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Headed of the polls how Michigan's large Arab American Community is voicing its anger over Biden's support for Israel in its war against Hamas and breaking overnight what Biden is now saying about a potential ceasefire deal in Gaza Pharmacy Cyber attack how cyber criminals targeting a major health insurance company are wreaking havoc the.

Delays and frustrations at thousands of pharmacies new Fallout from the surging cost of food from grocery stores to the fast food drive-thru Wendy's and announces a plan to fluctuate menu prices based on the time of day how it could work and in the supermarket industry the government intervenes hoping to stop a mega.

Merger emotional testimony at the rust movie Set shooting trial a witness describes the moment a crew member on the Alec Baldwin movie was shoted and whom He suggests is to blame solar eclipse tourism how cities big and small are hoping to cash in on this Spring's Celestial event across 13 states plus why Taylor Swift's father is accused of.

Assault but first weather Whiplash the historic February heat about to give way to a reality check from ABC news in New York this is America this morning good Tuesday morning everyone I'm Andrew dber I'm Andrea Fuji in fan and we begin with the weather and something we hardly ever see in February summer like heat extending.

From the south into the Midwest and now a brewing storm is set to deliver millions of people a reality check we're barely past Valentine's Day and in parts of the country it feels like the 4th of July temperatures in the 80s and 90s in Texas and Oklahoma and 70° in Minnesota yesterday people arriving at the Minneapolis Airport stunned I never.

Thought I'd leave Jersey to go to Minnesota to warm up 240 million Americans could see unusually high temperatures today with records shattering the downside some ski resorts are closing early and we're already seeing wildfires there grass fire spreading in the Texas Panhandle another burning near.

The Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs alerts have been issued in 11 states because of windy dry conditions I came by yesterday and I actually didn't come up this far and I saw like smoke from 2 exits away allergy sufferers are also being warned about an earlier than usual pollen season trees and shrubs are being tricked into thinking spring has.

Sprung the ends of the tips the buds start to swell and then as they mature they'll start to Leaf out but get ready for weather Whiplash a powerful storm will bring Millions back to Winter reality we time it right into New York City by Wednesday evening it's going to be thunderstorms it'll really change things and drop temperatures look at.

Some of those numbers Drop Like Chicago from the 70s into the 30s experts say the unusual weather is thanks in part to a shift in the jet stream El Nino and climate change President Biden could face a major challenge today as voters head to the polls in the Michigan primary the state is home to a large Arab American population voicing.

Opposition to Biden's support for Israel in its war against Hamas in a statement overnight President Biden raised new hopes for a ceasefire saying Israel is ready to Halt the fighting in Gaza during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan if Hamas releases dozens of hostages ABC's Perry russum is here with more on the politics of this war Perry.

Good morning Andrea good morning to you we've heard of undecided when it comes to voting but in today's primary Michigan thousands of Voters are expected to vote uncommitted this morning President Biden faces a major test in Michigan's Democratic primary not from another candidate but from a protest vote.

Organized by a key subset of Voters angry over his support of Israel in its war against Hamas I'm very concerned about the direction uh this country is taken as far as Gaza I can't throw my full support behind President Biden as the civilian death toll mounts in Gaza Biden has seen support plunge among Arab Americans especially in Michigan home to.

The largest Arab American community in the US I want to hear a firm commitment one to uh push for a ceasefire I'm voting uncommitted Michigan's Democratic governor predicts today's protest vote will be sizable they want to get at least 10,000 votes do you think they'll reach that I think that that's possible yeah the implications could be huge into.

Biden Trump rematch this fall Biden be Trump in Michigan by 154,000 votes in 2020 and now an estimated 206,000 registered voters in the state are Muslim today's primary comes after a horrifying active protest in Washington DC an active duty us Airman has died after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in a.

Video 25-year-old Aaron Bushnell asserted saying quote I will no longer be complicit in genocide I'm about to engage in an extreme active protest he was then heard screaming Free Palestine President Biden says he hopes a new ceas fire agreement between Israel and Hamas can take effect by next Monday ramadan's coming up and there's been an agreement.

By the Israelis that they would not engage in activities during Ramadan as well in order to give us time to get all the hostages out for the Republican candidates in Michigan today poll show Nikki Haley trailing former president Trump by more than 50 points Haley claims despite Trump's early primary wins he's not gaining enough support to.

Beat Biden in November you look up all the early States and Donald Trump as technically the Republican incumbent did not win 40% of the vote but after his Landslide win in South Carolina Trump says he's never seen the Republican party so unified meanwhile new development for Trump in the Stormy Daniels hush money case in.

New York the da is asking a judge to impose a gag order against Trump when the trial begins next month citing security concerns Andrea Perry thank you President Biden and former president Trump are both heading to the southern border Thursday Biden plans to meet with border agents and local leaders in Brownsville Texas he's considering.

Executive action to curb the migrant crisis after House Republicans opposed A bipartisan border security bill at Trump's urging the immigration status of the man charged with murdering a nursing student in Georgia has that State's Governor criticizing President Biden Jose Antonio Ibara is an undocumented immigrant from Venezuela police say he.

Killed Lake and Riley last week while she was jogging on the University of Georgia campus iara was arrested back in 2022 after illegally entering the us but was released and was also released after an arrest in New York go uh Georgia's governor blames the president's order policies she deserves Justice her family deserves Justice and we need Justice on.

A national level to prevent this type of thing from happening again the suspect's older brother has also been arrested for a fake Green Card we're learning more about a Cyber attack on a major health insurance company it's causing big delay delays and frustrations for many Americans trying to get their prescription drugs here's ABC's Lana.

Mise this morning nearly one week after a Cyber attack hit the nation's largest Health insurer thousands of pharmacies are still facing disruptions fulfilling prescription drug orders and you potentially get into life and death scenarios where patients can't gain health care or in this case patients can't gain access to prescription.

Medication the attack change healthcare's digital Network which is a part of United Healthcare the company says it took immediate action to prevent further impact pharmacies use Chang's Network to verify insurance coverage and if you have a very expensive medication you might be stuck in a position where you have to pay cash in order to get it.

At least temporarily times are hard these days and something like that I mean that I'm sure that would impact a family initial reports said a foreign actor could be to blame for the Cyber attack but Reuters now reports the Infamous ransomware Gang black cat may be responsible why are they so concerning so black cat is the same.

Organization that took down MGM and Caesar's entertainment it that was very very damaging to those organizations cyber criminals are increasingly targeting Health Care Systems earlier this month a Cyber attack on a Chicago hospital shut down phones and computers with this latest attack a pharmacy near Pittsburgh is using the honor System.

Giving p their meds now and billing Insurance later it's also risky is you're going to process a claim and are you whenever the insurance is back up and running are we actually going to get paid what we should get paid for that prescription large Pharmacy chains like Walgreens and CVS are reporting only a limited impact from this attack but it's.

The smaller pharmacies that have been most affected many have switched to paper processing which is causing delays and backlogs Andrew Andrea l thank you Boeing says it's working to improve its safety culture after being harshly criticized in a new report from an FAA panel the panel of experts found Boeing safety culture to be inadequate and.

Confusing leading to communication breakdowns between engineers and managers the panel's report did not address last month's midair door blowout on an Alaskan Airlines flight but did make 50 safety recommendations time now for your Tuesday weather forecast good morning we're looking at the threat.

For severe weather as we head throughout the day in places like Chicago St Louis Indianapolis places that aren't used to it for February and we'll have the risk for Hail damaging winds and potentially isolated tornadoes the storms get going late in the afternoon they fire up here across the Midwest and produce a thunderstorm line that moves right to.

The east coast as we go through Wednesday afternoon but behind it much colder air moving into places like St Louis for AI weather I'm Melissa constanzer coming up a major roadblock for a supermarket Mega merger the concern about even higher food prices also ahead fast food price fluctuation Wendy's looks to change how it sets menu.

Prices testing an uber-like surge pricing system and how long can you hold your breath the new record set underwater 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.

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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 Housewives the Beverly hill star Erica Jan celebrity attorney Tom Gerard this story was a nuclear.

Explosion today several victims will get a chance to finally meet Erica jority and that's sort of a loss for what to say did you see the documentary the housewife on the Hustler I did I wanted Erica to say I'm sorry face to face Erica why did it take you so long the housewife and the Hustler too on Hulu from America's number one news.

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Breath her heart slowed to just 50 beats per minute wow we've reported for weeks about the rising cost of food now there's new Fallout in the supermarket business and the fast food industry this morning the high cost of food is taking a toll on consumers and businesses and now a big change could be coming in the fast food industry two.

Dave singles how much would it cost Wendy's will soon test a plan to fluctuate its menu prices based on the time of day the location and demand it would be similar to The Surge pricing used by ride sharing companies like uber raising fairs during bad weather or Rush Hour Wendy's Baconator in this case that Baconator sandwich could cost a dollar.

More during your lunch hour Dynamic pricing or or pricing algorithms allow companies to change prices throughout the day or perhaps even throughout an hour Wendy's CEO says digital menu boards could use artificial intelligence to raise and lower prices in real time allowing the company to be competitive and flexible with pricing customers are.

Already voicing concerns one claiming surge pricing is just price gouging By Any Other Name meanwhile in the grocery store where prices are up more than 25% since the pandemic a merger between two of the largest Supermarket chains has hit a roadblock the Federal Trade Commission is suing to block the merger between Kroger and Albertson's the.

Companies say joining forces will help them better compete with Walmart Amazon Costco and other big rivals but the FTC claims a merger will eliminate competition and drive prices even higher in the in the meantime customers looking to save are increasingly turning to store label Brands need cream cheese for your bagel a 12 oz tub of crafts.

Philadelphia Cream Cheese in one store in Virginia cost $669 the store brand 319 a 32 o bottle of Hines ketchup is$ 629 the store brand alternative just 169 Kellogg CEO is facing backlash for his cost-saving tip he suggested people feeling the strain should eat cereal for dinner think about the cost of cereal for a family versus what they might.

Otherwise do that's going to be much more affordable as for the new prices at Wendy's they'll be tested next year we'll see how that goes coming up Taylor Swift's father accused of assault also ahead a witness at the rust movie Set shooting trial describes the moment a crew member on the Alec Baldwin movie.

Was shot housewi Beverly Hill star Erica Jan celebrity attorney Tom Gerard this story was a nuclear explosion today several victims will get a chance to finally meet Erica Jor I'm at sort of a loss for what to say did you see the documentary the housewife and the Hustler I did I wanted Erica to say I'm.

Sorry face to face Erica why did it take you so long the housewife and the Hustler too only on Hulu 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 I think Scott Peterson murdered his wife and his child proved me wrong there were leads and evidence.

That pointed everywhere but Scott if people step back and look at the evidence in this case they're going to see this crime isn't solved with the LA Innocence Project is saying that there's a real shot he didn't do it they have never been able to say when was she killed where was she killed but is all of that enough to set one of America's.

Most infamous Killers free Scott Peterson the wrong man now streaming on Hulu it's lunch time 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 Jimmy Kim what will it be will you go back to your normal Oscars night of sitting alone on the couch scrolling Tik Tock and eating ch es or will you accept the awesome responsibility of hosting.

The Oscars taking on with it all the attendant expectations pressures and scrutiny the choice is yours the churo for sure yeah no man you're supposed to why do all the beautiful dummies come to me for advice the Oscars live Sunday March 10th at a new Time on ABC you want to bite this morning Taylor Swift's father.

Is accused of assault in Australia Scott Swift allegedly attacked if photographer after getting off a boat with his daughter in Sydney a spokesperson for the singer says two people were aggressively pushing towards her and threatened to throw a member of her staff into the water but the photographer reportedly denies those.

Claims and says he was punched police are investigating no charges have been filed emotional testimony at the manslaughter trial of Hannah Gutierrez Reed she oversaw the weapons for Alec Baldwin's movie rust before that fatal shooting in 2021 now a fellow crew member is describing that tragic day I think the first person I made eye.

Contact with was was Elena who was clearly injured Ross adgo was a crew member on the rust movie set on the stand yesterday he described the moment cinematographer helina Hutchins was shot by a bullet mistakenly placed in a gun held by Alec Baldwin she was starting to go flush and I think holding her her right.

Side so they were trying to stay stabilize her to get her in a helicopter and get her to whatever ER they felt was uh appropriate the jury yesterday also watched a video of Baldwin handling that gun not long before the Fatal shot was fired so whip it out adgo testified that safety standards on set were not up to.

Par and singled out Gutierrez Reed for a lack of professionalism she wasn't necessarily as uh serious or professional as I'm accustomed to with the other armors that I've worked with I don't know that I've ever seen an armor pull loose ammo out of a fanny pack adgo also claimed that Alec Baldwin was pressuring.

The crew to speed up production as for Baldwin's claim that he never pulled the trigger a Firearms expert cast doubt on that theory in order for you to make the gun fire without pulling the trigger when it was in the full coock position you had to break it that's what I had to do in my lab it would not fire without pulling the in the full setting.

Without being broken Gutierrez reads trial is expected to last about two weeks Alec Baldwin's trial begins in July coming up the big money and solar eclipse tourism this spring plus a billion doll gift means no tuition at this medical school how it all came together tonight the Michigan primaries.

What these key Battleground voters are really thinking about their choices plus the Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal talks where things stand more Americans turn to World News Tonight with David mure the most watched newscast on.

Television Housewives at Beverly Hill star celebrity attorney Tom gerardi this story was a nuclear explosion today several victims will get a chance to finally meet Erica jity I'm at sort of a loss for what to say did you see the documentary the housewife and the Hustler I did I wanted Erica to say I'm sorry face to face Erica why did.

It take you so long the housewife and the Hustler too only on Hulu from America's number one news source comes the allnew ABC News app breaking news Incredible video faster smarter and it can customize to you and your interests if you love being in the know you're going to love this experience what all the buzz is about.

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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 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 in Los Angeles along the LA River that right now has Rapids on it with this storm I'm Ginger Z you're streaming ABC News live time to check the pulse and we begin with solar eclipse tourism ramping up the eclipse on April 8th will be seen in more than a dozen states and Delta.

Airlines just added a second Eclipse flight offering a front row seat from Dallas to Detroit the first Eclipse flight sold out in one day the eclipse is big business for cities and towns in its path one city in Indiana hopes to add about $25 million to the local economy but some officials in the eclipse path also have concerns we don't.

Have the amenities or the infrastructure for 50,000 extra people that's just the way it is authorities in Bell County Texas have already declared an eclipse emergency fearing the area's population could more than double next a truly life-changing announcement for some medical students they attend the Albert Einstein School of Medicine New York the.

Head of the Board of Trustees sparked a wild celebration when she announced a $1 billion donation which will fund tuition for every medical student I was taking out I think 60k for the tuition and then more for living expenses and rent um so probably Al together I think I'm saving now like 180,000 and then with interest I probably more took half a million the.

Money came from the board chairwoman's late husband who invested in birkshire halfway next it is time for some kenergy G after weeks of speculation we will see this performance at the Oscars friend what will it take for to see man behind the T for me Orion Gosling will perform I'm just Ken from Barbie and Gosling is no stranger to.

Singing on stage getting his start on the Mickey Mouse club with Britney Spears and Justin timberlite and finally snoring is annoying but to babies it can be downright to Bing watch this Baby's reaction to his dad snoring the video already has 8 million views on Tik Tok that is something top headlines.

Next 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 it to 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 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 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 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 Housewives the Beverly hill star Amica Jan celebrity attorney Tom.

Gerard this story was a nuclear explosion today several victims will get a chance to finally elite air majority I'm at sort of a loss for what to say did you see the documentary the housewife and the Hustler I did I wanted Erica to say I'm sorry face to face Erica why did it take you so long the housewife and the Hustler to.

Only on Hulu checking more top stories in an overnight TV appearance President Biden said Israel is ready to pause its war against Hamas during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan if a deal is reached to release some Israeli hostages a possible deal would include a six-week ceasefire and the release of some Palestinian.

Prisoners Supreme Court appears skeptical about social media laws passed in Florida and Texas those laws limit how tech companies can police certain political content during arguments Monday the justic has implied the Florida and Texas laws aimed at protecting conservative viewpoints May violate the First Amendment because the.

Tech companies are private Alabama Senator Tommy tuberville now says the ruling in his home state declaring that a frozen embryo as a person is the wrong move tuille says lawmakers in his state will now work to help make sure fertility treatments will be protected despite the ruling today's weather rain in the Northeast and severe.

Storms including possible tornadoes in parts of the Midwest up to 2 feet of snow in the Rockies and rain on the west coast and finally the pilot soaring to new heights at just 17 she spoke to Danny new we're going back to the DMV it's over it's over for most teenagers passing your road test is hard enough as if all right guys here we go but for.

17-year-old koraa Freeland who at 16 became one of the youngest women in American history to complete a solo flight this past October where she is going she doesn't need roads I have a passion for it and I love it after completing that first solo Venture 1351 call and then her cross country solo back in January on Monday.

Kamora set out to officially become the youngest black wom in New York State history to earn her private pilot's license I live in Atlanta and I came to see it yeah I wouldn't miss it for the world family traveled from all over to watch kamora take her hourlong test with an examiner some standing in awe channeling how I think many of us would.

Feel me I'm scared of height so I ain't going you know what I'm saying I'm not going to be to see her doing this is like just amazing she said I B well after successfully Landing the plane and getting a hug from Mom kamora got to celebrate making history with her family I didn't see this a year and a half ago and to be here and to see it.

With my own two eyes I'm grateful so proud of you now kamora says she's ready to start college in the fall and to earn her commercial pilot's license it's amazing like I'm a part of the change that's definitely needed I want other little black girls to do the same by the way as we reached the end of Black History Month the first woman of.

African-American descent and also Native American descent to earn her pilot's license in the US was Bessie Coleman more than a hundred years ago guys well thanks to Danny new what were you doing at 17 not that that's what's making news in America this morning happy Tuesday right now on America this.

Morning protest vote the big challenge for President Biden as voters head to the polls how Michigan's large Arab American Community is voicing its anger over Biden's support for Israel in its war against Hamas and breaking overnight what Biden is now saying about a potential ceasefire deal in Gaza Pharmacy Cyber attack how cyber.

Criminals targeting a major health insurance company are wreaking havoc the delays and frustrations at thousands of pharmacies new Fallout from the surging cost of food from grocery stores to the fast food drive-thru Wendy's announces a plan to fluctuate menu prices based on the time of day how it could work and in the supermarket industry the government.

Intervenes hoping to stop a mega merger emotional testimony at the rust movie Set shooting trial a witness describes the moment a crew member on the Alec Baldwin movie was shoted and whom He suggests is to blame solar eclipse tourism how cities big and small are hoping to cash in on this Spring's Celestial event across 13 states plus.

Why Taylor Swift's father is accused of assault but first weather Whiplash the historic February heat about to give way to a reality check from ABC news in New York this is America this morning good Tuesday morning everyone I'm Andrew dber I'm Andrew a in fan and we begin with the weather and something we hardly ever see.

In February summer likee heat extending from the south into the Midwest and now a brewing storm is set to deliver millions of people a reality check we're barely past Valentine's Day and in parts of the country it feels like the 4th of July temperatures in the 80s and 90s in Texas and Oklahoma and 70° in Minnesota yesterday people arriving at the.

Minneapolis Airport stunned I never thought I'd leave Jersey to go to Minnesota to warm up 240 million Americans could see unusually high temperatures today with records shattering the downside some ski resorts are closing early and we're already seeing wildfires as grass fire spreading in the.

Texas Panhandle another burning near the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs alerts have been issued in 11 states because of windy dry conditions I came by yesterday and I actually didn't come up this far and I saw like smoke from two exits away allergy sufferers are also being warned about an earlier than usual pollen season trees and shrubs are.

Being tricked into thinking spring has sprung the ends the tips the buds start to swell and then as they mature they'll start to Leaf out but get ready for weather Whiplash a powerful storm will bring Millions back to Winter reality we time it right into New York City by Wednesday evening it's going to be thunderstorms it'll really change things.

And drop temperatures look at some of those numbers Drop Like Chicago from the 70s into the 30s experts say the unusual weather is thanks in part to a shift into jet stream El Nino and climate change President Biden could face a major challenge today as voters head to the polls in the Michigan primary the state is home to a large Arab American.

Population voicing opposition to Biden's support for Israel in its war against Hamas in a statement overnight President Biden raised new hopes for a ceasefire saying Israel is ready to Halt the fighting in Gaza during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan if Hamas releases dozens of hostages ABC's Perry russum is here with more on the politics of this.

War Perry Good morning Andrea good morning to you we've heard of undecided when it comes to voting but in today's primary Michigan thousands of Voters are expected to vote uncommitted this morning President Biden faces a major test in Michigan's Democratic primary not from another candidate but from a protest vote.

Organized by a key subset of Voters angry over his support of Israel in its war against Hamas I'm very concerned about the direction uh this country is taking as far as Gaza I can't throw my full support behind President Biden as the civilian death toll mounts in Gaza Biden has seen support plunge among among Arab Americans especially in.

Michigan home to the largest Arab American community in the US I want to hear a firm commitment one to uh push for a ceasefire I'm voting uncommitted Michigan's Democratic governor predicts today's protest vote will be sizable they want to get at least 10,000 votes do you think they'll reach that I think that that's possible yeah the.

Implications could be huge into Biden Trump rematch this fall Biden be Trump in Michigan by 154,000 votes in 2020 and now an estimated 206,000 registered voters in the state are Muslim today's primary comes after a horrifying Act of protest in Washington DC an active duty us Airman has died after setting himself on.

Fire outside the Israeli Embassy in a video 25-year-old Aaron Bushnell asserts saying quote I will no longer be complicit in genoside I'm about to engage in an extreme Act of protest he was then heard screaming Free power Palestine President Biden says he hopes a new ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas can take effect by next Monday.

Ramadan's coming up and there's been an agreement by the Israelis that they would not engage in activities during Ramadan as well in order to give us time to get all the hostages out for the Republican candidates in Michigan today poll show Nikki Haley trailing former president Trump by more than 50 points Haley claims despite Trump's early.

Primary wins he's not gaining enough support to beat Biden in November you look at all the early States and Donald Trump as technically the Republican incumbent did not win 40% of the vote but after his Landslide win in South Carolina Trump says he's never seen the Republican party so unified meanwhile new development for Trump in the Stormy.

Daniels hush money case in New York the da is asking a judge to impose a gag order against Trump when the trial begins next month citing security concerns Andrea Perry thank you President Biden and former president Trump are both heading to the southern border Thursday Biden plans to meet with border agents and local leaders in.

Brownsville Texas he's considering executive action to curb the migrant crisis after House Republicans opposed A bipartisan border security bill at Trump's urging the immigration status of the man charged with murdering a nursing student in Georgia has that State's Governor criticizing President Biden Jose Antonio iara is an undocumented.

Immigrant from Venezuela police say he killed lak and Riley last week while she was jogging on the University of Georgia campus iara was arrested back in 2022 after illegally entering the us but was released and was also released after an arrest in New York go uh Georgia's governor blames the president's border policies she deserves Justice her family.

Deserves Justice and we need Justice on a national level to prevent this type of thing from happening again the suspect's older brother has also been arrested for a fake Green Card we're learning more about a Cyber attack on a major health insurance company it's causing big delays and frustrations for many Americans trying to get their.

Prescription drugs here's ABC's Lana mise this morning nearly one week after a Cyber attack hit the nation's largest Health insurer thousands of pharmacies are still facing disruptions fulfilling prescription drug orders you potentially get into life and death scenarios where patients can't gain health care or in this case patients can't gain access.

Prescription medication the attack crippled change healthcare's digital Network which is a part of United Healthcare the company says it took immediate action to prevent further impact pharmacies use Chang's Network to verify insurance coverage and if you have a very expensive medication you might be stuck in a position where you.

Have to pay cash in order to get it at least temporarily times are hard these days and something like that I mean that I'm sure that would impact a family initial reports said a foreign actor could be to blame for the Cyber attack but Reuters now reports the Infamous ransomware Gang black cat may be responsible why are they so concerning.

So black hat is the same organization that took down MGM and Caesar's entertainment it that was very very damaging to those organizations cyber criminals are increasingly targeting Health Care Systems earlier this month a Cyber attack on a Chicago hospital shut down phones and computers with this latest attack a pharmacy near Pittsburgh.

Is using the honor System giving patients their meds now and billing Insurance later it's also risky is you're going to process a claim and are you whenever the insurance is back up and running are we actually going to get paid what we should get paid for that prescription large Pharmacy chains like Walgreens and CVS are reporting only a.

Limited impact from this attack but it's the smaller pharmacies that have been most affected many have switched to paper processing which is causing delays and backlogs Andrew Andrea Lionel thank you Boeing says it's working to improve its safety culture after being harshly criticized in a new report from an FAA panel the panel of experts found Boeing.

Safety culture to be inadequate and confusing leading to communication breakdowns between engineers and managers the panel's report did not address last month's midair door blowout on an Alaskan Airlines flight but did make 50 safety recommendations time now for your Tuesday weather forecast.

good morning we're looking at the threat for severe weather as we head throughout the day in places like Chicago St Louis Indianapolis places that aren't used to it for February and we'll have the risk for Hail damaging winds and potentially isolated tornadoes the storms get going late in the afternoon they fire up here.

Across the Midwest and produce a thunderstorm line that moves right to the east coast as we go through Wednesday afternoon but behind it much colder air moving into places like St Louis for AI weather I'm Melissa conster coming up a major roadblock for a supermarket Mega merger the concern.

About even higher food prices also ahead fast food price fluctuation Wendy's looks to change how it sets menu prices testing an Uber likee surge pricing system and how long can you hold your breath the new record set under water water so the question is what would you do okay here we go if you saw an expecting mother struggling to pay her.

Tax I'm just really hungry if you want charity go to a soup kitchen well what this man does she say she's pregnant you guys are not good will make you believe in everyday heroes are you a hero I'm a regular guy plus what would you do if you saw this who is this I'm his girlfriend I'm his girlfriend oh my God what would you you do Sunday night at 10.

9 Central on ABC national forests are good places to get away but sometimes bad things happen in good places it's the stuff of nightmares oh I I see was their feet sticking up my knees went weak this is a human skull we were definitely against the.

Clock how many more victims are out there wild crie Blood Mountain now streaming only on Hulu Whenever Wherever news breaks it's so important to always remember that lives are changed here in London in Buffalo yaldi Texas edin BR Scotland reporting from Rolling Fork Mississippi Ukrainian refugees here in Warson we're heading to a small.

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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 I'm Aaron.

Kki in Rochester New York wherever the story is we'll take you there you're streaming ABC News live we're back with a famous diver setting a new world record Valentina CFA dove into this Lake in the Alps diving 459 F feet under a layer of ice on a single breath her heart slowed to just 50 beats per minute wow.

We've reported for weeks about the rising cost of food now there's new Fallout in the supermarket business and the fast food industry this morning the high cost of food is taking a toll on consumers and businesses and now a big change could be coming in the fast food industry two Dave singles how much would it cost.

Wendy's will soon test a plan to fluctuate its menu prices based on the time of day the location and demand it would be similar to The Surge pricing used by ride sharing companies like Uber raising fairs during bad weather or Rush Hour Wendy's Baconator in this case that Baconator sandwich could cost a dollar more during your lunch hour Dynamic.

Pricing or or pricing algorithms allow companies to change prices throughout the day or perhaps even throughout an hour Wendy's CEO says digital menu boards could use artificial intelligence to raise and lower prices in real time allowing the company to be competitive and flexible with pricing customers are already voicing concerns one claiming.

Surge pricing is just price gouging By Any Other Name meanwhile in the grocery store where prices are up more than 25% since the pandemic a merger between two of the largest Supermarket chains has hit a roadblock the Federal Trade Commission is suing to block the merger between Kroger and Albertson's the companies say joining forces will help.

Them better compete with Walmart Amazon Costco and other big rivals but the FTC claims a merger will eliminate comp competition and drive prices even higher in the meantime customers looking to save are increasingly turning to store label Brands need cream cheese for your bagel a 12 oz tub of crafts Philadelphia Cream Cheese in one store in Virginia.

Cost $6.69 the store brand 39 a 32 oz bottle of Hines ketchup is$ 629 the store brand alternative just1 169 Kellogg CEO is facing backlash for his cost-saving tip he suggested people feeling the strain should eat cereal for dinner think about the cost of cereal for a family versus what they might otherwise do that's going to be much.

More affordable as for the new prices at Wendy's they'll be tested next year we'll see how that goes coming up Taylor Swift's father accused of assault also ahead a witness at the rust movie Set shooting trial describes the moment a crew member on the Alec Baldwin movie was.

Shot tonight the Michigan primaries what these key Battleground voters are really thinking about their choices plus the Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal talks where things stand more Americans turn to World News Tonight with David M the most watched newscast on.

Television come give it to me Housewives the Beverly Hills star America Jan celebrity attorney Tom gerardi this story was a nuclear explosion today several victims will get a chance to finally meet ER majority I'm at sort of a loss for what to say did you see the documentary the housewife.

And the Hustler I did I wanted Erica to say I'm sorry face to face Erica why did it take you so long the housewife and the Hustler too only on Hulu I think Scott Peterson murdered his wife and his child proved me wrong there were leads and evidence that pointed everywhere but Scott if people.

Step back and look at the evidence in this case they're going to see this crime isn't solved what the LA Innocence Project is saying but there's a real shot he didn't do it they have never been able to say when was she killed where was she killed but is all of that enough to set one of America's most infamous Killers free Scott Peterson the.

Wrong man now streaming on Hulu I have a point of contact they're expecting us this our secret world we have do you think we're going to be safe I don't know this is my pen inside that pen is a slice of human brain these are assassinations of people are going to be murdered there's really no telling what some of them will do I I.

Oh my God it's happening everywhere and anywhere wow Whenever Wherever news breaks it's so important to always remember that lives are changed here in London in Buffalo yaldi Texas edin bruss Scotland reporting from Rolling Fork Mississippi.

Ukrainian refugees here in Warson 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 this morning Taylor Swift's father is accused of assault in Australia Scott.

Swift allegedly attacked a photographer after getting off a boat with his daughter in Sydney a spokesperson for the singer says two people were aggressively pushing towards her and threatened to throw a member of her staff into the water but the photographer reportedly denies those claims and says he was punched police.

Are investigating no charges have been filed emotional testimony at the manslaughter trial of Hannah Gutierrez Reed she oversaw the weapons for Alec Baldwin's movie rust before that fatal shooting in 2021 now a fellow crew member is describing that tragic day I think the first person I made eye contact with.

Was was Helena who was clearly injured Ross edgo was a crew member on the rust movie set on the stand yesterday he describ the moment cinematographer helina Hutchin was shot by a bullet mistakenly placed in a gun held by Alec Baldwin she was starting to go flush and uh I think holding her her right side so they were trying to.

Stab stabilize her to get her in a helicopter and get her to whatever ER they felt was uh appropriate the jury yesterday also watched a video of Baldwin handling that gun not long before the Fatal shot was fired a whip it out Ado testified that safety standards on set were not up to par and singled out Gutierrez Reed for a lack of.

Professionalism she wasn't necessarily as uh serious or professional as I'm accustomed to with the other armors that I've worked with I don't know that I've ever seen an armor pull loose ammo out of a fanny pack edgo also claimed that Alec Baldwin was pressuring the crew to speed up production as for Baldwin's.

Claim that he never pulled the trigger a Firearms expert cast doubt on that theory in order for you to make the gun fire without pulling the trigger when it was in the full coock position you you had to break it that's what I had to do in my lab it would not fire without pulling the in the full cck setting without being broken Gutierrez Reed's.

Trial is expected to last about two weeks Alec Baldwin's trial begins in July coming up the big money in solar eclipse tourism this spring plus a billion doll gift means no tuition at this medical school how it all came together 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 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 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 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 warsong 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 we are here in Israel a nation at War we've seen tank after tank pouring into this area this is where it all began but.

It hols all up the wall within minutes the AR Sirens going off you can hear the sound of explosion we are pinned down here tonight Israel waging a fierce bombardment of Gaza the Israel Hamas War for Non-Stop live coverage stream ABC News live reporting from Southern Israel from the front lines in downtown rala in wherever the story is we'll take you.

There ABC News live reporting from Monteray Park California I'm Robin Roberts wherever wherever the story is we're going to take you there you're streaming ABC News live time to check the pul and we begin with solar eclipse tourism ramping up the eclipse on April 8th will be seen in.

More than a dozen states and Delta Airlines just added a second Eclipse flight offering a front row seat from Dallas to Detroit the first Eclipse flight sold out in one day day the eclipse is big business for cities and towns in its path one city in Indiana hopes to add about $25 million to the local economy but some officials in the.

Eclipse path also have concerns we don't have the amenities or the infrastructure for 50,000 extra people that's just the way it is authorities in Bell County Texas have already declared an eclipse emergency fearing the area population could more than double next a truly life-changing announcement for some medical students they attend the Albert.

Einstein School of Medicine in New York the head of the Board of Trustees sparked a wild celebration when she announced a 1 billion donation which will fund tuition for every medical student I was taking out I think 60k for the tuition and then more for living expenses and rent um so probably Al together I think I'm saving now like.

180,000 and then with interest probably more to half a million the money came from the board chairwoman's late husband who invested in birkshire halfway next it is time for some kenergy after weeks of speculation we will see this performance at the Oscars where I see love she sees a friend what will it take for her to see.

A man behind Orion Gosling will perform I'm just Ken from Barbie and Gosling is no stranger to singing on stage getting his start on the Mickey Mouse club with Britney Spears and Justin timberlite and finally snoring is annoying but to babies it can be downright disturbing watch this Baby's reaction to his dad.

Snoring the video already has 8 million views on Tik Tok that is something top headlights next so the question is what would you do okay here we go if you saw an expecting mother struggling to pay her tax I'm just really hungry if you want charity go to soup kitchen well what this man does she say she's pregnant you.

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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 Jimmy Kimel what will it be will you go back to your normal Oscars night of sitting alone on the couch scrolling Tik Tock and eating Churros or will you accept the off some responsibility of hosting the Oscars taking on with it all the attendant.

Expectations pressures and scrutiny the choice is yours the churo for sure yeah no man you're supposed to why do all the beautiful dummies come to me for advice the Oscars live Sunday March 10th at a new Time on ABC you want to bite checking more top stories in an overnight TV appearance President Biden.

Said Israel is ready to pause its war against against toas during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan if a deal is reached to release some Israeli hostages a possible deal would include a 6-e ceasefire and the release of some Palestinian prisoners Supreme Court appears skeptical about social media laws passed in Florida and Texas those.

Laws limit how tech companies can police certain political content during arguments Monday the justices implied the Florida and Texas laws aimed at protecting conservative viewpoints May violate the First Amendment because the tech companies are private Alabama Senate Tommy tuberville now says the ruling in his home state.

Declaring that a frozen embryo as a person is the wrong move tuberville says lawmakers in his state will now work to help make sure fertility treatments will be protected despite the ruling today's weather rain in the Northeast and severe storms including possible tornadoes in parts of the Midwest up to 2 feet of snow in the Rockies and rain on the west.

Coast and finally the pilot soaring to new heights at just 17 she spoke to Danny new we're going back to the DMV it's over it's over for most teenagers passing your road test is hard enough as if all right guys but for 17-year-old Kamura Freeland who at 16 became one of the youngest women in American history to complete a.

Solo flight this past October where she's going she doesn't need roads I have a passion for it and I love it after completing that first solo Venture 1351 I call and then her cross country solo back in January on Monday kamora set out to officially become the youngest black women in New York State history to earn her private pilot's.

License I live in Atlanta and I came to see it yeah I wouldn't miss it for the world family traveled from all over to watch kamur take her hourlong test with an examiner some standing in awe channeling how I think many of us would feel me I'm scared of height so I ain't going you know what I'm saying I'm not going to be to see her doing this is.

Like just am amazing she said I well after successfully Landing the plane and getting a hug from Mom kamur got to celebrate making history with her family I didn't see this a year and a half ago and to be here and to see it with my own two eyes I'm grateful so proud of you now kamur says she's ready to start college in the fall and to earn.

Her commercial pilot's license amazing like I'm a part of the change that's definitely needed I want other little black girls to do the same by the way as we reached the end of Black History Month the first woman of African-American descent and also Native American descent to earn her pilot's license in the US was Bessie Coleman.

More than a hundred years ago guys well thanks to Danny new what were you doing at 17 not that that's what's making news in America this morning happy Tuesday right now on America this morning protest vote the big challenge for President Biden as voters head to the.

Polls how Michigan's large Arab American Community is voicing its anger over Biden's support for Israel in its war against Hamas and breaking overnight what Biden is now saying about a potential ceasefire deal in Gaza Pharmacy Cyber attack how cyber criminals targeting a major health insurance company are wreaking havoc the.

Delays and frustrations at thousands of pharmacies new Fallout from the surging cost of food from grocery stores to the fast food drive-thru Wendy's announces a plan to fluctuate menu prices based on the time of day how it could work and in the supermarket industry the government intervenes hoping to stop a mega merger emotional testimony at the rust.

Movie Set shooting trial a witness describes the moment a crew member on the Alec Baldwin movie was shoted and whom He suggests to blame solar eclipse tourism how cities big and small are hoping to cash chin on this Spring's Celestial event across 13 states plus why Taylor Swift's father is accused of assault but first weather Whiplash the.

Historic February heat about to give way to a reality check from ABC news in New York this is America this morning good Tuesday morning everyone I'm Andrew Denberg I'm Andrea Fuji in fan and we begin with the weather and something we hardly ever see in February summer like heat extending from the south into the Midwest and now.

A brewing storm is set to deliver millions of people a reality check we're barely past Valentine's Day and in parts of the country it feels like the 4th of July temperatures in the 80s and 90s in Texas and Oklahoma and 70° in Minnesota yesterday people arriving at the Minneapolis Airport stunned I never thought I'd leave Jersey to go to.

Minnesota to warm up 240 million Americans could see unusually high temperatures today with records shattering the the downside some ski resorts are closing early and we're already seeing wildfires as grass fire spreading in the Texas Panhandle another burning near the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs.

Alerts have been issued in 11 states because of windy dry conditions I came by yesterday and I actually didn't come up this far and I saw like smoke from two exits away allergy sufferers are also being warned about an earlier than usual pollen season trees and shrubs are being tricked into thinking spring has sprung the ends of the tips the buds.

Start to swell and then as they mature they'll start to Leaf out but get ready for weather Whiplash a powerful storm will bring Millions back to Winter reality we time it right into New York City by Wednesday evening it's going to be thunderstorms it'll really change things and drop temperatures look at some of those numbers Drop Like Chicago.

From the 70s into the 30s expert say the unusual weather is thanks in part to a shift in jet stream El Nino and climate change President Biden could face a major challenge today as voters head to the polls in the Michigan primary the state is home to a large arab-american population voicing opposition to Biden's support for Israel in its war against.

Hamas in a statement overnight President Biden raised new hopes for a ceasefire saying Israel is ready to Halt the fighting in Gaza during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan if Hamas releases dozens of hostages ABC's Perry russum is here with more on the politics of this war Perry Good morning Andrea good morning to you we've heard of undecided.

When it comes to voting but in today's primary Michigan thousands of Voters are expected to vote uncommitted this morning President Biden faces a major test in Michigan's Democratic primary not from another candidate but from a protest vote organized by a key subset of Voters angry over his suppor of Israel in its.

War against Hamas I'm very concerned about the direction uh this country is taking as far as Gaza I can't throw my full support behind President Biden as the civilian death told mounts in Gaza Biden has seen support plunge among Arab Americans especially in Michigan home to the largest Arab American community in the US I want to hear a firm commitment.

One to uh push for a ceasefire I'm voting uncommitted Michigan's Democratic governor predicts today's protest vote will be sizable they want to get at least 10,000 votes do you think they'll reach that I think that that's possible yeah the implications could be huge Biden Trump rematch this fall Biden beat Trump in Michigan by.

154,000 votes in 2020 and now an estimated 26,000 registered voters in the state are Muslim today's primary comes after a horrifying Act of protest in Washington DC an active duty us Airman has died after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in a video 25-year-old Aaron Bushell asserts saying quote I will no longer be.

Complicit in genocide I'm about to engage in an extreme Act of protest test he was then heard screaming Free Palestine President Biden says he hopes a new ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas can take effect by next Monday ramadan's coming up and there's been an agreement by the Israelis that they would not engage in activities during.

Ramadan as well in order to give us time to get all the hostages out for the Republican candidates in Michigan today poll show Nikki Haley trailing former president Trump by more than 50 points Haley claims despite Trump's early primary wins he's not gaining enough support to beat Biden in November you look at all the early States and Donald.

Trump as technically the Republican incumbent did not win 40% of the vote but after his Landslide win in South Carolina Trump says he's never seen the Republican party so unified meanwhile new development for Trump in the Stormy Daniels hush money case in New York the da is asking a judge to impose a gag order against Trump when the trial.

Begins next month citing security concerns Andrea Perry thank you President Biden and former president Trump are both heading to the southern border Thursday Biden plans to meet with border agents and local leaders in Brownsville Texas he's considering executive action to curb the migrant crisis after House Republicans opposed A.

Bipartisan border security bill at Trump's urging the immigration status of the man charged with murdering a nursing student in Georgia has that State's Governor criticizing President Biden Jose Antonio Ibara is an undocumented immigrant from Venezuela police say he killed lak and Riley last week while she was jogging on the University of Georgia.

Campus iara was arrested back in 2022 after illegally entering the us but was released and was also released after an arrest in New York go uh Georgia's governor blames the president's border policies she deserves Justice her family deserves Justice and we need Justice on a national level to prevent this type of thing from happening again the suspect's.

Older brother has also been arrested for a fake green card we're learning more about a Cyber attack on a major health insurance company it's causing big delays and frustrations for many Americans trying to get their prescription drugs here's ABC's Lana mise this morning nearly one week after a Cyber attack hit the nation's largest.

Health insur thousands of pharmacies are still facing disruptions fulfilling prescription drug orders you potentially get into life and death scenarios where patients can't gain health care or in this case patients can't gain access to prescription medication the attack crippled change healthc Care's digital.

Network which is a part of United Healthcare the company says it took immediate action to prevent further impact pharmacies use Chang's Network to verify insurance coverage and if you have a very expensive medication you might be stuck in a position where you have to pay cash in order to get it at least temporarily times are hard these.

Days and something like that I mean that I'm sure that would impact a family initial report said a foreign actor could be to blame for the Cyber attack but Reuters now reports the Infamous ransomware Gang black cat may be responsible why are they so concerning so black hat is the same organization that took down MGM and Caesar.

Entertainment it that was very very damaging to those organizations cyber criminals are increasingly targeting Health Care Systems earlier this month a Cyber attack on a Chicago hospital shut down phones and computers with this latest attack a pharmacy near Pittsburgh is using the honor System giving patients their meds now and billing.

Insurance later it's also risky is you're going to process a claim and are you whenever the insurance is back up and running are we actually going to get paid what we should get paid for that prescription large Pharmacy chains like Walgreens n CVS are reporting only a limited impact from this attack but it's the smaller pharmacies that have been.

Most affected many of switched to paper processing which is causing delays and backlogs Andrew Andrea Lionel thank you Boeing says it's working to improve its safety culture after being harshly criticized in a new report from an FAA panel the panel of experts found Boeing safety culture to be inadequate and confusing leading to communication.

Breakdowns between engineers and managers the panel's report did not address last month's midair door blowout on an Alaskan Airlines flight but did make 50 safety recommendations time now for your Tuesday weather forecast good morning we're looking at the threat for severe weather as we head throughout the day in places like.

Chicago St Louis Indianapolis places that aren't used to it for February and we'll have the risk for Hail damaging winds and potentially isolated tornadoes the storms get going late in the afternoon they fire up here across the Midwest and produce a thunderstorm line that moves right to the east coast as we go through Wednesday afternoon.

But behind it much colder air moving into places like St Louis for AI weather I'm Melissa conster coming up a major roadblock for a supermarket meam Burger the concern about even higher food prices also ahead fast food price fluctuation Wendy's looks to change how it sets menu prices testing an Uber likee surge pricing.

System and how long can you hold your breath the new record set underwater 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 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 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 AB 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 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 Housewives the Beverly hill star Amica Jan celebrity attorney Tom gerardi this story was a nuclear explosion today several victims will get a chance to finally meet Eric majority.

And that's sort of a loss for what to say did you see the documentary the housewife on the Hustler I did I wanted Erica to say I'm sorry face to face ER God why did it take you so long the housewife and the Hustler too only on Hulu from America's number one news comes the allnew ABC News app if you love being in the no you're going to.

Love this experience the allnew ABC News app download it now we're back with a famous diver setting a new world record Valentina Kola dove into this Lake in the Alps diving 459 ft under a layer of ice on a single breath her heart slow to just 50 beats per minute wow we've reported for weeks.

About the rising cost of food now there's new Fallout in the supermarket business and the fast food industry this morning the high cost of food is taking a toll on consumers and businesses and now a big change could be coming in the fast food industry two Dave singles how much would it cost Wendy's will soon test a plan to.

Fluctuate its menu prices based on the time of day the location and demand it would be similar to the surge pricing used by ride sharing companies like uber raising fairs during bad weather or Rush Hour Wendy's bacon in this case that Baconator sandwich could cost a dollar more during your lunch hour Dynamic pricing or or pricing algorithms allow.

Companies to change prices throughout the day or perhaps even throughout an hour Wendy's CEO says digital menu boards could use artificial intelligence to raise and lower prices in real time allow allowing the company to be competitive and flexible with pricing customers are already voicing concerns one claiming surge pricing is just price.

Gouging By Any Other Name meanwhile in the grocery store where prices are up more than 25% since the pandemic a merger between two of the largest Supermarket chains has hit a roadblock the Federal Trade Commission is suing to block the merger between Kroger and Albertson's the companies say joining forces will help them better compete.

With Walmart Amazon Costco and other big rivals but the FTC claims a merger will eliminate competition and drive prices even higher in the meantime customers looking to save are increasingly turning to store label Brands need cream cheese for your bagel a 12 oce tub of crafts Philadelphia Cream Cheese in one store in Virginia cost $669 the store brand.

319 a 32 o bottle of Hines ketchup is $629 the storebrand alternative just 169 Kellogg CEO is facing backlash for his cost-saving tip he said suggested people feeling the strain should eat cereal for dinner think about the cost of cereal for a family versus what they might otherwise do that's going to be much more.

Affordable as for the new prices at Wendy's they'll be tested next year we'll see how that goes coming up Taylor Swift's father accused of assault also ahead a witness at the rust movie Set shooting trial describes the moment a crew member on the Alec Baldwin movie was shot 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 beir from the FBI reporting from the nurses on the picket.

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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 afterno for everything you need to know I love.

That you should see me the strongest females fight for the survival of their families oh hey the Queens you should see me in the crowd Jimmy Kim what will it be will you go back to your normal Oscars night of.

Sitting alone on the couch scrolling Tik Tock and eating Churros or will you accept the awesome responsibility of hosting the Oscars taking on with it all the attendant expectations pressures and scrutiny the choice is yours the churo for sure yeah no man you're supposed to why do all the beautiful dummies come to me for advice.

The Oscars Li Sunday March 10th at a new Time on ABC you want to bite the this morning Taylor Swift's father is accused of assault in Australia Scott Swift allegedly attacked a photographer after getting off a boat with his daughter in Sydney a spokesperson for the singer says two people were aggressively pushing towards.

Her and threatened to throw a member of her staff into the water but the photographer reportedly denies those claims and says he was punched police are investigating no charges have been filed emotional testimony at the manslaughter trial of Hannah Gutierrez Reed she oversaw the weapons for Alec Baldwin's movie rust before that fatal.

Shooting in 201 21 now a fellow crew member is describing that tragic day I think the first person I made eye contact with was was Elena who was clearly injured Ross ad Diego was a crew member on the rust movie set on the stand yesterday he described the moment cinematographer helina Hutchins was shot by a bullet.

Mistakenly placed in a gun held by Alec Baldwin she was starting to go flush and I think holding her her right side so they were trying to stab stabilize her to get her in a helicopter and get her to whatever ER they felt was uh appropriate the jury yesterday also watched a video of Baldwin handling that gun not long.

Before the Fatal shot was fired so whip it out adgo testified that safety standards on set were not up to par and singled out gutierre Reed for a lack of professionalism she wasn't necessarily as uh serious or professional as I'm accustomed to with the other armors that I've worked with I don't know that I've ever seen an armor.

Pull loose ammo out of a fanny pack Edo also claimed that Alec Baldwin was pressuring the crew to speed up production as for Baldwin's claim that he never pulled the trigger a Firearms expert cast doubt on that theory in order for you to make the gun fire without pulling the the trigger when it was in the full coock position you had.

To break it that's what I had to do in my lab it would not fire without pulling theer in the full cck setting without being broken Gutierrez Reed's trial is expected to last about 2 weeks Alec Baldwin's trial begins in July coming up the big money in solar eclipse tourism this spring plus a billion dooll gift means no tuition at this medical school.

How it all came together Jimmy Kimmel what will it be will you go back to your normal Oscars night of sitting alone on the couch scrolling tiktock and eating Churros or will you accept the awesome responsibility of hosting the Oscars taking on with it all.

The attendant expectations pressured and scrutiny the choice is yours the churo for sure yeah no man you're supposed to why do all the beautiful dummies come to me for advice the Oscars live Sunday March 10th at a new Time on ABC you want to bite tonight the Michigan primaries what these key Battleground voters are really thinking.

About their choices plus the Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal talks where things stand more Americans turn to World News Tonight with David mure the most watched newscast on television from America's number one news comes the allnew ABC News app breaking news Incredible video faster smarter and customizable to your interests if you.

Love being in the no you're going to love this experience the allnew ABC News app download it now 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.

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wow 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 reporting from Scranton Pennsylvania covering the winter storm I'm Stephanie Ramos.

Wherever the story is we'll take you there you're screaming ABC News live time to check the pulse and we begin with solar eclipse tourism ramping up the eclipse on April 8th will be seen in more than a dozen states and Delta Airlines just added a second Eclipse flight offering a front row seat from.

Dallas to Detroit the first Eclipse flight sold out in one day the eclipse is big business for cities and towns in its path one city in Indiana hopes to add about $25 million to the local economy but some officials in the eclipse path also have concerns we don't have the amenities or the infrastructure for 50,000 extra people that's just the.

Way it is authorities in Bell County Texas have already declared an eclipse emergency fearing the area's population could more than double next truly life-changing announcement for some medical students they attend the Albert Einstein School of Medicine in New York the head of the Board of Trustees sparked a wild celebration when she.

Announced a$1 billion donation which will fund tuition for every medical student I was taking out I think 60k for the tuition and then more for living expenses and rent um so probably all together I think I'm saving now like 18 180,000 and then with interest probably more to half a million the money came from the board chairwoman 's late.

Husband who invested in birkshire halfway next it is time for some kenergy after weeks of speculation we will see this performance at the Oscars I see what behind Orion Gosling will perform I'm just Ken from Barbie and Gosling is no.

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Know I love that checking more top stories and an overnight TV appearance President Biden said Israel is ready to pause its war against Hamas during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan if a deal is reached to release some Israeli hostages a possible deal would include a six we ceasefire.

And the release of some Palestinian prisoners Supreme Court appears skeptical about social media laws passed in Florida and Texas those laws limit how tech companies can police certain political content during arguments Monday the justices implied the Florida and Texas laws aimed at protecting conservative viewpoints May violate the.

First Amendment because the tech companies are private Alabama Senator Tommy tuberville now says the ruling in his home state declaring that a frozen embryo as a person is the wrong move tuberville says lawmakers in his state will now work to help make sure fertility treatments will be protected despite the ruling today's.

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If all right guys here we go but for 17-year-old kamur Freeland who at 16 became one of the youngest women in American history to complete a solo flight this past October where she's going she doesn't need RADS I have a passion for it and I love it after completing that first solo vent 1351 and then her cross country solo.

Back in January on Monday kamora set out to officially become the youngest black wom in New York State history to earn her private pilot's license I live in Atlanta and I came to see it yeah I wouldn't miss it for the world family traveled from all over to watch kamur take her hourlong test with an examiner some standing in awe channeling how I.

Think many of us would feel me I'm scared of height so I ain't going you know what I'm saying I'm am I going to be to see her doing this is like just amazing she said well after successfully Landing the plane and getting a hug from Mom kamora got to celebrate making history with her family I didn't see this a year and a.

Half ago and be here and to see it with my own two eyes I'm grateful so proud of you now kamora says she's ready to start college in the fall and to earn her commercial pilot's license amazing like I'm a part of the change that's definitely needed I want other little black girls to do the same by the way as we reached the end of.

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Tuesday it's Tuesday February 27th this could be a political black eye for the president they say he deserves it we start here on primary day in Michigan thousands of Democrats prepare to stick it to Joe Biden Michigan is a pro Palestine state if you wondered how the.

War in Gaza could affect this race this could be a key moment meanwhile in Gaza itself Aid workers say they're too afraid of getting attacked to deliver food you're just getting crowds of people surging towards these trucks and these convoys now could arguments over shipments affect what appears to be a potential ceasefire deal and do you have.

The right to take down anything on your own website that doesn't speak to at all to whether they have a constitutional right to censor the Supreme Court case that could affect social media forever from ABC News this is start here I'm Brad milky in a presidential election year we.

Often think of the first four contests as the most important Iowa New Hampshire Nevada South Carolina which makes sense their voters do narrow the field in fact this year you could argue they've decided already for the rest of the country we know who the nominees will be but today Michigan holds its primaries and this represents the biggest bonafide.

Swing state we've seen so far today we're going to win the great state of Michigan and we are going to win back the White House Michigan was a key reason Trump won in 2016 it was one of the states Biden flipped in 2020 and I've always believed in Michigan we have the finest Auto Workers in the world here in Michigan You could argue even if.

Each of these primaries or forone conclusions they could give us real insight into who's resonating more with voters and unlike New Hampshire where there was a last minute effort to show support for President Biden in a state where his name wasn't even on the ballot there's something very different happening in Michigan today in a place.

With more Arab Americans than any other state in the nation lots of Voters plan to use this moment as a chance to speak directly to Biden and perhaps weaken him politically as a result Nathaniel raikit is a senior elections analyst for our partners at 538 Nathaniel what is happening here yeah so there has been a pretty robust protest vote movement.

Going on in Michigan uh among the Arab American and Muslim communities there are at least two groups who are urging these people and really everybody who will listen to go out and vote uncommitted in the Democratic primaries vote uncommitted and please demand a ceas fire now that.

Is actually an option on the ballot you can basically say I don't want any of these candidates essentially I want uh the my delegates to the convention to go in uncommitted vote uncommitted to prove to him that you cannot kill our people and think that we will forget the logic here is that that's sending a message to Biden whose policies on the.

Israel Gaza conflict you know they're not big fans of it um and and they'll kind of send him a message perhaps embarrass him by uh giving a strong showing to uncommitted and basically the the not Biden candidate right how significant of a protest vote could this be it's not like Biden's going to lose this contest we think to uncommitted.

Right so I mean you know what could implications be no exactly and certainly you know we shouldn't say that uh dissatisfaction with Biden on Gaza is limited to the Arab American or Muslim communities but it is worth noting that only 2% of Michigan's population is arab-americans so it is a small fraction although probably a larger portion of.

The democratic party electorate to give you an example um so one of the groups listen to Michigan has said that their goal is to get 10,000 votes for uncommitted uh the other one abandoned Biden has said 20,000 votes um but in kind of the grand scheme of thousands of thousands of votes Biden is still probably going to win this primary with.

Somewhere in the 80s well and 20,000 votes important to remember that back in 2012 Barack Obama was running unopposed 20,000 michiganders voted uncommitted then too so should we just see this as yeah people are going to use these opportunities to show dissatisfaction all the time or is this President particularly vulnerable on the Gaza.

Issue with his base of Democrats yeah I mean obviously Democrats aren't super enthusiastic about him when I saw him speak it just seems like he aged quickly in whether it's because of his age or maybe a perception that he hasn't gotten much done in office I think that people are for Biden because they're just so anti-trump but among the arab-american.

And Muslim communities it really is about Gaza this is the issue that they will just come back to time and time again we don't support our us tax dollars going towards Israel to ethnically cleanse Palestine it is basically the number one issue the number two issue and the number three issue the point is enough is enough end.

Of the day end of the day that Joe Biden failed himself in especially Metro Detroit there are a lot of Palestinian American communities um some Lebanese American communities whose families may also have been uh touched by the conflict obviously Lebanon uh right on the border there with Israel you wake up every day on social media on the news uh.

Getting phone calls from your loved ones at home whether it's from Palestine or or or Lebanon saying that they don't feel safe from Israeli attacks they have family back there a lot of them have family members who have died um it is an all-consuming issue and they see Biden as someone who is really embracing Israel and not showing kind of enough.

Remorse for the plight of the Palestinians Michigan is a pro Palestine state so I voted for Biden last election cycle and I won't be voting for him this cycle there was a recent poll that was conducted by John zogby strategies of Arab American voters and it found that they disapprove of Biden's response to the violence 67% to 26% so pretty.

Decisive uh dissatisfaction there among this community okay so so that's on the Democratic side of things what's going on with the Republicans because you said Nikki Haley just got trounced in South Carolina and she's still going today right like she's participating in this primary what are the expectations yeah I mean you know Nikki Haley hasn't won a.

Single primary yet and she's kind of running out of time like she's got to win one at some point right it's great to be here we came from South Carolina it's colder here Michigan is kind of the first in a long string of primaries that I think are going to be really good for Trump even better than the ones that have.

Already happened just because demographically States like New Hampshire and South Carolina are a little bit better for Haley obviously South Carolina is her home State Michigan and like Texas a lot of the states voting on super Tuesday no such luck this November the great state of Michigan is going to tell crooked Joe.

Biden you're fired get the hell out of here according to 538s pulling average of Michigan Trump is leading their 79% to 22% which is obviously a far cry from uh even the 6040 split that we saw in South Carolina I know 40% is not 50% but I also know 40% is not some tiny group if the polls come true in Michigan that's just a landslide and you know in.

In many ways that primary is as uncompetitive as the Dem ocratic primary and by the way Brad there's also uh kind of some drama surrounding the delegate allocation in Michigan on the Republican side so this primary is only going to be worth like half of the delegates that Michigan is sending to.

The RNC the other half is going to be determined by a convention that's happening on Saturday but there's actually a Schism within the Republican party in Michigan where there are two groups that both claim to be the legitimate Republican party of Michigan and they are both holding conventions on Saturday um and they're both going to.

Pres presumably uh say that they want to nominate Trump but there are these two like you know different groups that are going to be claiming oh we're we're sending the delegates to the RNC so it's kind of a mess you know there's a lot of inside baseball there the RNC is going to have to sort it out but um it does go to you know to show just kind of how.

Fragmented the uh you know the apparatus is in Michigan that's interesting and you can imagine if this was a more competitive primary like that would be a big problem and yet here we are Nathaniel raikit with our partners at 538 thanks so much thanks this sense of heightened tension around.

Gaza has gotten to the point where over the weekend a US service member a current member of the US Air Force named Aaron Bushnell walked up to the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC said the words free Palestine and set himself on fire we learned yesterday he has died from his injuries and this comes as residents of Gaza say not only are their streets.

Being bombed their homes being destroyed they're also saying the food and medical supplies they so desperately need aren't even making it in and they're blaming Israel let's go to ABC's foreign correspondent Tom Sufi bur who's in Tel Aviv right now Tom I think the heg has ordered Israel to make sure Aid was being sent to civilians there so what is.

Happening well Brad not enough humanitarian Aid is getting into Gaza I mean that's what the UN says they say that there needs to be about 500 trucks of Aid reaching Gaza on on a daily basis throughout this month it's been roughly speaking 100 trucks a day council members were informed of the dire humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip.

And of the extremely difficult and dangerous conditions under which United Nations personnel and a broader humanitarian and healthare community in Gaza are operating and there is one crossing point in the south of Gaza which is open some trucks are getting through there there are pretty extensive Security checks by the Israelis at that.

Crossing Point the Israelis say th those checks are necessary they need to check that it is purely humanitarian Aid going into the strip but you know it's a very very complicated environment for Aid agencies to operate in and not enough of those trucks are kind of getting through to the the worst hit areas and in.

Particular the north of the Gaza Strip welome I mean up in the north you know there is some fighting it's more limited the war is is wound down a bit up there but the communities are much more cut off I mean you've you've got that only one crossing point which is open in the South so getting that Aid right up to the north is is all the more.

Hard and then sometimes when Aid is actually getting into areas you're just getting crowds of people surging towards these trucks and these convoys and it's almost creating it a dangerous Dynamic on the ground for the crews and the and and the employees of those Aid agents taking in that Aid well right in fact to.

The point where the UN world food program is now saying like they're pausing Aid shipments into Gaza they're like we can't work like this I think Jordan is even organizing airdrops of food but what I'm not hearing is like there's the Israeli military blocking shipments or something right so so what is the complaint here like how is Israel.

Complicit in the eyes of these Palestinians I mean it's a myriad of factors why getting Aid into the areas where there's the greatest need is incred hard I mean look the the Israelis control the crossing points so they've got their security checks there's the broad security environment I.E Israel is still conducting a military campaign and.

On top of all of that just to complicate things further some Israeli citizens are off their own back going down to Kem Shalom this one crossing point in the South which is open and they're actually physically trying to block Aid getting in they say that any a that gets into Gaza ultimately ends up in the hands of Hamas and helps Hamas who they deem to.

Be a terrorist group so it's a complicated picture wow and well and that makes me wonder Tom when we talk about ceasefire negotiations because those are ongoing right and it makes me wonder like is aid aid has been part of these talks right so I mean is it considered at this point a bargaining ship or like a mandatory thing to you.

Know save many many lives in Gaza there's no doubt an increase in the flow of Aid into Gaza is a condition that Hamas want for a ceasefire to take place my National Security advisor tells me that we're close we're close it's not done yet and My Hope Is by next Monday we'll have a ceasefire what we've had in the last couple of days is a framework.

Agreement which Israel an Israeli official telling ABC news that it Israel is willing to accept that framework would see roughly 40 hostages being released it would see a 6 week ceasefire we're talking about the hostages that could be released maybe the elderly the sick possibly female Israeli soldiers not male Israeli soldiers being held H.

By Hamas in return Israel would release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and and according to this official the IDF might redeploy its troops to different parts of the Gaza Strip but it would not withdraw its forces completely from Gaza the massive caveat right now is that we've had no response officially from Hamas to this proposed framework it.

Depends on Hamas we believe a deal is possible and we hope Hamas will agree to one even though talks are continuing this week in Qatar but a lot more of the detail including getting more Aid into Gaza needs to be worked out right and you were telling me that from the Palestinian side the clock is kind of ticking Ramadan is less than two weeks.

Away a lot of officials on both side of the table said they'd like to get some sort of agreement before that Tom Sufi burage there in Tel Aviv thank you thanks Brad next up on start here a few states have their own terms of service a huge case for social media after the.

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America's number one streaming news imagine if you were on YouTube right now and the homepage was just a random sampling of its videos right a music video a DIY tutorial a French advertisement a 3-hour stream of someone's Turtle just pure chaos for companies like YouTube that is poison.

They know you want to watch certain stuff more than others which is the point of these algorithms that kind of curate your homepage if you don't speak French you won't see French videos anymore if you don't like politics you won't get conservative talk shows pushed your way but what if YouTube had to show that conservative talk show what if by.

Law they had to treat every single piece of content the same yesterday in Washington the Supreme Court heard a pair of cases that could have profound implications for social media ABC's Devon DWI covers the court Devon what are these cases these are cases that take on the big question Brad of whether social media companies you mentioned are.

More like newspaper Publishers or telephone companies utilities that have to serve everybody regardless of message classification you name it for Generations in this country social media companies have been in the newspaper column they've been considered Publishers where they have First Amendment rights to decide what we see.

When we see it and even who can participate in speaking on those sites they famously of course kicked Donald Trump off of X in Facebook after the January sixth attacks that was on the table here these are two cases from Florida and Texas each one dealing with attempts by the Republican legislators in those states to put new limits on.

Social media companies in those States for how they limit the types of things we see the types of people that can participate the platforms do not have a First Amendment right to to apply their censorship policies in an inconsistent Manner and to censor and deplatform certain users this was a direct response to what has been perceived for many.

Years a censorship of conservative viewpoints on social media uh and yesterday the Supreme Court got right into it they've never had to answer these questions before uh and in these two cases they're very plainly asked to take on the question of does the First Amendment apply to when social media companies are moderating the content we.

See telephone and delivery companies that carry speech from point A to point B aren't shielded by the first amendment when they provide that service but that's because they're not producing any expression of their own it's not because there're some kind of common carrier or Communications company exception to the First Amendment and as you and I have.

Talked about many times you talked about it there those algorithms are so critical to how we all experience the internet is that the internet company Facebook Instagram is that them speaking in how they present to us or are they essentially providing a service an open form where they have to really dial down those algorithms and let everybody have.

A fair shot it's a tricky question and that's the newspaper thing you're saying like a newspaper kind of curates what its front page it it decides what viewpoints what stories they're going to publish and these companies are saying like we we deserve the same sort of latitude journalistic license of course the government can't tell the New York.

Times what to write how to write it and they can also not get into the business of what's the editorial page the government can't require a newspaper to say present both sides you know you carried a conservative oped now you have to carry a liberal one or vice versa the social media companies here have taken that position that the government cannot.

Force them to carry terrorist content cannot force them to carry antivaxer content if they don't want to yeah what's the argument against that well you know the those examples these states would say are are ridiculous of course you know the terrorist content should be banned and there's other laws governing that what they really want to.

Get into though is what they perceive as content moderation they arrange material on the site in various ways but that doesn't speak to at all to whether they have a constitutional right to censor the antivaxer debate is a great example you know in the height of the covid pandemic there was all this information and misinformation swirling around out.

There about covid and the covid vaccine uh and you had these companies sometimes at the urging of the CDC and other government agencies really trying to filter out what the government saw at the time and public health officials saw was dangerous information that was not accurate yet if platforms that passively host the speech of billions of people.

Are themselves the speakers and can discriminate there will be no Public Square to speak of so you had the other side saying well wait a second our views should matter too you can't be silencing us Facebook Instagram these are basically like the Public Square uh and everybody should have an equal say what would happen if the court cided with.

Florida and Texas here like what would that mean for social media companies and what would that mean for us like is we navigate this Digital World well if the court sides with Florida and Texas and upholds these laws the internet companies say the sky will fall I mean honestly if this statute goes into effect we'd sort of have to.

Fundamentally change our business models right out of the gate they say they're going to be pressed with a very expensive and difficult challenge of how they can provide tailored services in Texas and in Florida that comply with the law how do they create news feeds for Facebook users just in Texas that have no filter and vice versa in Florida.

How can Facebook and X enforce their rules about what people can and can't say in most of the country but not enforce them in Florida so they'd be faced immediately with a very practical challenge but for the rest of us if we're living in those States the internet companies say it would mean a very complicated and unpleasant user.

Experience there would be no filter on what comes through the feed or the search uh results that you type into Google or the search box on any of those apps um they say everything would have to be presented because you know these same companies are getting hammered by people that say we're not doing enough to keep material that's harmful to.

Children off of these sites and yet these laws make it impossible for us to keep material that's that's harmful to children off of our sites unless we take so much material off of our sites that nobody can say that we're not being inconsistent or not discriminating Facebook Google multifaceted platforms I mean Facebook has the messenger function.

Which is like email uh and so there was a lot of concern can Facebook limit what types of messages are being sent can they get into that game I I take it your view then is that uh providers can discriminate on the basis political views religious beliefs maybe even race there was almost a divide Brad among the conservatives I mean traditional.

Conservatives stick their nose up at more government regulations so here you have two uh republican-led States regulating private businesses and you had Chief Justice John Roberts asking aloud we're talking about the First Amendment whether our first concern should be uh uh with the state regulating uh what you know we have.

Called the modern uh Public Square but at the same time you had justices like Samuel Leo and Clarence Thomas who have long been skeptical and outspoken uh against these Behemoth social media companies particularly in like how they've treated conservatives um take a much harder line towards them what is the algorithm saying I.

Don't know I'm not on any you know but what is it saying at one point Clarence Thomas kind of funny acknowledged he wasn't quite sure um how the algorithm actually works on these sites and what it actually quote unquote says is it actually speech to have an algorithm you know filtering content he asked drew a little bit of a chuckle from those in.

The courtroom but his point point is maybe that isn't covered by the First Amendment and that these companies actually should be regulated by the government yeah there's always these moments where the justices don't sound super hip with it then all of a sudden I'm like I don't know what the algorithm says either I don't know any of this all.

Right Deon dwire thank you so much thanks a lot BR okay one more quick break when we come back the doctors are out all of them one last thing is next I am Jimmy Kimmel and I am hosting the Oscar 1 hour earlier this year that's 7 Eastern four Pacific and if you're on mountain time I don't know.

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And one last thing we talk about how bad doctor waiting room times can get in the US well now imagine if half the doctors walked out of the job get up get up right now in South Korea 10,000 doctors are on strike this is about 2third of their residents and interns the young doctors that are often the first person to check you out before a specialist.

Gets involved for the last week appointments have been cancelled ser Ines and Cancer Treatments have been delayed an 80-year-old woman died by Cardiac Arrest last Friday after seven hospitals turned her away saying we just don't have the staff to treat you it's gotten to the point where the country's prime minister has issued a.

Threat get back to work by Thursday or face suspensions fines potentially go to jail if your patients are affected how did it all get to this well right now there are drastic doctor shortages in South Korea particularly for some of the less lucra areas like Pediatrics parents routinely have to scramble to find someone to care for.

Their child the government said all right let's get more doctors and announced a plan to double enrollment at their medical schools they're offering incentives to people who want to study Pediatrics but these current doctors said that's not going to fix the problem according to them the reason students don't want these jobs is because.

Conditions are terrible and that's not going to change with crowded medical schools and still underfunded facilities if anything they say this is a political band date ahead of April elections critics of these doctors though say the only reason you guys are striking is cuz you're in a profession where you're highly sought after you're paid better.

Than the average Korean and now you see 10,000 new doctors about to flood into your profession you guys are just worried your monopolies going away whoever is right this is one of the few weeks of the year that Americans can look at another developed country and say you guys really need to get your medical system figured.

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Check from ABC news in New York this is America this morning good Tuesday morning everyone I'm Andrew dber I'm fuj inan and we begin with the weather and something we hardly ever see in February summer like heat extending from the south into the Midwest and now a brewing storm is set to deliver millions of people a reality check we're barely past.

Valentine's Day and in parts of the country it feels like the 4th of July temperatures in the 80s and 90s in Texas and Oklahoma and 70° in Minnesota yesterday people arriving at the Minneapolis Airport stunned I never thought I'd leave Jersey to go to Minnesota to warm up 240 million Americans could see unusually high.

Temperatures today with records shattering the downside some ski resorts are closing early and we're already seeing wildfires This Grass Fire spreading in the Texas Panhandle another burning near the Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs alerts have been issued in 11 states because of windy dry conditions I.

Came by yesterday and I actually didn't come up this far and I saw like smoke from two exits away allergy sufferers are also being warned about an earlier than usual pollen season trees and shrubs are being tricked into thinking spring has sprung the ends of the tips the buds start to swell and then as they mature they'll start to Leaf out but get.

Ready for weather Whiplash a powerful storm will bring Millions back to Winter reality we time it right into New York City by Wednesday evening it's going to be thunderstorms it'll really change things and drop temperatures look at some of those numbers Drop Like Chicago from the 70s into the 30s experts say the unusual weather is thanks in part to.

A shift in the jet stream El Nino and climate change President Biden could face a major challenge today as voters head to the polls in the Michigan primary the state is home to a large arab-american population voicing opposition to Biden's support for Israel in its war against Hamas in a statement overnight President Biden raised new.

Hopes for a ceasefire saying Israel is ready to Halt the fighting in Gaza during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan if Hamas releases dozens of hostages ABC's Perry russum is here with more on the politics of this war Perry Good morning Andrea good morning to you we've heard of undecided when it comes to voting but in today's primary.

Michigan thousands of Voters are expected to vote uncommitted this morning President Biden faces a major test in Michigan's Democratic primary not from another candidate but from a protest vote organized by a key subset of Voters angry over his support of Israel in its war against Hamas I'm very concerned.

About the direction uh this country is taking as far as Gaza I can't throw my full support behind President Biden as the civilian death toll mounts in Gaza Biden has seen support plunge among Arab Americans especially in Michigan home to the largest Arab American community in the US I want to hear a firm commitment one to uh push for a ceasefire I'm.

Voting uncommitted Michigan's Democratic governor predicts today's protest vote will be sizable they want to get at least 10,000 votes do you think they'll reach that I think that that's possible yeah the implications could be huge into Biden Trump rematch this fall Biden be Trump in Michigan by 154,000 votes in 2020 and now an.

Estimated 206,000 registered voters in the state are Muslim today's primary comes after a horrifying Act of protest in Washington DC an active duty us Airman has died after setting himself on fire outside the Israeli Embassy in a video 25-year-old Aaron Bushell asserts saying quote I will no longer be complicit in genocide I'm about to.

Engage in an extreme Act of protest he was then heard screaming Free Palestine President Biden says he hopes a new ceasefire agreement between Israel and Hamas can take effect by next Monday ramadan's coming up and there's been an agreement by the Israelis that they would not engage in activities during Ramadan as well in order to give us time.

To get all the hostages out for the Republican candidates in Michigan today poll show Nikki Haley trailing former president Trump by more than 50 points Haley claims despite Trump's early primary wins he's not gaining enough support to beat Biden in November you look at all the early States and Donald Trump as technically the Republican.

Incumbent did not win 40% of the vote but after his Landslide win in South Carolina Trump says he's never seen the Republican party so unified meanwhile new development for Trump in the stormy Daniel's hush money case in New York the da is asking a judge to impose a gag order against Trump when the trial begins next month citing security.

Concerns Andrea Perry thank you President Biden and former president Trump are both heading to the southern border Thursday Biden plans to meet with border agents and local leaders in Brownsville Texas he's considering executive action to curb the migrant crisis after House Republicans opposed A bipartisan border security bill at.

Trump's urging the immigration status of the man charged with murdering a nursing student in Georgia has that State's Governor criticizing President Biden Jose Antonio Ibara is an undocumented immigrant from Venezuela police say he killed Lake and Riley last week while she was jogging on the University of Georgia campus iara was arrested back in.

2022 after illegally entering the us but was released and was also released after an arrest in New York go uh Georgia's governor blames the president's border policies she deserves Justice her family deserves Justice and we need Justice on a national level to prevent this type of thing from happening again the suspect's older brother has also been arrested for.

A fake Green Card we're learning more about a Cyber attack on a major health insurance company it's causing big delays and frustrations for many Americans trying to get their prescription drugs here's ABC's Lana mise this morning nearly one week after a Cyber attack hit the nation's largest Health insurer thousands ofes are still.

Facing disruptions fulfilling prescription drug orders and you potentially get into and death scenarios where patients can't gain health care or in this case patients can't gain access to prescription medication the attack crippled change healthc Care's digital Network which is a part of United healthc Care the company says it took.

Immediate action to prevent further impact pharmacies use changes Network to verify insurance coverage and if you have a very expensive medication you might be stuck in a position where you have to pay cash in order to get it at least temporarily times are hard these days and something like that I mean that I'm sure that.

Would impact a family initial reports said a foreign actor could be to blame for the Cyber attack but Reuters now reports the Infamous ransomware Gang black cat may be responsible why are they so concerning so black hat is the same organization that took down MGM and Caesar's entertainment it that was very very damaging to those organizations.

Cyber criminals are increasingly targeting Health Care Systems earli this month a Cyber attack on a Chicago hospital shut down phones and computers with this latest attack a pharmacy near Pittsburgh is using the honor System giving patients their meds now and billing Insurance later it's also risky is you're going to process a claim and.

Are you whenever the insurance is back up and running are we actually going to get paid what we should get paid for that prescription large Pharmacy chains like Walgreens n CVS are reporting only limited impact from this attack but it's the smaller pharmacies that have been most affected many have switched to.

Paper processing which is causing delays and backlogs Andrew Andrea Lionel thank you Boeing says it's working to improve its safety culture after being harshly criticized in a new report from an FAA panel the panel of experts found Boeing safety culture to be inadequate and confusing leading to communication breakdowns between engineers and.

Managers the panel's report did not address last month's midair door blowout on an Alaskan Airlines flight but did make 50 safety recommendations time now for your Tuesday weather forecast good morning we're looking at the threat for severe weather as we head throughout the day in places like Chicago St Louis Indianapolis places.

That aren't used to it for February and we'll have the risk for Hail damaging winds and potentially isolated tornadoes the storms get going late in the afternoon they fire up here across the Midwest and produce a thunderstorm line that moves right to the east coast as we go through Wednesday afternoon but behind it much colder air moving into.

Places like St Louis for AI weather I'm Melissa conster coming up a major roadblock for a supermarket Mega merger the concern about even higher food prices also ahead fast food price fluctuation Wendy's looks to change how it sets menu prices testing an Uber likee surge pricing.

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About the rising cost of food now there's new Fallout in the supermarket business and the fast food industry this morning the high cost of food is taking a toll on consumers and businesses and now a big change could be coming in the fast food industry two Dave singles how much would it cost Wendy's will soon test a plan to.

Fluctuate its menue prices based on the time of day the location and demand it would be similar to The Surge pricing used by ride sharing companies like uber raising fairs during bad weather or Rush Hour Wendy's Baconator in this case that Baconator sandwich could cost a dollar more during your lunch hour Dynamic pricing or or pricing algorithms allow.

Companies to change prices throughout the day or perhaps even throughout an hour Wendy's CEO says digital menu boards could use artificial intelligence to raise and lower prices in real time allowing the company to be competitive and flexible with pricing customers are already voicing concerns one claiming surge pricing is just price gouging By.

Any Other Name meanwhile in the grocery store where prices are up more than 25% since the pandemic a merger between two of the largest Supermarket chains has hit a roadblock the Federal Trade Commission is suing to block the merger between Kroger and Albertson's the companies say joining forces will help them better compete with Walmart Amazon.

Costco and other big rivals but the FTC claims a merger will eliminate competition and drive prices even higher in the meantime customers looking to save are increasingly turning to store label Brands need cream cheese for your bagel a 12 oce tub of crafts Philadelphia Cream Cheese in one store in Virginia cost $6.69 the store brand.

319 a 32 o bottle of Hines ketchup is $629 the store brand alternative just 169 Kellogg CEO was facing backlash for his cost-saving tip he suggested people feeling the strain should eat cereal for dinner think about the cost of cereal for a family versus what they might otherwise do that's going to be much more.

Affordable as for the new prices at Wendy's they'll be tested next year we'll see how that goes coming up Taylor Swift's father accused of assault also ahead a witness at the rust movie Set shooting trial describes the moment a crew member on the Alec Baldwin movie was shot whenever news breaks we are here in.

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Is me this is me Hereafter streaming only on Hulu you should see the strongest females fight for the survival of their families oh hey the queen you should see me in a crowd Jimmy Kimmel what will it be will you go back to your normal Oscars night.

Of sitting alone on the couch scrolling tiktock and eating Churros or will you accept the awesome responsibility of hosting the Oscars taking on with it all the attendant expectations pressur and scrutiny the choice is yours the churo for sure yeah no man you're supposed to why do all the beautiful dummies come to me for advice.

The Oscars Li Sunday March 10th at a new Time on ABC you want bite this morning Taylor Swift's father is accused of assault in Australia Scott Swift allegedly attacked a photographer after getting off a boat with his daughter in Sydney a spokesperson for the singer says two people were aggressively pushing towards her and.

Threatened to throw a member of her staff into the water but the photographer reportedly denies those claims and says he was punched police are investigating no charges have been filed emotional testimony at the manslaughter trial of Hannah Gutierrez Reed she oversaw the weapons for Alec Baldwin's movie rust before that fatal.

Shooting in 2021 now a fellow crew member is describing that tragic day I think the first person I made eye contact with was was Elena who was clearly injured Ross edgo was a crew member on the rust movie set on the stand yesterday he describe the moment cinematographer helina Hutchins was shot by a bullet.

Mistakenly placed in a gun held by Alec Baldwin she was starting to go flush and I think holding her her right side so they were trying to stab stabilize her to get her in a helicopter and get her to whatever ER they felt was uh appropriate the jury yesterday also watched a video of Baldwin handling that gun not long.

Before the Fatal shot was fired a whip it out adgo testified that saf standards on set were not up to par and singled out gutierre Reed for a lack of professionalism she wasn't necessarily as uh serious or professional as I'm accustomed to with the other armors that I've worked with I don't know that I've ever seen an armor pull loose ammo out.

Of a fanny pack adgo also claimed that Alec Baldwin was pressuring the crew to speed up production as for Baldwin's claim that he never pulled the trigger a Firearms expert cast doubt on that theory in order for you to make the gun fire without pulling the trigger when it was in the full coock position you had to break it that's what I had to do in.

My lab it would not fire without pulling the in the full cck setting without being broken Gutierrez Reed's trial is expected to last about two weeks Alec Baldwin's trial begins in July coming up the big money in solar eclipse tourism this spring plus a billion dollar gift means no tuition at this medical school how it all came.

together Jimmy Kimmel what will it be will you go back to your normal Oscars night of sitting alone on the couch scrolling Tik Tock and eating Churros or will you accept the awesome responsibility of hosting the Oscars taking on with it all the attendant expectations pressures and scrutiny the.

Choice is yours the churro for sure yeah no man you're supposed to why do all the beautiful dummies come to me for advice the Oscars live Sunday March 10th at a new Time on ABC are B inside that pen is a slice of human brain I've never seen a place like this in my life oh my god.

Look WoW tonight the Michigan primaries what these key Battleground voters are really thinking about their choices plus the Gaz the ceasefire and hostage deal talks where things stand more Americans turn to World News Tonight with David mure the most watched newscast on television.

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Live time to check the pulse and we begin with solar eclipse tourism ramping up the eclipse on April 8th will be seen in more than a dozen states and and Delta Airlines just added a second Eclipse flight offering a front row seat from Dallas to Detroit the first Eclipse flight sold out in one day the eclipse is big business for cities and towns in.

Its path one city in Indiana hopes to add about $25 million to the local economy but some officials in the eclipse path also have concerns we don't have the amenities or the infrastructure for 50,000 extra people that's just the way it is authorities in Bell County Texas have already declared a emergency fearing the area's population could more.

Than double next a truly life-changing announcement for some medical students they attend the Albert Einstein School of Medicine in New York the head of the Board of Trustees sparked a wild celebration when she announced a 1 billion doll donation which will fund tuition for every medical student I was taking out I think 60k for the tuition.

And then more for living expenses and rent um so probably alt together I think I'm saving now like 180 ,000 and then with interest probably more took half a million the money came from the board chairwoman's late husband who invested in birkshire halfway next it is time for some kenergy after weeks of speculation we will see this performance at the.

Oscars where I see love she sees a friend what will it take for her to see a man behind for me Orion Gosling will perform I'm just Ken from Barbie and Gosling is no stranger to singing on stage getting his start on the Mickey Mouse club with Britney Spears and Justin timberlite and finally snoring is annoying but to.

Babies it can be downright disturbing watch this Baby's reaction to his dad snoring the video already has 8 million views on Tik Tok that is something top headlines next this is ABC News live the crush of families here in Poland at Refugee centers in Putin Russia on the ground in Ukraine close to the front line from the.

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The Oscars live Sunday March 10th at a new Time on ABC you want to bite everywhere we Housewives at Beverly Hill star Erica Jan celebrity attorney Tom gerardi this story was a nuclear explosion today several victims will get a chance to finally meet Erica jority and that's sort of a loss for what to say did you see the documentary the.

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The cops solving my murder it was just the beginning none of it made sense sorry police were about to find out things no one expected this is me this is me this is me herea streaming only on Hulu checking more top stories in an overnight TV appearance President Biden said Israel is ready to pause its war.

Against tamas during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan if a deal is reached to release some Israeli hostages a possible deal would include a six- week ceasefire and the release of some Palestinian prisoners Supreme Court appears skeptical about social media laws passed in Florida and Texas those laws limit how tech companies can police certain.

Political content during arguments Monday the justi has implied the Florida and Texas laws aimed at protecting conservative viewpoints May violate the First Amendment because the tech companies are private Alabama Senator Tommy tuberville now says the ruling in his home state declaring that a frozen embryo is a.

Person is the wrong move tuberville says lawmakers in his state will now work to help make sure fertility treatments will be protected despite the ruling today's weather rain in the Northeast and severe storms including possible tornadoes in parts of the Midwest up to 2 feet of snow in the Rockies and rain on the West Coast.

And finally the pilot soaring to new heights at just 17 she spoke to Danny new we're going back to the DMV it's over it's over for most teenagers passing your road test is hard enough as if all right guys but for 17-year-old Kamura freelan who at 16 became one of the youngest women in American history to complete a.

Solo flight this past October where she's going she doesn't need roads I have a passion for it and I love it after completing that first solo Venture 1351 I call and then her cross country solo back in January on Monday kamora set out to officially become the youngest black women in New York State history to earn her private pilot's.

License I live in Atlanta and I came to see it yeah I wouldn't miss it for the world family traveled from all over to watch kamora take her hourlong test with an examiner some standing in awe channeling how how I think many of us would feel me I'm scared of height so I ain't going you know what I'm saying I'm not going to be to see her doing this.

It's like just amazing she said I bet well after successfully Landing the plane and getting a hug from Mom kamur got to celebrate making history with her family I didn't see this a year and a half ago and to be here and to see it with my own two eyes I'm grateful so proud of you now kamora says she's ready to start College in the fall and to earn.

Her commercial pilot's license amazing like I'm a part of the change that's definitely needed I want other little black girls to do the same by the way as we reached the end of Black History Month the first woman of African-American descent and also Native American descent to earn her pilot's license in the US was Bessie Coleman.

More than a hundred years ago guys well thanks to Danny new so what were you doing at 17 not that that's what's making news in America this morning happy Tuesday it's Tuesday February 27th this could be a political black eye for the president they say he deserves it we start.

Here on primary day in Michigan thousands of Democrats prepare to stick it to Joe Biden Michigan is a pro state if you wondered how the war in Gaza could affect this race this could be a key moment meanwhile in Gaza itself Aid workers say they're too afraid of getting attacked to deliver food you're just getting crowds of people surging.

Towards these trucks and these convoys now could arguments over shipments affect what appears to be a potential ceasefire deal and do you have the right to take down anything on your own website that doesn't speak to at all to whether they have a constitutional right to censor the Supreme Court case that could affect social media.

Forever from ABC News this is start here I'm Brad milky in a presidential election year we often think of the first four contests as the most important Iowa New Hampshire Nevada South Carolina which makes sense their voters do narrow the field in fact this year you could argue they've decided already for the rest of the.

Country we know who the nominees will be but today Michigan holds its primaries and this represents the biggest Bonafide swing state we've seen so far today we're going to win the great state of Michigan and we are going to win back the White House Michigan was a key reason Trump won in 2016 it was one of the states Biden flipped in 2020 and.

I've always believed in Michigan we have the finest Auto Workers in the world here in Michigan You could argue even if each of these primaries are foregone conclusions they could give us real insight into who's resonating more with voters and unlike New Hampshire where there was a last minute effort to show support for President Biden in a state.

Where his name wasn't even on the ballot there's something very different happening in Michigan today in a place with more Arab Americans than any other state in the nation lots of Voters plan to use this moment as a chance to speak directly to Biden and perhaps weaken him politically as a result Nathaniel raikage is a senior elections analyst.

For our partners at 538 Nathaniel what is happening here yes so there has been a pretty robust protest vote movement going on in Michigan uh among the Arab American and Muslim communities there are at least two groups who are urging these people and really everybody who will listen to go out and vote uncommitted in the.

Democratic primaries vote uncommitted and please demand a Sease fire now that is actually an option on the ballot you can basically say I don't want any of these candidates essentially I want uh the my delegates to the convention to go in uncommitted vote uncommitted to prove to him that you cannot kill our people and think that we will forget the logic.

Here is that that's sending a message to Biden whose policies on the Israel Gaza conflict you know they're not big fans of it um and and they'll kind of send him a message perhaps embarrass him by uh giving a strong showing to uncommitted and basically the the not Biden candidate right how significant of a protest vote could speak it's not like.

Biden's going to lose this contest we think to uncommitted right so I mean you know what could the implications be no exactly and certainly you know we shouldn't say that uh dissatisfaction with Biden on Gaza is limited to the Arab American or Muslim communities but it is worth noting that only 2% of Michigan's population is Arab Americans.

So it is a small fraction although probably a larger portion of the democratic party electorate to give you an example um so one of the groups listen to Michigan has said that their goal is to get 10,000 votes for uncommitted uh the other one abandoned Biden has said 20,000 votes um but in kind of the.

Grand scheme of thousands and thousands of votes Biden is still probably going to win this primary with somewhere in the 80s well and 20,000 votes important to remember that back in 2012 Barack Obama was running un opposed 20,000 michiganders voted uncommitted then too so should we just see this as yeah people are going to use these.

Opportunities to show dissatisfaction all the time or is this President particularly vulnerable on the Gaza issue with his base of Democrats yeah I mean obviously Democrats aren't super enthusiastic about him when I saw him speak it just seems like he aged quickly in whether it's because of his age or maybe a perception that he hasn't gotten.

Much done in office I think that people are for Biden because they're just so anti-trump but among the arab-american and Muslim communities it really is about Gaza this is the issue that they will just come back to time and time again we don't support our us tax dollars going towards Israel to ethnically cleanse Palestine it is.

Basically the number one issue the number two issue and the number three issue the point is enough is enough end of the day end of the day that Joe Biden failed himself in especially Metro Detroit there are a lot of palestinian-american communities um some Lebanese American communities whose families may also have been touched by.

The conflict obviously Lebanon uh right on the border there with Israel you wake up every day on social media on the news uh getting phone calls from your loved ones at home whether it's from Palestine or or or Lebanon saying that they don't feel safe from Israeli attacks they have family back there a lot of them have family members who have died um it is an.

All-consuming issue and they see Biden as someone who is really embracing Israel and not showing kind of enough remorse for the plight of the Palestinians Michigan is a pro Palestine state so I voted for Biden in last election cycle and I won't be voting for him this cycle there was a recent poll that was conducted by John zby.

Strategies of Arab American voters and it found that they disapprove of Biden's response to the violence 67% to 26% so pretty decisive uh dissatisfaction there among this community okay so so that's on the Democratic side of things what's going on with the Republicans because you said Nikki Haley just got trounced in South Carolina and she's still going.

Today right like she's participating in this primary what are the expectations yeah I mean you know Nikki Haley hasn't won a single primary yet and she's kind of running out of time like she's got to win one at some point right it's great to be here we came from South Carolina it's colder here Michigan is kind of the first in a long string of primaries that.

I think are going to be really good for Trump even better than the ones that have already happened just because demographically States like New Hampshire and South Carolina are a little bit better for Haley obviously South Carolina is her home State Michigan and like Texas a lot of the states voting on super Tuesday no such.

Luck this November the great state of Michigan is going to tell crooked Joe Biden you're fired get the hell out of here according to 538 pulling average of Michigan Trump is leading their 79% to 22% which is obviously a far cry from uh even the 6040 split that we saw in South Carolina I know 40% is not 50% but I also know 40% is not some tiny.

Group if the polls come true in Michigan that's just a landslide and you know in in many ways that primary is as uncompetitive as the Democratic primary and by the way Brad there's also uh kind of some drama surrounding the delegate allocation in Michigan on the Republican side so this primary is only going to be worth like half of the.

Delegates that Michigan is sending to the RNC the other half is going to be determined by a convention that's happening on Saturday but there's actually a Schism within the Republican party in Michigan where there are two groups that both claim to be the legitimate Republican party of Michigan and they are both holding conventions on.

Saturday um and they're both going to presumably uh say that they want to nominate Trump but there are these two like you know different groups that are going to be claiming oh we're we're sending the delegates to the RNC so it's kind of a mass you know there's a lot of inside baseball there the RNC is going to have to sort it out but um it does go.

To you know to show just kind of how fragmented the uh you know the apparatuses in Michigan that's interesting and you can imagine if this was a more competitive primary like that would be a big problem and yet here we are Nathaniel raikit with our partners at 538 thanks so much.

Thanks this sense of heightened tension around Gaza has gotten to the point where over the weekend a US service member a current member of the US Air Force named Aaron Bushnell walked up to the Israeli Embassy in Washington DC said the words free Palestine and set himself on fire we learned yesterday he has died from his injuries and this.

Comes as residents of Gaza say not only are their streets being bombed their homes being destroyed they're also saying the food and medical supplies they so desperately need aren't even making it in and they're blaming Israel let's go to ABC's foreign correspondent Tom Sufi burd who's in Tel Aviv right now Tom I think the heg has ordered.

Israel to make sure Aid was being sent to civilians there so what is happening well Brad not enough humanitarian Aid is getting into Gaza I mean that's what the UN says they say that there needs to be about 500 trucks of Aid reach in Gaza on on a daily basis throughout this month it's been roughly speaking 100 trucks a day council members were informed of the.

Dire humanitarian situation in the Gaza Strip and of the extremely difficult and dangerous conditions under which United Nations personnel and a broader humanitarian and Health Care community in Gaza are operating and there is one crossing point in the south of Gaza which is open some trucks are getting through there there are pretty extensive.

Security checks by the Israelis at that Crossing Point the Israelis say th those checks are necessary they need to check that it is purely humanitarian Aid going into the strip but you know it's a very very complicated environment for Aid agencies to operate in and not enough of those.

Trucks are kind of getting through to the the worst hit areas and in particular the north of the Gaza Strip I mean up in the north you know there is some fighting it's more limited the war is is wound down a bit up there but the communities are much more cut off I mean you've you've got that only.

One crossing point which is open in the South so getting that Aid right up to the north is is all the more hard and then sometimes when Aid is actually getting into areas you're just getting crowds of people surging towards these trucks and these convoys and it's almost creating a a dangerous Dynamic on the ground for the.

Crews and the and and the employees of those Aid agencies taking in that Aid well right in fact to the point where the UN world food program is now saying like they're pausing Aid shipments into Gaza they're like we can't work like this I think Jordan is even organizing airdrops of food but what I'm not hearing is like there's the Israeli.

Military blocking shipments or something right so so what is the complaint here like how how is Israel complicit in the eyes of these Palestinians I mean it's a myriad of fact is why getting Aid into the areas where there's the greatest need is incredibly hard I mean look the Israelis control the crossing points so they've got their security checks.

There's the broad security environment I.E Israel is still conducting a military campaign and on top of all of that just to complicate things further some Israeli citizens are off their own back going down to Kem Shalom this one crossing point in the South which is open and they're actually physically trying to block Aid getting in they say.

That any Aid that gets into Gaza ultimately ends up in the hands of Hamas and helps Hamas who they deem to be a terrorist group so it's a complicated picture wow and well and that makes me wonder Tom when we talk about ceasefire negotiations because those are ongoing right and it makes me wonder like is aid aid has been part of these talks right.

So I mean is it considered at this point a bargaining ship or like a mandatory thing to you know save many many lives in Gaza there's no an increase in the flow of Aid into Gaza is a condition that Hamas wants for a ceasefire to take place my my National Security advisor tells me that we're close we're close it's not done yet and My Hope Is by next.

Monday we'll have a ceas fire what we've had in the last couple of days is a framework agreement which Israel an Israeli official telling ABC news that Israel is willing to accept that framework would see roughly 40 hostages being released it would see a 6 we ceasefire we're talking about the hostages that could be released maybe.

The elderly the sick possibly female Israeli soldiers not male Israeli soldiers being held her by Hamas in return Israel would release hundreds of Palestinian prisoners and and according to this official the IDF might redeploy its troops to different parts of the Gaza Strip but it would not withdraw its forces complet completely from Gaza the.

Massive caveat right now is that we've had no response officially from Hamas to this proposed framework it depends on Hamas we believe a deal is possible and we hope Hamas will agree to one even though talks are continuing this week in Qatar but a lot more of the detail including getting more Aid into Gaza needs to be worked out right and you.

Were telling me that from the Palestinian side the clock is kind of ticking Ramadan is less than two weeks away a lot of officials on both side of the table said they'd like to get some sort of agreement before that Tom Sufi burage there in Tel Aviv thank you thanks Brad next up on start here a few states.

Have their own terms of service a huge case for social media after the break this is ABC News live the crush of families here in Poland at Refugee Cent Putin Russia on the ground in Ukraine close to the front line from the capital destructive Cat 4 storm you're along I five Boston is in the Bulls let's go ABC News live America's number one streaming.

News anytime anywhere streaming 247 straight to you for free thank you for making ABC newsline America's number one streaming news tonight the Michigan primaries what these key Battleground voters are really thinking about their choices plus the Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal talks where things stand more Americans turn.

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now imagine if you were on YouTube right now and the homepage was just a random sampling of its videos right a music video a DI y tutorial a French advertisement a 3-hour stream of someone's Turtle just pure chaos for companies like YouTube that is poison they know you want to watch certain.

Stuff more than others which is the point of these algorithms that kind of curate your homepage if you don't speak French you won't see French videos anymore if you don't like politics you won't get conservative talk shows pushed your way but what if YouTube had to show that conservative talk show what if by law they had to treat every single piece.

Of content the same yesterday and in Washington the Supreme Court heard a pair of cases that could have profound implications for social media ABC's Devon DWI covers the court Devon what are these cases these are cases that take on the big question Brad of whether social media companies you mentioned are more like newspaper Publishers or.

Telephone companies utilities that have to serve everybody regardless of message classification you name it for Generations in this country social media companies have been in the newspaper column they've been considered Publishers where they have First Amendment rights to decide what we see when we see it and even who can.

Participate in speaking on those sites they famously of course kicked Donald Trump off of X in Facebook after the January 6th attacks that was on the table here these are two cases from Florida and Texas each one dealing with attempts by the Republican legislators in those states to put new limits on social media companies in those States.

For how they limit the types of things we see the types of people that can participate the platforms do not have a First Amendment right to apply their censorship policies in an inconsistent Manner and to censor and deplatform certain users this was a direct response to what has been perceived for many years as censorship of con conservative.

Viewpoints on social media uh and yesterday the Supreme Court got right into it they've never had to answer these questions before uh and in these two cases they're very plainly asked to take on the question of does the first amend apply to when social media companies are moderating the content we see telephone.

And delivery companies that carry speech from point A to point B aren't shielded by the first amendment when they provide that service but that's because they're not producing any expression of their own it's not because there's some kind of common carrier or Communications company exception to the First Amendment and as you and I have talked about many.

Times you talked about it there those algorithms are so critical to how we all experience the internet is that the internet company Facebook Instagram is that them speaking in how they present to us or are they essentially providing a service an open form where they have to really dial down those algorithms and let everybody have a fair shot it's a.

Tricky question and that's the newspaper thing you're saying like a newspaper kind of curates what its front page it it decides what viewpoints what stories they're going to publish that's right and these companies are saying like we we deserve the same sort of latitude journalistic license of course the government can't tell the New York times.

What to write how to write it and they can also not get into the business of what's on the editorial page the government can't require a newspaper to say present both sides you know you carried a conservative oped now you have to carry a liberal one or vice versa the social media companies here have taken that position that the government cannot.

Force them to carry terrorist content cannot force them to carry antivaxer content if they don't want to yeah what's the argument against that well you know the those examples the States would say are are ridiculous of course you know the terrorist content should be banned and there's other laws governing that what they really want to get into.

Though is what they perceive as content moderation they arrange material on the site in various ways but that doesn't speak to at all to whether they have a constitutional right to censor the antivaxer debate is a great example you know in the height of the covid pandemic there was all this information and misinformation swirling around out there.

About covid and the covid vaccine uh and you had these companies sometimes at the urging of the CDC and other government agencies really trying to filter out what the government saw at the time and public health officials saw was dangerous information that was not accurate yet if platforms that passively host the speech of billions of people.

Are themselves the speakers and can discriminate there will be no Public Square to speak of so you had the other side saying well wait a second our views should matter too you can't be silencing us Facebook in stagram these are basically like the Public Square uh and everybody should have an equal say what would happen if the court sided with.

Florida and Texas here like what would that mean for social media companies and what would that mean for us like as we navigate this Digital World well if the court sides with Florida and Texas and upholds these laws the internet companies say the sky will fall I mean honestly if this statute goes into effect we'd sort of have to.

Fundamentally change our business models right out of the gate they say they're going to be pressed with a very expensive and difficult challenge of how they can provide tailored services in Texas and in Florida that comply with the law how do they create news feeds for Facebook users just in Texas that have no filter and vice versa in Florida.

How can Facebook and X enforce their rules about what people can and can't say in most of the country but not enforce them in Florida so they'd be faced immediately with a very practical challenge but for the rest of us if we're living in those States the internet companies say it would mean a very complicated and unpleasant user.

Experience there would be no filter on what comes through the feed or the search uh results that you type into Google or the search box on any of those apps um they say everything would have to be presented because you know these same companies are getting hammered by people that say we're not doing enough to keep material that's harmful to.

Children off of these sites and yet these laws make it impossible for us to keep material that's that's harmful to children off of our sites unless we take so much material off of our sites that nobody can say that we not being inconsistent or not discriminating Facebook Google they're multifaceted platforms I mean Facebook has the.

Messenger function which is like email uh and so there was a lot of concern can Facebook limit what types of messages are being sent can they get into that game I I take it your view then is that uh providers can discriminate on the basis of political views religious beliefs maybe even race there was almost a divide brat among the conservatives I.

Mean traditional conser conservatives stick their nose up at more government regulations so here you have two uh republican-led States regulating private businesses and you had Chief Justice John Roberts asking aloud we're talking about the First Amendment whether our first concern should be uh uh with the state regulating uh what you know we.

Have called the modern uh Public Square but at the same time you had justices like Samuel Leo and Clarence Thomas who have long been skeptical and outspoken uh against these Behemoth social media companies particularly in like how they've treated conservatives um take a much harder line towards them what is the algorithm saying I.

Don't know I'm not on any you know but what is it saying at one point Clarence Thomas kind of funny acknowledged he wasn't quite sure um how the algorithm actually works on these sites and what it actually quote unquote says is it actually speech to have an algorithm you know filtering content he asked drew a little bit of a chuckle from those in.

The courtroom but his point is maybe that isn't covered by the First Amendment and that these companies actually should be regulated by the government yeah there's always these moments where the justices don't sound super hip with it then all of a sudden I'm like I don't know what the algorithm says either I don't know any of this all.

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Live and one last thing we talk about how bad doctor waiting room times can get in the US well now imagine if half the doctors walked out of the job get up get up right now in South Korea 10,000 doctors are on strike this is about 2third of their residents and interns the young doctors that are often the first person to check you out before a.

Specialist gets involved for the last week appointments have been cancelled surgeries and Cancer Treatments have been delayed an 80-year-old woman died by Cardiac Arrest last Friday after seven hospitals turned her away saying we just don't have the staff to treat you it's got to the point where the country's prime minister has issued a.

Threat get back to work by Thursday or face suspensions fines potentially go to jail if your patients are affected how did it all get to this well right now there are drastic doctor shortages in South Korea particularly for some of the less lucrative areas like Pediatrics parents routinely have to scramble to find someone to care for.

Their child the government said all right let's get more doctors and announced a plan to double enrollment at their medical schools they're offering incentives to people who want to study Pediatrics but these current doctors said that's not going to fix the problem according to them the reason students don't want these jobs is because.

Conditions are terrible and that's not going to change with crowd medical schools and still underfunded facilities if anything they say this is a political Band-Aid ahead of April elections critics of these doctors though say the only reason you guys are striking is cuz you're in a profession where you're highly sought after you're paid better.

Than the average Korean and now you see 10,000 new doctors about to flood into your profession you guys are just worried your monopol is going away whoever is right this is one of the few weeks of the year that Americans can look at another developed country and say you guys really need to get your medical system system figured.

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Polls are open in Michigan will this make a difference for Nikki Haley as former president Trump looks to secure the GOP nomination we are on the ground speaking to voters about their decision and President Biden is meeting with Congressional leaders in just a few hours the topics they'll address as Biden prepares to go to the Border late.

This week plus another damning lawsuit for music mogul sha P Diddy comes the new accusations he's facing and his lawyers response to the $30 million demands but first our top story across country storm marches Eastward bringing severe weather with hail damaging winds and possible tornadoes to the Midwest this as the historic winter Heat Wave.

Rolls on large parts of the country could see record high temperatures today from Texas stretching all the way to Vermont ABC News chief meteorologist Ginger Z has the latest let's go through this forecast there's a lot to talk about alltime winter heat meaning December through February we saw several sites have their warmest and these.

Records go back to the 1870s Chicago could do it today having alltime either February or warmest winter temperature on record into the mid 7s they'll go so this is beyond just the Daily records being broken but there were plenty of those too Laredo Texas was 98 Dallas was 94 one of the earliest 90 Dee temperatures on record Minneapolis was.

65° and you remember they've had their warmest winter on record record so this trend just keeps on keeping on and there will be more of those today everybody who is circled from Burlington back to Jackson Mississippi Memphis Tennessee could see Daily records broken and some of them will see alltime February or winter temperatures broken it is going.

To be a quick snap back to reality the cold blast comes in take Chicago from 75 to 22 tonight Minneapolis from Mondays 65 to 6 tonight so there's a big flip but it is going to quickly go back to record highs by this weekend in the Midwest we'll get to that but let's talk about the 150 wildfires that have broken out in Mississippi alone there are big-.

Time red flag warnings from there back to Oklahoma Texas there are some evacuations even happening from homes because of the wildfires red flag warnings still in place for wide swath across the plains high wind alerts for up to 45 mph gusts in many places up to 60 uh in parts of the Midwest and here's the probably most important part of the.

Day to look at this when you've got that division of temperature so great you're going to create the potential for tornadoes and that's what we have today from Grand Rapids Michigan to St Joe for Wayne Indianapolis St Louis and Chicago look at Cincinnati's in there Cleveland too much of Northwestern Kentucky so please be alert and weather aware.

Anywhere there in the great lakes or Midsouth Stephanie all right Jer thank you so much voters are heading to the polls for the primary in the critical swing state of Michigan former president Trump is expected to win big again over his only Republican opponent Nikki haly meanwhile President Biden is facing a protest vote over his stance on the war.

In Gaza ABC News chief White us correspondent Mary Bruce is at the polling site in Dearborn with the latest a critical test for President Biden in Michigan Michigan citizens are engaged in this process and are making sure their voice is heard nationally the Democratic party has rallied around President Biden but here he may have.

Competition not from another candidate but from the quote uncom committed Furious over the president's refusal to push for an enduring ceasefire in Gaza young voters activists and members of the states large Arab and Muslim American communities now urging voters to check the uncommitted box in protest I want to support Biden but he's like.

Right now know I just can't with the actions that are happening I can't support him at this point but I do hope that he does change course in 2020 Arab Americans turned out overwhelmingly for Biden helping deliver him this critical state by just 154,000 votes but after months of Biden's staunch backing of Israel in its.

War in Gaza that support now sharply in doubt President Biden is risking another Trump term over his support for the most right-wing government most extremist government in the in the history of Israel facing mounting protests and growing pressure the White House has tried to reach out to members of the community but for many here it may be.

Too little too late their anger raw we're tired of Democrats running on Progressive platforms and doing the exact Republicans Donald Trump has barely campaigned here but he's expected to once again cruise to victory over his final opponent former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley Haley vowing to stay in through super Tuesday arguing.

That nearly half of Republican primary voters are against Trump 40% of the vote is not with him you can't win a general election if you don't get the 40% but both Biden and Trump are already pivoting to the general election now as for that uncommitted movement here in Michigan their goal isn't to deny President Biden a victory instead.

They're hoping to get 10,000 uncommitted votes that's the margin by which Donald Trump won this state in 2016 and if they can do that then they hope that they can send the president a message loud and clear push him to make change change and show him that he can't take these voters and their concerns for granted Stephanie Mary so much to look out for let's check.

Him now with ABC's zaren Shaw who is joining us now from Michigan for more zaren Michigan has the second largest Middle Eastern and North African populations that's according to the Census Bureau some voters are trying to send a message to President Biden over the war in Gaza by voting uncommitted talk to us a little bit about how.

Significant that is yeah it's incredibly significant Stephanie I mean they are hoping these groups here are hoping for 10,000 votes in the uncommitted category uh that is how much Hillary Clinton lost to Donald Trump by in 2016 so they feel like if they get 10,000 that's enough to signal to Biden that perhaps that they can.

Swing an election in this state come November now the they want a couple of things they want a ceasefire and they want the us to stop funding Israel in this War uh they do not like Trump but they feel very betrayed and they feel hurt by Biden because this is a candidate that they supported last time around and they want him to change his.

Policies and and zaren you being there on the ground in Michigan I'm sure you're seeing a lot of the ads on on local stations there how are these candidates making their final pushes um as we had into this primary well Trump isn't even in this state today uh Nikki Haley is not either in fact she is in Colorado that's uh.

State that is going to be voted on next week not even right now uh Biden is in the white house uh he he mentioned the ceasefire yesterday on Seth Meers he said quote I hope by the end of the weekend by next Monday my National Security adviser tells me that we are close of course saying that just one day before uh this election here Steph and.

That does have a lot to say none of the candidates being there in the state but zaren thank you for being there in Detroit we appreciate your insights thanks so much zaren President Biden is set to meet with top Congressional leaders today as they face a Friday deadline to pass a spending Bill to avoid a partial.

Government shutdown they're also set to discuss critical funding for Ukraine and Israel ABC News senior Congressional correspondent Rachel Scott is on Capitol Hill with the latest well here we go again the last minute scrambled to try to avert a government shutdown just days away so today you will see the top four Congressional leaders head to the White.

House for a meeting with President Biden and vice president kamla Harris if lawmakers do not act by Friday then funding runs out for several key agencies including agriculture transport ation housing and veteran services more than 100,000 federal workers would go without pay that also includes air traffic controllers which could possibly.

Lead to some travel disruptions and then one week later you would see the rest of the federal government shut down with funding running out for the Pentagon and Department of Homeland Security Now the new Speaker of the House Mike Johnson he will be absolutely critical during these negotiations he is facing immense pressure from the right of his.

Conference to use this as an opportunity to score some conservative policy wins on immigration and abortion those those are non-starters for Democrats and while much of the focus in that room will be on how to avert this possible government shutdown we are told the president is also likely to make another case to provide additional Aid to both Israel.

And Ukraine the Senate has already passed the bill to do that it's gone nowhere in the House Stephanie it has not Rachel Scott for us on Capitol Hill thank you Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is blaming President Biden's border policies for the death of a nursing student police say 22-year-old lakan Riley's alleged killer was previously.

Arrested for entering the country illegally now her death is fueling the debate over immigration senior National correspondent Steve ens Sami has the latest on this Stephanie authorities say that this young woman died of blunt forced trauma and that the man they have in custody used an object to kill her Federal immigration authorities have now.

Issued what's called a detainer for this murder suspect which had they done earlier would have kept him from being released after his other arrests students at the University of Georgia came together to say good things and to say goodbye to 22-year-old lak and hope Riley it is so obvious to me why it feels so dark right now and that is.

Because we lost one of the brightest lights that there's ever been the nursing student from a school nearby was killed on the ug campus While She Was Out jogging last week and her murder has become a case in point in the debate over immigration in America police say that her alleged killer is this man 26-year-old Jose Antonio Ibara he's from.

Venezuela and according to Federal officials was let go after he was arrested for unlawfully entering the country near El Paso Texas a year and a half ago Georgia's governor is demanding answers from President Biden and his immigration authorities lak's death is a direct result of failed policies on the federal.

Level and an unwillingness by this White House to secure the southern border authorities believe iara illegally entered the US in 2022 and has several run-ins with law enforcement since then but was paroled or released before Customs Enforcement agents could step in his brother who was also arrested for allegedly carrying a fake green card was.

Also arrested before by local authorities and released both President Biden and former president Trump are taking competing trips to the US Southern border this week an issue in the minds of many Americans of course this election season Stephanie such a sad story Steve thank you so much President Biden says he.

Hopes to have a ceasefire and hostage deal in place by next week Israel has agreed to a framework but Qatari officials involved in negotiations say there is no breakthrough to announce yet foreign correspondent Tom Sufi burd has the latest from Israel President Biden predicting a ceasefire in Gaza within the next six days saying he's been told.

A deal is close but not done yet but this morning an Israeli official telling us that prediction from President Biden took Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu by surprise now key to getting a deal is ensuring more Aid can reach the Gaza Strip we're at one of the main Crossing points for a trucks from Egypt over the Border there into Israel here.

And onto Gaza as you can see these protesters have been here all morning they're packing up now but they say they're blocking the trucks getting onto Gaza to prevent humanitarian Aid falling into the hands of Hamas now meanwhile those negotiations continuing in Qatar Israel this morning signaling a major shift saying it might be willing to free.

Palestinians convicted of serious terrorist offenses in return for the release of female Israeli soldiers being held in Gaza that's according to a senior Israeli official and for all the optimism Israeli officials still calling hamas's demands delusional Israel also promising that hundreds more a trucks going through Crossing points like this.

One will soon reach the Gaza Strip these protesters who've been blocking this route reject the idea that their actions are contributing to the dire humanitarian situation inside the Gaza Strip we're seeing more evidence that children in Gaza are dying of malnutrition we are all certainly hoping for a CE.

Fire very very soon thank you Tom for that report the Biden Administration is sending the Health and Human Services secretary to Alabama after the state's Supreme Court ruled Frozen embryos are children now families are looking for answers as hospitals pause IVF treatments ABC's Elizabeth shely has the latest from.

Huntsville hey Stephanie doctors at clinics like this one here in Alabama tell us they're hopeful there will soon be a solution to allow them to move forward with IVF treatments without facing legal risks three of the state's major clinics have still paused new IVF treatments after Alabama Supreme Court determined that embryos that are frozen.

Are children and discarding unused embryos can make clinics liable for wrongful death one provider here tells us that one fifth of their patients typically have embryos discarded because they are just not viable or not used what this all means for families is that they still do not have desperately needed answers about their fertility.

Plans the Biden Administration today is dispatching its top health official HHS secretary Javier Basera to meet with families in Birmingham and now Alabama Republican senator Tommy tuberville who's struggled to make his position on IVF clear says that state lawmakers will pass a law to protect IVF we expect that that legislation could be introduced as.

Soon as today families and doctors are set to Rally outside of the state courthouse tomorrow to demand that it get passed immediately Stephanie and we will be watching Elizabeth thank you so much coming up a witness at the rust movie Set shooting trial describes the moment a crew member on the Alec Baldwin movie was shot what they revealed and.

The new trial date for the A-list actor also ahead an ABC News investigation into safety concerns at sequest the popular interactive aquarium found across the country one family sharing their story after their young daughter was bitten by one of the animals that's coming.

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Armorer for the film rust the jury also watched video of actor Alec Baldwin handling the gun that later fired on set killing cinematographer uh helina helina Huston's ABC's Andrew dibert has the latest I think the first person I made eye contact with was was Elena who was clearly injured.

Ross adgo was a crew member on the rust movie set on the stand yesterday he described the moment cinematographer helina Hutchins was shot by a bullet mistakenly placed in a gun held by Alec Baldwin she was starting to go flush and I think holding her her her right side so they were trying to stab stabilize her to get her in a.

Helicopter and get her to whatever ER they felt was uh appropriate the jury yesterday also watched a video of Baldwin handling that gun not long before the Fatal shot was fired a whip it out Ado testified that safety standards on set were not up to par and singled out gutierre re for a lack of professionalism she wasn't necessarily.

As uh serious or professional as I'm accustomed to with the other armors that I've worked with I don't know that I've ever seen an armor pull loose ammo out of a fanny pack edgo also claimed that Alec Baldwin was pressuring the crew to speed up production as for Baldwin's claim that he never pulled the trigger a Firearms expert cast doubt on that.

Theory in order for you to make the gun fire without pulling the trigger when it was in the full coock position you had to break it that's what I had to do in my lab it would not fire without pulling the in the full setting without being broken that's ABC's Andrew diber reporting Gutierrez has pleaded not.

Guilty her trial is expected to last two weeks Alec Baldwin's trial begins in July now to an ABC News investigation zoos and Aquariums host roughly 180 million people people each year but some critics are concerned about safety standards at a popular interactive aquarium that can be found across the country one Texas family is speaking out.

After they say their young daughter was bitten by an animal during a visit to one of the sequest interactive aquariums an ABC News investigation found sequest has faced dozens of citations by state and federal agencies Ariel riff has more is that high enough what started as a day of family fun at an aquarium turned into a scary encounter for Lola who was.

8 months old at the time I just can't believe this happened the family was visiting sequest a nationwide chain of interactive aquariums a staff member actually came up to us and said you can touch all the animals and my daughter was feeding the Sting Ray and all of a sudden she like shrieked and I saw the fish biting her fingers Helen says she.

Was alarmed to find Lola bleeding after being bitten by a grouper but even more shocking Helen says was how says the employees reacted it kind of seemed like it was no big deal to them they offered me a few Band-Aids the company says that guest injuries are taken very seriously and their immediate priority is to address any injuries sustained sequest.

Says that their millions of visitors each year have a great experience and on social media the company promotes their facilities as places where you can engage with the animals these places are right in the middle of America's malls easy access shopping grabbing lunch they attract parents who want to to show a great time for their kids kitty block.

The CEO of the Humane Society of the United States says that interacting with animals like these can carry a risk what is the concern with humans interacting with some of these animals wild animals are just that they're wild they can hurt people it's not because they're intending to do it they're wild animals and a lot of time they just want to get.

Away from you an ABC News investigation with three of our affiliate stations found that since sequest opened its first location in 2016 there there have been at least 76 incidents where guests and staff have reported being bitten or scratched by an animal and in the past 5 years sequest facilities were cited more than 80 times by the USDA for issues.

Including potential disease hazards and inadequate care of the animals sequest telling ABC news that with hundreds of employees and thousands of animals injury and mortality though very rare exist they said they continually Implement training and procedures to ensure they are working to prevent citations but critics say these.

Aquariums continue to put the public and the animals at risk they keep operating when they get fined this is about profit and the Humane Society of the United States advises families if you plan to visit an aquarium check if it is accredited by the Association of zoos and Aquariums which has the highest standard for guest and animal safety.

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Can really be you know harrowing and just tough to get over in the first place he was a junior at marjerie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Florida when a gunman went on a shooting rampage killing 14 of his peers and three staff members everybody who was a part of that um that tragedy really lost someone that was you know close to them.

Or somebody they knew um and it's it's it's it's really just an experience I wouldn't wish on anybody while many of his classmates have turned to Capital Hill advocating for gun control to prevent further shootings Kai has turned to technology specifically artificial intelligence we really want to build something that people could.

Just really scream at uh and get recommendations for you know Wellness content that meets their emotional needs from the sound of their voice no matter what language they're speaking right what I ultimately wanted to do is make people happy you know I want them to kind of feel a sense of joy Joy is the name of the app Kai created to help.

Survivors like himself get the help they need we built an algorithm that can recognize how you feel from the sound of your voice here's how it works you speak into the app and from your voice it detects your emotional state it's going to be an interesting day from there the joy app suggests Wellness routines and mindfulness practices but Kai says it's.

Not intended to take the place of the need for professional psychological help so basically you could be you know walking down the street and get your daily dose of mindfulness and bite-sized chunks making mindfulness more expansive and open to everyone is something that we really believe we've achieved with the joy app had you had this app you.

Know in the days and the months after you know the horrific shooting at your high school what would have changed for you how would things have been different you know I think if I had a resource like this um it would have been a lot easier for me to kind of understand what the practices and resources were that would have been able to help me in that.

Moment when I was feel when I was at my my you know kind of worst or my lowest space after all that such an important conversation thank you so much Morgan for more I am joined by psychiatrist and Brightside Health co-founder Dr Mimi winsburg Dr winsburg AI is basically in our daily lives consistently with people finding.

Countless new ways to utilize the technology but can it really replace your psychiatrist or doctor we're in the midst of a National Health crisis right now and National Mental Health Health crisis and we have a shortage of providers so at bright side we're delivering lifechanging and you know life saving Care at times by.

Using technology to help doctors deliver their care most people think of AI as a a bot a chat bot or a therapy bot that you might talk to as a standalone tool it's not quite ready for prime time as far as that goes responsible use of AI means keeping humans in the loop so we're using AI as an assistant to provide ERS to help them get more.

FaceTime with their providers it can help them take some of the administrative tasks out of the loop it can also help reinforce lessons between sessions much in the way that um that that your shooting Survivor was helping P people with mindfulness practices in between maybe some Professional Care that they might be receiving those are.

Some really good points and I suppose it doesn't hurt to have another option right what are some of your biggest concerns though about AI entering the medical space well we want to use think of AI as a co-pilot a GPS of sorts rather than a self-driving car so we want to think of it as reducing administrative tasks for.

Providers or giving people access to tools that they wouldn't otherwise have the other way we might use it is to think about predicting risk so there's good evidence that it can it can show you if somebody might be able to be in crisis later on or what kind of treatment they might respond to we know that more time with your healthc care.

Provider means that you're going to feel better so let's think about using AI to help the human aspect of healthare and reducing the part of Health Care that has become less human over time and and let's talk about AI possibly diagnosing uh people with a disease some in the medical community believe AI can do that can help doctors.

Diagnose a disease also provide personalized treatment what are your thoughts on that I guess that that's kind of a helpful step I guess before the person sees the doctor in person that's right so at bright side for instance we collect a lot of data points before your your doctor or therapist sees you and in doing that it.

Can give us a sense of what treatment might be best for you so looking at what particular types of uh depression symptoms you have or anxiety symptoms you have can help predict the right treatment having this available to your doctor is very very helpful so that is a great use of AI and you mentioned earlier that we are in the midst of a.

Nationwide Mental Health crisis will AI assisted healthc care allow for more patients for instance to get help I hope so one of the things we're working on at bright side is of course to deliver access we get people into care in less than 48 hours this is so necessary we're more than of counties don't have a single psychiatrist and.

People are waiting months for appointment Times by using technology we can have a doctor's time be used where it's needed rather than for a lot of the automated administrative tasks or some of the tasks that can be delivered automatically to to patients in between appointments to help them manage their symptoms and AI could create more.

Affordable alternatives for patients as well all really good points Dr Mimi winsburg thank you so much for your time I'm really appreciate it and if you are experiencing a mental health or emotional crisis call or text 988 to speak with a trained counselor and that is 247 coming up another damning lawsuit.

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Totality from Texas all the way to Maine on April 8th we've got you covered now to the new allegations against John Diddy Colmes a music producer is accusing hip hop mogul of sexually assaulting him and forcing him to have sex with prostitutes but a lawyer for Colmes called the events described in the lawsuit pure fiction this is now one.

Of several sexual assault lawsuits filed against combes in recent months including a lawsuit from the R&B singer Cassie that was settled last year to break this all down for us I want to bring in trial attorney and ABC News contributor Brian buckmire so nice to see you always great to be here with you so you've you've been covering this for.

For a while I mean you're familiar with sha p uh Diddy combes not only does this lawsuit mentioned Diddy it also includes other aess celebrities what stands out here to you so if you see me looking down I'm looking down at the 73 page complaint that was filed yesterday in terms of allegations of celebrities we're talking about Cuba Gooding Jr.

Being shown through still photos of what the complainant says they have videos of of groping him their allegations of P Diddy um touching the genitalia and anus of the complaintant and also if you look to the complaint here there's a few Easter eggs here where it says the rapper redacted on Mr coles's yacht consorting with underage girls uh and.

Sex workers and you look down to redaction it says well the person is a Philly rapper who dated uh Nicki Minaj I think that may be Meek Mills and also says an R&B singer redacted in Mr Colmes Los Angeles home consorting with underage girls and sex worker you go down to the redaction it says he's a Grammy award-winning R&B singer who had.

Trouble with law enforcement after assaulting a beian billionaire I don't know who's a billionaire from Barbados that we know that dated someone that sounds like Chris Brown so there's a lot of big names here both as Easter ranks and also just on the front pages of these allegations wow just huge the lawsuit also claims the misconduct.

Happened during the creation of Diddy's latest album The Love album and is seeking as we've mentioned $30 million the suit not only names the Mogul but includes his son and Universal Music Group claiming there is an alleged Rico Enterprise to enable his misconduct explain why the lawsuit goes beyond Diddy and what's kind of at stake here.

This my hearing just flies off here yeah this along with Cassie's uh lawsuit that you talked about earlier that was settled reads a lot like what we saw in the R Kelly case in the edny where they're talking about this being a criminal Enterprise that's all feeding towards this one individual's uh depravity of wanting drugs and sex and.

Rock and roll roll and everything in between that everyone seemed to know and go out and facilitate what sha Diddy Colmes wanted even in part of these allegations or these complaint they call his chief of staff the Gan Maxwell to p diddies uh Jeffrey Epstein saying that this is a total sexual Enterprise to feed into uh his desires and we want to.

Note that Diddy has denied all claims against him but this can't possibly help his brand like how do where do you see this going and and and where do you see this lawsuit going again I draw the comparison to to that of AR Kelly where there might have been Rumors in the background there were lawsuits that were settled there were Whispers uh behind.

Closed doors but as those Whispers start to grow and grow and get louder you potentially could see greater civil litigation they're saying in this case they want to fight it potentially we see a jury trial out of here but this is based on sex trafficking allegations as well as claims that are criminal in nature for me I'm thinking sdny that.

Being the southern district of man of New York right here in Manhattan they're probably looking at these allegations and thinking where are the videos where are these still shots that we're seeing in these complaint and can we investigate it to see if there's more here potentially criminal charges and that could probably come out at some.

Point potentially all right Brian thank you so much for your time thanks for unwrapping that for us pleasure now to Taylor Swift Trouble on the tour Maybe Taylor Swift's father is accused of assaulting a photographer in Australia police and Sydney are investigating after they received a complaint by a Paparazzi he says that Taylor Swift's.

Father Scott allegedly assaulted him as he was trying to take photos of the Superstar following her final concert in Australia Lara Spencer has the details for us Mayhem as cameras capture Taylor Swift's Final hours in Australia the pop Superstar walking on a dock with her father got when Paparazzi swarmed the.

Pair ABC licensed the material from the photographer who says he was allegedly assaulted by Scott Swift in it you can see Taylor with an umbrella over her head her dad holding her hand guiding her towards a waiting vehicle although not seen in the video Scott is accused of striking photographer Ben McDonald who was on the.

Scene with another photographer McDonald telling the herald quote security sort of pushed us around with the umbrellas McDonald saying Scott Swift decided to add to the mix and throw a punch in although the situation was quote under control a spokesperson for Taylor Swift saying quote two individuals were aggressively pushing their way towards.

Taylor grabbing at her security personnel and threatening to throw a female staff member into the water dad got a fixture on Taylor's tour frequently spotted by celebrities and fans who praised him at the Sydney shows for handing out free sandwiches New South Wales police are currently.

Investigating whether or not Swift was involved in the alleged attack or whether a crime was committed at all there were no reported injuries all right Lara thank you so much for that report and those details coming up spring break on a budget we are finding the best savings from skis to the high seas.

Also ahead The Man Behind the tan Ryan Gosling's Oscar moment is finally here and he is expected to bring the energy will Gans is Ken enough and has that tea that's coming up Jimmy Kimmel what will it be will you go back to your normal Oscars night of sitting alone on the couch scrolling ticktock and eating Churros or will you.

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High seas we have the ultimate travel tips and tricks for your next adventure Expedia group's travel expert Melanie fish joins me now hey there Melanie thanks for joining us what are some of the most popular destinations for travelers this year I am so eager to hear this it's here March is almost here and that's the start of spring break.

Travel season there are some unusual destinations on the most popular list this year Austin Texas that's where I am Dallas Texas Cleveland Ohio now I think you probably already know what these places all have in common they're all in that path of totality um on April 8th when the eclipse happens and so it's really kind of throwing out of whack the.

Traditional list of top spring travel destinations but it's not taking away from the demand for those traditionally popular places like Orlando punana Cancun uh demand for those destinations are up double digits and then when we're talking about farther of field trips de the number of searches for flights to Tokyo in the Expedia app up.

55% this year it's cherry blossom season I just got back I still have the jet flag from my very first trip to Tokyo and I can give you a firsthand account that yes those cherry blossoms are starting starting to show well jet lag and all you still look Fab and thank you for joining us um path of totality that makes complete sense I I mentioned this.

Earlier my brother's been texting me about this he wants to go to Dallas to to see that that solar eclipse so um we'll see if I meet him there but you know there's so many sites out there how can Spring Breakers find the best price well a lot of it depends on when you can travel so that first week in April the week of April 2nd is predicted.

To be the most expensive time to fly this spring so if you can avoid that do that the most affordable time to fly at the very beginning of March or the end of April now it's spring break so the school calendar dictates for a lot of people when they can go they can't chase the cheapest flights so you might want to consider flying on on a Tuesday the.

Average flight prices tend to be lower when you fly on a Tuesday rather than on a Saturday and if you can book those tickets 30 days out you're going to save an average of 24% so start looking at those flights for the beginning of April right now some really good tips you you want I and I see this often you want to plan.

That 30 days before booking really does save you a lot of money any other additional tips you may have for those planning packing for spring break vacations keep it all in a carryon I mean that those tips don't change keep it on a carry on it gets you in and out of the airport faster take that first flight in the morning or at least a.

Morning flight if you can the Expedia airx report found that those afternoon flights after 3: in the afternoon are 50% more likely to be cancelled so those earli flights are definitely better earlier flights and bring the carryon oh my goodness the carryon it's so hard for me where am I going to put all my spring break hats they don't all fit in there.

But warmer so choose a warm weather destination yes really really great tips thank you so much that's Expedia group's uh travel expert for us Melanie thank you for your time and it is time now for the tea where we break down some of the Buzzy stories people are talking about our friend will Gans is here to help us out will I am so happy to see you on.

This Monday morning okay but the next time I'm here I want you to be wearing one of those fashionable spring break hats that you're talking about hard one it might even hit you from where I'm sitting take it I'll take it it's always in style if you're wearing it Stephanie Ramos all right let's jump over to Barbie land where he's just Ken but.

Anywhere else he'd be a 10 well expect a 10 center stage at this year's Oscars because according to variety Ryan Gosling is set to perform I'm just Ken at the ceremony next weekend for best supporting actor himself Gosling has kept us guessing about this performance since it was nominated for best original song and just last week at the Grammys.

Mark Ronson who produced the song said if Ryan doesn't do it nobody will thankfully Ken said yes and as he would say Sublime that was good I was waiting for you to sing this a little tune I'm just Ken anywhere else that be a 10 it's so catchy it's so good I'm looking forward to his performance and.

If this means we're going to get a glimpse of the Ryan Gosling ABS on stage at the Oscars I'll be there I'll be with the binoculars all right now to JLo fresh off the release of her album and film this is me now dropping a documentary today on Amazon on the making of that film the Superstar opening up about starring in it.

Financing it dancing in it and writing it reviews say that she's very honest in this new documentary sharing that she asked Taylor Swift to be in it and she said no JLo also putting her relationship with Ben Affleck on play the greatest love story never told is streaming on Prime video right now I cannot wait to watch this that is so.

Exciting I heard that she she financed it herself because no one would pick it up like you know what I'll do it myself this is a crazy idea there's so many different concepts coming together and she believed in it enough to be like fine I'll do it myself I love that yeah really cool I'm excited to watch it cuz I did watch the movie so I I do want to.

See kind of how it all came together because it is a a weird movie you know so interesting to see how that comes to life right next to a huge honor for Miley Cyrus who just celebrated a record of the Year win at the Grammys for her song flowers in fact you likely remember that hilarious unscripted moment during her performance of the song Take a.

Look why are you acting like you don't know this song okay so it turns out that she's got a point there the International Federation of the phonographic industry just named flowers the number one song in the world last year consumed more than any other track in 2023 beating out.

Sisses Kill Bill and Selena Gomez and rema's calm down at numbers 2 and three respectively so that song was listened to more than anything else last year oh yeah I mean it's such a good song my kids are singing it you know you've made it when your song is on kids Bob that's all we listen to so it is on 247 it's like wow that's a really that's I know.

That's a hit song Keep Your Grammys I'd like to make it to the kids boob get to kids boob radio and you're you're you're it well Miley did both so exactly I'm really excited about this next story okay some music news from a Galaxy not so far away Dr cyan Proctor is the first black woman to Pilot a spacecraft and she's also a You2 Super Fan having first.

Seen the band as a teenager in the 80s and while she was in space she spoke with Bono on the phone for 20 minutes and Bono surprised her with an album when she got back to Earth he also just gave her a really really cool shout out in the middle of you two show at the sphere take a look some have come from space that's right canion proor is in.

The house I wrote a love letter to space she wrote me one back give it up for San Proctor out on the great great extraordinary woman scien the band went on to play Beautiful Day which was the launch day song for Dr San record-breaking inspiration for Mission I just it's it's this is not a romantic thing at all but it's kind of.

Reminding me of Taylor and Travis like when two Titans of their own Industries somehow form a cool relationship I just love to see that one of the great artists of the world celebrating a great scientist really cool story yeah I it really is I'm so glad that they connected and what a beautiful gesture by you too I mean just ex forward and.

Keep shouting her out really really neat story thank you will so nice to see you I'll see you in the Hat next time in the Hat we'll see I want to keep my job thank you will and thank you all for streaming with us I'm Stephanie Ramos ABC News live is here for you anytime for the latest news context and Analysis and wait before we go we want to tell.

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Up on ABC News live first the polls are open in Michigan will this make a difference for Nikki Haley as former president Trump looks to secure the GOP nomination we are on the ground speaking to voters about their decision President Biden is meeting with Congressional leaders today the topics they'll address as Biden prepares to go to the Border.

Late this week dangerous storms are on the Move Coast to Coast where Americans are bracing for large hail possible tornadoes and winter riplash and where the record February heat is set for a big setback plus the fast food Wars heating up getting a frosty reception how Wendy's is taking a page out of Uber's Playbook when it comes to.

Prices we begin with voters heading to the Poo for the primary in the critical swing state of Michigan former president Trump is expected to win big again over his only Republican opponent Nikki Haley meanwhile president Biden is facing a protest vote over his stance on the war in Gaza ABC News Chief Lighthouse correspondent Mary Bruce is at a polling.

Site in Dearborn with the latest a critical test for President Biden in Michigan Michigan citizens are engaged in this process and are making sure their voice is heard nationally the Democratic party has rallied around President Biden but here he may have competition not from another candidate but from the quote uncommitted Fury over.

The president's refusal to push for an enduring ceasefire in Gaza young voters activists and members of the state's large Arab and Muslim American communities now urging voters to check the uncommitted box in protest I want to support Biden but he's like right now know I just can't with the actions that are happening I can't support them at.

This point but I hope that he does change in 2020 Arab Americans turned out overwhelmed inly for Biden helping deliver him this critical state by just 154,000 votes but after months of Biden's staunch backing of Israel in its war in Gaza that support now sharply in doubt President Biden is risking another Trump term over his support for the most.

Right-wing government most extremist government in the in the history of Israel facing mounting protests and growing pressure the White House has tried to reach out to members of the community but for many here it may be too little too late their anger raw we're tired of Democrats running on Progressive platforms and doing the.

Ex Donald Trump has barely campaigned here but he's expected to once again cruise to victory over his final opponent former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley Haley vowing to stay in through super Tuesday arguing that nearly half of Republican primary voters are against Trump 40 4% of the vote is not with him you can't win a general.

Election if you don't get the 40% but both Biden and Trump are already pivoting to the general election now as for that uncommitted movement here in Michigan their goal isn't to deny President Biden a victory instead they're hoping to get 10,000 uncommitted votes that's the margin by which Donald Trump won this state in 2016 and if they.

Can do that then they hope that they can send the president a message loud and clear push him to make change and show him that he can't take these voters and their concerns for granted Stephanie Mary Bruce ver in Michigan thank you so much let's turn to ABC's zaren Shaw who is joining us now from Detroit for more zaren thank you so much for joining us.

Again Michigan has the second largest Middle Eastern and North African populations that's according to the Census Bureau some voters are trying to send a message to President Biden over the war in Gaza by voting uncommitted we we heard Mary uh talk about that briefly what's at stake for President Biden yes a lot is at stake potentially and.

You also mentioned the Middle Eastern population here what goes beyond that right there's a lot of Arabs here there's a lot of Muslims but when you talk about the uncommitted voter it even goes beyond that is what we're seeing I mean there is a deep Rift in the Democratic party especially here in Michigan and so a lot of folks are going.

To keep their eyes peeled for those numbers coming in tonight that un uncommitted voter vote um and the reason why the uncommitted vote wants uh voter wants about 10,000 uh votes is because that's how much Hillary Clinton lost to Donald Trump by in 2016 so they feel like if they get that number then they can show that they can potentially swing.

This state come November and speaking with voters there on the ground in Michigan zaren what are you hearing from from voters what stands out to you from your time there yeah I mean look they really say they want the ones who are in the want to vote uncommitted they want a ceasefire they want America to stop.

Funding the war in Israel right um they they like Biden a lot they do not like Trump especially the ones here who uh are Arab Muslim they lean to the Democratic side but they feel betrayed by Biden because of his stance a lot of them have lost a lot of family members there right some up to a 100 family members and you look at the numbers the.

Growing numbers there even people who haven't lost people they say look they're reportedly about 100,000 injuries or deaths according to the Hamas run Health Ministry and that number is just astonishing to them all right we will be watching those results come in tonight zaren thank you so much for your.

Time President Biden is meeting with top Congressional leaders today as they face a Friday deadline to pass a spending Bill to avoid a partial government shutdown they're also set to discuss critical funding for Ukraine Israel and Taiwan ABC's Jay O'Brien is on Capitol Hill for more and is joining us now Jay thank you so much for your time so you.

Know there on Capitol Hill lawmakers have been we know this at odds for months on how to move forward on these issues what's the latest what are you hearing yeah they've been trying to untangle this not Stephanie on how to fund the government all the way back to September of last year when Kevin McCarthy was Speaker of the House.

They've kicked a can down the road three times with temporary Government funding measures and now by all accounts it's looking like they might need a fourth it would be speaker Johnson's third CR in his tenure as Speaker of the House the reason being is we haven't seen anything come out on paper that Ates that those ongoing negotiations between House.

Republicans who control that chamber and Senate Democrats have produced anything again all of those big four Congressional leaders going to the White House this morning to meet with President Biden and the vice president to see if on this issue they can try to break the Log Jam not to mention funding for Ukraine and Israel as well but the.

Reality here is nothing's come out they have that deadline by midnight Friday to avort a partial government shutdown and the reality here is they're probably going to need to do something temporary to give themselves even more time to fully fund the government here we go again uh if a government shutdown is not averted Jay we know a lot of people are.

Impacted talk to us a little bit about those groups who exactly would be impacted so remember when we averted the last attempt or or last pending government shutdown in the new year uh there are two now dates that the can was kicked down to the first date is this Friday March 1st that is a temporary government shut down if it would be.

Triggered at midnight on Friday that includes the Department of Veterans Affairs the department of energy the Department of Transportation so services for those federal agencies would run out of funding and then there is a second deadline on March 8th that is the rest of the federal government that's pay for troops and things of that nature there.

Are defense spending in that deadline as well and so you've got those two different deadlines but the first is this coming Friday and there was limited time for Congress to avert that there were only two days this week Stephanie that the house is going to be in session and voted hopefully they come to some sort of a res resolution this Friday.

Moving on to the meeting that President Biden is holding today with those four Congressional leaders uh they are set to discuss aid for Ukraine Israel and Taiwan uh any idea where those talks stand right now so remember the Senate passed a $95 billion spending bill that includes aid for Ukraine and Israel and additional aid for Taiwan and.

Humanitarian assistance for Gaza that passed the Senate last month or earlier this month rather we're not yet in March but speaker Johnson hasn't put it up on the house floor for a vote it's his prerogative as to what bills go on the floor for a vote so in that meeting today of those big four Congressional leaders the only lawmaker the only.

Congressional leader who has really expressed opposition to funding Ukraine at this moment is Speaker Mike Johnson so you can expect him to get pressure in that room because all of the other Congressional leaders that you're seeing there on your screen plus the president plus the vice president have said that there is an urgent need for aid for.

Ukraine and Congress needs to act now they certainly do we will be watching Jay O'Brien for us live on Capitol Hill Jay thank you Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is blaming President Biden's border policies for the death of a nursing student police say 22-year-old lakan Riley's alleged killer was previously arrested for entering the country.

Illegally now her death is fueling the debate over immigration senior National correspondent St oami has the latest Stephanie authorities say that this young woman died of blunt forc trauma and that the man they have in custody used an object to kill her Federal immigration authorities have now issued what's called a detainer for this murder.

Suspect which had they done earlier would have kept him from being released after his other arrests students at the University of Georgia came together to say good things and to say goodbye to 22-year-old lak and hope Riley it is so obvious to me while it feels so dark right now now and that is because we lost one of the.

Brightest lights that there's ever been the nursing student from a school nearby was killed on the ug campus While She Was Out jogging last week and her murder has become a case in point in the debate over immigration in America police say that her alleged killer is this man 26-year-old Jose Antonio Ibara he's from Venezuela and according to Federal.

Officials was let go after he was arrested for unlawfully entering the country near El Paso Texas a year and a half ago Georgia's governor is Dem answers from President Biden and his immigration authorities lak's death is a direct result of failed policies on the federal level and an unwillingness by this White House to secure the southern.

Border authorities believe Ibara illegally entered the US in 2022 and had several run-ins with law enforcement since then but was paroled or released before Customs Enforcement agents could step in his brother who was also arrested for allegedly carrying a fake green card was also arrested before by local author authorities and.

Released both President Biden and former president Trump are taking competing trips to the US Southern border this week an issue in the minds of many Americans of course this election season Stephanie all right Steve thank you so much the Biden Administration is sending the Health and Human Services secretary to Alabama after the state's Supreme.

Court ruled Frozen embryos are children now families are looking for answers as hospitals pause IVF treatment let's bring in ABC's Elizabeth schully who is in Huntsville Alabama for more Elizabeth what are you hearing from families there who have been blindsided by this droing how are they navigating all of this you know Stephanie blindsided is.

Exactly the word that a lot of families and doctors here have been using and they've tried to navigate what this means for their fertility planning just since this ruling came out we know that treatments at three of the major clinics are still on pause families who are in the middle of treatment want to know what the next step is because IVF is a.

Process that is planned down to the the day sometimes to the hour these families need to know what it's going to take for that to proceed they've already invested so much time so much money emotionally physically so many of these families we're talking to are just exhausted that they're dealing with this additional stress on top of an already stressful.

Process but we have been here in Huntsville because two of the clinics here are still going forward with IVF treatments and that's something that the patients say they're relieved to hear we talked to one of the doctors at a clinic here who we asked how are you comfortable moving forward and he said part of the reason is that the attorney.

General in the state says they're not going to prosecute clinics for continuing to do IVF here's what he told me Stephanie well I think it's very encouraging of course we have to be Patient Advocates and in that same small window of time on Friday the uh State Republicans said they were going to support IVF come up with a bill US.

Senate Republicans both um you know President Biden and former president Trump came out and support so we feel a lot better than we did this time last Thursday so doctors here on the ground know that the the country is watching to see what steps are taken how this is resolved and really the pressure is now on lawmakers.

To see when and if they can come up with a solution that will allow these clinics here to move forward with IVF without facing any of those legal risks that they're currently facing Stephanie um and we want to we want to hear from Alabama Senator Tommy tuber bill because he's under scrutiny for initially saying he was all for the.

Court's decision now he's calling it the wrong move uh our senior Congressional Court resp Rachel Scott as you know caught up with him on Capitol here here's what he had to say do you support the Supreme Court's decision I support that people that want to have ibf are support him 100% okay but that's not what the.

Supreme Court's decision is allowing at this point I know but the the state's getting ready to pass a law in Alabama that it's going to be okay they're going to pass it that it's that it's uh that it's going to be positive so so is this the strong move by the Alabama supreme Supreme Court and that's the reason the state legislature is going to go back.

And pass a law where it's it's legal so to be clear you believe it's the wrong move wrong move by the Supreme Court yes Elizabeth you heard tville there say that the state will protect ibf you're there in the state what could that look like well and those comments really highlight the line that a lot of Republicans are trying to walk saying.

That they do support IVF because frankly there's overwhelming public support for this lot of lawmakers themselves have turned to IVF in order to have children but at the same time the fact is we are here in Alabama this is a state that has a total ban on abortion and anti-abortion Advocates have a lot of power here and one of the things that.

We're learning from talking to people on the ground is that a bill that would essentially preserve IVF is taking some time to get introduced and to pass because some of those anti-abortion Advocates want to include their own agenda in it and so they're trying to figure out how IVF can be protected while also maintaining a very as they.

They call it here prolife stance and that's a line that could delay the process for how long legislation actually takes to get passed exactly the future of so many families at stake here Elizabeth thank you for being there in Alabama for us uh thank you for for all of that appreciate it coming up wild winter weather which parts of the.

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Parts of the country could see record high temperatures today from Texas stretching all the way to Vermont ABC News meteorologist Samara Theodore is here with the forecast hey there Samara hey Steph so there is a lot to digest here don't worry going to take small bites first I want to talk to my friends in the Ohio and Tennessee Valley tonight.

Into tomorrow morning you have thunderstorms robust storms that are moving through so if you're in this yellow blob here from Paduka to St Louis Poria Chicago Fort Wayne Cincinnati especially Cincinnati and Louisville that is where we have that really elevated threat for large Hill damaging winds and even the threat for an.

Isolated tornado okay so keep that in mind tonight into tomorrow I want those alerts on now let's talk about the next big topic this heat this is a photo from the girlies out in Chicago sitting there by the lake I feel them I'd be doing it too nice little work from home day work outside and it's really been uncannily warm there uh if you look at these.

Cities here where you see the asteris they are actually seeing their warmest February temperature on record Omaha Nebraska 80° yesterday so what's going to happen next right is this going to stick around no no no it's not things are going to chill down in fact they're really going to drop we're going to see some major swings Dallas for your Monday.

94° tonight temperatures dropping to the 40s Chicago interestingly enough they could hit 75 degrees today and then tonight be at 22 degrees now if they see a uh temperature drop higher than 53 degrees within a 24-hour period it will beat the last record we set on January 18th into 19th back in 1996 and that is certainly doable today Minneapolis oh my.

Goodness check on your strong friends of Minneapolis 6° tonight going from the mid-60s out west where a lot of these storms are generated and coming and moving across the country squami pass is seeing 2 feet of snow and we have another big storm coming in uh as we head into Thursday around 5 PM we'll be seeing snow and heavy rain with this.

System on the west coast I'll talk more about toles a little later on for now Steph back to you all right thank you so much certainly looking forward to that warm up talk to you soon tomorrow Macy's is closing 150 stores as a major uh turnaround bid and fast food chain Wendy says it will test Uber style surge pricing based on demand ABC News.

Business reporter Alexis Christoper has more on that and your other business headlines Alexis great to see you so much to talk about so much always great to see you too my friends so let's start with Macy's because it's continuing to shrink the retailer planning to close 150 underperforming stores this is going to happen over the next 3 years Macy's.

New CEO says the retailer will now focus on upgrading its remaining 350 locations it will also open smaller versions of its namesake chain and add more Bloomingdales and blue Mercury locations these store closures are part of a larger turnaround plan at Macy's as the one-time retail Powerhouse tries to stay relevant and give customers quote the.

Chance to shop the way they want the online travel platform Expedia is cutting about 1,500 jobs that's about 9% of its Workforce Expedia warned earlier this month that Revenue would moderate this year as plane ticket prices drop and just last week booking Holdings forecasted slower growth this year as US Travel demand starts to normalize after.

That big Resurgence we saw right after the pandemic and the Federal Trade Commission and eight states are suing to block supermarket chain Kroger's $25 billion deal to buy at smaller rival Albertson the suit claims the merger would hurt competition and boost grocery prices for millions of Americans in a statement Kroger says the lawsuit quote.

Only strengthens larger non-unionized retailers like Walmart Costco and Amazon Albertson's meantime says it's disappointed that the FDC continues to quote use the same outdated views of the grocery industry it used 20 years ago get ready for surging prices at Wendy's starting next year the burger chain will launch new menu prices that will.

Fluctuate depending on the time of day so for example you could pay a dollar more for a sandwich like the Baconator during the lunch rush Wendy's plans to spend $20 million on high-tech digital menu boards that can update prices in real time some customers quickly taking to social media here calling the surging price price gouging Wendy's telling ABC.

News that its Dynamic menu pricing can be quote competitive and flexible with pricing and motivate customers to visit we'll have to see depending on how successful price surging is at Wendy's experts say we could see similar menu changes at other fast food chains including McDonald's and Burger King sort of like they're taking a page out.

Of uber I feel on this surge price absolutely and and and next we'll probably see them price surge for breakfast and dinner I oh I'm sure that's not far behind yeah oh my goodness we'll see what happens Alexis thank you so much thanks for being here all right coming up environmental checkup why pediatricians are.

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Doctors are now being urged to include climate change in their discussions with patients ABC's Chief climate correspondent Ginger Z has more at your child's next doctor's visit after they get their blood pressure and check their ears don't be surprised if there's a new regular stop on the vitals of a healthy life the American Academy.

Of Pediatrics now suggests that doctors talk to their patients about climate risks and solutions they offer examples like recommending active forms of transportation and eating plant-based foods to reduce carbon emissions the academy noting that children are especially vulnerable to impact of climate change first children's bodies.

Are still growing and harmful exposures can interrupt healthy development with potentially lifelong effects children are also more active outside they so they have greater exposure to heat and toxins Dr adut said that pediatricians looking at yearly cycles of allergies or infections from things like bug bites are typically basing that on a stable.

Climate but that's not what we have it's changing as for families it's all about adapting to the risk that we're seeing right now like extreme heat it's very important that uh parents of young infants are cautious with the heat uh infants can't express their needs they can't tell you that they're hot or ask for more water so when it's very hot.

Relative to usual temperature in your community it's important that you keep kids in a cool environment infants in a cool environment and not take them outside during periods of excessive heat our thanks to Ginger Z for that report really important thank you for streaming with us I'm Stephanie Ramos ABC News live is here for you anytime.

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This week we are taking a deep dive into Ai and the impact it's having on our lives we know AI is a powerful tool although imperfect it can help us write poems draft legal documents and even create music but what about stress reduction ABC's Morgan Norwood takes a look at how AI is being used to boost its users mental health and.

More Kai corber knows the struggle of healing following a mass shooting all too well the first kind of a moment of that uh uh can really be you know harrowing and just tough to get over in the first place he was a junior at margerie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Florida when a gunman went on a shooting rampage killing 14 of his peers.

And three staff members everybody who was a part of that um that tragedy really lost someone that was you know close to them or somebody they knew um and it's it's it's it's really just an experience I wouldn't wish on anybody while many of his classmates have turned to Capitol Hill advocating for gun control to prevent further shootings Kai.

Has turned to technology specifically artificial intelligence we really want to build something that people could just really scream at uh and get recommendations for you know Wellness content that meets their emotional needs from the sound of their voice no matter what language are speaking right what I ultimately wanted to do is make people.

Happy you know I want them to kind of feel a sense of joy joy is the name of the app Kai created to help survivors like himself get the help they need we built an algorithm that could recognize how you feel from the sound of your voice voice here's how it works you speak into the app and from your voice it detects your emotional state it's.

Going to be an interesting day from there the joy apps suggest Wellness routines and mindfulness practices but Kai says it's not intended to take the place of the need for professional psychological help so basically you could be you know walking down the street and get your daily dose of mindfulness and bite-size chunks making.

Mindfulness more expansive and open to everyone is something that we really believe we've achieved with the joy app had you had this app you know in the days and the months after you know the horrific shooting at your high school what would have changed for you how would things have been different you know I think if I had a resource like.

This um it would have been a lot easier for me to kind of understand what the practices and resources were that would have been able to help me in that moment when I was feeling when I was at my you know kind of worst or my lowest space after all that such an important conversation thank you so much Morgan for more I am.

Joined by psychiatrist and brideside health co-founder Dr Mimi winsburg Dr winsburg AI is basically in our daily lives consistently with people finding countless new ways to utilize the technology but can it really replace your psychiatrist or doctor we're in the midst of a National Health crisis right now a national.

Mental Health crisis and we have a shortage of providers so at bright side we're delivering life-changing and you know life saving carot Times by using technology to help doctors deliver their care most people think of AI as a a bot a chat bot or a therapy bot that you might talk to as a standalone tool it's not quite ready for prime time as far as.

That goes responsible use of AI means keeping humans in the loop so we're using AI as an assistant to Providers to help them get more FaceTime with their providers it can help them take some of the administrative tasks out of the loop it can also help reinforce lessons between sessions much in the way that um that that your shooting Survivor was.

Helping P people with mindfulness practices in between maybe some Professional Care that they might be receiving those are some really good points and I suppose it doesn't hurt to have another option right what are some of your biggest concerns though about AI entering the medical space well we want to use think of AI as.

A co-pilot a GPS of sorts rather than a self-driving car so we want to think of it as reducing administrative tasks for providers or giving people access to tools that they wouldn't otherwise have the other way we might use it is to think about predicting risk so there's good evidence that it can it can show you if somebody might be able to be in.

Crisis later on or what kind of treatment they might respond to we know that more time with your healthc care provider means that you're going to feel better so let's think about using AI to help the human aspect of Health Care and reducing the part of Health Care that has become less human over.

Time and and let's talk about AI possibly diagnosing uh people with a disease some in the medical community believe AI can do that can help doctors diagnose a disease also provide personalized treatment what are your thoughts on that I guess that that's kind of a helpful step I guess before the person sees the doctor in.

Person that's right so at bright side for instance we collect a lot of data points before your your doctor or therapist sees you and in doing that it can give us a sense of what treatment might be best for you so looking at what particular types of uh depression symptoms you have or anxiety to symptoms you have can help predict the right.

Treatment having this available to your doctor is very very helpful so that is a great use of AI and you mentioned earlier that we are in the midst of a nationwide Mental Health crisis will AI assisted Healthcare allow for more patients for instance to get help I hope so one of the things we're working on at bright side is of course.

To deliver access we get people into care in less than 48 hours this is so necessary where more than half of counties don't have a single psychiatrist and people are waiting months for appointment Times by using technology we can have doctor's time be used where it's needed rather than for a lot of the automated administrative.

Tasks or some of the tasks that can be delivered automatically to to patients in between appointments to help them manage their symptoms and AI could create more affordable alternatives for patients as well all really good points Dr Mimi winsburg thank you so much for your time really appreciate it and if you are experiencing a mental health or.

Emotional crisis call or text 988 to speak with a trained counselor and that is 247 coming up another damning lawsuit for music mogul sha P Diddy Holmes the new accusations he's facing and his lawyer response to the $30 million demands also ahead trouble on tour why Taylor Swift's dad might be in hot.

Water tonight the Michigan primaries what these key Battleground voters are really thinking about their choice plus the Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal talks where things stand more Americans turn to World News Tonight with David mure the most watched newscast on.

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Taking on with it all the attendent expectations pressur and scrutiny the choice is yours the churo for sure yeah no man you're supposed to why do all the beautiful dummies come to me for advice the Oscars live Sunday March 10th at a new Time on ABC you want to bite 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 ABC News America's number one news source welcome back to ABC News live here are some of the top stories We are following right now overnight President Biden says Israel is ready to pause its.

War against Hamas during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan if a deal is reach to release some Israeli hostages a possible deal would include a 6 week ceasefire and the release of some Palestinian prisoners prime minister Netanyahu has not commented on Biden's statements Boeing says it is working to improve its safety culture after being.

Harshly criticized in a new report from an FAA panel the panel of experts found Boeing's safety culture to be inadequate and confusing leading to communication breakdowns between engineers and managers the Chanel's report did not address last month's midair door blowout on Alaska Airlines solar eclipse tourism is.

Ramping up the eclipse on April 8th will be seen in more than a dozen states my brother has been texting me about this non-stop the last few weeks Delta Airlines just added a second Eclipse flight offering a front row seat from Dallas to Detroit a larger plane will be used out of DFW so more people can have a front row seat to the last solar.

Eclipse across the US W until get this 2044 the first Eclipse flight sold out in just one day and if you aren't on that flight don't worry ABC News and that g will have teams across the country in the path of totality from Texas all the way to Maine on April 8th we've got you covered now to the new allegations.

Against John Diddy Colmes a music producer is accusing hip hop mogul of sexually assaulting him and forcing him to have sex with prostitutes but a lawyer for coms called the events described in the lawsuit pure fiction this is now one of several sexual assault lawsuits filed against combes in recent months including a lawsuit from.

The R&B singer Cassie that was settled last year to break this all down for us I want to bring in trial attorney and ABC News contributor Brian buckmire so nice to see you always great to be here with you so you've you've been covering this for for a while I mean you're familiar with sha p uh Diddy comes not only does this lawsuit mentioned did he.

It also includes other aess celebrities what stands out here to you so if you see me looking down I'm looking down at the 73 page complaint that was filed yesterday in terms of allegations of celebrities we're talking about Cuba Gooding Jr being shown through still photos of what the complainant says they have videos of of groping him their.

Allegations of pidy um touching the genitalia and anus of the complaintant and also if you look to the complaint here there's a few Easter eggs here where it says the rapper redacted on Mr col's yacht consorting with underage girls uh and sex workers and you look down to the redaction it says well the person is a Philly rapper who dated uh.

Nicki Minaj I think that may be Meek Mills and also says an R&B singer redacted in Mr Colmes Los Angeles home consorting with underage girls and sex worker when you go down to the redaction it says he's a Grammy award-winning R&B singer who had trouble with law enforcement after assaulting a basian billionaire I don't know who's a.

Billionaire from Barbados that we know that dated someone that sounds like Chris Brown so there's a lot of big names here both both as Easter ranks and also just on the front pages of these allegations wow just huge the lawsuit also claims the misconduct happened during the creation of Diddy's latest album The Love album and is seeking as.

We've mentioned $30 million the suit not only names the Mogul but includes his son and Universal Music Group claiming there is an alleged Rico Enterprise to enable his misconduct explain why the lawsuit goes beyond Diddy and what's kind of at stake here this along with Cassie's uh lawsuit that you talked about earlier that was settled reads a.

Lot like what we saw in the R Kelly case in the edny where they're talking about this being a criminal Enterprise that's all feeding towards this one individual's uh depravity of wanting drugs and sex and rock and roll roll and everything in between that everyone seemed to know and go out and facilitate what Shawn Diddy Colmes wanted even in.

Part of these allegations or these complaint they call his chief of staff the guilan Maxwell to p diddies uh Jeffrey Epstein saying saying that this was a total sexual Enterprise to feed into uh his desires and we want to note that Diddy has denied all claims against him but this can't possibly help his brand like how do where do you see this.

Going and and and where do you see this lawsuit going again I draw the comparison to to that of AR Kelly where there might have been Rumors in the background there were lawsuits that were settled there were Whispers uh behind closed doors but as those Whispers start to grow and grow and get louder you potentially could see greater civil.

Litigation and they're saying in this case they want to fight it potentially we see a jury trial out of here but this is based on sex trafficking allegations as well as claims that are criminal in nature for me I'm thinking SD and that being the southern district of man of New York right here in Manhattan they're probably looking at these allegations.

And thinking where are the videos where are these still shots that we're seeing in these complaint and can we investigate it to see if there's more here potentially criminal charges and that could probably come out at some point potentially all right Brian thank you so much for your time thanks for unwrapping that for us pleasure now to.

Taylor Swift Trouble on the tour Maybe Taylor Swift's father is accused of assaulting a photographer in Australia police in Sydney are investigating after they received a complaint by a Paparazzi he says that Taylor Swift's father Scott allegedly assaulted him as he was trying to take photos of the Superstar following her final concert in Australia.

Lara Spencer has the details for us Mayhem as cameras capture Taylor Swift's Final hours in Australia the pop Superstar walking on a dock with her father Scott when Paparazzi swarmed the pair ABC licensed the material from the photographer who says he was allegedly assaulted by Scott sft in it you can see Taylor with an umbrella over her head.

Her dad holding her hand guiding her towards a waiting vehicle mybr you tou my although not seen in the video Scott is accused of striking photographer Ben McDonald who was on the scene with another photographer McDonald telling the Herold quote security sort of pushed us around with the umbrellas McDonald saying Scott.

Swift decided to add to the mix and throw a punch in although the situation was quote under control a spokesperson for Taylor Swift saying quote two individuals were aggressively pushing their way towards Taylor grabbing at her security personnel and threatening to throw a female staff member into the.

Water dad got a fixture on Taylor's tour frequently spotted by celebrities and fans who praised him at the Sydney shows for handing out free sandwiches New South Wales police are currently investigating whether or not Swift was involved in the alleged attack or whether a crime was committed at all there were no reported.

Injuries all right Lara thank you so much for that report and those details coming up spring break on a budget we are finding the best savings from skis to the high seas also ahead The Man Behind the tan Ryan Gosling's Oscar moment is finally here and he is expected to bring the kenergy will Gans is Ken enough and has that tea.

That's coming up I have a point of contact they're expecting us this our secret world we have do you think we're going to be safe I don't know this is my pen inside that pen is a of human brain these are assassinations that people are going to be murdered defitely there's really no telling what some of.

Them will do I oh my God it's happening everywhere and anywhere WoW tonight the Michigan primaries what these key Battleground voters are really thinking about their choices plus the Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal talks where things stand more American turn to.

World News Tonight with David mure the most watched newscast on television I think Scott Peterson murdered his wife and his child proved me wrong there were leads and evidence that pointed everywhere but Scott if people step back and look at the evidence in this case they're going to see this crime isn't solved what the LA Innocence Project is.

Saying but there's a real shot he didn't do it they have never been able to say when was she killed where was she killed but is all of that enough to set one of America's most infamous Killers free Scott Peterson the wrong man now streaming on Hulu I'm Kaa Whitworth at the Apex Summit in San Francisco wherever the.

Story is we'll take you there you're streaming ABC News live welcome back with spring break approaching many Travelers are looking to save on their next trip whether you're hitting the slopes or sailing the high seas we have the ultimate travel tips and tricks for your next adventure.

Expedia Groups travel expert Melanie fish joins me now hey there Melanie thanks for joining us what are some of the most popular destinations for travelers this year I am so eager to hear this it's here March is almost here and that's the start of spring break travel season there are some unusual destinations on the most popular list.

This Year Austin Texas that's where I am Dallas Texas Cleveland Ohio now I think you probably already know what these places all have in common they're all in that path of totality um on April 8th when the eclipse happens and so it's really kind of throwing out of whack the traditional list of top spring travel destinations but it's not taking away.

From the demand for those traditionally popular places like Orlando punana Cancun uh demand for those destinations are up double digits and then when we're talking about farther a field trips de the number of searches for flights to Tokyo in the Expedia app up 55% this year it's cherry blossom season.

I just got back I still have the jet flag from my very first trip to Tokyo and I can give you a firsthand account that yes those cherry blossoms are starting starting to show well jet lag and all you still look Fab and thank you for joining us um path of totality that makes complete sense I I mentioned this earlier my brother's been texting me.

About this he wants to go to Dallas to to see that that solar eclipse so um we'll see if I meet him there but you know there's so many sites out there how can Spring Breakers find the best price well a lot of it depends on when you can travel so that first week in April the week of April 2nd is predicted to be the most expensive time to fly.

This spring so if you can avoid that do that the most affordable time to fly at the very beginning of March or the end of April now it's spring break so the school calendar dictates for a lot of people when they can go they can't chase the cheapest flights so you might want to consider flying on a Tuesday the average flight prices tend to be lower.

When you fly on a Tuesday rather than on a Saturday and if you can book those tickets 30 days out you're going to save an average of 24% so start looking at those flights for the beginning of April right now some really good tips you you want and I see this often you want to plan that 30 days before booking really does.

Save you a lot of money any other additional tips you may have for those planning packing for spring break vacations keep it all on a carryon I mean that those tips don't change keep it on a carryon it gets you in and out of the airport faster take that first flight in the morning or at least a morning flight.

If you can the Expedia airx report found that those afternoon flights after 3:00 in the afternoon are 50% more likely to be cancelled so those earlier flights are definitely better earlier flights and bring the carry-on oh my goodness the carryon it's so hard for me where am I going to put all my spring break hats they don't all fit in.

There but warmer so choose a warm weather destination yes really really great tips thank you so much that's Expedia group's uh travel expert for us Melanie thank you for your time and it is time now for the tea where we break down some of the Buzzy stories people are talking about our friend will Gans is here to help us.

Out will I am so happy to see you on this Monday morning okay but the next time I'm here I want you to be wearing one of those fashionable spring break hats that you're talking about large one it might even hit you from where I'm sitting take it I'll take it it's always in style if you're wearing it Stephanie Ramos all right let's jump over to.

Barbie land where he's just Ken but anywhere else he'd be a 10 well expect to 10 center stage at this year's Oscars because according to variety Ryan Gosling is set to perform I'm just Ken at the ceremony next weekend up for best supporting actor himself Gosling has kept us guessing about this performance since it was nomin for best original.

Song and just last week at the grammy Mark Ronson who produced the song said if Ryan doesn't do it nobody will thankfully Ken said yes and as he would say Sublime that was good I was waiting for you to sing with a little tune um just K anywhere else I'd be a 10 yes it's so catchy it's so good I'm looking forward.

To his performance I mean and if this means we're going to get a glimpse of the Ryan Gosling ABS on stage at the Oscars I'll be there I'll be with the binoculars all right now to JLo fresh off the release of her album and film this is me now dropping a documentary today on Amazon on the making of that film the Superstar opening up about.

Starring in it financing it dancing in it and writing it reviews say that she's very honest in this new documentary sharing that she asked Taylor Swift to be in it and she said no JLo also putting her relationship with Ben Affleck on display the greatest love story never told is streaming on Prime video right now I cannot wait to watch.

This that is so exciting I heard that she she financed it herself because no one would pick it up you know what I'll do it myself this is a crazy idea there's so many different concepts coming together and she believed in it enough to be like fine I'll do it myself I love that yeah really cool I'm excited to watch it cuz I did watch the movie so.

I I do want to see kind of how it all came together because it is a a weird movie you know so interesting to see how that comes to life all right next to a huge honor for Miley Cyrus who just celebrated a record of the Year win at the gramy for her song flowers in fact you likely remember that hilarious unscripted moment during her performance.

Of the song Take a Look why are you acting like you don't know this song okay so it turns out that she's got a point there the International Federation of the phonographic industry just named flowers the number one song in the world last year consumed more.

Than any other track in 2023 beating out Sis's Kill Bill and Selena Gomez and rema's calm down at numbers two and three respectively so that song was listened to more than anything else last year oh yeah I mean it's such a good song my kids are singing it you know you've made it when your song is on kidsbop that's all we listen to so it is.

On 247 it's like wow that's really that's I know that's a hit song Keep Your Grammys I'd like to make it to the kidsbop get to kids Bob radio and you're you're you're it well Miley did both so exactly I'm really excited about this next story okay some music news from a Galaxy not so far away Dr cyan Proctor is the first black woman to Pilot a.

Spacecraft and she's also a You2 Super Fan having first seen the band as a teenager in the80s and while she was in space she spoke with Bono on the phone for 20 minutes and Bono surprised her with an album when she got back to Earth he also just gave her a really really cool shout out in the middle of you two show at the sphere take a look some have.

Come from space that's right cion Proctor is in the house I wrote her a love letter to space she wrote me one back give it up for sror out on the great great extraordinary woman scien the band went on to play Beautiful Day which was the launch day song for Dr cyan's record-breaking inspiration for.

Mission I just it's it's this is not a romantic thing at all but it's kind of reminding me of Taylor and Travis like when two Titans of their own Industries somehow form a cool relationship I just love to see that one of the great artists of the world celebrating a great scientist really cool story yeah I it really is I'm so glad that they.

Connected and what a beautiful gesture by you too I mean just forward and keep shouting her out really really neat story thank you will so nice to see you I'll see you in the Hat next time in the Hat we'll see I want to keep my job thank you will and thank you all for streaming with us I'm Stephanie Ramos ABC News live is here for you anytime.

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Wherever the story is we'll take you there you're streaming ABC News live good afternoon I'm Stephanie Ramos today on ABC News live first President Biden is meeting with Congressional leaders within the next hour the topics they'll address as Biden prepares to go to the Border late this week the polls.

Are open in Michigan will this make a difference for Nikki Haley as former president Trump looks to secure the GOP nomination we're on the ground speaking to voters about their decision plus she's making history everywhere she goes and in just under two weeks she could do it again at the 96 Academy Awards Lily Gladstone speaks with us about her.

History history defining role as we're on the road to the Oscars we begin with that high stakes meeting at the White House President Biden is meeting with top Congressional leaders today as they face a Friday deadline to pass a spending Bill to avoid a partial government shutdown they're also set to discuss critical funding for Ukraine.

Israel and Taiwan ABC's Jay O'Brien joins me now from Capitol Hill along with ABC News White House correspondent Karen Travers Jay I want to start with you where do things stand as we apprach Ro this Friday deadline and and what are the sticking points for Congressional leaders well we always talk about ongoing negotiations on Capital Hill.

This time they are between the Republican controlled house and the Democrat controlled Senate on how they can come to some kind of an agreement to fund the government but you're exactly right Stephanie how many times have Karen you and I been on the air and talked about a looming government shutdown this is a problem that's been.

Months in the making dating all the way back to September Congress has kicked the can down the road several times now with temporary funding measures but the federal government hasn't been fully funded since the fall they've only been operating on temporary spending bills and it's looking like now with that looming Friday deadline they may have to.

Do another temporary spending Bill to give those talks between the Republican controlled house and the Democrat controlled Senate which have right now stalled over policy disagreements some time to come to fruition and come to an agreement kind of like a storyline on rep Jay thank you Karen I want to shift over.

To you house Speaker Mike Johnson rejected a bipartisan border deal and a stand alone fore an aid bill out of the Senate he has been requesting a one-on-one session with President Biden but has so far been denied so why have this meeting now what's changed yeah and this is clearly not the one-on-one meeting that house Speaker Mike Johnson.

Wanted to have with President Biden the White House rejected those calls saying that Mike Johnson was negotiating with himself and there was nothing to disc discuss with him on the issue of border security after House Republicans rejected that bipartisan Senate agreement on the border so this is notable because if you look at who is in.

That room today it certainly looks more like it's going to be a pressure situation on house Speaker Mike Johnson on the issue of Ukraine you have President Biden who really wants the house to pass that senate pass bill that has $60 billion in funding for Ukraine Chuck Schumer obviously has gotten that past Mitch McConnell supports that aid.

For Ukraine and Hakeem Jeff the Democratic leader in the also is on board with that so very different than the meeting that Mike Johnson wanted to have this certainly looks like from the White House perspective much more about Ukraine not a border negotiating session yesterday the White House said they really want to see if they can move the.

Ball forward on that 60 billion dollar let's see if they can Jay we've talked about this before so many people would be impacted if the government shutdown is not averted talk about those groups talks about talk about those people who would be impacted by this and just think about what is on the agenda in this meeting so much as Karen pointed out.

Ukraine is on the agenda funding the government is on the agenda there's a lot that they have to unpack here there are two different deadlines that trigger different kinds of a government shutdown the first one as we discussed is midnight on this Friday that shuts down about 20% of the federal government the Department of Veterans Affairs would be.

Impact the Department of Transportation the VA has said that veterans Health Care wouldn't stop other services wouldn't stop but things like career counseling and reg offices would close and career Counseling Services would stop air traffic controllers would work but they would work without pay and then there was another deadline for the.

Military and 75% of government spending that is on next week March 8th well hopefully they come to some sort of some sort of an agreement by this Friday Jay thank you so much and White House correspondent Karen Travers here for us as well thank you both voters are heading to the polls for the primary in the critical swing state of Michigan.

Former president Trump is expected to win big again over his only Republican opponent Nikki Haley meanwhile President Biden is facing a protest vote over his stance on the war in Gaza ABC's zaren Shaw joins me now from Detroit along with ABC News is uh political director Rick Klein great to see you both zaren I want to start with you what are you.

Hearing from voters there on the ground hey Stephie we're at a polling location right now and about half the people we've spoken to so far say going to vote uncommitted the other half say they're going to vote for Biden the uncommitted group out here is pushing for at least 10,000 uncommitted votes tonight because that's the number.

Roughly that Hillary Clinton lost to Donald Trump by in 2016 so they feel like if they can get that number then they can show President Biden that they can really possibly swing this state come November now I think it's important to note that in 2012 when Obama's re-election was was uh here uh they there was 20,000 uncommitted votes back.

Then so quite a substantial number and so you have a lot of Biden supporters saying you're going to need far far more than 20,000 to really show that you can swing an election possibly yeah we'll see if they if they have that if that happens Rick I want to turn to you Nikki Haley is warning that Trump losing 40% of the vote indicates that he'd.

Ultimately lose to President Biden how concerning is that for Republicans well two points I think one is Will Nikki H get close to 40% in Michigan that would be a major surprise I think the polls have sh her down much more like 40 or 50 points than just 20 uh but that that aside uh even winning 40 doesn't get you 50 it doesn't get you a win and there's.

No path that she has realistically speaking uh for to to overtake Donald Trump in the delegate lead in fact Trump's going to continue Pat his lead in Michigan uh between today and the and the conventions this weekend that that award additional delegates and then through super Tuesday you've got this Crush of States some 20 States over the.

Next week that vote and Donald Trump is may win all of them uh so right now it really is a protest vote and Nikki H's looking for some kind of a of a turnout among her supporters that just continues to send a message because her campaign is really just about message sending at this point it's not about delegates right CU that math is just not adding up.

And Rick another question for you the Michigan secretary of state says more than 1 million votes have already been cast either through in-person early voting or absentee ballot what are you watching for tonight as the results come in yeah as zoren pointed out this storyline around the uncommitted vote is a huge one on the Democratic side the.

Biden team is prepared to have large number of people more than the record that that's been in the past clearly because of the con concerns over the Israel uh Hamas War the Biden team has been dialed into this there's not much they can do about it uh their spin on it is that these are these are still Democrats and there's lots of time to.

Win them over for the fall but we've talked to so many voters who were really upset and really want to send that message and the fact that they may actually elect delegates who are Democrats but say I don't want Biden to be the nominee necessarily they show up at the convention this Summer that will be lingering embarrassment I think.

That's probably going to be the story of the night it's an exciting time all right we will all be watching Rick thank you so much zaren thank you to you as well President Biden says he hopes to have a ceasefire and hostage deal in.

Place by next week Israel has agreed to a framework but qari officials involved in negotiations say there is no breakthrough to a announced yet foreign correspondent Tom Sufi Burge joins me now from Tel Aviv Israel for more on this Tom President Biden says he was told by one of his top advisers that a deal is quote close but a senior Israeli.

Political Source tells ABC that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was surprised by Biden's remarks so what's really going on here where do these talks currently stand what have you heard well definitely I think the mood music on the ground is positive more positive that it's been I guess you know a few weeks ago we're seeing some.

Positive signs for example in radio official telling us today that signaling that Israel might be willing to go for quite a radical shift uh in its negotiating approach and be willing to release uh Palestinians convicted of serious terrorism offenses in return for the release of female Israeli soldiers held in the Gaza Strip but here's the.

Reality check on this negotiating process we don't quite know what Hamas is willing to accept in these negotiations Israeli officials are still calling hamas's demands delusional so yes there is a positive shift there seems to be momentum there's a lot of will for a deal before Ramadan the US and its partners are trying to push this.

Along but maybe the sort of positivity that we're seeing from President Biden of a deal within 6 days maybe that doesn't reflect the reality of the negotiations right now and so many families of those hostages and and and and those here watching uh what's going on there just hoping for that deal now Israeli protesters have been blocking.

The route to get more Aid into Gaza saying they are trying to prevent it from getting into the hands of Hamas Tom what kind of impact is this having on the already dire humanitarian situation inside the Gaza Strip and and how are Aid groups responding to this well it's definitely slowing the flow of Aid into the Gaza Strip down.

Stephanie look I mean it's multiple factors we're talking about the protest that we saw at a crossing point from Egypt into Israel where the aid goes from Egypt to Israel and then into Gaza but it's also the security situation on the ground in Gaza it is also the Israeli checks at the checkpoints into the Gaza Strip and also Israel is.

Blaming Aid agencies so look at the moment Israel said today there was about 180 trucks going in the UN says there needs to be 500 a day so it's linked to the negotiating process for a ceasefire we hopefully should see more trucks go in in the coming days Stephanie hopefully we do Tom thank you so much for for your reporting your consistent.

Reporting we appreciate it the UN is warning famine is looming in Gaza as humanitarian groups as we just heard from Tom struggle to deliver that Aid including much needed medical supplies we want to bring in Dr David Hassan a neurosurgery professor at Duke University who worked in Gaza last month we're gonna ask him a few questions here.

Doctor thank you so much for for joining us first off what was it like working on the front lines when you were there thank you Stephanie um it was very first of all um the conditions in G at this point are very very dire um in multiple levels including um famine uh the world uh Food Bank uh announced that um level five which is the highest level.

Of famine are affecting about 400,000 people is also about about a million of people are uh level four which is um severe so there is um a lot of problems it was U terrible conditions for for even um the health care providers who are traveled from around the world to help and when I um arrived rat there uh there was probably miles and miles of.

Trucks on that for sides of the highways are waiting to cross Rua and there um the problem the Bott neck as we heard just a few uh seconds ago um the crossing the agencies that kind of process that before the war there were about 500 trucks Crossing every day at this point we are lucky to have 200 trucks Crossing and because of the.

Arrangement military Arrangement Northern Gaza would have about 4 100,000 people are trapped they're not getting anything at all no water no food no medical supplies people are eating grass sometimes drinking from toilet uh um people are eating dead animals because of the famine the severe conditions um this is just part of of the problem and.

Then on the side of the health care um there are no supplies at all and minimal at best uh we were doing some surgeries without anesthetics amputating legs without any pain medications or anesthetics C-sections are done without any anesthetics even painkillers after that um antibiotics lack of antibiotics we do have good.

Surgery but there's nothing to cover after and uh uh these surgical wounds are infected and lead to death uh uh we have maggots blowing out of the wounds uh the safety is Laing uh we have several physician were killed were there uh not from our group but from uh people working within the hospitals uh there's no safety for the Medics to transfer.

Patients from different areas and some of them were killed we heard about the six-year-old the girl that got trapped in the in the car for hours and the Medics went in to get her then after a few days they'll found out both the Medics and the baby were yeah so the conditions are very very uh dire it sounds like just an incredibly.

Awful situation what was what motivated you to go there and help and how did you handle that situation seeing these just awful scenes um you know I'm a I'm a human being I'm a physician um we are all uh when you see here see these SC on social media and M media your heart goes out so uh I I felt.

I was flustered now nothing has been done especially these people are innocent Stephanie they have nothing to do with Hamas they're they um these innocent children nothing and being trapped and and and both sides are hurt I mean there Israeli innocent children women and elderly were killed um there's no.

Justif for that so the fact that I'm a human being and a physician I felt I'm I'm compelled to go there it was horrible like you know during the night we're here bombing all the time I was very very close one of the hospitals I worked with worked in is a naso which as you know already closed and sieged so it was a there's a fear of of saying um.

Being hurt or bombs accidentally falling within the premise of the hospital and I mean you could see from these scenes that when was uh these Hospital became a refugee um camp and this hospital has 50,000 people and it just tra cramed in it because the relatively think it's their home and safe and they live in it.

And they don't leave in they eat and cook even in the bathrooms because of that the lack of food the lack of water well Dr Assan want to thank you for your service for going there and and providing Aid and helping uh the people there are so many challenges that uh the people there are facing and also the medical workers as well we want to thank.

You for your time and and uh for sharing your experience with us really appreciate that thank you sir coming up an ABC News investigation into safety concerns at sequ the popular interactive aquarium found across the country one family sharing their story after their young daughter was bitten by.

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Aquarium that can be found across the country one Texas Family speaking out after they say their young daughter was bitten by an animal during a visit to one of the sequest inter inter active aquariums an ABC News investigation found sequest has faced dozens of citations by state and federal agencies Ariel rashev has.

More is that high enough what started as a day of family fun at an aquarium turned into a scary encounter for Lola who was 8 months old at the time I just can't believe this happened the family was visiting sequest a nationwide chain of interactive aquariums a staff member actually came up to us and said you can touch all the animals and my daughter.

Was feeding the Stingrays and all of a sudden she like shrieked and I saw the fish biting her fingers Helen says she was alarmed to find Lola bleeding after being bitten by a grouper but even more shocking Helen says was how she says the employees reacted it kind of seemed like it was no big deal to them they offered me a few Band-Aids the company says that.

Guest injuries are taken very seriously and their immediate priority is to address any injury sustained sequest says that their millions of visitors each year have a great experience and on social media the company promotes their facilities as places where you can engage with the animals these places are right in the middle of America's malls.

Easy access shopping grabbing lunch they attract parents who want to show a great time for their kids kitty block the CEO of the Humane Society of the United States says that interacting with animals like these can carry a risk what is the concern with humans interacting with some of these animals wild animals are just that they're Wild they can hurt.

People it's not because they're intending to do it they're wild animals and a lot of time they just want to get away from you an ABC News investigation with three of our affiliate stations found that since sequest opened its first location in 2016 there have been at least 76 incidents where guests and staff have reported being bitten or.

Scratched by an animal and in the past 5 years sequest facilities were cited more than 80 times by the USDA for issues including potential disease hazards and inadequate care of the animals sequest telling ABC news that with hundreds of employees and thousands of animals injury and mortality though very rare exist they said they continually.

Implement training and procedures to ensure they are working to prevent citations but critics say these aquariums continue to put the public and the animals at risk they keep operating when they get fined this is about profit our thanks to Ariel for that you can see more of this ABC News investigation tonight on Nightline.

Coming up she is making history everywhere she goes and in just under two weeks she could do it again at the 96 Academy Awards Lily Gladstone speaks with us about her history defining role as we're on the road to the Oscars tonight the Michigan primaries what these key Battleground voters are really thinking about their choices plus.

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Making history as a breakout star of killers of the flower Moon and she's the first Native American nominated for a Best Actress Oscar just one of many firsts for the 37-year-old ABC News live Prime anchor lindsy Davis got the chance to sit down with Gladstone ahead of the big awards show in our road to the.

Oscars you got nice color skin what color would you say that is my color so where were you when you found out that you were nominated I was in posco Oklahoma on the oage reservation I'd been in Oklahoma earlier that week seeing Jason isbel playing in Oklahoma City so that's one of the friendships I held on to from when we.

Were making the film and uh then I just decided to stay so I was FaceTiming with my parents my mom was filming the TV screen so I could see it and I couldn't read it through the phone so I was like no Mom I want to I want to see you and Dad so she flipped the camera around and I I learned based on their reactions that that it gone that way and how have.

The oage responded to all of this attention one of the sver Linings of having been on strike when the film came out and not being able to take to carpets to talk about it it gave the spotlight to oage people people who had worked on the film people who were descendants of survivors and victims of the reign of terror to go and speak.

About it first which felt really appropriate the story ultimately belongs to them it was made by Martin scorsi but made with oage people it's really remarkable to see the kind of discourse that it's raised you know the level of ownership and pride this story serves this big Vision that Marty had that ultimately I think challenges audiences.

It's been really remarkable that oage folks have been able to speak about it so much I kind of felt a sense of shame that I had no idea about these murders that had taken place in Oklahoma for this oil inheritance when did you first learn about this time you know honestly a lot of people I think Express that level of shame but there were a lot of.

Osage people that grew up not knowing about this cuz there was such a traumatic chapter the reign of terror ended basically when the guardianship program ended meaning white Guardians managing the money of oage people oage culturally you know they talk about since relocation from their ancestral lands Missouri Ohio River to Oklahoma.

It's a tenant of the culture and survival to keep moving forward you never stand in the same river twice the water is always changing because it keeps moving forward and I think when the rign of Terror was over a lot of people just wanted to keep moving it's one of the few times in my own career when I've seen a role I'm playing on.

Screen and I'm just feeling for that person like I felt so much protectiveness over Molly watching her in a way that like you know kind of the way you stand up for your friends before you stand up for yourself I need you here I'm right here Molly watching it from the outside is a film and I was feeling the rest of the audience around.

Me falling in love with her the way that I was when you feel for her and you fall in love with her beautiful sisters her incredible mother these like incredibly emotionally heavy impactful moments brought by these women on screen there was a real humanization in getting at the heart of the people and looking at this relationship as an analogy for this.

Larger system of um exploitation of indigenous people of indigenous trust I think the film really did did an immense job I've read that you kept a picture of Molly on the front of your script and that it was important for you to show her as a Survivor not so much a victim how much about Molly was there to know how much of a deep dive were you able to.

Take on her as an individual there's really not much known about Molly I think a lot of actors get really excited to do a bio piece you know I am too there's pieces that I'm looking at because you get to really sit and study somebody else's voice their intonation their body language there there was none of that for Molly there were photographs.

So these two photos that I had the front was Molly before she had met Ernest it was from a photo that she took with her sisters when they were very young and they late teens early 20s likely the look on her face I just would sit and absorb who she was but then on the other side of my binder I had a photo of her.

Not long before she passed away she has this kind of like head tilt that I totally could see in her in her granddaughter it's a little bit of a Ry smile and her head was up and she just looked like she had won her spirit is no Sage woman and she reclaimed what was hers as best as she could your reaction to being the first Native American woman.

To ever get the best actress for the Academy Awards I mean 96 years it's uh it's overdue know I was so inspired as an actress you know as a young actress seeing Kesha Castle Hughes get her nomination for Whale Rider and then again several years later watching Elita paricio get her nomination indigenous stories that Center indigenous women.

Clearly make a big splash when when they're out there being the first Native American nominee for this kind of blows my mind because the origin of film some of the earliest film reels that people were watching pouring out to go see were made by native people documenting and showing and capturing some of our dances some of.

Our own stories American Indians were at the heart of Hollywood in the 1920s you know those artists back then really influenced the culture of film just because it's overdue doesn't mean it's not wonderful doesn't mean that it doesn't have a huge impact for leading actors it's it's a it's a big deal it's long overdue but it's very.

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hi there I'm Stephanie Ramos and coming up on ABC News live first the polls are open in Michigan will this make a difference for Nikki Haley as former president Trump looks to secure the GOP nomination we are on the ground speaking to voters about their decision President Biden is meeting with Congressional.

Leaders today the topics they'll address as Biden prepares to go to the Border late this week dangerous storms are on the Move Coast to Coast where Americans are bracing for large hail possible tornadoes and winter Whiplash and where the record February heat is set for a big setback plus the fast food Wars heating up getting a frosty reception.

How Wendy's is taking a page out of Uber's Playbook when it comes to prices we begin with voters heading to the Poo for the primary in the critical swing state of Michigan former president Trump is expected to win big again over his only Republican opponent Nikki Haley meanwhile President Biden is facing a protest vote over his stance on the war.

In Gaza ABC News chief White House correspondent Mary Bruce is at a polling site in Dearborn with the latest a critical test for President Biden in Michigan Michigan citizens are engaged in this process and are making sure their voice is heard nationally the Democratic party has rallied around President Biden but here may have.

Competition not from another candidate but from the quote uncommitted Furious over the president's refusal to push for an enduring ceasefire in Gaza young voters activists and members of the state's large Arab and Muslim American communities now urging voters to check the uncommitted box in protest I want to support Biden but he's like right now.

You know I just can't with the actions that are happening I can't support them at this point but I do he does CH in 2020 Arab Americans turned out overwhelmingly for Biden helping deliver him this critical state by just 154,000 votes but after months of Biden's staunch backing of Israel in its war in Gaza that support now sharply in.

Doubt President Biden is risking another Trump term over his support for the most right-wing government most extremist government in the in the history of Israel facing mounting protests growing pressure the White House has tried to reach out to members of the community but for many here it may be too little too late their anger raw we're tired of.

Democrats running on Progressive platforms and doing the exact same Republican Donald Trump has barely campaigned here but he's expected to once again cruise to victory over his final opponent former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley Haley vowing to stay in through super Tuesday arguing that nearly half of Republican primary.

Voters are against Trump 40% of the vote is not with him you can't win a general election if you don't get the 40% but both Biden and Trump are already pivoting to the general election now as for that uncommitted movement here in Michigan their goal isn't to deny President Biden a victory instead they're hoping to get 10,000 uncommitted.

Votes that's the margin by which Donald Trump won this state in 2016 and if they can do that and they hope that they can send the president a message loud and clear push him to make change and show him that he can't take these voters and their concerns for granted Stephanie Mary Bruce first in Michigan thank you so much let's turn to ABC's zaren Shaw.

Who is joining us now from Detroit for more zaren thank you so much for joining us again Michigan has the second largest Middle Eastern and North African populations that's according to the Census Bureau some voters are trying to send a message to President Biden over the war in Gaza by by voting uncommitted we we heard Mary uh talk about that.

Briefly what's at stake for President Biden yes a lot is at stake potentially and you also mentioned the Middle Eastern population here what goes beyond that right there's a lot of Arabs here there's a lot of Muslims but when you talk about the uncommitted voter it even goes beyond that is what we're seeing I mean there is a deep Rift in the.

Democratic party especially here in Michigan and so a lot of folks are going to keep their eyes peeled for those numbers coming in toight that un uncommitted voter vote um and the reason why the uncommitted vote wants uh voter wants about 10,000 uh votes is because that's how much Hillary Clinton lost to Donald Trump by in 2016 so they feel.

Like if they get that number then they can show that they can potentially swing this state come November and speaking with voters there on the ground in Michigan zaren what are you hearing from from voters what stands out to you from your time there yeah I mean look they really say they want the ones who are in the who.

Want to vote uncommitted they want a ceasefire they want America to stop funding the war in Israel right um they they like Biden a lot they do not like Trump especially the ones here who uh are Arab Muslim they lean to the Democratic side but they feel betrayed by Biden because of his stance a lot of them have lost a lot of family members.

There right some up to a 100 family members and you look at the numbers the growing numbers there even people who haven't lost people they say look they're reportedly about 100,000 injuries or deaths according to the Hamas run Health Ministry and that number is just astonishing to them all right we will be watching those results.

Come in tonight zaren thank you so much for your time President Biden is meeting with top Congressional leaders today as they face a Friday deadline to pass a spending Bill to avoid a partial government shutdown they're also set to discuss critical funding for Ukraine Israel and Taiwan ABC's J O'Brien is on Capitol.

Hill for more and is joining us now Jay thank you so much for your time so you know they on Capitol Hill lawmakers have been we know this at odds for months on how to move forward on these issues what's the latest what are you hearing yeah they've been trying to untangle this notot Stephanie on how to fund the government all the way back to September.

Of last year when Kevin McCarthy was Speaker of the House they've kicked a can down the road three times with temporary Government funding measures and now by all accounts it's looking like they might need a fourth it would be speaker Johnson's third C are in his tenure as Speaker of the House the reason being is we haven't seen anything.

Come out on paper that indicates that those ongoing negotiations between House Republicans who control that chamber and Senate Democrats have produced anything again all of those big four Congressional leaders going to the White House this morning to meet with President Biden and the vice president to see if on this issue they can try to.

Break the Log Jam not to mention funding for Ukraine and Israel as well but the reality here is nothing's come out they have that deadline by midnight night Friday to avort a partial government shutdown and the reality here is they're probably going to need to do something temporary to give themselves even more time to fully fund the government here.

We go again uh if a government shutdown is not averted Jay we know a lot of people are impacted talk to us a little bit about those groups who exactly would be impacted so remember when we averted the last attempt or or last pending government shutdown in the new year uh there are two now dates that the can was kicked down to the first date is this.

Friday March 1st that is a temporary government shutdown if it would be triggered at midnight on Friday that includes the Department of Veterans Affairs the department of energy the Department of Transportation so services for those federal agencies would run out of funding and then there is a second deadline on March 8th that is the rest.

Of the federal government that's pay for troops and things of that nature there are defense spending in that deadline as well and so you've got those two different deadlines but the first is this coming Friday and there was limited time for Congress to avert that there were only two days this week Stephanie that the house is going to be in session.

And voted hopefully they come to some sort of a res resolution this Friday and moving on to the meeting that President Biden is holding today with those four Congressional leaders uh they are set to discuss aid for Ukraine Israel and Taiwan uh any idea where those talks stand right now so remember the Senate passed a $95 billion spending bill that.

Includes aid for Ukraine and Israel and additional aid for Taiwan and humanitarian assistance for Gaza that passed the Senate last month or earlier this month rather we not yet in March but speaker Johnson hasn't put it up on the house floor for a vote it's his prerogative as to what bills go on the floor for a vote so in that meeting.

Today of those big four Congressional leaders the only lawmaker the only Congressional leader who has really expressed opposition to funding Ukraine at this moment is Speaker Mike Johnson so you can expect him to get pressure in that room because all of the other Congressional leaders that you're seeing there on your screen plus the president.

Plus the vice president have said that there is an urgent need for aid for Ukraine and Congress needs to act now they certainly do we will be watching J O'Brien for us live on Capital Hill Jay thank you Georgia Governor Brian Kemp is blaming President Biden's border policies for the death of a nursing student police say 22-year-old lakan.

Riley's alleged killer was previously arrested for entering the country illegally now her death is fueling the debate over immigration senior National correspondent St oami has the latest Stephanie authorities say that this young woman died of blunt force trauma and that the man they have in custody used an object to kill her.

Federal immigration authorities have now issued what's called a detainer for this murder suspect which had they done earlier would have kept him from being released after his other arrests students at the University of Georgia came together to say good things and to say say goodbye to 22-year-old lak and hope Riley it is so obvious to.

Me why it feels so dark right now and that is because we lost one of the brightest lights that there's ever been the nursing student from a school nearby was killed on the ug campus While She Was Out jogging last week and her murder has become a case in point in the debate over immigration in America police say that her alleged killer is this man.

26-year-old Jose Antonio Ibara he's from Venezuela and according to Federal officials was let go after he was arrested for unlawful entering the country near El Paso Texas a year and a half ago Georgia's governor is demanding answers from President Biden and his immigration authorities lakan's death is a direct result of failed policies on.

The federal level and an unwillingness by this White House to secure the southern border authorities believe Ibara illegally entered the US in 2022 and has several run-ins with law enforcement since then but was paroled or released before Customs Enforcement agents could step in his brother who was also arrested for allegedly carrying a.

Fake green card was also arrested before by local authorities and released both President Biden and former president Trump are taking competing trips to the US Southern border this week an issue in the minds of many Americans of course the election season Stephanie all right Steve thank you so much the Biden Administration is sending.

The Health and Human Services secretary to Alabama after the state's Supreme Court ruled Frozen embryos are children now families are looking for answers as hospitals pause IVF treatment let's bring in ABC's Elizabeth schully who is in Huntsville Alabama for more Elizabeth what are you hearing from families there who have been blindsided by this ruling.

How are they navigating all of this you know Stephan blindsided is exactly the word that a lot of families and doctors here have been using and they tried to navigate what this means for their fertility planning just since this ruling came out we know that treatments at three of the major clinics are still on pause families who are in.

The middle of treatment want to know what the next step is because IVF is a process that is planned down to the day sometimes to the hour these families need to know what it's going to take for that to proceed they've already invested so much time so much money emotionally physically so many of these families we're talking to are just exhausted that.

They're dealing with this additional stress on top of an already stressful process but we have been here in Huntsville because two of the clinics here are still going forward with IVF treatments and that's something that the patients say they're relieved to hear we talked to one of the doctors at a clinic here who we asked how are you.

Comfortable moving forward and he said part of the reason is that the attorney general in the state says they're not going to prosecute clinics for continuing to do IVF here's what he told me Stephanie well I think it's very encouraging of course we have to be Patient Advocates and in that same small window of time on Friday the uh State.

Republicans said they were going to support IVF come up with a bill US Senate Republicans both um you know President Biden and former president Trump came out and support so we feel a lot better than we did this time last Thursday so doctors here on the ground know that the the country is watching to see what steps are taken how this is.

Resolved and really the pressure is now on lawmakers to see when and if they can come up with a solution that will allow these clinics here to move forward with IVF without facing any of those legal risks that they're currently facing Stephanie um and we want to we want to hear from Alabama Senator Tommy tuber bill because he's under scrutiny for.

Initially saying he was all for the Court's decision now he's calling it the wrong move our senior Congressional correspondent Rachel Scott as you know caught up with him on Capital here here's what he had to say do you support the Supreme Court's decision I support that people that want to have ibf I'll support him.

100% okay but that's not what the Supreme Court's decision is allowing at this I know but the the state's getting ready to pass a law in Alabama that it's going to be okay okay they're going to pass it that it's that it's uh that's going to be positive so is this the wrong move by the Alabama supreme Supreme Court and that's the reason the.

State legislature is going to go back and pass a law where it's it's legal so to be clear you believe it's the wrong move wrong move by the Supreme Court yes Elizabeth you heard tuberville there say that the state will protect ibf you're there in the state what could that look like well and those comments really.

Highlight the line that a lot of Republicans are trying to walk saying that they do support IVF because frankly there's overwhelming public support for this a lot of lawmakers themselves have turned to IVF in order to have children but at the same time the fact is we are here in Alabama this is a state that has a total ban on abortion and.

Anti-abortion Advocates have a lot of power here and one of the things that we're learning from talking to people on the ground is that a bill that would essentially preserve IVF is taking some time to get introduced and to pass because some of those anti-abortion Advocates want to include their own agenda in it and so they're trying to.

Figure out how IVF can be protected while also maintaining a very as they call it here pro-life stance and that's a line that could delay the process for how long legislation actually takes to get passed exactly the future of so many families at stake here Elizabeth thank you for being there in Alabama for us uh thank you for for all of that appreciate.

It coming up wild winter weather which parts of the country are getting ready for record high temperatures also ahead the rising cost of a burger and fries why one fast food chain May introduce surge pricing to its menu Jimmy Kimmel what will it be will you go back to your normal Oscars night.

Of sitting alone on the couch scrolling Tik Tock and eating churos or will you accept the awesome responsibility of hosting the Oscars taking on with it all the attendant expectations pressures and scrutiny the choice is yours the churro for sure yeah no man you're supposed to why do all the beautiful dummies come to me for advice.

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News meteorologist Samara Theodore is here with the forecast hey there Samara hey Steph so there is a lot to digest here don't worry going to take small bites first I want to talk to my friends in the Ohio and Tennessee Valley tonight into tomorrow morning you have thunderstorms robust storms that are moving through so if you're in this.

Yellow blob here from Paduka to St Louis Poria Chicago Fort Wayne Cincinnati especially Cincinnati and Louisville that is where we have that really elevated threat for large hail damaging winds and even the threat for an isolated tornado okay so keep that in mind tonight into tomorrow I want those alerts on now let's talk about the next.

Big topic this heat this is a photo from the girlies out in Chicago sitting there by the lake I feel them I'd be doing it too nice little work from home day work outside and it's really been uncannily warm there uh if you look at these cities here where you see the asteris they are actually seeing their warmest February temperature on record Omaha.

Nebraska 80° yesterday so what's going to happen next right is this going to stick around no no no it's not things are going to chill down in fact they're really going to drop we're going to see some major swings Dallas for your Monday 94 degrees tonight temperatures dropping to the 40s Chicago interestingly enough they could hit 75 degrees today and then.

Tonight be at 22° now if they see a temperature drop higher than 53° bre within a 24-hour period it will beat the last record we set on January 18th into 19th back in 1996 and that is certainly doable today Minneapolis oh my goodness check on your strong friends of Minneapolis six degrees tonight going from the mid-60s out west where a lot of.

These storms are generated and coming and moving across the country squami pass is seen 2 feet of snow and we have another big storm coming in uh as we head into Thursday around 5:00 p.m. we'll be seeing snow and heavy rain with this syst on the west coast I'll talk more about toles a little later on for now stuff back to you all right thank.

You so much certainly looking forward to that warmup talk to you soon tomorrow Macy's is closing 150 stores as a major uh turnaround bid and fast food chain Wendy says it will test Uber style surge pricing based on demand ABC News business reporter Alexis Christoper has more on that and your other business headlines Alexis great to see you so.

Much to talk about so much always great to see you too my friends so let's start with Macy's because is continuing to shrink the retailer planning to close 150 underperforming stores this is going to happen over the next three years Macy's new CEO says the retailer will now focus on upgrading its remaining 350 locations it will also open smaller.

Versions of its namesake chain and add more Bloomingdales and blue Mercury locations these store closures are part of a larger turnaround plant at Macy's as the onetime retail Powerhouse tries to stay relevant and give customers quote the chance to shop the way they want the online travel platform Expedia is cutting about 1,500 jobs that's about.

9% of its Workforce Expedia warned earlier this month that Revenue would moderate this year as plane ticket prices drop and just last week booking Holdings forecasted slower growth this year as US Travel demand starts to normalize after that big Resurgence we saw right after the pandemic and the Federal Trade Commission and eight.

States are suing to block supermarket chain Kroger's $25 billion deal to buy at smaller rival Albertson the suit claims the merger would hurt competition and boost grocery prices for millions of Americans in a statement Kroger says the lawsuit quote only strengthens larger non-unionized retailers like Walmart Costco and Amazon Albertson's meantime.

Says it's disappointed that the FTC continues to quote use the same outdated views of the grocery industry it used 20 years ago get ready for surging prices at Wendy's starting next year the Burger chain will launch new menu prices that will fluctuate depending on the time of day so for example you could pay a dollar more for a sandwich like the.

Baconator during the lunch rush Wendy's plans to spend $20 million on high-tech digital menu boards that can update prices in real time some customers quickly taking to social media here calling the surging price price gouging Wendy's telling ABC news that its Dynamic menu pricing can be quote competitive and flexible with pricing.

And motiv at customers to visit we'll have to see depending on how successful price surging is at Wendy's experts say we could see similar menu changes at other fast food chains including McDonald's and Burger King sort of like they're taking a page out of uber I feel on this surge price absolutely and and and next we'll probably see them price.

Surge for breakfast and dinner oh I'm sure that's not far behind oh my goodness we'll see what happens Alexis thank you so much thanks for being here all right coming up environmental checkup why pediatricians are considering climate change during your time next office visit we'll be right.

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Little different than you're used to doctors are now being urged to include climate change in their discussions with patients ABC's Chief climate correspondent Ginger Z has more at your child's next doctor's visit after they get their blood pressure and check their ears don't be surprised if there's a new regular stop on the vitals.

Of a healthy life the American Academy of Pediatrics now suggests that doctors talk to their patients about climate risks and solutions they offer examples like recommending active forms of transportation and eating plant-based foods to reduce carbon emissions the academy noting that children are especially vulnerable to.

Impacts of climate change first children's bodies are still growing and harmful exposures can interrupt healthy development with potentially lifelong effects children are also more active outside they so they have greater exposure to heat and toxins Dr adut said that pediatricians looking at yearly cycles of allergies or infections from.

Things like bug bites are typically basing that on a stable climate but that's not what we have it's changing as for families it's all about adapting to the risk that we're seeing right now like extreme heat it's very important that uh parents of young infants are cautious with the heat uh infants can't express their needs they can't tell you.

That they're hot or ask for more water so when it's very hot relative to usual temperature in your community it's important that you keep kids in a cool environment infants in a cool environment and not take them outside during periods of excessive heat our thanks to Ginger Z for that report really important thank you for.

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Right to the White House where President Biden is meeting with Congressional leaders let's listen into the president as the meeting began just a few moments ago good everybody in all right well thank you all being here look uh I want to thank the leaders for being here today we got a lot of.

Work to do we got to figure out how we're going to keep uh funding the government which is an important problem important solution we need to find and I think we can do that and uh and Ukraine I think the need is urgent I hope we get to speak for that a little bit and uh I think the consequen of inaction every day in Ukraine they're dire I've been.

Speaking to some of our our G7 partners and you just got back Chuck they're very concerned and uh and also we need to uh we we need to in terms of supplemental we need to deal with the Israeli portion but that also contains a significant portion having to do with humanitarian assistance into the Palestinian areas which I think is important and uh we.

Have to replenish the air defenses for Israel and we have to work on making sure they don't face the threat from they can face the threat from the uh from what's going on in the Middle East not just from uh Hamas but from Iran and uh so uh and government funding uh I'm sure you guys that all that all taken care of all can decide I think that it's.

A congress's responsibility from the government we got to get about doing a shut down with damage the economy significantly and I think we all agree to that and we need to bipartisan solution so uh I want to hear from the group and uh I want to hear from all of you here so thank you all for coming that's what we're going to be talking.

About thank to President Biden there at the White House meeting with the top four leaders of Congress they are discussing a Bill to send more Aid to Ukraine as well as a plan to avert a potential government shutdown the President says the consequences of an action on Ukraine are dire and that there is a lot of work.

To do on funding the government we want to bring in White House correspondent Karen Travers along with ABC's Jay O'Brien on Capitol Hill uh to talk about this Jay I want to start with you we heard from Mike Johnson as he was leaving Capitol Hill earlier saying there will not be a government shutdown he seemed pretty confident and we we've.

Also heard from the White House National Security adviser who says the house Speaker Mike Johnson can bend the course of history by providing that Aid to Ukraine so what are the sticking points here well and those comments directed at Johnson because he is really the stick in the mud on this Ukraine Aid remember a $95 billion package of aid for Ukraine.

And Israel and Taiwan already pass the Senate earlier this month it's up to Johnson as to whether or not he wants to put that on the house floor for a vote Johnson has expressed some skepticism about aid for Ukraine in the past he's also said as we've heard before in this Saga that he doesn't want to put a package that has aid for Ukraine on the.

House floor without border security provisions in that package but remember a bipartisan group of senators negotiated a package that looked exactly like that and Johnson rejected it because it wasn't Hardline enough so now in that room in the White House the only lawmaker because of that package that passed the Senate who is really holding.

Up aid for Ukraine is Mike Johnson so you can imagine the kind of pressure he's getting even Chuck Schumer had said going into this meeting that he was going to make this case for future funding for Ukraine directly to the speaker and let's see if he bends Karen I want to bring you in on this we heard from the president who said the aid for.

Ukraine is urgent he says consequence of no inaction no action in Ukraine is dire and also wants to figure out how to avoid a partial government shutdown so why is President Biden calling in this meeting right now obviously these are some of his goals but will it work yeah pressure that's the point of this meeting to put pressure on house Speaker.

Mike Johnson to try to get that Ukraine Aid across the Finish Line in the house that passed with bipartisan support in the Senate and it's notable when you look around that room to see that two people in there from the Senate side they got the job done that the president wants to see with that $95 billion doll Bill already being passed and now this.

Is all about trying to put that pressure on house Speaker Mike Johnson to do the same then of course you also have the government funding issue with Jay mentioning that big deadline coming up and you know Mike Johnson wanted to have a one-on-one meeting with President Biden they made many requests for that sit down to talk about border security.

And immigration the White House rejected those calls for that meeting instead speaker Johnson is getting this one where this certainly looks like a bit of a five on-one meeting where there's going to be a lot of pressure on Johnson to pass that bill and get it done quickly as you heard the president there saying in action is dire and the need.

For aid for Ukraine is very urgent we certainly did hear that Karen thank you so much uh so much uncertainty but we will check back in uh with both of you here shortly and see see what happens thank you so much White House correspondent Karen Travers here at the White House and correspondent Jay O'Brien there on Capitol Hill moving on.

Now a judge in Georgia is set to hear more testimony today on misconduct allegations concerning the district attorney Prosecuting former president Trump Fulton County DA fonnie Willis could be disqualified from the case if the evidence shows she improperly benefited from hiring her former romantic partner as a special prosecutor.

Now that Prosecutor's former law partner and divorce attorney is said to testify let's bring in ABC News executive editorial producer John stuchi for more on this John great to see you be with you uh so now that the special prosecutor Nathan Wade tried to block the Jud questioning Terrence Bradley lots of folks involved in this out of.

Concerns over attorney client privilege what are you watching out for today well well the fact of the matter is you know so the attorney client privilege thing usually holds up right because you would think your attorney wouldn't be compelled to testify so the fact that this ruling came down last night from the judge saying uh I wait the options.

You still have to testify that was a blow already to Nathan Wade and fonny wills because remember we went through those Marathon hearings several weeks ago Stephanie we saw fonny Wilson said saw Nathan Wade saw her onetime best friend but this is the guy that can really cause them a problem because what's an issue here is very simple did.

Nathan Wade and fonnie Willis lie about when that relationship began did it begin before he got hired or after he got hired now what the defense team is saying here is that this attorney that the one-time friend been involved in the divorce proceedings he's the guy he's the guy that can confirm that this happened before he took the job big.

Problem if he gets on the stand and now we know that former president Trump's uh legal team wants to to submit cell phone records they claim dispute Willis and W's claims about their relationship timeline so that's a whole another issue there but what's at stake here for the case against former president Trump and his codefendants in Georgia so let's.

Talk about the cell phone record for two seconds basically they're trying to show that this relationship really did exist and it existed at a different timeline so hasn't been entered yet but also let's just be clear for the viewer at home that cell phone data shows you're in an area it's not that specific right if somebody had my data your data it's.

Not going to show that we were sitting together here at ABC it's a little more zoomed out than that just to get that over the line for folks at home but what's an issue here is really delaying this case right because this frankly Sideshow that's going on was not a part of regularly scheduled programming in what world Stephanie you've covered a.

Lot of cases so have I when we have seen the da that's Prosecuting the case take the stand that's what happened here in this case so the fact that we're talking about this fact that we've now had several days of coverage of this it's already succeeded for team trump it has delayed this the goal get it closer to the election and hope it doesn't happen.

Mhm and what about the Cod defendants in Georgia what's uh what's at stake for for Trump and those Cod defendant well all of them right I mean listen you've got you know 19 that were originally charged four of which took the deal so for the remaining 15 these are felony charges these are all severe and let's be clear if Donald Trump wins if he's.

Convicted in this case before the election State case not pardon proof very interesting John thank you so much for being here bringing it all down for us really appreciate that and that hearing is expected to begin at 2 p.m. Eastern we will bring that to you live when it happens right here on ABC News.

Live voters are heading to the polls for the primary in the critical swing state of Michigan former president Trump is expected to win big again over his only Republican opponent Nikki Haley meanwhile President Biden is facing a protest vote over his stance on the war in Gaza ABC's zaren Shaw joins me now from Detroit along with ABC News is a.

Political director Rick Klein great to see you both zaren I want to start with you what are you hearing from voters there on the ground hey Stephie we're at a polling location right now and about half the people we've spoken to so far say they're going to vote uncommitted the other half say they're going to vote for.

Biden the uncommitted group out here is pushing for at least 10,000 uncommitted votes tonight because that's the number roughly that Hillary Clinton lost to Donald Trump by in 2016 so they feel like if they can get that number then they can show President Biden that they can really possibly swing this state come November now I think it's important.

To note that in 2012 when Obama's reelection was was uh here uh they there was 20,000 uncommitted votes back then so quite a substantial number and so you have a lot of Biden supporters saying you're going to need far far more than 20,000 to really show that you you can swing an election possibly yeah we'll see if they if they have that if that.

Happens Rick I want to turn to you Nikki Haley is warning that Trump losing 40% of the vote indicates that he'd ultimately lose to President Biden how concerning is that for Republicans well two points I think one is Will Nikki H get close to 40% in Michigan that would be a major surprise I think the polls have shown her down much more like 40 or.

50 points than just 20 uh but that that aside uh even winning 40 doesn't get you 50 it doesn't get you a win and there's no path that she has realistically speaking uh for to to overtake Donald Trump in the delegate lead in fact Trump's going to continue Pat his lead in Michigan uh between today and the and the conventions this weekend that that.

Award additional delegates and then through super Tuesday you've got this Crush of States some 20 States over the next week that vote and Donald Trump is may win all of them uh so right now it really is a protest vote and Nikki H's looking for some kind of a of a turnout among her supporters that just continues to send a message because her campaign.

Is really just about message sending at this point it's not about delegates right CU that math is just not adding up and Rick another question for you the Michigan secretary of state says more than 1 million votes have already been cast either through inperson early voting or absentee ballot what are you watching for tonight as the results come.

In yeah as zorin pointed out this storyline around the uncommitted vote is a huge one on the Democratic side the Biden team is prepared to have a large number of people more than the record that that's been in the past clearly because of the concerns over the Israel uh Hamas War the Biden team has been dialed into this there's not much they.

Can do about it uh their spin on it is that these are these are still Democrats and there's lots of time to win them over for the fall but we've talked to so many voters who were really upset and really want to send that message and the fact that they may actually elect delegates who are Democrats but say I don't want Biden to be the nominee.

Necessarily they show up at the convention this Summer that will be a lingering embarrassment and I think that's probably going to be the story of the night it's an exciting time all right we will all be watching Rick thank you so much zaren thank you to you as well we will have full coverage of those primary results as they come in right.

Here on ABC News Live President Biden says he hopes to have a ceasefire and hostage deal in place by next week Israel has agreed to a framework but Qatari officials.

Involved in negotiations say there is no breakthrough to announce yet foreign correspondent Tom sui joins me now from Tel Aviv Israel for more on this Tom President Biden says he was told by one of his top advisers that a deal is quote close but a senior Israeli political Source tells ABC that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was.

Surprised by Biden's remarks so what's really going on here where do these talks currently stand what have you heard well definitely I think the mood music on the ground is positive more positive than it's been I guess you know a few weeks ago we're seeing some positive signs for example in radio official telling us.

Today that signaling that Israel might be willing to go for quite a radical shift uh in its negotiating approach and be willing to release uh Palestinians convicted of serious terrorism offenses in return for the release of female Israeli soldiers held in the Gaza Strip but here's the reality check on this negotiating process we don't quite know.

What Hamas is willing to accept in these negotiations Israeli officials are still calling hamas's demands delusional so yes there is a positive shift there seems to be momentum there's a lot of will for a deal before Ramadan the US and its partners are trying to push this along but maybe the sort of positivity that we're seeing from.

President Biden of a deal within 6 days maybe that doesn't reflect the reality of the negotiations right now and so many families of those hostages and and and and those here watching uh what's going on there just hoping for that deal now Israeli protesters have been blocking the route to get more Aid into Gaza saying they.

Are trying to prevent it from getting into the hands of Hamas Tom what kind of impact is this having on the already dire humanitarian situation inside the Gaza Strip and and how are Aid groups responding to this well it's definitely slowing the flow of Aid into the Gaza Strip down Stephanie look I mean it's a multiple.

Factors we're talking about the protest that we saw at a crossing point from Egypt into Israel where the aid goes from Egypt to Israel and then into Gaza but it's also the security situation on the ground in Gaza it is also the Israeli checks at the checkpoints into the Gaza Strip and also Israel is blaming Aid agencies so look at the.

Moment Israel said today there was about 180 trucks going in the UN says there needs to be 500 a day so it's linked to the negotiating process for a ceasefire we hopefully should see more trucks go in in the coming days Stephanie hopefully we do Tom thank you so much for for your reporting your consistent reporting we appreciate it coming up in.

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Pen is a slice of human brain these are assassinations of people are going to be murdered there's really no telling what some of them will do I'm in I'm in I'm in in oh my God it's happening everywhere and anywhere wow I think Scott Peterson murdered his.

Wife and his child proved me wrong wrong there were leads and evidence that pointed everywhere but Scott if people step back and look at the evidence in this case they're going to see this crime isn't solved what the LA Innocence Project is saying but there's a real shot he didn't do it they have never been able to say when was she killed.

Where was she killed but is all of that enough to set one of America's most infamous Killers free Scott Peterson the wrong man now streaming on Hulu now to an ABC News investigation zoos and Aquariums host roughly 180 million people each year but some critics are.

Concerned about safety standards at a popular interactive aquarium that can be found across the country one texus family is speaking out after they say their young daughter was bitten by an animal during a visit to one of the sequest interactive aquariums an ABC News investigation found sequest has faced dozens of citations by state and.

Federal agencies Ariel rashev has more is that high enough what started as a day of family fun at an aquarium turned into a scary encounter for Lola who was 8 months old at the time I just can't believe this happened the family was visiting sequest a nationwide chain of interactive aquariums a staff member actually came up to us and said you can.

Touch all the animals and my daughter was feeding the Stingrays and all of a sudden she like shrieked and I saw the fish biting her fingers Helen says she was alarmed to find Lola bleeding after being bitten by a grouper but even more shocking Helen says was how she says the employees reacted it kind of seemed like it was no big deal to them they offered.

Me a few Band-Aids the company says that guest injuries are taken very seriously and their immediate priority is to address any injury sustained sequest says that their millions of visitors each year have a great experience and on social media the company promotes their facilities as places where you can engage with the animals these slices are.

Right in the middle of America's malls easy access shopping grabbing lunch they attract parents who want to show a great time for their kids kitty block the CEO of the Humane Society of the United States says that interacting with animals like these can carry a risk what is the concern with humans interacting with some of these animals wild animals.

Are just that they're wild they can hurt people it's not because they're intending to do it they're wild animals and a lot of time they just want to get away from you and ABC new investigation with three of our affiliate stations found that since sequest opened its first location in 2016 there have been at least 76 incidents where guests and.

Staff have reported being bitten or scratched by an animal and in the past 5 years sequest facilities were cited more than 80 times by the USDA for issues including potential disease hazards and inadequate care of the animals sequest telling ABC news that with hundreds of employees and thousands of animals injury and mortality though very rare.

Exist they said they continually Implement training and procedures to ensure they are working to prevent citations but critics say these aquariums continue to put the public and the animals at risk they keep operating when they get fines this is about profit our thanks to Ariel for that you can see more of this ABC News.

Investigation tonight on Nightline coming up she is making history everywhere she goes and in just under two weeks she could do it again at the 96 Academy Awards Lily Gladstone speaks with us about her history defining role as we're on the road to the Oscars tonight the Michigan primaries what these key Battleground voters are.

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Take you there your streaming ABC News live welcome back Lily Gladstone is making history as the breakout star of killers of the flower Moon and she's the first Native American nominated for a Best Actress Oscar just one of many firsts for the 37-year-old ABC News live Prime anchor lindsy Davis got the chance to.

Sit down with Gladstone ahead of the big award show in our road to the Oscars you got nice color skin what color would you say that is my color so where were you when you found out that you were nominated I was in Pasco Oklahoma on the oage.

Reservation I'd been in Oklahoma earlier that week seeing Jason Isbell play in Oklahoma City so that's one of the friendships I held on to from when we were making the film and uh then I just decided to stay so I was fac face timing with my parents my mom was filming the TV screen so I could see it and I couldn't read it through the phone so I.

Was like no Mom I want to I want to see you and Dad so she flipped the camera around and I I learned based on their reactions that that it gone that way and how have the O Sage responded to all of this attention one of the Silver Linings of having been on strike when the film came out and not being able to take to carpets to talk about it it gave the.

Spotlight to oage people people who had worked on the film people who were descendants of survivors and victims of the reign of terror to go and speak about it first which felt really appropriate the story ultimately belongs to them it was made by Martin scorsi but made with OS people it's really remarkable to see the kind of discourse.

That it's raised you know the level of ownership and pride of the story serves this big Vision that Marty had that ultimately I think challenges audiences it's been really remarkable that postage folks have been able to speak about it so much I kind of felt a sense of shame that I had no idea about these murders that had taken place in Oklahoma for.

This oil inheritance when did you first learn about this time you know honestly a lot of people I think expressed that level of shame but there were a lot of Osage people that grew up not knowing about this cuz there was such a traumatic chapter when the reign of terror ended basically when the guardianship program ended meaning white.

Guardians managing the money of of age people oage culturally you know they talk about since relocation from their ancestral lands Missouri Ohio River to Oklahoma it's a tenant of the culture and survival to keep moving forward you never stand in the same river twice the water is always changing because it.

Keeps moving forward and I think when the rain of terror was over a lot of people just wanted to keep moving it's one of the few times in my own career when I've seen a role I'm playing on screen and I'm just feeling for that person like I felt so much protectiveness over Molly watching her in a way that like you know kind of the.

Way you stand up for your friends before you stand up for yourself I need you here I'm right here Molly watching it from the outside as a film and I was feeling the rest of the audience around me falling in love with her the way that I was when you feel for her and you fall in love with her beautiful sisters her incredible mother these like incredibly.

Emotionally heavy impactful moments brought by these women on screen there was a real humanization in getting at the heart of the people and looking at this relationship as an analogy for this larger system of um exploitation of indigenous people of indigenous trust I think the film really did did an imense job I've read that you kept a picture of.

Molly on the front of your script and that it was important for you to show her as a Survivor not so much a victim how much about Molly was there to know how much of a deep dive were you able to take on her as an individual there's really not much known about Molly I think a lot of actors get really excited to do a bio piece you know I am too.

There's pieces that I'm looking at because you get to really sit and study somebody else's voice their intonation their body language there there was none of that for Molly there were photographs so these two photos that I had the front was Molly before she had met Ernest it was from a photo that she took with her sisters when they were very young their.

Late teens early 20s likely the look on her face I just would sit and absorb who she was but then on the other side of my binder I had a photo of her not long before she passed away she has this kind of like head tilt that I totally could see in her in her granddaughter it's a little bit of a Ry smile and her head was up and she just looked like she had.

Won her spirit is an no Sage woman and she reclaimed what was hers as best as she could your reaction to being the first Native American woman to ever get best actress for the Academy Awards I mean 96 years it's uh it's overdue know I was so inspired as an actress you know as a young actress seeing Kesha Castle Hughes get her nomination for Whale.

Rider and then again several years later watching Elita parisio get her nomination indigenous stories that Center indigenous women clearly make a big splash when when they're out there being the first Native American nominee for this kind of blows my mind because the origin of film some of the earliest film reels that people were watching.

Pouring out to go see were made by native people documenting and showing and capturing some of our dances some of our own stories American Indians were at the heart of Hollywood in the 1920s you know those artists back then really influenced the culture of film just because it's overdue doesn't mean it's not wonderful doesn't mean that it.

Doesn't have a huge impact for leading actress it's it's a it's a big deal it's long overdue but it's very welcome Lily Gladstone impacting communities and and young actresses as well our thanks to Lindsay for that report thank you and be sure to catch our brand new special road to the Oscars featuring conversations with the 20124.

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Know AI is a powerful tool although imperfect it can help us write poems draft legal documents and even create music but what about stress reduction ABC's Morgan Norwood takes a look at how AI is being used to boost its users mental help and more Kai corber knows the struggle of healing following a mass shooting all.

Too well the first kind of a moment of that uh can really be you know harrowing and just tough to get over in the first place he was a junior at margerie Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland Florida when a gunman went on a shooting rampage killing 14 of his peers and three staff members everybody who was a part of that um that tragedy really lost.

Someone that was you know close to them or somebody they knew um and it's it's it's it's really just an experience I wouldn't wish on anybody well many of us classmates have turned to Capitol Hill advocating for gun control to prevent further shootings Kai has turned to technology specifically artificial intelligence we really want to build.

Something that people could just really scream at uh and get recommendations for you know Wellness content that meets their emotional needs from the sound of their voice matter what language they're speaking right what I ultimately wanted to do is make people happy you know I want them to kind of feel a sense of joy joy is the name of the app Kai created.

To help survivors like himself get the help they need we built an algorithm that can recognize how you feel from the sound of your voice here's how it works you speak into the app and from your voice it detects your emotional state it's going to be an interesting day from there the joy app suggests Wellness routines and mindfulness practices but.

Kai says it's not intended to take the place of the need for professional psychological help so basically you could be you know walking down the street and get your daily dose of mindfulness and bite-sized chunks making mindfulness more expansive and open to everyone is something that we really believe we've achieved with the joy app.

Had you had this app you know in the days and the months after you know the horrific shooting at your high school what would have changed for you how would things have been different you know I think if I had a resource like this um it would have been a lot easier for me to kind of understand what the practices and resources were that would.

Have been able to help me in that moment when I was feeling when I was at my you know kind of worst or my lowest space after all that such an important conversation thank you so much Mor again for more I am joined by psychiatrist and Brightside Health co-founder Dr Mimi winsburg Dr winsburg AI is basically in our daily.

Lives consistently with people finding countless new ways to utilize the technology but can it really replace your psychiatrist or doctor we're in the midst of a National Health crisis right now in National Mental Health crisis and we have a shortage of providers so at bright side we're delivering lifechanging and you.

Know life saving Care at times by using technology to help doctors deliver their care most people think of AI as a a bot a chat bot or a therapy bot that you might talk to as a standalone tool it's not quite ready for prime time as far as that goes responsible use of AI means keeping humans in the loop so we're using AI as an assistant to Providers to.

Help them get more FaceTime with their providers it can help them take some of the administrative tasks out of the loop it can also help reinforce lessons between sessions much in the way that um that that your shooting Survivor was helping P people with mindfulness practices in between maybe some Professional Care that they might be.

Receiving those are some really good points and I suppose it doesn't hurt to have another option right what are some of of your biggest concerns though about AI entering the medical space well we want to use think of AI as a co-pilot a GPS of sorts rather than a self-driving car so we want to think of it as reducing administrative tasks for.

Providers or giving people access to tools that they wouldn't otherwise have the other way we might use it is to think about predicting risk so there's good evidence that it can it can show you if some might be able to be in crisis later on or what kind of treatment they might respond to we know that more time with.

Your health care provider means that you're going to feel better so let's think about using AI to help the human aspect of Health Care and reducing the part of Health Care that has become less human over time and and let's talk about AI possibly diagnosing uh people with a disease some in the medical community.

Believe a I can do that can help doctors diagnose a disease also provide personalized treatment what are your thoughts on that I guess that that's kind of a helpful step I guess before the person sees the doctor in person that's right so at bright side for instance we collect a lot of data points before your your doctor or.

Therapist sees you and in doing that it can give us a sense of what treatment might be best for you so looking at what particular types of uh depression symptoms you have or anxiety to symptoms you have can help predict the right treatment having this available to your doctor is very very helpful so that is a great use of AI and you mentioned.

Earlier that we are in the midst of a nationwide Mental Health crisis will AI assisted healthare allow for more patients for instance to get help I hope so one of the things we're working on at bright side is of course to deliver access we get people into care in less than 48 hours this is so necessary.

Where more than half of counties don't have a single psychiatrist and people are waiting months for appointment Times by using technology we can have a doctor's time be used where it's needed rather than for a lot of the automated administrative tasks or some of the tests that can be delivered automatically to to patients in between.

Appointments to help them manage their symptoms and AI could create more affordable alternatives for patients as well all really good points Dr wburg thank you so much for your time really appreciate it and if you are experiencing a mental health or emotional crisis call or text 988 to speak with a trained counselor and that.

Is 247 coming up another damning lawsuit for music mogul Shan P Diddy Holmes the new accusations he's facing and his lawyer's response to the $30 million demands also ahead trouble on tour why Taylor Swift's dad might be in hot water.

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Week nights on ABC News live welcome back to ABC News live here are some of the top stories We are following right now overnight President Biden says Israel is ready to pause its war against Hamas during the upcoming holy month of Ramadan if a deal is reached to release some Israeli hostages a possible deal would include include a.

6 week ceasefire and the release of some Palestinian prisoners prime minister Netanyahu has not commented on Biden's statements Boeing says it is working to improve its safety culture after being harshly criticized in a new report from an FAA panel the panel of experts found Boeing's safety culture to be inadequate and confusing leading to communication.

Breakdowns between engineers and managers the panel's report did not address last month's midair door blowout on Alka Airlines solar eclipse tourism is ramping up the eclipse on April 8th will be seen in more than a dozen states my brother has been texting me about this non-stop the last few weeks Delta.

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Don't worry ABC News and Nat Geo will have teams across the country in the path of totality from Texas all the way to Maine on April 8th we've got you covered now to the new allegations against John Diddy Holmes a music producer is accusing hip hop mogul of sexually assaulting him and forcing him to have sex with prostitutes but a.

Lawyer for Colmes called the events described in the LW suit pure fiction this is now one of several sexual assault lawsuits filed against combes in recent months including a lawsuit from the R&B singer Cassie that was settled last year to break this all down for us I want to bring in trial attorney and ABC News contributor Brian buckmire so.

Nice to see you always great to be here with you so you've you've been covering this for for a while I mean you're familiar with sha p uh Diddy comes not only does this lawsuit mentioned Diddy it also includes other aess celebrities what stands out here to you so if you see me looking down I'm looking down at the 73 page complaint that was filed.

Yesterday in terms of allegations of celebrities we're talking about Cuba Gooding Jr being shown through still photos of what the complainant says they have videos of of groping him their allegations of pidy um touching the genitalia and anus of the complainant and also if you look to the complaint here there's a few Easter eggs here.

Where it says the rapper redacted on Mr col's yacht consorting with underage girls uh and sex and you look down to the redaction it says well the person is a Philly rapper who dated uh Nicki Minaj I think that may be Meek Mills and also says an R&B singer redacted in Mr Colmes Los Angeles home consorting with underage girls and sex workor and you go.

Down to the redaction it says he's a Grammy award-winning R&B singer who had trouble with law enforcement after assaulting a beian billionaire I don't know who's a billionaire from Barbados that we know that dated someone that sounds like Chris Brown so there's a lot of big names here both as Easter ranks and also just on the front pages of.

These allegations wow just huge the lawsuit also claims the misconduct happened during the creation of Diddy's latest album The Love album and is seeking as we've mentioned $3 million the suit not only names the Mogul but includes his son and Universal Music Group claiming there's an alleged Rico Enterprise to enable his misconduct.

Explain why the lawsuit goes beyond Diddy and what's kind of at stake here this along with Cassie's uh lawsuit that you talked about earlier that was settled reads a lot like what we saw in the R Kelly case in the edny where they're talking about this being a criminal Enterprise that's all feeding towards this one individual's uh.

Depravity of wanting drugs and sex and rock and roll roll and everything in between that everyone seemed to know and go out and facilitate what sha Diddy Colmes wanted even in part of these allegations or these complaint they call his chief of staff the gain Maxwell to p diddies uh Jeffrey Epstein saying that this was a total sexual Enterprise to.

Feed into uh his desire ties and we want to note that Diddy has denied all claims against him but this can't possibly help his brand like how where do you see this going and and and where do you see this lawsuit going again I draw the comparison to to that of R Kelly where there might have been Rumors in the background there were lawsuits that were.

Settled there were Whispers uh behind closed doors but as those Whispers start to grow and grow and get louder you potentially could see greater civil litigation they're saying in this case they want to fight it potentially we see a jury trial out of here but this is based on sex trafficking allegations as well as claims that are criminal in.

Nature for me I'm thinking SD and that being the southern district of man of New York right here in Manhattan they're probably looking at these allegations and thinking where are the videos where are these still shots that we're seeing in these complaint and can we investigate it to see if there's more here potentially criminal charges and.

That could probably come out at some point potentially all right Brian thank you so much for your time thanks for unwrapping that for us pleasure now to Taylor Swift Trouble on the tour Maybe Taylor Swift's father is accused of assaulting a photographer in Australia police and Sydney are investigating after they received a complaint by a.

Paparazzi he says that Taylor Swift's father Scott allegedly assaulted him as he was trying to take photos of the Superstar following her final concert in Australia Lara Spencer has the details for us Mayhem as cameras capture Taylor Swift's Final hours in Australia the pop Superstar walking on a dock with her father Scott when Paparazzi swarmed the.

Pair ABC licensed the material from the photographer who says he was allegedly assaulted by Scott Swift in it you can see Taylor with an umbrella over her head her dad holding her hand guiding her towards a waiting vehicle that's my umbrella myella although not seen in the video.

Scott is accused of striking photographer Ben McDonald who was on the scene with another photographer McDonald telling the Herold quote security sort of pushed us around with the umbrellas McDonald saying Scott Swift decided to add to the mix and throw a punch in although the situation was quote under control a spokesperson for Taylor Swift.

Saying quote two individuals were aggressively pushing their way towards Taylor grabbing at her security personnel and threatening to throw a female staff member into the water dad's got a fixture on Taylor's tour frequently spotted by celebrities and fans who praised him at the Sydney.

Shows for handing out free sandwiches New South Wales police are currently investigating whether or not Swift was involved in the alleged attack or whether a crime was committed at all there were no reported injuries all right Lara thank you so much for that report and those details coming up spring break on a budget we.

Are finding the best savings from skis to the high seas also ahead The Man Behind the tan Ryan Gosling Oscar moment is finally here and he is expected to bring the kenergy will Gans is Ken enough and has that tea that's coming up tonight the Michigan primaries what.

These key Battleground voters are really thinking about their choices plus the Gaza ceasefire and hostage deal talks where things stand more Americans turn to World News Tonight with David mure the most watched newscast on television I have a point of contact they're expecting us this our secret world we have do you think we're going.

To be safe I don't know this is my pen inside that pen is a slice of human brain these are assassinations that people are going to be murdered definitely there's really no telling what some of them will do oh my God it's happening everywhere in anywhere.

wow I think Scott Peterson murdered his wife and his child proved me wrong there were leads and evidence that pointed everywhere but Scott if people step back and look at the evidence in this case they're going to see this crime isn't solved with the LA Innocence Project is.

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Starting starting to show well jet lag and all you still look Fab and thank you for joining us um path of totality that makes complete sense I I mentioned this earlier my brother's been texting me about this he wants to go to Dallas to to see that that solar eclipse so um we'll see if I meet him there but you know there's so many sites out there how.

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Chuck Schumer is speaking outside the White House after meeting with President Biden that is Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer there listen in any of the government uh uh Appropriations builds laps which means you need some CRS to get that done but we're making good progress and we're hopeful we can get this done really quickly uh they're a.

Little back and forth on different issues that different people want but I don't think those are insurmountable the fact that uh um that we made it so clear that we can't have the shutdown because it hurts so many people in so many different ways even for a short period of time was very apparent in the room and the speaker did.

Not reject that he said he wants to avoid a government shutdown so that was very heartening the meeting on um Ukraine was one of the most intense I have ever encountered in my many meetings in the Oval Office the four of us all together LED first person to speak was leader McConnell well the five of us the.

President the vice president leader McConnell speaker uh leader Jeff and myself made it so clear how vital this was to the United States this was so so important and that we couldn't afford to wait a month or two months or 3 months because we we would in all likelihood lose the war NATO would be fractured at best allies would turn away from the.

United States and the boldest leaders the boldest autocrats of the world the putins the she the presidents of North Car North Car North Korea I like the governor of North Carolina actually uh the presidents of uh North Korea and Iran would be emboldened thinking that the United.

States was this soft fat uh country that lost its way and would take advantage and so we said to the speaker get it done I told him this is one of the moments I said I've been around here a long time it's maybe four or five times that history is looking over your.

Shoulder and if you don't do the right right thing whatever the immediate politics are you will regret it I told him two years from now and every year after that because really it's in his hands it's in his hands we told him how important it was it was passionate I talked about my trip to Ukraine where I met soldiers who.

Had Russian Artillery in range with the drones they have but had no ammunition to fire at them we talked about four brigades who are ready to go Ukrainian no arms and how serious the lack of arms was and it was the consensus in that room zalinsky and Ukraine will lose the war if we don't get the arms and don't get them quickly.

The speaker brought up the Border we made it very clear to him that we want to do something real on border and in fact we Democrats in the Senate supported a border bill that very conservative groups including the border patrol agents The Wall Street Journal editorial page and uh Chamber of Commerce were.

Four but said to hold up Ukraine which as he admitted was a national imperative because you can't do something else which we all should work on was a non Secor there was no logic there's a logic to solving the Border we want to solve it but we have to but we have to do Ukraine right now because.

There's an wait that can get done quickly because that has broad bipartisan consensus and the Border takes some more work which we'll be happy to work on to get it done but not hold up the Ukraine bill for it Senator Schumer Senator first uh thank President Biden for convening us for this very important discussion to address the.

Important challenges that are confronting the American people uh it was an intense meeting it was an honest meeting and ultimately it was a productive meeting we discussed three issues first the need to avoid a government shutdown and to fund the government so that we can address the needs of the American people.

In terms of their health their safety and their economic well-being we are making real progress on the Appropriations bills that are scheduled to lapse on March 1st and I'm cautiously optimistic uh that we can do what is necessary within the next day or so to close down these bills and avoid a government.

Shutdown at the same time it may be important to come to an agreement that's bipartisan and anchored in common sense to extend the pending expiration of the eight additional bills that are scheduled to lapse on March 8th so that good faith tough negoti ations can continue in the absence of a government shutdown second we discussed the Urgent.

National Security priorities of the American people as captured in the bipartisan comprehensive Senate past legislation this is an existential moment for the Free World as it relates to being there for our Democratic allies in Ukraine in Israel and in the Indo Pacific and also at the same period of time making sure that we provide.

Humanitarian assistance to Palestinian civilians who are In Harm's Way in Gaza or in other theaters of War through no fault of their own third as leer Schumer indicated we had an open and honest and a candid firm discussion about the Border we all agree that we have a broken immigration system and there is a need to address the challenges at the.

Border in a thoughtful bipartisan way as Democrats we support a safe a strong a secure and a Humane border we just need our house Republican colleagues not to play politics and engage in political stunts relative to the Border but to sit down as was done in the Senate and enter into good faith disc discussions about fixing our broken.

Immigration system as Democrats We Stand ready to do just that made this meeting one of the most intense you've ever had the urgency of supporting Ukraine and the consequences to the people of America to America's strength if we don't do anything and don't do anything soon I was so so shaken but what I saw at the border I.

Was I was strengthened by the by the strength of Linsky and the Ukrainian people and the Ukrainian soldiers but shaken that here they are fighting without arms against a brutal dictator who will just do anything to kill them and the intensity in that room was surprising to me but because of the passion of the president the vice.

President leader leader uh Jeff speaker leader McConnell and myself it was and you know Johnson tried to answer and he made it clear he wants to do something on the border but we made it clear to him we can't trry where the war could be lost and second we had to we wanted to do border and have a tough secure border plan as we showed we Democrats showed in.

The Senate but he can't say it won't do Ukraine until we get border he's tried to do border for six months and couldn't come up with a single Democratic vote is that that's enough next one next you discussed border here um is this a part of the discussion is there a legislative discussion as part of this or is this still the Republican position it has to.

Be done through the White House let me make it clear we made the overwhelming sentiment in that meeting is we got to do Ukraine now there are other issues including border which we should address but not now and there was a discussion in the room that could you do border just by um uh administrative action I think.

Biden won that argument because he said you can't do it we all said without personnel and you need legislation for personnel and even the Republicans in the budget asked for more money for personnel at the border so it was clear it was clear that we want a fix border but it was also clear the speaker did not make didn't give a reason why you.

Had to do one before you did the other Congress pop Francis on Sunday called for a sir more or less optimistic about UK you've just heard there from Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and House minority leader Hakim Jeff both of them speaking moments after meeting with President Biden Biden along with other.

Congressional leaders Schumer called the meeting on Ukraine one of the most intense of any he's attended in the Oval Office he said they told speaker Johnson Speaker of the House Mike Johnson to get it done saying that history is looking over his shoulder and he would regret it if he didn't pass that funding for Ukraine let's go ahead and bring in.

White House correspondent Karen Travers and ABC's Jay O'Brien on Capitol Hill for more lots to discuss here we heard uh Hakim Jeff there the House minority leader speak about the border and of course uh Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer saying Aid to Ukraine is key Jay uh you heard both of them there and just a few days ago we also heard from.

Schumer he said that he'll use this white house meeting to urge Johnson to move forward with Ukraine Aid do you think it'll happen well and it seems like as Schumer characterized the speaker Johnson as we thought going into this meeting was the odd man out you heard Chuck Schumer recount account how that meeting transpired he said as you.

Noted it was intense one of the most intense meetings he's ever had in the Oval Office to paraphrase him and then he recounts how both he leader Jeff and leader McConnell all made the case to Mike Johnson who is the impediment to Ukraine Aid here about the urgency the word Schumer kept coming back to was urgency for Need for aid for Ukraine.

Schumer was just in Ukraine as you heard him recount he talked about the need for artillery shs that Ukraine troops have had as our teams in Ukraine have reported the Stark reality that Ukraine is facing without assistance from the United States that Ukrainian troops on the battlefield have said to our colleagues reporting in Ukraine that.

They want the US Congress to act now all of that is what Schumer said that he made the case in the Oval Office to the speaker the question becomes and what we did not hear from leader Schumer is what was speaker Johnson's response to that remember the onus is completely on the speaker here the Senate has already passed a $95 billion foreign aid package.

That has Ukraine Aid in it it has Israel Aid in it and aid for Taiwan and humanitarian assistance for Gaza it's now up to speaker Johnson as to whether or not he wants to put that package on the house floor for a vote and setting aside the looming government shutdown here the question is did that meeting break the Log Jam in the house and.

Specifically break the Log Jam that speaker Mike Johnson has put up here absolutely and leaving the capital today Mike Johnson seemed really confident saying there would not be a government shutdown we'll see if that happens Karen you you heard from the senator there Chuck Schumer he echoed the president's tone citing the dire consequences of not.

Sending Aid to Ukraine what do you make of this pressure they're putting on the house Speaker yeah I think it was really remarkable to hear how much pressure was put on house Speaker Mike Johnson in that meeting that's kind of what we thought it would be like going into it but right there Chuck Schumer was very candid that that's what the meeting.

Really turned turned into intense passionate talking about the stakes for Ukraine Chuck Schumer just returned from a trip there and he talked about what he saw and what he heard from officials there and how important it is that the United States does start resending Aid the United States hasn't since the end of last year it's been that long since.

The last security assistance package from the Biden Administration I also thought it was interesting that border was discussed today in this meeting because of course there was that bipartisan agreement that was negotiated in the Senate it was taken out of the National Security bill because House Republicans said that they were not.

Going to move forward on it there has been some talk about President Biden taking executive action on the issue of Asylum tightening some Asylum restrictions at the border but according to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer there it came up but the president said look there is not much we can do through executive action that would replace what.

Congress could do if we really want to get serious about doing something at the border it has to be Congress acting and it was House Republicans that that walked away from the toughest and fairest reforms according to the White House thank you Karen and Jay based on what we heard from Mike Johnson earlier today on Capitol Hill and in what uh.

Hakee Jeff and the Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer there said outside of the Oval Office it seems like there is some sort of an agreement when it comes to avoiding a government shutdown talk to us a little bit about what is at stake we know a lot of different groups would be affected if there is indeed a government shut down yeah and just to.

Translate kind of where we are in this this meeting as you heard Karen just know and and leader Schumer walk us through seems to have had three different tracks one track was in the urgency of aid for Ukraine right now as Schumer said the second track was averting a government shutdown um a partial government shutdown will be.

Triggered by a deadline this Friday and then the third track seemed to be on immigration reform and border security so in that Government funding track we heard Chuck Schumer say I'll quote him directly that the issues they have in terms of fully funding the government the the sticking points between House Republicans and Senate Democrats who are.

Right now in talks on how to fully fund the government he said those issues are quote not insurmountable he said in the meeting speaker Johnson indicated that he agreed with him as well as you noted we heard the speaker as he left for that meeting saying he does not believe there's going to be a partial government shutdown by the end of this week the.

Stakes here though as you noted Stephanie are that about 20 to 25% of the federal government has its bunding funding expiring by the end of this week then there is another part of the federal government about 70 to 75% that has its funding expiring by the end of next week March 8th so the portion that expired to the end of this week is the.

Department for instance of Transportation the department of energy the Department of Veterans Affairs each of those agencies say that some of their core functions won't be impacted a lot of their employees will continue to work without pay like Health Care in the VA or air traffic controllers for the Department of Transportation but a.

You've got got federal employees that are going to go without pay and B there are some Services of those agencies that are going to lapse if they do not have funding by the end of this week so you've heard Congressional leaders say nobody wants a government shutdown that seems to be the sentiment sentiment emerging from this meeting as well the.

Question becomes is there the legislative will and the timing frankly to avert one by the end of this week we shall see so much uncertainty Jay O'Brien for us there on Capitol Hill thank you so much and White House correspondent Karen Travers right there at the White House thank you both I want to send things over now to ABC News live.

Anchor Kira Phillips who is picking up coverage from here hey Cara hey Stephanie great to see you thank you so much good afternoon everyone I am Cara Phillips our top story this hour a critical test for President Biden voters in Michigan heading to the polls in the first critical swing state primary the president facing a lot of opposition.

There too with voters Furious over his support for Israel and inability to produce a ceasefire in Gaza all this happening as Nikki Haley is trying to breathe life into her presidential campaign or zaren Shaw is in Detroit so zorine let's just start with these Community organizers even elected Democrats urging voters to cast an.

Uncommitted vote let's just talk about okay stay with me we're going to go to house Speaker uh Mike Johnson thank you thank you all for staying we had a u a couple of meetings there it was uh Frank and honest I think we need more Frank and honest conversations on Hill so I was happy to participate in this we did uh that as a group and then.

I had a one-on-one for a period of time with the president just he and I in the Oval Office uh let me say this when I showed up today my purpose was to express what I believe is the obvious truth and that is that we must take care of America's needs first when you talk about America's needs you have to talk first about our open border I've been I.

Believe in U maybe 20 something States over the last several weeks going around the country uh appearing at events with my colleagues and we're hearing from the American people of all parties and all Persuasions and all cities and all states who feel this acutely they understand the catastrophe at the border is affecting everyone and it is top of.

Mind for all the American people for that reason so I brought that issue up repeatedly today in that room and and again one-on-one with the president I think that's our responsibility uh to bring that up the other big priority for our country of course is the funding of our government and we have been working in good faith Around the Clock every.

Single day for months and and weeks and over the last several days quite literally around the clock to get that job done we're very optimistic I I hope that the other leaders came out here and told you the same we believe that we can get to agreement on these issues and prevent a government shutdown and that's our first uh responsibility uh you also.

Heard I'm sure that there was um discussion about the supplemental spending package and uh I was very clear with the president and all those in the room that the house is active ly uh pursuing and uh investigating all the various options on that and we will address that in a timely manner but again the first priority of the country.

Is our border and making sure it's secure I I believe the president can take executive Authority right now today to change that and I told him that again today in person as as I've said to him many times publicly and privately over the last several weeks it's time for Action it is a catastrophe and it must stop and we will get the government.

Funded and we'll keep working on that so we'll have more for more money for Budget all right that was uh house Speaker uh Mike Johnson there addressing reporters after a meeting uh there with President Biden as he hosted top Congressional leaders to discuss the funding uh of the government as a.

Partial shutdown deadline is looming uh at the end of this week uh we ALS also saw Democratic leader um Hakeem Jeff and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer they were out there speaking just before the house speakers started addressing reporters uh talking about meeting with the president and the other Congressional leaders Schumer actually.

Called the meeting on Ukraine one of the most intense of any that he has attended in the Oval Office he also told speaker Mike Johnson just to get it done you heard the speaker there um addressing reporters on exactly what he says he is doing uh the Al uh Schumer saying to the speaker uh that history is looking over his shoulder and if he would and he.

Would regret it if he didn't pass the funding for Ukraine clearly very contentious situation here as the president called in these top leaders uh to try and figure out what to do as this uh deadline is looming come the end of the week let's bring in our White House correspondent Karen Travers also our J O'Brien up there on the hill for more so.

Jay um let's just talk about you you heard um Schumer uh you heard Jeff and now you heard the house speaker um I'll let you take the floor from here yeah let's talk about the visuals we just saw for a moment Kira first Senator Schumer's characterization of the meeting was that he leader jeffes of Democrats in the house and leader.

McConnell in the senate for Republicans all made the case alongside President Biden to speaker Johnson of the urgency of the need for aid for Ukraine because it's Johnson who is holding this up this Senate passed a bill earlier this month with aid for Ukraine and aid for Israel and Taiwan and then you saw Schumer say that by the way as he walks out to the.

Pool camera alongside his counterpart in the house Hakeem Jeff speaker Johnson walks out to that microphone alone he stands there alone Mitch McConnell is not alongside him Mitch McConnell and he do not agree on the urgency of the need for funding for Ukraine and then it's not what Johnson says at those microphones although he expresses.

Optimism that there might not be a government shutdown by the end of this week where the deadline is but he doesn't really mention and if he mentions that it's only a glancing mention I have to look back through my notes uh uh Ukraine you don't hear much mention if at all of any funding for Ukraine one of the stated goals of this.

Meeting instead you hear the speaker talk about how he doesn't believe that there will be a government shutdown by the end of this week he believes the parties are closed to an agreement and he talks about the need for border security and he says to the president that he believes that the president could take further executive action on.

Border security but he doesn't mention K one of the stated goals of this meeting and something the White House has said is a pressing need now armaments Munitions and Military assistance for Ukraine he so Karen now what yeah I mean I think it was notable that the president met one-on-one with the house Speaker this was a meeting that Mike.

Johnson had requested multiple times and the White House rejected his calls for that meeting and today where do we want to go next sorry about that we had a lot of people Karen talking go ahead get go ahead I'm sorry yeah big difference there from the president in that conversation with all.

Of the Congressional leaders and then sitting down afterwards with house Speaker Mike Johnson oneon-one a meeting that Mike Johnson really wanted to have but the White House said it wasn't time for it because they didn't think that Mike Johnson was serious about negotiations or conversations Mike Johnson though made it very clear that.

He wants the president to take executive action on border security the president according to Chuck Schumer told him in that meeting that he does not feel that that is a substitute for congress moving forward and taking legislative action that nothing could be as strong as what you saw in the bipartisan border agreement that of course is the thing.

That House Republicans rejected I also think that when we heard so much Focus From the Democratic leaders that came out about what happens next on Ukraine that is obviously the big priority for the white house right now that $60 billion for Ukraine Mike Johnson did not say explicitly that he will put that up for a floor vote he did address the.

Supplemental package as he called it which does right now include the money for Ukraine Israel and Taiwan he said that they are actively pursuing various options on that and we address it in a timely manner but Kira that does not necessarily mean taking what the Senate has already passed which had a lot of bipartisan support and going forward on.

It they could break that up they could add things into it they could try to put border back into it we'll see what that looks like but the message from the White House has been they just need to take what the Senate passed and pass it and they feel the support is there to do it if there was just a clean vote on it well the pressure is on we'll follow it.

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Morning news on ABC News live glad you're streaming with us well the controversial two-part docu Series where is Wendy Williams has become quite a battle among family and their focus on her well-being and those that are worried that more has been focused on lining their own pockets and exploiting.

Williams in the process here the documentary delving into the fragile struggles of the former talk show host and showing her financial problems family drama even heart-wrenching moments of her struggle struggle with alcohol you know how many people come out to support you you know how many people love you no I don't everything is.

Going to be good I know now Williams team is revealing last week that she was diagnosed with Aphasia and dementia and her son and only child is saying that her condition is alcohol induced but there's doctors that beg to differ there is no evidence to directly link alcohol and frontotemporal dementia so about 40 % of frontotemporal dementia.

Cases are genetic and the other 60% of the time we're not really sure why it happens now the executive producers of the doc Mark Ford and Erica Hansen say if they had known Wendy Williams had dementia they wouldn't have rolled the camera Mark and Erica join me now appreciate you both uh being here as you know uh this has been quite the headline.

Uh maker and so Mark I I just want to start with you let's clarify exactly when did Wendy Williams agree to do this docu series and when did you find out that she had dementia uh well Wendy agreed to do the docu series way back in uh August of two 2022 was our first kind of uh conversations arising and as you can.

Imagine there was uh legal discussions with all of her lawyers her guardian her management her publicist and everyone signed off on the documentary before we we began down this this road with her um we didn't find out about her dementia diagnosis until well well towards the end of filming when her son and her family revealed to us that they had had.

Their own private diag diagnosis um and that's what they shared in the film so it of course the entire way we were raising questions and asking questions what's really going on here um because we could see that her her behavior was becoming more erratic and more concerning you know frankly so let me ask you why didn't you just scrap the.

Project when you found out what was really going on here there were many conversations all along the way about whether we should continue filming or not but I think once we got to the family and and started understanding their point of view and their story here um it was really important to shine a light on the truth.

Of what Wendy's situation was the entire time we were filming this documentary she was under the care of a legal guardian um the courts took that care away from her family and placed her into the care of a legal guardian and you can see in the documentary you know how Wendy was and people can make judgments about whether she was receiving the the.

Right level of care or not but it it became important that this family story was allowed to have a platform um because there are many many thousands of families Across America who are dealing with this Guardians ship system and and don't have the platform that Wendy has sure and and but but the but her legal guardian did Sue lifetime trying to to.

Stop this from airing and the the courts threw that out and decided that the constitutional rights of Wendy and her family were more important than than their temporary restraining order their attempted so stop it so Erica a TV critic for variety says the docu series is invasive at best predatory at worst how do you respond to.

That yeah you know the documentary is um it is a difficult film to watch at times and it tackles a very sensitive subject but I think we all felt strongly that we wanted to shed light on what was truly happening to Wendy under the care of this guardianship she was very isolated in her apartment obviously struggling with.

Serious addiction issues and uh we were very concerned and we began to wonder what would have happened if we weren't there and um uh so I can understand why people can be uncomfortable watching part of the film it was difficult to film as well and we tried to be very responsible in what we showed um but to to reveal the.

Truth so Erica as an EP um how involved was Wendy Williams and was she involved to the very end including being there to see the the final the final cut uh Wendy uh was involved I you know I filmed with her every day and we talked about everything that we were going to do and she had opinions about it some.

Days were great and she was very lucid other days as you can see she was struggling um but she was very involved and I don't know we don't know uh if she watched the documentary I know her family I watched the documentary with her family and they were very supportive and you know we really wanted to share what it's been like for them um to be.

Separated you know from their loved one and not being able to communicate not being able to call she can call them they can't call her um and so it was very important to get the family involved and engaged in this story and be a part of it so Wendy did not have a a final say on on what did Heir no we had no access you see in the.

Doc that we finished filming with her in April of 2023 and we haven't been able to communicate with Wendy since then so the fact that she was her management did but her management did view the documentary they did I guess what the the struggle I think for for a lot of folks is if she.

Indeed was the EP this is about her life about her struggles that she she should have been somehow involved in this process to to sign off on it well she's the subject of the documentary and was very involved as Erica said all throughout it and you know always said you know from the very beginning that you know I'm an open book.

You know tell the truth let's just tell this story of my life now and the documentary started off as one thing but it ended up telling the truth that was a little bit darker and a little bit scarier and a little bit more nuanced you know than what we intended going into it so we hope people watch it and you know make their own judgments about.

It but what we can say is that we were committed to capturing the truth of what was going on in Wendy Williams life in this period of time that we had access to her while she was under the supposed care of a legal guardian so I think that's the important takeaway here is that any family member you know like Wendy said if it can happen to me it can.

Happen to you so um we all need to kind of look at these issues and examine you know whether the guardianships that are now you know kind of dividing families Across America should be reformed in some way well there are a lot of discussions to have and and clearly we'd love to follow up and just see the type of response that you do get as time uh.

Moves on and how exactly this plays out for her for the family and even more so the struggles that she's been dealing with and still dealing with if anything there needs to much be a much bigger discussion um about Aphasia dementia and uh who cares for us you know in these difficult times where we can't make decisions clearly executive producers of.

The docu series Mark Ford Erica Hansen appreciate you both coming on having the discussion thank you thank you got a lot more news stay with us we'll be right back tonight the Michigan primaries what these key Battleground voters are really thinking about their choices plus the Gaza fire and hostage deal talks where.

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Voters crossing a line a lifetime documentary about former talk show host Wendy Williams catching a lot of heat after she was diagnosed with dementia the executive producers of that docu series join me live and the worst part of uber may be coming for your lunch behind Wendy's new surge pricing plan that's already leaving customers pretty.

Frosty and good afternoon everyone I'm Kira Phillips our top story this hour a critical test for President Biden voters in Michigan heading to the polls in the first critical swing state primary the president facing a lot of opposition there with voters Furious over his support for Israel and inability to.

Produce a ceasefire in Gaza Nikki Haley is trying to breathe life into her flagging presidential campaign and our zaren Shaw is falling at all from Detroit zaren Community organizers even elected Democrats now urging voters to cast this uncommitted vote let's just talk about how serious of a threat this could be for President.

Biden possibly very serious Kira and yeah that uncommitted vote is the big story here groups here they want 10,000 uncommitted votes at the very least tonight and 10,000 because that's roughly the amount that Hillary Clinton lost to Donald Trump in 2016 here in this state so they want to show that they could possibly swing an election.

Come nove come November now Biden supporters they're actually pointing to 2012 when there were 20,000 uncommitted votes then and they're saying look you got to have a much bigger number in order to be a threat but I will say the uncommitted voters that I'm speaking to out here they say it is because of the war in Gaza that they are voting.

Uncommitted so what happens come November I actually asked one of the uncommitted voters out here take a listen to what she said I will vote against Trump but I will not say that I am supporting Biden so you will not vote for Biden come November if he doesn't change his stance uh well part of the uncommitted is.

Trying to create a atmosphere where he has to rethink some of his policies I will say one thing that's really interesting is I haven't seen one Arab or Muslim person in this area we know they are a big part of the story but a lot of the people we've been speaking to are people outside of that Community who have really strong.

Feelings so why are they upset well one they want they want to ceasefire that's what they want the president to call for the people who are voting uncommitted and they also want to see uh fewer deaths and injuries right now there's about a 100,000 deaths and injuries in Gaza according to the Hamas run Health Ministry and they're incredibly.

Frustrated seeing those numbers so Trump lost Michigan by a narrow margin back in 2020 as we were we remember so what do you think about a strong turnout today for Trump what could it mean for the general election yeah so he lost by 154,000 votes I mean it's a really small number right it's going to be incredibly tight.

Is what we can expect this November as I mentioned just the four years prior uh he won by 11,000 votes so every vote really counts out here it's unclear exactly how he's doing right now I mean really the Focus right now is on Biden because a third of the delegates today from the Republican ballot will get awarded for the Republican race so that.

Race is a little bit messy and unclear uh exactly what the outcome is going to be based on that all right sine sha for us there in Detroit we'll follow everything with you today thank you so much also we are following that high stakes meeting at the White House where President Biden hosted top Congressional leaders to.

Discuss funding the government as a partial shutdown well that deadline looms this Friday Jay O'Brien is on the hill following that Forest let's talk about what happened at that meeting um and overall uh how we're feeling about it I mean we heard from the speaker we heard from both sides as they came out to make brief comments to.

Reporters yeah and Chuck Schumer characterized it Kira as one of the most tense meetings he's ever had in the Oval Office particularly around the issue of Ukraine Schumer indicated Johnson did too that there was somewhat of a bipartisan agreement at least on making a good faith effort to avert a government shutdown a partial government.

Shutdown is triggered by this deadline on Friday they've got to pass something to avoid that but then on the issue of Ukraine it's Johnson who is the stick in the mud here the Senate passed a $95 billion package that has aid for Ukraine and Israel and Taiwan and it's Mike Johnson who's not putting it on the house floor for a vote right now he has.

Said he wants border security provisions put into that but we've played this game before right he rejected a package that had aid for those countries and border security stuff because it wasn't hard enough and so Schumer characterized this meeting as tense saying that he Mitch McConnell Hakeem Jeff all were making the case to Johnson along with the.

President too to move the needle on this issue for aid for Ukraine and the sense we got from Johnson's remarks at least as he stood alone there you see him is that he didn't budge and he wanted more commitments from the president on border security all right let's also talk uh about the stalled National Security bill it's so supposed to provide assistance.

To Ukraine Israel and Taiwan what do we know uh what came out of this discussion so the question becomes as it relates to that aid for Ukraine that you and I were just talking about what kind of path forward does it have in the Congress given that a the Senate has passed it and B the house Republican leadership is holding it up we've heard from some.

Moderate House Republicans who have indicated that they might want to end run around Mike Johnson and do a procedural move to put this out on the floor but that's unlikely to move forward at this moment at least we've seen it in its infancy Democrats try to make the point to the speaker and the White House did too that there is an.

Urgent need for aid for Ukraine that ukrainians are running out of Munitions and things of that nature I want to play you a little bit of what we heard from lawmakers as they emerg from that meeting so so important and that we couldn't afford to wait a month or two 2 months or 3 months because we we would in all likelihood lose the war NATO.

Would be fractured at best allies would turn away from the United States and Chuck Schumer mind you kir just got back from a visit to Ukraine where he said he saw these shortages of ammunition artillery shells Etc firsthand again he said he tried to make that case to the speaker that there was an urgent need the question becomes as.

This meeting kind of the tension around this meeting starts to simmer did any of that break through to the speaker all right we'll see if it breaks through Jo obrien it's going to be an interesting week thank.

You so let's keep talking about if indeed we are getting closer to a deal or not when it's to comes down to President Biden and his hopes to have a ceasefire and hostage agreement in place by next week while while Israel has agreed to a framework Atari officials involved in the negotiations say there's no breakthrough yet our foreign.

Correspondent Tom Sufi burs joins me now from Tel Aviv for more on this so Tom senior Israeli political Source actually telling us that Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu was surprised by Biden's uh remarks so what's really going on here well car look the qataris the Egyptians the US the key mediators in these talks are pushing hard for a deal.

Want to deal as soon as possible and they really want to deal before Ramadan begins in less than two weeks look the Israelis have kind of given us signs of what they might be willing to accept today an Israeli official telling us that Israel is looking at whether they could free Palestinians convicted of serious terrorist defenses in return for.

Israeli female soldiers being held in Gaza to be released what we don't really have a sense of I think right now is what Hamas is willing to accept we haven't really had much comment from Hamas in the last couple of days you know for example Hamas definitely wants the war to end Israel is not willing for a definitive end to the war in this.

Agreement that's for sure and isra officials are still calling hamas's demands delusional so although there are some signs of optimism today or tonight here in Israel I think we're still quite a long way away from a deal that's the way it feels so then there been these protesters Israeli protesters and they're blocking the route now to get.

Aid into Gaza saying that they're just trying to prevent it from getting into the hands of Hamas I mean this just continues to have a dire impact on those already suffering yeah I mean it's slowing down the flow of Aid into Gaza I mean there are multiple factors it's the protests it's Israeli checks at the Crossing.

Points Israel says it needs to be sure exactly what is in the trucks going into Gaza so that other materials that could help Hamas don't fall into their hands it is also the security situation on the ground in Gaza whether or not those trucks can move safely into the territory and also there's such a desperate need in Gaza right now we're.

Seeing airdrops of food Aid by the jordanians and its allies I mean pretty dramatic scenes desperate scenes in Gaza of the last couple of days really people crowding onto the beaches where those food Parcels are landing and it really speaks to the risk what the UN says is a risk of famine right now in that small slice of territory Kira.

Tom Sufi Birds there in Tel Aviv thanks Tom coming up can you get fries with that you may not want to with one of the biggest fast food chains in the country testing surge pricing for its meals how it could affect your wallet next whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal.

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A frost would hit the spot well depending on the time of your craving and when that hits it may be a little more expensive Wendy's one of the biggest fast food chains in the country is testing surge pricing so your burger during Peak lunchtime May cost more than late at night or midafternoon H let's bring in our Alexis.

Christopherus don't know if you're a Wendy's fan or not we'll have to discuss that later but why don't you break down for us um what's going on why are they doing this well had a Wendy's Burger in my day K absolutely I think it's going to be really interesting to see if customers are ready for this change they're basically taking a page out of.

The Uber andyt book with this uh you know price surging meaning that pricing is now going to be based on things like uh time of day the location of the restaurant demand even the weather uh they're pouring about $20 million into what they call Dynamic digital menu boards that will be updating menu items and their pricing in real time some.

Economists say you know people might not be ready for this yet I saw on social media lots of folks were outraged already saying it sounds more like price gouging to me it seems like people at lunchtime would be the biggest losers that's one of their big money makers it's a big time for them and if it's really crowded you know are you really.

Going to want to pay a few dollars more for the same Burger you could get you know maybe an hour later who exactly decides that though maybe everybody's going to be having a hamburger at 9:00 a.m. I they might start changing the way we eat our fast food I don't know but you know they're saying McDonald's and and Burger King if.

This goes well at Wendy's they could be doing the same thing in the not too distant future all right well let's talk about Macy's uh apparently they're going to be closing what 50 stores over the next three years including 50 stores by the end of 2024 what does that mean for one of America's most iconic Brands yeah I mean they were a Powerhouse in retail.

Remember and and now they're continuing to shrink this is all part of a larger turnaround plan they're going to close uh about 30% of their locations over the next 3 years there're still going to have 350 stores they're going to uh upgrade those they say remodel them come out with smaller namesake stores and let's remember Macy's also owns.

Bloomingdales and blue Mercury chains and they're going to actually open more of those as they close Macy's the Big Challenge here for this department store and others like Sears remember Lord and Taylor they're trying to stay relevant and and to meet consumers where they are and the way they're shopping now and so I think you know more and more Macy's.

Wants to go digital uh which is sort of the way we're all shopping nowadays Cara yeah that's that was my followup but you answered me so many people you know going online once you figure out what you like all right we'll track it Lexis thank you so much a lot more news ahead stay with us we'll be right.

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glad you're streaming with us well the controversial two-part docu Series where is Wendy Williams has become quite a battle among family and their focus on her well-being and those that are worried that more has been focused on lining their own pockets and exploiting Williams in the process here the.

Documentary delving into the fragile struggles of the former talk show host and showing her financial problem s family drama even heart-wrenching moments of her struggle struggle with alcohol you know how many people come out to support you you know how many people love you no I don't everything is going to be good I.

Know now Williams team is revealing last week that she was diagnosed with Aphasia and dementia and her son and only child is saying that her condition is alcohol induced but there's doctors that beg to differ there is no evidence to directly link alcohol and frontotemporal dementia so about 40% of frontotemporal dementia cases are genetic and the other 60% of.

The time we're not really sure why it happens now the executive producers of the doc Mark Ford and Erica Hansen say if they had known Wendy Williams had dementia they wouldn't have rolled the camera Mark and Erica join me now appreciate you both uh being here as you know uh this has been quite the headline uh maker and so Mark I I just want to.

Start with you let's clarify exactly when did Wendy Williams agree to do this docu series and when did you find out that she had dementia uh well Wendy agreed to do the docu series way back in uh August of two 2022 was our first kind of uh conversations arising and as you can imagine there was uh legal discussions.

With all of her lawyers her guardian her management her publicist and everyone signed off on the documentary before we we began down this this road with her um we didn't find out about her dementia diagnosis until well well towards the end of filming when her son and her family revealed to us that they had had their own private diagn diagnosis um and.

That's what they shared in the film so it of course the entire way we were raising questions and asking questions what's really going on here um because we could see that her her behavior was becoming more erratic and more concerning you know frankly so let me ask you why didn't you just scrap the project when you found out what was.

Really going on here there were many conversations all along the way about whether we should continue filming or not but I think once we got to the family and and started understanding their point of view and their story here um it was really important to shine a light on the truth of what Wendy's sit situation was the.

Entire time we were filming this documentary she was under the care of a legal guardian um the courts took that care away from her family and placed her into the care of a legal guardian and you can see in the documentary you know how Wendy was and people can make judgments about whether she was receiving the the right level of care or.

Not but it it became important that this family story was allowed to have a platform um because there are many many thousands of families Across America who are dealing with this guardianship ship system and and don't have the platform that Wendy has sure and and but but the but her legal guardian did Sue lifetime trying to to stop this from.

Airing and the the courts threw that out and decided that the constitutional rights of Wendy and her family were more important than than their temporary restraining order or their attempt to to stop it so Erica a TV critic for variety says the docu series is invasive at best predatory at worst how do you respond to that yeah you know the documentary is um.

It is a difficult film to watch at times and it tackles a very sensitive subject but I think we all felt strongly that we wanted to shed light on what was truly happening to Wendy under the care of this guardianship she was very isolated in her apartment obviously struggling with serious addiction issues and uh we were.

Very concerned and we began to wonder what would have happened if we weren't there and um uh so I can understand why people can be uncomfortable watching part of the film it was difficult to film as well and we tried to be very responsible in what we showed um but to to reveal the truth so Erica as an EP um how involved.

Was Wendy Williams and was she involved to the very end including being there to see the the final the final cut uh Wendy uh was involved I you know I filmed with her every day and we talked about everything that we were going to do and she had opinions about it some days were great and she was very lucid other days as you can see she was.

Struggling um but she was very involved and I don't know we don't know uh if she watched the documentary I know family I watched the documentary with her family and they were very supportive and you know we really wanted to share what it's been like for them um to be separated you know from their loved one and not being able to communicate not been able.

To call she can call them they can't call her um and so it was very important to get the family involved and engaged in the story and be a part of it so Wendy did not have a a final say on on what did air no we had no access you see in the documentary that we finished filming with her in April of 2023 and we haven't.

Been able to communicate with Wendy since then so the fact that she was management did but her management did view the documentary they did I guess what the the struggle I think for for a lot of folks is if she indeed was the EP this is about her life about her struggles that she she should have been somehow involved in this.

Process to to sign off on it well she's the subject of the documentary and was very involved as Erica said all throughout it and you know always said you know from the very beginning that you know I'm an open book you know tell the truth let's just tell this story of my life now and the documentary started off as one thing but.

It ended up telling the truth that was a little bit darker and a little bit scarier and a little bit more nuanced you know than what we intended going into it so we hope people watch it and you know make their own judgments about it but what we can say is that we were committed to capturing the truth of what was going on in Wendy Williams life in.

This period of time that we had access to her while she was under the supposed care of a legal guardian so I think that's the important takeaway here is that any family member you know like Wendy said if it can happen to me it can happen to you so um we all need to kind of look at these issues and examine you know whether the guardianships that are.

Now you know kind of dividing families Across America should be reformed in some way well there are a lot of discussions to have and and clearly we'd love to follow up and just see the type of response that you do get as time uh moves on and how exactly this plays out for her for the family and even more so the struggles that she's been dealing.

With and still dealing with if anything there needs to much be a much bigger discussion um about Aphasia dementia and uh who cares for us you know in these difficult times where we can't make decisions clearly executive producers of the docu series Mark Ford Erica Hansen appreciate you both coming on having the discussion thank you thank you got a lot.

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Is we'll take you there you're streaming ABC News live and good afternoon everyone I'm Kira Phillips our top story this hour a critical test for President Biden voters in Michigan heading to the polls in the first critical swing state primary the.

President facing a lot of opposition there with voters Furious over his support for Israel and inability to produce a ceasefire in Gaza Nikki Haley meanwhile is just trying to breathe more life into her campaign that's sort of Dying by the second our Shaw in Detroit zaren U the community organizers even elected Democrats urging voters to cast.

This uncommitted vote let's talk about how serious of a threat this is to President Biden and why they're pushing for this yeah Kira possibly very serious and that big story today is that uncommitted vote right groups here they want to see at least 10,000 uncommitted votes tonight and that's because that was the.

Gap between Hillary Clinton when she lost just a few years ago against Donald Trump in this State uh but Biden supporters they are pointing to 2012 that's when there were more than 20,000 uncommitted votes and they're saying in order to really be a threat to Biden this group needs far more than that 20,000 number tonight and we'll see if.

They in fact get it but look we spoke to a bunch of people out here some uncommitted some for Biden take a listen to what one of each actually just told us why do you feel so strongly about a ceasefire now because our government is supporting genocide and I think that's wrong and I think the president has responsibility to stop funding it so I.

Respect the fact that they're uh they may they may may be on the sidelines maybe in the primary but I do believe that they'll show up and and support the current president so Israel denies that they're committing genocide against people in Gaza they also claim that they are going after Hamas the US government has not.

Used the word genocide Kira all right well Nikki Haley's campaign basically on life support now she's already moved on to campaign and other super Tuesday States what do you think her strategy will be there in Michigan that's the big question I mean that is what everyone is wondering what is her strategy here in Michigan right I.

Mean she was here on Sunday she was here on Monday she spoke to Big crowds then and then she left I mean she's in Colorado right now it's a super Tuesday State and so it's going to be really interesting to see what she does here tonight her team is really just tamping down expectations Kira all right Zen sha there in Detroit Forest Zen thank you.

Also developing right now that high stakes meeting at the White House President Biden hosting top Congressional leaders to discuss the funding of the government as a partial shutdown deadline is looming our J O'Brien is on the hill let's just talk about some of the key takeaways from this meeting and uh can you read between.

The lines here and tell us what you think might happen or not happen before Friday well there were a couple different facets of this meeting remember Kira one is that looming government shut down every single Congressional leader who came out of that meeting between Chuck Schumer the top Democrat in the Senate and speaker.

Johnson the top Republican in the house who are really kind of the driving forces Behind These negotiations across both of those chambers they seem to indicate they're optimistic that there's at least going to be good faith efforts amongst the parties to try to avert a government shutdown by that Friday deadline the question is is there the.

Legislative will to do something either in the long term which looks very unlikely but most likely in the short term to keep the government running while they hammer out these larger issues so good news on that front there's some cautious optimism that there will not be a shutdown on the other front a lot of tension Chuck.

Schumer described the Ukraine section of this meeting the urgent need for aid for Ukraine as he described as being that section of the meeting one of the most tense he's ever been in in the in an oval office meeting and that's because all the other Congressional leaders in that room Mitch McConnell Jeff Chuck Schumer they are all in support of aid.

For Ukraine the Senate passed a $95 billion foreign aid package earlier this month that has aid for Ukraine in it but Mike John is not putting that package on the floor he's the impediment to Future aid for Ukraine right now so Schumer indicated that the Congressional leaders in that room and the president all leaned in different ways on the speaker.

Uh the question becomes was it enough to break this Log Jam and to compel the speaker to put that National Security Supplemental package on the house floor for a vote or to engage in some kind of talks to free up aid for Ukraine in Congress all right stay tuned Jo O'Brien glad you're following this for us thank you so much we also want to take you to.

Breaking news now in Atlanta where Fon County Judge is holding a hearing after ruling that Nathan Wade's former law partner and divorce attorney Terrence Bradley must retake the stand in former president Trump's Georgia election interference case let's go ahead and listen in thank you on behalf of Mr Roman good.

Afternoon judge Ashley and John Merchant on behalf of Mr Roman and he Wes his all right and beh of Mr Schaefer GRE Gillan Anthony Lake on behalf of Mr schaer and he wages president Trum on behalf of Mr Floyd morning good afternoon your honor Chris kerov and Mr Floyd we also wave Mr Floyd's appearance thank you Mr kerov and on behalf of Miss.

Laam anybody here on behalf of Miss leam all right I know before we'd had Mr Cromwell and i' had not heard anything from him I don't know if any other parties have as well but you I believe Mr promo is an deposition in in south Georgia that's all I know all right there's a zoom participant Mr cwell look like he joined okay that's helpful to.

Know uh Mr Cromwell can you hear us all right well we'll keep an eye on that to see if he does join us uh and we'll take it up as it comes so uh just a few preliminaries first of all I'm a bit under the weather so I'll try to speak up but if anyone can't hear me just let me know I'll I'll try to talk uh close to the.

Microphone uh but we are here today the sole purpose of which is that at the conclusion of the hearing on February 16th I announced that I'd be meeting with Mr Bradley and Camera uh to assess uh the validity of his assertion of attorney client privilege uh I've now been able to do that and I also allowed Mr Wade the opportunity to uh weigh in.

And respond as well and after considering uh the testimony uh not only in camera but also of what came out at the hearing I found that neither uh Mr Wade nor Mr Bradley had met their burden of establishing that the attorney client privilege uh applied specifically as it relates to Mr Bradley's knowledge of any uh relationship that existed between uh.

Miss Willis and uh Mr Wade and particularly that it wasn't established that his specific knowledge came about in furtherance of legal advice so having made that determination I didn't see any other choice but to allow the parties to uh have an opportunity uh to explore that uh that topic with him uh there's really in my.

Mind and it's that topic only I think if there's anything else we've already covered I'm not here to do it again so uh with that is there anything else we need to cover before kicking that off um just um Mr Wade still potential witness um Mr I believe Mr way was released from.

Subpena uh when we concluded his testimony the last hearing so unless he's been resoed and there's I have no knowledge of that um he has every right to be present sure um I think procedurally that would be accurate and so I I at this point I don't see a uh a means where he would need to be recalled and uh but if it is all right as we wait.

On uh the procedural uh parts to this uh hearing we have three folks uh with us here trying to uh wa what could actually happen here as we wait for former law partner and divorce a lawyer um of Nathan Wade uh take the stand this is former president Trump's Georgia election interference case that's expected.

Um to have actually is he getting ready to take that's fine is he getting ready to take the stand all right Mr Bradley uh Deputy Scott will swear you in again ter Bradley t e r r n c e Bradley b r e d l e y thank you judge good afternoon Mr Bradley good afternoon good to see you sorry under these circumstances um I'm.

Going to just go straight to where we left off before um fonnie Willis and Nathan Wade were in a romantic relationship correct correct and um it began at the time that they were both Municipal Court judges correct I objection your privil okay over I do not have knowledge of it.

Starting um or when it started um teren you told me that it started when they were both Municipal Court judges though correct that is incorrect um you never confirmed in writing that it was instead of Magistrate Court it was in Municipal Court Jud when they were.

Started dating if it were speaking of the text message you can go to that text message and you can read that text message and I will explain the text message to you but you and I did not have a conversation about when it started you asked a compound question of Magistrate Court versus I mean you you said it was.

Magistrate Court Municipal m i mean you said u m Magistrate Court conference I'm sorry um and then you asked another question I said no Municipal Court nothing else I'm referring to a different um conversation I asked you do you think it started before she hired him no I'm going to object this was covered in the previous.

Hearing where um Mr Bradley said he had no personal knowledge of the exact text that Miss um Merchant is speaking of and actually used uh in to in an attempt to refresh his recollection and he explained exactly what he's explained here before the court so this is uh repetitive and unnecessary and so I would object to as answered and.

Relevance of this all right uh perhaps we'll get there but I think first Miss Merchant has the right to draw his attention to the exact potentially inconsistent statement thank you judge um May I approach the text all right just to kind of if you're just tuning in we'll try to make sense.

Of all this but who you're looking at on the stand uh right now is the former law partner and divorce lawyer of uh the top prosecutor Nathan Wade who's in the middle of uh this entire disruption uh to president Trump's Georgia election interference interference uh uh case so the question is the question being asked is when did.

Fulton County district attorney fonnie Willis and the prosecutor that she hired to prosecute Trump begin their romantic relationship and it all goes to the fact that she brought him on board paid him money and then they had this affair and took trips etc etc so what we're trying to drill down here from one of Nathan Wade's uh very good friends and former.

Law partner and divorce attorney is when exactly did this love affair begin and he's dodging the questions let's listen inex I look back at my text messages um through uh that we've had I see that message but I do not recall that no ma' um and when I asked you if you started if you thought it started before she hired him and you responded absolutely.

Your honor I'm going to object as to the source of the information um that Mr Bradley allegedly gathered this from um there's been absolutely no Foundation um and based on the arguments at the last hearing that a lot of this is based on gossip and uendo assumption uh and privileged information and at this point Miss Merchant has not uh provided a.

Foundation as to how Mr badley would have any information that she keeps uh referring to all right I think that's go ahead Mr mer I I didn't ask him about the source of the information um and under rule 621 I can impeach him with any inconsistent facts this is an inconsistent fact I can impeach him with any contrary facts sure why would it be.

A relevant uh impeachment if he actually has no personal knowledge of this if he doesn't sure I think you have to lay that Foundation then so that'll be sustained okay um do you remember telling me that it began well that's that doesn't address the issue no not I was I was just asking if you remember telling me as opposed to.

The text sure do you remember telling me that it began well no and then you're going into the substance of it which we haven't determined whether he actually knows or how he knows um you told me in fact you corrected me when I said Magistrate Court you corrected me and said it was Municipal Court do you.

Remember that same objection you're this is this is the exact same issue right I'm asking if he remembers that he hasn't answered that question yet right but the relevance of whether he remembers it isn't established until we know how he remembers it or why he knows it okay if that makes sense I guess not I'm.

Sorry how he knows it I'm I I'm just asking if he told me that right so I wasn't asking how he knew that I wasn't asking the source of that knowledge I was asking if if he told me that that's it but I that's the point it's how he knows it the source of his knowledge state with contend is hearsay because it's gossip and inuendo um which is what.

Was indicated the last year Well it may not be hearsay it may not be gossip we haven't really gotten there yet we don't know how he knows what apparently he's telling her and I think we need to figure that out before we can go any further yes and if the source of the information is a witness who've testified then it's not hear say um so.

When did the relationship start I cannot answer that uh when was your first knowledge of the relationship back your honor he's already answered that question multiple times today he said he has no idea the timeline or when it occurred that was one of the first questions that miss m asked I didn't ask when I asked his.

First knowledge he testified he has knowledge that they had a relationship I asked him when he first got knowledge of that okay so if the question is when did you first get knowledge I think we can start there that was the question yes thank you when did you first get knowledge of their relationship I've said over again that I was not I.

Didn't have any personal information where I could personally say when it started I've said that time and time again so I don't I don't know when the relationship started and that wasn't my question so my question is when did you first gain knowledge I didn't ask the source of the knowledge didn't ask you to comment on the validity of the.

Knowledge I asked when you first had knowledge we'll get to the how Mr abot so I'll uh not the objection overrule it he can answer that just for the record I appreciate your honor um but he said he has no personal knowledge so it's clear he had to gain the knowledge not from from hearsay he could have gained it from this weight well I mean most of us.

Learn things from hearsay the question of whether whether it's admissible right and that's what we got to get to so I apologize right um when did you first get knowledge I'm not qualifying what type of knowledge I'm just asking when you first first knew about the relationship I don't know how to answer that I mean.

So I can't give you a date if you're asking for a date if you're asking me how did I get the knowledge it would have come directly from a client right so help me understand I think you you say you can't answer that question you don't know the date so that's the answer to the.

Question but I I said that five minutes ago we have to make it clear yes s next question Miss Merchant so you don't know the specific date no do you know if it can we narrow down the timeline was it did you gain knowledge in 2019 of this relationship beginning I'm going to object to this line of questioning is he said he does not know.

When he gained he doesn't know the specific dat that's fine Miss Merchant I think we I'm overruling that I think we can try to see if he can narrow it down based on gopost thank you um 19 I would probably say no I mean I I don't have anything that I'm I'm um there wasn't a specific date there.

Wasn't a football game there wasn't something that I can attribute to him telling me whatever and so you're asking for a date you're asking for a year is still a date and at this time I am telling you that I do not have the date um let's try this then so you received a contract from Miss Willis um January 2021.

Correct um can I see the yes I think so exibits are I think okay I think I think um if it was from the exhibits I think it was 21 yes and I don't want to blab the point youed those when you were here before um if those documents that you looked at last time time yes said January 2022 that's okay 21 I'm sorry 21 you're right thank you and it was I.

Think renewed in 22 it was yes so the contract date was um that we have in the record is January 25th 2022 so using that date at that point had they begun their romantic relationship of 2022 January 25th 2022 2021 I'm sorry when you got your first contract uh.

I don't recall um I don't recall any any specific uh dates no ma you remember when you got that contract though correct I remember I had the contract yes okay and you told us last week or I guess it was the week before now you told us that Mr Wade brought you that contract essentially.

Told you about that contract that is correct um so Miss Willis is not the one that brought that contract to you directly it was Mr Wade that is correct at that point in time they were already engaged in a relationship though correct I'm going to object I can't say that characterization of what Mr Bradley just said he just said he does not remember.

There's nothing specific he doesn't remember the exact date I think the question now is to reference it or tie it to maybe some other event that he might remember I agree with your honor she asked that specific question he said he does not remember any specific dates after signing the contract that's exactly what he just said this is and.

Answer I know and we're getting to the end of it so Miss Merchant you don't have much more to pull on here but he answered that last question so what's your next one um and and judge I I didn't hear the answer if they were in a relationship January 25th 2021 did you recall the question I recall the question and I can't tell you accurately.

Whether or not they were in a relationship at the time you asked me about him bringing me a contract I said he did bring out contract and that is accurate do you remember prior to do you remember knowing Miss Willis prior to her taking office as the da I had very little contact with Miss Willis um I knew her um through my.

Business of coming down to Fulton if that's what you're asking yes you knew her through the business um so had you had met her prior to your contract I'm going to object to relevance at this point as to why we're here today sure Jud he doesn't remember much of anything right now and so I'm trying to create a timeline to hopefully piece this.

Together all right well um I'm not seeing really the likelihood that that's going to have any success I'll I'll let you ask a few more questions but if he doesn't have a date then I don't know that you're going to be able to create one today okay thank you um.

So the time that you had this contract from January 2021 until January 2022 did you come in and out of the DA's office yes okay and so were you able to witness Mr Wade and Miss Willis inact during that time I'm going to object this has been asked and answered it was addressed the last hearing about Mr uh Bradley's access to and from a specific room to.

Pick up files and Mr Bradley said that he rarely saw them together um but this was was I think the only Avenue that was closed at the last hearing was his personal knowledge potentially through well actually no if he testified was that he had no personal knowledge it's knowledge that conveyed to him that was cut off at the last hearing that's.

Really the only thing we hadn't been able to explore unless you're correct me if I'm wrong knowledge that was conveyed to him by by somebody else that's that he claimed at the time was privileged I found that it's not that's what we're here to explore okay um do you remember telling me that not many.

People knew where they met going object as to relevance as to his personal knowledge which is what 602 requires yeah mean we're back to the same point Miss Merchant his personal knowledge is what I'm asking him what he told me but he hasn't yet told you how he knows that and so if unless he can establish why he should be testifying on.

This at all then there's no relevance and I don't know what how he knows that that would that would be the next question but how he knows it I first have to establish that he said that no you don't you could go the other way around um when you told me that it started when.

You left when she left the DA's office and was a judge in South Fon where did you gain that Knowledge from well I'm going to object because his testimony a few minutes ago is that he did not recall making that statement all right I'll overrule that Mr Bradley answer the question if you can repeat the question when you told me.

That their relationship started when she left the DA's office and was a judge in South Fulton where did you obtain that Knowledge from it was I was speculating um I didn't have a um no one told me I was speculating no one told you that no one told me that you were speculating based on things.

That had been told to you or things you had observed so I'm going to object as to uh the nature of U this line of questioning because the witness has made it clear he was speculating as to how or what he knew and if it's speculation it's inadmissible for the court all right but the motivations for his reason for speculating would be admissible so.

I'll overrule that thank you judge was this speculation when you told me that was that based on things that had been told to you and things that you had witnessed I never witnessed anything so um you know it it was speculation I can't tell you um anything specific if that's what.

You're you're asking you can't tell me anything specific as to why you speculated about that this was however many years ago I mean I don't recall but no I I don't did you have any reason to I don't know if speculation is lying but I'm well let let me just talk show me where in this text it says you're.

Speculating you didn't ask me if I was speculating or guessing I didn't ask ask you but tell me if it says anywhere here that speculation if this is the same one that you just showed me it does not and you're welcome if you need to to look at your text um is there anywhere in here that indicates that you didn't have knowledge of relationship I'm going to.

Object the line of questioning your honor directed Council to uh explore is where he got the knowledge he's explored that he said it's speculation and he didn't get it from any Source other than his own speculation I think we're flushing that out and uh uh I think it's her right to have a little leeway on this if he's.

An adverse witness thank you judge and judge these speaking objections are clearly coaching the witness because he's regurgitating you're honor I I object and take offense to that comment I'm objecting based on the law and I'm and I'm making a record for the court um so I I I take offense to that comment it's not the case all right well uh I.

Think we can start with uh objection the grounds and the rule number and then if I need more I'll ask thank you all right thank you what did Nathan tell you about the relationship objection hearsay Nathan has testified it's not hearsay it still hearsay it's an out of court statement being brought in for the truth of the.

Matter asserted so hearsay judge yeah this would be for impeachment by contradiction which would be an exception to the hearsay Rule and admissible substan of evidence and the privileg issues are overruled thank you judge well I think he December R the privileg objection we don't know when he's talking about so we've already.

Established that December 2018 was the day of privilege sure and that's something I covered in the in camera hearing and I'm based on what he told me in that in camera hearing uh I don't believe any statements to this effect we're covered by privilege and judge I just want for the record because sometimes the record doesn't reflect.

Where people are looking and that when I ask a question Mr Bradley is looking at Mr Wade and his lawyer to wait for them to object and they're clearly interacting somehow in the court so I just want the record to reflect that because it wouldn't otherwise it's there now a question was put to you Mr Brad judge one of my lawyers is standing is.

Sitting right in the back a um go down that rabbit hole you can look wherever you want yeah and I never looked at Mr Wade or his attorneys that sounds quite true all right Mr Bradley question was put to you repeat the question please yes so I showed you um or I asked you I'm sorry the question the last question I asked you was what did Nathan Wade.

Tell you about the relationship same objection and that's already been ruled upon I recall him stating that at some point they were dating uh I can't tell you what date that was it was made in confidence we were in the back of our office our.

Offices were the only two in the back there was no one else present that is all I can tell you at this time one time one time you only had a conversation with him one time about the relationship objection asked and answered no I think that's a clarify for.

A thorough and sifting cross Miss Merchant I do not recall any other time that he mentioned uh that they were in a relationship no um you may not okay um so other than so you talked about this one time um and you said you don't know when it was though correct.

That is correct um was it before Mr Wade before you got the contract in fton County let's start with that I do not recall okay and um how did it come up say again how did it come up I do not recall how it came up um it was in the back I know it was I know where it occurred um in our offices in the back I can't tell you what we were.

Discussing prior to that did you receive an email from me on January 6th um with a motion attached I think I did yes yes I know I know I I received a I don't know if the date is January 6 but yes I received that yes um so you remember receiving that yes the date okay um and you reviewed it and then you you and I spoke.

About it you recall that do we speak over the phone or are you saying through a text that's what I'm asking you I can't remember um whether it was text the phone or but you recall us speaking one way or another one way or another yes okay um.

And where I was trying to confirm the facts in that filing I think I remember um there was a line of about um the accuracy of um how much money that my office the law the law office Terence a Bradley uh have received um and whether or not that.

Was going to be in the motion or not there wasn't a discrepancy I had kept that out you asked me to put that back in correct I don't I I recall you um that may be accurate.

Yes and you thought because you thought it might be suspicious if you were left out of the motion no I I think we discussed that it should reflect the accuracy because the accuracy was that I received um I had a contract and received 74 grand.

74,000 um and I think you had put in there that Mr Campbell had received a certain amount and then you also had put in there that Mr Wade had received certain amount but there was not anything in there originally and I said that it need to be accurate I needed to be accurate as far as that I.

Had received 74,000 that's correct because you did not want anyone knowing that you had talked to me object this to relevance you bias over I wanted you to be accurate as far as the accuracy of our message or or your fing okay so that was your so your interest was in in accuracy in the.

Pile I didn't reach out to you and say send me a copy of your motion right I didn't reach out to you to say that you were that I'm going to be in your motion right I asked you to review it for accuracy for accuracy and I just stated that it was inaccurate and the inaccuracy that you pointed out was the thing about your or how much you had.

Made that was the inaccuracy that I I saw that jumped out was the fact that um I saw that I was left out when you had put okay the firm um the MoneyWise I did not I did not um when I responded to that it was for that specific reason okay and I agreed I would put that back in that section back.

In and I correct I did put it back in sent it to you again I don't recall getting a second email from you know but you were happy that I put it back in or that I agreed to put it back in going to object this to relevance yeah we need get we need to get to more material aspects yes judge I I'm moving along I.

Promise so you asked me you did ask me to put that back in well an answer Rel well he didn't answer that last question so over you did can you confirm you did ask me to put that back in or it be accurate yes that's correct I said that um yes okay and then I asked you if everything was accurate and you said looks.

Good correct I I recall you asking that but the looks good was applying to the accuracy of the 74,000 that's it okay um so when you reviewed the motion and you specifically pointed out that one thing that you that you found inaccurate you didn't Point anything else out that you found inaccurate in that motion though.

Correct no I did not and that motion alleged that their relationship began when Miss Willis was in municipal court if I can read reread the motion but um I don't recall all but if that's what it says but I I did my saying um that it looks good was when you put back in the 74,000 um into your.

Motion okay and that's that wasn't what I was asking what I was asking is you didn't tell me that there was anything else inaccurate in the motion though right but I didn't state that anything was accurate other than the 74,000 now when I told you that I had this motion that I Was preparing you asked me.

To send a rough draft no that's incorrect I approach judge you me what which page are you showing they're not page number it's um January 6 I just yeah of course you the Tex so um we had been talking and you asked me to send you a rough draft and I told.

You okay but I didn't want it to be leaked before I filed it right that is correct that is correct so you're the one that asked me to send a rough draft yes that's correct yeah yes that's correct and that was at 10:08 on Saturday January 6 um and then you got an email from me with that rough draft at 10 25 that same day.

Correct the yes you need to look at it I if if it says 1025 then um I know you sent me an email um why he's looking at it I'm I'm going to object us to ask an answer we beenin through the fact that she sent him a copy of the motion whether he specifically said rough draft or not and then asked about the accuracy he's.

Explained his answer and I uh Mr we're getting there over Ro for now um and then I responded when we were talking about that footnote that we were just talking about I said I took it I took it out but I can add it back and you said yes add it back you remember that I answered that yes and then I said.

Anything else anything that is accurate and you responded looks good you recall that let me see the and there I I don't know where the exhibits are um um that were admitted that refresh your memory it says looks good but as a as I stated before I was responding to you putting me back into the motion for receiving.

$74,000 in a contract well that's not what this says this says you said yes at it back and then I said anything else anything that isn't accurate and you responded looks good so you weren't responding to put it back in I'm going to object not his motion he wasn't the aent of the motion verified over Mr.

Body I've said personal twice overruled Mr I've said twice that the looks accurate was or I've said more than twice was for the 74,000 do you remember for telling me about um Nathan and fonnie coming to your office and spending time together at your office no I mentioned um I do.

Recall testifying on the 16th that she had come to our office and that was before she was elected as district attorney correct I recall that that was when she was district attorney cuz I said that there was a meeting held at my office and who was at that meeting I now.

I can't tell you that I don't recall but you know Miss Willis was there Mr Wade was there it was at our office um actually uh Miss Willis was there and there were other people there Mr Wade was not in that meeting he was he was in the back uh I wasn't even in that meeting why did she hold it at your.

Office then I have no idea um you also remember telling me about them spending time together at her law office before she took took her job I don't recall do you I don't recall do you have something to well what I'm asking is um she so let's let's back up a sec so Miss Willis rented a law office.

From Evans firm or and Evans and another lawyer I think Stacy Evans um you have knowledge of that correct I'm going to object to hear say if well how does he know the information that would be the correct question okay um Miss mer I don't really know even how to respond to that um your say I'm asking if he knew that she.

Rented he may he may have been there he may have may have seen a business card or something at some point I think you can answer that I've never been to miss Willis's office when she was in private practice I've never dealt with where she rented I didn't even know where her office was.

So do you remember though knowing that she rented an office yes from the EV you did know that is correct yes okay and do you remember telling me that Mr Wade and Miss Willis would Rondevu at that office I'm going to object to again hearsay as to how he knows that information he said he has no personal knowledge he did not say he has.

No personal knowledge Jud he hasn't even answered it well no he said in general he had no personal knowledge so it's not been established the source of how he would know this because he said he's never been to her office all right uh Miss mer if you if if I know you're trying to impeach him by a a prior inconsistent statement but unless you.

Can first back up and show why each statement is actually something that you had knowledge of I don't know if this is going to be relevant and judge I'm not even there yet but again that a speaking objection and so now I would anticipate what our response is going to be next um I didn't ask anything that was objectionable but.

These objections are coaching the witness I asked if he had knowledge that's it I didn't ask did someone say this to you I didn't ask what did this person tell you I asked if you knew well no you're you're asking if you had knowledge and then you say of something specific so once I get an answer to that if he.

Has knowledge then I will follow up with where that knowledge came from all right well let's try again so my question is do you have knowledge of them meeting at that office objection Foundation okay all right over worlded do you have knowledge of them meeting at that office I have no personal knowledge if that's what you're.

Asking I didn't ask that yet I asked if you have any knowledge objection that would be here not if it came from Mr we don't know where it came from so he said how do how do you know Mr Bradley how do you know any knowledge that I would have uh received would have come from my client at the time okay so you had knowledge of this place that.

That Miss Willis worked what did you know about them meeting at that office objection hearsay it's not hear judge how he knows it and then you ask the next question all right he's she's he's already asked the next question can you repeat the question yes how do you have knowledge what knowledge did well you just told us you told us Mr.

Wade Told You So tell us what Mr Wade told you about Miss Willis and Mr Wade meeting at the Evans office objection your honor privilege this clearly covers a time after December 2018 that would be covered by the privilege yeah um over you recall the question Mr Bradley I do.

Not you re ask the question M merant what did you learn from Mr Wade I would clarified that's where you learned it from about Mr Willis Mr Wade and Miss Willis meeting at the Evans office together on object to asked and answered he's testified that hasn't answered he haven't we haven't heard an answer he testified he had one conversation with.

Mr Wade in the back of his law office and and his answer may change so off as to what how to answer the question I can't recall what the conversation was um I do I do recall um knowing that they would they that he would go down to the.

Office or had been down to the office but I can't tell you in what capacity or when or any of that no Mr Wade told you that they had sex at that office though correct I don't recall him stating that no you don't recall it no so it's possible he did say that you just don't remember one way or another I do not remember him saying.

That um do you recall that he had a garage door opener to either a house or a condo or something like that of Miss wellis I've never seen a garage door opener I've never been to miss Willis's house I've never been to and I'm trying to explain I've never been so no I do.

Not have any personal knowledge of him having a garage door opener let me ask the question again yes ma'am didn't ask if you had personal knowledge like as in you saw it you have any knowledge at all from Mr Wade or any source that he had a garage door opener to access one of Miss Willis's residents and I'll object to the any source as to hearsay all right.

Depends on the source over worlded no not no I don't have any knowledge so when you told me that did you just make it up do you have something that shows that I told you that yes when well we're going to go through all the texts we can but do you so was that made up though but I'm an object because I don't.

I don't recall him having I'm going object under 106 is the rule of completeness I don't have that text message or any text messages that indicate that your honor and I I don't have if it was a text I we had that conversation I actually think it was when he was on speaker phone and Mr Merchant was there.

But I'm not sure but I mean I if I'm asked to qualify exactly where that's from I would okay so uh rule of completeness would be if you need to introduce other texts to show the context if you're saying you don't haven't seen a copy yet then I think Miss Merchant needs to do that before you.

Can I decide the next step and that's that's what I was asking him if he if if that was something he just remembers making up if he doesn't then that's fine but she referenced text messages and started to go into her packet of papers that have text so you don't have a text message to that I don't I I would need some time to look through and I don't.

Remember if I have a text to that or if it was during a conversation it was one of those all right well he has now said that he has no knowledge so on to your next question okay um did Mr Wade tell you about the trips that he and Miss Willis took no you have any knowledge of the trips that he and Miss Willis took objection.

Hear say uh over world I do now okay but you did not be for this proceeding I did not know until you text that you you found that in the uh um deposition of his divorce I mean not U not deposition but something from his divorce okay and when you responded um doesn't surprise me they took many trips.

To Florida Texas California those are your words though right I'm going to object as to relevance he said he did not know and he actually learned from his Merchant the information he said he learned about certain trips from Miss Merchant okay you can uh tie it down but thank you we'll see no information any trips that Miss Willis and Mr Wade took.

That he learned it all from Miss Merchant that was his testimony sure judge I'm the conclusion we we reach uh I think she's can ask more than one question though all right Miss Merchant and if judge just so so we can be clear if he said more than one version that's all relevant we're allowed to talk about the different versions that he's told.

All right nowu the objection Merion do you remember telling me that it didn't surprise you that they took the trips that I found in the divorce file because because they took many trips to Florida Texas California and then you told me that they took the trip to California when she moved her daughter there because she failed out of.

FAMU you remember that I don't recall that but if um I I don't recall okay um judge me approach it's it's in one of the ones I gave you look at that let me know if it refreshes your memory so.

When just just first let me know if that refreshes your memory yes okay so it's true that you told me that they took many tips to fora correct um per that yes but um one of the messages is cut off and you asked about some other trips and I said no I didn't I think and that was specific to at the top of the that it says no I didn't yes and.

So that was to the trips that you asked me about and I think before that when you mentioned that you found all these trips I think I said oh wow yes you did and you did not know about all the trips that were taken and you you qualified it you said no I didn't when did it happen and then the next touch which I can get or you can look at your phone or.

Whatever whatever refreshes your memory you said was after you left after the firm was dissolved correct object to relevance over it was after the firm the the the trips that you said no you didn't know about you told me those were after your firm had dissolved correct I think you mentioned that they were after I left.

Maybe or um whenever you found them and I said no I didn't know about those trips so so you believe I mentioned that it was after you left I'm quite sure you have the text message and I will refresh my memory is it easier for you to refresh your memory with your own phone or with my my print outs of screenshots well you have.

The print out so I go judge um the reason I'm asking is because I'm getting objections that I've cut things off and it's just the nature of how you have to print out screenshots so in order to avoid that I'm happy for him to refresh his memory with his own phone if that would be well I don't know if he's accepting your offer or not so you would.

That be easier for you you can just provide the documents okay let's see I have some water Chets please yeah let me see what we can do Sor I'm just trying to pull out all of.

The messages that he may need all right well um I don't really see at at some point we're reaching the cumulative point where we don't need to go through an entire six-month text chain you're making the point that he'd made some comments to you along the way uh that led you to believe he had more knowledge than today he's testifying that he had.

And so if you've hit the high points of that then I don't know what else we can cover that actually moves the needle okay I'll I'll just I'll move on um to the actual trips then so you told me that they took many trips to Florida that ref frustr Mally you told me that was that based on your knowledge from Mr Wade that would have been based on.

Anything that my client would have told me I didn't have personal knowledge of whether they went or not um the trips to Texas and you you're the one that t to Texas was that based on your knowledge from Mr wake it would have been something that came from the client I cannot tell you that I have any personal knowledge of any trip.

Um other than what would have been said by the client obviously I'm not asking if you went on these trips I'm asking if you have Knowledge from Mr um you also typed California was that something that you gained from Knowledge from Mr W it would have been from the client um at this particular Point yeah me from C and when you told me that the trip to.

California was to move her daughter out there would that have been something you from The Sur thank you J any knowledge that I have of any trip would have come from my client at the time um you told us last week um that Mr Wade used your credit card one time um do you.

Know when that was I do not relevance C here today well I think this would going be impeachment of Mr Wade's test if Mr Wade testified that he had never used anyone else's credit card before I object to ask and answer because it was covered during the last year where he acknowledged that Mr Wade used his credit card I asked.

When when okay I didn't ask did he I asked when did he let's go there I do not have any dates of when Mr Wade used my credit card um I testified that we used a card for business um and that um throughout the business we would order paper or supplies or um fing of depositions uh I mean the cost factor of cases is what.

I said um and that's still applies today did he use my credit card he did but I can't tell you who he used that card uh what the trip was for I can't even tell you at this time where he went but he used it for a trip yeah it was I mean it was for a trip but I can't tell you where when why or anything uh to that nature correct.

And he paid you back in cash I never testified that he paid me back in cash I said that he would either pay me back um you know I said I couldn't remember I do not recall sometimes he would write checks sometimes he would pay cash and that still appli I today that I do not recall him paying me back cash but I do recall.

Him paying me back and this was when you were still before your partnership split up correct it would have been before I left the firm yes he wouldn't have used my card after I left the firm okay so we can at least narrow down the dates to that of before I left the firm yes okay great um and Mr Wade gave you details.

About meeting Miss Willis in hatville or Point as it was called that's incorrect he did not tell you about that he didn't give me details he did not tell you about meeting with Miss Willis at an East Point or Hapeville apartment at this time I don't recall no I I I don't.

Recall where did you get that information from then it's testified he doesn't recall if he even had that information I asked if he got it from Mr Wade and he says he doesn't recall so then I asked where he got it from I do not recall where I got the information from okay um and you and Mr Wade were friends.

As well as business Partners correct we we were friends um in the sense of I've known him for um years um yes we were friends and um you definitely did not want to come and be a witness in this case correct that is correct and.

Um it was after and we talked about this earlier that Gabe Banks called you and then Nathan and Wade called um one of your friends it was after that that you hired Mr Chopra to assist you in this matter correct was it after that um so I heard Mr Chopra and I heard Mr.

Graham now Mr Graham is here and um when I received the subena M Mr Graham was here at the last hearing but he also had to go out of town but he was present Mr Graham I called um and I had started getting calls from media and.

um and I told him to respond to the media I think and that was somewhere around whenever you um suben at me so it was I can't tell you that um it was that instance of those calls for um Mr choer.

Um but I had engaged Mr choer and Mr Graham at that time okay um I'm going to ask the question because I didn't get an answer to it after you got the phone call from Gabe Banks and from Nathan Wade to your friend I think it was before that but um however I think it was before that is what I'm stating um when you got the B Banks you called me.

Immediately well actually you texted me and then you called me I I didn't call you immediately um but yes we did speak okay and you texted me about it as well that is correct and um then we spoke after Mr Wade called your friend and we talked about that as well correct that is correct and at that.

Point you didn't mention anything to me about being represented by Mr Chopra but I didn't mention anything about Mr Chopra or uh that is correct yes that that that was only my question um see I'm show you two more um texts the ones all right M mer we're going to do five minut two questions thank you 305 I'm.

Cutting you off thank you may approach show you um text to refresh your memory and then ask are these supposed to go together no oh these are two uh two separate dates completely differentes okay all right so I know we talked about the other occasions where where you said the.

Text were just about the footnote um but do you recall me asking you um do you think it started before she hired him and you said absolutely you recall that I see that in a text message yes okay and um do you also recall me asking you how they would react if they would attack me and you said no they will deny it your honor.

Objection as to speculation as to how he thinks they will react I think that goes to the motivations of the witness overall and you told me that they will deny it that that's written in there yes um I just want to one last opportunity you're an officer of the Court correct I am and you're under oath today I am is there.

Any of your testimony from today or the previous days that you want to correct that I want to correct yes no I told you everything that you've I've answered everything that you asked thank you oh judge um just so the council and the state can have them the the for the record I can admit those um those few that well they wer never tendered so.

Just for I didn't know if they wanted to use them but I I'll hold on then if they need to be tendered at some point then we can make them part of the record all right any uh let me turn over to Mr sow if you're with us on Zoom thank you honor I do have a few questions first thing I'd like to know is whether the court reporter has defense exhibits 26.

In 27 from the last we have a different court reporter this time we we had to have someone else fill in on such short notice but I can potentially send those to you if you need them well I think I have working copies but I want to make sure that the witness has a copy to look at all right we can try to work through that logistical challenge this is you.

Said 26 and 27 I believe that's correct and 26 I think is the same um text messages that Miss Merchant was just asking about it was two pages I stapled it together and it is dated January the 5th of this year all right uh I can print off a copy now but why don't we start off with the questions that you.

Have okay because that's where I want that's where I'm going to start but I I'll see what I can do to work through it going to work here I'll email to you okay all right Mr s i why don't we start with your question then we'll see if we actually need to get a copy of those.

Exhibits in front of the witness all right Mr Bradley yes I'm here all of a sudden I've lost you on the screen um there we go well you're on the zoom you're on YouTube but you're not on the zoom itself but that I can see um I'm.

I'm here I can hear you no I know I think his visuals may be a little different so hold tight Mr sow we could try to correct that yeah he was on he was on when Miss Merchant was asking questions know we need to add a spotlight to Mr uh to the witness stand and a spotlight to Mr sow and we don't need all the other.

Boxes there we go thank you very much the whole time Mr s we need to add you as well all right now we're ready thank you sir Mr Bradley you have referred to Mr Wade as your client correct correct you understand that the court has ruled that Communications that you.

Had with Mr Wade are not privileged correct no I'm I'm aware that the Court ruled that um one specific uh dealing with the time frame of one specific conversation wasn't privilege then I'm going to ask your honor if if is that the limitation.

Excuse me the to clarify sure Mr s you asked whether all Communications with Mr Wade I think were covered that was not the extent of the ruling uh the only ones that I deemed were not covered uh and that IID asked about in the in camera hearing because those are the ones that were relevant were um any Comm any Communications Mr Wade made.

Regarding the existence or non-existence of a romantic relationship with M Willis fine thank you honor I understand so going back to uh this line of inquiry when you say you don't have personal knowledge what I want to ask you to start with is very simple did you have communications with Mr Wade about the relationship between.

Mr Wade and Miss Willis it's a simple yes and no yes okay and is it your testimony that during the time you were representing him which I understood started sometime in 2018 is that correct that's the time frame that I remember.

Yes is it your testimony under oath that with regards to conversations with Mr Wade about his relationship with Miss Willis that you only had one such conversation during the time you represented Mr Wade one conversation of what I apologize the only the only thing I'm asking about is.

That area that the court said is not privileged which is the relationship between Mr Wade and Miss Willis you've testified that during the time you represented Mr Wade from 2018 on that you only had one conversation with him in reference to the relationship between Miss Willis and Mr.

Wade is that correct yeah I think that's fairly accurate yes okay so out of the entire time and talking about could be 2018 2019 2020 2021 when did you stop representing um Mr Wade it was a few months after I left the firm all right give me I left maybe um June July of 202 two maybe okay so that would suggest that.

For assuming it's 2018 2018 2019 2020 2021 and half of 2022 which is in the vicinity of four to four and a half years you're testifying under oath you had one conversation about a relationship between Mr Wade and Miss Willis is that correct I don't recall having any any other conversation with Mr Wade.

About him and Miss Willis is it your testimony then that you don't remember any other conversation or there wasn't any other conversation besides the one an object is to ask an answer I think he's drilling down I think that's a fair question overall I don't recall um I would say it was the one but I I don't.

Recall you testified that you did have communications with Mr Wade about him visiting with Miss Willis at a condo or apartment correct I don't think I testified that I had a conversation I testified that any knowledge that I would have known anything about any condo would have come.

From that but I don't recall a conversation about that I I do not recall a conversation about that do you recall any other thing at this point in time under oath that would indicate when the relationship started between Mr Wade and Miss Willis I do not know when the relationship started between Mr Wade and.

Miss Willis I cannot recall that can't oh I'm sorry go ahead I'm G to drill down on that now okay yes sir Mr Wade was hired as the special prosecutor on November 1st of 2021 you're aware of that correct I have my contracts to show when I started I no one showed me the contract of when he started but um so.

But if if he has a contract for November 1st of 2021 then that's correct all right I'm gonna I'm going to suggest to you that the record will reflect that the contract between Miss Willis and Mr Wade was November 1st of 2021 correct I want you just to accept that okay is it your testimony that you don't.

Know under oath whether or not there was a relationship between Mr Wade and Miss Willis before the contract I do not recall any dates of when the of when the relationship started so whether you are pinpointing a date of when his contract started or not I'm telling you I did not recall any specific date that he flat out said.

Anything about a relationship with Miss Willis okay now I want to go based on what you've just said let's go to what was defense exhibit 26 okay in defense exhibit 26 which I showed you last last time was two pages of text messages between you and Miss Merchant correct correct right now the first page starts.

Off by saying Miss Merchant like just date don't hire him do you think it started before she hired him you see that yes I I see it yes and your response to that was absolutely correct I'm going to object ask an answer in cumulatively all right so um Mr uh I do think we went through a lot of these.

Texts we we didn't go through this whole one just a second Mr all right um I'm sorry to say that you said we didn't go through this particular one no we went through we stopped right there I want to go I went I answered cuz she this is the exact language that she just stated a few.

Minutes ago you can read it back okay Mr you saying both of these two exhibits weren't already covered by Miss Merchant it was not gone this particular language was not gone into I'm doing it based on the exhibit itself um well let's do it this way I I now move into evidence defense exhibit number 26 all right and I don't have I have to.

Search through my notes but does anyone recall that that one actually been tendered in a minute already it was no it was only presented to your honor for you to take back into camera exp parte to speak with Mr uh Bradley and his counsel okay uh M Merchant is indicating that it was admitted I thought Mr sow admitted it but I'm organizing and.

Putting them back in order um so I I think it be easier if I just admit the copies of all referring to all right so defense exhibit 26 and 27 are being tendered um actually only 26 at this time okay defense exhibit six any objection from the state 26 26 I'm going to object as it relates to.

Foundation and authentication it was used to during the last hearing for the purposes of uh refreshing his recollection and it's my recollection is that it didn't refresh his recollection but I would renew my objection as to ask an answered in cumulative okay uh as to Foundation on authentication I think U Mr Bradley has recognized them as texts.

That he sent and received so um I think i' I'd overall on that basis any other objections to their admissibility from any other uh defense Council and seeing none defense exhibit 26 is now admitted Mr sow thank you all right let's continue now I'm publishing it after you said the word absolutely on your own you said it started when she.

Left the DA's office and was judge in South Fon they met at as an answer all right understood Mr B I'm gonna let Mr S have a few minutes on this uh and we'll go from there but judge I I well I'm sorry U I did answer this I answered it for Miss um merch I stated that I was speculating the judge uh someone object Ed to the speculation.

And but this was the exact same language well thank Mr Bradley Mr I was asking the question in a slightly different Manner and I'm going to give him a little bit of leeway to do that so Mr s down all right I hesitate to have to start back where I was but after the word absolutely you on your own said it.

Started when she left the DA's office and was judge in South Fulton they met at the Municipal Court C Le conference that's what you said correct that is correct now it's your testimony at least so far that when you on your own gave those two statements in the text that you were merely speculating and did not have that.

Knowledge from Mr Wade is that your testimony under oath yes that's what I testified to yes sir so you on your own came up with the whole notion that it started when she left the DA's office and was judge in South Fon that's according to you that's speculation on your part correct overed answer the question Mr brownley.

Yes that's that's speculation on my part yes right it had nothing to do with what Mr Wade had told you correct I answered your question I was speculating to uh the answer that is correct so maybe you can tell the court in your own words why in the heck would you speculate in this text message and say that it started when she left the.

DA's office and was a judge in South Fulton why would you speculate and say that in a text I knew they had met um at the Municipal Court um conference um how do you know that I'll stop you right there how did you know that I answered that the last at the last.

Uh I knew that because I'm asking you I'm asking you questions and you are in a situation where you get to give answers I'm asking you how did you know that how did I know when they met somebody told you that right when they met yeah yes correct who told you Mr Wade told me when they met so you had more than one conversation about the.

Relationship between Mr Wade and Miss Willis CU he told you where he met her that's incorrect incorrect it's incorrect is it correct let's go back to let's go back to the exhibit why would you speculate that that's when they started the relationship what would cause you to put.

That down as speculation I don't recall but um why I thought that it started at that time um but I do recall that he only met her and I testified to that that he met her in at that conference which was in 2019 but you knew that Ashley Merchant represented a defendant in this case when you were text messaging with her.

Correct yes I did yes and you knew that the reason she was asking you questions about Mr Wade was because she was trying to show when the relationship began correct um no that's Notre beginning of the text message yes but what what messages were before.

This message before she sent that I I can't answer that question because I don't have them all I have is what's in front of you yes and it says that she says do you think it started before she hired so you knew as the council for a defendant in this case that Miss Merchant was asking you specifically about the knowledge that you had.

Regarding the timing of the relationship between Wade and Miss Willis correct um I mean based on this yes I I see what and in response to that you answered directly on your own what you now claim to be speculation right that's correct so I ask you one more time before I move to the next part.

Of this why would you speculate when she was asking you a direct question about when the relationship started I have no answer for that except for the fact that you do in fact know when it started and you don't want to testify to that in court that's the best explanation is this is compl that's the real that's the true.

Explanation because you don't want to admit it in court correct no I have no direct knowledge of when the relationship started you I'm not going to go back through that again but if you didn't know and you were as specifically as this exhibit shows maybe you can explain why you.

Wouldn't say I don't know is that a question you're asking me a question to answer definite question um state that again I apologize if you're being asked as we've just gone through with this text message from Miss Merchant yes as the attorney for a Cod defendant yes and she's asking you about the relationship and she's.

Clearly asking you about the timing why wouldn't you just have said in response I don't know when it started I I don't know why I didn't um say I don't know maybe again it's because you know what the truth is and that's why you answered exactly the way you did in defense exhibit 26.

Correct no I can't sit here and tell you that what you just stated was correct right what you want the court to believe and you want the rest of us to believe is that for some unknown reason upon being asked a direct question about when the relationship starts started you decided on your own to Simply speculate and put it down in a text message as.

Opposed to putting down what you actually knew that's what you want the court to believe correct that was a lot so can you break that down I apologize you're asking me do I want the court to just believe who believe that instead of saying nothing you decide on your own to.

Speculate yes I speculated yes I I've stated that I speculated yes sir that's what you want the court to believe correct that's correct okay now then when you go to the next page of that okay you see it start the best that I can see it starts in South Fulton is that what you have in front of you second.

Page the second page that I have says that's what I figured okay I that maybe cut off from the one that I have that it's I'm looking at uh my opening set line says in South Fon is that on your second page um no so the if you're going in order of the um Pages no neither page.

Starts with South fton no I don't get caught up on whether it starts that way does the second page have a line in there that says in South Fon oh uh yes I apologize so yes that's fine yes just want to make sure that we're on the same page yes um okay you say after in South Fulton they met at the Municipal Court CL.

Conference right yes you see that yes that's correct and then Miss Merchant says that's what I figured when he was married is this accurate upon information and belief Willis and Wade met while both were serving as magistrate judges and began a romantic relationship at that time you see that's.

What she said right no I mean so it says they met at Municipal Court CLE the only other thing here says that's what I figured when he was married there's no response for me on that day and then there's another response um I mean I guess a question that says is this accurate okay that's what I was just.

That's what I just went over with you okay so I don't have um anything in that is this accurate at all um I can show the court it's just it just says is this accurate with the question mark I don't have anything following that you don't have after that upon information and belief Willis and Wade.

Met while both were serving as magistrate judges and began a romantic relationship at that I apologize uh it goes to the next page I apologize no problem just want to make sure so no now I I see that now yes all right so that's what I just read is exactly what Miss Merchant said to you in the text right yes that was in the text is is it.

Accurate upon further information yes that's there and again since you have told us that you were speculating when you gave the answer that we went over with previously on this one you don't say I don't know you simply correct her by saying no Municipal Court right yes so that she asked was it accurate and I said it wasn't accurate no it.

Wasn't accurate it was Municipal Court right and when you said it wasn't accurate it was Municipal Court you weren't didn't say no that's not accurate they didn't start a ro romantic relationship at that time correct no but I was referring to the Municipal Court no it wasn't accurate um as it applied to the I was answering the no Municipal.

Court meaning if when she said is that accurate it was to the municipal court and not Magistrate Court okay but you didn't say that the rest of what she asked you was accurate you didn't say no that's inaccurate that's not true that's not accurate you simply said the only thing that wasn't.

Accurate was Municipal Court should be there instead of magistrate right so I was answering the question of it was a compound question um and I was I was answering the question of She Wrote magistrate court and I said no Municipal Court right but it's not compound it's one statement upon information I'm sorry I no that's okay I.

Know the feedback and the delay is is complicates things but I think you've adequately made your point here and I don't think we need to belabor it much longer let's move on to the next issue okay thank you honor uh Mr Bradley prior to coming into court today did you and your lawyer meet with.

Anyone from the District Attorney's Office no I mean no not not that I know I'm aware of though I did not meet to anyone sorry I did not meet with anyone um outside of my attorneys did you have any conversation conversation I did not so you have not spoken if I understand you correctly prior to coming.

Into court today you've not spoken with the prosecutors no right I've not spoken to the prosecutors I've not spoken to defense have you spoken to Mr Wade no so as far as just getting into the courtroom today there's been no contact or conversation in it with any of the.

Parties we just went over right has not been any contact with defense or the state at all I I think I have basically just one or two more questions why would you see the need to speculate when you were texting with Miss Merchant I I I think we did cover that one uh Mr.

Sow that that I think that exact question was was already put to him what would be the what would be the next one let me I'm I'm trying to look let's go to 27 defense exhibit 27 do you have that now sir I do sir all right uh would you look at it and tell me whether or not.

The defense exhibit 27 appears to be accurate because I want to seek to introduce it into evidence it consists of an email to you from Miss Merchant and a text response from you correct but the text response was not in.

Respon so yes it does consist of the email and a text response I'm not saying that the text response applies to to the entire email that was sent I I all I've asked you right now is are the yes is the email and the text are those accurate in the interaction that makes up defense exhibit 27 as it applies to the stapling of the.

Email and the stapling of a text message chain yes that is defense uh defendant exhibit 27 this is um I it's accurate okay I would move defense exhibit 27 in I believe it was treated the same way is 26 last time same objections Mr AB body yes judge all right overruled any other objections from defense councel seeing none defense.

Exhibit 27 is admitted right anything else I don't know yeah I don't know whether you'll find this objection but we not I'll ask it obviously all right um Mr Bradley you you realize that if you were to testify under oath that you knew from Mr Wade that the relationship between him and Miss Willis existed.

Before the contract in November 1st of 2021 that if you testified that you knew that for Mr Wade that would show that both Miss Willis and Mr Wade had lied under oath you know that don't you I'm going to I think that's going to call for an opinion on the uh credibility of another testifying witness so I don't think that would be an appropriate.

Question then that's all I have you thank you Mr s Mr Stockton just just briefly judge we'll see Mr Bradley um do I understand from your prior testimony that Miss Merchant sent you a motion to review prior to her filing it objection call cumulative answers I'm going to give him just a little bit all right Mr Stockton maybe.

This is going somewhere else did did Mrs Merchant send you a motion prior to January 8th of 2024 for you to review that is correct and did you in fact review that motion that is correct and did you indicate to Miss Merchant that the contents of that motion seemed okay to.

You well so you're referring to to exhibit 27 which as I stated a few minutes ago one is an email one is a text chain so in the text chain when I I never responded to the email I never responded looks good or anything to the email that was sent to me however in the text chain um you're what you all are trying to merge together is the fact.

That I was asked about um the contract and um that and that contract was $74,000 and me being added back to that so when I said and I think before the in that text um it referred to the me being added back and at that time I said yes looks good and you're aware and you recall that when Miss Merchant presented you.

With that motion she asked you not to disclose it to any one until she filed it is that correct uh we are covering I think the last five or six questions we've covered ground let's get to that ultimate point I'm I'm I'm trying to get there J I promise you okay repeat the question I'm.

Sorry she asked you not to disclose that motion to anybody until she filed it correct uh I think so I think that was in the text message yes and you knew in fact it was her intention to file that motion correct the actual motion that she um that was sent yes I knew that she was going to file a mo a motion yes um I.

Do not think that that was the final draft or it could have been that she was working on it but yes I knew that she was going to file some motion yes and you knew that she presented that motion to you for your review so that she could make sure it was accurate correct joh I'm going to object all this is asked and answered in.

all right noted I think Mr Stockton's getting to the next point so why don't we just ask that one is that correct did you why don't we combine that with the next question so we're not having to lay bit by bit every single time Mr Bradley you knew that Mrs Merchant was relying on your review.

To um ensure the accuracy of that motion prior to filing it correct your speculation as to what he knew that Miss Merchant knew I'd overrule that Mr Bradley no so once again I was excluded from um the footnote of that.

Motion and my review of it and I said hey you need to add me back to the footnote because I did have a contract and I did receive 74,000 um and if I may help you out let's talk just about that part of the motion that deals with the relationship between uh the district attorney Willis and Mr.

Wade when you reviewed that you knew that she was that Miss Merchant I no I did not know that she was relying on me to for any any um relying on me for any accuracy other than um what was put in there if about the 74,000 Mr Bradley if there was something patently false in that motion you would.

Have told Miss Merchant wouldn't you I can't say that I would or wouldn't if I don't I don't know what I would have told Mr Merchant if there was something Pat patently speculative you would have told Miss Merchant wouldn't you I don't know what I would have told Miss Merchant I she asked me was it accurate.

Um we were discussing the 74,000 that was left out again if I may direct you just to that portion dealing with her the relationship between uh Mrs Willis and Mr Wade you didn't you didn't tell her that there was anything patently false in that because you didn't see anything.

Patently false in that motion as it relates to the relationship repeat your question I'm so sorry you did not inform Mrs Merchant that was anything patently false in that motion that was that you were presented with as it concerns the relationship because you did not see anything that was patently false correct.

Objection asked and answered cumulative all right next question Mr Stockton just stand and you didn't see anything that was speculative in there either did you I sustain Mr Stockton I just want to ask you one more question um I'm coming out from the other way that Mr sow did did anybody from the District Attorney's office or.

Any Witnesses in this this case contact you about Miss Merchant's motion from January the 8th of 2004 until today did anyone contact me about her motion yes from the District Attorney's office or any uh Witnesses or anybody El involved with the case besides the defense other than the call that I the.

Only personal call that I had was with Gabe Banks I never spoke to anyone else and to my knowledge he's not a part of this so that's all I got judge thank you Mr Stockton Mr Durham if you're still with us no question John thank you sir Mr McDougall good afternoon Mr.

Bra you have certain information about the relationship between Mr Wade and Miss Willis that is not privileged correct well that was my determination so I think he disagrees with it so we're going to say his opinion is a little irrelevant on that point uh do you understand that the court has ruled that certain information that you.

Have about the relationship between Miss Willis and Mr Wade is not privileged I have the Court's ruling As I understood it and as my lawyers and I understood it of the privilege not existing was based off of a conversation that was had in my office in the back of my office which was confidential with Mr way I that's what.

Was asked of me on yesterday and that's what the ruling to my knowledge unless I'm being corrected here now and saying that it's more it was that particular piece that the judge said did not have privilege and have you testified already today to the sum total of your knowledge.

Of the relationship that is outside the scope of the privilege according to the Court's ruling can you ask that again I'm I'm sorry I didn't understand it referring to what you understand to be the information that is not privileged have you testify to the sum total of that information I think I have yes I've I.

Think I've testified to to that yes all right sir that's my question questions thank Mr M Mr rice thank you Mr bradle Bradley at least as of February 15th when you first testified you said you still considered yourself a I think I said that yes I think I did yes and you've been friends with Mr Wade.

For over 10 years correct that would have been fairly accurate yes and and you recall communicating with Miss Merchant about this case and about Mr Wade and Miss Willis's relationship correct object us to pass and answered in cumulative by all three of the previous sure uh let's we can we don't have delay that.

Foundation why don't we combine it with the next question where you've got a new point to make okay um Mr Bradley when you spoke when you communicated with Miss Merchant did you tell her any lies about Mr Wade and Miss Willis's relationship did I lie to M that's a simple question Mr Bradley.

You're a lawyer did you lie to Miss Merchant when you told her facts about Mr Wade and Miss Willis's relationship not that I Rec call I I don't recall um I've mentioned earlier that I speculated on some things um I've testified to what I did know uh so I.

Don't I I can't recall whether or not I no Mr Bradley speculation is kind of a weasy lawyer word let's speak truth here you're under argumentative at this point your honor not ask relevant question Mr Bradley find a question Mr rice Mr Bradley when you were communicating different details of the relationship between Miss Willis and Mr Wade to Mrs.

Merchant did you lie to her about any of those details objection asked and answered twice uh I don't think he's answered it yet I don't recall ever um whether any of it was a lie or not well so at the time you were communicating with Miss Merchant you were still friends with Mr Wade correct.

Yes and at the time you were communicating with Miss Merchant you knew that she was talking to you in her role and capacity as an attorney in this case correct correct and you knew that she was going to use that information to somehow benefit and file a motion benefit her client correct I did not know that so I I did not oh I'm sorry so.

As as an attorney yourself you are testifying here under oath that you had no idea what Miss Merchant was going to do with all the details that you were giving her about Wade and Willis's relationship so at the time no I did not I knew that Miss Merchant was gathering information that is correct okay and did you lie to her when you told her that.

The relationship began 202 I don't think we need to drill into specifics he's covered it at a high level I don't think we're going to get much out of this Mr Bradley isn't it true the only thing that has really changed well you were speaking to Miss Merchant whether by text or by telephone you never said to.

Her that I don't remember or that I'm speculating correct I don't recall well you've looked through a whole lot of text messages do you remember ever seeing any communication from you that said I don't remember um yeah through the messages that um I don't have all the messages in front of me but no I I I don't recall if.

I ever said I don't remember do you recall seeing any text messages where you replied to her or gave her details where you said I am speculating about this detail no I I never used the word um speculating no and the only thing that's changed between then and now is that phone call from Nathan.

Wade's friend gra Banks correct no well Gabe was my friend um and I I actually stated that um the first day that I was here was that um I've known Gabe for a few years and that um we were frat not were but we are um fraternity Brothers um and so I never said that uh um that anything changed behind gay.

Banks so you never told Miss Merchant that you were worried that they were threatening you objection asked and answered when he was asked this on February 16th and today Mr rice we've covered this and just to be clear you didn't attend college with Mr Banks did you I did not attend college with Ms when you.

Referred to him as your fraternity brother y'all just both happen to have pledged the same fraternity different colleges different chapters well that's what we consider fraternity Brothers yes sir and as a normal course of your relationships with your friends do you pass on lies.

About your friends have I pass on the lie about a friend is that what you're asking is that something you normally do Mr Bradley do you tell lies about your friends I have I told lies about friends I I could have I don't know do you tell lies about your friends about a case of.

National importance that's all right over Ru I could have I I don't know Mr Bradley I I notice you're not looking at me I'm looking at you on the screen only because I was accused of and I did the same thing to Mr sow when he was on the what's the next question Mr rice.

Um no further questions joh I think it's clear thank you sir uh Mr Gillan good afternoon Mr Bradley um a few questions a lot of folks have taken up the questions that I wanted to ask but I'll I've got a few left here uh we'll see we'll see you said you uh Mr Bradley you said you didn't know what uh uh Miss.

Merchant was going to be doing with the motion that she sent to you you remember that testimony a few minutes ago um I think I said I didn't know that I knew that she was gathering information yes well let's look at the at the title of the motion that she sent you dur remember reading sent on the six excuse me do you remember reading the defendant.

Michael Roman's motion to dis dismiss grand jury indictment as fatally defective and motion to disqualify the district attorney her office and the special prosecutor from further Prosecuting this matter do you remember seeing that in the draft that you read and reviewed yes so when you tell this court that you.

Didn't know what she was up what she was going to do she kind of gave you a hint didn't she in the title of the motion that she sent for you to read didn't she yes or no I read at the title of what the motion was there wasn't anything in the title that threw you off pretty straightforward speaking title.

Isn't it correct so you knew that what she wanted was information from you so that she could then file a motion to dismiss the grand jury indictment to motion to disqualify the district attorney and her office and the special prosecutor from further Prosecuting the matter right I'm going to object to speculation you knew that didn't you.

Over yes or no when she sent that motion yes okay and you knew that the special prosecutor that to to whom she was referring in that motion was Mr Wade correct you knew that yes because you read the motion you said you reviewed it correct yes and we're not going to go over all of the you know number one because we don't have time and number.

Two the the court wouldn't let me but but there are a few things that I do want to ask you about uh in that respon in in that aspect now in that motion that you said you reviewed on page six of that motion well on page five it starts off with how do we know this and there's a question mark yeah Mr Gillan um you know I I I.

Can appreciate what you're doing I think that's something you can do at argument he's said as a whole that he got the motion and he's had his response as to his opinion of how he handled it I I I don't see again this um uh really being necessary to go through it line by line of what well a little Indulgence sh honor I'm.

Not going to go I'm you know this isn't going to be a you know a uh 40-minute Death March through the motion I would like to ask about a few bullet points that that capture under this and then I'll move on but I would ask the Court's Indulgence in that respect you know again I think I think he we I think we've covered it and I.

Think that you'll be able to argue that this was in that motion and that he had a chance to review it and he never objected to anything in there or raised it so that's a problem and always ending a blast ask it very much is and next time asked I'll reshuffle the order well you know we did earlier with Mr Wade and then I I hear you I was kind enough and.

Then the court said we had to go don't need to draw straws next time there we go I'll go with that all right anything else that's all I okay uh we had Mr kerov potentially still on Zoom yes your honor and I have just a few questions all right uh can we add a spotlight to Mr ker I'll let you know when we were able to.

Proceed judge before he starts can I take a 5 minute restroom two hours uh yeah we've been going two hours so let's come back at 4:00 I'll also note for the record that uh we received a notification from Mr Cromwell on behalf of Miss leam and he said he was waving her presence uh and I don't know if he later decided to join us by Zoom but um.

I I don't think he was electing to uh to log in so uh after Mr kerov just in terms of timing uh Mr abat uh do you have any expectation of how long you're if any questioning would last I don't imagine my questioning would be very long okay uh well let's get back in it at four o'clock uh Mr Ry you can just step Jury.

Room live pictures out of Atlanta Georgia Terrence Bradley you saw there on the stand a key witness in the fonny Willis misconduct case testifying that he had no idea when the relationship started between fonny Willis and prosecutor Nathan Wade it comes after Mike Roman one of the defendants in Donald Trump's Georgia election.

Interference case accused Willis of benefiting financially from a personal romantic relationship with Nathan Wade Willis and Wade did admit to their love affair but say that there was no conflict of interest and no Financial benefit at all to the DA let bring in our executive editorial producer John sanushi also our contributor and former.

Georgia prosecutor Chris Timmons for more um a lot of people just kind of sitting back thinking woo we are getting into the weeds here uh a lot of lawyers a lot of questions but Chris bottom line um Bradley just keeps deflecting deflecting deflecting and it doesn't look like anyone's getting what they want to hear and that is about a.

Specific timeline um that he knew about that would cause a conflict of interest between these two exactly car you hit the nail on the head and that's really what this hearing is about is when did they have that relationship um I think what we saw was pretty decent impeachment meaning that.

They showed that Terence Bradley may not be worthy of belief but that's not the exact same thing as what you're talking about earlier which is showing that timeline showing when the relationship began and then ultimately we've got to get back to the issue of conflict of interest I mean the defense's theory in this case is that Fon Willis built this.

Case that she could have a romantic entanglement with Nathan Wade and so we haven't heard any evidence along the line of when that timeline started when they began dating all we heard so far today is a lot of Terrence Bradley evading questions which does call into question his credibility but it doesn't establish that timeline that the defense.

Wants so badly to establish Kira so bottom line John zanui I mean clearly Trump lawyers would be thrilled to see this case get thrown out to see funny will us get thrown out for all this to to come out and and uh basically blow up their casee because of a conflict of interest but so far um doesn't look to be heading that way no.

Listen the name of the game here here is they want to delay and then make this all go away it's not going to happen clearly based on today because you saw Ashley Merchant who was one of the lawyers that brought this case so she represents Mike Roman who's one of the original 19 that were indicted alongside Donald Trump she struggled really for.

Almost over an hour trying to get anywhere I mean even the fact that we were arguing about a text message I mean k how many times you hear the word text message over the course of an hour during those proceedings and we still didn't learn much to do about nothing but the reality is that then we saw Steve sow who I'll tell you K in real.

Time other attorneys have been texting me that are a part of this case saying please let Steve take over because sow was the attorney kir you'll remember we were on the air with you about two weeks ago that got that information from fonnie Willis's onetime best friend about the relationship when it began say out Target it in very effectively with.

That witness now today and a little bit of a Chris just hit on with you that didn't happen nobody's really been able to break through glass with Terrence Bradley because of the fact they're being very specific about the timeline and Bradley said repeatedly I don't know now the other thing we should just note for everybody is that if in a very small.

Possibility of the world I don't think it's going to happen I think Chris would agree with me that fonnie Willis or Nathan Wade are for some reason removed from this case what does it mean it just means delay and that really comes down to it it's not going to go away but if you delay it close enough to the election Kira you get to use Donald.

Trump's favorite words election interference and and Chris it's a good point I mean even if Nathan Wade and and fny Willis get get pulled off this case it doesn't completely go away what would that look like let's say that does happen what happens to this interference case where she's going after Trump well car John's absolutely right.

What it does is it delays the case and it plays into their their I guess their strategy of trying to delay this case just like John just talked about but what would happen from this point is the case would go to What's called the prosecuting attorney's Council of Georgia it's a quasi state agency it's run by the prosecutors in the state of.

Georgia they elect the council it has an executive director the executive director's name is Pete scandalis and so it would happen as of 2022 and of course we're in 2024 at this point is that the case would go to Pete scandalis and he would appoint somebody to be the prosecutor in the case now it's not going to be an involuntary situation.

Where he looks around at the district attorneys and says you're it they've got a volunteer for it I think it it's going to be a difficult decision I mean you heard Kira exactly what was going on with fonnie Willis the death threats that she got the paint that was on the side of her house and so for a district attorney to step up it's going to be a.

Big burden on them both professionally and personally the person I think would be most likely to take the case is Flynn Brody out of cob County he's a former military uh I can't remember if he's an officer enlisted but certainly had spent a significant amount of time in the military he is a veteran he's also a.

Democrat I could see Flynn Brody may be saying it's his duty to move forward and Chris you know a lot of these players you've worked with them you've been in courtrooms with them what do you think so far um of how the the lawyers have performed I I think John's right when it comes to Steve sow I mean he probably had the most effective cross-examination.

As of anybody but as we saw tence Bradley um you know did evade a number of questions was was kind of I I hate to use the term but what we refer to as a squirly witness he was he was kind of a squirrel when it came to answering those questions and so I think John's absolutely right in that s out was the most effective but what we got was an.

Impeached witness not necessarily any further ground and and John it's not just this case we're following uh isn't the Trump document case also happening this week it's hard to keep track of all his various courtroom uh dramas but Kira that's why you have me so you know look we get the documents case later this week so again it's a dueling calendar.

Right because Friday morning there's another motion's hearing down in Florida this is just a check-in No cameras in court so we're not going to get the theater that we have in Fon County but later in the day on Friday you know many people were surprised when the judge added this hearing today late last night this was not on the calendar about 12.

Hours ago so what Friday's hearing is going to be many people speculate is going to be basically closing arguments in this little trial if you will to disqualify the da now I think we'll get the rules of the road from the judge later on before they wrap up for the day but that's our week let's not forget Kier I'm just going to check what is it.

Today's the 27th we are less than a month away March 25th the first trial is going to start we have that Manhattan Criminal Case that that's getting underway that's the hush money payments to Stormy Daniels and that's going to look extremely different No cameras in court but Donald Trump here as you know he has to sit in court for every day of.

That criminal procedure meanwhile super Tuesday is next week yeah and and you got a primary tonight I mean it is the legitimate Collision Course of the campaign Trail and the courthouse all over the country I mean to think that right after super Tuesday originally we were going to have the January 6 special counsel case that's been delayed because.

We're still waiting to see what the Supreme Court's going to do let's not forget about that so to think that every week there is either somebody heading to a ballot box or somebody heading to a courthouse that has become the norm of 20124 so uh Chris let me ask you about this one moment it it kind of started off at the very beginning and and.

Merchant was asking um Terrence uh Bradley about the signing of a of a contract when Nathan Wade actually signed a contract with him uh to deal I think it was with his divorce uh hearings and and then she was asking when he was signing that contract did you know about their personal relationship was she trying to get at.

Possibly funds that fonny Willis was paying Nathan Wade uh that those funds could have been used to pay Bradley in his divorce case I mean is that what she was going for or or was it more just about timeline because I was starting to wonder as we've been talking about the money Trail and conflict of interest is it possible that the money fonnie Willis.

Was paying um Nathan Wade he was also using not just to go on vacation but pay for his divorce uh lawyer I mean that that could be it Kira um I'm not entirely sure I think maybe your other theory is probably the more correct one that she's trying to establish a timeline because if she can link I mean you know we know what date a.

Contract was signed we have the contract we have the date on it or at least I believe she's got that contract and so if we know what that date is and then he can find out what was going on in the relationship at that time then she can relate the two back but Terence Bradley evaded pretty much every single question that she talked about but you are right.

Kira and that what is that the heart of this matter is when was the money coming in and and uh when when did she earn it did it have anything to do with their relationship with or when did he earn it and did it have anything to do with this case all right we'll take you right back into court now I don't have the date but it was the date of whenever the phone.

Call happened and you know his wife Kyra Banks works for the DA's office right yes correct when was the last time you spoke to Mr Wade I'm spoken to Mr Wade personally in a year two years actually when I left.

The firm Miss Willis I never um my interaction with Miss Willis was never um where I would pick up the phone and talk to her that she would um or anything like that so you you didn't hang out with Miss Willis you didn't have a personal relationship with her no I never had a.

Personal relationship I mentioned before that I went to a dinner that was after she um was elected um that was at a steakhouse but it was some 75 to 100 people there so you knew of her you just didn't have a a business relationship or a personal relationship with her at least a close one I knew of her from my she was in the.

DA's office and I had criminal cases but I didn't not personally know her no and not having known her not really hanging out with her uh you've got a contract from her office I'm going to just object as to cumulative asked and answer throughout the M all Mr I think we covered this ground on the 16th about the contracts do you have a are you.

Going somewhere else with this I am judge if you give me a little latitude I'll tie it right okay you may proceed you got a contract from the office not knowing or having a good relation or good working business relationship with Miss Willis that's correct that's because Nathan Wade steered that contract to.

You I don't know how it came about but it was presented to me um at the office by the contract correct who who presented it to you Mr Wade yes um is that and he owed you money you said at one point said that again owed you money at one point I don't recall saying that he owes.

Me money did he owe you money at one point not that I recall saying that Mr way owes me or owed me money I don't recall ever saying that I didn't ask whether you ever said that I said did he owe you or did he uh owe you money in the past no he didn't owe me money money and.

So you he steered this contract to you to your office and you weren't really talking to him you hadn't talked to him for two years the contract was in 2021 I didn't leave until 2022 so you didn't talk with him that whole time I left in 2022 I haven't really.

Spoke to him since 2022 is what I stated when I left June of um of 2022 around June August dates of 2022 other than your going one last question other than your attorney who did you speak with today about giving testimony in this case today I spoke to my attorneys Charles.

Graham and BC Chopra I have nothing further your honor all right uh and again I'll just double check to make sure did Mr crell ever join us by Zoom do we I think he still having technical issues he did email me saying he has no questions it appears that all relevant questions were asked all right.

Thank you so just for the record Mr Cromwell has been apparently watching the proceeding he had waved his client's presence and didn't have any other questions as well so turning it over to Mr abani gor I have no questions all right Mr Bradley you can step down thank you sir um say she want these exhibits uh I'll take those.

Not excuse follow Bas on some questions it's just about the text and what uh just by way of profer what about the text just to admit so when other people asked about the text some of them weren't in the record today so I organized them they're the ones that have been talked about today so I just organized them I just wanted reference.

To have them okay um and do we need Mr Bradley for that I don't believe so but have you marked them yes have you showed them to the state I gave the a copy to the state but so these are Mr bar just hang out just for one second just to make sure I'll give you all of them all of them and M's looking at that Mr Bradley.

Handed me uh defense exhibit 23 24 25 I didn't realize that they were and my folder oh is that from the hearing from on Friday all right well thanks for returning those let me make sure okay so I've got 23 24 25 anything else in your binder.

Good okay and have we come to any conclusions on uh what I'm sorry how did you mark it I marked it at I think we're up to 39 surprisingly the state all right defense exhibit 39 is uh tendered and admitted without objection well no oh I'm sorry oh okay text messages that weren't referenced today with u are confronted uh with it relates to Mr.

Bradley so these are additional text messages uh Miss Merchant yeah so what so what I did was they OB rejected that they weren't Complete because like the first part of the text wasn't there it was just like oh there was something before that that was said so what I did was I spent this whole time trying to line them up so that I had the beginning.

Of the text The Middle based on their objection they have all the texts they can admit all of them if they want them complete and all right um I how about I I'll just do this just I understand the uh desire just to have the complete text chain uh just for purposes of completing the record you know I I think that there's no point in.

Having him sit here and authenticate every single one of them so I'm willing to admit it as a Court's exhibit and only the exhibits though that had been previously tendered or referen and testimony would be ones that actually are relied on for making any findings but just so it's on the record we have the complete text change should that.

Ever be an issue for some reason any thoughts about that Mr aot my only thoughts are this is not the complete text chain I was able to briefly look at Miss Merchant's phone when she allowed us to have it seconds minutes and um there are text messages I know that I saw that are not in what is reported to be States zibit 39 okay all right Miss.

Merchant what about that I let them take screenshots of the ones that they thought weren't there and he sent them to himself on my phone I have also offered to hook my phone up to whatever it is my phone's an iPhone his is an Android I can't download like you could in a normal text I told them if they had a system to get all of my text they can.

Have every single one of them we can definitely do that yeah Mr rice text that she's submitting now and tendering into evidence um they are specific parts of the conversation the entire text chain isn't a continuous conversation subject rule 601 those particular Parts given the witnesses testimony should be admitted to subst EV.

Fire consist statements with this testimony today it would be up to the government state if they then the rest of it yeah um sure I think that's a fair point that if he had been uh confronted with a particular text that could have been the opportunity to admit it as a prior inconsistent.

Statement for impeachment uh and some of them were um but apparently some of them were not I'm taking those out there so it's going to I'm taking out the ones that they said he wasn't confronted with and I'm just going to admit the ones that he was that's fine it just makes it more confusing but it's all right so we have a newly marked.

Newly compiled 39 let's see what the state thinks of that one all right regardless if that's now what is being discussed again I don't see a need for Mr Bradley to be here any longer so I'm going to excuse him at this point Thank you Mr Bradley judge may we be of course take.

Care yes that's right all right so Terence Bradley has been uh excused he's the key witness in the funny Willis misconduct case as you've been listening to him testify uh he continues to say he had no idea about the relationship that started between Willis and prosecutor Nathan Wade it comes after Mike Roman one of the.

Defendants in Donald Trump's Georgia election interference case accused Willis of benefiting financially from a personal romantic relationship with Nathan Wade Willis and Wade admitted to A Love Affair but say that there was no conflict of interest and no Financial benefit to fonnie Willis you've been listening to Terrence Bradley because uh.

He is the one uh that was close to Nathan Wade good friends uh his divorce lawyer had signed a number of contracts and and had money dealings uh with Nathan Wade let's bring in once again uh John zanui and Chris Timmons you've been following this all day along with us it looks like things have well you tell me if Radley is off the stand is this.

Coming coming to a close here and where do we go next Chris so I think so Kira what was interesting though is that they mentioned John Merchant was there for the conversations so it may be that they're going to try to call John Merchant into impeach Terrence Bradley that's about the only thing that I could.

See that would happen from here on out but I don't see him standing up just yet um but if we do see somebody that's actually Ashley Merchant's husband and her law partner um so she might call him to the stand to say what Terence Bradley said was not the same thing he said when they were talking to them uh way back when but you know so far they haven't.

Had a move to put him up there's an argument that his testimony might be what we refer to as collateral meaning that you're trying to impeach a witness or say that a witness is a liar using information that's not necessarily Germaine of the hearing so that may be coming out or they may not call John Merchant whatsoever but I that was.

Something that I picked up on Kira when I was listening to the hearing and Ashley Merchant mentioned John Merchant other than that I think we're probably done for the day and it looks like they're just doing housekeeping all right so as they do the housekeeping and we make sure of that because we'll wrap things up as well uh John just overall.

Your takeaways today yeah Cara just um you know obviously we have a team that's been monitoring the hearing as we're talking here it does sound like there is indeed just housekeeping going on right now a lot of what they're arguing over according to our team that's in court Kira uh is just the amount of those text messages they're going to be putting.

Into the record because remember there are only certain pieces of it they cited but according to Ashley merchin who's still negotiating with the judge and and fighting out with the prosecutors there uh it just sounds like it was a bit of a longer exchange obviously doesn't S there's much consequence that so thus a little bit of process for everybody at.

Home but look I I I think the overall observation is that you know sometimes you got to know when to walk away from the bar if you will and I think that last week they had a couple good days as far as the defense team obviously with the friend obviously Nathan Wade and all the drama that was fonny Willis I'm not so sure they should have fought for.

Terrence Bradley to come on the stand because now you've just confused everybody at home it doesn't really make a lot of sense to where this goes um I I I sort of think it's that age old that AG right no one to quit yeah they went on a fishing trip and serious did not catch uh what they wanted uh John Chris thank you so much.

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Gone wrong according to charging documents the men were accused of going to mizelle's recording studio in Queens and fatally shooting him at close range the men now face 20 years to life in prison and for the first time since a deadly shooting at the Kansas City Chiefs Super Bowl celebration and parade earlier this month that killed the local.

DJ Lisa Lopez Galvin and left 22 others injured including teenagers and children coach Andy Reid speaking about it in Indianapolis at the NFL combine with a message that went beyond the football world that's not what Kansas City is all about um uh as great as we can make this place we want to do that and so um we can turn this which was a negative into.

A real positive which just a little togetherness and love I think we can we can fix a lot of problems here there we go Chief's coach also offered his condolences to all the victims and their families and some truly out of this world images reaching our planet after the first US spacecraft makes a soft landing on the lunar.

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Right now all right welcome back to GMA 3 we're looking at a difficult subject right now one in five that is the number of high school students who have considered attempting suicide in the past year alone according to the CDC and that rate is roughly Two Times Higher for black.

Children as young as five years old joining us now is Susan El Taylor founder and CEO of the national carees mentoring movement on a mission to change those statistics and help save lives thank you so much for being with us that's the work that's the work we're dedicated to it the national cares mentoring movement you say that we are.

Facing a national crisis but there's no National Solution that's out there to save these children what are you hoping to do what's the plan the national Care's Ming Movement we are in communities and long before we even knew about the horrific numbers around black child suicide we were doing healing work in schools where you have.

Disproportionately you know black children who are struggling along the margins who are are disenfranchised in so many ways who don't have the health care support that they need the education that they need the reading uh support that they need so our work is really entering their lives and bringing not just mentors but psychologists and.

Social workers and people who are Wellness experts but it's heartbreaking when you hear the numbers just as young as 5 years old you say a care an adult spending what 30 minutes for the child can make a difference talk about the importance of mentoring listening being present looking in young people's eyes allowing them to say what they're.

Feeling you know we took a group of young people to Capitol Hill we wanted the Congressional Black Caucus members to hear and it was uh Congressman Bonnie Watson Coleman who said we've heard from everybody but we've not heard from children bring them and we did these were young people who had survived suicide attempts and what they said.

Lives and will forever live in my heart see us look in our eyes ask us how we're feeling don't criticize us if you stop criticizing us and telling us everything that we're doing wrong we will tell you the truth and Susan for families watching this who think this is a problem but it won't be our problem it won't happen to us what what do you.

Think they should know you know what's so amazing is how this cuts across uh economic and social barriers you find Young Folks taking their lives at every quarter and it's a very sad thing that the United States is not really looking into in a way that we should now the disproportionate numbers among black children that's a focus and.

Maybe now that we're focusing on black how much more data do we need how many more white papers do we need what are we saying to parents you know be present for a moment they don't want you three hours in their lives put the phone down put the elements down put the pot down put the things down that are distracting you from the young ones and say how are.

You tell me what you're feeling tell me tell me what you're thinking we're the parents in the household it's time to turn off the devices and be present with we need resources we need resources in communities and that's what the national carees mentoring movement is doing with our Gala coming up the For the Love of our children Gala we are training.

Everyday people to go into communities and to work with our young ones to be present with them so we can stop this National tragedy it is not something that we have to live with and we can't live with it we have to end it and we can do it right now so good what you're doing thank than you so much and if you are experiencing Suicidal Thoughts.

Substance use or other mental health crises please call or text 988 you will reach a trained crisis counselor for free 24 hours a day 7 days a week you can also go to 988 lifeline.org it's important to know that help us out there all right still ahead taking a trip back in time inside one of America's favorite landmarks and the history there that.

Just may surprise you plus the young American gy hoping to take Paris by storm I cannot wait for this we'll meet friend Richard here back in a b Jimmy Kimmel what'll it be will you go back to your normal Oscars night of sitting alone on the couch scrolling tiktock and eating Churros or will you accept the awesome responsibility of.

Hosting the Oscars taking on with it all the attendant expectations pressures and scrutiny the choice is yours the churo for sure yeah no man you're supposed to why do all the beautiful dummies come to me for advice the Oscars live Sunday March 10th at a new Time on ABC you want to invite I have a point of contact they're.

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Anywhere wow I think Scott Peterson murdered his wife and his child prove me wrong there were leads and evidence that pointed everywhere but Scott if people step back and look at the evidence in this case they're going to see this crime isn't solved what the LA Innocence Project is.

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Surprise you back in the 1800s from 1825 to 1857 more than 200 people called it home cica Village chances are you've never heard of it this flourishing African-American settlement was right in the middle of modernday Central Park home to a vibrant group of black property owners and over the past few decades historians New Yorkers and cica.

Descendants have started preserving and sharing this once-forgotten story like Diane Jones Randle I grew up with a father who is very interested in history Diane is the daughter of the late Cal Jones a passionate historian who devoted much of his life to uncovering and sharing the story of cica Village one of the things that was important to him was.

Understanding where we all came from there was this population of africanamerican workingclass people who were the first significant group of homeowners of property owners in New York in the mid 1800s and it's so hard to believe that it was right here where we are in Central Park they built homes they built schools they built churches.

And they built their own finances and they were able to do it at a time when that was not an easy thing for black people and it's a beautiful story when you hear of it but it's also a sad story because I want to ask the question okay what happened the city utilized the power of eminent domain and decided this is where Central Park is going to be so.

It was a story of the removal of a population of people who had established homes and that story has happened in other places emminent domain refers to the power of a government to take private land for public use the practice has often resulted in the displacement of marginalized communities another example of this is Bruce's Beach in.

Southern California this is only the first step in our fight for justice for Charles and M Bruce and their descendants in the 1920s the city seized that Land from the Bruce family using the power of imminent domain in a very rare turn of events in 2021 the city restored the land to the descendants of the family land that is worth millions.

Today are people ever shocked when they hear this story Central Park has a singular story it's like you so you talk about Central Park you don't think about the street gridge you don't think about the people who live there before you're experiencing the now moment I think that's the sad thing about black history is everybody sees it at this point of.

Negative interaction and there was was that but there's also this history of what we did carve out in our lives here and how we contributed and we're not willing to look at the bright side we can't really understand what was lost so when African-Americans left cynica village where did they go a lot of different places as the Director of.

Community outreach projects John reck is working to protect and spread the story of Sena Village this sounds like a huge project just to try and collect artifacts and sort of like you know go back and sort of lay out I mean the challenge for us is like to evoke what those lives must have been like and you understand the joy of what was there.

Today the site of records of cica Village provide a wealth of information for those eager to learn about the past but the truth remains that a thriving Community was disbanded to create public space now Diane John and others are focused on continuing to tell the story of this uniquely preserved piece of American History do you feel like you.

Have a responsibility to continue your father's work I do I do I hear his voice on every street block that I walk and I truly think that his legacy was teaching us that our legacies are important I'm ready to go out there and continue working and encouraging people to understand their history because that that is who we are this story is so.

Important on so many levels I mean so many people here in the Tri State know about it but very few across the country have ever heard of this story here yeah Central Park it's Prime real EST is Prime minist and many thanks to Haley who produced his piece and thanks to Diane Jones Randall and John reic for sitting down with me and to the folks.

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Flipping out 19-year-old gymnast Fred Richard made history after winning the bronze medal at the men's gymnastics World Championship fantastic that moment making him the first American male gymnast to win an individual World medal in 13 years and now the youngest ever do it it's goal is to represent Team USA at this year's Paris Olympics please.

Welcome Fred rich and everybody in the house we are loving on you man than you guys congratulations yeah I'm excited to be here also I have to say I need to like get this set up in my room CU this is crazy be nice to wake up to this right I told you when you first walked in her door I said man don't forget us when you blow up but you're already.

There I guess yeah how does it feel to be making history it's it's unreal honestly it's like you remember when you're a kid and just doing those small skills in the gym for fun and then you're just here on the big stage but just makes me thankful for all the people that got me here let's talk about the moment that got you here so you.

Actually fell on your final event which is actually it's one of your stronger events was my stronger events yeah the high bars you're like this is where you feel confident so even with that setback you were still able to medal yeah like how do you do that how do you mentally push through a moment like that yeah I think in a moment like that.

You're you know at the biggest stage of your life and you mess up it's it takes something deep inside to I just in that moment I just realized what am I really here for is it to like Chase the objects the medals or whatever or to kind of live in the moment and and remember how I got here which is doing what I love and so I said you know when I hop back.

On this event I'm just going to do it for fun and just do it as perfect as I can and then I ended up finishing that routine the best I've ever finished it like perfect and that's what kept me in in a good enough place to still metal I love that was it hard not to beat yourself up afterward very hard I mean I think I went through for a couple.

Minutes this kind of like imposture syndrome like do I really deserve a medal after messing up I mean I felt like I could have done better I know I could have done better I've done that routine many times but then I realized I did deserve it I was the third best performing athlete that day and it's who performs on that day that's what it's.

Going to come down to for this Olympics and that's how the game works mental toughness I mean to be able to plow through yeah you're young but we want to go way back if we can is it true that your mom noticed that you were doing handstands in the crib yeah when you showed me that picture I didn't even believe in myself I was like that was me.

But it's funny it just shows I've been doing it my whole whole life it's just a part of me it's it's I feel like almost like I was chosen by the sport to be honest because at 6 years old that's when you said okay this is my passion yeah it's like I didn't even need to say it it just I just knew it I felt it you know my I had a sister she's a year.

Older than me and you know there's days where she was like do we have to go to the gym you know where she's hanging out with friends and stuff and I'm like yeah we have to go like I want to go there I need to go there it's like something inside me just made me have to go to the gym every day have to try my hardest somehow you just knew to do a handstand.

At that age that's absolutely crazy so we know you've been hitting the gym really hard hopefully ahead of trying to get ready for Paris to go to Paris but we like to see a little trick or two oh no I can't do that I don't I don't do flips no I got all right we'll do the classic I guess okay do a back flip oh and I'm a.

Pro so I have to stick this otherwise it's embarrassing so we'll put some pressure on me and you're going to do with the Crocs on we're going to do with the Crocs the Michigan Crocs man you can tell he's young let's go go Blue for sure all right we got this why they call them the greatest exactly you got the stick I.

Mean the feet did not move they were that's so cool man we're so proud of you keep doing your thing really appreciate and we will all be cheering for you yes we will our thanks to Fred Richard for being here with us today and the Paris Olympics just a few months away maam day coming up on GMA 3 Fan Favorite Sterling K Brown up for an Oscar for its.

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Number one early morning news on ABC News live Jimmy Kimmel what will it be will you go back to your normal Oscars night of sitting alone on the couch scrolling Tik Tock and eating Churros or will you accept the awesome responsibility of hosting the Oscars taking on with it all the attendant expectations pressure.

Scrutiny the choice is yours the churro for sure yeah no man you're supposed to why do all the beautiful dummies come to me for advice the Oscars live Sunday March 10th at a new Time on ABC you want to bite GMA Monday will be larger than life when boy band Legends AJ mlan from Back Street Boys and Joey Fon from insync join.

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Get your podcasts I think Scott Peterson murdered his wife and his child proed me wrong there were leads and evidence that pointed everywhere but Scott if people step back and look at the evidence in this case they're going to see this crime isn't solved what the LA Innocence Project is saying but there's a real shot he didn't do it they have never.

Been able to say when was she killed where was she killed but is all of that enough to set one of America's most infamous Killers free Scott Peterson the wrong man now streaming on Hulu come give it all to.

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New exclusives keep streaming with ABC News live welcome back the 96th Academy Award is right around the corner and we are celebrating with conversations with some of the biggest nominees on the road to the Oscars some big names here and today we are talking with Sterling K Brown ABC News contributor Kelly otter recently.

Sat down with him to discuss his best supporting actor nomination and how his love of acting first began you ever seen a heroin addict those guys take nap standing up it's dangerous look I'm keeping an eye on her I'm a doctor so am I right maybe if we need to R VI a sentence Sterling K Brown congratulations Oscar nominated what.

Does that feel like uh cool I feel blessed and highly favored I feel also the company that is in the category you got Gosling you got dairo you got Ruffalo you got Downey Jr and brown I'm like what like I'm I'm with these dudes at heavyweights you know I mean is this the dream is this what you were thinking when you first said you know what I.

Think I want do for a living I want to act I'll say that it's a dream that came after right like I think the acting in and of itself was the reward I just love getting inside of people and understanding what makes them tick what do you seeing my brother he's funny mhm he not funny no not haha funny like sad funny and what.

About being nominated for this film and this role in particular I love this movie and I think I just wanted to be a part of it there was some squabbles in the beginning like it's not the lead and it's sort of a supporting character and I read the script I was like no how how can I be down this is something I have.

To be in because it is expanding the breadth of black stories um it was told with excellence and if it is continues to have some commercial success I would like to see more of these stories be told because it does seem like the lane which we have been allowed to a certain extent has been relatively narrow this nomination has also made history in a.

Lot of ways because this is the first time that we've seen a lead character in a film and a supporting character in a film both be nominated that are black uh this is huge this is colossal um talk about that and the importance of kind of representing in this way so I think Jeffrey and I both feel the same way is that it should have happened a long time.

Ago right but I feel like people who do first should be stately like Mersa should be doing first Mersa is stately you know Denzel stately I'm dumb so the fact that I get a chance to be a part of any first I think that's God's way of saying that like everybody needs to have a sense of hum are those human remains you guys.

Have a permit for that shut up Phillip Li you don't talk to me like that I will eat your sweater vest for dinner what was your first acting role what was the first one first acting role was freshman year of high school and we did God spell at the end of the play you sing the song prepare ye the way of the Lord and we got standing ovations every night and.

Saturday night in particular before we could even get Jesus all the way through like people stood up while we were still carrying him and it was just like like this rush and it was like a thrill and a high that I had only experienced playing sports you're giving something to people and they feel it in our appreciative of it and there's this exchange of.

Energy that that just sort of like fills you up in a way that I can't explain if you haven't done it if you've done it you know exactly what I'm talking about and that was it you you chase that moment from from then on oh wow our thanks to Sterling cave round and once again we want to remind you that the 96 Academy Awards on March.

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About Nathan Wade and Wade's romantic relationship with Fon County DA fonnie Willis how lawyers grilled the former partner about the timeline of the relationship as they pushed to have Willis disqualified from the Georgia election case against Donald Trump also it's primary day in Michigan Nikki Haley looking to beat expectations against.

Donald Trump as President Biden faces a protest vote were live in Detroit also the high stakes White House meeting between President Biden and the top four Congressional leaders their discussions on Aid to Ukraine and yet another shutdown deadline looming of course that we begin with.

That breaking news here new testimony in the push to disqualify fton County district attorney fonny Willis from the Georgia election case against Donald Trump and 18 codefendants now Willis has denied accusations that she financially benefited from a romantic relationship with one of her top prosecutors Nathan Wade he was paid nearly $700,000 for his.

His work and lawyers for Trump and his co-defendants claimed that he used that money to foot the bill for trips that he and Willis took together Willis and Wade have both testified that she paid him back for any expenses in cash they also have testified that their relationship began after she hired him now today lawyers called Wade's former law partner.

And divorce attorney Terrence Bradley back to the stand seeking to establish the relationship started earlier than they suggest also that Bradley is lying about his claim that he doesn't know when it began that's the real that's the true explanation because you don't want to admit it in court correct no I have no direct knowledge of.

When the relationship started all right so joining me for more on this is our ABC News executive editorial producer John santui along with ABC News legal contributor and former Georgia prosecutor Chris Timmons gentleman thank you for being with us and look John uh this witness was on the stand initially a couple of weeks ago and he essentially.

Was build right as the guy who could give that key piece of evidence that this relationship started earlier but John that wasn't really anything close to what he said today and not even a mom close to what he said Kana I mean this was a bizarre Hearing in some ways for over an hour the attorney that brought this case CU remember there are 19.

Defendants Kana but only one of them stepped up and made this accusation that launched basically a rough couple weeks for fonnie Willis and Nathan Wade and what Ashley Merchant who represents Mike Roman one of the 19 defendants in this RICO case down in fton County said that this was the guy Terrence Bradley was the guy that would almost deliver the.

Key piece of information of when this relationship began with Nathan Wade and fonny Willis because what everyone has alleged down there in Fulton County Georgia amongst the defense is that it's because of the timeline that they started this relationship allegedly before Wade joined the DA's office office that that would be problematic.

That's the reason to throw Vonnie Willis off of the case and thus reassign it to a new prosecutor that didn't happen I mean what we heard instead was a back and forth arguing over text messages that this defense attorney and Terrence Bradley had that she believed would deliver the key piece of evidence and it did not and we saw repeatedly other.

Attorneys try to take basically their turn up to bat to see if they could break any glass and get what was needed but you know I it's that Kenny Rogers song right no one to hold him no one to fold him no one to walk away that's what should have happened here this was a bad day for team Trump and the other defense lawyers and now got to see what Friday.

Brings yeah list Chris you have a lot of experience with Rico cases like this and after you hear what John said I mean do these defense attorneys further their argument at all here that fonny Willis should be disqualified John's absolutely right no I mean this was a time to walk away from the uh the table for sure I mean they so.

If you I I I teach a law school class on trial advocacy and one of the things I teach my students is if you're not moving the ball forward you're actually having the ball move backwards and in this particular case they didn't move the ball forward at all what they succeeded in doing was they impeached Terrence Bradley meaning that they.

Showed that he was Unworthy of belief but what they didn't do was establish any new facts from Terence Bradley looking at it right now I think they just as John said before their case got worse not better it's not like they elicited any facts that are going to help them prove that there was some sort of financial motive here for fonny.

Willis to bring Nathan Wade in Kaa right sort of just highlighting his ability right to evade questions and deflect John and Chris are thanks to both of you I know you'll continue to cover that for us we also have some more breaking news here in the 2002 murder of Jam Master Jay a member of the iconic hipop group rund DMC two men from Queens New York.

Carl Jordan Junior and Ronald Washington found guilty on all counts in the fatal shooting of the Beloved DJ whose real name was Jason mzelle and prosecutors alleged that the two men murdered him in a drug trafficking deal gone wrong they also accused they're accused of going uh to his recording studio as well and then fatally shooting him in the head.

Striking him in the leg according to court documents but defense attorneys for Jordan and Washington have argued there's no physical evidence linking them to this crime for more want to bring in our ABC News legal contributor and professor at the University of Baltimore School of Law Kimberly Wy uh Kim thank you so much for being with us.

And look there's a lot of layers to this case obviously the defendants just a short time ago signaled their intent to appeal their convictions here but Federal prosecutors have expressed a lot of confidence uh in the jury's verdict especially given the nature of this case how hard is it going to be for them to actually.

Appeal well they will comb the record it's a 4-week trial with 35 witnesses as well as um forensic evidence and some pretty gruesome photographs Etc so like any good appell team they will look at every page of every piece um and see if they've got anything that's appealable that is that is a basis for overturning the jury's uh verdict that's really.

Difficult in any case um but but given uh how strong it looks like the multiple witnesses that uh two that were actually present at the scene as well as others that apparently testified that they were told by at least one of the defendants that they committed the crime uh the the prosecution has a I think is in a comfortable position on appeal and let's.

Talk more about the prosecutors here they label this murder as a crime of greed and revenge uh both men now face a minimum of 20 years to life in prison and the possibility of the death penalty How likely do you think that prosecutors will push for the ladder there well reportedly attorney general mer Garland uh has uh asked the Brooklyn.

Us attorney's office to stand down on the death Penal penalty uh that's obviously a big deal um it was reinstated a few years ago at the federal level and it's a controversial form of punishment in the United States we one of the only democracies in the entire world only countries in the entire world uh with a democracy that.

That um that uses the death penalty so I think that's a rare rare penalty across the board at the federal level and here um life in prison is is quite serious given especially that they've had 20 years arguably uh of of evading any accountability all right Kimberly wayy are thanks for your time as always all right the first polls are closing in.

Less than three hours from now in today's political primaries in Michigan so voters casting their ballots in both the Democratic and the Republican contest and the outcomes could provide major insights for the general election so on the GOP side Nikki Haley looking to beat expectations against Donald Trump who has been leading her in the.

Polls in Michigan by double digits on the Democratic side both president B Biden and he's facing a protest vote here in fact some Democrats including members of Michigan's large Arab American and Muslim Community pushing to vote uncommitted to send a message about his support for Israel in his war with Hamas now that debate has been.

Especially strong in cities like Dearborn which is home to one of America's largest Arab American populations I voted un committed because I think uh uh President Biden is not doing the right things for for for the palestin Palestinian who has the right to leave you know what I mean I believe in the peace in both Nations you know.

Both Nations should live in peace but the what're going on there it's unbelievable all right so joining us for more now is our ABC zorine Shaw who's live for us in Detroit along with ABC News Deputy political director Avery Harper so thank you both for being here with us and zorine you know what are voters telling you about their decision.

To vote uncommitted and what about the Potential Threat does that really pose to President Biden's re-election campaign you know Kana the most striking thing about the voters that I've spoken to to here the majority of them are uncommitted and we are not in Dearborn where there's a majority Arab and Muslim population we're in Detroit and we have.

Not spoken to a single Arab or Muslim person out here because of the location that we're in right now the location we were in yesterday and I say that only because there's a sentiment out there that this movement is only dominated by th that particular group but the people we have spoken to they come from a range of backgrounds but they have one message.

They want the war in Gaza to stop we spoke to one woman who is uncommitted and also one man who is for Biden and take a listen to what he said about uncommitted voters why do you feel so strongly about a ceasefire now because our government is supporting genocide and I think that's wrong and I think the president.

Has a responsibility to stop funding it so I respect the fact that there uh they may they may maybe in the sidelines maybe in the primary but I do believe that they'll show up and and support the current president so you heard the woman there say genocide Israel of course denies that they're committing genocide uh and.

They claim that they are going after Hamas and the US government has not used that word as well Kaa all right and Avery to you what kind of turnout are Republicans looking for today I mean how important are the margins here in terms of looking ahead right to the general election as we know Michigan is a critical win right when we look at how.

Nikki Haley is messaging around this campaign she is arguing that we know organizers for the uncommitted movement are looking to get about 10% of the vote uh she argues that if she gets 10% of the vote that's an equally important uh signifier that there are Republicans who are looking for a trump alternative uh but to be quite Frank we know that Trump.

Is far ahead of her in the polls in Michigan and how he does tonight actually does not determine who gets the bulk of the delegates uh that are are going to be awarded from the state of Michigan we know that there is going to be a caucus later on this week uh where uh Michigan Republicans and the party are going to decide who gets those.

Delegates and uh we expect for Trump to get those delegates but I think for both sides of the aisle uh we know that Michigan is a very important state and so what happens there is going to have a large impact on who makes it to the White House and you're right to point out this is just step one at least for the GOP zoren and Avery are thanks to.

Both of you coming up next here a high stakes meeting between the president and top Congressional leaders on foreign aid and Al looming government shut down did they make progress we have more details ahead after the break whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war after that.

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Didn't do it they have never been able to say when was she killed where was she killed but is all of that enough to set one of America's most infamous Killers free Scott Peterson the wrong man now streaming on Hulu and out of the high stakes meeting at the White House between President Biden and the top four Congressional.

Leaders the president pressing lawmakers on passing an emergency aid package for Ukraine and Israel as well as averting looming government shutdown this week Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer calling it one of the most intense meetings that he's had in the Oval Office and House minority leader Hakeem Jeff describing it as honest and.

Productive conversation we have to do Ukraine right now because there's an await with that can get done quickly because that has broad bipartisan consensus and the Border takes some more work we all agree that we have a broken immigration system and there is a need to address the challenges at the Border in a thoughtful.

Bipartisan way all right Congressional leaders calling on house Speaker Mike Johnson to act in this uh they but Johnson insisting that lawmakers take care of America's needs first I was very clear with the president and all those in the room that the house is actively uh pursuing and uh investigating all the various options on that and we will.

Address that in a timely manner but again the first priority of the country is our border and making sure it's secure it's time for Action it is a catastrophe on President Biden stressing the need for a bipartisan solution we got to figure out how we're going to keep uh funding the government which is an important problem important.

Solution we need to find and I think we can do that I think the consequen of inaction every day in Ukraine are dire I've been speaking to some of our our G7 partners and you just got back Chuck they're very concerned all right I want to bring in our ABC new senior White House correspondent Selena Wang and ABC News.

Jay O'Brien so Selena look President Biden has made his plea today to Congressional leaders he even had a one-on-one with house Speaker Mike Johnson afterwards so how did that meeting go any indication of an agreement here yeah Kaa that's exactly what I've been pressing the White House on today what did this actually achieve.

Did this move the ball forward when it comes to speaker Mike Johnson because you heard him there in his comments and it appears like he hasn't changed his mind at all he still said border security needs to be addressed before more Aid is given to Ukraine but look the White House saying to me this was a successful pressure campaign they got.

Their message across to speaker Johnson but they did decline to say whether or not he agreed to any actual commitments but what's really astounding in that meeting there is you've got three of those top Congressional leaders and the president they're all on the same page when it comes to Ukraine Aid they are all together press speaker Johnson to do.

Something here and even in a pull aside President Biden with Mike Johnson one-on-one trying to convince him to put Ukraine Aid up for a vote on the house floor but still he's resisting there in his commentary afterwards to reporters and Schumer later leader Schumer he was very clear in his words he said we don't have one month two months three months.

To wait when it comes to Ukraine Aid they must act now because if they don't Ukraine could lose the war if they wait those matter of months so even though you heard speaker Johnson say they're looking at alternate options to get National Security passed the White House messages to me is we don't have that time it has to happen.

Now all right and Jay what were the sticking points here for Congressional leaders today during this meeting well when it comes to sticking points it's worth thinking about this is almost two different meetings within one meeting there's the first part of this meeting which is on averting a government shutdown a partial government shutdown.

Is triggered by a deadline on Friday that's when funding will run out for some federal agencies everyone who was in that meeting we talked to and came out in front of those cameras has indicated there's pretty bipartisan agreement that a shutdown can be averted if Congress Works quickly and there seems to be momentum to avert some of.

The sticking points that still remain on policy to avert a shutdown by Friday or at least by Monday and you just have a shutdown over the weekend that's the first meeting inside this one meeting the second part of this meeting was on as Selena noted funding for Ukraine that's where there are a lot more lasting sticking points the Senate has.

Already passed a 95 billion foreign aid package that includes funding for Ukraine but Mike Johnson is not putting that on the house floor right now for a vote he said as you played in those comments that he's not going to do that without some kind of border security provisions if that sounds familiar Kaa it's because it is familiar Mike Johnson.

Said that months ago and that's what kicked off bipartisan negotiations in the Senate on immigration reform the product of which as you know Johnson ultimately rejected and so the question becomes is there anything that can move Mike Johnson to actually put this Ukraine Aid on the floor for a vote the reality here is what I'm hearing from.

Lawmakers and from AIDS is that you mightly wouldn't see that until after this issue of government funding has been solved all right Selena and Jay our thanks to both of you and coming up next here discovering the roots of a National Treasure New York Central Park and and its connection to the city's first.

Significant settlement of black Property Owners sen Cav Village that's after the break this is ABC News live the crush families here in Poland at Refugee Cent In Putin Russia on the ground in Ukraine close to the front line from the capital destructive Cat 4 storm long I Boston is.

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Before the Beloved green space existed might surprise you as we celebrate Black History Month we'll show you how back in the 1800s more than 200 people including black Property Owners called it home DeMarco Morgan brings us the story cica Village chances are you've never heard of it this flourishing African-American settlement was right in the middle of.

Modern-day Central Park home to a vibrant group of black property owners and over the past few decades historians New Yorkers and cica descend have started preserving and sharing this once forgotten story like Diane Jones Randle I grew up with a father who is very interested in history Diane is the daughter of the late Cal Jones a.

Passionate historian who devoted much of his life to uncovering and sharing the story of cica Village one of the things that was important to him was understanding where we all came from there was this population of africanamerican workingclass people who were the first significant group of of homeowners of property owners in New.

York in the mid 1800s and it's so hard to believe that it was right here where we are in Central Park they built homes they built schools they built churches and they built their own finances and they were able to do it at a time when that was not an easy thing for black people and it's a beautiful story when you hear of it but it's also a sad story.

Because I want to ask the question okay what happened the city utilized the power of eminent domain and decided this is where Central Park is going to be so it was a story of the removal of a population of people who had established homes and that story has happened in other places emminent domain refers to the power of a government to take.

Private land for public use the practice has often resulted in the displacement of marginalized communities another example of this is Bruce's Beach in Southern California this is only the first step in our fight for justice for Charles and will Bruce and their descendants in the 1920s the city seized that Land from the Bruce family using.

The power of imminent domain in a very rare turn of events in 2021 the city restored the land to the descendants of the family land that is worth millions today are people ever shocked when they hear this story Central Park has a singular story it's like you so talk about Central Park you don't think about the street grid you don't think about.

The people live there before you're experiencing the now moment I think that's the sad thing about black history is everybody sees it at this point of negative interaction and there was that but there's also this history of what we did carve out in our lives here and how we contributed and we're not willing to look at the bright side we can't really.

Understand what was lost so when African-Americans left cnica village where did they go a lot of different places as the Director of community outreach projects John reck is working to protect and spread the story of Sena Village this sounds like a huge project just to try and collect artifacts and sort of like you know go back and sort.

Of lay out I mean the challenge for us is like to evoke what those lives must have been like and you understand the joy of what was there today the site of records of cica Village provide a wealth of information for those eager to learn about the past but the truth remains that a thriving Community was disbanded to create public space now Diane John.

And others are focused on continuing to tell the story of this uniquely preserved piece of American History do you feel like you have a responsibility to continue your father's work I do I do I hear his voice on every street block that I walk and I truly think that his legacy was teaching us that our legacies are important I'm ready to go out there.

And continue working and encouraging people to understand their history because that that is who we are all right now thanks to Demarco for that story and we have a lot more news ahead here on ABC News live in today's big story President Biden facing a key test in Michigan today as some Democratic primary voters are seeking to.

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A real shot he didn't do it they have never been able to say when was she killed where was she killed but is all of that enough to set one of America's most infamous Killers free Scott Peterson the wrong man now streaming on Hulu we are here in Israel a nation at War we've seen tank after tank pouring into this area this is where it all.

Began bullet holes all up the wall within minutes the AR Sirens going off you can hear the sound of explosion we are pinned down here tonight Israel waging a fierce bombardment of Gaza the Israel Hamas War for Non-Stop live coverage stream ABC News live reporting from Southern Israel from the front lines in downtown rala wherever the.

Story is we'll take you there ABC News live Biden facing a key test over his support for Israel during the war in Gaza I'm Kaa Whitworth in Los Angeles and that is our big story today some Democratic primary voters in Michigan today say they're choosing uncommitted on their ballots to send a message to the president I'll speak with the.

Democratic mayor of Michigan's Capital Lancing about where his constituents stand ahead of the general election also in our Spotlight Wendy is looking to try out this bizarre new business strategy our panel weighs in on plans for surge pricing at fast food restaurants but we begin here with our.

Big story voters heading to the pools today in Michigan both Republicans and Democrats casting their ballots in presidential primaries and in the Republican race Donald Trump has a large lead in the polls but Nikki Haley has vowed to stay in that race at least through super Tuesday no matter today's results for Democrats Joe Biden facing a.

Protest vote groups urging voters to write in uncommitted instead of voting for Biden if 15% of the vote is uncommitted that position is eligible to get delegates and then would Mark the first delegates lost by Biden thus far so to get a look at the latest on the ground I want to bring our big story guest here Democratic mayor of.

Michigan's capital city of Lancing Andy Shore so mayor thank you so much for being with us we appreciate it and look just a little while till the polls close I know you've had a gorgeous day out there in Lancing what has the turnout been so far it's 72 degrees here in in Lancing Michigan which is unprecedented uh.

Climate change is real unfortunately um but the turnout's been it's been good it's been pretty steady we're seeing somewhere about 16% which is honestly normal for uh for an uncompetitive primary it's actually more than what we saw with with President Obama when he ran for reelection um so this is you know you've got as you said both sides.

Uh that are uncompetitive we know the results and um so it's it's it's been steady we actually saw quite a bit of early voting which we're able to do for the first time in addition to mailin voting so we're seeing steady at the polls but uh a majority of the people have already voted well and when you talk about it.

Not being a big contest here I'm really curious about this uncommitted vote right this is essentially the first election that we're able to see Democrats that are unhappy with President Biden make their voices heard at The Ballot Box with that uncommitted vote and as you know dissatisfaction largely surrounding his handling of the.

Israel Hamas war is that a large movement that you're seeing there in Lancing you know it's there's there's always going to be folks that um that are unhappy uh these are folks that are coming out to vote and uh we're we're the Democratic party so we uh we respect everyone's opinion and I believe that there will be you know folks that vote.

Uncommitted there's certainly been an effort here um I believe that the president is is listening um he is he's hearing the uh the the Arab American community and this is their chance to to kind of weigh in but uh at the end of the day everyone's coming out to vote in a a primary today that again is uncompetitive and and.

We're really going to start focusing towards November when you have a competition between two people you have Donald Trump and you have Joe Biden and who is the best person to to move this country forward so um we we're going to get through today and and uh see what the results look like but real it is we're going to move forward into a.

Presidential election that goes towards November and we highly expect Michigan to be a competitive state it always is and we're proud of being the the purple state it certainly always is but when you again you talk about it being uncompetitive and if you have too many of these uncommitted votes that could signify despair right for the Biden.

Campaign so I'm curious you know he's hinted at the ceasefire right by Monday uh which is not a sentiment that is echoed by Benjamin Netanyahu or other leaders as well without actionable change from the Biden Administration do you think that these uncommitted voters will switch their vote come November you know they're they're going.

To have to make that decision um I mean I don't know about despair uh I think that folks who who go to the ballot in November are going to have to look at at Donald Trump and what he did when he was President Joe Biden what he's done as president you know when you look at at you know thousands of jobs added by Joe Biden as opposed to uh thousands of jobs.

Lost by Donald Trump you know as a mayor I can tell you Donald Trump committed a billion dollars for infrastructure and we got zero Joe Biden committed a trillion dollars in infrastructure and we got all of it um so I think that'll be it'll be a hefty conversation to be discussed again people are going to get their opinions out today uh and.

Certainly Joe Biden is someone who listens and he's listening to to the Arab American Community um but moving forward to November there's going to be a very very distinct difference between the candidates and that's going to be for everyone to look at yeah well let's talk about the Republican side for a moment if you will like we see Donald.

Trump with this huge lead in the polls but Nikki Haley she is winning a subst a substantial percentage of the vote in these early States what do you think is motivating these Nikki Haley voters and then where do you expect those voters to go in the general election is that something that you think could help Democrats I do um I do I think uh there.

Are a lot of folks in Michigan that are that are traditional Republicans that they see what what Donald Trump has done in all the indictments they see what he has done with lies they see what he's done um in in so many different areas that don't that don't reflect their values I think that their choices this time like they were four years ago will.

Be sited out or vote for Joe Biden and we had several formerly elected officials who came out and said that they were voting for Joe Biden or were you know refused to vote for Donald Trump I think that'll continue I think you'll see that in some of the more conservative areas of our state where they just you know they don't they don't.

Like the way uh president Trump has acted and and they'll sit it out or they'll they'll move over to Joe Biden all right well as we know time will tell mayor Andy Sha of Lancing Michigan thank you very much for your time I want to bring our big story now to our panel today so joining us today is our ABC News contributor and Serious XM radio.

Host Mike Muse our former Republican congressman from New York John kco our Democratic strategist and president of nextg America Christina csen Ramirez and ABC News political contributor osma holled so thank you all so much for being here with us and ASA let's start here with you this is a story a state and a voting block that I know you have.

Covered for years so Asma what will you be watching between today especially with this uncommitted vote that doesn't have that mayor very worried uh and November well I think we need to see how many uncommitted votes are actually cast and what the percentage is because already you're seeing the Biden campaign trying to downplay how many uncommitted.

Votes there might be they point out and this is correct that in some previous elections like Cycles you've seen about 20,000 votes or so that were cast as uncommitted without a an actual deliberate organizational effort what I will also say though Kaa is that I have spoken to people who have sat in meetings with Biden officials and there.

Is a deep anger and frustration in the Arab American the Muslim American community that I have not seen in many previous election cycles and the big question to me is not what happens now you know in a primary these are involved engaged voters it's what happens November with those low propensity voters that Joe Biden needs um they.

Didn't all vote in 2016 for Hillary Clinton Joe Biden convinced them to vote for him in 2020 and he needs them to show up again in November all right awesome and Mike look uh we turn to our resident Lancing expert Mike Muse if you will uh we know that there's a lot of labor unions right uh that have endorsed Joe Biden but so far the teamers union.

Hasn't and we know Trump is sort of courting that endorsement how important are these labor union endorsements in Michigan especially noting Mike that Donald Trump does do well with union members in terms of voting it's it's very important but just for a moment of privileg from being from laning Michigan seeing the mayor of laning Michigan on.

ABC News I mean what a historic day for laning right now I looked at him as a proud parent and I'm younger um but it means a lot and it's interesting you talk to maror sh about that because we have so many automo factories in laning Michigan that keeps the city running and so he knows firsthand the importance of the UAW what's going to be interesting.

Is is how do these UAW workers perceive both candidates and their approach to UAW where President Biden actually went and walked the picket line stood with UAW union workers and pledged to support whereas former president Trump didn't go to a union Factory or plant um and took a different tact and so I think when it comes to the UAW workers um they're.

Going to have a clear distinction uh between the two cand Cates versus other unions across the country uh how they view the workers yeah and look Christine I thought it was a little interesting right that the mayor kind of kept saying this is really isn't a big contest you know Joe Biden's not really up against anybody but a lot of people would argue.

No he is up against this uncommitted vote yeah I mean there is a portion of the electorate that is dissatisfied but that is what democracy is about and people use primaries to send messages and there is a percentage of the population the Muslim and Arab V very very important for the Biden campaign and significant especially in recent.

Polling seeing a close to 40% drop in support so the administration is trying to shore up that support but you have across the state big Democratic support we now have the state legislature the governor's office all controlled by democrats and so I think we're going to continue to see support for the Biden Administration even as these messages.

And fights play out within the Democratic party yeah and John to you how do you think Republicans could use this moment to their advantage between now and no November and do some messaging that would win over some of these people that are going to vote uncommitted or perhaps didn't show up in the primary at all.

Today yeah it depends on who the Republicans ultimately settle on obviously it looks like Donald Trump but with all legal problems you don't know if he's going to survive till then or not we just don't know but you know with respect to Biden I think he's really taking on water with his own base and that's a real problem given uh the fact.

That the the Border issue is dragging them down on both sides of the A and they're all fighting for the middle all fight for that the Swing Vote that decides all these elections and if when you have problems with your base plus you're fighting for the Swing Vote and you're struggling with them that's tough for him but he can recover but I think.

Republicans can exploit that but it's really how much is he going to bleed off those voters right and how much time and how much ground can he make up between now and November Mike John Christina and Asma our thanks to all of you and coming up next here Wendy's famously asked where's the beef but now their customers.

May have a beef with these higher prices how the fast food chain is launching surge pricing to a drive through drive-thru near you our panel weighs in after the break whenever news breaks we are here in Israel a nation at war after that brutal surprise attack by Hamas on the ground in Ukraine reporting from Leon.

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Wife and his child proed me wrong there were leads and evidence that pointed everywhere but Scott if people step back and look at the evidence in this case they're going to see this crime isn't solved what the LA Innocence Project is saying but there's a real shot he didn't do it they have never been able to say when was she killed where was she killed.

But is all of that enough to set one of America's most infamous Killers free Scott Peterson the wrong man now streaming on Hulu Jimmy Kimmel what will it be will you go back to your normal Oscars night of sitting alone on the couch scrolling tiktock and eating Churros or will you accept the awesome responsibility of hosting the Oscars.

Taking on with it all the attendant expectations pressur and scrutiny the Jo is yours the churro for sure yeah no man you're supposed to why do all the beautiful dummies come to me for advice the Oscars live Sunday March 10th at a new Time on ABC you want to.

Bite welcome back so in our Spotlight a big change could be coming to the fast food industry Wendy's the second biggest burger chain in the US will be launching in Dynamic pricing uh this is happening during their menus during peak times of the day starting next year what it means essentially is that customers would pay.

More for that burger and fries during the lunch or the dinner rush Wendy's CEO Kirk Tanner saying the company will spend $20 million on these high tech digital boards that will update the prices in real time so it's similar to way like a ride share company does a surge price for Peak travel times Wendy's telling ABC News in a statement.

That the decision can allow them to be competitive and flexible with pricing to motivate customers to visit and provide them with the food that they love at a great value I want to bring back our panel here Mike John Christina and joining us as our ABC News contributor and oped columnist for the LA Times LZ Granderson I mean I'm sorry I'm giggling.

A lot but this Wendy's slogan John it was where's the beef right I feel like customers are going to have beef with this yeah oh I got beef with it they spicy chicken Deluxe sandwich is pretty good but my God you go there lately and you see how much it costs for a meal and if you're like an average F average family you're just trying to make ends.

Meet and now they're telling you they're going to screw you on prices even more and Jack them up because it's there's a line at the Wendy's I mean come on that's just enough's enough how much do you need to really make these companies are profitable they're making money stop screwing the the the bluecollar people that's all I got to say yeah and I mean.

Christina look this isn't new right there's some Industries like hotels and Airlines you see it happen uh but what is your reaction to Wendy's making this decision oh Christina turn on your mic I I can't say how appalled I am enough for people to understand this is Corporate greed at its worst everyone hates big Tech and now they're taking the worst.

Practices of big Tech and putting them in food when people are already having to pay exorbitant prices for their food um I'm with John um this is the one thing I think red and blue of America definitely agrees on we don't want lift and Uber practices in our fast food no surge pricing on Burgers okay Elie let's paint a picture right you're in line.

You're going to order a burger and the price goes up like right in front of you on that board do you still go forward or do you leave I cancel I cancel and wait like it's I I can't even imagine like the idea of like sitting around with my friends and going hey let's get something to eat yo wa what time is it.

Let's wait 20 minutes for the surge price to go down that just sounds so absolutely ridiculous they're asking us to do this now my only caveat is if they're gonna give us a happy hour meaning I can get a frosty for like 50 cents or something then I'm okay with the balance oh you're talking Elie yeah I brought up the happy hour thing.

Earlier today too I like that okay so Mike my producer Matt Ferman sometimes he gets fast food like Taco Bell for breakfast just calling him out uh do you feel like you're going to see more of that that people will do things like that to miss the surge pricing you have a great producer in Matt let me tell you that that's some courage right there.

Listen as someone who loves the number one wiches from Wendy's I am very disappointed and frustrated that Wendy's would do this Kan it ties into the conversation we're just having with mayor Andy Shore and talking about the UAW what about those shift workers who have a very set time a set schedule and lunch hour that can't abide by Dynamic.

Pricing or times what about the teacher who only have a quick lunch what about that parent who has enough time to pick up their kid from school to take them the soccer practice there's a half hour window it's just not fair as the average worker is not fair to the average consumer this makes no sense whatsoever and imagine you know the.

College towns I'm I'm gonna say it totally makes sense because if you think about the fact that all of these fast food restaurants have been dealing with increased wages they're just passing the price down to us now they're pass rebranding it as sege pricing but really is just the repercussions of the fact.

That they wage wages for workers that's true yes these corporations are already profitable corporate greed is at some of the highest rates in America I think the only thing that's going to stop it is workers unionizing workers building labor unions to get their fair share of the profits that these companies are.

Getting because they're not passing on their record- breaking record-breaking profits onto consumers or workers and I think that's got to change that's actually John I want to let you weigh in oh oh this is awesome there's so many people fired up about this I love it I gotta call LZ out though there's no way if you're standing in line smelling.

Those french fries that you're gonna leave because they're charging it 50 cents more you're staying you're getting the food come on you know it I don't know I believe is gonna make his point and K iik last word I was gonna say what Christina is saying about the record privit right now there's always been studies out there that fast food.

Restaurants are actually already increased their prices uh before Dynamic pricing came into play so it's already causing a lot of money already for meals and combo value meals across all fast food category so the dynamic surging is is is is is not related to what Christina is talking about how they've already increased their.

Prices okay well listen we all better start packing our lunch okay Mike John Christina and Elie thank you all so much for being with us coming up here in our last call uh he's just Ken and he's going to be singing live at the Oscars our panel ways in on the risk if you will that Ryan Gosling may be taking when he takes that stage after the.

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That was Ryan Gosling belting out I'm just Ken from last Summer's Blockbuster Barbie and it seems that Ken's Anthem is going to be a mustsee moment planned for the upcoming Oscars broadcast the actor confirming to variety that he will in fact perform his Oscar nominated hit I'm just kin live on the broadcast it is up for best's original song Gosling is in.

Contention for best supporting actor which is his third nomination and he opened up about his fears on singing of singing the song on stage to Deborah Roberts uh when he when they talked about Barbie last summer what was that like performing in the film and and singing it was scary but it felt like I totally understood why Greta felt it was.

It was necessary it wasn't in the script it sort of was something that she kind of uh got to right before filming but she was using so many musical references okay I want to bring back our panel here uh Mike John Christina and LZ okay so Mike this does feel like a bit of surprise right because remember he didn't singing city of stars from La La.

Land that song was nominated and won by the way he let John Legend Perform It On Stage why do you think he decided to say yes to this it was such a big moment for Barbie right and I think it was one of my favorite singing moment uh within Barbie and so I think he wants some fun I don't think anyone's going to expect Ryan Gosling to have pits perfect tone.

To hit all the notes into be in harmony I think it's going to be a really great fun moment for the Oscars and all he does is Beach so so it's not much of an expectation we have for him okay just just performing out of love there Christina though we have seen other highly anticipated performances right from the Oscar stage I mean obviously.

Bradley Cooper and Lady Gaga comes to mind for me Adele Bruce Spring team but then there was funny ones right Robin Williams saying uh blame Canada from South Park uh how do you see him approaching this one I mean I just want to say I think this is an amazing amazing addition to the Oscars and I think that what way to.

Secure the win I think this is a good way to get an edge on the competition for Ryan ping to perform this I mean like Mike said this is not he's a super talented actor music singing not his wheelhouse but everyone's a fan and loves him anyway so I think it's going to be great no matter what you guys John is like really mad at me that I didn't.

Invite him to sing on our show apparently are you gonna be okay John no I wanted to saying I'm just John and she mixed it I shorted my music video and she said no to that too so that's not right but anyways that being said I think he's got a great shot I think Christine is right when they want you to sing your song it's pretty hard not to.

Give you the hardware afterward so go get them Ken yeah I I though I wonder LZ if he's going to find a way to honor Margot and Greta in his performance I feel like sneaky he might do that I don't care I just want him shirtless that's all I want I want him to sing the song shirtless I don't know why you guys are so caught in the art of.

It all he's writing Gosling you just want him to be hot go on the Oscar stage sing the little song who cares if it's on key just be shitless and hot that's all we want right he's just oh that's so good why did I ask anybody else a question today just let LZ started with.

That good that's awesome my man that's so good all right we there's nothing to be said after that that

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