>> RIGHT NOW ON AMERICA THIS MORNING, THE NEW BOMBSHELL INVOLVING A FORMER FBI INFORMANT CHARGED WITH LYING ABOUT BRIBERY CLAIMS AGAINST PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS SON, HUNTER. WHAT THE INFORMANT IS NOW SAYING ABOUT HIS TIES TO RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE ALSO A DEVELOPING STORY.

>> RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES DETAINING A BALLERINA FROM LOS ANGELES. WHY THE DUAL CITIZEN IS NOW BEING ACCUSED OF TREASON IN AN 11 YEAR OLD TEXAS GIRL MISSING SINCE LAST WEEK, IS FOUND DEAD. >> WHAT POLICE ARE REVEALING ABOUT THE SUSPECT'S TROUBLED PAST AND WHY HE DID NOT HAVE TO.

REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER MID-AIR SCARE THE PLANE LANDING ON THIS BUSY HIGHWAY OUTSIDE. NEW YORK. >> PLUS THE TERRIFYING MOMENT ON THIS AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT. WHY PASSENGERS WERE RUSHING TO RESTRAIN A MAN WITH DUCT TAPE. >> THE SOCIAL MEDIA HOST FAMOUS.

FOR GIVING OUT PARENTING ADVICE IS SENTENCED FOR ABUSING HER OWN CHILDREN. THE MOMENT RUBY FRANKIE BROKE DOWN IN COURT AND WHAT SHE FACES NEXT, YOUR MONEY AND THE RISING COST OF STREAMING SERVICES. >> WHAT THE AVERAGE FAMILY IS NOW SPENDING PER MONTH LOST.

TREASURE. >> THE ITEM THAT UNEXPECTEDLY TURNED UP AT A THRIFT STORE, AND THE HIGHLY UNUSUAL TRAFFIC ON I-90. FIVE. >> FROM ABC NEWS IN NEW YORK. >> THIS IS AMERICA. THIS MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE I'M.

ANDREW DYMBURT. >> GOOD MORNING I'M ALISON KOSIK IN FOR RIHANNA. AND WE BEGIN WITH TWO MAJOR STORIES INVOLVING RUSSIA. >> FIRST, RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE NOW DETAINED A BALLERINA FROM CALIFORNIA. SHE'S ACCUSED OF TREASON FOR DONATING MONEY TO.

UKRAINE AND THE WAR EFFORT. THERE SHE WAS ARRESTED WHILE APPARENTLY VISITING FAMILY IN RUSSIA. >> THE OTHER STORY INVOLVING RUSSIA IS RAISING NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT A FORMER FBI INFORMANT CHARGED WITH LYING ABOUT BRIBERY CLAIMS INVOLVING PRESIDENT BIDEN.

AND HIS SON. HUNTER DOCUMENTS NOW REVEAL. THE INFORMANT SAYS HE GOT FALSE DIRT ON THE BIDENS FROM RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE. LET'S GET THE LATEST FROM ABC'S PERRY RUSSOM PERRY. GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING ALLISON. ONE OF THE LATEST HEADLINES INVOLVING RUSSIA IS RAISING NEW CONCERNS.

ABOUT THEIR EFFORTS TO INTERFERE IN THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THIS MORNING, THE FORMER FBI INFORMANT ACCUSED OF MAKING FALSE BRIBERY CLAIMS ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS SON, HUNTER, HAS BEEN RELEASED ON BOND. ALEXANDER SMIRNOFF IS SEEN HERE IN THE BLUE HOODIE LEAVING.

COURT IN LAS VEGAS YESTERDAY, A JUDGE RELEASED HIM UNDER THE CONDITIONS THAT HE RESTRICT HIS TRAVEL, HAND OVER HIS PASSPORT AND WEAR AN ANKLE MONITOR. SMIRNOFF IS CHARGED WITH LYING TO THE FBI, CLAIMING THE BIDENS ACCEPTED MILLIONS IN BRIBES FROY FIRM. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY.

SMIRNOFF HAS NOW ADMITTED THAT OFFICIALS AFFILIATED WITH RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE WERE INVOLVED IN PASSING ALONG THAT STORY, WHICH PROSECUTORS SAY WAS FABRICATED. HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE USED SMIRNOFF'S BRIBERY ALLEGATION AS A JUSTIFICATION FOR THEIR LONG SHOT EFFORT TO.

IMPEACH PRESIDENT BIDEN IF HE VOLUNTEERED HIMSELF, IF HE CAME TO THEM AND SAID, I CAN HELP YOU WITH THIS, THAT'S ANOTHER HALLMARK OF RUSSIAN OPERATIONS, WHERE THEY'LL PICK SOMEBODY AND SAY, HEY, GO TO THE FBI OR GO TO THIS ORGANIZATION. >> TELL THEM THAT YOU HAVE.

INFORMATION. THEN WE'VE GOT THEM ON THE HOOK. SO, YEAH, THIS IS ALL VERY, VERY CONSISTENT WITH HOW THE RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES DO BUSINESS. >> MEANWHILE, THIS MORNING, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT'S AWARE OF A LOS ANGELES WOMAN NOW BEING DETAINED IN RUSSIA.

RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES ARRESTED KSENIA KARELINA, A RUSSIAN AMERICAN BALLERINA, ON SUSPICION OF TREASON AFTER SHE DONATED ABOUT $50 TO SUPPORT UKRAINE. RUSSIAN STATE MEDIA APPEARED TO SHOW KARELINA BEING LED INTO COURT. SHE COULD FACE 20 YEARS IN PRISON, HER FORMER MOTHER IN.

LAW SAYS KARELINA WAS VISITING RUSSIA TO SEE FAMILY. >> IF WE DON'T HELP HER, WE CAN SAY GOODBYE TO HER. IF WE DO NOT PROTECT HER. AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, NOBODY ELSE WILL. >> IT COMES AS PRESIDENT BIDEN PROMISES TO IMPOSE NEW FINANCIAL PENALTIES ON RUSSIA FOR THE.

DEATH OF PUTIN. CRITIC ALEXEI NAVALNY. THE SANCTIONS ARE EXPECTED TO TARGET KREMLIN DEFENSE INDUSTRIES AND OTHER REVENUE SOURCES. >> WE'LL HAVE A MAJOR PACKAGE ANNOUNCED ON FRIDAY. NAVALNY DIED IN PRISON FRIDAY. >> HIS FAMILY CLAIMS HE WAS.

MURDERED AND ACCUSES THE KREMLIN OF COVERING IT UP, REFUSING TO RELEASE HIS BODY. HE WAS A FRIEND AND A PERSON WHO REALLY INVESTED A LOT OF HOPE AND PASSION. NAVALNY'S FRIEND IS NOW SHARING LETTERS. THE TWO RECENTLY EXCHANGED. AND HE SAYS NAVALNY WROTE FROM PRISON ABOUT.

THE CONDITIONS HE FACED HIS CONCERN ABOUT US POLITICS AND HIS LOVE OF TRAVELING. WE TALKED ABOUT HIS FAVORITE PARTS OF LONDON OR, UH, LIKE SOME DIFFERENT STREET FOOD AND DIFFERENT CITIES, UH, SOME MOVIES OR WHATEVER. AND BACK TO THAT FBI INFORMANT, ALEXANDER.

SMIRNOFF. HE WAS RELEASED ON BOND YESTERDAY. NO WORD YET ON HIS COURT DATE. ANDREW. >> ALL RIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH. >> THERE IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY IS THIS SATURDAY. AND NIKKI HALEY IS VOWING TO STAY IN THE RACE. SHE'S STEPPING UP HER ATTACKS ON FORMER PRESIDENT.

TRUMP, WITH POLLS SHOWING HER TRAILING BY NEARLY 30 POINTS. HALEY SAYS SHE'S NOT AFRAID OF TRUMP'S RETRIBUTION. >> AND I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE. I'M CAMPAIGNING EVERY DAY UNTIL THE LAST PERSON VOTES BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN A BETTER AMERICA AND. A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR OUR KIDS.

>> SHE'S DOWN BY 30, 35 POINTS AND EVERYBODY KNOWS HER. YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO LOSE YOUR HOME STATE. SHOULDN'T HAPPEN ANYWAY. AND SHE'S LOSING IT. BIG BIG. I DON'T THINK SHE KNOWS HOW TO GET OUT. ACTUALLY >> MEANWHILE, TRUMP LAST NIGHT DOUBLED DOWN ON HIS THREAT NOT.

TO PROTECT NATO ALLIES WHOSE DEFENSE SPENDING FALLS SHORT. TRUMP ACCUSES THEM OF TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE US. >> TODAY, US PROSECUTORS ARE LAYING OUT THEIR CASE AGAINST WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE IN A LONDON COURTROOM. ASSANGE IS MAKING A LAST DITCH EFFORT TO.

AVOID BEING EXTRADITED TO THE UNITED STATES TO FACE ESPIONAGE CHARGES. HE'S WANTED FOR LEAKING SECRET MILITARY FILES NEARLY 15 YEARS AGO, HIS SUPPORTERS CLAIM THE US WANTS TO PUNISH HIM FOR EXPOSING CRIMINAL ACTS BY THE GOVERNMENT. >> A TRAGIC END TO THE SEARCH.

FOR A MISSING GIRL IN TEXAS. THE CASE IS RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SUSPECT'S PAST AND WHY HE WAS NOT REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER. HERE'S ABC'S LIONEL MOISE THIS MORNING. >> NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THE DEATH OF AN 11 YEAR OLD GIRL NORTH OF HOUSTON COULD HAVE BEEN.

PREVENTED AS NEW DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT THE SUSPECT, THE BODY OF AUDREY CUNNINGHAM WAS FOUND IN A LOCAL RIVER YESTERDAY AFTER A FIVE DAY SEARCH. POLICE SAY THE RIVER IS ONE PLACE THE SUSPECT, DON STEVEN MCDOUGALL, TOLD AUTHORITIES HE HAD RECENTLY BEEN .

>> MY HEART ACHES WITH THIS NEWS AND I EXPRESS WITH MY DEEPEST SYMPATHIES AND CONDOLENCES TO EVERYONE WHO KNEW WHO CARED FOR AND LOVED AUDREY. >> WATER LEVELS HAD TO BE LOWERED SO DIVERS COULD REACH AUDREY'S BODY. SHE WAS REPORTED MISSING LAST THURSDAY AFTER.

FAILING TO CATCH HER BUS TO SCHOOL. INVESTIGATORS SAY MCDOUGALL, A FRIEND OF AUDREY'S FATHER WHO LIVED IN A CAMPER BEHIND THEIR HOME, PROMISED TO TAKE HER TO THE BUS THAT MORNING. BUT REFUSED TO TELL INVESTIGATORS WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. MCDOUGALL'S CRIMINAL.

HISTORY INCLUDES MORE THAN A DOZEN ARRESTS. RECORDS SHOW HE WAS INDICTED FOR ATTEMPTED INDECENCY TO A CHILD STEMMING FROM AN INCIDENT IN 2007. THAT CHARGE WOULD HAVE REQUIRED HIM TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER, BUT HE WAS ALLOWED TO PLEAD DOWN TO A LESSER CHARGE OF CHILD.

ENTICEMENT, AVOIDING SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION. MCDOUGALL WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ON AN UNRELATED CHARGE LAST WEEK, AS AUTHORITIES QUESTIONED HIM IN RECENT DAYS, AUDREY'S MOTHER HELD ON TO HOPE THAT HER GIRL WOULD BE FOUND ALIVE. >> NOT A SINGLE PERSON COULD.

TAKE ANYTHING BAD ABOUT HER. SHE'S SHE'S NOT A BAD CHILD. SHE HAS SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES AHEAD OF HER. >> AN AUTOPSY IS NOW BEING PERFORMED TO DETERMINE HOW AUDREY DIED. MCDOUGALL COULD BE FACING CAPITAL MURDER CHARGES. ANDREW ALLISON LIONEL.

>> THANK YOU. TWO MEN HAVE NOW BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER IN CONNECTION WITH LAST WEEK'S SHOOTING AT THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS SUPER BOWL CELEBRATION. PROSECUTORS SAY THE CHAOS BEGAN AFTER ONE SUSPECT ACCUSED THE OTHER OF STARING AT THEM. TWO JUVENILES WERE ALREADY IN.

CUSTODY. A RADIO DJ WAS KILLED IN THE GUNFIRE. 22 OTHER PEOPLE WERE HURT. >> WE HAVE NEW VIDEO OF SOME TENSE MOMENTS IN THE SKY AND ON THE GROUND. THREE EXAMPLES OF RECENT FLIGHTS THAT DID NOT GO AS PLANNED. THIS MORNING, THE FAA IS INVESTIGATING MULTIPLE.

MID-AIR INCIDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING IN NEW YORK, WHERE THIS SINGLE ENGINE PLANE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A BUSY LONG ISLAND HIGHWAY. >> VERY, VERY SHOCKING TO SEE A PLANE GO DOWN THE PILOT FACING ENGINE TROUBLE, WAS TRYING TO LAND AT A NEARBY AIRPORT BUT.

DIDN'T MAKE IT. >> NO ONE IN THE PLANE OR ON THE GROUND WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. MEANWHILE AN AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT WAS FORCED TO RETURN TO ALBUQUERQUE AFTER A MAN ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO OPEN THE PLANE DOOR AFTER TAKEOFF. VIDEOS SHOW PASSENGERS WRESTLING THE.

MAN TO THE CABIN FLOOR, THEN THEN USING DUCT TAPE TO RESTRAIN HIM. BLAZED WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PASSENGERS TO WRESTLE HIM DOWN WHEN HE ALREADY HAD THE SAFETY MECHANISM DOWN. >> HE HAD BOTH HANDS ON THE LEVER AND HE WAS LIKE YANKING IT. AND HE'S A BIG DUDE AND HE.

HAD IT, YOU KNOW, PRETTY WELL PULLED AND WE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD HEAR IT, BUT I COULD HEAR THE ACTUAL DIFFERENCE IN PRESSURE. THERE WAS A WHISTLING. >> THE MAN WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER THE PLANE LANDED. THE FBI IS NOW INVESTIGATING. >> THE PLANE TAKES OFF AND ALL.

OF A SUDDEN IT HEARS LOUD, LOUD, VIOLENT VIBRATION. >> WITNESSES ARE ALSO DESCRIBING A MIDAIR SCARE ON THIS UNITED FLIGHT, CUT SHORT AFTER THE WING STARTED TEARING APART. THE PLANE WAS CARRYING 165 PASSENGERS FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO BOSTON, BUT THE CREW MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING.

IN DENVER AFTER PASSENGERS SPOTTED THAT DAMAGE TO THE WING. >> NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THE PILOT COMES ON THE, UH, PA SYSTEM AND ANNOUNCES THAT WE'VE SUSTAINED SOME DAMAGE. >> THE PLANE INVOLVED WAS AN OLDER BOEING 757, AND INVESTIGATORS WILL NOW EXAMINE.

THE PLANE'S MAINTENANCE RECORDS. >> A HORSE FOUND ITS WAY ONTO A PHILADELPHIA HIGHWAY. IT WAS SEEN GALLOPING ON INTERSTATE 95 EARLY YESTERDAY. THE PERSON WHO RECORDED THE VIDEO SAID THE ANIMAL WAS MOVING AT AROUND 25MPH. THE HORSE IS OKAY AND POLICE BELIEVE IT ESCAPED FROM A.

LOCAL RIDING CLUB. >> HE'S THINKING HE'S FREE. TIME NOW FOR YOUR WEDNESDAY WEATHER. >> GOOD MORNING. THE STORM THAT HAS BROUGHT ALL THE RAIN AND SNOW TO CALIFORNIA IS STARTING TO WORK ITS WAY EAST ACROSS THE ROCKIES. AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH MORE MOUNTAIN SNOW.

THERE. AND THEN IT PUSHES OUT INTO THE PLAINS AS WE HEAD INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS WITH IT, THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER BEGINS . THIS IS GOING TO BE SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA, STRETCHING ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS,.

AND BACKED OFF TOWARDS KENTUCKY. ALL THE WHILE, WE'LL BRING RAINFALL TO FOR THE LATE WEEK FROM ACCUWEATHER. I'M MELISSA KONSTANZER. >> COMING UP, PAYING MORE FOR TV JUST HOW MUCH THE AVERAGE FAMILY IS NOW PAYING FOR STREAMING SERVICES.

>> BUT FIRST, TRAGEDY AT A FLORIDA BEACH. THE DESPERATE SEARCH FOR A GIRL TRAPPED UNDER THE SAND. >> AND LATER, WHY THE NEW MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL UNIFORM ARE STRIKING OUT Whenever news breaks, we are here in Israel a nationat war after that brutal.

Surprise attack by Hamas on theground in Ukraine reporting from Lewiston Maine scene of ahorrific mass shooting ABC News live is right there everywhereon the scene of that deadly missilestrike and Denis braid, Ukraine. Reporting from the earthquake inTurkey been rolling for this tornado tore through this littletown from the most devastating disaster in HawaiiCharleston, South Carolina on the 2024 campaign Trail inIceland. Let's go traveling with thepresident in Mexico City,.

Wherever the story from thefront lines from Southern Israel outside the Gaza Strip inBeirut from the FBI here at 10 Downing Street inLondon streaming live to you wherever the story is whereverthe story is where Over the story is we're going to takeyou there who are streaming ABC News live ABC News live yourstreaming ABC News live ABC news live streaming freeeverywhere America's number one streaming news. It's lunchtime in America. Sowhat are we serving up? Well,.

How about everything you need toknow? You know, that sounds pretty good. Give your help your money. Breakingnews pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends,and of course, good food three. What you need to know athird hour of GMA in the afternoon. So, join usafternoon for everything you need to know. I love that. Friday he finds his wife facedown in a tub full of rose-colored water. 2020 is allknew. There was something.

Formal going on inside thathouse. Do you really know? What's going on with yourneighbor next door. Do you maybe not could it be that stress from ahome renovation was a motive for murder a killer renovation.It's more Twisted than you want it to be. It's just crazy allnew 2020 Friday night on ABC From America's number one news,comes the all new ABC News app. If you love being in the no.

Experience, the all new ABC Newsapp downloaded now. HERE. >> AND WE GOT YOU. >> WE GOT YOU, WE GOT YOU. >> WE'RE BACK WITH NEW VIDEO OF A BUS SLAMMING INTO AN INDOOR SKATE PARK IN SEATTLE. THE BUS MISSED A UTILITY POLE ON THE SIDEWALK BEFORE CRASHING THROUGH.

THE BUILDING, TOSSING PASSENGERS AROUND THE BUS SOME TEENAGERS INSIDE RAN FOR SAFETY. THANKFULLY, NO ONE WAS HURT. >> NOW TO SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE EMERGENCY AT THE BEACH. RESCUE CREWS DESPERATELY TRYING TO FIND A YOUNG GIRL IN THE SAND THIS MORNING, A DAY AT THE BEACH.

TURNING TRAGIC. TWO YOUNG CHILDREN, BROTHER AND SISTER FALLING INTO THIS SIX FOOT DEEP HOLE IN THE SAND NEAR FORT LAUDERDALE. >> FEMALE ELDER MARY MCKENZIE, BOTH FREED BY FIRSTRILLIONESPONDERS AND RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL.

>> BUT THE LITTLE GIRL LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD. A WITNESS TELLS OUR MIAMI AFFILIATE. THE GIRL WAS TRAPPED UNDER THE SAND FOR 15 MINUTES. I MEAN, YOU SAW GROWN MEN DIGGING WITH SHOVELS AND BUCKETS AND NOBODY COULD FIND HER. >> WE'VE SEEN THESE INCIDENTS.

BEFORE. >> BACK IN 2022, 18 YEAR OLD LEVI CAVOLI DIED AT A BEACH IN NEW JERSEY AFTER BECOMING TRAPPED IN A HOLE HE DUG WITH HIS SISTER. THE TEN FOOT PIT COLLAPSING ON BOTH OF THEM. THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECOMMENDS BEACHGOERS AVOID DIGGING DEEPER.

THAN YOUR KNEES WHEN STANDING INSIDE, AND ALWAYS FILL IN ANY HOLE BEFORE LEAVING THE BEACH. BACK IN FLORIDA, THE STUNNED COMMUNITY, REMEMBERING THAT LITTLE GIRL. IT'S JUST HEARTBREAKING THAT THEY WERE JUST PLAYING HARMLESS IN THE SAND. HEARTBREAKING INDEED.

OFFICIALS DID NOT DISCUSS THE CONDITION OF THE BOY WHO WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. AMERICA ANS ARE PAYING A LOT MORE FOR STREAMING SERVICES THAN YOU MIGHT THINK, A NEW SURVEY FINDS THE AVERAGE SUBSCRIBER. NOW PAYS $77 PER MONTH, WHICH IS NEARLY $1,000 PER YEAR JUST FOR.

STREAMING SERVICES. >> AND ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF SUBSCRIBERS NOW PAY AT LEAST $100 PER MONTH. HERE'S ANOTHER THING GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE AMERICAN AIRLINES IS RAISING BAGGAGE FEES. THE FIRST BAGS FOR MOST PASSENGERS WILL NOW COST $35 IN ADVANCE, AND $40 AT THE.

AIRPORT. THAT'S UP FROM $30. THE AIRLINE BLAMES HIGHER GAS AND LABOR COSTS. >> ALL RIGHT, SO TIME TO START WEARING ALL MY CLOTHES. >> DON'T CHECK ANYTHING. >> ALL RIGHT. COMING UP, THE LEGAL BATTLE OVER THE HIT SONG HOTEL CALIFORNIA. GOING TO TRIAL.

TODAY. >> ALSO AHEAD, THE YOUTUBE HOST FAMOUS FOR GIVING PARENTING ADVICE, IS SENTENCED FOR ABUSINGHER OWN KIDS. HER TEARFUL [ So Housewives of Beverly Hillsstar Erika Jayne celebrity attorney hum Girardi. This storywas a nuclear explosion today several victims will get achance to finally meet Eric majority and at sort of a lossfor what to say. Did you see.

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Committing to a small community outside of Mexico City gettingyou behind the stories as they happen ABC News live Prime willtake you there stream ABC News live weeknightswherever you stream your news only on ABC News live We are here in Israel, a nationat War. We seen tank after tank pouring into this area, this iswhere it all began, but it holds all up a wall with aminutes of the air raid, sirens going off in his sound ofexplosion.

Tonight. Israel waging a fiercebombardment of Gaza Israel, Hamas War for Non-Stop livecoverage stream. ABC News live reporting from Southern Israelfrom the frontlines in downtown Ramallah Beirut forever. Thestory is will take you there. It's lunchtime in America. Sowhat are we serving up? Well, how about everything you need toknow? You know, that sounds pretty good. Give your help your money. Breakingnews pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends,and of course, good food.

Three. What you need to know athird hour of GMA in the afternoon. So, join usafternoon for everything you need to know. I love that. Kids aren't supposed to die incollege kids aren't supposed to die atall. How could this possibly havehappened? The incident brought a lot ofpanic to students that could have been me. Itcould have been one of myfriends last time. We saw her alive.

It's just a very tragic thing tohappen to someone whenever you speak to your lovedone. The last thing you should ever say is. I love you. There's might be the last time death in the dorms to all newepisodes streaming only on Hulu. YOU SAVE AND THEN STAY. WOKE UP TO THE HOTEL CALIFORNIA FOR A TRIAL INVOLVING THE LYRICS TO.

HOTEL CALIFORNIA IS SET TO BEGIN IN NEW YORK TODAY. >> THREE MEN ARE ACCUSED OF TRYING TO SELL HANDWRITTEN LINES FROM THE EAGLES ALBUM. GROUP CO-FOUNDER DON HENLEY IS EXPECTED TO BE THE PROSECUTION'S STAR WITNESS. THE DOCUMENTS ARE REPORTEDLY WORTH MORE THAN $1.

MILLION. AS WE TURN NOW TO THE UTAH WOMAN FAMOUS FOR GIVING PARENTING ADVICE ONLINE. >> BUT INSTEAD OF GIVING ADVICE, SHE'S NOW PREPARING FOR PRISON FOR ABUSING HER OWN CHILDREN. UTAH MOTHER RUBY FRANKIE SHOT TO FAME ON YOUTUBE, SHARING HER STRICT PARENTING TECHNIQUES.

>> I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO LET YOU EAT BREAKFAST UNTIL YOU GET YOUR CHORES DONE, BUT NOW, AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF DENYING HER TWO CHILDREN FOOD, WATER AND BEDS AND FORCING THEM TO WORK IN EXTREME HEAT, A JUDGE SENTENCED FRANKIE YESTERDAY TO UP TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ABUSE.

>> SHE WEPT IN COURT AS SHE APOLOGIZED TO MY BABIES. MY SIX LITTLE CHICKS. >> YOU ARE PART OF ME. >> HOW TERRIFYING. >> THIS MUST HAVE BEEN FOR YOU. YOU ARE. YOU'RE SO PRECIOUS TO ME. I'M SORRY. >> THE JUDGE HANDED DOWN THE.

SAME SENTENCE TO FRANKIE'S BUSINESS PARTNER, THERAPIST JODI HILDEBRANDT. >> YOU TERRORIZED CHILDREN AND THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN TRAGIC. >> PROSECUTORS SAY HILDEBRANDT AND FRANKIE HELD THE TWO KIDS IN HILDEBRAND'S HOME. IN A SETTING COMPARED TO A CONCENTRATION.

CAMP. EVEN RESTRAINING ONE OF THE KIDS HANDS AND FEET USING DUCT TAPE. THE BOY EVENTUALLY ESCAPED TO A NEIGHBOR'S HOME. >> I JUST HAD A 12 YEAR OLD BOY SHOW UP HERE AT MY FRONT DOOR ASKING FOR HELP. HE'S EMACIATED. HE'S GOT TAPE AROUND HIS LEGS. >> FRANKIE'S ESTRANGED HUSBAND.

WAS IN COURT FOR THE SENTENCING, HIS LAWYER TELLING ABC NEWS THESE INJURIES WERE BOTH PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND THE SCARS WILL REMAIN FOR A LIFETIME. FRANKIE CLAIMS HILDEBRANDT MANIPULATED HER THROUGH THEIR MORMON FAITH, A PAROLE BOARD WILL NOW DECIDE.

EXACTLY HOW LONG THE WOMEN WILL SPEND IN PRISON. >> DISTURBING DETAILS THERE, INDEED. ALL RIGHT, COMING UP. PLAYERS REVOLT. WHY? BASEBALL'S NEW UNIFORMS ARE A SWING AND A MISS. PLUS LOST TREASURE. >> THE ITEM JUST FOUND AT AGOODWILL STORE Tonight the danger of so muchrain, even after the downpour.

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>> AND WE GOT YOU, WE GOT YOU, WE GOT YOU. >> TIME TO CHECK THE PULSE AND WE BEGIN WITH THE UPROAR AT SPRING TRAINING. >> MANY BASEBALL PLAYERS SAY NIKE HAS STRUCK OUT WITH ITS NEWLY DESIGNED BASEBALL JERSEYS. THEY'RE MEANT TO BE MORE.

COMFORTABLE AND BREATHABLE IN THE HEAT, BUT PLAYERS SEE THEY'RE COMPLAINING ABOUT THEM FITTING POORLY AND FEELING FLIMSY. THEY ALSO SAY THE COLORS ARE SLIGHTLY OFF AND THE LETTERING MAKES IT HARDER FOR FANS TO READ THEIR NAMES. >> THE PLAYERS UNION IS NOW.

REPORTEDLY GETTING INVOLVED, SAYING IT WANTS CHANGES MADE BEFORE THE SEASON STARTS. NEXT, A RARE TREASURE TURNING UP AT A THRIFT STORE IN PENNSYLVANIA. >> IT'S A LEGO. BUT THE THING IS, IT'S NOT MADE OF PLASTIC. IT'S A 14 CARAT GOLD LEGO MASK. SOMEONE DONATED THE MASK,.

LEAVING IT INSIDE A BOX FILLED WITH RANDOM JEWELRY. >> IT'S ONE OF ONLY 30 MADE BACK IN 2001 AS A PRIZE IN A CONTEST. IT'S EXPECTED TO FETCH THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AT AUCTION. AMAZING >> NEXT, SOMETHING NEW ON THE MENU AT STARBUCKS? >> HOW ABOUT A PORK LATTE?.

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I did I wanted Erica to say I'msorry face-to-face Erica. Why'd it take you so long? the housewife and the Hustlertwo on Hulu WORKS AND GET BACK AT IT. >> CHECKING MORE TOP STORIES PROSECUTORS SAY THE INFORMANT CHARGED WITH LYING TO THE FBI ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS.

SON HUNTER, GOT THE ALLEGATIONS FROM RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS. ALEXANDER SMIRNOV IS ACCUSED OF PEDDLING LIES THAT COULD IMPACT THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. >> BREAKING OVERNIGHT, SYRIAN STATE TELEVISION SAYS AN ISRAELI MISSILE STRIKE HAS HIT A.

NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CAPITAL OF DAMASCUS, A PRO-GOVERNMENT RADIO STATION CLAIMED MISSILES HIT A BUILDING NEAR AN IRANIAN SCHOOL AND CAUSED CASUALTIES. ISRAEL DID NOT IMMEDIATELY COMMENT ON THOSE REPORTS. >> HOUTHI REBELS, SUPPORTED BY IRAN, ARE STILL TERRORIZING.

SHIPS AROUND THE RED SEA, DESPITE WEEKS OF PUNISHING US AIRSTRIKES. THE PENTAGON SAYS THE MILITANTS ATTACKS ARE BECOMING MORE SOPHISTICATED. THEY EVEN SHOT DOWN A US DRONE THIS WEEK. >> TODAY'S WEATHER MOSTLY CLEAR AND MILD FROM THE EAST COAST ALL.

THE WAY TO THE PLAINS. HEAVY SNOW IN THE ROCKIES AS CALIFORNIA'S LATEST STORM MOVES EAST AND FINALLY, THE PERSONAL TRAINER. REDEFINING FITNESS. >> HE SPOKE TO OUR DANNY NEW WASN'T GOING TO GO ON BIG DOG. >> YOU GOT A NAPPY BOY. YOU'RE GETTING HEAVY. YOU ARE FEEDING.

HIM BEFORE GIOVINO MCLEAN CAN CREATE A WORKOUT FOR SOMEONE. >> FIRST, HE MUST ANSWER THIS. >> CAN I GIVE YOU THAT MUCH FUN AND ENERGY AND LAUGHTER AND JOY WHERE YOU ACTUALLY FORGET THAT YOU'RE EXERCISING? >> SO ON? OH YEAH. >> GIOVINO OWNS A GYM CALLED THE.

J SEVEN HEALTH CENTER IN MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, BUT HE SPENDS MOST OF HIS TIME WITH HIS LIFE MISSION OFFERING FREE TRAINING SESSIONS TO PEOPLE WHO MAY NEED A MORE PERSONALIZED EXERCISE PLAN. >> I'M NEVER GOING TO TAKE A PENNY OFF ANYBODY DISABLED OR.

ELDERLY. ALL I WANT THEM IS TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING AMAZING WITH ME. WITH TREVINO'S PERSONALIZED EXERCISES FOR EACH PERSON. >> SOMETIMES YOU MAY FIND YOURSELF POPPING BALLOONS. >> GIVE ME MY GIVE ME MY BISCUITS, GIVE ME MY BISCUITS OR.

CRAWLING ON THE OCEAN FLOOR. I'M NOT GOING TO BREAK DOWN THE SCIENCE TO HIM. ALL HE NEEDS TO KNOW THAT HIM AND HIS BIG BROTHER ARE PRETENDING TO BE TWO FISH, AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE BISCUITS. BOOM BOOM. GO ON GIRL, FREE. >> NOT SURPRISINGLY, MANY OF.

GAVINO'S VIDEOS HAVE NOW GONE VIRAL ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH CAN LEAD TO SCHEDULING CONFLICTS. YOU MUST HAVE SOME WAIT LIST, THOUGH. >> OH IT'S HUGE DON. IT'S HUGE. CONCENTRATE AND TAKE YOUR TIME. >> BUT EVEN THOUGH GIOVINO HAS A JAM PACKED SCHEDULE, NOW, I.

WOULDN'T CHANGE IT FOR THE WORLD. >> BROTHER, I WOULDN'T BECAUSE I KNOW GIVING PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT OF HAPPINESS CAN GO SO FAR. >> BY THE WAY, GUYS, BEFORE GIOVINO OPENED HIS GYM, HE WAS ACTUALLY A PROFESSIONAL CRICKET PLAYER. BUT REALLY FOUND HELPING.

PEOPLE TO BE EVEN MORE FULFILLING. >> ALL RIGHT, OUR DANNY NEUMAYR THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT'S MAK >> RIGHT NOW ON AMERICA THIS MORNING, THE NEW BOMBSHELL INVOLVING A FORMER FBI INFORMANT CHARGED WITH LYING ABOUT BRIBERY CLAIMS AGAINST PRESIDENT BIDEN.

AND HIS SON, HUNTER. WHAT THE INFORMANT IS NOW SAYING ABOUT HIS TIES TO RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE ALSO A DEVELOPING STORY. >> RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES DETAINING A BALLERINA FROM LOS ANGELES. WHY THE DUAL CITIZEN IS NOW BEING ACCUSED OF TREASON IN AN 11 YEAR OLD TEXAS GIRL MISSING.

SINCE LAST WEEK, IS FOUND DEAD. >> WHAT POLICE ARE REVEALING ABOUT THE SUSPECT'S TROUBLED PAST AND WHY HE DID NOT HAVE TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER MID-AIR SCARE THE PLANE LANDING ON THIS BUSY HIGHWAY OUTSIDE. NEW YORK. >> PLUS THE TERRIFYING MOMENT ON.

THIS AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT. WHY PASSENGERS WERE RUSHING TO RESTRAIN A MAN WITH DUCT TAPE. >> THE SOCIAL MEDIA HOST FAMOUS FOR GIVING OUT PARENTING ADVICE IS SENTENCED FOR ABUSING HER OWN CHILDREN. THE MOMENT RUBY FRANKIE BROKE DOWN IN COURT AND WHAT SHE FACES NEXT, YOUR MONEY.

AND THE RISING COST OF STREAMING SERVICES. >> WHAT THE AVERAGE FAMILY IS NOW SPENDING PER MONTH LOST TREASURE. >> THE ITEM THAT UNEXPECTEDLY TURNED UP AT A THRIFT STORE, AND THE HIGHLY UNUSUAL TRAFFIC ON I-90. FIVE.

>> FROM ABC NEWS IN NEW YORK. >> THIS IS AMERICA. THIS MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE I'M ANDREW DYMBURT. >> GOOD MORNING I'M ALISON KOSIK IN FOR RIHANNA. AND WE BEGIN WITH TWO MAJOR STORIES INVOLVING RUSSIA.

>> FIRST, RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE NOW DETAINED A BALLERINA FROM CALIFORNIA. SHE'S ACCUSED OF TREASON FOR DONATING MONEY TO UKRAINE AND THE WAR EFFORT. THERE SHE WAS ARRESTED WHILE APPARENTLY VISITING FAMILY IN RUSSIA. >> THE OTHER STORY INVOLVING.

RUSSIA IS RAISING NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT A FORMER FBI INFORMANT CHARGED WITH LYING ABOUT BRIBERY CLAIMS INVOLVING PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS SON. HUNTER DOCUMENTS NOW REVEAL. THE INFORMANT SAYS HE GOT FALSE DIRT ON THE BIDENS FROM RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE. LET'S GET THE LATEST FROM ABC'S PERRY.

RUSSOM PERRY. GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING ALLISON. ONE OF THE LATEST HEADLINES INVOLVING RUSSIA IS RAISING NEW CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR EFFORTS TO INTERFERE IN THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THIS MORNING, THE FORMER FBI INFORMANT ACCUSED OF MAKING FALSE BRIBERY CLAIMS ABOUT.

PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS SON, HUNTER, HAS BEEN RELEASED ON BOND. ALEXANDER SMIRNOFF IS SEEN HERE IN THE BLUE HOODIE LEAVING COURT IN LAS VEGAS YESTERDAY, A JUDGE RELEASED HIM UNDER THE CONDITIONS THAT HE RESTRICT HIS TRAVEL, HAND OVER HIS PASSPORT AND WEAR AN ANKLE MONITOR.

SMIRNOFF IS CHARGED WITH LYING TO THE FBI, CLAIMING THE BIDENS ACCEPTED MILLIONS IN BRIBES FROY FIRM. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY SMIRNOFF HAS NOW ADMITTED THAT OFFICIALS AFFILIATED WITH RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE WERE INVOLVED IN PASSING ALONG THAT STORY, WHICH PROSECUTORS SAY WAS.

FABRICATED. HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE USED SMIRNOFF'S BRIBERY ALLEGATION AS A JUSTIFICATION FOR THEIR LONG SHOT EFFORT TO IMPEACH PRESIDENT BIDEN IF HE VOLUNTEERED HIMSELF, IF HE CAME TO THEM AND SAID, I CAN HELP YOU WITH THIS, THAT'S ANOTHER HALLMARK OF RUSSIAN OPERATIONS,.

WHERE THEY'LL PICK SOMEBODY AND SAY, HEY, GO TO THE FBI OR GO TO THIS ORGANIZATION. >> TELL THEM THAT YOU HAVE INFORMATION. THEN WE'VE GOT THEM ON THE HOOK. SO, YEAH, THIS IS ALL VERY, VERY CONSISTENT WITH HOW THE RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES DO BUSINESS.

>> MEANWHILE, THIS MORNING, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT'S AWARE OF A LOS ANGELES WOMAN NOW BEING DETAINED IN RUSSIA. RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES ARRESTED KSENIA KARELINA, A RUSSIAN AMERICAN BALLERINA, ON SUSPICION OF TREASON AFTER SHE DONATED ABOUT $50 TO SUPPORT UKRAINE.

RUSSIAN STATE MEDIA APPEARED TO SHOW KARELINA BEING LED INTO COURT. SHE COULD FACE 20 YEARS IN PRISON, HER FORMER MOTHER IN LAW SAYS KARELINA WAS VISITING RUSSIA TO SEE FAMILY. >> IF WE DON'T HELP HER, WE CAN SAY GOODBYE TO HER. IF WE DO NOT PROTECT HER. AS AN AMERICAN.

CITIZEN, NOBODY ELSE WILL. >> IT COMES AS PRESIDENT BIDEN PROMISES TO IMPOSE NEW FINANCIAL PENALTIES ON RUSSIA FOR THE DEATH OF PUTIN. CRITIC ALEXEI NAVALNY. THE SANCTIONS ARE EXPECTED TO TARGET KREMLIN DEFENSE INDUSTRIES AND OTHER REVENUE SOURCES.

>> WE'LL HAVE A MAJOR PACKAGE ANNOUNCED ON FRIDAY. NAVALNY DIED IN PRISON FRIDAY. >> HIS FAMILY CLAIMS HE WAS MURDERED AND ACCUSES THE KREMLIN OF COVERING IT UP, REFUSING TO RELEASE HIS BODY. HE WAS A FRIEND AND A PERSON WHO REALLY INVESTED A LOT OF HOPE AND.

PASSION. NAVALNY'S FRIEND IS NOW SHARING LETTERS. THE TWO RECENTLY EXCHANGED. AND HE SAYS NAVALNY WROTE FROM PRISON ABOUT THE CONDITIONS HE FACED HIS CONCERN ABOUT US POLITICS AND HIS LOVE OF TRAVELING. WE TALKED ABOUT HIS FAVORITE PARTS OF LONDON OR, UH, LIKE SOME.

DIFFERENT STREET FOOD AND DIFFERENT CITIES, UH, SOME MOVIES OR WHATEVER. AND BACK TO THAT FBI INFORMANT, ALEXANDER SMIRNOFF. HE WAS RELEASED ON BOND YESTERDAY. NO WORD YET ON HIS COURT DATE. ANDREW. >> ALL RIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH. >> THERE IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA.

PRIMARY IS THIS SATURDAY. AND NIKKI HALEY IS VOWING TO STAY IN THE RACE. SHE'S STEPPING UP HER ATTACKS ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, WITH POLLS SHOWING HER TRAILING BY NEARLY 30 POINTS. HALEY SAYS SHE'S NOT AFRAID OF TRUMP'S RETRIBUTION. >> AND I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

I'M CAMPAIGNING EVERY DAY UNTIL THE LAST PERSON VOTES BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN A BETTER AMERICA AND. A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR OUR KIDS. >> SHE'S DOWN BY 30, 35 POINTS AND EVERYBODY KNOWS HER. YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO LOSE YOUR HOME STATE. SHOULDN'T HAPPEN ANYWAY. AND SHE'S LOSING IT. BIG BIG. I.

DON'T THINK SHE KNOWS HOW TO GET OUT. ACTUALLY >> MEANWHILE, TRUMP LAST NIGHT DOUBLED DOWN ON HIS THREAT NOT TO PROTECT NATO ALLIES WHOSE DEFENSE SPENDING FALLS SHORT. TRUMP ACCUSES THEM OF TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE US. >> TODAY, US PROSECUTORS ARE.

LAYING OUT THEIR CASE AGAINST WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE IN A LONDON COURTROOM. ASSANGE IS MAKING A LAST DITCH EFFORT TO AVOID BEING EXTRADITED TO THE UNITED STATES TO FACE ESPIONAGE CHARGES. HE'S WANTED FOR LEAKING SECRET MILITARY FILES NEARLY 15 YEARS AGO, HIS SUPPORTERS CLAIM.

THE US WANTS TO PUNISH HIM FOR EXPOSING CRIMINAL ACTS BY THE GOVERNMENT. >> A TRAGIC END TO THE SEARCH FOR A MISSING GIRL IN TEXAS. THE CASE IS RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SUSPECT'S PAST AND WHY HE WAS NOT REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER. HERE'S ABC'S.

LIONEL MOISE THIS MORNING. >> NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THE DEATH OF AN 11 YEAR OLD GIRL NORTH OF HOUSTON COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED AS NEW DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT THE SUSPECT, THE BODY OF AUDREY CUNNINGHAM WAS FOUND IN A LOCAL RIVER YESTERDAY AFTER A FIVE DAY SEARCH. POLICE SAY THE.

RIVER IS ONE PLACE THE SUSPECT, DON STEVEN MCDOUGALL, TOLD AUTHORITIES HE HAD RECENTLY BEEN . >> MY HEART ACHES WITH THIS NEWS AND I EXPRESS WITH MY DEEPEST SYMPATHIES AND CONDOLENCES TO EVERYONE WHO KNEW WHO CARED FOR AND LOVED AUDREY.

>> WATER LEVELS HAD TO BE LOWERED SO DIVERS COULD REACH AUDREY'S BODY. SHE WAS REPORTED MISSING LAST THURSDAY AFTER FAILING TO CATCH HER BUS TO SCHOOL. INVESTIGATORS SAY MCDOUGALL, A FRIEND OF AUDREY'S FATHER WHO LIVED IN A CAMPER BEHIND THEIR HOME, PROMISED TO.

TAKE HER TO THE BUS THAT MORNING. BUT REFUSED TO TELL INVESTIGATORS WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. MCDOUGALL'S CRIMINAL HISTORY INCLUDES MORE THAN A DOZEN ARRESTS. RECORDS SHOW HE WAS INDICTED FOR ATTEMPTED INDECENCY TO A CHILD STEMMING FROM AN INCIDENT IN 2007. THAT.

CHARGE WOULD HAVE REQUIRED HIM TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER, BUT HE WAS ALLOWED TO PLEAD DOWN TO A LESSER CHARGE OF CHILD ENTICEMENT, AVOIDING SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION. MCDOUGALL WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ON AN UNRELATED CHARGE LAST WEEK, AS AUTHORITIES QUESTIONED HIM IN.

RECENT DAYS, AUDREY'S MOTHER HELD ON TO HOPE THAT HER GIRL WOULD BE FOUND ALIVE. >> NOT A SINGLE PERSON COULD TAKE ANYTHING BAD ABOUT HER. SHE'S SHE'S NOT A BAD CHILD. SHE HAS SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES AHEAD OF HER. >> AN AUTOPSY IS NOW BEING.

PERFORMED TO DETERMINE HOW AUDREY DIED. MCDOUGALL COULD BE FACING CAPITAL MURDER CHARGES. ANDREW ALLISON LIONEL. >> THANK YOU. TWO MEN HAVE NOW BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER IN CONNECTION WITH LAST WEEK'S SHOOTING AT THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS SUPER BOWL CELEBRATION.

PROSECUTORS SAY THE CHAOS BEGAN AFTER ONE SUSPECT ACCUSED THE OTHER OF STARING AT THEM. TWO JUVENILES WERE ALREADY IN CUSTODY. A RADIO DJ WAS KILLED IN THE GUNFIRE. 22 OTHER PEOPLE WERE HURT. >> WE HAVE NEW VIDEO OF SOME TENSE MOMENTS IN THE SKY AND ON.

THE GROUND. THREE EXAMPLES OF RECENT FLIGHTS THAT DID NOT GO AS PLANNED. THIS MORNING, THE FAA IS INVESTIGATING MULTIPLE MID-AIR INCIDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING IN NEW YORK, WHERE THIS SINGLE ENGINE PLANE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A BUSY LONG ISLAND HIGHWAY.

>> VERY, VERY SHOCKING TO SEE A PLANE GO DOWN THE PILOT FACING ENGINE TROUBLE, WAS TRYING TO LAND AT A NEARBY AIRPORT BUT DIDN'T MAKE IT. >> NO ONE IN THE PLANE OR ON THE GROUND WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. MEANWHILE AN AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT WAS FORCED TO RETURN TO.

ALBUQUERQUE AFTER A MAN ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO OPEN THE PLANE DOOR AFTER TAKEOFF. VIDEOS SHOW PASSENGERS WRESTLING THE MAN TO THE CABIN FLOOR, THEN THEN USING DUCT TAPE TO RESTRAIN HIM. BLAZED WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PASSENGERS TO WRESTLE HIM DOWN WHEN HE ALREADY HAD THE SAFETY.

MECHANISM DOWN. >> HE HAD BOTH HANDS ON THE LEVER AND HE WAS LIKE YANKING IT. AND HE'S A BIG DUDE AND HE HAD IT, YOU KNOW, PRETTY WELL PULLED AND WE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD HEAR IT, BUT I COULD HEAR THE ACTUAL DIFFERENCE IN PRESSURE. THERE WAS A WHISTLING.

>> THE MAN WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER THE PLANE LANDED. THE FBI IS NOW INVESTIGATING. >> THE PLANE TAKES OFF AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT HEARS LOUD, LOUD, VIOLENT VIBRATION. >> WITNESSES ARE ALSO DESCRIBING A MIDAIR SCARE ON THIS UNITED FLIGHT, CUT SHORT AFTER THE WING.

STARTED TEARING APART. THE PLANE WAS CARRYING 165 PASSENGERS FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO BOSTON, BUT THE CREW MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN DENVER AFTER PASSENGERS SPOTTED THAT DAMAGE TO THE WING. >> NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THE PILOT COMES ON THE, UH, PA SYSTEM AND ANNOUNCES THAT WE'VE.

SUSTAINED SOME DAMAGE. >> THE PLANE INVOLVED WAS AN OLDER BOEING 757, AND INVESTIGATORS WILL NOW EXAMINE THE PLANE'S MAINTENANCE RECORDS. >> A HORSE FOUND ITS WAY ONTO A PHILADELPHIA HIGHWAY. IT WAS SEEN GALLOPING ON INTERSTATE 95 EARLY YESTERDAY. THE PERSON WHO.

RECORDED THE VIDEO SAID THE ANIMAL WAS MOVING AT AROUND 25MPH. THE HORSE IS OKAY AND POLICE BELIEVE IT ESCAPED FROM A LOCAL RIDING CLUB. >> HE'S THINKING HE'S FREE. TIME NOW FOR YOUR WEDNESDAY WEATHER. >> GOOD MORNING. THE STORM THAT HAS BROUGHT ALL THE RAIN AND.

SNOW TO CALIFORNIA IS STARTING TO WORK ITS WAY EAST ACROSS THE ROCKIES. AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH MORE MOUNTAIN SNOW THERE. AND THEN IT PUSHES OUT INTO THE PLAINS AS WE HEAD INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS WITH IT, THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER BEGINS . THIS IS GOING TO BE.

SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA, STRETCHING ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS, AND BACKED OFF TOWARDS KENTUCKY. ALL THE WHILE, WE'LL BRING RAINFALL TO FOR THE LATE WEEK FROM ACCUWEATHER. I'M MELISSA KONSTANZER.

>> COMING UP, PAYING MORE FOR TV JUST HOW MUCH THE AVERAGE FAMILY IS NOW PAYING FOR STREAMING SERVICES. >> BUT FIRST, TRAGEDY AT A FLORIDA BEACH. THE DESPERATE SEARCH FOR A GIRL TRAPPED UNDER THE SAND. >> AND LATER, WHY THE NEW MAJOR.

LEAGUE BASEBALL UNIFORM ARE STRIKING OUT So the question is what wouldyou do? Okay, here we go. You saw anexpecting mother struggling to pay her tab. I'm just reallyhungry. If you want charity go to a soup kitchen. Well whatthis man does that she's pregnant guys are not good. I'll make you believe ineveryday hero. Are you a hero?.

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A BUS SLAMMING INTO AN INDOOR SKATE PARK IN SEATTLE. THE BUS MISSED A UTILITY POLE ON THE SIDEWALK BEFORE CRASHING THROUGH THE BUILDING, TOSSING PASSENGERS AROUND THE BUS SOME TEENAGERS INSIDE RAN FOR SAFETY. THANKFULLY, NO ONE WAS HURT. >> NOW TO SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE.

EMERGENCY AT THE BEACH. RESCUE CREWS DESPERATELY TRYING TO FIND A YOUNG GIRL IN THE SAND THIS MORNING, A DAY AT THE BEACH TURNING TRAGIC. TWO YOUNG CHILDREN, BROTHER AND SISTER FALLING INTO THIS SIX FOOT DEEP HOLE IN THE SAND NEAR FORT LAUDERDALE.

>> FEMALE ELDER MARY MCKENZIE, BOTH FREED BY FIRSTRILLIONESPONDERS AND RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. >> BUT THE LITTLE GIRL LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD. A WITNESS TELLS OUR MIAMI AFFILIATE. THE GIRL WAS TRAPPED UNDER THE SAND FOR 15 MINUTES. I MEAN, YOU SAW.

GROWN MEN DIGGING WITH SHOVELS AND BUCKETS AND NOBODY COULD FIND HER. >> WE'VE SEEN THESE INCIDENTS BEFORE. >> BACK IN 2022, 18 YEAR OLD LEVI CAVOLI DIED AT A BEACH IN NEW JERSEY AFTER BECOMING TRAPPED IN A HOLE HE DUG WITH.

HIS SISTER. THE TEN FOOT PIT COLLAPSING ON BOTH OF THEM. THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECOMMENDS BEACHGOERS AVOID DIGGING DEEPER THAN YOUR KNEES WHEN STANDING INSIDE, AND ALWAYS FILL IN ANY HOLE BEFORE LEAVING THE BEACH. BACK IN FLORIDA, THE STUNNED COMMUNITY, REMEMBERING THAT.

LITTLE GIRL. IT'S JUST HEARTBREAKING THAT THEY WERE JUST PLAYING HARMLESS IN THE SAND. HEARTBREAKING INDEED. OFFICIALS DID NOT DISCUSS THE CONDITION OF THE BOY WHO WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. AMERICA ANS ARE PAYING A LOT MORE FOR STREAMING SERVICES THAN YOU.

MIGHT THINK, A NEW SURVEY FINDS THE AVERAGE SUBSCRIBER. NOW PAYS $77 PER MONTH, WHICH IS NEARLY $1,000 PER YEAR JUST FOR STREAMING SERVICES. >> AND ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF SUBSCRIBERS NOW PAY AT LEAST $100 PER MONTH. HERE'S ANOTHER THING GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE.

AMERICAN AIRLINES IS RAISING BAGGAGE FEES. THE FIRST BAGS FOR MOST PASSENGERS WILL NOW COST $35 IN ADVANCE, AND $40 AT THE AIRPORT. THAT'S UP FROM $30. THE AIRLINE BLAMES HIGHER GAS AND LABOR COSTS. >> ALL RIGHT, SO TIME TO START WEARING ALL MY CLOTHES.

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TRIAL INVOLVING THE LYRICS TO HOTEL CALIFORNIA IS SET TO BEGIN IN NEW YORK TODAY. >> THREE MEN ARE ACCUSED OF TRYING TO SELL HANDWRITTEN LINES FROM THE EAGLES ALBUM. GROUP CO-FOUNDER DON HENLEY IS EXPECTED TO BE THE PROSECUTION'S STAR WITNESS. THE DOCUMENTS ARE.

REPORTEDLY WORTH MORE THAN $1 MILLION. AS WE TURN NOW TO THE UTAH WOMAN FAMOUS FOR GIVING PARENTING ADVICE ONLINE. >> BUT INSTEAD OF GIVING ADVICE, SHE'S NOW PREPARING FOR PRISON FOR ABUSING HER OWN CHILDREN. UTAH MOTHER RUBY FRANKIE SHOT TO FAME ON YOUTUBE, SHARING HER.

STRICT PARENTING TECHNIQUES. >> I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO LET YOU EAT BREAKFAST UNTIL YOU GET YOUR CHORES DONE, BUT NOW, AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF DENYING HER TWO CHILDREN FOOD, WATER AND BEDS AND FORCING THEM TO WORK IN EXTREME HEAT, A JUDGE SENTENCED FRANKIE YESTERDAY TO UP TO 30.

YEARS IN PRISON FOR ABUSE. >> SHE WEPT IN COURT AS SHE APOLOGIZED TO MY BABIES. MY SIX LITTLE CHICKS. >> YOU ARE PART OF ME. >> HOW TERRIFYING. >> THIS MUST HAVE BEEN FOR YOU. YOU ARE. YOU'RE SO PRECIOUS TO ME. I'M SORRY.

>> THE JUDGE HANDED DOWN THE SAME SENTENCE TO FRANKIE'S BUSINESS PARTNER, THERAPIST JODI HILDEBRANDT. >> YOU TERRORIZED CHILDREN AND THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN TRAGIC. >> PROSECUTORS SAY HILDEBRANDT AND FRANKIE HELD THE TWO KIDS IN HILDEBRAND'S HOME. IN A SETTING.

COMPARED TO A CONCENTRATION CAMP. EVEN RESTRAINING ONE OF THE KIDS HANDS AND FEET USING DUCT TAPE. THE BOY EVENTUALLY ESCAPED TO A NEIGHBOR'S HOME. >> I JUST HAD A 12 YEAR OLD BOY SHOW UP HERE AT MY FRONT DOOR ASKING FOR HELP. HE'S EMACIATED. HE'S GOT TAPE AROUND HIS LEGS.

>> FRANKIE'S ESTRANGED HUSBAND WAS IN COURT FOR THE SENTENCING, HIS LAWYER TELLING ABC NEWS THESE INJURIES WERE BOTH PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND THE SCARS WILL REMAIN FOR A LIFETIME. FRANKIE CLAIMS HILDEBRANDT MANIPULATED HER THROUGH THEIR MORMON FAITH, A.

PAROLE BOARD WILL NOW DECIDE EXACTLY HOW LONG THE WOMEN WILL SPEND IN PRISON. >> DISTURBING DETAILS THERE, INDEED. ALL RIGHT, COMING UP. PLAYERS REVOLT. WHY? BASEBALL'S NEW UNIFORMS ARE A SWING AND A MISS. PLUS LOST TREASURE. >> THE ITEM JUST FOUND AT A.

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It to be. It's just crazy allnew 2020 Friday night on ABC We are here in Israel, a nationat War. We seen tank after tank pouring into this area, this iswhere it all began, but it holds all up a wall with aminutes of the air raid, sirens going off in his sound ofexplosion tonight. Israel waging a fiercebombardment of Gaza Israel, Hamas War for Non-Stop livecoverage stream. ABC News live reporting from Southern Israelfrom the frontlines in downtown Ramallah Beirut forever. Thestory is will take you there.

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SPRING TRAINING. >> MANY BASEBALL PLAYERS SAY NIKE HAS STRUCK OUT WITH ITS NEWLY DESIGNED BASEBALL JERSEYS. THEY'RE MEANT TO BE MORE COMFORTABLE AND BREATHABLE IN THE HEAT, BUT PLAYERS SEE THEY'RE COMPLAINING ABOUT THEM FITTING POORLY AND FEELING.

FLIMSY. THEY ALSO SAY THE COLORS ARE SLIGHTLY OFF AND THE LETTERING MAKES IT HARDER FOR FANS TO READ THEIR NAMES. >> THE PLAYERS UNION IS NOW REPORTEDLY GETTING INVOLVED, SAYING IT WANTS CHANGES MADE BEFORE THE SEASON STARTS. NEXT, A RARE TREASURE TURNING UP AT A.

THRIFT STORE IN PENNSYLVANIA. >> IT'S A LEGO. BUT THE THING IS, IT'S NOT MADE OF PLASTIC. IT'S A 14 CARAT GOLD LEGO MASK. SOMEONE DONATED THE MASK, LEAVING IT INSIDE A BOX FILLED WITH RANDOM JEWELRY. >> IT'S ONE OF ONLY 30 MADE BACK IN 2001 AS A PRIZE IN A CONTEST.

IT'S EXPECTED TO FETCH THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AT AUCTION. AMAZING >> NEXT, SOMETHING NEW ON THE MENU AT STARBUCKS? >> HOW ABOUT A PORK LATTE? STARBUCKS CAME UP WITH THIS NEW OFFERING FOR LUNAR NEW YEAR IN CHINA. IT'S ESPRESSO WITH A SHOT OF PORK FLAVORED SAUCE. THE.

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Hulu. WORKS AND GET BACK AT IT. >> CHECKING MORE TOP STORIES PROSECUTORS SAY THE INFORMANT CHARGED WITH LYING TO THE FBI ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS SON HUNTER, GOT THE ALLEGATIONS FROM RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS. ALEXANDER SMIRNOV IS.

ACCUSED OF PEDDLING LIES THAT COULD IMPACT THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. >> BREAKING OVERNIGHT, SYRIAN STATE TELEVISION SAYS AN ISRAELI MISSILE STRIKE HAS HIT A NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CAPITAL OF DAMASCUS, A PRO-GOVERNMENT RADIO STATION CLAIMED MISSILES HIT A.

BUILDING NEAR AN IRANIAN SCHOOL AND CAUSED CASUALTIES. ISRAEL DID NOT IMMEDIATELY COMMENT ON THOSE REPORTS. >> HOUTHI REBELS, SUPPORTED BY IRAN, ARE STILL TERRORIZING SHIPS AROUND THE RED SEA, DESPITE WEEKS OF PUNISHING US AIRSTRIKES. THE PENTAGON SAYS.

THE MILITANTS ATTACKS ARE BECOMING MORE SOPHISTICATED. THEY EVEN SHOT DOWN A US DRONE THIS WEEK. >> TODAY'S WEATHER MOSTLY CLEAR AND MILD FROM THE EAST COAST ALL THE WAY TO THE PLAINS. HEAVY SNOW IN THE ROCKIES AS CALIFORNIA'S LATEST STORM MOVES.

EAST AND FINALLY, THE PERSONAL TRAINER. REDEFINING FITNESS. >> HE SPOKE TO OUR DANNY NEW WASN'T GOING TO GO ON BIG DOG. >> YOU GOT A NAPPY BOY. YOU'RE GETTING HEAVY. YOU ARE FEEDING HIM BEFORE GIOVINO MCLEAN CAN CREATE A WORKOUT FOR SOMEONE. >> FIRST, HE MUST ANSWER THIS.

>> CAN I GIVE YOU THAT MUCH FUN AND ENERGY AND LAUGHTER AND JOY WHERE YOU ACTUALLY FORGET THAT YOU'RE EXERCISING? >> SO ON? OH YEAH. >> GIOVINO OWNS A GYM CALLED THE J SEVEN HEALTH CENTER IN MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, BUT HE SPENDS MOST OF HIS TIME WITH HIS.

LIFE MISSION OFFERING FREE TRAINING SESSIONS TO PEOPLE WHO MAY NEED A MORE PERSONALIZED EXERCISE PLAN. >> I'M NEVER GOING TO TAKE A PENNY OFF ANYBODY DISABLED OR ELDERLY. ALL I WANT THEM IS TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING AMAZING WITH ME. WITH TREVINO'S.

PERSONALIZED EXERCISES FOR EACH PERSON. >> SOMETIMES YOU MAY FIND YOURSELF POPPING BALLOONS. >> GIVE ME MY GIVE ME MY BISCUITS, GIVE ME MY BISCUITS OR CRAWLING ON THE OCEAN FLOOR. I'M NOT GOING TO BREAK DOWN THE SCIENCE TO HIM. ALL HE NEEDS TO.

KNOW THAT HIM AND HIS BIG BROTHER ARE PRETENDING TO BE TWO FISH, AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE BISCUITS. BOOM BOOM. GO ON GIRL, FREE. >> NOT SURPRISINGLY, MANY OF GAVINO'S VIDEOS HAVE NOW GONE VIRAL ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH CAN LEAD TO SCHEDULING CONFLICTS.

YOU MUST HAVE SOME WAIT LIST, THOUGH. >> OH IT'S HUGE DON. IT'S HUGE. CONCENTRATE AND TAKE YOUR TIME. >> BUT EVEN THOUGH GIOVINO HAS A JAM PACKED SCHEDULE, NOW, I WOULDN'T CHANGE IT FOR THE WORLD. >> BROTHER, I WOULDN'T BECAUSE I.

KNOW GIVING PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT OF HAPPINESS CAN GO SO FAR. >> BY THE WAY, GUYS, BEFORE GIOVINO OPENED HIS GYM, HE WAS ACTUALLY A PROFESSIONAL CRICKET PLAYER. BUT REALLY FOUND HELPING PEOPLE TO BE EVEN MORE FULFILLING. >> ALL RIGHT, OUR DANNY NEUMAYR.

THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT'S MAK >> RIGHT NOW ON AMERICA THIS MORNING, THE NEW BOMBSHELL INVOLVING A FORMER FBI INFORMANT CHARGED WITH LYING ABOUT BRIBERY CLAIMS AGAINST PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS SON, HUNTER. WHAT THE INFORMANT IS NOW SAYING ABOUT HIS TIES TO RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE.

ALSO A DEVELOPING STORY. >> RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES DETAINING A BALLERINA FROM LOS ANGELES. WHY THE DUAL CITIZEN IS NOW BEING ACCUSED OF TREASON IN AN 11 YEAR OLD TEXAS GIRL MISSING SINCE LAST WEEK, IS FOUND DEAD. >> WHAT POLICE ARE REVEALING ABOUT THE SUSPECT'S TROUBLED.

PAST AND WHY HE DID NOT HAVE TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER MID-AIR SCARE THE PLANE LANDING ON THIS BUSY HIGHWAY OUTSIDE. NEW YORK. >> PLUS THE TERRIFYING MOMENT ON THIS AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT. WHY PASSENGERS WERE RUSHING TO RESTRAIN A MAN WITH DUCT TAPE.

>> THE SOCIAL MEDIA HOST FAMOUS FOR GIVING OUT PARENTING ADVICE IS SENTENCED FOR ABUSING HER OWN CHILDREN. THE MOMENT RUBY FRANKIE BROKE DOWN IN COURT AND WHAT SHE FACES NEXT, YOUR MONEY AND THE RISING COST OF STREAMING SERVICES. >> WHAT THE AVERAGE FAMILY IS.

NOW SPENDING PER MONTH LOST TREASURE. >> THE ITEM THAT UNEXPECTEDLY TURNED UP AT A THRIFT STORE, AND THE HIGHLY UNUSUAL TRAFFIC ON I-90. FIVE. >> FROM ABC NEWS IN NEW YORK. >> THIS IS AMERICA. THIS MORNING.

>> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE I'M ANDREW DYMBURT. >> GOOD MORNING I'M ALISON KOSIK IN FOR RIHANNA. AND WE BEGIN WITH TWO MAJOR STORIES INVOLVING RUSSIA. >> FIRST, RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE NOW DETAINED A BALLERINA FROM CALIFORNIA. SHE'S ACCUSED.

OF TREASON FOR DONATING MONEY TO UKRAINE AND THE WAR EFFORT. THERE SHE WAS ARRESTED WHILE APPARENTLY VISITING FAMILY IN RUSSIA. >> THE OTHER STORY INVOLVING RUSSIA IS RAISING NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT A FORMER FBI INFORMANT CHARGED WITH LYING ABOUT BRIBERY.

CLAIMS INVOLVING PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS SON. HUNTER DOCUMENTS NOW REVEAL. THE INFORMANT SAYS HE GOT FALSE DIRT ON THE BIDENS FROM RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE. LET'S GET THE LATEST FROM ABC'S PERRY RUSSOM PERRY. GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING ALLISON. ONE OF THE LATEST HEADLINES INVOLVING.

RUSSIA IS RAISING NEW CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR EFFORTS TO INTERFERE IN THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THIS MORNING, THE FORMER FBI INFORMANT ACCUSED OF MAKING FALSE BRIBERY CLAIMS ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS SON, HUNTER, HAS BEEN RELEASED ON BOND. ALEXANDER SMIRNOFF IS SEEN.

HERE IN THE BLUE HOODIE LEAVING COURT IN LAS VEGAS YESTERDAY, A JUDGE RELEASED HIM UNDER THE CONDITIONS THAT HE RESTRICT HIS TRAVEL, HAND OVER HIS PASSPORT AND WEAR AN ANKLE MONITOR. SMIRNOFF IS CHARGED WITH LYING TO THE FBI, CLAIMING THE BIDENS ACCEPTED MILLIONS IN BRIBES FROY.

FIRM. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY SMIRNOFF HAS NOW ADMITTED THAT OFFICIALS AFFILIATED WITH RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE WERE INVOLVED IN PASSING ALONG THAT STORY, WHICH PROSECUTORS SAY WAS FABRICATED. HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE USED SMIRNOFF'S BRIBERY ALLEGATION AS A JUSTIFICATION.

FOR THEIR LONG SHOT EFFORT TO IMPEACH PRESIDENT BIDEN IF HE VOLUNTEERED HIMSELF, IF HE CAME TO THEM AND SAID, I CAN HELP YOU WITH THIS, THAT'S ANOTHER HALLMARK OF RUSSIAN OPERATIONS, WHERE THEY'LL PICK SOMEBODY AND SAY, HEY, GO TO THE FBI OR GO TO THIS ORGANIZATION.

>> TELL THEM THAT YOU HAVE INFORMATION. THEN WE'VE GOT THEM ON THE HOOK. SO, YEAH, THIS IS ALL VERY, VERY CONSISTENT WITH HOW THE RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES DO BUSINESS. >> MEANWHILE, THIS MORNING, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT'S AWARE OF A LOS ANGELES WOMAN NOW.

BEING DETAINED IN RUSSIA. RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES ARRESTED KSENIA KARELINA, A RUSSIAN AMERICAN BALLERINA, ON SUSPICION OF TREASON AFTER SHE DONATED ABOUT $50 TO SUPPORT UKRAINE. RUSSIAN STATE MEDIA APPEARED TO SHOW KARELINA BEING LED INTO COURT. SHE COULD FACE 20 YEARS.

IN PRISON, HER FORMER MOTHER IN LAW SAYS KARELINA WAS VISITING RUSSIA TO SEE FAMILY. >> IF WE DON'T HELP HER, WE CAN SAY GOODBYE TO HER. IF WE DO NOT PROTECT HER. AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, NOBODY ELSE WILL. >> IT COMES AS PRESIDENT BIDEN PROMISES TO IMPOSE NEW FINANCIAL.

PENALTIES ON RUSSIA FOR THE DEATH OF PUTIN. CRITIC ALEXEI NAVALNY. THE SANCTIONS ARE EXPECTED TO TARGET KREMLIN DEFENSE INDUSTRIES AND OTHER REVENUE SOURCES. >> WE'LL HAVE A MAJOR PACKAGE ANNOUNCED ON FRIDAY. NAVALNY DIED IN PRISON FRIDAY.

>> HIS FAMILY CLAIMS HE WAS MURDERED AND ACCUSES THE KREMLIN OF COVERING IT UP, REFUSING TO RELEASE HIS BODY. HE WAS A FRIEND AND A PERSON WHO REALLY INVESTED A LOT OF HOPE AND PASSION. NAVALNY'S FRIEND IS NOW SHARING LETTERS. THE TWO RECENTLY EXCHANGED. AND HE SAYS.

NAVALNY WROTE FROM PRISON ABOUT THE CONDITIONS HE FACED HIS CONCERN ABOUT US POLITICS AND HIS LOVE OF TRAVELING. WE TALKED ABOUT HIS FAVORITE PARTS OF LONDON OR, UH, LIKE SOME DIFFERENT STREET FOOD AND DIFFERENT CITIES, UH, SOME MOVIES OR WHATEVER. AND BACK TO.

THAT FBI INFORMANT, ALEXANDER SMIRNOFF. HE WAS RELEASED ON BOND YESTERDAY. NO WORD YET ON HIS COURT DATE. ANDREW. >> ALL RIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH. >> THERE IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY IS THIS SATURDAY. AND NIKKI HALEY IS VOWING TO STAY IN THE RACE. SHE'S STEPPING UP HER.

ATTACKS ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, WITH POLLS SHOWING HER TRAILING BY NEARLY 30 POINTS. HALEY SAYS SHE'S NOT AFRAID OF TRUMP'S RETRIBUTION. >> AND I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE. I'M CAMPAIGNING EVERY DAY UNTIL THE LAST PERSON VOTES BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN A BETTER AMERICA AND.

A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR OUR KIDS. >> SHE'S DOWN BY 30, 35 POINTS AND EVERYBODY KNOWS HER. YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO LOSE YOUR HOME STATE. SHOULDN'T HAPPEN ANYWAY. AND SHE'S LOSING IT. BIG BIG. I DON'T THINK SHE KNOWS HOW TO GET OUT. ACTUALLY >> MEANWHILE, TRUMP LAST NIGHT.

DOUBLED DOWN ON HIS THREAT NOT TO PROTECT NATO ALLIES WHOSE DEFENSE SPENDING FALLS SHORT. TRUMP ACCUSES THEM OF TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE US. >> TODAY, US PROSECUTORS ARE LAYING OUT THEIR CASE AGAINST WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE IN A LONDON COURTROOM. ASSANGE.

IS MAKING A LAST DITCH EFFORT TO AVOID BEING EXTRADITED TO THE UNITED STATES TO FACE ESPIONAGE CHARGES. HE'S WANTED FOR LEAKING SECRET MILITARY FILES NEARLY 15 YEARS AGO, HIS SUPPORTERS CLAIM THE US WANTS TO PUNISH HIM FOR EXPOSING CRIMINAL ACTS BY THE GOVERNMENT.

>> A TRAGIC END TO THE SEARCH FOR A MISSING GIRL IN TEXAS. THE CASE IS RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT THE SUSPECT'S PAST AND WHY HE WAS NOT REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER. HERE'S ABC'S LIONEL MOISE THIS MORNING. >> NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THE DEATH OF AN 11 YEAR OLD GIRL.

NORTH OF HOUSTON COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED AS NEW DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT THE SUSPECT, THE BODY OF AUDREY CUNNINGHAM WAS FOUND IN A LOCAL RIVER YESTERDAY AFTER A FIVE DAY SEARCH. POLICE SAY THE RIVER IS ONE PLACE THE SUSPECT, DON STEVEN MCDOUGALL, TOLD AUTHORITIES HE HAD RECENTLY BEEN.

. >> MY HEART ACHES WITH THIS NEWS AND I EXPRESS WITH MY DEEPEST SYMPATHIES AND CONDOLENCES TO EVERYONE WHO KNEW WHO CARED FOR AND LOVED AUDREY. >> WATER LEVELS HAD TO BE LOWERED SO DIVERS COULD REACH AUDREY'S BODY. SHE WAS REPORTED.

MISSING LAST THURSDAY AFTER FAILING TO CATCH HER BUS TO SCHOOL. INVESTIGATORS SAY MCDOUGALL, A FRIEND OF AUDREY'S FATHER WHO LIVED IN A CAMPER BEHIND THEIR HOME, PROMISED TO TAKE HER TO THE BUS THAT MORNING. BUT REFUSED TO TELL INVESTIGATORS WHAT HAPPENED.

NEXT. MCDOUGALL'S CRIMINAL HISTORY INCLUDES MORE THAN A DOZEN ARRESTS. RECORDS SHOW HE WAS INDICTED FOR ATTEMPTED INDECENCY TO A CHILD STEMMING FROM AN INCIDENT IN 2007. THAT CHARGE WOULD HAVE REQUIRED HIM TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER, BUT HE WAS ALLOWED TO PLEAD DOWN.

TO A LESSER CHARGE OF CHILD ENTICEMENT, AVOIDING SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION. MCDOUGALL WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ON AN UNRELATED CHARGE LAST WEEK, AS AUTHORITIES QUESTIONED HIM IN RECENT DAYS, AUDREY'S MOTHER HELD ON TO HOPE THAT HER GIRL WOULD BE FOUND ALIVE.

>> NOT A SINGLE PERSON COULD TAKE ANYTHING BAD ABOUT HER. SHE'S SHE'S NOT A BAD CHILD. SHE HAS SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES AHEAD OF HER. >> AN AUTOPSY IS NOW BEING PERFORMED TO DETERMINE HOW AUDREY DIED. MCDOUGALL COULD BE FACING CAPITAL MURDER CHARGES.

ANDREW ALLISON LIONEL. >> THANK YOU. TWO MEN HAVE NOW BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER IN CONNECTION WITH LAST WEEK'S SHOOTING AT THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS SUPER BOWL CELEBRATION. PROSECUTORS SAY THE CHAOS BEGAN AFTER ONE SUSPECT ACCUSED THE OTHER OF STARING AT THEM. TWO.

JUVENILES WERE ALREADY IN CUSTODY. A RADIO DJ WAS KILLED IN THE GUNFIRE. 22 OTHER PEOPLE WERE HURT. >> WE HAVE NEW VIDEO OF SOME TENSE MOMENTS IN THE SKY AND ON THE GROUND. THREE EXAMPLES OF RECENT FLIGHTS THAT DID NOT GO AS PLANNED. THIS MORNING, THE.

FAA IS INVESTIGATING MULTIPLE MID-AIR INCIDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING IN NEW YORK, WHERE THIS SINGLE ENGINE PLANE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A BUSY LONG ISLAND HIGHWAY. >> VERY, VERY SHOCKING TO SEE A PLANE GO DOWN THE PILOT FACING ENGINE TROUBLE, WAS TRYING TO.

LAND AT A NEARBY AIRPORT BUT DIDN'T MAKE IT. >> NO ONE IN THE PLANE OR ON THE GROUND WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. MEANWHILE AN AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT WAS FORCED TO RETURN TO ALBUQUERQUE AFTER A MAN ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO OPEN THE PLANE DOOR AFTER TAKEOFF. VIDEOS.

SHOW PASSENGERS WRESTLING THE MAN TO THE CABIN FLOOR, THEN THEN USING DUCT TAPE TO RESTRAIN HIM. BLAZED WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PASSENGERS TO WRESTLE HIM DOWN WHEN HE ALREADY HAD THE SAFETY MECHANISM DOWN. >> HE HAD BOTH HANDS ON THE LEVER AND HE WAS LIKE YANKING.

IT. AND HE'S A BIG DUDE AND HE HAD IT, YOU KNOW, PRETTY WELL PULLED AND WE I DON'T KNOW IF YOU COULD HEAR IT, BUT I COULD HEAR THE ACTUAL DIFFERENCE IN PRESSURE. THERE WAS A WHISTLING. >> THE MAN WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER THE PLANE LANDED. THE FBI IS NOW INVESTIGATING.

>> THE PLANE TAKES OFF AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT HEARS LOUD, LOUD, VIOLENT VIBRATION. >> WITNESSES ARE ALSO DESCRIBING A MIDAIR SCARE ON THIS UNITED FLIGHT, CUT SHORT AFTER THE WING STARTED TEARING APART. THE PLANE WAS CARRYING 165 PASSENGERS FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO BOSTON, BUT THE.

CREW MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN DENVER AFTER PASSENGERS SPOTTED THAT DAMAGE TO THE WING. >> NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THE PILOT COMES ON THE, UH, PA SYSTEM AND ANNOUNCES THAT WE'VE SUSTAINED SOME DAMAGE. >> THE PLANE INVOLVED WAS AN OLDER BOEING 757, AND.

INVESTIGATORS WILL NOW EXAMINE THE PLANE'S MAINTENANCE RECORDS. >> A HORSE FOUND ITS WAY ONTO A PHILADELPHIA HIGHWAY. IT WAS SEEN GALLOPING ON INTERSTATE 95 EARLY YESTERDAY. THE PERSON WHO RECORDED THE VIDEO SAID THE ANIMAL WAS MOVING AT AROUND 25MPH. THE HORSE IS OKAY AND.

POLICE BELIEVE IT ESCAPED FROM A LOCAL RIDING CLUB. >> HE'S THINKING HE'S FREE. TIME NOW FOR YOUR WEDNESDAY WEATHER. >> GOOD MORNING. THE STORM THAT HAS BROUGHT ALL THE RAIN AND SNOW TO CALIFORNIA IS STARTING TO WORK ITS WAY EAST ACROSS THE ROCKIES. AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT.

THE DAY WITH MORE MOUNTAIN SNOW THERE. AND THEN IT PUSHES OUT INTO THE PLAINS AS WE HEAD INTO THE NIGHTTIME HOURS WITH IT, THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER BEGINS . THIS IS GOING TO BE SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA, STRETCHING ACROSS SOUTHERN.

MISSOURI AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS, AND BACKED OFF TOWARDS KENTUCKY. ALL THE WHILE, WE'LL BRING RAINFALL TO FOR THE LATE WEEK FROM ACCUWEATHER. I'M MELISSA KONSTANZER. >> COMING UP, PAYING MORE FOR TV JUST HOW MUCH THE AVERAGE FAMILY IS NOW PAYING FOR STREAMING.

SERVICES. >> BUT FIRST, TRAGEDY AT A FLORIDA BEACH. THE DESPERATE SEARCH FOR A GIRL TRAPPED UNDER THE SAND. >> AND LATER, WHY THE NEW MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL UNIFORM ARE STRIKING OUT Whenever news breaks,.

We are here in Israel a nationat war after that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on theground in Ukraine reporting from Lewiston Maine scene of ahorrific mass shooting ABC News live is right there everywhereon the scene of that deadly missilestrike and Denis braid, Ukraine. Reporting from the earthquake inTurkey been rolling for this tornado tore through this littletown from the most devastating disaster in HawaiiCharleston, South Carolina on the 2024 campaign Trail inIceland.

Let's go traveling with thepresident in Mexico City, wherever the story from thefront lines from Southern Israel outside the Gaza Strip inBeirut from the FBI here at 10 Downing Street inLondon streaming live to you wherever the story is whereverthe story is where Over the story is we're going to takeyou there who are streaming ABC News live ABC News live yourstreaming ABC News live ABC news live streaming freeeverywhere America's number one streaming news.

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Rose-colored water. 2020 is allknew. There was something formal going on inside thathouse. Do you really know? What's going on with yourneighbor next door. Do you maybe not could it be that stress from ahome renovation was a motive for murder a killer renovation.It's more Twisted than you want it to be. It's just crazy allnew 2020 Friday night on ABC From America's number one news,comes the all new ABC News app.

If you love being in the no experience, the all new ABC Newsapp downloaded now. HERE. >> AND WE GOT YOU. >> WE GOT YOU, WE GOT YOU. >> WE'RE BACK WITH NEW VIDEO OF A BUS SLAMMING INTO AN INDOOR SKATE PARK IN SEATTLE. THE BUS MISSED A UTILITY POLE ON THE.

SIDEWALK BEFORE CRASHING THROUGH THE BUILDING, TOSSING PASSENGERS AROUND THE BUS SOME TEENAGERS INSIDE RAN FOR SAFETY. THANKFULLY, NO ONE WAS HURT. >> NOW TO SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE EMERGENCY AT THE BEACH. RESCUE CREWS DESPERATELY TRYING TO FIND A YOUNG GIRL IN THE SAND THIS.

MORNING, A DAY AT THE BEACH TURNING TRAGIC. TWO YOUNG CHILDREN, BROTHER AND SISTER FALLING INTO THIS SIX FOOT DEEP HOLE IN THE SAND NEAR FORT LAUDERDALE. >> FEMALE ELDER MARY MCKENZIE, BOTH FREED BY FIRSTRILLIONESPONDERS AND RUSHED.

TO THE HOSPITAL. >> BUT THE LITTLE GIRL LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD. A WITNESS TELLS OUR MIAMI AFFILIATE. THE GIRL WAS TRAPPED UNDER THE SAND FOR 15 MINUTES. I MEAN, YOU SAW GROWN MEN DIGGING WITH SHOVELS AND BUCKETS AND NOBODY COULD FIND HER.

>> WE'VE SEEN THESE INCIDENTS BEFORE. >> BACK IN 2022, 18 YEAR OLD LEVI CAVOLI DIED AT A BEACH IN NEW JERSEY AFTER BECOMING TRAPPED IN A HOLE HE DUG WITH HIS SISTER. THE TEN FOOT PIT COLLAPSING ON BOTH OF THEM. THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECOMMENDS.

BEACHGOERS AVOID DIGGING DEEPER THAN YOUR KNEES WHEN STANDING INSIDE, AND ALWAYS FILL IN ANY HOLE BEFORE LEAVING THE BEACH. BACK IN FLORIDA, THE STUNNED COMMUNITY, REMEMBERING THAT LITTLE GIRL. IT'S JUST HEARTBREAKING THAT THEY WERE JUST PLAYING HARMLESS IN THE.

SAND. HEARTBREAKING INDEED. OFFICIALS DID NOT DISCUSS THE CONDITION OF THE BOY WHO WAS RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. AMERICA ANS ARE PAYING A LOT MORE FOR STREAMING SERVICES THAN YOU MIGHT THINK, A NEW SURVEY FINDS THE AVERAGE SUBSCRIBER. NOW PAYS $77 PER MONTH, WHICH IS NEARLY.

$1,000 PER YEAR JUST FOR STREAMING SERVICES. >> AND ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF SUBSCRIBERS NOW PAY AT LEAST $100 PER MONTH. HERE'S ANOTHER THING GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE AMERICAN AIRLINES IS RAISING BAGGAGE FEES. THE FIRST BAGS FOR MOST PASSENGERS WILL NOW COST.

$35 IN ADVANCE, AND $40 AT THE AIRPORT. THAT'S UP FROM $30. THE AIRLINE BLAMES HIGHER GAS AND LABOR COSTS. >> ALL RIGHT, SO TIME TO START WEARING ALL MY CLOTHES. >> DON'T CHECK ANYTHING. >> ALL RIGHT. COMING UP, THE LEGAL BATTLE OVER THE HIT SONG.

HOTEL CALIFORNIA. GOING TO TRIAL TODAY. >> ALSO AHEAD, THE YOUTUBE HOST FAMOUS FOR GIVING PARENTING ADVICE, IS SENTENCED FOR ABUSING HER OWN KIDS. HER TEARFUL Whenever news breaks, we are here in Israel a nationat war after that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on theground in Ukraine reporting.

From Lewiston Maine scene of ahorrific mass shooting ABC News live is right there everywhereon the scene of that deadly missilestrike and Denis braid, Ukraine. Reporting from the earthquake inTurkey been rolling for this tornado tore through this littletown from the most devastating disaster in HawaiiCharleston, South Carolina on the 2024 campaign Trail inIceland. Let's go traveling with thepresident in Mexico City, wherever the story from thefront lines from Southern.

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>> HE SPOKE TO OUR DANNY NEW WASN'T GOING TO GO ON BIG DOG. >> YOU GOT A NAPPY BOY. YOU'RE GETTING HEAVY. YOU ARE FEEDING HIM BEFORE GIOVINO MCLEAN CAN CREATE A WORKOUT FOR SOMEONE. >> FIRST, HE MUST ANSWER THIS. >> CAN I GIVE YOU THAT MUCH FUN AND ENERGY AND LAUGHTER AND JOY.

WHERE YOU ACTUALLY FORGET THAT YOU'RE EXERCISING? >> SO ON? OH YEAH. >> GIOVINO OWNS A GYM CALLED THE J SEVEN HEALTH CENTER IN MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, BUT HE SPENDS MOST OF HIS TIME WITH HIS LIFE MISSION OFFERING FREE TRAINING SESSIONS TO PEOPLE WHO.

MAY NEED A MORE PERSONALIZED EXERCISE PLAN. >> I'M NEVER GOING TO TAKE A PENNY OFF ANYBODY DISABLED OR ELDERLY. ALL I WANT THEM IS TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING AMAZING WITH ME. WITH TREVINO'S PERSONALIZED EXERCISES FOR EACH PERSON.

>> SOMETIMES YOU MAY FIND YOURSELF POPPING BALLOONS. >> GIVE ME MY GIVE ME MY BISCUITS, GIVE ME MY BISCUITS OR CRAWLING ON THE OCEAN FLOOR. I'M NOT GOING TO BREAK DOWN THE SCIENCE TO HIM. ALL HE NEEDS TO KNOW THAT HIM AND HIS BIG BROTHER ARE PRETENDING TO BE TWO.

FISH, AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE BISCUITS. BOOM BOOM. GO ON GIRL, FREE. >> NOT SURPRISINGLY, MANY OF GAVINO'S VIDEOS HAVE NOW GONE VIRAL ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH CAN LEAD TO SCHEDULING CONFLICTS. YOU MUST HAVE SOME WAIT LIST, THOUGH.

>> OH IT'S HUGE DON. IT'S HUGE. CONCENTRATE AND TAKE YOUR TIME. >> BUT EVEN THOUGH GIOVINO HAS A JAM PACKED SCHEDULE, NOW, I WOULDN'T CHANGE IT FOR THE WORLD. >> BROTHER, I WOULDN'T BECAUSE I KNOW GIVING PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT OF HAPPINESS CAN GO SO FAR.

>> BY THE WAY, GUYS, BEFORE GIOVINO OPENED HIS GYM, HE WAS ACTUALLY A PROFESSIONAL CRICKET PLAYER. BUT REALLY FOUND HELPING PEOPLE TO BE EVEN MORE FULFILLING. >> ALL RIGHT, OUR DANNY NEUMAYR THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT'S M >> IT'S WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY.

21ST. ONE DISSIDENT IS DEAD NOW. WILL MORE RISE IN HIS PLACE? >> WE START HERE. THE FAMILY OF ALEXEI NAVALNY VOWS TO CHALLENGE VLADIMIR PUTIN. SHE SAID THE KREMLIN HAS KILLED HALF OF ME, BUT THE OTHER HALF.

IS STILL ALIVE. BUT IS A NEWLY EMBOLDENED PUTIN NOW PLANNING TO BREAK THE SPIRITS OF 40 MILLION UKRAINIANS TO. IT PAYS TO DISCOVER A DEEP POCKETED BUYER. CAPITAL ONE AND DISCOVER ARE BANKING ON AMERICANS.

CONTINUING TO PUT A LOT ON THEIR CARDS. A HUGE MERGER IN THE WORLD OF CREDIT CARDS. EXPLAIN WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU. AND IF LIFE BEGINS AT CONCEPTION OR CLINICS COMMITTING MASS MURDER. WE'RE JUST GOING THROUGH IT.

TO WANT AND HOPE FOR A FAMILY. A RULING FROM ALABAMA THREATENS THE ENTIRE IN-VITRO INDUSTRY. FOR ABC NEWS, THIS IS “START HERE” I'M BRAD MIELKE, WHEN THE RUSSIAN DISSIDENT ALEXEI NAVALNY DIED IN A RUSSIAN PRISON IN THE.

WASTELANDS KNOWN AS NORTHERN SIBERIA, IT COULD BE TAKEN A COUPLE OF WAYS. ONE WAY WAS FOR PEOPLE TO SAY, YEAH, OF COURSE, THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN. NAVALNY IS THE MOST VISIBLE CHALLENGER TO VLADIMIR PUTIN'S POWER.

PUTIN PURPORTEDLY HAS A HISTORY OF KILLING HIS ENEMIES. WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU EXPECT? >> BUT SOME SAID, WELL, ACTUALLY, THE FACT THAT IT'S HAPPENING NOW TELLS YOU YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT VLADIMIR PUTIN. THINK ABOUT IT.

A YEAR AGO, HE WAS FACING A POTENTIAL COUP ATTEMPT. NOW HE'S FEELING EMBOLDENED. UKRAINE WAS INFLICTING SERIOUS DAMAGE ON RUSSIAN TROOPS. NOW IS HAVING TROUBLE GETTING FUNDING FROM ITS ALLIES LIKE THE U.S.. WELL, IF ALL OF THAT IS.

REDUCING THE PRESSURE ON PUTIN FROM WITHIN, YESTERDAY, NAVALNY'S FAMILY TRIED TO RATCHET THAT PRESSURE BACK UP. LET'S GO TO ABC'S FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT, PATRICK REEVELL, WHO'S IN UKRAINE RIGHT NOW WHERE HE'S FOLLOWING ALL THIS.

PATRICK, FIRST OFF, WHAT KIND OF REACTIONS ARE WE SEEING TO NAVALNY'S DEATH, BOTH AMONG HIS FAMILY, SOME OF WHOM ARE OUTSIDE RUSSIA THIS POINT, AND ALSO JUST REGULAR PEOPLE WITHIN THE COUNTRY. HI, BRAD. YEAH, I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING.

IN RUSSIA ACTUALLY ILLUSTRATES VERY WELL WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, THAT MOMENT. PUTIN IS VERY IN CONTROL COMPARED TO HOW HE WAS JUST UNDER A YEAR AGO. >> I'M SO SAD. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. I MEAN, THAT WAS THE HOPE.

ON OUR FUTURE AND NOW I FEEL THAT OUR HOPE IS THAT WE ARE SEEING PEOPLE TRYING TO MOURN NAVALNY'S DEATH AND TRYING TO SHOW DISSENT AROUND IT AND ANGER AROUND IT. BUT ALL THEY'RE DOING IS GOING TO THESE MONUMENTS IN RUSSIAN CITIES AND TRYING TO LAY.

FLOWERS QUIETLY. >> AND EVEN THERE THEY'RE BEING DRAGGED AWAY BY RUSSIAN POLICE . AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT THE THING THAT WE'RE ALSO SEEING IS THAT ALL OF RUSSIA'S OPPOSITION IS NOW TRYING TO WORK OUT HOW DO.

THEY CONTINUE? HOW DO THEY EXIST WITH THIS HUGE. YOU KNOW, THE LEADERSHIP OF THE OPPOSITION HAS BEEN DECAPITATED . WOW. THAT JUST ISN'T ANYONE REMOTELY OF SAME STATURE OF NAVALNY,.

EXCEPT PERHAPS NOW PEOPLE ARE SAYING FOR HIS WIFE, YULIA. AND PEOPLE, OF COURSE, WONDERED WHAT WOULD SHE DO AFTER HE DIED BECAUSE OF NAVALNY'S STORY, REALLY HAS ALWAYS BEEN THIS EXTRAORDINARY LOVE STORY WITH HIS WIFE. AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW,.

IMMEDIATELY AFTER HIS DEATH, SHE HAS STOOD UP AND STARTED CAMPAIGNING. >> YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD NOT BE HERE. I SHOULD NOT BE RECORDING THIS VIDEO. ANOTHER PERSON SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE WHERE I AM NOW.

BUT VLADIMIR PUTIN KILLED THIS MAN. SHE MADE THIS VIDEO SAYING I WILL TAKE HIS PLACE AND TELLING PEOPLE TO JOIN WITH HER, JOIN WITH HER IN HER ANGER AND SAY SHE WILL CONTINUE HIS FIGHT. SHE SAID THE KREMLIN HAS KILLED.

HALF OF ME, BUT THE OTHER HALF IS STILL ALIVE AND WE WILL KEEP FIGHTING. >> TO BE HONEST, I THINK I NEVER REALLY CONSIDERED THAT HE MIGHT ACTUALLY BE KILLED IN THERE. THE NEW YORK TIMES PUBLISHED A NUMBER OF THESE LETTERS.

THAT WAS SENT BY ALEXEI NAVALNY TO HIS COLLEAGUES AND SUPPORTERS. AND I HAVE SINCE SEEN SOME OF THESE LETTERS. I SPOKE WITH A PHOTOGRAPHER WHO WORKED FOR NAVALNY FROM ONE POINT OF VIEW. OBVIOUSLY, HE WAS, YOU KNOW,.

IN TERRIBLE CONDITIONS. AND THEY WERE GETTING WORSE AND WORSE. YOU KNOW, THEY GET THIS REMARKABLE GLIMPSE INTO HIS STATE OF MIND AND INTO HIS WORLD WHILE HE WAS BEING HELD IN PRISON AND REALLY JUST SHOW HIS EXTRAORDINARY.

ENERGY, WHICH REALLY WAS JUST ONE OF HIS FEATURES. HE'S JUST FASCINATED BY EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON. HE ASKS ABOUT THE OUTSIDE WORLD AN AWFUL LOT, BUT HE ALSO OBVIOUSLY TRIES TO CONVEY A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT PRISON LIFE IS LIKE ALWAYS WITH HIS.

HUMOR, HE'S ALWAYS HAS THIS VERY DARK HUMOR, JUST MAKING FUN OF THE WHOLE SYSTEM, REALLY. BUT HE HAS THIS ONE PARTICULAR LINE THAT DID STICK OUT TO PEOPLE. I THINK WHERE HE SAID, YOU KNOW, THE THING ABOUT THE.

GUARDS IS IF THEY WERE ORDERED TO GIVE ME RED CAVIAR TODAY, THEY WOULD DO IT EQUALLY. >> IF THEY WERE ORDERED TO STRANGLE ME IN MY CELL, THEY WOULD DO THAT, TOO. AND JUST REFLECTING, YOU KNOW, A TOTAL CONTROL THE AUTHORITIES HAVE OVER OVER THERE AND THE.

TOTAL LAWLESSNESS THAT EXISTS WITHIN THE PRISONS. >> AND OF COURSE, THERE'S STILL THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THIS WAS PURPOSEFUL OR NOT. THE U.S. CLEARLY SEEMS TO THINK IT WAS LIKE MOST OBSERVERS WE'VE TALKED TO, THE U.S., WE'VE LEARNED, HAS PLANS.

TOANCTION RUSSIA OVER NAVALNY'S DEATH. I MEAN, WHAT FORM WOULD THAT TAKE AND WOULD IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE, I GUESS? I THINK IT'S A VERY GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW ,RUSSIA IS ALREADY EXTREMELY HEAVILY SANCTIONED BECAUSE.

OF THE WAR HERE IN UKRAINE. YOU KNOW, THE U.S. ALREADY TRIED TO IMPOSE WHAT IT CONSIDERED TO BE A SORT OF DOOMSDAY SANCTIONS ON THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY. I MEAN, THE TRUTH IS THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THE WAR, THEY HAVE STARTED TO BECOME.

A LOT MORE POROUS. YOU KNOW, THE RUSSIANS ADAPTED TO THEM TO A GREAT DEGREE, AND THEY'RE NOT BEING ENFORCED ENOUGH. I THINK ONE INTERESTING THING WE'RE SEEING FROM NAVALNY'S SUPPORTERS IS THIS DEMAND THAT THE U.S. AND EUROPEAN.

COUNTRIES SHOULD BASICALLY TAKE THESE 300 BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF RUSSIAN ASSETS THAT HAVE BEEN FROZEN SINCE THE START OF THE WAR AND THEY SHOULD CONFISCATE THEM AND THEY SHOULD THEM TO UKRAINE AS REPARATIONS. AND THEY SAY THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE A REAL PUNISHMENT.

FOR RUSSIA AND WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY HURTS IT, BECAUSE OTHERWISE, JUST REPEATING THESE SORT OF SANCTIONS ON INDIVIDUALS, ETCETERA, IT'S HARD TO SEE HOW THAT IS GOING TO BE REALLY SIGNIFICANT FOR PUTIN'S REGIME. YET LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WAR.

IN UKRAINE, PATRICK. >> I MEAN, YOU'RE THERE RIGHT NOW. YOU'VE BEEN GOING AROUND THE COUNTRY TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT THE WAR IS LIKE. DOES IT LOOK LIKE PUTIN HAS REASONS TO BE EMBOLDENED THERE.

AS WELL? WHAT ARE YOU SEEING ON THE GROUND? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, I THINK THIS HAS BEEN A VERY GOOD WEEK FOR VLADIMIR PUTIN, REALLY, BECAUSE THE KEY CITY OF AVDIIVKA, WHICH RUSSIA HAS BEEN TRYING TO TAKE FOR.

THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, FINALLY FELL TO RUSSIAN FORCES AND THEY SUFFERED ENORMOUS LOSSES. >> BUT THEY DID MANAGE TO DO IT. >> AND IN PART THAT'S BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEEING VERY SEVERE AMMUNITIONS SHORTAGES.

START TO REALLY BITE IN UKRAINE BECAUSE OF THE HOLD UP IN AMERICAN AID, BECAUSE OF THIS DEADLOCK IN CONGRESS. WE ARE COUNTING ON THIS POSITIVE DECISION OF THE CONGRESS FOR US, THIS PACKAGE IS VITAL. >> RUSSIA'S NOT ONLY MANAGED.

TO TAKE AVDIIVKA, BUT IT'S NOW LAUNCHED A NEW OFFENSIVE IN THE SOUTH AS WELL. IT'S ALSO ON THE OFFENSIVE IN THE. AND UKRAINIAN FORCES SIMPLY ARE HAVING TO RATION AMMUNITION . NOW, THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH.

TO BE TRYING TO DISPERSE THE RUSSIANS IN SAME WAY. WHEN WE SPEAK TO PEOPLE HERE, THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY DIFFERENT. PEOPLE ARE FRIGHTENED. PEOPLE ARE AFRAID THAT IF MORE U.S. AID ISN'T COMING, THEN WHAT WE'VE SEEN.

IN AVDIIVKA, WHERE EVENTUALLY THE RUSSIANS JUST STEAMROLLED THROUGH BY JUST DESTROYING EVERYTHING, IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO EACH IN THEIR PATH IN THE EAST AND THINGS ARE JUST GOING TO GET WORSE AND WORSE. >> I THINK THERE'S NO QUESTION. I MEAN, OF COURSE, VLADIMIR.

PUTIN IS TRYING TO PROJECT CONFIDENCE RIGHT NOW AND HIS POSITION DOES REMAIN PRETTY SHAKY JUST BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME NATURE WHERE HE'S FOUND HIMSELF. BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, COMPARED TO HOW HE WAS AROUND A YEAR AGO, HE'S LOOKING A LOT, LOT.

MORE STRONG. WELL, YEAH. AND IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN EMBOLDENED VLADIMIR PUTIN, AGAIN, YOU'RE SEEING IT AT HOME . >> HE IS NOW ARRESTED WHAT APPEARS TO BE ANOTHER AMERICAN CITIZEN.

WE'VE TALKED HOW THERE ARE SO MANY ARRESTS OF AMERICANS THAT ARE ALMOST INTENDED TO BE USED AS HOSTAGES BARGAINING CHIPS. THIS TIME AN AMERICAN DUAL NATIONAL. SHE'S ALSO A RUSSIAN CITIZEN, WAS ARRESTED THERE IN THE.

SAME AREA THAT WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTER EVAN GERSHKOVICH WAS DETAINED. LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. PATRICK REEVELL IN, KYIV. THANK YOU. THANKS, BRAD. >> NEXT UP ON “START HERE”, THEY'RE GETTING THAT PAPER.

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>> NEW MUSIC OF ALL THE MAJOR CREDIT CARD COMPANIES IN THIS COUNTRY. >> I OFTEN FEEL LIKE DISCOVER CARDS ARE TREATED LIKE THEY'RE AT THE KIDS TABLE. IT PAYS TO DISCOVER THE CARD WITH THE BIG PAYBACK. FOR YEARS, IT'S BEEN CONSIDERED.

THE ACCESSIBLE OPTION. DOESN'T CARRY A LOT OF THE FEES THAT OTHER CARDS WITH THEM. BUT COUNTERINTUITIVELY, THIS ACCESSIBLE OPTION ISN'T ALWAYS ACCEPTED EVERYWHERE. WELL, YESTERDAY DISCOVER JOINED FORCES WITH A CREDIT CARD COMPANY THAT YOU DO SEE.

ABSOLUTELY EVERYWHERE. MAY I, PLEASE? WITH A CAPITAL ONE VENTURE CARD, YOU WERE AN UNLIMITED IN DOUBLE MILES EVERYWHERE. THAT'S RIGHT. CAPITAL ONE WITH ITS SLICK JENNIFER GARNER LED SPOKESPERSON GANG IS BUYING.

DISCOVER. ABC'S BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT ALEXIS PISTORIUS JOINS US. >> ALEXIS, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS DEAL? THIS DEAL IS ABOUT TO SHAKE UP THE PAYMENTS INDUSTRY AS WE KNOW IT.

IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST, IF NOT THE LARGEST CREDIT CARD MERGER IN HISTORY. CAPITAL ONE WILL BE BUYING DISCOVER FOR $35 BILLION. >> IT'S FAR FROM BEING A DONE DEAL, THOUGH. YOU STILL HAVE BANK REGULATORS AND SHAREHOLDERS WHO NEED.

TO SIGN OFF. AND IF AND WHEN IT HAPPENS, IT WOULDN'T BE UNTIL LATER THIS YEAR OR EARLY NEXT YEAR. >> WHY NOW? BECAUSE DISCOVER HAS BEEN AROUND A WHILE. >> CAPITAL ONE'S BEEN AROUND A WHILE.

WHY IS THIS THE MOMENT FOR THEM? >> IT COULD BE BECAUSE OF THE CREDIT CARD USAGE WE'RE SEEING BY AMERICANS. I MEAN, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE LEANING ON THEIR CREDIT CARDS BECAUSE OF HIGH PRICES.

THEY'RE LEANING ON CREDIT CARDS. UNFORTUNATELY, JUST TO MAKE ENDS MEET OR TO BUY THE BASICS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY YOUR AVERAGE MONTHLY CREDIT CARD BALANCE IS NOW OVER $6,000. AND WE'RE ALSO SEEING.

DELINQUENCY RATES ARE START TO RISE FOR THINGS LIKE CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS AND AUTO LOANS, WHICH COULD BE A TROUBLING SORT OF RED FLAGS FOR THE OVERALL ECONOMY. BUT BASICALLY WHAT THIS MERGER IS TELLING US IS. CAPITAL ONE AND DISCOVER.

ARE BANKING ON AMERICANS CONTINUING TO PUT A LOT ON THEIR CARDS, ARE CONTINUING TO CARRY HIGH BALANCES AND FOR MANY OF THEM TO BE DELINQUENT WITH PAYMENT BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG MONEYMAKER FOR THESE COMPANIES. >> WHEN PEOPLE ARE LATE WITH.

PAYMENTS AND THE CHARGES THAT THEY THAT THEY HAVE TO CHARGE THESE CUSTOMERS, THE INTEREST RATES THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY. REMEMBER, WE HAVE INTEREST RATES RIGHT NOW NEAR A RECORD HIGH FOR CREDIT CARDS, SOMEWHERE AROUND 23%, DEPENDING.

ON THE CREDIT CARD ISSUER. SO THAT IS A LOT MONEY ON THE TABLE FOR THESE COMPANIES. >> AND SO AS FAR AS WHY WE SHOULD CARE, LIKE WHY THE REST OF US SHOULD I GET WHY YOU CARE, BUT WHY THE REST OF IS THAT SORT OF IT?.

>> BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE EVERY CAPITAL ONE VISA NOW TURNS INTO A CAPITAL ONE DISCOVER CARD, RIGHT? SO LIKE WHAT THE IMPACT ON CONSUMERS. >> I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT THIS IS GOING TO MEAN MORE CHOICE FOR CONSUMERS.

I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS CONSOLIDATION IN THE CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY. YOU WOULD THINK THAT THESE TWO COMPANIES COMING TOGETHER, THEIR RESOURCES WOULD MEAN A BIGGER AND BETTER OPTIONS FOR CONSUMERS. >> IT MIGHT MEAN THAT IN WAY.

OF REWARDS BECAUSE BOTH CARDS DISCOVER AND CAPITAL ONE HAVE DIFFERENT VERY DIFFERENT REWARDS PROGRAMS. DISCOVER BE MORE OF A CASH BACK REWARD. BUT CAPITAL ONE HAS LONG HAD A BUSINESS MODEL OF LOOKING FOR CUSTOMERS WHO WILL KEEP.

A BALANCE ON THEIR CARDS, REALLY AIMING FOR CUSTOMERS WITH LOWER CREDIT SCORES THAN AMERICAN EXPRESS OR EVEN DISCOVER FOR THAT MATTER. DISCOVER'S CUSTOMERS ARE CARRYING OVER $100 BILLION IN BALANCES ON THEIR CREDIT CARDS.

THAT IS UP JUST 13% FROM A YEAR AGO. AND THAT'S JUST DISCOVER. BUT I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT BIGGER IS BETTER. I MEAN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LANDSCAPE OF INTEREST RATES RIGHT NOW FOR CREDIT CARDS, THE LARGER BANKS ARE THE ONES.

CHARGING THE HIGHER RATES. >> SO TYPICALLY, IF YOU HAVE A LOWER CREDIT SCORE, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A BETTER CREDIT CARD DEAL AT A SMALLER BANK, WHICH WILL AFFORD YOU A LOWER INTEREST RATE. SO WHEN THESE TWO COMPANIES COME TOGETHER AND CREATE THIS.

BEHEMOTH IN THE CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE COMPETITIVE INTEREST RATES FOR CONSUMERS? >> THAT'S YET TO BE SEEN. YEAH, IT'S INTERESTING. I WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU THINK ABOUT THE CHANCES REGULATORY APPROVAL.

RIGHT. BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, IT HAD TO CLEAR FEDERAL REGULATORS USUALLY THE ANTI-TRUST PROBLEMS ARISE WHEN LIKE TWO COMPANIES DO THE SAME THING AND NOW THEY'RE FORMING ONE HUGE COMPANY. >> THESE COMPANIES ARE KIND.

OF DIFFERENT, RIGHT, IN THAT LIKE THERE'S IN THE CORNER OF YOUR CAR, THERE'S VISA OR MASTERCARD OR AMERICAN EXPRESS OR DISCOVER, AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE CAPITAL VERSIONS OF SOME OF THOSE THINGS, RIGHT? SO DO THEY CROSS OVER? THEY'RE DIFFERENT ENOUGH.

THAT REGULATORS WILL PROBABLY SIGN OFF ON THE DEAL, ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE A LOT OF SCRUTINY. YOU KNOW, IN JUNE OF 2023, WE SAW A REGULATION SORT OF TIGHTEN AMONGST THE BANKS. AND THESE TWO COMING TOGETHER WOULD CREATE THE SIXTH LARGEST.

U.S. BANK IN TERMS OF ASSETS. AND REMEMBER, THE BANKING PROBLEMS WE HAD IN THIS COUNTRY WHEN WE SAW A NUMBER OF SMALLER, MID-SIZED BANKS SHUT DOWN NOT THAT LONG AGO. >> SO YOU CAN BET THIS IS GOING TO BE CLOSELY LOOKED AT BY REGULATORS.

BUT THERE ARE ENOUGH DIFFERENCES HERE THAT REGULATORS MAY ACTUALLY GIVE IT THE GREEN LIGHT, BECAUSE YOU HAVE DISCOVER IS REALLY MORE OF A PAYMENT NETWORK. >> IT GETS A MAJOR CREDIT CARD PARTNER WITH CAPITAL ONE.

CAPITAL ONE IS A CREDIT CARD ISSUER AT THE END OF THE DAY. AND SO HAVING ACCESS TO DISCOVER'S PAYMENT NETWORK WILL HELP CAPITAL ONE BETTER COMPETE WITH VISA, MASTERCARD AND AMERICAN EXPRESS. SO I THINK THERE THERE ISN'T AS MUCH OVERLAP AS YOU MIGHT.

THINK. >> AND BECAUSE OF THAT, IT WILL PROBABLY PASS WITH U.S. REGULATORS. ALL RIGHT, ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS REALLY HELPFUL. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH. YOU BET. WE'VE DONE A BUNCH OF STORIES.

ABOUT HOW DELICATE THE PROCESS IT IS TO SUSTAIN LIFE IN A LAB. THINK ABOUT SOMEONE WHO'S FREEZING THEIR EGGS OR EVEN FERTILIZED EMBRYOS TO BE IMPLANTED LATER. IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION CLINICS HAVE TO KEEP EVERYTHING TO A REALLY PRECISE PANDERED OR RISK.

THESE PRECIOUS EMBRYOS BEING DESTROYED. SOMETIMES SOMETHING GOES WRONG, WHICH IS TRAGIC FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED. THE STAKES ARE REALLY HIGH. LAST WEEK, IN A SURPRISE RULING, THE STATE SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA RAISED THE STAKES.

EVEN HIGHER. THEY SAID EVERY TIME ONE OF THESE EMBRYOS IS DESTROYED, THAT SHOULD BE TREATED LIKE THE DEATH OF A CHILD. BUT THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF THEM SHOULD BE PUNISHED AS SUCH. ABC'S ELIZABETH SCHULZE HAS.

BEEN TRACKING THIS. ELIZABETH. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS CASE WAS ON THE DOCKET UNTIL I SAW THIS RULING. >> WHAT HAPPENED HERE? YOU KNOW, THIS REALLY WAS A FIRST OF ITS KIND DECISION FROM ALABAMA SUPREME COURT BRAD.

. AND AT QUESTION HERE IS A CASE THAT INVOLVED A PATIENT WHO HAD MANAGED TO GET ACCESS TO A FREEZER THAT WAS STORING FROZEN EMBRYOS AT AN ALABAMA FERTILITY CLINIC. THE PATIENT SOMEHOW PICKED UP THOSE MULTIPLE EMBRYOS FROM.

THE FREEZER, ACTUALLY FREEZE, BURNED THEIR HANDS, AND MISTAKENLY DROPPED AND DESTROYED THOSE EMBRYOS. SO THEN MULTIPLE COUPLES ENDED UP SUING, SAYING THAT THAT PATIENT SHOULD BE HELD LIABLE. AND WHAT THE STATE'S SUPREME COURT SAID IS THAT INDEED,.

THAT PERSON CAN BE HELD LIABLE IN A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT. WHAT THE COURT WAS SAYING IS THAT FROZEN EMBRYOS QUALIFY AS CHILDREN, THAT UNBORN CHILDREN, CHILDREN WITHOUT EXCEPTION, BASED ON THE DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE THAT THEY'RE IN.

NOTABLY AND IN A CONCURRING OPINION TO BRAD, THERE WERE FLOWERY WORDS FROM THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF ALABAMA SUPREME COURT WHO QUOTED THE BIBLE. HE TALKED ABOUT THE SANCTITY OF UNBORN LIFE. AND WE SPOKE TO LAWYERS IN ALABAMA WHO HAVE CONCERNS.

ABOUT THIS. >> AT THIS POINT, THERE IS NO DECISION ON WHEN A PHYSICIAN OR A CLINIC CAN CONCLUDE STORING THESE EMBRYOS. SO THEY ARE POTENTIALLY LIABLE FOR THE WRONGFUL DEATH OF AN EMBRYO AFTER THE PARENTS HAVE PASSED.

>> THIS CREATES A NEW LANDSCAPE FOR THE LAW WHERE ESSENTIALLY EMBRYOS ARE TREATED AS PEOPLE. >> WELL, I REMEMBER HEARING CONCERNS FROM PEOPLE WHEN WHEN ROE V. WADE WAS OVERTURNED THAT LIKE THIS COULD ALSO AFFECT YOU. >> LIFE GIVING PROCEDURES LIKE.

IN VITRO FERTILIZATION. I MEAN, IS THIS ABOUT ABORTION. IS THIS ABOUT FERTILITY CLINICS? BECAUSE I IMAGINE IT WOULD HAVE CONSEQUENCES FOR BOTH. >> RIGHT. AND OF COURSE, THE BACKDROP OF THIS, BRAD, IS THAT WE.

HAVE SEEN A GROWING NUMBER OF STATES IMPOSE RESTRICTIONS ON ABORTION, ON WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN THE WAKE OF THE SUPREME COURT, OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE AND JUNE 2022, AND ALABAMA, AS ONE STATE THAT HAS SOME OF THE MOST STRINGENT.

RESTRICTIONS, IT HAS A TOTAL BAN ON ABORTION. BUT THIS CASE REALLY IS ABOUT AND THE QUESTION HERE IS REALLY WHETHER PATIENTS FAMILIES, COUPLES WHO HAVE STRUGGLED TO GET PREGNANT WILL BE ABLE TO ACCESS IVF IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE OF THIS RULING.

DETERMINED. DOCTORS ARE SAYING THAT BECAUSE THEY COULD BE HELD LIABLE BASICALLY FOR DOING THEIR JOBS . >> RIGHT, IT'S LIKELY THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO DO THOSE JOBS WHERE CONCERN THAT THIS RULING HAS.

FAR-REACHING CONSEQUENCES FOR WHAT WE FEEL IS SAFE TO FREEZE AND SAFE TO DISCARD. AND KEEP IN MIND THAT PEOPLE GOING THROUGH IVF OFTEN FREEZE MULTIPLE EMBRYOS. I MEAN, YOU WANT TO MAXIMIZE THE LIKELIHOOD OF GETTING PREGNANT SO OFTEN THERE.

ARE EMBRYOS THAT AREN'T USED. AND THE QUESTION IS THEN WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THOSE? AND IS THE PERSON, WHETHER IT'S THE CLINIC, THE DOCTOR, IS IT THE FAMILY'S DECISION FOR HOW TO DISCARD THOSE? RIGHT. IF YOU'RE THEN POTENTIALLY.

FACING A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT, THAT REALLY CREATES A DILEMMA. AND DOCTORS ARE SAYING THIS COULD NOT ONLY MAKE IT HARDER TO GET ACCESS TO IVF, IT COULD INCREASE THE PRICE OF IVF IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA AND ULTIMATELY MAKE.

SOME CLINICS BE FORCED TO SHUT DOWN ALTOGETHER. >> I WAS ALREADY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS INVESTED INTO IT AND EMOTIONALLY INVESTED, AND IT WAS HEARTBREAKING TO SPEAK WITH ONE WOMAN. >> HER NAME WAS GABY O'DELL. HER AND HER HUSBAND HAD.

SUFFERED FROM THREE MISCARRIAGES OVER THE PAST YEAR. THEY ACTUALLY LIVED IN TEXAS AND THEN RECENTLY MOVED TO ALABAMA. AND THEY ARE IN THE MIDDLE OF AN IVF CYCLE RIGHT NOW AS THIS SUPREME COURT DECISION.

CAME DOWN. AND BRAD, SHE WAS SAYING HOW THIS IS THE LAST THING SHE WANTED TO HEAR. I TRULY I WANTED TO SCREAM. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I WERE JUST GOING THROUGH IT TO WANT AND HOPE FOR A FAMILY. AND THAT SHOULD IT BE,.

YOU KNOW, CHASTISED IN ANY WAY. >> AND HER MESSAGE TO LAWMAKERS IN THE STATE WAS, WHY ARE YOU MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR ME TO HAVE A FAMILY IF THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT I CAN DO IT? IS THAT THE END OF THIS THEN, ELIZABETH? THIS IS THE HIGHEST COURT.

IN ALABAMA. BASICALLY, WHAT THIS DID IS CLEAR THE WAY FOR THAT CASE THAT YOU MENTIONED, THE BEGINNING TO MOVE FORWARD. SO THAT COULD NOW GO TO TRIAL IN THIS REALLY FIRST OF ITS KIND TRIAL AT THE STATE LEVEL IN ALABAMA.

I MEAN, THERE'S ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY THAT IT COULD GET APPEALED ALL THE WAY BACK UP TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT. BUT, OF COURSE, KEEP IN MIND, IT'S ALREADY SET TO MAKE A DECISION ON ABORTION IN THIS TERM.

IN THE COMING MONTHS, WE ARE EXPECTING IT TO DECIDE WHETHER TO UPHOLD RESTRICTIONS ON THE WIDELY USED ABORTION PILL CALLED MIFEPRISTONE, AND WHETHER SOME ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE NATIONWIDE, NOT JUST IN STATES, BY THE WAY, WHERE ABORTION.

IS LEGAL. SO ABORTION ALREADY A BIG ISSUE FOR THE SUPREME COURT. TWO YEARS AFTER IT OVERTURNED ROE. >> BRAD, RIGHT AT THE POINT OF THE ROBERTS DECISION WAS LEAVE THIS UP TO THE STATES. YOU CAN IMAGINE THE STATE'S.

DECISION IS WHERE THIS ENDS WITH PERHAPS THAN OTHER STATES TO COME. >> ELIZABETH KELSEY, THANKS A LOT. >> THANKS, BRAD. OKAY. >> ONE MORE QUICK BREAK. WHEN WE COME BACK.

SHE CAN SPARK A RENAISSANCE ANY TIME SHE WANTS. >> AND NOW QUEEN BEY IS BLAZING NEW TRAILS. ONE LAST THING IS NEXT. >> SO THE QUESTION IS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? OKAY, HERE WE GO. YOU SAW AN EXPECTING.

MOTHER STRUGGLING TO PAY HER TAB. I'M JUST REALLY HUNGRY. >> IF YOU WANT CHARITY, GO TO A SOUP KITCHEN. WELL, WHAT THIS MAN DOES SAYS IS ENOUGH. >> GOOD WILL MAKE YOU BELIEVE IN EVERY DAY.

HERO. ARE YOU A HERO? I WAS. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU SAW THIS? THIS AND HIS GIRLFRIEND? I'M. HIS GIRLFRIEND IS ON MY CASE. WHAT WOULD YOU DO?.

SUNDAY NIGHT AT TEN NINE CENTRAL ON ABC. >> 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 OF TELEVISION. >> INSIDE THAT TURN IS A SLICE OF HUMAN BRAINS. I'VE NEVER SEEN A PLACE LIKE, WOW. >> REPORTING FROM A DEVASTATING MUDSLIDES HERE IN LOS ANGELES. I'M JACLYN LEE.

WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> YOU'RE STREAMING. ABC NEWS LIVE. ONE LAST THING. EVERY WEEK, BILLBOARD PUTS OUT ITS HOT 100 LIST, BUT IT ALSO DOES THIS FOR DIFFERENT GENRES .

IT'S GOT ITS GLOBAL CATEGORY, ITS HOT ROCK LIST. AND AS OF TODAY, THE SONG AT THE TOP OF THE BILLBOARD HOT COUNTRY SONGS CHART IS FROM BEYONCE S.A.. NO, NO, NO. THIS IS TEXAS HOLD'EM, THE SONG THAT BEYONCE PUT OUT ON SUPER.

BOWL SUNDAY. >> HER WHOLE FORTHCOMING ALBUM ,A COUNTRY ALBUM. HER OTHER SINGLE 16 CARRIAGES DEBUTED AT NUMBER NINE OF THE COUNTRY CHARTS. 16 COUNTRIES, BY THE WAY. AND THIS ANNOUNCEMENT HISTORIC. >> BEYONCE HAS NOW BECOME.

THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN TO TOP THE COUNTRY CHARTS EVER, WHICH HAS INSPIRED A LOT OF REACTION. >> ARE YOU A COUNTRY FAN? I DID NOT KNOW THIS ABOUT YOU. >> I AM A HUGE COUNTRY MUSIC FAN. AS A MATTER OF FACT, THAT'S L.Z. GRANDERSON, A COLUMNIST.

FOR THE L.A. TIMES AND AN ABC NEWS. I CAN REMEMBER DRIVING UP AND DOWN I-75 FROM DETROIT TO MISSISSIPPI AS A LOT OF BLACK KIDS DID WHO WERE CHILDREN OF THE, YOU KNOW, THE GREAT MIGRATION. IF YOU'RE LISTENING TO THE.

RADIO, YOU'RE LISTENING TO COUNTRY MUSIC. >> AND HE REMINDS US THAT BEYONCE, FOR ALL HER CHARTS, IS A POP AND R&B QUEEN, IS NO STRANGER IN, THE COUNTRY SPACE. >> IT'S STILL NATURALLY HER. SHE'S A HOUSTON TEXANS NATIVE. SHE'S BEEN DOING COUNTRY MUSIC.

ON HER ALBUMS FOR YEARS. >> SHE'S NO TOURIST, IS WHAT YOU'RE SAYING. SHE'S MADE IN FACT, YOU SHOULD EXPECT HER TO BE THERE IN 2007 AT THE AMERICAN MUSIC AWARDS, THE COUNTRY GROUP SUGARLAND PERFORMED A COVER OF HER SONG AND SHE JOYFULLY JOINED.

THEM ON STAGE IN 20 16. >> SHE SANG AT THE COUNTRY AWARDS WITH THE GROUP NOW KNOWN AS THE CHICKS. >> BUT THAT PERFORMANCE QUICKLY BECAME A FLASHPOINT WITH FANS BLASTING THE CHICKS WHO HAD THEIR OWN COMPLICATED RELATIONSHIP TO THE COUNTRY.

SCENE, ALONG WITH BEYONCE HERSELF. >> SO I THOUGHT MAYBE SHE'S GOING TO DO A OF THE A FAMOUS SONG FROM FROM YEARS AGO. NO, SHE DOESN'T. DADDY LESSONS FROM HER OWN ALBUM.

FORGET IT. I HATED IT. BUT THIS DJ TOLD OUR AFFILIATE KBW AT THE TIME WAS A PRETTY TYPICAL EXAMPLE. RADIO STATIONS WERE SAYING SHE SHOULD STAY IN HER LANE, WHICH TO MANY SEEMED GROUNDED IN A FORM OF RACISM THAT A BESIEGED.

BLACK COUNTRY ARTISTS BEFORE HER. YOU KNOW, WHEN DARIUS RUCKER, THE FORMER SINGER OF WILLIAM THE BIG FISH, DECIDED TO MAKE COUNTRY MUSIC, YOU KNOW, HE OPENLY TALKED ABOUT HOPING THAT COUNTRY MUSIC EXEMPTION, DESPITE THE FACT THAT COUNTRY.

MUSIC WAS REALLY BASED UPON THE INSTRUMENTS OF WEST AFRICA AND A VERY MUCH PART OF AFRICAN . >> DESPITE THAT HISTORY, WHEN BEYONCE'S NEW SONGS CAME OUT AND AS HER FANS STARTED REQUESTING THEM, THESE TENSIONS AROSE AGAIN.

WOULD COUNTRY FANS EMBRACE HER? WOULD THEY EVEN CALL HER ALBUM COUNTRY? >> THERE WAS A RADIO STATION IN OKLAHOMA THAT INITIALLY DID NOT WANT TO PLAY THE ARTS, AND HE SAID THAT WE DON'T PLAY BEYONCE BECAUSE SHE'S NOT A COUNTRY ARTIST.

AND SUPPOSEDLY THEY WEREN'T AWARE OF THE FACT THAT BEYONCE, A, HAD A COUNTRY SONG. >> BUT EVEN IF THAT WAS ACCIDENTAL OF CRITICISM WASN'T. WHEN A HOST OF THE FAR RIGHT NEWS NETWORK, ONE AMERICA NEWS SAID LIBERAL ARTISTS WERE COMING FOR CONSERVATIVE.

PEOPLE'S MUSIC, THE FORMER “DUKES OF HAZZARD” STAR JOHN SCHNEIDER AGREED. >> THEY'VE GOT TO THEY'VE GOT TO MAKE THEIR MARK, JUST LIKE A DOG IN A IN A DOG WALK PARK. >> YOU KNOW, EVERY DOG HAS TO MARK EVERY TREE. AND A LOT OF PEOPLE WERE.

OBVIOUSLY OFFENDED BY THAT BECAUSE, ONE, THE COMPARISON, YOU KNOW, HURTS THE DOG. BUT ALSO TO SHE'S ACTUALLY BEEN TEXAS. HE'S THE ONE FROM LIKE UPSTATE NEW YORK OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT. SO HE'S ACTUALLY VERY PRETEND.

HAS PLAYED COUNTRY. AND SHE'S LITERALLY FROM THE COUNTRY. >> AND THIS IS WHAT'S SO MYSTIFYING AND MAGICAL ABOUT MUSIC GENRES DON'T ALL HAVE GREAT DEFINITIONS AND FACT, LOTS OF GREAT MUSIC INTENTIONALLY BLURS THOSE.

LINES. BUT MUSIC CAN ALSO BE A PLACE WHERE YOU EXPLORE WHO YOU ARE. IT CAN BE TRIBAL IN THAT WAY. SO WHEN SOMEONE YOU SEE AS AN OUTSIDER ANNOUNCES, HEY, I BELONG HERE TOO. DOES THAT CHALLENGE YOUR IDENTITY?.

THESE QUESTIONS HAVE BEEN ASKED BY SEVERAL ARTISTS OVER THE YEARS, FROM TRACY CHAPMAN TO MICKEY GUYTON TO LIL NAS, X TAKE MY HORSE TO YOUR TOWN. BUT YOU WONDER AT THE STAR POWER OF BEYONCÉ, I'D EXPAND EVEN MORE PEOPLE'S UNDERSTANDING, BOTH FOR COUNTRY.

FANS WHO DIDN'T KNOW THEY LOVED BEYONCÉ AND BEYONCE FANS WHO DIDN'T KNOW THEY LOVED COUNTRY. >> THE THINGS YOU LEARN ABOUT YOUR COLLEAGUES. I CALL UP L.Z. TO BE LIKE, THIS IS SOMETHING YOU'RE INTERESTED IN.

HE'S LIKE, OH, YEAH, I HAD A HOEDOWN AT MY WEDDING. LIKE, I'M A HUGE COUNTRY MUSIC GUY. WHEN KENNY ROGERS DIED, MY MOM CRIED LIKE. IT WAS A MEMBER OF OUR FAMILY. I LOVE THAT STORY MORE THAN ALL THESE STORIES AT ABC.

NEWS.COM OR THE ABC NEWS APP. I'M BRAD MIELKE SEE TOMORROW. BUT I TELL YOU, IF YOU ASK ANYBODY OVER 40 ABOUT REBA MCENTIRE, WE COME HARD FOR HER BECAUSE WE LOVE YOU, TOO. >> MCENTIRE 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 MARK, AMERICA'S ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION. YOU SHOULD SEE ME. THE STRONGEST FEELINGS FIGHT THE SURVIVAL OF THEIR FAMILIES .

OH HEY, SHE HOW INSIDE OUT IS A SOURCE OF PRIDE? I'VE NEVER SEEN A PLACE LIKE THIS IN. WOW. >> KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE IN COLLEGE. KIDS AREN'T POSTED AT ALL. HOW COULD THIS POSSIBLY.

HAVE HAPPENED? THE INCIDENT BROUGHT A LOT OF PANIC TO STUDENTS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ME. IT COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF MY FRIENDS. THE LAST TIME WE SAW HER ALIVE. IT'S JUST A VERY TRAGIC THING TO HAPPEN TO SOMEONE.

AND YOU SPEAK TO YOUR LOVED ONE, THE LAST THING YOU SHOULD EVER SAY IS, I LOVE YOU. THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST TIME TIFFANY JONES TO MOMENT OF SILENCE. EXTREMELY NOW COMES ON FRIDAY AND FINDS HIS WIFE FACEDOWN IN A TUB FULL OF ROSE COLORED.

WATER. 21 YEARS OLD NOW. THERE WAS SOMETHING HORRIBLE GOING ON INSIDE THAT HOUSE. DO YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR? DO YOU? MAYBE NOT.

COULD IT BE STRESS FROM A HOME? RENOVATION WAS A MOTIVE FOR MURDER. A KILLER RENOVATION. IT'S MORE TWISTED THAN YOU WANT IT TO BE. >> RIGHT NOW ON AMERICA THIS MORNING, THE NEW BOMBSHELL INVOLVING A FORMER FBI INFORMANT.

CHARGED WITH LYING ABOUT BRIBERY CLAIMS AGAINST PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS SON, HUNTER. WHAT THE INFORMANT IS NOW SAYING ABOUT HIS TIES TO RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE ALSO A DEVELOPING STORY. >> RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES DETAINING A BALLERINA FROM LOS ANGELES. WHY THE DUAL CITIZEN IS NOW.

BEING ACCUSED OF TREASON IN AN 11 YEAR OLD TEXAS GIRL MISSING SINCE LAST WEEK, IS FOUND DEAD. >> WHAT POLICE ARE REVEALING ABOUT THE SUSPECT'S TROUBLED PAST AND WHY HE DID NOT HAVE TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER MID-AIR SCARE THE PLANE LANDING ON THIS BUSY HIGHWAY OUTSIDE.

NEW YORK. >> PLUS THE TERRIFYING MOMENT ON THIS AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT. WHY PASSENGERS WERE RUSHING TO RESTRAIN A MAN WITH DUCT TAPE. >> THE SOCIAL MEDIA HOST FAMOUS FOR GIVING OUT PARENTING ADVICE IS SENTENCED FOR ABUSING HER OWN CHILDREN. THE MOMENT RUBY.

FRANKIE BROKE DOWN IN COURT AND WHAT SHE FACES NEXT, YOUR MONEY AND THE RISING COST OF STREAMING SERVICES. >> WHAT THE AVERAGE FAMILY IS NOW SPENDING PER MONTH LOST TREASURE. >> THE ITEM THAT UNEXPECTEDLY TURNED UP AT A THRIFT STORE, AND.

THE HIGHLY UNUSUAL TRAFFIC ON I-90. FIVE. >> FROM ABC NEWS IN NEW YORK. >> THIS IS AMERICA. THIS MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING EVERYONE I'M ANDREW DYMBURT. >> GOOD MORNING I'M ALISON KOSIK IN FOR RIHANNA. AND WE BEGIN.

WITH TWO MAJOR STORIES INVOLVING RUSSIA. >> FIRST, RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES HAVE NOW DETAINED A BALLERINA FROM CALIFORNIA. SHE'S ACCUSED OF TREASON FOR DONATING MONEY TO UKRAINE AND THE WAR EFFORT. THERE SHE WAS ARRESTED WHILE APPARENTLY VISITING FAMILY IN.

RUSSIA. >> THE OTHER STORY INVOLVING RUSSIA IS RAISING NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT A FORMER FBI INFORMANT CHARGED WITH LYING ABOUT BRIBERY CLAIMS INVOLVING PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS SON. HUNTER DOCUMENTS NOW REVEAL. THE INFORMANT SAYS HE GOT FALSE DIRT ON THE BIDENS.

FROM RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE. LET'S GET THE LATEST FROM ABC'S PERRY RUSSOM PERRY. GOOD MORNING. >> GOOD MORNING ALLISON. ONE OF THE LATEST HEADLINES INVOLVING RUSSIA IS RAISING NEW CONCERNS ABOUT THEIR EFFORTS TO INTERFERE IN THE US PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. THIS MORNING, THE FORMER FBI.

INFORMANT ACCUSED OF MAKING FALSE BRIBERY CLAIMS ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS SON, HUNTER, HAS BEEN RELEASED ON BOND. ALEXANDER SMIRNOFF IS SEEN HERE IN THE BLUE HOODIE LEAVING COURT IN LAS VEGAS YESTERDAY, A JUDGE RELEASED HIM UNDER THE CONDITIONS THAT HE RESTRICT HIS.

TRAVEL, HAND OVER HIS PASSPORT AND WEAR AN ANKLE MONITOR. SMIRNOFF IS CHARGED WITH LYING TO THE FBI, CLAIMING THE BIDENS ACCEPTED MILLIONS IN BRIBES FROM BURISMA, A UKRAINIAN ENERGY FIRM. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS SAY SMIRNOFF HAS NOW ADMITTED THAT OFFICIALS AFFILIATED WITH.

RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE WERE INVOLVED IN PASSING ALONG THAT STORY, WHICH PROSECUTORS SAY WAS FABRICATED. HOUSE REPUBLICANS HAVE USED SMIRNOFF'S BRIBERY ALLEGATION AS A JUSTIFICATION FOR THEIR LONG SHOT EFFORT TO IMPEACH PRESIDENT BIDEN IF HE VOLUNTEERED HIMSELF, IF HE CAME.

TO THEM AND SAID, I CAN HELP YOU WITH THIS, THAT'S ANOTHER HALLMARK OF RUSSIAN OPERATIONS, WHERE THEY'LL PICK SOMEBODY AND SAY, HEY, GO TO THE FBI OR GO TO THIS ORGANIZATION. >> TELL THEM THAT YOU HAVE INFORMATION. THEN WE'VE GOT THEM ON THE HOOK. SO, YEAH, THIS IS.

ALL VERY, VERY CONSISTENT WITH HOW THE RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES DO BUSINESS. >> MEANWHILE, THIS MORNING, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYS IT'S AWARE OF A LOS ANGELES WOMAN NOW BEING DETAINED IN RUSSIA. RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES ARRESTED KSENIA KARELINA, A RUSSIAN.

AMERICAN BALLERINA, ON SUSPICION OF TREASON AFTER SHE DONATED ABOUT $50 TO SUPPORT UKRAINE. RUSSIAN STATE MEDIA APPEARED TO SHOW KARELINA BEING LED INTO COURT. SHE COULD FACE 20 YEARS IN PRISON, HER FORMER MOTHER IN LAW SAYS KARELINA WAS VISITING RUSSIA TO SEE FAMILY.

>> IF WE DON'T HELP HER, WE CAN SAY GOODBYE TO HER. IF WE DO NOT PROTECT HER. AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, NOBODY ELSE WILL. >> IT COMES AS PRESIDENT BIDEN PROMISES TO IMPOSE NEW FINANCIAL PENALTIES ON RUSSIA FOR THE DEATH OF PUTIN. CRITIC ALEXEI NAVALNY. THE SANCTIONS ARE.

EXPECTED TO TARGET KREMLIN DEFENSE INDUSTRIES AND OTHER REVENUE SOURCES. >> WE'LL HAVE A MAJOR PACKAGE ANNOUNCED ON FRIDAY. NAVALNY DIED IN PRISON FRIDAY. >> HIS FAMILY CLAIMS HE WAS MURDERED AND ACCUSES THE KREMLIN OF COVERING IT UP, REFUSING TO.

RELEASE HIS BODY. HE WAS A FRIEND AND A PERSON WHO REALLY INVESTED A LOT OF HOPE AND PASSION. NAVALNY'S FRIEND IS NOW SHARING LETTERS. THE TWO RECENTLY EXCHANGED. AND HE SAYS NAVALNY WROTE FROM PRISON ABOUT THE CONDITIONS HE FACED HIS CONCERN ABOUT US POLITICS AND.

HIS LOVE OF TRAVELING. WE TALKED ABOUT HIS FAVORITE PARTS OF LONDON OR, UH, LIKE SOME DIFFERENT STREET FOOD AND DIFFERENT CITIES, UH, SOME MOVIES OR WHATEVER. AND BACK TO THAT FBI INFORMANT, ALEXANDER SMIRNOFF. HE WAS RELEASED ON BOND YESTERDAY. NO WORD YET ON.

HIS COURT DATE. ANDREW. >> ALL RIGHT. THANKS SO MUCH. >> THERE IN THE SOUTH CAROLINA PRIMARY IS THIS SATURDAY. AND NIKKI HALEY IS VOWING TO STAY IN THE RACE. SHE'S STEPPING UP HER ATTACKS ON FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP, WITH POLLS SHOWING HER TRAILING BY NEARLY 30 POINTS.

HALEY SAYS SHE'S NOT AFRAID OF TRUMP'S RETRIBUTION. >> AND I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE. I'M CAMPAIGNING EVERY DAY UNTIL THE LAST PERSON VOTES BECAUSE I BELIEVE IN A BETTER AMERICA AND. A BRIGHTER FUTURE FOR OUR KIDS. >> SHE'S DOWN BY 30, 35 POINTS AND EVERYBODY KNOWS HER. YOU'RE.

NOT SUPPOSED TO LOSE YOUR HOME STATE. SHOULDN'T HAPPEN ANYWAY. AND SHE'S LOSING IT. BIG BIG. I DON'T THINK SHE KNOWS HOW TO GET OUT. ACTUALLY >> MEANWHILE, TRUMP LAST NIGHT DOUBLED DOWN ON HIS THREAT NOT TO PROTECT NATO ALLIES WHOSE DEFENSE SPENDING FALLS SHORT.

TRUMP ACCUSES THEM OF TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THE US. >> TODAY, US PROSECUTORS ARE LAYING OUT THEIR CASE AGAINST WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE IN A LONDON COURTROOM. ASSANGE IS MAKING A LAST DITCH EFFORT TO AVOID BEING EXTRADITED TO THE UNITED STATES TO FACE ESPIONAGE.

CHARGES. HE'S WANTED FOR LEAKING SECRET MILITARY FILES NEARLY 15 YEARS AGO, HIS SUPPORTERS CLAIM THE US WANTS TO PUNISH HIM FOR EXPOSING CRIMINAL ACTS BY THE GOVERNMENT. >> A TRAGIC END TO THE SEARCH FOR A MISSING GIRL IN TEXAS. THE CASE IS RAISING QUESTIONS ABOUT.

THE SUSPECT'S PAST AND WHY HE WAS NOT REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER. HERE'S ABC'S LIONEL MOISE THIS MORNING. >> NEW QUESTIONS ABOUT WHETHER THE DEATH OF AN 11 YEAR OLD GIRL NORTH OF HOUSTON COULD HAVE BEEN PREVENTED AS NEW DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT THE SUSPECT, THE BODY OF.

AUDREY CUNNINGHAM WAS FOUND IN A LOCAL RIVER YESTERDAY AFTER A FIVE DAY SEARCH. POLICE SAY THE RIVER IS ONE PLACE THE SUSPECT, DON STEVEN MCDOUGALL, TOLD AUTHORITIES HE HAD RECENTLY BEEN . >> MY HEART ACHES WITH THIS NEWS AND I EXPRESS WITH MY DEEPEST.

SYMPATHIES AND CONDOLENCES TO EVERYONE WHO KNEW WHO CARED FOR AND LOVED AUDREY. >> WATER LEVELS HAD TO BE LOWERED SO DIVERS COULD REACH AUDREY'S BODY. SHE WAS REPORTED MISSING LAST THURSDAY AFTER FAILING TO CATCH HER BUS TO SCHOOL. INVESTIGATORS SAY.

MCDOUGALL, A FRIEND OF AUDREY'S FATHER WHO LIVED IN A CAMPER BEHIND THEIR HOME, PROMISED TO TAKE HER TO THE BUS THAT MORNING. BUT REFUSED TO TELL INVESTIGATORS WHAT HAPPENED NEXT. MCDOUGALL'S CRIMINAL HISTORY INCLUDES MORE THAN A DOZEN ARRESTS. RECORDS SHOW HE.

WAS INDICTED FOR ATTEMPTED INDECENCY TO A CHILD STEMMING FROM AN INCIDENT IN 2007. THAT CHARGE WOULD HAVE REQUIRED HIM TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER, BUT HE WAS ALLOWED TO PLEAD DOWN TO A LESSER CHARGE OF CHILD ENTICEMENT, AVOIDING SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION. MCDOUGALL.

WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY ON AN UNRELATED CHARGE LAST WEEK, AS AUTHORITIES QUESTIONED HIM IN RECENT DAYS, AUDREY'S MOTHER HELD ON TO HOPE THAT HER GIRL WOULD BE FOUND ALIVE. >> NOT A SINGLE PERSON COULD TAKE ANYTHING BAD ABOUT HER. SHE'S SHE'S NOT A BAD CHILD. SHE.

HAS SO MANY OPPORTUNITIES AHEAD OF HER. >> AN AUTOPSY IS NOW BEING PERFORMED TO DETERMINE HOW AUDREY DIED. MCDOUGALL COULD BE FACING CAPITAL MURDER CHARGES. ANDREW ALLISON LIONEL. >> THANK YOU. TWO MEN HAVE NOW BEEN CHARGED WITH MURDER IN.

CONNECTION WITH LAST WEEK'S SHOOTING AT THE KANSAS CITY CHIEFS SUPER BOWL CELEBRATION. PROSECUTORS SAY THE CHAOS BEGAN AFTER ONE SUSPECT ACCUSED THE OTHER OF STARING AT THEM. TWO JUVENILES WERE ALREADY IN CUSTODY. A RADIO DJ WAS KILLED IN THE GUNFIRE. 22 OTHER PEOPLE.

WERE HURT. >> WE HAVE NEW VIDEO OF SOME TENSE MOMENTS IN THE SKY AND ON THE GROUND. THREE EXAMPLES OF RECENT FLIGHTS THAT DID NOT GO AS PLANNED. THIS MORNING, THE FAA IS INVESTIGATING MULTIPLE MID-AIR INCIDENTS ACROSS THE COUNTRY, INCLUDING IN NEW YORK,.

WHERE THIS SINGLE ENGINE PLANE MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING ON A BUSY LONG ISLAND HIGHWAY. >> VERY, VERY SHOCKING TO SEE A PLANE GO DOWN THE PILOT FACING ENGINE TROUBLE, WAS TRYING TO LAND AT A NEARBY AIRPORT BUT DIDN'T MAKE IT. >> NO ONE IN THE PLANE OR ON THE.

GROUND WAS SERIOUSLY INJURED. MEANWHILE AN AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT WAS FORCED TO RETURN TO ALBUQUERQUE AFTER A MAN ALLEGEDLY TRIED TO OPEN THE PLANE DOOR AFTER TAKEOFF. VIDEOS SHOW PASSENGERS WRESTLING THE MAN TO THE CABIN FLOOR, THEN THEN USING DUCT TAPE TO RESTRAIN.

HIM. BLAZED WAS ONE OF THE FIRST PASSENGERS TO WRESTLE HIM DOWN WHEN HE ALREADY HAD THE SAFETY MECHANISM DOWN. >> HE HAD BOTH HANDS ON THE LEVER AND HE WAS LIKE YANKING IT. AND HE'S A BIG DUDE AND HE HAD IT, YOU KNOW, PRETTY WELL PULLED AND WE I DON'T KNOW IF.

YOU COULD HEAR IT, BUT I COULD HEAR THE ACTUAL DIFFERENCE IN PRESSURE. THERE WAS A WHISTLING. >> THE MAN WAS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY AFTER THE PLANE LANDED. THE FBI IS NOW INVESTIGATING. >> THE PLANE TAKES OFF AND ALL OF A SUDDEN IT HEARS LOUD, LOUD, VIOLENT VIBRATION.

>> WITNESSES ARE ALSO DESCRIBING A MIDAIR SCARE ON THIS UNITED FLIGHT, CUT SHORT AFTER THE WING STARTED TEARING APART. THE PLANE WAS CARRYING 165 PASSENGERS FROM SAN FRANCISCO TO BOSTON, BUT THE CREW MADE AN EMERGENCY LANDING IN DENVER AFTER PASSENGERS SPOTTED THAT DAMAGE TO THE WING.

>> NEXT THING YOU KNOW, THE PILOT COMES ON THE, UH, PA SYSTEM AND ANNOUNCES THAT WE'VE SUSTAINED SOME DAMAGE. >> THE PLANE INVOLVED WAS AN OLDER BOEING 757, AND INVESTIGATORS WILL NOW EXAMINE THE PLANE'S MAINTENANCE RECORDS. >> A HORSE FOUND ITS WAY ONTO A.

PHILADELPHIA HIGHWAY. IT WAS SEEN GALLOPING ON INTERSTATE 95 EARLY YESTERDAY. THE PERSON WHO RECORDED THE VIDEO SAID THE ANIMAL WAS MOVING AT AROUND 25MPH. THE HORSE IS OKAY AND POLICE BELIEVE IT ESCAPED FROM A LOCAL RIDING CLUB. >> HE'S THINKING HE'S FREE. TIME.

NOW FOR YOUR WEDNESDAY WEATHER. >> GOOD MORNING. THE STORM THAT HAS BROUGHT ALL THE RAIN AND SNOW TO CALIFORNIA IS STARTING TO WORK ITS WAY EAST ACROSS THE ROCKIES. AS WE HEAD THROUGHOUT THE DAY WITH MORE MOUNTAIN SNOW THERE. AND THEN IT PUSHES OUT INTO THE PLAINS AS WE HEAD INTO.

THE NIGHTTIME HOURS WITH IT, THE THREAT FOR SEVERE WEATHER BEGINS . THIS IS GOING TO BE SOUTHEASTERN KANSAS INTO NORTHEASTERN OKLAHOMA, STRETCHING ACROSS SOUTHERN MISSOURI AND NORTHERN ARKANSAS, AND BACKED OFF TOWARDS KENTUCKY. ALL THE WHILE, WE'LL BRING.

RAINFALL TO FOR THE LATE WEEK FROM ACCUWEATHER. I'M MELISSA KONSTANZER. >> COMING UP, PAYING MORE FOR TV JUST HOW MUCH THE AVERAGE FAMILY IS NOW PAYING FOR STREAMING SERVICES. >> BUT FIRST, TRAGEDY AT A FLORIDA BEACH. THE DESPERATE.

SEARCH FOR A GIRL TRAPPED UNDER THE SAND. >> AND LATER, WHY THE NEW MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL UNIFORM ARE STRIKING OUT Whenever news breaks, we are here in Israel a nationat war after that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on theground in Ukraine reporting from Lewiston Maine scene of ahorrific mass shooting ABC News.

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What's going on with yourneighbor next door. Do you maybe not could it be that stress from ahome renovation was a motive for murder a killer renovation.It's more Twisted than you want it to be. It's just crazy allnew 2020 Friday night on ABC So Housewives of Beverly Hillsstar Erika Jayne celebrity attorney hum Girardi. This storywas a nuclear explosion today several victims will get achance to finally meet Eric.

Majority and at sort of a lossfor what to say. Did you see the documentary the house wifeand husband? I did I wanted Erica to say I'msorry face-to-face Erica. Why'd it take you so long? the housewife and the Hustlertwo on Hulu From America's number one news,comes the all new ABC News app. If you love being in the no experience, the all new ABC Newsapp downloaded now.

HERE. >> AND WE GOT YOU. >> WE GOT YOU, WE GOT YOU. >> WE'RE BACK WITH NEW VIDEO OF A BUS SLAMMING INTO AN IND PARKS MISSED A UTILITY POLE ON THE SIDEWALK BEFORE CRASHING THROUGH THE BUILDING, TOSSING PASSENGERS AROUND THE BUS SOME TEENAGERS.

INSIDE RAN FOR SAFETY. THANKFULLY, NO ONE WAS HURT. >> NOW TO SOUTH FLORIDA AND THE EMERGENCY AT THE BEACH. RESCUE CREWS DESPERATELY TRYING TO FIND A YOUNG GIRL IN THE SAND THIS MORNING, A DAY AT THE BEACH TURNING TRAGIC. TWO YOUNG CHILDREN, BROTHER AND SISTER.

FALLING INTO THIS SIX FOOT DEEP HOLE IN THE SAND NEAR FORT LAUDERDALE. >> FEMALE ELDER MARY MCKENZIE, BOTH FREED BY FIRSTRILLIONESPONDERS AND RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. >> BUT THE LITTLE GIRL LATER PRONOUNCED DEAD. A WITNESS TELLS.

OUR MIAMI AFFILIATE. THE GIRL WAS TRAPPED UNDER THE SAND FOR 15 MINUTES. I MEAN, YOU SAW GROWN MEN DIGGING WITH SHOVELS AND BUCKETS AND NOBODY COULD FIND HER. >> WE'VE SEEN THESE INCIDENTS BEFORE. >> BACK IN 2022, 18 YEAR OLD.

LEVI CAVOLI DIED AT A BEACH IN NEW JERSEY AFTER BECOMING TRAPPED IN A HOLE HE DUG WITH HIS SISTER. THE TEN FOOT PIT COLLAPSING ON BOTH OF THEM. THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE RECOMMENDS BEACHGOERS AVOID DIGGING DEEPER THAN YOUR KNEES WHEN STANDING INSIDE, AND ALWAYS FILL IN ANY.

HOLE BEFORE LEAVING THE BEACH. BACK IN FLORIDA, THE STUNNED COMMUNITY, REMEMBERING THAT LITTLE GIRL. IT'S JUST HEARTBREAKING THAT THEY WERE JUST PLAYING HARMLESS IN THE SAND. HEARTBREAKING INDEED. OFFICIALS DID NOT DISCUSS THE CONDITION OF THE BOY WHO WAS.

RUSHED TO THE HOSPITAL. AMERICA ANS ARE PAYING A LOT MORE FOR STREAMING SERVICES THAN YOU MIGHT THINK, A NEW SURVEY FINDS THE AVERAGE SUBSCRIBER. NOW PAYS $77 PER MONTH, WHICH IS NEARLY $1,000 PER YEAR JUST FOR STREAMING SERVICES. >> AND ABOUT ONE QUARTER OF.

SUBSCRIBERS NOW PAY AT LEAST $100 PER MONTH. HERE'S ANOTHER THING GETTING MORE EXPENSIVE AMERICAN AIRLINES IS RAISING BAGGAGE FEES. THE FIRST BAGS FOR MOST PASSENGERS WILL NOW COST $35 IN ADVANCE, AND $40 AT THE AIRPORT. THAT'S UP FROM $30. THE AIRLINE BLAMES HIGHER GAS AND.

LABOR COSTS. >> ALL RIGHT, SO TIME TO START WEARING ALL MY CLOTHES. >> DON'T CHECK ANYTHING. >> ALL RIGHT. COMING UP, THE LEGAL BATTLE OVER THE HIT SONG HOTEL CALIFORNIA. GOING TO TRIAL TODAY. >> ALSO AHEAD, THE YOUTUBE HOST.

FAMOUS FOR GIVING PARENTING ADVICE, IS SENTENCED FOR ABUSING HER OWN KIDS. HER TEARFUL Whenever news breaks, we are here in Israel a nationat war after that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on theground in Ukraine reporting from Lewiston Maine scene of ahorrific mass shooting ABC News live is right there everywhereon the scene of that deadly missilestrike and Denis braid, Ukraine.

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Maybe not could it be that stress from ahome renovation was a motive for murder a killer renovation.It's more Twisted than you want it to be. It's just crazy allnew 2020 Friday night on ABC We are here in Israel, a nationat War. We seen tank after tank pouring into this area, this iswhere it all began, but it holds all up a wall with aminutes of the air raid, sirens going off in his sound ofexplosion tonight. Israel waging a fiercebombardment of Gaza Israel,.

Hamas War for Non-Stop livecoverage stream. ABC News live reporting from Southern Israelfrom the frontlines in downtown Ramallah Beirut forever. Thestory is will take you there. So the question is what wouldyou do? Okay, here we go. You saw anexpecting mother struggling to pay her tab. I'm just reallyhungry. If you want charity go to a soup kitchen. Well whatthis man does that she's pregnant guys are not good. I'll make you believe ineveryday hero.

Are you a hero? What would you do if you sawthis? Who's this? I'm his girlfriend. I'm his girlfriendmy kind. What would you do Sunday nightat 10:00 9:00 Central on ABC YOU SAVE AND THEN STAY. WOKE UP TO THE HOTEL CALIFORNIA FOR A TRIAL INVOLVING THE LYRICS TO HOTEL CALIFORNIA IS SET TO BEGIN IN NEW YORK TODAY.

>> THREE MEN ARE ACCUSED OF TRYING TO SELL HANDWRITTEN LINES FROM THE EAGLES ALBUM. GROUP CO-FOUNDER DON HENLEY IS EXPECTED TO BE THE PROSECUTION'S STAR WITNESS. THE DOCUMENTS ARE REPORTEDLY WORTH MORE THAN $1 MILLION. AS WE TURN NOW TO THE UTAH WOMAN FAMOUS FOR GIVING.

PARENTING ADVICE ONLINE. >> BUT INSTEAD OF GIVING ADVICE, SHE'S NOW PREPARING FOR PRISON FOR ABUSING HER OWN CHILDREN. UTAH MOTHER RUBY FRANKIE SHOT TO FAME ON YOUTUBE, SHARING HER STRICT PARENTING TECHNIQUES. >> I'M NOT EVEN GOING TO LET YOU EAT BREAKFAST UNTIL YOU GET YOUR.

CHORES DONE, BUT NOW, AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF DENYING HER TWO CHILDREN FOOD, WATER AND BEDS AND FORCING THEM TO WORK IN EXTREME HEAT, A JUDGE SENTENCED FRANKIE YESTERDAY TO UP TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON FOR ABUSE. >> SHE WEPT IN COURT AS SHE APOLOGIZED TO MY BABIES. MY SIX.

LITTLE CHICKS. >> YOU ARE PART OF ME. >> HOW TERRIFYING. >> THIS MUST HAVE BEEN FOR YOU. YOU ARE. YOU'RE SO PRECIOUS TO ME. I'M SORRY. >> THE JUDGE HANDED DOWN THE SAME SENTENCE TO FRANKIE'S BUSINESS PARTNER, THERAPIST JODI.

HILDEBRANDT. >> YOU TERRORIZED CHILDREN AND THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN TRAGIC. >> PROSECUTORS SAY HILDEBRANDT AND FRANKIE HELD THE TWO KIDS IN HILDEBRAND'S HOME. IN A SETTING COMPARED TO A CONCENTRATION CAMP. EVEN RESTRAINING ONE OF THE KIDS HANDS AND FEET USING.

DUCT TAPE. THE BOY EVENTUALLY ESCAPED TO A NEIGHBOR'S HOME. >> I JUST HAD A 12 YEAR OLD BOY SHOW UP HERE AT MY FRONT DOOR ASKING FOR HELP. HE'S EMACIATED. HE'S GOT TAPE AROUND HIS LEGS. >> FRANKIE'S ESTRANGED HUSBAND WAS IN COURT FOR THE SENTENCING, HIS LAWYER TELLING ABC NEWS.

THESE INJURIES WERE BOTH PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL, AND THE SCARS WILL REMAIN FOR A LIFETIME. FRANKIE CLAIMS HILDEBRANDT MANIPULATED HER THROUGH THEIR MORMON FAITH, A PAROLE BOARD WILL NOW DECIDE EXACTLY HOW LONG THE WOMEN WILL SPEND IN PRISON.

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You're streaming ABC News live. MORNING AMERICA, WE'RE RIGHT HERE. >> AND WE GOT YOU, WE GOT YOU, WE GOT YOU. >> TIME TO CHECK THE PULSE AND WE BEGIN WITH THE UPROAR AT SPRING TRAINING. >> MANY BASEBALL PLAYERS SAY.

NIKE HAS STRUCK OUT WITH ITS NEWLY DESIGNED BASEBALL JERSEYS. THEY'RE MEANT TO BE MORE COMFORTABLE AND BREATHABLE IN THE HEAT, BUT PLAYERS SEE THEY'RE COMPLAINING ABOUT THEM FITTING POORLY AND FEELING FLIMSY. THEY ALSO SAY THE COLORS ARE SLIGHTLY OFF AND THE.

LETTERING MAKES IT HARDER FOR FANS TO READ THEIR NAMES. >> THE PLAYERS UNION IS NOW REPORTEDLY GETTING INVOLVED, SAYING IT WANTS CHANGES MADE BEFORE THE SEASON STARTS. NEXT, A RARE TREASURE TURNING UP AT A THRIFT STORE IN PENNSYLVANIA. >> IT'S A LEGO. BUT THE THING.

IS, IT'S NOT MADE OF PLASTIC. IT'S A 14 CARAT GOLD LEGO MASK. SOMEONE DONATED THE MASK, LEAVING IT INSIDE A BOX FILLED WITH RANDOM JEWELRY. >> IT'S ONE OF ONLY 30 MADE BACK IN 2001 AS A PRIZE IN A CONTEST. IT'S EXPECTED TO FETCH THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS AT AUCTION. AMAZING.

>> NEXT, SOMETHING NEW ON THE MENU AT STARBUCKS? >> HOW ABOUT A PORK LATTE? STARBUCKS CAME UP WITH THIS NEW OFFERING FOR LUNAR NEW YEAR IN CHINA. IT'S ESPRESSO WITH A SHOT OF PORK FLAVORED SAUCE. THE SAVORY LATTE COMES WITH PORK BREAST MEAT AS A GARNISH IN.

CHINA ONLY. >> I CAN'T GO FOR THAT. NEXT, GO AHEAD AND ANSWER TO AN AGE OLD QUESTION. >> DOES DOES BEER BEFORE LIQUOR REALLY MAKE YOU SICKER? >> I THINK SO THE NEW YORK TIMES IS TRYING TO PUT THIS TO REST. IT REPORTS THAT RESEARCHERS IN.

GERMANY EXAMINED THE ISSUE AND DETERMINED ACTUALLY, THERE IS NO DEFINITE SEQUENCE OF DRINKS THAT WILL KEEP YOU HANGOVER FREE. >> THE BEST WAY TO AVOID AN UGLY HANGOVER THE NEXT MORNING, YOU GUESSED IT Kids aren't supposed to die incollege kids aren't supposed to die atall.

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Girlfriend. I'm his girlfriendmy kind. What would you do Sunday nightat 10:00 9:00 Central on ABC So Housewives of Beverly Hillsstar Erika Jayne celebrity attorney hum Girardi. This storywas a nuclear explosion today several victims will get achance to finally meet Eric majority and at sort of a lossfor what to say. Did you see the documentary the house wifeand husband? I did I wanted Erica to say I'msorry face-to-face Erica. Why'd it take you so long?.

The housewife and the Hustlertwo on Hulu Friday he finds his wife facedown in a tub full of rose-colored water. 2020 is allknew. There was something formal going on inside thathouse. Do you really know? What's going on with yourneighbor next door. Do you maybe not could it be that stress from ahome renovation was a motive.

For murder a killer renovation.It's more Twisted than you want it to be. It's just crazy allnew 2020 Friday night on ABC WORKS AND GET BACK AT IT. >> CHECKING MORE TOP STORIES PROSECUTORS SAY THE INFORMANT CHARGED WITH LYING TO THE FBI ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS SON HUNTER, GOT THE ALLEGATIONS FROM RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE.

OFFICIALS. ALEXANDER SMIRNOV IS ACCUSED OF PEDDLING LIES THAT COULD IMPACT THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION. >> BREAKING OVERNIGHT, SYRIAN STATE TELEVISION SAYS AN ISRAELI MISSILE STRIKE HAS HIT A NEIGHBORHOOD IN THE CAPITAL OF DAMASCUS, A PRO-GOVERNMENT RADIO.

STATION CLAIMED MISSILES HIT A BUILDING NEAR AN IRANIAN SCHOOL AND CAUSED CASUALTIES. ISRAEL DID NOT IMMEDIATELY COMMENT ON THOSE REPORTS. >> HOUTHI REBELS, SUPPORTED BY IRAN, ARE STILL TERRORIZING SHIPS AROUND THE RED SEA, DESPITE WEEKS OF PUNISHING US.

AIRSTRIKES. THE PENTAGON SAYS THE MILITANTS ATTACKS ARE BECOMING MORE SOPHISTICATED. THEY EVEN SHOT DOWN A US DRONE THIS WEEK. >> TODAY'S WEATHER MOSTLY CLEAR AND MILD FROM THE EAST COAST ALL THE WAY TO THE PLAINS. HEAVY SNOW IN THE ROCKIES AS.

CALIFORNIA'S LATEST STORM MOVES EAST AND FINALLY, THE PERSONAL TRAINER. REDEFINING FITNESS. >> HE SPOKE TO OUR DANNY NEW WASN'T GOING TO GO ON BIG DOG. >> YOU GOT A NAPPY BOY. YOU'RE GETTING HEAVY. YOU ARE FEEDING HIM BEFORE GIOVINO MCLEAN CAN CREATE A WORKOUT FOR SOMEONE.

>> FIRST, HE MUST ANSWER THIS. >> CAN I GIVE YOU THAT MUCH FUN AND ENERGY AND LAUGHTER AND JOY WHERE YOU ACTUALLY FORGET THAT YOU'RE EXERCISING? >> SO ON? OH YEAH. >> GIOVINO OWNS A GYM CALLED THE J SEVEN HEALTH CENTER IN MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, BUT HE.

SPENDS MOST OF HIS TIME WITH HIS LIFE MISSION OFFERING FREE TRAINING SESSIONS TO PEOPLE WHO MAY NEED A MORE PERSONALIZED EXERCISE PLAN. >> I'M NEVER GOING TO TAKE A PENNY OFF ANYBODY DISABLED OR ELDERLY. ALL I WANT THEM IS TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING AMAZING.

WITH ME. WITH TREVINO'S PERSONALIZED EXERCISES FOR EACH PERSON. >> SOMETIMES YOU MAY FIND YOURSELF POPPING BALLOONS. >> GIVE ME MY GIVE ME MY BISCUITS, GIVE ME MY BISCUITS OR CRAWLING ON THE OCEAN FLOOR. I'M NOT GOING TO BREAK DOWN THE.

SCIENCE TO HIM. ALL HE NEEDS TO KNOW THAT HIM AND HIS BIG BROTHER ARE PRETENDING TO BE TWO FISH, AND WE'RE TRYING TO GET THE BISCUITS. BOOM BOOM. GO ON GIRL, FREE. >> NOT SURPRISINGLY, MANY OF GAVINO'S VIDEOS HAVE NOW GONE VIRAL ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH CAN.

LEAD TO SCHEDULING CONFLICTS. YOU MUST HAVE SOME WAIT LIST, THOUGH. >> OH IT'S HUGE DON. IT'S HUGE. CONCENTRATE AND TAKE YOUR TIME. >> BUT EVEN THOUGH GIOVINO HAS A JAM PACKED SCHEDULE, NOW, I WOULDN'T CHANGE IT FOR THE WORLD.

>> BROTHER, I WOULDN'T BECAUSE I KNOW GIVING PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT OF HAPPINESS CAN GO SO FAR. >> BY THE WAY, GUYS, BEFORE GIOVINO OPENED HIS GYM, HE WAS ACTUALLY A PROFESSIONAL CRICKET PLAYER. BUT REALLY FOUND HELPING PEOPLE TO BE EVEN MORE FULFILLING.

>> ALL RIGHT, OUR DANNY NEUMAYR THANK YOU. THAT'S WHAT'S MAK >> IT'S WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 21ST. ONE DISSIDENT IS DEAD NOW. WILL MORE RISE IN HIS PLACE? >> WE START HERE. THE FAMILY OF ALEXEI NAVALNY VOWS TO CHALLENGE VLADIMIR.

PUTIN. SHE SAID THE KREMLIN HAS KILLED HALF OF ME, BUT THE OTHER HALF IS STILL ALIVE. BUT IS A NEWLY EMBOLDENED PUTIN NOW PLANNING TO BREAK THE SPIRITS OF 40 MILLION UKRAINIANS TO. IT PAYS TO DISCOVER A DEEP.

POCKETED BUYER. CAPITAL ONE AND DISCOVER ARE BANKING ON AMERICANS CONTINUING TO PUT A LOT ON THEIR CARDS. A HUGE MERGER IN THE WORLD OF CREDIT CARDS. EXPLAIN WHAT IT MEANS FOR YOU. AND IF LIFE BEGINS.

AT CONCEPTION OR CLINICS COMMITTING MASS MURDER. WE'RE JUST GOING THROUGH IT TO WANT AND HOPE FOR A FAMILY. A RULING FROM ALABAMA THREATENS THE ENTIRE IN-VITRO INDUSTRY. FOR ABC NEWS, THIS IS “START HERE” I'M BRAD MIELKE, WHEN.

THE RUSSIAN DISSIDENT ALEXEI NAVALNY DIED IN A RUSSIAN PRISON IN THE WASTELANDS KNOWN AS NORTHERN SIBERIA, IT COULD BE TAKEN A COUPLE OF WAYS. ONE WAY WAS FOR PEOPLE TO SAY, YEAH, OF COURSE, THIS WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.

NAVALNY IS THE MOST VISIBLE CHALLENGER TO VLADIMIR PUTIN'S POWER. PUTIN PURPORTEDLY HAS A HISTORY OF KILLING HIS ENEMIES. WHAT ELSE WOULD YOU EXPECT? >> BUT SOME SAID, WELL, ACTUALLY, THE FACT THAT IT'S HAPPENING NOW TELLS YOU YOU.

NEED TO KNOW ABOUT VLADIMIR PUTIN. THINK ABOUT IT. A YEAR AGO, HE WAS FACING A POTENTIAL COUP ATTEMPT. NOW HE'S FEELING EMBOLDENED. UKRAINE WAS INFLICTING SERIOUS DAMAGE ON RUSSIAN TROOPS. NOW IS HAVING TROUBLE GETTING.

FUNDING FROM ITS ALLIES LIKE THE U.S.. WELL, IF ALL OF THAT IS REDUCING THE PRESSURE ON PUTIN FROM WITHIN, YESTERDAY, NAVALNY'S FAMILY TRIED TO RATCHET THAT PRESSURE BACK UP. LET'S GO TO ABC'S FOREIGN.

CORRESPONDENT, PATRICK REEVELL, WHO'S IN UKRAINE RIGHT NOW WHERE HE'S FOLLOWING ALL THIS. PATRICK, FIRST OFF, WHAT KIND OF REACTIONS ARE WE SEEING TO NAVALNY'S DEATH, BOTH AMONG HIS FAMILY, SOME OF WHOM ARE OUTSIDE RUSSIA THIS POINT, AND ALSO JUST REGULAR.

PEOPLE WITHIN THE COUNTRY. HI, BRAD. YEAH, I THINK WHAT WE'RE SEEING IN RUSSIA ACTUALLY ILLUSTRATES VERY WELL WHAT YOU WERE TALKING ABOUT, THAT MOMENT. PUTIN IS VERY IN CONTROL COMPARED TO HOW HE WAS JUST UNDER A YEAR AGO.

>> I'M SO SAD. I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY. I MEAN, THAT WAS THE HOPE ON OUR FUTURE AND NOW I FEEL THAT OUR HOPE IS THAT WE ARE SEEING PEOPLE TRYING TO MOURN NAVALNY'S DEATH AND TRYING TO SHOW DISSENT AROUND IT AND ANGER AROUND IT.

BUT ALL THEY'RE DOING IS GOING TO THESE MONUMENTS IN RUSSIAN CITIES AND TRYING TO LAY FLOWERS QUIETLY. >> AND EVEN THERE THEY'RE BEING DRAGGED AWAY BY RUSSIAN POLICE . AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, THAT THE THING THAT WE'RE ALSO SEEING.

IS THAT ALL OF RUSSIA'S OPPOSITION IS NOW TRYING TO WORK OUT HOW DO THEY CONTINUE? HOW DO THEY EXIST WITH THIS HUGE. YOU KNOW, THE LEADERSHIP OF THE OPPOSITION HAS BEEN DECAPITATED .

WOW. THAT JUST ISN'T ANYONE REMOTELY OF SAME STATURE OF NAVALNY, EXCEPT PERHAPS NOW PEOPLE ARE SAYING FOR HIS WIFE, YULIA. AND PEOPLE, OF COURSE, WONDERED WHAT WOULD SHE DO AFTER HE DIED BECAUSE OF NAVALNY'S STORY, REALLY HAS ALWAYS BEEN THIS.

EXTRAORDINARY LOVE STORY WITH HIS WIFE. AND WHAT WE'VE SEEN, YOU KNOW, IMMEDIATELY AFTER HIS DEATH, SHE HAS STOOD UP AND STARTED CAMPAIGNING. >> YOU KNOW, WE SHOULD NOT BE HERE. I SHOULD NOT BE RECORDING THIS.

VIDEO. ANOTHER PERSON SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE WHERE I AM NOW. BUT VLADIMIR PUTIN KILLED THIS MAN. SHE MADE THIS VIDEO SAYING I WILL TAKE HIS PLACE AND TELLING PEOPLE TO JOIN WITH HER, JOIN WITH HER IN HER.

ANGER AND SAY SHE WILL CONTINUE HIS FIGHT. SHE SAID THE KREMLIN HAS KILLED HALF OF ME, BUT THE OTHER HALF IS STILL ALIVE AND WE WILL KEEP FIGHTING. >> TO BE HONEST, I THINK I NEVER REALLY CONSIDERED THAT HE MIGHT ACTUALLY BE.

KILLED IN THERE. THE NEW YORK TIMES PUBLISHED A NUMBER OF THESE LETTERS THAT WAS SENT BY ALEXEI NAVALNY TO HIS COLLEAGUES AND SUPPORTERS. AND I HAVE SINCE SEEN SOME OF THESE LETTERS. I SPOKE WITH A PHOTOGRAPHER.

WHO WORKED FOR NAVALNY FROM ONE POINT OF VIEW. OBVIOUSLY, HE WAS, YOU KNOW, IN TERRIBLE CONDITIONS. AND THEY WERE GETTING WORSE AND WORSE. YOU KNOW, THEY GET THIS REMARKABLE GLIMPSE INTO HIS STATE OF MIND AND INTO.

HIS WORLD WHILE HE WAS BEING HELD IN PRISON AND REALLY JUST SHOW HIS EXTRAORDINARY ENERGY, WHICH REALLY WAS JUST ONE OF HIS FEATURES. HE'S JUST FASCINATED BY EVERYTHING THAT'S GOING ON. HE ASKS ABOUT THE OUTSIDE WORLD AN AWFUL LOT, BUT HE ALSO.

OBVIOUSLY TRIES TO CONVEY A LITTLE BIT OF WHAT PRISON LIFE IS LIKE ALWAYS WITH HIS HUMOR, HE'S ALWAYS HAS THIS VERY DARK HUMOR, JUST MAKING FUN OF THE WHOLE SYSTEM, REALLY. BUT HE HAS THIS ONE PARTICULAR LINE THAT DID STICK OUT.

TO PEOPLE. I THINK WHERE HE SAID, YOU KNOW, THE THING ABOUT THE GUARDS IS IF THEY WERE ORDERED TO GIVE ME RED CAVIAR TODAY, THEY WOULD DO IT EQUALLY. >> IF THEY WERE ORDERED TO STRANGLE ME IN MY CELL, THEY WOULD DO THAT, TOO.

AND JUST REFLECTING, YOU KNOW, A TOTAL CONTROL THE AUTHORITIES HAVE OVER OVER THERE AND THE TOTAL LAWLESSNESS THAT EXISTS WITHIN THE PRISONS. >> AND OF COURSE, THERE'S STILL THE QUESTION OF WHETHER THIS WAS PURPOSEFUL OR NOT. THE U.S. CLEARLY SEEMS TO THINK.

IT WAS LIKE MOST OBSERVERS WE'VE TALKED TO, THE U.S., WE'VE LEARNED, HAS PLANS TO SANCTION RUSSIA OVER NAVALNY'S DEATH. I MEAN, WHAT FORM WOULD THAT TAKE AND WOULD IT MAKE A DIFFERENCE, I GUESS? I THINK IT'S A VERY.

GOOD QUESTION BECAUSE, YOU KNOW ,RUSSIA IS ALREADY EXTREMELY HEAVILY SANCTIONED BECAUSE OF THE WAR HERE IN UKRAINE. YOU KNOW, THE U.S. ALREADY TRIED TO IMPOSE WHAT IT CONSIDERED TO BE A SORT OF DOOMSDAY SANCTIONS ON THE RUSSIAN ECONOMY.

I MEAN, THE TRUTH IS THAT OVER THE COURSE OF THE WAR, THEY HAVE STARTED TO BECOME A LOT MORE POROUS. YOU KNOW, THE RUSSIANS ADAPTED TO THEM TO A GREAT DEGREE, AND THEY'RE NOT BEING ENFORCED ENOUGH. I THINK ONE INTERESTING THING.

WE'RE SEEING FROM NAVALNY'S SUPPORTERS IS THIS DEMAND THAT THE U.S. AND EUROPEAN COUNTRIES SHOULD BASICALLY TAKE THESE 300 BILLION DOLLARS WORTH OF RUSSIAN ASSETS THAT HAVE BEEN FROZEN SINCE THE START OF THE WAR AND THEY SHOULD CONFISCATE THEM AND THEY SHOULD.

THEM TO UKRAINE AS REPARATIONS. AND THEY SAY THAT WOULD ACTUALLY BE A REAL PUNISHMENT FOR RUSSIA AND WOULD BE SOMETHING THAT ACTUALLY HURTS IT, BECAUSE OTHERWISE, JUST REPEATING THESE SORT OF SANCTIONS ON INDIVIDUALS, ETCETERA, IT'S HARD TO SEE.

HOW THAT IS GOING TO BE REALLY SIGNIFICANT FOR PUTIN'S REGIME. YET LET'S TALK ABOUT THE WAR IN UKRAINE, PATRICK. >> I MEAN, YOU'RE THERE RIGHT NOW. YOU'VE BEEN GOING AROUND THE COUNTRY TRYING TO GET A SENSE OF WHAT THE WAR.

IS LIKE. DOES IT LOOK LIKE PUTIN HAS REASONS TO BE EMBOLDENED THERE AS WELL? WHAT ARE YOU SEEING ON THE GROUND? YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. I MEAN, I THINK THIS HAS BEEN A VERY GOOD WEEK FOR VLADIMIR.

PUTIN, REALLY, BECAUSE THE KEY CITY OF AVDIIVKA, WHICH RUSSIA HAS BEEN TRYING TO TAKE FOR THE LAST SEVERAL MONTHS, FINALLY FELL TO RUSSIAN FORCES AND THEY SUFFERED ENORMOUS LOSSES. >> BUT THEY DID MANAGE TO DO IT.

>> AND IN PART THAT'S BECAUSE RIGHT NOW WE'RE SEEING VERY SEVERE AMMUNITIONS SHORTAGES START TO REALLY BITE IN UKRAINE BECAUSE OF THE HOLD UP IN AMERICAN AID, BECAUSE OF THIS DEADLOCK IN CONGRESS. WE ARE COUNTING ON THIS POSITIVE DECISION OF THE.

CONGRESS FOR US, THIS PACKAGE IS VITAL. >> RUSSIA'S NOT ONLY MANAGED TO TAKE AVDIIVKA, BUT IT'S NOW LAUNCHED A NEW OFFENSIVE IN THE SOUTH AS WELL. IT'S ALSO ON THE OFFENSIVE IN THE. AND UKRAINIAN FORCES SIMPLY.

ARE HAVING TO RATION AMMUNITION . NOW, THEY DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TO BE TRYING TO DISPERSE THE RUSSIANS IN SAME WAY. WHEN WE SPEAK TO PEOPLE HERE, THE ATMOSPHERE IS VERY DIFFERENT. PEOPLE ARE FRIGHTENED.

PEOPLE ARE AFRAID THAT IF MORE U.S. AID ISN'T COMING, THEN WHAT WE'VE SEEN IN AVDIIVKA, WHERE EVENTUALLY THE RUSSIANS JUST STEAMROLLED THROUGH BY JUST DESTROYING EVERYTHING, IS GOING TO HAPPEN TO EACH IN THEIR PATH IN THE EAST AND THINGS ARE JUST GOING.

TO GET WORSE AND WORSE. >> I THINK THERE'S NO QUESTION. I MEAN, OF COURSE, VLADIMIR PUTIN IS TRYING TO PROJECT CONFIDENCE RIGHT NOW AND HIS POSITION DOES REMAIN PRETTY SHAKY JUST BECAUSE OF THE EXTREME NATURE WHERE HE'S FOUND HIMSELF.

BUT ON THE OTHER HAND, COMPARED TO HOW HE WAS AROUND A YEAR AGO, HE'S LOOKING A LOT, LOT MORE STRONG. WELL, YEAH. AND IF WE'RE TALKING ABOUT AN EMBOLDENED VLADIMIR PUTIN, AGAIN, YOU'RE SEEING IT AT HOME .

>> HE IS NOW ARRESTED WHAT APPEARS TO BE ANOTHER AMERICAN CITIZEN. WE'VE TALKED HOW THERE ARE SO MANY ARRESTS OF AMERICANS THAT ARE ALMOST INTENDED TO BE USED AS HOSTAGES BARGAINING CHIPS. THIS TIME AN AMERICAN DUAL.

NATIONAL. SHE'S ALSO A RUSSIAN CITIZEN, WAS ARRESTED THERE IN THE SAME AREA THAT WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTER EVAN GERSHKOVICH WAS DETAINED. LET'S SEE WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. PATRICK REEVELL IN, KYIV. THANK YOU.

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KEEPS STREAMING WITH ABC NEWS LIVE. >> NEW MUSIC OF ALL THE MAJOR CREDIT CARD COMPANIES IN THIS COUNTRY. >> I OFTEN FEEL LIKE DISCOVER CARDS ARE TREATED LIKE THEY'RE AT THE KIDS TABLE. IT PAYS TO DISCOVER THE CARD.

WITH THE BIG PAYBACK. FOR YEARS, IT'S BEEN CONSIDERED THE ACCESSIBLE OPTION. DOESN'T CARRY A LOT OF THE FEES THAT OTHER CARDS WITH THEM. BUT COUNTERINTUITIVELY, THIS ACCESSIBLE OPTION ISN'T ALWAYS ACCEPTED EVERYWHERE. WELL, YESTERDAY DISCOVER JOINED.

FORCES WITH A CREDIT CARD COMPANY THAT YOU DO SEE ABSOLUTELY EVERYWHERE. MAY I, PLEASE? WITH A CAPITAL ONE VENTURE CARD, YOU WERE AN UNLIMITED IN DOUBLE MILES EVERYWHERE. THAT'S RIGHT. CAPITAL ONE WITH ITS SLICK.

JENNIFER GARNER LED SPOKESPERSON GANG IS BUYING DISCOVER. ABC'S BUSINESS CORRESPONDENT ALEXIS PISTORIUS JOINS US. >> ALEXIS, WHAT DO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS DEAL? THIS DEAL IS ABOUT TO SHAKE UP.

THE PAYMENTS INDUSTRY AS WE KNOW IT. IT'S ONE OF THE LARGEST, IF NOT THE LARGEST CREDIT CARD MERGER IN HISTORY. CAPITAL ONE WILL BE BUYING DISCOVER FOR $35 BILLION. >> IT'S FAR FROM BEING A DONE DEAL, THOUGH.

YOU STILL HAVE BANK REGULATORS AND SHAREHOLDERS WHO NEED TO SIGN OFF. AND IF AND WHEN IT HAPPENS, IT WOULDN'T BE UNTIL LATER THIS YEAR OR EARLY NEXT YEAR. >> WHY NOW? BECAUSE DISCOVER HAS BEEN AROUND A WHILE.

>> CAPITAL ONE'S BEEN AROUND A WHILE. WHY IS THIS THE MOMENT FOR THEM? >> IT COULD BE BECAUSE OF THE CREDIT CARD USAGE WE'RE SEEING BY AMERICANS. I MEAN, MORE AND MORE PEOPLE ARE LEANING ON THEIR.

CREDIT CARDS BECAUSE OF HIGH PRICES. THEY'RE LEANING ON CREDIT CARDS. UNFORTUNATELY, JUST TO MAKE ENDS MEET OR TO BUY THE BASICS, WHICH IS ONE OF THE REASONS WHY YOUR AVERAGE MONTHLY CREDIT CARD BALANCE IS NOW OVER.

$6,000. AND WE'RE ALSO SEEING DELINQUENCY RATES ARE START TO RISE FOR THINGS LIKE CREDIT CARD PAYMENTS AND AUTO LOANS, WHICH COULD BE A TROUBLING SORT OF RED FLAGS FOR THE OVERALL ECONOMY. BUT BASICALLY WHAT THIS MERGER.

IS TELLING US IS. CAPITAL ONE AND DISCOVER ARE BANKING ON AMERICANS CONTINUING TO PUT A LOT ON THEIR CARDS, ARE CONTINUING TO CARRY HIGH BALANCES AND FOR MANY OF THEM TO BE DELINQUENT WITH PAYMENT BECAUSE THAT'S A BIG MONEYMAKER FOR THESE.

COMPANIES. >> WHEN PEOPLE ARE LATE WITH PAYMENTS AND THE CHARGES THAT THEY THAT THEY HAVE TO CHARGE THESE CUSTOMERS, THE INTEREST RATES THAT THEY HAVE TO PAY. REMEMBER, WE HAVE INTEREST RATES RIGHT NOW NEAR A RECORD.

HIGH FOR CREDIT CARDS, SOMEWHERE AROUND 23%, DEPENDING ON THE CREDIT CARD ISSUER. SO THAT IS A LOT MONEY ON THE TABLE FOR THESE COMPANIES. >> AND SO AS FAR AS WHY WE SHOULD CARE, LIKE WHY THE REST OF US SHOULD I GET WHY.

YOU CARE, BUT WHY THE REST OF IS THAT SORT OF IT? >> BECAUSE IT'S NOT LIKE EVERY CAPITAL ONE VISA NOW TURNS INTO A CAPITAL ONE DISCOVER CARD, RIGHT? SO LIKE WHAT THE IMPACT ON CONSUMERS. >> I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT THIS.

IS GOING TO MEAN MORE CHOICE FOR CONSUMERS. I MEAN, AT THE END OF THE DAY, THIS IS CONSOLIDATION IN THE CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY. YOU WOULD THINK THAT THESE TWO COMPANIES COMING TOGETHER, THEIR RESOURCES WOULD MEAN A BIGGER AND BETTER OPTIONS FOR.

CONSUMERS. >> IT MIGHT MEAN THAT IN WAY OF REWARDS BECAUSE BOTH CARDS DISCOVER AND CAPITAL ONE HAVE DIFFERENT VERY DIFFERENT REWARDS PROGRAMS. DISCOVER BE MORE OF A CASH BACK REWARD. BUT CAPITAL ONE HAS LONG HAD.

A BUSINESS MODEL OF LOOKING FOR CUSTOMERS WHO WILL KEEP A BALANCE ON THEIR CARDS, REALLY AIMING FOR CUSTOMERS WITH LOWER CREDIT SCORES THAN AMERICAN EXPRESS OR EVEN DISCOVER FOR THAT MATTER. DISCOVER'S CUSTOMERS ARE CARRYING OVER $100 BILLION.

IN BALANCES ON THEIR CREDIT CARDS. THAT IS UP JUST 13% FROM A YEAR AGO. AND THAT'S JUST DISCOVER. BUT I'M NOT CONVINCED THAT BIGGER IS BETTER. I MEAN, WHEN YOU LOOK AT THE LANDSCAPE OF INTEREST RATES.

RIGHT NOW FOR CREDIT CARDS, THE LARGER BANKS ARE THE ONES CHARGING THE HIGHER RATES. >> SO TYPICALLY, IF YOU HAVE A LOWER CREDIT SCORE, YOU'RE GOING TO GET A BETTER CREDIT CARD DEAL AT A SMALLER BANK, WHICH WILL AFFORD YOU A LOWER INTEREST RATE.

SO WHEN THESE TWO COMPANIES COME TOGETHER AND CREATE THIS BEHEMOTH IN THE CREDIT CARD INDUSTRY, YOU KNOW, ARE THEY GOING TO HAVE COMPETITIVE INTEREST RATES FOR CONSUMERS? >> THAT'S YET TO BE SEEN. YEAH, IT'S INTERESTING. I WANT TO HEAR WHAT YOU THINK.

ABOUT THE CHANCES REGULATORY APPROVAL. RIGHT. BECAUSE LIKE YOU SAID, IT HAD TO CLEAR FEDERAL REGULATORS USUALLY THE ANTI-TRUST PROBLEMS ARISE WHEN LIKE TWO COMPANIES DO THE SAME THING AND NOW THEY'RE FORMING ONE HUGE.

COMPANY. >> THESE COMPANIES ARE KIND OF DIFFERENT, RIGHT, IN THAT LIKE THERE'S IN THE CORNER OF YOUR CAR, THERE'S VISA OR MASTERCARD OR AMERICAN EXPRESS OR DISCOVER, AND THEN YOU CAN HAVE CAPITAL VERSIONS OF SOME OF THOSE THINGS, RIGHT?.

SO DO THEY CROSS OVER? THEY'RE DIFFERENT ENOUGH THAT REGULATORS WILL PROBABLY SIGN OFF ON THE DEAL, ALTHOUGH THERE WILL BE A LOT OF SCRUTINY. YOU KNOW, IN JUNE OF 2023, WE SAW A REGULATION SORT OF TIGHTEN AMONGST THE BANKS.

AND THESE TWO COMING TOGETHER WOULD CREATE THE SIXTH LARGEST U.S. BANK IN TERMS OF ASSETS. AND REMEMBER, THE BANKING PROBLEMS WE HAD IN THIS COUNTRY WHEN WE SAW A NUMBER OF SMALLER, MID-SIZED BANKS SHUT DOWN NOT THAT LONG AGO. >> SO YOU CAN BET THIS IS GOING.

TO BE CLOSELY LOOKED AT BY REGULATORS. BUT THERE ARE ENOUGH DIFFERENCES HERE THAT REGULATORS MAY ACTUALLY GIVE IT THE GREEN LIGHT, BECAUSE YOU HAVE DISCOVER IS REALLY MORE OF A PAYMENT NETWORK.

>> IT GETS A MAJOR CREDIT CARD PARTNER WITH CAPITAL ONE. CAPITAL ONE IS A CREDIT CARD ISSUER AT THE END OF THE DAY. AND SO HAVING ACCESS TO DISCOVER'S PAYMENT NETWORK WILL HELP CAPITAL ONE BETTER COMPETE WITH VISA, MASTERCARD AND AMERICAN EXPRESS.

SO I THINK THERE THERE ISN'T AS MUCH OVERLAP AS YOU MIGHT THINK. >> AND BECAUSE OF THAT, IT WILL PROBABLY PASS WITH U.S. REGULATORS. ALL RIGHT, ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS REALLY HELPFUL. >> THANK YOU SO MUCH.

YOU BET. WE'VE DONE A BUNCH OF STORIES ABOUT HOW DELICATE THE PROCESS IT IS TO SUSTAIN LIFE IN A LAB. THINK ABOUT SOMEONE WHO'S FREEZING THEIR EGGS OR EVEN FERTILIZED EMBRYOS TO BE IMPLANTED LATER. IN-VITRO FERTILIZATION CLINICS.

HAVE TO KEEP EVERYTHING TO A REALLY PRECISE PANDERED OR RISK THESE PRECIOUS EMBRYOS BEING DESTROYED. SOMETIMES SOMETHING GOES WRONG, WHICH IS TRAGIC FOR EVERYONE INVOLVED. THE STAKES ARE REALLY HIGH. LAST WEEK, IN A SURPRISE.

RULING, THE STATE SUPREME COURT OF ALABAMA RAISED THE STAKES EVEN HIGHER. THEY SAID EVERY TIME ONE OF THESE EMBRYOS IS DESTROYED, THAT SHOULD BE TREATED LIKE THE DEATH OF A CHILD. BUT THE PEOPLE IN CHARGE OF THEM SHOULD BE PUNISHED.

AS SUCH. ABC'S ELIZABETH SCHULZE HAS BEEN TRACKING THIS. ELIZABETH. I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW THIS CASE WAS ON THE DOCKET UNTIL I SAW THIS RULING. >> WHAT HAPPENED HERE? YOU KNOW, THIS REALLY WAS.

A FIRST OF ITS KIND DECISION FROM ALABAMA SUPREME COURT BRAD . AND AT QUESTION HERE IS A CASE THAT INVOLVED A PATIENT WHO HAD MANAGED TO GET ACCESS TO A FREEZER THAT WAS STORING FROZEN EMBRYOS AT AN ALABAMA FERTILITY CLINIC.

THE PATIENT SOMEHOW PICKED UP THOSE MULTIPLE EMBRYOS FROM THE FREEZER, ACTUALLY FREEZE, BURNED THEIR HANDS, AND MISTAKENLY DROPPED AND DESTROYED THOSE EMBRYOS. SO THEN MULTIPLE COUPLES ENDED UP SUING, SAYING THAT THAT PATIENT SHOULD BE HELD LIABLE.

AND WHAT THE STATE'S SUPREME COURT SAID IS THAT INDEED, THAT PERSON CAN BE HELD LIABLE IN A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT. WHAT THE COURT WAS SAYING IS THAT FROZEN EMBRYOS QUALIFY AS CHILDREN, THAT UNBORN CHILDREN, CHILDREN WITHOUT EXCEPTION, BASED.

ON THE DEVELOPMENTAL STAGE THAT THEY'RE IN. NOTABLY AND IN A CONCURRING OPINION TO BRAD, THERE WERE FLOWERY WORDS FROM THE CHIEF JUSTICE OF ALABAMA SUPREME COURT WHO QUOTED THE BIBLE. HE TALKED ABOUT THE SANCTITY OF UNBORN LIFE.

AND WE SPOKE TO LAWYERS IN ALABAMA WHO HAVE CONCERNS ABOUT THIS. >> AT THIS POINT, THERE IS NO DECISION ON WHEN A PHYSICIAN OR A CLINIC CAN CONCLUDE STORING THESE EMBRYOS. SO THEY ARE POTENTIALLY LIABLE FOR THE WRONGFUL DEATH OF AN.

EMBRYO AFTER THE PARENTS HAVE PASSED. >> THIS CREATES A NEW LANDSCAPE FOR THE LAW WHERE ESSENTIALLY EMBRYOS ARE TREATED AS PEOPLE. >> WELL, I REMEMBER HEARING CONCERNS FROM PEOPLE WHEN WHEN ROE V. WADE WAS OVERTURNED THAT LIKE THIS COULD ALSO.

AFFECT YOU. >> LIFE GIVING PROCEDURES LIKE IN VITRO FERTILIZATION. I MEAN, IS THIS ABOUT ABORTION. IS THIS ABOUT FERTILITY CLINICS? BECAUSE I IMAGINE IT WOULD HAVE CONSEQUENCES FOR BOTH. >> RIGHT.

AND OF COURSE, THE BACKDROP OF THIS, BRAD, IS THAT WE HAVE SEEN A GROWING NUMBER OF STATES IMPOSE RESTRICTIONS ON ABORTION, ON WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS IN THE WAKE OF THE SUPREME COURT, OVERTURNING ROE V. WADE AND JUNE 2022, AND ALABAMA,.

AS ONE STATE THAT HAS SOME OF THE MOST STRINGENT RESTRICTIONS, IT HAS A TOTAL BAN ON ABORTION. BUT THIS CASE REALLY IS ABOUT AND THE QUESTION HERE IS REALLY WHETHER PATIENTS FAMILIES, COUPLES WHO HAVE STRUGGLED TO GET PREGNANT WILL BE ABLE.

TO ACCESS IVF IN THE FUTURE BECAUSE OF THIS RULING DETERMINED. DOCTORS ARE SAYING THAT BECAUSE THEY COULD BE HELD LIABLE BASICALLY FOR DOING THEIR JOBS . >> RIGHT, IT'S LIKELY THEY'RE NOT GOING TO WANT TO DO.

THOSE JOBS WHERE CONCERN THAT THIS RULING HAS FAR-REACHING CONSEQUENCES FOR WHAT WE FEEL IS SAFE TO FREEZE AND SAFE TO DISCARD. AND KEEP IN MIND THAT PEOPLE GOING THROUGH IVF OFTEN FREEZE MULTIPLE EMBRYOS. I MEAN, YOU WANT TO MAXIMIZE.

THE LIKELIHOOD OF GETTING PREGNANT SO OFTEN THERE ARE EMBRYOS THAT AREN'T USED. AND THE QUESTION IS THEN WHAT DO YOU DO WITH THOSE? AND IS THE PERSON, WHETHER IT'S THE CLINIC, THE DOCTOR, IS IT THE FAMILY'S DECISION FOR HOW TO DISCARD THOSE?.

RIGHT. IF YOU'RE THEN POTENTIALLY FACING A WRONGFUL DEATH LAWSUIT, THAT REALLY CREATES A DILEMMA. AND DOCTORS ARE SAYING THIS COULD NOT ONLY MAKE IT HARDER TO GET ACCESS TO IVF, IT COULD INCREASE THE PRICE OF IVF.

IN THE STATE OF ALABAMA AND ULTIMATELY MAKE SOME CLINICS BE FORCED TO SHUT DOWN ALTOGETHER. >> I WAS ALREADY THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS INVESTED INTO IT AND EMOTIONALLY INVESTED, AND IT WAS HEARTBREAKING TO SPEAK WITH ONE WOMAN.

>> HER NAME WAS GABY O'DELL. HER AND HER HUSBAND HAD SUFFERED FROM THREE MISCARRIAGES OVER THE PAST YEAR. THEY ACTUALLY LIVED IN TEXAS AND THEN RECENTLY MOVED TO ALABAMA. AND THEY ARE IN THE MIDDLE.

OF AN IVF CYCLE RIGHT NOW AS THIS SUPREME COURT DECISION CAME DOWN. AND BRAD, SHE WAS SAYING HOW THIS IS THE LAST THING SHE WANTED TO HEAR. I TRULY I WANTED TO SCREAM. I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO. I WERE JUST GOING THROUGH IT.

TO WANT AND HOPE FOR A FAMILY. AND THAT SHOULD IT BE, YOU KNOW, CHASTISED IN ANY WAY. >> AND HER MESSAGE TO LAWMAKERS IN THE STATE WAS, WHY ARE YOU MAKING IT MORE DIFFICULT FOR ME TO HAVE A FAMILY IF THIS IS THE ONLY WAY THAT I CAN DO IT? IS THAT THE END OF THIS THEN,.

ELIZABETH? THIS IS THE HIGHEST COURT IN ALABAMA. BASICALLY, WHAT THIS DID IS CLEAR THE WAY FOR THAT CASE THAT YOU MENTIONED, THE BEGINNING TO MOVE FORWARD. SO THAT COULD NOW GO TO TRIAL IN THIS REALLY FIRST OF ITS.

KIND TRIAL AT THE STATE LEVEL IN ALABAMA. I MEAN, THERE'S ALWAYS THE POSSIBILITY THAT IT COULD GET APPEALED ALL THE WAY BACK UP TO THE U.S. SUPREME COURT. BUT, OF COURSE, KEEP IN MIND, IT'S ALREADY SET TO MAKE.

A DECISION ON ABORTION IN THIS TERM. IN THE COMING MONTHS, WE ARE EXPECTING IT TO DECIDE WHETHER TO UPHOLD RESTRICTIONS ON THE WIDELY USED ABORTION PILL CALLED MIFEPRISTONE, AND WHETHER SOME ADDITIONAL RESTRICTIONS IN PLACE.

NATIONWIDE, NOT JUST IN STATES, BY THE WAY, WHERE ABORTION IS LEGAL. SO ABORTION ALREADY A BIG ISSUE FOR THE SUPREME COURT. TWO YEARS AFTER IT OVERTURNED ROE. >> BRAD, RIGHT AT THE POINT OF THE ROBERTS DECISION WAS.

LEAVE THIS UP TO THE STATES. YOU CAN IMAGINE THE STATE'S DECISION IS WHERE THIS ENDS WITH PERHAPS THAN OTHER STATES TO COME. >> ELIZABETH KELSEY, THANKS A LOT. >> THANKS, BRAD. OKAY.

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WHY THE SPECIAL COUNSEL NOW SUGGESTS HE HAD TIES TO RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE. AS THE PRESIDENT'S BROTHER MEETS WITH THE WHITE HOUSE OVERSIGHT. THE AMERICAN BALLERINA DETAINED IN RUSSIA. AUTHORITIES THERE ARE ACCUSING.

HER OF TREASON. AS THE WHITE HOUSE PLANS TO ANNOUNCE MAJOR NEW SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS WIPING STUDENT LOANS FOR MORE THAN 150,000 BORROWERS. HOW TO KNOW IF YOU'RE ONE OF THEM.

PLUS, BEYONCE IS MAKING THE NEW FIRST FOR HER COUNTRY SONG TEXAS HOLD'EM AND HOW SHE'S HER OWN STAMP ON THE GENRE. >> WE BEGIN WITH THE PRESIDENT'S BROTHER ON CAPITOL HILL. JAMES BIDEN IS SET TO TESTIFY.

BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AS PART OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS IMPEACHMENT PROBE AGAINST THE PRESIDENT. THIS IS THE FORMER FBI INFORMANT CHARGED WITH LYING ABOUT THE PRESIDENT. AND HIS SON IS FACING NEW ALLEGATIONS.

ABC NEWS CHIEF JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT PIERRE THOMAS HAS THE LATEST. >> THE SPECIAL COUNSEL IS CALLING THE FBI INFORMANT WHO ALLEGEDLY LIED ABOUT PRESIDENT AND HIS SON HUNTER A FLIGHT RISK AND IS PROVIDING NEW EVIDENCE.

SUGGESTING THE INFORMANT HAS TIES TO RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE. IN ACCORDING TO FEDERAL PROSECUTORS, THE INFORMANT, ALEXANDER SMIRNOV CLAIMS IT WAS A RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER WHO GAVE HIM SOME OF THAT DAMAGING INFORMATION ABOUT HUNTER BIDEN WHEN HE WAS.

TRYING TO HARM 2020 CAMPAIGN. A NEWLY FILED COURT DOCUMENT LAYS OUT THE STUNNING ALLEGATIONS LAST WEEK AFTER HE WAS ARRESTED, LYING AND OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. SPINOFF ALLEGEDLY TOLD AN FBI OFFICIALS ASSOCIATED WITH RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE WERE.

INVOLVED. PASSING THE STORY ABOUT BUSINESS PERSON NUMBER ONE WHO SOURCES SAY IS HUNTER BIDEN. PROSECUTORS CLAIM FABRICATED A STORY THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS OFFERED A $5 MILLION BRIBE BY THE UKRAINIAN ENERGY.

COMPANY. THAT ACCUSATION HAS BEEN A KEY TALKING POINT FROM THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS SEEKING TO IMPEACH PRESIDENT BIDEN. SPINOFFS ARREST LAST WEEK IGNITED A POLITICAL FIRESTORM IN WASHINGTON. HE IS LYING AND IT SHOULD.

BE DROPPED. AND THE GOVERNMENT'S MOTION TO KEEP SPIN OFF IN JAIL PENDING TRIAL CONTAINS EXPLOSIVE DETAILS ABOUT WHAT SPIN OFF ALLEGEDLY DESCRIBED AS EXTENSIVE EFFORTS BY THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT TO TARGET THE 2024 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

SPECIAL COUNSEL DAVID WEISS CLAIMS SMIRNOV IS ACTIVELY PEDDLING NEW LIES THAT COULD IMPACT U.S. ELECTIONS. AFTER MEETING WITH RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS IN NOVEMBER, STATING FLATLY SMIRNOFF'S EFFORTS TO SPREAD MISINFORMATION ABOUT A.

CANDIDATE ARE ONE OF THE TWO MAJOR PARTIES IN THE UNITED STATES CONTINUES. PROSECUTORS SAY SMIRNOV HAS CONNECTIONS TO MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES THAT COULD RESETTLE HIM OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES IF HE WERE RELEASED.

HUNTER BIDEN ON TUESDAY MOVED TO TAX RELATED CHARGES BROUGHT BY WEISS IN CALIFORNIA SUGGESTING THAT NEW ALLEGATIONS ABOUT SMIRNOV RAISED QUESTIONS ABOUT OTHER OF THE INVESTIGATION OF HUNTER. HIS ATTORNEY, ABBE LOWELL, SAYING IN A STATEMENT,.

PROSECUTORS BOWED TO POLITICAL PRESSURE TO BRING UNPRECEDENTED CHARGES, OVERREACHING IN THEIR AUTHORITY, IGNORED THE RULES AND ALLOWED THEIR AGENTS TO RUN AMOK. >> THE JUDGE REJECTED THE GOVERNMENT'S REQUEST TO KEEP SMIRNOV IN JAIL,.

ORDERING HIM RELEASE UNDER STRICT CONDITIONS. HE MUST GIVE HIS PASSPORT. HE MUST WEAR AN ANKLE MONITOR AT ALL TIMES AND CANNOT TRAVEL OUTSIDE OF THE U.S.. >> DIANE, CHIEF JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT THOMAS, THANK YOU.

AND AN AMERICAN BALLERINA IS BEING DETAINED IN RUSSIA ACCUSED OF TREASON. THIS IS THE WHITE HOUSE IS PREPARING IMPOSE NEW SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA. >> ABC NEWS CHIEF GLOBAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT MARTHA RADDATZ HAS THE LATEST.

>> AN AMERICAN AMATEUR BALLERINA IS BEING DETAINED IN RUSSIA, CHARGED WITH TREASON . ABC NEWS HAS LEARNED SHE IS 33 YEAR OLD SENIOR KAROLINA, A DUAL U.S. RUSSIAN CITIZEN FROM LOS ANGELES WHO WAS PART OF THE BALTIMORE BALLET IN 2017.

. HER CURRENT EMPLOYER SAYING SHE STOPPED SHOWING UP FOR WORK IN MID-JANUARY. RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES RELEASING THIS VIDEO TUESDAY SHOWING WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE KAROLINA, SEEN IN CUSTODY WITH A HAT COVERING HER EYES,.

BEING HANDCUFFED AND APPEARING IN COURT WITH RESPECT TO THIS MOST RECENT DETENTION. WE ARE AWARE OF THE CASE. WE ARE SEEKING CONSULAR ASSISTANCE THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN. >> WHILE THEY WOULD NOT CONFIRM HER IDENTITY, RUSSIAN.

AUTHORITIES CLAIM SHE PROACTIVELY COLLECTED FUNDS. ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT THE UKRAINIAN ARMED FORCES SINCE 2022 WHEN PUTIN LAUNCHED THE WAR ON UKRAINE. THE LUXURY SPA WHERE KAROLINA WORKED, SAYING IN A STATEMENT TO ABC SHE HAS BEEN.

ACCUSED OF TREASON FOR ALLEGEDLY DONATING $51.80 TO A UKRAINIAN CHARITY IN THE U.S.. SHE COULD NOW FACE UP TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON. I WAS CRYING HALF OF THE DAY TODAY. I I'M CONCERNED. CAROLINA'S FORMER MOTHER-IN-LAW.

TELLING ABC NEWS THAT THE DUAL CITIZEN WENT TO VISIT HER FAMILY IN RUSSIA. >> IF WE DON'T HELP HER, WE CAN . GOODBYE TO HER. IF WE DO NOT PROTECT HER AS AMERICAN CITIZEN, NOBODY ELSE WILL.

>> CAROLINA IS THE LATEST IN A STRING OF AMERICANS DETAINED BY RUSSIA, INCLUDING “WALL STREET JOURNAL” REPORTER EVAN GERSHKOVICH AND EX-MARINE PAUL WHELAN BACK IN THE U.S. THE WHITE HOUSE ALSO NOW VOWING HARSH SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA OVER THE DEATH OF OPPOSITION.

>> ALEXEI NAVALNY. I TOLD YOU WE'D BE ANNOUNCING SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA. WE'LL HAVE A MAJOR PACKAGE ANNOUNCED ON FRIDAY. THE SANCTIONS SET TO TARGET THE RUSSIAN DEFENSE INDUSTRY AND OF REVENUE. AS THE WHITE HOUSE LOOKS.

TO HOLD THE KREMLIN ACCOUNTABLE FOR BOTH THESE DEATHS IN PRISON. WE HAVE LEARNED THIS MORNING THAT A RUSSIAN PILOT WHO DEFECTED HERE TO UKRAINE EARLIER IN THE WAR IN HIS HELICOPTER HAS BEEN FOUND MURDERED IN SPAIN.

HIS ASSAILANTS YET TO BE ARRESTED. DIANE CHIEF GLOBAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT MARTHA RADDATZ, THANK YOU. A YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL, LETITIA JAMES, SAYS SHE'S PREPARED TO SEIZE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S BUILDINGS IF.

HE CAN'T PAY HIS $345 MILLION CIVIL FRAUD FINE. TRUMP IS ALSO FACING ABOUT $100 MILLION IN INTEREST AFTER THE JUDGE DETERMINED HE INFLATED HIS NET WORTH TO GET BETTER LONG TERMS. TRUMP HAS DENIED ALL WRONGDOING AND SAYS HE WILL APPEAL.

ABC NEWS SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT IS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN SOUTH CAROLINA. DONALD TRUMP FACING A MASSIVE $355 MILLION FINE. ONCE AGAIN, COMPARING HIMSELF TO ALEXEI NAVALNY WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS LEGAL BILLS.

HOW WILL YOU PUT UP THAT KIND OF MONEY? BECAUSE YOU HAVE A BOND TO PUT UP, EVEN IF APPEAL, YOU GOT TO PUT UP ESCROW MONEY. THAT'S IN THE FORM OF NAVALNY. IT IS A FORM OF COMMUNISM OR FASCISM. >> DAYS OF SILENCE.

TRUMP NOW CALLING THEM ALL THESE THAT ASSAD SITUATION, BUT REFUSING TO CONDEMN THE MAN WHO PUT THE PRO-DEMOCRACY OPPOSITION LEADER IN PRISON. VLADIMIR PUTIN IT WAS A VERY BRAVE GUY BECAUSE HE WENT BACK. >> HE COULD HAVE STAYED AWAY. MR. PRESIDENT, YOU BELIEVE.

THAT IS BACK LIKE EVERYBODY, TRUMP IS DREAMING CAMPAIGN FUNDS TO PAY FOR HIS LEGAL FEES, SPENDING $50 MILLION LAST YEAR AND NEARLY 3 MILLION IN JANUARY. NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES SPEAKING EXCLUSIVELY WITH OUR.

AARON KATERSKY AND SAYS THAT SHE WILL COLLECT CIVIL FRONT LINE EVEN IF IT MEANS SEIZING SOME OF HIS ASSETS. >> WE ARE PREPARED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE JUDGMENT IS PAID TO NEW YORKERS. AND YES, I LOOK AT 40 WALL STREET EACH AND EVERY DAY.

>> TRUMP'S RIVAL, NIKKI HALEY, SAYS THAT LEGAL DRAMA IS ALL THE MORE REASON FOR REPUBLICANS TO MOVE ON. >> I FEEL NO NEED TO KISS THE RING. I HAVE NO FEAR OF TRUMP'S RETRIBUTION. HE'S GOTTEN MORE UNSTABLE.

AND UNHINGED. HE SPENDS MORE TIME IN COURTROOMS THAN HE DOES ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. >> SHE'S TRAILING TRUMP BY MORE THAN 30 POINTS HERE IN HER HOME STATE, BUT STILL VOWING TO STAY IN THE RACE. >> I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

I'M CAMPAIGNING EVERY DAY UNTIL THE LAST PERSON VOTES. SO NIKKI HALEY SAYS, WIN OR LOSE, SOUTH CAROLINA, SHE'S STAYING IN THIS RACE THROUGH SUPER TUESDAY. AS FOR DONALD TRUMP. EVERY SINGLE HE DOES NOT PAY BACK THAT $355 MILLION FINE.

HE IS GAINING MORE THAN $87,000 IN INTEREST. THAT IS PER DAY. HIS SUPER PAC SPENT NEARLY ALL OF ITS MONEY, 90% OF ITS MONEY IN JANUARY ON LEGAL FEES ALONE. MEANWHILE, HIS POLITICAL RIVALS, LIKE PRESIDENT BIDEN.

AND NIKKI HALEY ARE USING THEIR CAMPAIGN FUNDS ON ACTUAL CAMPAIGN RESOURCES. DIANE SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT, RACHEL SCOTT, THANK YOU. AND MORE THAN 150,000 STUDENT LOAN BORROWERS ARE ABOUT TO HAVE THAT DEBT WIPED CLEAN.

IT'S PART OF THE NEXT PHASE IN PRESIDENT BIDEN'S STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PLAN. ABC NEWS CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARY BRUCE HAS THE DETAILS. WELL, STARTING TODAY, 153,000 BORROWERS WILL BE RECEIVING AN EMAIL DIRECTLY FROM.

PRESIDENT BIDEN. THEM THEIR DEBTS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN, WIPING CLEAN A TOTAL OF $1.2 BILLION IN LOANS. NOW TO YOU MUST BE ENROLLED IN THE PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE REPAYMENT PLAN AND HAVE A LOW ORIGINAL BALANCE, LESS THAN $12,000 AND HAVE BEEN MAKING.

PAYMENTS FOR AT LEAST TEN YEARS. SO IF MEET THE CRITERIA, YOUR LOANS WILL BE FORGIVEN IN THE COMING DAYS. MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE ENROLLED IN THIS REPAYMENT PLAN. >> AND THIS IS JUST THE FIRST.

TRANCHE. SO ANYONE WHO STILL ENROLLED AND MEETS THE CRITERIA GOING FORWARD WILL ALSO SEE THIS RELIEF. >> WITH THIS LATEST ROUND, THE BIDEN HAS NOW APPROVED ALMOST $138 BILLION IN DEBT RELIEF FOR 3.9 MILLION PEOPLE.

THIS IS SOMETHING THE PRESIDENT IS EAGER TO TOUT, ESPECIALLY AFTER HIS INITIAL PLAN WAS STRUCK DOWN BY THE SUPREME COURT LAST YEAR. PRESIDENT BIDEN IS WELL AWARE VOTERS ARE FRUSTRATED. AND DIANE, HE WANTS TO SHOW MAKING GOOD ON HIS PROMISE.

>> ALL RIGHT. WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARY BRUCE, THANK YOU. AND NOW TO SOME TROUBLING SIGNS FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP AMONG BLACK AMERICANS. NEW DATA FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS SHOWS THAT WHILE HOMEOWNERSHIP FOR.

RACIAL MINORITIES INCREASED IN 2022, THE GAP BETWEEN THE RATE OF BLACK AND WHITE, HOMEOWNERSHIP HAS BECOME EVEN MORE EXTREME. ABC NEWS ELIZABETH SCHULZE HAS THE DETAILS. HI, ELIZABETH. DIANE THIS NEW DATA SHOWS.

THAT HOMEOWNERSHIP RATES ARE IMPROVING MINORITY GROUPS, BUT THE GAP BETWEEN WHITE AND BLACK HOMEOWNERS IS NOW WORSE THAN IT WAS ONE DECADE AGO. THE ANALYSIS FROM THE NATIONAL OF REALTORS FINDS THAT 44% OF BLACK AMERICANS OWN A HOME.

THAT RATE IS 51% AMONG HISPANIC HOUSEHOLDS. AND FOR ASIAN AMERICANS, IT'S 63%. BOTH OF THOSE ARE NEW RECORD HIGHS. HOMEOWNERSHIP AMONG WHITE HOUSEHOLDS STANDS AT 72%. SO WHAT ACCOUNTS FOR THIS GAP.

ACCESS TO CREDIT IS A BIG FACTOR. RESEARCH THAT IT'S OFTEN MORE DIFFICULT FOR MINORITY HOUSEHOLDS TO GET FAVORABLE TERMS ON A LOAN. THE HOUSING GAP BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE AMERICANS ALSO MIRRORS A GROWING INCOME GAP.

SO TEN YEARS AGO, WHITE HOUSEHOLDS EARNED, ON AVERAGE $21,000 MORE PER YEAR THAN BLACK HOUSEHOLDS. THAT HAS NOW INCREASED TO NEARLY $28,000 MORE TO TRY TO BOOST HOMEOWNERSHIP, ESPECIALLY AMONG FIRST TIME BUYERS.

THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES OFFER FHA LOANS WHERE YOU CAN PUT A 3% PAYMENT DOWN INSTEAD OF THE MORE TRADITIONAL 20%. PEOPLE CAN SEE IF THEY QUALIFY BY GOING TO FHA THAT GAP. DIANE ELIZABETH SCHULZE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., THANK YOU. AND A FLASH FLOOD WARNING IS IN.

EFFECT IN SOUTHERN LOS ANGELES COUNTY AS. AN ATMOSPHERIC RIVER HITS THE WEST. THE HEAVIEST RAIN SHOULD CLEAR BY THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN IT STARTS TO MAKE ITS WAY EAST. ABC'S SAM CHAMPION IS TRACKING.

THAT STORM FOR US. >> HI, SAM. FLOODING, RAIN, FEET OF SNOW AGAIN CONTINUING ON THE WEST COAST. BUT THIS IS IT. WE'RE PULLING THIS ONE DRY BY ABOUT 11:00 THIS MORNING. CERTAINLY THINGS ARE MUCH.

BETTER, BUT WE HAVE BEEN THROUGH IT. CAL, YOU LOOK AT THIS AN INCH OF RAIN AN HOUR VERY EARLY THIS MORNING WITH SOME VERY EARLY FLOOD WARNINGS GOING AROUND AREA. MORE FLOODING NEAR THE SAN FRANCISCO BAY AREA.

MARIN COUNTY GETTING AN AWFUL LOT OF STANDING WATER IN PLACES FROM THE RAIN THAT WE'VE HAD, NOT JUST WITH THIS SYSTEM, BUT ALL MONTH LONG, L.A. WE'RE ABOUT AN INCH AWAY FROM OUR ALL RECORD WET FEBRUARY. BACK IN 1998, I BELIEVE. SO HERE'S THE PROXIMITY OF THE.

LOW. THAT'S THAT BAY AREA. >> BUT THE ATMOSPHERIC RIVERS HAVE BEEN COMING INTO SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA OVER THE LAST COUPLE OF DAYS. SO THIS MORNING, BOOM, THAT VERY EARLY FLOOD WARNING. THEN THE WINTER STORM WARNINGS.

CONTINUE IN THE MOUNTAINS, IN THOSE MOUNTAINS THAT ARE RIGHT AROUND THE SANTA BARBARA AREA. WE'VE HAD TWO FEET, A FOOT OF SNOW THIS WEEK. NOW WE WATCH THIS MOISTURE MOVE INTO MIDDLE OF THE COUNTRY AND THAT'S GOING TO BE.

SOME SCATTERED STORMS. COULD BE SOME HAIL INVOLVED THAT AND THEN THIS MOISTURE PILES INTO THE NORTHEAST AND THERE IS SOME AVAILABLE COLD AIR. BUT IT'S PENNSYLVANIA, CENTRAL PENNSYLVANIA, NORTHEASTERN PENNSYLVANIA, UP GOOD PART.

OF CENTRAL NEW YORK STATE ON INTO VERMONT AND NEW HAMPSHIRE THAT PICKS UP THE SNOW HERE. IT IS RAIN ALONG THE COAST IN NEW YORK AND LONG ISLAND AND EVEN TOWARD BOSTON IN PHILLY. BUT LOOK AT THIS.

LOCALLY, SIX INCHES OF SNOW ONCE YOU GET INTO THE POCONOS AND CATSKILLS, THE GREEN AND WHITE MOUNTAINS WILL DELIVER A NICE NO, THIS IS EXACTLY WHERE YOU WANT THE SNOW. AND WE HAVEN'T HAD ENOUGH IN SOME OF THESE WINTERY SKI.

RESORT AREAS IN NEW ENGLAND. AS WE GET INTO THE NEXT 24 HOURS. WE WILL MAKE UP FOR THAT. NOW IS A LOT OF WARM AIR COMING NEXT WEEK. AND OF COURSE, THAT'S GOING TO BE THE STORY TO TALK ABOUT. >> BUT SO FAR THAT'S.

THE WEATHER THIS MORNING DIANE. ALL RIGHT ABC'S SAM CHAMPION YOU. COMING UP, A PASSENGER IS UNDER INVESTIGATION AFTER A MIDAIR SCARE. WHAT HE TRIED TO DO THAT FORCED THE PLANE TO TURN AROUND. ALSO AHEAD, THE LEGAL BATTLE.

OVER TAYLOR SWIFT'S PRIVATE JET. WHY LAWS. WHY LAWYERS SAY A COLLEGE STUDENT POSTING THE JETS TRACKING INFORMATION WON'T BACK DOWN EVEN AFTER TAYLOR'S TEAM SENT A CEASE AND DESIST LETTER.

>> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR. AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK, HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING.

>> ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE, EVERYONE ON THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE CONTINUE FOR UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORTH TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING IN HAWAII FROM.

CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA ON THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. LET'S GO. TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY WHERE THE STORY IS ON THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP, HIT BEIRUT FOR.

THE FBI BEFORE THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON STREAMED LIVE TO YOU FOREVER. 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 STREAMING NEWS.

LIVE ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS FRIDAY HE FINDS WIFE FACE DOWN IN A TUB FULL OF ROSE COLORED WATER. 2020 YEARS ON NOW AND WE'RE SOMETHING GOING ON INSIDE THAT HOUSE.

DO YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR? DO YOU? MAYBE NOT. COULD IT BE THAT STRESS FROM A HOME RENOVATION WAS MOTIVE FOR MURDER A KILLER RENOVATION? IT'S MORE TWISTED YOU WANT IT.

TO BE. IT'S JUST CRAZY. ALL NEW 2020 FRIDAY NIGHT ON ABC. SO THE QUESTION IS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? OKAY, HERE WE GO. YOU SAW AND EXPECTING MOM STRUGGLING TO PAY HER TAB.

I'M JUST REALLY IF YOU WANT CHARITY, GO TO A SOUP KITCHEN. >> WELL, WHAT THIS MAN DOES BEST GUYS ARE NOT GOOD WILL MAKE YOU BELIEVE YOU GET EVERY DAY. HERO. ARE YOU A HERO? PLUS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF.

YOU SAW THIS? THIS, THIS AND HIS GIRLFRIEND? I'M HIS GIRLFRIEND. OH, MY GOD. WHAT WOULD YOU. >> SUNDAY NIGHT AT TEN NINE CENTRAL ON ABC. >> WELCOME BACK. IN AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGERS.

UNDER INVESTIGATION AFTER ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO OPEN A DOOR . MEANWHILE, THE UNITED FLIGHT WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER THE WING TORE APART. TRANSPORTATION CORRESPONDENT GIO BENITEZ HAS.

THE DETAILS ON BOTH INCIDENTS. PASSENGER UNDER INVESTIGATION AFTER A MIDAIR. YOUR HEART IS POUNDING. IT WAS LIKE, OH, MY GOD. >> IS LIKE, IS THIS REAL? THE FAA AND FBI LOOKING INTO WHY HE ALLEGEDLY AND UNSUCCESSFULLY TRIED.

TO OPEN A DOOR MID-FLIGHT. THE GUY SITTING NEXT TO HIM HEARD HIM SAY, I GOT TO GET OFF THIS PLANE. WE ALL MANAGED TO KIND OF RIP HIM OFF THE DOOR AND EVENTUALLY ONE OF THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS BROUGHT DUCT TAPE SO WE COULD DUCT TAPE LEGS TOGETHER.

AND THEN THEY HAD FLEXI CUFFS, WHICH WE PUT AROUND HIS ARMS. >> THE PILOT FORCED TO RETURN THE CHICAGO BOUND PLANE BACK TO ALBUQUERQUE JUST AFTER TAKEOFF. POLICE THE PLANE TAKING THE MAN INTO CUSTODY. >> HERE'S A LARGE GUY.

SO IT'S LIKE IF WE WERE IF EVERYONE ELSE ON THE PLANE JUST SAT BACK AND WERE WE'RE GOING TO LET THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS HANDLE THIS. I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY COULD HAVE DONE. >> THIS INCIDENT COMING AFTER THE WING OF A UNITED TORE APART.

FRIGHTENING PASSENGERS. VIDEO SHOWING THE DAMAGED SLAT. THE PLANE WAS A BOEING 757, WHICH FIRST WENT INTO SERVICE NEARLY 30 YEARS AGO. >> THIS GOING TO BE OVER. KEVIN CLARK WAS ONE OF THE 165 PASSENGERS ON BOARD. PLANE TAKES OFF, BUT ALL OF A.

SUDDEN, HIS LOUD, VIOLENT VIBRATION AND, YOU KNOW, JUST NOISE. >> I'VE NEVER HEARD FROM A PLANE BEFORE. PILOTS DECLARING EMERGENCY ON THE BOSTON BOUND FLIGHT DIVERTING TO DENVER TOUCHED DOWN SECONDS.

THERE WILL BE MORE. THIS IS AN OLDER AIRPLANE, BUT IT'S A VERY RELIABLE AIRPLANE. >> SO THE FAA WILL LOOK AT WAS IT A FATIGUE PROBLEM? DID IT HAPPEN JUST BECAUSE THE AIRPLANE IS OLD AND HAVE BEEN USED QUITE A BIT, OR WAS.

THERE SOME PROBLEM WITH A MAINTENANCE? >> AND UNITED SAYS ONCE THE PLANE LANDED SAFELY, THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THOSE PASSENGERS ON TO ANOTHER FLIGHT. BUT BOEING DID NOT COMMENT. >> DIANE.

TRANSPORTATION CORRESPONDENT GIO BENITEZ, THANK YOU. AND A COLLEGE STUDENT IS FIRING BACK AFTER TAYLOR SWIFT'S LEGAL SENT HIM A CEASE AND DESIST LETTER FOR PUBLICLY TRACKING HER JET. THE STAR'S LEGAL TEAM SAYS IT.

PUTS HER AT RISK FROM STALKERS. BUT THE ATTORNEY FOR THE 21 YEAR OLD UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA STUDENT SAYS HE'S DONE NOTHING AND IS JUST USING PUBLIC INFORMATION AND HIS RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH. JANAI NORMAN HAS MORE ON A LEGAL BATTLE BREWING.

SUPERSTAR TAYLOR SWIFT AND 21 YEAR OLD COLLEGE STUDENT JACK SWEENEY. SHARING TRACKING INFORMATION FOR SWIFT'S PRIVATE JET ON SOCIAL MEDIA. >> AN ATTORNEY FOR SWIFT SENDING SWEENEY CEASE AND DESIST LETTER IN DECEMBER,.

WHICH HE THEN POSTED ON. NOW THE COLLEGE STUDENT FIRING BACK, POSTING A LETTER FROM HIS ATTORNEY WITH THE CAPTION, LOOK, YOU MADE ME DO WHAT YOU ME TO. >> IN THE LETTER, SWEENEY'S ATTORNEY CLAIMING HIS CLIENT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING UNLAWFUL.

WE WANTED TO REALLY HIT HOME. >> THERE IS NO LEGAL CLAIM HERE THAT THIS IS JUST PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT HE'S USING IT IN A NEFARIOUS WAY. AND THIS IS IN TRACKING CHATS. AND THERE'S A PURPOSE. THESE ARE EMITTING AN INSANE AMOUNT OF CARBON EMISSIONS.

>> SWIFT'S ATTORNEY, HOWEVER, ALLEGING SWEENEY ENGAGED IN STALKING AND HARASSING BEHAVIOR, WRITING YOU ESSENTIALLY PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS INTENT ON PHYSICALLY HARMING HER OR WITH NEFARIOUS OR VIOLENT INTENTIONS.

A ROAD MAP TO CARRY OUT THEIR PLANS. >> I DON'T THINK IT'S GREAT BEHAVIOR. >> I DON'T APPLAUD THIS. AND I DO WORRY WHAT SWIFT ENDANGERS, BUT I DON'T SEE THERE BEING A LEGAL REMEDY. >> SWIFT HAS REPEATEDLY DEALT.

WITH STALKERS, INCLUDING A MAN WHO WAS ARRESTED MULTIPLE TIMES OUTSIDE HER NEW YORK HOME IN JANUARY. AND THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME SWEENEY HAS GOTTEN INTO HOT WATER TRACKING FLIGHTS. IN 2022, HIS THEN ACCOUNT, ELLEN JET, WAS SUSPENDED FOR.

KEEPING TABS ON TESLA CEO AND EX OWNER ELON MUSK'S PLANE IN REAL TIME. >> A SPOKESPERSON FOR TAYLOR SWIFT TOLD ABC NEWS EARLIER THIS MONTH THAT WE CANNOT COMMENT ON ANY ONGOING POLICE INVESTIGATION BUT CAN CONFIRM THE TIMING.

OF STALKERS SUGGESTS A CONNECTION. HIS POSTS TELL YOU EXACTLY WHEN AND WHERE SHE WOULD BE. SO JACK SWEENEY NOW TRACKS HER FLIGHTS ON DELAY, HIS ATTORNEY TELLS US. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER STRING IN AN EFFORT BY A RICH AND.

POWERFUL PERSON TO TRY TO SILENCE PUBLIC CRITICISM AND FREE SPEECH. >> RIGHT, JANAI NORMAN. THANK YOU. AND SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE FACING A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER SHORTAGE. DISTRICTS ARE INCREASINGLY.

STRUGGLING TO FIND REPLACEMENTS WHEN TEACHERS CALL IN SICK. NOW, SOME SAY IT'S A FULL BLOWN CRISIS. MORGAN NORWOOD HAS MORE. >> THE NATIONWIDE SUBSTITUTE TEACHER SHORTAGE INTENSIFYING WITH MANY SCHOOLS FROM COAST TO COAST SCRAMBLING TO FIND.

VILLAINS IN SOME INSTANCES. >> DISTRICT HAS 2700 TEACHERS. WE MAY HAVE AS MUCH AS 300 TEACHERS WHO ARE ABSENT EACH DAY, ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS. WHILE DEMAND HAS TRADITIONALLY EXCEEDED SUPPLY FOR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS BECAUSE OF THE.

PANDEMIC, 20% OF REQUESTS FOR VILLAINS HAVE GONE UNFILLED. MANY DISTRICTS LEANED ON SUBSTITUTES HELP FILL VACANT TEACHING POSITIONS. NOW THE POOL OF AVAILABLE SUBS SHRINKING FOR WHEN TEACHERS TAKE OFF. >> UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVEN'T.

SEEN IS THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT, SAYS MARGE. THEY ARE NOT TRAINED OR SUPPORTED TO REALLY STEP IN AS EDUCATORS. >> THEY'RE MOSTLY MORE LIKE A BABY SITTER. MEGAN CONKLIN, A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER HERSELF, RUNS A SUPPORT.

GROUP TO HELP TRAIN OTHER SUBS. I THINK ONE OF THE OBVIOUS REASONS SUBS ARE WALKING AWAY FROM THE JOB IS COMPENSATION. IT'S NOT A LIVING WAGE JOB, AND I THINK THIS MIGHT EVEN BE MORE SIGNIFICANT. >> THE LACK OF SUPPORT HOPING TO LURE SUBS BACK IN MANY.

DISTRICTS NOW WORKING TO INCREASE PAY, BUT THEY'RE OFTEN AT THE MERCY OF TIGHT BUDGETS. >> OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE VALUE IN WHO THEY ARE, BUT WE HAVE TO BE AS COMPETITIVE AS POSSIBLE AND LOOK FOR SMALLER SCHOOL.

DISTRICTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN LOWER INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS. THE IDEA OF RAISING PAY BECOMES MORE CHALLENGING, RIGHT? SO IN A STATEMENT, THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION SAYS PROVIDING PAID FAMILY LEAVE FOR TEACHERS, BUS DRIVERS, COUNSELORS AND OTHER SCHOOL PERSONNEL IS NOW.

MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER. DIANE MORGAN NORWOOD, THANK YOU. >> WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE IN COLLEGE. KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE AT ALL. HOW COULD THIS POSSIBLY.

HAVE HAPPENED? THE INCIDENT BROUGHT A LOT OF PANIC TO STUDENTS. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ME OR COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF MY FRIENDS. THAT WAS THE LAST TIME WE SAW HER ALIVE. IT'S JUST A VERY TRAGIC THING.

TO TO SOMEONE. YOU KNOW, YOU SPEAK TO YOUR LOVED ONE. THE LAST THING YOU SHOULD SAY TO SOMEBODY IS IT MIGHT BE THE LAST TIME TIFFANY, TWO OF THE SONS STREAMING ON HULU. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE,.

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DOOR? NEIGHBOR MAYBE NOT. COULD IT BE THIS STRESS FROM A HOME? RENOVATION WAS A MOTIVE FOR MURDER. A KILLER RENOVATION. IT'S MORE TWISTED THAN YOU WANT IT TO BE.

IT'S JUST CRAZY. ALL NEW 2020. FRIDAY NIGHT ON ABC. WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS, IT'S SO IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED. GETTING YOU BEHIND THE STORIES AS THEY HAPPEN. >> ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME.

WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE STREAMING FREE ON ABC NEWS LIVE. INSIDE A KANSAS CITY REPORTING I'VE NEVER SEEN A PLACE LIKE THIS IN MY. WOW. >> >> I'M ROB MARCIANO REPORTING FROM STEAMBOAT, COLORADO, WHERE THE AVALANCHE.

DANGER REMAINS HIGH BECAUSE THIS IT CONTINUES TO SNOW HERE. YOU'RE SEEING THE ABC NEWS LIVE . WELCOME BACK. >> A NEW OVER THE COUNTER TEST IS PROMISING TO HELP WOMEN TREAT MENOPAUSE SYMPTOMS EARLIER AND MORE EFFECTIVELY.

THE $29 TEST AIMS TO HELP WOMEN IDENTIFY WHAT STAGE THEY'RE IN, IN REAL. BECKY REALLY HAS MORE ON HOW IT WORKS, ITS POTENTIAL IMPACT AND WHAT HER DOCTOR HAD TO SAY ABOUT IT. >> TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE SYMPTOMS OF MENOPAUSE.

AND MENOPAUSE IS HAVING A MOMENT. AND THE ADDED BUZZ INCLUDES A NEW PRODUCT INTRODUCED TO THE PUBLIC. THE MENOPAUSE JOURNEY HAS STAGES. LEARN ABOUT YOURS WITH CLEAR MENOPAUSE STAGE INDICATOR.

>> IT'S AN OVER-THE-COUNTER TEST PLUS AN APP. IT WORKS A LOT LIKE A PREGNANCY TEST, EXCEPT YOU FIVE OF THESE STICKS PLUS YOU ENTERED THE RESULTS INTO AN APP. THE RESULTS ARE INDICATIVE OF YOUR CURRENT HORMONE LEVELS .

>> YOU'RE ALSO PROMPTED TO LOG ANY MENOPAUSE SYMPTOMS, WHICH HELPS THE APP ESTIMATE THE STAGE OF MENOPAUSE YOU'RE IN. THE APP TELLS ME I'M IN LATE PERIMENOPAUSE WHEN I GO TO SEE MY DOCTOR, RISA KAGAN OF SUTTER HEALTH IN NORTHERN.

CALIFORNIA. >> SHE IS NOT SO SURE ABOUT THE NEED FOR A TEST LIKE THIS. LAB TESTS ARE NOT THAT HELPFUL. >> I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU. >> THINGS ARE FLUCTUATING. THE COMPANY SAYS THE TEST IS MEANT TO BE AN INDICATION. A DIAGNOSIS OF MENOPAUSE.

REMINDING US ONLY A DOCTOR CAN CONFIRM STAGE OF MENOPAUSE. YOU'RE IN. AND BECAUSE THIS IS A HORMONAL TEST, THIS IS NOT FOR WOMEN ON HORMONAL BIRTH CONTROL OR WHO HAVE ANY CONDITION THAT AFFECTS THEIR NATURAL HORMONE LEVELS.

>> DR. KAGAN'S TEAM TAKES COMPLETE HISTORY FROM ME WITH A FOCUS ON THE SYMPTOMS THAT I'M EXPERIENCING. >> THE HALLMARK OF MENOPAUSE IS HOT FLASHES. AND WE'RE REALLY TO EDUCATE WOMEN ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO TREAT THOSE HOT.

>> AND BOY, WAS I HAVING THEM LIKE THE MIDDLE OF FILMING THIS COOKING STORY. >> I'M HAVING HOT FLASH. THE SYMPTOMS CAME ON LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN. I GOT HOT FLASHES. MY SLEEP WENT ABSOLUTELY HAYWIRE.

DR. KAGAN SAYS HOT FLASHES, SLEEP DISRUPTION AND BRAIN FOG ARE ALL THE PERIMENOPAUSE SIGNS THAT SHE NEEDS. >> SHE SAYS YOUR CYCLE HISTORY CAN TELL YOU A LOT, TOO. WHEN A WOMAN HAS SKIPPED 60 DAYS, WE SAY THEY'RE IN THE LATE PERIMENOPAUSAL.

TRANSITION. >> THERE'S NO BLOOD TESTS THAT HELP US. THERE'S NO TESTS THAT HELP US BECAUSE IT'S REALLY IN THAT TIME PERIOD. >> HORMONES ARE FLUCTUATING DAILY. >> NOW, CLEAR, MILLER SAYS THIS.

IS A GREAT TOOL FOR DOCTORS, ESPECIALLY IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE APP WHERE YOU LOG ALL YOUR SYMPTOMS. THEY SAY PRESENTS DOCTORS WITH A FULL PICTURE OF WHAT THEIR PATIENTS ARE EXPERIENCING AND HELPS TO GUIDE THE CONVERSATION.

AS FOR ME, WELL, BETTER LIVING THROUGH CHEMISTRY. I STARTED THE ESTROGEN PATCH. PROGESTERONE PILLS. THIS IS THE PATCH RIGHT HERE. IT'S JUST A TINY LITTLE THING THAT YOU PUT ON YOUR BELLY. MY SLEEP IS MUCH BETTER. >> I HAVE NOT HAD A HOT FLASH.

IN A FEW MONTHS AND THE PATCHES ARE SO SIMPLE. YOU JUST PEEL IT AND STICK IT. IT'S BEEN LIFE CHANGING FOR ME. BUT WE SHOULD NOTE THAT HOW OTHERS CHOOSE TO TREAT THEIR SYMPTOMS OF MENOPAUSE IS SOMETHING TO DISCUSS WITH YOUR DOCTOR.

>> DIANE, OF COURSE. GREAT ADVICE. KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE IN COLLEGE. >> KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE AT ALL. HOW COULD THIS POSSIBLY HAVE HAPPENED? THE INCIDENT BROUGHT A LOT.

OF PANIC TO STUDENTS. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ME. IT COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF MY FRIENDS REALIZED THAT WE SAW HER ALIVE. IT'S JUST A VERY TRAGIC THING TO HAPPEN TO SOMEONE. AND MAYBE WE SPEAK TO YOUR LOVED ONE.

AND THE LAST THING YOU SHOULD EVER SAY IS, I LOVE YOU. THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST TIME YOU OPEN THE DOORS TO SOMEONE STREAMING ON HULU. THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY JOE GIRARDI. THIS STORY WAS A NUCLEAR.

EXPLOSION. THE CENTRAL VICTIMS WILL GET A CHANCE TO MEET THEIR BENCHMARK. AND THAT'S SORT OF A LOSS FOR WHERE TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THAT I DID? I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY.

I'M SORRY. FACE TO. >> WHY DO YOU THINK SOMEONE ON THE HOUSEWIVES AND MASSEUSES, YOU KNOW. SO THE QUESTION IS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? OKAY, HERE WE GO. YOU SAW AN EXPECTING.

MOTHER STRUGGLING TO PAY HER TAB? I'M JUST REALLY HUNGRY. >> IF YOU WANT CHARITY, GO TO A SOUP KITCHEN. WELL, WHAT THIS MAN DOES IS ENOUGH. >> GOOD WILL MAKE YOU BELIEVE IN EVERY DAY.

HERO. ARE YOU A HERO? A REGULAR GUY. PLUS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU SAW THIS, THIS, AND HIS GIRLFRIEND NAME? HIS GIRLFRIEND? WHAT WOULD YOU DO? SUNDAY NIGHT AT TEN.

NINE CENTRAL ON ABC. >> WHERE DO YOU. >> MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS “START HERE” TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY SO LET'S GET INTO IT.

LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD ARMOR AWARDS. SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING. 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. FRIDAY, HE FINDS HIS WIFE FACEDOWN IN A TUB FULL OF ROSE COLORED WATER. 2020 IS ALL NEW AND WE'RE.

SOMETHING HORRIBLE GOING ON INSIDE THAT HOUSE. DO YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR? DO YOU? MAYBE NOT. COULD IT BE THAT STRESS? A HOME RENOVATION WAS A MOTIVE.

FOR MURDER. A KILLER RENOVATION. IT'S MORE TWISTED THAN YOU WANT IT TO BE. IT'S JUST CRAZY. ALL NEW 20/20 FRIDAY NIGHT ON ABC. WHENEVER. WHEREVER NEWS BREAKS, IT'S SO.

IMPORTANT TO ALWAYS REMEMBER THAT LIVES ARE CHANGED HERE IN LONDON. >> IN BUFFALO, LIVE ALL DAY 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 THEY HAPPEN. ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME. WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> STREAM ABC NEWS LIVE WEEKNIGHTS WHEREVER YOU STREAMING NEWS.

STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US. YOU ARE LOOKING AT NEW YORK CITY ON THIS WEDNESDAY AND WE HAVE A LOT OF NEWS TO GET TO. HERE'S THE RUNDOWN RIGHT NOW. AN FBI INFORMANT CHARGED.

WITH LYING ABOUT THE PRESIDENT AND HIS SON IS FACING NEW ALLEGATIONS. THE SPECIAL COUNSEL CLAIMS ALEXANDER GOT INFORMATION ABOUT HUNTER BIDEN FROM A RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE. PROSECUTORS SAY SMIRNOV FABRICATED THE STORY.

THAT. PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS OFFERING A $5 MILLION BRIBE BY UKRAINIAN ENERGY COMPANY. THAT ACCUSATION HAS BEEN A KEY TALKING POINT FROM HOUSE SEEKING TO IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT. THE SPECIAL COUNSEL ALSO CLAIMS.

SMIRNOV IS ACTIVELY PEDDLING NEW LIES THAT COULD IMPACT U.S. ELECTIONS, SAYING SMIRNOFF'S EFFORTS TO SPREAD MISINFORMATION ABOUT CANDIDATE OF ONE OF THE TWO MAJOR PARTIES IN THE UNITED STATES CONTINUES . WE'RE LEARNING NEW DETAILS.

ABOUT THE SUSPECT IN THE DEATH OF AN 11-YEAR-OLD TEXAS GIRL WHO WENT MISSING LAST WEEK. AUDREY CUNNINGHAM'S WAS FOUND IN A RIVER NEAR HOUSTON FIVE DAYS AFTER POLICE SAY SHE MISSED HER BUS TO SCHOOL. COURT RECORDS NOW SHOW THE.

SUSPECT DANCED EVEN MCDOUGAL WAS INDICTED FOR ATTEMPTED INDECENCY TO A CHILD ,AN INCIDENT IN 2007. THAT CHARGE WOULD REQUIRED HIM TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER, BUT HE WAS ALLOWED TO PLEAD DOWN TO A LESSER CHARGE OF CHILD ENTICEMENT, AVOIDING.

THAT OFFENDER REGISTRATION. AND JURY SELECTION BEGINS TODAY IN THE TRIAL OF THE ARMOR ON A SET OF ALEC BALDWIN'S FILM RUST . GUTIERREZ IS FACING TWO COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IN, CONNECTION WITH THE ONSET SHOOTING DEATH.

OF CINEMATOGRAPHER HALYNA HUTCHINS. BALDWIN WAS REHEARSING WITH A COLT 45 REVOLVER WHEN IT FIRED LIVE BULLET THAT KILLED HUTCHINS. GUTIERREZ WAS IN CHARGE. WEAPONS ON THE SET. BALDWIN IS ALSO FACING AN.

INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AFTER PROSECUTORS INITIALLY DROPPED THE CASE. DRIVERS ON A PHILADELPHIA HIGHWAY GOT A NEW SENSE FOR THE WORD HORSEPOWER. THIS IS WHAT THEY SAW ALONGSIDE THEM ON I-90, I-5. A PERSON WHO RECORDED THE VIDEO.

SAID THE HORSE WAS MOVING AT AROUND 25 MILES PER HOUR. POLICE BELIEVE THE HORSE FROM A LOCAL RIDING CLUB. THEY SAY THE HORSE WAS CAUGHT AND IS NOW. AND NOW TO THE ARREST OF AN ALLEGED SERIAL ATTACKER. A 26 YEAR OLD MAN IS CHARGED.

WITH THE STABBING OF TWO WOMEN IN ARIZONA. NOW, POLICE BELIEVE HE ALSO MURDERED A WOMAN INSIDE A NEW YORK CITY HOTEL BECAUSE OF WHAT HE SAID. WHILE IN CUSTODY IN PHOENIX. ABC NEWS TREVOR AULT HAS THE DETAILS.

POLICE WHETHER THIS MAN SUSPECTED IN A WOMAN'S BRUTAL MURDER INSIDE A NEW YORK CITY HOTEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A NATIONWIDE WIDE STRING OF VICIOUS ATTACKS. >> THERE'S POTENTIAL THAT THERE ARE OTHER VICTIMS AROUND THE COUNTRY.

>> AUTHORITIES ARRESTED 26-YEAR-OLD ROD ALMANSOORI SUNDAY IN SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA. INVESTIGATORS SAY HE STABBED THE WOMAN MULTIPLE TIMES A MCDONALD'S BATHROOM AND ADMITTED TO STABBING AND CARJACKING ANOTHER WOMAN AT A STARBUCKS THE DAY BEFORE.

>> THEY SAY WHILE IN CUSTODY. >> HE MADE STATEMENTS LINKING HIMSELF TO THE MURDER. NEW YORK INFORMS THEM THAT HE IS WANTED FOR HOMICIDE IN NEW YORK CITY AND TELLS THE COPS THAT THEY SHOULD GOOGLE SO WHOLE FOUR HOTEL. >> POLICE SAY EARLIER THIS.

MONTH, OFFICERS 38-YEAR-OLD DENISE OLAFESO RUN CIVIL UNREST BONDS LIVE INSIDE THAT HOTEL. HER DEATH CAUSED BY BLUNT FORCE . >> THE NYPD RELEASING THESE SURVEILLANCE IMAGES, APPEARING TO SHOW ALMANSOORI WEARING THE VICTIM'S LEGGINGS AFTER,.

THE ALLEGED MURDER. >> AND POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT HAS PRIOR ARRESTS FLORIDA AND TEXAS AND BELIEVE HE MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN OTHER UNSOLVED ATTACKS. SEVERAL OF THE CRIMES INVOLVING WOMEN WHO AS ESCORTS. >> WE WANT TO DO OUR DUE.

DILIGENCE AND MAKE THAT WE LET COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY KNOW THAT THEY BE AWARE OF WHO THIS PERSON IS. TREVOR AULT, THANK YOU. THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS SENT PROSECUTORS TO MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA TO SEEK ANSWERS.

EXTRADITION. NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED IN THAT NEW YORK INCIDENT. AND FORMER MOM INFLUENCER RUBY FRANKY AND HER BUSINESS PARTNER, JODI HILDEBRANDT, EACH FACING UP TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON FOR CHILD ABUSE. DURING SENTENCING FRANKIE.

OFFERED A TEARFUL APOLOGY WITH HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND AND, THEIR TWO CHILDREN THERE IN COURT. ABC NEWS LIVE ANCHOR KAYNA WHITWORTH HAS THE LATEST. >> IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME TO DEMONSTRATE MY REMORSE AND REGRET WITHOUT LAYING.

A RECKONING FOR ONCE. >> POPULAR MOM BLUE WINDSOR TURNED INMATE RUBY FRANKE NOW SET TO SERVE UP TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON FOR HER ROLE IN ABUSING HER OWN CHILDREN. >> MY BABY'S 16760. >> APPARENTLY, THE DISGRACED OF SIX SOBBING WHILE.

APOLOGIZING TO HER FAMILY. I TOOK FROM YOU ALL THAT WAS SOFT AND SAFE AND GOOD FOR YOU. >> YOUR MOTHER'S TERRIFYING. >> THIS MUST HAVE BEEN FOR YOU. >> FRANKIE'S ESTRANGED HUSBAND, KEVIN, AND THEIR TWO ADULT CHILDREN IN COURT OVERNIGHT. >> KEVIN'S LAWYER TELLING.

ABC NEWS THESE INJURIES WERE BOTH PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL AND THE SCARS WILL REMAIN FOR A LIFETIME. THE JUDGE HANDED DOWN THE SAME SENTENCE TO JODY HILDEBRANDT, WHO WAS ONCE AN ESTABLISHED THERAPIST IN THE MORMON CHURCH WITH SPECIALIZED TRAINING.

AND COUNSELING, A SKILL THE JUDGE SAYS MAKES HER MORE DANGEROUS. >> YOU TERRORIZE CHILDREN AND THE RESULTS BEEN TRAGIC. >> PROSECUTORS LIKENING THE CONDITIONS HILDEBRANDT CREATED TO A CONCENTRATION CAMP LIKE SETTING.

>> THEY WERE BEATEN AND A 12-YEAR-OLD WAS REGULARLY BOUND HAND AND FOOT. >> FRANKIE CLAIMING HILDEBRANDT MANIPULATED HER THROUGH THEIR FAITH. THE TWO OFTEN APPEARING TOGETHER IN HILDEBRAND'S ONLINE LIFE COACHING PROGRAM.

>> I'M JODI HILDEBRANDT. >> AND I'M RUBY. FRANKIE HILDEBRANDT. FOR THE FIRST TIME, SPEAKING OUT BRIEFLY IN COURT, I SINCERELY LOVE THESE CHILDREN . I DESIRE FOR THEM TO HEAL PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY.

>> BUT PROSECUTORS QUESTIONING HER ACCEPTANCE OF RESPONSIBILITY. >> MS.. HILDEBRANDT JUST HAS HAS NOT EXPRESSED ANY REMORSE. YOU CAN DO ANYTHING. I HOPE THAT JODI DOES. I THINK THAT THAT WOULD.

BE FAIR. >> FRANKIE'S ATTORNEY ALLEGING HILDEBRANDT WAS A POWERFUL MANIPULATOR. U.S. STARTED FOUR YEARS AGO AND PROGRESSIVELY TO THE POINT WHERE I THINK TRUTHFULLY RUBY LOST TRACK OF WHAT WAS RIGHT VERSUS WRONG.

AND ABC NEWS LIVE ANCHOR KAYNA WHITWORTH ME NOW FROM UTAH FOR MORE. CAN YOU YOU WERE IN COURT WHEN RUBY AND JODI HILDEBRANDT GAVE THEIR STATEMENTS. WHAT WAS THE REACTION IN THE COURTROOM? YEAH, DIANE, I MEAN, IT WASN'T.

JUST EMOTIONAL FOR RUBY. FRANKIE, RIGHT. HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND WAS THERE ALONG WITH THEIR TWO ADULT CHILDREN. AND HE BECAME VERY EMOTIONAL AS SHE WAS READING STATEMENT. YOU KNOW, INITIALLY IT STARTED OUT WITH YOU SORT OF HAD.

A FURROWED BROW JUST WATCHING HER. BUT WHEN SHE STARTED TO READ HER STATEMENT, WHEN SHE STARTED TO TALK ABOUT HIM, SHE CALLED HIM THE LOVE OF HER LIFE. HE BECAME VERY EMOTIONAL READ, PUT HIS HEAD IN HIS HANDS,.

STARTED CRYING. BUT HER TWO KIDS, WE WATCHED THEM AS WELL. AND ESSENTIALLY THEY SORT OF STARED STRAIGHT FORWARD. AND SHE SAID THINGS LIKE, THE MOMENT THAT I WAS PLACED IN HANDCUFFS WAS THE MOMENT THAT I GOT MY FREEDOM.

AND SHE ALSO HAD A LONG LIST OF APOLOGIES TO BUILD OUT. AND THAT INCLUDED TO HER SIBLINGS AS WELL. AT ONE POINT, DAN, SHE APOLOGIZED TO HER SIBLINGS FOR WHAT SHE CALLED HER CHOICE TO ROLL AROUND IN A PIGSTY. AS FOR JODI HILDEBRANDT.

STATEMENT, IT WASN'T AS APOLOGETIC. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT PROSECUTORS CERTAINLY TAKING NOTICE OF. AT ONE POINT, SHE SAID, DIANE, I DEARLY LOVE THESE KIDS. AND AT THAT POINT, DIANE, RUBY FRANKIE'S OLDER CHILDREN.

WERE VERY TAKEN ABACK BY THAT. >> NOW, FRANKIE AND HILDEBRANDT KIND OF WERE BOTH SENTENCED TO 1 TO 15 YEARS PER CHARGE ON FOUR DIFFERENT CHARGES. SO WHY ARE THEY LOOKING AT A MAXIMUM OF 30 YEARS OF PRISON TIME AND NOT 60? >> RIGHT.

SO THAT'S A UTAH LAW HERE. THEY'RE FIRST TIME OFFENDERS. SO THEIR TIME BEHIND BARS WOULD MAX OUT HERE AT 30 YEARS. THE BIG DISCUSSION WAS WOULD THEY SERVE THIS TIME CONSECUTIVELY OR CONCURRENTLY. SO THEY DID DECIDE THEY WILL SERVE IT CONSECUTIVELY.

AT ONE POINT, THE PROSECUTOR RIGHT HERE ON THE STEPS SAID, IF RUBY FRANKE SERVES FOUR YEARS, HE SEES THAT AS A JOB WELL DONE. HE ADDED THAT HE THAT JODI HILDEBRANDT SHOULD SERVE MORE TIME. AND DIANE, THE PROSECUTION DOES.

PLAN ON RELEASING THESE JAILHOUSE PHONE CALLS IN WHICH THEY SAY PROVES HILDEBRANDT LACKS REMORSE AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE PAROLE BOARD WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION. AND DIANE, IT'S THEIR DECISION HOW MUCH TIME THESE WOMEN.

WILL SPEND BEHIND BARS. ABC NEWS LIVE ANCHOR KAYNA WHITWORTH, THANK YOU. COMING. >> CPR AND AIDS CAN HELP SAVE A LIFE, BUT DO YOU KNOW HOW TO ADMINISTER? DR. PATEL IS HERE TO EXPLAIN IT ALL.

ALSO AHEAD, MICHAEL STRAHAN'S DAUGHTER, ISABELLA, DOCUMENTS HER CANCER TREATMENT, HOW SHE'S DOING WITH CHEMO AND HER MESSAGE FOR OTHERS. >> 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 OF TELEVISION. >> GET READY, AMERICA. EVERY FRIDAY, THE HOTTEST TRENDS DIALS AND MUST HAVE WHAT'S THE RIGHT STUFF.

TO BUY RIGHT NOW. I REALLY LOVE THAT IT'S TIME TO BUY THE RIGHT STUFF AND BIG TIME TO THE RIGHT STUFF. FRIDAY ON “GMA”. >> YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE IT. KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE IN COLLEGE. KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE.

AT ALL. HOW COULD THIS POSSIBLY HAVE HAPPENED? THE INCIDENT BROUGHT A LOT OF PANIC TO STUDENTS. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ME. IT COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF MY FRIENDS. KNOW THE LAST WE SAW HER ALIVE.

IT'S JUST A VERY TRAGIC THING TO HAPPEN TO. AND YOU SPEAK TO YOUR LOVED ONE. THE LAST THING YOU SHOULD EVER SAY, SOMEBODY. THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST TIME JUST BECAUSE TO ONLY THEMSELVES STREAMING ON HULU.

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ON ABC NEWS LIVE. HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY GIRARDI. THIS STORY WAS A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION TODAY, SO VICTIMS GET A CHANCE TO FIND THERAPY FOR IT. AND THAT'S SORT OF A LOSS FOR.

WHAT TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THE HOUSEWIVES? I DID. I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I'M SORRY. FACE TO FACE. ERIKA, WHY DO YOU THINK YOU SUPPORT THE HOUSEHOLD.

AND THE HOUSE? >> YOU KNOW, WELCOME BACK. IT IS TIME FOR BED. TELL IT LIKE. IT IS. WE'RE DR. ALOK PATEL SHARES HEALTH ADVICE ON THE TOPICS THAT MATTER MOST TO YOU IT'S AMERICAN HEART MONTH.

AND SO TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW CPR AND AID CAN HELP SAVE LIVES. HERE'S DR. PATEL WITH WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. >> YOU'RE IN PUBLIC. SOMEONE HAS CARDIAC AND THEY PASS OUT AND THERE'S A MACHINE ON THE WALL THAT COULD RESTART.

THEIR HEART. >> WOULD YOU USE IT? PLEASE SAY YES. I'M TALKING ABOUT AIDS OR EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS. THEY LOOK LIKE THIS, AND YOU PROBABLY SEE ONE OUT IN PUBLIC IN PLACES LIKE THE AIRPORT OR WORK.

AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE NOTE OF WHAT YOU DO SEE THEM BECAUSE IF SOMEONE'S HEART STOPS AND THEY DON'T HAVE A PULSE BUT CPR AND EARLY USE OF AN AID CAN BE LIFESAVING, CPR CAN SOMEONE'S BLOOD FLOWING AND IT CAN POTENTIALLY SHOCK AN ABNORMAL HEART RHYTHM.

BACK TO NORMAL. AND HERE'S WHY. WE NEED MORE AWARENESS ABOUT AIDS AND HOW EASY THEY ARE TO USE. A RECENT STUDY SHOWED THAT WHEN SOMEONE HAS CARDIAC ARREST AT A RECREATIONAL FACILITY, AIDS WERE USED LESS THAN 20% OF THE.

TIME IN CPR ONLY TOOK PLACE ABOUT 61% OF THE TIME. THERE'S SOME STUDIES, BY THE WAY, IT PLAYS THAT NUMBER EVEN LOWER. AND THIS DIDN'T REALLY DIFFER IN STATES THAT REQUIRED ATHLETIC FACILITIES TO HAVE AIDS ON SITE VERSUS STATES THAT.

DID IT. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE THE DEVICES. THEY'RE AFRAID THEY'RE GOING TO CAUSE HARM OR THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE. LET'S RUN THROUGH IT. IF YOU WENT DOWN OR PASSED OUT, CALL FOR HELP.

CALL MY ONE ONE. IF THEY AREN'T READING OR, DON'T HAVE A PULSE. START CPR IMMEDIATELY. ASK SOMEONE TO GET IN A BED. JUST ONE NEARBY. YOU LITERALLY OPEN UP THE, KIT. YOU PLACE THAT HANDS ON THE PERSON, TURN THE MACHINE.

ON, AND IT TALKS YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS. THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION HAS INITIATIVES TO GET PEOPLE, INCLUDING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, TRAINED IN HIGH QUALITY CPR AND PROPER AID USE, BECAUSE THIS COULD MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN OR DEATH FOR SOME OF.

THE 350,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE CARDIAC ARREST IN PUBLIC EVERY YEAR. >> SO GET TRAINED CPR IMMEDIATELY IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ALREADY. AND NOW WHEN YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT, IF YOU SEE AN AD ON THE WALL, MAKE A MENTAL NOTE.

WHERE INCREDIBLY USER FRIENDLY, POTENTIALLY LIFE SAVING DEVICE BECAUSE YOU MIGHT BE CALLED INTO ACTION. >> ALL RIGHT. >> DR. PATEL JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS TOPIC. WE'VE ALL HEARD OF CPR, BUT I HAVE TO CONFESS, I WASN'T.

FAMILIAR WITH THE TERM AID AND THOUGH I DO KNOW THE WORD DEFIBRILLATOR, SO THIS THING DOESN'T GET AS MUCH ATTENTION. >> CAN YOU RUN US THROUGH THE STEPS FOR HOW TO USE ONE, HOW IT WORKS? OH, I TOTALLY CAN. >> AND THEY'RE SO EASY TO USE.

THAT YOU DON'T ACTUALLY NEED FORMAL. EVEN A CHILD CAN USE THEM, EVEN THOUGH ADULT USE, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN THE DEFIBRILLATORS YOU MIGHT SEE ON TV OR IN THE HOSPITAL. THIS TRAINING IS PART OF ANY CPR COURSE.

SO BASICALLY, IF YOU SEE SOMEONE DOWN, YOU WANT TO CALL 911 IMMEDIATELY. THEY DON'T HAVE A PULSE. START CPR AND THEN SEND SOMEONE ELSE TO GO FIND AN AD. THEY'RE AVAILABLE IN PUBLIC PLACES, ELEVATORS, BATHROOMS AT THE FRONT DESK OF THE.

BUILDING. IF YOU OPEN THE MACHINE, YOU TURN ON IT. THERE IS A VOICE COMMAND THAT TELLS YOU EXACTLY WHAT TO DO, INCLUDING PLACING PADS ON SOMEBODY'S BARE CHEST AND. THEN THE MACHINE WILL ANALYZE THEIR HEART RHYTHM.

WHEN THIS HAPPENS, IT'S GOING TO STAY CLEAR. NOBODY TOUCHED THE PERSON. AND IF THEY NEED A SHOCK, YOU PUSH THE CHOCOLATE AND AGAIN, YOU DO NOT TOUCH THEM AT ALL. AND THEN THE MACHINE WILL TELL YOU CONTINUE CPR.

DIANE, HERE'S THE IMPORTANT PART. IF SOMEONE HAS CARDIAC ARREST, CPR CAN DOUBLE OR TRIPLE THEIR CHANCES OF SURVIVAL. AND IF SOMEONE NEEDS A SHOT AND THEY GET ONE OF THE FIRST MINUTES, THEIR CHANCE OF SURVIVAL IS UP 90%.

THINK ABOUT TOMORROW. HANDLING OF THE BUFFALO BILLS IS LIKE SAVED BY CPR IN AN AD USED IN MINUTES 90%. WOW. SO ANY TIPS ON HOW TO SPOT ADS PUBLIC SO YOU'RE NOT, YOU KNOW, IN A COMPLETE SCAVENGER HUNT IN AN EMERGENCY, YOU PROBABLY.

WALK BY THESE ALL THE TIME. >> SCHOOLS, ATHLETIC FACILITIES, AIRPORTS, THE MALL. BUT WANT TO DO IS PAY ATTENTION TO THAT SIGN THAT SAYS AHEAD MAKE A MENTAL NOTE OF WHERE IT IS. SOME STATES ACTUALLY HAVE LAWS REQUIRING THEM TO BE IN PUBLIC.

PLACES. OTHER STATES DON'T. OFTENTIMES, YOU'LL SEE THEM IN NEAR AREAS. THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC AROUND A BATHROOM, ELEVATORS NEAR FRONT DESK. BUT IF YOU'RE IN A BUILDING AND THIS HAPPENS, 10,000.

CARDIAC ARRESTS HAPPEN IN THE WORKPLACE EVERY YEAR, YOU CAN ALWAYS ASK AROUND OR ASK THE FRONT DESK OR A SECURITY GUARD OR SOMEONE WHO WORKS THERE WHERE THE AID IS. OFTENTIMES, EMPLOYEES ARE REQUIRED TO BE TRAINED. BUT BEYOND THE LOOK OUT,.

BECAUSE THE WAY THINGS HAPPEN, YOU MAY HAVE TO GRAB ONE. ALL RIGHT. GREAT TIPS THERE, DR. PATEL. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND DR. PATEL IS TAKING YOUR QUESTIONS. LEAVE A MESSAGE ON OUR.

INSTAGRAM FEED AT ABC NEWS LIVE AND HE MIGHT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION RIGHT HERE ON FRIDAY. MEANWHILE, MICHAEL STRAHAN DAUGHTER ISABELLA IS DOCUMENTING HER CANCER FIGHT ON YOUTUBE AND HOPE OF HELPING OTHERS WITH THAT.

SAME DIAGNOSIS. IN OCTOBER, ISABELLA DIAGNOSED WITH A FORM OF BRAIN CANCER AND SHE STARTED HER CHEMO THIS MONTH. HERE'S WHAT SHE'S BEEN UP TO AND HOW SHE'S DOING WITH TREATMENT. WOKE UP, CAME TO THE HOSPITAL.

I THINK I'M JUST FREAKING MYSELF OUT. THIS IS A BIG, BAD CHEMO. BIG, BAD ECONOMY THAT'S RUNNING FOR 6 HOURS NOW. BUT I'M STRESSING OUT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING'S JUST GO WRONG FROM GETTING MY, I DON'T KNOW, SO TERRIFIED.

THAT MY LEGS MIGHT START TWITCHING OR LIKE, PUTTING MY ORGANS. THE ONLY TWO PEOPLE IN THE HOSPITAL IS A SENIOR NOW WOMAN. AND WE WERE HERE ALL MORNING AND THEY'RE PULLING UP TO THE HOSPITAL WITH ISABELLA'S.

FAVORITE PART OF THE PROTOCOL. SHE HAD TO WASH YOUR HANDS FIRST. YOU HAVE A LEAK KEEPING YOUR HANDS FREE. >> SIGN IS COUNT TO TEN. AND THEY BEEN NEXT DOOR OPEN TO ENSURE. THEY'RE HERE.

POTATOES FOR BREAKFAST? YES. ALLOW ME, WILL YOU? >> A DOUBLE BREAKFAST? YEAH, THAT'S JUST. >> JUST IN CASE. SO MY SPECIALTY IS I DIDN'T SEE A ONE BIG POTATO WITH LOTS OF CHEESE.

>> LOTS. OH, HI. YOU SEE, THEY'RE SO LATE. I'VE BEEN REALLY POOR, SO HERE. TWO TV'S, NO NETFLIX. THE SOUNDS OF BIG TV ONLY COME DOWN TO THIS. SO UNFORTUNATE FOR THEM. DIFFERENT CHANNELS.

EACH ONE JUST GOT TO DECIDE WHICH ONES WE WANT TO HAVE. >> MY CHECK FOR THE WATER BOTTLE FOR THEIR PARTS CHAPSTICK. LET'S WATCH THIS THING. OH, THIS IS MY FRIEND THAT. ACTUALLY, THIS IS MY ON MY HAPPINESS BALL WHERE I LIKE.

ALL MY DRUGS. OH, NOT ALWAYS. NANCY MEYERS. OH, GOING INTO HERE. >> OKAY, SO MY EYES ARE STRAINED. THEY HURT TO LOOK TO THE SIDES. MY WHOLE MOUTH FEELS LIKE I GOT ONE GIANT ROOT CANAL OF MY.

WHOLE MOUTH AND EVERYTHING. TWO AND JUST RIPPED OUT. AND NINE SURGICALLY PUT BACK IN MY JAW. HURTS MY TONGUE. THE BOTTOM OF MY TONGUE HURTS REAL BETTER. BIG STUFF THAT I IN RETURN HOME.

AND I'M LIKE, I SLEPT IN MY BED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A WHILE. I'M LIKE, I DON'T MIND THE HOSPITAL SO MUCH BECAUSE I FEEL SAFE. YEAH, BUT I DO LIKE THE WHOLE THING OF WALKING. MAYBE STRETCH. STRETCH, CURL MORE TO EAT.

SOMETHING. POTATOES ARE MY FAVORITE FOOD. BAKE WITH YOU TUBING. THAT'S LIKE A LOT OF SURGERIES . CATCH ON TO BYPASS BUTTER AND BUTTER BACON. SO ONION LOTS. >> YEAH, THAT'S A FAIR AMOUNT.

TO EAT. >> I SEE THAT EVERY DAY. OUR THANKS TO ISABELLA STRAHAN FOR HER STORY. WE, OF COURSE, ARE ALL SENDING OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND STRENGTH TO HER. COMING UP, BEYONCE IS MAKING THE NEW FIRST FOR HER COUNTRY.

SONG TEXAS HOLD'EM. AND NOW SHE'S MAKING HER OWN STAMP ON THE GENRE. >> KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE IN COLLEGE. KIDS AREN'T AT ALL. HOW COULD THIS POSSIBLY HAVE HAPPENED? THE INCIDENT BROUGHT A LOT.

OF PANIC TO STUDENTS. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ME. IT COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF MY FRIENDS EARLY LAST WE SAW HER ALIVE. IT'S JUST A VERY TRAGIC THING TO HAPPEN TO SOMEONE. YOU KNOW, YOU SPEAK TO YOUR LOVED ONE.

THE LAST THING YOU SHOULD EVER SAY IS, I LOVE YOU. THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST TIME IN THE TOO. SO IT'S STREAMING ON HULU. FRIDAY, HE FINDS HIS WIFE FACE DOWN IN A TUB FULL OF ROSE COLORED WATER. 20, 20 YEARS ALL KNEW THERE WAS.

SOMETHING HORRIBLE GOING INSIDE THAT HOUSE. DO YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR? MAYBE NOT. COULD IT BE THIS STRESS FROM A HOME RENOVATION WAS A MOTIVE FOR MURDER.

A KILLER RENOVATION. MORE TWISTED THAN YOU WANT IT TO BE. IT'S JUST. ALL NEW 2020 SIGHTING NIGHT ON ABC. BABE RUTH. HANK. AARON.

SHOHEI OHTANI, LEGENDS OF THE GAME. BUT NOW THE LIST OF GREATS REDEFINED FROM ABC NEWS RECLAIMED THE FORGOTTEN LEAD SIDE OF STORY OF BASEBALL YOU HAVE NEVER HEARD BEFORE LIKE THIS. THE AWARD WINNING PODCAST IS.

BACK. LISTEN, WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS OR SCAN THE QR CODES YOU SEE HERE. REPORTING FROM THE FULTON COUNTY COURTHOUSE IN ATLANTA, GEORGIA, I'M OLIVIA RUBIN. WHEREVER THE STORY GOES, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE FOR.

SCREAMING. ABC NEWS IN MAY. GOT THIS. WELCOME BACK. IS MAKING HISTORY. HER NEW SONG TEXAS HOLD'EM IS NOW NUMBER ONE ON BILLBOARD'S HOT COUNTRY SONGS CHART.

AND THAT MAKES IT 32 TIME GRAMMY WINNER, THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN WITH A NUMBER ONE SONG ON THE COUNTRY CHARTS. THE SONG IS PART OF THE HOUSTON NATIVE'S COUNTRY ALBUM RENAISSANCE ACT TWO, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO EMBRACE TEXAS ROOTS AND SPOTLIGHT.

BLACK COUNTRY STARS WHO CAME BEFORE HER. SO LET'S TAKE THIS TO OUR GROUP CHAT, SIRIUS XM RADIO HOST AND ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR, MUSE, SENIOR ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER AT ESPN'S AN ESCAPE AND ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR KELLEY CARTER AND MARCUS DOWLING, NASHVILLE,.

COUNTRY MUSIC REPORTER FOR THE TENNESSEAN. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING ON. MIKE, I WANT TO START WITH YOUR REACTION. WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT BEYONCE'S NEW HISTORY MAKING MOMENT? AND WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS DOES.

FOR THE CONVERSATION SURROUNDING COUNTRY MUSIC? >> I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE. SO FIRST, CONGRATULATIONS TO BEYONCE FOR MAKING HISTORY AND FOR MAKING THIS DISCOURSE. I THINK THERE IS A GREAT SOCIAL DISCOURSE THAT IS NOT HAPPENING.

IN SOCIETY WITH, HAVING THIS UNDERSTANDING AND THIS ANTHROPOLOGICAL DISCOURSE OF THE ORIGINS OF COUNTRY MUSIC. THERE IS THIS MISNOMER OUT THERE IN TERMS OF WHO OWNS THE GENRE OF COUNTRY MUSIC. I PERSONALLY THINK THAT ANY.

CULTURE OR RACE OWNS IDANRE, BUT IT ALLOWS US TO TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY OF COUNTRY MUSIC AND THAT IS ROOTED IN AFRICAN MUSIC AND THAT IT COMES FROM THE SUBSAHARAN AFRICA IN PARTICULAR, AND WESTERN AFRICA, WHERE THE ORIGINAL BANJO WAS FIRST.

FORMULATED AND CAME OVER THROUGH THE DIASPORA AND LANDED. COUNTRY MUSIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN ROOTED IN WHAT WE CALL FIELD SONGS AND SPIRITUAL HYMNALS THAT WE SAW ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND IT WASN'T THAT WE START SEEING THE GREAT.

MIGRATION THAT WE START TO SEE THE TRANSITION OF COUNTRY MUSIC FROM OUR COUNTRY, THE MINSTREL SHOWS TO THE BANJO BEING APPROPRIATE IT BY BY WHITE CULTURE WHO EMBRACED EVANGEL THAT THEN YOU START SEEING HILLBILLY MUSIC THAT THEN LED TO COUNTRY MUSIC,.

WHICH THEN LED TO RACE RECORDS, WHERE THEN YOU START TO SEE THE DIVIDE OF WHO OWNS WHITENESS OR WHERE A LOT OF BLACK CONTRIBUTIONS WERE IGNORED DURING THE HILLBILLY ERA. >> AND KELLY, THIS ALBUM IS EXPECTED TAP INTO THAT BLACK.

HISTORY AND THE ROOTS IN MUSIC DATING BACK TO THE 1600S. >> SO CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT ABOUT THAT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN EXPECT? >> I MEAN, I THINK THAT WE CAN EXPECT BEYONCÉ TO DO WHAT SHE DOES, WHICH IS REALLY CHANGE THE CONVERSATION AROUND THIS.

PARTICULAR. YOU KNOW, I IMAGINE THAT BEYONCE IS PROBABLY GOING TO TAP INTO ON TALENT LIKE MICKEY GUYTON, YOU KNOW, OR SHE'S GOING TO TAP INTO MUSICIANS THAT HAVE BEEN PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND IN COUNTRY MUSIC WHO ALSO.

HAPPEN TO BE BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN. >> BUT ALSO I THINK THAT SHE REALLY IS GOING TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT WHO IS GATEKEEPING IN COUNTRY MUSIC. FOR WHATEVER REASON TIME, A BLACK ARTIST CREATES MUSIC.

THAT CHARTS AND COUNTRY MUSIC OR SHOULD BE CHARTED OR SHOULD BE CELEBRATED. THERE SEEMS BE THIS CONVERSATION AROUND IT. IF YOU REMEMBER JUST A FEW YEARS BACK, LIL NAS X HAD AN UPHILL BATTLE WITH HIS DEBUT SONG.

YOU KNOW THAT EMBRACED IN THE COUNTRY WORLD. >> AND IT TOOK GARTH BROOKS TO COME IN TO HELP KIND CEMENT THE DEAL AND CLOSE THAT GAP THERE. BUT I THINK WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS BEYONCÉ IS GOING TO DELIVER ANOTHER INCREDIBLE.

ALBUM AND, SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME TO COME. >> MARCUS THAT SAID, THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF BACK LASHING THIS MORE TRADITIONAL QUOTE, THE QUOTE UNQUOTE COUNTRY MUSIC FANS.

SOME RADIO STATIONS THAT WON'T PLAY HER SONGS. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE HISTORY THAT KELLY AND MIKE JUST EXPLAINED? I'D SAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT A SITUATION WHERE WE'VE HAD BLACK ARTISTS WHO ENTER.

THE SPACE, WHO HAVE BEEN EQUAL TO NOT ABOVE AND BEYOND THE SCOPE AND RANGE OF SUCCESS OR REACH OF WHITE ARTISTS IN THE SPACE. WHEN YOU GET SOMEBODY LIKE BEYONCE IN THE ROOM, SHE'S EQUITABLE FAR BEYOND THE SCOPE OF 100 YEARS.

OF COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY. AS FAR AS BLACK ARTISTS IN THE SPACE, YOU HAVE A WHITE ARTIST IN A SPACE. HER SPACE IN THE IN THE CONVERSATION IS WHOLLY UNPRECEDENTED ACROSS ALL VARIOUS MEASURES. MIKE, I'M OUT OF TIME,.

BUT FINAL THOUGHTS ON THIS ONE? >> I'M EXCITED. I'M EXCITED FOR THE SOCIAL DISCOURSE THAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN. I'M EXCITED FOR THE GLOBAL SOCIETY TO LEARN THE ORIGINS OF COUNTRY MUSIC. I'M EXCITED FOR THE RECLAMATION.

OF COUNTRY MUSIC. ITS ROOTS WERE STARTED IN AFRICAN MUSIC AND I'M STILL EXCITED FOR THE BOLD AND THE TIES THAT BEYONCE WILL LIFT UP AS WE MOVE FORWARD, SUCH AS THE GUARDIAN, BUT ALSO TO YOLA, WARREN TREATY AND SO MANY OTHER ARTISTS WHO CAN NOW RIDE THIS.

INCREDIBLE ENERGY MOMENTUM. >> KELLY FINAL THOUGHTS? LET'S GO BEYONCÉ. I'M READY TO SEE EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WIPE OUT ALL THE TEN GALLON HATS TO PULL UP AT THE NEXT TOUR. SO LET'S GO, LET'S DO THIS. AND THEN MARCUS.

>> BEYONCE HITTING NUMBER ONE ON COUNTRY RADIO THING WE NEED TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR WHEN THAT HAPPENS. I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO REALLY GET TO SEE A GROUNDSWELL OF SUPPORT THAT'S UNPRECEDENTED AND A REAL SPACE FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS WHO ARE FANS.

AND SUPPORTERS AND WORK WITHIN THE GENRE TO HAVE A MOVIE SHOT. >> VERY COOL. TIME TO DUST OFF THOSE COWBOY BOOTS, EVERYONE. MAKE ME MISS KELLEY CARTER, MARCUS DOWLING, THANK YOU ALL. WELL WELL, AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING WITH US.

ON DIANE MACEDO. >> ABC NEWS LIVE IS HERE YOU ANYTIME WITH THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY ON THIS STORY.

WHY A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION, A CENTRAL. THE VICTIMS WILL GET A CHANCE. FINALLY, ERICA. AND THAT'S SORT OF A LOSS FOR WHAT TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THAT HAS COME OUT? I DID.

I WANTED ERICA TO SAY. >> I'M SORRY. FACE TO FACE. ERICA, WHY DO YOU THINK YOU SAW THE HOUSEWIVES AND THE CONCERT? YOU AND HULU WITH SYNCH AT STAKE. >> SO MUCH ONLINE? MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN.

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IN COLLEGE. KIDS AREN'T GOING TO DIE AT ALL. HOW COULD THIS POSSIBLY HAVE HAPPENED? THE INCIDENT BROUGHT A LOT OF PANIC TO STUDENTS. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ME. IT COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF.

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STEPHANIE JOINS TWO OF NEW EPISODES STREAMING NOW ON HULU. WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE? >> FROM ABC NEWS, THIS IS THE START HERE TO BE IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD 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. 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. >> FRIDAY HE FINDS HIS WIFE.

FACE DOWN IN A TUB FULL OF ROSE COLORED WATER. 20, 20 YEARS ON, YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOMETHING HORRIBLE GOING ON INSIDE THAT HOUSE. DO YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR? DO YOU?.

MAYBE NOT. COULD IT BE THE STRESS FROM A HOME RENOVATION WAS A MOTIVE FOR MURDER. A KILLER RENOVATION GETS MORE TWISTED THAN YOU WANT IT TO BE. IT'S JUST CRAZY. ALL NEW 2020 FRIDAY NIGHT.

ON ABC AND AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE SOURCE BECOMES THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS AND BREAKING NEWS. INCREDIBLE VIDEO. FASTER, SMARTER AND IT CAN CUSTOMIZE TO YOU AND YOUR INTERESTS. IF YOU LOVE BEING IN THE KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE THIS.

EXPERIENCE. WITH ALL THE BUZZ OF THAT EXPERIENCE. >> THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW. I AM ALEX PRESHA IN EAST PALESTINE, OHIO. ONE YEAR AFTER THAT TOXIC TRAIN DERAILMENT.

WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE . I'M DYING TO SAY, THOUGH, LET'S GET RIGHT TO OUR TOP STORY. THE PRESIDENT'S BROTHER, JAMES BIDEN, IS SET TO TESTIFY BEHIND CLOSED DOORS, PART.

OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS IMPEACHMENT PROBE AGAINST THE PRESIDENT. THIS THE FORMER FBI INFORMANT CHARGED WITH LYING ABOUT THE PRESIDENT AND HIS SON IS FACING NEW ALLEGATIONS. NEWLY FILED COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW ALEXANDER.

SMIRNOV ALLEGEDLY AT HIGH LEVEL RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE CONTACTS. >> NBC NEWS SENIOR REPORTER KATHERINE FAULDERS JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE. >> CARTER, WHAT ARE HOUSE REPUBLICANS HOPING TO LEARN FROM JAMES BIDEN IN HIS CLOSED DOOR TESTIMONY?.

>> WELL, LOOK, THEY'RE HOPING TO QUESTION JAMES BIDEN ON A NUMBER OF THINGS AND SHOULD POINT OUT, THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT HE HAS APPEARED FOR A DEPOSITION BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. THEY'RE ACCUSING JAMES BIDEN OF ESSENTIALLY SERVING AS A.

CONDUIT FOR JOE BIDEN TO QUIETLY FROM THEIR FOREIGN BUSINESS ARRANGEMENTS. WE'VE HEARD THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, JAMES COMER, SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON BANK RECORDS THAT HE SAYS ARE NEFARIOUS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME,.

THROUGHOUT REPUBLICANS INVESTIGATIONS, THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER WITNESSES WHO HAVE COME FORWARD THAT HAVE ESSENTIALLY REFUTED THESE CLAIMS. SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS TODAY. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS ALL HAPPENING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS.

SO WHAT REALLY WILL SEE AS THIS IS GOING ON AND AFTER OUR MEMBERS OF CONGRESS ESSENTIALLY EXPLAINING WHAT THEY HEARD FROM THEM. NOW, THIS TESTIMONY COMES AS WE'RE LEARNING THESE NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE FORMER INFORMANT CHARGED WITH LYING.

ABOUT THE PRESIDENT AND HIS SON . HOW CRITICAL IS IT THAT THIS INFORMANT TO HOUSE REPUBLICANS CASE, HE WAS THE CENTER OF THIS CASE IN MANY WAYS. >> HOW CRITICAL IS IT THAT HE'S FACING THESE ALLEGATIONS, NOT ONLY OF LYING BUT NOW POTENTIAL.

TIES TO RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE? >> WELL, I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY CRITICAL, DIANE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THIS PERSON WAS CENTRAL ,THE IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATION IN THEIR INQUIRY. AND WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THE INQUIRY WAS ESSENTIALLY STALLED A BIT GIVEN THE HOUSE MAJORITY.

AND THE SLIM MAJORITY. BUT NOW YOU BASICALLY HAD COLMER, THE CHAIR OF THE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, AND OTHERS, SAYING THIS WAS THE LINCHPIN, THEIR ENTIRE CASE. THIS WAS THE STRONGEST EVIDENCE THAT THEY SAID THAT THEY.

AND NOW IT SEEMS ALMOST DEAD IN THE WATER. THIS SUGGESTS OBVIOUSLY, THAT IT'S A RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION OPERATION TO PEDDLE DISINFORMATION ABOUT JOE BIDEN TO CONGRESS. BUT THE QUESTION NOW IS, DO REPUBLICANS ANY OF THIS AND HOW.

DOES THIS INVESTIGATION MOVE FORWARD? NOW, HUNTER BIDEN IS SET TO TESTIFY NEXT WEEK. WHAT CAN WE THERE? IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THIS IS ALSO GOING TO BE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. WE KNOW THAT HE APPEARED BEFORE.

FOR A DEPOSITION. LOOK, REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO TRY AND FIND NEW INFORMATION OUT OF HIM THAT LEARNED FROM OTHER WITNESSES. WHO KNOWS WHAT EXACTLY THEY'LL GET? I'M SURE THAT THEY WILL QUESTION HUNTER ON SOME.

OF WHAT JAMES BIDEN SAYS AGAIN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. BUT THIS IS SET TO HAPPEN NEXT WEEK ON CAPITOL HILL. ABC SENIOR REPORTER KATHERINE FAULDERS, THANK YOU. AND NEW ATTORNEY ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES SAYS SHE'S PREPARED TO SEIZE FORMER.

PRESIDENT TRUMP'S BUILDINGS IF HE CAN'T PLAY HIS $345 MILLION CIVIL FRAUD FINE. TRUMP IS ALSO FACING ABOUT $100 MILLION IN INTEREST AFTER THE JUDGE DETERMINED HE INFLATED HIS NET WORTH TO GET BETTER LOAN TERMS. TRUMP HAS DENIED WRONGDOING.

AND SAYS HE WILL APPEAL. NBC NEWS SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT IS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN SOUTH CAROLINA WITH THE LATEST. DONALD TRUMP FACING A MASSIVE $355 MILLION FINE ONCE AGAIN COMPARING HIMSELF TO ALEXINA.

>> WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS LEGAL BILLS. HOW WILL YOU PUT UP THAT KIND OF MONEY? BECAUSE YOU HAVE A BOMB TO PUT UP, EVEN IF YOU APPEAL. GOT TO PUT UP ESCROW MONEY, THAT'S ALL. THERE'S A LOT OF, YOU KNOW,.

FORM OF NAVALNY. >> IT IS A FORM OF COMMUNISM OR FASCISM. >> AFTER DAYS OF SILENCE, TRUMP NOW CALLING THE BALL IS DEAD. A SAD SITUATION. BUT REFUSING TO CONDEMN THE MAN WHO PUT THE PRO-DEMOCRACY.

OPPOSITION LEADER IN PRISON. >> VLADIMIR PUTIN IS A VERY BRAVE GUY BECAUSE. >> HE WENT BACK. HE COULD HAVE STAYED AWAY. MR. PRESIDENT, YOU BELIEVE THAT EVERYBODY GOT. >> THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. TRUMP IS DREAMING CAMPAIGN.

FUNDS TO PAY FOR HIS LEGAL FEES, SPENDING $50 MILLION LAST YEAR AND NEARLY 3 MILLION IN JANUARY. NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES, SPEAKING EXCLUSIVELY WITH AARON KATERSKY AND SAYS THAT SHE WILL COLLECT THAT CIVIL FRONT LINE, EVEN IF.

IT MEANS SEIZING SOME OF HIS ASSETS. >> WE ARE PREPARED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE JUDGMENT IS PAID TO NEW YORKERS. >> AND YES, I LOOK AT 40 WALL STREET EACH AND EVERY DAY. TRUMP'S RIVAL NIKKI HALEY SAYS THAT LEGAL DRAMA IS ALL.

THE MORE REASON FOR REPUBLICANS TO MOVE ON. >> I FEEL NO NEED TO KISS THE RING. I HAVE NO FEAR OF TRUMP'S RETRIBUTION. HE'S GOTTEN MORE UNSTABLE AND UNHINGED. HE SPENDS MORE TIME COURTROOMS.

THAN HE DOES ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. >> SHE'S TRAILING TRUMP MORE THAN 30 POINTS HERE IN HER HOME STATE, BUT STILL VOWING TO STAY IN THE RACE. >> I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE. I'M CAMPAIGNING EVERY DAY UNTIL THE LAST PERSON VOTES.

>> SO NIKKI HALEY SAYS WIN OR SOUTH CAROLINA. SHE'S STAYING IN THIS RACE THROUGH SUPER TUESDAY. AS DONALD TRUMP. EVERY SINGLE DAY HE DOES NOT PAY BACK THAT $355 MILLION FINE. HE IS GAINING MORE THAN $87,000.

IN INTEREST. THAT IS PER DAY. HIS SUPER SPENT NEARLY ALL OF ITS MONEY. 90% OF ITS MONEY IN JANUARY ON LEGAL FEES ALONE. MEANWHILE, HIS POLITICAL RIVALS, LIKE PRESIDENT BIDEN AND NIKKI HALEY ARE USING.

THEIR CAMPAIGN FUNDS ON ACTUAL CAMPAIGN RESOURCES DIANE. >> ALL RIGHT SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT, THANK YOU. AND MORE THAN 150,000 STUDENT LOAN BORROWERS ARE ABOUT TO HAVE THAT DEBT CLEAN.

AS PART OF THE NEXT PHASE IN PRESIDENT BIDEN'S STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PLAN. ABC NEWS CHIEF WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARY BRUCE HAS THE DETAILS. WELL, STARTING TODAY, 153,000 BORROWERS WILL BE RECEIVING AN EMAIL DIRECTLY FROM.

PRESIDENT BIDEN, TELLING THEM THEIR DEBTS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN, WIPING CLEAN A TOTAL OF $1.2 BILLION IN LOANS. NOW, TO QUALIFY, MUST BE ENROLLED IN THE PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE REPAYMENT PLAN AND HAVE A ROLL ORIGINAL BALANCE LESS THAN $12,000.

AND HAVE BEEN MAKING PAYMENTS FOR AT LEAST TEN YEARS. SO IF YOU MEET THE CRITERIA, YOUR LOANS WILL BE IN THE COMING DAYS. >> MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE ENROLLED IN REPAYMENT PLAN, AND THIS IS JUST THE FIRST TRANCHE.

>> SO ANYONE WHO'S STILL AND MEETS THE CRITERIA GOING FORWARD WILL ALSO SEE THIS RELIEF. >> WITH THIS LATEST ROUND, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS NOW APPROVED ALMOST $138 BILLION IN DEBT RELIEF FOR 3.9 MILLION PEOPLE.

THIS IS SOMETHING THE PRESIDENT IS EAGER TO TOUT, ESPECIALLY AFTER HIS INITIAL PLAN WAS STRUCK DOWN THE SUPREME COURT LAST YEAR. PRESIDENT BIDEN IS WELL AWARE VOTERS ARE FRUSTRATED. >> AND DIANE, HE WANTS TO SHOW HE'S MAKING GOOD ON.

HIS PROMISE. ALL RIGHT WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARY BRUCE, THANK YOU. >> AND NOW TO SOME TROUBLING SIGNS FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP AMONG BLACK AMERICANS. NEW DATA FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS SHOWS.

THAT WHILE HOMEOWNERSHIP RATES FOR RACIAL MINORITIES INCREASED 2022, THE GAP BETWEEN THE RATE OF BLACK AND WHITE HOMEOWNERSHIP HAS BECOME EVEN MORE EXTREME. ABC NEWS ELIZABETH SCHULZE HAS THE DETAILS. ELIZABETH.

DIANE, THIS NEW DATA SHOWS THAT HOMEOWNERSHIP ARE IMPROVING ACROSS MINORITY GROUPS, BUT THE GAP BETWEEN WHITE AND BLACK HOMEOWNERS IS NOW WORSE THAN IT WAS ONE DECADE AGO. THE ANALYSIS FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS FINDS.

44% OF BLACK AMERICANS OWN A HOME. THAT RATE IS 51% AMONG HISPANIC HOUSEHOLDS. AND FOR ASIAN AMERICANS, 63%. BOTH OF THOSE ARE NEW RECORD HIGHS. HOMEOWNERSHIP AMONG WHITE HOUSEHOLDS STANDS AT 72%.

SO WHAT ACCOUNTS FOR THIS GAP? ACCESS TO CREDIT IS A BIG FACTOR. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT IT'S OFTEN MORE DIFFICULT FOR MINORITY HOUSEHOLDS TO GET FAVORABLE TERMS ON A LOAN. THE HOUSING GAP BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE AMERICANS ALSO.

MIRRORS A GROWING INCOME GAP. SO TEN YEARS AGO, WHITE HOUSEHOLDS EARNED, ON AVERAGE $21,000 MORE PER YEAR THAN BLACK HOUSEHOLDS. THAT HAS NOW INCREASED TO NEARLY $28,000 MORE TO TRY TO BOOST HOMEOWNERSHIP, ESPECIALLY AMONG FIRST TIME.

BUYERS. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES OFFER FHA LOANS WHERE YOU CAN PUT A 3% PAYMENT DOWN INSTEAD OF THE MORE TRADITIONAL 20%. PEOPLE CAN SEE IF THEY QUALIFY BY GOING TO FHA BACKED UP. DIANE ELIZABETH SCHULZE IN WASHINGTON, D.C., THANK YOU.

>> AND IT'S TIME NOW FOR WORLDVIEW, WHERE WE BRING YOU THE LATEST INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES FROM RUSSIA'S OFFENSIVE IN UKRAINE TO WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE'S EXTRADITION BATTLE. OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS.

ARE TRACKING THE LATEST STORIES FROM AROUND THE WORLD. >> HI, I'M PATRICK REEVELL, KYIV. RUSSIA IS NOW PUSHING OFFENSIVES AT MULTIPLE PLACES ON THE FRONT LINE HERE IN UKRAINE FOLLOWING THE FALL OF THE KEY EASTERN CITY.

OF AVDIIVKA. IT'S TRYING TO EXPLOIT. THE HOLDUP IN AMERICAN AID HAS LEFT UKRAINE SUFFERING INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS AMMUNITION SHORTAGES. AND IN RUSSIA, THE FSB HAS ARRESTED ANOTHER US RUSSIAN CITIZEN ON TREASON CHARGES.

XENIA KALAN, A FORMER BALLERINA WHO HAS LIVED IN LOS ANGELES, IS ACCUSED OF FUND RAISING $50 FOR A UKRAINIAN CHARITY THAT SUPPORTS UKRAINE'S MILITARY. ACCORDING TO HER EMPLOYER IN L.A., SHE FACE UP TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON.

AND OF COURSE, THIS COMES JUST AFTER THE DEATH OF OPPOSITION LEADER ALEXEI NAVALNY. I'M MAGGIE RULLI OUTSIDE THE HIGH COURT IN LONDON, WHERE YOU CAN HEAR JULIAN ASSANGE, HIS SUPPORTERS BEHIND ME. THEY'VE BEEN OUT HERE FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS WHILE.

HIS LAWYERS ARE INSIDE HIGH COURT HERE. THIS IS SEEN AS LIKELY A FINAL EFFORT, A LAST DITCH EFFORT TO STOP THE EXTRADITION OF JULIAN ASSANGE TO THE U.S. WHERE HE FACES ESPIONAGE CHARGES. BUT IF CONVICTED, COULD LAND.

HIM LIFE IN PRISON. NOW, RIGHT NOW, ASSANGE HAS BEEN IN A HIGH SECURITY PRISON HERE IN BRITAIN FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS. AND TODAY, HIS APPEAL NOT ONLY IS A LAST DITCH EFFORT, BUT IT'S ALSO JUST THE LATEST IN A LONG, LONG LEGAL SAGA FOR.

ASYLUM SEEKERS WHO ARE AGAINST HIM. DATE BACK ALMOST 15 YEARS. THE 2010 WHERE HE'S ACCUSED OF LEAKING HIGHLY CLASSIFIED U.S. ON HIS WEBSITE, WIKILEAKS. REMEMBER, THESE WERE LEAKED TO HIM BY CHELSEA MANNING, AN ARMY INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST.

THAT HE WAS ACCUSED IN PEOPLE'S LIVES, INCLUDING THOSE WHO HELPED U.S. FORCES ON THE GROUND IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. BUT IT'S A BROADER, INCLUDING MANY WOMEN SPOKEN TO OUTSIDE THIS COURTHOUSE, SAY ASSANGE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A SECRECY.

BUSTING JOURNALIST TO EXPOSE WRONGDOINGS OF U.S. FORCES ON THE GROUND IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. THEY SAY PROSECUTORS HERE LIKE A POLITICALLY MOTIVATED AND THAT ASSANGE WOULD NEVER A FAIR A FAIR TRIAL. BACK IN THE U.S., THOUGH, WE.

HAVEN'T ASSANGE INSIDE THIS COURTROOM OR VIRTUALLY EITHER DAY. HIS LAWYERS, HE IS TOO ILL TO APPEAR IN COURT. THAT AND MAGGIE, WHEN THE COURT ANNOUNCED THIS DECISION AND WHAT'S STAKE FOR ASSANGE IF HE IS EXTRADITED TO THE U.S.?.

WE UNDERSTAND THE JUDGES ARE HEARING FROM BOTH SIDES THIS CASE THAT'LL BE ALL WRAPPED UP BY TODAY. BUT THEIR DECISION COULD TAKE HOURS. IT COULD TAKE DAYS, IT COULD TAKE WEEKS. WHAT WE DO KNOW IS THAT WHEN.

THAT DECISION COMES DOWN, IF THEY DECIDED THAT TO NOT GRANT THIS APPEAL, HE WILL BE EXTRADITED TO THE STATES. AND IF THAT HAPPENS. IT COULD HAPPEN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY ONCE HE IS BACK IN AMERICA, HE FACES 17 COUNTS OF ESPIONAGE.

IF CONVICTED THAT COULD MEAN LIFE IMPRISONMENT GRANT. ALL RIGHT, MAGGIE, RULING PATRICK REEVELL. THANK YOU. AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ECUADORIANS ARE MIGRATING TO THE U.S. SOUTHERN BORDER, HOPING TO FIND BETTER LIVING.

ECUADOR IS ON THE BRINK DUE TO A RECENT EXPLOSION OF VIOLENCE, DRUGS AND CORRUPTION. ABC'S MATT RIVERS TRAVELED THERE TO MEET OF THOSE RESPONSIBLE. >> THE GUIDEBOOKS CALL ECUADOR THE LAND OF FOUR WORLDS.

ITS FAMED GALAPAGOS ISLANDS. ITS MOUNTAINS, ITS RAINFOREST AND ITS PACIFIC COAST. BUT IT IS THAT FOURTH PILLAR, THE COAST THAT IS SHATTERING PEACE. PORTS DOT THE COASTLINE WITH EASY ACCESS TO SHIPPING TO THE U.S. AND EUROPE.

THROW IN WEAK LAW ENFORCEMENT CORRUPTION AND YOU HAVE A PERFECT TRANSIT POINT FOR MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF COCAINE PRODUCED IN COLOMBIA AND PERU. >> RIGHT NOW, WE'RE DRIVING IN WHAT IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS NEIGHBORHOODS IN ALL OF GUAYAQUIL.

AND THE REASON WE'RE DOING THAT IS BECAUSE THIS GANG HAS INVITED US INTO THIS AREA TO INTERVIEW SOME OF THEIR SENIOR LEADERSHIP. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY QUINTANA LINE, THIS IS A PREMIER. FOR EXAMPLE, I'M THE KILLER OF THE LAW, BUT AT THE SAME.

POINT RADIUS, WHAT'S CHANGED? THE GAME, HE SAYS, IS WORKING WITH MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS. THE ECUADORIANS ARE THE MIDDLEMEN IN FRONT OF ME AND THEY GET TO TRAVEL ABOUT TO INDIA AND BRAZIL, TO L.A. THEY BASICALLY MOSTLY GET ON THIS.

ALSO IN A KEY ALLIANCE WITH MOST JANEIRO'S, ECUADOR'S MOST NOTORIOUS GANG CLAIMED BY THIS MAN, ADOLFO MACIAS, THE JAMA, WHO UNTIL LAST MONTH WAS 34 YEARS IN PRISON. >> BUT ON JANUARY 7TH, HE ESCAPED INSTANTLY, BECOMING THE COUNTRY'S MOST WANTED MAN.

THE NEXT DAY, PRESIDENT DANIELE LIVE ON DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY. THE MILITARY WAS DEPLOYED TO THE STREETS AND THE PRISONS. KEY POWER CENTERS FOR ECUADOR'S ORGANIZED CRIME. >> AND A DAY LATER, ORGANIZED CRIME RESPONDED.

>> AN EXPLOSION OF GANG VIOLENCE. THE COUNTRY. GANG MEMBERS FROM THOSE DEAD IS TAKING OVER A GOVERNMENT OWNED TV STATION. >> A DAY OF VIOLENCE. A MESSAGE TO THE GOVERNMENT. DON'T MESS WITH ORGANIZED CRIME.

IN ECUADOR. IT'S COMMONPLACE THESE DAYS. CRIMINAL GROUPS AUGMENTING DRUG MONEY WITH EXTORTION. >> JAVIER KNOWS THAT COST MORE THAN MOST. GET OUT HANGS ON ONE DAY AFTER MONTHS OF NOT PAYING. JAVIER WAS KIDNAPPED BY FOUR.

ARMED MEN IN BROAD DAYLIGHT WHILE WAITING AT A STOPLIGHT. >> YOUR SITUATION? >> THEY KEPT HIM FOR A FULL DAY, FORCING HIS TO GIVE UP ALL $5,000 THEY HAD IN THEIR SAVINGS. HE AND HIS WIFE HAD SEIZED UP TO TRY AND MIGRATE TO U.S..

>> TYLER IS NOT ONLY THIS OF POLICE. >> THE HOMICIDE RATE IN MORE THAN FIVE TIMES HIGHER THAN IT WAS JUST A FEW YEARS AGO. VIOLENT CRIME HAS SKYROCKETED AS GANGS COMPETE FOR A COCAINE MARKET WORTH BILLIONS. THE PRESIDENT HAS PLEDGED FIGHT.

AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME WILL CONTINUE. BUT THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IS SET TO END IN A FEW WEEKS. AND TO THOSE PUSHING THE DRUGS, THE FIGHT IS JUST BEGINNING. >> IF A COUPLE OF CARTEL ATTACKS LIKE THEM ASSAULT. MY THANKS TO MATT RIVERS FOR.

THAT REPORT. COMING UP, PASSENGER IS UNDER INVESTIGATION AFTER A MIDAIR SCARE. >> WHAT HE'S ACCUSED OF DOING THAT FORCED THE PLANE TO TURN AROUND. ALSO AHEAD, THE LEGAL BATTLE OVER TAYLOR SWIFT'S PRIVATE.

JET. WHY LAWYERS SAY A COLLEGE STUDENT POSTING THE JETS TRACKING INFORMATION WILL NOT BACK DOWN EVEN AFTER TAYLOR'S TEAM SENT A CEASE AND DESIST LETTER 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 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 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 IS ON THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL, OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT, FROM THE FBI REPORTING FROM THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, STREAMING LIVE TO YOU WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER.

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ONE STREAMING NEWS I WE REPORTS CARTER THEY'RE EXPECTING US. THIS IS OUR SECRET WAR WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I KNOW THIS IS MY PARENTS INSIDE. THAT IS AS LONG AS THE CAMERAS .

>> THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED. >> THERE'S REALLY NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. IT'S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE IN ANYWHERE. WOW WOW. >> SO THE QUESTION IS,.

WHAT WOULD YOU. OKAY, HERE WE GO. YOU SAW AN EXPECTING MOTHER STRUGGLING TO PAY HER TAB. I'M JUST REALLY HUNGRY. IF YOU WANT CHARITY, GO TO A SOUP KITCHEN. >> WELL, WHAT THIS MAN DOES.

BEST, GUYS, ARE NOT GOOD. >> WILL MAKE YOU BELIEVE IN EVERYDAY HERO. OH, YOU A HERO. WAS WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF? YOU SAW THIS, THIS AND HIS GIRLFRIEND NAME. HIS GIRLFRIEND. OH, MY GOD.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO? SUNDAY NIGHT AT TEN NINE CENTRAL ON ABC. WELCOME BACK. AND AMERICAN AIRLINES PASSENGERS UNDER INVESTIGATION AFTER ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO OPEN A DOOR MID-FLIGHT. MEANWHILE, A UNITED FLIGHT WAS.

FORCED TO MAKE AN EMERGENCY LANDING AFTER THE WING TORE APART. TRANSPORTATION CORRESPONDENT GIO BENITEZ HAS DETAILS. >> BOTH INCIDENTS THE PASSENGER UNDER INVESTIGATION AFTER A MIDAIR SCARE.

YOUR HEART JUST STARTS POUNDING. IT WAS LIKE, OH, MY GOD, THIS IS LIKE, IS THIS REAL? THE FAA AND FBI LOOKING INTO WHY HE ALLEGEDLY AND UNSUCCESSFULLY TRIED TO OPEN A DOOR MID-FLIGHT. >> THE GUY SITTING NEXT TO HIM.

HEARD HIM SAY, I GOT TO GET OFF THIS PLANE. WE ALL MANAGED TO KIND OF RIP THEM BOSTON DOOR AND EVENTUALLY ONE OF THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS BROUGHT DUCT TAPE. SO WE COULD DUCT TAPE HIS LEGS TOGETHER. AND THEN THEY HAD FLEXI CUFFS,.

WHICH WE PUT AROUND HIS ARMS. >> THE PILOT FORCED TO RETURN THE CHICAGO BOUND PLANE BACK TO ALBUQUERQUE JUST AFTER TAKEOFF. >> POLICE MET THE PLANE, TAKING THE MAN INTO CUSTODY. HERE'S A LARGE GUY. >> SO IT'S LIKE IF WE WERE IF.

EVERYONE ELSE IN THE PLANE JUST SAT AND WERE LIKE, WE'RE GOING TO LET THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS HANDLE THIS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY COULD HAVE DONE. >> THIS INCIDENT COMING AFTER THE WING OF A UNITED PLANE TORE APART FRIGHTENING PASSENGERS. VIDEO THE DAMAGE SLIT.

THE PLANE WAS A BOEING 757, WHICH FIRST WENT INTO SERVICE NEARLY 30 YEARS AGO. THIS MAY BE OVER. KEVIN CLARK WAS ONE OF THE 165 PASSENGERS ON BOARD PLANE TAKES OFF, BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT IS LOUD, VIOLENT VIBRATION AND, YOU KNOW, JUST NOISE.

I'VE NEVER HEARD FROM A PLANE BEFORE. PILOTS DECLARE AN EMERGENCY ON THE BOSTON BOUND FLIGHT, DIVERTING TO DENVER. >> IT'S NOW THE SECOND NIGHTMARE. >> THIS IS AN OLDER AIRPLANE, BUT IT'S A VERY RELIABLE.

SO THE FAA WILL LOOK AT WAS IT A FATIGUE PROBLEM? DID HAPPEN JUST BECAUSE THE AIRPLANE IS OLD AND HAVE BEEN USED QUITE A BIT OR WAS THERE SOME PROBLEM WITH A MAINTENANCE? >> AND SAYS ONCE THE PLANE LANDED SAFELY, THEY WERE ABLE.

TO GET THOSE PASSENGERS ANOTHER FLIGHT. BUT BOEING DID NOT COMMENT. DIANE TRANSPORTATION CORRESPONDENT GIO BENITEZ, THANK YOU. AND A COLLEGE STUDENT IS FIRING BACK AFTER TAYLOR SWIFT LEGAL TEAM SENT HIM A CEASE.

AND DESIST LETTER FOR PUBLICLY TRACKING HER JET. THE STAR'S LEGAL SAYS IT PUTS HER AT RISK FROM STALKERS. BUT THE ATTORNEY FOR THE 21 YEAR OLD UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA STUDENT SAYS HE'S NOTHING ILLEGAL AND IS JUST USING PUBLIC INFORMATION.

AND HIS RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH. >> JANAI NORMAN HAS MORE OF A LEGAL BATTLE BREWING BETWEEN SUPERSTAR TAYLOR SWIFT AND 21 YEAR OLD COLLEGE STUDENT SWEENEY. SHARING TRACKING INFORMATION FOR SWIFT'S PRIVATE JET ON SOCIAL MEDIA.

>> AN ATTORNEY FOR SWIFT SENDING SWEENEY A CEASE AND DESIST LETTER IN DECEMBER, WHICH HE THEN POSTED ON X. NOW, THE COLLEGE STUDENT BACK POSTING A LETTER FROM HIS ATTORNEY WITH. >> THE CAPTION, LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO, WHAT YOU NEED.

TO DO. IN THE LETTER, SWEENEY'S ATTORNEY CLAIMING HIS CLIENT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING UNLAWFUL. >> WE WANTED TO REALLY HIT HOME THAT THERE IS NO LEGAL CLAIM HERE, THAT THIS IS JUST PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT HE'S NOT USING IT IN A SERIOUS.

AND THIS IS IN TRACKING CHATS. AND THERE'S A PURPOSE. THESE JETS ARE EMITTING AN INSANE AMOUNT CARBON EMISSIONS. >> SWIFT'S ATTORNEY, HOWEVER, ALLEGING SWEENEY, ENGAGED IN STALKING AND HARASSING BEHAVIOR WRITING. YOU ESSENTIALLY PROVIDE.

INDIVIDUALS INTENT ON HARMING HER OR WITH NEFARIOUS OR VIOLENT INTENT REASONS A ROAD MAP TO CARRY OUT THEIR PLANS. >> I DON'T THINK IT'S GREAT BEHAVIOR. I DON'T APPLAUD THIS. AND I DO WORRY IT PUTS SWIFT IN DANGER.

BUT I DON'T SEE THERE BEING A LEGAL REMEDY. >> SWIFT HAS REPEATEDLY DEALT WITH STALKERS, INCLUDING A MAN WHO WAS ARRESTED MULTIPLE TIMES OUTSIDE HER NEW YORK IN JANUARY. AND THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME SWEENEY HAS GOTTEN INTO.

HOT WATER FOR TRACKING FLIGHTS IN 2020 TO HIS THEN TWITTER ACCOUNT. ELLEN WAS SUSPENDED FOR KEEPING TABS ON TESLA CEO AND EX OWNER ELON MUSK'S PLANE IN REAL TIME . A SPOKESPERSON FOR TAYLOR SWIFT TOLD ABC NEWS EARLIER THIS.

MONTH THAT WE CANNOT COMMENT ON ANY ONGOING POLICE INVESTIGATION BUT CAN CONFIRM THE TIMING OF STALKERS SUGGESTS A CONNECTION. HIS POSTS TELL YOU EXACTLY AND WHERE SHE WOULD BE. >> SO JACK SWEENEY NOW TRACKS HER FLIGHTS ON DELAY.

HIS ATTORNEY TELLS US. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER STRING IN AN EFFORT BY A RICH AND POWERFUL PERSON TO TRY TO SILENCE PUBLIC CRITICISM AND FREE SPEECH. DIANE JANAI NORMAN, THANK YOU. >> COMING UP, A FUN WAY TO LEARN ABOUT THE REAL WORLD,.

WHY THIS TEACHER IS GOING VIRAL FOR HER LESSON PLANS ABOUT LIFE . >> KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE IN COLLEGE. KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE AT ALL. HOW COULD THIS POSSIBLY HAVE HAPPENED?.

THE INCIDENT BROUGHT A LOT OF PANIC TO STUDENTS THAT COULD BEEN ME. IT COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF MY FRIENDS. WELL, THE LAST TIME WE LAST YEAR, A VERY TRAGIC THING TO HAPPEN TO SOMEONE. WE SPEAK TO YOUR LOVED ONE.

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STUDENTS QUOTE UNQUOTE RENT TO HELP THEM LEARN THE VALUE OF MONEY. SHELBY LATTIMORE HAS FINANCIAL LITERARY CLASSROOM VIDEO HAS OVER 1.5 MILLION LIKES ON TIK TOK AND HAS INSPIRED OTHERS TO START EDUCATING YOUNG KIDS ON MONEY TO TAKE A LOOK.

>> I AM GOING TO TAKE YOUR MONEY. >> YEAH, I'M TAKING MY DREAM SHARING MY CLASSES. >> GOING TO BE ON TIKTOK. IT BLEW UP LIKE THE FIRST VIDEO I EVER POSTED. I THINK WHEN I JUST LOOKED AT IT A COUPLE OF DAYS AGO,.

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WITH THE LATEST NEWS CONTEXT ANALYSIS. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY. GIRARDI THIS STORY WAS A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION MADE SIMPLE BECOME.

WE GOT A CHANCE TO FINALLY MEET READY AND SORT OF A LOSS WAY TO SAY DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THAT HAS BECOME . I DO I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I'M FACE TO FACE. >> ERIKA, WHY DO YOU THINK YOU SAW THE HOUSEWIVES AND MY.

HUSBAND? >> YOU KNOW, KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE IN COLLEGE. >> KIDS ABLE TO DIE AT ALL. HOW COULD THIS POSSIBLY HAVE HAPPENED? THE INCIDENT BROUGHT A LOT OF PANIC TO STUDENTS. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ME.

IT COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF MY FRIENDS. I KNOW THE LAST TIME WE SAW HER ALIVE. IT'S JUST A VERY TRAGIC THING TO HAPPEN TO SOMEONE, YOU KNOW, SPEAK TO YOUR LOVED ONE. THE LAST THING YOU SHOULD EVER SAY IS, I LOVE YOU THIS MIGHT.

BE THE LAST TIME. DEFINITELY TO OPEN THE DOOR. SO EXTREME ON THE ON THE STRONGEST FEELINGS. FIGHT FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THEIR FAMILIES. OH, HE MEANS TO YOU, KRAKOW. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM.

ABC NEWS THIS IS THE START HERE TO BE IN THE NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE 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 FOR EDWARD OUR MORAL AWARDS AND SEE WHY.

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AMERICA'S NUMBER NEWS SOURCE. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS. FIRST, THANKS FOR SHARING IT WITH US. YOU WERE LOOKING AT NEW YORK CITY ON THIS WEDNESDAY AND WE HAVE A LOT OF NEWS TO GET TO. HERE'S THE RUNDOWN RIGHT NOW. AN FBI INFORMANT CHARGED.

WITH LYING ABOUT THE PRESIDENT AND HIS SON IS FACING NEW ALLEGATIONS. THE SPECIAL COUNSEL CLAIMS ALEXANDER SMIRNOV GOT INFORMATION ABOUT HUNTER BIDEN FROM A RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER. PROSECUTORS SAY.

SMIRNOV FABRICATED THE STORY THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS OFFERED A $5 MILLION BRIBE BY A UKRAINIAN ENERGY. THAT ACCUSATION HAS BEEN A KEY TALKING POINT FROM HOUSE REPUBLICANS SEEKING TO IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT. THE SPECIAL COUNSEL ALSO CLAIMS.

SMIRNOV IS ACTIVELY PEDDLING NEW LIES THAT COULD IMPACT U.S. ELECTIONS, SAYING SMIRNOFF'S EFFORTS TO SPREAD MISINFORMATION ABOUT A CANDIDATE OF ONE OF THE TWO MAJOR PARTIES IN THE UNITED STATES CONTINUES. WE'RE LEARNING NEW DETAILS.

ABOUT THE SUSPECT IN THE DEATH OF AN 11-YEAR-OLD TEXAS GIRL WHO WENT MISSING LAST WEEK. AUDRIE CUNNINGHAM'S BODY WAS FOUND IN A RIVER NEAR HOUSTON FIVE DAYS AFTER POLICE SAY SHE MISSED HER BUS TO SCHOOL.

RECORDS NOW SHOW THE SUSPECT, JOHN STEVEN MCDOUGAL, WAS INDICTED. ATTEMPTED INDECENCY TO A CHILD AFTER AN INCIDENT IN 2007. THAT CHARGE WOULD HAVE REQUIRED TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER, BUT HE WAS ALLOWED TO PLEAD DOWN TO A LESSER CHARGE.

OF CHILD ENTICEMENT, AVOIDING THAT OFFENDER REGISTRATION. AND JURY SELECTION BEGINS TODAY IN THE TRIAL OF FORMER ON THE SET OF ALEC BALDWIN'S FILM RUST AND A GUTIERREZ IS FACING TWO COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER IN CONNECTION WITH THE ONSET.

SHOOTING DEATH OF CINEMATOGRAPHER HALYNA HUTCHINS. BALDWIN WAS REHEARSING WITH A COLT 45 REVOLVER WHEN IT FIRED A LIVE BULLET THAT KILLED HUTCHINS GUITARIST WHO WAS IN CHARGE OF WEAPONS ON THE SET. BALDWIN ALSO FACING AN.

INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE AFTER PROSECUTORS INITIALLY THE CASE. DRIVERS ON A PHILADELPHIA HIGHWAY GOT A NEW SENSE FOR THE WORD HORSEPOWER. THIS IS WHAT THEY SAW ALONGSIDE THEM ON I-95. A PERSON WHO RECORDED THE VIDEO.

SAID THE HORSE WAS MOVING AT AROUND 25 MILES PER HOUR. BELIEVE THE HORSE ESCAPED FROM A LOCAL RIDING CLUB. THEY SAY THE HORSE WAS CAUGHT AND IS NOW SAFE. AND NOW TO THE ARREST OF AN ALLEGED SERIAL ATTACKER. A 26 YEAR OLD MAN IS CHARGED.

WITH THE STABBING OF TWO WOMEN IN ARIZONA. NOW, POLICE BELIEVE HE ALSO MURDERED A WOMAN INSIDE A NEW YORK CITY HOTEL BECAUSE OF WHAT HE. WHILE IN CUSTODY IN PHOENIX. ABC NEWS TREVOR AULT HAS THE DETAILS.

>> POLICE INVESTIGATING WHETHER THIS MAN SUSPECTED IN A WOMAN'S BRUTAL MURDER INSIDE A NEW YORK CITY HOTEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A NATIONWIDE STRING OF VICIOUS . >> THERE'S POTENTIAL THAT THERE ARE OTHER VICTIMS AROUND. THE COUNTRY.

AUTHORITIES ARRESTED 26-YEAR-OLD ROD ALMANSOORI SUNDAY IN SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA. >> INVESTIGATORS SAYING HE STABBED WOMAN MULTIPLE TIMES INSIDE A MCDONALD'S BATHROOM AND ADMITTED TO STABBING CARJACKING ANOTHER WOMAN AT A STARBUCKS THE DAY BEFORE.

>> THEY SAY WHILE IN CUSTODY, HE MADE STATEMENTS LINKING HIMSELF. >> THE MURDER IN NEW YORK INFORMS THEM THAT HE IS WANTED FOR HOMICIDE IN NEW YORK CITY AND TELLS THE COPS THAT THEY SHOULD GOOGLE SOHO FOUR HOTEL. >> POLICE SAY EARLIER THIS.

MONTH, OFFICERS DISCOVERED 38-YEAR-OLD DENISE OLAIYA, SAREN SEVERE UNRESPONSIVE, SAID INSIDE THAT HOTEL. HER DEATH, CAUSED BY BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA. THE NYPD RELEASING THESE SURVEILLANCE IMAGES, APPEARING TO SHOW ALMANSOORI WEARING.

THE VICTIM'S LEGGINGS AFTER THE ALLEGED. >> AND POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT HAS PRIOR ARRESTS IN FLORIDA AND TEXAS AND BELIEVE HE MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN OTHER UNSOLVED. SEVERAL OF THE CRIMES INVOLVING WOMEN WHO WORK AS ESCORTS.

>> WE WANT TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE LET COMMUNITIES AROUND THE COUNTRY KNOW THAT THEY SHOULD BE AWARE OF WHO THIS PERSON IS. >> TREVOR AULT, THANK YOU THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS SENT PROSECUTORS.

TO MARICOPA COUNTY TO SEEK ALMANSOORI HIS EXTRADITION. NO CHARGES. HAVE BEEN FILED IN THAT NEW YORK INCIDENT. AND FORMER MOM INFLUENCER RUBY FRANKY AND HER BUSINESS PARTNER, JODI HILDEBRAND, ARE EACH FACING UP TO 30 YEARS.

IN PRISON FOR CHILD ABUSE. DURING SENTENCING, FRANKY OFFERED A TEARFUL APOLOGY WITH HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN THERE IN COURT. ABC NEWS LIVE ANCHOR KAYNA WHITWORTH HAS THE LATEST. >> IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME.

TO DEMONSTRATE MY REMORSE AND REGRET WITHOUT LAYING A RECKONING. THE ONCE POPULAR MOM ONCE HER TURN. INMATE RUBY FRANKY, NOW SET TO SERVE UP TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON FOR HER ROLE IN ABUSING HER OWN YOUNG.

CHILDREN. >> MY BABY'S MY ANTICS. >> YOUR PART TO ME. THE DISGRACED MOTHER OF SIX SOBBING WHILE APOLOGIZING TO HER FAMILY. >> I TOOK FROM ALL THAT WAS SOFT AND SAFE AND GOOD AND TOOK FROM YOU YOUR MOTHER'S KNOW.

TERRIFYING. >> THIS MUST HAVE BEEN FOR YOU. FRANKIE'S HUSBAND, KEVIN, AND THEIR TWO ADULT CHILDREN IN COURT OVERNIGHT. KEVIN'S LAWYER TELLING ABC NEWS THESE INJURIES WERE BOTH PHYSICAL AND THE SCARS WILL REMAIN FOR A LIFETIME.

THE JUDGE HANDING DOWN THE SAME SENTENCE TO JODY HILDEBRANDT, WHO WAS ONCE ESTABLISHED THERAPIST IN THE MORMON CHURCH WITH SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND COUNSELING, A SKILL THE JUDGE SAYS MAKES HER MORE DANGEROUS. YOU CHILDREN, AND THE RESULTS.

HAVE BEEN TRAGIC PROSECUTORS LIKENING THE CONDITIONS HILDEBRANDT CREATED TO A CONCENTRATION CAMP LIKE SETTING. >> THEY WERE BEATEN AND THE 12-YEAR-OLD WAS REGULARLY DOWN AND INFLUENCED. >> FRANKIE HILDEBRANDT.

MANIPULATED HER THROUGH THEIR FAITH. >> THE TWO ARE OFTEN APPEARING TOGETHER IN HILDEBRAND'S ONLINE LIFE COACHING PROGRAM. I'M JODY HILDEBRANDT. AND I'M RUBY. FRANKIE HILDEBRANDT. FOR THE FIRST TIME, SPEAKING.

OUT BRIEFLY IN COURT. >> I SINCERELY LOVE THESE CHILDREN'S DESIRES FOR THEM TO HEAR PHYSICALLY AND EMOTIONALLY. BUT PROSECUTORS QUESTIONING HER ACCEPTANCE OF RESPONSIBILITY. MS. HILDEBRANDT JUST AS HAS NOT.

EXPRESSED ANY REMORSE. I HOPE THAT JODI DOES. >> I THINK THAT THAT WILL ONLY BE FAIR. FRANKIE'S ATTORNEY ALLEGING THAT HILDEBRANDT WAS A POWERFUL MANIPULATOR. >> DECEPTION FOUR YEARS AGO AND PROGRESSIVELY TO THE POINT.

WHERE I THINK TRUTHFULLY, RUBY LOST TRACK OF WHAT WAS RIGHT VERSUS WRONG. >> AND ABC NEWS LIVE ANCHOR KAYNA WHITWORTH JOINS ME NOW FROM UTAH FOR MORE. CAN YOU YOU WERE IN COURT WHEN FRANKIE AND JODI HILDEBRANDT GAVE THEIR STATEMENTS.

WHAT WAS THE IN THE COURTROOM? >> YEAH, DIANE, I MEAN, IT WASN'T JUST EMOTIONAL FOR RUBY. FRANKIE, RIGHT. HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND WAS THERE ALONG WITH THEIR TWO ADULT CHILDREN. AND HE BECAME VERY EMOTIONAL AS SHE WAS READING.

HER STATEMENT. YOU KNOW, INITIALLY IT STARTED OUT WITH SOME SORT OF HAD A FURROWED BROW JUST WATCHING HER. BUT WHEN SHE STARTED TO READ HER STATEMENT, WHEN SHE STARTED TO TALK ABOUT HIM. SHE CALLED HIM THE LOVE OF HER.

LIFE. IT BECAME VERY EMOTIONAL RED, PUT HIS HEAD IN HIS HANDS, STARTED CRYING. AND THEN HER TWO KIDS, WE WATCHED AS WELL. AND ESSENTIALLY THEY SORT OF STARED STRAIGHT FORWARD AND. SHE SAID THINGS LIKE,.

THE MOMENT THAT I WAS PLACED IN HANDCUFFS WAS THE MOMENT I GOT MY FREEDOM. AND SHE ALSO HAD A LONG LIST OF APOLOGIES DIANE TO DOLE OUT, AND THAT INCLUDED TO HER SIBLINGS AS WELL. AT ONE POINT. AND SHE APOLOGIZED TO HER.

SIBLINGS FOR WHAT SHE CALLED HER CHOICE TO ROLL AROUND IN A PIGSTY. AS JODI HILDEBRANDT STATEMENT, IT WASN'T AS APOLOGETIC. THAT IS SOMETHING THAT PROSECUTORS ARE CERTAINLY TAKING NOTICE OF. AT ONE POINT, SHE SAID, DIANE,.

I DEARLY LOVE THESE KIDS. AND AT THAT POINT, DIANE AND RUBY, FRANKIE'S OLDER CHILDREN, WERE VERY TAKEN ABACK BY THAT. NOW, FRANKIE AND HILDEBRANDT KIND OF WERE BOTH SENTENCED TO 1 TO 15 YEARS PER CHARGE ON FOUR DIFFERENT CHARGES. SO WHY ARE THEY LOOKING AT A.

MAXIMUM OF 30 YEARS OF PRISON TIME AND NOT 60? RIGHT. SO THAT'S A UTAH LAW HERE. THEY'RE FIRST TIME OFFENDERS. SO THEY'RE TIME BEHIND BARS. WOULD MAX OUT HERE AT 30 YEARS. THE BIG DISCUSSION YESTERDAY WAS WOULD THEY SERVE THIS TIME.

CONSECUTIVELY OR CONCURRENTLY? SO THEY DID DECIDE WILL SERVE IT CONSECUTIVELY. AT ONE POINT, THE PROSECUTOR RIGHT HERE ON, THE STEPS SAID IF RUBY FRANKE SERVES FOUR YEARS, HE SEES THAT AS A JOB WELL DONE. HE ADDED THAT HE THINKS.

THAT JODI HILDEBRANDT SHOULD SERVE MORE TIME. AND, DIANE, THE PROSECUTION DOES PLAN ON THESE JAILHOUSE PHONE CALLS IN WHICH THEY SAY PROVES HILDEBRANDT LACKS REMORSE. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE PAROLE BOARD WILL TAKE INTO.

CONSIDERATION. AND, DIANE, ULTIMATELY, IT'S THEIR DECISION. HOW MUCH TIME THESE WOMEN WILL SPEND BEHIND BARS. >> ABC NEWS LIVE ANCHOR KAYNA WHITWORTH YOU. >> COMING UP, CPR AND AIDS CAN SAVE A LIFE, BUT DO YOU KNOW.

HOW TO ADMINISTER BOTH? DR. PATEL IS HERE TO EXPLAIN IT ALL. ALSO AHEAD, MICHAEL STRAHAN'S DAUGHTER ISABELLA DOCUMENTS HER CANCER TREATMENT, HOW SHE'S DOING WITH CHEMO AND HER MESSAGE FOR OTHERS. WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, MUCH.

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AT STREAMING A WEEKNIGHTS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. >> THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY STAR. ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY JOE GIRARDI. THIS STORY, A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION. THEY SENT VICTIMS.

WE'LL GET A CHANCE. I MEAN MEET THEIR AND THAT SORT OF A LAWSUIT ALLEGES THAT DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY HARASSMENT AND I DIDN'T I WANTED ERIKA I'D SAY I'M SORRY. >> FACE TO FACE. ERIKA, WHY DO YOU THINK YOU SAW.

THE HOUSE AND THE SENATE? YOU KNOW, WELCOME BACK. IT IS TIME FOR BATTLE. IT LIKE IT IS. WE'RE DR. ALOK PATEL SHARES HEALTH ADVICE ON THE TOPICS THAT MATTER MOST TO YOU. IT'S AMERICAN HEART MONTH. AND SO TODAY WE'RE TALKING.

ABOUT HOW CPR AND AIDS CAN SAVE LIVES. >> HERE'S DR. PATEL WITH WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW. >> YOU'RE IN PUBLIC. SOMEONE AS CARDIAC ARREST, THEY PASS OUT AND THERE'S A MACHINE ON THE WALL THAT COULD RESTART THEIR HEART.

. >> WOULD YOU USE IT? PLEASE SAY YES. I'M TALKING ABOUT AIDS OR AUTOMATED EXTERNAL DEFIBRILLATORS. THEY LOOK LIKE THIS. YOU PROBABLY SEEN THEM OUT IN PUBLIC IN PLACES LIKE.

THE AIRPORT, SCHOOL OR WORK. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE NOTE OF WHAT YOU DO SEE THEM, BECAUSE IF SOMEONE'S HEART STOPS AND YOU DON'T A PULSE BOTH CPR AND EARLY USE OF AN AID CAN BE LIFESAVING. CPR CAN KEEP SOMEONE'S BLOOD FLOWING AND COULD.

POTENTIALLY SHOCK AN ABNORMAL HEART RHYTHM BACK TO AND HERE'S WHY WE NEED MORE AWARENESS ABOUT AIDS AND HOW EASY THEY ARE TO USE. A RECENT STUDY SHOWED THAT WHEN SOMEONE HAS CARDIAC ARREST AT A RECREATIONAL FACILITY, AIDS WERE USED LESS THAN 20% OF THE.

TIME IN CPR ONLY TOOK PLACE ABOUT 61% OF THE TIME. IN SOME STUDIES, BY THE WAY, PLACE THAT EVEN LOWER. AND THIS DIDN'T REALLY DIFFER IN STATES THAT ATHLETIC FACILITIES TO HAVE AIDS ON SITE VERSUS STATES THAT DID IT. IT'S POSSIBLE THAT PEOPLE DON'T.

KNOW HOW TO USE THE DEVICES. THEY'RE AFRAID THEY'RE GOING TO CAUSE HARM OR THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE. LET'S RUN THROUGH IT. IF YOU SEE SOMEONE DOWN OR PASSED OUT, CALL FOR HELP. CALL MY GOOD ONE. IF THEY AREN'T READING OR DON'T.

HAVE A PULSE, START CPR IMMEDIATELY. ASK SOMEONE TO GET AN AID. JUST ONE NEARBY. YOU LITERALLY OPEN UP THE KIT, YOU PLACE THE PADS ON THE PERSON, TURN THE MACHINE ON, AND IT TALKS YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS.

THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION HAS INITIATIVES TO GET PEOPLE, INCLUDING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, TRAINED IN HIGH QUALITY CPR AND PROPER USE, BECAUSE THIS COULD MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE OR DEATH FOR SOME OF THE 350,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE CARDIAC ARREST IN PUBLIC.

EVERY YEAR. SO GET TRAINED IN CPR IMMEDIATELY IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ALREADY. AND NOW WHEN YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT, IF YOU SEE A HEAD ON THE WALL, MAKE A MENTAL NOTE THAT INCREDIBLY USER FRIENDLY POTENTIALLY LIFE SAVING DEVICE.

IS BECAUSE YOU MIGHT CALLED INTO ACTION. >> ALL RIGHT, DR. PATEL JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS. DOCTOR, WE'VE ALL HEARD OF CPR ,BUT I HAVE TO CONFESS, I WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE TERM AID AD, THOUGH I DO KNOW THE WORD DEFIBRILLATOR.

SO THIS THING DOESN'T GET AS MUCH. CAN YOU RUN US THROUGH THE STEPS FOR HOW TO USE ONE, HOW IT WORKS? >> OH, I TOTALLY CAN. AND THERE ARE EASY TO USE THAT YOU DON'T ACTUALLY NEED FORMAL TRAINING.

EVEN A CHILD CAN USE, EVEN THOUGH AD USE, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN THE DEFIBRILLATORS MIGHT SEE ON TV OR IN THE HOSPITAL. THIS TRAINING IS PART OF ANY CPR COURSE. SO BASICALLY IF YOU SEE SOMEONE DOWN, YOU WANT TO CALL.

911 IMMEDIATELY. YOU DON'T HAVE A PULSE, START CPR AND THEN SEND SOMEONE ELSE TO GO FIND AN AD. THEY'RE AVAILABLE IN PUBLIC PLACES, ELEVATORS, BATHROOMS. ASK THE FRONT DESK OF A BUILDING. YOU OPEN THE MACHINE, YOU TURN.

ON IT. THERE IS A VOICE COMMAND THAT TELLS YOU EXACTLY WHAT TO DO, INCLUDING PADS ON SOMEBODY'S BARE CHEST. AND THEN THE MACHINE WILL ANALYZE HEART RHYTHM. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, IT'S GOING TO STAY CLEAR.

NOBODY TOUCHED THE PERSON. AND IF THEY NEED A SHOCK, YOU PUSH THE CHOCOLATE AND AGAIN, YOU DO NOT TOUCH THEM AT ALL. AND THEN THE MACHINE WILL TELL YOU CONTINUE CPR. THEN HERE'S IMPORTANT PART. IF SOMEONE HAS CARDIAC ARREST,.

CPR CAN DOUBLE OR TRIPLE THEIR CHANCES SURVIVAL. AND IF SOMEONE NEEDS A SHOT AND THEY GET ONE IN THE FIRST MINUTE, THEIR CHANCE OF SURVIVAL IS UP 90%. >> THINK ABOUT HAMLIN. THE THE BUFFALO BILLS IS LIKE WAS SAVED BY CPR 80 USE.

IN MINUTES 90%. >> WOW. SO ANY TIPS ON HOW TO SPOT AIDS IN PUBLIC SO YOU'RE NOT YOU KNOW IN A COMPLETE SCAVENGER HUNT IN AN EMERGENCY YOU PROBABLY WALK BY THESE ALL THE TIME IN SCHOOLS ATHLETIC FACILITY AIRPORTS.

THE MALL WHAT PEOPLE WANT TO DO IS PAY ATTENTION TO THAT SIGN SAYS, AND MAKE A MENTAL NOTE OF WHERE IT IS. SOME STATES ACTUALLY HAVE REQUIRING THEM TO BE IN PUBLIC PLACES. OTHER STATES DON'T. OFTENTIMES, YOU'LL SEE THEM.

IN THEIR AREAS. THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC AROUND BATHROOM ELEVATORS NEAR FRONT DESK. BUT IF YOU'RE IN A BUILDING AND THIS HAPPENS, 10,000 CARDIAC ARRESTS HAPPEN IN THE WORKPLACE EVERY YEAR, YOU CAN ALWAYS ASK AROUND OR ASK.

THE FRONT DESK OR A SECURITY GUARD OR SOMEONE WHO WORKS THERE WHERE THE AID IS. OFTENTIMES, EMPLOYEES ARE REQUIRED TO BE TRAINED, BUT BE ON THE LOOKOUT BECAUSE THE WAY THINGS HAPPEN, YOU MAY HAVE TO GRAB ONE. ALL RIGHT.

TIPS THERE. DR. PATEL, THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND DR. PATEL IS TAKING YOUR QUESTIONS, SO LEAVE A MESSAGE ON OUR INSTAGRAM FEED AT ABC NEWS LIVE AND HE MIGHT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION RIGHT HERE ON FRIDAY.

MEANWHILE, MICHAEL STRAYHORN'S DAUGHTER, ISABELLA, IS DOCUMENTING HER CANCER FIGHT ON YOUTUBE IN HOPE OF HELPING OTHERS WITH THAT SAME DIAGNOSIS. IN OCTOBER, ISABELLA WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A FORM OF BRAIN CANCER AND SHE STARTED.

HER CHEMO THIS MONTH. HERE'S WHAT SHE'S BEEN UP TO AND HOW DOING WITH TREATMENT. WOKE UP CANCER HOSPITAL. I THINK I'M JUST FREAKING MYSELF OUT. THIS IS A BIG BAD CHEMO BRAIN FOR 6 HOURS NOW, BUT I'M.

STRESSING MYSELF OUT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE EVERYTHING'S JUST GO WRONG. HAPPENS. I DON'T KNOW. IT'S JUST SO TERRIFIED THAT MY LEGS MIGHT START TWITCHING OR LIKE ONE OF MY ORGANS. THE ONLY TWO PEOPLE IN.

THE HOSPITAL, CARLOS AND GARY, NOW MOMENTS. AND WE WERE HERE IN THE MORNING AND I WAS LIKE, YOU KNOW, PULLING UP TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE YOU JUST SHAVED BREAKFAST . AND PART OF THE PROTOCOL HAD TO WASH YOUR HANDS FIRST.

SO WHEN I REMEMBER YOU HAVE EVERYTHING IN THE HANDS FREE SIGN IT SAID IT CAN BE TEN FEET AWAY WHERE THIS DOOR OPENS. >> AND THEN THEY WOULD ENTER THE AREA. HERE'S THE FOR BREAKFAST. YES. >> YOU WERE DID A DOUBLE.

BREAKFAST? >> YEAH. YES. YES JUST THE KIDS WERE JUST SO TO SEE YOU. IT MEANS A GOOD BAKED POTATO WITH LOTS. >> CHEESE. LOTS, CERTAINLY.

HI. SO I PLAYED ROOM TOUR, SO HERE WE HAVE TWO TV'S. NO NETFLIX. THE SOUND OF BIG TV COMES OUT OF THIS, WHICH IS SO UNFORTUNATE BECAUSE THEY'RE DIFFERENT CHANNELS AND EACH ONE IS GOING TO DECIDE.

WHICH ONE OF US. >> AND THEN I HAVE MY STRAP ON A WATER BOTTLE. SO CHAPSTICK. WHAT'S THIS THING? OH, THIS IS MY FRIEND. THIS IS MY LIFE ON ON THIS CALL . BUT IT'S WHERE, LIKE, ALL MY.

DRUGS ARE ON. I HAVE ALL THE FIRES GOING INTO HERE. >> OKAY, SO MY EYES ARE STRAINED. THEY HURT TO LOOK TO THE SIDES . MY WHOLE MOUTH FEELS LIKE I GOT A ONE GIANT WORKING OUT OF MY.

WHOLE MOUTH AND THAT RESULTED IN JUST RIPPED OUT. AND NOW YOU SURGICALLY GO BACK IN MY JAW. IT'S MY TONGUE. THE BOTTOM OF MY TONGUE HURTS. YOU FEEL BETTER BEING CALLED VERSUS THE HOSPITAL. I THINK IT'S INTERESTING.

HOME AND I'M LIKE, I'M PUTTING MY BED. I'M IN A WHILE. PERSONALLY, I DON'T MIND THE HOSPITAL SO MUCH BECAUSE I. FEEL SAFE? YEAH, BUT I DO LIKE TO GO WALKING. MAYBE STRETCH STRETCH WATER.

WATER. I NEED TO EAT SOMETHING. POTATOES ARE MY FAVORITE FOOD AND I'M STILL A VERY BIG POTATO TO. THAT'S LIKE SHE DOESN'T HERE. THOSE ARE LOTS OF HER GREEN KETCHUP CHIPS. LUTHOR'S BUTTER, BUTTER, BIG.

SOME ONIONS, A LOT CHEESE. YEAH, THAT'S A FAIR AMOUNT. THEY LIKE TO EAT THAT EVERY. OUR THANKS TO ISABELLA STRAHAN FOR SHARING HER STORY. WE, OF COURSE, ARE ALL SENDING OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND STRENGTH TO HER. >> COMING UP, BEYONCE IS MAKING.

HISTORY. THE NEW FIRST F AND NOW SHE'S MAKING HER OWN STAMP ON THE GENRE. >> I HAVE A CONCERT. THEY'RE EXPECTING US. IT'S A SECRET WORLD WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK? WE'RE GOING TO BE SAFE.

I DON'T KNOW. THIS IS MY INSIDE OUT AND IS A SOURCE OF HUMOR FOR THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED BECAUSE THEY'RE, YOU KNOW, TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. I DIDN'T.

IT'S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE AND ANYWHERE. >> WOW. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE. MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS AND “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT”.

WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE TELEVISION. >> SO THE QUESTION IS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? OKAY. HERE WE GO. YOU SAW AN EXPECTING.

MOTHER STRUGGLING TO PAY HER TAB. I'M JUST REALLY HUNGRY. IF YOU WANT CHARITY, GO TO A SOUP KITCHEN. WELL WHAT THIS MAN DOES IS PRETTY BAD. GUYS ARE NOT GOOD. WILL MAKE BELIEVE IN EVERY DAY.

HERO. ARE YOU A HERO? I WAS. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU SAW THIS? WHO'S THIS? I'M HIS GIRLFRIEND. I'M HIS GIRLFRIEND. WHAT WOULD YOU DO?.

SUNDAY NIGHT AT TEN NINE CENTRAL ON ABC. >> WHY DO SO 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 THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING, MAKING YOUR DEBUT FIRST. >> LISTEN, WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, YOU'RE WATCHING AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS MY REPORTING, BREAKING NEW EXCLUSIVES KEEP STREAMING.

WITH ABC NEWS LIVE REPORTING FROM THE FEDERAL DISTRICT COURTHOUSE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. I'M TERRY MORAN. WHEREVER THE NEWS IS WILL TAKE YOU THERE. WE'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE. WELCOME BACK. BEYONCE IS MAKING HISTORY.

HER NEW SONG, TEXAS HOLD'EM IS NOW NUMBER ONE ON BILLBOARD'S HOT COUNTRY SONGS CHART. AND THAT MAKES THE 32 TIME GRAMMY WINNER, THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN WITH A NUMBER SONG ON THE COUNTRY CHARTS. THE SONG IS PART OF THE.

HOUSTON UPCOMING COUNTRY ALBUM RENAISSANCE TWO, WHICH IS EXPECTED TO. EMBRACE HER TEXAS ROOTS AND SPOTLIGHT BLACK COUNTRY STARS WHO CAME BEFORE HER. SO LET'S TAKE THIS TO OUR GROUP CHAT, SIRIUS XM RADIO HOST AND ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR.

MIKE MUSE, SENIOR ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER AT ESPN'S AN ESCAPE, AND ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR KELLEY CARTER AND MARCUS DOWLING. NASHVILLE COUNTRY MUSIC REPORTER FOR THE TENNESSEAN. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING ON. MIKE, I JUST WANT TO START.

WITH YOUR REACTION. WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU HEAR ABOUT BEYONCE'S NEW HISTORY MAKING MOMENT? AND WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS DOES FOR THE CONVERSATIONS AROUND IN COUNTRY MUSIC? >> I THINK IT'S ABSOLUTELY INCREDIBLE.

SO FIRST, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE NSA FOR MAKING HISTORY AND FOR MAKING THIS DISCOURSE. I THINK THERE IS A GREAT SOCIAL DISCOURSE THAT IS NOW HAPPENING IN SOCIETY WITH HAVING THIS UNDERSTANDING AND THIS ANTHROPOLOGICAL DISCOURSE OF THE ORIGINS OF COUNTRY.

MUSIC. THERE IS THIS MISNOMER OUT THERE IN TERMS OF WHO OWNED GENRE OF COUNTRY MUSIC. I DON'T THINK THAT ANY CULTURE OR RACE OWNS A DON, BUT IT ALLOWS US TO TALK ABOUT HISTORY OF COUNTRY MUSIC, AND THAT IS ROOTED IN AFRICAN MUSIC.

AND IT COMES FROM THE SUBSAHARAN AFRICA IN PARTICULAR, AND WESTERN AFRICA, WHERE THE ORIGINAL BANJO WAS FIRST FORMULATED AND CAME THROUGH THE DIASPORA AND LANDED. COUNTRY MUSIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN ROOTED IN WHAT WE CALL FIELD.

SONGS AND SPIRITUAL HYMNALS THAT WE SAW ACROSS THE COUNTRY. AND IT WASN'T TILL WE START SEEING THE GREAT MIGRATION THAT WE STARTED TO SEE THE TRANSITION OF COUNTRY MUSIC GOING FROM COUNTRY. THE MINSTREL SHOWS AND THE.

BANJO BEING APPROPRIATED BY WHITE CULTURE WHO EMBRACED THE BANJO. THAT THEN YOU START SEEING HEAL THE MUSIC THAT THEN LED TO COUNTRY MUSIC, WHICH THEN LED TO RACE RECORDS, WHERE THEN YOU START TO SEE THE DIVIDE. WHO OWNS IT?.

WHITENESS OR BLACKNESS, WHERE A LOT OF BLACK WERE IGNORED DURING THE HILLBILLY ERA. KELLY THIS ALBUM IS EXPECTED TO TAP INTO THAT BLACK HISTORY AND THE ROOTS IN COUNTRY MUSIC DATING BACK TO THE 1600S. >> SO CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN TERMS.

OF WHAT WE CAN EXPECT? I MEAN, I THINK THAT WE CAN EXPECT BEYONCÉ TO DO WHAT SHE DOES, WHICH IS REALLY CHANGE THE CONVERSATION AROUND THIS PARTICULAR GENRE. >> YOU KNOW, I IMAGINE BEYONCE IS PROBABLY GOING TO TAP INTO ON TALENT LIKE, MICKEY GUYTON,.

YOU KNOW, OR SHE'S GOING TO TAP INTO MUSICIANS THAT HAVE BEEN PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND IN COUNTRY MUSIC, WHO ALSO HAPPEN TO BE BLACK OR AFRICAN AMERICAN. >> BUT ALSO, I THINK THAT SHE REALLY IS GOING TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT WHO.

IS GATEKEEPING COUNTRY MUSIC. FOR WHATEVER REASON, EVERY TIME A BLACK ARTIST CREATES MUSIC THAT I'M SURE IT'S IN COUNTRY MUSIC OR SHOULD CHARTED OR SHOULD BE CELEBRATED. THERE SEEMS TO BE THIS CONVERSATION AROUND IT. IF YOU REMEMBER, JUST A FEW.

YEARS BACK, LIL NAS X HAD AN UPHILL BATTLE WITH HIS DEBUT SONG, YOU KNOW, THAT WAS EMBRACED IN THE COUNTRY WORLD AND TOOK GARTH BROOKS TO COME IN TO HELP KIND OF CEMENT THE DEAL AND CLOSE THAT GAP THERE. BUT I THINK WHAT'S GOING.

TO HAPPEN IS BEYONCE IS GOING TO DELIVER ANOTHER INCREDIBLE ALBUM AND SOMETHING THAT WE'RE GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME TO COME. >> MARK, AS I'VE SAID, THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF BACKLASH SAYING THIS MORE TRADITIONAL, QUOTE,.

THE QUOTE UNQUOTE, COUNTRY MUSIC FANS. SOME RADIO STATIONS THAT WON'T PLAY HER SONGS. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE HISTORY THAT KELLY AND MIKE JUST EXPLAINED? >> I'D SAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING.

AT A SITUATION WHERE WE'VE HAD BLACK ARTISTS WHO ENTER SPACE, WHO HAVE BEEN EQUAL TO BUT NOT ABOVE AND BEYOND THE SCOPE AND RANGE OF SUCCESS OR REACH OF WHITE ARTISTS IN THE SPACE. AND WHEN YOU GET SOMEBODY LIKE BEYONCE IN THE ROOM, SHE'S EQUITABLE OR FAR BEYOND.

THE SCOPE OF 100 YEARS OF COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY. AS FAR AS BLACK ARTISTS IN THE SPACE, YOUAVE A WHITE ARTIST IN A SPACE, HER SPACE IN THE THE CONVERSATION IS ONLY UNPRECEDENTED ACROSS ALL VARIOUS MEASURES. MIKE, I'M OUT OF TIME,.

BUT FINAL THOUGHTS ON THIS ONE. I'M EXCITED. >> I'M EXCITED FOR THE SOCIAL DISCOURSE THAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN. I'M EXCITED FOR GOOGLE SOCIETY TO LEARN THE ORIGINS OF COUNTRY MUSIC. EXCITED FOR THE RECLAMATION.

OF COUNTRY MUSIC AT ITS ROOTS WITH EARTH AND AFRICAN MUSIC. I MUST DO EXCITED FOR THE BOTH OF THE TIES THAT BEYONCE WILL LIFT UP AS WE MOVE FORWARD, SUCH AS MICKEY GUYTON, BUT ALSO TO YOLA, WARREN TREATY, AND SO MANY OTHER TISTS WHO CAN NOW RIDE THIS.

ENERGY MOMENTUM. >> KELLY FINAL THOUGHT. LET'S GO BEYOND SAY I'M READY TO SEE EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WIPE OUT ALL THE TEN GALLON HATS TO PULL UP AT THE NEXT WORLD TOUR. SO LET'S GO, LET'S DO THIS. AND MARCUS, BEYONCE HITTING.

NUMBER ONE ON COUNTRY RADIO SAYING THAT WE NEED TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR WHEN THAT HAPPENS. I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO REALLY GET TO SEE A GROUNDSWELL OF SUPPORT THAT'S UNPRECEDENTED AND A REAL SPACE FOR AFRICAN AMERICANS WHO ARE FANS AND SUPPORTERS AND WORK WITHIN.

THE GENRE TO HAVE A MOMENT TO SHOP. >> VERY COOL. TIME TO DUST OFF THOSE COWBOY BOOTS, EVERYONE. MIKE MILLS, KELLEY CARTER, MARCUS DOWLING, THANK YOU ALL. >> AND THANK YOU FOR SHARING WITH US.

AND DIANE MACEDO ABC NEWS LIVE IS HERE FOR YOU ANYTIME WITH THE LATEST NEWS, CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS. >> WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE IN COLLEGE. KIDS AREN'T POSTED AT ALL. HOW COULD THIS POSSIBLY.

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. HI, I'M DIAMOND SAITO. LET'S GET RIGHT TO OUR TOP STORY. THE PRESIDENT'S BROTHER, JAMES BIDEN, HAS ARRIVED ON HILL AND IS TESTIFYING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AS PART OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS PROBE.

AGAINST THE PRESIDENT. THIS IS THE FORMER FBI INFORMANT CHARGED WITH LYING ABOUT THE PRESIDENT AND HIS SON IS FACING NEW ALLEGATIONS. NEWLY FILED COURT DOCUMENTS ALLEGE ALEXANDER SMIRNOV HAD TIES TO RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE. ABC NEWS SENIOR REPORTER.

KATHERINE FAULDERS JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE. >> KATHERINE, EARLIER CONGRESSMAN JIM JORDAN SAID, THEY PLAN TO FOCUS ON JAMES BOND AND ROLE IN ALLEGEDLY SELLING THE BIDEN BRAND. >> TAKE A LOOK. AND I THINK TODAY WE'RE LARGELY.

GOING TO FOCUS ON THAT CAN AT A TIME I CALL THAT THE MONEY, THE BUSINESS BRAND. >> THAT WILL BE THE FOCUS. I THINK SO, CATHERINE, WHAT'S YOUR HOUSE REPUBLICANS WANT TO HEAR FROM JAMES BIDEN? >> WHITE HOUSE REPUBLICANS ARE ESSENTIALLY ALLEGING.

THAT JAMES BIDEN HAS SERVED AS CONDUIT TO JOE BIDEN SO THAT THEY CAN QUIETLY BENEFIT OFF OF THE BIDEN NAME. HERE YOU HEARD JIM JORDAN. WHAT SAID, WHICH IS A LOT OF WHAT HE'S ALREADY SAID PUBLICLY, THAT THEY'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON, ON THE MONEY.

,ON CERTAIN PAYMENTS THAT THEY'VE ALLEGED WERE SPECIFIC TO BENEFIT THE BIDEN BRAND. BUT I THINK IT'S WORTH POINTING OUT THAT THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER WITNESSES WHO HAVE COME FORWARD, WHO HAVE SPOKEN TO THE COMMITTEE, WHO HAVE REFUTED.

THESE ALLEGATIONS. SO WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO ADDRESS BEHIND CLOSED DOORS? THAT OBVIOUSLY STILL REMAINS TO BE KNOWN HERE. BUT WE CAN EXPECT THEM TO FOCUS SPECIFICALLY ON CERTAIN ON CERTAIN PAYMENTS AND ASK JAMES SPECIFICALLY ABOUT THOSE.

MEANWHILE, CATHERINE, THIS FBI INFORMANT AT THE CENTER OF THESE IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDINGS IS CHARGED WITH LYING ABOUT PRESIDENT AND HIS SON. AND NOW HE'S FACING THESE NEW ALLEGATIONS OF TIES, RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE.

>> WHAT'S THE LATEST ON THAT? YEAH, THIS IS FASCINATING. WE'LL HAVE TO SEE HOW THE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY MOVES FORWARD ON CAPITOL HILL, ESPECIALLY AFTER THESE REVELATIONS. BUT WE KNEW THAT THE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY WAS.

ESSENTIALLY IN JEOPARDY ANYWAY BEFORE THIS BECAUSE OF THE SLIM MAJORITY THAT REPUBLICANS HAVE IN THE HOUSE. BUT NOW ESSENTIALLY THIS FBI INFORMANT HAS BEEN INDICTED FOR PEDDLING COULD BE RUSSIAN DISINFORMATION ABOUT PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN HERE.

SO IT UNDERCUTS THEIR WHOLE ENTIRE PROBE. THE QUESTION IS WHETHER REPUBLICANS CONCEDE ON ANY OF THIS AND HOW THEY MOVE FORWARD WITH THEIR IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY. >> THE SPECIAL COUNSEL ALSO CLAIMS THAT SMIRNOV IS ACTIVELY.

PEDDLING NEW LIES THAT COULD IMPACT U.S., SAYING SMIRNOFF'S EFFORTS TO SPREAD MISINFORMATION ABOUT A CANDIDATE OF ONE OF THE TWO MAJOR PARTIES IN THE UNITED STATES CONTINUES. SO WHAT WERE YOU LEARNING ABOUT THOSE ALLEGATIONS?.

RIGHT. IT'S ENTIRELY HERE. AND JUST SEEING THOSE QUOTES FROM THAT INDICTMENT AND FROM THE HEARING YESTERDAY THAT ESSENTIALLY HE IS PEDDLING INFORMATION. HE HAS THESE CONTACTS ALLEGEDLY TO RUSSIANS AND HE'S PEDDLING.

INFORMATION TO CONGRESS WHO IS, OF COURSE, TASKED WITH THIS. SO I THINK THERE IS STILL MORE TO COME ON THIS THROUGH COURT FILINGS, FOR EXAMPLE, THROUGH THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT . BUT AGAIN, THE BIG QUESTION IS, WHAT DOES CONGRESS ACTUALLY DO.

WITH THIS? HOW DOES THIS AFFECT THEIR IMPEACHMENT PROBES? DOES IT ESSENTIALLY SHUT IT DOWN? AND WILL THERE BE ANY CONCESSIONS FROM REPUBLICANS AFTER THESE REVELATIONS? >> NOW, THE TOP DEMOCRAT.

ON THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE IS ALSO SLAMMING ANOTHER TOP WITNESS, TONY BUBBLE, IN TURKEY. HE'S A FORMER HUNTER. BIDEN WHO TESTIFIED THAT JOE BIDEN WAS AN ENABLER, SEVERAL OF HIS FAMILY'S OVERSEAS BUSINESS SCHEMES.

>> NOW, CONGRESSMAN RASKIN IS CALLING HIS INTERVIEW CHAOTIC, SAYING THAT HE DIDN'T PROVIDE EVIDENCE OF WRONGDOING BY PRESIDENT BIDEN. HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THAT EXACTLY? AND I THINK WHAT WE WILL SEE HOPEFULLY IN THE NEAR IS A FULL.

TRANSCRIPT OF THAT INTERVIEW. BUT THE TOP DEMOCRAT, AS YOU MENTIONED, RASKIN, HAS CALLED HIS CREDIBILITY INTO QUESTION, SAID HE WAS SHOUTING AND YELLING DURING THE INTERVIEW THAT HE COULDN'T PROVIDE ANY SUBSTANTIVE FACTS TO BACK UP WHAT HE WAS SAYING.

THIS IS SOMEBODY WHO WE'VE HEARD FROM FOR QUITE SOME TIME. HE WAS OUT THERE DURING THE 2020 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION MAKING THESE SAME CLAIMS. SO IT'LL BE INTERESTING TO SEE THAT TRANSCRIPT IN FULL. AND IF HE COULD CORROBORATE ANY OF THE ALLEGATIONS THAT HE WAS.

MAKING. ALL RIGHT. ABC NEWS SENIOR REPORTER KATHERINE FAULDERS, THANK YOU. AND AN AMERICAN BALLERINA IS BEING DETAINED IN RUSSIA, ACCUSED OF TREASON. THIS IS THE WHITE HOUSE IS PREPARING TO IMPOSE.

NEW SANCTIONS. RUSSIA. ABC NEWS CHIEF GLOBAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT MARTHA RADDATZ HAS THE LATEST. >> AN AMERICAN AMATEUR BALLERINA IS BEING DETAINED IN RUSSIA, CHARGED WITH TREASON.

ABC NEWS HAS LEARNED SHE IS 33 YEAR OLD SENIOR KAROLINA, A DUAL U.S. RUSSIAN CITIZEN FROM LOS ANGELES WHO WAS PART OF THE BALTIMORE BALLET IN 2017. HER CURRENT EMPLOYER SAYING SHE STOPPED SHOWING UP FOR WORK IN MID-JUNE.

RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES RELEASING THIS VIDEO TUESDAY SHOWING WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE KAROLINA SEEN IN CUSTODY WITH A HAT COVERING HER EYES, BEING HANDCUFFED AND APPEARING IN COURT. >> WITH RESPECT TO THIS MOST RECENT DETENTION.

WE ARE AWARE OF THE CASE. WE ARE SEEKING CONSULAR ASSISTANCE THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN GRANTED. >> WHILE THEY WOULD NOT CONFIRM IDENTITY, RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES CLAIM SHE PROACTIVELY COLLECTED FUNDS FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT THE UKRAINIAN.

ARMED FORCES SINCE 2022, WHEN PUTIN LAUNCHED THE WAR ON UKRAINE. THE LUXURY SPA WHERE KAROLINA WORKED, SAYING IN A STATEMENT TO ABC SHE HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF FOR ALLEGEDLY DONATING $51.80 TO A UKRAINIAN CHARITY IN THE US.

SHE COULD NOW FACE UP TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON. I WAS CRYING SO HALF OF THE DAY TODAY I AM VERY CONCERNED. CAROLINE, HIS FORMER MOTHER-IN-LAW, TELLING ABC NEWS THAT DUAL CITIZEN WENT TO VISIT HER FAMILY IN RUSSIA. IF WE DON'T HELP HER, WE CAN.

SAY GOODBYE TO HER. >> IF WE DO NOT PROTECT THE AMERICAN CITIZEN, NOBODY ELSE WILL. KAROLINA IS THE LATEST IN A STRING OF AMERICANS DETAINED BY RUSSIA, INCLUDING “WALL STREET JOURNAL” REPORTER EVAN GERSHKOVICH AND EX-MARINE.

PAUL WHELAN. >> BACK IN THE U.S., WHITE HOUSE ALSO NOW VOWING HARSH NEW SANCTIONS AGAINST. >> RUSSIA OVER THE DEATH OF OPPOSITION LEADER ALEXEI NAVALNY. I TOLD YOU WE'D BE ANNOUNCING SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA.

WE'LL HAVE A MAJOR PACKAGE ANNOUNCED ON FRIDAY. THE SANCTIONS SET TO TARGET THE RUSSIAN DEFENSE INDUSTRY AND SOURCES OF REVENUE. AS THE WHITE HOUSE LOOKS TO HOLD THE KREMLIN ACCOUNTABLE FOR NAVALNY'S DEATH IN PRISON. WE HAVE ALSO LEARNED THIS.

MORNING THAT A RUSSIAN PILOT WHO DEFECTED HERE, UKRAINE, EARLY IN THE WAR IN HIS HELICOPTER HAS FOUND MURDERED IN SPAIN. HIS ASSAILANTS YET TO BE ARRESTED. DIANE. CHIEF GLOBAL AFFAIRS.

CORRESPONDENT MARTHA RADDATZ, THANK YOU. >> AND MORE THAN 150,000 STUDENT LOAN BORROWERS ARE ABOUT TO HAVE THAT DEBT WIPED CLEAN. IT'S PART OF THE NEXT PHASE IN PRESIDENT BIDEN'S STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PLAN.

WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT PARKS JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE ON THAT. HOW WILL THIS PLAN WORK AND HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE ELIGIBLE? >> YEAH, DIANE, MOST OF THE RECENT FIXES TO THE STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM HAVE BEEN JUST THAT FIXES TO PROGRAMS THAT WERE ALREADY.

IN PLACE, ESPECIALLY THINK OF PEOPLE LIKE PUBLIC SERVANTS TEACHERS FIREFIGHTERS WHO HAVE QUALIFY FOR PUBLIC LOAN FORGIVENESS. BUT THOSE PROGRAMS HAVE BEEN BROKEN. >> THIS IS DIFFERENT. THIS IS NEW DEBT FORGIVENESS.

AND. IT IS VERY INTERESTING. IF YOUR ORIGINAL BALANCE WAS LESS THAN $12,000 YOU SEE THERE AND YOU PAID FOR OVER YEARS, YOU NOW QUALIFY. THE TRICK IS YOU HAVE TO HAVE SIGNED UP FOR THE PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL.

REPAYMENT PROGRAM. THAT SAME PLAN AND IF YOU HAVEN'T YET SIGNED UP, YOU CAN STILL DO SO. DIANE WE THINK THIS WILL REALLY MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. WE KNOW THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT OF BORROWERS WHO HAVE A HARD.

TIME FINISHING OFF THAT FINAL DEBT THAT THEY OWE, LIKE YOU SAID. THE WHITE HOUSE ESTIMATED THAT THIS WILL ALREADY OVER 150,000 PEOPLE. BUT THERE ARE OTHERS WHO MIGHT REALIZE WILL QUALIFY AND NOW SIGN UP FOR A STUDENT LOAN DEBT.

FORGIVENESS HAS BEEN A KEY PRIORITY FOR THE PRESIDENT. HOW COULD THIS AFFECT HIS CAMPAIGN AS HE RUNS FOR REELECTION? YEAH, HE IS ABSOLUTELY HOPING TO TOUT THIS AND RUN ON THIS. WE HAVE HEARD THE WHITE HOUSE SAY THAT THEY UNDERSTAND.

,DAN, THE AVERAGE VOTER THINKS THAT THEY DIDN'T MAKE GOOD ON THIS PROMISE. THEY KNOW THEIR ORIGINAL PLAN FELL SHORT IN THE COURTS AND THAT A LOT PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THIS WAS A BROKEN PROMISE BECAUSE OF THAT. IT'S TRUE.

I'VE TALKED VOTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY WHO'VE BEEN FRUSTRATED. THEY FEEL LIKE THE WHITE HOUSE PROMISED TO DO MORE ON STUDENT LOAN RELIEF AND DEBT RELIEF. >> AND SO THE WHITE HOUSE IS LOOKING THESE OTHER WAYS.

TO MAKE A DIFFERENCE HERE. THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF MESSAGE HE WANTS TO BE TALKING ABOUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. JUST WEEK, I ASKED THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY IN THE BRIEFING ROOM IF THEY THINK THESE OTHER PLANS WILL HOLD UP.

IN COURT. WHAT OTHERS DIDN'T. THEY SAID THEY ARE GOING TO KEEP TRYING. THEY ARE CONFIDENT THAT THEY HAVE THE LEGAL BASIS TO DO THIS AND THEY WANT TO SELL MESSAGE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. >> SO WHAT ELSE IS ON.

PRESIDENT BIDEN'S AGENDA WHILE HE'S IN CALIFORNIA THIS WEEK? >> YEAH, MOSTLY FUNDRAISERS. I MEAN, DEMOCRATS HAVE OFTEN USED CALIFORNIA'S SPECIFICALLY SAN FRANCISCO, L.A. AS ESSENTIALLY A PIGGY. I MEAN, THESE ARE FUND RAISERS TRYING TO GET AT SOME OF THE.

WEALTHIEST MEMBERS OF HOLLYWOOD'S SILICON VALLEY. THE PRESIDENT HAS GOOD AT RAISING CASH FOR HIS CAMPAIGN, A PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE HE'S ALREADY ABLE TO WORK WITH THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE BECAUSE HE'S NOT FACING A PRIMARY CHALLENGE.

SO THIS BEEN A SORT OF BRIGHT SPOT IN THE PRESIDENT'S CAMPAIGN. WE KNOW HE HAS STRUGGLED WITH THOSE POLLING NUMBERS, BUT SO FAR HE'S BEEN ABLE TO RAISE MONEY AND MOSTLY THAT'S WHAT HE'S DOING IN CALIFORNIA DIANE.

>> ALL RIGHT. WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARYALICE PARKS, THANK YOU. AND NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA SAYS SHE'S PREPARED TO SEIZE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S BUILDINGS IF HE CAN'T PAY HIS $345 MILLION CIVIL FRAUD FINE.

TRUMP IS ALSO FACING ABOUT $100 MILLION IN INTEREST AFTER THE JUDGE DETERMINED HE INFLATED HIS NET TO GAIN BETTER LOAN TERMS. TRUMP HAS DENIED ALL WRONGDOING ,SAYS HE'LL APPEAL. ABC NEWS SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHAEL SCOTT.

ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN SOUTH CAROLINA. DONALD TRUMP FACING A MASSIVE $355 MILLION FINE, ONCE AGAIN COMPARING HIMSELF TO ALEXINA BONY WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS LEGAL BILLS. >> HOW WOULD YOU PUT UP THAT KIND OF MONEY?.

BECAUSE YOU HAVE A BOND TO PUT UP. EVEN IF IF YOU APPEAL, YOU'VE GOT TO PUT UP ESCROW MONEY. THAT'S A LOT OF FORM OF NAVALNY. IT IS A FORM OF COMMUNISM, FASCISM. >> AFTER DAYS OF SILENCE,.

TRUMP NOW CALLING THE BALL IS DEATH A SAD SITUATION, BUT REFUSING TO CONDEMN THE MAN WHO PUT THE PRO-DEMOCRACY OPPOSITION LEADER IN PRISON. VLADIMIR PUTIN IS A VERY BRAVE GUY BECAUSE HE WENT BACK. >> HE COULD HAVE STAYED AWAY. PRESIDENT, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT?.

THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. >> TRUMP IS DRAINING CAMPAIGN FUNDS TO PAY FOR HIS LEGAL FEES, SPENDING $50 MILLION LAST YEAR AND NEARLY 3 MILLION IN JANUARY. NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES, SPEAKING EXCLUSIVELY WITH OUR.

AARON KATERSKY, INSISTING SHE WILL COLLECT THAT CIVIL FRONT LINE, EVEN IF IT MEANS SEIZING SOME OF HIS ASSETS. >> WE ARE PREPARED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE JUDGMENT IS PAID TO NEW YORKERS. AND YES, I LOOK AT 40 WALL STREET EACH AND EVERY DAY.

>> CHOICE RIVAL HALEY SAYS THAT LEGAL DRAMA IS ALL THE REASON FOR REPUBLICANS TO MOVE ON. >> I FEEL NO NEED TO KISS THE RING. I HAVE NO FEAR OF TRUMP'S RETRIBUTION. HE'S GOTTEN MORE UNSTABLE.

AND UNHINGED. SPENDS MORE TIME IN COURTROOMS THAN HE DOES ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. >> SHE'S TRAILING TRUMP BY MORE THAN 30 POINTS HERE IN HER HOME, BUT STILL VOWING TO STAY IN THE RACE. >> I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE.

I'M CAMPAIGNING EVERY DAY UNTIL . >> THE LAST PERSON VOTES. SO NIKKI HALEY, WIN OR LOSE, SOUTH CAROLINA, SHE'S STAYING IN THIS RACE THROUGH SUPER TUESDAY. AS FOR DONALD TRUMP. EVERY SINGLE DAY HE DOES NOT.

PAY BACK THAT $355 MILLION FINE. HE IS GAINING MORE THAN $87,000 IN INTEREST. THAT IS PER DAY. HIS SUPER PAC SPENT, NEARLY ALL OF ITS MONEY, 90% OF ITS MONEY IN JANUARY, LEGAL FEES ALONE.

MEANWHILE, HIS POLITICAL RIVALS LIKE PRESIDENT AND NIKKI HALEY ARE USING THEIR CAMPAIGN FUNDS ON ACTUAL CAMPAIGN DIAM. >> ALL RIGHT. SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT, THANK YOU. COMING UP, HOW BEYOND MEAT.

IS HOPING TO BRING CUSTOMERS TO THEIR PLANT BASED BURGERS. PLUS, A DOW JONES SHAKEUP. BUSINESS HEADLINES ARE NEXT. THIS WICKED THAT HAS BEEN HITTING THE WEST COAST IS NOW TAKING AIM ON HEARTLAND AS WELL AS THE EAST COAST. I'LL HAVE ALL THE TIMING.

AND WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW COMING UP IN YOUR FULL FORECAST . >> 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,.

THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING. >> ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY STRIKE CONTINUE FOR UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY ENROLLING FOR IT. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN.

WAS 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 ON THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL,.

OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT FROM THE FBI REPORTING THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON STREAMED LIVE TO YOU FOREVER. 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. WE'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE, STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. YOU SHOULD SEE ME THE STRONGEST FIGHT FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THEIR.

FAMILIES. OH, HEY. THE QUEEN'S SPEECH YOU CROWN. >> 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 INTO IT. LISTEN TO THEIR DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD OUR MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH. LISTENING TO YOU STAR 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. >> WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST OF FLOOD WATCHES IN EFFECT FROM ANAHEIM,.

CALIFORNIA, TO SAN DIEGO. THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS MOVING OUT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BY THE END OF THIS WEEK AND, HEADED FOR THE EAST COAST. ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE IS TRACKING TIMING FOR US. HI, SAMURA.

HI. YEAH. SO THIS SYSTEM IS NOW GOING TO BE IMPACTING PARTS OF THE MIDWEST AND HEADING FOR THE COAST BY THE END OF THE WEEK, BUT NOT BEFORE LEAVING BEHIND VISUALS LIKE THIS. WE SAW STRONG WINDS, 1.75.

INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN LOS ANGELES AND THAT WAS IN THREE DAYS. THAT BROUGHT THEIR FEBRUARY TOTAL. THE 12.29 INCHES OF RAIN. AND THE THING IS HAVE THEY GOTTEN 1.73 MORE THAN THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN ON TRACK.

FOR THEIR WETTEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD. NONETHELESS A VERY WET, WET TIME THAT WE'VE BEEN SEEING IN THE SOUTH AND SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THERE. NOW, THIS IS EDEN, UTAH. A LOT OF THIS MOISTURE BEEN STREAMING INTO THE ROCKIES,.

BRINGING HEAVY SNOW. AND THAT'S THE STORY TODAY. SO WHAT'S LEFT OF THESE SHOWERS IS PRETTY MUCH IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO AND SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS NEAR REDDING A LITTLE BIT OF SNOWFALL THERE. MUCH OF THE RAIN REALLY WINDING.

DOWN. SO THAT FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE PRETTY SOON HERE IN SAN DIEGO. BUT WE'RE SEEING THAT MOISTURE TRACK ITS WAY INTO THE ROCKIES, BRINGING THEM HEAVY SNOW. PARTS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA SAW 4 TO 5 FEET OF SNOW WITH THIS LAST SYSTEM.

HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. THIS IS THURSDAY AT LUNCHTIME. OKAY. SO TOMORROW AROUND IF YOU LIVE IN LOUISVILLE, INDIANAPOLIS, PADUCAH, YOU'RE SEEING AND THE SYSTEM KIND OF REFORMS ITSELF IN PARTS OF THE MIDWEST AND EVEN INTO DETROIT,.

PITTSBURGH SEEING RAIN. WE COULD SEE SOME SNOW. >> THE NORTHERN TIER OF THIS DISTURBANCE, THIS IS FRIDAY MORNING AT 11, A M PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK, HARTFORD, BOSTON, RIGHT ON DOWN THE I-95 QUARTER. WELL, IT MIGHT BE MILDER.

>> IT WILL BE PRETTY WET OUT THERE AS FAR AS TOTALS GO, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT A TON OF SNOW, 3 TO 6 INCHES GENERALLY SPEAKING IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS, 1 TO 3 INCHES FROM SCRANTON RIGHT ON UP TO PORTLAND, MAINE. BUT THEN IN PARTS OF NORTHERN.

MAINE, THEY COULD SEE SIX PLUS INCHES OF SNOW. >> SO THAT'S WHERE THE HIGHEST TOTALS ARE. OKAY. THIS IS THE LAST HEADLINE I HAVE TO GET TO BECAUSE BEEN SEEING NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURE AND NOW WE COULD BE IN FOR.

RECORD HIGHS POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT MIDLAND AND AMARILLO, TEXAS, EVEN AS FAR NORTH AS FARGO IN THE UPPER 40S, WHICH IS EXTREMELY WARM FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. THIS AFTERNOON. >> AND IT'S GOING TO BE EVEN WARMER NEXT WEEK.

WE'LL BE IN FOR A LITTLE BIT OF AN EARLY SPRING AND START TO FEEL LIKE THAT. MINNEAPOLIS ON MONDAY, UPPER 50S WASHINGTON, D.C., 68 DEGREES. >> OKLAHOMA CITY FLIRTING WITH 80 DEGREES ON MONDAY. >> AND ALL RIGHT,.

ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE YOU. >> MEANWHILE, AMAZON IS REPLACING IN THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE NEXT WEEK. THIS IS BEYOND MEAT HAS LAUNCHED A NEWER, HEALTHIER VERSION OF THEIR PLANT BASED BURGER.

ABC'S BUSINESS REPORTER ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS HAS MORE ON THAT AND YOUR OTHER HEADLINES. HEY, ALEXIS, WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING? HEY, LOOK AT THAT SHAKE UP FOR DOW. DIANE SO WALGREENS IS OUT.

AMAZON IS IN. STARTING NEXT WEEK, THE TECH GIANT WILL REPLACE THE DRUGSTORE RETAILER IN THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE. SO THE CHANGE THAT INVESTORS WHO BET ON THE 30 STOCK INDEX WILL NOW HAVE EXPOSURE TO AMAZON STOCK PERFORMANCE.

THE DOW PERIODICALLY SWAPS OUT STOCKS IN ITS BENCHMARK INDEX TO MIRROR THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPANIES IN THE U.S. AND REFLECT, QUOTE, THE EVOLVING NATURE OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY. ALSO INCLUDED IN THAT SHAKE UP, UBER WILL REPLACE JETBLUE.

IN THE DALLAS TRANSPORTATION AVERAGE. AND IT SEEMS THOSE SMART APPLIANCES AREN'T BUILT TO LAST AFTER ALL, THE LIFESPAN OF NEWER REFRIGERATORS, WASHING MACHINES AND OVENS IS SHRINKING . FOR EXAMPLE, YELP USERS.

REQUESTED NEARLY 60% MORE QUOTES LAST MONTH FROM APPLIANCE REPAIR BUSINESSES THAN THEY DID A YEAR AGO. APPLIANCE TECHNICIANS BLAME A PUSH TOWARD COMPUTERIZATION AND AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF COMPONENTS INSIDE A MACHINE FOR THE SHORTER LIFESPAN.

AND BEYOND IS LAUNCHING WHAT IT CALLS A HEALTHIER, PLANT BASED BURGER AS IT TRIES TO WIN BACK CUSTOMERS. THE NEW BURGER WILL HIT STORE SHELVES THIS SPRING. THE COMPANY SAYS IT HAS LESS SODIUM AND SATURATED FAT THAN THE ORIGINAL, WHICH.

DEBUTED BACK IN 2016. BEYOND MEAT ALWAYS SAID ITS MEAT SUBSTITUTES ARE HEALTHIER THAN THE REAL DEAL. BUT AMERICANS APPEAR TO HAVE LOST THEIR APPETITE FOR PLANT BASED FOODS SALES MEAT ALTERNATIVES ARE DOWN ABOUT 34% IN JUST THE PAST YEAR.

AT THE SAME TIME, SHARES OF BEYOND MEAT STOCK PLUNGED ABOUT 60%. REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS ALL THE RAGE PLANT BASED FOODS? NOT SO MUCH ANYMORE. INTERESTING. ALL RIGHT ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS. THANK YOU.

AND IF YOU HAVE ANY FINANCE FOR ALEXIS, JUST LEAVE A MESSAGE ON OUR INSTAGRAM FEED AT ABC NEWS LIVE. SHE MIGHT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION RIGHT HERE ON THURSDAY. TO SOME TROUBLING SIGNS FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP AMONG BLACK AMERICANS.

NEW DATA FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS SHOWS THAT WHILE HOMEOWNERSHIP FOR RACIAL MINORITIES INCREASED IN 2022, THE GAP THE RATE OF BLACK AND WHITE HOMEOWNERSHIP HAS BECOME EVEN MORE EXTREME. ABC NEWS ELIZABETH SCHULZE HAS.

THOSE DETAILS. HI, ELIZABETH. DIANE THIS NEW DATA SHOWS THAT HOMEOWNERSHIP RATES ARE IMPROVING ACROSS MINORITY GROUPS, BUT THE GAP BETWEEN WHITE AND BLACK HOMEOWNERS IS NOW WORSE THAN IT WAS ONE DECADE AGO.

THE ANALYSIS FROM THE NATIONAL OF REALTORS FINDS THAT 44% OF BLACK AMERICANS OWN A HOME. THAT RATE IS 51% AMONG HISPANIC HOUSEHOLDS. AND FOR ASIAN AMERICANS, IT'S 63%. BOTH OF THOSE ARE NEW RECORD HIGHS.

HOMEOWNERSHIP AMONG WHITE HOUSEHOLDS STANDS AT 72%. SO WHAT ACCOUNTS FOR THIS GAP? ACCESS TO CREDIT A BIG FACTOR. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT IT'S OFTEN MORE DIFFICULT FOR MINORITY HOUSEHOLDS TO GET FAVORABLE TERMS ON A LOAN. THE HOUSING GAP BLACK AND WHITE.

AMERICANS ALSO MIRRORS A GROWING INCOME GAP. TEN YEARS AGO, WHITE HOUSEHOLDS EARNED, ON AVERAGE $21,000 MORE PER YEAR THAN BLACK HOUSEHOLDS. THAT HAS NOW INCREASED TO NEARLY $28,000 MORE TO TRY TO BOOST HOMEOWNERSHIP,.

ESPECIALLY AMONG FIRST TIME BUYERS. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES FHA LOANS WHERE YOU CAN PUT A 3% PAYMENT DOWN INSTEAD OF THE MORE TRADITIONAL 20%. PEOPLE CAN SEE IF THEY QUALIFY BY GOING TO FHA BACKED UP. DIANE ELIZABETH SCHULZE.

IN WASHINGTON, D.C. THANK YOU. AND SCHOOLS ACROSS COUNTRY ARE FACING A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER SHORTAGE. DISTRICTS ARE INCREASINGLY STRUGGLING TO FIND REPLACEMENTS WHEN TEACHERS CALL IN SICK. NOW SOME SAY IT'S A FULL BLOWN CRISIS.

>> MORGAN NORWOOD HAS MORE ON THE NATIONWIDE SUBSTITUTE TEACHER SHORTAGE INTENSIFYING WITH MANY SCHOOLS FROM COAST TO COAST SCRAMBLING TO FIND VILLAINS IN SOME INSTANCES, A DISTRICT THAT HAS 2700 TEACHERS LEAVING HAVE AS MUCH AS 300 TEACHERS WHO ARE ABSENT.

EACH DAY. >> ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU LABOR STATISTICS, WHILE DEMAND HAS TRADITIONALLY EXCEEDED SUPPLY FOR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, 20% OF REQUESTS FOR FILLINGS HAVE GONE UNFILLED. MANY DISTRICTS LEANED.

ON SUBSTITUTES TO HELP FILL VACANT TEACHING POSITIONS. NOW THE POOL OF AVAILABLE SUBS SHRINKING FOR WHEN TEACHERS TAKE OFF. UNFORTUNATELY, WHAT WE HAVEN'T SEEN IS THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT SAYS WIRED. WE ARE NOT TRAINED OR,.

SUPPORTED TO REALLY STEP IN AS EDUCATORS VERY WELL AS BEING MORE LIKE A BABY SITTER. >> MEGAN CONKLIN, A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER HERSELF, ONCE A SUPPORT GROUP TO HELP TRAIN OTHER SUBS. I THINK ONE OF THE OBVIOUS REASON SUBS ARE WALKING AWAY FROM THE JOB IS COMPENSATE.

IT'S NOT A LIVING WAGE JOB AND I THINK THIS MIGHT EVEN BE MORE SIGNIFICANT. >> THE LACK OF SUPPORT. HOPING TO LURE SUBS BACK IN MANY DISTRICTS NOW WORKING TO INCREASE PAY, BUT THEY'RE OFTEN THE MERCY OF TIGHT BUDGETS.

>> OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE VALUE WHO THEY ARE, BUT WE HAVE TO BE AS COMPETITIVE AS POSSIBLE AND LOOK FOR SMALLER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN LOWER INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS. THE IDEA OF RAISING PAY BECOMES MORE CHALLENGING, RIGHT?.

SO IN A STATEMENT, THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION SAYS PROVIDING PAID FAMILY LEAVE FOR TEACHERS, SUBS, BUS DRIVERS, COUNSELORS AND OTHER SCHOOL PERSONNEL IS NOW MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER. DIANE MORGAN NORWOOD, THANK YOU.

>> COMING UP, MEET THE PERSONAL WHO'S HELPING DISABLED CLIENTS FIND BOTH PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL STRENGTH. HOW HE'S INTRODUCING JOY THROUGH STRENGTH TRAINING WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE. >> MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE.

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THE SO-CALLED VICTIMS WILL GET A CHANCE TO FINALLY MEET THEIR TEAM AND THAT SORT OF A LOSS FOR WHAT TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THAT HOUSE MAN? I DID. I WANTED ERIKA SAY I'M SORRY FACE TO FACE.

>> ERIKA, WHY DO YOU THINK SAW THE HOUSEWIVES AND THE WORK? >> YOU KNOW, NOW I'M LINSEY DAVIS REPORTING FROM ROLLING FORK, MISSISSIPPI. WHEREVER THIS STORY IS, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE .

WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, A PERSONAL TRAINER IN ENGLAND IS TEACHING HIS CLIENTS HOW TO USE EXERCISE A SPRINGBOARD TO GREATNESS. OVER THE LAST YEAR, GEORGINA MCLEAN HAS BECOME A BELOVED FIGURE ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR HIS UNIQUE TRAINING METHODS.

LEAVE HIS CLIENTS SMILING. ABC'S DANNY NEW HAS THIS STORY . >> WHO WANTS TO GO FOR FACEBOOK? >> YOU GOT TO BE GREAT. YOU GOT TO HAVE WHAT YOU DO. NOT BEFORE AGE OF VINO MCLEAN CAN CREATE A WORKOUT SOMEONE.

>> FIRST HE MUST ANSWER THIS. I GIVE YOU THAT FOOD AND ENERGY AND LAUGHTER AND. JOY, WHERE YOU ACTUALLY THINK THAT YOU'RE EXERCISING. SO ALL JIMMY NOW OWNS A GYM CALLED THE SEVEN HEALTH CENTER IN MANCHESTER, ENGLAND, BUT HE SPENDS MOST OF HIS TIME WITH,.

HIS LIFE MISSION, OFFERING FREE TRAINING SESSIONS TO PEOPLE WHO MAY NEED A MORE PERSONALIZED EXERCISE PLAN. >> I AM NEVER GOING TO TAKE A PENNY OFF ANYBODY, DISABLED OR ELDERLY. ALL I WANT THEM IS TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING AMAZING.

WITH ME. WITH TREVINO'S PERSONALIZED EXERCISES FOR EACH PERSON, SOMETIMES YOU MAY FIND YOURSELF POPPING OR GETTING RESTLESS OR CRAWLING ON THE OCEAN FLOOR. >> I'M NOT GOING TO BREAK DOWN THE SIDES TO THEM. ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HIM.

IS BIG FOOTBALL. >> PRETENDING TO BE TWO FISH. >> AND WE TRY TO GET THE BISCUITS TO GO FREE. >> NOT SURPRISINGLY, MANY OF DAVINA'S VIDEOS HAVE NOW GONE VIRAL ON SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH CAN LEAD TO SCHEDULING CONFLICTS.

>> YOU MUST HAVE SOME WAIT LIST, THOUGH. >> OH, IT'S HUGE STUFF. IT'S HUGE. CONCENTRATE. >> I'M SO TIRED. BUT EVEN THOUGH DAVINA HAS A JAM PACKED SCHEDULE, I WOULDN'T CHANGE IT FOR.

THE WORLD. WOULD. WOULDN'T. BECAUSE I KNOW GIVING PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT OF HAPPINESS CAN GO SO FAR. >> BY THE DIANE. >> BEFORE DAVINA OPENED HIS GYM, HE WAS ACTUALLY A.

PROFESSIONAL PLAYER. BUT HE'S BEEN OFFERING SESSIONS LIKE THIS SINCE HE WAS 16 AND ULTIMATELY FOUND MORE FULFILLMENT WITH HELPING PEOPLE DYING. DID YOU JUST KNOW THAT IF TREVINO TOLD YOU TO RUN A MARATHON, YOU WOULD DO IT?.

>> IF YOU KNEW HOW MUCH I HATED DISTANCE TRAINING, YOU MIGHT PROBABLY NOT, DANNY BUT MAYBE IF ANYBODY COULD DO IT. TREVINO COULD. >> THANKS TO DANNY FOR THAT STORY AND OUR THANKS TO YOU FOR STRAIGHTENING 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. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST, ABC NEWS, “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT”.

WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA'S ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE TELEVISION. I HAVE A POINT OF CONTACT THEY'RE EXPECTING US. WHAT'S OUR SECRET WORLD WE HAVE? DO YOU THINK, GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON'T KNOW.

THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE OF SLICE OF HUMAN BRAIN. >> THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED BECAUSE REALLY NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. IT'S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE. ANYWHERE.

WOW. SO THE QUESTION IS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? >> OKAY, HERE WE GO. YOU SAW EXPECTING MOTHER STRUGGLING TO PAY HER TAB. I'M JUST REALLY HUNGRY. >> IF YOU WANT CHARITY, GO TO.

A SOUP KITCHEN. WELL, WHAT? THIS MAN BEST GUYS ARE NOT GOOD WILL MAKE YOU BELIEVE IN EVERY DAY. HERO. ARE YOU A HERO? I WAS. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU SAW.

THIS? THIS AND HIS GIRLFRIEND. I'M HIS GIRLFRIEND. AND MY KIND. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? SUNDAY NIGHT AT TEN NINE CENTRAL ON ABC. >> WE'VE SEEN MANY PEOPLE START THEIR GAME HERE.

ABC NEWS THIS IS STARTING TO BE IN THE KNOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES START HERE. THAT'S A PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING YOU HAD YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> WHEREVER YOU GET.

YOUR PODCASTS, ABC NEWS, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE. I AM DYING TO SAY, TOO. LET'S GET RIGHT TO OUR TOP STORY. THE PRESIDENT'S BROTHER, JAMES BIDEN, HAS ON CAPITOL HILL AND IS TESTIFYING BEHIND.

CLOSED DOORS AS OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS IMPEACHMENT PROBE AGAINST THE PRESIDENT. THIS IS THE FORMER INFORMANT CHARGED WITH LYING ABOUT THE PRESIDENT AND HIS SON IS FACING NEW. NEWLY FILED COURT DOCUMENTS SHOW ALEXANDER.

SMIRNOV ALLEGEDLY HAD HIGH LEVEL RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE CONTACTS. ABC NEWS SENIOR REPORTER FAULDERS JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE. CARTER, WHAT ARE HOUSE REPUBLICANS HOPING LEARN FROM JAMES BIDEN IN HIS CLOSED DOOR TESTIMONY?.

WELL, LOOK, THEY'RE HOPING TO QUESTION JAMES BIDEN ON A NUMBER OF THINGS. >> AND I SHOULD POINT OUT THIS ,IS THE FIRST TIME THAT HE HAS APPEARED FOR A DEPOSITION BEHIND CLOSED. THEY'RE ACCUSING JAMES BIDEN OF ESSENTIALLY SERVING AS A FOR.

JOE BIDEN TO QUIETLY BENEFIT FROM THEIR FOREIGN BUSINESS. WE'VE HEARD THE CHAIR OF THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE, JAMES COLMER, SPECIFICALLY FOCUS ON BANK RECORDS THAT HE SAYS ARE NEFARIOUS. BUT AT THE SAME TIME, THROUGHOUT REPUBLICANS.

INVESTIGATIONS, THERE HAVE BEEN OTHER WITNESSES WHO HAVE COME FORWARD THAT HAVE ESSENTIALLY REFUTED THESE CLAIMS. SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS TODAY. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS ALL HAPPENING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. SO WHAT WE REALLY WILL SEE.

AS THIS IS GOING ON AND AFTER OUR OF CONGRESS ESSENTIALLY EXPLAINING WHAT THEY HEARD FROM THEM. NOW, THIS TESTIMONY COMES AS WE'RE LEARNING THESE NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE FORMER FBI INFORMANT CHARGED WITH LYING ABOUT THE.

PRESIDENT AND HIS SON. HOW CRITICAL IS IT THAT THIS INFORMANT TO HOUSE REPUBLICANS CASE, HE WAS THE CENTER OF THIS CASE IN MANY WAYS. HOW CRITICAL IS IT THAT NOW HE'S FACING THESE ALLEGATIONS NOT ONLY OF LYING, BUT NOW POTENTIAL TIES TO RUSSIAN.

INTELLIGENCE? WELL, I THINK IT'S EXTREMELY CRITICAL, DIANE, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE THIS PERSON WAS CENTRAL TO THE IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATION AND THEIR INQUIRY. AND WE ALREADY KNOW THAT THE INQUIRY WAS ESSENTIALLY STALLED.

A BIT GIVEN THE HOUSE MAJORITY AND THEIR SLIM MAJORITY. NOW, YOU BASICALLY HAD COLMER, THE CHAIR OF THE OVERSIGHT, AND OTHERS, SAYING THIS WAS THE LINCHPIN OF THEIR ENTIRE CASE. THIS WAS THE STRONGEST THAT THEY SAID THAT THEY HAD.

AND NOW IT SEEMS ALMOST DEAD IN THE WATER. THIS SUGGESTS, OBVIOUSLY, THAT IT'S A RUSSIAN, A DISINFORMATION OPERATION TO PEDDLE DISINFORMATION ABOUT JOE BIDEN TO CONGRESS. BUT THE QUESTION NOW IS, DO REPUBLICANS CONCEDE ANY OF THIS.

AND HOW THIS INVESTIGATION MOVE FORWARD? >> NOW, HUNTER BIDEN IS SET TO NEXT WEEK. WHAT CAN WE EXPECT THERE? IT'S A GOOD QUESTION. THIS IS ALSO GOING TO BE BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. >> WE KNOW THAT HE APPEARED.

BEFORE FOR A DEPOSITION. WHAT REPUBLICANS ARE GOING TO TRY AND PRY NEW OUT OF HIM THAT THEY'VE LEARNED FROM OTHER WITNESSES. WHO KNOWS WHAT EXACTLY THEY'LL GET? I'M SURE THAT THEY WILL QUESTION ON SOME OF WHAT.

JAMES BIDEN SAYS AGAIN, BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. THIS IS SET TO HAPPEN NEXT WEEK ON CAPITOL HILL. ABC NEWS SENIOR REPORTER KATHERINE FAULDERS. THANK YOU. AND NEW YORK ATTORNEY ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES SAYS.

SHE'S PREPARED TO SEIZE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S BUILDINGS IF HE CAN'T, HIS $345 MILLION CIVIL FRAUD FINE. TRUMP IS ALSO FACING ABOUT $100 MILLIO IN INTEREST AFTER THE JUDGE DETERMINED INFLATED HIS NET WORTH TO GET BETTER LONG TERMS.

TRUMP HAS DENIED ALL WRONGDOING AND SAYS HE WILL APPEAL. ABC NEWS SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT IS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN SOUTH CAROLINA. >> THE LATEST. DONALD TRUMP FACING A MASSIVE $355 MILLION FINE.

ONCE AGAIN COMPARING HIMSELF TO ALEXEI NAVALNY WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS LEGAL BILLS. >> HOW WILL YOU PUT UP THAT KIND OF MONEY? BECAUSE YOU HAVE A BOMB TO PUT UP, EVEN IF YOU APPEAL, YOU GOT TO PUT UP ESCROW MONEY. THAT'S IT'S A FORM OF NAVALNY.

IT IS A FORM OF COMMUNISM OR FASCISM. >> DAYS OF SILENCE. TRUMP NOW CALLING THE BALL IS DEATH A SAD SITUATION, BUT REFUSING TO CONDEMN THE MAN WHO PUT THE PRO-DEMOCRACY OPPOSITION IN PRISON. >> VLADIMIR PUTIN IS A VERY.

BRAVE GUY BECAUSE. >> HE WENT BACK. HE COULD HAVE STAYED AWAY. MR. PRESIDENT, DO YOU BELIEVE THAT WE'VE GOT. >> THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. TRUMP IS DRAINING CAMPAIGN FUNDS TO PAY FOR HIS LEGAL FEES, SPENDING $50 MILLION LAST.

YEAR AND NEARLY 3 MILLION IN JANUARY. NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES, SPEAKING EXCLUSIVELY WITH AARON KATERSKY AND SAYS THAT SHE WILL COLLECT THAT CIVIL FRAUD. FINE, EVEN IF IT MEANS SEIZING SOME OF HIS ASSETS.

>> WE ARE PREPARED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE JUDGMENT IS PAID TO NEW YORKERS. >> AND YES, I LOOK AT 40 WALL STREET EACH AND EVERY DAY. TRUMP'S RIVAL, HALEY, SAYS THAT LEGAL DRAMA IS ALL THE MORE REASON FOR REPUBLICANS MOVE ON.

>> I FEEL NO NEED TO KISS THE RING. I HAVE FEAR OF TRUMP'S RETRIBUTION. HE'S GOTTEN MORE AND UNHINGED. HE SPENDS MORE TIME IN COURTROOMS THAN HE DOES ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. >> SHE'S TRAILING TRUMP BY.

MORE THAN THREE POINTS HERE IN HER HOME STATE, BUT STILL VOWING TO IN THE RACE. >> I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE. I'M CAMPAIGNING EVERY DAY UNTIL THE LAST PERSON VOTES. >> SO NIKKI HALEY SAYS WIN OR LOSE, SOUTH CAROLINA, SHE'S STAYING IN THIS RACE.

THROUGH SUPER TUESDAY. AS FOR DONALD TRUMP, EVERY SINGLE DAY, HE DOES NOT PAY BACK THAT $355 MILLION FINE. HE IS GAINING MORE THAN $87,000 IN INTEREST. THAT IS PER DAY. HIS SUPER SPENT NEARLY ALL OF ITS MONEY.

90% OF ITS MONEY IN JANUARY ON LEGAL FEES ALONE. MEANWHILE, POLITICAL RIVALS LIKE PRESIDENT BIDEN AND NIKKI HALEY ARE USING THEIR CAMPAIGN ON ACTUAL CAMPAIGN RESOURCES DIANE. >> ALL RIGHT SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL.

CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT, THANK YOU. AND MORE THAN 150,000 STUDENT LOAN BORROWERS ARE ABOUT TO HAVE THAT DEBT WIPED CLEAN. IT'S PART OF THE NEXT PHASE IN PRESIDENT BIDEN'S STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS. ABC NEWS CHIEF WHITE.

HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARY BRUCE HAS THE DETAILS. WELL, STARTING TODAY, 153,000 BORROWERS WILL BE RECEIVING AN EMAIL DIRECTLY FROM PRESIDENT BIDEN TELLING. THEM THEIR DEBTS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN, WIPING CLEAN A TOTAL OF $1.2 BILLION IN LOANS.

NOW, TO QUALIFY, MUST BE ENROLLED IN THE PRESIDENT'S SIGNATURE REPAYMENT PLAN AND HAVE A LOWER ORIGINAL BALANCE LESS THAN $12,000 AND HAVE BEEN MAKING PAYMENTS FOR AT LEAST TEN YEARS. SO IF YOU MEET THE CRITERIA, YOUR LOAN WILL BE FORGIVEN.

IN THE COMING DAYS. >> AND MILLIONS OF AMERICANS ARE ENROLLED IN REPAYMENT PLAN. >> AND THIS IS JUST THE FIRST TRANCHE. SO ANYONE WHO'S STILL ENROLLED AND MEETS THE CRITERIA GOING FORWARD WILL ALSO SEE THIS RELIEF.

WITH THIS LATEST ROUND, THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS NOW APPROVED ALMOST $138 BILLION IN DEBT RELIEF FOR 3.9 MILLION PEOPLE. THIS IS SOMETHING THE PRESIDENT EAGER TO TOUT, ESPECIALLY AFTER HIS INITIAL PLAN WAS STRUCK DOWN BY THE SUPREME COURT LAST.

YEAR. PRESIDENT BIDEN IS WELL AWARE VOTERS ARE FRUSTRATED. >> AND DIANE, HE WANTS TO SHOW HE'S MAKING GOOD ON HIS PROMISE. ALL RIGHT WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARY BRUCE, THANK YOU.

AND NOW TO SOME TROUBLING SIGNS HOMEOWNERSHIP AMONG BLACK AMERICANS. NEW DATA FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION REALTORS SHOWS THAT WHILE HOMEOWNERSHIP RATES FOR RACIAL MINORITIES INCREASED IN 2022, THE GAP BETWEEN THE RATE OF BLACK AND WHITE.

HOMEOWNERSHIP HAS BECOME EVEN MORE EXTREME. ABC NEWS ELIZABETH SCHULZE HAS THE DETAILS. ELIZABETH. DIANE, THIS NEW DATA SHOWS THAT HOMEOWNERSHIP ARE IMPROVING ACROSS MINORITY GROUPS, BUT THE GAP BETWEEN.

WHITE AND BLACK HOMEOWNERS IS NOW WORSE THAN IT WAS ONE DECADE AGO. THE ANALYSIS FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS FINDS THAT 44% OF BLACK AMERICANS OWN A HOME. THAT RATE IS 51% AMONG HISPANIC HOUSEHOLDS.

AND FOR ASIAN AMERICANS, 63%. BOTH OF THOSE ARE NEW RECORD HIGHS. HOMEOWNERSHIP AMONG WHITE HOUSEHOLDS STANDS AT 72%. SO WHAT ACCOUNTS FOR THIS GAP? ACCESS TO CREDIT IS A BIG FACTOR. RESEARCH SHOWS THAT IT'S OFTEN.

MORE DIFFICULT FOR MINORITY HOUSEHOLDS TO GET FAVORABLE TERMS ON A LOAN. THE HOUSING GAP, BLACK AND WHITE AMERICANS ALSO MIRRORS A GROWING INCOME GAP. SO TEN YEARS AGO, WHITE HOUSEHOLDS EARNED, ON AVERAGE, $21,000 MORE PER YEAR THAN.

BLACK HOUSEHOLDS. THAT HAS NOW INCREASED TO NEARLY $28,000 MORE TO TRY TO BOOST HOMEOWNERSHIP, ESPECIALLY AMONG FIRST TIME BUYERS. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES OFFER FHA LOANS WHERE YOU CAN PUT A 3% PAYMENT DOWN INSTEAD.

OF THE MORE TRADITIONAL PERCENT. PEOPLE CAN SEE IF THEY QUALIFY BY GOING TO FHA. DIANE ELIZABETH SCHULZE IN WASHINGTON, D.C. THANK YOU. IT IS TIME NOW FOR WORLDVIEW WHERE WE BRING YOU THE LATEST INTERNATIONAL HEADLINES FROM.

RUSSIA'S OFFENSIVE IN UKRAINE TO WIKILEAKS FOUNDER JULIAN ASSANGE, HIS EXTRADITION BATTLE. OUR FOREIGN CORRESPONDENTS ARE TRACKING THE LATEST FROM AROUND THE WORLD. I AM PATRICK REEVELL IN KYIV. RUSSIA IS NOW PUSHING.

OFFENSIVES AT MULTIPLE PLACES ON THE FRONT LINE HERE IN UKRAINE FOLLOWING THE FALL OF THE KEY EASTERN CITY OF AVDIIVKA. IT'S TRYING TO EXPLOIT THE HOLD . AN AMERICAN AID HAS LEFT UKRAINE SUFFERING.

INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS AMMUNITION SHORTAGES. AND IN RUSSIA, THE FSB HAS ARRESTED ANOTHER RUSSIAN CITIZEN ON TREASON CHARGES BECAUSE TENURE CAME IN A FORMER BALLERINA WHO'S LIVED IN LOS ANGELES IS ACCUSED OF FUNDRAISING $50 FOR.

A UKRAINIAN CHARITY THAT SUPPORTS UKRAINE'S MILITARY. ACCORDING TO HER EMPLOYER IN L.A., SHE COULD FACE UP TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON. AND OF COURSE, THIS COMES JUST DAYS. >> THE DEATH OF OPPOSITION.

LEADER ALEXEI NAVALNY. I'M MAGGIE RULLI HERE, THE HIGH COURT IN LONDON, WHERE YOU CAN HEAR JULIAN ASSANGE'S SUPPORTERS. I KNEW THEY'D BEEN OUT HERE FOR THE PAST TWO DAYS WHILE HIS LAWYERS ARE INSIDE THE HIGH COURT HERE.

THIS IS SEEN AS LIKELY A FINAL EFFORT, A LAST DITCH EFFORT TO STOP THE EXTRADITION OF JULIAN ASSANGE TO THE U.S. WHERE HE FACES ESPIONAGE CHARGES THAT, IF CONVICTED, COULD LAND HIM A LIFE IN PRISON. RIGHT NOW, ASSANGE HAS BEEN.

IN A HIGH SECURITY PRISON HERE IN BRITAIN FOR THE LAST FIVE YEARS. AND TODAY'S NOT ONLY IS A LAST DITCH EFFORT, BUT IT'S ALSO JUST THE LATEST IN A LONG LEGAL SAGA FOR ASSANGE. DOES HE CHARGES AGAINST HIM DATE BACK ALMOST 15 YEARS.

TO 2010, WHERE HE'S ACCUSED OF LEAKING HIGHLY CLASSIFIED U.S. DOCUMENTS ON HIS WEBSITE, WIKILEAKS. REMEMBER, THESE WERE LEAKED HIM BY CHELSEA MANNING, AN ARMY INTELLIGENCE SPECIALIST. NOW, THE U.S. SAYS THESE DOCUMENTS WERE PEOPLE'S LIVES,.

INCLUDING THOSE WHO HELP U.S. FORCES ON THE GROUND IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. SUPPORTERS, INCLUDING MANY WOMEN SPOKEN TO OUTSIDE THIS COURTHOUSE, SAY ASSANGE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A SECRECY BUSTING JOURNALIST WHO EXPOSES WRONGDOINGS OF U.S. FORCES.

ON THE GROUND IN IRAQ AND AFGHANISTAN. AND THEY SAY PROSECUTORS HERE ARE POSITIVELY MOTIVATED AND THAT WOULD NEVER FACE A FAIR A FAIR TRIAL. BACK IN THE U.S. NOW, WE HAVEN'T SEEN ASSANGE INSIDE THIS COURTROOM FOR VIRTUALLY.

EITHER DAY. HIS LAWYERS SAY HE IS TOO ILL TO APPEAR IN COURT. AND MAGGIE, WHEN THE COURT ANNOUNCED THIS DECISION AND WHAT'S AT STAKE FOR ASSANGE, IF HE IS EXTRADITED TO THE. WE UNDERSTAND THAT JUDGES.

ARE HEARING FROM BOTH SIDES IN THIS CASE, THAT'LL BE ALL WRAPPED UP BY TODAY. BUT THEIR DECISION COULD TAKE HOURS. IT COULD TAKE DAYS, IT COULD TAKE WEEKS. WHAT WE DO KNOW IS WHEN THAT DECISION COMES DOWN, IF.

THEY HAVE DECIDED THAT TO NOT GRANT ASSANGE THIS APPEAL, HE WILL BE EXTRADITED TO THE STATES. AND IF THAT HAPPENS, IT COULD HAPPEN ALMOST IMMEDIATELY ONCE HE IS BACK IN AMERICA. HE FACES 17 COUNTS OF ESPIONAGE .

IF CONVICTED, THAT COULD MEAN LIFE IN PRISON. DAN? ALL RIGHT, MAGGIE RULLI PATRICK REEVELL, THANK YOU. >> AND HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ECUADORIANS ARE MIGRATING TO THE U.S. SOUTHERN BORDER, HOPING TO FIND BETTER LIVING.

CONDITIONS. ECUADOR IS ON THE BRINK DUE TO A RECENT EXPLOSION OF VIOLENCE, DRUGS AND CORRUPTION. ABC'S RIVERS TRAVELED THERE TO MEET SOME OF THOSE RESPONSIBLE. THE GUIDEBOOKS CALL ECUADOR.

THE LAND OF FOUR WORLDS, ITS FAMED GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, ITS MOUNTAINS ITS RAINFOREST AND ITS PACIFIC COAST. BUT IT IS FOURTH PILLAR THE COAST THAT IS SHATTERING THE PEACE PORTS, THE COASTLINE WITH EASY ACCESS TO SHIPPING ROUTES TO THE AND EUROPE.

THROW IN WEAK LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CORRUPTION AND YOU HAVE A PERFECT TRANSIT POINT FOR MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF PRODUCED IN COLOMBIA AND PERU. >> SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE DRIVING IN WHAT IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS NEIGHBORHOODS IN ALL GUAYAQUIL.

AND THE REASON WE'RE DOING THAT IS BECAUSE THIS GANG HAS INVITED US INTO THIS AREA TO INTERVIEW SOME OF THEIR SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM WHO APPARENTLY WHAT THEY DON'T WANT TO GAIN SYRIAN LAND. THEY ARE WORKING ON AND THE SCALE OF THE WAR, BUT AT.

THE SAME POINT RADIATE FROM IRAQ. >> WHAT'S CHANGED? THE GAME, HE SAYS, IS WORKING WITH MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS. THE ECUADORIANS ARE THE MIDDLEMEN IN FRONT OF ME AND THEY GET TO TRAVEL ABOUT TO INDIA AND BRAZIL.

>> THEY THEM AND GET ON IS ALSO IN A KEY ALLIANCE WITH LOS JANEIRO'S. >> ECUADOR'S MOST NOTORIOUS GANG, CLAIMED BY ADOLFO GLASBY JAMA, WHO UNTIL LAST MONTH SERVING 34 YEARS IN PRISON. BUT ON JANUARY 7TH, HE ESCAPED, INSTANTLY, BECOMING.

THE COUNTRY'S MOST WANTED MAN. THE NEXT DAY, PRESIDENT DANIEL, MOVE ON DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY. THE MILITARY WAS DEPLOYED TO THE STREETS. THE PRISONS KEY POWER CENTERS FOR ECUADOR'S ORGANIZED CRIME. >> A DAY LATER, ORGANIZED.

RESPONDED AN EXPLOSION OF GANG VIOLENCE ROCKED THE COUNTRY. GANG MEMBERS FROM THOSE TO GET ON IS TAKING OVER A GOVERNMENT OWNED TV STATION. A DAY OF VIOLENCE. A MESSAGE TO THE GOVERNMENT DON'T MESS WITH ORGANIZED CRIME IN ECUADOR.

IT'S COMMONPLACE THESE. CRIMINAL GROUPS AUGMENTING DRUG MONEY WITH EXTORTION. >> JAVIER KNOWS THAT COST MORE THAN MOST CLEARLY BY DEFINITION. ONE DAY AFTER MONTHS OF NOT, JAVIER WAS KIDNAPPED BY FOUR ARMED MEN IN BROAD WHILE.

WAITING AT A STOPLIGHT. >> EUROPEAN SECURITY GAVE MONEY . >> THEY KEPT HIM FOR A FULL DAY, FORCING HIS TO GIVE UP ALL $5,000 THEY HAD IN THEIR SAVINGS HE AND HIS WIFE HAD SAVED UP TO TRY AND MIGRATE TO U.S..

>> TYLER IS STRUGGLING, SAID, I'LL SHOW YOU THIS, BUT THAT IN LOTS OF WAYS THE HOMICIDE RATE IN GUAYAQUIL MORE THAN FIVE TIMES HIGHER THAN IT WAS JUST A FEW YEARS AGO. VIOLENT CRIME HAS SKYROCKETED AS GANGS COMPETE FOR A COCAINE MARKET WORTH BILLIONS.

THE PRESIDENT HAS PLEDGED FIGHT AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME WILL CONTINUE, BUT THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IS SET TO END IN A FEW WEEKS. >> AND TO THOSE PUSHING DRUGS, THE FIGHT IS JUST BEGINNING AT HOME. >> BY THE END OF.

OUR THANKS TO MATT RIVERS FOR THAT REPORT. COMING UP, A PASSENGER IS UNDER INVESTIGATION AFTER A MIDAIR SCARE. WHAT HE'S ACCUSED OF DOING THAT FORCED THE PLANE TO TURN AROUND. ALSO AHEAD, THE LEGAL BATTLE.

OVER TAYLOR SWIFT'S PRIVATE JET. WHY LAWYERS SAY A COLLEGE STUDENT POSTING THE JUDGE TRACKING INFORMATION WILL NOT DOWN EVEN AFTER TAYLOR'S TEAM SENT A CEASE AND DESIST LETTER LETTER. KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE.

IN COLLEGE. KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE AT ALL. >> HOW COULD THIS POSSIBLY HAVE HAPPENED? THE INCIDENT BROUGHT A LOT OF PANIC TO STUDENTS. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ME OR COULD BEEN ONE OF MY FRIENDS.

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AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS ABC NEWS LIVE. >>>>ELN PASSENGERS UNDER INVESTIGATION AFTER ALLEGEDLY TRYING TO OPEN DOOR MID-FLIGHT. MEANWHILE, UNITED FLIGHT WAS FORCED TO MAKE AN LANDING AFTER.

THE WING TORE APART TRANSPORTATION. >> GIO BENITEZ HAS DETAILS ON BOTH INCIDENTS. THE PASSENGER UNDER INVESTIGATION AFTER A MIDAIR SCARE. YOUR HEART JUST STARTS POUNDING ,LIKE, OH, MY GOD.

THIS IS, LIKE, IS THIS REAL? THE FAA AND FBI LOOKING INTO WHY HE ALLEGEDLY AND UNSUCCESSFULLY TO OPEN A DOOR MID-FLIGHT. >> THE GUY SITTING NEXT TO HIM HEARD HIM SAY. I GOT TO GET OFF THIS PLANE. WE ALL MANAGED TO KIND OF RIP.

THEM OFF THE DOOR. AND EVENTUALLY ONE OF THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS BROUGHT DUCT TAPE SO WE COULD DUCT TAPE HIS LEGS TOGETHER. AND THEN THEY HAD FLEXI CUFFS, WHICH WE PUT AROUND HIS ARMS. THE PILOT FORCED TO RETURN THE CHICAGO BOUND PLANE.

BACK TO ALBUQUERQUE AFTER TAKEOFF. POLICE MET THE PLANE TAKING THE MAN IN THE CUSTODY OF LARGE GUY. SO IT'S LIKE IF WE WERE IF EVERYONE ON THE PLANE JUST SAT BACK AND WERE LIKE, WE'RE GOING TO LET THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS.

HANDLE THIS, I DON'T KNOW WHAT THEY COULD HAVE DONE. >> THIS INCIDENT COMING AFTER THE WING OF A UNITED PLANE TORE APART FRIGHTENING PASSENGERS. VIDEO SHOWING THE DAMAGE LEFT. THE PLANE WAS A BOEING 757, WHICH FIRST WENT INTO SERVICE NEARLY 30 YEARS AGO.

>> THIS ONE OVER. KEVIN CLARK WAS ONE OF THE 165 PASSENGERS ON BOARD A PLANE TAKES OFF, BUT ALL OF A SUDDEN, IT HITS. WOW. VIOLENT VIBRATION AND, YOU KNOW, JUST NOISE. I'VE NEVER HEARD FROM A PLANE.

BEFORE. PILOTS DECLARE AN EMERGENCY ON THE BOSTON BOUND FLIGHT, DIVERTING TO DENVER TOUCHED DOWN IN SECOND WORLD WAR. THIS IS AN OLDER AIRPLANE, BUT IT'S A VERY RELIABLE AIRPLANE. SO THE FAA WILL LOOK AT WAS IT.

A FATIGUE PROBLEM THAT JUST BECAUSE THE AIRPLANE IS OLD AND HAVE BEEN USED QUITE A BIT OR WAS THERE SOME PROBLEM WITH A MAINTENANCE AND SAYS ONCE THE PLANE LANDED SAFELY, THEY WERE ABLE TO GET THOSE PASSENGERS ONTO FLIGHT? BUT BOEING DID NOT COMMENT.

DIANE TRANSPORTATION CORRESPONDENT GIO BENITEZ, THANK YOU. >> AND A COLLEGE STUDENT IS FIRING BACK AFTER TAYLOR SWIFT'S LEGAL TEAM SENT HIM A CEASE AND DESIST LETTER FOR PUBLICLY TRACKING HER JET. THE STAR'S LEGAL TEAM SAYS PUTS.

HER AT RISK FROM STALKERS. BUT THE ATTORNEY FOR THE 21 YEAR OLD UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA STUDENT SAYS HE'S DONE NOTHING ILLEGAL AND IS JUST USING PUBLIC INFORMATION AND HIS RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH. >> JANAI NORMAN HAS MORE ON A LEGAL BREWING BETWEEN.

WHICH HE POSTED ON X. NOW THE COLLEGE STUDENT FIRING BACK POSTING A LETTER FROM HIS ATTORNEY WITH THE CAPTION, LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO. >> WHAT YOU ME DO. >> IN THE LETTER, SWEENEY'S ATTORNEY CLAIMING HIS CLIENT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING UNLAWFUL.

WE WANTED TO REALLY HIT HOME THAT THERE IS NO LEGAL CLAIM HERE, THAT THIS IS JUST PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT HE'S NOT USING IT IN A NEFARIOUS WAY. AND THIS IS IN TRACKING CHATS. AND THERE'S A PURPOSE. THESE ARE EMITTING AN INSANE AMOUNT OF CARBON EMISSIONS.

A ROAD MAP TO CARRY OUT THEIR PLANS. >> I DON'T THINK IT'S GREAT BEHAVIOR. I DON'T APPLAUD THAT. AND I DO WORRY WHAT SWIFT ENDANGERS, BUT I DON'T SEE THERE BEING A LEGAL REMEDY. >> SWIFT HAS REPEATEDLY DEALT.

WITH STALKERS, INCLUDING MAN WHO WAS ARRESTED MULTIPLE TIMES OUTSIDE HER NEW YORK HOME IN JANUARY. AND THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME SWEENEY HAS GOTTEN INTO HOT WATER FOR TRACKING FLIGHTS IN 2020 TO HIS THEN TWITTER ACCOUNT, ELAN JET WAS SUSPENDED.

FOR KEEPING TABS ON TESLA CEO AND EX OWNER ELON MUSK'S PLANE IN REAL TIME. >> A SPOKESPERSON FOR TAYLOR SWIFT TOLD ABC NEWS EARLIER THIS MONTH THAT WE CANNOT COMMENT ON ANY ONGOING POLICE INVESTIGATION BUT CAN CONFIRM THE TIMING.

OF STALKERS SUGGESTS A CONNECTION. HIS POSTS TELL YOU EXACTLY AND WHERE SHE WOULD BE. >> SO JACK SWEENEY NOW TRACKS HER FLIGHTS ON DELAY. HIS ATTORNEY TELLS US THIS IS JUST ANOTHER STRING IN AN EFFORT BY A RICH AND POWERFUL.

PERSON TO TRY TO SILENCE PUBLIC CRITICISM AND FREE SPEECH. DIANE JANAI NORMAN, THANK YOU. >> COMING UP, A FUN WAY EACHER IS GOING VIRAL FOR HER LESSON PLANS ABOUT LIFE . >> REAL HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE,.

CELEBRITY ATTORNEY JOE GIRARDI. THIS STORY WAS A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION TODAY. SEVERAL BIG PARTIES WILL GET A CHANCE TO FIND THE ERROR. AND THAT'S SORT OF A LOSS FOR WHAT TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THE HOUSE?.

I DID. I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I'M SORRY FACE TO FACE. >> ERIKA, WHY DID IT TAKE SO LONG? >> THE HOUSEWIFE, THE SUITS, YOU NAME NOW. SO THE QUESTION IS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO?.

OKAY, HERE WE GO. YOU SAW AN EXPECTING MOTHER STRUGGLING TO PAY HER TAB. I'M JUST REALLY HUNGRY. IF YOU WANT CHARITY, GO TO A SOUP KITCHEN. WELL, WHAT THIS DOES IS ENOUGH. >> GOOD WILL MAKE YOU BELIEVE.

IN AN EVERYDAY HERO. ARE YOU A HERO? MY. PLUS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU SAW THIS? THIS AND HIS GIRLFRIEND GAME? HIS GIRLFRIEND'S OF MY KIND. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? >> SUNDAY NIGHT AT TEN.

NINE CENTRAL ON ABC. KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE IN COLLEGE. >> KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE AT ALL. HOW COULD THIS POSSIBLY HAVE HAPPENED? THE INCIDENT BROUGHT A LOT OF PANIC TO STUDENTS.

THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ME. IT COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF MY FRIENDS. WELL, THE LAST TIME WE SAW HER ALIVE, IT'S JUST A VERY TRAGIC THING TO HAPPEN TO SOMEONE. MARY, SPEAK TO YOUR LOVED ONE. THE LAST THING YOU SHOULD EVER.

SAY. SOMEBODY IS MIGHT BE THE LAST TIME. >> JUST IN THE DORMS. TWO OF YOU. SO IT'S EXTREMELY UNCOOL. YOU SHOULD SEE ME IN THE STRONGEST FEELINGS. >> FIGHT FOR THE SURVIVAL.

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I'M DIAMOND SAITO TODAY ON ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, NEW ALLEGATIONS AGAINST THE MAN AT THE CENTER OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS ATTEMPT TO IMPEACH THE PRESIDENT. THE FORMER FBI INFORMANT IS ACCUSED OF LYING, THE PRESIDENT AND HIS SON.

WHY THE SPECIAL COUNSEL NOW SUGGESTS HE HAD TIES TO RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE AS THE PRESIDENT'S BROTHER MEETS A HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. THE AMERICAN BALLERINA IN RUSSIA. WHY AUTHORITIES THERE ARE ACCUSING HER OF TREASON.

AS THE WHITE HOUSE PLANS TO ANNOUNCE MAJOR NEW SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA. AND THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION IS WIPING STUDENT FOR MORE THAN 150,000 BORROWERS. HOW TO IF YOU ARE ONE OF THEM. BUT WE BEGIN WITH THE PRESIDENT'S BROTHER,.

CAPITOL HILL. JAMES BIDEN IS TESTIFYING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AS PART OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS IMPEACHMENT PROBE AGAINST THE PRESIDENT. THIS IS THE FBI INFORMANT CHARGED WITH LYING ABOUT THE PRESIDENT AND HIS SON IS FACING.

NEW ALLEGATIONS. NEWLY FILED COURT DOCUMENTS ALLEGE ALEXANDER SMIRNOV HAD HIGH LEVEL RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE CONTACTS. ABC NEWS SENIOR REPORTER KATHERINE FAULDERS JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE. KATHERINE, CONGRESSMAN JIM.

JORDAN SAID THEY PLAN TO FOCUS ON JAMES BIDEN'S ROLE IN ALLEGEDLY SELLING THE BIDEN BRAND. SO WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? >> WHAT IS HE ACCUSED OF DOING AND WHAT IS IT THAT THIS WANTS TO HEAR FROM HIM? >> WELL, IT'S A GOOD QUESTION.

AND REPUBLICANS HAVE FOCUSED SPECIFICALLY ON PAYMENTS ON BANK RECORDS THAT THEY'VE OBTAINED THAT CLAIM IS JOE BIDEN'S BROTHER ATTEMPTING TO CAPITALIZE OFF OF THE BY THE NAME, FOR EXAMPLE, BUT OTHER DOCUMENTS THAT ABC NEWS HAS OBTAINED SHOW THAT THERE WERE.

PAYMENTS FOR REPAYING. FOR EXAMPLE, IT'S UNCLEAR EXACTLY WHAT WERE FOR WHAT BANK RECORDS THEY HAVE, WHAT THEY SPECIFICALLY PLAN TO ASK HIM BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. BUT WE DO KNOW THIS IS THE FIRST TIME THAT THE PRESIDENT'S HAS TESTIFIED BEFORE THIS.

COMMITTEE. BUT THE ONLY INFORMATION THAT WE'RE REALLY TO GET OUT OF THIS, AT LEAST IN THE NEAR FUTURE OR IMMEDIATELY, IS WHAT THE MEMBERS OF CONGRESS SAY. WE KNOW THE DEMOCRATS AND REPUBLICANS, A TENDENCY TO SPIN THINGS A LITTLE BIT.

DIFFERENTLY, WHETHER JAMES BIDEN HIMSELF TALKS IS TO BE DETERMINED. BUT WE ARE TOLD THAT THIS IS EXPECTED TO LAST AT LEAST 8 HOURS TODAY. SO WE SHOULD BE GETTING MORE INFORMATION AFTERWARDS. BUT AGAIN, THIS IS ALL.

HAPPENING BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. >> NOW, THIS TESTIMONY ALSO COMES AS WE'RE LEARNING THESE NEW DETAILS ABOUT FORMER FBI INFORMANT CHARGED WITH LYING ABOUT THE PRESIDENT AND HUNTER . THE SPECIAL COUNSEL CLAIMS ALEXANDER SMIRNOV HAD.

HIGH LEVEL RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE CONTACTS THAT WERE INVOLVED IN PASSING HIM A STORY ABOUT THE PRESIDENT'S SON. HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THAT? WELL, IT'S EXTREMELY SIGNIFICANT IN THE SENSE THAT THIS HAS BEEN CENTRAL REPUBLICANS IMPEACHMENT.

INQUIRY. AND, OF COURSE, NOW THESE ALLEGATIONS, THIS INDICTMENT IS OUT THERE. I WAS LOOKING AT SOME NOTES, OUR CAPITOL HILL TEAM AND MEMBERS HAVE ESSENTIALLY SAID THAT THIS INDICTMENT REALLY CHANGE THEIR IMPEACHMENT.

INQUIRY. BUT IT'S IMPORTANT TO POINT OUT THAT INFORMATION THAT HE WAS PROVIDING IS CENTRAL TO WHAT REPUBLICANS CLAIM THAT THEY'RE INVESTIGATING. SO IT WILL BE INTERESTING TO SEE WHERE THIS GOES, HOW THE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY.

OUT, ESPECIALLY BECAUSE EVEN PRIOR TO THIS INDICTMENT, REPUBLICANS HAD ESSENTIALLY STALLED THEIR IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY A BIT GIVEN THEY HAVE A SLIM MAJORITY IN THE HOUSE. CATHERINE, THE SPECIAL COUNSEL IS ALSO CALLING THIS INFORMANT A FLIGHT RISK.

>> PROSECUTORS SAY HE HAS CONNECTIONS TO MULTIPLE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES AND A SPECIAL COUNSEL ALSO SAID THAT HE'S STILL TRYING TO MEDDLE IN THE CURRENT ELECTION. HOW SIGNIFICANT IS THAT? WELL, I THINK THAT IS ALMOST THE MOST FASCINATING ABOUT ALL.

OF THIS. OF COURSE, HE'S PROVIDED THIS FALSE INFORMATION THROUGH THE RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE TO CONGRESS. BUT THE FACT THAT THIS IS STILL THAT HE'S ESSENTIALLY CLAIMING THE SPECIAL COUNSEL IS THAT SMIRNOFF'S CLAIMS THAT HE HAS.

ACTIVE CONTACTS WITH MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE AGENCIES AND EVEN HAD PLANS TO LEAVE THE U.S. JUST TWO DAYS AFTER HIS ARRIVAL IN THE U.S. LAST WEEK FOR THIS, A MONTHS LONG, MULTI-COUNTRY FOREIGN TRIP. AND THAT IS ACTIVELY STILL OCCURRING.

I THINK THERE WILL BE MUCH MORE INFORMATION TO LEARN ABOUT THIS AND EXACTLY WHO WAS CONTACTS WERE, HOW HE WAS PROVIDING THIS INFORMATION IN THE NEAR FUTURE. ABC JUNIOR REPORTER KATHERINE FAULDERS. THANK YOU.

AND WE ARE GETTING A STATEMENT NOW FROM JAMES BIDEN. HE APPARENTLY TOLD LAWMAKERS IN AN STATEMENT THAT HE HAS NEVER HAD ANY INVOLVEMENT OR ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT FINANCIAL IN THOSE ACTIVITIES. >> NONE, HE SAYS. AND AN AMERICAN BALLERINA.

IS BEING DETAINED IN RUSSIA, ACCUSED OF TREASON. THIS IS THE WHITE HOUSE IS PREPARING TO IMPOSE NEW SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA. ABC NEWS CHIEF GLOBAL AFFAIRS CORRESPONDENT MARTHA RADDATZ HAS THE LATEST. >> AN AMERICAN AMATEUR.

BALLERINA IS BEING DETAINED IN RUSSIA CHARGED WITH TREASON. >> ABC HAS LEARNED SHE IS 33 YEAR OLD SENIOR KAROLINA, A DUAL U.S. RUSSIAN CITIZEN FROM LOS ANGELES WHO IS OF THE BALTIMORE BALLET IN 2017. HER CURRENT IS SAYING SHE STOPPED SHOWING UP FOR WORK.

IN MID-JANUARY. RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES RELEASING THIS VIDEO TUESDAY SHOWING, WHAT IS BELIEVED TO BE KAROLINA, SEEN IN CUSTODY WITH A COVERING HER EYES BEING HANDCUFFED AND APPEARING IN. >> WITH RESPECT TO THIS MOST.

RECENT DETENTION. WE ARE OF THE CASE. WE ARE SEEKING CONSULAR ASSISTANCE THAT HAS NOT YET BEEN GRANTED. >> WHILE THEY WOULD NOT CONFIRM IDENTITY, RUSSIAN AUTHORITIES CLAIM SHE PROACTIVELY FUNDS FOR ORGANIZATIONS THAT SUPPORT.

THE UKRAINIAN ARMED FORCES SINCE 2022, WHEN PUTIN THE WAR ON UKRAINE. THE LUXURY SPA WHERE KAROLINA WORKED, SAYING IN A STATEMENT TO ABC SHE HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF TREASON FOR ALLEGEDLY DONATING $51.80 TO A UKRAINIAN CHARITY IN THE U.S..

SHE COULD NOW FACE UP TO 20 YEARS IN PRISON. I WAS CRYING HALF OF THE DAY TO BE. I'M VERY CONCERNED. CAROLINA'S FORMER MOTHER LAW TELLING ABC NEWS THAT THE DUAL CITIZEN WENT TO HER FAMILY IN RUSSIA.

>> IF WE DON'T HELP HER, WE CAN SAY GOOD BYE TO HER. IF WE DO NOT PROTECT HER AS AN AMERICAN CITIZEN, NOBODY ELSE WILL. >> CAROLINA IS THE LATEST IN A STRING AMERICANS DETAINED BY RUSSIA, INCLUDING “WALL STREET JOURNAL” REPORTER.

EVAN GERSHKOVICH AND EX-MARINE PAUL WHELAN. BACK IN THE U.S., THE WHITE HOUSE ALSO NOW VOWING HARSH NEW SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA OVER THE DEATH OF OPPOSITION. >> ALEXEI NAVALNY. I TOLD YOU WE'D BE ANNOUNCING SANCTIONS.

RUSSIA. WE'LL HAVE A MAJOR PACKAGE ANNOUNCED ON FRIDAY. >> THE SANCTIONS SET TO TARGET THE RUSSIAN DEFENSE INDUSTRY AND OF REVENUE. AS THE WHITE HOUSE LOOKS TO HOLD THE KREMLIN ACCOUNTABLE FOR THESE DEATHS IN PRISON.

WE HAVE ALSO LEARNED THIS MORNING THAT A RUSSIAN PILOT WHO DEFECTED HERE TO UKRAINE EARLY IN THE WAR IN HIS HELICOPTER HAS BEEN FOUND MURDERED IN SPAIN. HIS ASSAILANTS YET TO BE ARRESTED. DIANE, CHIEF GLOBAL AFFAIRS.

CORRESPONDENT MARTHA RADDATZ, THANK YOU. >> AND MORE THAN 150,000 STUDENT LOAN BORROWERS ARE ABOUT TO HAVE THAT DEBT CLEAN. IT'S PART OF THE NEXT PHASE IN PRESIDENT BIDEN'S STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PLAN.

WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARYALICE PARKS JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE ON THAT. HOW WILL THIS PLAN WORK AND HOW DO YOU KNOW IF YOU'RE ELIGIBLE ? >> YEAH, DIANE, MOST OF THE RECENT FIXES TO STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM HAVE BEEN.

JUST THAT FIXES TO PROGRAMS THAT WERE ALREADY IN PLACE. ESPECIALLY THINK OF PEOPLE LIKE PUBLIC SERVANTS, TEACHERS, FIREFIGHTERS WHO HAD QUALIFIED FOR PUBLIC LOAN FORGIVENESS, BUT THOSE PROGRAMS HAD BEEN BROKEN. THIS IS DIFFERENT.

THIS IS NEW DEBT FORGIVENESS. >> AND IT IS VERY INTERESTING IF YOUR ORIGINAL BALANCE WAS LESS THAN $12,000 YOU SEE THERE AND YOU PAID FOR OVER TEN YEARS, YOU NOW QUALIFY. THE TRICK IS YOU HAVE TO SIGNED UP FOR THE PRESIDENT'S SPECIAL REPAYMENT PROGRAM THAT SAVED.

PLAN. AND IF YOU HAVEN'T YET SIGNED UP, YOU CAN STILL DO SO. AND WE THINK THIS WILL REALLY MAKE A BIG DIFFERENCE FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. WE KNOW THERE ARE SIGNIFICANT NUMBER OF BORROWERS WHO HAVE A HARD TIME FINISHING OFF FINAL.

DEBT THAT THEY OWE. LIKE YOU SAID, THE WHITE HOUSE ESTIMATED THIS WILL ALREADY HELP OVER 150,000 PEOPLE. BUT THERE OTHERS WHO MIGHT REALIZE THEY WILL QUALIFY AND NOW SIGN UP. STUDENT LOAN DEBT FORGIVENESS.

HAS BEEN A KEY PRIORITY FOR THE. HOW COULD THIS AFFECT HIS CAMPAIGN AS HE RUNS FOR REELECTION? YEAH, HE IS ABSOLUTELY HOPING TO TOUT THIS AND RUN ON THIS. WE HAVE HEARD THE WHITE HOUSE SAY THAT THEY UNDERSTAND.

THE AVERAGE VOTER THINKS THAT THEY DIDN'T MAKE GOOD ON THIS PROMISE. THEY KNOW THAT THEIR ORIGINAL PLAN FELL SHORT IN THE COURTS AND THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE FEEL LIKE THIS WAS A BROKEN PROMISE BECAUSE OF THAT. IT'S TRUE.

I'VE TALKED TO VOTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY WHO'VE BEEN FRUSTRATED. THEY FEEL LIKE THE WHITE HOUSE PROMISED TO DO MORE ON STUDENT LOAN RELIEF AND DEBT RELIEF. AND SO THE WHITE HOUSE IS LOOKING FOR THESE OTHER TO MAKE.

A DIFFERENCE HERE. THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF MESSAGE HE WANTS TO BE TALKING ABOUT ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. JUST LAST WEEK, I ASKED THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS SECRETARY IN THE BRIEFING ROOM, IF THEY THINK THESE OTHER PLANS.

WILL HOLD UP IN COURT WHERE OTHERS DIDN'T. THEY SAID THEY ARE GOING TO KEEP TRYING. THEY ARE CONFIDENT THAT THEY HAVE THE LEGAL BASIS TO DO THIS AND THEY WANT TO SELL THIS MESSAGE TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. >> SO WHAT ELSE IS ON.

PRESIDENT BIDEN'S AGENDA WHILE HE'S IN CALIFORNIA THIS WEEK? YEAH, MOSTLY FUNDRAISERS. I MEAN, DEMOCRATS HAVE OFTEN USED CALIFORNIA SPECIFICALLY, SAN FRANCISCO, L.A. AS ESSENTIALLY A PIGGY BANK. I MEAN, THESE FUND RAISERS TRYING TO GET AT SOME OF THE.

WEALTHIEST MEMBERS OF HOLLYWOOD'S SILICON VALLEY. THE PRESIDENT HAS BEEN GOOD AT RAISING CASH FOR HIS CAMPAIGN. PART OF THAT IS BECAUSE ALREADY ABLE TO WORK WITH THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONAL COMMITTEE BECAUSE HE'S NOT FACING A PRIMARY CHALLENGE.

SO THIS HAS BEEN A SORT OF BRIGHT SPOT IN THE PRESIDENT'S CAMPAIGN. >> WE KNOW HE HAS STRUGGLED THOSE POLLING NUMBERS, BUT SO FAR HE'S BEEN ABLE TO RAISE MONEY AND MOSTLY THAT'S WHAT HE'S DOING IN CALIFORNIA DIANE.

>> ALL RIGHT. WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARYALICE PARKS, THANK YOU. AND NEW YORK ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES SAYS SHE'S PREPARED TO SEIZE FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP'S BUILDINGS IF HE CAN'T PAY HIS $345 MILLION CIVIL FRAUD FINE.

TRUMP IS ALSO FACING ABOUT $100 MILLION IN INTEREST AFTER JUDGE DETERMINED HE INFLATED HIS NET WORTH TO GAIN A BETTER LONG. TRUMP HAS DENIED ALL WRONGDOING AND SAYS HE'LL APPEAL. ABC NEWS SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHAEL SCOTT.

IS ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN SOUTH CAROLINA. >> DONALD TRUMP FACING A MASSIVE HUNDRED AND $55 MILLION FINE, ONCE AGAIN COMPARING TO ALEXINA DOMI WHEN ASKED ABOUT HIS LEGAL BILLS. >> HOW PUT UP THAT KIND OF MONEY BECAUSE YOU HAVE.

A BOND TO PUT UP, EVEN IF YOU APPEAL, GOT TO PUT UP ESCROW MONEY. THAT'S THERE'S A LOT OF FORM OF REBOUNDING. >> IT IS A FORM OF COMMUNISM OR FASCISM. >> AFTER DAYS OF SILENCE, TRUMP NOW CALLING THE BALL.

IS DEAD. A SAD SITUATION. BUT REFUSING TO CONDEMN THE MAN WHO PUT THE PRO-DEMOCRACY OPPOSITION LEADER IN PRISON. >> VLADIMIR PUTIN IS A VERY BRAVE GUY BECAUSE WENT BACK, HE COULD HAVE STAYED AWAY. >> HE BELIEVED THAT HE'S GONE.

>> THANK YOU, EVERYBODY. TRUMP IS DRAINING CAMPAIGN TO PAY FOR HIS LEGAL FEES, SPENDING $50 MILLION LAST YEAR AND NEARLY 3 MILLION IN JANUARY. NEW YORK STATE ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES, SPEAKING EXCLUSIVELY WITH OUR.

AARON KATERSKY, INSISTING SHE WILL COLLECT THAT CIVIL FINE, FINE, EVEN IF IT MEANS SEIZING SOME OF HIS ASSETS. >> WE ARE PREPARED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE JUDGMENT IS PAID TO NEW YORKERS. >> AND YES, I LOOK AT 40 WALL STREET EACH AND EVERY DAY.

TRUMP'S RIVAL NIKKI HALEY SAYS THAT LEGAL DRAMA IS ALL THE MORE REASON FOR REPUBLICANS TO MOVE ON. >> I FEEL NO NEED TO KISS THE RING. I HAVE NO FEAR OF TRUMP'S RETRIBUTION. HE'S GOTTEN MORE AND UNHINGED.

HE SPENDS MORE TIME COURTROOMS THAN HE DOES ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. >> SHE'S TRAILING TRUMP MORE THAN 30 POINTS HERE IN HER HOME STATE, BUT STILL VOWING TO STAY IN THE RACE. >> I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE. I'M CAMPAIGNING EVERY DAY UNTIL.

THE LAST PERSON VOTES. >> SO NIKKI HALEY SAYS, WIN OR LOSE, SOUTH CAROLINA, SHE'S STAYING IN THIS RACE THROUGH SUPER TUESDAY. AS FOR DONALD TRUMP, EVERY SINGLE DAY, HE DOES NOT PAY BACK THAT $355 MILLION FINE. HE IS GAINING THAN $87,000.

IN INTEREST. THAT IS PER DAY. HIS SUPER PAC SPENT NEARLY ALL OF ITS MONEY, 90% OF ITS MONEY IN JANUARY ON LEGAL FEES ALONE. MEANWHILE, HIS POLITICAL RIVALS LIKE PRESIDENT BIDEN AND NIKKI HALEY ARE USING THEIR CAMPAIGN.

FUNDS ON ACTUAL CAMPAIGN RESOURCES. DIANE ALL RIGHT. SENIOR CONGRESSIONAL CORRESPONDENT RACHEL SCOTT, THANK YOU. COMING UP, HOW BEYOND MEAT IS HOPING TO BRING CUSTOMERS BACK TO THEIR BASED BURGERS.

PLUS, A DOW JONES SHAKEUP BUSINESS HEADLINES ARE NEXT. THIS WICKED WEATHER THAT HAS HITTING THE WEST COAST IS NOW TAKING AIM ON THE HEARTLAND AS WELL AS THE EAST COAST. I'LL HAVE ALL THE TIMING AND WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW COMING UP.

YOUR FORECAST. >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL ATTACK BY HAMAS. ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE, REPORTING FROM WESTERN THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING.

>> ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE IN THE NEIGHBORING UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY, ENROLLING FOR THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS LITTLE TOWN FROM THE MOST DEVASTATING IN HAWAII.

FROM CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA, AMONG THE 2024 CAMPAIGN TRAIL IN ICELAND. >> LET'S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THE STORY IS ON FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL, OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT, FROM THE FBI.

REPORTING BY THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINES HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, STREAMING LIVE TO YOU FOREVER. 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 THERE, STREAMING.

ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. I HAVE A POINT OF CONTACT. THEY'RE EXPECTING US. IT'S OUR SECRET WORLD WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE SAFE?.

I DON'T KNOW. THIS IS MY PEN. INSIDE THAT PEN IS A SLICE OF HUMAN BRAIN. THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED. THERE'S REALLY NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL BE.

WHAT'S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE. EVERYWHERE. WOW. SO THE QUESTION IS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? >> OKAY, HERE WE GO. YOU SAW AND EXPECTING MOTHERS STRUGGLING TO PAY HER TAX. I'M JUST REALLY HUNGRY.

>> IF YOU WANT CHARITY, GO TO A SOUP KITCHEN. WELL, WHAT THIS MAN DOES IS BAD GUYS ARE NOT GOOD. >> SO MAKE YOU BELIEVE IN EVERY DAY. HERO. ARE YOU A HERO OF MY WAS? WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU SAW.

THIS THIS AND HIS GIRLFRIEND? I'M HIS GIRLFRIEND. OH MY GOD. WHAT WOULD YOU SUNDAY NIGHT AT TEN NINE CENTRAL ON ABC. WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, A FLOOD WATCH IS IN EFFECT FROM ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA TO SAN DIEGO.

THE HEAVIEST RAIN IS MOVING OUT OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THE END OF THIS WEEK AND HEADED FOR THE EAST COAST. ABC NEWS METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE IS TRACKING THAT TIMING FOR US TOMORROW. HI YES. SO THIS SYSTEM IS NOW GOING.

TO BE IMPACTING PARTS OF THE AND HEADING FOR THE EAST COAST BY THE END OF THE WEEK, BUT NOT BEFORE LEAVING BEHIND VISUALS LIKE THIS. WE SAW STRONG WINDS, POINT SEVEN, FIVE INCHES OF RAIN FELL IN LOS ANGELES AND. THAT WAS IN THREE DAYS.

THAT BROUGHT THEIR FEBRUARY TOTAL TO 12.29 INCHES OF RAIN. AND THE THING IS, HAVE THEY GOTTEN 1.73 MORE THAN? THEY WOULD HAVE BEEN ON TRACK FOR THEIR WETTEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD. NONETHELESS, A VERY WET, WET TIME THAT WE WOULD SEE IN THE.

SOUTH IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA THERE NOW. THIS IS EATING UTAH. A LOT OF THIS MOISTURE HAS BEEN STREAMING INTO THE ROCKIES, BRINGING HEAVY SNOW. AND THAT'S THE STORY FOR TODAY. SO WHAT'S LEFT OF THESE SHOWERS IS PRETTY MUCH UP IN NORTHERN.

CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO AND SOME OF THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS NEAR REDDING, A LITTLE BIT OF SNOWFALL THERE. MUCH OF THE RAIN REALLY WINDING DOWN. SO THAT FLOOD WATCH WILL EXPIRE PRETTY SOON HERE IN SAN DIEGO. BUT WE'RE SEEING THAT MOISTURE.

TRACK ITS WAY INTO THE ROCKIES, BRINGING THEM HEAVY SNOW. PARTS OF THE SIERRA NEVADA SAW 4 TO 5 FEET OF SNOW WITH THIS LAST SYSTEM. HERE'S WHAT HAPPENS NEXT. THIS THURSDAY AT LUNCHTIME. OKAY, SO TOMORROW AROUND LUNCH, IF YOU LIVE IN INDIANAPOLIS,.

PADUCAH, YOU'RE SEEING THUNDERSTORMS AND THE SYSTEM KIND OF REFORMS ITSELF IN PARTS OF THE MIDWEST AND EVEN INTO DETROIT. >> PITTSBURGH SEEING RAIN. WE COULD SEE SOME SNOW ON THE NORTHERN TIER OF THIS DISTURBANCE.

>> THIS IS FRIDAY MORNING AT 11 A.M. PHILADELPHIA. NEW HARTFORD, BOSTON, RIGHT ON DOWN THE I-95 CORRIDOR. WHILE IT MIGHT BE MILDER, IT WILL BE PRETTY WET OUT THERE AS FAR AS TOTALS GO, WE'RE NOT LOOKING AT A TON OF SNOW, 3 TO 6 INCHES.

GENERALLY SPEAKING, IN THE HIGHER ELEVATIONS, 1 TO 3 INCHES FROM SCRANTON, RIGHT ON UP TO PORTLAND, MAINE. BUT THEN IN PARTS OF NORTHERN MAINE, THEY COULD SEE SIX PLUS INCHES OF SNOW. >> SO THAT'S WHERE THE HIGHEST TOTALS ARE.

THIS IS THE LAST HEADLINE I HAVE TO GET TO BECAUSE WE'VE BEEN SEEING NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURE AND NOW WE COULD BE IN FOR RECORD HIGHS. POSSIBLE THROUGHOUT MIDLAND AND AMARILLO, TEXAS, EVEN AS FAR NORTH AS FARGO IN UPPER FORTIES, WHICH IS EXTREMELY.

WARM FOR THIS TIME OF YEAR. THIS AFTERNOON. >> AND IT'S GOING TO GET WARMER NEXT WEEK, CAN BE IN FOR A LITTLE BIT OF AN EARLY SPRING AND STARTING TO FEEL LIKE THAT. MINNEAPOLIS ON MONDAY. FOUR FIFTIES WASHINGTON, 68 DEGREES.

OKLAHOMA CITY FLIRTING WITH 80 DEGREES ON MONDAY AND EXCUSE. METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE, THANK YOU. >> MEANWHILE, AMAZON IS REPLACING WALGREENS IN THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE NEXT WEEK. THIS IS BEYOND MEAT HAS.

LAUNCHED A NEWER, HEALTHIER OF THEIR PLANT BASED BURGER. ABC'S BUSINESS REPORTER ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS HAS MORE ON THAT AND YOUR OTHER BUSINESS HEADLINES. HEY, ALEXIS, WHAT ARE YOU WATCHING? HEY, LOOK AT SHAKE UP FOR.

THE DOW. DIANE SO WALGREENS IS OUT. AMAZON IS IN. STARTING NEXT WEEK, THE TECH GIANT WILL REPLACE THE DRUGSTORE RETAILER IN THE DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE. SO THE CHANGE MEANS THAT INVESTORS WHO BET.

ON THE 30 STOCK INDEX WILL NOW HAVE EXPOSURE TO AMAZON'S STOCK PERFORMANCE. THE DOW PERIODICALLY SWAPS OUT STOCKS IN ITS BENCHMARK INDEX TO MIRROR THE MOST IMPORTANT COMPANIES IN THE U.S. AND REFLECT THE EVOLVING NATURE OF THE AMERICAN ECONOMY.

ALSO INCLUDED THAT SHAKEUP. UBER WILL REPLACE JETBLUE IN THE DALLAS TRANSPORTATION AVERAGE, AND IT SEEMS THOSE SMART HOME APPLIANCES AREN'T BUILT TO AFTER ALL. THE LIFESPAN OF NEWER REFRIGERATORS, WASHING MACHINES ,OVENS IS SHRINKING.

FOR EXAMPLE, YELP USERS REQUESTED NEARLY 60% MORE QUOTES LAST MONTH FROM APPLIANCE REPAIR BUSINESSES THAN THEY DID A YEAR AGO. APPLIANCE TECHNICIANS BLAME A PUSH TOWARD COMPUTERIZATION AND AN INCREASE IN THE NUMBER OF COMPONENTS INSIDE A MACHINE.

FOR THE SHORTER LIFESPAN. AND BEYOND MEAT IS LAUNCHING WHAT IT CALLS A HEALTHIER, PLANT BASED BURGER AS IT TRIES TO BACK CUSTOMERS. THE NEW BURGER WILL HIT STORE SHELVES THIS SPRING. THE COMPANY SAYS IT HAS LESS SODIUM AND SATURATED FAT.

THAN THE ORIGINAL WHICH DEBUTED BACK IN 2016. BEYOND MEAT HAS ALWAYS SAID ITS MEAT SUBSTITUTES ARE HEALTHIER THAN THE REAL DEAL. BUT AMERICANS APPEAR TO HAVE LOST THEIR APPETITE FOR PLANT BASED FOOD. SALES OF MEAT ALTERNATIVES DOWN.

ABOUT 34% IN JUST THE PAST YEAR AT THE SAME TIME. OF BEYOND MEAT, STOCK PLUNGED ABOUT 60%. REMEMBER WHEN IT WAS ALL THE RAGE THESE PLANT BASED FOODS NOT SO MUCH ANYMORE. INTERESTING. ALL RIGHT,.

ALEXIS CHRISTOFOROUS. THANK. AND IF YOU HAVE ANY FINANCE QUESTIONS FOR ALEXIS, JUST LEAVE A MESSAGE ON OUR INSTAGRAM FEED AT ABC NEWS LIVE AND SHE MIGHT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION RIGHT HERE ON THURSDAY.

NOW TO SOME TROUBLING SIGNS FOR HOMEOWNERSHIP AMONG BLACK AMERICANS. NEW DATA FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS SHOWS THAT WHILE HOMEOWNERSHIP RATES FOR RACIAL MINORITIES INCREASED IN 2022, THE GAP BETWEEN THE RATE OF BLACK AND WHITE.

HOMEOWNERSHIP HAS BECOME EVEN MORE EXTREME. ABC NEWS ELIZABETH SHELBY HAS THOSE DETAILS. >> HI, ELIZABETH. DIANE, THIS NEW DATA SHOWS THAT HOMEOWNERSHIP RATES ARE IMPROVING ACROSS MINORITY GROUPS.

THE GAP BETWEEN WHITE AND BLACK HOMEOWNERS IS NOW WORSE THAN IT ONE DECADE AGO. THE ANALYSIS FROM THE NATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF REALTORS FINDS THAT 44% OF BLACK AMERICANS OWN A HOME. THAT IS 51% AMONG HISPANIC HOUSEHOLDS.

AND FOR ASIAN AMERICANS, IT'S 63%. BOTH OF THOSE ARE NEW RECORD HIGHS. HOMEOWNERSHIP AMONG WHITE HOUSEHOLDS STANDS AT 72%. SO WHAT ACCOUNTS FOR THIS GAP? ACCESS TO CREDIT IS A BIG FACTOR.

RESEARCH SHOWS THAT IT'S OFTEN MORE DIFFICULT FOR MINORITY HOUSEHOLDS TO GET FAVORABLE TERMS ON A LOAN. THE GAP BETWEEN BLACK AND WHITE AMERICANS ALSO MIRRORS A GROWING INCOME. SO TEN YEARS AGO, WHITE HOUSEHOLDS EARNED, ON AVERAGE.

$21,000 MORE PER YEAR THAN BLACK HOUSEHOLDS. THAT HAS INCREASED TO NEARLY $28,000 MORE TO TRY TO BOOST HOMEOWNERSHIP, ESPECIALLY AMONG FIRST TIME BUYERS. THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT DOES OFFER FHA LOANS WHERE YOU CAN PUT A 3% PAYMENT DOWN INSTEAD.

OF THE MORE TRADITIONAL 20%. PEOPLE CAN SEE IF THEY QUALIFY BY GOING TO FHA. THAT DOVE DIANE ELIZABETH SCHULZE IN WASHINGTON, DC THANK YOU. >> AND SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY ARE FACING A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER.

DISTRICTS ARE INCREASINGLY STRUGGLING TO FIND REPLACEMENTS . TEACHERS CALL IN SICK. NOW, SOME SAY IT'S A FULL BLOWN CRISIS. MORGAN NORWOOD HAS MORE. >> THE NATIONWIDE SUBSTITUTE TEACHER SHORTAGE INTENSIFYING.

WITH MANY SCHOOLS FROM COAST COAST SCRAMBLING TO FIND VILLAINS IN SOME INSTANCES. THAT HAS 2700 TEACHERS. WE MAY HAVE AS MUCH AS 300 TEACHERS WHO ARE ABSENT EACH DAY. >> ACCORDING TO THE OF LABOR STATISTICS, WHILE DEMAND HAS.

TRADITIONALLY EXCEEDED SUPPLY FOR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, 20% OF BOOK TRANSFER FILLINGS HAVE GONE UNFILLED. MANY DISTRICTS LEANED ON SUBSTITUTES TO HELP FILL VACANT TEACHING POSITIONS. NOW THE POOL OF AVAILABLE SUBS.

SHRINKING FOR ONE TEACHERS TAKE OFF. >> UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVEN'T SEEN IS THE FLIP OF THAT SAYS WHY WE ARE NOT TRAINED OR SUPPORTED TO REALLY STEP IN AS EDUCATORS WELL AS BEING MORE LIKE A BABY SITTER. >> MEGAN CONKLIN, A SUBSTITUTE.

TEACHER HERSELF, RUNS A SUPPORT GROUP TO HELP TRAIN OTHER SUBS . >> I THINK ONE OF THE OBVIOUS REASON SUBS ARE WALKING AWAY FROM THE JOB IS COMPENSATION. IT'S NOT A LIVING WAGE JOB. AND I THINK THIS MIGHT EVEN BE SIGNIFICANT IS THE LACK.

OF SUPPORT HOPING TO LURE SUBS BACK IN MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS NOW WORKING TO INCREASE PAY. BUT OFTEN AT THE MERCY OF TIGHT BUDGETS. >> OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE EVALUATED WHO THEY ARE, BUT WE HAVE TO BE AS COMPETITIVE AS POSSIBLE.

AND LOOK FOR A SMALLER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN LOWER INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS. THE IDEA OF RAISING BECOMES MORE CHALLENGING, RIGHT? SO IN A STATEMENT, THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION SAYS PROVIDING PAID FAMILY LEAVE FOR TEACHERS, SUBS, BUS DRIVERS,.

COUNSELORS AND OTHER SCHOOL PERSONNEL IS NOW MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER. DIANE MORGAN NORWOOD, THANK YOU. >> COMING UP, MEET THE PERSONAL WHO'S HELPING DISABLED CLIENTS FIND BOTH PHYSICAL AND EMOTIONAL STRENGTH.

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WHEREVER WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'RE GOING TO TAKE YOU THERE. >> YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE. WELCOME BACK ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, A PERSONAL TRAINER IN ENGLAND IS TEACHING HIS CLIENTS HOW TO USE EXERCISE AS A SPRINGBOARD TO GREATNESS.

OVER THE LAST TRIVINO, MCLEAN HAS BECOME A BELOVED FIGURE ON SOCIAL MEDIA FOR HIS TRAINING METHODS THAT LEAVE HIS CLIENTS SMILING. ABC'S DANNY NEW HAS THIS STORY . >> WELL, I THINK YOU GOT TO BE VERY HAPPY.

>> WELL, I THINK, YOU KNOW, BEFORE OF VINO CAN CREATE A WORKOUT FOR SOMEONE. FIRST, HE MUST ANSWER. >> AND I GIVE YOU THAT PHONE AND ENERGY AND LAUGHTER AND JOY WHERE. >> YOU ACTUALLY THINK THAT YOU'RE EXERCISING.

SO ALL JIMMY NOW OWNS A GYM CALLED BIG J SEVEN HEALTH CENTER IN MANCHESTER, ENGLAND. BUT HE SPENDS MOST OF HIS TIME WITH HIS WIFE, MICHELLE, OFFERING FREE SESSIONS TO PEOPLE WHO MAY NEED A MORE PERSONALIZED EXERCISE. >> I NEVER WANT TO TAKE A PENNY.

OF ANYBODY DISABLED, ELDERLY, ALL. >> I WANT THEM TO EXPERIENCE SOMETHING AMAZING WITH ME. >> WITH TREVINO'S PERSONALIZED EXERCISES FOR EACH PERSON, SOMETIMES YOU MAY FIND YOURSELF POPPING BALLOONS OR CRAWLING ON THE OCEAN FLOOR.

I'M NOT GOING TO BREAK DOWN THE SIDES TO THE ALL YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT HIM AND BIG BOOK AND PRETENDING TO BE TO FISH. >> I WOULD TRY GET THE BISCUITS TO HONG KONG. >> GO EVERY. NOT SURPRISINGLY, MANY OF TREVINO'S VIDEOS HAVE NOW.

GONE VIRAL. >> SOCIAL MEDIA, WHICH CAN LEAD TO SCHEDULING CONFLICTS. YOU MUST HAVE SOME WAIT LIST, THOUGH. OH, IT'S USED IS HUGE. >> CONCENTRATE. I'M SO FIVE. BUT EVEN THOUGH TREVINO HAS.

A JAM PACKED SCHEDULE NOW, I WOULDN'T IT FOR THE WORLD BECAUSE I KNOW GIVING PEOPLE A LITTLE BIT OF HAPPINESS CAN GO SO FAR. >> BY THE WAY, DIANE, BEFORE TREVINO OPENED HIS GYM, HE WAS ACTUALLY A PROFESSIONAL CRICKET PLAYER.

BUT HE'S BEEN OFFERING SESSIONS LIKE THIS SINCE HE WAS 16. AND IT WAS A FOUND FULFILLMENT WITH HELPING PEOPLE. DIANE IS NOW THAT TREVINO TOLD YOU TO RUN A MARATHON, YOU WOULD DO IT IF YOU KNEW HOW I HATED DISTANCE TRAINING. >> YOU MIGHT UNDERSTAND.

PROBABLY NOT, DANNY, BUT IF ANYBODY COULD DO IT, TREVINO COULD. THANKS TO DANNY FOR THAT. AND OUR THANKS TO YOU FOR STREAMING WITH US. I'M DIANE MACEDO. ABC NEWS LIVE IS HERE FOR YOU ANY TIME WITH THE LATEST.

NEWS CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS. WEWE BACK. >> HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY, HUNG JURY. THIS STORY WAS A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION TODAY. SEVERAL BIG PARTIES WILL GET A CHANCE TO FINALLY.

THEIR OBITUARY. AND THAT'S SORT OF A LOSS FOR WHAT TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THAT HOUSE, WHICH I DID. I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I'M SORRY. FACE TO FACE. >> ERIKA, WHY DO YOU THINK THIS.

THE HOUSE AND THE HOUSE ARE TWO IN? >> YOU KNOW, KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE IN COLLEGE. >> KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE AT ALL. >> HOW COULD THIS POSSIBLY HAVE HAPPENED? THE INCIDENT BROUGHT A LOT.

OF PANIC TO STUDENTS. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ME OR COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF MY FRIENDS. KNOW THE LAST TIME WE SAW HER ALIVE? IT'S JUST A VERY TRAGIC THING TO HAPPEN TO SOMEONE WHO REALLY SPEAK TO YOUR LOVED ONE.

THE LAST THING YOU SHOULD EVER SAY TO SOMEONE. THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST TIME DECLAN JOINS TO ARGUE WITH SOMEONE WHO'S EXTREMELY. HE'S SEEN THE STRONGEST FEELINGS. FIGHT FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THEIR FAMILIES.

OH, HE NEEDS TO BE PROUD PRETTY SOON WHEN PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS THE START HERE TO BE A MEMORIAL AND 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.

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SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS START HERE, WELCOME BACK TO ABC NEWS LIVE. FIRST, THANKS FOR STREAMING WITH US. YOU ARE LOOKING AT NEW YORK ON THIS WEDNESDAY AND WE HAVE A LOT OF NEWS TO GET TO.

HERE'S THE RUNDOWN RIGHT NOW. AN FBI INFORMANT CHARGED WITH LYING ABOUT THE PRESIDENT AND HIS SON IS FACING NEW ALLEGATIONS. THE SPECIAL COUNSEL CLAIMS ALEXANDER SMIRNOV GOT INFORMATION ABOUT HUNTER BIDEN FROM A RUSSIAN.

INTELLIGENCE OFFICER. PROSECUTORS SAY SMIRNOV FABRICATED THE STORY THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN WAS OFFERED A $5 MILLION BRIBE BY A UKRAINE ENERGY COMPANY. AN ACCUSATION HAS BEEN A KEY TALKING POINT FROM REPUBLICANS SEEKING TO IMPEACH.

THE PRESIDENT. A SPECIAL COUNSEL ALSO CLAIMS SMIRNOV IS ACTIVELY PEDDLING NEW LIES THAT COULD IMPACT U.S. ELECTIONS, SAYING SMIRNOFF'S EFFORTS TO SPREAD MISINFORMATION ABOUT. A CANDIDATE OF ONE OF THE TWO MAJOR PARTIES IN THE.

UNITED STATES CONTINUES. WE'RE LEARNING NEW DETAILS ABOUT THE SUSPECT IN THE DEATH OF AN 11-YEAR-OLD TEXAS GIRL WHO WENT MISSING LAST WEEK. ANDRE CUNNINGHAM'S BODY WAS FOUND IN A RIVER NEAR HOUSTON FIVE DAYS AFTER POLICE.

SAY SHE MISSED HER BUS TO SCHOOL. COURT RECORDS NOW SHOW THE SUSPECT JOHN STEVEN MCDOUGAL WAS INDICTED FOR ATTEMPTED INDECENCY TO A CHILD AFTER AN INCIDENT IN 2007. THAT WOULD HAVE REQUIRED HIM TO REGISTER AS A SEX OFFENDER.

BUT HE WAS ALLOWED TO PLEAD DOWN TO A LESSER CHARGE OF CHILD ENTICEMENT, AVOIDING THAT OFFENDER REGISTRATION AND JURY SELECTION BEGINS TODAY IN THE TRIAL OF THE ARMOR ON A SET OF ALEC FILM RUST. AND A GUITARIST IS FACING TWO COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY.

MANSLAUGHTER IN CONNECTION WITH THE ONSET SHOOTING DEATH OF CINEMATOGRAPHER HALYNA HUTCHINS. BALDWIN WAS REHEARSING WITH THE CULT 45 REVOLVER WHEN IT FIRED A LIVE BULLET THAT KILLED HUTCHINS. GUITARIST WAS IN CHARGE.

OF WEAPONS ON THE SET. BALDWIN IS ALSO AN INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER CHARGE AFTER PROSECUTORS INITIALLY DROPPED THE CASE. DRIVERS ON A PHILADELPHIA HIGHWAY, A NEW SENSE FOR THE WORD HORSEPOWER. THIS IS WHAT THEY SAW ALONGSIDE.

THEM ON I-95. A PERSON WHO RECORDED THE VIDEO SAID THE HORSE WAS MOVING AT AROUND 25 MILES PER HOUR. POLICE BELIEVE. THE HORSE ESCAPED FROM A LOCAL RIDING CLUB. THEY SAY THE HORSE WAS CAUGHT AND IS SAFE.

AND NOW TO THE ARREST OF AN ALLEGED SERIAL ATTACKER. A 26 YEAR OLD MAN IS CHARGED WITH THE STABBING OF TWO WOMEN IN ARIZONA. NOW, POLICE BELIEVE HE ALSO MURDERED A WOMAN INSIDE A NEW YORK CITY HOTEL BECAUSE OF WHAT HE SAID WHILE IN CUSTODY.

IN PHOENIX. ABC NEWS TREVOR AULT HAS THE DETAILS. >> POLICE INVESTIGATING WHETHER THIS MAN SUSPECTED IN A WOMAN'S BRUTAL MURDER INSIDE NEW YORK CITY HOTEL IS RESPONSIBLE FOR A NATIONWIDE STRING OF VICIOUS ATTACKS.

>> THERE'S POTENTIAL THAT THEY ARE OTHER VICTIMS AROUND THE COUNTRY. AUTHORITIES ARRESTED 26-YEAR-OLD ROD AL-MASRI SUNDAY IN SCOTTSDALE, ARIZONA INVESTIGATORS SAYING HE STABBED THE WOMAN MULTIPLE TIMES INSIDE A MCDONALD'S AND ADMITTED.

TO STABBING AND CARJACKING ANOTHER WOMAN A STARBUCKS THE DAY BEFORE. THEY SAY WHILE IN CUSTODY, HE MADE STATEMENTS LINKING HIMSELF TO THE MURDER IN NEW YORK, INFORMS THEM THAT HE IS WANTED FOR HOMICIDE IN NEW YORK CITY AND TELLS THE COPS.

THAT THEY SHOULD GOOGLE SOHO 54 HOTEL. >> POLICE SAY EARLIER THIS MONTH, OFFICERS DISCOVERED 38-YEAR-OLD DENISE OLAFESO RUN SIBIYA UNRESPONSIVE INSIDE THAT HOTEL. HER DEATH CAUSED BY BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA.

THE NYPD RELEASING THESE SURVEILLANCE IMAGES, APPEARING TO SHOW WEARING THE VICTIM'S LEGGINGS AFTER THE ALLEGED MURDER. >> AND POLICE SAY THE SUSPECT HAS PRIOR ARRESTS IN FLORIDA AND TEXAS AND BELIEVE HE MAY HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN OTHER.

UNSOLVED ATTACKS. SEVERAL OF THE CRIMES INVOLVING WOMEN WHO WORK AS ESCORT. >> WE WANT TO DO OUR DUE DILIGENCE AND MAKE SURE THAT WE LET AROUND THE COUNTRY KNOW THAT THEY SHOULD BE AWARE OF WHO THIS PERSON IS. TREVOR AULT, THANK YOU.

THE MANHATTAN DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE HAS PROSECUTORS TO MARICOPA COUNTY, ARIZONA TO SEEK ALMANSOORI EXTRADITION. NO CHARGES HAVE BEEN FILED IN THAT NEW YORK INCIDENT. AND FORMER MOM INFLUENCER RUBY FRANKY AND HER BUSINESS.

PARTNER, JODY HILDEBRAND, ARE EACH FACING UP TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON FOR CHILD ABUSE. DURING SENTENCING, FRANKIE OFFERED A TEARFUL APOLOGY WITH HER ESTRANGED AND THEIR TWO CHILDREN THERE IN COURT. ABC NEWS LIVE ANCHOR KAYNA WHITWORTH HAS THE LATEST.

>> IT IS IMPORTANT TO ME TO DEMONSTRATE MY REMORSE AND REGRET WITHOUT BLINKING A RECKONING. THE ONCE POPULAR MOM INFLUENCER TURNED INMATE RUBY FRANKY, NOW TO SERVE UP TO 30 YEARS IN PRISON FOR HER ROLE IN ABUSING HER OWN CHILDREN.

>> MY BABIES, MY SIX THE CHICKS. THEY WERE PART OF ME. THE DISGRACED MOTHER OF SIX, SOBBING WHILE APOLOGIZING TO HER FAMILY. I FROM YOU ALL THAT WAS SOFT AND SAFE AND GOOD FOR YOU, YOUR MOTHER AND HER TERRIFYING.

>> THIS MUST HAVE BEEN FOR YOU. >> FRANKIE'S ESTRANGED HUSBAND, KEVIN, AND HER TWO ADULT CHILDREN IN PORT OVERNIGHT. >> KEVIN'S LAWYER TELLING ABC NEWS THESE INJURIES WERE BOTH PHYSICAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL AND THE SCARS WILL REMAIN FOR LIFETIME.

>> THE JUDGE HANDED DOWN THE SAME SENTENCE TO JODY, WHO WAS ONCE AN ESTABLISHED THERAPIST IN THE MORMON CHURCH WITH SPECIALIZED TRAINING AND COUNSELING, A SKILL THE JUDGE SAYS MAKES HER MORE DANGEROUS. >> YOU TERRORIZE CHILDREN AND.

>> THE RESULTS HAVE BEEN TRAGIC. PROSECUTORS LIKENING. THE CONDITIONS HILDEBRANDT CREATED TO A CONCENTRATION CAMP SETTING. >> THERE WERE BEATINGS AND A 12-YEAR-OLD WAS REGULARLY BOUND AND INFLUENCED.

FRANKIE CLAIMING HILDEBRANDT HER THROUGH THEIR FAITH. THE TWO OFTEN APPEARING TOGETHER HILDEBRAND'S ONLINE LIFE COACHING PROGRAM JODI. HILDEBRANDT AND I'M RUBY FRANKE HILDEBRANDT. FOR THE FIRST TIME, SPEAKING OUT BRIEFLY IN COURT.

MY SINCERELY LOVE THESE CHILDREN. >> I DESIRE FOR THEM TO HEAL PHYSICALLY, EMOTIONALLY. BUT PROSECUTORS QUESTIONING HER ACCEPTANCE OF ADMITS HILDEBRANDT, JUST AS HAS NOT EXPRESSED ANY REMORSE. I HOPE THAT JODI DOES.

I THINK THAT THAT WOULD ONLY BE FAIR. >> FRANKIE'S ATTORNEY ALLEGING THAT HILDEBRANDT WAS A POWERFUL MANIPULATOR. DECEPTION STARTED FOUR YEARS AGO AND PROGRESSIVELY INCREASED TO THE POINT WHERE I THINK TRUTHFULLY RUBY LOST TRACK.

OF WHAT WAS RIGHT VERSUS WRONG . AND ABC NEWS LIVE ANCHOR KAYNA WHITWORTH ME NOW FROM UTAH FOR MORE. CAN YOU YOU WERE IN COURT WHEN RUBY FRANKE AND JODI HILDEBRANDT GAVE THEIR STATEMENTS.

WHAT WAS THE REACTION IN THE COURTROOM? >> YEAH, DIANE, I MEAN, IT WASN'T JUST EMOTIONAL FOR RUBY. FRANKIE, RIGHT. HER ESTRANGED HUSBAND WAS THERE ALONG WITH THEIR TWO ADULT CHILDREN. AND HE BECAME VERY EMOTIONAL.

SHE WAS READING HER STATEMENT. YOU KNOW, INITIALLY IT STARTED OUT WITH ME, SORT OF HAD A FURROWED JUST WATCHING HER. BUT WHEN SHE STARTED TO READ HER STATEMENT, WHEN SHE STARTED TO TALK ABOUT SHE CALLED HIM THE LOVE OF HER LIFE. HE BECAME VERY EMOTIONAL.

READ HIS IN HIS HANDS, STARTED CRYING. BUT HER TWO KIDS, WE WATCHED THEM AS AND ESSENTIALLY THEY SORT OF STARED STRAIGHT FORWARD. AND SHE THINGS LIKE THE MOMENT THAT I WAS PLACED IN HANDCUFFS WAS THE MOMENT THAT GOT.

MY FREEDOM. AND SHE ALSO HAD A LONG LIST OF APOLOGIES TO DOLE OUT, AND THAT INCLUDED TO HER SIBLINGS AS WELL. AT ONE POINT. AND SHE APOLOGIZED TO HER SIBLINGS FOR WHAT SHE CALLED HER CHOICE TO ROLL.

AROUND IN A PIGSTY. AS FOR JODI HILDEBRANDT STATEMENT, IT WASN'T AS APOLOGETIC AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT PROSECUTORS ARE CERTAINLY TAKING NOTICE OF. AT ONE POINT, SHE SAID, DIANE, I DEARLY LOVE THESE KIDS AND AT THAT POINT, DIANE RUBY,.

FRANKIE'S OLDER CHILDREN, WERE VERY TAKEN ABACK BY THAT. >> NOW, FRANKIE AND HILDEBRANDT CAME AND WE'RE BOTH SENTENCED TO 1 TO 15 YEARS PER CHARGE, FOUR DIFFERENT CHARGES. SO WHY ARE THEY LOOKING AT A MAXIMUM OF 30 YEARS OF PRISON TIME AND NOT 60?.

RIGHT. SO THAT'S A UTAH LAW HERE. THEIR FIRST TIME OFFENDERS. SO THEIR TIME BEHIND BARS WOULD MAX OUT HERE AT 30 YEARS. THE BIG DISCUSSION YESTERDAY WAS WOULD THEY SERVE THIS TIME CONSECUTIVELY OR CONCURRENTLY. SO THEY DID.

THEY WILL SERVE IT CONSECUTIVELY. AT ONE POINT, THE PROSECUTOR RIGHT ON THE STEPS SAID IF RUBY FRANKE SERVES FOUR YEARS, HE SEES THAT AS A JOB WELL DONE. HE ADDED THAT HE THINKS THAT JODI HILDEBRANDT SHOULD.

SERVE MORE TIME. AND DIANE, THE PROSECUTION DOES PLAN ON RELEASING THESE JAILHOUSE PHONE CALLS IN WHICH THEY SAY PROVE HILDEBRANDT LACKS REMORSE. AND THAT IS SOMETHING THAT THE PAROLE WILL TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION.

AND, DIANE, ULTIMATELY, IT'S THEIR DECISION HOW MUCH TIME THESE WOMEN WILL SPEND BEHIND BARS. >> ABC NEWS LIVE ANCHOR THANK YOU. >> COMING UP, CPR AND AIDS CAN HELP SAVE A LIFE, BUT DO YOU KNOW HOW TO ADMINISTER.

BOTH? DR. PATEL IS HERE TO EXPLAIN IT ALL. ALSO AHEAD, MICHAEL STRAHAN'S DAUGHTER, ISABELLA, DOCUMENTS HER CANCER TREATMENT, HOW SHE'S DOING WITH CHEMO AND HER MESSAGE FOR OTHERS. >> WITH SO AT STAKE SO MUCH.

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STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE PRIME WITH LINSEY DAVIS GROUP NEXT ON ABC NEWS LIVE, THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY TOM GIRARDI. THIS STORY, A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION. THEY SAID ALL VICTIMS WILL GET.

A CHANCE TO FIND THE ARAB MAJORITY AND THAT'S SORT OF A LOSS, YOU WANT TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THAT HOUSE. WHEN I DID, I WANTED ERIKA TO I'M SORRY, FACE TO FACE. >> ERIKA, WHY DO YOU THINK SAW THE HOUSEWIFE AND THE HOUSE SO.

SEE, YOU KNOW, WELCOME BACK. IT IS TIME FOR BATTLE. IT LIKE IT IS. WE'RE DR. PATEL SHARES HEALTH ADVICE ON THE TOPICS THAT MATTER MOST TO YOU. IT'S AMERICAN HEART MONTH. AND SO TODAY WE'RE TALKING ABOUT HOW CPR AND AIDS CAN HELP.

SAVE LIVES. >> HERE'S DR. PATEL WITH WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW IF YOU'RE IN PUBLIC. >> SOMEONE HAS CARDIAC ARREST AND, THEY PASS OUT AND THERE'S A MACHINE ON THE WALL THAT COULD RESTART THEIR. >> WOULD YOU USE IT?.

PLEASE SAY YES. I'M TALKING ABOUT AIDS OR AUTOMATED DEFIBRILLATORS. THEY LOOK LIKE THIS. YOU PROBABLY SEE MEN OUT IN PUBLIC IN PLACES LIKE THE AIRPORT, SCHOOL OR WORK. AND IT'S IMPORTANT TO TAKE NOTE OF WHAT YOU DO SEE THEM,.

BECAUSE IF SOMEONE'S HEART STOPS AND THEY DON'T A PULSE BUT CPR AND EARLY USE OF AN AID CAN BE LIFESAVING. CPR CAN KEEP SOME BLOOD FLOWING AND IT COULD POTENTIALLY SHOCK AN ABNORMAL HEART RHYTHM BACK NORMAL. AND HERE'S WHY.

WE NEED MORE AWARENESS ABOUT AIDS, HOW EASY THEY ARE TO USE. A RECENT STUDY SHOWED THAT WHEN SOMEONE HAS CARDIAC ARREST AT A RECREATIONAL FACILITY, AIDS WERE USED LESS THAN 20% OF THE TIME IN CPR ONLY TOOK PLACE ABOUT 61% OF THE TIME.

IN SOME STUDIES, BY THE WAY, PLACE THAT EVEN LOWER. AND THIS DIDN'T REALLY DIFFER IN STATES THAT REQUIRE ATHLETIC FACILITIES TO HAVE AIDS ON SITE VERSUS STATES THAT DID IT. >> IT'S POSSIBLE THAT PEOPLE DON'T KNOW HOW TO USE THE DEVICES.

THEY'RE AFRAID THEY'RE GOING TO CAUSE HARM OR THEY DON'T KNOW WHERE THEY ARE. LET'S RUN THROUGH IT. IF YOU WENT DOWN AND PASSED OUT, CALL FOR HELP, CALM EVERYONE. IF THEY AREN'T READING OR DON'T HAVE A PULSE, START CPR.

IMMEDIATELY. ASK SOMEONE TO GET AN AID. THERE'S ONE NEARBY. YOU LITERALLY UP THE KIT. YOU PLACE THE PADS ON THE PERSON, TURN THE MACHINE ON, AND IT TALKS YOU THROUGH THE PROCESS. THE AMERICAN HEART ASSOCIATION.

HAS INITIATIVES TO GET PEOPLE, INCLUDING HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS, TRAINED IN HIGH QUALITY CPR AND PROPER AID USE, BECAUSE THIS COULD MEAN THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LIFE OR DEATH FOR SOME OF THE 350,000 PEOPLE WHO HAVE CARDIAC ARREST IN PUBLIC EVERY YEAR.

>> SO GET TRAINED IN CPR IMMEDIATELY IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ALREADY. AND NOW WHEN YOU'RE OUT AND ABOUT, IF YOU SEE A HEAD ON THE WALL, MAKE A MENTAL NOTE AWARE THAT INCREDIBLY USER FRIENDLY POTENTIALLY SAVING DEVICE IS BECAUSE YOU MIGHT.

BE CALLED INTO ACTION. >> ALL RIGHT. DR. PATEL JOINS ME NOW FOR MORE ON THIS SEGMENT. WE'VE ALL HEARD OF CPR, BUT I HAVE TO CONFESS I WASN'T FAMILIAR WITH THE TERM AID AD, THOUGH. >> I DO KNOW THE WORD.

DEFIBRILLATOR. SO THIS THING DOESN'T GET AS MUCH ATTENTION. CAN YOU RUN US THROUGH THE STEPS FOR HOW TO USE ONE, HOW IT WORKS? >> OH, I TOTALLY CAN. AND THEY ARE SO EASY TO USE THAT YOU DON'T ACTUALLY FORMAL.

TRAINING. EVEN A CHILD CAN USE THAT, EVEN THOUGH AID USE, WHICH IS DIFFERENT THAN THE DEFIBRILLATORS YOU MIGHT SEE ON TV OR IN THE HOSPITAL, THIS TRAINING IS PART OF ANY CPR COURSE. SO BASICALLY, IF YOU SEE.

SOMEONE DOWN, YOU WANT TO CALL 911 IMMEDIATELY. THEY DON'T HAVE A PULSE. START AND THEN SEND SOMEONE ELSE TO GO FIND AN AIDE. THEY'RE IN PUBLIC PLACES, ELEVATORS, BATHROOMS AT THE FRONT DESK OF A BUILDING. YOU OPEN THE MACHINE, YOU TURN.

IT ON. IF THERE IS A VOICE COMMAND THAT TELLS YOU EXACTLY WHAT TO DO, INCLUDING PLACING PADS ON SOMEBODY'S BARE CHEST, AND THEN THE MACHINE WILL ANALYZE THEIR HEART RHYTHM. WHEN THIS HAPPENS, IT'S GOING.

TO SAY, CLEAR, NOBODY TOUCHED THE PERSON. AND IF THEY NEED A SHOCK, YOU PUSH CHOCOLATE AND AGAIN, YOU DO NOT TOUCH THEM AT ALL. AND THEN THE MACHINE WILL TELL YOU CONTINUE CPR. THEN HERE'S THE IMPORTANT PART. IF SOMEONE HAS CARDIAC ARREST.

CAN DOUBLE OR TRIPLE THE CHANCES OF SURVIVAL. AND IF SOMEONE NEEDS A SHOT, THEY GET ONE IN THE FIRST MINUTE. >> THEIR CHANCE OF SURVIVAL IS UP 90%. THINK ABOUT TOMORROW HANDLING OF THE BUFFALO BILLS.

HIS LIFE WAS SAVED BY CPR AND AID USE IN MINUTES 90%. >> WOW. SO TIPS ON HOW TO SPOT AIDS IN PUBLIC SO YOU'RE NOT IN A COMPLETE SCAVENGER HUNT. >> IN AN EMERGENCY, YOU HAVE PROBABLY WALKED BY THESE ALL THE TIME IN SCHOOLS,.

ATHLETIC FACILITIES, AIRPORTS. >> THE MALL PEOPLE WANT TO DO IS PAY ATTENTION TO THAT SIGN THAT SAYS, AHEAD, MAKE A MENTAL NOTE OF WHERE IT IS. SOME STATES ACTUALLY HAVE LAWS REQUIRING THEM TO BE IN PUBLIC PLACES. OTHER STATES DON'T.

OFTENTIMES, YOU'LL SEE THEM IN THEIR AREAS. THERE'S A LOT OF TRAFFIC AROUND A ELEVATORS NEAR FRONT DESK. BUT IF YOU'RE IN A BUILDING AND THIS HAPPENS, THOUSAND CARDIAC ARRESTS HAPPEN IN THE WORKPLACE EVERY YEAR, YOU CAN ALWAYS ASK AROUND OR ASK.

THE FRONT DESK OR A SECURITY GUARD OR SOMEONE WHO WORKS THERE WHERE THE AID OFTENTIMES EMPLOYEES ARE REQUIRED TO BE TRAINED BUT BE ON THE LOOKOUT BECAUSE THE WAY THINGS HAPPEN, YOU MAY HAVE TO GRAB ONE. >> ALL RIGHT. GREAT TIPS THERE, DR. PATEL,.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. AND PATEL IS TAKING YOUR QUESTIONS, SO LEAVE A MESSAGE ON OUR INSTAGRAM FEED AT ABC LIVE AND HE MIGHT ANSWER YOUR QUESTION RIGHT HERE ON FRIDAY. MEANWHILE, MICHAEL STRAYHORN'S.

DAUGHTER, ISABELLA, IS DOCUMENTING HER CANCER ON YOUTUBE IN HOPES OF HELPING OTHERS WITH THAT SAME DIAGNOSIS . IN OCTOBER, ISABELLA WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A FORM OF BRAIN CANCER AND SHE STARTED CHEMO THIS MONTH.

HERE'S WHAT SHE'S BEEN UP TO AND HOW SHE'S DOING WITH. LUCA CAME TO THE HOSPITAL. I THINK I'M JUST FREAKING MYSELF OUT. THIS IS A BIG PART IN CHEMO THAT'S RUNNING FOR 6 HOURS NOW. BUT I'M STRESSING MYSELF OUT BECAUSE I FEEL LIKE.

EVERYTHING'S JUST GO WRONG AT ANY MOMENT. I DON'T KNOW. SO TERRIFIED THAT MY LEGS MIGHT START TWITCHING. I DON'T KNOW WHY, BUT IT'S MY WORRY. >> THE TWO PEOPLE IN THE HOSPITAL HOSPITAL'S.

CLEVELAND CLINIC RIGHT NOW MOMENTS AND WE WERE HERE IN THE MORNING PULLING UP TO THE HOSPITAL WITH BELLA'S FAVORITE PART OF THE PROTOCOL TO CHECK TO WASH YOUR HANDS FIRST. >> SO WHEN THEY AT EVERYTHING GET HANDS FREE, SIGN IT, SAYS CAPTAIN CHEN, WHO MADE THIS.

DOOR OPEN. >> AND THEN YOU'RE ABLE TO ENTER THE AREA HERE AND POTATOES FOR BREAKFAST? YES. >> OKAY. ALLOW ME. WERE YOU DONE BACK TO PLAY DOUBLE BREAKFAST?.

>> YEAH. YES. YES. JUST IN CASE. SO MY SPECIALTY IS OBVIOUSLY A LOT OF PATIENTS WITH LOTS OF CHEESE LOTS SOMETIMES. >> OH, HI THERE. SO, YEAH, I THINK ROOM TOUR.

SO YOU HAD TWO TV'S? NO NETFLIX THAT SOUNDS AND BASICALLY COMES OUT OF THIS JUST UNFORTUNATE THAT THERE'S DIFFERENT CHANNELS ON EACH ONE. JUST GOT TO DECIDE WHICH ONE YOU WANT TO WATCH. AND THEN I HAVE MY STRAPS ON A WATER BOTTLE, SPARE PARTS.

CHAPSTICK. LET'S WATCH THIS THING. OH, THIS IS MY FRIEND THAT ACTUALLY, THIS IS MY ON THIS CALL. BUT LIKE ALL MY DRUGS ARE ON, I HAVE ALL MY FANCY WIRES GOING INTO HERE. OKAY, SO MY EYES ARE STRAINED.

THEY HURT TO LOOK TO THE SIDES. MY WHOLE MOUTH FEELS LIKE I GOT ONE GIANT WORKING OUT OF MY WHOLE MOUTH, AND THAT RESULTED IN JUST RIPPED OUT AND NOW SURGICALLY PUT BACK IN. MY JAW HURTS MY TONGUE. THE BOTTOM OF MY TONGUE HURTS. FEEL BETTER BEING CALLED FIRST.

BUT I RETURN HOME IN A MONTH. I SLEPT IN MY BED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN A WHILE. I'M PERFECT. I DON'T MIND HOSPITAL TOO MUCH BECAUSE I FEEL SAFE. YEAH, BUT I DO LIKE BEING HOME TO TAKE A WALK TODAY. MAYBE.

STRETCH. STRETCH. THREE MORE. I NEED TO EAT SOMETHING. POTATOES ARE MY FAVORITE FOOD AND I'M FEELING VERY BAKED POTATO TUBING. THAT'S LIKE SHE DOESN'T CARE. THAT'S A LOT OF CREAM.

KETCHUP TOOK PLACE ON BUTTER, BUTTER BAKING SOME ONION LOTS. YEAH, THAT'S A FAIR AMOUNT. >> I THINK THAT EVERY DAY. OUR THANKS TO ISABELLA. STRAIGHT FOR SHARING HER STORY. WE, OF COURSE, ARE ALL SENDING OUR THOUGHTS AND PRAYERS AND STRENGTH TO HER.

>> COMING UP, BEYONCE IS MAKING HISTORY, THE NEW FIRST FOR HER COUNTRY SONG TEXAS HOLD'EMEM . AND NOW SHE'S MAKING HER OWN STAMP ON THE GENRE. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY? 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 INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD ARMOR AWARDS AND SEE WHY.

THE NEW YORK CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING 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 YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS START HERE.

>> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE SO 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 ON TELEVISION. >> I HAVE ANSWER.

THEY'RE EXPECTING US. IT'S OUR SECRET WORLD WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON'T KNOW. THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS INSIDE TERMS OF SECURITY AND THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED.

THERE'S REALLY TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. IT'S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE AND ANYWHERE. >> WOW. >> SO THE QUESTION IS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? OKAY, HERE WE GO. YOU SAW AN EXPECTING.

MOTHER STRUGGLING TO PAY HER TAB. I'M JUST REALLY HUNGRY. IF YOU WANT CHARITY, GO TO A SOUP KITCHEN. WELL, WHAT THIS BAN DOES NOT GOOD WILL MAKE YOU BELIEVE IN AN EVERYDAY HERO? ARE YOU A HERO?.

I WAS. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU SAW THIS? THIS AND HIS GIRLFRIEND DYING. HIS GIRLFRIEND? OH, MY GOD. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? >> SUNDAY NIGHT AT TEN NINE CENTRAL ON ABC.

>> 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 EASY. AND THAT'S WHERE WE COME IN. GOOD MORNING, AMERICA. WE WANT YOU TO NOW EVERY.

MORNING WE'RE RIGHT HERE AND WE GOT YOU. >> WE'RE WATCHING AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE SCREENS REPORTING BREAKING NEWS, EXCLUSIVES KEEP STREAMING WITH ABC NEWS LIVE. WELCOME BACK. BEYONCE IS MAKING HISTORY. HER NEW SONG, TEXAS HOLD'EM.

IS NOW NUMBER ONE ON BILLBOARD'S HOT COUNTRY SONGS CHART. AND THAT MAKES IT 32 TIME GRAMMY WINNER, THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN WITH A NUMBER SONG ON THE COUNTRY CHARTS. THE SONG IS PART OF THE HOUSTON NATIVE'S UPCOMING.

COUNTRY ALBUM RENAISSANCE ACT TWO, WHICH IS EXPECTED EMBRACE HER TEXAS ROOTS AND SPOTLIGHT BLACK COUNTRY STARS WHO CAME BEFORE HER. SO LET'S TAKE THIS TO OUR GROUP CHAT, SIRIUS XM RADIO HOST AND ABC CONTRIBUTOR MIKE MUSE, SENIOR ENTERTAINMENT REPORTER.

AT ESPN'S AN ESCAPE AND ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR KELLEY CARTER AND MARCUS DOWLING, NASHVILLE COUNTRY MUSIC REPORTER FOR THE TENNESSEAN. THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING ON. MIKE, I JUST WANT TO START WITH YOUR REACTION. WHAT DO YOU THINK WHEN YOU HEAR.

ABOUT BEYONCE'S NEW HISTORY MAKING MOMENT AND WHAT DO YOU THINK THIS DOES FOR THE CONVERSATION SURROUNDING COUNTRY MUSIC? >> I THINK IT'S ACTUALLY INCREDIBLE. SO FIRST, CONGRATULATIONS TO BEYONCE FOR MAKING HISTORY.

AND FOR MAKING THIS DISCOURSE. I THINK THERE IS A GREAT SOURCE OF DISCOURSE THAT IS NOT HAPPENING IN SOCIETY WITH HAVING THIS UNDERSTANDING AND THIS ANTHROPOLOGICAL DISCOURSE OF THE ORIGINS OF COUNTRY MUSIC. THERE IS THIS MISNOMER THERE.

IN TERMS OF WHO OWNS THE GENRE OF COUNTRY. I DON'T THINK THAT ANY CULTURE OR RACE OWNS A DANCE, BUT IT ALLOWS US TO TALK ABOUT THE HISTORY COUNTRY MUSIC AND THAT IS ROOTED IN AFRICAN MUSIC AND THAT IT COMES FROM THE SUBSAHARAN AFRICA.

IN PARTICULAR, AND WESTERN AFRICA, WHERE THE ORIGINAL BANJO WAS FIRST FORMULATED AND CAME OVER THROUGH THE DIASPORA AND LANDED. COUNTRY MUSIC HAS ALWAYS BEEN ROOTED, WHAT WE CALL FIELD SONGS AND SPIRITUAL HYMNALS THAT WE SAW ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

AND IT WASN'T THAT WE START SEEING THE BREAK OR THE MIGRATION THAT WE START TO SEE THE TRANSITION OF COUNTRY MUSIC GOING FROM OUR COUNTRY. THE MINSTREL THAT THE BANJO BEING APPROPRIATED BY WHITE CULTURE, WHO EMBRACED BANJO. THAT THEN YOU START SAYING.

HE'LL BE THE MUSIC THAT THEN LED TO COUNTRY MUSIC WHICH THEN LED TO RACE RECORDS WHERE THEN YOU START TO SEE THE DIVIDE ON WHO OWNS IT. WHITENESS OR BLACKNESS, WHERE A LOT BLACK CONTRIBUTIONS WERE IGNORED DURING THE HILLBILLY ERA.

AND KELLY, THIS ALBUM IS EXPECTED TO TAP INTO BLACK HISTORY AND THE ROOTS IN COUNTRY MUSIC DATING BACK THE 1600S. >> SO CAN YOU TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT THAT IN TERMS OF WHAT WE CAN EXPECT? I MEAN, I THINK THAT CAN EXPECT.

BEYONCÉ TO DO WHAT SHE DOES, WHICH IS REALLY CHANGE THE CONVERSATION AROUND THIS PARTICULAR GENRE. YOU KNOW, I IMAGINE THAT BEYONCE IS PROBABLY GOING TO TAP INTO ON TALENT LIKE MICKEY GUYTON, YOU KNOW, OR SHE'S GOING TO TAP INTO.

THE MUSICIANS THAT HAVE BEEN PLAYING IN THE BACKGROUND IN COUNTRY MUSIC, WHO ALSO HAPPEN TO BE BLACK OR AFRICAN. >> BUT ALSO, I THINK THAT SHE REALLY GOING TO CONTINUE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT WHO IS GATEKEEPING COUNTRY MUSIC. FOR WHATEVER REASON, EVERY TIME.

A BLACK ARTIST CREATES MUSIC THAT I'M SURE IT'S IN COUNTRY MUSIC OR SHOULD BE CHANTED, OR SHOULD WE CELEBRATE IT. THERE SEEMS TO BE THIS CONVERSATION AROUND IT. IF YOU REMEMBER A FEW YEARS BACK, LIL NAS X HAD AN UPHILL BATTLE WITH HIS DEBUT SONG,.

YOU KNOW, THAT WAS EMBRACED IN THAT COUNTRY WORLD AND IT TOOK GARTH BROOKS TO COME IN TO HELP KIND OF CEMENT THE DEAL AND CLOSE THAT GAP THERE. BUT I THINK WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN IS BEYONCE IS GOING TO DELIVER ANOTHER INCREDIBLE ALBUM AND SOMETHING THAT WE'RE.

GOING TO BE TALKING ABOUT FOR A LONG TIME TO COME. MARK, IS THAT SAID, THERE ARE SOME THAT ARE, YOU KNOW, SORT OF BACKLASH SAYING THIS MORE TRADITIONAL QUOTE, THE QUOTE UNQUOTE, MUSIC FANS. SOME RADIO STATIONS THAT WON'T PLAY HER SONGS.

WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT, ESPECIALLY CONSIDERING THE HISTORY THAT KELLY AND MIKE JUST EXPLAINED. I'D SAY THAT WE'RE LOOKING AT A SITUATION WHERE WE'VE HAD BLACK ARTISTS WHO ENTER THE SPACE, WHO HAVE BEEN EQUAL TO BUT NOT ABOVE AND BEYOND.

THE SCOPE AND RANGE OF SUCCESS OR REACH OF WHITE ARTISTS IN THE SPACE. AND WHEN YOU GET SOMEBODY LIKE BEYONCE IN THE ROOM, SHE'S EQUITABLE OR FAR BEYOND THE SCOPE OF 100 YEARS OF COUNTRY MUSIC HISTORY. AS FAR AS BLACK ARTISTS,.

THE SPACE YOU HAVE A WHITE ARTIST IN THE SPACE, HER SPACE IN THE IN THE CONVERSATION IS ONLY UNPRECEDENTED BECAUSE OF VARIOUS MEASURES. MIKE, I'M OUT OF TIME, BUT FINAL THOUGHTS ON THIS ONE? >> I'M EXCITED. I'M EXCITED FOR THE SOCIAL.

DISCOURSE THAT'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN. I'M EXCITED FOR THE GLOBAL SOCIETY TO LEARN THE OF COUNTRY MUSIC. I'M EXCITED FOR THE RECLAMATION COUNTRY MUSIC AS ITS ROOTS WERE STARTED IN AFRICAN MUSIC. AND I'M ALSO TOO EXCITED FOR.

THE BOAT TO THE TIES THAT BEYONCE WILL LIFT UP AS WE MOVE FORWARD, SUCH AS MICKEY GUYTON BUT ALSO TO YOLA, MORE TREATY. AND SO OTHER ARTISTS WHO CAN NOW RIDE THIS INCREDIBLE ENERGY MOMENTUM. >> KELLY, FINAL THOUGHTS.

LET'S GO BEYOND. I'M READY TO SEE EVERYONE, YOU KNOW, KIND OF WIPE OUT ALL THE TEN GALLON HATS TO PULL UP AT THE NEXT WORLD TOUR. SO LET'S GO LET'S DO THIS. >> AND MARCUS. BEYONCE HITTING NUMBER ONE ON COUNTRY RADIO SAYING THAT WE.

NEED TO KEEP AN EYE OUT FOR. WHEN THAT HAPPENS. I THINK YOU'RE GOING TO REALLY GET TO SEE A GROUNDSWELL OF THAT'S UNPRECEDENTED AND A REAL SPACE FOR AFRICAN-AMERICANS ARE FANS AND SUPPORTERS AND WORK WITHIN THE GENRE AND HAVE A MOMENT.

TO SHOP. >> VERY COOL. TIME TO DUST OFF THOSE CATWALKS, EVERYONE. MIKE MILLS, KELLEY CARTER, MARCUS DOWLING, THANK YOU ALL. >> AND THANK YOU FOR WITH US ON DIANE MACEDO. ABC NEWS LIVE IS HERE FOR.

YOU ANYTIME WITH THE NEWS, CONTEXT AND ANALYSIS. WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK. >> KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE IN COLLEGE. >> KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE AT ALL. HOW COULD THIS POSSIBLY HAVE HAPPENED?.

THE INCIDENT BROUGHT A LOT OF PANIC TO STUDENTS. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ME. IT COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF MY FRIENDS EARLY LAST TIME WE SAW HER ALIVE. IT'S JUST A VERY TRAGIC THING TO HAPPEN TO SOMEONE. AND YOU SPEAK TO YOUR LOVED.

ONE. THE LAST THING YOU SHOULD EVER SAY IS SOMEONE. THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST TIME JEREMY JOINS TWO OF THESE EPISODES OF STREAMING ON HULU. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TERM HERE THAN.

ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC NEWS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE TELEVISION AND EVENTS MAY. WHAT DO YOU SEE? MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS.

THIS IS THE 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 INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOR EDWARD, OUR MURROW AWARDS, AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES.

CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE ABC NEEDED YOUR DAILY FIRST. LISTEN NOW THAT'S A PART OF THE THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, START FROM AMERICA'S NEWS SOURCE.

THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP WE THIS INCREDIBLE VIDEO FASTER SMARTER AND IT CAN CUSTOMIZE TO YOU AND YOUR IF YOU LOVE BEING IN THE KNOW YOU'RE GOING ON THIS EXPERIENCE WITH ALL THE QUESTIONS ABOUT EXPERIENCE THE ON THE ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW.

>> REPORTING FROM BOSTON I'M WHIT JOHNSON. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE. HOLDING RUSSIA ACCOUNTABLE AFTER MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF PUTIN'S FIERCEST CRITIC,.

PRESIDENT BIDEN SET HIT RUSSIA WITH MAJOR SANCTIONS. AS WE ALSO LEARN ABOUT AN AMERICAN BALLERINA DETAINED ON SUSPICION OF TREASON. THE TENSIONS BETWEEN THE AND RUSSIA THIS HOUR SUBPOENAED PRESIDENT BIDEN'S BROTHER TESTIFYING BEFORE.

LAWMAKERS ON CAPITOL HILL. THE MOVE PART OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY. DEMOCRATS FIRING BACK, CITING A LACK OF EVIDENCE. WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE INTERVIEW THAT WENT DOWN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND FORGIVEN.

PRESIDENT BIDEN, WIPING OUT STUDENT LOAN DEBT FOR THAN 150,000 BORROWERS. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT QUALIFIES AND HOW IT MIGHT IMPACT YOUR NEXT PAYMENT . GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I'M KYRA PHILLIPS.

OUR TOP STORY THIS HOUR, SANCTIONING RUSSIA, PROMPTED BY THE DEATH OF OPPOSITION LEADER ALEXEI NAVALNY AND, THE TWO YEAR WAR IN UKRAINE. THE U.S. GETS READY TO UNVEIL MAJOR RUSSIAN SANCTIONS. HUNDREDS OF BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS WILL NOW BANNED.

AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF HELPING THE KREMLIN GAIN ACCESS, WEAPONS AND TECHNOLOGY TO INVADE UKRAINE. IT'S ALL COMING AS A FORMER FBI INFORMANT ACCUSED OF MAKING FALSE BRIBERY CLAIMS. PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS SON HUNTER SAYS HE WAS FED.

INFORMATION BY RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE. >> OUR PATRICK REEVELL JOINING US NOW LIVE FROM KYIV ALONG OUR SENIOR PENTAGON REPORTER, LUIS MARTINEZ. >> SO, PATRICK, AS THE E.U. AGREES ON THESE NEW SANCTIONS HERE ON RUSSIA, CLEARLY.

THE HEADLINE IS BLACKLISTING OF COMPANIES IN CHINA FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME. HI, CAROL. YEAH, THE EUROPEAN UNION HAS UNVEILED SANCTIONS THAT. IT'S TIMED TO THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE WAR HERE IN UKRAINE.

AS YOU SAY, THE MOST NOTABLE THING SO FAR IS IT IS NAMED THREE MAIN NINE CHINA COMPANIES FOR THE FIRST TIME. AND IT'S HAS SANCTIONS AND IT'S ALSO SANCTION COMPANIES IN INDIA. AND AS IT BASICALLY IS TRYING TO ENFORCE EXISTING SANCTIONS.

AND THAT IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE ONE OF THE MAIN PROBLEMS WITH THE CURRENT REGIME IS THAT IT'S BECOME VERY POROUS AND RUSSIA HAS MANAGED TO ADAPT TO A GREAT DEGREE, BASICALLY BY USING THIRD COUNTRIES, BY USING SHADOW COMPANIES, BY USING USING SHADOW FLEETS.

AND ESSENTIALLY BUYING THINGS THROUGH CUTOUTS, WHICH ALLOWS IT TO KEEP ITS WAR MACHINE GOING. AND WE'RE SEEING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MISSILES ARE BEING FIRED, THE DRONES THAT ARE BEING USED OFTEN USING COMPONENTS ARE EVEN COMING FROM.

WESTERN COMPANIES, FROM WESTERN, FROM EUROPEAN COMPANIES. AND SO THIS IS THE LARGEST SANCTION PACKAGE THAT THE EU HAS HAS SO FAR IMPOSED. AND THE HOPE IS THAT IT CAN HAVE IMPACT ON THAT AND TIGHTEN UP THE SANCTIONS REGIME KYRA.

>> SO, LOUIS, NOW TO THE INDICTED EX FBI INFORMANT, SMIRNOV. HE HAS CLEARLY CHANGED THE NARRATIVE HERE WHEN IT COMES TO THE LIES HE PEDDLED ABOUT HAVING RUSSIAN SOURCES AND EVIDENCE ACTUALLY SURROUNDING THE BIDENS.

BRIBERY. >> NO, THAT'S RIGHT. ALEXANDER SMIRNOV WAS CHARGED LAST WEEK WITH FEDERAL CHARGES OF HAVING LIED ESSENTIALLY TO FBI AS TO HIS FBI HELP FOR THE LAST DECADE. SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT HE'S PASSED ALONG.

ABOUT THE BIDENS AND BARCELONA, WHICH WAS THAT UKRAINIAN ENERGY COMPANY AND ESSENTIALLY HADN'T TRIGGERED WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON THE HOUSE SIDE, THESE INVESTIGATIONS INTO WHETHER THE BIDENS ACTUALLY DID RECEIVE FINANCIAL INCENTIVES OR FIND OUT WHO GET MONEY BACK FOR.

THEIR INFLUENCE IN UKRAINIAN COMPANY. BUT NOW QUESTIONS BEING RAISED ABOUT THIS, THE THE VERACITY OF ANY OF THAT AND THE UNITED STATES LAST WEEK ON THE SPECIAL COUNSEL, THE OFFICE ESSENTIALLY SAYING THAT THEY WANTED HIM TO REMAIN.

IN JAIL. AND YESTERDAY, A JUDGE IN, LOS ANGELES, DECIDED THAT EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS THAT HE COULD BE A FLIGHT RISK, THAT HE OKAY TO LET HIM OUT FOR NOW. >> ALL RIGHT. WELL, PATRICK LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT MORE WE KNOW.

ABOUT THIS U.S. RUSSIAN BALLERINA THAT IT WAS ARRESTED FOR TREASON. >> YEAH, THIS WAS THIS ARREST THAT WE SAW YESTERDAY, THE RUSSIAN CITY OF YEKATERINBURG. THE FSB ARRESTED A YOUNG WOMAN ,A 33 YEAR OLD WOMAN.

CALLED SENIOR KAROLINA. SHE WAS ARRESTED IN RUSSIA AND HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF TREASON . YOU SAY? WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM HER EMPLOYER IN THE US IN LOS ANGELES IS THAT SHE IS ACCUSED OF FUNDRAISING FOR.

THE UKRAINIA MILITARY. >> AND WHAT SHE'S ACTUALLY ACCUSED OF IS BASICALLY A DONATION ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WAR HERE IN UKRAINE, A UKRAINIAN CHARITY. SHE'S ACCUSED OF PAYING $51 TO THAT CHARITY, BUT SHE'S BEEN ACCUSED TREASON, WHICH CARRIES.

A 20 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE, POTENTIALLY, WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS EXTRAORDINARILY HARSH SENTENCE, WHICH SUGGESTS NEFARIOUS THAT SHE'S BEEN TAKING ESSENTIALLY AS A POLITICAL DECISION. SHE'S ONE OF, IT HAS TO BE SAID, NUMBER OF AMERICANS.

WHO HAVE BEEN DETAINED IN RECENT YEARS. I MEAN, RECENTLY YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTER EVAN GERSHKOVICH, WE HAVE EX-MARINE, PAUL WHELAN. AND SO THIS IS AGAIN, ANOTHER SIGN OF HOW DANGEROUS IT HAS.

BECOME FOR PEOPLE WITH AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP INSIDE RUSSIA. >> ALL RIGHT. PATRICK REEVELL LUIS MARTINEZ, APPRECIATE IT. WE'LL CONTINUE TO TRACK THE STORY WITH YOU. AND THEN BACK HERE IN OUR.

NATION'S, PRESIDENT, BIDEN'S YOUNGER BROTHER, JAMES BIDEN, IS UNDERGOING QUESTIONING BY THE REPUBLICAN LED HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AMID A QUESTIONABLE IMPEACHMENT. TODAY'S CLOSED DOOR DEPOSITION IS A CONFRONTATION MONTHS THE MAKING AS THE PANEL.

IS ALLEGING IT'S GATHERED PLENTY OF BANK RECORDS AND WITNESS TESTIMONY TO SUPPORT THE CLAIM. PRESIDENT BIDEN BENEFITED FROM THE CLAIMS, RATHER, THAT BIDEN FROM HIS FAMILY'S OVERSEAS BUSINESS AFFAIRS, SOMETHING THAT HAS YET TO BE PROVEN.

OUR JAY O'BRIEN HAS BEEN TRACKING IT ALL FOR US. THERE, THE HILL. ALL RIGHT. SO TELL US ABOUT THE DEPOSITION AND ALSO GUESS WHAT WE'VE LEARNED SO FAR. YEAH. ONE OF THE BIGGEST PIECES.

OF NEWS TO COME OUT OF THIS SO FAR HAS TO DO WITH MONEY. SO REMEMBER WHEN REPUBLICANS LAUNCHED THIS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY INTO PRESIDENT BIDEN, THEY PUT I WAS IN THE ROOM A CHECK ON, A PIECE OF POSTER BOARD. IT WAS A CHECK FROM.

JAMES BIDEN, THE PRESIDENT'S BROTHER TO THE PRESIDENT. THEY SAID THAT HE GOT PAYMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF NORTH OF $200,000. JAMES BIDEN HAS REITERATED IN HIS TESTIMONY LAWMAKERS, WE'VE LEARNED EXACTLY WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE HAS SAID, WHICH.

IS THAT THAT WAS A LOAN REPAYMENT, NOT SOME KIND OF CASH BEING SENT THROUGH. JAMES BIDEN'S OVERSEAS BUSINESS DEALINGS THROUGH JAMES BIDEN TO THE PRESIDENT WHO WAS THEN A PRIVATE CITIZEN. AS REPUBLICANS ALLEGE, HE SAYS IT'S A LOAN REPAYMENT.

NOTHING TO SEE THERE. SO THAT'S ONE ELEMENT OF THINGS. >> AND IF REPUBLICANS CAN'T PROVE TO THE CONTRARY, THEY'VE ALLEGED THAT MEANS THAT JAMES BIDEN IS ESSENTIALLY SAYING YOU'VE GOT NO EVIDENCE AND THIS IS WHAT IT HAS.

AND THAT'S NOTHING. BURGER. WHAT ARE LAWMAKERS SAYING SO FAR? SO WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM LAWMAKERS IS THAT REPUBLICANS SAY, LOOK, THIS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY IS GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE EVIDENCE THAT THEY SAY.

THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW. BUT DEMOCRATS HAVE SAID, LOOK THIS, AS WELL AS OTHER DEVELOPMENTS OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, DEMONSTRATE THAT REPUBLICANS DO NOT HAVE A CASE HERE. HERE'S A FEW. JAMIE RASKIN AND JIM JORDAN,.

AS THEY WALKED INTO THAT HEARING TODAY. >> AND I THINK TODAY WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THAT. WE CAN AT A TIME I CALL THAT THE MONEY THE BUSINESS, THE BRAND. THAT WILL BE THE FOCUS, I THINK, OF TODAY'S QUESTIONING.

. >> AS FOR TODAY'S TRANSCRIBED INTERVIEW WITH THE BROTHER, PRESIDENT BIDEN, MR. JAMES BIDEN. WE OBVIOUSLY, AGAIN, HAVE HEARD NOTHING INDICATING THAT JOE BIDEN HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE BUSINESS VENTURES.

OF HUNTER BIDEN OR JAMES MARTIN AND. EVEN REPUBLICANS HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED, KYRA, THEY HAVE YET TO DEMONSTRATE INTO A DIRECT MONETARY LINK BETWEEN HUNTER BIDEN AND JAMES BIDEN'S BUSINESS DEALINGS .

AND PRESIDENT BIDEN. AND WITHOUT THAT LINK, DEMOCRATS, REPUBLICANS ARE ON A FISHING EXPEDITION. >> WELL, SPEAKING OF LINK, THEN ,GOT ALEXANDER SMIRNOV, THE FBI INFORMANT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS ALL. A LOT OF LACK OF INFORMATION,.

EVIDENCE AND PROOF THAT HE WAS REALLY CONNECTED TO THE RUSSIANS. >> I MEAN, WHAT'S THE LATEST WITH HIM AND SMIRNOFF'S CLAIMS WERE THAT THERE WAS A CONNECTION BETWEEN HUNTER BIDEN'S TIME. AS WE NOTED ON THE BOARD OF A.

UKRAINIAN ENERGY COMPANY. AND HE WAS ON THAT BOARD BECAUSE HE WAS THE PRESIDENT'S SON IN THE PRESIDENT COULD PROVIDE SOME KIND OF PROTECTION. >> THOSE CLAIMS, THE SPECIAL COUNSEL SAYS, ARE PROVEN TO BE FALSE AND MAY HAVE BEEN SAID,.

THE SPECIAL COUNSEL SAYS TO SMIRNOV BY RUSSIAN AGENTS. SO WHEN I TALK TO REPUBLICANS WHO ARE MOUNTING THIS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY, YOU TO REMEMBER SMIRNOFF'S CLAIMS, EVEN THEY WILL ACKNOWLEDGE ARE A KEY PILLAR OF THIS INQUIRY.

IF YOU THINK OF THE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY OF THE PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW IS A TABLE. SMIRNOV IS ONE OF THE FOUR LEGS OF THIS TABLE. REPUBLICANS SAY THEY'VE GOT OTHER ELEMENTS, TOO. BUT NOW THAT THAT HAS BEEN KNOCKED DOWN, HE'S BEEN CHARGED.

WITH LYING. WHAT CAN THIS TABLE STAND WITH THREE LEGS AS OPPOSED TO FOUR? WELL, STILL FOLLOW IT. OF COURSE, EVERYTHING'S POLITICAL, ISN'T IT. YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO COME IN THE ONE. THAT'S RIGHT.

JAY, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, TODAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN IS DELIVERING GOOD NEWS, 453,000 AMERICANS BY ANNOUNCING THE LATEST PHASE IN A STUDENT FORGIVENESS PLAN. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYING THAT A TOTAL OF $1.2 BILLION WILL BE WIPED OUT.

NOW, FOR THOSE IN A REPAYMENT PROGRAM KNOWN AS SAVING ON A VALUABLE OR SAVE. CHECK YOUR INBOXES, BECAUSE THE WHITE HOUSE THAT QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS STARTED RECEIVING AN EMAIL FROM THE PRESIDENT TODAY. OUR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT.

MARYALICE PARKS JOINS US NOW TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW IT'S ALL COMING TOGETHER. SO LET'S FIRST TALK ABOUT WHO QUALIFIES THIS ROUND OF LOAN FORGIVENESS AND WHAT EXACTLY THEY CAN. >> MARYALICE. YEAH, CAROL, IN THE LAST FEW.

YEARS, WE'VE SEEN THIS WHITE HOUSE FOCUS MOSTLY ON FIXING EXISTING LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAMS. SO THINK ABOUT THE TEACHERS, THE FIREFIGHTERS, THE HOSPITAL WHO WERE ENTITLED TO SOME DEBT RELIEF. BUT THE SYSTEMS BROKEN.

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY IS REALLY DIFFERENT. THIS IS A NEW OF DEBT RELIEF, ESPECIALLY FOR A TARGETED TOWARDS THOSE BORROWERS WHO HAD ONLY TAKEN OUT LESS THAN $12,000 INITIALLY AND HAD BEEN MAKING PAYMENTS ON THAT FOR THE LAST YEARS.

THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT QUALIFY HERE. NOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE BEEN ENROLLED IN THE WHITE HOUSE'S NEW SAVE REPAYMENT PROGRAM IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THIS BENEFIT. BUT IF YOU THINK YOU MIGHT QUALIFY, YOU CAN ENROLL NOW.

AND STILL QUALIFY NOW GOING FORWARD FOR THIS DEBT RELIEF. SO IT'S REALLY A REMARKABLE RELIEF FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE YOU HEARD THAT ESTIMATE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, THAT 153,000 Z BORROWERS WILL SEE THEIR LOANS FORGIVEN. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, FOR THOSE WHO ARE MAYBE UNSURE ABOUT WHETHER THEY QUALIFY, WHAT EXACTLY DO THEY NEED TO DO OR NEED TO KNOW? >> YEAH, GO ONLINE TO THE WHITE HOUSE'S PROGRAM, THAT SAVE PROGRAM. IT BASICALLY LETS INPUT.

YOUR INFORMATION AND FIND OUT IF YOU QUALIFY FOR SOME THESE NEW DEBT RELIEF PROGRAMS. I THINK IT IS REALLY INTERESTING IF WE LOOK AT BORROWERS, THEY'RE AT THE HIGHEST RISK OF DEFAULT. THERE'S A LOT EVIDENCE OUT THERE THAT THOSE BORROWERS.

WHO ONLY TOOK OUT ABOUT $10,000 OR EVEN LESS ARE SOME OF THOSE MOST LIKELY TO DEFAULT. AND THAT'S WHO THE WHITE HOUSE IS TRYING TO HELP HERE. THOSE ARE PEOPLE WHO OFTEN DIDN'T FINISH THEIR DEGREE AND ARE HAVING THE HARDEST TIME PAYING BACK THEIR LOANS KYRA.

>> ALL RIGHT, MARYALICE PARKS THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, THE EXTREME WEATHER THAT HAMMERED CALIFORNIA IS OUT AND HEADED EAST. THAT STATE SLAMMED WITH UNRELENTING RAIN FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THE STORM SPARKED FLASH.

FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES AS WELL. THAT SAME STORM NOW MOVING IS EXPECTED TO HIT NEW ENGLAND TOMORROW. METEOROLOGIST MARK THEODORE'S TRACKING THE FORECAST FOR US. SO THIS IS SOME GOOD NEWS FOR CALIFORNIA. YEAH, THEY NEED THE REPRIEVE.

THEY NEED THE RELIEF. BUT THIS COMES ON THE OF RECEIVING SO MUCH RAIN. YOU CAN SEE ALL THE VIDEOS, PICTURES AND VISUALS SEEING OUT OF LOS ANGELES. A LOT OF CARS, THEY'RE GOING OFF THE ROAD DEALING WITH HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS AND MUDSLIDES.

AND LANDSLIDES THERE. SO LET'S TIME OUT. WHAT'S HAPPENING NEXT? OKAY. AS WE PUSH THROUGH TIME TODAY, YOU CAN SEE THIS STORM SYSTEM. >> MUCH OF THE RAIN SHOWERS ARE IN NORTHERN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CLEARING OUT.

AND THEN BY THURSDAY, SO TOMORROW AROUND THIS TIME LUNCHTIME, THUNDERSTORMS ARE GOING TO START TO POP UP AS THE STORM KIND OF REDEFINES ITSELF JUST SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS OVER, LOUISVILLE, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, PADUCAH, CINCINNATI.

AND DETROIT ALL SEEING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS. AND THEN LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY, SEE THIS SYSTEM MAKE ITS WAY TO THE EAST COAST, MAYBE EVEN BRING SOME SNOW TO SOME ELEVATIONS IN AREAS FARTHER NORTH INTO NEW ENGLAND .

YOU CAN SEE TOTALS HERE RANGING GENERALLY FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES. BUT SOME HOT SPOTS REACHING 3 TO 6 INCHES IN UPSTATE NEW YORK. >> THE NEXT STORY IS GOING TO BE THIS WARM AIR THAT WE'RE SEEING NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES TODAY IN PARTS OF TEXAS AND AS.

FAR NORTH AS FARGO. AND THEN EARLY NEXT WEEK, MINNEAPOLIS, THE UPPER FIFTIES, OKLAHOMA CITY, NEAR 80 DEGREES NEXT MONDAY KYRA. ALL RIGHT. SAMARRA THANK YOU SO MUCH. >> AND COMING UP, TRUMP COULD STILL LOSE TRUMP TOWER AFTER.

ALL. ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES IN OUR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH WHAT SHE'S PREPARED DO IF TRUMP CAN'T FIND THE CASH TO COVER HIS FINE. >> 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 OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING, ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERY DAY FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MILITARY STRIKE, THE NEED FOR.

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>> LET'S GO. TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHERE THE STORY FROM FRONT LINE FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT. THE FBI REPORTING FROM THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET.

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STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS FRIDAY HE FINDS HIS WIFE FACE DOWN IN A TUB FULL OF ROSE COLORED WHO ARE 21 YEARS OLD, KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING GOING ON INSIDE THAT HOUSE. DO YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING.

ON WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR? NEXT? HE MAYBE NOT. COULD IT BE THAT STRESS FROM A HOME RENOVATION WAS A MOTIVE ? MURDER, A KILLER RENOVATION? IT'S MORE TWISTED THAN YOU WANT TO BE.

IT'S JUST CRAZY. ON NEW 2020, CITING “NIGHTLINE”, ABC STRONGLY SCREAMING FIGHT FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THEIR FAMILY'S . OH, HEY, WE'VE SEEN YOU CROWN. >> SO LIKE STREAMING US. WELL, SHE LED THE PROSECUTION.

OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IN A CIVIL FRAUD TRIAL AND IS NOW SPEAKING EXCLUSIVELY WITH ABC NEWS LETITIA JAMES SAYING SHE'S PREPARED TO SEIZE TRUMP'S ASSETS IF HE'S UNABLE TO FIND CASH TO COVER THE FINE IF HE DOES NOT HAVE FUNDS TO PAY OFF THE JUDGMENT, THEN WE.

WILL SEEK, YOU KNOW, JUDGMENT ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS IN COURT AND WE WILL ASK THE JUDGE TO SEIZE HIS ASSETS. WE ARE PREPARED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE JUDGMENT IS PAID TO NEW YORKERS. AND YES, I LOOK AT 40 WALL STREET EACH AND EVERY.

SENIOR REPORTER KATHERINE FAULDERS FOLLOWING, I GUESS, THE INTERVIEW AND WHAT COULD HAPPEN NEXT. TRUMP IS PLANNING TO APPEAL. SO HOW DOES LETITIA JAMES FEEL ABOUT THAT? >> WELL, KYRA, SHE IS FEELING QUITE CONFIDENT WITH HER CASE.

ON APPEAL. IN AN INTERVIEW WITH AARON KATERSKY, SHE REITERATED THAT SHE WILL NOT HESITATE TO SEIZE TRUMP'S ASSETS IF HE DOESN'T PAY UP. >> TAKE A LISTEN. >> I'M VERY CONFIDENT THE DECISION WHERE THE JUDGE.

WAS THE TRIER OF FACT BASICALLY ASSESSED EACH AND EVERY WITNESS AND MAKE FINDINGS OF CREDIBILITY AND THEN APPLIED IT TO THE LAW. AND AT THE END, THE DAY CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT MR. TRUMP, THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION, TWO ADULT SONS AND TWO OFFICERS.

ENGAGED IN THIS MASSIVE FRAUD. KYRA, SHE ALSO DIRECTLY TRUMP'S CLAIMS THAT THIS CASE LACKED ANY VICTIMS. FOR EXAMPLE, SHE INSTEAD DESCRIBED HER CASE AS VITAL TO ENSURING THAT FINANCIAL MARKETS TREAT NEW YORKERS FAIRLY.

SO ON TOP OF TRUMP'S $3.54 MILLION FINE, HE'S ALSO RACKING UP NEARLY $90,000, I GUESS A DAY IN INTEREST. SO HE HASN'T PAID A DIME HERE? >> NO, HE HASN'T. AND I BELIEVE HE HAS 30 DAYS UNTIL THIS JUDGMENT IS ACTUALLY ENTERED.

BUT AS YOU MENTIONED, IT CERTAINLY SHINES A RENEWED LIGHT ON TRUMP'S FINANCES, SURELY CALLS INTO QUESTION HIS LIQUIDITY, FOR EXAMPLE, AT MULTIPLE LEGAL EXPERTS, KYRA, WHO WE SPOKE TO SUGGESTED THAT TRUMP IS UNLIKELY TO FRONT THESE FINES IMMEDIATELY.

HE COULD INSTEAD OPT TO DELAY, TO APPEAL, TO DELAY ANY PAYMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, USING A SECURED BY HIS ASSETS UNTIL HE EXHAUSTS ALL OTHER OPTIONS. BUT STILL, A LOT OF QUESTIONS REMAIN HERE ABOUT HOW HE WILL PAY AND WHAT DELAY TACTICS HE CAN USE TO AVOID PAYMENT FOR.

HOWEVER LONG HE AT LEAST TRIES TO. ALL RIGHT, CATHERINE, WE'LL FOLLOW IT. WE'LL SEE IF INDEED HE CAN STAY AS WEALTHY AS HE HAS BEEN FOR DECADES. MORE TO COME ON THE 59TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH.

MALCOLM X'S FAMILY MEMBERS, ALONG WITH ATTORNEY BEN CRUMP, ARE ANNOUNCING TWO NEW WITNESSES THAT ARE OFFERING EVIDENCE IN THE ALLEGED CONSPIRACY CASE SURROUNDING HIS ASSASSINATION. ACCORDING TO CRUMP'S LEGAL TEAM, THE NEW WITNESSES.

ARE LEARNING THAT THERE WERE SECURITY ASSOCIATES OF MALCOLM X AND THEY WERE JUST A WEEK BEFORE HE WAS KILLED. THEY'VE NEVER SPOKEN BEFORE. FOR MORE, LET'S BRING IN OUR ABC NEWS LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR BRIAN BROCKMIRE. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS.

NEW EVIDENCE THAT WAS PUT FORWARD TODAY. WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS, BRIAN? >> WELL, IT'S INTERESTING, KYRA. DON'T FORGET, THINK THE IN CONTEXT OF WHAT WE KNOW FROM THE ASSASSINATION OF MALCOLM X,.

IT HAPPENED AS YOU 59 YEARS TO THE DAY. HE WAS GIVING A SPEECH AT A NEWLY ORGANIZATION AND HE WAS SHOT 21 TIMES. NOW, HIS SECURITY GUARDS, AS WE'VE HEARD IN THE PAST, STOPPED SOME OF THE PEOPLE HE BELIEVED TO BE ASSAILANTS.

THE NEW INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GETTING COMING FORWARD NOW IS HOW LAW ENFORCEMENT, BOTH FEDERAL AND THE NYPD INTERCEPTED THESE KIND OF LET'S JUST CALL THEM THE CITIZEN'S ARREST AND THE SECURITY GUARDS OF MALCOLM, AND THAT WHAT BEN CRUMP AND HIS ASSOCIATES.

ARE ARGUING NOT ONLY INHIBITED THE ABILITY TO ARREST THE PERPETRATORS OF THIS CRIME ,BUT THEN CONCEAL THEIR ACTIONS AFTERWARDS. AND THAT MAKES SENSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE FACT THAT BEN CRUMP IS SUING THE FEDERAL AGENCIES AND THE.

NYPD FOR BOTH THE CONCEALMENT AND THE KIND OF OBSTRUCTION AND, AS THEY PUT IT, OF JUSTICE, TO FIGURE OUT WHO, IN FACT, KILLED X. >> AND LET'S TALK ABOUT WHY THIS HAS SO LONG FOR THESE TWO WITNESSES TO BE FOUND AND WHY THEY'RE BEING HEARD.

FROM NOW. >> I THINK PART OF IT IS AS TIME PROGRESSES, MORE INFORMATION COMES OUT. WE'VE SEEN THIS IN SO MANY OTHER CASE, HIGH PROFILE CASES LIKE THE DEATH OF JAM MASTER JAY, WHICH BEING PROSECUTED CURRENTLY IN THE ELIAN,.

THE DEATH OF TUPAC SHAKUR. WE'RE NOW SEEING A FOR THAT CRIMINAL CASE. NOW, AS TIME GOES BY, PEOPLE FEEL THAT THERE ARE LESS FEAR OF COMING FORWARD WITH INFORMATION. I THINK MANY PEOPLE WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY, RIGHTFULLY SO, BASED.

ON WHAT WAS GOING IN TERMS OF ASSASSINATIONS, FEARED LAW ENFORCERS FEAR THE WHO WERE SURVEILLING MALCOLM X AND MARTIN LUTHER KING AT THIS TIME ALSO FEAR THE NYPD THAT THEY CAME FORWARD. THEIR CRIES WOULD NOT HEARD, THAT THEY WOULD EITHER.

BE PERSECUTED OR A PROSECUTOR OR SOMETHING WORSE. NOW, ALMOST SIX YEARS LATER, I THINK THERE'S A GREATER COMFORT TO COME FORWARD. AND ALSO A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE ARE NEARING THE TWILIGHT OR THE OF THEIR LIFE AND THEY WANT TO KIND OF HAVE SOME SORT.

OF CATHARSIS TO SAY, I KNOW INFORMATION ABOUT THIS. IT'S LONG PAST. DO I FEEL SAFE NOW AT THIS POINT? LET'S TRY TO AND HOPEFULLY FIND JUSTICE FOR MALCOLM X. >> ALL RIGHT. WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT MALCOLM.

X'S FAMILY NOW. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY REALLY WANT TO SEE HAPPEN NEXT IN THIS CASE. SO A LOT OF THIS CASE HAS CROWNED AND THOSE WHO SPOKE TODAY CAME AROUND FOR YOUR REQUEST. THE FREEDOM INFORMATION ACT.

IT'S NOW BEEN 59 YEARS. AND A THINK THAT WITH SO MUCH TIME PASSED BY THAT BOTH FEDERAL AGENCIES AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES WHO HAVE INTERVIEWS AND INVESTIGATORY STEPS THAT WERE DOCUMENTS AROUND THIS CASE WOULD RELEASE THAT INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC.

FOR BEN CRUMP AND HIS ASSOCIATES TO MAKE THE PROPER ASSESSMENT OF WHAT HAPPENED ALONGSIDE THOSE INTERVIEWS AND AFFIDAVITS THEY PROVIDED WITH TODAY. BUT THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE BEING STONEWALLED AT IT TURN.

AT ONE POINT, BEN EVEN SAID THAT THE AGENCY SAID WE CAN'T GIVE THIS INFORMATION HERE FOR REASONS BECAUSE MALCOLM X MAY STILL BE ALIVE. SUCH AN INSULT TO THE FAMILY. I THINK BEN CRUMP SAID IT BEST AND PUSHING BACK ON THAT NARRATIVE THAT THIS.

IS ABOUT JUSTICE, NOT ONLY FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY BUT FOR AN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. AND HE WANTS THESE ANSWERS OUT FOR THESE FAMILIES AND THEIR LIFETIME AND NOT ANOTHER. ALL RIGHT. BRIAN BUCKMIRE ALWAYS APPRECIATE HAVING YOU FOR.

THE ANALYSIS. COMING UP, TRACKING TAYLOR, THE STUDENT ACCUSED OF TRACKING TAYLOR SWIFT TAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS, PUSHES BACK ON LEGAL THREATS. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN.

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I'M MARY BRUCE. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC LIVE FOR OTHER HEADLINES THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THIS HOUR ON ABC LIVE. A YOUNG GIRL HAS DIED AND A LITTLE BOY INJURED AFTER.

BEING BURIED IN A SAND HOLE THAT THEY WERE DIGGING IN ON A FLORIDA BEACH. FIRST RESPONDERS RUSHED TO THE LAUDERDALE BY THE SEA BEACH, DISCOVERED EIGHT-YEAR-OLD BURIED UP TO HIS CHEST WHILE THE LITTLE GIRL WAS COMPLETELY BURIED UNDERNEATH THEM AND A.

HOLE ABOUT SIX FEET DEEP. A BUST IN SEATTLE CAUGHT ON CRASHING THROUGH AN INDOOR SKATE PARK WHERE DOZENS OF KIDS SKATING. OUR AFFILIATE KARMA REPORTING ABOUT 30 MIDDLE SCHOOL TO COLLEGE. GIRLS WERE ATTENDING AN EVENT.

FOR A LOCAL NONPROFIT. LUCKILY, NO WAS INJURED AND A SCHOOL BUS SIZED SATELLITE. ITS RETURN BACK TO EARTH. THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY REPORTING THE EARTH'S TWO SATELLITES LAUNCHED IN 1995 AND WORKED FOR 16 YEARS COLLECTING INFORMATION,.

SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF EARTH AND CLIMATE CHANGE, HELPING MEASURE OCEAN TEMPS AND THE EARTH'S OZONE. >> SO SHOULD THE LOCATION OF A CELEBRITY BE PUBLIC INFORMATION? WELL, THERE'S THIS COLLEGE STUDENT THAT'S FIRING.

BACK AFTER SWIFT'S LEGAL TEAM SENT HIM A CEASE AND DESIST LETTER FOR PUBLICLY TRACKING HER JET. THE STAR'S LEGAL TEAM SAYS IT PUTS HER AT RISK FROM STALKERS. BUT THE ATTORNEY FOR THE 21 YEAR OLD UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA STUDENT SAYS HE'S DONE.

NOTHING ILLEGAL AND IT'S JUST USING PUBLIC INFORMATION AND HIS RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH. >> JANAI NORMAN HAS MORE ON A LEGAL BATTLE BREWING BETWEEN SUPERSTAR TAYLOR SWIFT AND 21 YEAR OLD COLLEGE STUDENT SWEENEY. SHARING TRACKING INFORMATION.

FOR SWIFT'S JET ON SOCIAL MEDIA. >> AN ATTORNEY FOR SWIFT SENDING SWEENEY A CEASE AND DESIST LETTER IN DECEMBER, WHICH SHE THEN POSTED ON X. NOW, THE COLLEGE STUDENT BACK POSTING A LETTER FROM HIS ATTORNEY WITH THE CAPTION,.

LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO, WHAT YOU NEED TO DO. IN THE LETTER, SWEENEY'S ATTORNEY, HIS CLIENT, DIDN'T DO ANYTHING UNLAWFUL. WE WANTED TO REALLY HIT HOME THAT THERE IS NO LEGAL CLAIM HERE, THAT THIS IS JUST PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT HE'S NOT.

USING IT IN A SERIOUS WAY. >> AND THIS IS IN TRACKING CHATS. AND THERE'S A PURPOSE. THESE JETS ARE EMITTING AN INSANE AMOUNT OF CARBON EMISSIONS. >> SWIFT'S ATTORNEY, HOWEVER, ALLEGING ENGAGED IN STALKING.

AND HARASSING BEHAVIOR, WRITING, YOU ESSENTIALLY PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS INTENT ON PHYSICALLY HARMING HER OR WITH NEFARIOUS OR VIOLENT INTENT AS A ROAD MAP TO CARRY OUT THEIR PLANS. >> I DON'T THINK GREAT BEHAVIOR.

I DON'T APPLAUD THIS. AND I DO WORRY PUTS SWIFT IN DANGER. BUT I DON'T SEE THERE BEING A LEGAL. SWIFT HAS REPEATEDLY DEALT WITH STALKERS, INCLUDING A MAN WHO WAS ARRESTED MULTIPLE TIMES OUTSIDE HER NEW YORK HOME.

IN JANUARY. AND THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME SWEENEY HAS GOTTEN INTO HOT WATER FOR TRACKING FLIGHTS IN 2020 TO HIS THEN TWITTER ACCOUNT. ELLEN JET WAS SUSPENDED FOR KEEPING TABS ON TESLA CEO AND EX OWNER ELON MUSK'S PLANE.

IN REAL TIME, A SPOKESPERSON FOR TAYLOR SWIFT TOLD ABC NEWS EARLIER MONTH THAT WE CANNOT COMMENT ON ANY ONGOING POLICE INVESTIGATION, BUT CAN CONFIRM THE TIMING OF STALKERS SUGGESTS A CONNECTION. HIS POSTS TELL YOU EXACTLY AND WHERE SHE WOULD.

BE SUBJECTED NOW TRACKS HER FLIGHTS ON DELAY, HIS ATTORNEY TELLS US. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER STRING AND AN EFFORT BY A RICH AND POWERFUL PERSON TO TRY TO SILENCE PUBLIC CRITICISM AND FREE SPEECH KYRA. ALL RIGHT, JANAI NORMAN THANKS.

SO MUCH. AND THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING WITH ALL OF US. I'M KYRA PHILLIPS. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. NEITHER DO WE. MORE NEWS ON THE OTHER SIDE. STAY WITH US. I'M AN ADVOCATE AND I REPRESENT.

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RIGHT NOW AND ABC NEWS LIVE HOLDING RUSSIA ACCOUNTABLE AFTER THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF PUTIN'S FIERCEST CRITIC. PRESIDENT BIDEN SET TO HIT RUSSIA WITH MAJOR SANCTIONS AS WE ALSO LEARN ABOUT AN AMERICAN BALLERINA DETAINED ON SUSPICION, TREASON.

THE TENSIONS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND RUSSIA. THIS HOUR SUBPOENAED PRESIDENT BIDEN'S BROTHER TESTIFYING BEFORE LAWMAKERS ON CAPITOL HILL. THE MOVE IS PART OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY.

DEMOCRATS FIRING BACK CITING A LACK OF EVIDENCE. WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE INTERVIEW THAT WENT DOWN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AND FORGIVEN PRESIDENT BIDEN WIPING OUT STUDENT LOAN DEBT FOR MORE THAN 150,000 BORROWERS. WHAT NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WHO.

QUALIFIES AND HOW IT MIGHT IMPACT YOUR NEXT PAYMENT? GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I'M KYRA PHILLIPS. OUR TOP STORY THIS HOUR, RUSSIA PROMPTED BY THE DEATH OF OPPOSITION LEADER ALEXEI NAVALNY AND THE TWO YEAR WAR IN UKRAINE.

THE U.S. GETS READY TO UNVEIL MAJOR RUSSIAN SANCTIONS. HUNDREDS OF BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS WILL NOW BE BANNED AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF HELPING THE KREMLIN GAIN TO WEAPONS AND TECHNOLOGY TO INVADE UKRAINE. THIS ALL COMING DOWN AS A.

FORMER FBI INFORMANT ACCUSED OF MAKING FALSE BRIBERY CLAIMS ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS SON. HUNTER SAYS HE WAS FED INFORMATION BY RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE. OUR PATRICK REEVELL JOINING US NOW LIVE FROM KYIV, ALONG.

WITH OUR SENIOR PENTAGON REPORTER, LUIS MARTINEZ. SO PATRICK, THE E.U. AGREES ON THESE NEW SANCTIONS HERE ON RUSSIA. CLEARLY THE HEADLINE IS THE BLACKLISTING OF COMPANIES IN CHINA FOR VERY FIRST TIME. >> HI, CAROL.

YEAH, THE EUROPEAN UNION HAS UNVEILED SANCTIONS, BUT IT'S TIMES TO THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE WAR HERE IN UKRAINE. AND AS YOU SAY, THE MOST NOTABLE THING SO FAR IS THAT IT IS NAMED THREE MAINLAND CHINA COMPANIES FOR THE FIRST TIME. AND IT HAS SANCTIONS AND IT'S.

ALSO SANCTION COMPANIES IN INDIA AND TURKEY, AS IT BASICALLY IS TRYING, TO ENFORCE EXISTING SANCTIONS. AND THAT IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE ONE OF THE MAIN PROBLEMS WITH THE CURRENT SANCTIONS REGIME IS THAT BECOME VERY POROUS AND RUSSIA HAS MANAGED.

TO ADAPT TO A GREAT BASICALLY BY USING THIRD COUNTRIES, BY USING SHADOW COMPANIES, BY USING USING SHADOW FLEETS AND ESSENTIALLY BUYING THINGS THROUGH CUTOUTS, WHICH ALLOWS IT TO KEEP THIS WAR MACHINE GOING. AND WE'RE SEEING THAT,.

YOU KNOW, THE MISSILES THAT ARE BEING FIRED, THE DRONES THAT ARE BEING USED, I OFTEN USE THE COMPONENTS ARE EVEN COMING FROM WESTERN, FROM WESTERN, FROM EUROPEAN COMPANIES. AND SO THIS IS THE LARGEST SANCTION PACKAGE THAT THE EU.

HAS HAS SO FAR. AND THE HOPE IS THAT IT CAN HAVE AN IMPACT ON THAT AND TIGHTEN UP THE SANCTIONS REGIME KYRA. >> SO, LOUIS, NOW TO THE INDICTED EX FBI INFORMANT, ALEXANDER SMIRNOV. HE HAS CLEARLY CHANGED.

THE NARRATIVE HERE WHEN IT COMES TO THE LIES THAT HE PEDDLED ABOUT HAVING RUSSIAN SOURCES, EVIDENCE ACTUALLY SURROUNDING THE BIDENS AND BRIBERY. NOW, THAT'S RIGHT. KERRY ALEXANDER SMIRNOV WAS CHARGED LAST WEEK WITH FEDERAL.

CHARGES OF HAVING LIED ESSENTIALLY TO FBI FOR AS TO HIS FBI HANDLERS FOR THE LAST DECADE. SOME OF THE INFORMATION HE'S PASSED ALONG ABOUT THE BIDENS AND BARCELONA, WHICH WAS UKRAINIAN ENERGY COMPANY, HAD ESSENTIALLY TRIGGERED WHAT WE.

WERE SEEING ON THE HOUSE SIDE, THESE INVESTIGATIONS INTO WHETHER THE BIDENS ACTUALLY DID RECEIVE FINANCIAL INCENTIVES OR FINANCIAL GET MONEY BACK FROM OR FOR THEIR INFLUENCE IN THAT UKRAINIAN COMPANY. BUT NOW QUESTIONS BEING RAISED ABOUT THIS REAL THE VERACITY,.

ANY OF THAT. AND THE UNITED STATES SAID LAST WEEK THE SPECIAL COUNSEL THE OFFICE ESSENTIALLY SAYING THAT THEY WANTED HIM TO REMAIN IN JAIL. AND YESTERDAY, A JUDGE IN LOS ANGELES DECIDED THAT EVEN THOUGH IT SEEMS THAT HE COULD.

BE A FLIGHT RISK, THAT IT WAS OKAY TO LET HIM OUT FOR NOW. ALL RIGHT. WELL, PATRICK, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT MORE WE KNOW ABOUT THIS U.S. RUSSIAN BALLERINA THAT IT WAS ARRESTED FOR TREASON. YEAH, THIS WAS THIS ARREST.

THAT WE SAW YESTERDAY IN THE RUSSIAN CITY OF YEKATERINBURG. THE FSB ARRESTED YOUNG WOMAN, A 33 YEAR OLD WOMAN CALLED XENIA. KAROLINA. SHE WAS ARRESTED IN RUSSIA AND HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF, AS YOU SAY.

WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM HER EMPLOYER IN THE US IN LOS ANGELES IS THAT SHE IS ACCUSED OF FUNDRAISING FOR THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY AND WHAT SHE'S ACTUALLY ACCUSED OF IS BASICALLY MAKING A DONATION ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WAR HERE IN UKRAINE TO A UKRAINIAN.

CHARITY. >> SHE'S ACCUSED OF PAYING $51 TO THAT CHARITY, BUT SHE'S BEEN ACCUSED OF TREASON, WHICH CARRIES A 20 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE POTENTIALLY, WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS EXTRAORDINARY HARSH SENTENCE, WHICH SUGGESTS THE FEAR IS THAT SHE'S BEEN.

TAKEN ESSENTIALLY AS A POLITICAL DECISION. SHE'S ONE OF, IT HAS TO BE SAID, A NUMBER OF AMERICANS WHO HAVE BEEN DETAINED IN RECENT YEARS. I MEAN, RECENTLY, YOU KNOW, OBVIOUSLY, WE HAVE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTER.

EVAN GERSHKOVICH. WE HAVE EX PAUL WHELAN. AND SO THIS IS, AGAIN, ANOTHER SIGN OF HOW DANGEROUS IT HAS BECOME FOR PEOPLE WITH AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP INSIDE. >> RUSSIA. ALL RIGHT, PATRICK REEVELL LUIS MARTINEZ, APPRECIATE IT.

WE'LL CONTINUE TO TRACK THE STORY WITH YOU BACK HERE IN OUR NATION'S CAPITAL, PRESIDENT BIDEN'S YOUNGER BROTHER, JAMES BIDEN, IS UNDERGOING QUESTIONING BY THE REPUBLICAN LED OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AMID A QUESTIONABLE IMPEACHMENT PROBE.

CLOSED DOOR DEPOSITION IS A CONFRONTATION MONTHS IN THE MAKING AS THE PANEL IS ALLEGING, IT'S GATHERED PLENTY OF BANK RECORDS AND WITNESS TESTIMONY TO SUPPORT THE CLAIM. PRESIDENT BIDEN HAS BENEFITED OR THE CLAIM IS RATHER.

THAT BIDEN BENEFITED FROM HIS FAMILY'S OVERSEAS BUSINESS AFFAIRS, SOMETHING THAT STILL HAS YET TO BE PROVEN OR JAY O'BRIEN BEEN TRACKING IT ALL FOR US THERE ON THE HILL. ALL RIGHT. SO TELL US ABOUT THE DEPOSITION AND ALSO, I GUESS, WHAT WE'VE.

LEARNED SO FAR. YEAH, ONE OF THE BIGGEST PIECES OF NEWS TO COME OUT OF THIS SO FAR HAS TO DO WITH MONEY. SO REMEMBER WHEN REPUBLICANS LAUNCHED THIS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY INTO PRESIDENT BIDEN, THEY PUT I WAS IN THE ROOM A CHECK ON A PIECE OF POSTER.

BOARD. IT WAS A CHECK FROM JAMES BIDEN, THE PRESIDENT'S BROTHER, TO THE PRESIDENT. THEY SAID THAT HE GOT PAYMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF NORTH OF $200,000. JAMES BIDEN HAS REITERATED IN HIS TESTIMONY TO LAWMAKERS,.

WE'VE LEARNED EXACTLY WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE HAS SAID, WHICH IS THAT THAT WAS A LOAN REPAYMENT, NOT SOME KIND OF CASH BEING SENT THROUGH. JAMES BIDEN'S OVERSEAS BUSINESS DEALINGS THROUGH JAMES BIDEN TO THE PRESIDENT WHO WAS THEN A PRIVATE CITIZEN.

AS REPUBLICANS ALLEGE, HE SAYS IT'S A LOAN REPAYMENT. NOTHING TO SEE THERE. SO THAT'S ONE ELEMENT OF THINGS. AND IF REPUBLICANS CAN'T PROVE TO THE CONTRARY WHAT THEY ALLEGE, THAT MEANS THAT JAMES IS ESSENTIALLY SAYING YOU'VE.

GOT NO EVIDENCE AND THIS IS WHAT IT HAS. AND THAT'S NOTHING. BURGER. WHAT ARE LAWMAKERS SAYING SO FAR? SO WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM LAWMAKERS IS THAT REPUBLICANS SAY, LOOK, THIS IMPEACHMENT.

INQUIRY IS TO CONTINUE WITH THE EVIDENCE THAT THEY SAY THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW. BUT DEMOCRATS HAVE SAID, LOOK, THIS AS WELL AS OTHER DEVELOPMENTS OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, DEMONSTRATE THAT REPUBLICANS DO NOT HAVE A CASE HERE.

HERE'S A FEW. JAMIE RASKIN AND JIM JORDAN, AS THEY WALKED INTO THAT HEARING TODAY. >> AND I THINK TODAY WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THAT CREATED TIME. I CALL THAT THE MONEY, THE BUSINESS, THE BRAND.

THAT'LL BE FOCUS, I THINK, OF TODAY'S QUESTIONING. >> AS FOR TODAY'S TRANSCRIBED INTERVIEW WITH THE BROTHER OF PRESIDENT BIDEN, MR. JAMES BIDEN, WE OBVIOUSLY AGAIN HEARD NOTHING INDICATING THAT JOE BIDEN HAD TO DO WITH THE BUSINESS VENTURES.

OF HUNTER BIDEN OR JAMES BIDEN . >> AND EVEN REPUBLICANS HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED, KYRA, THEY HAVE YET TO DEMONSTRATE A DIRECT MONETARY LINK BETWEEN HUNTER BIDEN JAMES BIDEN'S BUSINESS DEALINGS AND PRESIDENT BIDEN.

AND WITHOUT THAT LINK, DEMOCRATS SAY REPUBLICANS ARE ON A FISHING EXPEDITION. WELL, SPEAKING LINK, THEN YOU'VE GOT ALEXANDER SMIRNOV, THE FBI IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS ALL, A LOT OF LACK OF INFORMATION, EVIDENCE AND PROOF THAT HE WAS REALLY.

CONNECTED TO THE RUSSIANS. >> AND I MEAN, WHAT'S THE LATEST WITH HIM AND SMIRNOFF'S CLAIM AIMS WERE THAT THERE WAS A CONNECTION BETWEEN HUNTER BIDEN'S TIME, AS WE NOTED, ON THE BOARD OF A UKRAINIAN ENERGY COMPANY. AND HE ON THAT BOARD, BECAUSE.

HE WAS THE PRESIDENT'S SON IN THE PRESIDENT, COULD PROVIDE SOME KIND OF PROTECTION. THOSE CLAIMS, THE SPECIAL COUNSEL SAYS, ARE PROVEN TO BE FALSE AND MAY HAVE BEEN FED, THE SPECIAL COUNSEL SAYS TO SMIRNOV BY RUSSIAN AGENTS.

AND SO WHEN I TALK TO REPUBLICANS WHO ARE MOUNTING THIS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY, YOU GOT TO REMEMBER SMIRNOFF'S CLAIMS EVEN THEY WILL ACKNOWLEDGE OR PILLAR OF THIS INQUIRY, IF YOU THINK OF THE IMPEACHMENT, INGRID, OF THE PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW IS A TABLE.

. SMIRNOV IS ONE OF THE FOUR LEGS OF THIS TABLE. REPUBLICANS. THEY'VE GOT OTHER ELEMENTS HERE, TOO. BUT NOW THAT THAT HAS BEEN KNOCKED DOWN, HE'S BEEN CHARGED WITH LYING.

>> RIGHT. CAN THIS TABLE STAND WITH THREE LEGS AS OPPOSED TO FOUR STILL FOLLOW? OF COURSE, EVERYTHING'S POLITICAL, ISN'T IT? YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO COME OUT. THAT'S RIGHT.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, TODAY PRESIDENT BIDEN IS DELIVERING GOOD NEWS FOR 153,000 AMERICANS BY ANNOUNCING THE LATEST PHASE IN A STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PLAN. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYING A TOTAL OF $1.2 BILLION WILL BE WIPED OUT.

NOW FOR THOSE ENROLLED IN A REPAYMENT PROGRAM KNOWN AS SAVING ON A VALUABLE EDUCATION OR SAVE. CHECK YOUR INBOXES, BECAUSE THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THAT QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS STARTED RECEIVING AN EMAIL FROM THE PRESIDENT TODAY.

OUR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARYALICE PARKS JOINS US NOW TO TALK A LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT HOW IT'S ALL COMING TOGETHER. SO LET'S FIRST TALK ABOUT WHO QUALIFIES FOR THIS ROUND OF LOAN FORGIVENESS AND WHAT EXACTLY THEY CAN EXPECT. >> MARYALICE YEAH, CAROL,.

IN THE LAST FEW YEARS, WE'VE SEEN THIS WHITE HOUSE FOCUSED MOSTLY ON FIXING EXISTING LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAMS. SO THINK ABOUT THE TEACHERS, THE FIREFIGHTERS, THE HOSPITAL WORKERS WHO WERE ENTITLED TO SOME RELIEF, BUT THE SYSTEMS WERE BROKEN.

>> THIS ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY IS REALLY. >> THIS IS A NEW FORM OF DEBT RELIEF, ESPECIALLY FOR A TOWARDS THOSE BORROWERS WHO HAD ONLY TAKEN OUT LESS THAN $12,000 INITIALLY AND HAD BEEN MAKING PAYMENTS ON THAT FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS.

THOSE ARE THE ONES THAT QUALIFY . >> NOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE BEEN ENROLLED IN THE WHITE HOUSE'S NEW SAVE PROGRAM IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THIS BENEFIT. BUT IF YOU THINK YOU MIGHT QUALIFY, YOU CAN ENROLL NOW AND STILL NOW GOING FORWARD FOR.

THIS DEBT RELIEF. SO IT'S REALLY REMARKABLE RELIEF FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. YOU HEARD THAT ESTIMATE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE THAT 153,000 BORROWERS WILL SEE THEIR LOANS FORGIVEN. >> ALL RIGHT. WELL, FOR THOSE WHO ARE MAYBE.

UNSURE ABOUT WHETHER THEY QUALIFY. WHAT EXACTLY DO THEY NEED TO DO OR NEED TO KNOW? >> YES, GO ONLINE TO THE WHITE HOUSE'S NEW PROGRAM THAT SAVE PROGRAM. IT BASICALLY LETS YOU INPUT YOUR INFORMATION AND FIND OUT.

IF YOU QUALIFY FOR SOME OF THESE NEW DEBT RELIEF PROGRAM. I THINK IT IS REALLY INTERESTING. IF WE LOOK AT THOSE BORROWERS, THEY'RE AT THE HIGHEST OF DEFAULT. THERE'S A LOT OF EVIDENCE OUT THERE THAT THOSE BORROWERS.

WHO TOOK OUT ABOUT $10,000 OR EVEN LESS ARE SOME OF THOSE MOST LIKELY TO DEFAULT. >> AND THAT'S WHO THE WHITE HOUSE IS TRYING TO HERE. THOSE ARE PEOPLE WHO OFTEN DIDN'T FINISH THEIR DEGREE AND ARE HAVING THE HARDEST TIME PAYING BACK THEIR LOANS KYRA.

>> ALL RIGHT, MARYALICE PARKS, THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, THE EXTREME WEATHER THAT HAMMERED IS MOVING OUT AND HEADED EAST. THAT STATE'S SLAMMED WITH RAIN FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THE STORM SPARKED FLASH FLOODING AND, MUDSLIDES.

AS WELL. THAT SAME STORM NOW MOVING IS EXPECTED TO HIT NEW ENGLAND TOMORROW. METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE IS TRACKING THE FORECAST FOR. >> SO THIS IS SOME GOOD NEWS FOR CALIFORNIA. YEAH, THEY NEED THE REPRIEVE,.

NEED THE RELIEF. BUT THIS COMES ON THE HEELS OF RECEIVING SO MUCH RAIN. >> YOU CAN SEE ALL THE VIDEOS, PICTURES AND VISUALS OF SEEING OUT OF LOS ANGELES. >> SO A LOT OF CARS THERE GONE OFF THE ROAD DEALING WITH HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS AND MUDSLIDES.

AND LANDSLIDES THERE. SO LET'S TIME OUT WHAT'S HAPPENING NEXT. >> OKAY. AS WE PUSH THROUGH TIME TODAY. YOU CAN SEE THIS SYSTEM, MUCH OF THE RAIN SHOWERS ARE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CLEARING OUT.

AND THEN BY THURSDAY, SO TOMORROW AROUND THIS TIME, LUNCH TIME THUNDERSTORMS ARE GOING TO START TO POP UP AS THE STORM KIND OF REDEFINES JUST SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS, OVER LOUISVILLE, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, PADUCAH, CINCINNATI AND DETROIT, ALL SEEING VERY.

HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS. >> AND THEN LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY, WE SEE THIS SYSTEM MAKE ITS WAY TO THE EAST COAST, MAYBE EVEN BRING SOME SNOW TO SOME HIGHER ELEVATIONS IN AREAS FARTHER NORTH, NEW ENGLAND, YOU CAN SEE TOTALS HERE RANGING GENERALLY FROM.

1 TO 3 INCHES, BUT SOME HOT SPOTS REACHING 3 TO 6 INCHES IN UPSTATE NEW YORK. THE NEXT STORY IS GOING TO BE THIS WARM THAT WE'RE SEEING NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES TODAY IN PARTS OF TEXAS AND AS FAR NORTH AS FARGO. AND THEN EARLY NEXT WEEK,.

MINNEAPOLIS IN THE UPPER 50S, OKLAHOMA CITY, NEAR 80 DEGREES. >> NEXT MONDAY HERE. ALL RIGHT, SAMARRA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND COMING UP, TRUMP COULD STILL LOSE TRUMP TOWER AFTER ALL. >> ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA.

JAMES IN OUR EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW WITH WHAT SHE'S PREPARED TO DO IF TRUMP CAN'T FIND THE CASH TO COVER HIS FINE 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 OF TELEVISION AND GIVE IT TO ME. >> 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 INTO IT. LISTEN NOW THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD AH MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING.

TO. START HERE. ABC NEWS WANTED 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. >> GET READY, AMERICA.

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FROM AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE NEWS COMES THE OLD ABC NEWS APP WORKING IN INCREDIBLE VIDEO FASTER, SMARTER AND CUSTOMIZABLE YOUR INTERESTS . IF YOU LOVE BEING IN THE KNOW, YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE THIS EXPERIENCE.

>> THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW NOW SO YOU'RE STREAMING WITH US. WELL SHE LED THE PROSECUTION OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS CIVIL FRAUD AND IS NOW SPEAKING EXCLUSIVELY WITH ABC NEWS LATISHA JAMES SAYING SHE'S PREPARED TO SEIZE TRUMP'S.

ASSETS IF HE'S UNABLE TO FIND THE CASH TO COVER THE FINE. >> IF HE DOES NOT FUNDS TO PAY OFF THE JUDGMENT. AND THEN WE WILL OUT JUDGMENT ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS IN. COURT AND WE WILL ASK THE JUDGE TO SEIZE HIS. WE ARE PREPARED TO MAKE SURE.

THAT THE JUDGMENT IS TO NEW YORKERS. AND YES, I LOOK AT 40 WALL STREET EACH AND EVERY DAY . >> SENIOR REPORTER KATHERINE FAULDERS FOLLOWING, I GUESS THE INTERVIEW AND WHAT COULD HAPPEN NEXT.

TRUMP IS PLANNING TO APPEAL SO DOES LETITIA JAMES FEEL ABOUT THAT? >> WELL, CAROL, SHE IS FEELING QUITE CONFIDENT WITH HER CASE ON APPEAL. AND THAT INTERVIEW WITH SHE REITERATED THAT SHE WILL NOT TO SEIZE TRUMP'S ASSETS IF.

HE DOESN'T PAY UP. TAKE A LISTEN. >> I'M VERY CONFIDENT THE DECISION WHERE THE JUDGE WAS THE TRIER OF FACT BASICALLY ASSESSED EACH AND EVERY WITNESS AND MADE FINDINGS OF CREDIBILITY AND THEN APPLIED IT TO THE LAW.

AND AT END OF THE DAY CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT MR. TRUMP, THE ORGANIZATION, IS TO ADULT SONS AND TO OFFICERS ENGAGED IN THIS FRAUD. >> KYRA, SHE ALSO DIRECTLY COUNTERED TRUMP'S CLAIMS THAT THIS CASE LACKED, ANY VICTIMS, FOR EXAMPLE, SHE.

INSTEAD DESCRIBED HER CASE AS VITAL TO ENSURING THAT FINANCIAL MARKETS TREAT NEW YORKERS FAIRLY. SO ON TOP OF TRUMP'S $3.54 MILLION FINE, HE'S ALSO RACKING UP NEARLY $90,000, I GUESS A DAY IN INTEREST. SO HE HASN'T PAID A DIME HERE?.

NO, HE HASN'T. AND I BELIEVE HE HAS. 30 DAYS UNTIL THIS JUDGMENT IS ACTUALLY ENTERED. BUT AS MENTIONED, IT CERTAINLY SHINES A RENEWED LIGHT ON TRUMP'S FINANCES. SURELY CALLS INTO QUESTION HIS LIQUIDITY, FOR EXAMPLE,.

AT MULTIPLE LEGAL KYRA, WHO WE SPOKE TO SUGGESTED THAT TRUMP IS UNLIKELY FRONT THESE FINES IMMEDIATELY. HE COULD INSTEAD TO DELAY, TO APPEAL, TO DELAY ANY PAYMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, A BOND SECURED BY HIS ASSETS UNTIL HE EXHAUSTS ALL OTHER OPTIONS.

BUT STILL, A LOT OF QUESTIONS REMAIN HERE ABOUT HOW HE WILL PAY AND WHAT DELAY TACTICS HE CAN USE TO AVOID PAYMENT FOR LONG. HE AT LEAST TRIES TO. ALL RIGHT, KATHERINE, WE'LL FOLLOW IT. WE'LL SEE IF INDEED HE CAN STAY.

AS WEALTHY AS HE HAS BEEN FOR DECADES. MORE TO COME ON THE 59TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH. MALCOLM X'S FAMILY MEMBERS, ALONG WITH BEN CRUMP, ARE ANNOUNCING TWO NEW WITNESSES THAT ARE OFFERING EVIDENCE IN THE.

ALLEGED CONSPIRACY CASE SURROUNDING HIS ASSASSINATION. ACCORDING TO TRUMP'S LEGAL TEAM, THE NEW WITNESSES ARE THAT THERE WERE SECURITY ASSOCIATES OF MALCOLM X AND THEY WERE ARRESTED JUST A WEEK BEFORE HE WAS KILLED. THEY'VE NEVER SPOKEN PUBLICLY.

BEFORE. FOR MORE, LET'S BRING IN OUR ABC NEWS LEGAL BRIAN BUCKMIRE. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS NEW EVIDENCE THAT WAS PUT FORWARD TODAY. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS, BRIAN? WELL, IT'S INTERESTING, KYRA.

DON'T FORGET TO THINK ABOUT IT IN CONTEXT OF WHAT WE KNOW FROM THE ASSASSINATION OF MALCOLM X. IT HAPPENED, AS YOU SAID, 59 YEARS TO THE DATE HE WAS GIVING A SPEECH, A NEWLY FORMED ORGANIZATION, AND HE WAS SHOT ONE TIMES. NOW, HIS SECURITY GUARDS,.

AS WE'VE HEARD IN THE PAST, HAD STOPPED OF THE PEOPLE HE BELIEVED TO BE ASSAILANTS. THE NEW INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GETTING COMING FORWARD IS HOW LAW ENFORCEMENT, BOTH FEDERAL AND THE NYPD, INTEREST THESE KIND OF LIKE, LET'S CALL THEM THE ARREST AND THE SECURITY.

GUARDS OF MALCOLM X AND THAT WHAT BEN CRUMP AND HIS ASSOCIATES ARE ARGUING NOT ONLY INHIBITED THE ABILITY TO ARREST THE PERPETRATORS OF THIS CRIME, BUT CONCEALED THEIR ACTIONS AFTERWARDS. AND THAT MAKES SENSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE FACT.

THAT BEN CRUMP IS SUING THE FEDERAL AGENCIES AND THE NYPD FOR THE CONCEALMENT AND THE KIND OF OBSTRUCTION, AS THEY PUT IT, OF JUSTICE, TO FIGURE OUT WHO, IN FACT, KILLED X. >> AND LET'S TALK ABOUT WHY THIS HAS TAKEN SO LONG FOR.

THESE TWO WITNESSES TO BE FOUND AND WHY BEING HEARD FROM NOW. >> I THINK PART OF IT IS, JUST AS TIME PROGRESSES, MORE INFORMATION COMES OUT. WE'VE SEEN IN SO MANY OTHER CASE, HIGH PROFILE CASES LIKE THE DEATH OF JAM MASTER JAY, WHICH BEING PROSECUTED.

CURRENTLY IN THE EAGLE, THE DEATH OF TUPAC SHAKUR. WE'RE NOW SEEING A LITIGATION FOR THAT CRIMINAL CASE NOW. AS TIME GOES BY, PEOPLE THAT THERE ARE LESS FEAR OF COMING FORWARD WITH INFORMATION. I THINK MANY PEOPLE WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY, RIGHTFULLY SO, BASED.

ON WHAT WAS GOING ON IN TERMS FEARED LAW ENFORCEMENT FEAR, THE FBI WERE SURVEILLING MALCOLM X AND MARTIN LUTHER KING AT THIS TIME. AND ALSO FEAR THE NYPD THAT THEY CAME FORWARD, THEIR CRIES WOULD NOT BE HEARD ,THAT THEY WOULD EITHER.

BE PROSECUTED OR PROSECUTOR OR SOMETHING EVEN. NOW, ALMOST 60 YEARS LATER, I THINK THERE'S A GREATER COMFORT TO COME FORWARD. AND ALSO A LOT OF THESE PEOPLE ARE NEARING THE TWILIGHT OR THE END OF THEIR LIFE AND THEY WANT TO KIND OF HAVE.

SOME SORT OF CATHARSIS TO SAY, I KNOW INFORMATION ABOUT THIS. IT'S LONG PAST DUE. I FEEL SAFE NOW AT THIS POINT. LET'S TRY ULTIMATELY AND HOPEFULLY FIND JUSTICE FOR MALCOLM X. >> ALL RIGHT. WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT MALCOLM.

X'S FAMILY NOW. AND YOU KNOW WHAT THEY WANT TO SEE HAPPEN NEXT IN THIS CASE. SO A LOT OF THIS CASE, BEN CRUMP AND THOSE WHO SPOKE TODAY CAME AROUND FOR YOUR REQUEST, FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT. IT'S NOW BEEN 59 YEARS.

AND THE STATE THAT WITH SO MUCH TIME PASSED BY THAT BOTH FEDERAL AGENCIES AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES WHO HAVE INTERVIEWS AND STEPS THAT WERE TAKEN, DOCUMENTS AROUND THIS CASE WOULD RELEASE THAT INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC FOR BEN CRUMP AND HIS ASSOCIATES TO MAKE.

THE PROPER ASSESSMENT OF WHAT HAPPENED ALONGSIDE THOSE INTERVIEWS AND AFFIDAVITS THAT THEY PROVIDED WITH TODAY. WHAT SAYING THEY'RE BEING STONEWALLED AT EVERY TURN. AT ONE POINT, BEN EVEN SAID THAT THE AGENCY SAID WE CAN'T GIVE THIS INFORMATION.

HERE FOR PRIVACY REASONS BECAUSE X MAY STILL BE ALIVE. SUCH AN INSULT TO THE FAMILY. I THINK BEN CRUMP SAID IT BEST IN PUSHING BACK ON THAT NARRATIVE THAT THIS IS ABOUT JUSTICE, NOT ONLY FOR A LOCAL COMMUNITY, BUT FOR AN INTERNATIONAL.

AND HE WANTS THESE ANSWERS FOUND OUT FOR THESE FAMILIES AND, THEIR LIFETIME AND NOT ANOTHER. ALL RIGHT, BRIAN BUCKMIRE ALWAYS APPRECIATE HAVING YOU FOR THE ANALYSIS. COMING UP, TRACKING THE STUDENT ACCUSED OF TRACKING.

TAYLORAND LANDINGS PUSHES BACK N LEGAL THREATS. >> KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE IN COLLEGE. KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE AT ALL. HOW COULD THIS POSSIBLY HAVE HAPPENED? THE INCIDENT BROUGHT A LOT.

OF PANIC TO STUDENTS THAT COULD BEEN ME OR COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF MY FRIENDS. THE LAST TIME WE SAW HER ALIVE. IT'S JUST A VERY TRAGIC THING TO HAPPEN TO SOMEONE AND SPEAK TO YOUR LOVED ONE. THE LAST THING YOU SHOULD EVER SAY IS, I LOVE YOU.

THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST TIME JUSTIN JOINS TWO OF NEW EPISODES. UNCOMFORTABLE. YOU SHOULD SEE ME. >> THE STRONGEST FEELINGS FIGHT FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THEIR FAMILIES. OH HEY, KYLE.

>> WHAT? >> 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 FOUR EDWARD R. MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE. ABC NEWS WEEK IGNORED DAILY FIRST LISTEN NOW THAT'S.

THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCAST, START HERE. >> REPORTING FROM THE FEDERAL RESERVE, I'M IS ELIZABETH SCHULZE WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE.

YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE FOR OTHER HEADLINES THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THIS HOUR ON ABC NEWS LIVE. A YOUNG GIRL HAS DIED AND A LITTLE BOY INJURED AFTER BEING BURIED IN A SAND HOLE THAT THEY WERE DIGGING IN ON A FLORIDA BEACH.

FIRST RESPONDERS RUSHED TO THE LAUDERDALE BY THE SEA BEACH, DISCOVERED THE EIGHT YEAR OLD BURIED UP TO HIS CHEST WHILE THE LITTLE GIRL WAS COMPLETELY BURIED UNDERNEATH THEM IN A HOLE ABOUT SIX FEET DEEP. A BUS IN SEATTLE CAUGHT ON VIDEO CRASHING THROUGH AN.

INDOOR SKATE PARK WHERE DOZENS OF KIDS SKATING. OUR AFFILIATE COOMA REPORTING ABOUT 30 MIDDLE SCHOOL TO COLLEGE AGE GIRLS WERE ATTENDING AN EVENT FOR A LOCAL NONPROFIT. LUCKILY, NO ONE WAS INJURED AND A SCHOOL BUS SIZED.

SATELLITE STARTING ITS RETURN BACK TO EARTH. THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY REPORTING THAT THE EARTH'S TWO SATELLITES LAUNCHED IN 1995 AND WORKED FOR 16 YEARS COLLECTING INFORMATION, REVOLUTIONIZING SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF EARTH.

AND CLIMATE CHANGE BY HELPING MEASURE OCEAN TEMPS AND THE EARTH'S OZONE LAYER. >> SO SHOULD THE LOCATION OF A CELEBRITY BE PUBLIC? WELL, THERE'S THIS COLLEGE STUDENT THAT'S FIRING BACK AFTER TAYLOR LEGAL TEAM SENT HIM A CEASE AND DESIST.

LETTER FOR PUBLICLY HER JET. THE STAR'S LEGAL TEAM SAYS IT PUTS HER AT RISK FROM STALKERS. BUT THE ATTORNEY FOR THE 21 YEAR OLD UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA STUDENT SAYS HE'S DONE NOTHING ILLEGAL AND IS JUST USING PUBLIC INFORMATION AND HIS RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH.

>> JANAI NORMAN HAS MORE. A LEGAL BATTLE BREWING BETWEEN SUPERSTAR TAYLOR SWIFT AND 21 YEAR OLD COLLEGE STUDENT JACK SWEENEY. >> SHARING TRACKING INFORMATION FOR SWIFT'S PRIVATE JET SOCIAL MEDIA. >> AN ATTORNEY FOR SWIFT.

SENDING SWEENEY A CEASE AND DESIST LETTER IN DECEMBER, WHICH HE THEN POSTED ON X. NOW THE COLLEGE STUDENT FIRING BACK POSTING A LETTER FROM HIS ATTORNEY WITH THE CAPTION LOOK, YOU MADE ME DO WHAT YOU NEED TO. >> IN THE LETTER, SWEENEY'S.

ATTORNEY CLAIMING HIS CLIENT DIDN'T DO UNLAWFUL. >> WE WANTED TO REALLY HIT HOME THAT. THERE IS NO LEGAL CLAIM HERE THAT THIS IS JUST PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT HE'S NOT USING IT IN A NEFARIOUS WAY. AND THIS IS IN TRACKING CHATS.

>> AND THERE'S A PURPOSE, THESE CHATS ARE EMITTING AN INSANE AMOUNT OF CARBON EMISSIONS. SWIFT'S ATTORNEY, HOWEVER, ALLEGING SWEENEY ENGAGED IN STOCK AND HARASSING BEHAVIOR, WRITING, YOU ESSENTIALLY PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS INTENT.

ON PHYSICALLY HARMING HER OR WITH NEFARIOUS OR VIOLENT INTENTIONS. A ROAD MAP TO CARRY OUT THEIR PLANS. >> I DON'T THINK IT'S GREAT BEHAVIOR. I DON'T APPLAUD THIS. >> AND I DO WORRY IT PUTS SWIFT.

IN DANGER. >> BUT I DON'T SEE THERE BEING A LEGAL REMEDY. SWIFT HAS REPEATEDLY DEALT WITH STALKERS, INCLUDING A MAN WHO WAS ARRESTED MULTIPLE TIMES OUTSIDE HER NEW YORK HOME IN JANUARY. AND ISN'T THE FIRST TIME.

SWEENEY HAS GOTTEN INTO HOT WATER FOR TRACKING FLIGHTS IN 2020 TO HIS THEN TWITTER ACCOUNT. ELLEN JET WAS SUSPENDED FOR KEEPING TABS ON TESLA CEO AND EX OWNER ELON MUSK'S PLANE IN REAL TIME. >> A SPOKESPERSON FOR.

TAYLOR SWIFT ABC NEWS EARLIER THIS MONTH THAT WE CANNOT COMMENT ON ANY ONGOING POLICE INVESTIGATION BUT CAN CONFIRM TIMING OF STALKERS SUGGESTS A CONNECTION. HIS POSTS TELL YOU EXACTLY WHEN AND WHERE SHE WOULD BE. >> SAJAK SWEENEY NOW TRACKS.

HER FLIGHTS ON. DELAY, HIS ATTORNEY TELLS US. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER STRING IN AN EFFORT BY A RICH AND POWERFUL PERSON TO TRY TO SILENCE PUBLIC CRITICISM AND FREE SPEECH KYRA. ALL RIGHT, JANAI NORMAN THANKS SO MUCH.

AND THANKS SO MUCH FOR SHARING WITH ALL OF US. I'M KYRA PHILLIPS. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS, NEITHER TO WEIGH NEWS ON THE OTHER SIDE. STAY WITH US. I'M AN AND I REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT,.

AND I'LL DO IT THE BEST I CAN. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. U.S. NEWS “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE, MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE.

TELEVISION TELEVISION AND IT'S ME. >> FRIDAY, HE FINDS HIS WIFE FACEDOWN IN A TUB FULL OF ROSE COLORED WATER. 21 YEARS OLD. YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOMETHING HORRIBLE GOING ON INSIDE THAT HOUSE.

DO YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR ? MAYBE NOT. COULD BE. THE STRESS FROM A HOME RENOVATION WAS A MOTIVE FOR A KILLER RENOVATION. IT'S MORE TWISTED THAN YOU WANT.

IT TO BE. IT'S JUST CRAZY. ALL NEW 20, 20, FIGHTING NIGHT ON ABC. THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY, HUNG JURY. THIS STORY WAS A EXPLOSION. THEY SENT VICTIMS WILL GET.

A CHANCE TO FINALLY MEET ERICA. AND THAT'S OF A LOSS FOR WHAT THEY SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THAT HOUSE MAKING? I DID. I WANTED ERICA TO SAY. >> I'M SORRY. FACE TO FACE.

ERICA, WHY DO YOU TAKE SO LONG . >> THE HOUSEHOLD AND THE HOUSE? SO TO SEE, YOU KNOW, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE NEWS SOURCE BECOMES THE ONLY ABC NEWS APP. BREAKING NEWS, INCREDIBLE VIDEO. FASTER, SMARTER.

AND IT CAN CUSTOMIZE TV AND YOUR INTERESTS IF YOU LOVE IN THE KNOW YOU'RE GOING ON THIS EXPERIENCE WITH ALL THE BOSSES THAT EXPERIENCE THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD NOW. >> REPORTING FROM THE CORNER PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY.

I'M FAITH ABUBEY. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS ARRIVE RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE. TENSIONS RISING. PRESIDENT BIDEN TO HIT RUSSIA WITH MAJOR SANCTIONS AFTER.

THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF. PUTIN'S FIERCEST CRITIC AS NEW DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT THAT AMERICAN DETAINED IN RUSSIA ON SUSPICION OF TREASON. CANCEL THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FORGIVING STUDENT LOAN DEBT THAN 150,000 BORROWERS NOW OFF THE HOOK FOR REPAYMENT.

HOW TO KNOW IF YOU QUALIFY. AND FAILING GRADE SCHOOLS ACROSS, THE COUNTRY FACING A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER SHORTAGE. SOME DISTRICTS EVEN COVERING SICK CALLS. WHAT'S BEING DONE TO AN EDUCATION CRISIS. AFTERNOON, EVERYONE.

>> I'M KYRA PHILLIPS. OUR TOP STORY THIS HOUR, A SANCTIONING RUSSIA PROMPTED BY THE DEATH OF OPPOSITION LEADER ALEXEI NAVALNY AND THE TWO YEAR WAR IN UKRAINE. THE U.S. GETS READY TO UNVEIL MAJOR RUSSIAN SANCTIONS. THIS ALL COMING DOWN.

AS A FORMER FBI INFORMANT IS ACCUSED OF MAKING BRIBERY CLAIMS ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS SON, HUNTER, HE SAYS HE WAS FED INFORMATION BY RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE. OUR PATRICK REEVELL JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM KYIV, ALONG WITH OUR CONTRIBUTOR AND FORMER.

UNDERSECRETARY FOR INTELLIGENCE, JOHN COHEN. SO, PATRICK, WE'RE LEARNING NOW THAT THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS SANCTIONED THE HEADS OF THE ARCTIC PENAL COLONY WHERE ALEXEI NAVALNY WAS ACTUALLY KILLED. WHAT IS THE U.K. SAYING.

ABOUT THIS? HI, KYRA. YEAH, THE U.K. HAS SAID THAT IT'S SANCTIONING THE HEAD OF THE PRISON WHERE NAVALNY WAS KILLED. BUT ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS PRETTY TOKEN SANCTION SO FAR BECAUSE IT'S UNLIKELY.

THAT THE OFFICIALS IN THE PRISON HAVE SIGNIFICANT ASSETS IN. THE U.K. IT'S UNLIKELY THAT THEY'LL TRY AND VISIT THE U.K. THEY MAY NOT EVEN BE ALLOWED RUSSIA TO VISIT THE U.K.. THE U.S. HAS SAID IT'S GOING.

TO IMPOSE MAJOR SANCTIONS. WE WILL WAIT TO SEE WHAT THOSE ARE. FOR NOW THESE ARE THE SORT OF TOKEN SANCTIONS THAT NAVALNY SUPPORTERS HAVE BEEN WARNING AGAINST. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, ULTIMATELY, EXPERTS HAVE SAID.

THAT IT IS HARD TO SEE WHAT THE SANCTIONS CAN BE THAT CAN BE TOUGHER THAN THOSE ALREADY ON RUSSIA BECAUSE OF THE WAR HERE IN UKRAINE. >> SO YOU'RE IN KYIV AND YOU ALSO MET TODAY WITH THE FORMER AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S. AMID THE ONGOING DEADLOCK.

IN CONGRESS OVER MORE AID. WHAT DID YOU HEAR AS BEING A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION? >> YEAH, WE MET TODAY WITH THE FORMER AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S., VALERIE CHARLIE, AND WE BASICALLY SPOKE MOSTLY ABOUT THE DEADLOCK IN CONGRESS OVER PROVIDING MORE AID.

AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT WAS, YOU KNOW, MANY REPUBLICAN REPUBLICAN CONGRESSMEN WHO OPPOSE MORE AID TO UKRAINE SAY THE U.S. SHOULD CUT OFF AID BECAUSE IT'S ONLY PROLONGING THE WAR, AND THAT BY REDUCING AID, YOU CAN TRY AND PUSH UKRAINE TOWARDS.

THE NEGOTIATING TABLE. BUT HE STRONGLY DISAGREED WITH THAT. AND TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT HE TOLD US. >> IF THE UNITED STATES STOPS WEAPONS, THE BOYS IN THIS WAR. ABSOLUTELY THE WRONG PERCEPTION OF THE SITUATION.

NO, UNFORTUNATELY, JUST MAKE THE MESSAGE AND GIVE THE MESSAGE AND SIGNAL TO PUTIN THAT THEY WILL BE INVITED TO EUROPEAN PARTS OF ME TO. >> YEAH. I MEAN, HE ALSO, THOUGH, SAID THAT HE IS STILL HOPEFUL THAT CONGRESS FIND A WAY.

TO PASS THAT PACKAGE AND HE HOPES THAT THAT WILL COME IN THE COMING WEEKS KYRA. >> SO, JOHN, BETWEEN THE NEWS OF THE RUSSIAN SPACE NEWS LAST WEEK AND THEN THE REVELATIONS OF BIDEN'S INFORMANT CASE, RUSSIA IS JUST CONSTANTLY ATTACKING THE U.S. CLEARLY, IT.

DOESN'T JUST TAKE WEAPONS TO DO THIS. YEAH, I MEAN, WE TEND TO LOOK AT ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT EVENTS AS UNIQUE AND INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT THEY'RE NOT . >> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND.

WHAT VLADIMIR PUTIN'S OBJECTIVES. >> HE WANTS TO RESTORE THE TERRITORIAL BOUNDARIES AND THE GEOPOLITICAL INFLUENCE OF THE SOVIET UNION. SO TO DO THAT, HE NEEDS TO DO THINGS. ONE, HE NEEDS TO RECLAIM.

TERRITORIES IN EASTERN EUROPE, AND HE'S USING HIS MILITARY TO DO THAT IN UKRAINE IN AND WE CAN ANTICIPATE THAT IT IS SUCCESSFUL IN UKRAINE. HE'LL EXPAND INTO OTHER EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. BUT HE ALSO KNOWS NATO AND THE UNITED STAND IN HIS WAY.

OF ACHIEVING HIS OBJECTIVES. SO HE'S USING AN ASYMMETRIC OR HYBRID WARFARE TECHNIQUES IN ORDER TO UNDERMINE THE ABILITY OF NATO AND WESTERN EUROPE TO BLOCK HIM. SO HE'S ENGAGING IN CYBER ATTACKS, INFORMATION WARFARE. HE'S USING HIS MILITARY PROXIES.

,THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA AND EACH DAY HE IS WORKING TO UNDERMINE CONFIDENCE IN THE U.S. GOVERNMENT. HE IS SEEKING TO DISRUPT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH NATO, AND HE'S SEEKING DESTABILIZE THE U.S.. >> ALL RIGHT, PATRICK REEVELL.

DUNCAN, APPRECIATE IT. THANKS SO MUCH. BACK HERE IN OUR NATION'S CAPITAL PRESIDENT, BIDEN'S YOUNGER BROTHER, JAMES BIDEN, UNDERGOING QUESTIONING BY THE REPUBLICAN LED HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AMID A QUESTIONABLE IMPEACHMENT PROBE, SAYS CLOSED.

DOOR DEPOSITION, A CONFRONTATION MONTHS IN THE MAKING. AS THE PANEL IS ALLEGING. IT'S GATHERED PLENTY OF BANK RECORDS AND WITNESS TESTIMONY TO ACTUALLY SUPPORT THEIR. THE PRESIDENT BENEFITING FROM HIS FAMILY'S OVERSEAS BUSINESS.

AFFAIRS, SOMETHING THAT STILL HAS YET TO BE PROVEN. AND BIDEN DENIES. BUT REPUBLICANS SAY THEY'VE GATHERED ENOUGH INFORMATION, SUPPORT THEIR THEORY. DEMOCRATS ACTUALLY BLASTING THE PROBE AS BOGUS. >> AND TODAY, WE'RE GOING.

TO FOCUS ON THAT THREE CANDIDATE TIME. I CALL THAT THE MONEY, THE BUSINESS, THE BRAND. >> THAT'LL BE THE FOCUS, I THINK, OF TODAY'S QUESTIONING. AS FOR TODAY'S TRANSCRIBED INTERVIEW WITH THE BROTHER,.

PRESIDENT BIDEN. MR. JAMES BIDEN, WE OBVIOUSLY, AGAIN, HAVE HEARD NOTHING, INDICATING THAT JOE BIDEN HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE BUSINESS VENTURES. HUNTER BIDEN FOR JAMES MARTIN JOE BIDEN, TRACK IT ALL FOR US. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THESE.

PERSONAL CHECKS. YEAH. SO IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN HOUSE REPUBLICANS CAME OUT AND THEY SAID WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THIS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY INTO PRESIDENT BIDEN AND GET THESE THREE HOUSE COMMITTEES TOGETHER AND POINT.

THEM ALL IN THE DIRECTION OF THIS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY, THEY PULLED OUT THIS POSTER BOARD OF CHECKS FROM JAMES BIDEN, THE PRESIDENT'S BROTHER, TO PRESIDENT, AND THEY POINTED AT THAT POSTER BOARD AND THEY SAID, LOOK, THAT IS EVIDENCE OF PRESIDENT.

BIDEN BENEFITING FROM HIS BROTHER AND ALSO HIS SON'S OVERSEAS DEALINGS. BUT WHAT WE'VE LEARNED THAT JAMES BIDEN HAS GONE IN AND TOLD THESE LAWMAKERS IS SOMETHING THAT THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN SAYING FOR QUITE SOME TIME, THAT JAMES BOND'S.

ARE SAYING IT ON THE RECORD IN THIS DEPOSITION, WHICH THAT THESE WERE LOAN REPAYMENTS FROM A LOAN THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN MADE AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN IN 2017, 2018, GAVE HIS BROTHER TWO DIFFERENT CHECKS FOR TWO DIFFERENT LOAN REPAYMENTS, AND THUS ARE NOT EVIDENCE,.

JAMES BIDEN SAYS OF WHAT REPUBLICANS ALLEGE, WHICH IS A KIND OF PAYMENT THAT MADE ITS WAY THROUGH JAMES BIDEN TO PRESIDENT BIDEN'S. WHAT JAMES BIDEN IS TELLING THE COMMITTEE UNDER IS NOTHING TO SEE HERE. >> THESE ARE LOAN REPAYMENTS.

AND THAT THE THAT HE SAYS REPUBLICANS HAD BUILT AROUND THESE CHECKS. >> HE CLAIMS THIS DEPOSITION TO BE FALSE. ALL RIGHT. SPEAKING OF CLAIMS THAT APPEAR TO BE FALSE. IT'S GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE.

FORMER FBI INFORMANT, THE MAN IN THE BASICALLY IS THE MAIN GUY WITHIN THIS IMPEACHMENT. ALL KINDS OF QUESTIONS SURROUNDING HIM. NOW, ALEXANDER SMIRNOV, HE MAKES THESE CLAIMS THAT HE SAID THAT HUNTER BIDEN'S TIME ON THE BOARD OF UKRAINIAN.

ENERGY COMPANY BURISMA. YOU'VE HEARD THAT NAME BEFORE WAS A WAY OF TRYING TO LINK HUNTER BIDEN'S ROLE WITH THAT COMPANY PROTECTION FROM THEN VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN. AND THAT'S THE CLAIM THAT ALEXANDER SMIRNOV PASSES OFF TO THE FBI, THAT THE.

SPECIAL COUNSEL HAS BEEN INVESTIGATING. HUNTER BIDEN, WHO'S CHARGED HUNTER BIDEN, BY THE WAY, HAS NOW ALSO CHARGED ALEXANDER SMIRNOV SAYING THAT THOSE CLAIMS ARE LIES. AND THESE WERE CLAIMS THAT REPUBLICANS REPEATED.

MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN THEY WERE LAUNCHING THIS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY. >> SO IT'S NOT THE ONLY THING REPUBLICANS SAY THEY HAVE. THEY POINT TO THOSE BANK RECORDS AND THOSE CHECKS, FOR INSTANCE. BUT IT IS A CENTRAL OF THIS.

INQUIRY. AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY DEMOCRATS ARE TELLING REPUBLICANS, SHUT THIS DOWN. SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE HUNTER BIDEN TESTIFY. HE'S EXPECTED TO TESTIFY NEXT WEEK. THE QUESTION BECOMES, WHAT KIND.

OF QUESTIONS DOES HE FACE THE CHECKS RELATED TO JAMES BIDEN. IT'S CURIOUS TO SEE WHAT REPUBLICANS HAVE IN TERMS OF EVIDENCE THAT THEY WANT TO QUESTION HUNTER BIDEN ABOUT. >> WE THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS THEY HAVE FOR.

HUNTER BIDEN. >> BUT THE QUESTION REALLY BECOMES, CAN THEY GET ANYTHING OUT OF THAT DEPOSITION THAT CREATES SOME KIND OF A LINKAGE BETWEEN HUNTER BIDEN'S BUSINESS DEALINGS AND THE PRESIDENT'S OVERSEAS BUSINESS DEALINGS?.

A LINKAGE WE HAVE NOT SEEN THEM COME WITH SO FAR THROUGH THIS DEPOSITION HAPPENING TODAY OF JAMES BIDEN AND THROUGH THIS DEPOSITION THAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING NEXT WEEK OF HUNTER. >> STAY TUNED. OKAY.

THANK YOU. WELL, TODAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN IS DELIVERING GOOD NEWS, 453,000 AMERICANS BY ANNOUNCING THE LATEST PHASE IN A STUDENT FORGIVENESS PLAN. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYING THAT A TOTAL OF $1.2 BILLION WILL ACTUALLY BE WIPED OUT FOR.

ENROLLED IN A REPAYMENT PROGRAM KNOWN AS SAVING ON A VALUABLE EDUCATION OR SAVE. SO CHECK YOUR INBOXES, BECAUSE THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THAT QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS ACTUALLY START RECEIVING AN EMAIL FROM THE PRESIDENT TODAY. OUR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT.

MARYALICE PARKS JOINS US NOW WITH MORE. SO IT'S BIG NEWS, I GUESS, FOR FOR THOSE WHO QUALIFY. SO HOW EXACTLY DO YOU KNOW IF YOU DO QUALIFY AND THEN WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT? >> YES, YOU'RE HUGE NEWS THAT HAD TO HAVE BEEN ENROLLED.

IN THE WHITE HOUSE'S NEW REPAYMENT PROGRAM. YOU SAVE, LIKE YOU SAID, THAT ACRONYM. IF YOU WANT TO GO ONLINE, THEY HAVE TO ENTER THEIR INFORMATION AND BE ENROLLED IN THIS NEW PROGRAM. AND IT DOES TARGET A VERY.

SPECIFIC OF BORROWER. THIS NEW DEBT RELIEF IS SPECIFICALLY FOR BORROWERS WHO TOOK OUT ORIGINALLY LESS THAN $12,000 AND WHO HAD BEEN MAKING PAYMENTS ON THAT DEBT FOR THE TEN YEARS. NOW, IT TELLS ME THAT THE WHITE HOUSE IS REALLY TRYING TO GIVE.

FORGIVENESS AND DEBT RELIEF TO BORROWERS WHO ARE MOST TO DEFAULT. WE KNOW THAT STATISTICALLY IT'S ACTUALLY WITH THE SMALLEST DEBT WHO TOOK OUT LESS THAN OR $10,000, WHO ARE MOST LIKELY TO DEFAULT OFTEN BECAUSE PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T FINISH.

COLLEGE. AND SO IT IS INTERESTING, YOU SEE STATISTIC RIGHT THERE THAT MORE THAN HALF OF ALL BORROWERS WHO HAVE DEFAULTED ARE THOSE THAT TOOK OUT LESS THAN $10,000. AND SO CLEARLY, THE WHITE HOUSE TRYING TO GIVE LOAN.

FORGIVENESS TO THOSE WHO POTENTIALLY REALLY USE IT. >> SO ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL RESERVE, MOST ACTUALLY TEND TO HAVE A SMALLER AMOUNT OF STUDENT DEBT. WHY IS AND AND WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU? YEAH, THOSE THE HIGH RISK.

OF DEFAULTS, LIKE I SAID, THOSE THAT MAYBE HAVEN'T FINISHED COLLEGE OR WHO TOOK OUT LOANS FOR A SMALLER DEGREE, A TWO YEAR DEGREE WHEREAS THOSE WHO TAKE OUT LARGER LOANS OFTEN FOR GRADUATE SCHOOL, ARE THOSE THAT THEN TYPICALLY HAVE WAGES THAT HAVE ALLOWED THEM TO PAY.

BACK THOSE LOANS. BUT LOOK, BIG PICTURE WE'RE SEEING WHITE HOUSE TRY TO DO MORE OF THESE TARGETED PROGRAMS AND THEY SAY TO GIVE THE BIGGEST RELIEF, THE MOST RELIEF TO THE MOST BORROWERS THAT THEY CAN KYRA. >> ALL RIGHT, MARYALICE, PARTS.

OF THE WHITE HOUSE FOR US. THANK YOU. WELL, THE EXTREME WEATHER HAMMERING CALIFORNIA IS OUT AND HEADED EAST. NOW, THAT STATE WAS SLAMMED WITH UNRELENTING RAIN FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THE STORM SPARKING FLASH.

FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES. THAT SAME STORM NOW MOVING EAST AND EXPECTED TO HIT NEW ENGLAND TOMORROW. OUR METEOROLOGISTS, THEODORE, IS TRACKING FORECAST FOR US. SO IT IS GOOD NEWS FOR CALIFORNIA. IT IS.

THEY NEED THE REPRIEVE. THEY NEED THE BREAK. LOS ANGELES SAW 1.75 INCHES OF RAIN IN THREE DAYS AND THEY CAME REALLY CLOSE TO MAKING IT TO ONE OF THE IF NOT THE WETTEST FEBRUARY ON RECORD, NOT QUITE THERE YET, BUT VERY CLOSE TO IT BECAUSE OF ALL.

THE WET WEATHER WE HAVE SEEN THIS PAST MONTH. YOU CAN SEE THE VISUALS HERE. SO IF YOU LOOK QUICKLY JUST TO THE NORTH. >> NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SEEING SOME RESIDUAL RAIN, A FEW SHOWERS FINALLY DRYING OUT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA.

SNOW MAKING ITS WAY INTO THE ROCKIES. AND LOOK WHAT HAPPENS NEXT BY. TOMORROW, AROUND THE SAME TIME, THUNDERSTORMS ARE POPPING UP SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS INTO CINCINNATI, MOVING THROUGH LOUISVILLE AND PADUCAH THERE. >> AND THEN IN THE NORTHERN.

TIER OF THE STORM SYSTEM, PENNSYLVANIA IS PICKING UP ON SOME LIGHTER SNOW. >> THEN BY FRIDAY, WE SEE THIS SAME DISTURBANCE REALLY REVITALIZED, BRING RAIN TO THE I-95 CORRIDOR. WASHINGTON, D.C., PHILADELPHIA ,YORK, BOSTON, ALL GOING TO BE.

A SOAKER ON FRIDAY WITH SOME SNOW IN UPSTATE NEW YORK, ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES GENERALLY. >> BUT WE COULD SEE SOME SPOTS IN PARTS OF UPSTATE NEW YORK GETTING 3 TO 6 INCHES, ESPECIALLY UP TOWARDS THE CATSKILLS.

THE OTHER STORY HERE IS THE WARMER AIR. RECORD BREAKING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON. AND THEN THE TOP OF WEEK. THIS HE CONTINUES TO SPREAD. MINNEAPOLIS, MONDAY, UPPER 50. OKLAHOMA NEAR 80 DEGREES.

ON MONDAY. YORK CITY PRETTY WARM AT THE TOP OF NEXT WEEK IN WASHINGTON, D.C. OUR NATION'S. NEXT TUESDAY WILL BE AROUND 68 DEGREES WHERE YOU ARE. >> ALL RIGHT. THAT'S BETTER FOR SURE. ZAMORA, THANK YOU.

>> AND COMING UP, MORE THAN TWO YEARS SINCE THE FATAL SHOOTING ON THE RUSH SET, RIHANNA GUTIERREZ WILL FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES IN COURT. JURY SELECTION UNDERWAY NEXT. 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 LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING, ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERYDAY FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MILITARY STRIKE IN EASTERN.

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>> LET'S GO BACK. TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THE STORY IS ON FRONT LINES IN SOUTHERN ISRAEL, OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT, FROM FBI REPORTING BY THE NURSES ON THE PICKET LINES HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON, STREAMING.

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>> THIS IS MY COUNTRY INSIDE OUT. AND AS A SLICE OF CALIFORNIAN EITHER ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED, THERE'S REALLY NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. >> I DIDN'T IT.

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THIS FIRST? I'M HIS GIRLFRIEND. I'M HIS GIRLFRIEND. OH, MY GOD. >> WHAT WOULD YOU DO? SUNDAY NIGHT AT TEN NINE CENTRAL ON ABC. THAT STREAMING WITH US. >> JURY SELECTION BEGAN TODAY.

IN THE TRIAL FOR RUSS ARMOR. HAD A GUTIERREZ RAID. THE HIGH PROFILE TRIAL COMES OVER TWO YEARS AFTER CINEMATOGRAPHER ALENA HUTCHINS WAS FATALLY SHOT ON NEW MEXICO SET OF RUST, WHERE GUTIERREZ REID WAS THE FILM'S WEAPONS. GUTIERREZ REID IS CHARGED.

WITH TWO COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AND ONE COUNT OF TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE IN CONNECTION WITH HUTCHINSON'S DEATH. GUTIERREZ HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY, THOSE CHARGES. LET'S BRING IN OUR JACQUELINE LEE, WHO'S BEEN COVERING THIS.

FOR US. LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT PROSECUTORS ARE ALLEGING HERE, KYRA. I MEAN, THIS IS THE BIG FOCUS OF THIS CASE IS, NEGLIGENCE. SHE'S BEEN CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER.

SO FOR THE PROSECUTORS, THEIR JOB IS TO PROVE NOT THAT SHE TRIED TO INJURE OR HURT ANYBODY, BUT SIMPLY THAT IT WAS HER NEGLIGENCE LED TO THEIR DEATHS. SO WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS WE'VE ALREADY SEEN FROM COURT DOCUMENTS THEY'RE BRINGING UP.

TEXT MESSAGES SENT BETWEEN CREW MEMBERS WHO WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ALLEGED DRUG AND ALCOHOL USE USED BY GUTIERREZ. SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE THAT ON FULL DISPLAY THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THIS TRIAL. I MEAN, ULTIMATELY, WE'RE GOING.

TO SEE THAT IS THE FOCUS OF THE PROSECUTORS, JUST PROVING THAT WAS NEGLIGENCE THAT LED TO THE HUSBAND'S DEATH KYRA. SO JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS TRIAL MEANS FOR ALEC BALDWIN'S UPCOMING TRIAL. IT'S A BENEFIT THAT ALEC BALDWIN'S TRIAL WILL BE COMING.

AFTER THIS. SO THIS ALLOWS HIS ATTORNEYS LOOK AT WHAT EVIDENCE THE PROSECUTORS HAVE. WHAT ARE THEY BRINGING TO THE HANNAH GUTIERREZ CASE? AND ULTIMATELY, HOW DOES INFLUENCE WHAT THEY HAVE AGAINST HIM IF ULTIMATELY.

SHE IS CONVICTED? THEN HIS ATTORNEYS CAN THEN USE THAT TO THEIR ADVANTAGE BY SAYING, YOU KNOW, IT WAS HER FAULT. IT WASN'T HIS FAULT, KYRA. ALL RIGHT. WE EXPECT GUTIERREZ REID TO TESTIFY.

>> WE, UNFORTUNATELY WILL NOT KNOW THAT UNTIL THE PROSECUTION RESTS. BUT THERE'S A RISK TO THIS, RIGHT? WHEN IF SHE WERE TO TAKE THE STAND, THIS DOES ALLOW HER TO SPEAK DIRECTLY, THE JURY, GIVE HER SIDE OF THE.

STORY. BUT IT ALSO OPENS HER UP TO CROSS-EXAM ANIMATION, WHICH COULD POTENTIALLY HURT HER WHEN IT COMES TO THE JURY, ANALYZING IF SHE SHOULD BE FOUND GUILTY OR NOT KYRA. ALL RIGHT, JACLYN LEE WE'LL FOLLOW.

THANK YOU. OPENING STATEMENTS NOW UNDERWAY IN THE CRIMINAL TRIAL INVOLVING 70 ROCK BAND THE EAGLES. ALSO, THREE MEN, THEY ARE CHARGED IN THIS ALLEGED CONSPIRACY TO SELL STOLEN PAGES OF FOUNDING MEMBER DON HENLEY'S HANDWRITTEN NOTES.

AND LYRICS FOR THE BAND'S LANDMARK ALBUM, HOTEL CALIFORNIA. >> DATE BACK TO 16 DAYS. WE BRING IN OUR LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR AND CRIMINAL DEFENSE ATTORNEY, CHANNA LLOYD. OH, WE KNOW THAT SONG. WELL, DON'T WE.

SO THESE THREE MEN AT THE CENTER OF THIS CASE ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTED TO SELL THE MANUSCRIPTS DESPITE KNOWING THE MATERIALS WERE STOLEN. SO LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT THE ARGUMENT SO WE CAN EXPECT TO HEAR DURING THIS TRIAL. SARA.

>> SO WHAT WE EXPECT TO HEAR FROM THE STATE IS THAT THEY WERE VERY WELL AWARE THAT IT WAS STOLEN AND THAT THEY CONSPIRED TO CONTINUE SELLING IT DESPITE THAT KNOWLEDGE. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE DEFENSE, THOUGH, THAT THESE.

MATERIALS WERE NEVER STOLEN. THEY CANNOT BE CONVICTED. THE CRIME, IF THE MATERIALS WERE IN FACT, GIVEN OR LOANED TO SOMEONE AND THAT PERSON STOLE IT. SO IT'S ALL GOING TO BOIL DOWN TO RIGHTFUL POSSESSION OF WHO HAD THESE LYRICS AND HOW DID.

THEY GET THEM? WELL, AS WE KNOW THAT THE WELL, I GUESS WHAT CAN WE ACTUALLY. FOUNDING EAGLES MEMBER DON HENLEY TESTIFIED DURING THIS TRIAL BECAUSE HENLEY ACTUALLY TOLD THE GRAND JURY THE MATERIAL WAS STOLEN. >> ABSOLUTELY CLEAR HE'S GOING.

TO TESTIFY. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR HIM TALK ABOUT WHAT HE GAVE THEM TO WRITER FOR HOW LONG HE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE THEM, AND WHETHER OR NOT HE EXPECTED BACK. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A KEY PART OF THIS PARTICULAR TRIAL.

BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO BOIL DOWN TO HOW DID THE WRITER GET THIS MATERIAL? >> SO THE DEFENSE IS PUSHING FOR THE CASE TO BE DISMISSED. >> WHAT GROUNDS COULD THAT HE WOULD BE CONSIDERED, DO YOU THINK IT'D BE CONSIDERED IF THEY COULD SHOW THAT THESE.

MATERIALS WERE NEVER STOLEN IN THE FIRST PLACE? IF THE DEFENSE WAS ABLE TO HAVE PROVIDED INFORMATION OR SHOWN THAT IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT THESE MATERIALS COULD NOT HAVE BEEN VIEWED AS STOLEN, THIS CASE COULD HAVE BEEN DISMISSED, BUT THEY WEREN'T.

ABLE TO MEET THAT BURDEN. >> ALL RIGHT, CHANNA LLOYD, WE'LL FOLLOW THE CASE. >> COMING UP, STRUGGLING TO FIND A SUBSTITUTE. >> WHAT'S BEHIND THAT TEACHER SHORTAGE ACROSS THE COUNTRY? WE'RE DIVING IN NEXT. KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE.

COLLEGE KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE AT ALL. HOW COULD THIS POSSIBLY HAVE HAPPENED? THE INCIDENT BROUGHT A LOT OF PANIC TO STUDENTS. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ME OR COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF MY FRIENDS.

YOU KNOW, THE LAST TIME WE SAW HER ALIVE, IT'S JUST A VERY TRAGIC THING TO HAPPEN TO SOMEONE. YOU KNOW, YOU SPEAK TO YOUR LOVED ONE. THE LAST THING YOU SHOULD SAY TO SOMEBODY. THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST TIME.

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THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING THIS HOUR FOR YOU. AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDER WAY INTO THE DEATH OF A NON-BINARY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT JUST ONE DAY AFTER A FIGHT WITH STUDENTS ON CAMPUS. NEXT HIS MOTHER SAYS HER CHILD IDENTIFIES AS NON-BINARY.

AND USED THE THEY THEM PRONOUNS. SCHOOL OFFICIALS REPORTED THE STUDENTS WERE IN A BATHROOM FOR LESS THAN 2 MINUTES, WHILE OTHERS BROKE UP THE FIGHT. THE INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. 11 LIONS THAT WERE NEAR DEATH WERE RESCUED AMID THE FIGHTING.

IN SUDAN. THE BIG ARE AMONG NEARLY 50 ANIMALS SAVED FROM CARTOON WHERE THE WORST HAS TAKEN PLACE. THOSE CATS WERE FIRST SENT TO JORDAN BEFORE BEING TRANSPORTED TO A SANCTUARY IN BETHLEHEM, SOUTH.

AFRICA, WHERE THEY ARE EXPECTED TO FULLY RECOVER FROM BEING WEAK AND EMACIATED UPON ARRIVAL. WELL, STUDENTS COUNT ON THEM EVERY TIME THEIR TEACHER CALLS IN SICK, BUT SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE ARE NOW FACING A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER SHORTAGE.

THAT'S IMPACTING OUR SCHOOLS AROUND THE COUNTRY. >> MORGAN NORWOOD HAS MORE ON THE NATIONWIDE SUBSTITUTE TEACHER SHORTAGE INTENSIFYING WHAT MANY SCHOOLS FROM COAST TO COAST SCRAMBLING TO FIND VILLAINS. >> IN SOME INSTANCES,.

A DISTRICT THAT HAS 2700 TEACHERS, WE MAY HAVE AS MUCH AS 300 TEACHERS WHO ARE ABSENT EACH DAY. >> ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU OF LABOR STATISTICS, WHILE DEMAND HAS TRADITIONALLY EXCEEDED SUPPLY FOR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS BECAUSE OF THE.

PANDEMIC, 20% OF REQUESTS FOR FILLINGS HAVE GONE UNFILLED. MANY DISTRICTS LEANED ON SUBSTITUTES HELP FILL VACANT TEACHING POSITIONS. NOW THE POOL OF AVAILABLE SHRINKING FOR WHEN TEACHERS TAKE OFF. >> UNFORTUNATELY, WE HAVEN'T.

SEEN IS THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT. SO WHY LARGELY ARE NOT TRAINED OR SUPPORTED TO REALLY STEP IN AS EDUCATORS? THEIR ROSE BE MORE LIKE A BABY SITTER. MEGAN CONKLIN, A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER HERSELF, RUNS A SUPPORT GROUP TO HELP TRAIN OTHER SUBS.

>> I THINK ONE OF THE OBVIOUS SUBS ARE WALKING AWAY FROM THE JOB IS COMPENSATION. IT'S NOT A LIVING WAGE. AND I THINK THIS MIGHT EVEN BE MORE SIGNIFICANT IS THE LACK OF SUPPORT. >> HOPING TO LURE SUBS BACK IN MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS NOW.

WORKING TO INCREASE PAY, BUT THEY'RE OFTEN AT THE MERCY OF TIGHT BUDGETS. OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE VALUE WHO THEY ARE, BUT WE HAVE TO BE AS COMPETITIVE AS POSSIBLE IN, YOU KNOW, FOR SMALLER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ESPECIALLY.

THOSE IN LOWER INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS, THE IDEA OF RAISING PAY BECOMES MORE CHALLENGING. IN A STATEMENT, NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION SAYS PROVIDING PAID FAMILY LEAVE FOR TEACHERS, BUS DRIVERS, COUNSELORS AND OTHER SCHOOL.

PERSONNEL IS NOW MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER KYRA. >> ALL RIGHT, MORGAN, THANK YOU. AND A HEALTH ALERT NOW. A NEW OVER-THE-COUNTER TEST IS TO HELP WOMEN TREAT MENOPAUSE SYSTEM SYMPTOMS RATHER EARLIER AND MORE.

EFFECTIVELY. THE $29 TEST AIMS TO HELP WOMEN IDENTIFY WHAT STAGE THEY ARE IN, IN REAL TIME. BECKY WORLEY HAS MORE. >> TODAY, WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE SYMPTOMS OF MENOPAUSE. AND MENOPAUSE IS HAVING.

A MOMENT AND THE ADDED BUZZ, A NEW PRODUCT INTRODUCED TO THE PUBLIC. THE MENOPAUSE JOURNEY HAS STAGES. LEARN ABOUT YOURS WITH CLEAR BLUE MENOPAUSE STAGE. >> IT'S AN OVER-THE-COUNTER TEST PLUS AN APP.

IT WORKS A LOT LIKE A PREGNANCY TEST, EXCEPT YOU HAVE FIVE OF THESE STICKS. PLUS YOU ENTERED THE RESULTS INTO AN APP. THE RESULTS ARE INDICATIVE OF YOUR CURRENT HORMONE LEVELS. YOU'RE ALSO TO LOG ANY MENOPAUSE SYMPTOMS, WHICH HELPS.

THE APP ESTIMATE THE STAGE OF MENOPAUSE YOU'RE IN. THE APP TELLS ME I'M IN LATE PERIMENOPAUSE WHEN I GO SEE MY DOCTOR, REZA KAGAN OF SUTTER HEALTH IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. >> SHE IS NOT SO SURE ABOUT THE NEED FOR A TEST LIKE THIS.

>> LAB TESTS ARE NOT THAT HELPFUL. I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, BECAUSE ARE FLUCTUATING. >> THE COMPANY SAYS THE TEST IS MEANT TO BE AN INDICATION NOT, A DIAGNOSIS OF MENOPAUSE. REMINDING US ONLY A DOCTOR CAN CONFIRM WHAT STAGE.

OF MENOPAUSE. YOU'RE IN. AND BECAUSE THIS IS A HORMONAL TEST, THIS IS NOT FOR WOMEN ON HORMONAL BIRTH CONTROL OR WHO HAVE ANY CONDITION THAT AFFECTS THEIR NATURAL HORMONE LEVELS. >> DR. KAGAN'S TEAM TAKES.

A COMPLETE HISTORY FROM ME WITH A FOCUS ON THE SYMPTOMS THAT I'M EXPERIENCING. THE HALLMARK OF MENOPAUSE IS HOT FLASHES. AND WE'RE REALLY TRYING EDUCATE WOMEN ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO TREAT THOSE HOT FLASHES. >> AND BOY, WAS I HAVING THEM.

LIKE IN THE MIDDLE OF FILMING COOKING STORY. >> I'M HAVING A HOT FLASH. THE SYMPTOMS CAME ON LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN. I GOT HOT FLASHES. >> MY SLEEP WENT ABSOLUTELY HAYWIRE, DR. KAGAN SAYS. HOT FLASHES, SLEEP DISRUPTION.

AND BRAIN ARE ALL THE PERIMENOPAUSE SIGNS THAT SHE NEEDS. SHE SAYS YOUR CYCLE HISTORY CAN TELL YOU A LOT TO WHEN A WOMAN HAS SKIPPED 60 DAYS. >> WE SAY THEY'RE IN THE LATE PERIMENOPAUSAL TRANSITION. >> THERE'S NO BLOOD TESTS.

THEY HELP US. THERE'S NO THAT HELP US BECAUSE REALLY, IN THAT TIME PERIOD, HORMONES ARE FLUCTUATING DAILY. >> RIGHT. THANKS TO BECKY WORLEY, ESPECIALLY FOR HER TRANSPARENCY.

THANKS FOR SHARING WITH US ON KYRA PHILLIPS. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. NEITHER DO WE. MORE NEWS ON THE OTHER SIDE. WE STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF SHIRLEY CHISHOLM, AND SHIRLEY CHISHOLM STOOD PROUD.

SHE WAS FORCEFUL. SHE WAS BRILLIANT. SHE SPOKE TRUTH TO POWER. AND SHE WAS A GREAT AMERICAN LEADER. >> THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY JOE GIRARDI. THIS STORY WAS A NUCLEAR.

EXPLOSION. THE CENTRAL VICTIMS WILL GET A CHANCE. I'M THE CARICATURE AND THAT'S SORT OF A LOSS. YOU WANT TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY IN THAT HOUSE? DID.

I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I'M SORRY. THINGS TO FACE. >> ERIKA, WHY DO YOU THINK YOU SAW THE HOUSEWIFE AND THE HUSTLER TO BE? >> YOU KNOW KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE IN COLLEGE. KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE.

AT ALL. >> HOW COULD THIS POSSIBLY HAVE HAPPENED? THE INCIDENT BROUGHT A LOT OF PANIC TO STUDENTS. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ME. COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF MY FRIENDS THAT WE SAW ALL ALONG.

IT'S JUST A VERY TRAGIC THING TO HAPPEN TO SOMEONE. AND YOU SPEAK TO YOUR LOVED ONE. THE LAST THING YOU SHOULD EVER SAY IS, I LOVE YOU. THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST TIME JACLYN LEE DOING THIS TO HONOR THEMSELVES EXTREMELY.

>> HELLO. YOU SHOULD SEE ME DOWN AT THE STRONGEST FEELINGS. FIGHT FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THEIR FAMILIES. OH, HEY. THE QUEENS SHOOTING. HOW? >> 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 INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS.

PODCAST HONORED WITH EDWARD AH MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES 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 PODCASTS, START RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE. HOLDING RUSSIA ACCOUNTABLE AFTER THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF PUTIN'S FIERCEST PRESIDENT, BIDEN SET TO HIT RUSSIA WITH MAJOR SANCTIONS AS ALSO LEARN ABOUT AN.

AMERICAN BALLERINA DETAINED ON SUSPICION OF TREASON. THE TENSIONS BETWEEN THE U.S. AND RUSSIA THIS HOUR SUBPOENAED BIDEN'S BROTHER TESTIFYING BEFORE LAWMAKERS ON CAPITOL HILL. THE MOVE OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY.

DEMOCRATS FIRING BACK, CITING A LACK OF EVIDENCE. WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE INTERVIEW THAT WENT DOWN BEHIND CLOSED DOORS. AND FORGIVEN PRESIDENT BIDEN, WIPING OUT STUDENT LOAN FOR MORE THAN 150,000 BORROWERS. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.

WHO QUALIFIES AND HOW IT MIGHT IMPACT YOUR NEXT PAYMENT. GOOD AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I'M KYRA PHILLIPS. OUR TOP STORY THIS HOUR, SANCTIONING RUSSIA PROMPTED BY THE DEATH OF OPPOSITION LEADER ALEXEI NAVALNY AND THE TWO YEAR WAR IN UKRAINE.

THE U.S. GETS READY TO UNVEIL MAJOR SANCTIONS. HUNDREDS OF BUSINESSES AND INDIVIDUALS WILL NOW BE BANNED AFTER BEING ACCUSED OF HELPING THE KREMLIN GAIN ACCESS, WEAPONS AND TECHNOLOGY TO INVADE UKRAINE. IT'S ALL COMING DOWN AS A.

FORMER FBI INFORMANT ACCUSED OF MAKING FALSE BRIBERY CLAIMS. PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS SON HUNTER SAYS HE WAS FED INFORMATION BY RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE. >> OUR PATRICK REEVELL JOINING US NOW LIVE FROM KYIV ALONG.

WITH OUR PENTAGON REPORTER, LILI MARTINEZ. >> SO, PATRICK, AS THE E.U. AGREES ON THESE NEW SANCTIONS HERE ON RUSSIA, CLEARLY THE HEADLINE IS, THE BLACKLISTING OF COMPANIES IN CHINA. FOR THE VERY FIRST TIME.

>> HI, KARA. YEAH, THE EUROPEAN UNION HAS UNVEILED SANCTIONS. IT'S TIMES TO THE SECOND ANNIVERSARY OF THE WAR HERE IN UKRAINE. AS YOU SAY, THE MOST NOTABLE THING SO FAR AS IT IS NAMED THREE MAINLAND CHINA COMPANIES.

FOR THE FIRST TIME. AND IT HAS SANCTIONS AND IT'S ALSO A SANCTION IN INDIA AND TURKEY, AS IT BASICALLY IS TRYING ENFORCE EXISTING SANCTIONS. AND THAT'S IS SIGNIFICANT BECAUSE ONE OF THE MAIN PROBLEMS WITH THE CURRENT.

SANCTIONS REGIME IS, THAT IT'S BECOME VERY POROUS AND RUSSIA HAS MANAGED TO ADAPT TO A GREAT DEGREE, BASICALLY BY USING THIRD COUNTRIES, BY USING SHADOW COMPANIES, BY USING USING SHADOW FLEETS, AND ESSENTIALLY THINGS THROUGH CUTOUTS, WHICH ALLOWS IT.

TO KEEP ITS WAR MACHINE. AND WE'RE SEEING THAT, YOU KNOW, THE MISSILES THAT ARE BEING FIRED, THE DRONES THAT ARE BEING USED ARE OFTEN USING COMPONENTS EVEN COMING FROM WESTERN, FROM WESTERN, FROM EUROPEAN COMPANIES. AND SO THIS THE LARGEST.

SANCTION PACKAGE THAT THE EU HAS, IT HAS SO FAR IMPOSED. AND THE HOPE IS THAT IT CAN HAVE AN IMPACT ON THAT AND TIGHTEN UP THE SANCTIONS REGIME KYRA. >> SO, LOUIS, NOW TO THE INDICTED FBI INFORMANT, ALEXANDER SMIRNOV.

HE HAS CLEARLY CHANGED THE NARRATIVE HERE WHEN IT COMES TO THE LIES THAT HE PEDDLED ABOUT HAVING RUSSIAN SOURCES AND EVIDENCE ACTUALLY SURROUNDING THE BIDENS AND BRIBERY. >> THAT'S RIGHT. ALEXANDER SMIRNOV WAS CHARGED.

LAST WEEK WITH FEDERAL CHARGES FOR HAVING LIED ESSENTIALLY TO FBI AS TO HIS FBI HELPERS FOR THE LAST DECADE. SOME OF THE INFORMATION THAT HE'S PASSED ALONG ABOUT THE BIDENS IN BARCELONA, WHICH WAS THAT UKRAINIAN ENERGY COMPANY, HAD ESSENTIALLY.

TRIGGERED WHAT WE'RE SEEING ON THE HOUSE SIDE, THESE INVESTIGATIONS INTO WHETHER THE BIDENS ACTUALLY DID RECEIVE FINANCIAL INCENTIVES OR FINANCIAL GET MONEY BACK FROM OR FOR THEIR INFLUENCE IN THAT UKRAINIAN COMPANY. BUT NOW QUESTIONS ARE BEING.

RAISED ABOUT THIS THE THE VERACITY OF ANY OF THAT. AND THE UNITED STATES LAST WEEK ON THE SPECIAL COUNSEL OF THE OFFICE ESSENTIALLY SAYING THAT THEY WANTED HIM TO REMAIN IN JAIL. AND YESTERDAY, A JUDGE IN LOS ANGELES DECIDED THAT EVEN.

THOUGH IT SEEMS THAT HE BE A FLIGHT RISK, THAT IT WAS OKAY TO LET HIM OUT FOR NOW. ALL RIGHT. WELL, PATRICK, LET'S TALK ABOUT WHAT MORE WE KNOW ABOUT THIS U.S. RUSSIAN BALLERINA THAT IT WAS ARRESTED FOR TREASON.

YEAH, KARA, THIS WAS THIS ARREST THAT WE SAW YESTERDAY, THE RUSSIAN CITY OF LA CATHERINE. THE FSB ARRESTED A YOUNG WOMAN ,33-YEAR-OLD WOMAN CALLED XENIA. KAROLINA. SHE WAS ARRESTED IN RUSSIA.

AND HAS BEEN ACCUSED OF TREASON ,AS YOU SAY. WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM HER EMPLOYER IN THE US IN LOS ANGELES IS THAT SHE IS ACCUSED OF FUNDRAISING FOR THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY AND WHAT SHE'S ACTUALLY ACCUSED OF IS BASICALLY MAKING A DONATION.

ON THE FIRST DAY OF THE WAR HERE IN UKRAINE TO A UKRAINIAN CHARITY. SHE'S ACCUSED OF PAYING $51 TO THAT CHARITY, BUT SHE'S BEEN ACCUSED OF TREASON WHICH CARRIES A 20 YEAR PRISON SENTENCE POTENTIALLY, WHICH OBVIOUSLY IS EXTRAORDINARILY.

HARSH SENTENCE, WHICH SUGGESTS THE FEAR IS THAT SHE'S BEEN TAKEN ESSENTIALLY AS A POLITICAL DECISION. SHE'S ONE OF THE IT HAS TO BE SAID, A NUMBER OF AMERICANS WHO HAVE BEEN DETAINED IN RECENT YEARS. I MEAN, RECENTLY, YOU KNOW.

OBVIOUSLY WE HAVE WALL STREET JOURNAL REPORTER EVAN GERSHKOVICH. WE HAVE EX MARINE. AND SO THIS IS, AGAIN, ANOTHER SIGN OF HOW DANGEROUS THAT HAS BECOME FOR PEOPLE WITH AMERICAN CITIZENSHIP INSIDE RUSSIA.

>> ALL RIGHT, PATRICK REEVELL LUIS MARTINEZ, APPRECIATE IT. WE'LL CONTINUE TO TRACK THE STORY WITH YOU. BACK HERE IN OUR NATION'S CAPITAL, PRESIDENT BIDEN'S YOUNGER JAMES BIDEN IS UNDERGOING QUESTIONING BY THE REPUBLICAN LED.

HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AMID A QUESTIONABLE IMPEACHMENT PROBE. TODAY'S CLOSED DOOR IS A CONFRONTATION MONTHS IN THE MAKING AS THE PANEL IS ALLEGING IT'S GATHERED PLENTY OF BANK RECORDS AND WITNESS TESTIMONY SUPPORT THE CLAIM.

PRESIDENT BIDEN HAD BENEFITED. THE CLAIM IS RATHER, THAT BIDEN BENEFITED FROM HIS FAMILY'S OVERSEAS BUSINESS AFFAIRS, SOMETHING THAT STILL HAS YET TO BE PROVEN OR J O'BRIEN BEEN TRACKING IT ALL FOR US THERE ON THE HILL. ALL RIGHT.

SO TELL US ABOUT THE DEPOSITION AND ALSO, I GUESS WHAT WE'VE LEARNED SO FAR. >> YEAH. ONE OF THE BIGGEST PIECES OF NEWS TO COME OUT OF THIS SO FAR HAS TO DO WITH MONEY. SO REMEMBER WHEN REPUBLICANS LAUNCHED THIS IMPEACHMENT.

INQUIRY INTO PRESIDENT BIDEN, THEY PUT I WAS IN THE ROOM A CHECK ON A PIECE OF POSTER BOARD. IT WAS A CHECK FROM JAMES BIDEN, THE PRESIDENT'S BROTHER, TO THE PRESIDENT. THEY SAID THAT HE GOT PAYMENTS IN THE AMOUNT OF NORTH.

OF $200,000. JAMES BIDEN HAS REITERATED IN HIS TESTIMONY TO LAWMAKERS, WE'VE LEARNED EXACTLY WHAT THE WHITE HOUSE HAS SAID, WHICH IS THAT THAT WAS A LOAN REPAYMENT, NOT SOME KIND OF CASH BEING SENT THROUGH. JAMES BIDEN'S OVERSEAS DEALINGS.

,THROUGH JAMES BIDEN TO THE PRESIDENT, WHO WAS THEN PRIVATE CITIZEN. AS REPUBLICANS ALLEGE, HE SAYS IT'S A LOAN REPAYMENT, NOTHING TO SEE THERE. SO THAT'S ONE ELEMENT OF THINGS. AND IF REPUBLICANS CAN'T PROVE.

TO THE CONTRARY WHAT THEY'VE ALLEGED, THAT MEANS THAT JAMES BIDEN ESSENTIALLY SAYING YOU'VE GOT NO EVIDENCE AND THIS IS WHAT IT HAS, AND THAT'S A NOTHING BURGER. WHAT ARE LAWMAKERS SAYING SO FAR? SO WHAT WE'VE HEARD FROM.

LAWMAKERS IS THAT REPUBLICANS SAY, LOOK, THIS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY IS GOING TO CONTINUE WITH THE EVIDENCE THAT THEY SAY THAT THEY HAVE RIGHT NOW. BUT DEMOCRATS HAVE SAID, LOOK, THIS AS WELL AS OTHER DEVELOPMENTS OVER THE LAST FEW WEEKS, DEMONSTRATE THAT DO NOT.

HAVE A CASE HERE. HERE'S A FEW. JAMIE RASKIN AND JIM JORDAN, AS THEY WALKED INTO THAT HEARING TODAY. >> AND I THINK TODAY WE'RE GOING TO FOCUS ON THAT AT A TIME I CALL THAT THE THE BUSINESS, THE BRAND.

THAT'LL BE THE FOCUS, I THINK, AT TODAY'S QUESTIONING. >> AS FOR TODAY'S TRANSCRIBED INTERVIEW WITH THE BROTHER, PRESIDENT BIDEN, MR. JAMES BIDEN, WE OBVIOUSLY, AGAIN HAVE HEARD NOTHING INDICATING THAT JOE BIDEN HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE.

BUSINESS VENTURES. HUNTER BIDEN FOR JOE BIDEN AND, EVEN REPUBLICANS HAVE ACKNOWLEDGED, KYRA, THEY HAVE YET TO DEMONSTRATE A DIRECT MONETARY LINK BETWEEN HUNTER BIDEN, JAMES BIDEN'S BUSINESS DEALINGS AND PRESIDENT BIDEN.

AND WITHOUT THAT LINK, DEMOCRATS SAY REPUBLICANS ARE ON A FISHING EXPEDITION. >> WELL, SPEAKING OF BLINK, THEN YOU'VE GOT ALEXANDER, THE EX FBI INFORMANT IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS ALL. A LOT OF LACK OF INFORMATION, EVIDENCE AND PROOF THAT HE WAS.

REALLY CONNECTED TO THE RUSSIANS. AND, I MEAN, WHAT'S THE LATEST WITH HILL AND SMIRNOFF'S CLAIMS WERE THAT THERE WAS CONNECTION BETWEEN HUNTER BIDEN'S TIME. AS WE NOTED ON THE BOARD OF THE UKRAINIAN ENERGY COMPANY. AND HE WAS ON THAT BOARD.

BECAUSE HE WAS PRESIDENT'S SON IN THE PRESIDENT, COULD PROVIDE SOME KIND OF PROTECTION. THOSE CLAIMS THE SPECIAL COUNSEL ARE PROVEN TO BE FALSE AND MAY HAVE BEEN FED THE SPECIAL COUNSEL SAYS, TO SMIRNOV BY RUSSIAN AGENTS.

AND SO WHEN I TO REPUBLICANS WHO ARE MOUNTING THIS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY, YOU GOT TO REMEMBER SMIRNOFF'S CLAIMS, EVEN THEY WILL ACKNOWLEDGE ARE A KEY PILLAR OF THIS. IF YOU THINK OF THE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY OF THE PRESIDENT RIGHT NOW IS A TABLE.

SMIRNOV ONE OF THE FOUR LEGS OF THIS TABLE. REPUBLICANS SAY THEY'VE GOT OTHER ELEMENTS, TOO. >> BUT NOW THAT THAT HAS BEEN KNOCKED DOWN, HE'S BEEN CHARGED WITH LYING. ALL RIGHT. >> CAN THIS TABLE STAND WITH.

THREE LEGS AS OPPOSED TO FOUR? I'LL STILL FOLLOW IT. OF COURSE, EVERYTHING'S POLITICAL, ISN'T IT? YOU NEVER KNOW WHAT'S GOING TO COME TOMORROW. THAT'S RIGHT. THANK SO MUCH. WELL, TODAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN.

IS DELIVERING GOOD NEWS, 453,000 AMERICANS BY ANNOUNCING THE LATEST PHASE IN, HIS STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PLAN. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYING THAT A TOTAL OF POINT $2 BILLION WILL BE WIPED OUT. NOW FOR THOSE ENROLLED IN A.

REPAYMENT PROGRAM KNOWN AS SAVING ON A VALUABLE OR SAVE. CHECK YOUR INBOXES, BECAUSE THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THAT QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS STARTED RECEIVING AN EMAIL FROM THE PRESIDENT TODAY. WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT.

YEARS, WE'VE SEEN THIS WHITE HOUSE FOCUSED MOSTLY ON FIXING EXISTING LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAMS. SO THINK ABOUT THE TEACHERS, THE FIREFIGHTERS, THE HOSPITAL WORKERS WHO WERE ENTITLED TO SOME DEBT RELIEF, BUT THE SYSTEMS WERE BROKEN.

THIS ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY IS REALLY DIFFERENT. THIS IS A NEW FORM OF DEBT RELIEF, ESPECIALLY FOR A TARGETED TOWARDS THOSE BORROWERS WHO HAD ONLY OUT LESS THAN $12,000 INITIALLY AND HAVE BEEN MAKING PAYMENTS ON THAT FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS.

THOSE ARE THE ONES QUALIFY HERE. >> NOW, YOU HAVE TO HAVE BEEN ENROLLED IN THE WHITE HOUSE'S NEW SAFE REPAYMENT PROGRAM IN ORDER TO RECEIVE THIS BENEFIT. BUT IF YOU THINK YOU MIGHT QUALIFY, YOU CAN ENROLL NOW.

AND, STILL QUALIFY NOW GOING FORWARD FOR THIS DEBT RELIEF. SO IT'S REALLY REMARKABLE RELIEF FOR A LOT OF PEOPLE. YOU HEARD THAT ESTIMATE FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, THAT 153,000 BORROWERS WILL SEE THEIR LOANS FORGIVEN. ALL RIGHT.

WELL, FOR THOSE WHO ARE MAYBE UNSURE ABOUT WHETHER THEY QUALIFY, WHAT EXACTLY DO THEY NEED TO DO OR NEED TO? >> YEAH, GO ONLINE TO THE WHITE HOUSE'S PROGRAM, THAT SAVE PROGRAM. IT BASICALLY LETS YOU INPUT YOUR INFORMATION AND FIND OUT.

IF YOU QUALIFY SOME OF THESE NEW DEBT RELIEF PROGRAMS. I THINK IT IS REALLY INTERESTING IF WE LOOK AT THOSE BORROWERS, THEY'RE AT THE HIGHEST RISK OF DEFAULT. A LOT OF EVIDENCE OUT THERE THAT THOSE BORROWERS WHO ONLY TOOK OUT ABOUT THOUSAND DOLLARS.

OR EVEN LESS ARE SOME OF THOSE MOST LIKELY TO DEFAULT. AND THAT'S WHO THE WHITE HOUSE IS TRYING TO HELP HERE. THOSE ARE PEOPLE WHO OFTEN DIDN'T FINISH THEIR DEGREE AND ARE HAVING THE HARDEST TIME PAYING BACK LOANS KYRA. ALL RIGHT, MARYALICE PARKS.

THANK YOU SO MUCH. WELL, THE EXTREME WEATHER THAT HAMMERED CALIFORNIA IS MOVING OUT AND HEADED EAST. THAT STATE SLAMMED WITH UNRELENTING RAIN FOR SEVERAL DAYS. THE STORM SPARKED FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES AS WELL.

THAT SAME STORM NOW MOVING IS EXPECTED TO HIT NEW ENGLAND TOMORROW. METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE IS TRACKING THE FORECAST FOR US. >> SO THIS IS SOME GOOD NEWS FOR CALIFORNIA. YEAH, THEY NEED THE REPRIEVE.

THEY NEED THE RELIEF. BUT THIS COMES ON HEELS OF RECEIVING SO MUCH RAIN. YOU CAN SEE ALL THE VIDEOS, PICTURES AND VISUALS WE'RE SEEING OUT OF LOS ANGELES. A LOT OF CARS, THEY'RE GOING OFF THE ROAD DEALING WITH HEAVY RAIN AND WINDS AND MUDSLIDES.

AND LANDSLIDES THERE. >> SO LET'S TIME OUT. WHAT'S HAPPENING NEXT WEEK AS WE PUSH THROUGH TIME TODAY? YOU SEE THIS STORM SYSTEM. >> MUCH OF THE RAIN SHOWERS ARE IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA, SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA CLEARING OUT AND THEN BY THURSDAY.

SO TOMORROW AROUND THIS TIME LUNCHTIME, THUNDERSTORMS ARE GOING TO START TO UP AS THE STORM KIND OF REDEFINES ITSELF JUST SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS OVER LOUISVILLE, NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE, PADUCAH, CINCINNATI AND DETROIT ALL SEEING VERY HEAVY RAIN FROM THIS.

AND THEN LATE THURSDAY INTO FRIDAY, SEE THIS SYSTEM MAKE ITS WAY TO THE EAST COAST, MAYBE EVEN BRING SOME SNOW TO SOME ELEVATIONS IN AREAS FARTHER NORTH INTO NEW ENGLAND. >> YOU CAN TOTALS HERE RANGING GENERALLY FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES, BUT SOME HOT SPOTS REACHING,.

3 TO 6 INCHES IN UPSTATE NEW YORK. THE NEXT STORY IS GOING BE THIS WARM AIR THAT WE'RE SEEING NEAR RECORD TEMPERATURES TODAY IN PARTS OF TEXAS AND AS FAR NORTH AS FARGO. AND THEN EARLY NEXT WEEK, MINNEAPOLIS IN THE UPPER 50S,.

OKLAHOMA CITY, NEAR 80 DEGREES. NEXT, KYRA. ALL RIGHT, SAMARRA, THANK YOU SO MUCH. AND COMING UP, TRUMP COULD STILL LOSE TRUMP TOWER AFTER ALL. >> ATTORNEY GENERAL LETITIA JAMES IN OUR EXCLUSIVE.

INTERVIEW WITH WHAT SHE'S PREPARED TO DO IF TRUMP CAN'T FIND THE CASH TO COVER HIS FINE. >> 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 IN THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION AND EVEN TO ME, GOOD, BAD. THIS IS A DEVASTATING STORM THAT LITTLE BIT JUST A LITTLE BIT SMILING UPON. I'M GOING TO END RIGHT BY.

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LINSEY DAVIS WEEKNIGHTS ON ABC NEWS LIVE. THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY TOM GIRARDI, THIS STORY WAS A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION DAY. CENTRAL VICTORIANS WILL GET A CHANCE TO FINALLY CARABINIERI.

AND THAT'S SORT OF A LOSS IN A WAY TO SAY, DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THAT I DIDN'T. I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I'M SORRY FACE TO FACE. ERIKA, WHY DO YOU THINK THAT HOUSE WON'T? >> AND THE CONCERT, YOU KNOW, SO SAD LIKE A STREAMING.

WITH US. WELL, SHE LED THE PROSECUTION OF FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP AND HIS CIVIL FRAUD TRIAL, AND IS NOW SPEAKING EXCLUSIVELY WITH ABC NEWS LETITIA JAMES, SAYING SHE'S PREPARED TO SEIZE TRUMP'S ASSETS IF HE'S UNABLE TO FIND THE CASH TO COVER.

THE FINE IF HE DOES NOT HAVE FUNDS TO PAY OFF THE JUDGMENT AND THEN WE WILL SEEK A JUDGMENT, ENFORCEMENT MECHANISMS IN COURT AND WE WILL ASK THE JUDGE TO SEIZE HIS ASSETS. WE ARE PREPARED TO MAKE SURE THAT THE JUDGMENT IS PAID.

TO NEW YORKERS. AND, YES, I LOOK 40 WALL STREET EACH AND EVERY DAY. SENIOR REPORTER KATHERINE FAULDERS FOLLOWING, I GUESS THE AND WHAT COULD HAPPEN NEXT. TRUMP IS PLANNING TO APPEAL. SO HOW LETITIA JAMES FEEL.

ABOUT THAT? >> WELL, SHE IS FEELING QUITE CONFIDENT WITH HER CASE ON APPEAL AND THAT INTERVIEW WITH AARON KATERSKY, SHE REITERATED THAT SHE WILL HESITATE TO SEIZE TRUMP'S ASSETS IF HE DOESN'T PAY UP, TAKE.

>> LISTEN, I'M VERY CONFIDENT THE DECISION WHERE THE JUDGE WAS THE TRIER OF FACT BASICALLY ASSESSED EACH AND EVERY WITNESS AND MAKE FINDINGS OF CREDIBILITY AND THEN APPLIED IT TO THE LAW. AND AT THE OF THE DAY CAME TO THE CONCLUSION THAT MR.

TRUMP, THE TRUMP ORGANIZATION'S TWO ADULT SONS, INTO OFFICES ENGAGED IN THIS MASSIVE. >> KIERA, SHE ALSO DIRECTLY COUNTERED TRUMP'S CLAIMS THAT THIS CASE LACKED ANY VICTIMS. FOR EXAMPLE, SHE INSTEAD DESCRIBED HER CASE AS VITAL.

TO ENSURING THAT FINANCIAL MARKETS TREAT NEW YORKERS. SO ON TOP OF TRUMP'S $3.54 MILLION FINE, HE'S ALSO RACKING UP NEARLY THOUSAND DOLLARS A DAY IN INTEREST. SO HE HASN'T PAID A DIME HERE. NO, HE HASN'T. AND I BELIEVE HE HAS.

30 DAYS UNTIL THIS JUDGMENT IS ACTUALLY ENTERED. BUT AS YOU MENTIONED, IT CERTAINLY SHINES A RENEWED LIGHT ON TRUMP'S FINANCES. SURELY CALLS INTO QUESTION HIS LIQUIDITY, FOR EXAMPLE. MULTIPLE LEGAL EXPERTS, KYRA, WE SPOKE TO SUGGESTED.

THAT TRUMP IS UNLIKELY TO FIND THESE IMMEDIATELY. HE COULD INSTEAD OPT TO DELAY, TO APPEAL TO DELAY ANY PAYMENT, FOR EXAMPLE, USING A BOND SECURED BY HIS ASSETS UNTIL HE EXHAUST ALL OTHER OPTIONS. BUT STILL, A LOT OF QUESTIONS REMAIN HERE ABOUT HOW HE WILL.

PAY AND WHAT DELAY TACTICS HE CAN USE TO AVOID PAYMENT FOR HOWEVER LONG HE AT LEAST TRIES TO. ALL RIGHT, CATHERINE, WE'LL FOLLOW IT. WE'LL SEE IF INDEED HE CAN STAY AS WEALTHY AS HE HAS BEEN DECADES.

MORE TO COME ON THE 59TH ANNIVERSARY OF HIS DEATH. MALCOLM X'S FAMILY MEMBERS, ALONG WITH ATTORNEY BEN, ARE ANNOUNCING TWO NEW WITNESSES THAT ARE OFFERING EVIDENCE THE ALLEGED CONSPIRACY CASE SURROUNDING HIS ASSASSINATION.

ACCORDING TO TRUMP'S LEGAL TEAM, THE NEW WITNESSES ARE LEARNING THAT THERE WERE SECURITY ASSOCIATES OF MALCOLM X AND THEY WERE ARRESTED JUST A WEEK BEFORE HE WAS KILLED. THEY'VE NEVER SPOKEN PUBLICLY BEFORE. FOR MORE, LET'S BRING IN OUR.

ABC NEWS LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR BROCKMIRE. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS NEW EVIDENCE THAT WAS PUT FORWARD TODAY. >> WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THIS, BRIAN? WELL, IT'S INTERESTING, KYRA. DON'T FORGET.

THINK IT IN CONTEXT OF WHAT WE KNOW FROM THE ASSASSINATION OF MALCOLM X. IT HAPPENED AS YOU 59 YEARS TO THE DAY HE WAS GIVING A SPEECH AT A MOVIE ORGANIZATION AND HE WAS SHOT 21 TIMES. NOW, HIS SECURITY GUARDS,.

AS WE'VE HEARD IN THE PAST, STOPPED SOME OF THE PEOPLE HE BELIEVED TO BE ASSAILANTS. THE NEW INFORMATION THAT WE'RE GETTING FORWARD NOW IS HOW LAW ENFORCEMENT, BOTH FEDERAL AND THE NYPD INTERCEPTED THESE KIND OF LIKE, LET'S CALL THEM THE CITIZEN'S ARREST AND THE.

SECURITY GUARDS OF MALCOLM X, AND THAT'S WHAT BEN CRUMP AND HIS ASSOCIATES ARE ARGUING NOT ONLY INHIBITED THE ABILITY TO ARREST THE PERPETRATORS OF THIS CRIME, BUT CONCEAL THEIR ACTIONS AFTERWARDS. AND THAT MAKES SENSE WHEN YOU THINK ABOUT THE FACT.

THAT BEN CRUMP IS SUING THE FEDERAL AGENCIES AND THE NYPD FOR BOTH THE CONCEALMENT AND THE KIND OF OBSTRUCTION AND, AS THEY PUT IT, OF JUSTICE TO FIGURE OUT WHO, IN FACT KILLED MALCOLM X. >> AND LET'S TALK ABOUT WHY THIS HAS TAKEN SO LONG FOR.

THESE TWO WITNESSES TO BE FOUND AND WHY THEY'RE BEING HEARD FROM NOW. I THINK PART OF IT IS JUST AS TIME PROGRESSES, MORE INFORMATION OUT. WE'VE SEEN THIS IN SO MANY OTHER CASE, HIGH PROFILE CASES LIKE THE DEATH OF JAM MASTER.

JAY WAS BEING PROSECUTED CURRENTLY IN THE AREA. AND WHY THE DEATH OF TUPAC SHAKUR. WE'RE NOW SEEING A LITIGATION FOR THAT CRIMINAL CASE. NOW, AS TIME GOES BY AND PEOPLE FEEL THAT THERE ARE LESS FEAR OF FORWARD.

WITH INFORMATION. I THINK MANY PEOPLE WITHIN THIS COMMUNITY RIGHTFULLY BASED ON WHAT WAS GOING ON IN TERMS OF ASSASSINATIONS, FEARED LAW ENFORCEMENT, THE FBI, WHO WAS SURVEILLING MALCOLM X AND MARTIN LUTHER KING AT THIS TIME, AND ALSO FEAR THE NYPD.

THAT THEY CAME FORWARD THEIR WOULD NOT BE HEARD, THAT BEING EITHER BE PERSECUTED OR PROSECUTE OR SOMETHING EVEN WORSE. NOW, ALMOST 60 YEARS LATER, I THINK THERE'S A GREATER COMFORT TO COME FORWARD. AND ALSO A LOT OF THESE.

PEOPLE ARE NEARING THE TWILIGHT OR THE END OF THEIR LIFE AND THEY WANT TO KIND OF HAVE SOME SORT OF CATHARSIS TO SAY, I KNOW INFORMATION THIS IT'S LONG PAST DUE. I FEEL SAFE NOW AT THIS POINT. LET'S TRY TO ULTIMATELY AND HOPEFULLY FIND JUSTICE FOR.

MALCOLM X. >> ALL RIGHT. WELL, LET'S TALK ABOUT MALCOLM X'S FAMILY NOW. AND YOU KNOW WHAT? THEY REALLY TO SEE HAPPEN NEXT IN THIS CASE. SO A LOT OF THIS CASE HAS CRUMP AND THOSE WHO SPOKE TODAY CAME.

AROUND FOYER REQUESTS THE FREEDOM INFORMATION ACT IS NOW 59 YEARS. AND YOU WOULD THINK THAT WITH SO MUCH TIME PASSED BY THAT BOTH THE FEDERAL AGENCIES AND LOCAL AUTHORITIES WHO HAVE INTERVIEWS AND INVESTIGATORY STEPS.

THAT WERE DOCUMENTS AROUND THIS CASE WOULD RELEASE THAT INFORMATION TO THE PUBLIC FOR BEN CRUMP AND HIS ASSOCIATES TO MAKE THE PROPER ASSESSMENT OF WHAT HAPPENED. ALONGSIDE WITH THOSE INTERVIEWS AND AFFIDAVITS THEY PROVIDED WITH TODAY.

BUT THEY'RE SAYING THEY'RE BEING STONEWALLED AT EVERY TURN. AT ONE POINT, BEN EVEN SAID THAT THE AGENCY SAID, WE CAN'T GIVE THIS INFORMATION TO YOU FOR. PRIVACY REASONS BECAUSE MALCOLM X MAY STILL BE ALIVE.

SUCH AN INSULT TO THE FAMILY. I THINK BEN CRUMP SAID IT BEST AND PUSHING ON THAT NARRATIVE THAT THIS IS ABOUT JUSTICE, NOT ONLY FOR A LOCAL COMMUNITY BUT FOR AN INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY. AND HE WANTS THESE ANSWERS FOUND OUT FOR THESE FAMILIES.

AND THEIR LIFETIME AND NOT ANOTHER. ALL RIGHT. BRIAN BUCKMIRE ALWAYS APPRECIATE HAVING FOR THE ANALYSIS. >> COMING UP, TRACKING TAYLOR, THAKEOFFS AND LANDINGS, PUSHES BACK ON.

LEGAL THREATS. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST. ABC WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE, THE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE.

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BRAINS. THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED. YOU ANY VENUE? NO TELLING THEM? SOME OF THEM. I THINK I GOT HIT BY. IT'S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE.

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IF YOU WANT CHARITY, GO TO A SOUP KITCHEN. WELL, WHAT THIS MAN DOES. SAYS HIS BREAKFAST GUYS ARE NOT GOOD. WILL MAKE YOU BELIEVE IN EVERYDAY HERO. ARE YOU A HERO? PLUS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF.

YOU SAW THIS? THIS AND HIS GIRLFRIEND? I'M HIS GIRLFRIEND. OH, MY GOD. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? >> SUNDAY NIGHT AT TEN NINE CENTRAL ON ABC. >> WHAT DO SOME PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE?.

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FOR OTHER HEADLINES THAT WE'RE FOLLOWING THIS HOUR ON ABC NEWS LIVE. A YOUNG GIRL HAS DIED AND A LITTLE BOY INJURED AFTER BEING BURIED IN A SAND HOLE THAT THEY WERE DIGGING IN ON A FLORIDA BEACH. FIRST RESPONDER WAS RUSHED.

TO THE LAUDERDALE BY THE SEA BEACH, DISCOVERED THE EIGHT YEAR OLD BURIED UP TO HIS CHEST WHILE THE LITTLE GIRL WAS COMPLETELY BURIED HIM AND A HOLE ABOUT SIX FEET DEEP. A BUS IN SEATTLE CAUGHT ON VIDEO CRASHING THROUGH AN INDOOR SKATE PARK WHERE DOZENS.

OF KIDS WERE. OUR AFFILIATE CUOMO REPORTING ABOUT 30 MIDDLE SCHOOL TO COLLEGE AGE, WERE ATTENDING AN EVENT FOR A LOCAL NONPROFIT. LUCKILY, NO ONE WAS INJURED AND A SCHOOL BUS SIZED SATELLITE STARTING ITS RETURN BACK TO EARTH.

THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY REPORTING THAT THE EARTH'S TWO SATELLITES LAUNCHED IN 1995 AND WORKED FOR 16 YEARS COLLECTING INFORMATION, REVOLUTIONIZING SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF EARTH AND CLIMATE CHANGE BY HELPING MEASURE OCEAN TEMPS AND THE.

EARTH'S OZONE LAYER. >> SO SHOULD THE LOCATION OF A CELEBRITY BE PUBLIC? WELL, THERE'S THIS COLLEGE STUDENT THAT'S FIRING BACK AFTER TAYLOR LEGAL TEAM SENT HIM A CEASE AND DESIST LETTER FOR PUBLICLY HER JET. THE STAR'S LEGAL TEAM SAYS IT.

PUTS HER AT RISK FROM STALKERS. BUT THE ATTORNEY FOR THE 21 YEAR OLD UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA STUDENT SAYS HE'S DONE NOTHING ILLEGAL AND IT'S JUST USING PUBLIC INFORMATION AND HIS RIGHT TO FREE SPEECH. >> JANAI NORMAN HAS MORE ON THE LEGAL BATTLE BREWING.

BETWEEN SUPERSTAR TAYLOR SWIFT AND 21 YEAR OLD COLLEGE STUDENT JAX. >> SWEENEY SHARING TRACKING INFORMATION FOR SWIFT'S PRIVATE JET ON SOCIAL MEDIA. >> AN ATTORNEY FOR SWIFT SENDING A CEASE AND DESIST LETTER IN DECEMBER, WHICH.

HE THEN POSTED ON X. NOW, THE COLLEGE STUDENT FIRING BACK POSTING A LETTER FROM HIS ATTORNEY WITH THE CAPTION, LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO. >> WHAT YOU NEED TO. >> IN THE LETTER, SWEENEY'S ATTORNEY CLAIMING HIS CLIENT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING UNLAWFUL.

>> WE WANTED TO REALLY HOME THAT THERE IS NO LEGAL CLAIM HERE, THAT THIS IS JUST PUBLIC INFORMATION AND THAT HE'S NOT USING IT IN A SERIOUS WAY. AND THIS ISN'T TRACKING JUST AND THERE'S A PURPOSE. THESE JETS ARE EMITTING AN INSANE AMOUNT OF CARBON.

EMISSIONS. SWIFT'S ATTORNEY. HOWEVER, ALLEGING SWEENEY ENGAGED IN STALKING AND HARASSING BEHAVIOR WRITING, YOU ESSENTIALLY PROVIDE INDIVIDUALS INTENT ON PHYSICALLY HARMING HER OR WITH OR VIOLENT INTENTIONS.

A ROAD MAP TO CARRY THEIR PLANS. >> I DON'T THINK IT'S GREAT BEHAVIOR. I DON'T APPLAUD. AND I DO WORRY THAT IT PUTS SWIFT IN DANGER. BUT I DON'T THERE BEING A LEGAL REMEDY.

>> SWIFT HAS REPEATEDLY DEALT WITH STALKERS, INCLUDING A MAN WHO WAS ARRESTED MULTIPLE TIMES OUTSIDE HER NEW YORK HOME IN JANUARY. AND THIS ISN'T THE FIRST TIME SWEENEY HAS GOTTEN INTO HOT WATER FOR TRACKING FLIGHTS IN 2020 TO HIS THEN TWITTER.

ACCOUNT. ELLEN JET WAS SUSPENDED FOR KEEPING TABS ON TESLA AND EX OWNER ELON MUSK'S PLANE IN TIME . >> A SPOKESPERSON FOR TAYLOR SWIFT TOLD ABC NEWS EARLIER THIS MONTH THAT WE CANNOT COMMENT ON ANY.

POLICE INVESTIGATION BUT CAN CONFIRM THE OF STALKERS SUGGESTS A CONNECTION. HIS POST YOU EXACTLY WHEN AND WHERE SHE WOULD BE SUBJECT SWEENEY NOW TRACKS HER FLIGHTS ON DELAY HIS ATTORNEY TELLS US. THIS IS JUST ANOTHER STRING IN AN EFFORT BY A RICH,.

POWERFUL PERSON TO TRY TO SILENCE PUBLIC CRITICISM AND FREE SPEECH KYRA. ALL RIGHT, JANAI NORMAN THANKS SO MUCH. AND THANKS SO MUCH FOR STAYING WITH ALL OF US. I'M KYRA PHILLIPS. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS.

NEITHER DO WE. MORE NEWS ON THE OTHER SIDE. STAY WITH US. I'M AN ADVOCATE AND I REPRESENT THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT, AND I'LL DO IT THE BEST I CAN. KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE IN COLLEGE. KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE.

AT ALL. HOW COULD THIS POSSIBLY HAVE HAPPENED? THE INCIDENT BROUGHT A LOT OF PANIC TO STUDENTS. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ME. IT COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF MY FRIENDS. KNOW THE LAST TIME WE SAW.

HER ALIVE? IT'S JUST A VERY TRAGIC THING TO HAPPEN TO SOMEONE. MANY SPEAK TO YOUR LOVED ONE. THE LAST THING YOU SHOULD EVER SAY TO SOMEBODY IS IT MIGHT BE THE LAST TIME JACLYN LEE JOINS TO HONOR THE SONGS STREAMING EXTREMELY HULU.

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TO ME. >> WHY DO 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 INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS.

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ABC NEWS LIVE RIGHT NOW ON ABC NEWS LIVE. FORGIVEN PRESIDENT BIDEN WIPING OUT STUDENT DEBT FOR MORE THAN 150,000 BORROWERS. WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT WHO QUALIFIES AND HOW IT MIGHT IMPACT YOUR NEXT PAYMENT. HOLDING RUSSIA ACCOUNTABLE.

AFTER THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF PUTIN'S FIERCEST CRITIC. PRESIDENT BIDEN SET TO HIT RUSSIA WITH MAJOR SANCTIONS AS ALSO LEARNED AMERICAN BALLERINAS DETAINED ON SUSPICION OF TREASON. AND DEADLY FIGHT, THE DEATH OF AN OKLAHOMA STUDENT NOW.

UNDER INVESTIGATION. STUDENT'S DEATH JUST ONE DAY AFTER AN ALTERCATION WITH OTHER STUDENTS. EVERYONE, EVERYONE. I'M KYRA PHILLIPS. OUR TOP STORY THIS HOUR IS PRESIDENT BIDEN DELIVERING SOME GOOD NEWS TO 153,000.

AMERICANS BY ANNOUNCING THE LATEST PHASE IN HIS STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PLAN. BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYING THAT A TOTAL $1.2 BILLION WILL NOW BE WIPED OUT. AND FOR ENROLLED IN THE REPAYMENT PROGRAM KNOWN AS SAVING ON A VALUABLE.

EDUCATION OR SAVE, WELL, YOU CAN CHECK YOUR INBOXES BECAUSE THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS IT QUALIFIED. INDIVIDUALS ACTUALLY STARTED RECEIVING AN EMAIL FROM THE PRESIDENT TODAY. >> WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARYALICE PARKS JOINS US NOW.

TO TALK MORE ABOUT THIS. LET'S TALK ABOUT WHO QUALIFIES FOR THIS ROUND OF LOAN FORGIVENESS, SHALL WE? YEAH. LOOK, THIS WHITE HOUSE HAD ORIGINALLY TRIED TO DEBT RELIEF TO TENS OF MILLIONS OF AMERICANS.

WE KNOW THE PRESIDENT'S PLAN WAS STRUCK DOWN IN THE COURTS. BUT TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT IS PROOF THAT THEY ARE TRYING TO PROVIDE DEBT RELIEF AND REALLY HUGE LIFE CHANGING DEBT RELIEF TO AS MANY AMERICANS AS THEY STILL CAN. NOW, THIS IS A MORE TARGETED.

PROGRAM TO QUALIFY, YOU HAD TO HAVE ORIGINALLY TAKEN OUT LESS THAN $12,000, A SMALL AMOUNT BY COMPARISON TO WHAT SOME PEOPLE TAKE OUT FOR COLLEGE AND GRADUATE SCHOOL. >> AND YOU HAD YOU'VE BEEN MAKING ON THAT DEBT FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS.

BUT FOR THOSE BORROWERS WHO QUALIFY WITH THOSE METRICS AND ARE ENROLLED IN THE WHITE HOUSE'S NEW REPAYMENT PROGRAM, BASICALLY SIGNED UP AND ASKED FOR HELP, I MEAN, THIS COULD BE HUGE LIFE SAVING, LIFE CHANGING DEBT RELIEF TO HAVE YOUR BALANCE WIPED OUT.

AND FORGIVEN FROM THIS WHITE HOUSE. SO PRESIDENT BIDEN ACTUALLY SET TO DELIVER REMARKS ON THIS RIGHT WHILE CAMPAIGNING CALIFORNIA. CAN WE EXPECT TO HEAR FROM HIM SOON? YEAH, THAT'S WHAT WE'RE.

EXPECTING. >> LOOK, THIS IS EXACTLY THE KIND OF WORK THAT THE WHITE WANTS TO BE TALKING ABOUT. IT'S THE MESSAGE THEY WANT TO BE GETTING OUT TO VOTERS. I MEAN, I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF VOTERS THAT STILL FEEL FRUSTRATED.

THEY FEEL, LIKE THE PRESIDENT, CAMPAIGNED ON PROVIDING STUDENT LOAN DEBT RELIEF AND THAT IT WAS A CAMPAIGN PROMISE THAT HE HADN'T YET FULFILLED. AND SO THE WHITE HOUSE TRYING TO GET THE PRESIDENT OUT THERE AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE TO TALK ABOUT THE WORK THEY HAVE BEEN.

ABLE TO DO IN THIS SPACE, AND ESPECIALLY WITH PROGRAMS LIKE ANNOUNCEMENT, WHICH WE KNOW ARE GOING AFTER THOSE BORROWERS, ARE PERHAPS THE MOST VULNERABLE TO POTENTIALLY DEFAULTING THEIR LOANS. ALL RIGHT, MARYALICE PARKS WE WILL WAIT FOR THE PRESIDENT'S.

AND TAKE IT LIVE WHEN HE BEGINS TO SPEAK. APPRECIATE IT. WELL, PROMPTED BY THE DEATH OF OPPOSITION LEADER ALEXEI NAVALNY AND THE TWO YEAR WAR IN UKRAINE, THE U.S. GETS READY TO UNVEIL SOME MAJOR RUSSIAN SANCTIONS.

THIS IS ALL COMING DOWN AS A FORMER FBI INFORMANT IS ALSO ACCUSED MAKING FALSE BRIBERY CLAIMS. BRIBERY CLAIMS, RATHER, ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN, HIS SON HUNTER. HE SAID HE WAS FED THIS INFORMATION BY RUSSIAN.

INTELLIGENCE AND, OF COURSE, TURNED OUT NOT TO BE TRUE PATRICK REEVELL IS LIVE FROM KYIV NOW ALONG WITH OUR CONTRIBUTOR MICK MULROY. SO, PATRICK, LET'S FIRST TALK ABOUT WHAT WE'RE LEARNING ABOUT THE U.K. SANCTIONING THE HEADS OF THIS PRISON WHERE.

NAVALNY WAS KILLED. WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW? HI, CAROL. YEAH, THE U.K. HAS ANNOUNCED SANCTIONS ON THE HEAD OF THE PRISON WHERE ALEXEI NAVALNY DIED IN THE ARCTIC. >> IT'S ANNOUNCING NEW SANCTIONS, SAYING THAT HE.

WILL BE BLACKLISTED. HE'S NOT ALLOWED TO HAVE ASSETS OR VISIT THE U.K.. BUT REALLY, THESE SANCTIONS ARE ALREADY FACING QUITE A LOT OF CRITICISM BECAUSE THEY'RE SEEN AS TOKEN, BECAUSE ULTIMATELY, IT'S VERY UNLIKELY THAT THIS OFFICIAL HAS.

SIGNIFICANT ASSETS IN THE U.K. OR EVEN THAT RUSSIA WOULD ALLOW THEM NECESSARILY TO GO TO THE U.K.. AND THE U.S. HAS SAID THAT IT'S GOING TO IMPOSE MAJOR SANCTIONS. WE DON'T YET KNOW THEY ARE. IT'S POSSIBLE THE U.K.

WILL ALSO IMPOSE MORE SIGNIFICANT ONES ONCE THE U.S. DOES AS WELL. BUT WE'LL WAIT FOR NOW TO SEE WHAT EXACTLY THE U.S. CAN IMPOSE AND HOW IT CAN HURT RUSSIA WHEN IT'S ALREADY GOT SUCH SIGNIFICANT SANCTIONS ON IT BECAUSE OF THE WAR HERE.

IN UKRAINE KYRA. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THESE SANCTIONS MEAN THEY'RE USED OFTEN AGAINST RUSSIA, BUT RARELY CHANGE BEHAVIOR. >> SO WHY EVEN DO THEM APPEAR? THAT IS A GOOD POINT. BUT I THINK ESSENTIALLY THEY DON'T CHANGE THE BEHAVIOR.

BUT WE STILL HAVE TO INFLICT CONSEQUENCES. PATRICK MENTIONED THE U.K. SANCTIONS. THEY'RE AGAINST SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALS THAT WERE IN CHARGE OF THE PRISON. THAT'S ONE WAY TO DO IT. ANOTHER WAY IS TO AFTER CERTAIN.

SEGMENTS OF THE ECONOMY, THAT HELPS FEED WAR MACHINE, FOR EXAMPLE, SUCH AS THE IMPORT OF TECHNOLOGY. IF WE CAN CUT THAT OFF, THEY HAVE A HARD TIME MAKING WEAPONS. AND THEN ANOTHER WAY IS THEY SEIZED LARGE ASSETS OF RUSSIAN.

EITHER OLIGARCHS OR THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT ITSELF, WHICH RIGHT NOW THEY'RE AT POTENTIALLY REPARATIONS, IF YOU WILL, TO UKRAINE TO HELP REBUILD THEIR ECONOMY. SO, YES, THEY DON'T CHANGE THE BEHAVIORS THAT MUCH, BUT THEY STILL INFLICT.

SIGNIFICANT CONSEQUENCES. >> SO WHERE DO YOU THINK THEN WE WILL FOCUS OUR SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA THIS TIME AROUND? >> WILL FOCUS AGAINST THE DEFENSE INDUSTRY. >> THE THE ECONOMICS OF RUSSIA, AND ANYTHING THEY CAN AFFECT.

PRESIDENT PUTIN OR ANY OF THE PEOPLE THAT SUPPORT HIM BECAUSE THEY ESSENTIALLY IN THIS SYSTEM CONTROLLED MOST OF THE WEALTH. SO IF WE CAN EFFECT THESE OLIGARCHS, AS THEY CALL THEM TO A POINT WHERE THEY CAN PUT PRESSURE ON PUTIN, THAT'S ESSENTIALLY WHERE I THINK.

OUR SANCTIONS WILL BE. AND OF COURSE, TO DO ANYTHING WE CAN TO REDUCE THEIR CAPACITY TO WAGE WAR IN UKRAINE. ALL RIGHT, NICK PATRICK, THANK YOU BOTH. BACK HERE, CAPITOL PRESIDENT BIDEN'S YOUNGER BROTHER, JAMES BIDEN, IS ACTUALLY.

UNDERGOING QUESTIONING RIGHT NOW BY THE REPUBLICAN LED HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AMID ITS QUESTIONABLE IMPEACHMENT PROBE. TODAY'S CLOSED DEPOSITION IS A CONFRONTATION MONTHS IN THE MAKING AS THE PANEL ACKNOWLEDGES, IT'S GATHERED.

LOTS OF BANK RECORDS AND WITNESS TESTIMONY JUST TO SUPPORT THEIR CLAIM THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN BENEFITED FROM HIS FAMILY'S OVERSEAS BUSINESS AFFAIRS, SOMETHING THAT STILL HAS YET TO BE PROVEN IN ANY CAPACITY OR JAY O'BRIEN CONTINUE TO TRACK IT FOR US.

SO WHAT'S THE LATEST REPORT NOW. >> YES. SO, KYRA, REMEMBER THE STATED GOAL OF THIS REPUBLICAN IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY IS TO LOOK FOR THEY'VE SAID THE WARRANTS FOR TRY TO FIND EVIDENCE THAT LINKS.

PRESIDENT BIDEN TO HIS SON AND BROTHER'S OVERSEAS BUSINESS DEALINGS. WE KNOW JAMES BIDEN HAS TOLD THE COMMITTEE TODAY UNDER OATH THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN, WHEN HE WAS A PRIVATE CITIZEN AND WHEN HE WAS VICE PRESIDENT AND INTO NOW WAS NOT.

AND HAS NOT BEEN INVOLVED IN HIS OVERSEAS BUSINESS DEALINGS OR, HIS SON'S OVERSEAS BUSINESS DEALINGS, ETC.. WE ALSO KNOW THAT HE TOLD THE COMMITTEE THAT TWO CHECKS THAT REPUBLICANS HAVE BEEN HARPING ON FOR QUITE SOME TIME WERE NOT ANY KIND OF PAYMENT.

THAT FUNNELED THROUGH JAMES BIDEN TO PRESIDENT BIDEN AS REPUBLICANS ALLEGED, BUT INSTEAD, AS JAMES BIDEN SAYS, THEY WERE REPAYMENTS FOR SHORT TERM LOANS THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN TO HIS YOUNGER BROTHER WHEN HE WAS OUT OF OFFICE AFTER HE SERVED.

AS VICE. SO JAMES BIDEN SAYING THOSE UNDER OATH HAS INDICATED HE'S NOT GIVING REPUBLICANS ANYTHING TO WORK WITH IN TERMS OF TRYING TO LINK AS HAVE IT YET, THOSE OVERSEAS BUSINESS DEALINGS TO THE PRESIDENT. SO TOP DEMOCRAT RASKIN.

ACTUALLY CAUGHT UP WITH OUR PIERRE THOMAS UP ON THE HILL. LET'S A LISTEN TO WHAT HE TOLD HERE. >> WELL, I THINK THE SMIRNOV REVELATIONS, THE ENTIRE CASE. I MEAN, SMIRNOV WAS THE FOUNDATION OF THE WHOLE THING.

HE WAS THE ONE WHO CAME FORWARD TO SAY THAT THAT BURISMA HAD GIVEN JOE BIDEN $5 MILLION, AND THAT WAS JUST CONCOCTED OF THIN AIR. >> AND SMIRNOV CLEARLY FORMER FBI INFORMANT THAT WAS BRINGING ALL THIS INFORMATION FORWARD, THEN GOP THOUGHT THAT THEY HAD.

AN IMPEACHMENT INVESTIGATION HERE AND THEN IT TURNS OUT THIS INFORMANT FALLS FLAT WITH REGARD TO INFORMATION. >> REPUBLICANS FREQUENTLY MENTIONED SMIRNOFF'S CLAIMS, NEVER SAID HIS NAME BECAUSE HE WAS AN UNNAMED FBI INFORMANT, BUT THEY REPEATEDLY.

MENTIONED THOSE CLAIMS. IF YOU THINK OF, AS YOU AND I HAVE TALKED ABOUT THIS IMPEACHMENT AS A TABLE. SMIRNOV IS ONE OF THE LEGS OF THAT TABLE, AS I'VE HEARD REPUBLICANS DESCRIBE IT TO ME. AND THE BANK, THEY SAY THEY HAVE ANOTHER ELEMENT.

THEY SAY THEY HAVE EVIDENCE IN ADDITION TO SMIRNOV, HE'S ONE OF THE LEGS. SO IF YOU TAKE AWAY ONE LEG OF A FOUR LEG TABLE, CAN THAT TABLE STAND ON THREE LEGS? THAT'S THE QUESTION FACING REPUBLICANS RIGHT NOW. BUT NO DOUBT THOSE CHARGES.

ON SMIRNOV OF LYING TO THE FBI, ALLEGEDLY BY THAT INFORMATION ABOUT HUNTER BIDEN AND THE PRESIDENT, A BIG BLOW. THIS STILL ONGOING AT THIS HOUR, IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY. WE'RE GOING TO FOLLOW THOSE BANK RECORDS. HIS BANK RECORDS USUALLY DON'T.

LIE. IT'S RIGHT THERE IN, THE WRITING. ALL RIGHT. WE'LL FOLLOW IT. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. WELL, TERRIFYING MOMENTS. THE SKIES TODAY WHEN.

A PASSENGER JET JET, RATHER, WAS DIVERTED MID-FLIGHT AFTER A BOMB THREAT. THE UNITED AIRLINES FLIGHT FROM NEWARK TO LOS ANGELES LANDED AT CHICAGO'S O'HARE AIRPORT AFTER A REPORTED SECURITY ISSUE . THE INCIDENT COMING.

ON THE HEELS OF YET ANOTHER MID-AIR SCALE SCARE. YOU'LL REMEMBER THAT UNRULY PASSENGER SEEN IN THIS VIDEO HERE. A MAN WAS GETTING DUCT TAPED AFTER A FLIGHT FROM ALBUQUERQUE TO CHICAGO. OUR FAITH ABUBEY IS FOLLOWING.

ALL OF THIS FOR US. SO LET'S GO AND START WITH THAT BOMB THREAT AND THAT PROMPTED THIS EMERGENCY IN CHICAGO. WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW? YEAH. WAS AN UNSETTLING MORNING FOR DOZENS OF PASSENGERS ON THAT.

FLIGHT. THEY WERE SUPPOSED TO BE HERE IN LOS ANGELES. THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT. THEY HAD TO MAKE THAT EMERGENCY IN CHICAGO. APPARENTLY, WHEN THEY WERE IN FLIGHT, THEY STARTED DESCENDING THE PATH.

PASSENGERS DIDN'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT WAS GOING ON. THEY FINALLY ARRIVED ON THE TARMAC IN CHICAGO TO A SWARM OF EMERGENCY VEHICLES. AND THEN THAT'S WHEN THEY DEPLANED. AND THEY FOUND OUT THAT APPARENTLY ONE OF.

THE PASSENGERS WAS SOMEONE HAD WRITTEN A BOMB THREAT ON MIRROR INSIDE ONE OF THE BATHROOMS ON THAT PLANE. AGAIN, IT WAS UNSETTLING FOR THESE PASSENGERS, BUT EVERYBODY WAS ABLE TO GET OUT SAFELY. UNITED RELEASE A STATEMENT SAYING THERE WAS A POTENTIAL.

SECURITY INCIDENT THAT CAUSED FLIGHT TO BE DIVERTED. ALSO, THE FBI RELEASED A STATEMENT SAYING THAT AT THIS TIME THERE DOESN'T APPEAR TO BE ANY SAFETY ISSUES OR ANY SAFETY PROBLEMS OR THREATS TO THE PUBLIC OR TO THAT FACILITY IN CHICAGO.

AND SO WE'RE WAITING TO HEAR MORE WHAT HAPPENED, WHO MAY HAVE DONE THAT. BUT AS OF NOW, IT SEEMS THE BOMB THREAT WAS UNFOUNDED. ALL RIGHT. NOW, LET'S TALK ABOUT THIS INCIDENT INVOLVING THE UNRULY PASSENGER ON THAT.

AMERICAN AIRLINES FLIGHT. NOBODY WANTS TO BE SEEN ON VIDEO GETTING DUCT TAPE, BUT CLEARLY THE FLIGHT ATTENDANTS HAD TO DO SOMETHING . OH, YEAH. I MEAN, TWO INCIDENTS IN TWO DAYS WHERE A FLIGHT HAD TO BE.

DIVERTED. IT WAS WILD LAST NIGHT. THIS WAS A FLIGHT COMING FROM ALBUQUERQUE. IT WAS SUPPOSED TO GO TO CHICAGO AGAIN, BUT THEN THEY HAD TO RETURN BACK TO ALBUQUERQUE BECAUSE AS A LOT OF THE PASSENGERS,.

THIS WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NIGHT THAT SOME OF THE PASSENGERS WERE SLEEPING. THEY HEARD A NOISE. TURNS OUT ONE OF THE OTHER PASSENGERS WAS ALLEGEDLY TO OPEN THE PLANE DOOR, ONE OF THE EMERGENCY DOORS, AND WAS TRYING TO GET OUT.

AGAIN, TO REMIND YOU, THIS PLANE WAS IN THE AIR. AND SO WE'RE NOT SURE WHERE THAT PASSENGER WAS TRYING TO GO. BUT A LOT OF THE OTHER PASSENGERS JUMPED INTO ACTION REALLY QUICKLY. THEY WERE ABLE TO PIN HIM DOWN.

THEY WERE ABLE TO TIE HIM UP WITH DUCT TAPE THAT THEY GOT FROM THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT AND ALSO SOME FLEXI CUFFS AS WELL. THEY HELD HIM DOWN ALL THE WAY BACK TO ALBUQUERQUE, WHERE THERE WAS LAW ENFORCEMENT WAITING FOR THEM ON,.

THE TARMAC. THEY BOARDED THAT PLANE AND WERE ABLE TO DETAIN THAT PASSENGER, THAT PASSENGER, AS FAR AS WE KNOW, IS STILL IN CUSTODY AT THIS POINT. SO STILL WAITING TO HEAR MORE AB BUT HOW WILD WAS THAT?.

WILD, INDEED. THEN WE'VE GOT THIS LATE BREAKING NEWS INVOLVING A SHAKEUP AT BOEING. ALL KINDS OF STORIES THAT ARE HITTING THE AIRLINES. TELL US THE LATEST. YES. SO THIS IS PART OF A LEADERSHIP.

RESHUFFLING. THAT'S WHAT IS CALLING THIS. YOU REMEMBER THAT INCIDENT BACK IN JANUARY, A DOOR BLEW OFF OF AN ALASKA AIRLINES MID-FLIGHT AND NO ONE WAS INJURED. BUT THERE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE PASSENGERS WERE RIGHT NEXT.

TO THAT DOOR. TURNS OUT THAT THEY DIDN'T MAKE THAT FLIGHT, BUT EVERYONE GOT OUT SAFELY. THERE WERE SOME MINOR INJURIES, BUT EVERYBODY WAS OKAY. AND SO NOW A RESULT, LOT OF QUESTIONS, SECURITY QUESTIONS ABOUT THE 737 MAX.

AND WE'RE JUST HEARING JUST MOMENTS AGO, BOEING HAS DECIDED TO REMOVE THE PERSON IN CHARGE OF THAT PROGRAM AND REPLACE THAT PERSON. OF COURSE, QUESTION STILL REMAINS ABOUT SAFETY. BUT ALSO, WHAT ARE THEY FOCUSING ON IN TERMS.

OF QUALITY CONTROL KYRA. ALL RIGHT, FAITH ABUBEY SO MUCH. AND COMING UP, BURIED ALIVE, A HEARTBREAKING STORY OF FLORIDA AS KIDS WERE DIGGING IN THE SAND. WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? >> WHENEVER NEWS BREAKS, WE.

HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR. AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK, HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. REPORTING FROM LEWISTON, MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS SHOOTING. >> ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE.

EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE, THE NEIGHBORING UKRAINE REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY IN ROLLING FORWARD. THIS TORNADO TORE THROUGH THIS SMALL 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 ON, THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL, OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT. COMING FBI REPORTING FROM.

INCURSIONS ON THE PICKET LINES 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 NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS YOU SHOULD SEE ME THE STRONGEST FEELINGS FIGHT FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THEIR FAMILIES. ALL HE NEEDS TO. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START.

DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS? THIS IS THE 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 INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST WITH FOUR EDWARD.

OUR MURROW AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE ABC NEWS NEEDED YOUR DAILY FIRST. LISTEN NOW THAT'S PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING. >> WHEREVER YOU GET.

YOUR PODCASTS, START HERE. WELL, NEW THIS HOUR, TRAGEDY ON A BEACH IN FLORIDA WHERE A LITTLE GIRL HAS NOW DIED AFTER FALLING INTO A HOLE THAT SHE DUG IN THE SAND WHILE PLAYING WITH HER BROTHER. AT THIS JUST OUTSIDE FORT LAUDERDALE.

OUR VICTOR OQUENDO IS FOLLOWING STORY FOR US. SO WHAT MORE DO WE KNOW ABOUT THIS LITTLE GIRL AND, HOW IT ALL HAPPENED? VICTOR. WELL, CAROL, OFFICIALS WITH THE BROWARD SHERIFF'S OFFICE SAY THAT THIS BROTHER AND.

SISTER DIGGING THIS HOLE. IT WAS JUST AFTER 3:00 ON TUESDAY WHEN WERE SUDDENLY BURIED IN IT. AUTHORITIES BELIEVE THAT THE HOLE WAS ABOUT 5 TO 6 FEET DEEP WHEN IT COLLAPSED. AND THAT LED TO A FRANTIC SCENE.

YOU HAD THEIR FAMILY, ONLOOKERS, FIRST RESPONDERS, ALL DESPERATELY TRYING TO DIG THEM OUT ONTO THE BEACH. FIRE RESCUE SAID THAT THE BOY WAS BURIED ABOUT CHEST DEEP WHEN THEY ARRIVED AND THAT HIS SISTER, HIS LITTLE GIRL, WAS BURIED COMPLETELY.

UNDERNEATH HIM. THE IDENTITIES OF THE CHILDREN ,SEVEN-YEAR-OLD SLONE AND NINE YEAR OLD MADDOX MATTINGLY, THEY WERE BOTH TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL. SLOAN DID NOT SURVIVE, AND THERE'S NO UPDATE ON MADDOX'S CONDITION.

THEY WERE JUST IN TOWN ON VACATION WITH THEIR PARENTS VISITING FROM INDIANA KYRA. SO CLEARLY, VICTOR BURIED IT THIS MUST HAVE HAPPENED SO QUICKLY. BUT DO WE KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HOW JUST THE SAND, HOW THE HOLE GOT GOT SO DEEP.

AND THE SAND, YOU KNOW, MOVED SO, SO QUICKLY? IT SEEMS LIKE THERE IS GOT TO BE SCIENCE TO ALL THIS. ON HOW IT HAPPENED SO FAST. >> SOME THAT PEOPLE MIGHT NOT CONSIDER WHEN IT COMES TO SIMPLY DIGGING HOLES IN THE SAND.

I JUST SPOKE WITH FORT LAUDERDALE OCEAN RESCUE AND. THEY MADE IT VERY CLEAR. SAND CAN BE DANGEROUS. NUMBER ONE, WHAT HAPPENED? IF YOU DIG A HOLE SO DEEP, THE WALLS COULD COLLAPSE QUICKLY? LOOK, SAND IS UNSTABLE.

SOMETHING ELSE TO CONSIDER. THE CITY WILL REGULARLY DRIVE VEHICLES OUT HERE ON TO THE SAND. IF THEY SEE A HOLE AND SOMEONE IS IN IT, THAT COULD OBVIOUSLY BE DANGEROUS. WELL, SOMEONE COULD TRIP AND FALL INTO A HOLE IF THAT'S.

LEFT UNFILLED. AND THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE TO CONSIDER, JUST DEPENDING ON THE TIME OF YEAR. BUT TURTLE NESTING SEASON IS SOMETHING ELSE THAT PEOPLE SHOULD BE AWARE. SO FORT LAUDERDALE OCEAN RESCUE REMINDS US THAT THEY ACTUALLY.

HAVE AN ORDINANCE IN PLACE HERE ON THE BEACH IN FORT LAUDERDALE BANNING. ANYONE FROM DIGGING HOLES ON THE BEACH BECAUSE IT IS CONSIDERED SO DANGEROUS. AND IF THEY SEE ANYONE DOING IT, THEY GO UP TO THEM AND TELL THEM TO STOP IMMEDIATELY KYRA.

ALL RIGHT, VICTOR OQUENDO APPRECIATE IT. WELL, AN INVESTIGATION IS UNDERWAY INTO THE DEATH OF A NON-BINARY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT JUST ONE DAY AFTER A FIGHT WITH OTHER STUDENTS ON CAMPUS. THE VICTIM'S NAME NEXT. BENEDICT, WHOSE MOTHER SAYS.

IDENTIFIED AS NON-BINARY. SCHOOL OFFICIALS REPORT THAT NEXT. AND OTHER STUDENTS WERE IN A BATHROOM LESS THAN 2 MINUTES WHILE OTHERS BROKE UP THE FIGHT OR MORGAN NORWOOD HAS BEEN FOLLOWING THE STORY. SO, MORGAN, CAN YOU GIVE US ANY.

MORE DETAILS ON WHAT EXACTLY? YOU'LL HEAR A LOT OF QUESTIONS THIS AFTERNOON AS TO EXACTLY WHAT HAPPENED HERE. AND, OF COURSE, ALL OF THAT IS GOING TO BE UNDER THE INVESTIGATION OF AUTHORITIES. ONE OF THE KEY KEY AND ON.

THE TIMELINE HERE, BECAUSE THAT'S GOING TO BE REALLY IMPORTANT. SO WE BEGIN ON FEBRUARY 8TH, RIGHT? THAT'S WHEN IT ALL STARTS. AND AGAIN, AS YOU MENTIONED, THE CASE CENTERS AROUND NECKS. BENEDICT, JUST 16 YEARS OLD,.

NONBINARY STUDENT IN OKLAHOMA. THEY HAVE DIED JUST ONE DAY AFTER SOME SORT OF FIGHT IN THE BATHROOM WITH, A GROUP OF GIRLS. IT IS UNCLEAR AT THIS POINT IF THEIR GENDER IDENTITY PLAYED A ROLE IN FIGHT. BUT ACCORDING TO HIS MOM, SUE,.

THEY HAVE BEEN BULLIED FOR BEFORE THIS AT THE SAME SCHOOL. SO, AGAIN, WE'RE TALKING ABOUT FEBRUARY EIGHT. THE TEEN TAKEN TO THE HOSPITAL IMMEDIATELY AFTER, THE FIGHT. WE KNOW THE SCHOOL RESOURCE OFFICER ALSO DISPATCHED TO THE HOSPITAL, TAKES REPORT THERE.

THE SCHOOL SAYS THE KIDS, AS YOU MENTIONED HERE, WERE IN THAT FOR LESS THAN 2 MINUTES BEFORE THAT FIGHT WAS BROKEN UP. AND ACCORDING TO POLICE NEXT, WAS TAKEN BACK TO THE HOSPITAL WHERE THEY WERE PRONOUNCED DEAD .

SO, AGAIN, A LOT OF QUESTIONS AS TO HOW THEY DIED. OF COURSE, THERE IS AN AUTOPSY AND SEVERAL OTHER REPORTS BEING DONE AT THIS HOUR. SO THAT'S WHERE WE LEAVE IT WITH THE INVESTIGATION AND A LOT OF PEOPLE INTERESTED IN WHERE THIS GOES FROM HERE.

WELL, WE'LL DEFINITELY FOLLOW THE INVESTIGATION. MORGAN, I APPRECIATE IT. >> ALL RIGHT. >> NOW, SOME OF THE WORLD'S MOST NOTORIOUS GANG MEMBERS AS THEY FIGHT FOR OF THEIR COUNTRY. >> HIS EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW NEXT.

. >> 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 MARK, AMERICA'S ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE TELEVISION FROM.

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ATTORNEY. THIS STORY WAS A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION. THEY SAID ALL VICTIMS GET A CHANCE, FIND BABY ARAB. AND THAT'S SORT OF A LOSS. WHAT TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THAT HOUSE WHICH I DIDN'T.

I WANTED ERICA TO SAY I'M SORRY. THANKS, FACE. >> ERICA, WHY DO YOU THINK YOU, THE HOUSEWIFE AND THE HOUSE SEARCHING AND YOU? I'M WHIT JOHNSON REPORTING FROM MAUI. WHEREVER THE STORY IS,.

WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. NORTH SCREAMING ABC LOT CATCHES JIMMY WITH US. WITH HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS OF ECUADORIANS ARE MIGRATING TO THE U.S. SOUTHERN BORDER, HOPING TO FIND BETTER LIVING CONDITIONS AS SOME THE WORLD'S MOST VIOLENT GANGS FIGHT FOR.

CONTROL OF THEIR COUNTRY. OUR MATT RIVERS NOW ON THE VIOLENCE, DRUGS AND CORRUPTION AS HE SITS EXCLUSIVELY WITH SOME OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS LEADERS. >> THE GUIDEBOOKS CALL ECUADOR THE LAND FOUR WORLDS. IT'S FAMED THE GALAPAGOS.

ISLANDS. ITS MOUNTAINS, ITS RAINFOREST AND ITS PACIFIC COAST. BUT IT IS THAT FOURTH PILLAR, THE COAST THAT IS SHATTERING THE PEACE PORT STARK THE COASTLINE WITH EASY ACCESS TO SHIPPING ROUTES TO THE U.S. AND EUROPE.

>> THROW IN WEAK LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CORRUPTION AND YOU HAVE A PERFECT TRANSIT POINT FOR MASSIVE AMOUNTS OF COCAINE IN COLOMBIA AND PERU. >> SO RIGHT NOW, WE'RE DRIVING WHAT IS ONE OF THE MOST DANGEROUS NEIGHBORHOODS IN ALL.

OF GUAYAQUIL. THE REASON WE'RE DOING THAT IS BECAUSE THIS GANG HAS INVITED US INTO AREA TO INTERVIEW SOME OF THEIR SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM MEMBER WHO APPARENTLY WANTED SOMEONE THEY CAN SIT ON LINE. THIS IS A AND BE A KILLER OF A.

WOMAN. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY SOMETHING . >> WHAT'S CHANGED? THE GAME, HE SAYS, IS WORKING WITH MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS. THE ECUADORIANS ARE THE MIDDLEMEN, AND FROM THE V.A., THEY GET TO TRAVEL BY MEDIA.

AND PEOPLE ARE NOT EXACTLY LOST TO GET ON THIS. ALSO, IN A KEY ALLIANCE WITH MOST TORNADOES, ECUADOR'S MOST NOTORIOUS GANG BLAMED BY DISNEY ADOLFO MUSI USB JAMMER, WHO UNTIL LAST MONTH WAS 34 YEARS IN PRISON. BUT ON JANUARY 7TH, HE ESCAPED.

INSTANTLY, BECOMING THE COUNTRY'S MOST WANTED MAN. THE NEXT DAY, PRESIDENT DANIEL NOBOA DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY. THE MILITARY WAS DEPLOYED TO THE STREETS. THE PRISONS KEY POWER CENTERS FOR ECUADOR'S ORGANIZED CRIME.

AND A DAY LATER, ORGANIZED RESPONDED AN EXPLOSION OF GANG VIOLENCE ROCKED THE COUNTRY. GANG MEMBERS FROM THOSE ON IS TAKING OVER A GOVERNMENT OWNED TV STATION. >> A DAY OF VIOLENCE. A MESSAGE TO THE GOVERNMENT DON'T MESS WITH ORGANIZED.

CRIME. IN ECUADOR, IT'S COMMONPLACE THESE DAYS. CRIMINAL GROUPS AUGMENTING DRUG MONEY WITH EXTORTION HARDWARE AND THOSE THAT COST MORE THAN MOST BUY INTO INTERVENTION. >> ONE DAY, AFTER MONTHS OF NOT.

PAYING FOR THE AIR, IT WAS KIDNAPPED BY FOUR ARMED MEN IN BROAD DAYLIGHT WHILE WAITING AT A STOPLIGHT. EUROPEAN SITUATION. >> THEY KEPT HIM FOR A FULL, FORCING HIS FAMILY TO GIVE UP ALL $5,000 THEY HAD IN THEIR SAVINGS.

HE AND HIS WIFE HAD SAVED UP TO TRY AND MIGRATE TO THE U.S.. >> I LIKE IT BECAUSE I IS GOING TO SHOW YOU THIS BETTER IN MULTIPLE THE HOMICIDE RATE IN GUAYAQUIL MORE THAN FIVE TIMES HIGHER THAN IT WAS JUST A FEW YEARS AGO. VIOLENT CRIME HAS SKYROCKETED.

AS GANGS COMPETE FOR A COCAINE MARKET WORTH. >> BILLIONS. THE PRESIDENT HAS PLEDGED HIS FIGHT AGAINST ORGANIZED CRIME WILL CONTINUE, BUT THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IS SET TO END IN A FEW WEEKS. AND TO THOSE PUSHING DRUGS,.

THE FIGHT IS JUST BEGINNING. >> ITALY WILL NOT WIN BY A DOSE OF CARTEL. >> AND OUR THANKS TO MATT RIVERS AND ONE RENTERIA FOR THAT INCREDIBLE REPORT. SOME OTHER HEADLINES. AND WE'RE ALSO FOLLOWING FOR YOU THIS HOUR.

NEWLY RELEASED BODY CAM VIDEO SHOWING THE MAN ACCUSED ATTACKING THE LAS VEGAS JUDGE IN THE COURTROOM LAST MONTH. ACTUALLY AT CORRECTIONS OFFICERS, AS YOU CAN SEE IN THIS VIDEO. 33-YEAR-OLD YARBER REDDEN.

IS SEEN BEING TAKEN A CELL BY A NUMBER OF OFFICERS THERE AND THEN SPITTING AT ONE OF THEM. THIS WAS JUST HOURS AFTER THIS MOMENT WENT WHEN REDDING LAUNCHED HIMSELF ACROSS THE COURTROOM TO THE BENCH, ATTACKING MARY KAY HOVIS AT A.

BUS AND SEATTLE ON VIDEO CRASHING THROUGH AN INDOOR SKATEPARK WHERE DOZENS OF KIDS WERE THERE. SKATING AFFILIATE COBO REPORTING THAT 30 MIDDLE SCHOOL, THE COLLEGE AGE GIRLS, WERE ATTENDING AN EVENT FOR A NONPROFIT.

LUCKILY, NO ONE WAS INJURED AND A SCHOOL BUS SIZED SATELLITE STARTING ITS RETURN BACK TO EARTH HERE. THE EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY REPORTING THAT THE AIR RACED TO SATELLITE, LAUNCHED IN 1995 AND WORKED FOR 16 YEARS COLLECTING INFORMATION.

AND REVOLUTIONIZING SCIENTIFIC UNDERSTANDING OF EARTH AND CLIMATE CHANGE BY HELPING MEASURE THE OCEAN TEMPS AND EARTH'S OZONE LAYER. WELL, THANKS FOR SHARING WITH US. AND KYRA PHILLIPS. NEWS NEVER STOPS.

WE'VE GOT A LOT MORE NEWS ON THE OTHER SIDE. STAY WITH US. I THINK IT WOULD BE IRRESPONSIBLE OF ME AS WE GO THROUGH WORLD PRIDE MONTH NOT TO SPEAK OF THE EVENTS AT THE STONEWALL INN IN JUNE OF 1969.

I'M CERTAINLY NOT GOING TO STAND UP HERE AND PRETEND TO BE AN EXPERT ON WHAT HAPPENED AT STONEWALL. I DO KNOW WHAT HAPPENED SHOULD NOT HAVE HAPPENED. THE ACTIONS TAKEN BY THE NYPD WERE WRONG, PLAIN AND SIMPLE. THE ACTIONS IN THE LAWS.

THAT ARE DISCRIMINATORY AND OPPRESSIVE. AND FOR THAT I APOLOGIZE. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH THE LINE MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST ABC NEWS WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR. AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE, THE MOST.

WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE TELEVISION. I HAVE A QUICK CONCERN. THEY'RE EXPECTING US TO USE OUR SECRET WORLD WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE SAFE. I DON'T KNOW. THIS IS WHAT I'VE BEEN SAYING.

ABOUT THEM AS A SOURCE. THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED BECAUSE. YOU'RE, YOU KNOW, TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. I THINK IT'S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE ANYWHERE. >> WOW.

SO THE QUESTION, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? OKAY, HERE WE GO. YOU SAW AN EXPECTING MOTHER STRUGGLING TO PAY HER TAB. I'M JUST REALLY HUNGRY. IF YOU CHARITY, GO TO A SOUP KITCHEN.

>> WELL, WHAT THIS MAN DOES IS NOT GOOD. >> IT WILL MAKE YOU BELIEVE IN EVERY HERO. ARE YOU A HERO? I WAS. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU SAW THIS? THIS.

I'M HIS GIRLFRIEND. I'M HIS GIRLFRIEND. OH, MY GOD. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? SUNDAY NIGHT, TEN NINE, CENTRAL ON ABC. >> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START DAY HERE? ABC NEWS.

THIS IS STARTING TO BE IN THE NOW AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. START HERE. THE PART OF THE STORY THAT YOU DIDN'T SEE COMING, YOU DID YOUR DAILY FIRST LISTEN. >> WHEREVER YOU GET YOUR PODCASTS, WE ARE HEARING.

ISRAEL A NATION AT WAR. >> WASHINGTON CHAPTER TEN POURING INTO THIS AREA. THIS IS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. BULLET HOLES ALL UP THE WALL WITHIN MINUTES OF THE AIR RAID SIRENS GOING OFF. YOU CAN HEAR THE SAME EXPLOSION HERE.

>> TONIGHT, ISRAEL WAGING FIERCE BOMBARDMENT OF GAZA, THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR FOR NONSTOP LIVE COVERAGE STREAM, ABC NEWS LIVE REPORTING FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL, THE FRONTLINES IN DOWNTOWN IN BEIRUT. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, TAKE YOU THERE.

>> ABC NEWS LIVE RIGHT NOW ON ABC LIVE. TENSIONS RISING. PRESIDENT BIDEN SET TO HIT RUSSIA WITH MAJOR SANCTIONS AFTER THE MYSTERIOUS DEATH OF PUTIN'S FIERCEST CRITIC AS NEW DETAILS EMERGE ABOUT THAT AMERICAN BALLERINA.

DETAINED IN RUSSIA ON SUSPICION OF TREASON. CANCELED BY ADMINISTRATION FORGIVING STUDENT LOAN DEBT. MORE THAN 150,000 BORROWERS NOW OFF THE HOOK FOR REPAYMENT. HOW TO KNOW IF YOU QUALIFY. AND FAILING GRADES. SCHOOLS ACROSS THE COUNTRY.

FACING A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER SHORTAGE. SOME DISTRICTS EVEN COVERING SICK CALLS. WHAT'S BEING DONE TO PREVENT AN EDUCATION CRISIS? AFTERNOON, EVERYONE. I'M KYRA PHILLIPS. OUR TOP STORY THIS HOUR,.

SANCTIONING RUSSIA PROMPTED BY THE DEATH OOPPOSITION LEADER ALEXEI NAVALNY AND THE TWO YEAR WAR IN UKRAINE, THE U.S. GETS READY TO UNVEIL RUSSIAN SANCTIONS. THIS ALL COMING DOWN AS A FORMER FBI INFORMANT IS ACCUSED OF MAKING FALSE BRIBERY CLAIMS.

ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS SON, HUNTER. HE SAYS HE WAS FED INFORMATION BY RUSSIAN. OUR PATRICK REEVELL JOINS US NOW LIVE FROM KYIV ALONG WITH CONTRIBUTOR AND FORMER ACTING UNDERSECRETARY FOR INTELLIGENCE, JOHN COHEN.

SO, PATRICK WE'RE LEARNING NOW THAT THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS SANCTIONED THE HEADS OF THE PENAL COLONY WHERE ALEXEI NAVALNY WAS ACTUALLY KILLED. >> WHAT IS THE U.K. SAYING ABOUT THIS? HI, KYRA.

YEAH, THE U.K. HAS SAID THAT IT'S SANCTIONING THE HEAD, THE PRISON WHERE NAVALNY WAS KILLED. BUT ULTIMATELY, YOU KNOW, THIS IS PRETTY TOKEN SANCTION SO FAR BECAUSE IT'S UNLIKELY THAT THE OFFICIALS IN THE PRISON HAVE SIGNIFICANT ASSETS.

IN, THE U.K., IT'S UNLIKELY THAT THEY'LL TRY AND VISIT THE U.K. THEY MAY NOT EVEN BE ALLOWED BY RUSSIA TO VISIT THE U.K. THE U.S. HAS SAID IT'S GOING TO IMPOSE SANCTIONS. WE WILL WAIT TO SEE WHAT THOSE ARE FOR NOW, THESE ARE THE SORT OF TOKEN SANCTIONS THAT NAVALNY.

SUPPORTERS HAVE BEEN WARNING AGAINST. AND I THINK, YOU KNOW, SOME OF THE EXPERTS HAVE SAID THAT IT IS HARD TO SEE WHAT THE SANCTIONS CAN BE, THAT CAN BE TOUGHER THAN THOSE ALREADY IMPOSED ON RUSSIA BECAUSE OF THE WAR HERE IN UKRAINE.

>> SO YOU'RE IN KYIV AND YOU ALSO MET TODAY WITH THE FORMER UKRAINIAN AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S. AMID THE ONGOING DEADLOCK IN CONGRESS OVER MORE AID. WHAT DID YOU HEAR AS BEING A PART OF THAT CONVERSATION? >> YEAH, WE MET TODAY WITH THE FORMER AMBASSADOR TO THE U.S.,.

CHARLIE, AND WE BASICALLY SPOKE MOSTLY ABOUT THE DEADLOCK IN CONGRESS OVER PROVIDING MORE AID. AND ONE OF THE THINGS THAT WE SPOKE ABOUT WAS THAT, YOU KNOW, MANY REPUBLICAN REPUBLICAN WHO OPPOSE MORE AID TO UKRAINE SAY THAT THE U.S. SHOULD OFF.

AID BECAUSE IT'S ONLY PROLONGING THE WAR, AND THAT BY REDUCING AID, YOU CAN TRY AND PUSH UKRAINE TOWARDS THE NEGOTIATING TABLE. BUT STRONGLY DISAGREED WITH THAT. >> AND TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT HE TOLD US.

>> IF THE UNITED STATES STOPS SUPPLYING WEAPONS, THE WAR IS IN, THAT'S WRONG. ABSOLUTELY WRONG PERCEPTION OF THE SITUATION. >> LEARN IT. NOW, UNFORTUNATELY, IT JUST MAKES THE MESSAGE. GIVE THE MESSAGE AND SIGNAL.

TO PUTIN THAT THEY WILL BE INVITED TO EUROPEAN PORTS OF MAINTENANCE. YEAH. MEAN HE ALSO THOUGH THAT HE IS STILL HOPEFUL THAT CONGRESS WILL FIND A WAY TO PASS THAT PACKAGE AND HE HOPES THAT THAT WILL COME IN THE.

COMING WEEKS KYRA. >> SO, JOHN, BETWEEN THE NEWS OF THE RUSSIANS FACE NUKES LAST WEEK AND THEN THE REVELATIONS OF HUNTER BIDEN'S INFORMANT CASE, RUSSIA IS JUST CONSTANTLY ATTACKING U.S. CLEARLY, IT DOESN'T JUST TAKE WEAPONS TO DO .

>> YEAH, I MEAN, WE TEND TO LOOK AT ALL OF THESE DIFFERENT AS UNIQUE AND INDIVIDUAL CIRCUMSTANCES, BUT THEY'RE NOT. >> I THINK IT'S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO REALLY UNDERSTAND WHAT VLADIMIR PUTIN'S OBJECTIVES ARE.

HE WANTS TO RESTORE THE TERRITORIAL BOUNDARIES AND THE GEOPOLITICAL OF THE SOVIET UNION. SO TO DO THAT, HE NEEDS TO DO SEVERAL THINGS. ONE, HE NEEDS TO RECLAIM TERRITORIES IN EASTERN EUROPE, AND HE'S USING HIS MILITARY.

TO DO THAT IN UKRAINE IN. AND YOU CAN ANTICIPATE THAT IT IS SUCCESSFUL IN UKRAINE. HE'LL INTO OTHER EASTERN EUROPEAN COUNTRIES. BUT HE ALSO KNOWS NATO AND THE UNITED STATES STAND IN HIS WAY OF ACHIEVING HIS OBJECTIVES. SO HE'S USING AN ASYMMETRIC OR.

HYBRID WARFARE TECHNIQUES IN ORDER TO UNDERMINE THE ABILITY OF NATO AND WESTERN EUROPE TO BLOCK HIM. SO HE'S ENGAGING IN CYBER ATTACKS, INFORMATION WARFARE. HE'S USING HIS MILITARY PROXIES IN THE MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA. AND EACH DAY HE IS WORKING.

TO UNDERMINE CONFIDENCE IN THE GOVERNMENT. HE IS SEEKING TO DISRUPT OUR RELATIONSHIP WITH NATO, AND HE'S SEEKING TO DESTABILIZE THE U.S.. >> ALL RIGHT. PATRICK REEVELL JOHN COHEN, APPRECIATE IT.

THANKS SO MUCH. BACK HERE IN OUR CAPITAL, PRESIDENT BIDEN'S YOUNGER BROTHER, JAMES BIDEN, UNDERGOING QUESTIONING BY THE REPUBLICAN LED HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE AMID A QUESTIONABLE IMPEACHMENT PROBE. TODAY'S DOOR DEPOSITION IS A.

CONFRONTATION MONTHS IN THE MAKING AS. THE PANEL IS ALLEGING IT'S GATHERED PLENTY OF BANK RECORDS AND WITNESS TESTIMONY TO ACTUALLY SUPPORT THEIR CLAIM. THE PRESIDENT BENEFITING HIS FAMILY'S OVERSEAS BUSINESS.

AFFAIRS, SOMETHING THAT STILL HAS YET BE PROVEN AND BIDEN DENIES. BUT REPUBLICANS SAY THEY'VE GATHERED ENOUGH INFORMATION TO SUPPORT THEIR THEORY. DEMOCRATS BLASTING THE PROBE AS BOGUS. >> AND TODAY, WE'RE GOING.

TO FOCUS ON THAT THREE CANDIDATE TIME. I CALL THAT THE MONEY, THE BUSINESS, THE BRAND. THAT'LL BE THE FOCUS, I THINK OF QUESTIONING. >> AS FOR TODAY'S TRANSCRIBED INTERVIEW WITH THE BROTHER OF PRESIDENT BIDEN, MR. BIDEN, WE.

OBVIOUSLY AGAIN HAVE HEARD NOTHING INDICATING THAT JOE BIDEN HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE BUSINESS. HUNTER BIDEN FOR JOE BIDEN. JOE BIDEN, TRACK IT ALL FOR US. SO LET'S TALK ABOUT THESE PERSONAL CHECKS. >> YEAH.

SO IF YOU REMEMBER WHEN HOUSE REPUBLICANS CAME OUT AND SAID WE'RE GOING TO HOLD THIS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY INTO PRESIDENT BIDEN, GET THESE HOUSE COMMITTEES TOGETHER AND POINT THEM ALL IN THE DIRECTION OF THIS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY,.

THEY PULLED OUT THIS POSTER BOARD OF CHECKS FROM JAMES BIDEN, THE PRESIDENT'S BROTHER, TO THE PRESIDENT, AND THEY AT THAT POSTER BOARD AND THEY SAID, LOOK, THAT IS EVIDENCE OF PRESIDENT BIDEN FROM HIS BROTHER AND ALSO HIS SON'S OVERSEAS BUSINESS.

DEALINGS. BUT WHAT WE'VE LEARNED THAT JAMES BIDEN HAS GONE IN AND TOLD THESE IS SOMETHING THAT THE WHITE HOUSE HAS BEEN SAYING FOR QUITE SOME TIME, THAT JAMES BONDS ARE SAYING IT ON THE RECORD IN THIS DEPOSITION, WHICH IS THAT THESE.

WERE LOAN REPAYMENTS FROM A LOAN THAT PRESIDENT BIDEN MADE AS A PRIVATE CITIZEN IN 2017, 2018, GAVE TO HIS BROTHER. TWO DIFFERENT CHECKS FOR TWO DIFFERENT LOAN REPAYMENTS AND THUS ARE NOT EVIDENCE, JAMES BIDEN SAYS OF WHAT.

REPUBLICANS ALLEGE, WHICH IS A KIND OF PAYMENT THAT MADE ITS WAY THROUGH JAMES BIDEN TO PRESIDENT BIDEN'S. WHAT JAMES BIDEN IS TELLING THE COMMITTEE UNDER OATH IS NOTHING TO SEE HERE. THESE ARE LOAN REPAYMENTS AND THAT THE NARRATIVE THAT HE.

SAYS REPUBLICANS HAVE BUILT AROUND THESE CHECKS. HE CLAIMS IN THIS DEPOSITION TO BE FALSE. >> ALL RIGHT. SPEAKING OF CLAIMS THAT TO BE FALSE IT'S GO ALL THE WAY BACK TO THE FORMER FBI INFORMANT, THE MAN IN THE.

BASICALLY IS THAT THE MAIN GUY WITHIN THIS IMPEACHMENT? >> ALL KINDS OF QUESTIONS SURROUNDING HIM. NOW, ALEXANDER SMIRNOV, HE MAKES THESE CLAIMS THAT HE SAID THAT HUNTER BIDEN'S ON. ARE YOU ON THE BOARD OF UKRAINIAN ENERGY COMPANY.

BURISMA? YOU'VE HEARD THAT NAME BEFORE. WAS A WAY OF TRYING TO LINK HUNTER BIDEN'S ROLE WITH COMPANY WITH PROTECTION FROM THEN VICE PRESIDENT BIDEN. THAT'S THE CLAIM ALEXANDER SMIRNOV PASSES OFF TO THE FBI. BUT THE SPECIAL COUNSEL HAS.

BEEN INVESTIGATING BIDEN, WHO'S CHARGED? HUNTER BIDEN, BY THE WAY, HAS NOW ALSO ALEXANDER SMIRNOV SAYING THAT THOSE CLAIMS ARE LIES AND THESE WERE CLAIMS THAT REPUBLICANS REPEATED MULTIPLE TIMES WHEN THEY WERE LAUNCHING THIS.

IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY. >> SO IT'S NOT THE ONLY THING REPUBLICANS THEY HAVE. THEY POINT TO THOSE BANK RECORDS AND THOSE CHECKS, FOR INSTANCE. BUT IT IS A CENTRAL PART OF THIS INQUIRY. AND ONE OF THE REASONS WHY.

DEMOCRATS ARE TELLING SHUT THIS DOWN. SO WE'RE GOING TO SEE HUNTER BIDEN TESTIFY. HE'S EXPECTED TO TESTIFY NEXT WEEK. THE QUESTION BECOMES, WHAT KIND OF QUESTIONS DOES FACE THE CHECKS RELATED TO JAMES.

BIDEN? IT'S CURIOUS. SEE WHAT REPUBLICANS HAVE IN TERMS OF EVIDENCE THAT THEY WANT TO QUESTION HUNTER BIDEN ABOUT. WE KNOW THERE'S A LOT OF QUESTIONS THEY HAVE FOR HUNTER BIDEN, BUT THE QUESTION.

REALLY BECOMES, CAN THEY GET ANYTHING OUT OF THAT DEPOSITION THAT CREATES KIND OF A LINKAGE BETWEEN HUNTER BIDEN'S BUSINESS DEALINGS AND THE PRESIDENT'S OVERSEAS BUSINESS DEALINGS? A LINKAGE WE HAVE NOT SEEN THEM COME WITH. SO FAR THROUGH THIS DEPOSITION.

HAPPENING TODAY OF JAMES BIDEN AND THROUGH THIS DEPOSITION THAT MIGHT BE HAPPENING NEXT WEEK OF HUNTER BIDEN. >> STAY TUNED. OKAY. THANK YOU. WELL, TODAY, PRESIDENT BIDEN.

IS DELIVERING GOOD NEWS, 453,000 AMERICANS BY ANNOUNCING THE LATEST PHASE IN A STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PLAN. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION SAYING THAT A TOTAL OF $1.2 BILLION WILL ACTUALLY BE WIPED FOR THOSE ENROLLED IN A REPAYMENT PROGRAM KNOWN AS SAVING ON A.

VALUABLE EDUCATION OR SAVE. SO CHECK YOUR INBOXES, BECAUSE THE WHITE SAYS THAT QUALIFIED INDIVIDUALS ACTUALLY START RECEIVING AN EMAIL FROM THE PRESIDENT TODAY. OUR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARYALICE PARKS JOINS US NOW WITH MORE.

SO IT'S BIG NEWS, I GUESS, FOR FOR THOSE WHO QUALIFY. SO HOW EXACTLY DO YOU KNOW YOU DO QUALIFY AND THEN WHAT CAN YOU EXPECT? YEAH YOU'RE HUGE NEWS THAT YOU HAVE TO HAVE BEEN ENROLLED IN THE WHITE HOUSE'S REPAYMENT PROGRAM.

YOU'VE SAVED, LIKE YOU SAID, THAT ACRONYM. YOU'LL TO GO ONLINE. THEY HAVE TO ENTER THEIR INFORMATION AND BE ENROLLED IN THIS NEW PROGRAM. AND IT DOES TARGET A VERY SPECIFIC KIND OF BORROWER. THIS NEW DEBT IS SPECIFICALLY.

FOR BORROWERS WHO TOOK OUT ORIGINALLY LESS THAN $12,000 AND WHO HAD BEEN MAKING PAYMENTS THAT DEBT FOR THE LAST TEN YEARS. NOW, IT TELLS ME THAT THE WHITE HOUSE IS TRYING TO GIVE FORGIVENESS AND DEBT RELIEF TO BORROWERS WHO MOST LIKELY.

TO DEFAULT. WE KNOW THAT STATISTICALLY IT'S ACTUALLY BORROWERS WITH THE SMALLEST DEBT WHO TOOK OUT LESS THAN 12 OR $10,000 WHO ARE MOST LIKELY TO DEFAULT ,OFTEN BECAUSE THAT'S PEOPLE WHO DIDN'T FINISH COLLEGE.

>> AND SO IT IS INTERESTING, YOU SEE THIS STATISTIC RIGHT THERE THAT MORE THAN HALF OF ALL BORROWERS WHO HAVE DEFAULTED ARE THOSE THAT TOOK OUT LESS THAN $10,000. AND SO CLEARLY, THE WHITE HOUSE TRYING GIVE LOAN.

FORGIVENESS TO THOSE WHO POTENTIALLY COULD REALLY USE IT. >> SO ACCORDING TO THE FEDERAL RESERVE, MOST BORROWERS ACTUALLY TO HAVE A SMALLER AMOUNT OF STUDENT DEBT. WHY IS THAT? AND WHAT DOES THAT TELL YOU?.

YEAH, THOSE THAT ARE THE HIGH RISK OF DEFAULTS, I SAID THOSE THAT MAYBE HAVEN'T FINISHED COLLEGE OR WHO TOOK OUT LOANS FOR A SMALLER DEGREE, A TWO YEAR DEGREE, WHEREAS THOSE WHO TAKE OUT LARGER LOANS OFTEN FOR GRADUATE SCHOOL ARE THOSE THAT THEN TYPICALLY HAVE WAGES.

THAT HAVE ALLOWED THEM TO PAY BACK THOSE LOANS. BUT LOOK, BIG PICTURE, WE'RE SEEING THE WHITE HOUSE TO DO MORE OF THESE TARGETED PROGRAMS. AND THEY SAY TO GIVE THE BIGGEST RELIEF, THE MOST RELIEF TO THE MOST BORROWERS.

THAT THEY KYRA. >> ALL RIGHT, MARYALICE PARKS AT THE WHITE HOUSE FOR US. THANK YOU. WELL, THE EXTREME WEATHER HAMMERING CALIFORNIA IS MOVING OUT AND EAST. NOW, THAT STATE WAS SLAMMED WITH UNRELENTING RAIN FOR DAYS.

THE STORM SPARKING FLASH FLOODING AND MUDSLIDES. THAT STORM NOW MOVING EAST AND EXPECTED TO HIT NEW ENGLAND TOMORROW. OUR METEOROLOGIST SOMARA THEODORE IS TRACKING THE FORECAST FOR US. SO IT IS GOOD NEWS FOR.

CALIFORNIA. IT IS. THEY NEED THE REPRIEVE. THEY NEED THE BREAK. LOS ANGELES SAW 1.75 INCHES OF RAIN IN THREE DAYS. THEY REALLY CLOSE TO MAKING IT TO ONE OF THE IF NOT BE WHAT IS FEBRUARY ON RECORD.

NOT QUITE THERE YET, BUT VERY CLOSE TO IT BECAUSE OF ALL THE WET WEATHER WE HAVE SEEN THIS PAST MONTH. YOU CAN SEE THE VISUALS HERE. >> SO IF YOU LOOK QUICKLY JUST TO THE NORTH, NORTHERN CALIFORNIA SEEING SOME RESIDUAL RAIN, A FEW SPOTTY SHOWERS.

FINALLY DRYING OUT IN SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA. HEAVY SNOW MAKING ITS WAY INTO THE ROCKIES. AND LOOK WHAT NEXT. BY TOMORROW, AROUND THE SAME TIME, THUNDERSTORMS ARE POPPING UP SOUTH OF INDIANAPOLIS, HEADED INTO CINCINNATI, MOVING.

THROUGH LOUISVILLE AND PADUCAH THERE, AND THEN IN THE NORTHERN TIER OF THE STORM SYSTEM, PICKING UP ON SOME LIGHTER SNOW. THEN BY FRIDAY, SEE THIS SAME DISTURBANCE REALLY REVITALIZE, BRING RAIN TO I-95 CORRIDOR, WASHINGTON, D.C.,.

PHILADELPHIA, NEW YORK, BOSTON ,ALL GOING TO BE A SOAKER ON FRIDAY WITH SOME SNOW IN UPSTATE NEW YORK, ANYWHERE FROM 1 TO 3 INCHES GENERALLY. BUT WE COULD SEE SOME SPOTS IN PARTS UPSTATE NEW YORK GETTING 3 TO 6 INCHES,.

ESPECIALLY UP TOWARDS THE CATSKILLS. THE STORY HERE IS THE WARMER AIR. RECORD BREAKING TEMPERATURES ARE POSSIBLE IN PARTS OF TEXAS THIS AFTERNOON AND THEN THE TOP OF NEXT WEEK. THIS HE CONTINUES TO SPREAD.

MINNEAPOLIS, MONDAY. UPPER 50S OKLAHOMA, NEAR 80 DEGREES ON MONDAY. NEW YORK CITY PRETTY WARM AT THE TOP OF NEXT WEEK IN WASHINGTON, D.C., OUR NATION'S CAPITAL. NEXT TUESDAY WILL BE AROUND EIGHT DEGREES WHERE YOU ARE.

KYRA. >> ALL RIGHT. THAT'S BETTER FOR SURE. AMARA, THANK YOU. AND COMING UP, MORE THAN TWO YEARS SINCE THE FATAL SHOOTING ON THE RUSH SET, MORE RIHANNA, GUTIERREZ WILL FACE CRIMINAL CHARGES.

IN COURT. JURY SELECTION UNDERWAY NEXT. >> WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL, A NATION AT WAR WATCHING TANK AFTER POURING INTO THIS AREA. THIS IS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. BULLET ALL UP THE WALLS. WITHIN MINUTES OF THE AIR RAID, SIRENS GOING OFF AND.

HEAR THE SOUND? AN EXPLOSION CAME DOWN HERE. TONIGHT, ISRAEL, A FIERCE BOMBARDMENT OF GAZA, THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR FOR NONSTOP LIVE COVERAGE STREAM. >> ABC NEWS LIVE REPORTING FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL FROM THE FRONT LINE IN DOWNTOWN IN BEIRUT.

WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WILL TAKE YOU THERE. >> ABC NEWS KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE IN COLLEGE. KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE LONG. >> HOW COULD THIS POSSIBLY HAVE HAPPENED? THE INCIDENT BROUGHT A LOT.

OF PANIC TO STUDENTS THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ME. IT COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF MY FRIENDS. THE LAST TIME WE SAW ALONE. IT'S JUST A VERY TRAGIC THING TO HAPPEN TO SOMEONE. MANY TO YOUR LIFE WHEN THE LAST THING YOU SHOULD EVER SAY IS,.

I LOVE YOU. THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST TIME. A DIFFERENT TUNE ON THE SURFACE, STREAMING ON HULU. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH ON THE LINE. MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER NEWSCAST.

ABC NEWS NEWS TONIGHT WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL OF TELEVISION AND IT TO ME, WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS “START HERE” TO BE IN THE NEW 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 EDWARD ARMOR AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO YOU START HERE.

ABC'S NEWS WEEK 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. >> GET READY AMERICA. EVERY FRIDAY. HOTTEST TREND STYLES AND MUST.

HAVE A WHAT'S THE RIGHT STUFF TO BUY RIGHT NOW I REALLY LOVE THAT. TIME TO BUY THE RIGHT STUFF AND SAVE BIG TIME. GET THE RIGHT STUFF RIGHT. DAVE AND GINA, YOU'R YOUR INTERESTS. IF YOU LOVE BEING IN THE KNOW,.

YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE THIS EXPERIENCE. >> THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD IT NOW THAT YOU'RE STREAMING WITH. >> JURY SELECTION BEGAN TODAY IN THE TRIAL FOR RUSH HOUR. HANNAH GUTIERREZ READ HIGH PROFILE TRIAL COMES OVER.

TWO YEARS AFTER CINEMATOGRAPHER ALENA HUTCHINS WAS FATALLY SHOT ON THE NEW MEXICO SET OF RUST, WHERE REID WAS THE FILM'S WEAPONS HANDLER. GUTIERREZ REID IS WITH TWO COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER AND ONE COUNT OF TAMPERING WITH EVIDENCE.

IN CONNECTION WITH HUTCHINSON'S DEATH. GUTIERREZ HAS PLEADED NOT GUILTY THOSE CHARGES. LET'S BRING IN OUR JACLYN LEE, WHO'S BEEN COVERING THIS FOR US. LET'S TALK WHAT PROSECUTORS ARE ALLEGING HERE.

>> YEAH, I MEAN, THIS IS A THE BIG FOCUS OF THIS CASE IS NEGLIGENCE. SHE'S BEEN CHARGED WITH TWO COUNTS OF INVOLUNTARY MANSLAUGHTER. SO FOR THE PROSECUTORS, THEIR JOB IS TO PROVE NOT THAT SHE TRIED TO INJURE OR.

HURT ANYBODY, BUT SIMPLY THAT IT WAS HER NEGLIGENCE THAT LED TO THEIR DEATHS. WHAT WE ARE SEEING IS WE'VE ALREADY SEEN FROM COURT DOCUMENTS, THEY'RE BRINGING UP TEXT MESSAGES SENT BETWEEN CREW MEMBERS WHO WERE CONCERNED ABOUT THE ALLEGED DRUG.

AND ALCOHOL USE USED BY GUTIERREZ. SO WE'RE GOING SEE THAT ON FULL DISPLAY THROUGHOUT THE COURSE OF THIS TRIAL. AND ULTIMATELY, WE'RE GOING TO THAT IS THE FOCUS OF THE PROSECUTORS JUST PROVING THAT IT WAS HER NEGLIGENCE.

THAT LED TO THE HUTCHINS DEATH KYRA. SO LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT WHAT THIS TRIAL MEANS FOR ALEC BALDWIN'S UPCOMING TRIAL. THE BENEFIT THAT ALEC BALDWIN'S TRIAL WILL BE COMING AFTER. SO THIS ALLOWS HIS ATTORNEYS TO LOOK AT WHAT THE PROSECUTORS.

HAVE. WHAT ARE THEY BRINGING TO THE GUTIERREZ CASE? AND ULTIMATELY, HOW DOES THAT INFLUENCE WHAT THEY HAVE AGAINST HIM IF ULTIMATELY SHE IS CONVICTED THAT, HIS ATTORNEYS CAN THEN USE THAT TO THEIR ADVANTAGE BY SAYING,.

YOU KNOW, IT WAS HER FAULT. IT WASN'T HIS FAULT KYRA. ALL RIGHT. >> WE EXPECT GUTIERREZ REID TO TESTIFY. WE, UNFORTUNATELY WILL NOT KNOW THAT UNTIL THE PROSECUTION RESTS. BUT THERE'S A RISK TO THIS,.

RIGHT, WHEN IF SHE WERE TO TAKE THE STAND, THIS DOES ALLOW HER TO SPEAK DIRECTLY TO THE JURY, GIVE HER SIDE OF THE STORY. BUT IT ALSO OPENS HER UP TO CROSS-EXAMINATION, WHICH CAN POTENTIALLY HURT HER WHEN IT COMES TO THE JURY, ANALYZING IF.

SHE SHOULD BE FOUND GUILTY OR NOT KYRA. ALL RIGHT, JACLYN LEE WE'LL FOLLOW IT. THANK YOU. OPENING STATEMENTS NOW UNDERWAY IN THE CRIMINAL TRIAL INVOLVING 70 ROCK BAND THE EAGLES. THREE MEN, THEY ARE CHARGED.

IN THIS ALLEGED CONSPIRACY TO SELL STOLEN PAGES OF FOUNDING MEMBER DON HENLEY'S HANDWRITTEN NOTES AND LYRICS FOR THE BAND'S LANDMARK ALBUM, HOTEL CALIFORNIA, DATING BACK TO TWO. AND OUR ABC NEWS LEGAL CONTRIBUTOR AND CRIMINAL.

DEFENSE ATTORNEY CHANNA LLOYD. OH, WE KNOW THAT SONG WELL, DON'T WE? SO THESE THREE MEN AT THE CENTER OF THIS CASE ALLEGEDLY ATTEMPTED TO SELL THE MANUSCRIPTS DESPITE KNOWING THE MATERIALS WERE STOLEN. SO LET'S JUST TALK ABOUT THE.

ARGUMENT SO WE CAN EXPECT TO HEAR DURING THIS TRIAL, CHANNA. >> SO WHAT WE EXPECT TO HEAR FROM THE STATE IS THAT THEY VERY WELL AWARE THAT IT WAS STOLEN AND THAT THEY CONSPIRED TO CONTINUE SELLING IT DESPITE.

THAT KNOWLEDGE. WHAT WE'RE GOING TO HEAR FROM THE DEFENSE, THOUGH, THAT THESE MATERIALS WERE NEVER STOLEN. THEY CANNOT BE CONVICTED. THE CRIME, IF THE MATERIALS WERE IN FACT, GIVEN OR LOANED TO SOMEONE AND THAT PERSON STOLE IT.

SO IT'S ALL GOING TO BOIL DOWN TO RIGHTFUL POSSESSION OF WHO HAD THESE LYRICS AND HOW DID THEY GET. WELL, AS WE KNOW, THE THE WELL, I GUESS WE ACTUALLY SEE FOUNDING EAGLES MEMBER DON HENLEY TESTIFIED DURING THIS BECAUSE HENLEY.

ACTUALLY TOLD A GRAND JURY THE MATERIAL WAS STOLEN. >> ABSOLUTELY. HERE HE'S GOING TO TESTIFY. WE'RE GOING TO HEAR HIM TALK ABOUT WHAT HE GAVE THEM TO THE WRITER FOR HOW LONG HE WAS SUPPOSED TO HAVE THEM AND WHETHER OR NOT HE EXPECTED.

BACK. SO THAT'S GOING TO BE A KEY PART OF THIS PARTICULAR TRIAL BECAUSE. >> IT'S REALLY GOING TO BOIL DOWN TO HOW DID THE WRITER GET THIS MATERIAL. SO THE DEFENSE IS PUSHING FOR THE CASE TO BE DISMISSED.

>> WHAT GROUNDS COULD THAT EVEN BE CONSIDERED? DO YOU THINK IT'D BE CONSIDERED IF THEY COULD SHOW THAT THESE MATERIALS WERE NEVER STOLEN IN FIRST PLACE, IF THE DEFENSE WAS ABLE TO HAVE PROOF, PROVIDE IT INFORMATION OR SHOWN THAT IT WAS VERY CLEAR THAT THESE.

MATERIALS COULD NOT BEEN VIEWED AS STOLEN, THIS CASE COULD HAVE BEEN DISMISSED, BUT THEY WEREN'T TO MEET THAT BURDEN. >> ALL RIGHT, CHANNA LLOYD, WE'LL FOLLOW THE CASE. COMING UP, STRUGGLING TO FIND A SUBSTITUTE. >> WHAT'S BEHIND THAT TEACHER.

SHORTAGE ACROSS THE COUNTRY? WE'RE DIVING IN NEXT NEXT. >> 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. THAT IS BILLIONAIRES.

SOUNDS GOOD TO ME. THE MOVE STARTED USING A DOG FIRST THING IN THE MORNING. AMERICA THIS MORNING, AMERICA'S NUMBER EARLY MORNING NEWS ON ABC NEWS. >> WHAT THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY JOE.

GIRARDI. THIS STORY WAS A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION AT A CENTRAL BIG TIME. WE'LL GET A CHANCE TO FINALLY IN THE AIR AND THAT SORT OF LOSS, YOU WANT TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THE HOUSE?.

I DID. I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I'M SORRY FACE TO FACE. ERIKA, WHY DO YOU THINK YOU SAW THE HOUSE FLOOR AND THE HOUSE? YOU KNOW KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE IN COLLEGE. >> KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE AT ALL.

>> HOW COULD THIS POSSIBLY HAVE HAPPENED? THE INCIDENT BROUGHT A LOT OF PANIC TO STUDENTS. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ME. IT COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF MY FRIENDS AND FAMILY STAFF. A IT'S JUST A VERY TRAGIC THING TO HAPPEN TO SOMEONE.

MANY SPEAK TO YOUR LOVED ONE. THE LAST THING YOU SHOULD EVER SAY IS, I'M NOT HERE. THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST TIME JUSTIN TALKS TO ME. SO IT'S EXTREMELY ON HULU. >> YOU SHOULD SEE THE STRONGEST FEELINGS. FIGHT FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THEIR.

FAMILIES. OH, HEY, SHE. >> 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 RIGHT TO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST WITH FOUR EDWARD ARMOR AWARDS AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK TIMES IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO START HERE. ABC IS 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. >> YOU'RE WATCHING AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS SCREEN WITH ABC NEWS REPORTING ON THE STREETS OF TREASURE ISLAND. I'M GOING TO WALK WHAT WE'RE.

GOING TO TELL YOU WHAT PEOPLE DID THIS MORNING OVER THE TOP HEADLINES THAT WE ARE FOLLOWING THIS HOUR FOR YOU. AN INVESTIGATION UNDER WAY TO THE DEATH OF A NON-BINARY HIGH SCHOOL STUDENT JUST ONE DAY AFTER A FIGHT.

WITH STUDENTS ON CAMPUS. NEXT, HIS MOTHER SAYS CHILD IDENTIFIES AS NON-BINARY AND USED THAT THEY THEM PRONOUNS. SCHOOL OFFICIALS REPORTED THE STUDENTS IN A BATHROOM FOR LESS THAN 2 MINUTES WHILE OTHERS BROKE UP.

>> FIGHT. INVESTIGATION CONTINUES. 11 LIONS THAT WERE NEAR DEATH WERE RESCUED AMID THE FIGHTING IN SUDAN. THE BIG CATS ARE AMONG NEARLY 50 ANIMALS SAVED FROM CARTOON WHERE. THE WORST FIGHTING HAS TAKEN.

PLACE. THOSE CATS WERE FIRST SENT TO JORDAN BEFORE BEING TRANSPORTED TO A SANCTUARY IN BETHLEHEM, SOUTH AFRICA, WHERE THEY ARE EXPECTED TO FULLY RECOVER FROM BEING WEAK AND EMACIATED UPON ARRIVAL.

WELL, STUDENTS COUNT ON THEM EVERY TIME TEACHER CALLS IN SICK. BUT SCHOOLS NATIONWIDE ARE NOW FACING A SUBSTITUTE SHORTAGE THAT'S IMPACTING OUR SCHOOLS AROUND THE COUNTRY. MORGAN NORWOOD HAS MORE. THE NATIONWIDE SUBSTITUTE.

TEACHER SHORTAGE INTENSIFYING WITH MANY SCHOOLS FROM COAST TO COAST SCRAMBLING TO FIND VILLAINS IN SOME INSTANCES, A DISTRICT THAT HAS 2700 TEACHERS, WE MAY HAVE AS MUCH AS 300 TEACHERS WHO ARE ABSENT EACH DAY. >> ACCORDING TO THE BUREAU.

OF LABOR STATISTICS, WHILE DEMAND HAS TRADITIONALLY EXCEEDED SUPPLY FOR SUBSTITUTE TEACHERS BECAUSE OF THE PANDEMIC, 20% OF REQUESTS FOR FILLINGS HAVE GONE UNFILLED. MANY DISTRICTS LEANED ON SUBSTITUTES TO HELP FILL VACANT TEACHING POSITIONS.

NOW THE POOL OF AVAILABLE SHRINKING FOR WHEN TEACHERS TAKE OFF UNFORTUNATELY, WILL HAVE SEEN IS THE FLIP SIDE OF THAT. SUBS LARGELY ARE NOT TRAINED OR SUPPORTED TO REALLY STEP IN AS EDUCATORS, THEY'RE MOSTLY MORE LIKE A BABY SITTER.

>> MEGAN, A SUBSTITUTE TEACHER HERSELF, RUNS A SUPPORT GROUP TO HELP TRAIN OTHER SUBS. >> I THINK ONE OF THE OBVIOUS REASON SUBS ARE WALKING AWAY FROM THE JOB IS COMPENSATION. IT'S NOT A LIVING WAGE, AND I THINK THIS MIGHT EVEN BE MORE SIGNIFICANT IS THE LACK.

OF SUPPORT. HOPING TO LURE SUBS BACK IN MANY SCHOOL DISTRICTS NOW WORKING TO INCREASE PAY, BUT THEY'RE OFTEN AT THE MERCY OF TIGHT BUDGETS. OUR GOAL IS TO MAKE SURE THAT NOT ONLY ARE WE EVALUATED WHO THEY ARE, BUT WE HAVE TO.

BE AS COMPETITIVE AS POSSIBLE. >> YOU KNOW, FOR SMALLER SCHOOL DISTRICTS, ESPECIALLY THOSE IN LOWER INCOME NEIGHBORHOODS. THE IDEA OF RAISING PAY BECOMES MORE CHALLENGING. IN A STATEMENT THE NATIONAL EDUCATION ASSOCIATION SAYS PROVIDING PAID FAMILY LEAVE FOR.

TEACHERS, BUS DRIVERS, COUNSELORS AND OTHER SCHOOL PERSONNEL IS NOW MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER KYRA. ALL RIGHT, MORGAN, THANK YOU. AND A HEALTH ALERT NOW. A NEW OVER-THE-COUNTER TEST IS PROMISING HELP WOMEN TREAT MENOPAUSE SYSTEMS SYMPTOMS.

RATHER EARLIER. AND EFFECTIVELY. THE $29 TEST AIMS TO HELP WOMEN IDENTIFY WHAT STAGE THEY ARE IN IN REAL TIME. BECKY WORLEY, MORE. >> TODAY WE'RE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE SYMPTOMS OF MENOPAUSE .

AND MENOPAUSE IS HAVING A MOMENT AND THE ADDED BUZZ INCLUDES A NEW PRODUCT INTRODUCED TO THE PUBLIC. THE MENOPAUSE JOURNEY HAS STAGES. >> LEARN ABOUT YOURS WITH CLEAR BLUE MENOPAUSE STAGE INDICATOR. IT'S AN OVER-THE-COUNTER TEST.

PLUS AN APP. >> IT WORKS A LOT LIKE PREGNANCY TEST, EXCEPT YOU HAVE FIVE OF THESE STICKS PLUS ENTERED THE RESULTS INTO AN APP. THE RESULTS ARE INDICATIVE YOUR CURRENT HORMONE LEVELS. YOU'RE ALSO PROMPTED TO LOG ANY.

MENOPAUSE, WHICH HELPS THE APP ESTIMATE THE STAGE OF MENOPAUSE IN. THE APP TELLS ME I'M IN LATE. PERRY WHEN I GO TO SEE MY DOCTOR, REZA KAGAN OF SUTTER HEALTH IN NORTHERN CALIFORNIA. >> SHE IS NOT SO SURE ABOUT THE NEED FOR A TEST LIKE THIS.

LAB TESTS ARE NOT THAT HOPEFUL . >> I'LL BE HONEST WITH YOU, BECAUSE THINGS ARE FLUCTUATING. THE COMPANY SAYS THE TEST IS TO BE AN INDICATION, NOT A DIAGNOSIS OF MENOPAUSE. REMINDING US ONLY A DOCTOR CAN CONFIRM WHAT STAGE OF MENOPAUSE.

YOU'RE IN. AND BECAUSE THIS IS A HORMONAL TEST. THIS IS NOT FOR WOMEN ON HORMONAL BIRTH OR WHO HAVE ANY CONDITION THAT AFFECTS THEIR NATURAL HORMONE LEVELS. >> DR. KAGAN'S TEAM TAKES.

A COMPLETE HISTORY FROM ME WITH, A FOCUS ON THE SYMPTOMS THAT I'M EXPERIENCING, THE HALLMARK OF MENOPAUSE IS HOT FLASHES, AND WE'RE REALLY TRYING TO EDUCATE WOMEN ABOUT HOW IMPORTANT IS TO TREAT THOSE HOT FLASHES. >> AND BOY WAS I HAVING THEM,.

LIKE IN THE MIDDLE OF FILMING THIS COOKING STORY? >> I'M HAVING A HOT FLASH. THE SYMPTOMS ON LIKE A FREIGHT TRAIN. I GOT HOT FLASHES. >> MY SLEEP WENT ABSOLUTELY HAYWIRE. DR. KAGAN SAYS HOT FLASHES,.

SLEEP DISRUPTION AND BRAIN FOG ARE ALL THE PERIMENOPAUSE SIGNS THAT SHE NEEDS. SHE SAYS YOUR CYCLE HISTORY CAN TELL YOU LOT, TOO. >> WHEN A WOMAN HAS SKIPPED 60 DAYS, WE SAY THEY'RE IN THE LATE PERIMENOPAUSAL TRANSITION AND THERE'S NO.

BLOOD TESTS THAT HELP US. >> THERE'S NO TESTS THAT HELP US. BECAUSE REALLY, IN THAT TIME PERIOD, HORMONES ARE FLUCTUATING DAILY. ALL RIGHT. THANKS TO BECKY WORLEY, ESPECIALLY FOR.

HER TRANSPARENCY. THANKS FOR STAYING WITH US. I'M KYRA PHILLIPS. THE NEWS NEVER STOPS. NEITHER DO WE. MORE NEWS ON THE OTHER SIDE. WE STAND ON THE SHOULDERS OF SHIRLEY CHISHOLM. AND SHIRLEY CHISHOLM STOOD.

PROUD. SHE WAS FORCEFUL. SHE WAS BRILLIANT. SHE SPOKE TRUTH TO POWER. AND SHE WAS A GREAT AMERICAN LEADER. >> WITH SO MUCH AT STAKE, SO MUCH THE LINE, MORE AMERICANS TURN HERE THAN ANY OTHER.

NEWSCAST. NEWS “WORLD NEWS TONIGHT” WITH DAVID MUIR, AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE, MOST WATCHED NEWSCAST ACROSS ALL THE TELEVISION TELEVISION. HE GAVE IT TO ME. >> FRIDAY HE FINDS HIS WIFE FACE DOWN IN A TUB FULL OF ROSE.

COLORED WATER. 20, 20 YEARS OLD. YOU KNOW, THERE WAS SOMETHING HORRIBLE GOING ON INSIDE THAT HOUSE. DO YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR NEXT DOOR TO YOU? MAYBE NOT.

COULD IT BE THE STRESS FROM A HOME RENOVATION WAS A MOTIVE FOR. MURDER. A KILLER RENOVATION. IT'S MORE TWISTED THAN YOU WANT IT TO BE. IT'S JUST CRAZY. ALL NEW 20, 20 FRIDAY NIGHT.

ON ABC. >> THE HOUSEWIVES, BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY ATTORNEY JOE GIRARDI. THIS STORY, A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION AT A CENTRAL TIME. WE'LL GET A CHANCE TO FIND AN OFFICIAL. AND THAT'S SORT OF A LOSS FOR.

WHAT YOU SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY THAT HOUSE? I DID. I WANTED ERICA TO SAY SORRY. >> FACE TO FACE. ERICA, WHY DO YOU TAKE SO LONG . >> THE HOUSEWIFE AND THE.

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THIS FACE TO FACE INTERACTION WAS THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE MONARCH REVEALED HIS DIAGNOSIS. SUNAK THE KING. THE COUNTRIES BEHIND YOU MAY BE LIKE FATHER, LIKE SON IS COMING SOONER THAN WE THOUGHT. CHARLIE WOODS, THE 15 YEAR OLD.

SON OF 82 TIME TOUR WINNER TIGER, IS LOOKING TO EARN A SPOT IN HIS HOMETOWN PGA TOUR . THE ELDER WOODS IS NO STRANGER TO THE GOLF WORLD, SPOTLIGHTING COMPETED IN THE PAST FOUR EDITIONS OF THE PNC CHAMPIONSHIP ALONGSIDE.

LEGENDARY DAD. AND IF WOODS QUALIFIES THIS WEEKEND, HE'LL MOVE ON TO IN HIS FIRST PGA TOUR START AT THE END OF THE MONTH. AND A LIVE LOOK NOW AT JULIA DIXON. PUBLIC IN CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA.

PRESIDENT BIDEN WILL BE TALKING LOANS AND CANCELING $1.2 BILLION IN DEBT FOR ABOUT 150,000 OF YOU BORROWERS. AS SOON AS WE SEE HIM, WE WILL TAKE YOU THERE LIVE. THANKS FOR WITH US. AND KYRA PHILLIPS, FROM BREAKING NEWS TO ALL.

THE STORIES THAT MATTER TO YOU. ABC NEWS LIVE IS HERE FOR YOU 24 SEVEN. YOU CAN ALWAYS FIND US ON YOUR FAVORITE STREAMING SERVICE, THE ABC NEWS APP. AND OF COURSE ON ABC NEWS.COM. BUT HE'S >> DeMarco: “WHAT YOU NEED TO.

KNOW” RIGHT NOW ON “GMA3.” THE NEW ACCUSATIONS AGAINST THE FORMER FBI INFORMANT CHARGED WITH LYING ABOUT PRESIDENT BIDEN AND HIS SON HUNTER. HIS POSSIBLE TIES TO RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE CAUSING NEW CONCERNS ABOUT NATIONAL SECURITY.

>> Eva: PLUS, SAVING LOCAL NEWS. THE LEGISLATION ONE CALIFORNIA CONGRESSMAN IS BEHIND TO PRESERVE FACTUAL REPORTING IN YOUR COMMUNITY. >>> IT'S UNBELIEVABLE. WHAT CAN I TELL YOU? IT'S THE CULMINATION OF A LIFETIME OF DREAMING.

>>> THE COMPOSER UP FOR ORIGINAL SCORE FOR “AMERICAN FICTION.” WE'RE PROFILING THE WOMEN BEHIND THE LENS. >> DeMarco: AND THE SWEET SKINNY ON WEDDING DESSERT TRENDS, FROM DIMSUM TO GRAZING STATIONS. WHAT WILL OUR WEDDING COUPLE CHOOSE FOR FRIDAY'S BIG DAY?.

>>> PLUS, TORY'S “DEALS & STEALS” FOR WOMEN OF A CERTAIN AGE. FEATURING COOL PRODUCTS WITH YOUR COMFORT IN MIND. ♪ I USED TO FLOAT ♪ ♪ NOW I JUST FALL DOWN ♪ >> DeMarco: AND WE ARE ON THE ROAD TO THE OSCARS.

THEY'RE UP FOR THE BEST SONG FOR “BARBIE.” KELLY CARTER SITS DOWN WITH BILLIE EILISH AND FINNEAS. ♪ AIN'T NO HOLD 'EM ♪ >>> AND BEYONCE'S “TEXAS HOLD 'EM” MAKING HISTORY. THE FIRST BLACK WOMAN ARTIST TO TOP BILLBOARDS'S COUNTRY SONG.

CHART. >> Announcer: NOW FROM TIMES SQUARE, DeMARCO MORGAN AND EVA PILGRIM WITH DR. JEN ASHTON AND “WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.” ♪ >> DeMarco: WE LOVE A LITTLE COUNTRY AT “GMA3.” GOOD AFTERNOON AND WELCOME TO.

“WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW.” PUT YOURS HANDS TOGETHER FOR MAY BRUCE. >> THANK YOU. >> DeMarco: SO GOOD TO SEE YOU. >> IT'S SO GREAT TO BE HERE. GREAT TO SEE YOU AND GREAT TO SPEND TIME WITH DR. JEN. >> DeMarco: I NOTICED SHE HAD ON.

PURPLE. I WAS LIKE LET ME BE LIKE MARY BRUCE. >> WE LOOK LIKE WE'RE GOING TO THE PROM. >> DeMarco: WE APPRECIATE YOU SITTING IN FOR EVA WHO'S ON ASSIGNMENT. >>> DR. JEN, THERE'S A NEW STUDY.

CONCERNING EXERCISE FOR MEN AND WOMEN. >> Dr. Jen: I'LL GIVE YOU THE PUNCH LINE. LET ME BREAK IT DOWN FOR YOU. LET'S GO WITH MEN. LOOKING AT OVER ABOUT 400,000 PEOPLE. MEN WERE MORE LIKELY TO ENGAGE.

IN PHYSICAL ACTIVITY THAN WOMEN. REGULAR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY REDUCED THE RISK OF DEATH AMONG MEN BY 15%. MOST BENEFICIAL WAS AN AVERAGE OF FIVE HOURS A WEEK FOR MEN. LET'S SHOW YOU HOW THE WOMEN STACKED UP. REGULAR PHYSICAL ACTIVITY.

REDUCED THE RISK OF DATE BY 24%. WE REAPED A GREATER BENEFIT. MUSCLE STRENGTHENING ACTIVITIES REDUCED THE RISK OF DEATH BY 19%. WE SAW A GREATER BENEFIT IN RISK REDUCTION THERE. MOST BENEFICIAL WAS JUST AN AVERAGE OF TWO AND A HALF HOURS.

OF MODERATE TO VIGOROUS WEEKLY EXERCISE. I TAKE THAT AS MEANING WE'RE SO MUCH MORE ACTIVE IN OTHER THINGS WE NEED LESS FORMAL EXERCISE. I'M JUST KIDDING. VERY INTERESTING GENDER BREAKDOWN OF THE STUDY. >> SOUNDS LIKE WOMEN ARE MAYBE.

MORE EFFICIENT WITH THEIR TIME. >> Dr. Jen: THAT'S MY MEDICAL ASSESSMENT AS WELL. >> DeMarco: NO ARGUMENT FROM ME. >> Dr. Jen: AS A COUNTRY, WE ALL NEED TO EXERCISE MORE AND IT'S NOT JUST ABOUT ONE TYPE OF CARDIO OR AEROBIC OR WEIGHTS. YOU NEED ALL OF IT.

GET YOUR SWEAT ON. >> GOOD ADVICE, DR. JEN. >>> WE TURN TO REENA ROY WITH THE LATEST HEADLINES. >> GOOD AFTERNOON, GUYS. APPARENTLY DR. JEN AND I DIDN'T GET THE PURPLE MEMO TODAY. >>> WE BEGIN WITH NEW ALLEGATIONS AGAINST A MAN AT THE.

CENTER OF THE HOUSE REPUBLICANS' CASE AGAINST THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION. STARTLING NEW ALLEGATIONS INVOLVING NATIONAL SECURITY. FEDERAL PROSECUTORS CLAIM HE HAS TIES TO RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE, TRYING TO INFLUENCE THE UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.

COURT DOCUMENTS INDICATES IT WAS A RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICER WHO GAVE HIM THE DAMAGING FALSE INFORMATION ABOUT HUNTER BIDEN. SPECIAL COUNSEL DAVID WEISS ACCUSING HIM OF PEDALING NEW LIES. HE'S BEEN RELEASED UNDER STRICT CONDITIONS.

>>> AN AMERICAN WOMAN IS BEING DETAINED IN RUSSIA. AN AMATEUR BALLERINA FROM LOS ANGELES VISITING FAMILY OVERSEAS ACCUSED OF TREASON IN RUSSIA FOR ALLEGEDLY DONATING ABOUT $50 TO A PRO UKRAINIAN CHARITY. >>> HERE AT HOME, MORE AMERICANS GETTING STUDENT DEBT RELIEF.

TODAY. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION ALERTING 153,000 BORROWERS THEIR STUDENT LOANS HAVE BEEN FORGIVEN. THEY NEED TO BE ENROLLED IN THE PRESIDENT'S REPAYMENT PLAN. THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION HAS FORGIVEN LOANS FOR NEARLY 4.

MILLION PEOPLE FOR A TOTAL OF $138 BILLION IN RELIEF. >>> NOW TO SAM CHAMPION AND THE STORMS ON THE MOVE. >> Reporter: THINGS GET BETTER ON THE WEST COAST. WE'RE MOVING THIS LAST RAIN EVENT OFF THE SHORELINE. BOY, HAVE WE BEEN THROUGH IT,.

CALIFORNIA. LOOK AT THE STANDING WATER IN THE L.A. AREA. THAT WENT UP INTO THE BAY AREA. WE'RE ONE INCH AWAY FROM THE WETTEST FEBRUARY EVER IN 1998. HERE'S A LITTLE BIT OF GOOD NEWS FOR FOLKS WHO HAVEN'T HAD A LOT OF SNOW.

WE BEGIN TO BUILD THIS SNOW. NORTHEASTERN CORNSERS OF PENNSYLVANIA, VERMONT, NEW HAMPSHIRE, YOU'RE GETTING SNOW. THERE'S WARM AIR BEHIND THE SNOW THAT WILL BE THE STORY FOR THE NEXT COUPLE DAYS. >>> AND WITH BEYONCE WITH A NEW JEWEL IN THE CROWN.

FIRST FEMALE BLACK ARTIST TO TOP THE COUNTRY'S HOT CHART. “TEXAS HOLD 'EM” GETTING 19.2 MILLION STREAMS LAST WEEK. SHE NEVER MISSES. SHE HAD US DANCING AT THE TOP OF THE SHOW. >> DeMarco: SHE HAS EVERYONE LOVING COUNTRY.

>> I'M RESPONSIBLE FOR A FAIR NUMBER OF THOSE STREAMS. THAT SONG IS CATCHY. >> DeMarco: STILL AHEAD ON “GMA3,” A FREE PRESS IS ESSENTIALLY TO FREEDOM AND AMERICAN DEMOCRACY. WHAT ONE CONGRESSMAN IS DOING TO STRENGTHEN LOCAL JOURNALISTS.

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No telling what some of themwill do. Everywhere and anywhere. Wow. So the question is what wouldyou do? Okay, here we go. You saw anexpecting mother struggling to pay her tab. I'm just reallyhungry. If you want charity go to a soup kitchen. Well whatthis man does that she's pregnant guys are not good. I'll make you believe ineveryday hero. Are you a hero?.

What would you do if you sawthis? Who's this? I'm his girlfriend. I'm his girlfriendmy kind. What would you do Sunday nightat 10:00 9:00 Central on ABC Get ready, America every Fridayhottest Trends Styles and must have what's the right stuff tobuy right now. I really love that it's time to buy the rightstuff. Yes. And save big time to the right stuff Fridays onGMA you're going to love it. strongest females fight for thesurvival of their families.

From America's number one news,comes the all new, ABC, News app, breaking news, Incrediblevideo faster smarter and customizable to your interests.If you love being in the know, you're gonna love thisexperience. The all new ABC News app, download it now, >> Mary: WELCOME BACK TO “GMA3.” WE KNOW THIS IS A CHALLENGING TIME FOR JOURNALISM. ACCORDING TO NORTHWESTERN.

UNIVERSITY'S SCHOOL OF JOURNALISM SINCE 2005 THE U.S. HAS LOST 2,900 NEWSPAPERS AND 43,000 NEWSPAPER JOURNALISTS. THE LOS ANGELES TIMES ANNOUNCED PLANS TO LAY OFF 20% OF ITS NEWSROOM. >> DeMarco: JOINING US NOW IS A LEGISLATOR, CALIFORNIA.

CONGRESSMAN, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US. WE APPRECIATE IT. >> MY PLEASURE. >> DeMarco: 43,000 NEWSPAPER JOURNALISTS IS A LOT OF PEOPLE. YOU SAID, IF YOU WANT TO UNDERMINE AMERICAN DEMOCRACY THIS IS ONE OF THE PRIME WAYS.

YOU WOULD DO IT. IT'S HOW PEOPLE GET INFORMATION. YOU WANT TO DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS. YOU'RE REINTRODUCING LEGISLATION. TELL US ABOUT IT, TWO PIECES. >> WELL, BOTH OF THEM ARE DESIGNED TO GET THE CONGRESS.

MORE AWARE FIRST OF ALL. PARTICULARLY IT'S TO HELP NONPROFITS. A LOT OF LOCAL NEWS DON'T MAKE A LOT OF MONEY. THEY'RE MOMS AND POPS OR POPS AND POPS OR MOMS AND MOMS. IT'S ABOUT THEIR LOVE FOR JOURNALISM IN THEIR LOCAL.

COMMUNITY. THE OTHER ONE IS JUST FOR CONGRESS TO SAY, HOPEFULLY ON A BIPARTISAN CONSENSUS, ACKNOWLEDGING THE IMPORTANCE FROM THE CONGRESS' PERSPECTIVE OF HELPING LOCAL JOURNALISM. >> Mary: THIS THREAT TO JOURNALISM, IS IT BECAUSE HOW WE.

NOW CONSUME NEWS, NEW TECHNOLOGY OR IS SOMETHING ELSE GOING ON? >> THERE'S A LOT GOING ON. THE BIGGEST DRIVER IS THE BUSINESS MODEL CHANGED FOR LOCAL JOURNALISM. ALMOST HALF OF THE REVENUE THEY USED TO HAVE FROM MAIN STREET BUSINESSES — I USED TO OWN.

SMALL RESTAURANTS IN THE BAY AREA. THAT REVENUE HAS GONE TO GOOGLE AND FACEBOOK. THEY'RE NOT WILLING TO SHARE THAT REVENUE. IT'S CREATED A BUSINESS MODEL THAT'S DIFFICULT FOR SMALL BUSINESSES AND LOCAL COMMUNITIES.

TO HAVE ENOUGH STAFF TO BE ABLE TO GET PEOPLE OUT ON THE FRONT ROW OF CITY COUNCIL OR THE SCHOOL BOARD AND TELL THE COMMUNITY WHAT'S GOING ON. >> DeMarco: WE LIVED IN A POLITICALLY CHARGED TIME WHERE THE MEDIA SEEMS LIKE IT'S ALWAYS UNDER ATTACK.

CAN A BILL LIKE THIS THAT SUPPORTS JOURNALISM ACTUALLY PASS? >> I HOPE SO. WHEN I STARTED THIS ALMOST TEN YEARS AGO, IT WAS BIPARTISAN. WE HAD A GOOD GROUP THAT WAS VERY — IT WAS ACROSS THE COUNTRY REGIONALLY.

RURAL AREAS, WHERE A LOT OF MY REPUBLICAN COLLEAGUES COME FROM, THEY'RE REALLY MISSING LOCAL NEWS. A LOT OF MY COLLEAGUES CAME FROM SMALL BUSINESSES OR FROM LOCAL GOVERNMENT. I DID BOTH. THAT'S PART OF MY INTEREST.

I THINK IT CAN, BUT IT'S DIFFICULT TO GET MUCH OF ANYTHING PASSED RIGHT NOW IN THE HOUSE. >> Mary: YOU MENTION IT'S A DIFFICULT TIME TO GET THINGS DONE IN THE HOUSE. THE SENATE LAST WEEK PASSED THIS FOREIGN AID BILL, INCLUDING.

FUNDING FOR UKRAINE AND ISRAEL. SPEAKER JOHNSON SAID HE'S NOT EVEN BRINGING IT UP FOR A VOTE IN THE HOUSE. HE'S DEMANDING BORDER REFORMS, EVEN THOUGH HE BLOCKED A BIPARTISAN BORDER DEAL. GIVE IT TO US STRAIGHT. DOES THIS STAND ANY CHANCE OF.

BECOMING LAW? >> WELL, IT WOULD IF SPEAKER JOHNSON AND THE 15 PEOPLE IN THE FREEDOM CAUCUS WHO ARE DRIVING THIS WOULD WORK WITH ALL OF US TO SEEK A COMPROMISE. IT'S ABOUT COMPROMISE. I'M A PROGRESSIVE LIBERAL FROM THE BAY AREA, BUT THERE'S A.

CRISIS AT THE BORDER. WE HAVE TO DEFEND UKRAINE. THERE'S A CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE EAST. THERE'S A CONSENSUS THERE. I CONGRATULATE THE SENATE FOR BEING GROWN-UPS AND DOING WHAT THEY'VE DONE. WE CAN WORK SOMETHING OUT IF.

THESE 15 RADICAL TRUMP MEMBERS OF THE HOUSE WANTED TO GOVERN. THEY'RE FOLLOWING ORDERS FROM HIM, IN MY OPINION, BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT TO GOVERN. HE WANTS CHAOS. >> DeMarco: THERE'S A LOT OF FIGHTING IN WASHINGTON. WHAT IS IT GOING TO TAKE TO GET.

SOMETHING DONE FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE? >> FOR GROWN-UPS TO REACH ACROSS THE AISLE IRREGARDLESS OF PARTY. WE HAVE TO FUNCTION IN THAT ENVIRONMENT FOR THE GREATER GOOD FOR THE AMERICAN PEOPLE AND FREE PEOPLE ALL OVER THE WORLD. >> Mary: WE HOPE WASHINGTON CAN.

FIND A WAY TO COME TOGETHER AND GET SOMETHING DONE, ESPECIALLY ON THIS ISSUE. CONGRESSMAN, THANK YOU FOR BEING WITH US TODAY. WE APPRECIATE IT. >>> UP NEXT ON “GMA3,” A LIFE IN MUSIC. >> DeMarco: ALL THAT WORK IS.

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>> WHY DO SO MANY PEOPLE THEIR DAY HERE AT ABC NEWS. >> THIS IS STARTING TO BE IN THE NEWS AND GET A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES Kids aren't supposed to die incollege kids aren't supposed to die atall. How could this possibly havehappened? The incident brought a lot ofpanic to students.

That could have been me. Itcould have been one of myfriends last time. We saw her alive. It's just a very tragic thing tohappen to someone whenever you speak to your lovedone. The last thing you should ever say is. I love you. There's might be the last time death in the dorms to all newepisodes streaming only on Hulu. strongest females fight for thesurvival of their families.

FOR FAMILIES AND GROW OUR ECONOMY. WELL, THERE WERE EXISTING PROGRAMS IN THE LAW TO FIX ADJUST THE PROGRAMS. WE HAD TO CHANGE THEM, MAKE PEOPLE ACTUALLY MAKE AVAILABLE TO MAKE PEOPLE ELIGIBLE. AND THAT'S WHAT I'VE DONE WITH.

THE SUPREME COURT SAID I COULDN'T GO AHEAD AND RELEASE ALL THE DEBT. IT HELPS EVERYONE, NOT JUST THE PEOPLE WHOSE DEBT IS RELIEVED, BUT PEOPLE IN STUDENT DEBT. EVERY STUDENT DEBT RELIEF, THEY BUY HOMES, THEY START.

BUSINESSES, THEY CONTRIBUTE, THEY ENGAGE IN THE COMMUNITY IN WAYS THEY WEREN'T ABLE TO BEFORE. THEY'RE ACTUALLY GROWING THE ECONOMY. IT GROWS THE ECONOMY. THAT'S WHY MY ADMINISTRATION TAKEN SIGNIFICANT ACTION.

TO PROVIDE STUDENT DEBT RELIEF TO MANY BORROWERS, BORROWERS THAT MANY WHO DIDN'T KNOW THEY WERE. THEY WERE ABLE TO GET RELIEF AND DO AS QUICKLY AND AS AS POSSIBLE. LOOK, EARLY IN MY TERM, I ANNOUNCED THE MAJOR PLAN.

TO PROVIDE MILLIONS OF WORKING FAMILIES WITH DEBT RELIEF FOR COLLEGE STUDENT DEBT. TENS OF MILLIONS OF PEOPLE IN DEBT WERE ABOUT TO BE CANCELED DEBTS. BUT MY MAJOR FRIENDS IN THE CONGRESS, ELECTED OFFICIALS AND SPECIAL INTEREST STEPPED.

SERIOUS AND THE SUPREME COURT BLOCKED IT, BLOCKED IT. BUT THAT DIDN'T STOP ME. I ANNOUNCED WE'RE GOING TO PURSUE ALTERNATIVE PATH FOR STUDENT DEBT RELIEF FOR AS MANY BORROWERS AS POSSIBLE. AND THAT'S THE EFFORT THAT'S BEEN UNDER WAY THE LAST.

TWO YEARS. AND THIS WAS CALLED THE SAVE PLAN EXISTED. I FIXED IT TO MAKE IT, THE MOST AFFORDABLE REFINANCE THAN EVER BEFORE I TOOK OFFICE. BORROWERS HAD TO PAY 10% OF THE DISCRETIONARY INCOME ON A MONTHLY BASIS.

THEY MADE LESS THAN THAT. THEY DIDN'T HAVE ENOUGH TO DO. THEY WERE ABLE TO NOT HAVE TO PAY THAT MUCH. BUT THE INTEREST CONTINUED. A LOT OF PEOPLE DON'T HAVE THE MEANS TO DO THAT. NOW, UNDER MY SAVE PLAN, WE'RE CUT IN HALF TO 5%.

THE UNDERGRAD BORROWERS WERE UNDERGRADUATE BORROWERS HAVE TO PAY AFTER THEIR LIVING EXPENSES ARE ACCOUNTED FOR. THAT MEANS NO AN UNDERGRADUATE LOAN, WHETHER IT'S A COMMUNITY COLLEGE OR A FOUR YEAR COLLEGE, WILL HAVE TO PAY MORE THAN 5% OF DISCRETIONARY INCOME.

TO REPAY THOSE LOANS. STARTING IN JULY. AND THAT'S INCOME AFTER YOU PAY THEM. AND FOR NECESSITIES LIKE FOOD AND HOUSING. ALREADY 7.5 MILLION AMERICANS ENROLLED IN THIS SO-CALLED SAVED PLAN.

AND THERE'S MORE THAN 4 MILLION OF THOSE BORROWERS HADN'T. THE MONTHLY PAYMENTS DROPPED TO ZERO. IF THEY'RE LIVING PAYCHECK TO PAYCHECK BELOW CERTAIN LEVEL, THIS PLAN IS THE MOST GENEROUS RETIREMENT PROGRAM EVER.

TODAY, WE'RE DOING IT EVEN FASTER AND QUICKER THAN EVER BEFORE. I'M PROUD TO ANNOUNCE OUR SAVE PLAN. WE ARE CANCELING DEBT LOANS FOR OVER 150,000 BORROWERS NEARLY SIX MONTHS AHEAD OF SCHEDULE. STARTING TODAY, WE'RE CANCELING.

STUDENT DEBT FOR BORROWERS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN THE SAME PLAN AND HAVE BEEN PAYING STUDENT LOANS FOR AS LITTLE AS TEN YEARS. IF THEY TOOK LESS THAN 20, FAR LESS THAN $2,000 IS FORGIVEN, THEY WILL 12,000. EXCUSE ME.

IT SHOULD THE LOANS FORGIVEN. THIS ACTION WILL BE A HUGE HELP TO GRADUATES. COMMUNITY COLLEGE INVOLVED SMALLER LOANS, PUT THEM BACK ON TRACK FASTER FOR DEBT FORGIVENESS THAN EVER BEFORE. THIS BUILDS ON OTHER PROGRESS I'VE MADE IN CANCELING DEBT.

THROUGH CLOSE TO 4 MILLION AMERICANS THROUGH ACTIONS. FOR EXAMPLE, WE FIXED WHAT WAS CALLED THE PUBLIC SERVICE LOAN PROGRAM LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM, WHICH WAS DESIGNED TO MAKE SURE THAT SCHOOLTEACHERS, FIREFIGHTERS LAW ENFORCEMENT.

OFFICERS, SOCIAL WORKERS, PUBLIC SERVANTS GET THEIR STUDENT FORGIVEN IF THEY MAKE PAYMENTS FOR TEN YEARS IN A ROW AND TEN YEARS OF PUBLIC SERVICE AT THE SAME TIME. I'D I TOOK OFFICE, THERE WERE 7000 PUBLIC SERVANTS WHO ARE TAKING ADVANTAGE OF THIS.

PROGRAM. AND FORGIVE ME, BUT THANKS TO REFORMS WE MADE IN THE PROGRAM NOW ARE NEARLY 800,000 HAVE HAD 800,000 OR BECAUSE OF THIS THIS IS KIND OF RELEASED CAN BE LIFE CHANGING INDIVIDUALS AND FOR THEIR FAMILIES AND IT'S.

GOOD FOR THE ECONOMY AS A WHOLE, BY TREATING MILLIONS OF AMERICANS FROM THE CRUSHING DEBT OF STUDENT LOAN PROGRAMS. IT MEANS CAN FINALLY GET ON WITH THEIR LIVES INSTEAD OF GETTING THEIR LIVES BE PUT ON HOLD. SO YOU THINK ABOUT BUYING.

A HOUSE STARTING AT STARTING A FAMILY, HAVING A FAMILY, A THAT THEY CAN ENJOY OR SAVING FOR THE FAMILY'S FUTURE SAVINGS AWAY. A LITTLE MONEY. I'M PROUD TO BE ABLE TO GIVE BORROWERS, LIKE SO MANY HUGE RELIEF YOU EARN.

I PROMISE YOU, I'M NEVER GOING TO STOP FIGHTING HARDWORKING AMERICAN FAMILIES. SO IF YOU QUALIFY, YOU'LL BE HEARING FROM ME SHORTLY. THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE PER MONTH. I HAVE ABOUT 25,000 OF MY FRIENDS EVERY TWO MONTHS AND BE PAID A 50,000 BASIS BUT ARE.

ELIGIBLE FOR RELIEF. AND THEN YOU GET A FROM ME THAT ANOTHER QUALIFIED. AND THEN I GET THAT LETTER. YOUR DESK CAN BE FORGIVEN. LOOK, FOLKS AND ALSO HELPING YOU WHO DON'T GO TO COLLEGE. IT'S NOT JUST YOU KNOW, PEOPLE SAY TO ME SOMETIMES,.

WELL, JOE, THAT'S GREAT, YOU'RE HELPING PEOPLE GET INTO COLLEGE, BUT HOW ABOUT ALL THOSE HARDWORKING PEOPLE YOU UP WITH AND ABRAHAM, THOSE FOLKS IN LABOR UNIONS AND THOSE HARDWORKING PEOPLE WORK WITH THEIR HANDS. WHY SHOULD THEY?.

WELL, JUST TODAY, MY LABOR DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCED 200,000 ON THE STUDENT LOAN PROGRAM, $200 MILLION IN GRANTS FOR REGISTERED REGISTERED APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMS AROUND THE COUNTRY WHERE YOU CAN LEARN A SKILL TRADE AND THE GOOD PAYING JOBS.

YOU KNOW, EVERYBODY THINKS IF YOU'RE AN YOU SAY, WHEN I WANT TO BE AN ELECTRICIAN AND ALL, YOU GOT TO GO TO SCHOOL, BASICALLY EXPRESS YOUR PROGRAMS IN FOUR AND FIVE YEARS BEFORE AND WORK WHEN THEY GETLICENSE LICENSES. AND GUESS WHAT?.

YOU WORK WITH YOUR HANDS. YOU OUGHT TO BE ABLE TO MAKE A DECENT LIVING. AND THAT'S WHAT I'M DOING NOW. WELL, MY PROBLEM, MY POSITION ON ORGANIZED LABOR. SO IT MATTERS. ALL THIS MATTERS. MY DAD USED TO SAY, JOEY, I ANY.

PAYCHECK IS ABOUT MORE THAN A JOB AND ABOUT THAN A PAYCHECK. IT'S ABOUT YOUR DIGNITY. IT'S ABOUT. IT'S ABOUT BEING A LITTLE KID. NANCY, HONEY, IT'S GOING TO BE OKAY. YOU GOT A CHANCE.

THAT'S ALL WE'RE DOING. AND PEOPLE ARE TAKING THAT TO GIVE IT PEOPLE A CHANCE A FIGHTING CHANCE TO MAKE IT BECAUSE NO ONE IS WILLING TO WORK HARD IN AMERICA SHOULD BE DENIED THE OPPORTUNITY TO HAVE THAT CHANCE. AND SO HOW MANY OF YOU STUDENT.

LOANS FORGIVING YOU? ALL RIGHT. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT. HOW ABOUT ANYBODY OVER $10,000, $30,000, 50,000 NEXT MONTH. OKAY. ANYWAY, SERIOUSLY, THANK YOU. AND PEOPLE HAVE TO UNDERSTAND, YOU NOT ONLY DID THE RIGHT.

BY BRUSHING YOUR NECK AND GOING BACK TO SCHOOL AND DOING THIS WHAT YOU DID IN SCHOOL, BUT YOU'RE BREAKING THE NECK PEOPLE. YOU'RE DOING IT THROUGH PROGRAMS THAT BENEFIT THE SOCIETY, BENEFIT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE, JUST LIKE.

I NOT LONG AGO, FOR ME TO CREATE A MOVEMENT, ORGANIZED LABOR UNIONS. WELL, THEY'RE THE BEST WORKERS IN THE WORLD, AND I'M NOT QUALIFIED AND THEY REALLY ARE. YOU REALLY ARE. AND THE ECONOMY IS GROWING. IT'S GROWING JOBS, INCOME.

ACROSS THE BOARD. WE ARE THE MOST ADVANCED ECONOMY OF ANY MAJOR NATION IN THE WORLD. WE HAVE A LOT MORE TO DO. BUT WITH THE HELP OF ALL OF YOU GRADUATES AND WHO CAN PAY OFF YOUR STUDENT LOANS NOW AND CONTINUE READING.

THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU. THANK YOU, MICHELLE. PRESIDENT BIDEN THERE IN CULVER CITY, CALIFORNIA, ANNOUNCING SOMETHING THAT HE REALLY HAS HAMMERING ON SINCE HE CAME INTO OFFICE.

>> AND THAT WAS STUDENT LOAN DEBT. >> NOW TALKING ABOUT $1.2 BILLION IN STUDENT LOAN DEBT FOR MORE THAN 150,000 OF YOU THAT BORROWED THAT MONEY'S CANCELING IT OUT. OUR WHITE HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARYALICE PARKS HAS BEEN.

FOLLOWING THIS FROM FROM THE DAY HE TALKED ABOUT THIS WHEN HE WAS CAMPAIGNING TO BE PRESIDENT ALL THE WAY NOW INTO AN ELECTION. HE DIDN'T JUST THROW THIS OUT AT RANDOM TO TRY AND WIN. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT DEFINITELY HE'S BEEN.

WORKING HARD FOR OR WORKING HARD ON SINCE HE'S BEEN IN OFFICE. YEAH, ABSOLUTELY. HERE THE WHITE HOUSE IS TALKING ABOUT THE FACT THAT THEY HAVE NOW THROUGH ABOUT TWO DOZEN EXECUTIVE ACTIONS, HELPED OVER 3.9, NEARLY 4 MILLION.

BORROWERS AND FORGIVEN OVER $138 BILLION IN STUDENT LOAN DEBT. NOW, LOOK, THAT'S A FAR CRY FROM THE NEARLY $400 BILLION THAT THEY HAD HOPED TO FORGIVE, HELPING TENS OF MILLIONS OF THAT. THE PRESIDENT'S INITIAL PLAN.

WHEN HE FIRST CAME INTO OFFICE, WE ALL REMEMBER, WAS DOWN THERE BY THE SUPREME COURT. >> BUT THROUGH THESE SMALLER ACTIONS THESE SMALLER EXECUTIVE ACTIONS, THE WHITE HOUSE IS STILL TRYING TO CHIP AWAY AT THIS PROBLEM. THIS ANNOUNCEMENT TODAY, REALLY.

YOU HEARD THE PRESIDENT THERE. HE DESCRIBED AS WHAT COULD BE LIFE CHANGING HELP FOR BORROWERS. NOW, THIS IS A SPECIFIC GROUP OF BORROWERS, PEOPLE THAT TOOK OUT LESS $12,000 INITIALLY AND HAD BEEN MAKING PAYMENTS ON THAT $12,000 FOR OVER.

TEN YEARS. THEY HAD TO ENROLLED IN THE WHITE HOUSE'S SAVE PROGRAM, BUT FOR THOSE BORROWERS AND THE WHITE HOUSE ESTIMATES THAT STILL OVER 150,000 PEOPLE FOR THOSE BORROWERS, THE WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCING, THEY ARE THEY WILL SEE.

THEIR DEBT WIPED AWAY. >> AND IT WAS INTERESTING, THEY'RE HERE LISTENING TO THE PRESIDENT TALK ABOUT THIS AS A LARGER ECONOMIC PRIZE A SORT OF STIMULUS TO THAT'S CLEARLY HOW THIS WHITE HOUSE VIEWS THIS . ALL RIGHT.

AND AS YOU HEARD THE PRESIDENT SAY, CHECK YOUR EMAIL. YOU SHOULD BE GETTING A LETTER FROM ME. SO I GUESS IF YOU HAVE QUALIFIED, YOU WILL HEAR FROM THE WHITE HOUSE, RIGHT? >> RIGHT. NOW, THEY ARE REMINDING.

PEOPLE THAT IF YOU HAVEN'T YET SIGNED UP FOR THE WHITE HOUSE'S REPAYMENT PROGRAM, BUT YOU THINK THAT YOU QUALIFY YOU CAN STILL ENROLL AND STILL QUALIFY. THE WHITE HOUSE IS REALLY TRYING TO GET THE WORD OUT. THEY THINK THERE'S A LOT MORE BORROWERS THAT COULD SEE.

THIS KIND OF HELP, THIS KIND OF FORGIVENESS BASED ON SOME OF THESE EXECUTIVE ACTIONS. AND THEY'RE REALLY TRYING TO ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO SIGN UP AND STILL GET THAT DEBT FORGIVEN. >> YOU HEARD THE PRESIDENT THERE SAYING THEY'RE GOING.

TO GET AN E-MAIL FROM ME. THE WHITE HOUSE ABSOLUTELY. >> TRYING TO PUT THEIR STAMP ON IT. THE PRESIDENT'S STAMP ON THIS FORGIVENESS. MARYALICE PARKS, THANKS SO MUCH. AND TO ALL OF YOU FOR STREAMING.

WITH US. >> WE'RE GOING TO TAKE A QUICK BREAK AND WE'VE GOT MORE “GMA” THREE ON THE OTHER SIDE. STAY WITH US e. So much on the line, moreAmericans turn here than any other news cast, ABC News WorldNews Tonight, with David Muir. America's number one, mostwatched news cast across all of.

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That so much steam weekends on, ABCNews live, DON'T MISS “GMA3” TOMORROW AFTERNOON ON ABC. ♪ ♪ >> Mary: DR. JEN JOINS US WITH A QUESTION YOU'RE ASKING ABOUT HEALTH AND WELLNESS.

THE QUESTION, DOES HORMONE THERAPY FOR MENOPAUSE INCREASE THE RISK OF DEMENTIA? >> Dr. Jen: OH, GOSH, THIS COULD BE AN HOUR. I'LL BREAK IT DOWN FOR CAMILLE. LIKELY THAT ALL EXISTING EVIDENCE SAYS NO, BUT HERE COMES THE CAVEAT.

IF YOU DO A DEEP DIVE INTO THE EVIDENCE-BASED LITERATURE OVER THE LAST 20 YEARS, IT'S ALMOST 50/50 DEPENDING ON WHICH DATA SET YOU LOOK AT. SOME FINDING IT DOES INCREASE THE RISK OF DEMENTIA AND OTHER STUDIES FINDING IT DOES NOT. WHEN YOU LOOK AT A HURRICANE.

IIAN HEADLINE — I FEEL LIKE WE DO A GOOD JOB OF INTERPRETING A MEDICAL HEADLINE. A LOT OF THESE FINDINGS ARE BASED ON OBSERVATION AND ASSOCIATION, NOT CAUSE AND EFFECT. THAT MUDDIES THE WATER.

A LOT ARE BASED ON POPULATIONS OF WOMEN THAT ARE OLDER AT BASELINE WHICH MUDDIES THE WATER. AS A DOCTOR WHO TAKES CARE OF THE WHOLE WOMAN, IT'S IMPORTANT TO UNDERSTAND THAT WITH ANY TYPE OF TREATMENT, ANY MEDICATION WHETHER YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.

HORMONE REPLACEMENT THERAPY OR OTHERS, IT HAS TO BE THE WHOLE PERSON. IT CAN BE GOOD AS TREATING ONE THING, BUT IF IT CAUSES HARM IN SOMETHING ELSE, THERE'S A BODY, AN ORGANISM, A HUMAN BEING ATTACHED TO THAT BODY PART. IT'S WHY PRACTICING MEDICINE IS.

NOT ROBOTIC. SORRY, THAT'S THE ANSWER, CAMILLE. IT'S NOT SIMPLE. >> DeMarco: DOC, WHAT'S YOUR PRESCRIPTION FOR WELLNESS? >> Dr. Jen: HAS TO DO WITH PEOPLE WANTING TO MAKE A HEALTH CARE PROXY, A LEGAL DECISION FOR.

THEIR HEALTH. SOME FACTORS TO CONSIDER BECAUSE THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT THING. HONOR YOUR HEALTH CARE — YOUR PERSON'S WISHES AND PRIORITY. YOU'RE THE HEALTH CARE PROXY FOR THAT PERSON. IDEALLY, YOU WANT TO LIVE IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO THAT PERSON.

OR THAT PERSON SHOULD BE ABLE TO TRAVEL TO YOU IF NECESSARY. IT'S IMPORTANT TO BALANCE CONFLICTING OPINIONS THAT COME UP AMONG FRIENDS AND FAMILY. YOU KNOW, IT'S A VERY IMPORTANT ROLE THAT YOU'LL BE PLAYING, IF I SAID YOU'RE MY HEALTH CARE PROXY.

IT SHOULD START WITH SAYING, I WOULD LIKE YOU TO BE MY HEALTH CARE PROXY, HOW DO YOU FEEL ABOUT THAT? A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT SAY IT'S NOT FOR ME. >> Mary: AN IMPORTANT CONVERSATION. >> Dr. Jen: ABSOLUTELY.

>> DeMarco: DOC, THANK YOU. FOLKS, WE LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. HIT US UP ON INSTAGRAM WITH YOUR MEDICAL QUESTIONS FOR DR. JEN @ABCGMA3. >>> COMING UP NEXT, WE HEARD ABOUT SOMETHING BORROWED, SOMETHING BLUE, BUT WHAT ABOUT SOMETHING SWEET?.

>> Mary: TOP DESSERT TRENDS FOR COUPLES LIKE A.J. AND TIFFANY ABOUT TO SAY I DO. ALL PART OF OUR WEDDING IN A WEEK WOW. >> WHAT DO YOU SAY I PEOPLE START THEIR DAY HERE FROM ABC NEWS. THIS IS “START HERE”.

TO BE IN THE MIDDLE AND A DIFFERENT TAKE ON THE DAY'S TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET'S BACK TO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH FOUR EDWARD AH MURROW AWARDS. AND SEE WHY THE NEW YORK.

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You're watching America's numberone streaming news ABC News live. ♪ LET'S GET MARRIED ♪ >> DeMarco: THAT'S A CLASSIC “GMA3.” WE'RE DEEP INTO OUR WEDDING FESTIVITIES. WE HAD A BEAUTIFUL PROPOSAL AND NOW OUR BRIDE AND GROOM TO BE,.

TIFFANY AND A.J., ARE GOING TO TALK ABOUT THE WEDDING CAKE. >> Mary: THEY'RE GETTING MARRIED ON “GMA3” ON FRIDAY. WHO BETTER TO TAKE US THROUGH WEDDING DAY DESSERTS THAN FOOD NETWORK'S PASTRY CHEF. ZACH, WELCOME BACK. ONE OF THE BIGGEST TRENDS IN.

WEDDING CAKES IS NO CAKE AT ALL. IT'S TO DO THE DESSERT BAR. I LIKE THE IDEA. >> WHAT I LOVE ABOUT THIS IS IT CAN BE PERSONAL TOO. IT CAN BE FROM THE COUPLE'S PAST AND PRESENT. IT CAN BE TRUFFLES, YOUR FAVORITE COCKTAIL FLAVORS.

IT CAN BE PERSONAL. THE TRICK IS TO KEEP IT WITHIN THE WEDDING COLORS AS WELL. YOU DON'T WANT IT TO LOOK LIKE A SWEET 16 CANDY BAR. A LITTLE SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE, ABSOLUTELY. >> Mary: TIFFANY, YOU SAID YOUR MOUTH WAS WATERING.

IS THERE A TREAT THAT'S SENTIMENTAL TO YOU ALL? >> IT'S DEFINITELY MY VIBE, A CHOCOLATE COVERED STRAWBERRY, THE PRETZELS — I JUST WANT TO STICK MY HAND IN EVERYTHING. >> DeMarco: WE LIKE IT. LET'S GO TRADITIONAL AND LOOK AT THESE BEAUTIFUL CAKES.

I LOVE THAT IT'S A CHOICE OF RED VELVET AND CHOCOLATE. >> YEAH, WITH THE WEDDING CAKES EVERYTHING OLD IS NEW. WE'RE SEEING THE RETURN OF THE '60s, '70s, ELVIS' WEDDING CAKE, BUT A LITTLE MORE MODERN. THIS REAL THROWBACK IS THE VICTORIAN PIPING, REAL ORNATE.

I LOVE THE WORK ON THIS. IN TERMS OF THE INSIDE, BECAUSE IT'S WHAT INSIDE THAT COUNTS, WE'RE SEEING CUSTOMIZATION OF THE LAYERS IN THE CAKE. SOMETHING FOR EVERYONE. >> DeMarco: A.J., YOU LIKE THIS — A.J. HAS A MOUTHFUL. HE SAID HE LOVED THE TRADITIONAL.

CAKES. >> I REALLY DO. I MEAN THE TEXTURE, THE WAY IT'S — I'M SORRY. I'M JUST TRYING TO SAVE MYSELF HERE. >> DeMarco: YOU'RE TRYING TO SAVOR THE MOMENT. OH, LOOK AT THAT.

YOU LIKE THE TRADITIONAL CAKES, TIFFANY? >> LOVE BOTH, BUT THE TRADITIONAL CAKE IS CLASSIC, TIMELESS, PHOTO-OP TIME. THIS HERE, I LOVE THIS. >> THERE'S SOMETHING ELEGANT ABOUT A CAKE. WE HAVE A LOT OF HALF NAKED.

CAKES SITTING ON A TREE STUMP THE PAST FEW YEARS. THE TRADITIONAL CAKE IS COMING BACK. >> DeMarco: LET'S TALK ABOUT ALLERGIES. YOU KNOW, THE FOLKS THAT HAVE TO DEAL WITH LACTOSE INTOLERANT. >> GROWING UP WITH A VEGAN MOM,.

THIS IS PERSONAL TOO. HAVING SOMETHING FOR EVERYBODY AT THE WEDDING AND LABELLING IT TOO. MY MOM DOESN'T HAVE TO GO TO THE IND CATERER AND SAY WHAT CAN I EAT? >> DeMarco: ZACH, THANK YOU SO MUCH.

TIFFANY AND A.J. WILL BE BACK WITH US TOMORROW AS WE HAVE SOME KEY MARITAL ADVICE. MAKE SURE TO TUNE IN FRIDAY FOR THE BIG DAY. >> Mary: UP NEXT, PRODUCTS THAT ARE COOL AND COMFORTABLE. TORY JOHNSON IS HERE WITH “DEALS & STEALS” FOR WOMEN MANAGING THE.

SYMPTOMS OF MENOPAUSE, “GMA3” IS RIGHT BACK AFTER WE STUFF OUR FACES. ♪ Kids aren't supposed to die incollege kids aren't supposed to die atall. How could this possibly havehappened? The incident brought a lot ofpanic to students that could have been me. Itcould have been one of myfriends.

Last time. We saw her alive. It's just a very tragic thing tohappen to someone whenever you speak to your lovedone. The last thing you should ever say is. I love you. There's might be the last time death in the dorms to all newepisodes streaming only on Hulu. With so much at stake. So much on the line, moreAmericans turn here than any.

What would you do Sunday nightat 10:00 9:00 Central on ABC Reporting from Miami Florida.I'm Victor Oquendo wherever the story is will takeyou there. You're streaming ABC News live. ♪ COLD AS ICE ♪ >> Mary: WELCOME BACK. IT IS TIME FOR “DEALS & STEALS” WITH TORY JOHNSON. HERE WITH REMEDIES TO HELP WOMEN.

IN MENOPAUSE GET BIG RELIEF FOR SYMPTOMS. THE BEST PART IS ALL THESE PRODUCTS ARE FROM SMALL BUSINESSES. >> Dr. Jen: YOU HAD ME AT MENOPAUSE. YOU CAN START SHOPPING BY POINTING YOUR CELL PHONE CAMERA.

TO THE QR CODE ON YOUR SCREEN. >> I FEEL LIKE THIS IS ALL WE TALK ABOUT. IN OUR TEXT CHAIN IT'S THE SUBJECT THAT'S ALL WE TALK ABILITY. WE'RE STARTING WITH THE COLDEST. THIS IS ALL ABOUT A COOL NIGHT'S SLEEP AS YOU CAN FEEL FROM JUST.

TOUCHING THIS. YOU DON'T NEED ANY EXTRA HEAT. WE DON'T WANT ANY EXTRA HEAT. THIS IS GREAT FOR SLEEPING BECAUSE IT'S GOING TO SLOWLY ABSORB HEAT, BUT QUICKLY DISPERSE IT. IT KEEPS YOU COOL ALL NIGHT LONG.

WHAT'S ALSO GREAT IS THERE'S A ZIPPER HERE SO YOU CAN ADD MORE FILL OR RELEASE MORE SO IT CAN BE THE COMFORT LEVEL YOU DESIRE. WE HAVE A BIG VARIETY OF STYLES FROM THE COLDEST, ALL SLASHED IN HALF STARTING AT $40. >> Dr. Jen: EVEN IF I WASN'T IN MENOPAUSE, I'M ALWAYS WANTING TO.

SLEEP COOL. >> STICKING WITH COOL THINGS, THIS IS OPAL COOL. IT'S COOL TECHNOLOGY. IT'S A PLANT-BASED TECHNOLOGY THAT ALLOWS — THAT WAS PUT INTO THE FREEZER. THAT IS AN INSERT TO GO INTO A HAT.

THERE'S SO MANY DIFFERENT BODY INSERTS. THINK ABOUT HOT FLASHES, NIGHT SWEATS, WHATEVER IT IS. THERE'S EYE MASKS. WE DIDN'T FREEZE ALL THESE, BUT YOU GET THE IDEA. IT'S JUST FOR SOME COOLING RELIEF.

IT'S A PLANT-BASED TECHNOLOGY THAT CAN GO DIRECTLY ON YOUR SKIN. YOU WOULDN'T PUT ALL ICE PACKS RIGHT AGAINST YOUR SKIN. YOU CAN'T PUT THESE AGAINST YOUR SKIN. FOR COOLING RELIEF ANYWHERE YOU NEED IT, THERE'S A SOLUTION FOR.

YOU. THESE START AT $14 AND FREE SHIPPING FROM OPAL COOL. VERY SMART. >> Mary: LOVE IT. >> THIS IS CAIRE BEAUTY. THIS IS A SKINCARE LINE. THERE'S THREE DIFFERENT PRODUCTS WE HAVE HERE FROM THEM.

IT'S SCIENCE-POWERED SKINCARE THAT'S DESIGNED FOR WOMEN OVER 40 GOING THROUGH SOME OF THE DETERIORATING SKIN HEALTH THAT COMES WITH — >> Dr. Jen: SOME? >> IT COMES WITH AGING SKIN. CHEF CARLA HALL IS AN AMBASSADOR FOR THE BRAND.

THEY'VE WON OPRAH BEAUTY AWARDS. THIS IS THE TRIPLE LIFT MOLECULE MASK. THEY CALL IT A SPA FACIAL IN A JAR. THIS IS THE GROWN-UP MOISTURIZER. THAT ONE RIGHT THERE IS A SERUM THAT WILL HELP WITH SKIN.

CREATING MORE OF ITS OWN COLLAGEN. THREE DIFFERENT PRODUCTS ALL SPECIFICALLY FOR WOMEN OVER 40. GREAT PRODUCT, GREAT DEAL. STARTS AT $17. >> Mary: SPA IN A JAR. >> IT'S ABOUT THAT HYDRATION AND M.

MOISTURIZING THAT BECOMES DIFFICULT AS YOUR SKIN AGES. >> Dr. Jen: THAT'S AN UNDERSTATEMENT. >> NEXT UP MenoWELL. THESE ARE ENERGY AND PROTEIN BARS. WE HAVE THREE DIFFERENT VARIETIES FROM THEM.

THIS IS DESIGNED TO HELP WITH NUTRITION, ENERGY AND WEIGHT MANAGEMENT. THREE THINGS I THINK THAT ARE IN OUR TEXT CHAIN CONSTANTLY. THAT'S THE TICKET. THE TASTE ON THEM — WHAT I LIKE IS THERE'S NO AFTER TASTE. SOMETIMES WITH PROTEIN BARS,.

ENERGY BARS, THERE'S LIKE AN AFTER TASTE. WE HAVE THE DOUBLE CHOCOLATE BROWNIE, FRESH BLUEBERRY LEMON AND TOASTED VANILLA ALMOND. YOU'LL GET A TEN PACK, SLASHED IN HALF $16.25. >> Dr. Jen: SO FAR MEN CAN USE ALL THESE THINGS TOO.

YOU DON'T HAVE TO HAVE A UTERUS TO USE THESE ITEMS. >> FOR THIS, A LOT OF SPORTS INJURIES, PEOPLE USE THEM FOR SPORTS INJURIES. >> Dr. Jen: FOR SURE. >> FINALLY HOT GIRLS PEARLS. YOU POP THESE INTO THE FREEZER. IT COMES WITH A FREEZER CASE.

>> Dr. Jen: IT'S SO COOL. >> INSIDE EACH OF THESE THEY'RE FILLED WITH A NONTOXIC COOLING GEL. THESE WERE NOT JUST IN THE FREEZER, BUT IF THEY WERE, YOU WOULD BE ABLE TO HAVE THAT COOLING RELIEF FOR UP TO 30 MINUTES, DIDEPENDING ON THE.

ENVIRONMENT YOU'RE IN. THEY'RE DESIGNED TO TARGET PRESSURE POINTS INSIDE THE WRIST AND BEHIND THE HEAD. PLUS, THEY'RE FUN, FASHIONABLE, FUNCTIONAL. SLASHED IN HALF STARTING AT $30. PLUS, FROM HOT GIRL PEARLS FREE SHIPPING.

WE LOVE FREE SHIPPING. >> Mary: ALWAYS HERE FOR FREE SHIPPING. TORY, THANK YOU. I'M GOING TO HOLD ON TO THIS. >> THIS WAS YOUR FIRST “DEALS & STEALS.” >> Mary: I KNOW. THANK YOU.

WE HAVE PARTNERED WITH THESE COMPANIES FOR ALL THESE GREAT DEALS. TO GET YOURS SCAN THE QR CODE ON THE BOTTOM OF YOUR SCREEN AND VISIT OUR WEBSITE TO KEEP THE SHOPPING GOING. >>> WHEN WE COME BACK, WE'RE ON THE ROAD TO OSCAR.

>> Dr. Jen: MUSIC SUPERSTARS BILLIE EILISH AND FINNEAS TELL US WHAT WENT INTO THAT INCREDIBLE “BARBIE” HITRIGINAL . “GMA3” IS BACK IN A MOMENT. ♪ ♪ strongest females fight for thesurvival of their families Kids aren't supposed to die incollege.

Kids aren't supposed to die atall. How could this possibly havehappened? The incident brought a lot ofpanic to students that could have been me. Itcould have been one of myfriends last time. We saw her alive. It's just a very tragic thing tohappen to someone whenever you speak to your lovedone. The last thing you should ever say is. I love you. There's might be the last time.

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You're gonna love thisexperience. The all new ABC News app, download it now, >> DeMarco: WELCOME BACK TO “GMA3.” THE 96th ACADEMY AWARDS IS JUST WEEKS AWAY. >> Mary: IT'S HARD TO BELIEVE. >> DeMarco: WE'RE FEATURING CONVERSATIONS WITH SOME OF THE.

BIGGEST NOMINEES ON OUR ROAD TO THE OSCARS. >> Mary: TODAY WE'RE TALKING WITH BILLIE EILISH AND FINNEAS. ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR KELLY CARTER SAT DOWN WITH THEM ON HOW THEY APPROACH THE CREATIVE PROCESS. ♪ I USED TO FLOAT ♪.

♪ NOW I JUST FALL DOWN ♪ >> HERE'S A CHALLENGE FOR YOU BOTH. WRITE A SONG FOR A FILM ABOUT A DOLL THAT A LOT OF US HAD GROWING UP, BUT GIVE IT SOMETHING MORE THAN WE EXPECT. LET'S NOT MAKE IT WHIMSICAL. WHERE DID YOU START WITH THAT?.

>> WHILE YOU WERE SAYING THAT QUESTION, I WAS THINKING ABOUT IF WE HADN'T BEEN SHOWN THE MOVIE AND TALKED TO GRETA ABOUT IT, WE WOULD NOT HAVE MADE THAT SONG. WE WOULDN'T HAVE KNOWN THE MOVIE HAD THAT ASPECT TO IT. I WAS LIKE OH, A BARBIE MOVIE.

WATCHING IT AND SEEING WHAT IT WAS ABOUT, THAT — GOD, THAT SCENE OF BARBIE SITTING AT THE BUS STOP AND THERE'S THAT OLD WOMAN SITTING NEXT TO HER. THAT SCENE JUST REALLY GOT ME. IT MADE ME, LIKE, OH, THIS IS SO MUCH MORE THAN WE THINK. >> IS THE CREATIVITY PROCESS.

DIFFERENT WHEN YOU'RE CREATING FOR A FILM THAN WHEN YOU'RE CREATING FOR AN ALBUM? >> SOMETHING ABOUT US, WE LOVE A PROMPT. WHEN WE'RE GIVEN AN ASSIGNMENT AND CHALLENGE, IT'S TRULY WHERE WE THRIVE. WE'LL WRITE A SONG.

IF IT'S NOT COMING OUT PERFECTLY, SOMETIMES WE GO, OKAY, WHAT'S SOME — >> CHARACTER. >> LET'S MAKE UP SOMETHING AND NOT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT OURSELVES AND WRITE FROM ANOTHER CHARACTER'S PERSPECTIVE? FOR BOND, THAT WAS NEVER GOING.

TO HAPPEN IN A MILLION YEARS. WHEN WE WERE YOUNGER, WE WOULD PRETEND TO WRITE A BOND THEME SONG AS A SONG WRITING EXERCISE. WHAT WOULD WE DO IF WE HAD TO DO THAT? >> WHERE DID YOU PUT THAT FIRST OSCAR? WHERE IT LIVING?.

>> WHERE'S YOURS, FINNEAS? >> IT'S ON A SHELF. VERY SURREAL. NOT A THING I THOUGHT I WOULD HAVE IN MY HOME. >> I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD EVER EVEN SEE ONE. YOU WIN IT AND THAT'S YOUR OSCAR.

AT AN AWARDS SHOW SOMETIMES THEY GIVE YOU A FAKE ONE AND SEND YOU ONE LATER. >> GRAMMYS TAKE LIKE SIX MONTHS. >> WITH THE OSCARS THEY GIVE YOU THAT AWARD RIGHT THEN AND THEY GO ENGRAVE IT. IT'S ALSO LIKE A MILLION POUNDS. >> IT'S REALLY HEAVY.

>> I WAS WALKING AROUND THE AFTER PARTY SWINGING IT AROUND. >> GETTING THESE TYPE OF ACCOLADES, DOES THIS CHANGE THE AMBITION FOR YOU AT ALL? DOES IT MAKE YOU SAY I DIDN'T KNOW WHEN WE WERE MAKING BOND THEME SONGS WHEN WE WERE KIDS WE WOULD WIN AN OSCAR FOR THAT?.

WHAT DOES THAT DO FOR YOU GUYS? >> IT DOESN'T HELP US MANAGE EXPECTATIONS, DOES IT? >> NOPE. >> MAKES US FEEL LIKE WE SHOULD TRY ANYTHING. WE NEVER SET OUT TO MAKE ANYTHING FOR THE ACCOLADES. WE'RE TRYING TO MAKE IT TO DO.

THE BEST JOB WE CAN DO. >> YEP. >> IF WE'RE WORRYING ABOUTOPINI AUDIENCE. WE'RE WORRYING ABOUT THE PEOPLE BUYING A TICKET TO SEE THE SHOW. EVERYTHING ELSE IS A HUGE HONOR, VERY HUMBLING. WE FEEL SO LUCKY.

AS LONG AS THE AUDIENCE IS HAPPY, WE'VE DONE A GOOD JOB. >> DeMarco: THANKS TO BILLIE EILISH AND FINNEAS. THE OSCARS AIRS AT AN EARLIER TIME, 7:00 P.M. EASTERN TIME ON ABC. >>> THAT'S “WHAT YOU NEED TO KNOW” FOR THIS WEDNESDAY.

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$1,000,000,000. AND THE PRESIDENT'S YOUNGEST BROTHER GRILLED ON CAPITOL HILL ABOUT HIS FAMILY'S BUSINESS DEALINGS. WHAT HE TOLD REPUBLICANS LEADING THAT IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY IN THE HOUSE. AND THE FIRST BLACK PEANUTS.

CHARACTER STARRING IN HIS OWN TV SPECIAL. I'LL SPEAK WITH A WRITER WHO WAS THE INSPIRATION FOR FRANKLIN AND A GRANDSON OF CHARLES SCHULZ, THE ORIGINAL COMICS CREATOR. >> AS WE CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH, BUT WE.

BEGIN WITH MORE RELIEF COMING TO BORROWERS WITH STUDENT DEBT. AND PRESIDENT JOE BIDEN TODAY ANNOUNCING THAT HIS ADMINISTRATION IS CANCELING ANOTHER $1.2 BILLION OF STUDENT DEBT. THIS LATEST ROUND OF RELIEF IMPACTS, NEARLY 153,000.

BORROWERS WHO ARE ENROLLED IN A NEW FEDERAL REPAYMENT PLAN CALLED SAVE, WHICH WAS LAUNCHED BACK IN AUGUST. BIDEN TOUTING WHAT HE CALLS THE NEXT PHASE IN HIS LOAN FORGIVENESS PLAN DURING A PRESS CONFERENCE AND CALLED DURING A SPEECH TODAY IN CULVER CITY,.

CALIFORNIA. >> WHEN WE REALIZE RELIEVE AMERICANS OF THEIR STUDENT DEBT, THEY'RE FREE TO CHASE THEIR DREAMS. THEY BUY HOMES, THEY START BUSINESSES, THEY CONTRIBUTE, THEY ENGAGE WITH THE COMMUNITY IN WAYS THEY WEREN'T ABLE.

TO BEFORE. AND IT ACTUALLY GROWS THE ECONOMY. >> SINCE TAKING OFFICE, THE PRESIDENT HAS CANCELED NEARLY $138 BILLION IN FEDERAL STUDENT LOAN DEBT FOR ALMOST 4 MILLION BORROWERS. JOINING US NOW IS ABC NEWS.

HOUSE CORRESPONDENT MARYALICE PARKS MARYALICE. TALK ABOUT WHO EXACTLY BENEFITING FROM THIS ROUND OF RELIEF THAT THE PRESIDENT JUST ANNOUNCED. YEAH, WELL, SO THIS IS A VERY SPECIFIC SUBSET OF BORROWERS, PEOPLE THAT TOOK OUT LESS THAN.

$12,000 INITIALLY AND HAVE BEEN MAKING ON THAT DEBT FOR TEN YEARS. ON TOP OF THAT, THEY HAD TO HAVE PROACTIVELY ENROLLED IN THE WHITE HOUSE'S NEW SAVE A REPAYMENT PROGRAM. THOSE ARE THE PEOPLE THAT ARE GETTING AN EMAIL FROM.

THE WHITE HOUSE SAYING THAT THEIR DEBT HAS BEEN FORGIVEN. BUT THE WHITE HOUSE IS ENCOURAGING OTHERS WHO MIGHT QUALIFY OR WHO MEET THOSE REQUIREMENTS. >> LESS THAN $12,000 MAKING PAYMENTS FOR TEN YEARS UP,.

BUT WHO HAVEN'T ENROLLED IN THE PROGRAM TO GO AHEAD AND DO SO. NOW BUT THEY WILL ALSO QUALIFY. AND THE PRESIDENT SAYS ALSO SEE THIS FORGIVEN AND EVERYTHING ELSE. >> AS WE KNOW, THE SUPREME COURT REJECTED PRESIDENT BIDEN'S SIGNATURE.

STUDENT LOAN FORGIVENESS PROGRAM LAST YEAR. HOW MUCH OF THIS NEW ANNOUNCEMENT IS TRYING TO MAKE GOOD ON THIS THAT HE'S MADE TO CANCEL STUDENT DEBT IN THE WAKE OF THAT SUPREME COURT RULING? I MEAN, I THINK IT'S EXACTLY.

THAT. THE WHITE HOUSE HAS SAID AS MUCH OF HIS RHETORIC THE PRESIDENT'S FIRST PLAN WAS HUGE AND TARGETED NEARLY 40 MILLION BORROWERS. AND THIS IS A MUCH SMALLER EXECUTIVE ACTION, BUT IT'S ONE OF SEVERAL EXECUTIVE.

ACTIONS THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS DONE IN THE WAKE OF THE SUPREME COURT KNOCKING DOWN INITIAL BIG PLAN. THE WHITE HOUSE IS TRYING TO MAKE GOOD ON THIS PROMISE TO RELIEVE STUDENT DEBT, LOANS AND STUDENT DEBT. BORROW DEBT IN AS MANY WAYS.

AS POSSIBLE. YOU KNOW, THE WHITE HOUSE SAYS THEY'RE COMMITTED TO THIS. THEY TO PROVIDE RELIEF TO AS MANY BORROWERS AS THEY CAN AS SOON AS THEY CAN. THEY'VE ENGAGED IN OVER TWO DOZEN EXECUTIVE ACTIONS TRYING TO CHIP AWAY AT THIS.

THIS PROBLEM OF STUDENT LOAN DEBT IN THE COUNTRY AND STILL MAKE GOOD ON THIS CAMPAIGN PROMISE. I'VE TALKED TO A LOT OF VOTERS AROUND THE COUNTRY WHO DO FEEL LIKE THIS WAS A BROKEN PROMISE FROM THE PRESIDENT AND SO HE'S TRYING IN THESE SMALLER.

ACTIONS A SMALLER TO STILL MAKE GOOD ON THAT BIG PROMISES THAT A LOT VOTERS STILL HOLDING OUT HOPE FOR THAT MARYALICE PARKS THANKS SO MUCH. PRESIDENT BIDEN'S YOUNGER BROTHER IS DENYING ACCUSATIONS THAT THE PRESIDENT HAD ANY INVOLVEMENT IN HIS BUSINESS.

DEALINGS. >> WHAT'S YOUR MESSAGE FOR LAWMAKERS TODAY AS TO WHAT THEY THE COMMITTEE TODAY, SIR? >> WELL, THIS IS REALLY THAT WAS JAMES BIDEN IGNORING SHOUTED QUESTIONS WHILE ARRIVING FOR A CLOSED DOOR DEPOSITION ON CAPITOL HILL.

BEFORE THE HOUSE OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE. IT'S PART OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY INTO THE PRESIDENT OVER WHETHER THEIR UNPROVEN THEORY THAT HE IMPROPERLY SUPPORTED AND BENEFITED FROM HIS FAMILY'S OVERSEAS BUSINESS AFFAIRS,.

INCLUDING THOSE OF HIS SON, HUNTER. BUT THERE ARE NEW QUESTIONS OVER THE INTEGRITY OF THAT INQUIRY. THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S SPECIAL LEADING A SEPARATE INVESTIGATION INTO HUNTER BIDEN HAS NOW A FORMER FBI.

INFORMANT WITH LYING AND MAKING A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR BRIBERY SCHEME INVOLVING PRESIDENT BIDEN, HUNTER BIDEN AND A UKRAINIAN ENERGY COMPANY. THOSE CLAIMS BEEN CENTRAL TO HOUSE REPUBLICANS JUSTIFICATION FOR.

THE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY INTO, THE PRESIDENT. AND PROSECUTORS NOW ALSO SAY THAT THAT FORMER FBI HAS ADMITTED TO HAVING CONTACTS WITH PEOPLE AFFILIATED WITH RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE. LUNCH BREAK DOWN HERE. JOINING US NOW IS ABC CHIEF.

JUSTICE CORRESPONDENT PIERRE THOMAS HERE IN WASHINGTON. HERE. THANKS SO MUCH FOR BEING HERE, JAMES. LET'S START WITH WHAT WE KNOW TODAY ABOUT THIS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY. AND JAMES BIDEN WAS OVER.

ON THE HOUSE TALKING ABOUT HOW HE HAD NO INVOLVEMENT WITH THE PRESIDENT, HAD NO INVOLVEMENT IN THESE BUSINESS DEALINGS. WHAT WAS THE REACTION OVER THERE TO THIS AND WHAT DID YOU MAKE OF THAT DEPOSITION? THE DEMOCRATS THAT I SPOKE TO, WE SPOKE TO CONGRESSMAN RASKIN,.

AND HE SAID THAT MR. BIDEN'S TESTIMONY WAS CONSISTENT, THAT HE HAD NO FINANCIAL THAT INVOLVED HIS BROTHER, THE NOW PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES PERIOD. STOP. AND THAT NO MATTER HOW THE REPUBLICANS TRIED.

TO MAKE. >> SO IT WASN'T SO. AND WHAT DO WE KNOW AS FAR AS WHAT THIS WOMAN INFORMANT AND HIS ALLEGED CONTACTS WITH RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE? WHAT ARE YOU LEARNING ABOUT THAT AND WHAT PROSECUTORS ARE SAYING ABOUT THAT BASICALLY.

LIE THAT HE TOLD? WELL, A COUPLE OF THINGS. NUMBER ONE, THEY'RE CLAIMING THAT HE HAD CONTACTS WITH RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE OFFICIALS. THEY SAY THAT IT IS PART OF AN EFFORT BY THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT TO SPREAD LIES INTO.

THE ONGOING UPCOMING PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION CAMPAIGN SEASON. THEY'RE ALSO SAYING SPECIFICALLY THAT WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED LAST WEEK, A WEEK AGO TODAY, ACTUALLY, THAT HE WAS PRESSED BY AN FBI AGENT AND THAT HE ALLEGEDLY TOLD.

THE FBI AGENT THAT ONE OF THE LIES THAT HE TOLD WAS IN RUSSIA IN REFERENCE TO THE FACT THAT RUSSIAN INTEL TOLD HIM ONE OF THE STORIES THAT HE APPARENTLY MADE UP ABOUT JOE BIDEN. THE OTHER ALLEGATION IS THAT HE LIED SPECIFICALLY.

ABOUT PLANS TO GIVE A BRIBE TO JOE BIDEN AND HIS SON. THE FBI AND SPECIAL COUNSEL NOW SAYING THAT ABSOLUTELY DID HAPPEN. SO WHERE DOES THIS GO FROM HERE? WHERE DOES STATUS OF THIS CASE AGAINST THIS FORMER INFORMANT,.

A FEDERAL PROSECUTOR THOSE ARE TRYING TO LOCK HIM UP PENDING TRIAL? WELL, YESTERDAY PRESSED THE MAGISTRATE TO KEEP HIM LOCKED UP PENDING, BUT THE MAGISTRATE SORT OF SPLIT THE DIFFERENCE AND SAID HE COULD RELEASED, BUT UNDER.

STRICT CONDITIONS THAT HE HAD TO WEAR ANKLE MONITOR, THAT HE HAD TO GIVE UP HIS PASSPORT AND HE NOT ALLOWED TO LEAVE THE COUNTRY. TODAY, THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT WAS BACK AT IT. THE SPECIAL COUNSEL GOING TO A FEDERAL DISTRICT JUDGE IN.

CALIFORNIA, WHERE THE CASE WILL LIKELY BE TRIED AND ASKING THAT COURT TO PUT BACK IN JAIL BECAUSE THEY BELIEVE THAT HE IS A FLIGHT RISK. PIERRE THOMAS, APPRECIATE YOU JOINING US AND YOUR REPORTING ON THIS. YOU.

>> WE TURN TO RUSSIA NOW, WHERE THE EUROPEAN UNION TEN MEMBER COUNTRIES AGREED TODAY ON A NEW PACKAGE OF SANCTIONS AGAINST RUSSIA. IT TARGETS INDIVIDUALS AND BUSINESSES SUSPECTED OF ASSISTING VLADIMIR PUTIN AND HIS WAR AGAINST UKRAINE,.

INCLUDING CHINESE COMPANIES. THE DECISION COINCIDES WITH THE APPROACHING YEAR ANNIVERSARY OF RUSSIA'S INVASION OF UKRAINE, AND IT COMES DAYS AFTER THE DEATH OF RUSSIAN OPPOSITION LEADER ALEXEI NAVALNY. THE WHITE HOUSE IS ALSO SLATED.

TO ANNOUNCE A NEW MAJOR SANCTIONS PACKAGE, ITS OWN ON FRIDAY. ABC NEWS PATRICK REEVELL JOINS US NOW MORE FROM KYIV. >> HI, ELIZABETH. YES, THE EUROPEAN UNION SAYS THIS IS ITS LARGEST SANCTIONS PACKAGE YET AND IT IS FOCUSED.

ON TRYING TO THE EXISTING SANCTIONS REGIME ON RUSSIA IN PARTICULAR BY GOING THE THIRD COUNTRY COMPANIES THAT ARE ALLOWING RUSSIA TO NOW GET ROUND MANY RESTRICTIONS, TARGETS, 200 COMPANIES AND ENTITIES. AND FOR THE FIRST TIME,.

SANCTIONS, THREE MAINLAND CHINESE COMPANIES. A SIGNAL TO CHINA THAT'S BEEN CRUCIAL TO KEEPING RUSSIA'S WAR MACHINE. I ALSO SPOKE TODAY WITH THE FORMER UKRAINIAN AMBASSADOR TO US ABOUT THE DEADLOCK IN CONGRESS ON MORE AID.

TO UKRAINE. SAID THAT THE ARGUMENT FROM SOME REPUBLICANS THAT U.S. IS ONLY PROLONGING THE WAR IS WRONG. >> TAKE A LISTEN TO WHAT HE SAID. IF THE UNITED STATES STOPS SUPPLYING WEAPONS, THE WAR.

ZONE, THE ROLE OF OF THE WORLD, PERCEPTION OF THE SITUATION WILL KNOW UNFORTUNATELY IT JUST MAKE THE MESSAGE AND GIVE THE AND SIGNAL TO PUTIN THAT THEY WILL BE INVITED TO EUROPE AND PARTS OF MAINTENANCE. >> HE SAID THAT HE WAS STILL.

HOPEFUL THAT THERE IS A STILL TO BE FOUND TO APPROVE MORE AID, SINCE IN THEORY THERE IS A BIPARTISAN MAJORITY IN CONGRESS FOR IT PROVIDED A PACKAGE TO REACH THE FLOOR FOR A VOTE. ELIZABETH PATRICK REEVELL, THANK YOU.

HERE AT HOME, THE UNIVERSITY OF ALABAMA AT BIRMINGHAM ANNOUNCED IT WILL PAUSE IVF TREATMENTS FOLLOWING THE STATE SUPREME RULING THAT FROZEN EMBRYOS QUALIFY AS PEOPLE ITS STATE LAW. THE UNIVERSITY RELEASING A STATEMENT SAYING, QUOTE, WE.

ARE SADDENED THAT THIS WILL IMPACT OUR PATIENTS ATTEMPT TO HAVE A BABY IVF, BUT WE MUST EVALUATE THE POTENTIAL THAT OUR PATIENTS AND OUR PHYSICIANS COULD BE PROSECUTED CRIMINALLY FOR FOLLOWING THE STANDARD OF CARE FOR IVF TREATMENTS.

ALABAMA IS ONE OF 13 STATES THAT'S IMPLEMENTED A TOTAL BAN ON ABORTIONS IN THE U.S. IN THE WAKE OF THE SUPREME COURT'S 2022 DECISION TO OVERTURN ROE V. WADE, WHICH HAD PROTECTED THE CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHT TO AN ABORTION.

THE U.S. SUPREME COURT IS ALSO EXPECTED TO ON ANOTHER CASE ABOUT ACCESS TO THE ABORTION PILL IN THE COMING MONTHS. COMING UP, ABC NEWS MATT RIVERS WILL TAKE US INSIDE ECUADOR. WHY IT'S ONE OF THE MOST PEACEFUL COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD NOW MIRED IN A.

DRUG FUELED WORLD OF GANG VIOLENCE AND THAT THIS FREE WHENEVER A NEWS RELEASE. >> WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL A NATION AT WAR AFTER THAT BRUTAL SURPRISE ATTACK BY HAMAS ON THE GROUND IN UKRAINE. >> REPORTING FROM LEWISTON,.

MAINE, THE SCENE OF A HORRIFIC MASS, ABC NEWS LIVE IS RIGHT THERE EVERYWHERE FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY STRIKE CONTINUE FROM UKRAINE. REPORTING 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. AND ICELAND. >> LET'S GO TRAVELING WITH THE PRESIDENT IN MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THE STORY IS ON THE FRONT LINE FROM SOUTHERN.

ISRAEL OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP. IN BEIRUT, FROM THE FBI HEADQUARTERS 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 GOING TO YOU THERE WE'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE,.

ABC NEWS LIVE HERE, STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE, ABC NEWS LIVE STREAMING FREE EVERYWHERE. >> AMERICA'S NUMBER ONE STREAMING NEWS. I HAVE A PACKED CONCERT. THEY'RE EXPECTING US. THIS IS OUR SECRET WORLD WE HAVE.

DO YOU THINK WE'RE GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON'T KNOW. >> THIS IS MY COUNTRY INSIDE OUT AND THIS ONE'S A CAMOUFLAGE . THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED.

THERE'S REALLY NO TELLING WHAT SOME OF THEM WILL DO. IT'S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE IN ANYWHERE. >> WOW. SO THE QUESTION, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? OKAY, HERE WE GO. YOU SAW AN EXPECTING.

MOTHER STRUGGLING TO PAY HER TAB. I'M JUST REALLY HUNGRY. IF YOU WANT CHARITY, GO TO A SOUP KITCHEN. >> WELL, WHAT THIS MAN DOES IS BAD GUYS ARE NOT GOOD. >> MAKE YOU BELIEVE IN AN EVERYDAY HERO.

ARE YOU A HERO? I WAS. WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU SAW THIS, THIS AND HIS. I'M HIS GIRLFRIEND. MY COUNTRY. WHAT WOULD YOU DO? >> SUNDAY NIGHT AT TEN NINE CENTRAL ON ABC.

>> AS WE CONTINUE TO COVER DRIVING THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE TO COME TO OUR NATION'S SOUTHERN BORDER. WE WANT TAKE YOU TO ECUADOR, THE SOUTH AMERICAN NATION NESTLED BETWEEN PERU AND COLOMBIA HAS BEEN OVERRUN BY GANG VIOLENCE, DRUGS.

AND CORRUPTION. FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT MATT RIVERS TRAVELED TO ECUADOR AND SAT DOWN WITH LEADERS OF SOME OF THE MOST NOTORIOUS GANGS WHO MAKE IT CLEAR AS LONG AS THE DEMANDS FOR DRUGS FROM COUNTRIES LIKE THE U.S. EXISTS ,SO WILL THEY.

>> THE GUIDEBOOKS CALL ECUADOR THE LAND OF THE WORLDS. ITS FAMED GALAPAGOS ISLANDS, ITS MOUNTAINS, ITS RAINFOREST AND ITS PACIFIC COAST. >> BUT IT IS THAT FOURTH PILLAR, THE COAST THAT IS SHATTERING THE PEACE. PORTS DOT THE COASTLINE.

WITH EASY ACCESS TO SHIPPING ROUTES TO THE U.S. AND EUROPE. THROW IN WEAK LAW ENFORCEMENT AND CORRUPTION AND YOU HAVE A PERFECT TRANSIT POINT FOR MASSIVE OF COCAINE PRODUCED IN COLOMBIA AND PERU. >> SO RIGHT NOW WE'RE DRIVING IN WHAT IS ONE OF THE MOST.

DANGEROUS NEIGHBORHOODS, ALL OF GUAYAQUIL. AND THE REASON WE'RE DOING THAT IS BECAUSE THIS GANG HAS US INTO THIS AREA TO INTERVIEW SOME OF THEIR SENIOR LEADERSHIP TEAM. BUT I DO WANT TO SAY KIM JONG IL, THIS IS A BRILLIANT.

IN CONTROL AND A OF A WAR. BUT I DO WHAT I THINK BRILLIANT FOR ME. >> WHAT'S CHANGED? THE GAME, HE SAYS, IS WORKING WITH MEXICAN DRUG CARTELS. THE ECUADORIANS ARE THE MIDDLEMEN IN FRONT OF ME. >> AND THEY GET ALONG AS TRIAL.

BY MEDIA AND PREDICTABLE, NOT BY SETTLEMENT. LET'S GET ON IS ALSO IN A KEY ALLIANCE WITH THE MOST GENEROUS ECUADOR'S MOST NOTORIOUS GANG LED BY DISNEY, ADOLFO MACIAS YAMA, WHO, UNTIL LAST MONTH WAS SERVING 34 YEARS IN PRISON.

BUT ON JANUARY, HE ESCAPED, INSTANTLY, BECOMING THE COUNTRY'S MOST WANTED MAN. THE NEXT DAY, PRESIDENT DANIEL MALLOY DECLARED A STATE OF EMERGENCY. THE MILITARY WAS DEPLOYING TO THE STREETS AND THE KEY POWER CENTERS FOR ECUADOR'S.

ORGANIZED CRIME. >> IN A DAY LATER, ORGANIZED CRIME RESPONDED. >> AN EXPLOSION OF GANG VIOLENCE ROCKED THE. GANG MEMBERS FROM THOSE GET ON TAKING OVER A GOVERNMENT OWNED TV STATION. >> A DAY OF VIOLENCE.

A MESSAGE TO THE GOVERNMENT. DON'T MESS WITH ORGANIZED CRIME IN ECUADOR. IT'S COMMONPLACE THESE DAYS. CRIMINAL GROUPS AUGMENTING DRUG MONEY WITH EXTORTION BEHAVIOR AND THOSE THAT COST MORE THAN MOST ANYBODY IN THE FINANCIAL ONE DAY.

AFTER MONTHS OF NOT FOR THE AIR, WAS KIDNAPPED BY FOUR ARMED MEN IN BROAD DAYLIGHT WHILE WAITING AT A STOPLIGHT. >> EUROPEAN SECURITY CAMERAS, THEY KEPT HIM FOR A FULL DAY, FORCING HIS FAMILY TO GIVE UP ALL $5,000 THEY HAD IN THEIR SAVINGS.

HE AND HIS WIFE HAD UP TO TRY AND MIGRATE TO THE U.S. LOOK, USUALLY IS IT IS COMIC SERENAMARSHALL ONLY THIS PATHETIC THING MULTIPLIES THE HOMICIDE RATE IN GUAYAQUIL MORE THAN TIMES HIGHER THAN IT WAS JUST A FEW YEARS AGO. VIOLENT CRIME HAS SKYROCKETED.

AS GANGS COMPETE FOR COCAINE WORTH BILLIONS. THE PRESIDENT HAS PLEDGED HIS FIGHT AGAINST. ORGANIZED CRIME WILL CONTINUE, BUT THE STATE OF EMERGENCY IS SET END IN A FEW WEEKS. AND TO THOSE PUSHING THE DRUGS ,THE FIGHT IS JUST BEGINNING.

>> IT IS WELL KNOWN BY THE UPPER LEVELS OF CARTEL. WHAT I WAS LIKE THAT WAS MATTRIVERS. >> THANK YOU. COMING UP, WELCOME HOME, FRANKLIN. ONE OF CHARLIE BROWN'S BEST FRIENDS IS GETTING HIS MOMENT.

BY. HIS NEW SPECIAL HAS SOME HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE. WE'RE GOING TO SPEAK WITH THE CREATORS OF THIS NEW SHOW. THAT IS RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK. >> KIDS SUPPOSED TO DIE IN COLLEGE. >> KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE.

AT ALL. HOW COULD POSSIBLY HAVE HAPPENED? THE INCIDENT BROUGHT A LOT OF PANIC TO STUDENTS. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ME. IT COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF MY FRIENDS. NO.

THE LAST TIME WE SAW HER ALIVE . IT'S JUST A VERY TRAGIC THING TO HAPPEN TO SOMEONE WHO READS TO YOUR LOVED ONE. THE LAST THING YOU SHOULD EVER SAY IS, I LOVE YOU. THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST TIME TIFFANY JOINS TWO OF THE SONGS.

STREAMING ON HULU. >> GIVE IT TO ME. WITH SO 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 OF TELEVISION. 26 MILLION 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 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 YOU STAR 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 FROM AMERICA'S NEWSROOM. >> SOURCE COMES THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP. BREAKING NEWS, INCREDIBLE VIDEO.

FASTER, SMARTER, AND IT CAN CUSTOMIZE TO YOU AND YOUR INTERESTS IF YOU'VE BEEN TO KNOW YOU'RE GOING TO LOVE THIS EXPERIENCE WITH ALL THE ADVANCED EXPERIENCE, THE ALL-NEW ABC NEWS APP DOWNLOAD NOW I'M AARON KATERSKY IN PORT WASHINGTON,.

NEW YORK FOR A SPECIAL ELECTION IN NEW YORK'S THIRD CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT. WHEREVER THE STORY, WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. >> YOU'RE STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE AND FRANKLY, WE SEE IT YOU SEE IT OVER HERE. >> YOU KNOW, YOU FOUND.

YOUR HOME WHEN YOU'RE SURROUNDED BY GOOD FRIENDS. AND AS CELEBRATE BLACK HISTORY MONTH, THAT WAS A BELOVED PEANUTS CHARACTER. NOW HIS MOMENT IN THE SUN, FRANKLIN ARMSTRONG, THE FIRST BLACK CHARACTER IN THE PEANUTS.

COMIC STRIP, IS THE STAR OF, A NEW SPECIAL CALLED SNOOPY PRESENTS. WELCOME HOME, FRANKLIN. THE APPLE TV+ PRODUCTION FOLLOWS FRANKLIN AS HE SETTLES INTO A NEW TOWN AND TRIES TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH THE PEANUTS GANG, INCLUDING,.

OF COURSE, CHARLIE BROWN. IT'S THE FIRST FEATURE STARRING THE CHARACTER SINCE FRANKLIN'S DEBUT 55 YEARS AGO. HE MADE HIS FIRST APPEARANCE IN THE COMIC STRIP IN 1968 AFTER A SCHOOLTEACHER WROTE A LETTER TO PEANUTS CREATOR CHARLES SCHULZ ASKING HIM.

TO ADD BLACK CHARACTER FOLLOWING DR. MARTIN LUTHER KING JR ASSASSINATION. JOINING US HERE IS THE SON OF CHARLES SCHULZ AND EXECUTIVE PRODUCER AND OF WELCOME HOME, FRANKLIN CRAIG SCHULZ, AS WELL AS CO-WRITER ROB ARMSTRONG. GUYS, THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR.

BEING HERE AND TAKING SOME TO TALK WITH US. CRAIG, I WANT TO START WITH YOU. THIS IS A BIG MOMENT FOR A CHARACTER THAT WAS CREATED BY YOUR FATHER. WHY DO YOU FEEL LIKE NOW WAS THE RIGHT TIME FOR FRANKLIN?.

>> HAVE HIS OWN SPECIAL? I THINK HE'S VERY DESERVING. YOU KNOW, HE'S BEEN A FAN FAVORITE FOR YEARS AND YEARS. AND, YOU KNOW, THE TIMING WAS RIGHT WHEN WE WERE THESE SPECIALS FOR APPLE TV. AND WE TRIED EXPLORE MORE OF THE BACKGROUND OF EACH OF THESE.

CHARACTERS. AND FRANKLIN, THE ONE WE ALWAYS WANTED TO DO. WE JUST WEREN'T SURE WE COULD HANDLE IT AMONG OURSELVES. IT WAS MYSELF, MY SON, EMIL LIANO, AND WE'RE WHITE GUYS AND WE WANTED TO DO IT, BUT WE KNEW WE'RE GOING TO NEED HELP.

SO THAT'S WHEN WE REACHED OUT TO ROB ARMSTRONG AND SAID HE WOULD JOIN THE WRITING TEAM AND GIVE US THAT PERSPECTIVE THAT WE DIDN'T HAVE ON THE BLACK CULTURE KIND OF THE SAME THING MY DAD DEALT WITH BACK IN 1968. SO I CAN APPRECIATE WHAT HE WAS.

GOING. >> AND ROB DEFINITELY HELPED OUT. WELL, I'M ROB. THIS IS PERSONAL FOR YOU. YOU WERE ORIGINALLY INSPIRED BY PEANUTS COMIC BECAUSE TO BECOME A CARTOONIST. WHAT DID THIS CHARACTER TO YOU.

GROWING UP? WHAT DOES IT FEEL LIKE TO BRING THIS SERIES NOW TO? >> WELL, HE'S MY INSPIRATION. BOTH FRANKLIN AND CHARLES SCHULZ HIMSELF. I WOULDN'T BE A PROFESSIONAL CARTOONIST. THOSE TWO SOURCES.

OF INSPIRATION. SO, YOU KNOW, WHEN WHEN SCHULZ HE BECAME MY FRIEND AND HE NAMED HIS CHARACTER WHEN HE CALLED ME IN 1994 AND ASKED MY PERMISSION TO USE MY LAST NAME FOR FRANKLIN. AND A TREMENDOUS RESPONSIBILITY COMES FROM ALL THAT.

SO I FEEL THE WEIGHT OF THAT. BUT RELIEF WAS NOW I FEEL THAT FRANKLIN IS FINALLY GETTING HIS SEAT AT THE TABLE, AS IT WERE. >> DOES FRANKLIN HAVE ANY TIES TO YOU? DO YOU FEEL LIKE THERE ARE ANY OF YOUR OWN CHARACTERISTICS.

THAT ARE REFLECTED IN FRANKLIN? SOMETIMES IT'S TOO CLOSE. I MEAN, I'M I'M COMING INTO AN EXISTING PARADIGM WITH PEANUTS WORLDWIDE AND COMING INTO AN EXISTING FAMILY WITH THE SCHULZ FAMILY. BUT CRAIG AND HIS SON OF A GRIND DAILY AND I'M COMING.

INTO A RACIAL IMBALANCE, LIKE JUST LIKE FRANKLIN WAS AND IDENTIFIED HIM VERY STRONGLY BACK WHEN WE WERE WRITING. WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE THE LEAGUES. AT ONE POINT, AND MY UNCLE PLAYED IN THE NEGRO LEAGUES FOR.

REAL. EUGENE VINCENT PLAYED WITH STARS IN PHILADELPHIA. AND SO THERE'S FRANKLIN'S GREAT UNCLE, HE ALSO PLAYED FOR THE STARS. >> SAME CHARACTER, SAME NAME. >> BENSON AND WE'RE TALKING ABOUT THE SAME CRAIG JUST.

ROBINSON, ROB WILL BE TALKING ABOUT RIGHT NOW. YOU WERE FRANKLIN, AND IT'S SO CLOSE. I JUST THREW MY HANDS UP AND SAID, I DON'T KNOW WHAT WENT ON. >> THE LINE BECAME TOO BLURRED. IT WAS BOTH OF YOU.

AND CRAIG, YOU ABOUT YOUR EXPERIENCE OF THIS AND WHAT IS IT THAT YOU HOPE VIEWERS ARE GOING TO TAKE AWAY FROM FRANKLIN'S SPECIAL? WELL, I HOPE THE TAKE AWAY IS THAT YOU KNOW HOW FRIENDSHIPS CAN BE FORMED. I MAKE THE COMMENT THAT WHEN.

ADULTS MEET, YOU MEET EACH OTHER, THEY TYPICALLY TAKE ON THIS OF WHAT DID YOU WANT? WHAT TROPHIES DID YOU WIN THE GOLF MATCH? KIDS ARE A LOT MORE INNOCENT AND THEY'RE A LOT MORE AUTHENTIC. THEY CAN FAKE AND REACH OUT.

TO EACH OTHER AND BOND WITH VERY LITTLE EXTERNAL KIND OF PRESSURES. AND I THINK THE ADULTS CAN LEARN A LOT FROM WATCHING SPECIAL AND SEE HOW FRANKLIN AND CHARLIE BROWN MEET AND HOW EASY IT IS TO GET ALONG WHEN YOU SIMPLY.

JUST REACH EACH OTHER ON A HUMAN LEVEL AND, NOT THIS ARTIFICIAL. >> WHAT HAVE I ACCOMPLISHED? A LEVEL ONE THAT'S I DO WONDER, IS THIS SHOW, IS IT AT CHILDREN OR IS IT AIMED AT ADULTS? WHO DO YOU FEEL LIKE YOUR AUDIENCE HERE WITH THE.

FRANKLIN SPECIAL? >> NO I KIND OF IT'S THE SAME WAY MY DAD TOOK THE COMIC STRIP KNOW AND HE WROTE THE COMIC STRIP FOR ADULTS AND KIDS COULD ENJOY IT. WHEN BRIAN NEIL I SAID AFTER THESE THINGS, WE HAD THE SAME GOAL.

WE WANTED TO WRITE TO ADULTS AND YET HAVE THE ADULTS REALLY SIT DOWN WITH THEIR CHILDREN, WATCH THE SPECIALS TOGETHER, AND HOPE THAT THAT WOULD LEAD TO A CONVERSATION. AT THE END. THEY TRY TO GET THE MESSAGE THAT WE WERE TRYING TO CONVEY.

THROUGHOUT THE SPECIAL BECAUSE BETWEEN VISUALLY AND THE MUSIC ,THE LANGUAGE, IT'S ALL VERY ENTERTAINING. AND I THINK I THINK THAT'S WHAT CARRIES A LOT ABOUT THE PEANUTS WORLD. >> IT'S — IT'S FUN TO BE IN. IT'S FUN TO BE IN.

AND ROBERT, I WANT TO CLOSE WITH YOU. WHAT DO YOU THINK IT ABOUT THESE ANIMATED CHARACTERS THAT DO RESONATE WITH US? YOU'VE SPENT YOUR LIFE AS A CARTOONIST. THIS IS SOMETHING THAT ASSOCIATED WITH EARLY.

CHILDHOOD, BUT SOMETHING THAT SO MANY OLDER GENERATIONS ,YOU KNOW, STICK WITH AND LOVE AND GET SO MUCH JOY FROM TO. I'M LIVING PROOF THAT THE THE POWER OF A OF A COMIC STRIP THE POWER PEANUTS YOU KNOW, IT REACHES INTO THE HEART. IT REACHES INTO THE SOUL.

I WAS TOUCHED BY AT THE AGE OF SIX, FRANKLIN CAME INTO THE STRIP WHEN I WAS A SIX YEAR OLD, AND I NEVER FORGOT THE MOMENT I SAW THAT, NEVER FORGOT THE IMPACT OF SEEING THIS CHARACTER NEXT TO SNOOPY, MY FAVORITE CHARACTER OF ALL TIME.

AND I THINK A LOT OF CHILDREN TODAY ARE BEING AFFECTED. I KNOW FOR A FACT I'M THE REVIEWS ABOUT THE FACT THAT KIDS TODAY BEING AFFECTED THE EXACT SAME WAY. >> WHAT WE'RE GOING TO DO, YOU CAN APPRECIATE BEING THE BREADTH SIZE OF IT.

>> IT'S HUGE. IT'S AND YOU KNOW, AS A MINNESOTAN, I GREW UP WITH SNOOPY. IT'S HARD TO GROW UP WITH SNOOPY AND CHARLES SCHULZ AS A MINNESOTAN. SO THANK YOU BOTH SO MUCH FOR FOR BRINGING THIS STORY.

TO LIFE. NOW, A LOT OF PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE LOOKING FORWARD TO WATCHING THIS ON APPLE TV. SCHULTZ ROB ARMSTRONG, THANKS SO MUCH AGAIN FOR JOINING US. >> THANKS FOR HAVING ME. WE DO A LOT MORE NEWS AHEAD HERE ON ABC NEWS LIVE.

AND TODAY'S BIG STORY HOUSE REPUBLICANS GRILLED PRESIDENT BIDEN'S BROTHER BEHIND CLOSED DOORS AS PART OF THEIR IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY. WHAT COULD ACCUSATIONS THAT A FORMER FBI AGENT WAS LYING ABOUT A CENTRAL CLAIM IN THAT.

INQUIRY PUT THE ENTIRE THING INTO JEOPARDY? AND IN OUR SPOTLIGHT, A COLLEGE DEFIES LEGAL ACTION FROM TAYLOR SWIFT OVER TRACKING OF HER PRIVATE JET. OUR PANEL WEIGHS IN AS THAT STUDENT'S SPEAKS OUT. >> BELIEVE IT OR NOT,.

ON JANUARY THE 18TH, 1958, WHEN I STEPPED ON THE ICE WITH THE BRUINS, I DID NOT DAWN ON ME THAT I WAS BREAKING THE COLOR BARRIER. THAT'S HOW FOCUSED I WAS ON MAKING MY COME TRUE. THE HOUSEWIVES OF BEVERLY HILLS STAR ERIKA JAYNE, CELEBRITY.

ATTORNEY JOE GIRARDI. THIS STORY WAS A NUCLEAR EXPLOSION. TODAY, SEVERAL BIG TOPICS WILL GET A CHANCE TO FINALLY THE AIR. AND THAT'S SORT OF A LOSS FOR WHAT TO SAY. DID YOU SEE THE DOCUMENTARY.

THE HOUSEWIVES? I DID. I WANTED ERIKA TO SAY I'M SORRY. FACE TO FACE. ERIKA, WHY DO YOU THINK YOU SAW THE HOUSEWIVES AND THE HOUSE? >> YOU KNOW, KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED DIE IN COLLEGE.

>> KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE AT ALL. HOW COULD THIS HAVE HAPPENED? THE INCIDENT BROUGHT A LOT PANIC TO STUDENTS. THAT COULD HAVE BEEN ME OR COULD HAVE BEEN ONE OF MY FRIENDS. REALLY?.

THE LAST TIME WE SAW HER ALIVE . IT'S JUST A VERY TRAGIC THING TO HAPPEN TO SOMEONE WHO WE SPEAK. TO YOUR LOVED ONE. THE LAST THING YOU SHOULD EVER SAY IS, I LOVE YOU. THIS MIGHT BE THE LAST TIME.

JACLYN LEE TALKS TO YOU. THAT SOUNDS EXTREMELY UNUSUAL. ME? THE STRONGEST FEELINGS FIGHT FOR THE SURVIVAL OF THEIR FAMILIES. OH, HEY KYLE, WHAT DO YOU SAY WHEN 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 INTO IT. LISTEN NOW TO THE DAILY NEWS PODCAST HONORED WITH EDWARD ARMOR AWARDS AND SEE WHY.

THE NEW YORK TIMES CALLS IT A NEWS PODCAST WORTH LISTENING TO. YOU START HERE. ABC 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. >> FRIDAY, HE FINDS HIS WIFE FACE DOWN IN A TUB OF ROSE COLOR. WE ARE 22 YEARS. ALL KNEW THERE WAS SOMETHING HORRIBLE GOING ON INSIDE HOUSE. DO YOU REALLY KNOW WHAT'S GOING ON WITH YOUR NEIGHBOR NEXT.

DOOR? DO YOU. MAYBE NOT. COULD IT BE THAT STRESS FROM A HOME RENOVATION WAS A MOTIVE FOR MURDER? A KILLER RENOVATION. IT'S MORE TWISTED THAN YOU WANT IT TO BE.

HE'S JUST CRAZY. ALL NEW 2020 FRIDAY NIGHT ON ABC. SO THE QUESTION IS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? OKAY, HERE WE GO. YOU SAW EXPECTANT MOTHER STRUGGLING TO PAY HER TAB.

I'M JUST REALLY. >> IF YOU WANT CHARITY, GO TO A SOUP KITCHEN. WELL, WHAT THIS MAN DOES BEST BREAKFAST GUYS ARE NOT GOOD. >> WILL MAKE YOU BELIEVE AN EVERYDAY HERO. ARE YOU A HERO? I WAS.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU SAW THIS? IS. I'M HIS GIRLFRIEND. I'M HIS GIRLFRIEND'S OF MY KIND . >> WHAT WOULD YOU DO? SUNDAY NIGHT AT TEN NINE CENTRAL ON ABC.

>> WE ARE HERE IN ISRAEL. A NATION AT WAR. TANK AFTER TANK POURING INTO THIS AREA. THIS IS WHERE IT ALL BEGAN. >> BULLET HOLES WALL UP A WALL WITHIN MINUTES OF THE AIR RAID SIRENS GOING OFF. YOU CAN HEAR THE SOUND.

EXPLOSION OUT HERE. TONIGHT, ISRAEL WAGING A FIERCE BOMBARDMENT OF GAZA. >> THE ISRAEL-HAMAS WAR FOR NONSTOP LIVE COVERAGE. >> STREAMING ABC NEWS LIVE REPORTING SOUTHERN ISRAEL FROM THE FRONTLINES IN DOWNTOWN IN BEIRUT.

>> THE STORY IS WE'LL TAKE YOU THERE. ABC NEWS PRESIDENT BIDEN'S BROTHER GRILLED ON CAPITOL HILL AS CHARGES AGAINST A FORMER INFORMANT THREATEN TO UPEND REPUBLICANS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY . I'M ELIZABETH SCHULZE.

IN WASHINGTON AND TODAY'S BIG STORY, JAMES ANSWERING QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS FAMILY'S BUSINESS DEALINGS IN THAILAND, UPDATED CONFRONTATION WITH GOP MEMBERS. BUT NOW PROSECUTORS SAY, ONE OF THEIR CENTRAL CLAIMS WAS A LIE ALL ALONG.

HOW IT'S RAISING NEW CONCERNS ABOUT RUSSIA AND RUSSIA'S INFLUENCE IN U.S. POLITICS. AND IN OUR SPOTLIGHT, A COLLEGE STUDENT DEFIES LEGAL ACTION FROM TAYLOR SWIFT OVER HIS TRACKING OF HER PRIVATE JET. OUR PANEL WEIGHS IN AS.

THAT STUDENTS LAWYER SPEAKS OUT . BUT WE BEGIN WITH OUR BIG STORY. HEIGHTENED CONCERNS ABOUT RUSSIA'S INFLUENCE HERE IN THE U.S. AS HOUSE REPUBLICANS PURSUE IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY AGAINST PRESIDENT BIDEN.

AND BLOCK CRITICAL AID TO UKRAINE. >> WHAT'S YOUR MESSAGE FOR LAWMAKERS TODAY? THE COMMITTEE TODAY CERTAINLY ALL OF THIS IS DEALING THAT WAS PRESIDENT BIDEN'S YOUNGER BROTHER GIVING A CLOSED DOOR DEPOSITION ON THE HILL TODAY,.

TELLING HOUSE THAT THE PRESIDENT HAD NO INVOLVEMENT IN HIS BUSINESS DEALINGS. IT'S ALL PART OF HOUSE REPUBLICANS IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY INTO THE PRESIDENT OVER UNPROVEN THEORY THAT HE IMPROPERLY SUPPORTED.

AND BENEFITED FROM FAMILY'S OVERSEAS BUSINESS AFFAIRS, INCLUDING THOSE OF HIS SON, HUNTER. BUT THERE ARE NEW QUESTIONS OVER THE INTEGRITY THAT INQUIRY THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT'S SPECIAL COUNSEL LEADING A SEPARATE INVESTIGATION INTO.

HUNTER BIDEN, HAS NOW CHARGED A FORMER FBI INFORMANT LYING AND MAKING UP A MULTIMILLION DOLLAR BRIBERY INVOLVING PRESIDENT BIDEN, HUNTER BIDEN AND A UKRAINIAN COMPANY. THOSE CLAIMS HAVE BEEN CENTRAL TO HOUSE REPUBLICANS JUSTIFICATION FOR THE INTENSE.

IMPEACHMENT INQUIRY INTO THE PRESIDENT. PROSECUTORS ALSO NOW SAY THAT THAT FORMER FBI INFORMANT WAS ADMITTED, HAS ADMITTED TO HAVING CONTACTS WITH PEOPLE AFFILIATED WITH RUSSIAN INTELLIGENCE. >> IT'S ALL COMING AS THE U.S.

PREPARES NEW MAJOR SANCTIONS. RUSSIA IN RESPONSE TO THE DEATH OF VLADIMIR PUTIN'S LONGTIME ADVERSARY, ALEXEI NAVALNY, AFTER HE SPENT YEARS IN A PRISON CAMP. BACK HERE AT HOME, FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP WAS LONG PRAISED.

PUTIN IS NOW COMPARING HIS OWN LEGAL PROSECUTIONS IN THE U.S. TO NAVALNY'S POLITICAL PERSECUTION. THIS IS ALL JUST DAYS AFTER TRUMP SUGGESTED THAT IF ELECTED AGAIN, HE WOULD ALLOW RUSSIA TO INVADE AMERICA'S NIETO ALLIES IF DO NOT CONTRIBUTE.

MORE TO THEIR OWN DEFENSE. IF WE DON'T PAY AND WE ARE ATTACKED BY, WILL YOU PROTECT US? NO, I WOULD NOT PROTECT YOU IN I WOULD ENCOURAGE THEM TO DO WHATEVER THE HELL THEY WANT. AND MEANTIME, ON CAPITOL HILL, HOUSE REPUBLICANS BEEN LOYAL.

TO THE TRUMP. THEY ARE BLOCKING BIPARTISAN AID TO UKRAINE AND PROVIDING MORE FUNDING TO THE BATTLEFIELD. THERE AS THAT COUNTRY WARNS THAT DWINDLING SUPPLIES OF WEAPONS AND AMMUNITION ARE NEEDED TO FIGHT PUTIN'S.

INVASION. RIGHT AWAY, BRING IN ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND FORMER CIA FIELD OPERATIVE DARRELL BLOCKER DARRELL. A LOT TO GET HERE, YOU HEAR, BUT THE UNDERTONE OF THIS IS THAT RUSSIA IS SO HEAVILY INVOLVED, NOT JUST OBVIOUSLY.

IN ITS AN INVASION OF UKRAINE, BUT IN US DOMESTIC. SO I JUST WANT TO START OFF, DO YOU THINK THAT RIGHT NOW THE U.S. IS TAKING A STRONG ENOUGH STANCE TO SHOW A MESSAGE OF STRENGTH AGAINST RUSSIA? >> THAT'S ALWAYS A MIXED BAG, ELIZABETH.

THE THEY ONLY RECOGNIZE STRENGTH. DIFFERENT PEOPLE LOOK AT, YOU KNOW, OUR RESPONSES AND SAY IT WAS WEAKER. IT WAS OVER THE TOP. >> BUT I BELIEVE THE ADMINISTRATION HAS BEEN BALANCED.

VICTOR HUGO ALSO IS A KGB DEFECTOR OR ACTUALLY GREEN DEFECTOR, SAID THAT THE SOVIET WERE VERY ADEPT AT SECRECY AND DISINFORMATION. AND DISINFORMATION IS PART OF THEIR HISTORY THAT GOES BACK TO THE CHEKA IN WORLD WAR ONE.

SO THEY ARE VERY ADEPT AT THIS. AND THE UNITED STATES IS PLAYING CATCH UP. >> JOE, I WANT TO GET YOUR TAKE ON HOW WE ARE NOW KNOWING THAT THIS FORMER FBI ESSENTIALLY HAD BEEN INFLUENCED BY RUSSIA. WALK US THROUGH HOW THIS COULD.

BEEN VETTED. WHAT KIND OF PROCESS DOES THIS GO THROUGH TO GET CONFIDENTIAL LIKE THAT? AND WHAT IMPACT DO YOU THINK IT HAS THAT ESSENTIALLY NOW IT'S TURNS OUT THAT HIS ACCUSATIONS HAVE BEEN LIES. >> SO WITHIN THE INTELLIGENCE.

COMMUNITY, THERE'S A PROCESS CALLED ZERO TRUST ARCHITECTURE. MOST PEOPLE WILL TRUST WHATEVER INFORMATION ALREADY EXIST WITHIN THEIR DATABASES, ALREADY EXIST WITHIN SYSTEMS. BUT IT MIGHT NOT BE TRUE. THE CIA HAS A SECRET WEAPON THAT THE FBI IS ONLY RECENTLY.

BEEN USING. OUR COLLECTION MANAGEMENT OFFICERS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR VETTING THE INFORMATION AND VETTING THE SOURCE. SO IF YOU'RE NOT DOING THAT CONSTANTLY, IF YOU JUST ACCEPT EVERYTHING AT FACE VALUE, THE END RESULT IS GOING.

TO BE SOMETHING ALONG THE LINE. >> OF WHAT'S HAPPENING RIGHT NOW. AND WE'VE LEARNED ABOUT THIS BECAUSE OF THE SPECIAL COUNSEL ALREADY LOOKING INTO THIS INVESTIGATION TO UNDERMINE IT. JUST GIVE US. A SENSE OF HOW FREQUENTLY.

RUSSIA IS ENGAGING IN THIS TYPE OF DISINFORMATION HERE IN THE U.S.. DARYL. >> IT IS A CONSTANT BOMBARDMENT EVERY DAY, 24 HOURS A DAY. >> AND I KNOW THAT MIGHT SOUND LIKE 530, BUT WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE.

CYBER FRONT, WHEN YOU'RE LOOKING AT THE FACT THAT THEY DON'T PHYSICALLY HAVE TO BE IN A LOCATION AND THEY CAN JUST SIT AT A KEYBOARD ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE WORLD, THE DISINFORMATION IS CONSTANT. THE DISINFORMATION HAS.

INFILTRATED US MEDIA. IT IS EVERY DAY AND I'M SORRY HAS INFILTRATED THE POLITICAL PARTIES. AND ONCE YOU DROP THAT SEED OF DOUBT, ONCE YOU DROP DEAD, MEANING, COLONEL IS THIS TRUE OR NOT, THEN THE CONSPIRACY THEORIES START TO COME OUT.

>> BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY THIS IS SOMETHING THAT RUSSIA DOES ALL DAY, EVERY DAY AGAINST ,THE U.S. AND OTHERS, AND SOMETHING THAT THEY'VE DONE WE ALREADY HAVE SEEN THEIR IMPACT ON ELECTIONS. HOW WORRIED ARE YOU? WE ARE IN A PRESIDENTIAL.

ELECTION, DARYL. >> IT IS ABSOLUTELY TROUBLING. BUT OTHER COUNTRIES HAVE BEST PRACTICES WHERE THE THE RUSSIANS OR THE SOVIETS HAVE DONE THIS TO THEM IN THE PAST. WE THE PAST TWO ELECTIONS AND 16 AND 20 TO LOOK AT TO.

IMPROVE HOW WE RESPOND TO THINGS. BUT AT THE END OF THE DAY, UNTIL THE AMERICAN PUBLIC IS WILLING TO STAND UP AND TELL AND RECOGNIZE THAT A LOT OF THIS DISSENSION THAT WE FEEL THAT HAVE WITHIN OUR NATION IS CAUSED BY OUTSIDERS AND THAT.

WE NEED TO CIRCLE THE WAGONS AND WE CAN FIGHT AMONGST OURSELVES, BUT WE DON'T ALLOW OTHERS TO COME IN AND MAKE US FIGHT, WHICH IS WHAT'S HAPPENING. AND, DARYL, BEFORE WE LET YOU GO, WE DO KNOW THAT THIS WEEK AN AMERICAN, RUSSIAN DUAL.

CITIZEN, A BALLERINA FROM LOS ANGELES, WAS ARRESTED. RUSSIA THE KREMLIN IS CITING TRER SUPPORT FOR UKRAINE. WHAT IS THE PROCESS TO TRY TO GET HER FREED? WE HAVE A GROWING NUMBER OF AMERICANS DETAINED IN RUSSIA.

. IT'S INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT FOR THEM TO GET OUT. I, I KNOW THAT EVERY NATIONAL, EVERY RUSSIAN CITIZEN THAT IN THE UNITED STATES THAT HAS A GREEN CARD FEELS THAT THEY KNOW THE SYSTEM BETTER THAN THEY DO, THAT THEY'RE SAFE,.

THAT THEY ARE NOT THEY CAN EASILY BE A POLITICAL PAWN LIKE THIS BALLERINA. $51 IS NOT TREASON. I UNDERSTAND IT WAS SUBMITTED ON THE DAY THAT RUSSIA INVADED AND MAYBE NOTHING SAID. SO. THIS IS JUST A WAY THE RUSSIANS.

AND PUTIN AND HIS SYSTEM TO SAY WE ARE WATCHING YOU, THE WORLD. >> WE KNOW WHO YOU ARE. AND IF YOU COME INTO OUR TERRITORY, YOU'RE SUBJECT TO OUR LIVES AND OUR LAWS VERY . SCARY FOR HER FAMILY AND FOR OTHERS WHO ARE EAGER FOR ANY.

NEWS. >> DARRELL BLOCKER. THANKS SO MUCH FOR YOUR TIME TONIGHT. THANK YOU. >> LET'S BRING THE BIG STORY TO OUR PANEL JOINING. US TODAY IS ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND SIRIUS XM RADIO.

HOST MIKE MUSE, FORMER REPUBLICAN CONGRESSWOMAN FROM VIRGINIA, BARBARA COMSTOCK, DEMOCRATIC STRATEGIST L'ANCIENNE JOHNSON, AND ABC NEWS CONTRIBUTOR AND OP ED COLUMNIST FOR THE LOS ANGELES TIMES, L.Z. GRANDERSON. THANK YOU ALL SO MUCH FOR.

BEING HERE. BARBARA, LET'S GO TO YOU FIRST. I DO THINK WE NEED TO TALK MORE ABOUT IT. SAYS THAT FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP IS NOW LIKENING TO ALEXEI NAVALNY. HE'S CLEARLY REFUSING TO CONDEMN VLADIMIR PUTIN AFTER.

NAVALNY'S. I MEAN, DOES THIS TAKE TRUMP'S LIKENESS TO PUTIN TO A KIND OF A DIFFERENT LEVEL HERE THIS WEEK? >> OH, IT'S OBSCENE. AND THIS WAS A CONCERN BACK WHEN I WAS IN CONGRESS, YOU KNOW, BACK IN 2017 AND 18,.

HOW TRUMP REFUSED TO SAY ANYTHING NEGATIVE ABOUT A MURDEROUS DICTATOR, ABOUT VLADIMIR PUTIN. AND, OF COURSE, NIKKI HALEY HAS NOW HIGHLIGHTED THIS. AND IT'S VERY TROUBLESOME NOW THAT YOU HAVE PEOPLE TRYING TO TAKE THIS DISINFORMATION.

AND TRY AND USE IT IMPEACHMENT. SO, YES, IT'S A BIG PROBLEM. AND, YOU KNOW, TRUMP NEEDS TO BE CALLED OUT FOR THIS. AND I WOULD HOPE THAT JOE BIDEN WOULD SEIZE ON THE RUSSIAN ASSETS AND, USE IT FOR UKRAINE. WELL, AND I AND YET WE'VE SEEN.

NO REPUBLICAN LAWMAKERS REALLY IN MANY WAYS SIDING WITH TRUMP, ESPECIALLY HOUSE LAWMAKERS. MIKE, WHAT DOES IT SAY TO YOU THAT, SOME OF THESE CONGRESSPEOPLE WHO HAD BEEN SO HAWKISH ON RUSSIA NOW, YOU KNOW, REFUSING TO PASS UKRAINE AID AND ARE STILL.

STANDING? FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP GIVEN, YOU KNOW, HIS HIS COMMENTS ABOUT PUTIN. >> YES, I THOUGHT AND THE CONVERSATION I JUST HAD THERE ARE RIGHT NOW IS EXTREMELY FASCINATING. AND I THOUGHT IT REALLY SET.

THE GROUNDWORK FOR THE CONVERSATION THAT WE'RE HAVING RIGHT NOW. I THINK A LITTLE BIT WE ALWAYS TALK ABOUT HOW AMERICA'S NATIONAL SECURITY IS MOST VULNERABLE DURING THE PRESIDENTIAL TRANSITION TIME PERIOD.

I ACTUALLY THINK THAT'S BEING EXTENDED TO OUR CAMPAIGN SEASON WHEN AMERICAN NATIONAL SECURITY IS MOST VULNERABLE, PARTICULARLY AS RUSSIA RECOGNIZES NOW THAT OUR PARTISAN IS MORE DIVIDED THAN EVER BEFORE. AND PARTICULARLY TO YOUR.

QUESTION, WHERE REPUBLICANS SEEM MORE EMPATHETIC TO PUTIN AND TO RUSSIA BY WAY OF, FORMER PRESIDENT TRUMP. SO AS A RESULT, THEY'RE USING WHAT THEIR EXPERIENCE ON WHICH IS INTELLIGENCE TO CREATE DISINFORMATION. THE IRONY HERE, ELIZABETH,.

IS THAT WE'VE BEEN SO FOCUSED ON MISINFORMATION, DISINFORMATION THROUGH A.I. AND TECHNOLOGY, BUT IT GOES RIGHT BACK TO THE WAS JUST HUMAN ASSETS AND RUSSIA THE BEST AT IT. >> AT BETRAYING THEIR HUMAN ASSETS TO EXPOSE.

THEIR VULNERABILITIES. >> I WANT TO ASK YOU, ALEXIA, TO FOLLOW UP ON WHAT MIKE IS TALKING ABOUT THERE IN THIS THREAT OF DISINFORMATION. YOU KNOW, WE ARE IN ELECTION YEAR. IS THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION DOING A RUNOFF RIGHT NOW AHEAD.

OF WHAT IS EXPECTED TO BE THESE ONGOING THREATS FROM RUSSIA, FROM PUTIN? WELL, LISTEN, I THINK THEY HAVE BEEN CONSCIOUS OF THE RUSSIAN INTERFERENCE IN OUR ELECTIONS FOR A WHILE, NOT JUST THE BIDEN CAMPAIGN, BUT THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY, A WHOLE.

AND ALSO PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT BE DEMOCRATS BUT ARE, YOU KNOW, SUPPORTIVE OF DEMOCRACY AND FREE AND FAIR ELECTIONS. AND SO THE BIDEN ADMINISTRATION, AS WELL AS THE CAMPAIGN, TWO SEPARATE ENTITIES, ARE MAKING SURE THAT THEY'RE DOING AS MUCH.

AS POSSIBLE, BUT ALSO PAINTING THE CONTRAST TO THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ABOUT THE FACT YOU HAVE ONE CANDIDATE, DONALD TRUMP, WHO IS COZYING UP WITH AND COZYING UP WITH A DICTATOR AND VIOLENT IN ORDER TO JUST CONTINUE TO TRY TO WIN. AND SO THAT CONTRAST, WHILE.

ALSO TRYING TO PROTECT OUR ELECTIONS PROTECT THE UNITED STATES FROM MISINFORMATION, IS A TOP PRIORITY. THE CAMPAIGN. WELL, AND L.Z., WEIGH IN HERE BECAUSE WE KNOW IT'S A PRIORITY.

WE'VE HEARD WARNINGS FROM THE HIGHEST LEVELS OF ABOUT RUSSIA CONTINUING TO TRY TO INTERFERE IN THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS. DO YOU THINK PEOPLE AT HOME ARE WORRIED ABOUT THIS? DO YOU THINK THAT THIS THREAT OF DISINFORMATION IS ON.

PEOPLE'S RADAR AS THEY'RE USING SOCIAL MEDIA? >> THEY'RE READING POSTS FROM PEOPLE ONLINE? >> WELL, I THINK THERE'S A LOT OF CONFUSION OUT THERE. THAT CONFUSION REALLY SORT OF STARTED WITH TRUMP ALIENATING PEOPLE FROM.

THE NATIONAL PRESS AND FROM THE FREE PRESS. YOU KNOW THAT'S ONE OF THE FIRST MOVES THAT A DICTATOR DOES IS TRY TO DESTROY THE MEDIA. SO THAT THEY DO WHAT THEY NEED TO DO WITHOUT THEIR BEING HELD ACCOUNTABLE.

AND SO ONCE YOU START HAVING PEOPLE QUESTIONING THIS SOURCE OF INFORMATION, IT'S TO INTRODUCE THE OF DISINFORMATION, OF MISINFORMATION. AND SO I LOOK AT THIS AS SORT OF A LONG TERM PROBLEM, BEGINNING WITH HIS ATTACK.

ON THE MEDIA. AND NOW, OBVIOUSLY, WE KNOW ABOUT WHO HIS INFLUENCE. WE DON'T REALLY KNOW THAT MUCH ABOUT WHAT CHINA HAS BEEN DOING BECAUSE WE HAVE SO FOCUSING WITH RUSSIA AND UKRAINE AND NOT SPEAKING WHAT'S HAPPENED WITH FUNDING.

AND SO I'M CONCERNED ACROSS THE BOARD ABOUT JUST US NOT BEING ABLE TO TRUST MEDIA, PARTICULARLY THE NEWS MEDIA, BECAUSE OF WHAT TRUMP HAS DONE. >> A CONVERSATION THAT WILL BE CONTINUED IN THE MONTHS AHEAD. BARBARA, LINSEY AND L.Z., STICK.

WITH US. WE GOT A LOT MORE TO COME COMING IN THE SPOTLIGHT. A COLLEGE STUDENT IS TAKING ON TAYLOR SWIFT. HOW THIS LEGAL BATTLE OVER THE STAR'S PRIVACY IS NOW A FIGHT FREE SPEECH AND WHY SWIFT'S LAWYERS SAY.

THE STUDENT'S SOCIAL MEDIA ACCOUNTS ARE THREATENING THE SINGERS AND POP STAR'S SAFETY WHENEVER A NEWS BREAKS. >> WE 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. EVERYTHING FROM THE SCENE OF THAT DEADLY MISSILE STRIKE AND THE NEED FOR UKRAINE REPORTING FROM THE EARTHQUAKE.

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MEXICO CITY, WHEREVER THE STORY IS ON THE FRONT LINES FROM SOUTHERN ISRAEL, OUTSIDE THE GAZA STRIP IN BEIRUT, FROM THE FBI NURSES ON THE PICKET LINE HERE AT TEN DOWNING STREET IN LONDON. LIVE TO YOU. WHEREVER THE STORY IS, WHEREVER.

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THEY'RE EXPECTING US. IT'S OUR SECRET WORLD WE HAVE. DO YOU THINK GOING TO BE SAFE? I DON'T KNOW. THIS IS MY INSIDER AND IT'S A SOURCE OF HUMOR FOR THESE ARE ASSASSINATIONS THAT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO BE MURDERED AND THEN, YOU KNOW, TELLING.

WHAT SOMEONE MIGHT HAVE. IT'S HAPPENING EVERYWHERE. ANYWHERE. WOW. SO QUESTION IS, WHAT WOULD YOU DO? >> OKAY, HERE WE GO. YOU SAW AND MOTHER STRUGGLING TO PAY HER TAB.

I'M JUST REALLY HUNGRY. IF YOU WANT CHARITY, GO TO A SOUP KITCHEN. WELL, WHAT? THIS MAN DOES IS NOT GOOD. >> WILL MAKE YOU BELIEVE IN EVERYDAY HERO. ARE YOU A HERO? I WAS.

WHAT WOULD YOU DO IF YOU SAW THIS? AND HIS GIRLFRIEND? I'M HIS GIRLFRIEND. OH, MY GOD. >> WHAT WOULD YOU DO? SUNDAY NIGHT AT TEN NINE CENTRAL ON ABC. >> 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 TOP STORIES. A LOT OF NEWS TODAY. SO LET'S GET INTO IT. LISTEN NOW THEIR 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 STAR 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 IN OUR SPOTLIGHT. SUPERSTAR TAYLOR SWIFT IS GETTING PUSHBACK FROM A COLLEGE STUDENT TRACKING THE MOVEMENTS OF HER PRIVATE JET. 21-YEAR-OLD JACK SWEENEY HAS.

MADE A NAME FOR HIMSELF BY TRACKING CELEBRITIES PRIVATE FLIGHTS AND POSTING THE INFORMATION ON SOCIAL MEDIA, DRAWING THE ATTENTION OF THE MEGASTAR TAYLOR SWIFT, WHOSE LEGAL TEAM SENT IT CEASE AND DESIST LETTER IN DECEMBER ALLEGING STALKING.

AND HARASSMENT. BUT SWEENEY IS HITTING BACK, POSTING A LETTER FROM HIS ATTORNEY WITH THE CAPTION LOOK WHAT YOU MADE ME DO. SWEENEY'S ATTORNEY CLAIMS THAT HIS CLIENT DIDN'T DO ANYTHING UNLAWFUL, TELLING ABC NEWS THAT THE COLLEGE.

IS DOING ALL OF THIS FOR A PURPOSE, HIGHLIGHTING THE IMMENSE OF CARBON EMISSIONS THAT PRIVATE JETS CONTRIBUTE TO THE ENVIRONMENT. LET'S GET RIGHT BACK TO OUR PANEL. I'M GOING TO START WITH YOU HERE.

SWEENEY YOU'VE GOT THOUSANDS OF TWITTER FOLLOWERS. TAYLOR SWIFT OBVIOUSLY HAS AN ARMY OF SWIFTIES BEHIND HER. WHERE DO YOU COME DOWN ON THIS ONE? >> YOU PROBABLY CAME TO ME BECAUSE YOU PROBABLY SAW MY FACE AS UP RIGHT THERE,.

BECAUSE WHEN YOU LOOK AT IT, THERE WAS ANALYSIS. IT WAS DONE OVER TOP CELEBRITY THAT USED PRIVATE JETS. AND TAYLOR SWIFT ISN'T EVEN AT THE TOP OR TWO IN THAT SPACE. SO THAT ARGUMENT THAT HE'S DOING IT TO HIGHLIGHT CHANGE.

AND MISSION WHEN THERE ARE SO MANY OTHER BILLIONAIRES AND CELEBRITIES WHO TAKE PRIVATE JETS MORE FREQUENTLY, BUT YET IT'S MORE TARGETED TOWARDS THOSE. THAT'S WHAT YOU KNOW, THAT ARGUMENT IS FALSE. WHAT THIS DOES, THIS IS THAT.

THIS INTERSECTION OF SAFETY, FREEDOM OF SPEECH, AND ALSO TO CONTENT MODERATION, HIS LAWYERS HAVE DONE A GOOD JOB ARGUING ON THE THERE IS A LEGAL GROUND WITH A CEASE AND DESIST BECAUSE THERE IS NO DUE TO STALKING CLAIMS THAT HE'S NOT DOING ANY HARM OR.

POTENTIAL HARM TO HER. BUT IT DOES CREATE A SAFETY CONTROL FOR HER. BUT THE QUESTION, ELIZABETH TAYLOR SAID, IS WATCHING, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT SHE IS I WOULD ACTUALLY SAY THEY NEED TO LOOK AT THIS FROM A CONTENT.

MODERATION PLACE AND. REALLY, IF THEY FAIL IN THE CRIMINAL COURT SYSTEM, THEY NEED TO LOOK AT SUING X, FORMERLY KNOWN AS TWITTER IN ORDER TO TAKE DOWN THAT CONTENT FOR SAFETY CONCERNS JUST AS WELL AS WHAT LETTER DID AND TAKING IT DOWN.

DUE TO SAFETY GUIDELINES OF THEIR COMMUNITY. SO I THINK THEY NEED TO REDIRECT THEIR ARGUMENT. >> I MEAN, I THINK WE ALL HOPE TAYLOR SWIFT IS WATCHING THIS SHOW EVERY NIGHT, GUYS. SHE IS. BARBARA, WE KNOW THE FAA,.

THOUGH, TO GET TO GET TO THIS POINT ABOUT FREE SPEECH AND DATA TRANSFER. HE FDA DOES MAKE FLIGHT INFORMATION PUBLICLY AVAILABLE . SO DOES TAYLOR SWIFT'S TEAM HAVE A CASE HERE, THOUGH, WHEN IT COMES TO THOSE KIND.

OF SAFETY CONCERNS? YEAH, WELL, SO DISCLOSURE MY MY DAUGHTER IS HEADING TO THE CONCERT IN SYDNEY WITH HER DAUGHTER. SO I'M SWEATY AND UP. BUT, YOU KNOW, THIS IS PUBLIC INFORMATION, SO, YOU KNOW, IT MUST I GUESS THE, CASE.

THAT THEY HAVE TO MAKE THAT THERE'S A SAFETY CONCERN AND THERE'S STALKERS, THAT THERE'S PROBLEM THERE. I THINK, YOU KNOW, THE PUBLIC INFORMATION ISSUE, YOU KNOW, PUBLIC FIGURES ARE, YOU KNOW, SUBJECT THESE KIND OF THINGS. SO I THINK THE LAW IS ON.

THE YOUNG MAN'S SIDE HERE. >> L.Z., WHAT DO YOU THINK? SWEENEY'S LAWYERS SAY THIS IS AN ATTACK ON FREE SPEECH, RIGHT? HIS LAWYER TOLD ABC NEWS IT'S ANOTHER STRING IN AN EFFORT BY A RICH AND POWERFUL PERSON TO TRY TO SILENCE PUBLIC.

CRITICISM. HMM. I GUESS THAT IS ONE WAY YOU CAN CONSTRUE IT. I MEAN, THE LAW IS ON THE YOUNG MAN'S, YOU KNOW, BUT I'M NOT QUITE SURE IF MORALITY IS KNOW. WHEN YOU UNDERSTAND THE SAFETY MEASURES THAT A LOT OF THESE.

CELEBRITIES HAVE TO DEAL WITH, PUTTING THEIR LOCATION IN REAL TIME DOES PUT THEM AT RISK. I MYSELF WAS IN THE STANDS WHEN FAN JUMPED OUT AND APPROACHED ROGER FEDERER AT THE FRENCH OPEN AND THANKFULLY NOTHING BAD HAPPENED. OF COURSE, HE JUST TOOK.

A SELFIE. BUT JUST SORT OF REMINDS YOU JUST HOW VULNERABLE SOME OF THESE SUPERSTARS ARE. AND WHEN YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT SOMEONE WHO COULD STAND IN THE SQUARE TRACKING HER MOVEMENTS, THAT IT MAY BE SOMETHING EVEN TRAGIC OVER.

ANSWERS FOR YOU. BUT THE REALITY PERSPECTIVE, IT JUST REALLY FEELS AS IF LIFE IN DANGER. ALESSIO, WHERE YOU COME DOWN? YOU KNOW, WE DO KNOW THAT SWEENEY SAYS HE'S WANTING TO RAISE AWARENESS ABOUT CARBON EMISSIONS.

HE'S KEPT TABS ON OTHER PLANES LIKE ELON MUSK. WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THAT ARGUMENT ABOUT, THIS BEING AN ENVIRONMENTAL CASE? >> LOOK, I THINK THIS IS WHAT A LOT OF THESE ACTIVISTS WHO HAVE DONE THIS. I MEAN, THERE BEEN PEOPLE WHO.

HAVE BEEN DOING THIS AROUND THE CARDASSIAN AND SO MANY MORE. AND SO, YOU KNOW, MULTIPLE THINGS CAN BE TRUE HERE AT THE SAME TIME. YES. IS THE MORALITY AROUND THE SAFETY?.

I MEAN, EVEN EVERYDAY PEOPLE AREN'T PATTING THEMSELVES ON SOCIAL MEDIA IN REAL TIME RESPECT THEIR SAFETY. BUT I DO THINK THIS IS A BRAND THING ISSUE FOR TAYLOR SWIFT. SHE SHOULD MAYBE TALK LITTLE BIT MORE ABOUT CLIMATE CHANGE.

I MEAN, IT IS WHAT IT'S BEEN KNOWN THAT AROUND 45, 45 TIMES MORE EMISSIONS A PRIVATE JET THAN IT IS IN A COMMERCIAL PLANE. AND SO THIS IS AN IMPORTANT MOMENT FOR US TO HAVE THIS CONVERSATION ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT AND.

IMPORTANT POINT WE ARE HAVING. GO AHEAD, MIKE. >> YES, AS OTHERS HAVE BEEN ABOUT THE IDEA OF THAT THIS INFORMATION IS PUBLIC FROM THE FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION. THAT IS TRUE. THEIR DATA IS THERE.

BUT WHAT THIS YOUNG MAN IS DOING, IT CREATING AN AGGREGATE AND BY HIM CREATING AN AGGREGATE, HE HAS AS A MODERATING THE DATA TO PUSH IT FOR THE PUBLIC, SOMETHING MOST OF AMERICAN PROBABLY DOESN'T UNDERSTAND. THE IDEA OF PRIVATE JETS.

AND YOU HAVE TO LOOK IT UP BY THE TAIL NUMBER. RIGHT. THAT'S AN ESOTERIC SPACE THAT MOST AMERICANS AREN'T EVEN SEARCHING FOR THIS. AND SO I THINK THAT LINE GETS A LITTLE FUZZY FOR THAT ARGUMENT THAT HE'S.

STANDING ON. >> WELL, YOU DON'T LOOK UP FAA SALES NUMBERS AND YOU'RE ON THE AIR. >> NO, I DON'T DON'T. GO AHEAD, BARBARA, FINAL WORD, QUICK ONE OVER TO YOU. NO, I SHE'S BEEN PRETTY ACTIVE ON THE ENVIRONMENTAL FRONT,.

AND I THINK SHE MAY HAVE IN MIND SOME CARBON CREDITS, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN. SO SHE DOES HAVE A CASE FOR HERSELF ON THAT FRONT. SO WE MAY BE NOT PICKING THE BEST TARGET EITHER. >> ALL RIGHT. WELL, TO BE CONTINUED, IT'S A.

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NEW BLOCKBUSTER BEATLES PROJECT RIGHT AFTER THE BREAK. >> KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE IN COLLEGE. KIDS AREN'T SUPPOSED TO DIE AT ALL. HOW COULD THIS POSSIBLY HAVE HAPPENED? THE INCIDENT BROUGHT A LOT.

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