ABC World News Tonight with David Muir Corpulent Broadcast – April 1, 2024

Tonight breaking news as we come on the air a driver ramming into the FBI office in Atlanta and severe storm sweeping East tornado watches up right now multiple States and in the East bracing for heavy rain and snow first tonight the image is coming in a driver crashing through the entrance gate of the FBI field office in Atlanta the driver in.

Custody at this hour and what we know steo and Sami at the scene severe storms tornado watches up as we come on tonight in several States from Texas north then heavy rain and snow up and down the East Coast Washington DC to New York City to Boston and where there could be several inches of snow Rob Marciano timing it out tonight breaking news involving.

Abortion rights in this country soon front and center in the presidential election in Florida the state's highest court there allowing Florida's six- week abortion ban to now take effect but tonight the court saying voters there will have the final say so will abortion rights be on the ballot in Florida this November and how could it effect the.

Biden Trump rematch Rachel Scott reporting we're moving the Bridge tonight the first major step you will see how crews are carving up that Baltimore Bridge piece by piece and what they have now done tonight to create a temporary Channel tonight the search in Dallas for a Super Bowl star Kansas City Chiefs player rasid rice reportedly.

Wanted by police for questioning police a dash cam video appears to show his Corvette speeding with a Lamborghini hitting several other vehicles TMZ obtaining images is appearing to show rice and several others walking away from the scene overseas tonight Israel now accused of launching a deadly strike on the Iranian Consulate in Syria Iran.

Claiming two generals and multiple soldiers killed saying they will respond tonight Donald Trump's Media Company losing $2 billion in value after it was revealed how much the company lost last year and the warning now about his future tonight the Urgent search for two missing mothers Vanishing on the way to pick up one of the mother's children.

Their car found on the side of the road tonight the 35-year-old former NFL star found dead in his home in Florida what we're now learning also tonight here remembering a famous actors from pton place to all my children from ABC News world headquarters in New York this is World News Tonight with David M good evening.

And it's great to be back with all of you at home we do begin tonight with several breaking headlines the storm's sweet sing East tornado watches up right now Heavy Rain several inches of snow in some places but we start with the alarming scene in Atlanta today a driver smashing into the gate at Atlanta's FBI field office the incident of course.

Raising alarm amid heightened vigilance for possible threats Nationwide against the FBI and law enforcement authorities say the vehicle approached and refused to stop security unleashing that physical barrier to block the vehicle agents and bomb technicians searching the vehicle the driver arrested taken to the hospital ABC Steve ens Sami leading.

Us off tonight from the scene outside Atlanta the driver of this orange SUV is in a world of trouble tonight after trying to follow a vehicle into the gates of Atlanta's FBI main office North of the city it was just afternoon and authorities say the driver with South Carolina plates would not stop and security had to use a popup physical.

Barrier to block the SUV smashing the vehicle guards say the driver got out of the car and was quickly arrested without incident he was TR transported to a hospital downtown several of our special agents who are passing by apprehended him this time we are looking at both state and federal charges authorities at this point don't think that this was.

Terrorism but the investigation is early and they're still digging the FBI has been particularly concerned about possible threats to the agency in the last few years so it sort of opens the door as to what is this really is this an attempt to harm the FBI or someone at the FBI is is a person who has mental health challenges perhaps has substance.

Abuse issues got disoriented we'll have to see how this sorts out they say that the agents with their robot who are seen her looking through the vehicle and a trunk that was inside the SUV did so as a precaution and found no weapons and no explosives they say no one was hurt authorities here are confirming tonight that the arresting officer sent.

The driver to Grady Memorial Hospital downtown for quote and evaluation David all of this amid heightened concern Steve O and Sami leading us off tonight Steve thank you we turned out of that major spring storm on the move at this hour tornado watches up as we're on tonight across multiple States and then the Northeast bracing for heavy rain and.

Late season snow tonight 40 million Americans on alert at this hour from Texas to West Virginia the tornado threat and then the heavy rain for the Mid-Atlantic and the Northeast Washington DC Philadelphia New York City all starting tomorrow potentially several Ines of snow further Inland senior meteorologist Rob Marciano.

Tracking it all for us right here with us on a Monday night hey Rob hi David a dangerous 48 hours to come tonight we already have those tornado watches that are posted and flood watches already baseball size hail tonight in Texas and there you see the threat's going to increase as the lowlevel jet gets cranking this system.

Begins to intensify Oklahoma City to Kansas City to St Louis in through Central Illinois tonight then tomorrow a Northern Jet dips down and amplifies everything it's going to push the rain to the east it's going to stretch out the severe weather to the South and it's going to increase the tornado possibilities right over Ohio strong.

Long trp tornadoes possible then on Wednesday it all becomes a massive cold course system with more rain in the East and snow wrapping around through uh Chicago and through Upstate New York and Northern New England could see one to two feet of snow uh come Friday morning but all eyes on the Midwest tonight we're hoping for a safe 12 to 24 hours.

To come David tracking it right into the evening hours for us Rob thank you we are also following breaking news out of Florida involving abortion rights that state's highest court in a major ruling late today allowing Florida's new six we abortion ban to go into effect it'll be one of the strictest abortion laws in the nation but the court also signaling.

That voters will get the final say on this in November they'll vote on this issue of abortion rights at the same time they're voting in the presidential election so let's get right to Rachel Scott tonight Rachel fla voters will decide on abortion rights there and this of course could have implications in the presidential race it certainly could.

David and these were two separate decisions the Florida state supreme court has now cleared the way for one of the strictest abortion bans in the country to go into effect Banning abortion at just 6 weeks into woman's pregnancy that is before most women even know that they are pregnant and then in a separate decision that same court.

Allowing this issue to be put on the ballot in November allowing voters to decide whether they want to protect access to abortion up until viability which is considered to be around 24 weeks into a woman's pregnancy either way this will have major political implications we know that abortion rights has won in all six states where.

It has appeared on the ballot and even in concluding in conservative States like Kansas Ohio and Kentucky and that raises real questions about whether Florida could now be in play for President Biden David both campaigns certainly looking at this tonight Rachel Scott Rachel thank you tonight meanwhile Donald Trump's media company which just.

Went public last week has now lost $2 billion in value the stock price plunging after it was revealed how much much the company lost last year the stock down 21% in a single day today and now the warning about its future here's Aaron kki tonight stock and Donald Trump's Media Company tanking after Trump's.

Social media platform truth social reported losing 58 million dollar last year the company was valued at nearly $10 billion after it went public last week as Trump's supporters rushed to scoop up shares the stock has gone through the roof and and really this is I think in the true sense this is really a uh it's a great sign of where the.

People in this country stand Trump's own majority stake then Worth close to $6 billion truth social is doing very well it's hot as a pistol and doing great but today that root Awakening the revelation of last year's losses sent the stock plunging more than 20% and the value of Trump's own stake losing more than a billion.

Dollars and tonight there's a real question whether truth social can even survive David and Auditors quoted in a regulatory filing saying that $58 million operating loss last year raises substantial doubt that Trump media can be a viable company going forward David Aon kki reporting Aaron thank you next tonight to the search in Dallas for a.

Super Bowl star Kansas City Chief's player Rashid rice reportedly wanted by police for questioning after a chain reaction crash caught on police camera a Corvette and Lamborghini speeding on a Dallas Highway the Lamborghini losing control hitting several other vehicles one with a mother and a four-year-old inside sources say the Corvette was.

Registered to Rice the drivers and passengers in both vehicles than leaving the scene ABC's Maria viol from Dallas tonight tonight dash camera video capturing this high-speed crash on a Dallas Highway you have two subjects that flare from the scene now Kansas City Chief's wide receiver Rashi rice is being sought in connection with the.

Accident according to Dallas ABC station WFAA sources the 23-year-old recently won the Super Bowl and was a second round draft pick last year two drivers one in a Corvette and one in a Lamborghini seen speeding hitting the center median and losing control Saturday evening a Cascade of hits involving six Vehicles four people.

Treated for minor injuries including Kayla Quinn and her four-year-old son the impact was pretty hard I got hit on my driver's side my son he's very scared he's shaking in controllably authorities say the occupants of the Corvette and Lamborghini all ran from the scene without stopping to determine if anyone needed medical help TMZ sports sharing.

This photo as they walked down the Busy Highway shoulder sources telling ABC News the Corvette is registered under Rice's name and some of his NFL gear was allegedly found inside according to Texas law leaving the scene of an accident involving injury could be a crime they all walked off together which means there was a relationship between.

The two cars so that may also add to the element or seriousness of the charges David Lake today an attorney for Rashid rice actually said that he is working with local authorities to try and address the situation responsibly and we also know that the Chiefs president commented on a local radio station saying they are gathering.

Information and facts and they will respond accordingly David all right Maria our thanks to you tonight there is also an urgent search this evening for two mothers who are missing one of them a pastor's wife they vanished on on the way to pick up one of the mother's children the car they were in has been found in Oklahoma here's ABC's Victor.

Kendo tonight the Urgent search along the Kansas Oklahoma border for two missing mothers who vanished the day before Easter while driving to pick up children they're gone um and nobody knows where they exactly went 39-year-old Jillian Kelly the wife of a pastor at First Christian Church in Hugon Kansas was traveling with.

27-year-old Veronica Butler according to Butler's Church the two women were on their way to get Butler's children for a birthday party but they never made the pickup it appears that uh this was not a willing incident on their own to have taken off it looks to be that there's something more involved Butler's blue Kia found abandoned on the side of the.

Road about 40 miles away in rural Texas County Oklahoma there's every reason to uh believe that that they they could be in danger at an Easter Service prayers for their safe return we're going to wrap our arms around the Kelly Family we're going to love them Lord we lift up Jillian we lift up Veronica we pray for their.

Safety the pastor at Butler's Church describes the women more like acquaintances than friends tonight their Community will gather for a vigil David Victor Kendo tonight Victor thank you we turn now to Baltimore tonight and the first major step as workers there try to carefully remove what's left of that massive bridge that came down a 200 ton.

Piece of that bridge has now been cut away and lift it off and what they've now done tonight to try to open that Waterway Terry Moran is on the scene for us tonight purged on giant cranes above the collapsed bridge and using powerful thermal saws demolition crews cut and remove the first major piece of debris.

More than 200 tons 440,000 lb we're talking about something that is almost the size of the Statue of Liberty the crews must painstakingly clear the entire span of the destroyed Francis Scott Key bridge Peace by by piece but officials are now saying that under those murky Waters divers can't see a foot in front of them and with the.

Chaotic wreckage all that mangled intertwined steel above and below the waterline the site is a safety nightmare every time someone goes in the water they are taking a risk every time we move a piece of the structure the situation could become even more dangerous we have to move fast but we cannot be careless and that's.

Actually just a small step forward in this Monument mental operation another Milestone workers opened a temporary 11t deep shipping channel clearing a path for emergency and some small commercial vessels to use the harbor again officials here made clear today that that work out there is going to be.

Harder more dangerous and take longer than even they originally thought months probably before the Port of Baltimore is fully open maybe longer on Friday President Biden comes here to see it for himself David that is still an extraordinary seene right there behind you Terry Moran still on the scene for us Terry thank you overseas tonight the.

Smoldering debris with Iran now accusing Israel of launching a deadly strike on the Iranian Consulate in Syria Iran tonight claiming two generals and multiple soldiers have been killed and saying they will respond Britt Clinton tonight from Israel tonight Iran claiming it was an Israeli air strike that reduced its.

Consulate building to Rubble in Damascus Syria killing two top Iranian military Commanders officials say at least seven people died as emergency responders sifted through the Twisted Metal looking for survivors the multistory building next to the Embassy left in smoking ruins reportedly hit by six missiles from Israeli war.

Planes Iran vowing to respond tonight as tensions with Israel escalate this as Israeli leader Benjamin Netanyahu faces the largest protest since the start of the war the passionate Cries From the protesters calling for an election and for Netanyahu to step down the demonstrations at times tense protesters.

Clashing with officers some hostage families like the grandson of Heim Perry taking part to voice their frustration at Netanyahu do you think he will step down no of course not he's clutching the the the seat his throne and that's why we're fighting Hill because um because he's not willing to go down meanwhile David at least four people including.

Foreigners were killed in a car explosion while delivering Aid in Northern Gaza and we're also learning in talks between us and Israeli negotiators over a planned invasion of Rua that Israel agreed to take civilian casualties into account David Brit Clinton tracking it all from Jerusalem Brit thank you back in the us tonight.

And convicted murderer Alec Murdoch already serving a life sentence for killing his wife and son today sentenced to 40 years in prison for financial crimes too the once prominent attorney pleaded guilty to conspiracy fraud and money laundering stealing Millions from his clients including a $4 million insurance payment meant for the family.

Of his housekeeper who died in a fall at the Murdoch home the sentence guarantees he will spend life in prison even if his murder conviction is overturned on appeal tonight fast food workers in California have been given a pay raise a new law raising the minimum wage from 16 to $20 an hour at fast food chains with at least 60 locations nationwide but.

Some small business owners are feeling the pressure to compete and could raise prices too pay those workers more passing the cost on to Consumers according to economists when we come back here in a busy Monday night this evening the 35-year-old former NFL star found dead in his home and what we have now learned tonight and the tributes.

Pouring in for a famous actress from pton place to all my children in a moment tonight authorities are investigating the death of a 35-year-old former NFL star vonte Davis in his home just outside Miami Police say he suffered a medical emergency possibly they do not suspect foul play he played 10 seasons mostly with the dolphins and.

Colts he retired at halftime you'll remember while playing for the bills that was in 2018 when we come back here tonight remembering a beloved actress to the index an actress Barbara Rush has died best known for her roles and it came from outer space Payton place all my children her family says she died on.

Easter Sunday one of her favorite holidays Barbara Rush was 97 Powerball is now at a billion with a B the drawings tonight if you go for the cash option by the way 483 million I'll see you tomorrow good night

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