
    REALLY SEEM AS THOUGH ANYONE
    IS MOVING, AT LEAST WITH WITH
    WITH WITH ANY WITH ANY HASTE.
    SO, YOU KNOW, RIGHT NOW WE’RE
    WE’RE LEADING UP TO A CLASH
    COME 2 P.M..
    ALL RIGHT.
    AND THEN THERE’S WHAT MORE CAN
    YOU TELL US ABOUT THIS CLASS
    ACTION LAWSUIT THAT’S BEEN
    FILED?
    APPARENTLY, THIS JUST CAME
    ACROSS THE WIRES.
    >> DO YOU KNOW?
    I KNOW YOU’RE JUST LEARNING
    ABOUT IT AS WELL.
    WELL, SO I’M READING IN WITH
    THIS AS YOU ARE AS WELL, KYRA.
    BUT THIS ECHOES SOME OF
    THE GRIEVANCES THAT WE’VE HEARD
    FROM STUDENT BODY GROUPS ACROSS
    THE COUNTRY.
    RIGHT.
    WHETHER IT BE FROM COLUMBIA
    UNIVERSITY TO, OHIO STATE
    TO USC.
    MANY OF THESE STUDENTS
    THEY’RE NOT JUST CALLING FOR
    THE UNIVERSITY TO TAKE ACT OR
    THEIR UNIVERSITIES TO TAKE
    ACTION, THE PRO-PALESTINIAN
    GROUPS TO TAKE ACTION
    AND DIVEST FROM ISRAEL.
    THEY’RE ALSO COMPLAINING
    ABOUT THE WAY THEY’VE BEEN ABLE
    TO PROTEST IN SOME OF THE
    POLICE RESPONSE THAT HAS BEEN
    ESSENTIALLY INITIATED BY BY
    UNIVERSITIES ACROSS
    THE COUNTRY.
    ONE THAT HAPPENED EARLIER
    TODAY, UGA.
    AND WE’VE CERTAINLY FROM
    STUDENT GROUPS THERE THAT THEY
    HAVE NOT APPRECIATED SOME OF
    THE WAY THAT THESE ENCAMPMENTS,
    IF YOU WILL, HAVE BEEN
    HAVE BEEN BUSTED UP.
    AND SO WHAT YOU’RE SEEING
    RIGHT NOW IS THE LEGAL BATTLE
    OF THAT AT LEAST PLAY OUT
    AT COLUMBIA.
    AND WHAT’S GOING TO BE
    INTERESTING IS HOW DOES THIS
    TRICKLE DOWN AND AFFECT SOME OF
    THE RESPONSES THAT WE THAT WE
    SEE AT OTHER OTHER UNIVERSITIES
    ACROSS THE COUNTRY?
    OKAY.
    AND I’M LOOKING RIGHT NOW
    AT THE COMPLAINT AND IT’S
    TALKING ABOUT A COUPLE
    OF UNIVERSITY PERSONAL STORIES
    OF COLUMBIA STUDENTS AND IMPACT
    OF FOUR CALLS ON THE CALLS FOR
    TERRORIST ATTACKS ON JEWS
    AND OPEN SUPPORT FOR HAMAS
    AND WHAT IT’S HAD ON THEIR
    LEARNING.
    THE LAWSUIT ALSO SAYING
    THAT IT’S FOCUSING COLUMBIA’S
    DECISION TO ALLOW
    THE EXTREMISTS, INCLUDING
    NON-STUDENTS, STUDENTS
    ON CAMPUS, WHILE MAKING
    CLEAR THAT JEWISH STUDENTS
    AREN’T SAFE ON CAMPUS.
    THESE ARE ALL THE COMPLAINTS
    BEING MADE IN THIS LAWSUIT.
    AND FINALLY, THERE’S A REQUEST
    WITHIN THIS LAWSUIT FOR AN
    IMMEDIATE INJUNCTION REQUIRING
    THE SCHOOL TO FOLLOW
    THE EXAMPLES OF SOME OF ITS
    PEERS AND BAN OUTSIDE AGITATORS
    AND STUDENTS WHO ARE INCITING
    VIOLENCE FROM CAMPUS.
    SO AS WE WATCH THESE
    DEVELOPMENTS THERE AT COLUMBIA
    NOW, THIS CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT
    WHERE YOU ARE, YOU ARE NOW
    SEEING PROTESTS ON THE CAMPUS
    THERE.
    HAS IT BEEN VIOLENT?
    THERE BEEN ARRESTS?
    WHAT’S HAPPENED?
    KYRA, SO, LISTEN, THINGS
    ARE PEACEFUL RIGHT NOW.
    AND I WILL SAY THAT OHIO’S
    STATE HAS KIND OF BEEN
    THE BENEFICIARY OF THIS
    BEING THE COUPLE OF DAYS
    OF FINAL EXAMS, A WRAP UP
    TOMORROW.
    AND SO WE’VE ACTUALLY SEEN
    A LOT OF THE STUDENTS MOVE OFF
    OUR CAMPUS.
    AND SO THAT’S THAT.
    I THINK IT’S BEEN PART OF THE
    REASON WHY THINGS HAVE BEEN
    PEACEFUL AT LEAST THIS WEEK.
    BUT LATE LAST WEEK, HEADED INTO
    THE WEEKEND, WE DID SEE CLASHES
    HERE, ABOUT 35 ARRESTS FROM
    THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY NIGHT.
    A HUGE OF HUNDREDS HERE
    GATHERED IN WHAT THEY CALL
    THE OVAL THEY WERE ASKED
    TO DISPERSE GOING INTO
    THE NIGHT BY STATE TROOPERS,
    ALSO CAMPUS POLICE.
    THAT DIDN’T HAPPEN IN, A TIMELY
    FASHION.
    AND SO WE SAW CLASHES EVEN HERE
    IN, OHIO.
    AND I WILL SAY THAT OVER
    THE PAST, I’D SAY LAST
    SIX MONTHS, WE’VE SEEN
    DEMONSTRATIONS PER PROTESTS UP
    AND DOWN WHAT THEY CALL
    HIGH STREET.
    THAT IS THE MAIN ARTERY HERE
    IN COLUMBUS, OHIO.
    DEMONSTRATORS BOTH
    ARE PRO-PALESTINIAN AND ALSO
    PRO-ISRAEL WE ARE TRYING TO GET
    THEIR VOICES HEARD.
    SO THIS ISN’T SOMETHING THAT’S
    THAT’S NEW HERE.
    BUT TODAY, KYRA, WE HAVE A
    NUMBER OF THESE DEMONSTRATORS
    THAT WERE ARRESTED
    BEING ARRAIGNED.
    ANOTHER SET WILL ARRAIGNED
    ON WEDNESDAY.
    BUT AS YOU MENTIONED EARLIER,
    SOMETHING BEEN POINTED OUT
    IS ONLY A HANDFUL OF THEM
    HAVE BEEN IDENTIFIED AS, OH,
    YOU STUDENTS.
    ALL RIGHT.
    THANK YOU SO MUCH, ALEX.
    APPRECIATE.
    NOW TO THAT DEADLY TORNADO
    OUTBREAK LEAVING BEHIND
    A WIDESPREAD PATH
    OF DESTRUCTION.
    TWO OF THE MOST POWERFUL
    TWISTERS TOUCHING DOWN JUST
    OUTSIDE OKLAHOMA CITY.
    AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE DIED
    IN THAT STATE, ONE OF THEM
    A FOUR MONTH OLD CHILD.
    SEVERAL TOWNS DEVASTATED ACROSS
    THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY.
    THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 130
    TORNADO REPORTS NOW.
    THAT’S IN JUST THE LAST
    FOUR DAYS.
    A PAIR OF STORM CHASERS,
    THEY ACTUALLY GOT PRETTY
    DANGEROUSLY CLOSE, ONE OF THOSE
    TERRIFYING TWISTERS.
    >> TAKE A LISTEN.
    WE GOT TO GET PULLED OVER HERE.
    >> OH, WE’VE GOT A TORNADO
    RIGHT HERE.
    THAT’S THE 15.
    >> WELL, THAT EXTREME WEATHER
    ALSO A LOT OF FLASH FLOODING
    IN TEXAS AND A LOT OF HOMES
    AND BUSINESSES COMPLETELY
    WASHED OUT.
    SOME PEOPLE THERE HAD TO BE
    RESCUED FROM RAGING FLOODWATERS
    .
    OUR METEOROLOGIST
    SOMARA THEODORE HAS BEEN
    TRACKING ALL THAT FOR US.
    WHAT MORE, I GUESS, DO WE KNOW?
    AND IS THERE MORE SEVERE
    WEATHER ON THE WAY RIGHT NOW,
    TOMORROW?
    >> YES, THERE IS, KYRA.
    AND THE FLOOD THREAT IS,
    WHAT IS IMMINENT TODAY?
    FOR OUR MONDAY, WE’VE BEEN
    WATCHING THIS LINE OF STORMS
    SWEEP THE STATE OF LOUISIANA
    RIGHT NOW, HEADED FOR
    NEW ORLEANS.
    IT’S PROMPTED WATCHES.
    A FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCY IS JUST
    NORTH OF HOUSTON EARLIER.
    BUT OUR EYES TOMORROW
    WILL SHIFT FARTHER NORTH TO AN
    AREA THAT’S BEEN PREVIOUSLY HIT
    BY SEVERE WEATHER.
    LINCOLN, OMAHA, DES MOINES,
    SIOUX CITY, ALL THE WAY DOWN
    TO KANSAS CITY.
    PREPARE FOR A LINE.
    STORMS THAT COULD POTENTIALLY
    BRING A FEW TORNADOES, DAMAGING
    WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
    THE TIMING ON THIS IS JUST
    IN YOUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON.
    >> YOU’RE PICKING UP THE KIDS
    FROM SCHOOL.
    YOU’RE GOING TO RUN
    SOME ERRANDS DURING
    THE EVENING, MAYBE HEADED
    TO DINNER.
    SO THIS WILL BE HAPPENING
    TUESDAY AFTERNOON INTO TUESDAY
    NIGHT.
    AND THEN WE HAVE ANOTHER THREAT
    OF SEVERE WEATHER THAT LOOMS
    OVER US ON WEDNESDAY.
    THIS CLUSTER OF STORMS COMING
    TOGETHER, TAKING THAT LINEAR
    AND SWEEPING EASTWARD THROUGH
    KANSAS AND OKLAHOMA, HITTING
    CITY WEDNESDAY EVENING AGAIN
    THERE, WE COULD SEE
    MORE TORNADOES.
    SOME OF THESE TORNADOES COULD
    BE ON THE STRONG SIDE.
    >> SO KEEP THAT IN MIND FOR
    YOUR WEDNESDAY EVENING.
    IF YOU LIVE IN KANSAS IF
    YOU LIVE IN OKLAHOMA.
    AND THEN FINALLY, I DO WANT
    TO WRAP WITH THE TEMPERATURES
    SEEN PRETTY MILD CONDITIONS
    HERE.
    AND NOW WE’RE FEELING
    MORE SUMMER LIKE ANYTHING.
    WHERE YOU ARE, KYRA, THIS
    AFTERNOON, YOU’RE PROJECTED
    TO HIT NEAR 91 DEGREES.
    >> OH, WE’VE ALREADY FELT IT.
    WE COULDN’T BELIEVE IT.
    WE WALKED OUTSIDE.
    IT WAS, WHAT, 30 DEGREES LAST
    WEEK AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT
    FELT LIKE SUMMERTIME SOMEWHERE
    .
    ENJOY IT.
    ALL RIGHT.
    YEAH.
    OKAY, I WILL.
    THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
    ALL RIGHT.
    NOW TO THAT URGENT PUSH FOR
    A HOSTAGE AND CEASE
    NEGOTIATIONS IN GAZA AS WE
    ARE MONITORING THE KEY TALKS
    ARE HAPPENING TODAY IN CAIRO.
    SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY
    BLINKEN IS IN SAUDI ARABIA,
    CALLING ISRAEL’S PROPOSAL
    EXTRAORDINARILY GENEROUS
    AND THAT HAMAS SHOULD ACCEPT
    IT.
    PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN SAYING
    HE ALSO WITH BENJAMIN NETANYAHU
    OVER THE WEEKEND TELLING
    THE PRIME MINISTER ONCE AGAIN
    NOT TO LAUNCH A GROUND
    OFFENSIVE INTO RAFAH,
    THAT CROWDED CITY IN SOUTHERN
    GAZA.
    THIS ALL COMES AS HAMAS
    RELEASED NEW VIDEO.
    AN ISRAELI AMERICAN HOSTAGE
    WHO IS STILL BEING HELD IN GAZA
    STRIP.
    OUR FOREIGN
    CORRESPONDENT TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE
    SPOKE WITH THE HOSTAGES
    BROTHER.
    HE JOINS US NOW FROM ISRAEL,
    ALONG WITH ELIZABETH SCHULZE,
    WHO’S AT THE WHITE HOUSE FOR
    US.
    SO PROTESTS ARE ONGOING AND,
    TOM, YOU ARE RIGHT THERE IN THE
    MIDDLE OF THEM.
    TELL US WHAT THE SCENE IS LIKE
    THERE RIGHT NOW.
    AND THEN WE, OF COURSE,
    WILL TALK ABOUT YOUR INTERVIEW
    .
    YEAH, CAROL, THIS IS CENTRAL
    TEL AVIV.
    THAT IS THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE
    .
    AND AS YOU CAN SEE TONIGHT
    IN TEL AVIV, THERE
    ARE THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
    HAVE TAKEN TO THE STREETS.
    YOU CAN SEE THE ISRAELI FLAGS.
    YOU CAN SEE THIS GENTLEMAN’S
    MESSAGE THERE.
    IT’S PRETTY OBVIOUS FOR
    OUR AUDIENCE TO INTERPRET
    THAT ONE.
    BUT THE MAIN MESSAGE FROM THIS
    CROWD, FROM MANY ISRAELIS
    RIGHT NOW IS IT IS TIME
    TO BRING MORE HOSTAGES HOME.
    THEY WANT THE ISRAELI
    GOVERNMENT TO PRIORITIZE
    THE HOSTAGES.
    THEY WANT THE GOVERNMENT
    TO MAKE CONCESSIONS.
    NOW, THE WHITE HOUSE IS SAYING,
    KYRA, WHILE WE SPEAK WHILE THIS
    DEMONSTRATION IS ONGOING,
    THAT THERE IS A DEAL ON
    THE TABLE, THAT THERE IS A
    DEAL PROPOSAL IN FRONT
    OF HAMAS.
    THE WHITE HOUSE IS SAYING IT
    WOULD MEAN A SIX WEEK CEASE
    FIRE.
    A TOP BRITISH OFFICIAL,
    INTERESTINGLY, SAYING IT WOULD
    INVOLVE THOUSANDS
    OF PALESTINIAN PRISONERS
    BEING FROM ISRAELI JAILS.
    AND THAT MAYBE EXPLAINS WHY
    SECRETARY OF STATE.
    BLINKEN HAS DESCRIBED THE DEAL
    ON OFFER TO HAMAS AS,
    EXTRAORDINARILY GENEROUS.
    BUT LOOK, THIS IS THE SCENE.
    THERE’S A LOT OF ANGER.
    THERE IS A GROWING MOVEMENT
    AND THERE IS GROWING PRESSURE
    THE STREETS IN ISRAEL
    ON THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT.
    BUT THERE IS ALSO
    POLITICAL PRESSURE FROM WITHIN
    NETANYAHU’S GOVERNMENT.
    HARD LINERS IN HIS GOVERNMENT
    ARE SAYING THAT HE SHOULDN’T
    ACCEPT WHAT THEY DEEM TO BE
    A BAD DEAL.
    THE MORE MODERATE ELEMENTS,
    BENNY GANTZ IN THE WAR CABINET
    IS SAYING THE HOSTAGES LIKE
    THIS CROWD SHOULD
    BE PRIORITIZED AT ALL COSTS
    KYRA.
    ALL RIGHT.
    I’LL GET BACK TO YOU IN A
    MINUTE ABOUT YOUR CONVERSATION
    WITH THE HOSTAGES.
    BROTHER BUT ELIZABETH, I’M JUST
    GOING TO TAKE IT TO YOU BECAUSE
    TOM IS MENTIONING THE WHITE
    HOUSE.
    WHAT’S THE LATEST FROM THERE?
    WHAT ARE YOU HEARING?
    WHAT CAN YOU ADD TO WHAT
    TOM JUST SAID?
    >> WELL, YOU KNOW, HERE WE KNOW
    THAT THERE IS THIS DEAL ON
    THE TABLE, A, OF WHAT IS THE
    QUESTION IS, HAS ISRAEL DONE
    ENOUGH TO CONTINUE THE U.S.
    SUPPORT AND TO CONTINUE TO GET
    THIS PROPOSAL FORM?
    HERE’S WHAT WE HEARD TODAY
    HERE.
    SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY
    BLINKEN RIGHT NOW IS IN SAUDI
    ARABIA.
    HE SAID ISRAEL HAS TAKEN
    CONCRETE STEPS TOWARD
    WHAT NEEDS TO BE DONE TO GET
    MORE HUMANITARIAN AID.
    AND HE REFERRED TO THE BORDER
    CROSSINGS IN NORTHERN GAZA.
    WE KNOW THAT THERE’S GOING
    TO BE THAT FLOATING PIER
    THAT IS EXPECTED OPEN IN THE
    MIDDLE OF MAY.
    SO RIGHT NOW, SECRETARY BLINKEN
    SAYS THE ONLY THING STANDING
    IN THE WAY OF THIS DEAL GETTING
    ACCEPTED BETWEEN THE PEOPLE
    OF GAZA AND A CEASE FIRE IS
    HAMAS.
    SO THEY’RE TRYING TO SAY
    THAT RIGHT NOW THIS IS UP
    TO HAMAS.
    THAT’S U.S. SECRETARY OF STATE
    ON HIS TRIP RIGHT NOW,
    IN ADDITION TO GOING TO SAUDI
    ARABIA HERE, HE’S ALSO GOING
    TO BE TO ISRAEL AND TO JORDAN.
    SO THIS IS TOP OF THE LIST.
    THE WHITE HOUSE, US.
    THE NUMBER ONE PRIORITY OF THAT
    VISIT FROM THE SECRETARY
    OF STATE IS TO GET THAT
    DEAL ACCEPTED.
    GOT IT.
    ALL RIGHT.
    WELL, TOM, LET ME TAKE IT
    BACK TO YOU, BECAUSE VERY
    RARELY DO WE GET TO TALK TO IN
    THE MIDDLE OF PROTESTS LIKE
    THIS.
    TELL US MORE ABOUT THE
    PROTESTERS BEHIND YOU AND ALSO
    HOW IT FOLDS INTO THE HOSTAGES
    THAT YOU HAD A CHANCE TO TALK
    TO AND WHAT EXACTLY HE TOLD
    YOU.
    I KNOW WE HAVE A PART OF THAT
    INTERVIEW.
    I KNOW THIS IS ALL COMING
    TOGETHER FROM, THE GROUND
    TO EVEN SIT DOWN INTERVIEWS
    THAT YOU’RE GETTING WITH WITH
    FAMILY MEMBERS.
    >> YEAH, WELL, WE’VE SEEN
    A FORMER IDF COMMANDER IN THE
    CROWD HERE.
    SO IT SHOWS YOU LOOK IS A
    DIVERSE CROWD.
    THIS IS A CROSS-SECTION
    OF ISRAELI SOCIETY.
    IT IS PEOPLE WHO I THINK
    OF BROADLY FED UP WITH THE
    STATUS QUO THAT THEY SAY ENOUGH
    IS ENOUGH.
    AND, YES, I SPOKE TO THE
    BROTHER LAST NIGHT
    OF KEITH SIEGEL, AN
    AMERICAN ISRAELI HOSTAGE
    IN CAPTIVITY IN GAZA.
    AND I SPOKE TO DAVID, WHO’S
    IN ROCHESTER, NEW YORK,
    AND DAVID SAID, LOOK, THIS IS A
    CRUCIAL MOMENT.
    THERE ARE POSITIVE SIGNS,
    BUT ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
    >> LET’S HAVE A LISTEN.
    DO YOU BELIEVE PRIME MINISTER
    NETANYAHU IS WILLING TO MAKE
    ENOUGH COMPROMISES TO GET
    A DEAL?
    HE IS IN THE POSITION TO AGREE
    TO A DEAL.
    AND I’M ASKING OUR WHOLE FAMILY
    IS ASKING HIM, BEGGING HIM
    TO COME TO TERMS WITH,
    WHATEVER THE DEAL NEEDS TO BE.
    WELL, THAT MESSAGE FROM
    DAVID SIEGEL IS ECHOED BY THIS
    CROWD.
    THERE’S A LOT OF NOISE HERE.
    BUT, LOOK, IT’S IMPORTANT
    TO ALSO REFLECT THE OTHER KEY
    PARTY IN THIS IS HAMAS.
    AND A SENIOR HAMAS OFFICIAL HAS
    SAID TO ABC NEWS TODAY THAT THE
    PROPOSAL ON THE TABLE IS IN
    THEIR MINDS POSITIVE,
    MORE POSITIVE THAN THE DEAL WAS
    POTENTIALLY PROPOSED WEEKS AGO.
    BUT THEY DID SAY TO US
    THAT THERE ARE STILL ISSUES
    THAT NEED TO BE NEGOTIATED.
    SO, YES, THE U.S. IS DRIVING
    THIS PROCESS.
    THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT A KEY,
    BUT HAMAS’S TO TERROR
    TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE
    THEY’RE RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE
    OF IT ALL.
    ELIZABETH SCHULZE AT THE WHITE
    HOUSE.
    APPRECIATE YOU BOTH.
    THANK YOU.
    AND STRAIGHT AHEAD, SALACIOUS
    DETAILS AND BUSINESS INTEGRITY.
    >> THE INNER WORKINGS OF FORMER
    PRESIDENT TRUMP AND THE
    REVEALING WITNESS LIST.
    WHAT’S NEXT IN THE FORMER
    PRESIDENT’S HUSH MONEY TRIAL?
    NEXT.
    >> IS THE FIRST TIME YOU ARE
    SITTING DOWN LIKE THIS TO TELL
    YOUR STORY?
    BRITTANY.
    ARE YOU READY?
    YOU’VE BEEN TOLD TO GO THROUGH
    YOUR BAG AND YOU THE CARTRIDGE.
    WHAT WERE YOU THINKING IN THAT
    MOMENT WHEN YOU FELT THAT?
    >> MY LIFE IS OVER RIGHT HERE.
    WE’VE JUST BEEN TOLD
    YOU’RE GOING TO BE NINE YEARS
    IN ONE OF THE WORST PRISONS
    IN RUSSIA.
    WE’RE IN GALEN DRUKE
    ROBIN ROBERTS PRISONER
    IN RUSSIA.
    >> THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON ABC
    THIS WEEK.
    THE GAG ORDER RULING ON DONALD
    TRUMP’S CRIMINAL TRIAL
    AS ALLEGED VIOLATIONS UP.
    PLUS, THE COLLEGE PROTESTS
    IN THE U.S. SPREADING ACROSS
    EUROPE.
    MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD
    NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR.
    THE WATCHED NEWSCAST
    ON TELEVISION THIS WEEK.
    JIMMY LIVE IN FIVE MYSTERY
    CITIES.
    SO WHERE WILL JIMMY HOFFA MAYBE
    WILL BE IN YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD?
    WHERE WILL WE BE?
    WE’RE COMING TO YOU.
    >> GET READY ALL THIS WEEK.
    WHERE WILL WE BE?
    GET READY.
    >> GET READY.
    GET READY.
    WHY DO SO 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 TOP STORIES.
    A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S
    GET INTO IT.
    LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS
    PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR
    EDWARD ARE MURROW AWARDS
    AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK
    CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH
    LISTENING TO 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 FIRST THING IN THE
    MORNING.
    >> THERE’S A LOT GOING ON.
    YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING.
    THAT’S UP TO CATCH YOU UP
    WITH HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.
    A DANGEROUS ICE STORM
    IS IMPACTING THE MORNING
    COMMUTE.
    WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY?
    ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE
    MIDDLE EAST.
    WHAT PEOPLE TALKING ABOUT THE
    MIGRANT CRISIS.
    FAST STRAIGHT FORWARD, SOMEONE
    IN BETWEEN BILLIONAIRES
    AND GOING TO MEET THE MOOSE.
    STARTED CHASING A DOG FIRST
    THING IN THE MORNING.
    AMERICA.
    THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER
    ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC
    NEWS.
    SO GIVING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC
    THE FIRST EVER LOOK INSIDE
    THE AFFLUENT WEALTHY AND POSH
    WORLD OF DONALD TRUMP.
    WE ARE, OF COURSE, TALKING
    ABOUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S
    HISTORIC HUSH MONEY TRIAL.
    PROCEEDINGS MAY BE ON PAUSE
    TODAY, BUT TESTIMONY
    WILL RESUME TOMORROW.
    AND BANKER GARY FARROW WILL BE
    BACK ON THE WITNESS STAND.
    THE JURY SET TO HEAR MORE FROM
    THE WHO SAYS HE HELPED TRUMP’S
    FORMER FIXER, MICHAEL COHEN,
    WHO UP THAT FAKE LLC
    TO SECRETLY WIRE PORN STAR
    STORMY DANIELS.
    THAT $130,000, JUST ONE MONTH
    BEFORE THE 2016 ELECTION.
    JOINING US NOW, OUR SENIOR
    INVESTIGATIVE AARON KATERSKY,
    ALONG WITH LEGAL JOURNALIST
    AND SENIOR EDITOR AT HARVARD
    LAW SCHOOL.
    CRISTIAN FARIAS.
    ERIN, LET’S START WITH YOU,
    ERIN, WHETHER IT’S YOU KNOW,
    IT’S THE SAME STORY MICHAEL
    COHEN TOLD US YEARS AGO AND NOW
    GARY FARROW IS JUST
    CORROBORATING EXACTLY.
    WE HEARD ABOUT THIS STRATEGY
    TO CREATE AN LLC AND MAKE
    THE PAYMENTS.
    >> AND THIS IS DELIBERATE,
    KYRA, BECAUSE BEFORE MICHAEL
    COHEN GETS ON THE WITNESS
    STAND, THE PROSECUTORS WANT
    TO ESTABLISH THAT HE’S GOING
    TO HAVE SOME CREDIBILITY WHEN
    HE DOES TESTIFY.
    EVEN THEY HAVE CONCEDED
    THAT COHEN AND SOME OF THEIR
    OTHER WITNESSES HAVE, WHAT YOU
    MIGHT CALL BAGGAGE.
    AND SO THEY WANT TO THEY KNOW
    THAT THE DEFENSE IS GOING TO BE
    GUNNING FOR MICHAEL COHEN.
    SO THEY ARE GOING TO ESTABLISH
    FIRST WITH DAVID PECKER AND NOW
    WITH WITH HIS BANKER, FARROW,
    THAT COHEN SET UP THIS SHELL
    COMPANY CONSULTING
    TO EFFECTIVELY BE THE TO PAY
    STORMY DANIELS HER HUSH MONEY.
    AND FARROW’S TESTIMONY IS ALSO
    IMPORTANT BECAUSE THE HEART
    THIS ISN’T ABOUT HUSH MONEY OR
    OR EVEN REALLY ABOUT THE
    ELECTION.
    IT’S A DOCUMENTS CASE AND WE’RE
    STARTING TO SEE AND THE JURY
    STARTING TO SEE SOME OF
    THE DOCUMENTS AND THAT ARE AT
    ISSUE THE THE INVOICES.
    COHEN GIVE TO THE TRUMP
    ORGANIZATION, THE LEDGER
    ENTRIES AND THE CHECKS.
    >> RIGHT.
    AND QUESTION IT REALLY IS,
    YOU KNOW, SALACIOUS AND AS ALL
    THESE DETAILS ARE WHEN
    YOU’RE TALKING ABOUT A
    PORN STAR AND A PLAYBOY
    PLAYMATE.
    IT’S ABOUT BUSINESS INTEGRITY
    AND HOW THE FORMER
    PRESIDENT OPERATED.
    SO FARROW’S TESTIMONY IS AT
    THE CRUX OF THE CASE HERE.
    THE PAPER TRAIL OF PAYMENTS
    THERE, THERE.
    I MEAN, YOU PUT THE DOCUMENTS,
    THE CORROBORATION PRETTY SOLID
    .
    YES, IT IS A BUSINESS CASE.
    IT IS A PAPER RECORDS CASE,
    AS SOME HAVE CALLED IT.
    BUT AT THE SAME TIME, JUST
    TO TAKE A LITTLE BIT
    OF EXCEPTION OVER WHAT WAS
    SAID MOMENTS EARLIER, IT
    IS ALSO AN ELECTION INTEGRITY
    CASE IN THE SENSE THAT BECAUSE
    THIS HAPPENED MERE WEEKS
    THE ELECTION, BECAUSE
    THEY TRIED TO KEEP IT
    CONCEALED.
    >> AND DAVID PECKER, THE HEAD
    OF THE "NATIONAL ENQUIRER"
    PRETTY MUCH CONFIRMED THAT THIS
    WAS DONE IN ORDER TO HELP
    REPUBLICAN CANDIDATE TRUMP.
    AT THE TIME, VOTERS WERE
    DEPRIVED OF CRUCIAL INFORMATION
    AT A TIME WHEN, AS YOU MAY
    RECALL, FROM THAT TIME YOU GOT
    NEWS FROM ALL SIDES.
    ON THE ONE HAND, YOU HAD
    THE OFFICIAL STORIES, NOT JUST
    WITH STORMY DANIELS, BUT ALSO
    WITH THE "ACCESS HOLLYWOOD"
    TAPES.
    AND ON THE OTHER HAND, ON HIS
    OPPONENTS SIDE, YOU HAD THE FBI
    INVESTIGATION OF THEIR HANDLING
    OF E MAIL RECORDS.
    >> SO THERE WAS A LOT OF NEWS
    HAPPENING.
    AND ANYTHING GET UP TO THE
    AND TO THE EXTENT THAT DAVID
    PECKER.
    COHEN SO THIS IS BENEFICIAL
    TO THE CAMPAIGN.
    IT IS VERY MUCH SOMETHING
    THAT DESERVE TO KNOW.
    AND EVEN THOUGH TRUMP WON’T
    BE TRIED AND CONVICTED OVER AN
    ELECTION INTEGRITY CASE FOR
    PURPOSES OF TELLING THE STORY
    TO THE JURY, IT MATTERS.
    IT’S FRAMED AND IT IS FRAMED
    AS AN ATTEMPT TO CONCEAL VITAL
    INFORMATION FROM
    THE ELECTORATE.
    >> SO, SO PROSECUTORS THEN
    DECIDING NOT TO DISCLOSE
    THEIR WITNESS WHY THEY THINK
    THAT DONALD TRUMP IS ONLY GOING
    TO ATTACK WITNESSES IF HE KNOWS
    WHO THEY ARE IN ADVANCE.
    SO THEY ARE NOT GIVING
    THE DEFENSE TEAM VERY MUCH
    NOTICE AT ALL AND NOT PUBLICLY
    TALKING ABOUT THE WITNESSES.
    >> WE KNOW THEY ARE GENERALLY
    WE KNOW COHEN’S GOING
    TO TESTIFY AND STORMY DANIELS
    AND KAREN AND HOPE HICKS
    AND OTHERS WHO MADE UP TRUMP’S
    INNER CIRCLE AT THE TIME,
    BUT THEY ARE NOT DISCLOSING
    WHO’S UP NEXT OUT OF THAT FEAR
    THAT TRUMP IS GOING TO VIOLATE
    THE GAG ORDER AND VERBALLY
    ATTACK THEM.
    AND THE JUDGE IS GOING TO HOLD
    A HEARING ON THURSDAY KYRA,
    AS HE CONTEMPLATES WHETHER
    TO HOLD TRUMP IN CONTEMPT.
    >> ALL RIGHT, ERIN, KRISTEN,
    THANK YOU BOTH.
    >> SO THE MYSTERY GROWS,
    THE UNANSWERED QUESTIONS
    PERSIST AS POLICE ARE NOW
    SEARCHING NEW THIS HOUR ON
    NEW YORK’S LONG ISLAND,
    DETECTIVES THINK THEY MAY
    POSSIBLY LINKED TO THE GILGO
    BEACH SERIAL KILLER.
    THE CASES TASK FORCE IS OUT
    WORKING ON SPECIFIC SPOTS
    RIGHT NOW, BUT AUTHORITIES
    ARE NOT SAYING MUCH ABOUT WHY.
    HERE’S OUR ERIELLE RESHEF.
    >> A DEEPENING MYSTERY
    AS INVESTIGATORS WITH GILGO
    BEACH TASK FORCE SCOUR A WOODED
    AREA ROUGHLY 45 MILES EAST
    OF THE INFAMOUS GILGO BEACH
    MURDER SCENE.
    THE LOCAL D.A. CONFIRMING
    A MULTI-AGENCY INVESTIGATION
    BUT DECLINING TO SAY
    WHAT EXACTLY THEY ARE LOOKING
    FOR.
    ARCHITECT REX HEUERMANN HAS
    BEEN CHARGED IN CONNECTION
    WITH THE DEATHS OF FOUR WOMEN
    WHOSE BODIES WERE DISCOVERED
    BETWEEN 2010 AND 2011.
    HE DENIES ANY WRONGDOING.
    AUTHORITIES HAVE SAID
    THEIR INVESTIGATION CONTINUES
    TO SEE IF THEY CAN LINK
    HEUERMANN TO SIX OTHER VICTIMS.
    >> YOU HAVE TO PLACE KILLER
    THERE OR HAVE A CONNECTION
    THERE.
    >> LAW ENFORCEMENT REMAINING
    TIGHT ON THE FOCUS OF THEIR
    EXPANDED SEARCH.
    BUT IT IS HAPPENING NEAR WHERE
    THE OF 28-YEAR-OLD SANDRA
    COSTILLA WAS DISCOVERED
    IN NOVEMBER 1993.
    HER MURDER REMAINS UNSOLVED.
    LAST WEEK, CANINE UNITS, DRONES
    AND SQUAD CARS DESCEND
    ON THE THICK BRUSH OF MEN
    REVEAL NEW YORK, WHERE
    TWO VICTIMS OF ANOTHER
    CONVICTED SERIAL KILLER
    JOHN BIDDULPH WERE FOUND IN THE
    EARLY NINETIES.
    BETRAYAL HAD BEEN LOOKED AT AS
    A SUSPECT IN THE GILGO BEACH
    MURDERS AND IN THE DEATH
    OF COSTILLA.
    BUT INVESTIGATORS HAVE SO
    FAR BEEN UNABLE TO CONNECT HIM
    TO ANY ADDITIONAL VICTIMS.
    >> THE WHOLE KEY IN GOING
    TO THESE OTHER LOCATIONS
    TO SOLIDIFY, IF THEY FIND ANY
    AND WHAT FORENSIC INFORMATION
    THEY COULD FIND THAT COULD
    POTENTIALLY TIE IT TO THIS
    PARTICULAR KILLER OR TO SOMEONE
    ELSE.
    >> NOW, IT’S UNCLEAR
    LED INVESTIGATORS BACK TO THAT
    AREA OR IF THEY HAVE FOUND
    ANYTHING RELEVANT TO THE GILGO
    BEACH MURDER INVESTIGATION.
    BUT NEVER BILL HAS COME UP
    IN TO THE GILGO BEACH MURDERS
    IN THE PAST AFTER THE REMAINS
    OF A WOMAN FOUND THERE IN 2003.
    REX HEUERMANN IS DUE BACK IN
    IN JUNE.
    AGAIN, HE HAS DENIED ANY
    WRONGDOING KYRA.
    >> ALL RIGHT, ERIELLE RESHEF
    THANKS SO MUCH.
    AND COMING UP.
    DON’T CALL HIM CHEESY.
    HE’S GREAT.
    AND NOW HE’S GONENEAL.
    THE SHARP AND PEPPERY
    ADVENTURES OF CHEESEBALL MAN
    NEXT.
    >> WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE
    THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST
    IN AMERICA AMERICA BY OPERATION
    CORPORATION?
    SO COMBAT OPERATIONS ARE WE’RE
    APPROACHING THE GATE NOW.
    MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR
    FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
    OPERATE ON NUCLEAR RECEIVED
    A COUPLE OF LOADED AND READY
    TO GO.
    THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED BUT THE
    FLAG, THERE’S NOT A TEAR IN AND
    OUT OF THERE.
    HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL
    RIGHT HERE TO YOU AS THEY LOOK
    AT YOUR SMILE?
    >> YOU’RE PROUD OF IT?
    I LOVE IT.
    GREAT WORK.
    HI.
    WHERE ARE YOU?
    ARE YOU.
    DO YOU THINK THIS MATCHES?
    IT’S REAL.
    DAVID DAVIS.
    YES.
    YES.
    I’M DAVID.
    >> YOU ARE?
    I KNOW YOU ARE.
    YOU DO THAT EVERY NIGHT.
    ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT
    WITH DAVID MUIR.
    IS MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST.
    >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
    YOU ARE SITTING DOWN LIKE THIS
    TO TELL YOUR BRITTANY.
    ARE YOU READY?
    YOU’VE BEEN TOLD TO GO THROUGH
    YOUR BAG AND YOU FELT
    THE CARTRIDGE.
    WHAT WERE YOU THINKING AT THAT
    MOMENT WHEN YOU FELT THAT?
    >> MY LIFE IS OVER RIGHT HERE.
    >> WE JUST BEEN TOLD
    YOU’RE GOING TO BE NINE YEARS
    OF ONE OF THE WORST PRISONS
    IN RUSSIA, BRITAIN GROWING
    ROBIN ROBERTS PRISONER
    IN RUSSIA.
    THIS WEDNESDAY IN LONDON, ABC.
    >> LET’S GO.
    THIS SHIP IS INCREDIBLE.
    IT FEELS LIKE LIVING IN A
    SCIENCE FICTION.
    WE JUST SAW WHAT NO ONE HAS
    SEEN BEFORE.
    LOOK AT THAT.
    MY GOD THOUGHT.
    WELL, WE ARE HEADING INTO
    THE UNKNOWN.
    EVER, EVER, EVER.
    IT DOESN’T GET ANY MORE CUTTING
    EDGE THIS.
    >> WHY DO SO 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
    TOP STORIES.
    A LOT OF NEWS TODAY.
    SO LET’S GET INTO IT.
    LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS
    PODCAST.
    HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD R
    MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY
    THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT
    A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING
    TO START HERE.
    ABC MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST
    LISTEN NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE
    STORY YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING.
    >> WHEREVER YOU GET
    YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE.
    >> YOU’RE WATCHING AMERICA’S
    NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS KEEPS
    WITH ABC NEWS LIVE REPORTING
    FROM MONTEREY PARK, CALIFORNIA.
    I’M ROBIN ROBERTS.
    WHEREVER, WHEREVER THE STORY
    IS, WE’RE GOING TO TAKE
    YOU THERE.
    HERE’S STREAMING.
    ABC NEWS LIVE.
    SOME OTHER TOP HEADLINES
    THAT WE’RE FOLLOWING FOR
    YOU THIS HOUR ON ABC NEWS LIVE.
    TWO PEOPLE ARE ARRESTED IN A
    LONG ISLAND BODY PARTS MYSTERY.
    THEY’RE FACING MURDER CHARGES.
    JEFFREY MACKEY AND ALEXIS LEEDS
    WERE ARRAIGNED ON THE NEW
    CHARGES IN COURT TODAY AFTER
    THE DISMEMBERED REMAINS OF A
    NEW YORK COUPLE WERE FOUND
    IN MULTIPLE LOCATIONS EARLIER
    THIS YEAR.
    TWO OTHER PEOPLE HAVE ALSO BEEN
    CHARGED IN THE CASE.
    PORTLAND, OREGON, HISTORIC
    STEEL BRIDGE NOW CLOSED AFTER
    A FREIGHT TRAIN DERAILMENT.
    SIX OF THE TRAIN’S CARS CAME
    OFF THE TRACKS WITH ONE SEEN
    LEANING AGAINST A BRIDGE
    COLUMN.
    A HAZMAT TEAM CHECKING TO SEE.
    NOW, SO FAR, HAVEN’T FOUND ANY
    HAZARDOUS LEAKS AND NO INJURIES
    HAVE BEEN REPORTED.
    >> AND IS IT GETTING DUSTY IN?
    WE PRESENT TO YOU THE CHEESIEST
    THING IN THE BIG THAT IS.
    YES, THE ONE AND ONLY
    CHEESEBALL MAN WHO WENT VIRAL
    AFTER HOUSING AN ENTIRE BUCKET
    OF YOU.
    IT CHEESE.
    HE TOOK OVER NEW YORK’S UNION
    SQUARE THIS WEEKEND DRESSING UP
    FOR THE OCCASION BY WEARING AN
    ORANGE BALACLAVA AND A
    SUPERHERO BECAUSE, WELL, WHY
    NOT?
    HE PROMOTED THE EVENT, PUTTING
    UP POSTERS AROUND THE CITY,
    AND IT CLEARLY WORKS.
    SINCE SHARP PERFORMANCE
    PEPPERED THE INTERNET WITH MORE
    THAN 12 MILLION VIEWS.
    THANKS FOR BEING WITH US.
    I’M KYRA PHILLIPS.
    THE NEWS NEVER STOPS.
    NEITHER DO WE.
    MORE NEWS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
    WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE
    THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST
    IN AMERICA?
    >> BUT OPERATION CRISIS OR
    COMBAT OPERATIONS ARE WE’RE
    APPROACHING THE GATE NOW.
    MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR
    FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS,
    OPERATE ON NUCLEAR REACTORS,
    EVEN COUPLE OF LOADED AND READY
    TO GO.
    THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE
    FLAG, THERE’S NOT A TEAR IN AND
    OUT OF IT.
    HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL
    RIGHT HERE IN, THE USA.
    LOOK AT YOUR SMILE.
    YOU’RE PROUD OF IT?
    I LOVE IT.
    GREAT WORK.
    HI.
    WHERE ARE YOU?
    YOU CAN BE SAFE.
    ERE’S.
    YES.
    YES.
    >> I’M DAVID.
    YOU ARE.
    I KNOW YOU ARE.
    EVERY NIGHT, ABC’S WORLD NEWS
    TONIGHT WITH DAVID MARK
    IS AMERICA’S MOST WATCHED
    NEWSCAST.
    >> WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG
    WOMAN KILLED AT THE VERY
    BEGINNING OF HER LIFE.
    WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
    THE INTERROGATION HELPS PUT
    THE WRONG MAN IN PRISON?
    I WAS IN NO WAY AROUND.
    PROBABLY THE GUARD UNTIL
    YEARS LATER, WHEN THE REAL
    KILLER STEPS INTO THE BOX.
    TOUGH QUESTION.
    HERE IS THE CHANCE
    YOU’RE DATING WILL MATCH
    THAT OPTION, TOO.
    DO WE HAVE YOUR DNA AT
    THE SCENE WHERE READY CAN USE A
    KNIFE?
    OH MY GOD.
    THE INTERROGATION TAPES TONIGHT
    ON ABC.
    THIS IS ABC NEWS.
    LIVE PRESSURE, FAMILIES
    ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE.
    ABC NEWS LIVE.
    AMERICA’S NUMBER
    ONE STREAMING NEWS.
    ANYTIME, ANYWHERE.
    STREAMING 24/7 STRAIGHT TO YOU
    FOR FREE.
    THANK YOU FOR MAKING
    ABC NEWS LAUREN.
    AMERICA’S NUMBER
    STREAMING NEWS.
    >> I’M WHIT JOHNSON REPORTING
    FROM MAUI.
    WHEREVER THE STORY IS,
    WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE.
    NORTH STREAMING ABC NEWS LOCK.
    RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE,
    THE DEADLINE IS DROP.
    COLOMBIA PROTESTERS TOLD
    TO LEAVE THEIR ENCAMPMENTS OR
    FACE SUSPENSION.
    WE’RE AT COLOMBIA FOR
    WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
    A TRAIL OF TORNADOES
    RIGHT THROUGH THE HEARTLAND.
    THOSE TWISTERS TOUCHING DOWN
    IN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA LEAVING
    AND DESTRUCTION IN THEIR WAKE.
    WE’RE LIVE ON THE SCENE.
    AND ANOTHER CHANCE, A CEASEFIRE
    IN GAZA.
    NEW OPTIMISM OVER A DEAL
    TO STOP THE FIGHTING AND BRING
    MORE OF THE HOSTAGES HOME.
    WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THOSE TALKS
    THIS HOUR.
    GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
    I’M KYRA PHILLIPS.
    WE DO BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS
    ,PROTESTS, MORE POLICE AND NOW
    A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT.
    PLUS, WE’RE NOT JUST TALKING
    ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
    BUT OVERSEAS WHERE COLLEGES,
    UNIVERSITIES ARE ALL TIGHTENING
    SECURITY AS PROTESTS
    AT COLLEGES SPREADING AMID
    THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR.
    COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK
    STILL THE EPICENTER OF THE
    PROTESTS AS THE SCHOOL HAS NOW
    ENDED NEGOTIATIONS TELLING
    THOSE PROTESTERS THEY MUST
    LEAVE THE ENCAMPMENT 2 P.M. OR
    RISK SUSPENSION.
    COLUMBIA ALSO FACING A CLASS
    ACTION LAWSUIT ALLEGING
    THAT THE UNIVERSITY VIOLATED
    ITS OWN STUDENTS SAFETY
    PROTOCOLS.
    THEN HERE IN D.C.,
    GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    PROTESTERS WERE TEARING DOWN
    BARRIERS, SECURING
    THE UNIVERSITY YARDS.
    SOME LAWMAKERS NOW FOR
    THE NATIONAL GUARD TO STEP IN,
    SAYING DEMONSTRATORS ARE BEING
    BY PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZERS.
    WE A TEAM OF REPORTERS COVERING
    THIS STORY FOR US.
    LET’S BRING IN OUR IKE EJIOCHI
    FIRST OUTSIDE COLUMBIA
    UNIVERSITY.
    IKE, YOU’VE GOT SEVERAL
    BREAKING THINGS HAPPENING NOW.
    THERE’S A NEW CLASS ACTION
    LAWSUIT FILED AGAINST COLUMBIA
    AND NOW THE 2 P.M. EASTERN
    DEADLINE FOR PROTESTERS
    TO LEAVE THEIR ENCAMPMENTS.
    IT’S UP.
    SO WHAT’S THE DEAL?
    IT’S — IT’S BEST 2:00.
    WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    THAT’S RIGHT HERE.
    WE HAVE LOT GOING ON RIGHT NOW.
    AS YOU SAID, THAT DEADLINE FOR
    2:00 FOR MEMBERS OF THE
    ENCAMPMENT TO DISPERSE COLUMBIA
    UNIVERSITY HAS NOW HIT.
    AND I WANT TO GET YOU AN IDEA
    OF EXACTLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE
    RIGHT NOW.
    TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN.
    YOU’RE SEEING THAT ENCAMPMENT
    RIGHT NOW, ESSENTIALLY A TENT
    SET UP.
    THAT’S FOR NORMAL STUDENTS.
    TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THOSE LINES
    GOING DOWN THE BLOCK.
    THOSE ARE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
    STUDENTS TRYING TO GET INTO
    THE CAMPUS, GOING TO HAVE
    TO SHOW THEIR UNIVERSITY ID
    JUST TO GET IN THE CAMPUS.
    NOW, ON THE OTHER SIDE, THAT’S
    AN EGRS FOR PEOPLE TO COME
    OUT.
    AND OVER THE PAST HALF HOUR,
    WE’VE SEEN SEVERAL STUDENTS
    IN TERMS OF THOSE
    ACTUALLY BELONGING TO THE
    ENCAMPMENT STARTING TO FOLLOW
    WAY OUT VOLUNTARILY OUTSIDE
    OF THE UNIVERSITY.
    NOW SOME OF THEM WERE SEEN
    WITH WHEELBARROWS CARRYING
    SIGNS AND BELONGINGS
    THAT THEY’VE HAD ON THEM FOR
    SEVERAL DAYS.
    WE’VE TRIED TO TALK TO THEM FOR
    A LITTLE BIT.
    A LOT OF THEM DECIDED NOT
    TO SAY ANYTHING.
    THEY DID HAVE A LOOK OF ON
    THEIR FACE AS THEY WERE
    LEAVING.
    BUT THIS LEADS US INTO SOME OF
    THE BREAKING NEWS THAT WE’RE
    GETTING RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS A
    VOTE THAT WAS HELD ON CAMPUS
    AROUND NOON TODAY FROM MEMBERS
    OF THE ENCAMPMENT.
    WE’RE BEING TOLD THAT AROUND
    NOON, ABOUT 150 MEMBERS VOTED
    AND DECIDED WHETHER OR NOT
    THEY WANTED TO STAY PAST
    DEADLINE FOR 2:00.
    THEY OVERWHELMINGLY VOTED
    TO STAY PAST THAT DEADLINE
    AND WERE SEEMINGLY LETTING NO
    RIGHT THAT THEY’RE STILL
    ON THAT CAMPUS HOLDING STRONG.
    NOW, AGAIN, ALSO COMES AT THE
    SAME DAY THAT COLUMBIA
    UNIVERSITY FACES A CLASS ACTION
    LAWSUIT THAT WAS FILED IN THE
    SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
    THAT ALLEGES THAT THE
    UNIVERSITY VIOLATED ITS OWN
    STUDENT SAFETY PROTOCOLS.
    NOW, IN THAT COMPLAINT CONTAINS
    PERSONAL STORIES OF COLUMBIA
    STUDENTS AND THE IMPACT THAT
    THOSE TERRORIST ATTACKS ON YOU
    HAD ON THEM.
    NOW, IT ALSO REQUESTS FOR AN
    IMMEDIATE INJUNCTION REQUIRING
    THE SCHOOL TO FOLLOW
    THE EXAMPLES OF SOME OF ITS
    PEERS AND BAN OUTSIDE AGITATORS
    AND STUDENTS WHO INCITING
    VIOLENCE AND CRIME ON CAMPUS.
    BUT AGAIN, RIGHT NOW, THE STORY
    AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW
    IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT’S HAPPENING
    RIGHT?
    WE’RE BEING TOLD THAT, AGAIN,
    THE ENCAMPMENT WAS TOLD BY 2:00
    TO DISPERSE FROM THIS AREA,
    REMOVE ALL THEIR BELONGINGS
    AND STARTING TO GET AGAIN.
    BUT THAT VOTE SAID A MAJORITY
    OF THEM WILL DECIDE TO STAY
    ON CAMPUS.
    WE’RE GOING TO BE HERE
    RIGHT NOW TO SEE EXACTLY
    WHAT UNFOLDS AFTER THIS MOMENT
    .
    YEAH, AND KEEP US UPDATED,
    PLEASE, BECAUSE NOW I’M SEEING
    IT CROSS OUR OUR E-MAILS HERE
    AT ABC NEWS THAT UNIVERSITIES
    IN CANADA AND EUROPE
    ARE JOINING THESE PROTESTS AMID
    THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR FROM
    TO THE UNITED KINGDOM
    TO FRANCE, TO ITALY,
    TO AUSTRALIA.
    SO NOW PROTESTS NOT ONLY HERE
    IN THE UNITED STATES
    BUT OVERSEAS.
    OUR REBECCA TURCO WITH OUR
    AFFILIATE HERE IN D.C.,
    SHE’S ACTUALLY OVER AT GEORGE
    WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY.
    REBECCA, PROTESTS AGAIN
    UNDERWAY AT GW.
    WHAT’S THE SITUATION ON CAMPUS
    RIGHT NOW?
    AND HAVE YOU HAD A CHANCE
    TO TALK TO ANYBODY YET?
    WHAT WE DID CATCH UP WITH SOME
    STUDENTS A LITTLE BIT EARLIER.
    THEY HAVE BEEN HERE ABOUT FIVE
    DAYS NOW.
    JUST TAKE A LOOK AT ALL
    OF THESE TENTS.
    WE’VE HAD DOZENS STUDENTS
    CAMPING OUT HERE FROM
    GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY
    AND AREA UNIVERSITIES AS WELL,
    AS WELL AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS
    AND OTHER STUDENTS HAVE BEEN
    JOINING THEM IN THE STREET
    NEARBY.
    IT REALLY BEEN PEACEFUL HERE
    THROUGHOUT.
    THERE’S PLENTY OF POLICE IN THE
    AREA MONITORING, THOUGH.
    THINGS DID GET A BIT ROWDY
    OVERNIGHT.
    I WANT TO SHOW YOU DOWN HERE
    THESE BARRICADES, BECAUSE WE’RE
    ACTUALLY SURROUNDING
    THE STREETS IN, THE AREA.
    BUT LAST NIGHT, PROTESTERS
    ACTUALLY STARTED TAKING DOWN.
    NO ARRESTS WERE MADE IN ALL
    OF THIS.
    BUT BECAUSE OF THAT, THIS AREA
    IS NO LONGER AND CLOSED.
    AND EARLIER WE CAUGHT UP WITH A
    PALESTINIAN-AMERICAN GRAD
    STUDENT HERE WHO SAYS HE’S MORE
    THAN 150 EXTENDED FAMILY
    MEMBERS TO THE ONGOING WAR
    IN GAZA.
    >> THERE’S A LOT OF GRIEF,
    A LOT OF RAGE.
    AND SO NO MATTER HOW WE ARE, WE
    ALWAYS TRY TO REMIND OURSELVES,
    LIKE WHATEVER WE’RE GOING
    THROUGH, WHAT’S HAPPENING
    IN GAZA IS LIKE A MILLION TIMES
    WORSE.
    >> CORRESPONDENT ON THIS.
    SO STUDENTS HERE ARE CALLING
    FOR THE UNIVERSITY TO DIVEST
    FROM BUSINESS INTERESTS
    WITH ISRAEL.
    AND THEY SAY THEY ARE GOING
    TO BE OUT HERE FOR AS LONG
    AS THAT TAKES.
    REPORTING LIVE, I’M REBECCA
    TURCO IN WASHINGTON, D.C.
    REBECCA, WE APPRECIATE IT.
    LET’S BRING IN OUR ALEX PRESHA
    NOW.
    HE’S ON THE CAMPUS OF OHIO
    STATE UNIVERSITY.
    ALEX PROTESTERS.
    THEY’RE ACTUALLY ARRESTED LAST
    WEEK.
    THEY WERE IN COURT TODAY FACING
    CHARGES.
    >> WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
    HEY, KYRA.
    SO WE’RE SEEING THE AFTERMATH,
    IF YOU WILL, OF SOME OF THE
    PROTESTS THAT ARE PLAYING OUT
    IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
    HUNDREDS WERE GATHERED HERE
    AT THE OVAL THIS A CENTRAL PARK
    AREA AT OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY.
    AND THURSDAY OR FRIDAY NIGHT,
    STATE TROOPERS, CAMPUS POLICE
    BROUGHT IN TO DISPERSE THEM.
    MANY OF THEM DID NOT.
    AND SO WE SAW UPWARDS OF 35
    ARRESTED.
    WELL, ABOUT 20 OF THOSE WERE
    ARRAIGNED TODAY.
    WE’LL SEE THE OTHER BATCH
    OF THOSE ARRAIGNED
    ON WEDNESDAY.
    WE SAW A SMALL A SMALLER GROUP
    OF PROTESTERS OUTSIDE OF THE
    COURTHOUSE EARLIER TODAY
    IN SOLIDARITY WITH, THOSE
    PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS.
    I ANTICIPATE THAT WE’LL
    THAT AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY.
    BUT THINGS HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY
    PEACEFUL.
    GET TOMORROW, WRAP UP FINAL
    EXAMS.
    A LOT OF STUDENTS HAVE ALREADY
    BEGUN THE PROCESS MOVING OFF
    OF CAMPUS.
    AND SO OHIO STATE HAS KIND
    OF BENEFITED A LITTLE BIT FROM
    THAT.
    BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF
    THE THINGS THAT WE’VE HEARD
    FROM THESE PRO PALESTINIAN
    GROUPS HERE ON CAMPUS
    THAT WE’RE ORGANIZING THESE
    PROTESTS, THEY’RE ASKING FOR
    SIMILAR THINGS WE’VE HEARD
    ACROSS THE COUNTRY, WHICH
    IS FINANCIAL DISINVESTMENT,
    ALSO AN ACADEMIC BOYCOTT
    AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE, AMONG
    OTHER THINGS, FROM UNIVERSITIES
    ,BASICALLY INVESTMENTS
    WITH WITH ISRAEL.
    ALL RIGHT, I REBECCA
    ALEX PRESHA, YOU ALL SO MUCH
    WILL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW,
    OF COURSE, THE PROTEST HERE
    ACROSS THE U.S., EVEN OVERSEAS
    NOW STILL GROWING.
    ALSO, THE DEADLY TORNADO
    OUTBREAK.
    THAT SEVERE WEATHER IS STILL
    GROWING.
    IT LEFT A PATH OF DESTRUCTION.
    TWO OF THE MOST POWERFUL
    TWISTERS TOUCHING DOWN JUST
    OUTSIDE OUTSIDE OKLAHOMA CITY,
    RATHER.
    AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE DIED
    IN THAT STATE.
    ONE OF THEM, A FOUR MONTH OLD
    CHILD.
    SEVERAL TOWNS DEVASTATED ACROSS
    THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY.
    THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 130
    TORNADO REPORTS NOW IN JUST
    THE LAST DAYS.
    HERE ARE SOME OF THE TERRIFYING
    TWISTERS AS WELL.
    JUST GETTING A LITTLE TOO CLOSE
    TO COMFORT.
    >> TAKE A LISTEN.
    TONY, RIGHT, RIGHT HERE,
    RIGHT HERE, RIGHT BEHIND US.
    RIGHT OF US.
    OH, MY.
    >> WELL, THAT EXTREME WEATHER
    TRIGGERING FLASH FLOODING
    IN TEXAS AS WELL.
    A LOT OF AND BUSINESSES THERE
    COMPLETELY WASHED OUT.
    SOME PEOPLE RESCUED FROM
    THE RAVAGING FLOODWATERS,
    AS YOU CAN SEE.
    LET’S BRING IN OUR
    METEOROLOGIST, MELISSA GRIFFIN
    .
    >> A LOT MORE SEVERE WEATHER
    ON THE WAY RIGHT?
    >> THERE REALLY IS, KYRA.
    AND IN THE EXACT SAME AREAS
    THAT WE SAW ALL THOSE
    DEVASTATING TORNADOES ALREADY
    SINCE FRIDAY, MORE THAN
    30 CONFIRMED TORNADOES FROM
    TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA BACK THROUGH
    IOWA AND NEBRASKA.
    AND TODAY, A LITTLE BIT OF A
    LULL FOR THE SEVERE WEATHER.
    WE DO GET ONE DAY OF A BREAK,
    BUT THEN IT COMES RIGHT BACK
    IN TOMORROW.
    SO THIS IS TOMORROW EVENING.
    YOU SEE THIS LINE OF STORMS
    ALREADY STARTING TO FORM.
    BY 8 P.M., OMAHA,
    BACK TO KANSAS CITY TO BOYNE.
    YOU’RE ALL IN THAT THREAT
    TOMORROW AS WELL.
    THE TORNADO THREAT A LITTLE BIT
    LOWER THAN WHAT WE’VE SEEN OVER
    THE PAST COUPLE OF DAYS,
    BUT YOU CAN NEVER BE RULED OUT.
    SO IF YOU TORNADOES, POSSIBLE
    DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL,
    I THINK WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT
    TUESDAY.
    >> AND THEN BY WEDNESDAY, YET
    AGAIN, YOU’RE TALKING
    ABOUT OKLAHOMA IN THE BULL’S
    EYE.
    HERE YOU HAVE WEDNESDAY, 7 P.M.
    YET THAT NEXT LINE OF STORMS
    FORMS FROM KANSAS DOWN THROUGH
    CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHERN
    TEXAS YOU SEE THERE.
    OKLAHOMA CITY WILL GET THOSE
    STORMS AT ABOUT 7 TO 8:09 P.M..
    AGAIN, DAMAGING WINDS, HAIL,
    STRONG TORNADOES POSSIBLE.
    >> SO WE’LL BE KEEPING TRACK
    OF THIS RIGHT THROUGH MIDWEEK.
    WE’RE IN THE HEART SEVERE
    WEATHER SEASON KYRA.
    ALL RIGHT.
    APPRECIATE YOU, MELISSA THANK
    YOU.
    NOW TO THAT URGENT PUSH FOR
    HOSTAGE AND CEASEFIRE
    NEGOTIATIONS IN GAZA AS WE
    ARE NOW MONITORING KEY TALKS
    TODAY IN CAIRO.
    SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY
    BLINKEN IS IN SAUDI ARABIA
    CALLING ISRAEL’S PROPOSAL
    EXTRAORDINARILY GENEROUS
    AND THAT HAMAS SHOULD JUST
    ACCEPT IT.
    PRESIDENT BIDEN ALSO SPOKE
    WITH BENJAMIN NETANYAHU OVER
    THE WEEKEND, TELLING THE PRIME
    MINISTER ONCE AGAIN NOT
    TO LAUNCH GROUND OFFENSIVE INTO
    RAFAH.
    YOU KNOW, THAT’S A VERY
    OVERCROWDED CITY IN SOUTHERN
    GAZA.
    AND THIS ALL COMES AS HAMAS NOW
    RELEASES ANOTHER NEW VIDEO,
    THIS TIME OF AN
    ISRAELI AMERICAN TAKEN HOSTAGE
    KEITH SIEGEL AND HE HAS BEEN
    HELD UP THERE IN THE GAZA STRIP
    SINCE OCTOBER 7TH.
    OUR FOREIGN
    CORRESPONDENT TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE
    SPOKE ACTUALLY WITH KEITH’S
    BROTHER AND JOINS US NOW FROM
    ISRAEL.
    TOM YES, HERE YOU CAN SEE
    HOW THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
    HAVE BLOCKED THE ROAD HERE
    RIGHT IN CENTRAL TEL AVIV.
    YOU CAN SEE THE ISRAELI
    AND THAT BUILDING ON THAT
    IS THE ISRAELI MINISTRY DEFENSE
    .
    SO THESE PEOPLE ARE SENDING
    A MESSAGE TO THE
    ISRAELI GOVERNMENT AND THE
    MESSAGE IS CLEAR.
    THEY WANT THE GOVERNMENT
    TO MAKE COMPROMISES AND.
    THEY WANT THE GOVERNMENT
    TO PRIORITIZE THE HOSTAGES
    AND PUT THEM AND CENTER IN THIS
    NEGOTIATION.
    NOW, WE KNOW THAT THERE IS A
    PROPOSAL TO THE WHITE HOUSE ON
    THE TABLE, WHICH HAMAS IS NOW
    CONSIDERING.
    ACCORDING TO THE WHITE HOUSE,
    THAT WOULD MEAN A SIX WEEK
    POTENTIAL CEASE FIRE.
    AND WE’RE HEARING FROM A TOP
    BRITISH OFFICIAL TODAY
    THAT THAT PROPOSED DEAL, WHICH
    IS BEING NEGOTIATED, COULD MEAN
    THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIAN
    PRISONERS BEING RELEASED FROM
    ISRAELI PRISONS IN RETURN,
    HOSTAGES.
    WHAT WE DON’T KNOW RIGHT NOW
    IS HOW MANY HOSTAGES COULD BE A
    PART OF THAT PROPOSED DEAL.
    AND WE JUST DON’T KNOW ALSO
    WHAT WOULD HAPPEN
    ISRAELI FORCES INSIDE GAZA.
    THAT’S BEEN A STICKING POINT
    IN THE PAST.
    WOULD THEY BE WITHDRAWN
    RIGHT OUT OF THE GAZA STRIP?
    WOULD THEY BE MOVED TO CERTAIN
    AREAS OF THE STRIP?
    BUT YOU CAN FEEL THE ATMOSPHERE
    HERE.
    I MEAN, THERE’S PROBABLY
    THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THIS
    DEMONSTRATION.
    IT’S CALM BUT THERE IS A
    GROWING LEVEL OF FRUSTRATION
    ON THE STREETS.
    THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT IS UNDER
    POLITICAL PRESSURE FROM
    THE PUBLIC, THE ISRAELI PUBLIC.
    SIX.
    NETANYAHU IS ALSO FACING
    PRESSURE FROM WITHIN OWN
    COALITION HARDLINERS WARNING
    HIM NOT TO ACCEPT DEAL WHICH
    COULD BE IN THEIR MINDS.
    WAIT, BUT THEN MODERATE
    ELEMENTS OF THE GOVERNMENT.
    BENNY GANTZ IN THE WAR CABINET
    IS SAYING THE HOSTAGES SHOULD
    BE PRIORITIZED ABOVE ALL ELSE
    RIGHT NOW.
    SO THESE ARE THE KIND
    OF MESSAGES WE’RE SEEING, WE’VE
    SEEN A MESSAGE, A PLACARD
    APPEALING TO PRESIDENT
    BIDEN DIRECTLY HIMSELF TO PUT
    THE PRESSURE ON AND TO MAKE
    SURE THERE’S A DEAL KYRA.
    ALL RIGHT, TOM, APPRECIATE IT.
    AND FOR MORE ON THESE CRUCIAL
    TALKS, LET’S BRING IN OUR
    ELIZABETH SCHULZE, WHO’S
    COVERING THE STORY FROM
    THE WHITE HOUSE US TODAY.
    ELIZABETH, TELL US MORE
    ABOUT THE PRESIDENT’S PHONE
    CALL WITH.
    NETANYAHU, WHERE DID IT GO?
    RIGHT, KYRA.
    SO A SOURCE FAMILIAR TELLS
    US THAT THIS CALL BETWEEN
    PRESIDENT BIDEN AND ISRAELI
    PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU LASTED
    FOR JUST UNDER AN HOUR.
    THAT SOURCE CALLED THE CALL
    PRODUCTIVE.
    WE UNDERSTAND THAT THE BULK
    THE CONVERSATION WAS CENTERED
    AROUND THIS HOSTAGE DEAL.
    AS YOU HEARD THERE TALKING
    ABOUT.
    THE TWO LEADERS DISCUSSED THOSE
    VIDEOS WERE RELEASED OF THE
    HOSTAGES BY HAMAS.
    AND RIGHT NOW, THE MESSAGE FROM
    THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY AND FROM
    THE ADMINISTRATION
    MORE BROADLY.
    AND WE HEAR THIS FROM SECRETARY
    OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN, WHO IS
    IN THE REGION RIGHT NOW.
    HE SAYS THAT THE ONUS IS ON
    HAMAS.
    HE SAYS RIGHT NOW
    THE ONLY THING STANDING BETWEEN
    THE PEOPLE OF GAZA AND A CEASE
    FIRE IS HAMAS.
    REALLY, THE WHITE HOUSE IS
    PUTTING THE PRESSURE ON TO TRY
    TO MOVE THIS DEAL FORWARD.
    AT THE SAME TIME, CAROL, WE DO
    KNOW THAT BOTH BIDEN AND
    NETANYAHU TALKED ABOUT IN
    TRYING TO GET SOME HUMANITARIAN
    AID INTO.
    OF COURSE, JUST A COUPLE
    OF WEEKS AGO, REMEMBER,
    PRESIDENT BIDEN REALLY AMPED
    THE PRESSURE ON NETANYAHU,
    SAYING THAT IF HE DOESN’T
    START TO MAKE A SUSTAINED
    EFFORT TO GET AID IN, THEN
    THE U.S. COULD WITHDRAW ITS
    SUPPORT FOR ISRAEL’S WAR.
    SO WE HAVE SEEN MORE AID COME
    THROUGH AT NORTHERN CROSSINGS
    IN GAZA.
    WE KNOW THAT THERE’S
    THAT EFFORT UNDERWAY TO BUILD
    A FLOATING PIER, THOUGH STILL
    SOME CRITICISM, OF COURSE, HERE
    THAT THAT IS STILL FAR FROM
    ENOUGH.
    YEAH, AND TALKS ARE UNDERWAY
    IN CAIRO AS WE’VE BEEN TALKING
    ABOUT, SECRETARY OF STATE
    BLINKEN ALSO INSIDE URGING
    HAMAS TO ACCEPT THIS DEAL, THIS
    THIS PROPOSAL ON THE BEHALF
    OF ISRAEL.
    >> DO WE KNOW ANYTHING MORE ON
    THAT?
    WE KNOW THAT THE OBVIOUSLY,
    THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THAT THE
    PRIORITY OF THIS IS TRYING
    TO GET HAMAS TO ACCEPT THIS
    DEAL, BUT THERE ARE SOME BIGGER
    PRIORITIES THERE, TOO, FOR
    THE SECRETARY OF STATE,
    BLINKEN.
    ONE IS THIS IDEA OF COULD
    THE U.S. LAY THE GROUNDWORK
    TO NORMALIZE RELATIONS BETWEEN
    ISRAEL AND SAUDI ARABIA.
    THAT WOULD BE A HUGE DEAL
    THAT WOULD LOOK PROBABLY,
    YOU KNOW, LONGER TERM AFTER
    THE WAR.
    SOME OF HIS CONVERSATIONS
    ARE FOCUSED ON WHAT WOULD
    A PATH TOWARDS SUSTAINED PEACE
    LOOK LIKE.
    BUT OF COURSE, FOR THAT TO
    HAPPEN, THIS DEAL AND
    A CEASEFIRE WOULD NEED
    TO HAPPEN IN THE FIRST PLACE
    KYRA.
    ALL RIGHT, ELIZABETH SCHULZE
    FROM THE WHITE HOUSE FOR US.
    >> ELIZABETH, THANKS SO MUCH.
    AND COMING UP, FOLLOW THE AN
    INSIDE LOOK AT THE INNER
    WORKINGS OF FORMER
    PRESIDENT TRUMP AND.
    A REVEALING WITNESS LIST.
    WHAT’S NEXT IN HIS HUSH MONEY
    TRIAL?
    >> 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 THERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT
    DEADLY STRIKE IN UKRAINE.
    REPORTING FROM 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
    IN ICELAND.
    LET’S GO TRAVELING WITH THE
    PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY,
    WHEREVER THE STORY IS,
    THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN
    ISRAEL, OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP
    IN BEIRUT, FROM THE FBI
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    >> NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS
    FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
    THERE’S A LOT GOING ON.
    YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING
    THAT’S TO CATCH YOU UP
    WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.
    A DANGEROUS ICE STORM
    IS IMPACTING THE MORNING
    COMMUTE.
    WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY?
    ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE
    MIDDLE EAST.
    WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING
    ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS FAST,
    STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME TIME
    IN BETWEEN AS BILLIONAIRES
    AND GOOD TO ME TO MOVE STARTED
    CHASING A DOG FIRST THING
    IN THE MORNING AMERICA.
    THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER
    ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC
    NEWS.
    WHAT IS THAT YOU?
    THAT’S ME AND MY BIG .
    HOW MUCH DO YOU MAKE
    ON ONLYFANS VERSUS, SAY, AN
    EPISODE ON SOPRANOS?
    OH, WAY MORE.
    AND ALL MY FANS CELEBRITIES CAN
    ABSOLUTELY MAKE A LIVING
    ON ONLYFANS BELLA IS THE MODEL
    SHE MADE OF OVER 20 MILLION.
    YOU CONSIDER WHAT YOU DO.
    OR WORK?
    ONLYFANS NOT JUST I HAD IT
    TO DO ALL OVER AGAIN.
    I WOULD HAVE DONE IT SOONER
    THAT YOU’RE STREAMING WITH US,
    GIVING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC
    THE FIRST EVER LOOK INSIDE
    THE AFFLUENT, WEALTHY AND POSH
    WORLD OF DONALD TRUMP.
    WE ARE, OF COURSE, TALKING
    ABOUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S
    HISTORIC HUSH TRIAL.
    PROCEEDINGS MAY BE ON PAUSE
    TODAY, BUT TESTIMONY
    WILL RESUME TOMORROW AND BANKER
    GARY FARROW WILL BE BACK ON
    THE WITNESS STAND.
    THE JURY TO HEAR MORE FROM
    THE MAN WHO SAYS HE HELPED
    TRUMP’S FORMER FIXER.
    COHEN SET UP THAT FAKE LLC
    TO SECRETLY WIRE.
    STORMY DANIELS $130,000 JUST
    ONE MONTH BEFORE THE 2016
    ELECTION.
    ALL OF THIS COMING AFTER WE’VE
    ALREADY HEARD FROM TWO OTHER
    WITNESSES, "NATIONAL ENQUIRER"
    PUBLISHER DAVID AND TRUMP’S
    LONGTIME ASSISTANT, RONNA GRAB.
    LET’S BRING IN ABC NEWS
    INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER
    OLIVIA RUBIN, ALONG WITH HER
    CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY AND
    FORMER PROSECUTOR BERNADETTE
    VIOLENCE.
    OLIVIA FARROW IS ONLY
    CORROBORATING WHAT MICHAEL
    COHEN TOLD US AGO ABOUT THIS
    LLC AND THE PAYMENTS MADE
    TO STORMY DANIELS.
    HE IS HERE AND HE IS TELLING
    THE JURY EXACTLY MICHAEL COHEN,
    WHO ALLEGEDLY AT THE DIRECTION
    OF DONALD, SET UP THESE
    ACCOUNTS TO TAKE CARE OF THE
    PAYMENTS THAT WERE GOING
    TO HIDE THESE STORIES,
    THAT THEY DID NOT WANT TO COME
    OUT BEFORE ELECTION.
    AND GARY FARROW’S TESTIMONY HAS
    BEEN REALLY INTERESTING.
    IT SORT OF GAVE LIFE TO THE
    ALLEGED SECRECY THAT WAS AROUND
    KILLING THESE STORIES.
    REMEMBER, PROSECUTORS SAY
    THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO HIDE
    THIS BECAUSE OF THE ELECTION
    AND WHAT FARROW TOLD THE JURY
    WAS THAT HE WAS TOLD BY MICHAEL
    COHEN HE WAS OPENING ACCOUNTS
    THAT WERE RELATED TO REAL
    ESTATE.
    AND, OF COURSE, THESE PAYMENTS
    TO STORMY DANIELS AND THE
    ONE THAT WAS GOING TO BE
    THE KAREN MCDOUGAL NEVER
    HAPPENED HAD NOTHING TO DO
    WITH REAL ESTATE.
    THESE WERE HUSH MONEY PAYMENTS,
    PROSECUTORS SAY, FOR
    THE ELECTION, OF COURSE.
    SO IT GIVES LIFE TO THE IDEA
    THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO KEEP
    THIS HIDDEN.
    MICHAEL CALLS HIS BANKER, GOES,
    HEY, THIS IS A REAL ESTATE
    ACCOUNT.
    OF COURSE IT.
    AND GARY TESTIFIED THAT THAT
    WOULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING
    THE BANK WOULD HAVE WANTED KNOW
    BECAUSE THEY WOULD HAVE GIVEN
    EXTRA SCRUTINY TO SOMETHING
    THAT WAS RELATED TO ANY SORT
    OF POLITICAL MONEY.
    SO HE’S BREATHING LIFE INTO
    THIS IDEA THAT THEY WERE TRYING
    SO VERY BADLY TO KEEP HIDDEN
    AND KEEP IT AWAY FROM
    THE PUBLIC AND PEOPLE FINDING
    OUT.
    >> SO, BERNARD, A CLEARLY A WIN
    FOR THE PROSECUTION’S CASE,
    HAVING GARY FIRE UP
    ON THE BASICALLY SAYING EXACTLY
    WHAT MICHAEL COHEN LAID ON HOW
    ALL THIS WENT DOWN YEARS AGO
    WHEN THE STORY BROKE.
    >> YEAH.
    SO THE PROSECUTION HAS TO TRY
    CORROBORATE MICHAEL COHEN’S
    TESTIMONY AS MUCH AS THEY CAN.
    SO THEY ACTUALLY BEGAN IN THE
    SENSE OF LET’S DO IT BEFORE
    HE TESTIFIES.
    SO THAT WAY, BY THE TIME
    THAT HE TESTIFIES THEY CAN
    START SHINING LIGHT TO OTHER
    TESTIMONY THAT CORROBORATED
    TESTIMONY.
    SO AGAIN, IN TERMS OF THIS
    BANKER TESTIFYING,
    HE’S BRINGING UP CRUCIAL
    EVIDENCE, AND THE CRUCIAL
    EVIDENCE IS THAT MONEY ITSELF
    SHOWING THE PROOF THAT THIS
    MONEY WAS ACTUALLY TRANSFERRED
    AND, ULTIMATELY TRANSFERRED
    TO STORMY DANIELS, WHICH IS AT
    THE HEART THIS MATTER.
    >> SO, OLIVIA, WE KNOW THAT THE
    JUDGE WILL HOLD ANOTHER HEARING
    THURSDAY AS PROSECUTORS FIGHT
    TO HOLD TRUMP IN CONTEMPT FOR
    VIOLATING THE GAG ORDER, NOT
    JUST ONCE, NOT JUST TWICE
    14 TIMES.
    NOW HE IS IN LAST WE SAW THEM
    IN COURT FOR SEVEN VIOLATIONS.
    AND THAT NUMBER JUST KEEPS
    ON GROWING AND GROWING
    AND GROWING, INCLUDING COMMENTS
    THAT DONALD TRUMP MAKES JUST
    OUTSIDE OF THE COURTROOM.
    AND PROSECUTORS DO APPEAR TO BE
    GETTING INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATED
    WITH THAT, SAYING HE’S HOLDING
    PRESS WHATEVERS EVERY DAY
    IN THE HALLWAY.
    SO IT’S GOING TO BE FASCINATING
    TO SEE HOW THIS HEARING GOES,
    KYRA, BECAUSE REMEMBER THE LAST
    HEARING TRUMP’S
    ATTORNEY TODD BLANCHE REALLY
    STRUGGLED TO GET HIS POINT
    ACROSS TO THE JUDGE, I WOULD
    THINK WAS SORT OF A DESIRE FOR
    A HEARING FOR HIM.
    THE JUDGE SAID, YOU’RE NOT
    GIVING ME ANY EVIDENCE.
    YOU’RE NOT GIVING ANY CASE LAW
    AND YOU’RE GIVING ME NOTHING
    TO HANG MY HAT ON BECAUSE IT
    PRETTY CLEAR THAT DONALD
    TRUMP IS VIOLATING THE GAG
    ORDER WITH WHAT HE SAYING.
    AND HIS ATTORNEYS ARE HAVING
    TROUBLE GOING TO THE JUDGE AND
    GIVING HIM.
    ANY REASON WHY HE IS NOT
    VIOLATING IT.
    SO IT’S GOING TO BE TO SEE
    WHAT NEW SORT OF DEFENSES
    THEY CAN COME UP WITH NEXT
    WEEK.
    >> ALL RIGHT.
    LIBYA, NADA.
    THANK YOU BOTH.
    >> COMING UP, STRIPES
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    YEAH, THEY JUST ESCAPED FROM
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    THIS IS THE FIRST TIME YOU ARE
    SITTING DOWN LIKE THIS TO TELL
    YOUR STORY.
    BRITTANY, ARE YOU READY?
    WE’VE BEEN TOLD TO GO THROUGH
    YOUR BAG, AND YOU FELT
    THE CARTRIDGE.
    WHAT WERE YOU THINKING AT THAT
    MOMENT WHEN YOU FELT THAT MY
    LIFE IS OVER RIGHT HERE?
    >> YOU JUST BEEN TOLD
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    AMERICAN CRIME ROBIN ROBERTS
    PRISONER IN RUSSIA THIS
    WEDNESDAY MORNING ON ABC THIS
    WEEK GAG ORDER RULING IN DONALD
    TRUMP’S CRIMINAL TRIAL
    AS ALLEGED NEW VIOLATION PILE
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    PLUS, THE COLLEGE PROTESTS
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    WEEK.
    >> WHERE WILL WE BE?
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    OUR MURROW 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 FIRST THING IN THE
    MORNING.
    >> THERE’S A LOT ON YET ANOTHER
    AVALANCHE WARNING.
    THAT’S UP TO CATCH YOU UP
    WITH WHAT HAPPENED, OVERNIGHT?
    A DANGEROUS ICE STORM
    IS IMPACTING THE MORNING
    COMMUTE.
    WHAT’S TODAY?
    ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE
    MIDDLE EAST.
    WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING
    THE MIGRANT CRISIS FAST.
    STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME TIME
    IN BETWEEN.
    HOW DOES BILLIONAIRES?
    SOUNDS GOOD TO ME TO MOVE.
    STARTED CHASING A DOG FIRST
    THING IN THE MORNING.
    AMERICA THIS MORNING AMERICA’S
    NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS
    ON ABC NEWS.
    WHAT?
    >> REPORTING FROM MAR-A-LAGO.
    I’M RACHEL SCOTT.
    WHEREVER THE STORY IS,
    WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE.
    YOU’RE STREAMING.
    ABC NEWS LIVE SUNDAY.
    OTHER TOP HEADLINES WE’RE
    FOLLOWING THIS HOUR.
    OPENING STATEMENTS IN THE
    MURDER TRIAL OF KAREN READ ARE
    THE 43 YEAR OLD IS ACCUSED
    OF KILLING HER BOYFRIEND BOSTON
    POLICE OFFICER JOHN O’KEEFE
    BY HITTING HIM WITH HER CAR,
    THEN LEAVING HIM TO DIE.
    BACK IN 2022 READS.
    DEFENSE TEAM SAYS THAT SOMEONE
    ELSE KILLED O’KEEFE AND SHE’S
    SYMPATHETIC TO OF A COVER UP
    BEING A COVER UP.
    BASEBALL’S UNIFORM FIASCO
    FINALLY OVER AND A MEMO
    OBTAINED BY ESPN PLAYERS
    ASSOCIATION APPARENTLY SAYS
    THE LEAGUE WILL BE CORRECTING
    ALL THOSE MALFUNCTION ISSUES
    WITH THE UNIFORMS, SEE THROUGH
    PANTS, SMALLER NAMES
    AND NUMBERS ON THE BACKS
    OF JERSEYS, PLUS THE MISMATCHED
    TOPS AND BOTTOMS.
    YEAH, THE NEW UNIFORMS,
    THEY WERE ROLLED OUT IN THE
    SPRING TRAINING TO A LOT
    OF CRITICISM FROM BOTH FANS
    AND PLAYERS.
    THE CHANGE IS EXPECTED BY THE
    START OF NEXT SEASON.
    AND IF YOU’RE DRIVING
    IN WASHINGTON STATE AT A WATCH
    FOR ESCAPEES WEARING STRIPES.
    DRIVERS YESTERDAY HAD TO STOP
    SHORT AND PULL OFF TO THE SIDE
    OF THE ROAD TO TRY AND AVOID
    THE RUNAWAY ZEBRAS, WHICH
    APPARENTLY ESCAPED FROM
    A PRIVATE OWNER.
    THREE OF THE FOUR WERE
    SUCCESSFULLY CAUGHT, BUT ONE
    IS STILL ON THE LAM.
    BUT WE MISSED THE HEADLINE
    HERE.
    WHO’S THE OWNER?
    WHY DOES HE HAVE?
    IS IT PETS?
    PLEASE EXPLAIN.
    YES, WE’VE GOT SPIRIT.
    YES, WE DO.
    AND TODAY WE’RE, CHEERING
    ON INCLUSIVITY, PARALYMPIC
    CHEERLEADING AND ARE BOTH
    HITTING THE WORLD STAGE
    IN FLORIDA IN THE CHEERLEADING
    WORLD COMPETITION.
    AND OUR VICTOR KENDALL GOT
    TO SPEAK WITH TWO OF THE
    INCREDIBLE ATHLETES AND THEIR
    MOMS ABOUT WHAT THEY HAVE
    OVERCOME TO CLEAR THE PATH
    TO GOLD THAT FROM THE MAT
    TO THE LIFTS, TUMBLES
    AND FLIPS.
    CHEER IS A SPORT THAT BRINGS
    TOGETHER ACROSS GENDERS, AGES
    AND ABILITIES.
    THIS IS FUN.
    AND FOR ATHLETES LIKE KENNEDY,
    LBJ, AND PIERCE AN OPPORTUNITY
    OF A LIFETIME TO REPRESENT
    THE U.S. ON THE WORLD STAGE,
    I HEREBY DECLARE 2024
    WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS OPEN.
    >> BUT THE INTERNATIONAL CHEER
    UNION WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS.
    IT’S INCREDIBLE.
    YEAH.
    YEAH, IT’S PRETTY AWESOME.
    ESPECIALLY FOR SOMEONE LIKE.
    ME.
    FOR MANY PEOPLE.
    AND I THINK THAT I’D BE HONORED
    TO DO THE STUFF.
    SOMETHING THAT WE KNEW WHEN
    THEY’RE JUST PRESENTING OR
    THEY’RE CONFIDENT AND KNOW
    WHAT IT IS LIKE.
    I MEAN, REALLY TOUGH.
    >> WE’RE GOING TO BE HANDED OUT
    IN 2023.
    U.S. CHEER WAS RECOGNIZED AS A
    SPORTS ORGANIZATION BY NOT JUST
    THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, BUT ALSO
    THE PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE GIVING
    THE SPORT A MUCH BIGGER
    PLATFORM.
    >> IT WAS GOOD ENERGY, GOOD.
    LEE TRUDEL IS THE DIRECTOR OF
    SPECIAL OLYMPICS AND ADAPTIVE
    ABILITIES CHEER TEAMS.
    WHY IS INCLUSION SO IMPORTANT?
    INCLUSION IS IMPORTANT BECAUSE
    IT’S PART OF THE WORLD, PART
    OUR EVERYDAY LIFE.
    AND SO IT’S JUST GIVING
    THE OPPORTUNITIES TO THE
    ATHLETES AND THEIR FAMILIES
    TO REALLY SHOWCASE AND SHINE
    ON WHAT THEY CAN DO AS A TEAM.
    KENNEDY WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A
    RARE GENETIC DISORDER.
    WE DIDN’T ACTUALLY KNOW SHE
    WOULD BE ABLE TO WALK OR TALK
    AT THE BEGINNING, SO WE DIDN’T
    REALLY KNOW OUR FUTURE.
    SHE DECIDED TO TRY OUT FOR
    THE HIGH SCHOOL CHEER TEAM, SO
    THAT’S WHERE IT REALLY STARTED
    TO GROW.
    AND BECAME HER WHOLE ENTIRE
    WORLD.
    >> AND WOULD YOU SAY THAT CHEER
    HELPED?
    >> KENNEDY WE HAVE A COMMUNITY
    NOW, AND IT IS OUR WHOLE
    WORLD RIGHT NOW.
    I CAN SEE THE SMALL AND MIGHTY.
    HE’S A DAILY INSPIRATION TO.
    >> AT THREE YEARS OLD, JAYDEN
    LOST HIS HEARING FROM WITH A
    BRAIN TUMOR.
    HE CAN ENDURE JUST
    ABOUT ANYTHING.
    AND COME OUT OF IT, STANDING
    ON TOP, JAYDEN’S MOM, ANGELA,
    A CHEER COACH, ENCOURAGED
    JAYDEN AND HIS BROTHER BAILEY
    TO PARTICIPATE IN CHEER.
    WHAT KIND OF IMPACT HAS THIS
    TEAM HAD ON YOUR FAMILY?
    A BIG ONE.
    HE’S HAD SO MANY THINGS
    TO OVERCOME.
    LIKE, WELL, CODY AND I.
    AND BUT THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS
    ,YOU KNOW, HOW MANY TIMES
    BELONGING WASN’T NECESSARILY
    AND EQUALLY I KNEW THAT WE HAD
    TO BE A PART OF I NEVER EVEN
    KNEW THAT SO MANY OTHER
    PEOPLE NEVER GOT
    THE EXPLANATION BY.
    AND WE JUST HAPPENED TO BE
    MY HEROES OPENED UP A LOT
    OF MEDIA AND I THINK IT’S A
    VERY GOOD THING TO WATCH IT
    OPEN UP DOORS FOR MY KIDS.
    >> HE WAS ALL THROUGH HARD WORK
    AND PERSEVERANCE.
    BOTH AND KENNEDY ARE PART OF US
    EACH YEAR PARTICIPATING IN THE
    WORLD CHEERLEADING AND DANCE
    CHAMPIONSHIP IN ORLANDO.
    AS LONG AS THEY FEEL GOOD ABOUT
    WHAT THEY DID ON THE FLOOR.
    THAT’S ALL WE CAN ASK OF THEM
    AT THE COMPETITION.
    >> THE USA ADAPTIVE ABILITIES
    TEAM TAKING HOME THE SILVER
    MEDAL.
    THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS TEAM
    TO GOLD MEDALS FOR POM AND HIP
    HOP.
    >> A LOVE FOR CHEER
    AND INSPIRING OTHERS.
    I JUST WANT TO SAY DON’T
    GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS AND YOUR
    VISIONS AND YOUR CURRENT
    SITUATION OR WHAT YOU THINK
    YOU CAN DO CAN HOLD YOU BACK
    FROM WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
    RED, WHITE, BLUE.
    YEAH, RIGHT NOW.
    THAT WAS AWESOME.
    VICTOR OQUENDO.
    THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR BRINGING
    US THAT STORY AND THANK YOU FOR
    STREAMING WITH US.
    I’M KYRA PHILLIPS.
    THE NEWS NEVER STOPS.
    NEITHER DO WE.
    MORE NEWS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
    WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE
    THE MOST NEWSCAST IN AMERICA?
    OPERATION CAPITALIZES ON OUR
    COMBAT OPERATIONS AND WE’RE
    APPROACHING THE GATE NOW.
    MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR
    FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS,
    OPERATE ON NUCLEAR REACTORS,
    EVEN A COUPLE LOADED AND READY
    TO GO.
    THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED WITH THE
    FLAG.
    THERE’S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT
    OF IT.
    HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL
    RIGHT HERE IN THE USA?
    >> LOOK AT YOUR SMILE.
    YOU’RE PROUD OF IT?
    I LOVE IT.
    GREAT WORK.
    HI.
    WHERE ARE YOU?
    WHERE YOU.
    YOU CAN’T BE SAFE THIS.
    >> DAVID DAVIS?
    YES.
    YES.
    I’M DAVID.
    YOU ARE.
    >> I KNOW YOU ARE.
    DO IT EVERY NIGHT.
    ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT
    WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S
    MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST.
    >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START
    THEIR DAY HERE?
    FROM ABC NEWS?
    THIS IS "START HERE" TO BE
    IN THE NEWS AND A DIFFERENT
    TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES.
    A LOT OF NEWS TODAY.
    SO LET’S GET IT.
    LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS
    PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR ARMOR
    AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK
    TIMES CALLS A NEWS
    PODCAST WORTH LISTENING
    TO START HERE.
    ABC MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST
    LISTEN.
    NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY
    THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING.
    >> WHEREVER YOU GET
    YOUR PODCAST START HERE RIGHT
    NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE,
    THE DEADLINE IS DROP.
    PROTESTERS TOLD TO LEAVE
    THEIR ENCAMPMENTS OR FACE
    SUSPENSION.
    WE’RE LIVE IN COLOMBIA FOR
    WHAT HAPPENS NEXT.
    A TRAIL OF TORNADOES THROUGH
    THE HEARTLAND.
    THOSE TWISTERS TOUCHING DOWN
    IN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA LEAVING
    DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IN THEIR
    WAKE.
    WE’RE LIVE ON THE SCENE.
    AND ANOTHER AT A CEASE FIRE IN
    GAZA.
    NEW OPTIMISM OVER A DEAL
    TO STOP THE FIGHTING AND BRING
    MORE OF THE HOSTAGES HOME.
    WHAT WE KNOW ABOUT THOSE TALKS
    THIS HOUR.
    GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
    I’M KYRA PHILLIPS.
    WE DO BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS
    MORE PROTESTS, MORE POLICE
    AND NOW A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT
    .
    PLUS, WE’RE NOT JUST TALKING
    ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
    BUT OVERSEAS WHERE COLLEGES
    AND UNIVERSITIES ARE ALL
    TIGHTENING SECURITY AS PROTESTS
    AT COLLEGES ARE SPREADING AMID
    THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR.
    COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY IN NEW
    YORK, STILL THE EPICENTER
    OF THE PROTESTS AS THE SCHOOL
    HAS NOW ENDED NEGOTIATIONS,
    TELLING THOSE PROTESTERS
    THEY MUST LEAVE ENCAMPMENT BY 2
    P.M. OR RISK SUSPENSION.
    COLUMBIA ALSO NOW FACING
    A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT ALLEGING
    THAT THE UNIVERSITY VIOLATED
    ITS OWN STUDENT SAFETY
    PROTOCOLS.
    THEN HERE, D.C. AT GEORGE
    WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY,
    PROTESTERS WERE TEARING DOWN
    BARRIERS, SECURING
    THE UNIVERSITY YARD.
    SOME LAWMAKERS NOW CALLING FOR
    THE NATIONAL GUARD TO STEP IN,
    SAYING DEMONSTRATORS
    BEING INFILTRATED
    BY PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZERS.
    HAVE A TEAM OF REPORTERS
    COVERING THIS STORY FOR US.
    LET’S BRING IN OUR IKE EJIOCHI
    OUTSIDE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.
    IKE, YOU’VE GOT SEVERAL
    BREAKING THINGS HAPPENING
    RIGHT NOW.
    THIS NEW CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT
    FILED AGAINST COLUMBIA AND NOW
    THE 2 P.M. EASTERN DEADLINE FOR
    PROTESTERS TO LEAVE
    THEIR ENCAMPMENTS.
    IT’S UP.
    SO WHAT’S THE DEAL?
    IT’S — IT’S BEST O’CLOCK.
    WHAT’S HAPPENING?
    THAT’S RIGHT HERE.
    WE HAVE A LOT GOING ON RIGHT
    NOW.
    AS YOU SAID, THAT DEADLINE FOR
    2:00 FOR MEMBERS OF THE
    ENCAMPMENT TO DISPERSE COLUMBIA
    UNIVERSITY HAS NOW HIT.
    AND I WANT TO GET YOU AN IDEA
    OF EXACTLY WHAT THAT LOOKS LIKE
    RIGHT NOW.
    TAKE A LOOK AT YOUR SCREEN.
    YOU’RE SEEING THAT ENCAMPMENT
    RIGHT NOW.
    ESSENTIALLY TENT SET UP.
    THAT’S FOR NORMAL STUDENTS.
    TAKE A LOOK AT ALL THOSE LINES
    GOING DOWN THE BLOCK.
    THOSE ARE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
    STUDENTS TRYING TO GET
    THE CAMPUS.
    THEY’RE GOING TO HAVE TO SHOW
    THEIR UNIVERSITY I.D. JUST
    TO GET IN THE CAMPUS.
    NOW, ON THE OTHER SIDE, THAT’S
    AN EGRESS FOR PEOPLE TO COME
    OUT.
    AND OVER THE PAST HALF HOUR,
    WE’VE SEEN SEVERAL IN TERMS
    OF THOSE ACTUALLY BELONGING
    TO THE ENCAMPMENT STARTING
    TO FILE THEIR WAY OUT
    VOLUNTARILY OUTSIDE OF THE
    UNIVERSITY.
    NOW, SOME OF THEM WERE SEEN
    WITH WHEELBARROWS CARRYING
    SIGNS AND OTHER BELONGINGS
    THAT THEY’VE HAD ON THEM FOR
    SEVERAL DAYS.
    WE’VE TRIED TO TALK TO THEM FOR
    A LITTLE BIT.
    A LOT OF THEM DECIDED NOT
    TO SAY ANYTHING.
    THEY DID HAVE A LOOK AT THE
    FEET ON THEIR FACE AS THEY WERE
    LEAVING.
    BUT THIS LEADS US INTO SOME OF
    THE BREAKING NEWS THAT WE’RE
    GETTING RIGHT NOW, WHICH IS A
    VOTE THAT WAS HELD ON CAMPUS
    AROUND NOON TODAY FROM MEMBERS
    OF THE CAMPUS.
    WE’RE BEING TOLD THAT AROUND
    NOON, ABOUT 150 MEMBERS VOTED
    AND DECIDED WHETHER OR NOT
    THEY WANTED TO STAY PAST
    THE DEADLINE FOR 2:00.
    THEY OVERWHELMINGLY VOTED
    TO STAY THAT DEADLINE.
    AND WE’RE SEEMINGLY LET KNOW
    BY NOW THAT THEY’RE STILL
    THAT CAMPUS HOLDING STRONG.
    NOW, AGAIN, THIS ALSO COMES
    THE SAME DAY THAT COLUMBIA
    UNIVERSITY FACES A CLASS ACTION
    THAT WAS FILED IN THE SOUTHERN
    DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
    THAT ALLEGES THAT THE
    UNIVERSITY VIOLATED ITS OWN
    STUDENT SAFETY PROTOCOLS.
    NOW, IN THAT COMPLAINT CONTAINS
    PERSONAL STORIES OF COLUMBIA
    STUDENTS AND IMPACT THAT THOSE
    TERRORIST ATTACKS ON JUNE HAD
    ON THEM.
    NOW, IT ALSO REQUESTS FOR AN
    IMMEDIATE INJUNCTION REQUIRING
    ,THE SCHOOL TO FOLLOW
    THE EXAMPLES OF SOME OF ITS
    PEERS AND HOPEFULLY BAN OUTSIDE
    AGITATORS AND STUDENTS WHO ARE
    INCITING VIOLENCE AND CRIME
    ON CAMPUS.
    BUT AGAIN, RIGHT NOW, THE STORY
    AS WE SPEAK RIGHT NOW
    IS ESSENTIALLY WHAT’S HAPPENING
    RIGHT NOW.
    WE’RE BEING TOLD THAT AGAIN,
    THE ENCAMPMENT WAS TOLD BY 2:00
    TO DISPERSE FROM THIS AREA,
    REMOVE ALL THEIR BELONGINGS
    AND STARTING TO GET OUT AGAIN.
    BUT THAT VOTE SAID, A MAJORITY
    OF THEM WILL DECIDE TO STAY
    ON CAMPUS.
    WE’RE GOING TO HERE RIGHT NOW
    TO SEE EXACTLY WHAT UNFOLDS
    AFTER THIS MOMENT KYRA.
    YEAH, AND KEEP UPDATED, PLEASE,
    BECAUSE NOW I’M SEEING IT CROSS
    OUR OUR HERE AT ABC NEWS
    THAT UNIVERSITIES IN CANADA
    AND EUROPE ARE JOINING THESE
    AMID THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR, FROM
    CANADA TO THE UNITED TO FRANCE,
    TO ITALY, TO AUSTRALIA.
    SO NOW THESE PROTESTS NOT
    ONLY HERE IN THE UNITED STATES
    BUT OVERSEAS.
    OUR REBECCA WITH OUR AFFILIATE
    HERE IN D.C., SHE’S ACTUALLY
    AT GEORGE WASHINGTON
    UNIVERSITY.
    REBECCA, PROTESTS ONCE AGAIN
    UNDERWAY AT GW.
    WHAT’S THE SITUATION ON CAMPUS
    RIGHT NOW?
    IF YOU HAD A CHANCE TO TALK
    TO ANYBODY?
    YEAH, WHAT WE DID CATCH UP
    WITH SOME STUDENTS A LITTLE BIT
    EARLIER.
    THEY HAVE BEEN HERE ABOUT FIVE
    DAYS NOW.
    JUST TAKE A LOOK AT ALL
    OF THESE TENTS WE’VE DOZENS
    OF STUDENTS CAMPING OUT HERE
    FROM GEORGE WASHINGTON
    AND OTHER AREA UNIVERSITIES,
    AS WELL AS AS COMMUNITY MEMBERS
    AND OTHER STUDENTS HAVE BEEN
    JOINING THEM IN THE STREET
    NEARBY.
    IT REALLY HAS BEEN PEACEFUL
    HERE THROUGHOUT.
    THERE’S PLENTY OF POLICE,
    THE AREA MONITORING THOSE
    THINGS TO GET A BIT ROWDY
    OVERNIGHT.
    I WANT TO SHOW YOU DOWN HERE,
    THESE BARRICADES, THESE WE’RE
    ACTUALLY SURROUNDING STREETS
    IN THE AREA, BUT LAST NIGHT,
    PROTESTERS ACTUALLY STARTED
    TAKING THOSE DOWN.
    NO ARRESTS WERE MADE IN ALL
    OF THIS BECAUSE OF THAT, THIS
    AREA IS NO LONGER AND CLOSED.
    AND WE CAUGHT UP WITH A
    PALESTINIAN-AMERICAN GRAD
    STUDENT HERE WHO SAYS HE’S LOST
    MORE THAN 150 EXTENDED FAMILY
    MEMBERS TO THE ONGOING WAR
    IN GAZA.
    THERE’S A LOT OF GRIEF, A LOT
    OF RAGE.
    AND SO NO MATTER HOW TIRED WE
    ARE, WE ALWAYS TRY TO REMIND
    OURSELVES LIKE WHATEVER WE’RE
    GOING THROUGH.
    WHAT’S HAPPENING IN GAZA
    IS LIKE A MILLION TIMES WORSE.
    >> SO STUDENTS HERE ARE CALLING
    FOR THE UNIVERSITY DIVEST FROM
    BUSINESS INTERESTS WITH ISRAEL.
    AND THEY SAY THEY ARE GOING
    TO BE OUT HERE FOR AS LONG
    AS THAT TAKES.
    REPORTING I’M REBECCA TURCO
    IN WASHINGTON, D.C. REBECCA WE
    APPRECIATE IT.
    LET’S BRING IN OUR ALEX PRESHA
    NOW.
    HE’S ON THE CAMPUS OF.
    OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY.
    ALEX, PROTESTERS THERE
    ACTUALLY ARRESTED LAST WEEK.
    THEY WERE IN COURT TODAY FACING
    CHARGES.
    WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
    HEY, KYRA.
    SO WE’RE SEEING THE AFTERMATH,
    YOU WILL, OF SOME OF THE
    PROTESTS THAT ARE PLAYING OUT
    IN OTHER PARTS OF THE COUNTRY.
    HUNDREDS WERE GATHERED HERE
    AT THE OVAL.
    THIS IS A CENTRAL PARK AREA,
    OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY.
    AND THURSDAY AND FRIDAY, STATE
    TROOPERS AND CAMPUS POLICE
    BROUGHT IN TO DISPERSE.
    MANY OF THEM DID NOT.
    AND SO WE SAW UPWARDS OF 35
    ARRESTED AS WELL.
    ABOUT 20 OF THOSE WERE
    ARRAIGNED TODAY.
    WE’LL SEE THE OTHER BATCH
    OF THOSE ARRAIGNED ON WEDNESDAY
    .
    WE SAW A SMALL A SMALLER GROUP
    OF PROTESTERS OUTSIDE OF THE
    COURTHOUSE EARLIER TODAY
    IN SOLIDARITY WITH THOSE
    PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS.
    I ANTICIPATE THAT WE’LL SEE
    THAT AGAIN ON WEDNESDAY.
    BUT THINGS HAVE BEEN RELATIVELY
    PEACEFUL.
    AGAIN, TOMORROW WRAPS UP FINAL
    EXAMS.
    A LOT OF STUDENTS HAVE ALREADY
    BEGUN THE PROCESS OF MOVING OFF
    OF CAMPUS INTO OHIO STATE, HAS
    KIND OF BENEFITED A LITTLE BIT
    FROM THAT.
    BUT, YOU KNOW, ONE OF
    THE THINGS THAT WE’VE HEARD
    FROM HIGH PROFILE PALESTINIAN
    GROUPS HERE ON CAMPUS THAT WERE
    ORGANIZING THESE PROTESTS,
    THEY’RE ASKING FOR SIMILAR
    THINGS WE’VE HEARD ACROSS
    THE COUNTRY, WHICH IS FINANCIAL
    THIS DISBURSEMENT.
    ALSO AN ACADEMIC AND FINANCIAL
    DISCLOSURE, AMONG OTHER THINGS
    ,FROM THE UNIVERSITIES.
    BASICALLY INVESTMENTS WITH WITH
    ISRAEL.
    ALL RIGHT, A.B. ALEX PRESHA
    TO YOU ALL SO MUCH.
    WE’LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW,
    OF COURSE, THE PROTEST HERE
    ACROSS THE U.S. AND EVEN
    OVERSEAS NOW STILL GROWING.
    ALSO, THE DEADLY TORNADO
    OUTBREAK.
    THAT SEVERE WEATHER IS STILL
    GROWING.
    IT LEFT A PATH OF DESTRUCTION.
    TWO OF THE MOST POWERFUL
    TWISTERS TOUCHING DOWN JUST
    OUTSIDE OUTSIDE OKLAHOMA CITY,
    RATHER.
    AT LEAST FOUR PEOPLE DIED
    IN THAT STATE.
    ONE OF THEM, A FOUR MONTH OLD
    CHILD.
    SEVERAL TOWNS DEVASTATED ACROSS
    THE MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY.
    THERE HAVE BEEN MORE THAN 130
    TORNADO REPORTS NOW IN JUST
    THE LAST FOUR DAYS.
    HERE ARE SOME OF THE TERRIFYING
    TWISTERS AS WELL.
    >> JUST GETTING A LITTLE TOO
    CLOSE TO COMFORT.
    TAKE A LISTEN.
    TONY, RIGHT, RIGHT HERE.
    >> RIGHT HERE.
    RIGHT BY US.
    RIGHT, BOTH OF US.
    OH, MY.
    >> WELL, THAT EXTREME WEATHER
    TRIGGERING FLASH FLOODING
    IN TEXAS AS WELL.
    A LOT OF HOMES AND BUSINESSES
    THERE COMPLETELY WASHED.
    SOME PEOPLE RESCUED FROM
    THE RAVAGING FLOODWATERS.
    AS YOU CAN SEE.
    LET’S BRING IN OUR
    METEOROLOGIST, MELISSA GRIFFIN.
    A LOT MORE SEVERE WEATHER
    ON THE WAY, RIGHT?
    >> THERE REALLY IS, KYRA.
    AND THE EXACT SAME AREAS
    THAT WE SAW, ALL OF THOSE
    DEVASTATING TORNADOES SINCE
    FRIDAY.
    MORE THAN 30 CONFIRMED
    TORNADOES FROM TEXAS, OKLAHOMA,
    BACK THROUGH IOWA AND NEBRASKA.
    AND TODAY, IT’S A LITTLE BIT
    OF A LULL.
    THE SEVERE WEATHER, WE DO
    GET ONE DAY OF A BREAK,
    BUT THEN IT COMES RIGHT BACK
    IN TOMORROW’S THIS IS TOMORROW
    EVENING.
    SEE THIS LINE OF STORMS ALREADY
    STARTING TO.
    BY 8 P.M., OMAHA,
    BACK TO KANSAS CITY,
    DES MOINES.
    >> YOU’RE ALL IN THAT THREAT
    TOMORROW AS WELL.
    THE TORNADO THREAT,
    A LITTLE LOWER THAN WHAT WE’VE
    SEEN OVER THE PAST COUPLE
    OF DAYS.
    >> BUT YOU CAN NEVER BE RULED
    OUT.
    SO A FEW TORNADOES, POSSIBLE
    DAMAGING WINDS AND LARGE HAIL.
    I THINK WILL BE THE MAIN THREAT
    ON TUESDAY.
    >> AND THEN BY WEDNESDAY, YET
    AGAIN, YOU’RE TALKING
    ABOUT BEING IN THE BULL’S EYE.
    HERE YOU HAVE WEDNESDAY, 7 P.M.
    YET THAT NEXT LINE OF STORMS
    FORMS FROM KANSAS DOWN THROUGH
    CENTRAL OKLAHOMA INTO NORTHERN
    TEXAS.
    YOU SEE THERE, OKLAHOMA CITY
    WILL GET THOSE STORMS ABOUT 7
    TO 8:09 P.M..
    AGAIN, DAMAGING WINDS HAIL,
    STRONG TORNADOES POSSIBLE.
    SO WE’LL BE KEEPING TRACK
    OF THIS RIGHT THROUGH MIDWEEK.
    WE’RE IN THE HEART OF SEVERE
    WEATHER SEASON, KYRA.
    ALL RIGHT.
    >> APPRECIATE YOU, MELISSA.
    THANK YOU.
    NOW TO THAT URGENT FOR HOSTAGE
    AND CEASEFIRE NEGOTIATIONS
    IN GAZA AS WE NOW MONITORING
    KEY TALKS TODAY IN CAIRO.
    SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY
    BLINKEN IS IN SAUDI ARABIA,
    CALLING ISRAEL’S PROPOSAL
    EXTRAORDINARILY GENEROUS
    AND THAT HAMAS SHOULD JUST
    ACCEPT IT.
    PRESIDENT BIDEN ALSO SPOKE
    WITH BENJAMIN NETANYAHU OVER
    THE WEEKEND, TELLING THE PRIME
    MINISTER ONCE AGAIN TO LAUNCH
    A GROUND OFFENSIVE INTO RAFAH.
    YOU KNOW, THAT’S A GREAT VERY
    CROWDED, OVERCROWDED CITY
    IN SOUTHERN GAZA.
    AND THIS ALL COMES HAMAS NOW
    RELEASES ANOTHER NEW VIDEO.
    THIS TIME OF AN
    ISRAELI-AMERICAN TAKEN HOSTAGE.
    KEITH SIEGEL.
    AND HE HAS BEEN HELD UP THERE
    IN THE GAZA STRIP SINCE OCTOBER
    7TH.
    OUR FOREIGN
    CORRESPONDENT TOM SOUFI BURRIDGE
    SPOKE ACTUALLY WITH KEITH’S
    BROTHER AND JOINS US NOW FROM
    ISRAEL.
    TOM YEAH, YOU CAN SEE
    HOW THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE
    HAVE BLOCKED THE HERE RIGHT IN
    CENTRAL TEL AVIV.
    YOU CAN SEE THE ISRAELI FLAGS
    AND THAT BUILDING ON THERE
    IS THE ISRAELI MINISTRY
    OF DEFENSE.
    SO THESE PEOPLE ARE SENDING
    A MESSAGE TO THE
    ISRAELI GOVERNMENT AND THE
    MESSAGE IS CLEAR.
    THEY WANT THE GOVERNMENT
    TO MAKE COMPROMISES AND THEY
    WANT THE GOVERNMENT
    TO PRIORITIZE THE HOSTAGES
    AND PUT THEM FRONT AND CENTER
    IN THIS NEGOTIATION NOW, WE
    KNOW THAT THERE’S A PROPOSAL,
    ACCORDING TO THE WHITE HOUSE ON
    THE TABLE, WHICH HAMAS IS NOW
    CONSIDERING, ACCORDING TO THE
    WHITE HOUSE, THAT WOULD MEAN
    A SIX WEEK POTENTIAL CEASE
    FIRE.
    AND WE’RE HEARING FROM A TOP
    BRITISH OFFICIAL TODAY
    THAT THAT PROPOSED DEAL, WHICH
    IS BEING NEGOTIATED, COULD MEAN
    THOUSANDS OF PALESTINIAN
    PRISONERS RELEASED FROM
    ISRAELI PRISONS IN RETURN FOR
    HOSTAGES.
    WHAT WE DON’T KNOW RIGHT NOW
    IS HOW MANY HOSTAGES COULD BE A
    PART OF THAT PROPOSED DEAL.
    AND WE JUST DON’T KNOW ALSO,
    WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO ISRAELI
    FORCES INSIDE.
    GAZA, THAT’S BEEN A STICKING
    POINT IN THE PAST.
    SHOULD WOULD THEY BE WITHDRAWN
    RIGHT OUT OF THE GAZA STRIP OR
    WOULD THEY BE MOVED TO CERTAIN
    AREAS OF THE STRIP?
    BUT YOU CAN FEEL ATMOSPHERE
    HERE.
    I MEAN, THERE’S PROBABLY
    THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE IN THIS.
    IT’S CALM, BUT THERE IS A
    GROWING OF FRUSTRATION
    ON THE STREETS.
    THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT IS UNDER
    POLITICAL PRESSURE, THE PUBLIC,
    THE ISRAELI PUBLIC.
    NETANYAHU IS ALSO PRESSURE FROM
    WITHIN HIS OWN COALITION.
    HARDLINERS WARNING HIM NOT
    TO ACCEPT A DEAL WHICH COULD
    BE AND THERE MINES WEAK,
    BUT THEN MORE MODERATE ELEMENTS
    OF THE GOVERNMENT.
    BENNY GANTZ IN, THE WAR
    CABINET, IS SAYING THE HOSTAGES
    SHOULD BE PRIORITIZED ABOVE
    ALL ELSE RIGHT NOW.
    SO THESE ARE THE KIND
    OF MESSAGES WE’RE SEEING.
    WE’VE SEEN A MESSAGE PLACARD
    APPEALING TO PRESIDENT
    BIDEN DIRECTLY HIMSELF TO THE
    PRESSURE ON TO MAKE SURE
    THERE’S A DEAL KYRA.
    >> ALL RIGHT, TOM, APPRECIATE
    IT.
    AND FOR MORE ON THESE CRUCIAL
    TALKS, LET’S BRING IN OUR
    ELIZABETH SCHULZE.
    HE’S COVERING THE STORY FROM
    WHITE HOUSE FOR US TODAY.
    ELIZABETH, TELL US MORE
    ABOUT THE PRESIDENT’S PHONE
    CALL WITH NETANYAHU.
    WHERE DID IT GO?
    RIGHT.
    KYRA, SO A SOURCE FAMILIAR
    TELLS US THAT THIS CALL BETWEEN
    PRESIDENT BIDEN AND ISRAELI
    PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU LASTED
    FOR JUST UNDER AN HOUR.
    THAT SOURCE CALLED THE CALL
    PRODUCTIVE.
    WE UNDERSTAND THE BULK OF THE
    CONVERSATION WAS CENTERED
    AROUND THIS HOSTAGE DEAL AS.
    YOU HEARD TOM THERE TALKING
    ABOUT THE TWO LEADERS DISCUSSED
    THOSE THAT WERE RELEASED OF THE
    HOSTAGES BY HAMAS.
    AND NOW THE MESSAGE FROM
    THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY AND FROM
    THE ADMINISTRATION
    MORE BROADLY, AND WE THIS FROM
    SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY
    BLINKEN, WITHIN THE REGION
    RIGHT NOW, HE SAYS THE ONUS
    IS ON HAMAS.
    HE SAYS RIGHT NOW
    THE ONLY THING STANDING BETWEEN
    THE PEOPLE OF GAZA AND A CEASE
    FIRE IS HAMAS REALLY.
    THE WHITE HOUSE IS PUTTING
    THE PRESSURE ON TO TRY TO MOVE
    THIS DEAL FORWARD.
    AT THE SAME TIME, CAROL, WE DO
    KNOW THAT BOTH BIDEN AND
    NETANYAHU TALKED ABOUT PROGRESS
    IN TRYING TO GET
    SOME HUMANITARIAN AID INTO
    GAZA.
    OF COURSE, JUST A COUPLE
    OF WEEKS AGO, REMEMBER,
    PRESIDENT BIDEN REALLY AMPED UP
    THE PRESSURE ON NETANYAHU,
    SAYING THAT IF HE DOESN’T
    START TO MAKE A SUSTAINED
    EFFORT TO GET AID IN, THEN
    THE U.S. COULD WITHDRAW ITS
    SUPPORT FOR WAR.
    SO WE HAVE SEEN MORE AID COME
    THROUGH IN NORTHERN CROSSINGS
    IN, GAZA.
    WE KNOW THAT THERE’S
    THAT EFFORT UNDERWAY TO BUILD
    A FLOATING PIER, THOUGH STILL
    SOME CRITICISM, OF COURSE, HERE
    THAT THAT IS STILL FAR FROM
    ENOUGH.
    YEAH, AND TALKS ARE UNDERWAY
    IN CAIRO.
    WE’VE BEEN TALKING
    ABOUT SECRETARY OF STATE
    BLINKEN ALSO IN SAUDI, URGING
    HAMAS TO ACCEPT THIS DEAL, THIS
    THIS PROPOSAL ON THE BEHALF
    OF ISRAEL.
    DO WE KNOW ANYTHING MORE ON
    THAT?
    WE KNOW THAT THE OBVIOUSLY,
    THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THAT THE
    PRIORITY OF THIS TRIP IS TRYING
    TO GET HAMAS TO ACCEPT THIS
    DEAL.
    BUT THERE ARE SOME BIGGER
    PRIORITIES THERE FOR
    THE SECRETARY OF STATE,
    BLINKEN.
    ONE IS THIS IDEA OF COULD
    THE U.S. LAY THE GROUNDWORK
    TO NORMALIZE RELATIONS BETWEEN
    ISRAEL AND, SAUDI ARABIA.
    THAT WOULD BE A HUGE DEAL.
    THAT WOULD LOOK PROBABLY LONGER
    TERM AFTER THE WAR.
    SOME OF HIS CONVERSATIONS
    ARE FOCUSED ON WHAT WOULD
    A PATH TOWARD SUSTAINED PEACE
    LOOK LIKE.
    BUT OF COURSE, FOR THAT TO
    HAPPEN, THIS DEAL AND
    A CEASEFIRE WOULD NEED
    TO HAPPEN IN THE FIRST PLACE
    KYRA.
    ALL RIGHT, ELIZABETH SCHULZE
    THE WHITE HOUSE FOR US.
    >> ELIZABETH, THANKS SO MUCH.
    AND COMING UP, FOLLOW THE MONEY
    .
    AN INSIDE LOOK AT THE INNER
    WORKINGS OF FORMER
    PRESIDENT TRUMP AND A REVEALING
    WITNESS LIST.
    WHAT’S NEXT IN HIS HUSH MONEY
    TRIAL?
    NEXT?
    CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
    IF 25 YEARS OF RECKLESS AND BAD
    MOMS ACROSS AMERICA.
    OH, MY GOODNESS.
    AND FOR 25TH ANNIVERSARY, WE’RE
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    YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
    SO GO TO GOODMORNINGAMERICA.COM
    OR SCAN THIS QR CODE TO FIND
    OUT HOW TO ENTER A DESERVING
    MOM.
    YOU LOVE FOR BREAKFAST IN BED.
    >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START
    THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC?
    >> THIS IS "START HERE".
    TO BE IN THE KNOW 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 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
    THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU
    DIDN’T SEE COMING.
    >> WHEREVER YOU GET
    YOUR PODCAST, START HERE.
    >> YOU’RE WATCHING AMERICA’S
    NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS KEEPS
    STREAMING WITH ABC NEWS LIVE
    LIKE YOU’RE STREAMING WITH US,
    GIVING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC
    THE FIRST EVER LOOK INSIDE
    THE AFFLUENT, WEALTHY AND POSH
    WORLD.
    DONALD TRUMP.
    WE ARE, OF COURSE, TALKING
    ABOUT THE FORMER PRESIDENT’S
    HISTORIC HUSH MONEY TRIAL.
    PROCEEDINGS MAY BE ON PAUSE
    TODAY, BUT TESTIMONY
    WILL RESUME TOMORROW AND BANKER
    GARY FARROW WILL BE BACK ON
    THE WITNESS STAND.
    THE JURY SET TO HEAR MORE FROM
    THE MAN WHO SAYS HE HELPED
    TRUMP’S FORMER MICHAEL COHEN
    SET UP THAT FAKE LLC WIRE PORN R
    STORMY DANIELS $130,000 JUST
    ONE MONTH BEFORE THE 2016
    ELECTION.
    ALL OF THIS COMING AFTER, WE’VE
    ALREADY HEARD FROM TWO OTHER
    WITNESSES, "NATIONAL ENQUIRER"
    PUBLISHER PECKER AND TRUMP’S
    LONGTIME ASSISTANT, RONNA GRAB.
    LET’S BRING IN ABC NEWS
    INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER
    OLIVIA RUBIN, ALONG WITH OUR
    CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY AND
    FORMER PROSECUTOR BERNADETTE
    VIOLENCE.
    SO, OLIVIA FARROW IS ONLY
    CORROBORATING WHAT MICHAEL
    COHEN TOLD US YEARS AGO
    ABOUT THIS LLC AND THE PAYMENTS
    MADE STORMY DANIELS.
    HERE’S HEARING HE IS TELLING
    THE JURY HOW MICHAEL COHEN,
    WHO AT ALLEGEDLY AT THE
    DIRECTION OF DONALD TRUMP SET
    UP THESE ACCOUNTS TO TAKE CARE
    OF PAYMENTS THAT WERE GOING
    TO HIDE THESE STORIES THAT THEY
    DID NOT WANT TO COME OUT BEFORE
    THE ELECTION.
    AND GARY FARROW’S TESTIMONY HAS
    BEEN REALLY INTERESTING BECAUSE
    IT SORT OF GAVE LIFE TO THE
    ALLEGED SECRECY THAT WAS AROUND
    KILLING THESE STORIES.
    REMEMBER, PROSECUTORS SAY
    THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO HIDE
    THIS BECAUSE OF THE ELECTION.
    AND WHAT GARY FARROW TOLD
    THE JURY WAS THAT HE WAS TOLD
    BY MICHAEL COHEN, THAT HE WAS
    OPENING ACCOUNTS THAT WERE
    RELATED TO REAL ESTATE.
    AND, OF COURSE, THESE PAYMENTS
    TO STORMY DANIELS AND THE
    ONE THAT WAS GOING TO BE
    THE KAREN MCDOUGAL THAT NEVER
    HAPPENED HAD NOTHING DO
    WITH REAL ESTATE.
    THESE WERE HUSH MONEY PAYMENTS.
    PROSECUTORS SAY FOR
    THE ELECTION, OF COURSE.
    SO IT GIVES LIFE TO THE IDEA
    THAT THEY WERE TRYING TO KEEP
    THIS HIDDEN.
    MICHAEL COHEN CALLS HIS BANKER
    GOES, HEY, THIS IS A REAL
    ESTATE ACCOUNT.
    OF COURSE IT WASN’T.
    AND GARY TESTIFIED THAT THAT
    WOULD HAVE BEEN SOMETHING
    THE BANK WOULD HAVE WANTED
    TO KNOW BECAUSE THEY WOULD
    HAVE GIVEN EXTRA SCRUTINY
    TO SOMETHING THAT WAS RELATED
    TO ANY SORT OF POLITICAL MONEY.
    SO HE’S BREATHING LIFE INTO
    THIS IDEA THAT THEY WERE TRYING
    SO VERY BADLY TO KEEP THIS
    HIDDEN AND KEEP IT FROM
    THE PUBLIC AND PEOPLE FINDING
    OUT.
    SO A CLEARLY A WIN FOR
    THE PROSECUTION’S CASE, HAVING
    GARY FARROW UP ON THE STAND,
    BASICALLY SAYING EXACTLY
    WHAT MICHAEL COHEN LAID OUT
    ON HOW ALL THIS WENT YEARS AGO
    WHEN THE STORY BROKE.
    >> YEAH.
    SO THE PROSECUTION HAS TO TRY
    TO CORROBORATE MICHAEL COHEN’S
    TESTIMONY AS MUCH AS THEY CAN
    SO THEY ACTUALLY BRING IN THE
    SENSE OF LET’S DO IT BEFORE
    HE TESTIFIES.
    SO THAT WAY, BY THE TIME
    THAT HE TESTIFIES, THEY CAN
    START SHINING LIGHT TO OTHER
    TESTIMONY THAT CORROBORATES
    HIS TESTIMONY.
    SO, AGAIN IN TERMS OF THIS
    BANKER TESTIFYING,
    HE’S BRINGING UP CRUCIAL
    EVIDENCE.
    THE CRUCIAL EVIDENCE IS THAT
    MONEY ITSELF SHOWING THE PROOF
    THAT THIS MONEY WAS
    ACTUALLY TRANSFERRED
    AND ULTIMATELY TRANSFERRED
    TO DANIELS, WHICH IS AT
    THE HEART OF THIS MATTER.
    >> SO, OLIVIA, WE KNOW THAT THE
    JUDGE WILL HOLD ANOTHER HEARING
    THURSDAY AS PROSECUTORS FIGHT
    TO HOLD TRUMP IN CONTEMPT FOR
    VIOLATING THE GAG ORDER, NOT
    JUST ONCE, NOT JUST TWICE,
    14 TIMES.
    NOW HE IS.
    AND LAST WEEK WE SAW IN COURT
    FOR SEVEN VIOLATIONS.
    AND THAT NUMBER JUST KEEPS
    ON GROWING AND, GROWING
    AND GROWING, INCLUDING COMMENTS
    THAT DONALD TRUMP MAKES JUST
    OF THE COURTROOM.
    AND PROSECUTORS DO APPEAR TO BE
    GETTING INCREASINGLY FRUSTRATED
    WITH THAT, SAYING HE’S HOLDING
    PRESS WHATEVERS EVERY DAY
    THE HALLWAY.
    SO IT’S GOING TO BE FASCINATING
    TO SEE HOW THIS HEARING GOES,
    KYRA, BECAUSE REMEMBER THE LAST
    HEARING TRUMP’S
    ATTORNEY TODD BLANCHE, REALLY
    STRUGGLED TO GET HIS POINT
    ACROSS TO THE JUDGE, I WOULD
    THINK WAS SORT OF A DISASTER
    HEARING FOR HIM.
    THE JUDGE SAID, YOU’RE NOT
    GIVING ME ANY EVIDENCE.
    YOU’RE NOT GIVING ANY CASE LAW
    AND YOU’RE GIVING ME NOTHING
    TO HANG MY HAT ON BECAUSE IT
    PRETTY CLEAR THAT DONALD
    TRUMP IS VIOLATING THE GAG
    ORDER WITH WHAT IS SAYING
    AND HIS ATTORNEYS ARE HAVING
    TROUBLE GOING TO THE JUDGE AND
    HIM, ANY REASON WHY HE IS NOT
    VIOLATING IT.
    SO IT’S GOING TO BE FASCINATING
    TO SEE WHAT NEW SORT
    OF DEFENSES THEY CAN COME UP
    WITH NEXT WEEK.
    >> ALL RIGHT.
    OLIVIA BERNARDO, THANK YOU BOTH
    .
    COMING UP, STRIPES
    ON THE INTERNET.
    ALL RIGHT.
    THEIR INTERSTATE.
    YEAH, YEAH, THEY ESCAPE FROM
    THEIR PEN.
    N THE LOOSE,
    APPARENTLY.
    WE’LL GIVE YOU ALL THE DETAILS
    NEXT NEXT >>.
    >> WHENEVER.
    WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS.
    IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS
    REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED
    HERE.
    LONDON IN BUFFALO NEWS ALL DAY.
    TEXAS, EDINBURGH, SCOTLAND
    REPORTING FROM ROLLING FORK,
    MISSISSIPPI.
    UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HERE
    IN WARSAW HEADING TO A SMALL
    COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF MEXICO
    CITY, GETTING BEHIND
    THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN.
    ABC NEWS PRIME.
    >> WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE,
    STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE
    WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER
    YOU STREAMING NEWS ME ON ABC
    NEWS LIVE THIS WEEK.
    A GAG ORDER RULING IN DONALD
    TRUMP’S CRIMINAL TRIAL
    ALLEGED NEW VIOLATIONS PILE UP.
    PLUS, A COLLEGE PROTESTS.
    THE U.S. SPREADING ACROSS
    EUROPE.
    MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD
    NEWS WITH DAVID MUIR, THE MOST
    WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION
    .
    IS THAT YOU?
    THAT’S ME AND MY BIG .
    HOW MUCH DO YOU MAKE ON ONLY
    FANS VERSUS, SAY, AN EPISODE
    ON SOPRANOS?
    OH, WAY MORE THAN ALL MY FANS.
    CELEBRITIES CAN ABSOLUTELY.
    A LIVING ON ONLYFANS.
    BELLA IS THE MODEL SHE MADE
    OF OVER 20 MILLION.
    DO YOU CONSIDER WHAT YOU DO?
    OR WORK?
    ONLYFANS.
    NOT JUST THAT I HAD IT TO DO
    ALL OVER AGAIN.
    I WOULD HAVE DONE IT SOONER
    ON HULU.
    >> 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.
    STAR.
    THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY
    THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING.
    YOU GET YOUR DAILY FIRST
    LISTEN.
    >> WHEREVER YOU GET
    YOUR PODCASTS AND THE 2024
    CAMPAIGN TRAIL HERE IN DES
    MOINES, IOWA, I’M RACHEL SCOTT
    WHERE THE STORY IS.
    WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE.
    YOU’RE STREAMING SEE WHY SO FEW
    OTHER TOP HEADLINES WE’RE
    FOLLOWING THIS HOUR.
    OPENING STATEMENTS IN THE
    MURDER TRIAL OF KIERAN
    ARE UNDERWAY.
    THE 43 YEAR OLD IS ACCUSED
    OF KILLING BOYFRIEND, BOSTON
    POLICE OFFICER JOHN O’KEEFE
    BY HITTING HIM HER CAR, THEN
    LEAVING HIM TO DIE.
    BACK IN 2022, READ’S DEFENSE
    TEAM SAYS THAT SOMEONE ELSE
    KILLED.
    O’KEEFE AND SHE’S SIMPLY
    THE VICTIM OF A COVER UP.
    OF COVER UP.
    BASEBALL’S UNIFORM FIASCO
    FINALLY OVER, AND A MEMO
    OBTAINED BY ESPN THE PLAYERS
    ASSOCIATION APPARENTLY SAYS
    LEAGUE WILL BE CORRECTING
    ALL THOSE MALFUNCTION ISSUES
    WITH THE UNIFORMS, INCLUDING
    SEE THROUGH PANTS, SMALLER
    NAMES, NUMBERS ON THE BACKS
    OF JERSEYS, PLUS THE MISMATCHED
    TOPS AND BOTTOMS.
    YEAH, THE NEW UNIFORMS.
    THEY WERE ROLLED OUT IN THE
    SPRING TRAINING TO.
    A LOT OF CRITICISM FROM BOTH
    FANS AND PLAYERS.
    THE CHANGE IS EXPECTED BY THE
    START OF NEXT SEASON.
    AND IF YOU’RE IN WASHINGTON
    STATE AT A WATCH OUT FOR
    ESCAPEES WEARING STRIPES,
    DRIVERS YESTERDAY HAD TO STOP
    SHORT AND FALL OFF TO THE SIDE
    OF THE ROAD TO TRY AND AVOID
    THE RUNAWAY ZEBRAS, WHICH
    APPARENTLY ESCAPED FROM
    A PRIVATE OWNER.
    THREE OF THE FOUR WERE
    SUCCESSFULLY CAUGHT, BUT ONE
    IS STILL ON THE LAM.
    BUT WE MISSED THE HEADLINE
    HERE, WHO’S THE OWNER AND WHY
    DOES HE HAVE ZEBRAS THAT PETS.
    PLEASE EXPLAIN.
    YES, WE’VE GOT SPIRIT.
    YES, WE DO.
    AND TODAY WE’RE CHEERING
    ON INCLUSIVITY.
    PARALYMPIC CHEERLEADING
    AND DANCE ARE BOTH HITTING
    THE WORLD STAGE IN FLORIDA
    IN THE CHEERLEADING
    WORLD COMPETITION THAT OUR
    VICTOR OQUENDO TO SPEAK
    WITH TWO OF THE INCREDIBLE
    ATHLETES AND THEIR MOMS
    ABOUT THEY HAVE OVERCOME
    TO CLEAR THE PATH TO GOLD FROM
    THE MAT TO THE LIFTS, TUMBLES
    AND FLIPS.
    CHEER IS SPORT THAT BRINGS
    PEOPLE TOGETHER ACROSS GENDERS,
    AGES AND ABILITIES.
    THIS IS FUN.
    AND FOR ATHLETES LIKE KENNEDY
    LIVELY AND JADEN PIERCE, AN
    OPPORTUNITY OF LIFETIME
    TO REPRESENT THE U.S.
    ON THE WORLD STAGE RIGHT HERE
    BY DECLARE THESE 2024
    WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS.
    I’LL HAVE THE INTERNATIONAL
    CHEER UNION WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS
    .
    >> IT’S INCREDIBLE.
    YEAH.
    YEAH.
    IT’S PRETTY AWESOME, ESPECIALLY
    FOR SOMEONE LIKE ME.
    SO MANY PEOPLE DO NOT THINK
    THAT I’D BE ABLE TO DO MY STUFF
    .
    SOMETHING VERY NEW.
    AND THEY’RE JUST LEAVING
    HER NOW.
    FOR THEM AND FOR ANYBODY
    IS DEFINITELY GOING OUT
    IN 2023.
    >> U.S. CHEER WAS RECOGNIZED
    AS A SPORTS ORGANIZATION BY NOT
    JUST THE OLYMPIC COMMITTEE,
    BUT ALSO THE PARALYMPIC
    COMMITTEE GIVING THE SPORT
    A MUCH BIGGER PLATFORM.
    >> THAT WAS GOOD ENERGY’S GOOD.
    LEE TRUDEL IS THE DIRECTOR OF
    SPECIAL OLYMPICS AND ADAPTIVE
    ABILITIES CHEER TEAMS.
    WHY DOES INCLUSION SO
    IMPORTANT?
    AND INCLUSION IS IMPORTANT
    BECAUSE IT’S PART OF THE WORK,
    PART OF OUR EVERYDAY LIFE.
    SO IT’S JUST GIVING
    THE OPPORTUNITIES TO THE
    ATHLETES AND THEIR FAMILIES
    TO REALLY SHOWCASE AND SHINE
    ON WHAT THEY CAN DO IN JAPAN.
    >> AS A TEEN, KENNEDY WAS
    DIAGNOSED WITH A RARE GENETIC
    DISORDER.
    >> WE DIDN’T ACTUALLY KNOW SHE
    WOULD BE ABLE TO WALK OR AT THE
    BEGINNING, SO WE DIDN’T KNOW
    YOUR FUTURE.
    SHE DECIDED TO TRY OUT FOR
    THE HIGH SCHOOL CHEER.
    SO THAT’S WHERE IT REALLY
    STARTED TO GROW.
    >> AND THAT BECAME MY WHOLE
    ENTIRE WORLD.
    AND WOULD YOU SAY THAT CHEER?
    KENNEDY WE HAVE A COMMUNITY
    NOW, AND IT IS OUR WHOLE WORLD,
    RIGHT?
    IT IS SMALL, MIGHTY.
    HE’S A DAILY INSPIRATION TO ME
    .
    >> AT THREE YEARS OLD, JADEN
    LOST HIS HEARING FROM
    COMPLICATIONS WITH A BRAIN
    TUMOR.
    HE CAN ENDURE JUST
    ABOUT ANYTHING AND COME OUT
    OF IT STANDING ON TOP.
    >> JADEN’S MOM, ANGELA, A CHEER
    COACH, ENCOURAGED, AND HIS
    BROTHER BAILEY TO PARTICIPATE
    IN CHEER.
    WHAT KIND OF IMPACT HAS THIS
    TEAM HAD ON YOUR FILM?
    A ONE.
    HE’S HAD SO MANY THINGS
    TO OVERCOME AND A HERITAGE.
    BUT THROUGHOUT THAT PROCESS,
    YOU KNOW HOW MANY TIMES ALONG
    IT WASN’T NECESSARILY.
    AND EQUALLY I KNEW THAT I HAD
    TO BE A PART OF.
    I NEVER REALLY KNEW THAT PROUD.
    THAT WAS THE EXPLANATION.
    SO BY AND LARGE, JUST HAPPENED
    TO BE MY PEERS OPENED UP A LOT
    OF WORK FOR ME.
    AND I LIKE PAUL AND I THINK
    IT’S A VERY GOOD THING TO WATCH
    IT OPEN UP DOORS FOR.
    >> MY KID.
    HE WAS ALL THROUGH HARD WORK
    AND PERSEVERANCE.
    JADEN AND KENNEDY ARE PART
    OF US EACH YEAR PARTICIPATING
    IN THE ICU WORLD CHEERLEADING
    AND DANCE CHAMPIONSHIP
    IN ORLANDO.
    >> AS LONG AS THEY FEEL
    GOOD ABOUT WHAT THEY DID
    ON THE FLOOR, THAT’S ALL WE CAN
    ASK OF THEM AT THE COMPETITION.
    THE USA ADAPTIVE ABILITIES TEAM.
    THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS TEAM.
    TWO GOLD MEDALS FOR POM AND HIP
    HOP.
    >> A LOVE CHEER AND INSPIRING
    OTHERS.
    I JUST WANT TO SAY.
    DON’T GIVE UP ON YOUR DREAMS
    AND YOUR VISIONS AS IN
    YOUR CURRENT SITUATION OR
    WHAT YOU THINK YOU CAN DO CAN
    HOLD YOU BACK FROM WHAT YOU
    WANT TO DO.
    CAN’T WAIT TO RIGHT NOW.
    THAT WAS AWESOME.
    VICTOR OQUENDO YOU SO MUCH FOR
    BRINGING US THAT STORY
    AND THANK YOU FOR
    STREAMING WITH US.
    I’M KYRA PHILLIPS.
    >> THE NEWS NEVER STOPS NEEDED
    AWAY.
    MORE NEWS ON THE OTHER SIDE.
    >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
    YOU ARE SITTING DOWN LIKE THIS
    TO TELL YOUR STORY.
    ARE YOU?
    >> WE’VE BEEN TOLD TO GO
    THROUGH YOUR BAG AND YOU FELT
    THE CARTRIDGE.
    WHAT WERE YOU THINKING IN THAT
    MOMENT WHEN YOU THOUGHT THAT MY
    LIFE IS OVER RIGHT HERE?
    >> WE’VE JUST BEEN TOLD
    YOU’RE GOING TO BE NINE YEARS
    IN ONE OF THE WORST PRISONS
    IN RUSSIA.
    >> WE’RE IN GLENN
    ROBIN ROBERTS, PRISONER
    IN RUSSIA.
    >> THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON ABC
    .
    >> WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE
    THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST
    IN AMERICA WITH OPERATION
    COMMANDER OF COMBAT OPERATIONS
    ?
    WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW.
    MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR
    FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS,
    OPERATE FOUR NUCLEAR REACTOR
    RECEIVED COUPLE LOADED
    AND READY TO GO.
    THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED WITH THE
    FLAG.
    THERE’S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT
    OF THERE.
    HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL
    RIGHT HERE TO YOU AS THEY LOOK
    AT YOUR SMILE?
    >> YOU’RE PROUD OF IT?
    I LOVE IT.
    GREAT WORK.
    HI.
    WHERE ARE YOU?
    ARE YOU.
    THANK YOU.
    THANK YOU.
    ISMAIL.
    DAVID.
    DAVID?
    YES.
    YES.
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    WHEREVER THE STORY IS,
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    YOU’RE WATCHING ABC NEWS LIVE
    RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE.
    TIME’S UP.
    COLUMBIA PROTESTERS TOLD
    OF FALLOUT OR FACE SUSPENSION.
    WE ARE LIVE AT COLUMBIA
    AS STUDENTS DEFY THAT DEADLINE
    TO TEAR DOWN THE TENTS.
    BUT THE POLITICS OF THESE
    PROTESTS, WELL, THE ANGER
    ON COLLEGE TRANSLATE TO THE
    BALLOT BOX AND IMPACT
    THE ELECTIONS WILL BREAK IT
    DOWN.
    AND A TRAIL OF TORNADOES
    RIGHT THROUGH THE HEARTLAND.
    TWISTERS TOUCHING DOWN IN TEXAS
    AND OKLAHOMA, LEAVING DEATH
    DESTRUCTION IN THEIR WAKE.
    WE ARE LIVE ON THE SCENE.
    GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.
    KYRA PHILLIPS.
    AND I’M TERRY MORAN, AND WE’RE
    WATCHING FOR COLUMBIA
    UNIVERSITY’S NEXT MOVE AFTER
    STUDENT PROTESTERS HAVE NOW
    DEFIED A DEADLINE TO REMOVE
    THEIR TENTS FROM THE NEW YORK
    CITY CAMPUS WILL BE SUSPENDED.
    PROTESTS AT COLLEGES
    AND UNIVERSITIES ARE SPREADING
    ACROSS THE COUNTRY, BUT THEY’RE
    ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR.
    AND NOW HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
    HAVE BEEN NATIONWIDE
    AS STUDENTS DEMAND THAT THEIR
    SCHOOLS CUT FINANCIAL TIES
    WITH ISRAEL.
    COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY REMAINS
    THE EPICENTER OF THESE PROTESTS
    AS PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS
    STAND THEIR GROUND, REFUSING
    THE SCHOOL’S ORDER TO LEAVE
    THEIR ENCAMPMENTS.
    AND ALSO HAPPENING RIGHT NOW,
    WE’VE GOT PROTESTS
    ON THE CAMPUS OF U.T. AUSTIN.
    YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE LAW
    ENFORCEMENT OUT IN RIOT GEAR.
    THIS HOUR, WE HAVE BEEN
    FOLLOWING THE LIVE PICTURES
    AND THEN BACK IN WASHINGTON,
    D.C., AT GEORGE WASHINGTON
    UNIVERSITY, PROTESTERS WERE
    TEARING DOWN BARRIERS, SECURING
    THE UNIVERSITY YARD.
    SOME LAWMAKERS NOW CALLING FOR
    THE NATIONAL GUARD TO STEP IN.
    THEY’RE DEMONSTRATORS ARE BEING
    INFILTRATED BY PROFESSIONAL
    ORGANIZERS.
    JUST AT THAT PICTURE, I THINK
    THE NATIONAL GUARD PROBABLY NOT
    NEEDED RIGHT THERE.
    LET’S BRING IN IKE EJIOCHI.
    HE’S OUTSIDE COLUMBIA
    UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK CITY
    AND ABC ALEX PRESHA
    ON THE CAMPUS OF OHIO STATE
    UNIVERSITY, COLUMBUS, OHIO.
    SO I FIRST YOU’VE GOT
    SOME BREAKING NEWS HAPPENING
    RIGHT NOW AROUND YOU WITH
    A CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT
    AT COLUMBIA AND STUDENTS
    DEFYING THE DEADLINE TO LEAVE
    THEIR ENCAMPMENT.
    WHAT’S GOING ON?
    FIRST, JERRY, BEFORE WE GET TO
    THAT CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT,
    I WANT TO TALK TO YOU RIGHT NOW
    ABOUT THE PROTESTS THAT’S
    BEGINNING TO BREAK OUT OF THE
    ROAD BEHIND ME RIGHT NOW.
    WE’RE IN FRONT OF PULITZER HALL
    HERE AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY,
    WHERE YOU COULD SEE POLICE
    OFFICERS ARE ACTIVELY TRYING
    TO HOLD BACK THE PROTESTERS NOW
    .
    THIS USED TO BE A WALKWAY WHERE
    PEOPLE CAN GET THROUGH TO OTHER
    SIDE OF THE BLOCK.
    IT HAS SINCE BEEN CLOSED OFF.
    WE HAVE WITNESSED
    ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS SINCE
    BEEN ARRESTED WITHIN THE PAST
    MINUTES.
    WE DON’T KNOW WHY SHE WAS TAKEN
    BACK IN HANDCUFFS, BUT THIS
    PROTEST HERE IS STARTING TO GET
    A LITTLE NOT NECESSARILY
    VIOLENT, BUT WE ARE STARTING
    TO GET A LITTLE ROWDY.
    NOW, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW
    THOSE POLICE OFFICERS STILL
    TRYING TO SECURE THAT AND MAKE
    SURE THE PROTEST DOESN’T OVER
    INTO THE STREET WHERE BROADWAY
    HERE RIGHT NOW IS TRYING
    TO MAINTAIN THAT ORDER.
    NOW, AGAIN, RIGHT NOW, WE’RE
    TALKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
    EARLIER THIS MORNING, WHICH WAS
    THAT LAWSUIT THAT WAS FILED
    IN THE SOUTHERN OF NEW YORK
    CITY.
    IT ESSENTIALLY SAYS
    THAT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
    VIOLATED ITS OWN STUDENT
    PROTOCOLS.
    AND IN THAT LAWSUIT, WE’RE
    HEARING PERSONAL ACCOUNTS FROM
    STUDENTS ABOUT THEIR TIME
    ON THIS CAMPUS ABOUT FEELING
    THREATENED.
    IT ALSO CALLS FOR AN IMMEDIATE
    CEASE FIRE.
    AND OBVIOUSLY, SOME OF THOSE
    SENTIMENTS THAT WERE REPEATED
    BY THOSE PROTESTERS IN THE
    ENCAMPMENT THAT HAPPENED
    EARLIER TODAY.
    AND THERE WAS ALSO ON TOP
    OF THAT VOTE BY ABOUT 150
    STUDENTS EARLIER THIS MORNING,
    NOON, THAT VOTED TO ESSENTIALLY
    DEFY THAT P M DEADLINE.
    THAT 2 P.M. DEADLINE
    I’M REFERRING TO WAS A FORCE,
    THE DEADLINE NEEDED FOR
    THE STUDENTS TO GET OUT OF THE
    CAMPUS AND REMOVE BELONGINGS.
    BUT AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW,
    THEY’RE DEFYING THAT.
    A PROTEST HAS ERUPTED OUTSIDE
    OF THE PULITZER WHERE JUST
    WHERE THAT ENCAMPMENT IS HAVING
    AND AGAINST RIGHT.
    WE’RE STARTING TO SEE
    SOME ESSENTIALLY FOCUS,
    SOME KIND OF COMMOTION
    ESSENTIALLY RIGHT NOW AS THIS
    PROTEST IS STARTING TO SWELL.
    AGAIN WE ALREADY SAW
    ONE INDIVIDUAL TAKEN AWAY
    IN HANDCUFFS AND A CLASS
    STARTED TO FORM RIGHT NOW
    BETWEEN THE POLICE OFFICERS
    TRYING TO MAINTAIN ORDER AND A
    LOT OF THE PROTESTERS THAT HAVE
    GATHERED OUT HERE OUTSIDE
    HAUSER HALL HERE AT COLUMBIA
    UNIVERSITY.
    >> AND YOU’RE NOT JUST DEALING
    WITH THE DEADLINE THAT HAPPENED
    AT 2 P.M. AND CLEARLY WE DON’T
    SEE THE TEARING DOWN OF ANY
    TENTS YET.
    THESE PROTESTS ACTUALLY PICKING
    UP A LITTLE MORE SPEED.
    TELL US NOW ABOUT THIS CLASS
    ACTION LAWSUIT THAT WAS FILED
    AGAINST COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
    AS WELL FOR VIOLATING STUDENTS
    SAFETY PROTOCOLS.
    THAT’S WHAT THE COMPLAINT SAYS.
    AND IT GOES INTO A OF DETAIL
    HERE, EVEN REQUESTING AN
    IMMEDIATE JUMP, AN INJUNCTION
    REQUIRING THE SCHOOL TO FOLLOW
    THE EXAMPLES OF SOME OF ITS
    PEERS AND BAN OUTSIDE
    AGITATORS.
    THIS IS WHAT THE COMPLAINT SAYS
    AND STUDENTS WHO ARE INCITING
    VIOLENCE FROM CAMPUS.
    WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT
    THIS THIS LAWSUIT?
    THAT’S RIGHT.
    THAT’S A LAWSUIT, AGAIN,
    THAT WAS FILED IN THE SOUTHERN
    DISTRICT OF NEW YORK CITY HERE
    TODAY.
    AND IT INVOLVES COLUMBIA
    UNIVERSITY.
    AND IT WAS FILED ON BEHALF OF A
    GROUP OF STUDENTS.
    AGAIN, WHO SAID THAT THE
    UNIVERSITY VIOLATED ITS OWN
    STUDENTS SAFETY PROTOCOLS.
    TAKE A LOOK RIGHT NOW AS THE
    PROTEST CONTINUES TO FIRE UP.
    BUT AGAIN, LIKE I SAID,
    THAT LAWSUIT WAS FILED AGAIN
    IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW
    YORK, AND THEY’RE REPEATING
    A LOT OF ESSENTIALLY THE CALLS
    THAT WERE AND THE DEMANDS
    THAT WE’VE BEEN HEARING FROM
    THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THE
    APARTMENT.
    NOW, THAT LAWSUIT INCLUDES
    PERSONAL STORIES OF COLUMBIA
    STUDENTS AND THE IMPACT OF
    THE CALLS FOR TERRORIST ATTACKS
    ON JEWS AND OPEN SUPPORT FOR
    HAMAS HAD ON THEIR LEARNING.
    NOW, ALSO FOCUSED ON COLUMBIA’S
    DECISION TO ALLOW WHAT THEY’RE
    CALLING EXTREMISTS AND NOT
    STUDENTS ON CAMPUS, WHILE
    MAKING CLEAR THAT JEWISH
    STUDENTS AREN’T SAFE ON CAMPUS.
    THAT’S OBVIOUSLY ACCORDING
    TO THAT LAWSUIT.
    NOW, LIKE YOU SAID BEFORE,
    HERE, THEY’RE REQUESTING FOR AN
    IMMEDIATE INJUNCTION REQUIRING
    THE SCHOOL TO FOLLOW
    THE EXAMPLES OF SOME OF ITS
    PEERS AND ESSENTIALLY BAN
    OUTSIDE AGITATORS AND STUDENTS
    WHO ARE VIOLENCE ON CAMPUS.
    THAT WAS JUST FILED.
    THAT’S ESSENTIALLY GOING ON TO
    FILE, OBVIOUSLY, AGAINST
    COLUMBIA.
    AGAIN, THEY’RE REPEATING
    AND SAYING ESSENTIALLY
    THAT UNIVERSITY VIOLATED ITS
    OWN POLICIES AND FAILED
    TO STUDENTS SAFE ON CAMPUS
    HERE.
    AND ONE MORE TO YOU.
    YOU TALKED ABOUT AN ARREST
    BEING MADE.
    ARE STUDENTS WHO ARE
    PROTESTING.
    DO THEY KNOW THE RULES
    OF ENGAGEMENT?
    THEY BEEN PUT ON NOTICE AFTER
    2 P.M. YOU’RE GOING TO GET
    ARRESTED IF YOU RESIST
    THE CLEARING OF TENTS.
    HAVE THE POLICE MADE CLEAR WHAT
    THEIR THRESHOLD IS FOR
    ARRESTING PEACEFUL PROTESTERS
    RIGHT NOW.
    WELL, AGAIN, TERRY, THAT CALL
    FOR THAT 2 P.M. DEADLINE FOR
    THOSE PROTESTERS AND MEMBERS
    OF THE ENCAMPMENT TO DISPERSE.
    THAT LETTER WAS SENT OUT
    EARLIER TODAY AND IT WAS WIDELY
    UNDERSTOOD THAT A LOT OF THOSE
    MEMBERS ESSENTIALLY GOT
    THAT MESSAGE.
    NOW, WE’VE BEEN OUT HERE
    ESSENTIALLY TALKING TO A LOT
    OF THE MEMBERS OF THIS PROTEST
    THAT’S HAPPENING OUT HERE.
    AND THEY TELL US THAT THEY,
    TOO, KNOW THAT DEADLINE.
    AND THEY ALSO KNOW OF THE
    CONSEQUENCES.
    NOW, THAT CONSEQUENCES INCLUDE
    SUSPENSION AND EVEN EXPULSION
    FROM THE UNIVERSITY.
    IF MEMBERS OF THAT ENCAMPMENT,
    THEY DON’T SIGN A LETTER
    THAT STATES THAT THEY WOULD
    FOLLOW THE UNIVERSITY POLICIES
    ESSENTIALLY UNTIL NEXT YEAR.
    NOW, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WE
    SPOKE TO, THEY SAID THAT THEY
    KNEW ABOUT THOSE STIPULATIONS,
    BUT ESSENTIALLY THEY DIDN’T
    CARE.
    THEY SAID THAT THEY’RE HERE FOR
    A REASON AND THE POSSIBILITY
    OF BEING EXPELLED FROM THIS
    UNIVERSITY WILL NOT DETER THEM
    FROM THEIR ULTIMATE GOAL
    OF CALLING THE UNIVERSITY
    TO DIVEST FROM HIS ISRAEL,
    AMONG OTHER DEMANDS WE’VE BEEN
    TALKING ABOUT ALL DAY TERRY.
    THANKS.
    ALL RIGHT.
    AND I KNOW WHAT THEY WERE LIKE
    THAT.
    OUR STEPHANIE RAMOS IS THERE
    ON CAMPUS AS WELL.
    SHE’S SAYING THIS IS THE MOST
    RILED UP.
    SHE HAS SEEN THE COLUMBIA
    CAMPUS SINCE THE NYPD CLASHED
    WITH STUDENT DEMONSTRATORS
    BACK ON APRIL 20TH.
    SO I’LL BE INTERESTING TO GET
    THE PERSPECTIVE FROM WHERE
    YOU ARE AND SHE IS.
    SHE’S THERE RIGHT THERE AROUND
    THE WHERE SHE’S SEEN
    MORE STUDENTS JOINING TOGETHER
    AND MARCHING, SHE SAID HUNDREDS
    ACTUALLY, STUDENTS GATHERING.
    SO GOING TO BE INTERESTING
    TO SEE WHERE THIS GOES
    AS NEGOTIATIONS HAVE ENDED.
    AND THESE ENCAMPMENTS
    ARE SUPPOSED TO BREAK UP
    MORE AN HOUR AGO.
    ALL RIGHT.
    SO WHILE I WAS THERE AND WE’RE
    FOLLOWING THESE LIVE PICTURES,
    ALEX, LET’S TAKE IT TO YOU.
    YOU KNOW, THINGS HAVE PRETTY
    MUCH CALMED DOWN WHERE YOU ARE
    ON THE CAMPUS.
    THERE, OHIO.
    BUT THESE PROTESTS AT AT U.T.
    HAVE PICKED UP SPEED.
    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN
    ALL THE WAY OVERSEAS.
    WE’RE NOW REPORTING
    UNIVERSITIES ARE THESE PROTESTS
    FROM FRANCE TO ITALY TO THE
    UNITED, AS WE ARE LOOKING NOW
    AT LIVE PICTURES WE’RE GETTING
    FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
    AT AUSTIN.
    KIND OF BRING UP TO DATE AS WE
    LOOK AT THESE PHOTOS.
    AND IF YOU COULD A MOMENT TAKE
    US OVERSEAS AS WELL, BECAUSE
    CLEARLY ALL THESE STUDENTS FROM
    CAMPUS THIS CAMPUS
    ARE COMMUNICATING WITH STUDENTS
    OVERSEAS VIA, YOU KNOW, ONLINE
    PLATFORMS.
    THEY’RE ALL TALKING.
    THEY’RE ALL GATHERING.
    AND NOW IT’S GONE GLOBAL, KYRA.
    IT IS A MOVEMENT THAT HAS
    SPREAD.
    IT’S CLEARLY ACROSS THE POND.
    AND AS YOU MENTIONED, WE’RE
    SEEING SIMILAR IN EUROPE, ALSO
    AS FAR AWAY AS AUSTRALIA
    AT THIS POINT.
    BUT SPECIFICALLY, YOU MENTIONED
    U.T., AUSTIN.
    WHAT’S HAPPENING RIGHT THERE
    DEVELOPING THE SITUATION
    THE SECOND TIME IN ABOUT A WEEK
    THAT WE’VE SEEN TEXAS
    DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY TROOPERS
    MOVE IN ON PROTESTERS THERE.
    NOW, I WILL SAY THE SITUATION
    DOWN THERE IN AUSTIN, TEXAS, IT
    STARTED OUT AS A PROTEST FOR
    SOME OF THE RECENT UNIVERSITY
    DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION
    LAYOFFS.
    I WILL SAY THAT THOSE
    PROTESTERS WERE JOINED
    PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS
    AT SOME POINT THIS AFTERNOON.
    AND OUR AFFILIATE DOWN THERE,
    KATE, YOU MENTIONED THAT AROUND
    110, THEY WERE NOTIFIED 110
    LOCAL TIME.
    THEY WERE NOTIFIED BY LOCAL LAW
    ENFORCEMENT THAT THEY WERE
    GOING TO BE ASKED TO DISPERSE.
    ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER,
    A CAMERA CREWS WERE DOWN THERE
    AND THAT’S WHEN THEY SAW LAW
    ENFORCEMENT DRESSED IN RIOT
    GEAR, FULL COVERINGS AND LONG
    GUNS MOVING IN TO DISPERSE
    OF THIS CROWD.
    SOME ARREST.
    IT LIKE AT LEAST A COUPLE
    OF CONFRONTATIONS THERE
    WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT, BUT IT
    REALLY KIND OF HEARKENS
    BACK TO WHAT WE ABOUT A WEEK
    AGO FROM THAT SAME UNIVERSITY
    ANOTHER LARGE PRO-PALESTINIAN
    PROTEST GOING ON ON THAT CAMPUS
    THAT THAT ENDED.
    AND ONE STUDENT GROUP ARE BEING
    SUSPENDED, AT LEAST FOR
    THE INTERIM.
    BUT AS I MENTIONED EARLIER,
    THIS ECHOES WHAT WE’RE SEEING
    NOT JUST ACROSS THE COUNTRY
    FROM CALIFORNIA TO UP THERE
    IN NEW YORK, COLUMBIA
    UNIVERSITY, BUT ALSO NOW ACROSS
    THE POND, ENGLAND, AUSTRALIA.
    UNIVERSITIES IN FRANCE, ITALY,
    ALSO HAVING SIMILAR
    DEMONSTRATIONS ACROSS THE WORLD
    .
    ALL RIGHT.
    I ALEX, APPRECIATE YOU BOTH.
    WE’RE GOING TO KEEP OUR EYE
    ON ALL THESE PROTESTS THAT ARE
    CONTINUING ACROSS THE COUNTRY.
    AND AS ALEX JUST MENTIONED,
    ACROSS THE POND AS WELL.
    THAT’S RIGHT.
    AND AS THESE PROTESTS CONTINUE
    TO GROW ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
    POLITICIANS FROM BOTH SIDES
    OF THE AISLE ARE REALLY COMING
    TO GRIPS WITH THIS ISSUE
    AND TAKING A.
    >> HERE’S WHAT OHIO
    REPUBLICAN SENATOR J.D. VANCE
    SAID.
    AND DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSWOMAN
    SOMER LEE, BOTH OF THEM
    RESPONDING TO ALL THESE CAMPUS
    PROTESTS.
    >> THIS IS OFTEN FRAMED AS A
    FREE DEBATE.
    EVERYONE ACCEPTS THAT THEIR
    TIME, PLACE AND, MANNER
    OF RESTRICTIONS.
    THESE GUYS HAVE THE RIGHT TO
    PEACEFULLY PROTEST.
    EVEN IF WE CRITICIZE
    THE MESSAGE.
    THEY DO NOT HAVE THE RIGHT TO
    SET UP TENT CITIES ON OUR
    PUBLIC SPACES AND TURN
    OUR CITIES INTO GARBAGE DUMPS.
    >> AND WHEN WE SAY
    THAT STUDENTS WHO ARE ENGAGING
    IN THE TIME HONORED TRADITION
    OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE OF CAMPUS
    PROTESTS AND ACTION OR
    INHERENTLY BAD OR INHERENTLY
    ANTI, PARTICULARLY AS WE SEE
    JEWISH STUDENTS STANDING
    IN SOLIDARITY WITH MUSLIM
    STUDENTS OR ARAB STUDENTS
    AND BLACK STUDENTS, WHEN
    YOU ARE ON THE GROUND, YOU SEE
    THAT ALL OF THOSE STUDENTS
    HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER OR
    HAVE BEEN LEARNING, AGITATING
    TOGETHER.
    ALL RIGHT.
    LET’S BRING IN OUR
    POLITICAL DIRECTOR HERE AT ABC
    NEWS, RICK KLEIN.
    SO, RICK, WE ARE SEEING AN
    UNUSUAL POLITICAL SPLIT.
    >> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF IT?
    IT REALLY IS SOMETHING
    TO BEHOLD, KYRA, ESPECIALLY
    BECAUSE YOU HAVE A DEMOCRAT
    IN THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN
    GENERALLY OF ISRAEL, BUT HAS
    PUT A LOT OF SKEPTICISM INTO
    WHAT HE’S BEEN SAYING, TRYING
    TO CALIBRATE AN ISSUE THAT IT
    FEELS LIKE IT IS BREAKING DOWN
    MORE INSIDE THE DEMOCRATIC
    PARTY THAN IT IS ON
    ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE.
    WE HAVE A LOT OF ANGER
    AND OUTRAGE, MOSTLY FROM
    THE POLITICAL LEFT, AND IT DOES
    NOT CUT CLEANLY ALONG PARTY
    LINES.
    IT IS NOT DIRECTLY AIMED
    AT POLITICS.
    BUT THE INTENT IS TO PRESSURE
    BIDEN ADMINISTRATION TO DO
    MORE TO TO AID THE PEOPLE
    OF GAZA, IN SOME CASES TO TO
    CUT OFF TIES OR TO CUT LOOSE
    ISRAELI ALLIES.
    IN A LOT OF WAYS, IT IS AN
    ENORMOUS, COMPLEX AND NUANCED
    ISSUE THAT I THINK
    UNFORTUNATELY IS BEING DIVIDED
    INTO KIND OF A ONE SIDE VERSUS
    THE OTHER SIDE TYPE OF DYNAMIC
    WITH A LOT OF THE CHANTS
    AND THE SHOUTS AND NOW
    TEETERING ONTO ON TO SOMETHING
    WORSE THAN THAT.
    >> RICK, YOU KNOW, WE’VE HAD
    A LONG IN THIS COUNTRY
    OF PROTESTS, STUDENT PROTESTS,
    SOME OF THE VIOLENCE, SOME OF
    THE VERY INFLUENTIAL 1968,
    1970, AND ON BEFORE THAT WITH
    THE WITH THE FREEDOM RIDERS
    AND ALL THE REST.
    THESE ARE A SMALL COMPARED
    TO THAT RIGHT THERE.
    THOUSANDS OF COLLEGES
    AND UNIVERSITIES ACROSS
    THE COUNTRY.
    WE’VE GOT, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL
    VERY ACTIVE.
    >> AND SECOND, YOU DON’T SEE
    VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS
    YET.
    >> I WONDER IF THE COUNTRY
    HASN’T HAS FORGOTTEN HOW TO
    DEAL WITH STUDENT PROTESTS,
    PEOPLE CALLING FOR
    THE NATIONAL GUARD TO IN
    AND CLEAR IN.
    AND THAT AND WHAT ARE THE
    IMPACT.
    YOU KNOW, IT HAD BAD IMPACTS
    ON PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS.
    LBJ LYNDON BAINES
    JOHNSON BASICALLY LEFT THE
    PRESIDENCY OVER IT.
    BIDEN SCHEDULED TO DELIVER
    THE COMMENCEMENT SPEECH
    AT MOREHOUSE COLLEGE ON MAY
    19TH, CONSIDERING ALL THE
    PROTESTS.
    WHAT DO YOU THINK THE POLITICAL
    IMPACT OF IT IS, GIVEN
    THE SCALE OF WHAT WE’RE LOOKING
    AT, BUT ALSO THAT HISTORY,
    WHICH SEEMS TO HAVE SHADOW
    THEM?
    >> YEAH, AND THANKFULLY, IT
    HASN’T BEEN VIOLENT.
    AND THINK IT HAS NOT BEEN
    ANYTHING LIKE 1968 WHEN
    YOU WERE DEEP INTO DEEPLY
    UNPOPULAR WAR THAT INVOLVED
    AMERICAN TROOPS,
    AMERICAN SOLDIERS.
    THIS IS, OF COURSE, A MUCH
    DIFFERENT A MUCH DIFFERENT
    SITUATION WHEN TALKING ABOUT A
    WAR THAT THAT ISRAEL ISRAEL
    IS ENGAGED IN BECAUSE WERE
    ATTACKED BY GAZA,
    BY PALESTINIANS, RATHER,
    AND BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL
    HOSTAGES WERE THERE.
    WE’RE LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW,
    BIDEN TO NEGOTIATE A CEASEFIRE
    OF HIS ADMINISTRATION, TRYING
    WHAT THEY CAN TO TRY TO GET
    A CEASEFIRE AND GET THOSE
    HOSTAGES RETURNED.
    IT’S NOT A CLEAN ARGUMENT
    IN EITHER DIRECTION.
    AND YEAH, YOUR POINT ABOUT THIS
    SPEECH AT MOREHOUSE IS GOING
    TO BE QUITE A SCENE POTENTIALLY
    THINKING ABOUT WHAT WHAT WHAT
    THE PRESIDENT MIGHT FACE THERE.
    WE’VE SEEN FACULTY MEMBERS
    ALREADY QUITE CONCERNED
    ABOUT IT AND EVEN CALLING
    ON THAT INVITATION TO BE TO BE
    RESCINDED.
    SO RICK TRUMP, YOU KNOW, HAS
    DESCRIBED AS THE BEST FRIEND
    THAT ISRAEL EVER HAD.
    AND BY ALL ACCOUNTS WOULD
    SUPPORT ISRAEL OVER
    PALESTINIANS ON JUST
    ABOUT EVERY ISSUE.
    SO WHY AREN’T WE SEEING ANY
    DEMONSTRATIONS AT TRUMP EVENTS?
    >> WELL, IT’S FASCINATING
    QUESTION.
    THERE HAVE BEEN A TON OF THEM
    RECENTLY.
    HE’S BEEN IN COURT MORE THAN
    ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
    HE’S BACK ON THE TRAIL
    WEDNESDAY.
    WE’LL SEE IF THINGS CHANGE WHEN
    HE’S IN THE MIDWEST IN TWO
    DIFFERENT TWO DIFFERENT SPOTS.
    BUT IT IS AN INDICATION
    ABOUT HOW SOME OF THESE SOME OF
    THE PROTESTS ARE DIVORCED
    AND THE POLITICAL REALITIES.
    WE’RE SIX MONTHS OUT FROM
    A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
    AND IF YOU AT JUST THE ONE
    ISSUE OF ISRAEL AND GAZA
    AND YOU LOOK AT THAT IN THE
    POLITICAL PRISM, I WOULD THINK
    MOST OF THE PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT
    ON THESE CAMPUSES ARE NOT GOING
    TO BE TRUMP SUPPORTERS, NOT
    GOING TO BE TRUMP FANS.
    AND I THINK THAT’S ONE OF
    THE THINGS THAT JOE BIDEN HAS
    TO BE THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW,
    ABOUT HIS POLITICAL BASE.
    >> ABSOLUTELY.
    ALL RIGHT.
    FASCINATING POLITICAL QUESTIONS
    THERE.
    >> RICK KLEIN, THANKS VERY
    MUCH.
    NOW LET’S HEAD TO CAPITOL HILL
    AND THE RENEWED CALLS FOR
    HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON
    TO RESIGN.
    AS HE TOLD OUR RACHEL SCOTT
    WEEKS AGO HE ISN’T GOING
    ANYWHERE.
    >> WHAT IS WHAT IS
    YOUR RESPONSE TO REPUBLICANS
    WHO SAY THIS MOVE SHOULD COST
    YOU YOUR JOB AND THAT IF
    YOU DON’T RESIGN, THEY WILL TRY
    TO OUST YOU?
    >> I AM NOT RESIGNING.
    AND THAT IS IT IS, IN MY VIEW,
    AN ABSURD NOTION THAT SOMEONE
    REFERRING TO A VACATE MOTION.
    WE ARE SIMPLY HERE TRYING DO
    OUR JOB.
    IT IS NOT HELPFUL BECAUSE
    IT’S NOT HELPFUL TO THE COUNTRY
    .
    AND SO FAR, SPEAKER JOHNSON HAS
    STUCK TO WHAT HE TOLD RACHEL.
    HE’S STILL STANDING FIRM SAYING
    HE WILL NOT STEP DOWN.
    RACHEL SCOTT JOINS US NOW.
    SO RACHEL, THE HOUSE RETURNS
    BACK TO SESSION LATER TODAY.
    ALL EYES ON REPRESENTATIVE
    MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE.
    SHE’S THREATENING TO OUST
    THE SPEAKER WITH THAT MOTION
    TO VACATE.
    HAS HAS SPEAKER MARK
    JOHNSON KIND OF FIGURED IT OUT
    THAT HOW TO JUST STAND UP
    TO THE TINY MINORITY WHO’VE
    BEEN CAUSING ALL THIS RUCKUS
    IN THE REPUBLICAN AND NOT
    GO ANYWHERE AND NOT
    GO ANYWHERE, HE’S GOING
    TO STAY.
    >> YEAH, AND THIS IS SOMETHING
    THAT WE HAVE SEEN OTHER
    SPEAKERS, NAMELY KEVIN MCCARTHY
    ,HAVE A REALLY HARD TIME
    DEALING WITH.
    RIGHT.
    THIS RIGHT-WING OF THEIR PARTY,
    THESE HANDFUL OF MEMBERS
    WHO GET VERY FRUSTRATED WHEN
    THE REPUBLICAN SPEAKER OF THE
    HOUSE REACHES ACROSS THE AISLE
    AND WORKS.
    DEMOCRATS WHO OBVIOUSLY CONTROL
    THE SENATE AND ARE IN THE WHITE
    .
    AND SO HERE ONCE AGAIN, WE’RE
    SEEING THAT FRUSTRATION.
    BELIEVE IT OR NOT, GUYS, WE’VE
    TALKING ABOUT THIS IDEA
    OF MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE
    FORCING THIS VOTE.
    SPEAKER JOHNSON, FOR 30 PLUS
    DAYS.
    THIS IS NOW JUST A THREAT
    THAT IS HANGING OUT THERE.
    YES.
    SHE HAS GOTTEN SOME MORE
    SUPPORT FROM REPUBLICANS.
    THERE ARE THREE AT LEAST
    THAT SUPPORT THESE EFFORTS.
    AND SPEAKER JOHNSON, OF COURSE,
    HAS THIS RAZOR-THIN MAJORITY.
    BUT SO FAR, CONGRESSWOMAN
    MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE HAS
    FAILED TO ACTUALLY INDICATE
    WHEN SHE’S GOING TO MAKE
    GOOD ON THESE THREATS.
    SO, SO FAR, WE ARE JUST WAITING
    FOR IT.
    SO TODAY IS REALLY THE FIRST
    POSSIBLE DAY AGAIN SINCE
    HOUSE COMES BACK THAT SHE CAN
    TRY AND MOVE ON THIS.
    SHE HAS NOT INDICATED YET IF
    SHE WILL DO SO.
    AND HERE’S ONE THING THAT WE DO
    KNOW.
    THERE SOME SUPPORT FOR SPEAKER
    JOHNSON IN THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY
    WHEN IT COMES TO JUST KEEPING
    HIS JOB.
    LOOK, DEMOCRATS,
    THE REPUBLICANS DO NOT TO SEE
    THIS AGAIN.
    WE SAW THE HOUSE BE THROWN INTO
    CHAOS.
    THEY CAN’T DO ANYTHING.
    A SPEAKER.
    WE HAVE THESE WARS RAGING
    IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
    THEY’RE SERIOUS.
    THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THE
    HOUSE.
    AND SO IT IS VERY, VERY LIKELY
    DEMOCRATS WOULD THROW SPEAKER
    JOHNSON A LIFELINE, POSSIBLY
    HELPING TABLE THIS VOTE IF IT
    ACTUALLY ARISES, GUYS.
    >> SO WE KNOW SPEAKER
    JOHNSON WAS WITH DONALD
    TRUMP AT MAR-A-LAGO.
    WHAT JUST A COUPLE OF WEEKS
    AGO.
    COULD HIS SUPPORT HELP SAVE
    JOHNSON’S JOB HERE?
    >> I MEAN, WE KNOW
    THE INFLUENCE TRUMP HAS
    ALL OVER THE PLACE.
    WHAT HOW DO YOU SEE THIS
    UNFOLDING?
    YEAH, AND WHEN I WAS THERE
    AT MAR A LAGO WITH TRUMP
    AND SPEAKER JOHNSON STANDING
    SIDE BY SIDE, IT KIND
    OF BROUGHT ME BACK TO BEING
    INSIDE THE HOUSE CHAMBER WHEN
    SPEAKER MCCARTHY WAS
    ACTUALLY TRYING TO CLAIM
    THE SPEAKER’S GAVEL.
    AND YOU REMEMBER DONALD
    TRUMP WAS ON THE PHONE
    WITH REPUBLICANS, AS THEY WERE
    IN THE HOUSE CHAMBER URGING
    THEM TO BACK MCCARTHY.
    AND IN THE END, THEY DID.
    HE ACTUALLY FLIPPED SOME VOTES.
    AND SO THIS IS THE SORT
    OF INFLUENCE THAT TRUMP HAS
    OVER HOUSE IN PARTICULAR.
    NOW, WE KNOW THE FORMER
    PRESIDENT, HE HAS
    CALLED SPEAKER JOHNSON A GOOD A
    GOOD GUY, A NICE GUY.
    HE KNOWS THAT HE HAS A VERY
    TOUGH JOB TO DO.
    WE HAVEN’T SEEN HIM SORT
    OF PUSH THIS SORT OF PRESSURE
    FROM CONGRESS TO MARJORIE
    TAYLOR.
    GREENE BUT IT IS VERY NOTABLE
    BECAUSE GREENE IS A STAUNCH
    SUPPORTER OF THE FORMER
    PRESIDENT.
    AND SO IN THE END, TRUMP SORT
    OF BACKING AWAY AND NOT REALLY
    SAYING MUCH AT ALL COULD
    ACTUALLY HELP SPEAKER
    JOHNSON KEEP HIS JOB.
    >> RACHEL SCOTT LOVE HAVING
    YOU.
    THANKS MUCH.
    >> THANK YOU.
    COMING UP OR COMING UP, RATHER,
    NOBODY IS ABOVE THE LAW.
    EVEN THOUGH SWORN TO PROTECT
    IT, A NEW YORK D.A. FIRE FOR
    GOING CRICKET.
    QUACKERY ON THE COPS AND.
    >> NOW THE GOVERNOR
    IS INVOLVED.
    WE’LL EXPLAIN.
    >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE
    ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A AT WAR
    AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE
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    IN UKRAINE.
    >> REPORTING FROM LEWISTON,
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    ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE
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    IN HAWAII.
    FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA
    ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL
    IN ICELAND.
    LET’S GO.
    TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN
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    MORNING FROM THE FRONT LINES,
    SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE
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    AMERICA’S NUMBER
    ONE STREAMING NEWS FIRST THING
    IN THE MORNING.
    THERE’S A LOT GOING ON.
    YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING
    THAT’S UP.
    CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT HAPPENED
    OVERNIGHT.
    A DANGEROUS ICE STORM
    IS IMPACTING THE MORNING
    COMMUTE.
    WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY?
    ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE
    MIDDLE EAST.
    WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT,
    THE MIGRANT CRISIS FAST.
    STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME FUN
    IN BETWEEN AS BILLIONAIRES.
    SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
    THE MOVE STARTED CHASING A DOG
    FIRST THING IN THE MORNING
    AMERICA.
    THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER
    EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS.
    >> WHY WHAT YOU SO 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 TOP STORIES A LOT
    OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S GET INTO
    IT.
    LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS
    PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR
    EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE
    WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT
    A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING
    .
    YOU START HERE ABC NEWS WEEK IT
    YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN NOW
    THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY
    THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING.
    WHEREVER GET YOUR PODCASTS
    START HERE.
    SO A NEW YORK DISTRICT
    ATTORNEY IS RECEIVING A PRETTY
    HEALTHY REMINDER THAT NOBODY
    IS ABOVE THE LAW.
    NO CONTROVERSY IS GOING AFTER
    A VIRAL TRAFFIC STOP
    WITH POLICE BODY CAM SHOWING
    SHOWED THE D.A. POSSIBLY
    ATTEMPTING TO USE HER POSITION
    IN POWER TO GET OUT A SPEEDING
    TICKET.
    IT WOULDN’T BE THE FIRST.
    NOW, GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL
    OF NEW YORK IS CALLING FOR AN
    INVESTIGATION.
    AND ABC’S DEMARCO MORGAN HAS
    THE DETAILS.
    >> AND ON THE D.A..
    I WAS GOING 5555 IN A 35 I
    DON’T REALLY CARE.
    >> NEW YORK’S GOVERNOR A STATE
    INVESTIGATION INTO A LOCAL
    DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S CONDUCT
    AFTER.
    >> THIS TRAFFIC STOP, GET OUT
    OF SANTA JULIE GETS UNDER
    FIRE AFTER POLICE BODYCAM
    FOOTAGE SHOWS HER TENSE
    INTERACTION WITH THE POLICE
    OFFICER AFTER REFUSING TO PULL
    OVER.
    >> CAN YOU STAY OVER HERE?
    >> KNOW, THIS IS A THING.
    THIS IS A LEGAL TRAFFIC STOP.
    THE VIDEO OBTAINED BY LOCAL
    ABC AFFILIATE WHDH CAPTURED
    THE MOMENT MONROE COUNTY D.A.
    SAID, WHOSE JURISDICTION
    INCLUDES ROCHESTER, NEW YORK,
    ARRIVED INSIDE HER HOME GARAGE
    AFTER OFFICERS TO PULL HER OVER
    FOR SPEEDING TOLD HIM TO LEAVE
    ME ALONE.
    HELLO, SIR.
    IN THE VIDEO, JOLIE ADMITTING
    SHE WAS SPEEDING.
    YOU EVEN ADMITTED TO ME
    THAT YOU WEREN’T 15.
    I UNDERSTAND THAT, MA’AM.
    I UNDERSTAND THAT.
    >> EVEN FLASHING
    HER CREDENTIALS AT ONE POINT.
    I HAVE VIDEO.
    OKAY.
    OKAY.
    LET ME GET YOU MY BADGE.
    I NEED YOU NOW.
    >> NEW YORK GOVERNOR
    KATHY HOCHUL HAS REFERRED CASE
    TO THE COMMISSION
    ON PROSECUTORIAL CONDUCT,
    SAYING DUELING HAS UNDERMINED
    HER ABILITY TO HOLD OTHERS
    ACCOUNTABLE FOR, VIOLATING
    THE LAW.
    ALL NINE MEMBERS OF ROCHESTER’S
    CITY COUNCIL CALLING FOR AN
    IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION INTO
    JOLIE’S ACTIONS.
    >> I DO THINK THAT SHE SHOULD
    RESIGN?
    >> I’M NOT SURE SHE WILL.
    THE OFFICER ULTIMATELY GIVING
    HER A TICKET.
    >> YOU KNOW WHAT?
    IF SHE DIDN’T A SPEECH AT THE
    TIME, I’M THE ONE WHO
    PROSECUTED.
    OKAY.
    >> SHE’S GOING TO USE DULY
    APOLOGIZING.
    AND A NEW VIDEO SAYING SHE PLED
    GUILTY TO SPEEDING AND WILL
    UNDERGO ETHICS TRAINING.
    >> I AM SO SORRY.
    I’VE BEEN HUMBLED BY MY OWN
    STUPIDITY AND I AM FULLY BLAME
    .
    >> KYRA, STATE LAWMAKERS
    ARE ALSO JOINING CALLS FOR AN
    IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION.
    >> THE DEEDS ACTIONS.
    >> WELL, WE WILL DEFINITELY
    FOLLOW THE OUTCOME OF THAT.
    KEEP TRACK OF THAT.
    YOU SAY ONE THING WHEN
    YOU DON’T REALIZE THERE’S
    A CAMERA NECESSARILY ROLLING
    ON YOU AND THEN YOU HAVE
    TO APOLOGIZE.
    ALL RIGHT.
    GONG COMING UP, CALLING IT
    QUITS.
    WE PAID TRIBUTE TO THE CAREER
    OF WNBA AND OLYMPIC CHAMP
    CANDACE PARKER.
    NEXT.
    WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE
    THE MOST NEWSCAST IN AMERICA?
    WELL, OPERATION YOUR LIFE
    IS 100% COMBAT OPERATIONS
    AND WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE
    NOW.
    MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR
    FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS,
    OPERATE NUCLEAR REACTORS, EVEN
    A COUPLE OF LOADED AND READY
    TO GO.
    THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE
    FLAG IS NOT A CARE IN AND OUT
    OF PLACE.
    HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL
    RIGHT HERE, THE USA.
    >> LOOK AT YOUR SMILE.
    YOU’RE PR?
    I LOVE IT.
    GREAT WORK.
    HI.
    WHERE ARE YOU?
    WHERE ARE YOU?
    IT’S VERY INTERESTING.
    IT’S DAVID.
    DAVID?
    YES.
    YES.
    >> I’M DAVID.
    YOU ARE?
    I KNOW WHO YOU ARE.
    DO EVERY NIGHT.
    ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT
    WITH DAVID MUIR IS AMERICA’S
    MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST.
    >> CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?
    >> IT’S 25 YEARS OF BREAKFAST
    IN BED.
    SURPRISING MOMS ACROSS AMERICA.
    OH, MY.
    AND FOR OUR FIFTH ANNIVERSARY,
    WE’RE MAKING IT THE BIGGEST
    SURPRISE AT MORNING BREAKFAST.
    IN FACT, EXTRAVAGANZA LIKE
    YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN BEFORE.
    SO GO TO GOODMORNINGAMERICA.COM
    OR SCAN THIS QR CODE TO FIND
    OUT HOW TO ENTER A DESERVING
    MOM.
    YOU LOVE BREAKFAST IN BED.
    WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START
    THEIR DAY HERE?
    FROM ABC?
    >> THIS IS "START HERE" TO BE
    IN THE NEWS 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 MAKE IT YOUR DAILY
    FIRST LISTEN.
    NOW, THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY
    THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING.
    >> WHEREVER YOU GET
    YOUR PODCAST, START HERE.
    >> I’M GIO BENITEZ COVERING
    THE COLLAPSE OF FRANCIS SCOTT
    KEY BRIDGE HERE IN MARYLAND.
    WHEREVER THE STORY IS, TAKE
    YOU THERE.
    >> THIS STORY ABC NEWS LIVE
    AND NOW TO SOME OF THE OTHER
    TOP HEADLINES WE’RE FOLLOWING
    AT THIS HOUR.
    DEATH OF A COLORADO MOTHER WHO
    WENT MISSING WHILE ON A BIKE
    RIDE IN 2020 HAS NOW BEEN RULED
    A HOMICIDE.
    POLICE SAY SUZANNE MORPHEW WAS
    FOUND WITH MULTIPLE ANIMAL
    TRANQUILIZER IN HER SYSTEM,
    BUT NO SIGNS OF TRAUMA TO HER
    BODY.
    HER BODY WAS FOUND ABOUT 90
    MINUTES FROM HER HOUSE BACK IN
    SEPTEMBER OF LAST.
    >> AND NO ARRESTS HAVE BEEN
    MADE IN THIS CASE SO FAR.
    WELL, IN HAWAII, A TRIAL
    IS UNDERWAY AFTER A 2021 JET
    FUEL LEAK POISONED, THE WATER
    SUPPLY OF DOZENS OF MILITARY
    FAMILIES.
    THOSE FAMILIES SERIOUS HEALTH
    ISSUES SINCE THEN, EVERYTHING
    FROM VOMITING TO SEIZURES AFTER
    THE CONTAMINANTS LEAKED INTO
    PEARL HARBOR AS DRINKING WATER
    .
    LAWYERS SAY THAT NAVY OFFICIALS
    KNEW THERE WAS FUEL IN THE
    WATER AND THEY FAILED TO WARN
    PEOPLE NOT TO DRINK IT.
    EVEN RESIDENTS THAT THE WATER
    WAS SAFE.
    AND ACE IS CALLING IT A CAREER
    THREE TIME WNBA CHAMP, TWO TIME
    OLYMPIC GOLD MEDALIST CANDACE
    PARKER IS OFFICIALLY AFTER
    MORE THAN 16 SEASONS
    OF PROFESSIONAL BALL.
    SHE’S THE ONLY IN THE WNBA
    TO WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP
    WITH THREE DIFFERENT TEAMS.
    CANDACE PARKER HAS BEEN
    BATTLING A FOOT INJURY.
    SHE HASN’T PLAYED A GAME
    IN NEARLY A YEAR.
    ONE OF THE GREATS SAYING
    FAREWELL TO THE WOMEN’S GAME
    AS IT’S ON THE RISE.
    YES, IT IS.
    THE EFFORTS OF PEOPLE LIKE
    HER AND CAITLIN CLARK AS WELL.
    MORE PEOPLE WATCHING,
    MORE BUYING TICKETS.
    BETTER ENDORSEMENTS FOR
    THE WOMEN.
    GREAT.
    LOVE.
    DARN RIGHT IT IS.
    THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US.
    I’M KYRA PHILLIPS.
    AND I’M TERRY MORAN.
    >> NEWS NEVER STOPS.
    WE WILL BE RIGHT BACK.
    WHENEVER WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS,
    IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS
    REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED
    HERE IN LONDON, IN BUFFALO,
    ALL DAY, TEXAS, EDINBURGH,
    SCOTLAND, REPORTING FROM
    ROLLING FORK, MISSISSIPPI,
    SCREAMING REFUGEES HERE
    IN WARSAW.
    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
    STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE
    WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER
    YOU STREAMING NEWS ONLY ON
    ABC NEWS LIVE.
    >> THIS WEEK, A GAG ORDER
    RULING DONALD TRUMP’S CRIMINAL
    TRIAL AS ALLEGED NEW VIOLATIONS
    PILE.
    PLUS, THE COLLEGE PROTESTS
    IN THE U.S. SPREADING ACROSS
    EUROPE.
    MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD
    NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR.
    THE MOST NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION
    FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
    THERE’S A LOT GOING ON.
    YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING.
    IT’S OFF TO CATCH YOU UP
    WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.
    A DANGEROUS ICE STORM IMPACTING
    THE MORNING COMMUTE.
    WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY?
    ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE
    MIDDLE EAST.
    WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING
    ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS.
    STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOME
    IN BETWEEN.
    HOW DOES A BILLIONAIRE SEND?
    SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
    THE MOVE STARTED CHEATING
    A DOG.
    FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
    AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S
    NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS
    ON ABC NEWS.
    WHAT IS THAT YOU?
    YEAH, THAT’S ME, MY BIG.
    HOW MUCH DO YOU MAKE ON ONLY
    HANDS VERSUS?
    SAY AN EPISODE ON SOPRANOS?
    OH, WAY MORE.
    AND ALL MY FRIENDS CELEBRITIES
    CAN ABSOLUTELY MAKE A LIVING
    ON ONLYFANS.
    BELLA IS THE MODEL SHE MADE
    OF OVER 20 MILLION.
    DO.
    DO YOU CONSIDER WHAT YOU DO?
    OR WORK?
    NOT JUST.
    I HAD IT TO DO ALL OVER.
    I WOULD HAVE DONE IT SOONER
    THAN WHO NOW?
    WHY?
    YOU SEE, MANY PEOPLE START
    THEIR DAY HERE.
    ABC NEWS.
    THIS IS STARTING TO BE IN THE
    NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE
    ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES.
    START HERE.
    THAT’S THE PART OF THE STORY
    I BET YOU DIDN’T.
    >> COMING.
    MAKE IT YOUR DAILY FIRST.
    LISTEN, WHEREVER YOU GET
    YOUR PODCASTS PODCASTS.
    RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE.
    TIME’S UP.
    COLUMBIA PROTESTERS TOLD
    US FALL OUT OR FACE SUSPENSION.
    WE ARE LIVE AT STUDENTS DEFY
    THAT DEADLINE TO TEAR DOWN
    THE TENTS.
    BUT THE POLITICS OF THESE
    PROTESTS, WELL, THE ANGER
    ON COLLEGE CAMPUSES TRANSLATE
    TO THE BALLOT BOX AND IMPACT
    THE ELECTIONS.
    WE’LL BREAK IT DOWN.
    AND A TRAIL OF TORNADOES
    RIGHT THROUGH THE HEARTLAND.
    THOSE TWISTERS TOUCHING DOWN
    IN TEXAS AND OKLAHOMA LEAVING
    DEATH AND DESTRUCTION IN THEIR
    WAKE.
    WE ARE LIVE ON THE SCENE.
    GOOD, EVERYONE.
    >> I’M KYRA PHILLIPS.
    AND I’M TERRY MORAN, AND WE’RE
    WATCHING FOR COLUMBIA
    UNIVERSITY’S NEXT MOVE AFTER
    STUDENT PROTESTERS HAVE NOW
    DEFIED A DEADLINE TO REMOVE
    THEIR TENTS FROM THE NEW YORK
    CITY CAMPUS OR BE SUSPENDED.
    PROTESTS AT COLLEGES
    AND UNIVERSITIES ARE SPREADING
    ACROSS THE COUNTRY AMID
    THEIR ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR.
    AND NOW HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE
    HAVE BEEN ARRESTED NATIONWIDE
    AS STUDENTS DEMAND THAT SCHOOLS
    CUT FINANCIAL TIES WITH ISRAEL.
    >> COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY REMAINS
    EPICENTER OF THESE PROTESTS
    AS PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS
    STAND THEIR GROUND REFUSING
    THE SCHOOL’S ORDER TO LEAVE
    THEIR ENCAMPMENTS.
    ALSO HAPPENING RIGHT NOW.
    WE’VE GOT PROTESTS
    ON THE CAMPUS OF AUSTIN.
    YOU CAN ACTUALLY SEE LAW
    ENFORCEMENT OUT IN RIOT.
    THIS HOUR, WE HAVE BEEN
    FOLLOWING THE LIVE PICTURES.
    >> AND THEN BACK HERE
    IN WASHINGTON, D.C., AT GEORGE
    WASHINGTON, PROTESTERS WERE
    TEARING DOWN BARRIERS, SECURING
    THE UNIVERSITY YARD.
    SOME LAWMAKERS ARE NOW CALLING
    FOR THE NATIONAL GUARD TO STEP
    IN.
    THEY’RE SAYING DEMONSTRATORS
    ARE BEING INFILTRATED
    BY PROFESSIONAL.
    JUST LOOKING AT THAT PICTURE.
    I THINK THE NATIONAL GUARD
    IS PROBABLY NOT NEEDED
    RIGHT THERE.
    BUT LET’S BRING IN IKE EJIOCHI
    .
    HE’S OUTSIDE COLUMBIA
    UNIVERSITY IN NEW YORK CITY
    AND ABC ALEX PRESHA
    ON THE CAMPUS OF OHIO STATE
    UNIVERSITY IN COLUMBUS, OHIO.
    SO I FIRST YOU’VE GOT
    SOME BREAKING NEWS HAPPENING
    RIGHT NOW AROUND WITH A CLASS
    ACTION LAWSUIT FILED
    AT COLUMBIA AND STUDENTS
    DEFYING THE DEADLINE TO LEAVE
    THEIR CAMPUS.
    WHAT’S GOING ON?
    FIRST, JERRY, BEFORE WE GET TO
    THAT CLASS ACTION LAWSUIT, I TO
    TALK TO YOU RIGHT NOW ABOUT THE
    PROTEST THAT’S BEGINNING
    TO BREAK OUT.
    IT ERUPTED RIGHT BEHIND ME.
    RIGHT NOW, WE’RE IN FRONT
    OF PULITZER HALL HERE
    AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY WHERE
    YOU CAN SEE POLICE OFFICERS
    ARE ACTIVELY TRYING TO HOLD
    BACK THE PROTESTERS RIGHT NOW.
    THIS USED TO BE A WALKWAY WHERE
    PEOPLE GET THROUGH TO THE OTHER
    SIDE OF THE BLOCK.
    IT HAS SINCE BEEN CLOSED OFF.
    WE HAVE WITNESSED
    ONE INDIVIDUAL WHO HAS SINCE
    BEEN ARRESTED WITHIN THE PAST
    5 MINUTES.
    WE DON’T KNOW WHY SHE WAS TAKEN
    BACK IN HANDCUFFS, BUT THIS
    PROTEST HERE IS STARTING TO GET
    A LITTLE NOT NECESSARILY
    VIOLENT, BUT WE ARE STARTING
    TO GET LITTLE ROWDY.
    NOW, YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW
    THOSE POLICE OFFICERS STILL
    TRYING TO SECURE THAT BARRICADE
    AND MAKE SURE THE PROTEST
    DOESN’T INTO THE STREET WHERE
    BROADWAY HERE RIGHT NOW.
    THEY TRYING TO MAINTAIN
    THAT ORDER.
    NOW, AGAIN, RIGHT NOW WE’RE
    TALKING ABOUT WHAT HAPPENED
    EARLIER THIS MORNING, WHICH WAS
    THAT LAWSUIT THAT WAS FILED,
    THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW
    YORK CITY.
    IT ESSENTIALLY SAYS
    THAT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
    VIOLATED ITS OWN STUDENT
    PROTOCOLS.
    AND IN THAT LAWSUIT, WE’RE
    HEARING PERSONAL ACCOUNTS FROM
    STUDENTS ABOUT THEIR TIME
    ON THIS CAMPUS ABOUT FEELING
    THREATENED.
    IT ALSO CALLS FOR AN IMMEDIATE
    CEASE FIRE.
    AND OBVIOUSLY, SOME OF THOSE
    SENTIMENTS THAT WERE REPEATED
    BY THOSE PROTESTERS IN THE
    ENCAMPMENT THAT HAPPENED
    EARLIER TODAY.
    AND THAT WAS ALSO ON TOP
    OF THAT BY ABOUT 150 STUDENTS
    EARLIER MORNING AROUND NOON
    THAT VOTED TO ESSENTIALLY DEFY
    THAT 2 P.M. DEADLINE AT 2 P.M.
    DEADLINE ON REFERRING TO IS,
    OF COURSE, THE DEADLINE NEEDED
    FOR THE STUDENTS TO GET OF THE
    CAMPUS AND REMOVE
    THEIR BELONGINGS.
    BUT AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT NOW,
    THEY’RE DEFYING THAT.
    A PROTEST HAS ERUPTED OUTSIDE
    OF THE PULITZER HALL WHERE JUST
    ONE OF THAT ENCAMPMENT HAS
    HAPPENED.
    AND AGAIN, RIGHT NOW WE’RE
    STARTING TO SEE SOME ESPECIALLY
    UP SOME KIND OF COMMOTION
    ESSENTIALLY RIGHT NOW AS THIS
    PROTEST IS STARTING TO SWELL.
    AGAIN, WE ALREADY SAW
    ONE INDIVIDUAL TAKEN AWAY
    IN HANDCUFFS AND A CLASH
    STARTED TO FORM RIGHT NOW
    BETWEEN THE POLICE OFFICERS
    TRYING TO MAINTAIN ORDER AND A
    LOT OF THE PROTESTERS THAT HAVE
    GATHERED HERE OUTSIDE
    THE CONCERT HALL HERE
    AT COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY.
    AND YOU’RE NOT JUST DEALING
    WITH THE DEADLINE THAT HAPPENED
    AT 2 P.M. AND CLEARLY WE DON’T
    SEE THE TEARING DOWN OF ANY
    TENTS YET.
    THESE PROTESTS ACTUALLY PICKING
    UP A LITTLE MORE SPEED.
    TELL US NOW ABOUT THIS CLASS
    ACTION LAWSUIT THAT WAS FILED
    AGAINST COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY
    AS WELL FOR VIOLATING STUDENT
    SAFETY PROTOCOLS.
    THAT’S WHAT THE COMPLAINT SAYS
    .
    AND IT GOES INTO A LOT
    OF DETAIL HERE, EVEN REQUESTING
    AN IMMEDIATE JUNK INJUNCTION
    REQUIRING THE SCHOOL TO FOLLOW
    THE EXAMPLES OF SOME OF ITS
    PEERS AND BAND OUTSIDE AGITATE
    .
    THIS IS WHAT THE COMPLAINT
    SAYS.
    AND STUDENTS WHO ARE INCITING
    FROM CAMPUS.
    WHAT MORE CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT
    THIS THIS LAWSUIT.
    >> THAT’S RIGHT.
    THAT’S A LAWSUIT, AGAIN,
    THAT WAS FILED IN THE SOUTHERN
    DISTRICT OF NEW YORK CITY HERE
    TODAY.
    AND IT INVOLVES COLUMBIA
    UNIVERSITY.
    AND IT WAS FILED ON BEHALF OF A
    GROUP OF STUDENTS.
    AGAIN, WHO SAID THAT THE
    UNIVERSITY VIOLATED ITS OWN
    STUDENT SAFETY PROTOCOLS.
    TAKE A LOOK RIGHT NOW AS THE
    PROTEST CONTINUES TO FIRE UP.
    BUT AGAIN, LIKE I SAID,
    THAT LAWSUIT WAS FILED TODAY
    IN THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW
    YORK, AND THEY’RE REPEATING
    A LOT OF ESSENTIALLY THE CALLS
    THAT WERE AND THE DEMANDS
    THAT WE’VE BEEN HEARING FROM
    THOSE INDIVIDUALS IN THE
    ENCAMPMENT.
    NOW IN THAT LAWSUIT INCLUDES
    PERSONAL STORIES OF COLUMBIA
    AND THE IMPACT OF THE CALLS FOR
    TERRORIST ATTACKS ON JEWS
    AND OPEN SUPPORT FOR HAMAS HAD
    ON THEIR LEARNING.
    IT ALSO FOCUSES ON COLUMBIA’S
    DECISION TO ALLOW WHAT THEY’RE
    CALLING EXTREMISTS AND NOT
    STUDENTS ON CAMPUS.
    WHILE MAKING CLEAR THAT JEWISH
    STUDENTS AREN’T SAFE ON CAMPUS.
    THAT’S OBVIOUSLY TO THAT
    LAWSUIT.
    NOW, LIKE YOU SAID BEFORE, HERE
    THEY ARE REQUESTING FOR
    IMMEDIATE INJUNCTION REQUIRING
    THE SCHOOL TO FOLLOW
    THE EXAMPLES OF SOME OF ITS
    PEERS AND TO ESSENTIALLY BAN
    OUTSIDE AGITATORS AND, STUDENTS
    WHO ARE INCITING VIOLENCE
    ON CAMPUS.
    THAT WAS JUST FILED.
    THAT’S ESSENTIALLY GOING
    TO FALL AGAINST COLUMBIA
    UNIVERSITY.
    AGAIN, THEY’RE REPEATING
    AND SAYING ESSENTIALLY THAT THE
    UNIVERSITY VIOLATED ITS OWN
    POLICIES AND FAILED TO MAKE
    STUDENTS SAFE ON CAMPUS HERE.
    AND ONE MORE TO YOU.
    YOU TALKED ABOUT AN ARREST
    BEING MADE.
    ARE STUDENTS WHO ARE
    PROTESTING, DO THEY KNOW
    THE RULES, ENGAGEMENT?
    HAVE THEY BEEN PUT ON NOTICE?
    AFTER 2 P.M. YOU’RE GOING
    TO GET ARRESTED IF YOU RESIST
    THE CLEARING OF TENTS.
    HAVE THE POLICE MADE CLEAR WHAT
    THEIR IS FOR ARRESTING PEACEFUL
    PROTESTERS RIGHT NOW?
    WELL, AGAIN, TERRY, THAT CALL
    FOR THAT 2 P.M. DEADLINE FOR
    THOSE PROTESTERS AND MEMBERS,
    THE ENCAMPMENT TO DISPERSE.
    THAT LETTER WAS SENT OUT
    EARLIER TODAY AND IT WAS WIDELY
    UNDERSTOOD THAT A LOT OF THOSE
    MEMBERS ESSENTIALLY GOT
    THAT MESSAGE.
    NOW, WE’VE BEEN OUT HERE
    ESSENTIALLY TALKING TO A LOT
    OF THE MEMBERS, THIS PROTEST
    THAT’S HAPPENING OUT HERE.
    AND THEY TELL US THEY, TOO,
    KNOW OF THAT DEADLINE.
    AND THEY ALSO KNOW
    THE CONSEQUENCE.
    NOW, THAT CONSEQUENCE INCLUDES
    SUSPENSION AND EVEN EXPULSION
    FROM THE UNIVERSITY, IF MEMBERS
    OF THAT ENCAMPMENT, IF
    THEY DON’T SIGN A LETTER
    THAT STATES THAT THEY
    WILL FOLLOW UNIVERSITY POLICIES
    ESSENTIALLY UNTIL YEAR.
    NOW, A LOT OF THE PEOPLE WE
    SPOKE TO, THEY SAID THAT THEY
    ABOUT THOSE STIPULATIONS,
    BUT ESSENTIALLY THEY DIDN’T
    CARE.
    THEY SAID THAT THEY’RE HERE FOR
    A REASON AND THE POSSIBILITY
    OF BEING EXPELLED FROM THIS
    UNIVERSITY WILL NOT DETER THEM
    FROM THEIR ULTIMATE GOAL
    OF CALLING ON THE UNIVERSITY
    TO DIVEST FROM ISRAEL, AMONG
    OTHER DEMANDS THAT WE’VE BEEN
    TALKING ABOUT ALL DAY TERRY.
    THANKS.
    ALL RIGHT.
    AND I KNOW WHAT THEY WERE LIKE
    .
    OUR STEPHANIE RAMOS IS THERE
    ON CAMPUS AS WELL.
    SHE’S SAYING THIS IS THE MOST
    RILED UP.
    SHE HAS SEEN THE COLUMBIA
    CAMPUS SINCE THE NYPD CLASHED
    WITH STUDENT DEMONSTRATORS
    BACK ON APRIL 20TH.
    SO IT’LL BE INTERESTING TO GET
    THE PERSPECTIVE FROM WHERE
    YOU ARE AND WHERE IS.
    SHE’S THERE RIGHT THERE AROUND
    THE QUAD WHERE SHE’S SEEING
    MORE STUDENTS JOINING TOGETHER
    AND MARCHING, SHE SAID.
    HUNDREDS, ACTUALLY, STUDENTS
    GATHERING.
    SO IT’S GOING TO INTERESTING
    TO SEE WHERE THIS GOES
    AS NEGOTIATIONS HAVE ENDED IN,
    ENCAMPMENTS ARE SUPPOSED
    TO BREAK UP MORE THAN AN
    HOUR AGO.
    ALL RIGHT.
    WELL, IKE IS THERE AND.
    WE’RE FOLLOWING THESE LIVE
    PICTURES.
    ALEX, LET’S TAKE IT TO YOU.
    YOU KNOW, THINGS HAVE PRETTY
    MUCH CALMED DOWN WHERE YOU ARE
    ON THE CAMPUS.
    THERE IN OHIO.
    BUT THESE PROTESTS AT AT U.T.
    HAVE PICKED UP SPEED.
    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN,
    ALL THE WAY TO OVERSEAS.
    WE’RE NOW REPORTING
    UNIVERSITIES HOLDING THESE
    PROTESTS FROM FRANCE TO ITALY
    TO THE UNITED, AS WE
    ARE LOOKING NOW AT LIVE
    PICTURES THAT WE’RE GETTING
    FROM THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS
    AT AUSTIN.
    KIND OF BRING US UP TO DATE
    AS WE LOOK AT THESE PHOTOS
    AND IF YOU COULD, FOR A MOMENT
    TICKETS OVERSEAS THAT WELL,
    BECAUSE CLEARLY ALL THESE
    STUDENTS FROM CAMPUS THIS
    ARE COMMUNICATING WITH STUDENTS
    OVERSEAS VIA, YOU KNOW, ONLINE
    PLATFORMS.
    THEY’RE ALL TALKING
    THEY’RE GATHERING.
    AND NOW IT’S GONE GLOBAL, KYRA.
    IT IS A MOVEMENT THAT HAS
    SPREAD.
    IT’S CLEARLY ACROSS THE POND.
    AND AS YOU MENTIONED, WE’RE
    SEEING SIMILAR DEMONSTRATION
    IN EUROPE, ALSO AS FAR AWAY
    AS AUSTRALIA AT THIS POINT.
    BUT SPECIFICALLY, YOU MENTIONED
    U.T., AUSTIN, WHAT’S HAPPENING
    RIGHT THERE DEVELOPING
    THE SITUATION THE SECOND TIME
    IN ABOUT A WEEK THAT WE’VE SEEN
    DEPARTMENT OF SAFETY TROOPERS
    MOVE IN ON THE PROTESTERS
    THERE.
    NOW, I WILL SAY THAT THE
    SITUATION DOWN THERE IN TEXAS,
    IT STARTED OUT AS A PROTEST FOR
    SOME OF THE RECENT UNIVERSITY
    DIVERSITY, EQUITY AND INCLUSION
    .
    I WILL SAY THAT THOSE
    PROTESTERS WERE JOINED
    PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTESTERS
    AT SOME POINT THIS AFTERNOON.
    AND OUR AFFILIATE DOWN THERE,
    KATE, YOU MENTIONED THAT AROUND
    TEN THEY WERE NOTIFIED 110
    LOCAL TIME.
    THEY WERE NOTIFIED BY LOCAL LAW
    ENFORCEMENT THAT THEY WERE
    GOING TO BE ASKED TO.
    ABOUT 20 MINUTES LATER,
    OUR CAMERA CREWS WERE DOWN
    THERE, AND THAT’S WHEN THEY SAW
    LAW ENFORCEMENT DRESSED IN RIOT
    GEAR WITH FULL COVERINGS
    AND LONG GUNS MOVING IN TO
    DISPERSE MEMBERS OF THIS CROWD.
    SOME ARRESTS ARE, IT LOOKS
    LIKE, AT A COUPLE
    OF CONFRONTATIONS THERE
    WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT.
    BUT IT REALLY KIND OF HEARKENS
    BACK TO WHAT WE SAW ABOUT A
    WEEK AGO FROM THAT SAME
    UNIVERSITY, ANOTHER
    LARGE PRO-PALESTINIAN PROTEST
    GOING ON ON THAT CAMPUS
    THAT THAT ENDED IN ONE STUDENT
    GROUP BEING SUSPENDED, AT LEAST
    FOR THE INTERIM.
    BUT AS I MENTIONED EARLIER,
    THIS ECHOES WHAT WE’RE SEEING
    NOT JUST ACROSS THE COUNTRY
    FROM CALIFORNIA TO UP THERE
    IN NEW YORK AT COLUMBIA
    UNIVERSITY, BUT ALSO NOW ACROSS
    THE POND ENGLAND AUSTRALIA.
    UNIVERSITIES IN FRANCE, ITALY
    ALSO HAVING SIMILAR
    DEMONSTRATIONS ACROSS THE WORLD
    .
    ALL RIGHT.
    ALL RIGHT, ALEX, APPRECIATE
    YOU BOTH.
    WE’RE GOING TO KEEP OUR EYE
    ABSOLUTELY ON ALL THESE
    PROTESTS THAT ARE CONTINUING
    ACROSS THE COUNTRY AND AS
    ALEX JUST MENTIONED, ACROSS
    THE POND AS WELL.
    THAT’S RIGHT.
    AND AS THESE PROTESTS CONTINUE
    TO GROW ACROSS THE COUNTRY,
    POLITICIANS FROM BOTH SIDES
    OF THE AISLE ARE REALLY COMING
    TO GRIPS WITH THIS ISSUE
    AND TAKING A STAND.
    HERE’S WHAT OHIO
    REPUBLICAN SENATOR J.D. VANCE
    SAID AND
    DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSWOMAN SOMER
    LEE, BOTH OF THEM TO ALL THESE
    CAMPUS PROTESTS.
    >> THIS IS OFTEN FRAMED AS A
    FREE SPEECH DEBATE.
    EVERYONE ACCEPTS THAT THEIR
    TIME, PLACE AND MANNER
    OF RESTRICTIONS, THESE GUYS
    HAVE THE RIGHT TO PEACEFULLY
    PROTEST.
    EVEN IF WE CRITICIZE
    THE MESSAGE, THEY DO NOT
    HAVE THE RIGHT TO SET UP TENT
    CITIES ON OUR PUBLIC SPACES
    AND TURN OUR CITIES IN THE
    GARBAGE DUMPS.
    >> AND WHEN WE SAY
    THAT STUDENTS, WHO ARE ENGAGING
    IN THE TIME HONORED TRADITION
    OF CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE,
    OF CAMPUS PROTEST AND ACTION,
    OR INHERENTLY BAD OR INHERENTLY
    ANTISEMITIC, PARTICULARLY AS WE
    SEE JEWISH STUDENTS STANDING
    IN SOLIDARITY WITH MUSLIM
    STUDENTS OR ARAB STUDENTS
    AND BLACK STUDENTS, WHEN
    YOU’RE ON THE GROUND, YOU SEE
    THAT ALL OF THOSE STUDENTS
    HAVE BEEN WORKING TOGETHER OR
    HAVE BEEN LEARNING
    AND EDUCATING TOGETHER,
    BRINGING OUR POLITICAL
    DIRECTOR HERE AT ABC NEWS,
    RICK KLEIN.
    SO, RICK, WE ARE SEEING AN
    UNUSUAL POLITICAL SPLIT.
    >> WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF IT?
    IT REALLY IS SOMETHING
    TO BEHOLD, KYRA, ESPECIALLY
    BECAUSE YOU HAVE A DEMOCRAT
    IN THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN
    GENERALLY SUPPORTIVE OF ISRAEL,
    BUT HAS PUT A LOT OF SKEPTICISM
    INTO WHAT HE’S SAYING, TRYING
    TO CALIBRATE AN ISSUE THAT IT
    FEELS LIKE IT IS BREAKING DOWN
    MORE INSIDE THE DEMOCRATIC
    PARTY THAN IT IS ON
    ON THE REPUBLICAN SIDE.
    WE HAVE A LOT OF ANGER
    AND OUTRAGE, MOSTLY FROM
    THE POLITICAL LEFT, AND IT DOES
    NOT CUT CLEANLY ALONG PARTY
    LINES.
    IT IS NOT DIRECTLY AIMED
    AT POLITICS.
    BUT — BUT THE INTENT IS TO
    PRESSURE THE BIDEN
    ADMINISTRATION TO DO MORE TO
    TO AID THE PEOPLE OF GAZA,
    IN SOME CASES TO TO CUT OFF
    TIES OR TO CUT LOOSE
    ISRAELI ALLIES.
    IN A LOT OF WAYS, IT IS AN
    ENORMOUS COMPLEX AND NUANCED
    ISSUE THAT I THINK
    UNFORTUNATELY IS BEING DIVIDED
    INTO KIND OF A ONE SIDE VERSUS
    THE OTHER SIDE, A TYPE
    OF DYNAMIC WITH A LOT OF THE
    CHANTS, THE SHOUTS AND NOW
    THE TEETERING ONTO ON TO
    SOMETHING WORSE THAN THAT.
    >> RICK, YOU KNOW, WE’VE HAD
    A LONG HISTORY IN THIS COUNTRY
    OF PROTESTS, STUDENT PROTESTS,
    SOME OF THE VIOLENCE AND THE
    VERY INFLUENCE OF 1968, 1970
    AND ON EVEN BEFORE THAT,
    THE WITH THE FREEDOM RIDERS
    AND ALL THE REST.
    THESE ARE A SMALL COMPARED
    TO THAT.
    RIGHT.
    THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF COLLEGES
    AND UNIVERSITIES ACROSS
    THE COUNTRY.
    WE’VE GOT, YOU KNOW, SEVERAL
    VERY ACTIVE.
    AND SECOND, YOU DON’T SEE
    VIOLENCE IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS
    YET.
    >> I WONDER IF THE COUNTRY
    HASN’T HAS FORGOTTEN HOW TO
    DEAL WITH STUDENT PROTESTS,
    PEOPLE CALLING FOR
    THE NATIONAL GUARD TO COME
    IN AND CLEARING.
    AND I WONDER THE IMPACT.
    YOU KNOW, IT HAD BAD IMPACTS
    ON PREVIOUS PRESIDENTS.
    LBJ, LYNDON BAINES
    JOHNSON BASICALLY LEFT THE
    PRESIDENCY OVER IT.
    BIDEN SCHEDULED TO DELIVER
    THE COMMENCEMENT AT MOREHOUSE
    COLLEGE ON MAY 19TH.
    CONSIDERING ALL THE PROTESTS.
    WHAT DO YOU THINK THE POLITICAL
    IMPACT OF IT, GIVEN THE SCALE
    OF WHAT WE’RE LOOKING AT,
    BUT ALSO THAT HISTORY WOULD
    SEEM SORT OF SHADOW THEM?
    >> YEAH, AND THANKFULLY, IT
    HASN’T BEEN VIOLENT AND THINGS
    HAS NOT BEEN ANYTHING LIKE 1968
    WHEN YOU WERE DEEP INTO DEEPLY
    UNPOPULAR WAR THAT INVOLVED
    AMERICAN TROOPS,
    AMERICAN SOLDIERS.
    THIS IS, OF COURSE, A MUCH
    DIFFERENT, DIFFERENT SITUATION
    WHEN TALKING ABOUT A WAR
    THAT THAT ISRAEL ISRAEL
    IS ENGAGED IN BECAUSE THEY WERE
    ATTACKED BY GAZA,
    BY PALESTINIANS RATHER,
    AND BECAUSE THERE ARE STILL
    HOSTAGES OR THEY’RE WE’RE
    LOOKING AT RIGHT NOW,
    BIDEN TRYING TO NEGOTIATE
    A CEASEFIRE.
    HIS ADMINISTRATION TRYING,
    WHAT THEY CAN TO TRY TO GET
    A CEASEFIRE AND GET THOSE
    HOSTAGES RETURNED IS NOT
    A CLEAN ARGUMENT IN EITHER
    DIRECTION.
    AND YEAH, YOUR POINT ABOUT THE
    SPEECH AT MOREHOUSE IT IS GOING
    TO BE QUITE A SCENE POTENTIALLY
    THINKING ABOUT WHAT WHAT THE
    PRESIDENT MIGHT FACE THERE.
    WE’VE SEEN FACULTY MEMBERS
    ALREADY QUITE CONCERNED
    ABOUT IT AND EVEN CALLING
    ON THAT THAT INVITATION TO BE
    TO BE RESCINDED.
    >> SO RICK TRUMP, YOU KNOW, HAS
    DESCRIBED HIMSELF AS THE BEST
    FRIEND THAT ISRAEL EVER HAD.
    AND BY ALL ACCOUNTS WOULD
    SUPPORT ISRAEL OVER
    PALESTINIANS ON JUST
    ABOUT EVERY.
    SO WHY AREN’T WE SEEING ANY
    DEMONSTRATIONS AT TRUMP EVENTS?
    >> IT’S FASCINATING QUESTION.
    I HAVEN’T SEEN A TON OF THEM
    RECENTLY.
    HE’S BEEN IN COURT MORE THAN
    ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
    HE’S BACK ON THE TRAIL
    WEDNESDAY.
    SO WE’LL SEE IF THINGS CHANGE
    WHEN HE’S IN THE MIDWEST IN TWO
    DIFFERENT TWO DIFFERENT SPOTS.
    BUT IT IS AN INDICATION
    ABOUT HOW SOME OF THESE SOME OF
    THE PROTESTS ARE DIVORCED
    IN THE POLITICAL REALITIES.
    WE’RE SIX MONTHS OUT FROM
    A PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
    AND IF YOU LOOK AT JUST THE ONE
    ISSUE OF ISRAEL AND GAZA,
    YOU LOOK AT THAT IN THE
    POLITICAL PRISM.
    I WOULD THINK MOST OF THE
    PEOPLE THAT ARE OUT ON THESE
    CAMPUSES ARE NOT GOING TO BE
    TRUMP SUPPORTERS, NOT GOING
    TO BE TRUMP FANS.
    AND I THINK THAT’S ONE OF
    THE THINGS THAT JOE BIDEN HAS
    TO BE THINKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW,
    ABOUT HIS OWN POLITICAL BASE.
    >> ABSOLUTELY.
    ALL RIGHT.
    FASCINATING POLITICAL QUESTIONS
    THERE.
    >> RICK KLEIN, THANKS VERY
    MUCH.
    NOW LET’S HEAD TO CAPITOL
    AND THE RENEWED CALLS FOR
    HOUSE SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON
    TO RESIGN.
    BUT AS HE TOLD OUR RACHEL SCOTT
    WEEKS AGO, HE ISN’T GOING
    ANYWHERE.
    >> WHAT IS WHAT IS
    YOUR RESPONSE?
    REPUBLICANS WHO SAY THIS MOVE
    SHOULD COST YOU YOUR JOB
    AND THAT IF YOU DON’T RESIGN,
    THEY WILL TRY TO OUST YOU?
    >> I AM NOT RESIGNING AND THAT
    IS IT IS, IN MY VIEW, AN ABSURD
    NOTION THAT SOMEONE WOULD BRING
    A VACATE MOTION.
    WE ARE SIMPLY HERE TRYING TO DO
    OUR JOB.
    >> IT IS NOT HELPFUL TO THE
    FORCE, IS NOT HELPFUL TO THE
    COUNTRY.
    AND SO FAR, SPEAKER
    JOHNSON STUCK TO WHAT HE TOLD
    RACHEL.
    IS HE STILL STANDING FIRM
    SAYING HE WILL NOT STEP DOWN?
    RACHEL SCOTT JOINS US NOW.
    SO, RACHEL, THE HOUSE RETURNS
    BACK TO SESSION LATER TODAY.
    ALL EYES ON REPRESENTATIVE
    MARJORIE TAYLOR GREENE
    AND SHE’S THREATENING TO OUST
    THE SPEAKER WITH THAT MOTION
    TO VACATE.
    HAS HAS SPEAKER MIKE JOHNSON
    KIND OF FIGURED IT OUT THAT HOW
    JUST STAND UP TO THE TINY
    MINORITY WHO’VE BEEN CAUSING
    ALL THIS RUCKUS IN THE
    REPUBLICAN PARTY AND NOT
    GO ANYWHERE AND NOT GO ANYWHERE
    HE’S GOING TO STAY.
    >> YEAH.
    AND THIS IS SOMETHING THAT WE
    HAVE SEEN OTHER SPEAKERS,
    NAMELY KEVIN MCCARTHY, HAVE A
    REALLY HARD TIME DEALING WITH,
    RIGHT.
    THIS RIGHT-WING OF THEIR PARTY,
    THESE HANDFUL OF MEMBERS
    WHO GET VERY FRUSTRATED WHEN
    THE REPUBLICAN SPEAKER OF THE
    HOUSE ACROSS THE AISLE
    AND WORKS WITH DEMOCRATS
    WHO OBVIOUSLY CONTROLLED
    THE SENATE AND ARE IN THE WHITE
    HOUSE.
    AND SO HERE ONCE AGAIN, WE
    ARE SEEING THAT FRUSTRATION,
    BELIEVE IT OR NOT, GUYS, WE’VE
    BEEN TALKING ABOUT THIS IDEA
    OF MARJORIE TAYLOR FORCING THIS
    VOTE AGAINST SPEAKER
    JOHNSON FOR 30 PLUS DAYS.
    THIS IS NOW JUST A THREAT
    THAT IS HANGING OUT THERE.
    YES SHE HAS GOTTEN SOME MORE
    SUPPORT FROM OTHER REPUBLICANS.
    THERE ARE THREE AT LEAST
    THAT SUPPORT THESE EFFORTS.
    AND SPEAKER JOHNSON, OF COURSE
    ,THIS RAZOR-THIN MAJORITY.
    BUT SO FAR, CONGRESSWOMAN
    MARJORIE GREENE HAS FAILED
    TO ACTUALLY INDICATE WHEN
    SHE’S GOING MAKE GOOD ON THESE
    THREATS.
    SO, SO FAR, WE ARE JUST WAITING
    FOR IT.
    SO TODAY IS REALLY THE FIRST
    POSSIBLE DAY AGAIN SINCE
    THE HOUSE COMES BACK THAT SHE
    COULD TRY AND MOVE ON THIS.
    SHE HAS NOT INDICATED IF SHE
    WILL DO SO.
    AND HERE’S ONE THING THAT WE DO
    KNOW.
    THERE IS SOME SUPPORT FOR
    SPEAKER JOHNSON IN
    THE DEMOCRATIC WHEN IT COMES
    TO JUST KEEPING HIS JOB.
    LOOK, DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS
    DO NOT WANT TO SEE THIS AGAIN.
    WE SAW THE HOUSE BE THROWN INTO
    CHAOS.
    THEY CAN’T DO ANYTHING.
    A SPEAKER.
    WE HAVE THESE WARS RAGING
    IN THE MIDDLE EAST.
    THEY’RE SERIOUS BUSINESS
    THAT NEEDS TO BE DONE IN THE
    HOUSE.
    AND SO IT IS VERY, VERY LIKELY
    THAT DEMOCRATS WOULD THROW
    SPEAKER JOHNSON A LIFELINE,
    POSSIBLY HELPING TABLE VOTE IF
    IT ACTUALLY ARISES, GUYS.
    >> SO WE SPEAKER JOHNSON WAS
    WITH DONALD TRUMP AT
    MAR-A-LAGO.
    WHAT, A COUPLE OF WEEKS AGO,
    COULD HIS SUPPORT HELP SAVE
    JOHNSON’S JOB HERE?
    I MEAN, WE KNOW THE INFLUENCE
    TRUMP HAS ALL OVER THE PLACE.
    WHAT HOW DO YOU SEE THIS
    UNFOLDING?
    YEAH, AND WHEN I WAS THERE
    AT MAR A LAGO WITH TRUMP
    AND SPEAKER STANDING SIDE
    BY SIDE, IT KIND OF BROUGHT ME
    BACK TO BEING INSIDE THE HOUSE
    CHAMBER WHEN SPEAKER MCCARTHY
    WAS ACTUALLY TRYING TO CLAIM
    THE SPEAKER’S.
    AND YOU REMEMBER DONALD
    TRUMP WAS ON THE PHONE
    WITH REPUBLICANS, AS THEY WERE
    IN THE HOUSE CHAMBER URGING
    THEM TO BACK MCCARTHY.
    AND IN THE END, THEY DID.
    HE ACTUALLY FLIPPED SOME VOTES
    .
    AND SO THIS IS THE SORT
    OF INFLUENCE THAT TRUMP HAS
    OVER HOUSE REPUBLICANS
    IN PARTICULAR.
    NOW, WE KNOW THE FORMER
    PRESIDENT, HE HAS
    CALLED SPEAKER JOHNSON A A GOOD
    GUY, A NICE GUY.
    HE KNOWS THAT HE HAS A VERY
    TOUGH JOB TO DO.
    WE HAVEN’T SEEN HIM SORT
    OF PUSH THIS SORT OF PRESSURE
    FROM CONGRESS OVER MARJORIE
    TAYLOR.
    GREENE BUT IT IS VERY NOTABLE
    BECAUSE GREENE IS A STAUNCH
    OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT.
    AND SO IN THE END, TRUMP SORT
    BACKING AWAY AND NOT REALLY
    SAYING MUCH AT ALL COULD
    ACTUALLY HELP JOHNSON KEEP
    HIS JOB.
    >> RACHEL SCOTT LOVE AVENUE,
    THANKS SO MUCH.
    THANKS.
    COMING UP OR COMING UP, RATHER,
    NOBODY IS ABOVE THE LAW, EVEN
    THOUGH SWORN TO PROTECT IT,
    A YORK D.A. UNDER FIRE FOR
    GOING CRICKETT KRIKORIAN,
    THE COPS AND NOW THE GOVERNOR
    IS INVOLVED.
    WE’LL EXPLAIN.
    >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
    YOU ARE SITTING DOWN LIKE THIS
    .
    >> TELL YOUR STORY.
    BRITTANY, ARE YOU READY?
    WE’VE BEEN TO GO THROUGH
    YOUR BAG AND YOU FELT
    THE CARTRIDGE.
    >> WHAT WERE YOU THINKING
    IN THAT MOMENT WHEN YOU FELT
    THAT MY LIFE IS RIGHT HERE
    AND YOU’VE JUST BEEN TOLD
    YOU’RE GOING TO BE NINE YEARS
    AND ONE OF THE WORST PRISONS
    IN RUSSIA WERE IN GRANDMA
    ROBIN ROBERTS PRISONER
    IN RUSSIA.
    >> THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON ABC.
    THIS WEEK A GAG ORDER RULING
    IN DONALD TRUMP’S CRIMINAL
    TRIAL AS ALLEGED NEW VIOLATIONS
    PILE UP.
    PLUS, THE COLLEGE PROTESTS
    IN THE U.S. SPREADING ACROSS.
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    NO CONTROVERSY GOING AFTER
    A VIRAL TRAFFIC STOP
    WITH POLICE BODY CAMERAS
    SHOWING SHOWED THE D.A.
    POSSIBLY ATTEMPTING TO USE
    POSITION IN POWER TO GET OUT
    OF A SPEEDING TICKET.
    IT WOULDN’T BE THE FIRST.
    NOW, GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL
    OF NEW YORK IS CALLING FOR AN
    INVESTIGATION.
    >> ABC’S DEMARCO MORGAN HAS
    THE DETAILS FROM THE D.A..
    I WAS GOING 55, 55 AND A 35.
    I DON’T REALLY CARE.
    NEW YORK’S GOVERNOR SEEKING
    A STATE INVESTIGATION INTO
    A LOCAL DISTRICT ATTORNEY’S
    CONDUCT AFTER THIS TRAFFIC
    STOP.
    >> GET OUT OF SANTA.
    >> JULIE IS UNDER FIRE AFTER
    POLICE BODYCAM SHOWS HER TENSE
    INTERACTION WITH THE POLICE
    OFFICER AFTER REFUSING PULL
    OVER.
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    MA’AM?
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    DOOLEY, WHOSE JURISDICTION
    INCLUDES ROCHESTER, NEW YORK,
    ARRIVED HER HOME GARAGE AFTER
    OFFICERS TRIED TO PULL HER OVER
    FOR SPEEDING.
    TELL HIM TO LEAVE ME ALONE.
    HELLO, SIR.
    IN VIDEO, STERLING ADMITTING
    SHE WAS SPEEDING.
    AND YOU EVEN ADMITTED TO ME
    THAT YOU WENT.
    >> I UNDERSTAND THAT, MA’AM.
    I UNDERSTAND THAT EVEN FLASHING
    HER CREDENTIALS AT ONE POINT,
    I AM THE D.A..
    >> OKAY.
    OKAY LET ME GET YOU MY BADGE.
    I AM LEADER OF NEW YORK NOW.
    NEW YORK GOVERNOR KATHY HOCHUL
    HAS REFERRED THIS CASE TO THE
    COMMISSION ON PROSECUTORIAL
    CONDUCT, SAYING DUALE HAS
    UNDERMINED HER ABILITY TO HOLD
    OTHERS ACCOUNTABLE FOR
    VIOLATING THE LAW.
    ALL NINE MEMBERS OF ROCHESTER’S
    CITY COUNCIL CALLING FOR AN
    IMMEDIATE INVESTIGATION INTO
    DOOLEY’S ACTIONS.
    >> I DO THINK THAT SHE SHOULD.
    >> I’M NOT SURE SHE WILL.
    THE OFFICER ULTIMATELY HER A
    TICKET.
    >> YOU KNOW, WHAT IS SHE GOING
    TO DO THIS TIME?
    >> I’M THE ONE PROSECUTED.
    OKAY.
    I’M JUST GOING TO APOLOGIZE.
    AND A NEW VIDEO SAYING SHE PLED
    GUILTY TO SPEEDING AND WILL
    UNDERGO ETHICS TRAINING.
    >> I AM SO SORRY.
    I’VE BEEN HUMBLED BY MY OWN
    STUPIDITY AND I AM FULLY
    TO BLAME.
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    FOLLOW THE OUTCOME OF THAT.
    KEEP TRACK OF THAT.
    YOU SAY ONE THING WHEN
    YOU DON’T REALIZE THERE’S
    A CAMERA ROLLING ON YOU
    AND THEN YOU HAVE TO APOLOGIZE.
    ALL RIGHT, GONG.
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    THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED, BUT THE
    FLAG.
    THERE’S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT
    OF THERE.
    HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL
    RIGHT HERE IN THE USA?
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    WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE NOW
    .
    MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR
    FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS.
    ON NUCLEAR REACTORS.
    WE HAVE A COUPLE LOADED
    AND READY TO GO.
    THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED LIKE
    A FLAG.
    THERE’S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT
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    YOU’RE PROUD OF IT?
    I LOVE IT.
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    HI.
    WHERE ARE YOU.
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    IT’S VERY INTERESTING.
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    >> WE HAVE A BEAUTIFUL YOUNG
    WOMAN KILLED AT THE VERY
    BEGINNING OF HER LIFE.
    WHAT HAPPENS WHEN
    THE INTERROGATION HELPS PUT
    THE WRONG MAN IN PRISON?
    I WAS IN NO WAY AROUND THE FALL
    OF THE GUARD UNTIL YEARS LATER
    WHEN REAL KILLER STEPS INTO
    THE BOX.
    THE TOUGH QUESTION HERE
    IS WHAT’S THE CHANCE
    YOU’RE EATING?
    WILL MATCH THAT OPTION TO WE
    HAVE YOUR DNA AT THE SCENE.
    WHAT DID YOU USE THAT KNIFE?
    OH, MY GOD.
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    SOME THE TOP HEADLINES WE’RE
    WATCHING FOR YOU RIGHT NOW
    ON ABC NEWS LIVE.
    DEFYING A DEADLINE AND REFUSING
    TO TEAR DOWN THEIR TENTS.
    WE ARE WATCHING FOR COLUMBIA
    UNIVERSITY’S NEXT MOVE NOW
    SINCE THE COACH NEGOTIATIONS
    WENT SOUTH AND STUDENTS FACE
    SUSPENSION.
    AND WHILE WE MONITOR
    THAT PROTESTS AT COLLEGES
    AND UNIVERSITIES ARE SPREADING
    AMID THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR NOW
    HUNDREDS OF PEOPLE HAVE BEEN
    ARRESTED NATIONWIDE AS STUDENTS
    ARE DEMANDING THAT THEIR
    SCHOOLS CUT FINANCIAL TIES
    WITH ISRAEL.
    THEN OVER IN TEXAS, A DISPERSAL
    ISSUE WAS ORDERED AS PROTESTS
    THERE CONTINUE ON THE CAMPUS
    OF U.T. AUSTIN.
    YOU CAN ACTUALLY THE LAW
    ENFORCEMENT THAT ARE OUT THERE
    STILL IN RIOT.
    LET’S HEAD BACK, THOUGH,
    TO COLUMBIA FIRST, WHERE
    IKE EJIOCHI AND ALSO OUR ABC
    AFFILIATE GAVE YOU IS MALIA
    MATSUMOTO IS AT THE UNIVERSITY
    OF TEXAS IN AUSTIN.
    WE’LL CHECK IN WITH HER AS
    WELL.
    BUT FIRST, I.
    HAVE YOU SEEN ANY SUSPENSIONS
    OR OF ANYONE BEING SUSPENDED SO
    FAR THERE AT COLUMBIA?
    ASSUMING WE DON’T HAVE AUDIO,
    I DON’T HEAR WHAT’S GOING ON.
    >> ALL RIGHT.
    WE APOLOGIZE.
    WE’RE GOING TO TRY AND WORK OUT
    THE AUDIO ISSUE THERE WHERE
    YOU ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF THOSE
    PROTESTS AT COLUMBIA
    UNIVERSITY.
    MALIA, LET’S CHECK IN WITH YOU.
    WHAT’S HAPPENING AT UT-AUSTIN?
    WELL, IT’S BEEN KIND OF A
    CHAOTIC SCENE HERE.
    YOU KNOW, AS SOON AS THE DPS,
    TEXAS DEPARTMENT PUBLIC SAFETY
    FIRST CAME IN, THAT’S KIND
    OF WHEN THE MOOD SHIFTED HERE.
    IT STARTED WITH JUST KIND OF A
    GROUP OF STUDENTS GATHERED
    AROUND AND COMMUNITY MEMBERS
    IN THESE ENCAMPMENTS SET UP
    HERE.
    BUT THEN TROOPERS CAME IN.
    YOU GOT ALL ONLOOKERS,
    PEOPLE COMING FROM
    THE UNIVERSITY, PEOPLE COMING
    FROM OUTSIDE, TAKING VIDEOS.
    WE’RE JUST SEEING EVEN
    MORE PEOPLE GET ARRESTED.
    AS I SPEAK RIGHT NOW.
    THEY’RE TAKING PEOPLE OUT
    OF THIS CROWD.
    SO, YOU KNOW, DO YOU SEE THIS
    FAMILIAR BEING DIFFERENT FROM
    YOUR LAST WEEK?
    WE MONITORED THINGS AS IT
    ESCALATED AND WE SAW YOU KNOW,
    POLICE COME THROUGH IN RIOT
    GEAR AND WE SAW ACTUALLY SOME
    ARRESTS HAPPENING.
    AND SO DO YOU THINK
    IT’S BUILDING?
    >> ARE THERE MORE STUDENTS
    COMING OUT THIS WEEK?
    YOU THINK?
    YOU KNOW, IT SEEMS IF THERE
    IS MORE EXCITEMENT, PEOPLE KNOW
    ABOUT IT NOW.
    SO THEY ARE OUT TO SEE THAT.
    THEY’VE SEEN A LOT OF STUDENTS
    COME OUT HERE FROM OTHER
    CLASSES.
    THEY’VE, YOU KNOW, JUST WANT
    TO SEE WHAT’S GOING ON.
    SO THE CHANTS WHEN THEY STARTED
    ,YOU KNOW, WERE THINGS LIKE
    FREE PALESTINE.
    AND THEN AS THE TROOPERS CAME
    IN, THEY’VE BEEN, YOU KNOW,
    YELLING THINGS TO THE TROOPERS
    NOW.
    SO IT’S BEEN KIND OF A
    DIVERSION FROM WHAT THE
    ORIGINAL INTENT OF THIS RALLY
    WAS TO NOW GETTING THE TROOPERS
    OFF CAMPUS.
    RIGHT.
    BECOME A LITTLE MORE ROWDY FOR
    A NUMBER OF REASONS.
    AND I LET’S TAKE IT
    BACK TO YOU.
    I APOLOGIZE WITH THE TECHNICAL
    ISSUE I WAS ASKING YOU ABOUT
    SUSPENSIONS.
    NOW THAT THE DEADLINE IS OVER
    AND NEGOTIATIONS WENT SOUTH,
    THOSE TENTS ARE SUPPOSED TO BE
    TORN DOWN, BUT IT SOUNDS LIKE
    THOSE PROTESTERS CLEARLY
    HAVE LEFT.
    >> WHAT’S THE UNIVERSITY GOING
    TO DO NEXT?
    WELL, CURRENT WE KNOW THAT THE
    UNIVERSITY HAS LAID OUT
    WHAT THEY’RE WILLING TO DO FOR
    THOSE MEMBERS OF THE
    INDEPENDENT THAT HAVE NOT
    DISPERSED.
    THEY SAID THAT IF THEY DON’T
    SIGN THAT PAPER SAYING
    THAT THEY WILL ABIDE
    BY UNIVERSITY POLICIES UNTIL
    JUNE 30TH 2025 AND THEY WILL,
    IN FACT, FACE EITHER A SUSPEND
    AGAIN OR EVEN UP TO AN
    EXPULSION.
    NOW, THE STUDENTS WE SPOKE
    TO SAID THAT THEY UNDERSTAND
    THOSE ESSENTIALLY ARE THOSE
    WHAT COULD HAPPEN TO THEM IF
    THEY DON’T FOLLOW THE RULES.
    AND THEY ALSO UNDERSTAND
    WHAT CAN HAPPEN FROM THE NYPD
    ESSENTIALLY TAKING MATTERS INTO
    THEIR OWN HANDS.
    BUT NEVERTHELESS, WE’RE OUTSIDE
    PULITZER HALL HERE, JUST WHERE
    THAT ENCAMPMENT IS.
    IF YOU WALK WITH ME, YOU CAN
    SEE EXACTLY HOW INTENSE
    THAT PROTEST IS.
    TAKE A LOOK.
    THEY’VE BEEN HERE SINCE WELL
    BEFORE THAT 2 P.M. DEADLINE.
    AND HERE YOU WANT TO TAKE
    A LOOK AS WE WALK IN A LITTLE
    BIT MORE OUTSIDE HERE WITH THE
    POLICE HAVE MAINTAINED
    SOME KIND OF ORDER CALLING FOR
    THE UNIVERSITY TO MEET
    THEIR DEMANDS.
    NOW, AGAIN, ONE OF THE THINGS
    THAT WE DID WANT TO POINT OUT
    IS THAT THIS AT ONE POINT DID
    GET A LITTLE INTENSE.
    NOW, THIS GROUP THAT YOU’RE
    SEEING RIGHT HERE, NOT
    THAT LONG AGO, THERE WAS
    A WOMAN THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY
    PULLED OUT OF THIS GROUP FROM
    THE POLICE OFFICERS THAT YOU’RE
    SEEING AROUND HERE.
    SHE WAS TAKEN AWAY
    IN HANDCUFFS.
    WE DON’T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT SHE
    DOING AND WHY THAT RESULTED
    IN HER ARREST, BUT SHE WAS
    ESSENTIALLY TAKEN OUT OF THERE
    FROM THIS ONE SPECIFIC GROUP.
    >> THAT’S ABOUT ALL WE KNOW
    RIGHT NOW.
    WE GET HER.
    BUT THERE HAVE BEEN SEVERAL
    MORE OR LESS INSIDE APARTMENT
    THAT’S GOING ON RIGHT HERE
    TO MY LEFT INSIDE PULITZER HALL
    .
    BUT THIS GROUP HAS BEEN STAY
    HERE FOR A WHILE AND THEY WANT
    TO MAKE THEIR VOICES HEARD
    RIGHT NOW.
    SO ESSENTIALLY, WE’RE SEEING
    THIS PROTEST, NOT NECESSARILY
    DISSIPATE, BUT ONLY GROW
    THE CRESCENDO OF THE VOICES
    CALLING FOR THE UNIVERSITY
    TO MEET THEIR DEMANDS.
    IT’S ONLY GOING AS TIME GOES
    ON, AS WE KNOW RIGHT NOW.
    OTHER THAN THAT ONE ARREST,
    THIS HAS BEEN RELATIVELY
    PEACEFUL.
    BUT AS YOU CAN SEE NOW, POLICE
    OFFICERS HERE, IF YOU WANT
    TO TAKE A LOOK RIGHT NOW,
    THEY HAVE BEEN STATIONED
    ALL ALONG THIS PORTION
    OF BROADWAY HERE WHERE COLUMBIA
    UNIVERSITY IS NOT ONLY ON THIS
    SIDE, BUT ALSO ON THE OTHER
    SIDE WHERE THE PROTESTERS
    AND THEY’VE BEEN MAINTAINING
    ORDER FOR THE MOST PART.
    AGAIN, OUTSIDE OF THAT
    ONE ARREST THAT WE SAW EARLIER
    TODAY ABOUT A LITTLE OVER AN
    HOUR AGO, ESSENTIALLY HAS BEEN
    SOMEWHAT ORDERLY.
    YOU CAN SEE THAT THESE BARRIERS
    BEEN PUT INTO PLACE TO ALLOW
    INDIVIDUALS JUST TO WALK FROM
    THIS SIDE OF SIDEWALK TO THAT
    SITE IN THE STYLE THAT THEY’RE
    NOT ALLOWING THIS PROTEST TO BE
    DISRUPTED.
    SO, AGAIN, THEY MAINTAIN
    SOME KIND OF PERIMETER HERE.
    THEY’RE NOT LETTING THIS
    PROTEST ERUPT OUTSIDE
    OF HISTORY.
    THEY’RE MAINTAINING SOME SENSE
    OF SEMBLANCE OF NORMALCY
    RIGHT NOW AS THIS GROUP
    PRACTICES, THEIR FIRST
    AMENDMENT RIGHTS BY PROTESTING
    OUTSIDE OF THEIR.
    GOT IT.
    ALL RIGHT.
    WE’LL CONTINUE TO FOLLOW
    ALL THE PROTESTS THERE.
    UT-AUSTIN TO NEW YORK, ALL THE
    WAY TO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.
    IKE EJIOCHI AND ALSO KATY
    IS MARIA MATSUMOTO.
    APPRECIATE YOUR REPORTING FOR
    US OUT OF AUSTIN THERE.
    AND THANKS FOR STREAMING
    WITH US.
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    STOPS "GMA3" STARTS NOW
    >> Eva: "WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW"
    RIGHT NOW ON "GMA3."
    HIGH STAKES HOSTAGE TALKS
    INTENSIFY OVERSEAS AND THE NEW
    PUSH FOR A GAZA CEASE-FIRE, AS
    HAMAS RELEASES NEW VIDEO OF AN
    ISRAELI AMERICAN STILL HELD.
    >>> DR. JEN ASHTON WITH THE
    LATEST ON POSSIBLE SAFETY
    CONCERNS AT SOME MED SPAS.
    >> DeMarco: PLUS, THE NEW
    LAWSUIT FROM THE FAMILY OF THE
    MISSOURI TEEN WHO WAS SHOT WHEN
    HE WENT TO THE WRONG HOUSE.
    OUR EXCLUSIVE "GMA3" INTERVIEW
    WITH THE TEEN’S MOM AND THEIR
    ATTORNEY.
    >>> STARS LIKE VANESSA WILLIAMS,
    VICTORIA BECKHAM AND JON BON
    JOVI SEEM TO BE AGING BACKWARDS.
    WE DISCUSS IN TODAY’S MONDAY
    MORNING QUARTERBACK.
    >>> HERE WE GO.
    >> Eva: ALSO, CHEERING FOR
    INCLUSIVITY AND BREAKING BA
    BAR
    BARRIERS.
    THE NEW OPPORTUNITIES AND
    CONTRIBUTIONS OF YOUNG ATHLETES
    WITH DISABILITIES.
    >> DeMarco: AND MORTGAGE RATES
    KEEP RISING.
    HOW TO GET CREATIVE WITH
    FINANCING WITH THE NEW HOME YOU
    HAVE YOUR EYE ON.
    "MONEY REHAB," PODCAST HOST
    NICOLE LAPIN HAS SOME NEW
    OPTIONS.
    ♪ IF YOU BOUGHT MY DIAMOND ♪
    >> Eva: PLUS, SHE STARS IN THE
    HIT, "CABARET AT THE KIT CAT
    CLUB," THE TALENTED BEBE
    NEUWIRTH IS HERE ON "GMA3."
    >> DeMarco: AND HISTORY ON THE
    HARD WOOD.
    JALEN BRUNSON SINKS 47 POINTS AS
    THE KNICKS MOVE FORWARD.
    >>> AND SAYING GOOD-BYE TO A
    WNBA GIANT.
    >> Announcer: NOW FROM TIMES
    SQUARE, EVA PILGRIM AND DeMARCO
    MORGAN WITH DR. JEN ASHTON AND
    "WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW."
    ♪ OH, MY GOD ♪
    >> Eva: WE FNEED THE MUSIC TO GT
    US GOING ON THIS MONDAY.
    WELCOME TO "WHAT YOU NEED TO
    KNOW" AS WE BEGIN ANOTHER WEEK
    TOGETHER.
    >> DeMarco: OUR EP IS THE D.J.
    >> Dr. Jen: THAT’S WHY WE HAVE
    THE BEST MUSIC.
    >> Eva: YOU JUST FIGURED THAT
    OUT.
    >> DeMarco: YOU TOLD ME AND I
    WAS LIKE, CAT IS THE D.J.?
    OKAY.
    DR. JEN, GOOD TO SEE YOU.
    WELCOME BACK.
    >> Dr. Jen: THANK YOU.
    >> DeMarco: 52 DAYS UNTIL THE
    START OF SUMMER.
    >> Dr. Jen: WHO’S COUNTING?
    >> DeMarco: I’M COUNTING.
    >> Eva: WE HAVE SOME HEADLINES
    TO TALK ABOUT.
    SPECIFICALLY THESE PROCEDURES AT
    UNREGULATED MED SPAS ARE RISING.
    THE CDC IS INVESTIGATING AN HIV
    CLUSTER IN NEW NEXT BECAUSE OF
    SO-CALLED VAMPIRE FACIALS.
    >> Dr. Jen: BIG PICTURE.
    PEOPLE ARE ALWAYS INTERESTED IN
    A BARGAIN, THEY’RE INTERESTED IN
    UNFORTUNATELY WHEN YOU PUT THOSE
    TWO THINGS TOGETHER A LOT OF
    THESE DAY SPAS FOR BEAUTY AND
    AESTHETICS CAN TAKE ADVANTAGE OF
    PEOPLE AND WE’RE HEARING WITH
    DANGEROUS CONSEQUENCES.
    WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT MED SPA
    SAFETY THERE SHOULD BE AN MD, A
    PHYSICIAN, OVERSAYING THAT SPA
    ON A DAY-TO-DAY BASIS AND ASK
    FOR THAT PERSON THEY SHOULD BE
    ABLE TO BE IDENTIFIED.
    ANYONE WHO WAS ADMINISTERING
    WRINKLE RELAXING INJECTIONS LIKE
    BOTOX, THE MODULATORS AND
    FILLERS SHOULD HAVE MEDICAL
    CREDENTIALS.
    I CANNOT EMPHASIZE THAT ENOUGH.
    THERE ARE PROCEDURES THAT CAN BE
    PERFORMED BY ESTHETICIANS LIKE
    LASER, RADIO FREQUENCY, MICRO
    NEEDLING, YOU STILL SHOULD HAVE
    THAT FACILITY COMPLY WITH SAFETY
    STANDARDS.
    THEY SHOULD HAVE LICENSES
    AVAILABLE FOR YOU TO LOOK AT.
    ANY PROVIDER WHO IS GOING TO
    GUARANTEE RESULTS OR DOWNPLAY
    THE RISKS OR RECOVERY TIME
    PROMISE YOU SOMETHING THAT TOO
    USUALLY IS.
    >> GOOD ADVICE.
    THANK YOU.
    SHE IS BACK, LET’S CHECK IN, IN
    WASHINGTON, WITH YOUR LATEST
    HEADLINES.
    GOOD TO SEE YOU.
    >> GOOD TO SEE YOU.
    HOPE YOU ALL HAD A GREAT
    WEEKEND.
    WE BEGIN WITH NEW DEVELOPMENTS
    OVERSEAS.
    A DIPLOMATIC EFFORT TOWARDS A
    CEASE-FIRE DEAL AND HOSTAGE
    RELEASE DEAL IN GAZA, TALKS
    TAKING PLACE IN CAIRO WITH THE
    U.S. AND ISRAEL PUSHING THOOUMS
    COME TO AN AGREEMENT, A VIDEO
    SHOWS 64-YEAR-OLD KEITH SEIGEL
    STILL HELD BY HAMAS SPEAKING
    UNDER DURESS.
    ONE OF THE WORLD’S MOST ICONIC
    ARTWORKS MAY BE ON THE MOVE.
    OFFICIALS AT THE LOUVRE IN PARIS
    ARE CONSIDERING GIVING MONA LISA
    HER OWN ROOM.
    20,000 VISITORS A DAY AND
    OFFICIALS TRYING ALLEVIATE
    CROWDING.
    AT HOME, THE NEW MOVE ANNOUNCED
    BY XAVIER LAUNCHING WHAT WILL BE
    THE FIFTH HISTORICALLY BLACK
    PLEL SCHOOL IN THE U.S. TRAIN
    THE NEXT GENERATION OF BLACK
    DOCTORS, AND HELP ALLEVIATE
    SHORTAGES AND THE DEADLY TORNADO
    OUTBREAK IN THE HEARTLAND.
    GINGER GEE WITH THE FORECAST.
    >> AS WE GO FOR THE WARMEST OF
    THE YEAR FROM HERE TO NEW YORK
    CITY TO WASHINGTON, D.C., WE’VE
    GOT TO LOOK BACK AT WHAT
    HAPPENED OVER THE WEEKEND.
    THIS IS ONE OF AT LEAST 130
    REPORTED TORNADOS THIS ONE WITH
    WINDS OF AT LEAST 165 MILES PER
    HOUR IN SULPHUR, OKLAHOMA.
    IN TEXAS 8 TO 10 INCHES OF RAIN
    FELL, FLASH FLOOD EMERGENCIES
    MADE THEIR WAY INTO LOUISIANA.
    TOMORROW EVENING LATE AFTERNOON
    THROUGH THE EVENING, YOU WANT TO
    LOOK AT HOME FROM DES MOINES TO
    KANSAS CITY, WICHITA, SIOUX CITY
    AND SIOUX FALLS, WEDNESDAY
    KANSAS INTO WESTERN OKLAHOMA AND
    THE PANHANDLE OF TEXAS ARE ON
    THE LOOKOUT FOR SEVERE WEATHER.
    >> AND AN NBA PLAYOFF ACTION THE
    NEW YORK KNICKS WINNING A
    THRILLER.
    JALEN BRUNSON WITH A FRANCHISE
    PLAYOFF SCORING RECORD OF 47
    POINTS UP 3-1 AS THEY HEAD BACK
    TO THE GARDEN.
    THE CLIPPERS EVEN THEIR SERIES
    AGAINST THE MAVERICKS AND THE
    BUCKS BOW TO THE PACERS.
    LAKERS AND LeBRON JAMES IN A
    FIGHT TO THE FINISH TONIGHT
    AGAINST THE NUGGETS IN DENVER.
    ALL THIS AS THE GIANT IN THE
    WNBA HANGS UP HER JERSEY,
    CANDACE PARKER RETIRING.
    LAS VEGAS ACE IS MOVING ON IN
    HER ANNOUNCEMENT SHE SAID SHE
    PROMISED TO LEAVE THE GAME IN A
    BETTER PLACE AND WE SEE WHERE IT
    IS TODAY, THERE’S NO DOUBT ABOUT
    IT.
    >> BRAVO TO HER FOR ALL SHE’S
    DONE.
    THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
    GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
    >> GREAT TO SEE YOU.
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    TO THE WRONG HOUSE THE ABC NEWS
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    >> Eva: WELCOME BACK TO "GMA3."
    IT’S BEEN JUST OVER A YEAR SINCE
    RALPH YARL WAS SHOT AFTER
    MISTAKENLY GOING TO E WRONG
    HOUSE TO PICK UP HIS SIBLINGS.
    DESPITE BEING SHOT IN THE HEAD,
    AND ARM, REMARKABLY, THE
    MISSOURI TEEN SURVIVED.
    >> DeMarco: IN AN EXCLUSIVE
    INTERVIEW WITH ABC NEWS, YARD
    LINE’S
    MOTHER ANNOUNCES THEIR NEW
    CIVIL LAWSUIT AGAINST THE
    NEIGHBOR WHO SHOT THEM HERE TO
    DISCUSS IS CORRESPONDENT ALEX
    PEREZ THERE IN CHICAGO.
    GOOD TO SEE YOU, MY FRIEND.
    >> Reporter: GOOD TO SEE YOU,
    DiMARCO AND EVA.
    IT HAS BEEN A LONG YEAR OF
    RECOVERY FOR RALPH YARL.
    HIS SPIRITS REMAIN HIGH AND HIS
    FAMILY REMAINS FOCUSSED ON
    GETTING JUSTICE.
    THEY SAY THIS LAWSUIT IS ANOTHER
    STEP IN THAT DIRECTION.
    THE SHOOTING THAT GRIPPED THE
    NATION,
    16-YEAR-OLD RALPH YARL SHOT IN
    THE HEAD AND ARM AFTER HE
    MISTAKENLY KNOCKED ON THE DOOR
    AT THE WRONG ADDRESS.
    >> FOR THOSE OF US WHO HAVE SEEN
    HIM THE YEAR OR SO, DESCRIBE HOW
    RESILIENT IS HE?
    >> HE’S VERY RESILIENT.
    VERY, VERY RESILIENT.
    >> Reporter: IT SEEMED LIKE THE
    WORLD STOPPED FOR THE KANSAS
    CITY FAMILY LAST APRIL WHEN THEN
    16-YEAR-OLD YARD LINE WAS SET TO
    PICK UP HIS TWIN BROTHERS AT A
    FAMILY FRIENDS’S HOME.
    YARD LINE GOT THE ADDRESS MIXED
    UP AND ACCIDENTALLY KNOCKED AT
    THE HOME OF THEN 84-YEAR-OLD
    ANDREW LESTER WHO TOLD POLICE HE
    WAS STARTLED BY THE KNOCK AND
    THOUGHT HE WAS BEING ROBBED WHEN
    HE SAW A BLACK MALE
    APPROXIMATELY 6 FEET TALL
    PULLING ON THE EXTERIOR STORM
    DOOR HANDLE AND BELIEVED SOMEONE
    WAS ATTEMPTING TO BREAK INTO THE
    HOUSE AND SHOT TWICE WITHIN A
    FEW SECONDS OF OPENING THE DOOR.
    ACCORDING TO COURT DOCUMENTS HE
    OPENED FIRE THROUGH A CLOSED
    GLASS DOOR STRIKING YARD LINE
    WHO WAS UNARMED.
    YARD LINE MIRACULOUSLY WAS ABLE
    TO RUNAWAY, INJURED AND SHOCKED,
    HE TRIED GETTING HELP FROM
    NEIGHBORS, SOME AT FIRST TURNING
    HIM AWAY.
    EVENTUALLY OTHERS HELPING.
    THE TEENAGER SPEAKING WITH OUR
    ROBIN ROBERTS LAST YEAR.
    >> I WAS BLEEDING FROM MY HEAD.
    I WAS LIKE HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE,
    LIKE I’VE BEEN SHOT IN THE HEAD.
    >> HAD YOU EVER SEEN THAT MAN
    BEFORE?
    >> NEVER.
    >> WERE THERE ANY WORDS THAT
    WERE EXCHANGED BEFORE HE SHOT
    YOU?
    #
    >> HE ONLY SAID FIVE WORDS.
    DON’T COME HERE EVER AGAIN.
    >> Reporter: LESTER CHARGED WITH
    ONE COUNT OF FELONY ASSAULT IN
    THE FIRST DEGREE AND ONE COUNT
    OF ARMED CRIMINAL ACTION, ALSO A
    FELONY.
    HE’S PLEADED NOT GUILTY AND IS
    OUT ON BOND AWAITING TRIAL LATER
    THIS YEAR.
    >> AFTER REVIEWING ALL THE
    EVIDENCE PRESENTED IN COURT, THE
    JUDGE FOUND THE STATE HAD MET
    ITS BURDEN AND SET THE CASE TO
    CIRCUIT COURT WHERE A TRIAL CAN
    HAPPEN.
    >> Reporter: FRUSTRATED BY THE
    SLOW CRIMINAL COURTS PROCESS,
    YARL’S FAMILY TELLING ABC NEWS A
    CIVIL LAWSUIT AGAINST LESTER
    WILL BE FILED TODAY.
    >> HE’S GETTING TO ENJOY HIS
    SWEET OLD AGE IN THE COMFORT OF
    HIS HOME.
    SO WE HAVE TO PUT SOME PRESSURE
    SOMEWHERE.
    >> Reporter: YARL FAMILY
    ATTORNEY LEE MERRITT.
    >> THE ONLY REMEDY AVAILABLE IN
    CIVIL LAW IS A FINANCIAL REMEDY.
    SO WE ARE LOOKING TO ESSENTIALLY
    TAKE THE HOUSE FROM ANDREW
    LESTER.
    HE CANNOT COMMIT THIS KIND OF
    CRIME AGAINST A CHILD AND
    CONTINUE TO BE A HOME OWNER IN
    THE REGION.
    >> Reporter: LEE MERRITT SAYS
    THEY ARE CLAIMING THE
    NEIGHBORHOOD HOMEOWNERS
    ASSOCIATION WAS NEGLIGENT IN
    THEIR CIVIL SUIT.
    THE CIVIL SUIT IS SEEKING
    UNSPECIFIED DAMAGES MERIT SAYS
    AND COULD GET DELAYED UNTIL THE
    COMPLETION OF THE CRIMINAL CASE.
    ABC NEWS HAS REACHED OUT TO THE
    HOMEOWNERS ASSOCIATION, WE HAVE
    NOT HEARD BACK.
    >> UNFORTUNATELY, WE CAN’T SET
    THE TIMETABLE FOR THE CRIMINAL
    TRIAL, AND WE’RE DEALING WITH A
    >> Reporter: THE SOFT SPOKEN
    GOOD STUDENT WHO PLAYS CLARINET
    AND SAX IN HIS HIGH SCHOOL BAND
    IS SHY OF HIS 18th BIRTHDAY, A
    SENIOR HEADED TO COLLEGE IN THE
    FALL.
    HIS RESILIENCE REMAINS UNSHAKEN
    AND ONLY STRENGTHENED HIS FAMILY
    SAYS BY THE THOUSANDS OF
    MESSAGES OF SUPPORT THEY’VE
    RECEIVED FROM AROUND THE WORLD.
    A GOFUNDME AFTER THE SHOOTING
    RAISED MORE THAN $3 MILLION.
    >> IT WAS OVERWHELMING, VERY
    OVERWHELMING.
    I CRIED.
    I STILL CRY.
    >> Reporter: THAT SUPPORT IN THE
    FACE OF THE UNTHINKABLE,
    SOMETHING YARL AND HIS FAMILY
    SAY WILL STAY WITH THEM FOREVER.
    >> DeMarco: IT’S NOTHING SHORT
    OF A MIRACLE THIS YOUNG MAN IS
    STILL WITH US.
    HOW IS HE DOING TODAY?
    >> Reporter: DeMARCO, HIS MOTHER
    TELLS ME HE HAS FINALLY COME TO
    TERMS WITH, ACCEPTED THE TRAUMA
    THAT THIS SHOOTING CAUSED HIM
    AND THAT HIS BODY AND BRAIN
    RIGHT NOW ARE TOTALLY FOCUSSED
    ON HEALING.
    DeMARCO?
    >> Eva: ALEX PEREZ, THANK YOU SO
    MUCH.
    >> DeMarco: THANK YOU.
    >>> COMING UP ON "GMA3," IS 60
    THE NEW 30?
    >> DeMarco: DEPENDS ON WHO YOU
    ASK.
    RIGHT.
    STARS LIKE VANESSA WILLIAMS ARE
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    Reporting from Monterey Park,
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    ♪ I MADE UP MY MIND ♪
    >> DeMarco: WELCOME BACK.
    THAT IS THE VIDEO FROM VANESSA
    WILLIAMS’ FIRST SINGLE IN 15
    YEARS.
    THAT VIDEO SPARKING CHATTER
    ONLINE, ASKING THE QUESTION IS
    60 THE NEW 30?
    >> Eva: VANESSA AND OTHER STARS
    SHOWING EVERY DAY THAT AGE JUST
    MAY BE A NUMBER.
    MIKE MUSE JOINS US WITH MORE.
    LET’S TALK ABOUT IT.
    THE NEVER AGING MIRACLE.
    >> LET’S GO.
    WHAT’S UP, TWIN?
    >> Eva: I KNOW, RIGHT.
    >> TWINNING.
    >> WHAT AN INCREDIBLE WAY TO
    DISCUSS AGE, THROUGH VANESSA
    WILLIAMS WHO IS A STAR IN "DEVIL
    WEARS PRADA."
    WHICH IS GOING TO BE A MUSICAL.
    WE HEAR THAT SONG AND FOR HER TO
    BE 61 YEARS OLD, THAT’S AN
    UPBEAT SONG YOU CAN EXPECT TO
    HEAR AT THE CLUB THIS WEEKEND IN
    NEW YORK CITY OR WHEREVER NIGHT
    CLUB YOU MIGHT GO TO.
    THE LINE THAT I LIKED IN THERE
    WHERE SHE SAYS THAT, QUOTE, THEY
    SAY THE LEGS ARE THE LAST TO GO
    I’M GOING TO DEEP DANCING.
    I’M STILL PUTTING ON THE SHOW
    AND KEEP DANCING.
    SHE’S SHOWING US WITH THAT.
    >> Eva: HER LEGS ARE AMAZING.
    >> DeMarco: SHE DOESN’T LOOK
    LIKE SHE’S 61 AT ALL.
    >> SHE’S FEELING GOOD AND IT’S A
    VIBE.
    ABOUT VIBING.
    SOMETHING WE SAW OVER THE
    WEEKEND WITH JON BON JOVI WITH
    THE MICHAEL STRAHAN SPECIAL,
    MICHAEL AND BON JOVI HALFWAY
    THERE,
    HE’S 62 YEARS OLD.
    DID NOT LOOK 62 YEARS OLD.
    THEY’RE SET TO RELEASE THEIR
    16th STUDIO ALBUM.
    TO STILL BE MAKING MUSIC AT 62,
    16 ALBUMS IN, TO BE YOUTHFUL, TO
    STILL BE OUT PERFORMING AND
    BEING ON THE STAGE IS SOMETHING
    REALLY SPECIAL.
    THEN WE HAVE A SPECIAL TREAT.
    MY MOTHER, MAMA MUSE.
    >> DeMarco: HEY, MAMA.
    >> Eva: LOOK AT MAMA MUSE IN THE
    JEAN JACKET.
    >> IN THE JEAN JACKET, FLEXING
    ON THEM AT 80, TRAVELING TO
    LONDON AND TO PARIS.
    SO AGAIN, IT’S JUST NEW MINDSET,
    80 THE NEW 60.
    60 THE NEW 50.
    AND MAYBE 50 THE NEW 30.
    >> DeMarco: A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY
    IF YOU FEEL YOUNG, YOU’LL
    ACTUALLY START TO LOOK YOUNG.
    YOU STILL HAVE TO PUT IN THE
    WORK.
    I WAS HAVING A CONVERSATION THIS
    MORNING WITH OUR FAVORITE DR.
    JEN AND SO SHE AND I WERE
    TALKING ABOUT MORE SO ABOUT THE
    MINDSET, BUT TO BE THANKFUL AS
    SHE SAYS THEY’RE STILL VERTICAL,
    RIGHT, AND STILL NOT HAVE PASSED
    AWAY YET.
    THEY’RE ACTIVE, WORKING, RIGHT.
    WE EVEN HAVE DATA FROM THE U.S.
    LABOR STATISTICS THAT SAYS THAT
    ADULTS AGED 65 AND OLDER ARE
    PROJECTED TO BE 8.6% OF THE
    WORKFORCE IN 2032 UP FROM 6.6%
    IN 2022.
    THEY’RE STILL WORKING, THRIVING,
    THEY’RE STILL LIVING AND STILL
    JONTAY POTER THEIR LIVES.
    WHAT’S INTERESTING, DiMARCO AND
    EVA, I DON’T SEE THE OVER THE
    BILL BALLOONS WE USED TO SEE
    BACK IN THE DAY.
    >> DeMarco: YOU’RE RIGHT ABOUT
    THAT.
    >> Eva: I GOT ONE FOR MY
    HUSBAND.
    >> YOU DID?
    THEIR MINDSET IS CHANGING.
    50, THAT’S WHEN LIFE GETS GOOD.
    >> Eva: THAT’S WHEN YOU CAN
    AFFORD STUFF.
    >> YES.
    >> Eva: MIKE MUSE, THANK YOU SO
    MUCH.
    IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO SEE THE
    AGELESS ROCK STARS IN THE NEW
    EVENT SPECIAL MICHAEL STRAHAN
    AND BON JOVI, "HALFWAY THERE,"
    YOU CAN CATCH IT STREAMING IT’S
    ON HULU RIGHT NOW.
    >> SO COOL.
    >> DeMarco: JUST AHEAD, DR. JEN
    SAYS WHEN YOU MAY WANT TO
    CONSIDER DOING A BONE DENSITY
    TEST.
    >> Eva: GET READY TO CHIEER.
    ATHLETES EXCELLING DESPITE
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    you are sitting down like this
    to tell your story.
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    felt that my life is over right
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    You just been told you that to
    be nine years and one of
    the worst prisons in Russia.
    Brittney Griner Robin Roberts
    prisoner in Russia this
    Wednesday night on ABC
    >> WHAT DO YOU SAY I PEOPLE
    START THEIR DAY HERE FROM
    ABC NEWS.
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    Is that you
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    How much do you make on only
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    the model. We made it over 20
    million. Do you consider what
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    only fans not just said I had
    it to do all over again. I would
    have done it sooner.
    >> DeMar
    JEN LOOKING AT A REPORT SHOWING
    SHOW DOCTORS ARE SEEING MORE
    PATIENTS WITH EYE COMPLICATIONS
    DUE TO AN SDI EPIDEMIC.
    WHAT IS THIS?
    >> Jennifer: WE’RE TALKING ABOUT
    SIF HIS WISCONSIN ON THE RISE.
    IT’S ONE OF THE LESS COMMON
    SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS.
    IT CAN PRESENT ANYWHERE FROM TWO
    WEEKS TO MONTHS AND MONTHS AFTER
    SKIN TO SKIN OR CLOSE SEXUAL
    CONTACT.
    IT CAN HAVE NEUROLOGIC
    MANIFESTATIONS IF IT’S THE LATER
    STAGE FORM OF SYPHILIS.
    DOCTORS NOW ARE SEEING EYE
    MANIFESTATIONS, NEUROLOGIC
    MANIFESTATIONS, SEVERE
    HEADACHES, ATYPICAL SYMPTOMS,
    BIZARRE EYE SYMPTOMS.
    MOST DOCTORS, EMERGENCY ROOM
    PHYSICIANS, EVEN GYNECOLOGISTS,
    PRIMARY CARE PHYSICIANS V NEVER
    EVEN SEEN A CASE OF SIF HIS, SO
    THEY’RE NOT SEEING THESE
    ATYPICAL AND UNUSUAL SEVERE
    COMPLICATIONS THAT AFFECT THE
    EYE OR NEUROLOGIC SYSTEM.
    I THINK WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT BIG
    PICTURE HERE, THERE ARE — IT’S
    NOT THE ONLY SEXUALLY
    TRANSMITTED INFECTION.
    THERE IS NO STIGMA TO THIS.
    THERE SHOULD BE NO STIGMA.
    IT’S SO EASY TO SCREEN FOR
    SEXUALLY TRANSMITTED INFECTIONS.
    YOU CAN GO TO ANY CLINIC, ANY
    URGENT CARE.
    YOU CAN GO TO YOUR PRIMARY CARE
    PHYSICIAN AND GET A SIMPLE BLOOD
    TESTS IN MOST CASES.
    SYPHILIS YOU CAN GET A SIMPLE
    BLOOD TEST.
    FIND OUT IF YOU HAVE IT.
    IF YOU HAVE IT, IT’S A BACTERIAL
    INFECTION AND IT’S COMPLETELY
    TREATABLE.
    >> Eva: SOME PEOPLE WILL SAY I
    DON’T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT THAT.
    I DON’T HAVE SYPHILIS.
    IS IT AN STI IN YOUR EYE.
    >> Dr. Jen: IT’S A MANIFESTATION
    OF THE BACTERIAL INFECTION.
    IT CAN PRESENT WITH NEUROLOGICAL
    SYMPTOMS AND EYE SYMPTOMS.
    AGAIN, PREGNANT WOMEN AREUT ANY
    FEMALE, CAN GET A SIMPLE
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    THE ROBIN ROBERTS PRISONER IN,
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    >> THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT ON ABC
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    I’M KYRA PHILLIPS.
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    >> WAS BORN WITHOUT A DROP OF
    NOBILITY IN HIS BLOOD.

    THAT LION WOULD CHANGE OUR LIVES
    FOREVER.
    MUFASA.
    >> Eva: WELCOME BACK TO "GMA3:
    WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW."
    THAT’S AN EXCLUSIVE LOOK AT THE
    NEW "LION KING" TRAILER.
    THE HIGHLY ANTICIPATED
    STAR-STUDDED PRODUCTION
    INCLUDING BEYONCE AND HER
    DAUGHTER BLUE IVY’S BIG SCREEN
    DEBUT WITH ORIGINAL SONGS BY
    LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA COMING THIS
    DECEMBER.
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    YOU ALREADY KNOW IT’S GOING TO
    BE A HIT WITH SO MANY PEOPLE.
    >> Jennifer: JUST SEEING IT IS
    EXCITING.
    >> I’VE ALWAYS LOVED LION KING.
    >> SOME OF THE QUESTIONS FOR OUR
    VIEWERS FOR DR. JEN.
    WHAT ARE THE RISKS AND BENEFITS
    OF STARTING HORMONE REPLACEMENT
    THERAPY POST MENOPAUSE?
    THAT’S FROM L.D. PETERS.
    >> Dr. Jen: I LOVED THIS
    QUESTION ASKED ABOUT THE RISKS
    AND BENEFITS.
    YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO FACTOR BOTH
    OF THOSE AS WELL AS OPTIONS AND
    ALTERNATIVES WHEN TALKING ABOUT
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    MOST MEDICAL
    PROFESSIONALS TALK TO WOMEN
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    REPLACEMENT THERAPY, BEFORE THEY
    GO THROUGH MENOPAUSE.
    PERIMENOPAUSAL SYMPTOMS AROUND
    THE TIME OF MENOPAUSE, AVERAGE
    AGE OF 51.
    IT’S MUCH LESS COMMON FOR A
    WOMAN AFTER MENOPAUSE TO SAY
    SHOULD I BE TAKING HORMONE
    THERAPY.
    NOW HERE’S THE GOOD NEWS.
    WE KNOW SO MUCH MORE ABOUT
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    CAME OUT OVER 20 YEARS AGO IN
    THE WOMEN’S HEALTH INITIATIVE
    STUDY THAT TURNED THE WORLD
    AGAINST THE OPTION OF HORMONE
    REPLACEMENT THERAPY FOR WOMEN.
    EVEN WOMEN WHO ARE EIGHT PLUS
    YEARS, TEN PLUS YEARS AFTER
    MENOPAUSE IF THEY’RE STILL
    HAVING VASS SEW MOTOR SYMPTOMS,
    HOT FLASHES WITH LOW ESTROGEN
    AND PRO JEST RONE THEY SHOULD
    TALK TO THEIR DOCTOR ABOUT PROS
    AND CONS OF STARTING IT.
    THERE ARE RISKS BUT ALSO A LOT
    OF BENEFITS.
    >> Eva: YOUR PRESCRIPTION FOR
    WELLNESS?
    >> Dr. Jen: HAS TO DO WITH BONE
    DENSITY TESTING.
    WHEN TO GET THAT WHEN TALKING
    ABOUT OSTEOPOROSIS WHICH AFFECTS
    MEN AND WOMEN.
    ANYONE WHO HAS LOST SIGNIFICANT
    HEIGHT, THAT DOES HAPPEN WITH
    AGE, BUT YOU SHOULDN’T IGNORE
    THAT.
    IF YOU’VE HAD A LOW TRAUMA
    FRACTURE, SOMETHING THAT
    SHOULDN’T HAVE BROKEN A BONE,
    BUT HAS, BONE DENSITY TEST IS
    PRETTY STANDARD AND EASY TO GET.
    SOMEONE WHO HAS BEEN ON LONG
    TERM STEROID MEDICATION, SOMEONE
    WITH A PULMONARY CONDITION LIKE
    ASTHMA OR HAD ACUTE OR SUDDEN
    HORMONE LEVEL DROP AT ANY POINT
    IN THEIR LIFE,
    AVERAGE AGE FOR TESTING FOR
    WOMEN IS 65.
    THAT’S WHEN IT’S RECOMMENDED TO
    START.
    I DO NOT AGREE WITH THAT.
    I ALWAYS STARTED SCREENING
    PATIENTS AROUND THE TIME OF
    MENOPAUSE.
    KNOW YOUR FAMILY HISTORY AND
    THOSE RISK FACTORS.
    SUPER IMPORTANT.
    >> DeMarco: WHAT ABOUT MEN?
    WHEN SHOULD MEN GET SCREENED?
    >> Dr. Jen: NO SCREENING
    RECOMMENDATION FOR MEN.
    MAYBE WE CAN DO SOMETHING ABOUT
    THAT, DeMARCO.
    MEN GET OSTEOPOROSIS AS WELL.
    >> DeMarco: DOC, THANK YOU SO
    MUCH.
    FOLKS, WE LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU.
    HIT US UP ON INSTAGRAM WITH YOUR
    MEDICAL QUESTIONS FOR AMERICA’S
    FAVORITE DOCTOR AT
    @ABCGMA3.
    >>> INCLUSIVITY IN THE
    SPOTLIGHT.
    YOU’RE ABOUT TO MEET SOME GREAT
    KIDS AND THEIR FANS WITH A LOT
    TO CHEER ABOUT.
    >> Eva: AND THE REMARKABLE BEBE
    NEUWIRTH SIZZLING ON THE
    BROADWAY STAGE AND ABOUT TO
    UNVEIL THE CHITA RIVERA NOMINEES
    STAY WITH US.
    WOW.
    >> WHAT DO YOU SAY I PEOPLE
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    First thing in the morning,
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    >> DeMarco: BACK NOW AND THIS IS
    THE TIME OF YEAR WHEN
    CHEERLEADING AND DANCE HIT THE
    WORLD STAGE IN FLORIDA AS FANS
    CHEER ON THE CHEERLEADERS.
    >> Eva: ABC’S VICTOR OQUENDO
    IS HERE, THE SPORT IS MORE
    INCLUSIVE THAN EVER.
    TWO INCREDIBLE ATHLETES AND
    THEIR MOMS REVEAL WHAT THEY’VE
    OVERCOME ON THE PATH.
    YOU GOT IT.
    >> Reporter: FROM THE MAT TO THE
    LIFTS, TUMBLES AND FLIPS, CHEER
    IS A SPORT THAT BRINGS PEOPLE
    TOGETHER ACROSS GENDERS, AGES
    AND ABILITIES.
    >> THIS IS FUN!
    >> Reporter: FOR ATHLETES LIKE
    KENNEDY AND
    JADEN, AN OPPORTUNITY OF A
    LIFETIME TO REPRESENT THE U.S.
    ON THE WORLD STAGE.
    >> I HEREBY DECLARE THESE 2024
    WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS OPEN!
    >> Reporter: AT THE
    INTERNATIONAL CHEER UNION WORLD
    CHAMPIONSHIPS.
    >> IT’S INCREDIBLE.
    >> YEAH, YEAH.
    IT’S PRETTY AWESOME.
    >> ESPECIALLY FOR SOMEONE LIKE
    ME WHO MANY PEOPLE DID NOT THINK
    I WOULD BE ABLE TO DO THIS
    STUFF.
    >> CHEER HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON
    KENNEDY FOR HER CONFIDENCE AND
    FOR HER COMMUNICATION SKILLS AND
    SOCIALIZATION.
    >> Reporter: IN 2023 USA CHEER
    WAS RECOGNIZED AS A SPORTS
    ORGANIZATION BY NOT JUST THE
    OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, BUT THE
    PARALYMPIC COMMITTEE.
    GIVING THE SPORT A MUCH BIGGER
    PLATFORM.
    >> THAT WAS GOOD.
    ENERGY IS GOOD.
    >> Reporter: LEE IS THE DIRECTOR
    OF SPECIAL OLYMPICS AND ADAPTIVE
    CHEER TEAMS.
    >> WHY IS INCLUSION SO
    IMPORTANT?
    >> INCLUSION IS IMPORTANT
    BECAUSE IT’S PART OF THE WORLD,
    PART OF OUR EVERY DAY LIFE.
    IT’S JUST GIVING THE
    OPPORTUNITIES FOR THE ATHLETES
    AND THE FAMILIES TO SHOWCASE AND
    SHINE ON WHAT THEY CAN DO.
    >> Reporter: AS A TEEN, KENNEDY
    WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A RARE
    GENETIC DISORDER.
    >> WE DIDN’T KNOW IF SHE WOULD
    BE ABLE TO WALK OR TALK.
    AT THE BEGINNING.
    WE DIDN’T KNOW HER FUTURE.
    SHE DECIDED TO TRY OUT FOR THE
    HIGH SCHOOL CHEER TEAM, SO
    THAT’S WHERE IT REALLY STARTED
    TO GROW.
    AND THAT BECAME HER WHOLE ENTIRE
    WORLD.
    >> Reporter: WOULD YOU SAY THAT
    CHEER HELPED KENNEDY?
    >> WE HAVE A COMMUNITY NOW, IT
    IS OUR WHOLE WORLD RIGHT NOW.
    SMALL AND MIGHTY.
    SHE’S A DAILY INSPIRATION TO ME.
    >> Reporter: AT 3 YEARS OLD
    JADEN LOST HIS HEARING FROM
    COMPLICATIONS WITH A BRAIN
    TUMOR.
    >> HE CAN ENDURE ANYTHING AND
    COME OUT OF IT STANDING ON TOP.
    >> Reporter: JADEN’S MOM ANGELA
    A CHEER COACH ENCOURAGED JADEN
    AND HIS BROTHER BAILEY TO
    PARTICIPATE IN CHEER.
    >> WHAT KIND OF IMPACT HAS THIS
    TEAM HAD ON YOUR FAMILY?
    >> A BIG ONE.
    HE’S HAD SO MANY THINGS TO
    OVERCOME.
    HE WASN’T SWALLOWING.
    HE LOST HIS HEARING.
    THROUGHOUT THE PROCESS WE SAW
    HOW MANY TIMES HE WASN’T
    INCLUDED IN EVERYTHING EQUALLY.
    TO BE ABLE TO BE PART OF
    SOMETHING THAT PROMOTES
    INCLUSION AND EVERYBODY BEING
    SIDE BY SIDE, EQUALLY IMPORTANT,
    CHEER HAS OPENED UP A LOT OF
    DOORS TO ME IN MY LIFE AND IT’S
    A BLESSING TO WATCH IT OPEN UP
    DOORS FOR MY KIDS AS WELL.
    >> Reporter: THROUGH HARD WORK
    AND PERSEVERANCE JADEN AND
    KENNEDY ARE PART OF USA CHEER,
    PARTICIPATING IN THE
    ICU WORLD CHEERLEADING AND DANCE
    CHAMPIONSHIP IN ORLANDO.
    >> AS LONG AS THEY FEEL GOOD
    ABOUT WHAT THEY DID ON THE
    FLOOR, THAT’S ALL WE CAN.
    ASK.
    >> Reporter: THE USA ADAPTIVE
    ABILITIES TEAM TAKING HOME THE
    SILVER MEDAL.
    THE SPECIAL OLYMPICS TEAM TWO
    GOLD MEDALS FOR POM AND HIP-HOP.
    A LOVE FOR CHEER AND INSPIRING
    OTHERS.
    >> I JUST WANT TO SAY DON’T GIVE
    UP ON YOUR DREAMS AND YOUR
    VISIONS BECAUSE YOUR CURRENT
    SITUATION OR WHAT YOU THINK YOU
    CAN DO SHOULDN’T HOLD YOU BACK
    FROM WHAT YOU WANT TO DO.
    >> RED, WHITE, BLUE.
    >> All: USA!
    >> DeMarco: TALK ABOUT TEAM WORK
    AND BUILDING CONFIDENCE.
    >> Eva: I LOVE THAT.
    I LOVE THAT SO MUCH.
    THANKS TO VICTOR FOR THAT REPORT
    AND OUR INTERN GABRIELLA, SHE
    PITCHED AND PRODUCED THAT STORY.
    >> DeMarco: NICE.
    >> Eva: IT’S HER FIRST ONE ALL
    BY HERSELF THAT HAS AIRED NOW ON
    NATIONAL TELEVISION.
    >> DeMarco: THAT’S A WAY TO
    SECURE A JOB.
    WAY TO GO,
    GABRIELLA, BRAVO.
    >> Eva: UP NEXT, IT’S MONEY
    MONDAY.
    >> DeMarco: WE HAVE SOME WAYS TO
    RETHINK HOW TO FINANCE THAT
    DREAM HOME.
    PODCAST HOME’S
    NICOLE LAPAN IS HERE NEXT.
    STAY WITH US.
    This is the first time
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    thinking that moment when you
    felt that my life is over right
    here.
    You just been told you that to
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    Brittney Griner Robin Roberts
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    Wednesday night on ABC
    What does it take?
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    an operation think after Isis
    Fighters sister combat
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    We’re approaching the gate now
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    five different directions
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    So we have a couple loaded and
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    flag there’s not a tear in it
    out of Terry and how important
    this label right here made
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    Is that you
    that’s me and my big booty.
    How much do you make on only
    fans versus say an episode on
    Sopranos? Oh way more lonely
    fans
    celebrities can absolutely make
    a living on only fans. Bella is
    the model. We made it over 20
    million. Do you consider what
    you do pornography or sex work
    only fans not just said I had
    it to do all over again. I would
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    ♪ SHOOT ME DOWN
    ♪ SHOOT ME DOWN ♪
    >> Eva: WELCOME BACK.
    GROWING CONCERN OVER HIGH
    INTEREST RATES AND SKY ROCKETING
    HOUSING COSTS HAS MANY PEOPLE
    LOOKING FOR OTHER WAYS TO MANAGE
    A MORTGAGE IN THIS CURRENT
    MARKET.
    >> DeMarco: IT’S A LOT TO TAKE
    IN AND HERE TO HELP US FIND
    ALTERNATIVE OPTIONS FOR
    FINANCING A DREAM HOME IS "NEW
    YORK TIMES" BEST-SELLING AUTHOR
    AND HOST OF "MONEY REHAB,"
    PODCAST,
    NICOLE LAPIN.
    HEY, NICOLE.
    ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE YOU.
    YOU JUST BRIGHTEN UP THE ROOM
    ESPECIALLY WITH YOUR KNOWLEDGE
    HERE.
    >> THANK YOU.
    >> DeMarco: A LOT OF FIRST-TIME
    HOME BUYERS ARE FEELING A
    LITTLE, YOU KNOW, SCARY AND
    FRUSTRATED ABOUT WHAT’S GOING
    ON.
    WHAT ARE YOUR TIPS?
    WHAT ARE THE OPTIONS?
    >> IT IS SCARY OUT THERE.
    A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE OPTING FOR
    NOT VANILLA MORTGAGES.
    WITH THOSE EXOTIC FLAVORS, YOU
    WANT TO MAKE SURE THAT YOU CAN
    TAKE THAT FLAVOR SO YOU DON’T
    GET FINANCIALLY SICK.
    LOOK AT AN FHA LOAN FOR
    FIRST-TIME HOME BUYERS, FOR
    SOMEONE WHO DOESN’T HAVE A BUNCH
    OF SAVINGS OR WORKING ON THEIR
    CREDIT OR DOING CREDIT REHAB.
    THEY’RE FORGIVING WITH YOUR
    CREDIT SCORE.
    YOU CAN GET IN FOR 3.5% DOWN
    COMPARED TO 20%.
    FOR A TRADITIONAL MORTGAGE.
    YOU JUST WANT IT KEEP IN MIND
    THAT THE MAX
    IS 1 MILLION BUCKS FOR THE MOST
    EXPENSIVE AREAS OF L.A. AND NEW
    YORK.
    THERE’S GOING TO BE INSURANCE
    AND OTHER FEES, SO IT COULD ADD
    TO THE OVERALL COSTS OF THE LOAN
    OVERALL.
    >> A BILLION BUCKS GETS YOU
    NOTHING IN L.A.
    A SHELL.
    >> NOT VERY MUCH.
    >> Eva: LET’S TALK ABOUT — FOR
    SO MANY PEOPLE THEY’RE TRYING TO
    GET SOMETHING.
    YOU CAN’T GO BACK IN TIME AND
    GET THOSE OLD INTEREST RATES.
    EVERYBODY WANTS.
    WHAT CAN YOU DO?
    >> THE CLOSEST THING TO TIME
    TRAVEL IS AN ASSUMABLE MORTGAGE.
    THIS IS WHERE YOU AS A BUYER
    TAKE ON THE WHOLE MORTGAGE
    SHEBANG OF THE SELLER’S
    MORTGAGE.
    THEIR INTEREST RATE, THOSE SWEET
    BEAUTIFUL LOW INTEREST RATES,
    REPAYMENT TERMS, THE AMOUNT OF
    MONEY ON THAT MORTGAGE.
    IF THERE’S A DISCREPANCY BETWEEN
    THE PURCHASE PRICE AND WHAT’S
    LEFT ON THE MORTGAGE — SAY YOU
    BUY A $500,000 HOUSE AND
    $300,000 IS LEFT ON THE
    MORTGAGE, YOU HAVE TO PAY
    $200,000 TO THE SELLER BECAUSE
    THEY PAID THAT INTO THE
    MORTGAGE.
    IF YOU CAN, YOU GET THE $300,000
    LEFT ON THE MORTGAGE FOR THAT
    BEAUTIFUL, SWEET, LOWER INTEREST
    RATE.
    >> DeMarco: THE OLD SAYING IS
    DON’T MIX BUSINESS WITH
    PLEASURE.
    A LOT OF FAMILY AND FRIENDS ARE
    COMING TOGETHER AND PULLING
    THEIR RESOURCES TO GET INTO THE
    HOUSING GAME.
    IS THAT GOOD ADVICE?
    >> THERE’S THE ADAGE, IF YOU
    LEND A FRIEND MONEY,
    DECIDE WHAT YOU WANT MORE, THE
    FRIEND OR THE MONEY.
    I SAY NO WITH THE FRIEND, BUT
    MAYBE WITH A STRANGER.
    THERE’S A LOT OF CROWD FUNDING
    OPTIONS RIGHT NOW.
    THIS IS NOT FOR A PRIMARY HOUSE,
    BUT REAL ESTATE INVESTMENT.
    IF YOU DON’T HAVE ENOUGH MONEY
    TO SPEND, YOU CAN PUT A LITTLE
    PIECE IN FOR A SLICE OF A REAL
    ESTATE INVESTMENT.
    YOU PICK A PLATFORM ON-LINE.
    YOU PICK THE AMOUNT YOU WANT TO
    SPEND AND THE PROJECT, AND IF
    YOU DO WELL, IF THAT RENTAL
    LET’S SAY DOES WELL, YOU GET REG
    CHECKS OR IF THAT PROPERTY SELLS
    YOU CAN GET A LUMP SUM.
    DON’T DO THIS IF YOU NEED THIS
    MONEY.
    THIS IS MONEY YOU CAN LIVE
    WITHOUT BECAUSE IT TAKES A WHILE
    TO GET THAT MONEY BACK OR
    SOMEBODY TO TAKE OVER THAT
    INVESTMENT.
    >> DeMarco: MY FRIENDS ARE LIKE
    LET’S GO IN TOGETHER.
    YOU SAY NO?
    >> THAT’S A WHOLE OTHER SEGMENT.
    >> Eva: DO YOU THINK PEOPLE
    LOOKING FOR HOUSES RIGHT NOW —
    IT DOES FEEL REAL OVERWHELMING
    LIKE IS THERE HOPE THAT YOU CAN
    FIND SOMETHING YOU CAN AFFORD?
    >> THERE IS DEFINITELY HOPE.
    THERE’S ALSO SELLER FINANCING.
    THESE ARE RARE DEALS, BUT
    INSTEAD OF GOING THROUGH THE
    BANK, YOU CAN NEGOTIATE DIRECTLY
    WITH THE SELLER.
    THIS IS FOR PEOPLE WHO MIGHT NOT
    QUALIFY FOR TRADITIONAL
    MORTGAGES.
    THEY CAN GET LOWER CLOSING COSTS
    POTENTIALLY, LOWER INTEREST
    RATES OR DEFERRED PAYMENTS.
    IF YOU’RE GOING TO NEGOTIATE
    WITH SELLER BOB AND NOT DEAL
    WITH A BIG BANK, IF SOMETHING
    HAPPENS TO SELLER BOB SOMETHING
    HAPPENS TO YOUR MORTGAGE AND
    HOUSE.
    BE CAREFUL WITH THESE OTHER
    OPTIONS BUT THERE ARE OTHER
    OPTIONS.
    >> Eva: ALWAYS WITH THE GOOD
    ADVICE.
    THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
    CHECK OUT NICOLE’S PODCAST MONEY
    REHAB AVAILABLE RIGHT NOW.
    >> DeMarco: ALWAYS GOOD TO SEE
    YOU MY FRIEND.
    JUST AHEAD HERE THE CURTAIN IS
    ABOUT TO GO UP ON TOP BROADWAY
    TALENT.
    >> Eva: THE ONE AND ONLY BEBE
    NEUWIRTH JOINS US WITH THE CHITA
    RIVERA NOMINEES.
    STAY WITH US.
    CHITA
    RIVERA NOMINEE
    First thing in the morning,
    there’s a lot going on yet.
    Another Avalanche warning.
    That’s up to catch you up with
    what happened overnight a
    dangerous ice storm is
    impacting the morning commute.
    What’s happening today
    escalating tensions in the
    Middle East what people are
    talking about the migrant crisis
    fast straight forward
    with some fun in
    between passes billionaire.
    Sounds good to me. The Moose
    started chasing a dog first
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    This is the first time
    you are sitting down like this
    to tell your story.
    Are you ready?
    You’ve been told to go through
    your bag and you felt filter
    cartridge. What were you
    thinking that moment when you
    felt that my life is over right
    here.
    You just been told you that to
    be nine years and one of
    the worst prisons in Russia.
    Brittney Griner Robin Roberts
    prisoner in Russia this
    Wednesday night on ABC
    Get ready, America every Friday
    hottest Trends Styles and must
    have what’s the right stuff to
    buy right now. I really love
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    to the right stuff Fridays on
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    Is that you
    that’s me and my big booty.
    How much do you make on only
    fans versus say an episode on
    Sopranos? Oh way more lonely
    fans
    celebrities can absolutely make
    a living on only fans. Bella is
    the model. We made it over 20
    million. Do you consider what
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    ♪ IF YOU BOUGHT ME DIAMONDS ♪
    ♪ IF YOU BOUGHT ME PEARLS ♪
    ♪ IF YOU BOUGHT ME ROSES LIKE
    SOME OTHER GENTS MIGHT FOR OTHER
    GIRLS ♪
    >> Eva: YOU ARE LISTENING TO THE
    SOUNDS OF A TONY AWARD WINNING
    AND BROADWAY ICON.
    IN THE NEW HIT REVIVAL OF
    "CABARET."
    SHOES JOINING US TO REVEAL IN
    FACT NOMINEES FOR THIS YEAR’S
    CHITA RIVERA AWARDS.
    PLEASE WELCOME THE LEGENDARY
    BEBE NEUWIRTH.
    IT IS GOOD TO SEE YOU.
    THANKS FOR BLESSING US WITH YOUR
    PRESENCE.
    TELL US ABOUT THE AWARDS THE
    HISTORY BEHIND IT AND WHEN DID
    IT START?
    >> THE CHITA RIVERA AWARDS
    RECOGNIZE EXCELLENCE IN DANCE
    AND CHOREOGRAPHY ON BROADWAY AND
    IN FILM.
    IT RAISES MONEY FOR SCHOLARSHIPS
    TO HELP YOUNG STUDENTS THROUGH
    THE NEW YORK DANCE ALLIANCE.
    >> Dr. Jen: I WAS READING YOU
    HAVE A LITTLE BIT OF A
    SPECIALIST WITH CHITA RIVERA.
    >> YOU MEAN THAT I LOVE HER WITH
    ALL MY HEART?
    AS EVERYONE DID.
    I MEAN, I — CHITA CREATED SOME
    OF THE GREATEST ROLES IN MUSICAL
    THEATER.
    I’VE BEEN ABLE TO PLAY SOME OF
    THOSE ROLES AND SHE IS ONE OF
    THE MOST — WAS ONE OF THE MOST
    GENEROUS, KIND, BRILLIANT,
    HILARIOUS, WONDERFUL PEOPLE I’VE
    EVER BEEN BLESSED TO KNOW.
    THE WAY SHE MADE YOU FEEL GREAT
    WHEN YOU SAW HER ON STAGE,
    THAT’S HOW SHE MADE YOU FEEL IF
    YOU WERE JUST SITTING AROUND
    BACKSTAGE WITH HER TOO.
    SHE WAS — SHE WAS SOMETHING
    ELSE.
    >> DeMarco: WHAT A COMPLIMENT
    HERE.
    >> Eva: WE’RE HONORING HER WITH
    THESE AWARDS.
    LET’S GET RIGHT TO IT.
    THE FIRST CATEGORY IS
    OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY IN A
    BROADWAY SHOW.
    BEBE, THE HONOR IS YOURS.
    >> OUTSTANDING, THEENIES FOR
    OUTSTANDING
    CHOREOGRAPHY IN A BROADWAY SHOW
    ARE — HELL’S KITCHEN, "CABARET
    AT THE KIT CAT CLUB," "THE
    OUTSIDERS, HERE’S A JOINT
    NOMINATION "THE HEART OF ROCK
    AND ROLL" AND "THE WHO’S TOMMY"
    "ILLINOIS" AND "WATER FOR
    ELEPHANTS."
    >> DeMarco: NEXT UP, OUTSTANDING
    DARNS IN A BROADWAY SHOW.
    >> THOSE NOMINEES ARE — ANTOINE
    BOISSEREAU, BEN COOK, CHLOE
    DAVIS, "HELL’S KITCHEN" GABBY
    DIAZ, "ILLINOIS" TILLY EVANS
    KRUEGER "THE OUTSIDERS" RACHEL
    LOCKHEART "THE ILLINOIS".
    PHILIP JOHNSON RICHARDSON, THE
    WHIZ, RICKY
    UBEDA, AVERY WILSON.
    "THE WHIZ."
    >> Dr. Jen: SO TALENTED.
    THE NEXT CATEGORY OUTSTANDING
    ENSEMBLE.
    IN A BROADWAY SHOW.
    >> THE NOMINEES ARE — "CABARET
    AT THE KIT CAT CLUB," "HELL’S
    KITCHEN" "ILLINOIS" "THE HEART
    OF ROCK AND
    ROLL," "THE OUTSIDERS," "WATER
    FOR ELEPHANT".
    >> Eva: FINALLY.
    OUTSTANDING CHOREOGRAPHY IN A
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    >> THE SHOOTING.
    ABC NEWS LIVE ON.
    I’M RIGHT HERE IN LOS ANGELES.
    AND WE START TODAY WITH SOME
    BREAKING NEWS.
    POLICE ARE SAYING THAT NUMEROUS
    LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
    HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY GUNFIRE
    IN CHARLOTTE.
    A SWAT TEAM RESPONDING TO THE
    SCENE.
    POLICE DESCRIBING IT AS AN
    ACTIVE SITUATION.
    THEY SAY THAT A U.S. MARSHALS
    TASK FORCE WAS ATTEMPTING TO A
    WARRANT WHEN GUNFIRE ERUPTED.
    AT THIS POINT, IT IS STILL
    UNCLEAR THE NUMBER OF PEOPLE
    THAT SHOT.
    BUT YOU CAN CLEARLY SEE FROM
    THIS VIDEO, IT IS QUITE A SCENE
    THERE.
    WE ALSO DO NOT KNOW THE EXTENT
    OF THEIR INJURIES AS WELL.
    BUT A TREMENDOUS PRESENCE.
    YOU CAN SEE OFFICERS THERE
    IN TACTICAL GEAR AS.
    WELL, AGAIN, THEY WERE SERVING
    SOME KIND OF WARRANT.
    YOU SEE MULTIPLE AGENCIES THERE
    THAT HAVE RESPONDED TO THIS
    HOME.
    AGAIN, WE KNOW THAT PEOPLE WERE
    TO THE HOSPITAL.
    WE DO NOT KNOW THAT THE EXTENT
    OF THEIR INJURIES AT THIS TIME.
    THIS IS HAPPENING IN DE SHANNON
    PARK NEIGHBORHOOD.
    ANYBODY THAT IS FAMILIAR
    WITH THE CHARLOTTE, NORTH
    CAROLINA AREA AS THE SHANNON
    PARK NEIGHBORHOOD, IT’S IN EAST
    CHARLOTTE.
    IT’S A RESIDENTIAL
    NEIGHBORHOOD, AS YOU CAN
    CLEARLY SEE THERE, AND A
    TREMENDOUS LAW ENFORCEMENT
    PRESENCE IS STILL IN THE AREA.
    THEY’RE ASKING PEOPLE THAT LIVE
    THERE TO AVOID THE SCENE AT ALL
    COST.
    YOU CAN ALSO SEE THAT THEY
    HAVE HEAVY ARMORED VEHICLES
    ARE RIGHT IN THIS PERSON’S YARD
    AS.
    WELL, JUST TO GIVE YOU AN IDEA
    OF THE SITUATION THAT THE
    OFFICERS ON THE GROUND
    ARE DEALING WITH.
    JOINING ME FOR MORE ON THIS
    IS OUR ABC LAW ENFORCEMENT
    CONTRIBUTOR AND FORMER FBI
    AGENT BRAD GARRETT TO TALK
    ABOUT SOME OF THIS.
    SO, BRAD, LOOK, THE DETAILS
    THAT WE HAVE RIGHT NOW,
    MINIMAL.
    BUT ANY TIME THAT YOU HEAR
    THAT NUMEROUS LAW ENFORCEMENT
    HAVE BEEN STRUCK BY GUNFIRE,
    THAT IS DEEPLY, DEEPLY
    CONCERNING.
    >> OH, WELL, NO DOUBT.
    AND SO WHAT YOU HAVE IT SOUNDS
    LIKE, IS THAT THEY GO TO THIS
    HOUSE TO, SERVE A WARRANT,
    AND THEY’RE IMMEDIATELY MET
    WITH GUNFIRE.
    >> NOW, MAYBE THEY WEREN’T
    EXPECTING IT.
    MAYBE THEY WERE.
    I KNOW IF THEY DIDN’T HAVE A
    SWAT TEAM OR TACTICAL
    PEOPLE WITH THEM, YOU KNOW,
    YOU WALK INTO THESE SITUATIONS,
    YOU KNOCK ON THE DOOR AND YOU
    MAY HAVE OTHER OFFICERS
    WITH YOU, BUT THE PERSON
    ON THE OTHER OF THE DOOR HAS AN
    ASSAULT WEAPON OR SOMETHING
    THAT FIRES A RAPID FASHION,
    YOU’RE AT A TOTAL DISADVANTAGE.
    >> SO THE IDEA THAT YOU COULD
    SHOOT A NUMBER OF OFFICERS
    IN UNDER A MINUTE IS QUITE
    LIKELY UNDER THE SCENARIO
    THAT I JUST DESCRIBED.
    CERTAINLY.
    AND I WANT TO MENTION TO YOU,
    THIS JUST CAME IN THAT
    THE AUTHORITIES ARE SAYING
    THEY’RE IN THE AREA THAT AT
    LEAST ONE SHOOTING SUSPECT WAS
    LOCATED DECEASED AT THE
    RESIDENCE AND THEY SAY
    THEY LOCATED DECEASED PERSON
    AFTER CLEARING THAT SCENE.
    SO, AGAIN, AT LEAST
    ONE SHOOTING, SUSPECT WAS
    LOCATED AND DECEASED.
    THEY’RE SAYING THAT THEY’RE
    ALSO QUESTIONING RIGHT NOW
    TWO OTHER OCCUPANTS INSIDE
    THAT HOME.
    BRAD, WHAT CAN THEY WHAT CAN
    THEY GAIN THAT?
    >> WELL, A TREMENDOUS AMOUNT
    INFORMATION.
    LET’S SAY, FOR EXAMPLE,
    THAT THE THE PERSON
    THEY’RE LOOKING FOR, OBVIOUSLY,
    THEY HAVE AN IDEA HIM.
    >> BUT DO THEY HAVE AN IDEA
    OF THIS OTHER PERSON?
    WHAT WOULD THE CIRCUMSTANCE
    SAYS?
    >> IN OTHER WORDS, THE PEOPLE
    IN THE HOUSE CAN PLAY OUT IN,
    YOU KNOW, FRAME BY FRAME.
    BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENS.
    KNOCKS ON THE DOOR.
    SHE GRABS A WEAPON AND STARTS
    FIRING AND OFFICERS THAT CAN
    DESCRIBE WHAT WEAPONS WERE
    IN THE HOUSE.
    >> WHY WOULD THEY WERE IN THE
    HOUSE, WHY THESE TWO PEOPLE
    WERE IN THE HOUSE.
    GIVE YOU A OF INFORMATION.
    >> AND WHAT ALSO BROUGHT
    THE POLICE TO THAT RESIDENCE
    THAT THEY OBVIOUSLY
    BE CONNECTED TO AT LEAST
    THE PERSON THEY WERE LOOKING
    FOR?
    >> PROBABLY.
    CERTAINLY, WE OFTEN HEAR
    THAT IT’S ONE OF THE MORE
    DANGEROUS THINGS FOR OFFICERS
    TO DO TO TO A DOMESTIC DISPUTE.
    BUT I’M HOPING THAT YOU CAN,
    YOU KNOW, HELP US UNDERSTAND
    THE DANGER THAT THESE OFFICERS
    ARE PLACING THEMSELVES AND WHEN
    THEY’RE GOING TO SERVE
    A WARRANT LIKE THIS, THEY I
    MEAN, EVERY TIME I’VE DONE THIS
    SO MANY TIMES, EVERY TIME
    YOU GO TO A DOOR AND YOU DON’T
    REALLY KNOW WHAT’S ON THE OTHER
    OF IT, YOU TAKE AS MANY
    PRECAUTIONS AS YOU CAN.
    AND OTHER WORDS, YOU DON’T
    STAND IN FRONT OF THE DOOR,
    YOU STAND AROUND THE FRAME.
    YOU KNOW WHO MAY COME TO THE
    DOOR, BUT YOU CAN DO ALL OF
    THESE THINGS AND PUT PEOPLE IN
    TACTICAL POSITIONS.
    >> BUT IF YOU HAVE SOMEBODY
    INSIDE THAT EITHER STARTS
    SHOOTING THROUGH THE DOOR, POPS
    A WINDOW AND STARTS SHOOTING,
    IT’S VERY DIFFICULT TO OVERCOME
    THAT IMMEDIATE YOU’RE RIGHT
    IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIRE.
    YOU MAY NOT EVEN HAVE A WEAPON
    AT THAT POINT.
    >> AND SO AS A RESULT, IT
    ALWAYS IS THERE YOU THINK
    ABOUT IT, EVERY HOUSE YOU WALK
    UP TO.
    COULD THIS TURN REALLY BAD?
    AND OF COURSE IT COULD.
    AND THAT’S WHY SO MANY TIMES
    AND YOU WILL SEE NOW POLICE
    IN PARTICULARLY DURING SEARCHES
    OR ARRESTS, WILL USE TACTICAL
    SWAT TO ENTER TO POTENTIALLY
    AVOID MAYBE THIS TYPE
    OF SHOOTING, SOMETHING
    CATASTROPHIC HAPPENING.
    >> BRAD GARRETT, THANK YOU SO
    MUCH FOR REMINDING EVERYBODY.
    LAW ENFORCEMENT SAYS
    THAT NUMEROUS LAW ENFORCEMENT
    OFFICERS HAVE BEEN STRUCK
    BY GUNFIRE THERE IN.
    NORTH CAROLINA, THEY HAVE BEEN
    RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL.
    THEY DO SAY THEY FOUND AT LEAST
    ONE SHOOTER, DECEASED IN THE
    RESIDENCE.
    AND AUTHORITIES ARE SAYING
    THEY WILL UPDATE THE PUBLIC
    AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AND WE
    WILL KEEP UPDATED ACCORDINGLY.
    WE NOW WANT TO TURN
    OUR ATTENTION TO THE PROTESTS,
    THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR COMING
    TO A BOILING POINT ON COLLEGE
    CAMPUSES ALL ACROSS THIS
    COUNTRY, COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY,
    THE EPICENTER OF THESE RECENT
    PROTESTS, PROTESTERS TAKEN AWAY
    BY POLICE TODAY AFTER DEFIED
    THE SCHOOL’S 2 P.M. DEADLINE
    TO BREAK UP THEIR ENCAMPMENT OR
    BE SUSPENDED.
    THE UNIVERSITY SAYING,
    THEY WILL NOT GIVE IN TO THE
    PROTESTERS DEMANDS TO DIVEST
    FROM ISRAEL, BUT OFFERED UP
    MORE TRANSPARENCY IN THE FUTURE
    .
    THE MEANTIME, PROTESTERS
    CLASHING WITH POLICE THIS
    AFTERNOON AT THE UNIVERSITY
    OF TEXAS IN AUSTIN.
    THE SCHOOL’S POLICE DEPARTMENT
    ISSUING A DISPERSAL EARLIER
    THIS AFTERNOON.
    A STATE TROOPERS AIDING
    IN CLEARING AREA AS WELL.
    UT AUSTIN SAYING IN A STATEMENT
    THAT BASEBALL SIZED ROCKS WERE
    FOUND STRATEGICALLY PLACED
    WITHIN THE ENCAMPMENT AND THAT
    IT BELIEVES A MAJORITY OF THE
    PROTESTERS ARE NOT AFFILIATED
    WITH THE SCHOOL.
    NOW, PROTESTERS ALSO
    ON THE CAMPUS OF OHIO STATE
    UNIVERSITY.
    THIS IS DAYS NEARLY THREE DOZEN
    WERE ARRESTED AND CHARGED
    WITH TRESPASSING.
    THE INCIDENTS CAUSING RIFTS
    BETWEEN SCHOOLS AND STUDENTS
    AND AMONG STUDENTS THEMSELVES.
    >> WE’RE REALLY HURT, BY THE
    WAY, THAT THE UNIVERSITY
    BRUTALIZED OUR STUDENTS, SENT
    THEM TO JAIL, CALLED THE POLICE
    ON THEM.
    I WAS AT THE PROTEST LAST WEEK.
    I HAD AN ISRAELI FLAG WRAPPED
    AROUND ME AND I STAYED SILENT.
    ALL I WANTED TO DO WAS SIT
    THERE AND LISTEN AND SHARE
    WHAT I SAID FOR AND PEOPLE
    WALKED UP TO ME.
    THEY CALLED ME RACIST.
    THEY CALLED ME A TERRORIST.
    >> I WAS CALLED A PIG.
    AT ONE POINT.
    I WANT TO BRING IN OUR
    ABC NEWS IKE EJIOCHI, WHO IS
    JUST OUTSIDE COLUMBIA
    UNIVERSITY, NEW YORK CITY,
    ALONG WITH ABC NEWS
    ALEX PRESHA, WHO IS AT OHIO
    STATE UNIVERSITY IN, COLUMBUS,
    OHIO.
    SO I HEAR AS WE START WITH YOU,
    LOOK 2 P.M. HAS COME GONE,
    THE PROTESTERS.
    SO THEY’RE ON CAMPUS.
    I WANT TO MENTION
    THAT STEPHANIE RAMOS TELLS
    US THIS IS THE MOST RILED UP
    STUDENTS HAVE BEEN.
    NOW, I UNDERSTAND AT LEAST
    YOU’VE SEEN ONE ARREST OUTSIDE
    AS WELL.
    THAT’S RIGHT, KATE, AT THIS
    PROTEST THAT’S STILL ERUPTING
    RIGHT BEHIND ME HAS BEEN GOING
    ON FOR A BETTER PORTION OF OVER
    4 HOURS NOW.
    AND WE’RE NOT SEEING ANYONE LET
    UP.
    WHAT WE’RE NOTICING RIGHT NOW
    IS A CONTAINED AREA THAT POLICE
    OFFICERS HAVE SET UP OUTSIDE
    PULITZER HALL HERE IN COLUMBIA.
    TAKE A LOOK.
    THESE BARS HAVE BEEN PLACED
    RIGHT ABOUT THE SIDEWALK,
    ABOUT 8 TO 10 FEET FROM
    THE SIDEWALK TO GIVE A PORTION
    OF TO BE ABLE TO WALK THROUGH.
    NOW, I’M GOING TO WANT YOU TO
    FOLLOW ME HERE.
    THIS IS EXACTLY WE’RE SEEING
    RIGHT NOW.
    WE’RE SEEING PROTESTERS TO THE
    RIGHT OF ME WHO HAVE BEEN FOR
    HOURS ESSENTIALLY VOICING
    THEIR FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS,
    TALKING ABOUT ESSENTIALLY
    WHAT HAVE BEEN WHAT THEY’RE
    DESCRIBING AS THEIR OWN VOICES,
    MUFFLED AND MUDDLED, BECAUSE
    THEY ESSENTIALLY HAVEN’T HAD
    THE COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY TO MEET
    THEIR DEMANDS.
    NOW, THE OTHER SIDE, WE’RE
    SEEING POLICE OFFICERS OF MANY
    TIMES ESSENTIALLY HOLD
    THAT LINE.
    YOU CAN TAKE A LOOK.
    AS YOU CAN SEE RIGHT HERE,
    THEY’RE CONTINUING ALL THE WAY
    DOWN BROADWAY OF THIS PORTION
    OF THE STREET, MAKING SURE
    NOTHING HAPPENS.
    NOW, AROUND THIS POINT ABOUT A
    FEW AGO, THAT’S WHAT WE SAW,
    THAT ARREST.
    WE SAW A WOMAN
    WHO WAS ESSENTIALLY TAKEN FROM
    THE CROWD AND THEY OPENED UP
    THESE METAL BARRIERS HERE.
    THEY HER AND WE SAW THEM
    ESSENTIALLY MOVE HER INTO
    A POLICE VAN.
    NOW, SHE WAS, IN FACT,
    HANDCUFFED.
    WE DO KNOW EXACTLY WHY SHE WAS
    TAKEN INTO CUSTODY.
    BUT THAT WAS ESSENTIALLY
    THE HEIGHT OF THE ESSENTIAL
    PROTEST OF THAT MOMENT WHERE WE
    SAW THAT INDIVIDUAL ARRESTED.
    NOW, WE HAVEN’T SEEN ANYONE
    ELSE SINCE THAT MOMENT
    AS PROTEST HAVE BEEN RATHER
    PEACEFUL.
    THERE HAVE BEEN NO OTHER KIND
    OF FIGHTS OR ANYTHING OF THAT
    NATURE AT AROUND THIS MOMENT.
    BUT WE’RE ESSENTIALLY SEEING
    THIS RIGHT HERE SAYING
    THAT THEY’RE NOT GOING
    TO LEAVE.
    THEY’RE GOING TO STAY HERE
    SIMPLY BECAUSE THEIR DEMANDS
    HAVE NOT BEEN MET CAROL.
    >> ALL RIGHT.
    I CAN.
    ALEX, TO YOU.
    LOOK, NEARLY 40 PEOPLE WERE
    ARRESTED WHERE YOU WERE AT OVER
    THE WEEKEND.
    WHAT ARE YOU SEEING AT THE OHIO
    STATE TODAY AHEAD OF GRADUATION
    CEREMONIES PLANNED FOR THIS
    WEEKEND?
    >> WHAT KIND OF THINGS
    ON CAMPUS?
    AND WE’RE AT THIS PORTION
    OF THE CAMPUS CALLED THE OVAL,
    WHERE THAT PROTEST HAPPENED.
    THEY SETTLED.
    RIGHT.
    AND WE’RE SEEING A LOT
    OF GRADUATION PICTURES GOING
    ON HERE.
    BUT THE REALITY IS, AS OHIO
    STATE IS TRYING TO PREPARE FOR
    WHAT THEY HOPE IS GOING TO BE
    A NORMAL COMMENCEMENT
    CELEBRATION, THERE ARE A NUMBER
    OF ARRAIGNMENTS HAPPENING
    DOWNTOWN, A HANDFUL TODAY.
    ANOTHER BATCH ON WEDNESDAY
    WHERE THOSE NEARLY 40 PEOPLE
    THAT WERE ARRESTED IN THAT
    UNREST THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY.
    AND I CAN TELL YOU THAT, LOOK,
    THERE HAVE BEEN A LOT
    OF STUDENT GROUPS, A LOT
    OF PRO-PALESTINIAN MEMBERS,
    THOSE STUDENT GROUPS
    WHO HAVE VOICED TO US
    THEIR FRUSTRATION WITH THE WAY
    THE UNIVERSITY RESPONDED
    THURSDAY NIGHT SAYING
    THAT HAVING THESE ARMED
    TROOPERS AND UNIVERSITY POLICE
    IN THEIR ESTIMATION WAS WAS AN
    OVERREACH INTO WHAT WAS NEEDED.
    BUT I CAN TELL YOU THAT
    UNIVERSITY PRESIDENTS HEAD
    CARTER WAS OUT WITH A STATEMENT
    TODAY.
    HE SAID WHAT OCCURRED ON CAMPUS
    THAT NIGHT WAS NOT
    ABOUT LIMITING FREE SPEECH.
    IT WAS ABOUT THE INTENTIONAL
    VIOLATION OF UNIVERSITY
    SPACE RULES.
    BUT AGAIN, YOU KNOW, FOR FOR
    MEMBERS OF OF OF THESE GROUPS
    THAT WERE OUT PROTESTING
    AND THEY WERE OUT THERE
    PROTESTING DURING SOME OF
    THE ARRAIGNMENTS TODAY.
    THERE IS, AGAIN, A FRUSTRATION.
    THEY FEEL LIKE THEIR VOICES
    HAVE NOT BEEN HEARD.
    AND THAT’S SOMETHING THAT WE’VE
    HEARD ECHOED ACROSS THE COUNTRY
    AT THIS POINT.
    >> ALL RIGHT, ALEX AND IKE,
    OUR THANKS TO BOTH OF YOU.
    WE HAVE THE MIDWEST NOW BRACING
    FOR MORE SEVERE WEATHER AFTER
    A DEADLY TORNADO OUTBREAK
    CARVED A PATH OF DESTRUCTION
    THROUGH THE REGION.
    MILLIONS OF AMERICANS UNDER
    THREAT AGAIN THIS WEEK AFTER
    MORE THAN 100 TORNADOES TORE
    THROUGH STATES, INCLUDING
    NEBRASKA, TEXAS AND IOWA
    IN RECENT DAYS.
    OFFICIALS REPORTING AT LEAST
    FIVE PEOPLE KILLED, FOUR OF
    THEM IN HARD HIT OKLAHOMA.
    THAT INCLUDES A BABY.
    SOME OF THESE TWISTERS TOUCHING
    DOWN AT NIGHT AND THEY WERE
    WRAPPED IN RAIN, WHICH THEY SAY
    MAKES THEM REALLY, REALLY HARD
    TO SEE.
    FACT A COUPLE OF STORM CHASERS
    GETTING DANGEROUSLY CLOSE
    TO ONE.
    >> TAKE A LOOK.
    OH, WE GOT ONE.
    WE GOT TO GET PULLED OVER HERE.
    >> OH, WE’VE GOT A TORNADO
    RIGHT HERE.
    >> 15.
    WOW.
    ABC’S MELISSA IS LIVE FOR US IN
    ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA, JUST SOUTH
    OF OKLAHOMA CITY.
    MELISSA, YOU FOR BEING HERE.
    I KNOW THIS IS ONE OF THE
    PLACES HARDEST HIT.
    A LOT MORE OFFICIALS SAYING
    ABOUT THE DAMAGE AND THE
    VICTIMS.
    >> OKAY.
    NOW IT IS EXTENSIVE WHEN IT
    COMES TO ALL OF THE OFFICIALS
    THAT HAVE BEEN COMING DOWN.
    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SINCE OVER
    THE WEEKEND, THEY HAVE BEEN
    GOING CITY TO CITY ACROSS
    THE HEARTLAND.
    WE’VE FOLLOWING THAT WITH
    OUR REPORT THROUGHOUT
    THE WEEKEND.
    I DO HAVE ONE NEW PIECE
    OF INFORMATION FROM
    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE.
    THERE ARE SO MANY DIFFERENT
    COMMUNITIES UP IN MARIETTA,
    OKLAHOMA.
    THIS IS SOMETHING.
    SOUTH OF OKLAHOMA CITY,
    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
    SAYS THEY HAVE MARKED
    THAT TORNADO AS AN EF4.
    AND IN FACT, ACCORDING TO OUR
    LOCAL METEOROLOGIST HERE,
    COCOA, THAT IS A FIRST FOR
    DAMAGE IN OKLAHOMA SINCE 2016.
    FOLLOWING THAT FROM
    THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE
    IN NORMAN.
    SO, AGAIN, THIS IS HUGE DAMAGE
    AND I WANT SHOW YOU HERE ONE IN
    THIS WHOLE COMMUNITY
    OF ARDMORE, OKLAHOMA, THE HERE
    YOU CAN ALMOST ESSENTIALLY SEE
    BEHIND ME THIS IS JUST PART
    OF THIS HOME TOTALLY TAKEN OUT
    BY THE TORNADO.
    BEHIND IT, THERE WAS ANOTHER
    HOME.
    AND THEN YOU LOOK AT A BEHIND
    THAT, YET ANOTHER HOME.
    SO IT IS REALLY A LOT CLEANER.
    I KEEP GOING TO THESE CITIES
    AND ALL I KEEP SEEING ARE JUST
    ROWS AND ROWS OF HOMES
    DESTROYED, STORIES OF SURVIVAL,
    HOW PEOPLE EITHER HID IN THEIR
    BASEMENTS, HOW THEY TRIED
    TO RUN FROM THEIR CARS INTO
    A SAFER PLACE AND SHELTER.
    IT IS ALWAYS SO DIFFICULT WHEN
    YOU COME OUT HERE.
    AND THEN, OF COURSE, YOU LEARN
    ABOUT THE FATALITIES.
    WE ARE UP TO FOUR HERE,
    INCLUDING A FOUR MONTH OLD
    BABY, TINA.
    SO IT HAS BEEN REALLY, REALLY
    DIFFICULT.
    AND A LOT OF THIS COURSE
    IS JUST SCATTERED FROM
    DIFFERENT COMMUNITIES, MAKING
    THIS A LONG RECOVERY EFFORT
    AND REALLY IMPORTANT THAT THESE
    RESOURCES, THESE FEDERAL
    RESOURCES, STATE RESOURCES
    GET IN HERE IN TIME.
    YOU KNOW.
    >> YEAH.
    AND IN TERMS OF THAT, I MEAN,
    YOU CAN SEE BEHIND YOU, MELISSA
    ,CLEARLY THE RECOVERY EFFORTS
    ARE ALREADY ONGOING.
    BUT WHAT ELSE THEY DOING HERE?
    >> BECAUSE WE KNOW THAT THE
    THREAT ISN’T OVER YET.
    IMAGINE THAT, KAYLA, RIGHT,
    THAT YOU EXPERIENCED SOMETHING
    TO YOUR OWN HOME AND THEN
    YOU HAVE TO ACT QUICKLY.
    SO WHAT POINT THAT OUT HERE
    WHEN YOU’RE LOOKING AT THE
    FOLKS OF THIS FAMILY WE SPOKE
    WITH THEM, THIS IS MARIAH
    WHITNER AND HER NIECE
    AND NEPHEW.
    THEY TIPPED AND SHE SAYS
    THAT HER NIECE AND NIECES
    AND HER BROTHER JUST OVER HERE
    IN THE HOME, THEY RAN INTO THIS
    BASEMENT AND THEY HID FOR
    3 HOURS.
    FOR 3 HOURS, THEY RODE OUT
    THAT TORNADO OF PRAYING, HOPING
    THAT EVERYTHING WOULD BE OKAY
    WHEN THEY CAME OUT.
    THIS IS WHAT THEY SAW.
    THIS IS INTO SATURDAY NIGHT,
    INTO SUNDAY.
    THEY TELL ME SINCE AND INTO
    TODAY TO MONDAY.
    THESE ARE THEIR NEIGHBORS.
    THESE ARE THEIR FRIENDS.
    THESE ARE THEIR FAMILY MEMBERS.
    THESE ARE THEIR OWN COMMUNITY
    MEMBERS THAT ARE GETTING
    THE HELP THAT THEY NEED.
    SO TALK ABOUT COMMUNITY HERE
    IN OKLAHOMA.
    GINA.
    ABSOLUTELY.
    HELPING EACH OTHER OUT IN A
    DESPERATE, DESPERATE TIME.
    MELISSA DON, OUR THANKS TO YOU.
    AND AS WE MENTIONED THERE,
    THE THREAT IS NOT OVER AS TENS
    OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE FROM
    MISSOURI TO TEXAS STILL AT RISK
    HERE OF MORE SEVERE WEATHER
    TOMORROW THROUGH WEDNESDAY.
    ABC NEWS TOMORROW HAS THE TIME
    AND THE TRACK.
    AND THAT IS REALLY UNSETTLING,
    ESPECIALLY TOMORROW, AS YOU
    JUST HEARD MELISSA SAY.
    THEY’VE NOW SAID ONE OF THOSE
    TORNADOES IS AN EF4.
    >> THAT’S RIGHT, KAINAZ.
    SO IMAGINE THESE AREAS
    THAT HAVE BEEN PREVIOUSLY HIT
    THIS PAST WEEK AND THEY’RE
    GEARING FOR BEING IN THE LINE
    OF FIRE WHEN IT COMES TO THE
    NEXT ROUND OF SEVERE WEATHER.
    SO LET’S GO AHEAD AND DIVE INTO
    THIS.
    LET ME GET YOU ALL PREPARED.
    SO HERE’S WHAT YOU NEED TO IF
    YOU VE IN OMAHA, LINCOLN,
    NEBRASKA, SIOUX CITY,
    DES MOINES, KANSAS CITY,
    WICHITA, YOUR TUESDAY AFTERNOON
    ,YOU ARE PICKING UP THE KIDS
    FROM SCHOOL.
    YOU’RE RUNNING SOME ERRANDS.
    YOU GO TO THE GROCERY STORE,
    YOU’RE GOING OUT FOR DINNER
    IN THE EVENING.
    IT’S DURING THAT TIME FRAME
    WHERE A LINE OF STORMS WILL ZIP
    THROUGH.
    AND AS IT DOES, WE ARE LOOKING
    AT THE POTENTIAL FOR
    MORE TORNADOES AND MORE
    TORNADIC ACTIVITY.
    LARGE HAIL, DAMAGING ALL IN
    THIS YELLOW ZONE HERE
    ON WEDNESDAY, AN AREA THAT ALSO
    PREVIOUSLY HIT IS IN THE LINE
    OF FIRE AGAIN, AND THAT
    IS WESTERN OKLAHOMA RIGHT ON UP
    INTO WICHITA.
    YOU CAN SEE OKLAHOMA CITY COULD
    GET ON A FEW STORMS, BUT LIKE
    I SAID, MAINLY WESTERN
    OKLAHOMA, THESE ANY STORMS
    THAT WE’RE GOING TO BE SEEING
    HERE, WE COULD ACTUALLY SEE
    STRONG TORNADOES COMING OUT
    OF SOME OF THESE THUNDERSTORMS
    ON WEDNESDAY EVENING THROUGHOUT
    THE HEARTLAND.
    AND THEN FINALLY, I JUST WANT
    TO WRAP UP ON THE HEAT
    THAT WE’VE BEEN FEELING ALL DAY
    BECAUSE.
    IT’S BEEN A NUMBERS GAME
    ON THE EAST COAST.
    TEMPERATURES SOARING INTO
    THE UPPER EIGHTIES NINETIES
    ALONG THE I-95 CORRIDOR OVER
    THE NEXT COUPLE OF DAYS.
    >> WE’RE STILL TO KEEP THIS
    HEAT AROUND PHILADELPHIA.
    85 DEGREES FOR YOUR TUESDAY.
    OUR NATION’S CAPITAL ONCE AGAIN
    NEARING 90 TOMORROW.
    EVEN IN MEMPHIS, TENNESSEE,
    IN THE MID TO UPPER, YOU KNOW.
    >> ALL RIGHT, SAMARRA, THANK
    YOU SO MUCH.
    AND COMING UP NEXT HERE,
    THE RENEWED PUSH TO REACH
    ANOTHER CEASE FIRE IN
    THE MIDDLE EAST.
    THE NEW HOSTAGE VIDEO RELEASED
    BY HAMAS AND HOW AMERICA’S
    TOP DIPLOMAT IS OVERSEAS URGING
    THE TERROR TO ACCEPT ISRAEL’S
    LATEST TERMS.
    >> 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
    SHOOTING, ABC NEWS LIVE
    IS RIGHT THERE FROM THE SCENE
    OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE.
    THE NEED FOR UKRAINE REPORTING
    FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY
    IN ROLLING FORTH THIS TORNADO
    TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN.
    THE MOST DEVASTATING DISASTER
    IN HAWAII FROM CHARLESTON,
    SOUTH CAROLINA, ON THE 2024
    CAMPAIGN TRAIL.
    AN SCOUT TRAVELING WITH THE
    PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY.
    THE STORY IS ON THE FRONT LINES
    FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL INSIDE
    THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT, FROM
    THE FBI REPORTING FROM
    THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE
    HERE, 10 DOWNING STREET
    IN LONDON STREAMING LIVE TO YOU
    WHEREVER 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.
    YOU’RE 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.
    YET ANOTHER WARNING THAT’S UP
    TO CATCH YOU UP WITH WHAT
    HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.
    A DANGEROUS ICE STORM
    IS IMPACTING THE MORNING
    COMMUTE.
    >> WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY?
    ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE
    MIDDLE EAST, WHAT PEOPLE
    ARE TALKING ABOUT, THE MIGRANT
    CRISIS.
    STRAIGHT FORWARD WITH SOMEONE
    IN BETWEEN.
    THAT IS BILLIONAIRES.
    SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
    THE MOVE STARTED CHASING A DOG
    FIRST THING IN THE MORNING,
    AMERICA.
    THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S
    ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC
    NEWS.
    WHY IS THAT?
    YOU GOOD?
    THAT’S ME AND MY BIG .
    HOW MUCH DO YOU MAKE ON ONLY
    FANS VERSUS SAY, AN EPISODE
    ON SOPRANOS OWE WAY MORE AND
    ALL REFERENCE CELEBRITIES CAN
    ABSOLUTELY MAKE A LIVING
    ON ONLY FANS.
    ELLA IS THE MODEL SHE MADE
    OF OVER 20 MILLION.
    DO YOU CONSIDER WHAT YOU DO?
    OR WORK ONLY FANS NOT JUST SAY
    I HAD IT TO DO ALL OVER AGAIN,
    I WOULD HAVE DONE IT SOONER.
    I JUST I’M TURNING NOW TO THE
    MIDDLE EAST, WHERE A NEW PUSH
    FOR A CEASEFIRE UNDERWAY.
    A HAMAS DELEGATION MEETING
    WITH NEGOTIATORS IN TODAY.
    SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY
    BLINKEN URGES HAMAS ACCEPT
    ISRAEL’S LATEST PROPOSAL
    IN ORDER TO REACH A HOSTAGE
    CEASEFIRE DEAL.
    BLINKEN IN SAUDI ARABIA TODAY
    CALLING PROPOSAL
    EXTRAORDINARILY GENEROUS.
    ALL OF THIS HAPPENING AS HAMAS
    RELEASED A VIDEO SHOWING
    TWO HOSTAGES, ONE OF THEM
    BEING AN ISRAELI AMERICAN
    CITIZEN HELD IN GAZA AHEAD
    OF THE LOOMING ASSAULT IN THE
    SOUTHERN BORDER CITY OF RAFAH.
    THE U.S. AND OTHER ALLIES
    URGING ISRAEL NOT TO INVADE
    THE CITY, FEARING
    A HUMANITARIAN CATASTROPHE.
    FOR MORE ON THIS, I WANT
    TO BRING IN ABC NEWS FOREIGN
    CORRESPONDENT TOM BERGE
    IN JERUSALEM ALONG WITH ABC
    NEWS ELIZABETH SCHULZE, WHO’S
    AT THE WHITE HOUSE.
    THANK YOU BOTH FOR BEING HERE
    WITH US.
    AND TOM, LET’S START HERE WITH
    YOU.
    I KNOW YOU SPOKE WITH THE
    BROTHER OF THAT ISRAELI
    AMERICAN HOSTAGE IN THAT VIDEO
    .
    >> WHAT DID HE TELL YOU?
    YEAH, I SPOKE TO KEITH SEGAL’S
    BROTHER.
    I’VE ALSO SPOKEN TO HIS WIFE
    AND HIS ELDER DAUGHTER.
    LOOK, HIS WIFE, AVIVA, TELLING
    ME SHE COULDN’T BRING HERSELF
    TO WATCH THAT HAMAS VIDEO.
    SHE JUST DIDN’T WANT TO SEE
    KATE SUFFER, HIS DAUGHTER,
    SAYING, LOOK, IT’S GOOD TO SEE
    HIM ALIVE, BUT HE DOESN’T SEEM
    IN A GREAT PLACE,
    UNDERSTANDABLY.
    THE BIG MESSAGE TO THE
    ISRAELI GOVERNMENT, THEY WANT
    A DEAL.
    THEY WANT LESS WORDS AND THEY
    WANT ACTION.
    NOW.
    >> TAKE A LISTEN.
    AFTER I SAW IT, I WAS RELIEVED
    TO SEE HIM TALK AND TO SEE
    A SPARK IN HIS EYES.
    I’M KEEPING MY HOPE.
    I WANTED TO FEEL A LITTLE BIT
    OF JOY THIS BE TODAY OR
    TOMORROW.
    I THINK I’LL COME HOME OR
    I’M TRYING.
    >> KEEP UP WITH.
    WELL, KEITH IS ONE OF FIVE
    AMERICANS BELIEVED TO BE
    BEING STILL HELD BY HAMAS.
    WE THINK THERE’S AROUND
    100 HOSTAGES IN TOTAL STILL
    BEING HELD IN GAZA, WHICH
    IS TERRIFYING TO THINK ABOUT.
    AND ELIZABETH, TO YOU, LOOK
    WHAT THESE TALKS HAPPENING
    IN CAIRO.
    BENJAMIN NETANYAHU IS FACING
    PRESSURE NOT TO LAUNCH A GROUND
    OFFENSIVE INTO RAFAH.
    WE KNOW THAT PRESIDENT
    BIDEN SPOKE WITH NETANYAHU OVER
    THE WEEKEND.
    WHAT CAN YOU TELL US ABOUT
    THAT CONVERSATION?
    WELL, KATE, THE WHITE HOUSE IS
    CALLING THAT CALL BETWEEN
    PRESIDENT BIDEN AND PRIME
    MINISTER NETANYAHU
    CONSTRUCTIVE.
    AND WE KNOW THAT IT LASTED FOR
    JUST AN HOUR.
    THE TWO LEADERS, THEY SAY
    THE BULK OF THE CONVERSATION
    WAS ABOUT THIS HOSTAGE DEAL.
    RIGHT NOW, THE U.S. IS PUTTING
    THE PRESSURE ON TO TRY TO SAY
    THAT WHAT IS STANDING IN THE
    WAY OF THIS DEAL GETTING DONE
    IS HAMAS.
    AND WE’VE HEARD THAT AGAIN FROM
    THE WHITE HOUSE TODAY.
    ULTIMATELY, SECRETARY OF STATE
    ANTONY BLINKEN IS TRYING
    TO MAKE THIS PUSH IN PERSON.
    HE IS IN SAUDI ARABIA TODAY.
    HE’LL BE VISITING ISRAEL AND
    JORDAN THIS WEEK.
    THIS IS PART OF A BROADER
    EFFORT FROM THE WHITE HOUSE TO
    PUSH FOR THAT DEAL TO GET DONE
    AND ALSO TO, OF COURSE, CAN
    GET MORE AID INTO GAZA
    TO CERTAINLY.
    AND SO.
    TOM.
    BACK TO YOU.
    I MEAN, WHAT ARE YOU HEARING
    ABOUT THIS HOSTAGE AND CEASE
    FIRE?
    WE KNOW THAT SECRETARY OF STATE
    CALLED IT EXTRAORDINARILY
    GENEROUS ON THE PART OF ISRAEL.
    >> I MEAN, WHAT DOES THIS
    PROPOSED DEAL ENTAIL?
    YEAH, THE DEAL ON THE TABLE
    IN FRONT OF HAMAS.
    THE WHITE HOUSE IS SAYING IT
    COULD INVOLVE A SIX WEEK CEASE
    FIRE.
    AND ACCORDING TO A TOP BRITISH
    OFFICIAL, WE’RE TOLD IT COULD
    INVOLVE THOUSANDS
    OF PALESTINIAN PRISONERS
    BEING RELEASED FROM
    ISRAELI JAILS.
    AND ACCORDING TO THE
    "NEW YORK TIMES", IT COULD MEAN
    IN RETURN, THREE HOSTAGES
    ARE RELEASED.
    NOW, THAT IS A REDUCTION FROM
    THE 40 HOSTAGES WEEKS AGO
    THAT ISRAEL WAS PUSHING
    AND ISRAEL WAS TALKING
    ABOUT POTENTIALLY RELEASING
    HUNDREDS OF PALESTINIAN
    PRISONERS.
    NOW THEY’RE TALKING
    ABOUT POTENTIALLY RELEASING
    THOUSANDS.
    SO IT LOOKS LIKE THE ISRAELI
    GOVERNMENT IS MAKING POTENTIAL
    CONCESSIONS.
    IT’S NOW OVER TO HAMAS.
    A SENIOR HAMAS OFFICIAL TELLING
    US IT IS PROGRESS, BUT SAYING
    IT’S NOT A DONE DEAL.
    >> ALL RIGHT, TOM AND
    ELIZABETH, OUR THANKS TO BOTH
    OF YOU.
    AND COMING UP NEXT HERE,
    THE WINNERS OF MORE THAN
    $1,000,000,000 POWERBALL
    JACKPOT COMING FORWARD PUBLICLY
    IN A RARE MOVE.
    WE’LL TALK ABOUT WHO THEY ARE,
    WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT WINNING
    THAT BIG PRIZE PRIZE.
    FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
    THERE’S A LOT GOING ON.
    YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING.
    THAT’S TO CATCH YOU UP
    WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.
    A DANGEROUS ICE STORM
    IS IMPACTING THE MORNING
    COMMUTE.
    WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY?
    ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE
    MIDDLE EAST.
    WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING
    ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS.
    FAST, STRAIGHT FORWARD
    WITH SOME TIME IN BETWEEN.
    HOW DOES BILLIONAIRES?
    SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
    THE MOVE STARTED TAKING A DOG
    FIRST THING IN THE MORNING,
    AMERICA.
    THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S NUMBER
    EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS.
    WHAT THIS MAY.
    >> THIS WEEK, A GAG ORDER
    RULING IN DONALD TRUMP’S
    CRIMINAL TRIAL AS ALLEGED
    NEW VIOLATIONS PILE UP.
    PLUS, THE COLLEGE PROTESTS,
    THE U.S. SPREADING ACROSS
    EUROPE.
    MORE AMERICANS TURN TO WORLD
    NEWS.
    DAVID, YOU KNOW THE MOST
    WATCHED NEWSCAST ON TELEVISION.
    WHAT DO YOU SEE?
    MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY
    HERE FROM ABC NEWS.
    THIS IS "START HERE" TO BE
    IN THE NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT
    TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES.
    A LOT OF NEWS TODAY, SO LET’S
    GET RIGHT TO IT.
    LISTEN TO THE DAILY NEWS
    PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR
    EDWARD, OUR MURROW, AND SEE WHY
    THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT
    A NEWS PODCAST LISTENING
    TO START HERE.
    ABC NEWS LEAK IGNORED DAILY
    FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT’S
    THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU
    DIDN’T SEE COMING.
    >> WHEREVER YOU GET
    YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE.
    THIS IS ABC NEWS LIVE TO TALK
    TO THE FAMILIES ON THE GROUND
    IN UKRAINE ABC NEWS LIVE
    AMERICA’S NUMBER
    ONE STREAMING NEWS ANYTIME
    ANYWHERE.
    STREAMING 24/7 STRAIGHT TO YOU
    FOR FREE.
    THANK YOU FOR MAKING
    ABC NEWS LY AMERICA’S NUMBER
    STREAMING NEWS.
    TRAVELING WITH THE
    PRESIDENT THE US-MEXICO BORDER.
    I’M MARY BRUCE.
    WHEREVER THE STORY IS,
    WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE
    YOU’RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE
    .
    AND WELCOME BACK.
    OREGON LOTTERY OFFICIALS
    RECEIVING AND REVEALING
    THE WINNERS OF OVER $1.3
    BILLION POWERBALL JACKPOT.
    A HUSBAND AND WIFE ALONG
    WITH THEIR FRIEND, WILL SHARE
    THAT BILLION DOLLAR.
    THE HUSBAND, CHARLIE, WHO’S
    BATTLING CANCER, WAS AT THE
    PRESS CONFERENCE AND HE SHARED
    WHAT HE PLANS TO DO WITH THAT
    MONEY.
    >> TAKE A LISTEN OF THAT.
    OR A LOTTERY AND HOW THEY LAST
    WITH THIS PRIZE WAS STAGGERING.
    BILLION DOLLAR TICKET WAS
    THE FOURTH LARGEST POWERBALL
    JACKPOT IN HISTORY AND THE
    EIGHTH LARGEST AMONG U.S.
    JACKPOT.
    THAT’S ACCORDING TO THE OREGON
    LOTTERY.
    SO CONGRATULATIONS TO THE
    WINNERS DESERVING.
    THERE’S A LOT MORE NEWS AHEAD
    HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE
    IN TODAY’S BIG STORY, SECRETARY
    OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN IN THE
    MIDDLE EAST PUSHING FOR A NEW
    CEASE FIRE IN HOSTILE.
    I’LL SPEAK WITH A RELATIVE
    OF AN ISRAELI HOSTAGE SEEN
    IN THE LATEST VIDEO RELEASED
    BY HAMAS.
    ALSO IN OUR SPOTLIGHT, CAMPUSES
    ACROSS THE NATION ON EDGE
    OUR PANEL WEIGHS IN ON PROTESTS
    IN RESPONSE TO THE ISRAEL-HAMAS
    WAR EXTENDING INTO ANOTHER WEEK
    .
    >> BUT WHAT DOES IT TAKE TO BE
    THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST
    IN AMERICA?
    OPERATION COMBAT OPERATIONS
    ARE WE’RE APPROACHING THE GATE
    NOW.
    MILITANTS CAME IN FROM FOUR OR
    FIVE DIFFERENT DIRECTIONS,
    OPERATING NUCLEAR REACTOR
    RECEIVED A COUPLE OF LOADED
    AND READY TO GO.
    THE HOUSE IS DESTROYED AT THE
    FLAG.
    THERE’S NOT A TEAR IN AND OUT
    OF IT.
    HOW IMPORTANT IS THIS LABEL
    HERE IN THE USA?
    LOOK AT YOUR SMILE.
    YOU’RE PROUD OF IT?
    I LOVE IT.
    GREAT WORK.
    HEY, WHERE ARE YOU.
    ARE YOU THINKING THERE
    IS NATURE?
    >> ISRAEL, DAVID?
    YES.
    YES.
    >> I’M DAVID.
    YOU ARE.
    I KNOW YOU ARE.
    YOU DO EVERY NIGHT.
    >> ABC’S WORLD NEWS TONIGHT
    WITH DAVID MOORE IS AMERICA’S
    MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST.
    >> THIS IS THE FIRST TIME
    YOU ARE SITTING DOWN LIKE THIS
    TO TELL YOUR STORY.
    BRITTANY.
    ARE YOU READY?
    WE’VE BEEN TOLD GO THROUGH
    YOUR BAG AND YOU FELT
    THE CARTRIDGE.
    WHAT YOU THINKING THAT MOMENT
    WHEN YOU FELT THAT MY LIFE
    IS OVER RIGHT HERE?
    >> YOU JUST BEEN TOLD
    YOU’RE GOING TO BE NINE YEARS
    OF ONE OF THE WORST PRISONS
    IN RUSSIA WERE IN GRANER
    ROBIN ROBERTS PRISONER
    IN RUSSIA THIS WEDNESDAY NIGHT
    ON ABC.
    >> FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
    THERE’S A LOT GOING ON.
    YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING
    THAT’S UP TO CATCH YOU UP
    WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.
    A DANGEROUS ICE STORM
    IS IMPACTING THE MORNING
    COMMUTE.
    WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY?
    ESCALATING TENSIONS IN MIDDLE
    EAST.
    WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING ABOUT,
    THE MIGRANT CRISIS STRAIGHT
    FORWARD, BUT SOMEONE
    IN BETWEEN.
    HOW DOES BILLIONAIRES?
    SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
    THE MOVE STARTED CHEATING A DOG
    FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
    AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S
    NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS
    ON ABC NEWS LIVE.
    >> WHAT DO KNOW?
    SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY
    HERE FROM ABC NEWS.
    THIS IS "START HERE" TO BE
    IN THE NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT
    TAKE ON THE DAY’S TOP STORIES.
    A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET’S
    GET TO IT.
    LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS
    PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR
    EDWARD R MERLE AND SEE WHY
    THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT
    A NEWS PODCAST WORTHLESS NAME
    TO START HERE ABC NEWS MAKE IT
    YOUR DAILY LISTEN.
    NOW THAT’S A PART OF THE STORY
    THAT YOU DIDN’T SEE COMING.
    WHEREVER GET YOUR PODCAST START
    HERE.
    IS THAT YOU?
    THAT’S ME AND MY BIG .
    HOW MUCH DO YOU MAKE ON ONLY
    HANDS VERSUS, SAY, AN EPISODE
    ON SOPRANOS OWE WAY MORE ON
    ALL MY HANDS CELEBRITIES CAN
    ABSOLUTELY A LIVING ON ONLYFANS
    BELLA IS THE MODEL SHE MADE
    OF OVER 20 MILLION.
    DO YOU CONSIDER WHAT YOU DO?
    OR WORK ONLY FANS NOT JUST.
    I HAD IT TO DO ALL OVER AGAIN.
    I WOULD HAVE DONE IT SOONER
    THAN HER.
    WHENEVER WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS,
    IT’S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS
    REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED
    HERE IN LONDON, IN BUFFALO,
    DEVOLVED IN TEXAS, EDINBURGH,
    SCOTLAND, REPORTING FROM
    ROLLING FORK, MISSISSIPPI,
    THE UKRAINIAN REFUGEES HERE
    IN WARSAW.
    WE’RE HEADING TO A SMALL
    COMMUNITY OUTSIDE OF MEXICO
    CITY HERE BEHIND THE STORIES
    AS HAPPEN.
    >> ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WE’LL
    TAKE YOU THERE STREAM
    ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS
    WHEREVER YOU SCHOOL NEWS ME
    ON ABC NEWS LIVE WHAT’S GOOD TO
    WATCH READ WHERE CAN I GET
    A GREAT DEAL AND WHAT I’M JUST
    DYING TO BUY OH, IT’S ALL
    RIGHT HERE "GMA LIFE" GET THE
    LATEST CELEBRITY BUYS DEALS
    AND DEALS IN THE COOLEST
    LIFESTYLE TIPS FROM "GMA".
    I LOVE THAT.
    SO STREAMING WEEKENDS ON ABC
    NEWS LIVE.
    THE RENEWED PUSH TO REACH
    ANOTHER HOSTAGE DEAL IN
    THE MIDDLE EAST AS FEARS GROW
    FOR PALESTINIAN CIVILIANS
    IN SOUTHERN GAZA.
    I’M KAYNA WHITWORTH HERE IN LOS
    ANGELES AND THAT IS OUR
    BIG STORY TODAY.
    SECRETARY OF STATE ANTONY
    BLINKEN OVERSEAS URGING HAMAS
    TO ACCEPT THE LATEST TERMS
    AGREED TO BY I’LL SPEAK
    WITH THE BROTHER-IN-LAW OF AN
    ISRAELI HOSTAGE AS SEEN IN THE
    TERROR GROUP’S LATEST VIDEO.
    ALSO IN OUR SPOTLIGHT, CAMPUSES
    ACROSS THIS NATION ON EDGE.
    OUR PANEL WEIGHS IN ON PROTESTS
    RESPONSE TO THE ISRAEL-HAMAS
    WAR EXTENDING INTO ANOTHER.
    THE.
    NOW.
    WE BEGIN HERE WITH OUR
    BIG STORY, THE RENEWED EFFORTS
    UNDERWAY TO SECURE RELEASE
    OF HOSTAGES HELD BY HAMAS.
    THE GROUP SENT A DELEGATION
    TO CAIRO, TODAY TO TAKE PART
    IN HOSTAGE AND CEASEFIRE DEAL.
    THIS IS HAPPENING AS SECRETARY
    OF STATE ANTONY BLINKEN VISITS
    ARABIA.
    THIS IS HIS SEVENTH TRIP TO THE
    MIDDLE EAST SINCE START OF THIS
    WAR.
    BLINKEN CALLING FOR
    A CEASEFIRE, SAYING IT’S THE
    BEST TO HELP EVERYONE CAUGHT
    IN THE CROSSFIRE OF THE
    FIGHTING.
    >> THE MOST EFFECTIVE WAY
    TO ADDRESS THIS STARTS
    TO REBUILD THE SO ONE THAT
    CREATES SPACE FOR LACK OF A
    SOLUTION IS, A CEASEFIRE.
    THERE WAS A CEASEFIRE TO TAKE
    NECESSARY STEPS TO MEET
    THE NEEDS EXIST.
    >> ALL OF THIS HAPPENING.
    HAMAS RELEASED A NEW VIDEO
    APPEARING TO SHOW AN
    ISRAELI HOSTAGE KEITH SIEGEL
    ALSO AN ISRAELI HOSTAGE
    OMRI MIRAN HIS FAMILY SPEAKING
    AT A PRESS CONFERENCE IN TEL
    AVIV EARLIER TODAY WITH ONE
    SIMPLE MESSAGE FOR THE ISRAELI
    GOVERNMENT.
    PLEASE BRING OMRI HOME NOW.
    >> PLEASE BRING ALL OF THEM NOW
    .
    WELL, JOINING ME NOW IS LOBBY
    OMRI, BROTHER-IN-LAW.
    THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR,
    BEING WITH US.
    I KNOW YOU’RE SPEAKING WITH US
    FROM TEL AVIV TODAY.
    I’M WONDERING IF YOU CAN JUST
    TELL US, YOU KNOW, WHAT IT WAS
    LIKE WHEN YOU SAW HIM APPEAR
    IN THAT VIDEO AFTER ALL THIS
    TIME?
    >> YEAH, THANK YOU FOR HAVING
    ME.
    HE’S TONIGHT HERE IN ISRAEL
    AND AFTERNOON IN THE US.
    SATURDAY EVENING FOR US WAS
    VERY EMOTIONAL EVENING.
    >> WE WE WE WERE SCATTERED
    ALL AROUND HIM, TO BE HONEST.
    AND WE RECEIVED
    THE NOTIFICATION THAT A VIDEO
    CAME OUT SHOWING OMRI ALIVE.
    AND SO WE WE RUSHED BACK TO MY
    FAMILY’S DISPLACED IN SOUTHERN
    ISRAEL TO BE TOGETHER AS A
    FAMILY AND PROCESS THE NEWS
    PROCESS THE VIDEO ITSELF.
    WE FOCUSED ON ON THE POSITIVE
    ELEMENTS OF THE VIDEO, WHICH
    IS NOT THE CONTENT WHICH WAS
    DICTATED TO AND READ BY THE
    MOST TERRORIST TO PSYCHOLOGICAL
    WARFARE AND WAR CRIMES.
    BUT IN FACT, THE REASON MEAN IT
    GAVE US HOPE AND GAVE US THE
    MOTIVATION TO CONTINUE ADVOCACY
    WORK, TO CONTINUE SHARING
    OUR MESSAGE.
    THE WORLD AND YOUR OWN
    GOVERNMENT HERE IN ISRAEL,
    THAT THEY HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING
    CAN TO BRING THEM HOME, THAT IT
    HAS TO PUSH FOR NEGOTIATED
    A DEAL TO BRING ALL THE 133
    HOSTAGES HOME AND THAT OF US
    NEED TO BE PULLED IN ORDER
    TO FORCE HAMAS.
    INTERESTINGLY.
    AND DO YOU THINK THAT AN
    AGREEMENT WILL HAPPEN AS YOU
    WATCH ALL OF THIS PLAYING OUT,
    DO YOU BELIEVE THAT A HOSTAGE
    CAN REALLY GO THROUGH AFTER SO
    MUCH, SO MANY EFFORTS
    HAVE BEEN, YOU KNOW, THAT HAVE
    BEEN FAILURES?
    LET’S GO BACK TO THE END
    OF NOVEMBER.
    AND WE SAW THE DEAL WAS WAS
    IMPLEMENTED THEN A DEAL WAS
    REACHED.
    DESPITE THE DIFFICULTIES,
    DESPITE THE FIGHTING, DESPITE
    THE THE TRAGEDY AND THE TRAUMA
    .
    WE HAVE SEVEN AND AND THE
    SUFFERING THE OTHER SIDE AND IN
    GAZA.
    AND I THINK WE CAN REACH
    THAT ACHIEVEMENT OF REACHING
    A DEAL OF PARITY, EASING
    THE HUMANITARIAN CAUSE OF THE
    HOSTAGES AUTHORITIES, GIVING
    SOME SORT OF HOPE TO BOTH
    ISRAELIS AND PALESTINIANS
    AND ENSURING THAT WHAT HAPPENED
    47 DOES NOT GET WE HAVE TO
    REACH THIS AGREEMENT.
    AND YET WE DESPITE FACT, WE
    WERE DISAPPOINTED SO MANY TIMES
    OVER THE PAST NEARLY
    SEVEN MONTHS.
    WE HAVE TO KEEP THE HOPE.
    WE HAVE TO HOLD ONTO THAT HOPE
    THAT WE CAN REACH
    THE NEGOTIATED AGREEMENT,
    BECAUSE ANY OTHER SOLUTION
    TO BRING THEM TO US IS DOES NOT
    SEEM VIABLE AT THIS POINT.
    WE MAY ABLE TO RESCUE
    SOME HOSTAGES AS WE’VE DONE
    IN FEBRUARY, BUT WE REALLY
    WON’T BE ABLE TO BRING ALL THE
    HOSTAGES ON THE LINE.
    SO THAT’S WHY WE KEEP CALLING
    FOR A DEAL AND KEEP CALLING
    THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
    TO ALL THE LEVELS TO FORCE
    THE SIDES OF DIFFERENT SIDES
    TO AN AGREEMENT TO UNDERSTAND
    THE ISRAELI GOVERNMENT IS IS
    IS GOING TO BE WILLING TO MAKE
    THE PAINFUL CONCESSIONS.
    >> WE’RE NOT WAITING FOR HAMAS.
    AND AS YOU NOTE THOSE PAINFUL
    CONCESSIONS, THAT IS SOMETHING
    A DEAL THAT THE SECRETARY STATE
    CALLED EXTRAORDINARY.
    SO WHEN YOU ARE TALKING
    ABOUT THE INTERNATIONAL
    COMMUNITY HERE, DO YOU HAVE
    CONFIDENCE IN THE UNITED STATES
    IN THEIR EFFORTS TO, HELP
    BROKER A HOSTAGE DEAL HERE?
    DO YOU THINK THAT THE MESSAGE
    IS TRULY BEING TAKEN SERIOUSLY
    FROM PEOPLE IN YOUR GOVERNMENT
    AS HIGH UP AS NETANYAHU WE’VE
    BEEN MEETING PEOPLE THAT
    THE MEMBERS OF THE WAR CABINET
    UP TO PRIME MINISTER NETANYAHU,
    MEMBERS OF THE GOVERNMENT
    ARE CONTINUING, SAY WE HAVE TO
    CLOSE WITH THEM AND WE DO
    THE SAME WHEN WE GO ABROAD
    TO MEET ELECTED.
    I MEAN, I’M NORMALLY BASED
    IN NEW YORK.
    >> I WORKED AS A GRADUATED FROM
    BUSINESS SCHOOL AND SO BEEN
    IN THE HILL.
    I’VE BEEN TO THE STATE
    DEPARTMENT AND I THINK THERE
    ARE PEOPLE ARE LISTENING TO US,
    DECISION MAKERS WHO ARE
    LISTENING US AND UNDERSTANDABLY
    EVERYWHERE, ALMOST EVERYWHERE
    IN THE WORLD.
    >> HOWEVER, IT NEEDS TO BE
    CLEAR THAT WE HAVE TO ENSURE
    THAT HAMAS IS NOT EMBOLDENED
    BY DECISIONS MADE BY ISRAEL’S
    ALLIES, BUT SUCH STRATEGIC
    FAILURES MADE BY ISRAEL ITSELF
    AND IS NOT EMBOLDENED AS WELL
    BY MEMBERS OF THE INTERNATIONAL
    COMMUNITY OR UNWILLING REJECT
    THE RADICALISM WHICH REPRESENTS
    ONE WILLING TO CONDEMN.
    OCTOBER SEVEN AND CYCLE
    ALL MEMBERS OF THE
    INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY
    TO UNDERSTAND THAT WE NEED
    TO PRIORITIZE THE HOSTAGE
    CRISIS.
    THE HOSTAGE CRISIS, BECAUSE
    THAT’S THE STEP THAT NEEDS
    TO BE TAKEN SO THAT WE COULD
    REACH A PEACEFUL RESOLUTION
    TO THE ONGOING WAR.
    WE ARE WITNESSING NOW NEARLY
    SEVEN MONTHS OF SUFFERING.
    BOTH ISRAELIS AND FOR ORDINARY
    PALESTINIANS.
    NONCOMBATANTS ARE BEING
    SACRIFICED BY HAMAS FOR
    THEIR GENOCIDAL IDEOLOGY.
    I THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR
    SPENDING TIME WITH US TODAY
    AND THANK YOU FOR TALKING
    WITH US.
    AND WE LOOK FORWARD TO SPEAKING
    WITH AGAIN IN THE FUTURE.
    AND OUR YOU KNOW, OUR THOUGHTS
    AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU AND
    FAMILY FOR MY OF COURSE, I WANT
    TO BRING OUR BIG STORY.
    >> AND OF COURSE, I WANT
    TO BRING OUR BIG STORY,
    OUR PANEL NOW.
    JOINING US TODAY IS OUR
    ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND OP ED
    COLUMNIST FOR, THE LOS ANGELES
    TIMES, L.Z. GRANDERSON, ALONG
    WITH ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR
    AND DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST
    CHRISTINA SAM SWEENEY RAMIREZ,
    ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND EDITOR
    OF THE NATIONAL REVIEW, RAMESH
    PONNURU AND ABC NEWS
    CONTRIBUTOR AND SIRIUS XM RADIO
    HOST MIKE MYERS.
    THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE
    WITH US.
    I KNOW THAT YOU JUST LISTENED
    TO THAT EMOTIONAL CONVERSATION.
    L.Z., LOOK, AFTER THE RELEASE
    OF THESE HOSTAGE VIDEOS.
    THERE’S A LOT OF PEOPLE
    THAT THINK PERHAPS THIS SHOWS
    THAT HAMAS MIGHT BE SHOWING
    MORE WILLINGNESS TO AGREE TO A
    CEASE FIRE, A HOSTAGE RELEASE.
    >> WHAT DO YOU THINK?
    FIRST, MY THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS
    ARE WITH ALL THE FAMILIES
    AND VICTIMS ARE BEING HELD
    TO 200 DAYS.
    AND I GOT A LITTLE CHOKED UP
    LISTENING TO THAT BECAUSE THESE
    ARE SO CAUGHT UP TO THE
    SPECTACLE OF PROTEST ON CAMPUS
    THAT WE FORGET THAT THERE
    ARE FAMILIES THAT HAVE BEEN
    SUFFERING FOR AND THEY’RE
    BEGGING FOR THEIR LOVED ONES
    TO COME HOME.
    SO I THANK YOU FOR
    THAT INTERVIEW.
    AS FAR AS THE YOU THE WHOLE, IF
    YOU WILL, YOU KNOW, IF IF THERE
    ISN’T A CEASEFIRE AND ISRAEL
    CONTINUES ON ITS MISSION AS AS
    IT’S CURRENTLY HEADED,
    THAT MEANS THERE’S PLENTY
    OF WAR ON THE ROCKS.
    AND THERE THAT’S WHERE
    MORE CIVILIANS WERE TOLD TO GO
    FOR SHELTER TO BEGIN WITH,
    WHICH MEANS WE’RE GOING TO SEE
    EVEN MORE SUFFERING OF WOMEN
    AND CHILDREN, INNOCENT
    CIVILIANS.
    AND SO, YOU KNOW, THERE’S MUCH
    MORE THERE ARE 18 COUNTRIES,
    INCLUDING THE UNITED STATES,
    THAT ARE HOPING THAT HAMAS
    TAKES DEAL AND, YOU KNOW,
    THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS.
    AND LET’S JUST HOPE THAT THEY
    DO.
    >> AND SO FROM ONE THAT RAMESH,
    YOU WHAT IS YOUR REACTION
    TO THE FACT THAT A SOURCE
    FAMILIAR WITH THAT CALL BETWEEN
    BIDEN AND NETANYAHU OVER
    THE WEEKEND THE SOURCE
    SAID THAT 75% OF THIS CALL WAS
    SPENT, YOU KNOW, TALKING
    ABOUT A HOSTAGE DEAL AND NOW
    THE ONUS IS ON HAMAS.
    >> TAKE THE DEAL.
    YEAH, I MEAN, I THINK THAT’S
    APPROPRIATE?
    I THINK THAT THAT HAS IS WHERE
    THE ONUS HAS ALWAYS REALLY
    BELONGED, ESPECIALLY INSOFAR
    AS WAS A CEASEFIRE, IN EFFECT,
    THAT HAMAS BROKE ON SEVENTH.
    YOU COULD REALLY FEEL
    THE ANGUISH OF THE RELATIVES
    WHO WANT TO HAVE THEIR LOVED
    ONES BACK AND TO HAVE THEM
    AND KNOW THAT THEY’RE SAFE.
    >> BUT THE NUMBER ONE OBSTACLE
    TO THAT IS WHAT IT’S ALWAYS
    BEEN, WHICH IS HAMAS.
    >> AND HAMAS BROKE THE SECOND
    CEASE FIRE DEAL AS WELL.
    AND SO, CHRISTINA TO YOU, WE
    KNOW THAT BIDEN AGAIN SPOKE
    TO NETANYAHU OVER THE WEEKEND.
    HE ALSO CONTINUED TO REAFFIRM
    THE U.S., QUOTE, IRONCLAD
    COMMITMENT TO ISRAEL’S
    SELF-DEFENSE.
    SO HOW DOES HIS CRITICAL
    PREVENT PROGRESSIVE VOTING
    REACT TO THAT KIND OF THING?
    >> YEAH, I MEAN, IT’S BEEN
    SEVEN MONTHS OF A REAL
    POLITICAL CRISIS.
    HUMANITAIRE IN CRISIS, NOT
    ON OCTOBER 7TH.
    >> AND FOR THE HOSTAGES
    THAT ARE STILL BEING HELD
    IN 33,000 PLUS PALESTINIANS
    HAVE BEEN KILLED TENS
    OF THOUSANDS THAT HAVE BEEN
    INJURED.
    AND NOW ON THE BRINK
    OF STARVATION.
    >> YOU KNOW, I THINK THAT WE’RE
    SEEING ADDED WITH THESE
    CONVERSATIONS.
    JUST TODAY, THE NEW YORK TIMES
    WAS REPORTING THAT THE
    INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
    IS POSSIBLY ISSUING ARREST
    WARRANTS FOR MEMBERS OF THE
    ISRAELI GOVERNMENT FOR
    ESPECIALLY THE LACK OF AID,
    THE LACK OF FOOD, THE CRITICAL
    CARE THAT HAS BEEN GETTING IN.
    SO I THINK WE’RE GOING
    TO CONTINUE TO SEE FRACTURING
    LIKE WE’RE SEEING WITH THE
    PROTESTS.
    BUT OVERALL, THE DEMOCRATIC
    BASE THAT BIDEN NEEDS TO GET
    REELECTED DO NOT SUPPORT
    THE CURRENT HANDLING OF THE
    CEASE FIRE, NOT JUST WITH YOUNG
    PEOPLE, BUT OVERALL,
    THE DEMOCRATIC COALITION.
    AND THEY’RE ALSO CONSIDERING
    ARREST WARRANTS FOR HAMAS
    AS WELL AND THAT.
    AND SO, MIKE, TO YOU, WE KNOW
    ALSO IN TERMS OF REGIONAL
    STABILITY, RIGHT.
    WE KNOW THAT SECRETARY OF STATE
    ANTONY BLINKEN IS DISCUSSING
    NORMALIZING BETWEEN ISRAEL AND
    SAUDI ARABIA, SPECIFICALLY
    MEETING WITH THE SAUDI CROWN
    PRINCE TO DAY.
    SO, MIKE, HOW DO YOU SEE
    THAT IMPACTING NOW?
    THE CONFLICT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND
    HAMAS?
    >> I SEE THAT HAVING A POSSIBLE
    POSITIVE OUTCOME.
    SAUDI ARABIA CAN PUT PRESSURE
    ON HAMAS TO ABIDE BY THESE
    POSSIBLE NEGOTIATED TERMS.
    SAUDI ARABIA AND OTHER GULF
    STATES COULD BE THE SOURCE
    OF ECONOMIC INCOME FOR
    THE PALESTINIAN PEOPLE,
    BUT ALSO TO CANA, AS WE LOOK
    AHEAD INTO THE DAY AFTER
    ALL THE HOSTAGES RETURNED,
    HOPEFULLY, AND THERE IS A
    PERMANENT CEASE FIRE, WE
    HAVE TO BEGIN TO THINK
    ABOUT HOW DO WE BUILD
    THE INFRASTRUCTURE REBUILDING
    GAZA IN ARABIA COULD BE A
    BIG PLAYER WITHIN THAT DYNAMIC.
    AND SO I THINK APPLYING
    THAT ECONOMIC PRESSURE
    AND ECONOMIC DATA POINT TO THE
    CONVERSATION.
    HOPEFULLY, I CAN HELP ADVANCE
    THAT.
    AND SECRETARY BLINKEN HAS VERY,
    VERY STEADFAST ON THIS OUT
    OF DIPLOMACY.
    >> HE CERTAINLY HAS.
    ALL RIGHT, L.Z., CHRISTINA,
    RAMESH AND MIKE, THANK YOU TO,
    ALL OF YOU.
    AND COMING UP NEXT, HERE
    ARE PROTESTS ON COLLEGE
    CAMPUSES FROM COAST TO SOME
    BECOMING VERY VIOLENT.
    SO HOW WILL SCHOOLS TRY
    MAINTAIN SAFETY ON CAMPUS WHILE
    PRESERVING STUDENTS RIGHTS?
    OUR PANEL WEIGHS
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    >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE
    ARE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR.
    AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE
    ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND
    IN UKRAINE.
    REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE,
    THE SCENE, A HORRIFIC
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    ALL RIGHT.
    IN TODAY’S SPOTLIGHT
    THE PROTESTS RAGING ON COLLEGE
    CAMPUSES ACROSS THIS COUNTRY
    OVER THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR.
    COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY,
    THE EPICENTER OF THE RECENT
    PROTESTS, ARE SEEING ARRESTS
    TODAY.
    NOW BEGINNING TO SUSPEND
    STUDENTS WHO DEFIED SCHOOL’S
    2 P.M. DEADLINE TO BREAK UP
    THEIR ENCAMPMENT.
    IN MEANTIME, PROTESTERS
    CLASHING WITH POLICE AT THE
    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN.
    THE SCHOOL’S POLICE DEPARTMENT
    ISSUING A DISPERSAL ORDER
    EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON.
    STATE TROOPERS AIDING
    IN CLEARING AREA UT AUSTIN
    SAYING IN A STATEMENT THAT,
    QUOTE, BASEBALL ROCKS WERE
    FOUND A STRATEGICALLY PLACED
    WITHIN ENCAMPMENT AND THAT IT
    BELIEVES A MAJORITY OF THOSE
    PROTESTERS ARE NOT WITH THE
    SCHOOL.
    I WANT TO BRING BACK MY PANEL
    HERE.
    L.Z., CHRISTINA, RAMESH
    AND MIKE, SO THANK YOU ALL FOR
    BEING HERE.
    AND RAMESH, LET’S
    START HERE WITH YOU.
    MEAN, WHAT IS YOUR TAKE HERE
    ON HOW COLLEGES HAVE BEEN
    HANDLING THESE PROTESTS
    IS CLEARLY BEEN VERY DIFFERENT
    FROM A UNIVERSITY TO UNIVERSITY
    .
    BUT THERE IS YOU KNOW, THERE
    IS ALSO A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN
    FREE AND BEING DISRUPTIVE.
    BUT AND THEN VIOLENCE
    AND ANTI-SEMITISM.
    >> WELL, I THINK THAT YOU DO
    HAVE TO MAINTAIN A COMPLICATED
    PRINCIPLE, WHICH IS THAT FREE
    SPEECH IS PROTECTED.
    AND IT DOESN’T MATTER
    THE VIEWPOINT THAT’S
    BEING EXPRESSED THAT HAS TO BE
    NEUTRAL WITH RESPECT TO THAT.
    >> BUT AT THE SAME TIME,
    THE CAMPUS HAS TO BE ABLE TO BE
    AN ENVIRONMENT THAT IS OPEN
    TO ALL AND THAT IS OPEN
    TO LEARNING.
    >> AND I THINK WE’RE SEEING
    MISTAKES IN BOTH DIRECTIONS.
    IN THIS CASE.
    UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS, AUSTIN.
    WE HAVE SEEN OFFICIALS SUCCEED
    ,SUGGEST THAT IT’S THE CONTENT
    OF THE DEMONSTRATIONS
    THAT THEY’RE TARGETING.
    THAT’S WHAT GOVERNOR ABBOTT
    SUGGESTED.
    THAT’S THINK JUST INCONSISTENT
    WITH OUR FREE SPEECH
    PRINCIPLES.
    BUT OTHER CAMPUSES, YOU DO NEED
    TO TAKE A STRONGER HAND IN
    MAKING SURE THE CAMPUS IS OPEN
    TO EVERYONE AND THAT LEARNING
    IS NOT DISRUPTED.
    AND IN MANY UNIVERSITIES,
    THEY DO SAY LEARNING HAS BEEN
    DISRUPTED.
    L.Z., YOU ARE YOU’VE TALKED
    ABOUT THIS BEFORE.
    THERE IS A PROUD TRADITION
    OF PROTESTS ON COLLEGE
    CAMPUSES.
    SO WHY DO YOU THINK THAT THESE
    ONES WHICH HAVE GONE ON FOR
    MONTHS NOW ARE SUCH AN
    INFLECTION POINT AND WE’RE NOT
    NOW JUST SEEING IT IN THE
    UNITED STATES?
    >> WELL, I THINK THE VIGIL WE
    HAVE A SOCIAL MEDIA WE HAVE 24
    HOUR NEWS CYCLES.
    WE HAVE STREAMING RIGHT.
    WE JUST HAVE MORE VISUALS
    OF WHAT’S BEEN GOING ON.
    BUT WHAT’S BEEN GOING IS NOT
    NEW TO THIS NATION, AS YOU
    SAID, AND WE’VE TALKED
    ABOUT THIS BEFORE SPECIFIC
    DURING THE 1960S.
    BUT SUNNY HOSTIN ON THE VIEW
    RECENTLY BROUGHT UP THE FACT
    THAT WE WENT THROUGH THIS TRULY
    APARTHEID IN THE 1980S IN THIS
    COUNTRY AS WELL.
    SO IT’S NOT AS IF THIS IS A
    NEW CONCEPT THAT WE’RE DEALING
    WITH.
    IT’S JUST THAT WE’RE.
    IT’S JUST WE HAVE MORE FOOTAGE
    OF IT AND WE’RE BEING REMINDED
    OF JUST HOW DISTURBING IT
    ACTUALLY IS TO SEE VIOLENCE
    LIKE THIS ON CAMPUS.
    BUT WE’RE ALSO AND IT’S BIT
    UNFAIR.
    I WOULD LIKE TO OFFICIALS
    TO EXPECT THEM TO CONTROL
    STUDENTS WHEN WE HAVE MEMBERS
    OF CONGRESS WHO BEHAVE VERY
    SIMILARLY ON THE FLOOR IN TERMS
    OF DECORUM.
    SO I THINK HAVING MORE ELECTED
    AGENTS BE BETTER EXAMPLES
    IN TERMS OF HOW TO HAVE THIS
    KIND DISCOURSE WILL HOPEFULLY
    BE A BETTER EXAMPLE FOR
    THE REST OF SOCIETY.
    AND ELECTORATE.
    >> INTERESTING.
    AND I MEAN, CRISTINA, TO POINT
    I MEAN, THERE HAS BEEN A LOT
    OF PRESSURE ON SCHOOL
    ADMINISTRATORS AND OUTSIDE
    OFFICIALS TO GET THESE
    SITUATIONS UNDER CONTROL.
    >> WHAT IS YOUR TAKE?
    WELL, I MEAN, LOOK, IT’S VERY
    CLEAR THAT EVERY STUDENT SHOULD
    FEEL SAFE GOING TO CAMPUS
    AND THE ANTI SEMITISM PHOBIA
    NEED TO BE ADDRESSED.
    >> BUT IF YOU GO TO THESE
    PEACEFUL PROTEST, NEARLY ALL OF
    WHICH HAVE BEEN PEACEFUL,
    WHAT YOU FIND IS THAT
    THEY’RE ACTUALLY JEWISH MUSLIM
    ,CHRISTIAN, ATHEIST STUDENTS,
    COMING TOGETHER.
    THIS IS INTERFAITH, INTERRACIAL
    MOVEMENT.
    SO THAT’S I THINK WHAT’S SO
    TROUBLING HERE IN BOSTON, WHERE
    I LIVE, WHERE YOU HAD NEARLY
    FIVE DOZEN PEOPLE ARRESTED LAST
    WEEK, NEARLY ALL OF THOSE
    CHARGES WERE DROPPED BECAUSE WE
    THOUGHT JOURNALISTS PROFESSORS
    ,STUDENTS BEING ARRESTED
    AND THEY COULDN’T HOLD UP ANY
    LEGAL REASON FOR THE ARREST
    OF THOSE STUDENTS.
    AND MIKE, YOU KNOW, WHERE DO
    YOU SEE THIS GOING AS SCHOOLS
    START TO PREPARE GRADUATION?
    AS WE KNOW, THERE ARE PARENTS
    RIGHT NOW OF A CLASS.
    YOU KNOW, THEY SAW THEIR KIDS
    GRADUATE HIGH SCHOOL, BUT IT
    WAS CANCELED IN 2020 BECAUSE
    OF THE PANDEMIC.
    AND THOSE ARE THE SAME STUDENTS
    NOW, CONSIDER THE STUDENTS
    AT USC.
    THEIR GRADUATION HAS BEEN
    CANCELED.
    >> YEAH, SO THAT’S A REALLY
    GREAT QUESTION.
    AND JASMINE CAME ON MY RADIO
    SHOW THIS MORNING.
    I ACTUALLY POLLED
    OUR LISTENERSHIP AND ASKED THEM
    WHAT WERE THEIR THOUGHTS
    ON THIS PROTEST, BUT ALSO
    TO WHERE THEY THOUGHT ABOUT THE
    IMPLICATIONS OF DIFFERENT
    CEREMONIES BEING BEEN CANCELED.
    AND THEY ALL CAUGHT UP AND SAID
    THAT THEY BELIEVE IN THEIR
    STUDENT’S RIGHT TO BE ABLE
    TO PROTEST WITH THE CAVEAT
    THAT IT’S IN THAT MOVE INTO
    THE RHETORIC, YOU KNOW, HATE OR
    HARASSMENT, BUT THAT THE POINT
    OF PROTEST IS DISRUPT AND TO
    BE DISRUPTION.
    AND SO THE FACT THAT OUR
    GRADUATION BE CANCELED IS A
    BYPRODUCT OF THAT.
    ONE CALL IN PARTICULAR WAS
    A UNIVERSITY PROFESSOR
    OF ENGLISH HERE IN NEW YORK
    CITY AT A COLLEGE HERE.
    AND WHAT HE SAID THAT DOES
    SPECIFICALLY WITH THE RHETORIC
    AND THE FACT THAT THE RHETORIC
    HAS INCREASED AT THE PROTESTS,
    BUT THAT IS JUST MIRRORING
    IN SOCIETY THE WAY
    THAT DANGEROUS RHETORIC HAS
    BECOME EMBEDDED IN OUR NORMAL
    DISCOURSE THAT WE HAVE AS
    A SOCIETY.
    SO THERE IS SOME PARALLEL
    TO WHAT’S HAPPENING SOCIETY,
    TO WHAT THE LANGUAGE WE’RE
    HEARING ACTUALLY AT THE PROTEST
    ,ONE EVEN IN SOME OF THE
    LANGUAGE.
    I DO JUST WANT TO ASK YOU,
    MIKE, AND THIS WE JUST SHOWED
    SOME VIDEO, RIGHT?
    THAT WAS FLYOVER VIDEO OF A
    CAMPUS THERE WITH THE CHANT
    OF THE RIVER TO THE SEA AND A
    LOT OF CONSIDER THAT CHANT VERY
    ANTI-SEMITIC.
    >> THAT’S EXACT WHAT HE WAS
    ALLUDING TO AND TO WHICH
    I AGREE TO WHICH WE’RE GETTING
    TO THE POINT.
    BUT WHAT THE DANGER IS IN
    SOCIETY THAT WE HAVEN’T
    ACTUALLY PUT THE GUARDRAILS
    INTO SOCIETY TO NOT ALLOW
    THAT TYPE DANGEROUS RHETORIC
    TO PERMEATE IN OUR CULTURE
    THAT HASN’T BEEN CHASTISED
    THAT HASN’T BEEN DISCIPLINED.
    >> THERE HAS BEEN A PUSHBACK
    NOT ONLY TO ELECTED LEADERS,
    BUT ALSO TO THOSE IN POSITIONS
    OF POWER AS ELSEWHERE,
    THROUGHOUT DIFFERENT SECTORS
    OF INDUSTRY AND SOCIETY.
    AND SO AS A RESULT, WE
    ACTUALLY ARE SEEING
    THE CONSEQUENCES OF WHEN WE
    NORMALIZE A HATE SPEECH
    AND ACTIONS AND RHETORIC.
    >> RHETORIC.
    ABSOLUTELY.
    MIKE, THANK YOU.
    CHRISTINA, L.Z., RAMESH, YOU TO
    ALL OF YOU.
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    >> START HERE FIRST THING
    IN THE MORNING.
    THERE’S A LOT GOING ON.
    YET ANOTHER AVALANCHE WARNING
    THAT’S OFF TO CATCH YOU UP
    WITH WHAT HAPPENED OVERNIGHT.
    A DANGEROUS ICE STORM
    IS IMPACTING THE MORNING
    COMMUTE.
    WHAT’S HAPPENING TODAY?
    ESCALATING TENSIONS IN THE
    MIDDLE EAST.
    WHAT PEOPLE ARE TALKING
    ABOUT THE MIGRANT CRISIS.
    FAST, STRAIGHT FORWARD
    WITH SOMEONE IN BETWEEN.
    HOW DOES BILLIONAIRE.
    SOUNDS GOOD TO ME.
    THE MOVE STARTED CHASING A DOG.
    FIRST THING IN THE MORNING.
    AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA’S
    NUMBER ONE EARLY MORNING NEWS
    ON ABC NEWS.
    WHAT IS THAT?
    YOU?
    THAT’S ME AND MY BIG .
    HOW MUCH DO YOU MAKE ON ONLY
    FANS VERSUS SAY AN EPISODE
    ON SOPRANOS?
    OH, WAY MORE.
    AND ALL MY FRIENDS CELEBRITIES
    CAN ABSOLUTELY MAKE A LIVING
    ON ONLY FANS.
    BELLA IS THE MODEL.
    SHE MADE OVER 20 MILLION.
    YOU CONSIDER WHAT YOU DO.
    OR WORK ON FANS.
    NOT JUST IF I HAD IT TO DO
    ALL OVER, I WOULD HAVE DONE IT
    SOONER.
    >> A MAN WHO NOW IT’S LUNCHTIME
    IN AMERICA.
    >> SO WHAT ARE YOU SERVING UP?
    WELL, HOW ABOUT EVERYTHING
    YOU NEED TO KNOW?
    THAT SOUNDS PRETTY GOOD.
    YOU HAVE YOUR MONEY.
    BREAKING NEWS, MUSIC AND,
    OF COURSE, GOOD FOOD.
    A THIRD HOUR OF JAMMING IN THE
    AFTERNOON.
    SO JOIN US.
    AFTERNOON FOR EVERYTHING
    YOU NEED TO KNOW.
    I LOVE THAT.
    ME REPORTING TOMORROW.
    I’LL GO.
    I’M RACHEL SCOTT.
    WHATEVER THE STORY IS,
    WE’LL TAKE YOU THERE.
    YOU’RE STREAMING THESE LIVE.
    >> OKAY, SO NOW FOR OUR LAST
    CALL.
    THE NBA PLAYOFFS HEATING UP
    AND GREAT EMERGING ON BOTH
    COASTS AND EVERYWHERE
    IN BETWEEN.
    NEW YORK, THE KNICKS ARE MAKING
    MADISON SQUARE GARDEN FEEL LIKE
    THE GLORY DAYS.
    >> AGAIN, THEY’RE UP
    THREE GAMES TO ONE IN THEIR
    FIRST ROUND SERIES WITH
    THE PHILADELPHIA 70 SIXERS.
    >> THEY COULD CLOSE IT OUT
    THE GARDEN TOMORROW.
    IN THE MEANTIME, HERE IN LOS
    ANGELES, LEBRON JAMES AND
    THE LAKERS THEY’RE ACTUALLY
    ON THE VERGE OF AN EARLY EXIT.
    THEY TRAIL THE NUGGETS
    THREE GAMES TO ONE GAME
    FIVE TONIGHT IN DENVER AGAINST,
    OF COURSE THE REIGNING NBA
    CHAMPS.
    I WANT TO BRING BACK MY PANEL
    HERE SO, L.Z., I’M REALLY
    CURIOUS TO HEAR YOUR ANSWER
    TO WHAT’S ON WITH THE LAKERS.
    >> NOTHING.
    THEY’RE FACING THE CHAMPIONS.
    THIS IS FOR THE CHAMPIONS.
    BUT I WILL SAY THIS THE PAIN NO
    ONE IN THE HISTORY OF THE GAME
    HAS SCORED MORE POINTS
    ON THE NATION GAMES, LEBRON
    JAMES.
    SO THERE’S ANYTHING THAT COULD
    COME BACK.
    >> IT’S THE CENTRAL BANKERS.
    SO I LOVE THAT IT’S LEBRON’S
    TIME IS OVER.
    IT’S LIKE, JUST WAIT.
    HE MIGHT BE COMING BACK FOR
    THE NUGGETS.
    YOU KNOW, HEAVY IS THE HEAD
    THAT WEARS THE CROWN.
    RIGHT.
    MIKE, TO YOU LET’S ABOUT THE
    KNICKS IS THE MAGIC AND YOU’RE
    JUST AT ME IS THE MAGIC
    BACK THERE IN NEW YORK.
    KERRY SAYS YOU CAN MY QUESTION
    WITH GO NEW YORK NEW YORK.

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