The middle of the country the rare highrisk alert and where the storms are heading today a developing story overseas an American Soldier under arrest in Russia we hear from his mother why she says her son was there and why she was so worried one of the biggest Hospital failures in decades millions of patients in limbo as a major Hospital.

Group files for bankruptcy the concern about Rising costs and quality of care new clashes and arrests on college campuses in the US as the war in the Middle East takes a new turn breaking overnight reports of Israeli tanks in the southern Gaza City of Rafa is there any hope for a ceasefire plus.

You a surprise announcement for missusa why she's giving up her crown Fashion's biggest night the glitz the Glamour and the surprises at the Met Gala and why one big name failed to show and later halting production the pepper Panic as fans of a popular hot sauce once again face a shortage from ABC news in New York this.

Is America this morning good Tuesday morning everyone I'm Andrew diber good morning to you I'm Mar and and Ali we want to begin with a new tornado outbreak in a region already battered by storms this spring at least one person has been killed several injuries are reported and multiple homes are destroyed as we get our first look at.

The damage over 19 dangerous storms sweeping across the plains including what was described as a large and destructive tornado hitting two towns in Oklahoma there's a large tornado right up there search and rescue efforts underway in Barnes doall about 40 Mi north of Tulsa firefighters I've got mutually requested at.

571 Highway 123 in Barnes doall it's going to be for a tornado hit there the house is Fallen as a person trapped under the house the tornado also hitting the town of Bartlesville damaging a hotel after forecasters issued a rare high-risk weather warning I am right in the middle of that particularly dangerous situation tornado watch and.

The Darkness behind me is actually one of the tornado worn storms about 65 miles to our Northwest severe storms also passing through Missouri including in Joplin and Kansas City and a confirmed tornado plowed through Smithville Tennessee tearing up trees and damaging homes it was like a whistle from the tornado it sounded like a.

Whistle to me um and then there was just like loud noises everywhere meanwhile people in Southeast Texas are recovering after severe storms and more than 2 feet of rain in some areas the death toll now three including a child whose family car was Swept Away by flood waters it's a terrible demoralizing feeling I mean it ain't a fire but it close second storms.

Will move into the Tennessee and Ohio river valleys today we'll check your full forecast in just a few moments the other big story this morning yet another American has been arrested in Russia this time a US Soldier and now we are hearing from his mother this morning an American soldiers behind bars in Russia staff sergeant Gordon black is being.

Held for criminal misconduct his mother speaking to ABC News overnight I'm hoping he's not being tortured or hurt it's just hard being a mom and being in that situation and not knowing not being able to touch him you know hug him tell him it'll be okay the 34-year-old Soldier was stationed in South Korea but was on temporary leave as he prepared to.

Change units and moved to Texas during that time his mother says black went to visit a girlfriend in southeast Russia near the border of China and North Korea Russian TV reports the charges against black involve beating a woman and stealing from her it's unclear if the alleged victim is the same woman he was visiting Black's mother describes the.

Couple's relationship as volatile and she says she was worried about her son visiting Russia more than she was when he was deployed to Iraq and knew something was going to happen I felt like he was being set up by her Sergeant black is the latest in a string of Americans detained in Russia joining businessman Paul wheelan held since 2018.

And Wall Street Journal reporter Evan gerscovich held since last year US Embassy in Moscow is trying to gain Consular access to Black he is being held in pre-trial detention until July but that is likely to be extended the FAA has opened a new investigation into Boeing after a whistleblower came forward with quality concerns about the.

787 Dreamliner the employee reported to management that workers had not completed required inspections on the location where the plane's wings attached to the Fus Lodge the FAA is looking into whether records about those inspections were falsified Boeing says the issue did not create an immediate safety of flight issue and says several.

Employees are now facing discipline and Boeing was not to blame for the scrubbing of a launch last night that would have taken two astronauts to the International Space Station it was called off at Cape Canaveral because of an oxygen valve problem on the rocket that would have carried Boeing's capsule into space no word yet on when the.

Launch will be rescheduled breaking overnight a ceasefire in the Middle East looks more unlikely after Israeli tanks entered Rafa in southern Gaza overnight taking control of a border crossing meanwhile more arrests at college campuses here in the US as some War protests intensified more than 60 people were arrested at the University of.

California San Diego ABC's M win has the latest on this m good morning Ranna and good morning as talks for a ceasefire enter a critical stage protest of the war have again turned violent here in the US this morning tensions Rising on more college campuses over the war in Goda students at the Rhode Island School.

Of Design took over an administrative building last night barricading entrances with tables and chairs as crowds gathered outside the building at MIT Pro Palestinian protesters broke through the barricades to retake an encampment at Colombia officials have now canceled the school's main graduation ceremony citing security.

Concerns I have friends whose families are coming from places like Singapore France Mexico and other countries around the world who spent thousands of dollars on plane tickets so it's definitely an incredible disappointment it comes as Israel appears closer to carrying out a major ground offensive in southern Gaza overnight a Palestinian security.

Official and an Egyptian official told the Associated Press that Israel tanks have entered the city of Rafa which has been a refuge for more than 1 million displaced Palestinians a city Israel describes as hamas's final stronghold Israel already launching dozens of air strikes on Rafa ordering people to evacuate to humanitarian camps.

Rafa Raa Hamas claimed yesterday that it has accepted a ceasefire proposal the announcement prompting celebrations in Gaza but Israel says the deal accepted by Hamas did not meet its core demands still it says it will send negotiators back to Egypt for more talks the exact details of what Hamas agreed to remain unclear the ceasefire deal.

That was on the table included a six-week pause in fighting and the release of dozens of hostages but Hamas has insisted on a permanent end to the fighting Andrew M thank you former president Trump has been held in contempt of court and fined $1,000 for the 10th time for violating a gag order the judge in Trump's hush money trial.

Warned him yesterday that future violations could land him in jail Trump remained defiant outside Court our constitution is much more important than jail it's not even close I'll do that sacrifice any day the jury yesterday got to see checks signed by Trump and Ledger entries that classifi those checks as quote legal.

Expenses the Trump organization's controller testified He was ordered by another executive to reimburse Michael Cohen to cover up payments but he acknowledged that Trump himself never dictated how the payments should be logged a new bridge between the US and Canada is nearly connected only about 200 feet now separate the two sides of.

The Gordy how Bridge which will connect Detroit to Windsor Ontario the $4 billion bridge is named after the Hockey Hall of fam R spent 25 years with the Detroit Red Wings it is set to open in late 2025 all right time now for your Tuesday weather good morning we have another.

Threat for severe weather as we head through today into tonight that's highlighted through Indiana Ohio and as far south as Kentucky with the isolated tornadoes and hail and for Wednesday the same storm system that's generating all of this energy around it continues for Wednesday Wednesday into Wednesday night with a high risk for severe weather this.

Is across portions of Kentucky into the Mississippi River and of course this will lead to flash flooding hail and tornadoes and beyond that then we still have a risk on Thursday from Mackie weather I'm mosa constanzer coming up a money mystery big amounts of cash left behind in some unlikely places but first millions of.

Patients in limbo as a major Hospital group files for bankruptcy the concerns about costs and quality of care and up next an arrest in Florida in the case of an American woman missing in Europe for months 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 Leon.

Main the scene of a horrific mass shooting ABC News live is right there everywhere from the scene of that deadly missile strike Dena Ukraine reporting from the earthquake in Turkey en Rolling Fork This Tornado tore through this little town from the most devastating disaster in Hawaii from Charleston South Carolina on the 2024.

Campaign Trail in Iceland let's go traveling with the president in Mexico City wherever the story from 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 10 Downing Street in London streaming live to you wherever the store story is wherever the story is wherever.

The story is we're going to take you there you're streaming ABC News live ABC News live you're streaming ABC News live ABC news live streaming free everywhere America's number one streaming news it's lunchtime in America so what are we serving up well how about everything you need to know you know that sounds pretty good your help your money breaking news.

Pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends and and of course good food GMA 3 what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon so join us afternoon for everything you need to know I love that let's go the ship is incredible it feels like living in a science fiction movie we just saw what no one has seen.

Before wow look at that oh my gosh well that we are heading into the unknown Hammer Hammer Hammer it doesn't get any more Cutting Edge than this right now there's just so much happening in our world so much at stake at the start of every morning and that's.

Why at Good Morning America we're right here and we got you we got you we got you back the estranged husband of a Florida woman who went missing in Spain 3 months ago is is now under arrest Anna kovich has not been seen since February at the time she disappeared security cameras at her apartment building in Madrid had been painted over but then.

Yesterday the FBI announced David kevich has now been arrested in Miami authorities believe he helped kidnap his estranged wife prosecutors say he was in Madrid at the time she disappeared details on a possible motive remain unconfirmed we turn out to millions of healthcare patients in limbo as a major Hospital chain files for bankruptcy.

Raising questions about the industry Rising costs and quality of care this morning what could be a financial wakeup call for the healthcare industry steart Healthcare which operates dozens of hospitals across the country has filed for bankruptcy in what's being called one of the biggest Hospital failures in decades there's a.

Lot of people around here that use this hospital as far as I'm concerned people will die what they about eight towns and our hospital system only one of the busiest ER around Steward operates eight hospitals in Massachusetts alone the state's Governor trying to reassure patients I want to be clear Steward hospitals remain open of course we.

Cannot guarantee that there won't be disruptions or inconveniences Steward a for-profit company based in Dallas blames a highly challenging healthc care environment for its financial wos and cites insufficient reimbursements by government payers skyrocketing labor and operational costs and the impacts of the covid pandemic but Massachusetts.

Governor govern accuses Steward of mismanagement and greed you know one of the good things about bankruptcy is that Steward and its CEO and its management team will no longer be able to lie another big challenge Staffing on this National Nurses Week a survey found more than onethird of nurses say it's extremely likely they'll change jobs.

This year Steward says it does not expect any interruptions in its day-to-day operations but some State officials are vowing to ramp up inspections to ensure that quality of care mystery in Ohio federal state and local officials are all trying to figure out who left thousands of dollars in cash inside of two bathrooms more than.

$25,000 was found inside a movie theater restroom near Columbus late last month and then last week another $12,000 was found in a bathroom at a KFC restaurant authorities believe the two piles of cash are connected but there is still no word where they came from so can I come forward and claim it not if it's not yours all right coming up the new SC.

Targeting college grad also had a surprise announcement from Miss USA why she is giving up her crown let's go the ship is incredible it feels like living in a science fiction movie we just saw what no one has seen before wow look at that oh my gosh we are heading into the known Hammer Hammer Hammer it doesn't get any.

More Cutting Edge than this Whenever Wherever news breaks it's so important to always remember that lives are changed here in London in Buffalo yaldi Texas edinb Scotland reporting from Rolling Fork Mississippi Ukrainian refugees here in waron we're heading to a small community outside of.

Mexico City getting behind the stories as they happen ABC News live Prime we'll take you there stream ABC News live week nights wherever you stream your news only on ABC News live this is not about parents who just let their kid watch violent movies play violent video games this is about parents who neglected their son ignored his cries for help.

Then bought him a gun the first parents in America to be charged in a school shooting they purchased that gun for him and bragged about it don't get to walk away from that that's a criminal act sins of the parents the crumbly trials the opposite of love is not hate it's just being ignored only on Hulu it's lunchtime in America so what.

Are we serving up well how about everything you need to know you know that sounds pretty good your health your money breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends and of course good food GMA 3 what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon so join us afternoon for everything you need to.

Know I love that every kid in America who was a dancer wanted to be on Dance Moms and Abby knew it I don't care if they like me or not they're fabulous when it comes down to the way she treated us it was tough love you have trouble saying her name yeah I feel like I have trouble just talking about it in general I'm not.

The bad guy I was the guy that made it happen do you think that you would take back some of the harshness when you look back Dance Moms behind the curtain this is impact by Nightline now screaming on Hulu look at this a dramatic display from Mother Nature a stormchaser capturing the moment lightning hit this power pole as severe storms moved.

Through abalene Texas more recent storms left at least one person dead in Oklahoma overnight a new scam alert for college grads scammers are calling recent grads claiming that a college professor they know has recommended them for a job the goal of this scam is to get a grad to apply for a job then steal their personal information even their.

Bank account information victims say eagerness to get a job after college made them fall for it they emailed me saying that we'd like to interview you I was really happy because at that point that was the first time I've ever received something positive from a job application everything will seem very believable but.

At the end of the day it's just scammers trying to get personal information or money from these students the FTC encourages grads to take a close look at any unexpected job offer especially if someone asks you to download an app for an interview reaction is pouring in after missusa announced she is giving up her crown all the focus on her mental.

Health here's ABC's L muise with more Miss USA 2023 is this morning a shocking announcement from missusa Noelia void telling the world she is giving up her crown to focus on her mental health you Voit who won the pageant in September posting on Instagram in life I strongly value the importance of making.

Decisions that feel best for you and your mental health sadly I have made the very tough decision to resign from the title of missusa 2023 the caption of the post going on to say I realize this may come as a large shock to many never compromise your physical and mental well-being our health is our wealth Voit highlighted some of the many platforms.

She focused on during her reign as the first Venezuelan American woman to win the title I represent all of the second generation children of immigrants in the United States of America mental health came to the Forefront in the pageant world with the untimely death of former missusa Chesley Christ in 2022 Christ was an attorney and correspondent for.

The TV show Extra her mother details some of Chris struggles with depression in the new book by the time you read this adding to the Memoir Chris was about to publish Before Dying by Suicide at age 30 other celebrities have stepped away from the spotlight in recent years to focus on Mental Health now I need to Brea.

Back including Shawn Mendes who cancelled part of his 2022 tour does that make me a fool we're fools together now and Game of Thrones actor kit Harrington who says he took time off after struggling with mental health near the end of filming the missusa organization says it respects voit's need to prioritize herself May by the.

Way is mental health awareness month and if you or anyone you know is struggling the suicide and crisis Lifeline is available 24 hours a day at 988 Ranon Andrew we commend her courage Lionel thank you coming up the special gym membership that will cost you 40 Grand well highlights from Fashion's biggest night the Met Galla.

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There you're streaming ABC News live time to check the pulse and we begin with the mustsee looks from the Met Gala Danel Affair is Fashion's biggest night in the dress code this year the garden of time there's Zenda she's done not once but Twice first you see a peacock inspired gown and then we.

Saw her later in the night with a jet black dress and her head inside a bouquet of flowers model Amelia Gray's dress look at this it was very ambitious did you know there were live butterflies inside there ah pretty cool how about Camila Cabello she had one of the hottest accessories instead of a handbag the singer held a block of ice and.

Jennif Lopez wore a necklace with nearly 100 karats of diamonds and a bedazzled sheer gown this is scaparelli It's a 2 and2 million bugle beads about 800 hours of work a true Couture creation it's for butterfly wings gorgeous but absent from the event last night Rihanna she had the flu and couldn't make it next Health has.

Been called a Priceless commodity but one company is making it pretty pricey Fitness chain Equinox is offering a new membership plan which it claims will help you live longer but it only costs about $42,000 a year it does include personal training biomarker tracking and nutrition coaching next a lock of Beethoven's hair providing new Clues on.

How he died it may have been the cheap wine that he drank using new technology scientists found high amounts of lead and arsenic in the composer's hair which could explain his long list of Health ailments and his early death a report last year said he did not die of lead poisoning but this report claims it was a factor in his illness lead was used in.

Many wines and Foods back in that those days next prepare yourself for a not so hot sum a Sriracha shortage yeah again is on the horizon and that's because the California company that makes a spicy condiment has a pepper problem Peppers aren't Red Enough due to recent weather conditions in Mexico so the company has Haled production until after Labor Day.

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Hour of GMA in the afternoon so join us afternoon for everything you need to know I love that why do so many people start their day here from ABC News this is start here to be in the know and get a different take on the day's top stories a lot of news today so let's get into it listen now to the Daily News podcast honored with four Edward R ml.

Awards and see why the New York Times calls it a news podcast worth listening to start here ABC News make it your daily first listen now that's a part of the story I bet you didn't see coming wherever you get your podcasts start here 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 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 mure America's number one most watched newscast across all of Television let's go the ship is.

Incredible it feels like living in a science fiction movie we just saw what no one has seen before wow look at that oh my gosh we are heading into the unknown Hammer Hammer Hammer it doesn't get any more Cutting Edge than.

This checking more top stories now an annual report warns that Social Security and Medicare will run out of money in just over a decade it says the Social Security trust fund will be insult by 2035 unless Congress takes action Israeli forces have taken control of the Gaza side of the Raffa Crossing that connects with Egypt pressing ahead with.

Plans for an assault on Rafa after ordering a partial evacuation of the city Israel rejected a ceasefire proposal accepted by Hamas in Moscow the gremlin has announced plans to Stage tactical Nuclear drills Ukrainian officials responded by downplaying the announcement a baby reported missing in New Mexico has been found alive in Texas.

The man accused used in the kidnapping is also charged with murdering the child's mother and another woman police say he had no apparent connection to the victims today's weather severe storms in the midwest the biggest tornado threat will be in Ohio and Indiana rain for the Northern Plains finally a speech to Congress like no other Danny new.

Explains in honor of my former constituent the late Secretary of State mine Albright while addressing her bill to rename a post office after one inspiring politician congresswoman Jennifer wex introduced many Americans to another I use an assistive app so that you and our colleagues can understand me over the past year the.

Virginia Democrat has been diagnosed with supranuclear py which she describes as Parkinson's on steroids it's a deadly brain disease that gradually limits your ability to speak and walk if there's one thing that Democrats and Republicans can agree on is that Parkinson's disease sucks in April of last year congresswoman wex announced that she had.

Been diagnosed with Parkinson's disease but then in September issued a statement on social media that Her diagnosis had been modified to this deadlier disorder she even went on to announce that she would not be able to run for re-election and that she was quote heartbroken to have to give up something I've Loved after so many years of serving my.

Community I am proud to be here today speaking in support of my bill but as congresswoman wexton showed the world during her time on the house floor Monday more and more technological advances over the past year are inviting people to reimagine possibilities in the fall the University football team in AT&T unveiled this new.

Helmet which would allow the Bison coach to communicate with his players who are deaf and hard of hearing before a play do you think we'd have more like deaf people in the NFL if this helmet had existed longer oh yeah yeah there was also the unveiling of the Monarch which is a tablet that can display 10 lines of frail at once or even Graphics that you.

Can physically touch I urge my colleagues to vote for this measure and as we saw on Monday even someone who is losing her ability to verbally speak can still have a voice in one of the nation's most historic chambers that post office she's trying to have renamed in honor of mine Albright is in pville Virginia where the.

Former Secretary of State lived for many years guys a really inspiring story there doing it on Capitol Hill that's Mak news in America this morning have a great day everyone right now in America this morning images just coming in a deadly tornado outbreak slamming the middle of.

The country the rare highrisk alert and where the storms are heading today a developing story overseas an American Soldier under arrest in Russia we hear from his mother why she says her son was there and why she was so worried one of the biggest Hospital failures in decades millions of patients in limbo as a major Hospital group files for bankruptcy the.

Concern about Rising costs and quality of care new clashes and arrests on college campuses in the US as the war in the Middle East takes a new turn breaking overnight reports of Israeli tanks in the southern Gaza City of Rafa is there any hope for a ceasefire plus you a surprise announcement for missusa.

Why she's giving up her crown Fashion's biggest night the glitz the Glamour and the surprises at the Met Gala and why one big name failed to show and later halting production the Pepper Panic as fans of a popular hot sauce once again face a shortage from ABC news in New York this is America this morning good Tuesday.

Morning everyone I'm Andrew diber good morning to you I'm ran and Ali we want to begin with a new tornado outbreak in a region already battered by storms this spring at least one person has been killed several injuries are reported and multiple homes are destroyed as we get our first look at the the damage overnight dangerous storms sweeping.

Across the plains including what was described as a large and destructive tornado hitting two towns in Oklahoma there's a large tornado right up there search and rescue efforts underway in Barnes doall about 40 Mi north of Tulsa firefighters I've got mutually requested at 571 Highway 123 in Barnes doall it's.

Going to be for a tornado hit there the house was Fallen there's a person trapped under the house the tornado also hitting the town of Bartlesville damaging a hotel after forecasters issued a rare high-risk weather warning I am right in the middle of that particularly dangerous situation tornado watch and the Darkness behind me is.

Actually one of the tornado worn storms about 65 miles to our Northwest severe storms also passing through Missouri including in Joplin and Kansas City and a confirmed tornado plowed through Smithville Tennessee tearing up trees and damaging homes it was like a whistle from the tornado it sounded like a whistle to me um and then there was just.

Like loud noises everywhere meanwhile people in Southeast Texas are recovering after severe storms and more than 2 feet of rain in some areas the death toll now three including a child whose family car was Swept Away by flood waters it's a terrible demoralizing feeling I mean it ain't a fire but it close second storms will move into the.

Tennessee and Ohio river valleys today we'll check your full forecast in just a few moments the other big story this morning yet another American has been arrested in Russia this time a US Soldier and now we are hearing from his mother this morning an American Soldier is behind bars in Russia staff sergeant Gordon black is being held for criminal.

Misconduct his mother speaking to ABC News overnight I'm hoping he's not being tortured or hurt it's just hard being a mom and being in that situation and not knowing not being able to touch him you know hugging tell him it'll be okay the 34-year-old Soldier was stationed in South Korea but was on temporary leave as he prepared to change units and moved.

To Texas during that time his mother says black went to visit a girlfriend in southeast Russia near the border of China and North Korea Russian TV reports the charges against black involved beating a woman and stealing from her it's unclear if the alleged victim is the same woman he was visiting Black's mother describes the couple's.

Relationship as volatile and she says she was worried about her son visiting Russia more than she was when he was deployed to aaq I knew something was going to happen I felt like he was being set up by her Sergeant black is the latest in a string of Americans detained in Russia joining businessman Paul wheen held since 2018 and Wall Street Journal.

Reporter Evan grovich held since last year US Embassy in Moscow is trying to gain Consular access to Black he is being held in pre-trial detention until July but that is likely to be extended the fa a has opened a new investigation into Boeing after a whistleblower came forward with quality concerns about the 787 Dreamliner the employee reported to.

Management that workers had not completed required inspections on the location where the plane's wings attached to the fuse Lodge the FAA is looking into whether records about those inspections were falsified Boeing says the issue did not create an immediate safety of flight issue and says several employees are now facing discipline and.

Boeing was not to blame for the scrub of a launch last night that would have taken two astronauts to the International Space Station it was called off at Cape Canaveral because of an oxygen valve problem on the rocket that would have carried Boeing's capsule into space no word yet on when the launch will be rescheduled breaking.

Overnight a ceasefire in the Middle East looks more unlikely after Israeli tanks entered Rafa in southern Gaza overnight taking control of a border crossing meanwhile more arrests at college campuses here in the US as some more protests intensifi more than 60 people were arrested at the University of California San Diego ABC's M win has the.

Latest on this m good morning Ranna and good morning as talks for a ceasefire enter a critical stage protests of the war have again turned violent here in the US this morning tensions Rising on more college campuses over the war in Gaza students at the Rhode Island School of Design took over an administrative.

Building last night barricading entrances with tables and chairs as crowds gathered outside the building at MIT Pro Palestinian protesters broke through the barricades to retake an encampment at Colombia officials have now canceled the school's main graduation ceremony citing security.

Hamas claimed yesterday that it has accepted a ceasefire proposal the announcement prompting celebrations in Gaza but Israel says the deal accepted by Hamas did not meet its core demands still it says it will send negotiators back to Egypt for more talks the exact details of what Hamas agreed to remain unclear the ceasefire deal.

That was on the table included a six-week pause in fighting and the release of dozens of hostages but Hamas has insisted on a permanent end to the fighting Andrew M thank you former president Trump has been held in contemp of court and fined $1,000 for the 10th time for violating a gag order the judge in Trump's hush money trial warned him.

Yesterday that future violations could land him in jail Trump remained defiant outside Court our constitution is much more important than jail it's not even close I'll do that sacrifice any day the jury yesterday got to see checks signed by Trump and Ledger entries that classifi those checks as quote legal expenses the Trump organization's.

Controller testified He was ordered by another executive to reimburse Michael Cohen to cover up payments but he acknowledged that Trump himself never dictated how the payments should be logged a new bridge between the US and Canada is nearly connected only about 200 fet now separate the two sides of the Gordy how Bridge which will connect.

Detroit to Windsor Ontario the $4 billion bridge is named after the Hockey Hall of Famer who spent 25 years with the Detroit Red Wings it is set to open in late 2025 all right time now for your Tuesday weather good morning we have another threat for severe weather as we head.

Through today into tonight that's highlighted through Indiana Ohio and as far south as Kentucky with it isolated tornadoes and hail and for Wednesday the same storm system that's generating all of this energy around it continues for Wednesday into Wednesday night with a high risk for severe weather this is across portions of Kentucky into the.

Mississippi River and of course this will lead to flash flooding hail and tornadoes and beyond that then we still have a risk on Thursday from ma weather I'm Mula const stancer coming up a money mystery big amounts of cashh Left Behind in some unlikely places but first millions of patients in limbo as a major Hospital.

Group files for bankruptcy the concerns about costs and quality of care end up next an arrest in Florida in the case of an American woman missing in Europe for months every kid in America who was a dancer wanted to be on Dance Moms and Abby knew it I don't care if they like me or not they're fabulous when it comes down to the way she treated us it was.

Tough love you have trouble saying her name yeah I feel like I have trouble we're just talking about it in general I'm not the bad guy I was the guy that made it happen do you think that you would take back some of the harshness when you look back Dance Moms behind the curtain this is impact by Nightline now screaming on Hulu tears to good mornings.

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On the days 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 murl Awards and see why the New York Times calls it a news podcast worth listening to start here ABC News make it your daily first listen now that's a part of the story I bet you didn't see coming wherever you get your podcasts.

Start here reporting from the scene of the subway shooting in the Bronx I'm Trevor alt wherever the story is we'll take you there you're streaming ABC News live back the estranged husband of a Florida woman who went missing in Spain 3 months ago is now under arrest Anna kovich has not been seen since February at the time she disappeared security.

Cameras that are apartment building in Madrid had been painted over but then yesterday the FBI announced David kevich has now been arrested in Miami authorities believe he helped kidnap his estranged wife prosecutors say he was in Madrid at the time she disappeared details on a possible motive remain unconfirmed we turn out to millions of.

Healthcare patients in limbo as a major Hospital chain files for bankruptcy raising questions about the industry Rising costs and quality of care this morning what could be a financial wakeup call for the healthcare industry steart Healthcare which operates dozens of hospitals across the country has filed for bankruptcy and.

What's being called one of the biggest Hospital failures in decades there's a lot of people around here that use this hospital as far as I'm concerned people will die they tell eight PS in our hospital system only one of the busiest ER in around stward operates eight hospitals in Massachusetts alone the state's Governor trying to reassure.

Patients I want to be clear Steward hospitals remain open of course we cannot guarantee that there won't be disruptions or inconveniences stward a for-profit company based in Dallas blames a highly challenging healthc care environment for its financial wos and cites insufficient reimbursements by government payers skyrocketing labor and.

Operational costs and the impacts of the Co pandemic but Massachusetts governor accuses steuart of mismanagement and greed you know one of the good things about bankruptcy is that Steward and its CEO and its management team will no longer be able to lie another big challenge Staffing on this National Nurses Week a survey found more than.

Onethird of nurses say it's extremely likely they'll change jobs this year steuart says it does not expect any interruptions in its day-to-day operations but some State officials are vowing to ramp up inspections to ensure that quality of care a money mystery in Ohio federal state and local officials are all trying to figure out who left.

Thousands of dollar in cash inside of two bathrooms more than $25,000 was found inside a movie theater restroom near Columbus late last month and then last week another $112,000 was found in a bathroom at a KFC restaurant authorities believe the two piles of cash are connected but there is still no word where they came from so can I come.

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Capturing the moment lightning hit this power pole as severe storms mooved through Abaline Texas more recent storms left at least one person dead in Oklahoma overnight a new scam alert for College grads scammers are calling recent grads claiming that a college professor they know has recommended them for a job now the goal of this scam is.

To get a grad to apply for a job then steal their personal information even their bank account information victims say eagerness to get a job after college made them fall for it they emailed me saying that we'd like to interview you I was really happy because at that point that was the first time I've ever received something.

Positive from a job application everything will seem very believable but at the end of the day it's just scammers trying to get personal information or money from these students the FTC encourages grads to take a close look at any unexpected job offer especially if someone asks you to download an app for an interview reaction is pouring in.

After missusa announced she is giving up her crown all to focus on her mental health here's ABC's Leno muise with more Miss USA 2023 is this morning a shocking announcement from missusa noell a void telling the world she is giving up her crown to focus on her mental health you vo who won the pageant in September.

Posting on Instagram in life I strongly value the importance of making decisions that feel best for you and your mental health sadly I have made the very tough decision to resign from the title of missusa 2023 the caption of the post going on to say I realize this may come as a large shock to many never compromis your physical and mental well-being our.

Health is our wealth Voit highlighted some of the many platforms she focused on during her reign as the first Venezuelan American woman to win the title I represent all of the second generation children of immigrants in the United States of America mental health came to the Forefront in the pageant world with the untimely death of former.

Missusa Chesley Christ in 2022 Chris was an attorney and correspondent for the TV show Extra her mother details some of Chris struggles with depression ression in the new book by the time you read this adding to the Memoir Chris was about to publish Before Dying by Suicide at age 30 other celebrities have stepped away from the spotlight in recent years.

To focus on Mental Health now IA me back to life including Shawn Mendes who cancelled part of his 2022 tour does that make me a fool we're fools together now and Game of Thrones actor kit Harrington who says he took time off after struggling with mental health near the end of filming the missusa organization says it respects.

Voit's need to prioritize herself May by the way is mental health awareness month and if you or anyone you know is struggling the suicide and crisis Lifeline is available 24 hours a day at 988 Ranon Andrew we commend her courage Lionel thank you coming up the special gym membership that will cost you 40 Grand plus highlights from Fashion's.

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Guy that made it happen do you think that you would take back some of the harshness when you look back dance Ms behind the curtain this is impact by Nightline now streaming on Hulu I'm Whit Johnson reporting from Maui wherever the story is we'll take you there you're streaming ABC News.

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Bouquet of flowers model ailia gray dress look at this it was very ambitious did you know there were live butterflies inside there ah pretty cool how about Camila Cabello she had one of the hottest accessories instead of a handbag the singer held a block of ice and jennif Lopez wore a necklace with nearly 100 karats of diamonds and a bedazzled.

Sheer gown this is scaparelli it's a two and half million bugle beads about 800 hours of work a true Couture creation it's for butterfly wings gorgeous but absent from the event last night Rihanna she had the flu and couldn't make it next Health has been called a Priceless commodity but one company is making it pretty pricey.

Fitness chain Equinox is offering a new membership plan which it claims will help you live longer but it only costs about $42,000 a year it does include person personal training biomarker tracking and nutrition coaching next a lock of Beethoven's hair providing new Clues on how he died it may have been the cheap.

Wine that he drank using new technology scientists found high amounts of lead and arsenic in the composer hair which could explain his long list of Health ailments and his early death a report last year said he did not die of lead poisoning but this report claims it was a factor in his illness lead was used in many wines and Foods back in that those.

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Annual report warns that Social Security and Medicare will run out of money in just over a decade it says the Social Security trust fund will be insolvent by 2035 unless Congress takes action Israeli forces have taken control of the Gaza side of the Rafa Crossing that connects with Egypt pressing ahead with plans for an assault on Rafa after.

Ordering a partial evacuation of the city Israel rejected a ceasefire proposal accepted by Hamas in Moscow the gremlin has announced plans to Stage tactical Nuclear drills Ukrainian officials responded by downplaying the announcement a baby reported missing in New Mexico has been found along live in Texas the man accused in the kidnapping.

Is also charged with murdering the child's mother and another woman police say he had no apparent connection to the victims today's weather severe storms in the midwest the biggest tornado threat will be in Ohio and Indiana rain for the Northern Plains finally a speech to Congress like no other Danny new explains in honor of my former.

Constituent the late Secretary of State mine Albright while addressing her bill to rename a post office after one and iring politician congresswoman Jennifer wex introduced many Americans to another I use an assistive app so that you and our colleagues can understand me over the past year the Virginia Democrat has been diagnosed with supranuclear py.

Which she describes as Parkinson's on steroids it's a deadly brain disease that gradually limits your ability to speak and walk if there's one thing that Democrats and Republicans can agree on is that Parkinson's disease sucks in April of last year congresswoman wex announced that she had been diagnosed with Parkinson 's disease but then in.

September issued a statement on social media that Her diagnosis had been modified to this deadlier disorder she even went on to announced that she would not be able to run for re-election and that she was quote heartbroken to have to give up something I've Loved after so many years of serving my community I am proud to be here today speaking in.

Support of my bill but as congresswoman wexton showed the world during her time on the house floor Monday more and more technological advances over the past year are inviting people to reimagine possibilities in the fall the gadet University football team in AT&T unveiled this new helmet which would allow the Bison coach.

To communicate with his players who are deaf and hard of hearing before a play do you think we'd have more like deaf people in the NFL if this helmet had existed longer oh yeah there is also the unveiling of the Monarch which is a tablet that can display 10 lines of frail at once or even Graphics that you can physically touch I urge my.

Colleagues to vote for this measure and as we saw on Monday even someone who is losing her ability to verbally speak can still have a voice in one of the nation's most historic chambers that post office she's trying to have renamed in honor of mine Albright is in pville Virginia where the former Secretary of State lived for many.

Years guys a really inspiring story to doing it on Capitol Hill that's making news in America this morning have a great day everyone right now in America this morning images just coming in a deadly tornado outbreak slamming the middle of the country the rare high-risk alert and.

Where the storms are heading today a developing story overseas an American Soldier under arrest in Russia we hear from his mother why she says her son was there and why she was so worried one of the biggest Hospital failures in decades millions of patients in limbo as a major Hospital group files for bankruptcy the concern about Rising costs and quality.

Of care new clashes and arrests on college campuses in the US as the war in the Middle East takes a new turn breaking overnight reports of Israeli tanks in the southern Gaza City of Rafa is there any hope for a ceasefire plus you a surprise announcement for missusa why she's giving up her crown Fashion's.

Biggest night the glitz the Glamour and the surprises at the Met Galla and why one big name failed to show and later halting production the Pepper Panic as fans of a popular hot sauce once again face a shortage from ABC news in New York this is America this morning good Tuesday morning everyone I'm Andrew diber good.

Morning to you I'm ran and Ali we want to begin with a new tornado outbreak in a region already battered by storms this spring at least one person has been killed several injuries are reported and multiple homes are are destroyed as we get our first look at the damage overnight dangerous storms sweeping across the plains including what was.

Described as a large and destructive tornado hitting two towns in Oklahoma there's a large tornado right up there search and rescue efforts underway in Barnes doall about 40 miles north of Tulsa firefighters I've got mutually requested at 571 Highway 123 in Barnes doall it's going to be for a tornado hit there the.

House is Fallen there's a person trapped under the house the tornado also hitting the town of Bartlesville damaging a hotel after forecasters issued a rare high-risk weather warning I am right in the middle of that particularly dangerous situation tornado watch and the Darkness behind me is actually one of the tornado worn storms about 65.

Miles to our Northwest severe storms also passing through Missouri including in Joplin and Kansas City and a confirmed tornado plowed through Smithville Tennessee tearing up trees and damaging homes it was like a whistle from the tornado it sounded like a whistle to me um and then there was just like loud noises everywhere meanwhile.

People in Southeast Texas are recovering after severe storms and more than 2 feet of rain in some areas the death toll now three including a child whose family car was Swept Away by flood waters it's a terrible demoralizing feeling I mean it ain't a fire but it it's close second storms will move into the Tennessee and Ohio river valleys today we'll check.

Your full forecast in just a few moments the other big story this morning yet another American has has been arrested in Russia this time a US Soldier and now we are hearing from his mother this morning an American soldiers behind bars in Russia staff sergeant Gordon black is being held for criminal misconduct his mother speaking to ABC News overnight.

I'm hoping he's not being tortured or hurt it's just hard being a mom and being in that situation and not knowing not being able to touch him you know hug him tell him it'll be okay the the 34-year-old Soldier was stationed in South Korea but was on temporary leave as he prepared to change units and moved to Texas during that time his mother.

Says black went to visit a girlfriend in southeast Russia near the border of China and North Korea Russian TV reports the charges against black involve beating a woman and stealing from her it's unclear if the alleged victim is the same woman he was visiting Black's mother describes the couple's relationship as volatile and she says.

She was worried about her son visiting Russia more than she was when he was deployed to Iraq I knew something was going to happen I felt like he was being set up by her Sergeant black is the latest in a string of Americans detained in Russia joining businessman Paul wheelan held since 2018 and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan grovich held since.

Last year US Embassy in Moscow is trying to gain Consular access to Black he is being held in pre-trial detention until July but but that is likely to be extended the FAA has opened a new investigation into Boeing after a whistleblower came forward with quality concerns about the 787 Dreamliner the employee reported to management that.

Workers had not completed required inspections on the location where the plane's wings attached to the fuselage the FAA is looking into whether records about those inspections were falsified Boeing says the issue did not create an immediate safety of flight issue and says several employees are now facing discipline and Boeing was not to blame.

For the scrubbing of a launch last night that would have taken two astronauts to the International Space Station it was called off at Cape Canaveral because of an oxygen valve problem on the rocket that would have carried Boeing's capsule into space no word yet on when the launch will be rescheduled breaking overnight a ceasefire in the Middle East.

Looks more unlikely after Israeli tanks entered Rafa in southern Gaza overnight taking control of a border crossing meanwhile more arrests at college campuses here in the US as some more protests intensifi more than 60 people were arrested at the University of California San Diego ABC's M win has the latest on this m good morning Ranna and.

Good morning as talks for a ceasefire enter a critical stage protests of the war have again turned violent here in the US this morning tensions Rising on more college campuses over the war in Gaza students at the Rhode Island School of Design took over an administrative building last night barricading entrance.

With tables and chairs as crowds gathered outside the building at MIT Pro Palestinian protesters broke through the barricades to retake an encampment at Colombia officials have now canceled the school's main graduation ceremony citing security concerns I have friends whose families.

Are coming from places like Singapore France Mexico and other countries around the world who spent thousands of dollars on plane tickets so definitely an incredible disappointment it comes as Israel appears closer to carrying out a major ground offensive in southern Gaza overnight a Palestinian security official and an Egyptian official told.

The Associated Press that Israel tanks have entered the city of Rafa which has been a refuge for more than 1 million displaced Palestinians a city Israel describes as hamas's final stronghold Israel already launching dozens of air strikes on Rafa ordering people to evacuate to humanitarian camps Hamas claimed yesterday that it.

Has accepted a ceasefire proposal the announcement prompting celebrations in Gaza but Israel says the deal accepted by Hamas did not meet its core demands still it says it will send negotiators back to Egypt for more talks the exact details of what Hamas agreed to remain unclear the ceasefire deal that was on the table included a six we.

Pause in fighting and the release of dozens of hostages but Hamas has insisted on a permanent end to the fighting Andrew M thank you former president Trump has been held in contemp of court and fined $1,000 for the 10th time for violating a gag order the judge in Trump's hush money trial warned him yesterday that future violations could.

Land him in jail Trump remained defiant outside Court our constitution is much more important than jail it's not even close do that sacrifice any day the jury yesterday got to see checks signed by Trump and Ledger entries that classified those checks as quote legal expenses the Trump organization's controller.

Testified He was ordered by another executive to reimburse Michael Cohen to cover up payments but he acknowledged that Trump himself never dictated how the payments should be logged a new bridge between the US and Canada is nearly connected only about 200 ft now separate the two sides of the Gordy how Bridge which will connect Detroit to.

Wind Ontario the $4 billion bridge is named after the Hockey Hall of Famer who spent 25 years with the Detroit Red Wings it is set to open in late 2025 all right time now for your Tuesday weather good morning we have another threat for severe weather as we head through today into tonight that's.

Highlighted through Indiana Ohio and as far south as Kentucky with the isolated tornadoes and hail and for Wednesday the same storm system that's generating all of this energy around it continues for Wednesday into Wednesday night with a high risk for severe weather this is across portions of Kentucky into the Mississippi River and of course this.

Will lead to flash flooding hail and tornadoes and beyond that then we still have a risk on Thursday from maie weather I'm MSA constanzer coming up a money mystery big amounts of cashh Left Behind in some unlikely places but first Millions of patients in limbo as a major Hospital group files for bankruptcy the concerns.

About cost and quality of care and up next an arrest in Florida in the case of an American woman missing in Europe for months whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war in Rolling for this tornado tore through this town from Leon main the scene of a horrific mass shooting from the scene of that deadly Miss strike ABC News live everywhere in.

Iceland let's go on the 2024 campaign Trail here at 10 Downing Street wherever the story is we're going to take you there you're streaming ABC News live ABC News live you're streaming ABC News live ABC news live streaming free everywhere it's lunchtime in America so what are we serving up well how about everything you need to know you know that sounds pretty.

Good your health your money breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends and of course good food GMA 3 what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon so join us afternoons for everything you need to know I love that let's go the ship is incredible it feels like living in a science fiction.

Movie we just saw what no one has seen before wow look at that oh my God we are heading into the unknown Hammer Hammer Hammer it doesn't get any more Cutting Edge than this with so much at stake so much on the line more Americans turn here than.

Any other newscast ABC News World News Tonight with David mure America's number one most watched news across all of Television hi I'm Andy and I'm Sabrina and we're moms juggling tons of stuff every day like all you moms out there and you know what we love really love Pop Culture so listen now to our new.

Podcast pop culture moms wherever you get your podcast right now there's just so much happening in our world so much at stake at the start of every morning and that's why at Good Morning America we're right here and we got you we got you we got you back the estranged husband of a Florida woman who went missing in Spain 3 months ago is now.

Under arrest Anna kovich has not been seen since February at the time she disappeared security cameras at her apartment building in Madrid had been painted over but then yesterday the FBI announced David kevich has now been arrested in Miami authorities believe he helped kidnap his estranged wife prosecutors say he was in Madrid at the.

Time she disappeared details on a possible motive remain unconfirmed we turn out to millions of Healthcare patients in limbo as a major Hospital chain files for bankruptcy raising questions about the industry Rising costs and quality of care this morning would could be a financial wake-up call for the.

Healthcare industry steart Healthcare which operates dozens of hospitals across the country has filed for bankruptcy in what's being called one of the biggest Hospital failures in decades there's a lot of people around here that use this hospital as far as I'm concerned people will die8 pounds in our hospital system these.

Only one of the busiest ER around Steward operates eight hospitals in Massachusetts alone the state's Governor trying to reassure patients I want to be clear Steward hospitals remain open of course we cannot guarantee that there won't be disruptions or inconveniences Steward a for-profit company based in Dallas blames a highly challenging.

Healthc care environment for its Financial wo and cites insufficient reimbursements by government payers skyrocketing labor and oper operational costs and the impacts of the co pandemic but Massachusetts governor accuses steuart of mismanagement and greed you know one of the good things about bankruptcy is that Steward and its CEO.

And its management team will no longer be able to lie another big challenge Staffing on this National Nurses Week a survey found more than one-third of nurses say it's extremely likely they'll change jobs this year Steward says it does not expect any interruptions in its day-to-day operations but some state official off are vowing to ramp up.

Inspections to ensure that quality of care a money mystery in Ohio federal state and local officials are all trying to figure out who left thousands of dollars in cash inside of two bathrooms more than $25,000 was found inside a movie theater restroom near Columbus late last month and then last week another $122,000 was.

Found in a bathroom at a KFC restaurant authorities believe the two piles of cash are connected but there is still no word where they came from so can I come forward and claim not if it's not yours all right coming up the new scam targeting college grad also had a surprise announcement from Miss USA why she is giving up her.

Crown 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 Leon Maine the scene of a horrific mass shooting ABC News live is right there everywhere from the scene of that deadly missile strike in Dena Ukraine reporting from the earthquake in.

Turkey in Rolling Fort This Tornado tore through this little town from the most devastating disaster in Hawaii from Charleston South Carolina on the 2024 campaign Trail in Iceland let's go traveling with the president in Mexico City wherever the story from the front lines from Southern Israel outside the Gaza Strip in Bay from the FBI reporting.

From the nurses on the Piet line here at 10 Downing Street in London streaming live to you wherever the story is wherever the story is wherever the story is we're going to take you there you're streaming ABC News live ABC News live you're streaming ABC News live ABC news live streaming free everywhere America's number one streaming news it's lunchtime.

In America so what are we serving up well how about everything you need to know you know that sounds pretty good give it to your health your money breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music music Trends and of course good food GMA 3 what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon so join us.

Afternoon for everything you need to know I love that let's go the ship is incredible it feels like living in a science fiction movie we just saw what no one has seen before wow look at that oh my gosh well hug we are heading into the unknown Hammer Hammer Hammer it doesn't get any.

More Cutting Edge and this every kid in America who was a dancer wanted to be on Dance Ms and Abby knew it I don't care if they like me or not they're fabulous when it comes down to the way she treated us it was tough love you have trouble saying her name yeah I feel like I have trouble just.

Talking about it in general I'm not the bad guy I was the guy that made it happen do you think that you would take back some of the harshness when you look back dance Ms behind the curtain this is impact by Nightline now screaming on Hulu look at this a dramatic display from Mother Nature a stormchaser capturing the moment lightning hit this.

Power pole as severe storms moved through abalene Texas more recent storms left at least one person dead in Oklahoma overnight a new scam alert for college grads scammers are calling recent grads claiming that a college professor they know has recommended them for a job now the goal of this scam is to get a grad to apply for a job then.

Steal their personal information even their bank account information victims say eagerness to get a job after college made them fall for it they emailed me saying that we'd like to interview you I was really happy because at that point that was the first time I've ever received something positive from a job application.

Everything will seem very believable but at the end of the day it's just scammers trying to get personal information or money from these students the FTC encourages grads to take a close look at any unexpected job offer especially if someone asks you to download an app for an interview reaction is pouring in after missusa announced she is giving up.

Her crown all to focus on her mental health here's ABC's Leno muise with more Miss USA 2023 is this morning a shocking announcement from missusa Noelia void telling the world she is giving up her crown to focus on her mental health you Voit who won the pageant in September posting on Instagram in life I.

Strongly value the importance of making decisions that feel best for you and your mental health sadly I have made the very tough decision to resign from the title of Miss USA 2023 the caption of the post going on to say I realize this may come as a large shock to many never compromise your physical and mental well-being our health is our wealth Voit.

Highlighted some of the many platforms she focused on during her reign as the first venezuelan-american woman to win the title I represent all of the second generation children of immigrants in the United States of America mental health came to the Forefront in the pageant world with the untimely death of former missusa Chesley Christ in 2022 Christ.

Was an attorney and correspondent for the TV show Extra her mother details some of Chris struggles with depression in the new book by the time you read this adding to the Memoir Chris was about to publish Before Dying by Suicide at age 30 other celebrities have stepped away from the spotlight in recent years to focus on Mental Health now I need.

Someone to Brea me to life including Shawn Mendes who canel part of his 2022 tour does that make me a fool we're fools together now in Game of Thrones actor kit Harrington who says he took time off after struggling with mental health near the end of filming the missusa organization says it respects voit's need to prioritize herself May by.

The way is mental health awareness month and if you or anyone you know is struggling the suicide and crisis Lifeline is available 24 hours a day at 988 Ranon Andrew we commend her courage lonel thank you coming up the special gym membership that will cost you 40 Grand plus highlights from Fashion's biggest night the me.

Galla let's go the ship is incredible it feels like living in a science fiction movie we just saw what no one has seen before wow look at that oh my God H H we are heading into the unknown Hammer Hammer Hammer it doesn't get any more Cutting Edge than this with so much at stake so much on the line more Americans turn here than any.

Other newscast ABC News World News Tonight with David mure America's number one most watched newscast across all of Television get ready America every Friday the hottest Trends Styles and must have what's the right stuff to buy right now I really love that it's time to buy the right stuff yes and save big time too the right Stu Fridays on GMA.

You're going to love it it's lunchtime in America so what are we serving up well how about everything you need to know you know that sounds pretty good your heal your money breaking news pop culture with the biggest Stars music Trends and of course good food GMA 3 what you need to know a third hour of GMA in the afternoon afternoon.

So join us afternoon for everything you need to know I love that whenever wherever news breaks it's so important to always remember that lives are changed here in London in Buffalo yaldi Texas Edinburgh Scotland reporting from Rolling Fork Mississippi Ukrainian refugees here in warong we're heading to a small community outside of.

Mexico City getting you behind the stories as they happen ABC News live Prime we'll take you there stream ABC News live week nights wherever you stream your news only on ABC News live traveling with the president to the US Mexico border I'm Mary Bruce wherever the story is we'll take you there you're streaming ABC News.

live time to check the pulse and we begin with the mustsee looks from the Met Galla anual Affairs Fashion's biggest night in the dress code this year the garden of time there's Zenda she's St not once but twice first you see a peacock inspired gown and then we saw her later in the night with a jet.

Black dress and her head inside a bouquet of flowers model Amilia Gray's dress look at this it was very ambitious did you know there were live butterflies inside there ah pretty cool how about cam Cabello she had one of the hottest accessories instead of a handbag the singer held a block of ice and jennif Lopez wore a necklace with nearly 100.

Kats of diamonds and a bedazzled sheer gown this is scaparelli It's a 2 and2 million bugle beads about 800 hours of work a true Couture creation it's for butterfly wings gorgeous but absent from the event last night Rihanna she had the flu and couldn't make it next Health has been called a Priceless commodity but one company is making it pretty pricey.

Fitness chain Equinox is offering a new membership plan which it claims will help you live longer but it only costs about $42,000 a year it does include personal training biomarker tracking and nutrition coaching next a lock of Beethoven's hair providing new Clues on how he died it may have been the cheap wine that he drank using new technology.

Scientists found high amounts of lead and arsenic in the composer's hair which could explain his long list of Health ailments and his early death a report last year said he did not die of lead poisoning but this report claims it was a factor in his illness lead was used in many wines and Foods back in that those days next prepare yourself for a not so.

Hot summer a Sriracha shortage yeah again is on the horizon and that's because the California company that makes a spicy condiment has a pepper problem Peppers aren't Red Enough due to recent weather conditions in Mexico so the company has Haled production until after Labor Day top headlines next whenever news breaks we are here in.

Israel a nation at war in Rolling for this tornado tore through this town from l in main the scene of a horrific mass shooting from the scene of that deadly missile strike ABC News live everywhere in Iceland let's go on the 2024 campaign Trail here at 10 Downing Street wherever the story is we're going to take you there you're streaming ABC News live ABC.

News live you're streaming ABC News live ABC news live streaming free everywhere let's go the ship is incredible it feels like living in a science fiction movie we just saw what no one has seen seen before wow look at that oh my gosh well hug we are heading into the unknown Hammer Hammer Hammer it doesn't get any.

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here with the potential invasion of Rafa in sight Hamas makes a new offer I mean just because Hamas says something doesn't make it true right what this means for thousands of militants and millions of Palestinian civilians Russia has imprisoned lots of Americans but not many active army soldiers I worried more.

About him going there than I did to Iraq now an American Staff Sergeant finds himself in a Russian jail and his previous vice president saw noes on the National Mall so who wants this job he basically had like this mini Apprentice to audition folks who might be you know his Run and Gun the contestants at the front of the line for the vep.

Stakes from ABC News this is start here I'm Brad milky we came out of the weekend thinking well there's no way Israel and Hamas will sign off on a peace deal anytime soon Israel hadn't even sent its own negotiators to this big meeting in Cairo this weekend hamas's people got up and left with no agreement well then.

Yesterday Hamas comes out and announces they've agreed to a peace deal people in the Gaza Strip start cheering in the streets and yet a peace deal is not really a peace deal unless both sides agreed to it and throughout the afternoon you started to get the sense that Israel had barely seen this document let alone agreed to it so.

What's happening in the mid East we turned this morning to ABC's foreign correspondent Jordana Miller in Jerusalem Jordana I mean these ceasefire talks have been so up and down and back and forth it seems difficult to even follow what's going on what do we know about the state of play right now right so for a moment there was great hope as.

You said people dancing in the streets in Rafa when Hamas said they accepted the ceasefire but the footnote is that it wasn't the same proposal that Israel and the mediators had been discussing for weeks Hamas took that document made several changes and then you know signed their name and said here we go we have a deal right so Israel looked at it and.

Said well there's some things here that we can work with and other things are very far from our demands there's still gaps and we'll send a delegation now to Cairo to continue exploring every opportunity to reach a deal but there's no deal I mean just because Hamas says something doesn't make it true right at least there will be more negotiations.

Because we seem to have hit a wall and the talks had stalled again over the weekend so we're going to have to wait and see but it looks like we're entering a new round of negotiations I mean are do we have a sense of whether things have changed in this proposal though like are there things h might be willing to reconsider that they weren't.

Considering this weekend so we don't know the details of the proposal there have been some reports from Hamas leaders saying that the group has finally given up for example on their demand that the War uh be declared over and done at the end of the ceasefire and that Hamas has given up on its demand that Israel fully withdraw from the Gaza.

Strip that's what a top official told Al jazer whether or not it's true we don't know yet if it is true it does provide a window and an opportunity to move forward because those were the two demands that had really divided the sides and had made a deal so far uh elusive right you'd imagine good news for the 100 plus hostages held there as.

Well where is the Biden Administration in all this when it comes to the negotiations in Cairo like how active is the US when it comes to dealing with Hamas and Israel the Biden administ ation has been very very active behind the scenes as you know director Burns is in the region working on this in real time uh we will be discussing this uh.

Response with our our partners uh over the coming hours CIA Chief Bill Burns uh has come and participated to push through and try to coax the sides uh to come to an agreement the president talked with prime minister nitt and Yahoo this morning call lasted about 30 minutes and was constructive President Biden himself has made a flurry of calls.

Uh about this but it doesn't mean that he's always seen eye to eye with Israeli leaders we've made clear our views about operations in Rafa that could potentially put more than a million innocent people at greater risk President Biden opposes a massive military operation in Rafa and we saw Israel begin its.

Evacuation of about a 100,000 Gins from Eastern Rafa we fled death and destruction and we came to Rafa only to find destruction here do they want to kill us here hey let me ask you about Rafa because yesterday we also heard that Israel is now showering the civilians there trapped in Rafa with pamphlets.

Saying it's time to get out like right now we're ordering an evacuation of this region people are getting texts on their phones and social media messages in Arabic and it seemed to suggest this big attack on Rafa is coming then we start seeing missile strikes yesterday Jordana I guess I'm wondering is this a coincidence that on the same day Hamas.

Is saying you know what actually we will kind of soften our demands a little bit that that's the same day Israel is getting real about a Rafa incursion it is no coincidence I mean of all the days that Hamas could decide it wants to accept a deal even make changes to a deal and put it on the table it does it precisely on the day that Israel begins.

Evacuating uh 100,000 Gins from Rafa and begins intense air strikes Rafa is hamas's last stronghold there are over a million civilians there that and their lives will be in danger and they must be safely evacuated and effectively evacuated I'm not sure uh and it's unclear if Israel can do that.

The United States and the Biden Administration is not convinced of that but the military aims that Israel has in Rafa uh cannot be disputed there are thousands of Fighters there for battalions hamas's leaders Yakir is hiding in the tunnels the hostages are there the underground tunnels from Egypt into Gaza that enabled Hamas to build.

That underground network of tunnels and all its weapons and capabilities came through uh Egyptian territory Israel wants to control that area uh and it must really get to Rafa in order to really defeat Hamas and the dispute with the United States is how to do that does Israel need to do a massive military operation that's what they're.

Threatening and maybe we're seeing Hamas finally respond to some of that that pressure that military pressure by its you know the steps it's taken coming to the table and making some changes in an agreement even if we don't have a deal yet yeah well Israel tells these civilians like we have safe places for you to go I mean make no mistake when.

These people were evacuated from their homes further north the first time at least there were buildings south of them now so much of their territory has been absolutely leveled like the threat of famine there looms so large that a lot of people there are like I'm sorry where do you expect us to evacuate too uh Jordana Miller there in Jerusalem thank.

You thanks so much next up on start here the US military won't even let its soldiers visit Russia so how has an American Soldier been arrested there we're back in a bit with so much at stake so much on the line more Americans turn here than any other newscast ABC News World News.

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Got you you're watching America's number one streaming news ABC News live breaking news exclusives live reporting across the globe keep streaming with ABC News live over the last few years several Americans have been taken into custody in Russia accused of various crimes some of the charges seem murky some some even.

Seem absurd but what It All Leads to is a sense that Russia has developed kind of a Playbook where it arrests Americans and then treats them effectively as hostages leverage to get other stuff that it wants some of these captives have been former members of the military others have been journalists even a WNBA Superstar Britney Griner described to.

ABC what it's like to be detained there really cold um it's a Work Camp you go there to work there's no rest well yesterday we learned that perhaps the stakes have risen even higher an active duty US service member has been detained in Russia ABC's an flarity covers the Pentagon and joined us from there and what happened here so a lot of questions.

With this Brad we know that there is a soldier staff sergeant Gordon black he was stationed in South Korea and he was in the process of returning to Fort cavaso in Texas when he took some of his leave time where he's supposed to be focused on relocating and he instead he went to Russia now you know I want to say he did not have permission to travel.

To Russia the state department says it's dangerous they even go so far as to say all Americans in Russia should leave that they're not safe there he went anyway where he was arrested on charges of stealing so the Army is confirming that in fact he was detained on charges of quote criminal misconduct and they're trying to get access to this Soldier uh.

To figure out what happened they've also notified his families but still a lot of questions wait so but can we just go back to what he's doing in Russia in the first place like why if if you're not supposed to be there let alone as a soldier why is he there so us officials say they're still trying to get to the bottom of why exactly staff sergeant.

Black would go to Russia in the first place ABC reached Black's mother at her home and she said that he had met a Russian woman named Sasha who was working as a bartender near his base he's not a baby no more so I can't tell him what to do or not do I have I told him I really was uncomfortable I had a bad feeling about him going now.

According to Black's mother they were dating they had a very volatile relationship she said it was like Fire and Ice I worried more about him going there than I did to Iraq she says that Sasha the woman the girlfriend was deported to Russia a few months ago and that her son Gordon black wanted to use his leave to visit her I knew something.

Was going to happen I felt like he was being set up by her which worried his mother and his family because of that relationship being so volatile so you know again us officials have not confirmed this they are still trying to get to the bottom of why a US Soldier uh would put himself at risk by going into a country like Russia at this time of.

Just really high tensions between the US and Russia and knowing that there are so many other Americans who are held on what US officials say are bogus charges Russia continues to uh detain its own citizens and continues to detain American citizens and it's why we have tried to make clear as just as as plainly as we possibly can that no.

American citizen should consider traveling to Russia for any reason but at the same time you know we do know that there are several other American detainees in Russia who face drug and other criminal charges uh who the US has not deemed wrongfully detained that's actually a process that they have to go to to figure out okay are these charges.

Legitimate or are they not like just because Russia's holding you doesn't mean that it's illegit like there are plenty of people committing crimes in Russia all day it's a it's a big country um I guess I'm trying to figure out though what Russia does with him now because we've seen what happens when Americans are detained legitimately or.

Not in Russia then there's other service members like there was the guy in South Korea who went up to North Korea he was released pretty simply that actually de-escalated pretty quickly so I guess I'm trying to figure out what happens to this guy now well we know he's being held in pre-trial detention and that could go through July we're.

Hearing from experts who say that could even be extended beyond that again it's just going to go down to exactly what Russia is charging him with whether or not those charges are legitimate and if the us is going to protest it before we know what exactly happens next all right and flarity covering all this thank you so much thanks.

Brad former president Donald Trump was back in court yesterday in Manhattan where once again a judge found him in contempt of court for a 10th time this judge said Trump would have to pay the maximum fine here a th000 bucks but also ominously said this can't keep happening and that he'd soon have to consider jailing Trump to keep him from making.

Social media posts that violate his gag order and in some ways this is the whole thing Trump has made his battles with the criminal justice system a centerpiece not a distraction to his campaign some say at this point there's almost no downside for him speaking out like this because even images of him going to jail will just convince his own.

Supporters that he's being silenced frankly you know what our constitution is much more important than jail it's not even close I'll do that sacrifice any day and in the midst of all this remember Trump still has yet to select a running mate someone who can get him votes someone who could conceivably fill his shoes if.

Necessary as vice president and someone you'd imagine who will stick up for him at every turn this week has posed the question who's willing to do all that and can they help Trump win ABC's political reporter Britney Shepard has been examining the options Britney who is on on the list at this point do we know well if you want to get a sense of.

Who might be in play I think looking at the guest list of this recent donor Retreat that Trump had in his backyard in Palm Beach over last weekend might give us a better sense they wanted to contribute to a cause of making America great again and that's what's happened we're going to make America great again everyone knows it he basically had like.

This mini Apprentice to audition folks who might be you know his run and gun so that includes Marco Rubio Elise stefanic JD Vance Tim Scott's names people might know and then North Dakota governor Doug bergham and South Dakota governor Christy gnome just to name a few I feel like The Dakotas are really having their moment right now in the Republican Party.

Um but you know sources are telling ABC that Trump is not very far along in the vep stakes process and you know Brad Trump's C circle is really Mercurial it can be really liquid these days and I put a timeline on all of this the Republican convention starts on July 15th so I say Trump has about till July 14th or 13th to get the names to the.

Printer you know to get the shines and the t-shirts made for the balloon drop so you know he's taking his time because he wants to see how loyal this group is going to be well that's the thing the Loyalty thing H how are each of these hopeful and we'll call them hopefuls because it's not a it's not a given at this point Trump is even considering.

Them but you can tell who wants it right but usually as a running mate you think there are going to be issues I don't agree with the president on that's fine you kind of finesse that language but here I mean the candidate is saying things that kind of question the entire democratic system so how are they navigating that not the smoothest let's.

Just say that and if you look at any of the Sunday show bookings you'll have a get you get a sense of who is really vying for that job you know Brad one of the sticking points that I've seen is how this list has been discussing the past the 2020 election in particular and it's this Balancing Act Right like you don't want to to use like a DC.

Parliament here get ahead of the president and break from Trump in saying that there was no tactial evidence election was stolen and risk taking that guy off that's someone you really don't want to have against you but you also at the same time don't want to alienate like Suburban moms or Independents who are on the fence about Trump at the.

Moment and know what they saw with their own eyes and have heard from reporters from Folks at our Network and others that the election was not stolen right so you're you're at this Balancing Act of trying to servey the pleasure of the former president and you know making sure that you're sticking to your own morals and I think if you just take what.

Folks have been saying on cable news like Elise stonic who was a fierce fierce Trump Ally as you know when on CN is that she would not have certified the election radical leftists can't stand the fact that Donald Trump continues to Skyrocket in the polls and Joe Biden continues to plummet but then you hear similar things from Tim Scott who's kind.

Of hedging in the middle who on NBC over the weekend would not directly answer if he would accept the results of the upcoming election if Trump lost saying well Trump's going to win anyway and that's my statement will you commit to accepting the election results of 2024 bottom line at the end of the day the 47th.

President of the United States will be president Donald Trump and I'm excited to give back to low inflation low unemployment Senator yes or no yes or no will you accept the election results of 2024 no matter who wins that is my statement and then there's Christy gome who was on CBS this past weekend with her Memoir which.

Debuts today actually which dealt with some factual errors and stories of this Infamous dog Cricket Brad yeah what is the deal with Cricket because I feel I mentioned this yesterday but just in passing and I feel like the average person hearing Christy n is like wait killed a dog what is that what okay so in her Memoir these excerpts came out.

Early you know to book reviewers and such and it came out that she talked about shooting and killing her 14-month-old hunting dog and training that she felt that was a threat to her family and just not very good at what she got it for well number one Joe Biden's dog has attacked 24 Secret Service people so how many people is.

Enough people to be attacked and dangerously hurt before you make a decision on a dog it also came out in more recent days that there's an anecdote about her claiming she have met North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and folks are saying that actually isn't accurate now her book publisher is actually removing that anecdote from her.

Ebook from the new printings of the book and from the audio book which she herself recorded and was that old Truman quote right if you want a friend in Washington get a dog I think we have to update this a little bit like if you want to guarantee you have no friends or donors brag about killing that dog because not just Democrats have turned.

Against her the Biden campaign folks you expect but Republicans even folks who are kind of far right Twitter provocators are saying oh I would never do that to my animal right and disavowing her which is no good when you have to go on TV and essentially bat cleanup which is what she was doing on CBS over the weekend I'm thinking about.

This now through Trump's perspective who would be the ideal running mate like are there you know demographic or political holes he's trying to fit like how how do you sort through this if you're Trump I think it it's a Confluence of things I think you have to legitimately look good whatever that means by Trump's metric whether that be shallow or deep next to.

Him you have to be somebody who just kind of seems like a vice president uh in in something that Trump would cast I think at the same way you have to be an attack dog I guess pardon the phrasing here but you have to be somebody who will be able to rep for Trump in every single measure like you had mentioned at the top of this you have to be able to.

Go on cable go to print go on social media go on Truth social go to these rallies be able to at every turn say Donald Trump is right no matter what he says and another thing to consider Brad is where any of these options stand on abortion it's a huge vulnerability for Republicans right now Donald Trump and his campaign are majorly aware of that.

That's why they've been keeping his position so close to the chest just look at his interview with time saying that he's trying to stress that it be a state's rights issue but he knows he's been you know all over the map he's been quite conservative on abortion and as the months have progressed has moved a little and little little more to what.

You consider like the Trump Centrist position on abortion which is you know let the states kind of figure it out like I already took care of row what else do you want from me I was probably the person responsible for the ending of something that all legal Scholars both sides wanted and in fact demanded be ended Row V waade but like they're.

They're the Suburban moms that we were talking about ear earlier and the suburbs are so crucial to these elections that are decided in less than a dozen states right think of the exurbs of Atlanta suburbs of New York which have been really consequential conversations about immigration and abortion they're just really animating.

Because it's so personal look what just happened in Arizona a state that couldn't be any more conservative if it wanted to be taking that old abortion law off the books and I'm going to be really curious to see where any of these names we have mentioned kind of tries to paint that moderate path right cuz like gone are the days where you're trying to.

Get like an extra conservative to prove to people like you're a true Republican like that is no longer the issue Trump is facing he's got the party on his side so now you wonder if maybe he's trying to pick somebody who will actually make him seem more moderate particularly on something like abortion rights uh Britney Shepard thank you so much of.

Course anytime okay one more quick break when we come back bronze and marble don't change much but our heroes do one last thing is next let's go the ship is incredible it feels like living in a science fiction movie we just saw what no one has seen before wow look at that oh my.

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Here in Maryland wherever the story is we'll take you there you're streaming ABC News live and one last thing if you ever took a field trip to the nation's capital you might have passed through Statuary Hall this is the room in the capital rotunda that houses statues of great Americans and there.

Actually rules on who gets in here each state gets to send in two statues for which there are standards the subject has to be dead that's kind of key it can only represent one person not like all of the Massachusetts Minute Man or something and it can be between 7 and 8 ft tall cast entirely in either marble or bronze your choice states are.

Represented by a wide variety of figures from Thomas Edison to Brigham Young to Amelia aart but some of these statues are kind of I don't know blah perhaps it's all the rules and costs involved but it seems like some states submitted folks 100 years years ago and then never even thought about changing them like a few years ago Arkansas governor ASA.

Hutchinson noted that people in his state were ready for a change we want them when they go to our nation's capital and they see the representation of our modern history there in our nation's capital to say I donated to that the two arens on display were both little known by most residents one was a judge who stood with the Confederacy the.

Other was a governor and staunch white supremacist will soon AR saw is set to unveil not one but two Replacements can you imagine a new member of Congress being there in Statuary Hall and seeing the statute of Daisy G Gatson Bates this week a new Statue will go up commemorating Daisy Gatson Bates who led the fight for.

School integration and personally accompanied the Little Rock Nine to school we will walk until we are free until we can walk to any school and take our children to any school in the United States this is a woman whose own mother was murdered without anyone ever being charged who stared down crosses burned on her property she went on to be a key.

Leader at the NAACP talk about the range of figures in Statuary Hall wait until you hear who will be honored with the other Arkansas statue that's right Johnny Cash the man in Black the singer songwriter from the cotton country of Kingsland Arkansas will be be holding a guitar and a Bible when his statue goes up later this year.

When you think about it it's kind of perfect he seems to cross cultures the way he crossed musical genres from country to rock from crime to Christian Redemption while lots of country Acts were wearing rhinestones talking about the good old days cash wore black as a nod to lives lost to war to drugs to A system that could spit you out he.

Passionately spoke out on behalf of Native American rights and when you hear from the sculptors who were commissioned to make these figures they'll tell you these are legacies to be proud of one of the quotes that he has is in this life we're all faced with a choice we can choose love or we can choose hate I choose love and I think that's something.

That everyone has the ability to do baits and cash are uniquely Arkansas uniquely American and even in life each of them seemed to be 8 ft tall I mean just as long as you get the features right right the the US capital does not need any stat that look like the the porcupine Jesus over in Europe or the Lucille Ball statue in New York.

That look like a sea monster like just get it right and that's all people will care about warn all these stories at ABC news.com or the ABC News app I'm Brad milky see you tomorrow with so much at akake so much on the line more Americans turn here than any other newscast ABC News World.

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Clashes and arrests on college campuses in the US as the war in the Middle East takes a new turn breaking overnight reports of Israeli tanks in the southern Gaza City of Rafa is there any hope for a ceasefire plus you a surprise announcement for missusa why she's giving up her crown Fashion's biggest night the glitz the Glamour and.

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To begin with a new tornado outbreak in a region already battered by storms this spring at least one person has been killed several injuries are reported and multiple homes are destroyed as we get our first look at the damage overnight dangerous storms sweeping across the plains including what was described as a large and destructive tornado hitting.

Two towns in Oklahoma there's a large tornado right up there search and rescue efforts underway in Barnes doall about 40 Mi north of Tulsa firefighters I've got mutually requested at 571 Highway 123 in Barnes doall it's going to be for tornado hit there the house was Fallen there's a person trapped under the house the tornado also.

Hitting the town of Bartlesville damaging a hotel after forecasters issued a rare high-risk weather warning I am right in the middle of that particularly dangerous situation tornado watch and the Darkness behind me is actually one of the tornado worn storms about 65 miles to our Northwest severe storms also passing through Missouri.

Including in Joplin and Kansas City and a confirmed tornado plowed through Smithville Tennessee tearing up trees in ding homes it was like a whistle from the tornado it sounded like a whistle to me um and then there was just like loud noises everywhere meanwhile people in Southeast Texas are recovering after severe storms and more than 2 feet of.

Rain in some areas the death toll now three including a child whose family car was Swept Away by flood waters it's a terrible demoralizing feeling I mean it ain't a fire but it close second storms will move into the Tennessee and Ohio river valleys today we'll check your full forecast in just a few moments the other big story this morning yet another.

American has been arrested in Russia this time a US Soldier and now we are hearing from his mother this morning an American soldiers behind bars in Russia staff sergeant Gordon black is being held for criminal misconduct his mother speaking to ABC News overnight I'm hoping he's not being tortured or hurt it's just hard being a mom and being in.

That situation and not knowing not being able to touch it you know hugg him tell him it'll be okay the 34-year-old Soldier was stationed in South Korea but was on temporary leave as he prepared to change units and moved to Texas during that time his mother says black went to visit a girlfriend in southeast Russia near the border of China and North Korea.

Russian TV reports the charges against black involve beating a woman and stealing from her it's unclear if the alleged victim is the same woman he was visiting Black's mother describes the couple relationship as volatile and she says she was worried about her son visiting Russia more than she was when he was deployed to Iraq I knew something.

Was going to happen I felt like he was being set up by her Sergeant black is the latest in a string of Americans detained in Russia joining businessman Paul wheelan held since 2018 and Wall Street Journal reporter Evan grovich held since last year US Embassy in Moscow is trying to gain Consular access says to Black he is being held in.

Pre-trial detention until July but that is likely to be extended the FAA has opened a new investigation into Boeing after a whistleblower came forward with quality concerns about the 787 Dreamliner the employee reported to management that workers had not completed required inspections on the location where the plane's wings.

Attached to the Fus Lodge the FAA is looking into whether records about those inspections were falsified Boeing says the issue did not create an immediate safety a flight issue and says several employees are now facing discipline and Boeing was not to blame for the scrubbing of a launch last night that would have taken two astronauts to the.

International Space Station it was called off at Cape Canaveral because of an oxygen valve problem on the rocket that would have carried Boeing's capsule into space no word yet on when the launch will be rescheduled breaking overnight a ceasefire in the Middle East looks more unlikely after Israeli tanks entered Rafa in southern Gaza overnight.

Taking control of a border crossing meanwhile more arrests at college campuses here in the US as some more protests intensifi more than 60 people were arrested at the University of California San Diego ABC's M win has the latest on this m good morning Ranna and good morning as talks for a ceasefire enter a critical stage protest of the.

War have again turned violent here in the US this morning tensions Rising on more college campuses over the war in Goda students at the Rhode Island School of Design took over an administrative building last night barricading entrances with tables and chairs as crowds gathered outside the.

Building at MIT Pro Palestinian protesters broke through the barricades to retake an encampment at Colombia officials have now canceled the school's main graduation ceremony citing security concerns I have friends whose families are coming from places like Singapore France mexic me and other countries.

Around the world who spent thousands of dollars on plane tickets so it's definitely an incredible disappointment it comes as Israel appears closer to carrying out a major ground offensive in southern Gaza overnight a Palestinian security official and an Egyptian official told the Associated Press that Israel tanks have entered the city of.

Rafa which has been a refuge for more than 1 million displaced Palestinians a city Israel describes as hamas's final stronghold Israel already launching dozens of air strikes on Rafa ordering people to evacuate to humanitarian camps Hamas claimed yesterday that it has accepted a ceasefire proposal the announcement prompting.

Celebrations in Gaza but Israel says the deal accepted by Hamas did not meet its core demands still it says it will send negotiators back to Egypt for more talks the exact details of what Hamas agreed to to remain unclear the ceasefire deal that was on the table included a six-week pause in fighting and the release of dozens of hostages but Hamas.

Has insisted on a permanent end to the fighting Andrew M thank you former president Trump has been held in contempt of court and fined $11,000 for the 10th time for violating a gag order the judge in Trump's hush money trial warned him yesterday that future violations could land him in jail Trump remained defiant outside Court our.

Constitution is much more important than jail it's not even close I'll do that sacrifice any day the jury yesterday got to see checks signed by Trump and Ledger entries that classifi those checks as quote legal expenses the Trump organization's controller testified He was ordered by another executive to reimburse Michael.

Cohen to cover up payments but he acknowledged that Trump himself never dictated how the payments should be logged a new bridge between the US and Canada is nearly connected only about 200 ft now separate the two sides of the Gordy how Bridge which will connect Detroit to Windsor Ontario the $4 billion do bridge is named after the.

Hockey Hall of Famer spent 25 years with the Detroit Red Wings it is set to open in late 2025 all right time now for your Tuesday weather good morning we have another threat for severe weather as we head through today into tonight that's highlighted through Indiana Ohio and as.

Far south as Kentucky with the isolated tornadoes and hail and for Wednesday the same storm system that's generating all of this energy around it continues for Wednesday into Wednesday night with a high risk for severe weather this is across portions of Kentucky into the Mississippi River and of course this will lead to flash flooding hail and.

Tornadoes and beyond that then we still have a risk on Thursday from maie weather I'm mosa constanzer coming up a money mystery big amounts of cash left behind in some unlikely places but first millions of patients in limbo as a major Hospital group files for bankruptcy the concerns about costs and quality of care and up.

Next an arrest in Florida in the case of an American woman missing in Europe for months let's go the ship is incredible it feels like living in a science fiction movie we just saw what no one has seen before wow look at that oh my gosh well that hug we are heading into the unknown.

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Stream your news only on ABC News live right now there's just so much happening in our world so much at stake at the start of every morning and that's why at Good Morning America we're right here and we got you we got you we got you back the estranged husband of a Florida woman who went missing in Spain 3 months ago is now under arrest Anna kovich has.

Not been seen since February at the time she disappeared security cameras at her apartment building in Madrid had been painted over but then yesterday the FBI announced David kovich has now been arrested in Miami authorities believe he helped kidnap his estranged wife prosecutors say he was in Madrid at the time she disappeared details on a Poss.

Motive remain unconfirmed we turn out to millions of healthcare patients in limbo as a major Hospital chain files for bankruptcy raising questions about the industry Rising costs and quality of care this morning what could be a financial wakeup call for the healthcare industry steart Healthcare which operates dozens of hospitals across the.

Country has filed for bankruptcy in what's being called one of the biggest Hospital failures in decades there's a lot of people around here that use this hospital as far as I'm concerned people will die what they tell eight towns in our hospital system one of the busiest ER around Steward operates eight hospitals in.

Massachusetts alone the state's Governor trying to reassure patients I want to be clear Steward hospitals remain open of course we cannot guarantee that there won't be disruptions or inconveniences Steward a for-profit company based in Dallas blames a highly challenging Healthcare environment for its Financial wo and cites ins efficient.

Reimbursements by government payers skyrocketing labor and operational costs and the impacts of the covid pandemic but Massachusetts governor accuses Steward of mismanagement and greed you know one of the good things about bankruptcy is that Steward and its CEO and its management team will no longer be able to lie another big challenge.

Staffing on this National Nurses Week a survey found more than onethird of nurses say it's extremely likely they'll change jobs this year stward says it does not expect any interruptions in its day-to-day operations but some State officials are vowing to ramp up inspections to ensure that quality of care a money mystery in Ohio federal.

State and local officials are all trying to figure out who left thousands of dollars in cash inside of two bathrooms more than $25,000 was found inside a movie theater restroom near Columbus late last month and then last week another $112,000 was found in a bathroom at a KFC restaurant authorities believe the two piles of.

Cash are connected Ed but there is still no word where they came from so can I come forward and claim it not if it's not yours all right coming up the new scam targeting college grad also had a surprise announcement from missusa why she is giving up her crown whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war after that.

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Elmo look at this a dramatic display from Mother Nature a stormchaser capturing the moment lightning hit this power pole as severe storms move through AB in Texas more recent storms left at least one person dead in Oklahoma overnight a new scam alert for college grads scammers are calling recent grads claiming that a college professor they.

Know has recommended them for a job the goal of this scam is to get a grad to apply for a job then steal their personal information even their bank account information victims say eagerness to get a job after college made them fall for it they emailed me saying that we'd like to interview you I was really happy.

Because at that point that was the first time I've ever received something positive from a job application everything will seem very believable but at the end of the day it's just scammers trying to get personal information or money from these students the FTC encourages grads to take a close look at any unexpected job offer especially if.

Someone asks you to download an app for an interview reaction is pouring in after missusa announced she is giving up her crown all to focus on her mental health here's ABC's Leno muise with more Miss USA 2023 is this morning a shocking announcement from missusa Noelia void telling the world she is giving up her.

Crown to focus on her mental health you Voit who won the pageant in September posting on Instagram in life I strongly value the importance of making decisions that feel best for you and your mental health sadly I have made the very tough decision to resign from the title of missusa 2023 the caption of the post going on to say I realize this may.

Come as a large shock to many never compromise your physical and mental well-being our health is our wealth Voit highlighted some of the many platforms she focused on during her reign as the first venezuelan-american woman to win the title I represent all of the second generation children of immigrants in the United States of America mental health.

Came to the Forefront in the pageant world with the untimely death of former missusa Chesley Christ in 2022 Chris was an attorney and correspondent for the TV show Extra her mother details some of Chris struggles with depression in the new book by the time you read this adding to the Memoir Chris was about to publish Before Dying by Suicide at age.

30 other celebrities have stepped away from the spotlight in recent years to focus on Mental Health now I need to Brea back including Shawn Mendes who canceled part of his 2022 tour does that make me a fool we're fools together now and Game of Thrones actor kit Harrington who says he took time off after struggling with.

Mental health near the end of filming the missusa organization says it respects voit's need to prioritize herself May by the way is mental health awareness month and if you or anyone you know is struggling the suicide and crisis Lifeline is available 24 hours a day at 988 Ranon Andrew we commend her courage Lionel thank you coming up the.

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That I'm Alex pet in East Palestina Ohio one year after that toxic train derailment wherever the story is we'll take you there you're streaming ABC News live time to check the pulse and we begin with the mustsee looks from the Met Gala anual Affair is Fashion's biggest night in the dress code this she The Garden of time there's Zenda she's.

Said not once but Twice first you see a peacock inspired gown and then we saw her later in the night with a jet black dress and her head inside a bouquet of flowers model Amelia Gray's dress look at this it was very ambitious did you know there were live butterflies inside there ah pretty cool how about Camila Cabello she had one of the hottest.

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Also charged with murdering the child's mother and another woman police say he had no apparent connection to the victims today's weather severe storms in the midwest the biggest tornado threat will be in Ohio and Indiana rain for the Northern Plains finally a speech to Congress like no other Danny new explains in honor of my former.

Constituent the late Secretary of State mine Albright while addressing her bill to rename a post office after one inspiring politician congresswoman Jennifer wex introduced many Americans to another I use an assistant app so that you and our colleagues can understand me over the past year the Virginia Democrat has been diagnosed.

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Speaking in support of my bill but as congresswoman wexton showed the world during her time on the house floor Monday more and more technological advances over the past year are inviting people to reimagine possibilities in the fall the gadet University football team in AT&T unveiled this new helmet which would.

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Touch I my colleagues to vote for this measure and as we saw on Monday even someone who is losing her ability to verbally speak can still have a voice in one of the nation's most historic chambers that post office she's trying to have renamed in honor of mine Albright is in pville Virginia where the former Secretary of State lived for many.

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News live first we have breaking news Stormy Daniels is expected to take the stand today in the criminal hush money trial against former president Trump the former porm star is at the heart of the payment at the center of this case and this comes after yesterday the jury got its first look at the allegedly fraudulent documents at the heart of the.

Case the judge also finded Trump for a 10th gag order violation warning that the former president could face jail time if he violates the gag order again ABC News senior investigative correspondent Aaron kerki has the latest for a 10th time Donald Trump has been held in criminal contempt and slapped with a fine for violating the.

Gag order but the judge conceded monetary fines have not and will not deter Trump so the judge warned future violations could land Trump in jail this judge is giving me a gag order and said you'll go to jail if you violate it Trump is on trial for falsifying business records to keep an adult film actress's long-denied claim of a sexual.

Encounter with Trump from voters before the 2016 election his fixer at the Time Michael Cohen wired Stormy Daniels the money and when Trump paid him back prosecutors said Trump illegally characterized the monthly reimbursements as legal expenses for the first time the jury seeing the invoices Cohen sent that asked for payment pursuant to the.

Retainer agreement did you ever see a retainer agreement former Trump controller Jeff mccan was asked he answered I did not jurors also saw mccc's handwritten notes that worked out the monthly reimbursements and the checks Trump signed while at the White House on cross-examination the defense asked mccan payments to lawyers by the.

Trump organization are legal expenses right he answered yes sir prosecutors said they expect to rest their case after about two more weeks of testimony from Witnesses including Michael Cohen and Stormy Daniels Diane senior inves correspondent Aon kki thank you and ABC News legal contributor Brian buckmire joins me now for more Brian we're.

Hearing Stormy Daniels will take the stand today so the jury is now going to hear directly from the woman at the center of this trial what are you listening for I'm list to see how the prosecution going to navigate this story we can be seeing a lot of salacious facts come in as to the underlying uh topic or issue.

As to what Donald Trump and his team allegedly were trying to suppress or we can just simply go into the story of you had a story you wanted to give it you were approached by it I think how far the prosecution go is going to be very telling as to what kind of case they want to have against Donald Trump and this comes after yesterday the jury got.

Their first look at these allegedly falsified business records that prosecutors claim Were Meant to cover up that hush money payment to stormmy Daniels how strong is that evidence for the prosecution overall that that evidence is the case it's all about what documents were signed and by whom and.

How and for what purpose and so I think while it's maybe not the most entertaining or or sexy uh part of this trial that may be more reserved for what details stoy Daniels goes into into the alleged relationship between her and Donald Trump the information we heard yesterday goes to the heart of what the prosecution is trying to claim that.

Being the falsification of business records who signed them and where and I think that helped in many ways for the prosecution Brian two longtime Trump organization employees also testified about their role in executing a string of payments to Michael Cohen in 2017 related to that hush money payment what did you make of the timeline and chain.

Of command that Jeffrey mccan and Deborah terasoft laid out so I kind of combined them with um hope hope Hick's uh testimony as well in that you're getting an understanding of how this organization being the Trump organization and Donald Trump runs a business we've heard this before especially from John S that while it is.

A very large business in terms of what it touches and how much money it made at one point it is very small and tight it and that Donald Trump has his fingers in everything he's I don't want to say micromanaging but he's a part of each and every step and I think for the prosecution that was a big win for them in the sense of he must have known that.

These payments are being made that this campaign issue uh was big enough that it needed to be squashed or or silenced for a period of time and that we got to see the lever and kind of checks as to how that process went from getting this bombshell information to making the payments to making sure that they got to the right person and that no one was the.

Wiser that I think was an interesting play by the prosecution and there wasn't a lot that the defense could push back on to try to raise reasonable doubt that Donald Trump is completely detached from this process and Brian throughout cross-examination of a few different former employees the defense has suggested that Trump is a multitasker.

Who would blindly sign checks while doing other things but terasa also testified that Trump would sometimes reject checks that he would write void on them and both she and mccan explained how because Trump was paying Cohen from his personal account checks had to be physically sent to the White House because only he could sign them so what.

Does that mean for the defense here so the defense is doing exactly as they should do and I think for the facts that they have they're doing a phenomenal job they're trying to push back on this narrative that Donald Trump is fully aware of what he's signing that he's multitasking that he's a man um that is very intelligent and very in the no so.

To speak as to how this company is working in its multifaceted these documents he doesn't really know what he's doing it's kind of a dueled sword there and I think the prosecution was smart to bring up the fact that this specific account must be signed by Donald Trump and they gave us this whole elaborate scheme or not.

Scheme but plan as to how checks were brought from point Aid to the White House to be signed and that Donald Trump could differentiate between what needed to be signed and what needed to be voided and I think that kind of butts head with the defense's argument of well he's he's kind of multitasking he might not know what he's doing uh both sides.

Are playing chess here and I think ultimately the summation is going to show us who's who's who took who night so to speak all right ABC News legal contributor Brian buckmire thank you and we'll be following this story all day long we'll bringing you the latest on Trump's trial right here on ABC News and now to the deadly weather outbreak.

In the middle of the country Missouri and Illinois are under a tornado watch right now and at least one person is dead after 16 tornadoes were reported in Six States ABC News chief meteorologist Jinger Z is in hard hit barnesdale Oklahoma with the latest the power went out large tornado tornado on the ground violent storms sweeping across.

The Great Plains Highway 1123 in Barnes doall it's going to be for a tornado hit there in Barnes doall Oklahoma at least one person was killed and several injured after a tornado ripped through that town north of Tulsa are you okay the sheriff telling us that many buildings were destroyed this family with a baby and their dog here you go I.

Got you I got you having to be rescued from their badly damaged home to me it felt like it felt like a long time it probably wasn't just to the Northeast in Bartlesville chaos at a Hampton in authorities say they rescued several people trapped in that.

Hotel emergency crews urging people to stay off the roads after a twister left significant damage we were chasing the destructive tornadoes hours earlier northwest of Oklahoma City we're about 6 miles from a tornado worn storm just to our Northwest and it is rain wrapped meaning that the rain is obscuring the actual tornado but it's already shown.

Debris on the radar so we know it's in there footage of where the tornado just went through and SM build severe storms also pounding Tennessee a tornado tearing through Smithville just southeast of Nashville out of nowhere uh wind started picking up and I saw debris flying over where the damage is striking and much.

More clear now that the sun is up y'all you can see that wall down here the debris onto the bed that Afghan there just sitting as they would have been sleeping and hopefully these folks are okay we know that this tornado was fatal you can see the trees there there's a debris field that goes for half a mile but this is just one side of what was a.

Fatal tornado here and there were many tornadoes embedded in these damaging wind segments we were chasing those storms and just ugly looking line and we're still seeing it this morning in parts of Missouri St Louis County this morning had had tornado warnings and today's forecast includes more of the same it's Columbus it's Cincinnati it's.

Indianapolis that Circle of enhanced is not the only thing though if you're anywhere in the highlighted area you could see damaging winds and a whole lot more chief meteorologist Jing JZ thank you the Israeli military says it's taken.

Control of the Gaza side of the Rafa border crossing and what it calls a counterterrorism operation as of right now the IDF says it's killed about 20 people that it calls terrorists and this comes just after Hamas announced it agreed to a ceasefire proposal foreign correspondent Marcus Moore has the latest from Tel.

Aviv Israel launched a ground operation in the southern the city of Rafa the IDF saying it killed 20 members of Hamas and found three operational tunnel shafts and they have taken control of the critical Rafa Crossing this morning videos show Israeli Flags now flying on the Palestinian side of the Border this as Hamas says they are willing to accept.

A new ceasefire proposal the deal a different agreement than one proposed by Israel includes a permanent end of military operations and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from areas adjacent to the Border inside Gaza is now reviewing the plan but has yet to agree to these terms prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying hamas's.

Counter offer is quote far from Israel's core demands which included a six we ceasefire and releasing some Palestinian prisoners for up to 33 hostages despite the uncertainty crowds in Gaza celebrating hamas's announcement while in Tel Aviv today relatives of hostages demonstrated in front of the US Consulate demanding the.

Israeli government accept the deal do you worry that this operation in Rafa will affect the the the efforts to to release the hostages yes I'm afraid that they will I'll be dead the family of H Goldberg Poland who's been held hostage by Hamas since October 7th speaking with us this morning it's been 214 days we need to be reunited with our loved ones.

We're not going to solve everything in the Middle East right now today let's get our loved ones out let's bring a calm to the region and Diane today we are here at Host Square where the memorials you see behind me uh pay homage to those being held captive right now in the midst of this war and while the IDF said.

Overnight that their latest operation in Rafa is limited in scale the relatives of some of those being held hostage fear what the outcome could mean for their loved ones Diane foreign correspondent Marcus Moore in Israel thank you and as Israeli troops entered the Rafa border crossing President Biden is warning Israel against a full ground Invasion.

The White House says the president spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu again yesterday stressing an invasion would worsen the humanitarian crisis in Gaza now Biden is facing growing pressure to broker ceasefire deal chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce has the latest hi Mary well the Biden Administration is heavily invested in.

These talks which they see as the best chance to ease the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza and also diffuse this crisis both abroad but also here at home as the president faces growing political pressure and we see these protests on campuses across the country only growing as well now for now the talks continue the White House clearly is hoping that a.

Deal here can still be reached but the back and forth of the last 24 hours really just goes to show how volatile and fluid this situation really is and all of this coming as the US continues to urgently warn Israel not to invade Rafa that is a message that the president made and reiterated directly yesterday in his 30-minute phone call.

With Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu but so far Netanyahu doesn't seem to be heeding those warnings the US deeply concerned that an operation like this would only exacerbate the humanitarian crisis so the big question now what comes next if they do go through with this how would the US respond I have pressed the White House on whether they.

Would put limits or conditions on us Aid to Israel their response Diane we'll see what happens chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce thank you coming up the new FAA investigation into Boeing what we know about employees reportedly skipping some stages of inspections and what Boeing is doing about all Dreamliners also ahead here.

From the woman suing a Hawaiian Hotel and tourism board after her husband died while snorkeling what she believes happened to him and former porn star Stormy Daniels is expected to take the stand in the hush money trial against former president Trump what we expect to hear from the woman at the center of the.

Trial we have Team coverage and updates from inside the court all day long stay with us whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at War enrolling Fort This Tornado tore through this town from Leon Maine the scene of a horrific mass shooting from the scene of that deadly.

Missile strike ABC News live everywhere in Iceland let's go on the 2024 campaign Trail here at 10 Downing Street wherever the story is we're going to take you there you're streaming ABC News live ABC News live you're streaming ABC News live ABC news live streaming free everywhere with so much at stake so much on the line more Americans turn here than any.

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First a Michigan woman is suing and warning others after her husband died while snorkeling in Hawaii Patty Johnson says her husband Ry was in the ocean with friends when suddenly something went terribly wrong now Johnson says his death could have been prevented and that the resort is partially responsible Trevor alt has more.

A Michigan woman with a warning heading into summer after her husband died while snorkeling on a Hawaiian vacation there's barely a minute in my life that goes by that I don't think about him Patty Johnson says her husband of 38 years Ry was snorkeling with friends when suddenly something wasn't right the 64-year-old was keeping his head above.

Water heading to shore but out of sorts soon they started yelling call 911 that's when I ran to the beach and I ran I got turn got on to the beach they were pulling him out his head snapped back and um I believe at that point he was gone medical professionals unable to resuscitate him the autopsy calling his death an accidental drowning it didn't.

Make sense when I received the autopsy report that just said it drowning and I was like I was watching him come in when you're when you're drowning I don't think you're making your way in Patty says she believes her husband died because of a little known Medical condition called rapid onset pulmonary Eda or rope it can happen when breathing.

Is restricted with fluid building up in the lungs causing a lack of oxygen sometimes leading to losing Consciousness patients uh or people who are out snorkeling will notice an increase in shortness of breath as one thing um but then they'll also uh become confused Patty's now suing the resort where she and her husband were staying.

Along with state and local tourism alleging they failed to educate the public about the potential dangers of rope all of those organizations declined to comment a 2021 study suggests rope might be to blame for some snorkeling deaths with people dying due to lower than normal levels of oxygen rather than drowning though experts say more.

Research is needed to fully understand if this is the case but beyond rope the case is shining a light on snorkeling safety drowning is by far the most common cause of death for Hawaiian tourists the majority of those deaths happen while snorkeling I don't want other people to go through what we have gone through and to lose a family member.

To lose your husband in this way it's just heartbreaking and it's avoidable and just to Please be aware of this make people aware and Diane some medical experts have hypothesized outside factors could increase your risk of rope like poor Heart and Lung health or even flying at a high altitude but there hasn't been.

Enough research to confirm any of that so instead just some general snorkeling tips it's a good idea to buy your own gear you can make sure it fits you can make sure you can breathe comfortably you always want to go out with a buddy and you have to stop if you're having any trouble breathing Diane good advice Trevor alt thank you coming up a new.

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News I'm Jaclyn Lee here in in Arizona on the front lines of the abortion battle wherever the story is we'll take you there you're streaming ABC News live hi I'm D today on ABC News live first we have breaking news Stormy Daniels is expected to take the stand today in the criminal hush money trial.

Against former president Trump prosecutors argue Trump orchestrated a last minute $130,000 payment to the adult film star ahead of the 2016 election in exchange for her Silence about an alleged Affair that Trump has denied the charges and the affair today he and Stormy Daniels will be face to face in court and her testimony comes a.

Day after the jury got its first look at the allegedly fraudulent documents at the heart of the case and after the judge fined Trump for a tenth gag order violation warning the former president could face jail time if he violates the gag order again ABC News senior investigative correspondent Aaron kerki has the.

Latest for a 10th time Donald Trump has been held in criminal contempt and slapped with a fine for violating the gag order but the judge conceded monetary fines have not and will not deter Trump so the judge warned future violations could land Trump in jail this judge has giv me a gag order and say you'll go to jail if you violate Trump.

Is on trial for falsifying business records to keep an adult film actress's long-denied claim of a sexual encounter with Trump from voters before the 2016 election his fixer at the Time Michael Cohen wired Stormy Daniels the money and when Trump paid him back prosecutors said Trump illegally characterized the monthly reimbursements as legal expenses.

For the first time the jury seeing the invoices Coen sent that asked for payment pursuant to the retainer agreement did you ever see a retainer agreement former Trump controller Jeff MCC was asked he answered I did not jurors also saw mccc's handwritten notes that worked out the monthly reimbursements and the check Trump sign.

While at the White House on cross-examination the defense asked mccan payments to lawyers by the Trump organization are legal expenses right he answered yes sir ABC News senior investigative correspondent eron kerki joins me from outside the court house along with ABC's legal contributor Brian buckmire for.

More on this Aaron what can we expect today as Stormy Daniels takes the stand she is going to instantly be the the the most interesting witness I would think for the jury Diane Stormy Daniels and Donald Trump I don't believe have been in the same room in quite some time perhaps uh 20 years nearly uh the last time was when Stormy Daniels was at.

Trump Tower and we heard testimony from Trump's former executive assistant Rona graph that she had seen and remembered Stormy Daniels at Trump Tower because Trump at the time was thinking she might make an interesting contestant on The Apprentice here she is going to be testifying about what happened between the two of them back in 2006 in.

California when according to Stormy Daniels they had a sexual encounter Donald Trump has denied that but on the eve of the 2016 election she was wired $130,000 by Trump's fixer at the Time Michael Cohen that wire transfer took place 12 days before the election the Catalyst prosecutors say was the Access Hollywood tape and the Trump campaign.

Prosecutors have suggested did not believe it could take another sex scandal Brian what will you be watching for as the prosecution questions Stormy Daniels I'd be watching to see how deep they get into the question of how damaging would this have been to the Trump campaign are they gonna get fully into the details of that alleged.

Interaction between stormmy Daniels and Donald Trump because we could see this case turn from what is a documents case in many ways and and the falsification or alleged falsification of those documents to someone of a of a did he or did she not have sex or a sexual encounter with each other it's going to be like almost like a sexual abuse case.

In a sense of the prosecution proving this encounter and then the cross-examination of them trying to deny it that it never happened I think we're going to find out information about this encounter we've never heard before and I just want to clarify that Trump is not being charged with sexual abuse in in this case but I I know I understand what.

You mean where they could get into some of these tody details or they could choose to avoid some of those and just focus on the the basics here and then what about from the defense Brian what are you expecting when they get their chance to cross-examine Stormy Daniels I I think and thank you for that clarification I did not want to I just.

Not the air of how I totally understood what you meant I just wanted to be extra clear uh but I think for the defense it's not just about going against Stormy Daniels for the idea that her information was hidden in an incorrect way I think they are going to attack her in the sense of this never happened I think from what we're seeing.

Uh in Donald Trump's representation a lot of the arguments flow from Donald Trump I think he's very much inwin intertwined sorry with his defense as every good defendant should be um and I think they're going to attack Stony Daniels in a way to suggest this never happened she's lying a lot of the statements that we've seen Donald Trump.

Make in the campaign about her credibility I think it's going to be a very interesting and as Aeron has already said uh probably the more entertaining part of this trial but Brian does it matter to this case whether the affair actually happened or not if the if the issue here is the payment and the documents that allegedly.

Tried to cover up that payment I think you you're correct to think to ask that question because in a certain lens whether or not this story was true just like the story of the doorman and Trump having a child was true it's still about the falsification of the documents but I think what we've seen in the representation of Donald.

Trump is if there's an ability to attack someone's credibility to show the jury or uh voters that someone should not be believed Donald Trump and his attorneys will take that opportunity and I can't imagine a world where the defense will not be focusing on both that the falsification of documents doesn't exist but also that story MC Daniels is a liar.

I think that goes hand inand with their defense here and eron Donald Trump will be in the room just feet away as Stormy Daniels testifies about this alleged Affair and hush money payment how careful does he have to be in terms of his reactions in court today he already took down one truth social post about the impending court.

Day he's on notice that if he violates the gag order again and remarks in the hallway or something like that he could be tossed in jail because the judge said that the the $1,000 per violation fines didn't seem to be much of a deterrent for him uh but for Trump this cannot be comfortable uh he's going to be reliving an alleged encounter from 2006 uh that.

Stormmy Daniels at first denied occurred before she went on Jimmy Kimmel on ABC and and when he put up this letter of denial she said that's not my signature and that's when the story began to unravel but it was according to prosecutors part of what they've called a catch and kill scheme to conceal information from voters that also.

Involved a payment to Karen McDougall and a payment to a a a Trump World Tower doorman and and finally a payment of $130,000 to stormmy Daniels herself and the jury has already seen the wire transfer they saw how the Trump organization logged the payment as a legal expense and and the handwritten notes of both Alan weiselberg and Jeff.

Mccan uh two of the financial Executives at the Trump organization who who talked about the payment as reimbursement to Michael Cohen for his wire transfer to Keith Davidson Stormy Daniels lawyer at the time so they've seen the paper trail now they hear from Stormy Daniels herself all right Aaron kerki Brian buckmire thank you both we will be.

Following the story all day long we'll bring you the latest on former president Trump's criminal hush money trial right here live on ABC News live first and now to the deadly weather outbreak in the middle of the country Missouri and Illinois are under a tornado watch right now and at least one person is dead after 16 tornadoes were reported in Six.

States ABC News chief meteorologist Jinger Z is in hard hit barnesdale Oklahoma with the latest the power went out large tornado tornado on the ground violent storms sweeping across Ross the Great Plains Highway 123 in Barnes doall it's going to be for a tornado hit there in barnesdale Oklahoma at least one person was killed and.

Several injured after a tornado ripped through that town north of Tulsa are you okay the sheriff telling us that many buildings were destroyed this family with a baby and their dog here you go I got you I got you having to be rescued from their badly damaged home to me it felt like.

Forever it felt like a long time it probably wasn't just to the Northeast in Bartlesville chaos at a Hampton Inn authorities say they rescued several people trapped in that hotel emergency crews urging people to stay off the roads after a twister left significant damage we were chasing the destructive tornadoes hours earlier.

Northwest of Oklahoma City we're about 6 miles from a tornado warn storm just to our Northwest and it is rain wrapped meaning that the rain is obscuring ing the actual tornado but it's already shown debris on the radar so we know it's in there footage of where the tornado just went through and Smithville severe storms also pounding Tennessee a.

Tornado tearing through Smithville just southeast of Nashville out of nowhere uh wind started picking up and I saw debris flying over where the damage is striking and much more clear now that the sun is up y'all you can see that wall down here the debris onto the bed that Afghan there just sitting as they would have been sleep sing and hopefully these.

Folks are okay we know that this tornado was fatal you can see the trees there there's a debris field that goes for half a mile uh but this is just one side of what was a fatal tornado here and there were many tornadoes embedded in these damaging wind segments we were chasing those storms and just ugly looking line and we're still seeing it.

This morning in parts of Missouri St Louis County this morning had had tornado warnings and today's forecast includes more of the same it's Columbus it's Cincinnati it's Indianapolis that Circle of enhanced is not the only only thing though if you're anywhere in the highlighted area you could see damaging winds and a whole lot more chief.

Meteorologist Ginger Z thank you the Israeli military says it's taken control of the Gaza side of the Rafa border crossing and what it calls a counterterrorism operation as of right now the IDF says it's killed about 20 people that it calls terrorists this comes just after Hamas announced it.

Agreed to a ceasefire proposal foreign correspondent Marcus Moore has the latest from Tel Aviv Israel launched a ground operation in the southern Gaza City of Rafa the IDF saying it killed 20 members of Hamas and found three operational tunnel shafts and they have taken control of the critical Rafa Crossing this morning.

Videos show Israeli Flags now flying on the Palestinian side of the Border this as Hamas says they are willing to accept a new ceasefire proposal the deal a different agreement than one proposed by Israel includes a permanent end of military operations and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from areas adjacent to the Border inside Gaza.

Israel now reviewing the plan but has yet to agree to these terms prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying hamas's counter offer is quote far from Israel's core demands which included a six we ceasefire and releasing some Palestinian prisoners for up to 33 hostages despite the uncertainty crowds in Gaza celebrating hamas's.

Announcement while in Tel Aviv today relatives of hostages demonstrated in front of the US Consulate demanding the Israeli government accept the deal do you worry that this operation in Rafa will affect the the the efforts to to release the hostages yes I'm afraid that they will all be dead the family of H Goldberg Poland who's been held hostage.

By Hamas since October 7th speaking with us this morning it's been 214 days we need to be reunited with our loved ones we're not going to solve everything in the Middle East right now today let's get our loved ones out let's bring a calm to the region and Diane today we are here at hostage Square where the memorials you.

See behind me uh pay homage to those being held captive right now in the midst of this war and while the IDF said overnight that their latest operation in Rafa is limited in scale the relatives of some of those being held hostage fear what the outcome could mean for their loved ones Diane foreign correspondent Marcus Moore in Israel thank you and as.

Israeli troops enter the Raffa border crossing President Biden is warning Israel against a full ground incursion the White House says the president spoke to Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu again yesterday stressing an invasion would worsen the humanitarian crisis in Gaza now Biden is facing growing pressure to broker ceasefire deal chief.

White House correspondent Mary Bruce has the latest hi Mary well the Biden Administration is heavily invested in these talks which they see as the best chance to ease the dire humanitarian situation in Gaza and also diffuse this crisis both abroad but also here at home as the president faces growing political pressure and we see these protests on.

Campuses across the country only growing as well now for now the talks continue the White House clearly is hoping that a deal here can still be reached but the back and forth of the last 24 hours really just goes to show how volatile and fluid this situation really is and all of this coming as the US continues to urgently warn Israel not to invade.

Rafa that is a message that the president made and re iterated directly yesterday in his 30-minute phone call with Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu but so far Netanyahu doesn't seem to be heating those warnings the US deeply concerned that an operation like this would only exacerbate the humanitarian crisis so the big question now what.

Comes next if they do go through with this how would the US respond I have pressed the White House on whether they would put limits or conditions on us Aid to Israel their response Diane we'll see what happens chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce thank you and police are removing a pro Palestinian encampment at the University of Chicago.

In Hyde Park this morning police say they entered the encampment around 5:00 a.m. removing tents and signs this comes after more than 100 pro Palestinian protesters were arrested at the University of California campuses yesterday now Columbia University is canceling its main commencement ceremony and others are following their lead.

Stephanie Ramos joins me live from Colombia with more on that Stephanie what's it like there right now Diane right now it's pretty calm on campus and off campus there are no prop Palestinian protests taking place right now we were here yesterday afternoon where we did see a small group outside of the Columbia University Gates but.

Overall there is this sense of calm but security is really tight at the University right now there are a only a limited amount of students who are allowed on campus uh for the most part a majority of the students who are graduating are not allowed on campus uh we know that a lot of them have been taking photos uh outside of the unity un.

But overall security is very tight NYPD officers are also on campus through May 17th uh as graduation festivities take place Diane Stephanie Columbia University has also cancelled its university-wide commencement and other schools are starting to follow so what are you hearing from students there well it's interesting because a.

Number of students obviously are disappointed they've spent four years here if they're an undergrad student I've we've spoken to other students who are who are in graduate programs they are disappointed that they won't have this massive celebration with the other schools where uh many students had family and parents flying in and they.

Won't be able to uh travel for that uh university-wide graduation but then there are other students who we've spoken to who are interestingly understanding and say that they understand the University's position in not allowing a university-wide graduation because there are still prop Palestinian groups uh.

Around here here in New York City and in other parts of of the country where other universities have canceled their graduations where they could still come to the university grounds and chant and yell and protest outside of the University Gates which you would still hear on the west lawn which is where they typically set up for graduation and.

Usually expect about 25,000 people so many students telling us they understand that officials said no and they scrapped that main graduation because there's still potential for protest to disrupt those ceremonies but the university is focusing on smaller ceremonies by school so that those students could still can still celebrate.

Uh their their years here all right Stephanie Ramos at Columbia New York City Stephanie thank you coming up the new scam targeting College grads how criminals are making fake job offers look real and former porn star Stormy Daniels is expected to take the stand in the hush money trial against former president Trump what we.

Expect to hear from the woman at the center of the trial we have Team coverage and updates from inside the court all day long stay with us whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on the ground in Ukraine reporting from Leon main the.

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College graduates it's a story first seen in the Wall Street Journal scammers are impersonating College professors con convincing students to apply for fake positions and then stealing their personal information or money Elizabeth Shel has more new grads looking for that elusive first job out of college have another.

Thing to worry about scammers the FTC telling us is hearing from its partners of an increase in job scams specifically targeting new graduates and the Wall Street Journal reports scammers are using information available online to claim that a professor the student knows has recommended Ed them for a specific job everything will seem very believable.

But at the end of the day it's just scammers trying to get personal information or money from these students recent Grant Jorge Robel said he applied to more than 400 software jobs with little lock but in January he saw this in his inbox they emailed me saying that we'd like to interview you I was really happy because at that point that was the.

First time I've ever received something positive from a job application Robble said after answering some programming questions through email the next day he was offered the job but when he called the company to confirm they told me no this was not a legitimate offer experts say job scams come in many forms in 2023 Miranda Owens says she was sent a check.

To cover office supplies after a scammer offered her a job when she cashed it they told her they made a mistake and she needed to return the money so she did but later the scammer's check in her account bounced and Miranda was out nearly $5,000 I felt like my trust had been completely shattered I just started balling people.

Need to be on the lookout they also should not feel ashamed if something like this happens to them LinkedIn warns to be wary of jobs that ask for personal details early on in the process if something is feeling a little off don't be shy to call the company and just verify hey I'm being interviewed by your company for this role I just wanted to.

Make sure that this is legitimate now some job websites are trying to crack down on these scams LinkedIn just added a feature where if you get a message from a legitimate recruiter it will include a check mark to show that their professional identity is verified that could help job Seekers avoid applying for a role that turns out to be.

Fake Diane good idea Elizabeth shelzy thank you and we have breaking news former president strump is speaking outside the courtroom before expected testimony from Stormy Daniels let's listen social post this morning are you a victim of extortion so the country is on.

Fire there are protests all over the country I've never seen anything like this many graduation ceremonies of being cancelled they canceled as you know in Colombia they cancelling a lot of them and we have a president that just refuses to talk because he can't talk you know that such as everywhere else uh some of the statements made about this.

Witun on CNN fake news CNN uh Michael Moore said the proof of falsifying records has not been accomplished on Good Morning America they said we heard that expense payments to lawyers are legal expenses you pay a lawyer expense payments we didn't put it down as construction costs uh the purchase of sheet rock uh the electrical.

Cost the legal expense that we pay was put down as legal expense there's nothing else you could say you don't have to put down anything I guess but we put down legal expense was legal expense is that a correct statement Mr attorney yes and everyone's saying oh gee that's the fraud that's what they're trying to get us on the fact that we call illegal.

Expense illegal expense they marked it down in the books the check was signed and the other thing this was approved by all agencies everybody saw this there was nothing being hidden at all that's what they're all writing now there's been nothing hidden and it went through agencies and I guess it went through the IRS also it went through IRS it went.

Through the FEC it went through everything also NBC Today the challenges that there is no smoking gun no email or tape to prove the president's intent they don't have a way to prove that that's NBC Today Show and then Fox news KD casy said that the gag order is.

Unconstitutional which of course it is the gag order is unconstitutional so with all that's going on they have no case every single legal scholar that I see I mean maybe there's somebody out there some whack you up but the uh virtually every everyone everyone that I've seen has said this absolutely no case it's a case.

That shouldn't have been brought the previous da wouldn't bring it U bring didn't want to bring it then he brought it because I'm running in in number one place this all comes out of the White House and crooked Joe Biden this comes from the White House and it's all Biden because it's an attack on his political opponent that hasn't happened in this.

Country it does happen in third world countries but it hasn't happened in this country and it's a shame and the trial is a very unfair trial it's a very very unfair trial the good news is they have nothing thank you why is it unfair Mr President do you plan on testifying that was former president Trump talking about campus-wide protests across the country.

Also addressing his expenses with a paper in hand and then railing against the gag order in this case after the Trump find after the judge excuse me find him ,000 yesterday and threatened to put him in jail if he violates the gag order again I want to bring in ABC News senior investigative correspondent Aon Ki is outside that courthouse and.

ABC News executive editorial producer John santui as well as ABC News legal contributor Brian buckmire for more Aon we know the big headline today is that Stormy Daniels is expected to take the stand we did not hear Trump mention her because of course he cannot due to that gag order uh talk to me about what we expect from Stormy Daniels.

Today Stormy Daniels is going to testify undoubtedly about what happened according to her between herself and Donald Trump in California back in 2006 when she says they had a sexual encounter which Trump has denied she was later at Trump Tower Trump's executive secretary Rona graph testified that she remembered seeing her there the.

Following year because she said she overheard Trump saying that Stormy Daniels might make an interesting contestant on The Apprentice but it was in 2016 12 days before the 2016 election that Trump's fixer at the Time Michael Cohen wired her $130,000 and when Trump went to pay him back in 12 monthly installments that's.

When prosecutors say he falsified business records to make sure voters didn't find out about it Stormy Daniels will not know how Donald Trump characterized the payments in his business's general ledger but she will tell the jury about what she says happened and make sure they understand this whole thing was.

Real John I want to ask you about the president's remarks too because he railed against this gag order he called it unconstitutional we've heard this from him before but he did seem to stay within the lines of those gag Ord uh rules that he has to abide by he also put up and then deleted a social media post today talk to me about that yeah so.

So I'll start where you began so obviously the gag order yesterday with another ,000 fine he has to stay within the confines of this after the judge yesterday turned around and said do it again we're talk in jail not monetary fines what's interesting of this morning though it plays right to what prosecutors have been talking about.

Recall prosecutors have said they're not giving much witness heads up here to the defense for this exact reason that Donald Trump has shown a habit repeatedly of going on Truth social going on conservative media outlets and attacking Witnesses it's part of the reason why he was hit with those nine original gag order violations they were.

All related to post teamate on Truth social attacking Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen this morning as part of that agreement prosecutors informed Trump's defense team who the witness was going to be today the team informed Donald Trump and Donald Trump posted on Truth social just saying he was informed of the witness didn't say who but it.

Plays right to the heart of this Diane Brian what are you watching for today as Stormy Daniels begins her testimony I'm looking more than anything at the cross-examination I want to know how the defense will try to argue this case are they going to go just of the fact that she doesn't know the inner workings of how these payments were made.

Or they're gonna extend into the this event that happened never happened all right Aaron kki John santui Brian buckmire thank you all and we will continue our coverage of the president's hush money case right after the break stay with us whenever news breaks we are here in.

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Take you there you're streaming ABC News live hi I'm D today on ABC News live first former president Trump is back in the Manhattan courtroom as Stormy Daniels is expected to take the stand in the criminal hush money trial against him prosecutors argue Trump orchestrated a $130,000 payment to the adult film star ahead of the 2016 election in.

Exchange for her Silence about an alleged Affair and then falsified documents to cover up that payment Trump has denied the charges and the affair now he and Stormy Daniels will come face to face in court her testimony come today after the jury got its first look at the allegedly fraudulent documents at the heart of the case and after the.

Judge finds Trump for a gag order violation warning that the former president could face jail time if he violates that gag order again ABC News senior investigative correspondent Aon ki's outside the courthouse along with ABC News executive editorial producer John santui and ABC News legal contributor Brian buckmire for more.

Aaron we just heard from the former president uh what's the latest from Court Stormy Daniels has expected to be called as the first witness of the day and the defense is already starting to object to some of what she might might testify about and and whether she is going to go you know deep into this encounter that she says occurred in 2006.

When she claims that she and Donald Trump had sex back in at a hotel in California uh the defense certainly wants to limit this as much as possible the defense has already said Diane that Stormy Daniels doesn't know how Donald Trump allegedly falsified business records but prosecutors want the jury to understand that there was a basis for.

This $130,000 hush payment at the heart of the case now John Eric Trump is there with his father in court today he's been there before but today is expected to bring some embarrassing testimony for the former president so what do you make of the fact that he has his son there.

With him I have to be honest with you it defies everything I've been told by my sources which is that Donald Trump really did not want his children there this was a day that he knew was going to come it's going to be embarrassing as you say I'd up you and say humiliating this is not the day that Donald Trump would be looking forward to ever right.

And I think nobody would want a day like this to have somebody get on a stand in front of you know the general public in front of a jury in front of a lot of members of the media and talk about a one night stand it's not anything that anybody wants to brag about here and especially because this is what Donald Trump has brought all this moment to.

Fruition I I do think um in part take all of that aside for a second and don't take my words for it look at what happened this morning we know the prosecutors has been very careful in relaying to the defense when a witness would come up we knew this was one of the two witnesses the other being Michael Cohen that would really get in.

Donald Trump's head when the day would come we saw bright and early this morning once that call was made Donald Trump made a post to truth social quickly deleted it didn't say the witness by name but said he was informed of who the witness is and we know based off of the events of yesterday and a few days prior that judge Maran is not.

Messing around here he has made very clear to Donald Trump if you violate the gag order again we're not talking money we're talking jail and based on the fact that he then is talking about Witnesses doesn't say by name it's really that line that Donald Trump's got to watch but again I think it just comes down to personal control here we knew this was.

Going to be hard for Donald Trump this is probably going to be I hate to say it but I have to probably the most fascinating day to have a seat in that courtroom and Aaron is there any sense of how far into the affair the prosecution will go in their questioning or is this really focused on what stormmy knows about the.

Payment stormmy Daniels doesn't know anything about the payments other than she receives some money that was held in escrow for her by her attorney at the time Keith Davidson and right now the lawyers are arguing before the judge about the scope of what Stormy Daniels can talk about prosecutor Susan hoffinger said it's important for the.

Jury to understand her credibility and her story that they did have a sexual encounter Stormy Daniels and Donald Trump uh but she says they're not going to get into descriptions of genital you or anything like that defense attorney Susan necklace is telling the judge this is a case about you know books and Records why do we have to get into sex.

Uh but for prosecutors this is some key testimony so the jury can understand that there was a reason that Donald Trump agreed to pay this hush money of $130,000 12 days before the 2016 election Brian does it complicate things for the defense that Trump has not only denied the charges here but he has denied that this affair ever.

Happened it's an extra level of of lifting here so to speak because I think what the defense really wants to be doing and I think they're they're fighting that battle now as Aeron is telling us is focus on the documents don't focus on the story of infidelity or the allegations of what happened on that night in 2006 and I think that'd be.

Smart to do that and and something that Aaron said also like kind of joged by memory to some degree about not wanting to hear about genitalia I'm not going to speak for Aon but I think he might be hinting at what happened in the Weinstein case where the same DA's office went very deep into allegations of that case to the point of I remember.

Hearing things that I never wanted to hear about an interaction and I think the defense knows this office and knows that there's a potential for them to really go down that rabbit hole of embarrassing personal information and I think they're smart to cut them off at at the at the at the beginning so to speak here um but yeah it's gonna be.

Interesting as John said this is gonna be a time to be in that Court and John former president Trump will be in that courtroom just feet away from Stormy Daniels as she tells this story how significant is that well I might be wrong but I would believe it's probably the first time they've seen each other in a very long time maybe from that time.

And I think that you know we have to think about what the timeline was and I'm trying to remember it Aaron you might be able to help me out here about when Rona graph said said on the stand that she saw Stormy Daniels on the 26th floor of Trump Tower if that was before or after the night if you will but we know that Donald Trump watching his body.

Language in this courtroom and and I can say it from what I saw the other day watching Hope Hicks he looks he gets disgusted he turns away and then he closes his eyes it it's pretty much that process if you will so I think that it'll be curious if he even looks at her at any point I will say and I remember being there the day it happened in the.

New York attorney general's case he did stare down Michael Cohen when he was on the stand Michael was obviously a longtime employee Etc um he has really attacked Stormy Daniels for years you know he has come up with horrible nicknames for her if you will um I'd be very interested to see what his body languages say does he look does he just.

Close his eyes the entire time pretend he's not there I I I think this is going to be one of the hardest days for Donald Trump forget this case just for Donald Trump as a person Ain what are you watching for today well the the the the body language will certainly be be interesting but I'm I'm curious to to see how far Stormy.

Daniels actually goes and and how much rope the judge is going to allow he has already told the lawyers that Stormy Daniels does have some credibility issues um and prosecutors believe it's important to try and rehabilitate those and give the jury and understanding that according to her anyway the two had sex that precipitated the $130,000 payment.

But remember Stormy Daniels denied the the the the claim of an affair before she went on Jimmy Kimmel to say that's not my signature on a letter of denial and that's when the story started to come out uh in answer to John's question before after they allegedly had sex in 2006 Rona graph Trump's assistant recalled seeing Daniels in 2007 at Trump.

Tower because she said she overheard Trump saying that Daniels might make an interesting contestant on The Apprentice obviously Donald Trump has different feelings about Stormy Daniels now she told ABC's the view not long ago that she is looking forward to telling her truth on the witness stand today and that should occur just a short while.

From now yeah she's the day's second witness right now prosecutors have just called their first witness a book publisher by the name of Sally Franken she's a custodial witness in this case and Aon I know you'll keep us posted on that testimony as it gets underway Aaron kki John santui Brian buckmire thank you all and we will be following the former.

President's hush money trial all day long we'll bring you the latest right here on ABC News live also coming up missusa is giving up her crown why the beauty queen says she's stepping down and why it's raising questions about the pageant organization itself also ahead why Boeing Starliner spacecraft launch was cancelled just hours before.

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Know I love that welcome back to ABC News live Stormy Daniels is expected to take the stance today in the criminal hush money trial against former president Trump her testimony gives a jury a chance to hear directly from the woman at the center of the trial prosecutors argue Trump.

Orchestrated a $130,000 hush money payment to the adult film star ahead of the 2016 election in exchange for her Silence about an alleged affair with Trump trump denies the charges and the affair we'll have updates from Court throughout the day meanwhile NASA officials are blaming a stuck valve after scrubbing the launch.

Of Boeing starliners spaceship now the company has to plan a new launch day to carry two NASA astronauts into orbit Faith abou is in Cape Canaveral Florida with the latest High Faith Diane the long awaited launch was derailed by a single mechanical valve issue which an official compared to the valve on the water heater tank in your.

Home this is disappointing for the crew and the countless others who worked so hard to finally get the Starliner to what appeared to be the Finish Line this was supposed to be the first test launch with human on board to the International Space Station after years of delays and Technical setbacks for Boeing but the program managers say that safety is a.

Priority which is why just two hours before the launch they decided to call it off we're told the issue has to do with the engine of the atlas 5 rocket which the Starliner sits on and not the Starliner itself and so today Engineers will be able to evaluate the problem even more and the next launch opportunity is Friday Diane Faith abou.

In Cape canaval Florida thank you and Miss USA is giving up her crown Utah's Noelia Voit says she's resigning her title for the sake of her mental health it's a major shakeup that's raising new questions about the culture of one of the most prestigious pageant organizations in the world elef is here with that.

Story Miss USA 2023 is you that surprise move by missusa noell a void saying she's stepping down to protect her mental health the pageant Queen announcing on Instagram I have made the very tough decision to resign from the title of missusa 2023 how's.

Your spirit how are your nerves I am feeling so at peace right now void captioning the post in part never compromise your physical and mental well-being our health is wealth Miss USA's former social media director Claudia anglehart who worked with Voit before recently leaving the organization herself speaking to GMA claiming there.

Was a toxic work environment at the missusa organization including disrespectful and aggressive behavior it was a series of aggressive behaviors towards the title holders and also the employees I think for me personally it came down to a lack of respect for the job duties as management one would assume that you're letting your team do.

Their job making sure that you're giving them the best best advice the best support and especially the best mental health support as well and that was not given the missusa organization firing back at Claudia's claims telling ABC news we are troubled to hear the false accusations made by a former missusa employee missusa is committed to.

Fostering a safe inclusive and supportive environment and we take these allegations seriously indeed we have and will continue to prioritize the well-being of all individuals involved with Miss USA and Voit thanked her supporters and said she hopes to inspire others to prioritize their mental health and.

Advocate for themselves and use their voice the missusa organization says that they are reviewing plans for the transition of responsibilities to a successor and they will soon announce the crowning of a new missusa Diane Ariel rashev thank you coming up the Mystic Night at the Met the Stars shined on the red carpet we're speaking with.

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Year's theme the garden of time had zanda Bad Bunny and so many more dazzling on the Green carpet Deborah Roberts was there on Fashion's biggest night Stars gracing the Green carpet lined by live foliage Garden inspired looks on full display Right In Bloom with this year's.

Dress code The Garden of time this theme is me so I was like you know that's what I want to do and I want to be in my own Rose Garden my mother passed in 2006 and she was my angel and so I always would bring her flowers whenever I visited her and so I think flowers are for Mama others like Mindy King and Demi Moore interpreting the theme with Larger than.

Life sculptural dresses another Trend selps sporting short dark hair like Sydney Sweeney and Carri Washington and Academy Awards stunner Michelle yo and make some room Fashions it girl cardi B coming through the Grammy winning rapper needing not one not two but 10 men to help Wrangle her captivating dress while cardi B went.

Long and dark Nicki Minaj went bright and short with florals many leaning into the Barely There dress Trend like JLo this is scaparelli It's a 2 and2 million bugle beads about 800 hours of work a true Couture creation it's four butterfly wings Greta Lee El Fanning and Rita Aura I think that we are seeing a new gener.

Generation of celebrities and that is reflected in the fact that zanda and Bad Bunny were co-hosts along with Jennifer Lopez who's a kind of classic met attendee and Chris Hemsworth so I think you do see this kind of constant Evolution but that's also what makes this party so exciting to watch the men in the broos and The Bling didn't stop.

There Sparkles and sequins and glitter oh my Kim Kay Gabrielle Union Shakira and Janelle Monae posing to catch your balance after a misstep in her towering heels the Glam Knight a fundraiser for the Met Museum's costume Institute a ticket to get you in the door this year $75,000 and it's invite only by Miss wior herself what do you hope this will.

Do tonight I mean so much going on in our world how will this maybe everybody comes and has a wonderful time and celebrates Andrew's amazing work and the great work that the museum does and also it's very important for the economy of the city and for the visitors here at the Museum if I was to describe my very first met Gayla in one word it would be.

Effervescent there was so much to see everybody was bubbling over what a fun night a thanks to Deborah Robert for that recap I think Deb had the best look on the red carpet but we're going to get into that now ABC's will Gans is joining me now along with Emily Evans who styled Ashley Graham who hosted the Vogue live stream of the event Emily break down.

This look that you put together for Ashley last night how did this come together and explain what she's wearing and how it spoke to the theme absolutely thanks for having me so basically I wanted to really deep dive into the book The Garden of time the short story by JG Ballard we asked ludic to Sans senan to make us this custom beautiful chain mail.

Dress in Black so we went for like the darker side of the theme which is more you know like thinking about we create these beautiful things as humans and we destroy them so that's kind of like where we were going with the vibe oh dark yeah a little bit dark and then we wanted to create the crystal flowers which are also um written about in this.

Story and then we asked ludevic he placed them all around the waist so it was like this kind of like goddess thorny dark Vibe that's the L we were going for well she definitely pulled it off no surprise cuz as Grand is stunning how long did it take for this look to go to put together for this dress to be made and the whole thing so I originally.

Uh called Ludovic about six weeks ago and I think he it took him and his team 500 hours to make the dress at a chain mail um I actually think I I can't remember the amount of hours that we actually spent talking on the phone I think we actually called each other daily and face Ed each other so yeah multiple hours the next time my husband.

Tells me it takes me too long to get ready I'm sing five hours as the bar well let's talk about some of your other favorite looks from the night okay I want to talk about Mona Patel which a lot of people were asking who is Mona Patel it was her very first time at the Met Gala uh but she is a philanthropist she's from India.

Originally she was in custom Iris man irin styled by La Roach who also styled zanda famously works and those butterflies that you were seeing on her arm they moved so it was one of those really cool like who is she what is she wearing moments also want to talk about Ariana Grande and Lou um her bodice was made out of pearl.

Which I think is really cool and Nod to that sort of natural theme and her makeup was also stunning as well Lanning we were talking about in The Green Room in Balman she sort of looked like a melting ice sculpture which I thought also spoke very well to the theme it was just it was such a fun night I had so many favorite looks oh and I also want.

To talk about Tyla um looking like the Sans of time she was my favorite unbelievable being carried up the stairs not the most practical outfit but I love the ones where you you kind of take a second look you look at you're like oh yeah okay then wait wait a minute I remember Kim Kardashian's wet look from a few years ago I did that I said wait.

Wait a minute oh my God I see it she looks soaking wet and this did that for me where I just thought oh my goodness she's wearing sand right right really really cool and who else did you love love lad Del Reay and McQueen a real night f as well Bret Lee Taylor Russell and of course Gigi in that Tom Brown dress was phenomenal I loved it Emily.

What did you think of the theme overall and how people interpreted it I thought it was great I think people went in different directions which I think is always lovely with the Met Gala um and it just was like a really vibrant beautiful night I think the carpet looked amazing with all the green foliage and I just think it was like.

Nice that people go in their different ways with their interpretation of the story speaking of interpretations the gift that keeps on giving after these is the trends and the memes that we see going on so will what are some your favorites there well we saw Tyler being carried up the stairs which is like when you know you're committed to the bit if.

Someone is moving your body up the staircase she also was like a statue she stayed perfectly still while which by the way I'm going to next having a cardboard cutout next time I'm coming up the stairs down here from 2: to 3: I want John santui if you're listening I want to be carried up the stairs the Lana horns okay so while she was doing.

Her Vogue interview at the top of the stairs she had those big hor on and so she would go to answer a question or listen to someone else answer the question and Kim was like having to duck out of the way of the horns watch it watch it and then DOA cat in the towel obviously everybody's talking about that moment as well you.

Know how do you show up wearing just a towel or a wet t-shirt which by the way DOA said you would think that that's water right if you're going for a wet t-shirt Look hair gel oh sticky sticky sticky well so that brings me to my last question Emily how much does practice I ality go into all of this because you know it's one thing to have a dress.

That's a little uncomfortable or shoes that were a little too high but we are now seeing outfit after after where people literally cannot walk without assistance from an Army full right I think it is that one night of the year where practicality does go out the window I mean I love to put Ashley in a comfortable shoe because you know she.

Has red carpets a lot in in a week so for us we we're kind of mindful now of the shoe like we had some bes shoes made for her by Gina shoes for this event um but normally it really is just like what looks good doesn't matter if you're move in the dress we're going for it yeah we're committed I think you have to be committed to go if there's one night of.

The year where you're going to go for it this is it also Bravo I mean she just you two never miss when you work together and last night was no exception she's the stunning woman though she you know it's it's not hard she makes your job makes feel well Emily you do it well thank you so much for coming on thank you as always love the jacket thank you.

A little garden of time here you know I went with flight attendant that's my tri deep teas for next year's I'll somehow figure out how to work that into the theme later uh well thank you both and thank you at home for streaming with us I'm Diane M ready for our next flight ABC News live is here anytime with the latest news.

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Wherever the story is we'll take you there you're streaming ABC News live hi I'm d m today on ABC News live first former president Trump is now back in the Manhattan courtroom for what's expected to meet a dramatic day of testimony in the criminal hush money.

Trial against him stormmy Daniels is expected to take the stand as the prosecution's second witness of the day right now book publisher Sally Franken is on the stand but again the big Focus will be Stormy Daniels as prosecutors argue Trump orchestrated a last minute payment to the adult film star ahead of the 2016 election in exchange for her.

Silence about an alleged affair with Trump the charges are that Trump then falsified documents to cover up that payment charges Trump denies along with the affair Daniel's testimony comes a day after the jury got its first look at the allegedly fraudulent documents at the heart of the case and after the judge fined Trump for a 10th gag order.

Violation warning the former president could face jail time if he violates that gag order again ABC News senior investigative correspondent Aaron kerki has the latest from outside Court along with ABC News executive editorial producer John santui and D news legal contributor Brian buckmire for more uh this will likely be a tough day for the.

Former president as he stands face to face with Stormy Daniels as she takes the stand today what's the latest from the courtroom and what can you tell us about this first witness from prosecutors the first witness is a book publisher and prosecutors had always planned to use some of Donald Trump's own words in his various books against.

Him at this case and one of them you know about how he conducts business going after somebody that wrongs him how he always goes over his bills to make sure he's not overcharged the defense has tried to portray Trump as a passive player in an alleged scheme that really they've said involved Michael Cohen and others doing things uh uh kind of.

Freelancing here uh in Trump's own words he's an active participant when he pays his bills similar testimony to what we heard yesterday about him signing checks and his bookkeeper saying he's uh he's involved in Reading over everything uh that this payment and the re urements to Michael Cohen were intentional prosecutors alleg but once she's.

Finished and she's on cross-examination now we'll get into Stormy Daniels and it could be as you say a tough day Diane because the judge is going to allow Stormy Daniels to to say that she and Donald Trump had sex that's the claim that prosecutors say precipitated the $130,000 hush payment on the eve of the 2016 election and John they're going.

Through and they're having Sally Franklin read excerpts from this book first starting with how many times Trump appears on the cover I think trying to hammer home that these words came from Donald Trump himself and one of the quotes they read so far I want to make sure I get it right it's quote when somebody hurts you just go after them as.

Viciously and as violently as you can and the quote goes on to say something like if they screw you you screw them back even harder how damning are words like that when used in this context horribly because at the end of the day you know in addition to proving their case about you know the money and we'll talk more.

About those quotes in a second they're also trying to talk about Donald Trump the man the character right obviously everybody knows you know his Brash bravado that is out in the campaign Trail what people saw when he was living on Pennsylvania Avenue but I think so much about his words and actions around the time of these payments is what.

They're also getting at look Donald Trump wrote many many books he's known obviously famously for writing the art of the deal which was the book that really catapulted him onto a national stage years ago back in the late ' 80s but he's written many books a lot of books where he started to get into you know ideas of how to be a businessman a.

Little bit about politics he wrote a lot of policies in one of his book I'm trying to remember which one I know I read all of them um part of my fun job but you know there's comments about you know certain ways that he felt on domestic policy that he actually changed over time but a lot of those words that he talks about he talks about the way.

That he ran his business in several of his books he quotes talks about interactions he had with Alan weiselberg with Jeff mccan and one of the other quotes in the book that she just read on the stand now is always check your invoices it plays right into the heart of this case Diane which is that Donald Trump the prosecutors are arguing knew.

Where every dollar and Cent was going it talks a lot about what Jeff mccan was speaking to yesterday on the stand how closely he tracked it the fact that they had to send checks that he could personally sign down to Washington because he was so meticulous about certain accounts that One account of course being the one that reimbursed.

Michael Cohen for the payments to Stormy Daniels now here's the thing that's actually you know in one way you could argue a little bit you know the defense trying to make this trial go longer keep it boring but this is where I actually think it's a bad move on their part if they had just accepted that Donald Trump had said these things if they had just.

Accepted that these were books and statements he had written you necessarily wouldn't have a character witness like the publisher from one of his books up there reading it into the record but nevertheless us here we are and I think that this is where as jurors are sitting there and we know from our team myself others that have been.

Sitting there watching these jurors they watch everything many of them taking notes throughout all these proceedings Diane Brian I want to read another uh quote to you on that note that sanui is pointing out and it's I always try to read my bills to make sure I'm not being overcharged don't be obsessive about it but check through your bills from time.

To time later he talks about asking his financial department for what he calls a financial small shot and the quote is if I didn't check up on it regularly I would be in big financial trouble and I would have no one to blame but myself always look at the numbers yourself what does that do for the defense's attempt to try to distance Donald Trump from.

These payments and invoice and allegedly falsified documents to cover up this hush money payment I mean if I'm Donald Trump's defense I don't know how it makes it remarkably difficult uh we have this custodial witness on the stand because they are the ones who can testify to the authenticity of the book and also its.

Words itself and you are literally using the words of the defendant to disprove what his attorneys have been arguing that there might be some distance between Donald Trump and these payments he seems to be a very meticulous individual and that's why he's amassed the wealth that he has over the course of his lifetime uh and that's what Mak.

Some of the businessman that so many people come to know and I don't know how the defense then goes up there and says you know what he's multitasking he's designing things he doesn't know he he no even his words I think if if if we were to play this this clip right now he goes back and forth as attorney saying it was a legal expense I knew it was a.

Legal expense we what are you supposed to write down for a legal expense he's not using his own words to help distance himself in the way that his attorneys are trying to and it's it looks like cross-examination has just concluded and the defense is just trying really to emphasize that reading these small.

Excerpts from books doesn't paint the full picture but Aon of course the big Focus today is Stormy Daniels she's expected to take the stand today and before she even made it into the court before the jury even made it into the court there was a big debate over what exactly Stormy Daniels will be allowed to say today and and the prosecution can.

Ask so what do you expect to hear from her today any minute Stormy Daniels has expected to be called to the witness stand Diane and the the defense is saying in a case about books and Records her description of her claim of a sexual encounter where Donald Trump has no place the judge believes there's some.

Place because the judge has said that Stormy Daniels has some credibility issues and and the prosecutors want the jury to understand her claim was real that she claimed the two of them uh Donald Trump Stormy Daniels had sex 2006 in California I think it was Lake Tahoe uh and and they want the jury to understand there was a predicate for the.

$130,000 hush payment so while the judge said some of the more lur details about the encounter are off limits Stormy Daniels can get into it a little bit the defense doesn't want any of that in I would expect frequent objections if the testimony Strays too far from just sort of the the straight and narrow but Stormy Daniels is going to tell the jury.

About this alleged encounter that Trump denies uh and then they have already seen the $130,000 wire transfer that Michael Cohen made to to stormy Daniel's lawyer at the time Keith Davidson and John I'm sure at least a little bit is still more than what Trump would like to have to listen to while sitting in that courtroom would love to hear none of it.

I mean this is one day if Donald Trump could get a you know absentee or call out sick day this would be the day no all of this is going to be hard for him and I and I think just to see what he does you know it's it's pretty dramatic when a witness enters this courtroom they come out from a door right behind Donald Trump they walk right behind him.

They walk in right next to him he clearly will have a visual of Stormy Daniels walking up to the witness stand it's his choice does he want to look her way does he not want to look her way but here's the thing can't put earplugs in can't get up and walk out he's got to sit there and hear all of it all right Aon kerki John santui Brian buckmeyer we.

Are now just moments away we think from Stormy Daniels taking the stand in this trial and we will be following those updates all day long as we hear testimony from a book publisher Sally Franklin she just came off the stand and again we expect that adult film actress Stormy Daniels will be called in just a moment we'll bring you the latest right.

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Welcome back to ABC News live stormmy Daniels is expected to take the stand today any minute now in the criminal hush money trial against former president Trump prosecutors argue Trump orchestrated a $130,000 hush money payment to the adult film star ahead of the 2016 election in exchange for her Silence about an.

Alleged affair with Trump and that Trump then falsified business records to cover up that payment Trump denies the charges and the affair we'll have updates from the court throughout the day stay with us meanwhile the Israeli military says it's taken control of the Gaza side of the Rafa border crossing and what it calls a counterterrorism operation as of.

Right now the IDF says it's killed about 20 people it calls terrorists this comes just after Hamas announced it agreed to a ceasefire proposal foreign corespondent Marcus Moore has the latest from Tel Aviv Israel launched a ground operation in the southern Gaza City of Rafa the IDF saying it killed 20 members of Hamas.

And found three operational tunnel shafts and they have taken control of the critical Rafa Crossing this morning videos show Israeli Flags now flying on the Palestinian side of the Border this as Hamas says they are willing to accept a new ceasefire proposal the deal a different agreement than one proposed by Israel includes a.

Permanent end of military operations and the withdrawal of Israeli forces from areas adjacent to the Border inside Gaza Israel now reviewing the plan but has yet to agree to these terms prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying hamas's counter offer is quote far from Israel's core demands which included a six- we ceasefire and releasing some.

Palestinian prisoners for up to 33 hostages despite the uncertainty crowds in Gaza celebrating hamas's announcement while in Tel Aviv today relatives of hostages demonstrated in front of the US Consulate demanding the is government accept the deal do you worry that this operation in Rafa will affect the the the efforts to to release.

The hostages yes I'm afraid that they will all be dead the family of H Goldberg Poland who's been held hostage by Hamas since October 7th speaking with us this morning it's been 214 days we need to be reunited with our loved ones we're not going to solve everything in the Middle East right now today let's get our loved ones out let's bring a.

Calm to the region and Diane today we are here at hostage Square where the memorials you see behind me uh pay homage to those being held captive right now in the midst of this war and while the IDF said overnight that their latest operation in Rafa is limited in scale the relatives of some of those being held hostage fear.

What the outcome could mean for their loved ones Diane foreign correspondent Marcus Moore in Israel thank you and Senior White House correspondent Selena Wang joins me now for more on this Selena where do ceasefire talks stand right now and what role is the US playing well Diane the president has been very Hands-On in these negotiations.

And in fact he spoke to Netanyahu for 30 minutes yesterday but Diane that was before Hamas announced that they had accepted a deal but us officials are telling me that essentially what Hamas did was offer a counterproposal so now you have us officials in the region working in real time with their counterparts to find some way to try and.

Save and Salvage this deal the big question is can they find some sort of Middle Ground because what Hamas wants is a complete cessation permanent end to fighting whereas the US and Israeli side have been pushing for the six week pause in fighting for the release of dozens of hostages with the US side hoping that that could build into more lasting.

Peace and Selena President Biden and prime minister Netanyahu spoke yesterday but Netanyahu is still vowing to go into Rafa despite us opposition to that so what did that conversation accomplish yeah Diane well during that call we know that the president reiterated his stance on Rafa warning Netanyahu not to invade for weeks now the US Administration has.

Been deeply concerned about a large scale military operation in Rafa and densely populated areas that would significantly worsen the already severe humanitarian crisis now I just spoke to a Us official who said what we're seeing right now is not that not yet but they are still very concerned about what Israel could do next and remember.

Netanyahu had had been warned by President Biden that if he doesn't do more to protect civilians and get more Aid into Gaza that well the us could change its policy that threat still stands Diane now Selena the president will be speaking later this morning to Mark Holocaust Remembrance Day what can we.

Expect from his remarks yeah Diane well really the speech is going to be as much about the past as it is about the president the president is going to talk about the horrors of what happened during the Holocaust and what Hamas did to Israel he's going to also condemn the rise in anti-Semitism across the country since o October 7th but to say that this.

Speech comes out a difficult time for the president would be an understatement Democrats young people more Progressive part of his party they're very frustrated with his handling of the war in Gaza and you've seen these Pro Palestinian protests erupt across college campuses then on the other side you have Republicans who are seizing.

This moment blaming the president for not doing enough to combat anti-Semitism and slamming the president for what they're calling chaos across these college campuses so look with this speech the president is going going to try to cool tensions but the question of whether or not he can achieve that well it's going to be a very very difficult.

Balance to strike Dian senior White House correspondent Selena Wang thank you and now to the deadly weather outbreak in the middle of the country at least one person is dead after 16 tornadoes were reported in Six States ABC News chief meteorologist Jinger Z is in hard hit barnesdale Oklahoma with the latest the power went out large tornado.

Tornado on the ground violent storms sweeping across the Great Plains Highway 123 in Barnes doall it's going to be for a tornado hit there in Barnes doall Oklahoma at least one person was killed and several injured after a tornado ripped through that town north of Tulsa are you okay the sheriff telling us that many.

Buildings were destroyed this family with a baby and their dog here you go I got you I got you having to be rescued from their badly damaged home to me it felt like for it felt like a long time it probably wasn't just to the Northeast in Bartlesville chaos at a Hampton in authorities say they rescued several.

People trapped in that hotel emergency crews urging people to stay off the roads after a twister left significant damage we were chasing the destructive tornadoes hours earlier northwest of Oklahoma City we're about 6 miles from a tornado worn storm just to our Northwest and it is rain wrapped meaning that the rain is is obscuring.

The actual tornado but it's already shown debris on the radar so we know it's in there footage of where the tornado just went through in Smithville severe storms also pounding Tennessee a tornado tearing through Smithville just southeast of Nashville out of nowhere uh wind started picking up and I saw debris flying over.

Where we arrived not long ago here in barnesdale Oklahoma the debris field in just this one spot tells you about the power of this storm you can see that truck crushed the home in the distance uh there's still we're working on search and rescue that's why we couldn't even get into the main Town that's over the creek there so we've still got a whole.

Day ahead of severe weather it kind of focuses on that Ohio River Valley Cincinnati Columbus uh Lexington and Indianapolis but what we'll end up doing is getting another storm and this whole Wednesday into Thursday covers a huge area East Coast down to Gulf Coast on Thursday and focused on kind of Little Rock in Memphis on Wednesday so a lot to.

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So much Diane watching Social Security Because by the year 2035 Social Security is expected to be exhausted now that is one year later than previously forecast still after that recipients will only be able to receive 83% of benefits owed that's according to a report from the program's trustees now that same report shows Medicare is expected to be able to.

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That it was just about nine years ago Diane Alexis christopherus thank you and NBA playoff fever is heating up as teams tip off the second round last night the timber Wares dominated the nuggets and now lead the series by two games and it was a nailbiter in the east as the Knicks edged out the Pacers in the first game of that series ABC's will ree has.

The highlights Nicks fans enjoying the game one win in the Big Apple as a '90s rivalry is reborn game one belongs to the New York Knicks New York holding on in a thriller beating the Indiana Pacers 121 to 117 Brunson three-pointer flies and Brunson rips the cords makes it a two-point game Star point guard Jaylen Brunson exceptional once again scoring.

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For Brunson who becomes the first player since Michael Jordan to score 40 plus points in four straight playoff games I'm not going thinking I need to score 40 That's not the my mindset at all my Minds is to be aggressive to make plays for myself and for others and in the Western Conference the Minnesota Timberwolves dominated the.

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Dramatic day in former president Trump's kinal criminal hush money trial book publisher Sally Franken just concluded her testimony and that means Stormy Daniels is expected to take the stand next prosecutors argue Trump orchestrated a last minute $130,000 payment to the adult film star ahead of the 2016 election in exchange.

For her silence about an alleged affair they then alleged Trump falsified documents to cover up that payment Trump has denied the charges and the affair Daniel's testimony comes just a day after the jury got its first look at the allegedly fraudulent documents at the heart of the case and after the judge fined Trump for a 10th gag order.

Violation warning that the former president could face jail time if he violates that gag order again I want to bring in ABC News executive editorial producer John santui along with ABC News legal contributor Brian buckmire for more uh John what's the latest from team inside the court uh Stormy Daniels literally this second was just called to.

The stand Diane prosecutors calling her in so she's making her way to the stand and look to be a fly on that wall to see what's happening in that courtroom right now as we talked about a couple minutes ago the door for witnesses to enter is right behind Donald Trump literally the distance between you and I right now Diane so she has to walk behind Donald.

Trump go through the the you know little gilded rope if you will and she's up on the stand and we'll take it and listen we knew that Stormy Daniels and Michael Cohen were going to be the most difficult Witnesses for Donald Trump to sit there and listen to and really important point there he has to sit there and listen to this is not like the.

Civil cases that Donald Trump became so familiar with late last year we could come and go as he pleases as you well know he has to be there for all of these proceedings and we know the prosecutor has been very careful in really saying any of the witnesses that would be on the stand because Donald Trump has been known throughout the proceedings even.

Leading up to to them to attack Witnesses it's part of the reason why judge Maran has now hit Donald Trump with 10 violations of this gag order this morning when prosecutors informed the defense team that Stormy Daniels would take the stand Donald Trump put out a comment on Truth social saying he's been informed who the next witness.

Was wouldn't say but what's interesting is that that was immediately deleted because again Donald Trump knows that he is really right on the line here with attacking Witnesses and this judge now saying that if you violate the gag order again I am going to potentially put you in jail I will just note from our team in court Diane um they did said um her.

Stage name which is interesting uh the people called stormy Daniel Zing her stage name instead of her birth name which of course is Stephanie Clifford Brian what are you listening for when stormmy Daniels takes the stand so as we heard before the prosecution ultimately BR storm Daniels to testify today there was this back and.

Forth about how deep she would go into the actual alleged encounter between her and Donald Trump I want to see where the prosecution draws that line how much information how much salacious information actually we're going to hear about Donald Trump not because I want to hear anything too in-depth to this relationship but from a legal standpoint.

Can the prosecution create an appellant issue that Donald Trump can then argue down the road to say that this went beyond just a documents case into just trying to damage and embarrass the defendant and that could have affected the results and so I want to see how the prosecution walks that line going forward and John while former president.

Trump has to sit there as you said he cannot leave so he's face to face with stormmy Daniels right now he also has his son in court with him today what are you hearing in terms of the Dynamics in the courtroom well it's interesting I mean Eric Trump actually tweeted from the courtroom you know he can attack the case he's not a part of the gag Gorder.

He's not a defendant um you know again attacking the prosecutors saying this is you know nonsense case no reason to do this while Donald Trump of course is running for president um I will just bring us back into the courtroom because our team is just rapid firing us with updates um Stormy Daniels entered the courtroom according to ABC's Luke bugman.

Uh draped in all black uh did not glance over at former president Donald Trump as she took the witness stand um she's wearing uh glasses um and uh her hair is um is uh held up with some blond highlights it looks like um Susan hoffinger who of course is the lead prosecutor for Manhattan da Alvin brg is leading the questioning uh Daniels is.

Saying that she is testifying um as part of a subpoena in this case which we know all the witnesses here Diane um have had it is interesting though um it does look like based on our reporting uh Donald Trump did uh keep his eye on Stormy Daniels as she as we talked about navigated into the courtroom and made it up to the witness stand we know that.

Donald Trump is not been the same with every witness right certain Witnesses he's looked at said others he couldn't be bothered with but again I think this really is interesting and now Aaron kki is reporting uh that's as he's watching Stormy Daniels his head is tilted looking right at her it just really speaks to you know the heart of this.

Case this is a witness that we all knew was going to be rather difficult for Donald Trump to have to sit and listen to and now here we are now John there was a lot of back and forth before the jury was brought into the courtroom this morning over what the prosecution will be allowed to ask Stormy Daniels what she would be allowed to say on the stand.

And what is considered out of bounds so what what are we going to hear today and what are we not going to hear well so I think that you know there was a big question about how much of that night you know if we know that night we know we're both talking about here as as our viewers how much of that night they were going to get into it seems like that.

Scope is going to be limited they not going to get into too much detail and again I think the reason the defense really you know went in and leaned into that argument as we've been hearing for the last several months leading up to this case Donald Trump um has told people that this is embarrassing for him you know one of the things I had heard.

Is that he really didn't want his family to attend any of these proceedings I must admit I'm quite surprised that Eric Trump the former president's um third son is in the courtroom today I just think that's really remarkable um because again Donald Trump has told people you know don't don't be around on this day it's going to be you know.

Rather challenging but I also think you know the opposite can be true at the same time right having people around you that can keep you calm right so we know that yesterday while Jeff mccan was on the stand which was clearly a very you know frustrating day for Donald Trump given a longtime employee spilling all several of his other attorneys attorneys.

For the Trump organization were there I believe with that purpose today in addition to Eric Trump Alina habba who's another attorney for Donald Trump very close to the former president who of course served as lead one of the lead councils on the New York attorney general's case serving that purpose again I think just to help keep him calm.

And Brian they're now asking Stormy Daniels about her background she says that she was raised in Louisiana by her mother she grew up in a low-income household she edited her High School newspaper uh where do you think the prosecution's going here why lay down this background so long before she ever met Donald Trump why lay down this.

Foundation I think in many ways it's it's to humanize the witness as we often do with so many witnesses but don't forget we always think of Stormy Daniels the porn star actress I think they want to try to show Stormy Daniels even though they're using her stage name uh the person by giving some kind of insight to her background her history.

How she grew up that she is just like you or I so to speak in many ways and I think in humanizing her it makes it uh help the argument that she's a credible individual that she has a purpose for telling the story it even ties in with the fact that she's being subpoena often times a defense will argue that if someone is not subpoena they're there.

Voluntarily and so what is the um it that they're trying to search for in in testifying today but she's under subpoena they're giving background they're humanizing her and I think they're leading up to this is a person that's credible this is a person you should listen to now here's her story Brian they also now seem to be trying to.

Paint the picture of how she became a porn star an adult film actress however you want to phrase it uh seeming to try to humanize that aspect of all of this too pointing out that she says she was a friend of her was an exotic dancer and invited her to a club to dance when she was just in high school and that they didn't check her ID and she said that.

She realized that she could make more money in one weekend than she would shoveling manora eight hours a day how important is that part of this picture yeah so I've never really represented adult film actress but I have represented individuals where people would say well you're in a game or you sell drugs you must have come AC.

Ross those two Lifestyles only because of negative reasons you you must have liked killing people or you liked selling drugs because it it gives you so much but when you have an opportunity to explain there's a real human reason why people get into these professions as good or bad as you are the descriptions I gave were fairly criminal being a an.

Adult film actress is not criminal but you humanize why a person would turn to that uh lifestyle to that profession and now people are not looking at it as oh you just have sex for fun and you got paid for it now it's oh times were tough you were introduced to us by a friend you were trying to make ends meet just as we all are in this world I think.

Again it goes to humanization and building The credibility of the witness and John what are you hearing about how the jury is reacting to this test it's fascinating our Luke bugman uh writing right now that all almost all of the jurors are looking up at Stormy Daniels right now they are very few jotting notes um one of the things in the.

Courtroom with the setup Diane kind of like I have my laptop here in front of me the jurors have monitors in front of them and the monitors pull in different feeds from the courtroom they pull in the witness they pull in the prosecutors they pull in the judge they pull in the defense table so that way if you're a juror you can kind of watch everybody at.

The same time because we know so much of what juries look at is body language reactions Etc both from both sides prosecutors and especially the defendant according to our team nobody is looking at the monitors they are all head-on looking at Stormy Daniels and Donald Trump according to our team um his gazed is downward or straight ahead he's.

Looking either you know away from Stormy Daniels or down at his feet and I can tell you from you know knowing um while he was watching whole picks the other day that was pretty much the same thing he'd closed his eyes at some point he just couldn't bring himself to watch I think that's what we're seeing um right now it's also interesting that you know.

Stormy Daniels has been on the stand just for a matter of moments Donald Trump is already according to our Luke bugman pulled out his Sharpie jotting down notes passing it over to his lead attorney Todd blanch cuz again we know Donald Trump believes he's his own best attorney and spokesperson you got to admit right now he's passing notes to.

Blanch to again hit a little bit of what we were learning from that publisher earlier right if somebody hits you how to hit back Donald Trump has always said famously I'm not a puncher I'm a counter puncher I am certain right now he is sending notes to blanch basically saying destroy her when they get their chance now Brian Daniels is is now testifying.

About how she went from that high school girl in the club to posing in magazines um you know she says that she started that at 21 so that she could Elevate her dancing career because she says uh the quote here is if you're just a regular girl in the club that's one thing but if you're a Playboy centerfold you became the headliner are prosecutors just.

Trying to paint her as someone who was just sort of trying to make it trying to elevate her career trying to figure out a way to get by like so many of us I think that's exactly what they're trying to do but as a defense attorney I would say be careful where you're going with that because a big part of the defense's argument is that Stormy.

Daniels and many others are extorting Donald Trump that he is kind of the quote unquote Cash Cow so to speak and that this is an individual who's using a story to get one over on Donald Trump and so they've got a tow the line yes we understand that you came to this this career path um because like many of us if you said are just trying to make ends.

Me and try to make uh a living out here but you don't want to get to the point where you're doing so much that that Stormy Daniels that looks for a person as an opportunity to make money and so it's going to be interesting and I agree with with John uh Donald Trump is probably writing feverously I'm reading the song notes about destroying when she.

Gets up there he's probably writing that he's like look she's going for opportunities I was an opportunity make sure you highlight this when you cross-examine her well and they're now going into how posing in magazines turned into adult film she says at 20 she traveled to Los Angeles with a friend she was a background actor in a.

Film at that time and one of the producers approached her and and she's talking about being scared to do it oh we just got another update in um she produced she said she's produced over 150 films and won multiple Awards she says she was one of the youngest if not the youngest featured director so now it sounds like we're going from how.

I got into this as a scared young woman to accolades Brian why go in that direction again I think you're continuing this theme of humanization but then also I'm expecting that at some point uh they're going to portray Stormy Daniels as kind of like the creme to La Creme the the crown jewel of her industry at the time in which Donald.

Trump uh was the same in in the reality TV show and the real estate industry and so I think you're going to get this intersection of here's this adult film actress at the top of of her game and then here's this real estate MoGo at the top of his game this is why they connect this is why he's interested in her this is why the relationship occurs and I.

Think we'll just continue down that that that the kind of road as to how they're connected and why we're now in this case I think there it's it's storytelling in many ways and Brian speaking of the storytelling part she just testified that she was in music videos for Maroon 5 that she acted in movies like 40-Year-Old Virgin and knocked up and.

The the the prosecutor asked her to slow down she's apparently talking really fast and it seems like they really want to make sure the jury hears that filmography movies like The 40-Year-Old Virgin and knocked up which presumably many of the jurors if not all of them have seen why is that important it's again we've got to place.

Her in the stratosphere of Donald Trump as to why those two would have intersected at the time of 2006 when this alleged sexual interaction occurred uh it wouldn't make sense for for like a nobody or some lowlevel adult film actress to interact with Donald Trump uh we know that he's a person of very fine Taste of in terms of having Attractive.

People around him and and beautiful large towers that he always says are the biggest and the most beautiful I think they're trying to create this Narrative of this is why this man in one way sought or another sought after this woman this is why this interaction occurred between the two of them and that led to the need to silence her I.

Think again it's all just storytelling and trying to get the jury to understand an understanding jury whether you're understanding the defense or the prosecution is always at in my mind halfway to convincing them that your theory of the case that your stance on the case is correct so get the jury to understand Stormy Daniels get them to.

Believe her get them to believe that Donald Trump falsified these documents get that guilty verdict that's the prosecution's plan Brian they also just asked her about a podcast and she said she made remarks about Trump but that she doesn't work there anymore that she got fired because she didn't want to keep talking about Trump she said I was.

Reluctant to continue talking about that one narrative about this case and about politics what does that do for the defense's attempt to try to paint her as an opportunist so we know the defense is going to more likely than not use prior statements of Stormy Daniels against her to try to challenge her credibility to.

Try to prove or at least show uh that she's in it for an opportunity think of the same way the prosecution brought in custodial witnesses to try to confront Donald Trump uh that he is heavily involved in the campaign heavily involved in management of his finances and signing of invoices all the stuff we heard from the.

Book The prosecution is trying to preempt those issues that they know the defense is going to bring up by bringing up that she worked in these environments that she made these comments and getting an understanding as to why she stopped and give color as to to why she gave those comments to try to for forecast any kind of issue that might happen on.

Cross examination and John we seem to have jumped from Stormy Daniels talking about her history how she grew up how she got into this career how she then developed that career to now we're jumping ahead to a podcast that obviously happened after her encounter with Donald Trump after this case yeah how do you expect or or what are you.

Listening for when they actually get into how she met Donald Trump and and how this whole alleged Affair happened I I I think basically what they're doing is they're bookending her life right sort of you know where she's been the last little bit of time and how it began and now they're going to sort of move towards the center here because I think.

What they're preparing for and think about you know the opening statement prosecutors gave where they had to own a little bit of Michael Cohen here right that's where they're really going to have to own basically Stormy Daniels and how she's talked about Donald Trump in the in the most recent compared to 2006 I will say that according to our team um.

The gears have flipped a little now uh in the courtroom according to our Peter haral lumus Susan hoffinger has shifted the top to Trump they are now asking Stormy Daniels about her role at the Lake Tahoe Golf Tournament of course that is where as we know Daniels met Donald Trump in 2006 and that story will keep unfolding but Brian I want to ask.

You about the notes part of it because former president Trump all this is happening apparently is looking down or looking away from Daniels and also repeatedly writing notes and passing them them to his attorney when you're in a case like this what kind of notes is a client writing I know obviously you don't know what's written on these.

Specific notes but in general I know this is something that happens a lot so paint that picture for us yeah so you have to understand as a defense attorney you are in two places at once mentally at least you're listening to the direct examination of a witness that the prosecutor is asking questions of but you also have a client next to you and.

That client is writing notes I either I categorize them in two um two folds either one their frustration of what's being said about them and you got to mitigate how they're feeling about that at that time while still focusing on the testimony or two they are giving you the greatest Insight you could ever get into what the witness is saying there is no.

Better source of information about the authenticity The credibility the truthfulness however you want to put it of the events that a witness is testifying about when your client is involved than your client and so Donald Trump might be giving insight to that's a lie this is incorrect this is how it happened I didn't turn left I turn right.

It can be as small as that or it can be as big as that statement is completely false I did not say that I said this and so it can be helpful it can be just mitigating emotions uh but that's basically what you're going through and you have those feverish notes being handed to you from a client in an environment like this and and so far.

Daniels is saying that that particular encounter in 2006 was just a very brief encounter uh on the golf course but Brian I want to go to the challenge for the defense here because Donald Trump has repeatedly denied this affair ever happened yeah now what's said outside Court sometimes is different than what happens inside court so do his attorneys.

Now have the burden of trying to disprove this affair happened at all or or can they just leave that alone and just try to focus on on the payments and and what happened in relation to the hush money payment here again this case operates in what I would say two different courts and the court of law events never has any burden to just Pro.

The elements of the case or disprove any kind of ancel issues like did or did did a relationship happen or did it not happen um but I think in the court of public opinion and the way that this case has has kind of veered itself I think the defense May Embrace um this kind of like pseudo um responsibility of trying to disprove that the actual.

Incident occurred we've never seen the conversation or the questioning of Stormy Daniels as to whether or not this interaction happened in a criminal setting cross-examination is very different in a criminal setting than it is in an interview is as it is in a civil context and so I think this might be Donald Trump's attempt or opportunity.

To disparage The credibility of of Stormy Daniels and in his mind prove that this is all false and I think they may step into that even though they don't have to they can be very Surgical and just go about you don't know the documents you don't know when they were signed all you know is you got money in your bank account and Michael Cohen was.

Involved you don't know that Donald Trump Trump was involved they could go that route but I think they're they're probably more inclined to attack The credibility in the actual story as to whether or not this occurred and while we wait to hear more of that testimony I want to bring in ABC News Deputy political director Avery Harper on the.

Politics side because Avery As Trump is in this courtroom he can't be on the campaign Trail and as we talked about uh earlier with Trump and this alleged Affair a new poll shows 80% of trump supporters would still support him if he's convicted of a crime 20% sure or won't so how significant is this case to the presidential election right I I.

Think it's really important to look at the number that's on the opposite side of that poll question yes we know that there has been a great deal of his supporters that would still support him despite the fact or if he is convicted of a crime uh but 20% uh did not answer that they would continue to support him if he is convicted of a crime 16% say.

They would reconsider their support for uh the former president and 4% say they would withdraw that support Al together that could matter uh in a race that is likely going to be won or lost uh with very slim margins and so uh this is something that the Trump campaign has to think about as they are uh continuing to campaign and to think about how to keep.

Uh their supporters on their side and stormmy Daniels was just asked to identify former president Trump in court she apparently uh sat up slightly in her chair and said navy blue jacket second at the table uh John I want to go to you on that point and Avery thanks for breaking down the politics but John I want to go back to what's happening.

Inside that court right now because Donald Trump as you said has avoided eye contact he's been looking at the floor he's been looking away from Stormy Daniels he's been writing notes what's the significance of that moment for him to have to sit there while she identifies him that's the guy I'm talking about I I mean think about every.

Episode of Law and Order you've probably watched in your life right how many times have we all seen the person on the witness stand point to the person that's being accused saying is that the guy is that the girl is that the person is that the one that happened that night that is what is going on in that courtroom right now and to think that as a former.

President of the United States someone is sitting on a witness stand and identifying you as the person involved in any criminal activity right I mean obviously that night's not the crime but it's what happened thereafter that's just again as we've said humiliating for Donald Trump I think the IDE AA that you know even Stormy Daniels had to like.

Lean Forward one of the things we've heard and we're trying to you know get a sense from talking to some witnesses here some have said that it's pretty hard to see Donald Trump from their position in the courtroom because you know again you have the judges deaths a little higher you know the way the courtroom is positioned Etc but to think.

That there was a moment where she's having to lean over and look and say yep that's the guy I mean I wonder if we see you know what the review is from Donald Trump what he's doing our team's reporting right now that Trump in blanch are just sitting there going through paperwork not really paying attention um there is a photo that apparently was.

Just shown um in the courtroom to our friends in the control room Kate I don't know if we have it but um it's a photo of Stormy Daniels and Donald Trump together at that golf club during that golf tournament and that really is what prosecutors are going to say is that you know for Donald Trump denying the affair I never met her I never saw her.

Unfortunately as we know Donald Trump is always the person that takes a photo any chance he can get and there is a photo from that Golf Tournament of a smiling Donald Trump in a yellow Polo as yours were just shown next to Stormy Daniels uh Brian they're also talking about ages here Daniels testified that she was 27 on that day when she met Donald Trump.

And she said I didn't know his age but I knew he was as old or older than my father noting that her father was 60 at the time uh they're also showing another photo of trump at the golf outing wearing the identical outfit so they to be going through these from that day to show stormy danels apparently isn't making this upot the two of them.

Together clearly she's recounting this day they met and here are the photos to show that they did uh Brian what do you think about this line of questioning it's it's it's strong testimony doesn't go to the actual question of whether or not Donald Trump was guilty of these charges but anytime you have testimony from a witness and.

Then corroboration through another form of evidence it only bolsters The credibility of that individual where as John has pointed out in the past Donald Trump has said I don't even know who this person was there's the photo there I believe now um who could this person be and now you have stormy Daniel saying no I did meet him there um and here is.

The proof to do so testimony and corroboration it makes it for a very powerful combination in front of the jurney and Brian what about the age Gap why highlight the fact that she was just 27 and clearly significantly younger than the former president in this picture I I mean maybe I'm a little jaded I I've practiced in in Manhattan.

And Brooklyn as well but I think the the overall idea here for the prosecution is because the difference in age has nothing to do with the allegations is to try to maybe present uh that Donald Trump was or that stormmy Daniels felt that he was in a position of power because he was older and who he was and that there was some level of when the.

Paychecks came and she was told to keep quiet she did so because of who he was both in age and power that's the only thing that I can surmise of that because there's real no there's really no relevance as to his age or her age at the time that they met because nothing uh in that interaction has anything to do with the case other than they know.

Each other all right well we're GNA take a very quick break John sanoi Brian buckmeier thank you and obviously stick around with me because we're following this trial all day as we hear testimony from adult film actress Stormy Daniels on the stand right now we will bring you the latest on that right after this break keep it here.

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Cas Stormy Daniels is on the stand right now testifying as a key witness in this historic trial PR utor argue Trump orchestrated a $130,000 payment to Daniels ahead of the 2016 election in exchange for her Silence about an alleged Affair and then falsified documents to cover up those payments Trump has denied the charges.

And the affair and now he and Stormy Daniels are face Toof face in court ABC News senior investigative correspondent Aaron kki has the latest from Court along with ABC News executive editorial producer John sanui and ABC's legal contributor Brian buckmire Aaron we're getting into now when stormy Daniels and former president Trump met and this.

Invitation to dinner talk us through the latest the courtroom is wrapped as Stormy Daniels sits on the witness stand she appears almost disheveled her hair messily up she's in a a black sweatshirt black T-shirt uh not the way we've seen seen her more glamorously portrayed the jury has just seen the now Infamous photo of trump and Stormy Daniels when.

They met in 2006 at a golf tournament in Lake kahoe there's the photo on your screen uh Daniel's described being there because she was working for an adult film production company that sponsored one of the holes on the golf course and she elicited laughs when she said does sound kind of funny an adult film company sponsoring a hole on the golf.

Course but now she's recounting for the jury how at the invitation of trump she went to join him for dinner and it's at that dinner where Stormy Daniels will testify she and Donald Trump had sex an encounter that he denies and John I have to highlight this quote because initially she says that she rejected the offer that he invited her to dinner.

Through somebody else and and her initial reaction was in her words e no right um but then her publicist told her to reconsider saying if nothing else you'll get a great story and goes on to say what could possibly go wrong that was his words to me I mean you know listen now we're really getting into the heart of this whole dynamic this night.

That frankly if this Night Never Happened we wouldn't be here right now um it it it's actually remarkable how you know minute by minute prosecutors are going into the evening I think that you know hopefully that structure for Donald Trump's sake is going to stop in a second once it gets to a certain point of the night but it's remarkable um even.

To hear um about Keith Schiller and just to explain who that is for a second because she's saying that Keith Schiller approached her on Donald Trump's behalf inviting her to dinner Keith Schiller was Donald Trump's bodyman um you know as many people know think of you know former presidents like Donald Trump you have somebody that's always at your side.

Even Donald Trump as a businessman Diane had a bodyman had somebody that was always with him and Keith Schiller was that person Keith was a former NYPD cop um eventually retired went to work for the Trump organization was always seen next to Donald Trump we know that you know as part of the prosecutor's case one of the things they've talked about.

Is that if you couldn't get to Donald Trump directly you'd call Keith because Keith was next to him have the phone Etc um it it does again you know talk about Daniel's credibility right you know that you know she's making this up according to the Trump team we have photos we have other names we have other people we have contact information in phones with you.

Know people's names that were related to Donald Trump at the time I I think this is all building up into you know again forming this idea look she was there this did happen and thus eventually we'll talk about the money that said Brian that quote right you could get it could be a great story or or you know something along those lines can the.

Defense now try to use that to say listen she went into this looking for a story yes um but I would be if I was a defense attorney I would hesitate to ask that question it's one of those situations where you don't really know the answer to that question and sometimes the answer could be more damaging I mean think about it if I.

Asked stormmy Daniels okay you said on direct examination that this person said that it could be a good story um is that why you went there and as she responds yeah good story that I had dinner with Donald Trump not that he would and then just imagine filling in the blanket how devastating that could be and so yes go into that issue as a defense attorney.

But tread lightly because that answer could be very damaging and Erin it seems her testimon is consistent with how she described this interaction in her 2018 book full disclosure how much is that going to come into play the the number of times she has told this story and how much what she says on the stand today needs to match those previous.

Accounts and in fact she told ABC's the view not long ago that her story is consistent because it's true and she has told it uh the the the same way the defense will undoubtedly seek on cross-examination to highlight her prior denials in 2016 that this encounter happened then she went on Jimmy Kimmel Jimmy Kimmer showed her a statement.

Denying this sexual encounter and stormy Daniel said that's not my signature and and and that's how the story eventually unraveled but she has consistently told this account and now she has told it in a courtroom with Donald Trump on trial at one point prosecutor Susan hoffinger asked her to point out Donald Trump in the courtroom she looked around a couple.

Of the monitors leaned forward in her seat finally pointed with her finger to the person sitting second at the defense table in a navy blue jacket that was Donald Trump uh the jury saw all of that unfold in real time Aon now she's talking about a very different outfit that Trump was apparently wearing when she went to meet him for dinner she said.

She was told to go to his suite and the former president was wearing silk or satin pajamas John what what more are you hearing from the courtroom in terms of this testimony I mean this is riveting I mean the fact that even Stormy Daniels um is looking and engaging right at the jurors um as R Luke burman's reporting appearing to.

Make eye contact with them as she's telling the story we know the jurors according to our team you know they've previously been taking notes looking down at the monitors they cannot take their eyes off Stormy Daniels and I think even to hear her describe what Donald Trump was wearing you know you say the pajamas apparently she turned as.

She walked in she teased him and said you know could you change he obliged according to Daniels putting on a dress shirt and dress pants I just think that level of detail um it it it really quite revealing you know we we've obviously heard from Stormy Daniels Aaron spoke about um you know her on The View a few weeks ago she gave um her first.

Interview years ago to 60 minutes where she talked about that night um but I think it's very different to talk about that in a television media interview versus on a stand and for Donald Trump to have to be less than 10 feet away and watch and hear it all and and Brian she's really painting a picture here saying she was told to meet him for.

Dinner then when she got there she was told to go directly to the suite when she got there he was wearing silk or satin pajamas and she says I immediately made fun of him uh saying does Mr Hefner know you stole his pajamas as John pointed out she asked him to change and he politely obliged uh and and she goes on to say this hotel room was three.

Times the size of my apartment what do those kind of details do in not only painting a picture but also for the credibility of this witness Brian details in a story especially a story that is alleged to happened back in 2006 are a often associated with telling the truth if any one of us regardless of the circumstances were to.

Try to tell someone what happened in June of 2006 and I started painting a picture as detailed as Stormy Daniels is it would be perceived as more truthful than if I just said yeah in April I was crossing the street and it was somewhere in Manhattan uh absent details people think all right are you making it up the way in which you're telling it doesn't.

Seem to be true it doesn't look or sound like you are reexperiencing those acts as one would when they're remembering an actual event it sounds like you're piecing it together like you're trying to tell a story and so the way in which Stormy Daniels is being led in this direct examination not only brings the audience.

Specifically the jury into the memory but I think it also shows us that this is a memory and not a falsehood and Aon the prosecutor is really taking her through step by step obviously talking about her arrival at the hotel room that night now they're talking about before dinner that it was a little early so Trump asked her if they could just sit.

Down and talk for a while get to know each other how critical is it Aaron right now what the prosecution is doing in terms of trying to build up this story piece by piece this is all Prelude and which will end with this sexual encounter that Daniel says she had with Donald Trump and according to the judge and the.

Parameters he set on this testimony before Daniels took the stand and out of the presence of the jury uh it's not going to go much farther than than the sexual encounter itself so any of these details these colorful details that that prosecutor Susan hoffinger can elicit will go uh toward her credibility earlier the jury uh heard about her.

Upbringing uh uh how she grew up in Baton Rouge brought up by her mom she now lives in Florida shares custody of her young daughter she talked about shoveling manure uh at a horse farm so she could board her horse and afford riding lessons before she discovered in high school that exotic dancing paid more on a weekend than a week's worth of.

Of shoveling manure and all of this um set to paint a more broad portrait of who Stormy Daniels is than any of the jurors might might actually know and she talked frankly about her entry into adult films uh performing in them writing them directing them uh prior to meeting Donald Trump on this golf course in Lake Tahoe now describing the.

Circumstances of their uh their initial encounter and Aaron you mentioned she's done interviews on The View she's been on Jimmy Kimmel she has talked about this in the Press do you expect any of those appearances to be entered as evidence uh the the appearance on Jimmy Kimmel has certainly come up the jury didn't see it but uh it was described uh.

With Keith Davidson on the witness stand her attorney at the time in 2016 who arranged the hush payment he talked about drafting this statement of denial that she was supposed to read on Jimmy Kimmel and when he put it up on the screen that's when stormy Daniel said that's not my signature and and and and that's the moment where uh the the the.

Sexual encounter really became confirmed by by Stormy Daniels Trump continues to to deny it and expect the defense on cross-examination to to hammer that home and attack her credibility but as she has said uh many times before this is her story and she is looking forward to telling it and it's sound the same every time because she says it's true and John.

Now they're talking about STD tests in the courtroom honestly words I never thought I'd say on live TV with you Diane but yeah that's exactly what they're talking about right now Daniel's recounting um how much Trump was asking about the adult film industry how does it work are there unions uh and then the conversation apparently according to.

Daniels rning to Trump specifically asking her um about testing you know sexually transmitted diseases um and Daniel's allegedly responding to Trump at the time every test that I have ever done and I have never had a bad test I've never tested positive for anything now John throughout the course of this trial and particularly during opening.

Statements the defense made the case that Donald Trump is a he's a man he's a husband he's you know not just the guy on TV or the former president but that he's a family man and we've heard certain lines of questioning of certain witnesses to get to that Point Eric Trump is in court with him today but what does it say that we have not seen.

Melania once we haven't seen Melania throughout any of this and I think that one of the things that we have heard repeatedly is that as this is embarrassing for Donald Trump we know that when these stories emerge and I'm using that word purposely stories plural we know that Karen McDougall and stormmy Daniels both came out and gave.

Television interviews within days of each other I remember being told in real time how Melania Trump vacated the White House the minute those stories those interviews got announced she literally bolted out of 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue flew down to Mara Lago did not return to Washington at the time Diane for several days when the interviews played because.

Remember Karen McDougall spoke to CNN Stormy Daniels spoke to 160 minutes Melania Trump as I was told in real time watched both interviews alone didn't want to be around anyone couldn't handle it it was extremely upsetting to her and recall Not only was she married to Donald Trump at the time she had just given birth to their son Baron who was a.

You know a child very young at the time so all of that incredibly stressful on their marriage we know from Hope hicks's testimony last week that when news reports started to emerge she and others avoided sending the newspapers up to the residents at the White House purposely not to upset the former first lady and and yet Aaron Eric Trump is in the.

Courtroom today something that came as a surprise to many because Trump has said that he really didn't want his family around particularly for a day of testimony like today MH and Eric Trump like his father seems to be doing his best to appear disinterested uh he barely looks at at Stormy Daniels as she's testifying.

Although at times you just can't help it the way she is speaking she talks very quickly uh she has still a hint of her Louisiana upbringing in the way she talks and at many points prosecutor Susan hoffinger and judge Juan Maran asked her to slow down a little bit uh but if the trumps are interested in what she is saying they are doing their best.

Not to show it when stormmy Daniels entered the courtroom Donald Trump uh seated at the defense table couldn't see her enter until she rounded the table and at that point he appeared to tilt his head ever so slightly to to watch her walk up to the witness stand but as she's testifying he has kept a rather blank expression Eric Trump seemingly.

The same way but they are all too familiar with this story Diana and Brian now they are actually talking about Melania on the stand uh Stormy Daniels first talked about having a conversation about Trump about his televised appearance with Vince McMahon from the Wrestling Federation and now she's saying she recalls having a very brief.

Conversation with Trump about his wife Melania saying he showed me a few pictures and I said oh what about your wife and he said oh don't worry about that we don't sleep in the same room that's what she says Trump's response was and Eric Trump remained looking down for that exchange Brian when you're prepping your clients for a day like.

Today if if you're prepping a client like former president Trump or stormmy Daniels for that matter what do you say to them to try to prepare them for that moment cuz Daniels is apparently talking very fast they keep having to ask her to slow down presumably she is nervous and this has to be hard for Donald Trump to sit in court and listen to as well so.

It's it's preparation that goes well beyond jce trial it's from the time that you get the discovery the information that the prosecution is going to use to try to indict or convict your client depending on where you are in that process and you remind them this is what that witness is going to say you're going to have to hear this multiple.

Times from me and I'm and I tell my clients to bad information multiple times going leading up to the trial because I want to almost desensitize them because if they are still physically reacting to this information in front of the jury it's never going to be positive and what I tell my clients is is that from the second you walk into.

A courtroom to the second you go home and close the doors and close the blinds and no and sees you you are always being watched by the jury I include even the time during a lunch break you go across the street and go get some food and you come back when you're in the Halls you're always being watched and for Donald Trump that's what I'm saying.

Times a million and so I think they walked this information past Donald Trump multiple times and that's why we're getting the reporting of him looking straight down or straight across I'm pretty sure he was given advice as to this is how you react because you're GNA have every News Network watching you in the court you're gonna have the 12.

Jurors watching you and you're gonna have someone like me sitting in their home saying look at how Donald Trump is reacting and you don't want it to be negative so I think he's been well prepared John what's the what's the impact here of this testimony not only legally because obviously that's the the Crux of what we're talking about here.

But beyond that how does this impact Donald Trump as a person and Donald Trump as a candidate I I I'm sorry I just have to read this from our team um this is unbelievable ABC's Luke bman reporting that Stormy Daniels is detailing how she rolled up a newspaper and hit the former president on it seems like spanking him um on on his rear um I.

I I don't think even Donald Trump um based on o Brian just said about being prepared for this I don't even think Donald Trump or anyone was prepared for something like that about a former president um apparently according to Daniel she's now also said that Donald Trump um told um told Stormy Daniels that she reminded him of his daughter.

Probably referring to ianka Trump um which is again I I I just think that all of this you know we've heard from our team ABC's Olivia Rubin reporting that Donald Trump as he's P this has gone on has turned his body further and further and further away from Stormy Daniels you know as a a source of mine said to me last week when I called this person and.

Said you know he's closing his eyes he's not paying attention what do you make of it the person observed to me it's like you know trying to close your eyes and tune out a bad dream and pretend you're not there this is not a bad dream for Donald Trump this is an absolute nightmare for Donald Trump you know the only thing he benefits from today is.

That thank God for him the state of New York does not allow cameras in court because this is just humiliating Brian how do you defend against this because again former president Trump has denied this affair altogether so how is it fence now going to try to come up and paint stormmy Daniels as a witness who is not credible when she's giving this.

Much detail about what happened I mean they had her reenact that spanking incident that that John is is referring to not only are those details embarrassing but legally how difficult are they to defend against so I think you can pick and choose what part of Stormy Daniel's story you want to find to be not credible or incredible as we.

Say legally speaking I think when it comes to the interaction at that dinner that's probably something you're not going to want to attack it's probably something you don't want to revisit um if the direct examination is horrible of Stormy Daniels bringing up this supposed spanking with a newspaper um having it on cross-examination is going to be just.

As bad if not worse you don't want to represent that information so you may attack stoy Daniel's credibility in another part of her story uh whether being in the payments and you might try to cast doubt on one aspect and then try to have that role over to all other aspects of her testimony and when it comes to the salaciousness of this of.

The testimony the judge merely confined the prosecution to the questions in which they were asking but no one can predict what a person is going to answer when you ask those questions and so I think there really are no constraints here because to John's point we're hearing things that are a nightmare for Donald.

Trump are really embarrassing and it's I think it's only going to get worse I think we're we're just beginning Brian are you surprised at the detail they're going into given the conversations leading into court about would be inbounds and what would be out of bounds in terms of the questioning of the details of what happened that night oh.

Not at all I I'm again practice in in the state of New York specifically Brooklyn and a little bit in Manhattan and we hear this all the time it's like oh we only want to go into this much information we only want to ask these questions uh but there's there's a knowledge and an understanding that if you ask a certain question of a witness.

Who may not be properly prepped all the way to really constrain them because in those conversations prior to Stormy Daniels taking the stand Stormy Daniels isn't there hearing from the judge I want you to only be asked these types of questions and give these types of responses yes the prosecutor probably went back there and gave a a bridged.

Version to Stormy Daniels but they're not walking her through the ins and outs of what she can and cannot say and if she's here to tell her story and her story includes rolling up a newspaper and spanking the former president she's gonna say it the prosecutors are going to let her say it and as we say as attorneys you can't unring a bell even.

If the judge then corrects the jury to say forget what you just heard they've heard it already and I think I'm not surprised about how salacious it is and I'm not going to be surprised at how salacious it gets I'm only going to be surprised as the actual details itself Brian she's always also talking about a conversation that was happening at that.

Time saying he told me an idea that I should go on his television show I said there was no way they would ever let me on TV and Daniel says she she then added I said even you don't have that much power and that his response was you remind me of my daughter remarking about how people underestimate her intelligence what does this do not so.

Much the daughter comment but just this conversation about hey you should be on my TV show given Rona graph testified that she saw Stormy Daniels at Trump Tower and mentioned something about Trump having considered her or or or having told Rona graph that he was considering her as a contestant on The Apprentice yeah this is a point that I.

Can see the defense jumping on to say that that the sexual encounter never occurred but this was more of a business deal and that the way that you can tell this was a business deal is because stormy danels confirms that this idea of her being contestant on Donald Trump's uh show was brought up during that encounter and then later on there are.

Witnesses who corroborate that she was there at Trump Tower for that very idea the same concept of testimony supported by corroborating evidence with that via another witness or a photo just like when Stormy Daniels testified that she had met Donald Trump and then the picture we had just seen with Donald Trump in the yellow shirt and red hat.

Was then shown it's again evidence then corroborated by other evidence makes her a stronger point but this time the defense gets to use that for their argument and and John she's saying they were talking in the suite for two hours she said it was a really long time what do you make of that so I want to actually give more quotes in context to.

This Spain ing incident um because our ABC's Olivia Ruben you know one of the things that we've been seeing from this courtroom is that prosecutors and the judge have repeatedly asked Stormy Daniels Diane to slow down she's speaking very very quickly so our team has now gone through their notes and this is what we have so the way that.

This conversation began according to Daniel she says quote um are you always this rude Daniel says she said referring to Donald Trump are you always this arrogant and pompus um admitting that she got a little Snappy with the former president Daniels testified that Donald Trump was quote pretty taken aback and said quote someone should spank you with.

That Daniels then recalled that she quote spanked Donald Trump with a rolled up newspaper quote right on the butt she said no according to our team this is Olivia rubin's reporting nobody aside from a few journalists audibly or visibly reacted when Daniels picked up that newspaper and or know she motioned with her hands uh and then used that.

Quote right on the butt um it's just remarkable that no reaction from jurors Trump his son Eric of course there just seeing everybody almost according to our team Frozen watching and listening to this testimony so intently it also sounds like we should clarify what she's talking about here is something that happened in this conversation maybe some.

Flirting this is not something that she's describing happened as part of their sexual encounter no and and we should also note that the jury has now taken their morning recess so I hate to say it but it's only just begun of where the story is going um it does seem as though they had a as you noted in a very lengthy conversation two hours as we.

Talked about earlier Donald Trump asking Stormy Daniels about her history asking about the porn industry um asking you know if anything about STDs and you know if she ever tested for STDs she said that she never had a bad test um but I think you know it's interesting just how um you know the conversation as she testified was a lot of getting to know.

You uh for 2 hours and it seems like we're building up to another moment uh Brian what are you listening for they're in recess now what are you listening for when stormy goes back on the stand and the prosecution continues their questioning I think at some point we're going to get to the actual alleged sexual encounter and it's going to be a.

Real battle between the defense and the prosecution I think we're going to see far more objections and sidebars and it's going to get contentious I want to see how that plays out um both in terms of the judge's rulings what they the judge allows in uh but also where the defense kind of makes that Line in the Sand of we're not going further into.

This encounter because I already thought that we wouldn't hear about rolled up newspaper and I won't keep laboring the point um but yeah I think this is as John said this is just the beginning and it's gonna be interesting to see how far this goes uh in the afternoon John final thoughts on how this morning has gone so far horrible I I don't think anybody.

Could have predicted it would be this bad this quickly and we haven't even gotten into the ACT if you will Donald Trump according to our team has exited the courtroom as part of that morning recess did not speak to cameras pumped his fist um but again his back turned to the camera I think very quickly just trying to get with his attorney's huddle.

And honestly I think probably needs a little bit of a coaching session for what's about to come all right Aaron kerki John santui Brian Buck Meer thank you and we will be following this trial all day long as we hear more testimony from adult film actress stormmy ANS in the hush money trial against former president Trump we'll bring you the.

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President Trump's criminal hush money case as stormmy Daniels is testifying as a key witness today in the past hour Daniels has been detailing her first meeting with Trump in 2006 in Lake Tahoe and what she says happened in his hotel suite prosecutors argue Trump orchestrated a last minute $130,000 payment to the adult film star.

Ahead of the 2016 election in exchange for her Silence about an alleged affair with Trump and that Trump then falsified documents to try to cover up those payments Trump denies the charges and the affair altogether ABC News executive editorial producer John santui joins me now along with ABC News legal contributor Brian buckmire John this is.

A very different day in court yesterday focused on accounting today we're getting some pretty salacious details from stormy Daniel so far and we haven't even gotten to the actual alleged sexual encounter here what do you make of what you've heard so far I I mean this is probably by far the hardest day for Donald Trump right it didn't matter.

About his longtime Aid someone that he talked but as a daughter being Hope piix on the stand on Friday it didn't matter about Jeff MCC who was the com controller of the Trump Organization for nearly four decades talking about the process of sending checks down to the White House we've now heard testimony of a woman Donald Trump had a one night.

Affair with talking about spanking the former president in a buildup to a conversation they were having that involved conversations about the porn industry and STDs I mean all of this is simply remarkable and again Donald Trump as a person humiliating in and of itself but to think that we're having this conversation about a former president of.

United States and potentially a future president of the United States the guy who has sealed up the Republican nomination for 2024 this is truly just remarkable Vivid detailed testimony Stormy Daniels has taken us inside this Lake Tahoe sweet Diane which she has described as three times bigger than her apartment talking.

About entering Donald Trump wearing silk pajamas asking him to change into a shirt and dress pants it's so vivid it's so detailed Stormy Daniels is talking so quickly on the stand that prosecutors and the judge have repeatedly told her to please slow down the interesting thing Beyond everything I mean all of it's interesting but as.

Jurors are mesmerized by Stormy Daniels they're not taking notes they're not looking down at the monitors in front of them they have their eyes fixed on her and stormy Daniel is leaning into that according to our team looking right at the jurors as she is telling that conversation and while she is looking at the jurors Donald Trump is not looking.

At anyone he has turned his body so far away from anyone in this case this is truly very hard for the former president Brian the defense is expected to go after Daniel's credibility former president Trump has denied first he denied knowing her at all we've just seen pictures in court of the two of them together he he backed off that as.

Since initially saying it but he still denies that this affair ever happened so we do expect the defense to go after her credibility how do you think she came across today as a witness so far does she seem like someone the jury will view as credible so take with the grain of salt and that I'm just getting the very very.

Detailed notes that are coming from John's team but I don't have the ability to actually see uh stormy Dan again one of the disadvantages of having trials in the state of New New York but from the information that we're getting from her again I I always reflect on the amount of detail and how long ago and the photos to support the actual interaction.

Between the two of them that presents is credible the information that we're getting uh about how the jury is reacting looking straight up at her uh kind of at the edge of their seat so to speak uh not really taking notes or looking down at those monitors to see how other people react uh that suggests to me that the jury is at least at the.

Very least sorry uh enticed paying attention interested and often times you don't do that or you don't hear about that when someone's lying so all factors in my mind Point towards this being a very credible witness and the jury believing that as well and John the the defense even in opening statements has really tried to.

Pay Trump as a family man who was concerned about his wife now we have stormy Daniel saying they talked about Melania that night and he said oh don't worry about her we don't sleep in the same room what do Det s like that do not just for this case but for Trump's reputation as a person as a businessman and also as a presidential candidate.

It's all humiliating for Donald Trump and look so many times people have said you know where is Melania where is Melania we of course just want to interrupt you to point out there's the former president walking back into court John what do you what do you think about the big impact here the bigger impact here it's all huge I mean Eric Trump.

Just followed right behind him I I I think that this is all so hard for Donald Trump and we know that Milani is someone that has never liked the spotlight at all as Donald Trump has campaigned for the White House now for a third time his wife has not been on the campaign Trail that's not too uncommon she was barely on the campaign Trail in.

2016 or 2020 um but even the fact that you know she has not been around for any of the big moments over the last couple months as Donald Trump was locking up the Republican nomination for this year she was not at maral Lago on any of the you know Victory nights where he would come out and celebrate a win in any of the primaries between Iowa New Hampshire.

Etc this has been something that they knew was going to be a problem both for Donald Trump his marriage his family for everybody that this would be complicated but I think now as he's campaing right I don't know how many of his supporters are watching all of this in real time but they're going to hear about it they're going to see it somewhere.

Because so many of these things are just so un unavoidable right I mean just to think if you're watching any type of news or information content you're going to hear about today it's going to be completely unavoidable and I do think that one of the things we know from everything we have seen is that a conviction in this case could turn.

Certain voters away but we know that one of the most important bedrocks to the Republican party is evangelical voters right people that really believe in the value of Family Faith marriage Etc this is something that I think is really hard to square you know I remember talking to supporters back in 2016 out on the road as you know accusations about Donald.

Trump and women came out and people would say I don't believe them and you know listen I don't believe he's a saint either you know he he's obviously had a life that I know about but this I just think is something very different Brian that said the toddy details of the affair are not key to this case what's key to this case is what happened after.

That alleged Affair the payment and the allegedly falsified docu to cover it up so what do the prosecution need to prove with Stormy Daniels on the stand what are the key points that they need to hit on today so I think not only for for this trial but also for any kind of appellant issues down the road the prosecution has.

To tie all of this salaciousness toward an actual motive to suppress the information I think the theory here is and they've gota they still got to do some work to kind of get there is that it was really bad that the information about this story was so bad and they knew about it at the time they being Trump Cohen weiselberg everyone kind of.

Enthralled in this during the campaign of uh Donald Trump's first run of the the White House that they knew how bad it was and we are only learning about how bad it is now that they had to do this payment they had to falsify the information they had to make it so that no one could even re even even from a sliver of information would be able to.

Discern okay they are hiding something they they they put this here to put this there because they didn't want anyone pulling out the strings to get more information that's what a prosecution has to do they have to tie that idea together that this was so bad they had to do so much to cover it up and then they can be successful in this case.

Brian Daniels has also been asked to slow down several times she's apparently talking very quickly in the courtroom but she's also been quick to answer questions she doesn't seem to be hesitating when she's asked she can go straight into answers she's answering confidently and and once she sort of settled in she was apparently kind of.

Periodically almost joking with the jury she seems to be fairly comfortable in that regard does that help to make a witness more likable and appear more credible when they can do things like she continuously apparently addressing the jury directly and looking directly at them so a part of the and I'll just.

Dissect all the little questions there a part of it is uh is that the courtroom stenographer there's a person actually recording everything that's being said and so she may be speaking quickly in the terms of just how one would receive information uh but she was probably speaking too quickly for someone to write down her words and what the judge.

Is doing is what we call preserving the record can at some point in time especially for stormmy Daniel's testimony someone's GNA look back at the record and they want to know exactly what she said they don't want someone to speak so quickly that the record is muddled and we can't discern what was said because the stenographer or the.

Court reporter wasn't able to get everything that she saying so I don't think she's speaking so quickly that people can't understand her just for that that record issue and then to your point of being able to answer the questions and look at the jurors um it depends on where people are standing I I know what will typically what I mean by.

That is what typically happens is when you are direct examining someone uh depending on how the courtroom works the attorney will stand behind the jury so that the witness is looking at the attorney but has to look past the jury because you want the the the jury to feel like they're having a conversation with the witness during direct.

Examination the opposite is true is cross examinations often times a w an attorney will stand on the other side to force the witness to look at them rather than the jury because you want both parties to be uh involved in the cross-examination so either Stormy Daniels is told to to make that connection with the jury which helps.

With credibility or the prosecutor is standing in a way to create that illusion to again help her credibility sty Daniels is back on the stand now being questioned by the prosecution but John before that happened the judge sort of told the prosecution to ease it up a little bit Yeah pull their foot off the gas saying the degree of detail is just.

Unnecessary and again we know that you know before Miss Daniels took the stand the defense team already tried to narrow the scope here we've talked about how Vivid Stormy Daniels has been in her details she's going a mile a minute as Brian was talking about you know those stenographers I know my mom is one of them they go 225 words a minute if they.

Are saying slow down that means Dan is firing rapid rapid rapid fast um what's interesting though is that she's walked back into the room according to ABC's Luke bugman uh did not look over at Donald Trump as she entered the room just now Diane the courtroom that is Donald Trump his head down looking at papers on his desk not giving any eye.

Contact stormy Daniel's way so far and again we know how um Vivid that testimony was right before she you know got off the stand for morning recess and now we would imagine based on the timeline he now going to get into the actual sexual encounter and Brian the judge is saying you know the amount of detail here is just unnecessary we don't.

Have to ask about everything but as you point out the prosecution can control the questions they ask but they can't control how much detail stormmy then decides to provide in her answers exactly and that's kind of the danger of a judge giving the prosecution so much role you may give the questioner uh an inch or a foot or whatever.

Measurement you want to give but therefore you have to understand that gives the witness a yard or then more so um because you cannot control what a witness will say I think the Judge should have known that I mean this is this is an argument that I make not because of who's being uh prosecuted I make this argument as a defense attorney.

I do it for my own cases as well judge if you let them ask that question you have to understand that the question may be narrow but the answer may be wide and there's no un ringing of that Bell and so I think the Judge is smart to say hey guys we haven't even gone to the encounter yet and it seems like a little much let's narrow your your questioning.

To therefore narrow the scope of the answer because if he doesn't do it now it's only goingon to get broader and broader as they continue and John now we're getting a a description a detailed description of Daniel's talking about the room and the bed that day walk me through those so uh according to ABC's Peter haral lomus um Daniels has just.

Tested testified that she noticed the bed in Donald Trump's Suite was unmade um but there were no personal items around um she did notice uh that there was um a leather toiletry bag you know when people travel obviously they they carry things with them um she says she's not proud of it but she did look inside um so there were uh there was Old Spice.

Referring I guess you know to men's clone deodorant Etc I use that um plus a manicure set which was gold um but you know again I think it's it's interesting you know taking what Maran just said about details that's really detail my mouth Brian on one hand we're hearing the judge say you know the level of detail is not necessary and now we're.

Hearing the description of what was in former president Trump's toiletry bag which does not sound relevant to this case h what do you make of that yeah again the judge giving an inch and the prosecutors taking a yard and then some the the questions I mean they prepped story Daniels they must have spoken with her a numerous times and know what her.

Answers will likely be or or where this story can go um again I think it's it's going to be very interesting in the afternoon because I while the judge may be saying hold off on the gas I think the prosecution is going to keep pushing and pushing until the judge pushes back hard enough uh the question becomes what's going to be heard in that push.

And push before the judge says all right that's that's too much and I and I think we're going to get to a point where it's going to be an interesting afternoon I keep saying that I I I have a feeling that stormy Danel is going to respond to something in a way uh that is very reminiscent of this prosecutor's office of when I sat in the Harvey Weinstein.

Case where they ask the question you're like whoa we we we did not see that answer coming and John now she's describing coming out of the bathroom and finding Donald Trump on the bed yeah so I'm going to read this reporting from our team uh Daniel's just said on this stand quote uh Mr Trump had come into the bedroom and was on the bed basically.

Between myself and the exit according to Daniels Donald Trump was quote wearing his boxer shorts and a t-shirt Daniels then goes on to say on the stand quote I felt the room spun in slow motion I felt the blood basically leave my hand and feet she goes on to say what did I misread to get here it's getting into it and Luke one of our producers down there.

Is one juror had been writing down notes looked up from his page raised his eyebrows as Daniel recalled the sight of trump on the bed in boxer shorts and a t-shirt uh in that scene Brian I'm curious and to go back to the detailed conversation on the one hand the the judge says you know we don't need all of the details and maybe thought before the.

Break there were too many but can the prosecution make the argument that they do need the details if the defense is going to try to deny this affair ever happened and so they need the details to show that Stormy Daniels is credible and is telling the truth about what happened that night the prosecution can and the prosecution will make that argument you.

May hear things like uh we need this information to complete the narrative we have the ability to prosecute or present evidence in the way that we feel is most appropriate based on the need to prove our burden these are all statements that are very common uh for prosecutors in kind of pushing the bounds of what information is there uh I I would expect.

An argument along the lines of if we need to one as you've hinted uh kind of insulate our witness against the attacks that we see coming we need to ask these questions and get the information in this level of detail so the jury can understand her credibility uh if we are to argue how feverishly the defendant and his uh cohorts so to speak were.

Moving into in order to suppress this information we need to get into the details and I think we're going to see those types of arguments and then it's going to be the defense and clearly going to push back and say no you don't you don't need any of these we've gone too far already whatever Curative response the judge is going to give is.

Not going to be good enough to unring this Bell You're simply here to damage The credibility of an individual not to find information and I think it's going to be a big back and forth and a big argument H and regardless of where the judge lands I think there's going to be some piece of information that gets in that the judge is going to think I wish.

We had stopped the question earlier and it does sound like the defense just objected and the judge sustained uh that objection and John now we're hearing a little bit more about what happened next okay so couple soel let's go into Daniel so what Daniel says is quote that's when I had that moment where I just felt the room spun in slow motion I felt the.

Blood basically my hands and feet it said misread goes on Daniels goes on to say how did I misread theu to end up in this position where I come out of the bathroom and Donald Trump is on the bed in a T-shirt unboxes she goes on to say I think I blacked out um she affirmed that she was not drinking or on drugs during any of the exchange as she.

Testified earlier before the break Dian she was talking to Donald Trump for about two hours before it became to this moment I will just note that on the objection it came as Donald Trump according to our team was actually you know hitting gesturing towards his lawyer Susan necklace who of course is going to part of the team she's going to.

Question when it's time for cross-examination BAS Bally it was him you know again we know Donald Trump is his own lawyer it was Donald Trump saying let's go say something yeah and the objection was sustained and I think again it was because of the level of detail that was going on in that courtroom and as we know we reported.

This a couple minutes ago judge mshan had encouraged prosecutors to take the foot off the gas not that much detail as necessary here because this is not the crime the money is the crime that he's been in charged for 34 criminal accounts but now this is where these details both personally are humiliating but obviously could be politically damaging and Brian.

How careful does the prosecution have to be here because they obviously want as much detail to get out as possible they want this is the part of the story that they want to make sure it's clear and they want to you know and they want to hear those details but they also don't want to be having objections come through every two seconds or half the.

Story will get lost just in that process if it's not just the objections and the losing of this jury it's also the objections that are likely to come on an appeal if Donald Trump is convicted I would bet my bottom dollar he's going to appeal and you don't want to create Appel at issues that can have uh the case in Jeopardy and have it being.

Reversed and then come back again and then we either one have to do this all over again or two the prosecution has to swallow very tough pill and say we're not going to go forward again just because of how poorly we executed it the first time I know keep drawing the the the similarities and I'm not doing it to draw similarity between the defendants.

I'm drawing the similarities between the way in which the prosecution handled the case with the Harvey Weinstein case that just got reversed that didn't have anything to do with the defendant or the evidence it had to do everything with the strategy of the prosecution of them overreaching and so I draw the comparison to be to say here if the.

Prosecution overreaches and getting that salacious salacious information out of Stormy Daniels they could be creating their own appell issues that could get reversed if this case is Con contion if his a conviction sorry and it comes back because of the errors you're doing today well and now we have another objection sustained Stormy Daniels is now talking.

About having sex with the former president and apparently as soon as she mentioned the position that was when a former president Trump tapped his lawyer and she did go ahead and object and that objection was sustained but Brian when you're telling a story like this how do you decide what the guidelines are in terms of what is and what's out of.

Bounds before you have the details to decide right the judge does not have this full story in front of him he does not know exactly what Stormy Daniels is going to say and the prosecutor also can't control everything she says based on the questions that they ask so how do you govern something like this very carefully there there's no.

Right or wrong answer I think I'm eligible to become a judge myself next year I will definitely pass on that because it is not an easy task uh as you clearly have outlined that no really knows what answers are going to come up no one really knows where the story is going and it's just the way our system works it's a battle between one side.

Pushing the envelope perhaps a little too far and the other side pushing the envelope in the opposite direction probably a little too far and then leaving someone in the middle to decide where that line is um and it's it's a imperfect perfect uh system or Perfectly Imperfect system however you want to put it uh but the worry is always that is.

There going to be a little bit too much information I think that's why you're getting those objections sustained which if you're not following like the legal terminology it's when one side objects because a question or answer would give an improper response based on the law and the judge agrees with that size objection and that's why it's sustained.

Rather than overruled over ruled that question or answer can come in all right and John santui Brian buckmire I want you to stick around because we are G to come back to these live updates but I do want to turn briefly to President Biden who speaking at the US Holocaust Memorial Museum's annual days of remembrance ceremony let's.

Listen thank you thank you Z please thank you stu I just after that introduction for your leadership the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum your true scholar and Statesman and uh a dear friend speaker Johnson leader Jeff members of Congress and especially the survivors of the Holocaust I'm mother here she looked at.

Say God love you all God love you all ab foxman and all other survivors who embody absolute courage and dignity and grace are here as well during these sacred days of remembrance we grieve we give voice to the 6 million Jews who were systematically targeted and murdered by the Nazis and their collaborators during.

World War II we honor the memory of victims the pain of survivors The Bravery of Heroes who stood up to Hitler's unspeakable evil and we recommit to heading and heeding the lessons that one of the darkest chapters in human history to revitalize and realize the responsibility of never.

Again never again simply translated from me means never forget never forget never forgetting means we must keep telling the story must keep teaching the truth must keep teaching our children and our grandchildren and the truth is we're at risk of people not knowing the truth that's why growing up my dad.

Taught me and my siblings about the horrors of the showa at our family dinner table that's why I visited Yad vashem with my family as a senator as vice president as president and that's why I took my grandchildren to DACA so they could see and bear witness to The Perils of Indifference the complicity of Silence in the face of evil that they.

Knew was happening Germany 1933 Hitler and his Nazi party rise to power by rekindling one of the world's oldest forms of prejudice and hate anti-Semitism his rule didn't begin with mass murder it starts slowly across economic political social and cultural life propaganda demonizing Jews boycotts.

Of Jewish businesses synagogues to face with swastikas harassment of Jews in the street and the schools anti-semitic demonstrations pograms organized riots with the indifference of the world Hitler knew he could expand and his reign of terror by eliminating Jews from.

Germany to annihilate Jews across Europe through genocide the Nazis call the final solution concentration camps gas Chambers mass shootings by the time the war ended 6 million Jews one out of every three Jews in the entire world were.

Murdered this ancient hatred of Jews didn't begin with the Holocaust it didn't end with the Holocaust either or after even after our victory in World War II this hatred continues to lie deep in the hearts of too many people in the world and requires our continued vigilance and outspokenness that hatred was brought to.

Life on October 7th in 2023 on the sacred Jewish holiday the terrorist group Hamas unleash the deadliest day of the Jewish people since the Holocaust driven by ancient desire to wipe out the Jewish people off the face of the Earth over 1,200 innocent people.

Babies parents grandparents slaughtered in the Kuts massacred at a music festival brutally raped mutilated and sexually assaulted thousand thousands more carrying wounds bullets and shrapnel from the memory of that terrible day they endured hundreds taken hostage including.

Survivors of the showa now here we are not 75 years later but just 7 and a half months later and people are already forgetting they're already forgetting that Hamas Unleashed this Terror that was Hamas that brutalized Israelis it was Hamas who took and.

Continues the whole hostages I have not forgotten nor have you and we will not forget as Jews around the world still cope with the atrocities and Trauma of that day and its aftermath we've seen a ferocious surge of anti-Semitism in America and around the.

World vicious propaganda on social media Jews forced to keep their hive or keep us under baseball hats tuck their Jewish Stars into their shirts on college campuses Jewish students blocked harassed attacked while walking to.

Class anti-Semitism anti-semitic posters slogans calling for the annihilation of Israel the world's only Jewish State too many people denying downplaying rationalizing ignoring the horrors of the Holocaust and October 7th including hamas's appalling use of.

Sexual violence to torture and terrorize Jews it's absolutely despicable and it must stop silence silence and denial can hide much but it can erase nothing some ad Justice are so heinous so horrific so G Grievious they cannot be married buried no matter how hard people.

Try in my view a major lesson to Holocaust is as mentioned earlier is not was not inevitable we know hate never goes away it only hides and given a little oxygen comes out from under the Rocks we also know what stops hate one thing all of us late Rabbi Jonathan sax described.

Anti-Semitism as a virus that survived and mutated over time together we cannot continue to let that happen we have to remember our basic principles is a nation we have an obligation we have an obligation to learn the lessons of History so we don't surrender our future to the horrors of the past we must give.

Hate no Safe Harbor against anyone anyone from the very founding our very founding Jewish Americans who represent of only about 2% of the US population have helped lead cause of freedom for everyone in our nation from that experience we know scapegoating and demonizing any minority is a threat to every minority and the Very Foundation.

Of our democracy so moments like this we have to put these principles that we talking about into action I understand people have strong beliefs and deep convictions about the world in America we respect and protect the fundamental right to free speech to debate and.

Disagree to protest peacefully and make our voices heard I understand that's America but there is no place on any campus in America any place in America for anti ISM or hate speech or threats of violence of any kind whether against Jews or anyone else violence attacks destroying property is.

Not peaceful protest it's against the law and we are not a lawless country we're a civil society we uphold the rule of law and no one should have to hide or be brave just to be themselves to the Jewish Community I want you to know I see your fear your hurt your pain let me reassure you as your.

President you're not alone you belong you always have and you always will and my commitment to the safety of the Jewish people the security of Israel and its right to exist as an independent Jewish state is iron clad even when we disagree my Administration is working around the clock to free remaining.

Hostages just as we have freed hostages already and will not rest until we bring them all home my Administration with our second gentleman's leadership has launched our nation's first national SEC strategy to counter anti-Semitism that's mobilizing the full force of the federal government.

To protect Jewish Community but but we know this is not the work of government alone or Jews alone that's why I'm calling on all Americans to Stand United against anti-Semitism and hate in all its forms my dear friend and he became a friend the late Ellie wiisel said quote.

One person of Integrity can make a difference we have to remember that now more than ever here in emancipation Hall the US capital among the Towering statute of the history is a the Browns bust of Ro Wallenberg born in Sweden as a Lutheran he was a businessman in the Diplomat while stationed in Hungary during World.

War II he used diplomatic cover to hide and rescue about 100,000 Jews over a six-month period among them was a 16-year-old Jewish boy who escaped a Nazi labor camp after the war ended that boy received a scholarship from the hell Foundation to study in America he came to New York City.

Penous but determined to turn his pain into purpose along with his wife also a holocaust Survivor he became a renowned Economist and foreign policy thinker eventually making his way to this very capital on the staff of a first-term senator that Jewish Refugee was Tom Lantos and that Senator was me Tom and.

His wife andette and their family became dear friends to me and my family Tom would go on to become the only Holocaust Survivor ever elected to congress where became a leading voice on civil rights and human rights around the world Tom never met Raul who was taken prisoner by the Soviets never to be heard from again but through Tom's.

Efforts rolls Busters here in the capital he was ALS also given honorary US citizenship only the second person ever after Winston Churchill the Holocaust mum here in Washington is located in a ro a road in R's name the story of the power of a single person to put aside our differences to.

See our common Humanity to stand up to hate and its ancient story of resilience from immense pain persecution to find Hope purpose and meaning in life we try to live and share with one another that story endures let me close with this I know these days of remembrance fall on difficult.

Times we all do well to remember these days also fall during the month we celebrate Jewish American Heritage a Heritage that stretch us from our earliest days to enrich every single part of American Life Today Great American great Jewish American named Tom Lantos used the phrase the veneer of.

Civilization is paper thin we are its Guardians and we can never rest my fellow Americans we must we must be the those Guardians we must never rest must rise against hate meet across the Divide see our common humanity and God bless the victims and survivors of showa May the.

Resilient Hearts the courageous Spirit and the Eternal Flame of faith of the Jewish people forever shine their light on America and around the world pray God thank you all you've been listening to President Biden at the US Holocaust house Memorial Museum's annual day of remembrance talking about the need to heed the.

Lessons in one of the darkest chapters of human history to revitalize the responsibility we have to ensure it never happens again and this ceremony comes in mid weeks of protests on college campuses across the country against Israel's war in Gaza ABC's Jay O'Brien joins me from Capitol Hill as well as ABC News senior White House.

Correspondent Selina Wang Selena we heard the president here talking about hamas's attack on Israel on October 7th saying that you know 7 and a half months later people are already forgetting that it was Hamas that brutalized Israelis and who took and continued to hold hostages what stands out to you to you about his comments today given the.

Timing here yeah Diane I think you really hit the nail on the head this was really about weaving the past together What's Happening Here in the present and reminding the world to not forget the horrors and evil that happened during the Holocaust and also talking about the horrors and evil that happened happed in October 7th it was a very strong.

Forceful condemnation of the rise of anti-Semitism in the US and around the world but to say that this comes out a tricky political time for the president would be an understatement as you say you've got these Pro Palestinian protests erupting across campuses in America and Democrats are fearful that the more Progressive of the wing of.

Their party as well as young voters could be turned away from President Biden because of his handling of the war in Gaza then on the other side you have Republicans that are seizing this political moment using it as a chance to slam President Biden saying he's not done enough to combat anti-Semitism and blaming him for what they are calling.

Chaos on college campuses so the president there he's been trying to strike this balance ever since the beginning of this war which is support for Israel condemnation of anti-Semitism but also bringing out and condemning the devastation and death and destruction that's happened in Gaza and Jay the president's again riding a line here.

He's using the speech to remind people of of how we got here and what happened on October 7th and how that is what started this this war but we also know behind the scenes he's been trying to encourage Benjamin Netanyahu not to invade Rafa and to try to broker a peace deal and we heard today house Speaker Mike Johnson and House minority leader.

Hakeem Jeff speaking before the president uh had this address what did you make of what they noted in their speeches today cuz there was some news there there too well their remarks Diane were very similar to the presidents in terms of condemning anti-Semitism but what you watched for in those remarks from the Democratic and Republican.

Leaders here in Congress isn't necessarily what they said at that Podium but what they said prior to going up there particularly what Mike Johnson said Mike Johnson was asked by reporters prior to this event what do you want to hear out of the president and that's because House Republicans have been incredibly critical of President Biden.

Saying that he's not doing enough to counter anti-Semitism on college campuses what Mike Johnson said is he wants the president to say what is right is right and what is wrong is wrong he wants a more forceful condemnation of what he says is rampant anti-Semitism on college campuses more than what he's heard out of the president what so far.

And what he got out of the president just moments ago was President Biden saying I'll quote him directly no there is no place in America for anti-Semitism or hate speech or violence of any kind whether against Jews or anyone else it's unclear if that's going to be enough to Plate House Republicans who have mounted a series of Investigations and other.

Kind of congressional mechanisms into this administration's handling of anti-Semitism on college campuses into those universities and colleges handling of this as well but certainly House Republicans are pushing this white house to do what they say can be more Diane Jay the he also accused the house Speaker also accused the president of.

Reportedly halting ammunition shipments to Israel what do we know about that well it's interesting because these are reactions remember as you just noted to reports and those reports that this could possibly be happening that came out in media Outlets they were enough earlier today to inflame Republicans we had a letter from Republican Senators.

That was sent to the White House and then at a Podium at a press conference before this event house Speaker Mike Johnson the number one Republican in the house obviously and the number two Republican in that chamber St scalise were angry they said about the possibility that this could be happening what Mike Johnson said is he accused the.

President if this is true and again I'll quote him directly of if it's true trying to quote plate the pramas elements of his party and he said that doing this again if it's true would be contrary to the will of Congress because Congress passed remember that massive a $95 billion foreign aid package that included in it military assistance for.

Israel as well as assistance for Ukraine and the list goes on so certainly that is expected to be a point of contention now going forward between Republicans here in Congress and the White House as they try to track down the various facts that have gone into these reports all right ABC's jro Brien ABC News senior White House correspondent Selena Wang.

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Sunshine hi I'm Diamond today on ABC News live first it is a dramatic day in former president Trump's criminal hush money case as stormmy Daniels is on the stand testifying about the alleged Affair at the heart of the hush money payment in this case Daniels has been detailing her meeting with former president Trump in 2006 in Lake Tahoe.

Where she says they had a sexual encounter the former president denies that along with the charges in this case prosecutors argue that Trump orchestrated a last minute $130,000 payment to Daniels ahead of the 2016 election in exchange for her Silence about that alleged Affair that again Trump denies ABC's executive.

Editorial producer John santui joins me now along with your council at Coen oconor Law Firm Jerry goldfeder uh John what's the latest from the courtroom so Daniels is still on the stand um we've moved out of the sexual encounter that happened in 2006 which just to remind our viewers that is the first time that Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels met it.

Was at that Lake Tahoe golf retreat they met earlier in the day and eventually later that day is when they had sex and we know from all of the conversations that you and I had earlier Brian buckmire a lot of detail came out throughout that testimony about being in that hotel room talking for 2 hours until eventually the encounter happened.

Now where the testimony has moved is that post 2006 moving into 2007 conversations and dialogue Stormy Daniels continue to have with Donald Trump um they said apparently spoke multiple times she would call him he would call her uh referring to the porn star as honey bunch a nickname that he used for her and also now Daniels has.

Detailed um a January 2007 encountered Diane where she was at an event celebrating the launch of trump vodka we know the former president though he doesn't drink um launched a lot of products while he was of course hosting The Apprentice on NBC vodka Trump Stakes Trump water Trump wine Etc and it's interesting she says at this.

January 2007 event in Hollywood where the Trump vodka line was launched she met another woman named Karen and it turned out to be Karen McDougall who also as we know of course her story was caught and killed via David pecker but nevertheless with the same goal that they had for Stormy Daniels to buy both women's silence Jerry Daniels says that.

She told scores of people about Trump inviting her to his suite but very few people about actually having sex with trumps uh what do you expect the defense to do with that part of her testimony I'm not sure what the defense can do here because really the central uh fact is that he paid her off to keep quiet they're going to try to make her into a.

Liar but the level of detail to which she is testified demonstrates uh that uh this actually happened the way she's describing it at least that's the way it sounds from where I'm sitting it'll be of course interesting to to uh to see what how the jury responds but the the the way she described the room the way she described.

The conversations the the fact of what he was wearing what he said what she said it seems very credible and it appears that she told people at that time uh all these details so it's going to be very difficult for the defense to uh uh puncture that balloon I believe John how is the jury reaction what are you.

Hearing from our people in court about what the jury is doing during all this testimony not looking away from Stormy Daniels I mean this is a jury that I've observed myself some of them come in with legal pads many with taking notes throughout the proceedings up until today it seems like for much of the day according to our team it's watching it.

All they are focused on Stormy Daniels they are not looking anywhere else and Daniel's you know actually returning that Focus to the jury according to our team that she is very intently engaging looking at the jury one thing it seems the jurors for the most part are not doing and certainly Stormy Daniels is not doing is looking at Donald Trump I.

Think that also the reporting from our team about Donald Trump's body language throughout today has been remarkable I think it's two things that stand out to me one how far Donald Trump has turned his body his head his eyes away from the stand not looking at Stormy Daniels at all but one thing Donald Trump has done repeatedly he has been you know nudging.

His attorney Susan necklace who's running this part of you know the cross-examination when their turn nudging her repeatedly to object especially earlier in the last hour or so when Daniels was really getting into very very very graphic details about their sexual encounter Diane and we're also hearing some of these te witness.

Testimonies now cross paths where you have uh Stormy Daniels showing the jury her contacts one of which is D Trump Rona Rona graph we already heard testimony from her talking about how she knew that she needed to get a hold of Donald Trump that she could get a hold of Rona and that was kind of the easiest way to do that and we heard Rona testify.

About seeing Stormy Daniels at Trump Tower one day and now stormy is talking about that meeting saying that it was very rushed that he seemed very busy and the prosecutor asked her did it seem like he was embarrassed like that he was worried about someone would see you there and she said oh no he introduced me to everyone he just seemed really.

Busy what did you make of that so I I can can tell you the first time I met Donald Trump when I covered him in 2015 I was brought up to that floor that's his way right it's a small floor there's not a lot of offices up there he introduces everybody I've spoken to many people that have gotten that encounter with Donald Trump it goes something like.

This come around meet everybody say hi to everybody oh go look out the windows That's The Plaza Hotel I used to own it there's Walman rink I still run it I saved it did I tell you that story okay bye it's super quick Donald Trump is always giving off that Persona of I'm so super busy I have tons going on so that doesn't surprise me too much what is.

Interesting though that our petar Albus has just reported that Daniel's just testified that since that in-person encounter in Trump Tower that you just asked me about Daniel says she got a few more phone calls from Trump who told her that she could not go on The Apprentice of course the show Donald Trump was the host of for over a decade on NBC and it.

Was during one of their last calls that Daniel said that Trump apologized after another porn star appeared on The Apprentice Daniel's telling the court that she did not care now she's she's also detailing the last time that she saw former president Trump or that she says she saw him and she's saying this happened during a meeting in Hollywood.

California she says he kept trying to make sexual advances that he was scooting closer to her paying her compliments she says she told him she was on her period to try to stop those sexual advances and that as as she left Trump told her I want to get together again I miss you you know the usual Jerry what do you make of the of the.

Timeline here and what the prosecution is doing and trying to paint this full story from you know Stormy Daniels as a teenager how she met you know how she made her career how she met uh the former president the alleged Affair that she says happened between them and how eventually they ended up at the last time they ever saw each other well I.

Think what the prosecution is trying to show is that she's a real person she's a real person who had this experience or set of experiences with Trump and that she's believable I think that's the heart of what they're attempting to show and it's it's a shame actually that we don't have TV in the courtroom because uh the rest of the world uh would like.

To see her and hear her and uh have their own opinion of her not just uh the jury or not just hearing from us or reading reading about it and actually that's one of the reasons why we don't allow uh TV in the courtroom so people don't play to the cameras but it appears that she seems that she's uh being quite real on the stand from what John is.

Saying from what others are reporting so the the the the fact that we don't have cameras means the rest of us has have to hear it from uh third hand uh but it appears that the people who are in the courtroom feel that she is quite believable and that's really the heart and soul of what the prosecution is trying to to show to the jury Jerry.

She also just testified that Trump never told her to keep their encounter confidential again going back to the Trump Tower question about whether he was maybe embarrassed someone would see her she said he introduced her to everybody what does it do she's saying that at no time did he seem concerned about getting caught by his wife for.

Example so what do that do to the defense's argument that he paid her this hush money payment in order to protect his wife and his family and keep them from finding out well it explodes their uh defense it shows that it really is is not really what what happened and what really happened uh uh through the testimony of everyone else and we'll.

Hear testimony from Michael con as well is that he was in the middle of the campaign Access Hollywood tape uh became public at that point he really cared about what she might say and what she might not say prior to that prior to her being prior to his being a candidate he didn't care he lived his life he he thought he was above it all um and he.

Wasn't afraid of anyone his his wife his ex-wife and so on that's just the way he lived his life but once he was involved in the campaign then it become became important to essentially shut her up now John that encounter uh that meeting between them happened in 2006 and the alleged Affair happened in 2006 now the prosecution starting to fast forward.

What happened after that and of course we have to get to 2016 before we get to the actual hush money payment what are you listening for as they now lay out that part of the story what happened after well I think what's the part that we're waiting for here is where Stormy Daniels decides to start you know spilling her story right because we know.

From Keith Davidson's testimony that he had started to reach out and put feelers out there to sell her story leading up to the 2016 election so we've got 10 years to go quite honestly so I think they're trying to you know build a picture of what her life was like you know how was she successful you know did she need this Etc um but we're going to.

Very quickly fast forward then and I think that you know as Aaron spoke about earlier Daniels doesn't know too much of the nitty-gritty details of you know the Michael Cohen of things if you will she's come to learn it since but in real time she knew she just wanted to sell her story make money and eventually that's what happened all right John S.

Tui Jerry goldfeder thank you both we are going to take a very quick break we will keep following this trial all day long as we hear more testimony from adult film actress stormy Daniel stay with us whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal.

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Case as Stormy Daniels is on the stand testifying as a key witness Daniels has been detailing her first meeting with former president Trump the sexual encounter she says they had including revealing testimony about the days and years after that alleged sexual encounter as well prosecutors argu Trump orchestrated a.

$130,000 payment to the adult film actress ahead of the 2016 election in exchange for her Silence about that alleged Affair and then falsified documents to cover up those payments former president Trump denies the affair and the charges I want to bring in ABC new's senior investigative correspondent Aon kerki outside that Courthouse along.

With ABC's executive editorial producer John santui and Senior council at Keno Conor Law Firm Jerry goldfeder Aon what's the latest from court and what do you make of Stormy Daniel's testimony so far it has captured the attention of everyone in that courtroom even if Donald Trump himself and his son Eric who's sitting in the gallery behind him.

Are doing their best to look disinterested and look away from Stormy Daniels the jury is certainly captivated by her description of what she said was a sexual encounter between her and Donald Trump back in 2006 in a large hotel suite at Harris in Lake Tahoe California Stormy Daniels said that she had been there as part of an adult film.

Production company sponsoring a whole at a golf tournament and she described in in Vivid detail almost too much detail for the judge at times who asked prosecutors to move it along how she was in the suite she remembered being in the bathroom and seeing a leather toiletry case she remembered Old Spice and per plus and then when she walked out of the.

Bathroom she said she remembered seeing Donald Trump there on the bed were you threatened prosecutor Susan hoffinger asked her she said well there was a power imbalance and he was sort of blocking the way but she said she didn't feel threatened eventually the two had sex she said but as she began to describe that encounter the sexual.

Encounter that's when the defense objected and the the judge sustain the objection jury stormy Danos has gone into a lot of detail here as Aaron explained not only about what happened uh that day uh on the golf course that night at the hotel room and also what happened thereafter how is the defense going to cross-examine her on this and.

Try to challenge her well they're going to try to make her into a liar but I don't know how they're going to succeed the level of detail is uh is it's Exquisite detail um and it sounds very believable I'm not in the courtroom but from all the reports it seems as if she uh described their encounter with such vivid detail that it it has to be uh.

Believable the room the conversations what he was wearing what he wasn't wearing uh it seems to me that the defense has a very difficult job but look the heart of the matter is that at a certain point when he was running for president he decided that he could not have her tell uh tell her story it was right after the Access Hollywood tape.

When they were crazed about making sure that American voters would not hear about this tortury affair and the if the defense wants to take the tack of trying to disprove what she's saying good luck to them and John we're also hearing some interesting testimony again Daniels is on the as we speak she said after this.

Whole encounter that her life was amazing in her words she got a raise she directed more films she broke into mream films she had a kid but she's saying it was actually in 2011 that she F first had another interaction related to Trump where someone told her to stop talking yeah so we've heard this story before but not obviously on a stand in a.

Courtroom so what Stormy Daniels is now speaking about Diane is that in 2011 she gave an interview to InTouch Magazine where she talked about her encounter her relationship with Donald Trump her interaction didn't go much further than that kept it very 30,000 ft however she's talking about an incident now in June of 2011 in Las Vegas she was in a.

Parking lot apparently coming out of a mommy and me class with her child and she says a man approached her and threatened her to not continue telling her story about her encounter with Donald Trump the man allegedly said according to Daniel's quote he told me not to say anything at all and I was scared now according to our team stormmy.

Daniels apparently getting emotional on the stand while we're counting this notice she's been wearing glasses according to our team raising them up not to get them foggy as she's becoming you know pretty emotionally upset and now it's also interesting that jurors heard about a blog post during the test of Keith Davidson who sent a ceas and.

Assist letter to the blog getting the post removed about that exchange about that sexual encounter with Trump so again that's 2011 so let's just you know bring the timeline out to everybody here 2006 6 the sexual encounter 2007 last time Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels see each other 2011 the magazine interview this.

Encounter with a man approaching her in a parking lot basically saying stop talking about Donald Trump we are building closer and closer to the crescendo if you will of 2016 Keith Davidson Michael Cohen catching and killing her story and Jerry up until now the the judge has warned the prosecution particularly when talking about the.

Sexual encounter that we don't need all the details here right to to sort of slow down in that respect how important are the details to this part of the story what happened after and now as she starts to try to tell her story and when she says she was first told to keep her mouth shut well these details uh uh uh present A texture uh for the for the.

Jury to have a feel of uh her truthtellah of all all of her encounters with Donald Trump so that's the reason why she's being asked about all these details but the the judge really doesn't want to go over a line that uh where the details become so prejudicial that it's unfair to the defendant and it's not a bright.

Line so the judge has to uh make a determination when when there's an objection that there's a little too much detail uh in in her stories but there's certainly enough uh in her testimony to demonstrate that she's not making this up on the stand and it appears that she never made this up at all that uh the her recollection of all these details.

That the prosecution has elicited from her uh uh is truthful and that being the case that's really what the takeaway is uh by the jury um if the jury does decide that they do believe her then it becomes important um in terms of the cash and kill the catch and kill uh scheme but even if they don't believe all the details the catch.

And kill scheme uh that Trump and David pecker and the others conspired to um uh uh have so that her her story won't become a public whether they whether the jury believes that or not um they did do that and they did pay her and essentially that's really the the most important fact that uh uh that the jury needs to take away in terms of what the.

Prosecution is trying to prove and Brian excuse me and Ain she's uh talking a little more now about trying to get her story out walk us through the latest from this testimony and how Stormy Daniels is describing all of this this is all the the aftermath of of the the sexual encounter that she spoke about with Donald Trump and how she is.

Trying to uh own her own narrative here against what she described as this pressure to to stay quiet even before the the 2016 election sort of a Prelude I wonder if some of the details uh how some of those details especially of the the the alleged sexual encounter are playing with the jury the way Stormy Daniels spoke and the way.

Susan hoffinger the prosecutor elicited some of the details about what went on in that hotel room in 2006 it almost made it sound like you were listening to a a victim of a of a sex crime testify in court and that's nowhere near the allegation here but but that's what it sounded like to me when I was listening uh and and I wonder how that ultimately.

Does play with the jury expect the defense on cross-examination when it comes to home in on that uh to to reiterate that that this was a a willing encounter and that Stormy Daniels knows nothing about the hush payment other than she received it she doesn't know anything about how it was booked in the general ledger of the Trump organization.

As a legal expense and why or why not that may be pertinent and John now she's she's talking a little bit more about how we went from that encounter in the the parking lot after the InTouch Magazine interview to when she started shopping her story around yeah so what Daniel's just testified in the stand Diane is that she authorized her agent.

At the time to shop around her story this was in 2016 Daniels just testified quote my motivation wasn't money it was to get the story out she goes on to say it was motivated out of fear not money um Susan hoffinger of course the lead prosecutor in the case asking her why didn't you ask for more money um as opposed to $130,000 which Cohen offered.

And she responded because I didn't care about the money now as Aaron just noted I think the reality of it is that Stormy Daniels knowledge and information in real time is starting to come you know to a close if you will right because the end of the day she just wanted to get the story out there that didn't happen she took the money and was silenced for.

A period of time eventually obviously the story did come out there and we know Daniel's very famously gave a very big interview to 60 minutes where she did detail all well after the 2016 election to be clear well now she's detailing it on the stand Jerry what do prosecutors ultimately need to prove with this witness what are the key points that.

They're going to try to hit on and make sure to hit on with Stormy Daniels that she was paid $130,000 to keep quiet period end of story the the the reason why she wanted to uh get the story out is kind of irrelevant uh all the uh the relationship she described with uh Trump uh that uh um included this uh trist um.

Is kind of irrelevant the the fact that uh he took her up to uh uh Trump Tower and uh uh introduced her to everyone uh because he was comfortable with her that's also irrelevant the only thing that really matters is that this real live person who seems to have a pretty good recol ction of all the details of that encounter that this real live.

Person wanted to tell the story for whatever reason and they paid her to shut up and that was the triggering point for the payment for the coverup and then the prosecution needs to move on to demonstrate that the reason that Trump did this his intent was to commit or conceal another crime which is to influence the.

Election by unlawful means and that's really the heart of uh of the testimony all this other uh detail that we have uh that the prosecution has elicited from her is just to demonstrate that she's a real live person who's telling the truth that being said she was paid to be quiet and what are the reason she was what are the what was the main reason she was.

Paid to be quiet it had to do with the election that's the goal of the prosecution that's what the jury needs to believe uh in order to convict uh Donald Trump and Daron how is Donald Trump reacting to all of this he has to sit in that courtroom and listen to all of this and sit there face to face with Stormy Daniels what's his demeanor like.

As she goes through this whole story it looks like Aaron can't hear me John what are you hearing from Court just in terms of the Dynamics the jury former president Trump and his son in the courtroom today as well everyone is is just sitting there I I mean I'd hate to use the word but almost like stupified by it all I think just taking it all in.

I think the jury has consistently done one thing today which is not take their eyes off Stormy Daniels as Donald Trump has done the exact opposite not look at Stormy Daniels at all we know that in the front row um of this courtroom right behind Donald Trump Eric Trump is sitting there and like father like son both have not looked at Stormy Daniels.

According to our team both have repeatedly looked down Donald Trump's body turned every which way possible to not look at her I do think that's why we saw the sketch of the courtroom earlier um you know that's one thing that you know you have to be a little careful of with some of these sketches you know everything that photo clearly accurate.

Right storming on the stand Susan hoffinger questioning them we see the sketch right there of Donald Trump and Stormy Daniels in that now Infamous photo of the two together in 2006 right before the sexual encounter happened at that Golf Club in Lake Tahoe but here's the only thing wrong with that picture Donald Trump's eyes at Stormy Daniels in.

That picture not what's happening in reality he is doing everything he can Diane to not look at Stormy Daniels right now and I think we have Aaron back Erin what do you make of how the testimon is being received there's a lot of detail here stormmy at times apparently is addressing the jury directly the defense is expected to go.

After her credibility does it seem so far like she's being received as a credible witness so far the jury seems to be paying wrapped attention to what Stormy Daniels is saying yesterday it was all about documents 34 allegedly falsified uh ledgers and checks and and and invoices it was rather tedious testimony.

This is about sex and money and how the two interacted before the 2016 campaign and the jury seems l ly fascinated I think everyone in the courtroom is is fascinated because even though we have heard many of the details from Stormy Daniels herself in various forums she's doing it now in a criminal trial with Donald Trump 10 20 ft away from her so.

Just the Dynamics of how the room is are fairly interesting and and what she is saying and how she is unwavering there are very few of any gaps in her memory she speaks quickly there's no hesitation this is is a story that she says has been consistent because as she likes to say it's true and John you say Eric Trump just.

Tweeted yeah this is interesting so I mean Eric Trump is obviously sitting in the courtroom he just tweeted I assume from this courtroom stamp 12:45 p.m. pure in all caps extortion with a bunch of exclamation points I mean we have to remember Donald Trump's children are not part of the gag order right they could talk about the case all they want you.

Know he they're not you know sitting at the defense table here like other cas that have involved the former president but it's interesting that you know person that's physically in the courtroom with Donald Trump you know this is now the second time he's tweeted from the courtroom it's interesting and I wonder if this actually gets any.

Attention from prosecutors and Jon talk big impact here because what we're hearing in court today salacious details about a sexual encounter uh details about what happened after a conversation where stormy Daniel says Donald Trump said oh yeah don't worry about my wife Bania we sleep in separate rooms yeah what does testimony like that do I mean.

We know he's a defendant but to the man Donald Trump and the candidate Donald Trump hurts Donald Trump at his core I mean at the end of the day we know that Donald Trump you know is a private person you know he obviously has had a lot of accusations many of which he has claimed repeatedly never happened didn't exist you know think of EEG Carrol and.

The fact that two trials happened in that case one of which resulted in Donald Trump having to pay e Carol nearly $100 million Diane for defamation um I I I think that what is just remarkable about all of this is how much detail how much of the dialogue how much of the visuals stormy Daniel painted despite the fact that judge Maran had.

Told prosecutors before they began and during the testimony to cool it to not get that colorful in detail but Stormy Daniels you know she's the one answering the question so she can determine how far she goes or doesn't go she leaned head first into this conversation with prosecutors revealing far more detail and I think you know one of the things.

We know is that Donald Trump's legal team and others had prepared him that this was going to be a very very difficult day thus warning him early this morning that you know once they got the phone called she'd be the witness like hey this is this is what's coming we knew this would be hard for Donald Trump I don't think anybody could have.

Predicted this and I will tell you Diane while I've been sitting on the set with you here my phone has literally imploding with people close to Donald Trump stunned by this detail knowing this is a very very difficult day for the former president and we're looking live outside the courtroom now because the jury has just been excused for the.

Lunch break uh Daniel's testimony is scheduled to resume at 2 p.m and we could see the former president walking out of the courtroom now but before that testimony ended Ain we heard about the contract that stormy Daniel signed to tell the story and this goes to the documents at the heart of the case and there's the former president walking out.

Just put his fist in the air similar to what we saw after the Break um Erin how crucial is this part of things maybe a drier portion of the testimony but getting to the heart of the allegations in this case talking about the contract and Stormy Daniels saying that her understanding with that was that things were going from Trump to Cohen Cohen to.

Davidson her her attorney and then of course to Stormy Daniels herself and the Jury has seen that paper trail they've seen the essential Consulting shell company that Michael Cohen opened up at the First Republic Bank branch across the street from Trump Tower they saw how he funded that account with a home equity line of.

Credit they saw the wire transfer for $130,000 to Keith Davidson Stormy Daniels lawyer at the time and then just yesterday they saw how the Trump organization reimbursed Cohen in 12 monthly installments of $35,000 even the back of the napkin math uh handwritten notes from the financial Executives at the Trump organization Jeff McCone and.

Alan weiselberg to work out how Michael Cohen was going to be repaid so these are the documents that the the jury has seen that were allegedly falsified in part and now Stormy Daniels is going to be filling out that picture and that's where her testimony is likely to end and where cross-examination will pick up the judge said that Daniels could come on.

For the limited purpose of explaining the whole situation showing the predicate for the hush payment and that's it so Jerry where do you expect the defense to go when they get a chance to cross-examine Daniels well I think they're going to drill down on some of the details that she testified about and and and I think.

What John has said is really important in terms of uh Trump's reaction the the danger for the prosecution is that the jury starts thinking about Trump as a victim here maybe there was extortion maybe she treated him badly maybe he she treated him like a child in some of the uh details that she testified to if they have a feeling that.

Somehow he was a victim here or if they start feeling sympathy for him in and of itself as a legal matter it shouldn't it shouldn't matter because the facts are what the facts are in terms of the payment and the reason for the payment and so on but a jury of there are human beings and if they have some sympathy for him if she goes overboard if the.

Prosecution drills down too much then the jury might kind of feel that they don't really want to find him guilty for these crimes irrespective of the fact so I think we need to watch to see what the uh what the prosecution continues to do with her and what the cross-examination elicits from her in terms of how the jury might feel about.

Trump uh in in this play and John what are you watching for in terms of reaction to everything we just heard in court today I I I mean I think look at the body language as everybody emerged from Corey as you were talking to Aaron and Jerry I was staring at Donald Trump his lawyers his child Eric Trump there none of them looked at.

That camera when they came out of court even Donald Trump just doing the fist in the air as we see it right there um just watch nobody turns around nobody pivots everybody looks straight ahead they can't even bring themselves and I think you about to see Eric Trump in 10 seconds right there on this footage look how much he's turned I mean this is a.

Horrible day for them I mean this is a really tough day to have to sit there and take it all in the fact that Eric Trump is tweeting from the courtroom room saying extortion I mean that really gets to the heart of what they all feel right now and I do think again coming back into this that we knew there were going to be very difficult days as part.

Of this trial it's been several weeks and we got more weeks to go according to prosecutors we know Michael Cohen is yet to come but forget that we still have Stormy Daniels to return to the stand later this afternoon more direct examination I think we're really going to get into more of what happened post 2016 and then after so Erin let's talk.

About that part what comes next the cross-examination will begin uh sometime after lunch we think that that uh the the prosecutors are are nearing the end of their direct examination whether it begins today tomorrow but I I would expect uh that the defense will home in on Stormy Daniels credibility undoubtedly point out that she denied.

The whole story that she just laid out for the jury on multiple occasions when she was asked about it in 2016 before she finally ended up uh saying that it was true uh and then uh they're going to to ask her I would imagine whether she knows anything about the books and records of the Trump organization which really are are at the heart of the.

Matter and she's going to to say no because she doesn't know and can't speak to those details uh and and perhaps try to leave the jury with the idea that yes you just heard about all this todry Behavior Uh but what you didn't hear was any evidence of a crime all right Aaron kki John santui Jerry goldfeder thank you all we will be following this trial.

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The paper trail to the porn star things are getting a lot hotter in a Manhattan courthouse today the woman at the center of Donald Trump's historic criminal case stormmy Daniels taking the stand and laying out every cringey detail of an alleged sexual relationship that she had with the former president Trump banned from lashing out at her like he has in.

The past but that didn't stop him from trying to go after her once again in an early morning social media post that's now been deleted Daniel's appearing on an episode of The Views saying she was ready for this moment I don't need someone to speak for me and I would I relish the day that I get to face him and and speak my.

Truth we've got team coverage leading us off ABC News senior investigative correspondent Aon kki he's outside the courthouse we also have executive editorial producer John santui and legal contributor and trial attorney Brian buckmire so Aaron talk about some salacious testimony fill us in on what stormmy Daniels has been telling the.

Jury at least what you're comfortable repeating a Spellbound Jury has listened to stormmy Daniels to tail meeting Donald Trump back in 2006 and then entering his giant hotel suite that she said was three times the size of her apartment in Lake Tahoe California she remembered walking into the room and Donald Trump wearing pajamas and she.

Teased him why are you wearing what Hugh Hefner wears and then making him change into a shirt and pants she remembered going into the bathroom and seeing in a leather or leather-like toiletry bag a bottle of per plus and Old Spice all of these details kept the jury's attention but for the judge they were a bit much he asked prosecutors to move it along.

But Stormy Daniels was right there to show what happened when she exited the bathroom there was Donald Trump on the bed did you feel threatened prosecutor Susan hoffinger asked and she said there was a power imbalance and he was sort of blocking the way but she said she didn't feel threatened she described or started to describe how the two had sex the.

Judge had enough the defense objected he sustained the objection when she tried to describe the sexual encounter but the the jury had already heard it and this is the predicate Kira that prosecutors said laid the ground workor for the $130,000 hush payment that Donald Trump is accused of falsifying many years.

Later all right I feel like I need to go take a shower now Brian the judge asked prosecutors to actually speed up Daniel's testimony saying that the degree of the detail is just unnecessary what do you think um did the juicy details serve a purpose in the prosecution's case so I answer kind of in a jaded way in.

The sense of the prosecution is supposed to not be getting the salacious information for anything else other than to establish that there was very bad information out there and that the Trump organization and Donald Trump himself wanted to ensure that this information didn't get out before the election however there's also another aspect to.

It as well it it kind of Damages Donald Trump's credibility both in the courtroom and outside and again maybe it's the jaded former public defender of almost a decade in me who's practiced in New York City and in Brooklyn um yeah I think the prosecution wanted to accomplish both and they did so but I will kind of tip my hat to judge Maran.

As to trying to limit that exposure as much as possible both in saying to speed up the process and sustaining the objections as to getting the more salacious information in so John the state did call Stormy Daniels uh by her stage name stermy Daniels instead of her birth name Stephanie Clifford what does that tell you I think that look at so.

Much of what her testimony began with with Donald Trump asking Stormy Daniels early on into their first encounter for nearly two hours about the porn industry STDs I mean it it's really remarkable Kira I mean as you said you know this is just crazy testimony but even begin at that moment if you will I I mean the fact that a former president United.

States is sitting there we're hearing that level of detail and to think that he could be a future president of the United States I mean I almost blacked out when I heard her say she spanked Donald Trump in a newspaper before the sexual encounter because he was asking so many questions about her and her personal life and her career but then.

Obviously just that excruciating detail I mean Donald Trump's body according to our team was twisted so far away from Stormy Daniels he could barely bring herself to look at her throughout any of it only at the beginning when she entered that courtroom but as our team saw in real time Kira Donald Trump not looking his son Eric Trump seated just a.

Few feet away from his father looking down from much of the time this was an incredibly tough day for Donald Trump and even more so than I think his team prepared him for so Erin I mean tell us about the mood uh in the courtroom as as all I mean everybody in there including the president sat through this testimony and listened to I mean not only just the.

Cringy salacious type of details but just even the specifics like what was in his toiletry bag the the contrast first of all was astonishing prosecutor Susan hoffinger led the questioning she's the the daughter of a preeminent White Collar attorney brought up on the upper west side of Manhattan talking to uh a a porn.

Actress who grew up with a single mother in Baton Rouge Louisiana and describ then moving to Florida splitting custody of her kid it wasn't an easy life shoveling manure before she discovered exotic dancing could pay more on a weekend than a week's worth of doing that at a barn and and the detail uh was was specific at times though Kira and I.

Wonder how the jury took this in it was almost as if you were listening to the victim of a sexual assault describe a a grooming encounter with an abuser and and that is far a field from former president Trump is charged with here and and I believe that on cross-examination the defense may try to to clarify that a little bit uh but after the the.

Encounter the sexual encounter Stormy Daniels went on to describe seeing Donald Trump on additional uh occasions the last time was in the summer of 2007 at a hotel Bungalow in Hollywood California there was a launch party for the Trump vodka brand Donald Trump made sexual advances she said but Stormy Daniels wanted no part of it she said.

She told him she was on her period the jury's listening to all of this uh and she left about 2 hours later Donald Trump tried calling her a few times dangling an appearance on The Apprentice before he finally told her that she couldn't come on because people objected to having a porn actress on TV I mean I still can't even believe.

We're talking about a former president of the United States here it's just it's um my stomach is turning Brian um Daniels said at no point uh during any of their encounters did Trump seem worried about getting caught or even his wife finding out about this sexual encounter or and attempts at others so how significant do you see this um you.

Know in the prosecutions case so the prosecution throughout this case we've seen kir has played both offense and defense and I think in this regard they're playing defense because they're already preempting this question of stormmy Daniels expecting the defense to try to to find a different answer in their cross-examination of her again.

Trying to paint the picture of he being Donald Trump the former president wanted to hide this information from his family from his wife his children his his loved ones rather than trying to make this about the election and the campaign and so I think the prosecution is playing a little defense there all right let's answer this question in direct.

Examination before the defense has the opportunity to bring it up and trying to uh kind of dictate how that information comes in or how it presents to the jury Aaron John Brian thank you very much coming up tornado outbreak the path of Destruction Left Behind across Six States we've got the details.

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Severe storms also Slam in the city of Bartlesville Oklahoma several people rescued from there after being trapped inside a hotel emergency crews now urging people to stay off the roads and at least 16 reported tornadoes touching down in Six States the threat isn't over yet either our meteorologist Samara Theodore joins us now with more so.

Samara uh you're there in Oklahoma uh describe just the neighborhood that you're in so right now K I'm in Bartonville and this is just about 20 minutes up the road from barnesdale now the hotel that you just referenced where people are running out of this is it here look at the the uh the wall you can see the.

Projectiles launched into there these are 2×4 pieces of wood that's a stairwell on the other side and what I'm standing on right now is actually the roof from a building not too far over the Oklahoma heat is hitting it you can smell the tar in the air and this this is a tornado siren meant to warn folks but unfortunately it took a hit during.

The storm I actually spoke with the family earlier who stayed at this hotel my car was actually right here and so we all jumped in my car and we just headed sou we actually saw um you know obviously it was dark but in the lightning flashes we actually could see you know the clouds coming down or whatever behind us so yeah it.

Was pretty intense terrifying and uh that that same storm system is now marching Eastward so let's go ahead and take a look at this now what you're looking at is video in Cincinnati where they've got the lightning The Heavy Rain the strong winds they have a severe thunderstorm in play right now winds could hit 60 MPH.

With large hail and as we see this storm continue to move Eastward we're anticipating those supercells to really start firing up around 700 p.m. uh throughout parts of the Ohio Valley by midnight moving through the Tennessee Valley this includes Bowling Green Louisville right on up into Columbus the largest threat for the highest threat.

Should I say for tornadoes is in this orange Zone today from Fort Wayne down to Louisville now tomorrow there is another threat for severe weather and that include cities like Little Rock uh St Louis right on into Nashville they have a tornado threat but we could also see very large Hill and damaging winds Kira well Samara just tell us about the.

New threat of severe weather uh where everything is headed across the country yeah so pretty much this like I said this same storm system marching its way Eastward so right now we have the Ohio Valley the Tennessee Valley in the bullseye and then tomorrow that secondary threat hitting places like Little Rock in Nashville got it all.

Right thanks so much appreciate it Samara so Israel confirms its troops have taken control of part of the Rafa border now crossing right into Southern Gaza as of this moment the IDF says it's killed about 20 people calling them terrorists.

In the area Israel calling this a counter offensive oper counterterrorism operation rather that may be a Prelude to a larger ground incursion into the area that's Sheltering more than a million displaced Palestinians Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that a ground invasion of Rafa must happen in order to bring home hostages.

And get rid of Hamas well the troop movement came right after Hamas had accepted a ceasefire proposal from Egypt and cutter a proposal that Israel now refuses saying that it isn't what they talked about previously our Marcus Moore is in Tel Aviv along with our national security analyst Mick mroy so Marcus the the white house now says that Israel's.

Operation in southern Gaza is is not uh what Biden had actually warned against so what exactly is going on with this operation in Rafa well one of the things uh Kira that we know and and from the very beginning of this operation was uh it seemed pretty clear that this was not going to be a massive uh all-encompassing ground.

Operation focusing on the entire city of Rafa and and really the main signals for that were the fact that less than 24 hours before the operation started you'll recall Israel delivered or or dropped Flyers um in the eastern part of the city urging a 100,000 people to to evacuate of the eastern part of the city and so that in of itself gives you a.

Sense of uh what Israel was trying to say that this is a a limited um operation in its scope and that it's a precise operation what everyone outside of Israel a number of countries and Aid groups have been worried about uh is what a larger operation would look like not only in terms of the devastation that it would cause but of.

Course the more than a million Palestinians who have gone to Rafa uh where would they go so uh when we talk about the differences um in the operations that is that's what we are are looking at and that is what we have seen Kira and that operation continues as we speak so Mick Israel's defense minister vowing to continue the.

Operation in Rafa until the hostages are returned let's just talk talk about how this could impact any potential sea ceasefire deal and does this fly in the face of what President Biden asked Israel not to do so K obviously we had some false hope uh yesterday when Hamas was saying they accepted an agreement but they didn't.

Accept the agreement that Israel offered and I think that was the confusion right now we can clearly see that the United States would like to see a limited operation intelligence and reconnaissance driven that finds the enemy in this case four battalions of Hamas militants and then focuses the mass effort on them Vice essentially a.

Mass effort where they go Street by Street which could cause significant damage in civilian casualties right now we see this I think early Preparatory action by Israel does not necessarily indicate which direction they're going to go they probably are trying to seal off uh militants escaping into Egypt and of course other Munitions coming in and.

I think that's what we're seeing right now whether this will be a full attack or a limited attack is yet to be seen so Mick one more three us officials now telling ABC news that the US is actually going to pause deliveries of ammunition to Israel uh what more do you know about that is that a good strategy uh so it has to do with how the.

Ammunitions is used obviously there is a significant threat of Iran they wouldn't want to uh stop the Munitions uh and weapons system that are used to defend Israel but the question is uh essentially the large diameter bombs the 2,000 pound J dams those are the specific weapons uh that we are hearing are being paused because they cause so.

Much destruction when used in urban areas generally something we would not do I think that is where the the issue lies I don't think they'll cut off all supplies of weapons and Munitions for use in Gaza but the specific ones that I think the US government finds problematic and that is the large diameter bombs and the ground.

Penetrating Munitions which are effective on tunnels but can cause significant destruction to the buildings uh around where the point of impact is all right Marcus more in Israel for us and also MCM I appreciate it commencement cancellations calls for resignations and more cops on campus police continue to tighten security at.

Colleges and universities across the country now as protesters try to take back those encampments President Biden also speaking at a holocaust remembrance event today saying that there has been a furious surge of anti-Semitism in the US and around the world in America we respect and protect the fundamental right to free speech to.

Debate and disagree to protest peacefully and make our voices heard but there is no place on any campus in America any place in America for anti-Semitism or hate speech or threats of violence of any kind in Massachusetts protesters at MIT broke through barricades to retake an.

Encampment after being ordered to leave campus and in Illinois police entered an encampment there at the University of Chicago confronting protesters and taking down tents and signs Stephanie Wade of our ABC station in Chicago is there hi Kira well the raid was Swift campus police came in and dismantled the pro Palestinian encampment set up by the.

University of Chicago students shortly before 5:00 this morning take a look at some of this video officers dressed in ride gear piled into the Palestinian encampment Crews came in with trucks and removed the dozens of tents and cardboard signs that have decorated the UFC quad for 9 days now the student protesters who were staying there.

Removed by campus police and ushered outside the quad while Crews worked tensions Rose at times S as protesters came face to face with police officers physically pushing students further back with yellow barriers and students ripped up a final notice warning given by campus police saying they'd be placed on an immediate leave of absence if they.

Did not leave then around 8:00 a.m. students were allowed back into the quad after the removal process was complete the University of Chicago President says safety concerns have mounted over the last few days and risks were increasing too rapidly saying there have been no arrests and where appropriate disciplinary action will.

Proceed now it's worth mentioning the mayor's office expressed to us that they did speak with the university the university according to the mayor's office asked for help from the Chicago Police Department in carrying out these plans but CPD was unwilling to assist and as we saw this morning they move forward with those plans KIRO back to.

You all right appreciate it step Steph thanks so much and coming up congresswoman Marjorie Taylor green meeting with speaker Johnson right now in this moment will she still try to oust him as Speaker stay tuned what does it take to be the most watched newscast in.

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Johnson from his position position of house Speaker they actually met privately yesterday for two hours inside the speaker's office Johnson telling reporters he understands Green's frustrations but stated that there are political realities that must be acknowledged here I just want to say and I told them and I've said this.

Repeatedly that um I'm understand the frustration I share it I I would really like to advance much more of our conservative policy on a daily basis here but um the reality is we are working with the smallest majority in US history with a one vote margin let's bring in our j o BR he's up there on the hill following all the.

Latest developments um boy to be a fly on the wall what do we know Jay well and and that meeting is actually happening not far from me here I'm looking over to my shoulder to see if marger till the green walks out cuz we expect that meeting to wrap up somewhat soon uh they've been meeting for just about an hour now Kira and margerie Taylor green.

Has laid out which she says are her demands of Mike Johnson and if he acques to these demands she says she won't trigger a vote to OU him they are to return to something that's called the hter rule which is that every piece of legislation has to get a majority of the majority meaning a majority of Republicans would have to support it she.

Also wants no more funding for Ukraine to pass through this Congress she wants significant spending cuts to be leveled When government funding expires in September of this year and also her last point which politically is perhaps the most difficult to get across the aisle or to get past rather uh is she wants to defund special counsel Jack Smith is.

Currently investigating former president Trump and has brought those two Federal prosecutions against the former president one in the classified documents case and the other for alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election that's going to be difficult because moderate Republic an would have to buy into that certainly every single.

Democrat would oppose that and Mike Johnson as you heard him say there is in a politically precarious situation where Republicans have a razor thin majority in control of the house certainly Mike Johnson is by the way said Kira that some of these are points that he might politically agree with but he has said that these conversations he's having.

With marjerie Taylor green are quote not a negotiation Kira well we're learning now that former president Trump is actually privately urging green to drop her push to Al Johnson what more do we know about this and do you think she'll listen well it's unclear if that's going to be 100% effective but certainly that goes a long.

Way and we've seen former president Trump say that he is in support of Mike Johnson they've had press conferences together they were at that fundraiser together over the weekend so the former president has thrown his support behind the speaker Mary Taylor green is still somewhat going against the former president's wishes by even even keeping.

This issue alive but it cannot be understated the kind of impact that that has not just on her but other Hardline Republicans here Cara all right Jo o brand up in the hill for us keep us updated Jay thank you and thanks for streaming with us I'm Kira Phillips the news never stops neither do we we'll be right back more news on the.

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The paper trail to the porn star things are getting a lot hotter in a Manhattan courthouse today it's currently on a lunch break but proceedings are set to resume with the woman at the center of Donald Trump's historic criminal case that's stormmy Daniels she is back on the stand and she's been laying out every cringy detail of that alleged.

Sexual relationship she had with the former president let's bring executive executive uh producer John zanui uh also Brian buckmire will be joining discussion from a legal uh P perspective in just a moment but John just looking through all the testimony look she she laid out a lot of salacious details from her perspective in her book is there.

Anything else besides what the former president apparently has in his leather doop kit um that she said that we really didn't know about Kira as one email blast just came out from another media Outlet this court room just became NSFW you not say for work and that's exactly right the level of detail she went into though some of which we've heard before.

It's still the fact of where it was said how it was said who it was said by and who had to sit there and hear all of it being Donald Trump it's just remarkable Kira how much detail Stormy Daniels went into after Trump's defense team earlier in the day had said to judge Juan Maran you got to limit the scope of this you know the night that it happened if you.

Will is not really the Crux of the crime here the allegations anyway of course that being the 34 counts of falsifying business records so that warning began the morning midday during stormy Daniel's testimony prosecutors were again warned by judge Juan Maran to you know take your foot off the gas a little bit we don't need to go into that much.

Detail here but of course at the end of the day prosecutors ask the question the witness takes it as far as they want to or not and we saw repeatedly Trump's defense team objecting because Donald Trump was pushing his defense team our team observed Susan necklace his attorney at one point being pushed by Donald Trump like shoved a little bit.

Like are you going to do something here object it wasn't until Stormy Daniels got really graphic that eventually they did and judge Maran agreed sustaining those objection from prose from the defense team Kira but really just remarkable remarkable testimony that went on and it's only going to continue once they get back from lunch so Brian.

You know this is at the end of the day about falsifying business records so why keep pushing all the details all the lurid details of a sexual encounter when at the end of the day this is just about falsifying business records so from a legal standpoint the prosecution would argue that they need to get into these details to one.

Corroborate and strengthen the credibility of Stormy Daniels but also to help the jury understand how bad this could have been not just the details of a sexual encounter but also some of the details that we're learning about today that Stormy Daniels is revealing uh more in depth for the very first time in this way um they didn't want this out and I.

Think the prosecution will argue they need to get into how salacious it is they can't just say it's bad trust us because the defense would cross-examine and say there's no evidence there's no there there so they're saying they have to tell the story they have to go this deep to explain why an individual falsify this information in order to.

Interfere with an election that's their argument so Brian Daniel's credibility is expected of course to be a central part of the testimony as well so how do you think she's doing so far and um you know how nasty could this get so I think so far she's doing well but I do expect the defense to bring up every time that she's told her story we.

Know she has a book called full disclosure she's had interviews at various networks and if there's any difference between how she told uh that that that story of that night uh on any one of those mediums she's going to be impeached and cross-examined about it but if I was to take her testimony just as it is now it seems to be corroborated.

With photos that she did in fact meet Donald Trump it seems to be corroborated with the detail of information that she's giving when she's when appears to be looking back on an event that actually happened in her life and explaining it for all to here and I think she's incredible in the fact of how far she's going and talking about.

How this sexual encounter occur but also pulling back in being like I didn't feel Force I didn't feel like I was threatened she sounds reasonable in the way she's telling the story so John before the break when talking about shopping her story around to the med to the media Daniels actually testified that my motivation wasn't.

Money it was to get the story out which you know begs the question then why shop around the story if she didn't care about the money yes she allegedly says that it was fear she wanted the story to get out there leading up to the 2016 election uh it seems as though to expose Donald Trump for what she believed he really was because prior to getting into.

That part of the story Kira she talked about in 2011 she gave an interview to InTouch Magazine where she talked about you know an encounter with Donald Trump didn't say what it was didn't get into the details but told the courtroom a story about thereafter in June of 2011 she was exiting a mommy and me class with her child at the time and was.

Approached by a man who basically threatened her and in her words said stop talking about Trump stop talking about the Trump story so that again though the years the separation I think is going to raise some eyebrows and obviously you know that after direct examination concludes and cross-examination begins that's exactly.

Where the defense team is going to focus any way that they can knock stormy Daniel's credibility and tear her down as someone that was just seeking to buy a to get a buck so Brian the first witness on the stand was a book publisher where prosecutors use quotes from Trump's books against him like always question invoices and always look.

At the numbers yourself so let's just talk about the impact of that and and how that worked for the prosecutors you think yeah so for the prosecution you got to realize they don't know if Donald Trump is going to take the stand and testify or not and so airing on the idea that he won't testify they need to or they want to uh provide his own words.

When it comes to how he deals with checks accountings ledgers the bottom line when it comes to his business and I think that was this was that opportunity their ability to bring in a custodial witness who understands and knows this book and can read these these exerts of what Donald Trump is so famous for in terms of being a businessman and I think.

It went well towards the to pushing back on the narrative that offensive been trying to argue that oh he's a multitasker he he might have been signing something and not really known it and this whole elaborate scheme he was too separated from it because Michael Coen was doing it on his own I think his words say.

Otherwise so John for the 10th time now Trump has been held in criminal contempt and slapped with a fine for violating the gag order the judge has threatened to send him to jail but is that just all a sideshow here no it's actually really a big part of this because think about it Donald Trump being thrown in jail would obviously you know politically you.

Could split the baby right half of it could be look see what they're doing I mean they're putting me in jail the other half of it I mean look all of this has been humiliating for Donald Trump but to think that there's a world a former and a potential future president is in a jail cell I mean we talk about historic Herer right we talk about how.

Many times you never thought you'd see this hear this and in my case earlier say certain words on the air repeating what was said in the courtroom I I I think all of this is just simply remarkable and if that actually does happen that's really going to be a real pivotal moment in this case and look we have seen time and time again Donald.

Trump cannot help himself how many people have we both spoken to over the years Kira of covering Donald Trump in the White House that have said oh you know I've got him under control now he he's going to listen to me he's going to stay within the lines it never happened this time though is different this time is consequences it's monetary he's up to.

10 ,000 to the state of New York in this case he's got a lot of other money to do in other cases as you well know but if it's actually jail I would think he pulls back but I know a daylight today I've been talking to multiple sources close to the former president this day has been a lot John S Tui Brian buckmire thanks.

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Barnes doall hit especially hard a lot of homes there just reduced to Rubble severe storms also Slam in the city of Bartlesville Oklahoma several people rescued from there after being trapped inside a hotel emergency crews now urging people to stay off the roads and at least 16 reported tornadoes touching down in Six States the threat isn't over.

Yet either our meteorologist Samara Theodore joins us now with more so Samara uh you're there in Oak Lahoma uh describe just the neighborhood that you're in so right now K I'm in Bartonville and this is just about 20 minutes up the road from barnesdale now the hotel that you just referenced where people were.

Running out of this is it here look at the the uh the wall you can see the projectiles launched into there these are 2×4 pieces of wood that's a stairwell on the other side and what I'm standing on right now is actually the roof from a building not too far over the Oklahoma heat is hitting it you can smell the tar in the air and this this.

Is a tornado siren meant to warn folks but unfortunately it took a hit during the storm I actually spoke with the family earlier who stayed at this hotel my car was actually right here and so we all jumped in my car and we just headed off we actually saw um you know obviously it was dark but in the lightning flashes we actually.

Could see you know the clouds coming down or whatever behind us so yeah it was pretty intense terrifying and uh that that same storm system is now marching Eastward so let's go ahead and take a look at this now what you're looking at is video in Cincinnati where they've got the lightning The Heavy Rain the strong.

Winds they have a severe thunderstorm in play right now winds could hit 60 mes per hour with large hail and as we see this storm continue to move Eastward we're anticipating those supercells to really start firing up around 700 p.m. uh throughout parts of the Ohio Valley byid night moving through the Tennessee Valley this includes Bowling Green.

Louisville right on up into Columbus the largest threat for the highest threat should I say for tornadoes is in this orange Zone today from Fort Wayne down to Louisville now tomorrow there is another threat for severe weather and that includes cities like Little Rock uh St Louis right on into Nashville they have a tornado threat but we could also.

See very large hail and damaging winds Kira well Samara just tell us about the new threat of severe weather uh where everything is headed across the country yeah so pretty much this like I said this same storm system marching its way Eastward so right now we have the Ohio Valley the Tennessee Valley in the bullseye and then tomorrow that.

Secondary threat hitting places like Little Rock in Nashville got it all right thanks so much appreciate it Samara so Israel confirms its troops have taken control of part of the Rafa border now crossing right into Southern Gaza as of this moment the IDF says it's.

Killed about 20 people calling them terrorists in the area Israel calling this a counter offensive oper counterterrorism operation rather that may be a Prelude to a larger ground incursion into the area that's Sheltering more than a million displaced Palestinians Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin not Netanyahu says that a.

Ground invasion of Rafa must happen in order to bring home hostages and get rid of Hamas well the tro movement came right after Hamas had accepted a ceasefire proposal from Egypt and cutter a proposal that Israel now refuses saying that it isn't what they talked about previously our Marcus Moore is in Tel Aviv along with our national.

Security analyst Mick mroy so Marcus the the white house now says that Israel's operation in southern Gaza is is not uh what Biden had actually warned against so what exactly is going on with this operation in Rafa well one of the things uh Kira that we know and and from the very beginning of this operation was uh it seemed pretty.

Clear that this was not going to be a massive uh all-encompassing ground operation focusing on the entire city of Rafa and and really the main signals for that were the fact that less than 24 hours before the operation started you'll recall Israel delivered or or dropped Flyers um in the eastern part of the city urging 100,000 people to to.

Evacuate of the eastern part of the city and so that in of itself gives you a sense of uh what Israel was trying to say that this is a a limited um operation in its scope and that it's a precise operation what everyone outside of Israel a number of countries and Aid groups have been worried about uh is what a larger operation would look like.

Not only in terms of the devastation that it would cause but of course the more than a million pales Ians who have gone to Rafa where would they go so uh when we talk about the differences um in the operations that is that's what we are are looking at and that is what we have seen Kira and that operation continues as we speak so Mick Israel's.

Defense minister vowing to continue the operation in Rafa until the hostages are returned let's just talk about how this could impact any potential SE ceasefire deal and does this fly in the face of what President Biden asked Israel not to do so K obviously we had some false hope uh yesterday when Hamas was saying they.

Accepted an agreement but they didn't accept the agreement that Israel offered and I think that was the confusion right now we can clearly see that the United States would like to see a limited operation intelligence and reconnaissance driven that finds the enemy in this case for battalions of Hamas militants and then focuses the.

Mass effort on them Vice essentially a mass effort where they go Street by Street which could cause significant damage in civilian casualties right now we see this I think early Preparatory action by Israel does not necessarily indicate which direction they're going to go they probably are trying to seal off uh militants escaping.

Into Egypt and of course other uh Munitions uh coming in and I think that's what we're seeing right now whether this will be a full attack or a limited attack is yet to be seen so Mick one more three us officials now telling AB C news that the US is actually going to pause deliveries of ammunition to Israel uh what more do you know about.

That is that a good strategy uh so it has to do with how the ammunitions is used obviously there is a significant threat of Iran they wouldn't want to uh stop the Munitions uh and weapon systems that are used to defend Israel but the question is uh essentially the large diameter bombs the 2,000 pound J dams those are the.

Specific weapons uh that we are hearing are being paused because they cause so much destruction when used in urban areas generally something we would not do I think that is where the the issue lies I don't think they'll cut off all supplies of weapons and Munitions for use in Gaza but the specific ones that I think the US government finds.

Problematic and that is the large diameter bombs and the ground penetrating Munitions which are effective on tunnels but can cause significant destruction to the buildings uh around where the point impact is all right Marcus more in Israel for us and also mcmo appreciate it commencement cancellations calls for resignations and.

More cops on campus police continue to tighten security at colleges and universities across the country now as protesters try to take back those encampments President Biden also speaking at a holocaust remembrance event today saying that there has been a furious surge of anti-Semitism in the US and around the world.

America will respect and protect the fundamental right to free speech to debate and disagree to protest peacefully and make our voices heard but there is no place on any campus in America any place in America for anti-Semitism or hate speech or threats of violence of any.

Kind in Massachusetts protesters at MIT broke through barricades to retake an encampment after being ordered to leave campus and in Illinois police entered an encampment there at the University of Chicago confronting protesters and taking down tents and signs Stephanie Wade of our ABC station in Chicago is there hi Kira well the raid was Swift.

Campus police came in and dismantle the pro Palestinian encampment set up by the University of Chicago students shortly before 5:00 this morning take a look at some of this video officers dressed in riot gear piled into the Palestinian encampment Crews came in with trucks and removed the dozens of tents and cardboard signs that have decorated the.

UFC quad for nine days now the student protesters who were staying there removed by campus police and ushered outside the quad while Crews worked tensions Rose at times as protesters came face to face with police officers physically pushing students further back with yellow barriers and students ripped up a final notice warning given by.

Campus police saying they'd be placed on an immediate leave of absence if they did not leave then around 8:00 a.m. students were allowed back into the quad after the removal process was complete the University of Chicago President says safety concerns have mounted over the last few days and risks were increasing too rapidly saying there have been no.

Arrests and where appropriate disciplinary action will proceed now it's worth mentioning the mayor's office expressed to us that they did speak with the university the university according to the mayor's office asked for help from the Chicago Police Department in carrying out these plans but CPD was unwilling to assist and as.

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Privately yesterday for two hours inside the speaker's office Johnson telling reporters he understands Green's frustrations but stated that there are political realities that must be acknowledged here I just want to say and I told them and I've said this repeatedly that um I understand the frustration I share it I I would really.

Like to advance much more of our conservative policy on a daily basis here but um the reality is we are working with the smallest majority in US history with a one vote margin let bring in our Jay O'Brien he's up there on the hill following all the latest developments um boy to be a fly on the wall what do we know Jay well and.

And that meeting is actually happening not far from me here I'm looking over to my shoulder to see if maror tillay green walks out cuz we expect that meeting to wrap up somewhat soon uh they've been meeting for just about an hour now Kira and margerie Taylor green has laid out which she says are her demands of Mike Johnson and if he acquiesces to these.

Demands she says she won't trigger a vote to OU they are to return to something that's called the hter rule which is that every piece of legislation has to get a majority of the majority meaning a majority of Republicans would have to support it she also wants no more funding for Ukraine to pass through this Congress she wants sign significant.

Spending cuts to be leveled When government funding expires in September of this year and also her last point which politically is perhaps the most difficult to get across the aisle or to get past rather uh is she wants to defund special counsil Jack Smith is currently investigating former president Trump and has brought those two Federal.

Prosecutions against the former president one in the classified documents case and the other for alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election that's going to be difficult because Moder Republicans would have to buy into that certainly every single Democrat would oppose that and Mike Johnson as you heard him say there is in a.

Politically precarious situation where Republicans have a razor thin majority in control of the house certainly Mike Johnson is by the way said Kira that some of these are points that he might politically agree with but he has said that these conversations he's having with marjerie Taylor green are quote not a negotiation.

Kira well we're learning now that former president Trump is actually privately urging green to drop her push to Al Johnson what more do we know about this and do you think she'll listen well it's unclear if that's going to be 100% effective but certainly that goes a long way and we've seen former president Trump say that he is in support of Mike.

Johnson they've had press conferences together they were at that fundraiser together over the weekend so the former president has thrown his support behind the speaker Marie Taylor green is still somewhat going against the former president's wishing by even keeping this issue alive but it cannot be understated the kind of impact that that has not.

Just on her but other Hardline Republicans here Kira all right j o BR up in the hill Forest keep us updated Jay thank you and thanks for streaming with us I'm Kira Phillips the news never stops neither do we we'll be right back more news on the other.

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And the former president Stormy Daniels on the stand in Donald Trump's criminal trial and boy did it get graphic all the details coming up plus make or break moment in the Middle East ceasefire talks Hanging On by a threat as his R forces prepare a ground incursion into Southern Gaza we take you to Tel Aviv this hour and running into red ink a new.

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Taking the stand laying out every cringey detail in that alleged sexual relationship with the former president Trump banned from lashing out at her like he has in the past but that didn't stop him from trying to go after her once again in an early morning social media post that's now interestingly enough been deleted we've got team.

Coverage leading us off our ABC News investigative reporter Olivia Rubin just outside the courthouse along with executive editorial producer John santui and also criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor Bernarda viona so Olivia you have been inside that courtroom today um you know in light of everything that has been heard and told.

In detail even making the judge somewhat uncomfortable asking if it was all necessary what stood out to you well it was remarkable kir and I will say I've been going into courtrooms with Donald Trump for about a year now and it there has not been a day like this where we have seen that a witness essentially brought jurors into the.

Bedroom with her and the former president describing like you said in such detail that I will say it did feel almost like you could picture it that's how graphic she got with the testimony down to the color of the floor tiles in Donald Trump's hotel suite where he invited her back and as as she is walking through uh these events one.

After another being in his room uh she describes seeing him in pajamas she said they were silk or satin that is how she recounted it to the jury she left no details spared you could see occasionally the surprise on some of the jurors face specifically when Daniels recounted that uh she came out of the bathroom to Donald Trump allegedly.

Waiting for her partially undressed on the bed you could see the eyebrows of one of the juror sort of rais because they were following along with her and the way Kira that she was telling this story to the jury she was speaking so confidently and so passionately and so quickly without any hesitation in what she was saying she came across as quite.

Credible really like a Storyteller on the stand and that is what also appeared to sort of agitate Donald Trump when stormmy Daniels first came into the courtroom remember these are two people that have not been in the same room with each other spoken to each other seen each other for years now she is going to testify against him she did not look at.

Him she did not look back at him when she took the witness and though he did appear to look at her before remaining stoneface sort of looking away but again as that testimony went on the graphic detail you could see him getting agitated he would repeatedly tap his attorney sort of to prompt an objection and one of the uh most sort of.

Significant objections I would say is when Miss Daniels actually uh told the jury the uh sexual position that her and Donald Trump were in prompting a major objection from his attorney and the judge ordered it to be stricken from the record but it raises the question can anything be unheard and what she just laid out for the jury essentially tells.

Them exactly why Donald Trump likely as prosecutors say did not want any of this ever coming out especially while I will know one of his sons was seated just behind him in the front row so apparently Bernardo Trump's attorney uh right now in the courtroom said based on stormy Daniel's uh testimony uh.

They're asking for a mistrial now saying you just can't unring that Bell what are your thoughts could we see a mistrial it's quite possible but highly unlikely that judge Maran will grant a Mist trial I think it was kind of testy for the prosecution to go into so much detail especially after they were warned early this morning before stormmy.

Daniels took the stand that they are not to go into detail but the problem is is that when you're trying to get credibility factors out there credibility is determined by sometimes by giving the details because how would you know the details if a transaction had not taken place judge Maran is not going to Grant a mistrial but will give.

A warning to the prosecution and also give a warning in terms of to help the jury that they are not to take this into consideration for whatever whatever they decide to tailor that instruction to be but the problem with that is then you're highlighting that there may be an issue so it's a lose lose situation but what we do know is that if there is a.

Conviction the defense has preserved their appet right and John your thoughts no I think K let's just talk about this for a second because it's extremely important here this is exactly what the defense team said at the beginning of the day that they wanted to make sure these guard rails were something that the.

Judge was mindful of and we know from our team's reporting throughout the questioning of Stormy Daniels that judge Maran said at one point to prosecutors after morning recess to lighten up a little bit to not get so far into the details it's because of how much detail Stormy Daniels went into on the stand that now this motion has been made by.

Todd blanch Donald Trump's lead attorney calling for a mistrial um blanch has argued according to ABC's Peter haral lambus argu the testimony about being blacked out and P power Dynamic Prejudice the jury according to Bland and and from our team blanch judge said in court quote aside from Pure embarrassment the testimony was given to.

Inflame the jury blanch goes on to say all this has nothing to do with the case on that point he is right the case is not about the night of or what happened in that hotel room it's what happened in 2016 the payment of $130,000 to silence Stormy Daniels leading up to the 2016 presidential election so we are going to have to see.

Now what judge Muran does to note just to be clear for our viewers this is all happening without the jury or Stormy Daniels back in the room this is all a return from lunch that you know this was a lot of speculation as we went into the lunch break this was possible the defense team could make this motion and now we're going to have to see what.

Judge Juan mhan does here Cara so Bernardo I know as an attorney you've seen a lot but it's not every day that we hear the intimate details of former president's uh alleged sex life what do you make of just the line of questioning and all the details that we have heard is it necessary it's not and the irony of it.

Is that Donald Trump allegedly was trying to conceal this from ever coming to public and here we have it coming to public during a trial quite honestly in terms for the prosecution stormmy Daniel's testimony is not legally necessary to meet any of the elements of the crime yes it gives us a bigger picture it gives us some background it.

Gives us to why what what was happening and what needed to be concealed but it doesn't move the ball in the sense of proving falsifying business records I will say this one thing that her testimony does give the prosecution is that if they determine Stormy Daniels to be credible and that this sexual relationship sexual entanglement did.

Take place then it does discredit Donald Trump without him testifying because it discredits him in a sense that he's been saying all along and there's video clips and also social media Post in evidence that he doesn't know these women and he didn't have any sexual interactions with these women but if they find stormmy DS to be credible they're going to be like.

Wait you were Ling then you're probably lying about this and you're also capable of committing fraud so Olivia you know before the break when talking about you know shopping her story around to the media that's that's you know what Daniel's testified that her motivation wasn't about money it was to get the story out.

Which of course has us all asking then why shop around the story if you didn't care about money well that's what she said she did sort of change her story on that a little bit at first she said that she just wanted her story out there and she did not care about the money and then later on she said it had come to the.

Point where she was fearful and she just wanted to make sure that she the story did not come out and she got money and she said that the arrangement with Donald Trump and Michael Cohen sort of was the best case scenario for her because she would get the money and would not have to to tell her story which is something that we heard uh.

Regarding Karen McDougall as well who it was testified to she did not want to tell her story so these sort of deals were appealing to them but I do just want to Pivot back a little bit to uh the mistrial motion that's underway which is something that Todd blanch is talking about which is really key here he's bringing up portions of Stormy.

Daniel's testimony where she spoke about the consent of the interaction or about the danger of the interaction or about feeling pressured and he seems to be hitting on what was sort of an undertone of her testimony uh which is that essentially while she never said no and she never said that she didn't want to do it and she never went down that road.

She did speak about you know the imbalance of power and it seems that Todd blanch is saying that is something that the jury is not going to be able to unhear all right and let's just talk about Daniel's in the courtroom John apparently got emotional choked up at one point during testimony what was all that about well that was about an.

Incident she said occurred in 2011 after she gave an interview to InTouch Magazine Kira where she claims that she was approached in a parking garage in June of 2011 and was told by somebody to stop talking about Donald Trump now I do think it's important here to say that you know obviously after that she didn't say anything until.

2016 um because of course that was leading up to the election where she said she felt she wanted to get her story out there because she was scared about it Kira I do want to Pivot back though to what Olivia and you were just talking about this mistrial conversation because according to our team in the courtroom ABC's Peter haral lomus Susan.

Hoffinger the lead attorney for the case is pushed back obviously on the request for a mistrial arguing Daniel's testimony was consistent and permissible according to our team the DA's office just said quote this story her account is highly probative of Donald Trump's intent this is not new this is not a new account and I do think Kira one of the.

Things that we have been paying pay very close attention to is that Stormy Daniels has told her story before she gave a very lengthy interview as you'll recall to 60 minutes once Donald Trump had already won the White House in which she told so many of these details before she's written a book which obviously um has come up at many points leading up to.

This trial we know that she also did a documentary leading up to this trial and has gone out there on multiple interviews including ABC's the view telling she was looking forward to speaking her truth now so much of that truth her truth if you will has been things that she has said already but I do think being in front of a jury is.

Different and that is where this is becoming an issue in this courtroom right now Kira all right Olivia John Bernardo thank you all so much coming up path of destruction and up close look at the tornado damage in Oklahoma we've got it next whenever news breaks we are here in.

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Tornadoes the power went out large tornado tornado on the ground at violent twister touching down near Tulsa at least one person was killed several others were hurt the town of barnesdale H especially hard a lot of homes there just reduced to Rubble severe storms also slamming the city of Bartlesville Oklahoma was several people.

Rescued after being trapped inside a hotel and then emergency crews are urging people to stay off the roads at least 16 reported tornadoes touching down in Six States now and the threat isn't over yet our meteorologist Samar theor remains in barville Oklahoma there tell us more Samara Kira so we're about 20 minutes up.

The road from Barnes and cleanup Crews have just arrived at that hotel you were talking about but if you take a look you can see here this is actually the roof from a neor in building completely crushed and if you look over there you can see on the side of this hotel that we have 2x4s that became missiles completely projected into the wall on.

The other side of that a stairwell now I spoke with a family earlier Josh and Jenny who came here from Barnesville to escape that tornado only to end up in its path right here at this hotel my car was actually right here and so we all jumped in my car and we just headed sou we actually saw um you know obviously it was dark but in.

The lightning flashes we actually could see you know the clouds coming down or whatever behind us so yeah it was pretty intense and you know hearing them recount that story it's devastating it's terrifying but I think the general sentiment they had was that of gratitude I think there's a lot of people uh having gratitude right now uh.

That were just able to hold on to the littlest things Samara now we've got this threat of more severe uh weather where are you tracking it so this line of storms the same line of storms is now pushing Eastward it's moved through Cincinnati now headed through parts of the Ohio Valley sweeping across the state of Indiana at.

The moment in fact Chicago they will likely be under a tornado watch the Chicago region could be under a tornado watch pretty soon here issued by the National Weather Service now let's go ahead and time this out as you can see by 7 PM these supercells really starting to take form pop up we could see very strong tornadoes possible by midnight.

They're sweeping through the state of Ohio and Tennessee headed for areas like Louisville Bowling Green in the tornado zone where we have the highest risk it's Fort Wayne Columbus Cincinnati and that's today large Hill damaging winds and then tomorrow a secondary threat there we have the highest tornado threat including Little Rock Memphis and.

Nashville this is Wednesday I'll also say that the National Weather Service here on the ground in Oklahoma has been doing surveys and they went down a little bit farther Southwest of Barnes in O County and they're starting to see that hey this could potentially be an ef3 they're at least seeing ef3 damage Kira all right Samar theore appreciate.

All the work that you're doing for us so Israel confirms its troops have indeed taken control of part of the Rafa border now there in southern Gaza the IDF says it's killed about 20 people that they are calling terrorists operating in in that area Israel is calling this a counterterrorism operation and actually a Prelude to a larger ground incursion.

Into the area where more than a million people a million displaced Palestinians are still Sheltering in place Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that a ground invasion of Rafa has to happen in order to bring the hostages home and get rid of Hamas the troop movement came right after Hamas said it accepted a ceasefire proposal from Egypt.

And cutter a proposal that Israel now refuses saying it's not the same deal President Biden warning Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu also against a full ground Invasion stressing that it would only worsen the humanitarian crisis in Gaza bring in our senior White House correspondent Selena Wang for more so Selena uh us officials are telling us.

Here at ABC news that the bid Administration is actually is actually delaying ammunition deliveries now to Israel so what more do we know about what the president has been telling the Prime Minister and how it's going to impact support here militarily yeah Kira so we've learned from one Us official that specifically.

The White House National Security Council had asked uh these delayment of ammunitions delivery specifically from do Air Force Base but here at the White House they've been pressed on this multiple times they refuse to confirm these reports but this does of course come as the Biden Administration has been trying to pressure Netanyahu to.

Delay a full-scale invasion of Rafa now the White House says that what we've seen so far does not amount to that fullscale invasion asan in densely populated areas what we're seeing so far is more targeted but they say they are concerned they're watching very closely for what could come next they've been highly critical of Netanyahu what he's.

Done with the Rafa border crossing and halting Aid shipments from getting through remember it wasn't so long ago when President Biden in a phone call with Netanyahu threatened to change you policy if Netanyahu does not do more to get Aid into Gaza now of course that threat is still on the table the White House has reiterated but again they're.

Not going to confirm the specifics of the delayment of this ammunition shipment all right Selena Wang at the White House for Selena thanks so much well commencement cancellations calls for resignations and more cops on campus police continue to tighten security at colleges and universities Across the Nation in Massachusetts prostitute or.

Protesters rather at MIT broke through barricades there to retake an encampment after being ordered to leave the campus and then in Illinois police entered an encampment at the University of Chicago actually confronting protesters and taking down tents and signs our Perry Russ has been following all the latest details so Perry even the education.

Secretary was on the hill today talking about all these protests what did he say well it's interesting to see how widespread and how serious these protests have become today at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence in Rhode Island students took over a building there so we are seeing another instance where students are taking over.

A building 22 students are inside an administrative building they're asking the school to divest we are seeing reports that some of the administrators are trying to negotiate with the students inside but as you mentioned the education secretary on the hill today he said since October 7th when Hamas attacked Israel there have.

Been 145 open cases of anti-Semitism on college campuses only two have been closed so far here's what he had to say that we have common ground when it comes to our horror at the apoll anti-Semitism we are seeing on some college campuses as president said last week there should be no place on any campus.

No place in America for anti-Semitism or threats of violence against Jewish students there is no place for hate speech or violence of any kind and we are now seeing some of these protests on college campuses in the in the US now move overseas Germany the Netherlands Australia just to name a few are seeing protests as well so some of.

These protests that started in the US are now moving overseas Kira right and we're seeing commencement ceremonies uh cancelled as well the first one uh Columbia University USC also I mean do you think this is going to continue to have a domino effect well the Emory University as well in Atlanta they are now moving their.

Commencement program off campus but there was a a student at Columbia University spoke to reporters yesterday remember this is the covid gener genertion that student telling reporters that he did not have a high school graduation because of covid now he did not have a college graduation because of the protest here so he is missing out on.

Both of those he says he is angry and upset but some of these universities are going to have to decide what they want to do because some of these schools are continuing with commencements they are continuing with some of the programs there and they are seeing some disruptions from protesters so we'll see where they have to go from here all.

Right yeah it's a big bummer um Perry thank you so much well if you rely on Social Security to keep on going you're going to want to see this next story whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at War en rolling for this tornado tore through this town from Leon main the scene of a horrific mass.

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Actually go broke in just over a decade our business correspondent Lexis christopherus on how soon it could actually happen how do we get here Alexis oh my gosh it has been decades in the making cure and the thing is the government knew the day would come I want to start with a little bit of good news first because the trustees Who.

Oversee these entitlement programs Social Security and Medicare say that they will actually remain solvent for a little bit longer than we first thought so first with Social Security we're expecting it to remain solvent until 2035 that's a year more than originally thought for Medicare it will be solvent through 2036 5 years longer than first.

Thought but once we hit these uh so-called go broke dates Social Security will only be able to pay out 83% of benefits and Medicare will only be able to pay out 89% of benefits so when we say they're going broke it doesn't mean your check will go away poof overnight it just means that the amount that you'll be getting would be reduced if.

Nothing happens on the part of Congress Cara all right so let's talk about a possible resolution here is there a fix I mean can't the government just print more money and fund these programs or do they need Congress to step in at this point if only it were that easy we saw what happened when we printed money during covid in 2022 and started giving.

People lots of checks uh in a word it's inflationary so uh that would be the last resort and not something that Congress would likely sign off on but there are a wide range of potential Solutions here that have been proposed one of them of course would be increasing the full retirement age which right now is at 67 depending on the year.

That you were born um they could also raise uh taxes which we've seen happen before and also reduce benefits for high lifetime earners those are all possible solutions we don't have anything on the table yet from Congress okay well do you have any advice for anyone using these programs right now and and just kind of how.

Worried they should be in the moment well I think in the moment there's nothing to worry about those checks will be on time and will be the amount that you're expecting them to be but I think this is incentive for folks to just save as much as you can as early as you can for retirement because some of these entitlement programs we just don't know.

Where they're going to be at when it comes time for you to start you know collecting these these uh programs so you know wherever you can find uh tax advantaged retirement uh places to to put your money all the better for you and of course we're looking to see what President Biden does this is going to be a big topic here in a presidential uh.

Year and both both Donald Trump and Biden have said they want to fix this but they have not given us actual um you know programs as to how they're planning to do that yet Kira all right Alexis thank you well some other top headlines that were following this hour police in Toronto say a security guard was shot outside Drake's Mansion authorities say.

The guard was standing outside the rapper's home about 2: a.m. when someone opened fire and ran off it's unclear if Drake was actually home at the time but that shooting does come amid an ongoing beef with fellow rap Superstar Kendrick Lamar Chinese company bite dance has filed a lawsuit aimed at blocking a federal law that would force the sale of.

Its social media app Tik Tock the company argues the new law violates the Constitution Congress already passed bipartisan legislation that requires the company to sell or shut down by next year soccer Legend Diego maradona's golden ball trophy from the 1986 World Cup will now be auctioned off next month he earned the award after leading.

Argentina to its second title a French newspaper first reported that the award was stolen but it turned up during a private auction back in 2016 the prize is expected to bring in millions of dollars thanks for streaming with us I'm Kira Phillips the news never stops neither do we we'll be right back more news on the other.

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Trail to the porn star things are getting a lot hotter in that Manhattan Courthouse former president Donald Trump coming face to face once again with adult film actress Stormy Daniels the woman at the center of this historic criminal case right now Daniel's taking the stand laying out every cringy detail of that alleged sexual relationship she.

Had with the presumptive Republican nominee and the subsequent hush money that prosecutors say she was paid in exchange for her silence this comes as the judge is shutting down a move by Trump's team for a mistrial attorneys arguing that Daniel's salacious testimony today had nothing to do with the case but the judge ruled otherwise.

Let's bring in our investigative reporter Olivia Rubin also executive editorial producer John sanui and our criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor Bernardo viona Bernardo are we really surprised that the judge said no we're not having a mistrial here no I'm not surprised because he has to look at the what what the problem was.

And in terms of the problem did really Prejudice the the defendant so in terms of what was said as the Stormy Daniels testimony yes it bordered on giving too much detail that put Donald Trump at in a bad light but it's something that was expected it's something that the prosecution had informed Donald Trump and Donald Trump was aware of which he.

Is capable of testifying in the end they preserve their right to appeal if there's a conviction the Pell courts will look at it and see whether based on that era if it is an era whether the jury made a determination as to his guilt because that error was allowed to happen and Olivia didn't take very long for the judge judge Maran here to just.

Shut down uh this request for a mistrial he also well didn't take him long either to say can we stop all these salacious details I've kind of enough had enough here is this really necessary to tell me every sorted uh lurid um detail in this uh sexual encounter that you describe correct and Maran as the hearing got underway sort of offered a.

Scolding to each of the sides because remember he had put guard rails on stormy Daniel's testimony that she was not supposed to go into these specific details of the sexual encounter itself he said it was not necessary and yet she did go into many details about that encounter so before Stormy Daniels took the stand again which she is back on the.

Stand right now he told the prosecutor specifically Susan hoffinger who has been questioning her all morning to please speak to her and make sure that she is going to answer the question and only the question and not offer uh unnecessary information and before Stormy Daniels took the stand again Susan hoffinger confirmed to the judge.

That she did speak with Stormy Daniels and give her that warning but judge Maran also taking issue with Donald Trump's team when they tried to bring up this mistrial he actually said to them I was surprised that you all didn't raise more objections throughout the hearing which we were a bit surprised as well there were times when they were not.

Objecting and the testimony was continuing uninterrupted and meran said that there were times I even interjected the court had to step in and he did he looked at Stormy Daniels often without any you know prompting and just said please stick to the the question asked and do not add unnecessary details so there was sort of a warning for each.

Side on how uh a window into perhaps how this may have gone so off the rails in the amount of graphic detail that Miss Daniels was able to say in front of the jury all right well she's back on the stand there's no mistrial that's been granted so John uh where does she go from here stormmy Daniels so so far Susan hoffinger who's the lead.

Prosecutor in the case cure is taking stormmy Daniels specifically to October 2016 that is when the dialogue began between Keith Davidson who was a lawyer for Stormy Daniels at the time and Michael Cohen obviously then Donald Trump's one-time attorney and fixer so I think we're going to start getting into the real nitty-gritty if you will of.

Details of this payment of this money how they got this number and one of the things that's come up so far is that when she agreed to sell the rights to her of the story that you know something in the line of that you know how long was the payment going to be delayed for because you know she didn't get the money right there on the spot so how.

Quickly did she what was the process thereof and I think it's going to get a little bit also you know into relaying of how Michael Cohen eventually was reimbursed Stormy Daniels can't speak to that but we know that as we look as how prosecutors are building this case that's a lot of what we heard on the stand yesterday from Jeff Connie the.

Former comproller of the Trump organization those checks that were sent to the White House that Donald Trump personally signed to reimburse Michael Cohen so as we've seen throughout these proceedings prosecutors are doing all they can to stitch everybody's story together all right so Bernardo before Daniels took the stand Trump did disser.

In a social media post that was quickly taken down does this violate his gag order and and to add to that apparently New York mayor um Adams Eric Adams is now speaking out because he was asked at a at a news conference today um if New York City is ready or prepared and it's prison rer New York's biggest prison uh to take Trump in if he is ordered to.

Jail for violating this gag order and apparently the mayor said Riker's Island is always prepared if Trump is sentenced to jail we will be prepared we don't want to deal with a hypothetical but they're professionals and they will be ready so what do we think could we see the former president just pushing the judge so hard that that's.

It well what's interesting is that yesterday Donald Trump at the at the conclusion of Court he gave another press conference and in that press conference he was almost daring judge Maran like put me in jail I'm ready to do it I'm ready to go to jail in order to exercise My First Amendment right so it's almost like your daring judgment.

And this is exactly what you want judge M to do now in terms of whether judge Maran will find find that there was uh a problem with what was said by Donald Trump it's going to depend on the extent what's the aggravation of what was actually said was it a threat in order for him to decide that jail is an appropriate sentence of penalty in this.

Case but one thing is for sure is that the moment that judge Maran says I'm going to put you in jail there's no coming back from that if there's some more uh there's some more violations of this gag order then what are you going to do jail on top of jail you're just going to extend that sentence but I'm not going to say that judge Maran is.

Going to go right after and say 30 days it can be just a matter of hours and if it's just a matter of hours it's going to be right there in the courthouse all right Olivia John Bernardo thanks so much we'll continue to follow of course uh every detail as court is now resumed and um we be in touch coming up we're also talking about.

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Tornado tornado on the out at violent twister touching down near Tulsa at least one person was killed several others were hurt the town of barnesdale hit especially hard a lot of homes there just reduced to Rubble severe storms also slamming the city of Bartlesville Oklahoma several people rescued after being trapped inside a.

Hotel and then emergency crews are urging people to stay off the roads at least 16 reported tornadoes touching down in Six States now and the threat isn't over yet our meteorologist theor remains in Ville Oklahoma there tell us more Samara Cara so we're about 20 minutes up the road from Barnes and cleanup Crews.

Have just arrived at that hotel you were talking about but if you take a look you can see here this is actually the roof from a neighboring building completely crushed and if you look over there you can see on the side of this hotel that we have 2x4s that became missiles completely projected into the wall on the other side of that a stairwell now I.

Spoke with a family earlier J Jenny who came here from Barnesville to escape that tornado only to end up in its path right here at this hotel my car was actually right here and so we all jumped in my car and we just headed south we actually saw um you know obviously it was dark but in the lightning flashes we actually.

Could see you know the clouds coming down or whatever behind us so yeah it was pretty intense and you know hearing them recount that story it's devastating it's terrifying but I think the general sentiment they had was that of gratitude I think there's a lot of people uh having gratitude right now uh.

That we just able to hold on to the littlest things Samara now we've got this threat of more severe uh weather where are you tracking it so this line of storms the same line of storms is now pushing Eastward it's moved through Cincinnati now now headed through parts of the Ohio Valley sweeping across the state of Indiana at.

The moment in fact Chicago they will likely be under a tornado watch the Chicago region could be under a tornado watch pretty soon here issued by the National Weather Service now let's go ahead and time this out as you can see by 7 p.m. these supercells really starting to take form pop up we could see very strong tornadoes possible by.

Midnight they're sweeping through the state of Ohio and Tennessee headed for areas like Louisville Bowling Green in the T NATO Zone where we have the highest risk sit Fort Wayne Columbus Cincinnati and that's today large Hill damaging winds and then tomorrow a secondary threat there we have the highest tornado threat including Little.

Rock Memphis and Nashville this is Wednesday I'll also say that the National Weather Service here on the ground in Oklahoma has been doing surveys and they went down a little bit farther Southwest of barnesdale in OS County and they're starting to see that hey this could potentially be an ef3 they're at least seeing ef3 damage Kira.

All all right smart Theodore appreciate all the work that you're doing for us so Israel confirms its troops have indeed taken control of part of the Rafa border now there in southern Gaza the IDF says it's killed about 20 people that they are calling terrorists operating in that area Israel is calling this a counterterrorism operation and actually.

A Prelude to a larger ground incursion into the area where more than a million people a million displaced Palestinians are still Sheltering in place Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says that a ground invasion of Rafa has to happen in order to bring the hostages home and get rid of Hamas the troop movement came right after Hamas said it.

Accepted a ceasefire proposal from Egypt in Cutter a proposal that Israel now refuses saying it's not the same deal President Biden warning Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu also against a full ground Invasion stressing that it would only worsen the humanitarian crisis in Gaza let's bring in our senior White House correspondent Selena Wang for more.

So Selena uh us officials are telling us here at ABC news that the bid Administration is actually is actually delaying ammunition deliveries now to Israel so what more do we know about what the president has been telling the Prime Minister and how it's going to impact support here militarily yeah Kira so we've learned.

From one Us official that specifically the White House National Security Council had asked uh these delayment of ammunitions delivery specifically from do Air Force Base but here at the White House they've been on this multiple times they refuse to confirm these reports but this does of course come as the Biden Administration has been trying.

To pressure Netanyahu to delay a fullscale invasion of Rafa now the White House says that what we've seen so far does not amount to that fullscale invasion in densely populated areas what we're seeing so far is more targeted but they say they are concerned they're watching very closely for what could come next and they've been highly.

Critical of Netanyahu what he's done with the Rafa border crossing and halting Aid shipments from getting through remember it wasn't so long ago when President Biden in a phone call with Netanyahu threatened to change you his policy if Netanyahu does not do more to get Aid into Gaza now of course that threat is still on the table the White.

House has reiterated that but again they're not going to confirm the specifics of the delayment of this ammunition shipment all right Selena Wang at the White House Forest Selena thanks so much well commencement cancellations calls for resignations and more cops on campus police continue to tighten security at.

Colleges and universities Across the Nation in Massachusetts prostitute or protesters rather at MIT broke through barricades there to retake an encampment after being ordered to leave the campus and then in Illinois police entered an encampment at the University of Chicago actually confronting protesters and taking down tents and signs our Perry.

Wruss has been following all the latest details so Perry even the education secretary was on the hill today talking about all these protest what did he say well it's interesting to see how widespread and how serious these protests have become today at the Rhode Island School of Design in Providence in Rhode Island students took over a.

Building there so we are seeing another instance where students are taking over a building 22 students are inside of an administrative building they're asking the school to divest we are seeing reports that some of the administrators are trying to negotiate with the students inside but as you mentioned the education secretary on the hill today he.

Said since October 7th when Hamas attacked Israel there have been 145 open cases of anti-Semitism on college campuses only two have been closed so far here's what he had to say that we have common ground when it comes to our horror at the appalling anti-Semitism we are seeing on some college.

Campuses as president said last week there should be no place on any campus no place in America for anti-Semitism or threats of violence against Jewish students there is no place for hate speech or violence of any kind and we are now seeing some of these protests on college campuses in the in the US now move overseas Germany the.

Netherlands Australia just to name a few are seeing protests as well so some of these protests that started in the US are now moving overseas Kira right and we're seeing commencement ceremonies uh cancelled as well the first one uh Columbia University USC also I mean do you think this is going to continue to have a domino effect well the Emory.

University as well in Atlanta they are now moving their commencement program off campus but there was a a student at Columbia University spoke to reporters yesterday remember this is the covid generation that student telling reporters that he did not have a high school graduation because of covid now he did not have a.

College graduation because of the protest here so he is missing out on both of those he says he is angry and upset but some of these universities are going to have to decide what they want to do because some of these schools are continuing with commencements they are continuing with some of the programs there and they are seeing some.

Disruptions from protesters so we'll see where they have to go from here all right it's a big bummer um Perry thank you so much well if you rely on Social Security to keep on going you're going to want to see this next story Whenever Wherever news breaks it's so important to always remember that.

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Our business correspondent Alexis Christoper is on how soon it could actually happen how do we get here Alexis oh my gosh it has been decades in the making cure and the thing is the government knew the day would come I want to start with a little bit of good news first because the trustees Who oversee these entitlement programs.

Social Security and Medicare say that they will actually remain solvent for a little bit longer than we first thought so first with Social Security we're expecting it to remain solvent until 2035 that's a year more than originally thought for Medicare it will be solving through 2036 five years longer than first thought but once we hit these uh.

So-called go broke dates Social Security will only be able to pay out 83% of benefits and Medicare will only be able to pay out 89% of benefits so when we say they're going broke it doesn't mean your check will go away poof overnight it just means that the amount that you'll be getting would be reduced if nothing happens on the part of Congress.

K all right so let's talk about a possible resolution here is there a I mean can't the government just print more money and fund these programs or do they need Congress to step in at this point if only it were that easy we saw what happened when we printed money during covid in 2022 and started giving people lots of checks uh in a word it's.

Inflationary so uh that would be the last resort and not something that Congress would likely sign off on but there are a wide range of potential Solutions here that have been proposed one of them of course would be increasing the full retirement age which right now is at 67 depending on the year that you were born um they could also.

Raise uh taxes which we've seen happen before and also reduce benefits for high lifetime earners those are all possible solutions we don't have anything on the table yet from Congress okay well do you have any advice for anyone using these programs right now and and just kind of how worried they should be in the moment well I think in the moment there's.

Nothing to worry about those checks will be on time and will be the amount that you're expecting them to be but I think this is incentive for folks to just save as much as you can as early as you can for retirement because some of these entitlement programs we just don't know where they're going to be at when it comes time for you to start you know.

Collecting these these uh programs so you know wherever you can find uh tax advantaged retirement uh places to to put your money all the better for you and of course we're looking to see what President Biden does this is going to be a big topic here in a presidential uh year and both both Donald Trump and Biden have said they want to fix this.

But they have not given us actual um you know programs as to how they're planning to do that yet Kira all right Alexis thank you well some other top headlines that we're following this hour police in Toronto say a security guard was shot outside Drake's Mansion authorities say the guard was standing outside the rapper's home about 2: a.m. when someone.

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Paper trail and now to the porn star things are getting hotter in a Manhattan courthouse today former president Donald Trump coming face to face once again with adult film actress Stormy Daniels the woman who is at the center of this Criminal case Daniels took the stand and she described in detail the alleged sexual relationship with the presumptive.

Republican nominee for president and the subsequent hush money that prosecutors say she was paid in exchange for her silence this comes as the judge is shutting down a move by Trump's team for a mistrial attorneys arguing that Daniel's salacious testimony today had nothing to do with this case but the judge ruling otherwise let bring in our.

Investigative reporter Olivia Rubin just outside Court along with ABC News executive editorial producer John santui also our Deputy political director Avery Harper and former Manhattan prosecutor Jeremy salon so Olivia fill us in on what's happened in court thus far prosecutors have now moved well beyond the explicit details of the.

Sexual encounter that Stormy Daniels has alleged and they are now speaking to something that is a bit more closely tied to the charges at hand here they are talking about the agreement that Stormy Daniels signed to keep quiet about her story in exchange for $130 ,000 in the Fallout that ensued after the jury looked at the contract that.

Stormmy Daniel signed she affirmed that she signed it and then she spoke about uh years later when information about the uh agreement essentially broke and she issued this denial something that the jury has seen previously but is a key piece of evidence because it it sort of changes stormmy Daniel's story because there is a statement out there.

From 2018 where she is completely denying that any sort of sexual interaction happened and how was explained to the jury was that they were trying to follow the agreement and keep the story quiet so they issued this denial written by her attorney to sort of keep in line with the NDA that is how it was explained to the jury and she.

Moved forward talking about how she eventually wanted out of the NDA saying Donald Trump could talk about her story but she could not all right Olivia thank you John I want to go to you on stormy Daniel's testimony this is testimony that Donald Trump has dreaded you know for a long long long time and and it may be you know we're going to get to that.

With Jeremy in a minute it may be a mistake by the judge to let it get as explicit and salacious and dirty up to defended as much as it did but that said I just want to ask about Trump you know him so well watching Stormy Daniels on the witness stand well he was doing the exact opposite he was not watching Stormy Daniels on the witness stand he.

Was looking down around as our team said his body was turning all different contortions none of which was towards the witness stand here Terry and the reminder that this was going to be a bad day for Donald Trump horrible is the word that I would use devastating is what some people have said now not so much for the you know the case itself.

Because this is not really about the case at this part it's not about the ACT it's about the money and the 34 counts of falsifying business records but to have to sit there and hear so much in graphic details about that night with your son sitting right behind you obviously your wife and others across the country following along he just not.

Good for Donald Trump the man right and we know that how often Donald Trump protects and you know brags about a certain image all of which to have somebody sit there and talk about it in front of a couple of dozens of people including a jury is just not a place Donald Trump even imagined he would be but what I think is remarkable right now.

Is as we're getting further and further into stormy Daniel's testimony is what's happened since 2016 a lot of what I'm seeing right now from our team in court as they talk about different lawsuits that were filed in 2018 which touched on what a IA is I think preparing stormmy Daniels for what's about to come right they've also talked about payments she.

Received for a documentary she did on peacock talking about her life after Trump her career in the porn film ex porn industry Etc that so much of it I think is bracing for what you know is going to be which is Donald Trump famously says he is a counter puncher we know from our team in court repeatedly Donald Trump was poking his attorneys to.

Object to attack to fire back at storm me Daniels they're about to have their turn when it's cross-examination so Avery I mean Trump is here clearly instead of the campaign Trail how many months away are we from the November election now I'm counting in my I looked at Terry thank you you know we're getting into some pretty.

Lured and embarrassing details so much about his personal life and and this relationship and these allegations with stormy Daniel they've already been out there for a number of years laid out in her book Etc and it hasn't seem to impact him so far the fact that it's back in the news uh like this so close to the November election is it is he.

Going to take a hit here well like you said it's still months and months away from uh when folks are going to head out to the polls and vote and so I think the hope uh on the part of the Trump team has to be that folks will forget about some of this uh testimony as it gets closer to uh election day uh but look as you mentioned he is not out on the.

Campaign Trail the longer he is in court is the longer that he cannot be out on the campaign Trail uh this week on Wednesday when uh court is out uh we are not going to see former president Trump out on the campaign Trail so not even taking advantage of the free time that they have uh this week to be able to head out to Battleground States but look.

I I think that the Trump team is going to continue to try and take advantage where they can of opportunities to meld uh both the courtroom and the campaign Trail we saw former president Trump come out and speak to cameras earlier uh today uh we know that the Trump team has uh been apt to uh try and fundraise off of developments that happened in court.

All right so Jeremy I want to go to you on the law here the judge himself expressed discomfort with the level of salacious detail that Stormy Daniels was gleefully offering apparently to the jury and I just want to ask about you know we've just seen Harvey Weinstein's conviction overturned and a long history of efforts by American courts to protect.

Defendants from prosecutors and even judges who dirty them up with sex testimony that isn't directly relevant to the charges at hand these are charges of falsifying business records and campaign violations campaign law violations what do you think of the move for mraw which the judge denied and so they pre preserve this on appeal is this.

The kind of thing that an appeals court might take a close look at and saying that's just not fair well certainly they're going to take a close look at it whether it's fair or not it's a separate question this isn't Harvey Weinstein I understand because it's so fresh while one would think that there's a relation here but this isn't bringing additional.

Women who are not part of a case to to have testimony about other sexual exploits and attacks what you have here is frankly defense Council that should have objected if you are as a defense attorney hear testimony that's coming in that is not favorable and not just not favorable prejudicial what do you do you don't send their mum like you do outside.

The courtroom when Donald Trump tells his stories about how he's being mistreated you say I object objection and then you get up and say objection and guess what a third time you say objection and eventually the judge gets involved and says this needs to stop but the judge is right to say this is a little bit too much and was right to say.

To the prosecution to control Stormy Daniels but the big failure here and the big piece that's missing here is that offence has to object and exercise their right to stop and halt that testimony and it didn't appear that that happened or at least to the extent needed to to do so fair enough so Olivia what was this point in which Daniel got emotional.

And choked up on the stand what was that all about she was speaking at that moment about an alleged threat that she received back in 2011 while she was in a parking lot with her young daughter uh and she got choked up talking about it talking about how she didn't feel comfortable telling her boyfriend at the.

Time who was dealing with mental health issues you know she picked up her glasses off of her head perhaps so they wouldn't get foggy and she took a mo moment to sort of compose herself so we will see how Trump's attorney sort of work with that event on Cross examination which is going on now but to the point we just heard about Donald.

Trump's attorneys being more perhaps aggressive it's going to be very interesting to see what sort of approach they take with Stormy Daniels on Cross examination right now the attorney who is going to be doing the questioning Susan necklace has not been up yet in this case really she was the one objecting earlier but so far it has been.

Led by Todd blanch and Amil Bo and Bo is the one who has been far far more aggressive in his questioning of witnesses so we will be looking to see how she handles stormmy and if she tries to sort of go through again some of what uh stormmy has already put into the record about those explicit details try to walk them back a little bit because.

The judge did say you can try to walk it back on Cross examination so will they try to do that right now and thank you Olivia and jerem we talked about the effect of this testimony perhaps on the law and the courts around the case but how about the jury look I mean so sometimes juries they AR.

Dumb as you well know and they'll if they sense that the prosecutor is just bringing this stuff in or that Stormy Daniels has personal animus and she's just spilling all this in order to distract them from the job that they have sworn to do might that harm the prosecution it certainly has a possibility did this happen here was.

There enough to get to that point I don't think so uh I think in fact what the prosecution tried to do is humanize Stormy Daniels She's Not Just a porn star she's a you know she had a single mother she did extremely well in school she's an equestrian she's you know had her own business she's had some struggles in life but they've tried to.

Build her up and again she's just a piece of evidence they're not resting solely on her shoulders what the pro pardon me what the defense is going to try to do I presume is make her out to be some extorter blackmailer with an agenda allaha Michael Cohen all beat a little bit differently who's also changed her story a little bit but the.

Prosecution did a good job there too to try to elicit some of the issue isues they might have for cross on Direct so they can take some of those winds out of the sails so overall I think it seemed to go fairly well I I think the defenses certainly doing their job to make this seem bigger than it is but it's not as as egregious as they're making it out to.

Be little more color from the cross examination Olivia well I think what's going to be so fascinating to watch and it's such an important point to make while we're talking about what are they going to do with Stormy Daniels reel her in in front of the witness we also have to remember that Donald Trump's attorneys are.

Performing for their client and just being in the courtroom for the past few weeks it is so clear how closely Donald Trump watches his attorneys when they are conducting their cross-examination he turns his chair and his laser focused on everything they are doing as we said he Pats them to try to get them to object he appears to react when he.

Thinks that they are doing a good job or when he thinks that they are not recently during a gag order hearing you could feel and see Donald Trump's display pleasure when his attorney Todd blanch agreed with judge Juan Mara on a certain point so I think especially after Susan necklace his attorney was sort of scolded by judge Maran saying.

That you weren't Tough Enough which is something Donald Trump likes in his attor in his attorneys it's going to be very interesting to see how they work with Donald Trump not just the witness to get their point across in this case here okay and John this is a this is a difficult cross-examination this is the in some ways I guess not necessarily.

Once again in terms of the law but in terms of the drama The crucial cross examination Trump's lawyers against Stormy Daniels what's your sense of how that's going and not pretty hot and heavy already I mean just moments into this testimony here's where we are Susan necklace has asked Stormy Daniels am I correct that you hate president Trump.

Stormy Daniel's responding yes necklace then follows up and you want him to go to jail Daniel's responding I want him to be held responsible and look you know this is not surprising right I mean stormy Daniel so much of what she has said on the stand Terry and Kira for much of the day is all details she has previously put out there she did an.

Extensive interview with 16 minutes she wrote a book she just did a documentary she's done a ton of other interviews including with ABC News so what we're seeing though now is a a real moment in American history the fact that she is on the stand talking about Donald Trump a former president potentially a future President should he be successful this.

November I I I think all of that is really just something that you could not have predicted if you tried and I think seeing as Olivia rightfully pointed out seeing Susan necklace get up there and say to Stormy Daniels you know you did a bunch of prep sessions with prosecutors Daniel's firing back and saying well this is my testimony this is what I'm.

I'm speaking you know of course it's that's the process of things that doesn't matter too much right but again it's playing for the audience of one and I think one of the things that I heard today from Judge Juan mam when they came back from the lunch break saying to Trump's defense lawyers gee I'm surprised you didn't object more I just.

Said oh God help those lawyers when courts over because Donald Trump is going to absolutely lose his mind all right John santui Olivia Ruben Jeremy San thanks very and Avery Harper thanks very much and coming up the path of Destruction we've got an up close look at the tornado damage in Oklahoma just some mighty weather out there.

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A deadly outbreak of tornadoes the power went out large tornado tornado on the ground heard that a lot yesterday in the middle of the country a violent Twister There touching down near Tulsa yesterday at least one person was killed and several others hurt the town of barnesdale hit especially hard many.

Homes there have been reduced to Rubble severe storms also slamming the city of Bartlesville Oklahoma several people rescued there after being trapped inside a hotel emergency crews now urging people to stay off the roads at least 16 reported tornadoes touched down in Six States and the threat isn't over yet ABC News meteorologist Samara Theodore is in.

Bartlesville okoklahoma right in the middle of the path of this storm over the past few days what's the situation like where you are Terry Kira well that same hotel that's where I'm standing right now and power Cruise cleanup Cruise they're well underway getting the town back on its feet but it was a different story last.

Night folks were terrified and rightfully so I even spoke with one couple who had brought their kids here from Barnes they were trying to escape the tornado there they ended up trying to seek Refuge here at this hotel my car was actually right here and so we all jumped in my car and we just headed south we actually.

Saw um you know obviously it was dark but in the lightning flashes we actually could see you know the clouds coming down or whatever behind us so yeah it was pretty intense yeah pretty scary stuff there uh and you know the latest update with the National Weather Service out of Tulsa they've been doing survey damage to the.

Southwest of barnesdale and they've seen that there could be ef3 damage or equivalent ef3 damage on the ground of course that's subject to change as they continue to do the survey throughout the evening all right so I know you've been following all the threats out there with regard to severe weather across the country not just where you are what can.

You tell us Samara okay so the latest update coming in is this tornado watch that's been issued so what you're looking at right now is Chicago Illinois Chicago get ready you have a tornado watch in effect until 900 P p.m. and it's not just there it includes cities like Indianapolis uh Springfield Southbend Bloomington as we.

Head through the evening and that's because the same line of storms that hit Oklahoma has now made its way farther Eastward as it continues its March supercells will be popping up 700 p.m. from Indiana down into parts of uh Tennessee and we're going to see the threat for storms continuing overnight in the Ohio and Tennessee Valley just.

Around midnight now the biggest threat tonight for tornadoes is in this little orange Zone you're seeing here that stretches from Fort Wayne to Columbus Cincinnati louville and then tomorrow we have another threat that includes Little Rock Nashville and Louisville Kira Terry all right Samar Theodore thank you very much for your reporting and your.

Explanation of what's going on with this wild weather out there Samara thank you so police are continuing to tighten security at colleges and campuses across the country today as protesters are continuing to try to take back those encampments President Biden spoke at a holocaust remembrance event today and he said there's been a furious surge of.

Anti-Semitism in the United States and around the world in America we respect and protect the fundamental right to free speech to debate and disagree to protest peacefully and make our voices heard but there is no place on any campus in America any place in America for anti-Semitism or hate speech.

Or threats of violence of any kind that from the president minoa back on campus in Massachusetts protesters at MIT broke through barricades to retake an encampment after they had been ordered to leave campus in California dozens of protesters were detained at UCLA yesterday and classes were held remotely the LAPD is also joining the.

School in an investigation into an attack on protesters last week let bring in our jacqulyn Lee she's been following the story uh from our La Bureau so Jacqueline let's just talk about the latest on the LAPD the UCLA working together on this investigation and what more we know about this attack on the protesters that's right K look so the.

UCLA Chancellor sent out a notes saying that the university is going to be partnering not only with the LAPD but also the FBI and also the LA District Attorney's office to charge those who were part of the violent protest that we saw last last week now what happened is if you remember UCLA came under Fire because for more than an hour violence.

Broke out on campus and nothing was done the LAPD actually sent out a message saying that they could not respond because UCLA has their own uh police force and so now UCLA drew a lot of criticism because of that so the chancellor is saying not only are they working to hold those responsible who caused all of that violence but they're.

Also looking into their own uh campus safety response team and why it reacted the way it did and what they can do to fix that moving forward guys lot of lessons to be learned there for sure Jacqueline now I guess there are new protests popping up at colleges in Southern California today as this this movement which once again represents.

Still a pretty small minority of colleges and University across the country but it's very passionate very determined very organized well what's the latest on what's happening in Southern California that's right Terry this happened at Pomona College so we have dozens of pro pales protesters who took to the commencement stage they've.

Set up camp as you can see there and they said they are not leaving until the college divest from Israeli companies they say that these companies are funding the genocide in Gaza pomot College will have their commencement later this week um the university has responded they said that students certainly have a right to free speech.

And that college leaders are willing to meet with these protesters and continue to do so but at a certain point I mean safety is the number one priority so ultimately we'll see what ends up happening this is why you've seen a series of of colleges and universities across the country cancel their overall University graduation ceremonies because.

They are concerned about safety guys yeah that 18yearold 18-year Journey that that students or 22y old Journey that students and their families take at a lot of places it won't be commemorated or celebrated because of this uh that's the cost of these protests Jaclyn Lee thanks very.

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Meeting for 90 minutes today you know green continues to make that threat that she wants to oust Johnson from his speakership and one vote can do it and the house can make that proposal at today's meeting Congressman green congresswoman green issued her List of Demands that speaker of the house Johnson must meet her must meet her.

Demands in order to vote on her motion to vacate that is what they call this effort to OU the speaker these are not unreasonable requests these are the right things to do are the right things to do for our conference and our Republican speaker who ran through the Democrat agenda should be able to get it.

Done Jay O'Brien's on Capital Hill following all the latest developments as he does so Jay speaker Mike Johnson representative Margarie Taylor green they had their second meeting today tell us about what's going on there well they met yesterday for about two hours today they met for 90 minutes and and they're no closer to any kind of agreement.

Although congresswoman green said the meeting was productive but she also looks no closer guys to calling for an actual vote on whether or not Mike Johnson should be ousted a speaker she promised to call a vote this week but now they're in these ongoing talks which frankly weren't expected to really come about this week and now it's unclear if.

There's ever going to be a vote on Johnson's future so green has issued her List of Demands for Johnson what are they and is he even listening to her well she's got four demands one is to return to something called the H rule rule which means a majority of the majority has to support every piece of legislation a.

Majority of Republicans she also wants no more funding for Ukraine to come out of this Congress she wants severe spending cuts When government funding expires in September and she wants to defund the special counsel Jack Smith is Prosecuting former president Trump so those demands though guys they are somewhat new she only released that List.

Of Demands publicly today and she's been working for months she says to try to oust Mike Johnson I think it's important to remember the timeline forgive me bear with me because it is long but it's important she started this effort in late March of this year after Johnson partnered with Democrats to pass Government funding she files this motion.

To vacate Johnson but she doesn't call for a vote to oust him she in says hold she instead holds that possibility of a vote over his head and then fisa comes up that foreign warrantless surveillance act it comes up for reauthorization green opposes that reauthorizing that passes but green still doesn't call a vote she to a Johnson she still holds.

That vote over his head then Ukraine a passes green opposes that but she still doesn't call a vote instead she says she's going to let the house go out on vacation and when everybody comes back she might call a vote then then they all come back and she still doesn't call a vote she then holds a press conference this is last week in which she said.

She's going to call a vote this week on Johnson's future and she still looks no closer guys to calling that vote this week yeah it sounds like the congressman CED wolf a little bit and it's one thing to play wacka speaker when it's not an election year like she did like she in the other but but this is an election year ABC News can confirm that Donald.

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Podcasts and good afternoon everyone I'm Kira Phillips and I'm Terry mirand and our top story at this hour from the paper trail to the porn star things are getting hotter in a Manhattan courthouse today where former president Donald Trump came face to face once again with adult film actress stormmy Daniel the woman uh whose encounter with him is at.

The center of this criminal case Daniels took the stand and described in detail the alleged sexual relationship between the presumptive Republican nomin nominee and herself and the subsequent hush money that prosecutors say she was paid in exchange for her silence this comes as the judge is shutting down a move by Trump's team.

For a mistrial attorneys arguing that Daniel's explicit testimony today having nothing to do with this case but the judge ruling otherwise so let's bring in ABS news investigative reporter Olivia Rubin just outside the court along with executive editorial producer John santui and former Manhattan prosecutor Jeremy saland so Olivia the defense's cross-.

Examination already off to a combative start we hear what's happening combative is exactly the word I was going to use Terry and I think to no one's surprise after the mour that we saw in the courtroom Trump's attorney Susan necklace is starting to Pepper Stormy Daniels with questions often getting into a bit of an argument with.

Her and the judge having to step in to please remind her to allow the witness to answer the question before she jumps back in and a subject that she has recently laser focused in on is a lawsuit that stormy Dan Daniels filed against Donald Trump a failed lawsuit one that she lost and was ordered to pay Donald Trump's attorney's fees and has.

Not done so and Trump's attorney has shown tweets to the jury of stormmy Daniels saying that she would rather go to jail than pay Donald Trump a dime so she is playing up on that hatred that Stormy Daniels has repeatedly shown that she has for Donald Trump and it's even said on the witness stand that she has for Donald Trump and trying to poke.

Holes in her uh her testimony apparently as someone that has an acts to grind and potentially as someone that would say whatever they need to hopefully in her mind get Donald Trump convicted of a crime so what exactly has the former president's demeanor been like in in court John I mean just reading the last uh comment read aloud by Trump's.

Attorney where Daniels tweets out calling him can't even believe that I'm saying this an orange turd so I guess it's not all tension in the courtroom I mean this is just getting ridiculous it's one word for it it's getting insane would be my word for it I I think all of this is just cannot make up right the fact that those are the questions those.

Are the words I mean I didn't get to have as much fun with the two of you today I got to use all different words with Meo earlier in the day but it's all just something that you can't make up that you would think that we're talking about STDs and you know what it's like to work in the porn industry and then all the other details that I can't say.

Otherwise my mother will find me and put some soap in my mouth but it's really something that to think it's Donald Trump a guy that ran the Free World and wants to do it again that we're having all of these words and conversations in a courtroom just makes it all the more remarkable um look as far as Trump and Eric Trump because he's in the courtroom.

Too supporting his father today their demeanor is like father like son they're not looking their heads are down they're they're turning their bodies every which way earlier in the proceedings before lunch Eric Trump was tweeting out writing an all caps at one point extortion I mean he's not part of the gag order that may have to change but I.

Do think that Donald Trump was prepared for many moments of this trial right he was prepared for many of his longtime employees at his company the Trump organization to take the stand and knew that many of it would be hard for him to hear because Donald Trump as we all know values loyalty above anything else so any person speaking out against him.

Including employees that worked for him for decades was going to be a hard day Michael Cohen was the guy that would fix a mess like this for Donald Trump he's the one that brought Donald Trump to this mess so that will be a very hard day for him but stormmy Daniels he doesn't know too well right I mean they had a very Infamous interaction action.

Now but not somebody that he was around a lot he hasn't seen Stormy Daniels in many years the last time the two saw each other she said it earlier in testimony was 2007 so to think that this is where they meet again and this is the conversation and there's absolutely nothing Donald Trump can do about it he can't get up he can't take a bathroom.

Break where he is and how he is is all dictated by judge Juan Maran right now and that is to sit in that courtroom and hear every excruciating detail of this all yeah what a moment thank you for that John uh and Jeremy I want to go to you and and I want to make you Donald Trump's lawyer for a second and I warn you based on the track record it's going.

To be a miserable experience and you're not going to get paid I'm GNA get fired but and you're get f up getting fired but seriously what is the defenses goal in cross-examining Stormy Daniels here and how how would you how how do you think they should go about it I'm asking for that expertise so it's all about.

Credibility and honesty they asked her about whether she thinks this is funny whether she's going to make money off of this uh the fact that she had a lawsuit where she owes him $100,000 she hasn't paid it uh we heard about the $125,000 tell all or whatever it may be with peacock so there's an agenda here.

Agenda agenda agenda it's kind of like object object object this is their theme but you also can be too aggressive and if you're too aggressive and you over speak and you over talk the witness you make yourself become the center of attention and that's not what you want you want the jury to like you as the attorney and not like the person you're.

Cross-examining to see that agenda to see that goal and that reason why they're there is not for the truth it's for because they want to see accountability even if that accountability is wrong so I think that they need to slow it down and they need to take the pause and really work methodically through and there's a lot.

Of material there because they no doubt scoured the internet and got all the material they could in terms of her background and what she's done but they need to be very methodical and slow about it not over speaking her do not become the center of attention and move this forward and I think they can but there's a lot of moving pieces here.

Because remember last but not least it's not stormmy Daniels is kind of somewhat of the story but kind of a sideshow because she's not the falsification of business records she's not the crime she's maybe the Catalyst but she's not the crime yeah that's the point the the defense was trying to make and trying to keep her off the witness stand that was.

Really helpful Jeremy I appreciate that and so let's go to Olivia about the jury a as they're hearing this cross-examination growing so combative growing this extraordinary testimony what are we hearing and what have you observed about the jury the jury pretty fascinatingly Terry does not actually show that much.

Reaction I spoke earlier about the one time where Stormy Daniels talked about the moment that she emerged from the bathroom in Donald Trump's hotel room and saw him nearly all undressed on the bed and you saw Wonder sort of raise their eyebrows apparently in surprise but they don't actually show that much but what they do show is just how.

Carefully they are listening to the testimony that has been unfolding they look right at Stormy Daniels they look back at the prosecutor at times if you can imagine someone watching a tennis match looking from side to side that is often how closely they follow along with the exchanges going on between the witness and the prosecutor or the.

Defense attorney questioning them and they laser focus into the little monitors that they have in front of them which shows them the evidence whether it's Donald Trump's apology video a stormy Daniel's tweet they are always looking at it and they have been paying very close attention throughout this entire trial which is something I think.

Likely prosecutors and Donald Trump's team have both been taking notice of yeah a lot of people taking notice of all the details stormmy even talking about the former president's doop kit apparently he's an Old Spice Guy okay yeah remember perk shampoo from the 70s the but Old Spice from the 70s as well updated yeah he's a little you know he's.

A little vintage when it comes to how he travels apparently you like you stick with it um so John what more can we expect from cross-examination well I can expect to tell you that I also like Old Spice but anyway moving on look I think that it's going to be a little U you know ending right now because as we've all noted so much of Stormy Daniel's.

Timeline in this as far as the details of the center of the cases we were just speaking about a couple moments ago um is rather limited so I think that we're coming down there as far as you know the nitty-gritty of it I think there will be some things now about Michael avanatti we know that that's something that prosecutors probably brought up.

Preemptively to get ahead of because they know they have a Michael avanatti problem here that being the onetime attorney for Stormy Daniels who very famously tried to fire back at Donald Trump until he literally self- imploded and he's currently you know not practicing law anywhere um so I think that that's probably where we're going.

But I would think after today I would expect we don't see Stormy Daniels back in this courtroom Cara oh but it was so interesting Olivia John Jeremy thank you all very much much really appreciate it and coming up we're going to turn the page to the serious weather across the country the path of destruction and up close look at the.

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There touching down near Tulsa yesterday at least one person was killed and several others hurt the town of Barnes hit especially hard many homes there have been reduced to Rubble severe storms also slamming the city of Bartlesville Oklahoma several people rescued there after being trapped inside a hotel emergency crews now urging.

People to stay off the roads at least 16 reported tornadoes touched down in Six States and the threat isn't over yet ABC News meteorologist Samar Theodore is in Bartlesville Oklahoma right in the middle of the path of this storm over the past few days what's the situation like where you are Terry Kira well that same hotel.

That's where I'm standing right now and power Crews cleanup Crews they're well underway getting this town back on its feet but it was a different story last night folks were terrified and rightfully so I even spoke with one couple who had brought their kids here from Barnes they were trying to escape the tornado there they ended up trying.

To seek Refuge here at this hotel my car was actually right here and so we all jumped in my car and we just headed sou we actually saw um you know obviously it was dark but in the lightning flashes we actually could see you know the clouds coming down or whatever behind us so yeah it was pretty.

Intense yeah pretty scary stuff there uh and you know the latest update with the National Weather Service out of Tulsa they've been doing survey damage to the southwest of barnesdale and they've seen that there could be ef3 damage or equivalent ef3 damage on the ground of course that's subject to change as they continue to do the survey throughout the.

Evening all right so I know you've been following all the threats out there with regard to severe weather across the not just where you are what can you tell us Samara okay so the latest update coming in is this tornado wash that's been issued so what you're looking at right now is Chicago Illinois Chicago get ready you have a tornado watch in effect.

Until 900 p.m. and it's not just there it includes cities like Indianapolis uh Springfield Southbend Bloomington as we head through the evening and that's because the same line of storms that hit Oklahoma has now made its way farther Eastward as it continues its March supercells will be popping up 700 p.m. from Indiana down into parts of uh.

Tennessee and we're going to see the threat for storms continuing overnight in the Ohio and Tennessee Valley just around midnight now the biggest threat tonight for tornadoes is in this little orange Zone you're seeing here that stretches from Fort Wayne to Columbus Cincinnati Louisville and then tomorrow we have another threat that includes.

Little Rock Nashville and Louisville Kira Terry all right Samara Theodore thank you very much for your reporting and your explan of what's going on with this wild weather out there Samar thank you so police are continuing to tighten security at colleges and campuses across the country today as protesters are continuing to try to take back those.

Encampments President Biden spoke in a holocaust remembrance event today and he said there's been a furious surge of anti-Semitism in the United States and around the world in America we respect and protect the fundamental rights to free speech to debate and disagree to protest peacefully and make.

Our voices heard but there is no place on any campus in America any place in America for anti-Semitism or hate speech or threats of violence of any kind that from the president meanwhile back on campus in Massachusetts protesters at MIT broke through barricades to retake an encampment after they had been ordered to leave campus in.

California dozens of protesters were detained at UCLA yesterday and classes were held remotely the LAPD is also joining the school in an investigation into an attack on protesters last week let's bring in our jacn Lee she's been following the story uh from our La Bureau so Jacqueline let's just talk about the latest on the LAPD the UCLA.

Working together on this investigation and what more we know about this attack on the protesters that's right K look so the UCLA Chancellor sent out a note saying that the University is going to be partnering not only with the LAPD but also the FBI and also the LA District Attorney's office to charge those who.

Were part of the violent protest that we saw last week now what happened is if you remember UCLA came under Fire because for more than an hour violence broke out on campus and nothing was done the LAPD actually sent out a message saying that they could not respond because UCLA has their own uh police force and so now UCLA drew a lot of.

Criticism because of that so the chancellor is saying not only are they working to hold those responsible who caused all of that violence but they're also looking into their own uh campus safety response team and why it reacted the way it did and what they can do to fix that moving forward guys lot of lessons to be learned there for sure.

Jacqueline now I guess there are new protests popping up at colleges in Southern California today as this this movement which once again represents still a pretty small minority of col University across the country but it's very passionate very determined very organized well what's the latest on what's happening in Southern California.

That's right Terry this happened at Pomona College so we have dozens of pro Palestinian protesters who took to the commencement stage they've set up camp as you can see there and they said they are not leaving until the college divest from Israeli companies they say that these companies are funding the genocide in Gaza pomot College will have their.

Commencement later this week um the university has responded they said that students certainly have a right to free speech and that college leaders are willing to meet with these protesters and continue to do so but at a certain point I mean safety is the number one priority so ultimately we'll see what ends up happening this is why.

You've seen a series of of colleges and universities across the country cancel their overall University graduation ceremonies because they are concerned about safety guys yeah that 18yearold 18-year Journey that that students or 22-year old Journey that students and their families take at a lot of places it won't be commemorated.

Or celebrated because of this uh that's the cost of these protests Jaclyn Lee thanks very much coming up behind closed doors congresswoman margorie Taylor green and speaker Mike Johnson meet for 90 minutes she wants them out is he listening it's good what does it take to be the most.

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She wants to oust Johnson from his speakership and one vote can do it and the house can make that proposal at today's meeting Congressman green congresswoman green issued her List of Demands that speaker of the house Johnson must meet her must meet her demands in order to vote on her motion to vacate that is what they call this.

Effort to OU the speaker these are not unreasonable requests these are the right things to do these are the right things to do for our conference and our Republican speaker who ran through the Democratic agenda should be able to get it done Jay O'Brien's on Capital Hill following all the latest developments as.

He does so J speaker Mike Johnson representative martyy Taylor green they had their second meeting today tell us about what's going on there well they met yesterday for about 2 hours today they met for 90 minutes and and they're no closer to any kind of agreement although congresswoman green said the meeting was productive but she also.

Looks no closer guys to calling for an actual vote on whether or not Mike Johnson should be oued a speaker she promised to call a vote this week but now they're in these ongoing talks which frankly weren't expected to really come about this week and now it's unclear if there's ever going to be a vote on Johnson's.

Future so green has issued her List of Demands for Johnson what are they and is he even listening to her well she's got four demands one is to return to something called the H Ru rule which means a majority of the majority has to support every piece of legislation a majority of Republicans she also wants no more funding for Ukraine to come out.

Of this Congress she wants severe spending cuts When government funding expires in September and she wants to defund the special counsel Jack Smith is Prosecuting former president Trump so those demands though guys they are somewhat new she only released that List of Demands publicly today and she's been working for months she says to try to.

Oust Mike Johnson I think it's important to remember the timeline forgive me be with me because it is long but it's important she started this effort in late March of this year after Johnson partnered with Democrats to pass Government funding she files this motion to vacate Johnson but she doesn't call for a vote to oust him she in says hold.

She instead holds that possibility of a vote over his head and then fisa comes up that foreign warrantless surveillance act it comes up for reauthorization green opposes that reauthorizing that passes but green still doesn't call a vote to Al Johnson she holds that vote over his head then Ukraine Aid passes green opposes that but she still doesn't.

Call a vote instead she says she's going to let the house go out on vacation and when everybody comes back she might call a vote then then they all come back and she still doesn't call a vote she then holds a press conference this is last week in which she said she's going to call a vote this week on Johnson's future and she still looks no closer.

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President Donald Trump today came face to face once again with adult film actress Stormy Daniels the woman whose's alleged encounter with Trump triggered this case Daniels took the stand and described in detail the alleged sexual relationship she says she had with the presumptive Republican nominee and the subsequent hush money that prosecutors.

Say she was paid in exchange for her Silence about that encounter earlier the judge shut down a move by Trump's team for mistrial after attorneys tried to argue that Daniel's explicit and prejudicial testimony today has quote nothing to do with this case Ukrainian counter intelligence officials say they foiled a Russian plot to assassinate.

Ukrainian president vomir zalinski and other top military and political figures the plot was alleged to take place before the inauguration of Russian President Vladimir Putin into his fifth term on Tuesday two Ukrainian Colonels were arrested on suspicion of treason a charge that carries a life sentence in Ukraine and Toronto police are.

Investigating a shooting that took place outside hip-hop artist Drake's mansion in Toronto earlier this morning the security uh Personnel was seriously injured in the gunfire and rushed to the hospital with serious but not life-threatening injuries the shooting comes amid an escalating rap beef with Los Angeles rapper Kendrick Lamar.

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Doctors back with us as well always good to see you happy you too and Eva too and cat back in the control room cat in control happy Tuesday we do have some medical headlines to talk about specifically there is a option for people trying to quit vaping or cigarettes talk to us about what this option is so this is an interesting.

Medication um and the results of this clinical trial just published in jamama Internal Medicine this is a drug called cytosine that's what it's known as it's in phase three clinical trials right now it's a plant-based um natural medic ation clinical trials um most recently reported put this drug up against uh Placebo in a 12we clinical trial um they.

Looked at about 131 adults who Vaped daily and wanted to quit and what they found is that taking this medication doubled their odds of quitting side effects were mild nausea abdominal pain um or discomfort and insomnia or some disruption of their sleep pattern um but I think the take-home Point here is that for people who are addicted to smoking.

Whether that's combustible cigarettes or eigs there are medications that can help them quit and as you guys have probably heard me say before the average person who quits tries seven times so do not give up that was my next question so what are some of the ways that we can stop using you know ecigarettes and vaping you know everyone's different.

Sometimes they rely on pharmacologic medication uh to manage it sometimes they do a you know a mind kind of meditation hypnosis but trial and error support groups work um setting a date holding yourself accountable but the key is do not give up do not give up y all right doc thank you very much all right Morgan.

Norwood is in the house always good to see you my friend with a look at the headlines exactly so good to see you guys all right we got a lot to get to and we do begin with that dangerous weather on the move our Ginger Z is in hard hit Oklahoma here on the site of the Barnes doll Oklahoma tornado just one of the.

Homes destroyed all of the contents of the home here shwn throughout the trees you can see that truck is crushed another home over there people are really just starting to take it in and we have a whole another day here this afternoon will'll erupt in parts of the Ohio River Valley it includes Indianapolis and Lexington Columbus too.

But that huge area keeps going on Wednesday a new storm comes in Little Rock in Memphis at the center of it but a lot of people are going to be involved for a very destructive week ahead yeah and for round two Ginger thank you other headlines to get to ABC confirms a second American has just just been arrested in Russia that is an addition.

To us staff sergeant Gordon black who was brought into custody last week now officials say black had traveled to Eastern Russia without permission it was then arrested there his mother says that he was visiting a woman that he met at a bar while stationed in South Korea all Americans have been advised to avoid travel in Russia and here at home in a.

New York City courtroom adult film actress Stormy Daniels is taking the stand today in the hush money criminal trial of former president Donald Trump trump has until Friday to pay 10th fine for gag order violations the judge saying Trump May Face Time behind bars if he continues to break the rules by making public comments about the jury.

And Witnesses Trump has denied all wrongdoing and let's talk these clashes Pro Palestinian demonstrators at the University of Chicago they are squaring off with police today at an encampment at Hyde Park other colleges facing new confrontations as more universities shift commencement plans in the light of rising tensions and a new government.

Report is kicking up concerns about the possible future of Social Security and Medicare the Social Security trust fund said to be on track to be depleted you heard that right about 11 years from now if shortfalls are not addressed former president Trump he said that he's open to Cuts in the programs that 70 million Americans have paid into and also rely.

On as they age meanwhile President Biden has said that he would not allow that all right guys let's talk to word say hello to the new NBA Rookie of the Year San Antonio sprayer Victor web Yama joining the RS of legendary Talent making their mark on hardwood history that award has been given to a new player on the rise every year since way.

Back to 1952 53 season and the trophies could still keep coming in for him he's up for defensive player of the year that's set to be announced today so the hype is real guys it is real I hear he's a gentle giant with a gentle soul he has definitely lived up to the hype in every way Morgan thank you thank you well.

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GMA you're going to love it welcome back to GMA 3 tensions rising in the Middle East as Israel launches a ground operation in the southern Gaza City of Rafa the IDF now taking control of the critical Rafa Crossing and carrying out air strikes now the capture happening seven months after the deadly attacks that ignited Israel's war.

Against Hamas and joining us now from Tel Aviv is our friend foreign correspondent Marcus Moore Marcus always good to see and we'll start with this so what's the latest on the military operation there and what's the end goal for the Israeli offensive DeMarco this operation got underway overnight and and it included.

Air strikes tanks and Soldiers on the ground they took control of the rougher Crossing as you just mentioned which is a key route for Aid going into Gaza and we saw a remarkable image this morning Israeli Flags now flying on the Palestinian side of the border the IDF though emphasizing that this operation is precise and it's also limited so it's.

Not a widespread operation on the entire city and of course it's coming in the midst of increased International pressure from governments and also Aid groups that have been imploring Israel to ensure that innocent civilians are protected now this operation no doubt affects the much needed influx of Aid going into.

Gaza and today some are suggesting that the Rafa operation may also be a tool to put pressure on Hamas uh during those critical hostage negotiations that continue this morning let's talk about that humanitarian issue thousands of Palestinians who are in Rafa they have nowhere to go what does all of this mean for the humanitarian crisis that we've.

Been hearing about well Eva it's still unfolding in a very real way uh we do know that Israel less than 24 hours before the ground operation started they did drop flyers in eastern Rafa urging people ble to evacuate to an expanded humanitarian Zone and they also told Aid groups to to move away from that area as well um now.

This is a part of an effort on the part of Israeli officials as well to facilitate uh the work to set up field hospitals and Tents and also to repair water supply uh to part of that area uh but but Eva there there's so much concern about the the innocent families that have been caught in the middle of this many of them who went to Rafa.

Because of the fighting in the central part of Gaza to the north and now many of them are having to move all over again and speaking of concern how does this impact ceasefire talks and also hostage negotiations yeah well DeMarco it's important to point out at this point that the negotiations are are continuing.

And uh even with the Rafa operation that that is underway but there is some concern that perhaps uh this could U have an impact on on the negotiations which by the way just to give you some back ground on what Hamas has agreed to they have agreed to a deal that includes three phases the first one starting with a six week ceasefire and then the.

Release of Palestinian prisoners in exchange for 33 hostages but this morning the the exact details uh how many hostages uh and when and where um there's that's where some distance uh is between all the sides and and Hamas is also asking for the IDF to pull its troops uh back towards the the Gaza border allowing displace Palestinians to.

Travel freely from south to North uh and just some of the other major sticking points are are really about the end of this war Hamas has been calling for a permanent end to Israel's bombardment uh that is something that prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said they will not agree to so there's been a lot of back and forth on this uh and Israel has.

Said that the the counter proposal from Hamas uh does not meet Israel's core demands and the world is watching Marcus yeah thank you thank you B correspondent Marcus Mo for that report and just ahead here on GMA 3 the best looks from the Fashion Event of the year it was a night of course and our front row seat to the Met Gala Green carpet when we come.

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Of the most memorable looks from Fashion's biggest night what a night we're talking about the med Gala and here with all the Couture coverage as Beauty expert Blake newbie Blake always good to see you you're looking lovely yourself I showed up on theme I figured it was only appropriate for for today at least no of course we should let our.

Viewers know that this dress comes with a brush as well it does we've been brushing the dress all the spring it's been it's been giving us a time this morning making it work we are making do so this year's theme was the Garden of time how did we get to the Garden so last night there two things cuz I think people are a little confused so last.

Night was actually in celebration of the costume institute's new exhibition which is entitled Sleeping Beauties Reawakening fashion the the dress code for last night kind of followed that so that's how we got to the Garden of time it's inspired by JG Ballard's 1962 short story and it was interpreted many ways some were literal and some celebrities.

Really took some creative license but let's talk about that interpretation walk us through some of the looks so some of our favorites from last night of course we have to talk about the co-chair Zinda who gave us not one but two looks her first look was Mayon Marella it was absolutely fabulous definitely a darker take than Garden at.

Night her second look was xoni with a fabulous Alexander McQueen hat okay let's talk about the fellas if we can I loved coin Domingo Tom Fort never misses but he didn't have on Tom Ford last night Usher did well as well he did he so everybody looked fabulous and what the men did was it they kind of added flowers to their tuxes particularly we.

Saw it on the lapel so Coleman Domingo he definitely went bigger there was a fabulous black tulup you know Tom Ford he kind of adorned the lapel with you know a bunch of different pins but overall the men really took it last night I really feel like the guys have been stepping out their game at these red carpets oh absolutely and I really.

Feel like you cannot talk about men's fashion these days without talking about like the Coleman's and and things like that okay we got to talk about the other women though cuz there were lots of pretty dresses we do sorry we do I know we have to go back to the ladies 30 seconds in so of course we have to talk about Gigi Hadid who was a vision in Tom.

Brown of course I love the front but to me the best part was when she turned around there was this corset detailing that was absolutely to die for we have to talk about Lana Del re who is in archive Alexander McQueen her interpretation again was more the trees the branches so not as much the flowers which we absolutely loved Taylor Russell.

Of course as L's Global brand ambassador was in l her bodice was made to imitate wood and that is really what everyone was talking about of course the skirt was fabulous but it was that bodice that really did it what did you think about cardi B oh she looked fabulous incredible it was definitely nighttime dark Rose like it.

Very much you know her and Tiana Taylor kind of leaned into the rose Tiana Taylor from Harlem leaned into her album A Rose from Harlem so the girls really leaned into roses and last but certainly not least was Tyler who leaned into the sands of time I love this she was in custom balmont and had to be carried up the steps because she could not move in.

The dress uh so she was carried up all the way to the top there were a lot of steps it it there were a lot of steps but it looked like there were four or five gentlemen that made sure that she she made it up where she needed to go who were your best dress for the night so my best dress I have to say Demi Moore and Harris Reed was absolutely.

Fantastic definitely a literal interpretation but I think of resounding from my group chats to Instagram to Twitter it looks like Demi Moore was the winner but on on the men's side it was bad bunny in marel he was incredible yeah bunny absolutely incredible and what I also loved about bat bunny was he did all of his interviews last night in.

Spanish even to those that spoke English so it was such a vision last night I love that love to see it and we love you too you know I love you all yes was your best dress my best dress was Deborah Roberts Deborah Roberts yeah she looked good flowers on this dress yeah and you if you follow her on Instagram you followed the whole like.

Yes also you know how much she loves and respects the art that it's fashion it's a long day it's a long long day we only see the beauty of it BL again thank you very much we appreciate it for having me still ahead on gma3 a little chair yoga with Dr Jen ashon we're going to talk about the surprising health benefits plus a major voice in the Latino.

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Gun the first parents in America to be charged in a school shooting involuntary manslaughter charges against parents of the shooter at Oxford High School who killed four students and wounded others there's a myth that a shooter just snaps it's just not true there are always signs he was crying for help and being ignored he had pictures.

Of a Target on his bedroom wall shell casings on his nightstand a very toxic turbulent relationship those people are yikes the life they lived was just crazy the sex sting and the really terrible things they'd video of their sexual act they purchased that gun for him with his money and bragged about it they're.

Being told by a school counselor that he thinks their son's going to kill himself and they do nothing as soon as I heard they were called to the school that day the messages about lol don't get caught those were very very concerning to me that's the moment that no juror is going to think well haven't we all been there here's what it is I got it they do not.

Seem shocked about him having the gun there was no shot zero zero School stre leaders aren't creative they're made and it's made over time you don't get to walk away from that you just don't that's a criminal act sins of the parents the crumbly trials the opposite of love is not hate it's just being ignored only on.

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Down citing that she has some mental health issues she needs to handle yeah I and I think when this story hit the headlines the first thing I thought of we will never really understand or or probably appreciate the positive effect and impact that this had on so many people of all ages of all backgrounds who hear this story and think wow this.

Is someone who achieved her dream um it's a one-year term am I right you know and and felt that she could not continue that one year because of mental health issues and what it looks like to prioritize your own health and well-being above anything else when mental illness gets in the way of someone's ability to go about not just.

Their day-to-day activities but to actually do their job it is as life-threatening and as severe as untreated diabetes uncontrolled high blood pressure and and could be potentially like that life-threatening so whether it's a professional athlete or someone in a a public position or someone who's.

Not in a public position who just says I have to step back and take care of myself um that is called being a role model and it and it's I mean of course I'm sorry to hear that she was going through this but she is truly living up to her title in leading by example and she's not alone we've seen it happen on on a global stage Nomi osaki and also.

Simone biles why is it important real quick for us to take a break I I I think when you feel that you can't do your job um whatever that job is because you are suffering hour to hour minute to minute day to day that that's a medical emergency and we have to take it as such so this is a great example emergency that's the key word there do thank you.

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With adult film actress Stormy Daniels the woman whose alleged sexual encounter with Trump and his alleged efforts to keep it secret triggered this case court has just wrapped up for the day adjourned for the day and on cross-examination Trump's defense lawyer suggested that stormmy Daniels profited from this alleged encounter uh she even.

Asked her if she was trying to extort money from Donald Trump so it was a contentious day big day uh in court let's bring an AB news investigative reporter Olivia Rubin outside the courthouse along with legal contributor and law professor Kimberly wayy who often joins us for this case so Olivia where do things stand in court right.

Now you just hit on the point that Trump's attorneys hit on at the end of the day Terry which is trying to frame Donald Trump as the victim of extortion it is not the first time that we have heard them bring this up they essentially did the same to stormmy daniels's attorney who brokered that deal for her so they are clearly trying.

To paint Donald Trump as the victim here not someone that wanted to pay this off but someone who was extorted for $130,000 but Terry the bigger picture of the Cross examination today really was the attempt to make stormmy Daniels seem as least credible as they possibly could they tried to make it seem like she was extorting Trump like she hated Donald.

Trump like she wanted to see him in prison and poking holes in much of her Story related to uh their interactions throughout the years and I see we have Donald Trump coming out right now uh looks like he's coming to camera so we'll see what he says if he talks about Stormy Daniels at all revealing today as you see their.

Case is totally falling apart they have nothing on books and records and even something that should bear very little relationship to the case it's just a disaster for the DA for the Soros back da it's a disaster this whole case is just a disaster if you read the legal Scholars you'll see because they're writing about.

It they've never seen anything quite like it and neither have I I should be out campaigning right now we're leading in all the polls I'd like to be campaigning we'll be leading by a lot more but I just want to appreciate I appreciate the job you're doing it's not easy standing there all day waiting but.

You're hearing the same things that we're hearing uh on another matter as you know it's Biden's uh backers that seem to be funding the what's going on with the Palestinians they're probably not Palestinians they're uh agitators bad agitators really bad and I think our government ought to find out who they.

Are where they're from and treat them the same way as they do the j6 hostages uh you got to treat them the same way these are agitators they're really hurting our country it's happening all over the country and cities you so what happened last night at the Metropolitan Museum these are agitators and in some of the colleges I.

Think it's about 20% student and 80% others so this is a big problem and they better nip it on the butt and it's a problem from the left not from the right this is a problem from the left and uh I hope you're going to stress that uh the economy is not doing well you see inflation is through the roof they're not going to be able to.

Lower interest rates if they do it's purely political but it'll be very bad if they do from the standpoint of getting rid of inflation you have to get rid of the inflation inflation as you probably have heard Mis say it's a country Buster it busts countries and it has for a thousand years years you go back and you look at all right there's.

Uh pres former president Donald Trump uh taking advantage of the cameras here to to make some political points on the unrest on college campuses and on the inflation as is his right of course he's running for president on the Republican ticket this year you also heard him speak very briefly about what happened in court today saying uh that it the.

Testimony today particularly of of adult film actress stormmy Daniels whose alleged sexual encounter with Trump and his alleged effort to keep it secret are really at the heart of this case he said that uh that this was an unwarranted basically uh part of the testimony that it didn't matter and I want to turn to uh law professor Kim wayy on that.

Question which came up in a motion for mistrial today after the direct examination of stormmy Daniels Trump's lawyers said you know this is irrelevant to the crimes alleged which are falsifying business records and uh campaign Finance violations the ACT stanel Daniels described gleefully in salacious detail I might add uh are.

Happened before Trump uh before the acts alleged in the indictment and that their relationship is pretty tenuous and I just want to show you the the the US the New York state court that just tossed out the uh conviction of Harvey Weinstein the Hollywood producer uh based on testimony from women that they believe he also behaved Miss poorly with.

Them uh the court says under our system of justice the accused has a right to be held to account only for the crime charged and thus allegations of Prior bad acts may not be admitted against them for the sole purpose of establishing a propensity of for criminality nor just to damage their reputation now the prosecution coming.

About has a reason to bring this stuff in but is there a point that the defense has that really there's a mountain of case law in every state in the federal uh courts that you can't really just throw in sex to dirty up a defendant well lots to on pack there Terry uh definitely a distinction between the Harvey Weinstein case and this one and.

That as you indicated in the Harvey Weinstein case the issue was that they uh had women testifying as to their sexual encounters with Harvey Weinstein to demonstrate that this was a pattern in practice of abusing women here stormmy Daniels is testifying to the encounter that the prosecution alleges was so.

That Trump and his campaign wanted to keep it away from the voters so it is establishing that the reason behind the falsification of business records so in that regard it straight up does go to the heart of the case I think the problem is that the testimony went into some detail where she talked about um being invited to dinner there was no.

Dinner uh that he you know he blocked the door when she tried to leave that he was in his underwear things like that that um there were the judge even suggested there could have been more defense objections made that it was crossing the line between uh the the sexual encounter according to her that could have harmed the campaign according.

To the prosecution and you know a different kind of story that really looks very bad for the former president if it it crosses a boundary between consent and non not consent I don't think this is mistrial uh you know area the judge could and as indicated could just give the jury a limiting.

Instruction but it definitely gives the the defense a an issue for appeal and they did preserve that by moving for the mistrial yeah that was thank you that was very uh clearly explained and I do I do think we're likely to see some part of Stormy Daniel's testimony today raised on appeal if there is is a conviction Kim thank you let's go to.

Olivia now about Trump look this is this is a testimony that he has dreaded now since this indictment came down how did he handle it in court well he seemed to be growing more agitated as the testimony went on for there was a long part of the testimony in the beginning where he did not even seem like he was looking at Stormy.

Daniels something we saw earlier with the testimony of Hope pix that Donald Trump perhaps something is going on where he cannot even bear to look at the witness or the jury and take in the testimony that is happening before him but but of course as that testim testimony grew more and more graphic Donald Trump was hitting his attorneys.

Asking for those objections which of course we heard from the judge they were few and far between so clearly something he would not be happy with and I will say just having you know been in the courtroom for that when Donald Trump because you know he comes and goes with his Entourage throughout the breaks and the lunches and when they first got up.

For that break at in the morning session and as well as the lunch some of them looked as if they had seen a ghost Harry it was so intense it was so damning inside of that courtroom many people could not believe what they were even hearing about a former president who was in the courtroom with his family and some campaign staff hearing about a.

Sexual encounter and I think something that we saw also when Donald Trump just went to the cameras at the end of the day there he seemed quite uh deflated almost because remember he is not allowed to talk about Stormy Daniels he is the subject of gag order and she is protected so knowing Donald Trump you'd have to think that all he wants to do.

After sitting inside of that courtroom for you know eight hours yall let people do the math is come out and defend himself on what he claims to be lies yet he is unable to do that Terry yeah that was a great description Olivia that I want to take that back to Kim so Kim what she described about the jury and about people almost white-faced hearing.

You know not just details about there's no dinner but the position that the two were in during the ACT irrelevant to anything in this business records campaign Finance case and one does wonder if that's the kind of thing that an appeals court if there is a conviction and an appeal in this case would say that just is too prejudicial.

That the the no matter who the defendant is the defendants do have a right of protection from the court for just essentially being indicted for being bad human beings or being convicted for being bad human beings yeah again I I that is a great articulation I think of what if if he's convicted the defense might argue on.

Appeal or argue uh in a post-trial motion or to the jury um but you know sometimes Witnesses can't be controlled and that is a word that judge marchan used uh with respect to stormmy Daniels herself today some of the testimony got heated on cross-examination and she told her story in her own words and I think in a Court.

Understands uh that you cannot script Witnesses you can prep Witnesses I know she was cross-examined uh on the question of whether she was prepped and good lawyers always ask witnesses to walk through their story in advance they don't tell them what to say uh but they give them some rehearsal so you know it is a high-profile case Terry and um and.

You know Donald Trump has excellent lawyers but again I think it's the the idea that it's so prejudicial that the entire trial needs to be thrown out out that's unlikely but we're still you know a few weeks out there's a lot more that can that can happen between now and the end and an appeal if he's convicted is going to include all of the alleged.

Transgressions by the prosecution and and by the judge if the judge's rulings according to the defendant are not consistent with his constitutional rights that's a great point in relationship to in relation to the trial itself but I think also in relation as we all have understood since he came down that escalator there's a lot that.

Can happen between now and the end whenever that is Olivia Rubin and Kimberly wayy thank you very much and thank you for streaming with us I'm Terry Moran the news never stops and we'll be right back first thing in the morning there's a lot going on we're still in a flash.

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Month please welcome Chef Esther Choy good to see congratulations you've had a baby since the last yes I did have a baby and did a 24-hour cooking competition show the C it tring Mama Super Mom love to see it what are we making today so we are making kimchi Mac and beef so kimchi Mac and beef this is kind of like my o to my korean-american.

Upbringing so uh classic American dish kind of like mac and beef um like Hamburger Helper you will you know something that I grew up eating but adding you know a Korean flare and it gives like a different dimension to the dish and it's awesome let's get to it let's get to it okay so we have some oil and it's a really easy dish you know uh.

It comes together in like 152 minutes kids love it and that's how you get your kids to eat kimchi you know like like I love to say um so you want to add some onion and some yeah just throw it in there sorry not trying to I cook a lot some onion and then garlic a whole of it or just a little yeah just all I.

Like garlic you know I like to add a lot of it like for the people clim around to eat the garlic as well of course and so is this something quick that we can put together especially for parents who have small kids I would say so 15 20 minutes as soon as your pasta is cooked the sauce should be ready we add kimchi and kimchi gives this amazing.

Delicious depth of flavor and that's sort of like my secret ingredient when I cook I love to add kimchi to different dishes that is not only Korean but a lot of my American dishes like my pasta instead of adding onion I if I don't have an onion kimchi he was even tapping like okay and then after the onions kind of get soft you then come to the protein.

And you can add beef uh which I love to do but you can also add ground chicken ground turkey whatever yeah exactly any any ground meat you want and of course bacon cuz you know bacon makes everything never go Koreans love some pork man I know we love we do love our pork and I feel like the bacon is just you know gives that Smoky flavor it adds.

A lot of richness um that when you're making like quick sauces like this that's the way to go you want to use as much health as possible fat is always good yes so that's going and then when that is kind of brown and sauteed you'll add the tomatoes as well okay so tomatoes mix it all in there yes mix it all in there and then when it's kind of.

All cooked and ground up it looks like this I mean this in itself with like a bowl of rice would be delicious right I mean for me anything with a bowl of rice same um but kids love pasta maybe a little egg there you go little egg exactly um so from from here we're going to add a little bit of chicken stock okay and this is also another secret.

Ingredient of mine sesame oil fish sauce oh fish sauce fish sauce fish sauce is kind of like that umami that add like that like Flavor that you're like H what is that it's fish sauce and then smoked paprika just a little bit just a little bit um if you like it spicy you can add a little more um and that's pretty much it you can you.

Can add some salt and pepper I love that that's the only thing I can say and then from here we're just going to add our cooked pasta oh so you don't pour it over it you just mix it all in no you mix it all in because you do this because when you add the cheese you want everything to sort of like melt together.

So good the cheese makes it like this creamy like mac and cheese feel and cheese and kimchi I must tell you is the best it's a beautiful marriage isn't it I asked you when you came up here I was like this makes me think of like the thi with the cheese yeah exactly cheese and real quick tell us about the competition so it's 24 hours so 24 chefs 24 comp.

Competitions in 24 hours so literally the chefs are cooking for 24 hours straight without the co clock stopping at all oh wow a chance to win $50,000 in a trip to Hawaii $50,000 trip to Hawaii and then the coveted title of last Chef standing this is amaz this is so good is it good we have to try the dish I will I will I definitely will try it so the.

Finale is this Sunday at 8:00 p.m. on the Food Network and it's the last four chefs and literally they've been cooking for 20 hours straight without the clock stoping that's amazing this is like elevated Hamburger Helper elevated thank you so much for being here and you can catch as she just mentioned the season finale of 24 and 24.

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Multiple realities of quantum physics and what if he used that box to travel to my world nice wow his American accent is good welcome back that was a clip from the highly anticipated Apple TV series dark matter it's a sci-fi thriller based on a bestselling novel by the same name and our next guest plays a professor who.

Gets abducted into the alternate version of his life please welcome Golden Globe nominated actor Joel ederton good to see you so tell us about Dark Matter What can we expect oh well yeah I mean just as you said it's it's it's about a it's essentially about a guy being kidnapped into a parallel universe I describe it as kind of a you.

Know multi uh parallel universe version of a story that doesn't have superheroes it's more for the average family and what what it really is exploring is this question of you know is there something else that you could have been doing based on the choices You' made up until this point what else could you have been.

And we get to see that that's an interesting question now my got my wheels going a little bit so the novel written by Blake Crouch uh who was also the showrunner the executive producer created this you were an executive producer I was an executive producer I I helped like um in the process of of turning the book into a.

Series uh which was wonderful to be there at the very beginning of that process I think Blake did everything and I think if Blake was a decent actor then I you'd be sitting here talking to him and I wouldn't I wouldn't be involved in a parallel universe and had you worked with him before no I hadn't worked with him I'd read the book I I'm a big.

Science fiction fan and know I've been in a couple of Science Fiction things as an actor but not many but this one really grabbed me because of the real human questions that it asks and and there's a real opulence and Thriller aspect to the show but it's also got some really you know deep inner questions to it um I have a 2-year-old.

And I know you have little people as well I have two three almost threeyear olds so I have to ask you about blue we just had blue here um but you were a part of blue this is like a this was a big thing what was that like what did your almost three-year-old thing well when I when I went into it I was doing it cuz my niece was a huge fan and.

Then I had kids and then now I'm a small you know character on on Bluey you don't understand my kids half the day I refer to them as Bingo and blue they dress just so hello hello um so but weirdly they don't they don't put the voice together with me I'm like that's Daddy I'm like short at.

See they're already not impressed side that's yeah get get away from the TV you also got a big birthday coming up I do yeah 30 turning 30 30 yeah what are your plans man uh I'm going to have big dinner and then uh I'll wait probably until I get back to Australia to have a big party cuz um that's where most of my close people are but yeah I I don't.

Really celebrate birthdays weirdly I think it's cuz I know my brother has a cache of terrible video and photos of me and and I I didn't want to have a 21st cuz I knew he was going to pull it out and embarrass me and I think that's been a running theme in my life like don't celebrate birthdays this one was a big one you had to do something for this.

When that I will I will I'll have a big dinner but I'll be with the people that are close to me and I might stretch it out you know one of those love that series of events sure why not so that you can be surrounded by the people that you like long yeah in various continents I love that idea we're available if you have some extra seats at the party.

Tickets you're you're in you're in well thank you so much for stopping by really lovely to meet you thank you thank um and dark matter premieres globally tomorrow on Apple TV plus with new episode streaming every Wednesday that is what you need to know for today I'm Eva Pilgrim I'm DeMarco Morgan and I'm Dr Jen Ashton for all of.

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Her alleged affair with Trump and why his lead legal team says it's grounds for a mistrial and the new severe weather threat after a deadly tornado outbreak carved a path of Destruction across several States we on the ground in Oklahoma with the latest time and track and Tick Tock fighting back against that potential ban in the US.

With the app and its parent company are claiming in a new lawsuit but we first begin with one of the most dramatic days of testimony yet wrapping up a short time ago in Donald Trump's hush money trial Trump leaving Court blasting the criminal case against him saying he should be up on the campaign Trail and inside the courtroom the former.

President coming face to face again with adult film actress storby Daniels the woman at the center of the trial taking the stand sharing celicious details of her alleged sexual encounter with Trump in a hotel room in 2006 Daniel's testifying she talked with Trump for about two hours then went to the bathroom and emerged to find him on the.

Bed in boxer shorts and a t-shirt Trump denies the affair and Daniel's testimony prompting his defense team to file a motion for a mistrial the judge denying the request joining me for more is ABC News investigative reporter Olivia Rubin live outside court and ABC News legal contributor and law professor Kim wayy So Olivia just walk us through the key.

Revelations from Daniel's testimony and how did Trump's legal team try to attack her claims during the cross-examination well you mentioned it Selena in your opening there about how she emerged Ed from the bathroom to find former president Donald Trump almost entirely undressed on the bed and I believe that what Donald Trump's team.

What the prosecutors what the judge and the jury were not expecting to hear was just how far she was going to go and describing what occurred next she quite literally detailed positions that her and the former president were in uh where she was looking during their alleged sexual encounter she truly spared no detail despite the fact that.

The judge had previously said that those details were not going to be relevant to the case and Donald Trump appeared increasingly frustrated as she went through those details at times the jury appearing surprised but lasering in to every single thing she told them down to a remarking conversation she had with Donald Trump after the encounter where.

He called her honey bunches she literally included every single detail that she could remember and as you said so much so that prompted the mistrial request from Donald Trump's attorney specifically Selena because stormy daniels's recounting of that encounter did sort of have undertones of some sort of lack of consent with the allegations.

Which is a far cry from what she has previously said before of course that that request was denied uh and so she will continue with her testimony yet again on Thursday and Olivia critically what did we learn from Daniels testifying about that deal to keep her silent about the alleged Affair that she took it she walked.

Through the contract with the jury she showed them her signature she said that ultimately by the time she took the deal that she wanted the money and that her story would not have to come out and that is what she told the jury and she also corroborated earlier testimony that Donald Trump and Michael Cohen missed the deadline to pay her that.

$130,000 uh payment something that her attorney previously told the jury led him to believe that Michael Cohen the attorney for Donald Trump really was not in charge here it was Donald Trump that needed to authorize the funds putting him right there in the middle of that scheme and Kim we just heard Olivia there talking about some of the very.

Graphic and unexpected salacious details here now Trump's lawyers arguing all of that was unnecessary and that this case is really about an accounting issue so just how damaging was Daniel's testimony for Trump well we'll have to see how the jury can strs it it was also uh reported in Olivia noses that the that the.

Defense lawyers did not object um as viciously as one might expect so whether that is preserved for appeal um assuming if you know if he's convicted is a question on the other hand the defense was in a difficult position because they don't want to seem like they're trying to hide something uh so how damaging it it does go to the very the question of.

Whether this occurred therefore there was a reason to try to cover it up for in in the leadup to the election so that timeline is extremely important but as Olivia indicated there's a there's a space between telling the story for purposes of the falsification of business records which is really what the crime is here and uh and something.

That's prejudicial um but her testifying that he he delayed the payment arguably goes to the government's case that Donald Trump was holding out until after the election that it really that was the critical timeline that distinguishes this payment to Stormy Daniels from the Karen McDougall payment that happened back uh in the August of that year.

August of 2016 remember Access Hollywood tape was November October 7th this came right after that Olivia and Kim thank you both and now to the deadly weather outbreak in the Heartland at least 19 tornadoes were reported in seven states within the last 24 hours including Iowa Nebraska Kansas Missouri Tennessee and South Dakota but the most destructed.

Storm appeared to have been in Oklahoma north of Tulsa where major damage has been reported and at least one person was killed that video was taken by someone staying at a hotel in Oklahoma showing the moment of impact from one of those tornadoes ABC News meteorologist Samara Theodor joins me now from hard hit.

Bartlesville Oklahoma so Samar what are you seeing on the ground there just how badly was that area hit well Kan I'm actually standing in front of that hotel you were speaking about and if you can look around me you can hear the power Crews the cleanup Crews they're here doing their best to get this area back on the ground but.

Yesterday last night a different story we still have those 2x4s lodged in the side of the wall they projected because of the tornado there and I actually spoke with a family they talked about how they left bar do uh barale in order to come up here to escape the tornado just to seek refuge in this hotel hit hard my car was actually right here and.

So we all jumped in my car and we just headed south we actually saw um you know obviously it was dark but in the lightning flashes we actually could see you know the clouds coming down or whatever behind us so yeah it was pretty intense and after speaking with Josh and Jenny it was apparent that they were.

Really overcome with emotion understandably so but one sentiment they really had was that of gratitude happy just to be alive with their kids and tomorrow we can see that the heartland's already seen that extreme weather but where is this storm system heading next well Selena this storm system has already begun its March Eastward take a.

Look at this map the latest is we have a tornado watch that is now expanded so it includes cities like Chicago now Toledo Ohio we're already seeing tornado warnings on the ground just north of South Ben and Bloomington uh there this is until 11:00 p.m. by about 700 p.m. tonight these storms are really firing up the atmosphere is Juiced and we could.

See some strong tornadoes possibly popping for some of these thunderstorms and supercells developing then by about midnight this makes its way through the Ohio Valley Crossing parts of Kentucky as well and down into Tennessee as far as the threat zone if you look at the area in Orange from Fort Wayne to louville that's where we have the.

Highest risk for tornadoes today but there's also a threat for storm tomorrow the severe weather threat tomorrow sits in Little Rock St Louis Louisville right on into Nashville but we could also see large hail and damaging winds as far south as Huntsville Alabama Selena Samara thank you for that and now to the Middle East where tensions are growing.

After Israel's military entered Eastern Rafa overnight in what it calls a precise operation Israel Defense Forces today saying it is targeting Hamas in a counterterrorism mission including air strikes and on the ground troops Israeli tanks also taking off operational control of the Gaza side of the Rafer border crossing with Egypt military.

Officials accusing Kamas of using the crossing for quote terrorist purposes but the crossing is a main entry point for Aid to the more than 1 million displaced Palestinians living in tents and overcrowded Apartments caught in the middle of the war and left with nowhere to go this is happening a day after Hamas said it accepted a proposal for a.

Ceasefire deal but Israel saying that it was not the same proposal that was under discussion and that significant gaps remain Israeli Minister Benny gance today saying that negotiators will work to get a deal done ABC News forign correspondent Marcus Moore is in Tel Aviv with the latest Selena the operation in Rafa is.

Ongoing Israel carrying out air strikes and going into Eastern Rafa with tanks they took control of the key Rafa Crossing and we have seen images of Israeli Flags waving on the Palestinian side of the border Israel has has described this operation as limited and precise but for the first time Israeli officials are tying the operation to the.

Hostage negotiations Israel's defense minister said today that the operation in Rafa will not stop until the elimination of Hamas in the area or the return of the first abductee to Israel and he added that we are ready to make compromises he said in order to bring back the hostages but if this option is not available we will go go in and.

Deepen the operation throughout the strip and Selena this may be the clearest sign yet that Israel is ready to seriously negotiate with Hamas as this crisis continues to unfold here in the Middle East Selena Marcus thank you for that and I now want to take this conversation to Republican senator Joanie erns joining me live from Capitol.

Hill Senator thank you so much for joining us I first want to ask you about your reaction to Israel Moving it to Eastern Rafa and how does this impact ceasefire negotiations yeah thank you Selena very much and I was able to be with the prime min minister in Israel over the weekend and we discussed the actions in Rafa.

Number one we have to get the hostages back we still have eight American hostages that are being held three of them are deceased as we know but five We Believe are still living um Israel feels that this is the only opportunity they have to take out Hamas uh this is the leverage they have to get those hostages back and when they feel that America and.

Other allies have abandoned them they have to figure out what works best for them Joe Biden has been signaling to the administration in Israel that we do not have the Ironclad stance to stand by them that Joe Biden proclaims um he has stated that he will withhold ammunition from Israel and that is very unfortunate it truly caught us off guard as we were.

Visiting in Israel with the prime minister but again they need leverage to work against Hamas we cannot forget that it was Hamas that perpetrated those crimes on October 7th and Senator on that point you actually penned a letter to President Biden with your colleague about uh saying that the White House.

Failed to notify Congress about ammunition being withheld from Israel so the White House they will not confirm that to us they have not confirmed that now have you received any confirmation that the Biden Administration did in fact pull back ammunition from Israel we have not received confirmation yet and you would think that a letter penned by.

Two senators as they are sitting in Israel hearing these reports would receive a response and yet we have not heard from the administration so it's very concerning when President Joe Biden was pushing so heavily on the supplemental package just a few weeks ago urging us to get this done because the issue was urgent so we did pass the.

Supplemental including for Ukraine for Taiwan for our own industrial base and of course for Israel and again President Joe Biden he is the one that said our support to Israel is Ironclad and yet here he is waffling on support to Israel we should not be bending we should make sure that Israel is able to defeat the terrorist threat um and especially at a.

Time when they are being targeted directly by Iran as well we should be stepping up and helping our partner and only Democratic Ally in the Middle East Israel but Senator does it concern you at all that Israel did not provide the Pentagon or the white house with a credible plan on how its military is going to keep civilians safe before its.

Troops started moving into Eastern Rafa Rafa is where more than a million civilians are Sheltering well I don't know that that is true because certainly as uh Senator Ted bud and I were visiting with the Prime Minister uh they were able to outline to us everything that they had done to warn the civilians in Rafa to ask them to move to the north.

And this was done days ahead of any action at Rafa um so they are giving plenty of warning to those uh innocent civilians that might be gathered in the south at Rafa um so I think we need to be careful with our messaging understanding that Israel is very concerned about innocent civilian life they are also very concerned about the.

Hostages that are still being held by Hamas um and yet Hamas is using the civilians they are using the hostages as human Shields so let's not forget who the enemy is the enemy is Hamas the enemy is Iran the enemy is Hezbollah um I uh Israel has been warning us they've warned the civilians they have told us of what their plans are I think if we.

Knew what the plans are certainly those civilians knew what the plans were Senator based on the meetings that you just had in the region do you believe that what we're seeing is just the beginning of a broader ground invasion in Rafa or do you think this is going to stay targeted as the Biden Administration wants and has been.

Pushing for well it certainly could be the beginning of a broader action but then that is up to Hamas as well are they willing to negotiate and release those hostages we need those hostages back home with their families both those that are living and those that are deceased they need to be brought home now Hamas they can also surrender they.

Can lay down their arms they can turn themselves over to the IDF that certainly is an option but you don't see that happening and you don't see our president pressuring Hamas to do that we certainly don't see Egypt and cutter uh working with Hamas telling them to lay down their arms Egypt and qter have got to do better they've got to step up and.

As far as gazan refugees in the United States again something I disagree with even Egypt has not allowed refugees to come into Egypt because why they can't vet that they are not Hamas so I think that we need to be very wary of what President Biden is proposing whether it is withholding ammunition from Israel or whether it is aiding and abetting Hamas.

Um in the Gaza Strip we've got to put an end to it we need to make clear that Israel is our friend and Ally Hamas is not now President Biden also signed an executive order in February that requires the state and defense departments to send a report to Congress stating whether Israel has violated any us or International laws with its.

Conduct in Gaza so the deadline for that report is tomorrow are you expecting to get that on time and what do you expect to be in that report well I do hope to see it and what I expect is that as I explained earlier that Israel has most certainly tried to work around the civilian populations but when again Hamas is using their hospitals uh using.

Other schoolhouses when they are using innocent civilians in uh the Gaza Strip as human shields uh we know that there will be civilian casualties the point would be that Israel has been able to warn those civilian populations to exit those areas and provide for safe zones in other of the Gaza Strip I believe that they have done that but we.

Certainly uh will look expectantly towards that report to make sure that they are following international law um but again we need to stand firmly by Israel and I'm afraid that President Joe Biden is sending the wrong signal by waffling about his support for Israel we need to stand true and again once again remember that Hamas perpetrated the.

Attacks they killed innocent civilians they raped women they burnt babies alive they drugg elderly Israelis into Gaza and they still hold those hostages Senator Joanie erns thank you for your time and the president of course did bring that up in his speech today uh to Mark the Holocaust Remembrance Day now coming up Tik Tok.

Taking their fight to the courts why the Chinese own social media platform is touting the First Amendment to stop a potential Nationwide banned over the popular app that's after the break you're watching America's number one streaming news ABC News live breaking news exclusives live reporting.

Across the globe keep streaming with ABC News live this is not about parents who just let their kid watch violent movies or play violent video games this is about parents who neglected their son ignored his cries for help and then bought him a gun the first parents in America to be charged in a school shooting involuntary.

Manslaughter charges against parents of the shooter at Oxford High School who killed four students and wounded others there's a myth that a shooter just snaps it's just not true there are always signed he was crying for help and being ignored he had pictures of a Target on his bedroom wall shell casings on his nightstand a very toxic turbulent.

Relationship those people are yikes the life they lived was just crazy the sexting and the really terrible things they'd video of their sexual acts they purchased that gun for him with his money and bragged about it they're being told by a school counselor that he thinks their son's going to kill himself and they do nothing as soon as I.

Heard they were called to the school that day the messages about lol don't get caught those were very very concern concerning to meet that's the moment that no juror is going to think well haven't we all been there here's what it is I got it they do not seem shocked about him having the gun there was no shock zero zero School stre leers aren't.

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Trump's classified documents case judge Eileen Cannon who's overseeing the case has indefinitely postponed the trial pending the resolution of outstanding pre-trial legal matters including disagreements about how the classified information would be used during the trial this case has already faced multiple delays and this latest one.

Makes it all but certain the trial will not begin before the presidential election special counsel Jack Smith so far declining to comment and Tik Tok is now suing the US government over a potential Nationwide ban parent company bite dance claims the newly signed law violates users First Amendment rights President Biden signed the law in April.

Giving the Chinese owned platform bite dance nine months to sell the app and a possible thre month extension if a sale is in progress a new ABC News ipsos poll shows more support of a sale of ticket Tik Tok among frequent users and young adults 51% agree that the US should force a sale of the popular app and 46% say it should not and actually 53%.

Support a ban on the social media platform if it is not sold to a non-chinese company with only 44% opposing one let's bring in ABC News Jay O'Brien on Capitol Hill so Jay we were expecting this lawsuit Tik Tok vowed to fight this in court but do we know where this goes from here and could this impact that 12-month deadline it.

Certainly impacts that deadline or at least it is likely to Selena because now it makes it more likely that Tik Tock will try to delay this law from going into effect do that through a legal motion and say that pause the law while the broader Place CS out meaning to enjoin the law they still have got to win that argument with a judge but.

Because they filed it makes it incredibly likely that they're going to try to make that argument to a judge try to put this on pause while this broader case winds its way through and Jay there are just so many hurdles here and even if the ban did go through it wouldn't happen until after the election so what are the political implications here for.

President Biden well certainly as you saw in our poll while a majority of Americans said they were in support of this law still younger Americans that we pulled said that they were in favor for keeping Tick Tock as is and that is certainly a demographic that President Biden wants to make some significant gains with now again as you and I have.

Reported in the past there likely wouldn't be changes with Tik Tock during this year they've got that year to sell plus any extensions on that deadline that this lawsuit would create so users are not going to see the impact of this law in the near future as Tik Tok fights this out in court etc etc but certainly this is now in the political bloodstream.

It is something that younger Americans know that the president supported and know that he joined with frankly republicans in Congress to support and that may have an impact on him trying to make Headway with that demographic yeah Jay thank you for that we know you'll be following this very long and complicated Saga and coming up.

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One of the most dramatic days of testimony yet wrapping up a short time ago in Donald Trump's hush money trial Trump leaving court and Blasting the criminal case against him saying he should be on the campaign Trail now inside the courtroom the former president coming face to face again with adult film actress Stormy Daniels the.

Woman at the center of the trial taking the stand sharing salacious details of her alleged sexual encounter with Trump in a hotel room in 2006 Daniels testifying she spoke with Trump for about 2 hours then went to the bathroom and emerged to find him on the bed in boxer shorts and a t-shirt Trump denies the affair and Daniel's testimony.

Prompting his defense team to follow a motion for mistrial the judge denying the request and during a testy cross-examination Trump's defense attorney questioning Daniel's credibility playing up her animosity towards Trump asking her quote you've been making money by claiming you had sex with Donald Trump for more than a.

Decade Daniels answering back I have been making money by telling my story now join me for more as ABC News legal contributor and law professor Kim wayy so Kim Trump's lawyers are arguing that all of these salacious d details they're not relevant this is about accounting so just how damaging is all of this detail for.

Trump it could be very damaging for Donald Trump because this narrative that Stormy Daniels gave today went beyond con the sort of the idea of consensual adult sex between two people she talked about how she met with him at the suggestion of her publicist she was promised dinner next thing she knew she was up in the room and gave lots of Det.

Dets about not just the encounter but a suggestion she tried to leave things like that that really um again potentially crosses the line between con consent and non-consent and I think from the defense perspective those elements of it don't go to the core uh Narrative of the prosecution here which is that this occurred at the time that Donald.

Trump was trying to get elected and therefore uh she he was paid he paid her off to keep her quiet and Kimmer all of these details also more relevant be because Trump has denied that they even had an affair well Trump's credibility is less on trial in this moment unless he actually testifies um but their their.

Defense overall is listen he knew nothing about these hush money payments because there was no actual relationship and it was Michael Cohen and Alan weiselberg and all the people beneath him that kind of kept these things quiet and he just s sat at the top and wasn't really involved and if if the jury buys that narrative which I think is.

Difficult in this moment it's really difficult then for the prosecution to show Criminal Intent what's called men Mena his knowledge and and a decision to defraud the voters effectively by you know these fraudulent invoices and other documentation of a payoff to stormmy Daniels pretending they were legal payment so it's it gets to that core.

Element of the criminal case against Donald Trump that is his his what's in his mind and Kim just on that point I mean what's your reaction to Trump's legal team repeatedly objecting to portions of Daniel's testimony even filing that motion for a mistrial well they're doing their due diligence in filing the motion for a.

Mistrial because if he gets convicted they will have a a legitimate probably issue on Appeal on the other hand um judge marchan at some point interjected himself um and suggested at some point that they weren't really objecting as as much as they should have that is they let the testimony actually get before the jury so some of those objections.

Might not have been preserved and that's probably in part because they don't want to suggest that their client has something to hide it's a difficult position for the defense uh and I think it could really go either way although the judge also said he would give an a limiting instruction uh he can tell the jury listen ignore these salacious.

Details focus on the facts and would probably be upheld on appeal notwithstanding this mistrial motion and Kim going back to what you were saying earlier about this issue of consent or not consent coming in well Daniels had testified about feeling this imbalance of power and that she didn't say no or anything at all and just even if this is.

Not related to the alleged payoff can you just walk us through exactly how this could hurt the defense well it suggests that Donald Trump is potentially a sexual predator um and you know keep in mind there was the egene Carol defamation uh judgment that the judge said could not come in even under cross-examination if Donald.

Trump testifies um but the the defense is trying to paint her out as an extortionist as money grubbing as kind of out to get something from Donald Trump not to be believed and to hear her in this kind of detail tell a story she was 27 he was in his 60s or early 60s that's a substantial age difference they could really believe her in the mo In.

This Moment uh Kim wayy thank you and now let's bring the big story to our panel joining us today is ABC News contributor and opet columnist for the Los Angeles Times Elie Granderson Democratic strategist and ADI former senior adviser to President Biden Megan Hayes and National Review editor Ramesh Pono and ABC News contributor and serus.

XM radio host Mike Muse so Mike how do you think Stormy Daniels came out after all of this a sympathetic witness or as Trump's lawyer tried to paint her as this liar driven by greed that's a really great question I think that's going to be UPS to JY to side buta I think a really interesting moment that happened in the trial today.

Was when Stormy Daniels began to talk about her reasoning for wanting to write the book and she said the reason why she wanted to write the book was that so that she could frame The Narrative for herself to her daughter so her daughter will have a full account of what actually happened in the moment who her mother was what her mother was thinking.

And how her mother tried to gain agency thereafter I think that really humanized stormmy Daniels within uh the jewelry as your guest perfectly pointing out Kim that Trump's credibility isn't on the trial here but as a prosecution's key witness stormmy Daniel's credibility is on the trial here and Selena I think we're looking at this from two different.

Time frames the time frame obviously around the election but also the time frame that we are right now where we look at adult film stars have almost become normalized it's not a s as it was back then and also two the sex working industry has become normalized so I don't think these jurors are looking at her from that lens of of immorality as.

They are as things have become more normalized as we looked at that industry and rshh this case is widely seen as less consequential than the other criminal prosecutions that Trump is facing but it's the only one that's going to be certain to go to trial before the election so when it comes to Trump's uh success in November I mean.

How critical do you think this case is you know I think it's not only the one that's going first but it's also the one that is coloring the perception of all the other cases and it's also the weakest of the cases the one that is the easiest for Trump supporters to criticize and I think we saw more fodder for that today when you have this as as.

People have said already here salacious details that aren't obviously relevant details to what is supposed to be a business fraud case and Megan we've seen the Biden campaign sort of walk around the issue they'll joke about his legal issues not directly commenting on it do you think that's a sound strategy or should they.

More directly go after Trump and his legal problems look I do think it's a sound strategy I don't think that the campaign needs to add more fuel to the fire here this is it's very salacious campaign or a very salacious trial excuse me and I do just think it draws a it continues to draw the contrast between former.

President Trump and President Biden I don't necessarily think the campaign needs to add more to that it's very obvious I mean he's sitting in court talking about his an affair that he had a year ago with an adult film star and business fraud where the president was out today giving a speech on anti-Semitism for Holocaust remembrance.

Um week so I I just don't think that there're you know they don't need to do more but let the president be the president and Elie I just want to get your reaction to What Ramesh and Megan were just saying I mean how does this resonate with voters I mean we many voters already knew about Trump's character I mean what does this.

Add when it comes to voters Minds well I think if the entire pictures looked at I think this is quite informative and here's why if you remember back in the primary prior to this you know supposed payout there was you know quite a bit of conversations about Marco Rubio as well as Ted Cruz being the preference for conservatives.

Going to being president and what ended up happening was Trump up getting endorsed Jerry fwell Who's connected to surprise surprise Michael Cohen so if you start putting things together and asking yourself okay is this a oneoff or is this a repetitive narrative if you think about 2015 to today it looks as if it's a repetitive narrative that may.

Impact the way evangelicals consider their vote going forward it may because at the end of the day it's a binary decision for a lot of people and I'm not quite sure if this is going to be enough to make people stay home or not yeah that's interesting point with those evangelicals being critical for Trump Elie Megan Ramesh and Mike thank you all.

And for sticking around with us coming up in our Spotlight Tik Tok taking their fight to the courts why the chinese-owned social media platform is touting the First Amendment to stop a potential Nationwide ban over the popular app our panel weighs in after the break whenever news breaks we are here.

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in our Spotlight Tik Tok is now suing the US government over a potential Nationwide ban parent company bite dance claims the newly signed law violates users First Amendment rights President Biden signed the law in April giving the Chinese owned platform bite dance 9 months to sell the app and a possible.

3-month extension if a sale is in progress a new ABC News os's poll shows that more support a sale of Tik Tok among frequent users and young adults with 51% agreeing that the US should force a sale the popular app and 46% say it should not and 53% support a ban on on the social media platform if it is not sold to a non-chinese company with.

Only 44% opposing one so let's bring back my panel um LZ bite dance and Tik Tok they've been vowing to fight against what they've been calling an unconstitutional government overreach now Tik Tok has succeeded in the courts before does Tik Tok and does bite dance a case here there has precedence been said.

Right so it's it's not as if this is coming out of the blue you know I live in Texas and about a week ago the Supreme Court allowed a ban for pornography sites in the state of Texas that didn't have a age limit restriction uh applied to it and what does that mean well the arguers the sewers of the law were basically saying the same thing you.

Are fighting our first amendment's right and the Supreme Court says no no no no no we can allow this to happen and so there is some sort of precedent that's been recent in my opinion that sort of suggest that maybe some wiggle room for the Biden Administration to find a way in order to get this through that us certs the first amitt right.

Argument and oresa I want to get your thoughts on the political implications here you have Trump who during his administration tried to ban Tik Tok but now he's changing his stance and then on the other hand Biden who is campaigning on Tik Tok signed this into law well there's plenty of time for Trump to take a few more positions on.

This issue between now and the election um but the fact that this ban got such a large bipartisan majority in the Congress is indicative I think of the strength of the case behind it uh and I I don't think this lawsuit um is uh is going to change that I mean of course they're going to file it of course they they' they're entitled to their day in.

Court but it seems like a long shot uh Megan your take on that and just this Dynamic of the Biden campaign being on Tik Tok yet the administration signing this into law yeah I think that there are two separate things one the administration needs to worry about the National Security impacts and what you know the.

Impacts of China being able to access our um information via the via the app and the campaign also needs to reach voters where they are so they're two separate things and they have two different initiatives or two different goals here so I think that the campaign needs realizes that they need to reach voters where they are and I think that.

They are doing that through T Tik Tok and also other uh social media platforms that they are also on but I do think that this is you know this has been a messaging issue problem from the beginning versus for Congress and with the administration and I don't think it's been messaged particularly well um but I do think you know I agree that.

They people deserve to have their day in court I don't think it will change the end the outcome at the end of the day but it will just extend it and it probably end up in court for many years so that it might continue to keep Tik Tok um available longer than the the nine months as as the bill States and Mike want to get your thoughts on.

Something that stuck out to me when I was going through the lawsuit which is that Tik Tok is arguing that it's not technically possible to Divi to divest the app because the code base would need to be moved to a new team of Engineers that would need years to learn how to keep the app functioning and they need access to bite dance software which the.

Law actually bans so I'm curious what you make of that argument that it's not actually technologically possible to force that sale and divest it I think Tik Tok has a very strong argument that they're presenting the three things that they highlighted was commercially techn technologically and legally is not feasible for Tim to do just that if you.

Look at and I think that's how you get to the first amendment when you look at the technological aspect of it for them to divest uh and to remove themselves from the global ecosystem of technology that would single-handedly change the way that the algorithm Works within Tik Tok What made Tik Tok so appealing to so many people is the democratization of.

How content is presented and was about how many comments you had it wasn't how many likes you had it wasn't how many followers you had that but the algorithm was suggested randomly when you remove that technological aspect of it that changes the algorithm and that changes the commercial viability of the app which then makes the users not.

Interested in using that platform anymore which then begins to get to the argument of does this remove uh their First Amendment right to choose different platforms and so I'm really curious to see their argument how they'll tie that together but really how uh the judge the judges in this case will understand the technology aspect of.

That for them to see how those three parts are really interconnected Elie you want to jump in well I would just add that you know I agree with a lot with what Michael has to say but there's the National Security aspect of it that I think needs to also be you know talked about and the fact is that the government does have an owners.

To sort of prove itself in terms of why it's made this decision and that onus is proving the data right so Mike Michael you're a data person if the government is able to prove that the Chinese government is using Tik Tock to spy would you be in support of it that you know Selena what's interesting was I wasn't asked a question about Securities.

I wasn't getting to the security aspect of that but Selena what's going to be really fascinating is how Tik Tok is going to present that and how they're going to counter evidence when it comes to that when you look at other Chinese platforms such as Teemu uh which advertis so heavily during the Super Bowl that is a Chinese based uh.

Technological company that has plat form that platform it's a consumer-based uh platform they have access to users address they have access to users credit card information they have access to use their social security uh credit cards telephone numbers they can do just as much damage as that also it's the same argument that was made when it came to.

Twitter uh in terms of propaganda it was the same argument that was made for Facebook when it came to our adversaries so unless the government is going to bring all those other elements into the conversation it's difficult just to single out one app when it comes to a security threat without bringing in all those other platforms that has our.

Adversaries using it to do harm to our national security and we can really talk about this yeah like in this lawsuit says one of the reasons we can't devest is the Chinese government won't let us if that doesn't help make the national security case I don't know what does that is a really good point the Chinese government has made it very.

Clear they do not want this sale to go through and to Mike's Point this is not the only Chinese app that's incredibly popular in the US you've got teu you've got Sheen fast which is a big fast fashion company and cap cut which is also owned by bite dance is also hugely popular but unfortunately we are out of time I'm getting the WRA exactly Selena.

Which makes all the other arguments nonsensical I mean Mike we need like we need a few hours to to H all these AR I you and I are the only ones who understand the technology thank you Selena thank you Elie Mega raes and Mike we've got much more to talk about thank you all for joining us and coming up in our last.

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Yeah I feel like I have trouble just talking about it in general I'm not the bad guy I was the guy that made it happen do you think that you would take back some of the harshness when you look back Dance Moms behind the curtain this is impact by Nightline Now sing on Hulu it's lunchtime in America so what are we serving up well how about.

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Paying homage for some of the world's unsung heroes with his teacher appreciation song A fitting song on this teacher appreciation day of course following during Teacher Appreciation Week meant to honor and show admiration for our nation's Educators in fact for Lady Joe Biden hosted the first ever teachers of the Year State dinner at the.

White House last week as the Biden Administration announced new actions to support the profession now let's bring back our panel Elie Megan Ramesh and Mike we all have teachers that we remember from grade school and Beyond Elie what does this week mean to you oh wow well there was only one teacher that came to mind for me and.

That's Deborah white hunt in Detroit she was my dance teacher uh she took me from a raw Town into someone who got a dance scholarship uh I got admitted into ALB School of Dance Dance for Arthur Mitchell um I was able to travel through dance it was all because of her so I wouldn't have gone to college without Deborah white hunt so.

Thank you that's amazing Megan your thoughts yes my teacher is my forever teacher my mom who is a retired High School uh teacher and administrator and taught school for over 35 years and still teaching me today so where I didn't have her in the classroom I've had her for my whole life so um my mom is was a true gem to a lot of students.

That she taught I hope she's watching now Megan and rsh what about you any teacher rsh Any teacher you're thinking of I had so many great teachers but uh I have special place in my heart for Stephen amtower my fifth grade math teacher gave me the worst grade I've ever gotten

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